PLETCHER HUNTING STALLION PROSPECTS Benchmark
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AWESOME AGAIN 4 Breeders’ Cup Champions DAILY 9 Millionaires ADENA SPRINGS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 WWW.BLOODHORSE.COM KENTUCKY IN TODAY’S EDITION A TALE OF TWO TAPITS FOR BACCARI 2 OBVIOUSLY, D'AMATO BEGIN ANEW 3 CASSE JUVENILES DOMINATE AT WOODBINE 4 'ITALIA' CAPS HUGE DAY FOR ROSARIO 5 DOTHRAKI QUEEN RIDES THE RAIL 5 COCKED, LOADED, AND ON TARGET 6 CONTROVERSIAL DQ, NON-DQ IN EUROPE 6 THE FALL AND RISE OF SQUARE EDDIE 7 JOSEPH DIORIO RESULTS 8 Trainer Todd Pletcher tries to look at all Keeneland Book 1 yearlings ENTRIES 20 PLETCHER HUNTING STALLION PROSPECTS By Ian Tapp LEADING LISTS 28 t's no secret what trainer Todd Pletcher is looking Ifor when inspecting Keeneland September's Book 1 yearlings. "Most of my clients are looking for American dirt BENCHMARK TRAINING CENTER horses that can be stallion prospects down the road," Pletcher said. "That's our focus." Pletcher and his team try to look at all Book 1 horses, but he doesn't spend much time on his first looks. TURNING OUT SUCCESSFUL RUNNERS "I'll either put them on for a second look or I'll knock them off my list," he said. "Then on the second look, I can spend more time, be a bit more thorough, See our and send them to the vet from there. consignment at the Breeders Sales Co. Sale "Balance, athleticism, walk, overall conforma- in West Monroe, LA tion—it's all those things that you'd normally look September 29th for, but I particularly like a medium-sized, correct, well-balanced horse. We've been successful in that arena. We might be a little more forgiving on a first- BENCHMARK TRAINING CENTER year stallion than some people would be. We'll look Full Service Training Facility Gerwyn “Taffy” Jones, Owner/Trainer with Quality Services. Mark Brennan, Farm Manager at the horse first and then try to support it with a 9645 County Road 2300 • Quinlan, TX 75474 Call about our Competitive Phone/903.356.2998 • Fax/903.356.3480 pedigree." BH Pricing! www.benchmarktc.com • Email: [email protected] BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE smartphone app PAGE 1 OF 28 A TALE OF TWO TAPITS FOR BACCARI By Ian Tapp hris Baccari says all sires' progeny have certain Cphysical tendencies that might be improved upon (Storm Cats were often small, for example). Baccari Bloodstock consigns two Book 1 yearlings by Tapit—a filly (Hip 716) and a colt (Hip 418)—for whom a similar concept applies. "A lot of the Tapits can be more Pulpit-looking, with a chunkier look to them," Baccari said. "The filly is more of a typical Tapit. The colt out of Lovely Re- gina is a bit of a rarity because he has more leg than a typical Tapit. More of the (broodmare sire) Deputy Minister came out in him; he has finer lines." A $520,000 weanling pinhook, the colt is bred on the Tapit/Deputy Minister cross that produced grade I winners Frosted and Tapizar. "It's a good cross," Baccari said. "That was the rea- KEENELAND PHOTO son we bought him—it's just a very unique pedigree. Chris Baccari has a pair of Tapit yearlings in Book 1 The dam has produced a graded stakes winner from the sire line, and you've got Bernardini in the second dam." BH North America’s #1 Consignor by Percentage of Stakes Horses 23% Stakes Horses* 12% 7.7% Stakes 28% Graded Winners Runners Earned Over $100k* Stakes Winners From Yearlings Offered 52% From Yearlings Offered At Public Auction. Earnings Greater* At Public Auction. Than Sale Price (859) 987-6787 • www.hinklefarms.com Source: BH MarketWatch 9/1/15, Yearlings Offered at North American Sales from 2010-12 *Percentage of SHs/Offerings, Minimum of 10 Offerings BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 PAGE 2 OF 28 smartphone app LATEST HEADLINES FROM BLOODHORSE.COM MOBILE BAY, PRADO RALLY TO SUPER DERBY WIN Mobile Bay missed in the prep race but delivered in the one that counted, rallying to victory in the $400,000 Super Derby (gr. II) Sept. 12 at Louisiana Downs. TACTICUS WIRES FOES IN TEMPERENCE HILL Flaxman Holdings' Tacticus, a homebred son of A.P. Indy, went wire to wire in winning Belmont Park's $197,000 Temperence Hill Stakes at 1 5/8 miles. V. E. Day, the 1-2 favorite, was second. CAGE FIGHTER CLAIMS FIRST STAKES AT PARX Matthew Schera's Cage Fighter got a perfect BENOIT PHOTO stalking trip and kicked clear in the stretch to Obviously makes his seasonal debut in the Sept. 13 Woodbine Mile capture his first stakes in the $200,000 PTHA President's Cup Sept. 12 at Parx Racing. OBVIOUSLY, D'AMATO BEGIN ANEW NOBLE