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ALWAYS DREAMING WORKS, EYES RETURN ESTABLISHED SIRES: 2017 GI winner Always Dreaming WHERE'S THE VALUE? () had his first workout in over five months Monday, breezing three furlongs for trainer at Palm Beach Downs. The workout, an Aeasy solo three furlongs@ according to Palm Beach clocker Dave Norton [video], came just over a month after returning to Pletcher=s care after spending the autumn recovering from a severe bout with stomach ulcers. Always Dreaming is owned by a conglomerate partnership consisting of MeB Racing, Brooklyn Boyz, Teresa Viola, St. Elias, Siena Farms, West Point , WinStar Farm, SF Bloodstock and China Horse Club. AOur Derby winner Always Dreaming is back on track!@ iconic retired race announcer and part owner Tom Durkin wrote in a Tuesday tweet. ALooking forward to a fun summer. It=ll be a few weeks before a start if all goes well.@ Cont. p10

Blame | Claiborne Farm IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Chris McGrath This is Part III of a three-part series exploring Kentucky sires DILGER SYNONYMOUS WITH DERBY SUCCESS that offer the best value. To read Part I, click here, and to read This year’s ITBA Wild Geese award winner Gerry Dilger has Part II, click here. enjoyed great success in America. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. So now we reach the guys with runs on the board. If the young guns are typically overpriced, then it stands to reason that this is often where the value lies. As we've noted, however, witless gold rushes can create their own inexorable, self-fulfilling momentum. Nonetheless this is the area to concentrate on, if you are one of those quaint old characters who mate mares with the outlandish objective of actually producing a racehorse. One of the things that kills a sire, commercially, is anno domini. Possibly the size of modern books does cause a genuine depletion in the ageing stallion. But people pick and choose stats to suit themselves: they'll take a leap of faith with the inconsistent young sire who shows himself capable of getting the odd standout, but dismiss as an aberration an evening star for the veteran who can no longer get the voluptuous partners of his heyday. It's all opinion, all choice, but we would have had no Arrogate (=s Song) joining the ranks, and no Honor Code (A.P. Indy), had the owners of their dams not kept the faith respectively with the venerable Unbridled's Song and A.P. Indy.

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Value Sires cont. from p1 his name in (Unbridled) (Gainesway, $85,000) as On that basis there are some eminently reasonable fees he continues his post-Japan rebuild. around for established sires of sires like Tiznow (Cee's Tizzy) That said, it's always good to see those few young sires who (WinStar, $50,000); More Than bridge the divide between their Ready (Southern Halo) (also start-up days, when they can do WinStar, $75, 000); and Giant's no wrong, and the ostracism that Causeway () (Ashford, follows if their first runners can't $75,000). Why are these three get them over wait-and-see dips in supposed to be heading over the their third or fourth books. One hill, at 21, when 19-year-old likely to reach six figures before Medaglia d'Oro (El Prado) (Darley, long is Quality Road (Elusive $250,000)--unmistakably in his Quality) (Lane's End, $70,000), pomp--has just earned a monster whose 9.18% graded stakes fee hike from $150,000? horses-to-starters in 2017 was His contemporary Candy Ride eclipsed only by War Front (Arg) (Ride The Rails) (Lane's End, (Danzig). $80,000) is likewise up to a career Another who retired to stud at high after Gun Runner made him the same time and plainly on the move--albeit still much lower the leading active sire of 2017. So, Temple City | Spendthrift first lesson: respect your elders. down the ranks--is Temple City At 15, Bernardini (A.P. Indy) (Darley, $85,000) is down from a (Dynaformer) (Spendthrift, $15,000). You couldn't expect a great peak of $150,000 but remains a physical paragon in his prime; deal of a crop of just 48 foals in 2015, but Temple City covered while you could also argue that the same fee represents value, 199 mares that year and now seems on an inexorable roll. at that level of the market, for a sire who has really lived up to Cont. p3 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 31, 2018

Value Sires cont. left to send him a mare in 2017. But his fee is pretty ridiculous After that famous weekend at Del Mar in December 2016, relative not just to his class and courage as a racehorse, but also when members of his first and second crops ($5,000 covers) to his proven ability--yes, unevenly, but it takes two to tango in both won Grade I races, the whole world sat up to the fact that genetics--to reproduce it. his dam was a Danzig half-sister to Malibu Moon. Like that horse, and like Dynaformer himself, Temple City is threatening MIZZEN MAST (Cozzene), Juddmonte, $10,000 to go from pauper to prince. Author of a solitary stakes win, Arrogate himself could learn a thing or two from the old hand aged five, over a mile and a half on a synthetic track; wonders he has joined for his new career. Yes, Mizzen Mast is now 20, never cease. but you can still set your watch by his metronomic production of You wouldn't think a horse with the profile of Kitten's Joy (El stakes horses. Year after year he gets them at a percentage Prado) (Hill 'n' Dale, $60,000) had much need of a relaunch but bordering the top 10--otherwise populated, almost invariably, his transfer to a new farm has triggered an aggressive fee cut by monster sires at giddy multiples of his fee. that leaves the ball firmly in the breeders' court--especially Another ten graded stakes performers in 2017 included Grade European breeders, who can ship a mare and still save on the I Ashland winner Sailor's Valentine. And how many sires $100,000 they previously required. Paradoxically he may well standing for bigger fees will ever get two Breeders' Cup winners- get an upgrade in mares at the lower fee. -never mind two the same year, as Mizzen Mast famously did in After that initial browse, and a necessarily random one at that, 2012? (Both, typically, went on from there: Flotilla to win a let's take a look at eight sires who wouldn't be on everyone's Classic back in France, and Mizdirection to retain the Turf Sprint mind--but who possibly deserve a second look at the price: the following year.) Cont. p5 AFLEET ALEX (Northern Afleet), Gainesway, $8,500 Seven Grade I winners, and proper ones too: in races like the Hopeful, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Travers, , etc. He won the Hopeful himself, of course, his fourth win on the reel, besides subsequently finishing second in the Juvenile and the Champagne. That would be enough to give most stallions a commercial luster; never mind then going on to win two legs of the Triple Crown, by an aggregate 11 3/4 lengths, and to make the podium in the other one. That qualified him as the Champion 3-year-old--but was not enough, sadly, to reconcile breeders to his zany pedigree: by Northern Afleet out of a Hawkster mare, albeit she was out of a Grade I winner. He should still be in his pomp at 16 but the reality, at this stage, is that he's not going to get back off the floor like he did so memorably in the Preakness. There were only 34 believers Mizzen Mast | Asuncion Pineyrua IN 2019 2YOS

