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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2017

FARRELL ROMPS IN RACHEL ALEXANDRA GIRVIN UPSETS Coffeepot Stables homebred Farrell () put on a THE RISEN STAR show at the Fair Grounds Saturday with a dominant gate-to-wire victory in the GII Rachel Alexandra S. Seizing the early advantage, the bay clicked off opening splits of :23.92 and :47.32 while well clear of the rest of the field. Her rivals began to close in on her as she clocked three-quarters in Farrell | Lou Hodges 1:12.22, but Farrell still had plenty left in the tank and easily rolled clear in the lane to stamp herself as a major GI Kentucky Oaks contender with a 3 1/2-length victory. Longshot Majestic Quality (Quality Road) Girvin | Lou Hodges got up for second and heavily-favored Valadorna () checked in third. Cont. p5 Brad Grady=s Girvin (Tale of Ekati) took his dirt record to two- for-two and earned 50 points towards a spot in the GI Kentucky IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Derby starting gate with an 8-1 upset of Saturday=s GII Risen Star WINX EASES TO TENTH GROUP 1 WIN S. at Fair Grounds. Away alertly from the one-hole, the dark bay Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) barely came off the bridle to saved ground in fifth as an Local Hero (Hard Spun) ticked register her 10th Group 1 win and her fifteenth victory in a row. off opening splits of :23.70 and :47.02 while well clear of 3-2 Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. favorite Mo Town (Uncle Mo), who led the rest of the pack in second. Advancing on the far turn to be second, Girvin was tipped out to the three-path to take on the pacesetter in the lane, collared that rival in mid-stretch and continued clear to score his first black-type success. ATDN Rising Star@ Untrapped (Trappe Shot), who was also sent off at 8-1, got up for second and Local Hero held third. Favored GII Remsen S. winner Mo Town, who ran off with jockey John Velazquez in the post parade, faded to finish fifth, just a nose ahead of sixth-place finisher Shareholder Value (Uncle Mo). AWe believed in the horse all along,@ winning trainer Joe Sharp said. AI lost my voice [from cheering] and we=re in shock and very excited. He will stay here and probably run in the [GII] [Apr. 1]. We=ll let him tell us, but that=s my inclination.@ AThe horse did the job for us,@ jockey Brian Hernandez said. AYou have to give him the credit. He put us in a good spot the whole way and traveled like a true professional. For a horse to come out and do what he did today in just his third start, that shows what kind of special animal he truly is.@ Cont. p3 filly o/o Fighter Wing | Bred by Twin Creeks Farm

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Saturday, Fair Grounds 3--Local Hero, 116, c, 3, Hard Spun--Liam's Dream, by Saint RISEN STAR S.-GII, $400,000, FG, 2-25, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43.08, ft. Liam. ($180,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $500,000 2yo '16 FTFMAR). 1--#@GIRVIN, 116, c, 3, by Tale of Ekati O-e Five Racing ; B-Three Chimneys Farm LLC 1st Dam: Catch the Moon, by Malibu Moon (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. $40,000. 2nd Dam: Catch My Fancy, by Yes It's True nbs graduate 3rd Dam: Walk Away Rene, by Gold Alert ($140,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP; $130,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT). Margins: 2, 2 1/4, NK. Odds: 8.10, 8.00, 3.10. O-Brad Grady; B-Bob Austin & John Witte (KY); T-Joe Sharp; Also Ran: Guest Suite, Mo Town, Shareholder Value, Sorry Erik, J-Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr.. $240,000. Lifetime Record: Arklow, U S Officer, Cool Arrow, Horse Fly. Scratched: Takeoff, 3-2-1-0, $274,400. *1/2 to Cocked and Loaded (Colonel John), It's Your Nickel, So Conflated. Click for the Equibase.com chart, GSW, $491,660. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. As for the beaten favorite, trainer Tony Dutrow said, AI thought he broke well and got himself into position and just wasn=t able to maintain it. Johnny=s comments were that the horse was 2--Untrapped, 116, c, 3, Trappe Shot--Exit Three, by Giant's struggling over the surface and never got ahold of it. He felt Causeway. >TDN Rising Star= ($97,000 Ylg '15 KEEJAN; strongly that it was a surface Mo Town didn=t care for. So, we $150,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $125,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR). will see if he was right or not. No disrespect to Fair Grounds= O-Michael Langford; B-Indian Creek & Jonathan Sheppard (KY); surface--it=s one of the reasons we came--it just didn=t work out T-Steven M. Asmussen. $80,000. for him today.@ Bred, raised and sold by INDIAN CREEK Girvin bested Excitations (Into Mischief), who returned to Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm graduate in NOLA next out Feb. 2, by a head in his career bow Congratulations to all the connections from Paramount Sales going six furlongs at Fair Grounds Dec. 16. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Risen Star cont. The $130,000 FTKOCT grad came up just 3/4 of a length short next out when switched to the turf and extended to a mile for that venue=s Keith Gee Memorial S. Feb. 4.

Pedigree Notes: Girvin becomes the second stakes winner for his unraced dam Catch the Moon off the heels of 2015 GIII S. winner Cocked and Loaded (Colonel John). Catch the Moon, purchased by Stonestreet Holdings for $240,000 while in foal to Shanghai Bobby at the 2015 KEENOV sale, produced a colt by the 2012 2-year-old colt last year and was bred Girvin | Lou Hodges back to Curlin. Girvin=s second dam opened her career with a pair of runaway tallies, including the 2005 Barretts Debutante S.

Saturday, Fair Grounds RACHEL ALEXANDRA S.-GII, $196,000, FG, 2-25, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44.09, ft. 1--FARRELL, 122, f, 3, by Malibu Moon 1st Dam: Rebridled Dreams (SW & GSP, $134,663), by 's Song 2nd Dam: Key Cents, by Corridor Key 3rd Dam: Centimeter, by Aloma's Ruler O-Coffeepot Stables; B-Coffee Pot Stable (KY); T-Wayne M. Catalano; J-Channing Hill. $120,000. Lifetime Record: 6-4-0-1, $361,357. *1/2 to Rover (War Chant), MSW & MGSP-Eng, $335,741; J. B.=s Thunder (Thunder Gulch), GISW, $280,130; Carpe Diem (Giant=s Causeway), MGISW, $1,519,800; and Semper Fortis (Distorted Humor), GSP, $429,405. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Foal & Raised by BEAU LANE BLOODSTOCK/WOODLINE Congrats Coffee Pot Stables & Catalano Racing!

2--Majestic Quality, 118, f, 3, Quality Road--She Nuit All, by Lost Soldier. ($40,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-Big Chief Racing, LLC, Rocker O Ranch, LLC & J. Keith Desormeaux; B-C. Kidder & N. Cole (KY); T-J. Keith Desormeaux. $40,000. Consigned by GAINESWAY 1st Haskell Invitational Stakes [G1], 9f., by 9¾ lengths from G1 winner Power Broker, Micromanage & Preakness Stakes winner Oxbow IT WAS THE BIGGEST WINNING MARGIN IN THE HISTORY OF THE RACE 1st Wood Memorial Stakes [G1], 9f., by ¾ length from Normandy Invasion & Vyjack TOP SIRES TO WIN THIS RACE INCLUDE , PLEASANT COLONY, BROAD BRUSH, GULCH, UNBRIDLED’S SONG, EMPIRE MAKER & 1st Tampa Bay Derby [G2], 8½f., by 3 lengths from G1 winner Java’s War First crop weanlings sold for 1st [G3], 8½f., by 9¼ lengths $300,000, $185,000, 1st Allowance, 8f., by 16¼ lengths $150,000, $100,000, 1st Maiden, 6½f., on debut by 7¾ lengths $90,000, $87,000, $85,000, $75,000, $75,000 etc.

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Rachel Alexandra S. cont. Fourth to Lovely Bernadette (Wilburn) on debut over a muddy 3--Valadorna, 116, f, 3, Curlin--Goldfield, by Yes It's True. strip at Churchill Downs Sept. 17, Farrell donned cap and gown >TDN Rising Star= O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Stonestreet by five lengths next out beneath the Twin Spires Oct. 1 and Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. $20,000. checked in third behind Lovely Bernadette in that venue=s Rags to Riches S. 29 days later. Returning to winning ways with a Margins: 3HF, NK, 2. Odds: 3.80, 23.80, 1.50. six-length tour de force in the GII Golden Rod S. in Louisville Also Ran: Wicked Lick, Shane's Girlfriend, Untapped, Gris Gris. Nov. 26, the dark bay kicked off her sophomore campaign with a Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free 2 3/4-length defeat of the reopposing Wicked Lick (Maclean=s Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Music) and Gris Gris (Spring at Last) in a muddy renewal of the Fasig-Tipton. Silverbulletday S. at Fair Grounds Jan. 21. AThe way she=s running she should be one of the top choices [in the Kentucky Oaks], but there are a few more races to go,@ Pedigree Notes: winning trainer Wayne Catalano said. AShe was moving pretty Out of SW and GSP Rebridled Dreams, Farrell is a half-sister to good and I was happy when [Channing Hill] said that she settled dual Grade I winner, ATDN Rising Star@ and now WinStar stallion for him on the backside. Speed is always and pace Carpe Diem (Giant=s Causeway), who was the co-topper at the makes the races and today was our race.@ 2014 OBS March sale after selling to Stonestreet Stables for AShe=s really versatile, so I just let her have her way,@ Hill said. $1.6 million. The winner is also a half-sister to GISW J.B.=s AShe did everything so well and settled really well on the Thunder (Thunder Gulch); MSW and MGSP Doncaster Rover backside, doing it all on her own. Down the lane I got after her a (War Chant); and GSP Semper Fortis (Distorted Humor). little bit and she went on with it and did it professionally. This Rebridled Dreams has a juvenile colt by and a filly is the real deal.@ yearling filly by Giant=s Causeway. The 17-year-old mare was not As for the beaten favorite Valdorna, trainer Mark Casse said, AI re-bred after foaling that filly May 5. thought we had a good trip and thought she ran well. She just flattened out late and got beat by a good horse.@ TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Saturday, Gulfstream Park 3--Squadron A, 123, h, 7, Unbridled's Song--Peaks Mill, by GULFSTREAM PARK SPRINT S.-GIII, $100,000, GP, 2-25, 4yo/up, Stalwart. ($175,000 Wlg '10 KEENOV; $250,000 Ylg '11 6 1/2f, 1:15.30, ft. FTSAUG; $95,000 RNA 5yo '15 FTKHRA). O-Carolyn Vogel; 1--UNIFIED, 117, c, 4, by Candy Ride (Arg) B-Patterson Bloodstock & Taylor Made Stallions Inc (KY); 1st Dam: Union City (SP), by Dixie Union T-Dale L Romans. $9,900. 2nd Dam: City Sister, by Carson City 3rd Dam: Demi Souer, by >TDN Rising Star= ($325,000 Ylg '14 FTSAUG). O-Centennial Margins: NK, 4 1/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 2.30, 0.90, 16.40. Farms; B-Blue Devil Racing Stable LLC (KY); T-James A Jerkens; Also Ran: Early Entry, Divine Warrior, Delta Bluesman. J-Jose L Ortiz. $61,380. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-0, $389,880. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Rating: A. Fasig-Tipton. LANE’S END Foaled, Raised & Sold ATDN Rising Star@ Unified made a victorious return to the races Saturday with a gritty defeat of Grade I winner Mind Your 2--Mind Your Biscuits, 123, c, 4, Posse--Jazzmane, by Toccet. Biscuits in the Gulfstream Park Sprint Saturday. Sent off as the ($47,000 Ylg '14 KEEJAN; $47,000 RNA Ylg '14 SARAUG; crowd=s second choice in this return off an eight-month layoff, $47,000 RNA 2yo '15 OBSAPR). O-J Stables, Head of Plains the Centennial Farms runner broke sharply from his rail draw Partners LLC, Summers, Summers, & Summers; and was hustled up by Jose Ortiz to take his preferred position B-Jumping Jack Racing LLC (NY); T-Chad Summers. $19,800. on the front end. Ticking off early fractions of :22.37 and :44.71, the dark bay had a clear lead turning for home and kept on PINHOOKED BY MACHMER HALL finding in the lane while racing on his left lead to hold off a late SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations surge from GI Malibu S. winner Mind Your Biscuits. Purchased & managed by Chad Summers Bloodstock • 516-557-4384 "He's a fast horse,@ winning trainer Jimmy Jerkens remarked. AHe proved that last year. He trained really super the last three weeks.@ Cont. p6 There are Three colts by Tapit being offered at the Gulfstream Sale in Miami.

Will one of them be Tapit’s Newest Star? Creator (G1) Frosted (G1) Constitution (G1) Tonalist (G1) Tapizar (G1) Hansen (G1) Ring Weekend (G1) Time and Motion (G1)

Testa Matta (G1) Creator shown winning the 2016 Grade 1 Belmont Stakes

Selling on March 1st Colts: Hips 38, 80 and 90 Filly: Hip 15 Gainesway Farm 859.293.2676 / Michael Hernon 859.621.6295 Ian Tapp 678.429.2755 / Neil Howard 859.621.6273 Brian Graves 859.621.6270

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Gulfstream Park Sprint cont. As for future plans, Jerkens said, "I wouldn't rule out a mile, a one-turn mile at Belmont. It will be tough to get him to rate after this, sending him out of there like a Quarter Horse, but I think he is pretty sensible and you can shut him down in the mornings, if you want. You definitely need to look at the [GI] Met Mile [June 10] for sure with his easy speed. Belmont can be so speed-favoring, especially in the spring time, and you can get a little further than you would otherwise. [The Met] would be a big race to go for, for sure." Chad Summers, trainer of runner-up Mind Your Biscuits, was pleased with his charge. "Unified is a really nice horse,@ the conditioner said. ALet's take nothing away from him. He ran a great race. He got away on an early lead. I thought our horse ran great. Like I've said, our end goal is Dubai a month from today." An impressive debut winner in Hallandale this time last year,

Unified (r) holds off Mind Your Biscuits | Kenny Martin Unified followed suit with a victory in the GIII Bay Shore S. over a muddy seven furlongs at Aqueduct Apr. 9 and scored a narrow Jerkens continued, AHe didn't really like breaking from the one victory when stretched to 1 1/8 miles in the GII Peter S. [hole]. But when you're fresh like this and come popping out of going one turn at Belmont May 14. Hammered down to 1-5 there you end up being the best speed, at least that time, favoritism for his two-turn debut in Monmouth=s GIII Pegasus S. anyway. I told [Ortiz] if he breaks with the field go on with him June 19, the local prep for the GI Haskell Invitational S., the because he is not going to like anybody crossing over him and $325,000 FTSAUG buy failed to fire, finishing a non-factor fifth, throwing dirt in his face." and was subsequently shelved. Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Gulfstream Park Sprint cont. 2--International Star, 118, h, 5, Fusaichi Pegasus--Parlez, by Pedigree Notes: French Deputy. ($85,000 Ylg '13 EASSEP). O-Kenneth L. & Unified=s SP dam Union City, a full-sister to GSW Dixie City, is Sarah K. Ramsey; B-Katharine M. Voss & Robert T Manfuso responsible for the 3-year-old filly Ducru (Broken Vow) and a (NY); T-Michael J. Maker. $25,000. juvenile colt by Candy Ride (Arg). She did not produce a foal in EQB yearling purchase for the Ramseys • www.EQB.com 2016, but had a filly by Honor Code Feb. 16. Unified traces his 3--Dazzling Gem, 118, c, 4, Misremembered--Dazzler, by lineage back to champion and influential sire Dehere (Deputy Vindication. ($95,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP). O-Steve Landers Racing Minister). LLC; B-Lisa Reynolds & Jennifer Feiner (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. $12,500.

