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GUN RUNNER DRAWS SIRES WITH FIRST RUNNERS IN 2018: WHERE'S THE VALUE? by Chris McGrath TEN IN PEGASUS This is Part II of a three-part series exploring sires that offer the best value. To read Part I, click here. It's hard to know quite what Cairo Prince (Pioneerof The Nile) (Airdrie, $25,000) must do to live up to his phenomenal sales debut: very few sires get two fee hikes before they have had a runner. He caught a rising tide in sharing a sire with and , and then blew everyone away with his physicals. Things have gone so dreamily so far that he is nearly on a hiding to nothing, but if enough of them can run then even his revised fee could easily hold up. Having started with the highest fee of his intake, ('s Song) (Three Chimneys, $30,000) punched his weight impressively with his first weanlings and his yearlings followed through to put him top of the averages, at $169,190. He represents a pretty obvious package, and soaked up a lot more action than some of his sire's other sons. (Click to continue to p7) breezing Monday at Gulfstream | Lauren King IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Joe Bianca DIVERSITY AMONG 2YO CLASSIFICATIONS HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.--As the pills were pulled at Gulfstream The 2017 European 2-year-old Classifications boasts a broad variety of sires, including some not always associated with Park=s GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational draw Wednesday precocity. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. morning and more and more spots were filled without the name of prohibitive favorite and GI Breeders= Cup Classic hero Gun Runner ( {Arg}) appearing next to a number, the tension built. Only stalls one, 10 and 11 were unspoken for when the chestnut=s name was finally called, and he was slotted in the best possible outcome of that trio when drawing 10-- more comfortable than the rail, but still wide enough to cause some agita for his connections Saturday. AYou never know to complain about a post position until after the race is run,@ said trainer . AHopefully, it=ll work out well. The horse has been training extremely good and is coming off his best race to date in the Classic. He=s settled in nicely here at Gulfstream and hopefully we=ll have a beautiful day Saturday and he=ll show his best side.@ Gun Runner, mired in quarantine issues at Fair Grounds a year ago, was forced to miss the inaugural Pegasus won by (Unbridled=s Song), and he was second to that rival in the G1 . The rest of the season, however, belonged to the Winchell = colorbearer. Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected]

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Gun Runner Draws Ten in Pegasus (cont. from p1) Gun Runner returned Stateside after the Dubai World Cup and went on to capture the GI Stephen Foster H., GI Whitney S., GI Woodward S. and the Classic, a procession certain to earn him a Horse of the Year statuette at Thursday night=s Eclipse Awards. Now, he has one final mountain to climb, in the world=s richest race, before retiring to stud for the spring. AYou weren=t going into Breeders= Cup week thinking about what was next, that was it,@ Asmussen said. AEverybody knew what was on the line as far as Horse of the Year that day and he came through. Then you regroup and come here--are you in the same spot, are you better? Those are to be determined Saturday.@ Gulfstream doesn=t run many races at its full-circuit distance of 1 1/8 miles on the dirt, and even rarer is one contested with a full field of 12 horses, like the Pegasus. But the limited data available suggests that being marooned in a double-digit post position in two-turn dirt races, where there is a very short run-up to the clubhouse turn, spells trouble. Just from this current meet, posts 10-14 are a combined 1-for-34 in Gulfstream dirt routes through Sunday, while showing a more respectable 8-for-69 record in dirt sprints. AThis is another racetrack for him to run at,@ Asmussen said. AThe short run to the first turn, the wide draw? He=s been overcoming things his whole life. We heard about, for the six weeks we went out to California, it was always [about] what he hadn=t done. Well, he hasn=t won here and the outside isn=t good, but we get to run Gun Runner, so we=re OK.@ Asmussen also made sure to note that having the presumptive Horse of the Year came due to the willingness of Gun Runner=s owners to race the well-bred colt at four after he scored a potential stallion-making win in the GI Clark H. to close out his sophomore campaign. AThey need to be commended for the sportsmen that they are,@ Asmussen said. ARon Winchell, the Winchell team, David Fiske, Three Chimneys and Mr. [Goncalo] Torrealba. I=m very appreciative of them allowing us to be in that position, because he was worth a lot of money with his pedigree as a Grade I winner at the end of his 3-year-old year. It was a sportsmanlike decision and they were rewarded.@ Elsewhere in the draw, the Jorge Navarro-trained pair of Sharp Azteca (Freud) and War Story (Northern Afleet) pulled posts four and eight, respectively. Right outside of Sharp Azteca--who was made the distant second choice at 6-1 on the morning line behind Gun Runner=s 4-5--is Collected (City Zip), an 8-1 chance who captured the GI Pacific Classic last summer before running a game second in the Breeders= Cup Classic. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 25, 2018

One place behind him that day was Bob Baffert stablemate West Coast (Flatter), the GI Travers S. winner and Eclipse champion 3-year-old male finalist. The Gary and Mary West-owned bay will be a bit awkwardly situated in post two, while also being quoted at 8-1. Stellar Wind (Curlin), the champion mare who was thought to be retired after finishing last in the GI Breeders= Cup Distaff, but was instead sent back into training after being purchased by Coolmore for $6 million at the Keeneland November sale, is 30-1 from post three. (Thewayyouare), the comebacker who has just one start since finishing third in the 2014 Classic, sits at 20-1 and drew the nine-hole, while 2017 Clark winner Seeking the Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}) will break from stall 11 and is 25-1.

WEDNESDAY=S PEGASUS TRACK REPORT by Ben Massam HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - As was the case in 2017 with the inaugural GI Pegasus World Cup, Wednesday morning represented a calm before the storm of sorts, with a number of contenders slated to arrive in the ensuing 24 hours. Of the horses already present in Hallandale, race favorite Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) was early to hit the track, galloping under the cover of darkness around 5:30 a.m. Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen arrived in town ahead of Thursday evening=s Eclipse Awards, where Gun Runner is expected to be crowned Horse of the Year of 2017. Others to get their work in prior to sunrise were champion mare Stellar Wind (Curlin), who arrived from trainer Chad Brown=s Palm Meadows base Tuesday, and the hard-knocking veteran War Story (Northern Afleet). Cont. p5

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As the sun rose behind a dense layer of clouds, the muggy Florida morning revealed a collection of last minute preparations being made ahead of race day Saturday. At the north end of the track, horses galloped past a newly constructed concert stage, which will play host to performances by rappers Ludacris and Post Malone Saturday (see more from Joe Bianca in Friday=s TDN), while finishing touches were made on The Stronach Group V.I.P. Cabana, a venue built uniquely for Pegasus day. Later in the morning, it would play host to the race=s post position draw. Back on the track, training resumed after the renovation break with the sun breaking through the clouds. Pegasus contender Sharp Azteca (Freud) was easy to spot donning the bright red bridle customary of Jorge Navarro trainees, galloping an up- tempo circuit of the track soon after it opened. Some familiar faces frequented the track=s frontside, with trainer Ralph Nicks overseeing workouts sporting a Caledonia Road (Quality Road) Breeders= Cup hat and The Stronach Group CEO Tim Ritvo surveying the property. The morning wound down with a relatively quiet third training window which included Stronach Stables= Singing Bullet (Hard Spun), the latest and final addition to the Pegasus field for trainer Dale Romans. Thursday morning is expected to see an uptick in activity with the arrival of the Bob Baffert-trained pair of West Coast (Flatter) and Collected (City Zip) later in the day Wednesday.

A FITTING >TOAST= FOR BREEDER RAMOS by Ben Massam It has been over six years since Toast of New York (Thewayyouare) left his birthplace at Ashleigh Stud in Paris, Kentucky, and the 7-year-old=s well-documented career has seen him log many frequent flyer miles during trips from continent to continent over the ensuing seasons. From a promising Jackie Ward Ramos with granddaughter juvenile year in Pamela Deegan | Pamela Deegan England to a memorable sophomore campaign in the United States to a brief stud career in Qatar, it is easy to forget that the story of >Toast= began in the Bluegrass. Cont. p6 ON THE WARPATH

OLMEDO now officially France’s Champion 2YO Colt of 2017. Exciting Classic prospect. ON THE WARPATH, dual winner on synthetic, is now with Godolphin. Probable early season OLMEDO target is the UAE Derby [G2]

IRISH TERRITORY, trained by Bill Mott for Zayat Stables and off the track since the With Anticipation Stakes [G3] at Saratoga last August, recorded a bullet work last weekend. With Anticipation Stakes [G3] 1 - ..... won Remsen Stakes [G2] 2 - Irish Territory 3 - Untamed Domain ..... won Summer S. [G3] next out 4 - Seabhac ..... won [G3] next out

Others from his first 2YO crop include ACTRESS (won Anglesey Stakes [G3] and 3rd Phoenix Stakes [G1] both against the boys), SPEED FRANCO (won Pulpit Stakes by 6, TDN Rising Star), EIRENE (won 5f. Listed race and 2nd beaten a neck in Dick Poole Fillies Stakes [G3] First North American crop yearlings in 2017 sold for $620,000, $325,000, $280,000, $250,000, $245,000, $235,000, $200,000 etc.

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In many ways, Toast of New York=s continual travels place him on similar path to that of his breeder, Jackie Ward Ramos. The matriarch of a family with numerous ties to the Thoroughbred industry, Ramos began breeding horses in England in the 1950s before relocating twice and ultimately establishing Ashleigh Stud in its current form in Kentucky. As Toast of New York approaches his second start off a 37-month layoff in Saturday=s GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational, the similarities are not lost on Ramos. AI=ve been at it a long time--he=s like me,@ Ramos said with a laugh. AIt=s quite exciting. I=m very happy that the horse is back, and according to [trainer] Jamie [Osborne]--who I=ve been talking to--he=s well within himself. Horses do run at that age. I=ve bred a winner of a [Group 1] sprint at York when he was nine.@ Although years have passed since >Toast= was a foal at Ashleigh, Ramos still recalls a few qualities that hinted at his ability from an early age. Ramos received a fortunate break when she obtained his second dam, dual-Grade I winner Claire Marine (Ire), from a long-time client in the twilight of her broodmare career. AHe was always a good foal to deal with,@ said Ramos, who owns Ashleigh in conjunction with her husband and former jockey Frank Ramos. AHe had a very exceptional walk and was a very good mover. We bred his dam [Claire Soleil {Syncline}]. The grandmother belonged to a client of mine, and won the Beverly D. She was very old when he gave her to me, and it was the second-to-last foal she had.@

Toast of New York between (Lucky Pulpit) and (Offlee Wild) in the Breeders= Cup Classic | Horsephotos At the age of 14, Claire Soleil is still a member of the Ashleigh broodmare band and continues to impress Ramos as a producer. AI still have the mare,@ Ramos said. AShe has a yearling filly by Bernardini that=s very nice, and she=s going to go back to Bernardini.@ Ramos has plenty of perspective when it comes to the breeding game, having moved the Ashleigh Stud operation between three countries over the span of 60 years. Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 25, 2018

AI=ve personally had Ashleigh Stud since 1958 in England,@ Sires with First Runners in 2018: Where's Ramos explained. AI started there with 25 acres and I bred two top horses there and a number of other winners in England. I the Value? (Cont. from p1) got married and went to Ireland, we had Ashleigh Stud going Verrazano (More Than Ready) was also properly explored as a there. And then when we moved here, we bought this property runner--a runaway Haskell winner running second in the and we=ve been here nearly 30 years.@ G2 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot, if you please--and his yearling Her imprint in the industry remains significant, as returns, which ranked him third in the freshmen averages, make granddaughter Pamela Deegan is actively involved in the his fee slippage to $17,500 from $22,500 pretty congenial. He operation of Ashleigh Stud and launched Oxmoor Sales in 2015. had big talent and has three big books to get him going. While Toast of New York=s task of knocking off expected 2017 But it is the next two in the averages who stand out, both at Horse of the Year Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) and 10 others Saturday seems like an uphill battle, Ramos suggested that the unchanged fees of $10,000: bay could be able to regain his top form at an advanced age thanks to some old-fashioned training approaches. Jamie STRONG MANDATE (), Three Chimneys, $10,000 Osborne, according to Ramos, is particularly well-suited to Any colt who wins a Hopeful by nearly 10 lengths is going to handle the challenge. AI think all these people who come from get custom at stud; and Strong Mandate was extending a Grade the jumping game are good trainers.@ Ramos said. AThey=re very I chain into a fourth generation. His dam Clear Mandate (Deputy good at keeping horses going. From what I see, Toast of New Minister), by one of the great broodmare sires, was a triple York looks well within himself.@ Grade I winner; and the next two dams also scored at the In the process of recovering from a recent illness, Ramos said highest level. she will be unable to attend the Pegasus, but will be there in And while Strong Mandate himself for various reasons proved spirit to see Toast of New York meet the starter. unable to consolidate at three, this is copper-bottomed, AI=d like to be jumping on a plane to go down and see him, but old-fashioned stuff: his first four dams averaged 40 starts we=ll watch it on television,@ she concluded. apiece.

