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BELMONT STAKES 151 DRAWS 10 INAUGURAL FASIG-TIPTON by Steve Sherack SANTA ANITA SALE FLUSHING, NY - The top two choices on the morning-line will break side-by-side in Saturday=s 151th renewal of the WEDNESDAY GI Belmont S. After drawing the dreaded one hole in the first two legs of the Triple Crown, GI Preakness S. winner War of Will (War Front) will exit from post nine in the >Test of the Champion.= War of Will, a well-documented eighth across the wire in the GI Kentucky Derby after almost going down on the far turn--he was elevated to seventh following the controversial disqualification of Maximum Security (New Year=s Day)--is the only sophomore to contest all three of this year=s spring Classics. AI think the word is satisfaction,@ Casse said of War of Will=s powerful win in Baltimore. AIt wasn=t about revenge. I just wanted him to have a fair chance--that=s all I wanted--and I thought he got it.@ Cont. p5 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY

Fasig-Tipton THE PAT SMULLEN COLUMN In this week’s installment, Pat Smullen reflects on last weekend’s by Jessica Martini Classic winners at Epsom in addition to paying tribute to retiring ARCADIA, CA - With bidding at the inaugural Fasig-Tipton Santa valet Robert ‘Nuggy’ Rusk . Click or tap here to go straight to Anita 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale slated to begin in the track=s TDN Europe. paddock at 1 p.m PST. Wednesday, buyers began making the rounds at the temporary sales barns near Santa Anita=s seven- furlong chute under a typical Southern California AJune Gloom@ sky Tuesday morning in Arcadia. Consignors expected a busy day of showing following Monday=s heavily attended breeze show. AWe have a ton of traffic here at the barn already, so that=s very encouraging to see this much action the day before the sale,@ consignor Adrian Gonzalez said as he oversaw the action at his Checkmate Thoroughbreds barns Tuesday morning. AAll our horses came out of the works in good order and the vetting is great. So I think we=re going to have a pretty strong sale with the group of horses we have here.@ Andy Havens was seeing shoppers with purpose at the barn of his Havens Bloodstock consignment. AI am really happy with the turnout of buyers,@ Havens said. AWe are really seeing a lot of interest and there are guys who are not just looking around. They want horses. I=ve got mostly California-breds here and I think they really like buying those. Del Mar is right around the corner and everybody likes to go there.@ Cont. p3

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Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita cont. from p1 setting, what a historic setting. You look around and you see the Havens continued, ASo it=s really been busy. After the preview mountains around the racetrack and the palm trees and the [Monday] and today have been very busy. Fasig has done a great setting, there is no question that this can become a very job, Fasig and Santa Anita both important and valuable have put a lot of work into this opportunity for 2-year-old sales and there have been some and for sales in general. It=s a tough circumstances, too.@ great facility, there is a lot of When Fasig-Tipton announced enthusiasm for and interest in last July that it was partnering racing here. And let=s face it, with The Stronach Group to there is a lot of money in conduct auctions at Santa Anita, Southern California, that=s just stepping in to fill a void left by the reality. So in some ways it the now-defunct Barretts, the gives you the opportunity to company could not have bring the product to the envisioned the maelstrom that marketplace where the buyers has engulfed the Arcadia track are, which theoretically ought to this winter, but Fasig-Tipton enhance the sales environment President Boyd Browning, Jr., is on a long-term basis.@ convinced the move was the Boyd Browning | Fasig-Tipton The inaugural Fasig-Tipton right one, not just for the sales company, but for the industry as Santa Anita catalogue includes 169 juveniles, with 50 outs as of a whole. Tuesday afternoon. Browning admitted uncertainty around ASanta Anita really is a special place,@ Browning said after the Santa Anita this past winter had an impact on the recruiting under-tack preview Monday. AAs a racing fan, when I walk onto process, as many out-of-town consignors took a wait-and-see this ground, it kind of invigorates you--what a spectacular approach to the first edition of the auction. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5, 2019

Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita cont. a racing standpoint, from a breeding standpoint, and from a fan AThe recruiting process coming into this sale, frankly, could not standpoint. This is important. We made a commitment to come have been more difficult,@ Browning said. AI hope to goodness, here for all the right reasons and we still believe long-term in from the industry=s perspective, the industry doesn=t face some Southern California, in Santa Anita and in the product here.@ of the obstacles that were in place One of the handful of out-of-town during the prime recruiting time for consignors is the Texas-based Lane the 2-year-old sale at Santa Anita in Richardson, whose Richardson early summer. We all know the Bloodstock will offer a filly by challenges, we all know the issues Liam=s Map during Wednesday=s that Santa Anita has faced--and sale. handled in the best possible AFor the first year, I think a bunch manner. of people didn=t come because they He continued, AThere were wanted to see how it goes,@ consignors who I think would have Richardson said. AAnd I think it will supported this sale who just go well. The track was safe and the weren=t comfortable at the horses came back good. I think it is inaugural sale and in an Fasig-Tipton very important to have a 2-year-old environment and at a facility they sale in Southern California--a bunch weren=t sure about that had a lot of questions in the late winter of our owners are out here and a bunch of racing is out here, we and early spring of 2019. It=s my hope and belief that there will have the Breeders= Cup out here almost every year. So I think be some demonstrable bright spots on Wednesday which should it=s very important to have a sale out here. And with Fasig doing give everyone a significant boost of confidence going forward it, I think it=s going to be first class because they always do into 2020 and beyond in California. This state, this track, this everything first class. They take care of the horsemen, as well as region is important to the whole North American industry from the buyer.@ Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5, 2019

Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita cont. Belmont Draw cont. from p1 For locally based consignors like Gonzalez and Havens, having a 2-year-old sale is vital to the health of the state=s breeding industry. AI think this 2-year-old sale is going to drive our yearling market and without a strong yearling market, we=re going to lose the broodmare pool,@ Gonzalez said. ASo I think this sale is really going to be the keystone sale--kind of a rising tide lifts all boats. I couldn=t stress more the importance of this sale.@ Havens said the loss of a permanent home for sales in the region was a loss, but he is hopeful that Fasig-Tipton=s presence will be a boost for the industry. AI=ve been doing this for 40 years,@ Havens said. AAnd the closing of Barretts was devastating. That facility was just wonderful--it was a dedicated sales facility and it was a terrific place to go to sell horses and without that, it=s not easy for Tacitus | Sarah Andrew anybody. It=s not easy for Fasig or Santa Anita to fit us in--they had to build this whole [temporary barn area]. I just hope that The Gary Barber colorbearer is the 2-1 second-choice on the this turns out well because these guys are really trying hard. And morning-line for the Belmont. we need it. It=s absolutely necessary. AHe=s an exceptional horse and he can handle a lot of things,@ Havens continued, AI am a person who believes that the Casse added. AFor me, when we start with the Derby, I=m hoping commercial business is essential to the breeding business and if and planning on running in all three and we=re fortunate to be you don=t have it, you=re really going to kick a hole in it. I able to do so.@ represent people who mostly breed horses and the uncertainty Casse will also saddle GIII Peter Pan S. runner-up Sir Winston of the market has already had an effect on what they=ve been (Awesome Again). doing. If this sale turns out well and the yearling sale turns out After rallying smartly from far back on the First Saturday in well, I think it will have a really positive influence. So I am really May, Juddmonte Farms homebred and GII Wood Memorial S. counting on this. If this turns out to be a decent sale, followed hero Tacitus (Tapit) has been installed as the 9-5 morning-line by the other one, I think it will give people out here a lot of favorite for the Belmont. confidence. That=s what I=m hoping for.@ Fourth past the wire and moved up to third via Gonzalez looks for a strong inaugural sale to attract a deeper disqualification, the first foal out of champion Close Hatches bench of Florida consignors next year. (First Defence) drew widest of all in post 10 for the Belmont. AThe read I got from everybody out there was, obviously it is Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, of course, also trains this year=s very expensive for them to come across the country and I think Derby winner Country House (Lookin At Lucky), who recently they wanted to see it first before they committed to coming,@ he returned to training at Churchill Downs. said. AI think, with the safe breeze show that we had and ATacitus had to alter course several times in the race,@ said hopefully good sales results, I would expect to see those guys Mott, who upset the 2010 Belmont with Drosselmeyer. AHe come back out here. Because they did very well at our California never had to check, and he never got stopped. He ate a lot of sales before. So I think it=s just a matter of, a new thing is mud. The track was like pea soup that day, which was very happening, let=s see them do it once before we commit to doing disappointing. He was quite a ways back in the field and he had it again.@ to come through a lot of traffic, but we offer no big excuses. He was moving very well at the end of the race.@ Prince Khalid Abdullah's operation won the 2003 Belmont with Empire Maker. YOU’RE JUST ONE CLICK AWAY With three Belmont winners and five second-place finishers already on his resume, trainer Todd Pletcher has entered >TDN FROM GETTING YOUR OWN FREE Rising Star= Intrepid Heart (Tapit), a disappointing third in the DAILY SUBSCRIPTION TO THE TDN Peter Pan, and Spinoff (Hard Spun), a well-beaten 18th in the = To fill out our easy, four-line sign up form, click here Derby, in this year s renewal. Cont. p6 THE BEST OF THE BEST

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Belmont Draw cont. Broodmare sires are necessarily a slow burn, but even their AWe=ve been pretty fortunate,@ Pletcher said. AThe horses posthumous embers eventually fade. So by now it feels a real have run well and we=ve taken a couple of nasty beats, too. It=s a treat to have two grandsons of Deputy Minister in the same race that we really cherish. It=s home for us.@ Classic: Master Fencer (Jpn) (Just A Way {Jpn}) is out of his For the second straight year, the Belmont S. draw was held at daughter Sexy Zamurai, who was born six months before Deputy the Foxwoods Club at Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, Minister's death in 2004; and Sir Winston is by his ageing son before a game. The Mets faced the San Francisco Giants later Awesome Again. More typically, by this stage, two other runners Tuesday evening. show how his sons have followed through as broodmare sires: Intrepid Heart (Tapit) is out of a daughter of Touch Gold; and Everfast (Take Charge Indy) is out of an Awesome Again mare. THIS SIDE UP: BELMONT SHOWCASES Besides the success of his son Touch Gold, Deputy Minister has--like Buckpasser--repeatedly measured the prowess of his MINISTER INFLUENCE daughters in the Belmont. Most notably through Better Than by Chris McGrath Honour, whose son Jazil (Seeking The Gold) and daughter Rags to Riches (A.P. Indy) consecutively delivered in 2006 and 2007; while the dam of Sarava (Wild Again), the 70-1 shocker in 2002, was also by Deputy Minister. (Justify {Scat Daddy} himself, of course, is out of a mare by Deputy Minister's grandson Ghostzapper.) Curlin, beaten only a head by Rags to Riches and sire of 2013 Belmont winner Palace Malice, is out of a Deputy Minister mare and his own terrific success at stud is helping to reinforce his damsire's influence. In fact, Curlin's son Keen Ice, being out of an Awesome Again mare, offers Calumet clients a 3 x 3 dose of Deputy Minister. Keen Ice was third in American Pharoah's Belmont; the runner-up that day, Frosted (Tapit), found his true metier on the same card a year later, in the GI Met Mile, and a dam by Deputy Minister is a big selling point for his new career.

