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bit less of an unknown, especially with a young mare. With an MATING PLANS: older mare you can take a bit more of a chance but with a young mare you don't know what type of stock they are going to FITTOCKS STUD produce." With the uncertainties of Brexit casting a potentially dark shadow over this year's covering season, Cumani admits that they will be cautious in their travel plans for mares en route to Ireland. "We've talked about Brexit and we've tried to stay calm but we don't want to be travelling any horses around Mar. 29," she says. "We do have two due in early April who are booked to stallions in Ireland. We like to have them foal with us in case there are any dramas and then we'd send them at 20 days once our wonderful vet has given his blessing." The Fittocks Stud broodmare band has been enhanced in the last month by the purchase of the Aga Khan Studs-bred Shomaria (Fr) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), a daughter of the dual Group 3 winner Shemima (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}), at Arqana's Sarah Cumani at Fittocks Stud | Emma Berry December Sale. Cont. p2 by Emma Berry Every breeder aims for Classic success and achieving that feat must have been extra sweet for Luca and Sara Cumani of Fittocks Stud given that the horse in question was named in honour of Luca's birthplace. Coolmore's 2001 St Leger winner Milan (GB) (Sadler's Wells) is now leading all active National Hunt stallions in Britain and Ireland on the sire table for 2018/19 while his dam Kithanga (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}) has just turned 29 and lives in glorious retirement at Fittocks. Two of her daughters are among the 14 mares that the Cumanis will be breeding from in 2019. The G3 St Simon S. winner Koora (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) has been graced with a special partner for her first two seasons at stud. She has a yearling colt by Dubawi (Ire) and is back in foal to the Darley flagbearer. Her rendezvous this season will be no less special as she is set to visit the champion, Galileo (Ire). Koora during her racing days | Racing Post "Koora is precious to us as she is the last of Kithanga's 12 foals and her Dubawi colt is lovely," admits Sara Cumani. Koora's older full-sister Kindu (GB) has also been retained and is in foal to Mastercraftsman (Ire) with a visit to Showcasing (GB) IN TDN AMERICA TODAY in the diary. "Deciding on matings has been more testing than ever this ORTIZ BROTHERS MAINTAIN FAMILY BOND AT THE TOP year if you want to stick to proven sires," she adds. "It's Christina Bossinakis chats with top jockeys Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Jose becoming more and more competitive and you have to have the Ortiz about their successful year. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. right mare. We tend to go with proven sires. Luca feels that it's a TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 6 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 3 JANUARY 2019
Mating Plans: Fittocks Stud Cont. from p1 Dream daughter Marketeer (GB) is in foal to Churchill (Ire) and Just turned four, she was bought in partnership with Andrew will visit Camelot (GB). Stone of St Albans Bloodstock, who provided Luca Cumani with Pongee (GB) (Barathea {Ire}), now 19 and out of Souk's first his final Group 1 winner as a trainer in God Given (GB) foal Puce (GB) (Darshaan {GB}), is in foal to the former (Nathaniel {Ire}). Shomaria's year-younger half-sister Shendam Cumani-trained Group 1 winner Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), (Fr) (Charm Spirit {Ire}) won on her sole start in France for Mikel "for obvious reasons," says her breeder. Delzangles in 2018. "Pongee will go to Cracksman (GB) next year. She's been "She's a very pretty mare and she's going to Lope De Vega mostly to proven horses in the past but Cracksman was a (Ire)," says Cumani. "We hope that Shendam might improve the wonderful racehorse and he's such a fantastic mover." pedigree this year." Pongee's 6-year-old daughter Materialistic (GB) (Oasis Dream The 8-year-old Blue Waltz (GB), a Pivotal (GB) half-sister to {GB}) is carrying her first foal by Churchill (Ire) and will be Fantasia (GB) (Sadler's Wells) who was bred and raced by covered this season by Lope De Vega (Ire). Fittocks in partnership with Andrew Bengough, is currently "In a sense we're broken our own rule here but Camilla carrying to Frankel (GB) and will visit Kodiac (GB). Trotter, who helps us with our matings and provides invaluable "She's a speedy mare from the family of Blue Duster and her facts and figures, says we need to take the odd plunge with first foal by Oasis Dream (GB) is now in training with William unproven sires and she can be very persuasive," says Cumani. Haggas," says Cumani. "It's very much a team effort when it comes to deciding on Fittocks Stud will forever be synonymous with the stallions." wide-reaching success of the family of Souk (Ire) (Ahonoora So Silk (GB), by Rainbow Quest out of the Cumani-trained dual {GB}) and four direct descendants of this celebrated foundation Group 1 winner Gossamer (GB) (Sadler's Wells), could be seen mare remain in the paddocks at Upend, just outside Newmarket. as having been an understandably sentimental purchase by Souk's 13-year-old daughter Barter (GB) (Daylami {Ire}), the dam Fittocks Stud from the dispersal of her late breeder Gerald Leigh of Group 3 winner Haggle (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), is in foal to Siyouni back in 2008. (Fr) and is booked to Kingman (GB), while Barter's unraced Oasis Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 6 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 3 JANUARY 2019
Mating Plans: Fittocks Stud Cont. Two of her daughters remain at the farm: the G2 Park Hill S. winner Silk Sari (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}), who is in foal to Dubawi (Ire) and will visit Sea The Stars (Ire), and Dreamlike (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who is carrying to Dark Angel (Ire) and is another who will be on her way to Lope De Vega (Ire). "Her first foal is a colt by Siyouni who we didn't manage to sell but we've named him Bonneval (GB) and he will be going into training with Sir Michael Stoute," notes Cumani. Another homebred, the 8-year-old Got To Dream (GB) (Duke Vice President, International Operations Of Marmalade {Ire}), has returned to the fold after being sold as Gary King a yearling, and she is in foal to Tamayuz (GB) with a visit to Twitter: @garykingTDN Zoffany (Ire) on the cards. [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975
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Marketing Manager Yearlings at Fittocks Stud | Emma Berry Alayna Cullen "We bought her back when we thought her half-sister Lady Of Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Dubai (GB) was going to win the Oaks," explains Cumani. The [email protected] daughter of Dubawi ended up finishing third to Qualify (Ire) at Contributing Editor Epsom and is also the winner of the Listed Height Of Fashion S. Alan Carasso Representing some new blood on the farm are Umniyah (Ire) Twitter: @EquinealTDN (Shamardal) and Slatey Hen (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). Cumani says of the latter, "She is a pretty, sprinter mare and is a Cafe Racing half-sister to the dam of Tiggy Wiggy (Ire). She's in foal to Kodiac Sean Cronin Cno surprise thereCand will go to Churchill." Tom Frary Umniyah by contrast was bought from Godolphin and is out of [email protected] a half-sister to Storming Home (GB) (Machiavellian). After Irish Correspondent delivering a foal by Sea The Stars this season she will be covered Daithi Harvey by Dark Angel (Ire). Completing the set is Baltic Best (Ire) (King's Best), bought in Regular Columnists December 2017 from Gestut Ammerland and representing one Chris McGrath of the stud's foundation families. Her grandam was the Andrew Caulfield globetrotter Borgia (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}), winner at home of John Berry the G1 Deutsches Derby and abroad the G1 Hong Kong Vase Kevin Blake Tom Peacock while also being placed in the Arc and the Breeders' Cup Turf. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 6 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 3 JANUARY 2019
Mating Plans: Fittocks Stud Cont. GF: I'm from Newbury, which is in Berkshire, and it's a really pretty part of Southern England. Watership Down Stud is there, The Cumanis are the owners of what is likely to be the only and Highclere Stud, and it's near Lambourn. yearling in Britain by Ammerland's young resident Ito (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}), to whom Baltic Best was carrying when KR: When did you come to America, and why did you decide to purchased, and the mare is now in foal to Siyouni. As befits her come here? illustrious pedigree, she has a date with Frankel (GB) this spring. GF: I came to America in January 2005. I was working at Watership Down Stud at the time, and I'd spent a year in Australia and some time in Ireland. I had applied for a job in Newmarket that was sort of the next step up, and I didn't get it and I didn't have a plan B. Simon Marsh, who runs Watership Down, had spent some time at Lane's End in his twenties, and so EUROPEAN EXPORTS he sent me to Lane's End for 18 months. And that was 13 years ago. WITH GEMMA FREEMAN KR: Is there anything you miss about England? By Kelsey Riley European Exports is a series where we catch up with people GF: Truly what I miss other than family is bridleways and who have left their home countries to make a new life in the footpaths. All the land is so private here, you can't just go riding racing industry in America. Today, we catch up with Gemma or walking, and that's what I miss the most. Freeman of Stonestreet.
