Shackleford Colt Delivers Foy Upset
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SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2018 MCGAUGHEY FLYING HIGH SHACKLEFORD COLT Fly So High (Malibu Moon) continued her upward trajectory DELIVERS FOY UPSET Saturday at Gulfstream Park, earning her first graded tally in the GII Davona Dale S. while providing her Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey with career victory number 2,000. The >TDN Rising Star= crushed her competition by 7 3/4 lengths in an Aqueduct special weight when stretched to a mile at second asking Nov. 16, and doubled up with an equally facile victory over track and trip Jan. 4. Installed the 7-5 chalk amongst this promising bunch, the bay was kept far out into the track early by Take Charge Paula. There was plenty of in-race jockeying for position down the backside, but as they spun for home, the hulking Fly So High simply had more to give and put a few lengths on her competition at the wire. Cont. p5 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Promises Fulfilled | Adam Coglianese HEADWAY LAST TO FIRST IN SPRING CUP That Free Drop Billy (Union Rags) scratch is making a lot more Havana Gold’s Headway recorded an eye-catching last-to- sense right now. first win in Saturday’s Listed Spring Cup. Robert J. Baron=s Promises Fulfilled (Shackleford), also trained Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. by Dale Romans, pulled off an 18-1, front-running upset in Saturday=s GII Xpressbet Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream Park. It was 2 1/4 lengths back to the speedy >TDN Rising Star= Strike Power (Speightstown) in second. Returning juvenile champion Good Magic (Curlin), favored at 3-5, could only manage a disappointing third after sitting a good trip. Promises Fulfilled kicked off his career with a pair of winning efforts in Kentucky, including a narrow decision in a Keeneland allowance Oct. 13. He stayed on nicely for third after setting the pace and racing erratically around both turns in the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. last time Nov. 25. AI had a lot of confidence in this horse because of the way he trained,@ said Romans, adding that the aforementioned 2017 GI Claiborne Breeders= Futurity winner will await next weekend=s GIII Gotham S. at Aqueduct. AHe trained so well, and the race he ran when he was third was as impressive a race as a horse can run. To do what he did and be as compromised as he was and still run third to two good horses, he=s a special horse. The way he=s been working over this racetrack, he=ll take his racetrack with him. He doesn=t care where he is.@ 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] EDITORIAL [email protected] Sunday, March 4, 2018 Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN News and Features Editor Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Associate Editors Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN Assistant Editor Bobby Klatt ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistants Alexa Reisfield Michelle Benson Photo Editor/Dir. of Distribution Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey earned his 2,000th career victory Saturday with Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew the Phipps Stable’s Fly So High in the GII Davona Dale S. at Gulfstream Park. [email protected] “Obviously, I’m thrilled about it,” McGaughey said. “There’s a tremendous amount of Social Media Strategist people to thank for it. I’m the guy who gets the credit, but there are a lot of people Justina Severni behind the scenes that deserve the credit.” | Adam Coglianese Director of Customer Service Vicki Forbes [email protected] BLAME’S MARAUD DIGS DEEP IN PALM BEACH 10 Marketing Manager Maraud (Blame), the 5-2 second choice returning to stakes company Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen in the GIII Palm Beach S. off a smart course-and-distance optional- claiming score Jan. 13, stalked favored ‘TDN Rising Star' Speed Franco Director of Information Technology Ray Villa (Declaration of War) from second and wore that one down in the lane for [email protected] a narrow score. Bookkeeper Terry May TODAY’S GRADED STAKES [email protected] EST Race Click for TV WORLDWIDE INFORMATION 2:45a Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho-G2, NAK -------------- ----- International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • MARCH 4, 2018 AI thought that he could open up, and he did,@ Romans said. AIt was a bunch of fast horses, but a lot of times that speed doesn=t materialize and coming from the outside it kind of pressed our hand. I just told the jock, >Push the pedal and try to open up and see where they go from there. If somebody comes and chases you down the backside, then ride a smart race.