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GOFFS FEBRUARY STARTS WEDNESDAY QUEEN’S FAMILY REIGNS The early-year mixed sales circuit moves to Ireland Wednesday SUPREME FOR ELSWORTH for Goffs’s February Sale in Co. Kildare, and the two-day auction will see a full session of short yearlings offered on day one. Breeding stock and horses in and out of training will go under the hammer Thursday. Some of the highlight pages of the yearlings bred for the flat are lot 78, a Raven’s Pass half-brother to Group 3 winner Dingle View (Ire) (Mujadil); lot 90, an Equiano (Fr) half-brother to a Group 3 winner and a stakes producer; lot 144, a Dutch Art (GB) colt who is the first foal out of a half-sister to Grade I winner Relaxed Gesture (Ire) (Indian Ridge {GB}); lot 151, a Kodiac colt who is the first foal out of the Group 3-placed Slope (GB) (Acclamation {GB}); lot 160, a Camelot (GB) half- sister to five winners, including two stakes winners; lot 168, a Dark Angel (Ire) half-sister to Italian champion 2-year-old filly Singapore Lily (Ire) (Mujadil); and lot 189, a full-brother to the stakes-placed Coolnagree (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Cont. p3 , left, and half-sister Australian Queen | Emma Berry By Emma Berry When the famously irascible David Elsworth stalks down the drive to greet you with the words, "I'm at war," the safe BILL OPPENHEIM: THE AGE ANGLE assumption to make is that today is not a good day to start In the final of our series mining the year-end 2015 APEX data asking him annoying questions. (covering seven years of racing, 2009-2015), Oppenheim It therefore comes with great relief to discover that the subject takes a look at the age indexes. of his ire this dank February morning is not the arrival of a TDN Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. correspondent but a throng of screeching jackdaws circling the ramparts of his private fiefdom at Egerton House Stables. The main yard at Egerton, with its original ornate 19th Century tiling in each well-maintained stable, looks fit for a king, and indeed it once was in the days when it was inhabited by royal trainer Richard Marsh and his string, which included the Prince of Wales's homebred Derby winner Persimmon. Nowadays, the King's Yard is home to not one but two queens--'s G1 Juddmonte International. conqueror Arabian Queen (Ire) ( {Ire}) and her year-younger half-sister Australian Queen (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). Bred by Elsworth's long-term patron Jeff Smith at his Hampshire-based Littleton Stud, the siblings are stabled alongside each other, alert ears pricked from pure bays heads while two pairs of intelligent, kind eyes survey their visitor. That, however, is where the similarity ends. Australian Queen's head is almost twice as long as that of her high-achieving sister and she stands at least a hand taller.

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Queen’s Family Reigns Supreme For Elsworth cont. from p1 run." It's fair to say that without being furnished with the details of Whether or not she tackles a mile and a half again later in the Arabian Queen's pedigree and race record, many probably year, Arabian Queen's early-season target could be the G1 Al wouldn't give her a second glance, though it would take a brave Shaqab Lockinge S. over a mile at Newbury in May. man to say it within earshot of her devoted trainer. Her trainer offers, "We're toying with the idea of starting off in Elsworth's mind is the Lockinge. There is a race in France but I don't really want to easily switched from take her there after last time. She's bouncing at the moment. I plotting ways to couldn't feed her high-protein grub at this time of the year as murder his resident she'd be unrideable. She bounces round the trotting ring and murder of crows by hacks down the canter and she's really doing very well. I can't casting it back to a wait to start to step her work up a bit but she's right where I glorious day on York's want her at the moment." Knavesmire last The twice-raced Australian Queen, who was runner-up in a David Elsworth and summer. seven-furlong maiden at Kempton last month, may be seen back Arabian Queen | Emma Berry "I'm competitive and in action as soon as Saturday at Lingfield. I'm fiercely protective of my horses," he confesses, the "She didn't show us dismissive comments regarding his diminutive filly following her the same precocity 50-1 defeat of the Derby winner still clearly rankling some six as Arabian Queen so months on. we sat on her until "We went there knowing what a good horse we had. I'm not she started to show saying I expected her to beat Golden Horn but I knew she'd beat something. I think plenty of them." she'll be a better The 76-year-old is fully entitled to feel protective of a member 4-year-old but I'll be of a family which he has come to know as well as his own surprised and through three generations. Arabian Queen's grandam Dashiba disappointed if she (GB) ( {GB}) was a dual winner and twice doesn't show a good listed-placed during the trainer's days at Whitsbury, while dam level of form this Arabian Queen | Emma Berry Barshiba (Ire) ( {Ire}) joined the ranks shortly after season," says Elsworth's move to the edge of Newmarket and quickly became Elsworth. one of the stars of the new stable. With no 2-year-old from Barshiba, the trainer already has his "I've been fortunate enough to have those two fillies and now eye on Arabian Queen's yearling full-sister. He says, "Jeff usually this generation," he says. invites us to the stud to show us the yearlings and there's a "Barshiba only had one eye and she won the smashing filly coming though. When I saw her at the farm I put a twice. It took the trainer a long time to identify her best tag round her neck saying, 'Elsworth, Egerton'." distance. She had stamina in her pedigree but she showed Though forever most readily associated with two of Britain's plenty of ability over a mile and was placed in group races at the most beloved geldings of the modern era--the outstanding distance behind good horses." steeplechaser Desert Orchid (GB) and Jeff Smith's warrior of a That coveted blend of speed and stamina has been passed on stayer, Persian Punch (GB)--Elsworth has long had a golden to her first foal, Arabian Queen, who was sharp enough to win touch with classy fillies, too. over five furlongs as a May 2-year-old on just her second start The multiple Group 1 winner (GB) (Night Shift) and later that season claimed the six-furlong G2 Duchess of and G1 Cheveley Park S. winner Dead Certain (GB) (Absalom Cambridge S. {GB}) are just two examples of his talent in this regard and, as "Though she won over five and she was fast enough to be with many of the stable's incumbents, their bloodlines live on in beaten narrowly in the Queen Mary, she also stays, and that's current members of the string. Stand next to most trainers on what we want with every good horse," says Elsworth. "I'm not the gallops when a batch of unnamed youngsters canters past sure about a mile and a half but she certainly gets a mile and a and they'll reel off each one by name of their sire. Not so with quarter. She didn't do and wouldn't drink any water when we Elsworth, from whose lips detailed three-generation pedigrees took her away to France to run against (Fr) in the Prix are uttered frequently. Vermeille so I don't think we can blame the distance for her Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 of 5 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2016

"I like this filly, she's from In The Groove's family--I also trained Goffs February Starts Wednesday cont. from p1 her dam's half-sister Passified (GB)," he says of the Bahamian The sale lost its likely leading light last week when Mauresmo Bounty 2-year-old whose great grandam Pineapple (GB) was In (Ire) (Marju {Ire}), the dam of last year’s G1 Racing Post Trophy The Groove's half-sister. Then there's Justice Well (GB), a great winner Marcel (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}), was scratched after showing grand-daughter of Dead Certain. The racing career of her signs of foaling his full-sibling, and her sale will be handled grandam Dodo (Ire) (Alzao) was also overseen by Elsworth. privately by Goffs. The catalogue is not without other standouts "I tend to follow my nose when it comes to buying horses," he in the breeding stock section, however, and those include lot explains. "I like looking at the pedigrees ahead of the sales and 335, a winning Street Cry (Ire) filly out of Grade I winner Film then if I like the individual I instinctively tend to go back to a Maker (Dynaformer); lot 355, a winning full-sister to Street Cry family I know. With owner-breeders it's not difficult of course, (Ire) and the dam of Shamardal, in foal to Teofilo (Ire); and lot as Jeff [Smith] sends them to me and I've been fortunate to train 369, a half-sister to Group 3 winner Allybar (Ire) (King’s Best) in some lovely horses for him." foal to Dark Angel (Ire). He continues, "For instance, Justice Lady (Ire), who won on her Selling for the first time in Ireland will be Etienne and Anna first start the other day, goes back to Lochsong (GB). I didn't Drion’s French-based Coulonces Consignment, and it offers lot actually train that family for Jeff 349, the winning Ginx Johnson (Fr) (Montjeu {Ire}) carrying her but the filly is by a sire [Dream first foal, by last year’s champion first-season sire Zoffany (Ire). Ahead] that I nearly bought and Ginx Johnson is a I rather liked him--I have three half-sister to dual fillies here by him. So when I U.S. Grade II winner saw Justice Lady at the sales Attima (GB) (Zafonic) and she was from Jeff's family and the French she really appealed to me as I Group 3-placed San follow families." Domenico (GB) Followers of Dashiba's family (Zamindar). will know that her son, the “We normally only 102-rated Dashing Star (GB) come here to buy (Teofilo {Ire}) is also with horses so we’re very Dual Group 1 winner Make Believe’s dam was sold at Goffs February | Racing Post Elsworth and he has been excited to be here to joined at the stable this year by Paul Holley on Dashing Star’s sell at Goffs,” said Anna Drion. “She was supposed to go through unnamed brother | Emma Berry his 2-year-old full-brother. Arqana’s December sale but she was withdrawn so we decided Despite having won most of to send her here because her page is very interesting--she’s a 's major prizes, including the Cheltenham Montjeu mare in foal to Zoffany, who has gone from one good Gold Cup and Grand National, Elsworth now sticks resolutely to thing to another.” the Flat, the one major tie to his celebrated jumps era being his She added, “Goffs has done a fantastic job getting people out assistant trainer Paul Holley, the former jockey who steered Oh to this sale; it’s gotten better and better every year, and it’s a So Risky (GB) to victory in the G1 Triumph Hurdle. Holley is also good quality sale. So we thought she was a good sort to come the stable's star work rider and has been closely associated with over with. And she’d be one of the better pedigrees in the sale.” the four black-type-earning progeny of one of Lordship Stud's Another offered in foal to Zoffany is lot 444, Oak Leaf Stud’s good mares, Swiss Lake. The latest of the family to appear in the Xaloc (Ire) (Shirocco {Ger}). That resulting foal will be closely stable is the mare's as-yet unnamed (GB) colt, whom related to Xaloc’s half-brother Foundation (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), Elsworth bought for 235,000gns at Tattersalls' October Sale. the winner of last year’s G2 Royal Lodge S. Meanwhile, his half-brother Swiss Spirit (GB) (Invincible Spirit The horses-in-training section includes a Lawman 2-year-old {Ire}) has retired to Elsworth's old stomping ground at Whitsbury half-brother to Group 3 winner and Classic-placed Rehn’s Nest Manor Stud. (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}) (lot 270) and a 2-year-old Raven’s Pass He may not have trained their dam, but he did train Swiss filly out of stakes winner Asawer (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}) (lot 278). Lake's sire, the influential King's Stand S. winner Indian Ridge Group 2 winner and G1 third Light Heavy (Ire) (GB). The lesson perhaps to be learned is that when David (Teofilo {Ire}) will be offered as a stallion prospect (lot 311). Elsworth follows a family, it's probably one worth following. “The February Sale opens Goffs’s 150th anniversary in style with the strongest catalogue buyers can expect to find TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 of 5 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2016 anywhere in Europe at this time of year,” said Goffs Chief Executive Henry Beeby. “Peniaphobia and Make Believe are just two recent Group 1 winners whose dams were bought at the February Sale and we couldn’t be happier with the high-class mares and covering sires that feature in this year’s catalogue. It certainly has huge global appeal.” The sale begins at 10 a.m. local time each day. SNOWDEN PAYS TRIBUTE TO PRIDE In the wake of the retirement of last year’s G1 Blue Diamond S. and G1 Sires’ Produce S. winner Pride Of Dubai (Aus) (Street GOFFS FEBRUARY DAY ONE OUTS Cry {Ire}) earlier this week, co-trainer Peter Snowden reflected 1, 11, 13, 16, 55, 66, 67, 70, 76, 83, 87, 104, 117, 134, 166, 186, on the career of the bay he trained in partnership with his son, 196, 206, 220, 228, 249 Paul. The Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum homebred was retired to Coolmore stud after re-aggravating the fetlock injury that saw him sidelined for 10 months after the Sires’ Produce when finishing unplaced in

