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STELLAR WIND RETURNS GREEN GRATTO DELIVERS, AND SO DOES HIS TRAINER By Bill Finley IN APPLE BLOSSOM Less than 48 hours after he won a Grade I race, trainer Gaston Grant was back at work, not tending to a string of million-dollar 2-year-olds or graded stakes winners, but delivering packages for UPS in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. It=s his real job. For every Todd Pletcher, , Chad Brown, there are probably five trainers like Grant, trainers with stables so small and, normally, so unproductive that they cannot make ends meet at the racetrack. Grant didn=t train Big Brown (Boundary), but he drives for Big Brown. But it just so happens that this small stable includes one of the top 10 sprinters in the country, one that, more or less was given to Grant for free. Plagued by inconsistency throughout much of his career, Green Gratto (Here=s Zealous) has put things together this year at seven. Cont. p8 Stellar Wind | Zoe Metz by Joe Bianca After trading decisions with four-time champion IN TDN EUROPE TODAY (Henny Hughes) in four starts last season, Eclipse winner Stellar ASCOT ASSIGNMENT FOR JACK HOBBS Wind () will look to take an early stranglehold on the older G1 Dubai Sheema Classic winner Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling) will mare division when she makes her 5-year-old debut in the head to Royal Ascot without another run, according to trainer GI Apple Blossom H. Friday at Oaklawn. John Gosden. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Hronis Racing purchased the chestnut from Barbara Houck and the Donald Barr barn out of an 8 3/4-length graduation at Laurel in December 2014. She cruised in the 2015 GI the following spring, captured three other graded events that season and was a neck second in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff to earn champion 3-year-old filly honors. Second to Beholder in the GI Vanity Mile S. in her 4-year-old bow June 4, she bested that rival in the GI Clement L. Hirsch S. and GI Zenyatta S. before running fourth behind her in the Distaff Nov. 5. AWe gave her a vacation after the Breeders= Cup, and with Southern California having such a wet January and February, we were going to be pressed to have her ready for the [Mar. 18 GI] Santa Margarita,@ trainer John Sadler told the Oaklawn notes team. AThe Apple Blossom is such a classic and prestigious race too.@ With Beholder enjoying a well-deserved retirement and a dearth of older filly/mare stars out there, the division likely will go through Stellar Wind in 2017, but to assert herself, she must first conquer the Apple Blossom with no previous experience over the Hot Springs surface. Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected]

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Stellar Wind Returns in Apple Blossom cont. from p1 Home field advantage decidedly belongs to Stellar Wind's chief competition, Stonestreet Stables' Terra Promessa (Curlin). The bay 4-year-old went three-for-three at Oaklawn last winter and spring, including victories in the GIII Honeybee S. and APPLE BLOSSOM H.-GI, 4yo/up, f/m 1 1/8m GIII Fantasy S. She PP Horse Sire added tallies in the 1. Terra Promessa Curlin local Pippin S. and 2. Durango K First Samurai GIII Bayakoa S. this 3. Stellar Wind Curlin term before being 4. Divine Elegance Uncle Mo taken out of her 5. Tiger Moth Street Sense game when 6. Streamline Straight Line wrangled off the (see Graded Stakes Entries) pace to run a troubled fifth in the GII Azeri S. Mar. 18. With a rail draw and no other clear speed signed on, Terra Promessa figures to be back in her preferred front-running position in the Apple Blossom. Streamline (Straight Line), who upset Terra Promessa in the Azeri, has her work cut out for her to topple the big two, but the Illinois-bred did run a career-high when second at almost 20-1 in the Apple Blossom last spring.

12 HORSES, 12 CHANCES IN MAKER'S 46

What a View | Benoit by Joe Bianca While there is only one Grade I winner among the dozen horses set to do battle in Friday's GI Maker's 46 Mile at Keeneland, that doesn't mean the field lacks for quality, and it certainly doesn't lack for intrigue. Even the longshots in the field aren't without a realistic win prospect, setting the stage for a fascinating and unpredictable feature. Cont. p4

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Maker=s 46 Mile cont. What a View (Vronsky) is that lone top-level winner, having captured the GI Frank E. Kilroe MAKER’S 46 MILE S.-GI, 4yo/up, 1mT Mile last March at PP Horse Sire Santa Anita. The 1. Blacktype (Fr) Dunkerque (Fr) 6-year-old gelding, 2. What a View Vronsky off the board in his 3. American Patriot K War Front final three starts of 4. Bolo Temple City 2016, has rebounded 5. Conquest Enforcer KInto Mischief with a trio of 6. Conquest Panthera KKitten’s Joy runner-up finishes so 7. Calculator In Summation far this year, and he 8. Inspector Lynley Lemon Drop Kid missed repeating in 9. Heart to Heart English Channel the Kilroe by just a 10. Ballagh Rocks K Stormy Atlantic head Mar. 11. 11. Western Reserve K Indian Charlie The dark bay does 12. Bondurant War Front his best running on (see Graded Stakes Entries) the lead, however, where he is likely to have to deal with Terry Hamilton's millionaire Heart to Heart (English Channel). Trained by Brian Lynch, the Ontario-bred speedball was last seen annexing his eighth career graded stake in the GIII Canadian Turf S. Mar. 4 at Gulfstream. An enervating pace would play into the hands of many, including Jump Sucker Stable's Blacktype (Fr) (Dunkerque {Fr}). Competing mostly in allowance company for almost two years after coming to America in 2014, the Christophe Clement trainee turned a corner last summer and Blacktype | Equi-Photo fall, earning back-to-back graded victories in the GIII Oceanport S. and GII Commonwealth Turf Cup S. He makes his 2017 debut here after closing out his 5-year-old campaign with five consecutive triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures. Golden Pegasus Racing and Earle Mack's Bolo (Temple City) looks for a signature win in his third start since being shelved for nearly seven months following a ninth-place finish in the GII Eddie Read S. July 17. The imposing dark bay traded decisions with What a View this winter, out-nodding that one in the GII Arcadia S. Feb. 11 before running third in the Kilroe. Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 10 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 14, 2017

Maker=s 46 Mile cont. VEXATIOUS BACK ON SHORT REST IN FANTASY

Stuart S. Janney III and Phipps Stable's Inspector Lynley (Lemon Drop Kid) will look to build on a career-best effort in winning the GIII Tampa Bay S. Feb. 11. The homebred, who also took the GIII Saranac S. last summer, has drilled three consecutive bullets for trainer Shug McGaughey, capped off by a half-mile turf spin at Payson Park in :47 1/5 (1/18) Apr. 8. A pair of lightly-raced longshots merit consideration. Ian Wilkes will lead over Whitham ' Bondurant (War Front), an up-and-coming 4-year-old who ran a strong second at 12-1 behind Heart to Heart in the Canadian Turf last out. Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, meanwhile, starts Donegal Racing's Ballagh Rocks (Stormy Atlantic), who comes in off of three consecutive wins against lesser after adding blinkers Nov. 6 at Churchill. Vexatious (inside) | Benoit Richard C. Pell's Calculator (In Summation) will continue trainer Peter Miller's experiment to reinvent him as a turf horse. by Joe Bianca The gray, a graded stakes winner and multiple Grade I placed on Calumet Farm's progressive filly Vexatious (Giant's Causeway) dirt, scored narrowly in a downhill allowance/optional claimer made a respectable stakes debut when third in the GII Fair off of a seven-plus month layoff Mar. 2 at Santa Anita. Grounds Oaks Apr. 1. Instead of shipping back home to Santa Anita afterward, however, the bay was kept in the Texarkana area to contest Friday's 12-horse GIII Fantasy S. at Oaklawn. Cont. p6 Barbara Livingston photo TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 10 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 14, 2017

Vexatious Back on Short Rest in Fantasy cont. West Point Thoroughbreds and Edwin Barker's Spooky Woods Vexatious was a troubled third behind 'TDN Rising Star' and (Ghostzapper) makes the trek from southern California for subsequent GI Santa Anita Derby runner-up Battle of Midway trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. The $250,000 Barretts March () in an allowance/optional claimer Mar. 9 at Santa purchase followed up a Jan. 20 graduation with a respectable Anita. The late-runner was likely forced out of her element third at 26-1 behind division leader Unique Bella (Tapit) and when chasing tough pacesetting winner Farrell () Grade I winner (Quality Road) in the GIII Santa and getting nailed for second in the final jump in New Orleans . Ysabel S. Mar. 4. The Fantasy's morning line favorite is Shortleaf Stable's Benner Island (Speightstown). The $200,000 Keeneland September buy was a dull seventh in the local Martha Washington S. Feb. 11, Thursday, Keeneland but exploded forward with the addition of blinkers when second APPALACHIAN S. PRESENTED BY JAPAN RACING at 22-1 despite a wide trip in the GIII Honeybee S. Mar. 11. ASSOCIATION-GIII, $125,000, KEE, 4-13, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:37.12, Chanel's Legacy captured the Dixie Belle S. sprinting at fm. Oaklawn Feb. 11 and 1--LA CORONEL, 120, f, 3, by Colonel John stretched her speed 1st Dam: Listen (GSP), by Chester House out nicely with a FANTASY S.-GIII, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m 2nd Dam: Listen Now, by Storm Bird 13-1 upset in the PP Horse Sire 3rd Dam: Listen Well, by Martha Washington. 1. Chanel’s Legacy Dominus ($37,000 RNA Wlg '14 KEENOV; $37,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT; The Iowa-bred will 2. My Sweet Stella Eskendereya $375,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR). O-John C. Oxley; B-Kim & Rodney K look to bounce back 3. Benner Island Speightstown Nardelli, Susan Bunning, A. & B. Jaffreys (KY); T-Mark E. Casse; after finishing sixth 4. Drinks On Broadway Stay Thirsty J-Florent Geroux. $75,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-0, $259,615. 5. Vexatious K Giant’s Causeway in the Honeybee and Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick 6. Kell Paso K Divine Park second in the Purple Rating: A. 7. Dutch Parrot Eskendereya Martin S. Mar. 25. Winner’s Circle Thoroughbreds Graduate 8. Conquest Bandido KInto Mischief William K. Goode's 9. Torrent Blame Kell Paso (Divine 10. Spooky Woods K Ghostzapper Park) is an intriguing 11. Conquest Slayer K Scat Daddy 2--Morticia, 118, f, 3, Twirling Candy--Halloween Party, by Mr. shipper from New 12. Ever So Clever Medaglia d’Oro Greeley. ($45,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT). O-G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.; Mexico. Starting her (see Graded Stakes Entries) B-G. Watts Humphrey Jr. & George R. Arnold II (KY); T-George career with a 22-1 R. Arnold, II. $25,000. upset Nov. 29 at Zia, the bay scored at 16-1 in the El Paso Times S. Jan. 29 at Sunland 3--Proctor's Ledge, 118, f, 3, Ghostzapper--Archstone, by Arch. and was second at 7-1 in the Island Fashion S. there Feb. 26. >TDN Rising Star= O/B-Patricia L. Moseley (KY); T-Brendan P. Finally given some mutuel respect when 9-5 in the Sunland Park Walsh. $12,500. Oaks, Kell Paso ran a bang-up second, finishing a neck behind of undefeated Todd Pletcher trainee Ghalia (Medaglia d'Oro) after Raised at Hunter Valley Farm chasing and making the first move into a sizzling pace. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 10 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 14, 2017

