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TDN Q&A: NHC WINNER SCOTT COLES BATTLE OF MIDWAY By Lucas Marquardt EUTHANIZED On Feb. 10, Scott Coles, a 34-year-old futures trader from suburban Chicago, took down the most prestigious handicapping tournament in the country, the NTRA=s 20th National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas. It was an unlikely result. In a room full of seasoned tournament pros and lifelong handicappers--many of whom started playing well before Coles was born--it was a relative neophyte who won the NHC=s $800,000 first prize. Coles has only been handicapping seriously since American Pharoah=s Triple Crown run and has been playing tournaments for less that three years. But Coles=s victory was notable for another reason: he represents the demographic racing desperately needs to attract. That is, he=s a young, tech-savvy urban professional with some disposable income who is interested in the competitive and puzzle-solving aspects of horse playing. Last week, Coles sat down with the TDN and chatted about his profession, his handicapping, and why he Battle of Midway | ThoroStride Photo thinks racing needs to push tournaments more. Cont. p3 >TDN Rising Star= Battle of Midway (--Rigoletta, by Concerto), the 2017 GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile hero, broke IN TDN EUROPE TODAY down during a breeze at Santa Anita Saturday morning, FIRST-SEASON SIRE VERDICTS: CATHY GRASSICK shattering his right hind pastern. Blood-Horse was first to As part of a continuing series, bloodstock agent Cathy Grassick publicize the news, with co-owner Don Alberto Stable=s racing shares her predictions for leading first-season sire honours. Click manager Fernando Diaz-Valdes initially indicating to the or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. publication that the outlook was bleak before later reporting that the 5-year-old had been euthanized. AHe gave us so much, and it=s such a terrible loss. We are devastated,@ Diaz-Valdes said when reached by TDN to confirm the reports. AWe were so excited about him. He was coming into peak form and we were excited for the future of this year--the Breeders= Cup, [G1] Dubai World Cup, you name it. We tried our best to save him, but the vet said there was nothing we could do. We had do what was best for the horse.@ Bred in Kentucky by Erik and Pavla Nygaard=s Thor-Bred Stables LLC, the $410,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling was runner-up in the 2017 GI and a longshot third behind (Bodemeister) in that year=s GI . After earning a first graded success in the GIII Affirmed S., he added an open-lengths tally in the Shared Belief S. and belied odds of 14-1 to upset Sharp Azteca (Freud) in the Dirt Mile at Del Mar.

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Battle of Midway Euthanized cont. Scott Coles cont. from p1 LM: You=re two weeks removed from the NHC. What=s Returned to the barn of Hall of Famer after changed? getting just five of 60 mares in foal at his co-owners= WinStar Farm, Battle of Midway won three of his five appearances, Coles: Ha, my bank account is the easiest answer. I get to finally including the GIII Native Diver S. in November and a gritty defeat get rid of a massive student-loan debt, which will be a big relief. of fellow >Rising Star= McKinzie (Street Sense) in a sloppy I am trying to just keep doing what I have always done in my life, renewal of the GII San Pasqual S. Feb. 2. He had since been but I also have a huge opportunity to represent this game for green-lighted for a run in the desert Mar. 30. the next year. I have done a lot of interviews, podcasts, radio In a statement released Saturday afternoon, Breeders= Cup shows, etc., and am just trying to enjoy it while I plan the rest of mourned the loss of Battle of Midway, saying: ABattle of Midway the year. was a gifted and extremely accomplished racehorse. We extend our deepest sympathies to Don Alberto Stable and WinStar LM: Was there a score during the NHC that you were Farm, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and all those who took care of particularly proud of? Battle of Midway during his brilliant racing career.@ SC: I think I was most proud of my game plan. I knew I wouldn=t be anywhere near the best handicapper at the tournament, with so many legends of the game competing. However, I knew that I © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. could use a lot of programs and attack it from a different angle. I This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any used everything from short fields and short prices to keep means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission accumulating points that I didn=t think others would be going of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the American after. I was also proud of winning after dropping to ninth place races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services and utilized with six races left to go at the final table. here with their permission. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Scott Coles cont. LM: You currently work as a futures trader. Talk, if you would, LM: How were you first introduced to handicapping? about the details of the work you do, and if you=re able to transpose some of your skills to handicapping. SC: I just watched the Triple Crown on TV starting in high school, and then I got really serious the last five-plus years and really SC: I am part of a group of day traders inside of a big firm, and wanted to improve and do the work. I finally discovered the we trade a variety of different products for short periods of tournament world later in 2016 and really started putting my time. We are constantly coming up with ways to use research, focus on getting better at tournament play. apps and tools to make smarter decisions and capture opportunities in the markets. Horse racing is a natural transition to make. Tournaments are especially similar when you have to play so many races each day. You have to process as much information and data as you can as quickly as you can to make an optimal decision.

LM: You mentioned playing poker. Are there some aspects of poker tournaments that you think racing tournaments could learn from?

SC: I don=t play as much anymore, but I was very serious about it in college and law school. I think finding a way to get on TV more helps promote the game a ton. When you see someone win on ESPN, it inspires people to play. More tournaments, or some sort of lower stakes series that people can play in, would be another idea. There will be a lot of thought and talk about NHC winner Scott Coles how to draw more players as the year goes on. Cont. p5 BEST START AT STUD BY A KY DERBY WINNER SINCE SEATTLE SLEW

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Scott Coles cont.

LM: Racing often struggles to reach the younger demographics. As someone who grew up outside the business, what do you think racing does well? What do you think racing needs to improve on?

SC: I think racing provides great opportunities for people that know about it. It is such a great game. I think racing needs to find a way to get more people involved and really push tournaments. I don=t think enough people know tournaments are out there and what they are. I didn=t even know about them until 2016, and I was betting a lot before that as a casual player. If it wasn=t something I ever saw advertised, given how involved I was, it is hard to think that the average person knows about these opportunities.

LM: What products do you typically use when handicapping?

SC: I use Timeform US and the DRF Formulator, or just the Racing Form, depending on the day. I started using STATS Race Lens during the NHC, and I think that is going to be a great complementary product going forward for me.

LM: A big point of contention recently is data access and cost. Do you think increased information at low or no cost plays a role in attracting new horseplayers? Or is that something that comes in after someone is hooked?

SC: I think it might help someone who at least has some interest What are your hobbies outside of handicapping?: Anything in the sport, but I think the main objective is to get people to the sports related (both watching and playing)/poker/ hanging out races or aware of the opportunities in tournaments that could with family and friends as much as I can. be very similar to the poker or daily fantasy tournaments that they are already playing anyway.

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Saturday, Santa Anita eighth pole and on to a relatively soft victory. Streak of Luck ran BUENA VISTA S.-GII, $201,404, Santa Anita, 2-23, 4yo/up, f/m, a blinder to be second at odds, while Ms Bad Behavior came 1mT, 1:33.35, fm. home third. 1--VASILIKA, 124, m, 5, by Skipshot Vasilika began an eight-race post-claim win streak in the 1st Dam: La Belle Marquet, by Marquetry March Madness H. last April Fool=s Day and capped it with a 1 2nd Dam: Good for Her, by Topsider 1/2-length defeat of Fahan Mura in the GII Goldikova S. Nov. 4. 3rd Dam: Please Try Hard, by No excuses when beaten two lengths into fourth as the 12-5 O-All Schlaich Stables LLC, Hollendorfer LLC, Gatto Racing LLC chalk in the GI Matriarch S. at Del Mar in early December, the & George Todaro; B-Mikhail Yanakov (KY); T-Jerry chestnut returned to winning ways with a 1 1/2-length tally over Hollendorfer; J-. $120,000. Lifetime Record: Ms Bad Behavior in the course-and-distance GIII Megahertz S. 30-15-4-3, $938,595. Werk Nick Rating: A++ (1 SW). Click for Jan. 21. the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.

2--Streak of Luck, 120, f, 4, Old Fashioned--Valeria, by Elusive Quality. O/B-Roncelli Family Trust (CA); T-Matthew Chew. $40,000. 3--Ms Bad Behavior, 120, f, 4, Blame--Cumulonimble, by Stormy Atlantic. ($75,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP). O-Sayjay Racing LLC, Greg Hall & Brooke Hubbard; B-Ron Clarkson (ON); T-Richard Baltas. $24,000. Sold by CASTLE PARK FARM • Noel Murphy 859-321-7435 Registered Ontario-Bred Margins: 1HF, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 0.80, 53.90, 7.00. Also Ran: Take These Chains (Ire), Amandine (GB), Elysea's World (Ire), English Dancer, Compelled, Fahan Mura. Scratched: Zaffinah (Ire). Vasilika | Benoit photo Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Pedigree Notes: Fasig-Tipton. Vasilika is the second stakes winner and lone graded winner Making her 12th start since being claimed for $40,000 some for her sire, who was raced by her breeder and trained by Jerry 377 days back, Vasilika won for the 10th time in that stretch to Hollendorfer in a career that saw him capture the 2010 land Saturday=s GII Buena Vista S. under a perfectly judged ride GII Swaps S. Vasilika is out of a winning full-sister to MSW & by Flavien Prat. MGSP Chris=s Bad Boy and has a yearling full-brother. La Belle Vasilika was allowed to settle about three from the tail as Marquet is due to Skipshot for 2019. BALC Fahan Mura () scampered well clear beneath an aggressive Edwin Maldonado. The latter, also a reformed TDN CRITERIA claimer, opened up by as many as eight lengths after a strong The races covered in the TDN are as follows: opening four furlongs, but Prat kept Vasilika in the clear, sitting • Stakes: purses of $50,000/up against her as long as possible and banking on Fahan Mura • Allowance Races: purses of $20,000/up coming back to the field. Vasilika was felt for about three • Optional Claiming Races: purses of $20,000/up furlongs from home and made eye-catching progress, albeit • Maiden Special Weight Races: purses of $18,000/up while consigned to a wide run on the turn, but she managed to • Maiden Claiming Races: purses of $18,000/up & a minimum sustain a rally that carried her past the front-runner at the claiming price of $40,000 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Saturday, Gulfstream Park Shaken up passing the three-sixteenths pole, Prince Lucky put HAL'S HOPE S.-GIII, $100,000, Gulfstream, 2-23, 4yo/up, 1m, pay to Copper Bullet and raced away to a facile success. 1:34.84, ft. Winner of the state-bred restricted Pennsylvania Nursery 1--PRINCE LUCKY, 119, g, 4, by Corinthian while under the care of Larry Jones in 2017, Prince Lucky was a 1st Dam: Lucky Notion, by Great Notion distant third in the Sir Barton S. at Pimlico last May, but bounced 2nd Dam: Riot Luck, by Patriotically back to post a neck defeat of >Rising Star= Rugbyman (Tapit) in 3rd Dam: Lucky Loot, by Vice Regent the Easy Goer S. June 9. Pletcher had no qualms to try this spot 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O/B-Daniel W. McConnell (PA); despite the absence. T-Todd A Pletcher; J-John R Velazquez. $60,140. Lifetime AWe just felt like the distance suited him well, he was doing Record: 9-5-0-2, $291,830. *1/2 to Saint Main Event well, and then he drew a really favorable post position for him,@ (Redeemed), SP, $282,466. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Pletcher said. AI was happy to see him come back strong off the Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. layoff, and hopefully bigger and better things to come.@ 2--Copper Town, 117, h, 5, Speightstown--Dynazaper, by Pedigree Notes: Ghostzapper. >TDN Rising Star=. O-China Horse Club The first graded stakes winner for his sire and for his International Ltd, WinStar Farm LLC & Head of Plains Partners broodmare sire, Prince Lucky is a half-brother to the unraced LLC; B-WinStar Farm LLC (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher. $19,400. 2-year-old filly Lucky Olivia Rose (El Padrino), the yearling filly Katesaluckygirl (Uncle Lino) and a newborn filly by Birdstone. 3--Quip, 117, c, 4, Distorted Humor--Princess Ash, by Indian BALC Charlie. >TDN Rising Star=. O-WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club International Ltd & SF Racing LLC; B-WinStar Farm LLC (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset. $9,700.

Margins: 6, 1 1/4, 1. Odds: 7.80, 2.00, 4.70. Also Ran: Tale of Silence, Sir Anthony, Fellowship, Mr. Jordan, Breaking Lucky. Scratched: Wild Shot. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. By far the lesser-fancied of the two horses in the race from the Todd Pletcher barn, Prince Lucky looked ambitiously spotted in Saturday=s GIII Hal=s Hope S., but came away late to easily account for his favored barn companion and >TDN Rising Star= Copper Town. Fellow >Rising Star= Quip finished a non- threatening third in his first appearance since a well-beaten Prince Lucky | Lauren King eighth in the GI Preakness S. Drawn widest in a field reduced to eight by the scratching of GSW Wild Shot (Trappe Shot), Prince Lucky punched the breeze from a three-deep perch as Quip and Copper Town exchanged blows on the front end through a half-mile that was up in a testing :45 flat. Quip had run his race by the three-eighths marker, leaving Copper Town alone on the Vasilika(Skipshot) continues her winning ways lead, but Prince Lucky was still well within the grasp of John in the GII Buena Vista S. at Santa Anita. Velazquez traveling easily the better of the two. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2019

