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THURSDAY, 29 DECEMBER, 2016

PRELUDE TO A DOHA DERBY IMPRESSIVE USA FIGHTBACK by DaithR Harvey When the opportunity arose for a TDN writer to travel to Doha IN EUROPE IN 2016 to cover the Qatar International Derby Festival, there wasn=t much ruminating from this correspondent=s quarters to put his hand up for the task. Ok, so I was breaking a 20-plus year tradition of attending Leopardstown=s Christmas four-day jump racing extravaganza, but one should never spurn a chance to broaden one=s horizons, so I packed my bag for a whistle-stop maiden voyage to Doha. Al Rayyan Racecourse is part of a large equestrian complex that also plays host to other disciplines such as show-jumping, dressage and Arabian racing. The grandstand enclosure is compact and like most things in Qatar, it radiates a shiny, new feel. The sun was setting by the time the second race was under orders at 5 p.m. local time and as the flood lights kicked in, the crowd amused themselves without the all too familiar distractions of gambling and alcohol. Cont. p5 Tepin | Horsephotos by John Berry The is a hybrid breed of horse created, if that is IN TDN AMERICA TODAY the right word, in England, albeit partly from various breeds ‘BISCUITS’ A TRUE OVERACHIEVER whose roots lie around the eastern and south-eastern edges of Alan Carasso speaks with Chad Summers, part-owner of Monday’s the Mediterranean. For much of racing history, therefore, the GI Malibu S. hero Mind Your Biscuits (Posse), about the future plans for >new-world' countries have drawn from the British Isles for their the New York-bred. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. stock. However, that changed during the 20th century after so many high-class and influential stallions and mares had been sold from Europe to North America that Europeans had to bring American-bred horses to Europe if they were to win the best races. In 1929, after the horse had been at stud in England for just one season, Lord Derby leased 's G1 2000 Guineas-placed half-brother Sickle (GB) (Phalaris {GB}) to Joseph E. Widener of Elmendorf Stud in Kentucky (with an option to buy in three years' time for $100,000, an option which naturally was taken up when the time came). That deal eventually led to the production of Sickle's great-grandson , thence to Raise a Native and Mr. Prospector. In 1949, Nasrullah (Ire) ( {Ity}) was sold from Brownstown Stud in Ireland to Bull Hancock of Claiborne Farm in Kentucky for $370,000, a deal which massively upgraded the American thoroughbred, thanks largely to his sons Bold Ruler and . At the Tattersalls December Sale in Newmarket in 1952, E. P. Taylor of Windfields Farm in Canada bought 's great-great-granddaughter Lady Angela (GB) (Hyperion {GB}), in foal to Nearco (Ity) (Pharos {GB}). Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 29 DECEMBER, 2016

Impressive USA Fightback in Europe in 2016 Cont. from p1 The foal which she was carrying, Empire Day (GB) was born in England in 1953, after which she was bred back to Nearco and brought to Canada in-foal. Thus was bred the GB-conceived but Canadian-foaled who in turn sired and thus turned the bloodstock world on its head. A consequence of these and many other similar deals was that through the 1970s and '80s American horses were dominating Europe. However, a crucial decision was taken at the end of the 1984 racing season. During that campaign Vincent O'Brien had trained two top-class 3-year-old colts for Robert Sangster and the Coolmore team, both US-bred sons of Northern Dancer: and Sadler's Wells. There was more money to be made in the USA, so the more talented of the pair was dispatched to stud in Kentucky at a fee of $200,000, while Sadler's Wells took up residence at Coolmore in Ireland, covering for 125,000 Irish guineas. (Another pertinent factor in the plans might have been that El Gran Senor already had a full-brother standing at Coolmore at the time, ). El Gran Senor turned out to be a very good stallion, but a subfertile one, only siring small crops. Sadler's Wells, of course, turned out to be an all-time great, almost single-handedly raising the standard of horses bred in the British Isles so much that eventually European horsemen felt that they hardly needed to go to the States to buy horses at all. In 2016, though, the USA has been fighting back. This season in Lady Aurelia ended the season voted Cartier's Champion Europe has been notable for the extent of US-bred success in big 2-Year-Old Filly of Europe, notwithstanding that by that time she races. had lost her unbeaten record when favourite for her final start At Royal Ascot in June, arguably two performances stood out of the year, finishing third in the G1 Cheveley Park S. at among a plethora of Newmarket. No caste was lost for the American Thoroughbred superlative displays in that race, however, at it featured a US-bred trifecta, the two of galloping: the horses finishing ahead of Lady Aurelia being the Aidan victories of Tepin O'Brien-trained pair of War Front fillies and >TDN (Bernstein) in the G1 Rising Star= , previously winners, respectively, of the Queen Anne S. and G3 Albany S. at Royal Ascot and the G2 Duchess of Cambridge S. of >TDN Rising Star= at Newmarket. Lady Aurelia (Scat That race did not produce Aidan O'Brien's only US-bred Group Daddy) in the G2 1 quinella of the summer. In August, he had provided first and Lady Aurelia | Horsephotos Queen Mary S. One second in the G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. at The Curragh, courtesy could not find two of the outstanding () leading home his better advertisements for the American Thoroughbred than compatriot and stablemate Courage Under Fire (War Front). these two utterly dominant performances: each winner was not This was the second year running that O'Brien had taken this only bred in the USA, but trained there too. Each kept a winning race with a US-bred colt, having landed it in 2015 with that streak going with her mighty triumph, and in Tepin's case that season's champion 2-year-old Air Force Blue (War Front). This meant winning for the seventh consecutive time in a sequence impressive triumph was the highlight of a stellar unbeaten which already included three Grade I races headed by the 2015 campaign for Caravaggio, who had previously played a starring Breeders' Cup Mile. Both then won in Group/Grade 1 company role at Royal Ascot when taking the G2 Coventry S. by 2 1/4 next time out, Lady Aurelia in France and Tepin in Canada. lengths, trouncing 17 rivals headed by the dual Group 2 winner Mehmas (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 29 DECEMBER, 2016

Royal Ascot in June had been Lady Aurelia and Caravaggio, while Newmarket's July Meeting had seen Roly Poly star among the fillies' ranks by taking the Duchess of Cambridge S. Equally impressive at the July Meeting had been the victory of Godolphin's US-bred colt Boynton (More Than Ready) in the G2 July S., a race in which he was chased home by his Ballydoyle-trained compatriot War Decree (War Front). At the end of the month War Decree went one better at Glorious Goodwood, taking the G2 Vintage S. in impressive style. Other good American-bred horses to take Pattern races in Europe during 2016 included Cannock Chase (Lemon Drop Kid), Royal Artillery (War Front), Syphax (Arch), Nemoralia (More Than Ready), Hathal (Speightstown), War Flag (War Front), Long Island Sound (War Front) and Intelligence Cross (War Front). Caravaggio | Racing Post The last-named was one of two US-bred colts whom Aidan Impressive USA Fightback in Europe in 2016 Cont. O'Brien dispatched to Santa Anita late in the season for the G1 Following Royal Ascot, another midsummer highlight in Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, along with last-start G1 Dewhurst S. England is the G1 Eclipse S. at Sandown in early July. In 2016 this runner-up Lancaster Bomber (War Front). Of the pair, race again produced one of the highpoints of the season when Intelligence Cross was seemingly the stable's first string but did Godolphin's US-bred 3-year-old Hawkbill (Kitten's Joy) not enjoy the run of the race, finishing only a never-nearer outgunned Aidan O'Brien's wide-margin G1 Poule d'Essai des ninth. Lancaster Bomber, though, ran a mighty race to finish Poulains winner The Gurkha (Ire) ( {Ire}) in a thrilling second behind Oscar Performance (Kitten's Joy), a performance finish. Hawkbill was not the only high-class son of Kitten's Joy which suggests that, like Caravaggio, War Decree, Brave Anna racing in Europe during the season: the Jean-Claude and Roly Poly, he and Intelligence Cross ought both to figure Rouget-trained colt Taareef enjoyed an excellent campaign in prominently in Aidan O'Brien's Classic plans for 2017. France, highlighted by his triumph in the G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein at Chantilly on Arc Day. Furthermore, former G1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Bobby's Kitten was trained in Ireland during 2016 (before retiring to Lanwades Stud) where his only outing saw him land an ultra-impressive 8 1/2-length triumph on what should have been unsuitable ground in the Cork S. over six furlongs at Cork. In his Breeders' Cup victory, incidentally, Bobby's Kitten had been chased home by two Over the next week the team of Editors of TDN American horses who Europe/International will look back on 2016 and pick their each won top races most memorable racing moment of the year. We continue in Europe: 2013 G1 today with TDN Managing Editor & Euro/International winner Contributing Editor, Alan Carasso. (Scat CHAUTAUQUA (AUS), G1CHAIRMAN=S Daddy) and 2015 G1 Diamond Jubilee S. SPRINT PRIZE winner Undrafted by Alan Carasso (Purim). While Australian-breds have always been among the top The Eclipse sprinters in Hong Kong, Australian-based runners have not fared Hawkbill | Racing Post Meeting at Sandown, especially well in the region. Having missed out at a crack at the where Hawkbill G1 Longines Hong Kong International Sprint in December 2015, topped the bill, fits snugly into the British calendar between the Chautauqua (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) was given a three- Newmarket's July Meeting and Glorious Goodwood, two race prep at home with an eye on the G1 Chairman=s Sprint Prize meetings at which, as discussed, US-bred juveniles had played this past May, winning the G1 Lightning S. and a second major roles. As mentioned above, the best 2-year-old winners at consecutive G1 T. J. Smith S. with electric, deep-closing victories. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 29 DECEMBER, 2016