Appalachian cont. Margins: 3 1/4, HD, HF. Odds: 3.70, 34.70, 7.90. Also Ran: Dream Dancing, Bellavais, New Money Honey, Lull, Journey Home, Purely a Dream, Coasted, Like a Hurricane. Scratched: Dynatail, Ghostly Presence. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. La Coronel returned to winning ways with a dominant victory against a loaded field in Keeneland=s Appalachian S. Friday afternoon. Breaking sharply, the crowd=s second choice kept close tabs on the leaders from a ground-saving third as 77-1 shot Like a Hurricane (Street Boss) ticked off opening splits of :23.89 and :49.13 with Morticia hot on her heels. Punching through between those rivals to seize command in early stretch, the dark bay immediately powered clear under a hand ride from Florent Geroux to win as she pleased. Morticia held on for second while pacesetter Like a Hurricane faded to last. ATDN Rising Star@ Proctor=s Ledge made a powerful late run to complete the trifecta.

tray in recognition of his eighth graded stakes win at the Lexington oval. Click here for more on Oxley. AIf anybody deserves it, he deserves it,@ Casse said. AThere was a lot of pressure. I was a little nervous about that. I=m glad he got it.@ Favored GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine New Money Honey (Medaglia d=Oro) could do no better than sixth. AI am disappointed,@ trainer Chad Brown said. AShe had been training so well. We=ll bring her back to and race La Coronel (r) charges clear in the Appalachian | Coady her there on a course we know she likes. I can=t use the layoff as AShe broke very sharply today,@ Geroux remarked. AShe put me an excuse because she had been training so well and our team is in a great spot right away. I just tried to nurse her around there. so good at getting them ready. I thought the winner ran a terrific When [I asked her], she surged like a lion. She just jumped in race. [Javier Castellano] just didn=t have any horse turning for there and ate them up.@ home.@ AShe=s an amazing horse,@ commented winning conditioner Off the board in her first two tries sprinting on the dirt, La Mark Casse, who captured last year=s renewal with Canadian Coronel broke through with a decisive four-length tally when Horse of the Year and MGISW Catch a Glimpse (City Zip). AI=ve switched to the grass and extended to 1 1/16 miles at gotta thank the Oxleys for so many great things. I have to thank Keeneland Oct. 12. Drawn in post 13 and five-wide entering the our farm team. This filly had double knee surgery after the stretch at Santa Anita in the Nov. 4 Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies [sixth-place finish in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf], Turf, the $375,000 OBSAPR buy checked in sixth and required and for her to come back and do what she just did Y it took a lot surgery in both knees afterwards. She kicked off her sophomore of people and a lot of hard work. We=re really proud of her.@ season with a game neck second after leading in the stretch in The victory earned John C. Oxley, who was also represented by Tampa Bay=s GIII Florida Oaks Mar. 11. fourth-place finisher Dream Dancing (Tapit), the gold Keeneland Cont. p8 GIANT’S CAUSEWAY’S ONLY 4-time GSW at stud in North America

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Appalachian cont. try to get a job on the backstretch. He hooked on in 2004 with former trainer Peter Chin and worked his way up from hot Pedigree Notes: walker to groom, always making sure that he got his duties done La Coronel is out of 2006 GIII Whimsical S. winner Listen, in time that he could get to work at UPS, usually by about 9 am. whose most recent produce is a yearling colt by Gemologist. The Green Gratto was bred in New Jersey by Peter Kazamias=s Kaz winner also hails from the family of MGISW turfer Listening Hill Farm. Kazamias works with Chin to sell his yearlings. If he (Night Shift); MGSW Listen Here (Gulch); and MGSW & GISP cannot find a buyer for any, he tells Chin to go out and make the Beautiful Noise (Sunny=s ), who is the dam of Grade II best deal possible. winner Linda (Scat Daddy). AI try to find a couple of friends who are not able to buy or claim horses and are interested in getting into the business,@ Chin said. Chin went to the Grant brothers and said as long as they paid Green Gratto Delivers, And So Does His Trainer cont. from p1 the bills for two Kaz Hill Farm horses while they were being broken and trained in Florida they could keep both. There would be no other charge. Grant decided he could not afford both and chose Green Gratto. The second horse, Anything Green (Here=s Zealous), made three starts and never came close to hitting the board. APeter called me up and said he had two horses for me,@ Grant said. AI was hesitant to take on the responsibility because I had one already and I had to think about the monthly bills at the farm. There were a lot of expenses involved, but I said `okay.= When I went to the farm, I liked Green Gratto. He was big and overpowering.@ At the start of Green Gratto=s career, it appeared that Grant got what he paid for. In his first five starts, he was beaten a combined 119 1/2 lengths. He finally dropped him into a $50,000 maiden claimer at Aqueduct and he responded by Gaston Grant (left) leads Green Gratto into the winner=s circle finishing second. He=s been a different horse ever since. A. Coglianese Cont. p9 He started off the year by winning the GIII Toboggan S. and, after a poor try in the GIII Tom Fool H., rebounded to win the GI Carter H. at Aqueduct at odds of 54-1. AI wouldn=t say I was surprised that he won because he was training good,@ said Grant, who owns the horse along with his brother, Anthony. ABut when you see your horse cross the wire first in a race like that you kind of go, >wow.= That was by far my biggest thrill in racing. I only started training horses on my own about two years ago. To win a Grade I is a remarkable feat.@ Green Gratto has earned $1,100,872 for the Grant brothers, who are natives of Jamaica, but that hasn=t led either to quit their regular jobs. Anthony is a contractor and Gaston said he has no plans to stop working for UPS. AFor me, the job is my security,@ he said. AWith UPS, I just have to show up to work and have a drivers license and it=s a good paying job. I would never think of giving it up.@ The Grant family moved to the U.S. in 1979 and their father loved to play the races. He would often takes his sons to the New York tracks and Gaston decided that some day he=d like to TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 14, 2017

Green Gratto Delivers, And So Does His Trainer cont. ARROGATE REMAINS ATOP LONGINES RANKINGS Champion Arrogate (Unbridled=s Song), who was named the world=s best racehorse of 2016, has edged clear of Australian superstar Winx (Aus) ( {Ire}) following his impressive victory in the G1 Mar. 25 to top the second edition of the Longinues World=s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2017. Arrogate Arrogate | Mathea Kelley boasts a rating of 134 Green Gratto | Sarah K. Andrew and Winx, who captured her 17th straight victory last weekend, He won the GIII Fall Highweight H. in 2015 and the Gravesend is second at 132. S. that same year. The 2015 Carter was also memorable for the Dubai World Cup runner-up Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) is connections as Green Gratto finished second at 53-1. tied for third at 123 with G1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic He was trained by Chin up until Aug. 3, 2015, when Grant took hero Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling) and Hartnell (GB) (Authorized out his trainer=s license and took over. Green Gratto was the {Ire}), who finished second to Winx in last Saturday=s G1 first horse he ever ran under his own name, recording a second Longines Queen Elizabeth S. place finish in an allowance race at Saratoga. Veteran sprinter Chautauqua (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) is Green Gratto went only one for 13 in 2016, but at age seven next on the list at 122 following his victory in the G1 Darley TJ has become better than ever this year. Smith S.; and he is followed by Kitasan Black (Jpn) (Black Tide AI guess he=s maturing. I don=t know,@ Grant said. AI can=t say I {Jpn}), who made his seasonal bow a winning one in the did anything special. It happens in the sport, where horses turn G1 Osaka Hai. around. We always believed in him and as he got older he started to mature and take care of himself.@ Grant is now training seven horses, three of which he owns along with his brother. He doesn=t want his stable to get any F-T MIDLANTIC CATALOGUE NOW ONLINE bigger. Too many horses means too much time at the barn, and Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 575 horses for its Midlantic 2- he=s got another boss to please. Good UPS drivers don=t show up Year-Olds in Training Sale to be held May 22-23 in Timonium, late. M.D. Click here to view the catalogue. AThe Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale and its dirt racetrack have long been a source of racing success at the highest levels,@ said Midlantic Sales Director Paget Bennett. AThis year we have nearly 600 catalogued and perhaps our strongest sire power to date. Buyers at all levels, and from all regions, will find quality horses to suit their programs next month at Timonium.@ The under-tack show will be held over three sessions, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, May 16-18. Each under- La Coronel (Colonel John) romps tack show session will begin at 8:00 am. The GI Preakness S. will in the GIII Appalachian S. be held at nearby Pimlico Saturday, May 20 and the sale will follow May 22 and 23 with each session starting at 11 am.

