TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2018

THE TDN DERBY TOP 12 JUVENILE SALES SEASON By T.D. Thornton KICKS OFF IN OCALA It doesn=t really matter which side you take on this past weekend=s GII San Felipe S. disqualification. The undeniable fact is that the controversy has sparked some much-needed interest in the GI Kentucky Derby chase by providing a bona fide rivalry at the top end of the division, and a close finish between two very talented colts only whets the appetite for what is to come further down the pipeline. Deeper down the list, we have a cluster of capable sophomores who might be one race away from muscling into top-tier contention, and the bottom end of this week=s Top 12 features several surprising new shooters emerging as fresh threats. Cont. p10 (click here)

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Photos by Z JOHNNY WEATHERBY TALKS WITH EMMA BERRY by Steve Sherack and Brian DiDonato Weatherby bred Presenting Percy (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}), the red- Juvenile sales season gets underway Tuesday with the first hot favourite for tomorrow's G1 RSA Novices' Chase, and is session of the OBS March Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale owner-breeder of Red Indian (GB), who lines up for the G3 Coral Cup. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. beginning at 10:30 a.m. A catalog of 573 head have been assembled for the two-day auction. As of midday Monday, there were 123 outs. Breeze shows were held Mar. 8, 9 and 10 with windier weather yielding slower times on day one. A total of 19 horses stopped the clock in :9 4/5 for a furlong, while one colt worked the fastest quarter of :20 1/5. AThe first day [of the breeze show] was a bit of a challenge--the winds certainly kicked up--but the second two days were very good,@ said OBS President Tom Ventura. AUltimately, the horses had a good opportunity to show their stuff. Just walking around right now [Sunday] morning, there's a lot of activity here. We're looking forward to the sale.@ Consignor Ciaran Dunne of Wavertree Stables also noted the difference in weather conditions between the showcase days, but didn=t think it would have much of an impact on prices. AThe first day was very tough,@ Dunne said while keeping a close eye on Sunday=s Arsenal vs. Watford contest. AObviously, nobody has any control over the wind--I think a headwind is the toughest thing that we deal with when it comes to breeze shows.@ Cont. p3 Fastest 2 YO colt by the fastest 2 YO of his crop... in a quarter century... 102 Beyer – 3 6 Ragozin Champion

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OBSMAR Preview cont. from p1 popularity each and every year. If the market continues to hold ABut the guys who do this professionally are very good at what up, I think it's going to be a hell of a sale. There's still going to be they do,@ Dunne continued. AThe horses have been some polarization and it will be tough sledding for some, but if well-received even if they weren't :10 flats or :9 4/5. They've you have what they want it's going to be gangbusters." given them a little bit of leeway for the conditions. The last two The aforementioned bullet quarter mile breeze belonged to days we couldn't have asked for better conditions and the hip 567, a Goldencents colt who stopped the clock in :20 1/5. horses really got a chance to show themselves." The Feb. 16 foal was a $115,000 Keeneland September yearling A major storyline at virtually every sale in recent years has buy by consignor Hoby Kight for Beryl ASonny@ Stokes Jr. been the strength at the top of the market but relative AHe's been training well all winter,@ said Kight after walking hip spottiness in the middle and lower segments. Dunne is hopeful 567 himself for some potential buyers. AI hauled him over here for a solid 2-year-old market overall in 2018. and worked him a couple of times and he did everything right. I AI think we=re all optimistic,@ he said. AThe under-tack shows was expecting him to go fast, but you never know they're gonna were really well attended and we=ve been very busy here--they go :20 1/5.@ started looking as soon as the first day=s breezers were done. It Gross receipts at the immediate conclusion of last year=s sale seems that there=s not only top-end buyers here. There=s also a were $56,627,000, good for a record average of $188,757 and core of guys you would expect to be in the middle. If they follow median of $100,000. The RNA rate was 27.5% before OBS added through, it could be a great season.@ in post-sale transactions to its final statistics. David O=Farrell of Ocala Stud is also looking forward to a strong Last year=s sale topper was a $1.7-million Congrats filly March sale, but acknowledged the feast-or-famine environment consigned by McKathan Bros., Agent III and purchased by Kerri could still exist. Radcliffe on behalf of Phoenix Thoroughbreds. Eventually AI think it's going to be really strong.@ said O=Farrell. AThe named Diamondsandpearls and turned over to Bob Baffert, she yearling sales were very good, the breeding stock sales were romped first out to be named a >TDN Rising Star= and finished great, the stock market's still good. The 2-year-old sales have fourth in the GII Sorrento S. before being sidelined. produced a lot of top-class runners and I think they're gaining in Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

Other noteworthy graduates of last year=s March sale include: - Instilled Regard (Arch), the fourth-priciest lot at $1.05 million and winner of the GIII Lecomte S. for Larry Best=s OXO Equine. - Four-time stakes winner Take Charge Paula (Take Charge Indy), scooped up for just $50,000 and most recently second in the GII Davona Dale S. after making the grade in the ARON WELLMAN TALKS 2YO SALES GIII Forward Gal S. following a private purchase. by Steve Sherack - Speedy turfer and >Rising Star= Analyze It (Point of Entry), a Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners frontman Aron Wellman sat $190,000 pick-up by Pete Bradley for Bill Lawrence who was last down for a Q&A session with TDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack seen dominating Del Mar=s GIII Cecil B. DeMille S. ahead of this week=s OBS March 2yo Sale. Wellman talks about - Michael Lombardi=s Lombo (Graydar), who only cost $75,000 his process at the breeze-up sales, freshman sires to keep an eye but ran away with Santa Anita=s GIII Robert B. Lewis S. on and his favorite places to head to after a long day at the sales - Pure Silver (Mission Impazible), $125,000, who took her first in Ocala. Two of Eclipse=s GISWs--Capo Bastone and Illuminant-- three starts including Saratoga=s GII Adirondack S. for Twin are graduates of the OBS March Sale. Creeks Racing Stables. - Engage (Into Mischief), who cost $550,000 and annexed Belmont=s GIII Futurity S. in October for Woodford Racing. Q: Take us through your process (shortlisting, watching breeze - Carolyn=s Wilson=s The Tablulator (Dialed In), who went for videos, etc.) while shopping the 2-year-old sales. $460,000 and later grabbed the GIII Iroquois S. - Ruler of the Nile (Pioneerof the Nile), a romping debut AW: The process itself all starts with the breeze. At the winner for Robert and Lawana Low at Tampa Bay Downs 2-year-old sales you have the luxury of seeing these horses in full Saturday. He was the fifth-most expensive OBSMAR grad at $1 stride, so how they breeze and gallop out is of paramount million. importance. The time has to be solid, but it's the manner in For more OBS March information including live video of the which the horse conducts the breeze that matters the most. sale visit www.obssales.com. Cont. p5 CLOSES APRIL 14 DERBY WEEK STAKES

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Aron Wellman | Benoit

The efficiency of the horse's stride and its body language as to whether it was all-out to do what it did or if it appears there may be more gears than were on display in this abbreviated workout are significant factors that we try really hard to decipher. Once we've wrapped our head around what we see on the racetrack, we then turn to the video replays. This means video of both the body of the workout and the gallop-outs, which provide valuable information and vantage points. This is a huge part of the process and really where you do your best to pick up on certain nuances that may turn you off a particular horse or when you try to pick up on details that may help explain why a horse didn't breeze as fast as you'd like to see, but you believe there is more than meets the eye. A lot of times what you see is what you get, and the reality is that we're going to be wrong a lot more than we're right, but once in a while you stumble across something that catches your eye that turns to gold. Then, of course, you assess each prospect on the shank. We spend hours during the inspection days analyzing every horse in the flesh to size it up physically from a conformation perspective and to see how it has emerged from its breeze in terms of soundness and to determine what sort of mental constitution the horse possesses. If the horse qualifies by virtue of its breeze and then jumps through the hoops upon physical inspection, then and only then does pedigree come into play. As this process plays out, you're naturally whittling down your list of prospects at every phase, and since so many of these horses are being pinhooked, it then behooves us to consult with prior sales prices. This allows for us to get a gauge on what sort of price the owner of that horse may be looking to achieve.

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After all of this happens, we turn to our vets to tell us what AW: At Eclipse, while all ultimate decisions about which horses these animals look like underneath the hood. Vetting is the most we acquire rest on my shoulders, it is a team effort and I have a tricky part of the process and it can be the most frustrating as terrific team on my side and everyone plays a role. Gary Young well because it is very common for a good percentage of our top has clocked horses for me at the 2-year-old sales since Eclipse draft picks to be nixed by the vet. You walk a fine line when it first started working the sales in 2012. I'm more of a visual guy comes to vetting and there's often a lot of gray area, but we and really rely on my eye and my gut, so having Gary's fingers on tend to err on the side of caution. the stopwatch is huge. Jacob West has joined our team in the Once a horse has survived this long, tedious process, it's time past year and he's a star and does it all. He'll be clocking, to establish a value and do whatever we can to hammer down inspecting and acting as another valuable set of eyes and ears that horse when it goes through the ring. As Bill Shoemaker for me in all respects. Kelsey Marshall is my right-hand woman always used to tell me, "You lose your head and your ass goes at all sales and she keeps me organized and focused and she's with it." I try to keep Shoe's words in my mind every time we go developed quite a fine intuition when it comes to the animal, and to bid on a horse. if juggling me isn't enough, she also manages to provide first- class attention to our partners. Q: Do you target specific types of horses at the 2-year-old Jack Sadler was Cot Campbell's main guy at Dogwood for a few sales? decades and is a real jack-of-all-trades. His help in showing partners the ropes who may be attending the sales is AW: We're on the hunt for athletes, so there's no "type" of horse instrumental. Bill Victor, our CFO, was Dogwood's treasurer we're concentrating on, simply horses we believe have the ability forever and he keeps our eye on the ball from a dollars and cents to compete at the highest level. perspective. And, my business partner, Brian Spearman, is the wind in our Q: How big is your scouting team and who are some of the sail. He has incredible energy and a voracious appetite for the people that help you evaluate talent? sport and he keeps an eye on all the business components so I can hone-in on the horses. Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

Q: Are there certain defects or flaws that you can live with that others may pass on at the 2-year-old sales?

AW: In general, we tend to be more forgiving at the 2-year-old sales than we would be in buying a yearling or a weanling, simply because you have had the opportunity to see the horse in motion at a high rate of speed and you know that the horse in question has already gotten through this demanding and stressful process from a physical and mental perspective. That said, there is no such thing as a perfect horse. Every horse has flaws. If I had to specify one general concept, when it comes to fillies in particular, I am very open-minded about smallish or slight fillies. Some of the best fillies Eclipse has campaigned have been on the small side and turned a lot of buyers off at the sales we plucked them from, but they went on to achieve top-shelf success and it didn't really hold back buyers from paying top dollar when the time came to sell them as broodmare prospects.

Q: Two of Eclipse=s Grade I winnersB>TDN Rising Star= Capo Bastone ($175,000 OBSMAR) and Illuminant ($180,000 OBSMAR)--were both purchased as OBS March 2-year-olds. Can you reflect on their breezes and what led you to them?

AW: Capo Bastone was a powerhouse in his [:10 1/5] breeze at OBS. He had incredible thrust, and for a big horse, he was incredibly well-balanced and rhythmic with every stride. On the shank, he was a beast. He was an absolute must-have colt for me at the time and he turned out to be the first ever 2-year-old- in-training Eclipse ever bought. There were several strokes of luck that came into effect for us to land him, not the least of which he was by a young sire in Street Boss, who was a dominant sprinter in Southern California, but not many East Coasters were all that familiar with his immense talent and the jury was still out on him as a sire as it was his first crop. I think that allowed for him to fly a bit beneath the radar. Illuminant was also by a young, unproven sire at the time, Quality Road. She had a really nice breeze [:10 1/5], but she definitely had turfy action and she was very green, the combination of which I feel must have dissuaded some buyers. What really caught our eye about her preview was that it looked as though the saddle slipped backwards during her breeze, which likely either impaired her from exhibiting her full ability or it was the cause of her somewhat erratic course. Physically, she was a more streamlined, sleek, turf-looking type, so again, that likely deterred some buyers from being too high on her. Thankfully, she developed into a gorgeous filly and she proved her Grade I quality when it mattered. Cont. p8 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

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Q: A pair of current Eclipse standoutsBrecent El Camino Real Derby heroine Paved ($320,000 OBSMAR) and >TDN Rising Star= Montauk ($850,000 OBSAPR)Bwere both acquired at 2-year-old sales in Ocala last spring. Same question about them.

