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MUNNINGS ON TRACK FOR OWNERS WHO FINISHED BEHIND WANT HIM DQ=D BIG OAKS SEASON by Bill Finley The owners of Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute) released a statement Wednesday saying they expect Maximum Security (New Year=s Day) to be disqualified from all his races, which would include the $20-million Saudi Cup. If so, Midnight Bisou would be placed first in the race. Bob Donaldson, the owner of Spun to Run (Hard Spun), who was second behind Maximum Security in the GI Cigar Mile H., also weighed in, saying he wants the New York Gaming Association to disqualify Maximum Security from that race. Midnight Bisou, who was beaten three-quarters of a length in the rich Saudi race, is owned by the partnership of Bloom Racing, Madaket Stables and Allen Racing. Wednesday, Bloom Racing managing partner Jeff Bloom issued a statement. by Katie Ritz Cont. p5 Off a modest initial stud of $12,500 back in 2011, Munnings (Speightstown) has written his own Cinderella story as he's worked his way to the top tier of the general sires list. But this IN TDN EUROPE TODAY year has potential to witness the sire=s biggest breakthrough yet. ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GREEN AND GOLD With a 2020 fee set at $30,000 and five stakes winners already Prominent National Hunt owner JP McManus celebrated four this year, many of the horses ranking beside Munnings in terms winners during the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday. Click or of black-type winners are standing at five and six times his fee. tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. "He's a horse that really in the last two or three years has gained a lot of traction," said Adrian Wallace of Coolmore America. "When you stack him up against sires besides him on the general sires list, he looks to have really good value." His most recent success has been in no small part from two fillies hot on the GI trail. Finite and Venetian Harbor currently rank first and third on Bill Finley's TDN Kentucky Oaks Top 10 list. "We're very proud of the people who have bred to him and proud of the owners who are enjoying the ride this year. It's an exciting time for Munnings," said Wallace. A homebred for Winchell , Finite broke her maiden at Kentucky Downs last September and never looked back. Undefeated in stakes company, the Asmussen trainee leads all contenders in terms of Oaks points with dual Grade II wins in the Golden Rod S. and the S. "This is a filly that deserves her place on the list," Wallace said. "She's got a very high cruising speed and looks to be very hard to beat as we go farther on into the year." Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected]

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Munnings cont. from p1 He continued, "If any filly can take it up to her, it might be Venetian Harbor." Trained by Richard Baltas, Venetian Harbor broke her maiden second time out by over 10 lengths at two before going on to win the GII Las Virgenes S. by nine in February. "She was ultra impressive in her last start and I think that if she can go on, she'll be a very exciting filly to watch down the road," Wallace said.

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While Munnings himself excelled over seven furlongs, taking the GII Woody Stephens S., GII Tom Fool H., and the GII Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship S., his all-time leading earner, I'm A Chatterbox, achieved her three Grade I wins at distances beyond a mile. "I think that for most of Munnings's progeny, they've got his high cruising speed and they're tough, but they also have the stamina to go a mile and beyond," Wallace noted. "With these two fillies, hopefully, we'll see them go the Oaks distance in the near future." A son of Speightstown, Munnings is out of the Holy Bull La Comete, who produced a second stakes winner in Munnings Sister (Speightstown). His second dam, La Gueriere (Lord at War {Arg}) won the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. at Keeneland. "While he has Storm Cat and Mr. Prospector on the top, he's a complete outcross on the dam side, which makes him very attractive for the vast majority of American bloodlines," Wallace said. "Finite is out of a Tapit mare, so he works well with the A.P. Indy and Pulpit lines. And Venetian Harbor is out of a Street Cry (Ire) mare, so he also works well being bred back into Mr. Prospector. He's had good success with Sadler's Wells through El Prado and Medaglia d'Oro, so I think there's great scope to breed into most American bloodlines." Cont. p4

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Munnings cont. at six years old. These Munnings horses are durable and sound, The two Oaks-bound fillies aren't the only ones succeeding for and they've got that aspect of brilliance to them as well," their sire this year. Munnings already has two other graded Wallace said. stakes-winning older horses. Warrior's Charge became a graded The success of his progeny on the track has not gone stakes winner last month after fighting to take the unnoticed in the sales ring. His yearlings averaged just under GIII Razorback H. $70,000 in 2019 off of a $25,000 stud "What most impressed fee. me about Warrior's Charge "As his quality of has gotten was his tenacity,@ he said. better, his sales record has improved. AHe was on the lead for the After everything he's done so far this whole race and coming into year, I'd imagine it would continue the stretch, there was a even more this year," said Wallace. wall of five horses behind "He's definitely on an upward curve him. You expected him to and it will be reflected on demand at get swallowed up, but he the sales." found some inner While Speightstown and his sons determination to stay up by are historically noted as dirt sires, a head." Munnings has had recent success Earlier in the year, Phat with offspring on the turf. Finite Man gave trainer Kent broke her maiden last fall on turf at Sweezey his first graded Munnings | Coolmore Kentucky Downs, and Wesley Ward's stakes win in the GIII Fred Kimari ran second in the G2 Queen Hooper S. Mary S. at Ascot last year before going on to win two "I think it's a testament to the horse, to get his third stakes win consecutive stakes races stateside on the grass. Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

"While there is definitely a certain amount of versatility to Owners Want Maximum Security DQd cont. from p1 him, I think he's generally your all-American dirt sire, which is part of what makes him so popular," said Wallace. "Another thing that helps his demand is that everyone can breed to him. He's at a price point where he's very accessible." After a successful year in 2019 with 11 stakes winners, his stud fee was raised from $20,000 to $30,000. "We initially set his fee this year at $25,000, but we were bowled over in terms of demand so we raised it to $30,000," Wallace said. "We probably could have gotten away with setting it even higher, but we didn't want to be overly greedy and I think we were rewarded in that. He's pretty much booked full for this year, and demand has been like never before." As Finite and Venetian Harbor continue to work toward the first Friday in May, the team at Ashford Stud prepares for demand to grow even more for next year. Wallace noted the surge in demand for Uncle Mo after 's victory in the Jeff Bloom (left) | Sarah Andrew , as well as for after last year. The statement read: AAt this time we are following the news as "Races like these can put sires in a rarified air,@ said Wallace. is everyone throughout our industry. We are, of course, deeply AIf Munnings were to have success in one of these iconic races, it concerned and frustrated of the apparent cheating and blatant would really make him a household name. I think he's already disregard for the equine athletes that has been pervasive for all well on his way to becoming that, but with these two fillies, he's the accused in the recent Federal indictments. We could not be got a real chance this year." more proud of our mare and her accomplishments, in particular her breathtaking performance in the Saudi Cup, where she TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020 handily beat 12 of the best horses in the world. One would AI feel he should be pulled from the Cigar Mile and we should expect that Maximum Security would be disqualified from all his get the winner=s share,@ Donaldson said. AI have an attorney that races, including the Saudi Cup, due to the recent findings of the is ready to act if he needs to. I hope they do the right thing, pull use of undetectable PEDs in his training and races. Regardless, the horse out and redistribute the purse. I want to see first what we are excited to continue the campaign with Midnight Bisou they do. I don=t want to jump down the Gaming Commission=s and watch our incredibly talented mare race.@ throat before they have time to do something. If nothing is Maximum Security was trained by Jason Servis, who was done, I will file a suit.@ among 27 people indicted Mar. 9 as part of a horse doping There is no precedent in U.S. racing for disqualifying a horse scheme. The indictment maintained that Servis had used illegal that did not test positive for a drug in the race in question. drugs with virtually all of his horses over the last several years. According to the FBI=s investigation, the drugs Servis had been At stake for Midnight Bisou and her owners is the winner=s using were undetectable by standard testing procedures. In share of the Saudi race, which is $10 million. By finishing second, addition, a disqualification from the Cigar Mile could lead to the mare is believed to have earned $3.5 million. massive headaches involving hundreds of races in which Servis When reached by the TDN, Bloom declined to answer follow- horses won or finished in the money. up questions. Donaldson joined the chorus of those who have been saying It was not immediately clear what channels the owners could that the sport will ultimately benefit from the indictment of the use to try to have the original outcome reversed or whether or alleged cheaters. not Saudi racing officials would even entertain an appeal. AThis is going to hurt a long time before it gets better,@ he said. In his start prior to the Saudi Cup, Maximum Security defeated AIt=s going to hurt for a while. I think once we get through this, Spun to Run by 3 1/2 lengths in the $750,000 Cigar Mile at the sport will be better off and for generations to come. This Aqueduct, earning $412,500. With his second-place finish, Spun needed to happen. They sat on those guys like they were in the to Run earned $150,000. He is trained by Juan Carlos Guerrero. mob. I don=t think we even know a sixteenth of what=s been Donaldson said he would give New York regulators a chance to going on.@ disqualify Maximum Security before taking legal action. Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

Owners Call for Maximum Security DQs cont. AOut of an abundance of caution for the health and safety of the horses in the care of those criminally charged, and with the utmost regard for the integrity of our sport, The Stronach Group has scratched all horses that were entered by the indicted individuals indefinitely and will also be refusing any future entries with respect to the horses that have been under their care until stand-down protocols are finalized,@ the statement read. It was not immediately clear what Astand-down protocols@ entailed. In a related development, New Mexico Senator Tom Udall renewed his calls for Congress to pass the Horse Racing Integrity Act, which would put the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in charge of policing the sport. AI have been calling for real regulation of horse doping in the United States for many years,@ Udall said in a statement. AEvery other major racing nation does this. We don=t. And horses are Spun to Run | Equi-Photo dying and it=s corrupting a once-great sport. [Monday], federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York brought The Stronach Group, which owns Gulfstream Park, the primary charges against 27 people involved in a massively corrupt horse track Navarro and Servis had been competing at at the time of doping conspiracy that was enabled by this regulatory vacuum.@ their indictments, issued a statement saying that all horses trained by those indicted were being prohibited from racing indefinitely. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