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Mizzen Mast cont. record of a great dirt mare in Zenyatta might end up as a turf After showing his Group 1 caliber in Europe, Mizzen Mast was influence anyway. Already more than half his stakes winners only really getting going for Bobby Frankel when he retired--but have come over on the vegetable patch. had time to switch over from the turf, after a romp in Bien Bien S., to win the GI Malibu S. on dirt. Versatility was also the hallmark of his sire and, sure enough, Mizzen Mast has produced smart horses on all surfaces in America, Europe and Asia. The market has long been chary of his propensity to get horses that thrive with maturity. But he has always injected class into his mares, mined from a pedigree with a ton of scarcity value: not just the sire-line--which gives another way out, apart from Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie)--but a whole ecosystem of outcross blood without a single line of inbreeding in his first five generations. It's a pedigree that takes you a very long way, very quickly: his first three dams are by Graustark (Ribot {GB}), Tom Fool (Menow) and Challenger (GB) (Swynford {GB}). Swynford! In four steps, in 2018! Hurry while stocks last, I say. Blame=s Senga | Scoop Dyga It's a line that deserves an heir, and if you aren't just breeding to stand a horse under an auctioneer's rostrum, you might yet It is not as though Blame is disgracing himself, even as things have time to find one. stand. His black type horses-to-runners in 2017 came at a highly respectable clip of 10%. In fact, his indices across the board BLAME (Arch), Claiborne, $12,500 surpass a number of much more expensive stallions. It's just that A contentious one, no doubt. Certainly it's now or never for you wouldn't know it from the only one that counts to some Blame, but the farm went through much the same with his sire, people, his yearling average year-on-year halving from $94,592 who turned things round after a very slow start--eventually to $45,596. working his way back up to $40,000 (opened at $20,000) having But if that is the work of the rats, that doesn't mean the ship is at one point slumped to $5,000. sinking just yet. Some day, in fact, you might find yourself On the face of it, halving Blame's fee from $25,000 would looking pretty far-sighted for having sent a mare to Blame in his hour of need. Cont. p6 seem an eccentric response to his Group 1 breakthrough with a European Classic winner in Senga. But something had to be done after Blame's book slumped to 48 mares last year, from 105 in 2016. Senga, of course, will have been helped by a bedrock of Niarchos quality in her maternal family. But perhaps her example will get one or two people thinking a little more about the potential of Blame as a turf stallion. His own sire-line, of course, has an international resonance through Roberto and Kris S, respectively winner and sire of a winner in the ; while his dam Liable, a Seeking The Gold half-sister to Archipenko, is out of a daughter of Nijinsky and Special (who produced Nureyev and the dam of Sadler's Wells). The Liable cross--by Seeking The Gold out of a grand-daughter of --produced a champion equally proficient on turf and dirt in Dubai Millennium. Credit to the Niarchos family for showing more imagination than other European breeders (not saying a great deal these days, I fear) in introducing an ostensible dirt sire to one of their priceless families. But the irony may be that the horse famous for ending the unbeaten TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 31, 2018

KANTHAROS (Lion Heart), Hill 'n' Dale, $15,000 FIRST SAMURAI (Giant=s Causeway), Claiborne, $15,000 Here's a sire who has really earned his stripes and he will Everybody loved Lea, at the price anyway, but his sire's story is surely be building on the foundations he laid with lesser books in instructive of the fickleness of the marketplace. Florida now. There were just 23 named foals in his second crop. Last year, his first Kentucky book comprised 155 mares. The son of Lion Heart was a blisteringly fast juvenile, unbeaten in three starts at an aggregate 28.5 lengths, taking the Grade III Bashford Manor S. by 9 1/2 and the GII Saratoga Special by 7 1/4, only to be brought to a stop by injury. He has been getting black-type performers off $5,000 covers--topped by Golden Shaheen runner-up X Y Jet and G2 winner Bucchero--at a rate to embarrass much bigger names. In fact, the 2016 percentage that earned his transfer was 17.53% of runners. That was exceeded only byYWar Front and Uncle Mo! There is obvious scope for breeders to cash in on his Kentucky upgrade over the next couple of sales cycles. Out of a mare who was literally given away, Kantharos is threatening to pull off a real rags-to-riches rise. One astute friend has even suggested to me that he could become the American equivalent of Dark Angel (Ire) in Europe. Heady stuff. First Samurai | Claiborne Farm All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 31, 2018

First Samurai cont. fruit of his turnaround crop were 3-year-olds in 2017, including First Samurai, star of the first Ashford crop sired by Giant's Miss Sky Warrior and Sharp Samurai, who collected five Grade II Causeway, has been on a rollercoaster through his own stud wins between them, and these will be followed through by foals career. Having started out at $40,000--as befitted a brilliant dual resulting from books of 116, 99, 108 and 98. Grade I winner at two, his dam by a top broodmare sire in In other words, he is right back on an even keel. His 2017 Dixieland Band out of a daughter of --he paid for an yearlings, moreover, averaged $118,016. In a sector of the insipid first crop with just 45 mares in 2011 and was down to 24 market where talk and hope often count for more, he's paying in 2012. his way on sheer merit. In the nick of time, he mustered 10 stakes winners that year, LOOKIN AT LUCKY (Smart Strike), Ashford, $17,500 including GI Del Mar Debutante winner Executiveprivilege, and The fact that Lookin At Lucky has yet to produce a Grade I Lea making his initial Grade III breakthrough. Executiveprivilege winner is a transparent anomaly, yet his book shrank from had been picked up, in the middle of her sire's slump, as a 126 to 76 last year. That is keeping his price down conveniently $23,000 September yearling--only to realize a for those breeders who can see that his underlying results are sale-topping $650,000 when allowed to strut her stuff under impressive for a stallion in that kind of bracket. tack at OBS the following April. He's now down to half the fee he earned with consecutive Encouraged by a trim to $10,000 for 2013, breeders rallied and Eclipse championships at two and three (only the fifth male to his book leaped to 119. The revival continued that year, with achieve this after , , and nine stakes winners headed by GI A.G. Vanderbilt H. winner ) and as a five-time Grade I scorer--yet the Justin Phillip. half-dozen Grade I placers he has produced in four crops now Despite First Samurai's own precocity, his stock has tended to include, as a twist of the knife that surely promises redress thrive with maturity: Lea only bloomed with a track-record down the line, a Kentucky Derby runner-up in Lookin At Lee. success in the GI Donn H. at five, and then proceeded the Money Multiplier has been second in four Grade Is, and Lookin following year to five podiums in six Grade I starts on dirt and At Lucky's ratio of black-type performers to total starters puts grass, showing all the versatility of First Samurai's own sire. him in the top 10 in each of the last two years. Two in three of As such, there is plenty of scope for First Samurai to his lifetime Northern Hemisphere starters are winners, while his consolidate his plucky recovery over the next year or two. The Chilean progeny have been excelling, too. Cont. p8 2 CHAMPION 2YO COLTS IN HIS FIRST 4 CROPS.

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Lookin At Lucky cont. currently showing 159 winners from 212 lifetime starters, Lookin At Lucky was a more precocious horse than Curlin, and including 25 at black-type level. These now include a second indeed topped the general sires' list by number of juvenile Grade I winner in El Deal, who blazed eight lengths clear in the winners as a freshman. But he shares a similar ability to get Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. at Saratoga last summer. horses that progress with Munnings was a loud early maturity--a hallmark of Smart advert for Speightstown, Strike, himself never that heavy graduating from his first crop as a hitter at the sales--so he will a $1.7-million "bullet" 2-year-old have a good chance of riding out after being pinhooked for what deserves to prove a $150,000 as a yearling. He temporary bump in the medium proceeded to win on debut at term. Saratoga before twice making The one thing he hasn't really the frame as a juvenile at Grade been is lucky. But that's surely I level. going to change sooner or later His sire brings together two and, in the meantime, you're massive influences out of mares sure lookin' at value. by Secretariat, in Gone West and Storm Cat, and Munnings's own MUNNINGS (Speightstown), Munnings | Ashford Stud third dam Lady Winborne is also Ashford, $25,000 by Secretariat. Lady Winborne, There is no getting away from the sense that Munnings is producer of two Group 1 winners (including Munnings's pressing against the ceiling of his market, having turned round granddam La Gueriere) and herself a half-sister to Allez France, some terrific numbers from the modest materials available to in turn traces directly to La Troienne. him as a $12,500 and $10,000 start-up. He is, for instance, Cont. p9 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 31, 2018

Munnings cont. From this classy base Munnings molded a very balanced, dynamic physique, with a good head and outlook. His commercial profile is uneven, but if he continues to attract the classier mares his results merit, Munnings could yet summon this deep blood to break into two-turn territory. His 2018 2-year-olds were bred from a book of 196, up from 94 the previous year, and it's a safe bet that he is heading to new heights on the track, too.

STREET SENSE (Street Cry {Ire}), Darley, $35,000 Here's a horse at a crossroads. Things were not looking too pretty when the first ever to pull off the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile/Kentucky Derby double was dispatched to Japan in 2013, having registered modest returns from his first two crops and dwindled from $75,000 to $40,000. Typically, however, it turned out that he had left behind a series of progressive young horses of elite caliber and he was promptly repatriated. Without a domestic crop of juveniles to represent him in 2016, however, he had to tread water somewhat on his return. As such, the emergence of McKinzie as his first male Grade I winner in the Northern Hemisphere could hardly be better timed. For one thing, he stifles all the talk about not getting colts. Yes, his five previous elite scorers in the U.S. had all been females; and yes, 's sire, Street Cry, is feted for two Amazonian runners in Zenyatta and Winx; while Street Sense is already making an impression as a broodmare sire, not least with one of Europe's top juveniles of 2017 in Roaring Lion (Kitten's Joy).