the G3 Eskimo Prince S. last weekend. Tuesday’s Results: Peter Snowden ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: explained that in White Bullet (GB), f, 3, Exceed and Excel (Aus)--Chili Dip (GB), 2014, he and Paul by Alhaarth (Ire). SOU, 2-9, 6f (AWT), 1:16.44. B-A Parker & were given the New England Stud (GB). *45,000gns Ylg ‘14 TAOCT; 30,000gns opportunity by RNA 2yo ‘15 TATBRE. **MSP-Eng. Sheikh Khalifa to pick Pride Of Dubai | Bradley Photographers five of his yearlings to train. Pride Of Dubai was their favourite of the 15 they looked at.

“He was our top pick out of the paddock. He had a good demeanour, a good eye and a broad head, which are things I Tuesday’s Results: like,” Snowden explained. “He was pretty raw and had a frame 3rd-CHY, €29,000, Alw, 2-9, 3yo, 9f (AWT), 1:51.16, ft. to fill in to but knowing a bit about Street Crys I had to be KING MALPIC (FR) (g, 3, King’s Best--Sablonniere {Fr}, by forgiving and imagine what he’d grow in to.” Verglas {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, €22,500. O-Ecurie Lafeu; Pride Of Dubai gave Snowden his third Blue Diamond win after B-Ecurie Skymarc Farm (FR); T-Thierry Lemer. *€6,000 Wlg ‘13 Darley’s Sepoy (Aus) (Elusive Quality) in 2011 and Earthquake ARQDEC. (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) in 2014, and Snowden explained why, unlike with Sepoy, he opted to skip the G1 Golden Slipper. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: “Logic was to go on to the Slipper but because he was getting Yeah Baby Yeah (Ire), f, 3, Art Connoisseur (Ire)--Royal Interlude back in his races, I didn’t want him hustled early to keep in touch (Ire), by King’s Theatre (Ire). CHY, 2-9, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:19. and risk taking off his explosive finish, plus I also felt three B-Mr & Mrs P McEnery (IRE). *€7,000 Ylg ‘14 TISEP. **SP-Fr. weeks from the Diamond to the Slipper was a bit short, so I Lumberjack (Ger), g, 4, Kamsin (Ger)--La Calia (GB), by Dashing opted for the five weeks between runs and seven furlongs of the Blade (GB). CHY, 2-9, 10 1/2f (AWT), 2:16.24. B-Gestut Sires’ Produce, and it paid off,” the trainer noted. “He drew Hachtsee (IRE). wide, raced wide without cover and [jockey Hugh Bowman] had to make a couple of runs in the race but he was still good CLICK HERE FOR subscription enough to win going away, so from my perspective it was a IT’S FREE and ALWAYS courageous effort.”

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Bowman added, “For him to improve at the pace that he did to Saturday, San Isidro, Argentina the level that he did was very unique. To win the Diamond and GRAN PREMIO MIGUEL ALFREDO MARTINEZ DE HOZ-G1, the Sires’ with such limited experience was an extraordinary ARG$962,500, 2-6, San Isidro, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 1:59.07, fm. effort. I was supremely confident in the [Sires’ Produce], but felt 1–&@#CATCHO EN DIE (ARG), 122, c, 4, by Catcher In The Rye (Ire) we were going to see a better colt at three years old. He was a 1st Dam: Lola Grill (Arg), by Engrillado (Arg) very mature horse physically but just the way he covered the 2nd Dam: Lola Fitz (Arg), by Fitzcarraldo (Arg) ground--he had power and he had speed.” 3rd Dam: Kalolera (Arg), by Kaljerry (Arg) O-Stud Don Quijote; B-Jorge Eduardo Livschtz (Brz); T-Ricardo A. Cardon; J-Eduardo Ortega Pavon. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Thursday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 12:55 p.m. EST Rating: A+. UAE 2000 GUINEAS SPONSORED BY GULFNEWS-G3, $250,000, 3yo, 2--Ordak Dan (Arg), 134, h, 7, Hidden Truth--Duna Ter (Arg), by 1600m Sir Chester (Arg). O-Misterio; B-Stud Caryjuan (Arg); T-Juan PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER Carlos Etchechoury. 1 Market Rally K Unbridled’s Song Hayes Selvaratnam 3--Don Inc (Arg), 122, c, 4, Include--Stormy Dove (Arg), by 2 Rouleau (GB) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Buick Appleby K Bernstein. O-Las Monjitas; B-Haras La Biznaga (Arg); T-Carlos 3 Qurbaan Speightstown Hanagan Rohaut Daniel Etchechoury. 4 Lazzam (GB) Archipenko Soumillon Botti Margins: 1, 1, 6. Odds: 6.00, 9.40, 1.15. 5 Steady Pace (GB) Dark Angel (Ire) Doyle Bin Suroor 6 Busy Earning (Fr) Canford Cliffs (Ire) Dobbs Petersen Also Ran: Champion Star (Brz), Rosado Van (Arg), Potro Atrevido 7 Hombre Rojo (Ire) Intikhab Crowley Dow (Arg), Best Times (Arg), Domino Rye (Arg), Old Ways (Arg), All carry 125 pounds. Lunavion (Arg), Alma de Acero (Arg). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com Thursday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 11:45 a.m. EST catalogue-style pedigree. AL SHINDAGHA SPRINT SPONSORED BY GULFNEWS.COM-G3, $200,000, 3yo/up 1200m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER A P P O I N T M E N T S 1 My Catch (Ire) Camacho (GB) Dobbs Watson Craig “Boomer” Rounsefell, North American Rep, Inglis 2 Marking Bernardini Doyle McLaughlin • The Managing Director of Boomer Bloodstock, Rounsefell 3 Scotland Forever (Ire) Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire) Hitchcott Seemar 4 Kifaah (GB) Dubawi (Ire) O’Neill Al Raihe has a Bachelor of Commerce and is a graduate of Darley 5 Let’sgoforit (Ire) Verglas (Ire) Wilson Hallencreutz Flying Start. He has gained international industry 6 Krypton Factor (GB) Kyllachy (GB) Tylicki Nass experience through roles with the likes of Gai Waterhouse, 7 Muarrab (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Hanagan Al Muhairi John Oxx in Australia, Neil Drysdale in California and 8 Reynaldothewizard K Speightstown Mullen Seemar Keeneland in Kentucky. 9 Rich Tapestry (Ire) Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) Mosse Chang • “As American interests in Australian racing advance, Inglis 10 Anfitrion Sale (Arg) Not For Sale (Arg) Dettori Al Blooshi recognises the value of nurturing and developing this All carry 125 bar Let’sgoforit, 128 pounds. sector of the market,” said Inglis National Bloodstock Director Jonathan D’Arcy. “We are thrilled to engage such Thursday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 10:00 a.m. EST a passionate and knowledgeable individual in this role. UAE 1000 GUINEAS SPONSORED BY FRIDAY-Listed, $250,000, 3yo, Craig has a wealth of experience in the bloodstock industry f, 1600m globally and he will be a great asset to Inglis & our clients.” PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 Promising Run Hard Spun Doyle Bin Suroor Lynn Hancock, Bloodstock Liaison, Boomer Bloodstock 2 Kabaw (Ire) Elusive Pimpernel Mullen Seemar 3 Dolly Dagger (Swe) Eishin Dunkirk Jara Reuterskiold • Hancock has a BA in Art History and after five years 4 Dubai Fashion (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Hanagan Bin Suroor working in interior design return to the 5 Polar River K Congrats Dobbs Watson business in 2014. She has worked with the yearling and All carry 125 pounds. breeding stock consignments of Stone Farm and is a Horse Country Committee Member. Hancock is a licensed equine and property insurance agent and has spent the last two Ï Ò years with Stone Agency. Her new role will see her spend time in North America and Australia.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016 THE AGE ANGLE

with H. Graham Motion by Christie DeBernardis

Trainer H. Graham Motion studied under some of the best in the business in both the United States and Europe. Spending six years under the tutelage of American Hall of Famer Jonathan Sheppard, Motion then went to France where he studied under Jonathan Pease. Taking out his trainer’s license in 1993 after a stint with Bernie Bond, the English native has combined the knowledge he gained under those luminaries to produce some of America’s top talents, such as champions Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) and Main Sequence (Aldebaran). Cont. p5 Square Eddie is the leading sire by 4yo ABC Index | Horsephotos by Bill Oppenheim In the final of our series mining the year-end 2015 APEX data QUEEN’S FAMILY REIGNS SUPREME (covering seven years of racing, 2009-2015) we’re looking at the Emma Berry checks in with last year’s G1 Juddmonte age indexes. These indexes are produced for us, as is all the International winner Arabian Queen and her trainer David APEX data we use in TDN, by The Jockey Club Information Elsworth. Systems (TJCIS). One of the features of the APEX calculations are Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. age indexes, in which a sire’s ABC Runners at discrete ages (2-year-olds; 3-year-olds; 4-year-olds; and 5-year-olds and up) are indexed against the collective records for all APEX sires. Today we look at age indexes for the leading North American and European sires, for 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, and 4-year-olds, among 620 sires with 80 or more year-starters 2009-2015. This should tell us something about the aptitudes of various stallions at various ages. Click here for the alphabetical list of the 620 sires, and click here for the leading NA/EU sires by 5-year-old and up ABC Index; we don’t analyze that list in detail because we’ve over the years the leaders are invariably sires who have just finished doing well with their first crop of 5-year-olds. One other thing to keep in mind is that the indexes for 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds are gathered from a considerably higher number of runners than are the indexes for 2-year-olds, and for 5-year-olds and up. This is because only about 40% of the horses in a foal crop which eventually start will run at two, and similarly a significantly smaller percentage run as 5-year-olds or older, mostly due to attrition. Cont. p3