Saturday, Fair Grounds HIP NO. 484 - 1/2 sis sells at OBSMAR w/ Crupi’s New Castle Farm H.-GIII, $122,500, FG, 2-25, 4yo/up, 1 1/16m, Margins: HF, NO, 3HF. Odds: 5.20, 9.20, 4.90. 1:43.03, ft. Also Ran: Eagle, December Seven, Mo Tom, Rise Up. Scratched: 1--@HONORABLE DUTY, 118, g, 5, by Distorted Humor 1st Dam: Mesmeric, by A.P. Indy Dalmore. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs 2nd Dam: Toussaud, by El Gran Senor or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, 3rd Dam: Image of Reality, by In Reality sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. ($130,000 3yo '15 KEENOV). O-DARRS, Inc.; B-Juddmonte The lightly-raced Honorable Duty scored the first graded Farms Inc (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh; J-Julien R. Leparoux. victory of his career Saturday afternoon in the Mineshaft H. in $75,000. Lifetime Record: 11-5-2-1, $261,276. Click for NOLA. Off a step slow, the bay quickly recovered and charged eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ forward to sit in a two-wide fourth through early fractions of *Triple Plus.* :23.69 and :46.79. Ranging up three-wide on the far turn, the 5-year-old took control in early stretch and kept on finding late to hold off a late bid from MGSW International Star. Cont. p9 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Mineshaft cont. Saturday, Fair Grounds FAIR GROUNDS H.-GIII, $122,500, FG, 2-25, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:48.80, fm. 1--ENTERPRISING, 118, g, 6, by Elusive Quality 1st Dam: Indy Blaze, by A.P. Indy 2nd Dam: Fire the Groom, by Blushing Groom (Fr) 3rd Dam: Prospector's Fire, by Mr. Prospector O-Maxis Stable; B-Glen Hill Farm (FL); T-Michael J. Maker; J-Julien R. Leparoux. $75,000. Lifetime Record: 28-8-4-5, $594,040. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Oscar Nominated, 120, r, 4, Kitten=s Joy--Devine Actress, by Theatrical (Ire). O-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey; B-Mrs. Jerry Amerman (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. $25,000. 3--One Mean Man, 116, c, 4, Mizzen Mast--Abbeyville Miss, by Grand Slam. O-Hillerich Racing LLC & Bernard S. Flint; Honorable Duty (L) | Lou Hodges B-Bernard Flint & Ron Hillerich (KY); T-Bernard S. Flint. $12,500. AHe ran like we thought he would and he had been training so Margins: 3/4, 1, HD. Odds: 3.00, 1.30, 8.50. well ever since we gelded him,@ trainer Brendan Walsh said. AI Also Ran: Bullards Alley, Granny's Kitten, Golden Soul, think he=s a very good horse who is improving. He idled a little Angel. Scratched: Western Reserve, Greengrassofyoming. Click bit in the front, but it was the first time he had passed horses so for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free early in the race, but he ran great and I expected that he Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by wouldn=t let us down.@ Fasig-Tipton. Honorable Duty made the first three starts of his career on the Enterprising, winner of the 2014 GIII La Jolla H. at Del Mar, turf for breeder Juddmonte Farms and Hall of Fame trainer Bill failed to hit the board in a Belmont optional claimer in his final Mott, checking in third in his final race for those connections in a start for Glen Hill Farm and trainer Tom Proctor last July. He Belmont maiden special weight in May of 2015. Purchased by made six starts for DARRS, Inc.=s David Ross for $130,000 at the 2015 Keeneland these connections November sale and turned over to Walsh, the bay was switched since, headed by a to the dirt in his second start for his new barn and immediately victory in the reeled off a trio of victories, breaking his maiden and clearing his Gulfstream Park first two allowance conditions. Off the board in both the Alydar West Millions Turf S. at Saratoga Aug. 7 and the Lukas Classic S. Oct. 1, the gelding Preview S. Nov. 12, was last seen winning the Tenacious S. here Dec. 17. Click here and entered off a for a TDN feature on owner DARRS, Inc. close second in Enterprising | Lou Hodges Gulfstream=s Pedigree Notes: Sunshine Millions Turf S. Jan. 21. Enterprising sat a stalking trip in second as The winner is out of the unraced Mesmeric (A.P. Indy), who is favored Oscar Nominated showed the way. He turned up the a daughter of GISW and Broodmare of the Year Toussaud (El heat on the far turn, poked his head in front in the stretch and Gran Senor). The 13-year-old mare is also a half-sister to MGISW forged clear late to get the money. and top sire Empire Maker (Unbridled); GISWs Chester House (Mr. Prospector), Chiselling (Woodman) and Honest Lady Pedigree Notes: (Seattle Slew), who is the dam of GISW sire First Defence Enterprising is the first foal out of Indy Blaze, a $975,000 (Unbridled=s Song); and MGSW and GISP Decarchy (Distant KEESEP yearling and maiden of three career starts for Glen Hill View). Mesmeric has also produced the 2-year-old colt Shining Farm. Indy Blaze, a half-sister to European champion Stravinsky Knight (Into Mischief), a yearling colt by Into Mischief and foaled (Nureyev), is also represented by a 2-year-old Irish-bred filly by a Hard Spun filly Feb. 17. Declaration of War and a yearling colt by (GB).

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IRISH WAR CRY PREPS FOR FOY Look, I just would like to see him run a similar race. He=s doing great and I see no reason not to run in the Fountain of Youth. We=re looking forward to it.@ Also on the worktab Saturday was Holy Bull runner-up Gunnevera (Dialed In), who covered five panels in 1:01 (3/20) at Gulfstream Park West. The two-time graded stakes winner is also pointing for the Fountain of Youth. "He breezed good," said trainer Antonio Sano. "He'll go back to the track tomorrow morning to jog. The horse is doing very good."

BARRETTS MARCH CATALOG NOW ONLINE The Barretts March Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training catalogue, which includes 129 juveniles, is now online. The sale will be held Wednesday, Mar. 29 at Del Mar, starting at 2:00p.m. PST and the breeze show will be held Monday, Mar. 27 Irish War Cry (inside) works in company with Divine | L. King beginning at 10:00a.m. PST. Stallions represented in the Undefeated ATDN Rising Star@ Irish War Cry (Curlin) breezed catalogue include Bernardini, Curlin, , Giant=s five furlongs in company with MGSW turfer Divine Oath (Broken Causeway, Into Mischief, Medaglia d=Oro, Pioneerof the Nile, Vow) in 1:01.65 (14/17) at trainer Graham Motion=s Palm Scat Daddy, Shanghai Bobby, The Factor, , Uncle Mo and Meadows base Saturday morning in preparation for his next War Front. start in Gulfstream=s GII Fountain of Youth S. Mar. 4 (video). Ridden by exercise rider David Nava, Irish War Cry broke off behind his stablemate, drew even on his inside at the top of the stretch and kicked clear in the final sixteenth. The pair were clocked in splits of :13 1/5 and :25 3/5 and galloped out in 1:13 3/5. AI think everything went as well as I could have hoped for,@ Motion said. AI told David just to sit off his partner a little bit for the early part. He got his first eighth in :13, picked it up, and I Girvin (Tale of Ekati) springs an 8-1 upset got him in 1:01 and change. He galloped out in :13. He finished in the GII Risen Star S. at Fair Grounds. up very good. I had told David to make sure he galloped out strong. I wanted to be sure he got something out of it. I think it was about perfect, really.@ " " " The conditioner added, AHe is a really good workhorse, but I do think he can be a little lazy when he clears another horse like that. I always work him in company. I don=t think I=ve ever worked him on his own before. That would be a novelty, if I had to.@ It was the first and only work for the Isabelle de Tomaso homebred since his decisive triumph in the GIII Lambholm South Holy Bull S. Feb. 4 over a field that included juvenile champion Classic Empire (Pioneerof the Nile). AIt=s going to be a little different this time,@ Motion said of the Fountain of Youth. AWe didn=t have a target on our back last time. I couldn=t believe how comfortably he beat the 2-year-old champion. That was exciting. This time it=s going to be a little bit different because people will have expectations, as they should. REGIONAL REPORT SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017

TEXAS GLITTER S., $75,000, GP, 2-25, 3yo, 5fT, :55.77, fm. 1--#DEREK'S SMILE, 116, c, 3, by Brother Derek 1st Dam: A Wink and a Smile, by Mr. Greeley Saturday=s Results: 2nd Dam: Bellehop, by Hennessy 3rd Dam: Check Bid, by Grey Dawn II ($20,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-George E. Hall; B-K & G Stables (KY); T-Kelly J. Breen; J-Paco Lopez. $45,570. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $99,770. 2--Uncle B, 120, c, 3, Zensational--Graziella, by Honour and 5th-GP, $38,000, Msw, 2-25, 3yo, 5 1/2f, 1:05.22, ft. Glory. ($4,500 2yo '16 FTKFEB; $25,000 2yo '16 OBSOPN). +BLUE BUFF c, 3, Unbridled=s Song O-Lucio Tucci & Martha K. Gonzalez; B-Andy Reynolds (KY); 1st Dam: Fiery Pulpit, by Pulpit T-Nicholas Gonzalez. $14,700. 2nd Dam: Pretty Flame, by Mt. Livermore 3rd Dam: Pretty Driver, by Lt. Stevens Hidden Brook Recommended Purchase Blue Buff got pounded at the windows late into 13-10 3--Apache Brave, 116, g, 3, Kantharos--Shoshone Girl, by Trippi. favoritism and ran to the money with a >TDN Rising Star= O/B-Maurice Miller LLC (FL); T-Mickey Kroger. $7,350. performance at Gulfstream. Sporting a worktab lined with Margins: 3/4, 3/4, 3 1/4. Odds: 1.10, 3.40, 33.60. bullets from last summer at Monmouth as well as Palm Also Ran: Squadron, Tres Huevos, Jersey Street, White Smoke. Meadows this winter, Blue Buff was scrubbed on early to keep Scratched: Santini, Francesco Appeal. pace from third Derek=s Smile scored a wire-to-wire victory at 11-1 in his debut through a June 11 at Parx and doubled up over course and distance first :23.50 quarter time turf Dec. 30. Ambitiously spotted in the GII Swale S. here while traveling Feb. 4, the dark bay showed speed before fading and eventually on the inside. being eased. Bet hard late to a tick above even-money here, He appeared to Derek=s Smile was sent to the lead by Paco Lopez and led be spinning his narrowly through a :21.32 quarter. Confidently handled entering wheels entering the stretch, the favorite shook clear by the furlong grounds once the turn, but given his cue and held off the late charge of Uncle B to score his found new life first stakes triumph. The victor has a juvenile half-brother by once tipped out Stephen Got Even and a yearling half-sister by Yes It=s True. A into the three Wink and a Smile was bred to Afleet Alex last term. Click for the Blue Buff | Lauren King path. The gray Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. swept to the fore just inside the eighth pole and leveled off nicely from there to graduate going away by three lengths over fellow firster Copper Town (Speightstown). Blue Buff=s unraced dam, a half-sister to GSW Clamorosa (Seattle Dancer), had a colt by Graydar in 2015 and a colt by Will Take Charge in 2016. Sales History: $400,000 Ylg >15 KEESEP. Click for the Equibase.com chart or Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-DJ Stable; B-Taylor Brothers Properties LLC, Baysore Stables, Pollock Farms, et al (KY); T-Joseph F. Orseno. Hidden Brook Recommended Purchase & South Grad

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MELODY OF COLORS S., $75,000, GP, 2-25, 3yo, f, 5fT, :55.06, fm. 1--#MORTICIA, 116, f, 3, by Twirling Candy 1st Dam: Halloween Party, by Mr. Greeley 2nd Dam: Costume Party, by 3rd Dam: Now That's Funny, by Saratoga Six ($45,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT). O-G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.; B-G. Watts Humphrey Jr. & George R. Arnold II (KY); T-George R. Arnold, II; J-Jose Lezcano. $45,105. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $68,225. LANE’S END Sales Graduate 2--Attyia, 116, f, 3, Dialed In--Bronze Charmer, by . ($140,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $200,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR). O-Al and Michelle Crawford Racing; B-Michael & Amy Feuerborn (KY); T-Jason Servis. $14,550. Hidden Brook Recommended Purchase 3--Fields of Song (Ire), 120, f, 3, Harbour Watch (Ire)--Singing Field (Ire), by Singspiel (Ire). (i42,000 Ylg '15 GOFORB; i52,000 2yo '16 GBMBR; 55,000gns 2yo '16 TATAHI). O-Six Column Stables, LLC; B-Ballyreddin Stud (IRE); T-Ian R. Wilkes. $7,275. Margins: 3/4, 5, HF. Odds: 2.40, 2.70, 20.10. Also Ran: Grizzel (Ire), Unaquoi, Irish Fix, La Zoraya, Consulting. Scratched: Richie's Sister, Somebody To Love (Ire). Morticia, a last-out graduate over course and distance Jan. 14 from a runner who returned to break her maiden earlier on this hadn=t been seen since just missing in the GI last card, took to the turf once again here to earn her first black- July, but gave a first glimpse at what could be a very productive type. Making the lead fairly easily while chased by Attyia, the 4-year-old season while overcoming another tough trip here. bay cut the corner resolutely and kept on coming to hold sway. Drawn to the outside, the 8-5 chalk was slow into stride, but was AI told [rider Jose Lezcano] to lay off the speed, but when you deftly maneuvered to the inside and was a bit hard to handle ride a good rider they make the decision to do the right thing,@ while sitting in and among horses. Shuffled back into the home trainer Rusty Arnold offered. AShe broke running and went right bend, he was asked for more approaching the straight, but was on. It looked like she was doing it all on her own.@ Morticia failed forced to come extremely wide as they straightened. Coaxed to land a blow in her rained-off sprint debut at Ellis last July. along under right-handed encouragement, the dark bay AHer mother was a miler and I think she will eventually stretch swooped to the fore in the late stages to defeat Ice Cutter out,@ Arnold added. AWe put her in at Ellis Park and it came off (Medaglia d=Oro) by 3/4 of a length. Highland Sky=s dam is a half the turf. She bucked her shins after that and we gave her time to GISW Bit of Whimsy (Distorted Humor), who was responsible off. We came back here and there was a five-eighths on the turf for GSW/GISP Caroline Thomas (Giant=s Causeway) and SW My and she won it, so this race just fell perfect, six weeks later. I Sweet Girl (Bernardini). She has an unraced 3-year-old filly think I will stretch her out, I don't think she is a five-eighths named Highland Lady (First Samurai) and a 2-year-old filly horse.@ The winner has a 2-year-old half-sister named Vamp named Triple Blessed (Bodemeister). She was most recently (Artie Schiller), a yearling half-sister by Hard Spun and a recently bred back to Sky Mesa. Lifetime Record: SW & GISP, 8-3-3-0, foaled half-brother by Liam=s Map. Click for the Equibase.com $429,100. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Joyce B. Young, Gerrald McManis & Jerrie Stewart McManis; 10th-GP, $41,000, Alw (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 2-25, B-Bonner Young (KY); T-Barclay Tagg. 4yo/up, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.69, fm. HINKLE FARMS RAISED AND FOALED HIGHLAND SKY (c, 4, Sky Mesa--Kristi With a K {GSP, CONGRATS BONNER YOUNG & BARCLAY TAGG $194,647}, by Petionville), seemingly always unlucky last year, TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017

7th-TAM, $22,000, Msw, 2-25, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:12.08, ft. KAREN SUE (f, 3, Circular Quay--Kiss N Karen, by Untuttable) settled for second against $50,000 maiden claimers here Feb. 4, but dueled and drew off to a 5 1/4-length success here as the 22-10 choice. Newcomer Mandolin (Midnight Lute) closed well Saturday=s Results: to complete the exacta. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $17,290. Click BUSHER S., $150,000, AQU, 2-25, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:47.69, ft. for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- 1--YORKIEPOO PRINCESS, 120, f, 3, by Kantharos Tipton. 1st Dam: Kickapoo Princess (SW), by Unreal Zeal O-Stonehedge LLC; B-Gilbert G. Campbell (FL); T-Kathleen 2nd Dam: Palace Princess, by Stalwart O'Connell. 3rd Dam: Palace Gem, by Cornish Prince ($65,000 Ylg '15 OBSAUG; $8,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR). O-Danny J. 4th-TAM, $20,000, Msw, 2-25, 3yo, 6f, 1:11.69, ft. Chen; B-A. Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck (FL); T-Edward ELUSIVE EXCHANGE (c, 3, Exchange Rate--Alwaan, by Elusive R. Barker; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $90,000. Lifetime Record: 7-4-0-0, Quality) drastically outran his 57-1 odds when a front-running $244,811. second here Jan. 13, and was off at 7-2 here in a field featuring Bred, Raised & Sold by Summerfield Sales several of live-looking firsters. Quickest from the blocks, the half-brother to Our Caravan (Daaher), SW, $411,250, dueled nbs sales graduate four wide early before seizing control midway on the home 2--Full House, 117, f, 3, Discreetly Mine--Collegiate, by Saarland. bend. He left the peskiest of his pace rivals completely in his ($125,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-Joseph V. Shields, Jr.; wake past the eighth pole, and held sway by 4 3/4 lengths over B-Gunpowder Farms, LLC (KY); T-James A. Jerkens. $30,000. Tizk Tizk (Tizway) at the line. The winner=s second dam is MGISW Jersey Girl (Belong to Me), who produced GI Mile H. winner Jersey Town (Speightstown). Dam Alwaan produced a Street Sense colt last year before being bred back to Giant=s 3--Tiz Rae Anna, 116, f, 3, Tiz Wonderful--Skymiler, by Stephen Causeway. Sales history: $170,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $240,000 Got Even. ($40,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $20,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR). RNA 2yo '16 OBSMAR; $55,000 2yo '16 OBSOPN. Lifetime O-Bran Jam Stable & David W. Clark; B-Diana Shoop (KY); Record: 2-1-1-0, $16,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or T-John T. Toscano, Jr. $15,000. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Congratulations to purchasers & connections from Halcyon Hammock Farm O-Endsley Oaks Farm, Inc.; B-Hare Forest Farm, Ltd. (KY); T-Randall R. Russell.