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Street Sense cont. Lea (First Samurai) (Claiborne, $7,500) is a very interesting sire But two of his three Group 1 winners in the Southern at that level of the market. That fee gives people a lot of Hemisphere are male and it may prove that the second half of opportunity. Strong Mandate (Tiznow) (Three Chimneys, Street Sense's U.S. career will see him reinvent himself in many $10,000) has rewarded lot of people this year and last. And other ways, too. That was certainly the view of some big Violence (Medaglia d'Oro) (Hill 'n' Dale, $25,000; now $35,000)-- spenders in 2017, notably in matching the Fasig-Tipton I know he's bounced up very quickly but he was getting some November high for a $1-million weanling and in shattering the amazing looking yearlings and weanlings over the last couple of Arqana breeze-up record at i1.4 million--the latter representing years, so the fact he's done so well as a 2-year-old sire is not a one of the all-time pinhooks as a $15,000 Keeneland September shock. yearling. One way or another, he is back up and running: besides having McKinzie on the Triple Crown trail, he also counted wide-margin Grade II winner Avery Island among his comeback kids. There Cont. from p1 are not many stallions standing at this kind of ticket with Always Dreaming blossomed during the winter at Palm Beach pretensions to sharing the altitudes he has reached, on and off Downs in 2017, breaking his maiden at Tampa Bay Downs in late the track. January en route to a pair of wins at in an As it happens--and as a final footnote--one of few who might optional claimer and the Apr. 1 GI Florida Derby. That top-level bear comparison not only chased home Street Sense in the success propelled him to the winner=s circle on the first Saturday Kentucky Derby but also stands alongside him at Jonabell after in May--a 2 3/4-length success in the slop at . He sharing a stint in Japan. Hard Spun (Danzig) (Darley, $40,000) is was subsequently eighth in the GI Preakness S. after engaging in also having to start over, then, but he provides a precious a swift early pace and checked in third in the GII Jim Dandy S. conduit to his sire and has earned every cent of his fee. July 29. And that's a test, however subjective, valid at every level of the market. Still many a slip twixt cup and lip, of course. So wherever you send your mare, here's to a healthy foaling--and to whatever ration of good luck remains available after that.

And the Judges SayY. TONY LACY One sire I'm partial to is Palace Malice (Curlin) (Three Chimneys, $20,000)--arguably, at one point, the best in training of his generation in North America; his value right now is very reasonable. Kitten's Joy (El Always Dreaming | Sarah K. Andrew Prado) (Hill 'n' Dale, $60,000) at Sidelined following a ninth-place finish in the GI Travers S. at his new fee is an Saratoga Aug. 26, Always Dreaming spent a three-month stint at amazing bargain. WinStar Farm as he recovered from the ulcer condition and There are stallions logged some light exercise over the training track in December. Tony Lacy | Fasig-Tipton who are probably In a December interview with the TDN, WinStar CEO Elliott about equal who are easily double that. So for somebody Walden stated that the ownership group=s goal was to have looking for a broad appeal, I think he offers incredible value; it Always Dreaming back to the races by springtime. places him in the market to a point where it allows breeders to AWith the talent he=s shown, it=s very exciting to have him make money. So much, these days, reacts to a sale that's just coming back,@ Walden said. AThere are a lot of big races and happened--rather than giving people some help who are going we=re looking forward to him competing.@ to be selling in two years' time, not today. Share this job

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INDIAN STAR PROGRESSING NICELY IN All things equal, Motion said Serjeant At Arms will remain on a weekend work regimen for the next month. FLORIDA by Alan Carasso AHe and Ring Weekend will probably work together from now Serjeant At Arms (Ind) (Ikhtyar {Ire}) drilled five furlongs over on, they=re very much on the same schedule,@ Motion said. AI the Palm Meadows turf course in :59 1/5 Jan. 27 in the company think they=re going to need another month, so we=re going to be of Grade I winner Ring Weekend (Tapit) and is about a month looking for something around the end of February or the away from his U.S. debut, trainer Graham Motion said Jan. 30. beginning of March or so. I=m getting to the point where I could Owned by Mr. & Mrs. K. N. Dhunjibhoy, Serjeant At Arms was start looking for something. I imagine we=ll be looking at similar victorious in 12 of his 14 career starts in India, 10 of which came races for both of them--mile or mile and a sixteenth, Grade III, in black-type races, including the 2016 Kingfisher Ultra Derby Grade II.@ Bangalore (2000m) (video) and the Indian 2000 Guineas at Motion said he was put in touch with Serjeant At Arms=s Mumbai (1600m) (video). The Southern Hemisphere 4-year-old owners through Cheveley Park Stud Managing Director Chris cleared quarantine in Chicago in early November and was Richardson. AI think it=s a very sporting for them thing to [send the horse to vanned to Motion=s base at Fair Hill in Maryland before recently the U.S.], Motion commented. AI think they felt he=d joining the string at Palm Meadows. accomplished so much in India and wanted to see how he stacks up with our horses and I think they=re excited about the prospect. There=s a lot of interest in it in India, which is great.@ A son of Sheikh Hamdan=s SW & GSP Ikhtyar, Serjeant At Arms is one of six full stakes winners for Rahy=s Serenade (Rahy-- Shihama, by Shadeed), who was exported to India after being purchased in foal to Allied Forces for $8,000 from the Walmac consignment at the 1999 Keeneland November sale. The further female family includes champion (GB) (Shadeed), her graded-stakes winning son Almushahar (Silver Hawk) and MG1SW Golden Snake (Danzig). Serjeant At Arms=s lifetime record stands as 14-12-2-0 for earnings of $670,325.

27 ADDED TO F-T WINTER SALE Twenty seven additional offerings--including racing and/or Serjeant At Arms training at Palm Meadows | Katelyn Jackson photo broodmare prospects, in-foal mares and short yearlings--have been added to the Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed sale catalogue. The conditioner has been pleased with the way Serjeant At Listed as hips 548 to 574, they are available to view online now. Arms has taken his travel and acclimated to the U.S. Among the supplemented entries are: AHe really had a long trip,@ Motion said. AI was surprised how ! Lirica (Kantharos), a stakes winner at two and three from well he handled it--condition-wise he looked really well and the female family of 2017 GI Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity didn=t lose a lot. Knock on wood, he really hasn=t missed a beat winner McKinzie (Street Sense). She will be offered as a since he got to us. We gave him the better part of a month of racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales agency as pretty much doing nothing when he got here [to Fair Hill] and hip 548. then once we got him going, he=s gone on from there.@ ! Secret Garden (Per) (Flanders Fields), a Group 1 winner in Saturday=s drill was Serjeant At Arms=s fifth since his arrival in her native country from the family of Bernardini consigned as a Florida and easily his stiffest to date. racing/broodmare prospect by South Point Sales Agency, Agent

AHe worked down on the rail while everyone else was around XI as hip 549. ! Girl Talk (Medaglia d=Oro), a stakes-placed racing or the cones, so the time looks fast, but take nothing away from it,@ broodmare prospect out of MGSW One Caroline (Unbridled=s Motion said. AIt was a very good work, I was very happy with Song) and a half to GSP Improv (Distorted Humor). She will be how he did it. He=s been very straight-forward and a pleasure to consigned by Craig and Holly Bandoroff=s Denali Stud on behalf = @ be around. He s really taken to the training. of Ramona Bass and Cheyenne Stables as hip 574. He continued, AI haven=t noticed anything that he=s taken a The sale will be held Monday, Feb. 5 and Tuesday, Feb. 6 in while to get adjusted to. That Palm Meadows turf course can be Lexington. a little tight, a little different for a horse to come to, but he=s taken to everything.@ SIRE LISTS Sponsored by