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seasons. Lope De Vega’s first 3-year-olds ran last year, and their 2.23 ABC Index for 3-year-olds tied him with Curlin. Medaglia d’Oro (2.19), Bold Executive (2.17) and Dubawi (2.10) come “The Age Angle” cont. from p1 next, ahead of (2.10), Street Sense (2.07), War Consequently the range in the indexes for Front (2.05), tied with Indian Charlie (2.05); and Speightstown 2-year-olds and for 5-year-olds and up tends to be (2.04), tied with the wider (with higher tops) than those for former Canadian sire 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds, and the rankings in Mobil (2.04), who those cases may be just as important as the index. now stands in Ohio. There’s no doubt that age indexes can be very The Canadians and helpful in assessing a sire’s aptitudes. Giant’s Causeway is a Indian Charlie (who classic example. His overall ABC Index is 1.92, but his numbers has just had his last improve with age: 1.47 (2yo) - 1.75 (3yo) - 1.79 (4yo) - 2.61 crop of 3-year-olds) (5yo+); the older the better for him. Conversely, Exchange Rate aside, the other 11 has an overall ABC Index of 1.34, but his runners were generally sires on this list are better earlier: 1.88 (2yo) - 1.43 (3yo) - 1.08 (4yo) - 1.02 (5yo+). well worth noting, Galileo is third on the 3yo ABC Index, with 10- Even though the 2-year-old and 5-year-old-plus indexes have a because 3-year-old times the number of year-starters as wider range, when looking at an individual sire you can get a racing is the most Kendargent | Coolmore good idea at what ages his runners are best. important racing, and they are the best sires of at least The 2-year-old index may well tell us which sires have the break-even-or-better 3-year-olds. “quickest return on investment” or are the “fastest-moving stud Ghostzapper (2.14), Galileo (2.14), Dubawi (2.13), Curlin fee going up,” but for identifying the best sires, there’s no doubt (2.13), and Speightstown (2.10) also rank high on the list by 3-year-old form is the best, so let’s look at that group first, and 4-year-old ABC Runners, though a few snuck in ahead of them, here once again Niigon (2.90), the Ontario son of Unbridled who headed by Paul Reddam’s California phenomenon, Square Eddie died almost before (2.54, first crop). Arguably Europe’s most up-and-coming sire, he had any runners Dark Angel (2.47) is next, followed by veteran California sire and is the leading Unusual Heat (2.38), the very useful Big Bad Bob (2.33), initially NA-EU sire by both B such a phenomenon we named the Big Bad Bob List after him, Runner and C Runner and now established as one of Ireland’s most useful mid-range Index, tops the sires. Cont. p4 charts--and by a long way. That again tells us about the earnings opportunities on the France’s Kendargent is the leading living sire on the 3yo ABC Index | Haras de Colleville Ontario circuit, though it has to be said when we apply the ultimate class test--Grade I and Grade II winners--the Canadian sires tend to disappear from the top of the lists. Another deceased Canadian sire, the venerable Bold Executive (2.17), also figures among the top 10 NA-EU sires by 3-year-old ABC Index, but otherwise they are names you know. Kendargent (2.36) is better known as a sire of 2-year-olds (his 2.94 ABC 2-year-old Index ranks him equal seventh on that list), but the numbers say he is the leading living NA-EU sire of 3-year-olds by ABC Index, albeit narrowly, ahead of none other than Galileo (2.30, and with 10 times the number of year-starters as Kendargent); Ghostzapper (2.24), the leading living sire by overall ABC Runner Index; and Curlin (2.23), who has advanced to major sire status (and a six-figure stud fee) in the last two HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEB. 10, 2016

Next come the venerable Kentucky sire Distorted Humor (2.25); deceased Dynaformer (2.19), one of the best sons of Roberto; Canadian sires Giant Gizmo (2.17; first 4-year-olds) and Strut The Stage (2.17), and the former Australian champion sire Fastnet Rock (2.15, from his first Irish crop). Rounding out the top 20 leading North American and European sires by 4-year-old ABC Index are: Pioneerof the Nile (2.07); Midnight Lute (2.07); “The four February Mixed Sales all come within about eight days of each other, so by this time next week that first small sector of the 2016 North American and Medaglia d’Oro (2.04); Banstead Manor’s Dansili (2.02) and European auction marketplace will be in the books; meanwhile, the Australasian Oasis Dream (2.01); and, in a three-way tie for 20th, Tapit yearling sales are leaping ahead in price. At last Thursday’s Tattersalls Mixed Sale, 80 more (26%) were catalogued than last year, with 40 more (19%) sold, (1.99), Hard Spun (1.99); and the obscure West Virginia sire with a 5% gain in gross and a 12% drop in average. Through then this year’s Fiber Sonde (1.99), a son of Unbridled’s Song. You may say the early mixed sales were about $1-million in gross (2%) behind 2015.” appearance of a West Virginia sire devalues the form, but in fact – Bill Oppenheim it just shows how much money horses are running for in West Virginia. When we look at the leading NA-EU sires by 2-year-old ABC Index, there are some pretty obscure sires among the leaders here. The number one sire by 2-year-old ABC Index is the New York sire Frost Giant (3.98), again testimony to the money available in the New York program, as are the cases in Ontario and West Virginia among others. But not to take anything away from Frost Giant, at least at this (ABC Runner) level. The very obscure (as in I’d never heard of him) Maryland sire Cherokee’s Boy (3.32) is next, ahead of a real surprise entrant, Soldier Hollow (3.29), better known as the leading sire in Germany, TATTERSALLS FEBRUARY SALE (IN GUINEAS) which is hardly known for its 2-year-olds. Also among the top 15 YEAR CAT RING SOLD %W/D %S/R %S/C GROSS AVG on this list are Florida sires Hear No Evil (3.24) and Awesome of 2016 387 306 251 20.9% 82.0% 64.9% 2,718,800 10,832 2015 307 240 211 21.8% 87.9% 68.7% 2,586,100 12,256 Course (2.91); California sires Desert Code (3.12) and Vronsky 2014 301 214 172 28.9% 80.4% 57.1% 2,166,600 12,597 (3.00); Ontario sires Bold Executive (2.94, deceased), Old 2013 316 244 190 22.8% 77.9% 60.1% 1,747,600 9,198 2012 298 244 179 18.1% 73.4% 60.1% 1,641,100 9,168 Forester (2.91), and Saffir (2.90); as well as Too Much Bling 2011 272 207 164 23.9% 79.2% 60.3% 1,672,300 10,197 (2.94) from Texas; Great Notion (2.93) from Maryland; and 2010 289 233 147 19.4% 63.1% 50.9% 991,500 6,745 Attila’s Storm (2.76) from New Mexico. Kendargent (2.94) is, as would be expected, in the top tier of sires of 2-year-old ABC Runners; and not much further down the list are some very familiar names: War Front (2.75); Siyouni (2.63); Square Eddie (2.55); the big bargain Run Away and Hide (2.54); Galileo (2.31); Into Mischief (2.27); and Super Saver (2.26).

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TOTAL US & EUROPEAN 1ST HALF MIXED SALES AS FEB 7, 2016 YEAR CAT RING SOLD %W/D %S/R %S/C GROSS AVG 2016 3,029 2,375 1,792 21.6% 75.5% 59.2% $45,351,398 $25,308 2015 2,803 2,242 1,742 20.0% 77.7% 62.1% $46,347,759 $26,606 2014 3,016 2,394 1,886 20.6% 78.8% 62.5% $52,494,681 $27,834 2013 2,952 2,352 1,736 20.3% 73.8% 58.8% $52,321,162 $30,139 2012 2,568 2,072 1,582 19.3% 76.4% 61.6% $44,158,364 $27,913 2011 3,029 2,411 1,750 20.4% 72.6% 57.8% $31,803,642 $18,174 Data compiled by Brianne Stanley TOP 40 NA-EU SIRES by 2YO ABC INDEX 80+ Year-Starters 2009-2015

