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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2009 www.darbydan.com For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. SEVEN TO LINE UP FOR STARLET CALDER CANCELS GRADED STAKES A field of seven juvenile fillies was entered yesterday Calder Race Course has announced that it will not for Sunday=s GI Hollywood Starlet S. at Hollywood reschedule the GIII Tropical Turf H. and GIII My Park. Among the line-up is GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Charmer H. Both races were initially postponed Dec. 5 Fillies runner-up Beautician (Dehere) when the track was put under quarantine restrictions. A and third-place finisher Blind Luck portion of the purse money from the two graded stakes (Pollard=s Vision), as well as Breed- will be reallocated to Calder=s overnight purses. The ers= Cup Juvenile Turf runner-up overall quartantine that limited travel in and out of Rose Catherine (Speightstown). Calder was lifted Monday, but three barns remain under Beautician, who drew post seven restriction until Dec. 21. for the Starlet, has made a habit of running second in big races during WILDCAT HEIR SETS 2YO WINNERS RECORD her young career. The Ken McPeek- First-crop sire Wildcat Heir (Forest Wildcat) broke the trained filly was runner-up in both Northern Hemisphere record for two-year-old winners the GIII Schuylerville S. and when Future Heiress crossed GI Spinaway S. After running fifth the finish line in front in yester- at Keeneland in the GI Darley day=s first race at Calder. The Alcibiades, she rebounded with a bay filly was the Florida stal- Beautician A Coglianese strong second behind She Be Wild lion=s 39th winner. He shares (Offlee Wild) in the Juvenile Fillies. the world record with Chapel Blind Luck, trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, will break Royal, whose 39 winners from from post three when she makes last year include a Kentucky- the sixth start of her career on bred victor in Peru. Wildcat Sunday. The chestnut filly cap- journeybloodstock.com Heir stands at Journeyman tured the GI Oak Leaf S. and Stud in Ocala. Winner of the was runner-up in the GI Darley 2004 GI Frank J De Francis Memorial Dash, Wildcat Debutante S. The Todd Pletcher- Heir has been represented this term by stakes winners trained Rose Catherine was off Karmageddon and Wild Mia, as well as multiple stakes the board in a pair of starts over placed Always Wildcatin=. conventional dirt in New York, but romped home to an 8 3/4- Blind Luck Horsephotos length maiden win at Belmont in her turf debut. She came up a half-length short of Tapitsfly (Tapit) over the Santa Anita turf and will try to transfer her talent to the synthetic track while starting from post six on Sunday. The field also features Bickersons (Silver Deputy), 2 1/2-length winner of the Nov. 22 Moccasin S. over the Hollywood strip. The Kelly Breen trainee was third in the Spinaway and Oak Leaf before running 10th in the Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies. Sunday, Hollywood Park HOLLYWOOD STARLET S.-GI, $405,250, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m (AWT) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 Miss Heather Lee Trippi Espinoza Baffert 2 It Tiz Tiznow Rosario Glatt 3 Blind Luck Pollard’s Vision Bejarano Hollendorfer 4 Amen Hallelujah Montbrook Solis Dutrow Jr 5 Bickersons Silver Deputy Talamo Breen 6 Rose Catherine Speightstown Castellano Pletcher 7 Beautician Dehere Gomez McPeek All carry 120 pounds. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/18/09 • PAGE 2 of 5 • thoroughbreddailynews.com NEWS TODAY LATINOAMERICANA TO CLUB HIPICO Club Hipico de Santiago Racecourse in Santiago, Chile, was confirmed as the host of the 2010 Gran Premio Latinoamericana, South America=s most presti- gious weight-for-age event, at the Asociacion Latinoamericana de Jockey Clubs most recent meeting, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina Dec. 12. It was confirmed that the Santiago track will host three interna- tional races worth a combined $450,000 in prize money. The Group 1 continental championship, held in a different country every year, will be disputed over 2000 meters over Club Hipico de Santiago=s right-handed turf course Mar. 7 and will carry purse money of $300,000. The new races to be added are a 1600-meter event worth $100,000 and a 1200-meter event, both on the turf. Club Hipico de Santiago will play host to the South American championship for the third time. The Santiago track last hosted the event in 1995. Also at the association meeting, Mexico was approved to have its first representative in the 2010 Latinoamericano, while Peru was approved for three representatives. Hipodromo San Isidro in Buenos Aires will stage the Latinoamericano in 2011.

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FIRST ANNUAL TDN READERS= CHOICE AWARDS The TDN is proud to present our inaugural Readers= BUY OR SELL--Churchill Downs makes bet on online Choice Awards. We at the TDN have come up with our wagering favorite performances on the year and beyond, but we Ben Klayman, Reuters want your input, too. So from now until Dec. 22, we Meydan=s new world will be accepting your votes for additional nominees. Sarah Tregoning, The National Then, from Dec. 23 through Jan. 17, we will be accepting votes for the award winners, to be announced in the Jan. 22 edition of the TDN. All voters SYNTHETIC SURFACES IN NORTH AMERICA will be entered in a drawing, with five winners getting to choose either a framed 11x14 photo by Sarah K. Track All-Weather Surface Andrew, or a free full-page ad in the TDN. For a list of Arlington Park Polytrack categories and nominees, please click here. Del Mar Polytrack Keeneland Polytrack Turfway Park Polytrack 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. Woodbine Polytrack This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by Hollywood Cushion Track any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Santa Anita Pro-Ride Information as to the American races, race results and Golden Gate Tapeta Footings earnings was obtained from results charts published in Presque Isle Downs Tapeta Footings Daily Racing Form and utilized here with the permission OBS Training Center Safetrack of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/18/09 • PAGE 3 of 5 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