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Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Justin Phillip -- 2 ------19 3 $177,569 $275,106 (2008) by First Samurai Stands: Castleton Lyons KY Fee: $5,000 Ryono Tesoro 2 Violence 1 2 ------30 6 $44,640 $206,014 (2010) by Medaglia d'Oro Stands: Hill 'N' Dale Farms KY Fee: $25,000 Cicatrix 3 Alternation -- 1 ------19 7 $25,800 $201,261 (2008) by Distorted Humor Stands: Pin Oak Stud KY Fee: $6,000 Alter Moon 4 Morning Line 1 4 ------16 5 $60,000 $192,168 (2007) by Tiznow Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Empire Line 5 ------21 4 $61,628 $177,267 (2010) by Malibu Moon Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Nishino Trans Am 6 Graydar ------29 8 $38,880 $171,950 (2009) by Unbridled's Song Stands: Taylor Made Stallions KY Fee: $7,500 Lombo 7 Point of Entry ------16 4 $62,850 $149,703 (2008) by Dynaformer Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: $20,000 Best My Way 8 Poseidon's Warrior 1 1 ------15 3 $90,000 $125,050 (2008) by Speightstown Stands: Pleasant Acres Stallions FL Fee: $6,500 Firenze Fire 9 Prospective 1 1 ------17 5 $46,035 $122,956 (2009) by Malibu Moon Stands: Ocala Stud Farm FL Fee: $3,000 Piven 10 Paynter -- 1 ------27 2 $25,800 $111,981 (2009) by Awesome Again Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $12,500 Briny Marlin 11 Jimmy Creed ------19 2 $45,150 $110,816 (2009) by Distorted Humor Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $15,000 Jasper Win 12 El Padrino ------11 4 $31,122 $109,489 (2009) by Pulpit Stands: Northview PA USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Vente to Go 13 Overanalyze -- 2 ------34 4 $22,800 $95,193 (2010) by Dixie Union Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $15,000 Saints' Girl 14 Flat Out ------24 2 $16,800 $81,714 (2006) by Flatter Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $7,000 Flat Out Mine 15 Trinniberg ------5 2 $44,000 $75,402 (2009) by Teuflesberg Stands: Rockridge Stud NY Fee: $3,500 Belleville Spring

FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ student who is pursuing a bachelor=s degree or higher at any EHV-1 QUARANTINE AT PORTLAND university and has demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in the racing industry. MEADOWS by T.D. Thornton The following criteria will be considered for The Jockey Club Portland Meadows in Oregon is the latest Thoroughbred Scholarship: career aspirations, activities involving the equine or racetrack to have a quarantine imposed after a 7-year-old mare Thoroughbred industry, and high academic . was diagnosed with the Awild@ strain of equine herpesvirus type That scholarship complements The Jockey Club Jack Goodman 1 (EHV-1). Scholarship, which was created in 2007 and is awarded annually The Oregon Department of Agriculture reported that the mare to a student or students at the University of Arizona=s Race Track developed mild ataxia Jan. 25, and while neither the Industry Program (RTIP). The annual $6,000 ($3,000 per neuropathogenic or wild type strains of EHV-1 were detected by semester) Jack Goodman Scholarship is based on academic blood testing, nasal swab samples confirmed the wild-type achievement, a proposed career path in the Thoroughbred strain. racing industry, and previous industry involvement. The deadline for both applications is Mar. 31, 2018. AThe Jockey Club strives to facilitate the involvement of young individuals in ,@ said James Gagliano, president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club. AThese scholarships will reward students who are passionate about the sport and interested in working in the industry upon graduation.@ Goodman, a resident of Tucson, is a longtime member of The Jockey Club and is one of three founders of the RTIP. To date, Portland Meadows | The Stronach Group there have been 11 recipients of The Jockey Club Jack Goodman Scholarship, and nine of them are working in the racing industry. APortland Meadows racetrack veterinary authorities have Applications and other pertinent information about both quarantined the index case and high-risk contacts in a barn scholarships are available at jockeyclub.com under separate from other horses,@ the Equine Disease Advocacy/Promotion, Education. The recipients of each Communication Center reported Jan. 30. AEnhanced biosecurity scholarship will be announced this summer. measures have been implemented. The index case is stable and non-febrile. High risk contacts are being closely monitored. To date, there have been no additional sick animals reported.@ Earlier this month, EHV-1 quarantines were imposed and Green Mask Arrives at Old Friends: subsequently released at in New York and Laurel Multiple graded stakes-winning turf sprinter Green Mask Park in Maryland. (Mizzen Mast), who was retired in September due to a sesamoid fracture, has arrived at the Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center in Georgetown, KY. Campaigned by Abdullah Almaddah and trained by Brad Cox, the millionaire finished first or second in each of his seven starts last season at six, capping INDUSTRY INFO things off with victories in Woodbine=s GII Highlander S. and Saratoga=s Troy H. AGreen Mask always gave 110% on the track, so when he was Applications Now Open for The Jockey Club Scholarships: injured it was devastating to the whole team,@ said Cox. AWe're The Jockey Club announced Tuesday that it will again be so thankful to New Bolton Center and Dr. Richardson, who awarding $21,000 in college scholarships for the academic year helped save his life and make retirement even possible. And we that begins in the fall of 2018. are so grateful that Green Mask will now spend his retirement The Jockey Club Scholarship, which is being offered for the years at Old Friends.@ second year, will provide $15,000 ($7,500 per semester) to a Cont. p2

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Old Friends founder/president Michael Blown added, AOur thanks to Brad Cox, Mr. Almaddah, and the people at Dell Ridge who took such good care of Green Mask following his surgery. We're very thrilled to have him with us. He was a wonderful racehorse that certainly earned his retirement, and his wonderful disposition, I'm sure, will make him a big fan favorite.@ IN SOUTH KOREA: Sky Bay, f, 3, Adios Charlie--K K=s Kitty, by Yes It=s True. Seoul, 1-27, Hcp. ($70k), 1200m. B-Stanley M Hough, Alan Brodsky & John Pastorek (FL). *$95,000 2yo >17 OBSAPR. STALLIONS’ FIRST FOALS Finest Warrior, g, 3, Majestic Warrior--Won Perfect Rose, by Air Forbes Won. Busan, 1-28, Hcp. ($70k), 1400m. B-Seth Gregory RELOAD, Northern Dawn Stables, Ontario, Canada (NY). *1/2 to Gold and Roses (Gold Token), MSW, $877,966. ! Colt born Jan. 28 out of Dance in the Snow (Seeking the Gold). **$25,000 Ylg >16 FTNAUG; $75,000 2yo >17 OBSMAR; ! Bred by Lindy Barrow and foaled at Northern Dawn Stables. $80,000 2yo >17 FTMMAY. ! Phipps homebred Reload (Hard Spun) won the 2014 Tiz Plan, c, 3, Tiznow--Amusing Plan, by Pleasantly Perfect. GIII Canadian Turf S. and 2016 GIII Tampa Bay S. Seoul, 1-28, Hcp. ($56k), 1300m. B-Three Chimneys Farm LLC (KY). *Won for the second time in four starts as the 3-10 chalk. **Maternal grandson of Contrive, dam of champion Folklore (Tiznow). ***$25,000 RNA Ylg >16 KEESEP. New York Mangchi, g, 3, To Honor and Serve--Gone to Utah, by Salt Lake. Busan, 1-28, Hcp. ($56k), 1200m. B-Nicewonder Stable LLC (MD). *Won by five lengths as the 1-2 favorite. **1/2 to Powder Mountain (Whywhywhy), MSP, $190,195; and Away We Go (Tizway), SW. ***$65,000 RNA Wlg >15 KEENOV; $35,000 Ylg >16 KEESEP; $90,000 2yo >17 FTMMAY. 4th-GP, $51,000, OC 25k/N1X, 4yo/up, 6f, post time: 2:05 p.m. Cheongdam Dokki, g, 4, To Honor and Serve--Elusive Gold, by ET . Seoul, 1-27, Hcp. ($103k), 2000m. B-Blue >TDN Rising Star= ARMY MULE (Friesan Fire), off since airing by Heaven Farm LLC (KY). *1/2 to Gouldings Green (), 8 1/2 lengths in his Belmont debut Apr. 30, makes his highly MGSW, $682,493; Baby Bird (Birdstone), GSP, $222,804; and anticipated return to the races in this field of six. The 4-year-old Filare l=Oro (Hard Spun), SW & GSP, $185,100. **$20,000 Ylg has been working bullets at trainer Todd Pletcher=s Palm Beach >15 KEESEP. Downs base, including a five-furlong spin in 1:01 4/5 (1/4) Jan. 19. The bay became the second-priciest purchase at the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training sale when Great King, c, 4, Majestic Warrior--Margaret Smile, by Concerto. bringing $825,000 from St Elias Stable. He is the 6-5 morning- Busan, 1-28, Hcp. ($103k), 2000m. B-Kinsman Farm (FL). line favorite. TJCIS PPs *$30,000 2yo >16 OBSJUN.