SIRE YR HIS SIRE FFLSYR ST Runners A AI ABC ABCI 2YO 3YO 4YO 5YO+ FROST GIANT 2003 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY 2010 NY 153 8 2.61 26 2.12 3.98 1.90 1.47 0.78 CHEROKEE'S BOY 2000 CITIDANCER 2008 MD 140 1 0.36 9 0.80 3.32 0.19 0.75 1.06 SOLDIER HOLLOW 2000 IN THE WINGS 2009 GER 231 7 1.52 32 1.73 3.29 1.44 0.93 2.80 HEAR NO EVIL 2000 CARSON CITY 2007 FL 154 11 3.57 18 1.46 3.24 1.01 0.72 1.17 DESERT CODE 2004 E DUBAI 2011 CA 88 3 1.70 9 1.28 3.12 1.18 0.00 0.00 VRONSKY 1999 DANZIG 2006 CA 224 9 2.01 35 1.95 3.00 0.88 1.74 3.16 KENDARGENT 2003 KENDOR 2009 FR 189 8 2.12 31 2.05 2.94 2.36 0.66 1.67 BOLD EXECUTIVE 1984 BOLD RUCKUS 1990 ON 685 21 1.53 99 1.81 2.94 2.17 1.34 1.49 TOO MUCH BLING 2003 RUBIANO 2008 TX 289 5 0.87 35 1.51 2.94 1.48 0.44 1.87 GREAT NOTION 2000 ELUSIVE QUALITY 2006 MD 332 9 1.36 45 1.69 2.93 0.89 1.76 2.80 OLD FORESTER 2001 FORESTRY 2008 ON 527 19 1.80 80 1.90 2.91 1.80 1.39 1.51 AWESOME OF COURSE 2000 AWESOME AGAIN 2005 FL 166 12 3.61 20 1.51 2.91 1.39 1.28 0.00 SAFFIR 2002 UNBRIDLED 2008 ON 102 4 1.96 15 1.84 2.90 1.60 1.77 1.67 ATTILA'S STORM 2002 FOREST WILDCAT 2009 NM 179 9 2.51 21 1.47 2.76 1.30 0.82 1.30 WAR FRONT 2002 DANZIG 2008 KY 655 51 3.89 117 2.23 2.75 2.05 1.64 2.70 SIYOUNI 2007 PIVOTAL 2012 FR 125 6 2.40 17 1.70 2.63 1.50 0.00 0.00 DESERT GOD 1991 FAPPIANO 1994 NM 352 21 2.98 52 1.85 2.57 1.68 1.33 2.44 SQUARE EDDIE 2006 SMART STRIKE 2011 CA 113 8 3.54 19 2.10 2.56 1.59 2.54 0.00 RUN AWAY AND HIDE 2006 CITY ZIP 2010 KY 215 8 1.86 24 1.40 2.54 0.94 0.91 2.23 SUCCESSFUL APPEAL 1996 VALID APPEAL 2002 KY 957 40 2.09 149 1.95 2.53 1.73 1.95 1.96 WHERE'S THE RING 1999 SEEKING THE GOLD 2006 ON 591 20 1.69 85 1.80 2.50 1.76 1.65 1.26 NIIGON 2001 UNBRIDLED 2008 ON 279 15 2.69 60 2.69 2.47 2.90 1.86 2.84 STRUT THE STAGE 1998 THEATRICAL 2008 ON 141 9 3.19 18 1.60 2.47 0.89 2.17 1.46 GIANT GIZMO 2004 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY 2011 ON 126 10 3.97 21 2.08 2.45 1.69 2.17 0.00 GALILEO 1998 SADLER'S WELLS 2003 IRE 1945 159 4.09 369 2.37 2.31 2.30 2.14 1.71 INTO MISCHIEF 2005 HARLAN'S HOLIDAY 2010 KY 209 17 4.07 36 2.15 2.27 1.86 1.90 3.65 DEPUTY STORM 2001 FORESTRY 2008 IN 126 1 0.40 7 0.69 2.27 0.62 0.00 0.00 SUPER SAVER 2007 MARIA'S MON 2012 KY 173 5 1.45 17 1.23 2.26 0.87 0.00 0.00 COMIC STRIP 1995 RED RANSOM 2001 CA 288 3 0.52 17 0.74 2.25 1.28 0.49 0.49 AREION 1995 BIG SHUFFLE 2002 GER 589 15 1.27 62 1.32 2.22 1.49 0.68 1.51 INDIAN CHARLIE 1995 IN EXCESS 2000 KY 1180 46 1.95 176 1.86 2.20 2.05 1.41 1.51 SMARTY JONES 2001 ELUSIVE QUALITY 2006 KY 772 32 2.07 114 1.85 2.20 2.03 1.27 1.98 OASIS DREAM 2000 GREEN DESERT 2005 ENG 1592 85 2.67 252 1.98 2.18 1.55 2.01 2.63 KITTEN'S JOY 2001 EL PRADO 2007 KY 1357 71 2.62 183 1.69 2.18 1.77 1.17 1.85 STORMY ATLANTIC 1994 STORM CAT 2000 KY 1704 59 1.73 195 1.43 2.18 1.35 1.20 1.44 SHOWCASING 2007 OASIS DREAM 2012 ENG 160 7 2.19 14 1.09 2.18 0.59 0.00 0.00 LORD OF ENGLAND 2003 DASHING BLADE 2008 GER 329 4 0.61 28 1.06 2.18 0.85 0.52 1.03 DANEHILL DANCER 1993 DANEHILL 1999 IRE 1567 74 2.36 225 1.79 2.17 1.48 1.64 2.24 HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR 2004 DANEHILL 2008 IRE 991 28 1.41 119 1.50 2.17 1.43 1.24 1.18 NOT FOR LOVE 1990 MR. PROSPECTOR 1997 MD 1064 34 1.60 137 1.61 2.16 1.48 1.33 1.92 FIBER SONDE 2005 UNBRIDLED'S SONG 2009 WV 98 2 1.02 12 1.53 2.16 1.21 1.99 1.30

43 NA-EU SIRES with 3YO ABC INDEX of 1.75+ 80+ Year-Starters 2009-2015

SIRE YR HIS SIRE FFLSYR ST Runners A AI ABC ABCI 2YO 3YO 4YO 5YO+ NIIGON 2001 UNBRIDLED 2008 ON 279 15 2.69 60 2.69 2.47 2.90 1.86 2.84 KENDARGENT 2003 KENDOR 2009 FR 189 8 2.12 31 2.05 2.94 2.36 0.66 1.67 GALILEO 1998 SADLER'S WELLS 2003 IRE 1945 159 4.09 369 2.37 2.31 2.30 2.14 1.71 GHOSTZAPPER 2000 AWESOME AGAIN 2007 KY 833 56 3.36 160 2.40 1.74 2.24 2.14 2.90 CURLIN 2004 SMART STRIKE 2010 KY 518 22 2.12 87 2.10 1.44 2.23 2.13 1.03 LOPE DE VEGA 2007 SHAMARDAL 2012 IRE 154 4 1.30 19 1.54 0.97 2.23 0.00 0.00 MEDAGLIA D'ORO 1999 EL PRADO 2006 KY 1435 95 3.31 250 2.18 0.78 2.19 2.04 2.72 BOLD EXECUTIVE 1984 BOLD RUCKUS 1990 ON 685 21 1.53 99 1.81 2.94 2.17 1.34 1.49 DUBAWI 2002 2007 ENG 1093 69 3.16 185 2.12 1.31 2.13 2.13 2.84 SEA THE STARS 2006 CAPE CROSS 2011 IRE 274 13 2.37 40 1.82 0.79 2.10 1.96 0.00 STREET SENSE 2004 STREET CRY 2009 KY 728 32 2.20 109 1.87 1.43 2.07 1.59 1.52 WAR FRONT 2002 DANZIG 2008 KY 655 51 3.89 117 2.23 2.75 2.05 1.64 2.70 INDIAN CHARLIE 1995 IN EXCESS 2000 KY 1180 46 1.95 176 1.86 2.20 2.05 1.41 1.51 SPEIGHTSTOWN 1998 GONE WEST 2006 KY 1454 96 3.30 276 2.37 2.04 2.04 2.10 3.35 MOBIL 2000 LANGFUHR 2007 OH 357 12 1.68 45 1.58 1.40 2.04 1.41 0.72 SMARTY JONES 2001 ELUSIVE QUALITY 2006 KY 772 32 2.07 114 1.85 2.20 2.03 1.27 1.98 MONSUN 1990 KONIGSSTUHL 1997 GER 671 47 3.50 112 2.09 0.84 2.02 1.81 2.29 QUALITY ROAD 2006 ELUSIVE QUALITY 2012 KY 151 4 1.32 22 1.82 0.99 2.01 0.00 0.00 FREUD 1998 STORM CAT 2003 NY 983 39 1.98 132 1.68 1.85 2.01 0.97 1.89 DISTORTED HUMOR 1993 FORTY NINER 2000 KY 1572 71 2.26 265 2.11 2.10 1.99 2.25 2.13 PULPIT 1994 A.P. INDY 1999 KY 1144 47 2.05 164 1.79 1.53 1.99 1.54 1.91 TAPIT 2001 PULPIT 2006 KY 1674 98 2.93 273 2.04 2.05 1.98 1.99 1.66 DYNAFORMER 1985 ROBERTO 1991 KY 989 60 3.03 160 2.02 0.65 1.91 2.19 1.94 FROST GIANT 2003 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY 2010 NY 153 8 2.61 26 2.12 3.98 1.90 1.47 0.78 STREET BOSS 2004 STREET CRY 2010 KY 399 9 1.13 45 1.41 2.07 1.90 0.32 0.00 ESKENDEREYA 2007 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY 2012 KY 151 5 1.66 18 1.49 1.28 1.87 0.00 0.00 INTO MISCHIEF 2005 HARLAN'S HOLIDAY 2010 KY 209 17 4.07 36 2.15 2.27 1.86 1.90 3.65 MAJESTICPERFECTION 2006 HARLAN'S HOLIDAY 2012 KY 91 4 2.20 12 1.65 1.75 1.85 0.00 0.00 PHILANTHROPIST 2001 KRIS S. 2008 ON 392 21 2.68 62 1.98 2.04 1.84 1.55 2.17 UNBRIDLED'S SONG 1993 UNBRIDLED 1998 KY 1313 62 2.36 182 1.73 0.84 1.81 1.59 1.77 SHAMARDAL 2002 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY 2007 IRE 1193 59 2.47 185 1.94 1.84 1.80 1.76 3.19 OLD FORESTER 2001 FORESTRY 2008 ON 527 19 1.80 80 1.90 2.91 1.80 1.39 1.51 PIONEEROF THE NILE 2006 EMPIRE MAKER 2011 KY 232 13 2.80 35 1.89 1.54 1.80 2.07 0.00 HARLAN'S HOLIDAY 1999 HARLAN 2005 KY 1547 57 1.84 190 1.54 2.06 1.80 1.16 0.89 BIG BROWN 2005 BOUNDARY 2010 NY 390 12 1.54 47 1.51 1.40 1.80 1.07 0.53 HENNY HUGHES 2003 HENNESSY 2008 KY 718 24 1.67 94 1.64 1.83 1.79 1.08 1.89 HOLD ME BACK 2006 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY 2012 NY 119 3 1.26 12 1.26 0.67 1.78 0.00 0.00 KITTEN'S JOY 2001 EL PRADO 2007 KY 1357 71 2.62 183 1.69 2.18 1.77 1.17 1.85 SMART STRIKE 1992 MR. PROSPECTOR 1998 KY 1689 83 2.46 246 1.82 1.79 1.76 1.77 1.88 WHERE'S THE RING 1999 SEEKING THE GOLD 2006 ON 591 20 1.69 85 1.80 2.50 1.76 1.65 1.26 LOOKIN AT LUCKY 2007 SMART STRIKE 2012 KY 139 9 3.24 15 1.35 0.89 1.76 0.00 0.00 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY 1997 STORM CAT 2002 KY 2143 106 2.47 330 1.92 1.47 1.75 1.79 2.61 DANSILI 1996 DANEHILL 2002 ENG 1435 88 3.07 211 1.84 0.96 1.75 2.02 2.20