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NOMINATIONS TO OPEN FOR hardworking men and women in our industry receive the recognition that they truly deserve.@ INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE AWARDS A new award category has been added, AThe Newcomer Nominations will open Monday, May 8, for the 2017 Award,@ which will recognize an individual who has been Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards, which were held in working in any area of Thoroughbred racing and/or breeding for America for the first time in 2016. Nominations can be less than five years as of May 8, 2017. In addition to the prize submitted until Tuesday, Aug. 1, at midnight. This year, there money for this award, the winner will also receive a five-day will be six awards which will carry total prize money of educational tour to Dubai with flights and accommodation $128,000, an increase of $13,000 over last year. included. is the principal sponsor of the awards in association The Keeneland Association will host the awards again this year with The Jockey Club, the National Horsemen=s Benevolent and Friday, Oct. 13. Protection Association and the Thoroughbred Owners and For more information and to nominate online, click here. Breeders Association. Godolphin also sponsors the equivalent Stud and Stable Staff Awards in Ireland, Australia, Britain and France. AOn behalf of Godolphin, we would like to thank everyone that made the first year of the TIEA a huge success, including the TDN CRITERIA nominators,@ Dan Pride, COO of Godolphin in America, said. The races covered in the TDN are as follows: AThe involvement of The Jockey Club, the National HBPA and • Stakes: purses of $50,000/up TOBA, as well as media support from the TDN, BloodHorse, Daily • Allowance Races: purses of $20,000/up Racing Form and TVG, was instrumental in bringing these • Optional Claiming Races: purses of $20,000/up awards to fruition. The first group of nominees were so • Maiden Special Weight Races: purses of $18,000/up impressive across the board and we fully expect to see that • Maiden Claiming Races: purses of $18,000/up & a minimum again this year. It=s extremely heartwarming that the claiming price of $40,000 Friday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 6:10 p.m. EDT APPLE BLOSSOM H.-GI, $600,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Terra Promessa Curlin Stonestreet Stables, LLC Asmussen Ortiz 8-5 2 Durango K First Samurai Tom R. Durant Morse Vazquez 30-1 3 Stellar Wind Curlin Hronis Racing LLC Sadler Espinoza 3-5 4 Divine Elegance Uncle Mo Ten Strike Racing Matthews Corbett 30-1 5 Tiger Moth Street Sense John D. Gunther Cox Santana, Jr. 15-1 6 Streamline Straight Line Nancy A. Vanier & Cartwright Thoroughbreds V LLC Williamson Landeros 8-1 TJCIS PPs Breeders: 1-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 2-Debby Oxley, 3-Keswick Stables & Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 4-Everett Dobson & Jim Wells, 5-John D. Gunther, 6-Nancy Vanier

Friday, Keeneland, post time: 5:30 p.m. EDT MAKER'S 46 MILE S.-GI, $300,000, 4yo/up, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Blacktype (Fr) Dunkerque (Fr) Jump Sucker Stable Clement Rosario 6-1 2 What a View Vronsky Finish Line Racing, LLC, The Elwood Johnston Black Baze 5-1 Trust & Taste of Victory Stables 3 American Patriot K War Front WinStar Farm, LLC Pletcher Castellano 20-1 4 Bolo Temple City Golden Pegasus Racing, Inc. & Earle I. Mack Gaines Smith 5-1 5 Conquest Enforcer K Into Mischief Loooch Racing Stable, Inc. Radosevich Lopez 12-1 6 Conquest Panthera K Kitten's Joy Gary Barber Casse Albarado 15-1 7 Calculator In Summation Richard C. Pell Miller Geroux 10-1 8 Inspector Lynley Lemon Drop Kid Stuart S. Janney, III & Phipps Stable McGaughey III Velazquez 8-1 9 Heart to Heart English Channel Terry Hamilton Lynch Leparoux 3-1 10 Ballagh Rocks K Stormy Atlantic Donegal Racing Mott Lezcano 20-1 11 Western Reserve K Indian Charlie Marc Detampel Cox Bridgmohan 15-1 12 Bondurant War Front Whitham Thoroughbreds, LLC Wilkes Hernandez, Jr. 10-1 TJCIS PPs Breeders: 1-E.A.R.L. Haras Du Quesnay, 2-Old English Rancho, Patsy & Sal Berumen, 3-WinStar Farm, LLC, 4-Spendthrift Farm, LLC, 5-Tall Oaks Farm, 6-Kenneth L & Sarah K. Ramsey, 7-Ocala Stud, 8-Stuart S. Janney, III LLC. & Phipps Stable, 9-Red Hawk Ranch, 10-Turner Breeders, LLC, 11-Juddmonte Farms Inc, 12-Janis R. Whitham

GALLOP-OUT VIDEOS • Filmed from midway point on turn to provide for head-on and rear angles • Listen for breathing abnormalities with full audio • See how horses finish up their breezes Virtual Inspections, Gallop Outs, and more • Filmed in HD • Use videos to promote stallions At the Sales. On the Farm. At the Track. $50 - per horse $1500 - full sale visit us @ www.thorostride.com order at [email protected] Now booking for OBS April Friday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 5:42 p.m. EDT FANTASY S.-GIII, $400,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Chanel's Legacy Dominus Poindexter Thoroughbreds LLC Chleborad Birzer 8-1 2 My Sweet Stella Eskendereya Zayat Stables, LLC Lukas Vazquez 20-1 3 Benner Island K Speightstown Shortleaf Stable Inc. Cox Santana, Jr. 5-2 4 Drinks On Broadway Stay Thirsty Upson Downs Farm, Sagamore Farm & Hartlage Johnson 30-1 Papason Stables 5 Vexatious K Giant's Causeway Calumet Farm Drysdale Desormeaux 7-2 6 Kell Paso K Divine Park William K. Goode Green Rocco, Jr. 6-1 7 Dutch Parrot Eskendereya Shortleaf Stable Inc. Van Meter Borel 15-1 8 Conquest Bandido K Into Mischief J Armando Rodriguez Racing Stable Inc Catalano Hill 15-1 9 Torrent Blame Westrock Stables LLC Moquett Ortiz 10-1 10 Spooky Woods K Ghostzapper West Point Thoroughbreds and Barker, Edwin Hollendorfer Prat 4-1 11 Conquest Slayer K Scat Daddy Judge Lanier Racing Hernandez Carreno 50-1 12 Ever So Clever Medaglia d'Oro Clearview Stable LLC Asmussen Contreras 20-1 TJCIS PPs Breeders: 1-H. Allen Poindexter, 2-Zayat Stables, 3-Mercedes Stables LLC, 4-Ocala Stud, 5-James C. Weigel & Giant's CausewaySyndicate, LLC., 6-Brereton C. Jones, 7-Shortleaf Stable, 8-Mike Abraham, 9-Westrock Stables, LLC, 10-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 11-HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC, 12-Clearsky Farms

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Leading Third-Crop Sires by YTD Earnings for stallions standing in North America through Wednesday, Apr. 12 Earnings represent worldwide figures Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Uncle Mo 4 8 3 7 -- 1 101 28 $308,900 $2,179,970 (2008) by Indian Charlie FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Ashford Stud KY ($150,000) Conquest Mo Money 2 Trappe Shot -- 7 -- 2 -- -- 84 26 $210,000 $1,240,681 (2007) by Tapit FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY ($7,500) Untrapped 3 Twirling Candy 2 5 -- 2 -- -- 63 21 $260,140 $1,199,774 (2007) by Candy Ride (Arg) FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY ($20,000) Master Plan 4 Archarcharch -- 4 ------110 34 $102,500 $1,153,889 (2008) by Arch FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY ($6,000) Qatar Man (IRE) 5 First Dude 1 1 ------78 32 $148,920 $1,015,301 (2007) by Stephen Got Even FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Double Diamond Farm FL ($10,000) Skye Diamonds 6 Haynesfield -- 1 -- 1 -- -- 66 22 $149,032 $974,133 (2006) by Speightstown FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Rancho San Miguel CA ($5,000) Aster Swing 7 Gio Ponti 1 2 ------95 34 $69,900 $876,554 (2005) by Tale of the Cat FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Castleton Lyons KY ($7,500) Taco 8 Girolamo 1 2 1 1 -- -- 52 20 $101,800 $871,915 (2006) by A.P. Indy FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Darley KY ($10,000) T Loves a Fight 9 Drosselmeyer 2 3 ------68 24 $111,500 $856,302 (2007) by Distorted Humor FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Five O One 10 Adios Charlie 1 2 -- 1 -- -- 51 17 $113,284 $753,847 (2008) by Indian Charlie FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Ocala Stud Farm FL ($2,500) Mo Cash 11 Sidney's Candy -- 1 ------56 26 $53,760 $681,965 (2007) by Candy Ride (Arg) FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Sheeza Milky Way 12 Wilburn 1 4 ------82 23 $72,600 $677,792 (2008) by Bernardini FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: River Oaks Farms-- Inc OK ($2,500) Sorry Erik 13 Tizway 2 5 -- 2 -- -- 74 29 $80,560 $676,586 (2005) by Tiznow FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY ($7,500) Our Way 14 Paddy O'Prado -- 1 ------90 23 $63,600 $623,510 (2007) by El Prado (Ire) FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY ($3,500) Trust Factor 15 Lonhro (Aus) 2 2 2 2 -- -- 50 16 $138,000 $600,893 (1998) by Octagonal (Nz) FYR: 2013 Crops: 3 Stands: Darley USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Isotherm

FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ ANYRA is always looking for new and exciting ways to with our fans,@ said Lynn LaRocca, NYRA Senior Vice President & Chief Experience Officer. A>Across the Board= aligns perfectly with NYRA's efforts to expand our digital offerings for the Thursday=s Results: benefit of New York racing fans.@ 7th-AQU, $76,000, Alw (NW3$X)/Opt. Clm ($100,000), 4-13, The debut episode of AAcross the Board@ features an extensive 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:15.82, ft. interview with New York racing icon Harvey Pack, who served CLASSY CLASS (h, 5, Discreetly Mine--Collegiate {GISP}, by over three decades as the host of NYRA television programs Saarland), third in the GIII Withers S. and GIII Gotham S. on this AThoroughbred Action@ and AInside Racing.@ Now 90 and still oval in 2015, hadn=t the winner=s circle since July of that active as a handicapper and gambler, Pack sat down for a nearly year and came into this feature off of a third in a local hour-long interview with Serling to look back on his career, allowance/optional claimer Mar. 18. Sent off as the 3-2 chalk in provide his current thoughts of the state of racing and reflect on this four-horse group, the bay dueled for command through a his time at the track. :23.08 quarter, found some daylight passing a :45.86 half and AOur goal is to present the interesting stories and entertaining inched away in the lane to score by two lengths. Life in racetrack characters in a way that appeals to both avid Shambles (Broken Vow) completed the exacta. Sales History: horseplayers and new fans alike,@ Serling said. AWe're lucky to $120,000 Ylg '13 KEENOV; $250,000 2yo '14 OBSMAR. Lifetime have access to an incredibly diverse set of personalities, and I'm Record: MGSP, 16-4-0-4, $364,600. Click for the Equibase.com thrilled with the launch of >Across the Board.=@ chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Listeners can now subscribe to AAcross the Board@ through O-Cheyenne Stables LLC; B-E Paul Robsham Stable LLC (KY); iTunes, SoundCloud and Google Play. T-Kiaran P. McLaughlin.

