TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2019

F-T JULY HAS MCPEEK TDN Q&A: CORMAC BREATHNACH ON UPSTART READY TO RESTOCK A multiple graded stakes winner who was Grade I placed at two, three, and four, young stallion Upstart has first-crop yearlings headed to the sales this summer. The $1.7 million- earner’s first weanlings to sell last fall brought a median of six times the stud fee. Airdrie Stud launched the highly successful rookie careers of Creative Cause and Cairo Prince in recent years. Cormac Breathnach, Airdrie’s director of stallion nominations, discusses with TDN why Upstart may also be one to watch.

TDN: In a nutshell, describe Upstart.

CB: Upstart was a brilliantly fast racehorse. He won [and] placed, as a 2-, 3-, and 4-year-old. Really had a lot of credentials in the racing department and his physical then puts the cherry on top. Cont. p6 Cairo Cat | Coady Photography IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Jessica Martini Ken McPeek’s string of success with graduates of the PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: SOVEREIGN Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale continued in 2018 and This week, Andrew Caulfield takes a closer look at the victor of the G1 , Sovereign. Click or tap here to go 2019, with a pair of the trainer’s 2017 purchases earning graded straight to TDN Europe. stakes victories. Cairo Cat (Cairo Prince), purchased from Maureen Merkler’s Clifton Farm for $130,000 in 2017, won last year’s GIII Iroquois S., and Harvey Wallbanger (Congrats), a $50,000 acquisition, was victorious in this year’s GII Fasig-Tipton Holy Bull S. “For decades, Fasig-Tipton has done a really good job bringing athletes to this auction,” McPeek said of the July sale. “It’s not necessarily a hot pedigree sale, but it’s a great place to find runners.” Among McPeek’s most successful July purchases was multiple Grade I winner Take Charge Lady (Dehere). Acquired for $175,000 in 2000, the bay mare won the 2002 GI Ashland S. and 2002 and 2003 editions of the GI Overbrook Spinster S. and earned over $2.4 million on the racetrack. Sold for $4.2 million at the 2004 Keeneland November sale, Take Charge Lady has produced champion Will Take Charge (Unbridled’s Song) and Grade I winner Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy), as well as the dam of champion Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) and this year’s GI Arkansas Derby winner Omaha Beach (War Front). “More than anything, the [July] focus is on physicals,” McPeek said. Cont. p3 F–T JULY - Select Horses of Racing Age

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F-T July Has McPeek Ready to Restock cont. from p1 very good 2-year-old.” “And that’s really been my niche anyway,” he continued. “The Off since his Iroquois win last September, Cairo Cat is on his sale probably leans more to the physical and the conformation way back to the races with a pair of three-furlong works at than it does to the pedigree. And a lot of those horses make Churchill in June. their own pedigree when they “He’s getting ready to run make the racetrack.” again,” McPeek said of the The new sire showcase used to sophomore. “He may very well be a staple of the July sale and, surface in the [July 26] Curlin S. at while the freshman class no Saratoga. I think that’s a good first longer has its own section, first- start for him if everything goes crop sires remain a draw of the right.” July sale. The 2019 July sale will boast a “I tend to look at the young strong bench of first-crop sires, stallions really closely,” McPeek with 25 stallions represented by said. their first yearlings at auction in The veteran horseman struck the catalogue this year: Air Force for one of those yearlings by a Blue, Ami’s Holiday, Anchor first-crop sire in 2017 and was Down, Brody’s Cause, California one of the first on the Cairo Chrome, Cinco Charlie, Prince bandwagon with a yearling Ken McPeek | Fasig-Tipton Exaggerator, Firing Line, Frosted, out of La Belle Cat (Tale of the Cat). Hit It a Bomb, Jess’s Dream, Laoban, Mosler, Mshawish, Not This “Cairo Cat went through the ring really early at that sale,” Time, Nyquist, Outwork, Runhappy, Social Inclusion, Speightster, McPeek recalled. “I think he was the first Cairo Prince to sell at Tamarkuz, Texas Red, Tourist, Upstart and Vancouver (Aus). auction. He was just a big, handsome colt and obviously was a Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 2, 2019

One of the yearlings from Outwork’s first crop, a daughter of La Belle Cat (Tale of the Cat), is a half-sister to Cairo Cat. Despite the connection to his graded stakes winner, McPeek was pragmatic about the offering. “I always look, but I do believe that it’s hard for lightning to strike twice in the same spot,” McPeek said.

Clifton Farm Looks for More July Success Maureen Merkler will certainly be hoping that lightning strikes twice in the same spot when her Clifton Farm, which bred and sold Cairo Cat to Ken McPeek two years ago, offers the graded stakes winner’s half-sister by Outwork as hip 273 at next Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale in Lexington. Merkler, who maintains a commercial broodmare band of eight head at her 50-acre Clifton Farm in Stamping Ground, Kentucky, purchased Cairo Cat’s dam La Belle Cat (Tale of the Cat), in foal to Archarcharch, for $22,000 at the 2014 Keeneland November sale. “I wanted a Tale of the Cat. He’s a very good broodmare sire,” Merkler said of the then 5-year-old mare’s appeal. “I saw her and I loved her. She has lots of bone and balance and a beautiful hip on her. She has a pretty head and I loved her eye. I just liked everything about her. I wasn’t crazy about who she was in foal to, but I figured she was a maiden and we could always improve on that. That probably hurt her price a bit, but that was fine by me.” Merkler sent the mare to first-year sire Cairo Cat in 2015. “I am a big fan of Pioneerof the Nile--I remember when he was at Vinery, I loved him at that time,” the New Jersey native said. “So I think it was a no-brainer going to Cairo Prince. I liked him and I had an opportunity to get to the Pioneerof the Nile line with a Tale of the Cat mare. So it was perfect.” The future graded stakes winner distinguised himself early on, according to his breeder. “He was a huge foal,” Merkler said. “He was probably the biggest foal I’ve ever had. But when he started unfolding, I thought, ‘Wow. I have something special here.’ He had lots of leg and bone, everything that you would want.” While Merkler has been represented as breeder of several stakes winners, Cairo Cat became her first graded winner when he captured last year’s GIII Iroquois S. But she admitted she didn’t watch the milestone victory live. “I didn’t watch him,” Merkler said. “Believe it or not, I do not watch any of my horses. I wait for the results and then I watch the replay. I guess I am a little bit supersititious, but also, I just worry. People texted and called me and my phone went off the hook. I knew he was running, but I was just doing my farm chores and then I heard the result. I was quite excited.” Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 2, 2019

La Belle Cat was bred back to 2016 GI Wood Memorial S. winner Outwork in 2017 and the resulting filly heads through the Fasig-Tipton sales ring next week. “She takes more after her sire Outwork,” Merkler said of the yearling. “She has a little more length, but she is a big filly with lots of leg and a lot of depth to her. She is going to be a big girl with a beautiful shoulder and a beautiful hip. And she has an attitude like Cairo Cat had. When I was prepping her, everything I introduced her to, she just took in stride. And she also has a lot of presence. When you bring her out, she just says, ‘Hey, look at me.’ But she’s also very sociable. She’s my social director on the farm. She’s a very athletic-looking filly. It’s hard to fault her.”

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La Belle Cat produced a filly by another first-crop sire this year in Midnight Storm, and the mare was bred back to Claiborne’s young stallion Mastery. “It is intentional on my part from a commercial standpoint,” Merkler said of using young stallions. “I was active during the crash in 2007 and 2008 when everyone said, ‘We’re going to get away from first-crop sires and we’re going to buy the proven sires.’ That lasted for a little while and then people went to trying the first-year sires who have yet to prove or disprove themselves.” Clifton Farm’s two-horse consignment at the July sale also includes a filly from the first crop of multiple graded stakes winner Anchor Down (hip 85). “It’s a starting point,” Merkler said of the July sale. “Cairo Cat was the first Cairo Prince [yearling] to go through the ring. I was hip six. And now interestingly enough, this is the last Outwork to go through the ring at July. Everyone always says, ‘Who wants to go early?’ But if you have what they are looking for, it doesn’t really matter.” Merkler, who got her first horse when she was just nine, grew up riding hunter/jumpers. Cont. p6 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 8 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 2, 2019

She bred show horses and retrained off the Upstart Q&A cont. from p1 track before transitioning to breeding racehorses some 30 years ago. “When we moved here to Kentucky in the early ‘80s, that’s when I got actively involved,” Merkler said. “We bought a farm out towards Shelby County and I would foal and break yearlings and I would do layups because I was a lot closer to Churchill. I was able to find people who would guide me and it just evolved from there.” Merkler credits Wayne Sweezey with helping with much of her evolution in the sport. “I had an opportunity to work with Wayne Sweezey at Darby Dan and Timber Town,” she said. “We’re good friends and he used to sell my horses. I spent about five years with him at the sales. He taught me a whole lot--we looked at babies and yearlings and we did sales together. And I learned an awful lot from him. So I want to credit him for that because it was a great Click the photo to watch our video with Upstart at Airdrie experience when I was given that opportunity.” Sarah K. Andrew photo While Merkler and her husband purchased Clifton Farm just 13 years ago, the farm has been around since 1842 and it’s clear TDN: Was it specifically important to [Airdrie] that he had the breeder is relishing her time at the helm of the historic good stakes form at two, three, and four? property. “I just have some 50-some acres,” she explained. “The original CB: Two-year-old form obviously is a big criterion for what farm was 600 and something. We love our farm and we love the people look for, commercial breeders as well as breed-to-race history. I just wake up every day because I love what I do. I think end users. They want horses that can show that kind of I’m lucky because I am able to pursue my passion.” brilliance early. And especially with a triple-digit Beyer. And the The Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale will be held company that they kept in those races. Those were some very Tuesday at the company’s Newtown Paddocks, with bidding good horses that he knocked heads with, and won many times, beginning at 10 a.m. Fasig-Tipton will host its July Horses of so that obviously is a big, big feather in his cap. Racing Age Sale Monday beginning at 4 p.m. TDN: When did he come on your radar as a horse that you were interested in standing here at Airdrie?