KR: What do you think American racing could learn from KR: Where are you originally from? British racing? TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 6 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 3 JANUARY 2019
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Benny and the Jets (Ire), g, 3, Showcasing (GB)--Orange Pip (GB), by Bold Edge (GB). Wolverhampton, 1-2, 6f 20y (AWT), 1:13.86. B-Pier House Stud (IRE). *,30,000 Ylg >17 GOUKPR. Cloudlam (GB), f, 4, Arch--Sharnberry (GB) (GSP-Eng & SP-US), by Shamardal. Newcastle, 1-2, 10f 42y (AWT), 2:09.32. B-St Albans Bloodstock LLP (GB).
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European Exports With Gemma Freeman Cont. DUBAI CARNIVAL KICKS OFF THURSDAY GF: Consistent rules across Britain simplify participation for The 2019 Dubai World Cup Carnival begins its march to Dubai trainers, owners and fans, and I also think it frees up a lot of World Cup night on Mar. 30 with a pair of group races at brain power, energy, resourcesBfinancial and mental--to do Meydan on Thursday. Worth $200,000 each, the 1200-metre G3 other things for the benefit of the sport. Dubawi S. and grassy 1800-metre G3 Singspiel S. drew fields of seven and 16, respectively. KR: And vice versa, what could Britain learn from America? A prep for the G1 Dubai Turf on Dubawi World Cup night, the Singspiel pits Irish highweight and GI Belmont Derby Invitational GF: What astounded me when I first came here is how you could S. hero Deauville (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})Bmaking his first start for go to a racetrack, get your training license and just rent one stall Fawzi Nass and new owners Victorious--against David Simcock=s and be a horse trainer. America really is the land of opportunity. MGSW Arod (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) and Chilean champ Furia The ease of entry as an owner or trainer is much different, and I Cruzada (Chi) (Newfoundland), third in the 2017/18 editions of think it's really good. Young people, people from different the G1 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 for trainer Erwan backgrounds, can come and thrive in this country. Charpy. Other entrants include German MGSW Degas (Ger) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) who ran second in the G2 Premio Vittorio di Capua in Milan on Oct. 21, as well as GSW Light the Lights (SAf) (Western Winter) after a win in the G3 Abu Dhabi Championship on Mar. 17. Cont. p6
CONDITIONS RESULTS: 5th-Wolverhampton, ,20,000, 1-2, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f 36y (AWT), 1:27.24, st. ISLAND OF LIFE (m, 5, Dubawi {Ire}--Pimpernel {Ire} {SW & GSP-Eng, SP-UAE, $146,809}, by Invincible Spirit {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 13-4-2-5, $62,654. O-Hamer, Hawkes & Hellin; B-Darley (KY); T-William Haggas. *i25,000 HRA >17 GOFNOV. **1/2 to Gold Town (GB) (Street Cry {Ire}), GSW-UAE, $332,221.
3rd-Newcastle, ,5,800, 1-2, 3yo, 7f 14y (AWT), 1:28.11, st. DUTCH PURSUIT (IRE) (g, 3, Canford Cliffs {Ire}--Dansili Dutch {Ire}, by Dutch Art {GB}) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $8,706. Deauville after the Belmont Derby | Horsephotos O-Geoff & Sandra Turnbull; B-Elwick Stud (IRE); T-Michael Dods. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 6 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 3 JANUARY 2019
Dubai Carnival Kicks Off Thursday Cont. JAPANESE GROUP RACES B2019 Date Race Track Godolphin fields six runners, with trainers Saeed bin Suroor Jan. 5 Nakayama Kimpai (GB) Nakayama and Charlie Appleby fielding a trio apiece. Bin Suroor trainee Kyoto Kimpai (G3) Kyoto Dream Castle (GB) (Frankel {GB}), a MGSP in Turkey and Jan. 6 Shinzan Kinen (G3) Kyoto England and fifth in the G1 English 2000 Guineas in 2017, Jan. 12 Fairy Stakes (G3) Nakayama anchors the sixtet. Jan. 13 Nikkei Shinshun Hai (G2) Kyoto Leading the Dubawi S. field is last out Listed Garhoud Sprint Jan. 14 Keisei Hai (G3) Nakayama victor Drafted (Field Commission), one of two from the Doug Jan. 20 American Jockey Club Cup (G2) Nakayama Watson barn along with My Catch (Ire) (Camacho {GB}), who Tokai S. (G2) Chukyo struck on Feb. 8 in the G3 Al Shindagha Sprint locally last Jan. 26 Aichi Hai (G3) Chukyo carnival. G3 Chipchase S. hero Above The Rest (Ire) (Excellent Jan. 27 Negishi S. (G3) Tokyo Art {GB}) makes his first start in Dubai, as does Swedish GSP Silk Road S. (G3) Kyoto Trickbag (Brilliant Speed) and Korea=s Ace Korea (Smiling Tiger). Feb. 3 Tokyo Shimbun Hai (G3) Tokyo The latter=s sire just celebrated his first Grade I winner when Kisaragi Sho (G3) Kyoto Spiced Perfection upset the GI La Brea S. at Santa Anita in late Feb. 9 Queen Cup (G3) Tokyo December. Feb. 10 Kyodo News Service Hai (G3) Tokyo Kyoto Kinen (G2) Kyoto Feb. 16 Diamond S. (G3) Tokyo Kyoto Himba S. (G3) Kyoto Feb. 17 February S. (G1) Tokyo Kokura Daishoten (G3) Kokura Feb. 24 Nakayama Kinen (G2) Nakayama Hankyu Hai (G3) Hanshin Mar. 2 Ocean S. (G3) Nakayama Tulip Sho (G2) Hanshin Mar. 3 Yayoi Sho (G2) Nakayama Mar. 9 Nakayama Himba S. (G3) Nakayama Mar. 10 Fillies' Revue (G2) Hanshin Kinko Sho (G2) Chukyo Mar. 16 Flower Cup (G3) Nakayama Falcon S. (G3) Chukyo Mar. 17 Spring S. (G2) Nakayama Hanshin Daishoten (G2) Hanshin Mar. 23 Nikkei Sho (G2) Nakayama Dream Castle | Racing Post Mainichi Hai (G3) Hanshin Mar. 24 March S. (G3) Nakayama Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1) Chukyo Mar. 30 Lord Derby Challenge Trophy (G3) Nakayama Mar. 31 Osaka Hai (G1) Hanshin Apr. 6 New Zealand Trophy (G2) Nakayama Hanshin Himba S. (G2) Hanshin Apr. 7 Oka Sho (G1) Hanshin Apr. 13 Arlington Cup (G3) Hanshin IN SOUTH AFRICA: Apr. 14 Satsuki Sho (G1) Nakayama Landela (Aus), f, 3, Smart Missile (Aus)--Follow That Cat (Aus), Antares S. (G3) Hanshin by Tale of the Cat. Fairview, 1-2, Hcp., 1400mT, 1:25.93. Apr. 20 Fukushima Himba S. (G3) Fukushima O-Mauritzfontein (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Miss J B Slack); B-Gilgai Farm Apr. 21 Flora S. (G2) Tokyo (Vic); T-Alan Greeff. *A$180,000 Ylg >17 INGFEB. Yomiuri Milers Cup (G2) Kyoto GROUP FIELDS
Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 8:15 p.m. DUBAWI S. PRESENTED BY LONGINES LADIES MASTER COLLECTION-G3, $200,000, NH/SH 3yo/up, 1200m SC HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Ace Korea Smiling Tiger Holland Wolsley 126.5 2 High On Life (GB) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Barzalona Jadhav 126.5 3 Above the Rest (Ire) Excellent Art (GB) Curtis Barron 126.5 4 My Catch (Ire) Camacho (GB) Dobbs Watson 126.5 5 Drafted Field Commission Hitchcott Watson 126.5 6 Raven’s Corner (Ire) Raven’s Pass Mullen Seemar 126.5 7 Trickbag K Brilliant Speed Lopez Berneklint 126.5
Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 8:50 p.m. SINGSPIEL S. PRESENTED BY LONGINES V H P COLLECTION-G3, $200,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1800mT SC HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Team Talk (GB) Teofilo (Ire) Cosgrave bin Suroor 125 2 Musaddas (GB) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Brown Bouresly 125 3 Deauville (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Morris Nass 125 4 Furia Cruzada (Chi) Newfoundland Fresu Charpy 121 5 Degas (Ger) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Veron Klug 125 6 Bay of Poets (Ire) Lope de Vega (Ire) O’Donoghue Appleby 125 7 Key Victory (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Doyle Appleby 124 8 GM Hopkins (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Tart Ramadhan 125 9 Arod (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Crowley Simcock 125 10 Escalator (GB) Cape Cross (Ire) Donohoe Fellowes 124 11 Dream Castle (GB) Frankel (GB) Soumillon bin Suroor 125 12 Settle for Bay (Fr) Rio de la Plata Dobbs Marnane 125 13 Salsabeel (Ire) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Doyle Appleby 125 14 Racing History (Ire) Pivotal (GB) Stott bin Suroor 125 15 Hornsby (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Barzalona Jadhav 125 16 Light the Lights (SAf) Western Winter Doleuze de Kock 125