2016 Reflections Cont. He said, "I am delighted to have won the Stobart-backed But could he repeat the dose away from Flemington and award for most wins by a Flat jockey in 2016. It's been a Randwick and over a track that does not typically suit his late- memorable year for me, and I am so pleased the faith all the running style? The >Thunder from Down Under= answered in owners and trainers have shown me has paid off B without them emphatic fashion. I wouldn't have had the horses to ride. I should also thank my The 9-5 favorite agent Tony Hind who has been integral to my success this year. I beneath Tommy have an exciting new job to look forward to and I hope to Berry, Chautauqua continue the momentum I have built up and have an equally hopped at the break successful 2017." in a field including The former jump jockey switched codes 10 years ago and the two previous surpassed his previous personal best of 148 winners in a year, winners of the Hong which he set in 2012. His winning rides in 2016 amassed more Kong Sprint-- than ,1.9 million in prize-money. Aerovelocity (NZ) Chautauqua | HKJC photo (Pins {Aus}) and Peniaphobia (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire})--as well as G1 Al Quoz Sprint hero Buffering (Aus) (Mossman {Aus}). Still last nearing the stretch, Chautauqua peeled out widest and was letting down well, though he still had several lengths to find with time ticking away. Emerging star Lucky Bubbles (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}) was sent into the lead inside the final 200m, but with a final quarter ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: in :22.28 (final 800m in :43.91!), Chautauqua was up to snatch +Ay Ay (Ire), c, 2, Pour Moi (Ire)--Chatline (Ire), by One Cool Cat. victory from the jaws of defeat (video). LIN, 12-28, 7f 1y (AWT), 1:25.60. B-Eyrefield Lodge Stud (Ire). *i44,000 Wlg >14 GOFNOV; 150,000gns Ylg >15 TATOCT. Private Mission (GB), g, 2, Sepoy (Aus)--Pivotal Drive (Ire), by Pivotal (GB). LIN, 12-28, 7f 1y (AWT), 1:25.64. B-New England Stud, Myriad & T Vestey (GB). *75,000gns Ylg >15 TATOCT. **20th winner for freshman sire (by Elusive Quality). Amber Mystique (GB), f, 3, Sakhee--Dame de Noche (GB), by Lion Cavern. LIN, 12-28, 8f 1y (AWT), 1:37.01. B-Avenue Farm Stud (GB).

CROWLEY IS 2016 STOBART LEADING JOCKEY Jim Crowley, who was crowned champion jockey for the first time in October, has added the Stobart Leading Jockey of 2016 title to his array of awards for the year. Wednesday=s Results: Recently named as Paul Hanagan's replacement to be first PRIX MISS SATAMIXA-Listed, i52,000, DVL, 12-28, 3yo/up, retained jockey for f/m, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:25.42, stn. Sheikh Hamdan Al 1--REALTRA (IRE), 125, f, 4, Dark Angel (Ire)--Devious Diva (Ire), Maktoum's powerful by Dr Devious (Ire). (i10,000 Ylg >13 TISEP; ,290,000 3yo >15 Shadwell operation, GOFLON). O-Yasushi Kubota; B-Tom & Geraldine Molan (Ire); Crowley claimed 189 T-Roger Varian; J-Christophe Soumillon. i26,000. Lifetime winners from 1,015 Record: GSW-Eng & SP-Ire, 16-5-3-2, i198,783. rides in 2016--a 2--Caointiorn (Fr), 123, m, 5, Stormy River (Fr)-- strike-rate of 19%-- Champagnepouryoyo, by Bering (GB). O-Jedburgh Stud. and finished the year i10,400. 25 winners clear of 3--Via Firenze (Ire), 123, f, 3, (GB)--Via Medici (Ire), by Jim Crowley | Racing Post runner-up and Medicean (GB). (i260,000 Ylg >14 BBAGS). O-Ecurie des former champion jockey Silvestre de Sousa. Charmes, Haras d=Etreham & Riviera Equine SARL. i7,800. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 29 DECEMBER, 2016

Margins: 1HF, 3/4, HD. Odds: 3.30, 3.90, 13.40. Zaitana (Ire), f, 2, Zoffany (Ire)--Jabroot (Ire), by Alhaarth (Ire). Also Ran: I Am Charlie (Fr), Galantes Ivresses (Fr), Villebaudon DVL, 12-28, 9 1/2f (AWT), 1:59.34. B-Glenvale Stud (IRE). (Fr), Seychelloise (GB), Ella Diva (Fr), Volunteer Point (Ire), *i210,000 Ylg >15 GOFORB. Pietrafiore (Ire), Havre De Paix (Fr), Whippa D=Or (Fr), Wacaria (Ger), Mukaabra (GB), You=re Back, Sainte Amarante (Fr). EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS Realtra enjoyed a fruitful sophomore campaign and bagged scores in Haydock=s Listed Dick Hern Fillies= S. and the G3 Sceptre S. at Doncaster, but had been on the shelf since running IN QATAR: fifth in last term=s G1 Sun Chariot S. at Newmarket. Chasing the My Sharona (GB), m, 7, Dark Angel (Ire)--Tanda Tula (Ire), by leaders in fourth after the initial exchanges of this belated Alhaarth (Ire). Al Rayyan, 12-28, Sawda Natheel S. (NB), comeback, she swooped for control passing the eighth pole and 1200mT. B-Seaton Partnership (GB). *4,500gns RNA Wlg >09 was ridden out thereafter to readily assert from Caointiorn, who TATNOV; 6,000gns >10 Ylg TADNOV; 14,000gns RNA 2yo >11 suffered a fatal injury when crumpling across the line in second. TAAOCT; 74,286gns HRA >12 TAAOCT. **2x Ch. Older Mare- AThe trainer [Roger Varian] was confident beforehand and I was Qat. instructed to ride the race to win, but to do so without doing too much,@ commented winning rider Christophe Soumillon. AShe was able to do that well under these conditions and will definitely head for Dubai.@ Realtra is out of a winning half-sister to three black-type performers, headed by Listed Queen Mother=s Memorial Cup scorer Solid Approach (Ire) (Definite Article {GB}), and hails from Prelude to a Doha Derby Cont. from p1 a family which includes G1 Racing Post Trophy victor Seattle German trainer Mario Hofer shared the Derby spoils last year Rhyme (Seattle Dancer) and G3 Premio Primi Passi-winning sire when his Rogue Runner (Ger) (King=s Best) dead-heated with the Kingsinger (Ire) (Fairy King). Click for the Racing Post result. Mike de Kock trained Taanaaf (Ire) (High Chaparall {Ire}) and the trainer was in relaxed form on Wednesday, looking forward to 1st-DVL, i29,000, Cond, 12-28, 3yo, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:26.16, stn. the challenge of Noble House (Ger) (Lando {Ger}) in Thursday=s BOREALE (f, 3, Makfi {GB}--Aurore, by Arch) Lifetime Record: feature. The trainer=s confidence grew further as he watched his 9-3-2-1, i53,100. O-Philippe Decouz & Nicolas Clement; Kick And Rush (Ger) (Tertullian {Ger}) land a smart juvenile B-Wertheimer & Frere (KY); T-Nicolas Clement. *i20,000 3yo conditions race at Deauville the same afternoon, leaving Hofer >16 ARJUL. dreaming of a potential G1 German Derby challenge next year. AHe=s a very promising horse and I hope he might develop into ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: a Derby horse next year,@ said Hofer. AHopefully we can also Husani (Ire), c, 2, Elusive City--Afra Tsitsi (Fr), by Belong To Me. land tomorrow=s Qatar Derby again. Noble House is well and I DVL, 12-28, 9 1/2f (AWT), 1:55.40. B-Ecurie Cadran, Hoze Ste. enjoy coming here. The sun is shining, the people are very & Entr. Lerner (IRE). *dead-heated for first. **i40,000 Ylg >15 hospitable, there is nothing not to like about it.@ ARAUG. ***1/2 to Excilly (GB) (Excellent Art {GB}), SW-Eng, For a moment it looked like Hofer would also add Thursday=s MGSP-UAE, GSP-Fr & SP-US, $164,818. feature, the Al Rayyan S. to his haul, but his Hyper Hyper (GB) King Jade (Fr), c, 2, Kendargent (Fr)--Jade Colour (Ire), by (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) was just run out of the placings as Pazeer Peintre Celebre. DVL, 12-28, 9 1/2f (AWT), 1:55.40. B-Guy (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), formerly trained by Jean-Claude Rouget but Pariente Holding (FR). *dead-heated for first. **1/2 to Sir Jade now in the care of Ibrahim Al Malki, landed the $100,000 (Fr) (Gentlewave {Ire}), GSP-Fr, $127,251. contest. Mark Johnston=s Masham Star (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}) was Kick and Rush (Ger), c, 2, Tertullian--Kittiwake (GB) (SP-Eng), by fancied to go close in this despite a heavy schedule this season Barathea (Ire). DVL, 12-28, 9 1/2f (AWT), 1:56.11. B-Gestut that saw him make his 12th start of the year on Wednesday, Schlenderhan (GER). *i85,000 Ylg >15 BBAGS. **1/2 to having also taken in a race at Velifendi in Turkey in September. Konigstiger (Ger) (Tiger Hill {Ire}), Hwt. 2yo Colt-Ity, G1SW-Ity He perhaps did too much too early in the 1400m contest and & MGSW-Ger, $373,737; Karavel (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), GSW & having rounded the turn upsides the former Kevin Prendergast- G1SP-Ger, $130,742; Kalla (GB) (Monsun {Ger}), GSW-Fr, trained Catch A Wave (Ire) (Approve {Ire}), faded soon after to $128,425; and Kitcat (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), MSW & GSP-Ger, finish 10th. Cont. p6 GSP-Ity. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 29 DECEMBER, 2016