AW: Neither of these were diamonds in the rough, as we paid serious dough for both, but it is a relief to know that each of them has given some indication that they're the real thing on the racetrack. Paved was a classic case of a horse doing something at a 2-year-old sale that it wasn't meant to do. She was a very backwards 2-year-old in that she was tall, long and somewhat gawky and she's bred to be a stone-cold route filly on the turf. So, for a filly like her to go an eighth of a mile in :10 1/5 and look smooth doing it when we knew that was the last thing she wanted to be doing, she basically defied logic in her breeze. On the shank, she was almost the spitting image of Illuminant. I remember vividly texting [trainer] Michael McCarthy the second I laid eyes on her: Hip 191--Illuminant's doppelg@nger. Montauk was a complete standout at OBS April last year. We believed that of the hundreds and hundreds of 2-year-olds that had breezed in prior sales to that point, that his [breeze in :10 1/5] was hands-down the single most impressive of the entire sales season. It didn't take a genius to arrive at that determination or to see what a beautiful specimen he was or that he had a royal pedigree, but it did require some creativity, vision and guts to pursue him at such a high price tag because he'd gotten cast in his stall after his breeze and his entire left leg was blown up and infected. The group we put together went to great extent to investigate that leg and to protect ourselves and we felt like we had our bases covered. Cont. p9 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

While we are all thrilled with his dominant debut win in Q: Best place to unwind after a long day at the sales in Ocala? October--we think he's a supremely talented colt--he still has a lot of work to do to make good on his purchase price. AW: If I have the energy to do anything other than grab some food and head back to my hotel room to get back to work to Q: It really has become a lot more common to see high-profile prepare for the next day, I'm a Gators guy. Solid, reliable, tasty owners partnering up at the sales. Eclipse=s GI Belmont S. bar food and comfortable booths with clear viewing to sports winner Tapwrit is campaigned in partnership and the games on TV with quick service is what I'm all about. And, for a aforementioned Montauk also has several other owners sports bar, they pour a pretty good and stiff martini, which is involved. Can you discuss this trend? key.

AW: The competition is so fierce at the top of the market and the market for quality or what people perceive to be quality horses. These types are commanding such a premium that in order for 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Odds: Pool 3 owners to attempt to minimize risk in some respect it is wise to Audible (Into Mischief) 13-1 partner up. It is so wild to see how the makeup of ownership has Avery Island (Street Sense) 29-1 changed in recent years and it is really a testament to the Bolt d=Oro (Medaglia d=Oro) 7-1 innovative mind of the pioneer of the partnership concept, Cot Bravazo (Awesome Again) 40-1 Campbell. To see such titans of industry like Coolmore, WinStar, Catholic Boy (More Than Ready) 21-1 Stonestreet, et al. forming strategic alliances in an effort to Combatant (Scat Daddy) 57-1 secure the best of the best prospects is something I don't think Flameaway (Scat Daddy) 31-1 anyone could have conjured five-to-seven years ago. Free Drop Billy (Union Rags) 44-1 I think there are several layers to why this trend is so prevalent. Gold Town (GB) (Street Cry {Ire}) 52-1 One is that from strictly an action and experience angle, owners Good Magic (Curlin) 11-1 have come to realize that they have just as much fun and devote Instilled Regard (Arch) 41-1 just as much emotion whether they own 100% of a horse or a Justify (Scat Daddy) 6-1 smaller equity share. The thrill is the same, and if you are Kanthaka (Jimmy Creed) 57-1 connected with people you enjoy being around, it amplifies the Magnum Moon (Malibu Moon) 25-1 fun by being able to share it with others. McKinzie (Street Sense) 9-1 From an economic perspective, minimizing risk in what is Mendelssohn (Scat Daddy) 28-1 perhaps the riskiest venture anyone can ever endeavor is the My Boy Jack (Creative Cause) 31-1 name of the game. For those owners looking to play at the top Noble Indy (Take Charge Indy) 60-1 levels, you're better off stretching your capital out among Promises Fulfilled (Shackleford) 24-1 multiple horses rather than putting all of your eggs in one or two Solomini (Curlin) 17-1 baskets. It makes sense. Sporting Chance (Tiznow) 39-1 That said, it=s made it even that much more difficult to Strike Power (Speightstown) 56-1 compete and knock heads with the heavyweights at the sales Vino Rosso (Curlin) 39-1 and in the private market, but it makes it all that much more gratifying when you beat them when you step into the ring. It's a All Others 4-1 very healthy, competitive market and I think it's good for the game.

Q: Are there any freshman sires that you=re particularly excited © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. about this year? This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the AW: Based on what I observed at the yearling sales, two that I American races, race results and earnings was obtained from give the most legit chance of proving real are Verrazano and results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services Cairo Prince. Pound for pound, I'd say they had consistently the and utilized here with their permission. best yearlings on offer throughout the yearling sales season. For a slightly under-the-radar one, I believe that Strong Mandate may make some noise. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

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Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Long Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 1 F Will Take Charge-Sacred Forest $170,000 Keeneland November 2016 Gary Contessa De Meric Sales 3 C Violence-Sailing Free $8,000 Keeneland September 2017 T’bred Champions Training Center Thoroughbred Champions 5 F More Than Ready-Sally Bowles (SAf) $28,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Harry Weisleder Crane T’bred Services 6 C Flashback-Salty Not Sweet $80,000 Keeneland September 2017 Southern Chase Farm/Webb Carroll Southern Chase Farm, Inc. 7 C Point of Entry-Salvadoria $52,000 Fasig-Tipton July 2017 Q Bar J Thoroughbreds Q Bar J Thoroughbreds 8 F Warrior's Reward-Sambora $25,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Paul Sharp Paul Sharp 10 F Verrazano-Saphiria $60,000 Keeneland September 2017 Coco Jean Stables Eddie Woods 12 C Union Rags-Saskawea $120,000 Keeneland September 2017 George Yager & David Meah Harris 15 F Fed Biz-Sci Fi Kin $90,000 Keeneland September 2017 Magnolia Hill Farm Top Line Sales 17 F Bodemeister-Seeking Simplicity $40,000 Keeneland September 2017 Gary Contessa De Meric Sales 18 F Animal Kingdom-Sharp Act $75,000 Keeneland November 2016 H. Hatch Halcyon Hammock Farm 19 F Orb-She Be Keene $75,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Hidden Brook Farm Hidden Brook 21 F Violence-She's Got Rules $77,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar.NYB Pref 2017 Blackhawk Racing Classic Bloodstock 22 C Orb-Shine Forth $175,000 Keeneland September 2017 Becky Thomas Sequel Bloodstock 23 C Midnight Lute-Showtime Samurai $65,000 Fasig-Tipton July 2017 Hatch Farm/J.J. Crupi Crupi's New Castle Farm 25 F Candy Ride (ARG)-Sign Up $100,000 Keeneland September 2017 Greendoor Stables Eddie Woods 26 C Cairo Prince-Silky Finish $16,000 Keeneland November 2016 J. C. Corp. Southern Chase Farm, Inc. 27 C Justin Phillip-Silver Stef $25,000 Fasig-Tipton July 2017 Jughead Stable / J.J. Crupi Crupi's New Castle Farm 28 F Tapit-Siren Serenade $500,000 Keeneland September 2017 Hartley/De Renzo Hartley/DeRenzo T’breds 29 C Central Banker-Sister in Arms $85,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 SGV Thoroughbreds SbnGV Thoroughbreds 30 C Astrology-Sizzle Dress $25,000 Fasig-Tipton November 2016 William Mauk Doble Jak 31 C Into Mischief-Skygusty $160,000 Keeneland September 2017 Chris Wilkins Top Line Sales 32 F Verrazano-Sky High Bertie $75,000 Keeneland September 2017 Carolyn K. Friedberg Kirkwood Stables 34 C Dialed In-Slew of Hope $40,000 Keeneland January 2017 Figaro Thoroughbreds Brick City Thoroughbreds 35 C Jimmy Creed-Sliced Bread $150,000 Keeneland September 2017 EQB/Patrice Miller Eddie Woods 36 F Will Take Charge-Smooth as Silk $55,000 Keeneland September 2017 T M T S Wavertree Stables, Inc. 37 C Bernardini-Soho Dancer (GB) $130,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 RiceHorse Stables RiceHorse Stable 40 C Tale of the Cat-Soul of Bourbon $60,000 Keeneland September 2017 De Meric Stables De Meric Sales 41 F Cairo Prince-Soundwave $100,000 Keeneland November 2016 Erich Brehm Mayberry Farm 43 C Animal Kingdom-Southern Truth $137,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 FHMB McKathan Bros. 44 C Bernardini-Sparkling City $150,000 Keeneland September 2017 Quarter Pole Enterprises Eddie Woods 45 F Munnings-Spring Breeze $65,000 Keeneland September 2017 Three Diamonds Farm Wavertree Stables, Inc. 46 C Fed Biz-Stadia $85,000 Keeneland January 2017 De Meric Stables De Meric Sales 47 F Strong Mandate-Star Landing $15,000 Keeneland September 2017 T & M Limited Partnership Sugar Hill 49 C Into Mischief-St. Croix $75,000 Keeneland September 2017 Stanley Dunn G.W. Parrish Parrish Farms 50 F Declaration of War-Stellabymoonlight $62,000 Fasig-Tipton Turf Showcase 2017 Mercer Bloodstock SBM Training and Sales 52 C Flashback-Step Sister $27,000 Keeneland September 2017 Doble Jak Investments Doble Jak 53 C Alternation-Sterling Vow $8,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 White Cloud Bloodstock Niall Brennan Stables 54 F More Than Ready-St Francis Wood $315,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 Sheep Pond Partners/Bradley T’breds Niall Brennan Stables 55 C Orb-Stick to Your Guns $165,000 Keeneland September 2017 Bradley Thoroughbreds Eddie Woods 56 C Will Take Charge-Stomping $125,000 Keeneland September 2017 Hal Hatch Halcyon Hammock Farm 58 F El Padrino-Stuttgart $30,000 Fasig-Tipton ML Yearlings 2017 Sarah Sharp Julie Davies 59 C Uncaptured-Suite Ten $36,000 OBS Winter Mixed 2017 Paul W. Schaffer Pick View 60 C Flashback-Summerofsixtythree $17,000 OBS October Yearlings 2017 Dynasty Thoroughbreds Eddie Woods 61 C Cairo Prince-Summer Shade $100,000 Fasig-Tipton July 2017 Crupi's New Castle Farm Crupi's New Castle Farm 62 F Shanghai Bobby-Suncadia $20,000 Fasig-Tipton July 2017 Golden Rock Silver Star 63 C Broken Vow-Sunny $70,000 Keeneland September 2017 Hal Hatch Halcyon Hammock Farm TDN HEADLINE NEWS • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

