SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2016 MASTERY TAKES THE NEXT LITTLE RED FEATHER HITS PAY DIRT WITH CROWDFUNDING By Bill Finley STEP IN CASH CALL The Little Red Feather Racing Club has put together what is believed to be the first ever major racing partnership achieved through crowdfunding, and hopes it will prove to be a breakthrough event for a sport always hoping to attract new blood to the ownership ranks. Billy Koch (hat) & Phil D=Amato Little Red Feather=s Benoit Photo managing partner Billy Koch said the stable has raised about $300,000 through the website startengine.com. A total of 183 people have invested, each one paying a minimum of $500. Cont. p5 Mastery | Benoit Photo The highly regarded >TDN Rising Star= Mastery (Candy Ride IN TDN EUROPE TODAY {Arg}) will put his undefeated mark on the line against four foes DELEGATOR LOSS A BLOW TO OVERBURY in Saturday=s GI Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity. First season sire Delegator (GB) (Dansili {GB}) died of an Produced by a half-sister to Jump Start, the blinkers come back apparent heart attack at Overbury Stud on Thursday. on for the GIII Bob Hope S. hero=s first attempt around two Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. turns. He turned heads with a powerful debut win with the shades on at Santa Anita Oct. 22 prior to his facile score without blinkers in the LOS ALAMITOS CASH CALL seven-furlong Bob FUTURITY-GI, 2yo, 1 1/16m Hope Nov. 19. The PP Horse Sire Cheyenne Stable 1. Dangerfield K Into Mischief colorbearer is the 1- 2. Bobby Abu Dhabi K Macho Uno 2 morning-line 3. Mastery K Candy Ride (Arg) favorite in the 4. Show Me Da Lute Midnight Lute Futurity. 5. Irap K Tiznow AWe knew he was a (see Graded Stakes Entries) nice horse when he broke his maiden, but from what we saw [in the Bob Hope], he could be something,@ Hall of Famer Bob Baffert said. AThe second out is so important. They can run well in the first outing and then take a step back. We didn=t have him super cranked first out and [the Bob Hope] was a lot of him.@ Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. V.P. & CO-PUBLISHER Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] Saturday, December 10, 2016 EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Associate Editors Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Assistant Editors Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistants Country Star(let). Stonerside Stable homebred Country Star (Empire Maker) captured Alexa Reisfield her second straight Grade I victory for Hall of Famer Bobby Frankel while setting a new Michelle Benson track record in the 2007 GI Hollywood Starlet S. This year’s renewal of the race, which Photo Editor/Dir. of Distribution is now held at Los Alamitos, takes place Saturday. | Horsephotos Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew [email protected] Social Media Strategist A STAR IN THE MAKING? 4 Justina Severni Beaten GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies favorite American Gal (Concord Point), a strong third after an impossible trip, looks like Director of Customer Service the one to beat in Saturday's GI Starlet S. at Los Alamitos. Vicki Forbes [email protected] HONG KONG HOSTS THE WORLD Director of Information Technology Alan Carasso’s in-depth, onsite coverage from the Longines Hong Ray Villa Kong International Races continues with a special preview edition. [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION TODAY’S GRADED STAKES International Editor EST Race Click for TV Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN 5:58p Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity-GI, LRC TJCIS PPs TVG [email protected] European Editor 6:58p Starlet S.-GI, LRC TJCIS PPs TVG Emma Berry [email protected] 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 6 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DECEMBER 10, 2016 FEATURE PRESENTATION GRADE I CASHCALL FUTURITY Cash Call Futurity Preview cont. Jockey Mike Smith added of Mastery, AHe=s got a beautiful stride--big, long and powerful. He=ll go two turns, too. These seven eighths races can be tougher than a two-turner.