TDN CRITERIA The races covered in the TDN are as follows: IN CHILE: = • Stakes: purses of $50,000/up Malibu Strip, c, 4, Malibu Moon--G G s Dolly (SW, $176,460), by • Allowance Races: purses of $20,000/up Comic Strip. Hipodromo Chile, 1-27, Hcp. 1200m, 1:12.17. • Optional Claiming Races: purses of $20,000/up B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY). *1/2 to Strong Incentive • Maiden Special Weight Races: purses of $18,000/up (Warrior=s Reward), SW, $123,568. VIDEO • Maiden Claiming Races: purses of $18,000/up & a minimum Estrella Del Norte, f, 4, Sea the Stars (Ire)--Elbe (GB), by Dansili claiming price of $40,000 (GB). Club Hipico, 1-29, Hcp. 1600mT, 1:34.25. B-Don Alberto Corp (KY). *Won by four lengths as the 3-5 pick. VIDEO We are pleased to announce an increase in Breeder Awards for maidens beginning in January 2018!

50% for PA-Sired, PA-Bred maidens finishing 1st-3rd

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First-crop starters to watch: Wednesday, Jan. 31 Farm and fee represent current information Memories Last (Thats Our Buck), TX, unknown 4 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 9-HOU, Msw 6f, JAMARS WHITEGOLD, 20-1 $1,000 TTA MIX yrl

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ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 3rd-SUN, $29,600, (S), 1-30, (NW2L), 3yo, 5 1/2f, 1:03.02, ft. 5th-PRX, $50,180, 1-30, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 1m 70y, 1:45.08, BELLY BUTTON WHO (g, 3, Indian Firewater--Hope for Roses, gd. by Macho Uno) Lifetime Record: 8-2-0-1, $38,363. O-Jerry & SQUAN'S KINGDOM (f, 4, Trappe Shot--Star Wisper, by Quiet Sheree Cannon; B-Sammy L. Stevens (NM); T-Rodolfo G. Valles. American) Lifetime Record: SP, 17-2-3-3, $133,010. O-ABL *$2,500 Ylg '16 RUIAUG. Stable, Dominic Bossone, James Cahill & Peter Donnelly; B-Job D Turner (KY); T-Patrick B. McBurney. *$31,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Black Stetson, g, 3, More Than Ready--Ida Clark, by 7th-PRX, $49,930, 1-30, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 1m 70y, 1:44.20, gd. Speightstown. PRX, 1-30, 6 1/2f, 1:18.29. B-Levi & Jacob BELIEVE IN LUCK (g, 5, Afleet Alex--Tell Me All, by Vindication) Dunlap, Town & Country Horse Farms, LLC, et al (KY). *$55,000 Lifetime Record: 17-4-3-1, $147,510. O-Cash is King LLC; Ylg '16 KEESEP; $72,000 RNA 2yo '17 OBSOPN. B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd. (KY); T-John C. Servis. *$160,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP.

8th-PRX, $47,250, 1-30, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 6f, 1:12.29, gd. IMASUPERSTAR (g, 5, Flatter--Dark Starlet, by Speightstown) © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. Lifetime Record: 11-2-3-3, $132,015. O-My Purple Haze Stables; This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Chris J. Englehart. *$87,000 Ylg '14 any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written KEESEP. permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information Barry Berkelhammer 352•804•3000 as to the American races, race results and earnings was BRED & RAISED AT MACHMER HALL obtained from results charts published by The Jockey Club SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations Information Services and utilized here with their permission. WEDNESDAY, 31 JANUARY, 2018

It was a stepping stone to bigger and better things. He went on DILGER SYNONYMOUS to become a farm manager, to lease his own farm, and to form a partnership with Mike Ryan buying and selling weanlings and WITH DERBY SUCCESS yearlings. The team enjoyed a great deal of success, which allowed Dilger to open his own farm, Dromoland, in 1994. Dilger=s most notable accomplishments have come within the last four years or so. Along with partners Ted Campion and Pat Costello, he bought 2015 Kentucky Derby winner (Uncle Mo) for $180,000 as a weanling at Keeneland November in 2013 and raised him at Dromoland. They resold him for $230,000 at Keeneland September to a group that, ironically, included Ryan. Finally, Nyquist was bought for $400,000 at the 2015 Fasig-Tipton Florida Select 2-Year-Olds in Training by Reddam Racing. Dilger=s fingerprints were all over the winner, just even more so. He and Ryan breed horses under the name of Santa Rosa Partners and they are the breeders of Derby winner Always Dreaming (Bodemeister). Cont. p2

IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Wild Geese award winner Gerry Dilger has had his hands on the last ESTABLISHED SIRES: WHERE’S THE VALUE two Kentucky Derby winners | Fasig-Tipton photo Part III of a three-part series exploring Kentucky sires that offer the best value. Chris McGrath has the details. Click or tap here By Bill Finley to go straight to TDN America. The Irish Thoroughbred Breeders= Association=s annual Wild Geese Award is given to someone from Ireland who has excelled outside of their native country while Aflying the Irish flag with pride on a global stage.@ In this year=s winner, Gerry Dilger, the organization found someone who checked all the boxes. Dilger, who operates Dromoland Farm in Lexington, was given the award on Saturday at the ITBA=s National Breeding & Racing Awards ceremony. AI was very honored to receive this award,@ Dilger said. AIt was greatly satisfying to be honored and to accept the award.@ Dilger typifies many of the people from Ireland who have gone to the U.S. and have made a mark on the racing and breeding industries in their adopted country. He went to the U.S. in 1978 Aas a young kid looking for an opportunity@ and has gone on to become one of the most respected people in the business and the co-breeder of a GI Kentucky Derby winner. Dilger, who is from County Clare, graduated from the Irish National Stud course in 1977. From there he was among a small group of young aspiring horsemen from Ireland who were hired to work at a Lexington farm. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 31 JANUARY, 2018

Dilger Synonymous With Derby Success Cont. from p1

AMike and I have a handful of mares and we always try to pick good young stallions that showed a lot of potential on the racetrack and look to be nice stallion prospects,@ Dilger explained. AI really loved Bodemeister when he was running and thought he had great ability.@ Always Dreaming, whose dam is Above Perfection, was sold for $350,000 at Keeneland September in 2015. He is from Bodemeister=s first crop. Dilger also enjoyed a rare feat during the 2009 Saratoga meet. Along with Ryan, he bred (Dixie Union), the winner of that year=s GI Spinaway S. A day later, he completed a double when Dublin (Afleet Alex) won the GI Hopeful. He bred that colt in partnership with Peter Blum. Ryan says Dilger is as gifted a horsemen as he has ever come across. AHe=s one of the best horsemen I have ever met,@ Ryan said. AHis specialty is looking at young stock, which is not easy because they change so much. He=s always upbeat, always thinking positive. Even when the horse business was going through challenging times he was always cheerful and bright. You don=t ever see him down. If you do, something must really be bothering him. I think that=s part of the reason for his success, that he has a positive attitude and he loves what he=s doing.@ As a way to represent Ireland and to help the breeding and Ryan also praised Dilger the person. racing industries there, Dilger has always opened his doors to AHe=s a tremendous human being, just a great guy,@ he said. AIf young Irish people who want to learn about racing in America. you are in trouble he=d be the first man you=d call because he=d He said he remembers what it was like to be young, ambitious, always be there for you. He=s been a terrific friend to me for 40 from a foreign country and looking for a break. plus years. All the years we=ve been together as partners we=ve AA lot of people come over here from Ireland,@ he said. AThey never had an argument.@ get experience and come back home and do very well. I have been a mentor to a lot of young Irish people that have gone on to become trainers, farm managers, bloodstock agents. I think that=s one of the reasons they gave me this award.@

