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IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES GROW by Earle Mack DEAD AT 13 In the wake of the death of 22 at Santa Anita, Belinda Stronach and The Stronach Group have taken the bold action to ban race-day Lasix, including more stringent regulations on painkillers and more transparency in veterinary records. I believe these reforms, implemented correctly, will substantially enhance the sport=s integrity, and by extension the very future of . For the past 50 years, as an owner, breeder, administrator and operator, the use of Lasix has been one of the most controversial and complex topics that has faced the sport of racing. These reforms have been proposed before and are under attack again today. In the history of racing, many advocates of reform have been laid to rest in a veritable "Flanders Fields" of heroes. Cont. p10 Pioneerof the Nile | WinStar photo IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Multiple Grade I winner and star stallion Pioneerof the Nile (--Star of Goshen, by Lord At War {Arg}), perhaps STAKEHOLDERS POSITIVE AHEAD OF BREEZE-UPS best known for siring 2015 Triple Crown winner American Kelsey Riley speaks with industry stakeholders regarding the upcoming European breeze-up sales season. Pharoah, has died suddenly at the age of 13, WinStar Farm Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. announced. According to the farm, Pioneerof the Nile bred a mare Monday morning and started acting uncomfortable once he was back in his stall. He was en route to the clinic when he died. AWe are all extremely saddened by the loss of Pioneerof the Nile,@ said WinStar Farm=s Elliott Walden. AHe was a superior physical specimen, a Triple Crown sire, and a unique personality. All of us at WinStar are heartbroken.@ Bred and owned by Zayat Stables during his racing career, Pioneerof the Nile won both the 2008 GI CashCall Futurity and 2009 GI and was runner-up in the GI later that spring. He entered stud at Vinery in 2010 and spent three years there before transferring to WinStar in 2013. He was a perennially among the leading sires and was represented by Eclipse 2-Year-Old champion in 2016. made his first foray into horse racing in 2005 and Pioneerof the Nile was at the forefront of his family=s breeding operation. It was that year that Zayat purchased his first broodmare, Star of Goshen, carrying the future Grade I winner. Cont. p3

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Pioneerof the Nile Dead at 13 (cont. from p1) AI=m stunned and hurting from this news,@ Justin Zayat tweeted. AIt=s hard to even put into words what Pioneerof the Ahmed Zayat took to Monday to express his grief at Nile meant to me and to my family. He was the first horse we the passing of his first homebred. ever bred, who then became a stallion himself siring our Triple AI=m incredibly shocked and saddened by the sudden loss of Crown champ . Pioneerof the Nile had true my Pioneer of the Nile,@ Zayat world-class intelligence, tweeted. AHe was not only my athleticism and personality. Thank first homebred he was one of you for all the victories, my GREATEST. He was the memories, and game-changing proud father of American success you created for me, my Pharoah and a true sire of family, and for the lives of sires. Pioneerof the Nile will be everyone you touched.@ greatly missed by all of us here Pioneerof the Nile gave his first at Zayat Stables and by all of hint of talent on the racetrack the racing and breeding world. with a third-place finish in the Thank you to for 2008 GI Lane=s End Breeders= training him, thank you to Futurity at . Fifth WinStar Farm for standing him behind in the and caring for him these last GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile, he years. He is gone way too soon, concluded his juvenile campaign but never to be forgotten. It American Pharoah ends Triple Crown drought with a win in the CashCall truly does take a Pioneer.@ with win | Sarah Andrew Futurity. Zayat=s son Justin echoed his father=s sentiments. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 19, 2019

Pioneerof the Nile proved he was Triple Crown material when opening 2009 with three straight wins on the West Coast, taking the GII Robert B. Lewis S. and GII San Felipe S. before heading to Louisville with a one-length victory in the Santa Anita Derby. The dark bay looked like a likely winner at the head of the Churchill stretch on the first Saturday in May, but was passed late by longshot . Pioneerof the Nile was eased in the GI Preakness S. and was retired that July with a soft tissue injury to his left front leg.

Pioneerof the Nile began his stud career at Vinery in 2010 before moving to WinStar in 2013. His initial stud fee at WinStar was $15,000. By 2019, with the stallion already represented by four champions and 11 graded stakes winners, it had soared to $110,000. In addition to American Pharoah and Classic Empire, Pioneerof the Nile was also represented on the track by 2016 GI Shoemaker Mile S. winner Midnight Storm and 2014 GII Holy Bull S. winner Prince. His progeny have grossed over $35 million to date. AHe was nothing short of perfect,@ said Tom Ryan of S.F. Bloodstock, a committed shareholder in the stallion. AA brilliant racehorse, a generational influence, and a cool customer. He started at the bottom and leaves an indelible mark on our industry. My heart goes out to [WinStar stallion manager] Larry [McGinnis] and his team who cared for Pioneerof the Nile every day at WinStar Farm.@ In the sales ring, Pioneerof the Nile was represented by three million-dollar sales in 2018. His weanling daughter out of Stopchargingmaria (Tale of the Cat) sold for $1.9 million to Mandy Pope=s Whisper Hill Farm at last year=s Fasig-Tipton November sale. Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 19, 2019

A colt out of Pomeroy=s Pistol (Pomeroy) brought $1 million from Albaugh Family and Spendthrift at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale and a filly out of Graeme Six (Graeme Hall) sold for $1.05 million to bloodstock agent Shawn Dugan at the same auction. During last week=s OBS March sale, Larry Best=s OXO Equine purchased colt by the sire out of Golden Artemis (Malibu Moon) for $1.2 million. Pioneerof the Nile also was represented by seven-figure juveniles at the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Florida sale and at the 2017 OBS March sale.

Pioneerof the Nile colt sells for $1.2 million at OBS | Photos by Z Pioneerof the Nile=s young graded-stakes winning sons have already made an impact in the sales ring. Triple Crown winner American Pharoah was represented by five seven-figure sales from his first crop at the yearling auctions last fall and he also had a weanling filly and a short yearling colt bring $1 million last winter. He towered over his fellow first-crop sires, with 67 yearlings selling for an average of $467,307 and he was the third overall leading sire at the Keeneland September sale.

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The first crop of multiple graded stakes winner Cairo Prince was also popular in the sales ring. Led by a colt selling for $900,000 at the 2017 Keeneland September sale, Cairo Prince was the year=s second-leading first crop sire of yearlings. From his first 2-year-olds to hit the track, Cairo Prince was represented by graded stakes winner Cairo Cat, stakes winners Mihos, Giza Goddess, and Marquee Prince, as well as graded placed Pakhet.