65 F Pioneerof the Nile-Superhalf $17,000 Keeneland September 2017 Doble Jak Investments Doble Jak 67 F Uncaptured-Surely Early $26,000 OBS Winter Mixed 2017 East Hickman Bloodstock SBM Training and Sales 71 F Apriority-Sweet Jackie Jo $16,000 Equine Sales of LA 2017 Yearlings Robert Brewer Robert Brewer 73 C Super Saver-Tactful Lady $92,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Rigney Racing Eddie Woods 75 F Cairo Prince-Tart's Knickers $160,000 Keeneland September 2017 Whitehorse Stables Niall Brennan Stables 76 C The Factor-Tazarine $135,000 Fasig-Tipton KY Feb. Mixed 2017 Blue Sky Stables Eddie Woods 77 F Creative Cause-Teacher Teacher $50,000 Barretts Select Yearling Sale 2017 Redwings Wavertree Stables, Inc. 79 C Awesome Again-The Best Option $80,000 Keeneland January 2017 Mary Sue Stables Harris 80 C Flashback-Thedamewantstowin $40,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 Crupi's New Castle Farm/J.J. Crupi Crupi's New Castle Farm 82 C Majesticperfection-The Gray Goose $20,000 Keeneland November 2016 Erich Brehm Mayberry Farm 83 C Stay Thirsty-Three Cherries $110,000 Keeneland September 2017 Bruno DeBerdt Starting Point T’breds 85 C Dialed In-Tillie the Hunn $15,000 Fasig-Tipton KY Feb. Mixed 2017 Jockey Club Farm Omega Farm 86 C Twirling Candy-Time Given $11,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 J. C. Corp. All Dreams Equine 88 F Mucho Macho Man-Tiza Smarty $60,000 Fasig-Tipton July 2017 M R Stables & Mark Roberts Hidden Brook 89 C Goldencents-Tiz the Mambo $15,000 Keeneland November 2016 MJK Bloodstock Pick View 91 C The Factor-Top Tier $47,000 Keeneland November 2016 Moya Racing Harris 92 C Strong Mandate-Torchme $100,000 Keeneland September 2017 Hal Hatch Halcyon Hammock Farm 93 F Malibu Moon-Travelers' Way $135,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Three Diamonds Farm Wavertree Stables, Inc. 94 C Scat Daddy-Tres Dream $500,000 Keeneland September 2017 Hartley/De Renzo Hartley/DeRenzo T’breds 95 F Street Sense-Trickski $75,000 Keeneland September 2017 Grand Oaks Bobby Dodd 96 C Strong Mandate-Trophy $80,000 Fasig-Tipton July 2017 W.D. North Thoroughbreds Starting Point T’breds 97 C Shanghai Bobby-True Kiss $50,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 2017 Kings Equine King's Equine 99 C Fed Biz-Tulipmania $185,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 De Meric Stables De Meric Sales 100 C Take Charge Indy-Tweet $50,000 Fasig-Tipton ML Yearlings 2017 Wee Willie Classic Bloodstock 101 C Stay Thirsty-Twining Star $40,000 Keeneland September 2017 Domenic Martelli Cutting Edge Equine 102 C Lucky Pulpit-Two Punch Gal $29,000 CTBA Northern CA Yearlings 2017 Edward Freeman Wavertree Stables, Inc. 103 C El Padrino-Undisputed Legend $26,000 Fasig-Tipton ML Yearlings 2017 Clovis Crane Crane T’bred Services 104 C Morning Line-Usually Super $35,000 Fasig-Tipton November 2016 Gaspard Farm De Meric Sales 105 F Verrazano-Via Pavion $150,000 Keeneland September 2017 Redwings Wavertree Stables, Inc. 109 F Gemologist-Vindicated Angel $27,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Michael Neatherlin Richardson Bloodstock 110 F Arch-Visual Mind $55,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Windways Farm Paul Sharp 111 F Ghostzapper-Viva La Flag $100,000 Keeneland September 2017 Sandridge Stable Eddie Woods 115 C Into Mischief-Well $270,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Cary Frommer Cary Frommer 116 F More Than Ready-Well Lived $100,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Becky Thomas Sequel Bloodstock 118 F Cairo Prince-West Kentucky $100,000 Keeneland September 2017 Farmbrook Stable Niall Brennan Stables 119 C Union Rags-Where Is the Bling $115,000 Keeneland November 2016 H. Hatch Halcyon Hammock Farm 120 F Morning Line-Whirl $80,000 Fasig-Tipton July 2017 McMahon & Hill Bloodstock Hidden Brook 121 C More Than Ready-White Sangria $130,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 Cary Frommer Cary Frommer 122 C Animal Kingdom-Why Katherine $120,000 Keeneland September 2017 Quarter Pole Enterprises Eddie Woods 123 C Flashback-Wicked Cricket $145,000 Keeneland September 2017 Danny Pate Craig L. Wheeler 124 C Quality Road-Wildcat Lily $75,000 OBS October Yearlings 2017 Gabe Grossberg Eisaman Equine 128 F Uncle Mo-Winiliscious $200,000 Fasig-Tipton July 2017 Crupi's New Castle Farm Crupi's New Castle Farm 129 C Point of Entry-Wishcraft $65,000 Keeneland November 2016 H. Hatch Halcyon Hammock Farm 130 F Central Banker-Wouldthisbemagic $70,000 Fasig-Tipton July 2017 Gabe & Jess Grossberg Eisaman Equine 131 C Malibu Moon-Wow Me Free $100,000 Keeneland September 2017 SBS III / Tom McCrocklin Tom McCrocklin 132 F Shanghai Bobby-Yankee Victoria $110,000 OBS Winter Mixed 2017 East Hickman Bloodstock SBM Training and Sales 133 C Mucho Macho Man-Yeardley $47,000 Fasig-Tipton July 2017 Michelle L. Elliott Elliott Racing & Sales 134 C Bernardini-Yes It's Jackie $165,000 Keeneland September 2017 Lakland Farm / Becky Thomas Sequel Bloodstock 135 F Drill-Zarlanz $8,500 OBS Winter Mixed 2017 Harlequin Ranches/Anthony Goswell De Meric Sales 136 C Will Take Charge-Zehoorr $95,000 OBS October Yearlings 2017 Cicada Investments Niall Brennan Stables 137 C Bodemeister-Zia Zia Zia $110,000 Keeneland September 2017 Sam Aguiar Tom McCrocklin 138 C Flat Out-Abolinna $11,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Oswaldo Urbaneja Doble Jak 140 F Cairo Prince-Academie d'Amour $55,000 Keeneland September 2017 Hal Hatch Halcyon Hammock Farm 141 F Scat Daddy-Accusation $160,000 Keeneland November 2016 September Farm Hartley/DeRenzo T’breds 142 C Midnight Lute-Act Quickly $70,000 Keeneland September 2017 SGV Thoroughbreds SbnGV Thoroughbreds TDN HEADLINE NEWS • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

143 C Morning Line-A J's Gal $1,500 Keeneland November 2016 South Legacy Stables Potrero Stables 144 C Paynter-A. K. A. Xe $80,000 Keeneland September 2017 Holly Springs Stable Niall Brennan Stables 146 C Will Take Charge-Alienated $125,000 Keeneland September 2017 T M T S Wavertree Stables, Inc. 147 C Violence-All About Allison $180,000 Keeneland September 2017 Wave's Bloodstock Wavertree Stables, Inc. 149 F Bodemeister-Allemande $80,000 Keeneland September 2017 Ares Bloodstock Niall Brennan Stables 150 C Alternation-Alta Love $3,000 OBS Winter Mixed 2017 Tanner Wingo Magnolia Point T’breds 152 F Will Take Charge-Anchorage $260,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 2017 Gary Contessa De Meric Sales 153 C Forty Tales-Andora Springs $1,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. Fall Mixed 2016 Team Stable Sequel Bloodstock 155 C Fed Biz-Angel's Flight $160,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 2017 Colts Neck Stables Crupi's New Castle Farm 156 F Shanghai Bobby-Anjorie $45,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 Moscorrow Equine Robert Brewer 157 F Into Mischief-Anna Sun $240,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 2017 Scott & Evan Dilworth De Meric Sales 158 C Trappe Shot-A. P. Indy Lover $90,000 Keeneland September 2017 Sam Aguiar Tom McCrocklin 160 C Fed Biz-Ascendant $85,000 OBS October Yearlings 2017 FHMB McKathan Bros. 161 C Fed Biz-Ascot Momma $275,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 2017 JSM Equine Wavertree Stables, Inc. 162 C Graydar-A Sea Trippi $65,000 Keeneland November 2016 H. Hatch Halcyon Hammock Farm 164 F Temple City-Aspen Blush $70,000 Keeneland January 2017 De Meric Stables De Meric Sales 166 C Exchange Rate-Atlantic Beauty $13,000 OBS Winter Mixed 2017 Omega Farm Omega Farm 167 F Candy Ride (ARG)-Atlantic Voyage $50,000 Keeneland November 2016 De Meric Stables De Meric Sales 169 C City Zip-Auspicious $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 2017 Grand Oaks Bobby Dodd 170 C Bodemeister-Awesome Alexa $150,000 Keeneland September 2017 Bradley Thoroughbreds Eddie Woods 171 F Bernardini-Awesome d'Oro (IRE) $50,000 Keeneland September 2017 Crupi 17 J.J. Crupi Crupi's New Castle Farm 172 C Street Boss-Awesomekaylee $100,000 Keeneland September 2017 R. R. Collective Pick View 173 F Bernardini-Bagatelle Park $80,000 Keeneland September 2017 Sonny Stokes Hoby Kight Cutting Edge Equine 175 C City Zip-Barbies M $80,000 Keeneland September 2017 Hal Hatch Halcyon Hammock Farm 176 C Orb-Beach Town $22,000 Keeneland September 2017 T’bred Champions Training Center Thoroughbred Champions 177 F Union Rags-Bebinn $77,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Sultana Stable Niall Brennan Stables 180 C Flat Out-Betar B Sharp $17,000 Keeneland September 2017 Wilfredo Agusti Azpurua Stables 181 C Giant's Causeway-Bet to Win $42,000 Keeneland September 2017 James R. Hood Blazing Meadows Farm 185 C Temple City-Birdie Birdie $115,000 Fasig-Tipton Turf Showcase 2017 George Yager / David Meah Harris 186 C Macho Uno-Black Lace $175,000 Keeneland September 2017 Golf '18 Wavertree Stables, Inc. 188 F Orb-Blossomed $260,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 2017 Gary Contessa De Meric Sales 190 F Overanalyze-Blue Orleans $105,000 Keeneland September 2017 Hal Hatch Halcyon Hammock Farm 192 F Flashback-Boatman Road $32,000 Keeneland January 2017 Rockbridge Bloodstock RiceHorse Stable 194 C Uncaptured-Boo Girl $27,000 OBS Winter Mixed 2017 East Hickman Bloodstock SBM Training and Sales 195 F Cairo Prince-Bourbon and a Kiss $120,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 David Meah Harris 196 C Hard Spun-Bourbon Belle $50,000 Keeneland September 2017 T’bred Champions Training Center Thoroughbred Champions 197 C Tale of the Cat-Box Office Queen $40,000 Keeneland September 2017 Ian Vickers Ian Vickers 198 C Lookin At Lucky-Branding $42,000 Keeneland September 2017 Europa Mundo Stable De Meric Sales 199 C Bodemeister-Brave Michelle $100,000 Keeneland September 2017 Red Lane T’breds Frank Alosa Eddie Woods 200 C Into Mischief-Breaking Promises $120,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Millville Stables Niall Brennan Stables 202 C Verrazano-Brilliant Humor $60,000 Keeneland September 2017 Global Thoroughbreds Brick City Thoroughbreds 203 C Can the Man-Brittney Brat $35,000 Keeneland September 2017 Stanley Dunn Parrish Farms Parrish Farms 204 C Munnings-Bronze Glow $35,000 OBS October Yearlings 2017 James R. Hood Blazing Meadows Farm 206 F Flashback-Bud's Little Edge $16,000 Keeneland January 2017 Raymie Lightner Omega Farm 207 F Istan-Buffalo Bird Woman $15,000 Keeneland September 2017 T & M Limited Partnership Sugar Hill 209 F Broken Vow-Bureaucat $35,000 Fasig-Tipton Turf Showcase 2017 Craig L. Wheeler Craig L. Wheeler 210 C Sky Mesa-Candiebelle $30,000 Keeneland September 2017 Doble Jak Investments Doble Jak 211 C Lookin At Lucky-Candle Maker $37,000 OBS October Yearlings 2017 Coty Davidson Coty Davidson 213 F The Factor-Candy d'Oro $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. Fall Mixed 2016 Texx Coco Crupi's New Castle Farm 214 C Into Mischief-Cape Discovery $110,000 Keeneland September 2017 Superfine Farms Wavertree Stables, Inc. 215 C Curlin-Cappagh Strand $45,000 Keeneland September 2017 T’bred Champions Training Center Thoroughbred Champions 216 C Goldencents-Caribbean Lady $150,000 Keeneland September 2017 Peter Dawson Niall Brennan Stables 219 F Data Link-Cause to Celebrate $3,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Team Work Horseman Group Team Work Horseman Group 220 F Into Mischief-Cavan Thunder $95,000 Keeneland November 2016 Global Thoroughbreds Brick City Thoroughbreds 221 C Creative Cause-Cave In $57,000 Keeneland September 2017 Eisaman Equine Eisaman Equine TDN HEADLINE NEWS • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

