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SATURDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2021

STRENGTH IN DEPTH ON BRITTAS HOUSE TO WRAP UP DISPERSAL AT TATTS MARCH ONLINE SALE SAUDI CUP UNDERCARD The dispersal of the late Peter Magnier=s Brittas House Stud will come to a close with offerings during Tattersalls=s Online 23rd March Sale. The 8-year-old We Are Ninety (Ire) (Thewayyouare) headlines the dispersal offerings, and the Listed Haras De Bouquetot Fillies Trial S. winner is offered alongside her filly foal by Calyx (GB). We Are Ninety is also set to be covered by first-season sire (Fr). We Are Ninety boasts a deep pedigree, her second dam being Brigid ( {Fr}), whose descendants include Group 1 winners Listen (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), (Kingmambo) and (Ire) ( {Ire}). We Are Ninety=s filly foal half-sister by Ten Sovereigns (Ire) will also be offered alongside a foster mare to be returned once the foal is weaned. Cont. p5

Oxted and Harry Teal in Riyadh | Emma Berry IN TDN AMERICA TODAY KNICKS GO, CHARLATAN BATTLE IN THE DESERT By Emma Berry American stars Knicks Go and Charlatan take on 12 others in RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--The first three home in last year's Red the second running of the $20-million Saudi Cup. Click or tap Sea Turf Handicap have all returned to Riyadh for this $2.5 here to go straight to TDN America. million staying contest over 3,000 metres. The trio is led by the George Strawbridge homebred Call The Wind (GB) ( {GB}), whose victory over Mekong (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Prince Of Arran (GB) (Shirocco {Ger}) was followed through the French summer with wins in the G3 Prix de Barbeville and G2 . , who arrived in Saudi in time to see the 7-year-old have an easy canter on Thursday morning, said, "The lads are happy with him and I am very happy with him. The preparation has gone well and he looks to be in the same form as last year." Jamie Osborne was another Thursday arrival at the track to check up on Khalid Bin Mishref's Mekong, who had made just one start after last year's Saudi Cup meeting when fifth in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. He reappeared for a tune-up at Wolverhampton on Jan. 18 in the countdown to his overseas trip. Mekong has not been seen on the main track in the mornings this week and his trainer explained why. "He is an interesting character," said Osborne. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2021

Strength In Depth On Saudi Cup Undercard cont. from p1 The Class Act In Turf Cup The Neom Turf Cup has been blessed with the presence of "He has a tendency to plant himself and when we brought him America's champion turf horse, Channel Maker (English to the track last year to do his thing, we couldn't get him to go Channel), who accompanied his Bill Mott stablemate Tacitus to anywhere. That's normal for him. So we shock him into it, in the Riyadh in order to take part in this 2100-metre test. The sense that he is a horse that needs to have his routine changed 7-year-old was just a length behind Tarnawa (Ire) (Shamardal) regularly, because he gets used to something and then he when third in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf, his final start in a 2020 resents it. So the first time he will see the track is when he campaign which saw him win back-to-back Grade Is at Saratoga runs." and Belmont. He does, however, appear to be more effective The hugely popular Prince Of Arran appears to be exactly the when stretching out to a mile and a half. opposite. Routinely the first out in the morning among the internationals, the 8-year-old exercises willingly in partnership with rider Aled Beech and seems to retain plenty of enthusiasm after a number of overseas trips. He will jump from stall four under , two outside Call The Wind, who has the services of . Nine of the 13 runners hail from European stables, with Mark Johnston's Mildenberger (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) having drawn the rail for his first start since winning an All-Weather Championships fast track qualifier over an extended two miles at Wolverhampton in January. Charlie Appleby's quartet for the meeting arrived from Dubai on Wednesday and he has the lightly-raced Secret Advisor (Fr) engaged in this event. The 7-year-old has not raced since early November but he undertook a racecourse gallop at Meydan last Tilsit | Khaled/Saudi Cup week which his trainer said has put him spot-on for this assignment. A busy international weekend for Andrew Balding sees the In his time, Gronkowski (Lonhro {Aus}) has been trained in trainer with three runners in Qatar and Saudi, Britain, America and Dubai, but the 2018 GI Belmont S. including Team Valor and Gary Barber's G2 Cup runner-up is now trained locally in Saudi by Abdulaziz Bin winner Spanish Mission ( Mission {GB}) in this competitive Mishref. To be ridden by Olivier Peslier, he has drawn stall seven contest. in the field of 12, which has also lured runners from Britain and . Willie Mullins may be more focused on preparing his battalions for the Cheltenham Festival next month but he will be represented in Saudi on the Flat by the globetrotting mare True Self (Ire) (Oscar {Ire}), who was last seen winning the G3 Queen Elizabeth S. at Flemington in November for the second year in a row. Hardy and versatile, the 8-year-old's 10 wins have come between 10 furlongs and two miles, as well as over hurdles. This is her second trip to Saudi after running sixth in the Red Sea Turf H. last year. The Adrian McGuinness-trained Saltonstall (GB) ( {GB}) was in great form in Ireland last autumn when winning his final three races of the year over a mile. The trainer's son Tadhg has been riding him in the mornings in Riyadh and gave him a spin Red Verdon | Douglas DeFelice/Saudi Cup around the grass track on Thursday. "He took a good pull and handled the surface," said the trainer following that exercise. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2021

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"He's just done a nice, steady canter and quickened a little bit up the straight just for half a furlong. We're delighted with him and he came back great." A contender who should not be overlooked is Juddmonte's Tilsit (First Defence), who has made just four starts for Charlie Senior Vice President Gary King Hills for two wins, including the G3 S. at Twitter: @garykingTDN Goodwood. [email protected] Described as a little quirky by his rider Henry Morshead, the + 1.732.320.0975 4-year-old has nevertheless behaved well in the mornings and looks to be in terrific form ahead of his first start since chasing International Editor home (Kitten's Joy) when fourth in the G2 Joel S. at Kelsey Riley Newmarket in September. Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] Blues The One To Beat In Turf Sprint European Editor The stc 1351 Turf Sprint takes its unusual distance of 1,351 Emma Berry metres from the year in the Islamic calendar in which the Twitter: @collingsberry Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded (1932 in the Gregorian [email protected] calendar). It's a trip which will certainly suit the class act in the field, Associate International Editor Heather Anderson (Ire) ( {Ire}). Granted, he hasn't been seen in Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN the heat of battle since winning the G1 last August, but that victory completed a faultless string of four Marketing Manager progressive runs in Europe last summer which marked the Alayna Cullen 5-year-old as a sprinter of huge potential. Gifted stall two in the Twitter: @AlaynaCullen draw, he has wintered in Dubai and travelled to Saudi on [email protected] Wednesday with his stablemate and rival Glorious Journey (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who was third in last year's race from a wide Contributing Editors draw and has a slightly better starting point this year in gate Alan Carasso Christina Bossinakis nine.

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Strength In Depth On Saudi Cup Undercard cont. from Britain in last season's G1 winner Oxted (GB) (Mayson {GB}). Now five, Roger Teal's stable star is racing on dirt Last year's winner Dark Power (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) was one and around a bend for the first time but the trainer and his son of two on the inaugural Saudi Cup card for Bahrain. The Harry, who rides Oxted in the mornings, have both been very 7-year-old is trained by British ex-pat Allan Smith and returns to bullish about the gelding's condition since arriving in Riyadh, as defend his title this year with Frankie Dettori booked to ride. well as his ability to handle the dirt surface. Momkin (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), the half-brother of Saudi Cup The truly international $1.5 million contest, which features 14 challenger Mishriff (Ire) ( {GB}), is another repeat runners from Saudi Arabia, America, Britain, Ireland and , performer, who was seventh last year. He has left Britain and is will also be the first experience on the dirt for Brad The Brief now trained in Saudi by Abdullah Mushrif, as has the former (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), a Group 3 winner on heavy ground in Richard Hannon trainee Urban Icon (GB) ( {GB}), who is Chantilly last October for Tom Dascombe and his breeder now representing Fahad Saad. Andrew Black's Chasemore Farm, but the 4-year-old is versatile Another former European-trained horse is the G2 Juddmonte when it comes to the going, and has also won on quicker ground Royal Lodge S. winner Royal Dornoch (Ire) ( {Ire}), at Bath as well as Wolverhampton's synthetic surface. who has left Aidan O'Brien and is now trained in Dubai by Harry's Bar (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), one of two runners Musabbah Al Mheiri. at the meeting for Ireland's Adrian McGuinness, has good recent form on another synthetic surface at Dundalk, where he has won his last two starts over six furlongs. Proven on the dirt is another of the three Japanese challengers, Justin (Jpn) ( {Jpn}), who won the GIII Capella S. at Nakayama in December.

Godolphin Pair Clash In Saudi Derby The -trained Soft Whisper (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) was the emphatic winner of the Listed UAE 1000 Guineas on her most recent start at Meydan and she will take on the colts over a mile in the $1.5 million Al Rajhi Bank Saudi Derby. She may well find that her strongest opposition comes from within the camp in Rebel's Romance (Ire), another Dubawi 3-year-old but this one trained by Charlie Appleby. Spanish Mission | Douglas DeFelice/Saudi Cup "She's one of the best fillies I've had on the dirt," said Bin Suroor this week of the Godolphin homebred Soft Whisper. "I've won the Guineas 12 times and she won it very well and is a top Oxted Primed For Dirt Debut filly. It's a tough race to face the colts, but if the filly is good As well as being represented in the Saudi Cup by Charlatan, enough, she will run very well here and she can win." He added, WinStar Farm's veteran Speightstown has the likely favourite for "I also plan to run her in the UAE Derby after this." the $1.5 million Saudi Arabian Airlines Riyadh Dirt Sprint in Appleby is equally positive in his view of the statuesque Japanese raider Matera Sky, as well as recent G3 Dubawi S. Rebel's Romance. He said, "Rebel's Romance has already had a winner Switzerland. Trained by Hideyuki Mori for Tsuyoshi Ono, run and has been here [in Dubai] all . He's very much the 7-year-old Matera Sky was runner-up in the 1200-metre learning on the job but you can't fault him. The penny is contest last year and has also made appearances at the Dubai dropping at the right end of the race. He's three from three and World Cup and Breeders' Cup meetings. had two starts on the synthetics at Kempton and Newcastle, "He is a proven shipper and he gained 10kg of weight during then he came over here and put in a nice performance in the the flight from Japan to Saudi Arabia," said Mori. "He can take a Guineas Trial. He learned plenty, getting the kickback and a feel lead and use his natural speed to the finish. We will not change of the surface as well as the style of dirt racing. He overcame the any tactics and his inside draw will be an advantage for us. He greenness through that and managed to win still, so that was has trained very well since he has arrived." very pleasing. He's definitely come forward again since then so, Matera Sky faces not just last year's winner, the Fahad for me, he's a live contender in the Derby." Saad-trained New York Central (Tapit), but an intriguing runner TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2021