Master Fencer is one of two grandsons of The same holds true for Strong Mandate (Tiznow) and Tapizar Deputy Minister in the Belmont Stakes | Horsephotos (Tapit), who likewise made their name up to a mile. Though such dashers confirm how his daughters deal in all I'm not sure anyone really knows quite what it is that makes a kinds of class, Deputy Minister's overall impact on the Belmont great broodmare sire. Or why their daughters should, in turn, is perhaps a clue to those latent qualities that make him such a produce stallions that become potent distaff influences: think of linchpin. His own career on the track hardly volunteered him as Miswaki and El Gran Senor, both out of Buckpasser mares, and an obvious source of stamina: a champion juvenile, indeed sires of Urban Sea and Toussaud respectively. Horse of the Year at two in Canada, he was derailed from the Might there be some kind of physiological inheritance: to help Triple Crown trail by ankle injury and subsequently operated the nursing foal flourish, say? Or might it sooner be a matter of between seven and nine furlongs. traits, paradoxically, sooner associated with the male; with the But he might very well have been equal to Classic distances. aspiring herd leader? Because you have to wonder what kind of His dam was by a son of Canada's outstanding prewar unyielding toughness--whether sheer physical reserves, or a Thoroughbred, Bunty Lawless--whose son Windfields brings him cruel ambition--might underpin their impact on the Classic that in top and bottom, having sired the second dam of Deputy can so often prove a bridge too far. Minister's father Vice Regent. More pertinent, perhaps, is the Buckpasser sired the dams of three GI Belmont S. winners: third dam of Deputy Minister: a half-sister to the dam of Easy Goer (Alydar), Coastal (Majestic Prince) and Touch Gold. Exclusive Native, who gave us Classic standouts in Affirmed and And it is the sire of the last of these, Deputy Minister, who Genuine Risk. reiterates his equivalent status for the next generation of The other thing about Deputy Minister was that he evidently breeders--he was born in 1979, the year after Buckpasser died- had an unusually tough disposition, not so much mean as -in the field assembling for the 151st "Test of a Champion" macho. Cont. p7 Saturday. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5, 2019

HORSE SHORTAGE CAUSING HAVOC AT DELAWARE PARK By Bill Finley The horse shortage has hovered over racing for year, a black cloud that, inevitably, had to become a crippling problem for some racetracks. Running cards filled with four or five-horse races is a recipe for disaster; a betting product the public will not buy. While the problem has gotten incrementally worse every year, it has reached a tipping point this year at Delaware One way or another, there was a whole lot of him: both Park. physically, standing 16.2 hands with tremendous shoulder and It=s not surprising that it is a track in the Mid-Atlantic region hindquarters, and in terms of personality. The build echoed Vice that is having a crisis. At this time of year, Delaware Park, Parx, Regent, who was much more substantial than his own sire Monmouth and Laurel are all running. Though offering a Northern Dancer, but critically retained the tribal balance; and cheaper brand of racing, Penn National and Charles Town also similarly, it appears, a highly intelligent outlook. factor into the equation and Colonial Downs in Virginia is set to One way or another, Deputy Minister has become a reassuring re-open for a 15-day meet in August. The track has been closed presence in the genetic bedrock of a modern American since 2013. There is too much racing in the Mid-Atlantic and not Thoroughbred with pretensions to Classic quality; one of those nearly enough horses available to fill cards at so many tracks. names that weigh down the flapping uncertainties of a pedigree Neither is it surprising that Delaware is the track getting hit the like a great gold ingot. hardest by the horse shortage as it has the smallest purses And he could very well add to his Belmont legacy this among the four major tracks in the area, Parx, Laurel, weekend. The maternal family of Sir Winston, a strong Canadian Monmouth and Delaware. They are averaging $156,000 a day in one, packs down several influences shared by his grandsire: his purses. second dam is by Affirmed (i.e. Exclusive's grandson) out of a At Delaware, three of the first 13 scheduled cards had to be mare by Vice Regent's son Regal Intention. canceled due to a lack of entries. There are no official records Intrepid Heart's dam Flaming Heart, by Deputy Minister's kept on how often tracks have had to cancel due to a lack of Belmont winner, has already had a head runner-up in the race in entries, but it=s likely Delaware has set some sort of low mark. Commissioner (A.P. Indy). (Another sibling to Commissioner, When it has raced, Delaware has averaged a little over 6.4 incidentally, boosted the pedigree just a few days ago through starters per race and most cards include just seven races for the Grade I breakthrough of her son Vino Rosso, who, being by Thoroughbreds and one for Arabians. Four and five-horse fields Curlin, duly carries Deputy Minister on both sides). are not uncommon. Cont. p8 And then there is Everfast. Take Charge Lady, the celebrated dam of Everfast's sire, is a tribute to the distaff power of another son of Deputy Minister in Dehere. Since Everfast, as noted, is out of an Awesome Again mare, that means he brings Deputy Minister 4 x 3. His longshot Preakness second rounded off a splendid day for Calumet at Pimlico, alongside homebred Grade III and Listed winners. Everfast is no Citation or Whirlaway, but it would still be something to see those silks carried by a Belmont winner again. We have already remarked how the farm values a double dose of Deputy Minister, in Keen Ice. Obviously they, too, have recognised that there's just no substitute for the Deputy.

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Delaware Horse Shortage cont. damned if I don=>t.@ Both sides, management and horsemen, are doing their best He did say that the solution lies in figuring out what Delaware to come up with solutions, but this is all about a supply and needs to pay out in daily purses to be competitive and then take demand. There is no magic wand. Worse yet, rather than come the amount of money it has for purses. Do the math and that together, the two sides seem more interested in pointing fingers should give you a meet length that is viable. at one another. It=s been a difficult stretch for the horsemen, as well, and Track President Bill Fasy said the meet got off on the wrong Gruwell didn=t hide the fact that many are angry. She said foot when horsemen insisted Delaware Park open up on the day Delaware should have opened the turf course earlier (the first of the GI Kentucky Derby. In prior years, the track did not open grass race was run on Memorial Day), that there are more until the first week in June. All three cancellations have come in horses on the grounds this year than last year and that the May. racing office has not been working hard enough to fill cards. AI would absolutely say that our horsemen=s group insisting on AThe first time they canceled the card they stopped taking racing in May created a big problem,@ Fasy said. AWe told them entries at 3 p.m. and said we can=t make the card,@ she said. the horses wouldn=t be available to AThe second time they canceled it us that early. But that was a big was at 2 p.m. The third time it was push for them in order to agree to a 12:49 p.m. Some of these guys at contract.@ other tracks are staying there until With sports betting proving six or seven at night to put together additional revenue, the horsemen a card. They called ours off at 12:49 also successfully lobbied to extend p.m. in afternoon.@ the meet from 81 to 85 total days. In a perfect world, Delaware AWe also agreed to, even though could turn back the clock to the we didn=t believe the races would 1950s when it ran 32-day meets. fill, to take on four additional days,@ The Maryland tracks would close as Fasy said. AYou have to be practical. they had formed a circuit with With the field sizes we have had Delaware and there was no legal last two years and with the purse racing in Pennsylvania at the time. Delaware Park | Sarah Andrew money we have we cannot be Some seventy years later, with a competitive with other tracks in the area. The horsemen are not 32-day meet and with all the slots money available to the track, looking at the supply and demand, the economics.@ the purses would be among the best in the country. But the Fasy claimed that Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen=s horsemen argue that is not a realistic solution. Since Delaware Association President Scott Peck wants to run 100 cards a year. does not race year-round, it must rely on outfits to ship in from The TDN asked to speak with Peck, but the horsemen=s group other tracks like Tampa Bay Downs and the feeling is no one asked that Executive Director Bessie Gruwell answer questions would stable at Delaware if the meet were so short. on its behalf. With the turf course now fully operational and with 2-year-old Delaware was the first state in the area to have slot machines racing underway, Delaware has resources that should increase and for years it thrived. In 1999 and 2000, the meet consisted of field size. However, after running three days a week since 149 days. But once surrounding states, particularly opening day, the track went to a four-day-a-week schedule Pennsylvania, added alternative gaming to its racetracks, the starting May 30. Ironically, that was a day it had to cancel. revenue from Delaware=s casino plummeted. Most of the purse AI=m worried that four days a week just won=t happen,@ money comes from casino profits. The trick became how to run Gruwell said. a meet of reasonable length while maintaining competitive And she=s well aware that further cancellations will be a purses. When Fasy was asked what he felt would be an optimal hardship on her membership. number of racing dates, he sais that was an area he did not want AAny day that you can=t race is a day you can=t make money,@ to touch. she said. AAny day you can=t lead your horse over there to race, AI would hate to answer that and I will tell you the reason it=s a day you have no opportunity to make money. It doesn=t why,@ he said. AYears ago, I was almost involved with a lynch matter if the purse is $100, $10,000 or $100,000, the horseman mob in my paddock that wanted to hang me when I told them have to have a chance to earn.@ we needed to go from 135 to 120 days. I=m damned if I do and Cont. p9 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5, 2019

Delaware Horse Shortage cont. 1950s as an exercise rider for Claiborne Farm's yearling division. Fasy said he believes the solution is for racing to take a page He subsequently gravitated to racing, exercising horses for such out of its past and start up again with circuits that include one or noted trainers as Col. Phil Chinn, Duval Headley, John "Trader" more states. He also knows that isn=t going to happen. Clark, Jack Hodgins, Moody Jolley and S. Bryant Ott. While with In the meantime, one of racing=s most picturesque tracks and the latter, he galloped such prominent Fourth Estate Stable one with a storied past, is in trouble. There doesn=t seem to be runners as War Censor, Copy Chief, Times Roman and much that anyone can do, other than accept the status quo, Editorialist. keep on racing with short fields and hope the cancellations don=t One of Alexander's most memorable mounts was 1961 become a regularity. champion 2-year-old colt Ridan, who Alexander broke at Delaware has carded seven Thoroughbred races for Claiborne and galloped throughout his juvenile season. Trained Wednesday with 52 horses entered for an average field size of by LeRoy Jolley, Ridan won Keeneland's 1962 Blue Grass and 7.4. That=s not good, but neither is it terrible. Maybe the worst is was third in the Kentucky Derby. over. In 1967, Alexander began working on the starting gate crew for Charles Camac at Atlantic City Race Course, and worked as an assistant starter at various tracks such as Monmouth Park and Philadelphia Park through the 1970s and 1980s. He became LONGTIME KEENELAND STARTER SPEC an assistant starter at Keeneland in the 1970s, and head starter in the 1980s. ALEXANDER PASSES AWAY Alexander knew a talented Thoroughbred when he saw one. Text and Photos Courtesy of Keeneland When a bright chestnut 2-year-old colt arrived at the Keeneland starting gate one summer morning in 2017 for fundamental lessons, Alexander knew the youngster would become a superstar. The colt, sold for $500,000 at Keeneland's 2016 September Yearling Sale, at the time was with Keeneland-based trainer Rodolphe Brisset. A year later with trainer Bob Baffert, he made headlines as undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy). "The good ones just stand out from the others," Alexander said in a 2018 interview, describing the intangible qualities of superior racehorses. Like many young horses at Keeneland during the summer, Justify honed the starting gate skills required for racing under Alexander. Most Thoroughbreds master the technique of entering, standing and sprinting out of the starting gate in just a Spec Alexander few classes while others need remedial education. With his crew, Alexander was patient regardless of each animal's ability. Lifelong horseman and longtime Keeneland Starter Robert Lee Thoroughbreds are known to have incredible memories, and "Spec" Alexander, widely respected for his skill with Alexander said they will not forget a bad experience in the Thoroughbred racehorses and a beloved ambassador of starting gate. Keeneland, died Monday, June 3. He was 80. "Horses only know what we teach them," Alexander said, "Spec was a Keeneland institution, an unquestioned master of noting that teaching horses good manners is easier than his craft," Keeneland President and CEO Bill Thomason said. "For undoing their bad manners. decades, his talent as a horseman ensured the safety of Alexander was mindful of the time and money people invested countless Thoroughbreds and their riders, from schooling young in racehorses and treated each animal as if it were his own. He horses about the starting gate during morning training hours to also capitalized on his crew's diverse horsemanship skills when providing a clean start during the afternoon's races. Horsemen an equine student needed extra attention. who train and race at Keeneland always have been confident "I've learned over the years that one person will get along with that Spec and his team would handle each horse with a horse and another person won't," he said. "I have really good exceptional care." horsemen on my crew and they work together." Cont. p10 From Versailles, Kentucky, Alexander began his career in the

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Longtime Keeneland Starter Passes Away cont. OBS JUNE UNDER TACK SHOW STARTS WEDNESDAY The first of five under tack sessions for the Ocala Breeders= Sales Company=s June 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale starts Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. with Hips 1 - 216. Hips 217 - 432 will be on display Thursday, Hips 433 - 648 Friday, Hip 649 - 864 Saturday and concluding with Hips 865 - 1059 Sunday. Each session will begin at 7:30 a.m. The sale will run Wednesday, June 12 through Friday, June 14 with selling getting underway at 10 a.m. daily.