Margins: 1 3/4, 3 1/4, 5 1/4. Odds: 1.85, 2.55, 37.00. Hidden Brook Sales Graduate Also Ran: No Sweat, Heavenly Score, Thirstforthecup, Banty's Girl, Tiz Rude, Bride Street, Spanish Harlem. Cont. p4

GALLOP-OUT VIDEOS • Filmed from midway point on turn to provide for head-on and rear angles • Listen for breathing abnormalities with full audio • See how horses finish up their breezes Virtual Inspections, Gallop Outs, and more • Filmed in HD • Use videos to promote stallions At the Sales. On the Farm. At the Track. $50 - per horse $499 - full sale visit us @ www.thorostride.com order at [email protected] Now booking for Fasig-Tipton Florida TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Busher S. cont. Feb. 5, and made good on the promise she flashed first out with Yorkiepoo Princess broke her maiden by 12 1/4 lengths when a commanding tally this time at 3-10. Fastest from the blocks in for a $75,000 tag Oct. 2 at Belmont and annexed a pair of this time, the bay sat perched third under a quiet ride, asserted local sprint stakes after a failed turf experiment, taking the at the quarter pole and kicked home convincingly to don cap Furlough S. Nov. 24 and Ruthless S. Jan. 14. Making her two-turn and gown by 5 3/4 lengths from pacesetting I=m So Munny debut as the favorite in this feature, the dark bay was off a bit (Munnings). The winner is a half to Dream of Angels (Trippi), awkwardly and traveled sixth along the rail behind a :23.75 MSW, $227,090; and Candrea (Trippi), SW & GISP, $200,200. His quarter. Moving up two spots down a backstretch run obscured dam produced a Prospective colt in 2016 and was bred back to by fog through a :48.14 half, she was patiently handled while Uncaptured. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $31,200. Click for the saving ground on the far bend, swung well out into the track Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. turning for home and ran by second choice Full House at the O-Non Stop Stable; B-Ocala Stud (FL); T-Gary Capuano. eighth pole. Continuing to wander about late, Yorkiepoo Princess nevertheless held sway for her third consecutive stakes score, earning 50 points towards a starting spot in the May 6 GI Kentucky Oaks. AShe ran the race basically like we trained her: to rate a little bit and try to come off of the pace, and she was able to do it,@ Saturday=s Results: said winning trained Eddie Barker. AWe actually changed the DAISY DEVINE S., $72,000, FG, 2-25, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, training on her. I've been breezing her from the finish line 1:40.31 (NCR), fm. seven-eighths of a mile, three-quarters of a mile so that we 1--BELIEVE IN BERTIE, 123, f, 4, Langfuhr--Saint Bertie, by could take the speed away from her going into the first turn and Street Cry (Ire). O/B-Richard & Bertram Klein (LA); T-Brad H. that's exactly what happened.@ Cox; J-Shaun Bridgmohan. $45,000. Lifetime Record: 10-5-3-0, The winner has a 2-year-old half-brother by Prospective $298,882. named Doug=s Birthday, and her dam was bred to Chitu last 2--Kitten's Roar, 123, m, 5, Kitten's Joy--Bambolina, by War term. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Chant. ($42,000 RNA Wlg '12 KEENOV; $130,000 Ylg '13 Fasig-Tipton. KEESEP; $97,000 RNA 4yo '16 FTKFEB). O-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey; B-Dapple Bloodstock (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. 2nd-AQU, $55,000, (S), Msw, 2-25, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:13.10, ft. $15,000. ZEALOUS SCHOLAR (f, 3, Here's Zealous--Scholarship, by 3--Cambodia, 121, m, 5, War Front--Sassifaction, by Smart Deputy Commander) dueled on a quick pace before fading to Strike. O-Winter Quarter Farm; B-Don M. Robinson & Maverick finish third in her career bow over track and trip Feb. 4, and was Productions, Ltd. (KY); T-Thomas F. Proctor. $7,500. let go as the narrow 9-4 second choice here. Dictating terms Margins: HF, NK, 6 3/4. Odds: 0.60, 3.90, 2.40. from her rail draw through splits of :22.94 and :46.50, the Also Ran: Prado's Sweet Ride, Princess Erindelle. Scratched: chestnut edged away at the top of the lane and stayed clear to Mexican Miss, Factory of Faith, Freudie Anne. best Downtown At Noon (Noonmark) by 2 1/2 lengths. The Believe in Bertie, winner of the state-bred Louisiana Legends victress=s dam foaled her full-brother last term before being Soiree S. July 2 at Evangeline and second in the Indiana Grand S. paired with Bank Hesit. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $38,500. Click Sept. 7, truly blossomed when shipped to Fair Grounds in the for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- fall, easily annexing a Louisiana-bred optional claimer Nov. 26 Tipton. and romping by 7 3/4 lengths in course record time going a mile O/T-Peter Kazamias; B-Kaz Hill Farm (NY). in the Pago Hop S. Dec. 31. Supported to odds-on favoritism to make it three in a row, the homebred went clear under her own power through fractions of :23.56 and :47.36. Kitten=s Roar and Cambodia brought challenges in tandem by the eighth pole, but Believe in Bertie dug in to repel the former by a half-length in another course record clocking. The winner=s second dam is Saturday=s Results: MGSW/GISP Allamerican Bertie (Quiet American), a half to 5th-LRL, $41,320, Msw, 2-25, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:10.88, ft. MGSW/GISP Hurricane Bertie (Storm Boot). Saint Bertie is ADIOS ANNIE (f, 3, Adios Charlie--Burn Brightly {SW, responsible for a 2-year-old filly by Country Day and was bred to $147,407}, by American Chance) nearly overcame a sluggish Afleet Alex last spring. Click for the Equibase.com chart or start to miss by a neck after making a sweeping move here VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Several months into a long, grey winter, it’s hard to imagine that somewhere, people are somewhere sitting on a warm beach. In this month’s TDN Weekend, you’ll be in- spired to do just that. It’s February, and for those of who grew up in the Northeast (and grew tired of the cold-weather racing at Aqueduct, or Laurel) that means one thing: it’s time for a visit to Gulfstream. Whether you’re planning a trip for the big 3yo rac- es, or the Gulfstream sale March 1, it’s time to read up on what to see and where to be seen in South Beach. Further south still, we’ll catch up with Teo Ah Khing, who is planning a racing paradise in St. Lucia. Gra- ham Motion has also headed to Miami for winter racing, and he’ll have this month’s Last Word. Chris McGrath reminds us that winter in England doesn’t mean sunbath- ing: it means steeplechasing, and there’s no better place to do it than Cheltenham. And finally, before you get ready to breed your mare in Europe this year, take heed: there’s a revolution happening in France.

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COLONEL POWER OVERNIGHT S., $50,000, FG, 2-25, 4yo/up, with his lead changes, drifting out a bit and appearing to brush 5 1/2fT, 1:01.56, fm. with runner-up Lu Rae=s Lucky Sky (Lookin At Lucky). The official 1--HOGY, 117, g, 8, Offlee Wild--Floy, by Petionville. ($17,000 winning margin was a head, with a neck back to the third Ylg '10 KEEJAN). O-William Stiritz; B-John E. Little (KY); T-Scott finisher. An inquiry was conducted by the stewards, but no Becker; J-Florent Geroux. $30,380. Lifetime Record: GSW, change was made. Tiznoble is a half to Oceanwave (Harlan=s 41-16-10-5, $848,727. Holiday), MGSP, $245,449; and to flashy and promising 3-year- 2--Green Mask, 119, g, 6, Mizzen Mast--Bonsai Beauty, by old >TDN Rising Star= Battalion Runner (Unbridled=s Song), the Forestry. ($37,000 Ylg '12 FTKOCT; $150,000 2yo '13 OBSAPR). $700,000 KEESEP yearling trained by for St. Elias O-Abdullah Saeed Almaddah; B-D. J. Stable, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Stable. Tamboz, a full-sister to GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile hero Cox. $9,800. Tapizar, produced an Into Mischief colt in 2015 who 3--Grand Candy, 121, c, 4, Twirling Candy--Obregon, by Forest subsequently brought $75,000 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga, and a Wildcat. ($22,000 Wlg '13 KEENOV; $30,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; Distorted Humor colt in 2016. She was bred back to Medaglia $52,000 RNA 2yo '15 OBSAPR; $120,000 2yo '15 OBSOPN). d=Oro. Sales history: $32,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP. Lifetime O-Mike McCarty; B-Jay Goodwin & Machmer Hall (KY); Record: SP, 6-4-1-0, $110,647. Click for the Equibase.com chart T-Steven M. Asmussen. $4,900. or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. CO-BRED & RAISED AT GOODWIN+MACHMER HALL O-Dare To Dream Stable LLC (Michael Faber); B-Dell Ridge Farm, SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations LLC (KY); T-Michael Stidham. Margins: 1, 3HF, 3/4. Odds: 2.80, 0.90, 9.40. Also Ran: Latent Revenge, Shadow Rock, Ikerrin Road (Ire), 9th-OP, $72,000, Msw, 2-25, 3yo, 6f, 1:10.84, ft. Curlino. Scratched: American . CRAWFORD (g, 3, Majesticperfection--The Gray Goose, by The ageless Hogy took a pair of tough beats when second in Malabar Gold) was fifth on debut when in for a $75,000 tag the Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint Sept. 3 and GIII Woodford S. Nov. 6 at Churchill and improved to finish second against Oct. 8 at Keeneland before capturing an allowance at Churchill maiden special weight foes here Jan. 28. Off as the 2-1 second Nov. 4. Third in the Bonapaw S. over course and distance Dec. choice in this spot, the bay broke sharply and made the early 17, the gelding lead before settling in third behind favored firster Visionary Tale most recently was a (Tale of the Cat) through fractions of :22.41 and :46.15. Splitting head second in the rivals at the three-sixteenths pole, he drew alongside the leader Frontier Utilities in midstretch and kicked away late to score by 2 1/4 lengths. Turf Sprint S. Jan. The victor has a 2-year-old full-sister named Grainne Ni Mhaille 29 at Houston. and a yearling full-brother. The Gray Goose was bred to Istan Off as the distant last season. Sales History: $95,000 RNA 2yo '16 OBSAPR. second choice in Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $58,500. Click for the Equibase.com this spot, Hogy chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. stalked from third O-L. William & Corinne Heiligbrodt; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); at the rail through a T-Steven M. Asmussen. :22.44 quarter as Hogy | Hodges Latent Revenge 4th-FG, $41,000, Msw, 2-25, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:10.95, ft. (Latent Heat) led odds-on Green Mask into the turn. The favorite ASTROLLINTHEPARK (f, 3, Divine Park--All in With Aces, by surged by the pacesetter nearing the furlong grounds, but Hogy Quiet American) finished well after a slow start to be second as quick came to call in the three-path thereafter and ran by Green the favorite in her track-and-trip debut Jan. 29 and was made Mask at the sixteenth pole en route to his sixth stakes win. the crowd=s pick once again at 9-5 here. Dueling for the lead Grand Candy was up late for third. Click for the Equibase.com through a :22.30 quarter, the homebred edged in front passing a chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. :45.78 half and kicked clear by the eighth pole before holding sway for a 1 1/2-length success over 56-1 longshot Northwest 3rd-FG, $42,000, Alw (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 2-25, 4yo/up, Bourbon (Not Bourbon). The winner is a half to Hard Aces (Hard 1 1/16mT, 1:41.65, fm. Spun), GISW, $1,075,990. Her dam is responsible for a 2-year- TIZNOBLE (c, 4, Tiznow--Tamboz, by Tapit), claimed for just old Creative Cause colt and foaled a colt by Hard Spun last $30,000 from his breeder and trainer Joe Sharp out of a winning season before revisiting Creative Cause. Lifetime Record: effort here Dec. 15, returned 16 days later to miss by a head in 2-1-1-0, $32,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, the Woodchopper S. Installed as the 8-5 choice this time around, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. the grey went right to the front and dug in late while struggling O/B-Dreamchaser Thorobreds (KY); T-J. Larry Jones. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017

6th-FG, $41,000, Msw, 2-25, 3yo, 6f, 1:10.87, ft. 6th-SA, $69,475, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 2-25, +AWESOME SATURDAY (c, 3, Any Given Saturday--Brucie, by 4yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 1:59.87, fm. Fusaichi Pegasus) showed an upbeat tab in what looked like a WARD 'N JERRY (c, 4, Lucky Pulpit--Tamarack Bay {GSP, salty spot, and overcame some trouble while showing off a nice $218,965}, by Dehere) scored at sixth asking over the Del Mar turn of foot at a tick under 6-1. Tracking in midpack early while turf Sept. 1 and reeled off two more wins here Oct. 9 and Nov. 6 before fading to finish eighth in a local optional claimer Jan. 2. off the fence, the chestnut was checked sharply along the bend, Bouncing back with a good third at 69-1 in the state-bred but rallied resolutely down the center of the long Fair Grounds California Cup Turf Classic in Arcadia Jan. 28, the homebred stretch to easily defeat $1.1-million KEESEP yearling firster showed the way as a 29-10 proposition through tepid splits of Extricate (Medaglia d=Oro) by 2 1/4 lengths. The winner has half- :24.40 and :48.47. Pressured by Power Foot (Powerscourt {GB}) sisters by Take Charge Indy born in both 2015 and 2016, and his going by three-quarters in 1:12.98, Ward >n Jerry shook away dam returned to that since expatriated stallion last season. Sales from that foe nearing the eighth pole and staved off Inordinate history: $32,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $45,000 RNA 2yo '16 OBSAPR. (Harlan=s Holiday) for a 3/4-length triumph. The winner is a full Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $24,600. Click for the Equibase.com to Luckarack, MSW, $611,007; and Pulmarack, MSP, $234,872; chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. and a half to Tamarando (Bertrando), GISW, $722,652; U=narack O-Chuck Hovitz; B-Craig L Minten (KY); T-W. Bret Calhoun. (Unusual Heat), SW, $194,080; and Tamarack Smarty (Smart Consigned by COLUMBIANA FARM Strike), SP, $284,296. He has a 2-year-old full-sister named Lucky At the Bay and his dam was bred back to Lucky Pulpit once again last spring. Lifetime Record: SP, 11-4-1-1, $199,805. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams; B-Larry D. Williams (CA); T-Mike Puype.