Saturday, Kenilworth, South Africa, post time: 4:35 p.m. L’ORMARINS QUEEN’S PLATE-G1, R1,500,000 (£81,686/€90,659/US$103,725), 3yo/up, 1600mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 7 Legal Eagle (SAf) Greys Inn Marcus Tarry 132 2 6 Do It Again (SAf) Twice Over (GB) Fourie Snaith 132 3 5 Undercover Agent (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Orffer Crawford 132 4 9 Hat Puntano (Arg) Hat Trick (Jpn) Dillon Ramsden 132 5 4 Rainbow Bridge (SAf) Ideal World Fayd’Herbe Sands 132 6 2 Amazing Strike (SAf) Ideal World Cheyne Sands 132 7 1 Infamous Fox (Aus) Foxwedge (Aus) Danielson Dawson 132 8 10 Buffalo Bill Cody (Ire) Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Lerena de Kock 131 9 8 Snowdance (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Hewitson Snaith 127 10 3 Soqrat (Aus) Epaulette (Aus) Simons de Kock 121
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The same applies to year three and four. Should his first SIRE SUCCESS: THE CASE 2-year-olds impress, there could be an upturn in a stallion's fortunes in year four, or even sooner if his yearling have sold FOR HOLISTIC ANALYSIS well. The upshot is that we get a four-year cycle forming, which makes it impossible to predict the rise and fall and rise again of a sire's career without this background knowledge of how breeders have supported a stallion. When a sire does eventually get past his early years, the cycle diminishes and it becomes easier to predict future success from present success. That said there is still a good deal of interpretation to be done even with the very best proven sires. Most of us have a very good gut feeling of what's constitutes a good stallion. But explaining it with data is not straight forward, leading to suspicion when the wrong metrics are used. For instance, the two best sires in Europe at the moment are Dubawi and Galileo, who have sired 15.9% and 16.8% stakes winner to runners. Are they better sires than Australia's Snitzel, who sires 10.3% stakes winners to runners? Clearly, the opportunity to become a stakes Snitzel | Bronwen Healy winner is quite different in Australia, compared to Britain and Ireland. In the last completed season in Australia, only 1.55% of all runners became stakes winners, compared to 2.35% in by John Boyce Britain and Ireland. Therefore, we could claim that Snitzel, sires There's always plenty of debate about which metrics to use Stakes winners at 6.64 times the national average whereas when assessing sire performance. In truth, there are many Dubawi manages 6.77 and Galileo 7.15 of the Britain and Ireland useful and relevant ways to do this. It all boils down to what you average. And what about Deep Impact? His 10.2% stakes are trying to uncover. Do you want a stallion that gets really winners to runners in Japan represents 11.59 times the average good 2-year-olds, or one that also gives you top-class for all runners in Japan. Cont. p2 weight-for-age horses later on? Predicting the rhythms of a sire's career is an altogether different matter. Breeders nowadays--particularly those who breed to sell--are more likely than ever to evaluate a sire on a year-by-year basis. It's not that they think less of a sire from one year to the next, although there will be some stallions that breeders either upgrade or downgrade due to results on the track, it's more a case of them assessing the financial risk to their business of using a young sire in his early years. To survive as a commercial breeder, you are going to be risk aware. Because so many good racehorses are sourced through the sales these days, the commercial imperative has dictated how many a stallion's career plays out in the early years and even for longer in some cases. We all know that breeders flock to the best new sires in year one. Year two introduces the risk of a sire's first runners not performing and devaluing your second-crop sales yearling. Deep Impact | Kelsey Riley TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 2 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 3 JANUARY 2019
However, this in itself is not guaranteed to give European sires an advantage over their Australian counterparts. When Australian breeders have identified their small group of exceptional sires, it's arguable that they get outstanding books of mares, simply because they are fewer in number. From my perspective, sires are best evaluated from within a region. Redoute's Choice suits Australia far more than Europe. It would be silly to combine his stats for both regions when evaluating his contribution to the breed. The same goes for Galileo, who is far better off in Europe than he was in Australia, or could have been on North America's dirt circuit. Given racing's regional specialisation, it is inevitable that we also have sires that specialise. So, be wary of the metric that tries to encompass all aspects of a sire's abilities into one number.
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Sire Success Cont. from p1 Pedigree Updates for Magic Millions And just to complete the set, Tapit, in North America, sires stakes winners at 5.36 the average for that region. Straight Zoustar=s Sun City Ruled Out of MM away, we get a completely different perspective on things. Our perspective can also be influenced by the quality of the It Takes a Team: Bethany Grant & Jack broodmares in each region. We know that all four regions have some of the world's best mares, but they are clearly not evenly Buckley distributed. Australia's 20,000-plus foal crop has comparatively fewer top-class mares that does Europe. With Coolmore, Godolphin, Juddmonte, the Aga Khan, Shadwell, Cheveley Park, FIND US ON FACEBOOK to name but a few, Europe has the lion's share of top-class www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews mares, followed by North America. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2019
AT TOP OF GAME, RITVO HOPES RETOUCHED PHOTOS GAFFE WILL SPUR WHIP-USE REFORM by T.D. Thornton ORTIZ BROTHERS An internal marketing policy at The Stronach Group (TSG) designed to minimize imagery that shows whip usage in horse MAINTAIN FAMILY BOND races resulted in unintended blowback to start the new year. But Tim Ritvo, the company=s chief operating officer, told TDN Wednesday that the company is owning up to its error in judgment, and that he now intends to use the instance of overzealous photo editing to spur reform to one of the sport=s most sensitive welfare issues. TSG=s Gulfstream Park recently gave away a 2019 wall calendar as a promotional item. Soon after the calendars began to circulate publicly, some racegoers took to social media to criticize the track=s decision to digitally remove some of the whips carried by jockeys in the in-race action shots. The most prominent image that was sanitized in this fashion was of Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) soaring home in front of the GI Pegasus World Cup field last January. Cont. p5 Click above to watch TDN video with Jose Ortiz and Irad Ortiz, Jr. IN TDN EUROPE TODAY By the time 2018 came to a close, Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Jose Ortiz had firmly established themselves atop the nationwide jockey MATING PLANS: FITTOCKS STUD standings, distancing themselves from the pack in the earnings Emma Berry chats with Sara Cumani regarding the 2019 breeding race by millions of dollars. With Irad generating $27.7 million plans for the Fittocks Stud broodmare band. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. and his younger brother, Jose, ending the year with $26.8 million, the Puerto Rican duo is poised to once again contend for the Eclipse Award for champion rider, to be presented at Gulfstream Park on the evening of Thursday, Jan. 24. On the heels of a breakout 2017 campaign which saw Jose top the jockey standings and bring home his first Eclipse Award, Irad will hope to claim one of his own for the 2018 season. The brothers, who are on-track competitors on a daily basis, sat down with the TDN=s Christina Bossinakis to discuss how they balance their desire to win with a deeply rooted brotherly love.