Strength In Depth On Saudi Cup Undercard cont. Edmond Mahony. AWe have already sold six figure lots from our Steve Asmussen, who runs Max Player in the Saudi Cup, has online sales to , Hong Kong, South Africa and the U.S. also sent over GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint runner-up and the 23rd March Sale already features lots which look set to Cowan (Kantharos) from America to take his chances on the appeal to a global audience.@ Saudi dirt, while Salem Bin Ghadayer will saddle G3 UAE 2000 Guineas runner-up Meshakel (Ire) (Shamardal). Francis Graffard's Chantilly stable is represented by Homeryan (Fr) ( {Ire}), a winner at his local track at the end of January as well as finishing second in the G3 on his final run of 2020. was second in the inaugural Saudi Derby with Mishriff (Ire), who runs in this year's Cup, and his Newmarket stable this time fields the gelding New Treasure (Ire), a Group 3 winner in Ireland last season for his breeder Jim Bolger. Ted Voute, racing manager for New Treasure's owner Prince Faisal bin Khaled, said: "He was a rig when we bought him, with one testicle quite high which we felt was probably hurting him a little, so we gelded him and obviously hope that's made a bit of difference. He's quite a keen horse and his work on the track has We Are Ninety | racingfotos.com been good so far. I'm hoping that being out of a Congaree mare he will like the dirt, and hope that the race will be run with a bit of speed, which might suit him." CLASSIC WINNER DIES Balanchine (Storm BirdBMorning Devotion, by ), who became the first Classic winner for Godolphin and Frankie Dettori when winning the 1994 G1 , has died aged 30. The mare had been pensioned from breeding duties for the past seven years and lived out her days at Sheikh Mohammed=s Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. Bred by =s Swettenham Stud, Balanchine was Brittas House To Wrap Up Dispersal At Tatts March Online Sale campaigned by Sangster during a 2-year-old campaign in which cont. from p1 she won her two starts by a combined 10 lengths. Purchased Two daughters of Galileo will be offered: the listed-winning thereafter by Sheikh Mohammed=s elder brother Sheikh Innocent Air (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) in-foal to the late Zoffany (Ire); Maktoum, Balanchine was among the first cohort of horses and Zee Zee Gee (GB), a daughter of the Group 1-winning Zee wintered in Dubai by the Maktoum family, and her success in Zee Top (GB) () and half-sister to dual Group 1 winner Izzi the season that followed spawned a programme within the Top (GB) (Pivotal {GB}). Zee Zee Gee=s yearling filly by No Nay operation that is still in place today. Beaten a short head in the Never will also be offered. G1 1000 Guineas, with the influential broodmare Coup De Genie The dispersal is completed by the Hugo Palmer-trained 4-year- a neck back in third, Balanchine regrouped to win the Oaks next old filly Combine (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), who recently won at out by 2 1/2 lengths over (Jpn)=s dam Wind In Her Wolverhampton and is rated 95 by . Combine=s first Hair (Ire) (Alzao), with Frankie Dettori aboard in the Godolphin three dams are all stakes horses and her third dam, blue. Balanchine=s most memorable win, however, came three (GB) ( {Ire}), won the G1 and G1 Yorkshire weeks later when she shipped to Ireland to take on the colts in Oaks. the G1 Irish Derby. Traveling third on the inside early back in the AThe Tattersalls Online platform made an auspicious debut Sheikh Maktoum silks, Balanchine moved into the two path and when West End Girl sold for a UK and Irish record online price of up to take the lead shortly before they straightened, getting first ,420,000 on the eve of Royal Ascot last year, and to be offering run on Sheikh Mohammed=s favoured King=s Theatre (Ire). That the final instalment of the Brittas House Stud Dispersal at our G1 Racing Post Trophy winner, who went on to beat older latest online sale demonstrates the confidence that vendors horses in the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. next out, already have in our online product,@ said Tattersalls Chairman proved no match for the filly Balanchine, who drew clear to win TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2021

Balanchine cont. Balanchine=s best produce was the French Group 2-placed Gulf by 4 1/2 lengths. That proved Balanchine=s final win; she ran News (Woodman). Her half-sister Red Slippers (), three times at four, her best finish being a second behind the however, has been an influential producer for Godolphin. She G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe winner (Ire) (Sadler=s foaled the G1 victress West Wind (GB) Wells) in the G3 Prix Foy. () and Eastern Joy (GB) (), the Frankie Dettori, who was just 23 at the time that he won two dam of five stakes winners headed by the dual G1 Dubai World Classics aboard Balanchine, reflected on his partnership with the Cup scorer Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}). mare in a 2019 interview with Ireland. AI was over the moon after I=d won my first Classic on her at Epsom, and I thought the next step would be the ,@ Dettori said. ABut Sheikh Maktoum and Sheikh Mohammed were IRISH RACECOURSES TO GET FUNDING FOR never short of a challenge and they decided to race against the colts in the Irish Derby. I thought >God, this may be a step too INCREASED STABLING far.= Obviously, I was proven wrong, because she won. Irish Racecourses will have the opportunity to increase stabling AIt was my only Irish Derby win, and I was only 23, so I was capacity after the board of Horse Racing Ireland approved a ecstatic and delighted, and it was a massive feat for a filly. She fund of i1-million to assist racecourses with that goal. A policy was a one-off. It was a bold call to make a run against the colts, of one stable per horse at Irish racecourses was a key goal in the and that was, I guess, the stepping stone for what Godolphin is HRI Strategic Plan released last March and was also a key Covid now. She was the start.@ safety requirement.

Dual Classic winner Balanchine at Gainsborough Farm in Kentucky in 2019 | Sarah Andrew TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2021

Irish Racecourses To Get Funding For Increased Stabling cont. Jason Morris, HRIs director of racing, said, AThe rule by which racecourses must provide each horse with their own stable has been in place since racing moved behind closed doors in June of last year for both human and equine disease prevention ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: reasons. As a result, the number of horses running in some races Sugar Dumpling (Ire), f, 3, Brazen Beau (Aus)--Falsify (GB), by at some racecourses is lower than it could be when the Compton Place (GB). Southwell, 2-19, 4f 214y (AWT), 1:00.93. maximum stable capacity is reached. Field sizes have been B-R M H Cowell (IRE). reduced since last June for social distancing and other Heaven Forfend (GB), g, 4, Frankel (GB)--Heaven Sent (GB) operational reasons, and the aim of the new Racecourse Stable (MGSW & MG1SP-Eng, G1SP-Ire, $647,319), by Pivotal (GB). Yard Expansion Scheme is to help racecourses to prepare for Lingfield, 2-19, 8f 1y (AWT), 1:38.95. B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd when we emerge from racing behind closed doors and the (GB). *4,000gns HRA >20 TATAHI. **1/2 to Firmament (GB) number of runners can safely revert to pre-Covid-19 levels. ( {Ire}), SP-Eng, $386,811; Full to Seven Heavens AWe have written to all racecourses to inform them of the new (GB), MSP-Eng, $468,477. scheme which sets aside i1-million with the goal of increasing stabling capacity. The fund allows racecourses to avail of a grant of 40% of the cost of the construction of additional stable boxes and is similar to previous racecourse capital development programmes which have produced very positive results, both customer and industry facing, at so many racecourses. It will be Friday=s Results: the case going forward that racecourses which cannot 5th-Dundalk, i14,000, Mdn, 2-19, 3yo, f, 8f (AWT), 1:38.73, st. accommodate maximum runners run the risk of only being able THRUMPS DREAM (IRE) (f, 3, Dark Angel {Ire}--American Spirit to stage seven- or even six-race cards, which could reduce their {Ire}, by Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), runner-up on debut to the future fixture allocation.@ potentially smart Lovely Esteem (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) over seven furlongs here Jan. 22, raced in mid-division early after exiting from the widest stall. Staying on to lead with 150 yards remaining, the 10-3 second favourite eked out a 1 1/4-length winning margin from Burgoo Alley (Ire) ( {GB}). The unraced dam, whose 2020 filly is by (GB), is a half-sister to the G1 and G1 Juddmonte International-winning European champion (Ire) ( {Ire}) from the family of the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe heroine (Ire) (Poliglote {GB}). Sales history: 27,000gns Wlg >18 TATFOA; i55,000 Ylg >19 TIRSEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $13,395. O-Miss Susan Barton; B-B Flay Inc (IRE); T-Adrian McGuinness.

Stables being disinfected at Naas Racecourse | racingfotos.com

Friday=s Results: Follow the TDN staff on Twitter 2nd-Chantilly, i35,000, Cond, 2-19, 3yo, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:17.40, Thoroughbred Daily News st. URGENT APPEAL (IRE) (c, 3, Showcasing {GB}--Zayanida {Ire}, @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry by King=s Best), who opened his account over this course, @DaithiHarvey @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN distance and surface in November, travelled strongly in behind the leading duo early. Sent to the front with 300 metres @AlaynaCullen @CBossTDN TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2021

2nd-Chantilly cont.

remaining, the 9-10 favourite asserted to beat Total Knockout (Fr) (Exosphere {Aus}) by a length. The winner is a half-brother to the G3 scorer and GI Secretariat S. runner-up Ziyarid (Ire) (Desert Style {Ire}), GSW-Fr & GISP-US, $338,583, as well as to the listed scorer Zayva (Fr) (Raven s Pass). Also IN AUSTRALIA: connected to the G1 Criterium International-winning sire French Darvin (Ire), g, 5, (Ire)--Dalarua (Ire) (GSW-Fr), by Fifteen (Fr) (Turtle Bowl {Ire}), she also has a 2-year-old full- King's Best. Moonee Valley, 2-19, Hcp. ( 34k/ 39k), 3000mT, brother to Zayva. Sales history: 300,000 Ylg 19 AROCT. Lifetime 3:10.19. B-Haras de la Perelle. * 40,000 HRA '19 ARQNOV. Record: 3-2-0-0, 31,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Godolphin; B-Deveron Ltd & Framont Ltd (GB); T-Andre Fabre. IN SAUDI ARABIA: Petrus (Ire), g, 6, Zoffany (Ire)--Ambrosine (GB), by . 3rd-Chantilly, 25,000, Debutantes, 2-19, 3yo, 9 1/2f (AWT), King Abdulaziz, 2-19, Hcp. (US$500k), 2100mT, 2:10.08. 1:59.12, st. B-Timothy Nuttall. * 65,000 Wlg '15 GOFNOV; 35,000 Ylg OBSTINEE (FR) (f, 3, Myboycharlie {Ire}--Rime a Rien {GB} {SP- '16 GOFAUG. VIDEO Fr}, by Amadeus Wolf {GB}), sent off the 6-4 favourite, travelled smoothly in behind the early leaders before being angled wide IN QATAR: in the back straight. Launched on the front end approaching the Lauded (GB), c, 3, Acclamation (GB)--Thatsallimsaying (Ire) final furlong, the bay readily asserted to record a comfortable (SP-Eng), by Dandy Man (Ire). Al Rayyan, 2-19, Cond., 1200mT, 1 1/2-length success from Cloud Man (Fr) (Dariyan {Fr}). The 1:11.56. B-Whitsbury Manor Stud. *GSP-Eng. **24,000gns Wlg winner, who topped the Osarus September Yearling Sale in '18 TATDEF; 46,000 Ylg '19 TISEP; 62,000gns HRA '20 2019, is a half-sister to the G2 Sapphire S. and G3 Ballyogan S. TATAUT. VIDEO scorer Soffia (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), Hwt. Older Mare-Eur & Ire at Luchador (GB), m, 5, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)--Bride 5-7f, MGSW-Ire, $323,202. The useful dam, who is a half to the Unbridled (Ire), by (Ire). Al Rayyan, 2-19, Cond., dual G3 Oak Tree S. winner Al Jazi (Ire) (Canford Cliffs {Ire}) and 1600mT. B-Al Asayl Bloodstock Ltd. *Hwt. 3yo-Qat. ** 75,000 a granddaughter of the G3 Debutante S. winner Rainbows for All RNA 2yo '18 GOFJUN; 55,000gns 2yo '18 TATJUL. VIDEO (Ire) (Rainbows for Life), also has a 2-year-old filly by Dabirsim Bowerman (GB), g, 7, Dutch Art (GB). See 'Qatar.' (Fr) and a yearling daughter of Olympic Glory (Ire). Sales history: 170,000 Ylg 19 OSASEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, 12,500. Video, IN BAHRAIN: sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Glen Force (Ire), c, 4, Gleneagles (Ire)--Lethal Quality (SP-US), by O-Jean-Claude Seroul; B-Haras De Montaigu (FR); T-Frederic Elusive Quality. Sakhir, 2-19, H H Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Rossi. Khalifa Cup (NBT), 2200mT, 2:13.51. B-Irish National Stud. *1/2 to Promising (Ire) ( {Ire}), MGSP-Eng; and ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Lethal Promise (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), MSW-Ire. Nubia, f, 3, Palace Malice--Zifena (GB) (GSP-Eng), by Zamindar. ** 160,000 Ylg '18 GOFORB; 160,000gns HRA '20 TATAUT. Chantilly, 2-19, 8f (AWT), 1:39.58. B- J. Seitz (KY). VIDEO *$50,000 Wlg 18 KEENOV. IN DUBAI: Karaginsky (GB), g, 6, Dubawi (Ire) Belenkaya, by Giant s Perseverants (Fr), c, 3, Zoffany (Ire)--Perle Rare, by Distorted Causeway. Jebel Ali, 2-19, Hcp, 4yo/up, 1400m. B-Godolphin. Humor. Chantilly, 2-19, 8f (AWT), 1:38.92. B-Haras d Etreham, You re My Rock (GB), c, 4, Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire) You re My Cofinvest & Yacatec SARL (FR). * 3,000 RNA Ylg 19 AROCT. Cracker (GB), by Captain Gerrard (Ire). Jebel Ali, 2-19, Hcp, Snowball Jackson (GB), g, 4, No Nay Never--Emeralds Spirit 3yo/up, 1000m. B-Mr & Mrs Paul & Clare Rooney. * 20,000 (Ire), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). Chantilly, 2-19, 7f (AWT), 2yo 19 GOFSEP. 1:26.51. B-T A Scothern (GB). *45,000gns Ylg 18 TAFOA; 20,000gns HRA 20 TAJUL. Scenariste (Fr), f, 4, Zanzibari--Seance (Ger), by Manduro (Ger). Chantilly, 2-19, 13 1/2f (AWT), 2:56.59. B-M L Bloodstock Ltd (FR). TDN EUROPE • PAGE 9 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2021

with a lot of people watching and obviously good for your career. It=s up there was one of the most enjoyable nights I=ve had for a while.@ Saudi rider Adel Alfouradi won the final leg of the challenge, FOLEY TAKES JOCKEYS CHALLENGE giving him enough points for second, while Mike Smith, who is in town to ride Charlatan (Speightstown) in the Saudi Cup, was Irish jockey Shane Foley took top honours in the stc third. International Jockeys Challenge in Riyadh in Friday after winning two of the four races comprising the contest, which set the stage for Saturday=s card that includes the $20-million Saudi Cup.

