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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2020 ONE LAST DANCE FOR KENTUCKY OAKS DAY POSITIVE UNDERGOING FURTHER INVESTIGATION RUSHING FALL AND HER by Dan Ross The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) is conducting a E5 FAMILY follow-up investigation of a class C medication positive detected in a sample returned from Kentucky Oaks day, according to a KHRC statement Thursday. AThe Derby day samples were >cleared,= showing no irregularities,@ the statement read. AThe Oaks day samples returned a finding for a class C medication in one (1) primary sample.@ The Kentucky Oaks was run at Churchill Downs this year on Sept. 4. The results Ashould be available@ in November, a KHRC spokesperson confirmed. This year=s Breeders= Cup is scheduled for Nov. 6 and 7. Cont. p5 Click here to watch the Edwards family IN TDN EUROPE TODAY reflect on Rushing Fall=s unforgettable career. GROUP 1 PRODUCERS HEADLINE TATTS DECEMBER by Katie Ritz Tattersalls has released the catalogue for its December One year after their very first Breeders= Cup win with New Mares Sale, and it includes the dams of 2020 Group 1 winners Money Honey (Medaglia d=Oro) in 2016, Bob and Kristine Palace Pier, Pretty Gorgeous and Tiger Tanaka. Edwards of e5 Racing Thoroughbreds found themselves in the Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. winner=s circle once again for the same race, with the same trainer-jockey duo, when Rushing Fall claimed the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. As it turned out it was hardly beginner=s luck, as Rushing Fall=s victory was a good omen for the family=s second Breeders= Cup contender that year, and it proved to be just the start of an unforgettable four-year campaign for the daughter of More Than Ready. AIt was an amazing feeling,@ Bob Edwards said of watching the >TDN Rising Star= cross the wire at Del Mar. AThe emotions, the goosebumps, everything is really exciting. It took us 25 minutes to get through the crowd and walk down to the winner=s circle since everybody was excited for us and congratulating us. Poor Javier [Castellano] was circling and circling.@ Edwards said that after posing for the photo, trainer Chad Brown had told the family to watch the Juvenile closer to the winner=s circle the next day. It proved to be sound advice when Good Magic (Curlin), a colt they campaigned in partnership with Stonestreet Stables, became their second Breeders= Cup winner of the weekend. 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Thornton reports on the CHRB’s Thursday meeting regarding 2021 European Editor Southern California racing dates. Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 17 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • OCTOBER 23, 2020 Rushing Fall cont. from p1 Edwards=s daughter Casi, e5's Equine Manager, was not able to attend their first Breeders= Cup victory with New Money Honey in 2016, but she made sure to be present for their Breeders= Cup double the next year. AI had never been to the Breeders= Cup because New Money Honey ran when I was in college,@ she said. AIt was incredible. Everything worked out perfectly. The thrill to win two races in a row seemed unheard of and it was so much fun.@ After a five-month layoff following Rushing Fall=s undefeated juvenile season, the $320,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling returned with a vengeance at three, adding two more Grade II victories to her record before capping off the season with a win in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. Then at four, she added two more Grade I wins in the Jenny Wiley S. followed by a near record-breaking performance in the Just a Game S., where she covered the mile in 1:31.67. The Edwards family congratulates Rushing Fall after her winning performance in the 2020 GI Diana S. | Janet Garaguso After a close second behind the prior year=s Eclipse Champion Turf Female and stablemate Sistercharlie (Ire) {Myboycharlie (Ire)} in the GI Diana S. and then running out of the money for the first time in her career in the GI First Lady S., many assumed she would be whisked off to the breeding shed the next spring. AAfter the [First Lady] at Keeneland, the media came up and asked what our plan was,@ Edwards recalled. AI said, >We=re going to run her again,= and they were kind of like, >Why?= I told them we like horse racing, and that=s why we=re in this. In the Diana, she ran arguably her best fractions and her best race ever. It takes a lot out of you to run big races and then regroup and go back again.@ Rushing Fall was brought back this year at five and is now enjoying her second undefeated season that began with a wire- to-wire victory in the GIII Beaugay S. before she returned to Grade I company. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 17 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • OCTOBER 23, 2020 Rushing Fall cont. Fasig-Tipton=s Boyd Browning said, AShe=s one of only three AThis season she raised the bar,@ Edwards said. AWe went into mares to win Grade I stakes races at two, three, four and five. the second race of the season with a repeat in the Jenny Wiley She has pretty good company with Beholder and Lady Eli. It=s a where she broke the track record. And then going to Saratoga rare accomplishment, and it just shows you how wonderful and and winning the Diana was really special. There=s a lot of brilliant Rushing Fall has been so far.@ pressure in that. The field was stacked with really good horses. Bred by Fred W. Hertrich III and John D. Fielding, Rushing Fall My heart was pumping out of my chest. Everything you want out was first spotted by agent Mike Ryan at the 2016 Fasig-Tipton of horse ownership was right in that moment.@ Saratoga Select Yearling Sale. Rushing Fall will soon return to Keeneland, where she ranks AShe was a stunning yearling,@ Edwards said of his purchase. second behind Wise Dan for the most Keeneland graded stakes AShe had a real presence about her, even as a yearling. Mike wins. She will be asked to go farther than ever before in the loved the horse.@ 1 3/16-mile Breeders= Cup Filly and Mare Turf, but Edwards said AI know Mike was really excited the night that he bought her,@ he has full confidence in the $2.5 million dollar earner. Browning echoed. AShe=s got attitude, but it=s attitude with AShe=s a different horse this year,@ he said. AEven Javier said class.@ that and he knows better than I do. He said she=s calmer. She=s Before Rushing Fall returns to the Fasig-Tipton sales ring, the really focused. She just seems like she=s that gifted athlete Edwards family will enjoy one last dance with their leading where she knows where her place is, she knows the mare. A @ competition--she sizes them up and walks through the paddock Everyone has their own race routine, Casi Edwards said. ASince we=ve become part of racing, my dad has gotten very with her ears up and nose flared a bit. It=s really special to see superstitious. My mom has a lucky purse that she always has to that out of your horse.@ find an outfit to go with the purse. Coming into race day, Following the Breeders= Cup, Rushing Fall will make the quick everyone=s always really nervous, but Rushing Fall always shows trip down the road to the Fasig-Tipton >Night of Stars= sale. The up. When she steps onto the track, you can see it in her.