WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2020 SPUN TO RUN GETS A JOCKEY, BUT NOT LIVING THE DREAM RESPECT by Bill Finley A strange four-day period in which the likely second choice in a $3-million race did not have a jockey ended Tuesday with the announcement that Javier Castellano will ride Spun to Run (Hard Spun) in the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream. Castellano replaces Irad Ortiz, Jr., who made the peculiar decision to take off Spun to Run in order to ride the Bob Baffert- trained Mucho Gusto (Mucho Macho Man). Mucho Gusto was last seen running third in the GIII Oklahoma Derby Sept. 29 and his biggest wins have come at the Grade III level. Meanwhile, Click above to watch our video interview with Saffie Joseph Spun to Run was second in his last start behind likely 3-year-old champion Maximum Security (New Year=s Day) in the GI Cigar by Christina Bossinakis Mile and, before that, he won the 2019 GI Big Ass Fans Saffie Joseph Jr. lived what many might call an idyllic life in his = native Barbados. Since relocating his family and burgeoning Breeders Cup Dirt Mile with Ortiz aboard. Cont. p6 racing stable to Southern Florida in 2011, however, the third- generation horseman has seen his own American dream given wings as he begins to realize his childhood ambitions. After IN TDN EUROPE TODAY arriving in the U.S. with only two horses, the 33-year-old=s VALUE SIRES: FIRST 2-YEAR-OLDS operation has expanded to a team 65-strong, including Grade I In the latest Value Sires, Kelsey Riley examines the intake of winner Math Wizard (Algorithms), GI Kentucky Derby hopeful 2017, whose first foals are juveniles this year. Click or tap here Chance It (Currency Swap) and undefeated Tonalist=s Shape to go straight to TDN Europe. (Tonalist). And while Joseph points out that the horses, and the expanding team of dedicated owners who support him, are important factors in his success, the father of two acknowledges that his predecessors were the ones who planted the seed and cultivated his passion for racing. I've basically been in horse racing my whole life,@ explained Joseph. AMy dad [Saffie Joseph Sr.] was a trainer and our granddad [Attie] was an owner. I was born into racing. Racing has been a family tradition.@ Born on the island of Barbados in 1987, Joseph was introduced to horses early on by his father Joseph Sr., who was a trainer on the island, and his grand father Attie Joseph, a successful owner in the Caribbean. He admits he can=t remember a time when horses didn=t play a major part in his life. AMy granddad started it all,@ he said. AHe was one of the top owners in Trinidad and Barbados. My aunt [Claudette], also had some of the horses run in her name, too. Between the two of them, they were fortunate to win a lot of big races.@ Joseph, who took out his training license at age 18, credits much of his present-day success to his father, who served as a mentor to the aspiring young horseman. Cont. p3 theythey know.know. Owner: Allied Racing | Trainer: Bret Calhoun - La. Derby-G2 winner BY MY STANDARDS - Multiple GSW millionaire MR. MONEY - Now, undefeated MAILMAN MONEY Next: $400,000 Risen Star-G2 "The Goldencents colts I’ve bought have been stone cold runners, like you would expect from the Into Mischief line." -Josh Stevens goldencents Into Mischief's Best Son. $25,000 S&N PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Deputy Editor Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Associate Editors Christina Bossinakis @CBossTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN News and Features Editor In Memoriam: Ben Massam (1988-2019) ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistant/Dir. 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Ray Villa [email protected] [email protected] MAJOR REFORMS FOR 2YO SALES ANNOUNCED 8 Officials from Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton and OBS jointly announced WORLDWIDE INFORMATION significant changes to policies regarding medication, including International Editor restriction of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and a ban on Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN bronchodilators at all 2-year-old sales, and limited use of riding [email protected] crops at under-tack shows. European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 22, 2020 Saffie Joseph cont. from p1 same work ethic that inspired him early on in his career. AWe argue every day,@ said Joseph. AHe probably puts more pressure on me than any of my owners, but I think it works out better for us. It works out better for the horses, definitely.@ He added, AHe taught me the value of hard work and that's what I try to enforce with our team, too. We know we're going to work hard, but the success will come back to us. It's all very rewarding.@ Rising Star Not without an abundance of time and effort propelling it, success came early in Joseph=s career when, at just age 22, he became the youngest trainer in Barbados=s history to win the Triple Crown in 2009 with Areyoutalkintome. AHe was the best horse I ever trained in Barbados,@ Joseph said of the Triple Crown winner. AProbably one of the best horses to Saffie Joseph Jr. | Sarah Andrew ever run in Barbados.@ AMost of our system is basically based under his philosophy,@ Bolstered by the experience, Joseph realized it was time to said Saffie Jr. AMy dad taught me, if the horses are happy, make a change if he was going to take his game to the next they're going to run. And they're going to run through little level. things that are insignificant. That's the main thing. Just keep ABarbados is limited since they only race twice a month,@ them happy and stay on top of things.@ explained Joseph. AOver there, it's more of a hobby as opposed According to Joseph, his father remains an integral part of his to America, where it's more businesslike. And my dream was to Gulfstream Park-based operation, and continues to exact the win the best races in the world. As a kid, I used to see the stars TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 22, 2020 Chance It | Ryan Thompson on TV--Bob Baffert, Nick Zito and D. Wayne Lukas. I dreamed that one day I could run against them.@ Joseph arrived in the U.S. with only two horses and one of them, Artifacto, won his first three Stateside starts. Despite the taste of success, however, the early years weren=t without their challenges. AIt was hard at the beginning because we owned all the horses ourselves,@ he recalled. AMy dad, myself, we had six or seven horses. Artifacto won his first three races in America, but outside of that, it wasn=t easy.@ Gradually building his operation through the better part of the last decade, Joseph=s hard work paid off with a horse named Math Wizard, who got up in the final jump to collect the first Grade I victory for the barn in the Sept. 21 Pennsylvania Derby at Parx. The colt was fifth in the Nov. 2 GI Breeders= Cup Classic at Santa Anita in his most recent start. ATo be honest with you, going into the [Pennsylvania Derby], I didn't think we could win,@ admitted Joseph. AI thought we had a chance, but I was hoping to get a good pace. Just to see it happen was surreal. It brought tears to my eyes. It's probably one of the greatest days of my life in horse racing.@ After initially considering the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream for the chestnut=s 2020 debut, the team finally decided to ship overseas to contest the $20-million Saudi Cup Feb. 29. AIf Math Wizard goes to Saudi Arabia [Saudi Cup Feb. 29] and all goes well, we're obviously out there so we would like to go to [the G1 Dubai World Cup Mar. 28] next. After Dubai, we'd probably bring him back to the U.S. and give him another break. Then we=ll map out a plan for later in the year with him.@ With the older horse division solidly covered, Joseph has also thrown his hat into the sophomore division with a pair of up- and-coming 3-year-olds, Chance It, a two-time stakes winner at TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 22, 2020 two before annexing the Jan.