Alexander at Keeneland IN OTHER NEWS... Despite his high-profile position during the races, Alexander A Daily Roundup of Racing Articles in Non-Industry Media was most comfortable early in the day when the starting gate is positioned at the 4 1/2-furlong chute on the far side of the Does Horse Racing Need to Make Changes to Keep Up with Grandstand. This is where seasoned runners perfect their skills, Sports Betting? AA gambler can walk into the Meadowlands where impressionable youngsters progress in their classes and Racetrack or Monmouth Park in New Jersey--or at racetracks in where Alexander was both mentor and pupil. other states such as Pennsylvania and West Virginia--and go to "My favorite part of working for Keeneland is developing the sportsbook there and place bets on sporting events. The young horses," he said. "And every day I learn something new. I Ahold@ by the books averages around 5%. Or the gambler can have been doing this a long time, but I don't know everything." make a wager on a horse race, either happening at that track or Click here for a video tribute to Alexander. elsewhere via a simulcast TV feed. The hold for that bet is around 15-20%.@ John Brennan, NJonlinegambling.com

Thursday, Belmont, post time: 4:07 p.m. EDT WONDER AGAIN S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Kelsey's Cross Anthony's Cross Bacon Barn and Biancone, Patrick L. Biancone Smith 115 2 Nonsensical Street Sense Godolphin, LLC Albertrani Bravo 115 3 Newspaperofrecord (Ire) Lope de Vega (Ire) Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Ortiz, Jr. 123 4 Cambier Parc K Medaglia d'Oro OXO Equine LLC Brown Ortiz 121 5 Chocolate Kisses Candy Ride (Arg) Debby M. Oxley Casse Davis 121 6 Blonde Moment K Jimmy Creed Nice Guys Stables, S. Hornstock, M. Del Russo Magner Diaz, Jr. 115 & J. Bick

Breeders: 1-T. Wynn & Mary Jolley, 2-Godolphin, 3-Times of Wigan Ltd, 4-Bonne Chance Farm, LLC, 5-Pin Oak Stud, LLC, 6-Pine Tree Mares LLC

Thursday, Belmont, post time: 6:46 p.m. EDT INTERCONTINENTAL S.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7fT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Enthusiastic Gal Ecclesiastic Joseph M. Imbesi Klesaris Lezcano 117 2 Significant Form Creative Cause Stephanie Seymour Brant Brown Ortiz, Jr. 121 3 Jc's Shooting Star Miracle Man Shooting Star Stable LLC Donk Rider TBA 119 4 Zonza (Fr) Alex the Winner Martin S. Schwartz Brown Castellano 115 5 Stella di Camelot (Ire) Camelot (GB) Madaket Stables LLC, Michael Dubb, Kent Spellman Brown Franco 121 & Bethlehem Stables LLC 6 Binti Al Nar (Ger) Areion (Ger) Rapido Racing Stable Schiergen Alvarado 123 7 Raven's Lady (GB) Raven's Pass Pearson, Deron and Medallion Racing Cassidy Smith 123 8 Fire Key Friesan Fire Backwards Stable Ryerson Ortiz 121 9 Broadway Run Prospective Curragh Stables Terranova II Saez 121 10 Fear No Evil Line of David Hickory Plains Albertrani Bravo 117

Breeders: 1-Joseph Mark Imbesi, 2-Brereton C. Jones, 3-Miracle Man Racing Partners LLC, 4-Hugues Rousseau & Jean Pierre Joseph Dubois, 5-Azienda Agricola Stefano Luciani, 6-Gestut Riepegrund, 7-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited, 8-Backwards Stable, 9-Ocala Stud, 10-Randy L. & Alyse L. Cohen

Friday, Belmont, post time: 5:15 p.m. EDT NEW YORK S.-GII, $600,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Holy Helena Ghostzapper Stronach Stables Jerkens Franco 119 2 Matty's Magnum Even the Score Lessell, Edward R. and Mary Jo Donk Alvarado 119 3 Giant Zinger Giant's Causeway Team Penney Racing Mott Ortiz 115 4 Lady Montdore Medaglia d'Oro Godolphin, LLC Albertrani Carmouche 119 5 Vexatious K Giant's Causeway Calumet Farm Sisterson Geroux 119 6 Competitionofideas K Speightstown Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Castellano 123 7 Semper Sententiae The Factor John M. B. O'Connor Hennig Velazquez 115 8 Homerique K Exchange Rate Peter M. Brant Brown Ortiz, Jr. 119

Breeders: 1-Adena Springs, 2-Edward Ross & Mary Jo Lessell, 3-Gallagher's Stud, 4-Darley, 5-James C. Weigel & Giant's Causeway Syndicate, LLC., 6-John D. Gunther, Tony Chedraoui & Eurowest Bloodstock Services, 7-Anastasie Astrid Christiansen-Croy, 8-Nicky & Francois Drion Friday, Belmont, post time: 5:48 p.m. EDT BELMONT GOLD CUP INVITATIONAL S.-GII, $400,000, 4yo/up, 2mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Mootasadir (GB) Dansili (GB) Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum Palmer Curtis 121 2 Noble Thought Harlan's Holiday Three Diamonds Farm Maker Carmouche 115 3 Amade (Ire) Casamento (Ire) OTI Racing, Laurent Dassault & Elisa Berte Botti Prat 119 4 Red Knight Pure Prize Trinity Farm Mott Ortiz 115 5 Highland Sky Sky Mesa Joyce B. Young & Gerald & Jerrie Stewart McManis Tagg Franco 115 6 Arklow K Arch Donegal Racing, Joseph Bulger & Peter Coneway Cox Geroux 123 7 Hunter O'Riley K Tiz Wonderful Sean Shay & Michael J. Ryan Toner Alvarado 115 8 Raa Atoll (GB) Sea The Stars (Ire) Luke Comer Comer Bojko 121 9 Canessar (Fr) Kendargent (Fr) Guy Pariente Delacour Rosario 115

Breeders: 1-Essafinaat Ltd, 2-Pin Oak Stud, LLC, 3-Eamonn McEvoy, 4-Trinity Farm, LLC, 5-Bonner Young, 6-John R. & Frank Penn, 7-Mike G. Rutherford, 8-Mr & Mrs J. Davis & P. Mitchell B'stock, 9-Haras De S.A. Aga Khan SCEA

Friday, Belmont, post time: 2:58 p.m. EDT BED O’ ROSES INVITATIONAL S.-GIII, $250,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Saguaro Row Union Rags Newtown Anner Stud & Mark D. Breen Stidham Rosario 119 2 Mybigitalianfriend K Union Rags M. Dubb, Monomoy Stables, LLC, The Elkstone Servis Ortiz, Jr. 117 Group, LLC & Bethlehem Stables LLC 3 Chalon Dialed In Lael Stables Delacour Castellano 119 4 Pacific Gale K Flat Out Tobey L. Morton Kimmel Bravo 115 5 Dawn the Destroyer Speightstown Stonestreet Stables LLC McLaughlin Velazquez 119 6 Spring in the Wind Spring At Last Ron Paolucci Racing, LLC Quartarolo Saez 115 7 Separationofpowers K Candy Ride (Arg) Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Ortiz 124

Breeders: 1-Mark Breen, 2-Stonecliff Farm, 3-J. K. & Linda Griggs, 4-Bally Breeders, 5-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 6-Sam-Son Farm, 7-Northwest Farms LLC

Friday, Belmont, post time: 4:42 p.m. EDT TRUE NORTH S.-GII, $250,000, 4yo/up, 6 1/2f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Bon Raison Raison d'Etat Empire State Thoroughbreds Martin Castellano 120 2 Stan the Man K Broken Vow Long Lake Stable LLC Terranova II Davis 120 3 Catalina Cruiser K Union Rags Hronis Racing LLC Sadler Rosario 124 4 Nicodemus Candy Ride (Arg) Everything's Cricket Racing & Lawrence Goichman Rice Ortiz 124 5 Strike Power K Speightstown Courtlandt Farms Hennig Velazquez 122 6 Recruiting Ready K Algorithms Sagamore Farm LLC Hough Saez 124 7 Whitmore Pleasantly Perfect Robert V. LaPenta, Ron Moquett & Head of Plains Moquett Santana, Jr. 124 Partners LLC 8 Do Share Candy Ride (Arg) Three Diamonds Farm Maker Ortiz, Jr. 124 9 Gold for the King Posse Francis J. Paolangeli Baker Franco 122 10 Mr. Dougie Fresh K Ghostzapper M and A Racing LTD Servis Lezcano 120

Breeders: 1-Calumet Farm, 2-Emma & Dermot Quinn & Scott & Debbie Pierce, 3-W. S. Farish, 4-WinStar Farm, LLC, 5-Courtlandt Farm, 6-Claiborne Farm, 7-John Liviakis, 8-Colts Neck Stables, LLC., 9-Francis Paolangeli, 10-Stephen J. McDonald Saturday, Belmont, post time: 6:37 p.m. EDT BELMONT S. PRESENTED BY NYRA BETS-GI, $1,500,000, 3yo, 1 1/2m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Joevia K Shanghai Bobby Fazio, Michael and Fazio, Jeff Sacco Lezcano 126 2 Everfast K Take Charge Indy Calumet Farm Romans Saez 126 3 Master Fencer (Jpn) Just a Way (Jpn) Katsumi Yoshizawa Tsunoda Leparoux 126 4 Tax Arch R. A. Hill Stable, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Gargan Ortiz, Jr. 126 Hugh Lynch & Corms Racing Stable 5 Bourbon War K Tapit Bourbon Lane Stable and Lake Star Stable Hennig Smith 126 6 Spinoff Hard Spun Wertheimer and Frere Pletcher Castellano 126 7 Sir Winston K Awesome Again Tracy Farmer Casse Rosario 126 8 Intrepid Heart Tapit Lawana L. and Robert E. Low Pletcher Velazquez 126 9 War of Will K War Front Gary Barber Casse Gaffalione 126 10 Tacitus Tapit Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Mott Ortiz 126

Breeders: 1-Ikhana Farm, 2-Extern Developments, 3-Katsumi Yoshizawa, 4-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider, 5-Conquest Stables, LLC, 6-Wertheimer et Frere, 7-Tracy Farmer, 8-WinStar Farm, LLC & WinchellThoroughbreds, LLC, 9-Flaxman Holdings Limited, 10-Juddmonte Farms Inc.