CB: It really was during the summer of his 3-year-old year. He had accomplished an awful lot to that point. Having seen him at the track in New York that summer, he really was a horse that we went after from then on.

TDN: And what about the horse as a physical?

CB: He's a tall, leggy, and very smooth kind of athletic horse. He stands 16'2". He's got a pretty head, he's got a nice short back. But he's well-made and he's got a lot of strength. So he very much is sort of a two-turn-looking horse. And again, when you put that with the fact that he was a 5 1/2-furlong maiden winner so impressively at Saratoga in August, that's always a good thing. To be able to combine that sort of two-turn physical with that early speed and precocity is a nice thing to have. Cont. p7 THE STAGE IS SET

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TDN: Have you seen that physical come through in his first- crop yearlings?

CB: We certainly have. Last November would have been his first crop of weanlings to sell. We had several in our consignment and there was a lot of competition for them. Lots of people that liked the ones in the earlier books then came back in the middle or later books and asked if we had any more by Upstart. So that's always a good sign and the kind of feedback you want to get. The median weanling price was $60,000, so six times the stud fee, which is very encouraging.

TDN: And what types of mares did Airdrie support him with themselves?

CB: We give them a lot of support. We bred over 20 mares his first year. So we've sent sort of a diverse group of our own mares to him. Physically, he's the kind of horse you can breed to just about anything. You don't need to add a whole lot when you look at him. So he can help maybe the smaller mares, but he's got a lot to offer with the mainstream mares in our population too.

TDN: What did you like about his pedigree?

CB: He's classically bred for two-turn races. We like the fact that he was by Flatter. It's a very strong line from the A.P. Indy line. Flatter's a horse that made himself from the low-end side into a really good commercial and breed-to-race type of horse. So his dam, Party Silks, a Touch Gold mare, she's a half-sister to Josh's Madelyn [Quiet American], who is a very fast filly, won the [GII] Raven Run among other races. So a nice pedigree blend. You get a lot of two-turn classic bloodlines with a lot of speedy performance as well.

TDN: Airdrie has a really good reputation for building stallions from this type of price point. What are some of the keys to achieving that?

CB: There are several things. I think really the main thing is Governor Jones's broodmare band [and] his ability to match those mares with the incoming stallions. But we [also] have a loyal breeder base that come back to us year after year that we really appreciate. The $10,000 price point in the case of Upstart is kind of a sweet spot. So combining all of that together, we've got great land, we have hopefully a good name as a consigner. We raise good horses and people like to buy from us. So [it] kind of all feeds in. There's no one answer. But it's a broad spectrum kind of approach.

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FASIG ADDS 22 ENTRIES TO JULY HORA CATALOGUE Fasig-Tipton has catalogued an additional 22 entries to next week’s July Selected Horses of Racing Age sale, increasing the size of the catalogue to 190 entries. The new entries are catalogued as hips 569-590 and may be viewed online. They TRF TO HOST FIRST ‘SUMMER NIGHT BBQ AT THE include More Roses (Uncle Mo), undefeated by 11 3/4 combined BARN’ FUNDRAISER lengths in two starts and consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent, The Retirement Foundation will host its first and Fierce Lady (Competitive Edge), who earned a ‘TDN Rising annual “Summer Night BBQ at the Barn” fundraiser Tuesday, Star’ nod for her six-length debut win at Belmont and is Aug. 20 from 6-9 p.m. at The Saratoga Winery, in the newly consigned by St. George Sales, agent. constructed event barn. The barbeque will feature The July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale will take place old-fashioned BBQ fare; including home smoked BBQ chicken, Monday, July 8 beginning at 4 p.m. It will be followed by the July pulled pork, and locally made pies from Mourningkill Bake Shop. Sale of Selected Yearlings the next day, which begins at 10 a.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit recent rescues as well as Fasig-Tipton will continue to catalogue approved entries to the the hundreds of TRF horses in the organization’s national herd. July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale up until sale time. The casual, family-friendly event will include live music, a basket raffle and a silent auction. Tickets are $30 for adults; $15 for youth under 12 and children eight and under are admitted free. Cash bar will be available. Tickets may be purchased in UPCOMING MAJOR advance by calling the TRF at (518) 226-0028 or by visiting the NORTH AMERICAN STAKES TRF website here.

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2019 Leading Broodmare Sires for stallions standing in North America & Europe through Sunday, June 30 Earnings and Black-type represents Worldwide figures & stud fees are for 2019 Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Unbridled's Song 14 37 6 18 3 5 536 201 1,041,643 11,397,167 (1993) by Unbridled Crops: 17 Stands: Taylor Made Stallions USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Suave Richard (JPN) 2 Storm Cat 9 24 6 13 1 4 401 128 1,425,959 10,936,246 (1983) by Storm Bird Crops: 25 Stands: Overbrook Farm USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Danon Kingly (JPN) 3 Giant's Causeway 13 32 5 11 -- 1 555 202 631,689 10,718,639 (1997) by Storm Cat Crops: 12 Stands: Ashford Stud USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Ispolini (GB) 4 A.P. Indy 8 30 6 17 2 5 454 178 755,872 9,910,007 (1989) by Seattle Slew Crops: 20 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: Pensioned Delta Prince 5 (Ire) 21 42 7 21 3 5 511 147 992,739 9,807,123 (1998) by Sadler's Wells Crops: 11 Stands: Ire Fee: Private Sottsass (FR) 6 Singspiel (Ire) 8 24 7 13 1 4 307 104 3,780,000 9,418,901 (1992) by In the Wings (GB) Crops: 15 Stands: Dalham Hall Stud EUR (Dead/Ret/Exp) Old Persian (GB) 7 Distorted Humor 15 22 4 6 1 2 410 166 422,400 9,047,013 (1993) by Forty Niner Crops: 14 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $50,000 Guarana 8 Indian Charlie 7 12 4 5 1 2 267 117 1,294,200 7,411,613 (1995) by In Excess (Ire) Crops: 15 Stands: USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Mitole 9 Seeking the Gold 6 14 5 7 1 3 279 101 1,634,760 7,406,041 (1985) by Mr. Prospector Crops: 23 Stands: Claiborne Farm USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Seeking the Soul 10 Awesome Again 6 14 1 4 -- 2 257 116 1,504,000 6,895,246 (1994) by Deputy Minister Crops: 15 Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: Private Plus Que Parfait 11 Dancer (Ire) 12 26 5 10 2 2 403 127 1,029,879 6,815,440 (1993) by Danehill Crops: 14 Stands: Coolmore Stud EUR (Dead/Ret/Exp) Waikuku (IRE) 12 Smart Strike 4 14 1 5 -- -- 361 140 303,330 6,772,374 (1992) by Mr. Prospector Crops: 17 Stands: Lane's End Farm USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Valedictorian 13 Mr. Greeley 5 12 -- 5 -- 2 400 129 379,534 6,484,443 (1992) by Gone West Crops: 17 Stands: Gainesway Farm USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Smart Dandy (JPN) 14 Street Cry (Ire) 8 22 4 11 1 1 320 118 477,753 6,423,840 (1998) by Machiavellian Crops: 11 Stands: Darley USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Territorial (JPN) 15 Dansili (GB) 6 25 4 17 1 4 333 99 1,138,632 6,405,615 (1996) by Danehill Crops: 12 Stands: Banstead Manor Stud Eng Fee: Pensioned Magic Wand (IRE)

FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ Tuesday, Parx Racing, post time: 4:04 p.m. EDT DR. JAMES PENNY MEMORIAL S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Fifty Five Get Stormy Peter M. Brant Brown Castellano 122 2 Notapradaprice K Paddy O'Prado Main Line Racing Stable Servis Pennington 120 3 Mija Bella Majestic Warrior The Hakim's Stable LLC Dominguez Milan 120 4 More Fun Again K Arch Timothy C. Thornton Proctor Lynch 120 5 Sweet Maggie Mae Wild and Wicked Kernan, Jr., Morris E. and M-Z Racing Partnership Zulueta Rodriguez 120 6 Its a Journey Jump Start Kernan, Jr., Morris E. and M-Z Racing Partnership Zulueta Rodriguez 120 7 Jehozacat Tapit Lael Stables Delacour Cannon 120 8 Play Me a Memory D' Funnybone Gregory Goldman Martin Lopez 120 9 Arch of Troy Archarcharch Dubb, Michael and Bethlehem Stables LLC Servis Juarez 120

Breeders: 1-Empire Equines, LLC, 2-Equus Farm, 3-DP Racing, LLC, 4-Brereton C. Jones, 5-Ocean Breezes Racing Stable, 6-Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Szeyller, 7-Mr. & Mrs. M. Roy Jackson, 8-Gregory Goldman MD & D'FunnyboneSyndicate, 9-Endeavor Farm & Mark Toothaker