Cairo Prince | EquiSport Photos

PIONEEROF THE NILE Grade I Winners American Pharoah - Horse of the Year, Ch. 2yo & 3yo, Winner of GI Kentucky Derby, GI Preakness S., GI Belmont S., GI Breeders= Cup Classic, GI Haskell Invitational, GI , GI , GI FrontRunner S. Classic Empire - Ch. 2yo Colt. Winner of GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile, GI Arkansas Derby, GI Claiborne Breeders= Futurity Midnight Storm - Winner of GI Shoemaker Mile S. Grade II Winners Cairo Prince - Winner of GII Holy Bull S., GII Nashua S. Jojo Warrior - Winner of GII Positive Spirit - Winner of GII Demoiselle S. Grade III Winners Insta Erma, Cash Control, Vinceremos, Levante Lion, Dark Nile TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 19, 2019

SONS ELIGIBLE TO PROLONG NILE'S FERTILE FLOW by Chris McGrath The pharaohs had their pyramids. The Thoroughbred kings, even one cut down as prematurely as Pioneerof The Nile (Empire Maker), instead secure their immortality in the pages of the Stud Book. And if paper seems more vulnerable than stone to the passage of the years, it certifies a far more vital legacy. Moreover the tragic precedent of the horse who sired the 21st Century=s other Triple Crown winner should reprove any attempt, so soon, at a definitive assessment of Pioneerof The Nile. The true scale of Scat Daddy=s loss only became apparent after he, too, dropped dead out of the blue. If that process has since culminated in Justify, then how bitter now to reflect that a graduate of Pioneerof The Nile=s second crop, in slaking a 37-year thirst for a Triple Crown winner, had appeared as sensational a kick-start as any young stallion had enjoyed in a generation.

American Pharoah | Horsephotos But at least Pioneerof The Nile made hay while the sun shone. Bold Reasoning had not yet had a runner when he died, leaving all his eggs crammed into the basket of Seattle Slew. Luckily, A.P. Indy then came along to salvage the Bold Ruler line. In the case of Pioneerof The Nile, not only is the sire-line in flourishing health; even as it stands, at just 13, he has given himself every chance of establishing a lasting branch of his own. For while American Pharoah will expect the family attorney to read out his name first, when it comes to the reading of the will, he cannot be complacent. Perhaps Cairo Prince, backing up that explosive sales debut with a solid start on the track, will ultimately prove able to reassert the principle of male primogeniture. (He was the pick of Pioneerof The Nile=s first crop.) TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 19, 2019

Then there is Classic Empire, whose advent--as his second champion juvenile in four crops--did so much to stifle mutterings that Pioneerof The Nile might be a one-trick pony. These had reflected the fact that their sire had only one other North American graded stakes winner during American Pharoah's sophomore campaign. In fairness, that was Midnight Storm who himself proceeded to earn a very legitimate place at stud. All these rival claims to the succession, admittedly, are being staked away from the patriarch=s farm. Pioneerof The Nile was the only six-figure cover among 22 stallions crowded onto WinStar=s roster. Of the four standing at $50,000 or higher, Distorted Humor (Forty Niner) is 26; Tiznow (Cee's Tizzy) and More Than Ready (Southern Halo) are 22; and Speightstown (Gone West) is 21.

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The farm does have a bunch of promising young sires, several supported with big books, and maybe one or two will break through to improve the balance. Moreover the WinStar silks are again associated with emerging talent on the track, and you can only keep all those cogs moving together if you take a pragmatic view about, for instance, the decision to cash in Justify to Coolmore. That was an avowed wrench, however, and one that will perhaps compound the grief now being experienced among the WinStar team. But who knows? The upgrade in his books following American Pharoah, who was conceived at just $17,500, may yet produce further competition for Pioneerof The Nile=s legacy. Only last week one of his sons realized $1.2 million at OBS, while his weanlings last year averaged over $600,000. And there would be something nicely symmetrical about bookending his career with another champion or two. He was, after all, bred from the very first broodmare bought by Zayat Stables. Star Of Goshen (Lord At War {Arg}) herself only died a few weeks ago, aged 24.

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She had been sought out by Ahmed Zayat after her son genes of his mother Toussaud. Forefathers (Gone West) had been Grade II-placed in his silks, American Pharoah took his sire-line=s record in the Kentucky and was purchased carrying a foal by Empire Maker (). Derby to 1-2-2-1, famously redressing his sire=s contribution to a That, of course, turned out to be Pioneerof The Nile. sequence of three seconds in four runnings for the Zayats. Star Of Goshen=s genetic contribution should not be neglected. Admittedly Pioneerof The Nile broke his maiden on turf at She was by a splendid and underrated influence, not least as a Saratoga and won two synthetic Grade Is as a juvenile, so may broodmare sire--in which capacity Lord At War also gave us GI yet diversify his legacy. But his size and length and immense Breeders' Cup Classic winner Raven's Pass (Elusive Quality) and timber were ideally adapted to two turns of dirt. GI Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem (Our Emblem). And she How very sad, that those great bones should have to be laid to was a wildly talented runner herself, storming home by 11 rest already. But there is no need for the kind of embalmment lengths in the La Troienne S.--incidentally beating a subsequent that consoled the pharaohs, for the name of Pioneerof The Nile Grade I winner in Hennessy ()'s half-sister Pearl City to endure on the Turf--not just in our grateful memories, but in (Carson City)--before sadly derailing. the deeds of his sons; and soon, with luck, those of his But it will doubtless be as a conduit for her son's sire-line that grandsons. people will continue to seek Athe source of the Nile.@ Curiously, it has been cursed by wretched longevity. Fappiano died at 13, Unbridled at 14. Happily Empire Maker himself continues to ply his trade at 19, having been young enough to be repatriated CAN’T WAIT TO GET YOUR after his grandson (by a graduate of only his second crop) won the Triple Crown. TDN BREAKING NEWS AND Both by their own deeds and those of their stock, this has become much the most Classic-flavored of Mr. Prospector lines, RACE RESULTS? Click Here to sign up for TDN Alerts and is founded in a Nerud family seeded by epochal influences. Empire Maker, moreover, brought into play the extraordinary TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 19, 2019

Now along comes the new chair of The Stronach Group, Belinda Stronach, relative newcomer to the everyday ins and In Flanders Fields the Poppies Grow outs of the complex issues of racing, who courageously makes the decision--after the horrible deaths of 22 Thoroughbreds at (cont. from p1) Santa Anita--to ban all race-day medications at the track, First, there was the great Dinny Phipps. When Mr. Phipps took including one of the most controversial parts of the proposed over The Jockey Club in 1982, he made restoring and preserving "Horse Racing Integrity Act"--to ban race-day Lasix--a the integrity of racing his top priority. He advocated the banning courageous act which has set the grounds for great concern of Lasix and all race-day medications. Under Dinny's strong ride, amongst many Thoroughbred owners and trainers in America. The Jockey Club was a vocal leader on all of these issues Let's hope this bold act, which some have falsely criticized as advancing uniformity in drug medication which have sadly nothing more than a gratuitous gesture to save face for the remained without resolution amongst state racing jurisdictions track after the breakdowns at Santa Anita, will win the day and for decades. set an example! Belinda has the power as an operator of many A second hero was former Chairman of the New York Racing prime American racetracks to make this happen. For this and Wagering Board, Richard Corbisiero. For part of the 1980s initiative to succeed, Ms. Stronach must stick to her guns and and '90s, New York, under Corbisiero's leadership, was one of initiate these reforms at all Stronach racetracks with common the few states that prohibited the use of Lasix. The use of Lasix sense guidance. This will be the telling test for the end of the would be thrust into the spotlight, when horses who raced in Lasix era in race-day medication. the Kentucky Derby and Preakness went to the Belmont S. The I commend Belinda Stronach--following in the footsteps of her great Alysheba had Lasix as he won the first two legs of the 1987 father, Frank--and The Stronach Group for its courage and hope Triple Crown, but couldn't use it in the Belmont Stakes and lost. through their leadership that all race day medication, including That hero fell when NYRA started losing money from handle as Lasix, will be eliminated once and for all and level the playing its field sizes dwindled badly and race-day Lasix was reinstated field. Please don't let Belinda be laid to rest with our past heroes in New York. in Flanders Fields. Nota bene all racetrack operators: "The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die. We shall not sleep, though poppies grow. In Flanders fields."