Saturday, Belmont, post time: 4:46 p.m. EDT RUNHAPPY METROPOLITAN H.-GI, $1,200,000, 3yo/up, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Coal Front Stay Thirsty LaPenta, Robert V. and Head of Plains Partners LLC Pletcher Ortiz 122 2 McKinzie K Street Sense Karl Watson, Michael Pegram & Paul Weitman Baffert Smith 124 3 Mitole K Eskendereya William and Corinne Heiligbrodt Asmussen Santana, Jr. 122 4 Thunder Snow (Ire) Helmet (Aus) Godolphin, LLC bin Suroor Soumillon 124 5 Tale of Silence Tale of the Cat Charles E. Fipke Tagg Leparoux 116 6 Promises Fulfilled K Shackleford Robert J. Baron Romans Saez 120 7 Firenze Fire Poseidon's Warrior Mr. Amore Stable Servis Ortiz, Jr. 119 8 Pavel K Creative Cause Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 118 9 Prince Lucky Corinthian Daniel McConnell Pletcher Velazquez 119

Breeders: 1-Michael Edward Connelly, 2-Summer Wind Farm, 3-Edward A. Cox Jr., 4-Darley, 5-Charles Fipke, 6-David Jacobs, 7-Mr Amore Stables, 8-Brereton C. Jones & WinStar Farm, LLC, 9-Daniel W. McConnell Sr.

Saturday, Belmont, post time: 5:36 p.m. EDT MANHATTAN S.-GI, $1,000,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/4mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Raging Bull (Fr) Dark Angel (Ire) Peter M. Brant Brown Castellano 124 2 Catcho En Die (Arg) Catcher In The Rye (Ire) Chatterpaul, Naipaul and Sakatis, Sotirios Chatterpaul Saez 116 3 Robert Bruce (Chi) Fast Company (Ire) Convento Viejo LLC Brown Ortiz 124 4 Qurbaan K Speightstown Shadwell Stable McLaughlin Smith 118 5 Channel Cat English Channel Calumet Farm Pletcher Velazquez 122 6 Bandua K The Factor Calumet Farm Sisterson Gaffalione 114 7 Olympico (Fr) Rajsaman (Fr) Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables LLC, Wonder Brown Carmouche 116 Stables and Bethlehem Stables LLC 8 Bricks and Mortar K Giant's Causeway Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, William H. Brown Ortiz, Jr. 124 9 Epical Uncle Mo Deron Pearson Cassidy Baze 118 10 Channel Maker K English Channel Wachtel Stable, Barber, Gary, R. A. Hill Stable Mott Rosario 124 and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing

Breeders: 1-Dayton Investments Limited, 2-Livschitz, Jorge Eduardo, 3-Haras Convento Viejo, 4-Justin Carthy, 5-Calumet Farm, 6-Judy Hicks & Kathryn Nikkel, 7-Snig Elevage, 8-George Strawbridge Jr., 9-Jamm, Ltd., 10-Tall Oaks Farm Saturday, Belmont, post time: 1:22 p.m. EDT LONGINES JUST A GAME S.-GI, $700,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Daddy Is a Legend K Scat Daddy Hill, Jim and Susan Weaver Franco 115 2 Bellavais K Tapit Bortolazzo Stable LLC Pletcher Velazquez 115 3 Beau Recall (Ire) K Sir Prancealot (Ire) Slam Dunk Racing and Medallion Racing Cox Ortiz, Jr. 121 4 Rushing Fall More Than Ready e Five Racing Thoroughbreds Brown Castellano 123 5 Capla Temptress (Ire) Lope de Vega (Ire) Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Mott Rosario 115 6 Environs (GB) Dansili (GB) Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Brown Ortiz 113 7 Got Stormy K Get Stormy Barber, Gary and Southern Equine Stable, LLC Casse Gaffalione 117 Breeders: 1-HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC, 2-Phillips Racing Partnership, 3-Tom Wallace, 4-Fred W. Hertrich III & John D. Fielding, 5-Pier House Stud, 6-Juddmonte Farms Ltd, 7-Mt. Joy Stables, Pope McLean, MarcMcLean & Pope McLean Jr.

Saturday, Belmont, post time: 2:01 p.m. EDT OGDEN PHIPPS S.-GI, $700,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Come Dancing Malibu Moon Blue Devil Racing Stable Martin Franco 117 2 Midnight Bisou K Midnight Lute Bloom Racing Stable, LLC, Madaket Stables LLC Asmussen Smith 123 and Allen Racing LLC. 3 Pacific Wind K Curlin Sharon Alesia, Ciaglia Racing LLC, Peter Brant Brown Ortiz, Jr. 117 & Dominic Savides 4 Escape Clause Going Commando Schnell, Don, Arnason, Barry and True North Schnell Baze 117 5 Mopotism K Uncle Mo Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 117 Breeders: 1-Blue Devil Racing Stable, LLC, 2-Woodford Thoroughbreds, 3-Sarah S. Farish, 4-Cam Ziprick & Arnason Farms, 5-Frank T Batten

Saturday, Belmont, post time: 3:22 p.m. EDT ACORN S.-GI, $700,000, 3yo, f, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Serengeti Empress K Alternation Joel Politi Amoss Ortiz, Jr. 123 2 Jeltrin K Tapizar Alexis Delgado Delgado Reyes 121 3 Cookie Dough Brethren Arindel McLaughlin Castellano 117 4 Bell's the One Majesticperfection Lothenbach Stables, Inc. Pessin Lanerie 117 5 Fancy Dress Party K Munnings LNJ Foxwoods Colebrook Rosario 121 6 Proud Emma K Include Gem, Inc., Kagele, Tom and Tartaglione, Steven Miller Prat 115 7 Guarana Ghostzapper Three Chimneys Farm Brown Ortiz 115 8 Queen of Beas Flatter Kingsport Farm Abreu Franco 117 9 Ce Ce Elusive Quality Bo Hirsch McCarthy Espinoza 115 Breeders: 1-Tri Eques Bloodstock, LLC, 2-C. Kidder, N. Cole, J. K. Griggs &Linda Griggs, 3-Arindel, 4-Bret Jones, 5-Douglas S. Arnold, 6-Brereton C. Jones, 7-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC, 8-James Arrison, 9-Bo Hirsch LLC Saturday, Belmont, post time: 2:41 p.m. EDT JAIPUR INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $400,000, 3yo/up, 6fT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Undrafted K Purim Welker, Wes and Monomoy Stables, LLC Ward Gaffalione 114 2 Om K Munnings K. B. Sareen Miller Rosario 120 3 Dirty Maclean's Music Tom O'Grady Englehart Vargas, Jr. 120 4 Gidu (Ire) Frankel (GB) Zayat Stables, LLC Pletcher Velazquez 122 5 Diamond Oops K Lookin At Lucky Dunne, Amy E., Biancone, Patrick L. and Hui, Ivy Biancone Smith 114 6 Disco Partner Disco Rico Patricia A. Generazio Clement Ortiz, Jr. 122 7 Belvoir Bay (GB) Equiano (Fr) Gary Barber Miller Prat 117 8 World of Trouble Kantharos Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables LLC Servis Franco 122 and Bethlehem Stables LLC 9 Wild Shot Trappe Shot Calumet Farm Arnold, II Leparoux 114 Breeders: 1-Catesby W. Clay Investment LLC, 2-Lavin Bloodstock, Bernie Sams &William S. Farish, Jr., 3-Barak Farm, 4-Ecurie Des Monceaux, 5-Kin Hui Racing Stables LLC, 6-Patricia Generazio, 7-Mrs R. D. Peacock, 8-Darsan Inc., 9-Calumet Farm

Saturday, Belmont, post time: 4:04 p.m. EDT WOODY STEPHENS S. PRESENTED BY MOHEGAN SUN-GI, $400,000, 3yo, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Honest Mischief Into Mischief Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Brown Castellano 115 2 Much Better K Pioneerof the Nile Three Chimneys Farm Baffert Smith 117 3 Borracho K Uncle Mo Preston Madden Arnold, II Lezcano 117 4 Complexity K Maclean's Music Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Ortiz 123 5 Landeskog K Munnings ERJ Racing, LLC, John Fuller, Dave Kenney O'Neill Gaffalione 115 and Madaket Stables LLC 6 Nitrous Tapit Winchell Thoroughbreds & Stonestreet Stables Asmussen Santana, Jr. 121 7 Strike Silver Violence John C. Oxley Casse Ortiz, Jr. 121 8 Hog Creek Hustle K Overanalyze Something Special Racing, LLC Foley Lanerie 117 9 Mind Control Stay Thirsty Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables, LLC Sacco Velazquez 123 10 Lexitonian Speightstown Calumet Farm Sisterson Rosario 123 11 Wendell Fong K Flat Out Gold Square LLC Englehart Vargas, Jr. 121 Breeders: 1-Juddmonte Farms Inc, 2-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC, 3-Haymarket Farm LLC, 4-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, LLC., 5-CFP Thoroughbreds LLC, 6-Winchell Thoroughbreds, LLC, 7-Lantern Hill Farm LLC, 8-Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton & SilverFern Farm, LLC, 9-Red Oak Stable, 10-Calumet Farm, 11-Nicholas M. Lotz FASIG-TIPTON SANTA ANITA PINHOOKING TABLE WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5 2019

Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita Sale Wednesday, June 5

Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 1 F Warrior's Reward-Agapanthus $14,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Valle Las Palmas/Jose Zulaica Checkmate T’breds 2 F Hampton Court (Aus)-Alert in Class $13,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Jason Hall Tom McCrocklin 3 C Mr Speaker-America's Friend $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Valle Las Palmas/Jose Zulaica Kings Equine 5 F Gemologist-Anna Mia $12,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Prestige Worldwide Checkmate T’breds 7 F Hard Spun-Ann of the Dance $25,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Brandon Riordan Checkmate T’breds 11 F Raison d'Etat-Attractive (Ire) $2,500 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Freehold Farms TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 12 C Tapiture-Awesomekaylee $100,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 SBS IV/Tom McCrocklin Tom McCrocklin 13 C Empire Way-Baby Bea Scattin $1,200 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2018 Michael Patrick Hicks Lovacres Ranch 15 F Data Link-Banjo Lesson $4,500 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Valle Las Palmas/Jose Zulaica Checkmate T’breds 18 C Run Away and Hide-Bett On Ruthie $7,000 KEE JAN ALL AGES 18 Jason Hall Tom McCrocklin 22 F Dominus-Butterscotch Rain (GB) $20,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Red Cliffs/Tari Brocklebank TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 23 C Candy Ride (Arg)-Cabo de Noche $55,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Jay McKee Stephens T’breds 25 R Lookin At Lucky-C C's Pride $7,000 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2018 Dan Nothrup TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 28 C Take Charge Indy-Cheesecake $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Valle Las Palmas/Jose Zulaica Kings Equine 38 C Dominus-Desi Girl $10,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Red Cliffs/Tari Brocklebank TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 39 F Paynter-Destiny Calls $10,000 KEE JAN ALL AGES 18 Jason Hall Tom McCrocklin 40 F Animal Kingdom-Diamondesque $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Valle Las Palmas/Jose Zulaica Checkmate T’breds 41 C Curlin-Drift to the Lead $330,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Scott & Evan Dilworth Kings Equine 42 F Lucky Pulpit-Easy El $12,000 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2018 Slam Dunk Racing/Nick Hines Checkmate T’breds 43 F First Samurai-Easy Emma $4,000 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2018 Robert Bean Robert Bean 45 F Bernardini-Elbe (GB) $11,500 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 7 Kings Kings Equine 46 F Will Take Charge-Elite Humor $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Khalid Mishref Excel Bloodstock 49 C Shakin It Up-Encounter $30,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Kindred T’breds Benchmark Training Center 51 F Coil-Exasperated $1,200 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2018 Robert Bean Robert Bean 52 C English Channel-Expressive Story $24,000 FTI YRLG OCT 18 Gulfstream Gallop/Kirkwood Checkmate T’breds 54 C Coil-Feel the Rush $1,000 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2018 Michael Patrick Hicks Lovacres Ranch 55 F Jimmy Creed-Feline Delite $35,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Twyla/Howard Durand/Tari Brocklebank TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 57 C Bourbon Courage-Fullerene $25,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 The Quarter Company/Tari Brocklebank TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities FASIG-TIPTON SANTA ANITA PINHOOKING TABLE WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5 2019

Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 58 F Wicked Strong-Fun Logic $21,000 CTBA JAN MIX 19 Tom Beckerle Lovacres Ranch 60 F Graydar-Glory Gold $6,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Valle Las Palmas/Jose Zulaica Kings Equine 63 F Liam's Map-Gwinnett $195,000 FTN SEL YRLG SAR 2018 Michael Neatherlin Richardson Bloodstock 66 C First Samurai-Heatinaheartbeat $10,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Freehold Farms TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 67 F City Zip-Giulio's Jewel $50,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 English Range Farm Q Bar J T’breds 68 C Point of Entry-H. L. Hunley $6,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Sunset Stables TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 76 C Liam's Map-Indian Snow $160,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Q Bar J Q Bar J T’breds 80 F Algorithms-La Chica Rica $4,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 David Bradshaw Dynamic Sales Prep 83 C Dominus-Leading the Way (Arg) $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Jason Hall Tom McCrocklin 84 C Gervinho-Le CaIre $1,000 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2018 Jeff Metcalfe TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 85 C Take Charge Indy-Lights Out (Aus) $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Valle Las Palmas/Jose Zulaica Checkmate T’breds 88 C American Pharoah-Loudly $120,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Q Bar J Checkmate T’breds 89 C Empire Way-Love Dare $1,200 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2018 Michael Patrick Hicks Lovacres Ranch 94 C Informed-Maxnmacy $2,500 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2018 Meah/Lloyd Bloodstock Havens Bloodstock 98 C Bodemeister-Miss Da Point $40,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Pat Madden Stephens T’breds 99 C Commissioner-Missing Treasure $75,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Tari Brocklebank TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 102 C Jack Milton-My Kitty $10,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Freehold Farms TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 104 F Will Take Charge-Night Drive $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Valle Las Palmas/Jose Zulaica Checkmate T’breds 105 C Cairo Prince-Northern Netti $42,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Jay McKee Stephens T’breds 107 C Fed Biz-No Tunes $16,500 CTBA JAN MIX 19 Adrian Gonzalez Checkmate T’breds 110 F Palace-Honest Cause $50,000 OBS SPR 2YO 2019 Tom Mansor Checkmate T’breds 111 C Hampton Court (Aus)-Phu Cat $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Freehold Farms TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 115 F Verrazano-Proudly We Hail $19,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Three Feathers Farm Benchmark Training Center 120 C Malibu Moon-Retroesque $32,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 7 Kings Kings Equine 121 F Into Mischief-Rhineshark $42,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Kings Equine Kings Equine 124 F Blame-Roman Invader $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Valle Las Palmas/Jose Zulaica Checkmate T’breds 126 F Run Away and Hide-Seamless $15,000 KEE JAN ALL AGES 18 Jason Hall Tom McCrocklin 127 F Union Rags-Seeking Simplicity $50,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Bruno DeBerdt Excel Bloodstock 129 F Verrazano-Shawnee Moon $150,000 FTN SEL YRLG SAR 2018 Tom McCrocklin Tom McCrocklin 132 F Smiling Tiger-Sixy Excess $15,000 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2017 Brent J. Malmstrom TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 133 F Strong Mandate-Sky Fraulein $7,500 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Sunset Stables TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 134 C Fast Anna-Solar Solstice $4,500 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Freehold Farms TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 138 F Tiznow-Stomping $175,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Khalid Mishref/Bruno DeBerdt Excel Bloodstock FASIG-TIPTON SANTA ANITA PINHOOKING TABLE WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5 2019

Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 140 C Golden Ticket-Storm Spell $45,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Q Bar J T’breds Q Bar J T’breds 141 F Hard Spun-Sure Peg $20,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Tony Busching/Catherine Parke Havens Bloodstock 142 F English Channel-Sweet Dreamer $16,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Valle Las Palmas/Jose Zulaica Checkmate T’breds 143 F Creative Cause-Swiss Perfection $18,000 CTBA JAN MIX 19 Adrian Gonzalez Checkmate T’breds 149 C Cross Traffic-Termite $22,000 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2018 Derek Lawson Havens Bloodstock 151 F Afleet Alex-Thundering Gale $7,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Jason Hall Tom McCrocklin 152 F Oxbow-Tippy Tapit $6,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Valle Las Palmas/Jose Zulaica Checkmate T’breds 155 C Calimonco-Tribal Gem $1,700 BAR YRLG & MIX OCT 2018 Dan Nothrup TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 160 C Astrology-Vegas Prospector $20,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Michael R. Kindred Benchmark Training Center 162 C Tapizar-Wavy Lass $3,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Sunset Stables TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities 165 F Ghostzapper-Wine Train $120,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 S B S Pinhook IV Tom McCrocklin 166 C Raison d'Etat-Winning Image $4,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Jason Hall Tom McCrocklin 168 F Alternation-Yodeladytoo $17,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Sunset Stables TIP T'bred Inv. Possibilities

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Leading Third-Crop Sires by Black-Type Horses for stallions standing in North America through Monday, June 3 Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2019 fees. Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Jimmy Creed 1 7 -- 3 -- -- 91 43 190,620 2,288,857 (2009) by Distorted Humor FYR: 2015 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $20,000 Casa Creed 2 Violence 2 6 1 3 -- -- 124 48 143,746 2,106,032 (2010) by Medaglia d'Oro FYR: 2015 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $40,000 Jasper Prince 3 Point of Entry 2 4 1 2 -- -- 85 23 1,504,000 2,324,737 (2008) by Dynaformer FYR: 2015 Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: $20,000 Plus Que Parfait 4 Paynter 3 4 ------127 49 153,600 2,141,912 (2009) by Awesome Again FYR: 2015 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $12,500 Headland 5 Flat Out 2 4 -- 1 -- -- 123 49 101,100 1,896,135 (2006) by Flatter FYR: 2015 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $5,000 Pacific Gale 6 Animal Kingdom 1 4 -- 2 -- 1 97 36 178,000 1,660,349 (2008) by Leroidesanimaux (Brz) FYR: 2015 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $15,000 Regal Glory 7 Overanalyze -- 4 -- 2 -- -- 106 37 138,800 1,344,134 (2010) by Dixie Union FYR: 2015 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $15,000 Hog Creek Hustle 8 Justin Phillip -- 4 -- 1 -- -- 62 26 69,800 844,574 (2008) by First Samurai FYR: 2015 Stands: Castleton Lyons KY Fee: $5,000 Upset Brewing 9 Graydar 1 3 -- 1 -- -- 98 36 527,140 1,914,110 (2009) by Unbridled's Song FYR: 2015 Stands: Taylor Made Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Gray Magician 10 Smiling Tiger 3 3 1 1 1 1 48 21 254,500 791,775 (2007) by Hold That Tiger FYR: 2015 Stands: Harris Farms CA Fee: $6,500 Spiced Perfection 11 Brethren 1 2 -- 1 -- -- 76 21 88,950 930,392 (2008) by Distorted Humor FYR: 2015 Stands: Arindel Farm FL Fee: $7,500 Cookie Dough 12 Oxbow -- 2 ------61 25 92,570 858,150 (2010) by Awesome Again FYR: 2015 Stands: Calumet Farm KY Fee: $15,000 The Circle Game 13 Morning Line 1 2 ------54 20 177,200 857,965 (2007) by Tiznow FYR: 2015 Stands: A&A Ranch USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Stubbins 14 Poseidon's Warrior 1 2 ------57 24 92,500 540,349 (2008) by Speightstown FYR: 2015 Stands: Darby Dan Farm KY Fee: $6,500 Firenze Fire 15 Indian Evening 1 2 -- 1 -- -- 12 5 194,480 326,311 (2009) by Indian Charlie FYR: 2015 Stands: Victory Rose Thoroughbreds USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Sneaking Out FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTS–INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Changeintheweather, et al, sold for $115,000 at KEENOV ‘17 WEDNESDAY’S INSIGHTS: SPEEDY CURLIN carrying that Twirling Candy filly. She was bred back to Bellamy FILLY MAKES DEBUT ON DELAWARE TURF Road. Sales history: $260,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 4th-DEL, $34k, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m70ydsT, 2:36 EST 3-1-1-0, $26,350. Click for the Equibase.com chart. Following three successive five-furlong bullet breezes over the O-Don Alberto Stable; B-W. S. Farish & Kilroy Throughbred Fair Hill Tapeta, the Arnold Delacour trainee CAMBELIZA (Curlin) Partnership (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. appears primed for her debut effort at Delaware Wednesday afternoon. The most notable of these works was a five-panel move in 1:00 3/5 (1/7) May 13. Owned and bred by Runnymede 2nd-Presque Isle Downs, $29,700, Msw, 6-4, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f (AWT), :52.62, ft. Farm and Catesby W Clay, the bay filly is a half-sister to Grade I COPPER GEM (f, 2, Gemologist--Gottah Penny, by Stravinsky) winner and two-time Breeders' Cup contender Jaycito (Victory settled for second behind a Wesley Ward trainee here May 20, Gallop). Cambeliza is produced from the multiple-staked placed but was ahead of two of these return rivals, and loomed the and $274,014 earner Night Edition (Ascot Knight). TJCIS PPS main danger with anything close to a repeat of that debut effort. The 1-5 chalk beat the gate, and commanded the race up front. She was challenged on both sides and appeared to be in deep water in upper stretch, but hit another gear in midstretch and re-broke to don cap and gown by 3 1/4. My Doughnut (Temple City), third behind Copper Gem last time, completed the exacta. The winner’s dam, who is a daughter of GSW Marshua’s Echelon (Marshua’s Dancer) and a half to GISW Run Man Run (Theatrical), produced a Cupid colt this term. Sales history: $14,000 RNA Ylg '18 SARAUG. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $24,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- Tipton. O-Edward P. Shamy; B-Christopher Shelli & Caliburn Farm LLC (NY); T-Ron G. Potts.