8th-SA, $56,345, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 2-25, Saturday Night=s Results: 4yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:44.24, ft. SENSATIONAL STAR S., $92,000, SA, 2-25, (S), 4yo/up, 6 1/2fT, PRIME ATTRACTION (c, 4, Unbridled's Song--Strawberry Sense, 1:12.05, fm. by A.P. Indy) graduated impressively second out at Del Mar Nov. 1--AMBITIOUS BREW, 124, g, 7, Tizbud--Kathwen, by Forest 25 and was second in a local optional claimer before finishing Wildcat. O/B-Pamela C. Ziebarth (CA); T-Martin F. Jones; sixth after a troubled trip Jan. 28. Let go as the 21-10 second choice in this spot, the $335,000 KEESEP buy sat a distant J-Mike E. Smith. $60,000. Lifetime Record: GSW, 22-8-7-0, second behind loose favorite Aldrin (Malibu Moon) through $559,225. spilts of :23.69 and :47.44. Moving to tackle that one in 2--Richard's Boy, 124, g, 5, Idiot Proof--Marissa's Joy, by Cee's midstretch, he ran by the tiring frontrunner inside the eighth Tizzy. O-Rockingham Ranch; B-Harold & Pamela Tillema (CA); pole and drew clear to score by 3 1/4 lengths. The winner=s dam T-Peter Miller. $20,000. is a half to champion Vindication (Seattle Slew). She has a 3--Bettys Bambino, 124, g, 7, Unusual Heat--Brite Betty, by High yearling colt by Lemon Drop Kid and was bred to Quality Road Brite. O-Sharon Alesia, Bran Jam Stable & Ciaglia Racing LLC; last spring. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $76,690. Click for the B-Alesia, Ciaglia & Mellen (CA); T-Peter Eurton. $12,000. Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Margins: NO, 1HF, NO. Odds: 3.10, 3.00, 0.40. O-D P Racing; B-Payson Stud Inc (KY); T-James M. Cassidy. Also Ran: Forest Chatter. Scratched: Acceptance. Ambitious Brew defeated Richard=s Boy in a division of the 7th-SA, $55,380, Msw, 2-25, 3yo, 7f, 1:22.88, ft. GIII Eddie D. S. here Sept. 30, but was off since finishing 13th in KIMBEAR (c, 3, Temple City--Sky Dreamer {GSP, $176,065}, by Sky Mesa) hit the board twice from three tries over the grass to the GI Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint Nov. 5. Let go as the third begin his career and made a favorable impression in his first choice in this field of three, the dark bay was unhurried as he start on the dirt, finishing runner-up to next-out GII San Vicente chased Richard=s Boy while kept in the clear. The frontrunner S. hero Iliad (Ghostzapper) in a six-furlong Los Al maiden Dec. fended off Ambitious Brew=s first advance after crossing over 18. A solid third in a downhill maiden Jan. 16, he was returning = the dirt, but he couldn t hold off the second one. Surprisingly, to the main here as the 12-5 second choice behind a dubious trifecta wagering was offered on this affair, and the winning favorite in the form of Seau (Distorted Humor). In the thick of it combination paid $7 for $1--it would=ve cost $6 to box the field. early on while arguing the pace three deep, Kimbear allowed to The winner has 2-year-old and yearling full-sisters, and his dam stride into the lead at the three-eighths marker, pinched a break returned to the fellow Ziebarth colorbearer and full-brother to at the top of the stretch and was pushed out to a comfortable 4 Tiznow again last year. Click for the Equibase.com chart or 1/2-length victory. The winner is the first produce for his dam, VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 7 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017 third in the 2012 GIII Arlington Oaks and a full-sister to GSP '14 OBSOCT; $50,000 2yo '16 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: Awesome Sky. Third dam Beautiful Pleasure (Maudlin) won the 2-1-1-0, $41,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, 1999 GI Breeders= Cup Distaff for this breeder and took home an sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Award as champion older female that season. Sky O-Gary Barber; B-Lopez, Maybee & Tennant (KY); T-Peter Miller. Dreamer is the dam of 2-year-old filly Beautiful Street, from the Mauk Equine Brokerage Private Yearling Sale final crop of Street Cry (Ire), a yearling colt by Super Saver and was most recently bred to Colonel John. Sales history: $30,000 DAM RECOMMENDED FOR PURCHASE BY MACHMER HALL FOR TOLLGATE FARM Ylg '15 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 6-1-1-3, $64,440. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Rory Albert, Eric Kruljac & Frank and Karen Lewkowitz; B-John Friday Night=s Results: C Oxley (KY); T-J Eric Kruljac. 8th-SA, $54,690, Msw, 2-24, 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2fT, 1:13.83, fm.

SHEZROXIIE (m, 5, Scat Daddy--Shezbad, by Lil Tyler) finished well to be a close third at 25-1 in her course-and-distance debut 2nd-SA, $54,345, Msw, 2-25, 3yo, f, 7f, 1:22.68, ft. last January and filled the same slot after setting the pace DOMINATING WOMAN (f, 3, Dominus--Wet n' Reckless, by routing on the Del Mar turf Nov. 20. Given a 29-10 chance here, War Front) took a good amount of play in her debut Dec. 8 at the chestnut broke sharply but was reined in to run second-last Los Alamitos and ran a good second after overcoming a hesitant behind a :22.27 quarter. Hemmed in traffic on the turn, she start and a wide trip. Away with all the money on at 3-5 to go tipped out widest at the top of the stretch and finished full of one better here, the dark bay found herself on a lonely lead run to win a four-way photo by a head over Scandal (Blame). through tepid splits of :22.46 and :45.43. Widening in hand into The winner has a 2-year-old half-sister by Cape Blanco (Ire) and the lane, Dominating Woman cruised away in the lane to romp her dam was bred to Archarcharch last spring. Lifetime Record: by 7 1/2 lengths under no urging. Glorious Hour (Bodemeister) 3-1-0-2, $45,360. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, won a photo for place. The winner is the first foal out of an sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. unraced dam, who is also represented by a Flat Out 2-year-old O/B-ESX Racing, Jorge Gutierrez & Richard Henig (KY); T-Jorge colt and a Fed Biz yearling filly. Sales History: $22,000 RNA Wlg Gutierrez. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 8 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Hansel. O-Battershell, Inc.; B-McDowell Farm (AR); T-Jon G. Arnett. $10,000. Margins: 1 1/4, 2HF, 1. Odds: 7.60, 0.70, 2.70.

ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 7th-OP, $75,000, 2-25, (C), 4yo/up, 6f, 1:10.34, ft. APPREHENDER (g, 8, Posse--Missy's Mirage {MGISW, $838,894}, by Stop the Music) Lifetime Record: MSW, 33-9-9-7, $514,369. O-Dream Farm LLC; B-Jayeff B Stables (KY); T-Gene Second-crop starters to watch: Sunday, February 26 Jacquot. *$21,000 Ylg '10 KEESEP. Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2013 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) AMERICAIN (Dynaformer), Calumet Farm, $20K, 69/2/0 6th-OP, $74,000, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($16,000), 2-25, 4yo/up, 12-GP, Msw 1 3/16mT, American Deluxe, 6-1 f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:45.75, ft. 12-GP, Msw 1 3/16mT, Santa Americana, $19K RNA KEE SEP yrl, 20-1 CLEVERNESS (m, 5, Street Sense--Phoenicia, by Mr Purple) ASTROLOGY (A.P. Indy), Taylor Made Stallions, $7.5K, 156/16/2 Lifetime Record: 12-2-1-1, $73,140. O-Poindexter 6-AQU, Msw 6f, Ouro Verde, $37K OBS OPN 2yo, 8-1 Thoroughbreds LLC; B-H. Allen Poindexter (KY); T-Lynn GEMOLOGIST (Tiznow), WinStar Farm, $15K, 205/22/3 Chleborad. *$160,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP. **1/2 to Cool Arrow (Into 7-GP, Msw 5fT, Gemologister, $20K KEE SEP yrl, 15-1 Mischief), MSW, $282,835. HELMET (AUS) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Dalham Hall Stud, $10K, 180/18/1 SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations 7-GP, Msw 5fT, +Helmet Head (IRE), $123K TAT HIT 2yo, 5-1 JERSEY TOWN (Speightstown), Darby Dan Farm, $10K, 90/4/0 5th-AQU, $67,000, 2-25, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, 6f, 1:11.25, ft. 2-GP, Msw 5 1/2f, Raging Town, 6-1 ALRIGHT ALRIGHT (h, 5, Munnings--Afare {MSW, $162,550}, by THE FACTOR (War Front), Lane's End Farm, $15K, 218/20/3 Meadowlake) Lifetime Record: GSP, 11-5-1-0, $175,535. 6-AQU, Msw 6f, Factoring, $140K KEE SEP yrl, 12-1 O/T-David Jacobson; B-Dreamfields Inc & Don Brady (KY). TO HONOR AND SERVE (Bernardini), Gainesway Farm, $30K, 172/17/1 *$25,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP; $205,000 2yo '14 BARMAR. 8-SUN, $75K Island Fashion S., 1m, I'm Patriotic, $50K OBS APR 2yo, 10-1 3rd-AQU, $59,000, (S), (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 2-25, 4yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:45.37, ft. VINCENTO (g, 4, Include--Seeking the Silver, by Grindstone) Lifetime Record: 17-3-0-2, $142,744. O-Vincent S. Scuderi; B-Vince Scuderi (NY); T-Rudy R. Rodriguez. *1/2 to Dads Caps (Discreet Cat), MGISW, $1,110,467; Paulassilverlining (Ghostzapper), MGSW & GISP, $1,008,950. Hidden Brook Raised

7th-SA, $57,035, (S), (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000), 2-24, IN THE UAE: 4yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2f, 1:04.76, ft. Heraldic, c, 4, Discreet Cat--Chilukki=s Song, by Elusive Quality. TOP NOTCH (f, 4, Old Topper--El Sierra Tahoe, by Royal Meydan, 2-25, Hcp. ($41k), 2000m, 2:07.63. B-Darley. VIDEO Anthem) Lifetime Record: 12-2-3-3, $97,692. O-George F., Mary Clare & George Schmidt, VII; B-George & Mary Clare Schmitt BREEDERS’ EDITION (CA); T-Jeff Bonde. *$50,000 Ylg '14 NCAAUG. 4th-SA, $56,690, (S), (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 2-25, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.65, ft. CASH PRIZE (f, 3, Pure Prize--Cottonwood Babe, by Benchmark) STAKES RESULTS: Lifetime Record: SP, 6-2-1-0, $92,780. O/B-William T. Gray DVM NODOUBLE BREEDERS' S., $100,000, OP, 2-25, (S), 3yo/up, 6f, & Jill B. Gray (CA); T-Brian J. Koriner. 1:10.22, ft. 1--#RACER, 117, g, 4, Jonesboro--Leading Lass, by Bright 9th-PRX, $52,000, 2-25, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 1m 70y, 1:47.55, ft. Launch. O-Val Yagos; B-Robert Yagos (AR); T-Timothy E. STREET HEAT (c, 4, Street Sense--Yes She's a Lady {SW, Martin; J-Jon Kenton Court. $60,000. Lifetime Record: $122,407}, by Yes It's True) Lifetime Record: 9-2-1-2, $97,299. 13-3-1-3, $161,778. O-Hidden Brook Farm & Mark Corrado; B-Olly Tait (KY); T-Danny 2--Weast Hill, 123, g, 5, Rockport Harbor--Copperelle, by Elusive Gargan. *$190,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP. Quality. O/B-Starsky Weast (AR); T-Brad H. Cox. $20,000. Hidden Brook Racing Partnership 3--Rock City Roadhog, 117, g, 7, Valid Expectations--Hanyah, by TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 26, 2017

8th-LRL, $48,551, (NW3X)/Opt. Clm ($35,000-$40,000), 2-25, $165,410}, by Polish Numbers) Lifetime Record: 6-2-2-2, 4yo/up, 6f, 1:10.54, my. $57,180. O/B-John & Susan Moore (PA); T-Arnaud Delacour. COCKED AND LOADED (c, 4, Colonel John--Catch the Moon, by ANOTHER WINNER RAISED AT COBRA FARM Malibu Moon) Lifetime Record: GSW, 18-5-3-1, $491,660. O-Bing Cherry Racing & Scott Zimmerman; B-Bob Austin & John 6th-HOU, $20,000, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000), 2-24, 3yo, 6f, Witte (KY); T-Michael V. Pino. *$16,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP. 1:11.51, ft. JAGGED WARRIOR (c, 3, Warrior=s Reward--Rgirldoesn'tbluff {MSW & GSP, $241,270}, by Pine Bluff) Lifetime Record: 2nd-DED, $36,000, (S), 2-24, (NW2L), 3yo, 5f, :59.38, ft. 5-2-0-0, $27,540. O-Michele & Cliff Love; B-Woodford SMART PROSPECTOR (c, 3, Calibrachoa--Prospect of Love {SW, Thoroughbreds, LLC. (KY); T-Danny Pish. *$58,000 Ylg '15 $159,960}, by Suave Prospect) Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-2, OBSWIN; $85,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. $60,360. O-Wayne T. Davis; B-Nathan C. Granger (LA); T-Shane Wilson. *$27,000 2yo '16 OBSOPN. SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Spellker, f, 3, City Zip--Wind Caper (MSP, $194,286), by Touch 2nd-DED, $36,000, (S), 2-25, (NW2L), 3yo, 1m, 1:41.58, ft. Gold. GP, 2-25, 5fT, :56.65. B-VinMar Farm (KY). *$125,000 Ylg E Z'S ALL ATTITUDE (f, 3, E Z's Gentleman--All Attitude {SP, '15 KEESEP. $106,798}, by Citidancer) Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-1, $42,190. Iridium, f, 3, Flower Alley--Kimberlite, by Mineshaft. HOU, 2-24, O-Jeffery A. Reeves; B-Paul Pruett & Simon Winston (LA); 1 1/16mT, 1:47.75. B-Jose Luis Espinoza (KY). *1/2 to Magna T-Jeffery A. Reeves, Jr. *$2,300 Ylg '15 ESLMIX. Light (Magna Graduate), GISP. Kelly and Kiley, f, 3, Got the Last Laugh--Crossing Over, by 8th-DED, $33,620, 2-24, (NW2L), 4yo/up, f/m, 5f, :58.49, ft. Kris S. PRX, 2-25, (C), 1m, 1:44.78. B-D. W. Frazier (PA). HALF A MILLION (f, 4, Half Ours--Financingavailable {Ch. *$3,500 Ylg '15 OBSAUG; $4,500 2yo '16 OBSOPN. **1/2 to No Sprinter, Ch. Older Mare Twice-Can, MSW & MGSP, $1,257,832}, by Kiridashi) Lifetime Record: 8-2-1-2, $49,400. More Chads (Atticus), MSP, $171,952. O-Anne Lore Scardino; B-Alston Thoroughbreds LLC (LA); T-John Animal Quiet, g, 3, Iqbaal--I Be a Cover Girl, by With Distinction. Rannie Ladner. *$2,500 Ylg '14 BSCYRL. LRL, 2-25, (C), 6f, 1:12.46. B-Wesley Ward (FL). Capture the Glory, c, 3, Scat Daddy--Desert Flight, by Maria's 3rd-SUN, $31,900, (S), 2-25, (NW1X), 3yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:04.27, ft. Mon. TP, 2-24, 6f (AWT), 1:11.43. B-John Liviakis (KY). IVY GIMLET (f, 3, Diabolical--Toll Taker {GSW, $397,213}, by *$25,000 Ylg '15 KEEJAN. Bernstein) Lifetime Record: SP, 7-2-2-1, $54,938. O/B-J. Kirk & Road Show, f, 3, Trappe Shot--Arty'skentuckygirl, by Golden Judy Robison (NM); T-Henry Dominguez. Missile. DED, 2-24, 5f, :59.67. B-E. H. Beau Lane (KY). *$2,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. 4th-SUN, $31,900, (S), 2-25, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.53, Bred, Raised & Sold by BEAU LANE BLOODSTOCK/WOODLINE ft. Aquemini, f, 3, Wildcat Heir--Cry Hallelujah, by Street Cry (Ire). PREMEDITATED LADY (f, 4, Quick Action--Premeditated Legs GP, 2-25, (C), 1mT, 1:35.77. B-Brent & Crystal Fernung & {SW}, by Premeditation) Lifetime Record: 11-3-3-1, $57,841. Eugene P. Cahalan (FL). *$65,000 2yo '16 OBSMAR. O-Joe P. Milam; B-Sandra Erwin (NM); T-Paul A. Smith. Pemba, f, 4, Eskendereya--Clear in the West (MSP, $109,800), by . TP, 2-24, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:17.90. B-Northwest 2nd-SUN, $30,900, (S), 2-25, (NW2L), 3yo, 6f, 1:11.71, ft. Farms LLC (KY). GO GOTTA GO (g, 3, Mr. Trieste--Macann's Promise {SP}, by Majestic Lassie, f, 4, Majestic Warrior--Tack Room, by Tale of Tale of the Cat) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $23,235. O-Maurcenia the Cat. AQU, 2-25, (C), 6f, 1:14.57. B-Victor Zambrano (KY). Cross; B-Maurcenia & Gary Cross (NM); T-Gary W. Cross. *1/2 to *$25,000 Wlg '13 KEENOV; $25,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; $45,000 Streaks Bro (Elijah=s Song), SP, $258,577. 2yo '15 EASMAY. Shes Not Nice, f, 4, Xchanger--Caber's Cutie, by Eastover Court. 2nd-MVR, $26,200, (S), 2-25, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 1m, 1:42.52, my. CT, 2-24, (S), 4 1/2f, :54.08. B-Larry H. Boyd (WV). HANSENATION (c, 3, Hansen--Reversed On Appeal, by Snappy Windsor, f, 4, Windsor Castle--Snappy Copelan, by Successful Appeal) Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, $21,551. O-Kendall Copelan. CT, 2-24, (S), 4 1/2f, :54.10. B-Martha A. Close (WV). E. Hansen; B-Moneylane Farms (OH); T-Michael J. Maker. Shining City, m, 5, Silver City--Battle Duchess (SW), by Seattle Battle. HOU, 2-24, (S), 6f, 1:13.02. B-Will Kari (TX). *Won by 8th-TAM, $20,250, 2-25, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:48.45, fm. 10 1/2 lengths. KING OF DIAMONDS (g, 4, Iron Deputy--Madame X Ski {SW,