SERVIS, SIX OTHERS STRIPPED OF HORSE international conspiracy to dope racehorses. Seven individuals received letters from New Jersey Racing RACING LICENSES Commission Executive Director Judith A. Nason notifying them of their immediate suspensions. The septet includes trainer Jason Servis, Nicholas Surick, Dr. Rebecca Linke, Scott Mangini, Scott Robinson, Christopher Marino and Rick Dane, Jr. AHere in New Jersey, we are committed to ensuring the integrity of horse racing, and we have a robust system in place to ensure the fairness of races, the legitimacy of the outcomes and the safety of the participants,@ said Attorney General Grewal. AHowever, there are sometimes unfortunate instances in which individuals choose to break the rules and try to game the system--in the racing industry generally and in New Jersey. Fortunately, these alleged unethical and deceitful practices did not go undetected, and the perpetrators will be held accountable for their actions.@ Jason Servis | Equi-Photo Added Nason: APEDs cheat the wagering public and harm horses, and our highest priority is to keep them out of New New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal in conjunction Jersey=s racing industry. The Attorney General and the Racing with the New Jersey Racing Commission announced that the Commission have no tolerance for those who would seek to State has suspended the horse racing licenses of seven New profit through the use of chemical advantage, especially when Jersey licensees. The suspensions come two days after the U.S. doing so might endanger equine welfare.@ Attorney=s Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed indictments against a total of 27 individuals in an alleged TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

NEW NAME EMERGES IN DOPING SCANDAL AI have learned that Grasso has, on multiple occasions, supplied Flynn with adulterated and misbranded performance- by Bill Finley enhancing drugs for Flynn to administer--or deliver to others to Harness trainer Richard Banca has become the 28th person administer--to racehorses,@ Turpin testified. identified in the horse doping scandal that yielded indictments In further testimony, Turpin reports: ABased on my discussions against some of the biggest names in Thoroughbred and with an agent who has spoken with a confidential source, I have Standardbred racing. learned that Flynn has stated, in substance and in part, that Banca=s name was not among those listed when indictments Flynn administers horses owned, trained, or otherwise under were announced Monday by the U.S. Attorney=s Office for the Banca's control, with PEDs at Banca's direction. Southern District of New York. He was arrested Monday and In 2011, Banca was sanctioned by the New York Racing and released after posting a $200,000 personal recognizance bond. Wagering Board for Oxymetazoline violations and given a 90-day That another name has surfaced fuels speculation that the suspension and a $1,000 fine. investigation launched by the FBI and the Department of Justice Banca, 34, has won 1,695 races, including 42 this year. After will yield more names, perhaps many more. never having more than 82 winners in a year, his win total shot The court documents regarding Banca include a deposition up to 174 in 2015 and he won 200 races in 2016. The horses he from FBI agent Bruce Turpin, who links Banca to Louis Grasso had entered Monday night at Yonkers were scratched. and Conor Flynn, who were among the 27 indicted Monday. Like the others, Banca is being charged with Amisbranding@ drugs. Turpin testified that Banca=s property in Middletown, NY was searched Mar. 9 and that the FBI found a number of illegal substances and handwritten notes with instructions on how to administer those drugs. Turpin lays out a scenario where Flynn, Grasso and Banca worked together to illegally administer drugs to horses and says that Flynn was Banca=s assistant. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

AFTER THE FEDS ARE GONE, WHAT THEN? cheaters. The entire industry owes a debt of gratitude to these agencies. By Bill Finley The problem is, it=s not the FBI=s job to clean up horse racing. It has more important matters to deal with. There may be more arrests, more indictments, more names, but the feds will soon pack their bags and move on. The worry is that when that happens, racing will revert to the status quo, even though the status quo was a miserable failure. In the meantime, the sport needs to look at itself in the mirror and seriously contemplate why it has been so ineffective when it comes to catching the bad guys. If we learned one thing from these indictments it is that change is imperative. In light of the busts of Jason Servis, Jorge Navarro and 25 others, many are renewing calls for the passage of the Horse Racing Integrity Act, which would turn over the testing of race horses to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). It=s hard to imagine anyone, in the aftermath of this mess, being Corey Johnsen was the president of Kentucky Downs when against bringing in USADA, but that=s just one step. cameras were installed there | Kentucky Downs photo The real problem is that the sport has been too reliant on drug testing and not nearly enough on the sort of good old-fashioned The FBI and the Department of Justice have done what the investigative police work that was at the core of the FBI=s horse racing industry had failed to do for decades. They caught efforts. The FBI left a blueprint on how to do this. Follow it. and are prosecuting high-profile trainers for doping infractions as part of an investigation that has finally torn the lid off of what Cont. p11 had been the shadowy and secretive world inhabited by racing=s TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

After The Feds Are Gone cont. Another method that is underutilized is surveillance cameras. In 2019, Churchill Downs announced a three-year plan to install You cannot do away with drug testing, but the case against the cameras in barns, but none have been put in place yet. In 2014, 27 as laid out in the indictment made it abundantly clear how Kentucky Downs announced that it had installed 16 surveillance ineffective it is. Servis and Navarro allegedly used several cameras in its stabling area. Santa Anita also has cameras different drugs literally thousands of times, yet not one time did operating on its backstretch. It is unclear what, if anything, other either one get nailed with a drug positive. Sadly, with or without jurisdictions have done in regard to cameras. USADA, that=s the sort of thing that is unlikely to change, as it=s Every track in North America should have cameras in every clear that there is always a new drug out there that regulators barn on their premises. That=s simple, common sense. don=t have a test for. The Lance Armstrong case proved that. AWhat has happened this week shows the importance of Meanwhile, the amount of people whose jobs it is to work the having an investigative unit looking at situations like this,@ said backstretches and catch the cheats appears to be minimal. That Corey Johnsen, who was president of Kentucky Downs when the was the role of the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau, cameras were installed. AIf you have surveillance, that makes it which is a part of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of difficult for people who want to break the rules to break the America, and barely exists anymore. There also was a time when rules. I think it shows that unless you have on-going several state police agencies, New Jersey among them, had investigations, follow up on tips and other things, you don=t have racetrack investigative units. Those, too, have become hard to much to stand on. You have to have proper testing, property find. penalties, but also surveillance.@ AYou need to have state police working at the racetracks,@ said The Jockey Club gets it. Not only has that organization been a current investigator who asked that their name not be used. advocating for the Horse Racing Integrity Act for what seems AThat=s how you catch people, with tips and detective work. like forever, it hired a private investigative firm, 5 Stones They have state police working malls, but not racetracks. How Intelligence, to investigate the sport. can you have that? That=s a problem.@ Cont. p12 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

After The Feds Are Gone cont. The $1.8-million purchase at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Old Sale romped in her debut Saturday at Santa Anita. Jockey Club President and COO Jim Gagliano did not want to The weekend ahead will be a quiet one for the class of 3-year- divulge what the organizations=s current relationship is with 5 old fillies as there are no graded stakes for that division. Stones, but agreed that investigative work was needed to catch cheats. When asked if racing had done a good job of policing 1) FINITE (Munnings--Remit, by Tapit) itself, Gagliano replied, Athe indictments answer that question.@ O-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC, Thomas Reiman, William There=s more. Increase out-of-competition testing. Open Dickson & Deborah Easter. B-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC pharmacies on the backstretch and allow only drugs distributed (KY). T-Steven Asmussen. Sales History: $200,000 2yo >19 by that pharmacy to be used. Tracks must be much more willing FTMMAY. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 7-5-2-0, $638,349. to use their right to exclude participants. Last Start: 1st GII Rachel Alexandra S., FG, Feb. 15 The indictments of Servis, Navarro et. al. must lead to major Accomplishments Include: 1st GII Golden Rod S.; 1st changes. Some argue that the leaders of the sport have never Silverbulletday S.; 1st Rags to Riches S. been that concerned with ridding the game of its bad apples. I Next Start: GII , FG, Mar. 21 will give them the benefit of the doubt. I think it=s been more of Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 70. a case that they haven=t had the right tools and have failed to Looks like Finite still has to win over some doubters as she was take advantage of the most effective tools out there, like sent off at 8-1 in the latest round of the Kentucky Oaks Future surveillance cameras, like investigative work. Wager. That puts her at third behind the mutuel field and No more excuses. There=s a narrow window to get this right Venetian Harbor. Trainer has won the Oaks and the sport=s very future is dependent on that happening. twice, with Summerly () and Untapable (Tapit), and both took the Fair Grounds route before winning the Oaks. Finite and Summerly share the same primary owner in Winchell Thoroughbreds. Finite obviously remains sharp for Asmussen as THE TDN KENTUCKY OAKS TOP 10 FOR she had a bullet five-furlong workout Monday at the Fair Grounds in 1:00 flat (1/20). Should she win the Oaks she will be MARCH 12 the third straight winner of that race to come out of the GII Rachel Alexandra S.