222 F Curlin-Cayman Style $65,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 Crupi's New Castle Farm J.J. Crupi Crupi's New Castle Farm 223 C Cairo Prince-Central Moves $165,000 Keeneland November 2016 Machmer Hall De Meric Sales 225 C Shanghai Bobby-Chamrousse $3,500 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Blackacre Farms Shadybrook Farm, Inc. 227 F Cairo Prince-Chanel Number Mine $190,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Cary Frommer Cary Frommer 231 C Atreides-Cherry Royale $15,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Champion Racing Stable Robert Brewer 232 F Trappe Shot-Cherry Sherry $5,000 OBS Winter Mixed 2017 Jen Conners Mayberry Farm 233 F Orb-Chicalelee $165,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 2017 De Meric Sales & H. Guy De Meric Sales 234 C Verrazano-Chilling Effect $85,000 Keeneland September 2017 K.O.I.D. Whitman Sales 236 F Congrats-Choragus $15,000 Keeneland September 2017 J. C. Corp. All Dreams Equine 238 C Will Take Charge-Classy Touch $280,000 Keeneland November 2016 Stud Goldconda Halcyon Hammock Farm 239 F Strong Mandate-Clay's Angel $90,000 Keeneland September 2017 Southern Chase Farm/Webb Carroll Southern Chase Farm, Inc. 240 C Handsome Mike-Clever Dancer $32,000 Keeneland September 2017 Randy Miles Elliott Racing & Sales 241 F Tizway-Cleverly Regal $24,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 Tom McCrocklin Tom McCrocklin 243 C Violence-Closing Report $53,000 Equine Sales of LA 2017 Yearlings Roger Smith Robert Brewer 244 F Uncle Mo-Cobbler's Reef $25,000 Keeneland September 2017 Secure Investments Southern Chase Farm, Inc. 245 F Munnings-Coco Ecolo $135,000 Keeneland September 2017 Wave's Bloodstock Wavertree Stables, Inc. 248 C Tale of the Cat-Conjuress $35,000 Keeneland September 2017 De Meric Stables De Meric Sales 249 C Shackleford-Corleone $4,500 Keeneland September 2017 T’bred Champions Training Center Thoroughbred Champions 251 C Overanalyze-Crafty Ruth $3,000 Keeneland January 2017 Case Erwin Bobby Dodd 252 C Biondetti-Crooked Answer $1,000 OBS Winter Mixed 2017 Jose Luis Munoz Julie Davies 254 F Midnight Lute-Curio $9,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 Golden Rock Golden Rock T’breds 257 C The Factor-Curry Cat $85,000 Keeneland November 2016 S. L. P. H. Hidden Brook 258 C Orb-Dance Craze $165,000 Keeneland September 2017 Cromwell Bloodstock Eisaman Equine 259 F Goldencents-Dance Darling $14,000 Keeneland September 2017 Michael Caraman Race Ready Sales 260 C Ready's Image-Dance Tap $1,000 Keeneland January 2017 Don Young Pick View 261 F Alternation-Dancing Daisy $13,000 OBS 2018 Winter Mixed Rob Maybin Coty Davidson 263 C Orb-Daydream $75,000 Keeneland November 2016 Exclusive Equine Investments Top Line Sales 264 C Tale of the Cat-Dazzletown $90,000 Keeneland September 2017 Apogee Bloodstock/J. Christian Hays Eddie Woods 266 C Verrazano-Deceit $50,000 OBS October Yearlings 2017 East Hickman Bloodstock SBM Training and Sales 267 C Street Boss-Deputy Sarah $40,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 Raul Reyes King's Equine 268 C Flat Out-Diablo River $2,000 Keeneland November 2016 Gude What Paul Sharp 271 F Cairo Prince-Discreet Woman $115,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 Fire Jack 4 Stables SGV SbnGV Thoroughbreds 272 F Violence-Dither $50,000 Keeneland September 2017 Apogee Bloodstock/J. Christian Hays Eddie Woods 273 F Union Rags-Diva Style $90,000 Fasig-Tipton ML Yearlings 2017 Three Diamonds Farm Wavertree Stables, Inc. 274 C Gemologist-Don't Tacha Me $15,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Michelle L. Elliott Elliott Racing & Sales 275 F Verrazano-Dootsie $77,000 Fasig-Tipton Sar. NYB Pref 2017 Becky Thomas Sequel Bloodstock 276 C Uncaptured-Dottie's a Hottie $45,000 OBS October Yearlings 2017 David O'Farrell Ocala Stud 277 F Exchange Rate-Downtown Drifter $75,000 Keeneland September 2017 Grand Oaks Bobby Dodd 278 C More Than Ready-Dream $80,000 Keeneland September 2017 Whitehorse Stables Eddie Woods 279 C The Factor-Dream About $16,000 Keeneland September 2017 T’bred Champions Training Center Thoroughbred Champions 280 F Fed Biz-Dress Parade $50,000 OBS October Yearlings 2017 Becky Thomas Sequel Bloodstock 281 C Candy Ride (ARG)-Driving Rain $230,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 De Meric Stables De Meric Sales 282 C Mucho Macho Man-Dusty Rose $170,000 Keeneland September 2017 Michael Neatherlin Richardson Bloodstock 283 C Bodemeister-Early Vintage $150,000 Keeneland September 2017 Artemis Bloodstock Niall Brennan Stables 284 C Verrazano-East India $285,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 2017 Ciaran Dunne Wavertree Stables, Inc. 285 C Real Solution-Easy Slam $60,000 Fasig-Tipton Turf Showcase 2017 Zayat Stables Top Line Sales 286 F Pioneerof the Nile-Eliza's Gold $135,000 Fasig-Tipton October 2017 Daniel M. Ryan Walnut Green Kirkwood Stables TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

1) MCKINZIE (c, Street Sense--Runway Model, by Petionville) His margin crossing the finish line first in the hotly contested >TDN Rising Star= O-Karl Watson, Michael Pegram & Paul San Felipe was a head, but the difference in ability between Weitman. B-Summer Wind Farm (KY). T-Bob Baffert. Sales McKinzie and arch-rival Bolt d=Oro (Medaglia d=Oro) is much History: $170,000 yrl KEESEP >16. Lifetime Record: GISW, narrower than that, and I=m rooting big-time for a rematch in 4-3-1-0, $350,000. the GI Santa Anita Derby. This is a close call, but regardless of Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: 1 the administrative decision made by the Santa Anita stewards to Last Start: 2nd GII San Felipe S., SA, Mar. 10 disqualify him from first, this >TDN Rising Star= retains the No. 1 Accomplishments Include: 1st, GI Los Alamitos Futurity, LRC, ranking because he still prevailed in the heat of battle. I don=t Dec. 9; 1st GIII Sham S., SA, Jan. 6 believe that McKinzie=s shifting out under left-handed whipping Next Start: Possible for GI Santa Anita Derby, SA, Apr. 7 Equineline PPs. Caulfield on McKinzie. in the vicinity of the sixteenth pole cost ABolt@ the win any more KY Derby Points: 40 than Bolt=s veering inward at the quarter pole after getting a Purchased by Donato Lanni/Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock right-handed crack of the crop cost McKinzie his own momentum when pinned down on the fence. Cont. p11 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

In fact, I like the fact that this $170,000 KEESEP Street Sense Bolt slugged it out with admirable determination through the colt was emboldened when roughed up a bit, and he dug in lane, and he earned himself a victory via disqualification when resiliently when he had legitimate reasons to pack it in under McKinzie=s shifting outward was determined the stewards to pressure. I agree with trainer Bob Baffert=s assessment that the have cost him the victory. His future potential looks even more entire stretch run was just Atwo Hall-of Famers race riding,@ and formidable when you consider that comeback try was probably both colts will end up getting more long-term seasoning out of not his AA@ effort, although I=m not sure I concur wholeheartedly their fight than if either one had peeled away from the pack and with owner/trainer Mick Ruis=s assertion that what we saw was won by the length of the grandstand. Does McKinzie still have only an A80%@ Bolt d=Oro. Still, there=s massive upside potential more to prove? You bet. But in a Derby prep season where here, and McKinzie and Bolt d=Oro together have cracked open highly hyped horses have been returning off layoffs and faltering quite a chasm between themselves and the rest of the division under milder pressure than we saw in the San Felipe, he has right now. If they collide again in the Santa Anita Derby asserted himself as a legitimate target at the top of the totem (figuratively, one hopes, and not again literally), it will be the pole for now. most highly anticipated Derby prep race in years.

McKinzie I Benoit Bolt d=Oro I Benoit

2) BOLT D=ORO (c, Medaglia d=Oro--Globe Trot, by A.P. Indy) 3) AVERY ISLAND (c, Street Sense--Kinda Spicy, by A.P. Indy) O-Ruis Racing. B-WinStar Farm (KY). T-Mick Ruis. Sales History: O-Godolphin Racing. B-Godolphin (KY). T-Kiaran McLaughlin. $630,000 yrl FTSAUG >16. Lifetime Record: MGISW, 5-4-0-1, Lifetime Record: GSW, 5-3-1-0, $365,332. $816,000. Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: 3 Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: 2 Last Start: 1st GIII Withers S., AQU, Feb. 3. Last Start: 1st GII San Felipe S., SA, Mar. 10 Accomplishments Include: 1st GII Nashua S., AQU, Nov. 5. Accomplishments Include: 1st, GI Del Mar Futurity, DMR, Sept. Next Start: GII Louisiana Derby, FG, Mar. 24 4; 1st GI FrontRunner S., SA, Sept. 30. 3rd GI Sentient Jet Equineline PPs. Breeders= Cup Juvenile, SA, Nov. 4 KY Derby Points: 14 Next Start: Aiming for GI Santa Anita Derby, SA, Apr. 7 It=s appropriate that Avery Island will make his next scheduled Equineline PPs. Caulfield on Bolt d=Oro. KY Derby Points: 64 start in Louisiana, because the Street Sense colt takes his name The ferocity with which Bolt d=Oro attacked McKinzie off the from the Gulf Coast salt dome that is the home of the Tabasco turn in Saturday=s San Felipe S. answered a lot of questions. brand pepper sauce (it=s a play off his dam, Kinda Spicy [A.P. Would this $630,000 FTSAUG Medaglia d'Oro colt be able to Indy]). He has a deep pedigree, a big frame, a long stride, and a build off his 2-year-old prowess despite a 127-day layoff? Would good mental makeup according to trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. In the muscle pull that derailed him from training briefly back in essence, he=s a push-button stayer who seems like a good match January have any lingering effects? Did he work too fast (:46.40) for the 1,346-foot Fair Grounds stretch. But his cruise control in his final blowout? All of these concerns were laid to rest when seems to lack a cutthroat dimension right now, and that=s an TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018 asset he=s going to need moving forward in a race like the is not necessarily known as a track that favors closers, the likely Kentucky Derby, where the aggressive ability to make one=s own entry of several other forwardly placed horses--namely breaks in a 20-horse field is often the difference between being Promises Fulfilled (Shackleford) and Audible (Into Mischief)-- a contender and an also-ran. He breezed five furlongs in 1:01.15 could ensure a lively pace that would play to Catholic Boy=s (3/9) Friday at Palm Meadows Training Center. With regard to off-the-pace strength. Trainer Jonathan Thomas told the TDN Avery Island=s company lines, the horse who ran second to him several weeks ago that he=d like to see his colt drop back, not be in the GIII Withers S., Firenze Fire (Poseidon=s Warrior), ran a too engaged too early in the race, and make one single strong non-threatening fourth in his next out in Saturday=s run. Catholic Boy is not a grinder and he does not seem to GIII Gotham S. at Aqueduct, so that represents a very slight benefit from pecking at the pace the way he did in the GIII Sam downtick. Note: This was written before Avery Island was F. Davis S. at Tampa, and he will have the opportunity in the reported lame by Godolphin late Monday afternoon. Florida Derby to benefit off that tightener and unleash a commanding kick that is more in line with his preferred style. Daily Racing Form reported on Monday afternoon that Irad Ortiz Jr. has been named the new jockey for Catholic Boy's next start.