Belmont Stakes Charity Celebration to Include Announcement 3rd-AQU, $65,660, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 4-13, of Dinny Phipps Award: 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:36.98, fm. Earle Mack will announce the creation of an annual award DANCE QUEEN (f, 3, To Honor and Serve--Malibu Moon Dance named in honor of his friend, the late Ogden Mills Phipps, when {SP, $115,730}, by Malibu Moon) registered a 13-1 upset on the New York Racing Association and The Jockey Club host the debut Mar. 12 at Gulfstream and was let go as the distant 3-1 annual Belmont Stakes Charity Celebration at the Bryant Park second choice behind returning >TDN Rising Star= Sophie Grill in New York City June 8, 2017. The beneficiary of this event Germain (Algorithms) in this spot. Showing the way through is the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. fractions of :23.64 and :48.16, the dark bay was overtaken by Beginning in 2018, the award, a trophy commissioned by 14-1 Lucky Long (Lookin At Lucky) at the top of the lane and Mack, will be presented by the Grayson-Jockey Club Research appeared beaten at the sixteenth pole, but stubbornly fought Foundation to recognize longstanding dedication to equine back to out-bob that rival by a nose on the line. Sophie Germain health. Phipps served as a board member of the foundation was a bit headstrong early and made no impact in finishing third. from its inception. The victress has a juvenile Curlin half-sister named Twirlin Curlin ADinny and Earle have made huge contributions, personally and a yearling half-brother by the same sire named Flip. Malibu and financially, to the Thoroughbred industry over the years,@ Moon Dance also foaled a colt by Quality Road Mar. 17. Lifetime said Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Chairman Dell Record: 2-2-0-0, $58,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or Hancock. AIt was Mr. Mack=s gift of $100,000 after Dinny passed VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. away last April that launched a sequence of other donations in O-Patricia Schuler; B-Foxcroft Farm (KY); T-Thomas M. Bush. his name, which eventually totaled $337,125. Now we will be able to honor Dinny further by presenting an annual award to an NYRA Launches Across the Board with Andy Serling: individual or organization whose service to the industry includes The New York Racing Association has launched AAcross the a connection to equine research.@ Board with Andy Serling,@ a NYRA podcast hosted by racing Tickets for the celebration are priced at $300. analyst Serling. It will appear in regular installments throughout the year, providing fans and horseplayers with access to some of the most interesting personalities in racing. Click here to listen.

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Saratoga=s famed Oklahoma Training Track will open for spring training Apr. 17. The Whitney Viewing Stand, which overlooks the Oklahoma, will also be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 6:00 a.m.-10:30a.m. Thursday=s Results: 7th-KEE, $74,000, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 4-13, 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:16.91, ft. PAWLEYS EXPRESS (m, 5, Afleet Express--Pawley Girl, by Not For Love) romped on debut when dangled for $40,000 last July at Belmont and won two of her next four, most recently cruising by five lengths in a Gulfstream allowance/optional claimer Thursday=s Results: Feb. 24. Backed to 6-5 favoritism here, the homebred was off a 1st-GP, $43,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 4-13, half-beat slowly from the rail and settled in fourth, two lengths 4yo/up, f/m, 5fT, :54.74, fm. off of a :22.75 quarter. Bottled up until the five-sixteenths pole, EILA (f, 4, Benny the Bull--Ooh Yeah, by Dismissed), claimed for Pawleys Express tipped into the clear at the top of the $12,500 out of a maiden win on the local dirt last January, straightaway and swept to the fore at the furlong grounds, destroyed a field of $25,000 claimers by 10 1/2 lengths over skipping away from there to a 4 1/4-length victory. Sea Cloud course and distance a month later, was plucked by this barn out (Mizzen Mast) was second-best. The winner=s dam is a half to of that effort and reeled off two more victories before running Evening Star (Malibu Moon), the producer of champion and fourth in the Claiming Crown Distaff Dash S. Dec. 3. Coming in MGISW Stellar Wind (Curlin), who makes her 5-year-old debut in off of a neck second here Feb. 24, the bay was crushed down to Friday=s GI Apple Blossom H. Lifetime Record: 6-4-1-1, $143,700. 3-10 in this spot and broke on top from her rail draw to quickly Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- open a clear lead. Ticking off a :21.29 quarter, the big favorite Tipton. never gave any stretch runners a chance, kicking away to score O/B-PHS Racing, LLC (KY); T-Ralph E. Nicks. by 2 1/2 lengths over Kingston Terrace (Johannesburg). Lifetime A Graduate of AbraCadabra Farms Record: 9-5-2-0, $125,300. Sales History: $3,000 Ylg '14 OBSAUG; $20,000 2yo '15 OBSOPN. Click for the Equibase.com 6th-KEE, $70,922, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 4-13, chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 4yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:42.89, ft. O-A & K Equine, LLC; B-Ben-D Farm South, LLC (FL); T-Ralph E. CONQUEST WINDYCITY (c, 4, Tiznow--Lasting Appeal, by A.P. Nicks. Indy), once an $800,000 OBS March purchase who was snapped up for $65,000 from the Conquest Stables dispersal at Keeneland November, was a good second in the Gulfstream slop first out for these connections Feb. 22, earning a career-high 7th-GP, $36,000, Msw, 4-13, 3yo/up, f/m, 5fT, :55.63, fm. Beyer of 92 for the effort. Let go at 69-10 in this spot, the dark FLY SWIFT (f, 3, City Zip--Flagrant, by Rahy) failed to get the job bay tracked the pace from an up-close second through splits of done as the favorite in three consecutive starts to close her :24.05 and :48 flat. Moving to the fore passing three-quarters in 2-year-old account and was the public=s preference once again 1:12.08, he drew off strongly in the lane to triumph by 4 1/2 at 9-5 while adding Lasix here. Tracking from fourth through a lengths. Archanova (Archarcharch) held on for second after :20.92 quarter, the homebred advanced four-wide on the turn setting the early tempo. The winner=s dam is a full-sister to and ran down longshot Little Christina (Mineshaft) in the final 70 GSW/GISP runner and successful sire Jump Start, and is a half to yards to graduate by a neck. Fly Swift is a half to Furthest Lane Steady Course (Old Trieste), the dam of recently sidelined and (Smart Strike), GISW, $917,707. Her dam, a half to undefeated GISW Mastery (Candy Ride {Arg}). Sales History: MGSW/GISP/G1SP Dynever (Dynaformer), is responsible for a $320,000 Ylg '14 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: SP, 10-3-2-1, juvenile full-sister to the winner named Frippery and foaled a $178,521. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, filly by Curlin last season before visiting Lookin At Lucky. Lifetime sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Record: 5-1-2-1, $45,300. Click for the Equibase.com chart or O-DARRS, Inc.; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O/B-Catherine M. Wills (KY); T-Christophe Clement.

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5th-KEE, $59,669, Alw, 4-13, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT, O-Donna G. Hancock, Gray & Bryan Lyster; B-Wayne, Gray & 1:37.05, fm. Bryan Lyster (KY); T-John A. Hancock. GRAND JETE (GB) (f, 4, Dansili {GB}--Modern Look {GB} Foaled and Raised at ASHVIEW FARM {MGSW-Fr & SP-US, $281,388}, by Zamindar) was well-supported at the windows for her first Stateside start at Keeneland and ran to the money, producing a powerful stretch kick to easily best a field of allowance fillies and mares for Juddmonte Farms and Chad Brown. Breaking her maiden against 10th Horse Adopted in New Vocations Pony Club Challenge: males fourth out last summer at Clairefontaine in France, the A total of 10 Thoroughbreds have been adopted by United homebred closed out her sophomore campaign four starts later States Pony Clubs, Inc. members as part of the New Vocations with an eighth-place run in the Prix Ceres Nov. 17 at Pony Club Challenge, which is an educational program designed Fontainebleau and was subsequently transferred from the David to give Pony Club members an opportunity to adopt retired Smaga stable. Showing a steady series of drills over the Palm racehorses. Meadows turf for this 4-year-old bow, the bay was away The 10 retired racehorses that have found new homes are: without issue and settled in fourth as the 11-5 chalk. Tracking Brandi=s Diva, Ouch Ouch Ouch, Why Not Whiskey, Barracuda about four lengths behind splits of :24.37 and :48.98, Grand Jete Bay, Megnog, Sum Up, Go Weapons Hot, Caribbean Kid, Our was produced in the center of the course nearing the top of the Commodore and Tailwindstorm. They will be competing in lane and blew by the frontrunners in just a few strides, kicking dressage, show jumping, and eventing at the 2018 United States away in the final furlong to an impressive 4 1/4-length success. Pony Clubs Championships East. Forty more Thoroughbreds are Prudence (Pleasantly Perfect) won a photo for second at 22-1. expected to be adopted before the 2018 competition, which will The winner=s dam is a half to MG1SW Foreteller (GB) (Dansili offer a minimum of $10,000 in cash and prizes. {GB}) out of G1SW Prophecy (Ire) (Warning {GB}). Third dam AThe New Vocations Pony Club Challenge allows New Andaleeb (Lyphard) was a GSW out of 1973 GII Vocations to provide 50 free, retired racehorses to eligible and heroine Bag of Tunes (Herbager). Lifetime Record: 9-2-2-3, pre-approved Pony Club members,@ says Anna Ford, $88,359. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored Thoroughbred Program Director. AEach of these horses comes by Fasig-Tipton. with a $1,800 stipend, which has been generously provided by O/B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Chad C. Brown. the WaterShed Animal Fund and the Right Horse Initiative, which focus on massively increasing horse adoptions.@

FIRST WINNER FOR FRESHMAN SIRE StarLadies Racing to Host Fundraiser for Backside Learning 1st-KEE, $56,940, Msw, 4-13, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, :52.75, ft. Center: +FLAT DRUNK (f, 2, Flat Out--Feline Flatline, by Lion Heart) was StarLadies Racing will be hosting a Girls Night Out fundraiser bet strongly throughout in the Thursday opener at Keeneland Monday, Apr. 24 with the proceeds going to benefit the and came with a relentless stretch kick to get up late and Backside Learning Center at Churchill Downs. become the first winner for her freshman sire (by Flatter). The event will be held at Porcini Restaurant in Louisville and Coming in off of a sharp local half-mile gate work in :48 flat will run from 6:00-7:00 p.m. It will feature NBC=s on-track (6/120) Apr. 8, the dark bay was let go as the 2-1 second choice reporter Donna Barton Brothers, Daily Racing Form=s Mike and broke well before dropping back to travel in sixth behind a Welsch and former Courier-Journal reporter Jennie contested opening quarter of :22.57. Wheeling out into the Rees, who will be discussing betting strategies and selections for four-path at the top of the lane, Flat Drunk flew home in the this year=s GI Kentucky Oaks and GI Kentucky Derby. final sixteenth to nail 49-1 Shape of You (Gaff) by a half-length. The cost to attend the event is $30 at the door and includes The latter took a tough beat after winning a protracted duel complimentary appetizers and a drink on the house. There will with favored Wesley Ward firster Girl=s Night (Dunkirk). The also be a special gift to all those in attendance courtesy of winner is the first foal out of an unraced half to GISW Sharla Rae StarLadies Racing. (Afleet Alex). Feline Flatline produced a colt by Cairo Prince last All profits will go to the Backside Learning Center (BLC) which term before being bred to Summer Front. Lifetime Record: has been an integral source of educational opportunities and 1-1-0-0, $36,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, other resources to backstretch employees since doors opened in sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 2004.