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The second dam, moreover, is a half-sister to seven-time FED BIZ (Giant=s Causeway), WinStar, $10,000 Grade I winner Creme Fraiche; and Clear Mandate herself has Eighteen years after Tiznow's great head edged out Giant's also produced a dual Grade I runner-up in Newfoundland (Storm Causeway in the Breeders' Cup Classic, Strong Mandate and Fed Cat), as well as Full Mandate (A.P. Biz look eligible to continue their Indy), sire of triple Grade I winner rivalry as sires of sires. . Like Strong Mandate, there's a That runaway Hopeful success, wonderful bottom line to underpin Fed followed by a good third in the Biz: he's out of a stakes-winning GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile, is hardly half-sister to the dual Grade I-winning standard behavior for a son of Irish juvenile Minardi (Boundary) and Tiznow--who has, of course, a King's Bishop winner Tale Of the Cat growing profile as a sire of sires. () as well as to the dam of Strong Mandate's first yearlings Johannesburg (Hennessy). Moreover, averaged $85,717, boosted by the their dam is a sister to Preach, mother top filly at the Saratoga Select Sale of Pulpit. Going further back, his fifth at $825,000. A median of $51,000 dam is a sister to Round Table. With a powerful, balanced physique also represented a satisfactory to match, Fed Biz was a $950,000 multiple of his fee, the more so at a Fed Biz | Louise Reinagel yearling, the fourth most expensive at brisk handover rate of 46 out of 54 offered. Keeneland that September and the most expensive yearling by Many breeders get queasy about sires ready to launch their his outstanding sire in six years. first runners, but his own precocity is a beautiful fit with his Fed Biz matched that billing on the track, proving as hardy as progressive and classy family tree. He is already ahead of the he was fast, his three Grade II wins including two track records game and you'd want to follow him through. at Del Mar--notably when beating Goldencents over seven furlongs in 1:21. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 25, 2018

Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) denied him a Grade I only by a Turf second Untamed Domain. He could become quite an neck, and across four campaigns Fed Biz showed the versatility influence, with the type of class that could be parlayed in many associated with his sire on three different surfaces. directions. Fifty-seven of his first 67 yearlings into the ring, bred at Orb (Malibu Moon) (Claiborne, $25,000) had reached the $12,500, found new homes at an average of $80,705 but he has rafters at the sales--he has already had three sons change hands nonetheless been pegged at $10,000. Pleasure doing Biz with for seven figures--so after a fairly quiet start on the track he will you, I reckon. doubtless be kicking on with his first sophomores. That transition is always hard to call, however, so let's delve Sires with First 3-year-olds in 2018 into the undergrowth for a slightly wacky pick among this Overanalyze () (WinStar, $15,000) has a plausible intake: look of the soaring Union Rags (Dixie Union) and remains a fair price after edging out Violence (Medaglia d'Oro) (Hill 'n' Dale, (E Dubai), , $7,500 now advertised at $35,000) on earnings in the freshmen table No bones about it--this one is already clinging on by his last year, albeit the latter had most winners and wins. Violence's fingertips, but after just a handful of runners that's hardly his first two crops of yearlings had been loved at market--as well fault. And if breeders show a bit of nerve he could yet come they might be, by an unbeaten Grade I winner at two with back from the brink. nine-time Grade I winner Sky Beauty ( {Fr}) Certainly Fort Larned (E Dubai) had a ton of talent to be sitting there as third dam. By this stage he looks to be heading standing for this kind of money, as a triple Grade I winner who up, up and away. wired the Breeders' Cup Classic field for a 117 Beyer. He has Shanghai Bobby (Harlan's Holiday) (Ashford, $15,000) obvious disadvantages to overcome, notably an unfashionable if struggled a little for quantity but the quality was another story, under-rated sire and a plain old head. But the set and shape of eight of his 15 winners cutting it at black-type level; while few his shoulder and hindquarters gave him knockout reach and could have expected Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) efficiency, enabling him to carry that Mr. Prospector speed in a (Darley, $30,000) already to muster three black-type winners at way that should tempt anyone seeking an outcross for Northern two, headed by Grade II scorer and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Dancer or blood. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 25, 2018

Unfortunately he was dispatched to Florida for a couple of Bear in mind that Fort Larned himself did not reach full bloom years, even as he was trying to get started, and 15 runners from until he was four, albeit that can be partly attributed to an an initial crop of 43 named foals had their work cut out to unsuccessful experiment with turf racing. And remember, too, restore him to attention back in Kentucky. Fairly incredible, that he is out of a daughter of , imported from then, that one of his four winners should proceed to a Grade I Argentina to win a dozen Grade I races (including back-to-back podium in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Blonde Bomber Breeders' Cup Distaffs) as champion older mare in 1989 and stormed through from last to third at Del Mar, having previously 1990. won her stakes debut at Gulfstream--where Fort Larned once Bayakoa had a less productive second career, her other three set a track record--by 7 1/4 lengths. foals managing a single start between them, but the only other one to breed did produce a four-time Grade I winner in Affluent (Affirmed). Her female line traces to a mare imported from England to Argentina as far back as 1878, suggesting that Fort Larned's athletic flair has healthily spread roots. Whether enough people will have the sense of adventure to tap into them remains to be seen, but Fort Larned deserves a second chance as he was scarcely given a first one.

Sires with First 4-year-olds in 2018 This looks a vintage bunch, a good half-dozen shaping as capable of breaking into the elite, famously including sires of the and Preakness winners at the first attempt. Moreover their various farms have on the whole reacted temperately to these breakthroughs, bearing in mind that some Fort Larned | Benoit photo had cooling books for the next couple crops coming through. Could Mourinho be Super Saver’s next G1 winner??? He smoked them today in the Smarty Jones under Drayden VanDyke, another top Kentucky Derby contender for Baffert...” — Tom Ryan Twitter Jan. 2018 MOURINHO

“He had three legit G1 winners in his first crop that won races we all want to win. That’s not by accident. If this was a game of Craps, which it kind of is anyway, I’m betting the come.”

— Gatewood Bell Sept. 2017

“The two-year-olds this year are far and away Super Saver’s best crop, and we expect this to be reflected in the coming two-year-old sales and at the racetrack.” — Tristan de Meric Jan. 2018

$150k Smarty Jones S. “ [watch race]

2018 Fee: $35,000 S&N

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For instance, Maclean's Music (Distorted Humor) (Hill 'n' Dale, Just $3,500 in 2016, he would not be up to $10,000 if a farm $25,000) and () (Darby Dan, $25,000) will like Spendthrift--so sharp in setting the commercial pace--did rely this year on 2-year-olds from books of 90 and 91 mares, not have a pretty shrewd idea that he is safely on his way. respectively. Maclean's Music made such an impression with his first juveniles that he covered 181 mares last year, even without on the radar; Dialed In, also a very striking specimen if in a different way, entertained no fewer than 231 ladies to celebrate his freshmen's championship (behind only Into Mischief on 235). Even in such a stellar intake, these two stand out with seven black-type winners apiece from 50 and 55 winners overall in 2017. Somehow I don't feel you need me to tell me they could still be value, both having duly made the top five of their intake on 2017 yearling averages--off covers of $6,500 (Maclean's Music) and $7,500 (Dialed In). But top of that table was Union Rags (Dixie Union) (Lane's End, $60,000), at $150,689. He has now conjured four Grade I winners from two crops, earning himself another hike; he is far and away the youngest sire standing for that kind of money by virtue of actually putting runners on the track. His good ones Dominus | Joy Gilbert seem to be very good; whether he can maintain that curious virtue remains to be seen, but for now he appears to know how to write himself a headline. And the Judges Say... Likewise Bodemeister () (WinStar, $40,000), LINCOLN COLLINS who covered 192 mares last year even before producing his It's a funny thing about this business that there are so many Kentucky Derby winner for a thriving sire-line. Two others who stallions out there that don't seem to get the recognition they have amply merited an upgrade are Shackleford (Forestry) deserve--and one I think is particularly under-rated is Afleet Alex (Darby Dan, $20,000) and Creative Cause (Giant's Causeway) (Northern Afleet) (Gainesway, $8,500). I know he's an older (Airdrie, $20,000), but let's have a squint beyond all these super horse now, but he gets plenty of good horses and for some prospects and see if they might yet be joined by one who's reason never seems bubbling under: to get the credit for it. He'd be very useful DOMINUS (Smart Strike), Spendthrift, $10,000 for a breeder trying Overshadowed as he is by such luminous achievers, the sales to decide whether to returns of Dominus (Smart Strike) remain bogged down by keep a mare, early in unglamorous opening books, down to 30 foals in his second her career--because if crop. But he was turned around in a big way that same year she can't get a when nine winners in his debut crop included four black-type decent one by Afleet performers headed by Straight Fire, his standout yearling at Alex, she's probably $250,000 and an 11-length maiden winner before gaining Grade not much good. Lincoln Collins with champion broodmare I podiums in the Del Mar Futurity and FrontRunner. That sent Of those yet to be Oatsee | Sara Fagan 145 mates to his door in 2017, when multiple stakes winner proven, I'd be quite Chanel's Legacy kept up the good work. an advocate for Fed Biz (Giant's Causeway) (WinStar, $10,000). Operating at a two-in-three ratio of winners to starters, He had plenty of speed and, if he didn't get quite to the top, he Dominus is a good-looking son of a sire of sires who blazed a does have the most wonderful stallion's pedigree. And both of trail in the GII Dwyer on dirt and the GII Bernard Baruch on turf. these are within the reach of almost any breeder's pocket. He is from a Ned Evans family, out of a Lord At War (Arg) half-sister to dual Grade I turf winner Honey Ryder (Lasting Approval); the dam herself had multiple graded stakes placings on turf. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 25, 2018

HEADLEY BELL NYRA CEO and President Chris Kay: AThe New York Racing I think these Apunch above belt@. Association possesses more than 60 years of experience working Proven: under comprehensive state regulatory oversight to provide our 1. Temple City (Dynaformer) (Spendthrift, $15,000) constantly loyal customers with quality wagering services. It is because of moves up his mares and terrific pedigree blend for the stud fee. that quality service and depth of experience that horseracing 2. Point of Entry organizations like NYRA should be able to offer sports wagering (Dynaformer) (Adena within a continued framework of effective state regulation. To Springs, $20,000). limit this service to casinos, who collectively possess far less While he only has history and experience in New York, would disrupt long-standing one crop to race, very relationships and deprive our residents with consumer choice. promising runners That is why we ask the state, when considering the future of who should get sports gambling, to permit NYRA racetracks to offer this service better with time and to increase competition and consumer choice to provide the distance; terrific best possible wagering services for our residents." pedigree blend and Headley Bell | Mill Ridge Shug said he=s one of NYTHA President Joseph Appelbaum: AThe Thoroughbred the best he ever trained. Unproven: horsemen of New York strongly support extending sports 1. Lea (First Samurai) (Claiborne, $7,500). Good racehorse with wagering to the existing bet-taking system with its well-known pedigree blend that suits many, and breeding athletic foals in history, integrity and participants. New York has a unique first crop. opportunity to establish a modern wagering architecture 2. Fed Biz (Giant's Causeway) (WinStar, $10,000) is a well-bred designed to serve the residents of New York, support jobs and prospect with a stallion=s pedigree. Baffert always regarded him deliver a consistent revenue stream to state government. When as proper horse and he has really moved up his mares with considering the future of sports wagering, we would encourage athletic foals. the state to utilize the existing network of racetracks and OTBs Part III of Chris McGrath=s exploration of value sires will run because it is the best way to ensure a widely available, in next Wednesday=s TDN. (Click to return to p1) well-regulated system that best serves New York and its residents.@

NY INDUSTRY LEADERS SPEAK ON FUTURE NYTB Executive Director Jeffrey Cannizzo: AThe New York Thoroughbred Breeders is proud of the racing product New York OF IN-STATE SPORTS GAMBLING currently offers, and is open to encouraging opportunities for Three leaders in the New York and new gaming dollars in the state. We look forward to working breeding industry provided testimony on the potential with NYRA, the horsemen and owners, as well as our friends in ramifications of sports betting in the state during a public the casino industry, and the state, to ensure that the most hearing of the New York State Senate Standing Committee on successful form of sports betting is made available to New York Racing, Gaming and Wagering held Wednesday in Albany. residents. We believe that racetracks and OTBs, along with New York Racing Association CEO and President Chris Kay, was digital platforms like NYRA Bets, have a rightful place in the joined by New York Thoroughbred Horsemen=s Association future of sports betting in the state. That is why we believe that President Joseph Appelbaum, and New York Thoroughbred now is the time to begin the process of amending state law and, Breeders, Inc. Executive Director Jeffrey Cannizzo in support of if necessary, the State Constitution, to be ahead of the rest of the industry taking a leadership role should sports wagering the country in the event that PASPA is wholly struck down by move forward in the state. Citing racing=s long history of working the Court.@ under New York State=s regulatory framework to provide quality wagering services, the three men said racetracks were well- positioned to provide the public with greater consumer choice, added convenience and a trusted place to bet on sports. In addition to their testimony before the committee, Kay, Appelbaum and Cannizzo released the following statements following Wednesday=s meeting. NO. 2 COMPARABLE INDEX IN 2017 5.90 CI Only Tapit bred a better book of mares

NO. 4 YEARLING SIRE IN 2017 $328,413 AVG. Ranked directly ahead of Scat Daddy & Curlin