STUDY FINDS MALE, FEMALE JOCKEYS EQUAL The performance of male and female jockeys, when quality of Gerry Dilger bred Kentucky Derby winner horses ridden is considered, is equal, according to a study Always Dreaming with Mike Ryan | Horsephotos carried out through the Thoroughbred Horseracing Industries MBA at the University of Liverpool. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 31 JANUARY, 2018

Vice President, International Operations Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 Successful female jockeys Josephine Gordon (left) International Editor and Hollie Doyle | Getty Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Study Finds Male, Female Jockeys Equal Cont. [email protected] The study used detailed analysis techniques on data covering a European Editor 14-year period, which showed that only 11.3% of professional Emma Berry licensed jockeys are female, and those were responsible for just Twitter: @collingsberry 5.2% of available rides. [email protected] Vanessa Cashmore, author of the study, said, AThis study Associate International Editor strongly indicates that female jockeys are every bit as good as Heather Anderson their male counterparts. I hope it helps to provide more Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN opportunities for female jockeys and also encourages more women to further their careers as race riders.@ Marketing Manager Nick Rust, chief executive of the British Horseracing Authority, Alayna Cullen said, AThis study provides further evidence towards something Twitter: @AlaynaCullen that many in the industry have felt for some time--that there is [email protected] no reason why female jockeys should not be considered as good Contributing Editor as their male counterparts. We are proud that British racing is Alan Carasso one of the few sports where men and women can compete on Twitter: @EquinealTDN equal terms. However, if female jockeys are not being given the same opportunities as the men, then this cannot be considered Cafe Racing as equality. Understanding why there are fewer female jockeys Sean Cronin than male, and why those jockeys get fewer rides than the men- Tom Frary -in particular in higher profile races--is something that we are [email protected] determined to address, and will be considered by the sport=s Irish Correspondent dedicated Diversity in Racing Steering Group.@ Daithi Harvey The BHA said in a statement that it will continue to monitor the results of France=s female weight allowance initiative Regular Columnists combined with the views of the Diversity in Racing Steering Andrew Caulfield Group and the findings of this study in determining any steps John Berry that should be taken to improve opportunities for female Kevin Blake jockeys. Tom Peacock The ultimate son of Kodiac. On show at Tattersalls on Thursday The last time Ardad was in a sales ring he made £170,000!

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DETTORI CONTRACT REDUCED Frankie Dettori=s contract with Al Shaqab Racing has been reduced, his agent Peter Burrell confirmed to The Times. Burrell said it was the operation=s shift in concentration to France that necessitated the change. AThey have reduced the number of horses by 50% in Britain and the contract makes allowance for that,@ Burrell told The Times. The agent said of Dettori=s previous contract, which stretched back to 2013, AIt would be correct to say that [the retainer] was a substantial six-figure sum.@ Despite the cut, Dettori will presumably not be short of quality mounts in 2018, his rides outside the Al Shaqab banner including John Gosden=s champion 3-year-olds Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) and Cracksman (GB) (Frankel {GB}). It has been reported that Al Shaqab has in recent months owed its trainers considerable debts, which Al Shaqab General Manager Khalifa Al Attiya linked to organizational restructuring and an issue between offices in Europe and Qatar.

AWe are a little surprised that, without any warning, RMG has informed us that they have chosen the bookmaker-owned SIS as their new international partner, so fracturing British horseracing in the process and damaging the huge progress we have made together in penetrating international markets,@ Thorpe said. "This will have ramifications as to how British racecourses work together in the future. We are sure our international horserace partners will be disappointed." RMG=s partnership with SIS is an extension of a deal beginning Frankie Dettori aboard Al Shaqab=s on Apr. 1 that will see the company take over the audiovisual Classic winner Galileo Gold | Racing Post and data distribution for RMG=s 37 tracks to betting shops, and RMG Chief Executive Richard FitzGerald told Racing Post, AThis exciting new agreement with SIS is a natural extension of our partnership, following on from our LBO [Licensed Betting Office] RMG CHANGES INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS rights agreement. It is a strategic, long-term approach to RMG=s Racecourse Media Group has cut ties with GBI, which since media rights, which will result in cost savings, revenue 2010 has been the sole distributor of UK and Irish racing to enhancements and the opportunity to grow and promote our overseas markets, and has formed a partnership with SIS to quality racing. And, of course, all RMG=s profits are paid to its distribute racing to overseas betting operators from next year, racecourse shareholders.@ according to Racing Post. David Thorpe, chairman of RMG rival Arena Racing Company, told Racing Post RMG was Afracturing British racing,@ by leaving GBI. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 31 JANUARY, 2018

Derek McGrath, chief executive officer of The Curragh, said, STALLIONS’ FIRST FOALS ADubai Duty Free have been outstanding partners of The Curragh and I would like to acknowledge the significant PEARL SECRET contribution that Colm McLoughlin and his team have made to Group 2-winning sprinter Pearl Secret (GB) (Compton Place the success of the Irish Derby over the past 10 years.@ {GB}) has had his first foal born at Bucklands Farm & Stud, where he stands for ,4,000. The foal, a colt, is out of Concentration (Ire) (Mind Games {GB}), the dam of five winning sprinters. Breeder Roisin Close, director of Bucklands Farm and Stud, said, "He is a chip off the old block. I'm delighted to see so much of his sire and grandsire Compton Place in him, I can=t wait to see more of them." ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: Breeders using Pearl Secret can also take advantage of two Bobby K (Ire), g, 3, Dabirsim (Fr)--Shanjia (Ger) (SW-Fr), by incentives including either a vets fees package, travel voucher or Soldier Hollow (GB). SOU, 1-30, 8f 13y (AWT), 1:41.61. B-J. filly foal free return terms. Wall & E. Kennedy (IRE). *27,000gns Ylg >16 TATDEY.

NOT A SINGLE DOUBT FILLY TOPS KARAKA by Heather Anderson The third session of the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale Book 1 did not possess a seven-figure yearling, but demand was still fierce at the top end, especially for fillies. Te Akau Racing=s David Ellis signed his name for the top lot for the second day in a row, landing a filly (lot 371) by Arrowfield Stud=s Not a Single Doubt (Aus) for NZ$900,000. Overall, from 540 catalogued, 399 head have sold, grossing NZ$63,635,000. The clearance rate ticked up a couple points to Pearl Secret colt out of Concentration 79% (it was 77% on Monday), while the median held steady at NZ$120,000. The average landed at NZ$159,486. Cont. p6

DUTY FREE EXTENDS DERBY SPONSORSHIP Dubai Duty Free will again sponsor the G1 Irish Derby in 2018. This year=s renewal, i1.5 million, takes place on June 30 at The Curragh. Dubai Duty Free has been the title sponsor of the Irish Derby since 2008. Last year=s Irish Derby, won by subsequent G1 St Leger winner Capri (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) over Cracksman (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Wings Of Eagles (Fr) (Pour Moi {Ire}), was the world=s highest-rated race of the year restricted to 3-year-olds. Tuesday=s topper, lot 371 | NZB TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 31 JANUARY, 2018