But Pletcher=s numbers just don=t compare. With 2,108 victories and counting during the decade, he won nearly twice as many races as Frankel did, but his WRITERS UP exploits were as much about quantity as quality. He won 67 Grade I races during the decade and his stable RACING’S BEST (2000-2009) earned $157.2 million. That=s only slightly better than by Bill Finley Frankel, despite some 1,100 more winners. With just a few days left to go before we turn the page on a decade, it=s an appropriate time to look back Jockey: John Velazquez and celebrate the best of the best over the last 10 Jerry Bailey had a stranglehold on this category until years. Here is one person=s opinion on Horse, Jockey, announcing his retirement. Considering he lasted only Trainer, etc. of the Decade: until Jan. 19, 2006, you have to look elsewhere. Garrett Gomez has been the Trainer: Bobby Frankel nation=s top jockey the last few years, Frankel did his best work during the early part of the but he accomplished next to nothing in decade, winning Eclipse Awards as the nation=s out- the early part of the decade. standing trainer every year from 2000 through 2003, That leaves John Velazquez and Edgar but even his Adown@ years were spectacular. Frankel Prado as the top two contenders, with managed just one win (Empire Maker=s 2003 Belmont) Velazquez getting the nod. in the Triple Crown, but that was perhaps the only area The Eclipse Award-winning jockey of where his accomplishments were less than stellar. He 2004 and 2005, his mounts earned won 1,089 races and his stable earned $153.4 million. Horsephotos $168 million this decade and he won He won 138 Grade I races, a staggering number. In 2,574, 72 of them Grade Is. He won 2003 alone, he won 25 Grade Is, a single-season world more races and earned more money than Prado did. record. Considering that Bailey, Gary Stevens, Pat Day, Chris His closest rival during the 2000=s was Todd Pletcher, McCarron, Laffit Pincay, Julie Krone and Eddie also a four-time Eclipse Award winner and a trainer Delahoussaye were all still active in the nineties, this, who came incredibly far in a short period of time. by comparison, was a very weak decade for jockeys.

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Person: Jess Jackson Racetrack: Keeneland Like him or loathe him, Jess Jackson came into horse Once the stodgiest racetrack in America, Keeneland racing with a type of hurricane-like force rarely seen has become the most innovative. They helped usher in before. He rocked a boat that needed rocking when it the synthetic surface era (to some, that=s a strike came to integrity in the bloodstock business, he against them), became one of wielded his checkbook every two U.S. racetracks to use time he saw a horse that Trakus technology, experimented caught his eye, won back-to- with takeout reductions and back Horse of the Years with have consistently offered a level Curlin and, of course, cam- of racing that is unsurpassed paigned Rachel Alexandra anywhere in this country. during the second half of her This was the decade when the three-year-old year. Most bettors fully embraced importantly, Jackson was Keeneland. The total wagering Horsephotos daring and bold, something there in 1999 was $207 million. the sport desperately needed Ten years later, total handle was after so many careful owners and trainers treated their about $240 million and it peaked horses ever so carefully and retired them the first at $298 million in 2007 before chance they had. Buying a horse a few days after the the nation went into an eco- Kentucky Oaks and running her back in the Preakness nomic slump. Noting its low and winning the race is almost enough right there to takeouts, its many player-friendly innovations on its earn the title in this category. website and the abundance of large fields, the Horse- players= Association of North America rated Keeneland No. 1 in the nation in its inaugural ratings of North TDN TODAY American racetracks. Headline News...... 5 pages Cont. p5

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Male Horse: Ghostzapper He was flat out the fastest horse that raced during the decade. Smarty Jones may have gotten the most headlines in 2004, but it was Ghostzapper who was named Horse of the Year. He only raced 11 times, but he won nine races, including the Met Mile, the Breeders= Cup Classic, the Woodward and the Vosburgh. Some male horses, Curlin and Tiznow among them, may have accomplished more, but when Ghostzapper was right there wasn=t another male horse who raced from 2000 through Horsephotos 2009 that could have beaten him. Horse of the Decade: Zenyatta No one has beaten the drum for Rachel Alexandra=s candidacy for 2009 Horse of the Year harder than I have, which might make this selection seem a bit hypo- critical. Actually, it=s not. Rachel Alexandra had the better year. Zenyatta had the better decade. Over the course of three years, Zenyatta was 14 for 14, won two Breeders= Cups, will win two Eclipse Awards (champion older mare in 2008 and 2009), may be named 2009 Horse of the Year and became the first filly ever to win the Breeders= Cup Classic. That she won the Classic with a dramatic run from last only added to the accomplishment. Rachel Alexandra, on the other hand, was just another horse during her two-year- old season. Somehow, she managed to lose three of six starts and her biggest win came in a Grade II event, the Golden Rod S. at Churchill Downs. Her decade was UPCOMING MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN STAKES very, very, very good, but she loses points for her two- Date Race Track year-old season. Dec. 19 GI CashCall Futurity HOL Dec. 20 GI Hollywood Starlet S. HOL Dec. 26 GI La Brea S. SA GI Malibu S. SA GII WL McKnight H. CRC GIII Kenny Noe Jr. H. CRC GIII Stage Door Betty H. CRC GIII Sir Beaufort S. SA Dec. 27 GII San Gabriel H. SA Jan. 2 GII San Gorgonio H. SA GIII Tropical Park Derby CRC Jan. 3 GIII Hal’s Hope Derby GP GIII Monrovia H. SA Jan. 9 GII San Pasqual H. SA GIII Mr. Prospector H. GP GIII Old Hat H. GP GIII Sugar Swirl H. GP Jan. 10 GIII Ft. Lauderdale S. GP GIII Santa Ysabel S. SA Benoit Elusive Quality-Evening Primrose, by Dayjur Great Notion Maryland’s Top 2nd Crop Sire In 2009 Sire of GREAT LOVE ($218,455), first or second in 10 of 15 career starts, including four stakes in 2009. Great Notion blazed through three seasons, daring those behind to try to catch him. He set astounding 3 3 3 fractions of :21 /5, :43 /5 and 1:08 /5 in Saratoga’s King’s Bishop S.-G1 before being caught at the wire by Valid Video, in a final 7 fur. time of 1:22, while finishing ahead of Ghostzapper. By ELUSIVE QUALITY – Leading sire of Champion SMARTY JONES, Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1 winner RAVEN’S PASS. 2010 Fee: $2,000 LF - Eligible For Northview’s Breeder Assistance Program. More Information