NO. 5 COVERING SIRE IN 2017 $817,142 AVG. Ranked directly ahead of Uncle Mo & American Pharoah TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 13 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JANUARY 25, 2018

BOLT D=ORO, GOOD MAGIC TOP TJC THE JOCKEY CLUB ANNUAL 2-YEAR-OLD RANKINGS (3 or more horses weighted) Multiple Grade I winner Bolt JUVENILE RANKINGS Colts Fillies Total d=Oro (Medaglia d=Oro) and GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile winner Scat Daddy 6 4 10 Good Magic (Curlin), both finalists for Eclipse champion Malibu Moon 3 5 8 2-year-old honors, were ranked co-toppers of The Jockey Club=s Into Mischief 4 3 7 2017 annual Top 2-Year-Old Rankings. The rankings were More Than Ready 3 4 7 formerly known as the Experimental Free Handicap. Midnight Lute 2 4 6 Both colts were listed at 126 pounds, three pounds ahead of Violence 4 2 6 GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf winner Mendelssohn (Scat Animal Kingdom 2 3 5 Daddy). GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Filles winner Caledonia Road Overanalyze 4 1 5 (Quality Road) was the top-rated filly on the list at 123 pounds. Uncle Mo 2 3 5 The Jockey Club=s annual Top 2-Year-Old Rankings are a City Zip 4 0 4 weight-based assessment of the previous year=s leading = 2-year-olds, with the weights compiled for a hypothetical race at Medaglia d Oro 2 2 4 1 1/16 miles. All 2-year-olds of 2017 who started in graded or Archarcharch 0 3 3 listed stakes races run in the United States and Canada are Candy Ride 1 2 3 eligible to be weighted. 2 1 3 The racing secretaries on the weighting committee were P.J. Curlin 2 1 3 Campo of the Stronach Group, Ben Huffman of First Samurai 1 2 3 and Keeneland, Steve Lym of Woodbine Entertainment, Martin Jimmy Creed 1 2 3 Panza of The New York Racing Association Inc., and Thomas S. Kitten=s Joy 2 1 3 Robbins of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Orb 1 2 3 Kentucky-foaled juveniles outranked all other states and Quality Road 1 2 3 provinces with 149 weighted males and 132 fillies; Florida was Shanghai Bobby 2 1 3 second with 18 males and 18 fillies. Ireland led foaling countries 3 0 3 outside of North America with 16 fillies and nine males. Scat Super Saver 3 0 3 Daddy was the leading sire of weighted males with six and Tale of Ekati 3 0 3 Malibu Moon led fillies with five. The Factor 2 1 3 The complete rankings can be found on the resource section of Twirling Candy 2 1 3 The Jockey Club=s website. War Front 2 1 3

The 47th ECLIPSE AWARDS CEREMONY will be held Thursday at ’s Sport of Kings Theater. The awards show and dinner begins at 7 p.m., following the Keeneland cocktail party which begins at 5:45 p.m. TVG will be providing live on-site coverage, from the red carpet to post-event interviews. IN OTHER NEWS... A Daily Roundup of Racing Articles in Other Media

NBA Outlines Plan for Nationwide Sports Betting AIn what could end up being a seminal moment for sports gambling in America, the NBA on Wednesday formally requested a set of laws that could be the basis for professional sports leagues pushing for national legalized wagering on games.@ Brian Windhorst ESPN

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 12:30 p.m. EST LA PREVOYANTE H.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Miss Nancy K Arch Fred M. Allor Wilkes Leparoux 117 2 Summersault Rock Hard Ten Parsons, Jr., William and Howe, David S. Hennig Lopez 119 3 Beauly (GB) Sea The Stars (Ire) Rebecca Hillen Walsh Saez 117 4 Daring Duchess K Arch Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Maker Ortiz 121 5 Texting Candy Ride (Arg) Sarah Sharp Farish Brown Castellano 117 6 Taralena K Arch Cheyenne Stables LLC Clement Rosario 117 7 Apple Betty (Ire) (Ire) Joseph Allen LLC McGaughey III Velazquez 123 Breeders: 1-Frederick M Allor, 2-William Parsons Jr. & David S. Howe, 3-New England, Mount Coote & P. Barrett, 4-Kennelot Stables LTD., 5-Sarah S. Farish, 6-Daniel J. Burke & Kathleen Schweizer, 7-Absolutelyfabulous Syndicate

Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 1:20 p.m. EST TOBOGGAN S.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Summer Revolution K Summer Bird Jeff Drown Rodriguez Carmouche 114 2 Takaful Bernardini Shadwell Stables McLaughlin McCarthy 123 3 Vulcan's Forge K Giant's Causeway Heiligbrodt, W & C & Team Valor International Pletcher Cancel 116 4 Great Stuff K Quality Road Bruce Golden Racing Jacobson Davis 116 5 Life in Shambles K Broken Vow Paradise Farms Corp. Asmussen Franco 114 6 Green Gratto Here's Zealous Grant, Gaston and Grant, Anthony Grant DeCarlo 123

Breeders: 1-Camelia Casby, 2-Shadwell Farm, LLC, 3-Gabriel Duignan, Crosshaven Bloodstock,Petaluma Bloodstock & Ashleigh Stud, 4-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 5-C. Clement & Don M. Robinson, 6-Kaz Hill Farm

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 2:32 p.m. EST FRED W. HOOPER S.-GIII, $175,000, 4yo/up, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Tale of Silence Tale of the Cat Charles E. Fipke Tagg Ortiz 117 2 Eight Town K Speightstown Hill, Jim and Susan Lynch Juarez 117 3 Conquest Big E K Tapit Daniel C. Hurtak Hurtak Batista 121 4 Frammento K Midshipman Mossarosa Zito Vasquez 117 5 First Growth K Candy Ride (Arg) Michelle Winters Londono, Jr. Corrales 121 6 Giuseppe the Great Lookin At Lucky Mossarosa Zito Rosario 117 7 Moves Like Ali K Maclean's Music Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. and Ellis, Glenn K. Navarro Ortiz, Jr. 117 8 Tommy Macho Pompa, Jr., Paul P. and J Stables Pletcher Saez 119 9 Game Over K Mineshaft Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. and Quartarolo, Ashley Navarro Gaffalione 117 10 Beasley K Shackleford Lewis, Lee and Grier, Mark B. Hennig Castellano 117 11 Dreaming of Gold Unbridled's Song Granpollo Stable Barboza, Jr. Jaramillo 121 Breeders: 1-Charles Fipke, 2-A & G Racing Stables, 3-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., 4-Mr. & Mrs. Oliver S. Tait, 5-Alexander Groves Matz, LLC, 6-Buck Pond Farm Inc., 7-Steve M. DeMaiolo, 8-John Liviakis, 9-Al Graziani & Joe Russell, 10-Nancy Shuford, 11-Rustlewood Farm, Inc.

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 3:04 p.m. EST W. L. MCKNIGHT H.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Markitoff K Giant's Causeway Three Diamonds Farm Maker Gaffalione 117 2 Final Copy Malibu Moon Chiefswood Stable Attfield Hernandez 121 3 Gold Shield K Medaglia d'Oro Lane's End Racing and Kinsman Stable McGaughey III Ortiz, Jr. 119 4 Nessy Flower Alley Sierra Farm Wilkes Leparoux 117 5 Bullards Alley Flower Alley Spalding, Wayne and McCubbins, Faron Glyshaw Lopez 123 6 Durocher Niagara Causeway Sterling Racing, Herzberg, John and Allan, Michelle Benson Lezcano 117 7 Oscar Nominated Kitten's Joy Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Maker Ortiz 123 8 Mr Cub K Artie Schiller Turf Stable LLC Wilkes Landeros 117 9 Infinite Wisdom K Smart Strike Amerman Racing LLC Lynch Dettori 121 Breeders: 1-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC, 2-Chiefswood Stables Limited, 3-Kinsman Farm, 4-Sierra Farm, 5-Eugene Melnyk, 6-La Bahia Stud, Inc., 7-Mrs. Jerry Amerman, 8-G. Watts Humphrey Jr., 9-Jon Kelly & Sarah Kelly

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 3:38 p.m. EST HURRICANE BERTIE S.-GIII, $175,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Marley's Freedom K Barbara J. Ranck Perry Hess, Jr. Smith 117 2 Jordan's Henny Henny Hughes Woolsey, E. Ervine and Kinder, Ralph Tomlinson Gaffalione 117 3 Rich Mommy K Algorithms Winds of Change Racing Stable Corp Barboza, Jr. Jaramillo 123 4 Shar Ran Munnings Suzanne Stable Tomlinson Leparoux 121 5 Apologynotaccepted Mrs. Paul Shanahan Walsh Ortiz 119 6 Bodacious Babe K Mineshaft Panic Stable LLC Cibelli Ortiz, Jr. 117 7 Curlin's Approval Curlin Alter's Racing Stable Inc. and Bridlewood Farm Alter Saez 121 8 Spice Lady K Speightstown Repole Stable Pletcher Velazquez 117 9 Magalie Maltese Dog D P Racing LLC Biancone Santana 117 10 Nonna Mela K Arch St. Elias Stable Pletcher Castellano 117 11 Moonlit Promise Malibu Moon Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings & Windsor Boys Racing Carroll Boulanger 123 12 Money Or Love J Be K Anthony J. Russo Russo Castrenze 121

Breeders: 1-Jack Swain III, 2-Erv Woolsey & Ralph Kinder, 3-Lantern Hill Farm LLC, 4-Suzanne Stables, 5-Happy Alter, 6-Hubert H. Vester Jr., 7-Happy Alter, 8-Piacentino Farms, Town and CountryFarm, Polo Green Stable & Shannon Potter, 9-Morgan Miller, 10-WinStar Farm, LLC, 11-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc, 12-Darsan Inc.

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:35 p.m. EST PEGASUS WORLD CUP INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $16,300,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Singing Bullet K Hard Spun Stronach Stables and Pegasus Race Participants, LLC Romans Albarado 124 2 West Coast K Flatter West, Gary and Mary Baffert Castellano 124 3 Stellar Wind K Curlin Tabor, Michael B., Magnier, Susan & Smith, Derrick Brown Rosario 121 4 Sharp Azteca Freud Gelfenstein Farm, Scharf, M., Quartarolo, A. Navarro Ortiz, Jr. 124 and Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. 5 Collected K City Zip Speedway Stable LLC Baffert Smith 124 6 K Dialed In Margoth and GalloStables Sano Saez 124 7 Fear the Cowboy Cowboy Cal Amaya, K., Centofanti, R., Frankel, R., Frankel, G. & Loza, Jr. Gaffalione 124 Stronach Stables 8 War Story K Northern Afleet Loooch Racing Stables, Ellis, Imaginary Stables, et al. Navarro Ortiz 124 9 Toast of New York K Thewayyouare Al Shaqab Racing, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Osborne Dettori 124 R. A. Hill Stable and Young, E. 10 Gun Runner Candy Ride (Arg) Winchell Thoroughbreds & Asmussen Geroux 124 11 Seeking the Soul Perfect Soul (Ire) Charles E. Fipke Stewart Velazquez 124 12 Giant Expectations K Frost Giant Exline- Border Racing, Gatto Racing, Zubok, et al. Eurton Stevens 124 13 Giuseppe the Great Lookin At Lucky Mossarosa Zito Juarez 124 14 Game Over K Mineshaft Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. and Quartarolo, Ashley Navarro Ortiz 124

Breeders: 1-Adena Springs, 2-CFP Thoroughbreds LLC, 3-Keswick Stables &Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 4-Cloyce C. Clark Jr., 5-Runnymede Farm Inc. & Peter J. Callahan, 6-Brandywine Farm & Stephen Upchurch, 7-University of Kentucky, 8-Jack Swain III, 9-Ashleigh Stud, Frank Ramos & JackieRamos, 10-Besilu Stables, LLC, 11-Charles Fipke, 12-Sunrise Stables, 13-Buck Pond Farm Inc., 14-Al Graziani & Joe Russell Sunday, Sam Houston Race Park, post time: 4:40 p.m. EST JOHN B. CONNALLY TURF CUP S.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Camelot Kitten Kitten's Joy Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Maker Leparoux 116 2 Roman Approval K Roman Ruler West Point Thoroughbreds and Masiello, Robert Morley Bridgmohan 116 3 Big Bend K Union Rags Union Rags Racing LLC Proctor Geroux 123 4 Net Gain K Include Claim To Fame Stable Stuart Cabrera 123 5 Highly Prized (GB) Manduro (Ger) Signal Hill Farms Stidham Bravo 118 6 Flashy Chelsey K Michael M. Hui Maker Hernandez, Jr. 116 7 Chicago Style Kitten's Joy Glen Hill Farm Proctor Van Dyke 120 8 Some in Tieme (Brz) Shirocco (Ger) Some In Time, Inc McPeek Cruz 123 9 Bigger Picture Badge of Silver Three Diamonds Farm Maker Ortiz 123 10 Paternal Pride Majesticperfection H. V. Farms, Ltd. Asmussen Diego 118 11 West Road K Hard Spun Richard Drake Davidson Bridgmohan 116 12 Harlan Strong (Arg) Harlan's Holiday Fern Circle Stables McPeek Albarado 118

