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SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2021 ESSENTIAL QUALITY READIES FOR BELMONT AS TIME GOES BY EKES OUT Godolphin=s Essential Quality (Tapit) breezed a sharp five SANTA MARIA WIN furlongs in :59.80 at Churchill Downs Saturday morning. The move was the fifth fastest of 40 horses at the distance. The gray worked in company with 5-year-old graded stakes winner Night Ops (Warrior's Reward) through early fractions of :24.20 and :47.60, according to Churchill Downs clocker John Nichols. Named the juvenile champion colt following a victory in last fall's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Keeneland, the Brad Cox- trained colt won the GIII Southwest S. and GII Toyota Blue Grass S. before finishing fourth as the 5-2 favorite in the May 1 Kentucky Derby. Cont. p4 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY As Time Goes By Edging This Tea | Benoit BOLGER EXACTA IN IRISH 2000 GUINEAS Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith's As Time Mac Swiney (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) just held off G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas hero Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) in Goes By (American Pharoah) aired by 9 1/4 lengths in her latest the G1 Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas, both homebreds for start in the Apr. 24 GII Santa Margarita S., however, she had to trainer Jim Bolger. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN work a lot harder when nosing out 23-1 longshot This Tea Europe. (Curlin) in Saturday's GII Santa Maria S. at Santa Anita. Breaking from the outside of a four-horse field, the 4-year-old allowed Miss Stormy D (Tapizar) to lead through opening fractions of :23.83 and :47.12. Given the cue by Mike Smith at the three-furlong marker, the 2-5 favorite easily overtook the early pacesetter and was joined by Ce Ce (Elusive Quality), who loomed on her outside hip as This Tea started to make her move from the back. Narrowly ahead of the tightly-bunched field turning for home, the daughter of GISW Take Charge Lady dispensed of Miss Stormy D to her inside as Ce Ce also began her retreat. Meanwhile, This Tea continued to inch closer through the length of the lane and the two fillies hit the wire seemingly in unison, although the photo gave the edge to the Bob Baffert trainee. Miss Stormy D was third with Ce Ce fourth. AI told Mike, we=ve been going easy on her, not too hard for this race,@ said Baffert, who registered his meet-leading 14th stakes victory. AThis is the first time she=s come back really blowing. That filly that ran second, ran a big race. A[As Time Goes By]'s heart and true grit made her hang in there. 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Finding GI Preakness S. heroine Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) 2 3/4-lengths too good in the GI Beholder Mile S. Mar. 13, she bounced back to hand This Tea a sound defeat in the nine-furlong Santa Margarita. AThey ran good, you know, my hat=s off to the filly that finished second, she ran a huge race,@ added Smith. AShe=ll get more out of this race. After she ran the last time out, they kind of backed off her a little bit. She=s a big mare with a big frame and she=ll tend to gain some weight and I could tell she was a little more stocked today. She got a little tired, but she=ll get a whole lot out of that.@ Pedigree Notes: In spite of her status as a MGSW & GISP runner, As Time Goes By still has a long way to go to live up to family expectations. She is the final foal of Broodmare of the Year, MGISW, and $4.2- million Keeneland sales mare Take Charge Lady (Dehere), making her a half-sister to champion Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song), GISW Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy), and to the dam of champion Take Charge Brandi (Giant's Causeway) and MGISW Omaha Beach (War Front). Not all of Take Charge Lady's 10 total foals went through the sales ring--As Time Goes By didn't--but they've often made waves when they have: Charming (Seeking the Gold) sold for $3.2 million as a yearling in 2006, I'll Take Charge (Indian Charlie) was a $2.2-million yearling in 2013, and Lady Take Charge (War Front) was a $3.2-million weanling in 2015. Take Charge Lady was one of 80 stakes winners for 1993 champion 2-year-old Dehere, who died in 2014 in Turkey after previously standing in Kentucky, Australia, and Japan. His daughters have produced 117 black-type winners to date, including champion Midnight Lute (Real Quiet) and Breeders' Cup winner City of Light (Quality Road). As Time Goes By is a member of the first crop of Triple Crown champ American Pharoah, who is enjoying the fruits of stellar books of mares with 15 black-type winners in his first two crops. Among his 10 graded winners are three who have achieved the Grade I/Group 1 echelon: Harvey's Lil Goil, CafJ Pharoah, and Van Gogh. CAN’T WAIT TO GET YOUR TDN BREAKING NEWS AND RACE RESULTS? Click Here to sign up for TDN Alerts #1 CUMULATIVE SECOND-CROP SIRE by GSWs* Recent winners include 2YO colt BARESE, debut MdSpWt winner at Belmont on Friday. G1 SIRE by sire sensation Uncle Mo. *TDN, 5/21 Uncle Mo - Chattertown, by Speightstown // Fee: $25,000 S&N TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • MAY 23, 2021 Saturday, Santa Anita Cont. from p1 SANTA MARIA S.-GII, $196,000, Santa Anita, 5-22, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:43.77, ft. 1--AS TIME GOES BY, 126, f, 4, by American Pharoah 1st Dam: Take Charge Lady (Broodmare Of The Year, MGISW, $2,480,377), by Dehere 2nd Dam: Felicita, by Rubiano 3rd Dam: Grand Bonheur, by Blushing Groom (Fr) O-Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier & Derrick Smith; B-Orpendale & Chelston (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Mike E. Smith. $120,000. Lifetime Record: GISP, 7-4-2-1, $380,600. *1/2 to Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song), Ch. 3yo Colt, MGISW, $3,924,648; Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy), GISW, $1,103,496. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Essential Quality | EquiSport 2--This Tea, 122, f, 4, Curlin--Funny Moon, by Malibu Moon. ($135,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP). O-Kretz Racing LLC; B-My A total of 169 horses registered works at Churchill Downs Meadowview LLC (KY); T-George Papaprodromou. $40,000. Saturday morning, including GII Risen Star S. winner Mandaloun (Into Mischief), who cruised an easy half-mile in :48.20. Second in the Kentucky Derby, the Juddmonte homebred's next start is still to be determined, according to Cox. 3--Miss Stormy D, 122, m, 5, Tapizar--Miss Relentless, by Mr. Greeley. ($37,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-Keith Brackpool; B-Lantern Hill Farm LLC, Phil & Judy Needham (KY); T-Carla Gaines. $24,000. HOT ROD CHARLIE BREEZES FOR BELMONT Hot Rod Charlie (Oxbow) worked five furlongs in 1:01.60 Margins: NO, 8, 2 1/4.