2) DONNA VELOCE (Uncle Mo--Coin Broker {Ire}, by Montjeu {Ire}) >TDN Rising Star= O-Kaleem Shah, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith. B-Coin Broker Syndicate (KY). T-Simon Callaghan. Sales History: $450,000 yrl >18 KEESEP; $800,000 2yo >19 FTFMAR. Lifetime Record: GSW & MGISP, 4-2-2-0, $490,000. Last Start: 1st GIII Santa Ysabel S., SA, Mar. 8 Accomplishments Include: 2nd GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies, 2nd GI Starlet S. Next Start: GII Santa Anita Oaks, SA, Apr. 4 Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 62. Finite | Hodges Photography She=s no longer the one who couldn't quite get over the hump. by Bill Finley After finishing a close second in both the GI Breeders= Cup It was an eventful weekend for candidates for the GI Kentucky Juvenile Fillies and the GI Starlet S., the $800,000 purchase at Oaks. The highly regarded Lake Avenue (Tapit) was a major the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Florida Select 2-Year-Old Sale romped in disappointment, finishing fourth in the Busher Invitational at her 3-year-old debut in the GIII Santa Ysabel S. While the Santa Aqueduct. She falls out of the Top 10. Donna Veloce (Uncle Mo) Ysabel did not have nearly the quality and depth that the rolled to an easy victory in her 3-year-old debut in the GIII Santa Juvenile Fillies had, Donna Veloce was able to make a statement Ysabel S. and unleashed a potential monster in with a decisive victory. Cont. p13 Gamine (Into Mischief). TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

Kentucky Oaks Top 10 cont. been brilliant in her two dirt starts after debuting on the grass She overcame a stumble at the start on her way to a for trainer Richie Baltas. According to connections, Venetian 4 1/4-length win. AI thought it was a perfect race,@ trainer Simon Harbor will go next in the GI Ashland S. at Keeneland, but they Callaghan said. Jockey Flavien Prat will have a tough decision on haven't completely ruled out starting next in the GII Santa Anita his hands as he is the regular rider of both Donna Veloce and Oaks. She returned to the worktab Friday with a five-furlong Venetian Harbor, who is third in the TDN's Oaks Top 10. breeze in 1:00 2/5 (4/45). Who will Prat choose? Simply put, she's a fast horse.

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4) BRITISH IDIOM (f, Flashback--Rose and Shine, by Mr. Sekiguchi) O-Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, LLC (Stuart Grant), Madaket Stables LLC & Bethlehem Stables LLC. B-Hargus & Sandra Sexton & Silver Fern Farm LLC (KY). T-Brad Cox. Sales History: $40,000 yrl >18 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Filly & MGISW, 4-3-1-0, $1,441,250. Last Start: 2nd GII Rachel Alexandra S., FG, Feb. 15 Accomplishments Include: 1st GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies; 1st GI Darley Alcibiades S. Donna Veloce | Benoit Next Start: GII Fair Grounds Oaks, FG, Mar. 21 or GI Ashland S., KEE, Apr. 4 Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 50. 3) VENETIAN HARBOR (Munnings--Sounds of the City, by Street Cry {Ire}) Her next start will be a big one, as it will show whether she O-Ciaglia Racing LLC, Highland Yard LLC, River Oak Farm & needed the race when runner-up off the layoff in the GII Rachel Dominic Savides. B-Colts Neck Stables LLC (KY). T-Richard Baltas. Alexandra S. or that she=s hasn=t progressed that much from her Sales History: $110,000 yrl >18 KEESEP; $205,000 RNA 2yo >19 2-year-old season. Trainer Brad Cox seems convinced she will OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: GSW, 3-2-1-0, $163,400. run better in her next start. AThere's no doubt that she should Last Start: 1st GII Las Virgenes S., SA, Feb. 8 be better in her second start off a layoff,@ Cox said. AHer last two Next Start: GII Santa Anita Oaks, SA, Apr. 4 or GI Ashland S., KEE, works have been very positive and that's a good sign for a horse Apr. 4 turning three. I was happy with her last race, but I understand Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 10. she has to move forward. I think she will.@ Cont. p14

That she was pounded down to 4-1 in the Oaks future wager shows how much confidence people have in this filly, who has TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

5) TONALIST=S SHAPE (Tonalist--Hitechnoweenie, by Harlan=s 6) HARVEY=S LIL GOIL (--Gloria S, by Tapit) ) O-Estate of Harvey A. Clarke & Paul Braverman. B-Harvey A. O-Slam Dunk Racing, Doug Branham & Legacy Ranch, Inc. B- Clarke (KY). T-Bill Mott. Lifetime Record: SW, 3-2-0-0, $96,600. Sabana Farm (KY). T-Saffie Joseph, Jr. Sales History: $45,000 RNA Last Start: 1st Busanda S., AQU, Feb. 2 yrl >18 KEESEP; $60,000 RNA 2yo >19 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: Next Start: GII Gazelle S., AQU, Apr. 4 MGSW, 5-5-0-0, $309,390. Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 10. Last Start: 1st GII Davona Dale S., GP, Feb. 29 Accomplishments: 1st GIII Forward Gal S., GP, Feb. 1 Though she hasn=t raced since the Feb. 2 Busanda S. at Next Start: GII Gulfstream Park Oaks, GP, Mar. 28 Aqueduct, she managed to move up this past weekend thanks to Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 60. what happened in the Big A=s Busher Invitational. The winner was Water White, who, when last seen, finished second in the Busanda, 7 1/2 lengths behind AHarvey.@ Trainer Bill Mott is Trained by Saffie Joseph, Jr., Tonalist's Shape is, literally, a being particularly patient with this one and plans to give her two horse that has done nothing wrong. After breaking her maiden months off between races before bringing her back in the Apr. 4 at 19-1 in her first career start, she remains unbeaten in her GII Gazelle S. Meanwhile, she is back in Florida with Mott's career at five-for-five. Yet not a lot of people have jumped on string at Payson Park. Distance figures to be her strong suit, so her bandwagon, as some of her speed figures have been on the much so that she may actually be better at a mile-and-a-quarter. slow side and it remains to be seen how strong this group based in South Florida is. She is 9-1 in the latest round of the Kentucky 7) GAMINE (Into Mischief--Peggy Jane, by Kafwain) Oaks Future Wager and is from the first crop of Tonalist, who is >TDN Rising Star= O-Michael L. Petersen. B-Grace on a nice run of late. In addition to Tonalist's Shape, offspring Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY). T-Bob Baffert. Sales Tonal Vision won a maiden race Sunday at Aqueduct and Alta's History: $220,000 yrl >18 KEESEP; $1,800,000 2yo >19 Reward finished second in the GIII Honeybee S. Saturday at FTMMAY. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $33,000. Oaklawn. Last Start: 1st Maiden Special Weight, SA, Mar. 7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 15 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

TDN Kentucky Oaks Top 10--Gamine cont. that helped us. She's a grinder and she kept coming and Next Start: To Be Determined coming.@ Bought for just $50,000 at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 0. Kentucky Select yearling sale, Water White will likely turn up next in the Apr. 4 GII Gazelle S.

9) SHEDARESTHEDEVIL (Daredevil--Starship Warpspeed, by Congrats) O-Flurry Racing Stables LLC, Qatar Racing Limited & Big Aut Farms. B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY). T-Brad Cox. Sales History: $100,000 wlg >17 KEENOV; $20,000 RNA yrl >18 KEESEP; $280,000 2yo >19 KEENOV. Lifetime Record: GSW, 6-2-2-1, $297,648. Last Start: 1st GIII Honeybee S., OP, Mar. 7 Next Start: GIII Fantasy S., OP, Apr. 10 Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 50.

Gamine | Benoit

It seems that not a weekend goes by when Bob Baffert doesn't unveil a new potential superstar, yet most of them have been Probably didn=t beat much when winning her first stakes race, colts. Last Saturday it was a filly, a $1.8-million purchase named last Saturday's Honeybee at Oaklawn. The good news is that she Gamine. Owned by Michael Petersen and purchased as the appears to be thriving now that trainer Brad Cox has decided to topper at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Old Sale, she run her in route races. Prior to the Honeybee, she was a good a romped by 6 1/4 lengths in her debut. Her time for the second in an Oaklawn allowance at a mile-and-a-sixteenth in an 6 1/2 furlongs was 1:16.59. Earlier in the Santa Anita card, a improved effort. She=s in good hands with Cox, who does a lot of maiden race for males went in 1:17.19. The only obvious knock things well, but has been particularly strong with young fillies. on her is that she faced just three rivals and was such an She's headed for the Apr. 10 GIII Fantasy S. She=ll move up on overwhelming favorite that she paid $2.20. The question now is this list if she wins again, particularly if she faces tougher whether or not Baffert can get a 6 1/2-furlong maiden winner in competition next time. March ready for the Kentucky Oaks in less than two months? She'll have to be very special to pull that off, but she may just be.

8) WATER WHITE (Conveyance--Uzume, by =s Song) O-E.V. Racing Stable. B-Richard Forbush (KY). T-Rudy Rodriguez. Sales History: $50,000 yrl >18 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: SW, 6-2-2-0, $234,275. Last Start: 1st Busher Invitational S., AQU, Mar. 7 Next Start: GII Gazelle S., AQU, Apr. 4 Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 54.