43 NA-EU SIRES with 4YO ABC INDEX of 1.75+ 80+ Year-Starters 2009-2015

SIRE YR HIS SIRE FFLSYR ST Runners A AI ABC ABCI 2YO 3YO 4YO 5YO+ SQUARE EDDIE 2006 SMART STRIKE 2011 CA 113 8 3.54 19 2.10 2.56 1.59 2.54 0.00 DARK ANGEL 2005 ACCLAMATION 2009 IRE 606 32 2.64 89 1.84 2.13 1.31 2.47 2.98 UNUSUAL HEAT 1990 NUREYEV 1999 CA 872 48 2.75 153 2.19 1.44 1.58 2.38 2.75 BIG BAD BOB 2000 BOB BACK 2007 IRE 285 6 1.05 31 1.36 1.27 1.47 2.33 0.51 DISTORTED HUMOR 1993 FORTY NINER 2000 KY 1572 71 2.26 265 2.11 2.10 1.99 2.25 2.13 DYNAFORMER 1985 ROBERTO 1991 KY 989 60 3.03 160 2.02 0.65 1.91 2.19 1.94 GIANT GIZMO 2004 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY 2011 ON 126 10 3.97 21 2.08 2.45 1.69 2.17 0.00 STRUT THE STAGE 1998 THEATRICAL 2008 ON 141 9 3.19 18 1.60 2.47 0.89 2.17 1.46 FASTNET ROCK 2001 DANEHILL 2011 IRE 239 11 2.30 24 1.26 0.73 1.44 2.15 0.00 GHOSTZAPPER 2000 AWESOME AGAIN 2007 KY 833 56 3.36 160 2.40 1.74 2.24 2.14 2.90 GALILEO 1998 SADLER'S WELLS 2003 IRE 1945 159 4.09 369 2.37 2.31 2.30 2.14 1.71 DUBAWI 2002 DUBAI MILLENNIUM 2007 ENG 1093 69 3.16 185 2.12 1.31 2.13 2.13 2.84 CURLIN 2004 SMART STRIKE 2010 KY 518 22 2.12 87 2.10 1.44 2.23 2.13 1.03 SPEIGHTSTOWN 1998 GONE WEST 2006 KY 1454 96 3.30 276 2.37 2.04 2.04 2.10 3.35 PIONEEROF THE NILE 2006 EMPIRE MAKER 2011 KY 232 13 2.80 35 1.89 1.54 1.80 2.07 0.00 MIDNIGHT LUTE 2003 REAL QUIET 2010 KY 397 18 2.27 50 1.57 0.76 1.26 2.07 1.80 MEDAGLIA D'ORO 1999 EL PRADO 2006 KY 1435 95 3.31 250 2.18 0.78 2.19 2.04 2.72 DANSILI 1996 DANEHILL 2002 ENG 1435 88 3.07 211 1.84 0.96 1.75 2.02 2.20 OASIS DREAM 2000 GREEN DESERT 2005 ENG 1592 85 2.67 252 1.98 2.18 1.55 2.01 2.63 TAPIT 2001 PULPIT 2006 KY 1674 98 2.93 273 2.04 2.05 1.98 1.99 1.66 HARD SPUN 2004 DANZIG 2009 KY 825 31 1.88 117 1.77 1.61 1.54 1.99 1.71 FIBER SONDE 2005 UNBRIDLED'S SONG 2009 WV 98 2 1.02 12 1.53 2.16 1.21 1.99 1.30 PIVOTAL 1993 1998 ENG 1421 58 2.04 204 1.79 1.36 1.15 1.97 2.35 STREET CRY 1998 MACHIAVELLIAN 2004 KY 1352 44 1.63 178 1.65 1.40 1.19 1.97 2.42 SEA THE STARS 2006 CAPE CROSS 2011 IRE 274 13 2.37 40 1.82 0.79 2.10 1.96 0.00 SUCCESSFUL APPEAL 1996 VALID APPEAL 2002 KY 957 40 2.09 149 1.95 2.53 1.73 1.95 1.96 MINESHAFT 1999 A.P. INDY 2005 KY 937 40 2.13 136 1.81 1.12 1.58 1.91 2.32 OLD FASHIONED 2006 UNBRIDLED'S SONG 2011 KY 216 4 0.93 23 1.33 1.05 1.13 1.91 0.00 INTO MISCHIEF 2005 HARLAN'S HOLIDAY 2010 KY 209 17 4.07 36 2.15 2.27 1.86 1.90 3.65 NIIGON 2001 UNBRIDLED 2008 ON 279 15 2.69 60 2.69 2.47 2.90 1.86 2.84 ENGLISH CHANNEL 2002 SMART STRIKE 2009 KY 562 28 2.49 72 1.60 0.33 1.61 1.86 1.59 BOLD N' FLASHY 1989 BOLD RUCKUS 1997 ON 258 8 1.55 29 1.41 1.27 1.60 1.86 0.96 SIXTIES ICON 2003 GALILEO 2010 ENG 121 0 0.00 9 0.93 1.56 0.23 1.86 0.00 CANDY RIDE 1999 RIDE THE RAILS 2006 KY 1335 61 2.28 201 1.88 1.80 1.61 1.84 1.93 NEW APPROACH 2005 GALILEO 2010 ENG 447 16 1.79 56 1.57 1.31 1.39 1.84 2.92 TEOFILO 2004 GALILEO 2009 IRE 758 37 2.44 102 1.68 1.44 1.43 1.83 2.78 MONSUN 1990 KONIGSSTUHL 1997 GER 671 47 3.50 112 2.09 0.84 2.02 1.81 2.29 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY 1997 STORM CAT 2002 KY 2143 106 2.47 330 1.92 1.47 1.75 1.79 2.61 SAFFIR 2002 UNBRIDLED 2008 ON 102 4 1.96 15 1.84 2.90 1.60 1.77 1.67 SMART STRIKE 1992 MR. PROSPECTOR 1998 KY 1689 83 2.46 246 1.82 1.79 1.76 1.77 1.88 SHAMARDAL 2002 GIANT'S CAUSEWAY 2007 IRE 1193 59 2.47 185 1.94 1.84 1.80 1.76 3.19 GREAT NOTION 2000 ELUSIVE QUALITY 2006 MD 332 9 1.36 45 1.69 2.93 0.89 1.76 2.80 RIMROD 2000 DANZIG 2007 PA 135 3 1.11 15 1.39 0.00 1.11 1.76 0.97 HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEB. 10, 2016

Down the Shedrow with Graham Motion cont. from p1 “He just started back galloping. He is at Palm Meadows. He got Animal Kingdom pulled off a 20-1 upset when capturing the a foot abcess [after the Kilroe Mile] that has just taken an 2011 GI Kentucky Derby in his first start on the dirt and garnered incredible amount of time to get him over. He ended up having a champion 3-year-old honors after following that win with a pretty significant piece of the foot cut away in order to get the runner-up effort in the GI Preakness S. Making just two starts in abcess out. He just got to Florida the other day and started back 2012, including a runner-up effort in the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile, galloping. It’s still a big production, but he is doing great.” the chestnut added another feather to Motion’s cap with a victory in the 2013 G1 Dubai World Cup. ! RAINHA DA BATERIA (f, 4, Broken Vow) After a mediocre career in Europe, Main Sequence blossomed Three Chimneys Farm’s Rainha Da Bateria displayed talent under Motion’s care with a perfect 2014 season that included right from the get-go as a juvenile, capturing the 2014 impressive come-from-behind wins in the GI United Nations S., GIII Jessamine S. and finishing second in that year’s GI Sword Dancer S., GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic S. and GI Breeders’ GIII Jimmy Durante S. Winless during her 3-year-old season, the Cup Turf. He was rewarded chestnut seemed to take a turn when finishing second in her for those efforts with a pair sophomore finale in of Eclipse Awards--for Churchill’s GII Mrs. Revere S. champion older male and Nov. 14 and came running champion turf male. late to be a good-looking Motion has lost quite a few second to “TDN Rising Star” talented runners from last term to retirement, including Tammy the Torpedo (More GISW Peace and War (War Than Ready) in last Saturday’s Front); MGSWs Kitten’s Point Rainha Da Bateria | Coady GIII Suwanee River S. at (Kitten’s Joy) and Rusty Photography Gulfstream (video). Graham Motion | Racing Post Slipper (Lemon Drop Kid); “I was very pleased. GSWs Hoop of Colour (Distorted Humor) and Luna Time (Malibu Numbers-wise she might have run her best race. I think her last Moon); and MSW Interrupted (Broken Vow). However, the two races have been her two best races, even though she 51-year-old has several nice horses on the comeback trail, finished second. I was very happy. It was a great way to start the including GISW Ring Weekend (Tapit) and the promising graded year for sure. I have always had high hopes for this filly and she winner Tin Type Gal (Tapit), as well as some promising has been a bit frustrating to be honest, but I feel like she is sophomores, four of whom are set to run this week. turning the corner. Possibly Keeneland next, but I’m not going to be in a hurry to run her back.” ! RING WEEKEND (g, 5, Tapit) Winner of the 2014 GII Tampa Bay Derby, St. Elias Stable and ! MISS TEMPLE CITY (f, 4, Temple City) West Point ’ Ring Weekend displayed an affinity Owned by Sagamore Farm, Allen Rosenblum and The Club for the grass later in his sophomore season, capturing both the Racing LLC, Miss Temple City has been one of Motion’s most GIII Saranac S. at Saratoga and Belmont’s GIII Hill Prince S. The consistent runners, hitting the board in all but one of her nine chestnut was last seen winning Santa Anita’s GI Frank E. Kilroe starts. Cont. p6 Mile S. Mar. 7 (video). “ We bred him to win a Classic, and he nearly pulled it off” – Elliott Walden

Runner-up by a head to four-time G1 winner TONALIST ($30,000 S&N) in the $1,500,000 Belmont S. (G1), setting all the fractions and defeating G1 winner WICKED STRONG and Horse of the Year CALIFORNIA CHROME

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Victorious in Pimlico’s Hilltop S. last May, the dark bay was a “Miss Ella is also in Camden and she had her first easy breeze creditable fourth when sent across the pond for Royal Ascot’s last weekend. We plan to run her on the grass this year. I G1 Coronation S. Second in her Stateside return in Saratoga’s GII thought her grass race was really good at Saratoga. She was Lake Placid S. last August and third in Belmont’s GII Sands Point beaten by a good filly [Lady Shipman]. I think that’s where she S. a month later, she came charging late to miss by just a head in wants to be. Her mother was a grass horse and I think we just Keeneland’s GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup when last seen got lucky that she handled the dirt. I think the grass is where she Oct. 10 (video). wants to be.” “She will have her first breeze this weekend. She is in Camden, South Carolina. Keeneland will be a stretch for her, but I think ! MESSI (GER) (g, 6, New Approach {Ire}) Churchill will be a possibility. The [GII Churchill Distaff Turf Mile] A two-time winner in his native Germany, Gestut Brummerhof on Derby Day would be the logical race if things went well.” homebred Messi started off his American career with a ! MISS ELLA (f, 4, Exchange Rate) pair of impressive optional- A debut winner at Gulfstream last March, Miss Ella followed claimer wins on the Saratoga that up with a victory in Keeneland’s GII Beaumont S. a month lawn last summer. Off the later. Off the board in the GI Acorn S. and GIII Victory Ride S., board behind a sensational the Jack Swain III homebred finished second behind GI Breeders’ performance from Flintshire Cup Turf Sprint runner-up and “TDN Rising Star” Lady Shipman (GB) (Dansili {GB}) in the (Midshipman) when switched to the turf in Saratoga’s GI Sword Dancer S. upstate, Messi | A. Coglianese S. Winner of the grassy Christiecat S. at Belmont the chestnut returned to in September, the bay was last seen finishing a non-factor 10th winning ways in Belmont’s GIII Knickerbocker S. Oct. 10 and has in Keeneland’s GII Raven Run S. Oct. 17. She had her first breeze not been seen since finishing fifth in Churchill’s since Feb. 6, going three furlongs in :39 flat at Camden. GIII River City H. Cont. p7 HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEB. 10, 2016

