Seeking the Soul Finds a Way in Foster
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SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 MAXIMUM SECURITY RETURNS IN PEGASUS SEEKING THE SOUL Gary and Mary West=s Maximum Security (New Year=s Day) FINDS A WAY IN FOSTER makes his first start since being disqualified from first to 17th in the May 4 GI Kentucky Derby Sunday in Monmouth=s Pegasus S., the local prep for the GI TVG.com Haskell Invitational S. July 20. Winning his first three starts by a combined 34 1/2 lengths, including a $16,000 maiden claimer and a pair of starter optional claimers at Gulfstream, the homebred took things to the next level with a front-running score in the GI Florida Derby Mar. 30. The bay crossed the line first on the first Saturday in May, but was taken down in a controversial disqualification for interference in the stretch. Maximum Security will be the overwhelming favorite in this six-horse affair, but Todd Pletcher sends out a pair of runners worth a look. Cont. p10 Seeking the Soul | Coady IN TDN EUROPE TODAY ALL EYES ON SIYARAFINA IN THE DIANE Seeking the Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}) came charging down the Unbeaten ‘TDN Rising Star’ Siyarafina is favoured in a field of stretch to fight past a game >TDN Rising Star= Quip (Distorted 16 for Sunday’s G1 Prix de Diane. Humor) by a neck in Saturday evening=s GII Stephen Foster S., a Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. >Win and You=re In= for the GI Breeders= Cup Classic, beneath the lights at Churchill Downs. The hard-knocking 6-year-old, off at odds of 9-2, raced in some traffic covered up while placed within striking distance in sixth as Tom=s d=Etat (Smart Strike) narrowly led Quip through easy fractions of :24.60 and :49.43. Locked and loaded on the far turn, John Velazquez threaded the needle as they straightened and Seeking the Soul punched home nicely to grind down Quip for a narrow decision. Tom=s d=Etat stayed on for third. Favored Gift Box (Twirling Candy) was fourth after a wide trip. Seeking the Soul=s loaded resume includes wins in Churchill=s 2017 GI Clark H. and 2018 GIII Ack Ack S. as well as runner-up finishes behind City of Light (Quality Road) in last year=s GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile and the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. Jan. 26. Eighth in the G1 Dubai World Cup Mar. 30, he prepped for this with a third-place finish in the local GII Alysheba S. May 3. AWe will definitely be in the Breeders= Cup Classic this year,@ winning trainer Dallas Stewart said. AThis horse is so special to our entire barn. We have to thank Mr. Fipke for allowing us to train him.@ Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Sunday, June 16, 2019 Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN News and Features Editor Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Associate Editors Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistants Alexa Reisfield Amie Morosco Advertising Assistant/Dir. Of Distribution Rachel McCaffrey Maximum Security (New Year’s Day) plays with assistant trainer Jose Hernandez as Photographer/Photo Editor groom Milton Hernandez bathes him at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, NJ on Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew [email protected] Saturday morning. He will make his first start since the GI Kentucky Derby in today’s tvg.com Pegasus S. | Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO Social Media Strategist Justina Severni Director of Customer Service ELATE BACK TO WINNING WAYS 5 Vicki Forbes The classy ‘TDN Rising Star’ Elate (Medaglia d’Oro) got back on [email protected] track with a popular tally in Saturday evening’s GII Fleur de Lis H. Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen TODAY’S GRADED STAKES Director of Information Technology Ray Villa EST Race Click for TV [email protected] 7:25a GP der Landeshauptstadt Dresden-G3, DRE -------------- ------ 8:45a Prix Paul de Moussac Longines-G3, CHY -------------- ------ Bookkeeper Terry May 8:52a Stockholms Stora Pris-G3, BRO -------------- ------ [email protected] 9:20a Prix Hocquart Longines-G2, CHY -------------- ------ 10:05a Prix de Diane Longines-G1, CHY -------------- ------ WORLDWIDE INFORMATION 12:35p Prix Bertrand du Breuil Longines-G3, CHY -------------- ------ International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN 4:55p Trillium S.-GIII, WO TJCIS PPs TVG [email protected] 5:18p Poker S.