She's more steady than spectacular and did only win the Busher by a nose. But she beat a decent field that included GII Demoiselle S. winner Lake Avenue and managed to overcome a wide trip. She probably has to improve, but seems to be getting better with each start. AThe pace helped us,@ trainer Rudy Shedaresthedevil | Coady Rodriguez said. AThe two top horses didn=t run their race and TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 16 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

10) SPICE IS NICE (--Dame Dorothy, by ) Friends from overseas. , 1997 winner, arrived in >TDN Rising Star= O-Lawana L. & Robert E. Low. B-B. Flay 2014. Thoroughbreds LLC (KY). T-Todd Pletcher. Sales History: Bred by Charles Nuckols Jr. & Sons, War Emblem--who was $1,050,000 yrl >18 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSP, 2-1-1-0, $64,200. originally campaigned by Russell Reineman and trainer Frank Last Start: 2nd GII Davona Dale S., GP, Feb. 29 Springer--won the GII for those connections before Next Start: GII Gulfstream Park Oaks, GP, Mar. 28 being purchased by Prince Ahmed bin Salman's Thoroughbred Equineline PPs. KY Oaks Points: 20. Corp. and transferring to Bob Baffert. In his first start following his private sale, the near-black colt annexed the Kentucky Derby and added a win in the second jewel in the Triple Crown two It=s been a good year for seven-figure purchases. Like Gamine, weeks later. Denied the Triple Crown after stumbling badly at Spice Is Nice cost in excess of $1 million. She sold for the start of the GI Belmont S., the $20,000 Keeneland $1.05 million at Keeneland September. After a dazzling maiden September yearling purchase finished eighth by long-shot win, she was second best behind Tonalist=s Shape in the Davona , who is also a retiree at Old Friends. After the Belmont, Dale and will likely meet that same rival in the Gulfstream Park War Emblem won the GI Haskell Invitational H. before finishing Oaks. Considering the Davona Dale was just her second career off the board in the GI Pacific Classic and GI Breeders= Cup start, she has a license to improve. She will need to not just to Classic. Retired with 13 starts, 7 wins, and earnings of beat Tonalist=s Shape, but to show she has what it takes to win $3,491,000, he was sold in the fall of 2002 to the Yoshida family the Oaks. for $17 million to stand at Shadai Stallion Station in Hokkaido, Japan.

Often reluctant to breed, War Emblem sired less than 200 foals in his career, however, his notable runners included DUAL CLASSIC WINNER WAR EMBLEM DIES Japan's champion 2-year-old filly Robe Tissage. Following his retirement from stud duties, Narvick International's Emmanuel de Seroux coordinated with Shadai to have War Emblem donated to Old Friends. "We're very grateful to Mr. Yoshida and all of the fans who helped get War Emblem to Old Friends nearly five years ago," said Old Friends founder and President Michael Blowen. "I know we're supposed to appreciate all of our retirees the same but he was one of the very special ones. He was tough, narcissistic, and handsome. I adored him. I proudly count among a very meager number of accomplishments the day he allowed me to put his halter on without biting me. He trusted me. What more could I ask for? The farm will recover from his loss over time, but it'll never be the same."

War Emblem at Old Friends | Laura Battles

War Emblem (Our EmblemBSweetest Lady, by Lord at War), KING GUILLERMO SUPPLEMENTED TO winner of the 2002 GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. died TRIPLE CROWN early Wednesday morning at Old Friends Thoroughbred King Guillermo (Uncle Mo), who caused a 49-1 upset in the Retirement Center in Georgetown, Kentucky. Pensioned at Old GII Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby Mar. 7, has been Friends since 2015, he was 21. While the cause of death is supplemented to the Triple Crown at a fee of $6,000. The late thought to be the result of a paddock accident, exact details are payment having been received from Victoria Ranch, the Road to unknown. However, results from a necropsy report are expected the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard has been updated, with King to be forthcoming. Guillermo in a share of third with 50 points for his defeat of Sole In 2015 Old Friends re-repatriated War Emblem from the Volante (Karakontie {Jpn}), who has amasssed 30 points in Yoshida family's Shadai Stallion Farm in Japan. He was the eighth. Cont. p17 second Kentucky Derby winner returned to the Bluegrass by Old TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 17 OF 17 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 12, 2020

Horses not nominated to the Triple Crown at the first entry "This new partnership between NYRA and Levy demonstrates stage can be supplemented through Monday, Mar. 30. Those our commitment to providing racing fans in New York with the horse not nominated at either of the first two closings can be highest quality hospitality offerings available today," said NYRA supplemented to the individual races at the time of entry CEO & President Dave O'Rourke. "Levy's depth of experience (Kentucky Derby, $200,000; Preakness, $150,000; Belmont S., operating in significant, well-known sports and entertainment $50,000). venues here in New York and around the country makes this an ideal arrangement for NYRA and our fans." Union Square Events, which previously served fans at Saratoga, will continue to play a role in the venue's food and F-T UNVEILS 100TH SARATOGA SALE LOGO beverage offerings. CxRA and Mazzone Hospitality will be involved in catering and event operations at Belmont and Fasig-Tipton released its official logo for the company's 100th Saratoga. Levy has served at a variety of sporting venues, annual Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale, which will be held including the Rose Bowl, U.S. Open Tennis Championships and Aug. 10-11 in Saratoga Springs. The logo combines both the Ryder Cup. traditional and modern elements of the sale's branding through For additional information, please visit www.nyra.com. the years. The sale's name is presented in the traditional letters that featured on the covers of Saratoga catalogs from 1963-2008. The red and white version of the Fasig-Tipton seal has been used on all Saratoga Sale covers since 2009--paying tribute to the red and white color scheme of Saratoga. "We are excited to unveil this logo as we look ahead to our 100th annual Saratoga Sale celebration," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "The 100th sale at Saratoga is a historic milestone for Fasig-Tipton, and this year's sale will be a truly special renewal that is not to be missed. We strongly encourage all yearling sellers, and buyers, to make plans to join us this August." For more information on Fasig-Tipton=s upcoming 2020 sales, visit www.fasigtipton.com.

LEVY NAMED FOOD & BEV PROVIDER FOR BEL, SAR Levy has been selected as the food-and-beverage provider at Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course by The New York Racing Association Inc. Levy will begin servicing Belmont with the Opinion: Horse Racing Doping Scheme Leaves Sport No Option opening of the spring meet Apr. 24, as part of a multi-year But to Clean Up Its Act--Now agreement. Following the conclusion of the spring meet July 12, Last July 27, a horse named Shekky Shebaz showed up in a live racing shifts to Saratoga Race Course July 16, and Levy will $25,000 claimer at Saratoga, a cheap race where anyone can manage all concessions and hospitality areas, including the 1863 plunk down their money before the starting gates open and buy Club, The Stretch, Turf Terrace, Club Terrace, The Porch and any horse in the field. Dan Wolken, USA Today Easy Goer. Levy will manage a hospitality team comprised of CxRA, Mazzone Hospitality and Union Square Events. Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:00 p.m. EDT BEHOLDER MILE S.-GI, $400,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Hard Not to Love K Hard Spun Mercedes Stables LLC, West Point Thoroughbreds, Shirreffs Smith 121 Dilworth, Scott, Ingordo, Dorothy, Ingordo, David and Mooney, F. Steve 2 Der Lu Baoma Corporation Baffert Cedillo 121 3 Zusha K Congrats Rafael Steinbruch Mandella Rispoli 121 4 Kaydetre Mizzen Mast David Randall Randall Blanc 121 5 Mother Mother K Pioneerof the Nile Gainesway Stable, Old Bones Racing Stable, LLC, Baffert Van Dyke 121 Hall, Barry, Lipman, Barry and Mathiesen, Mark 6 Ollie's Candy K Candy Ride (Arg) Eggert, Paul and Eggert, Karen Sadler Prat 125 7 Ce Ce Elusive Quality Bo Hirsch, LLC McCarthy Espinoza 121

Breeders: 1-Anderson Farms Ont. Inc., 2-Merriebelle Stable, LLC, 3-Clearsky Farms, 4-David Randall & Vida Randall, 5-T. F. VanMeter, 6-Paul Eggert & Karen Eggert, 7-Bo Hirsch LLC

Saturday, Oaklawn, post time: 6:23 p.m. EDT REBEL S.-GII, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Nadal K Blame Bolton, George, Hoyeau, Arthur, Lipman, Baffert Rosario 117 Barry and Mathiesen, Mark 2 Excession K Union Rags Calumet Farm Asmussen Baze 117 3 Basin K Liam's Map Jackpot Farm Asmussen Castellano 117 4 Silver Prospector K Declaration of War Orr, Ed and Orr, Susie Asmussen Santana, Jr. 122 5 No Parole K Violence Moss, Maggi and Tramontin, Greg Amoss Talamo 122 6 Three Technique K Mr Speaker August Dawn Farm Englehart Saez 117 7 Coach Bahe K Take Charge Indy Rigney Racing, LLC Bauer Sanjur 117 8 American Theorem K American Pharoah Kretz Racing LLC Papaprodrmu Pereira 117

Breeders: 1-Sierra Farm, 2-Randal Family Trust, R David & Marylyn ARandal Trustees, 3-Cottonwood Stables, LLC, 4-Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton & Silver Fern Farm, LLC, 5-Coteau Grove Farms, 6-Omega Farm LLC & Bally Breeders, 7-Merriebelle Stable, LLC, 8-Sierra Farm