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Laurel Provides Update on Slots Approval Process: Laurel Park officials held a news conference yesterday morning to provide a status report on its attempts to obtain permits for facilities, infrastructure, road network and utility capacities in the event that the proposed Video Lottery Terminal facility venue for Arundel Mills fails to receive zoning approval. Anne Arundel County Council will meet Monday to vote on Bill 82-09. Should the zoning bill fail to pass, the VLT bidding process could be reopened. AThe Mills is going to create 4,000 jobs, which could be created here,@ said Mary- land Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas. AThe risk is you are destroying 15,000 jobs [in the racing industry]. The best move from our perspective is vote no on 82- 09, wait and allow us back in the bidding process.@ Officials said Laurel Park is well ahead of Arundel Mills in terms of achieving permits. ALaurel Park, since 2003, started getting permits for an eventual slots facility,@ said Laurel Park project manager Walter Lynch. AIt was- n=t until last year, 2008, to actually achieve those permits.@ Laurel Racing Association has appealed to the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals to protest the award of the Anne Arundel County VLT license to PPE Casino Resorts. Laurel Racing was disqualified from the bidding process in February when it challenged the 1st-CRC, $23,700, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:13 4/5, sy. legality of a requirement for a non-refundable initial +FUTURE HEIRESS (f, 2, Wildcat Heir--Brightest Fu- license fee. AWe are confident that Laurel Racing will ture, by Gulch), sent off the 8-5 choice, carved out ultimately prevail and either have its bid reinstated or the opening splits of :22.10, :46.33 and :59.75, was com- Anne Arundel County license will be legally required to fortably in front at the top of the lane and proved best be rebid,@ said Alan M Rifkin, attorney for Laurel Racing. late to graduate by 1 3/4 lengths over Mallory Square (Southern Image). With the victory, Future Heiress, who Yesterday=s Results: is the 39th winner for her freshman sire (by Forest 6th-LRL, $28,000, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:12, ft. Wildcat), helps the Journeyman Stud stallion establish ALICE IS A TEN (f, 3, Tenpins--Thruthelookinglass, by the Northern Hemisphere record for number of individ- Alydar) showed good speed before finishing a clear ual winners for a freshman sire in a single season. Sales second in her debut going a sixteenth shorter here history: $58,000 yrl '08 FTKJUL; $100,000 2yo >09 Nov. 28 and was backed down to 4-5 favoritism to get FTMMAY. Click for the brisnet.com chart. or Video, the job done this time. Settled in a stalking second sponsored by Taylor Made. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, early, the half to Double Glow (Relaunch), SW, $16,220. $112,740, swung out and took control entering the Bought and Sold by Leprechaun Racing stretch and rolled home the easiest of winners, scoring by 10 3/4 lengths over Zula (Medaglia d=Oro). Sales O-Just For Fun Stable. B-Milton & Beth Hendry (FL). history: $35,000 yrl '07 FTMOCT. Click for the T-Juan D Arias. brisnet.com chart. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $21,840. ALICE IS A TEN-Another IBS Yearling Auction Purchase TDN TODAY O-Three Diamonds Farm. B-Mr & Mrs G J Stautberg Around the World...... 9 pages (MD). T-Michael J Trombetta. P TDN AROUND THE WORLD • 12/18/09 • PAGE 2 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

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Yesterday=s Results: 8th-FGX, $47,000, Alw, Opt. Clm. ($40,000), NW2X, 3yo/up, 5 1/2f (off turf), 1:03 1/5, sy. COUNTRY DAY (c, 3, Speightstown--Hidden Assets {GSW, $298,313}, by Mt. Livermore) came back from an extended layoff to graduate at third asking while sprinting on the main track at Delaware July 18 before adding another score over that track Sept. 1. Third while trying the turf for the first time in a soggy 5 1/2- furlong event at Keeneland Oct. 28, the half to Due Date (El Prado {Ire}), GSP, $140,418, tired to sixth in her latest start on the dirt in a Churchill Down sprint Nov. 21. Sent off the 7-2 second choice in the off-turf test, the bay took a narrow lead early, extended her advantage in the stretch and drove home an easy six- length winner over Biglie Smallworld (Meadowlake). Click for the brisnet.com chart. Lifetime Record: 7-3-0-1, $84,829. O/B-Bert, Elaine & Richard Klein (KY). T-Steve Margolis.

6th-FGX, $45,000, Alw, NW1X, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m40y (off turf), 1:41 4/5, gd. SHINE SOFTLY (f, 3, Aldebaran--Soaring Softly {Ch. Turf Mare, MGISW, $1,270,433}, by Kris S.) returned from a 12-month hiatus to graduate on the grass at Saratoga Aug. 28. Fifth while trying nine panels over the soggy Belmont turf Sept. 30, the chestnut failed to mount a rally and had to settle for ninth most recently Wednesday Night=s Results: going six panels over the Belmont sod Oct. 22. Installed 6th-TPX, $21,000, Msw, 2yo, f, 1m (AWT), 1:41, ft. the 2-1 favorite in the off-the-turf affair, the filly stalked LITEASAIRE (f, 2, Purge--School of Deelites {SP}, by the early pace in third, eased out for the stretch drive, Afternoon Deelites), seventh going seven panels over took over midstretch and drew off late to post a facile Keeneland=s Polytrack Oct. 24, went off at odds of 9-2. 3 1/4-length victory over Ford Gallop (Victory Gallop). Content to track the early pace, the bay angled out four Click for the brisnet.com chart or Video, sponsored by wide on the turn and drew away late to post a 5 1/4- Taylor Made. Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-1, $65,360. length victory over Wickedology (Wild and Wicked). O/B-Phillips Racing Part. (KY). T-Steven M Asmussen. She is the 13th winner for her freshman sire (by Pulpit). Click for the brisnet.com chart. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $13,374. O/B-Bonnie Van Alen & Michael Evans (KY). T-Philip A Sims.