>HAWA= LEADS QATAR DERBY FIELD Trainer Andreas Wohler sends out the imposing Noor Al Hawa (Fr) (Makfi {GB}), who is riding a three-racing winning streak, in the 2000m $500,000 Qatar Derby (QAT-G1) at Al Rayyan Racecourse in Doha, Qatar Thursday. Never off the board in eight starts to date, the Al Wasmiyah Farm colourbearer annexed Deauville=s Listed Prix de Tourgeville Aug. 2 and quickly followed up with victories at Dusseldorf, in the 1600-metre G3 Grosse Europa Meile Des Porsche Zentrum Dusseldorf Sept. 11 and the 1700- metre G3 Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Dusseldorf Oct. 2. The French-bred is not the only entrant bringing a solid vein of form into the field, with conditioner Jassim Ghazali=s Opera Baron (GB) (Equiano {Fr}) lining up on the back of three consecutive wins of his own over the local strip, while defeating many of these rivals. The Al Al Rayyan grandstand in Doha, Qatar | Daithi Harvey Rayyan specialist scored in the one-mile Thoroughbred Charlie Johnston, son and assistant to the trainer was on hand Guineas (QAT-G3) with Top and commented after the race, AHe got a bit warm beforehand Face (Tiznow) second Nov. 17 which was a worry and then he got taken on for the lead early and added the Qatar Derby on. He seems fine after it so he=ll probably go to Dubai next.@ Trial (QAT-G2), defeating Open Ultimately the race provided a 1-2 for trainer Ibrahim Al Malki >n Shut (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) as Perfect Storm (Ire) (Excelebration {Ire}), a Navan maiden Noor Al Hawa | galopponline.de among others, over 1850 winner for Aidan O=Brien, finishing a joint-second with the best metres last time Dec. 15. of the European trained runners in Trouble Of Course (Fr) Last out Sept. 3 Listed La Coupe de Marseille winner (Rajsaman {Fr}), trained in Norway by Niels Petersen. Thewayyouwish (Ire) (Theywayyouare), who ran second in the Ibrahim Al Malki, German based jockey Eduardo Pedroza and G2 Prix Hocquart at Deauville this May, throws his cap in the The Aga Khan Stud=s Siyouni (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) went on to ring, as does the Group 3-placed Noble House (Ger) (Lando complete a big-race double when Mango Tango (Fr) routed her {Ger}), whose trainer Mario Hofer won the 2015 edition. opponents in the $100,000 Qatar Oaks. She brought high-class French form to the table, running second in the G2 Shadwell Prix de Pomone in August for Pascal Bary before fetching i400,000 at the Arc Sale at Arqana in October and she proved a different Thursday, Al Rayyan, Qatar, post time: 11:45 p.m. EDT , US$500,000, 3yo, 2000mT class to her opponents, beating Croara (Ire) (Exceed And Excel QATAR DERBY (NB) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER {Aus}) by five lengths with Matara (Fr) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) a 1 Al Mohalhal (Ire) Acclamation (GB) Williams Seifeddine further three lengths back in third. 2 Ard San Aer (Ire) Acclamation (GB) Peslier Al Yaqout The first thoroughbred race of the evening, the Sawda Natheel 3 Barwod (GB) Lope de Vega (Ire) Monteriso Smart S. over 1200m for fillies and mares saw Yeomanstown Stud=s 4 Fourioso (Fr) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Avranche Al Yaqout Dark Angel (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) get the exacta as My 5 French Encore (GB) Showcasing (GB) Munro Mountain 6 Gerrard’s Quest (GB) Captain Gerrard (Ire) Cosgrave Hussain Sharona (GB) beat Bronze Maquette (Ire). The winner, trained 7 Life Imitates Art More Than Ready Sanna Smart by Jassim Mohammed Ghazali, was winning for the 14th time 8 More Than a Dream (Ire) Halling Aouabed Al Jehani and both her and the runner-up showed a smart level of form 9 Noble House (Ger) Lando (Ger) Clijmans Hofer for their previous trainers in Britain before continuing their 10 Noor Al Hawa (Fr) Makfi (GB) De Vries Wohler careers in Qatar. 11 Open ‘N Shut (GB) Kyllachy (GB) Pedroza Al Malki A similar racing programme is scheduled for Thursday with 12 Opera Baron (GB) Equiano (Fr) Bentley Ghazali 13 Robinnielly (Ire) Approve (Ire) SCR SCR proceedings brought to a close by the $500,000 Qatar Derby. 14 Scarlet Dragon (GB) Sir Percy (GB) Crowley Johnson-Houghton Before that however, is the obligatory cultural activity involving 15 Thewayyouwish (Ire) Thewayyouare Convertino Ghazali a guided tour of the Souq Wafic on Thursday morning, where 16 Top Face Tiznow Lukasek Al Ramzani supposedly lots of weird and wonderful things are for sale...stay 17 Cameraman (GB) Rail Link (GB) Ladjadj Mohsen tuned. 18 Risk Adjusted (Ire) Bushranger (Ire) No Rider Al Marri All carry 128 pounds.