Saturday, Oaklawn, post time: 5:50 p.m. EDT S.-GII, $350,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Street Band Istan Francis, Ray, Jones, Cindy, Jones, J. Larry, Jones Doyle 117 Medallion Racing and MyRaceHorse Stable 2 Mylady Curlin Curlin Sather Family LLC Cox Rosario 119 3 Saracosa K Bernardini Chad Schumer Contreras Garcia 117 4 Lady Apple K Curlin Phoenix Thoroughbred III and KatieRich Stables Asmussen Santana, Jr. 119 5 Serengeti Empress K Alternation Joel Politi Amoss Talamo 117 6 Rahway Eskendereya Out Of This World Racing LLC Maker Rocco, Jr. 115 7 Awe Emma K War Front Willis Horton Racing LLC Stewart Eramia 117

Breeders: 1-Larry Jones, Cindy Jones & Ray Francis, 2-Sather Family LLC, 3-Meritage Ventures, Inc., 4-KatieRich Farms, 5-Tri Eques Bloodstock, LLC, 6-George Krikorian, 7-Rhinestone Bloodstock Saturday, Turfway, post time: 6:42 p.m. EDT JEFF RUBY STEAKS-GIII, $250,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m (AWT) PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Dack Janiel's Tonalist Calumet Farm Sisterson Bejarano 123 2 Toma Todo K English Channel Bloom Racing Stable LLC Asmussen Garcia 123 3 Fancy Liquor Lookin At Lucky Skychai Racing LLC and Sand Dollar Stable LLC Maker Geroux 123 4 Unthrottled The Big Beast Calumet Farm Stewart Lanerie 123 5 Myamanoi Temple City Corms Racing Stable and R. A. Hill Stable Gargan Carmouche 123 6 Halo Again K Speightstown Winchell Thoroughbreds & Willis Horton Racing Asmussen Hernandez 123 7 Victory Boulevard K Dialed In Paradise Farms Corp. Maker Corrales 123 8 Finnick the Fierce Dialed In Monge, Arnaldo and Hernandez, Rey Hernandez Leon 123 9 Austrian Freud Calumet Farm Fernandez Lezcano 123 10 The Stiff Danza Michael McCarthy Racing Stable, Inc., Daniell, McCarthy Franco 123 Donna, Daniell, Jim and McCarthy, Terrence 11 Invader K War Front Grandview Equine, Cheyenne Stables, LLC Ward Jimenez 123 and LNJ Foxwoods 12 Field Pass Lemon Drop Kid Three Diamonds Farm Maker Ortiz, Jr. 123

Breeders: 1-Calumet Farm, 2-B. P. Walden Jr., 3-Hot Pink Stable & Skychai Racing LLC, 4-Ocala Stud, 5-Runnymede Farm Inc. & Peter J. Callahan, 6-Anderson Farms Ont. Inc., 7-Upson Downs Farm, Inc., 8-Paige Jillian Blu Sky Stables, 9-McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, LLC,Jamey Gibson & Windswept Stables, LLC, 10-Daniell, McCarthy & McNamara, 11-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt, 12-Mark Brown Grier

Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 5:52 p.m. EDT HURRICANE BERTIE S.-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Blamed K Blame Cleber J. Massey Mott Jaramillo 120 2 Heiressall Wildcat Heir My Purple Haze Stables LLC Pompay Vasquez 120 3 Unholy Alliance K First Samurai e Five Racing Thoroughbreds Joseph, Jr. Gaffalione 118 4 W W Fitzy Well Positioned William Stiritz Becker Meneses 122 5 Sally's Curlin K Curlin CJ Thoroughbreds, Left Turn Racing LLC and Romans Prado 124 Casner Racing, LP 6 Nonna Madeline K Candy Ride (Arg) Teresa Viola Racing Stables and St. Elias Stable Pletcher Velazquez 118 7 Wildwood's Beauty Kantharos William Stiritz Becker Leparoux 122 8 Pauseforthecause Giant's Causeway Broman, Sr., Chester and Broman, Mary McLaughlin Lopez 122 9 Lady Kate K Bernardini Anderson Stables, LLC Kenneally Ortiz 118

Breeders: 1-Sagamore Farm, 2-Purple Haze Stable, 3-Craig Drago, 4-William P. Stiritz, 5-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 6-WinStar Farm, LLC, 7-Philip Matthews & Karen Matthews, 8-Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman, 9-Eileen H. Hartis & Godolphin SIRE LISTS Sponsored by

Leading Fourth-Crop Sires by YTD Dirt Earnings for stallions standing in North America through Tuesday, Mar. 10 Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2020 fees. Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Paynter 2 4 -- 1 -- -- 84 23 135,600 1,082,962 (2009) by Awesome Again Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $10,000 Ring Leader 2 Violence 1 1 ------85 26 87,600 944,286 (2010) by Medaglia d'Oro Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $25,000 No Parole 3 Flat Out -- 3 -- 1 -- -- 87 25 79,870 914,679 (2006) by Flatter Stands: Mighty Acres OK Fee: $3,000 Threes Over Deuces 4 Take Charge Indy ------78 20 71,740 667,326 (2009) by A.P. Indy Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $17,500 Bronx Bomber 5 Orb 1 3 -- 3 -- -- 50 15 100,000 618,706 (2010) by Malibu Moon Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $10,000 Whoa Nellie 6 -- 1 ------65 21 60,000 511,055 (2010) by Awesome Again Stands: Calumet Farm KY Fee: $10,000 Tuz 7 El Padrino ------38 13 55,880 492,725 (2009) by Pulpit Stands: Northview PA USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Promised Storm 8 Alternation 1 3 -- 1 -- -- 60 11 59,400 467,034 (2008) by Stands: Pin Oak Stud KY Fee: $10,000 Serengeti Empress 9 Graydar -- 1 -- 1 -- -- 61 14 45,600 442,015 (2009) by Unbridled's Song Stands: Milky Way Farm CA Fee: $4,000 Dream Marie 10 Overanalyze -- 1 -- 1 -- -- 53 11 48,200 385,115 (2010) by Dixie Union Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Hog Creek Hustle 11 Poseidon's Warrior 1 1 1 1 -- -- 58 14 150,000 374,122 (2008) by Speightstown Stands: Equistar PA Fee: $5,000 Firenze Fire 12 Brethren 1 1 1 1 -- -- 51 8 92,070 306,449 (2008) by Distorted Humor Stands: Arindel Farm FL Fee: $7,500 Cookie Dough 13 Liaison ------53 12 34,548 291,695 (2009) by Indian Charlie Stands: Mighty Acres OK Fee: $2,500 Petalite 14 Justin Phillip ------37 12 35,400 280,640 (2008) by First Samurai Stands: The Quarter Company NM Fee: $3,000 Justinian 15 Point of Entry ------39 9 34,134 263,370 (2008) by Dynaformer Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: $15,000 Alhajrafee (KSA)

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Wlg '17 KEENOV; $30,000 Ylg '18 OBSOCT; $425,000 2yo '19 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-1, $40,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Hoffman Family Racing, LLC & Steve Landry; B-Alan S. Kline, Pat Payne & Mark R. Moran (KY); T-Thomas M. Amoss. IN ORDER OF PURSE: 5th-Tampa Bay Downs, $21,500, Alw (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($32,000), 3-11, 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:35.17, fm. ANOTHER TIME (f, 4, Munnings--Idoitmyway, by Unbridled's Song) broke her maiden at second asking on the Woodbine synthetic in November of 2018 and captured an optional claimer there a month later. Third in the Gasparilla S. on dirt at Tampa in January 2019, she was off the board in both the GII Davona Dale Another Time (Munnings) scores at Tampa S. last March and the GIII Beaumont S. in the slop at Keeneland off an 11-month layoff. that April. Shelved following that effort, she was given a 3-1 chance in this return off that 11-month layoff and first try on turf. Sitting back off the pace in mid-pack through early splits of :22.65 and :46.20, the dark bay ranged up three wide in early stretch, struck the front halfway to the wire and rolled clear for a two-length success. Classy Woman (City Place) completed the exacta. The winner is a half to Star Student (Student Council), MSW, $241,317; and a juvenile filly named Becca=s Rocket (Orb). SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: THURSDAY, MARCH 12 Idoitmyway was bred back to Kantharos. Sales history: $110,000 American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), Ashford Stud, private Ylg '17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: SP, 7-3-0-2, $86,275. Click for 318 foals of racing age/32 winners/6 black-type winners the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 5-Gulfstream, Msw 5fT, MAINE, 15-1 O-Hoolie Racing Stable, LLC; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Barbara J. $115,000 KEE SEP yrl; $475,000 OBS APR 2yo Minshall. BRED BY, FOALED AND RAISED AT MACHMER HALL Commissioner (A.P. Indy), WinStar Farm, $7,500 163 foals of racing age/20 winners/3 black-type winners 8-Fair Grounds, Msw 5 1/2fT, MEDIA MENDACITY, 20-1 $24,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl

Constitution (Tapit), WinStar Farm, $40,000 233 foals of racing age/36 winners/5 black-type winners 8-Fair Grounds, Msw 5 1/2fT, G KATE, 12-1 IN ORDER OF PURSE: $10,000 OBS WIN wnl; $11,000 RNA TTA APR 2yo 7th-Fair Grounds, $45,000, Msw, 3-11, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.79, ft. WICKED SMART (f, 3, Wicked Strong--Diva Girl, by Saint Honor Code (A.P. Indy), Lane's End Farm, $30,000 Ballado), off the board in her first two starts at Churchill Downs 213 foals of racing age/19 winners/1 black-type winner Sept. 26 and Nov. 1, finished third last time at Oaklawn Feb. 15. 5-Gulfstream, Msw 5fT, CONFORMITY, 15-1 Favored at 8-5 to improve this time, the $425,000 OBSMAR buy $200,000 KEE SEP yrl went straight to the lead and never looked back, clocked splits of :22.02 and :45.59, en route to a 3 1/4-length score. Karakontie (Jpn) (Bernstein), Gainesway Farm, $10,000 Saintsation (Competitive Edge) was the runner-up. The winner is 130 foals of racing age/15 winners/3 black-type winners a half to Petecarol (Not For Love), SP, $166,505. Diva Girl 8-Fair Grounds, Msw 5 1/2fT, CAZADORA, 12-1 produced a Dialed In filly in 2018 and a Not This Time colt last 3-Turfway, Msw 6 1/2f, SUGOI, 7-2 year. She was bred back to Malibu Moon Sales history: $16,000 $6,000 FTK OCT yrl THEY LOOK FAST. 5 First-Crop 2YOs At OBS March CINCO CHARLIE Fast Graded SW 2YO by Indian Charlie.