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forth his best performance to date with a frontrunning romp in Thursday=s Bachelor S. at Oaklawn. The $110,000 Keeneland September buy gave up clear stretch leads when second in both the GIII Bashford Manor S. and GII Saratoga Special S. last Wednesday Night=s Results: summer and finished third in both the GIII Iroquois S. and 7th-CT, $24,000, (S), Alw, 4-12, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:20.37, Buffalo Man S. later in the year before tiring to 10th in the ft. Mucho Macho Man S. Jan. 7 at Gulfstream. TAMPERED CHARACTER (g, 3, Windsor Castle--Miracle Mist, by Showing more late punch to score at Laurel Mar. 10, the bay Stormy Atlantic) graduated as the favorite on debut in the local was let go as the 2-1 second choice in the Bachelor and quickly slop Mar. 18 and was made the 7-5 choice to repeat here. Off established command from his rail draw. Clicking off a sharp alertly from his rail draw, the homebred led narrowly through :21.60 quarter, Recruiting Ready inched away from his pursuers tepid splits of :23.77 and :47.65, was challenged midway on the heading into the stretch and never came under any serious far turn by He=s Royal (Jump Start) and repelled that foe by the pressure from there, widening steadily to romp by six lengths in eighth pole to score by 1 3/4 lengths. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, 1:09.09 and become the second stakes winner for his $28,020. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored sophomore sire. Conquest Wildcat completed the exacta. by Fasig-Tipton. The winner=s second dam, MGSW Trip (Lord at War {Arg}), is O/B-Thomas C. Weeks (WV); T-Michael Lee Weeks. also the second dam of Sonic Mule (Distorted Humor), who bested Recruiting Ready in the Mucho Macho Man and Buffalo Man. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

Thursday=s Results: BACHELOR S., $150,000, OP, 4-13, 3yo, 6f, 1:09.09, ft. 6th-OP, $82,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000), 4-13, 1--#RECRUITING READY, 117, c, 3, by Algorithms 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.35, ft. 1st Dam: Need, by Strong Hope CARE (f, 4, Trappe Shot--Staff Nurse, by Arch) graduated at 2nd Dam: Trip, by Lord At War (Arg) third asking over track and trip Mar. 11 and was made a 27-10 3rd Dam: Tour, by Forty Niner proposition to repeat in this first try against winners. Stalking ($110,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $240,000 RNA 2yo '16 FTFMAR). second from between rivals through a :22.19 quarter, the bay O-Sagamore Farm; B-Claiborne Farm (KY); T-Horacio DePaz; sidled alongside frontrunning favorite Asian=s Way (Trappe Shot) J-Horacio Karamanos. $90,000. Lifetime Record: 8-3-1-2, at the eighth pole and surged by that one late to prevail by one $188,765. length. Care is a half to Great Minds (Stroll), GSW, $404,548, and a juvenile colt by Algorithms named Momma=s Gift. Sales 2--Conquest Wildcat, 119, c, 3, Wildcat Heir--Vee Cee Dancing, History: $130,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-1, by Pulpit. ($100,000 Ylg '15 FTKJUL; $95,000 2yo '16 KEENOV). $99,854. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored O-Randy Patterson; B-A. Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck by Fasig-Tipton. (FL); T-Randy L. Morse. $30,000. O-Adele B. Dilschneider; B-Claiborne Farm (KY); T-Albert M. Bred, Raised and Sold by Summerfield Sales Stall, Jr.

3--Silver Bullion, 115, c, 3, Pioneerof the Nile--Love Buzz, by 7th-OP, $82,000, Alw (NW2L)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 4-13, 3yo, Silver Charm. ($55,000 Wlg '14 KEENOV; $170,000 Ylg '15 6f, 1:10.54, ft. KEESEP; $95,000 RNA 2yo '16 OBSOPN). O-Calumet Farm; RECKLING (c, 3, Dialed In--Cash Reserve, by Distorted Humor) B-John R. Penn (KY); T-D. Wayne Lukas. $15,000. was second to >TDN Rising Star= Theory (Gemologist) first out Margins: 5 1/4, 4 1/4, NO. Odds: 2.00, 11.50, 17.20. July 30 at Saratoga and beat subsequent >Rising Star= Mo Town Also Ran: Jagged Warrior, Crawford, Carson Kan, Rockshaw. (Uncle Mo) there Aug. 27, but hadn=t broken through in five Scratched: Smokin Now. starts since, most recently running second over track and trip Recruiting Ready, a dominant debut winner last spring to earn Mar. 17. Off as the 13-5 second choice in this spot, the dark bay >TDN Rising Star= status, had mostly disappointed since then, but dropped out to run second-last behind a sharp :21.67 quarter, got back on track in a Laurel optional claimer last out and put started to get going along the inside after a :45.02 half, was TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 5 OF 6 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 14, 2017 stymied in traffic for much of the stretch before finding room at work with them are the backbone of this sport; and throughout the sixteenth marker and outkicking Junket (Algorithms) his career, Steve demonstrated a passion for both which was between horses to get up late by a half-length. Reckling has a unsurpassed. We are proud that the Steve Sexton Mile will live juvenile full-brother named Cool Cash and his dam was bred to on at Lone Star Park as a tribute to him and to his spirit of Race Day last spring. Sales History: $70,000 Ylg '15 KEEJAN; achievement and excellence.@ $75,000 RNA 2yo '16 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 8-2-2-2, The renamed stakes also will raise awareness for the fund $157,280. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, created by Sexton=s family to put a student through college who sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. otherwise would not have the opportunity. The family is in the O-L. William & Corinne Heiligbrodt; B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY); process of making the Steven P. Sexton Foundation a 501(c)(3) T-Steven M. Asmussen. charitable foundation. AHaving a race named after my dad is fantastic and fitting, an incredible honor for our family,@ Taylor Sexton said. AWe=re very excited about the race and look forward to watching the Steven 10th-OP, $80,000, Msw, 4-13, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.09, ft. P. Sexton foundation make a difference in the lives of young MARCY DARCY (f, 3, Smart Strike--Hot Dixie Chick {GISW, people. This is one of many instances where my dad wouldn=t $343,252}, by Dixie Union) had no trouble with a six-month say he deserved it. But he did.@ layoff, rolling to victory in the nightcap Thursday at Oaklawn. Finishing fourth on debut Oct. 8 at Keeneland in a live race that produced GSW Purely a Dream (Pure Prize) and last weekend=s GI Central Bank Ashland S. Sailor=s Valentine (Mizzen Mast), the chestnut returned as the 17-10 chalk in this spot and stalked the INDUSTRY INFO pace of Sweet Invention (Twirling Candy) from second through fractions of :22.11 and :45.49. Taking charge at the top of the RTCA Announces Board of Directors for 2017: lane, the Stonestreet colorbearer drew away by the eighth pole Race Track Chaplaincy of America has announced this year=s and coasted home five lengths to the good of the pacesetter. board of directors, which is led by President Elliott Walden, who The winner is a half to Union Jackson (Curlin), SW & GSP, is also President and CEO of WinStar Farm. $208,924 and is out of the 2010 GI Spinaway S. heroine, who is a The rest of board is comprised of: Rich Gimmel (Vice half to GI Xpressbet Florida Derby victor and top GI Kentucky President), Chaplain Humberto Chavez (Secretary), Chaplain Derby contender Always Dreaming (Bodemeister). Seonc dam Darrell Winter (Treasurer), Arnie Frazee (Region Director=s Above Perfection (In Excess {Ire}) was a GSW/GISP runner. Hot Representative), Karen Chavez (Women=s Ministry Dixie Chick is responsible for a 2-year-old Street Cry (Ire) filly Representative), Jody Parmenter (Council President=s and produced a Bernardini colt Feb. 7. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, Representative), Chaplain Dwight Brown (Chaplain=s $51,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored Representative), Allyn Mann (Industry Representative), and Dan by Fasig-Tipton. Waits (Executive Director). O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Grace Thoroughbred Holdings LLC AI=m grateful to have served with those board members whose (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. terms have ended and welcome our newest board members,@ Waits said. AIt=s a great balance of folks that are involved every day in the horse racing industry and care deeply about the ministry. I look forward to working together as we continue to Texas Mile to be Renamed for Steve Sexton: improve RTCA=s ability to serve.@ Lone Star Park=s GIII Texas Mile has been renamed the Steve Sexton Mile in honor of the track=s former executive vice president and general manager who died in December at age 57 after battling brain cancer. The $200,000 event will be held © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. May 7. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any AAnyone who knew or worked with Steve Sexton knows he means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission was one of the most versatile, talented and dedicated racing of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from executives of his time,@ said Scott Wells, Lone Star Park=s results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services president and general manager. AHorses and the people who and utilized here with their permission.