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CATCHY NABS PARIAH IN BLUE DIAMOND CHOPIN TAKES THE Catchy (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) came with a rattling run TROPHY TO BAHRAIN from off the pace to mow down Pariah (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) close home to claim the G1 Blue Diamond S. at Caulfield on Saturday. Jockey Craig Williams had the choice of a number of mounts in the race including fifth-placed Property (Aus) (Starcraft {NZ}) and early in the straight it appeared Williams may have gotten it wrong as that horse and >TDN Rising Star= Pariah did battle for the lead. Catchy, however had other ideas and once in the clear down the outside she ate up the ground and got her in head in front barely twenty metres from the wire to beat the favourite by half a length with Formality (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) running on well for third. It was a first win in the Blue Diamond for Craig Williams and a victory he clearly relished. ATo win this race is great. It was a really tough choice as they are a quality bunch of 2-year-olds but she=s a really, really good Alberto Sanna searches for the opposition aboard Chopin horse,@ Williams commented. AI wanted to get on the back of Zuzanna Lupa Pariah early but I couldn=t. Once we got into the straight though I knew she=d get there.@ By Kelsey Riley Cont. p5

DOHA, Qatar--Chopin (Ger) (Santiago {Ger}) provided a true fairytale ending for his connections when winning Saturday=s feature race for Thoroughbreds at Al Rayyan, the $1-million HH The Emir=s Trophy over 2400 metres on the turf. The Emir=s Trophy was the co-feature on the card with the $1-million HH The Emir=s Sword for Purebred Arabians, and that pair of races brought to a close three days of racing of the HH The Emir=s Sword Festival at Al Rayyan that saw an unprecedented 29 international horses take part, with many more international humans in town to enjoy the show. Chopin was the winner of the G3 Dr Busch Memorial at three while under the care of trainer Andreas Wohler, and after that race he was purchased privately by Qatar Racing and set a G1 Investec Derby assignment. He wound up only seventh that day behind (Ire) ( {Ire}), and failed to Catchy | Bronwen Healy win another race in Europe before being purchased by Maher Ibrahim Lutfalla for 9,000gns at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses- IN TDN AMERICA TODAY In-Training Sale in 2015. The gelding has since flourished in Qatar=s neighbouring Bahrain, winning three local Group 1s. He GIRVIN LEAVES RISEN STAR RIVALS ON ‘ICE’ was given two preps on the year for this race, most recently a Trying two turns on the dirt for the first time, Girvin (Tale of Ekati) win going 2000 metres in that country on Feb. 3. took advantage of a clean, inside trip to win Saturday’ GII Risen Star S. at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. Cont. p10 Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 FEBRUARY, 2017

Saturday, Lingfield, Britain BETWAY WINTER DERBY S.-G3, ,100,000, LIN, 2-25, 4yo/up, 10f (AWT), 2:04.68, st. 1--@CONVEY (GB), 126, g, 5, by Dansili (GB) 1st Dam: Insinuate (SW-Eng), by Mr. Prospector 2nd Dam: All At Sea, by Riverman 3rd Dam: Lost Virtue, by Cloudy Dawn (130,000gns HRA >16 TATAHI). O-Mr Robert Ng; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-Andrea Atzeni. ,56,710. Lifetime Record: 14-3-3-1, $182,461. *1/2 to Stronghold (GB) (Danehill), GSW-Eng, $212,276. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Pinzolo (GB), 126, g, 6, Monsun (Ger)--Pongee (GB), by Barathea (Ire). (400,000gns Ylg >12 TAOCT). O-Mr Sultan Ali; B-Fittocks Stud (GB); T-Ismail Mohammed. ,21,500. 3--Absolute Blast (Ire), 123, m, 5, Kodiac (GB)--Perfect Fun (GB), by Marju (Ire). (i5,000 Ylg >13 GOFFEB; i18,000 Ylg >13 GOFSPT; i2,500 2yo >14 ARJUL; i60,000 HRA >15 ARJUL). O-Mr K. Sohi; B-Mrs O. M. E. McKeever (IRE); T-Archie Watson. ,10,760. Margins: NK, HD, NK. Odds: 5.50, 8.50, 9.00. Convey, who was going one better here than in Haydock=s Also Ran: Zhui Feng (Ire), Grendisar (Ire), Battalion (Ire), You=re G3 John of Gaunt S. last May and the G3 Supreme S. at Fired (Ire), Mythical Madness (GB). Scratched: Mutakayyef (GB). Goodwood in August both over seven furlongs, was also Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com stepping up markedly in trip from his latest win which came over catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. a mile in the Listed Pomfret S. at Pontefract in July. With this renewal softened considerably by the absence of the Listed Winter Derby Trial one-two Decorated Knight (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and Spring (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}) and the late withdrawal of the class act Mutakayyef (GB) ( {Ire}) due to a foot abscess, Convey was able to take full advantage and gain the pattern-race success his earlier career suggested was well within reach. Helped further by the sluggish break of the favourite Battalion (Ire) ( {Ire}) which effectively took him out of the reckoning from the outset, the former Juddmonte representative was able to enjoy a perfect tow behind the early leaders racing without headgear for only the second time in his last 10 starts. Now gelded and racing in the colours of Robert Ng, the bay showed a more straightforward attitude than in the past when asked to exert down the centre of the home straight and duly overhauled Pinzolo and Absolute Blast in the final 50 yards. Convey | Racingfotos.com TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 FEBRUARY, 2017

Winter Derby cont. FERRIS TO HEAD UP WEATHERBYS IRELAND Russell Ferris has been appointed chief executive of Pedigree Notes... Weatherbys Ireland following the departure of previous boss Other than his half-brother Stronghold (GB) (Danehill), who Ronan Murphy. Ferris only joined Weatherbys last June as was effective at up to a mile, many of the family have excelled operations director from At The Races where he was over middle distances like his Listed Pretty Polly S.-winning half- commercial director for Ireland, having previously been general sister Take the Hint (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) and his second dam All manager of Limerick Racecourse for five years. AThis is a very at Sea, who captured the G3 Musidora S. and was also second in exciting opportunity and I thank Ronan for all the excellent work the G1 Epsom Oaks and G1 Juddmonte International S. despite he has done in recent years, Ferris told The Irish Field. AWith my having the pace to register a win at a mile at the top level in the family I ave been involved in racing and breeding for many years G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp. Also featuring are Twice Over and am naturally delighted to have been asked to head up (GB) (Observatory), Passage of Time (GB) (Dansili {GB}), Father Weatherbys Ireland. The business continues to move forward Time (GB) (Dansili {GB}), Timepiece (GB) (Zamindar) and Time and the coming months will see us launch the GSB online Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), all of whom were able to operate at a registration platform,@ Ferris added. high standard at 10 furlongs or more. Insinuate=s 2013 and 2014 filly foals also by Dansili, named Megaron (GB) and Choose (GB), are as-yet unraced while she has a 2-year-old filly by Bated Breath (GB) named Clique (GB).

SETBACK FOR SHEEHY APPOINTMENTS Promising young apprentice Danny Sheehy faces a long spell Timmy Hillman: Group Flat Sales Representative, on the sidelines after suffering a broken leg sustained in a fall at Tattersalls Dundalk on Friday night. The 7lb claimer and former pony racing $ Tattersalls has appointed Timmy Hillman as Group Flat star was unseated when his mount Mosman (GB) (Haafhd {GB}) Sales Representative. Hillman, who has conducted yearling clipped heels after a furlong in the last race of the night. Sheehy inspections for Tattersalls Ireland since 2015 as well as was brought to hospital at nearby Drogheda and his father managing the family=s Castledillon Stud, will take on the Eamonn provided wider role for both Tattersalls and Tattersalls Ireland with an update on the immediate effect. 16-year-old=s $ Hillman=s primary role will be to undertake inspections in condition. "I was Ireland for yearlings nominated to the Tattersalls October with him in the Yearling Sales. In addition, he will continue to inspect hospital until 4 a.m. yearlings nominated to the Tattersalls Ireland September and he was either Yearling Sale and their new Ascot Yearling Sale, as well as going to have a sourcing Irish entries for all sales held at Tattersalls in plate put in to his Newmarket. leg or just a cast,@ $ Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented, Danny Sheehy | Racing Post he said. "I asked ATimmy has made a valuable contribution to Tattersalls the doctor about a Ireland since joining in 2015 and his expertise and time frame when he might be back and he said between six to extensive network of contacts will be a great addition to eight weeks. It's a shame as he was flying but it could have been the wider Tattersalls team." much worse, as he suffered concussion also.@ $ Hillman himself added, AThe Tattersalls October Yearling Sheehy, who is still attending school, has ridden seven winners Sale has long been the preferred choice of so many Irish since making the transition from the pony racing field to the breeders and it will be a pleasure to be inspecting some of racecourse proper last autumn. the finest Irish yearlings on behalf of Tattersalls, in addition to carrying out a similar role for Tattersalls Ireland.@

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ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Logi (Ire), g, 3, Kodiac (GB)--Feet of Flame, by Theatrical (Ire). WOL, 2-24, 5f 20y (AWT), 1:00.81. B-S. Couldrige (IRE). Saturday=s Results: *75,000gns Ylg >15 TAOCT; 15,000gns 2yo >16 TATAHI. BETWAY HEVER SPRINT S.-Listed, ,45,000, LIN, 2-25, 4yo/up, +Family Fortunes (GB), g, 3, Paco Boy (Ire)--Barawin (Ire), by 5f 6y (AWT), :56.77, st. . LIN, 2-25, 5f 6y (AWT), :57.87. B-Mr A. Parrish & 1--#ROYAL BIRTH (GB), 126, g, 6, Exceed and Excel (Aus)-- Mrs L. Sadler (GB). *25,000gns Wlg >14 TATFOA; 18,000gns Ylg Princess Georgina (GB), by Royal Applause (GB).(42,000gns >15 TATYEA. Ylg >12 TAOCT; 45,000gns 2yo >13 TATHIT; ,9,500 RNA HRA >14 Fulham (Ire), c, 3, Sir Prancealot (Ire)--Bond Deal (Ire) (SW-US & DONSEP; 20,000gns HRA >14 TA14). O-The Morley Family; GSP-Ity, $257,489), by Pivotal (GB). WOL, 2-25, 12f 50y (AWT), B-Old Mill Stud & S. Williams & J. Parry (GB); T-Stuart Williams; 2:39.24. B-C J Foy (IRE). *20,000gns Wlg >14 TATFOA; J-Aaron Jones. ,25,520. Lifetime Record: 24-7-4-4, $208,213. 13,000gns Ylg >15 TATOCT. 2--Lancelot Du Lac (Ity), 129, g, 7, Shamardal--Dodie Mae, by Capote. (i65,000 Ylg >11 SGASEP; 45,000gns 2yo >12 TATBRE). O-Michael & Heather Yarrow. ,9,675. 3--Verne Castle (GB), 126, g, 4, Sakhee=s Secret (GB)--Lochangel (GB), by Night Shift. O-Mr J. C. Smith. ,4,842. Saturday=s Results: Margins: HF, HD, NO. Odds: 8.00, 4.00, 12.00. GRAND PRIX DU DEPARTEMENT 06-Listed, i75,000, CGN, 2-25, Not out of the first three on the all-weather, Royal Birth 4yo/up, 12 1/2fT, 2:43.68, gd. proved that he was a sprinter generally on the up when 1--NAHUAL (FR), 125, g, 6, American Post (GB)--Nahuala (Fr), managing to win a competitive heritage handicap on the turf by Chichicastenango (Fr). O/B-Emile Eyvaso (FR); T-Jean over five furlongs at Ascot in July. Warming up for this first Bertran de Balanda; J-Maxime Guyon. i37,500. Lifetime black-type attempt with a fine third in a handicap over this trip Record: GSP-Fr, 27-8-5-2, i251,890. on Wolverhampton=s Tapeta five days previously, the bay 2--Master=s Spirit (Ire), 125, h, 6, Mastercraftsman (Ire)-- drafted in behind the leaders enjoying cover and made the most Lavayssiere (Fr), by Sicyos. (i120,000 RNA Ylg >12 ARQAUG). of a split between Lancelot du Lac and Verne Castle in the last O-Le Haras de la Gousserie (IRE). i15,000. 50 yards to register this breakthrough success. The dam, who is 3--Royal Dolois (Fr), 125, h, 5, Silver Frost (Ire)--Mixture (GB), by a half to the G2 Richmond S. winner Mister Cosmi (GB) (Royal i > Applause {GB}) and his listed-winning and G2 Champagne S. and Linamix (Fr). ( 18,000 Ylg 13 ARQOCT). O-Michel Ghys. G1 Middle Park S.-placed full-brother Auditorium (GB), has an i11,250. unraced 3-year-old colt by Iffraaj (GB) named Indian Raj (GB). Margins: 3/4, HF, HD. Odds: 5.10, 11.30, 4.60. Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Proving a transformed character last season, Nahual took a Fasig-Tipton. winning streak into the in the G3 Prix and was beaten only a short neck by the country=s star stayer Vazirabad (Fr) 1st-LIN, ,4,500, Mdn, 2-25, 3yo/up, 8f 1y (AWT), 1:37.53, st. (Manduro {Ger}) when runner-up receiving nine pounds in that +MORI YOSHINARI (IRE) (c, 3, Helmet {Aus}--Malyana {GB}, by 15-furlong test at Chantilly in September. After running sixth in Mtoto {GB}), sent off at 7-1, missed the kick and raced towards the G1 Prix du Cadran over the marathon 20 1/2 furlongs back the rear early. Slowly getting to Oud Metha Bridge (Ire) (Helmet there at the start of October, the bay rebounded to upstage the {Aus}), the 98,000gns TATFOA foal, 50,000gns TATOCT yearling classy Dermot Weld trainee Forgotten Rules (Ire) (Nayef) in the and ,55,000 GOFLON 2yo got the better of that rival with 100 Listed Prix Denisy over nearly two miles at Saint-Cloud in yards remaining before asserting to win by a half length. The November. Granted a perfect spot early in third against the rail, dam is out of the G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine and Irish he was in desperate need of air halfway down the straight and champion Pass the Peace (Ire) (Alzao), which makes her a full- the gap came in time for him to overhaul the duelling greys sister to the G2 Pretty Polly S. scorer Tarfshi (GB) and a half to Master=s Spirit and Royal Dolois in the final 50 metres. Nahual=s the fellow Cheveley Park winner and European champion pedigree contains the G3 Prix de Fontainebleau-winning sire Embassy (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}). She has a 2-year-old Chichi Creasy (Fr), Hong Kong=s champion stayer Wonderful filly by Fastnet Rock (Aus) named Craggy Isle (Ire) and a yearling World (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}) and the G1 Prix Vermeille heroine filly by Excelebration (Ire). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $3,627. Queen Maud (Ire) (Akarad {Fr}). The dam also has a 2-year-old Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. daughter of Spirit One (Fr) named Merekara (Fr). Click for the O-Mr Myerscough, Mr Cox & Mr Anastasiou; B-Eyrefield Lodge Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Stud (IRE); T-Richard Hannon. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 FEBRUARY, 2017