“Messi is in Camden. He got a really bad ulcer in his eye when Grand S. Sept. 9. The Dixiana Farms homebred sprung a mild he ran at Churchill that day and he actually almost lost the eye. upset over Fortunately, it looks like we saved the eye and he just started GI Mother Goose S. heroine Include back galloping, so he was off for quite some time after that Betty (Include) when capturing race.” Keeneland’s GIII Valley View S. last time Oct. 24 (video). The bay ! TIN TYPE GAL (f, 3, Tapit) already has four works at Palm Seventh when unveiled over the Saratoga main track, Tin Type Meadows this year, most recently Gal showed a new dimension when switched to the turf, earning breezing five furlongs in 1:02.05 Feb Tiger Ride | Linscott her diploma in a 1 1/16-mile test upstate Aug. 23. Victorious in 6. Photography Belmont’s GIII Miss Grillo S. next out Sept. 27 (video), the My “She is doing well. She breezed Meadowview Farm homebred was one of the buzz horses going 5/8ths at Palm Meadows and she will probably point to into the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, but was scratched Keeneland.” late when Motion felt she was not quite right. Out of GISW Miss Shop (Deputy Minister), the chestnut hails from the family of ! J LA TACHE (f, 3, Harlan’s Holiday) GISW Power Broker (Pulpit) and GSW & GISP sire Trappe Shot J La Tache has had the misfortune of facing some of the best of (Tapit). her generation in her first five trips to the post. Second to “TDN “She popped a splint [before the Breeders’ Cup] and she is just Rising Star” Constellation (Bellamy Road) on debut sprinting at starting back galloping. She is in Camden also.” the Spa last August, the My Meadowview Farm homebred was ! TIGER RIDE (f, 4, Candy Ride {Arg}) third to subsequent GI Frizette S. winner Nickname (Scat Daddy) Winner of Indiana’s one-mile TaWee S. last July, Tiger Ride a month later and filled that spot again in an Oct. 10 Keeneland finished fourth in the GIII Monmouth Oaks, but got back on track test behind MSW Stageplay (Curlin) and next-out graduate and when returned to the scene of her last success for the Indiana eventual GSW Carina Mia (Malibu Moon). Cont. p8 HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEB. 10, 2016

Fifth behind a “TDN Rising Star” performance from Carina Mia couple of races and he just can’t keep going, especially if you in Lexington three weeks later, J La Tache closed to be a very want to run him in 3-year-old races. I have been very happy with close third behind an impressive performance from Hold his works and I am excited to get him started.” Harmless (Blame) when switched to the turf and extended to 1 1/16 miles at Gulfstream Jan. 2 (video). The bay is entered in a ! UP WITH THE BIRDS (h, 6, Stormy Atlantic) six-furlong maiden special on the Gulfstream main track Two-time Sovereign Award winner Up With the Birds, victor of Wednesday (race 5). the 2013 GI Jamaica H. which is now known as the GI Belmont “I liked her grass race. It’s been tough to get in the grass races Derby, was transferred from Malcolm Pierce to Motion after his in Florida and I kind of felt off her last race like getting her back 2014 season. Winless in six starts for this barn, the Sam-Son on the dirt. I am giving her a try sprinting on the dirt because she Farm homebred finished second in the GI Canadian International handled it very well.” S. Oct. 18 and was ninth last time in the GII Hollywood Turf Cup S. Nov. 26. ! WAR ORDER (c, 3, War Front) “Up With the Birds is coming back to me next week. He has Third sprinting on the Saratoga lawn in August, War Order been at the farm in Ocala.” improved to second when stretched out to a route there last September. The Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani runner ! KASSEOPIA (GB) (c, 3, Showcasing {GB}) was off the board in his last two efforts, going a mile on the Team Valor International and Gary Barber’s Kasseopia is set to Belmont sod Oct. 18 and cut back to 7 1/2 furlongs on the make his first start for Motion in Saturday’s GIII El Camino Real Hallandale lawn Dec. 12. The dark bay will try the main track for Derby at Golden Gate. Off the board in his debut at Doncaster in the first time Wednesday in a one-mile 40-yard maiden special July, the chestnut finished second next out at Kempton in weight at Tampa Bay Downs (race 8). August and donned cap and gown there a month later. He made “He is a horse I like a lot. I am frustrated because I have had a his last start for trainer Charlie Fellowes in Woodbine’s GIII Grey hard time getting him back in on the grass. He has always S. Oct. 4 (video), where he finished second to Riker (Include), worked well on the dirt, so I kind of wanted to get him in an who suffered his first defeat next out in the GI Breeders’ Cup easier circuit and try him on the dirt. He is a horse I like a lot and Juvenile. I can’t believe he is still a maiden, to be honest.” “The horse I am running this weekend that we probably should mention is Kasseopeia, a horse of Team Valor’s. He ran in the ! SCHOLAR ATHLETE (c, 3, Einstein {Brz}) Grey up at Woodbine for his English trainer. He is running on West Point Thoroughbreds’ Scholar Athlete closed out his Saturday at Golden Gate in the El Camino Real Derby.” juvenile season with a third-place effort in the Coronation -@CDeBernardisTDN Futurity on the Woodbine synthetic Nov. 8. Returning in a turf test at Gulfstream Feb. 6, he closed strongly to finish a close third. “I was really pleased with him. I thought it was a good effort. We tried him on the dirt at Palm Meadows and I didn’t think he worked well on the dirt compared to the synthetic at Fair Hill. Most likely we will ship him to the [John] Battaglia [Memorial S. Mar. 12] at Turfway for his next start.”

! RAFTING (c, 3, Tapit) A non-factor seventh in his career bow in a turf route at the Spa last August, Rafting broke through with a decisive victory when switched the main track and cut back to seven panels there a month later. Third in a 1 1/16-mile allowance on the Keeneland main track Oct. 17, the Wertheimer et Frere homebred captured the Smooth Air S. when last seen at Gulfstream Park West Nov. 28 (video) and most recently breezed five furlongs at Palm Meadows in 1:00.65 Feb. 6. “He runs on Saturday in the [GIII] Sam F. Davis [S.] at Tampa. I’m excited to get him started. We kind of decided to give him a little break after that race at [Gulfstream Park West]. We wanted to freshen him up a little bit with the idea that he’s had a HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEB. 10, 2016

pace of route races. “I think he needed two turns all along--I just didn’t have the opportunity to get him there,” the trainer continued. “He was able to set the fractions somewhat on his own terms, as opposed to scrambling.” Meanwhile, McPeek said that GII Pocahontas S. winner and GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies third-place finisher Dothraki Queen (Pure Prize) is under consideration for a possible trip to Europe. The filly has not returned to the worktab since a fourth- place run in the GII Golden Rod S. at Churchill Nov. 28, but could return to competition by the spring time. “Dothraki Queen is not quite ready for her first work yet,” McPeek said. “She’s not going to show up until late March or early April. I’m contemplating running her maybe in Newmarket. I think she could be a better grass filly and we’re thinking maybe not the [GI] Kentucky Oaks, especially if Songbird (Medaglia Big Chief Racing LLC’s Exaggerator (Curlin), winner of last year’s GII d’Oro) goes there. She’ll definitely be pre-nominated to the [G1] Saratoga Special and GIII Delta Jackpot, worked four furlongs in 1,000 Guineas, and the [G1 Epsom] Oaks, as well as the :47.40 [2/23] at Santa Anita Tuesday in preparation for his 3-year- Kentucky Oaks.” old debut in the GII San Vicente S. Feb. 15. “His work was The trainer added that Dorodansa (Bellamy Road), third last smooth,” said trainer Keith Desormeaux. “He’s been ready for two out in the one-mile Martha Washington S. at Oaklawn Feb. 6, weeks, today was just maintenance. He is ready for a top effort.” | will make her next start in the GIII Honeybee S. in Hot Springs Coady Photography Mar. 12. ---@BMassamTDN

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WAR STROLL POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHWEST The Curious Case of the Ladies’ Turf at Gulfstream Park The times reported for the latter race seemed War Stroll (Stroll), an impressive wire-to-wire maiden winner fine, but race 4 just didn’t make much sense given the stylish at Oaklawn Jan. 28, worked four furlongs in :50.20 [12/34] ease with which Lady Shipman won. It was time for me to go to Tuesday at the Hot Springs oval and is under consideration for work. Craig Milkowski, TimeformUS Blog Monday’s GIII Southwest S., according to trainer Ken McPeek. “He just had a nice maintenance half-mile this morning, and we’ll probably make a day-of-entry decision on whether we go 8 Copyright Daily News. or not,” commented McPeek. “His last race was a really good race, and you don’t get too many opportunities for straight This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by 3-year-olds, but he’s done well here. Obviously he has an affinity any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. for the racetrack.” Information as to the American races, race results and After six previous tries at sprint distances as a juvenile, War earnings was obtained from results charts published by Stroll broke through in his most recent start--his first try around The Jockey Club Information Services and utilized here two turns [video]. With the benefit of a respite after the final with their permission. race of his 2-year-old season Nov. 28, McPeek said his charge seems to be more comfortable with the slower, more controlled REGIONAL REPORT Wednesday • Feb. 10, 2016