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winners, going down by a half-length when third at Chukyo Mar. 11 (video). The $85K Fasig-Tipton July yearling turned $240K Barretts March juvenile tries the dirt for the first time here and is clearly well bred to negotiate the surface switch. The chestnut=s dam, purchased by Glencrest Farm for $75K carrying this filly in utero at Keeneland January in 2014, is a half-sister to Magical Fantasy (Diesis {GB}), a dual Grade I winner on turf, but placed in the GII La Canada S. on the main. This is also the family Second-crop starters to watch: Friday, April 14 of GII Breeders= Cup Marathon winner London Bridge (Arch). Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2013 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ B-Glencrest Farm (KY) --Alan Carasso BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) BODEMEISTER (Empire Maker), WinStar Farm, $30K, 262/23/3 10-KEE, Msw 7f, Burgameister, $135K OBS OPN 2yo, 8-1 6-KEE, Msw 1 1/16m, Ladrona, $72K RNA OBS OPN 2yo, 6-1 CAL NATION (Distorted Humor), Country Life Farm, $3.5K, 35/4/0 7-LRL, Alw 6f, Parade of Nations, 12-1 BREEDERS’ EDITION CREATIVE CAUSE (Giant's Causeway), Airdrie Stud, $15K, 174/28/3 3-LRL, Msw 1m, Heaven's Creation, $85K RNA FTK JUL yrl, 7-5 DOMINUS (Smart Strike), Spendthrift Farm, $6.5K, 85/14/2 ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8-OP, $400K GIII Fantasy S., 1 1/16m, Chanel's Legacy, 8-1 1st-PEN, $33,300, (S), 4-13, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:40.81, GEMOLOGIST (Tiznow), WinStar Farm, $15K, 205/28/3 ft. 10-KEE, Msw 7f, Twinsanity, $22K KEE SEP yrl, 20-1 DIADEMA (m, 5, City Sharpster--Artesania, by Count On Steve) HANSEN (Tapit), KOR, $12.5K, 129/32/3 Lifetime Record: 37-7-7-4, $147,660. O-Home Team Stables; 4-AQU, Msw 1mT, Scarlett Jo Hansen, $100K OBS APR 2yo, 12-1 B-Charles A. Cuprill (PA); T-Scott A. Lake. REDEEMED (Include), Northview Stallion Station, $3K, 63/6/0 3-LRL, Msw 1m, Prayer, $35K EAS MAY 2yo, 10-1 8th-EVD, $26,000, (S), 4-12, (NW3L), 4yo/up, 6f, 1:11.20, ft. SIMMARD (Dixieland Band), Mill Creek Farm, $2.5K, 74/3/0 ZACKAROONEY (g, 4, K One King--Whats Up World, by World 4-AQU, Msw 1mT, Madame Ambassador, 5-1 Appeal) Lifetime Record: SW, 21-3-5-4, $139,700. O-Dale White; STAR GUITAR (Quiet American), Clear Creek Stud, $4K, 80/8/0 B-Joseph Patin (LA); T-Eduardo Ramirez. *$17,000 2yo '15 7-OP, Msw 6f, +Fire Blaster, $19K BSC YRL yrl, 8-1 EVAMAR. 8-EVD, $50K Cajun Miss S., 7f, Shamrock Star, $45K EQL 2YO 2yo, 5-1 STAY THIRSTY (Bernardini), Ashford Stud, $17.5K, 160/36/2 10-KEE, Msw 7f, +Coal Front, $575K OBS APR 2yo, 7-2 ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 8-OP, $400K GIII Fantasy S., 1 1/16m, Drinks On Broadway, $180K Starlight Flight, f, 3, Astrology--Sudden Desire, by Hennessy. CT, OBS OPN 2yo, 30-1 4-12, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:21.92. B-Coleswood Farm, Inc. (WV). THE FACTOR (War Front), Lane's End Farm, $15K, 218/32/3 Chorite, f, 3, Court Vision--Roaming Wild, by Wild Again. AQU, 10-KEE, Msw 7f, La Maquina Gris, $390K RNA OBS APR 2yo, 8-1 4-13, (S), (C), 1mT, 1:39.16. B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (NY). 10-KEE, Msw 7f, +Higher Factor, $175K KEE SEP yrl, 8-1 *$1,500 Ylg '15 FTNMIX. **1/2 to Zultanite (El Corredor), 8-LRL, Alw 1 1/16mT, Zinger, $285K RNA KEE SEP yrl, 3-1 MGSP, $153,702. 6-EVD, Msw 1m, Fasten, $90K KEE NOV wnl, 9-2 Zone Defence, f, 3, First Defence--Yvecrique (Fr) (GSW-Fr & SP- TO HONOR AND SERVE (Bernardini), Gainesway Farm, $30K, 172/25/1 US, $186,970), by Epervier Bleu (GB). CT, 4-12, 6 1/2f, 1:22.56. 5-LRL, Aoc 1m, Honor the Fleet, $40K EAS MAY 2yo, 9-5 B-Glencrest Farm LLC & R. Bouse (KY). Halfflatt, g, 3, Half Ours--Tensas Flatt, by Flatter. EVD, 4-12, 5 1/2f, 1:05.91. B-Lees Young Farm (LA). Forest Night, g, 3, Midnight Lute--Forest Melody (SP, $216,571), by Forest Camp. CT, 4-12, 7f, 1:29.35. B-Paula Capestro (KY). NOTABLE US-BRED RUNNERS IN JAPAN *$50,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT. Hyde Park Express, f, 4, Hat Trick (Jpn)--Ingot's Dance Away, by Sunday, April 16, 2017 Gate Dancer. AQU, 4-13, (S), (C), 1mT, 1:38.70. B-Tri Star 5th-NKY, -13,720,000 (US$126), Alw, 3yo, 1800m Stables LLC (NY). *1/2 to Dance Away Capote (Capote), GSW, CHILLY SILVER (f, 3, Malibu Moon--Jacey=s Reward, by $586,773; and Platinum Couple (Tale of the Cat), Ch. Imp. Johannesburg) validated odds of 5-1 to break her maiden at first Older Horse-Ecu & SW-US, $260,256. asking in a 1600m turf test at Kyoto Jan. 17 (video) and gave an +Run Banner, g, 5, Bop--Banner Key, by Corridor Key. CT, 4-12, equally positive account of herself in her first try against (S), 4 1/2f, :52.96. B-Richard P. Harris (WV). you are invited to the 13th Annual Old Friends Homecoming! Sunday, May 7, 2017 • 1:00 - 5:00 pm

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CHAMPAGNE TOAST FOR INVADER ASCOT ASSIGNMENT The third and final leg of the 2-year-old Triple Crown, the FOR JACK HOBBS G1 Champagne S. (1600m) on Saturday at Randwick, sees a field of 10 line up which, outside of a few runners, lacks the depth of a Group 1 contest. Last-start G1 Sires= Produce S. winner Invader (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) is the class runner of the field and has an undeniable chance of being the only juvenile this season to record dual Group 1 victories. Invader is already assured a lucrative position at stud upon his retirement from racing with an ownership group including Newgate Farm, Aquis Farm, China Horse Club and WinStar Farm, and another Group 1 on his resume will further increase his appeal as a multiple Group 1-winning son of one of the hottest stallions in the country. Aiming to complete the Listed Fernhill S./G1 Champagne S. double for consecutive years, James Cummings will saddle up lightly raced filly Whispered Secret (Aus) (High Chaparral {Ire}), a close relation to Cummings=s Prized Icon (Aus) (More Than Ready), a winner of the double 12 months prior. Cont. p6 Jack Hobbs winning the Dubai Sheema Classic | racingfotos.com IN TDN AMERICA TODAY G1 Dubai Sheema Classic winner Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling) will STELLAR WIND RETURNS IN APPLE BLOSSOM target Royal Ascot without another run before, according to Stellar Wind (Curlin) looks to take an early stranglehold on the trainer John Gosden. The 2015 G1 Irish Derby winner, who was older dirt mare division in Friday’s GI Apple Blossom H. at out much of 2016 through injury, rebounded in a big way to win Oaklawn Park. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. the Sheema Classic at Meydan on Mar. 25, and will target either the G1 Prince of Wales=s S. or the G2 Hardwicke S. at the Royal meeting in June. "He will go on anything except firm ground,@ said Gosden. AHe traveled out there [to Dubai] well and has come back well. We will point him towards Royal Ascot as most of the big middle-distance races are not until June." Gosden, who was at Chelmsford Thursday evening to oversee a few workers including Derby contender Cracksman (GB) (Frankel {GB}), offered updates on some other charges, including last year=s G3 Musidora S. winner So Mi Dar (GB) ( {Ire}). "So Mi Dar is fine and the plan with her is to go to the [G2] Middleton S. [on May 18]," said Gosden. "Royal Artillery (War Front) and Western Hymn (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}), we are looking towards the [G3] Gordon Richards S. [on Apr. 28] at Sandown. It was good to bring them here to see the racecourse again and they both worked nicely."

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Bred by Darley out of the G1 Fillies= Mile winner Hibaayeb (GB) ( {Ire}), broke her maiden at Newmarket in August and collected the on the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe undercard in her second start on Oct. 2. She was a best-priced 10-1 for both the Guineas and the Oaks.

WUHEIDA OUT OF CLASSICS WITH INJURY Godolphin=s unbeaten G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Wuheida (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) has suffered a stress fracture to A DOZEN FOR O=BRIEN IN OAKS her right hind leg and will miss the G1 1000 Guineas and Trainer Aidan O=Brien is responsible for 12 of the 54 3-year-old G1 Investec Oaks. fillies remaining engaged for the G1 Investec Oaks on June 2, "It is very disappointing for all of us at Godolphin," said trainer headed by G1 Dubai Fillies= Mile winner Rhododendron (Ire) Charlie Appleby. "She had been doing so well in her work at (Galileo {Ire}), the ante-post favourite for the Classic. Also home, and we were really looking forward to the Guineas.@ engaged for O=Brien is Fillies= Mile second Hydrangea (Ire) AThe recuperation period is six to eight weeks, so she misses (Galileo {Ire}), who was victorious on seasonal debut in the some important races,@ Appleby added. ABut if she progresses G3 Ballylinch Stud 1000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown on well in her recovery, we should be looking to having her back, Apr. 8. running again, in the second half of the season. She is a O=Brien=s son Joseph has G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner high-class filly, as she showed so impressively at Chantilly last Intricately (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) entered, and the 20 autumn.@ Irish-based entries also include >TDN Rising Star= Tocco d=Amore (Ire) (Raven=s Pass) for Dermot Weld. With the announcement on Thursday that Wuheida (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) had been ruled out through injury, Godolphin=s eight are headed by UAE 1000 Guineas Trial winner Really Special (GB) (Shamardal).

2016 2-Year-Old Group 1 Winners in England Race Horse G1 Cheveley Park S. Brave Anna G1 Middle Park S. The Last Lion (Ire) G1 Fillies Mile Rhododendron (Ire) G1 Dewhurst S. Churchill (Ire) G1 Racing Post Trophy Rivet (Ire)

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WITH MICHAEL HARDY This Q&A is part of an ongoing series where current trainees of the Godolphin Flying Start sit down with graduates of the programme to discuss their career successes. In this installment, VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King first-year trainee Joe Callan catches up with Michael Hardy, the Twitter: @garykingTDN general manager of Margaux Farm in Midway, Kentucky. [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 It is only when you arrive in Lexington that you realise the vast International Editor number of graduates of the Godolphin Flying Start programme Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN that now reside here and have built successful careers with the [email protected] help of the skills they acquired throughout the two-year course. European Editor The alumni here Emma Berry have been Twitter: @collingsberry welcoming and [email protected] willing to guide us Contributing Editors in the best Heather Anderson Alan Carasso direction as we embark on our U.S. Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing phase. I have noted Sean Cronin Tom Frary the large number [email protected] of Irish graduates Joe Callan Irish Correspondent living here, and I Daithi Harvey reached out to

Regular Columnists Michael Hardy, General Manager of Margaux Farm in Midway, Bill Oppenheim for a discussion about the U.S. industry and what path he took Andrew Caulfield before ending up here. Michael graduated in 2012 and since John Berry Kevin Blake completing the course and making the move to the U.S. he has Tom Peacock built a hugely successful career which is sure to only continue to

Send Press Releases to: grow in the coming years. [email protected] JC: What influenced you to get involved in the Thoroughbred Send Advertisements to: [email protected] industry?