French Report cont. Prepared (GB), g, 8, More Than Ready--Mannington (Aus) (GSW 2nd-CSM, i44,000, Cond, 2-25, 3yo, 10f (AWT), 2:05.80, st. & MG1SP-Aus, A$390,100), by Danehill. Meydan, 2-25, Hcp. MY VALENTINE (FR) (c, 3, Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}--Private Eye (,35k/i41k), 1600m, 1:37.37. B-Darley. *Full to Benicio (Aus), {Fr} {SW-Fr}, by American Post {GB}), runner-up last time in a G1SW-Aus, A$978,250; and 1/2 to Romneya (Aus) (Red course-and-distance conditions event Jan. 17, was sent off the Ransom), MGSW-Aus, A$521,150. VIDEO 9-10 favourite for this Prix Policeman which formerly enjoyed listed status and settled in last throughout the early stages. Angled wide for his effort at the top of the straight, the i125,000 ARQAUG yearling tended to lug to his left but was kept to his task by Nicolas Perret to gain the advantage in the last 75 metres and beat Somewhere In Time (Fr) (Rio de la Plata) by a neck. The listed-winning dam, whose half-brother Celtic Saturday, Caulfield, Australia Wolf (Fr) (Loup Solitaire) was group-placed, also has a 2-year-old LADBROKES BLUE DIAMOND S.-G1, A$1,515,000, MRC, 2-25, filly by Excelebration (Ire) named La Peregrina (Fr), Lifetime 2yo Open Set Weight, 1200mT, 1:09.38, gd. Record: 4-2-2-0, i38.530. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 1--CATCHY (AUS), 54.5, f, 2, by Fastnet Rock (Aus) O-Jean-Claude Seroul; B-Mme H Erculiani (FR); T-Frederic Rossi. 1st Dam: Cats Whisker (Aus) (MGSW-Aus, G1SP-Aus, $492,097), by Fusaichi Pegasus 2nd Dam: Perfect Halo, by Don't Say Halo EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS 3rd Dam: Perfect Melody, by Palace Music (A$220,000 Ylg >16 WI Sydney Easter Yearling Sale) IN AUSTRALIA: O-Dorrington Farm (Mgr: R J Crabtree) & Mrs S Crabtree; McCreery (GB), g, 5, Big Bad Bob (Ire)--Dolma (Fr) (MSW & B-Mrs J Jenkins NSW; T-D & B Hayes & T Dabernig; J-Craig G1SP-Fr, $223,667), by Marchand de Sable. Randwick, 2-25, Williams; A$915,000. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, A$1,102,000. Liverpool City Cup-G3 (,92k/i109k), 1300mT, 1:19.28. B-The Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rt Hon Lord Rothschild. *1/2 to Thistle Bird (GB) (Selkirk), Hwt. Rating: A++ Older Mare-Ire at 9.5-11f, G1SW-Ire, MGSW & G1SP-Eng, 2--Pariah (Aus), 56.5, c, 2, Redoute's Choice (Aus)--Secluded G1SP-Fr, $577,634. **G1SP-Aus. ***200,000gns HRA >15 (Aus), by Hussonet. (A$700,000 Ylg >16 WI Sydney Easter TATAUT. VIDEO >TDN Rising Star= Yearling Sale) O-James Harron Bloodstock Colts, Mrs B C Bateman, Love Racing, Doyles Breeding & Racing, P Mehrten, Rockingham Thoroughbreds, J A & Mrs F A Ingham, G1g Racing & Breeding, S N Gillard; B-Arrowfield IN THE UAE: Pastoral Pty Ltd & Planette Thoroughbred NSW; T-P & P Securities (Ire), g, 4, (Ire)--Hush Money (Chi) Snowden; J-B Shinn; A$270,000. (MG1SW-Chi, $110,116), by Hussonet. Meydan, 2-25, Maiden 3--Formality (Aus), 54.5, f, 2, Fastnet Rock (Aus)--Jolie's Shinju (,33k/i39k), 1800mT, 1:52.59. B-Darley. *Won by 6 1/2 (Jpn), by Jolie's Halo. (A$120,000 Ylg >16 WI Sydney Easter lengths. VIDEO Yearling Sale) O-Coolmore (Mgr: Mrs S Magnier), P Shanahan Mutasayyid (GB), h, 5, Bahamian Bounty (GB)--Clear Voice, by & M V Magnier; B-Dr K Tan NSW; T-D & B Hayes & T Dabernig; . Meydan, 2-25, Hcp. (,42k/i49k), 1600mT, J-Ryan Moore; A$135,000. 1:38.35. B-Jeremy Green & Sons & Mr P Bickmore. *25,000gns Margins: 0.4, 2.2, 2.5. Odds: 19-5, 3-1, 8-1. Wlg >12 TATDEF; 75,000gns Ylg >13 TATOCT. VIDEO Also Ran: Tulip (Aus), Property (Aus), Muraahib (Aus), Wait for Active Spirit (Ire), g, 6, Pivotal (GB)--Local Spirit (GSP-Eng), by No One (Aus), Roomooz (Aus), Aspect (Aus), Cao Cao (Aus), Lion Cavern. Meydan, 2-25, Hcp. (,38k/i45k), 2000m, Taking Aim (Aus), Sheer Madness (Aus), Will's Bid (Aus), Blondie 2:05.48. B-Darley. *Won by 6 3/4 lengths. VIDEO (Aus). Master of War (GB), g, 7, Compton Place (GB)--Mamma Morton Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com (Ire), by Elnadim. Meydan, 2-25, Hcp. (,38k/i45k), 1200mT, catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. 1:10.27. B-R J Cornelius. *SW & MGSP-Eng. **28,000gns Wlg Catchy is unbeaten now in four runs for the training >10 TATDEF. VIDEO partnership of David & Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig and it is a Mutahaddith (GB), g, 7, Shamardal--Castaway Queen (Ire), by sequence that began at Moonee Valley Dec. 9 in the William Hill Selkirk. Meydan, 2-25, Hcp. (,38k/i45k), 1200m, 1:12.38. Plate. She inflicted her first defeat on Property on her next start B-Horizon Bloodstock Ltd. *110,000gns Ylg >11 TATOCT. VIDEO TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 FEBRUARY, 2017

at Caulfield Jan. 7 before stepping up successfully to pattern She in turn is a full-sister to the stakes places Cat=s Pyjamas . level when landing the hat trick in the G2 Ladbrokes Blue Bred by Joy Jenkins Catchy had a full-sister sell at Magic Millions Diamond Prelude Feb. 11 when she beat Limestone (Aus) last month for A$700,000 to Alan Bell Racing while the mare (Helmet {Aus}) by just a short head. It was a sixth Blue Diamond produced a full brother to Catchy in 2016. Cats Whisker is win for David Hayes but his first since forming the partnership currently in foal to Pierro (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}). with his son Ben and nephew Tom and he said, AShe was sensational over the final 200 metres. It=s been a great team effort but the result is quite a relief because I thought we were WINX EASES TO TENTH GROUP 1 WIN going to run second, third and fourth at one stage--Pariah looked to have us covered.@ It did indeed look Pariah=s race to lose as he got to the lead a furlong out, went a length clear, only to be overhauled by the winner close home. Trainer Peter Snowden was proud but deflated and commented, "I was very proud of his effort. He=s a great colt and will be a better horse in the spring.@

Winx cruises to her 15th consecutive win| Racing And Sports There was no doubting the superiority of the mighty Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) at a rain softened Randwick track on Saturday as she cruised home to her 15th successive win and her 10th at the top level. Hugh Bowman was content to sit four from the rear early on as 150-1 outsider Lasqueti Spirit (Aus) (Beneteau {Aus}) took them along throughout the 1600m contest. With 800m to run Bowman asked the mare to creep closer and she circled four wide around the field hitting the front on a tight rein 300m from home and finishing full of running for an emphatic success. Lasqueti Spirit kept on gamely to grab the second two lengths behind Winx with her stable-mate Who Shot Thebarman (NZ) (Yamanin Vital {NZ}), also a 150-1 chance, a further length back in third. The only anxious moments for connections and fans of Winx were felt in the lead up to the race as her trainer Chris Waller considered scratching the mare on account of the track which was beginning to show the affect of Craig Williams and Catchy returning following the Blue Diamond | Bronwen Healy photo the persistent rain. "There is a bit of expectation with this horse and I didn=t want to see tomorrow=s newspaper if I didn=t run her,@ explained Waller. AWhen I went and walked the track it Pedigree Notes... was pretty good considering. I knew it was safe and that's the Catchy is the 27th Group 1 winner for dual champion most important thing." Reflecting on the latest installment of sire Fastnet Rock (Aus) (Danehill) and she is the best the amazing journey that Winx is bringing those close to her on of four runners and winners from six foals from her dam Cat=s Waller told Racing.com, "I am so proud of her. She's a beautiful Whisker (Aus) (Fusaichi Pegasus). Cat=s Whisker was no slouch mare. It's a pretty amazing thing and to have the crowd behind on the track, her six wins including two at group 2 level while her, it's very special. I was just glad she was able to race and do also placing second in the G1 Schweppes Thousand Guineas. that." Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 FEBRUARY, 2017

Chipping Norton S. cont. Saturday, Randwick, Australia Given the ease with which Winx was able to dispatch her TAB CHIPPING NORTON S.-G1, A$599,000, ATC, 2-25, 3yo/up, opponents it is a testament to her ability when Hugh Bowman Open WFA, 1600mT, 1:40.37, hvy. indicated that she is even better on a sounder surface. This 1--WINX (AUS), 57.0, m, 5, by Street Cry (Ire) versatility that enables her to reproduce her best form no 1st Dam: Vegas Showgirl (NZ) (SW-NZ & GSP-Aus matter the ground conditions is also a hallmark of brilliance. "I $148,523), by Al Akbar (Aus) think she would have been comfortable if the track wasn't as 2nd Dam: Vegas Magic (Aus), by Voodoo Rhythm bad as it was. She got the job done - but she's more effective on 3rd Dam: Vegas Street (NZ), by Sovereign Edition (Ire) (A$230,000 Ylg >13 MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale) O-Magic good ground," said Bowman. "She's a wonderful mare. Riding Bloodstock Racing (Mgr: P G Tighe), R G Treweeke & Mrs D N her is the easiest part to be honest. With her and her fame Kepitis; B-Fairway Thoroughbreds NSW; T-C J Waller; J-J comes a lot of extra curricular activities - but when we're both Bowman; A$353,000. Lifetime Record: 25-19-3-0, comfortable I enjoy it just as much as anyone else," he added. A$9,846,925. *1/2 to El Divino (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) GSW-Aus The disappointments of the race were Godolphin=s Hartnell (GB) $122,576. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. (Authorized {GB}) and Winx=s stablemate Endless Drama (Ire) Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus* (Lope De Vega {Ire}). Both were expected to keep the mare 2--Lasqueti Spirit (Aus), 53.0, f, 3, Beneteau (Aus)--Supriym honest but they faded tamely in the straight finishing well adrift. Story (Aus), by General Nediym (Aus). (A$150,000 Ylg >15 Brenton Avdulla could offer no reason for Hartnell=s eighth place MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale) O-Mystery Downs (Mgr: F W finish and said, >=I travelled three deep just outside them Cook), Mrs C M Cook, A R Davison, Ms C E Curtis, R Croad, B comfortably enough, he just didn=t find.== Djura & M J Fenech; B-S J E Family Trust QLD; T-L W Curtis; J-J As has become the norm though this was all about Winx and Ford; A$114,000. true to form she did not let her owners and supporters down. All 3--Who Shot Thebarman (NZ), 59.0, g, 8, Yamanin Vital (NZ)-- things being equal her next assignment will be the G1 George Ears Carol (NZ), by Carolingian (Aus). O-D M O'Leary, H T Ryder S. at Rosehill in three weeks time before she completes O'Leary, M J O'Leary, S C O'Leary, Mrs J C Nugent-O'Leary, Mrs her autumn campaign in the 2000-metre A$4 million G1 Queen A M O'Leary, Mrs F J O'Leary & Mrs L O'Leary; B-B J & Mrs L E Elizabeth S. two weeks later. Anderton, South, NZ; T-C J Waller; J-Tim Clark; A$60,000.

