SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018 MUCHO GUSTO GUTS IT OUT IN BOB HOPE STAY IN THE BUGGY: He briefly seemed to be in deep water, but ‘TDN Rising Star’ Mucho Gusto (Mucho Macho Man) found another gear when he A REMEMBRANCE OF needed it to take Del Mar’s GIII Bob Hope S. by 1 1/2 lengths Saturday. Favored at 4-5 for the powerful Bob Baffert barn off a JOHNNY JONES four-length score at Los Alamitos Sept. 20, the $625,000 Fasig- Tipton Midlantic acquisition (:21 1/5) was bumped at the start, but soon recovered to grab the lead through an opening quarter in :22.36. They were stacked three across the track at the top of the stretch and Mucho Gusto looked to have his work cut out for him, but he battled on gamely after a few cracks of the whip to become the first stakes winner for his freshman sire (by Macho Uno). Savagery (Bellamy Road) was second; Sparky Ville (Candy Ride {Arg}) was third. Two-time Triple Crown-winning Baffert further flexed the depth of his stable earlier on the card when he unveiled the much-hyped Coliseum (Tapit) to a ‘Rising Star’-garnering performance in 1:23.13, compared to the 1:23.51 Mucho Gusto covered the same seven panels in. Cont. p3 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY John T.L. Jones, Jr. | Horsephotos CLASSIC SUCCESS FUELS GOFFS NOVEMBER Kelsey Riley previews the Goffs November Sale, with the first by Frances J. Karon day of foals starting on Monday. Click or tap here to go straight It's been more than 10 years since I've been inside the main to TDN Europe. office at Walmac, but when I close my eyes and think about it, I can place myself in John T.L. “Big Johnny” Jones, Jr.'s office as vividly as if I were standing there right now. His door at the end of the hallway was nearly always open, as was Johnny. You'd smell the cigar before you saw him (but you already knew he was in the office because you could hear him clear across the other end of the building calling out for one of us to go in and see him). His desk was off to the side, so you'd have to poke your head around the end of the corridor before he saw you were there, unless he was expecting you because you'd received one of his "Gotta minute?" phone calls when the shouting didn't work. The first thing that came into view straight ahead were a pair of Christine Picavet paintings of two of the champions and leading sires Johnny had syndicated and stood at Walmac, Nureyev on the left and Alleged on the right, hanging above his fireplace which, even if it wasn't lit, seemed to fill the room with warmth. Or maybe it was Johnny who exuded the warmth. 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WORLDWIDE INFORMATION TODAY’S GRADED STAKES International Editor EST Race Click for TV Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN 1:40a Mile Championship S.-G1, TOK -------------- TVG [email protected] European Editor 2:30a BOCHK WM Jockey Club Mile-G2, SHT HKJC PPs TVG Emma Berry 3:05a BOCHK Jockey Club Cup-G2, SHT HKJC PPs TVG [email protected] 3:40a BOCHK WM Jockey Club Sprint-G2, SHT HKJC PPs TVG 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 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • NOVEMBER 18, 2018 FIRST STAKES WINNER FOR FRESHMAN SIRE 3--Sparky Ville, 120, g, 2, Candy Ride (Arg)--Lorelei K, by Storm Saturday, Del Mar Cat. ($170,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-Del Secco DCS Racing; BOB HOPE S.-GIII, $100,000, Del Mar, 11-17, 2yo, 7f, 1:23.51, ft. B-Aaron & Marie Jones LLC (KY); T-Jeff Bonde. $12,000. 1--MUCHO GUSTO, 118, c, 2, by Mucho Macho Man Margins: 1HF, HD, 3/4. Odds: 0.80, 7.40, 2.80. 1st Dam: Itsagiantcauseway, by Giant's Causeway Also Ran: Extra Hope, Owning. Scratched: Metropol, Sueno. 2nd Dam: Countervail, by Seeking the Gold Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free 3rd Dam: Strike a Balance, by Green Dancer Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($14,000 Ylg Fasig-Tipton. '17 KEEJAN; $95,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP; $55,000 RNA 2yo '18 Cont. p4 OBSMAR; $625,000 2yo '18 EASMAY). O-Michael Lund Petersen; B-Teneri Farm Inc. & Bernardo Alvarez Calderon (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Joseph Talamo. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $84,000. *1st stakes winner for freshman sire (by Macho Uno). Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Foaled, Raised, & Sold by Shawhan Place SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations Kip Elser’s KIRKWOOD STABLES Purchased by Donato Lanni/Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock 2--Savagery, 118, c, 2, Bellamy Road--Successful Katie, by Successful Appeal. ($7,500 RNA Ylg '17 OBSWIN; $100,000 2yo '18 OBSAPR). O-Rockingham Ranch; B-Ponder Hill, Inc. (KY); T-Peter Miller. $20,000. Trained & Sold by ALL IN SALES, Tony Bowling Mucho Gusto | Benoit Photo TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • NOVEMBER 18, 2018 Bob Hope S. cont. 2--Big Changes, 119, g, 6, Midshipman--Colorama, by Giant's “I've been very excited to ride this horse. And after this race, Causeway. ($17,000 Ylg '13 OBSWIN; $24,000 RNA Ylg '13 I'd say I'm really impressed with him,” winning rider Joe Talamo FTKOCT; $170,000 2yo '14 OBSAPR). O-Steve Landers Racing said. “We got sandwiched coming away from there, but he went LLC; B-Joanne Crowe & Joe Pickerrell (FL); T-Brad H. Cox. on about his business. He ran well throughout; he was well $20,000. within himself, with his ears up. When a horse would come to him, he'd pick it back up again. He's trained well right from the start and he's showing his stuff in the afternoons.” 3--Team Colors, 118, h, 6, Street Cry (Ire)--Teammate, by A.P. Baffert added, “I lost time when he got sick and this was a Indy. O-Brad Grady; B-Joseph Allen (KY); T-Joe Sharp. $10,000. good race for him. He's a pretty cool horse; there's nothing Margins: HF, 4HF, 1HF. Odds: 0.70, 2.50, 8.50. flashy about him, but he gets the job done. They went fast early, Also Ran: Sir Dudley Digges, Flatlined. Scratched: Postulation, but when they came to him, he re-broke like the good ones do. I Master Merion, Oscar Nominated. Click for the Equibase.com was with my assistant and I said, ‘Here's when you find out what chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue- they're made of.’” style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Mr. Misunderstood increased his record to four-for-four over Pedigree Notes: this turf course while leading home a 1-2 finish for trainer Brad Mucho Gusto is the first stakes and graded stakes winner for Cox. He hugged the hedge from third past the wire for the first Mucho Macho Man, but he isn’t the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic time as stablemate Big Changes showed the way through hero’s only ‘TDN Rising Star’--$575,000 OBSMAR juvenile Fortin dawdling fractions of :25.88, :52.52 and 1:18.74. Spun out Hill garnered that distinction Oct. 12 at Belmont. He hails from a heading for home, he wore down the frontrunner under deep extended females that includes the likes of Canadian Horse confident handling to notch a 12th career victory and third at of the Year and MGISW Peaks and Valleys (Mt.