MH: I grew up on a small farm in Co. Down, Ireland. My father was always very interested in the industry as he bred five or six flat mares every year, so I was fortunate enough to be around Thoroughbreds for as long as I can remember. When I was young my father, brother, a few friends and I would take a road trip every year to go look at the stallions in Kildare, Cork and Tipperary. I always had an affinity for and loved the industry. I enjoyed working hands on, on our stud and I was lucky to learn horsemanship from a very young age as we did everything from foaling through to sales consignment of our own foals.

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TDN Q&A Cont. MH: There are no two days the same on the farm or even close to similar. My role has evolved and changed with the evolution JC: What path did you take before obtaining a role on of the farm. When I first started at Margaux I was fulfilling the Godolphin Flying Start? farm manager position. It was all-encompassing and could range from foaling mares right through to overseeing the existing MH: Before gaining a position on Godolphin Flying Start I training operation. The ownership structure of the farm changed studied Equine Science at the University of Limerick. While on when Jim and Sue Hill became sole owners of the farm, and at work placement as part of my degree I completed the Irish that time I was National Stud Thoroughbred Breeding Course where I was promoted to awarded the Gold Medal for receiving top grades. Most of my general manager. hands-on experience came from time on my family's stud farm Jim and Sue had a as I mentioned before, and I also spent time prepping yearlings great vision for with John Kilpatrick of JK Thoroughbreds. Margaux, and we soon started on several construction projects and expanded the farm Michael Hardy from 320 acres to 640 acres. We are still working hard to build their vision, and many of my days now include construction planning, budgeting, scheduling and working closely with our contractors. Luckily, we have a great team at Margaux and my main role is overseeing our key staff. I try to put the right people in the right roles so as a team we can do our absolute best by our clients. Thankfully with the strong team around me my main role comes down to looking after them and communicating with our clients and the owners. Ultimately the buck stops with me for everything that Margaux Farm happens at the farm and I appreciate that responsibility. I enjoy the variety of the job and it makes every day an interesting one. JC: What made you make the switch from a bloodstock sales role in Ireland to a farm manager's position in the U.S.? JC: What are some of the positive aspects of the U.S Thoroughbred industry? MH: While on Godolphin Flying Start I was looking for a job on a stud farm and applied for the farm manager role at Margaux MH: The horseracing industry in the U.S. has a brilliant vibrant Farm. Nothing had been decided by the time I completed the feel to it, it's a close-knit community full of top-class horse course and I was very lucky to start a job at Goffs in Kildare in people, stud farms, sales and racing. The American bloodstock sales. I enjoyed my position at Goffs and I find the Thoroughbred year after year proves its success on the bloodstock side of the business fascinating, but I had seen racetrack here and around the globe, and as a result you have a myself in a farm manager's role from a very young age. It was a deep bench of buyers at the sales. The market is getting hard position to leave but when the opportunity came to make stronger particularly at the top with buyers investing from the the move and take up the farm manager role at Margaux Farm I U.S. and abroad, reflecting the demand for quality horses at the knew I had to go for it. My now-wife Kate also had a good job in sales. While racehorse ownership is not for the faint of heart or Lexington with the Darley nominations team and we had been wallet, in the U.S. you have better prize money than many hoping to obtain roles in the same country. regions globally. You have better odds here that a racehorse, with a little luck, can pay their way on the track and race JC: Describe your typical day at Margaux Farm managing such a successfully for many years. This model opens the opportunity large organisation? for many groups and partnerships to form, and gives more people the opportunity to get involved in racehorse ownership. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 14 APRIL, 2017

TDN Q&A Cont. JC: Can you share with us the best advice you have received MH: We are particularly lucky here in Lexington to have some of throughout your career? the best farmland for raising world-class racehorses. The U.S. Thoroughbred industry stems from the years of expert MH: I have been lucky enough to have received excellent advice management of this land allowing generations of farm managers throughout my career from family and mentors in the industry. I to build on the legacy of the past and produce quality stock year remember my father telling me that "you learn more by after year. listening than talking" and "that the smartest man in the room is most often the quietest." I don't know that he always followed that advice himself, but he wasn't wrong. Throughout my education and career, I have found that people in this industry are always more than willing to share good advice, it's just up to you to keep an open mind and listen.

Thursday=s Results: 3rd-CHD, ,12,500, Mdn, 4-13, 3yo, f, 10f (AWT), 2:07.82, stn. CURLEW RIVER (GB) (f, 3, Casamento {Ire}--Dubai Opera, by Dubai Millennium {GB}) was denied by a head going seven Training at Margaux Farm panels at Newmarket on debut Oct. 19, slipping to seventh back JC: If you could choose anything to improve in the industry over that course and distance last time Oct. 29, and led from the within the next 10 years what would it be? outset of this all-weather bow. In control throughout, the 3-1 chance was hurried along on the home turn and kept on MH: No matter how much you improve there is always more strongly under continued whipless cajoling in the two-furlong room for improvement. The biggest problem I feel that we face straight to account for Pure Shores (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) by 2 1/4 as an industry is our perception with drug use. As an industry lengths. AShe=s a big filly and strides out well,@ commented rider when we discuss these issues we often get distracted by the Silvestre de Sousa. AShe=s still a big baby and very green, but will smaller details rather that the bigger picture. Industry outsiders, improve for that and I think she=ll stay further.@ The chestnut is casual fans and bettors perceive the industry to be riddled with the third scorer produced by a winning daughter of G1 1000 drug abuse, and we need to work harder to prove that their Guineas-winning European champion distaffer Cape Verdi (Ire) perception isn't our reality. The BHA (British Horseracing (Caerleon), who in turn is out of a full-sister to GI Breeders= Cup Authority) has taken some hardline stances on medications and Classic and G1 Prix d=Ispahan-winning European highweight other rules in the racing industry in the UK; I feel like we need to Arcangues (Sagace {Fr}). She is kin to a 2-year-old filly by Helmet be looking at their work and taking more proactive steps here to (Aus). Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $11,560. Video, sponsored by clean up the perception of our sport. Coming from a European Fasig-Tipton. background, I see the positives of having a centralized governing O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum; B-Darley (GB); body over the sport as a whole, and hope the U.S. industry starts T-Mark Johnston. moving a bit more quickly in that direction. When we look at the sports we compete against for advertising, television revenue 4th-CHD, ,45,000, Hcp, 4-13, 3yo/up, 10f (AWT), 2:04.06, stn. and, increasingly, betting dollars, they all have centralized POET=S WORD (IRE) (c, 4, Poet=s Voice {GB}--Whirly Bird {GB} governing bodies overseeing the administration of the sport. I {SP-Eng}, by Nashwan) Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-1, ,52,533. think the RCI has done a great job offering recommendations to O-Saeed Suhail; B-Woodcote Stud Ltd (IRE); T-Sir Michael the state racing commissions, but until each state is required to Stoute. *300,000gns Ylg >14 TATOCT. **1/2 to Malabar (GB) play by the same rules instead of recommended to, we are (Raven=s Pass), MGSW-Eng, $213,277. going to have problems with perception and fairness. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 14 APRIL, 2017

Successful at Group 2 level two starts back before finishing ninth behind Invader (Aus) in the Sires=, John Thompson=s One More Honey (Aus) (Onemorenomore {Aus}) does have to improve, but with her sire capturing this very race in 2009, it Thursday=s Results: would be a welcome Group 1 victory for the Emirates 5th-MRV, i20,000, Cond, 4-13, 4yo/up, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:29.94, Park-owned filly. stn. GIOGIOBBO (GB) (c, 4, Bahamian Bounty {GB}--Legnani {GB}, by Fasliyev) Lifetime Record: 16-6-3-2, i66,594. O-Ecurie La ALL AGED RESULT JUST PLAIN ENGLISH Boetie, Pierre van Belle, Jose Bruneau de la Salle & Fabrice Vermeulen; B-Orbit Performance (GB); T-Fabrice Vermeulen. *18,000gns Ylg >14 TAOCT.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Sa Tuna (Fr), f, 3, Rio de la Plata--Alcidiana (Fr), by Linamix (Fr). MRV, 4-13, 13fT, 2:54.30. B-Philippe Thirionet (FR).

Champagne Toast For Invader Cont. from p1 With various form lines leading into the Group 1 contest, a English | Racing and Sports 1500 metre race at Mornington could prove a pointer with the quinella in that race, Eshtiraak (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) and In a similar vein of form that saw talented mare English (Aus) Aberro (Aus) (All Too Hard {Aus}) both looking to have some (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) capture her maiden Group 1 victory in claims on Saturday. The Shadwell-raced Eshtiraak is a last year=s All Aged S. (1400m) at her home track of Randwick, half-brother to the Australian-bred, South African-raced Delago the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained 4-year-old looks Deluxe (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) who stands at the Kelly right on target to add this Saturday=s renewal of the race to her family=s Newhaven Park, while Aberro could supply his Vinery haul. Skipping clear halfway down the straight last start in the G1 TJ Stud-based sire with his first stakes winner and third winner Smith S. on Apr. 1, English had her connections cheering at the overall. top of their lungs, but as the line was reached a short neck separated the first two home with Chautauqua (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) flying late to take the prize and win a third consecutive TJ Smith. Fifth in the TJ Smith, the performance of Darren Weir=s Voodoo Lad (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}) was enough to indicate that the step up to 1400 metres would allow the gelding to show the form that saw a him finish second in the G1 Sir Rupert Clarke S. and record a victory in the G3 Moonga S., both over 1400 metres during the spring. Held up at a vital stage in the G1 Doncaster H. on Apr. 1, the ever-consistent Le Romain (Aus) (Hard Spun) produced one of his worst career performances, which should be ignored. A winner three starts back at Group 1 level over 1300 metres at the track before a second to glamour mare Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), the Kris Lees-trained gelding should not be overlooked. Invader winning the Sires= Produce | Bronwen Healy Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 14 APRIL, 2017

All Aged Result Just Plain English Cont. "She has been responding well except for today, she has been Looking to add a Group 1 victory to his record and ensure a accepting sitting behind and running on," Hayes told place on the Waikato Stud roster, 4-year-old stallion prospect Racing.com. "Today for one reason or another she really wanted Tivaci (Aus) (High Chaparral ({Ire}) was wide throughout in the to zip along and resented being held up and it told at the finish. TJ Smith S. and battled away for fourth in a top-class effort. With The plans are to get her back home, she has had the two trials some good form over the distance, jockey Damien Oliver is here and if we are happy with her in 10 days when I give her looking to go out on a high before departing to continue the another gallop, then we will start looking for a race." season riding in Mauritius.