FASIG FINISHES STRONG "Losing Scat Daddy was a real loss to the North American by Amanda Duckworth breeding industry," said Browning. "He was a stallion that As predicted based on the catalog, trade on the second and provided great versatility on dirt and grass, had appeal to final day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale was Americans and Europeans, stronger than during Monday=s opening session. As a result, the and was a stallion who was four highest-priced offerings coming into his own. That of the sale all came Tuesday, was a real significant and including topper Flashy painful loss considering his American (Flashy Bull), who youth." went to Blue Sky Stable for Stakes winners Achiever's $395,000. The graded stakes Legacy (City Zip) and winner was consigned to the Stoweshoe (Flatter) rounded sale by Taylor Made Sales out the quartet of mares who Agency, Agent III as hip 426, led the sale. They both sold Browning | F-T Photo and was offered in foal to Orb for $330,000 and were offered just several hips apart in the (Malibu Moon). A total of 341 horses sold supplemental catalog late yesterday afternoon. during the two-day sale for a Consigned by Taylor Made, Achiever's Legacy (hip 519) hails gross of $8,260,600 and an from the powerful Amelia Bearhart family and sold to Roy and average of $24,225--down Gretchen Jackson=s Lael Stable. Stoweshoe (hip 522) was offered Flashy American 6.9% year-over-year. The by Hunter Valley Farm, agent, and sold to agent Mike Recio's Fasig-Tipton Photo median was $9,500 Rockbridge Bloodstock. Out of the Theatrical mare Comedy, compared to $12,000 12 months ago. The buyback rate was Stoweshoe is a full-sister to multiple graded stakes winner and 21.9%, which was not far off last year's figure of 21.4%. A total >TDN Rising Star= Taris and a half-sister to stakes winner Theatre of 406 horses sold last year for $10,560,700. Star (War Front). "There is a real thirst and a real desire for quality," said Boyd The highest-priced short yearling also sold yesterday, when Browning, Fasig-Tipton's president. "If you don't meet the agent Marc Ricker went to $100,000 to secure a colt by standards that the buyers establish as the quality threshold, it's Violence. Consigned by Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services, not fun selling a horse. It's also not fun trying to buy a horse that agent, the colt (hip 318) is out of the With Approval mare Bala, does meet that quality threshold because there is immense making him a half-brother to multiple graded stakes winner Bay competition. It is the same trends we have seen in recent years, and I would expect those to continue in 2016." to Bay (Sligo Bay {Ire}). The second day of the sale witnessed 157 horses gross For the catalog and complete results, visit $4,966,100 and average $31,631 (+32%). The median was www.fasigtipton.com. $12,000 (+9%). During the corresponding session last year, 275 horses sold for $6,592,300, good for an average of $23,972 and Flashy Record, Flashy PriceY a median of $11,000. Graded stakes winner Flashy American had been the talking "I think the results today reflected the quality of horses on horse on the sales grounds, and she met expectations, selling to offer compared to yesterday," said Browning. "The horses were Blue Sky Stable for $395,000 to top both Tuesday's session and twice as good. In an open sale like this, they fall where they the overall sale. might." Neil Howard, Gainesway's general manager, and Brian Graves, Mares offered in foal to the late Scat Daddy also proved to be Gainesway's director of public sales, secured the mare, who was hot commodities. On behalf of a partnership, Olin Gentry bought offered in foal to Orb. >TDN Rising Star= Funfair (More Than Ready) for $350,000 Tuesday. Darby Dan Farm consigned Funfair (hip 431), who was "We would have liked to have her for a little less than that, but offered in foal to the recently deceased stallion. On Monday, the price was fine," said Howard. "We pushed a little further Maggie d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro) topped the opening session than what we intended to. When you come to these horse sales, when selling to Green Lantern Stables for $210,000. Consigned you look for stuff that quality-wise fits your program, and by Select Sales, hip 55 was also in foal to Scat Daddy. quality-wise she fits the program." Cont. p2 Regional Report • PAGE 2 of 6 • thetdn.com Wednesday • Feb. 10, 2016

Flash American cont. Still Feeling the LossY Flashy American, who sold for just $5,000 as a weanling, Shortly after Flashy American sold, stakes winner Funfair drew proved her worth on the track and earned $778,683 for Preston her own share of the attention. Olin Gentry bought the Stables and trainer Ken McPeek. In 2014, she scored her biggest 6-year-old More Than Ready mare--who was offered in foal to victory, the GIII Sixty Sails H. Scat Daddy--on behalf of a partnership. She was also third in that "She's a nice mare," Gentry year=s GI Delaware H. said. "The Scat Daddy [cover] had a lot to do with it. He was "She could run," said probably right there behind Tapit Howard. "We haven't decided as the best stallion in America. exactly where she is going to It's a real shame. Hopefully we go yet, but probably Tapit. It will get a good one." was all about quality." Funfair was consigned by Darby Taylor Made Sales Dan Farm, agent, and is from the consigned the 7-year-old same family as millionaire mare, who is from the same Dynever (Dynaformer) and GI female family as graded Howard | F-T Photo Breeders' Cup Dirt winner Furthest Land (Smart Strike). She stakes winner I'm Already Gentry | F-T Photo Sexy (Ready=s Image). Flashy American had actually been offered delivered her first foal, a Malibu Moon filly, last year. The filly was offered at the 2016 Keeneland and sold for $360,000 during last year's Fasig-Tipton November January Horses of All Ages Sale and sold to Blue Sky Stables for Sale, but the buyer defaulted on payment. $250,000. "We had to go to Plan B and bring her in here," said Taylor Gentry declined to name the partnership purchasing Funfair, Made=s Mark Taylor. "We did a lot of extra promotion to get the but he did confirm she will remain in Kentucky. Future breeding word out because we didn't want people to think she was plans have not been decided. damaged goods, or that the buyer bought her and she had some problem. "The reserve was well below the final number. She was fairly sold, and I'm glad it worked out for everybody. It goes to show you that if you have quality, the market's still good. The lower-end horses are kind of taking a beating, but if you get one that's got quality, there's still plenty of money around."

FASIG-TIPTON WINTER MIXED SALE Tuesday=s Top Mares Hip Name Status Price ($) 426 Flashy American i/f Orb 395,000 (7, Flashy Bull--Inn Between, by Quiet American) Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent III Purchased by Blue Sky Stable 431 Funfair i/f Scat Daddy 350,000 (6, More Than Ready--Fleuron, by Distant View) Consigned by Darby Dan Farm, agent Purchased by Olin Gentry, agent 519 Achiever=s Legacy Racing/B=mare Prospect 330,000 (4, City Zip--Lure the Bear, by Lure) Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent XXXIX Flashy American | F-T Photo Purchased by Lael Stable Regional Report • PAGE 3 of 6 • thetdn.com Wednesday • Feb. 10, 2016

F-T Toppers cont. Historical racing--which involves slot machine-like betting on 522 Stoweshoe Racing/B=mare Prospect 330,000 already-run horse races that have been stripped of identifying (3, Flatter--Comedy, by Theatrical {Ire}) markers--is the long-term crux of the squabble between Texas Consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, agent politicians who oppose it and racing commission members who Purchased by Rockbridge Bloodstock/M Recio, agent believe they have the authority to enact it. Horse and 403 Dorothy=s Spirit i/f Verrazano 190,000 greyhound interests have contended that they need revenue (7, Scat Daddy--Im Out First, by Allen=s Prospect) from some form of expanded gaming for Texas racing to remain Consigned by Select Sales, Agent IX competitive, or even in business. Purchased by Terry Miller, agent But the immediate future of the state=s tracks is also at stake, because lawmakers who are against historical racing recently retaliated by withholding funding for the racing commission. As currently budgeted, the money is expected to run out by the end of February, and the commission last month gave notice to

Texas tracks that all pari-mutuel operations would have to cease by Feb. 16 because there would be no money to pay for the agency=s oversight. FASIG-TIPTON WINTER MIXED SALE That shut-down date still hasn=t been lifted, and both the racing agency and the state=s tracks are still in limbo, Robert SESSION TOTALS 2016 2015 $ Catalogued 232 416 Elrod, the racing commission=s public information officer, told $ No. Offered 189 329 TDN. $ No. Sold 157 275 ANothing that happened today has any impact on our funding. $ RNAs 32 54 We=re funded through the end of this month,@ Elrod said. AWe $ % RNAs 16.9% 16.4% $ No. $100K+ 9 14 don=t really know anything at this point. We just have to wait for $ High Price $395,000 $450,000 this legal process to play out. The [approval for continued $ Gross $4,966,100 $6,592,300 funding] would come from the Texas Legislative Budget Board.@ $ Average (% change) $31,631 (+32%) $23,972 Elrod said the commissioners called Tuesday=s meeting to $ Median (% change) $12,000 (+9%) $11,000 order and went through a few items of Aroutine business.@ Then, CUMULATIVE TOTALS 2016 2015 when they got to agenda item titled AReport on the Executive $ Catalogued 528 616 Director's Plan to Close the Agency in the Event that Additional $ No. Offered 437 493 Appropriations are not Approved,@ chairman Rolando Pablos $ No. Sold 341 406 announced the meeting was going to be adjourned because a $ RNAs 96 87 $ % RNAs 21.9% 17.6% restraining order had been served prior to the start of the $ No. $100K+ 14 21 meeting. $ High Price $395,000 $450,000 The order specifically restrains the defendant (Texas Racing $ Gross $8,260,600 $10,560,700 Commission) Afrom voting to repeal the Historical Racing rules.@ $ Average (% change) $24,225 (-6.9%) $26,012 $ Median (% change) $9,500 (-20.8%) $12,000 The court order was a result of a lawsuit filed by the Texas Greyhound Association. Published news reports in Texas had speculated prior to the meeting that newly installed members of the racing commission might be likely to bow to the wishes of elected leaders and flip the agency=s long-held support of RESTRAINING ORDER KEEPS TEXAS historical racing. The court order also read, in part: AHarm is imminent, and if COMMISSION FROM CONTROVERSIAL VOTE the court does not issue the temporary restraining order, By T.D. Thornton Plaintiff will be irreparably injured because a repeal of the rule The bizarre, two-year odyssey of whether historical race will cause the Texas Greyhound Association to have lost the gaming should be legal in Texas took another unexpected turn expenditures, time, and other resources used in the preparation on Tuesday when a state district judge served the Texas Racing of, study of, and ultimate passing of the Historical Racing.@ Commission with a temporary restraining order just before the The next step is a Feb. 18 hearing on the temporary injunction, start of a highly anticipated meeting that kept the agency from but Elrod said Athat may change. There may be a hearing that voting on the issue. happens before then, but that=s what=s on there for right now.@ Regional Report • PAGE 4 of 6 • thetdn.com Wednesday • Feb. 10, 2016

Texas cont. She raced just three times last season--finishing second in both Sam Houston Race Park is the only Texas track running Woodbine=s GIII Royal North S. on the turf in July and on the Thoroughbreds at this time of year. AWe have been told that synthetic in the GII Presque Isle Downs Masters in September racing will continue through at least the end of February, and before failing to make an impact in defense of her TCA title at that our plan is just to continue as we have been,@ Jamie Keeneland Oct. 3. Heavily favored on the class drop here, the Nielsen, the track=s marketing director, told TDN. AWe plan to dark bay seized command down the backside, posted splits of keep racing, and just let the court decide.@ :22.59 and :46.41 and kept finding with room to spare. Click for The longer-term implications of the court order were viewed the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. as favorable by some in the Texas racing industry. AThis is definitely a victory for the horsemen today,@ Wes 7th-FG, $37,000, Msw, 2-9, 3yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:04.70, fm. Melcher, who owns the Double Infinity Ranch in Sulphur Springs, VICTORY ARCH (c, 3, Archarcharch--Toasty, by Polish Numbers) told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. AThe most important thing is set the pace and leveled off to finish third in his six-furlong we get more time. This is all about political maneuvering and so unveiling here Dec. 17 and displayed a similar running style many people=s lives and jobs are at stake.@ when second behind Jensen (Haynesfield) over that same trip Jan. 10. Tabbed as the 2-1 choice for this first spin over the lawn, the dark bay rocketed out of the gate and opened up a clear advantage through a quarter-mile in :22.64. Maintaining an open-length lead into the stretch, Victory Arch was geared down late and crossed the wire 1 1/4 lengths in front of Vittorioso (Scat Daddy), who was subsequently disqualified and placed third for interference in the lane. Tiger Paw (Kitten=s Joy) Tuesday=s Results: was promoted to earn runner-up honors. The winner=s dam is MARDI GRAS S., $60,000, FG, 2-9, 4yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2fT, 1:04.39, responsible for a juvenile filly by Majesticperfection and a fm. yearling colt by Graydar. She was bred back to Cairo Prince. 1--LEIGH COURT, 117, m, 6, Grand Slam--Padmore, by French Sales History: $21,000 Ylg '14 EASSEP; $47,000 2yo '15 OBSOPN. Deputy. ($1,000,000 4yo '14 FTKNOV). O-Speedway Stable Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-1, $34,600. Click for the Equibase.com LLC; B-Eugene Melnyk (KY); T-Michael Stidham; J-Florent chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Geroux. $36,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 3yo-Can & MGSW, O-Mark Norman & Norman Stables LLC; B-Dreamtime Stables 16-8-4-0, $708,331. *1/2 to King of Sydney (Diesis {GB}), GSW- LLC (KY); T-Scott Gelner. Ger; and Barracks Road (Elusive Quality), MSW, $369,645. Raised & Sold by CandyLand