Avery Island I Chelsea Durand

4) CATHOLIC BOY (c, More Than Ready--Song of Bernadette, by Catholic Boy I Sarah Andrew Bernardini) O-Robert V. LaPenta & Madaket Stable. B-Fred W. Hertrich III & John D. Fielding (KY). T-Jonathan Thomas. Sales History: 5) GOOD MAGIC (c, Curlin--Glinda the Good, by Hard Spun) $170,000 PS yrl KEEJAN >16. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 5-3-1-0, O-e Five Thoroughbreds & Stonestreet Stables. B-Stonestreet $354,000. Thoroughbred Holdings (KY). T-C Brown. Sales History: $1 million yrl Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: 4 KEESEP >16. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo, GISW, 4-1-2-1, Last Start: 2nd GIII Sam F. Davis S., TAM, Feb. 10 $1,255,000. Accomplishments Include: 1st GII Remsen S., AQU, Dec. 2.; 1st Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: 5 GIII With Anticipation S., SAR, Aug. 30. Last Start: 3rd, GII Fountain of Youth S., GP, Mar. 3 Next Start: GI Florida Derby, GP, Mar. 31 Accomplishments Include: 1st GI Sentient Jet Breeders= Cup Equineline PPs. Juvenile, SA, Nov. 4.; 2nd GI Champagne S., BEL, Oct. 7. KY Derby Points: 14 Next Start: Possible for GII Blue Grass S., KEE, Apr. 7 Catholic Boy=s connections have narrowed down a next start Equineline PPs. since the last edition of the Derby Top 12, with the GI Florida KY Derby Points: 34 Derby on Mar. 31 now the primary target (the Mar. 24 GII Louisiana Derby had also been under consideration). The Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency grading of the Florida Derby might have been a factor, because this More Than Ready (Southern Halo) colt has won a Grade II Good Magic lies in wait for a possible next start in the GII Blue and a Grade III, but not yet a Grade I. And while Gulfstream Park Grass S. at Keeneland Apr. 7 after a failed-to-fire humbling in his TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

2018 debut. His third-place try in the Fountain of Youth perhaps Solomini is Oaklawn Park-bound for Saturday=s GII Rebel S., afforded him a necessary dose of in-race endurance-building which means he will be the final horse ranked within the Top 12 that could be more valuable than any string of workouts, but to make his 2018 debut. This translates to a gap of 99 days other than that it=s difficult to come away with emphatic between starts since his Dec. 9 DQ from winning the GI Los positives that demonstrate progression off this million-dollar Alamitos Futurity. He subsequently spiked a temperature that KEESEP colt=s championship season as a juvenile. Still, even set him back a bit in January, but his last four works have been though he did not live up to the off-season hype, one single poor bullet moves, the most recent being a :59 (1/61) clocking at race does not equal derailment from the Derby trail, and he Santa Anita Saturday. Trainer Bob Baffert has won six of the last maintains a spot within the Top 12 based on respect for his eight renewals of the Rebel, including one for Solomini=s owner, 2-year-old accomplishments. Trainer Chad Brown will have five Zayat Stable, with eventual Triple Crowner American Pharoah weeks between starts to tighten this Curlin colt, and (Pioneeerof the Nile) in 2015. Things to watch in terms of improvement is expected. The Blue Grass isn=t yet flush with improvement for this $270,000 KEESEP Curlin colt include commitments from other horses at this point in the season, so overcoming touches of greenness and focus/concentration we don=t know what type of competition he=ll be facing. But issues that were evident when he took the lead but couldn=t don=t forget that last year=s edition of the Blue Grass came up sustain his bid in the stretch of the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Aloaded@ on paper, and a 31-1 shot upset the field while the and when he was disqualified from first in the Futurity for higher-ranked contenders tossed in blah efforts. angling in on rivals.

Good Magic I Eclipse Sportswire Solomini I Benoit

6) SOLOMINI (c, CurlinBSurf Song, by Storm Cat) 7) PROMISES FULFILLED (c, ShacklefordBMarquee Delivery, by O-Zayat Stables LLC. B-Glenna R. Salyer (KY). T-Bob Baffert. Sales Marquetry) history: $270,000 KEESEP >16 yrl. Lifetime Record: MGISP, 4-1- O-Robert J. Baron. B-David Jacobs (KY). T-Dale Romans. Sales 2-1, $472,000 history: $37,000 yrl KEESEP >16. Lifetime Record: GSW, 4-3-0-1, Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: 6 $327,280. Last Start: 3rd GI Los Alamitos Futurity, LRC, Dec.9. Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: 7 Accomplishments Include: 2nd GI Frontrunner S., SA, Sept. 30; Last Start: 1st GII Fountain of Youth S., GP, Mar. 3. 2nd GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile, DMR, Nov. 4 Next Start: GI Florida Derby, GP, Mar. 31 Next Start: GII Rebel S., OP, Mar. 17 Equineline PPs. Equineline PPs. Kentucky Derby Points: 52 KY Derby Points: 14 SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency EQB yearling purchase • www.EQB.com Training Graduate TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

Promises Fulfilled has led at the first call in each of his four With the connections of Audible, Promises Fulfilled, and lifetime races and he=s won three of them, so it=s no real secret Catholic Boy all indicating a preference for entering the what his most effective running style is. His wire job in the GI Florida Derby, the showcase sophomore race at Gulfstream GII Fountain of Youth at 18-1 might have come as a surprise to Park has the potential to be the most intriguing East Coast prep bettors, but not to trainer Dale Romans, who has been high on on this year=s Derby trail. It=s not surprising that the Florida this $37,000 KEESEP son of Shackleford ever since his game third Derby is a coveted path to the first Saturday in May in Louisville, in the Nov. 25 GII Kentucky Jockey Club S., in which he held well because it has produced the winner of the Kentucky Derby in for third despite popping a shin splint. With that minor problem each of the past two years and in three of the last five. The rectified, Romans was confident that giving jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. gamble with Audible is that he will attempt to win it off a 56-day instructions to seize the lead from the outermost post in the layoff since his GII Holy Bull S. win, which could be a stretch Fountain of Youth was the right move, and when Promises given his relatively light (four races, three straight wins) Fulfilled coasted through a :48.39 half mile with his ears up, he seasoning. Then again, with greater spacing and fewer races was as good as gone. He switched to his right lead effectively in evolving into the norm for Triple Crown-caliber horses, who the lane and kept on motoring right through the gallop-out, knows how much you can compare training patterns from signaling that he may have more left to give when the pace is earlier eras to today=s methodologies. This $500,000 FTFMAR likely to be more pressured in his next start, the GI Florida son of Into Mischief turned in a 1:00.99 (3/12) five-eighths Derby. breeze at Palm Beach Downs on Saturday. His who-beat-whom form received a mild uptick later that afternoon when fourth-place Holy Bull finisher Enticed (Medaglia d=Oro) came back to win the GIII Gotham S. at Aqueduct.

Promises Fulfilled I Lauren King

8) AUDIBLE (c, Into MischiefBBlue Devil Bel, by Gilded Time) Audible I Coglianese O-WinStar, China Horse Club & SF Racing. B-Oak Bluff Stables LLC (NY). T-Todd Pletcher. Sales history: $175,000 FTNSAR yrl >16; $500,000 FTFMAR 2yo >17. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-1, 9) INSTILLED REGARD (c, Arch--Enhancing, by Foresty) $287,720 O-OXO Equine LLC. B-KatieRich Farms (KY). T-Jerry Hollendorfer. Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: 8 Sales history: $110,000 RNA yrl KEESEP >16, $1,050,000 2yo Last Start: 1st, GII Holy Bull S., GP, Feb. 3. OBSMAR >17. Lifetime Record: GSW & GISP, 6-2-2-1, $244,000. Next Start: GI Florida Derby, GP, Mar. 31 Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: 9 Equineline PPs. Last Start: 4th, GII Risen Star S., FG, Feb. 17 KY Derby Points: 10 Accomplishments: 1st, GIII Lecomte S., FG, Jan. 13; 2nd, GI Los Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm Alamitos Futurity, LRC, Dec. 9. Next Start: Uncommitted Equineline PPs. Caulfield on Instilled Regard. KY Derby Points: 19 Medaglia duo

Two of the top Derby prospects, Bolt d’Oro and Enticed: both sons of Medaglia d’Oro. The only other stallion with two Graded Stakes winning three-year-olds? Street Sense.

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Instilled Regard is high on talent, but rates as another horse on this Medaglia d=Oro homebred to level off and reel in what this week=s Top 12 who has to recover from a hiccup in his last ended up being a clearly spent foe by the sixteenth pole. Enticed race. His beaten-favorite fourth in the GII Risen Star S. is likely took to his task willingly, and with no others firing from behind, not indicative of his true ability based on the willingness to fight ended up coasting home under wraps. AI didn't want to get him he displayed in his previous two tries, and a bullet :59.20 (1/58) in trouble at all because he's a horse that takes a while to get five-eighths training move at Santa Anita last Wednesday going,@ Alvarado said. AAs soon as we turned for home, I knew it indicates he=s well on his way toward turning in a better effort was just a matter of time when he switched leads for him to give next time out. AIt seems like he likes this track and he=s run good me that next gear.@ Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said the Apr. 7 on this track,@ assistant trainer Dan Ward told XBTV on Friday. GII Wood Memorial S. is a logical next race for Enticed=s final But the connections of this $1.05 million OBSMAR Arch colt are Derby prep: AHe'll come back here and train in Florida just certainly keeping an open mind about where that next start because it worked well. The main goal, obviously, is the first might be. AWe=re waiting to find out where the next race is, Saturday in May, but the Wood would make the most sense.@ either Louisiana or Arkansas or Sunland or Santa Anita,@ Ward continued. ABut we=ll try and have him ready.@

Enticed I Susie Raisher Instilled Regard I Jaime Hernandez

10) ENTICED (c, Medaglia d=Oro--It=s Tricky, by Mineshaft) 11) JUSTIFY (c, Scat DaddyBStage Magic, by Ghostzapper) O-Godolphin Racing. B-Godolphin (KY). T-Kiaran McLaughlin. >TDN Rising Star= O-China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners Lifetime Record: MGSW & GISP, 5-3-0-1, $410,680. LLC, Starlight Racing & WinStar Farm. B- John D. Gunther (KY). T- Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: N/A Bob Baffert. Sales history: $500,000 yrl KEESEP >16. Lifetime Last Start: 1st GIII Gotham S., AQU, Mar. 10 Record: 2-2-0-0, $66,000. Accomplishments Include: 1st, GII Kentucky Jockey Club S., CD, Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: N/A Nov. 25 3rd, GI Champagne S., BEL, Oct. 7. Last Start: 1st Allowance Optional Claiming, SA, Mar. 11. Next Start: Possible for GII Wood Memorial S., AQU, Apr. 7 Next Start: Uncommitted Equineline PPs. Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 63 Kentucky Derby Points: 0 Enticed earned a rebirth onto the Derby Top 12 list with his determined annexation of Saturday=s GIII Gotham S. He advanced willingly with an outside bid, and at the five-sixteenths New addition to the Top 12 Justify qualifies both as a Anow@ pole appeared poised to blow by a 35-1 pacemaker who was horse and a Awow@ horse. This $500,000 KEESEP Scat Daddy colt ambitiously setting solid fractions. But that speedster, Old Time is undefeated in two starts after shredding a two-turn Santa Revival (Brethren), surprisingly kicked again at the quarter pole, Anita allowance field on Sunday. This >TDN Rising Star= has and jockey Junior Alvarado had to hustle a little harder to get earned triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures in both starts to date, a TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 16 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 13, 2018

104 followed by a 101, and Sunday=s effort only rates slower moderate splits in the Tampa Bay Derby, but wore that rival because he was torqued down substantially at the finish after down when it counted, breaking free in the final 50 yards while drilling his competition. He=s hardly battle-hardened yet, but fending off all-out onrusher Flameaway (Scat Daddy) to earn a consider that this Bob Baffert trainee has already shifted adroitly 19-1 victory. This Distorted Humor (Forty Niner) colt is emerging from sprinting to routing, handled an equipment change a little late on the scene, but his beginnings are intriguing: He (blinkers off), and has proven ability both on a fast, dry track and won on debut at Churchill downs last fall, scored an allowance a sealed muddy surface--all in just a touch more than three by open lengths at Keeneland, then ran into an eventual weeks since his debut. And yes, it=s a classic case of Arecency key-race group when seventh in the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. bias@ in the pari-mutuel marketplace to see how he closed on before a winter freshening. AOn paper, it looked like we were Sunday at 6-1 as the most heavily bet individual horse in Pool 3 going to be there early, and it was a matter of whether they of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (the Aall others@ field was were going to let us go (the half-mile) in :47 or :49,@ said trainer favored at 4-1). But it=s also an indication that the betting public Rodolphe Brisset. AThey let us go in [:49.48], which was a little isn=t so keen on the contenders who=ve been listed with surprising to me. It was just a matter of him being fit enough. established 2-year-old form, giving some credence to the theory I=m not sure if we had him 100%, but he was fit enough to win that we=ve yet to witness the top of the crop. An April Derby today and that=s the main thing.@ The final clocking of 1:44.72 prep race will be this undefeated prospect=s next stepping stone for 1 1/16 miles was the slowest Tampa Bay Derby since 1997. to Louisville. Yet based on the Beyer scale, his number came back a respectable 94.