= They let him go in :48 with his ears up and I knew it was going to take a heck of a horse to pass him at that point.@ Romans continued, AI think [the 3-year-old picture] is muddy water right now, but it=ll start clearing itself up. This round of preps and the next round are the two where they all come together. Right now there=s nobody just running away from the crop and that makes it exciting.@ Gulfstream Park's 72nd Fountain of Youth Day--featuring nine stakes--handled a record $28,541,305. Total handle on the 14-race program was up 6.92% from the previous record set last Dale Romans and Irad Ortiz Jr. celebrate Promises year when a 13-race program produced a total handle of Fulfilled=s win in the Fountain of Youth | Lauren King $26.693 million. Sent on the engine by Irad Ortiz, Jr. from post nine, the anticipated hot early pace never materialized and Promises Pedigree Notes: Fulfilled was able to call the shots through fractions of :23.80 Promises Fulfilled=s dam Marquee Delivery, a homebred for and :48.39. He began to let it out a notch at the top of the David Jacobs, won five of 23 starts and also hit the board in a stretch and responded nicely to a pair of back handers in the pair of Grade III attempts. Marquee Delivery, also represented lane to win going away. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • MARCH 4, 2018 Saturday, Gulfstream Park XPRESSBET FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH S.-GII, $400,000, GP, 3-3, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:44.17, ft. 1--PROMISES FULFILLED, 116, c, 3, by Shackleford 1st Dam: Marquee Delivery (MGSP, $264,901), by Marquetry 2nd Dam: Fast Delivery, by Little Missouri 3rd Dam: Copelan's Girl, by Copelan 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($37,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP). O-Robert J. Baron; B-David Jacobs (KY); T-Dale L. Romans; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $238,080. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-1, $327,280. *1/2 Marquee Miss (Cowboy Cal), MSW & GSP, $300,658; Marquee Cal Gal (Cowboy Cal), MSP, $249,209. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Heading for home in the Fountain of Youth | Andie Biancone SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations by the multiple stakes winner Marquee Miss (Cowboy Cal), who was second in Saturday=s Spring Fever S. at Oaklawn, and the multiple stakes-placed Marquee Cal Gal (Cowboy Cal), had a filly 2--Strike Power, 122, c, 3, Speightstown--Gold d'Oro, by by Gemologist in 2016 and a colt by Tiznow in 2017. She was Medaglia d'Oro. >TDN Rising Star= ($300,000 RNA Ylg '16 bred back to Dialed In. Promises Fulfilled is the fourth graded KEESEP). O/B-Courtlandt Farm (KY); T-M. Hennig. $76,800. winner for the young sire Shackleford, who was trained by Romans to a victory in the 2011 GI Preakness S. Curlin – Dawn Raid, by Vindication | $30,000 S&N EXTREME RACEHORSE. EXTREME FIRST FOALS. WATCH FEATURE VIDEO We bred 12 mares and the one thing “ we did breed to him is quality.You’ve got Fashion Cat, the dam of New York Central, she’s already the dam of Corfu. Her last two foals to sell have brought $750,000 each. This is a very exciting mare for“ NEW YORK CENTRAL us and for him. One thing I’m sure of, (Tapit o/o Fashion Cat) we will light up next November. RISING STAR – TOM RYAN, SF Bloodstock CORFU (Malibu Moon o/o Fashion Cat) G2 Saratoga Special winner Filly o/o Graded Stakes producer Fashion Cat 859.873.1717 // WinStarFarm.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • MARCH 4, 2018 Fountain of Youth cont. Saturday, Gulfstream Park 3--Good Magic, 122, c, 3, Curlin--Glinda the Good, by Hard DAVONA DALE S.-GII, $200,000, GP, 3-3, 3yo, f, 1m, 1:38.69, ft. Spun. ($1,000,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP). O-e Five Racing 1--FLY SO HIGH, 116, f, 3, by Malibu Moon Thoroughbreds & Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Stonestreet 1st Dam: Quiet Flight, by Quiet American Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Chad C.