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Course, dead heating with Perfect Storm for second place,@ commented Nasser Sherida Al Kaabi, General Manager of the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club. Pazeer, who=s second dam is a half-sister to GSWs Pinfloron Wednesday=s Results: (Fr) (Caerleon), Pinmix (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}) and Pinakaral (GB) AL RAYYAN S. (NB), $100,000, Al Rayyan, 12-28, 2yo, 1400mT, (Akarad {Fr}) has a yearling half-brother by Maxios (GB) and a 1:23, gd. weanling half-brother of this year by Elusive City. Click for the 1--PAZEER (FR), 128, c, 2, Siyouni (Fr)--Parandeh (Fr), by Racing Post chart or the QREC Video. Kahyasi (Ire). (€90,000 2yo >16 ARAOCT). O-Mr. Abdulatif Hussain Al-Emadi; B-Haras De S. A. Aga Khan Scea (Fr); T-Ibrahim Al Malki; J-Eduardo Pedroza. $57,000. Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-1, $98,103. QATAR OAKS (NB), US$100,000, Al Rayyan, 12-28, 3yo, f, DH--2--Trouble Of Course (Fr), 128, c, 2, Rajsaman (Fr)--Sister 2000mT, 2:00.77, gd. Trouble (Fr), by Spectrum (Ire). (€10,000 Ylg >15 AROOCT; 1--MANGO TANGO (FR), 128, f, 3, Siyouni (Fr)--Alexandrina 15,238gns 2yo >16 TATAPR). O-Fam. E. Nagell-Erichsen; B-Ian (Ger), by Monsun (Ger). (€50,000 2yo >15 OSAAPR; €400,000 Fair (Fr); T-Niels Petersen. $11,000. HRA >16 ARAOCT). O-Mr. Abdulatif Hussain Al-Emadi; B-E. DH--2--Perfect Storm (Ire), 128, c, 2, Excelebration (Ire)--Lady Trussardi & Sarl Ecurie Du Precieux (Fr); T-Ibrahim Al Malki; Miletrian (Ire), by Barathea (Ire). (475,000gns Ylg >15 TATOCT; J-Eduardo Pedroza. $57,000. Lifetime Record: MGSP-Fr, 9-2-3-0, 65,000gns HRA >16 TATOCT). O-Mr. Abdulatif Hussain $160,372. Al-Emadi; B-Lodge Park Stud (Ire); T-Ibrahim Al Malki. $11,000. 2--Croara (Ire), 128, f, 3, Exceed And Excel (Aus)--Alleviate (Ire), Margins: 3/4, (1 1/4), (1 1/4), SHD. by Indian Ridge (Ire). (€40,000 Ylg >14 GOFSEP; 35,000gns 2yo Also Ran: Catch A Wave (Ire), Notalot (Ire), Moi Moi Moi (Ire), >15 TATAPR). O-Mr. Abdulhadi Mana Al Hajri; B-Arlie Stud (Ire); What A Surprise (Ire), Hyper Hyper (GB), Hakeem (Fr), Masham T-S. Ibido; $22,000. Star (Ire), Scudding, Ras Al Qimmah (Fr), Master Degree (Ire). 3--Matara (Fr), 128, f, 3, Rip Van Winkle (Ire)--My Girl Charlie First past the post at first asking but disqualified to second at (Ire), by Kodiac (GB). (€35,000 RNA Wlg >13 ARQDEC; €35,000 La Teste De Buch for Jean-Claude Rouget and His Highness the Ylg >14 ARAARQ). O-Umm Qarn; B-Haras De Beauvoir (Fr); T-A. Aga Khan May 13, Pazeer ran third in a conditions test there de Mieulle; $11,000. going six furlongs June 8 and graduated going this trip at Margins: 4, 3, 2HF. Clairefontaine July 1. Reappearing in a one-mile heat there Aug. Also Ran: Flying Empress (GB), Pippin Street (GB), Angel Of The 17, the juvenile duly justified 3-10 favoritism that day, coming Night (Ire), Al Dallah (Ire), Alaskan Phantom (Ire), Sugar Strang, home 1 3/4 lengths in Reem Seattle, Reem Florida. front and he tired to It was a double for young sire Siyouni (Fr), trainer Ibrahim Al fifth in the G3 Prix des Malki, owner Abdulatif Hussain Al-Emadi and jockey Eduardo Chenes at Chantilly Pedroza at Al Rayyan Racecourse in Doha, Qatar Wednesday. Sept. 8. Purchased by Just one race after scooping the Al Rayyan S. with Pazeer (Fr) these connections for (Siyouni {Fr}), Al-Emadi=s Mango Tango (Fr) thoroughly out- €90,000 (lot 64) out of classed her rivals in the Qatar Oaks (QAT-G3) over 2000 metres the Arqana Arc Sale in in race six. Unplaced in two runs at Deauville last December and October, Pazeer in March of this year, the bay ran second to Highlands Queen Pazeer | Daithi Harvey settled near the back (Fr) (Mount Nelson {GB}) in a Saint-Cloud maiden Apr. 3 and of the pace well off the donned cap and gown going this distance at Chantilly later that inside. Still well covered up circling the lone bend, the bay was month, before completing the exacta in the wake of that foe in scrubbed on by Eduardo Pedroza and made his bid for the lead the G3 Prix Cleopatre May 29. Dropping to fourth in the 1 1/2- inside the final 200 metres. He forged past stablemate Perfect mile G2 Prix de Malleret, Mango Tango once again was the Storm inside the final 50 metres to snatch the victory. The latter bridesmaid to Highlands Queen, this time in Deauville=s G2 tied with Trouble Of Course for runner-up honours, while Catch Shadwell Prix de Pomone Aug. 13 and signed off her European a Wave (Ire) was relegated to third. career with another fourth-place effort in the G2 Qatar Prix de AThe Al Rayyan S. was won nicely by the locally trained Pazeer Royallieu Oct. 1. with an excellent run from the Norwegian horse, Trouble of Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 29 DECEMBER, 2016

Qatar Oaks Cont. final furlong of the Champions Cup, Awardee took a late lead, One of the dearest lots in Arqana=s Arc Sale (lot 17) when but was outfinished by Sound True, who came from a near- snapped up for €400,000 this October, she raced in a rank third impossible spot at the top of the lane to pull a 14-1 upset. before relaxing for the backstretch run. Shifted out to the attack Sound True, who was third in the 2015 Champions Cup before with 1000 metres to travel, Mango Tango had improved to the winning this event, rounded out the triple underneath Awardee pacesetter=s hindquarters as the field entered the final bend. In in the Nippon TV Hai Sept. 28 and again in the JBC Classic before control from there, Mango Tango cruised home the easiest of reversing form narrowly last time at Chukyo. winners. She has a yearling full-sister named Fierte d=Amour (Fr) Copano Rickey (Jpn) (Gold Allure {Jpn}) has a good record in (Siyouni {Fr}) and is from the same family as German highweight the Daishoten, having finished runner-up in 2014 ahead of a and G1 Melbourne Cup hero Almandin (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), as decent fourth-place finish to Sound True last year. Fifth in the well G1 German Oaks heroine Amarette (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) JBC Classic, he was most recently well down the field in the and G2 German 2000 Guineas victor Aviso (Ger) (Tertullian). Champions Cup. Click for the QREC Chart or the QREC Video. Mozu Raijin (Jpn) (Kurofune) makes his 12th start of the season in the Daishoten and exits a distant fourth to Awardee=s half-sister Amour Briller (Smart Strike) in the Nagoya Grand Prix (2500m) Dec. 15.

Thursday, Ohi, Japan TOKYO DAISHOTEN-G1, ¥136,000,000 (£946,668/i1,112,449/ US$1,156,069), 3yo/up, 2000m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 Major Presence (Jpn) Daiwa Major (Jpn) Kato Yamaguchi 2 Copano Rickey (Jpn) Gold Allure (Jpn) Tosaki Murayama 3 Spire (Jpn) Wild Rush Matoba Shozo 4 Mozu Raijin (Jpn) Kurofune Tanabe Yahagi 5 Nonkono Yume (Jpn) Twining Lemaire Kato 6 Happy Sprint (Jpn) Ammirare (Jpn) Yoshihara Morishita Mango Tango en route to victory in the Qatar Oaks | QREC photo 7 Sand Platina (Jpn) Casino Drive Yano Ichimura 8 Awardee Jungle Pocket (Jpn) Take Matsunaga AWARDEE SEEKS REVENGE IN TOKYO 9 Kazenoko (Jpn) Agnes Digital Kawada Nonaka 10 Wagenseil (Jpn) Neo Universe (Jpn) Akimoto Tomita DAISHOTEN by Alan Carasso 11 Apollo Kentucky K Langfuhr Uchida Yamauchi Awardee (Jungle Pocket {Jpn}), just caught at the wire by 12 Cosmo Kaupili (Jpn) Higher Game (Jpn) Akaoka Shozo Sound True (Jpn) (French Deputy) in the G1 Champions Cup at 13 Studium (Jpn) Loose Limbed (Jpn) Ishizaki Yano Chukyo Racecourse Dec. 4, looks to turn the tables on that one 14 Sound True (Jpn) French Deputy Ono Takagi and 12 other rivals in Thursday=s G1 Tokyo Daishoten at Ohi All carry 126 pounds, bar Sand Platina, 121. Racecourse. The 6-year-old half- brother to G2 UAE Derby winner and GI Belmont S. third place- Gary King: V.P. International Operations getter Lani (Tapit), Kelsey Riley: International Editor Awardee won his first six Emma Berry: European Editor Alan Carasso: Contributing Editor starts once switched from Heather Anderson: Contributing Editor the turf to the main track, Daithi Harvey: Irish Correspondent Sound True (left) and Awardee (middle) capped by a victory in the Sean Cronin & Tom Frary: Newmarket Bureau renew acquaintances Thursday Nov. 3 JBC Classic over an Regular Columnists: Bill Oppenheim, Andrew Caulfield, Horsephotos extended 10 furlongs. John Berry, Chris McGrath, Kevin Blake Produced outside into the www.thetdn.com TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 29 DECEMBER, 2016