Breeders: 1-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 2-Glencrest Farm LLC & Fox-Straus, 3-Daniel J. Burke & Kathleen Schweizer, 4-Lane Thoroughbreds LLC, 5-Juddmonte Farms Ltd, 6-Augusta Farm, 7-Glen Hill Farm, 8-Haras Santa Maria de Araras, 9-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 10-H. V. Farms, Ltd., 11-H. Allen Poindexter, 12-Firmamento

Sunday, Sam Houston Race Park, post time: 5:10 p.m. EST HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC S.-GIII, $400,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Ready to Confess More Than Ready Pin Oak Stable Von Hemel Cabrera 118 2 Martini Glass Kitalpha Campanella, Vince and Nation's Racing Stable LLC Nations Lopez 118 3 Promise of Spring Best Of Times Racing, LLC Margolis Albarado 116 4 Valadorna Curlin Stonestreet Stables LLC Casse Hernandez, Jr. 118 5 Adore K Big Brown Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC Asmussen Diego 116 6 Sandy's Surprise K Drosselmeyer STD Racing Stable, Fuller, John and Haymes, Neil O'Neill Gutierrez 118 7 Actress Tapit West, Gary and Mary Servis Ortiz 123 8 Tiger Moth Street Sense John D. Gunther Cox Geroux 123

Breeders: 1-Pin Oak Stud, LLC, 2-Aschinger Bloodstock LLC, 3-Bottom Line Stables Inc., RowlandHancock & Dick Walker, 4-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 5-Charles P. Merrick III, 6-WinStar Farm, LLC, 7-Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc, 8-John D. Gunther

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Contact the TDN Ad Staff: [email protected] for details or to post a job HEILIGBRODT STRIKES AGAIN AT OBS AI went through and gave [Mr. Heiligbrodt] a list of my top five horses and we evaluated all of them, went over the notes and at by Alan Carasso the end of the day she was my top pick of the sale,@ Montanye Under the banner of his East Hickman Racing, owner William commented. AShe=s a big strong filly with very good bone, a Heiligbrodt purchased the two top-priced offerings at the 2017 great walk and a very good mind. She=s extremely well built, she OBS Winter Mixed Sale, going to $110,000 for a daughter of had all the right angles to her and I loved everything about her. Shanghai Bobby--Yankee Victoria (Yankee Victor) and $90,000 She is the kind that looks like she could go very fast, but at the for an Into Mischief filly out same time, it looks like she=ll stretch out and go long. She looks = of Maren s Melody like an Oaks-type filly.@ (Unbridled=s Song). The Texan The Winter Mixed Sale was off to a fast start when hip 5, a filly was forced to go a little by More Than Ready, fetched $170,000 from de Meric Sales, deeper, but succeeded in and with that in mind, Montanye knew that the horse that she landing the priciest lot during had assessed to be superior to that filly would not come Wednesday=s renewal of the cheaply. sale, going to $200,000 AI thought this filly was going to definitely be the top horse in through agent Susan the sale,@ she said. AThe More Than Ready was a beautiful filly as Montanye for hip 30, a filly well, and when we saw what she made and comparing the two from the third crop by boom horses, we thought we might have to stretch a little.@ sire Violence from the Montanye said her purchased would be sent to the farm Ato be consignment of Gem Racing a horse again@ and that a decision about her future will come at Inc. a later date. Violence | Lee Thomas photo Despite a preferred portion Carrie Brogden elected to retain hip 5 when she was led out of the catalogue that was unsold on a bid of $55,000 at the Keeneland November sale two about a third larger than last year, the turnover of $3,567,000 months ago, and the decision was validated Wednesday. was well more than double that of 2017, while the average of AShe grew a lot [over the last two months],@ Brogden said. AWe $24,772 and median price of $14,000 represented strong gains sent her to Michelle Redding and she just blossomed, she really of 42.1% and 40%, respectively. grew up. When I saw her when I got here, I was blown away AI thought the went very well,@ said OBS=s Director of Sales Tod with how much she improved. We=ve had a lot of luck with the Wojciechowski. AI=ve always said that when our consignors bring de Merics. We=re thrilled, the reserve was very low, but she had us good stock, the buyers reward them and that=s how it played 12 scopes and she was very well received.@ out today. There was good activity at all levels. We saw a rise in Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck=s Summerfield agency the median and that=s a good thing.@ consigned the session=s top broodmare in the form of hip 21, the One especially pleasing statistic was the buyback rate of 9-year-old Hard Hat (Hard Spun), who was purchased by Gainesway 31.1%, which compared very favorably to last year=s 43.5%. for $62,000. A half-sister AThere=s a liveliness to the stock market and the economy and I to Grade I winner Albert thought the quality of horses was higher,@ Wojciechowski the Great (), reasoned. the bay was offered in foal Lot 30 was bred in Florida by Georg and Sharon Maharg=s to Broken Vow, the sire of = Maharg Management from the mare Carphonic (Lion Heart), the mare s 2015 produce-- a filly--who realized winner during her racing days of the 2009 Joe O=Farrell Juvenile $145,000 as a weanling at Fillies for trainer William White and Gem Racing Inc, who that year=s Keeneland consigned Wednesday=s top lot. Lot 30 is the second foal from November sale. Hard the mare, whose now 3-year-old daughter Sauce On Side Hard Hat=s daughter Honey Jade | jbis.jp Hat=s current 4-year-old (Violence) broke her maiden at Santa Anita Jan. 5 and was daughter Honey Jade (Harlan=s Holiday) is now a three-time runner-up in her first start against winners 15 days later. winner from five starts on the dirt in Japan, including an Montanye, who operates SBM Training and Sales, had a high impressive last-to-first victory at Kyoto Jan. 8. Cont. p2 opinion of the March foal from the start. [CLICK HERE] to download the JANUARY edition

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OBS cont. WEDNESDAY=S TOP FOUR BROODMARES Among the underbidders on hip 21 was Chris Knehr=s Catalyst Hip Name Status Price ($) Bloodstock, which sold Hard Hat carrying the aforementioned 21 Hard Hat i/f Broken Vow 62,000 Broken Vow filly ($60,000 >14 KEENOV) and Honey Jade for (9, Hard Spun--Bright Feather, by ) $130,000 as a yearling at FTKJUL in 2015. Consigned by Summerfield (F & B Vanlangendonck), Agent XLVI Trainer Eddie Plesa paid $110,000 for the 3-year-old filly Bring Purchased by Gainesway Farm Joy (Twirling Candy) to top the horses-of-racing-age section of 167 Ms. Short Fuze i/f Uncaptured 60,000 the Winter Mixed Sale. The former $100,000 Keeneland (5, Zensational--Quick Temper, by A.P. Indy) September yearling, a half-sister to SW Courtside (Cindago), was Consigned by Crystal G Pickett, Agent consigned by Eisaman Equine, agent, and worked three-eighths Purchased by McMahon and Hill Bloodstock, Agent of a mile in :32 4/5 during an under-tack preview Jan. 22. 7 Just Like Pop i/f Creative Cause 55,000 The Winter Mixed Sale continues with an open session (6, Unbridled=s Song--Amazing Buy, by High Yield) Thursday beginning at 10:30 a.m. For full results visit Consigned by Summerfield (F & B Vanlangendonck), Agent X www.obssales.com. Purchased by H & E Ranch 108 Mischievous Misty B=mare prospect 55,000 (4, Into Mischief--Kona Kat, by Mountain Cat) Consigned by 4 M Ranch, Agent I Purchased by Brookdale Farm

OBS WINTER MIXED SALE OBS WINTER MIXED SALE WEDNESDAY=S TOP FIVE YEARLINGS CONSIGNOR PREFERRED SECTION Hip Sex Sire Dam Price ($) 30 f Violence Carphonic 200,000 CUMULATIVE 2018 2017 B-Maharg Management Inc (FL) $ Catalogued 254 192 Consigned by Gem Racing Inc $ No. Offered 209 161 $ Purchased by SBM, agent for East Hickman Racing No. Sold 144 91 $ RNAs 65 70 5 f More Than Ready Again 170,000 $ % RNAs 31.1% 43.5% ($55,000 RNA Wlg >17 KEENOV) $ High Price $200,000 $110,000 B-Machmer Hall (KY) $ Gross $3,567,200 $1,586,000 Consigned by Select Sales, Agent I $ Average (% change) $24,772 (+42.1%) $17,429 $ Median (% change) $14,000 (+40%) $10,000 Purchased by de Meric Stables, Agent 82 f Liam=s Map Groton Circle 150,000 ($155,000 in utero >16 KEENOV) B-Mountmellick Farm (KY) Consigned by Pelican State Thoroughbreds Purchased by Three Diamonds Farm Thursday, Aqueduct, post time: 1:20 p.m. EDT = 24 f Violence Callie s Joy 120,000 BUSANDA S., $100,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m B-Rockridge Stud LLC, Brendan Mullery & Tony Grey (NY) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML Consigned by Summerfield (F & B Vanlangendonck), Agent XXVI 1 Midnight Disguise Midnight Lute McCarthy Rice 7-2 Purchased by Brookstone Farm 2 Oldfashioned Style DeCarlo Contessa 5-1 190 f Quality Road Saucey Evening 115,000 3 Wealth Effect Curlin Alvarado Brown 5-2 B-Highclere Inc (KY) 4 Take Charge Tina Carmouche Albertrani 12-1 Consigned by Stuart Morris, Agent for Highclere 5 Hail Tapit Davis Mott 8-5 Purchased by de Meric Stables, Agent 6 Incleveland Midnight Lute Franco Pletcher 8-1

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Endeavor Farm Adds Sales Consignment: Terry Nickell and Mark Tsagalakis=s Endeavor Farm is expanding to include sales consignments and is currently accepting prospects for Kentucky sales beginning with the Fasig- Wednesday=s Results: Tipton July Yearling sale. 8th-TAM, $20,500, Msw, 1-24, 3yo, 1mT, 1:37.88, fm. ATogether, Mark and I bring 40 years of experience in the ATLANTIC FORCE (c, 3, First Defence--Intercontinental {GB} horse industry, including sales, to this new agency,@ Nickell said. {Ch. Grass Mare & MGISW-US, SW & G1SP-Fr, G1SP-Eng, AAnd as we expand our footprint in the industry into the sales $2,052,463}, by Danehill) finished a well-beaten ninth when arena, we=re going to bring the same integrity and honesty that unveiled in a dirt sprint at this oval Dec. 16 and was sent off as has been associated with Endeavor Farm to our sales clients.@ the 5-2 second choice to improve in this surface switch, given Nickell, son of longtime Spendthrift Farm manager Harry her deep grass pedigree. Seizing the early advantage, the Schmidt, teamed with California trainer Tsagalakis to purchase Juddmonte homebred registered an opening quarter in :24.01 Richland Hills five years ago. Renamed Endeavor Farm, the and was overtaken by an overeager Wicked Trick (Hat Trick Midway property is a full-service facility encompassing 160 acres {Jpn}) as they hit the half in :48.98. Staying within striking with four barns and 70 stalls. The acreage includes five fields of distance, the bay launched a two-wide bid in the lane, swiftly 20 acres or more as well as 14 paddocks. The property also shutting the door on Wicked Trick, and determinedly held off features a 10-stall stallion barn, breeding shed and six-horse favored Blue Lute (Midnight Lute) to win by a neck. Wicked Trick walker. completed the trifecta. Laura Haag has been hired to coordinate the farm=s sales Transferred to American Hall of Famer Bobby Frankel after efforts. A graduate of the University of Kentucky with a racing in Europe through her sophomore season, bachelor=s degree in Animal Sciences with an emphasis in equine Intercontinental won eight graded stakes under his tutelage, production, Haag completed internships with Hill >n= Dale Farm including the 2004 GI Matriarch S. and 2005 GI Breeders= Cup as assistant sales coordinator and Rood & Riddle Equine F/M Turf, after which she was named that year=s top turf mare. Hospital, working with reproduction specialist Pete Sheerin, Intercontinental is out of French stakes winner and Broodmare DVM. Since finishing her studies, Haag spent more than four of the Year Hasili (Ire) (Kahyasi {Ire}), who is also responsible for years at Hill >n= Dale Farm under farm veterinarian Dr. Jeremy Canadian Horse of the Year, MGISW and sire Champs Elysees Whitman. (GB) (Danehill); European and American champion Banks Hill (GB) (Danehill), who is the dam of GISW Romantica (GB) (Galileo {Ire}); English and French Highweight and top sire Dansili (GB) (Danehill); MGISW millionaires Cacique (Ire) (Danehill) and Heat Haze (GB) (Green Desert); and GSW & G1SP Deluxe (Storm Cat). Intercontinental has a 2-year-old colt in England named Artois (GB) (Mizzen Mast) and she produced a colt by Gleneagles (Ire) in 2017. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $12,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-William I. Mott.