1st-Thistledown, $25,500, Msw, 6-4, 2yo, f, 5f, :59.20, ft. HADA MADRINA (f, 2, El Padrino--D D Renegade, by Medallist), backed down to 7-10 favoritism off a pair of local bullet breezes from the gate, went right to the evidence suggested she might and remained in control to cross the line 1 3/4 lengths to the good of Valley of Mo’ara (Overanalyze). The winner has a IN ORDER OF PURSE: yearling half-brother by Cinco Charlie and a foal half-brother by 7th-Indiana Grand, $31,000, Msw, 6-4, 3, 4,/5yo, f/m, Gormley. Sales history: $9,000 Ylg '18 EASOCT. Lifetime Record: 1 1/16mT, 1:42.77, fm. 1-1-0-0, $13,500. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, SOUL SPIRIT (f, 3, Quality Road--Soul Search {MGISP, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. $339,925}, by A.P. Indy), second going a mile on the main track O/T-Jason DaCosta; B-Candyland Farm (MD). here at odds-on Apr. 23, was fourth in a rained-off event May Bred, Raised & Sold by 14. Backed at 3-1 this time getting the grass her connections had CandyLand been looking for, she was hard ridden for position into the first turn and stalked from between foes tucked just behind pacesetting Divine Quality (Divine Park). The frontrunner appeared to be home free to about midstretch, but Soul Spirit would not give up and rallied in the late stages to prevail by a half-length. The winner is a half to Journey Home (War Front), GSW, $225,997 and a yearling filly by Twirling Candy. Her dam, who hails from the extended female family of Grade I winners Fasig grad Hada Madrina (El Padrino) runs to Pleasant Stage, Marsh Side, A Phenomenon, Seattle Meteor, the money at Thistledown. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5, 2019

Holiday. Presidente Remon, 6-2, Clasico Oscar Y Manuel Grimaldo, 1400m. *Ch. Imp. 2yo Filly-Pan. B-Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings (ON). **$14,000 Ylg ‘16 KEESEP. VIDEO Hill ‘n’ Dale Bred, Raised and Sold

IN RUSSIA: Orcrist, c, 2, Orb--Fox Green, by War Front. Krasnodar, 6-1, SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 Summer S. (NBT), 1200m. B-Indian Creek (KY). *$20,000 Ylg Cross Traffic (Unbridled's Song), Spendthrift Farm, $25,000 ‘18 KEESEP. 162 foals of racing age/31 winners/6 black-type winners Think INDIAN CREEK 7-Delaware, $50K Light Hearted S., 1m, PAT'S NO FOOL, 8-1 Sotie Uno T N, f, 3, Macho Uno--Smoke Rise, by Buddha. Kazan, $35,000 KEE SEP yrl 5-31, Group 3 Stakes (NBT), 1600m (AWT). B-Double O

Bloodstock (KY). *Remained undefeated in three starts. Strong Mandate (Tiznow), Three Chimneys Farm, $10,000 **$35,000 Ylg ‘17 KEEJAN; $22,000 Ylg ‘17 KEESEP. 139 foals of racing age/25 winners/1 black-type winner Dream Charger, f, 3, Will Take Charge--Richiegirlgonewild 7-Delaware, $50K Light Hearted S., 1m, PROUD MANDATE, 8-1 (GSW, $105,924), by Wildcat Heir. Krasnodar, 6-1, 1000 $62,000 KEE NOV wnl; $35,000 OBS OPN 2yo Guineas (NBT), 1600m. B-Doug & Felicia Branham (KY). *Won

for the sixth time in seven starts. **1/2 to Super Alliance (Super Saver), SW, $157,043. ***$50,000 RNA Ylg ‘17 KEESEP.

IN SOUTH KOREA: Thunder Mark, f, 3, Afleet Alex--Boomanji, by Carson City. IN PERU: Seoul, 6-2, Hcp. ($64k), 1200m. B-Rakesh S & Kumund S Sikand First Movie (Arg), f, 3, Violence--First Lod (Arg), by Lode. & Afleet Alex Syndicate (KY). *$15,000 RNA Ylg ‘17 KEESEP; Monterrico, 6-2, Clasico Republica Argentina-G3, 2000mT, $50,000 2yo ‘18 FTMMAY. 2:01.78. B-La Pasion. *1ST STAKES WIN. **1/2 to First Guy (Arg) (Halo Sunshine), MSW & MGSP-Arg. VIDEO Foaled, Raised & Sold by VALKYRE STUD Munhak Ariari, c, 3, To Honor and Serve--Savannah, by Lion Heart. Seoul, 6-1, Hcp. ($64k), 1200m. B-V Gail Ray (KY). *$10,000 Ylg ‘17 FTKOCT. Speed Joy, c, 4, Jimmy Creed--Simply Elegant, by Wildcat Heir. Seoul, 6-1, Hcp. ($76k), 1800m. B-Susan Casner (KY). *$9,000 Ylg ‘16 FTKOCT; $35,000 2yo ‘17 OBSAPR. ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8th-Parx Racing, $58,290, 6-4, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 5f, :59.36, ft. CARDCOUNTER (g, 4, Talent Search--Miss Foreesta, by Grand IN PANAMA: Slam) Lifetime Record: 22-3-4-3, $139,514. O-Whip' R Due Tamborera, f, 4, Maclean’s Music--Holiday Bertie, by Harlan’s Stable; B-Glenn E. Brok LLC (PA); T-Miguel Penaloza. *$15,000 2yo '17 EASMAY. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 3 OF 3 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5, 2019

7th-Parx Racing, $42,500, (S), (NW2BX)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 6-4, Linns Boy, g, 4, Trajectory--Lovely Ness, by Hennessy. Presque 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:18.14, ft. Isle Downs, 6-3, (S), 6f (AWT), 1:11.58. B-R. N. Miller (PA). MIDNIGHT POKER (g, 4, Smarty Jones--Halo Hollie, by Halo's Image) Lifetime Record: SW, 11-5-3-2, $223,630. O-Main Line Racing Stable; B-Four Bucks Racing (PA); T-John Tyler Servis.

2nd-Indiana Grand, $35,500, (S), 6-4, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:45.36, fm. MY ROCKET LADY (m, 6, Alluvial--Red Tag Clearance, by Cryptoclearance) Lifetime Record: 24-2-7-3, $93,363. O-Arnold ALCINDOR, Cinder Queen, f, 3, o/o Tates Queen, by Distorted Bryant & Robert C. Sturgeon; B-Arnold Lee Bryant (IN); T-Robert Humor. ALW, 6-4, Thistledown C. Sturgeon. ALLUVIAL, My Rocket Lady, m, 6, o/o Red Tag Clearance, by Cryptoclearance. ALW, 6-4, Indiana Grand 3rd-Thistledown, $31,800, (S), 6-4, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, AWESOME AGAIN, Oh Bette, f, 4, o/o Betty Brite, by Medaglia 1:41.66, ft. d'Oro. MSW, 6-4, Louisiana Downs CINDER QUEEN (f, 3, Alcindor--Tates Queen, by Distorted AWESOME PATRIOT, Can't Hide From Me, g, 3, o/o Peek, by Humor) Lifetime Record: 7-3-0-0, $49,669. Successful Appeal. MSW, 6-3, Presque Isle Downs O/T-Michael Rone; B-Raimonde Farms LTD (OH). EL PADRINO, Hada Madrina, f, 2, o/o D D Renegade, by Medallist. MSW, 6-4, Thistledown 5th-Thistledown, $26,000, 6-4, (C), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.00, ft. GEMOLOGIST, Copper Gem, f, 2, o/o Gottah Penny, by VERTRAZZO (f, 4, Trappe Shot--She'll Heir {SW}, by Wildcat Stravinsky. MSW, 6-4, Presque Isle Downs Heir) Lifetime Record: MSP, 11-6-2-3, $127,990. O-Michael A. GOLDENCENTS, Mining Gold, f, 3, o/o Adore You, by Tactical Foster; B-Douglas Arnold (KY); T-William D. Cowans. *$72,000 Cat. MSW, 6-4, Indiana Grand Ylg '16 FTKOCT. HARLAN'S PURE, Ledoux, c, 3, o/o Eddington Lady, by Eddington. GI Copa Gobernador S., 6-2, Camarero ORIENTATE, Woodland Walk, g, 8, o/o Arboreta, by Empire 7th-Thistledown, $26,000, 6-4, (C), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10.20, ft. Maker. ALW, 6-4, Thistledown WOODLAND WALK (g, 8, Orientate--Arboreta, by Empire QUALITY ROAD, Soul Spirit, f, 3, o/o Soul Search, by A.P. Indy. Maker) Lifetime Record: SP, 28-12-8-1, $278,061. O-Dawghouse MSW, 6-4, Indiana Grand Stable; B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Valerie K. Shanyfelt. SMARTY JONES, Midnight Poker, g, 4, o/o Halo Hollie, by Halo's *$12,000 3yo '14 FTKHRA. Image. AOC, 6-4, Parx Racing TALENT SEARCH, Cardcounter, g, 4, o/o Miss Foreesta, by Grand ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Slam. ALW, 6-4, Parx Racing Mining Gold, f, 3, Goldencents--Adore You (SP, $276,240), by TRAJECTORY, Linns Boy, g, 4, o/o Lovely Ness, by Hennessy. Tactical Cat. Indiana Grand, 6-4, (S), 7 1/2fT, 1:31.71. B-Deann MSW, 6-3, Presque Isle Downs Baer & Greg Baer DVM (IN). *$25,000 Wlg '16 KEENOV; TRAPPE SHOT, Vertrazzo, f, 4, o/o She'll Heir, by Wildcat Heir. $29,000 RNA Ylg '17 BARSEL; $47,000 Ylg '17 BAROCT. ALW, 6-4, Thistledown **1/2 to Piedi Bianchi (Overanalyze), SW & MGISP, $361,850.

Oh Bette, f, 4, Awesome Again--Betty Brite, by Medaglia d'Oro. Louisiana Downs, 6-4, 1 1/16m (off turf), 1:48.30. B-John D. Gunther, Eurowest Bloodstock, Celebre Investments & Adena Springs (KY). *$125,000 Wlg '15 KEENOV; $125,000 RNA Ylg '16 KEESEP. Can't Hide From Me, g, 3, Awesome Patriot--Peek, by Successful Appeal. Presque Isle Downs, 6-3, 6f (AWT), 1:10.95. B-C. Kidder, N. Cole, J. K. Griggs & Linda Griggs (KY). *$1,000 RNA Wlg '16 KEENOV; $3,200 Ylg '17 FTKOCT. **1ST-TIME STARTER. ***Won by 3 1/4 lengths. Consigned by GAINESWAY

WEDNESDAY, 5 JUNE 2019

THE PAT SMULLEN BREAK ON THE CARDS FOR ANAPURNA Last week=s G1 Investec Oaks winner Anapurna (GB) (Frankel COLUMN: JUST REWARD {GB}) will not attempt an English/Irish Oaks double and will enjoy a break from training before resuming racing in the FOR SEAMIE autumn. Speaking to the Racing Post her owner/breeder Mark Weinfeld of Meon Valley Stud said, AI don't think we're going to go for the Irish Oaks. She had quite a hard race and John Gosden is quite keen on giving her a break and an autumn campaign.@ A Gosden trained filly has won the last two running=s of the G1 Qatar Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe and if the hat trick is to be landed this year Weinfeld reckons Anapurna won=t be the one to achieve it. AI'm never a great one for taking on colts with fillies. If John twisted my arm and thought it was really the way we should go it might be something else to think about. There's the Prix Royallieu at the Arc meeting which is now a Group 1 and the fillies and mares race on Champions Day at Ascot,@ he added.

IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Seamie Heffernan briefs Aidan O=Brien amid the aftermath of the THIS SIDE UP: BELMONT’S ‘MINISTER’ INFLUENCE Derby | Racing Post This week, Chris McGrath discusses the influence of Deputy Minister in Saturday’s GI Belmont Stakes. Click or tap here to go By Pat Smullen straight to TDN America. I was delighted to see Seamie Heffernan win the Derby on Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) and I'm pretty sure that everyone in the weighing-room in Ireland, and in fact everyone in Irish racing, would not begrudge him that result. He's ridden so many great horses over the years at Ballydoyle, whether it's in the morning or in the afternoon at the races, and he has been and integral part of that operation and for Aidan O'Brien pretty much since the beginning. He and Aidan worked together at Jim Bolger's and then when Aidan moved from Owning Hill to Ballydoyle, Seamie joined him there and they've had a very strong relationship. I think we can't underestimate the part that Seamus plays in the workings of Ballydoyle. He's a really good judge in the mornings and a very straight talker--he tells it as it is with no frills and I think that suits the operation. Winning the Derby was due reward for him after being placed on numerous occasions and riding all those good horses in big races around the world. Obviously, he has always played second jockey to a number of great riders who have been associated with Ballydoyle over the years and he has always been a huge team player. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 7 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 5 JUNE 2019

I certainly overlooked Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) but he was the top-rated horse in the race and he duly showed that he was the best horse in the race. To me, the Derby is the most important 3-year-old race in the calendar and it remains the ultimate test of a racehorse in mind and body. They have to be able to not let Cont. from p1 the occasion get to them, and equally they have to have the Every yard needs good work riders--not that I'm labeling him physique and the balance to deliver their best on a unique track. as a work rider as he's a very good jockey--but obviously in the Frankie Dettori came to the fore again in the Oaks and gave mornings he is extremely valued. Seamus has his opinion and Anapurna (GB) a copybook Epsom ride. He was very patient and delivers it directly, to put it mildly, and I think that Aidan has got a beautiful position, and then when the race opened up well respect for him for that. More often than not he has been for him he was able to outrun Pink Dogwood (Ire) at the line. correct in his judgement and all the owners, as well as Aidan, Not only was it a great ride by Frankie but it was yet another have huge respect for him. excellent training performance by John Gosden. Anapurna was Having said all of that, I must admit that at the furlong pole I very gutsy. The fillies seemed to be on a fairly level playing field was shouting for Madhmoon (Ire). I thought for about 10 strides going into the race, but we must give credit to the winner and we were going to have the result that I think racing would have the runner-up as the two of them pulled a fair way clear from wanted to see-for 86-year-old Kevin Prendergast to train an the third horse, Fleeting (Ire). They are clearly two very good Epsom Derby winner. He's a legendary man from a legendary fillies and let's hope that they will clash again at some stage in family in Irish racing and it would have been brilliant for him to the year. have won, but it wasn't to be. Madhmoon was given an excellent ride by Chris Hayes and was prepared really well by A jockey's best friend Kevin, however, he unfortunately just got run out of it. It was a In the next month we will see the retirement of one of the huge performance by the horse and a step forward again from stalwarts of the weighing-room in valet Robert 'Nuggy' Rusk and Newmarket and an excellent run in the Guineas. You couldn't I thought I should take this opportunity to highlight the say that he didn't stay but to my eye, we will probably see the importance of what a valet does for jockey on a daily basis. best of him when he comes back to a mile and a quarter. That Nuggy is a character and has been in the weighing-room for as said, I'm sure they will go and have a crack at the Irish Derby, long as I can remember. When things are tough and your head is which is probably the logical thing to do. His day will come down, he has always had the ability to make you laugh and get before the end of the year. back up and going again. The weighing-room is completely Hindsight is a wonderful thing and we were all looking thinking unique. At the races it's the jockeys' sanctuary and it's only now that Sir Dragonet (Ire) was the unknown and may be another that I'm beginning to realise that there are whole areas of race champion in the making. tracks that I have never seen. All I've ever known is going to the weighing room and back home again and that illustrates just how much time jockeys spend in there.

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Smullen Column cont. The role of a valet in the workings of the weighing-room is firstly that they bring you your racing gear and your saddle and make sure that everything is laid out for you in order that you can do your day's work. But they are very much more than that. You can confide in them and speak to them about problems, whether it's personal or business-related and they will help you Vice President, International Operations Gary King along and give you advice. The unique thing about the Twitter: @garykingTDN relationship is that they actually get to learn about your body [email protected] nearly more than you do yourself. In the past for me, they would + 1.732.320.0975 have known that I'd always try to get out for some dinner on a Sunday night so they would always have my saddle prepared for International Editor me to be two or three pounds heavier on a Monday than I Kelsey Riley would be for the rest of the week. They would know when you Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN are in bad form and when to leave you alone, or when to [email protected] approach you to see if everything is okay. They very much work European Editor almost as counsellors along with everything else. Jockeys have a Emma Berry deep relationship with them, right from the basics of making Twitter: @collingsberry sure that all your equipment is in good working order and [email protected] ordering new equipment for you when you need it. It's a small community in the weighing-room and deep friendships are Associate International Editor made. The valets have all the stories which are never revealed Heather Anderson outside. But most importantly they take away all the pressure Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN on a race day so that all you have to worry about is riding your Marketing Manager horses. I'd like to wish Nuggy a happy retirement. He will be Alayna Cullen missed and the weighing-room will certainly be a much quieter Twitter: @AlaynaCullen place without him. [email protected] Contributing Editor Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN

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Irish Correspondent WARD FINALISES ASCOT TEAM Daithi Harvey Wesley Ward=s annual Royal Ascot raiding party has been finalised as the trainer bids to add to the 10 winners he has Regular Columnists enjoyed since targeting the meeting for the first time in 2009. Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield | John Berry Eight 2-year-olds will be joined by older sprinter Bound For Kevin Blake Nowhere (The Factor) who finished third in the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. last year, and while in recent years punters could often back the Ward juvenile >blind=, that process will not be as IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY straightforward this year with the trainer likely to be doubly LOVE SO DEEP SET FOR ASCOT represented in several contests. Ward will be utilising John The talented Japanese-bred Love So Deep eyes a start during Velazquez and Tyler Gaffalione with the latter, successful in the this month’s Royal meeting . Click or tap here to go straight to GI Preakness on War Of Will (War Front), making his riding TDN Aus/NZ. debut in England. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 7 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 5 JUNE 2019

HILLS EXCITED ABOUT ASCOT Trainer Charlie Hills has issued a positive bulletin over his G1 Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas winner Phoenix Of Spain (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) as the horse builds up towards his next target, the G1 St James=s Palace S. at Royal Ascot. That mile contest on June 18 could see the colt again lock horns with the likes of Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) but such was the authority of Phoneix Of Spain=s Curragh performance that the opposition will have to up their game considerably to reverse the placings. AHe seems to have come out of the race really well. He's back in his normal routine now and he's eating well, so we're looking forward to the Tuesday of Ascot,@ Hills said on Tuesday. Reflecting on his three length pillar to post victory the Lambourn trainer said, Wesley Ward | Racing Post AWe were obviously delighted with him at the Curragh. He was going away from them at the end, and galloped right through Cont. from p3 the line. You'd like to think there's some improvement there, and it's quite nice to be going into Royal Ascot with just one run Having run so well at Royal Ascot last year Ward obviously has under his belt this year - he's going there nice and fresh.@ high hopes for Bound For Nowehere who blew away the Phoenix of Spain will retire to the Irish National Stud after his cobwebs with a runner up spot in a Grade II at Keeneland in racing career and Hills hinted at a race later in the season that April. AHe has some beautiful breezes here at Keeneland, where INS CEO Cathal Beale would no doubt love to see on the horse=s he had a really nice race, is dead sound and has no issues,@ Ward CV. AI think we'd like to try him over a mile and a quarter at said. AHe will be coming over with that race underneath him and some stage, but there's no rush. One race you might think of a string of quick drills in the morning. He should be ready to run stepping up in trip for would be in Ireland for the Irish Champion the race of his life this year,@ he added. With seven juvenile Stakes, but we'll see,@ Hills added. fillies in his squad Ward has a job allocating them in the most suitable races but Nayibeth (Carpe Diem) is one whose target is definite. AI really, really like her,@ said Ward. AShe won with speed to spare here at Keeneland. She was my most impressive 2-year-old winner because she won against the bridle. She will run in the Albany.@ Ward also has care of the American Pharoah colt Maven who he bred himself and he booked his ticket when making a winning debut at Aqueduct in April on the dirt. AHe won the first 2-year-old race of the year in New York and was given an 84 Beyer figure - which is very high. We are going to shoot for the Norfolk with him,@ Ward said.

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Night of Thunder (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Dalham Hall Stud FIRST-SEASON SIRES 107 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners WITH RUNNERS 12:00-NOTTINGHAM, 5f, SOBRIQUET (Ire) 50,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2018 - Book 1

Wednesday, June 5, 2019: Outstrip (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Dalham Hall Stud 106 foals of racing age/4 winners/1 black-type winner UNITED KINGDOM 18:30-RIPON, 5f, ARRIBA ARRIBA (Ire) Gutaifan (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Yeomanstown Stud i5,500 Tattersalls Ireland Flat Breeding Stock Sale 2017; 166 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners i6,000 RNA Tattersalls Ireland September Yearlings 2018; 17:15-KEMPTON PARK, 6f, GO WITH GRACE (GB) 20,000gns Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up & HIT Sale 2019 9,500gns RNA Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2018 - Book 3 12:00-NOTTINGHAM, 5f, KNOW NO LIMITS (Ire) i35,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearlings 2018 Hot Streak (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), Tweenhills Stud 79 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners FRANCE 12:00-NOTTINGHAM, 5f, FLAMING PRINCESS (Ire) Hunter's Light (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Haras du Logis i24,000 RNA Goffs November Foals Sale 2017; 19,048gns 68 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Sept. Yearling Sale 2018; 57,143gns 2-LA TESTE BUCH, 1200m, MARATECA (Fr) Tattersalls Ireland Ascot 2yo Breeze Up Sale 2019 i10,000 Osarus September La Teste Yearling Sale 2018

Ivawood (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}), Coolmore Stud 100 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners 17:15-KEMPTON PARK, 6f, LOVE MY LIFE (Ire) OBSERVATIONS i14,500 Goffs November Foals Sale 2017; 32,000gns Tattersalls on the European racing scene October Yearling Sale 2018 - Book 2

Muhaarar (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Nunnery Stud 12.00 Nottingham, Mdn, ,6,000, 2yo, f, 5f 8yT 106 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners AL RAYA (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) is a ,450,000 Goffs UK Breeze-Up 12:00-NOTTINGHAM, 5f, HYBA (GB) topper who debuts for Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and 38,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2018 - Book 2 the Simon Crisford stable. A daughter of the Listed Empress S. winner and G2 Queen Mary S. fourth Fog Roll (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}), the January-foaled bay encounters 11 rivals.

6.15 Kempton, Novice, ,10,000, 3yo/up, 7f (AWT) TUK POWER (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) makes her belated debut for King Power Racing and Andrew Balding, having cost 1.3million gns at Tattersalls October Book 1. Out of the dual group-placed Soon (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the January-foaled bay is met by fellow newcomer Laurier (Scat Daddy), a Kevin Ryan-trained $410,000 Keeneland September graduate who is a half-sister to the GIII Tom Fool H. winner Skyler=s Scramjet (Creative Cause).