-GIII, BEL TJCIS PPs TVG European Editor 8:09p Affirmed S.-GIII, SA TJCIS PPs TVG Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JUNE 16, 2019 Stephen Foster cont. from p1 Stewart continued, AWith family and friends here tonight, this is as good as it gets--we=re in the Classic.@ Velazquez added, AHe ran really well here the last time out, and we knew coming from Dubai he probably wasn=t going to be 100%. Today, he was right back to where he normally is, high energy. As soon as I broke out there and got into the first turn, he was a little more aggressive than I want him to be. He=s never been that close in the first part of the race. But I got him back to where I wanted him to be, got comfortable where he was, and then down the stretch, pulling out, he had it.@ Pedigree Notes: Seeking the Soul=s Happy Connections | Coady Fipke homebred Seeking the Soul is a homegrown product through and through. His sire, Perfect Soul (Ire), was bred by Fipke out of the Secretariat mare Ball Chairman, whom Fipke purchased at the 1994 Keeneland November sale for $180,000. Perfect Soul became a champion grass horse in Canada, as well as a Grade I winner in America for Fipke, and now has seven stakes winners, including 2011 GI Breeders= Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner Perfect Shirl (also for Fipke). Seeking the Soul=s dam, Seeking the Title (Seeking the Gold), was a GSW for Fipke after he purchased her dam Title Seeker (Monarchos) for $1.7 million in 2006 as an unraced 3-year-old. Seeking the Gold has been among the leading broodmare sires of the last two decades, with the dams of 167 stakes winners to date, including champions Blame, Surfside, Take Charge Brandi and 10 others. Seeking the Title=s granddam is 1996 Broodmare of the Year and undefeated champion older mare Personal Ensign (Private Account), who singlehandedly established a powerhouse legacy of stakes performers. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JUNE 16, 2019 Saturday, Churchill Downs STEPHEN FOSTER S.-GII, $600,000, Churchill Downs, 6-15, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:49.27, ft. 1--SEEKING THE SOUL, 121, h, 6, by Perfect Soul (Ire) 1st Dam: Seeking the Title (GSW, $274,916), by Seeking the Gold 2nd Dam: Title Seeker, by Monarchos 3rd Dam: Personal Ensign, by Private Account ($37,000 RNA 2yo '15 OBSOPN). O/B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-Dallas Stewart; J-John R. Velazquez. $345,960. Lifetime Record: GISW, 27-7-6-7, $3,335,802. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Quip, 123, c, 4, Distorted Humor--Princess Ash, by Indian Charlie. >TDN Rising Star= O-WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club International Ltd. & SF Racing LLC; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset. $111,600. 3--Tom's d'Etat, 121, h, 6, Smart Strike--Julia Tuttle, by Giant's Causeway. ($330,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP). O-G M B Racing; B-SF Bloodstock LLC (KY); T-Albert M. Stall, Jr. $55,800. Sold by Hunter Valley Farm Ï Ò Margins: NK, 1 3/4, 5 3/4. Odds: 4.60, 13.90, 4.50. Also Ran: Gift Box, Thirstforlife, Yoshida (Jpn), Exulting, Runaway Ghost, Tenfold, King Zachary, Alkhaatam, Rated R Superstar. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. SEEKING THE SOUL WIN AND YOU’RE IN ™ connection earnings include: $ Automatic berth into #BC19 Classic $ $150,000 in pre-entry & entry fees $ Travel award up to $10,000 for domestic starters and $40,000 for international starters +$10,000 nominator award to Chuck Fipke Click HERE for the full 2019 #WINANDYOUREIN rules and race schedule. Dallas Stewart | Coady BREEDERS HAVE ALREADY BANKROLLED ** OVER $3,500,000 IN INCENTIVE AWARDS * AND WITH 850+ STAKES RACES LEFT TO RUN IN 2019... ARE YOU IN IT TO IT? BREED at least 2 MARES at WinStar in 2019 to qualify to WIN. The stud farm“ that supports the breeders that“ support their stallions. – FRED SEITZ JR. BOOK TODAY to For more information visit: www.WinStarFarm.com/WINnetwork *Source: BloodHorse Stakes Calendar, N. America only, scheduled as of 6/14/19 * * Since November 2016, awarded in WinStar dollars applicable Big. for 1 year to any WinStar Stallion TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JUNE 16, 2019 Millennium (GB). ($160,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP). O-Bradley Thoroughbreds, Whispering Oaks Farm, LLC, Team Hanley, Madaket Stables, LLC, Tim & Anna Cambron; B-Godolphin LLC Saturday, Churchill Downs (KY); T-Steven M.