The brisnet.com >Race of the Day= is the 8th Race, $27,500 Allowance, at Hawthorne. 2:55p 6th-FGX, $43K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1m 40yds For pps and a complete race analysis, click here. HRTV Grace Stables’ SILKY SERENADE (Unbridled’s Song) , trained by Steve Asmussen, was third in her career bow at Belmont Oct. 11 before finishing a good second last time while trying seven panels at Churchill Downs Nov. 21. She is a half- BLACK-TYPE STAKES CLOSINGS sister to former Asmussen trainee and MGSW Private Vow TOMORROW, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19: (Broken Vow). Josaka (Smart Strike) was third--one spot 01-03 $100,000 Hal=s Hope H.-III, GP, 4yo/up, behind Bella Medaglia (Medaglia d’Oro) --in a six-furlong test 8f (100) in the slop here Nov. 21. Both should appreciate the added www.stakesdigestweekly.com yardage and the firmer ground this time. brisnet.com PPs All times eastern standard Time P TDN AROUND THE WORLD • 12/18/09 • PAGE 3 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

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Yesterday=s Results: Fort Erie to Race in 2010: 7th-HOL, $44,080, Alw, NW1$X, 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:08 The not-for-profit Fort Erie Thoroughbred Racing 1/5, fm. Consortia will conduct live horse racing at For Erie COMPARI (g, 3, Redattore {Brz}--Southern Charm, by Racetrack, beginning Jan. 1 and for the next three Dixieland Band), third in his debut at Santa Anita last years, the Board of Directors of the Horsemen=s Benev- February, graduated over the lawn in Arcadia Mar. 29 olent and Protective Association of Ontario announced second time out, but had been sidelined by quarter yesterday. The deal was finalized based on a lease cracks since winning the Apr. 25 Snow Chief S. over agreement with Nordic Gaming and a guarantee of Hollywood=s all-weather strip. Favored at 4-5 in this funding from the Provincial Government. The consortia short field of four, the bay gelding battled through an is comprised of the Ontario HBPA, the town of Fort Erie opening quarter in :22.25 before opening a clear lead and Fort Erie Economic Development and Tourism Cor- through a half in :45.15 and three-quarters in :56.76 poration. and reported home an authoritative two-length victor. Rainbow Goose (Mongoose), who trailed the field early, closed for second. Lifetime Record: SW, 4-3-0-1, TDN CRITERIA $212,640. Click for the brisnet.com chart. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. The races covered in the TDN are as follows: O/B-Harris Farms, Inc, John Nicoletti & Donald Valpredo Black Type Races - purses of $50,000/up (CA). T-Martin F Jones. Allowance Races - purses of $20,000/up Optional Claiming Races - purses of $20,000/up and 2nd-HOL, $42,400, Alw, NW1$X, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, a minimum claiming price of $25,000 1:35 4/5, fm. Maiden Special Weight Races - purses of $18,000/up SURPRISE PARTY (GB) (f, 3, Red Ransom--Surprise Maiden Claiming Races - purses of $18,000/up and Visitor {Ire}, by Be My Guest) triumphed in her final a minimum claiming price of $40,000 three European starts in England, including a narrow decision in her most recent start at Sandown Aug. 13. Sent off the 9-5 second choice in her U.S. bow, Sur- prise Party pulled her way into a third as Woman War- rior (One Man Army) led through opening splits of :24.05, :48.19 and 1:12.01. Up to take a short advantage at the head of the stretch, the half to Ziria (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), MGSW, $103,125, held on gamely to best her rival by a neck. Favored Haka (Dynaformer), who bobbled at the start, closed well to round out the trifecta. Click for the brisnet.com chart o r Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. Lifetime Record: 11-4-1-1, $44,469. O-Charles & Jody Lewis. B-Farmers Hill Stud (GB). T-Kathy Walsh.

4th-HOL, $40,396, Msw, 2yo, 8.5f (AWT), 1:42 4/5, ft. SETSUKO (c, 2, Pleasantly Perfect--Dance With Grace {SW}, by Mr. Prospector) was a close-up second in while trying a route for the first time over Santa Anita=s Pro-Ride surface Oct. 9. Third in his two most recently starts, including over this track and trip Nov. 22, the half to Indy Dancer (A.P. Indy), GISP, $164,580, went off the 1-2 choice this time. Content to track the early pace in fourth, the bay swung three wide turning for home and ran clear late to hand Broken Tango (Broken Vow) a three-length defeat. Click for the brisnet.com chart. Lifetime Record: 5-1-1-2, $44,100. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (KY). T-Richard E Mandella.