@ Baffert, represented by the last two winners of this race with Dortmund (2014) and Mor Spirit (2015) as well as three others since 2008, will also saddle game Santa Anita two-turn debut winner Show Me Da Lute (Midnight Lute). The Karl Watson and Paul Weitman homebred, produced by two-time Grade I heroine Tough Tiz's Sis (Tiznow), led at every pole in his unveiling in Arcadia Oct. 29. Rockingham Ranch=s Bobby Abu Dhabi (Macho Uno) also showed some ability after pressing the early pace while perched three deep in his debut score going 6 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar Nov. 19. The $85,000 KEESEP yearling turned $335,000 OBSAPR juvenile is trained by Peter Miller. Bobby Abu Dhabi | Benoit Photo TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 6 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DECEMBER 10, 2016 PROMISING >GAL= HEADLINES STARLET Anita Dec. 5. Berned (Bernardini) makes the trip from New York following a Beaten GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies favorite American Gal runner-up finish in Aqueduct=s GIII Tempted S. Nov. 5. The (Concord Point), a strong third after an impossible trip, looks like winner that day Miss Sky Warrior (First Samurai) returned to the one to beat in Saturday=s GI Starlet S. at Los Alamitos. wire the GII Demoiselle S. at the Big A Nov. 26. The Kaleem Shah homebred, a smart debut winner at Del Mar Aug. 14, resurfaced with a runaway win in the six-furlong Anoakia S. Oct. 23 at Santa Anita. Making her two-turn bow on " " " short notice from post 12 in the STARLET S.-GI, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m Breeders= Cup, she PP Horse Sire finished within four 1. Go On Mary K Broken Vow lengths of longshot 2. Union Strike K Union Rags winner Champagne 3. Tapped Tapit Room (Broken Vow) K 4. Mopotism Uncle Mo after a slow break K 5. Sandy's Surprise Drosselmeyer and extremely wide K 6. Abel Tasman Quality Road voyage. 7. American Gal Concord Point Union Strike 8. Fact of Life K The Factor (Union Rags) was 9. Berned K Bernardini sixth in the Juvenile (see Graded Stakes Entries) Fillies with some trouble of her own while making her first try since capturing the seven-furlong GI Del Mar Debutante S. Sept. 3. The Ruis Racing American Gal | Sherackatthetrack colorbearer fired a five-furlong bullet in :59 1/5 (1/16) at Santa Introducing Flintshire... HORSE OF THE WORLD 5-TIME G1 WINNER OF $9,589,910 WON THE 152ND RUNNING OF THE $600,000 JUDDMONTE GRAND PRIX DE PARIS (G1) AT LONGCHAMP IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HIS 3 LENGTH VICTORY IN THE PRIX DU LYS LONGINES (G3) AT CHANTILLY “…magnifique…” - PARIS TURF (859) 255-8290 • www.hillndalefarms.com LGB, LLC 2016 $20,000 LFSN Introducing Flintshire... 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A ROYALLY-BRED, SOUND, HONEST AND BRILLIANT SON OF DANSILI, FROM THE JUDDMONTE FOUNDATION FAMILY OF MATRIARCHS HASILI AND APOGEE POSSESSED OF AN UNPARALLELED TURN OF FOOT, HIS FINAL HALF MILE TIME IN THE GRADE 1 MANHATTAN WAS CLOCKED IN :44.56 Brilliance Defined (859) 255-8290 • www.hillndalefarms.com $20,000 LFSN LGB, LLC 2016 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 6 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DECEMBER 10, 2016 Little Red Feather cont. AWe=re going to try to put people in on as many horses as AThis is really something that we think has a chance to be possible,@ Koch said. AWe=re going to be buying minority special and bring more and more people into the game,@ Koch interests in horses. We=ve already talked to some owners about said. AIf they just get their toes wet and if we can put them in on stakes type horses, allowance type horse, that we can buy a 5% a couple of good horses, all it will take is or 10% share of. That way these people can two or three guys to get together and say get a taste of the top. I also want to see who >let=s do this more, let=s buy some horses is on the [GI Kentucky] Derby trail and if that on our own.= That=s what we=re trying to includes someone like Paul Reddam or [B.] do. When we set out with Little Red Wayne Hughes, I really have a feeling they=ll Feather years and years ago one of our sell us a really small piece of a horse that is goals was to increase the popularity of this on the Derby trail.