She in turn is a half-sister to MGSW and MG1SP Winning Belle (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}), G1SP Aspen (NZ) (Alamosa {NZ}), and SP Lady Maroof (NZ) (Maroof). Plucky Belle (Aus) (Mossman {Aus}), victorious in the G1 Coolmore Classic, is out of Winning Belle and counts G1SPs Rawnaq (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) and Light Brigade (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) as half-brothers. AWhen I visited Pencarrow to inspect him, I thought he was a stunning colt,@ said Ellis. AHe=s just perfect for the Karaka Million next year and a lovely colt to train on to the 2000 Guineas. We have had so much luck with this great nursery. It=s a farm where we have bought [GSW & G1SP] Burgundy (NZ) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) and [multiple champion] Darci Brahma (NZ) (Danehill) and I believe he is up there with the quality of those colts. He has David Ellis at the recent Karaka Million barrier draw | NZB filled my stallion syndication. I have now got a Snitzel (Aus) colt (lot 215) for $625,000, a Savabeel (Aus) colt (lot 301) for $1.025 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale Book 1 Day 3 Cont. million and this Exceed And Excel colt for $750,000.@

Haunui Farm has been enjoying a solid Book 1 so far, sitting third by aggregate, with 19 sold for NZ$4,565,000 and the Oct. 1-foaled bay represented the highest price of the sale to date for the Karaka operation. The of lot 371 was clear to Ellis, as she is a half-sister to Te Akau=s own G1SW Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands {Aus}), a NZ$57,500 graduate of this sale in 2016 offered by Haunui who went on to win the 2017 Karaka Million and was back in action on Jan. 27 with a victory in the G3 Mongolian Khan Trophy. AI have been watching this family for the last 40 years,@ said Ellis, who has purchased 24 yearlings for NZ$7,242,500 and leads all buyers by aggregate through Tuesday. AIt=s an unbelievable filly family and I thought the cross with Not a Single Doubt was top-class.@ Lot 455 | NZB Produced by the winning Meleka Belle (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}), the filly was the third foal of her dam, who is also a half-sister to G1 The third priciest lot among the seven yearlings Ellis acquired New Zealand 1000 Guineas runner-up Tsarina Belle (NZ) to bear the tangerine and blue on Tuesday was a NZ$410,000 (Stravinsky), MGSP Desert Rain (NZ) (Honor Grades) and two daughter of I Am Invincible (Aus)--Mabsam (Aus) from the draft other stakes-placed runners. of Windsor Park Stud. Lot 355 is the third foal produced by AI normally wait until they are on the market before I bid, but I Mabsam (Aus) (Stratum {Aus}), a MSP half-sister to four-time thought I would try and blow them out of the water with one Group 3 winner Viking Hero (Aus) (Elvstroem {Aus}). Mabsam bid,@ explained Ellis of his tactics to acquire lot 371, when he was acquired by the Mongolian Khan at Windsor Park Syndicate opened bidding at NZ$800,000. AI will be getting her ready for carrying this filly for A$150,000 out of the Magic Millions the Karaka Million--I promise you.@ National Broodmare Sale in 2016. MG1SW Innocent King (Aus) (Tolomeo {Ire}) is under the third dam. Ellis Adds Exceed And Excel Colt to Syndicate... Striking for lot 455 from the same elite >Belle= family later on Savabeel Filly Catches Hawthorne=s Eye... Tuesday, Ellis secured the Pencarrow Stud-consigned bay for Bloodstock agent Dean Hawthorne had been an active NZ$750,000, the day=s dearest colt and third highest-priced lot participant earlier at Karaka and he signed for four lots on of the session. By Darley Australia=s champion shuttler Exceed Tuesday, with lot 487 the most expensive at NZ$875,000. And Excel (Aus), the Sept. 3 foal is out of Group 3 heroine Our Waikato Stud consigned the Savabeel (Aus)--Posy (NZ) (No Ella Belle (NZ) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}). Excuse Needed {GB}) filly. Cont. p7 Aclaim and Hyperion. The two best-looking horses in Newmarket! BLOODSTOCK NOTEBOOK

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Pins Colt for Yiu... Hong Kong trainer Ricky Yiu was also listed among the buyers= sheets on Tuesday. A bay colt (lot 383) by two-time Hong Kong champion sire Pins (Aus) out of GSP and G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas fourth Miracle Miss (NZ) (O=Reilly {NZ}) changed hands for NZ$420,000. From the Waikato Stud draft, the Aug. 29-foaled colt is a full-brother to New Zealand listed winner Maritimo (NZ), who was also placed twice at Group 3 level. His sire is a proven commodity in Hong Kong, as he has accounted for a pair of MG1SWs there in Aerovelocity (NZ) and Ambitious Dragon (NZ).

Lot 487 | Darryl Sherer

NZB Karaka Yearling Sale Book 1 Day 3 Cont. A two-time winner, Posy is a full-sister to the high-class three- time G1SW Daffodil (NZ), a champion 3-year-old in New Zealand and successful at the highest level on both sides of the Tasman Sea, and herself the dam of MSP Snowdrop (NZ) (Pins {Aus}). The G1 Sires= Produce S. bridesmaid Good Faith (NZ) (Straight Strike) is under the placed third dam. AWe have bought into a family that has so much going for it,@ said Hawthorne, who has signed for six yearlings for NZ$2,635,000, good for second leading buyer by gross. AI wanted one good Savabeel filly and she=s the one.@ The agent=s buying spree continued shortly thereafter, as he shelled out NZ$700,000, the fourth highest price on Tuesday, for Ricky Yiu | Kenneth Chan/South China Morning Post a filly (lot 503) offered by Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan=s The final day of Book 1 action continues at the Karaka sales Cambridge Stud consignment. By Tavistock (NZ), who holds complex at 11 a.m. local time, where lots 541 to 700 will go court at Cambridge, the brown filly is the first foal out of the under the hammer. For the complete results, go to listed winner Pussy O=Reilly (NZ) (O=Reilly {NZ}), who ran second www.nzb.co.nz. in the G1 Makfi Challenge S. and was fourth in the G1 Easter H. She is a full-sister to Group 2 winner Pussy Willow (NZ) and a half to listed winner Inside Agent (NZ) (Stravinsky).

NZB KARAKA YEARLING SALE BOOK 1 DAY 2 CUMULATIVE TOTALS 2018 $ Catalogued 540 $ No. Offered 504 $ No. Sold 399 $ RNAs 105 $ % RNAs 21% $ No. NZ$500K+ 14 $ High Price NZ$1,025,000 $ Gross NZ$63,635,000 $ Average (% change) NZ$1159,486 $ Median (% change) NZ$120,000 *Direct comparisons are not available, as New Zealand Bloodstock reformatted the 2018 sale. Dean Hawthorne | Bluebloods TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 31 JANUARY, 2018

REKINDLING TO STAY IN AUS FOR AUTUMN SESSION TOPPERS Last year=s G1 Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) will stay in Australia for the autumn racing season and have at least two more runs there before returning NZB KARAKA YEARLING SALE BOOK 1 DAY DAY 3 to trainer Joseph O=Brien in Ireland, owner Lloyd Williams confirmed to Racing.com. Rekindling=s primary target will be the Lot Sex Sire Dam Price (NZ$) G1 Sydney Cup at The Championships in April, and he could also 371 f Not A Single Doubt (Aus) Meleka Belle (NZ) 900,000 B-Mrs N M Leicester (NZ) take in the G1 Australian Cup or the G1 The BMW in March. Consigned by Haunui Farm Purchased by MR DC Ellis