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A M E R I C A N - B R E D W I N N E R S H H IN BRITAIN: Splinter Cell, c, 3, Johannesburg--Rock Salt (GB), by Selkirk. Wolverhampton, 12-17, Hcp, 3yo/up, 9f 103yds (AWT). B-Barnett Enterprises. *$145,000 RNA wnlg >06 KEENOV; 25,000gns yrl >07 TATDEC. **1/2 to Termagant (Ire) (Powerscourt {GB}), G1SW- Ire, $228,210. Tallest Peak, g, 4, Giant=s Causeway--Hum Along, by Fappiano. Wolverhampton, 12-17, Hcp, 3yo/up, 7f 32yds (AWT). B-Old Carhue Stud. *6,000gns RNA HIT >08 TATAUT. **1/2 to Storm Song (Summer Squall), Ch. 2yo Filly, MGISW, $1,020,050; full to Diamond Omi, GSW, $160,740. Boundless Prospect, g, 10, Boundary--Cape, by Mr. Prospector. Southwell, 12-17, Hcp, 3yo/up, 1 1/2m (AWT). B-Mrs E Scott Jr & Mrs MacElree. *$39,000 yrl >00 KEESEP; 14,000gns HIT >04 TATAUT. H I N D U S T R Y I N F O H Unwanted Horse Coalition Releases Handbook: The Unwanted Horse Coalition has published a handbook entitled Best Practices: How Your Organization Can Help Unwanted Horses. The handbook lists pro- grams that have already been instituted by various equine organizations and gives other initiatives that those in the horse industry can undertake. AThe more educated our industry becomes in regard to unwanted horses and the more effort that we put into it, the more TRPB Introduces Tote Security Initiative: we can do to help our horses,@ said UHC Chairman Dr. The Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau, an arm Tom Lenz. AWe hope the Best Practices Handbook will give everyone some ideas to pursue. If each organiza- of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of North tion gets involved, even with a single activity, the in- America, proposed a new strategy to facilitate stop- betting throughout the pari-mutuel network at the start dustry can go a long way toward solving this problem.@ of every race. As TRPB s Wagering Integrity Unit has The handbook can be downloaded from the UHC=s A = website: www.unwantedhorsecoalition.org. been increasingly called upon to review wagering asso- ciated with races involving some type of tote protocol communication failure, the need to proactively address these matters through the development of enhanced tote security measures is apparent,@ TRPB President Frank Fabian said. ATRPB has the unique experience, expertise and vendor relationships to fashion these Sire in 2009 of advancements.@ Details of the technical plan were not APOLLO DOLCE ($1,223,571), OFFICER ROCKET ($443,014), revealed, but Fabian said that ongoing discussions with LEGAL CONSENT ($419,451), etc. Sire of 18 Lifetime Stakes industry service providers and all four U.S.-based tote Winners with total progeny earnings of $11,831,233 companies have been productive. The TRPB Wagering Analysis Unit already reviews the daily wagering for 2010 Fee: $9,000 11/1 / $10,000 S&N races at every TRA member track. The TRA and TRPB www.taylormadestallions.com boards of directors unanimously approved and funded TRPB=s proposal to develop the TRPB Tote Security 1st-CRC ($23.7K, Msw) FUTURE HEIRESS (Wildcat Initiative business plan for presentation during the Heir) gives her freshman sire his record 39th winner. boards= annual meeting in March 2010. 6th-FGX ($45K, Alw) SHINE SOFTLY (Aldebaran) wins by 3 1/4 lengths. J Watch Out for “TDN Rising Stars” J 2nd-HOL ($42K, Alw) SURPRISE PARTY (GB) (Red Stars of tomorrow grabbing the spotlight today... Ransom) takes her U.S. Bow. P TDN AROUND THE WORLD • 12/18/09 • PAGE 5 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

First-crop starters to watch: Friday, December 18 Sire (Sire’s Sire), Farm, 2006 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/BlackTypeWnrs Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) AENEAS (Capote), Cedar Creek, 16/1/0 11-SUN, Msw, 5 1/2f, K. C. Rahket, $5K RUI YRL yrl, 12-1 AFLEET ALEX (Northern Afleet), Gainesway, $40K, 138/20/2 2-CRC, Msw, 5fT, +She Power, $37K KEE SEP yrl, 8-1 CLOSING ARGUMENT (Successful Appeal), Sequel FL, $10K, 99/20/1 7-TAM, Msw, 1mT, Ponzi, $42K EAS SEP yrl, 9-2 CONSOLIDATOR (Storm Cat), Darley, $20K, 102/18/1 2-CRC, Msw, 5fT, Alana's Girl, $70K FTF FEB 2yo, 10-1 DANCE WITH RAVENS (A.P. Indy), Northview, $8K, 85/8/0 4-PHA, Msw, 7f, How Bout Jerry, $15K EAS MAY 2yo, 2-1 EDDINGTON (Unbridled), Claiborne, $20K, 86/16/0 7-TAM, Msw, 1mT, +Twisted Rope, $7K KEE SEP yrl, 15-1 GHOSTZAPPER (Awesome Again), Adena Springs, $200K, 80/8/0 7-PHA, Alw, 7f, Muhaaseb, $425K KEE SEP yrl, 5-2 GRAND APPOINTMENT (Unbridled), Red River, $2K, 16/2/0 3-DED, Msw, 5f, +Grand Ruston, $6K TEX AUG yrl, 15-1 GRAND CHAMPION CAT (Tale of the Cat), 6/0/0 11-SUN, Msw, 5 1/2f, Y Cat, 30-1 GRAND REWARD (Storm Cat), Hill 'n' Dale, $13K, 132/22/0 4-PHA, Msw, 7f, +Never Content, $140K OBS MAR 2yo, 4-1 HECKLE (Hennessy), Sequel FL, $5K, 15/2/0 2-CRC, Msw, 5fT, Megyns Mom, 6-1 INDIAN OCEAN (Stormy Atlantic), Bridlewood, $4K, 67/13/1 5-LRL, Msw, 5 1/2f, Libby's Indian, $17K OBS APR 2yo, 12-1 LEROIDESANIMAUX (BRZ) (Candy Stripes), Stonewall, $30K, 71/7/0 10-TP, Msw, 6f, +Starred, $40K OBS MAR 2yo 5-LRL, Msw, 5 1/2f, Shanta, 20-1 LYDGATE (Pulpit), Red River, $2K, 32/2/0 7-FG, Msw, 5 1/2fT, Girlie Go, $27K EVA MAR 2yo, 5-1 7-FG, Msw, 5 1/2fT, +Accident Ann, $1K LOU OCT yrl, 30-1 MEDALLIST (Touch Gold), Three Chimneys, $9K, 59/8/1 10-TP, Msw, 6f, Sugar's T Bone MOBIL (Langfuhr), Windfields, $7K, 58/4/2 7-PHA, Alw, 7f, Mobil Forum, 12-1 POLLARD’S VISION (Carson City), Wintergreen, $10K, 105/19/4 7-PHA, Alw, 7f, New York Red, 10-1 PURGE (Pulpit), Vinery, $20K, 134/14/1 4-PHA, Msw, 7f, Castano, $180K KEE SEP yrl, 15-1 SO LONG BIRDIE (Pioneering), 7/1/0 11-SUN, Msw, 5 1/2f, D E Happy Hour, 6-1 VALUE PLUS (Unbridled's Song), Stonewall, $10K, 99/14/0 3-DED, Msw, 5f, +Southern Values, 6-1 6-FG, Msw, 1m, Reba's Values, $2K KEE SEP yrl, 20-1 WILDCAT SHOES (Forest Wildcat), Elite T'breds, $3K, 34/3/0 7-FG, Msw, 5 1/2fT, Running Shoes, 10-1 7-FG, Msw, 5 1/2fT, +Kay P, 20-1 WOKE UP DREAMIN (Holy Bull), Millennium, $8K, 57/6/0 7-PHA, Alw, 7f, Waking Up, $11K OBS APR 2yo, 3-1