Margins: 2.0, 1.0, 0.1. Odds: 11-50, 150-1, 150-1. Pedigree Notes... Also Ran: Magic Hurricane (Ire), Tavago (NZ), Endless Drama Street Cry (Ire) (Machieavellian)=s death at the age of 16 in (Ire), Libran (Ire), Hartnell (GB), Grand Marshal (GB), Preferment 2014 was a huge blow not only to Darley but also to the global (NZ). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com breeding industry. He has left a wonderful legacy in two of the catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. finest race-mares this century in and Winx and it doesn=t look like Winx is about to be beaten any time soon. Her dam Vegas Showgirl (NZ) (Al Akbar {Aus}) was a smart filly in her BART IS ALL HEART AYou wouldn=t want him chasing you,@ said Darren Weir after own right but she has excelled as a broodmare with her only Black Heart Bart (Aus) (Blackfriars {Aus}) notched his fifth Group two offspring to reach the track so far from six foals also 1 victory in the Futurity S. at Caulfield and the trainer is including El Divino (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}), a Group 3 winner at absolutely right. The 6-year-old proved he certainly doesn=t lack = Randwick last year. Winx was bred by John Camilleri s Fairway heart as, just a fortnight after his last top-flight win in the G1 CF Thoroughbreds and although barren to Snitzel in 2015 Vegas Orr S., he steadily reeled in his stable-mate Tosen Stardom (Jpn) Showgirl produced a filly by the same sire in 2016. (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in the straight, to force a thrilling finish to the 1400-metre contest. Having broken well to sit fourth and fifth just off the leading trio, Black Heart Bart and the former Japanese-trained Tosen Stardom matched each other stride for stride during the first WONDER MARES FROM DOWN UNDER half of the race, with the latter breaking for home a little sooner Name Years G1Ws Earnings (US$) on the turn as the eventual winner ran three wide under Brad Sunline (NZ) (Desert Sun {GB}) 1998-2002 13 $6,625,105 Rawiller but never lost sight of the target. Relentless pressure Makybe Diva (GB) (Desert King {Ire}) 2002-2005 7 $10,767,186 from Black Heart Bart saw him prevail by just a nose from Tosen More Joyous (NZ) (More Than Ready) 2009-2013 8 $4,506,154 Stardom with the early front-running Ecuador (NZ) (High Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit) 2009-2013 15 $7,497,754 Chaparral {Ire}) holding on gamely to take third for Gai Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) 2014-Pres. 10 $7,386,917 Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 FEBRUARY, 2017

Futurity S. cont. 3--Ecuador (NZ) , 59.0, g, 7, (IRE) --Bak da Princess (NZ) , by Danske (NZ) . (NZ$360,000 Ylg 2011 NZB The winner, whose earnings are now closing in on A$3.5 National Yearling Sale) O-S C Rose, Saddlers Knife Synd (Mgr: D million, has several options open to him, including entries for Brook), G J Fisher, T Lillis, G G B Macdonald, J P Nugent, Oliver the G1 The Star Doncaster Mile and G1 Longines Queen Racing Synd (Mgr: Dr P J Oliver), Mrs R Winney & Ms J Elizabeth S. during Sydney=s autumn Championships but may Singleton; B-D B & P G Hollinshead, Waikato, NZ; T-G return to South Australia in May to defend his title in the G1 Waterhouse & A Bott; J-A Hyeronimus; A$45,000. Goodwood H. at Morphettville. Weir commented, AThere is Margins: 0.1, 0.5, 0.4. Odds: 9-10, 16-1, 9-1. some thought of the Goodwood as it's gone to $1 million [in Also Ran: Attention, Lucky Hussler, Palentino, Our Rokkii (NZ) , prize-money] now and it's a quality handicap. He would get 59 Turn Me Loose (NZ) , Fast 'n' Rocking. or 59.5 kilos so maybe he could freshen up for that or we may Click for the Racing Post chart. Click for the free go to Sydney.@ Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. The lack of early pace was a to Black Heart Bart=s jockey but his mount soon dispelled any such worries with his SHEIDEL BENEFITS FROM MAGIC TOUCH rallying home-stretch run. AHe quickened like the winner but it Forty minutes after taking out the G1 Blue Diamond S., the was going to be a fight for the finish. He had his head out at the training partnership of David Hayes, Ben Hayes and Tom finish, which is typical of the horse he is,@ enthused Rawiller. Dabernig struck gold for the second time with a bold all-the-way win for Sheidel (Aus) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) in the G1 Pedigree notes... Resimax Group Oakleigh Plate. Having jetted in from Hong Kong It was a question of saving the best til last with Black Heart for Caulfield=s big day, Joao Moreira was reunited with the Bart, who is the ninth and final foal for the late At Talaq mare 5-year-old mare after the pair won the G3 Sensis S. at Sister Theresa (Aus), a multiple winner at two and five. The son Flemington back in October. The Brazilian showed just how he of Blackfriars is his dam=s sole stakes performer but is a earned his nickname of Magic Man, bouncing the speedster half-brother to two winners Kenjasper (Aus) (Success Express from the gates to take the lead on the rail and remaining in {Aus}) and Sister Time (Aus) (Gilded Time {Aus}). His unraced command throughout. half-sister Rebel Sister (Aus) (Falbrav {Ire}) is the dam of the stakes-winning duo Rebelson (Aus) (Snippetson {Aus}) and Rebel King (Aus) (Universal Ruler {Aus}).

Saturday, Caulfield, Australia FUTURITY S.-G1, A$502,000, MRC, 2-25, 3yo/up, Open Weight For Age, 1400mT, 1:22.96, Good. 1--BLACK HEART BART, 59.0, g, 6, by Blackfriars 1st Dam: Sister Theresa, by At Talaq (USA) 2nd Dam : Alma Mater, by Semipalatinsk (USA) 3rd Dam: Sweetie, by Without Fear (FR) O-K B Renner, C R Delacy, A Psaltis, I McCarthy & Mrs D A Richardson; B-Durham Lodge Thoroughbred Stud WA; T-D K Weir; J-B Rawiller; A$302,000. Lifetime Record: 39-16-12-2, A$3,420,950. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Sheidel | Racing And Sports 2--Tosen Stardom (JPN) , 59.0, h , 6, Deep Impact (JPN) --Admire Briefly challenged by stablemate Fatinaah (Aus) (Nicconi Kirameki (JPN) , by End Sweep (USA) . (-262,500,000 Wlg 2012 {Aus}), Sheidel found another gear under attack, striding out Jrha J.R.H.A. Select Sale) O-Australian Bloodstock No 2, determinedly to the line to repel the fast-finishing Extreme Doonaree Racing, Power Thoroughbreds, Get The Dukes Out Choice (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}), who finished just a Racing, Australian Bloodstock, T Shimakawa, K Yoshida, A nose behind Fatinaah in third. Noting the improvement in the Kheir, J Bromley, A Brogan, J Stumer, G; B-Northern Racing; mare, who was claiming her first victory at the highest level, T-D K Weir; J-Craig Williams; A$90,000. Moreira confirmed that he hopes to return to Australia to ride Sheidel in the G1 Newmarket H. Mar 11. Cont. p9 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 FEBRUARY, 2017

Oakleigh Plate cont. Also Ran: Hellbent, Miss Promiscuity, Fell Swoop, I Am a Star (NZ) , Kaepernick, Ocean Embers, Flamberge, Guard of Honour, AShe is better than when I last rode her,@ he said. Shakespearean Lass, El Divino, Thermal Current, Ready Referring to Sheidel=s last-start second in the G1 Winterbottom Sunshine, Aegean Sea, Wild Rain. S. in November, David Hayes commented, AWe were really Click for the Racing Post chart. Click for the free confident with her. I think that Perth form is really under-rated. Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. She was just spot on and she really put the run up.@ Dabernig added, AShe really deserved it. She has been narrowly Saturday, Otaki, New Zealand beaten in a couple of Group 1s and today she travelled and HAUNUI FARM GROUP ONE WFA CLASSIC S.-G1, NZ$198,000 never looked like she was going to get beat. It really takes your (US$142,772/,114,552/i135,181), Otaki Maori RC, 2-25, Open breath away, it was amazing to watch.@ wfa, 1600mT, 1:34.60, Gd. 1--KAWI, 59.0, g, 6, by Savabeel (AUS) Pedigree Notes... 1st Dam: Magic Time, by Volksraad (GB) Laventour (Aus) (Metal Storm {Fr}), the unraced dam of 2nd Dam: Super Wench, by Last Tycoon (IRE) Sheidel, is a half-sister to the G3 Rosemount-Asian Beau S. 3rd Dam: Honey Bunny Baby (USA), by Tank's Prospect (USA) winner Track Jester (Aus) (Tenby {GB}) and made a decent start O-A Baeyertz, G A Macdonald, S A Sharrock, G H Phillips, J P to her stud career by producing the Listed-winning filly Latoria Goodin, B R Sharrock & T Kemp; B-Mrs C M & J P Goodin, (Aus) (Oratorio {Aus}) as her first foal. Sheidel, her fourth foal, Central, NZ; T-S A Sharrock; J-J L Waddell; NZ$118,750. came along five years later and now has seven black-type wins Lifetime Record: 31-14-6-2, A$1,059,605. Click for the to her name as well as two runner-up finishes in Group 1 eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. company. Laventour, who died last year, was barren to Congrats *Triple Plus*. the year after foaling Sheidel and has the as-yet unraced 2--Start Wondering, 59.0, g, 6, Eighth Wonder--Roseanbar, by Al 3-year-old Enzo=s Best (Aus) (Testa Rossa {Aus}) still to represent Akbar (AUS). O-Mrs J M & S B Gudsell; B-I G Hadfield, Central, her. NZ; T-E & J Rayner; J-J Parkes; NZ$38,000. 3--Sofia Rosa, 57.0, m, 4, Makfi (GB)--Bislieri (AUS) , by Encosta Saturday, Caulfield, Australia de Lago (AUS). (NZ$65,000 Ylg 2014 NZB National Yearling OAKLEIGH PLATE-G1, A$502,000, MRC, 2-25, Open Handicap, Sale). O-Jml Bloodstock Ltd (Mgr L Petagna); B-G Harvey, 1100mT, 1:02.11, Good. Auckland, NZ; T-S B Marsh; J-D S Johnson; NZ$19,000. 1--&SHEIDEL, 53.0, m, 5, by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) Margins: 0.8 len, 3.3 len, 3.4 len 1st Dam: Laventour, by Metal Storm (FR) Also Ran: Mighty Solomon, Maybe Miami, Paddy, 2nd Dam : Fer Forge, by Chest Mark Prince of Passion, Watch This Space, Iamishwara. 3rd Dam: Jonlin Girl, by Captain's Wings (GB) O-Dorrington Farm (Mgr: R J Crabtree); B-Mr DP DE Largie WA; Click for the Racing Post result, or the free Equineline.com T-D & B Hayes & T Dabernig; J-J Moreira; A$302,000. Lifetime catalogue-style pedigree. NZ Racing Video. Record: 27-15-5-1, A$1,571,450. *1/2 to Latoria (Aus) (Oratorio {Ire}), SW-Aus, A$232,965. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Faatinah, 52.5, g, 4, Nicconi--Alqwah (IRE) , by Danehill (USA). O-Shadwell Stud Australasia Ltd (Mgr: G M Kelly); B-Shadwell Stud Australasia Ltd NSW; T-D & B Hayes & T Dabernig; J-Ben Allen; A$90,000. 3--Extreme Choice, 54.0, c, 3, Not a Single Doubt--Extremely, by Hussonet (USA) . (A$100,000 Ylg 2015 WI Classic Yearling Sale - Summer) O-Newgate S F Synd, Blake Sandblom Synd, Aquis Farm Synd, China Horse Club Racing Synd, Clarke Kent Synd, Aquis Farm & Staver Synd, M Davidson, Gilgai Farm & Ward Synd, G Macdonald, ; B-Bell River Thoroughbreds NSW; T-M G Kawi prevails over Start Wondering | Race Images Palmerston North Price; J-C Newitt; A$45,000. Margins: 1.0, 0.1, 0.5. Odds: 7-1, 40-1, 27-10. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 10 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 FEBRUARY, 2017

Haunui Farm WFA Group 1 Classic cont. Saturday, Hanshin, Japan ARLINGTON CUP-G3, -72,610,000, Hanshin, 2-25, 3yo, 1600mT, Hunting his sixth top-drawer score in his second race back 1:34.10, fm. from a fruitless Australian campaign, Kawi (NZ) was sent off at 1--PERSIAN KNIGHT (JPN), 123, c, 3, Harbinger (GB) 7-5 in the 1600-metre G1 Haunui Farm Group One Classic S. and 1st Dam: Orient Charm (Jpn) (SP-Jon $823,751), duly rewarded his backers, winning by 3/4 lengths over 2-1 by second choice and two-time Group 1 hero Start Wondering (NZ) 2nd Dam: Nikiya, by Nureyev at Otaki, New Zealand Saturday. G1 Australian Oaks winner Sofia 3rd Dam: Reluctant Guest, by Hostage Rosa, 4-1 in the wagering, was another 2 1/2 lengths back in O-G1 Racing; B-Oiwake Farm; T-Yasutoshi Ikee; J-Mirco third after missing the break. Demuro; -38,427,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-1. Click for the ATo me he was very strong late and looking like he wants 2000 eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A++ metres now,@ commented trainer Allan Sharrock to 2--Red en Ciel (Jpn), 123, c, 3, Manhattan Cafe (Jpn)--Stylelistick, www.nz.racing.co.nz. AHe=s class and they played the waiting by Storm Cat. O-Tokyo ; B-Northern Farm; game and when they got out into the open, he was dominant in -15,122,000 the last few strides.@ 3--Divine Code (Jpn), 123, c, 3, Matsurida Gogh (Jpn)--Two Days There were no barrier woes to speak of this time around and Notice (Jpn), by Hector Protector. O-Normandy Thoroughbred Kawi enjoyed a comfortable run up the fence in midpack as Racing; B-Okada Stud; -9,561,000. Authentic Paddy (NZ) (Howbaddouwantit) and Watch This Space Margins: 3, 1 1/4, 1HF. Odds: 0.90, 10.50, 6.40. (NZ) (Elusive City) set a decent gallop. Jason Waddell was sitting Also Ran: Vous Etes Jolie (Jpn), Jo Strictly (Jpn), Nanyo Mars on go with 600 metres to run. Steered off the fence, the hulking (Jpn), Kyohei (Jpn), Moira Athon (Jpn), Links Zero (Jpn), Super dark bay began picking off rivals shortly thereafter and spun five Morion, Kalos (Jpn), Levante Lion. deep as Start Wondering snatched the advantage and briefly Click for the JRA chart and video, for the Racing Post result or looked the winner. This was not a repeat of the G1 NRM Sprint, the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. however, and inside the final 200 meters, Kawi reeled in Start Wondering with a withering run, keeping on to score handily over that stubborn foe. AI=ll speak to Jason, but I=m leaning toward the 2000-metre [G1 Bonecrusher New Zealand S. Mar. 11] at Ellerslie next,@ added Sharrock. Emir=s Trophy cont. from p1 A winner of the 1400-metre G1 Makfi Challenge S. (his second) When the gates sprung for the Emir=s Trophy it was to kick off his season Aug. 27 and the G1 Windsor Park Horlicks Fundamental (Arch) who took up the running, leading the field Plate there Sept. 17, Kawi traveled across the Tasman and ran around the first two bends. Jockey Alberto Sanna had Chopin fourth in the G2 Lee Steere S. at Ascot Nov. 5. Sixth in the 1600- tucked in under cover in about fifth, and when they straightened metre G1 Railway S. there Nov. 19, he rebounded slightly when for the backstretch run he bolding maneuvered him to the fourth in the Dec. 3 G1 Kingston Town Classic. The 6-year-old outside and pushed go, allowing Chopin to take over the lead. lost all chance after missing the break to be fifth behind Start The bay promptly opened up about four lengths on the field and Wondering in the G1 NRM Sprint at Te Rapa Feb. 11. made it six on the third bend. Chopin didn=t look like coming back to the field at the top of the lane and that proved true, Pedigree Notes... with nothing able to make much of a dent in his margin, which Kawi has the most top-shelf victories to his credit of Savabeel=s was eventually four lengths. Last December=s Qatar Derby dozen Group 1 winners. He is a half-brother to two winners winner Noor Al Hawa (Fr) (Makfi {GB}), who is trained by from eight foals out of the unraced Magic Time. She foaled fillies Chopin=s former conditioner Wohler, got up for second and by Zed (NZ) and Rock >n= Pop (Aus) in 2014 and 2015, Fundamental made a brave re-rally to be third. His connections respectively. This is the extended family of American and Irish from Al Shahania Stud enjoyed their moment in the spotlight SW Capture Him (Mr. Prospector), who ran second in the one race later when the Purebred Arabian Ebraz (GB) (Amer) G3 New York 2000 Guineas Trial S. in 1984. @HLAndersonTDN won the HH The Emir=s Sword.