ASPETAR LOOMS LARGE IN AMIR TROPHY by Alan Carasso

Shane Foley winning aboard Motawariyah | Coady

Foley beat just three home in the opening leg of the challenge, which was won by Mike Smith, who was deputizing for jockey Aspetar | ScoopDyga John Velazquez whose trip to Saudi was dashed on account of travel-related issues. Foley turned things around in the next A winner at the highest level in and victorious in race, however, navigating Emblem Star (Take Charge Indy) from group races in and England, Sheikh Mohammed bin the extreme outside gate 14 to take up a handy position before Khalifa al Thani's homebred Aspetar (Fr) (Al Kazeem {GB}) kicking clear by four lengths. Foley made it a double in the next appears the class of the field as he makes his Qatar debut in with Motawariyah (KSA) (Fong=s Thong), who similarly exited Saturday's US$1-million H H Amir Trophy (2400m) at Al Rayyan gate 13, and although he was unplaced in the final race his lead Racecourse in Doha. was safe, with his closest pursuer Smith finishing fourth. After The lightly raced 6-year-old won the G2 sealing the championship, Foley paid tribute to the late Pat and G1 in 2019 while under the care of Roger Smullen. Charlton and punched his ticket to the G1 Cox Plate with a AIt=s fantastic to be involved, and maybe I wouldn=t be here if 1 1/2-length success in last year's G2 Sky Bet York S. July 25. The Pat Smullen was here,@ Foley said. AHe=d have probably got the dark bay failed to land a serious blow when a distant 11th to Sir invite as he was the go-to man and it=s days like today that make Dragonet (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) in the Moonee Valley feature you think of Pat, but he=d be proud of me I think.@ Oct. 24, but a return to his best European form would make him Of the event, he added, AWhen you=re competing in these very tough here. Julian Smart now handles the training duties races it=s a random draw, so you=ve a chance of getting on a and Maxime Guyon has the riding assignment. fancied horse and I was lucky enough to draw two that had Berkshire Rocco (Fr) ( {GB}) raids for trainer Andrew chances. I had a nice run around on both of them and they both Balding on the heels of a very successful 3-year-old campaign in won. I know they=re not group races, but it=s on the big stage England in 2020. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 10 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2021

Amir Trophy cont. Second to subsequent G1 Irish Derby hero Santiago (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}) in the G2 Queen's Vase at the Royal meeting in June, he atoned for a fourth in the G2 Great S. in August with a narrow defeat at the hooves of Galileo Chrome (Ire) (Australia {GB}) in the Sept. 12 G1 St Leger S. He makes his FEBRUARY S. KICKS OFF JAPANESE GROUP 1 first start since taking out the Listed Noel Murless S. at Ascot Oct. 2. SEASON Noor Al Hawa (Fr) ( {GB}) makes his fifth straight appearance in the Amir Trophy, having finished second in 2017 and 2018 (promoted from third). The 8-year-old comes into this test on a four-race winning skein, including a one-length score over Qatar Derby hero Hellenistique (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in a 2200-metre conditions test Jan. 28. The rare Australian-bred in the jurisdiction, Off He Goes (Aus) (Casino Prince {Aus}) was named champion older horse at staying trips in Qatar in 2020 and carried Tomas Lukasek to a three-length win in the Khor Al Adid Cup (Local G3) over 2800 metres Jan. 21.

Friday's Results: IRISH THOROUGHBRED MARKETING CUP (NBT), $200,000, Al Name of Horse | Photographer Rayyan, 2-19, 4yo/up, 1600mT, 1:34.90, gd. 1--BOWERMAN (GB), 128, g, 7, Dutch Art (GB)--Jamboretta Group 1 racing action returns to Japan with Tokyo's (Ire), by . (150,000gns Ylg '15 TATOCT; 52,000gns HRA G1 February S., a 'Win and You're In' event for the Breeders' Cup '19 TATJUL). O-Total Recall Racing Club; B-Cheveley Park Stud Classic, which will be held at Del Mar this fall. Heading the 16- Ltd; T-Adrian McGuiness; J-Ronan Whelan; $114,000. Lifetime horse field is CafJ Pharoah (Jpn) (American Pharoah), who aired Record: GSW-Ire, SP-Fr, 19-9-4-2, $282,518. by 10 lengths in an 1800-meter maiden race at Nakayama in December 2019 before reeling off three consecutive wins, including Tokyo's G3 Unicorn S. (1600m) last June. Favored in 2--Dominus (Ire), 128, h, 5, Zoffany (Ire)--Gwen Lady Byron (Ire), the 2000-meter G1 Japan Dirt Derby at NAR-Oi in July, he by Dandy Man (Ire). ( 41,000 Wlg '16 GOFNOV; 30,000 Ylg '17 GOFAUG; 90,000gns HRA '19 TATAUT). $44,000. finished an even seventh over the muddy track before returning 3--Sir Arthur Dayne (Ire), 128, c, 4, Sir Prancealot (Ire)--Shoshoni from a three-month layoff to win the G3 Sirius S. at Chukyo in Wind (GB), by Sleeping Indian (GB). ( 38,000 Ylg '18 GOFAUG; October. Jumping up in class for his latest, he came home sixth 88,000gns HRA '19 TATAUT). $22,000. in the 1800-meter G1 Champions Cup at Chukyo Dec. 6. Margins: NK, 2, NK. VIDEO TDN EUROPE • PAGE 11 OF 11 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2021

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Red le Zele (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), who has registered seven wins between 1200-1400 meters, rounded off last term with a runner-up finish in the 1200 meter-G3 Capella S. at Nakayama in December. Stepped up to 1400 meters for his latest, the 5-year-old took the Jan. 31 G3 Negishi S. at Tokyo. The February S. will be the bay's first appearance at the 1600- meter distance, but trainer Takayuki Yasuda is unconcerned. AThe stretch-out in distance is not a worry,@ he said. AI am very exciting to see his performance over the distance.@ Auvergne (Jpn) (Smart Falcon {Jpn}) comes into this event off a three-race win skein, including the 1800-meter G2 Tokai TV Hai Tokai S. at Chukyo Jan. 24. ALast time out, he was able to run 1,000 meters in :59.3, and asserted well at the end to go on and win,@ said assistant trainer Eiko Umeuchi. AHe=s quite easy to control and has good racing sense, as can be seen by him getting into good positions early in a race without too much effort.@ Sunrise Nova (Jpn) (Gold Allure {Jpn}) makes his fourth attempt on the February S., a race in which he finished third last year. Winner of the G3 Procyon S. at Hanshin last July, he was fourth in Morioka's Listed Mile Championship in October before returning to score in the 1600-meter G3 Tokyo Chunichi Sports Hai Musashino S. Nov. 14. In his final start of the seaon, the chestnut finished 12th in Chukyo's G1 Champions Cup. Trainer Hidetaka Otonashi said, AHe doesn=t seem suited by Chukyo for some reason, but the mile at Tokyo is good for him. On returning from a short break at the farm, he=s been working with stablemate Danburite, and he=s been moving well.@

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Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 8:40 p.m. SAUDI CUP (Cond.), $20,000,000, 3yo/up, 1800m SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 -- Alzahzaah (KSA) Worldly SCR SCR SCR 2 2 Bangkok (Ire) Australia (GB) Moore A Balding 126 3 9 Charlatan K Speightstown Smith Baffert 126 4 1 Chuwa (Jpn) King Kamehameha (Jpn) Tosaki Okubo 126 5 14 Extra Elusive (GB) (Ire) Doyle Charlton 126 6 6 Global Giant (GB) Shamardal Dettori Gosden 126 7 3 Great Scot (GB) Requinto (Ire) Alfouraidi Al Kahtani 126 8 5 Knicks Go K Paynter Rosario Cox 126 9 4 Max Player K Honor Code Barzalona Asmussen 126 10 10 Military Law (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Fresu Al Mheri 126 11 12 Mishriff (Ire) Make Believe (GB) Egan Gosden 126 12 11 Simsir (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) de Vries Nass 126 13 8 Sleepy Eyes Todd K Paddy O'Prado Moreno Silva 126 14 7 Tacitus Tapit Buick Mott 126 15 13 Derevo (GB) (GB) Demuro Al Kahtani 126 Reserve: 16 -- Cariblanco (Chi) Awesome Patriot No Rider Saad 126

Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 5:10 p.m. RED SEA TURF CUP H., $2,500,000, 3yo/up, 3000mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 2 Call The Wind (GB) Frankel (GB) Peslier Head 136 2 4 Prince of Arran (GB) Shirocco (Ger) Dettori Fellowes 132 3 7 Secret Advisor (Fr) Dubawi (Ire) Buick Appleby 132 4 6 Mirinaque (Arg) Hurricane Cat Goncalves Munoz 130 5 1 Mildenberger (GB) Teofilo (Ire) Fanning Johnston 130 6 13 Barbados (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Foley Harrington 129 7 10 Mekong (GB) Frankel (GB) Spencer Osborne 129 8 11 Spanish Mission K Moore A Balding 128 9 5 Gifts Of Gold (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Cosgrave bin Suroor 128 10 12 New Show (Ire) (Ire) Egan Nass 127 11 8 Red Verdon K Lemon Drop Kid Doyle Dunlop 127 12 3 Making Miracles (GB) Pivotal (GB) Morales Alazma 122 13 9 Arctic Sound (GB) Poet's Voice (GB) Ospina Alghareeban 119 Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 7:10 p.m. AL RAJHI BANK SAUDI DERBY (Cond.), $1,500,000, 3yo, 1600m SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 12 Albadri (Ire) Dandy Man (Ire) Doyle Chapple-Hyam 126 2 5 Cowan K Kantharos Rosario Asmussen 126 3 9 Emblem Road K Quality Road SCR SCR SCR 4 2 Homeryan (Fr) Sea The Stars (Ire) Demuro Graffard 126 5 4 Meshakel (Ire) Shamardal Barzalona bin Ghadayer 126 6 10 New Treasure (Ire) New Approach (Ire) Dettori Gosden 126 7 8 Pink Kamehameha (Jpn) King Kamehameha (Jpn) TBD Mori 126 8 11 Rebel's Romance (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Buick Appleby 126 9 3 Round Six (Ire) Buratino (Ire) Alenazi Almuteb 126 10 13 Shibl Lat'taam (KSA) Lataam Alfiraidy Alghaith 126 11 6 Hatm (KSA) (f) Worldly Ramos Aladhayani 121 12 1 Magbootah (KSA) (f) Premium Tap Castro Rezaiq 121 13 7 Soft Whisper (Ire) (f) Dubawi (Ire) Smith bin Suroor 121

Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 4:00 p.m. NEOM TURF CUP (Cond.), $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 2100mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 2 Al Hamdany (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Demuro Saad 126 2 3 Channel Maker K English Channel Rosario Mott 126 3 10 Emirates Knight (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Moreno Alshoieb 126 4 11 For The Top (Arg) Equal Stripes (Arg) Barzalona bin Ghadayer 126 5 7 Gronkowski K Lonhro (Aus) Peslier Khalid 126 6 5 Kuwait Currency K Kitten's Joy Castro Almutairi 126 7 1 Saltonstall (GB) Pivotal (GB) Ryan Guiness 126 8 8 Star of Wins (Ire) Sea The Stars (Ire) Ospina Alghareeban 126 9 4 Staunch (GB) Pivotal (GB) Ramos Almindeel 126 10 12 Tilsit First Defence Moore C Hills 126 11 6 Four White Socks (GB) (m) Lope de Vega (Ire) Wanas Haif 121 12 9 True Self (Ire) (m) Oscar (Ire) Doyle Mullins 121

Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 4:35 p.m. STC 1351 TURF SPRINT (Cond.), $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 1351mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 4 Captain Von Trapp K Trappe Shot Alfayrouz Almutairi 126 2 5 Dark Power (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Dettori Smith 126 3 9 Glorious Journey (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Doyle Appleby 126 4 7 Krispen (Ire) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Moreno Alkhulifi 126 5 3 Land of Legends (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) de Vries bin Suroor 126 6 6 Larchmont Lad (Ire) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Aleniezi Saad 126 7 11 Momkin (Ire) Bated Breath (GB) Demuro Al Kahtani 126 8 1 Royal Dornoch (Ire) Gleneagles (Ire) Fresu Al Mheri 126 9 2 Space Blues (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Buick Appleby 126 10 8 Urban Icon (GB) Cityscape (GB) TBD Saad 126 11 10 Avalina K Tale of Ekati Morales Khalid 121 Saturday, King Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia, post time: 7:50 p.m. SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES RIYADH DIRT SPRINT (Cond.), $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 1200m SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 7 Brad the Brief (GB) Dutch Art (GB) Doyle Dascombe 126 2 12 Copano Kicking K Spring At Last Buick Murayama 126 3 10 Faz Zae (KSA) Mizzen Mast Ramos Al Kahtani 126 4 3 Harry's Bar (GB) Exceed and Excel Ryan Guiness 126 5 6 Justin (Jpn) Orfevre (Jpn) Sakai Yahagi 126 6 1 Matera Sky K Speightstown Tosaki Mori 126 7 13 Maypole (GB) Mayson (GB) Moreno Almindeel 126 8 2 New York Central K Tapit Rosaio Saad 126 9 11 Oxted (GB) Mayson (GB) Fallon Teal 126 10 8 Raaed (Ire) Dark Angel (GB) Aldaham Alsubaie 126 11 14 Raucous (GB) Dream Ahead Morales Almetawae 126 12 9 Roman River (GB) Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) Rodriguez Smith 126 13 5 Switzerland K Speightstown Barzalona Seemar 126 14 4 Rajee Allah (KSA) Official Flame Ospina Rizaiq 126

Saturday, Al Rayyan, Qatar, post time: 4:15 p.m. H.H. THE AMIR TROPHY-Listed, $1,000,000, 4yo/up, 2400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 8 Aspetar (Fr) Al Kazeem (GB) Guyon Smart 128 2 6 Masterpiece (Fr) Mastercraftsman (Ire) Forest Mohsen 128 3 1 Noor Al Hawa (Fr) Makfi (GB) Sanna Mikhalides 128 4 2 Off He Goes (Aus) Casino Prince (Aus) Lukasek Smart 128 5 4 Otwo K Medaglia d’Oro Bughanaim Al-Jehani 128 6 10 Pedro Cara (Fr) Pedro The Great Saadi Ghazali 128 7 9 Quelindo (Ger) Aussie Rules Rossi Kobeissi 128 8 7 Standard Deviation K Curlin Curatolo Malki 128 9 3 Berkshire Rocco (Fr) Sir Percy (GB) Watson Balding 128 10 5 Hellenistique (Fr) Wootton Bassett (GB) Thomas Mohsen 128

Sunday, Tokyo, Japan, post time: 3:40 p.m. THE FEBRUARY S.-G1, ¥194,800,000, 4yo/up, 1600m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Air Almas Majestic Warrior Matsuyama Ikezoe 125 2 Inti (Jpn) Came Home Take Nonaka 125 3 Café Pharoah American Pharoah Lemaire Hori 125 4 Helios (Jpn) Orfevre (Jpn) Demuro Terashima 125 5 Success Energy (Jpn) Kinshasa no Kiseki (Jpn) Sakai Kitade 125 6 Arctos (Jpn) Admire Aura (Jpn) Tanabe Kurita 125 7 Wonder Lider (Jpn) Statue of Liberty N Yokoyama Yasuda 125 8 Wide Pharoah (Jpn) Henny Hughes Fukunaga Sumii 125 9 Sunrise Nova (Jpn) Gold Allure (Jpn) Matsuwaka Otonashi 125 10 Air Spinel (Jpn) King Kamehameha (Jpn) Sameshima Sasada 125 11 Smart Dandy (Jpn) Empire Maker Akiyama Ishibashi 125 12 Yamanin Imprime (Jpn) Sinister Minister T Yokoyama Hasegawa 121 13 Soliste Thunder (Jpn) Toby's Corner Kitamura Takayanagi 125 14 Auvergne (Jpn) Smart Falcon (Jpn) Maruyama Nishimura 125 15 Mutually (Jpn) Pyro Mikamoto Yano 125 16 Red le Zele (Jpn) Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) Kawada Yasuda 125 Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 4:05 p.m. CITI HONG KONG GOLD CUP-G1, HK$12,000,000 (£1,107,985/€1,281,174/A$1,994,280/US$1,547,816), 3yo/up, 2000mT (PPs) SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 4 Golden Sixty (Aus) Medaglia d'Oro Ho Lui 126 2 2 Exultant (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Purton Cruz 126 3 3 Furore (NZ) Pierro (Aus) Moreira Cruz 126 4 5 Columbus County (NZ) Redwood (GB) Shinn Fownes 126 5 6 Playa del Puente (GB) Elzaam (Aus) Badel Shum 126 6 1 Time Warp (GB) Archipenko Leung Cruz 126 7 7 Glorious Dragon (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Poon Lui 126

Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 2:00 p.m. QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE CUP-G1, HK$12,000,000 (£1,107,985/€1,281,174/A$1,994,280/US$1,547,816), 3/up, 1400mT (PPs) SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 2 Southern Legend (Aus) Not A Single Doubt (Aus) Teetan Fownes 126 2 6 Waikuku (Ire) Watch (Ire) Moreira Size 126 3 8 Ka Ying Star (GB) Cityscape (GB) Purton Cruz 126 4 5 More Than This (GB) Dutch Art (GB) Leung Lui 126 5 1 Wishful Thinker (Aus) I Am Invincible (Aus) Schofield Yip 126 6 9 Champion's Way (Aus) Hinchinbrook (Aus) Badel Size 126 7 3 Mighty Giant (NZ) Power (GB) Callan Yiu 126 8 7 Buddies (Aus) (NZ) Chadwick Cruz 126 9 4 Not Usual Talent (NZ) Zacinto (GB) Piccone Yung 126

Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 5:15 p.m. HONG KONG CLASSIC CUP-LR, HK$12,000,000 (£1,107,985/€1,281,174/A$1,994,280/US$1,547,816), NH/SH4yo, 1800mT (PPs) SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 4 Sky Darci (NZ) Darci Brahma (NZ) Moreira Fownes 126 2 5 Excellent Proposal (Aus) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Shinn Size 126 3 2 Lucky Express (Aus) (Ire) Teetan Size 126 4 3 Tourbillon Diamond (Aus) Olympic Glory (Ire) Ho Shum 126 5 7 Lucky Patch (NZ) El Roca (Aus) Poon Lui 126 6 8 Healthy Happy (Aus) Zoustar (Aus) Badel Lor 126 7 9 Shadow Hero (Aus) Pierro (Aus) Purton Hayes 126 8 10 Delightful Laos (Ire) Baltic King (GB) Leung Cruz 126 9 1 Conqueror (Aus) (Aus) Piccone Hayes 126 10 11 Russian Emperor (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Yeung Whyte 126 11 12 Arthur's Kingdom (Ire) Camelot (GB) Borges Tsui 126 12 6 Packing Waltham (Fr) Wootton Bassett (GB) Chadwick Cruz 126 13 13 Maximus (Ger) Ivawood (Ire) Schofield Millard 126 14 14 Sea of Life (Aus) Sebring (Aus) Hamelin Lui 126 Emergencies 15 Smiling Time (SAf) Oratorio (Ire) No Rider Ting 126 16 Tsar (GB) Kingman (GB) No Rider Tsui 126

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'HOMETOWN' HOPE RUNHAPPY IS SOARING, AND MCINGVALE IS ON A WINNING STREAK by Bill Finley UNITING DESERT AND Mattress Mack is having some month. When Alluring Lady (Runhappy) won a maiden special weight BLUEGRASS race at Aqueduct Jan. 24, the filly's victory kicked off a torrid streak for her sire. Over a 25-day period, she was one of eight Runhappys to win a race, a list that includes his first stakes winner, Gander S. winner Nicky The Vest. The Aqueduct winner came just 14 days before Jim McIngvale won the biggest bet of his life, cashing for $3.2 million after betting on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to cover the spread in the Super Bowl. On Thursday, Whoopi Goldberg, on her show The View, suggested that McIngvale be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his on-going efforts to provide, food, heat and shelter for residents of Houston that have been hit hard by the vicious winter storm. Cont. p9

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King Abdulaziz Racetrack | Saudi Cup STRENGTH IN DEPTH ON SAUDI CUP UNDERCARD Group 1 winners Oxted, Call The Wind and Space Blues are by Chris McGrath among the European-trained stars stepping out on the Saudi "Build it, and they will come." Such is the familiar philosophy Cup card. sustaining the dramatic--sometimes melodramatic--changes in Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. the desert landscape, both physical and metaphorical, over the past generation. Certainly those who first visited Dubai during the early years of its ruling family's commitment to our sport were annually bewildered by the exponential transformation of a cluster of creekside souks and wharves into a teeming, space-age skyline of gleaming towers. Even so, it was still staggering last year to see the Saudis stage a card featuring the richest race in history just four months after sowing a grass course. We all feel due gratitude for the colossal contribution to our industry, over the years, by investors from the Gulf. At the same time, we understand that exchanges in more significant theaters--diplomatic, political, economic--remain complex and sometimes uncomfortable. As a guiding principle, surely, everyone must welcome the bridging of division through sport. But we must still be wary of conflating shared enthusiasms with the solution of problems that fall beyond our field of operation and, really, way beyond our competence.

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Cont. from p1 To be fair, that cuts both ways. On the one hand, sport can serve as a helpfully open line of communication, at times when parallel interactions feel blocked. But that can only remain a feasible position so long as the integrity of those separate lines is maintained. To millions, for instance, awarding Qatar the biggest sporting event of all--soccer's World Cup--felt more like digging a tunnel than building a bridge. The thing to remember is that no amount of money can bring people together better than cultural dialogue in a more intimate, human register. Some of you may remember the original Dubai Hilton, which obeyed time-honored precepts of desert architecture: white walls, tiny windows. Nowadays, western visitors stay in steel and glass skyscrapers that make exorbitant demands of the environment. The last time I went, however, I managed to find a guesthouse with wooden shutters and a beautiful shady courtyard; and felt far more disposed, as a result, to engage with and understand a different culture. All these desert spectaculars will achieve only limited dividends if people just ship in, whizz round, count the money and ship out. Especially as the winners of the inaugural Saudi Cup are still being obliged to view that critical third stage as something of a mirage, on grounds that do not fit very coherently into established international protocols. That said, we know how horsemen will drop anything and go anywhere if you offer them enough money. This card was launched out of a clear blue sky last year and drew no fewer than 22 individual Grade I winners. As we've noted before, stretching out the campaigns of these elite Thoroughbreds comes at a price: they're putting far more miles on the clock, in every sense, since their traditional winter hiatus was filled by the GI Pegasus World Cup, the G1 Dubai World Cup and now this race in between. All these new mega-races are pure "Vegas," offered at inconvenient times and places, but with rewards sufficiently gaudy to seduce many from the cherished destinations of their heritage. Returning with their "Vegas" hangovers, horses now tend to sit out races--like the GI Santa Anita H. or GI Hollywood Gold Cup--that long served, to extend the analogy, as the equivalent of a Martha's Vineyard vacation. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2021

This Side Up cont. For one man, conversely, the first Saudi Cup must have felt more like a homecoming. The death, in the meantime, of Prince Khalid Abdullah renders the return of Tacitus (Tapit) most poignant. We paid due respects to this gentleman at the time of his loss. But the world keeps turning, and such a valuable success for Tacitus would certainly feel like a useful prompt to the Prince's heirs; and likewise the confirmation, last weekend, that he has bequeathed a homebred colt of legitimate GI Kentucky Derby potential in Mandaloun (Into Mischief).