TDN: It seems like riding was in your blood since day one. Did you ever have a thought that you wanted to do anything else?
IO: Not really...I was just waiting to turn 16 to get into a jockey school. And my mom said, 'No, you can't do that. You're going to school.' So they put me in a school...[But] I knew what I wanted to be in my life--I wanted to be a jockey. I was working on my weight early, like at age 15, so I worked every day to try to stay ready when I turned 16. Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected]
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Ortiz Brothers cont. JO: Out there, we have to ride for our owners and trainers-- there is a lot of money on the line in the game. So Irad rides for TDN: And Jose, did you decide his connections, and I ride for to be a rider because of Irad, or mine. If I have to try to race ride did you want to be one anyway? him a little bit, I will. And if he has to race ride me, I JO: No, I wanted to be a rider understand. As long as you do it already...If it wasn't for our dad, with class, it doesn't matter. we probably wouldn't know anything about horse racing. But TDN: You both have because of him, I knew what I accomplished so much in your wanted to be. I tried to follow in young careers. Do you still have Irad's footsteps, but I knew I any goals that you=re hoping to wanted to go there too. It was a accomplish? Are there any little bit harder for me to keep achievements that you would my weight down because I was a like to define your careers? little taller, but I worked it out and here we are. Irad Ortiz, Jr. (left) and Jose Ortiz (right) aboard Disco Partner and IO: The Kentucky Derby, and an Pure Sensation after Disco Partner=s win in the 2017 GIII Jaipur S. Eclipse Award, for me. Those TDN: You guys clearly have a lot Sarah K. Andrew are my big goals. of brotherly love, but how do you balance that with the desire to win races as competitors JO: I want to win the Derby and go to Dubai. I haven't been to on a daily basis? How do you manage the two? Dubai yet. Let's see if I can go this year. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 3, 2019
Ortiz Brothers cont.
TDN: Both of you are in the run for the Eclipse Award this year and, Jose, you won it last year. Irad, how would feel if Jose won another one this year?
IO: Great. I mean, that would be good. If he won, I'm okay with that--you know, I'm happy for him. He deserves it, he works so hard. He's always on the line. He does everything right, he does everything so perfect. You have to follow him if you want to be a nice man, you wanna be a nice person...He=s so perfect sometimes. Nobody's perfect but, he's very close, he's very close to it...I helped him a lot from the beginning, and I want to see him on top, and he's on top right now.
TDN: How about you, Jose? How would you feel if your brother won his first Eclipse Award?
JO: I'd feel very happy for him, because I know how badly he wants to win it. And if he wins it, he deserves everything. He's working very hard. I've been watching him put a lot of work in this year. He's going to Parx, he's working hard, waking up early every day. Even if he doesn't have to work, he's out there. I'm here where I am because of him...If he wins, I'll feel like I have two Eclipse Awards now.
UPCOMING MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN STAKES
Date Race Track Jan. 6 GII Santa Ynez S. Santa Anita Jan. 12 GIII La Canada S. Santa Anita GIII La Cienegas S. Santa Anita GIII Marshua’s River S. Gulfstream Jan. 19 GII Palos Verdes S. Santa Anita GIII Lecomte S. Fair Grounds GIII Toboggan S. Aqueduct Silverbulletday S. Fair Grounds Jan. 20 GIII Astra S. Santa Anita Jan. 21 GIII Megahertz S. Santa Anita Jan. 25 Smarty Jones S. Oaklawn Jan. 26 GI Pegasus World Cup Gulfstream GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Gulfstream GIII La Prevoyante H. Gulfstream GIII Fred W. Hooper S. Gulfstream GIII Hurricane Bertie S. Gulfstream GIII W.L. McKnight H. Gulfstream Jan. 27 GIII Houston Ladies Classic Sam Houston GIII John B. Connally Turf Cup Sam Houston TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 3, 2019
Gulfstream Photo Miscue cont. from p1 The edited photograph was conspicuous because it did not match up with the original image released by the track a year ago in which jockey Florent Geroux exultantly waved his whip aloft in his left hand as he crossed the wire. Instead, the retouched image shows Geroux riding one-handed with the other hand making a loose fist with nothing in it.
An edited photo of Gun Runner winning the Pegasus World Cup with the whip erased from jockey Florent Geroux=s hand appeared in the 2019 Gulfstream Park calendar. | @ponyace Twitter
Jordan=s Henny (Henny Hughes), the long-shot victress of last year=s GIII Hurricane Bertie S., was similarly depicted with an edited-out whip, resulting in jockey Tyler Gaffalione holding his right arm extended away from his mount=s flank in an awkward position. Some sarcastic denizens of social media saw fit to fill in the blanks with items of their own choosing. One Gun Runner shot showed Geroux instead brandishing a photoshopped baguette; a retouched version of a different horse showed the jockey wielding a light saber from the AStar Wars@ movie in place of the vanished whip. AIf we could do it again, we would have not removed the whips,@ Ritvo said. AThere=s no question that was an oversight, and that we should have just selected other images. To try to hide or deface [whip use] is not the best strategy, and it was clearly a mistake. We should not try to hide what is already out there. People know that jockeys use whips. What we should do is try to move forward with what=s the right message and what=s the right thing to do. From this, I=ll learn myself, and we=ll address these issues.@ Cont. p6 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 3, 2019
Gulfstream Photo cont. Ritvo explained that TSG=s marketing policy at its six United States tracks is to depict Alimited use of the whip, meaning nobody reaching back and hitting the horse or anything like that.@ TSG=s Santa Anita Park also had a 2019 calendar giveaway, which Ritvo said was assembled by being a little more judicious about which photos were selected rather than relying on the editing process to remove the whips. AThe instructions from our main office to our marketing [team] were not to use any whips where people are reaching back to strike a horse,@ Ritvo said. AIn [Gun Runner=s] case, instead of just swapping out the photo and using another picture, they ended up [digitally editing out] the whip, which is probably a little bit stupid. And the reason it=s stupid is [Geroux] is just waving the whip in victory, not like he=s going to reach back and hit the horse. That=s the frustrating part.@
The unedited, original photo of Gun Runner in the Pegasus Coglianese photo Ritvo has a unique perspective on this issue because he is one of the few former jockeys to rise to a prominent position in racetrack management. He last rode 30 years ago at Suffolk Downs, and he told TDN that he feels strongly about the need to change the culture of whip use in the sport--not only because it creates negative public perception, but because he believes whip usage is largely unnecessary. ABack in my day when we rode, it wasn=t an item of discussion. And truthfully, aftercare wasn=t an item of discussion either. But look how that=s evolved in the last couple of decades,@ Ritvo said. ABeing an ex-jockey, I actually believe horses enjoy running when they=re properly taken care of. So the question is, why do they need any more encouragement if they really enjoy what they=re doing?@ Cont. p7
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effect of hurting the animal or making it do something it doesn=t want to do. AThe bottom line is, we care about the horses as much as anybody, because horses are our business,@ Ritvo summed up. AThe whip should be used as a correction tool, and that=s it. The discussion moving forward should be more on the direction we go as a business as to whether whips are even required. Maybe this will bring the issue more to the forefront.@
HRONIS, ORTIZ JR., BROWN TOP LEADING EARNERS IN 2018 Hronis Racing LLC, Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Chad Brown finished out Tim Ritvo | Eclipse Sportswire calendar year 2018 as the leading money earners among APeople in the industry are now more understanding about the owners, jockeys and trainers, respectively, according to official health and welfare of the animal,@ Ritvo continued. AThese are figures released Wednesday by Equibase. important issues. They=re integrity issues. And because [TSG] Led by its Horse of the Year and Eclipse Award candidate benefits from racing, we need to be aware of them. I think Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky), Kosta Hronis=s racing outfit earned we=ve done a good job in aftercare. I think we=ve done a good over $7.34 million in prize money in 2018, with 41 trips to the job from where we came from in using the whip for correction. winner=s circle and an additional 76 minor placings from its 259 Now we need to evolve into the next steps as to how much are starters. they really needed, and [how we] encourage horses without the Cont. p8 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 3, 2019
2018 Year-End Leaders cont. Accelerate won six of his seven outings last season, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the stable=s earnings, while Hronis=s other winners at the graded level included Catalina Cruiser (Union Rags), Yuvetsi (Bodemeister) and >TDN Rising Star= Gift Box (Twirling Candy).