BIRD OUT FOR REST OF YEAR Stephen By Claire Novak Foster (gr. I) winner Noble Bird will sit out the rest of the year after emerging from the Aug. 8 n 2011 the late trainer Mike Mitchell sent then-assis- Whitney Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course Itant Phil D'Amato to Tattersalls in search of a good with a hip injury, trainer Mark Casse said Sept. European horse with Mitchell's son-in-law, Craig 12. Rounsefell, and agent Jamie Lloyd. They selected MALDONADO WINS NO. 1,000 AT LOS Obviously, who four years later makes his seasonal ALAMITOS With a closing drive aboard 3-year- debut Sept. 13 in the Woodbine Mile (Can-IT). old filly Nite Delite in a maiden special weight This will be the first start for the two-time Shoe- event Sept. 12 at Los Alamitos, jockey Edwin maker Mile (gr. IT) winner since his second consec- Maldonado claimed his 1,000th victory. utive fifth in the Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) and his FAWKNER ROARS BACK TO WIN MAKYBE DIVA first run since Mitchell passed away in April. D'Amato Starting for the first time in 10 months, Fawkner took over in 2014 after more than 10 years with the fought out a spirited finish in the Makybe Diva stable. Stakes (Aus-I) with Rising Romance to win by a "Obviously had a couple of nice grade I wins for short head Sept. 12 at Flemington. Mike and is a special horse," D'Amato said. "He runs RED MILE, KEENELAND JOINT VENTURE OPENS very well fresh and gives you everything he's got. The latest chapter in the 140-year history of It's a little out of the ordinary to get our campaign Lexington's Red Mile harness operation began started off here, but I wanted to give him more time Sept. 12, with the opening of a $42 million early on and focus on the later part of the year and renovation to include historical racing and live beginning of next. If we can run a big race here, we'll and simulcast wagering. definitely eye the Breeders' Cup." BH Contact us (800) 582-5604 or (859) 278-2361 Comments, Story Ideas [email protected] Advertising Questions [email protected] Customer Service © 2015 Blood-Horse LLC [email protected] BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 PAGE 3 OF 28 smartphone app CASSE JUVENILES DOMINATE AT WOODBINE By Claire Novak rainer Mark Casse was in Kentucky for the upcom- Ting Keeneland September sale, but his Canada crew handled business in powerful fashion Sept. 12 at Woodbine as Catch a Glimpse and Conquest Daddyo annexed the 2-year-old stakes races. In the Natalma (Can-IIT), the City Zip filly rolled to a five-length wire- to-wire win, while her male counterpart by Scat Daddy took the Summer (Can-IIT) by 1 3/4 lengths. Catch a Glimpse, a $75,000 Keeneland September purchase by co-owner Jeff Begg's Windways Farm, will likely head to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IT). "I was surprised how easily she won," said Casse, who collected his sixth Natalma victory. "She won pretty impressively." Conquest Daddyo, a $350,000 Fasig-Tipton Sara- toga select yearling sale buy, earned his way to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) while giving Casse MICHAEL BURNS and Conquest their third straight Summer score. Catch a Glimpse wins Sept. 12 Natalma Stakes by five lengths "Runners by Scat Daddy love the grass," Casse said. "This is a big, long-striding colt that's just going to get better the farther he runs." BH Get the FREE smartphone app! Blood-Horse DAILY A FREE NEW ROUND-UP OF THOROUGHBRED NEWS, ANALYSIS, ENTRIES & RESULTS BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 PAGE 4 OF 28 smartphone app 'ITALIA' CAPS HUGE DAY FOR ROSARIO By Jeremy Balan s impressive as Sentiero Italia was in the Sands APoint Stakes (gr. IIT) Sept. 12 at Belmont Park, her victory was only a piece of a standout day for jockey Joel Rosario. The 27-year-old rider won five races from eight mounts on the 10-race Belmont card, and other than the Sands Point, where Sentiero Italia was the 8-5 favorite, he delivered at a value. A four-race streak began with Rosario's winning ride on Tacticus at 2-1, upsetting 1-2 favorite V. E. Day in the four-horse Temperence Hill Invitational Stakes. He followed that effort with a maiden win aboard Sail Ahoy (7-2), a claiming victory with Mr Rosenthal (8-1), LABOZZETTA COGLIANESE PHOTOS/JOE and an allowance score with Savoy Stomp (5-1). Three Sentiero Italia was the fifth winner on the card for jockey Joel Rosario races later, Sentiero Italia put away the field with ease in the Sands Point for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin.