SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 BLOODHORSE.COM/DAILY ANNE M. EBERHARDT ANNE M. it is obvious that a case FAST FRIENDS should be made for Mitole as the Horse of the Year in the U.S. British Idiom Owners Enjoying Success, Camaraderie -James Willoughby, See page 4 Thoroughbred Racing Commentary IN THIS ISSUE MET MILE-G1 FOREGO-G1 12 On Racing: Probabilities and Odds CHURCHILL DOWNS S.-G1 BREEDERS' CUP SPRINT-G1 15 Three-Year Tax Depreciation Extension Signed Into Law The Mighty 16 Santa Anita Postpones Opening Day to Dec. 28 BLOODHORSE DAILY Download the FREE smartphone app PAGE 1 OF 33 2-YEAR-OLD NY-SIRED NY-BRED BANK ON SHEA “New York racing is some of the best in Recent winner of the $500,000 the world. The purse structure for New Great White Way division of York-breds is a strong incentive for not The New York Stallion Stakes Series only owners like us, but breeders, stallion ($329,900, 2-0-1 in three starts) owners and trainers as well. 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ON THE COVER The connections of British Idiom celebrate in the winner’s circle after her victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita Park FREE BLOODHORSE DAILY APP Providing updated news and analysis throughout the day. LISTEN ON ALEXA Use your Amazon Alexa devices to listen to the BloodHorse Daily feature stories! Sponsored by Taylor Made Stallions BloodHorse.com/Daily BLOODHORSE DAILY A publication of The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc. and TOBA Media Properties, Inc. Editorial Director John K. Keitt, Jr. COADY PHOTOGRAPHY COADY BloodHorse Daily Editor Director of Advertising Sales Horses break from the gate at Turfway Park Claire Crosby Scott Carling Assistant Editor Regional Sales Managers Mary LaRue (Reeder) Shirley Dievert Visuals Director Kristi Heasley Anne M. 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At 4: Won G1 Woodbine Mile Won G3 Poker Stakes The answer, famously played out from 1970-75, was Equaled the World Record Mile 1:31.23 a resounding "no." Earned: $2,345,696 In horse racing, there's a different twist on NO LASIX that question that can be mentioned as another presentation of the Eclipse Awards approaches. 118 mares bred in 2019 with This one asks whether four men, highly successful 90% fertility © in their professions, can own hundreds of horses Z y b o t together for a decade and remain the best of friends o h P while putting aside their egos and thriving on several ® fronts as they navigate the turbulent ups and downs of $20,000 We welcome your inspection horse racing? LFSN Contact: Kim Poulin . ph: 859.231.0606 . [email protected] The answer to that much longer query—if you're talking about Michael Dubb, Mike Caruso, Stuart success at the sport's highest levels while reveling in Grant, and Sol Kumin—is affirmative in every possible an experience that has brought them thrills on the way. racetrack and a friendship away from it that one of In a sport where partnerships can be a revolving them describes as priceless. door, the four horsemen have banded together to enjoy "The experience, the friendships, the camaraderie you get from having great partners in racing is something you can't put a price tag on," Caruso said. The four men have been involved in a supremely long list of partnerships, but since they first came together as a unit in 2016, they have enjoyed a remarkable amount of success—plus boundless enjoyment—from just two ventures. They gave BSW Bloodstock partner Liz Crow roughly $300,000 to shop at the 2016 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, and one of the five yearlings she bought for them turned out to be Monomoy Girl, the winner of the 2018 Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) and that year's champion 3-year-old filly trained by Brad Cox. COADY PHOTOGRAPHY Monomoy Girl after winning the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Churchill (continued on page 6) Downs BLOODHORSE DAILY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 PAGE 4 OF 33 BRITISH IDIOM OWNERS ENJOYING Named British Idiom, she won her debut at SUCCESS, CAMARADERIE Saratoga Race Course for Cox, then captured the Darley Alcibiades Stakes (G1) at Keeneland to provide (continued from page 4) her sire with his first stakes winner. That set the stage for a dramatic neck victory in the $2 million Breeders' Purchased for $100,000, the daughter of Tapizar Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). races under the banner of Dubb, Kumin's Monomoy "Only two yearling groups together and they have Stables, Grant's The Elkstone Group, and Caruso's two Breeders' Cup winners and two champions. That's Bethlehem Stables and has earned $2,954,750 through incredible," Crow said. nine wins in 11 starts. Now, with a 3-for-3 record and two grade 1 wins, "Monomoy Girl was an awesome experience," British Idiom is a cinch to be named champion 2-year- Kumin said. "We enjoyed going on the ride together old filly Jan. 23 at the Eclipse Awards dinner and give her and spending time together, so we did it again." delighted owners a second champion in as many years. Reunited in 2018, they dispatched Crow to the "It was surreal to win at the Breeders' Cup again," yearling sales. Using Kumin's Madaket Stables Dubb said. "I sometimes have to pinch myself when I group instead of Monomoy Stables, they gave Crow think about how we will have two champions in the barn." a budget of about $650,000. This time, she bought Beyond that, having good friends who are delighted 11 yearlings, including a daughter of Flashback bred to share those victories with him has only taken the by Hargus Sexton, Sandra experience to a Sexton, and Silver Fern higher level. Farm who sold for $40,000 "The common at The October Sale, Fasig- thing among us is Tipton's sale in Lexington, that we really enjoy from the Warrendale Sales the camaraderie consignment. and the fun. It's great to have friends you can hug in the winner's circle. It's not a syndicate. We're partners, and it's more fun doing it with friends," Dubb said. "If I never met racing, I'd have more money, but I never would have met the people I've met in racing, and I wouldn't trade the money for the people I've met. Where else could I meet people like Mike Caruso, Stu Grant, and Sol Kumin, who are good guys and we have so much fun." The story of the men having such a ball owning Monomoy Girl and British Idiom dates well past their initial 2016 venture. PHOTOS BY Z/KEENELAND British Idiom wins the Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland (continued on page 7) BLOODHORSE DAILY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 PAGE 6 OF 33 BRITISH IDIOM OWNERS ENJOYING SUCCESS, CAMARADERIE (continued from page 6) Each of them owned horses before that, and they currently have horses in other partnerships. Caruso, a three-time NCAA champion wrestler at Lehigh University and founder of a prosperous benefits Keeneland November Sale management company, has owned horses as far back Weanlings sold for $260,000 (Oxo Equine), $210,000 as the 1980s. He enjoyed his finest moment back then (Waystar Co.), $185,000 (Brookstone Farm), $120,000 with the Phantom House Farm group that campaigned (De Meric Stables, agent), $115,000 (McMahon & Hill Tale of the Cat and sold him for more than $12 million Bloodstock, agent), $110,000 (Red Devil Bloodstock) etc. as a stallion to Coolmore's Ashford Stud. Dubb, the CEO of the Beechwood Organization, the Fasig-Tipton November Sale largest developer of real estate on Long Island, bought His only weanling offered sold for $240,000 his first horse about 15 years ago and in that time has (Oxo Equine) not only evolved into a seven-time leading owner in New York and New York Racing Association board member Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Sale but has been a guardian angel to backstretch workers Sire of the two top-priced weanlings $160,000 (Steven through charitable work such as the construction of the Weston) & $150,000 (Exclusive Equine Investments) Anna House child care facility at Belmont Park.