FORT LARNED Wire-to-Wire BC Classic Winner First Yearlings DAILY This Summer! AAAAA SSSSASS THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016 WWW.BLOODHORSE.COM S S S S S IN TODAY’S EDITION CASSE SECURES WAR FRONT FILLY 4 TAPIT COLT HIGHLIGHTS DAY 3 OF OBS SALE 5 SCAT DADDY TO THE FORE AT ROYAL ASCOT 6 'EMPIRE' CONNECTION TO OUTWORK DEAL 7 TASTY PROSPECTS FOR AHH CHOCOLATE 8 CALIFORNIA CHROME'S JUVENILE SISTER TO DEBUT 9 FLARES IN ROYAL ASCOT HISTORY 10 LAWMAKERS PASS NYRA LEGISLATION, DEFY CUOMO 11 NINETEEN ELECTED TO BREEDERS' CUP BOARD 12 FIRST GROUP I WINNER FOR POUR MOI 12 MATHEA KELLEY MATHEA SQUEEZE PLAY IN CROWDED REGION 13 Lady Aurelia is all alone at the front in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot RESULTS 14 STONESTREET THRILLED BY LADY AURELIA ENTRIES 16 By Sarah Troxell LEADING LISTS 24 ady Aurelia was incredibly impressive in her sec- Lond start, winning the five-furlong Queen Mary Try the Stakes (Eng-II) at Royal Ascot, on ground probably not to her liking. OKLAHOMA MARKET The 2-year-old Scat Daddy filly romped by seven lengths under jockey Frankie Dettori, emphatical- Free x-rays with entry ly proving the other entrants were no match. She turned in a similar performance in her first start at Discounted Commisssion Keeneland in April, winning a 4 1/2-furlong maiden on RNA’s entered in other sales race on the dirt by 7 1/2 lengths and set a track re- cord with a final time of :50.85. Lady Aurelia's Queen Mary victory provided train- The OKC Summer Sale er Wesley Ward with his seventh Royal Ascot winner. August 21, 2016 The filly was bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thor- Entries Due June 22 oughbred Holdings and is owned by Stonestreet, George Bolton, and Peter Leidel. www.cartersalesco.com She took the lead in the Queen Mary after a CARTER S A L E S C O half-furlong, and by the time she had run another (continued on page 3) BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE smartphone app PAGE 1 OF 24 Download the FREE smartphone app STONESTREET THRILLED BY LADY AURELIA LATEST HEADLINES FROM BLOODHORSE.COM (continued from page 1) SONGBIRD BACK FOR SUMMERTIME half-furlong, it was clear no one was going to catch OAKS A low-grade fever may have her. knocked Fox Hill Farms' undefeated "We always knew she was special from the champion Songbird out of the Longines time we broke her at the farm in Ocala," said John Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), but her 3-year- Moynihan, Stonestreet's bloodstock adviser. "It old campaign will restart June 18 in the was an amazing race and we were certainly wor- $200,000 Summertime Oaks (gr. II) at ried about the rain and the soft ground they had, Santa Anita Park. but she powered through it and we were ecstatic. "She ran an unbelievable race on ground that EFFINEX DRAWS POST 3 IN STEPHEN probably doesn't suit her, and I really don't know FOSTER Effinex, who last year won the what kind of performance she would have run on Clark Handicap presented by Norton faster ground." Healthcare (gr. I) at Churchill Downs, The acclaim for Ward's latest Royal Ascot vic- will look to add to his legacy there June tor—his third in the Queen Mary, and arguably his 18 when he takes on six rivals in the most impressive to date—continued to roll in from $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I). her connections. Dettori said: "To win a sprint by seven lengths AVIOLI TO FILL NEW CEO POSITION at Royal Ascot, I've never seen anything like that— FOR TOC Greg Avioli, who has served as especially from a 2-year-old. When I got to the a senior adviser to the Thoroughbred furlong and a half (pole), I asked her to go, and she Owners of California board of directors, found another gear. I was completely shocked. has been named to the new post of chief "Unbelievable, she's a lovely filly. Well done to executive officer of the organization Wesley; he's a master of the sprinters." effective July 16. Ward said Lady Aurelia may stay in Europe for THE PIZZA MAN TOPS WISE DAN Ever- the summer, but that will be determined after popular The Pizza Man, winner of last talking to the owners. Possible targets include the Darley Prix Morny (Fr-I). year's Arlington Million (gr. IT), returns Moynihan said: "There's a chance she will be to Churchill Downs for the June 18 Wise left in Europe and a chance she will come back to Dan Stakes (gr. IIT). The race goes under