RACING VICTORIA APPEALS COBALT DECISION EDUCATIONAL STINT FOR OSCIETRA Racing Victoria has lodged an appeal against the decision of the Victorian Civil and Administrative tribunal to clear trainers Oscietra (Aus) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), the first foal out of Mark Kavanagh and Danny O=Brien of charges related to cobalt world champion sprinter Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus}), is offences. set to return to Lindsay Park for an educational stint after Kavanagh and O=Brien were handed bans of three and four disappointing trainer David Hayes in a jumpout at Flemington on years, respectively, in December 2015 after horses under their Thursday, according to Racing.com. care had tested over the legal limit for cobalt. The pair were "I was a little disappointed, she didn't do it quite right,@ Hayes cleared of any wrongdoing in March when the VCAT ruled that told the site after Oscietra finished fourth in the 800-metre fault lay with veterinarian Tom Brennan, who was banned five A heat. We tried holding her up and she got caught out wide and years. The VCAT also found fault with the testing procedures. slightly over-raced.@ RV Acting Chief Executive Giles Thompson told Racing.com, "It was a very fast 2-year-old time, it was the A-grade "Racing Victoria must pursue its core focus of the protection of 2-year-old trial of the morning, she finished off okay but I've the integrity of our sport and welfare of our horses. We believe seen her go a lot better,@ Hayes added. "I think over-racing in it is appropriate that Racing Victoria seeks an appeal of VCAT's the middle stages was to her detriment late in the trial. We will decision." take her back to the farm, see that everything is okay and we Damian Sheales, representative of both trainers, said they might review where we kick-off first-up. I want to see her work declined to comment. like I know she can before I run her." Oscietra finished third on debut behind the subsequent Group 3 winner Limestone (Aus) (Helmet {Aus}) at Flemington on New Year=s Day, and Hayes said he his co-trainers, son Ben Hayes and TAVISTOCK FEE UNCHANGED nephew Tom Dabernig, have been working on getting her to Exciting young New Zealand sire Tavistock (NZ) will stand once settle. again for NZ$65,000 in 2017. Tavistock headlines the Cambridge Stud roster, which also includes Power (GB) (up to NZ$12,500), Burgundy (NZ) (up to NZ$7,000) and Keeper (NZ) (down to NZ$5,000). Tavistock, the sire of four Group 1 winners including Derby winners Tavago (NZ), Tarzino (NZ) and Werther (NZ), last year covered 194 mares, and Cambridge Studmaster Sir Patrick Hogan said his book will be restricted this year. "He's had two or three hectic years,@ Hogan said. AWe had more than 300 applications to Tavistock last year and I had planned on restricting him to 160 mares. But then I can only blame myself for sending a few extra of my own mares to him than I should have, and a few shareholders wanted late services, and he got up to 194, so it got away on us a bit. This year, I'm putting it on record that I'm going to stay a lot stronger. At least, that's what I'm planning anyway." Oscietra | Bronwen Healy

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Sunday, Kranji, Singapore, post time: 5:00 pm LION CITY CUP, S$800,000 (£457,341/i538,800/A$755,057), 3yo/up, 1200mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 Wimbledon (Aus) Snitzel (Aus) Duric Peters 2 Forever Young Run Away and Hide Woodworth Kuah 3 Lim’s Cruiser (Aus) Casino Prince (Aus) Beasley Gray 4 Hip Hip Hooray (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) David Clements 5 Nova Strike (NZ) Red Giant Nunes Tan 6 Cavallo (NZ) Testa Rossa (Aus) Scr Scr 7 Cyborg (Arg) Orpen Vorster LeGrange 8 Alibi (NZ) Darci Brahma (NZ) Boss Clements 9 Best Tothelign (Aus) Align (Aus) Powell Baertschgr 10 Emperor Max (Aus) Holy Rmn Emprr (Ire) Rodd Gray Sir Patrick Hogan & Tavistock at Cambridge Stud | cambridgestud.co.nz 11 Storm Troops (Arg) Orpen Juglall LeGrange All carry 127 pounds, bar Forever Young, 116.

AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS Thursday=s Result: MARINE CUP-Listed, -42,500,000, Funabashi, 4-12, 3yo/up, f, 1600m, 1:41.30, hy. 1--WHITE FUGUE (JPN), 128, m, 5, Kurofune--Marine Winner IN HONG KONG: (Jpn), by Fuji Kiseki (Jpn). O-Tsuru Nishimori; B-Umeda Farm; Healthy Luck (Aus), g, 3, Written Tycoon (Aus)--Schapelle (Aus), T-Noboru Takagi; J-Masayoshi Ebina; -25,000,000. Lifetime by Lion Hunter (Aus). Happy Valley, 4-12, Hcp. (A$209k), Record: 19-9-2-3. 1200mT, 1:09.87. B-Gainsborough Lodge (Vic). *A$40,000 Ylg 2--Lalabel (Jpn), 121, m, 5, Gold Allure (Jpn)--Breezy Woods >15 INGSYD. VIDEO (Jpn), by Timber Country. O-Teruya Yoshida; B-Shadai Farm; Winner=s Way (Aus), g, 4, Starcraft (NZ)--Sunday Service (Aus) -8,750,000. (MSP-Aus, A$143,800), by Sunday Silence. Happy Valley, 4-12, 3--Linda Linda (Jpn), 121, f, 4, French Deputy--Crimson Rouge Hcp. (A$297k), 1650mT, 1:39.28. B-Bruce Reid Racing (NSW). (Jpn), by End Sweep. O-MMC Inc; B-Utopia Farm; -5,000,000. *Formerly Day of Rest (Aus). **1/2 to Kneeling (Aus) (Encosta Margins: 3, 2, 1HF. Odds: 1.90, 45.00, 6.40. de Lago {Aus}), MSW & GSP-Aus, A$307,520; and That=s a Good Idea (Aus) (Flying Spur {Aus}), SW & MGSP-Aus, Friday, Kranji, Singapore, post time: 5:00 pm A$693,125. ***A$55,000 Ylg >14 MMNAT. VIDEO SINGAPORE THREE-YEAR-OLD CLASSIC, S$350,000 (£200,145/ i235,787/A$330,396), 3yo, 1400mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 2016 2-Year-Old Group Winners in France 1 Sir Isaac (Aus) Dream Ahead Rodd Brown Race Horse 2 Splinter (Aus) Dream Ahead Vorster Marsh 3 Mr Fatkid (NZ) Mettre en Jeu (NZ) Powell Brown 4 Draco (NZ) Falkirk (NZ) Duric Brown G1 Prix Morny Lady Aurelia 5 Makanani (Jpn) Black Tide (Jpn) David Takaoka G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-Grand Criterium National Defense (GB) 6 Golden Thunder (Ire) Lilbourne Lad (Ire) Chan Kuah G1 Prix Marcel Boussac-Criterium des Pouliches Wuheida (GB) 7 Countofmontecristo (NZ) Echoes of Heaven (Aus) Boss Clements G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud Waldgeist (GB) 8 Skywalk (NZ) Battle Paint Beasley Peters G1 Criterium International Thunder Snow (Ire) 9 Could Be Pearls (NZ) Alamosa (NZ) Shafiq Brown G2 Prix Robert Papin Tis Parvellous (GB) 10 Deimos (NZ) Showcasing (GB) Juglall Brown G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte Sans Equivoque (Ger) 11 Macarthur (Aus) Charge Forward (Aus) Nunes Peters 12 Jupiter Gold (Aus) Congrats Munro Takaoka All carry 126 pounds, bar Golden Thunder, 119; and Makanani, 116. GROUP ENTRIES

Saturday, Randwick, Australia, post time: 3:05 p.m. (1:05 a.m. EDT) MOET & CHANDON CHAMPAGNE S.-G1, A$500,000 (US$374,384/£299,405/€352,741), 2yo, 1600mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Invader (Aus) Snitzel (Aus) P&P Snowden Bowman 124 2 The Mission (Aus) Choisir (Aus) Perry Lane 124 3 Eshtiraak (Aus) Street Cry (Ire) D&B Hayes & Dabernig Oliver 124 4 Ace High (Aus) High Chaparral (Ire) Payne Shinn 124 5 Reflectivity (Aus) All Too Hard (Aus) M, W & J Hawkes Berry 124 6 Aberro (Aus) All Too Hard (Aus) Laurie Doyle 124 7 One More Honey (Aus) Onemorenomore (Aus) Thompson Williams 120 8 Whispered Secret (Aus) High Chaparral (Ire) Cummings Schofield 120 9 Memento (Aus) Your Song (Aus) A& E Cummings McEvoy 120 10 Nashville Skyline (Aus) Not a Single Doubt (Aus) B&D Guy Avdulla 120

Saturday, Randwick, Australia, post time: 3:45 p.m. (1:45 a.m. EDT) SCHWEPPES ALL AGED S.-G1, A$600,000 (US$449,104/£359,279/€423,266, WFA, 3yo/up, 1400mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Le Romain (Aus) Hard Spun Lees Bowman 130 2 Redkirk Warrior (GB) Notnowcato (GB) D&B Hayes & Dabernig Williams 130 3 Japonisme (Aus) Choisir (Aus) Waller Schofield 130 4 Voodoo Lad (Aus) I Am Invincible (Aus) Weir Lane 130 5 McCreery (GB) Big Bad Bob (Ire) Waller McEvoy 130 6 Famous Seamus (NZ) Elusive City Mayfield-Smith Ford 130 7 Jungle Edge (Aus) Dubawi (Ire) Bell Forrester 130 8 Tivaci (Aus) High Chaparral (Ire) Moroney Oliver 130 9 English (Aus) Encosta de Lago (Aus) Waterhouse & Bott Shinn 125 10 Divine Prophet (Aus) Choisir (Aus) M, W, & J Hawkes Berry 124