Friday, Prairie Meadows, post time: 10:33 p.m. EDT PRAIRIE MEADOWS CORNHUSKER H.-GIII, $300,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Chris and Dave Bluegrass Cat Danny R. Caldwell Villafranco Landeros 116 2 Two Thirty Five K Stay Thirsty Slam Dunk Racing, Baltas, Richard, Mansor, Tom, Baltas Gutierrez 116 Nielsen, Tammi and Rasmussen, Kim 3 Dark Vader Tale of Ekati Alesia, S., Burns Racing LLC, Ciaglia Racing LLC Eurton Bejarano 116 and Christensen, R. 4 Pinson K Majestic Warrior Richard Bahde Morse Tohill 116 5 Sir Anthony Mineshaft Richard Otto Stables, Inc. Mitchell Cannon 119 6 Retirement Fund Eskendereya L and N Racing LLC Asmussen Vazquez 115 7 Exclamation Point Concord Point Nicholson, Steven & Brandi & Flurry Racing Stables Cox Geroux 118 8 Exulting K Tapit Michael M. Hui Maker Gaffalione 118 9 Remembering Rita Spring At Last Jeral Keith Adams Anderson Birzer 118 10 Hence Street Boss Calumet Farm Asmussen Santana, Jr. 117 11 Popularity Distorted Humor Bryan Hawk Offolter De La Cruz 114

Breeders: 1-Bortolazzo Stable LLC, 2-A Footstep Away Syndicate, 3-Schleprock Racing LLC, 4-Bonnie Heath Farm, LLC, 5-R. Otto Stables, Inc., 6-Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC, 7-Steven Nicholson & Brandi Nicholson, 8-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC, 9-Dapple Bloodstock & Lisa McNamara, 10-Calumet Farm, 11-Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc. Friday, Prairie Meadows, post time: 9:27 p.m. EDT IOWA OAKS-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Ulele Candy Ride (Arg) Cheyenne Stables LLC Cox Geroux 118 2 Lady Apple K Curlin Phoenix Thoroughbred III and KatieRich Stables Asmussen Santana, Jr. 121 3 Beach Getaway Run Away and Hide James Thares Van Winkle Prat 115 4 Sold It K The Factor Dunne, Ciaran and Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 118 5 Sweet Diane K Will Take Charge River Bend Farm Kenneally Cannon 118 6 Taylor's Spirit K Algorithms Norman, Mark and Norman Stables LLC Gelner Roman 115 7 Scatrattleandroll Scat Daddy Runnymede Racing LLC Rubley Pimentel 115

Breeders: 1-Summer Wind Equine, 2-KatieRich Farms, 3-Ron Kirk, John Bates & Michael Riordan, 4-Jeanne Canty, Judy Hicks, Kathryn Nikkel& Pegasus Stud LLC, 5-Eurowest Bloodstock Services, 6-David Lickhalter, 7-Tom Durant

Friday, Belmont, post time: 5:18 p.m. EDT VICTORY RIDE S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Royal Charlotte K Cairo Prince First Row Partners Brown Castellano 119 2 Cookie Dough Brethren Arindel McLaughlin Maragh 123 3 Peruvian Appeal Successful Appeal Steve Landers Cox Rosario 117 4 Brill Medaglia d'Oro OXO Equine LLC Chatlos Ortiz 113 5 Sue's Fortune Jump Start Fortune Farm Englehart Alvarado 119

Breeders: 1-Rhineshire Farm LLC, 2-Arindel, 3-Peter Koechlin, 4-Southern Equine Stables, 5-Richard Nicolai

Saturday, Parx Racing, post time: 4:09 p.m. EDT PARX DASH S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo/up, 5fT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Nice Tune Concorde's Tune Emerald Racing Stable LLC Whylie Gonzalez 119 2 Completed Pass Pass Rush Robert D. Bone Gonzalez Cintron 124 3 Fig Jelly Forestry Dubb, Michael, Irom, Bruce, Zinman, Joseph M. and Servis Rodriguez 119 Zinman, Michael A. 4 Rocket Heat K Latent Heat Flying P Stable Tannuzzo Arroyo 119 5 Long May You Run City Zip Kirwan Equine Group, Inc. Zulueta Salgado 119 6 Snowday (Fr) Falco Lisowski, Katie and Quiet Winter Farm Lisowski - 119 7 Pure Sensation Zensational Patricia A. Generazio Clement Lopez 124 8 Vision Perfect Pollard's Vision Mr. Amore Stable Servis Pennington 119 9 Fielder K Sidney's Candy Waldorf Racing Stables LLC Montoya Sanchez 119 10 Smokin Nitro More Smoke Michael R. Cox Ness Rodriguez Castro119 11 Cowboy Mz Friesan Fire Morris E. Kernan, Jr. Zulueta Pennington 119 12 Swell Langfuhr Steven M. Wister Wilhelm-Saldana Garcia 119

Breeders: 1-Moises Yanez, 2-Swifty Farms, 3-Dream Walkin' Farms, Inc., 4-Farfellow Farms Ltd., 5-Sienna Farms LLC, 6-Wertheimer Et Frere, 7-Patricia Generazio, 8-Robert Spiegel, 9-HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC, 10-Michael R. Cox, 11-Hope Hill Farm, 12-Empire Equines, LLC

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

IN ORDER OF PURSE: FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: TUESDAY, JULY 2 8th-Los Alamitos, $55,990, Alw, 6-30, 3yo/up, 5f, :56.90, ft. Liam's Map (Unbridled's Song), Lane's End Farm, $20,000 CALEXMAN (c, 4, Midshipman--Mattie Cakes {SW}, by 114 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Meadowlake), third over the turf in last year=s GIII La Jolla H., 5-Indiana Grand, Msw 5 1/2f, ALL OVER THE MAP, 7-2 set the pace before tiring to sixth in the GI Malibu S. in his $95,000 FTK NOV wnl sophomore finale. He opened 2019 with a third-place effort in a main-track optional claimer at Santa Anita Feb. 8 and was Tapiture (Tapit), Darby Dan Farm, $7,500 coming off runner-up efforts at 6 1/2 furlongs in Arcadia May 11 122 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners and June 14. Sent off at 7-2, the chestnut colt grabbed the early 5-Indiana Grand, Msw 5 1/2f, READY TO TAP, 8-1 lead, was challenged by Hardcore Troubador (Roi Charmont) $70,000 KEE NOV wnl; $30,000 KEE SEP yrl approaching the stretch and was headed by that rival at the top of the lane before battling back and just outlasting Horse Greedy SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: TUESDAY, JULY 2 (Horse Greeley) by a head in a four-way battle to the wire. Fed Biz (Giant's Causeway), WinStar Farm, $10,000 Secular Nation (Distorted Humor) was a neck back in third and 187 foals of racing age/36 winners/3 black-type winners Hardcore Troubador was fourth. Sales history: $7,000 Ylg '16 5-Indiana Grand, Msw 5 1/2f, BIZBY, 8-1 KEEJAN; $36,000 Ylg '16 FTKOCT; $240,000 2yo '17 OBSAPR. $45,000 FTK OCT yrl Click for Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- Tipton. Lifetime Record: GSP, 18-4-4-4, $241,218. Revolutionary (War Pass), WinStar Farm, $5,000 O-Holly & David Wilson; B-Sue Sanders (KY); T-Vladimir Cerin. 148 foals of racing age/32 winners/3 black-type winners 5-Indiana Grand, Msw 5 1/2f, TENAKEE, 8-1 $14,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl

IN ORDER OF PURSE: 6th-Gulfstream, $46,300, Msw, 7-1, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11.09, ft. AWESOME ACTION (c, 3, Awesome of Course--Proof Inthe Puddin, by Elusive Bluff), dismissed at 23-1, sat within striking distance while racing along the rail through a quarter in :22.25 and a half in :45.34. The chestnut colt reeled in favored Hip Hip Jorge (Tapit) with a determined stretch run to graduate by 3/4 lengths. Proof inthe Puddin produced a full-brother to the winner last year and a filly by First Dude this year. Jacks or Better purchased the winner=s second dam, stakes-winning Snake Proof, with Proof in the Puddin in utero, for $10,000 at the 2010 Texas December sale. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $28,900. O/B-Jacks or Better Farm Inc. (FL); T-Ralph E. Nicks. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 2 OF 4 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 2, 2019

BUDWEISER S., $50,000, Emerald Downs, 6-30, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:14.35, ft. 1--ANYPORTINASTORM, 124, h, 5, City Zip--La Defense, by Wild Again. ($70,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP; $320,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR). O-Peter Redekop B. C., Ltd.; B-Sally J. Andersen (FL); T-Blaine D. Wright; J-Juan J. Hernandez. $26,400. Lifetime STAKES RESULTS: Record: 13-7-1-4, $241,025. *1/2 to Quelle Surprise (Slew Gin SHIRLEY VARGO H., (NB) C$75,000, Century Mile, 6-30, 3yo/up, Fizz), SW, $141,706. f/m, 1m, 1:39.27, gd. Consigned by de Meric Sales 1--GOOD LUCK TO YOU, 121, m, 5, Bellamy Road--Jump On In ALISTAIR RODEN BLOODSTOCK 2YO Purchase (GSW, $176,800), by Jump Start. ($25,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP). 2--Oh Marvelous Me, 120, g, 7, Bluegrass Cat--Morakami, by O-George Gilbert; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Philip Hall; Fusaichi Pegasus. ($19,000 RNA Wlg '12 KEENOV; $40,000 Ylg J-R Sarmiento. C$42,300. Lifetime Record: 21-6-4-3, $146,297. '13 WASSEP). O-Todd & Shawn Hansen; B-G. Watts Humphrey Jr., Susan Keller, Victoria Oliver & G. Watts Humphrey III (KY); T-Blaine D. Wright. $9,600. 2--Blues Roar, 115, f, 4, Bluegrass Cat--Smart Roar, by Smart Strike. ($20,000 Ylg '16 FTKOCT). O-C and H Duggan Farms Ltd. 3--Hit the Beach, 120, g, 6, Harbor the Gold--Hit a Star, by & Shot In The Dark Racing Corp.; B-Wellspring Stables (NY); Ihtimam. O-Ed Zenker, H.R. Mullens & Richard Larson; T-Tim Rycroft. C$14,100. B-Jeffrey & Doris Harwood (WA); T-H. R. Pat Mullens. $7,200. Margins: 6HF, NK, 2. Odds: 0.20, 10.70, 33.20. 3--Raider, 122, f, 4, Stephanotis--Montero, by Louis Quatorze. (C$19,000 Ylg '16 BRCSEP). O-Curtis Landry; B-William CHRIS LOSETH H., C$50,000, Hastings Racecourse, 6-30, 3yo, Decoursey (BC); T-Greg Tracy. C$7,050. 1 1/16m, 1:44.93, ft. Margins: 3, 4 1/4, 2. Odds: 1.85, 9.50, 2.30. 1--EXPLODE, 120, g, 3, Trappe Shot--Light Blow, by Kingmambo. ($2,500 Wlg '16 KEENOV; C$14,500 RNA Ylg '17 FRED JONES H., C$50,000, Century Mile, 6-30, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m, BRCSEP). O-Canmor Farms; B-Flaxman Holdings Limited (KY); 1:45.98, gd. T-Mark Cloutier; J-Amadeo Perez. C$28,500. Lifetime Record: 1--GEM ALTA, 116, g, 4, Gemologist--Court Reception, by A.P. 8-4-3-1, $101,746. Indy. ($70,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. Kaizen Sales, Richard Kent, Auction Purchase O-Riversedge Racing Stables, Ltd.; B-Dr. Thomas A. Castoldi (KY); T-Tim Rycroft; J-Prayven Badrie. C$28,200. Lifetime 2--Whiskey Bound, 116, g, 3, Afleet Alex--La Grange, by Curlin. Record: 13-4-1-1, $67,553. *1/2 to Ruby=s Reception ($9,000 RNA Wlg '16 KEENOV; $9,500 Ylg '17 FTKFEB; C$2,000 (Rubiano), GSW, $365,130. Ylg '17 BRCSEP). O-M. Kim Peacock & Lance Giesbrecht; B-R. S. 2--Sir Bronx, 120, g, 6, Bellamy Road--Tiz de Mayo, by Tiznow. Evans (KY); T-Keith Pedersen. C$10,000. ($50,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP). O-Almac Racing Stable; B-Kinsman Consigned by Timber Town Stable LLC Farm & John R Murrell (FL); T-Rick Hedge. C$9,400. 3--Ring of Kerry, 119, g, 3, Flatter--Just, by Awesome Again. ($27,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-George Gilbert; B-Claiborne Farm 3--Stone Carver, 122, g, 4, Birdstone--Vermilion Sea, by & Adele B. Dilschneider (KY); T-Philip Hall. C$5,000. Boundary. ($35,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP). O-Riversedge Racing Stables, Ltd.; B-T/C Stable, LLC (KY); T-Tim Rycroft. C$4,700. Margins: 6, NO, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.70, 15.50, 31.60. Margins: 2 1/4, 4HF, NK. Odds: 25.90, 1.90, 4.60.

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SONOMA H., C$50,000, Century Mile, 7-1, 3yo, f, 1m, 1:40.57, 3rd-Thistledown, $31,800, (S), 7-1, (NW2LX), 3yo/up, f/m, my. 1m 70y, 1:47.65, ft. 1--SOMETHING ABOUT ME, 116, f, 3, Boos--Justbluffin, by Pine MY LITTLE LILY (f, 3, Cowtown Cat--Milwaukee Queen, by Bluff. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Riversedge Racing Stables, Ltd.; Milwaukee Brew) Lifetime Record: 9-2-3-1, $61,060. O-Gerald B-Paul Treasure & Harry Bettis (ID); T-Tim Rycroft; J-Wilmer Silver; B-Dr. George Mapleton Thoroughbreds (OH); T-Jeffrey A. Galviz. C$30,000. Lifetime Record: 11-3-4-1, $56,851. Radosevich. 2--Exactly, 119, f, 3, Power Broker--Level Headed, by Eddington. ($2,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-Alexandre Dion; B-Gary & Mary 6th-Thistledown, $26,000, 7-1, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2f, West Stables Inc. (KY); T-Elige Bourne. C$10,000. 1:05.42, ft. 3--Im Evin Im Leavin, 123, f, 3, Can the Man--Midnight Search, INCLUDERE (m, 6, Include--Bridge Edition, by Editor's Note) by Vying Victor. ($6,000 Ylg '17 FTKOCT). O-Bakke, Wayne, Lifetime Record: 46-11-8-7, $145,259. O-Michael J. Friedman; Hoines, Nathan and Hoovestal, Jodee; B-David A Purvis (KY); B-Upson Downs Farm (KY); T-Nabu Morales. *$100,000 Ylg '14 T-Greg Tracy. C$5,000. KEESEP. Margins: 3/4, 8 3/4, HF. Odds: 10.35, 2.80, 0.75. 7th-Lone Star, $25,000, 6-30, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 1:35.49, fm. 11th-Woodbine, C$105,366, (C)/Opt. Clm ($45,828-$47,738), SANTINO (f, 4, Artie Schiller--Grandma Martha, by Gone West) 6-30, 3yo/up, 6 1/2fT, 1:14.20, fm. Lifetime Record: 16-3-1-2, $84,260. O-Susan Moulton; ESKIMINZIN (c, 4, Cold Harbor--Ms. Forum, by Open Forum) B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Matt Hebert. *$37,000 Ylg '16 Lifetime Record: MSW, 18-4-1-0, $280,897. O/B-Jecara Farms KEESEP. (ON); T-Carlos Grant. *C$11,000 RNA Ylg '16 CANSEP. **1/2 to Atlas Shrugs (Compadre), MSW, $327,906.

9th-Parx Racing, $61,510, (C)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 7-1, 3yo/up, 8th-Albuquerque, $23,300, (S), 6-30, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:40.22, ft. 5 1/2f, 1:03.53, ft. RUBY BLEU (g, 5, Messner--Ruby Soul, by Perfect Soul {Ire}) EXACTLY LIKE YOU (f, 4, Attila's Storm--Belle of Broadway, by Lifetime Record: SP, 45-11-11-6, $464,865. O-Top Notch Racing; Boston Harbor) Lifetime Record: 5-2-2-0, $38,270. O-Samuel F. B-Donald L. Brown (PA); T-Joseph Taylor. Henderson; B-S. F. Henderson (NM); T-Greg Green.

7th-Gulfstream, $48,320, (S), (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($16,000), 7-1, 9th-Albuquerque, $23,300, (S), 6-30, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 6f, 3yo/up, f/m, 5fT, :57.03, fm. 1:10.88, ft. TAYLOR'S IN ORBIT (f, 4, Corfu--Raphaela, by Grand Slam) SLEWACIDE SQUAD (g, 3, Slew's Pot of Gold--Midnite Rose, by Lifetime Record: 23-6-3-4, $147,357. O-Tommy Roe, Martin ) Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-0, $29,815. O/B-Michael Silver, Mike, Martha and Scott Borchetta; B-Mike, Martha & Weatherly (NM); T-Dan H. Dennison. Scott Borchetta & Martin Silver (FL); T-George S. Bush. Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm 4th-Fair Meadows, $21,120, (S), 6-30, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:12.96, ft. 5th-Delaware, $36,125, 7-1, (NW1X), 3/up, f/m, 5fT, :58.41, gd. FETCHUM KETCHUM (g, 3, Justin Phillip--Union Victory, by BUSTIN HEARTS (m, 6, Bustin Stones--Quarter to Nine, by Indian Charlie) Lifetime Record: 8-2-2-2, $47,697. Dixieland Band) Lifetime Record: 29-14-4-4, $212,810. O-Larry O/B-Huddleston Brothers Farm (OK); T-Jory Ferrell. E. Rabold; B-Akindale Farm (NY); T-Hugh I. McMahon. *$10,000 Ylg '14 FTNMIX. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Reddy to Star, g, 2, Abraaj--Hit a Star (SW, $139,224), by Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm Ihtimam. Emerald Downs, 6-30, 5f, :59.07. B-Jeffrey Owen & Doris A Harwood & Shady Valley Ranch (WA). *1/2 to Daytona 8th-Pleasanton, $34,518, 6-30, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, 1 1/16m, Beach (Harbor the Gold), SW, $112,875; Hit the Beach (Harbor 1:45.34, ft. the Gold), SW, $106,793. PREMIUM FOREST (c, 4, Forest Command--Saturday Premium, by Any Given Saturday) Lifetime Record: 18-6-2-2, $91,305. O-Steve Goldberg; B-Four Quarters Corp (CA); T-Ari Herbertson. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 4 OF 4 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 2, 2019