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Lea (First Samurai), Claiborne Farm, $7,500 Vaccarezza. *$130,000 2yo '18 OBSOPN. 103 foals of racing age/12 winners/2 black-type winners 8-Fair Grounds, Msw 5 1/2fT, LEA'S PRINCESS, 20-1 $115,000 KEE SEP yrl 6th-Sam Houston Race, $37,000, 3-11, (NW2L), 3yo, 1m, 1:39.07, ft. Tapiture (Tapit), Darby Dan Farm, $7,500 CODE RUNNER (c, 3, Honor Code--Nereid {GISW, $303,800}, by 246 foals of racing age/37 winners/3 black-type winners Rock Hard Ten) Lifetime Record: 8-2-2-1, $61,077. O-Calumet 6-Penn National, Alw 1m, BOAT OVER THE HILL, 4-1 Farm; B-Baumann Stables, Edward Bradley & Dr. Aaron Sones $4,000 EAS OCT yrl (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. $375,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP. *1/2 to Figarella's Queen (Medaglia d'Oro), SW & GSP, $208,095. Tonalist (Tapit), Lane's End Farm, $15,000 179 foals of racing age/24 winners/1 black-type winner 8-Fair Grounds, Msw 5 1/2fT, ARTISTIC JEWLER, 10-1 6th-Mahoning Valley, $31,300, (S), 3-11, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:13.40, ft. Wicked Strong (Hard Spun), Spendthrift Farm, $6,000 SKYTOWN CAT (g, 3, Cowtown Cat--Sky Cap, by Sky Mesa) 232 foals of racing age/34 winners/1 black-type winner Lifetime Record: 14-2-2-3, $61,558. O-Dave Casalinova; 8-Oaklawn, Aoc 1 1/16m, JILTED BRIDE, 6-1 B-Mapleton Thoroughbred Farm (OH); T-Tina Casalinova. $37,000 RNA KEE NOV wnl; $32,000 RNA OBS OCT yrl; $150,000 OBS MAR 2yo 3rd-Mahoning Valley, $31,300, (S), 3-11, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:12.13, ft. CATAPHRACT (h, 6, Vaquero--Tropical Angel, by Tropical Storm) Lifetime Record: 7-2-2-1, $51,850. O/T-J. Michael Baird; B-Roger S. Braugh (OH).

7th-Sunland, $29,000, 3-10, (C), 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.76, ft. FLYIN FALYNN (m, 5, Tale of the Cat--Air Guitar, by Five Star Day) Lifetime Record: 31-4-3-6, $132,674. O-Curtis L. Guss; B-Mt. Joy Stables, Inc. (KY); T-Chris Zamora. *$145,000 RNA Wlg '15 KEENOV; $100,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $37,000 3yo '18 KEENOV.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Ohio Eagle, g, 3, Cowtown Cat--Lemonesque, by Lemon Drop Kid. Mahoning Valley, 3-11, (S), 5f, :59.51. B-Mapleton Thoroughbred Farm (OH). *$700 Ylg '18 OHIOCT. Bucky's Drama, f, 3, Big Drama--Bucky's Prayer (MSW, $280,692), by Meadow Prayer. Gulfstream, 3-11, (S), 5f (off ALLOWANCE RESULTS: turf), :59.19. B-Gerald & Mary Bennett (FL). 8th-Gulfstream, $44,000, (S), (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000), 3-11, 3yo, 5fT, :57.68, gd. CUCINA (c, 3, Northern Afleet--Il Mulino, by Elusive Quality) Lifetime Record: SP, 6-2-1-1, $101,970. O/B-Donald R. Dizney, Follow the TDN staff on Twitter LLC (FL); T-William I. Mott. Thoroughbred Daily News

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY...

March 11, 1943...After siring 350 foals who won over $3 million, 26-year-old Man o' War was retired from stud duty.

March 12, 1966...In the last race of his 40-year career, John BIG DRAMA, Bucky's Drama, f, 3, o/o Bucky's Prayer, by Longden won the San Juan Capistrano H. at Santa Anita Park Meadow Prayer. MSW, 3-11, Gulfstream aboard George Royal. He retired with a then-record number of COWTOWN CAT, Ohio Eagle, g, 3, o/o Lemonesque, by Lemon victories, 6,032. Drop Kid. MSW, 3-11, Mahoning Valley COWTOWN CAT, Skytown Cat, g, 3, o/o Sky Cap, by Sky Mesa. March 12, 1975... posted a 35-1 upset when he took ALW, 3-11, Mahoning Valley his debut by 17 lengths at El Comandante in Puerto Rico. HONOR CODE, Code Runner, c, 3, o/o Nereid, by Rock Hard Ten. ALW, 3-11, Sam Houston March 13, 1971...Ack Ack carried his speed 10 furlongs when he INTO MISCHIEF, Offspring, f, 4, o/o Pioneer Gal, by Pioneering. won the Santa Anita H.. The bay was later named that season's AOC, 3-11, Fair Grounds champion H. horse, champion sprinter and Horse of the Year. MUNNINGS, Another Time, f, 4, o/o Idoitmyway, by Unbridled's Song. AOC, 3-11, Tampa Bay March 13, 2004...Jockey Edgar Prado became the 19th rider to NORTHERN AFLEET, Cucina, c, 3, o/o Il Mulino, by Elusive reach the 5,000-win plateau with his victory aboard Wynn Dot Quality. AOC, 3-11, Gulfstream Comma in the S. at Gulfstream Park. TALE OF THE CAT, Flyin Falynn, m, 5, o/o Air Guitar, by Five Star Day. ALW, 3-10, Sunland March 14, 1941...Merrick died at age 38, establishing the VAQUERO, Cataphract, h, 6, o/o Tropical Angel, by Tropical longevity record for a Thoroughbred. Storm. ALW, 3-11, Mahoning Valley WICKED STRONG, Wicked Smart, f, 3, o/o Diva Girl, by Saint March 14, 1973...In his final preparation for the Mar. 17 Bay Ballado. MSW, 3-11, Fair Grounds Shore S., the first race of his 3-year-old season, worked three furlongs in a blistering :32 3/5. THURSDAY, MARCH 12 2020

ONE FIFTIETH OF LE HAVRE BRINGS €300K ALL THE GLITTERS A one-fiftieth share in top French sire Le Havre (Ire) (Noverre) IS GREEN AND GOLD brought €300,000 during Wednesday=s Arqana Online auction. The winning bid was made by Montfort et Preaux acting as agent. Beginning at 11 a.m. this morning, the auction attracted 10 bids between five different entities, and ended at approximately 6:17 p.m. The sire of dual Classic heroines La Cressonniere (Fr) and Avenir Certain (Fr), Le Havre is credited with 34 black-type winners, 12 at the group level. In addition to his Classic winners, he has also sired fellow Group 1 winners Suedois (Fr) and Villa Marina (GB). The Haras de Montfort et Preaux resident stands for €50,000 this term and has 16 3-year-olds entered in the French Classics.