Kosta Hronis | Benoit photo
Ortiz, Jr. put together his best season in the saddle, his mounts having earned in excess of $27.7 million, easily tops in the nation. Ortiz, Jr. managed a career-best 346 victories in 2018, also tops amongst his peers, and included 30 graded stakes MCKINZIE AIMING FOR PEGASUS, BUT successes. He took his Breeders= Cup tally to five wins at Churchill Downs this past November, scoring a second straight NEEDS A SPOT by Bill Finley victory in the GI Filly & Mare Sprint aboard Shamrock Rose (First Dude) and the GI Juvenile Fillies Turf atop Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). He registered six Grade Is in 2018, four for Brown, including the GI Just a Game S. with A Raving Beauty (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), the GI Arlington Million with Robert Bruce (Chi) (Fast Company {Ire}) and the GI Flower Bowl Invitational S. with Fourstar Crook (Freud) in addition to the Juvenile Fillies Turf. Brown led all North American trainers for the third consecutive season, with a total of 224 winners from 839 starters for earnings of better than $27.5 million. He struck with a remarkable 28% (140/500) of his turf runners, earning $17.2 million. Brown-trained runners won no fewer than 47 graded events in 2018, of which 20 were achieved at Grade I level. Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) was a four-time McKinzie | Horsephotos winner at the top level last season, including the GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf, while her owner Peter Brant was also The McKinzie (Street Sense) camp has decided it wants to take represented by GI Hollywood Derby hero Raging Bull (Fr) (Dark a shot at the $9-million GI Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Angel {Ire}). Competitionofideas (Speightstown) closed out the Park, but there remains an obstacle: they did not purchase one season with a compelling victory in the GI American Oaks. of the $500,000 spots for the race and those spots are now sold out. Cont. p9
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"I knew the slots were gone when he won the [GI] Malibu S., an impressive win in the Malibu. He could be second choice in so I haven't really talked much about going in the Pegasus," the race behind Accelerate. trainer Bob Baffert said. "But if he's doing really well and an "I'm going to breeze him on Saturday," Baffert said. "I want to available spot comes up, we'll go. If there's not a slot available run him when he's super right. I don't want to rush anything. I for him we're not going to worry about it." would like to go but if I can't find a spot, there's nothing we can In other Pegasus news, the Daily Racing Form reported do about it. I can't commit to the race without a spot. If it yesterday that Tom's d'Etat (Smart Strike) has joined the field happens, it happens." for the Jan. 26 race. He has won four in a row, but has never run Baffert won the inaugural Pegasus with Arrogate (Unbridled's in a graded stakes event. Based at Fair Grounds with trainer Al Song). Stall, his last win came in the Tenacious S. Dec. 22. As for his embarrassment-of-riches collection of 3-year-olds, With so much maneuvering behind the scenes with people Baffert will look to strengthen his hand Saturday at Santa Anita owning spots and trying to make deals with others who do not when he sends out Much Better (Pioneerof the Nile) and own spots, it can sometimes he hard to keep track of who is in Coliseum (Tapit) in the GIII Sham S. Though he's only run once, and who is out of the Pegasus. It appears that nine horses have winning a maiden, Coliseum will be the likely favorite in the committed to the field, which is restricted to 12. They are Sham. Owned by Godolphin, he was already being hyped before Accelerate (Lookin at Lucky); Tom's d'Etat; Kukulkan (Mex) his first start, which he won by 6 3/4 lengths with Joe Talamo (Point Determined); City of Light (Quality Road); Audible (Into aboard. Mischief); Bravazo (Awesome Again); True Timber (Mineshaft); "Coliseum has so much raw talent," Baffert said. "He is really, Seeking the Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}); Gunnevera (Dialed In). really good. He has the talent but he has an immature mind. It appears there are spots still available and it would make We're slowly getting him there. He wants to get tough, rank. perfect sense for one of those stakeholders to want to make a Talamo has been working him. He needs to find a way to deal with the McKinzie team. McKinzie, who has always been a wrestle that speed, particularly in the middle part of the race." highly regarded member of the Baffert stable, threw in a clunker when 12th in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic, but rebounded with TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 3, 2019
GRADE I WINNER FATALE BERE (Lookin At Lucky), as a broodmare prospect, while Lane=s End will offer Morning Line (Tiznow) as a stallion prospect as SUPPLEMENTED TO KEENELAND JANUARY hip 795H. Fatale Bere (Fr) (Pedro the Great), winner of the 2018 GI Del The four-day Keeneland January sale kicks off Monday, Jan. 7, Mar Oaks, is the headline name among nine new supplemental with each session beginning at 10 a.m. ET. The auction will be entries to next week=s Keeneland January Sale in Lexington. streamed live at www.keeneland.com, while TVG coverage will Consigned by ELiTE as hip 397K and offered as a broodmare begin Sunday and will continue Monday and Tuesday on TVG2. prospect only, the 4-year-old won the Surfer Girl S. in her U.S. debut in October 2016 and added the GIII Providencia S. in her first sophomore appearance last April. Campaigned in this country by the Benowitz Family Trust, Head of Plains Partners LLC, Mark Mathiesen and Mathilde Powell and trained by Leonard Powell, Fatale Bere amassed a record of five wins from 11 appearances and earnings of $427,964.