Boston Cadillac, f, 2, Songandaprayer--Cactus Cadillac (SW, COLD HARBOR, Eskiminzin, c, 4, o/o Ms. Forum, by Open Forum. $141,897), by Cactus Ridge. Louisiana Downs, 7-1, 2f, :22.08 AOC, 6-30, Woodbine (NTR). B-Tom Curtis & Wayne Simpson (LA). *$10,000 Ylg '18 CORFU, Justabreathaway, f, 3, o/o Justanoceanaway, by Indian OBSOCT; $35,000 2yo '19 EQL2YO. **1/2 to Thegreatcollection Ocean. MSW, 7-1, Tampa Bay (Saint Anddan), SP-US & UAE, $346,800. CORFU, Taylor's in Orbit, f, 4, o/o Raphaela, by Grand Slam. Justabreathaway, f, 3, Corfu--Justanoceanaway, by Indian AOC, 7-1, Gulfstream Ocean. Tampa Bay Downs, 7-1, 5fT, :57.65. B-Green Key Farm COWTOWN CAT, My Little Lily, f, 3, o/o Milwaukee Queen, by (FL). Milwaukee Brew. ALW, 7-1, Thistledown Cayman a Bikini, f, 4, Emcee--Cayman Style, by Scat Daddy. EMCEE, Cayman a Bikini, f, 4, o/o Cayman Style, by Scat Daddy. Lone Star, 6-30, 1mT, 1:36.54. B-Wellspring Stables (NY). MSW, 6-30, Lone Star *$17,000 Ylg '16 SARAUG. FOREST COMMAND, Premium Forest, c, 4, o/o Saturday Premium, by Any Given Saturday. ALW, 6-30, Pleasanton GEMOLOGIST, Gem Alta, g, 4, o/o Court Reception, by A.P. Indy. Fred Jones H., 6-30, Century Mile INCLUDE, Includere, m, 6, o/o Bridge Edition, by Editor's Note. ALW, 7-1, Thistledown ABRAAJ, Reddy to Star, g, 2, o/o Hit a Star, by Ihtimam. MSW, JUSTIN PHILLIP, Fetchum Ketchum, g, 3, o/o Union Victory, by 6-30, Emerald Downs Indian Charlie. ALW, 6-30, Fair Meadows ARTIE SCHILLER, Santino, f, 4, o/o Grandma Martha, by Gone MESSNER, Ruby Bleu, g, 5, o/o Ruby Soul, by Perfect Soul (Ire). West. ALW, 6-30, Lone Star AOC, 7-1, Parx Racing ATTILA'S STORM, Exactly Like You, f, 4, o/o Belle of Broadway, MIDSHIPMAN, Calexman, c, 4, o/o Mattie Cakes, by by Boston Harbor. ALW, 6-30, Albuquerque Meadowlake. ALW, 6-30, Los Alamitos Thoroughbred AWESOME OF COURSE, Awesome Action, c, 3, o/o Proof Inthe SLEW'S POT OF GOLD, Slewacide Squad, g, 3, o/o Midnite Rose, Puddin, by Elusive Bluff. MSW, 7-1, Gulfstream by Miswaki. ALW, 6-30, Albuquerque BELLAMY ROAD, Good Luck to You, m, 5, o/o Jump On In, by SONGANDAPRAYER, Boston Cadillac, f, 2, o/o Cactus Cadillac, by Jump Start. Shirley Vargo H., 6-30, Century Mile Cactus Ridge. MSW, 7-1, Louisiana Downs BIRDSTONE, Markhan, g, 6, o/o Royal Flush, by Smart Strike. TRAPPE SHOT, Explode, g, 3, o/o Light Blow, by Kingmambo. ALW, 7-1, Parx Racing Chris Loseth H., 6-30, Hastings BOOS, Something About Me, f, 3, o/o Justbluffin, by Pine Bluff. Sonoma H., 7-1, Century Mile BUSTIN STONES, Bustin Hearts, m, 6, o/o Quarter to Nine, by Dixieland Band. ALW, 7-1, Delaware CITY ZIP, Anyportinastorm, h, 5, o/o La Defense, by Wild Again. Budweiser S., 6-30, Emerald Downs

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PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: SOVEREIGN WEEKLY WRAP: By Andrew Caulfield LET=S RESERVE JUDGEMENT In the story of Coolmore's emergence as arguably the world's most important stallion station, Kilsheelan Stud would barely merit a footnote. For a while this satellite stud was used to house a few of Coolmore's National Hunt stallions, such as Executive Perk and Carlingford Castle, as well as some inexpensive speed sires, such as College Chapel and Distinctly North. However, that footnote became essential at the end of 1997, when returned from his first season in Australia to make his Irish debut at Kilsheelan. Danehill Dancer's services were priced at only IR4,000gns. This made him comfortably the cheapest of the four Group 1 winners which were added to the Coolmore roster for the 1998 season, the others being the Sussex S. winner Ali-Royal, who was priced at 6,000gns, and the the 2,000 Guineas winner Entrepreneur and the Irish 2,000 Guineas and Irish Derby winner Desert King, both of whom retired at 17,500gns. The level of Danehill Dancer's fee, and his location, suggested Sovereign & Padraig Beggy | Racing Post that expectations were not especially high, which might have By Emma Berry been a reflection of the second half of his racing career. He had We live in strange times. A man who has an on-off relationship failed to finish closer than third in any of his final six with the truth is currently long odds-on to be Prime Minister of appearances and his last two outings saw him finish last of 11 in Great Britain and, during an alarming rise in knife crime in the the 1996 Haydock Park Sprint Cup and seventh of 10 in the 1997 same country, a racecourse is hosting a themed meeting based Duke of York S. Retirement and a first trip to Australia soon on a violent street gang. So, if you fancy dressing up as Tommy followed. Of course, there was another side to his story. His first Shelby and his cohorts, pop along to Newmarket's Peaky five appearances had yielded four victories and a second. He Blinders Official Raceday on Aug. 3, but please don't take the had landed the G1 Phoenix S. on only his second appearance theme too literally. Alternatively, you could just spend a and then followed up with another Group 1 success in the summer's afternoon enjoying what is always a decent standard National S. He had also made a bright start to his second season, of racing at one of Britain's loveliest racecourses. Now, there's a winning the G3 Greenham S. to earn a shot at the 2,000 thought. Guineas, in which he gave the impression that a mile was a step too far. Fortunately, Danehill Dancer immediately dispelled any Sovereign Rule doubts about his potential as a stallion, in much the same way that his own sire, Danehill, had done, and he was soon switched Our columnist Pat Smullen will share his thoughts on the Irish to the main stud farm. Derby in more articulate fashion in tomorrow's TDN, but from this amateur perspective the race gets more and more enjoyable with each repeat viewing. That may not be a IN TDN AMERICA TODAY sentiment shared by those closest to Sovereign (Ire)--Padraig Beggy aside--and (Ire) but if you enjoy F-T JULY SALE KICKS OFF NEXT WEEK watching racing for the sheer spectacle of Thoroughbreds in full Trainer Ken McPeek looking to restock and Maureen Merkler cry then have another look at Sovereign's performance. hoping for more sales success. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 8 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 2 JULY 2019

Cont. Only Danehill's 2-year-olds won more races in 2001 than the British and Irish members of Danehill Dancer's first crop and by 2006 Danehill Dancer had emulated Danehill by becoming the leading sire of 2-year-olds. He was to top the table again in 2008 and 2009. With his success being by no means restricted to his juveniles, Danehill Dancer also took the title of champion sire in 2009, having been runner-up to Galileo in 2008. To round off his accomplishments, Danehill Dancer also defeated Danehill to become the champion sire of broodmares in 2016 and he is again doing tremendously well in this role, to the extent that he now ranks second to Pivotal, one place above Galileo. An odd aspect to Danehill Dancer's career as a broodmare sire was that, at one stage, his daughters had produced Northern Hemisphere Group 1 winners to only one sire--Galileo. That changed when Dubawi's daughter Kitesurf triumphed in last year's Prix Vermeille, but it has been more of the same this year. Firstly we saw the G1 St James's Palace S. fall to Circus Maximus and then we had the shock of Sovereign proving impossible to catch in the G1 Irish Derby. Sovereign ranks as the third Classic winner produced by the Galileo-Danehill Dancer nick, following the magnificent , who numbered the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks among her seven No fewer than 49 of them have become black-type winners, Group 1 successes, and The Gurkha, who landed the Poule for a terrific 16 percent. d'Essai des Poulains. The other Group 1 winner from this cross To be honest, I didn't expect Danehill Dancer's daughters to was that tough and talented filly Alice Springs, who landed the match up to those of Danehill. While Danehill Dancer was clearly Falmouth, Matron and Sun a highly accomplished stallion, Chariot S. during a busy and a versatile one too, he made campaign in 2016. (Incidentally, much less impact than his sire in Alice Springs' first foal is a 2019 his 13 visits to Australia and filly by Dubawi.) Danehill also notched up more Breeders didn't lack motivation sires' championships in Europe. for sending Danehill Dancer's However, with quite a few of daughters to Galileo. With the Danehill Dancer's daughters Group 1 winners Teofilo, Cima having access to the world's de Triomphe, , Golden most brilliant stallion, they too Lilac and Roderic O'Connor have achieved some remarkable among the early representatives figures. From 107 foals of racing of Galileo's association with age, they have produced 19 Danehill, there was every black-type winners, which incentive to try the multiple Danehill Dancer (Ire) | Coolmore represents 18 percent, champion sire with Danehill's compared to Danehill's 16. Their grand-daughters, especially those by Danehill Dancer. Galileo's 14 Group winners represent 13 percent, compared to the 11 partnership with Danehill's daughters has continued to flourish percent Galileo has achieved with Danehill mares. Both figures to the extent that there are now more than 60 black-type compare well with Galileo's worldwide figure of around 7 earners among its 303 foals of racing age. percent group winners to foals. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 8 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 2 JULY 2019

Pedigree Insights cont. It is worth looking at the racing records of the Danehill Dancer mares responsible for group winners by Galileo. Oddly, the one with the best record is Remember When, who never won a race despite being good enough to finish fourth in the Irish 1,000 Guineas and second to Snow Fairy in the Oaks. All seven of Remember When's foals are by Galileo and all four of her Vice President, International Operations runners are black-type winners, namely the Group 2 winner Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN Wedding Vow (second in the G1 Nassau S.), the Group 3 winners [email protected] Beacon Rock and Bye Bye Baby (who was third in the Oaks) and + 1.732.320.0975 the listed winner Bound, who was sold for 2,200,000gns last December. Most of the other group winners bred this way are International Editor also out of mares which were well above average. Minding and Kelsey Riley her Group 3-winning sister Kissed By Angels are out of the Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Group 1-winning Lillie Langtry, whereas Circus Maximus' dam