JP McManus chats with Barry Geraghty in those famous silks IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Racing Post MUNNINGS ON TRACK FOR BIG OAKS SEASON By Emma Berry Munnings is enjoying one of his best years so far with five stakes CHELTENHAM, UKCThe green and gold hooped colours of JP winners. Katie Ritz chronicles the chestnut’s rise up the General McManus have become over the last three decades the silks Sires’ List. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. most readily associated with the Cheltenham Festival and, on top of a ninth Champion Hurdle victory on Tuesday, the owner enjoyed another four wins to cap a memorable birthday week. With 64 Festival victories, McManus has accrued more than double the number of Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud, his nearest rival on the owners' roll of honour. Involved with him in his first two winners of the dayCChamp (Ire) (King's Theatre {Ire}) in the G1 RSA Insurance Novices' Chase and the mare Dame De Compagnie (Fr) (Lucarno) in the G3 Coral CupCwere his fellow leaders in their respective divisions, jockey Barry Geraghty and trainer Nicky Henderson. But it has long been a feature of McManus's strategy that he spreads his horses far and wide, usually in his native Ireland and in Britain, often leaving a high-profile purchase with the horse's existing trainer. And so it is that his sole horse in training in France currently provided a first Cheltenham success for young trainer David Cottin, the former French champion jump jockey. Cottin's Easysland (Fr) (Gentlewave {Ire}) broke many a heart when leading the darling of National Hunt racing, Tiger Roll (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}), a merry dance in posting a 17-length win under Jonathan Plouganou in the long and winding Glenfarclas Chase. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 6 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 12 MARCH 2020

Cheltenham Day 2 Cont. from p1 Beaten here this day last year when second to City Island (Ire) The four-time Festival winner Tiger Roll failed to sparkle in his in the G1 Ballymore Novices' Hurdle, Champ had been usual manner in ground much softer than he enjoys and against in three starts since then until falling on his return to a rival four years his junior who has won his last six races, Cheltenham on New Year's Day. He has a major ally in Barry including over this specialist course in December. Six years after Geraghty, who succeeded McCoy as the retained jockey for he made his Festival debut, finishing second, 18 lengths clear of McManus and is the leading jockey this week and overall at the the rest, is no disgrace, however, and if Tiger Roll's trainer Festival, his 41 victories including four Champion Hurdles, five Gordon Elliott was ruing his luck then that soon turned back in Champions Chases and two Gold Cups. his favour. He provided the fourth winner of the McManus He said, "I knew I still had a chance on Champ turning in but quartet, Aramax (Ger) (Maxios {GB}), in the next race, the G3 after jumping the second-last, I wasn't making up any ground Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle. and was still struggling. I knew when I committed to pop the last fence that the two in front of me had not jumped brilliantly at Champ Lives Up To His Name that fence. As soon as he picked up, I was about three lengths During his riding days, multiple champion jockey AP McCoy down by then and I knew it was over. It's very tacky ground and was the master of the driving finish and the horse named in his hard work. It was all about finding a rhythm and helping him honour by his former boss JP McManus delivered a determined travel, so I didn't have to ask too many questions." late surge for glory of which McCoy would have been proud. Trainer Nicky Henderson added, "This is the first time he has Champ burst from a seemingly untenable position to snatch been back to three miles since Aintree last yearCI purposely victory from long-time leader Allaho (Fr) (No Risk At All {Fr}) and went two and a half all season, and then we had that fall. That challenger Minella Indo (Ire) (Beat Hollow {GB}) as the testing really upset plans a bit. But we've done a lot of schooling at ground took its toll on tired legs at the end of the three-mile RSA homeCBarry has been over a few times and Nico [de Boinville] Chase. has done a lot of work; he's a wonderful schooling jockey." Cont. p3

Harry Skelton celebrates victory on Politologue (Fr) (Poliglote {GB}) in the Grade 1 Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham. racingfotos.com TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 6 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 12 MARCH 2020

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Champ's victory also brought a broad smile to the face of Philip Myerscough, who bred the 8-year-old with his wife Jane. Watching the presentation to the winning connections from the enclosure, he said, "I was proud of him before today and I'm even more proud now." Senior Vice President Gary King The son of the late champion sire King's Theatre has close ties Twitter: @garykingTDN to another champ, the treble Gold Cup winner Best (Ire) [email protected] (Un Desperado {Fr}), who was a half-brother to his dam China + 1.732.320.0975 Sky (Ire) (Definite Article {Ire}). The 15-year-old mare, who was also trained by Henderson in her earlier days, is one of three International Editor National Hunt broodmares at the Myerscough family's Kelsey Riley Colbinstown Stud. Younger offspring of China Sky will be gracing Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN the store sales later this year, with her 4-year-old gelding by [email protected] Fame And Glory (GB) set to go to the Goffs Land Rover Sale and European Editor his year-younger brother by Presenting (GB) slated for the Emma Berry Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale. China Sky also has a 2-year-old Twitter: @collingsberry gelding by Walk In The Park (Ire). [email protected] Myerscough added, "Best Mate's dam Katday lived with us for many years so it's a family we've known for a long time. You Associate International Editor could dream of a Gold Cup the way he won that." Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Flying The Flag Marketing Manager It was a day for patriotic silks. Not only did McManus's Alayna Cullen Irish-themed silks grace the winner's enclosure on four Twitter: @AlaynaCullen occasions, but the red, white and blue of British-based Cheveley [email protected] Park Stud were carried by the winners of the first and last races of the dayCthough both are trained in Ireland. Contributing Editor Gordon Elliott's Envoi Allen (Fr) (Muhtahtir {GB}) won the G1 Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN Weatherbys Champion Bumper here last year and on his return to Cheltenham he was considered one of the bankers of the Cafe Racing week ahead of the G1 Ballymore Novices' Hurdle, which he duly Sean Cronin won under Davy Russell. The bumper baton was then passed to Tom Frary another member of Cheveley Park Stud's select National Hunt [email protected] string, Ferny Hollow (Ire) (Westerner {GB}), who led home a one-two for what is likely a very relieved Willie Mullins, who had Irish Correspondent saddled five placed runners up until then. Daithi Harvey David and Patricia Thompson are of course better known as Regular Columnists top-class Flat owner/breeders, with their extensive Newmarket Chris McGrath | John Berry stud standing the redoubtable homebred Pivotal (GB) at the John Boyce | Amy Lynam head of its stallion roster. But David Thompson and his son Melissa Steele Richard have long had a passion for jump racing and in recent seasons they have invested heavily in some exciting National IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY Hunt prospects. That outlay has now been rewarded with two winners at each of the last two Cheltenham FestivalsCwhich is COOLMORE’S CHIANTI HAS PROMISING FUTURE easier said than doneCand an extra interest on the racecourse Boom filly Chianti (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Ire}) won at first asking during the winter months while their Flat horses are out of at Warwick Farm. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN action. Cont. p4 Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 6 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 12 MARCH 2020

Cheltenham Day 2 Cont. The grey Politologue (Fr) (Poliglote {GB}) is an extremely Envoi Allen had been bought for the Thompsons at likeable character, however, and one who has lined up for this Cheltenham two years ago when agent Tom Malone went to race in the last three seasons, finishing fourth in 2018 and ,400,000 for the winning point-to-pointer on their behalf at one runner-up last year to Altior. Off the track since early December, of a number of Tattersalls Ireland boutique sales conducted at the 9-year-old came to Cheltenham a fresh horse was given a the venue throughout the season. Now a dual Festival winner determinedly positive ride from Harry Skelton, who sent him to and one of the most exciting young horses in training, the the head of proceedings as the tape flipped back and kept him 6-year-old keeps his trainer on his toes, particularly when it out in front throughout a flawless round of jumping. With came to the selection of this race over Tuesday's G1 Supreme stablemate Dynamite Dollars (Fr) (Buck's Boum {Fr}) almost 10 Novices' Hurdle. lengths back in second, Politiologue led home a one-two for trainer Paul Nicholls and brought his veteran owner John Hales close to tears. "Politologue is best fresh and he is brilliant when he is fresh. He is not the easiest to trainChe bled in the Tingle Creek and we had to change what we do with him, but he was very, very ready today," said the champion trainer. "There was no other way to ride him. The other horse [Dynamite Dollars] made a mistake at the top of the hillChe wants two and a half milesCbut they were two very good runs." Nicholls added, "I am pleased because it shows we were right about coming here fresh. I just can't wait for Clan Des Obeaux (Fr) on Friday now. It shows that, when they are very fit and very Envoi Allen | Racingfotos.com fresh, they are brilliant." Bred at Haras du Mesnil by Henri and Antonia Devin, A relieved Elliott said post-race, "I was nervous the whole way Politologue, now an 11-time winner, including three at the through the raceCI watched it with Colin [Bowe], who trained highest level, maintained a clean sweep of French-breds in the him to win a point-to-point. I was asking him the whole way 'Will championship races so far this week following the Champion he stay? Will he stay?' and he said that he would definitely stay Hurdle victory of Epatante (Fr) (No Risk At All {Fr}). no bother. If I had picked the wrong race, I was going to blame him." Post-racing Sale He added, "This was the big one for the week. He is the The Tattersalls Ireland Festival Sale will take place in the people's horse and everyone wanted him to win. He is eight parade ring at Cheltenham after racing on Thursday. from eight now. I thought Davy had given them too much lead Twenty-four young horses in training have been entered for the coming down the hill but he knew the horse wellChe does what select sale, including Gerri Colombe (Fr), a 4-year-old son of he has to. Saddler Maker (Ire) trained by Envoi Allen's former trainer Colin "He stays, he jumps and was bought to be a three-mile chaser. Bowe. He is one of 10 horses in the catalogue to have won at I think that is what he is going to be, but we will have to discuss point-to-point meetings last weekend. next season with his owners."