Tacitus | Neville Hopwood/Saudi Cup So far as can be judged from the outside, there are encouraging hints of the Prince's own, temperate style in the calmness with which the future of his breeding and racing empire has so far been addressed. For the time being, at least, it remains business as usual. That approach is easier to sustain, of course, when a business--thanks to the skill and patience of its architect, and the team he built--happens to be as viable as Juddmonte. At the moment, admittedly, there's an obvious contrast between its transatlantic divisions. The Newmarket roster features two of Europe's premier in Frankel (GB) and Kingman (GB), both in their prime and eligible, with luck, to keep thriving for years to come. (Kingman, incidentally, was favored last Sunday for the maiden cover of the Prince's final champion, (GB) ( {Ire}). In contrast, the champion who promised similar regeneration in Kentucky, Arrogate (Unbridled's Song), was lost at just 7-years-old last summer in freakish and heartbreaking circumstances. That leaves the stalwart Mizzen Mast once again on his own. As it happens, I'd still call him among the best value in the land, but the fact is that he's now 23. Cont. p5 FIND US ON FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews

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This Side Up cont. Hopefully the Prince's family understands how vital he considered his American bloodlines; and also the fulfilment he derived from the great American race days. Tacitus himself, of course, is out of five-time Grade I winner Close Hatches--whose sire First Defence was homebred from Honest Lady, herself one of four Grade I winners out of Juddmonte's storied matriarch Toussaud (). If the Prince could now any favor of the racing gods, then, I'm sure one of his priorities would be for Mandaloun, Tacitus and others to give renewed impetus to his Kentucky farm.

Arrogate winning the Dubai World Cup | Horsephotos So whatever patriotic satisfaction the Prince might have discovered in a hometown success for Tacitus, he would also hope that any success for his American racetrack division be viewed, first and foremost, as a means of enabling his Bluegrass team to extend decades of excellent service. Because, albeit in an understated way, he built his sporting bridges by a very human connection. And that's one reason why those stretching from the sands of his homeland, all the way to the lush pasture of Kentucky or Suffolk, were built to last.

KNICKS GO AND CHARLATAN BATTLE IN THE DESERT Knicks Go (Paynter) and Charlatan (Speightstown), a pair of major forces headlining the American racing scene in 2020, take on 12 others in Saturday's $20-million Saudi World Cup at King Abdulaziz Racecourse outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Both Grade I winners in their latest starts, the pair represent two of America's leading trainers, Brad Cox, who took home his first Award last season, and Bob Baffert, a 2020 finalist who had previously annexed four training titles. Cont. p6 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Saudi Cup Preview cont. It wouldn't be a big-money event without a Baffert- Knicks Go, winner of the 2018 GI Breeders' Futurity S. while conditioned runner, and the Hall of Fame trainer is represented under the care of Ben Colebrook, marked his debut for Cox and by the lightly raced Charlatan in the second renewal of the nine- Korea Racing Authority in 2020 with a victory in an 8 1/2-furlong furlong Saudi Cup. In his latest work prior to leaving the U.S., the optional claimer at Oaklawn last chestnut completed seven February. Off for the ensuing furlongs in 1:24.60 at Santa seven months, the grey romped by Anita Feb. 7. A @ 10 1/4 lengths in a Keeneland [Charlatan] is doing well, Baffert told the TDN. AHe has a optional claimer in October before great mind and is getting over posting an emphatic win in the the track well. We feel good GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at the about our chances, but they Lexington oval Nov. 7. Well still have to get around there. I supported for his 2021 bow in the the way he worked when Jan. 23 GI Pegasus World Cup he left here. I didn't do much Invitational S. at Gulfstream, the with him there, just a light Maryland-bred once again proved little half [mile]. He was ready best, winning by 2 3/4 lengths. to run.@ Knicks Go was keen during a An impressive winner in his 1600-meter gallop Friday morning first two starts at Santa Anita under assistant trainer Dustin Knicks Go | Coady/VidHorse last winter, the SF Racing, Dugas. Starlight Racing, Madaket AHe loves to train and is so difficult to handle sometimes," Racing and Stonestreet Stables runner finished first, but was demoted to ninth after testing positive for a banned substance Dugas said. ABut he has a lot of talent, obviously, and is sitting on in the May 2 GI Arkansas Derby before being forced to the a big race. He=s very, very fast and is extremely tough.@ sidelines with a minor ankle injury. Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Saudi Cup Preview cont. Japan offers a worthy contender in Chuwa Wizard (Jpn) (King The colt returned to action with a brilliant score in the Dec. 26 Kamehameha {Jpn}). Last December's G1 Champions Cup GI Malibu S. at Santa Anita. winner enjoyed an easy canter on the dirt track before a gate- Accompanied by Mike Smith, Charlatan drew post 9, while schooling session Friday. Knicks Go--who will be partnered by Joel Rosario--will exit stall AHe shipped to Dubai last year [for the Dubai World Cup five. Carnival], but had to fly back to Japan due to the cancellation of the race meetings. I think the travel experiences helped him a lot this time," explained trainer Ryuji Okubo. ALast year, he lost 10 kg during the trip to Dubai, but this year he only lost 4 kg when he flew into Saudi Arabia. He is enjoying it here and is feeling really good. He is a very straightforward horse.@ Asked about his charge's inside post position, Okubo added, AHe will start from barrier one, so we can make ground all the way through the race. I understand the American horses are very fast, but I expect Chuwa Wizard can track them and overtake them with his strong closing speed.@

RISPOLI, STEVENS REMOVED FROM PLANE EN ROUTE TO SAUDI CUP; VELAZQUEZ Charlatan | Coady/VidHorse STYMIED IN MIAMI AHe has to break well, but he has a nice post,@ said Baffert. by Sue Finley AKnicks Go is in there [and] Charlatan likes a target. [In the Several major shifts in riding assignments were underway Malibu], he had [SW] Nashville [Speightstown] as his target and Friday morning after Umberto Rispoli and John Velazquez were that worked out alright. It is a mile-and-an-eighth, but that long not allowed to fly to Saudi Arabia due to a mixup in flight stretch gets demanding in the final sixteenth. There are good arrangements Wednesday and problems with COVID-19 horses in there.@ restrictions Thursday. No stranger to Riyadh, Prince A A Faisal=s Mishriff (Ire) (Make Ron Anderson, the agent for Velazquez and Joel Rosario, said Believe {GB}) was second in last season's Saudi Derby and will that Mickael Barzalona would ride Max Player (Honor Code), try to go one better in this year's Cup. that would be aboard Tacitus (Tapit) in the Saudi Jockey David Egan, who was in the irons in the Saudi Derby, Cup; and that Joel Rosario would ride New York Central (Tapit) has been aboard the 4-year-old for the last three mornings at in defense of his title in the Riyadh Dirt Sprint. In the Saudi track work. Derby, Rosario takes over on Cowan (Kantharos) after being ASimilar to last year, Mishriff has been thriving since he arrived released from his previous assignment on Pink Kamehameha here in Riyadh,@ he said. AHe seems to really enjoy the style of (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}). training and the surface here in Saudi Arabia. He looks amazing, Rispoli had been set to ride Max Player for Steve Asmussen in feels fresh and has been moving fluently up to the race." Saturday's Saudi Cup, as well as Cowan in the Saudi Derby, but Following his Saudi sojourn, the Irish-bred reeled off three was taken off a Qatar Airways flight to Doha as it prepared to consecutive victories over the summer, including Chantilly's take off Thursday, according to a Tweet posted by the jockey G1 and the G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano at Thursday evening. Velazquez, scheduled to ride Tacitus, was Deauville. He finished eighth in his latest start in Newmarket's supposed to depart from Miami, but was not allowed to fly. G1 Qipco Champion S. in October. Anderson said that the problems began Wednesday when the AMishriff looks stronger again since I saw him in Newmarket at two jockeys and , who was to be part of the the end of last year and he has traveled extremely well,@ said broadcast team, arrived at LAX and discovered that their tickets Ted Voute, racing manager to Prince A A Faisal. AHe has thrived had been canceled. From Doha, they were scheduled to fly to over the winter. He looks well and ready for the race.@ Saudi Arabia. He added, "David said he changed legs easily going into the turns and was a natural from that point of view. We=re looking Cont. p8 forward to the race." FIRST FOALS BY ARE

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Saudi Cup Jockeys cont. "As you can see, I am here, sitting home on my bench," said "The night before last [Wednesday], Umberto and Joel were at Rispoli in the Tweet in which he was critical of the organization the airport in L.A.,@ said Anderson. "The travel team from Saudi running the event. "I couldn't make the flight to Saudi to go to made a mistake and double-booked the second leg into Riyadh, the Saudi Cup. It has been since [Wednesday] I have been trying so when they got to the airport, their tickets were canceled. to fly, but it has been over a week that we have had an issue Johnny gets to Miami, because he was in Florida, and same with the organization with the Saudi Cup," he said. thing. They told us it's called a dupe, and the computer "[Wednesday], there was an issue with the ticket. The ticket was automatically cancels the ticket, as they explained to us, cancelled after I was at the airport for three hours. Today, I was because they didn't cancel the first reservation before making ready to fly, my luggage was already on the plane, I was in my the second." seat, my seatbelt was fastened, and before we took off, the stewards came and took me off the plane, saying in Riyadh at that moment, exactly that moment, there was a change in the rule in the COVID test. Before, it was 72 hours prior to the flight. This time, in Riyadh, the request, a COVID test, was 72 hours once you land in Riyadh. It was something that was out of my hands. I'm so devastated, I'm frustrated, and that's why I couldn't go to ride the Saudi Cup." Stevens Tweeted that he was also removed from the flight. "Anyone that has seen the tweet and video post of @unbyrispoli, I was on the same flight and removed as well due to immediate COVID test restrictions. Not good. No @thesaudicup for us."

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It was unclear why the tickets had been booked twice. Rispoli and Stevens were booked on a flight the next day, Thursday, and were taken off the plane when it became apparent that their 72-hour COVID test would expire before they arrived in Saudi Arabia. Rosario was allowed to stay on the plane because he had sought an additional COVID test after his first flight was canceled. "We had thought, 'okay, it's alright, we'll just go the next day,'" said Anderson. "Now Gary, Joel and Umberto are on the plane, sitting in business class, having a glass of champagne, and Gary Stevens | Horsephotos someone comes and says, `okay, you three are getting off the plane. Your 72-hour COVID test expires by the time you get Stevens supported Rispoli's version of events, that the COVID there.'" protocols were changed at the last moment. But while Stevens and Rispoli were taken off the plane, Rosario "We knew all the rules," Stevens wrote. "They literally showed the airline staff the additional test he had taken a day changed them just before they fired up the engines. We met all later as a precaution when they were not allowed to fly protocols and they changed them." Wednesday. "It wasn't the airline's choice," said Stevens. "All I know is it "We're lucky the testing center sent an email," said Anderson. became our problem in a hurry. Qatar Airlines were very "He spent $400 on a rapid test, and they said `okay, you're professional and kind about it. They said it was Saudi. We were allowed to fly. You two are not.'" fine to fly to Qatar, but not on to Saudi. They wouldn't have Rispoli posted a video on Twitter Thursday night with his allowed us in." version of events. Cont. p9 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Saudi Cup Jockeys cont. MATTRESS MACK cont. from p1 Velazquez rebooked his original flight and had planned to fly through Spain when he was told that protocols in place in that country would not allow him to change from one terminal to another, or risk a $10,000 fine and imprisonment. He never left Miami. Velazquez tweeted Friday morning: "I tested negative four times this week to make it to the Saudi Cup but never made it anywhere, because flights canceled or wrong alternatives. I am not in Spain. Very disappointed."