[email protected] Duntle was demoted to second after her win at Group 1 level. The Group 2 winner Memory is the dam of Group 2 winner Call European Editor Emma Berry To Mind and Group 3 winner Recorder, and The Gurkha's dam Twitter: @collingsberry Chintz was a Group 3 winner. Alice Springs' dam Aleague- [email protected] oftheirown was second at Listed level, as was Longing To Dance, the dam of Group 3 winner Be My Gal. That leaves the Group Associate International Editor 3-winning Quest For Peace, who is out of a minor winner, and Heather Anderson the Group 3 winner Rain Goddess, who is the only other one of Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN the 14 to have a non-winning dam. Even she has the Classic- winning Virginia Waters as her second dam. Sovereign's dam Marketing Manager Devoted To You was also well above average, as she showed Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen when second to Lillie Langtry in the G2 Debutante S. at two and [email protected] when she was beaten only a head in the G3 Park Express S. on her reappearance at three. She also put up a couple of Contributing Editor respectable efforts at around a mile and a quarter. Alan Carasso Coincidentally, Sovereign's unraced second dam Twitter: @EquinealTDN Devotion was a half-sister to , the Oaks winner who defeated the colts in the Irish Derby. This excellent family also Cafe Racing produced the Prix de Diane winner West Wind, whose half-sister Sean Cronin Eastern Joy is the dam of the high-class Thunder Snow. Tom Frary [email protected] Click here for TDN report on Sovereign=s Irish Derby win.

Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey

Regular Columnists Cont. from p1 Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield | John Berry Admittedly obviously deployed in a pacemaker role, he jumps Kevin Blake out, ears pricked, needs no encouragement from his jockey whatsoever to set a pace in his long, loping stride which no other contender bar stablemate Norway (Ire) wants to match. IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY Climbing and turning for home, as Norway starts to struggle, DERBY WINDFALL FOR YULONG Sovereign is still travelling well within his comfort zone in The progressive Yulong operation celebrates broodmare company with a motionless Beggy, and he maintains his acquisition following Sovereign’s recent G1 Irish Derby score. relentless gallop all the way to the line in the manner of a Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. decent stayer in the making. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 2 JULY 2019

Weekly Wrap cont. O'Brien as a yearling, won the G3 International S. at the Curragh A personal niggle is the way in which keyboard warriors of the in the colours of Melburnian Lloyd Williams. day-many of whom show little apparent knowledge of what it Denford Stud purchased Buckhurst's dam Artful (Ire) (Green takes to breed a horse who can even make it to the races, let Desert)-a half-sister to Chintz (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), dam alone win a Classic-love to knock a Derby winner almost as soon of the The Gurkha (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})- for 200,000gns from the as he's crossed the line. The Derby and Irish Derby come in for Bloomsbury Stud dispersal of 2010. The admirable Coronet has particular stick, both being races at a distance at which their never run a bad race in her life and she now has a deserved winners, if spectacular, may go on to attract some of the best Group 1 victory next to her name to add to her successes in the Flat mares in the world or, if less so, will find themselves in line G2 Middleton S. and G2 Ribblesdale S. Arguably, one of her best for a place at a National Hunt stud. There's no shame in the performances came when she was beaten just over three latter. Breeding a colt good enough to go to stud should be a lengths for fifth in the epic St Leger of 2017. Leading the way badge of honour for any breeder, and those stallions who wind that day was Capri (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) followed by recent Ascot up on a National Hunt roster have almost always been high- heroes Crystal Ocean (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Stradivarius, calibre, proven middle-distance horses, i.e., those who have then subsequent Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling (GB) (High shown a physical and mental capability to continue racing-two Chaparral {Ire}). traits that should be high on any breeder's list when deciding on Every year you will find at least one classy filly or mare adding a stallion. It all comes down to fashion, of course, and these days further lustre to the extraordinary dynasty of the Lanwades there are fewer owners (or maybe agents) looking beyond even matriarch Alruccaba (GB). On Sunday, it was Coronet's turn (and Royal Ascot of a horse's juvenile season. But let's not forget the not for the first time). Her grandam Last Second (GB) (Alzao), two horses who lit up Ascot this year: Blue Point (Ire) and bred in partnership by Kirsten Rausing and Sonia Rogers, was Stradivarius (Ire). They may ply their trades at opposite ends of bought as a yearling by Prince Faisal for IR,120,000 and proved the distance spectrum and, yes, the latter may struggle to find a to be an inspired purchase for the then-fledgling breeding suitable berth at a Flat stud when the time comes for him to operation. Runner-up in the G1 Coronation S., and with three retire, but what makes them both so thrilling, and so popular group victories to her name, Last Second went on to produce with racegoers, is that these are horses at the peak of their the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner Aussie Rules (GB) powers at the age of five. So before we rush to judge this year's (Danehill), as well as Coronet's dam, the listed winner Approach Classic winners, let's wait to see what they go on to achieve, (GB) (Darshaan {GB}), who is also dam of the Group 2 winner hopefully, beyond this season. Sovereign may end up as a flash and St Leger runner-up Midas Touch (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). in the pan (though that's some flash, the Irish Derby) or he could Furthermore, Approach's sister Intrigued (GB) is the dam of St be the next Yeats (Ire) or Fame And Glory (GB). Leger third Michelangelo (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), while her current 3-year-old Private Secretary (GB) (Kingman {GB})-a rare colt to Breeders Braced For Success run in his breeder's colours-recently emulated Michelangelo by Last season, Barronstown Stud achieved the extraodinary feat winning the listed Cocked Hat S. at Goodwood. of being represented by the winners of the English and Irish St Legers in the same weekend and the Nagle family's operation is enjoying another good year. Sovereign, a son of the G2 Debutante S. runner-up Devoted To You (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) added to their Classic haul on Saturday, the same day that Easter Classic winner Matterhorn (Ire) (Raven's Pass) won the listed Midsummer S. at Windsor. The latter's half-brother Bangkok (Ire) (Australia {GB}), won the G3 Sandown Classic Trial then flopped in the Derby but redeemed himself at Ascot with a runner-up finish to (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G2 Hardwicke S. A British-based operation to enjoy a brace of Classic winners of the weekend was Prince Faisal's Denford Stud, which saw homebred Coronet (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})-another 5-year-old rewarded for her consistency with victory in the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. Meanwhile Buckhurst (GB) (Australia {GB}), sold by Denford for 70,000gns to Joseph Coronet, Frankie Dettori and Prince Faisal Salman | Scoop Dyga TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 2 JULY 2019

Cont. Mehdaayih (GB) adding to a good day for John Gosden at He may be by a crack miler, but hailing from a family replete Saint-Cloud when completing the Frankel hat-trick in the G2 Prix with stamina it would be no surprise to see him show up in the de Malleret on Sunday. Perhaps the most impressive of the St Leger last this year. On a day when all four stakes races at winners in Juddmonte's own colours, however, was the G2 Saint-Cloud were won by British-trained runners, Art Du Val (GB) Railway S. winner Siskin, whose sire First Defence was bought (No Nay Never) deserves an honourable mention for his listed from Juddmonte's American wing in the summer of 2016 by Prix de Saint-Patrick victory. The colt, who has won three of his Chad Schumer to continue his stud career in Saudi Arabia. four starts for Charlie Appleby and finished second in the listed Close Hatches, also by First Defence and out of a half-sister to Prix Saint Isonomy on the fourth, heaped further success on Siskin's dam Bird Flown (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), won five Grade John Deer's Oakgrove Stud, which was also represented at Royal 1 races during her time with Bill Mott, and Siskin, from a family Ascot by the G3 Albany S. winner Daahyeh (GB) (Bated Breath which also includes former champion 2-year-old Xaar (GB) {GB}). Art Du Val was bought in utero by Oakgrove when his (Zafonic), looks to be an exciting prospect for trainer Ger Lyons. Wildenstein-bred dam Aquarelle Rare (GB), a Rainbow Quest daughter of the great Aquarelliste (Fr) (Danehill), was sold at Like The Look Of Eagles Arqana for i120,000 in 2015. Yeomanstown Stud's Gutaifan (Ire) has been steadily racking up the winners and now shares top billing numerically in the Juddmonte In Fine Fettle first-season sires' table with Cable Bay (Ire), the pair having notched 10 apiece. Gleneagles (Ire) was widely tipped by industry experts to make a good start at stud and the regally- bred young son of Galileo (Ire) is certainly showing all the right signs at present. In progeny earnings he's only fractionally behind Cable Bay and his six winners have come from just 16 starters, including the Listed Windsor Castle S. winner Southern Hills (Ire) and Friday's TDN Rising Star, the eight-length debut winner Ultra Violet (GB), who looks an interesting recruit for trainer Ed Vaughan and owner Sheikh Hamed Dalmook Al Maktoum. Ultra Violet, who was bred by Chris Humber, will likely be seen next in fairly fancy company. "She only just does enough at home, so she surprised me a little, but she has a great attitude and does everything with her ears pricked," Vaughan told TDN on Monday. "There are plenty Siskin and Colin Keane head out for the Railway S. | Racing Post of options for her now and fillies with her class usually write their own programmes to a degree, but we will see how she is in As Juddmonte awaits the return of its MVP (GB) the next week and she will probably be given an entry for the ( {Ire}) this Saturday, the operation enjoyed a terrific [G2] Duchess of Cambridge." week, both with its own homebreds and with a number of notable wins for the offspring of the team's stallions. Kingman (GB) is the only second-crop stallion currently Welcome Back, Kerrin included in the top 10 of general sires across Europe and he We may only have him on these shores temporarily but it has supplied not only the G2 Prix Eugene Adam winner Headman been good to welcome back Australian jockey Kerrin McEvoy (GB) for his breeder and Roger Charlton but also the exciting and he's certainly made the most of his return to Britain. He juvenile Summer Romance (Ire), an expensive breeze-up didn't trouble the judge at Royal Ascot but he has partnered purchase for Godolphin who won the listed Empress S. by a cool eight winners elsewhere so far at a strike-rate of 20 percent, six lengths to remain unbeaten. Bred by Roundhill Stud, Summer five of which have come of his former home course of Romance is starting to look as classy as her Group 1-winning Newmarket. As well as plenty of outings in the Godolphin blue, half-sister Rizeena (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}). McEvoy donned the Queen's silks at Doncaster on Friday to Another of Juddmonte's homebred winners was G3 Hoppings guide Calculation (GB) to a bloodless victory. The 3-year-old has Fillies' S. victrix Sun Maiden (GB), the first of three group already been gelded despite his blue-blooded pedigree: he is a winners in three days for her sire Frankel (GB). Suphala (Fr) son of Dubawi (Ire) and Her Majesty's Gold Cup winner Estimate brought up the double in the G3 Prix Chloe on Saturday, with (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}).