Grey Has His Day The G1 Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase may be the feature of Wednesday's card, but the high-profile scratchings of Altior (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) on Tuesday and Chacun Pour Soi (Fr) (Policy Maker {Ire}) on Wednesday morning, followed by a disappointingly flat run from favourite Defi Du Seuil (Fr) (Voix Du Nord {Fr}) took some of the lustre from what is usually one of the most thrilling races of the meeting. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 6 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 12 MARCH 2020

Other mares in the 2018 G1 Diamond Jubilee bridesmaid=s book are: MGSW All is Vanity (Fr) (Gold Away {Ire}), Benzolina (Ire) (Second Empire {Ire}), the dam of three listed winners; Darnella (Ire) (Manduro {Ger}), a half-sister to the dam of European highweight Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}); G1 Prix de Diane third Diyakalanie (Fr) (Ashkalani {Ire}); Express BUSINESS AS USUAL AT CHELTENHAM American (Fr) (American Post {GB}), who has produced SW & GSP Expressiy (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}); and G1SW Germance (Silver It remains business as usual at the Cheltenham Festival, Hawk). The last named is currently in foal to fellow d=Etreham despite a Premier League football match being postponed on sire Wootton Bassett (GB). Wednesday because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Premier League announced in the early hours that Manchester City's home fixture against Arsenal would be postponed due to the fact Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis--who has since tested positive for the virus--visited the Gunners for the clubs' Europa League tie on Feb. 27. With increased hygiene measures in place, the Festival began on Tuesday with more than 60,000 racegoers in attendance, although the crowd was down almost 7,000 on last year. "We had a fantastic first day here yesterday with seven brilliant races, which reminds us what the sport is really about," said Ian Renton, regional director Cheltenham and the South West, Jockey Club Racecourses. "All the measures we put in place were well used by racegoers, and we were topping up our hand sanitiser gel stations all day long. The racegoers heeded the advice we gave to ensure that hygiene was kept at a maximum. City Light on | Haras d=Etreham "The attendance being down was not a surprise. The last fortnight ticket sales have been very quiet. We had tremendous sales until then, and I was delighted to see 60,000 people here yesterday in an atmosphere of such good racing, so it was a good start. Wednesday=s Results: "We have been liaising with the Government throughout this; 2nd-Kempton, ,6,000, Nov, 3-11, 3yo, 7f (AWT), 1:26.20, st/sl. their advice has been extremely helpful. We've been following DANCING FEET (IRE) (f, 3, Footstepsinthesand {GB}--Speronella that advice to the letter and we will continue to do so until the {GB}, by Raven=s Pass), who broke through by a half-dozen conclusion of the Festival." lengths going a shade over six furlongs at Wolverhampton in her Wednesday's crowd was 56,943--slightly more than 2,000 second start last time Feb. 24, recovered from a slightly under last year's record attendance of 59,209. awkward start to secure an early lead upped in trip here. Holding sway when shaken up approaching the two pole, the even-money favourite was safely clear entering the final furlong and ridden out to prevail by three lengths from Dromara King CITY LIGHT GETS FIRST MARES IN FOAL (GB) (Mayson {GB}). Half-sister to a 2-year-old filly by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire), she is one of three scorers from as many MGSW & MG1SP City Light (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), who is standing foals to race produced by a half-sister to MGSW G2 International his first season at stud in 2020, has his first mares scanned in Bosphorus Cup winner Move Up (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) out of foal, Haras d=Etreham announced on Wednesday. The bay, who MGISP GIII Glens Falls H. victress Rosinka (Ire) (Soviet Star). Sales ran second in the G1 Prix de la Foret, stands for €7,000. Among history: i40,000 Ylg >18 TIRSEP; 3,000gns 2yo >19 TATMA. the in foal mares is Havaianas (Elusive Quality), a half-sister to Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $8,969. Grade II winner & MGISP Qurbaan (Speightstown). O/T-Archie Watson; B-Miss Mary Davison (IRE). TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 6 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 12 MARCH 2020

4th-Lingfield, ,5,300, Nov, 3-11, 3yo/up, f, 7f 1y (AWT), 1:27.91, st. AFRICAN DREAM (GB) (f, 3, Oasis Dream {GB}--Alsindi {Ire} {GSW-Eng & GSP-UAE}, by Acclamation {GB}) went postward as the crowd=s even-money pick coming back off a Dec. 11 debut third tackling this trip at Chelmsford City in his only prior start. Slotting in to track the leaders in fifth after breaking from the outside gate, she was scrubbed along rounding the home turn and kept on relentlessly in the straight to deny Rhyme Scheme (Ire) (Poet=s Voice {GB}) by a neck nearing the line. Kin to a 2- year-old filly by Invincible Spirit (Ire) and a yearling filly by Frankel (GB), the January-foaled bay becomes the fourth winner from as many runners produced by G3 Oh So Sharp S. victress Alsindi (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), herself a half-sister to Listed Al Bastakiya third I Am The Best (GB) (King=s Best) out of stakes- winning G3 Prix d=Arenberg runner-up and Pins (Ire) (Fasliyev). Sales history: 220,000gns Ylg >18 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $5,303. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Gestut Ammerland; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Kommodity Kid (Ire), g, 3, Kingston Hill (GB)--Sweetly Does It (GB), by Shirocco (Ger). Lingfield, 3-11, 10f (AWT), 2:08.54. B-Martin Keating (IRE). *i14,000 Wlg >17 TATFBR; 10,000gns RNA Ylg >18 TAOCT.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Carribean Bay (Ire), f, 3, Fulbright (GB)--Pinewoods Lily (Ire), by Indian Ridge (Ire). Le Croise-Laroche, 3-11, 9fT, 2:04.20. B-Pigeon Park Stud (IRE). *i2,000 Ylg >18 GOFNOV; i15,000 2yo >19 OSAAPR. **1/2 to Dainty Dandy (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), GSP-Eng. You Rock (Fr), c, 3, Youmzain (Ire)--Sakarya, by Rock Hard Ten. Le Croise-Laroche, 3-11, 9fT, 2:06.20. B-Francois-Xavier Bresson & Adrien Fouillet (FR). GROUP ENTRIES

Saturday, Abu Dhabi, UAE, post time: 7:00 p.m. ABU DHABI CHAMPIONSHIP-G3, AED380,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 2200mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 6 Almoreb (Ire) Raven’s Pass O’Neill Al Rayhi 125 2 9 Barreesh (Ire) Giant’s Causeway Doyle Ramadhan 125 3 11 Charles Kingsley (GB) New Approach (GB) Ziani bin Ghadayer 125 4 4 Corsen (GB) Cape Cross (Ire) O’Shea Seemar 125 5 3 GM Hopkins (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Cosgrave Ramadhan 125 6 1 Hakeem (GB) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Crowley Al Rayhi 125 7 12 Jaaref (Ire) Sea The Stars (Ire) Paiva Al Rahyi 125 8 10 Majestic Mambo (SAf) Mambo in Seattle de Vries de Kock 125 9 7 Muzdawaj (GB) Dansili (GB) Fresu Al Mheiri 125 10 8 Poet’s Prince (GB) Poet’s Voice (GB) Mazur bin Harmash 125 11 2 Seniority (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Mullen Seemar 125 12 5 Zamaam (GB) Muhtathir (GB) Veron Charpy 125

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THURSDAY, 12 MARCH 2019

She raced fiercely in third spot on the fence and rider Hugh COOLMORE'S CHIANTI HAS Bowman took an opening between runners 300 metres from home. Chianti surged clear and won comfortably by 1.8l from PROMISING FUTURE Squanto (Sebring) and So Far Away (Snitzel). Canadian Spice (Vancouver) was next in ahead of the weakening hot favourite Deniki (Not A Single Doubt), a sister to the G2 Run To The Rose S. winner Menari. AYou=re always a little guarded about provincial trials, but I=ve been really pleased with what I=ve seen from her at home,@ Lees said. AShe=s a bombproof filly and got a lovely run in the race. She travelled a little aggressively, but Hugh had plenty of horse underneath him and she let down really well.@ Bowman said Chianti was a touch too relaxed before the race, but she quickly got her game face on. AI trotted her around to try and liven her up a bit. She didn=t need much encouragement and knew what she was there for. She could have done with a bit more pace to be honest from the leading couple, but I was able to harness that energy. AAlthough she was a bit green when I was trying to balance her up and when I did get her balanced she put them away quite Chianti as a yearling | Inglis easily. I felt she had a bit more up her sleeve so she=s certainly an exciting filly. AShe=s a big filly and Kris always has his horses improving By Paul Vettise through the preparation and this one will be no different. She=s Kris Lees viewed Chianti (I Am Invincible) with envy at the run well and it looked a strong maiden on paper and, if that=s Riverside Stables last year when the well-related filly was the case, we might have a nice one on our hands.@ offered for sale by Coolmore. Chianti is certainly bred to be that as a daughter of the G3 The Newcastle trainer=s budget didn=t stretch to chasing the Turffontein Sycamore Sprint winner and G1 Royal Ascot King=s youngster, but as it=s turned out he didn=t need to and at Stand S. placegetter Sweet Sanette (SAf) (Jallad {SAf}). Warwick Farm on Wednesday he produced her for an impressive debut victory in the Exceed And Excel @ Darley H. Chianti failed to meet her reserve at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale and Lees couldn=t accept the subsequent offer to train the 2-year-old quickly enough. AI saw her at the sales and liked her, but she was out of our price range. I=m now very grateful to get such a well-bred filly from Coolmore,@ he said. AShe=s showed quite a bit all the way through and trialled well back in the early 2-year-old trials. She=s coming up well with a view to getting to some nice fillies= races at the back end of the autumn.@ Chianti won one of her two trials in the spring before Lees put her aside and she also won the second of her two trials at Wyong earlier this month to have her ready for her Warwick Farm debut. I Am Invincible | Yarraman Park Stud TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 2 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 12 MARCH 2019

All three of her foals to race have now won and includes the G3 Scarborough S. runner-up Sweet Rockette (Fastnet Rock). The dam, who was last served by Pierro, is a half-sister to the dual Group 3 winner Franny (SAf) (Trippi {USA}) and the family of the Group 2 winners Janoobi (SAf) (Silvano {Ger}), Philippa Johnson (SAf) (Joshua Dancer {USA}) and her daughter Chekilli (SAf) (Greys Inn {USA}).

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