487 f Savabeel (Aus) Posy (NZ) 875,000 B-Waikato Stud Ltd (NZ) Consigned by Waikato Stud BOWDITCH NAMED NEW KEENELAND REP Purchased by Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock Barry Bowditch has been named Keeneland=s Australasian representative, succeeding his former boss Vin Cox, whose 455 c Exceed and Excel (Aus) Our Ella Belle (NZ) 750,000 position he filled as managing director at Magic Millions after B-Pencarrow Thoroughbreds Ltd (NZ) this year=s Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Cox has taken up the Consigned by Pencarrow Stud position of managing director for Godolphin Australia. Purchased by Mr DC Ellis AKeeneland is excited to have Barry join our sales team, which works year-round to recruit buyers from all corners of the world 503 f Tavistock (NZ) Pussy O=Reilly (NZ) 700,000 B-Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan & P J Walk (NZ) to come here to acquire racing and breeding stock,@ Keeneland Consigned by Cambridge Stud Vice President of Racing and Sales Bob Elliston said. AOur sales Purchased by Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock staff travels throughout the year and works closely with all of our international representatives. Barry joins Ed Prosser in 479 f Fastnet Rock (Aus) Pins >n= (NZ) 550,000 Europe, Kate Hunter in Japan and David Snodgrass in China in B-Mr. W Calder (AUS) Keeneland=s efforts to produce the industry=s deepest buying Consigned by The Oaks Stud bench.@ Purchased by Mr WE & Mrs KN Calder AVin has done a wonderful job in his time at Keeneland and to 383 c Pins (Aus) Miracle Miss (NZ) 420,000 be offered to step into his shoes as Australasian Representative B-Waikato Stud Ltd (NZ) is an honor,@ Bowditch said. AI look forward to continuing the Consigned by Waikato Stud relationships with our clients on this side of world, as well as Purchased by Mr Ricky Yiu fostering new business for Keeneland.@

355 f I Am Invincible (Aus) Mabsam (Aus) 410,000 (A$150,000 i/u >16 MMNWBS) B-Inner Mongolia Rider Horse Industry (NZ) Consigned by Windsor Park Stud Purchased by Mr DC Ellis GILT COMPLEX SETTLING IN AT MEYDAN by Alan Carasso 387 f Savabeel (Aus) Miss Bernardini (Aus) 400,000 Gilt Complex (NZ) (Gold Centre {Aus}), recently crowned B-Ultra Thoroughbred Racing Pty Ltd (NZ) champion older horse, champion stayer and most improved Consigned by Bradbury Park Purchased by Mr CR Grace horse in Singapore for 2017, arrived in Dubai over the weekend and is reportedly in fine shape as he prepares for the first of what could be as many as three appearances during the Dubai © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any World Cup Carnival. means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission AAll=s good with Gilt Complex. He=s settled in really well,@ of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the trainer Cliff Brown told the Singapore Turf Club=s Michael Lee. American races, race results and earnings was obtained from A[Equine chiropractor and senior track rider] Jakki Harrison results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services travelled with him. She will also be riding him in work.@ Cont. p9 and utilized here with their permission. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 31 JANUARY, 2018

Gilt Complex Settling in at Meydan Cont. AUSTRALIAN GROUP 1 RACES B 2017/2018 Winner of last year=s Dester Singapore Gold Cup (2200mT) Date Race Track (video) in addition to the Raffles Cup (1800mT), the ERA 109- rated Gilt Complex is expected to make his Carnival debut in a Feb. 10 C. F. Orr S. Caulfield 95+ handicap over 2000 metres on the turf Thursday, Feb. 8, Feb. 17 Lightning S. Flemington with 2016 Gold Cup winner and 2017 runner-up Bahana (NZ) Feb. 24 Blue Diamond S. Caulfield (Elusive City, ERA rating 103) and Newlands (Aus) (Mugharreb, Futurity S. Caulfield ERA rating 100) also set to represent the Lion City. Michael Oakleigh Plate Caulfield Rodd, who rode Singapore-based Elite Excalibur (Aus) (Fastnet Mar. 3 Chipping Norton S. Warwick Farm Rock {Aus}) on two occasions during the 2017 and Debt Collector Surround S. Warwick Farm (NZ) (Thorn Park {Aus}) in last year=s G1 Dubai Turf, will fly in for Australian Guineas Flemington the mount. Brown is expected a few days prior to the race. Mar. 10 Randwick Guineas Randwick Should all go well, Gilt Complex could proceed to the G2 Dubai Canterbury S. Randwick City of Gold S. (2410mT) on Super Saturday Mar. 10 with the Australian Cup Flemington $1-million G2 Dubai Gold Cup (3200m) in play were he to prove Newmarket H. Flemington good enough. Mar. 17 Coolmore Classic Rosehill Gilt Complex is owned by Graham Mackie, who also Mar. 23 William Reid S. Moonee Valley campaigned the likes of champion Spalato (NZ) (Elusive City). Mar. 24 Golden Slipper S. Rosehill The 6-year-old was bred by J. R. O=Brien and was an NZ$10,000 George Ryder S. Rosehill graduate of the 2013 NZB Festival Yearling Sale. He has won Ranvet S. Rosehill eight of his 27 trips to the post for earnings of $1,130,412. The Galaxy Rosehill Rosehill Guineas Rosehill Mar. 31 The BMW Rosehill Vinery Stud S. Rosehill

THE CHAMPIONSHIPS Apr. 7 Doncaster H. Randwick T J Smith S. Randwick ATC Australian Derby Randwick ATC Sires= Produce S. Randwick Apr. 14 Queen Elizabeth S. Randwick Sydney Cup Randwick ATC Oaks Randwick

Apr. 21 All Aged S. Randwick Champagne S. Randwick Queen of the Turf S. Randwick Gilt Complex (right) defeated Bahana in the May 5 Schweppes Oaks Morphettville Dester Singapore Gold Cup | Singapore Turf Club photo UBET Classic Morphettville May 12 Doomben 10,000 S. Doomben SA Derby Morphettville AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS May 19 Doomben Cup Doomben The Goodwood Morphettville May 26 Kingsford-Smith Cup Eagle Farm IN SOUTH AFRICA: June 2 Queensland Oaks Eagle Farm Carmalita (Aus), f, 3, Commands (Aus)--Chickitty Chick (Aus), by June 9 Stradbroke H. Eagle Farm Toubougg (Ire). Vaal, 1-29, Hcp., 1000mT, :57.88. O-Messrs J F J J Atkins S. Eagle Farm & M F Wernars & Mrs L C A Bouwer; B-Rothwell Park (NSW); June 23 Tattersall=s Tiara S. Eagle Farm T-Paul Peter. *A$110,000 Wlg >15 MMNWNL.

GROUP ENTRIES

Thursday, Meydan Racecourse, United Arab Emirates, post time: 8:50 p.m. (11:50 a.m. EST/4:50 p.m. BST) AL FAHIDI FORT S.-G2, $250,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1400mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Championship (Ire) Exceed and Excel (Aus) bin Harmash de Sousa 126 2 D’Bai (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Appleby Buick 126 3 Janoobi (SAf) Silvano (Ger) de Kock Crowley 126 4 Richard Pankhurst (GB) Raven’s Pass bin Ghadayer Ziani 126 5 Dream Castle (GB) Frankel (GB) bin Suroor Cosgrave 126 6 Jungle Cat (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) Appleby Doyle 126 7 Akeed Champion (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Seemar Fresu 126 8 Noa From Goa (SAf) Tiger Ridge de Kock Soumillon 126 9 Hornsby (GB) Dubawi (Ire) bin Ghadayer Barzalona 126

Thursday, Meydan Racecourse, United Arab Emirates, post time: 7:05 p.m. (10:05 a.m. EST/3:05 p.m. BST) AL RASHIDIYA S.-G2, $200,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1800mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Al Sahem (SAf) Silvano (Ger) de Kock Cosgrave 126 2 Bay of Poets (Ire) Lope de Vega (Ire) Appleby Doyle 126 3 Sharpalo (Fr) Shamardal bin Harmash de Sousa 126 4 Bravo Zolo (Ire) Rip Van Winkle (Ire) Appleby Buick 126 5 Earnshaw Medaglia d’Oro bin Ghadayer Barzalona 126 6 Light the Lights (SAf) Western Winter de Kock Soumillon 126 7 Benbatl (GB) Dubawi (Ire) bin Suroor Murphy 126

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