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AXANA ON TOP AT HAMBURG 3--Madita (Ger), 128, f, 4, Soldier Hollow (GB)--Manita (Ire), by Peintre Celebre. (i15,000 Ylg >16 BBAGS). O-Team Valor; Beaten a neck when runner-up to Main Edition (Ire) (Zoffany B-Gestut Hachetal (GER); T-Sascha Smrczek. i6,000. {Ire}) in the G2 German 1000 Guineas, Team Valor=s Axana (Ger) Margins: 1HF, NK, 2HF. Odds: 1.20, 3.70, 5.20. (Soldier Hollow {GB}) proved too strong for the domestic cast Also Ran: Emerita (Ger), Best On Stage (Ger), Peace of Paris assembled for Monday=s G3 Hamburger Stutenmeile. Impressive (Ger), Caesara (GB), Akua=rella (Ger), Seaside Song (GB), when taking the G3 Schwarzgold-Rennen over this mile trip at Cabarita (Ger). Scratched: Nica (Ger). Click for the Racing Post Cologne Apr. 22 prior to her narrow Classic reversal at result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Dusseldorf May 26, the bay was one of four 3-year-olds in the line-up alongside Shalona (Fr) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) who had been third in the German Guineas and it was that form which held sway. Quickly away and able to gain a perfect stalking position in third under Eduardo Pedroza, the 6-5 favourite took advantage of a split between the pace-setters to seize the advantage approaching the furlong pole and secure a 1 1/2- length success from Shalona, with Team Valor=s 4-year-old Madita (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) a neck back in third in a one- ENABLE SET FOR SANDOWN RETURN two-three for the influential German sire. Axana=s dam Achinora (GB) (Sleeping Indian {GB}) is a daughter of the four-times group and graded-stakes winning Via Borghese (Seattle Dancer) whose tally included a renewal of the GII Diana H. The third dam Angela Serra (GB) (Arctic Tern), who annexed the G2 Premio Legnano, was responsible for five stakes winners with the GII American H. hero and G1 Eddie Read H. runner-up El Angelo (El Gran Senor) and G2 Premio Ribot scorer Miswaki Tern (Miswaki) chief among them. This is also the family of Tonito M. (Rock Hard Ten), the champion imported 2-year-old colt in Puerto Rico who captured the GIII Oklahoma Derby, and in the more distant past the G1 Derby Italiano hero and leading sire Appiani II (Ity) (Herbager {Fr}). Achinora also has an unraced 2-year-old full-sister to Axana waiting in the wings.

Enable winning the 2018 Arc | Racing Post Monday, Hamburg, Germany 100 JAHRE HUGO PHOHE-RENNEN (HAMBURGER STUTENMEILE)-G3, i55,000, Hamburg, 7-1, 3yo/up, f/m, 8fT, Rider Frankie Dettori told Sky Sports Radio he is Avery pleased@ 1:35.45, gd. with Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) ahead of the 5-year-old 1--AXANA (GER), 121, f, 3, by Soldier Hollow (GB) mare=s seasonal debut in Saturday=s G1 Coral-Eclipse at 1st Dam: Achinora (GB), by Sleeping Indian (GB) Sandown. 2nd Dam: Villa Borghese, by Seattle Dancer Khalid Abdullah=s Enable, already the winner of two G1 Prix de 3rd Dam: Angela Serra (GB), by Arctic Tern l=Arc de Triomphes, three Oaks= and a GI Breeders= Cup Turf, has (i15,000 RNA Ylg >17 BBAGS). O-Team Valor; B-Sergej Penner a third Arc in October as the main aim for her season. (GER); T-Andreas Wohler; J-Eduardo Pedroza. i32,000. "She's well, I'm very pleased with her," Dettori said. "I've been Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-0, i110,500. Werk Nick Rating: C. riding her for the last month and she's really come on, she's Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. ready for the run." Winning Purchase by Blandford Bloodstock Enable=s opposition could include a pair of Royal Ascot winners in G1 St James=s Palace scorer Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) 2--Shalona (Fr), 119, f, 3, Soldier Hollow (GB)--Salona (Ger), by and Wolferton S. victor Addeybb (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}). The likes of Lord of England (Ger). O-Stall Lucky Owner; B-Klaus Hofmann Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Mustashry (GB) (Tamayuz {GB}) (FR); T-Henk Grewe. i12,000. have also been left in. Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 8 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 2 JULY 2019

Gosden told Racing Post, "She=s in good form. She worked (Ire) by Exceed and Excel. Successful in the G3 Firth of Clyde S. under Frankie [Dettori] yesterday morning on the round gallop and Listed Prix de la Vallee d=Auge, she was also runner-up in and I was very happy with it. The plan is to go for the Eclipse and the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte and G3 Prix d=Arenberg, we couldn't be happier with her. GSW-Eng, SW & MGSP-Fr, MSP-US, $243,522. A half-sister to the AIt=s her first run back and you know the main target is on the G2 German 1000 Guineas heroine Electrelane (GB) (Dubawi first Sunday in October. We=ll try and build to that but we=re {Ire}), she also has a yearling colt by Iffraaj (GB) and a filly foal by happy with her. She=s showing her enjoyment in training and her Kodiac (GB). Sales history: 16,000gns Wlg >17 TATFOA; ,70,000 eagerness. Her exuberant nature is back and she has slimmed Ylg >18 GOUKPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $5,256. Video, down a bit. I couldn=t [have been] more happy with her work on sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Saturday.@ O-Phoenix Thoroughbred Limited; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited (GB); T-John Quinn. PRIOR NAMED GM OF GBRI CONDITIONS RESULTS: 2nd-Pontefract, ,20,000, Cond, 7-1, 2yo, 6fT, 1:16.56, gd. Amanda Prior has assumed the role General Manager of Great HURSTWOOD (GB) (c, 2, Dark Angel {Ire}--Haigh Hall {GB}, by British Racing International (GBRI) following the departure of Kyllachy {GB}) Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $31,283. O-David W James Oldring June 28. Prior, who hails from Overbury Stud in Armstrong; B-Highfield Farm LLP (GB); T-Tim Easterby. Gloucestershire, has led GBRI=s client and service development since 2015, when she graduated from the Darley Flying Start. 5th-Pontefract, ,6,500, Cond, 7-1, 3yo, 6fT, 1:15.91, gd. The 30-year-old will remain in charge of the client-facing side of BERYL THE PETAL (IRE) (f, 3, Dandy Man {Ire}--Pinewoods Lily the business, all the while overseeing its overall development as {Ire}, by Indian Ridge {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 19-2-6-6, $27,046. service provider for the British racing and breeding industry. O-N D Crummack Ltd, A Rhodes & Partner; B-Pigeon Park Stud She is married to head of Tattersalls Ascot and Cheltenham, (IRE); T-David O=Meara. *i15,000 Ylg >17 GOFSPT; 12,000gns Matt Prior. RNA 2yo >18 TATAHI. **Full to Dainty Dandy (Ire), GSP-Eng. AWe are delighted to appoint Amanda as General Manager of GBRI,@ said Rod Street, CEO of Great British Racing. AHer industry 6th-Wolverhampton, ,4,300, Cond, 7-1, 3/4yo, 12f 51y (AWT), knowledge and network are second to none and GBRI will be in 2:43.41, st. capable hands.@ MOMENT OF HOPE (IRE) (f, 3, Casamento {Ire}--Hikayati {Ire}, Prior added, AIt is a great privilege and responsibility to step up by Iffraaj {GB}) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $7,632. O-Saeed Jaber; to General Manager of GBRI in the wake of my fifth Royal Ascot B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-David Simcock. *0gns RNA Ylg with the team. The organisation has gone to strength to strength >17 TAOCT. under James= direction, and I look forward to growing our reach, presence and influence further in years to come.@ 1st-Wolverhampton, ,4,300, Cond, 7-1, 3yo, 7f 36y (AWT), 1:29.34, st. PRIMEIRO BOY (IRE) (g, 3, Zebedee {GB}--House of Roses {GB}, by {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 15-2-2-0, $12,210. O-Bardsley, Hyde & Tattersall; B-McCracken Farms (IRE); T-Richard Fahey. *7,500gns RNA Wlg >16 TATFOA; ,18,000 Ylg >17 GOUKPR. Monday=s Results: ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 1st-Catterick Bridge, ,6,400, Novice, 7-1, 2yo, 5fT, 1:01.20, g/f. Dream Kart (Ire), f, 2, Dream Ahead--Kartiste (Ire), by Kalanisi MIA DIVA (GB) (f, 2, Exceed and Excel {Aus}--Imperialistic Diva (Ire). Royal Windsor, 7-1, 5f 21yT, :59.58. B-John O=Connor {Ire} {SP-Eng, $132,949}, by Haafhd {GB}), fifth on debut over (IRE). *28,000gns Ylg >18 TAOCT. this trip at Newcastle Apr. 19, was bustled along from the outset Rich Belief (GB), c, 2, Make Believe (GB)--Realt Eile (Ire), by to race prominently behind the leader. Working her way to the Dark Angel (Ire). Wolverhampton, 7-1, 7f 36y (AWT), 1:29.53. front with 100 yards remaining, the 3-1 joint-second favourite B-Phillistown House Ltd (GB). *4th winner for freshman sire stayed on to beat Ellenor Gray (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}) by 1 1/4 (by Makfi {GB}). **i40,000 Wlg >17 GOFNOV; 38,000gns RNA lengths. The dam, who was third in the Listed Empress S., has Ylg >18 TAOCT. already produced the classy and precocious Queen of Bermuda TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 8 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 2 JULY 2019