SIGNALMAN HEADLINES SATURDAY=S DREAM MAKER TUNES UP FOR TAMPA BAY GULFSTREAM WORKTAB DERBY >TDN Rising Star= Dream Maker (Tapit), who returned from an October absence to romp by 8 1/2 lengths in a two-turn allowance at the Fair Grounds Feb. 9, turned in his first timed workout since that effort zipping a half-mile in :47.80, the best of 111 moves at the distance Saturday morning in New Orleans. A homebred for John Oxley, he is expected to make his next appearance in the GII Tampa Bay Derby Mar. 9. AHe worked beautifully this morning,@ said David Carroll, who oversees the Mark Casse Fair Grounds string. AIt was just very smooth and very professional. The track was a bit quick this morning. He did it in hand and his gallop out was beautiful. He came back, cooled out great. We=re very happy with him.@ A pair of unplaced efforts in the GI Hopeful S. and GI Claiborne Breeders= Futurity called a premature halt to his freshman Signalman (outside) | Lauren King campaign, but those efforts were a distant memory when Signalman (General Quarters), third-place finisher in the striding home as much the best two weeks ago. GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile and a last out winner of Churchill=s AHe hasn=t regressed from his race at all,@ Carroll said. AHe=s GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. Nov. 24, breezed five furlongs in just been very professional with what he=s doing. [Jockey] 1:01.75 (15/44) at Gulfstream Park Saturday. He is slated to kick Florent [Geroux] was very impressed with him. Right now it=s off his sophomore campaign in next Saturday=s GII Xpressbet. just a matter of keeping him happy. He=s plenty fit enough. We com Fountain of Youth S. have a great crew and everyone takes pride in their job. We=re AIt was a nice solid workout,@ trainer Kenny McPeek said. AWe having a good meet and everyone=s in a good mood. All the wanted a maintenance breeze. We didn=t want to work too fast horses are doing well.@ at this point in the season. We still have a couple months for the The Casse barn is also represented by leading GI Kentucky big races. This is a prep. This will be his first race of the season. Derby candidate War of Will (War Front). This is a nice horse. He galloped out good.@ Signalman worked in company with Harvey Wallbanger (Congrats), whom McPeek saddled for a 29-1 upset victory in the GII Fasig-Tipton Holy Bull at Gulfstream Feb. 2. Harvey Wallbanger was also clocked in 1:01.75. AWe=re going to wait on Harvey,@ McPeek said. AHe still needs to get a little bigger and stronger for that next step. We=ve got plenty of time. We=re going to wait probably for the [GI] Florida Derby [Mar. 30].@ Dale Romans-trained Fountain of Youth nominees Everfast (Take Charge Indy) and Admire (Cairo Prince) also breezed at Gulfstream Saturday morning. Everfast, runner-up at 128-1 in the Holy Bull, worked five furlongs in 1:02.52 (30/44). Admire, fifth in the GIII Withers S. Feb. 2, covered the same distance in 1:00.82 (7/44). AI=m not sure which one is running, but I=ll figure it out in the next day or two,@ Romans said. AThey both worked well enough Dream Maker | Lou Hodges to run.@ FIND US ON FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews Contact Sue Finley for details at 732-747-8060 or [email protected] TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2019

SANTA ANITA TO ENHANCE 2YO PROGRAM Officials at Santa Anita have announced that the track will write maiden special weight races for 2-year-olds beginning Apr. 18 and 19 and that the track will offer a pair of five-furlong stakes, each worth $75,000, for the juvenile set on closing day of the winter/spring meet June 23. The Landaluce S. for fillies and CODER-CHEW ELECTED CARMA BOARD PRESIDENT the Santa Anita Juvenile S. were last contested in 2017. Candace Coder-Chew has been unanimously elected as the In the spirit of cooperation and to offer a more comprehensive president of the board of the California Retirement and cohesive 2-year-old product, Santa Anita has struck an Management Account (CARMA), a non-profit that provides agreement with Del Mar that will allow juveniles who race in funding for the retirement of California-raced Thoroughbreds. Santa Anita maidens to have preference to enter like races at Coder-Chew, previously vice president of the organization, was the seaside oval when it opens its 2019 season July 17. nominated by her predecessor Howard Zucker, whose term AWe want to sincerely thank [racing secretary] Tom Robbins expired in January. and his team at Del Mar for recognizing the importance of AI am more than honored to serve as President of CARMA with granting those maidens which have started here preference in a team of dedicated and passionate industry professionals that terms of their ability to run later in the summer,@ said P.J. make up CARMA=s board of directors,@ said Coder-Chew, wife of Campo, executive vice president, racing division, for The Santa Anita-based conditioner Matthew Chew. ACARMA, and its Stronach Group. AAll told, this is a comprehensive approach that critical mission of supporting Thoroughbred aftercare and will serve all of us well.@ aftercare awareness, has been near and dear to my heart since He continued, AIn consultation with all of our stakeholders...we its inception. To begin this month, we have designed a new realized that we need to work together to provide more campaign titled OWN. RACE. RETIRE. This will be the common opportunities to race, market and sell our juvenile horses, who thread through our existing programs designed to increase truly represent our future.@ awareness and promote inclusiveness with both the horse Added Robbins: AWhat we're essentially doing is giving those racing industry and the general public,@ she said. 2-year-olds that run in maiden special races in May or June, Cal-bred or open, preference when entering any maiden special or maiden claiming races at sprint distances on the main track here for the first 10 days of racing this summer. These horses will have automatic preference over those horses that did not race at Santa Anita.@ Campo also expressed his support and excitement for the Fasig-Tipton 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale that will take place at Santa Anita June 5. Fasig-Tipton has stepped in to fill a void created by the exit of Barretts from the sales calendar. AHaving Fasig-Tipton come here for their June 5 sale is tremendous news for our horsemen and fans as well,@ said Campo. AThey are going to be offering top-quality horses and we're going to be offering more races to run in, including of course our brand new stakes on June 23.@ Horses for the sale will begin arriving in late May and will be stabled in temporary barns near the seven-furlong chute, which will provide easy access to the main track. "All of us at Fasig-Tipton are very excited to launch our Barbara Jo Rubin (foreground, left) was recognized Friday night at inaugural 2-year-old sale at Santa Anita June 5," said Boyd Charles Town on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of becoming the Browning, President and CEO, Fasig-Tipton. ASanta Anita is the first female jockey to win a recognized Thoroughbred race in the U.S. perfect venue for both buyers and sellers and the sale should She is pictured with fellow retired Charles Town riders (L to R on provide a boost for 2-year-old racing in California.@ horseback): Laura Carson, Natasha Bracaloni, Odessa Clelland and Lori Bourne. (L to R ground): Rubin, Kristy Petty and Judy Grams | Coady

Sunday, February 24, 2019

SUNDAY=S RACING INSIGHTS: FRANKLIN SQUARE S., $100,750, Aqueduct, 2-23, (S), 3yo, f, 6f, 1:10.66, ft. JERKENS UNVEILS SON OF COLLECT THE CASH 1--STONESINTHEROAD, 120, f, 3, by Bustin Stones Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 1st Dam: Dixie Talent, by Dixie Union by Christie DeBernardis 2nd Dam: Takeaway, by Fly So Free 3rd Dam: Table Frolic, by Never Tabled 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Team Penney Racing (NY); T-Jeremiah C. Englehart; J-Rajiv Maragh. $55,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $123,200.

Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm 2--Wadadli Princess, 118, f, 3, Drosselmeyer--Portera, by Lemon Drop Kid. O/B-Ginellen Racing (NY); T-Patrick J. Kelly. $20,000.

3--Flush, 118, f, 3, Violence--Blush, by Menifee. ($180,000 Ylg '17 FTKOCT). O-Carl F. Pollard; B-Newtownanner Stud (NY); T-Kiaran P. McLaughlin. $12,000.

Margins: 3 3/4, NO, 5HF. Odds: 1.95, 16.70, 2.45. Awesome Again=s Cash Again debuts Sunday | Matt Wooley Also Ran: Maiden Beauty, Quietude, Forgotten Hero. 8th-GP, $50K, Msw, 3yo, 1mT, 3:28 p.m. Stronach homebred CASH AGAIN (Awesome Again) makes his career bow for trainer Jimmy Jerkens in this spot. Out of Grade I winner Collect the Cash (Dynaformer), the bay is a half to another Grade I winner in Stately Victor (Ghostzapper) and SP runners Smart Penny (Smart Strike), Hot Cash (Ghostzapper) and Money My Honey (Red Bullet). TJCIS PPs

Stonesintheroad | Susie Raisher

Donning cap and gown by four lengths in her career bow against fellow Empire-breds at Aqueduct Dec. 30, Stonesintheroad wired a state-bred optional claimer by 6 1/4 lengths next out in Ozone Park Feb. 3. Sent off as the slight second choice behind previously undefeated stakes winner Forgotten Hero (Mission Impazible), the chestnut broke alertly DID YOU KNOW? and went straight to the front, ticking off opening splits of :22.91 Improbable (City Zip) and :46.12 with Flush in hot pursuit. Stonesintheroad dispatched was tabbed as a that rival in the lane, rolling home under a hand ride to win as “TDN Rising Star” she pleased. Wadadli Princess got her nose on the line ahead of Flush for second. Favored Forgotten Hero finished last after Visit the TDN Rising Stars section encountering some trouble at the start. Cont. p2 TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Franklin Square S. cont. Yes I Am Free was sent off as the second-choice in this black- AThis is a very quick filly,@ said winning trainer Jeremiah type bow despite besting favored Standup (Into Mischief) by 3/4 Englehart. AShe reminds me a lot of her dad [Bustin Stones] and of a length on debut over this course and distance Jan. 17. The watching her dad run. She's quick out of there and she can take chestnut kept a watchful eye on the leaders from a close-up it to them early. In her first start, she sat off the early leader and third through a sharp first quarter in :21.41. Ranging up three passed her. She's very versatile and she really enjoys what she's wide in the lane, he surged clear in the final sixteenth to take his doing.@ Stonesintheroad is the eighth black-type winner for her record to a perfect two-for-two and become the fourth black- sire Bustin Stones, a son of the late City Zip. Her unraced dam type winner from the first crop of Uncaptured (by Lion Heart). Dixie Talent=s most recent produce is a juvenile filly by Big Jackson closed from well back for second and Gladiator King Brown. She was bred to Tourist last term. Click for the rounded out the trifecta. Standup never lifted a hoof, finishing Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. second last. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. TEXAS GLITTER S., $75,000, Gulfstream, 2-23, 3yo, 5fT, :56.21, fm. 1--YES I AM FREE, 116, c, 3, by Uncaptured 1st Dam: Yes It's Valid, by Yes It's True MELODY OF COLORS S., $75,000, Gulfstream, 2-23, 3yo, f, 5fT, 2nd Dam: Valid Forbes, by Valid Appeal :55.85, fm. 1--PLAY ON, 116, f, 3, by Country Day 3rd Dam: Lightning Forbes, by Bold Forbes 1st Dam: Vote Early (SW, $230,512), by More Than Ready ($135,000 2yo '18 OBSOPN). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Gary 2nd Dam: Mail It In, by Lord Avie Barber; B-Sherry R. Mansfield & Kenneth H. Davis (FL); T-Mark 3rd Dam: Primed to Win, by Irish Tower E. Casse; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $44,640. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Klein Racing; B-Richard & Bert Klein $75,340. (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Shaun Bridgmohan. $44,640. Lifetime

Record: 4-3-0-0, $91,664. *Full to Will Call, GSW, $341,837. Foaled & Raised at Clarkland Farm for Klein Racing 2--Jackson, 120, c, 3, Kantharos--Deposit Only, by Put It Back. 2--Catch a Thrill, 116, f, 3, City Zip--Successfully Sweet, by O/B-Tracy Pinchin (FL); T-Jose Pinchin. $14,400. Successful Appeal. ($30,000 Ylg '17 FTKOCT). O-Tracy Farmer; 3--Gladiator King, 121, c, 3, --Golden Dawn, by Hennessy. B-Jerry Bilinski (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. $14,400. ($65,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP; $195,000 RNA 2yo '18 OBSOPN). O-Thoroughbred Champions Training Center LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Jaime Mejia. Another Yearling Graduate from Stuart Morris, Agent $7,200. 3--Just Ain't Right, 116, f, 3, Yes It's True--Me and Miss Jones, by Smarty Jones. ($18,000 RNA Wlg '16 KEENOV; $160,000 Ylg '17 Margins: HF, HF, NK. Odds: 2.20, 6.60, 16.60. KEESEP; $250,000 2yo '18 FTFMAR). O-Bortolazzo Stable LLC; Also Ran: R Boy Bode, Never Have I Ever (Ire), Running for Riz, B-Montese LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $7,200. Crosstown Shootout, Standup, Half Shot. SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations

Margins: 2HF, HF, NO. Odds: 3.20, 6.50, 10.30. Also Ran: Ginger Nut (Ire), Road Tiger, Don't Make Fun, Beechwood Ella (Ire), Questionoftheday, Decorated Ace. Play On caught a solid-looking bunch here while shipping in from Fair Grounds, but the Klein homebred proved plenty up to the task in her stakes debut. The bay faded to sixth after showing speed on the Keeneland main track in October, but improved on the lawn in Louisiana Nov. 18 to earn her diploma. She aired by 5 3/4 lengths in a rained-off optional claimer there Dec. 29, and showed an upbeat tab in the interim accentuated by a :47 flat bullet Feb. 2. Speeding out to seize the early command from her outside draw, Play On clicked off splits of :21.56 and :43.93 and was never seriously challenged in what was an impressive display of speed. Cont. p3 Yes I Am Free | Elsa Lorieul TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 3 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Melody of Colors S. cont.