Fair Grounds Issues Ban from New York and Maryland: Luis Saez rode a record-equaling seven winners during Wednesday=s Fair Grounds has issued a ban on horses stabled in the states 11-race card at Gulfstream Park. The 25-year-old Panamanian joined of New York and Maryland shipping into the New Orleans track, the company of and Tyler Gaffalione. AMan, I feel effective Jan. 23. The ban comes in the wake of positive tests for wonderful. That was a great day,@ Saez said. AI come here every day to equine herpesvirus-1 positives at both and Laurel try to win a race. When I won the first two races, I felt like we=d have Park. a good day and the horses kept running good for me.@ | Lauren King

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INDUSTRY INFO

Breeders= Cup Names Fan Hotel for >18 Championships: The Breeders= Cup has named Louisville Marriott Downtown the official fan hotel for the 2018 Breeders= Cup World Championships, which will take place at Churchill Downs Nov. 2 6th-FG, $38K, Msw, 3yo, 5 1/2fT, 4:26 p.m. ET and 3. The hotel will team with Breeders= Cup to offer an Brad Grady is known for his success as a yearling to 2-year-old Ultimate Fan Experience package, which will provide access to pinhooker, who typically races whatever stock fails to sell such official Breeders= Cup events and activities at the hotel as GI Haskell S. winner Girvin (Tale of Ekati). However, in this race, he is represented by a colt he purchased for $130,000 as a throughout the weekend, including complimentary shuttle 2-year-old at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale in VERHALEN service to and from the track as well as exclusive engagement (Bernardini). The bay, who RNA=d for $235,000 at Keeneland opportunities for Breeders= Cup fans staying at the hotel. September, is a half-brother to Horse of the Year and champion Breeders= Cup fans who book the AUltimate Fan Experience@ older mare Havre de Grace (), who sold to Mandy package prior to June 15 will receive a special discounted price Pope for a record $10 million at the conclusion of her racing of $319 per night. Fans who book before May 1 will also receive career at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton November sale. While that automatic entry to a special VIP presale for tickets for the 2018 superstar mare made a name for herself on the main track, Breeders= Cup World Championships. Verhalen also traces his lineage to MGISW turfer Riskaverse AWe are thrilled to partner with Louisville Marriott Downtown (Dynaformer), who is the dam of GSW & G1SP grass runner Say for the 2018 World Championships and to offer our guests an (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}); GI Flower Bowl S. victress Christiecat elevated hospitality experience consistent with the caliber of (Majestic Light); and MGISW young sire Tonalist (Tapit). He faces our world-class event,@ said Breeders= Cup President and CEO, another well-bred firster from the Mark Casse barn in First Craig Fravel. AAs one of the premier hotels of the area, Louisville = Spring (Spring at Last). The Live Oak homebred s SP dam is a Marriott Downtown was the clear choice to serve as the official daughter of MGISW Stop Traffic (Cure the Blues); and a full- fan hotel and we look forward to working together to provide sister to GISW sire Cross Traffic. TJCIS PPs. our fans with the most unforgettable Breeders= Cup experience yet.@ 7th-FG, $41K, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 4:55 p.m. ET Stonestreet Stables went to $470,000 to secure TELEKINESIS San Luis Rey Fire Voted NTRA Moment of Year: () as a weanling at the 2015 Keeneland November sale and he makes his career bow in this spot for trainer Mark Fans have voted the devastating Lilac Fire which claimed the Casse. The bay is out of an unraced daughter of MGSW lives of 46 Thoroughbreds at San Luis Rey Training Center near millionaire Gold Mover (Gold Fever), the dam of SW Giant San Diego in December as the National Thoroughbred Racing Mover (Giant=s Causeway), who in turn produced MGSW and Association=s 2017 Moment of the Year. A record 3,303 votes GISP Family Tree (Smart Strike). This is also the family of recently were cast via Twitter and an online poll. Finishing second in the retired GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf winner Hootenanny voting was Arrogate (Unbridled=s Song)=s last-to-first rally under (Quality Road). Dallas Stewart and Charles Fipke unveil a full- Mike Smith to win the $10-million G1 Dubai World Cup in brother to their GI Clark H. upsetter and GI Pegasus World Cup March. contender Seeking the Soul in Perfect Seeker (Perfect Soul {Ire}). Their third dam is undefeated Hall of Famer Personal " " " Ensign, who produced MGISW millionaire My Flag, the dam of champion Storm Flag Flying; and Grade I winners Traditionally and Miner=s Mark. Larry Jones is not only the trainer, but also the co-owner and co-breeder, along with his wife Cindy, on firster Just Old School (Old Fashioned), a half-brother to stakes- winning ATDN Rising Star@ Jenda=s Agenda (Proud Citizen); and a son of MGSW Just Jenda (Menifee). TJCIS PPs. --@CDeBernardisTDN Atlantic Force (First Defence) earns her diploma at second asking after a switch to the turf at Tampa.

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STALLIONS’ FIRST FOALS JESS=S DREAM, Ocala Stud ! First foal is a colt born Jan. 20 at Fred Brei=s Jacks or Better Farm in Ocala, Fl. ! The colt is out of three-time stakes winner and graded stakes placed Rosebud Road (Awesome of Course). IN BRITAIN: ! A son of Curlin out of champion Rachel Alexandra, Jess=s Artieshow, c, 3 Artie Schiller. See ABritain@. Dream was tabbed a >TDN Rising Star= and stands for $5,000, Bobby Biscuit, c, 3, Scat Daddy. See ABritain@. stands and nurses.

UPSTART, Airdrie Stud ! First foal is a colt out of Laters Babe (Keyed Entry) born Jan. 19 at Sean Curtin=s Moonestone Farm in Paris, Ky. ! This is the second foal out of Laters Babe, a half-sister to Argentinian Horse of the Year Second Reality (Arg) (Hidden Prize). ! AHe is a big, correct, good-looking colt. He looks very much like his daddy which is exactly what I was hoping for,@ said First-crop starters to watch: Thursday, Jan. 25 breeder Sean Curtin. Farm and fee represent current information ! Upstart, a multiple graded stakes winner, stands for $10,000 Alternation (Distorted Humor), Pin Oak Stud, $7,500 LFSN. 143 foals of racing age/15 winners/0 black-type winners 7-FG, Msw 6f, ACE OF DIAMONDS, 6-1 , Darley $14,000 RNA KEE JAN yrl; $40,000 KEE SEP yrl ! First foal is a filly out of Money My Honey (Red Bullet) born at Corfu (Malibu Moon), Bridlewood Farm, $3,500 Joe and Anne McMahon=s McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds 41 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 3-CT, Msw 6 1/2f, VIOLA'S LEGACY, 12-1 ! Money My Honey is a half-sister to GISW Stately Victor $5,000 OBS AUG yrl (Ghostzapper). ! Champion juvenile of 2015 following a perfect five-for-five El Padrino (Pulpit), Northview PA, Dead season and winner of the 2016 GI Kentucky Derby, Nyquist 112 foals of racing age/12 winners/0 black-type winners stands for $40,000. 3-CT, Msw 6 1/2f, EL BESTIA, 15-1 $1,000 EAS OCT yrl BIG BLUE KITTEN, Calumet Farm 7-PEN, Msw 6f, JAZZ HALL, 4-1 ! First foal is a colt out of Lady Prado (Fort Prado) born Jan. 9 at Orb (Malibu Moon), , $25,000 Chesapeake Farm in Lexington, Ky. He was bred by John 195 foals of racing age/12 winners/1 black-type winner McConnell of Bullet Stables. 7-FG, Msw 6f, VALIANTLY, 6-1 ! Lady Prado is from the family of MSW & MGSP Angelica $100,000 KEE SEP yrl; $150,000 OBS MAR 2yo Zapata (Sharp Humor). Overanalyze (Dixie Union), WinStar Farm, $10,000 ! Champion grass horse of 2015 and a four-time Grade I winner, 191 foals of racing age/28 winners/4 black-type winners Big Blue Kitten stands for $15,000 LFSN. 3-CT, Msw 6 1/2f, SATURDAY SUDOKU, 15-1 $2,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl

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Paynter (), WinStar Farm, $25,000 ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 217 foals of racing age/15 winners/1 black-type winner Clearly, g, 4, Cape Blanco (Ire)--Supposedly (SW, $150,120), by 6-FG, Msw 5 1/2fT, VINCENT VAN GOGO, 12-1 Polish Numbers. TAM, 1-24, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.39. B-Lambholm $120,000 KEE JAN yrl; $255,000 FTS AUG yrl (FL). *1/2 to Evidently (Smart Strike), GSW, $290,923. Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy), Kor, $20,000 201 foals of racing age/31 winners/2 black-type winners Many Waters, f, 4, Street Cry (Ire)--Satulagi (SW & GSP), by 3-AQU, $100K Busanda S., 1 1/8m, TAKE CHARGE TINA, 12-1 Officer. MVR, 1-24, 1m, 1:43.16. B-Fitriani Hay (KY). *$190,000 $17,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl; $45,000 OBS APR 2yo RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP. World Renowned (A.P. Indy) 28 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners FOALING NEWS sponsored by 4-SA, Msw 1m, CANDY COATED WORLD, 30-1 $3,000 BAR OCT yrl Wrote (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), Northwest Stud, $4,000 45 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners 6-FG, Msw 5 1/2fT, KATIE'S COWBOY, 8-1

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ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 9th-GP, $44,000, (C)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 1-24, 4yo/up, 1 3/8mT, 2:18.68, fm. FINAL MESA, 10, Sky Mesa--Final Style, by Smart Style ARCH DADDY (g, 5, Arch--African Jade, by ) Foal born Jan. 16, a filly by Will Take Charge. Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-0, $60,597. O-Larry Pratt; B-Clearsky Will be bred back to Nyquist. Farms (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III. *$175,000 RNA Ylg '14 Owned by Tom Durant. KEESEP; $290,000 RNA 2yo '15 OBSOPN. **1/2 to Lord Nelson Boarded at Stonehaven Steadings. (Pulpit), MGISW, $958,271. Accomplishments: GSW of $211,602. nbs SUCCESS GRAND TRAVERSE BAY, 16, Repriced--Grande Dame, by Zen 2nd-MVR, $33,500, 1-24, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 5f, :59.63, my. Foal born Jan. 18, a colt by Super Saver REANIMATE (g, 5, Offlee Wild--Tiz Next, by Cee's Tizzy) Lifetime Will be bred back to Distorted Humor Record: 27-7-7-2, $121,272. O-Theresia Mahan; B-Anthony B. Owned by Jeff & Chiquita Reddoch Rizzo (OH); T-Joseph P. Mahan. Boarded at Stonehaven Steadings Accomplishments: Dam of Conquest Eclipse (Malibu Moon), 7th-MVR, $31,300, (S), 1-24, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:15.22, my. MGISP, $175,046; Bear=sway (), SW & GSP, $178,484. MOBIL AT LAST (g, 4, Mobil--Atlasta Crypto, by ) Lifetime Record: 15-2-4-1, $73,372. O-Gail Kromer & Eric Heyman; B-Stephen & Kim Cronenwett, Gail Follow the TDN staff on Twitter Kromer & Eric Heyman (OH); T-Richard Zielinski. Thoroughbred Daily News

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GLOBAL STARS ON OFFER AT KARAKA DIVERSITY AMONG By Kelsey Riley 2YO CLASSIFICATIONS The fact that (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) is out of a New Zealand-bred mare could be all the motivation buyers need to head to Karaka for New Zealand Bloodstock=s National Yearling Sale Series from Jan. 28 to Feb. 4. The truth, however, which buyers discovered for themselves long ago, is that New Zealand and Karaka itself are a rich source of worldwide Group 1 winners. Karaka graduates to win at the top level this season alone include Mighty Boss (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) and Aloisia (NZ) (Azamour {Ire}), who orchestrated a Karaka sweep when taking the G1 Caulfield Guineas and G1 Thousand Guineas in Australia in October. Other kiwis to fly the flag across the Tasman in the autumn included Group 1 winners Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi {GB}), Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}) and Jon Snow (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}). Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock {Aus}) and Mr Stunning (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) advertised the sale on the world stage in Hong Kong in December when taking the Galileo is the most represented sire of a diverse group G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile and G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint, on the 2-year-old Classifications with seven | Amy Lynam respectively. Cont in Worldwide News p7

By John Berry We are all aware of the dangers posed to the future of the breed by the modern trend of focusing on a handful of supposedly elite stallions, most of whom come from a fairly restricted segment of the sire-line spectrum. Happily, the recently-published European 2-Year-Olds= Classification of 2017 (which ranks the 45 European-trained juveniles who earned a rating of 110 or above) suggest that we need not yet be too concerned because the list displays a much broader variety of stallions than one might have expected to see. The 45 2-year-olds in question are the products of 29 different stallions. Twenty-one sires have one horse on the list; four have two; three have three; and only one has more than three offspring in the Classification. Inevitably, this one Group 1-winning Karaka graduate Bonneval | Bronwen Healy multiply-represented sire is Galileo (Ire) (Sadler's Wells)--which is obvious when one considers that he has long been in a class of his own as regards producing large numbers of good horses. IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Even so, we have become so accustomed to associating him GUN RUNNER DRAWS 10 IN PEGASUS with the production of Classic, weight-for-age, middle-distance Likely Horse of the Year Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) drew and staying performers that it is still reassuring to find him post 10 for the second running of the $16-million GI Pegasus responsible for seven of the best 45 2-year-olds in Europe. World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park Saturday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 25 JANUARY, 2018