Sunday, Ellerslie, New Zealand, post time: 11:37 p.m. EDT Following a successful campaign for the Gai SISTEMA RAILWAY S.-G1, NZ$200,000 Waterhouse-trained dual Group 1 winner Global Glamour (Aus) (£113,256/i132,959/US$138,359), 3yo/up, Open, 1200mT (Star Witness {Aus}), who is owned by the all-female >It's All PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT About The Girls' syndicate, Payne also announced a new venture 1 Ryan Mark (NZ) Thorn Park (Aus) Bosson Morell 128 with Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock entitled >Women In 2 Natuzzi (NZ) Coats Choice (Aus) No Rider P/D/W/P Richards 123 Racing'. The initiative is aimed at increasing the number of 3 Perfect Fit (NZ) Elusive City Coleman K/B Kelso 123 female racehorse owners. 4 Statham (NZ) Danroad (Aus) Dell Lucock & Gillespie 123 "Riding is my life, and mainly you see men at the races 5 Start Wondering (NZ) Eighth Wonder (NZ) Parkes E/J Rayner 122 6 Irish Moon (NZ) O’Reilly (NZ) Grylls K/B Kelso 121 enjoying the sport, and that's fantastic," said Payne. "But it's 7 Brighton (NZ) Buffalo Man McNab Tiley 121 great if we can get more women involved as well. It's so much 8 Reilly Lincoln (NZ) Pins (Aus) No Rider Latta 119 fun." 9 Summer’s Day (NZ) Darci Brahma (NZ) McCulloch Pike 118 10 Shezhardtocatch (NZ) Elusive City A. Collett Wallace & Peard 118 11 Red Striker (NZ) Red Giant S. Collett Collett 118 12 No More Tears (NZ) Darci Brahma (NZ) Innes Marsh 118 13 Snowdrop (NZ) Pins (Aus) Johnson Pike 117 14 Astara (NZ) Dalghar (Fr) Du Plessis Logan & Gibbs 112 Emergencies: 15 Rocanto (NZ) Per Incanto No Rider Marsh 121 Wednesday=s Result: 16 Volks Lightning (NZ) Volksraad (GB) No Rider G/D Rogerson 117 HYOGO GOLD TROPHY-(Listed), ¥31,500,000 (US$268,322/£219,430/€258,117), Sonoda, 12-28, 3yo/up, PAYNE AIMS FOR ANOTHER CUP MILESTONE 1400m, 1:25.80, sy. 1--NISHIKEN MONONOFU (Jpn), 126, h, 5, Meisho Bowler (Jpn) Michelle Payne, who made history in 2015 aboard Prince Of 1st Dam: Green Hill Komachi (Jpn), by Afleet Penzance (NZ) (Pentire {GB}) when becoming the first female 2nd Dam: Tsuneno Kotobuki (Jpn), by Sunshine Boy (Jpn) jockey to win the G1 Melbourne Cup, has revealed that she 3rd Dam: Oriental Gold (Jpn), by Tanino Chikara (Jpn) hopes to reach O-Tsuru Nishimori; B-Tsuneo Yagi; T-Yasushi Shono; J-Norihiro another milestone by Yokoyama; ¥21,000,000. Lifetime Record: MGSP-Jpn, riding a horse she 31-10-7-0, ¥X. trains in the race. 2--Dream Valentino (Jpn), 131, h, 9, Roses in May--Cosmo Speaking to Valenti (Jpn), by Meiner Love. O-Lion Race Horse; B-Big Red racing.com, the Farm; -5,040,000. 31-year-old 3--Nobo Baccara (Jpn), 128, c, 4, Admire Aura (Jpn)--Nobo Kiss confirmed that she (Jpn), by French Deputy. O-LS.M Inc.; B-Yasuhiro Hagisawa; will continue to -2,520,000. combine race-riding Michelle Payne | Bronwen Healy Margins: NK, 3, HF. Odds: 1.40, 6.80, 1.00. with her training duties in 2017, but that retirement from the saddle is not too far NEW ZEALAND GROUP 1 RACES B 2016/2017 away. Date Race Track She said, "It's a very dangerous sport, and I've had my fair Jan. 1 Railway S. Ellerslie share of falls and don't want to push my luck. In saying that, I Jan. 14 Levin Classic S. Trentham think you have to live your life doing what you love doing Jan. 21 Telegraph H. Trentham because you never know what's around the corner." Jan. 28 Thorndon Mile Trentham Payne aims to follow in the footsteps of a number of Feb. 11 Herbie Dyke S. Te Rapa Australian trainers in searching for a Cup horse in Europe. Feb. 11 NRM Sprint Te Rapa "My main plan is to hopefully in mid-year, June or July, head Feb. 25 Classic S. Otaki over to Europe and find myself a horse for the Melbourne Cup,@ Mar. 4 New Zealand Derby Ellerslie Payne continued. AThe plan would be to ride and train that Mar. 11 Auckland Cup Ellerslie myself. It couldn't get any more special than that. You've got to Mar. 11 New Zealand S. Ellerslie dream big, and that's what I'm doing." Mar. 11 Diamond S. Ellerslie

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>BISCUITS= A TRUE OVERACHIEVER LUCKY 13 IN by Alan Carasso AMERICAN OAKS Managing a Thoroughbred is rarely straight-forward. Sure, you set some goals and devise a strategy to achieve those objectives, but more frequently than not, you have to dip into the bag for plans B, C and sometimes D. For the connections of Mind Your Biscuits (Posse), including Chad Summers, things really could not have gone much better over the last 16 months, and it all came together in the best possible way for the bloodstock agent/part- owner and his partners in Monday=s GI Malibu S. at Santa Anita. A $47,000 purchase by Machmer Hall out of the 2014 Keeneland January Sale, the son of the Toccet mare Jazzmane was consigned by Select Sales to that year=s Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Sale at Saratoga, but was led out unsold. Cont. p3

IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Stays in Vegas | Benoit US-BREDS EXCEL IN EUROPE IN 2016 John Berry examines the record US-bred horses compiled in A field of 13 fillies was entered Wednesday for the European group stakes in 2016. Click or tap here to go straight GI American Oaks, which will have its first December running to TDN Europe. Saturday at Santa Anita. The race was inaugurated at the now- defunct Hollywood Park in 2002 and was originally run in early July. It was moved to Santa Anita in 2014 AMERICAN OAKS-GI, 3yo, f, 1 1/4mT and was last run in PP. Horse Sire May of 2015. 1. Lady Valeur (Ire) Multiplex (GB) Saturday=s renewal 2. Stays in Vegas K City Zip of the $300,000 race 3. Dreamarcher K Archarcharch will feature a 4. How Unusual Unusual Heat contentious field of 5. Cheekaboo Unusual Heat local graded stakes 6. Sassy Little Lila K Artie Schiller winners, including 7. Decked Out K Street Boss this year=s 8. Queen Blossom (Ire) Jeremy GIII Senorita S. 9. Mrs. Norris Bernardini winner Stays in 10. Sheeza Milky Way K Sidney's Candy Vegas (City Zip), who 11. Dynamic Mizzes K Mizzen Mast drew post two. 12. Barleysugar (Ire) Kyllachy (GB) Making her first start 13. Mokat K Uncle Mo at 1 1/4 miles (see Graded Stakes Entries) Saturday, Stays in Vegas is coming off a third-place effort in the one-mile GI Matriarch S. at Del Mar Dec. 4. Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected]

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GI Kentucky Oaks and promptly won the July 23 GII San FEATURE PRESENTATION Clemente H. at Del Mar. She was subsequently a close-up fourth GRADE I AMERICAN OAKS in the Del Mar Oaks and is coming off an even fifth in the Oct. 15 GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup. The dark bay filly breaks from the outside in the field of 13.

>Biscuits= a True Overachiever (cont. from p1) Summers, along with his father, his brother and Susan Montanye=s SBM Sales privately purchased Lucky 13 in American Oaks (cont. from p1) the 50% stake in the Stays in Vegas could give co-owner LNJ Foxwoods a Santa horse previously Anita Grade I double, following Constellation (Bellamy Road)=s owned by Marne win in Monday=s GI La Brea S. Fauber=s Imagine Decked Out (Street Boss), who just nosed out Stays in Vegas to , while finish second in the Aug. 20 GI Del Mar Oaks, will break from Machmer Hall stayed post seven in Saturday=s Oaks. The chestnut filly captured the in for their half- GIII Providencia S. over the Santa Anita lawn in April, but will be interest. looking to rebound from a non-threatening 12th-place finish in The March foal was Part-owner Chad Summers and Joel Rosario the Oct. 1 GI Rodeo Drive S. prepared for the 2015 exchange congrats following the Malibu Mokat (Uncle Mo), who chased Songbird (Medaglia d=Oro) OBS April Sale, but Benoit photo home over the main track in Santa Anita graded races last Mother Nature played a role in what came next for the colt spring, moved back to the lawn after a 13th-place effort in the catalogued as hip 1186. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • DECEMBER 29, 2016

AThe day he breezed, it was the hottest day of the previews, and on the hot days, that track down there [at OBS] can heat up some,@ Summers explained. AThat day at that time, the times were slow. If you watched the breeze, it was a really nice video and I had a lot of New York trainers look at him and they all seemed to like him. He continued, ABut between the time [:10 3/5] and getting lost in the shuffle a bit being like 60 hips from the end of a five-day sale actually ended up working to our benefit. We were always going to protect him for a lot more than the $47,000 he RNAd for. I told the partners I wanted to keep him and run him and gave them the option and they decided they wanted to sell their piece. I was able to bring [Joaquin Guerrero=s] J Stable aboard at that time and we took him to the track straight from the sale.@ Armed with a horse they believed could take full advantage of the lucrative state-bred program in New York, Summers and his team sent Mind Your Biscuits to Saratoga and the colt validated their collective faith with runner-up efforts in his first two starts. It was after that second trip to the post that Summers admits he began to get excited. A[Jockey] Joel [Rosario] had breezed the horse for us a couple of times and told one of the gate crew going into the gate, >It=s going to take a freak or a monster to beat us,=@ Summers recollected. AAnd when he got to the gate for the next race he told them, >A Mind Your Biscuits being led in monster did beat us.= When he Benoit photo ran second in what became the fastest 2-year-old race of the meet [6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.71]--open or otherwise--we thought that he could be a really nice horse.@ The winner that day was Championofthenile (Pioneerof the Nile), the $840,000 second highest-priced lot at the 2015 Fasig- Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Third in the $206,000 New York Futurity--the colt=s major goal for 2015--and fourth to Governor Malibu (Malibu Moon) in a subsequent maiden, Mind Your Biscuits was given a six-month break and returned in 2016 with a pair of blowout wins against his fellow New York-breds around another stakes placing in the Mike Lee S. while now under the care of trainer Robert Falcone, Jr. With a couple of apparently softer options available, Summers and team opted for the most ambitious route, and it paid off with a decisive score in the GII Amsterdam S. at the Spa. Cont. p5 DECEMBER 2016 TDN WEEKEND Owner KALEEM SHAH is living the AMERICAN DREAM