IN ORDER OF PURSE: 5th-Gulfstream, $45,200, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 2-23, 4yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:44.20, ft. BIBLICAL (c, 4, Tapit--Storm Dixie {SP}, by Catienus)--a half- brother to MGISW Princess of Sylmar (Majestic Warrior), $2,017,220--made just two starts in 2018, winning a Gulfstream optional claimer in March and finishing seventh in a one-mile test in Hallandale nine months later Dec. 7. Fourth to stablemate Third Day (Bernardini) in his seasonal bow over track and trip Jan. 3, the $800,000 FTSAUG buy was given a 9-2 chance while shedding his blinkers this time. The gray raced off the rail in sixth Play On | Derbe Glass through leisurely early fractions of :25.07 and :49 flat. Progressing three wide in the lane, Biblical powered to the front late for a neck success over Hy Kodiak Warrior (Kodiak Kowboy). In addition to being a full sibling to last year=s GIII TwinSpires Four-time Grade I winner Princess of Sylmar was the first foal Turf Sprint S. winner Will Call, Play On is a half to yearling colt out of Storm Dixie, who sold in foal to Tapit for $1.9 million at Wise Guy (Stay Thirsty). Her dam, who handled all three the 2014 Fasig-Tipton November sale thanks to her daughter=s surfaces but whose stakes victory came on the Turfway all- racetrack exploits. Princess of Sylmar also went through the ring weather, was bred back to Due Date last breeding season. Click at that auction, summoning $3.1 million from Shadai Farm in for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- Japan. Storm Dixie has an unraced 3-year-old filly named The Tipton. Nightingale (Tapit) and a yearling filly by War Front. She was bred back to Into Mischief last season. This is also the family of Sunday, Sunland Park, post time: 6:18 p.m. ET Canadian champion Youcan=tcatchme (The Daddy). Sales history: MINE THAT BIRD DERBY, $100,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML $500,000 Wlg '15 KEENOV; $800,000 Ylg '16 FTSAUG. Lifetime 1 Mc Awesome Super Saver Gonzalez Cappellucci 6-1 Record: 8-3-0-1, $100,982. Click for the Equibase.com chart or 2 Thunderousapplause Congrats Eikleberry Lambert 12-1 VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 3 Walker Stalker Stroll Medellin Gonzalez Jr. 12-1 O-China Horse Club International Ltd.; B-Barronstown Stud (KY); 4 Pasamonte Man Strong Mandate Tohill Marr 15-1 T-Todd A. Pletcher. 5 Hustle Up Abstraction Laviolette Fincher 3-1 Sold by Hunter Valley Farm 6 Eye Cloud Point of Entry Martin Jr. Norris 8-1 7 One Flew South Giant’s Causeway Figueroa O’Neill 4-1 8th-Fair Grounds, $45,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 8 Wicked Indeed Tapit Contreras Asmussen 9-5 2-23, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.32, ft. 9 Collusionist Ez Effort Reyes Martinez Jr. 10-1 SHANGHAI RAIN (f, 3, Shanghai Bobby--Thunder Shower, by Tiznow) completed the exacta behind future Grade I winner and Sunday, Sunland Park, post time: 5:52 p.m. ET ISLAND FASHION S., $75,000, 3yo, f, 1m >TDN Rising Star= Restless Rider (Distorted Humor) in Churchill=s PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML Debutante S. last June and was fourth next out behind recent 1 Jamaican Cents Goldencents Gonzalez Fincher 15-1 GII Rachel Alexandra S. heroine Serengeti Empress (Alternation) 2 Parade of Roses New Year’s Day Melancon Williams 4-1 in the Ellis Park Debutante S. in August. Fifth when last seen in a 3 Victim of Love Speightstown Eikleberry Dominguez 12-1 Churchill optional claimer Sept. 20, she was dispatched at 10-1 4 K P Slickem Include Chirinos Martin 5-1 while adding blinkers for this sophomore bow. The dark bay 5 Backflash Medaglia d’Oro Contreras Asmussen 8-5 rushed up to press favored Idle Hour (Malibu Moon) from a neck 6 Blessings First Pioneerof the Nile Juarez Jr. Asmussen 4-1 second through an opening quarter in :22.50 and was eye-to- 7 Figure Overanalyze Tohill Marr 8-1 eye with that foe approaching the far turn. Cont. p4 8 D’tatway Raison d’Etat Gonzalez Green 15-1 Want to list your job? Standard listing:$300 Multi listing:$250 each • One printed ad on this page (date of your choice) • Two or more printed ads on this page (dates of your choice) • 30 day listing on our careers page:thetdn.com/careers • 30 day listing on our careers page:thetdn.com/careers • Job promoted through our social media channels • Job promoted through our social media channels

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FG8 cont. Bearing in a bit at the top of the stretch, Shanghai Rain was straightened out and sent to the front by Gabriel Saez. The homebred drew clear of her pace rival in the lane and held off a late-flying Free Cover (Congrats) to win by a nose. The winner=s dam has a yearling colt named Pirate Junction (Paynter) and was bred back to Maclean=s Music last term. Shanghai Rain hails IN ORDER OF PURSE: from the family of champions Boston Harbor and Groovy. 6th-Oaklawn, $83,000, Msw, 2-23, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.91, my. Lifetime Record: SP, 6-2-1-0, $81,865. Click for the GET THE GOODIES (f, 3, Strong Mandate--Holy Reina {SW}, by Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Macho Uno), favored at 2-1 in this unveiling, caught a flyer out O/B-Tom Durant (KY); T-W. Bret Calhoun. of the stalls, but was joined on the front end by Fleeterthan (Flatter), who broke to her inside from stall eight. The pair traded blows through a swift first quarter in :21.79 and a half in :45.82. Get the Goodies shrugged off that rival in the lane and 6th-Fair Grounds, $45,000, (S), Alw (NW2L)/Opt. Clm ($30,000), cruised clear for a dominant 7 1/2-length victory. She is the 14th 2-23, 3yo, 1m 70y, 1:45.70, ft. winner from the first crop of GI Hopeful S. victor Strong JUS LIVELY (c, 3, Paddy O'Prado--Lively Number, by Mt. Mandate (by Tiznow). Annie and Caroline (Verrazano) filled the Livermore) made no impact sprinting on the main track here place spot and Fleeterthan held third. Stakes winner Holy Reina Jan. 19, but wheeled back on short rest to graduate going a is also respondible for the juvenile colt Ellis Island (Will Take grassy mile 12 days later. Let go at 6-1 returning to dirt, but Charge) and a yearling colt by Gemologist. She was bred back to remaining around two turns, the bay broke inward before Strong Mandate last term. Get the Goodies hails from the family settling in off the pace. Ridden along to take closer order after a of champions Flanders and Surfside. Sales history: $100,000 Wlg :47.65 half, he advanced steadily along the bend and inhaled '16 KEENOV; $135,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: rivals despite displaying some immaturity to score by a 1-1-0-0, $49,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, convincing three lengths. Silver King completed an exacta for his sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. late sire. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $49,800. Click for the O/B-Three Chimneys Farm (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. nbs SUCCESS O-Ellen Addison; B-Pine Knoll Farm (LA); T-Steven M. Asmussen.

8th-Tampa Bay Downs, $21,000, Alw (NW2X)/Opt. Clm 6th-Aqueduct, $68,000, Msw, 2-23, 3yo, 6 1/2f, 1:16.83, ft. ($32,000), 2-23, 4yo/up, 7f, 1:22.69, ft. PULSATE (c, 3, Speightstown--Celestial Kitten {MGSP, HOLLIS (c, 4, Street Sense--Miss Inclined {MSP, $184,451}, by $233,843}, by Kitten's Joy) finished fifth when unveiled in a turf Pulpit) aired at second asking at Ellis in July before adding a sprint at Aqueduct Nov. 2 and was seventh next out going a mile Laurel allowance tally just nine days later. Last seen finishing on this venue=s main track Dec. 1. Runner-up last time here fourth in a salty renewal of the Turf Dash S. here Dec. 1, he Jan. 4, he was sent off as the 2-1 second choice this time. Racing opened at a short price off a swift series of drills at Payson Park off the rail in mid-pack through a first quarter in :22.57, the and drifted up to 7-2 at the off. The bay dueled from the outset chestnut maintained that position as the half went up in :45.47. with the far more experienced 9-year-old Twocubanbrothersu Plugging away on the outside in the stretch, Pulsate got up just (Harlington) and got that foe=s measure by a neck at the wire. in time to deny U R Not So Bad (Into Mischief) by a nose. The His dam produced a Nyquist filly in 2018 before being bred back winner=s dam produced a Bodemeister colt in 2017 and a to Will Take Charge. Sales history: $200,000 Wlg '15 KEENOV; Frosted filly last year. She was bred back to Flatter in the spring. $120,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $74,290. Sales history: $135,000 Ylg '17 FTKOCT; $280,000 2yo '18 Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, $54,325. Click for the Tipton. Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-PTK, LLC; B-Mueller Thoroughbred Stable, Ltd. (KY); T-Dane O-Marc Keller; B-Austin Paul (KY); T-Robert Ribaudo. Kobiskie. Foaled, Raised and Sold by Shawhan Place

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2nd-Aqueduct, $60,000, (S), Msw, 2-23, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:12.39, ft. 7th-Fair Grounds, $44,000, Msw, 2-23, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:39.60, gd. JA'S MALIBU (f, 3, Freedom Child--Rock Hall Honey, by Cuvee) GIZMO (f, 3, Uncle Mo--Spring Street, by Street Cry {Ire}) was a had employed her ample speed to finish second in her last two well-beaten fifth in a sloppy off-the-turfer on debut here Dec. 20 appearances, behind Saturday=s Franklin Square S. winner and faded to sixth last time over this course and distance Stonesintheroad (Bustin Stones) Dec. 30 and most recently Jan. 17. Prepping for this with a five-panel bullet in 1:01 (1/11) when getting reeled in by a neck going an additional sixteenth on the local main track Feb. 11, she was a bit overlooked by the Feb. 3. Made the 85-100 choice to break through this time, the bettors at 9-1. Seizing the early advantage, the dark bay loped dark bay doled out splits of :22.83 and :46.34 before holding on along through early fractions of :24.28 and :50.22 on an by a half-length from Alphadora (Alpha). The winner has a unpressured lead. Opening up in the lane, Gizmo coasted home 2-year-old half-brother named Benz On Dubs (Teuflesberg). to a 5 3/4-length graduation. Miss Leah Angel (GB) (Dark Angel Sales history: $1,000 RNA Ylg '17 EASJAN. Lifetime Record: {Ire}) completed the exacta. The winner is a half to Plentiful 4-1-2-0, $60,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, (Harlan=s Holiday), SW, $141,046. Spring Street produced an sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. American Pharoah colt in 2018 and visited Klimt last spring. O-Vito Cipriano; B-McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, LLC Sales history: $210,000 Wlg '16 KEENOV. Lifetime Record: (NY); T-Edmund Pringle. 3-1-0-0, $27,540. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Burning Daylight Farms, Inc. & Rebecca Galbraith; B-Hunter 6th-Santa Anita, $56,404, Msw, 2-23, 3yo, 6 1/2fT, 1:12.72, fm. Valley Farm (KY); T-Michael Stidham. GALLOPING MISCHIEF (g, 3, Into Mischief--Ford Gallop, by nbs SUCCESS Victory Gallop) entered with a steady, but not particularly Raised & Sold by Hunter Valley Farm speedy worktab of local drills, and was let go at 11-1 off a 4-1 morning-line quote. Dropping in well off a crowded early pace, the homebred got going crossing over the dirt and inhaled foes with wild strides to kick home an impressive 1 3/4-length 13th-Gulfstream, $43,560, Msw, 2-23, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:37.58, fm. winner. Alleva (Goldencents) out-nosed heavy favorite PASSING OUT (f, 3, Orb--Party Now {MSP, $164,050}, by Mountain Spirit (Point of Entry) for second. The winner is a half Tiznow) turned in a four-furlong breeze in :48 3/5 (7/16) over to Henry=s Holiday (Harlan=s Holiday), GSP, $104,470, a 2-year- the Payson grass Feb. 17 and was off at 10-1 to get it right at old filly named Double That (Midnight Lute) ($150,000 KEESEP) first asking. She always appeared to be traveling smartly here as and a yearling filly by Tiznow. Her dam, a full-sister to GSW and she secured a good spot on the outside in third through MGISP Victory U. S. A., most recently visited Shanghai Bobby fractions of :24.31 and :46.92. The bay revved up with a three- and sold for $12,000 at this year=s Keeneland January sale. wide bid on the far turn and kicked home nicely down the lane Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $33,000. Click for the Equibase.com to get the money by a length. Favored Delta=s Kingdom (Animal chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Kingdom) came running late for second. Party Now, a half-sister O/B-Diamond A Racing Corp. (KY); T-Richard E. Mandella. to MGSW Criminologist (Maria=s Mon), had an Orb colt in 2018 and an Orb filly this year. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $25,800. 1st-Santa Anita, $55,351, (S), Msw, 2-23, 4yo/up, 6 1/2fT, Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- 1:12.58, fm. Tipton. UNBRIDLED ETHOS (c, 4, Mizzen Mast--Seoul Unbridled, by O/B-Stuart S. Janney, III & Phipps Stable (KY); T-Claude R. Unbridled's Song) was off the board in his main track debut at McGaughey III. Del Mar Sept. 4 and prepped for this return with a half-mile bullet in :48 flat (1/19) over the local training track Feb. 18. Sent 10th-Gulfstream, $43,420, Msw, 2-23, 3yo, 6f, 1:11.15, ft. off at 11-1 for this surface switch, the gray raced three wide in a IN THE LOOP (c, 3, Super Saver--Jenny's Rocket, by Mr. joint third through a sharp opening quarter in :21.74 and a half Greeley) boasted several bullet works at Palm Meadows leading in :43.71. Ranging up outside of Sir Eddie (Square Eddie) at the up to this career bow, most recently breezing a bullet five panels top of the lane, Unbridled Ethos battle with that rival to the in 1:00 4/5 (1/11) Feb. 9. Sent right up to press the pacesetter wire, edging ahead late to win by a neck. Lifetime Record: through a :22.58 opening quarter, the 5-2 shot stuck his head in 2-1-0-0, $33,345. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, front as they hit the half in :45.76. Confronted by Where sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Paradise Lay (Into Mischief) in the lane, the pair battled tooth O/B-Donald Valpredo (CA); T-Jeff Mullins. and nail to the wire with In The Loop forging ahead late to win by a neck. Cont. p6 TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 6 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2019

GP10 cont. The winner is the first foal out of Jenny=s Rocket, a full-sister to SW Greeley=s Rocket and a half to MSW & GSP Laurie=s Rocket (Bluegrass Cat). She has since produced a juvenile colt by Hard Spun and a yearling colt by More Than Ready. She visited Twirling Candy last spring. Sales history: $150,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $25,800. Click for the IN THE UAE: Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Dangerous Thought, g, 6, Super Saver--Trepidation, by Seeking O-Colts Neck Stables LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings the Gold. Sharjah, 2-23, Hcp., 1200m, 1:11.60. B-WinStar Farm LLC (KY); T-Jorge Duarte, Jr. LLC (KY). *1/2 to Tiz Now Tiz Then (Tiznow), SW & GSP, Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm $567,418; Maoineach (Congaree), Hwt. 3yo Filly-Ire at 5-6.5f, MGSW-Ire, $140,963; and Givhans Ferry (Congaree), SP, $180,711. **$250,000 yrl >14 KEESEP.