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Rookies cont.

First/Second-crop starters to watch: Friday, Dec. 18 Sire (Sire’s Sire), Farm, 2005 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/BlackTypeWnrs Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) CASHEL CASTLE (Silver Ghost), Journeyman, $3K, 36/11/0 7-TAM, Msw, 1mT, +Devils Rook, 20-1 CUVEE (Carson City), Gainesway, $10K, 209/86/7 5-LRL, Msw, 5 1/2f, +Sister Marette, $34K OBS OCT wnl, 3-1 MEDAGLIA D’ORO (El Prado {Ire}), Stonewall, $35K, 252/73/12 10-TP, Msw, 6f, +Espresso Joe MR. LIVINGSTON (El Prado {Ire}), Bridlewood, $4K, 78/12/1 2-CRC, Msw, 5fT, +First Heart, 12-1 SPEIGHTSTOWN (Gone West), WinStar, $40K, 195/70/9 2-CRC, Msw, 5fT, +Milliondollarbill, $195K OBS MAR 2yo, 4-1 STORM OF GOSHEN (Storm Cat), Callaway, $2K, 21/5/0 11-SUN, Msw, 5 1/2f, +Ghost of Goshen, $9K RUI YRL yrl, 15-1 STRONG HOPE (Grand Slam), Claiborne, $30K, 176/48/1 10-TP, Msw, 6f, +Stellar Hope, $65K KEE SEP yrl

NTRA SAFETY & INTEGRITY ALLIANCE

Track Accredited: FAIR GROUNDS • “Fair Grounds was reviewed on Dec. 3 and 4 during its current meeting,” said Mike Ziegler, executive director of NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance. “It exceeded prescribed benchmarks on many fronts and should be acknowledged for industry-wide best practices in the areas of post- mortem veterinary examinations, veterinarian’s list protocols and planning and procedures in case of catastrophic injury.” • “It should be noted that Fair Grounds is the fourth Churchill Downs, Inc. track to be accredited this year,” added Alex Waldrop, president and CEO of the NTRA. “CDI is to be commended for treating the accreditation process as the initiative that it is.” www.ntraalliance.com

• ON THE WORKTAB • GULFSTREAM PARK Le Grand Cru (Dynaformer), 4f, •:47.60, 1/16 Ms Vanenzza (Successful Appeal), 5f, 4f, :49.45, 10/16 HOLLYWOOD PARK Lava Man (Slew City Slew), 6f, 1:14.00, 5/13 SANTA ANITA American Lion (Tiznow), 4f, :51.00, 55/60 Black Bear Island (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells), 3f, :35.20, 3/24 Dream Empress (Bernstein), 5f, 1:01.20, 36/96 Richard’s Kid (Lemon Drop Kid), 6f, 1:12.20, 2/24 Tiny Woods (Roman Ruler), 5f, 1:01.40, 43/96