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AWe do a lot of homework and we know the competition and do our scouting,@ Summers explained. AThere was a New York- bred stakes that weekend and a two-other-than state-bred allowance that weekend, but we thought the Amsterdam was coming up a little light for what it was. That gave us the confidence to take a shot in there.@ Fifth to >TDN Rising Star= Drefong (Gio Ponti) in the GI King=s Bishop S., Mind Your Biscuits ran on nicely to fill out the exacta in the GIII Gallant Bob S. at Parx in September to arrive at yet another fork in the road. AOriginally we were going to give him a break after the Gallant Bob, but he came out of that race so good, so we said, >OK, we=ll run in the Breeders= Cup and then we=ll go to the farm,=@ Summers offered. Returned to New York following his bang-up third to Drefong in the GI Breeders= Cup Sprint for a group that now included Sol Kumin=s Head of Plains Partners and Michael Kisber, Mind Your Biscuits was still sending his ownership the right signals and Summers began to give serious consideration to the Malibu. ABefore the Breeders= Cup, he settled in to Santa Anita like he owned the place,@ he commented. AIf he would have won the Sprint, I think we would have stopped on him at that point, but we decided to take him home and keep his routine. He breezed super for Joel in New York and we=re like, >If he wants to go, we=ll go on with him,= and so that=s how we committed to it.@ Summers said that Mind Your Biscuits will remain in Southern California for the next week before returning to Miami. From there, connections will be faced with another choice, but one gets the sense it=s a problem he doesn=t really mind confronting. AHe was bouncing around the shedrow [Wednesday morning],@ the University of Kentucky graduate reported. AThe goal [for early 2017] was to go to the GI Met Mile, but we've been in talks with the representatives from Dubai and we'll seriously consider [the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen Mar. 25]. He's scheduled to fly to Miami Jan. 3 and at that point, we'll decide whether we send him to Ocala and freshen him up for the Met Mile or we go on with him and point for Dubai. He added, AWe'd like to give him a break, but the horse is doing so super right now that he's almost telling us that he just wants to keep going. And the thing with him is that he just loves what he does. He loves to train, he loves to compete and you see that in his races. He's trying so hard in every one of his races. We kind of have this philosophy that we want to stop on them before they make us stop on them, but the horse could not have come out of the race any better.@ But in the interim--at a minimum--Summers is going to make sure to enjoy the euphoria of victory.

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AFor the horse=s sake, we felt like the horse had run well RUSS HARRIS, HANDICAPPER EXTRAORDINAIRE, enough this year to be a Grade I horse and we=re thrilled to death that he=s got that Grade I to his name,@ he said. ATo hit all DEAD AT 93 by Bill Finley those goals that we wanted to accomplish, it=s a testament to The word may get thrown around too easily, but in Russ the whole team we have around him. He=s been so sound and Harris=s case, it is deserving. He was a legend. I can=t prove this, that=s been his best weapon. Whether you own 5% of a horse or but I know it to be true: 100% of a horse, the excitement and the thrills that you have No single person has make it all worth it--that=s what this game is all about. You=re ever picked more going to have a lot more lows than you will highs, but the highs winners than Russ Harris are sometimes beyond words and that=s what Monday was for did. A product of a us. You talk about a race like the Malibu and some of the great different time, when horses that have won the race like Spectacular Bid...it=s crazy, newspapers still just crazy.@ mattered and their handicappers could move the toteboard like nothing else, Harris Russ Harris | New York Daily News passed away peacefully from complications of old age early Tuesday morning at the age of 93. CAN’T WAIT TO GET YOUR Harris=s career as a racing journalist began in 1957 with the Akron Beacon Journal, which needed someone to cover and TDN BREAKING NEWS AND handicap the races at a long forgotten track called Ascot Park. RACE RESULTS? He wrote under the nom de plume Phil Dancer. APhil@ is the Click Here to sign up for TDN Alerts Greek word for lover of horses and ADancer@ came from the horse Native Dancer, a favorite of Harris=s. Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 8 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • DECEMBER 29, 2016

He went from there to the Miami Herald and then the He was a chalk player, but what always mattered most to him Philadelphia Inquirer. He also had stints in Chicago as a steward was how many winners he would pick. He pumped them out, at Hawthorne, Arlington and Washington Park. day after day, with the consistency of a fine-tuned machine. But it was at the New York Daily News AI tried to figure that out one day,@ Harris where he became arguably the most told me in a 2005 interview when I asked him well-known, well-respected public how many winners he had picked during his handicapper of all time. The rival New York career. AI think I=ve picked 30,000 winners. It Post had beefed up its racing coverage and looks like I=ve handicapped 90,000 races and I the News was intent on hiring a big name to usually average three winners out of nine.@ compete, so they lured Harris from Harris was the OTB players= best friend. Philadelphia. His hiring was seen as such a These weren=t sophisticated gamblers and coup for the News that it was touted in their they weren=t betting hundreds of dollars a advertising campaigns and Harris=s picture race. Most were just looking to pass some appeared on the street corner newspaper time and enjoy the thrill of cashing a few boxes that dispensed the paper. tickets. If you were to walk into any New York This was in 1977, when the Daily News had City OTB parlor in the late seventies or early eighties, you=d see very few if any Racing the largest circulation of any daily Forms or New York Posts. No one there read metropolitan newspaper in the country, the the Times, which was too high-brow to stands were still filled at the New York tracks employ a handicapper. But almost everyone and New York OTB was booming. A lot of had a Daily News in their clutches because people bet on the horses back then and a lot they wanted to know who Harris was picking. of people, especially those who wagered at So many people bet at OTB and Harris had such a following that, OTB, didn=t want to think too hard. Thanks to Harris, they didn=t if he liked a horse, you could be sure the selection would affect have to. the odds. Cont. p8

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His shining moment as a handicapper came on May 8, 1981 when he swept the card at Belmont. AMy theory is, I pick every card like it=s May 8, 1981 at Belmont,@ he told me in that 2005 interview. AI picked nine straight at Belmont that day and no one had ever done that before. That really meant something to me. I look at every race like I=ve had eight winners on the day and this is the ninth race. I don=t pick any duds, if I can avoid it.@ He was also very proud of his selection in the 1979 GI Belmont S. Not only was Harris one of very few handicappers to pick against Spectacular Bid, he nailed the winner in Coastal. In 1988, Harris gave up his duties as the racing writer for the Daily News and became a handicapper only. I happened to be the one who was hired to replace him, but, thankfully, only as a writer and not the primary handicapper. His were shoes I never could have filled. Harris was a bright, worldly man and he wanted to reach beyond the racing business, the reason why he gave up the writing duties at the News. He went back to school and in 1999 at the age of 75 received a Ph. D in history from Lehigh University. He wrote a 378-page thesis on the relationship between Charles DeGaulle and six U.S. presidents. He continued on as the handicapper at the News until 2008, when he fully retired. He never came to the track anymore, but I would hear from Harris often. Every other month or so he would call and take the time to tell me how much he enjoyed a story I had written or tell me how highly he thought of my work in general. His praise meant the world to me. So much has changed since Russ Harris arrived on the scene in 1977 at the Daily News. The paper, like most, no longer covers racing and does not have any handicappers. Not that it really WITH ANDY BEYER matters. The News is a shell of its old self, and is hanging on for From his writing to his railing against dear life, now selling just 200,000 papers a day. At its peak, it sold 4.7 million papers on Sundays. There=s no longer a New drug trainers to his speed figures, York City OTB, and the people who used to follow Harris which revolutionized handicapping, religiously have all either died off or found something else to Andy Beyer's impact on the sport is occupy their days. immeasurable. He is semi-retired Harris is a product of simpler times, when people still went to now, but he still has plenty to say the track and read newspapers, when a good public handicapper about racing. Beyer is this week's had so much clout he could make an 8-5 shot a 6-5 shot and no guest on the Thoroughbred Daily News podcast. Click one had ever heard of the Internet. Harris was the last living here to listen, or subscribe in your Podcast app on remnant of that era. He will be missed but never forgotten as he was the best there was. your iPhone or iPad. GRADED STAKES ENTRIES

Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:00 p.m. EST AMERICAN OAKS-GI, $300,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/4mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Lady Valeur (Ire) Multiplex (GB) Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Gallagher Bejarano 121 2 Stays in Vegas K City Zip Jungle Racing LLC, KMN Racing LLC or LNJ Foxwoods Hollendorfer Prat 121 3 Dreamarcher K Archarcharch Melen, Red Cap Thrbds., LLC or Taub, Et Al Hollendorfer Contreras 119 4 How Unusual Unusual Heat Fetkin, Sil or St. Hilaire, Et Al Pender Solis 119 5 Cheekaboo Unusual Heat S. Alesia, Burns or Ciaglia Racing LLC Eurton Smith 121 6 Sassy Little Lila K Artie Schiller Sheep Pond Partners or Michael J. Ryan Cox Saez 119 7 Decked Out K Street Boss Voss, Big Chief Racing, LLC or Head of Plains Partners Desormeaux Desormeaux 121 8 Queen Blossom (Ire) Jeremy Team Valor International or Barber Motion Rosario 121 9 Mrs. Norris Bernardini Godolphin Harty Espinoza 119 10 Sheeza Milky Way K Sidney's Candy Alesia, Christensen or Ciaglia Racing LLC, Et Al Eurton Blanc 119 11 Dynamic Mizzes K Mizzen Mast Ellenay Racing, Inc. Glatt Nakatani 119 12 Barleysugar (Ire) Kyllachy (GB) Red Baron's Barn, LLC or Rancho Temescal, LLC Freeman Baze 119 13 Mokat K Uncle Mo J K Racing Stable, LLC Baltas Van Dyke 121

Breeders: 1-Edmond Kent, 2-John McCormack, 3-BWB Bloodstock, LLC & K. Taylor, 4-Madeline Auerbach & Barry Abrams, 5-Madeline Auerbach, Richard Rosenberg &Barry Abrams, 6-Dr. John A. Chandler, 7-Haymarket Farm LLC, 8-Irish National Stud, 9-Darley, 10-Jayne Johnson, Tom Flounders &Jeanne Flounders, 11-Ellenay Racing, Inc., 12-Mrs James Wigan, 13-Dr. Charles S. Giles

Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 4:30 p.m. EST MIDNIGHT LUTE S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Tough Sunday Grazen Nick Alexander Miyadi Baze 120 2 Solid Wager Birdonthewire Barber, Barber or Stanford Stable Miller Espinoza 122 3 St. Joe Bay Saint Anddan Altamira Racing Stable or Bernsen Miller Desormeaux 120 4 Navy Hymn K Songandaprayer Messineo, Sands, La Vida Loca Racing Stables,Et Al Baltas Bejarano 118 5 Jimmy Bouncer Square Eddie Reddam Racing, LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 122

Breeders: 1-Nick Alexander, 2-Madera Thoroughbreds LLC, 3-Bonnie Heath Farm, LLC, 4-Masatsugu Otani, 5-Reddam Racing, LLC

Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 5:00 p.m. EST ROBERT J. FRANKEL S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Sweet Charity (Fr) Myboycharlie (Ire) Hronis Racing, LLC Sadler Smith 120 2 Keri Belle Empire Maker Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Moss Shirreffs Arroyo, Jr. 122 3 Frenzified (GB) (Ire) DP Racing Cassidy Gonzalez 122 4 Arles (Fr) Monsun (Ger) Team Valor International & Green Lantern Stables LLC Motion Rosario 120 5 Pretty Girl (Arg) Harlan's Holiday Stud RDI, LLC or Bonne Chance Farm, LLC Lobo Van Dyke 120 6 Ryans Charm K Heatseeker (Ire) Takaya Shimakawa Gallagher Bejarano 125 7 Goodyearforroses (Ire) Azamour (Ire) Ron McCauley Baltas Nakatani 122 8 Into The Mystic (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Fox Hill Farms, Inc. Mandella Prat 120

Breeders: 1-Hubert Honore, 2-Mr. & Mrs. Jerome S. Moss, 3-Stuart Stuckey, 4-S.A.R.L. Ecurie D, 5-El Chanar, 6-Ann Marie F arm, 7-The Hornets, 8-Ecurie La Vallee Martigny REGIONAL REPORT THURSDAY • DECEMBER 29, 2016 NHBPA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT REEDS National HBPA Foundation, with AEric Reed Fund@ written in the memo, can be mailed to the National HBPA, 870 Corporate Dr., The National HBPA and HBPA state affiliates are continuing to Suite 300, Lexington, KY 40503-5419. In addition, donations also rally around trainer Eric Reed and wife Kay Reed through the can be mailed to, or dropped by, Horse Cents, 199 Markham organization=s Horse Cents Fund in the wake of a devastating Drive, Versailles, KY, 40383. Such checks should be made farm at the couple=s Mercury Equine payable to Horse Cents-Eric Reed fund. Credit card contributions Center in Lexington which killed can be made over the phone by calling Horse Cents at 23 horses. 859-873-4707. Donated tack and supplies can be dropped off at Through its charitable foundation, Horse Cents or any of three Kentucky HBPA offices: the main the National Horsemen=s Benevolent office at 3729 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, 40214, or the backside and Protective Association will match offices at Turfway Park in Florence and The Thoroughbred HBPA affiliated-organizations= Center in Lexington. And a GoFundMe account has been set up contributions to help the Reeds. The by the Reeds= close friends Mike, a steward in Ohio and the foundation=s contribution will cap at 1970 Kentucky Derby-winning jockey, and Kitty Manganello at $10,000, but the hope is that much http://bit.ly/2icnkYO. more than $20,000 is donated overall. Reed, who is based in Kentucky, also Eric Reed | Coady races in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Illinois, and, in addition to the horses, lost substantial tack and supplies. The HBPA contributions will go into an account for the Reeds at Horse Cents tack shop in Versailles, Kentucky, where the trainer does considerable business, allowing him to buy what he needs. Contributions can be made online via credit card at The Shug McGaughey-trained Realistic (Tapit) graduates by an impressive 8 1/4 lengths at Tampa. https://nationalhbpa.com/donate/. Checks made out to the

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Storm Rising (Medaglia d=Oro) and her dam was most recently bred to MGISW Tonalist, who was also campaigned by winning owner Robert Evans. Realistic=s second dam is GISW City Band Thursday, Aqueduct, post time: 3:50 p.m. EDT (Carson City) and she also hails from the family of champion DAMON RUNYON S., $100,000, (S), 2yo, 1m 70yds Shanghai Bobby (Harlan=s Holiday). Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-0, PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML $15,922. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored 1 Voodoo Song English Channel Davis Hushion 6-1 by Fasig-Tipton. 2 Bourbon Empire Majestic Warrior Maragh Hennig 7-2 O/B-Robert S. Evans (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III. 3 Mollica Uncle Mo I. Ortiz Rice 5-2 4 Carradine Grasshopper Arroyo Rice 8-1 5 Haul Anchor Bernardini Velasquez McLaughlin 8-1 6 Tellmeafookystory Tale of Ekati Carmouche Pletcher 4-1 7 D’yer Mak’er Soaring Empire Gallardo Zito 20-1 8 Mo Maverick Uncle Mo Franco Weaver 12-1 9 Macho Miah Macho Uno McCarthy Englehart 15-1 Mahoning Valley Breaks Handle Record: Mahoning Valley Race Course, which recorded a track-record handle Tuesday, bettered that mark Wednesday when a total of $1,658,918 was wagered over nine races, bettering by $160,000 the previous day=s record figure of $1,497,170. Wednesday=s Wednesday=s Results: handle was bolstered by a mandatory payout in the Buckeye 9th-TAM, $22,250, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 12-28, 2yo, Pick 6, in which bettors wagered more than $243,000 into the f, 6f, 1:12.28, ft. Jackpot carryover of $62,477. STAR GALA (f, 2, Wildcat Heir--Joni Gala, by Distant View) AAgain, we are pleased and thankful by the response bettors graduated two starts back on the turf at Gulfstream Park West across North America have shown for our racing product,@ said Oct. 27 and checked in fourth next out when returned to the Mahoning Valley=s vice president of Ohio Racing for Penn main track for the track-and-trip Sandpiper S. Dec. 3. Gaming. AUnprecedented interest because of today=s mandatory Overlooked at 12-1 off that effort, the chestnut was glued to the payout in the Pick 6, along with several competitive fields with leader=s outside hip early, pressing her through a sharp opening double-digit entries, and picture perfect weather racing wise quarter in :22.45 and drew even as they hit the half-mile pole in combined to achieve today=s record handle.@ :46.49. Seizing control at the top of the lane, Star Gala kicked Mahoning Valley is in the midst of its third season of live away and held off a late run from Lu Lu Laura (Circular Quay) to racing. The track=s current meeting runs through April, with win by 1 3/4 lengths. The winner=s dam produced a weanling racing Monday through Wednesday. colt by Pleasant Acres=s Poseidon=s Warrior and was bred back to that sire. Sales history: $45,000 RNA 2yo '16 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 8-2-2-2, $64,950. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O/B-Helen & Joseph Barbazon (FL); T-Ian Hemingway.