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Emir=s Sword Festival cont. Irish-breds won eight of the 11 races for open-company The Emir=s Sword--also worth $1-million but the much more Thoroughbreds over the three days, and 10 of those 11 winners popular race among the locals--is the world=s most prestigious were sold to their current connections from either the July Sale Arabian race and the final leg of the international Triple Crown or Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale at Tattersalls. These results for Arabians, following the Qatar International S. at Goodwood justify a spend by Qataris at the European horses-in-training and the Qatar Arabian World Cup at Chantilly. Al Mourtajez (Fr) sales that has rapidly increased in quality and quantity over the (Dahess) was widely expected to complete the triple and made a last few years. Qataris spent 1.3-million gns on 27 horses at last similar mid-race rally to that of Chopin, but the grey ran out of year=s Tattersalls July Sale, and 1.6-million gns on 24 at last fuel in the end as Ebraz put in a bold late run to take the spoils year=s Autumn Sale. Mr Scaramanga (GB), a 3-year-old son of Sir by 3 1/2 lengths. Percy (GB), was one particular success story on Saturday when winning the Al Biddah Mile (a local Group 2). Mr Scaramanga was discarded by the Richard Hannon Stable at the Tattersalls Autumn Sale last October, where he was picked up by Robert Moss and Christopher Brennan for 90,000gns. He won at first asking in his new colours in a Lingfield novice race in December, and his new owners were further rewarded on Saturday with the $142,500 winner=s share of the $250,000 purse. An excellent return was also provided on Thursday by Thorndyke (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}), a 30,000gns buy at the Autumn sale last year who earned $17,100 for a maiden win on Thursday; and Adham (Ire) (Dream Ahead), a 27,000gns purchase last July who earned $17,100 for a handicap win. The lone Thoroughbred winner to not emerge from Tattersalls was Saturday=s Dukhan Sprint (local Group 3) winner Izzthatright (Ire) (Moss Vale {Ire}). The 5-year-old gelding had finished second in this race last year and has since won five of Ebraz gave trainer Julian Smart his second straight win in the prestigious HH the Emir=s Sword Saturday | qrec.gov.qa seven for trainer Jassim Mohammed Ghazali. The Dukhan Sprint is sponsored by Breeders= Cup and is the first event in a new Al Shahania trainer Julian Smart, who was winning the race for partnership between Breeders= Cup and the Qatar Racing and the second straight year, was especially emotional post-race, Equestrian Club, and will see a reciprocal race sponsorship at taking a few moments to gather himself before saying, AI=m this year=s Breeders= Cup at Del Mar Nov. 3 and 4. telling you this horse is a superstar. I told everybody in the Wrapping up my first visit to Qatar, I come away with the beginning. We got unlucky over a mile two starts ago and we feeling that the Thoroughbred industry in the country will were unlucky again last time out, and I just said to [jockey] Alan continue to grow. A broad range of Qatari owners are constantly [Munro], make sure over this trip and over the pace they=re increasing their spend on high-quality imports, especially from going to go, use the weight to your advantage, and boy did he Europe, and races restricted to Qatar-bred Thoroughbreds (or as ever. What a great ride and what a great little horse.@ they=re called in Qatar, >Local Thoroughbreds=) carry decent Doha has experienced unseasonably wet weather in recent purses and are incentivizing the locals to increase and improve weeks, and the average temperature for the week of about 20 their breeding stock. Saturday=s opener was a race for ocal degrees was well below the norm for this time of year in Qatar, Thoroughbreds worth $150,000, while throughout the rest of but conditions were kind on Saturday, with sunny skies and the festival Local Thoroughbred races were run for $30,000; warm temperatures greeting racegoers. A large number of locals greater than the $25,000 on offer for the open Thoroughbred turned out to enjoy Qatar=s most important day of racing which, handicaps. As the industry continues to like the rest of the festival, included plenty of entertainment develop alongside the country itself, it will be interesting to see between races with children=s pony races as well as match races what the future holds for Qatar. for amateur riders. The festival was also well-attended by internationals, and it would have been impossible to ignore the influence of European-connected horses in the Thoroughbred races. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 12 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 FEBRUARY, 2017

Emir=s Sword Festival cont. 3--Caspian Prince (Ire), 128, g, 8, Dylan Thomas (Ire)--Crystal Saturday=s Results: Gaze (Ire), by Rainbow Quest. (11,000gns Ylg >10 TATDEC; HH THE EMIR=S TROPHY (PRESENTED BY LONGINES)-QAT G1 i20,000 HRA >13 ARQDEC). O-Stephen Louch. $27,500. (Listed), $1,000,000, Al Rayyan, 2-25, 3yo/up, 2400mT, 2:26.87, Margins: NK, HD, HF. VIDEO. gd. 1--CHOPIN (GER), 128, g, 7, Santiago (Ger)--Caucasienne (Fr), RAISING RACEHORSES IN THE DESERT by Galileo (Ire). (9,000gns HRA >15 TAAOCT) O-Maher Ebrahim By Kelsey Riley Lutfalla; B-Gestut Graditz; T-Abdulla Kuwaiti; J-Alberto Sanna. DOHA, Qatar--The Thoroughbred has its heritage in the Middle Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo-Ger, GSW-Ger, 17-6-2-1, $684,045. East, tracing back to the Arabian horses that originated and *1/2 to Calantha (Fr) (Literato {Fr}), SW-Ity. thrived in the desert so many years ago. Raising modern 2--Noor Al Hawa (Fr), 124, c, 4, Makfi (GB)--Majestic Roi, by Thoroughbreds in these regions poses challenges; however, Street Cry (Ire). O-Al Wasmiyah Farm; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited; T-A Wohler. numerous nurseries in Qatar are doing so with success. Even 3--Fundamental, 128, h, 5, Arch--Halo=s Verse, by Unbridled=s across the Gulf in Dubai, a small breeding program run for a few Song. ($225,000 yrl >13 KEESEP) O-H H Sheikh Mohammed Bin years by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum produced Khalifa Al Thani; B-Glen Hill Farm; T-J Smart. American Grade I winner Balletto (UAE) (Timber Country). Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani=s Al Shahania Stud is among the latest nurseries undertaking the challenge of Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency breeding Thoroughbreds in the desert. Al Shahania has about Margins: 4, 3/4, HD. Also Ran: Vitally Important (Ire), Migwar 500 horses under its banner worldwide, comprising (Ire), Duke of Dundee (Fr), Mango Tango (Fr), Now We Can (GB), Thoroughbreds, Purebred Arabians and show horses. Its colours The Blue Eye (GB), Arab Spring (Ire), Gabrial (Ire), Royal Albert have been carried successfully in Europe and the U.S. by the Hall (GB), Fort Moville (Fr), Ponfeigh (Ire), Dubawi Flame (GB), Ningara (GB). Click for the QREC Chart. VIDEO. likes of Group 1 winners Flotilla (Mizzen Mast) and Vorda (Fr) (Orpen), and on Saturday Ebraz (GB) (Amer) showcased the best AL BIDDAH MILE (SPONSORED BY NBK)-QAT G2 (NB), $250,000, of its Purebred Arabian program when winning the HH The Al Rayyan, 2-25, 3yo, 1600mT, 1:34.85, gd. Emir=s Sword, the world=s most prestigious race for that breed. 1--MR SCARAMANGA (GB), 128, c, 3, (GB)--Lulla (GB), Of Al Shahania=s roughly 500 horses, about 30% are by Oasis Dream (GB). (14,000gns wnl >14 TATNOV; i78,000 Thoroughbreds, and of its 193 horses in Qatar, just 12 are yrl >15 TISSEP; 90,000gns HRA >16 TATOCT). O-Robert Moss & Thoroughbreds. But that latter number is set to grow in the Christopher Brennan; B-Lordship Stud; T-Simon Dow; J-Adrie future in tandem with the Thoroughbred industry in the country. de Vries; $142,500. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 11-3-1-2, AThe quality of racing continues to get better and better here,@ $179,483. said Dean Lavy, who has served as assistant manager of Al 2--Pazeer (Fr), 128, c, 3, Siyouni (Fr)--Parandeh (Fr), by Shahania Stud for four years. AWhen I came here, a pretty good (Ire). (i90,000 2yo >16 ARQARC). O-Abdulatif Hussain Al- handicap-type Thoroughbred could win a lot of these big races Emadi. $55,000. and we weren=t actively involved in that part of it. Now that we 3--Notalot (Ire), 128, g, 3, Sir Prancealot (Ire)--Hapipi (GB), by are, it truly takes a consistent Group 2, Group 3 horse to come Bertolini. (,26,000 Ylg >15 DONAUG; 17,000gns 2yo >16 in here and win these big races. The quality and quantity of TATAUT). O-Al Jasra Stud. $27,500. horses has probably doubled at least since I=ve been here.@ Margins: 3/4, HD, NK. VIDEO.

DUKHAN SPRINT (SPONSORED BY BREEDERS= CUP)-QAT G3 (NB), $250,000, Al Rayyan, 2-25, 3yo/up, 1200mT, 1:09.40, gd. 1--IZZTHATRIGHT (IRE), 128, g, 5, Moss Vale (Ire)--Miss Adelaide (Ire), by Alzao. (i4,000 yrl >13 TISSEP; ^185,000 HRA >14 DONSEP). O-Injaaz Stud; B-Patrick Cummins; T-Jassim Mohammed Ghazali; J-Harry Bentley; $142,500. Lifetime Record: Ch. 3yo-QAT, SW-Eng, 20-10-4-0, $499,011. 2--Black Granite (Ire), 128, g, 5, Dark Angel (Ire)--Glisten (GB), by Oasis Dream. (i105,000 Ylg >13 GOFORB; 155,000gns HRA Gateway at Al Shahania Stud | Al Shahania >14 TATAUT). O-Injaaz Stud. $55,000. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 13 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 FEBRUARY, 2017

Raising Horses in the Desert cont. ABuilding paddocks at home in Kentucky, you put the fence in AA few of these owners--Sheikh Abdullah with Umm Qarn, and get the grass ready and it=s ready to go,@ Lavy said. AHere, Sheikh Joaan with Al Shaqab--these guys are going big and you=re dealing with sand. Fence posts have to be concreted in. buying nice horses and it has really improved the quality and is You have to bring in black dirt, which is basically broken down making everyone step up. Now we have to step our game up. cow manure, you have to bring in a clay product, you have to lay We brought 12 Thoroughbreds here this year and we=ve got a all your irrigation lines to water everything, and in the summer couple that are nice, but you need to focus on what=s right for it=s watered every day. We=re lucky at Shahania--we have a very Doha.@ good ground water source there. We have about 21 wells we Given his background in the Thoroughbred industry, it=s a good operate off of and it=s very good water.@ bet that Lavy=s contributions will help Al Shahania and Doha As the local grass--a Bermuda grass supplemented a few make great strides. As the former manager of the Maktoum months of the year with rye grass--has no nutritional value, family=s Farm in Kentucky, Lavy had his hands on high-quality feed is imported: hay from the U.S. and grain from some of the world=s best stock and best property, and he Europe. Lavy said the main concern with this process is keeping admitted raising horses in Qatar is quite different. He said the tabs on supply. most important thing that needs to be managed is the heat. AKeeping a good supply is crucial because it takes anywhere AThe weather is a big concern and you have to manage that from four to six weeks for a container to come from the U.S., so because it=s so hot,@ he said. AHere in the summer it doesn=t you really have to have a constant order in process, and then it necessarily get reported a lot--they don=t always tell you how could come here and get hung up in customs,@ he said. AMost hot it is, sometimes it=s 50 degrees [celsius], so that=s pushing everything we get comes from Europe and the U.S.--that=s any 130, 140 [fahrenheit] with the humidity. So the horses have to horse product, equipment, anything, so logistically you have to be managed differently that time of year. They can still go out at learn how to manage that.@ night but they=ll get extremely hot. All our stables are air conditioned.@ The in Qatar is understandably in stark contrast to the rolling Kentucky bluegrass, and the Dean Lavy (right) with Al Shahania French low levels of rain and advisor Bertrand le Metayer at Al Rayyan sandy terrain means Racecourse | Kelsey Riley all grass is heavily irrigated with deep wells. As such turnout space is much more Stables at Al Shahania | Al Shahania limited, meaning young horses have much less opportunity to run and develop strength. Lavy pointed out that one development since his arrival at Al Shahania has been the Lavy added, AI brought a nutritionist here from the States that addition of larger paddocks. While the farm traditionally had we used to use at Gainsborough and we tested everything to get smaller sand paddocks of about a tenth of an acre, about 20 a baseline to know what we=re dealing with and everything is paddocks have been added, some two to three acres on grass. pretty good. Nothing is super nutritional, but there=s nothing AA lot of horses are confined a lot more than they would be in wrong with it. So you just have to balance it, because we don=t the States, so we=ve tried to expand that to get the young horses get the rich grass.@ out,@ he explained. AYou don=t get that concussion at an early Varying environments naturally lead to different health age and I think it makes a big difference, so that=s one thing concerns, and Lavy said there are a few things to watch out for we=re trying to improve. A lot of the areas they=d go out in in the with Qatari foals. past were very small areas, so they couldn=t get a big run in.@ AThey=re a little more prone to rhodococcus and pneumonia While adding paddocks may not seem the most tedious task here as young babies because they don=t get to go out in the on farms in Europe or America, it is an arduous task in Qatar. heat so they=re in AC a lot,@ he noted. Cont. p14 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 14 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 26 FEBRUARY, 2017

Raising Horses in the Desert cont. Due to the rapid growth of the Qatar racing industries, there is ASand colic, we don=t get that many. It=s very rare. We get gas also talk of a new racetrack in the near future. colics because we swim a lot of horses, from the pressure of the AThey have big plans, they=re moving in the right direction,@ swimming pools. But to raise a horse here hasn=t been too bad.@ Lavy said. AI think the next 10 years will be very interesting Having spent his life in America, a land of instant gratification, here.@ Lavy said the general change of pace in Qatar has been one of The latter statement can be applied to Qatar as a whole. the greatest adjustments. Everywhere one looks there is construction, giving the feeling ADealing with all the government issues, the ministries; it=s a that big things are on the horizon for the country. different world,@ he said. AWe don=t have all the conveniences AThere=s a huge construction boom here,@ Lavy said. AYou drive [like in America]. Vet care and medicines aren=t that accessible. around and it doesn=t look like they=ve got anywhere, but they You can get them, but again timing is an issue. The quality of vet have. It=s very similar to what Dubai was 20 years ago; literally care is getting better all the time, but it=s not at a level it would everywhere you go here is under construction.@ be at in the States and in Europe. That=s something you have to So after four years, what is it like as an American living in have in the back of your mind in case something goes wrong.@ Doha? Lavy said the Al Shahania team has made a conscious decision AA lot of people think it=s an unsafe environment, but it=s been to build its Thoroughbred holdings slowly, focusing on quality really friendly; I literally have not even seen a fist fight here,@ and waiting until it has the proper infrastructure in place. Al Lavy stressed. AThe crime is virtually none--laws for that are very Shahania=s 12 Thoroughbreds in Qatar include three strict. There are no weapons here--you can=t own a weapon. I=m broodmares due to foal this year and two 2-year-olds. sure there are drugs at a high level, but the people AThere is some very good racing restricted to local-bred don=t have them. It changes everything. They=re super, super Thoroughbreds here, and we=re going to go after that a little,@ friendly people. They=re very soft, the Qatari people, very Lavy said. Of the Qatar-bred Thoroughbred as a type, he added, genuine and trustworthy. I=ve done really well here, and my wife AThey=re a smaller horse; when you see them in the ring you=ll loves it. I will go back home someday, because Kentucky is my see that there=s a size difference. It=s the challenge of being able home, but it=s worked out well for me here. We live down at the to grow them properly and having the facilities to do that. We marina at The Pearl, which is absolutely beautiful down on the kind of wanted to wait with the local-breds until we were ready ocean. The quality of life here is very good. A lot of people say for them. And we=re still not quite ready, but we=re close. We=re there=s nothing to do here, but it=s what you make of it.@ dabbling in it a little bit. Hopefully we=ll eventually have 10 to 15 Indeed, it seems that Al Shahania, and Qatar racing as a whole, mares here that we breed locally.@ is making the most of every opportunity.

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Stable courtyard at Al Shahania | Al Shahania Follow the TDN staff on Twitter The stallions ranks also continue to develop in Qatar. Two-time Thoroughbred Daily News Emir=s Trophy winner Dubday (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) stands at Al Shaqab, while Group 1 winners French Fifteen (Fr) (Turtle Bowl @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry {Ire}) and the classy Very Nice Name (Fr) (Whipper) and Windsor Palace (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) also reside in the country. @DaithiHarvey @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN GROUP STAKES ENTRIES

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