2--Eden Prairie, 117, m, 6, Mizzen Mast--Clerico, by Elusive Quality. ($50,000 Ylg '11 KEESEP). O-Lothenbach Stables Inc.; B-Dorothy A. Matz (KY); T-Neil L. Pessin. $12,000. 3--Mizz Money, 117, f, 4, Mizzen Mast--Abbeyville Miss, by Grand Slam. O-L. T. B. Inc. & Hillerich Racing LLC; B-Bernie Rood & Riddle to Host Educational Seminar Feb. 25: Flint, Ron Hillerich & LTB Inc. (KY); T-Bernard S. Flint. $6,000. Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital will host the Rood and Riddle Margins: 3/4, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 0.60, 16.10, 10.30. Report Live, an educational seminar for people engaged in the Also Ran: Lindisfarne, Run Zippy Run, Adrianne G, Stoupinator, equine industry Feb. 25 at Embassy Suites in Lexington, it was Prayed For, Angie's Prim Lady, Sugar Sweet. Scratched: Late announced Tuesday. Spring, I'm a Looker, Tipthetrolleygirl, Warriorscmoutoplay, The seminar, now in its sixth year, will feature updates on the Pleasant Tales. latest publications in veterinary journals and a panel of Leigh Court, winner of the 2014 GII Thoroughbred Club of veterinary specialists discussing the latest developments that America S. for breeder Eugene Melnyk and trainer Josie Carroll affect every level of horse owner. Highlighted speakers include before finishing fifth in the GI Breeders= Cup F/M Sprint, was surgeon Dr. Brett Woodie, internal medicine specialist Dr. Peter purchased for $1 million by these owners at that year=s Fasig- Morresey, reproduction specialist Dr. Maria Schnobrich and Tipton November sale and turned over to Mike Stidham. podiatrist Dr. Scott Morrison. Cont. p5

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Rood & Riddle cont. ASince our inception in 1986, Rood & Riddle has committed to INDUSTRY INFO offering an annual client education event,@ said Dr. Tom Riddle of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital. AThe Rood and Riddle Xpressbet Wagers to Dupport Jockey Fray Martinez: Report Live is a great opportunity for people engaged in the Xpressbet is joining the >Fundraiser for Fray=, an initiative designed to support jockey Fray Martinez, who was recently equine industry to learn about the newest developments in diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, it was announced veterinary care.@ Tuesday. The online wagering platform has pledged to donate all More information about the event can be found at proceeds from its customers wagering on Laurel Park as part of www.roodandriddle.com. the Fundraiser for Fray to be held at Laurel Saturday, Feb. 13. Martinez, 21, won 127 races at Mid-Atlantic tracks in 2014 and MORNING LINE ODDS: 2016 KENTUCKY DERBY 2015, and is currently undergoing treatment at the University Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He and his wife are expecting FUTURE WAGER POOL 2 their first child in the spring. AWe were saddened to hear about Fray=s diagnosis and are Airoforce (Colonel John) 20-1 looking forward to helping however possible,@ said Xpressbet Awesome Banner (Awesome of Course)* 30-1 Senior Vice President of Marketing, Kerry Carlson. AThe entire = = Brody s Cause (Giant s Causeway) 30-1 Xpressbet team is pulling for Fray, and we=re very confident the Cherry Wine (Paddy O=Prado)* 50-1 same perseverance, dedication and tenacity that helped him to Cocked and Loaded (Colonel John) 50-1 become one of the best young riders in Maryland will help him Collected (City Zip)* 30-1 beat Leukemia.@ Danzing Candy (Twirling Candy)* 30-1 The in-house component of the Fundraiser for Fray will include Discreetness (Discreet Cat)* 50-1 a silent auction and a Bone Marrow Registry Drive. Among the Exaggerator (Curlin) 20-1 items up for auction are a pair of 2016 GI Preakness S. tickets, Gettysburg (Pioneerof the Nile)* 50-1 signed jockey memorabilia, tickets plus hospitality to the Florida Gift Box (Twirling Candy) 30-1 Derby and Santa Anita Derby and an signed and framed photo of Greenpointcrusader (Bernardini) 20-1 Victor Espinoza and American Pharoah winning the 2015 Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) 50-1 Xpressbet Preakness S. The card is headlined by the GII Barbara Mo Tom (Uncle Mo) 50-1 Fritchie S., as well as a pair of supporting stakes. First post time Mohaymen (Tapit) 8-1 is 12:25 p.m. ET. Mor Spirit (Eskendereya) 15-1 ASince all proceeds from our customers wagering on Laurel=s Nyquist (Uncle Mo) 12-1 Saturday card are going directly to Fray, we hope everyone is Shagaf (Bernardini)* 30-1 generous with their wagers,@ Carlson added. AAnd with a great @ Smokey Image (Southern Image)* 30-1 card scheduled, we know our players will enjoy the races. Donations are also being accepted in Martinez=s name by the Tom=s Ready (More Than Ready) 50-1 Maryland Horsemen=s Association, at 500 Redland Court, Suite Vorticity (Distorted Humor)* 50-1 105, Owings Mills, MD, 21117. Whitmore (Pleasantly Perfect)* 50-1 Zulu (Bernardini)* 30-1 WinStar Stablemates Annonuces Fourth Fantasy Derby Contest: Mutuel Field/All Others 4-5 The fourth annual Fantasy Derby Challenge, presented by *Wagering interest not included in KDFW Pool 1 WinStar StableMates, kicks off this Friday, Feb. 12, it was announced Tuesday. The free handicapping contest follows prominent 3-year-old Thoroughbreds on the road to the GI Kentucky Derby, and culminates after nine weeks with the GI Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park Apr. 16. AWe are very excited to bring back this popular contest for the fourth year in a row@, said Elliott Walden, WinStar President & CEO. AIt is never too early to be thinking about May, and it is such a great opportunity for both casual fans and diehard MGSW & FTKNOV grad Leigh Court (Grand Slam) captured the Mardi Gras S. at Fair Grounds. enthusiasts to put their handicapping skills to the test during this exciting time of the year.@ Cont. p6

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WinStar Stablemates cont. Participants can enter the contest at any time before noon EST Friday, Feb. 12, and will be asked to select a stable of 12 horses from 47 total offerings. Among the prizes offered this year feature WinStar stallion halters, WinStar stallion apparel, complimentary WinStar StableMates memberships, and table tickets on the 4th floor of Churchill Downs= Jockey Club Suite for both Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby days. To learn more about the contest or to register, visit www.WinStarStableMates.com. ROOKIES

First/second-crop starters to watch: Wednesday, February 10 Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2011 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) ALBERTUS MAXIMUS (Albert the Great), Shadwell Farm, $1, 93/5/2 5-MVR, Msw 6f, Added Unto You, 10-1 ATTEMPTED HUMOR (Distorted Humor), Metoyer & Chatters Farm, 15/2/0 6-DED, Alw 1m, Mickchievous, 6-1 BIG DRAMA (Montbrook), Bridlewood Farm, $10K, 109/14/1

7-GP, Msw 6 1/2f, Major Drama, $18K EAS MAY 2yo, 15-1 7-GP, Msw 6 1/2f, +Money Illusion, $230K OBS OPN 2yo, 2-1 " " " 7-GP, Msw 6 1/2f, Unintimidated, $230K OBS AUG yrl, 3-1 DROSSELMEYER (Distorted Humor), WinStar Farm, $18K, 175/10/0 6-DED, Alw 1m, Uncle Drossel, $27K KEE SEP yrl, 7-2 5th-FG, $38,000, (S), (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($12,500), 2-9, 4yo/up, FIRST DUDE (Stephen Got Even), Double Diamond Farm, $8K, 195/18/1 f/m, 1mT, 1:40.18, fm. 7-GP, Msw 6 1/2f, Eklipsado, $16K OBS OPN 2yo, 5-1 OSIER (f, 4, Chatain--Black Tie Diamond {SP}, by Black Tie Affair LONHRO (AUS) (Octagonal {NZ}), Darley, $30K, 176/15/2 {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 12-2-2-3, $73,581. O-Glockenburg LLC; 8-TAM, Msw 1m, +How So, 6-1 B-Stan Whisenant (LA); T-Pavel Vashchenko. *$1,400 Ylg '13 RODMAN (Malibu Moon), 6/3/0 OBSWIN; $10,000 Ylg '13 OBSAUG. **1/2 to Lentil (Alphabet 4-GP, Aoc 1 1/8m, Isofass, $62K OBS OPN 2yo, 4-1 Soup), SW & GSP, $242,788. TRAPPE SHOT (Tapit), Claiborne Farm, $10K, 182/17/0 4-GP, Aoc 1 1/8m, One More Shot, $100K FTK OCT yrl, 7-2 8th-HOU, $20,000, (S), 2-9, (NW1X), 3yo, 6f, 1:12.13, ft. JET OVER (g, 3, Jet Phone--Belle of the Band, by Dixieland B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N Band) Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-0, $49,470. O-Kenneth E. Sykes; AMERICA B-Clarence Scharbauer (TX); T-Joyce Salisbury. *1/2 to Thegirlinthatsong (My Golden Song), GSW & GISP, $480,105. ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8th-FG, $41,800, 2-9, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.37, ft. 9th-HOU, $20,000, (S), 2-9, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 5 1/2f, 1:06.16, ft. SWEET MISS LOU (f, 4, SuperSaver--Elke {MSP, $122,970}, by PLASKA (g, 4, Intimidator--Wild Mist, by Wild Zone) Lifetime Record: 24-5-6-3, $76,837. O/T-Mindy J. Willis; B-Quintin Holtz Dixie Union) Lifetime Record: 10-4-1-3, $73,240. O-Mitch (TX). Butler; B-Peachtree Farm (KY); T-Matt A. Shirer. *$95,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP; $170,000 2yo '14 EASMAY. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 2yo Purchase by Joe Brocklebank, Agent +Honey Twists, f, 3, Much the Best--Sharp N Flashy, by Bold n' Flashy. MVR, 2-9, (S), 6f, 1:20.44. B-W. Lee Johnson (OH).