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"We have an obligation and a responsibility to help the people because they have helped us so much," said McIngvale, who has provided shelter for hundreds of people at his Houston furniture store. Runhappy's sudden success would have been hard to predict back in the early fall. McIngvale was offering a $100,000 bonus

John Velazquez | Coady to any offspring of Runhappy that won an open maiden race at Saratoga, the summer meet at Del Mar or Kentucky Downs. Not Rispoli said he felt sorry to leave the connections of Max only did the sire fail to produce a winner at any of those three Player in this situation. "I would like to give my apologies to meets, but his progeny was struggling throughout the country. Steve Asmussen, and his connections. I'm really sorry about that Through September, he had produced just two winners. and also, I would say as well that this is the biggest race in the Cont. p10 world and that there should be a better organization behind this, and probably then there wouldn't be any issue. [Thursday], I'm paying the consequence of this organization, which probably didn't pay attention to any details. As I said, I'm frustrated, I have to move on, I'm going to watch the races on t.v., and I wish all the contenders of the Saudi Cup best of luck and I will see you back in business at Santa Anita next Friday. Thank you for all of your support before the race, and I wish you guys can keep supporting me." Officials at the Saudi Cup issued a statement Friday morning confirming the news, adding, "We understand and share John and Umberto's disappointment at not being able to ride at the Saudi Cup meeting." TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2021

McIngvale cont. "We have a lot of quality 2-year-olds by Runhappy," he said. "I certainly never gave up on him," McIngvale said. "I did that "With our 3-year-olds, a couple of them have had some nagging 2-year-old bonus that created a lot of hype and then my injuries and are still coming around. We're really optimistic sister-in-law reminded me that the great Runhappy didn't win about the 2-year-olds. We've got some nice ones that are fast." his first race until December of his 2-year old year. I made a Before the streak began, Runhappy's stud fee for this year was boneheaded mistake promoting him like I did when his first crop cut from $25,000 to $10,000. Had they had more time to make was just two." a decision, that may not have happened. But McIngvale said he What McIngvale didn't know at the time was that the is fine with the new fee. Runhappys would turn out to be late developers that prefer "I am a value guy," McIngvale said. "Cutting the stud fee going a distance, a surprise since the sire was the 2015 Eclipse makes Runhappy the best value in the book, especially Award-winning sprinter. considering what he has done recently. He should have a good "The people from Claiborne kept telling me that the great Bull year. We're in this for the long term and not just for one Hancock always said you can't judge a stallion until their first season." crop has gotten through their whole 4-year-old year," he said. "I While the new stud fee may cost McIngvale some money, he's believe in the Claiborne philosophy. Certainly, his 3-year-olds in a good position to absorb some of the loss. When he bets, he are, so far, doing very well. Win, lose or draw, I'm always bets a lot. Just prior to the Super Bowl, McIngvale flew to pleased with Runhappy, but right now he is on a roll." , where sports betting is legal, and bet $3.46 million on the Bucs after logging on to a DraftKings mobile betting app. He got Tampa Bay and Tom Brady at +3.5 points. With Tampa crushing Kansas City, the outcome of his bet was never in serious doubt.

Nicky the Vest | Coglianese Photo The streak has vaulted Runhappy to the number three spot in earnings on the TDN's year-to-date second crop sire list, where he leads by winners with nine. Among the recent winners, Nicky the Vest could turn out to be Two of McIngvale's Gallery Furniture locations have been converted to warming shelters for Texans without power due to the best. A New York-bred owned by Robert LaPenta and the ongoing winter weather disaster in the Lone Star State trained by Jonathan Thomas, he kicked off his career with a Getty Images maiden win in December before romping by 11 3/4 lengths in "There wasn't a lot of tension in that game so I didn't have to the Gander. His connections have said they will look for a sweat it out or throw anything at the television," he said. traditional prep for the GI Kentucky Derby for his next start. McIngvale often links his large wagers to promotions at his "I am very excited about Nicky the Vest," McIngvale said. stores, Gallery Furniture. But for now, he's more focused on "He's got great connections behind him and they absolutely helping out a community in need. He said he decided to open know what they're doing. He is exciting and so is the horse (Run his stores up to the public after driving down a Houston street Classic) that won the other day at Fair Grounds. There are a lot and witnessing paramedics deal with a homeless person who of exciting Runhappys out there." had apparently died of exposure. McIngvale owns several Runhappys, but has had little success with them. He said that should change later on this year. Cont. p11 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Mattress Mack cont. The blockbuster Travers day card will also include the GI Sword "We hope to be back to normalcy," he said. "But until then, Dancer S., GI Personal Ensign S., GI Ballerina S., GI Forego S., we're here for Houston because tough times never last for us GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S. and GII Ballston Spa S. The first Texans. Tough people do. And we're tough Texans." three on that list are Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' events, He has also been busy putting together a new ad campaign for just like the Whitney. Runhappy, which debuted this week. McIngvale is still quite the New York Showcase Day will retain its traditional spot on the promoter and this time he has something to promote. calendar on Travers eve, Aug. 27, with six stakes for Empire- breds worth a total of $1.15 million. The local prep for the Travers, the GII Jim Dandy S., will be held July 31, as will the GI Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. and JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP AND FLOWER GII Bowling Green S. The GII Amsterdam S. for sophomore BOWL ADDED TO SARATOGA'S 2021 STAKES sprinters will take place the following day, Aug. 1. The GIII Schuylerville S. and GIII Quick Call S. highlight the SCHEDULE opening day card July 15 and the first Grade I of the season is the Diana S. July 17. Other Grade Is at the Spa include the GI CCA Oaks July 24; the GI Alabama S. Aug. 21; and the GI Fourstardave H. Aug. 14, a qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Mile. In addition to the Jockey Club Gold Cup and Flower Bowl, the final Saturday of the meet, Sept. 4, will include the GII Prioress S. and GIII Saranac S. The GI Spinaway S. will take place Sept. 5 and the GI Hopeful S. remains in its traditional spot on closing day, Sept. 6, as does the GII Bernard Baruch H.

Saratoga | Sarah Andrew The New York Racing Association unveiled the stakes schedule for the Saratoga meet, which will feature 76 stakes worth $21.5 million in total purses, including the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup and GI Flower Bowl S., both of which were previously run at Belmont. Both races will be run Sept. 4 and, to accommodate this change, the GI Woodward S. and GIII Fasig-Tipton Waya S. will be moved to the Belmont fall meet. The Jockey Club Gold Cup will be worth $1 million for the first time since 2016, up from 2020 Travers winner Tiz the Law | Sarah Andrew $750,000. The Flower Bowl was cut from $500,000 to $250,000 Additional upgraded races for the Saratoga summer meet last year due to COVID-19, but will be boosted to $600,000 this include the previously listed $200,000 GIII Caress S. July 24, in season. addition to 20 stakes receiving a $20,000 boost to offer a The 40-day summer meet will open Thursday, July 15 and $120,000 purse. conclude Monday, Sept. 6. The Saratoga meet will offer at least Cont. p12 one stakes race every live racing day and will be highlighted by the $1.25-million GI Travers S. Aug. 28 and the $1-million GI Whitney S. Aug. 7. Whitney day will also include the GI Longines Test S.; GI Saratoga Derby, which is being run as a Grade I for the first time this year; GII Glens Falls S.; and Fasig-Tipton Lure S. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Saratoga Stakes Schedule cont. also meant that the GIII Sunland Derby would not be run for the Beginning in 2021, the use of Furosemide (Lasix) is prohibited second consecutive year. within 48 hours of all stakes races conducted at NYRA tracks. "This was a devastating decision for the horsemen," said New Earlier this month, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Mexico Horsemen's Association Executive Director Richard announced that live sports and entertainment venues with a Erhard. "We had no inkling that they would out and out cancel minimum reserved seating capacity of 10,000 will be permitted the meet. This is another nail in the coffin of New Mexico to re-open to a limited number of spectators beginning Feb. 23 racing." with approval from the New York State Department of Health. As has been the case in many states, the New Mexico tracks All attendees must present a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken went dark last March because of the coronavirus. But New within 72 hours of the event and adhere to health and safety Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham eventually allowed requirements, including mandatory facial coverings and social them to reopen without spectators. After a two-month absence, distancing. racing returned to New Mexico on May 22 at Ruidoso Downs. NYRA will continue to closely monitor New York State-issued The problem for racing was that the governor has yet to give regulations to determine how they impact Saratoga Race the green light for the casinos in the state to open up. With the Course. Additional details on fan attendance and tickets for the casino monies no longer available to fund purses, Sunland 2021 summer meet will be provided as information becomes management has argued that it cannot run. available. Baldwin is among the trainers who opted to keep their horses Click here to view the complete stakes schedule. in New Mexico. Others have scattered, some landing at Turf Paradise, others at Houston. Dick Cappellucci is enjoying a solid meet at Turf Paradise with 14 winners, but he'd rather be WITH SUNLAND MEET CANCELED, NEW in Mew Mexico. "We're from New Mexico and that's the only place we've ever MEXICO RACING IN DISARRAY raced," he said. "My grandfather started there and then my dad. raced there. I've been around the New Mexico tracks all my life and that's where I'd rather be. The problem is that we depend on the money from the slot machines for our purses. It accounts for about 85 to 90% of our revenues." After Sunland, in a normal year, New Mexico racing would move to SunRay Park, but it doesn't appear that they will be opening either. The commission has allowed them to delay issuing schedules for their overnight races and stakes and management at that track has given no indication that they are ready to open. The best thing for racing in the state would be for Grisham to allow the casinos to reopen. New Mexico is the only state in the country that has yet to give permission for its commercial casinos to open. (Tribal casinos in the state are operating). But Hence takes the 2017 Sunland Derby | Photographer Grisham has given no indication that she is about to change her mind. by Bill Finley "It's pretty sad," said trainer Todd Fincher, who has relocated There hasn't been any racing in New Mexico since Dec. 23, but to Sam Houston. "I'm not God and I can't make any of these trainer Lynette Baldwin stayed behind, setting up shop at a decisions but these people don't understand the impact this is training center and waiting for good news. For the longest time, having. It's a really bad deal for New Mexico." there has been none. According to Erhard, the New Mexico tracks have the option of "I kept hoping for a light at the end of the tunnel," Baldwin opening, but they could only do so if they drastically reduced said. "That's all we asked. Just give us a chance." purses. Instead, they have stayed shut since the Zia Park meet On Thursday, Baldwin's situation went from bad to worse. She ended late last year, and the racing commission has supported turned down stalls at Turf Paradise hoping that Sunland Park their decisions. Erhard said the consensus among his would eventually open. Instead, a ruling issued by the New membership would be to run, no matter what the purse Mexico Racing Commission allowed the track to cancel its entire schedule looks like. 2021 meet, which was scheduled to run through Mar. 30. That Cont. p13 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Sunland cont. including language to protect the horse racing industry, is "If people want to run for $12 and a ham sandwich, let them," scheduled for a second reading Friday. Both are widely expected Baldwin said. "It should be up to them, not the tracks." to pass and pave the way for Canadians to participate in single Cappellucci agrees. sports betting, while also adopting language to protect the "I don't know why they didn't open Sunland and give people a long-term sustainability of the horse racing industry. choice," he said. "I would have still left, but even if they were AWe continue to be very supportive of the legalization of running for $4,000 or $5,000 a race that would have given sports betting and are confident that through the legislative people an opportunity to run and I'm sure a lot of people would process the government will protect the industry that supports have done so." tens of thousands of jobs, generates significant economic Fincher said that the racing commission has allowed the tracks activity, and is a way of life for thousands of Canadian families,@ to skirt New Mexico's statutes regarding gambling. The tracks said Jim Lawson, CEO of Woodbine Entertainment, which has are required to conduct racing in order to operate a casino. He legally operated single-event wagering through a pari-mutuel believes that their failure to do so should be dealt with harshly model for decades. by regulators. ASports betting in Canada is a significant opportunity for the "If we had a real commission, which we don't, every track that Canadian economy and equally exciting for sports bettors,@ refuses to run would be lose their casino license," he said. continued Lawson. AWe remain highly focused on ensuring the After the news broke Thursday that Sunland would stay closed, horse racing industry not only is protected but has an Baldwin called the racing office at Turf Paradise and told them opportunity to participate in it in a meaningful way.@ she wanted those stalls after all. Eventually, the casinos will open and New Mexico racing can return to a sense of normalcy. When that happens, Baldwin will come back. As for other trainers who have left the state, she's not sure what they will do. "It seems like a zillion trainers have left the state and I don't know if they're coming back or not," she said. "There's going to be a tremendous trickle down effect before this is all over." OREGON FAIRS CIRCUIT 'CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC' Erhard said that management at Ruidoso Downs is more racing ABOUT RACING THIS SUMMER by T.D. Thornton friendly than the other tracks in the state and he remained Regulators and stakeholders in Oregon are making tentative optimistic that they will race when their meet is scheduled to plans for the state's four-track fairs circuit to be back in action in begin on May 21. After Ruidoso, New Mexico racing is scheduled this summer after getting cancelled because of the COVID-19 to move on to the Downs at Albuquerque before closing out the pandemic in 2020. year at Zia Park. But Oregon Racing Commission (ORC) executive director Jack Zia's meet is scheduled to begin Sept. 27. Perhaps by then, McGrail said during a Feb. 18 meeting he expects those venues Grisham will have allowed the casinos to open, but no one can will need to be supported by some forms of outside funding in be sure. In the meantime, everyone is just waiting, hoping for order to conduct mixed Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meets some better news. in 2021. "This is just a lousy situation," Erhard said. "Really lousy." "I'm happy to report that the larger takeaway is that the fairs really do want to run this year," McGrail said while recapping the highlights of a recent conference call among industry CANADA'S PARLIAMENT PASSES SAFE AND stakeholders. "They are cautiously optimistic that with protocols REGULATED SPORTS BETTING ACT in place and some improvements in the overall COVID numbers Canada's Private Members Bill C-218, which amends the they'll be able to put on racing." Criminal Code of Conduct regarding sports betting, was passed The Eastern Oregon Livestock Show meet in Union traditionally in the House of Commons Wednesday, Feb. 17. It will now kicks off the summer fairs circuit in June. Crooked River continue to the Justice Committee, the Senate, and the Roundup in Prineville, which races at night and generally Governor-General. A similar bill, C-13, introduced by the federal attracts the largest handles and average attendances in Oregon, government to legalize single-event sports wagering while races in July. Tillamook County Fair in Tillamook (August) and Harney County Fair in Burns (September) round out the circuit. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Grants Pass Downs, which transitioned from a fairs track to hosted the first and third legs, which also included races from being the lone commercial licensee in Oregon last season after Santa Anita, Gulfstream Park, and Golden Gate Fields. the closure of Portland Meadows, will race two extended meets Saturday's card at Laurel, which features six black-type events, that don't overlap with the fairs, from May through July and including the GIII Runhappy Barbara Fritchie S. and the September through November. GIII General George S., is expected to be held as the forecast McGrail said that the concerns of operators were focused on calls for sunshine and a high temperature of 33 degrees. how to keep crowds manageable relative to pandemic restrictions while making sure there would be enough attendees to generate sustainable revenue. Keeping fans socially distanced in a fairgrounds setting was one issue that came up. Plus the fairs are also primarily staffed by volunteers, who thus far have expressed a health-related reluctance to commit. McGrail added that the tracks are exploring technologies that would allow fans to place wagers without having to walk up to mutuel windows. But one concern in that area has to do with making sure those bets get counted as on-track wagers, "which is a significant issue, because there's a lot more money and revenue for the operator when they're on-track wagers," he said. "These limitations might require that there be an influx of money from sources, whether it's the ORC and/or others, to allow the fairs to run," McGrail said. "All of the summer fairs are CERTAINLY SPECIAL, 16, Distorted Humor--With Certainty, by going to need more funding just to operate in this environment. Broad Brush "But I do applaud the fairs for all of their innovation and Foal born Feb. 14, a colt by Paynter. commitment to running, and I think it's important to racing in Will be bred back to Karakontie (Jpn) Oregon to keep these fairs going to the extent that we can," Owned by Jayson Horner. McGrail said. Boarded at Manning Equine. McGrail said that the next step in the process would be for the Accomplishments: Dam of Crysta's Court (Silent Name {Jpn}), fairs to submit financial data to the ORC prior to the Mar. 18 SW, $241,004; Coltimus Prime (Milwaukee Brew), MSW & GSP, meeting, which is when budgeting issues will be taken up. This SW-, Ch. Imp Older Horse & Stayer-Pan, $514,809; Narrow will enable the ORC to "review what the commission might be Escape (Sky Conqueror), GSP, $181,572. able to offer and what the fairs are requesting," he said. SHEZA SMOKE SHOW, 10, Wilko--Avery Hall, by A. P Jet Foal born Feb. 16, a filly by Protonico. LAUREL PARK POSTPONES FRIDAY CARD DUE TO Will be bred back to Tapit. WEATHER Owned by Oussama Aboughazale. With much of the country plagued by continued winter Boarded at Sumaya Farm. weather, Laurel Park's Friday card is the latest to fall victim to Accomplishments: Dam of Princess Noor (Not This Time), GISW, freezing temperatures and unsafe racing conditions. With $363,500. freezing rain, snow, and ice in the Mid- region Friday, Feb. 19, the Maryland Jockey Club (MJC) has live © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any racing Friday and will run the entire 10-race card Thursday, means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission Feb. 25. of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the The MJC=s OTB network, including Pimlico Race Course, will American races, race results and earnings was obtained from remain open for simulcasting. However, the weekly national results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services Stronach 5 wager has been cancelled as Laurel was to have and utilized here with their permission. Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 6:30 p.m. EST BUENA VISTA S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Bohemian Bourbon K Midshipman MyRacehorse McCarthy Valdivia, Jr. 20-1 2 Mucho Unusual K Mucho Macho Man George Krikorian Yakteen Cedillo 7-2 3 Warren's Showtime Clubhouse Ride Warren, Benjamin C. and Sally Lewis Hernandez 5-1 4 Nasty K Street Sense LNJ Foxwoods Baltas Gonzalez 6-1 5 Red Lark (Ire) Epaulette (Aus) Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Gallagher Van Dyke 8-1 6 Sedamar Richard's Kid Ruis Racing LLC Ruis Fuentes 8-1 7 Going to Vegas Goldencents Bederian,Harry, Kamberian, Harout, Nakkashian, Hagop and Baltas Gutierrez 6-1 Baltas, Richard 8 Charmaine's Mia K The Factor Agave Racing Stable and Rockin Robin Racing Stables D' Prat 3-1 9 Sloane Garden (GB) Iffraaj (GB) Charles, Ronald L. and Gordon, Samuel Badilla Pereira 12-1 10 Heathers Grey K The Factor Sayjay Racing LLC McCarthy Pyfer 20-1