Earle Mack is the former U.S. Ambassador to Finland, current member of The Jockey Club, former Chairman of the New York State Racing Commission, and was the advisor to two New York State governors on matters pertaining to racing.

HAVE A NEW FOAL? Click here to submit your Foaling News for Stakes Winning and/or Stakes Producing Mares The late Dinny Phipps | Horsephotos for publication in the TDN. Most recently, the "Horse Racing Integrity Act." Sponsored by representatives Paul Tonko and Andy Barr, co-chairs of the Congressional Horse Caucus, reintroduced H.R. 1754: the © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any "Horseracing Integrity Act," would establish a uniform national means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission medication program, bringing the United States in line with of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the international standards. The bill is championed by The Jockey American races, race results and earnings was obtained from Club and many other fine advocates. For four years this bill has results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services been stalled in Congress, longing to be passed. Most say its and utilized here with their permission. chances of passage this year are slim. Why? TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 11 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 19, 2019

IFHA CHAIRMAN ROMANET ADVOCATES JUSTIFY HALF-SISTER RETIRED FOR WIDESPREAD MEDICATION REFORM Egyptian Storm (Pioneerof the Nile--Stage Magic, by Ghostzapper), a half-sister to Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) Daddy), has been retired from racing. The 3-year-old filly will chairman Louis Romanet issued the following statement in visit Quality Road and owners Robert S. Evans and West Point response to recent race-day medication reforms in California: Thoroughbreds expect to offer her at public auction at one of The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA), the Kentucky breeding stock sales in November. composed of racing authorities and race organizers from all Egyptian Storm finished fifth over the Tampa Bay Downs turf major racing jurisdictions across more than 50 countries, has as Feb. 20 in her lone start. She came out of the race with a splint its core missions to protect the safety of horses and riders and injury that would have sidelined her until summer. to ensure the integrity of our sport. An unwavering anti-doping Evans and West Point purchased the filly for $230,000 at the policy in both training and during competition is of the utmost 2017 Keeneland September sale, four months before Justify importance to safeguarding the welfare of racehorses and the made his career debut. fairness of racing. She is also a half-sister to graded stakes winner The Lieutenant I am in complete support of the actions and decisions made by (Street Sense). The Stronach Group to bring its medication policies in line with Street Magic=s now 2-year-old One More City (Will Take international standards, notably those outlined in Article 6 of Charge) RNA=d for $1.75 million at last year=s Keeneland the IFHA=s International Agreement on Breeding, Racing, and September sale. The mare produced a colt by Pioneerof the Nile Wagering (IABRW). Article 6 of the IABRW, drafted with input by in 2018 and was bred back to Quality Road. racing regulators, veterinarians, chemists, and administrators from around the world, has served as the basis for medication regulation, enforcement, and testing for racing authorities such as the British Horseracing Authority, France Galop, the Hong Kong Jockey Club, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, Japan Racing Association, Racing Australia, among others.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: TUESDAY, MARCH 19 IN JAPAN: Atreides (Medaglia d'Oro), Hill 'n' Dale Farms, $6,500 San Jose Tesoro, c, 3, The Factor--Cabaret Starlet, by Tale of the 102 foals of racing age/13 winners/2 black-type winners Cat. Chukyo, 3-16, Novice Race, 7fT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, 1-Mahoning Valley, Msw 5 1/2f, FETCHING GOLD, 5-2 $44,643. O-Kenji Ryotokuji Holdings; B-Sheltowee Farm, WMK $1,500 FTK OCT yrl Racing LLC, Patricia Pavlish, Joe Miller, et al (KY); T-Hiroyasu

Tanaka. *$30,000 Ylg ‘17 KEEJAN; $100,000 2yo ‘18 OBSAPR. Moro Tap (Tapit), Double Infinity Ranch, $2,500 Kaminoko, c, 4, Roman Ruler--Star Mullein, by Woodman. 50 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners Hanshin, 3-16, Plate Race, 7f. Lifetime Record: 21-2-2-4, 6-Sam Houston Race, Aoc 5 1/2f, MORO CHARLIE, 8-1 $256,250. O-Shigeo Kadono; B-Winchester Farm (KY); $6,700 RNA TTA MIX yrl T-Hideyuki Mori. *1/2 to Dance of Salome (Jpn) (Biwa

Takehide {Jpn}), SP-Jpn, $704,956. **“He got lucky with an Mosquito (Yes It's True) outside draw,” said winning jockey Futoshi Komaki. 3 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 6-Sam Houston Race, Aoc 5 1/2f, FOOLISH STEVE, 10-1

Vertiformer (Dynaformer), Poplar Creek Horse Center, $2,000 14 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners 5-Mahoning Valley, Msw 6f, MY PEGGY LOU, 20-1 $1,500 PED OH yrl

Weekend Wildcat (Lion Heart) 5 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 1-Mahoning Valley, Msw 5 1/2f, BABESWILDWEEKEND, 3-1

IN JAPAN: Lady Madonna (Jpn), f, 3, Distorted Humor-- Dreamwriter, by Tale of the Cat. Hanshin, 3-16, Novice Race, 9f. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-1, $44,643. O/B-Grand Farm (Jpn); T-Katsuhiko Sumii. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 2 OF 2 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 19, 2019

ALLOWANCE RESULTS: EL PADRINO, Isabella Smile, f, 3, o/o Smilestone, by Mizzen 9th-Parx Racing, $39,500, (S), 3-18, (C), 3yo, f, 6f, 1:13.71, ft. Mast. ALW, 3-18, Parx Racing ISABELLA SMILE (f, 3, El Padrino--Smilestone, by Mizzen Mast) GRAYDAR, Arazi Like Move, g, 4, o/o Bares Tripper, by Sky Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $53,000. O/B-Joseph E. Besecker (PA); Mesa. ALW, 3-18, Mahoning Valley T-Scott A. Lake. *$14,000 RNA Ylg '17 EASOCT. MUCH THE BEST, Sword of Roheryn, g, 3, o/o Esme, by Sultry Song. ALW, 3-18, Mahoning Valley 3rd-Mahoning Valley, $31,300, (S), 3-18, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 6f, QUINTON'S GOLD, Hold Me Only, g, 3, o/o Lucky Woman, by 1:14.35, ft. Hadif. MSW, 3-17, Sunland SWORD OF ROHERYN (g, 3, Much the Best--Esme, by Sultry Song) Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-2, $48,676. O-Elias Del Val; B-Trisha Belle Shepherd (OH); T-Robin Schuster.