In the Loop | Lauren King

6th-Tampa Bay Downs, $21,500, Msw, 2-23, 3yo, 7f, 1:23.64, ft. FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 MR SMURTHWAITE (g, 3, Fusaichi Pegasus--Parlez, by French Abstraction (Pulpit), Doubletree Farm, $3,000 Deputy) rallied from very far out of it to just miss when dangled 59 foals of racing age/6 winners/1 black-type winner in for the $25,000 claiming tag first up here Feb. 8. Backed at 9-Sunland, $100K Mine That Bird Derby, 1 1/16m, HUSTLE UP, 4-1 wading into deeper waters here, the chestnut dueled from 3-1 the outset and held safe a late bid from Undaunted (First Dude) to don cap and gown by 1 1/4 lengths. The winner is a full Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile), Airdrie Stud, $10,000 brother to International Star, MGSW, $1,247,029; and half to 228 foals of racing age/26 winners/4 black-type winners Fools In Love (Not For Love), SW, $240,746; D C Dancer (Not For 8-Fair Grounds, Msw 1mT, ALLTHEWAY TO CAIRO, 8-1 Love), SW, $346,642; and No More Talk (Not For Love). Fools in $265,000 FTK JUL yrl; $145,000 RNA FTF MAR 2yo Love, the dam of English GSW/G1SP Seahenge (Scat Daddy), cost 8-Oaklawn, Aoc 6f, ONCEWEWEREBROTHERS, 8-5 $1 million in foal to Speightstown at the 2017 Keeneland $67,000 KEE NOV wnl; $220,000 OBS APR 2yo November sale. Parlez, meanwhile, has a 2-year-old filly by Lemon Drop Kid and a yearling colt by Imagining. She was barren Clubhouse Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}), Harris Farms, $2,500 to Great Notion last season. Sales history: $55,000 RNA Ylg '17 64 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $14,225. Click for the 5-Santa Anita, Msw 1mT, GOODTINGSCOMINPINK, 4-1 Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Richard J. Smith; B-Robert T. Manfuso & Katharine M. Voss Fed Biz (Giant's Causeway), WinStar Farm, $12,500 (MD); T-Robert A. Raymond. 187 foals of racing age/18 winners/1 black-type winner 8-Oaklawn, Aoc 6f, ALL BIZNESS, 12-1 $16,000 KEE SEP yrl TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 7 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Flashback (Tapit), Diamond B Farm, $7,500 175 foals of racing age/17 winners/0 black-type winners 8-Tampa Bay Downs, Aoc 6 1/2f, COOL IRIS, 12-1 $5,000 KEE JAN yrl; $11,000 OBS OCT yrl

Gervinho (Unusual Heat), Legacy Ranch, $3,500 30 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 5-Santa Anita, Msw 1mT, SPANISH CHANNEL, 8-1 STAKES RESULTS: $1,200 BAR OCT yrl DOWNTHEDUSTYROAD BREEDERS' S., (NB) $100,000, Oaklawn, 2-23, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:12.28, gd. Goldencents (Into Mischief), Spendthrift Farm, $15,000 1--USUAL SUSPECT, 118, f, 4, Primary Suspect--Copperelle, by 256 foals of racing age/33 winners/2 black-type winners Elusive Quality. O/B-Starsky Weast (AR); T-Karl Broberg; 8-Oaklawn, Aoc 6f, BANO SOLO, 2-1 J-Richard E. Eramia. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, $115,000 KEE SEP yrl; $400,000 OBS MAR 2yo $80,200. *1/2 to Weast Hill (Rockport Harbor), MSW, 6-Oaklawn, Msw 6f, GOLDEN NOTION, 7-2 $462,848. $37,000 RNA KEE NOV wnl; $10,000 FTK OCT yrl; $100,000 OBS 2--Fastanista, 115, m, 6, Primary Suspect--Courtesan's Song, by APR 2yo; $200,000 OBS WIN 3yo Smolderin Heart. O-Cloud Nine Racing LLC; B-Chappell, Wise & 8-Sunland, $75K Island Fashion S., 1m, JAMAICAN CENTS, 15-1 Kunze, LLC (AR); T-Timothy E. Martin. $20,000. $45,000 RNA BAR APR 2yo 3--Georgia's Reward, 120, f, 4, Warrior's Reward--Tapit Lightly, Handsome Mike (Scat Daddy), Pleasant Acres Stallions, $4,000 by Tapit. ($29,000 Wlg '15 KEENOV; $47,000 RNA Ylg '16 95 foals of racing age/11 winners/0 black-type winners KEESEP). O-JRita Young Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Robby Robinson 8-Tampa Bay Downs, Aoc 6 1/2f, SCOWLING RIDGE, 9-2 & Treissa Robinson (AR); T-Ron Moquett. $10,000.

Laugh Track (Distorted Humor), Double Ll Farm 68 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners 5-Sunland, Msw 6 1/2f, SANTITA S S, 5-2 Margins: NK, 5HF, 1. Odds: 26.20, 10.60, 1.40. $9,500 RUI AUG yrl ALLOWANCE RESULTS: Strong Mandate (Tiznow), Three Chimneys Farm, $10,000 7th-Aqueduct, $80,232, (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 2-23, 138 foals of racing age/13 winners/0 black-type winners 4yo/up, 7f, 1:22.11, ft. 9-Sunland, $100K Mine That Bird Derby, 1 1/16m, PASAMONTE SIR BALLANTINE (g, 5, Stay Thirsty--Wind Flow, by Indian MAN, 15-1 Charlie) Lifetime Record: 20-4-2-5, $224,386. O-Peter J. $75,000 KEE SEP yrl Callahan; B-Turner Breeders, LLC (KY); T-Danny Gargan. *$75,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $210,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR. Tritap (Tapit), Heritage Stallions, $2,500 42 foals of racing age/11 winners/1 black-type winner 3rd-Aqueduct, $72,076, (S), (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 2-23, 7-Laurel, Aoc 5 1/2f, KNOCK OUT KID, 3-1 4yo/up, 7f, 1:22.23, ft. $1,000 RNA EAS JAN yrl; $1,000 EAS OCT yrl ARTHUR'S HOPE (h, 5, Smart Bid--Prom Dance, by Citidancer) Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song), Three Chimneys Farm, $30,000 Lifetime Record: 20-10-4-0, $150,873. O-Stud Costa Dorada; 207 foals of racing age/15 winners/1 black-type winner B-Monhill Farm, LLC (NY); T-Marco P. Salazar. *$22,000 Ylg '15 9-Oaklawn, Msw 6f, DOMINANT FORCE, 9-2 KEESEP. $170,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl; $410,000 OBS MAR 2yo 5th-Aqueduct, $70,256, (S), 2-23, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, 6f, 1:11.40, ft. FORMAL START (h, 5, Jump Start--Flomar, by Two Punch) Lifetime Record: 24-3-3-1, $141,123. O/B-Seacoast Thoroughbreds of New England (NY); T-Steven T. Jerkens. *$19,500 RNA 2yo '16 EASMAY.

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9th-Parx Racing, $60,314, 2-23, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 6f, 1:12.44, ft. 9th-Fair Grounds, $46,000, Opt. Clm ($80,000), 2-23, 4yo/up, DENNIS' DIAMOND (g, 5, E Dubai--Snow Sprite, by Snow Ridge) 1 1/16mT, 1:44.22, gd. Lifetime Record: 35-8-4-7, $274,434. O-Kirwan Equine Group, ALL RIGHT (g, 5, Dominus--Smart Touch, by Touch Gold) Inc.; B-Dennis Johnson (PA); T-Marcos Zulueta. Lifetime Record: SW, 22-4-4-0, $345,722. O-4 G Racing, LLC & William K. Helwig; B-Patience & Jon Jazdzewski (KY); T-John 5th-Santa Anita, $60,123, (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 2-22, Alexander Ortiz. *$20,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR. 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2fT, 1:13.70, fm. SPY RING (IRE) (m, 5, Bushranger {Ire}--Refuse To Give Up {Ire}, by Refuse To Bend {Ire}) Lifetime Record: SP-Ire, 12-2-3-1, 6th-Gulfstream, $44,300, 2-23, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, 1mT, 1:35.39, $89,721. O-D P Racing LLC; B-Tally Ho Stud (IRE); T-James M. fm. Cassidy. *,88,000 2yo '16 GOFBRE; 280,000gns 2yo '16 TATMA. LEMONIST (g, 5, Lemon Drop Kid--Pitamakan, by ) Lifetime Record: 12-3-5-0, $118,370. O/B-Wertheimer Et Frere 4th-Santa Anita, $59,079, (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 2-23, (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. *Full to Funny Kid, GSW, $322,992. 4yo/up, 6 1/2fT, 1:11.64, fm. WHAT'SONTHEAGENDA (g, 5, Dialed In--Open Agenda, by 5th-Penn National, $32,480, 2-22, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, More Than Ready) Lifetime Record: SP, 14-3-3-4, $163,108. 1:11.02, gd. O-Beerman Family Trust and Sayjay Racing LLC; B-Lantern Hill FLATTERING RUBY (m, 5, Mad Flatter--Precious Lilly, by Farm LLC (KY); T-Doug F. O'Neill. *$30,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; Turnofthecentury) Lifetime Record: 11-4-2-0, $79,565. $75,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR. O-Baywood Farm; B-Luana J. Johnson (PA); T-Flint W. Stites.

7th-Santa Anita, $57,702, (S), (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000), 6th-Penn National, $31,600, (S), 2-22, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 5 1/2f, 2-22, 4yo/up, 1mT, 1:34.51, fm. 1:05.10, gd. OSTINI (g, 5, Decarchy--Autumn Light, by North Light {Ire}) CARDCOUNTER (g, 4, Talent Search--Miss Foreesta, by Grand Lifetime Record: 10-2-1-3, $94,179. O-J. Eric Kruljac & Gordon Slam) Lifetime Record: 17-2-2-4, $91,542. O-Whip' R Due Stable; Weaver; B-Richard Barton Enterprises (CA); T-J. Eric Kruljac. B-Glenn E. Brok LLC (PA); T-Miguel Penaloza. *$15,000 2yo '17 *$3,000 Ylg '15 BARSEL. EASMAY.

8th-Laurel, $54,474, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 2-23, 3yo, 6f, 7th-Sunland, $25,900, 2-23, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:09.92, 1:10.75, ft. ft. CONFESSOR (g, 3, Freedom Child--Taconic Victory, by HARKING (f, 4, Dominus--Cashew Cat, by D. J. Cat) Lifetime Eddington) Lifetime Record: 10-2-1-2, $93,185. O-Robert Record: 5-3-0-1, $49,210. O-Edward Hindman; B-Robert West Atkinson; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (MD); T-Carl Doran. *$7,500 (KY); T-Ernest E. Edgar. *$1,500 Ylg '16 KEESEP. Ylg '17 EASOCT. 7th-Charles Town, $24,500, 2-22, (NW4LX), 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 4th-Fair Grounds, $49,000, (S), Opt. Clm ($35,000), 2-23, 1:18.52, ft. 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.49, ft. MOONLIT SONG (m, 5, Fiber Sonde--Malibu Kitten, by Parker's SHAKOPEE TOWN (f, 4, Jersey Town--Shakopee {SW, Storm Cat) Lifetime Record: MSW, 25-14-6-2, $398,980. $102,706}, by Evansville Slew) Lifetime Record: SW, 9-4-2-2, O-Grams Racing Stable LLC; B-Timothy & Judith Grams (WV); $145,650. O/B-Al & Bill Ulwelling (LA); T-Gary M. Scherer. *1/2 T-Timothy C. Grams. to Wind Chill Factor (Successful Appeal), MSW, $316,449; Polar Plunge (Successful Appeal), MSW, $287,174. 4th-Mahoning Valley, $23,500, 2-23, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:43.12, ft. 5th-Fair Grounds, $46,000, (S), (C)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 2-23, SUGAR SHACK (f, 4, Shackleford--Thinkcandy, by Candy Ride 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:38.69, gd. {Arg}) Lifetime Record: 13-2-1-3, $65,520. O/B-James Stevenson IS TOO (f, 4, Midshipman--Tensas Salt {SP}, by Salt Lake) (KY); T-Michael Evans II. Lifetime Record: 10-4-1-1, $99,890. O-Barrone Farms LLC; B-J. Adcock & Montgomery Equine Center (LA); T-Edward Johnston. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2019