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2nd-Lingfield, ,5,800, Novice, 6-4, 2yo, f, 6f1y (awt), 1:11.52, st LAST SURPRISE (IRE) (f, 2, No Nay Never--Beta Tauri, by Oasis Dream {GB}), sent off the 2-1 second choice, was the model of professionalism breaking smartly from her wide draw to stalk WILDCARD LOT TOPS TATTERSALLS ASCOT the leader Quiet Place (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) early. Approaching the furlong pole, the chestnut drew away to record an authoritative Tattersalls held a mixed sale at Ascot on Tuesday that 3 1/2-length debut success. The winner is so far the only foal out featured both flat and national hunt prospects .The sale topper of a former Godolphin maiden who is herself a daughter of the was a wildcard addition, lot 128 called Amelia=s Dance (Ire) Listed Criterium de Vitesse winner and G3 Prix de Cabourg and (Flemensfirth) and offered by Peter Fahey=s Roefield Stables. G3 Prix d=Arenberg-placed Beta (GB) (Selkirk) and sold for The ,90,000 purchase by Michael Lynch was placed second on 28,000gns at the 2015 Tattersalls July Sale. The third dam is her only start to date and will join Monaghan based trainer Moonlight=s Box (Nureyev), responsible for the Niarchos Anthony McCann. Lot 72 from the Godolphin draft was an celebrities Bago (Fr) (Nashwan) and Maxios (GB) (Monsun unraced Kingman (GB) filly called River Sands (GB) and given her {Ger}). Sales history: 72,000gns Ylg >18 TATDEY. Lifetime Record: pedigree she was bound to generate interest. The daughter of 1-1-0-0, $4,752. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Group 2 winner The Miniver Rose (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) was O-Sheikh Rashid Dalmook Al Maktoum; B-Mr & Mrs C. Booth & knocked down to Hamish Macauley for ,25,000. At the close of Mrs S. Cammidge (IRE); T-Simon Crisford. business 119 of the 141 offerings changed hands for a turnover of ,726,700 and a clearance rate of 84%. The average came in 6th-Lingfield, ,5,800, Novice, 6-4, 3yo/up, 10f (awt), 2:03.16, st at ,6,107 and the median was ,3,500. Summing up trade HIT FIRST IN LINE (GB) (c, 3, New Approach {Ire}--Hidden Hope {GB} sales director Richard Pugh commented, AWe witnessed solid {SW & MGSP-Eng, $142,832}, by Daylami {Ire}), second on trade here today at the Tattersalls Ascot June Sale. It was debut over an extended 10 furlongs at Nottingham Apr. extremely pleasing to sell a top lot of ,90,000, the highest price 20,raced in mid-division early against the rail. Angled wide achieved at this sale in three years together with a very strong approaching the home turn, the 4-6 favourite gradually wore clearance rate of 84%. The key statistics, the aggregate, median down stablemate Harrovian (GB) (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) and and average have made considerable gains and this sale has asserted under hand riding from 50 yards out to score cosily by developed itself as a reliable source of quality form horses that a half length. The dam, who captured the Listed Cheshire Oaks the market identifies with and that is evident by the very strong and was placed in the G2 Lancashire Oaks and G2 Prix de trade we have seen here today. We look forward to welcoming Pomone, produced the Listed Galtres S. winner Our Obsession clients back to this venue for the Tattersalls Ascot July Sale on (Ire) (Shamardal) who in turn is responsible for the recent G3 July 16.@ Musidora S. runner-up Frankellina (GB) (Frankel {GB}). From the family of the G1 Coronation S. heroine Rebecca Sharp (GB) Tuesday=s Results: (Machiavellian) and the G1 Epsom Derby, G1 Eclipse S. and G1 5th-Newcastle, ,10,900, Novice, 6-4, 2yo, 5f (AWT), 1:00.24, st. Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe hero Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross MRS BOUQUET (GB) (f, 2, Toronado {Ire}--Riva Royale {GB}, by {Ire}), she also has a 2-year-old filly by Frankel (GB) named Royal Applause {GB}), 8-1 on debut, stalked the early pace in Frankly Darling (GB). Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $6,503. Video, second. Finding extra to hit the front 100 yards from the line, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. the bay held a 1 1/4-length margin over Olcan (GB) (Showcasing O-Mr A. E. Oppenheimer; B-Hascombe & Valiant Studs (GB); {GB}) there. The winner is a half-sister to Ask Frank (Ire) (Hawk T-John Gosden. Wing), MSP-HK, $725,174, to Bertie Royale (GB) (Bertolini), SP- HK, $918,835, and to the listed-placed Rivas Rhapsody (Ire) ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: (Hawk Wing) and Stormbringer (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}). Her Ascended (Ire), f, 3, Dark Angel (Ire)--Mamma Morton (Ire), by yearling filly is by Twilight Son (GB). Sales history: ,10,000 Ylg Elnadim. Wolverhampton, 6-3, 7f 36y (AWT), 1:27.54. B-R. J. >18 GOUKPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $8,930. Video, Cornelius (IRE). *68,000gns Ylg >17 TAOCT. **1/2 to Master of sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. War (GB) (Compton Place {GB}), SW & MGSP-Eng, $180,480. O-Mr Garrett J. Freyne; B-Hatford Enterprises (GB); T-Mark Drummond Warrior (Ire), g, 3, Zoffany (Ire)--Ulanova (Ire), by Johnston. Noverre. Royal Windsor, 6-3, 6f 12yT, 1:12.13. B-Mr Ronan š › Fitzpatrick (IRE). *i55,000 Wlg >16 GOFNOV; 35,000gns RNA Ylg >17 TAOCT; ,26,000 2yo >18 GOFBRE. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 7 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 5 JUNE 2019

6th-Marseille-Borely, i30,000, 6-4, 3yo, 10 1/2fT, 2:08.95, gd. SKAZINO (FR) (g, 3, Kendargent {Fr}--Skallet {Fr} {SW & MGSP- Fr, $165,059}, by Muhaymin) Lifetime Record: 8-4-0-0, i45,720. O-Le Haras De La Gousserie; B-Guy Pariente Holding Tuesday=s Result: (FR); T-Cedric Rossi. *i22,000 Ylg >17 AROCT. Tipperary, i20,000, Cond, 6-4, 2yo, 5fT, :59.12, sf. SUNDAY SOVEREIGN (GB) (c, 2, Equiano {Fr}--Red Sovereign ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: {GB}, by Danzig Connection), who had been purchased by King FIRST WINNER FOR SIRE Power Racing after his three-length defeat of Ballydoyle=s Marselha Prince (Fr), c, 2, Prince Gibraltar (Fr)--Moune (Ire), by impressive subsequent winner Arizona (Ire) (No Nay Never) over Whipper. Marseille-Borely, 6-4, 6fT, 1:11.67. B-Mme S Andre six furlongs at The Curragh May 6, broke smartly to dispute the (FR). *i15,000 Ylg >18 OSASEP. early lead. Beginning to draw away from the two-furlong pole, the 2-5 favourite hit the line with seven lengths to spare over Lorelei Rock (Ire) (Camacho {GB}). AHe did what I hoped he=d do, he jumped and travelled and seemed to do everything within himself,@ trainer Paddy Twomey said. AHe could run over six, but he has pace so I think the [June 20 G2] Norfolk [at Royal Ascot] would be where he will be going. He was a baby first time and has progressed each start and physically got stronger. He=s put up a good performance and I=m sure they were good horses he=s beaten there.@ The winner=s extended family features the high- class fillies Golden Silca (GB) (Inchinor {GB}), Silca=s Sister (GB) Sunday=s Results: (Inchinor {GB}), the Moller luminaries Teenoso and Most TTUKSEOM CUP, KRW400,000,000 (A$484,833/US$338,751/ Welcome (GB) and countless other notable performers including ,267,247/i301,458), Seoul, 6-2, 3yo/up, f/m, 1400m, 1:25.6, ft. Sir Percy (GB) and Give Thanks (GB). Sales history: 12,000gns 1--SILVER WOLF (AUS), 126, m, 6, Oratorio (Ire)--Ready For Wlg >17 TATFOA; i30,000 Ylg >18 TIRSEP. Lifetime Record: More (Aus), by More Than Ready. (A$23,000 Ylg >13 INGAUG; 3-2-0-0, $28,092. A$40,000 Ylg >14 MMGCYS). O-Yoonuhwan; B-Mr S Casey, O-King Power Racing Co Limited; B-Byerley Stud (GB); T-Paddy Jamie Hylan, Graeme Brewer (SA); T-Song Moon Gil; J-Yoo Twomey. Seung-Wan; KRW228,000,000. Lifetime Record: 2x Ch. Older Mare, Ch. Sprinter-Kor, 31-15-4-3, KRW2,445,000,000. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 2--Damyang Hwanho, 126, m, 5, Cowboy Cal--Crazy Cyd, by Aurora Moon (Ire), f, 3, Dragon Pulse (Ire)--Source of Life (Ire), Wavering Monarch. ($5,000 RNA Ylg >15 KEEJAN; $10,000 Ylg by Fasliyev. Tipperary, 6-4, 7f 110yT, 1:39.20. B-S.E. >15 FTKOCT; $25,000 2yo >16 OBSJUN). KRW84,000,000. Bloodstock, W.J. Bloodstock & Norrismount (IRE). *i11,500 3--Kkeutpan Aero (Kor), 126, m, 5, Archarcharch--Alpine Ice, by Wlg >16 GOFNOV. Forestry. ($38,000 in utero >13 KEENOV). KRW52,000,000. Mistress of Venice (GB), f, 4, Bated Breath (GB)--Rohlindi (GB), Margins: 5, 1 3/4, 2. Odds: 0.30, 34.70, 100.00. VIDEO by Red Ransom. Tipperary, 6-4, 5fT, 1:00.33. B-Hillwood Bloodstock (GB). *,27,500 Ylg >16 GOUKPR; 160,000gns RNA 2yo >17 TATMA. **SP-Eng.

IN SOUTH KOREA: CONDITIONS RESULTS: Silver Wolf, m, 6, Oratorio (Ire). See TDN Europe B Asia 3rd-Nantes, i30,000, 6-4, 3yo, 12fT, 2:39.94, sf. VERIMLI (FR) (g, 3, Born To Sea {Ire}--Verriya {Fr}, by Zamindar) Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, i27,500. O/B-S A Aga Khan (FR); T-Alain de Royer-Dupre.

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AWithout a doubt, having been up to Japan a number of times. LOVE SO DEEP SET FOR With Deep Impact out of a Sadler=s Wells mare the sweet spot is a mile and two furlongs to a mile and four furlongs,@ Sangster ASCOT said. AShe was one I had to have a look at and Jane and myself thought she was worth a roll of the dice.@ AWith that sort of blood the expense put into her before we bought her was enormous. Those bloodlines are pretty strong.@ Love So Deep is a daughter of Soinlovewithyou (USA) (Sadler=s Wells {USA}), who was a 2-year-old winner in Ireland and had herself changed hands at the same Tatts Sale eight years earlier for 950,000 guineas. Soinlovewithyou is a half-sister to the five-time Group 1 winner and sire Duke Of Marmalade (Ire) (Danehill {USA}), the G1 English Derby winner Ruler Of The World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the G2 Adelaide Cup winner Annus Mirabilis (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). Love So Deep (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) is set to contest the AThe intention is that Love So Deep comes over in a shipment G2 Ribblesdale S. at Royal Ascot. | racingfotos.com in August and we will race on here as a 4-year-old,@ Sangster said. AIt=s all been really positive and she has an entry for the by Paul Vettise Group 1 in America, the Beverley D S. for fillies and mares. You Love So Deep (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) has won two of her never know what can happen in the big city.@ four starts since her purchase late last year by Swettenham Stud Sangster won=t be on course to see Love So Deep run at Royal principal Adam Sangster with the 3-year-old set for Royal Ascot=s Ascot, but was in attendance last month when she struck an G2 Ribblesdale S. unsuitable track in the Listed Cheshire Oaks and was out of the The distance feature for fillies will be run over 2400 metres, a money. trip to suit her ideally, on the third day of the Royal Ascot AThe Cheshire Oaks was in memory of Robert Sangster at carnival. Chester,@ he said. AIt rained that day and she just didn=t handle AJane Chapple-Hyam, my step sister, trains her and last time at the wet.@ Goodwood she placed in a Listed race,@ Sangster said, referring to the filly=s third in the Height Of Fashion S. AShe finished off strongly off a chequered run. She=s come on very nicely and keeps on improving.@ Sangster purchased Love So Deep for 50,000 guineas at last year=s Tattersalls December Mares= Sale, at which stage she had Barry Bowditch 'Horses Bring Buyers' placed once in five appearances. AShe was the last lot through on a very wet and cold day at the Blackiston Establishes Ballarat Operation sale,@ Sangster said. AIn my view, she=d probably raced over distances which may not have been suitable. That was literally Zoustyle Will Miss Queensland Carnival my last bid. We=d dribbled from 22,000 to 50,000 and there were only two people on her. We race her with a few friends Ben Currie Found Guilty Again and clients.@ Sangster had gone to the sale with express intent of securing a Sam Fairgray Joins TBV Board daughter of sire sensation Deep Impact (Jpn).