4th-Mahoning Valley, $23,500, 3-18, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 1m, 1:41.29, ft. ARAZI LIKE MOVE (g, 4, Graydar--Bares Tripper {SW, $135,240}, by Sky Mesa) Lifetime Record: SP, 15-2-5-3, $71,075. O-Ron Paolucci Racing, LLC; B-Town & Country Horse Farms, LLC (KY); T-Jeffrey A. Radosevich. *$42,000 RNA Ylg '16 KEESEP; $35,000 2yo '17 OBSMAR.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Hold Me Only, g, 3, Quinton's Gold--Lucky Woman, by Hadif. Sunland, 3-17, (S), 5f, :57.75. B-Derrick Weldon Jenkins (NM).

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ACLAIM TO SHUTTLE TO AQUIS FARM STAKEHOLDERS OPTIMISTIC G1SW Aclaim (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}--Aris {Ire}, by Danroad AHEAD OF BREEZE-UPS {Aus}), who is standing his second season at the National Stud, will shuttle to Aquis Farm in Queensland for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season after a partnership deal was struck with Phoenix Thoroughbreds, Aquis Farm announced early Tuesday. The G1 Prix de la Foret hero will stand for A$13,750 (including GST). Trained by Martyn Meade and raced by Canning Downs and Partner, he also saluted in the G2 Challenge S. and G2 Park S. and was second in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest. The son of the SP Aris (Ire) (Danroad {Aus}), herself a half-sister to MG1SW Again (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), retired with seven wins in 15 starts and earnings of $595,666. Phoenix Thoroughbreds purchased a 50% stake in Aclaim in November of 2017 and his first foals are arriving now.

A Swiss Spirit colt breezes in the rain at Ascot last year | racingfotos.com IN TDN AMERICA TODAY By Kelsey Riley PIONEEROF THE NILE DEAD AT 13 The first juvenile contest of the year occurred at Saint-Cloud MGISW Pioneerof the Nile (Empire Maker), sire of 2015 Triple on Mar. 17 and more are on the horizon, signaling that the >flat Crown winner American Pharoah, died suddenly as a 13-year-old season= is getting back into gear. Perhaps the greatest sign that on Monday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. spring is well and truly upon us, however, are the imminent breeze-up sales, and with the February breeding stock sales effectively counting as an extension of the November and December sales, the breeze-ups will provide an early look at what the bloodstock market looks like in 2019. Not that we should expect any great revelations; the breeze- ups will serve as a reaction to what happened in the market overall last year, as we learned all too well 12 months ago. The complete bottoming out of the middle and lower markets in 2018 was the result of the supply of horsesBa response to general overproduction--far exceeding demand. After a few years of thriving business, most of the breeze-up sales increased their catalogue sizes in 2018. The sales companies learned the hard way that there was simply no market for a significant slice of the horses, and clearance rates plunged. But, the beauty of trying something is that we can learn from it, and the three breeze-up catalogues that have thus far been releasedBTattersalls Ireland Ascot, Goffs UK and Tattersalls CravenBhave numbers back in line with 2017 figures. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 19 MARCH 2019

Stakeholders Optimistic Ahead of Breeze-Ups Cont. from p1 back to where Ascot sits well. The numbers are enough to bring people to the venue, but not too many that vendors should feel Bonus incentives have also been added for both Ascot and that we=ve oversupplied it. We have a good dateBwe=re not Craven. compromised by any significant dates on the calendar. We=re The 2019 breeze-up season begins like it did last year, with the the earliest breeze-up by a couple weeks and we get first crack Tattersalls Ireland Ascot sale on Apr. 3. Richard Pugh, Tattersalls at it with a nice number. Ireland=s director of horses in training sales, admitted that the AThere are an awful lot of things in our favour this year. I=m jump from 99 catalogued to 146 last year was a major surprisingly hopeful from where I was last year; we were all a contributor to the fact that just half the horses through the ring little downbeat about breeze-ups but I=m very hopeful we can were sold, but he pointed out that it was a perfect storm of have a nice sale and keep consolidation the focus at Ascot.@ unfortunate events that led to the dismal trade. It seems that consolidation has also been a focus among ATrade wasn=t exceptional in any event, but running alongside vendors. that we were, as luck would have it, in the middle of Easter AThe consignors have bought fewer [yearlings] in generalBnot week,@ Pugh said. AThere was another breeze-up sale [Goffs UK] all, but in general, us included,@ said John Cullinan of Horse Park two working days after our sale, and there was weather the likes Stud. AWe=ve dropped from 24 or 25 down to 16 or so, so we=re of which Noah would have had to build an Ark for. The size of going to fewer sales and we have fewer of them. our catalogue had grown and ASo far the catalogues I=ve as we know now demand seen, there=s been a tightening hadn=t grown with it. up of numbers taken in by the AAs we left last year we were sales companies. That aware of a number of factors tightening up needed to we could implement to ensure happen; I hope it has the it wouldn=t happen a second desired effect when we get to time,@ he added. ASome of the sales.@ them were within our control Con Marnane, who operates and some weren=t; I said to our under Bansha House Stables, is team with regards to the in the same boat. AWe=re down weather it might be as bad, but a little bit on numbers but it absolutely couldn=t be we=ve gone up on quality. We worse.@ didn=t buy horses just for the In a new incentive, the 90 sake of buying horses; we juveniles catalogued for Ascot Breeze-up consignors Norman Williamson and bought horses that we thought next week are in line to take Con Marnane | Tattersalls Ireland were going to be good, tough, home a ,100,000 bonus should they be able to win at Royal hardy racehorses. That was in our heads the whole time. I=m Ascot in roughly 75 days after their turn in the ring. really delighted I did that, because when you get up in the AWe brought in the bonus to remind people that the focus of morning now and go down to the yard, there=s a bounce in your Ascot is precociousness,@ Pugh said. AIf you really want a step. You really enjoy those good horses.@ meaningful, fair and realistic amount of time for a new trainer to Cullinan said it was a clash of numerous factors that resulted in manage the new 2-year-old they=ve just bought, 76 days [to last season=s tricky breeze-up market. Royal Ascot] is in that bracket. I do believe the bonus has AA couple of things came together,@ he said. AI don=t think it focused the vendors= minds, and our inspectors tell us it has. A was specifically a breeze-up thing; I think it was more in relation Royal Ascot winner is nice, but ,100,000 is a very nice addition.@ to the economy and outside factors. The first sales of the year Having readjusted the factors under the firm=s control, Pugh were the breeze-ups, and the negativity that was about in the said he is Asurprisingly hopeful@ heading into the breeze-up spring last year kind of carried through to the autumn.@ season. Cullinan noted that the very nature of the breeze-ups is much ABeing first, I suppose you=re always waiting to see what the more selective. market is going to react to,@ he said. AI do think this year though ABreeze-up sales are a niche market; people don=t keep their as a percentage cut of the catalogue we might be the biggest. yards empty all winter to stock them up with breezers; they=re a We really have been quite serious about making sure we get way of topping up,@ he said. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 19 MARCH 2019

Stakeholders Optimistic Ahead of Breeze-Ups Cont.