2nd-TAM, $20,000, Msw, 12-28, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:24.94, ft. REALISTIC (f, 3, Tapit--Storm Tide, by ) failed to fire when seventh on debut at Keeneland Apr. 8 and improved to be fourth next out at Belmont Oct. 7. Sent off at 4-1 in this spot, the gray tracked from a two-wide fifth off early splits of :23.06 and :46.20. Tipped further out on the backstretch, she swiftly picked off rivals to draw even with the pacesetter turning for home. Lugging in a bit at the top of the lane, Realistic was quickly straightened out by Jesus Castanon and powered clear to a dominant 8 1/4-length victory over Dontwasteurpretty (Unbridled=s Song). The winner is a half-sister to American Lion (Tiznow), MGSW, $417,800. She has a yearling half-sister named For $300, your job will run on this page in the TDN, be posted on the careers section of our website for one month, and be promoted through our social media channels:

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ROOKIES

Wednesday=s Results: 3rd-SUN, $30,600, Alw, 12-28, (NW2X), 3yo/up, 1m, 1:36.34, ft. First-crop starters to watch: Thursday, December 29 LET'S MEET IN RIO (c, 3, Flatter--Rio Carnival, by Storm Cat), Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2013 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) who was second in the GIII Sham S. earlier this year while ALGORITHMS (Bernardini), Claiborne Farm, $7.5K, 89/12/1 carrying his breeder Juddmonte Farms silks for Hall of Famer 6-FG, Msw 5 1/2fT, +Starinthemaking, $60K KEE SEP yrl, 8-1 Bob Baffert, sold to Brian Mundell for $35,000 at the Fasig- BODEMEISTER (Empire Maker), WinStar Farm, $30K, 131/15/1 Tipton July sale after finishing a non-factor eighth in the 8-SA, $75K Blue Norther S., 1mT, Yuvetsi, $420K KEE SEP yrl, 6-1 California Chrome S. Apr. 30. A nose second, but disqualified CREATIVE CAUSE (Giant's Causeway), Airdrie Stud, $15K, 86/17/1 and placed third in his debut for his new connections at Zia 6-FG, Msw 5 1/2fT, +Because It's Time, $105K KEE SEP yrl, 9-2 GEMOLOGIST (Tiznow), WinStar Farm, $15K, 117/13/2 Sept. 19, the sophomore won next out there Oct. 10, after 10-FG, Msw 1m, Emmie's Gem, $28K FTK OCT yrl, 8-1 which A and A Equine bought in. Third sprinting at Zia Nov. 1, he 10-FG, Msw 1m, She'sagraciouslady, $37K OBS OPN 2yo, 8-1 was last seen fading to eighth in the Zia Park Derby Nov. 23, but HARBOUR WATCH (IRE) (Acclamation {GB}), Tweenhills Farm & Stud, $7.5K, 124/16/1 was hammered down to 1-5 favoritism to get back on track 8-SA, $75K Blue Norther S., 1mT, Miss Sugars (GB), $16K TAO CT yrl, 6-1 here. Seizing the early advantage, Let=s Meet in Rio ticked off POWER (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), , $12.5K, 93/17/4 moderate early splits of :23.35 and :46.25 while well clear of his 8-SA, $75K Blue Norther S., 1mT, La Force (GER), $24K RNA BBA GS yrl, 6-1 rivals. Bruntino (Colonel John) closed the gap as they passed the REDDING COLLIERY (Mineshaft), Red River Farms, $2K, 34/4/0 3-DED, Msw 6 1/2f, Color Me Ready, $4K ESL YRL yrl, 20-1 half-mile pole and drew even with the chalk in upper stretch, SOARING EMPIRE (Empire Maker), Rockridge Stud, $2.5K, 24/2/0 but Let=s Meet in Rio dug in to turn back that rival for a 3/4- 8-AQU, $100K Damon Runyon S., 1m, D'yer Mak'er, $12K FTN MIX yrl, 20-1 length success. The winner=s dam Rio Carnival is a daughter of STAR GUITAR (Quiet American), Clear Creek Stud, $4K, 41/3/0 G1SW Zenda (GB) (Zamindar), who is a half-sister to European 3-DED, Msw 6 1/2f, Air Guitar Star, $65K RNA OBS APR 2yo, 6-1 champion and English Highweight Oasis Dream (GB) (Green TAPIZAR (Tapit), Gainesway Farm, $15K, 100/15/1 Desert), as well as the dam of European champion Kingman (GB) 8-SA, $75K Blue Norther S., 1mT, Tap It All, $800K FTF MAR 2yo, 15-1 (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Rio Carnival has a yearling filly named Rio 10-FG, Msw 1m, Cinnamon Apple, 6-1 TO HONOR AND SERVE (Bernardini), Gainesway Farm, $30K, 97/13/1 Festival (First Defence) and was bred back to Flatter this term. 10-FG, Msw 1m, Firepit Queen, 12-1 Sales history: $35,000 3yo '16 FTKHRA. Lifetime Record: GSP, UNION RAGS (Dixie Union), Lane's End Farm, $35K, 106/18/3 11-3-1-2, $89,295. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, 3-GP, Msw 1mT, +Sunfest, $10K OBS OPN 2yo, 8-1 sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 10-FG, Msw 1m, Dynamic Union, $40K OBS APR 2yo, 9-2 O-Brian Mundell & A and A Equine, Inc.; B-Juddmonte Farms Inc Second-crop starters to watch: Thursday, December 29 (KY); T-Justin R. Evans. Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2012 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) Please note: from Jan. 1-Apr. 30 all starters will be listed here. From June 1-Dec. 31, only offspring that are first-time starters or starting in a stakes race will be listed here. CROWN OF THORNS (Repent), Woodford Thoroughbreds, $2K, 32/15/1 3-GP, Msw 1mT, +Di Maestro, 12-1 Thursday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:00 p.m. EDT E Z'S GENTLEMAN (Yankee Gentleman), Milestone Farm, $2.5K, 26/6/0 BLUE NORTHER S., $75,000, 2yo, f, 1mT 3-DED, Msw 6 1/2f, +Gentlemen's Girl, $1,000 RNA ESL MIX yrl, 20-1 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML UNCLE MO (Indian Charlie), Ashford Stud, $35K, 261/99/22 1 Simmy’s Temple (GB) Royal Applause (GB) Arroyo O’Neill 20-1 8-AQU, $100K Damon Runyon S., 1m, Mollica, $240K OBS OPN 2yo, 5-2 2 Partyinthepaddock Harlan’s Holiday Prat Gaines 10-1 8-AQU, $100K Damon Runyon S., 1m, Mo Maverick, $200K KEE SEP yrl, 12-1 6-FG, Msw 5 1/2fT, +Olivia's Uncle, $200K FTF MAR 2yo, 6-1 3 Cynthiana Into Mischief Desormeaux Baltas 5-1 8-SA, $75K Blue Norther S., 1mT, Mo'vette, $55K OBS OPN 2yo, 8-1 4 Princess Roi Roi Charmant Nakatani Baltas 10-1 5 Journey Home War Front Van Dyke Motion 7-2 DID YOU KNOW? 6 La Force (Ger) Power (GB) Bejarano Gallagher 6-1 7 Yuvetsi Bodemeister Contreras Sadler 6-1 Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song) 8 Mo’Vette Uncle Mo Blanc Baltas 8-1 was tabbed as a 9 Tap It All Tapizar Gutierrez O’Neill 15-1 “TDN Rising Star” 10 Miss Sugars (GB) Harbour Watch (Ire) Baze Mullins 6-1 11 Joe’sgoldenholiday Harlan’s Holiday Smith O’Neill 10-1 Visit the TDN Rising Stars section

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BREEDERS’ EDITION

ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 3rd-MVR, $27,700, (S), (NW3X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000), 12-28, 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2f, 1:07.66, ft. FAST JUSTICE (f, 3, Regal Ransom--Fast Included, by Include) Lifetime Record: SP, 13-4-2-2, $115,862. O-Tommy G. Ligon & Anthony Granitz; B-Justice Farm & Greg Justice (OH); T-Anthony J. Granitz. *$7,500 Wlg '13 KEENOV; $15,000 Ylg '14 OBSAUG; $55,000 RNA 2yo '15 OBSAPR. **1/2 to Gifted Justice (Haynesfield), SW. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: DID YOU KNOW? +Tricar Gold, c, 2, Spankey Come Home--Give Me a Ring, by Proud Irish. SUN, 12-28, (S), 5f, :58.34. B-Tricar Stables Inc (NM). GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner +My Diabolical Ways, g, 3, Diabolical--Mi Camila, by Southern Oscar Performance (Kitten’s Joy) Halo. SUN, 12-28, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:04.29. B-Roger K Beasley (NM). was tabbed as a “TDN Rising Star” *1/2 to Bonndaddy=s (B.G.=s Drone), MSW, $313,273; and Mi Domscat (Dominique=s Cat), SW, $145,053. Visit the TDN Rising Stars section on our website!