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Triple Malt, f, 3, Archarcharch--Mother's Milk, by Silver Deputy. Charles Town, 2-22, 6 1/2f, 1:21.47. B-Johnson, Galvin & Flounders (KY). *$7,000 Wlg '16 KEENOV. **1/2 to Sheeza Milky Way (Sidney=s Candy), GSP, $268,415. Bred Foaled and Raised at Johnson & Johnson Farm P 502-664-6289 ARCHARCHARCH, Triple Malt, f, 3, o/o Mother's Milk, by Silver Half Ours to Keep, c, 3, Beggarthyneighbor--Cusip, by Purim. Deputy. MSW, 2-22, Charles Town Oaklawn, 2-23, (C), 1 1/16m, 1:49.07. B-Carl Turnbow & BEGGARTHYNEIGHBOR, Half Ours to Keep, c, 3, o/o Cusip, by Dennis Spencer (OK). Purim. MCL, 2-23, Oaklawn Birdie, f, 3, Birdstone--Strike the Light, by Smart Strike. Turfway, BIRDSTONE, Birdie, f, 3, o/o Strike the Light, by Smart Strike. 2-22, 1m (AWT), 1:38.81. B-Calumet Farm (KY). MSW, 2-22, Turfway Platinum Nights, c, 3, Broken Vow--Gerent, by Monarchos. BROKEN VOW, Platinum Nights, c, 3, o/o Gerent, by Monarchos. Santa Anita, 2-23, (C), 6f, 1:10.25. B-Cherry Valley Farm, LLC MCL, 2-23, Santa Anita (KY). *$60,000 2yo '18 OBSAPR. BUSHRANGER (IRE), Spy Ring (Ire), m, 5, o/o Refuse To Give Up Kid Is Frosty, f, 3, Frost Giant--Murmure, by Lemon Drop Kid. (Ire), by Refuse To Bend (Ire). AOC, 2-22, Santa Anita Aqueduct, 2-23, (S), 6f, 1:11.75. B-Bad Boy Racing, LLC (NY). BUSTIN STONES, Stonesintheroad, f, 3, o/o Dixie Talent, by Dixie Smile Bryan, c, 3, Goldencents--Running Creek, by Cape Town. Union. Franklin Square S., 2-23, Aqueduct Laurel, 2-23, (C), 5 1/2f, 1:04.05. B-Woods Edge Farm, LLC (KY). CORINTHIAN, Prince Lucky, g, 4, o/o Lucky Notion, by Great *$120,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP. **1/2 to Softly Lit (Latent Heat), Notion. GIII Hal's Hope S., 2-23, Gulfstream MSW, $107,160. COUNTRY DAY, Play On, f, 3, o/o Vote Early, by More Than Ready. Melody of Colors S., 2-23, Gulfstream DECARCHY, Ostini, g, 5, o/o Autumn Light, by North Light (Ire). Owe Her One, f, 3, Guilt Trip--Dues Up Front, by Devil His Due. AOC, 2-22, Santa Anita Oaklawn, 2-23, (S), (C), 6f, 1:13.91. B-Circle Bar H (AR). DIALED IN, What'sontheagenda, g, 5, o/o Open Agenda, by *1ST-TIME STARTER. More Than Ready. AOC, 2-23, Santa Anita Spotmeifucan, g, 3, Warrior's Reward--Sophie's Destiny, by Two DOMINUS, All Right, g, 5, o/o Smart Touch, by Touch Gold. AOC, Punch. Laurel, 2-23, (C), 5 1/2f, 1:05.05. B-Blackstone Farm LLC 2-23, Fair Grounds (PA). *$4,500 RNA Ylg '17 EASOCT; $40,000 2yo '18 OBSOPN. DOMINUS, Harking, f, 4, o/o Cashew Cat, by D. J. Cat. ALW, Imputed, g, 4, Roll Hennessy Roll--Shadows N Dust, by Chimes 2-23, Sunland Band. Sunland, 2-23, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:04.40. B-S. F. Henderson (NM). E DUBAI, Dennis' Diamond, g, 5, o/o Snow Sprite, by Snow Ridge. ALW, 2-23, Parx Racing FIBER SONDE, Moonlit Song, m, 5, o/o Malibu Kitten, by Parker's Storm Cat. ALW, 2-22, Charles Town FREEDOM CHILD, Confessor, g, 3, o/o Taconic Victory, by Eddington. AOC, 2-23, Laurel FREEDOM CHILD, Ja's Malibu, f, 3, o/o Rock Hall Honey, by Cuvee. MSW, 2-23, Aqueduct FROST GIANT, Kid Is Frosty, f, 3, o/o Murmure, by Lemon Drop Kid. MSW, 2-23, Aqueduct FUSAICHI PEGASUS, Mr Smurthwaite, g, 3, o/o Parlez, by French Deputy. MSW, 2-23, Tampa Bay GOLDENCENTS, Smile Bryan, c, 3, o/o Running Creek, by Cape Town. MCL, 2-23, Laurel GUILT TRIP, Owe Her One, f, 3, o/o Dues Up Front, by Devil His Due. MCL, 2-23, Oaklawn INTO MISCHIEF, Galloping Mischief, g, 3, o/o Ford Gallop, by Victory Gallop. MSW, 2-23, Santa Anita DID YOU KNOW? JERSEY TOWN, Shakopee Town, f, 4, o/o Shakopee, by MGISW McKinzie (Street Sense) Evansville Slew. AOC, 2-23, Fair Grounds was tabbed as a “TDN Rising Star” JUMP START, Formal Start, h, 5, o/o Flomar, by Two Punch. Visit the TDN Rising Stars section on our website! ALW, 2-23, Aqueduct

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LEMON DROP KID, Lemonist, g, 5, o/o Pitamakan, by Danzig. SPEIGHTSTOWN, Pulsate, c, 3, o/o Celestial Kitten, by Kitten's ALW, 2-23, Gulfstream Joy. MSW, 2-23, Aqueduct MAD FLATTER, Flattering Ruby, m, 5, o/o Precious Lilly, by STAY THIRSTY, Sir Ballantine, g, 5, o/o Wind Flow, by Indian Turnofthecentury. ALW, 2-22, Penn National Charlie. AOC, 2-23, Aqueduct MIDSHIPMAN, Is Too, f, 4, o/o Tensas Salt, by Salt Lake. AOC, STREET SENSE, Hollis, c, 4, o/o Miss Inclined, by Pulpit. AOC, 2-23, Fair Grounds 2-23, Tampa Bay MIZZEN MAST, Unbridled Ethos, c, 4, o/o Seoul Unbridled, by STRONG MANDATE, Get the Goodies, f, 3, o/o Holy Reina, by Unbridled's Song. MSW, 2-23, Santa Anita Macho Uno. MSW, 2-23, Oaklawn ORB, Passing Out, f, 3, o/o Party Now, by Tiznow. MSW, 2-23, SUPER SAVER, In the Loop, c, 3, o/o Jenny's Rocket, by Mr. Gulfstream Greeley. MSW, 2-23, Gulfstream PADDY O'PRADO, Jus Lively, c, 3, o/o Lively Number, by Mt. TALENT SEARCH, Cardcounter, g, 4, o/o Miss Foreesta, by Grand Livermore. AOC, 2-23, Fair Grounds Slam. ALW, 2-22, Penn National PRIMARY SUSPECT, Usual Suspect, f, 4, o/o Copperelle, by TAPIT, Biblical, c, 4, o/o Storm Dixie, by Catienus. AOC, 2-23, Elusive Quality. Downthedustyroad Breeders' S., 2-23, Oaklawn Gulfstream READY'S IMAGE, Imaginary Image, f, 4, o/o Princess Tiger, by UNCAPTURED, Yes I Am Free, c, 3, o/o Yes It's Valid, by Yes It's Lido Palace (Chi). ALW, 2-22, Sam Houston True. Texas Glitter S., 2-23, Gulfstream ROLL HENNESSY ROLL, Imputed, g, 4, o/o Shadows N Dust, by UNCLE MO, Gizmo, f, 3, o/o Spring Street, by Street Cry (Ire). Chimes Band. MSW, 2-23, Sunland MSW, 2-23, Fair Grounds SHACKLEFORD, Sugar Shack, f, 4, o/o Thinkcandy, by Candy Ride WARRIOR'S REWARD, Spotmeifucan, g, 3, o/o Sophie's Destiny, (Arg). ALW, 2-23, Mahoning Valley by Two Punch. MCL, 2-23, Laurel SHANGHAI BOBBY, Shanghai Rain, f, 3, o/o Thunder Shower, by Tiznow. AOC, 2-23, Fair Grounds SKIPSHOT, Vasilika, m, 5, o/o La Belle Marquet, by Marquetry. GII Buena Vista S., 2-23, Santa Anita SMART BID, Arthur's Hope, h, 5, o/o Prom Dance, by Citidancer. AOC, 2-23, Aqueduct

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FIRST-SEASON SIRE STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR WISSAHICKON IN THE DERBY By Tom Frary VERDICTS: CATHY GRASSICK He was 1-4 for Saturday=s G3 Betway Winter Derby, so anything other than a smooth winning performance from George Strawbridge=s Wissahickon (Tapit) would have caused consternation and the likeable chestnut let nobody down in the Lingfield showpiece. Always coasting comfortably in fourth under Frankie Dettori, the son of the GI Del Mar Oaks heroine No Matter What (Nureyev) had only stablemate Court House (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) up ahead turning for home as he was coaxed into animation. Mastering his barnmate at the top of the straight, he stretched to a 3 1/4-length success as the third-placed Pactolus (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) languished a further 3 1/2 lengths away. Bar one blip when ridden too aggressively as he finished eighth in a competitive 10-furlong handicap at Newmarket=s July meeting last July, Wissahickon=s record has been exemplary and he is a colt clearly going places. Few horses can win Cathy Grassick points out Hot Streak as a first-season sire Newmarket=s Cambridgeshire H. by 3 3/4 lengths, but the that catches her eye | Racing Post homebred managed that with a degree of ease in September and was kept on the go to garner the Dec. 22 Listed Quebec S. The first juvenile race won't be run until the end of next month over this course and distance. Cont. p2 but the buzz and feedback on the stock of young stallions always starts early, and Fitzdares has already opened a market on the first-season sires' championship. We'll be asking a number of horsemen and women for their opinions over the coming weeks and today, bloodstock agent Cathy Grassick gives us her view.

TDN: Who do you think will be leading first-season sire?

CG: More than ever it is very difficult to single out one horse from the pack due to the increased number of first-season sires this year. While Muhaarar (GB) is a gorgeous horse with exceptional talent, he was at his best, in my opinion, at three and this combined with having Linamix (Fr) as his broodmare sire makes me think we might not see the best of his progeny until the Wissahickon and Frankie Dettori | racingfotos.com second half of the year. I have high hopes for Gutaifan (Ire) to emulate his sire, Dark IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Angel (Ire), as he was a very good 2-year-old himself and he has a fantastic number of 2-year-olds to run for him. ‘TDN RISING STAR’ BATTLE OF MIDWAY EUTHANISED Battle of Midway (Smart Strike), the 2017 GI Breeders’ Cup Dirt Cont. p2 Mile winner, suffered a catastrophic injury Saturday morning at Santa Anita. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 FEBRUARY 2019

First-Season Sire Verdicts: Cathy Grassick cont. from p1 Straightforward For Wissahickon In The Derby cont. from p1 Returning Feb. 2 for the Listed Winter Derby Trial, he was TDN: Did you see/purchase many by first-season sires at the emphatic there and carried on that momentum to provide his yearling sales? amazing dam with another pattern-race success. On all CG: This year, more by chance than design, I did not actually evidence, he is going to be a serious contender for the major purchase any yearlings by first-season sires but I did see a large Grade I races when the switch to the States inevitably happens, percentage of their yearlings offered at the major sales in possibly later this year as was mooted by John Gosden after his Europe. I was particularly impressed by the yearlings by Gutaifan previous win. as they looked very athletic individuals and I really like his For the immediate future, Wissahickon faces a choice of two pedigree. Hot Streak (GB) was another horse who really contrasting tests, according to his trainer. “We could freshen up appealed to me after seeing the quality of his yearlings. We and wait for the [Apr. 19] Easter Classic and that would be the break a number of yearlings here at Newtown Stud every year logical thing to do, but there’s some talk about World Cup night and my pick of the first-season horses that have been through in Dubai, so we’ll see,” he told the Racing Post. “We have to be our hands was a Golden Horn (GB) filly. I think that his stock will invited to Dubai--we wait for them--but I think if Wissahickon be very interesting to follow later in the year. did go we would be talking about the Sheema Classic, over a mile and a half. He’s rated high enough and I think either a mile TDN: Which stallion do you think will go on to be the best of this intake? and a quarter or a mile and a half would be fine now that he switches off so well.” CG: I would love to have the crystal ball to answer that question! It's a hard one to call with so many horses to choose from but I think Muhaarar, Golden Horn and Gutaifan all have all the right Pedigree Notes ingredients: the pedigrees, performances and support of good No Matter What’s record is illustrious. She has produced this books of mares, and I can see them all being well-established stable’s star distaffer Rainbow View (Dynaformer), European sires of the future. champion 2-year-old filly as a result of her triumphs in the G1 Fillies’ Mile and G2 May Hill S. who later annexed the TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 FEBRUARY 2019

Winter Derby result cont. GI Matron S. at Leopardstown and GIII Gallorette H. in the States; the GIII Arlington H.-winning sire Just As Well (A.P. Indy), who was runner-up in the GI Arlington Million, GI Northern Dancer Turf S. and GI Gulfstream Park Turf H.; the GIII Bewitch S. and GIII All Along S. scorer Winter View (Thunder Gulch); and Utley (Smart Strike), who captured the GII Dixie S. A half-sister Vice President, International Operations Gary King to the GII Suburban H. and GII Dwyer S.-winning sire E Dubai Twitter: @garykingTDN (Mr. Prospector) from the family of this stable’s GI Breeders’ [email protected] Cup Classic hero Raven’s Pass (Elusive Quality), she has a + 1.732.320.0975 yearling colt by Temple City. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. (Return to Story p1) International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] Saturday, Lingfield, Britain European Editor BETWAY WINTER DERBY S.-G3, £100,000, Lingfield, 2-23, Emma Berry 4yo/up, 10f (AWT), 2:01.28, st. Twitter: @collingsberry 1--WISSAHICKON, 126, c, 4, by Tapit [email protected] 1st Dam: No Matter What (GISW-US & SW-Fr, $185,726), by Nureyev Associate International Editor 2nd Dam: Words of War, by Lord At War (Arg) Heather Anderson 3rd Dam: Right Word, by Verbatim Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN 1ST GROUP/GRADED STAKES WIN. O-George Strawbridge; Marketing Manager B-Augustin Stable (KY); T-John Gosden; J-Frankie Dettori. Alayna Cullen £56,710. Lifetime Record: 10-8-1-0, $339,409. **1/2 to Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Rainbow View (Dynaformer), Ch. 2yo Filly-Eur, Hwt. 3yo [email protected] Filly-Ire at 6.5-9.5f, G1SW-Eng & Ire, GSW-US & GISP-Can, $1,129,814; Just As Well (A.P. Indy), GSW & MGISP-US, Contributing Editor $859,582; Utley (Smart Strike), GSW-US & SP-Eng, $466,598; Alan Carasso and Winter View (Thunder Gulch), GSW-US, $328,909. Werk Twitter: @EquinealTDN Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] 2--Court House (Ire), 126, c, 4 , Dawn Approach (Ire)--Crossanza (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire). (€38,000 RNA Wlg ‘15 GOFNOV; Irish Correspondent €200,000 Ylg ‘16 GOFORB). O-H. R. H. Princess Haya of Jordan; Daithi Harvey B-Nanallac Stud (IRE); T-John Gosden. £21,500. 3--Pactolus (Ire), 126, g, 8, Footstepsinthesand (GB)--Gold Marie Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield | John Berry (Ire), by Green Desert. (€5,000 RNA Wlg ‘11 GOFNOV; €10,000 Kevin Blake Ylg ‘12 GOFSPT; 21,000gns 2yo ‘13 TATHIT; 28,000gns RNA HRA ‘17 TATHIT). O-T W Morley & Mrs J Morley; B-Tom McDonald (IRE); T-Stuart Williams. £10,760. Margins: 3 1/4, 3HF, HD. Odds: 0.25, 14.00, 40.00. IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY Also Ran: Big Country (Ire), Chiefofchiefs (GB), Master The ANTHONY FREEDMAN REAPS GROUP 1 REWARD World (Ire), Hathal. Click for the Racing Post result. Video, Anthony Freedman trained Godolphin’s Lyre (Lonhro) to win sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Saturday’s G1 Blue Diamond S. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 FEBRUARY 2019

A SLICE OF HEAVEN IN AN UNEXPECTED Show up during any sales week without a reservation, and you won't make it past the foyer. They're almost incredulous that PLACE By Sue Morris Finley you would have thought you could get in, and do a fairly good The following is an excerpt from the February edition of TDN impression of the typical rude French waiter when you ask them Weekend. Click here to read the story in full. if there's room. I once took in a foreign exchange student for six weeks. Rather But if you have reserved in advance…to steal a line from than embracing all things American during his time with us, he Mystic Pizza, you're in for a little slice of heaven. seemed to want to remain firmly rooted in his little village in the I arrived for my first of two visits this December on the Jura, his home region in the French Alps. Trying to make him feel Thursday night before the sale started to find the place packed more at home, I went to Whole Foods to hunt down his local with a mix of locals and sales goers. Arqana and Four Stars Sales' cheese, Comté, which he said was the only cheese worth having, Tony Lacy entertained a large, fun-loving group of Americans and which he ate only after cutting into tiny little pieces with his including Joe Miller, Mike Recio, Gray Lyster, and Justin Casse. knife and fork. When I took him to Manhattan to introduce him The TDN's Kelsey Riley, Equiways's Camille Vercken, to real pizza, he ate very little, then sighed and said that there Manneville's Adrien Rambaud, and I were shown to a table in was no pizza like the pizza they made back home in France. the corner; the kind of table where you'd have to ask all of your I resisted the urge to laugh out loud, for while the French are neighbors to get up and move, and drag your own table six feet known for many gastronomic delights, pizza is not one of them. away from the wall if you had to go to the restroom. I was so Or so I thought. close to my neighbors, I felt as if I were eating their calamari.