Breeders: 1-Fedai Kahraman, 2-George Krikorian, 3-Benjamin C. Warren, 4-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 5-Mrs S. M. Rogers & Pilkington, 6-Mick Ruis, 7-J. Kirk Robison & Judy Robison, 8-Gunpowder Farms LLC, 9-Jupiter Bloodstock Ltd, 10-Frederick C. Wieting

Saturday, Laurel, post time: 3:46 p.m. EST RUNHAPPY BARBARA FRITCHIE S.-GIII, $250,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Sharp Starr Munnings Barry K. Schwartz DePaz Cintron 3-1 2 Club Car K Malibu Moon Ball, Michael and Katherine G. Colebrook Carrasco 6-1 3 Dontletsweetfoolya K Stay Thirsty Five Hellions Farm Gaudet Toledo 7-2 4 Estilo Talentoso Maclean's Music Juan Arriagada Arriagada Crispin 10-1 5 Suggestive Honor (Arg) Suggestive Boy (Arg) Juan Oscar Llobell Salazar Ruiz 50-1 6 Hibiscus Punch Into Mischief Seltzer, Edward A. and Anderson, Beverly S. Nixon Karamanos 12-1 7 Needs Supervision K Paynter Howling Pigeon Farms, Barber, Gary, Wachtel Stable & O'Dwyer Lynch 12-1 Madaket Stables LLC 8 Hello Beautiful Golden Lad Madaket Stables LLC, Frassetto, Albert, Parkinson, Mark, Russell Russell 8-5 K-Mac Stable and Magic City Stables, LLC

Breeders: 1-Stonewall Farm, 2-Brett A. Brinkman & P. Dale Ladner, 3-BHMFR, LLC, 4-Mile High Bloodstock LLC, 5-La Esperanza, 6-Edward A. Seltzer & Beverly Anderson, 7-Mike Abraham, 8-Hillwood Stables, LCC Saturday, Laurel, post time: 4:19 p.m. EST GENERAL GEORGE S.-GIII, $250,000, 4yo/up, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Laki Cuba Hillside Equestrian Meadows Dilodovico Karamanos 9-2 2 Funny Guy Big Brown Gatsas Stables, R. A. Hill Stable and Swick Stable Terranova II Russell 9-5 3 Lebda Raison d'Etat Euro Stable Gonzalez Cintron 8-1 4 Majestic Dunhill K Majesticperfection R. A. Hill Stable Weaver Lynch 10-1 5 Fortunate Friends J P's Gusto William D. McCarty Morrow Toledo 20-1 6 Share the Ride K Candy Ride (Arg) Silvino Ramirez Penaloza Carrasco 3-1 7 Informative K Bodemeister Trin-Brook Stables, Inc. St. Lewis Chirinos 30-1 8 Arthur's Hope K Smart Bid Raul DelValle Salazar Cortez 20-1 9 Chilly in Charge Take Charge Indy Newtown Anner Stud Farm Vera Acosta 12-1 10 Tattooed Etched Holt, Kenneth, Montuori, Theodore & Palumbo Racing Stable Keefe Cruz 15-1

Breeders: 1-Tom Michaels & Lorna Baker, 2-Hibiscus Stables, 3-Calumet Farm, 4-Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton &Silver Fern Farm, LLC, 5-Nicholas J. Downes, 6-Dixiana Farms LLC, 7-Rose Hill Farm & John Trumbulovic, 8-Monhill Farm, LLC, 9-Horseshoe Valley Equine Center LLC, 10-Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Holt, Theodore Montuori & Mr. & Mrs. Richard Palumbo

Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 5:16 p.m. EST ROYAL DELTA S.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 High Regard K Will Take Charge G. Watts Humphrey, Jr. Oliver Castellano 12-1 2 Gibberish K Lea e Five Racing Thoroughbreds Joseph, Jr. Gaffalione 6-1 3 Eres Tu Malibu Moon Seltzer, Edward A. and Anderson, Beverly S. Delacour Ortiz, Jr. 3-1 4 Dream Marie Graydar Miracle's International Trading, Inc. Williams Reyes 6-1 5 Queen Nekia Harlington Ken Copenhaver Joseph, Jr. Lanerie 15-1 6 Bajan Girl K Speightstown Slack, Robert and Walters, Daniel Crichton Alvarado 9-2 7 Mrs. Danvers Tapit Allen Stable, Inc. McGaughey III Ortiz 2-1 8 Hallawallah Candy Ride (Arg) Al Rashid Stables, LLC Avila Zayas 12-1

Breeders: 1-Coteau Grove Farms, LLC, 2-Dell Ridge Farm, LLC, 3-Edward A. Seltzer & Beverly Anderson, 4-Wynnstay LLC & GWR LLC, 5-Porter Racing Stable, LLC, 6-St. Elias Stables, LLC, 7-Mr. Joseph Allen, LLC, 8-Southern Equine Stables, LLC SATURDAY=S RACING INSIGHTS: By Christie DeBernardis Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency PRICEY INTO MISCHIEF DEBUTS IN NOLA

IN ORDER OF PURSE: Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 4:50p.m. EDT MADDIE MAY S., $100,000, (S), 3yo, f, 1m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Vacay Not This Time Franco Pletcher 7-2 2 Frost Me Frosted Carmouche Kimmel 9-2 3 Make Mischief Into Mischief Cancel Englehart 5-1 4 Teetotaler Uncle Mo McCarthy Brown 15-1 5 Shanes Pretty Lady Bellamy Road Vargas Pletcher 8-1 6 Irish Constitution Constitution Luzzi Handal 10-1 7 Secret Love Not This Time Morales Kimmel 6-1 8 Brattle House Malibu Moon Davis Clement 3-1 9 Cara's Dreamer The Factor Rodriguez Friedman 20-1