Maiden winners in Britain cont. Rosa Vernans (Ire), f, 3, Sea the Stars (Ire)--Dubai Rose (GB) Rum Baba (GB), g, 3, New Approach (Ire)--Soft Centre (GB) (SW-Ger), by Dubai Destination. Morlaix, 6-30, 13fT, time: n/a. (SW-Eng), by Zafonic. Royal Windsor, 7-1, 8f 31yT, 1:41.95. B-GB Partnership (IRE). *1/2 to The Juliet Rose (Fr) (Monsun B-Normandie Stud Ltd (GB). *Full to Sultanina (GB), G1SW-Eng, {Ger}), MGSW & G1SP-Fr, $554,634; and Pocketfullofdreams $303,395. (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), SP-Eng & Ire.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Augustine (Fr), f, 2, Elusive City--Augusta Lucilla, by Mr. Greeley. Senonnes-Pouance, 6-30, 6fT, 1:20.08. B-Aleyrion Bloodstock Ltd (FR). IN JAPAN: Gracian (Ger), c, 3, City Zip--Guenea (GB), by Sinndar (Ire). Argentan, 6-30, 10 1/2fT, 2:13.80. B-Dr C Berglar (GER). Eternal Blaze (Ire), f, 3, Invincible Spirit (Ire)--Game Zone (Ire) New Firebird (Fr), c, 3, Farhh (GB)--New Arrival (Fr), by (GSP-Fr), by Hurricane Run (Ire). Hakodate, 6-30, Novice Race, Zamindar. Wissembourg, 6-30, 12fT, 2:31.78. B-August 6fT. NK. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, $72,222. O-Red Magic Inc.; Foeckler (FR). *i17,000 Ylg >17 AROCT. B-Ecurie Des Monceaux & Skymarc Farm Inc; T-Takashi Kanari. Palomba (Ire), f, 3, Lope de Vega (Ire)--Australienne (Ire), by Larmes de l'Ange (Ire), f, 4, Dansili (GB)--Mer de Corail (Ire) Monsun (Ger). Argentan, 6-30, 10 1/2fT, 2:14.10. (MSW & GSP-Fr, SP-US, $253,881), by Sadler's Wells. B-Wertheimer & Frere (IRE). Fukushima, 6-20, Sakurambo Tokubetsu, 6fT, 1 1/4. Lifetime Glad Memory (Ger), f, 3, Medicean (GB)--Glady Romana (Ger) Record: 14-3-2-1, $361,111. O-North Hills; B-Barronstown (SW-Ger), by Doyen (Ire). Morlaix, 6-30, 9fT, time: n/a. B-Stall Stud; T-Tomokazu Takano. *1/2 to Alsace Lorraine (Ire), Oberlausitz (GER). *i58,000 Ylg >17 BBAGS. (Giant=s Causeway), SW-Eng, $158,572; full to Travertine (Ire), Seppeltsfield (Ire), g, 3, Raven=s Pass--Petit Calva (Fr) (MSW & GSP-Fr, $175,460. GSP-Fr, $102,046), by Desert King (Ire). Lignieres-en-Berry, Shadow Noel (Fr), f, 4, Le Havre (Ire)--Magic Potion (Fr) (SP-Fr), 6-30, 8fT, 1:38.02. B-Kildaragh Stud (IRE). *120,000gns RNA Ylg by Divine Light (Jpn). Fukushima, 6-29, TV U Fukushima Sho, >17 TATOCT; i130,000 RNA 2yo >18 ARQMAY. **Full to Rosay 6fT, 1/2. Lifetime Record: 8-4-0-1, $473,148. O-Tomokazu (Ire), SW & GSP-Fr; and 1/2 to Teofilo Calva (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), Iizuka; B-M.Patrick Barbe; T-Katsuhiko Sumii. SP-HK, $550,850.

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"So we were keen to add a daughter of Galileo to the team. DERBY WINDFALL FOR She was a lovely physical, very attractive and a nice cover. Sovereign looked promising as a 2-year-old and lucky for Yulong PROGRESSIVE YULONG he has progressed as we had hoped.@ A winner in France, You Only You is a daughter of the Danehill Dancer (Ire) mare Devoted To You (Ire), who was a 2-year-old winner and placed in the G2 Debutante S. and the G3 Express S. She is a half-sister to the stakes winners Humble Eight (USA) (Seattle Battle {USA}), Stage Call (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells {USA}) and his sisters Humilus (Ire) and Royal Devotion (Ire), Thady Quill (USA) (Nureyev {USA}) and April Starlight (USA) (Storm Bird {Can}). Their unraced dam Alleged Devotion (USA) (Alleged {USA}) is a half-sister to the G1 Irish Derby and G1 English Oaks winner Balanchine (USA) (Storm Bird {Can}). AYou Only You is still over there and she foaled a Caravaggio filly and unfortunately missed to Invincible Spirit,@ Fairgray said. AAt this stage, she will be served by Lope De Vega to Southern Grunt | Bronwen Healy Hemisphere time and then head down here.@ Mr Zhang=s Yulong operation has expanded at a rapid pace by Paul Vettise with Yulong Stud home to Grunt and development to house up The G1 Irish Derby result was of immense significance to the to 10 stallions in the future, Yulong Park is used to spell the ever-growing Yulong operation in Victoria where it is also racing team and for pre-training and Yulong Farm for the assembling a high quality first book of mares for foundation broodmare band. stallion Grunt (NZ) (O=Reilly {NZ}). AWorld-wide we=ve got 180 mares, of which 14 are based in Yulong went to last year=s Tattersalls December Mares= Sale in Ireland, 12 in New Zealand and the remainder here on the England on the hunt for a daughter of stallion superstar Galileo farm,@ Fairgray said. (Ire) and successfully executed its plan with the 240,000 guineas purchase of You Only You (Ire). That investment spiralled in value at The Curragh over the weekend when You Only You=s younger brother Sovereign (Ire) made all the running in the Derby with the Aidan O=Brien- trained colt belying his 33-1 starting price to bolt up by six lengths. AThat was a fantastic result for us. We went over to Tatts and purchased a couple of mares and we specifically wanted to get a Galileo mare,@ Yulong Chief Operating Officer Sam Fairgray said. AWe liked her on type and Michael Donohoe of the BBA Ireland said Sovereign could be a horse that improved as a 3-year-old. We bought her and got lucky-- it was a strong performance to lead all the way in the Derby.@ Michael Donohoe of the BBA Ireland said, AI guess Mr Zhang, Sam Fairgray and the team at Yulong are well aware of how successful Galileo is in the Northern Hemisphere, and now in the Southern Hemisphere as the broodmare sire of The Autumn Sun. Sovereign |Racing Post TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 2 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 2 JULY 2019

Cont. from p1 AObviously, this year we=ve purchased quite a few mares and we=re going to support Grunt quite heavily. Some really well-bred and well-performed mares and Mr Zhang is very keen to show our belief in the horse and give him the best opportunity.@ Grunt retired to Yulong off the back of a successful career for trainer Mick Price that included victories in the G1 Australian Guineas and the G1 Makybe Diva S. ASoriano was a multiple Group 1 winner in New Zealand will be going to him and so will Foxplay, who was a Group 1 winner here in Australia,@ Fairgray said. AMotown Lil was a stakes placed mare we bought at the Chairman=s Sale for $340,000 will be heading his way and so will Better Alternative, the dam of Preferment.@

Quality Mares Other high profile mares on Grunt=s dance card include Extremely (Hussonet {USA}), the dam of G1 Blue Diamond S. winner Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) and the dual Group 3 winner Neena Rock (Fastnet Rock). AHe=s going to have a great opportunity with a lot of good quality mares,@ Fairgray said. Yulong also celebrated another notable overseas success at the weekend. AIt=s all going well Mr Zhang bought three yearlings in South Africa last year and a colt trained by Mike De Kock called Var And Away won the first race at Turffontein,@ Fairgray said. Var And Away (Var {UAS}) was on debut and was a 275,000 rand purchase at the South African National Yearling Sale. He is a son of Angel Witch (SAf) (Parade Leader {USA}), whose four foals to race have all been successful, and she is a half-sister to the G1 Turffontein Empress Club S. winner Fair Maiden (SAf) (Western Winter {USA}).

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