DON’T OVERTHINK YOUR ORDER. GET THE TRUFFLE PIZZA AND LET EVERYONE KNOW BEFOREHAND THAT IT’S NOT BIG ENOUGH TO SHARE. Gray Lyster

So good is the pizza, I've rarely made it to dessert, never mind A sample of Santa Lucia’s pizza offerings | Zuzanna Lupa with extra Chantilly cream. Similarly, I would advise you to skip the admittedly good starters that Tony Lacy has described on the previous pages and save your appetite for the pizza. In 2014, Michel Henochsberg agreed to write an edition of On this night, we do take Vercken's advice and start with her Best Bets for the TDN, and he touted me on Pizza Santa Lucia, a favorite drink, the Aperol Spritz. The "shpreetz" as they tiny, cramped restaurant on the Avenue de la Republique, just pronounce it in France, has taken hold in recent years as a light as you drive into town. The exterior is not moved up at all by the summer cocktail, made with Aperol, a bitter orange liqueur, fairly gaudy red, white, and green sign out front, nor the champagne, and club soda. (Vercken has quite painstakingly uninspiring plastic drape around the porch, designed to keep taught the exact proportions to the bar staff at Coles, in case smokers warm in the winter. you ever find yourself in Lexington in need of one.) Here, they Inside, the rather non-descript decor has undergone a bit of serve a simpler Aperol + champagne version. renovation this year, with the walls in the main dining room now It's exceptional-the right mix of bubbly, dry, sweet, and bitter. covered in a soft white painted stone material, giving it a slightly And of course, we start with the truffle pizza. softer and warmer appearance than in years past. They're The Santa Lucia truffle pizza has become something of legend dotted by photos of famous racing figures. in Deauville for its 70-euro price tag in a restaurant where the As you step in, you'll be greeted by one of the half-dozen typical pizza goes for 13-15 euros. waiters, all male, dressed in red polo shirts and who can most appropriately be described as `brusque.' TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 FEBRUARY 2019

A Slice Of Heaven In An Unexpected Place cont. 2--Royal Birth (GB), 126, g, 8, Exceed and Excel (Aus)--Princess For whatever reason, you never hear anyone talking about Georgina (GB), by Royal Applause (GB). (42,000gns Ylg ‘12 ordering the most expensive item on the menu-the 90-euro TAOCT; 45,000gns 2yo ‘13 TATHIT; £9,500 RNA HRA ‘14 caviar pizza. All the buzz around town when you tell someone DONSEP; 20,000gns 2yo ‘14 TA14). O-The Morley Family. you're going to Santa Lucia is about whether or not you're going £9,675. to spring for the truffles. 3--Corinthia Knight (Ire), 126, c, 4, Society Rock (Ire)--Victoria Santa Lucia's truffle pizza is made with a cheesy white sauce, Lodge (Ire), by Grand Lodge. (€15,000 Ylg ‘16 TIRSEP). no tomato, and topped with ample fresh-shaved truffles, and is O-Ontoawinner & Partner. £4,842. worth every penny of the 70 euros you'll pay for it. The dough is Margins: 3/4, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 2.00, 10.00, 5.00. Click for the exactly the same as they use for their other pizzas-a chewy, Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. charred, Neapolitan-style crust that is among the best I've had Successful in a handicap over this trip on turf at Newmarket anywhere in the world. (If I had to guess, I'd say it's 00 flour, last July, Gorgeous Noora had turned a corner since switching with a two-day dough rising, but the waiters intimidate me so from the now-retired Luca Cumani to Archie Watson and took a much, I didn't ask. I don't know how Vercken has gotten stories six-furlong handicap here Jan. 18 before running second to the out of the head waiter, but I can only surmise she possesses a class act Kachy (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) in the Feb. 2 Listed Cleves S. confidence I lack.) again over that trip. Reverting to Britain’s minimum trip for the Read the February edition of the TDN Weekend for the full first time since November 2017, the bay took full advantage of story. the frantic tempo to arrive from rear and overwhelm Royal Birth from 100 yards out. The winner is out of the useful listed-placed sprinter Aneedah, a half-sister to the dual G2 Prix du Gros-Chene and G2 King George S. scorer Muthmir (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and the G3 C.L. Weld Park S. scorer My Titania (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}). She is also connected to the GIII Orchid S. scorer Dress Rehearsal (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the G3 Chartwell S. and G3 Ballyogan S.- winning Irish highweight Majestic Queen (Ire) (Kheleyf). Her 2- year-old colt by Teofilo (Ire) is named Sterling Stamp (Ire), while she also has a yearling filly by Australia (GB).

Pizza cooking to perfection at Santa Lucia | Zuzanna Lupa

Saturday’s Result: BETWAY HEVER SPRINT S.-Listed, £45,000, Lingfield, 2-23, 4yo/up, 5f 6y (AWT), :56.92, st. 1--GORGEOUS NOORA (IRE), 121, m, 5, Raven’s Pass--Aneedah Gorgeous Noora and Hollie Doyle | racingfotos.com (Ire) (SP-Eng), by Invincible Spirit (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. (370,000gns Ylg ‘15 TAOCT; 200,000gns HRA ‘18 TATMA). O-Mr David Howden & Mr David Redvers; B-Kabansk Ltd & FIND US ON FACEBOOK Rathbarry Stud (IRE); T-Archie Watson; J-Hollie Doyle. £25,520. www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews Lifetime Record: 16-5-3-3, $107,238. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 FEBRUARY 2019

3--Libello (Ire), 125, h, 6, Archipenko--Scarlett’s Pride (Fr), by Singspiel (Ire). (€32,000 Ylg ‘14 AROCT). O-Ecuries Serge Stempniak, C Boutin & Bruno Touzeau. €11,250. Margins: HD, HD, 1HF. Odds: 4.30, 12.90, 60.00. Click for the Saturday’s Result: Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. GRAND PRIX DU DEPARTEMENT 06 - DEFI DU GALOP Good Question showed a liking for this circuit when scoring 2019-Listed, €75,000, Cagnes-sur-Mer, 2-23, 4yo/up, 12 1/2fT, over 12 furlongs on his seasonal bow Jan. 14 and was able to up 2:40.37, sf. his game again to collect a first black-type success in this latest 1--GOOD QUESTION (FR), 122, g, 4, Manduro (Ger)--Question in the Defi du Galop series. Settled with two behind early as the of Time (Fr), by Olden Times (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. pace proved strong, the bay took over with 300 metres (€3,000 Ylg ‘16 AROCT). O-Georges Duca & Mme Laurence remaining and was all out close home as Calypso Song and Samoun; B-Mme M Bryant (FR); T-Carlos Escuder; J-Stephane Libello closed in out wide. Pasquier. €37,500. Lifetime Record: 15-6-4-2, €121,000. The dam, whose 3-year-old filly Question of Mood (Fr) 2--Calypso Song (Fr), 122, c, 4, Manduro (Ger)--Call the Tune (Muhtathir {GB}) is as yet unraced, hails from the family of the (Fr), by Country Reel. (€19,000 RNA Ylg ‘16 AROCT). sire Pursuit of Love (GB) (Groom Dancer) and the G1 Epsom O-Magalen Bryant. €15,000. Oaks heroine Look Here (GB) (Hernando {Fr}).

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CONDITIONS RESULTS: Fastnet Cyclone (Ire), g, 6, Fastnet Rock (Aus)--Chenchikova 3rd-Cagnes-sur-Mer, i44,000, 2-23, 3yo, 10f (AWT), 2:05.05, st. (Ire), by Sadler=s Wells. Gosford, 2-23, Hcp. (,19k/i22k), ROCKEMPEROR (IRE) (c, 3, Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}-- 1900mT, 2:04.92. B-Chenchikova Syndicate. *Full to Motivation {Fr} {SP-Fr}, by Muhtathir {GB}) Lifetime Record: 5- Smuggler=s Cove (Ire), SW-Ire, G1SP-Eng, $137,682; and 2-2-1, i40,990. O-Claudine Escoubet, Scuderia Scolari, Jerome Casterton (Ire), MSW & GSP-Fr, $153,871. Vallier & Pierre Beziat; B-Haras Du Mezeray S.A. (IRE); T-Simone Red Cardinal (Ire), g, 7, Montjeu (Ire)--Notable (GB), by Zafonic. Brogi. *i50,000 Ylg >17 ARAUG; i12,000 2yo >18 ARMAY. Randwick, 2-23, Parramatta Cup-Listed (,76k/i88k), 1900mT, 1:58.13. B-Lynch Bages Ltd. *Hwt. Older Horse-Ger at 14f+, 2nd-Cagnes-sur-Mer, i26,000, 2-23, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:37.01, st. GSW & G1SP-Ger, GSW-US, GSP-Eng. **Full to Maria Royal WHAT SECRET (IRE) (g, 3, Exceed and Excel {Aus}--So Secret (Ire), GSW-Fr, $216,475. {Ire}, by Barathea {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, i21,000. O- Ecurie De Theyss & Olivier Weber-Caflisch; B-Maurice Regan IN QATAR: (IRE); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. *i90,000 Ylg >17 TIRSEP; Beachwalk (GB), g, 4, Showcasing (GB)--Esplanade (GB), by 58,000gns RNA 2yo >18 TATBRE. Danehill. Al Rayyan, 2-23, Hcp. ($250k), 2000mT, 2:00.60. B-Bearstone Stud Ltd. *36,000gns Ylg >16 TATOCT; 85,000gns ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 2yo >17 TATMAY; 55,000gns HIT >18 TATJUL. VIDEO Gina Bere (Fr), f, 3, Hurricane Cat--Shadow of the Day (Fr), by Until Sundown. Bordeaux-le-Bouscat, 2-23, 8fT, 1:42.07. B-SAS Regnier & San Gabriel Inv Inc (FR). *i10,000 Ylg >17 AROCT. Sagauteur (Fr), g, 3, Literato (Fr)--Saga D=Ouilly (Fr), by Linamix (Fr). Bordeaux-le-Bouscat, 2-23, 8fT, 1:42.08. B-C Mahoney SPEED IS >KING= IN AMIR TROPHY (FR). *i12,000 Wlg >16 ARDEC. **1/2 to Sagaroi (Fr) (King=s by Alan Carasso Best), SW-Fr, $106,237. Horses with speedier-than-not profiles seemed to excel over the Al Rayyan turf course during the three-day HH The Amir Sword Festival, and jockey Olivier Peslier took full advantage Saturday, easing the locally owned French King (GB) (French Fifteen {Fr}) down onto the fence passing the stands for the first time and controlling the pace throughout en route to a comfortable 1 1/2-length success in the featured HH The Amir Trophy. Fellow French raider Royal Julius (Ire) (Royal Applause IN AUSTRALIA: {GB}) stayed on for second ahead of Ballydoyle=s Hunting Horn Franked (GB), g, 5, Frankel (GB)--Tarocchi, by Affirmed. (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), who raced prominently, but lacked a Morphettville, 2-23, Hcp. (,25k/i28k), 2400mT, 2:33.73. decisive late kick. B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd. *1/2 to Price Tag (GB) (Dansili {GB}), Hunting Horn was one of the first away, but Peslier had a GISW-US, GSW & G1SP-Fr, $689,737. **32,000gns HRA >17 handful of horse beneath him and allowed French King to TATDEC. gradually make his way towards the front, establishing a fairly Avilius (GB), g, 5, Pivotal (GB)--Alessandria (GB), by Sunday soft lead with a circuit to travel. Allowed to bowl along on a Silence. Caulfield, 2-23, Peter Young S.-G2 (,109k/i126k), loose rein through the middle stages, French King shook off 1800mT, 1:49.16. B-Darley. *Full to Saint Baudolino (Ire), some mild pressure from the outposted Raymond Tusk (Ire) MGSW & MG1SP-Fr, $887,380; and Army Bullet (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), pinched a break off the home corner and (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), SW & MGSP-Fr, $166,717. **SW & proved not for catching. America=s Liam the Charmer (Smart MGSP-Fr. Strike) was well-positioned for the opening mile, but faded Sikandarabad (Ire), g, 6, Dr Fong--Sindiyma (Ire), by Kalanisi tamely in the stretch and was reported to have bled. (Ire). Caulfield, 2-23, Mornington Cup Prelude-Listed Royal Julius came from a position worse than midfield to grab (,76k/i88k), 2000mT, 2:02.85. B-His Highness The Aga Khan=s second in the dying strides. It was the third win in the feature Studs SC. *G1SP-Aus. **1/2 to Marie=s Diamond (Ire) race for Peslier. A winner of four of his 12 outings in France, including a quartet (Footstepsinthesand {GB}), GSW-Ire, GSP-Eng, $167,912. of stakes placings in his sophomore season, French King also ***i50,000 HRA >17 GOFSEP. carried Peslier to a six-length victory in the non black-type Swiss Derby (2400m) at the Frauenfeld track last June. Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 FEBRUARY 2019