Other additions to the Monday session include: MEMOLO JOINS BSW/ELITE TEAMS $ Hip 397H, French stakes winner and U.S. graded-stakes Jake Memolo has joined the teams at BSW Bloodstock and placed Pas de Soucis (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}), consigned ELiTE Sales, led and owned by partners Bradley Weisbord and Liz by Hunter Valley Farm as a racing/broodmare prospect Crow. A graduate of the equine science and management program at $ Hip 397I, Rain On the Dune (GB), a Frankel (GB) half-sister to the University of Kentucky, Memolo is also a graduate of the GISW Bellamy Road (Concerto), consigned by Taylor Made Sales Irish National Stud Breeding Course, has held positions at as a broodmare prospect Shadwell Stud, The Jockey Club and Equibase and served as the director of research for Taylor Made Sales Agency. $ Hip 397J, Lori=s Attitude (Temple City), a three-time winner AWe=ve continued to grow throughout the year and we=re of better than $136,630 and a two-time victress this term. She is thrilled to be able to add another young industry talent such as consigned by Hill >n= Dale as a broodmare prospect only. Jake to our dynamic team,@ said Weisbord. Added Crow: AJake will be a super addition to our team. Our clients will appreciate his enthusiasm and knowledge of racing worldwide and he will continue to provide them with excellent communication and service.@
EDWARDS NAMED ECLIPSE AWARDS HOST Jeannine Edwards, a decorated reporter for 22 years with ESPN and ABC and a frequent contributor to horse racing broadcasts, will host the 48th annual Eclipse Awards ceremony to be held at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, FL, Thursday, Jan. 24. It will be the seventh time Edwards has emceed the event. Fatale Bere | Benoit photo AI'm delighted to have been asked to host the Eclipse Awards once again,@ said Edwards. AIt's a privilege to be a part of Shack Parrish=s Indian Creek agency consigns three of the five racing's championship night, and I look forward to the newest entries to Tuesday=s session, including hip 795E, Nothing opportunity to connect with old friends and honor all those who To Wear (Malibu Moon), daughter of MGSW Rich In Spirit made horse racing exceptional in 2018.@ (Repriced) and therefore a half-sister to MGSW & GISP Wishing A native of Tenafly, NJ, Edwards spent 10 years at the Gate (Indian Charlie). The 7-year-old mare sells on a June cover racetrack as an exercise rider, apprentice jockey and trainer in to Blame. Ashview Farm consigns hip 795G, Heavenly Lucky TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 11 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 3, 2019
New York and New Jersey before transitioning to television in TCA STALLION SEASON AUCTION UNDERWAY 1994 as an in-house TV host at Maryland tracks. She joined ESPN The 29th annual Thoroughbred Charities of American Stallion in 1995 as a racing analyst, but also worked the sidelines on the Season Auction and Celebration, presented by LNJ Foxwoods network=s college football and basketball programming. She and the organization=s largest fundraiser, is currently underway. provided extensive coverage for ESPN of American Pharoah=s Bidding on better than 200 stallion seasons will end this Friday, Triple Crown attempt in 2015. Jan. 4 at 3 p.m. Eastern time, while bidding on select seasons to Blame, Bolt d=Oro, Gun Runner, Kantharos and More Than Ready and on all non-season items will conclude at the auction Celebration, set for Sunday, Jan. 6, at 5 p.m. ET at the Keeneland Entertainment Center. Prospective bidders are invited to come SILVER RAY EUTHANIZED AT OLD FRIENDS as they are after inspecting horses in the Keeneland barn area ahead of next week=s Keeneland January Sale. Non-season items offered in the live auction include a John Deere TX Gator, equine air transportation via Tex Sutton, one-year lease on a Dodge Ram Truck or Jeep Wrangler, a five-night stay at a beachfront bed and breakfast in Costa Rica, AParade@ by Andre Pater, AColors of the Breeders= Cup@ by Valeriy Gridnev, and two box stalls with Brook Ledge Horse Transportation. LNJ Foxwoods will also be honored with the Allaire du Pont Leadership Award and the TAKE2 Second Career Thoroughbred Program will receive the Ellen and Herb Moelis Industry Service Award (see below). All seasons are currently available for bidding here. All non-season items are currently available for online bidding here. For additional information, visit www.tca.org or call (859) 276-4989. Silver Ray | Laura Battles photo
Silver Ray (Silver Hawk), who was rescued from potential slaughter in 2013, with euthanized Wednesday due to chronic orthopedic disease at Old Friends Retirement Center in TAKE2 HONORED WITH INDUSTRY SERVICE AWARD Georgetown, Kentucky. The TAKE2 Second Career Thoroughbred Program will be Bred in the Commonwealth by Ben Walden, Sr., Silver Ray won recognized with the Ellen and Herb Moelis Industry Service the 1991 GIII Hoist the Flag S. for owners Jerry and Ann Moss Award at the 29th Annual Stallion Season Auction & Celebration and sired 47 foals from 13 crops with 11 winners. He was on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, at the Keeneland Entertainment Center ultimately sold to a dressage trainer and tasted some success as in Lexington. The Moelis Award is presented annually to an a sire of sport horses. organization that works to uphold the TCA=s mission. In the summer of 2013, Silver Ray was discovered at a TAKE2 was established in 2012 by the late Rick Violette, Jr., at livestock auction in California and was purchased by April Smith that time the president of the New York Thoroughbred for $30. Once learning of the news, the Mosses worked with Old Horsemen=s Association, in an effort to provide retired Friends founder and president Michael Blowen to secure a spot racehorses with a second career. at the farm. ARick was dedicated to ensuring healthy, happy and productive AIt has been such an honor to have Silver Ray with us these lives for our horses when they leave the track,@ said TAKE2 years,@ said Blowen. AHe has been an unbelievable fan favorite. Executive Director Andy Belfiore. AHe believed a program to He had an incredibly gentle soul, he was wonderful with open the door to second careers in the sport horse world was children, and he just loved getting treats and attention from all vital to the success of the industry=s aftercare efforts. We are of our visitors. Great teamwork brought this wonderful stallion incredibly honored that the TCA has chosen TAKE2 for this to Old Friends. We're grateful to the people who rescued him wonderful award, and thankful for the TCA=s support in helping and the Mosses for sponsoring his journey home.@ us fulfill our mission and carry on Rick=s legacy.@
Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 6:00 p.m. EST SAN GABRIEL S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Liam the Charmer K Smart Strike Madaket Stables LLC McCarthy Desormeaux 124 2 Platinum Warrior (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Yuesheng Zhang Sadler Foley 122 3 Cleopatra's Strike Smart Strike Slam Dunk Racing and Nentwig, Michael D'Amato Prat 120 4 Oscar Dominguez (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) Rockingham Ranch Miller Bejarano 120 5 Chicago Style Kitten's Joy Glen Hill Farm Proctor Van Dyke 124 6 Flamboyant (Fr) Peer Gynt (Jpn) Bienstock, David and Winner, Charles N. Gallagher Blanc 122 7 Next Shares K Archarcharch Iavarone, Michael, Iavarone, Jules, McClanahan, Baltas Rosario 124 Jerry, Dunn, Christopher T., Marasa, William, Robershaw, Ritchie and Taylor, Mark 8 Big Score Mr. Big George Krikorian Yakteen Smith 120 9 Big Bend K Union Rags Union Rags Racing LLC Proctor Talamo 120 10 Arms Runner Overdriven Rockingham Ranch Miller Pedroza 120