AThe bulk of your intake of 2-year-olds for the coming season would be bought as yearlings and they=d be topped up with breezers. Brexit left a lot of uncertainty as well, so there were a lot of things happening at the same time. AAnother factor was the big increase in numbers at the sales. Vice President, International Operations Gary King There were 1,200 horses offered. It could never really absorb Twitter: @garykingTDN those kinds of numbers. Clearance rates were very tough. We [email protected] were working at 50% to 60% more or less through the season, + 1.732.320.0975 and Goresbridge raised it to well over 80%. That brought up the average but that didn=t fully reflect how it felt on the ground; it International Editor was tough going.@ Kelsey Riley Osarus stages a single-session breeze-up sale on Apr. 11, after Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN which comes Tattersalls=s Craven sale on Apr. 16 and 17. While [email protected] not nearly as dramatically as at Ascot, numbers are down for European Editor Craven, tooBthe catalogue has dipped to 147 from 172, bringing Emma Berry it back into line with numbers from 2015 through 2017. Twitter: @collingsberry Tattersalls Marketing Director Jimmy George said the firm=s [email protected] Guineas breeze-up sale, which takes place early May on the eve of the G1 2000 Guineas meeting, would likely see a cut as well. Associate International Editor Tattersalls also introduces a bonus for Craven-sold horses: for Heather Anderson a ,1,000 entry fee, Craven graduates are eligible to win a Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN ,15,000 bonus should they win a class two, three or four 2-year- Marketing Manager old maiden or novice race in Britain or an open 2-year-old Alayna Cullen maiden in Ireland. The qualifying races, of which there will be Twitter: @AlaynaCullen around 300, begin just four weeks after the Craven sale. The [email protected] bonus is modeled after Tattersalls=s ,25,000 October Book 1 bonus, which George said has stimulated plenty of interest in Contributing Editor that sale. Alan Carasso AIn the Craven breeze-up sale there are 147 2-year-olds that Twitter: @EquinealTDN could win ,20,000-plus [bonus and prize-money] if they win Cafe Racing their maiden, and if they=re Plus 10 bonus eligible, that=s Sean Cronin another ,10,000,@ he said. AAnd there are six lots in the sale that Tom Frary are Book 1 bonus eligible as well, so they get a minimum of [email protected] ,40,000 [both Tattersalls bonuses] plus their prize-money if they win a qualifying maiden. There is a reason that strikes a chord Irish Correspondent with connections, because that more than pays a year=s training Daithi Harvey fees.@ It is a tall task to raise significantly the middle and lower Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield markets at sales without healthy purses for owners to compete John Berry | Kevin Blake for, and George concurred, APrize-money is so, so important to the overall health of the sport. I don=t think that can be overstated. Recent events in Britain in particular with the horsemen=s response to the cuts in prize-money levels of the IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY Arena racecourses have made it very apparent that prize-money EMINENT SET FOR AUSSIE DEBUT levels in this country are arousing strong feelings, and perfectly Trained by Sir Mark Todd, MGSW Eminent (GB) (Frankel {GB}) justifiably so.@ will contest the G1 Ranvet S. on Saturday. Click or tap here to Cont. p4 go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 19 MARCH 2019

Al Shaqab=s 2014 G1 Prix Morny hero The Wow Signal (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) was a 2014 breeze-up sale graduate. | Racingfotos.com

Stakeholders Optimistic Ahead of Breeze-Ups Cont. AUndoubtedly, the breeze market everywhere last year was He added, AWe=re not saying for a moment that introducing very sticky,@ Williams said. AThere was a lot more in respect to schemes like the October Book 1 bonus or the Craven breeze-up numbers offered everywhere; scheme are going to change the each sale was bombarded with face of British racing, but they entries. This year, I know with are our best response to try to I’D SAY ACROSS THE BOARD RATHER Goffs UK we=ve consciously gone address this particular issue and THAN VENDORS CONCENTRATING ON out and tightened up the to try to encourage people to numbers. Make no mistake, think that owning a racehorse NUMBERS, THEY’VE PROBABLY GONE A there was an industry push for remains a great way to enjoy LITTLE FURTHER UP THE LADDER WITH that. We triedBand I know we their leisure money.@ have achievedBto strengthen the Goffs UK=s breeze-up sale RESPECT TO WHAT THEY WERE catalogue in respect of the sire moves to a slightly later slot on BUYING [AS YEARLINGS]. profile, the physicals and of this year=s calendar on Apr. 25. Tony Williams course pedigree. I feel that While last year=s figures we=ve lifted our entire catalogue. represented an improvement AOur vendors were really from Ascot=s sale four days conscious of the need for quality earlierBa 76% clearance rate as and I=d say across the board opposed to 50%Bthey were still rather than vendors a far cry from 2017, when 90% had cleared. Goffs UK Managing concentrating on numbers, they=ve probably gone a little further Director Tony Williams, however, said he is Areally optimistic@ up the ladder with respect to what they were buying and that about this year=s sale; the company has zeroed in on quality and shows in the quality of our catalogue. We=re really optimistic brought the catalogue back down to 160 from 207. about this sale this year, for all the right reasons.@ Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 19 MARCH 2019