Amir Trophy result cont. AL BIDDAH MILE (SPONSORED BY ALMUFTAH GROUP) (NB), The third stakes winner from the first two crops of his sire, $250,000, Al Rayyan, 2-23, 3yo, 1600mT, 1:35.29, fm. victorious in the 2011 G1 Criterium International, French King is 1--GLOBAL SPECTRUM (GB), 128, c, 3, by Dutch Art (GB) out of a daughter of German Group 3 and French listed winner 1st Dam: Lady Darshaan (Ire) (G1SP-Eng, $123,743), Marine Bleue (Ire) (Desert Prince {Ire}). Marina Piccola is the by High Chaparral (Ire) dam of the 3-year-old colt Marzuq (Fr) (Charm Spirit {Ire}) and 2nd Dam: Diary (Ire), by Green Desert produced a full-brother to French King in 2018. 3rd Dam: Darrery (GB), by Darshaan (GB) (€75,000 RNA Ylg ‘17 ARQAUG; 130,000gns 2yo ‘18 TATMAY). O-Dr Johnny Hon; B-Newsells Park Stud; T-Gay Kelleway; J-Gerald Mosse; $142,500. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $152,540. *1/2 to Let’s Go (Street Cry {Ire}), SW-Eng. 2--Luchador (GB), 123, f, 3, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)--Bride Unbridled (Ire), by Hurricane Run (Ire). (£75,000 RNA 2yo ‘18 GOFJUN; 55,000gns 2yo ‘18 TATJUL). O-Khalifa Bin Sheail KH J Al Kuwari. $55,000. 3--Cococabala (Ire), 128, c, 3, Sir Prancealot (Ire)--Dream Applause (Ire), by Royal Applause (GB). (6,000gns RNA Wlg ‘16 TATDEF; £11,000 Ylg ‘17 GOFAUG; 10,000gns 2yo ‘18 TATOCT). O-Al Jasra Stud. $27,500. Margins: HF, 2, 1. Also Ran: Admiral Rous (Ire), Ours Puissant (Ire), Arabic Channel, Jacko (Ire), Concierge (Ire), Julius Limbani (Ire), Cloak and Dagger French King | twitter.com/Q_REC (Ire), Hadeer (Ire), Dark Pursuit (GB), Izzer (Ire). VIDEO Saturday’s Results: H.H. THE AMIR TROPHY PRESENTED BY LONGINES, $1,000,000, DUKHAN SPRINT (SPONSORED BY BREEDERS’ CUP) (NB), Al Rayyan, 2-23, 4yo/up, 2400mT, 2:26.12, fm. $250,000, Al Rayyan, 2-23, 3yo/up, 1200mT, 1:09.48, fm. 1--FRENCH KING (GB), 126, c, 4, French Fifteen (Fr)--Marina 1--ANIMA ROCK (FR), 128, c, 4, Shamalgan (Fr)--Carnet De Bal Piccola (Ire) (SW-Fr), by Halling. *1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (GB), by Kingsalsa. (€15,000 Ylg ‘16 OSASEP; €210,000 HRA (€50,000 Wlg ‘15 ARQDEC). O-H.H. Sheikh Abdullah Bin ‘17 ARQARC). O-Khalifa Bin Sheail KH J Al Kuwari; B-Mathieu Khalifa Al Thani; B-Umm Qarn Farms; T-Henri-Alex Pantall; Daguzan-Garros; T-Jassim Ghazali; J-Theo Bachelot; $142,500. J-Olivier Peslier; $570,000. Lifetime Record: MSP-Fr, 14-5-2-4, Lifetime Record: SP-Fr, 19-7-8-2, $365,078. $706,868. 2--Stone of Destiny (GB), 128, g, 4, Acclamation (GB)--Irishstone 2--Royal Julius (Ire), h, 6, Royal Applause (GB)--Hflah (Ire), by (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). (26,000gns Wlg ‘15 TATDEF; Dubawi (Ire). (25,000gns Wlg ‘13 TATDEF; €40,000 Ylg ‘14 70,000gns 2yo ‘17 TATMAY). O-King Power Racing Co Ltd. ARQAUG). O-Mme Jade Prescillia Angelini; B-Old Carhue Stud; $55,000. T-Jerome Reynier; $220,000. 3--Izzthatright (Ire), g, 7, Moss Vale (Ire)--Miss Adelaide (Ire), by 3--Hunting Horn (Ire), c, 4, Camelot (GB)--Mora Bai (Ire), by Alzao. (€4,000 Ylg ‘13 TISEP; £185,000 2yo ‘14 DONSEP). Indian Ridge (Ire). O-Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & O-Injaaz Stud. $27,500. Derrick Smith; B-Lynch-Bages & Rhinestone Bloodstock; Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, 2 3/4. T-Aidan O’Brien; $110,000. Also Ran: Cristofano Allori (Ire), Harry’s Dancer (Ire), Julio (Ger), Margins: 1HF, 1 1/4, 3/4. Darkanna (Ire), My Sharona (Ire). VIDEO Also Ran: The Blue Eye (GB), Es’hail, Raymond Tusk (Ire), Duke of Dundee (Fr), Noor Al Hawa (Fr), Pazeer (Fr), Alhazm (Fr), Giuseppe Garibaldi (Ire), Veranda (Fr), Heshem (Ire), Liam the Follow the TDN staff on Twitter Charmer. VIDEO Thoroughbred Daily News

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Sunday, Nakayama, Japan, post time: 3.45 p.m. NAKAYAMA KINEN-G2, ¥119,640,000 (£827,644/€953,308/$1,081,002), 4yo/up, 1800mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Win Bright (Jpn) Stay Gold (Jpn) Matsuoka Hatekeyama 126 2 Maltese Apogee (Jpn) Goshawk Ken (Jpn) Buchizawa Horii 123 3 Lucky Lilac (Jpn) Orfevre (Jpn) Ishibashi Matsunaga 117 4 Siberian Superb (Jpn) Siberian Hawk (Jpn) Tanaka Horii 123 5 Deirdre (Jpn) Harbinger (GB) Lemaire Hashida 119 6 Toruk Makto (Jpn) Admire Japan (Jpn) Ono Ozeki 123 7 Stelvio (Jpn) Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) Maruyama Kimura 126 8 Happy Grin (Jpn) Lohengrin (Jpn) Minarik Tanaka 121 9 Epoca d’Oro (Jpn) Orfevre (Jpn) Tosaki Fujiwara 126 10 Suave Richard (Jpn) Heart’s Cry (Jpn) Demuro Shono 128 11 Meiner Sage (Jpn) Harbinger (GB) Tsumura Shikato 123

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“They sent me six and unfortunately we lost one who had a ANTHONY FREEDMAN problem and couldn’t be saved. She (Lyre) is the only one we’ve run.” REAPS GROUP 1 REWARD Lyre is a daughter of Erato (Street Cry {Ire}), who is out of the G1 Thousand Guineas and G1 Queen of the Turf S. winner Mnemosyne (Encosta de Lago), and is a three-quarter sister to the G1 Stradbroke H. and G1 Kingsford-Smith Cup winner Impending. “She’s a home-bred and they have great systems in place,” Freedman said. “She came to us, as they all did, in beautiful condition and beautifully educated.” Lyre made her first appearance at Flemington on New Year’s Day finishing fifth and then won a maiden at Sale. She announced her arrival on the black type scene with victory in the G2 Blue Diamond Prelude ahead of Saturday’s success. “It was a matter of developing and improving her into this race,” Freedman said. “She really made that necessary improvement and that extra couple of lengths. Anthony Freedman and Luke Currie after winning the Blue Diamond “It’s more about not losing them backwards and she clearly didn’t go backwards and went on with it. “She was great and the ride worked out very well. She was By Paul Vettise probably a bit further back than I wanted, but as they say all’s Anthony Freedman credited the 2017 spring appointment of well that ends well.” Vin Cox as Darley’s Managing Director as instrumental in his Freedman’s son and right hand man Sam said there was a Flemington stable resuming their successful partnership with the sense of timing around Lyre’s Blue Diamond bid for glory. global thoroughbred powerhouse. “She’s been thriving and had some time down at Pinecliff and The Freedman family has enjoyed a lengthy and successful she was in great order.” association with the Godolphin racing arm of the international Lyre settled in back division of the field, but rider Luke Currie player and together on Saturday they celebrated G1 Ladbrokes was able to get an ideal tow into the race and the filly did the Blue Diamond S. success at Caulfield with Lyre (Lonhro). rest. “It goes back 10 or 15 years and we’ve had a lot of horses for “It was a great effort by my manager Travis Johnson to get me them,” Freedman said. “Then they went another way and we on,” he said. “He chased Anthony and Sam up for the ride. didn’t have horses for them for probably seven or eight years. “She jumped well and I knew there would be a lot of speed in “We’ve always remained very good friends. We kept talking the race. I didn’t want to bustle her and got a pair further back and when Vin came along he pushed for me to get some than I had hoped, but I had the horses around me to follow into yearlings and it’s worked out great.” the race. The Godolphin class of 2018 to arrive at the Freedman door “I was a bit concerned before the corner, but she picked up included Lyre and she couldn’t be faulted by the experienced and quickened really well once we’d cornered.” horseman. Lyre bagged the Blue Diamond by half a-length from Lindsay “They spoke to me about the middle of last year and said they Park’s Lankan Star (Nicconi) with the Chris Bieg-trained colt Free would be sending me some yearlings,” he said. “It was a bit out Of Debt (Unencumbered) a bold third. of the blue and I was thrilled to get them. We didn’t have huge “She was great and peaked on the day,” Lankan Star’s numbers at the time. co-trainer David Hayes said. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 6 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 FEBRUARY 2019

“That’s the trick with these 2-year-old races and she peaked on the day. She ran a personal best and another 50 metres she would nearly have won it. “I’d say we’d head to Sydney with her and hope the Blue Diamond form stays strong, I think it will.” Godolphin’s Athiri (Lonhro) finished fourth ahead of the late closers Brooklyn Hustle (Starspangledbanner) and Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible), who suffered an interrupted run in the straight.

Pedigree Notes A three-quarter sister to the two-time Group 1 winner Impending, Lyre is out of the Street Cry (Ire) mare Erato. She is a daughter of the former top race mare Mnemosyne (Encosta de Lago), a dual Group 1 winner during her time on the track, and also the dam of Impending’s stakes winning brother Forget. Lyre winning the Blue Diamond | Bronwen Healy

Saturday, Caulfield, Australia BLUE DIAMOND S.-G1, A$1,515,000, MRC, 2-23, 2yo, Open Set BOOKER TOO GOOD IN OAKLEIGH Weight, 1200mT, 1:09.39, Good. Booker (Written Tycoon) had a tough barrier draw to 1--LYRE, 54.5, f, 2, by Lonhro overcome, but the 4-year-old did it in some style for trainers 1st Dam: Erato, by Street Cry (IRE) Matt Ellerton and Mark Zahra. 2nd Dam: Mnemosyne, by Encosta de Lago Rider Dean Yendall gave the mare a fine ride and she rounded 3rd Dam: My Juliet, by Canny Lad (AUS) off willingly to beat the 3-year-old Encryption (Lonhro) with the 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Godolphin Australia Pty Ltd (Mgr: V G sparingly-raced Eduardo (Host {Arg}) a gallant third in his Cox); B-Godolphin Australia VIC; T-Anthony Freedman; J-L resuming run. Currie; A$915,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, A$1,074,400. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Pedigree Notes Rating: D. Booker is out of the Flying Spur mare Noondie and is a 2--Lankan Star, 54.5, f, 2, Nicconi--Clearwater Bay, by Stratum. half-sister to the stakes winner and Group performer Tranquility O-Monsoon Bay Pty Ltd (Mgr: J Rajakulendran); B-Monsoon (Redoute’s Choice). Bay Pty Ltd NSW; T-D & B Hayes & T Dabernig; J-D Oliver; Their dam Creartrix (Umatilla {NZ}) was successful at Listed A$270,000. level and she is a three-quarter sister to the two-time G1 Toorak 3--Free of Debt, 56.5, c, 2, Unencumbered--Stagerush, by H. winner Umrun with the G3 Danehill S. winner Tan Tat De Lago Giant's Causeway (USA). ($30,000 yrl ‘18 MGMMAR) O-Aquis (Encosta De Lago) also featuring on the pedigree page. Farm, Mrs S Bieg, S Sloan, A D Taylor, M D Pickering, P A Saturday, Caulfield, Australia Mauger, D G Reynolds, D J Champion, A J Gurry, W J Gurry, N I OAKLEIGH PLATE-G1, A$502,000, MRC, 2-23, Open Handicap, Dinning, J P Higgins, M Stewart, D Stewart, R Beens, M; 1100mT, 1:01.94, Good. B-Greta West Stud VIC; T-Chris Bieg; J-M J Walker; A$135,000. 1--BOOKER, 52.0, m, 4, by Written Tycoon Margins: 0.5 len, 0.9 len, 1.3 len. 1st Dam: Noondie, by Flying Spur Also Ran: Athiri, Brooklyn Hustle, Loving Gaby, I Am Immortal, 2nd Dam: Creatrix, by Umatilla (NZ) Vinicunca, Andrassy Avenue, Catch Me, Shotmaker, Hawker 3rd Dam: Rehearsed, by Century (AUS) Hurricane, Bella Rosa, Game Keeper. 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (A$230,000 Ylg 2016 WI Melbourne Click for the Racing Post result. Click for the free Arion.co.nz Premier Yearling Sale) O-B M Griffiths, Mrs M M Griffiths, N S catalogue-style pedigree. Psaltis, Mrs G C Psaltis, W H A Rigg, Mrs A M Rigg, A G Freebairn & Mrs E L Freebairn; B-Mr AG Freebairn; T-M Ellerton & S Zahra; J-D Yendall; A$302,000. Lifetime Record: 15-4-4-1, A$840,650. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 3 OF 6 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 FEBRUARY 2019

