SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2020 LIGHTING IT UP IN THE CCA OAKS AUTHENTIC ALL THE WAY Paris Lights (Curlin), an impressive winner of two straight at FOR BAFFERT=S 9TH HASKELL Churchill Downs, made her stakes debut a winning one with a ultra-game decision in Saturday=s GI Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga. The 2-1 chance pressed runaway Bob Baffert-trained Santa Anita maiden winner Crystal Ball (Malibu Moon) from second through fractions of :24.43 and :47.82, and turned up the pressure as they hit the quarter pole. Paris Lights and Crystal Ball, both owned by WinStar Stablemates Racing, turned for home on even terms, and after a dramatic stretch duel, it was the former who got there by a head. It was another 4 3/4 lengths back to Antoinette (Hard Spun) in third. Favored Tonalist=s Shape (Tonalist) was checked hard on the clubhouse turn, and after getting rank early, never factored in fourth. Cont. p5 Authentic | Sarah Andrew Heavily favored Authentic (Into Mischief) got surprisingly loose IN TDN EUROPE TODAY early and held on narrowly late in Saturday=s GI TVG.com Haskell EVEN SO SALUTES IN IRISH OAKS S., upping trainer Bob Baffert=s record win total in the Even So (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) was best of eight in the G1 Irish prestigious event to nine and earning an automatic spot in the Oaks at The Curragh on Saturday. Click or tap here to go starting gate for the GI Longines Breeders= Cup Classic. Off at 3-5 straight to TDN Europe. looking to atone for a second-place finish at 1-2 behind Honor A. P. (Honor Code) in the GI Santa Anita Derby last month, the bay broke on top and received only token pressure from Ny Traffic (Cross Traffic) as he was kept off the rail a bit by Hall of Famer Mike Smith through splits of :23.60 and :47.52. He appeared to be going much better than Ny Traffic through six furlongs in 1:11.50, and put several lengths on his pursuer in upper stretch as hard-ridden second choice Dr Post (Quality Road) tried to mount a rally. The top three seemed locked in their positions at midstretch, but Paco Lopez aboard Ny Traffic wasn=t giving up on the top spot yet, and he kept after his mount to get into a tight photo with Authentic. AHe=s a colt with an abundance of talent. Ability is something he does not lack. He=s got a lot of it,@ said winning rider Mike Smith, who was celebrating his third Haskell (Holly Bull, 1994; Coronado=s Quest, 1998). ABut what he is lacking right now, he=s learning, He=s growing up. He sees things. Down the backside... there are a lot of shadows back there from the sun at this point. He looked at every single one of them and he wouldn=t let me get him down close to the fence because he was looking at them too much.@ Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Sunday, July 19, 2020 Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Deputy Editor Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Associate Editors Christina Bossinakis @CBossTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN News and Features Editor In Memoriam: Ben Massam (1988-2019) ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistant/Dir. 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($200,000 Wlg '17 KEENOV; $400,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP). O-St. Elias Stable; B-Cloyce C Clark (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. Saturday, Monmouth Park $100,000. TVG.COM HASKELL S.-GI, $1,005,000, Monmouth, 7-18, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 1:50.45, ft. Margins: NO, 4HF, 3 1/4. Odds: 0.60, 5.70, 1.80. 1--AUTHENTIC, 122, c, 3, by Into Mischief Also Ran: Jesus' Team, Fame to Famous, Lebda, Ancient Warrior. 1st Dam: Flawless, by Mr. Greeley Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free 2nd Dam: Oyster Baby, by Wild Again Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by 3rd Dam: Really Fancy, by In Reality Fasig-Tipton. Cont. p4 1ST GRADE I WIN. ($350,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP). O-Spendthrift Farm LLC, MyRaceHorse Stable, Madaket Stables LLC & Starlight Racing; B-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Mike E. Smith. $600,000. Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0, $1,011,200. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Ny Traffic, 122, c, 3, Cross Traffic--Mamie Reilly, by Graeme Hall. ($27,000 RNA 2yo '19 EASMAY). O-John Fanelli, Cash is King LLC, LC Racing & Paul Braverman; B-Brian Culnan (NY); T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. $200,000. Authentic inside | Sarah Andrew TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JULY 19, 2020 Haskell cont. A[Assistant Jimmy Barnes] said he came back not really that Smith continued, AThen he kicked away like I wanted him to tired. We=re learning about the horse. He might need a little heading for home. Once that horse started to come at him I blinker, though. He was playing in the stretch. I had told Mike wanted to get into him a little bit just to get him going. If he was that he had to stay after him and keep him busy. I could tell he going to start playing again I thought `I just better stay riding and wasn=t laying it down. He was just playing out there and that hope he could hang on at that point=--which he did. I rode him horse came to him and kept him going. But when he got [out on an easy lead] by himself like that I thought for sure he was just well past the wire just to show him to keep running. I didn=t going to go on. But he ran a great race.@ want him to think it was over when he hit the wire.@ Authentic now sits behind only Tiz the Law for GI Kentucky Derby qualifying points with 200. Ny Traffic is fourth with 110. AI thought he ran good,@ said the runner-up=s trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. AComing into this race he missed a work and I was a little concerned--did we have enough? At the quarter pole you could see Authentic was cruising and my horse was off the bridle. To dig down and dig deep you can=t be more proud of that. I was pretty sure we lost when I first saw it. We were a head in front right after the bob at the wire. I just want to keep going forward. That=s the important thing. Hopefully all goes well to the Kentucky Derby and we=re living the dream.@ Pedigree Notes: Authentic is the first member of his direct female family to add black-type in 35 years. His third dam, Arkansas-bred Really Fancy, captured the GIII Anoakia S. in 1985, but the family has been dormant in stakes company ever since. Peter E. Blum Smith & Authentic | Sarah Andrew acquired second dam Oyster Baby and bred Authentic=s dam Authentic was a first-out winner at Del Mar last November, Flawless, a $285,000 Keeneland September yearling RNA and two-time winner, out of her. Flawless, by Mr. Greeley whose 76 and was shelved after defeating stablemate Azul Coast (Super stakes winners out of his daughters include champion Ria Saver) by 7 3/4 lengths in the GIII Sham S. at Santa Anita in Antonia (Rockport Harbor), produced two winners from two January. He resurfaced to defeat Honor A. P. handily in the runners before Authentic and had colts in 2018 and 2019 by GII San Felipe S. in Arcadia Mar. 7, but still seemed at that point Bodemeister named Mint and Push Button, respectively.