Stakeholders Optimistic Ahead of Breeze-Ups Cont. cost of a breezer tends to be less than the premier yearlings, A few years ago Goffs UK began nominating all its 2-year-olds which wasn=t necessarily recognised by the buying public. to the Scandinavian Classics, something Williams said has helped AIt [the association] was just a self-help scheme and we believe the middle market. it has had an impact,@ Cullinan AWe have a good buying base added. AIt was hard to believe it out of Scandinavia, and that=s when the sales were on last another incentive we put in a year, but certainly the feedback couple years ago, entering the from the trainers and agents is entire catalogue in the that it has helped them explain Scandinavian Classic series,@ he to potential racehorse owners said. AThat=s certainly helped that it=s as good a way of buying strengthen the middle market a racehorse as any. We feel that and we=re really pleased with we add value to the yearling; we how that=s working.@ reveal more in terms of ability, Also fueling confidence ahead soundness, action, wind. It is our of the breeze-up season could way of adding value to the be the performance of product but in doing so we=re graduates on the racecourse. exposing the bad ones Over 50% of breeze-up Leading Kentucky Derby contender War Of Will | Hodges Photography unfortunately too. You have to graduates from the last two take the good with the bad.@ years are winners, and over 30% of those are 2-year-old Those that make the breeze-ups happen seem to have done winners. And while Group 1-winning 2-year-olds like The Wow just that, expressed resilience and taken the good with the bad, Signal (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) and La Pelosa (Ire) and there is an overriding sense of hopeful optimism heading (Dandy Man {Ire}) are generally the breeze-up poster children, into the 2019 season. the 2-year-old sales have proven equally adept at turning out top-class 3-year-olds and older horses like G1 Gold Cup winner Trip To Paris (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), G1 Prix du Jockey Club European Breeze-Up Sales 2019 winner The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) and last year=s G1 Poule d=Essai des Pouliches winner Teppal (Fr) Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Apr. 3 (Camacho {GB}). Arqana breeze-up graduate War Of Will (War Osarus Breeze-Up Sale Apr. 11 Front) is one of the favourites for the GI Kentucky Derby, while Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale Apr. 16 & 17 Divine Image (Scat Daddy), who sold during the same session as Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale Apr. 25 War Of Will, won the G3 UAE Oaks last month and could have Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale May 3 more Classics in her sights in either Europe or America. Arqana May Breeze-Up Sale May 10 & 11 Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge May 24 In 2015, Cullinan founded the Breeze-Up Consignors Association with fellow consignors Brendan Holland and Willie Browne as a means to raise awareness about the exploits of juvenile sale graduates and to quash some of the negative press about the sales. AWe felt a few years ago that there were some misconceptions and a bit of negativity about breeze-up horses that needed Monday=s Results: addressing, and also that the success of breeze-up horses wasn=t 6th-Marseille-Pont-de-Vivaux, i22,000, Cond, 3-18, 3yo, 10f recognized,@ Cullinan said. ASo we set about trying to allay some (AWT), 2:11.71, st. of those perceptions. GHARABEEL (FR) (f, 3, Toronado {Ire}--Mi Dica {GB}, by Green AThe first thing we did was get some statistical research done Desert), who caused an upset when scoring on debut over a and it proved to us what we always felt, that breeze-up mile at Bordeaux-le-Bouscat on soft turf Mar. 2, raced under purchases measure favourably with the general population. The restraint in a close-up second early. Taking over with 150 metres strike rate, consistency, soundness and ability held up well and remaining, the 9-10 favourite was pushed out to comfortably in some cases surpassed [the general population]. The average beat Cape Pearl (Fr) (Confuchias {Ire}) by a half-length. Cont. p6 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 19 MARCH 2019

6th-Marseille-Pont-de-Vivaux Cont. The winner hails from the Aga Khan family of the G1 Sydney Cup hero Mourayan (Ire) (Alhaarth {Ire}) and his classy staying half-brother Mourilyan (Ire) (Desert Prince {Ire}) who was placed at the highest level. Also connected to the G2 Lancashire Oaks ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: winner and G1 Prix Vermeille and G1 Prix Royal Oak runner-up King (Ger), c, 3, Lord of England (Ger)--Kaiserwiese (Ger), by Endless Time (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), the dam has a yearling Sholokhov (Ire). Krefeld, 3-17, 8 1/2fT, 1:53.24. B-Gestut full-brother to the winner to follow. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, Etzean (GER). *i7,500 RNA Ylg >17 BBASEP. **Full to i19,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Kronprinz (Ger), GSW-Ger, $128,458. O/B-Al Shaqab Racing (FR); T-Francois Rohaut.

2nd-Marseille-Pont-de-Vivaux, i16,000, Mdn, 3-18, 3yo, f, 10f (AWT), 2:08.76, st. SALMANA (FR) (f, 3, Nathaniel {Ire}--Saraluna, by Unbridled=s Song), third on debut over nine furlongs at Lyon-la-Soie Feb. 27, was held up early with two behind as the pace proved too SOFT FALLING RAIN FILLY TOPS BSA CAPE SALE strong. Making a sweeping move around rivals as the leaders fell A yearling filly by Soft Falling Rain (SAf) (National Assembly) in a hole approaching three out, the 6-5 favourite was never out took top honours at the Bloodstock South Africa Cape Yearling of a half-speed to destroy her rivals by upwards of 10 lengths. Sale on Monday. It was the second consecutive year a yearling The dam, who has a 2-year-old gelding by Sidestep (Aus) and a of the late South African and UAE champion topped the sale, yearling filly by Exosphere (Aus), is a daughter of the dual stakes with colt Tree Of Wisdom (SAf) bringing R200,000 in 2018. winner and graded-stakes placed Stylelistick (Storm Cat) whose Consigned by Wilgerbosdrift, lot 167 is out of the winning best performer was the Japanese stakes scorer Red En Ciel (Jpn) Susanna (SAf) (Tiger Ridge) and caught the eye of Puller Racing (Manhattan Cafe {Jpn}). The third dam is the renowned producer Magnificient Style (Silver Hawk), responsible for Stables for R360,000 (US$24,930). several notable runners headed by this filly=s high-achieving sire The Grade 3-placed second dam London Niece (SAf) (Northern and the G1 Irish Oaks heroine Great Heavens (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). Guest) is a half-sister to SW and G1 SA Fillies Guineas third Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, i10,400. Video, sponsored by Secret Heart (SAf) (Fort Wood), Equus Champion 3-year-old filly Fasig-Tipton. Promisefrommyheart (SAf) (Elliodor {Fr}), and G1SW Covenant O-Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois; B-Dream With Me Stable Inc (FR); (SAf) (Western Winter). T-Cedric Rossi. The most expensive colt was also consigned by Wilgerbosdrift as lot 95, and hammered at R280,000 on the bid of Suzette ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Viljoen. Cont. p7 Richemont (Fr), c, 3, Anodin (Ire)--Rock Harmonie (Fr) (GSP-Fr), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). Marseille-Pont-de-Vivaux, 3-18, 10f (AWT), 2:10.97. B-Mme M Leurson (FR). *i47,000 Ylg >17 ARQOCT; i75,000 2yo >18 ARQMAY. Ker Arion (Fr), g, 3, Falco--Tracy Eria (Fr), by Loup Solitaire. Saint-Brieuc, 3-17, 12fT, 2:56.80. B-T Bruit-Bonsergent (FR). Mudeer (Ire), g, 3, Kendargent (Fr)--Makisarde (Fr), by Xaar (GB). Nimes, 3-17, 6fT, 1:10.57. B-J Hulin & Guy Pariente Holding (FR). *i52,000 Wlg =16 ARQDEC; i40,000 RNA Ylg =17 ARQOCT; i30,000 RNA 2yo =18 ARQMAY. **Full to Snow Bell (Fr), SW-Fr, $145,585. Hook up (Fr), f, 3, No Risk at All (Fr)--Mission Accomplie (Fr), by Sleeping Car (Fr). Compiegne, 3-18, 12fT, 3:00.62. B-M Moczulski (FR). Esquina (Fr), f, 3, Rio De La Plata--Boathouse (GB), by Dylan Thomas (Ire). Angouleme, 3-17, 10fT, 2:11.08. B-D Cherdo & The late Soft Falling Rain | Wilgerbosdrift Stud Mme C Cherdo (Fr). *i18,000 Ylg =17 ARQOCT. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 19 MARCH 2019

BSA Cape Yearling Sale Cont.