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MELBOURNE PREMIER SALE CATALOGUE ONLINE The catalogue for the Inglis Melbourne Pre- mier Yearling Sale, featuring 724 horses by top Australasian sires, is now available online. Over 10 percent of the young- sters on offer are out of stakes-winning dams, seven of which won at the top level. Additionally, there 74 are half-, three-quarter or full relations to stakes winners, including Group 1 winners inglis.com.au Starspangledbanner Turffontein (Aus) (Johannesburg), Tawqeet (Kingmambo) and Miss Danehill (Aus) (Danehill). The half-brother to Tawqeet, winner of the G1 Caulfield Cup and G1 Metropolitan S. in 2006, is of particular interest, as he is a son of Japanese champion Deep Impact (Jpn) (Sunday Silence). Graduates of the Premier Sale have already accounted for 16 black-type events in the 2009-2010 season, highlighted by the victory of Starspangled-banner (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}) in the G1 Caulfield Guineas. The Premier Sale was in the headlines just this past weekend, when 2005 graduate Sacred Kingdom (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) took H J A P A N H the G1 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint for the second time in three years. Last year=s sale was topped by a Wednesday=s Late Results: colt by Redoute=s Choice (Aus)--Celtic Reign (Aus) ZENNIHON NISAI YUSHUN-Listed, -59,500,000, (Woodman), which was hammered down to Emerald Kawasaki, 12-16, 2yo, 1600m, 1:40, hy. Thoroughbreds for A$365,000. To view the entire 1B#LOVE MICHAN (JPN), 119, f, 2, by South Vigorous Premier catalogue, click here. 1st Dam: Dashing Honey (Jpn), by Assatis 2nd Dam: Last Hit (Jpn), by Slavic Thoroughbred Daily News is: 3rd Dam: Gate and Fly (Jpn), by Crowned Prince Barry Weisbord President/Co-Publisher O-Sachiaki Kobayashi; B-Grand Farm; T-Hitoshi Sue Finley Vice President/Co-Publisher Yanae; J-Kusuhiko Hamaguchi; -35,000,000. Andy Belfiore Editor-in-Chief Lifetime Record: 5-5-0-0, -66,700,000. Alycia Borer Director of Advertising 2--Bumbuichido (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Afleet--Kihaku (Jpn), Jessica Martini Senior Editor by Assatis. Alan Carasso Associate Editor 3--Earth Sound, 119, f, 2, Yes It s True--Leilani s Song, Marie Kizenko Associate Editor = = Christina Bossinakis Associate Editor by Fit to Fight. ($23,000 wnlg >07 KEENOV; $40,000 Lucas Marquardt Writer/Reporter yrl >08 OBSJAN; $100,000 yrl >08 KEESEP; Steve Sherack Writer/Reporter $125,000 2yo >09 FTFFEB). Jon Forbes Writer/Reporter Consigned as a 2YO by Leprechaun Racing Vicki Forbes Director of Customer Services Lia Kusch Advertising Assistant Sarah K. Andrew Advertising Assistant Margins: 1HF, HD, 6. Odds: 3.70, 15.90, 10.90. Robert Williams Director of IT/Webmaster Gregg Casillo Database Analyst/Programming Specialist Bradley Weisbord Analyst P TDN AROUND THE WORLD • 12/18/09 • PAGE 8 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

7th-CRC, $22,550, Opt. Clm. ($25,000), NW2X, B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N 3yo/up, 5f (off turf), :59 3/5, sy. HONEY HONEY HONEY (g, 4, Awesome of Course-- AMERICA EJ's Honey {SW}, by Honey Jay) Lifetime Record: MSW, 22-8-1-2, $253,940. O/B-Jacks or Better Farm ALLOWANCE WINNERS: Inc (FL). T-Stanley I Gold. 2nd-FGX, $47,000, NW1X, (S), 2yo, f, 1m40y (off turf), 1:42 3/5, gd. 6th-TAM, $20,200, NW1X, 3/up, 1 1/16mT, 1:45, fm. LADYZARBRIDGE (f, 2, Zarbyev--Ballsbridge {SP}, by TRI POWER (g, 4, Point Given--Palace Story, by Palace Baldski) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $44,370. O-Charles Music) Lifetime Record: 26-4-1-2, $59,463. Zacney & Edward Johnston. B-Foxwood Plantation Ltd O-Warrendale Farms. B-Briar Lane Farm & The Thor- (LA). T-Edward J Johnston. *Full to Zarb's Ballerina, oughbred Corporation (FL). T-Michael E Murray. MSW, $462,280. *$12,000 yrl '06 KEESEP. **1/2 to Boot Scootin Daddy (Matchlite), SW, $118,070. 7th-LRL, $32,000, Opt. Clm. ($25,000-$20,000), NW2X, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:37 4/5, ft. 8th-CRC, $19,550, Opt. Clm. ($25,000), NW2X, ZARROC (g, 4, Langfuhr--Dance Diane {SW}, by 3yo/up, 7f, 1:26 1/5, sy. Affirmed) Lifetime Record: 19-3-0-1, $86,354. SUYETA (g, 3, Indian Charlie--American Moud, by Quiet O/B-Gustav Schickedanz (ON). T-Catherine H Robinson. American) Lifetime Record: 13-3-1-3, $71,695. O/B-Chandley Farms LLC (KY). T-Michael P Leahy. 9th-CTX, $31,100, NW1X, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:20, ft. AWESOME ACTOR (c, 3, Awesome Again--Dramatical, ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: by Theatrical {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 10-4-1-3, Fire Cloud, g, 3, Devil His Due--First Flurries, by Storm $107,195. O-Ruby Stables & Steve Klesaris. Bird. HAW, 12-17, 1 1/16m, 1:42 1/5. B-Ben Barnow B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, LLC (KY). (IL). T-Steve Klesaris. *$95,000 RNA yrl '07 KEESEP. **1/2 Cold East Wind, g, 3, Fusaichi Pegasus--Banquise (Ire), to Numerous Times (Numerous), Ch. Turf Horse-Can, by Last Tycoon (Ire). DED, 12-16, 6 1/2f, 1:21 1/5. GISW, $845,778; Ten A Penny (Gulch),SW & MGSP, B-Neil Jones (KY). $113,280. Smooth Striker, f, 3, Smart Strike--Smooth Senorita, by Pancho Villa. DED, 12-16, (S), 5f, 1:01 2/5. 8th-LRL, $30,000, Opt. Clm. ($40,000-$35,000), B-Riceland Racing Stables LLC (LA). NW1X, 2yo, 7f, 1:25 3/5, ft. Tribul Witch, f, 3, Tribal Rule--Bruheria, by El Prado HEAVENSTMURGATROID (c, 2, Fantasticat--Sally Q (Ire). GGX, 12-17, 5 1/2f (AWT), 1:04 2/5. B-Javier {SP, $228,187}, by Norquestor) Lifetime Record: Cardenas (CA). 8-4-1-0, $59,231. O-Warwick Stable. B-David DiPietro W I N N E R S B Y U. S. S I R E S & Herbert A May III (MD). T-A Ferris Allen III. *$11,000 H H yrl '08 FTMOCT. SO. HEMISPHERE WINNERS BY U.S. SIRES: 9th-DED, $28,500, 12-16, NW1X, 2yo, f, 5f, 1:00, ft. Matera (Aus), f, 3, Johannesburg--Miss Peridot (Aus), SECRET HEIRESS (f, 2, Wildcat Heir--Secret Date, by by Rory=s Jester (Aus). Eagle Farm (Brisbane), 12-16, Sea of Secrets) Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-0, $42,100. Mdn, 3yo/up, f/m, 7fT. B-Arch of Gold Pty Ltd O-James Richard Daigle. B-Superfine Farms (FL). Syndicate & Joe Duarte. T-Keith G Bourgeois. *$8,000 yrl '08 OBSAUG. Hallmark Star (NZ), f, 3, Johar--Street Star (NZ), by Jetball (Aus). Eagle Farm (Brisbane), 12-16, Hcp, 7th-CTX, $28,000, 12-16, NW2LX, 3yo/up, f/m, 3yo/up, 7 1/2fT. B-Canungra Pastoral Company. 6 1/2f, 1:20 4/5, ft. Flickering Storm (Aus), g, 3, Tale of the Cat--Flick Me SWISH MARAVICH (f, 4, Civilisation--Anna Lucasta, by (Aus), by Marauding (NZ). Eagle Farm (Brisbane), Lydian {Fr}) Lifetime Record: 18-6-8-2, $150,172. 12-16, Mdn, 3yo/up, c/g, 6fT. B-Grant Bloodstock. O-Ronald G Baker. B-Rene K Moore & Naylee Farm Beautiful Girl (NZ), m, 6, Black Minnaloushe--Piccadilly (WV). T-Skoobie Schneider. *1/2 to Spindini (Prenup), Lily (NZ), by Rubiton (Aus). Ellerslie (Auckland), SW, $270,787. 12-13, Hcp, 3yo/up, 6fT. B-Mrs M E Webb.