Diversity Among 2YO Classifications Cont. from p1 Of the 21 stallions with one son or daughter in the Of the other three stallions responsible for more than two top Classification, we can see plenty of the obvious suspects such as juveniles, two are (or were) American-based. War Front (Danzig) Acclamation (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}), Kyllachy (GB) (Pivotal and the late Scat Daddy (Johannesburg) each have three {GB}), Exceed And Excel (Aus) (Danehill), Zebedee (GB) representatives on the list. The former's trio is headed by the (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Oasis Dream (GB) (Green Desert), champion 2-year-old US Navy Flag, who became only the second Invincible Spirit (Ire) (Green Desert) and Iffraaj (GB) (Zafonic). juvenile in the modern era to complete the double of Britain's However, there is a similar number of stallions with differing two top juvenile races, the G1 Middle Park S. over six furlongs profiles who collectively provide the list with the breadth of and the G1 Dewhurst S. over seven furlongs. All three are diversity which one likes to see in any sires' table. trained by Aidan O'Brien, as is Roaring Lion, narrow also the case with Scat Daddy's runner-up in the G1 Racing Post trio of stars, a squad headed by Trophy, ranks as the third-best GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf juvenile in Europe, a great result winner and G1 Dewhurst S. for his sire Kitten's Joy (El Prado runner-up Mendelssohn. {Ire}). Rated only a pound below The other stallion with three him is G1 National S. hero Verbal youngsters on the list is New Dexterity (Ire), a son of Seattle Approach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). His Slew's grandson Vocalised presence in this elite company (Vindication). Also within the top creates the pleasing situation eight juveniles in the that in 2017 two of the four Classification we have G2 most prolific sires of good Gimcrack S. winner Sands Of 2-year-olds in Europe were Mali (Fr) (Panis) and G1 Prix Derby winners. Bearing in mind The late Scat Daddy has three on the 2YO Classification | Coolmore Morny winner Unfortunately that 2018 is the first year since (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}). Neither 1957 that the previous year's Derby winner has retired to stud in of their sires would have been on anyone's short-list 12 months France, there is no harm in emphasising this fact. ago of stallions likely to be producing a horse challenging for Furthermore, one of the four stallions with two offspring on championship honours. the list is Deep Impact (Jpn) (), winner in 2005 of Two stallions with one offspring in the Classification who stand Japan's equivalent of the Derby, the G1 Tokyo Yushun. The out as being at least as likely to sire a Classic horse as a top winner of 12 races between 2000m and 3200m, Deep Impact juvenile are Reliable Man (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) and Dabirsim (Fr has had very limited representation in Europe, but his few (Hat Trick {Jpn}), responsible respectively for G3 Preis von juveniles racing in Europe last year included the Aidan Winterfavoriten winner Erasmus (Ger) and G3 Albany S. heroine O'Brien-trained pair of the G1 Racing Post Trophy winner Saxon Different League (Fr). Their presence on the list provides us with Warrior (Jpn) and Chesham S. heroine September (Ire), who had pleasant reassurance that the variety which we need to see in the distinction of being Group/Grade 1-placed in Ireland, the sires' lists is still there. On which subject, special plaudits England and the U.S. should be given to arguably The other three stallions with the toughest juvenile in the We keep being told that the way to breed a high-class a brace of offspring in the list Classifications. Cardsharp (GB) 2-year-old is to concentrate on precocity, but this list are also ones who can be ran consistently well during an suggests that the age-old recipe still applies: just try to classified as proper Classic honourable 10-race campaign breed a high-class horse. sires, rather than specialist whose highlight was his defeat sources of sharp juveniles: of US Navy Flag in G2 July S. Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Dubawi (GB) (Dubai Millennium) and Cardsharp is a U.S.-conceived son of the former Australian Siyouni (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}). We keep being told that the way to Champion Sire Lonhro (NZ) (Octagonal {NZ}), whose late breed a high-class 2-year-old is to concentrate on precocity, but great-grandsire Sir Tristram has single-handedly kept the this list suggests that the age-old recipe still applies: just try to brilliant 1968 Derby winner Sir Ivor (Sir Gaylord) alive along the breed a high-class horse. top lines of international pedigrees.

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BHA WILL REVIEW ANTI-DOPING RULES A full review of the sport=s equine anti-doping rules will be conducted by the British Horseracing Authority, the BHA announced late Wednesday evening. The motion was approved Vice President, International Operations Gary King by the regulator=s Board on Monday after receiving a briefing on Twitter: @garykingTDN the impact of recent decisions involving anti-doping cases in [email protected] racing by the new independent disciplinary panel introduced in + 1.732.320.0975 2017. However, the recent rulings have called into question some of the assumptions that have been made across the sport International Editor about the obligations on those responsible for the welfare of Kelsey Riley horses and the penalties for breaking the anti-doping rules. Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN The BHA has decided a review is necessary in an effort to [email protected] achieve clarity for all participants, whilst maintaining the European Editor commitment to fairness and providing appropriate deterrent to Emma Berry wrong-doing. The review will involve consultation with the Twitter: @collingsberry National Trainers= Federation (NTF), the Racehorse Owners= [email protected] Association (ROA) and other member associations as appropriate and will be completed in 2018. Associate International Editor "Leading trainers and the NTF have frequently repeated their Heather Anderson support for zero-tolerance of prohibited-at-all-times Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN substances,@ said the BHA=s Chief Executive Nick Rust on Marketing Manager Wednesday. AThe BHA agrees that this is the right approach to Alayna Cullen adopt if racing is to maintain credibility with the betting and Twitter: @AlaynaCullen viewing public and ensure a level playing field for participants. [email protected] We need to ensure that our rules are clear about what zero-tolerance means for the obligations on those responsible Contributing Editor for horses and the penalties when the rules are broken. We Alan Carasso want our rules to be fair to all concerned, from trainers who Twitter: @EquinealTDN have done nothing wrong through to the punters who need to Cafe Racing have confidence that racing is clean.@ Sean Cronin He added, "We need to make sure that there is an appropriate Tom Frary deterrent for those who might consider cheating, so that we can [email protected] protect the interests of their fellow participants--trainers, owners and riders--and the betting public. We welcome the Irish Correspondent contribution to the sport from our independent panels and the Daithi Harvey impartial scrutiny they have brought to the sport=s rules and disciplinary processes. We believe the panel=s decisions will help Regular Columnists Andrew Caulfield racing clarify and improve our anti-doping rules. It is important John Berry for our participants and for our investigative and disciplinary Kevin Blake processes that there should be clarity to these rules and Tom Peacock consistency to the penalties applied."

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STALLIONS’ FIRST FOALS MARKAZ Derek Veitch=s Ringfort Stud is the birthplace of the first foal GOFFS UK JANUARY SALE POSTS INCREASES for Shadwell=s dual group-winning sprinter Markaz (Ire) (Dark The two-day Goffs UK January Sale at Doncaster concluded on Angel {Ire}): a filly born on Wednesday out of the winning Spirit Wednesday with gains across all categories. A mixture of 265 of Alsace (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). Veitch described her as a National Hunt foals, mares, stores, horses-in-training and point- "lovely, correct filly, medium-sized.@ He added, AI'm very happy to-pointers, as well as the Trull House Stud Dispersal grossed with her.@ £4,134,500 from 351 offered. The average was £15,602 (+32%), Markaz, a full-brother to dual Group 1 winner Mecca=s Angel while the median of £8,000 was a 23% increase and the (Ire) and winner of the G3 Chipchase S. and G3 Criterion S., clearance rate was 75.5%. stands at Derrinstown Stud for i6,000. Topping the two days was lot 73, Phoenix Way (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}) at £270,000 on the bid of Tim Hyde. Consigned by Donnchadh Doyle=s Monbeg Stables, the 5-year-old gelding is a 12-length winner of his only start, a maiden point-to-point at Killeagh on Jan. 14. This is the extended family of G2 Prix de Royallieu heroine Passionaria (Fr) (Beldale Flutter). AToday=s sale and yesterday=s Point-to-Point/Form Horse Session proved, once again, that Doncaster is the measure of any venue for National Hunt sales at the top of the market with horses selling for ,270,000 and ,210,000,@ said Goffs UK Managing Director Tony Williams. AIn all, we have had an exceptional two-days and we wish our buyers all the very best with their purchases.@

Markaz | Derrinstown Stud Wednesday=s Results: 2nd-KEM, ,6,000, Cond, 1-24, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:40.24, st. OBSERVATIONS ARTIESHOW (c, 3, Artie Schiller--Garden Music, by Pivotal on the European racing scene {GB}), runner-up over seven furlongs at Chelmsford last time on Dec. 21, was sent off the 9-4 second favourite and raced keenly under restraint behind the early leaders. Cruising to the front 12.55 Cagnes-sur-Mer, Debutantes, i24,000, 3yo, f, 10f (AWT) passing the two-furlong pole, the $16,000 KEEJAN yearling and PURE ELEGANCE (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) makes her debut for $50,000 OBSAPR 2yo drew away to win by three lengths, eased Messrs Magnier, Tabor and Smith and the Jean-Claude Rouget down, from Mary Elise (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}). The dam, stable, having been led out unsold at $485,000 at Keeneland who has produced only two live foals in total including the September. Her dam is the GI Frizette S., GI Test S. and GI stakes-winning Hot Tempo (Heatseeker {Ire}), SW-US, $213,589, Alabama S. heroine Society Selection (Coronado=s Quest) who is out of the G2 Lowther S. scorer Jemima (GB) (Owington {GB}) has one stakes performer to her name in Race Me Home (Ire) and is therefore a half to the MSW English Colony (GB) (Rock of (Oasis Dream {GB}). Gibraltar {Ire}), the GII Fantasy S. third Jemima=s Pearl (Distorted Humor) and the GIII Miami Mile H. runner-up Pinckney Hill (A.P. 6.30 Chelmsford, Cond, ,8,000, 3yo, 10f (AWT) Indy). Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-1, $8,143. Video, sponsored by GLORIES (Galileo {Ire}) was a $1.2-million KEENOV graduate Fasig-Tipton. who debuts for Qatar Racing and Ralph Beckett. The bay is a O-Mr G Manfredini & Mr J Allison; B-Fred W. Hertrich (KY); half-sister to the GI Arkansas Derby-winning sire and GI T-Marco Botti. Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. runner-up Bodemeister (Empire Maker).

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British Report Cont.

3rd-KEM, ,6,000, Cond, 1-24, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:40.60, st. BOBBY BISCUIT (c, 3, Scat Daddy--Poupee Flash {SW & MGSP- Fr, $118,614}, by Elusive Quality), fourth on debut over seven furlongs here in September, traded as the 2-1 market-leader and tanked along early in a close-up second. Grinding his way to the lead with over two furlongs remaining, the $8,000 KEESEP yearling and 110,000gns TATBRE 2yo held on late when challenged by Lawn Ranger (GB) (Cityscape {GB}) to score by a neck. Poupee Flash, who was runner-up in the G3 Prix Cleopatre, is a granddaughter of the G1 Coronation S. and G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Chimes of Freedom (Private Account), whose sire sons Aldebaran (Mr. Prospector) and Good Journey (Nureyev) also achieved at the highest level. Also responsible for a Kitten=s Joy juvenile colt who sold for $100,000 at Keeneland September and a yearling filly by Giant=s Causeway, the dam, who was bred to Karakontie (Jpn) for 2018, hails from the esteemed Niarchos family of Spinning World and Denon et al. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $5,848. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Robert Moss and Damien Brennan; B-Flaxman Holdings Limited (KY); T-Simon Dow.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Perfect City (Ire), g, 3, Elusive City--Tall Perfection, by Distorted ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Humor. PAF, 1-24, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:33.00. B-SCEA Haras de Power and Peace (Ire), f, 3, Arcano (Ire)--Dubai Power (GB), by Manneville (IRE). *i40,000 RNA Ylg >16 ARAUG. Cadeaux Genereux (GB). LIN, 1-24, 7f 1y (AWT), 1:26.45. Baie D=Arguin (Fr), f, 3, Pedro the Great--Avis de Tempete (Fr), B-Malih L. Al Basti (IRE). *i6,000 Wlg >15 GOFNOV; i3,000 Ylg by Baroud D=Honneur (Fr). PAF, 1-24, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:35.50. >16 GOFSPT; ,32,000 2yo >17 TATABR; 14,000gns 2yo >17 B-Mme A. Negre de Watrigant & EARL Haras de Mandore (FR). TATAHI. *i10,000 RNA Ylg >16 OSASEP. Sweet and Dandy (Ire), f, 3, Dandy Man (Ire)--Translator (Ire), by Choisir (Aus). LIN, 1-24, 6f 1y (AWT), 1:11.57. B-Mrs Oonagh McKeever (IRE). *i4,000 RNA Wlg >15 GOFNOV;

i7,000 Ylg >16 TIRSEP. >WHAT IF= FORUM ADDED TO ITBA EXPO >18 The ITBA Expo >18, scheduled for Jan. 26-27, will feature a AWhat If= Forum focusing on a vision for the industry based on a secure funding mechanism. The forum, centered around the CONDITIONS RESULT: concept of Awhat if we had an additional €50 million@, will be 1st-PAF, i18,000, 1-24, 4yo, 1950m (AWT), 2:03.70, ft. opened by Mairead McGuinness MEP, Vice President of the WARM LOVE (GB) (f, 4, Dutch Art {GB}--Irish Song {Fr}, by European Parliament discussing the implications of BREXIT on Singspiel {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 13-3-3-2, i31,857. O-Steven Ireland and Terence O=Rourke, Chairman of Enterprise Ireland Parkin; B-Haras du Mezeray (GB); T-Simone Brogi. *i90,000 Ylg will address the attendees on why the Government should >15 ARAUG. support indigenous business. Cont. p6 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 25 JANUARY, 2018