The son of Legislate (SAf) (Dynasty {SAf})=s dam Londalozi (SAf) (Trippi) is a half-sister to SP Barberton Daisy (SAf) (Western Winter) and a full to MGSP Shingwedzi (SAf). This is also the family of French highweight 3-year-old filly Bright Sky (Ire) (Wolfhound), who struck twice at Group 1 level including the G1 Prix de Diane. Overall, the sale grossed R9,275,000 (US$642,300) for 144 sold from 169 offered (85%). The average rose by 10.2% to R64,410 and the median remained steady at R50,000. AToday delivered a solid regional sale with an approximate 10% increase in average and a R5 million increase in aggregate to boost breeders= cash flow,@ said Bloodstock South Africa=s Gary Grant. AThe sale offered great value for buyers, especially in view of the R60,000 added stakes bonus for all juvenile winners. BSA are well satisfied with the result and look forward to building the sale further in 2020.@ For complete results on the Cape Yearling Sale, go to www.bsa.co.za.

BSA CAPE YEARLING SALE SESSION TOTALS 2019 2018 $ Catalogued 186 95 $ Number Offered 169 81 $ Number Sold 144 72 $ Not Sold 25 14 $ Clearance Rate 85% 89% $ High Price R360,000 R200,000 $ Gross R9,275,000 R4,210,000 $ Average (% change) R64,410 (+10.2%) R58,472 $ Median (% change) R50,000 (N/A) R50,000

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Leading General Sires by YTD Black-Type Winners for stallions standing in Europe through Sunday, Mar. 17 Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2019 fees.

Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Dubawi (Ire) 10 15 7 11 -- -- 102 31 480,000 3,548,844 (2002) by Dubai Millennium (GB) FYR: 2007 Crops: 11 Stands: Dalham Hall Stud Eng Fee: ,250,000 North America (GB) 2 Kodiac (GB) 5 8 1 2 -- -- 144 30 150,000 912,073 (2001) by Danehill FYR: 2008 Crops: 10 Stands: Tally-Ho Stud Ire Fee: i65,000 Silva (Ire) 3 Shamardal 2 3 1 2 -- -- 114 29 360,000 1,652,535 (2002) by Giant's Causeway FYR: 2007 Crops: 12 Stands: Kildangan Stud Ire Fee: Pvt Blue Point (Ire) 4 Frankel (GB) 2 3 2 3 1 1 49 16 510,000 1,526,888 (2008) by Galileo (Ire) FYR: 2014 Crops: 4 Stands: Banstead Manor Stud Eng Fee: ,175,000 Dream Castle (GB) 5 Le Havre (Ire) 2 2 2 2 -- -- 74 21 410,649 1,156,843 (2006) by Noverre FYR: 2011 Crops: 7 Stands: Haras de Montfort & Preaux Fr Fee: i45,000 Pourville (Jpn) 6 Dark Angel (Ire) 2 6 -- 2 -- 1 114 21 133,618 1,019,995 (2005) by Acclamation (GB) FYR: 2009 Crops: 9 Stands: Yeomanstown Stud Ire Fee: i85,000 Guy Dragon (GB) 7 Redoute's Choice (Aus) 2 2 1 1 -- -- 27 7 201,000 619,128 (1996) by Danehill FYR: 2014 Crops: 8 Stands: Haras de Bonneval EUR (Exp) Spotify (Fr) 8 Dutch Art (GB) 2 2 ------77 22 147,577 609,708 (2004) by Medicean (GB) FYR: 2009 Crops: 9 Stands: Cheveley Park Stud Eng Fee: Pvt Global Spectrum (GB) 9 Raven's Pass 2 4 1 2 -- -- 42 12 120,000 608,231 (2005) by Elusive Quality FYR: 2010 Crops: 8 Stands: Kildangan Stud Ire Fee: i10,000 Raven's Corner (Ire) 10 Kendargent (Fr) 2 2 1 1 -- -- 99 22 50,067 490,674 (2003) by Kendor (Fr) FYR: 2009 Crops: 9 Stands: Haras de Colleville Fr Fee: i17,000 Soleil Marin (Ire) 11 Teofilo (Ire) 1 4 1 3 1 1 81 24 962,374 2,132,424 (2004) by Galileo (Ire) FYR: 2009 Crops: 9 Stands: Kildangan Stud Ire Fee: i40,000 Exultant (Ire) 12 Exceed and Excel (Aus) 1 6 1 5 -- 1 129 32 280,500 2,067,689 (2000) by Danehill FYR: 2006 Crops: 12 Stands: Kildangan Stud Ire Fee: i50,000 Mr Stunning (Aus) 13 Workforce (GB) 1 1 ------141 24 233,708 1,292,975 (2007) by King's Best FYR: 2013 Crops: 5 Stands: Knockhouse Stud Ire Fee: Pvt Meisho Keimei (Jpn) 14 Galileo (Ire) 1 4 1 2 -- 1 66 11 796,875 1,242,534 (1998) by Sadler's Wells FYR: 2003 Crops: 15 Stands: Ire Fee: Pvt Magic Wand (Ire) 15 Champs Elysees (GB) 1 1 1 1 1 1 65 18 645,706 1,104,156 (2003) by Danehill FYR: 2011 Crops: 7 Stands: Castlehyde Stud EUR (Dead) Harlem (GB) FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/