the U.S. The fact that she performed so well on the lights with an approximate post of ground that didn't suit her means Europe will be a 9:05 p.m. consideration." He added that for now they are just enjoying the victory, saying it was definitely one to savor. BH BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016 PAGE 3 OF 24 smartphone app SALES UPDATE CASSE SECURES WAR FRONT FILLY By Ron Mitchell t took a bid made via a transatlantic phone call Ifrom Royal Ascot to give the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. a much-needed spark during the June 15 second session of the 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale as Justin Casse, acting as agent, secured a War Front filly for $425,000. JOE DIORIO Though the War Front filly and two other big The War Front—Forty Moves filly sold for $425,000 on day two of transactions Wednesday produced prices in ex- the OBS June sale cess of the opening-day highest price, it still did little to boost the overall totals that continue to Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) winner Cash Run. be well behind last year. Bloodstock agent Michel Everett, representing After two days, 292 horses were sold for a total California owner Martha Dugan, bought an Uncle $8,490,700, with the average down 21.8% to $29,078 Mo colt for $350,000. Consigned as Hip 476 by from $37,181 a year ago when 309 head grossed Classic Bloodstock, the colt bred in Kentucky by $11,488,900. This year’s cumulative median is Betz/Kidder/Lamantia had been bought by Chris $15,000, compared with $19,000 in 2015. The cumu- Drakos for $100,000 from the Betz Thoroughbreds lative RNA rate is 29.6%, which will be adjusted after consignment at the Keeneland yearling sale. post-sale private transactions are tallied by OBS. While the three high-priced transactions on For the second session, OBS reported 146 hors- the day were a welcome boost for the sale, the es sold for $4,828,400, an average of $33,071 and a lower and middle markets languished. As the fi- median of $15,500. Those numbers are down from nal juvenile sale of the year, some consignors let last year’s gross of $5,931,300 for 158 head, with an their 2-year-olds go at a loss at the OBS sale and average of $37,540 and a $20,000 median. re-stock at the fall yearling sales. “We made up some ground today,” OBS sales “It’s extremely unhealthy when so many of director Tod Wojciechowski said. “We’re still off a the consignors are losing money,” buyer Jerry little but there are still two more days of selling O’Meara said. with quality horses both days.” “There is no one here,” said consignor Ciaran Casse, an OBS regular consignor and buyer, Dunne of Wavertree Stables. BH was present when the War Front filly breezed an eighth-mile during the under tack show in :10, OBS 2016 June 2-Year-Olds in Training and the co-second-fastest time during the six days of Horses of Racing Age Sale, Day 2 Top Hips workouts. Casse then went to England where his Hip Sex, Sire—Dam Sale Price 316 Black Canary $425,000 brother, trainer Mark Casse, saddled Tepin to win f, 2yo, War Front—Forty Moves Buyer: Justin Casse, agent the Queen Anne Stakes (Eng-I) on Royal Ascot's Consignor: Woodford Thoroughbreds opening day June 14, which coincided with the 484 c, 2yo, Candy Ride (ARG)—La Maestranza $370,000 Buyer: Nick J. Hines, agent OBS sale’s first session. Consignor: Bobby Dodd “She was our pick of the sale,” Casse said. 476 Letsgoidaho $350,000 c, 2yo, Uncle Mo—Lady Mocha The second-highest price of the day—and the Buyer: Michel Everett first two days of the auction—of $370,000 was Consignor: Classic Bloodstock 310 c, 2yo, Shackleford—Flashy Future $260,000 paid by Nick Hines, agent, for an undisclosed new Buyer: Charles J. Cella owner for Hip 484, a Candy Ride colt produced Consignor: RiceHorse Stables, agent for Emerald Sales 413 c, 2yo, Quality Road—Inish Glora $160,000 from a full sister to grade III winner Great War Buyer: Alistair Roden Bloodstock, agent Eagle and whose second dam is Breeders’ Cup Consignor: Wavertree Stables BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016 PAGE 4 OF 24 smartphone app SALES UPDATE TAPIT COLT HIGHLIGHTS DAY 3 OF OBS SALE By Ron Mitchell he final 2-year-old by leading sire Tapit at the TOcala Breeders' Sales Co.'s 2-year-olds in train- ing and horses of racing age sale is scheduled to go through the ring during the June 16 third session.