8th-HAW, $27,500, NW1X, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:08 IN ARGENTINA: 3/5, ft. El Refusilo (Arg), c, 3, Thunder Gulch--Dame Type (Arg) SPRINGTIME SPELL (f, 4, Sir Spellbinder--Closed Cir- (G1SW-Arg), by Cameo Type. San Isidro, 12-16, cuit, by Loup Sauvage) Lifetime Record: 13-5-2-2, Mdn, 7f, 1:23.16. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-0. O-Las $41,925. O-Carmelo Mendoza. B-Dr Donald L Griffin Hormigas; B-Haras San Jose del Socorro, La Pomme (IL). T-Carmelo Mendoza. S.A. y Inveriones y Prey; T-Alfredo Gaitan Dassie. P TDN AROUND THE WORLD • 12/18/09 • PAGE 9 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N EUROPE

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Inside Track (GB), g, 2, Bertolini--True Crystal (Ire), by Sadler=s Wells. Southwell, Britain, 12-17, Mdn, 2yo, 7f (AWT). B-Round Hill Stud. *9,000gns yrl >08 TATOCT. +Abayaan (GB), c, 3, Sadler=s Wells--Showdown (GB), by Darshaan (GB). Southwell, Britain, 12-17, Mdn, 3yo/up, 1 3/8m (AWT). B-Belgrave Bloodstck & Did you know Sphere Bloodstock. *46,000gns yrl >07 TATOCT; 50,000gns 2yo >08 TATAPR. that you could get... Starburst (GB), f, 4, Fantastic Light--Rasmalai (GB), by Sadler=s Wells. Wolverhampton, Britain, 12-17, Mdn, A national list of weekly 3-5yo, 12f 50yds (AWT). B-Winterbeck Manor Stud. stakes closings? SO. HEMISPHERE WINNERS BY EUROPEAN SIRES: Divided by age, sex and Banchee (NZ), f, 2, Oratorio (Ire)--Miss Jessie Jay (NZ), distance, and sorted by Spectacularphantom. Ellerslie (Auckland), 12-13, Mdn, 2yo, 5 1/2fT. B-Hallmark Stud Ltd & T O chronologically for easy Hurley. reference? (See sample Winged Charm (Aus), f, 3, Hawk Wing--True Charm below) (Aus), by Thunder Gulch. Caulfield (Melbourne), 12-16, Hcp, 3yo, f, 7f 40ydsT. B-M Smart. Kidding (Aus), f, 3, Red Ransom--Rubitoff (Aus), by Delivered to you by fax, Rubiton (Aus). Eagle Farm (Brisbane), 12-16, Mdn, email, or on the web for 3yo, f, 6fT. B-P Moran. Token of Honour (Aus), g, 3, Testa Rossa (Aus)-- Princess Plume (Aus), by Military Plume (NZ). Caul- field (Melbourne), 12-16, Hcp, 3yo, c/g, 7f 40ydsT. B-Lindsay Park Stud Pty Ltd, P Devitt & L Gordon. Posavina (NZ), f, 3, Tiger Hill (Ire)--Dance My Dance FREE? (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. Ellerslie (Auckland), 12-13, A sample from the SDW... Mdn, 3yo/up, 1mT. B-P J & P M Vela Ltd. 3yo/up, dirt, route NATIONAL: 12-27 150 San Gabriel H.-II, SA, 9fT (150), 12-17 01-18 150 San Marcos-II, SA, 4/up, 10fT (150), 01-07 01-30 300 Sunshine Millions Turf, GP, R, 4/up, 9fT (100), 12-17 01-30 150/50 John B Connally BC Turf-III, Hou, 9fT (0), 01-20 02-06 300 Gulfstream Park Turf H.-I, GP, 4/up, 9fT (300), 01-23 02-20 50/50 Fair Grounds H.-III, FG, 4/up, 9fT (100), 2-06

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