TUESDAY, 19 MARCH 2019

Golden Days EMINENT SET FOR Sir Mark=s Group 1 winning achievements in the Thoroughbred code aside, his longevity at the top end of the equestrian world AUSSIE DEBUT is remarkable. When he won his fifth Olympic medal in 2012, he equalled the Olympic record for the longest gap between first and last medals--28 years. Sir Mark won individual gold medals at Los Angeles and Seoul with his famous horse Charisma, the Burghley Horse Trials five times and the Badminton Horse Trials on four occasions. He will be in action in May at Badminton in Gloucester, England, aiming to claim another victory and beat his own 2011 record as the event's oldest winner. He was New Zealand=s Sportsman of the Year in 1988, inducted the same year into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame and as a member of New Zealand=s Eventing team he also won gold medals at the World Championships in 1990 and 1998. He was voted rider of the 20th century by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports. Knighted in 2013, Sir Mark may not be finished yet either as the 63-year-old is still Eminent | Racing Post considering competing at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. He helped New Zealand qualify an eventing team when seventh at the FEI World Equestrian Championships last September. by Paul Vettise "I do have that other side of my life at the moment. How long I Challenges have forever been part and parcel of dual-Olympic keep going at that I don't know," he said. gold medal winner Sir Mark Todd=s sporting life and with remarkable regularity he has successfully surmounted them in Change of Tack the international equestrian arena. Eventing has been his main focus for the last decade. That is The iconic New Zealand horseman=s CV is a long and highly until New Zealand Bloodstock principal Sir Peter Vela, who has decorated one and outside of his supreme eventing had eventing horses with Todd, approached him to take charge accomplishments, Sir Mark Todd also found time to make his of his beautifully-related European Group winner Eminent (GB) mark at the highest level in the Thoroughbred code. (Frankel {GB}). Cont. p2 From Sir Mark=s then Cambridge base at Rivermonte Farm, he trained a small string and won the 2003 G1 New Zealand Oaks I'm always up for a challenge and with Bramble Rose (NZ) (Shinko King {Ire}), who also finished runner-up in the G1 Arrowfield Stud S. and third in the G1 he's just a lovely horse. He did a bit of Australian Oaks. dressage, hacking out around the hills Willy Smith (NZ) (Volksraad {GB}) was to follow and he claimed the 2007 G1 Wellington Cup and ran second in the G1 Zabeel and jumping before he got on the plane. Classic. Sir Mark Todd on Eminent Sir Mark held a training licence for eight seasons and prepared 57 winners before retirement, temporary as it now happens, before focusing his efforts once again on the equestrian pursuits from his current base in England at Badgerstown in Wiltshire. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 19 MARCH 2019

ABefore he came to me he hadn=t worked with another horse for four or five weeks and then he was in quarantine in England and Australia.@ Those difficulties aside, Sir Mark is more than happy with Eminent=s condition and his progress since arriving in Sydney. AHe had a good gallop on Wednesday morning and James McDonald rode him and he went very nicely,@ he said. AJames was happy with him. There are still a lot of questions to be answered, but we remain very happy with the horse. AThe plan has been made a bit as we go along. He=ll definitely run in the Ranvet and provided he runs well we will crack on to the Queen Elizabeth.@ McDonald has been booked for the ride in the Ranvet and Sir Mark said he would relish the opportunity to be part of the Sir Mark Todd | TDN AusNZ Queen Elizabeth S., the goal for Winx (Street Cry {Ire}). AWinx is not just an Australian icon, she=s worldwide. It would Eminent Set for Aussie Debut Cont. from p1 be an amazing occasion to be a part of.@ The Eminent venture has also allowed Todd to renew a ASir Peter and (bloodstock agent) Hubie de Burgh bought successful association with former New Zealand jockey Bruce Martyn Meade out of the horse with the plan for him to go to Herd, who partnered Bramble Rose four times for a win and two New Zealand to stud,@ Sir Mark said. AThey sent him to me to Group 2 placings. play around with him for a bit before he got on the plane. Then ABruce was meant to have ridden her in the Oaks, but he they decided to have one last go and try and win a Group 1 in injured himself a couple of races before,@ he said. ASir Peter Australia on the way home. organised Bruce to come to England and he was with the horse AFor various reasons the flights didn=t work out and he was in quarantine and then came on down here. Obviously, he=s a going to go over to an Australian trainer. Then they suggested to very good rider and he=s been a great help.@ me that I trained the horse and bring him over. I=m always up for The intention is to subsequently retire Eminent to stud in New a challenge and he=s just a lovely horse. He did a bit of dressage, Zealand, the location yet to be determined, and he will have hacking out around the hills and jumping before he got on the widespread appeal as a son of the unbeaten superstar Frankel. plane. We=ve progressed from there and he=s travelled well and has come through everything really well.@ Cont. p3 Eminent will make his Australian debut in the G1 Ranvet S. at Rosehill on Saturday and, all going well, progress on to the G1 Queen Elizabeth S. at Randwick. The 5-year-old made his last race day appearance for Meade in August, 2018, when fifth in the G3 Glorious S. at Goodwood. AI don=t really know the horse that well and I=ve never had him at the races,@ Sir Mark said. AObviously, his form as a 3-year-old was very, very good before it tailed off last year.@ In his Classic year, Eminent won the G3 Prix Guillame D=Ornano and the G3 Craven S. and was third in the Irish Champion S. and fourth in the G1 English Derby. He was unplaced in four runs in his following season. AAll I can say is the horse is fit, relaxed, happy and healthy,@ Sir Mark said. AIn an ideal world it would have been nice to have had a run under our belt before we took on a Group 1, but it didn=t pan out like that. Also, in England there were a few difficult challenges with firstly the snow and Lambourn closed Eminent pictured in Australia in March | TDN AusNZ down and then the equine flu. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 3 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 19 MARCH 2019

Pedigree Notes Messara has served as Chairman of Racing New South Wales A 150,000 guineas purchase at the Tatts October Yearling Sale, (December 2011- December 2016), inaugural Chairman of Eminent is out of You=ll Be Mine (USA) (Kingmambo {USA}), a Racing Australia (January 2014-December 2016), Vice-Chairman winner who also placed in the G1 Ascot Fillies= Mile. The dam is of the Asian Racing Conference (2014-2016), President of a daughter of the three-time Group 1 winner Quarter Moon (Ire) Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (2007-2008), and inaugural (Sadler=s Wells {USA}), who is a half-sister to the G1 Pretty Polly Chairman of Aushorse (2001-2008). Previous accolades include S. winner Diamondsandrubies (Ire) (Fastnet Rock) and a sister to Life Membership of the Australian Turf Club (2016), the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas winner Yesterday (Ire) (Sadler's Wells). Thoroughbred Breeders= NSW inaugural Heroic Award (2011) and appointment by the Australian government in 2008 as a John Messara to be Honoured Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Industry leader John Messara is to receive the 2019 Longines and IFHA International Award of Merit, which recognizes distinguished horsemen and horsewomen for lifelong contributions to Thoroughbred racing. He will be honoured during a ceremony Thursday, Apr. 11 in advance of the G1 Spirit Of Boom Tops Magics Longines Queen Elizabeth S. two days later. Messara has been a key figure in Australian racing for more Kementari Retired to Darley than three decades, and he is the owner and Chairman of Arrowfield Stud. Founded in 1985, it was home to breed-shaping Fastnet’s Avantage Headed to Aus sire Danehill (USA) and currently stands his champion sire son Redoute=s Choice and his champion grandson Snitzel. Zoustar’s Sunlight in Fine Fettle AUSTRALIAN GROUP 1 RACES B 2018/2019 Date Race Track Mar. 22 William Reid S. Moonee Valley Mar. 23 Golden Slipper S. Rosehill George Ryder S. Rosehill Ranvet S. Rosehill The Galaxy Rosehill Rosehill Guineas Rosehill Mar. 30 The Tancred S. Rosehill Vinery Stud S. Rosehill

THE CHAMPIONSHIPS Apr. 6 Doncaster H. Randwick T J Smith S. Randwick John Messara | Bronwen Healy