Justify I Benoit

12) QUIP (c, Distorted HumorBPrincess Ash, by Indian Charlie) Quip I SV Photography >TDN Rising Star= O-WinStar Farm, China Horse Club & SF Racing. B-WinStar Farm (KY). T-Rodolphe Brisset. Lifetime Record: GSW, 4-3-0-0, $282,800. On the Bubble (in alphabetical order) Mar. 6 TDN Top 12 Rank: N/A Bravazo (Awesome Again): Risen Star S. upsetter aiming for Last Start: 1st GII Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, TAM, Mar. Louisiana Derby; yet another to exit key Kentucky Jockey Club S. 10. Combatant (Scat Daddy): Half-mile Oaklawn maintenance Next Start: Uncommitted breeze on Sunday in prep for Saturday=s Rebel S. Equineline PPs. Curlin=s Honor (Curlin): Fair Grounds-based Casse soph is Kentucky Derby Points: 50 another aiming for wide-open Rebel S. Exclamation Point (Concord Point): Half to Classic Empire (Pioneerof the Nile) now 2-for-2 at Oaklawn and could resurface >TDN Rising Star= Quip chased late-money favorite World of in GI Arkansas Derby. Trouble (Kantharos) all the way around the track through Share this job

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Flameaway (Scat Daddy): All-out off the turn and slightly erratic MOURINHO INJURED IN MONDAY WORK, in the lane when second in Tampa Derby; possible for Blue Grass S. next. EUTHANIZED Higher Power (Medaglia d=Oro): 2-for-3, with two route wins, and aiming for Saturday=s Rebel S. at Oaklawn. Hollywood Star (Malibu Moon): 'Rising Star' posted bullet six-furlong breeze at Gulfstream on Saturday; idle since fourth in Feb. 10 Davis S. at Tampa. Gronkowski (Lonhro {Aus}): Will travel stateside after three straight wins in Great Britain to target either Wood Memorial or Blue Grass S. Magnum Moon (Malibu Moon): 2-for-2 >Rising Star= fired bullet five-eights at Palm Beach Downs on Saturday in prep for this weekend=s Rebel. S. at Oaklawn. Marconi (Tapit): Stamina specialist >Rising Star= awaiting next assignment from Pletcher. Mendelssohn (Scat Daddy): GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf winner returned a winner at Dundalk Racecourse in Ireland; now Mourinho | Coady photo targets UAE Derby. My Boy Jack (Creative Cause): Plucky off-pace winner of GIII by Ben Massam Southwest S. handles various surfaces, has pedigree depth, and Phoenix Thoroughbred III=s Mourinho (Super Saver) suffered a is learning how to relax on bridle. Overlooked bomb potential severe injury in a Monday morning workout at Santa Anita and here. was subsequently euthanized, trainer Bob Baffert confirmed to New York Central (Tapit): Asmussen-trained >Rising Star= scored the TDN via text message Monday afternoon. As originally in OP muddy allowance race Feb. 19 and awaits next task. reported by Daily Racing Form, Mourinho suffered a sesamoid Noble Indy (Take Charge Indy): 'Rising Star' ran third in the fracture in a front leg while working in company with another Risen Star at Fair Grounds; pair of Palm Beach Downs breezes Baffert-trained 3-year-old, Restoring Hope (Giant=s Causeway). since. AIt=s very sad,@ said Baffert, who traveled to Ocala Sunday Reride (Candy Ride {Arg}): >Rising Star= has won at Churchill, ahead of the OBS March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, to be Keeneland, Delta, Sunland, and now will ambitiously ship to held Tuesday and Wednesday. Dubai for UAE Derby. Mourinho captured his six-furlong debut at Santa Anita Sept. Retirement Fund (Eskendereya): >Rising Star= dead-heated for 30, a performance which earned him >TDN Rising Stardom,= and seventh in sloppy Southwest S., back training at Fair Grounds, followed with a pair of runner-up efforts in the Oct. 15 where he=s 2-for-2. Speakeasy S. and Nov. 11 GIII Bob Hope S. He made his two-turn Restoring Hope (Giant=s Causeway): Maintenance breeze on debut in Oaklawn=s Jan. 15 Smarty Jones S. with a wire-to-wire 3 Monday. Baffert: AI was actually going to run him in the [San 1/4-length romp and returned to that venue to finish fourth in Felipe] but he had a little foot issue.@ the Feb. 19 GIII Southwest S. Snapper Sinclair (City Zip): Beaten a nose at 41-1 in Risen Star S. A $30,000 Keeneland September yearling, Mourinho was and appears on target for rematch in Louisiana Derby. acquired by Phoenix Thoroughbred for $625,000 at last year=s Sporting Chance (Tiznow): GI Hopeful S.-winning >Rising Star= OBS March Sale. breezed a stamina-building mile at Oaklawn last week in On a brighter note, Baffert said that undefeated >TDN Rising preparation for this Saturday=s Rebel S. Star= Justify (Scat Daddy), who captured a Santa Anita allowance Strike Power (Speightstown): >Rising Star= second in Fountain of in dominant fashion Sunday to catapult himself to individual Youth S. stretchout; could return in Florida Derby. favoritism in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, was Zing Zang (Tapit): Listed as likely for Saturday=s Rebel S. at doing Avery well@ as of Monday morning. While the colt has yet Oaklawn. to earn any qualifying points for Run for the Roses, he is expected to make his next start in a prep race in April.

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UNIQUE BELLA OUT OF SANTA MARGARITA

Avery Island | Joe Labozzetta

Unique Bella | Benoit A second-out winner last September at Belmont, the bay colt went on to dominate the GII Nashua S. Nov. 5 at Aqueduct, and by Joe Bianca after running second as the favorite in the GII Remsen S., Don Alberto Stable=s Champion and >TDN Rising Star= Unique Bella (Tapit) will not make an expected start in the GI Santa bounced back with a victory in the GIII Withers S. Feb. 3. He Margarita S. this Saturday at Santa Anita after coming down with currently sits 17th in the Kentucky Derby qualifying points a cough and missing some training last week. The story was first standings. reported by Daily Racing Form. AShe just had a little cough and she=s training, but we felt like we shouldn=t run her,@ trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said. The imposing gray filly, crowned Eclipse champion sprinter in SMITH SUSPENDED THREE DAYS FOR SAN January, was last seen running a career high when dominating the GII Santa Maria S. in her 4-year-old debut Feb. 1. Her most FELIPE DQ recent workout was a five-furlong bullet in :58 3/5 (1/106) by T.D. Thornton Feb. 25 at Santa Anita. Jockey Mike Smith has been penalized with a three-day Hollendorfer added that he doesn=t have a timetable for when suspension by the Santa Anita Park stewards in the aftermath of Unique Bella will officially return to the worktab, but that he=s Saturday=s disqualification of McKinzie (Street Sense) from first considering shipping her out of California for the first time to run to second in the GII San Felipe S. next out in the GI Apple Blossom H. Apr. 13 at Oaklawn Park. The hard-fought stretch battle between McKinzie and Bolt d=Oro, who finished a head apart at the wire, included two distinct close-contact incidents, one just after the quarter pole and another in the run between the sixteenth pole and the AVERY ISLAND QUESTIONABLE FOR DERBY finish. The stewards launched an inquiry into both, and also Godolphin=s multiple graded stakes winner Avery Island (Street received a foul claim regarding the deep-stretch incident from Sense) has been sidelined and will be shipped to Lexington Bolt d=Oro=s rider, Javier Castellano. The two Hall-of-Fame Tuesday to be further evaluated by Dr. Larry Bramlage at Rood jockeys were visibly jawing at one another in the gallop-out and Riddle Equine Hospital, putting his GI Kentucky Derby hopes after the wire. in doubt, Godolphin announced Monday. The colt came back AI wish they would have just suspended me and taken away lame after working Friday, but initial x-rays ruled out any the jock=s purse but left the horse up,@ Smith said. AHe certainly structural damage. didn=t deserve to come down. I wish somehow we could figure AIt=s very disappointing for all of us here at Godolphin, and that out. Where if you as a steward don=t think the horse was plans are on hold until we know more about the injury,@ trainer involved, why punish the horse and the owners and everyone Kiaran McLaughlin said. AHe=s done something to himself. But who has put a lot of hard work into him? I mean, punish me.@ we will wait until we hear from Dr. Bramlage before deciding the next move.@ The Garden State

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WILSON, ROETHEMEIER JOIN KEENELAND SALES Kyle Wilson and Dean Roethemeier will join the Keeneland sales team as sales associates, effective Mar. 19, Keeneland officials announced Monday. Wilson worked as stallion seasons director at WinStar Farm since 2015 and has also has been involved in bloodstock sales and management at Three Chimneys Farm and with Bradley Thoroughbred Brokerage. Roethemeier comes to Keeneland from Darley America, where he handled client development and nominations sales. Prior to Darley, he was the Marketing Executive at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England. AWe are pleased to welcome Kyle and Dean to Keeneland,@ Keeneland Vice President of Racing and Sales Bob Elliston said. ATheir knowledge of the global horse industry and hands-on experience with top breeding farms will be invaluable to our client services and recruitment efforts.@

EIGHT SUPPLEMENTAL ENTRIES ADDED TO F-T GULFSTREAM SALE Fasig-Tipton has catalogued eight supplemental entries for The Gulfstream Sale, the company=s selected 2-year-olds in training sale to be held on Wednesday, Mar. 28 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida. These newest entries are catalogued as hips 159-166 and may now be viewed online and via the Equineline sales coverage app. Print versions of the Supplemental Catalogue will be available onsite at Gulfstream at sale time. The sale=s under tack show will take place Monday, Mar. 26, beginning at 9 a.m.

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George G. Isaacs, General Manager Candy Ride (Arg) - Spooky Minister, 352.622.5319 | BridlewoodFarm.com by Deputy Minister | Fee: $2,500 S&N IN SINGAPORE: Maximus, g, 5, Lemon Drop Kid--Imagine (MSW, $267,059), by Giant=s Causeway. Kranji, 3-11, Kranji >B= Stakes ($76k), 1600m First-/second-crop starters to watch: Tuesday, Mar. 13 (AWT), 1:40.89. B-Michael Ezekiel (FL). *Led throughout to Farm and fee represent current information score by 2 1/2 lengths as the 9-5 favorite to win for the fifth Forever Perfect (Perfect Soul {Ire}) time in 11 career starts. **1/2 to Femme Fatale (Distorted 2 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Humor), MSP, $172,952. ***$30,000 2yo >15 OBSJUN. VIDEO 4-MVR, Msw 6f, SPURS ADDICTION, 20-1

IN SOUTH KOREA: Kettle Corn (Candy Ride {Arg}), Fair Winds Farm, $3,000 King of Glory, c, 3, Ghostzapper--Goldfield, by Yes It=s True. 35 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners Busan, 3-11, Hcp. ($70k), 1200m. B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred 4-MVR, Msw 6f, MISTER GRITTY, 6-1 Holdings LLC (KY). *Won for the second time in four starts as $7,000 FTK OCT yrl the 3-10 chalk. **1/2 to Valadorna (Curlin), SW & GISP, $498,920. ***$125,000 Ylg >16 KEESEP; $155,000 2yo >17 FTMMAY.

Nice Dash, c, 3, Wildcat Heir--Van Brit, by Van Nistelrooy. Seoul, 3-10, Hcp. ($56k), 1000m. B-Brent & Crystal Fernung & Jose Lucio Mendoza Servin (FL). *$25,000 2yo >17 OBSAPR. ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 10th-PRX, $39,500, (S), 3-12, (C), 4yo/up, 1m 70y, 1:46.90, gd. PAPA JONES (g, 4, Smarty Jones--Last Toots {SP, $164,305}, by WINNERS BY AMERICAN SIRES Concern) Lifetime Record: 12-4-3-0, $102,370. O-Beamer Stable; B-Patricia L. Chapman (PA); T-Patricia Farro. IN JAPAN: 8th-WRD, $31,900, 3-12, (C), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:09.91, ft. Magical Spell (Jpn), c, 4, Creative Cause--Proud Spell, by Proud FIDDLERS TSUNAMI (m, 5, Seeking a Home--Fiddlers Katami, by Citizen. Chukyo, 3-10, Seto Tokubetsu, 9f. Lifetime Record: Roaring Fever) Lifetime Record: MSP, 21-4-1-5, $140,466. 8-3-1-2, $333,832. O-Katsumi Yoshida; B-Northern Farm; O-Blue Moon Stables; B-Patricia Clark & Mike & Marilyn Jean T-Hideaki Fujiwara. *1/2 to Indian Spell (Indian Charlie) SW, Duplissey (OK); T-Jody Pruitt. $75,775. VIDEO 8th-GG, $27,837, 3-11, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m (AWT), CAN’T WAIT TO GET YOUR 1:44.68, ft. TDN BREAKING NEWS AND STAINTONDALE LASS (IRE) (m, 5, Bushranger {Ire}--Siphon Melody, by Siphon {Brz}) Lifetime Record: 21-7-1-1, $58,209. RACE RESULTS? O-Ronald L. Charles & Samuel Gordon; B-Ringfort Stud (IRE); Click Here to sign up for TDN Alerts T-Manuel Badilla. *i800 Ylg '14 TISEP; i20,000 2yo '15 GBMBR; 13,000gns 4yo '17 TATAHI. ADVANCED EQUINE NUTRITION Race 13: High-Energy, High-Performance Nutrition The choice of the world’s leading trainers, Race 13 provides the equine athlete with a variety of energy sources selected to maintain a physical as well as mental edge.