2--Encryption, 51.0, c, 3, Lonhro--Guelph, by Exceed and Excel. Saturday, Caulfield, Australia O-Godolphin Australia Syndicate (Mgr: Vin Cox); B-Darley FUTURITY S.-G1, A$502,000, MRC, 2-23, 3yo/up, Open Weight NSW; T-James Cummings; J-Craig Williams; A$90,000. For Age, 1400mT, 1:22.48, Good. 3--Eduardo, 52.0, g, 5, Host (CHI)--Blushing, by Fantastic Light 1--ALIZEE, 57.0, m, 4, by Sepoy (USA). O-N Cresci & Miss J Kaufmann; B-Miss J Kaufmann; 1st Dam: Essaouira, by Exceed and Excel T-Sarah Zschoke; J-B Park; A$45,000. 2nd Dam: Alizes (NZ), by Rory's Jester Margins: 0.8 len, 0.9 len, 1.9 len. 3rd Dam: La Baraka, by Euclase (AUS) Also Ran: Bons Away, Spright, Fell Swoop, Ellicazoom, Viddora, O-Godolphin; B-Darley NSW; T-James Cummings; J-J Bowman; Bel Sonic, Nature Strip, Usain Bowler, I'll Have a Bit, From A$302,000. Lifetime Record: 17-8-2-1, A$1,900,200. *1/2 to Within, Crown Witness, Steel Frost, Charge, Sensei, Fuhryk. Mogador (Lonhro), GSP-Aus, $288,600; Astern (Medaglia Click for the Racing Post result. Click for the free Arion.co.nz d’Oro), G1SW-Aus, $1,179,550; and Tassort (Brazen Beau), catalogue-style pedigree. GSP-Aus, $130,800. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. ANOTHER GROUP 1 FOR GODOLPHIN 2--Malaguerra, 59.0, g, 7, Magnus--Tennessee Morn, by Bletchingly. (A$32,000 Ylg 2013 WI Melbourne VOBIS Gold They call it "winning ugly" and while punters wouldn't want Yearling) O-B C Micalizzi; B-Sandown Lodge Stud Pty Ltd; the race run again, Godolphin will be thrilled Alizee (Sepoy) was T-Peter Gelagotis; J-B Melham; A$90,000. able to grind out a third career G1 with her fourth straight win. 3--Hartnell (GB), 59.0, g, 8, Authorized (Ire)--Debonnaire (GB) , The barrier had a tough look to it and jockey Hugh Bowman by Anabaa (USA) . O-Godolphin; B-Rabbah Bloodtock Limited; was never in a comfortable spot throughout the G1 contest at T-James Cummings; J-D Dunn; A$45,000. Caulfield, sitting three-wide no cover up the hill and then pushed even wider around the tricky turn. Alizee has already proven she is a fighter though and when it Margins: 0.5 len, 1.0 len, 1.1 len. came down to a dogfight with Malaguerra (Magnus) there was Also Ran: Land of Plenty, Manuel, Redkirk Warrior (GB), Brave only going to be one result. Smash (JPN), Le Romain, Material Man, Ringerdingding, Magic Flashing home for third from back in the field was Alizee's Consol. Click for the Racing Post result. Click for the free stablemate Hartnell (GB) (Authorized {Ire}) with a run that Arion.co.nz catalogue-style pedigree. augurs well should the veteran find a place in the All-Star Mile field on March 16.

Pedigree Notes Alizee is All-Star Mile bound and is from an all-star Darley family. The 4-year-old mare is a half-sister to 2016 G1 Golden Rose winner Astern (Medaglia d'Oro), who also won the G2 Silver Slipper in 2016. Not only is Alizee's dam Essaouira (Exceed And Excel) a proven, top-producing mare, her second, third and fourth dams were also high quality race mares. Alizee's grand dam Alizes (NZ) (Rory's Jester) won the 2004 G2 Magic Night Stakes, her third dam La Baraka (Euclase) won the 1998 G1 The Galaxy and her fourth dam is champion racemare Triscay (Marscay). Alizee winning the Futurity | Bronwen Healy Triscay was a G2 Silver Slipper winner herself that went on to capture five wins at top level including the G1 Champagne Stakes, G1 AJC Flight Stakes, G1 AJC Oaks, G1 Queensland Oaks MELODY BELLE DOES IT AGAIN and G1 VRC Australian Guineas. New Zealand’s top performer Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) enjoyed a good run and rider Opie Bosson said he was confident of victory 600 metres from home. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 4 OF 6 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 FEBRUARY 2019

They came wide into the straight searching for the better to brush off any rust he had during his spell. going and the mare pulled clear for her fourth Group 1 crown of The Autumn Sun took his place at the back of the field, biding the season. his time while watching the small field battle ahead of him while Wyndspelle (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}) has a noted dislike of he ran comfortably on the rail under Kerrin McEvoy. With the rain-affected ground so his performance for second was full of field turning into the straight and Rancho Notorious (High merit and Consensus (NZ) (Postponed {USA}) boxed on well for Chaparral {Ire}) sticking to him like glue, The Autumn Sun swung third after making all in front. wide to make his run. There were some tense times when he still had work to do at Pedigree Notes the 300 metre mark but with 200 metres to go he had switched Melody Belle is the only foal to race for Meleka Belle (NZ) fully into gear and the chase was on. He didn’t take the lead (Iffraaj {GB}), who is a half-sister to the winners and Group 1 until well inside the 50 metre mark but he was able to beat performers Tsarina Belle (NZ) (Stravinsky {USA}) and Desert Rain Vegadaze (Lope De Vega {IRE}) by a half-length. (NZ) (Honor Grades {USA}). Bondi (Snitzel) added yet another stakes placing to his resume It is a family breeder Marie Leicester has enjoyed numerous when finishing in third. black type success with and includes the G1 Golden Slipper winners Belle Du Jour (Dehere {USA}) and Dance Hero Pedigree Notes (Danzero). Offered by Arrowfield Stud at the 2017 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, The Autumn Sun was purchased by Hermitage Saturday, Otaki, New Zealand Thoroughbreds and Chris Waller Racing for $700,000, $50,000 WFA S.-G1, NZ$200,000, Otaki Maori RC, 2-23, Open WFA, more than his full brother had brought at the same sale the year 1600mT, 1:36.27, Slow. before. 1--MELODY BELLE, 57.0, m, 4, by Commands (AUS) His dam Azmiyna (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is a half-sister to 1st Dam: Meleka Belle, by Iffraaj (GB) champion Azamour (Ire) (Night Shift {Fr}) and her Listed winning 2nd Dam: Empress Belle, by Sir Tristram (IRE) dam is a half-sister to the Group 1 winner Astarabad (USA) 3rd Dam: Imperial Belle, by Sovereign Edition (IRE) (Alleged {USA}). (NZ$57,500 Ylg 2016 NZB National Yearling Sale) O-Fortuna Azmiyna has a 2-year-old Snitzel three-quarter sister to this Melody Belle Syndicate (Mgr: John Galvin); B-Mrs N M colt who was sold for $1.3 million at last year’s Inglis Easter sale Leicester, Auckland, NZ; T-J W Richards; J-O P Bosson; for $1.3 million to Chris Waller Racing and Guy Mulcaster, a NZ$125,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo-NZ, 19-10-0-3, three-quarters Not a Single Doubt yearling colt catalogued at A$1,421,466. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 369 at this year’s Easter Sale, and a 2018 colt by Snitzel. She will Werk Nick Rating: A. be mated to Deep Impact on Northern Hemisphere time this 2--Wyndspelle, 59.0, h , 5, Iffraaj (GB)--Western Star, by High year before returning to Europe. Chaparral (IRE). (NZ$75,000 Ylg 2015 NZB National Yearling Sale) O-J Frew, S Hanna, Jen Campin Bloodstock Ltd & N P Saturday, Rosehill, Australia Randles; B-Mrs S D Hart, Auckland, NZ; T-J Benner & H HOBARTVILLE S.-G2, A$389,000, ATC, 2-23, 3yo, Open Set Wynyard; J-D G Bradley; NZ$40,000. Weight, 1400mT, 1:24.64, Soft. 3--Consensus, 57.0, m, 7, Postponed (USA)--Kate Cross, by Cape 1--THE AUTUMN SUN, 56.5, c, 3, by Redoute's Choice Cross (IRE). O-Mrs T Gibbens, S Lamond, Mrs D P & M D J 1st Dam: Azmiyna (IRE), by Galileo (IRE) Molloy, Dame Julie Christie & Est Late M C Molloy; B-M2 2nd Dam: Asmara (USA), by Lear Fan (USA) Racing Limited; T-S J McKee; J-C W Johnson; NZ$20,000. 3rd Dam: Anaza (IRE), by Darshaan (GB) Margins: 1.8 len, 2.3 len, 2.4 len. (A$700,000 Ylg 2017 WI Sydney Easter Yearling Sale) Also Ran: More Wonder, Bostonian, Shadows Cast, Supera, O-Hermitage (Mgr: O A Koolman); B-Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd Volpe Veloce (AUS) , Boots 'n' All, Ladies First, Von Tunzelman, NSW; T-C J Waller; J-K Mc Evoy; A$229,600. Lifetime Record: Flamingo, Endless Drama (IRE), Choice Attitude. MG1SW-Aus, 7-6-0-1, A$2,551,121. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the free Arion.co.nz catalogue-style pedigree. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Vegadaze, 56.5, g, 3, Lope de Vega (IRE)--Rainy Daze, by THE AUTUMN SUN RETURNS IN STYLE Commands. O-R D Spratt & Mrs K J Spratt; B-Mr GT Edwards NSW; T-A J Cummings; J-Tim Clark; A$75,200. The perfect starting point for The Autumn Sun’s (Redoute’s 3--Bondi, 56.5, c, 3, Snitzel--Bondi Blonde, by Red Ransom Choice) autumn campaign, this served as a good spot for the colt TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 5 OF 6 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 FEBRUARY 2019

(USA). O-Newgate S F (Mgr: G D Murphy), China Horse Club Race favourite Tassort (Brazen Beau) lost the race at the start, Racing Pty Ltd (Mgr: A K Teo), Horse Ventures (Mgr: M B the length or two he lost crucial as he was forced to use Sandblom), Winstar Farm Llc (Mgr: J Mullikin) & Strawberry precious energy mid-race, but his effort to chase hard into Hill Stud (Mgr: J; B-Strawberry Hill Stud NSW; T-P & P second ensured he retained pre-post favouritism for Slipper. Snowden; J-B Shinn; A$36,600. Debutant Born A Warrior (I Am Invincible) was also slow away Margins: 0.4 len, 2.2 len, 4.7 len. Also Ran: Purple Sector (NZ) , but moved through his gears to run home for fourth. Rancho Notorious, Paquirri. Click for the Racing Post result. Click for the free Arion.co.nz Pedigree Notes catalogue-style pedigree. Time To Reign cost $325,000 at the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale out of the Yarraman Park draft. TIME TO REIGN DEFEATS STRONG FIELD Time To Reign is the third foal of city winner Courgette (Charge Time To Reign (Time For War) showed dramatically improved Forward), who was a $25,000 Inglis Premier Yearling but has had race craft as he bounced back into form with a comprehensive her page bolstered by updates in recent times. win that took his record to three wins from four starts and put Courgette is a daughter of unraced mare Our Farm Girl his G1 Golden Slipper campaign back on track. (Marscay), who is a sister to Listed Gimcrack Stakes winner Cardiff (Snitzel) burst to the front at the start but Time To Millie and half-sister to L. Winter Cup winner Touch Of Sun Reign's jockey Jason Collet kept a cool head, and Time To Reign (Snippets). kept his head too, settling into a midfield stalking position on the Courgette has a yearling filly from the second and final of Time outside of horses. For War's crops for sale as Lot 412 in the Yarraman Park draft at When Collet said "Go", Time To Reign let down with a tidy turn the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale and was covered by I of foot to comfortably put what looked a classy field to the Am Invincible during the spring late last year. sword.

The Autumn Sun (Redoute's Choice) and Kerrin McEvoy winning the G2 Hobartville S. at Rosehill. | Bronwen Healy TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 6 OF 6 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 24 FEBRUARY 2019

Saturday, Rosehill, Australia SILVER SLIPPER S.-G2, A$236,500, ATC, 2-23, 2yo, Open Set Weight, 1100mT, 1:04.38, Soft. 1--TIME TO REIGN, 56.5, c, 2, by Time for War 1st Dam: Courgette, by Charge Forward 2nd Dam : Our Farm Girl, by Marscay 3rd Dam: Sunshine Sally, by Cheraw (IRE) 1ST STAKES WIN. O-M Holland, J Allison, Mrs K Allison, G Bachell, Miss C Ewe, D Grant, D Healey, Mrs S Healey, R Wallace, C Holt, Grant Bloodstock, Whitby Bloodstock, Werrett Bloodstock, Glenlogan P; B-Mr G Bachell NSW; T-G Portelli; J-J R Collett; A$142,250. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, A$309,950. *1/2 to She Will Reign (Manhattan Rain), MG1SW-Aus, $3,206,900. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Tassort, 56.5, c, 2, Brazen Beau--Essaouira, by Exceed and Excel. O-Godolphin; B-Godolphin Australia NSW; T-James Cummings; J-J B Mc Donald; A$46,800. 3--Born a Warrior, 56.5, c, 2, I Am Invincible--Soorena, by Encosta de Lago. (A$1,400,000 Ylg 2018 WI Easter Yearling Sale) O-R & C Legh Racing (Mgr: R & C Legh), Gilgai Farm (Mgr: R Jamieson), Gall B'stock (Mgrs: R & B Gall), Encompass B'stock (Mgr: S McCann), Werrett B'stock (Mgr: N Werrett), C & Mrs J ; B-Gilgai Farm VIC; T-M, W & J Hawkes; J-Tommy Berry; A$22,700. Margins: 2.3 len, 5.6 len, 6.2 len. Also Ran: McLaren, Cardiff, Faretti, Chicago Bull. Click for the Racing Post result. Click for the free Arion.co.nz catalogue-style pedigree.

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