>What If= Forum Added to ITBA Expo >18 Cont. During the panel discussion, panellists Joe Foley, Jessica EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS Harrington, Eddie O=Leary, Joe Osborne and Louis Romanet will share their views from various facets of the industry. Elizabeth Headon will also sit on the panel to discuss the betting tax. IN HONG KONG: Commenting on the forum, ITBA Chairman Stephen Collins Chater Thunder (Fr), g, 4, Oasis Dream (GB)--Sanjida (Ire) said, AA lot of people don=t realise the enormous contribution (MGSP-Fr), by Polish Precedent. Sha Tin, 1-24, Hcp. our industry makes to the economy, let alone realise the (,79k/i91k), 1650m (AWT), 1:38.40. B-Sun Kingdom Pty Ltd. potential we have to expand. With a secure funding mechanism *i320,000 Ylg >15 GOFORB; HK$4,500,000 HRA >17 HKIS. we would significantly grow on the already impressive baseline VIDEO figures highlighted in the recent Economic Impact of Irish Breeding and Racing 2017. I am looking forward to the views of IN AUSTRALIA: the panel and the discussion on what we could achieve for the Kings Will Dream (Ire), g, 4, Casamento (Ire)--Road Harbour, by breeding and racing industry with an additional i50 million in Rodrigo de Triano. Ballarat, 1-24, Hcp. (,17k/i20k), 1400mT, funding.@ 1:26.11. B-Steven Nolan. *i50,000 Ylg >15 GOFORB; 7,500gns HRA >16 TATHIT. Euroman (GB), g, 5, Manduro (Ger)--Syann (Ire) (SP-Ire), by Daylami (Ire). Ballarat, 1-24, Hcp. (,14k/i16k), 2200mT, © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. 2:18.76. B-Sir Eric Parker. *i40,000 Ylg >14 This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any BBASEP. means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services and utilized here with their permission. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 25 JANUARY, 2018

sister to last season=s champion 2-year-old filly Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands {Aus}) (lot 371). Yearlings by New Zealand=s reigning champion sire Savabeel (Aus) grossed NZ$11.46 million at last year=s Premier sale, and he is represented by 75 yearlings in Book 1 this year, including Global Stars On Offer At Karaka Cont. from p1 full siblings to Group 1 winners Costume (Aus) (lot 163) and Brambles (Aus) (lot 493). Iffraaj=s stock will be in high demand Karaka graduates have won four of the last eight Hong Kong after he provided both Gingernuts and Jon Snow last year, and Miles, and when it comes to Australian Group 1 3-year-old the shuttler has 39 catalogued including a full-sister to multiple races, 25% have been won by New Zealand bred or sold horses Group 1 winner Turn Me Loose (NZ) (lot 272) and a half-sister to over the past five seasons. Group 1 winner I Am A Star In addition, 33% of Group 1 (NZ) (I Am Invincible {Aus}) (lot AKaraka graduates have won four of the last eight filly races in Australia over the 619). Hong Kong Miles, and when it comes to Australian past six seasons have been Cambridge Stud will offer its Group 1 3-year-old races, 25% have been won by New won by Kiwi-bred or sold fillies. final consignment under the Zealand bred or sold horses over the The NZB Yearling Sale Series ownership of the legendary Sir past five seasons.@ begins on Sunday with a new Patrick Hogan and Lady Justine format. The Karaka Million Hogan before being taken over Twilight Meeting, headlined by the NZ$1-million Karaka Million by new owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay. The current star of the for 2-year-olds, will take place Saturday evening, with the sale Cambridge stallion roster is Tavistock (NZ), and he has a beginning with an evening session on Sunday that will whopping 96 set to sell across Books 1 and 2. Those include a commence Book 1 (formerly the Premier Sale), which runs full-sister to Werther (NZ) (lot 48) and half siblings to Group 1 through Jan. 31. Book 2, formerly the Select Sale and the source winners Shamrocker (NZ) (O=Reilly {NZ}) and Rock Diva (NZ) of Group 1 winners Jon Snow and Volkstok=n=barrell (NZ) (Lucky Unicorn) (lot 77), Kermadec (NZ) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 261) (Tavistock {NZ}), runs Feb. 1 and 2. Book 3 takes place in a single and Samantha Miss (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) (lot 382). session on Feb. 4. Deep Field (Aus), Dissident (Aus) and Charm Spirit (Ire) were I Am Invincible (Aus), sire of the two highest-priced lots at the leading first-season sires with three or more sold at Magic Magic Millions earlier this month and of three of the nine seven- Millions, and all three are represented at Karaka. New Zealand- figure lots at that sale, has three catalogued for Karaka. Other based first-season sires with progeny on offer include the Group leading Australian sires with representation include reigning 3-winning Proisir (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}), a full-brother to G1 champion sire Snitzel (Aus), also Caulfield Guineas winner Divine sire of three millionaires on the Prophet (Aus), and Classic winner Gold Coast. He has four, including Sacred Falls (NZ) (O=Reilly {NZ}). a daughter of Group 1 winner At most sales, international Shez Sinsational (NZ) (Ekraar visitors draw plenty of interest {GB}) (lot 577). Fellow champion and excitement, but it is usually sire Fastnet Rock (Aus) has 12 the domestic contingent that is catalogued including a full- responsible for most of the brother to Group 1 winner First outlay. Last year at Karaka, Seal (Aus) (lot 188) and a however, international buyers daughter of seven-time Group 1 representing nine countries spent winner and New Zealand Horse NZ$52 million, 63% of the of the Year Seachange (NZ) (Cape aggregate. It is likely that a truly Cross {Ire}) (lot 561). Australian international affair, then, is in champion sires Lonhro (Aus) and store for Jan. 28 to Feb. 4 at Redoute=s Choice (Aus) each have Beauty Generation, one of two Kiwi-sold winners on last year=s Karaka. one to sell. Written Tycoon (Aus) Hong Kong International raceday | HKJC photo (Click here to return to p1) has three and Sebring (Aus) two. The lone representative for Not A Single Doubt (Aus) is a half- TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 25 JANUARY, 2018

Saturday, Ellerslie, New Zealand, post time: 6:36 p.m. (12:36 a.m. Four of those winners, including the last two editions of the EST/5:36 a.m. BST) race, were trained by Saeed bin Suroor, who saddles the KARAKA MILLION 3YO CLASSIC-Listed Restricted, NZ$1,000,000 consistent Promising Run (Hard Spun) in the latest running of (A$918,468/US$740,509/£521,826/€597,927), 3yo, 1600mT the 1600 metre turf contest on Thursday. SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER Promising Run picked up her first pattern-race win in the G2 1 13 Embellish (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Bosson Autridge/Richards Rockfel S. at two, and she added the G3 Istanbul Trophy over 2 10 Ever Loyal (Aus) Sebring (Aus) Innes Pike this trip the following season before taking the G2 Al Rashidiya 3 7 Hard Merchandize (NZ) Burgundy (NZ) Lammas Vile 4 14 On The Rocks (NZ) Alamosa (NZ) Bayliss Moroney/Gerard S. over a furlong longer at last year=s carnival. Promising Run 5 6 Scott Base (NZ) Dalghar (Fr) Myers Benner/Wynyard made a good account of herself in her next two outings, beaten 6 12 Scream Park (NZ) Ocean Park (NZ) Bowman Waller 3 1/4 lengths on both occasions when third behind Zarak (Fr) 7 4 Smokin’ Oak (NZ) Burgundy (NZ) S Collett Bary (Dubawi {Ire}) in the G3 Dubai Millennium S. and seventh behind 8 11 Secret Ambition (NZ) Jimmy Choux (NZ) Du Plessis Wallace/Peard Decorated Knight (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 Jebel Hatta S. She 9 2 Athletica (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) Parkes Campbell was last seen finishing third in Lingfield=s Listed Fleur de Lys 10 1 Mighty Power (NZ) Power (GB) Riddell Baker/Forsman Fillies= S. on Nov. 2. 11 15 Hasahalo (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Spratt McKee 12 3 Savvy Coup (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) McNab Pitman/Pitman 13 5 Contessa Vanessa (NZ) Bullbars (Aus) Elliot Team Rogerson 14 9 Kapoor (NZ) Reliable Man (GB) Johnson Bell 15 8 Marcellina (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Coleman Baker/Forsman 16 17 Alternative Fact (NZ) Medaglia d’Oro A Collett Collett 17 16 Danzdanzdance (Aus) Mastercraftsman (Ire) Cameron Logan/Gibbs All carry 124lbs, barring Hasahalo (NZ), Savvy Coup (NZ), Contessa Vanessa (NZ), Kapoor (NZ), Marcellina (NZ), Alternative Fact (NZ) & Danzdanzdance (Aus), who carry 120 lbs.

Saturday, Ellerslie, New Zealand, post time: 7:51 p.m. (1:51 a.m. EST/6:51 a.m. BST) KARAKA MILLION 2YO-Listed Restricted, NZ$1,000,000 (A$918,468/US$740,509/£521,826/€597,927), 2yo, 1200mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 13 Sir Nate (NZ) Nadeem (Aus) Tanaka Latta Promising Run | DRC/Andrew Watkins 2 10 Al Hasa (NZ) Exceed & Excel (Aus) Bowman Autridge/Richards 3 2 Bocce (Aus) Foxwedge (Aus) Cameron Moroney/Gerard 4 11 Nirvana In Fire (NZ) Showcasing (GB) Collett O’Sullivan/Scott AShe goes well fresh, as she showed last year in the Al 5 9 Sword Of Osman (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) McNab Autridge/Richards Rashidiya, and has blossomed since arriving back in Dubai where 6 12 Boy Next Door (NZ) Showcasing (GB) Myers Thurlow the weather clearly suits her,@ bin Suroor said. AShe has been 7 4 Thomas Aquinas (NZ) Jakkalberry (Ire) Riddell Baker/Forsman working well enough, but has never shone in the mornings. It 8 5 Avantage (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Bosson Autridge/Richards looks a strong Cape Verdi, but we are hoping for a good run.@ 9 3 She’s A Thief (NZ) Showcasing (GB) Bayliss Moroney/Gerard Promising Run=s chief rivals including European shippers Opal 10 1 Pinot Grey (NZ) Burgundy (NZ) Lammas Autridge/Richards Tiara (Ire) (Thousand Words {GB}) and Rehana (Ire) (Dark Angel 11 6 Hattie Bee (Aus) Bernardini Spratt Lee/Browne {Ire}). Mick Channon=s Opal Tiara warmed up for this with a 12 14 The Real Beel (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Johnson Autridge/Richards fourth behind Benbatl (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the G3 Singspiel S. 13 7 Imelda Mary (NZ) Ferlax (NZ) Coleman Hillis on Jan. 11, while on the same card Mick Halford=s Aga Khan 14 8 Scorch (NZ) Sizzling (Aus) Innes Moroney/Gerard colourbearer Rehana was fourth in a 1400 metre turf handicap. All carry 124 lbs barring Avantage (Aus), She’s A Thief (NZ), Pinot Grey (NZ), Hattie Bee (Aus), The Real Beel (NZ), Imelda Mary (NZ) and Scorch Mike de Kock sends out Smiling Blue Eyes (SAf) (Dynasty (NZ), who carry 120 lbs. {Saf}), a dual group winner over this trip in South Africa, for her local debut. AShe is a nice filly and this was always her first GODOLPHIN RUN TO CONTINUE target,@ de Kock said. AShe will improve for the run but has been going nicely in the mornings.@ The G2 Cape Verdi S. is a race that has been kind to Godolphin since its inception in 2004, with five renewals going the way of the royal blue. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 25 JANUARY, 2018

AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS

Saturday, Kenilworth, South Africa, post time: 1:45 p.m. (6:45a.m. IN HONG KONG: EST/11:45 a.m. BST) Happy Happy Star (Aus), g, 4, O=Reilly (NZ)--Classy Fashion (Aus) THE CTS 1200 (NON-BLACK-TYPE), $500,000 (SP-NZ), by Fusaichi Pegasus. Sha Tin, 1-24, Hcp. (A$140k), (US$41,887/£29,514/€33,818), 3yo, 1200mT 1200m (AWT), 1:09.19. B-Standard 2080 Ltd (NSW). PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT *A$100,000 Ylg >15 INGMEL; A$280,000 2yo >15 INGRTR. 1 Dutch Philip (SAf) What a Winter (SAf) Van Niekerk Bass-Robinson 132 VIDEO 2 Sand And Sea (SAf) Twice Over (GB) Marcus Drier 132 3 Kasimir (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Fayd’Herbe Snaith 132 Prawn Baba (Aus), g, 5, Duke of Marmalade (Ire)--Countess of 4 Woljayrine (SAf) Jay Peg (SAf) Byleveld Marshall 132 Tiba (Aus), by Second Empire (Ire). Sha Tin, 1-24, Hcp. 5 Speedpoint (SAf) Var Fourie Ramsden 132 (A$208k), 1800m (AWT), 1:47.32. B-G F Delsar (SA). *Formerly 6 Lobo’s Legend (SAf) Trippi Delpech Soma 132 Get The Dukes Out (Aus). **A$20,000 Ylg >14 MMADE; 7 So Var (SAf) Var De Melo Van Zyl 132 8 Big Mistake (SAf) Querari (Ger) Cheyne Bass-Robinson 132 A$35,000 2yo >14 MMGC2YO. VIDEO 9 Dollar Tractor (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Orffer Crawford 132 10 Magic Sailor (SAf) Sail From Seattle Veale Marshall 132 11 What a Winner (SAf) What a Winter (SAf) Khathi Bass-Robinson 132 12 Winter Blues (SAf) What a Winter (SAf) SCR SCR 132 13 Dynasty’s Boy (SAf) Dynasty (SAf) Behr Kannemeyer 132 14 Magical Wonderland (SAf) What a Winter (SAf) Domeyer Bass-Robinson 126 15 Neptune’s Rain (SAf) Antonius Pius SCR SCR 126 Wednesday=s Result: 16 Green Plains (SAf) Gimmethegreenlight (Aus) Hewitson Tarry 126 TCK JO-OH HAI-Listed, -37,400,000, Oi, 1-24, 4yo/up, f, 1800m, 17 Desert Rhythm (SAf) Mambo in Seattle Strydom Tarry 126 1:53.90, sy. 18 Sassy Lady (SAf) Antonius Pius Murray Snaith 126 19 Best Kept Secret (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Yeni De Kock 126 1--MISSING LINK (JPN), 119, f, 4, Victoire Pisa (Jpn)--A Song For, 20 Distant Call (SAf) Var Danielson Woodruff 126 by More Than Ready. 1ST STAKES WIN. O-Yoshio Oda; B-Reiji Amaba; T-Makoto Saito; J-Keita Tosaki; -22,000,000. Lifetime Record: 15-4-2-3. Saturday, Kenilworth, South Africa, post time: 2:25 p.m. (7:25 a.m. 2--Blanche Coeur (Jpn), 119, m, 5, Daiwa Major (Jpn)--Mon Petit EST/12:25 p.m. BST) Coeur (Jpn), by Kurofune. O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm; THE CTS 1600 (NON-BLACK-TYPE), $500,000 -7,700,000. (US$41,887/£29,514/€33,818), 3yo,1600mT 3--Rinehart (Jpn), 121, m, 6, Stay Gold (Jpn)--Cerca (Jpn), by PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT Kurofune. O-Ryoichi Otsuka; B-Bando Farm; -4,400,000. 1 Cot Campbell (SAf) Trippi Fayd’Herbe Snaith 132 Margins: 2, 1HF, 2HF. Odds: 4.00, 15.40, 26.20. 2 Captain And Master (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Delpech Tarry 132 3 Flying Free (SAf) Var De Melo Van Zyl 132 4 Rocket Countdown (SAf) Alado (GB) Domeyer Bass-Robinson 132 AUSTRALIAN GROUP 1 RACES B 2017/2018 5 Talk of the Town (SAf) Var Marcus Ramsden 132 Date Race Track 6 Ancestry (SAf) Oratorio (Ire) Strydom Ramsden 132 Feb. 10 C. F. Orr S. Caulfield 7 Vacquero (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Yeni Sage 132 8 Undercover Agent (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Orffer Crawford 132 Feb. 17 Lightning S. Flemington 9 Big Pleasure (SAf) Horse Chestnut (SAf) Seidl Ramsden 132 Feb. 24 Blue Diamond S. Caulfield 10 Aurelia Cotta (SAf) Ashaawes Hewitson Tarry 126 Futurity S. Caulfield 11 Midnight Moonlight (SAf) Jay Peg (SAf) Cheyne Burger/Reenen 126 Oakleigh Plate Caulfield 12 Too Phat To Fly (SAf) Bezrin Fourie Kotzen 126 13 Awesomeness (SAf) Alado (GB) Andrews Bass-Robinson 126 Mar. 3 Chipping Norton S. Warwick Farm 14 Raya Baya (Aus) Hussonet Murray Bass-Robinson 126 Surround S. Warwick Farm 15 Rings and Things (SAf) Querari (Ger) Khathi Bass-Robinson 126 Australian Guineas Flemington 16 Dynamic Diana (SAf) Dynasty (SAf) Van Niekerk Snaith 126 Mar. 10 Randwick Guineas Randwick Reserves: 17 Freedom Charter (SAf) Elusive Fort (SAf) No Rider Bass-Robinson 126 Canterbury S. Randwick 18 Apollo Star (SAf) Alado (GB) No Rider Ramsden 132 Australian Cup Flemington 19 Tsitsikamma Dance (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) No Rider Crawford 132 Newmarket H. Flemington 20 Full of Attitude (SAf) Greys Inn SCR SCR 132 GROUP ENTRIES

Thursday, Meydan Racecourse, United Arab Emirates, post time: 8:50 p.m. (11:50 a.m. EST/4:40 p.m. BST) CAPE VERDI-G2, $200,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, f/m, 1600mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Aljuljalah K Exchange Rate bin Ghadayer Barzalona 125 2 Promising Run Hard Spun bin Suroor Cosgrave 125 3 Smiling Blue Eyes (SAf) Dynasty (SAf) de Kock Soumillon 125 4 Singyoursong (Ire) Aqlaam (GB) Simcock Crowley 125 5 Opal Tiara (Ire) Thousand Words (GB) Channon De Sousa 125 6 Icecapada (Ire) Mastercraftsman (Ire) Petersen Lopez 125 7 Rehana (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Halford Smullen 125 8 Absolute Blast (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Watson Mooris 125

Friday, Meydan Racecourse, United Arab Emirates, post time: 3:30 p.m. (6:30 a.m. EST/11:30 a.m. BST) JEBEL ALI MILE-G3, AED575,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1600m PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Long River A.P. Indy SCR SCR 132 2 Farrier K Tapit Seemar Mullen 125 3 Forjatt (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) Selvaratnam O’Donoghue 125 4 Frankyfourfingers (Fr) Sunday Break (Jpn) bin Ghadayer Ffrench 125 5 Manahir (Fr) Naaqoos (GB) bin Ghadayer Ziani 125 6 Portamento (Ire) Shamardal Al Rayhi O’Shea 125 7 Shamaal Nibras K First Samurai Watson Dobbs 125 8 Taamol (Ire) Helmet (Aus) Al Rayhi Crowley 125

Saturday, Kenilworth, South Africa, post time: 5:15 p.m. (10:15 a.m. EST/3:15 p.m. BST) SUN MET CELEBRATED WITH G.H. MUMM-G1, R5,000,000 (£296,528/€337,557/A$518,798/US$414,567), 3yo/up, 2000mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 15 Legal Eagle (SAf) Greys Inn Tarry Marcus 132 2 3 Captain America (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Crawford Orffer 132 3 13 Marinaresco (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Bass-Robinson Domeyer 132 4 17 Sail South (SAf) Sail From Seattle Crawford Cheyne 132 5 12 Silicone Valley (SAf) Jay Peg (SAf) Puller Botha 132 6 14 Krambambuli (SAf) Snaith B Lerena 132 7 1 Nebula (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Crawford Veale 132 8 11 Elusive Silva (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Snaith Khathi 132 9 10 Coral Fever (SAf) Judpot Sage Yeni 132 10 9 Gold Standard (SAf) Trippi Kotzen Fourie 132 11 7 Copper Force (SAf) Royal Air Force (SAf) Snaith Hewitson 131 12 20 Last Winter (SAf) Western Winter Kannemeyer Strydom 131 13 2 Heavenly Blue (Aus) Snitzel (Aus) de Kock Murray 131 14 8 African Sky (SAf) Dynasty (SAf) Snaith Fayd’Herbe 131 15 19 Horizon (SAf) Dynasty (SAf) Bass-Robinson Andrews 131 16 18 Nother Russia (SAf) Tiger Ridge de Kock Zackey 127 17 4 Nightingale (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Bass-Robinson Byleveld 127 18 16 Safe Harbour (SAf) Elusive Fort (SAf) Tarry Danielson 126 19 5 Cascapedia (Ire) High Chaparral (Ire) de Kock Delpech 123 20 6 Oh Susanna (Aus) Street Cry (Ire) Snaith van Niekerk 113 Saturday, Kenilworth, South Africa, post time: 3:00 p.m. (8:00 a.m. EST/1:00 p.m. BST) BETTING WORLD CAPE FLYING CHAMPIONSHIP-G1, R1,000,000 (£59,278/€67,488/A$103,778/US$82,870), 3yo/up, 1000mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 9 Trip To Heaven (SAf) Trippi Tarry Marcus 132 2 7 Search Party (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Crawford Fourie 132 3 6 Sergeant Hardy (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Snaith Fayd’Herbe 132 4 8 Always In Charge (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Marshall Byleveld 132 5 4 Brutal Force (SAf) Western Winter Ramsden Zackey 132 6 12 La Favourari (SAf) Querari (Ger) Nel de Melo 132 7 5 Tevez (SAf) Caesour Bass-Robinson Domeyer 132 8 18 Talktothestars (SAf) Overlord (Aus) de Beer Behr 132 9 15 Attenborough (SAf) Western Winter Ramsden Strydom 132 10 17 Graduation Day (SAf) Trippi Soma Hewitson 132 11 14 Olympian (SAf) Scarlet Letter (GB) Marshall Danielson 132 12 16 Percival (SAf) Var Nel B Lerena 132 13 3 Jo’s Bond (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Snaith van Niekerk 127 14 11 Sommerlied (SAf) Var Drier Veale 127 15 1 Live Life (SAf) Trippi Bass-Robinson Cheyne 127 16 13 Naafer (Aus) Lonhro (Aus) de Kock Delpech 135 17 2 Alfolk (Aus) Lonhro (Aus) de Kock Murray 125 18 10 Bold Respect (SAf) Bold Silvano (Ger) Crawford Orffer 125

Saturday, Kenilworth, South Africa, post time: 3:35 p.m. (8:35 a.m. EST/1:35 p.m. BST) INVESTEC CAPE DERBY-G1, R1,000,000 (£59,278/€67,488/A$103,778/US$82,870), 3yo, 2000mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY 1 5 Eyes Wide Open (SAf) Dynasty (SAf) Kotzen Fourie 2 3 Tap O’ Noth (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Marshall Byleveld 3 7 White River (SAf) Trippi Crawford Orffer 4 11 Like a Panther (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) de Kock Marcus 5 2 Pack Leader (SAf) Philanthropist Kotzen Delpech 6 10 Kimberley Star (SAf) Ideal World Greeff Cheyne 7 8 Do It Again (SAf) Twice Over (GB) Snaith Fayd’Herbe 8 9 Opera Royal (SAf) Oratorio (Ire) Kotzen Mxothwa 9 13 Steel Rose (SAf) Gitano Hernando (GB) Puller Botha 10 14 Spring Man (SAf) Marchfield Crawford Murray 11 15 The Sun Also Rises (SAf) Trippi Sands Hewitson 12 4 Visigoth (SAf) Visionaire Tarry Zackey 13 1 Silver Coin (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Ramsden van Niekerk 14 6 What a Joker (SAf) What a Winter (SAf) Bass-Robinson Domeyer 15 12 Fresnaye (SAf) Western Winter Ramsden Strydom All carry 132 pounds, bar Fresnaye, 127. Saturday, Kenilworth, South Africa, post time: 4:15 p.m. (9:15 a.m. EST/2:15 p.m. BST) KLAWERVLEI MAJORCA S.-G1, R1,000,000 (£59,278/€67,488/A$103,778/US$82,870), 3yo/up, f/m, 1600mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 6 Just Sensual (SAf) Dynasty (SAf) Ramsden Marcus 132 2 11 Gimme Six (SAf) Gimmethegreenlight (Aus) Snaith Strydom 132 3 14 Silvan Star (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Kotzen Fourie 132 4 2 Star Express (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Snaith Murray 132 5 13 Goodtime Gal (SAf) Royal Air Force (SAf) Robinson Fayd’Herbe 132 6 4 Premier Dance (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Drier Veale 132 7 12 Captain’s Flame (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Nel B Lerena 132 8 10 Louisiana (SAf) Ideal World Crawford Orffer 132 9 1 Final Judgement (SAf) Judpot Kotzen Mxothwa 132 10 8 Beataboutthebush (SAf) Gimmethegreenlight (Aus) Greeff Zackey 132 11 3 Seattle Gold (SAf) Sail From Seattle Crawford Cheyne 132 12 9 Snowdance (SAf) Captain Al (SAf) Snaith van Niekerk 121 13 5 Rose In Bloom (SAf) Gimmethegreenlight (Aus) Ramsden Seidl 121 14 7 Rockin Russian (SAf) Seventh Rock (Aus) Tarry Hewitson 121

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