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4th-MVR, $24,000, 3-12, (NW3L), 3yo/up, 1m, 1:41.53, ft. ANOTHER SOURCE (c, 4, Divine Park--Source of Humor, by Distorted Humor) Lifetime Record: 16-3-4-4, $61,940. O-Loooch Racing Stables, Inc.; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Jeffrey A. Radosevich. *$9,000 RNA Ylg '15 FTKOCT.

1st-MVR, $23,500, 3-12, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:15.16, ft. REGENT DIAMOND (f, 4, Tale of Ekati--Soul of the Forest, by Perfect Soul {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-1, $28,481. O/T-Doug Matthews; B-Charles Fipke (KY). *$11,000 Ylg '15 KEEJAN; $24,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Dutch Treat, f, 3, Double Irish--Final Bel, by Idabel. OP, 3-11, (S), 1 1/16m, 1:47.05. B-Shortleaf Stable (AR). Why Not a Saint, f, 3, Wildcat Heir--Saint La Petit, by Saint Ballado. WRD, 3-12, 5 1/2f, 1:05.64. B-James Ronald Magnon (OK). *$25,000 RNA 2yo '17 OBSMAR. **1/2 to Missile Bay (Yes It=s True), MSW, $200,721.

BUSHRANGER (IRE), Staintondale Lass (Ire), m, 5, o/o Siphon Melody, by Siphon (Brz). ALW, 3-11, Golden Gate DIVINE PARK, Another Source, c, 4, o/o Source of Humor, by Distorted Humor. ALW, 3-12, Mahoning Valley Race Course SEEKING A HOME, Fiddlers Tsunami, m, 5, o/o Fiddlers Katami, by Roaring Fever. ALW, 3-12, Will Rogers SMARTY JONES, Papa Jones, g, 4, o/o Last Toots, by Concern. ALW, 3-12, Parx Racing TALE OF EKATI, Regent Diamond, f, 4, o/o Soul of the Forest, by Perfect Soul (Ire). ALW, 3-12, Mahoning Valley Race Course WILDCAT HEIR, Why Not a Saint, f, 3, o/o Saint La Petit, by Saint Ballado. MSW, 3-12, Will Rogers

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TUESDAY, 13 MARCH, 2018

With the Flat season looming, plans for this year's Royal WEATHERBY A MAN FOR meeting will already be occupying his mind but this week they will be pushed towards the back of it as he turns his attention to ALL SEASONS Britain's National Hunt equivalent, the Cheltenham Festival. As well as being racing's secretariat and banker, Weatherbys is also involved in insurance, sponsorship and printing, and we will see plenty of evidence of that at Cheltenham this week via the daily racecards and the company's long-running sponsorship of tomorrow's Weatherbys Champion Bumper. Johnny Weatherby has a far more visceral interest in this week's action, however, as breeder, through his Preston Lodge Stud, of Presenting Percy (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}), the red-hot favourite for tomorrow's G1 RSA Novices' Chase, and owner-breeder of Red Indian (GB) (Sulamani {Ire}), who lines up for the G3 Coral Cup on the same afternoon. Cont. p2

Johnny Weatherby pictured at Royal Ascot with Her Majesty The Queen | Racing Post Photo IN TDN AMERICA TODAY By Emma Berry JUVENILE SALES SEASON KICKS OFF IN OCALA It's impossible to be involved in racing in the British Isles and The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s March Sale, the first not to have come across the name Weatherby. For almost 250 2-year-old auction of the season, begins Tuesday in Central Florida. years, generations of the Weatherby family have been at the Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. sport's core, ever since James Weatherby was appointed secretary of the Jockey Club and Keeper of the Match Book in 1770. The General Stud Book was first published 21 years later, the original record of Thoroughbred racehorses and their lineage which has been emulated the world over. These days, the family firm Weatherbys still publishes the stud book as well as being racing's official administrators under licence from the British Horseracing Authority. Johnny Weatherby became the seventh generation of the clan to safeguard the business when being appointed chairman in 1993, having started work at the company in 1979. His brother Roger is a non-executive director of Weatherbys and chief executive of Weatherbys Bank, through which most racehorse owners and breeders in Britain conduct their financial business. While Roger maintains the family's wider racing links as senior steward of the Jockey Club, Johnny has an arguably even more prestigious 'outside' role as Her Majesty's representative at Ascot, effectively overseeing the management of Ascot racecourse on behalf of the Queen. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 10 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 13 MARCH, 2018

Weatherby A Man For All Seasons cont. "It really could be a red-letter day for Preston Lodge Stud," he admits. "Red Indian's dam died the day after foaling him so it would be great if the little orphan could spring a surprise." While Presenting Percy, who was sold by his breeder as a foal, is returning to Cheltenham a hero, having won the Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle last year, it will be Red Indian's first Festival appearance, though the Ben Pauling-trained 6-year-old has experienced the course's famous undulations already and finished a good third over hurdles there in Vice President, International Operations November. Gary King Reflecting on last year's victory for Presenting Percy, Twitter: @garykingTDN Weatherby says, "Now I really know why owners behave the [email protected] way they do in the Cheltenham winner's enclosure. What a + 1.732.320.0975 feeling to have bred a Cheltenham Festival winner from a International Editor handful of mares. Presenting Percy has taken to fences well and Kelsey Riley gave Our Duke (Ire) a good race last time out and Our Duke is Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN already a Grade 1 winner over fences, so there is every reason [email protected] to hope Presenting Percy can win the RSA Chase, and the bookmakers seem to agree. Last year he stayed on strongly European Editor under a patient ride from Davy Russell to win the Pertemps Emma Berry Hurdle impressively, so he clearly handles the track and the Twitter: @collingsberry occasion, and it is also worth noting that in third that day was [email protected] Jury Duty, who has already gone very close in a Grade 1 Chase Associate International Editor this season, so the dream is very much alive." Heather Anderson It is indeed an achievement to have bred such a classy horse as Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Presenting Percy from, as Weatherby notes, a "handful of mares", but the success is made all the sweeter by the fact that Marketing Manager his dam, the dual point-to-point winner Hunca Munca (Ire) Alayna Cullen (Presenting {GB}), is really the sole National Hunt mare at Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Preston Lodge Stud in Oakham, where she lives alongside four [email protected] Flat mares. Contributing Editor Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN

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"We have lived at Preston Lodge for nearly 25 years but our small stud has really only been developed in the last decade," says Weatherby. "We have five mares at the stud and have used a wide variety of stallions over the years including Poet's Voice (GB), Mayson (GB), Harbour Watch (Ire), Mount Nelson (GB), Bated Breath (GB), Lawman (Fr) and Kayf Tara (GB). The stud is very well managed by Kelly Morgan, whose father Kevin was a good trainer." Morgan's duties extend beyond just the management of the stud and she is also likely to be feeling the excitement build this week as the trainer of the hunter-chaser Top Wood (Fr) (Kotky Bleu {Fr}), who on Friday will run in the most prized amateurs' contest of them all, the St James's Place Foxhunter, carrying the colours of her boss, for whom the 11-year-old has won his last two starts in point-to-points. Like Morgan, Weatherby also rode as an amateur, and finished eighth in the Cheltenham Foxhunter back in 1991 aboard the family-owned Sanballat (GB) (Hunters Fort {GB}), on whom he won four races. Adding to the tension of the week is the fact that Hunca Munca is due to deliver a full-sibling to Presenting Percy "any day now". Explaining his decision to use Lanwades Stud's essentially Flat stallion Sir Percy for Hunca Munca, who hails from the same family as Cheltenham Gold Cup winner War Of Attrition (Ire) (Presenting {GB}), Weatherby says, "It's all down to Charles Egerton who came up with the idea. I then did a bit of homework with the bloodstock team here at Weatherbys who have all the relevant data. Sir Percy was an unbeaten 2-year-old and was impressive when delivered late to win the Derby. To win races from 6f to 12f takes a certain amount of toughness and durability." He continues, "Sir Percy's immediate pedigree includes no fewer than six Classic-winning sires and he is from the superior sire line of Mill Reef, that has produced the likes of Kauto Star (Fr) and Vautour (Fr). The other reason for selecting Sir Percy was to inject some speed into Hunca Munca's strong but very much National Hunt pedigree." Once this year's Sir Percy foal is safely on the ground, Hunca Munca will be visiting the G1 Irish Derby and G1 Dubai Sheema Classic winner Jack Hobbs (GB) in his first season at Overbury Stud. "I think Jack Hobbs will be a top stallion," says Weatherby. "He has a really decent race record and has good size and scope. He is a good-looking horse with all the attributes you could want in a National Hunt stallion and his sire, Halling, is already producing National Hunt sires of his own in Norse Dancer (GB), the sire of [leading G1 Stayers' Hurdle hope] Yanworth (GB), and Coastal Path (GB)." TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 13 MARCH, 2018

So with such a long-term personal involvement in jump racing, are all totally focused on making sure that Royal Ascot remains both in the saddle and on the ground, does Weatherby find his the best race meeting in the world. We are constantly striving to loyalties torn when turning back to Flat racing, and in particular improve the experience for everyone who either attends the the most important meeting in the British summer calendar? event or watches it on ITV." "I genuinely love both Flat In the meantime, there is and jump racing, and having silverware to be exchanged at the that variety is one of British hallowed headquarters of National and Irish racing's great Hunt racing this week. Leaving strengths," he says. "As a aside potential success of the family we were more into the owner-breeder's horses, the jumps and my mother won Weatherbys Champion Bumper quite a few point-to-points in trophy will be handed to another the north of England. I had a lucky owner, and this is just one of good horse with David more than 100 races sponsored by Nicholson but was a the company throughout the racing moderate jockey - as the year. 'Duke' kept reminding me! "It's one of our flagship Latterly, I have owned and sponsorships and it's great to have bred horses under both an involvement at the Cheltenham codes." Johnny and Roger Weatherby | Racing Post Photo Festival," Weatherby says. "We He continues, "My two jobs sponsored the race for the first ensure that I go racing regularly and it's great that Ascot races all time in 1997 when it was won by the great Florida Pearl (Ire)." year round. I don't think there's a week in the year when I'm not thinking about Royal Ascot. We have a great team at Ascot they Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 10 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 13 MARCH, 2018

He adds, "My brother Roger and I are very proud of the longevity of our business and the constant connection with our family through seven generations, as well as our involvement with the origins of the Thoroughbred. We are fully aware of our The Cheltenham Festival may provide the highlight of British continuing responsibilities to the industry. Our role as National Hunt racing season, but a major part of the thrill custodians of the General Stud Book is very important to us. involved has traditionally been the rivalry between the home James Weatherby, the nephew of the business's founder, team and raiders from across the Irish Sea. The influx of published the very first volume in 1791 - the founding record of French-bred jumpers to both Britain and Ireland, particularly the breed. That's a tangible, vital piece of Turf history, alongside over the last decade, has meant that the competition is now the Racing Calendar, which we also still publish. Tesio fierce between all three nations. enthusiastically referenced those two works as 'the most National honour is at stake, and that rivalry filters through to imposing and dependable source of information the world has the desks of the TDN offices. This week, our correspondents ever known'." from Britain, Ireland and France--all three passionate jumping The lineage of the Weatherby family itself is thus intertwined, fans and small National Hunt breeders--will take each other on not just with the development of the breed, but also the in a daily tipping contest. Here are their selections for day one. expansion of what was once a sport reserved for noblemen to a globally important industry. Come the end of this week, it would Emma Berry B Britain be satisfying to see the name Weatherby included within the Tuesday=s action centres on the G1 Unibet Champion Hurdle, records, and not just as the keeper of records. in which I can't see the crown being stolen from last year's winner Buveur d'Air (Fr), so I'm looking at the supporting races. My heart will force me to have a small each-way bet on one of my favourite horses of all time, the mighty warrior Wicklow Brave (GB), but my head has ruled him out of the three selections here. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 10 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 13 MARCH, 2018