Breeders: 1-Ron McAnally & Deborah McAnally, 2-Triermore Stud, 3-Sam-Son Farm, 4-Whisperview Trading Ltd, 5-Glen Hill Farm, 6-SNC Regnier & San Gabriel Inv. Inc., 7-Buck Pond Farm, Inc., 8-George Krikorian, 9-Daniel J. Burke & Kathleen Schweizer, 10-Ocala Stud
Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:00 p.m. EST SHAM S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Sueno K Atreides Silverton Hill LLC Desormeaux Desormeaux 120 2 Gray Magician Graydar Wachtel Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Miller Prat 120 and Barber, Gary 3 Savagery Bellamy Road Rockingham Ranch Miller Rosario 120 4 Easy Shot K Trappe Shot Calumet Farm Desormeaux Bejarano 120 5 Coliseum Tapit Godolphin, LLC Baffert Talamo 120 6 Gunmetal Gray K Exchange Rate Hollendorfer, LLC, Pearl Racing and Hollendorfer Smith 120 West Point Thoroughbreds 7 Much Better K Pioneerof the Nile Three Chimneys Farm, LLC Baffert Van Dyke 120
Breeders: 1-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc., 2-Twin Creeks Farm, 3-Ponder Hill, Inc., 4-Hinkle Farms, 5-Godolphin, 6-Lee Pokoik, 7-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC SIRE LISTS Sponsored by
Leading 2018 Fourth-Crop Sires by Worldwide Earnings for stallions standing in North America Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2018 fees. Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Uncle Mo 17 29 8 13 1 4 244 120 $536,700 $8,839,696 (2008) by Indian Charlie FYR: 2013 Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $125,000 Unbridled Mo 2 Twirling Candy 8 18 3 7 1 2 163 91 $334,700 $5,310,082 (2007) by Candy Ride (Arg) FYR: 2013 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Finley'sluckycharm 3 First Dude 8 10 3 4 1 1 158 89 $848,076 $4,918,031 (2007) by Stephen Got Even FYR: 2013 Stands: Double Diamond Farm FL Fee: $10,000 Shamrock Rose 4 Trappe Shot 2 10 1 4 -- 1 209 109 $403,240 $4,829,206 (2007) by Tapit FYR: 2013 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Hotshot Anna 5 Gio Ponti 3 13 -- 3 -- 1 197 94 $283,640 $4,039,736 (2005) by Tale of the Cat FYR: 2013 Stands: Castleton Lyons KY Fee: $5,000 Miss Technicality 6 Adios Charlie 5 7 1 1 1 1 108 66 $668,725 $3,684,770 (2008) by Indian Charlie FYR: 2013 Stands: Ocala Stud FL Fee: $3,000 Patternrecognition 7 Friesan Fire 4 6 2 2 1 2 103 58 $279,500 $3,309,064 (2006) by A.P. Indy FYR: 2013 Stands: Country Life Farm MD Fee: $4,000 Call Paul 8 Lonhro (Aus) 5 11 2 8 -- 3 113 48 $464,443 $2,987,346 (1998) by Octagonal (Nz) FYR: 2013 Stands: Darley USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Gronkowski 9 Court Vision 2 6 1 1 -- 1 131 66 $395,080 $2,789,846 (2005) by Gulch FYR: 2013 Stands: Acadiana Equine at Copper Crowne LA Fee: $3,500 Mr Havercamp 10 Wilburn 3 6 2 2 -- -- 151 80 $187,750 $2,651,278 (2008) by Bernardini FYR: 2013 Stands: River Oaks Farms Inc OK Fee: $3,500 Afleet Willy 11 Regal Ransom 2 6 1 1 -- -- 106 65 $467,239 $2,527,141 (2006) by Distorted Humor FYR: 2013 Stands: Darley USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Strong Titan 12 Courageous Cat 4 6 ------105 52 $192,083 $2,372,042 (2006) by Storm Cat FYR: 2013 Stands: Questroyal North NY Fee: $2,500 Unbridledadventure 13 Gone Astray 5 6 ------112 56 $245,602 $2,007,375 (2006) by Dixie Union FYR: 2013 Stands: Northwest Stud FL Fee: $4,500 Noble Drama 14 Custom for Carlos 2 10 ------94 43 $257,690 $1,817,420 (2006) by More Than Ready FYR: 2013 Stands: Clear Creek Stud LA Fee: $3,500 Monte Man 15 Dublin -- 3 ------71 37 $188,570 $1,786,472 (2007) by Afleet Alex FYR: 2013 Stands: Mohns Hill Farm PA Fee: Private Dr Blarney
FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTS–INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ IN ORDER OF PURSE: 7th-Gulfstream, $43,560, Msw, 1-2, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.48, fm. CAMBIER PARC (f, 3, Medaglia d’Oro--Sealy Hill {HotY, Ch. 3yo Filly, Ch. Grass Mare-Can & GSW & MGISP, $1,747,081}, by Point Given), a $1.25-million yearling purchase by OXO Equine, took to the turf with a good-looking and well-bet maiden score Wednesday at Gulfstream for trainer Chad Brown. Heavily favored in her debut Nov. 3 on the Aqueduct main, the bay was outfooted after a slow start and showed mild interest late to be fourth. Backed down to 13-10 off a 5-1 morning-line quote here, Cambier Parc | Lauren King Cambier Parc settled in a comfortable tracking spot as the field strung out behind sharp splits of :22.69 and :46.44 down the backstretch. Creeping up to the leaders progressively wider 4th-Tampa Bay Downs, $25,250, Msw, 1-2, 3yo, 7f, 1:24.35, ft. nearing the lane, she surged to the front outside the furlong LITIGANT (g, 3, Mineshaft--Fantasy Bay, by Bluegrass Cat) grounds and drew clear to triumph by four lengths. Cap de Creus finished fifth against Florida-breds in two Gulfstream West (Tapit) got up late to complete the exacta. outings Oct. 27 and Nov. 10 to start his career and was made the “It was a great win,” Brown said. “The horse has always 23-10 second choice stepping into open company here. Pressing showed a lot of promise, and we finally got her on the right the pace three wide through a sharp :22.03 quarter, the bay surface. The owner, Larry Best, is here today and I’m happy he took charge past a :44.64 half. Challenged by Blame the Makers got a nice win here with a promising filly. He’s been real patient (Blame) after straightening for home, he dug in gamely late to with her and it looks like her future is on turf.” repel that foe by 1 1/4 lengths. The winner has a yearling full- The winner’s dam, a three-time Canadian champion, was brother named Timer Moses. Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-0, $18,750. bought by Bonne Chance Farm for $750,000 at Keeneland Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- November in 2015 with Cambier Parc in utero before she Tipton. justified that investment when hammering for seven figures at O-GOP Racing Stable; B-Farm III Enterprises LLC (FL); T-Gerard KEESEP in 2017. Sealy Hill, who also has produced Hillaby Ochoa. (Distorted Humor), Ch. Female Sprinter-Can & GSW, $282,265; Belle Hill (Sky Mesa), GSW, $180,725; and Gale Force (Giant’s Causeway), GSW, $138,611, has another Medaglia d’Oro filly who went for $425,000 to Whisper Hill Farm at KEESEP in the fall, and she produced a colt by Into Mischief last spring. Sales History: $1,250,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $30,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Cambier Parc (Medaglia d’Oro), a $1.25-million yearling, O-OXO Equine LLC; B-Bonne Chance Farm LLC (KY); T-Chad C. cruises to an easy graduation on the Gulfstream lawn Brown.
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Point of Entry (Dynaformer), Adena Springs, $25,000 202 foals of racing age/54 winners/4 black-type winners 8-Delta Downs, Alw 7f, EYE CLOUD, 10-1 $5,500 TTA APR 2yo
IN TRINIDAD: Awesome April, f, 3, Will Take Charge--Lady Zieg, by Touch Gold. Santa Rosa Park, 1-1, Sian’s Gold Sprint (NBT), 1100mT, 1:02.87. B-Ron & Fran Stolich (KY). *A debut winner on the main track Nov. 10, Awesome April remained perfect in two starts with a barnstorming stretch rally. **1/2 to Ackeret (Mach Ride), SW, $199,114. ***$32,000 RNA Wlg ‘16 KEENOV; $30,000 Ylg ‘17 KEESEP; $16,000 2yo ‘18 OBSJUN. VIDEO
ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 10th-Santa Anita, $59,457, (S), (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 1-1, 3yo, 6 1/2fT, 1:13.12, fm. IRISH HEATWAVE (c, 3, Unusual Heat--Irish Winnie, by Broken Vow) Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-1, $73,400. O-Calumet Farm; B-Moger Inc. & Neary Racing Inc. (CA); T-J. Keith Desormeaux. *$45,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP.
SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: THURSDAY, JANUARY 3 Awesome Patriot (Awesome Again), Mapleton Thoroughbred Farm, $3,500 2nd-Gulfstream, $45,050, (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 1-2, 116 foals of racing age/28 winners/1 black-type winner 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:16.85, ft. 8-Delta Downs, Alw 7f, I WILL STAND, 15-1 MS MESHAK (f, 4, Shackleford--Mindy Queen {MSW, $209,658}, by Indy King) Lifetime Record: SP, 9-4-2-0, $130,850. Keep Up (Unbridled's Song), Mill Ridge Farm, $5,000 O/B-Northwind Thoroughbreds LLC (FL); T-Joseph F. Orseno. 36 foals of racing age/10 winners/0 black-type winners *$47,000 RNA Ylg '16 OBSAUG. 7-Turfway, Msw 1m, SHAMAL, 12-1 6th-Gulfstream, $44,120, (S), (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($12,500), 1-2, Overanalyze (Dixie Union), WinStar Farm, $10,000 4yo/up, 1m, 1:36.21, ft. 247 foals of racing age/71 winners/6 black-type winners SO LONG CHUCK (g, 5, Adios Charlie--Miss Greatness, by 8-Delta Downs, Alw 7f, FUTURE ABUNDANCE, 8-1 Greatness) Lifetime Record: 24-5-5-4, $110,960. O-Acclaimed $24,000 IOW OCT yrl; $30,000 EAS MAY 2yo Racing Stable; B-Freddie Hyatt (FL); T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 8-Delta Downs, Alw 7f, NATEALYZE, 12-1 *$12,000 2yo '16 OBSOPN. $24,000 FTK OCT yrl
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9th-Golden Gate Fields, $39,007, 1-1, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, MIXMASTER, Dorthysfunnygirl, m, 5, o/o Bobs Funny Roar, by 1 1/16mT, 1:43.57, fm. Outrageouslyfunny. MSW, 1-2, Mahoning Valley SOUTHERN THUNDER (g, 5, Southern Image--Broke the Slump POWER BROKER, Pulpit's Purrfect, f, 3, o/o Term Paper, by Dixie {SP, $222,490}, by Slewpy) Lifetime Record: 16-4-3-4, $87,446. Union. ALW, 1-2, Mahoning Valley O-David Halvorson, Jim Mayol, David Olson & William E. Morey; QUALITY ROAD, Collins Ave, g, 3, o/o La Nez, by Storm Creek. B-Rancho San Miguel (CA); T-William E. Morey. *$12,000 Ylg '15 MCL, 1-2, Gulfstream BAROCT. SHACKLEFORD, Ms Meshak, f, 4, o/o Mindy Queen, by Indy King. AOC, 1-2, Gulfstream 2nd-Mahoning Valley, $33,700, (S), (NW3X)/Opt. Clm SIDNEY'S CANDY, Emmy's Candy, f, 4, o/o Em N Emmy, by Sky ($25,000), 1-2, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:13.21, ft. Mesa. AOC, 1-2, Mahoning Valley EMMY'S CANDY (f, 4, Sidney's Candy--Em N Emmy, by Sky SOUTHERN IMAGE, Southern Thunder, g, 5, o/o Broke the Mesa) Lifetime Record: MSP, 15-4-2-5, $107,955. O-R. Gary Slump, by Slewpy. ALW, 1-1, Golden Gate Patrick; B-Steve M DeMaiolo (OH); T-Jevon D. Crumley. UNUSUAL HEAT, Irish Heatwave, c, 3, o/o Irish Winnie, by Broken Vow. AOC, 1-1, Santa Anita 6th-Mahoning Valley, $23,500, 1-2, (NW2L), 3yo, f, 6f, 1:13.97, ft. PULPIT'S PURRFECT (f, 3, Power Broker--Term Paper, by Dixie Union) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $29,715. O-David Downard; B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc. (KY); T-Jeffrey A. Radosevich. *$2,700 Ylg '17 FTKOCT.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Collins Ave, g, 3, Quality Road--La Nez (MSW & GISP, $417,000), by Storm Creek. Gulfstream, 1-2, (C), 1mT, 1:36.90. B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd. (KY). *$19,000 Ylg '17 FTKOCT; $45,000 2yo '18 EASMAY. Valerio Bloodstock 2 y/o in Training Purchase Dorthysfunnygirl, m, 5, Mixmaster--Bobs Funny Roar, by Outrageouslyfunny. Mahoning Valley, 1-2, (S), 1m, 1:47.50. B-Bobby Rankin (OH). Sith Lord, h, 6, Aragorn (Ire)--Bertsgirl, by Bertrando. Golden Gate Fields, 1-1, 6f (AWT), 1:09.74. B-Mr. & Mrs. Dick Probert & Sacha Campbell (CA). *$14,500 Ylg '14 NCAAUG.
ADIOS CHARLIE, So Long Chuck, g, 5, o/o Miss Greatness, by Greatness. AOC, 1-2, Gulfstream
ARAGORN (IRE), Sith Lord, h, 6, o/o Bertsgirl, by Bertrando. MSW, 1-1, Golden Gate CITY ZIP, Caribou Club, g, 5, o/o Broken Dreams, by Broken Vow. DID YOU KNOW? GIII Joe Hernandez S., 1-1, Santa Anita GISW Improbable (City Zip) MEDAGLIA D'ORO, Cambier Parc, f, 3, o/o Sealy Hill, by Point was tabbed as a “TDN Rising Star” Given. MSW, 1-2, Gulfstream MINESHAFT, Litigant, g, 3, o/o Fantasy Bay, by Bluegrass Cat. Visit the TDN Rising Stars section on our website! MSW, 1-2, Tampa Bay 29th Annual Stallion Season Auction Online Auction: NOW OPEN – Fri., Jan. 4, 3 p.m. est Telephone Bidding: Fri., Jan. 4, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. est. Call (859) 276-4989
CELEBRATION featuring a live auction of select stallion seasons Sunday, January 6, 5:00 p.m. • Cocktails, dinner, silent auction, & live music Keeneland Entertainment Center, Lexington, Kentucky. Come as you are from the sale.
ARIZONA Valiant Minister Distorted Humor Optimizer Gemologist Teuflesberg Distorted Reality INDIANA Dominus Orb Half Ours The Lieutenant CALIFORNIA Hunt Crossing English Channel Outwork MARYLAND Union Jackson Bluegrass Cat Neck ‘n Neck Exaggerator Overanalyze Bandbox War Dancer Boisterous Notional Firing Line Palace Bourbon Courage* Weekend Hideaway Danzing Candy Ready’s Image First Samurai Palace Malice Buffum OHIO Prospect Park Turbo Compressor Flat Out Point of Entry Cuba Aeneas Stanford KENTUCKY Fort Larned Poseidon’s Warrior Golden Lad Birdrun Stay Thirsty Aikenite Funtastic Producer Imagining Da Big Hoss Unusual Heatwave Algorithms Get Stormy Protonico* Irish War Cry David Copperfield Winning Cause Alternation* Gio Ponti* Race Day Madefromlucky Indy Wind CANADA Always Dreaming Goldencents Raison d’Etat Mosler King of the Roxy Danish Dynaformer American Freedom Graydar* Revolutionary Redeemed Kiss the Ghost Not Bourbon Animal Kingdom Grey Swallow Run Away and Hide Super Ninety Nine Kiss the Kid Perfect Timber Army Mule Gun Runner Shaman Ghost NEW MEXICO Louie Villain Reload Awesome Again Ice Box Sky Kingdom Morning Line Mixmaster FLORIDA Bee Jersey Itsmyluckyday Slumber NEW YORK National Flag Adios Charlie Behest Jack Milton Snapy Halo A Shin Forward Parents’ Reward Ami’s Flatter Big Blue Kitten Jimmy Creed Speightstown Bank Heist Tidal Volume Awesome Slew Birdstone Justin Phillip* Summer Front Bellamy Road Twinspired Bahamian Squall Blame Kantharos Super Saver Big Brown Vertiformer Bucchero Bodemeister Keen Ice Tale of Ekati Boys at Tosconova OKLAHOMA Chitu Bolt d’Oro Liam’s Map Tapiture Central Banker Liaison Drill Brody’s Cause Lord Nelson Tapizar Courageous Cat Magna Graduate Exclusive Quality Broken Vow Macho Uno Temple City Destin Pollard’s Vision Field Commission California Chrome* Maclean’s Music Texas Red Forty Tales Wilburn First Dude Capo Bastone Mark Valeski Tourist Frank Conversation PENNSYLVANIA Girvin Carpe Diem Medal Count Trappe Shot Freud Bullbay Gone Astray Cigar Street Midnight Storm* Tu Brutus Frost Giant Lord Shanakill Greenpointcrusader Cinco Charlie More Than Ready Upstart Giant Surprise Medallist Jess’s Dream Commissioner Mr. Z V.E . Day Golden Ticket Rimrod Khozan Constitution Mshawish* War Correspondent Honorable Dillon Uncle Lino Neolithic Conveyance Mucho Macho Man Wicked Strong Laoban TEXAS Noble Bird Cross Traffic Musketier Wildcat Red Majestic City Littleexpectations Prospective Daddy Long Legs* Niagara Causeway LOUISIANA Market Rally My Golden Song Rainbow Heir Danza Normandy Invasion Astrology Micromanage Stonesider The Big Beast Daredevil North Light Calibrachoa Mission Impazible WEST VIRGINIA Uncle Vinny Dialed In Not This Time* Court Vision Redesdale Limehouse
Bolded stallions are offered in a live auction, Sunday, January 6. Live auction seasons may be subject to change. *Indicates a free return to the stallion in 2020 should the mare not get in foal or not produce a live foal. Applicable only if the stallion is standing at the same farm in 2020. List is current as of 1/1/19. SEASON AUCTION INFORMATION The majority of seasons will sell during the online portion of the auction, however five select seasons will be offered at the Celebration, a live auction event (select seasons are bolded above). Online bidding for all seasons closes at 3 p.m. on Friday, January 4. To bid online visit www.tca.org. In order to bid on select seasons at the live auction, you must be a top online bidder at the close of the online auction, or attend the Celebration featuring select seasons at Keeneland, or send an agent to bid for you. All seasons are offered on a no guarantee (NG), non-refundable basis unless otherwise noted. ALL seasons are payable in full by February 15, 2019.
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