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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 >GRETZKY= SCORES THE WEEK IN REVIEW: AFTER GUILTY PLEAS, WILL MORE TRAINERS BE CHARGED? ANOTHER GRADE I WIN by Bill Finley The next chapter in the scandal that has rocked Thoroughbred FOR NYQUIST IN SUMMER racing played out last week when Scott Robinson and Sarah Izhaki both pled guilty to charges relating to the sale and distribution of performance-enhancing drugs used to dope race horses. It was an important development, but the bigger story is this: will it lead to a new and extensive list of indictments against trainers and others who so far have not been charged? That possibility certainly exists. For now, everything is speculation and the Department of Justice has not said whether or not Izhaki and Robinson are cooperating in the probe, but it's not hard to connect the dots and come up with a scenario where the two are cooperating with authorities and ready to name names. Cont. p11 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY IRISH YEARLING SEASON BEGINS IN NEWMARKET Gretzky the Great | Michael Burns The Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale kicks off on Monday and Daithi Harvey has the preview. Click or tap here Gretzky the Great (Nyquist), who became freshman sire to go straight to TDN Europe. Nyquist (Uncle Mo)=s first stakes winner in August, became his second Grade I winner less than a month later with a victory in Sunday=s GI Summer S. at Woodbine. The score in the AWin and You=re In@ event punched Gretzky the Great=s ticket to the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf and gave Japanese-born jockey Kazushi Kimura his first career Grade I triumph. Unveiled going five furlongs on the local turf July 12, the Ontario-bred was runner-up to re-opposing rival Ready to Repeat before graduating by open lengths in an off-the-turfer there Aug. 2. Getting up late to capture the 6 1/2-furlong Soaring Free S. three weeks later, Gretzky the Great was made a narrow favorite here. Coming away well, the bay deferred to draft in behind of Ready to Repeat in the two path for the long run up the backstretch. Traveling comfortably past fractions of :24.10 and :47.82, he was given just a nudge by Kimura three-eighths out and sidled up alongside the pacesetter soon after straightening for home as the top two separated themselves from the pack. 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Bought by Anderson Farms for $310,000 at Keeneland November in 2016, she has a yearling Quality Road colt and visited Uncle Mo this spring. Broodmare sire Bernardini gained his 10th Grade I winner with Gretzky the Great=s Summer S. score, and the colt is bred on the same cross as Mo Town who won the GI Hollywood Derby and is by Nyquist=s sire Uncle Mo. Cont. p4 Gretzky the Great and a jubilant Kazushi Kimura | Michael Burns Overtaking Ready to Repeat past the three-sixteenths pole, he quickly kicked clear while briefly lugging into his foe=s path and cruised home much the best. An inquiry was taken into the winner=s drifting, but the result stood. AHe is such an amazing horse,@ said Kimura. AThrough the final stretch, he had a tremendous explosion. He sometimes was TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 18 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 GRETZKY THE GREAT Sunday, Woodbine WIN AND YOU’RE IN ™ SUMMER S.-GI, C$280,500, Woodbine, 9-20, 2yo, 1mT, 1:34.53, connection earnings include: fm. $Automatic berth into #BC20 Juvenile Turf 1--GRETZKY THE GREAT, 122, c, 2, by Nyquist $$30,000 in pre-entry & entry fees $ Travel award up to $10,000 for domestic 1st Dam: Pearl Turn (MSP, $182,560), by Bernardini starters and $40,000 for international 2nd Dam: Turn Me Loose, by Kris S. starters 3rd Dam: Adoradancer, by Danzig Connection +$10,000 nominator award to Anderson Farms 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. ($295,000 RNA Click HERE for the full 2020 Ylg '19 FTKOCT). O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Gary #WINANDYOUREIN rules and race schedule. Barber; B-Anderson Farms Ont. Inc. (ON); T-Mark E. Casse; J-Kazushi Kimura. C$180,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-1-0, $252,205. Click for eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Sunday, Woodbine NATALMA S.-GI, C$253,000, Woodbine, 9-20, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:34.61, fm. 1--LADY SPEIGHTSPEARE, 121, f, 2, by Speightstown 1st Dam: Lady Shakespeare (MGSW-USA, SW-Can, 2--Ready to Repeat, 122, g, 2, More Than Ready--Christine $495,608), by Theatrical (Ire) Daae, by Giant's Causeway. ($60,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-Gail 2nd Dam: Lady Shirl, by That's a Nice Cox, John Menary, Michael James Ambler & Windways Farm; 3rd Dam: Canonization, by Native Heritage B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Gail Cox. >TDN Rising Star= 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES C$50,000. WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. O/B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-Roger L. Attfield; J-Emma-Jayne Wilson. C$150,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $146,394. Werk Nick Rating: A+. 3--Dolder Grand, 122, c, 2, Candy Ride (Arg)--Tamboz, by Tapit. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. ($800,000 2yo '20 OBSAPR). O-D. J. Stable LLC; B-Dell Ridge Farm, LLC (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. C$27,500. Margins: 3 1/4, 1, HF. Odds: 2.40, 4.85, 5.85. 2--Alda, 121, f, 2, by Munnings Also Ran: American Monarch, Heat of the Night, Secret Potion, 1st Dam: Soldata, by Maria's Mon Download. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs 2nd Dam: Soldera, by Polish Numbers or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, 3rd Dam: La Pepite, by Mr. Prospector sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O/B-Wertheimer et Frere (KY); T-H. Graham Motion. C$50,000. 3--Seasons, 121, f, 2, by Tapit 1st Dam: Winter Memories, by El Prado (Ire) 2nd Dam: Memories of Silver, by Silver Hawk 3rd Dam: All My Memories, by Little Current Gretzky The Great Vequist takes the wins the G1 G1 Spinaway with Summer Stakes. Lady Lilly, also by He’s also the 10th Nyquist, in third. G1 winner for Bernardini as a broodmare sire. NYQUIST THE GREAT Leading freshman Nyquist becomes the first stallion since Danzig in 1984 to sire two G1-winning first-crop juveniles before the end of September. Making history: it takes foresight TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 18 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 O-LNJ Foxwoods & Phillips Racing Partnership; B-Phillips pointed for home. Going on with it entering the final furlong, Racing Partnership (KY); T-James J. Toner. C$27,500. she was attacked late by Alda from her outside, but stayed on Margins: 3/4, 2 3/4, HD. Odds: 2.50, 2.60, 5.05. strongly to hold that rival at bay. Also Ran: Dreaming of Drew, Sleek Lynx (GB), Stunning Princess, Big Big Plans. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Chuck Fipke=s Lady Speightspeare, named a >TDN Rising Star= for an impressive frontrunning debut victory, backed that distinction up with a gusty success in Sunday=s GI Natalma S.