There=s nothing to beat the roar from the packed stands as the At a big price and a small weight, I=m taking a chance each-way tapes fly back for the opening on COGRY (GB) in the G3 Ultima Handicap Chase. It=s always race of the Festival, the G1 Sky good to see a British-bred Festival winner, and there are few Bet Supreme Novices= Hurdle, bigger supporters of National Hunt racing than Cogry=s breeders and this has traditionally been a Robert and Jackie Chugg. He has proven form over course and lucky race for me. This year, I=m distance, which is always a major plus at the Festival, and is staying close to home and siding versatile when it comes to ground. with my fellow Newmarket residents Amy Murphy and Jack Daithi Harvey B Ireland Quinlan who team up with While far from confident that FAUGHEEN (IRE) can rescale the KALASHNIKOV (IRE) in a bid to dizzy heights he once achieved, I think the 10-year-old showed bring another Cheltenham enough dash last time out in Leopardstown to suggest that the trophy home to the combination of Ruby Walsh, cheek-pieces and the >Cheltenham headquarters of Flat racing. The factor' might be enough to reinvigorate the former champion 5-year-old may be relatively and dual Festival winner. He made a triumphant return from a inexperienced, but he=s virtually Emma Berry long lay-off when winning the G1 Morgiana Hurdle at flawless and has proved that he Punchestown last November before running a shocker when can cope with what=s likely to be very testing ground. pulling up at Leopardstown over Christmas. He bounced back to I=m a fervent supporter of the recent enhancement of the finish second to Supasundae (GB) (Galileo) in the G1 BHP mares= National Hunt programme in Britain and Ireland and at Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle and while that bare form is the pinnacle of that is the G1 OLBG Mares= Hurdle. Last year=s hardly good enough to win today, I think at around 6/1 he winner Apple=s Jade (Fr) is a worthy odds-on favourite but represents reasonable value to bounce back to near his best in Warren Greatrex's mare LA BAGUE AU ROI (FR) is very much on the Champion Hurdle. the up and could cause an upset. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 10 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 13 MARCH, 2018

I=m going to take a chance on a longshot in the OLBG Mares= Hurdle in JER'S GIRL (IRE), who I think will finish closer than her 16/1 odds suggest. Apart from the hot favourite Apple=s Jade (Fr), Jer=s Girl is the only other Grade 1 winner in the field and, while accepting the fact she has already been beaten on three occasions by the favourite and is unlikely to turn the tables here, I think she is worth an each-way bet. Her trainer Gavin Cromwell reports her in fine form having had a break since a narrow defeat to the reopposing La Bague Au Roi (Fr) at Kempton in November and she has Daithi Harvey historically shown her best form in the spring. She was beginning to get competitive when falling two from home in the same race last year and with luck in running I think she can be involved at the business end. BRAIN POWER (IRE) faces a tough task against some exciting novices and his form figures are more alphabetical than numerical, but I will be cheering him on in the G1 Arkle Chase. He was bred by my father out of the only mare he owns, so even to be represented on such an occasion is a massive thrill. It wouldn=t be the greatest shock in the world if he were to win. He was rated on a par with both Footpad (Fr) and Petit Mouchoir (Fr) over hurdles and he is arguably quite unlucky not to have been second on his last two runs in Grade 1 company, having stumbled and unseated his rider at Sandown and taken a novicey fall at Ascot behind Un De Sceaux (Fr). Like his mother, he isn=t the most straightforward individual, but he has the ability to win it if he keeps his mind on the job.

Emmanuel Roussel B France It is hard to go against Buveur d'Air in the Champion Hurdle, but I am focusing on an each-way chance in ELGIN (GB). He has won at Cheltenham on three occasions, also on soft ground, was quite impressive at Wincanton last time out and, being only a 6-year-old, I sense he could run well in a race that is maybe a bit more open than one would think. I am also going with PETIT MOUCHOIR (FR) in the G1 Racing Post Arkle Novices' Chase. Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 10 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 13 MARCH, 2018

Petit Mouchoir was third in the Champion Hurdle last year and The Wow Signal shot to prominence when winning the G2 ran well on his comeback in January, when the in-form Footpad Coventry S. at Royal Ascot for trainer John Quinn having been (Fr) beat him by five lengths. It=s a case of who=s the best on the purchased by the trainer=s son Sean and bloodstock agent day, but I feel Petit Mouchoir will prevail this time while Footpad Richard Knight for ,50,000 at the Ascot Breeze Up Sale in 2014. could start to struggle a bit from now on. He confirmed his class when beating Hootenanny (Quality Road) I=m not sure what happened to DEMI SANG (FR) last time in in the G1 Darley Prix Morny at Deauville on his next start, a Ireland, but I think he=s got a cracking chance to avenge himself performance which saw him crowned the champion 2-year-old in the last race today, the Close Brothers Novices= Handicap in France that year. He never made it to the track as a 3-year-old Chase. He=s a talented horse who should be up there with the and was retired to stud at Haras de Bouquetot in 2016. However very best, but he looks well handicapped here and is an he suffered from poor fertility resulting in two small crops of interesting one to follow. foals with just eight yearlings on the ground this year to represent him in the future. The Wow Signal=s pedigree made headlines late last year when his dam Muravka (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) was sold to Barronstown Stud for i950,000 at the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale.

CAN’T WAIT TO GET YOUR THE WOW SIGNAL DIES TDN BREAKING NEWS AND Al Shaqab Racing has announced the death of their Group 1 winning young stallion The Wow Signal (Ire) RACE RESULTS? (Starspangledbanner {Aus}). The 6-year-old had been battling Click Here to sign up for TDN Alerts laminitis for a number of months. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 13 MARCH, 2018

TEN IN FOAL FOR ZARAK There is certainly no doubting the fertility of the Aga Khan

Studs= new stallion Zarak (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}BZarava {Ire}, by Zamindar) with the news that he has ten mares tested in foal ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: already. Standing at Haras de Bonneval for a fee of i12,000, the Port Lions (Ire), c, 3, Kodiac (GB)--Cold Cold Woman (GB) group 1 winning blue blood is fully booked for his first season at (SW-US, $116,436), by Machiavellian. DUN, 3-12, 8f (AWT), stud with his owner supporting him with a number of group 1 1:39.32. B-Diomed Bloodstock Ltd (IRE). *i220,000 Ylg >16 performing race-mares and proven group 1 producers. They GOFORB. include G1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks and G1 Qatar Prix Vermeille Verhoyen (GB), g, 3, Piccolo (GB)--Memory Lane (GB), by With winner Shareta (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}) and G2 Prix Chaudenay Approval. DUN, 3-12, 6f (AWT), 1:14.14. B-Miss K. Rausing winner and G1 Prix Royal Oak runner up Shankardeh (Ire) (GB). *i9,000 Ylg >16 TIRSEP. (Azamour {Ire}), while the dams of group 1 winners Rosanara (Fr) and Vazirabad (Fr) also feature among his first group of mares. Zarak stands alongside leading French sire Siyouni (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}), triple group 1 winning miler Charm Spirit (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and G1 Prix Ganay winner Dariyan (Fr) CONDITIONS RESULT: (Shamardal), who has his first foals this year. 5th-TLU, i30,000, 3-12, 3yo, 6fT, 1:17.30, g/s. ALISTAIR (FR) (c, 3, Panis--Alliance D=Or {Ire}, by Linngari {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 7-3-0-1, i36,400. O/B-Ecurie Jarlan (FR); T- Didier Guillemin.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: Shutka (Fr), f, 3, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)--Pearlescence (GSP-Fr), by Pleasantly Perfect. TLU, 3-12, 8fT, 1:38.20. B-A Jathiere, Dream With Me Stable Inc & Mme A Gravereaux (FR). *i48,000 Wlg >15 ARDEC.

PAYNE FILLY REMAINS PERFECT The Patrick Payne trained Zizzis (Aus) (Sizzling {Aus}) Zarak | Aga Khan Studs maintained her unbeaten record when winning the valuable Magic Millions Adelaide 2YO Classic at Morphettville on Monday. The A$120,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale purchase opened her account at the first time of asking in a maiden at Bendigo on Feb. 28 and stepped up nicely to beat 13 rivals in Monday=s A$200,000 six furlong contest. Nicely positioned in fifth early on under jockey Billy Egan Zizzis was CONDITIONS RESULT: asked for her effort at the 300m marker. She drew level with 5th-CFH, ,8,000, 3-12, 3yo, 5f (AWT), 1:17.30, st. runner up Illuminaire (Aus) 100m from home and forged clear STONE OF DESTINY (GB) (c, 3, Acclamation {GB}--Irishstone close home to win by a length and a half. Payne was winning the {Ire}, by Danehill Dancer {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, race for the second time in the last four years and said, AShe's ,16,298. O-King Power Racing Co Ltd; B-Biddestone Stud (GB); got a great attitude. She's a real professional - she really wants T-David Simcock. *26,000gns Wlg >15 TATFOA; 70,000gns 2yo to please you. We led on her at Bendigo and we didn't think it >17 TATGNS. was the right thing to do, so we decided to take a sit today to get the 1200 metres and she did the job beautifully.@ TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 10 OF 10 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 13 MARCH, 2018

Part owner and syndicator Joe O=Neill has enjoyed plenty of IN SINGAPORE: success with his Magic Millions graduates having bagged five of Heng Kingdom (Aus), g, 3, Animal Kingdom--Pauline de Lago the auction house=s sales races in the last five years and regarding (Aus), by Encosta de Lago (Aus). Kranji, 3-11, Restricted future plans for the Zizzis he said, AI'll talk to Patrick Payne but I Maiden (A$82k), 1400mT, 1:23.15. B-Arrowfield Pastoral Pty wouldn't mind taking her to Sydney - there's a 1200 metre fillies Ltd (NSW). *A$85,000 Ylg >16 INGMEL; A$72,000 2yo >16 race on the week after the Doncaster. I think we might take her INGRTR. VIDEO up there and shake up the New South Welshman a bit.@ Lucky Master (Aus), c, 3, Barbados (Aus)--Next Top Model (Aus), by Royal Academy. Kranji, 3-11, Maiden (A$19k), 1100m (AWT), 1:06.64. B-L Forrester (SA). *A$15,000 Ylg >16 MMADE; A$50,000 2yo >16 MMGC2YO. VIDEO Charger (Aus), c, 3, Dick Turpin (Ire)--Californium (Aus), by Geiger Counter. Kranji, 3-11, Hcp. (A$77k), 1200mT, 1:09.67. B-Mungrup Stud (WA). *SP-Sin. **1/2 to Dueton (Aus) (Due Sasso {Aus}), SW-Aus, A$459,475. ***A$50,000 Ylg >16 MMPER. VIDEO Augustano (Aus), g, 3, Hard Spun--Lady of Letters (Aus), by Geiger Counter. Kranji, 3-11, Hcp. (A$77k), 1100m (AWT), 1:06.25. B-J R Troeth. *1/2 to Letter of Intent (Aus) (Commands {Aus}), SP-Aus, A$265,600. **A$60,000 Ylg >16 INGVBS; A$110,000 2yo >16 INGRTR. VIDEO Claudia=s Beauty (Aus), f, 4, Daliapour (Ire)--Star Claudia (Aus), by Elusive Quality. Kranji, 3-11, Hcp. (A$43k), 1600mT, Zizzis | Magic Millions 1:35.10. B-Lucky Racing Syndicate (Vic). VIDEO Curvature (Aus), g, 4, Snitzel (Aus)--Orbiting Belle (Aus) (MSP- Aus, A$176,760), by Spinning World. Kranji, 3-11, Hcp. AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS (A$58k), 1200m (AWT), 1:13.18. B-P Ronec (Vic). *SP-Aus. **A$300,000 Ylg >15 INGMEL. VIDEO

IN HONG KONG: IN SOUTH KOREA: Golden Dash (Aus), g, 3, Snitzel (Aus)--Aussie Christmas, by Gaeuli Jeonseol (Aus), c, 4, Casino Prince (Aus)--Chinese Johannesburg. Sha Tin, 3-11, Hcp. (A$143k), 1200mT, 1:09.75. Whispers (NZ), by Woodman. Seoul, 3-11, Hcp. (A$131k), B-Arrowfield Pastoral Pty Ltd (NSW). *A$150,000 Ylg >16 1800m. B-Patinack Farm (NSW). *Won by six lengths. **1/2 to INGMEL; NZ$340,000 2yo >16 NZBRTR. VIDEO Rock Robster (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), SW-Aus, A$154,020. Remarkable (Aus), g, 4, More Than Ready--Jujube (Aus) ***A$15,000 Ylg >14 MMPAT. (SP-Aus), by Encosta de Lago (Aus). Sha Tin, 3-11, Hcp. (A$143), 1650m (AWT), 1:38.40. B-Wood Nook Farm Pty Ltd (Vic). *A$180,000 Ylg >15 INGEAS. VIDEO