Natalie Would | Fasig-Tipton photo Saturday, Laurel Park, post time: 1:32 p.m. EDT MIRACLE WOOD S., $100,000, 3yo, 1m 9th-FG, $50K, Msw, 3yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 5:52 p.m. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML Tom Amoss unveils an expensive daughter of red-hot sire Into 1 Tiz Mandate Strong Mandate Toledo Dilodovico 10-1 Mischief in NATALIE WOULD, a $500,000 FTMMAY purchase 2 Newyearsblockparty New Year's Day Marquez Pecoraro 12-1 following a :21 3/5 breeze. The bay is a daughter of GSP Global 3 The King Cheek Laoban No Rider Ness 8-1 Hottie (Dixie Chatter). Bret Jones homebred Quality of Mercy 4 Maythehorsebwithu Bullsbay Russell Russell 2-1 (Summer Front) also debuts in this spot. The bay is a half-sister 5 Kenny Had a Notion Great Notion Ruiz Capuano 5-2 to GISW Summer Soiree (War Front) and her dam is a half-sister 6 Silent Service Carpe Diem Pimentel Trombetta 8-1 7 Subsidize Into Mischief Carrasco Brown 3-1 to MGSW & GISP Mil Kilates (Gold Alert). Ursulina (More Than Ready) looks a sneaky sort debuting with a black-type breeze on Saturday, Laurel Park, post time: 3:12 p.m. EDT display for the in-form Al Stall, Jr. barn. The bay is out of a WIDE COUNTRY S., $100,000, 3yo, 7f daughter of SP Kivi ( {Ire}), whose son Regally Ready PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML (More Than Ready) was a Grade I-winning turf sprinter (Nearctic 1 My My Girl Dialed In Cruz Barr 15-1 S.) and won the GII Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint in 2011. Kivi also 2 Salt Plage Quality Road Karamanos Rice 9-2 produced Grade III-winning juvenile Sir Truebadour to the cover 3 Fraudulent Charge Will Take Charge Rosado Gaudet 6-1 of More Than Ready. TJCIS PPs 4 Miss Leslie Paynter Chirinos Gonzalez 8-1 5 Street Lute Street Magician Perez Robb 2-1 6 Buckey's Charm Kantharos Lynch Smith 10-1 7 Little Huntress Frosted Russell Russell 3-1 8 Whiskey and Rye Maclean's Music Ruiz Smith 20-1 9 Lady Clau Upstart Gomez Sanchez 30-1

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sixteenth of a mile to graduate by 2 1/2 lengths. Du Jour is out of a half-sister to Canadian Grade III winner Northern Causeway (Giant's Causeway) and his third dam Baby Zip (Relaunch) produced Horse of the Year and top sire Ghostzapper (Awesome Again), the late overachiever City Zip (Carson City) and GSW City Wolf (Giant's Causeway). Guiltless is the dam of the 2-year-old IN ORDER OF PURSE: filly Royal County (Klimt), a yearling filly by Twirling Candy and 7th-Aqueduct, $72,000, (S), Alw, 2-19, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, 1m, was most recently bred to Not This Time. Sales history: $19,000 1:39.15, my, 1 length. Ylg '19 KEESEP; $280,000 2yo '20 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: COLD HARD CASH (g, 4, Maclean's Music--Perfect Legacy, by 3-1-1-1, $55,320. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, Perfect Soul {Ire}) was looking to clear this condition in his fifth sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. attempt at it, but had run well in defeat, including runner-up O-Natalie J Baffert & Debbie Lanni; B-Woods Edge Farm LLC efforts at Belmont Oct. 17 and going two turns over a muddy (KY); T-Bob Baffert. local strip Jan. 3. Getting similar underfoot conditions as the flurries flew on Long Island, the homebred settled in third spot, just behind the leading duo down the backstretch. Held together on the turn by the hot-riding Eric Cancel, Cold Hard Cash rallied at the rail when pacesetting Hold My Call (Hold Me Back) drifted wide into the lane and he determinedly outbattled stablemate Too Early (Distorted Humor) in the final eighth of a mile to score by a neck as the 85-100 chalk. Perfect Legacy was acquired for $12,000 with this foal in utero at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton February Sale and is responsible for the unraced 3-year-old colt Isan (Japan). Barren her next two seasons, she was mated to both Freud and Central Banker last year. Lifetime Record: 10-3-4-1, $159,330. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Barry K Schwartz; B-Stonewall Farm (NY); T-Linda Rice.

Jockey Flavien Prat booted home his 1,000th career winner in North America Friday at Santa Anita in the second race aboard Clockstrikestwelve (New Year's Day). AIt means a lot, it=s a big achievement,@ he said. AI wasn=t dreaming of that when I came here [from France] to be honest with you and I didn=t think it would happen so quickly. It felt like yesterday that I got here and started riding.@ Benoit Photo IN ORDER OF PURSE: 1st-Santa Anita, $62,500, Msw, 2-19, 3yo, 1mT, 1:35.91, fm, 2 1/2 lengths. DU JOUR (c, 3, Temple City--Guiltless, by Bernardini) charged home to drop a 3/4-length decision to next-out Eddie Logan S. winner Cathkin Peak (Ire) (Alhebayeb {Ire}) in a one-mile Del Mar maiden Nov. 29 and led into the final furlong of a main- track test at this venue Jan. 3, ultimately weakening late to be Du Jour (Temple City) proves the lock 'of the day,' third to Roman Centurian (Empire Maker), who nearly upset the easily graduating at Santa Anita. GIII Robert B. Lewis S. in his next appearance. Crunched into 2-5 favoritism returning to the grass here, the $19,000 KEESEP yearling turned $280,000 OBSAPR breezer was content to track FIND US ON FACEBOOK pacesetting Enough Nonsense from second, came after that one www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews in earnest at the quarter pole and drew clear in the final TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 3 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2021

IN THE UAE: SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: SATURDAY, FEB. 20 Uncle Hamed, g, 3, TapitureBSecret Witness, by Tiznow. Jebel 2021 Stud Fees Listed Ali, 2-19, Cond, NH3yo, 1400m. B-Horseshoe Valley Equine Anchor Down (Tapit), Gainesway Farm, $5,000 Center LLC (PA). *Full to Remain Anonymous, SP-US. 90 foals of racing age/11 winners/0 black-type winners **$60,000 Ylg >19 FTKOCT; $40,000 2yo >20 OBSJUN. VIDEO 5-Aqueduct, Msw 1m, Exalted Charm, 8-1 Pharoah King, g, 4, American PharoahBDancing Trieste, by Old 5-Aqueduct, Msw 1m, Good Culture, 6-1 Trieste. Jebel Ali, 2-19, Hcp, NH4yo/up & SH3yo/up, 1950m. $125,000 KEE NOV wnl B-G Boldini. *1/2 to Giovanni Boldini (War Front), Ch. Miler- Scan, SW & G1SP-Ire, SW-Swe, GISP-US, GSP-Eng, $454,771. Bradester (Lion Heart), Valor Farm, $3,000 **$525,000 Wlg >17 FTKNOV; $800,000 Ylg >18 KEESEP; 42 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 45,000gns HRA >20 TATAUG. VIDEO 4-Sam Houston Race, $75K Two Altazano S., 6f, Cosmetology, 10-1

Brody's Cause (Giant's Causeway), Spendthrift Farm, $5,000 Shamikh, c, 4, LeaBEbony Oro, by Bob and John. Jebel Ali, 2-19, 141 foals of racing age/7 winners/2 black-type winners Cond, 4yo, 1600m. B-Ellen B Kill Kelley (KY). *$45,000 Ylg >18 1-Aqueduct, Msw 1m, B C Glory Days, 4-5 FTKJUL; $430,000 2yo >19 OBSAPR. VIDEO $30,000 OBS OCT yrl; $170,000 OBS APR 2yo Lahmoom, g, 5, Exchange RateBMykindasaint (MSW-US, $171,228), by Saint Ballado. Jebel Ali, 2-19, Hcp, 3yo/up, Exaggerator (Curlin), WinStar Farm, $15,000 1600m. B-Jim Wells & Candy Meadows LLC (KY). *1/2 to 249 foals of racing age/23 winners/0 black-type winners Malibu Saint (Malibu Moon), SW-US, $103,261. **$10,000 Ylg 8-Gulfstream, Msw 1 1/8m, Musk, 30-1 >17 FTKOCT; $35,000 2yo >18 OBSAPR. VIDEO $95,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl; $100,000 FTK OCT yrl 9-Fair Grounds, Msw 5 1/2fT, Paytonsattheplate, 20-1 $45,000 FTK OCT yrl

IN SAUDI ARABIA: (GB) (Dansili {GB}), Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, $10,000 Emblem Star, c, 4, Take Charge Indy--Circle of Love, by Giant's 158 foals of racing age/9 winners/0 black-type winners Causeway. King Abdulaziz, 2-19, Hcp. ($400k), 1600m. 2-Tampa Bay Downs, Msw 1 1/8mT, Fuchsia, 12-1 B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY). *$8,000 Wlg '17 KEENOV; $32,000 RNA Ylg '18 KEESEP; $190,000 2yo '19 OBSAPR. VIDEO Frosted (Tapit), Darley, $25,000 238 foals of racing age/19 winners/1 black-type winner Emblem Game, c, 4, Twirling Candy--Jacky (Arg) (MGSP- 5-Aqueduct, Msw 1m, Frosted Indian, 8-1 Arg), by Southern Halo. King Abdulaziz, 2-19, Hcp., 1400m. $45,000 KEE SEP yrl; $15,000 OBS OCT 2yo B-Jose Luis Espinoza (KY). *1/2 to Renacere (Arg) (Pure Prize), 8-Aqueduct, $100K Maddie May S. AQU-R8, 1m, Frost Me, 9-2 GSW & G1SP-Arg. **$20,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP; $75,000 2yo '19 $175,000 SAR AUG yrl OBSAPR. VIDEO 6-Laurel, $100K Wide Country S., 7f, Little Huntress, 3-1 $100,000 KEE SEP yrl

Hit It a Bomb (War Front), Spendthrift Farm, $5,000 62 foals of racing age/6 winners/1 black-type winner 3-Mahoning Valley, Msw 5 1/2f, Cool Hand Nuke, 6-1 $40,000 FTK OCT yrl Laoban (Uncle Mo), WinStar Farm, $25,000 138 foals of racing age/17 winners/3 black-type winners FOAL & YEARLING OWNERS MAXIMIZE YOUR BONUS POTENTIAL! THE VIRGINIA-CERTIFIED RESIDENCY PROGRAM OFFERS 25% Owners Bonuses for Wins in SEVEN States in the Mid-Atlantic Region NY, NJ, PA, DE, WV, MD, and VA – Paid Monthly

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1-Aqueduct, Msw 1m, Judge Bern, 4-1 7-Golden Gate Fields, Msw 5 1/2f, Clear Win, 20-1 $42,000 RNA EAS MAY 2yo $3,000 RNA FTC AYR yrl 3-Laurel, $100K Miracle Wood S., 1m, The King Cheek, 8-1 $10,000 FTN MIX wnl; $4,500 OBS OCT yrl; $14,000 RNA OBS OPN 2yo 1-Aqueduct, Msw 1m, Tales of Saratoga, 20-1 $23,000 FTN MIX wnl; $19,000 RNA SAR AUG yrl; $37,000 RNA OBS MAR 2yo; $9,000 EAS MAY 2yo

Metaboss (Street Boss), Harris Farms 13 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners 2-Santa Anita, Aoc 6f, Sabuda, 5-2

Mosler (War Front), Country Life Farm, $4,000 111 foals of racing age/13 winners/2 black-type winners 2-Laurel, Wmc 6f, Aloysius Luck, 12-1 $17,000 KEE NOV wnl; $90,000 EAS OCT yrl 2-Laurel, Wmc 6f, Johnny Sack, 6-1 $50,000 FTK OCT yrl ALLOWANCE RESULTS: Mshawish (Medaglia d'Oro), Taylor Made Farm, $7,500 6th-Fair Grounds, $52,000, (S), Opt. Clm ($20,000), 2-19, 133 foals of racing age/18 winners/0 black-type winners 4yo/up, 1m 70y (off turf), 1:43.90, ft, 3/4 length. 5-Aqueduct, Msw 1m, I Am the Law, 4-1 LUCK OF THE DRAW (g, 5, Lookin At Lucky--Queen of War, by $42,000 KEE SEP yrl; $125,000 OBS MAR 2yo War Front) Lifetime Record: 20-5-2-5, $147,565. O-Ten Strike

Not This Time (Giant's Causeway), Taylor Made Farm, $40,000 Racing; B-LA Bred Equine Enterprises (LA); T-Matt A Shirer. 203 foals of racing age/30 winners/4 black-type winners *$12,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP; $32,000 2yo '18 OBSAPR. 8-Aqueduct, $100K Maddie May S. AQU-R8, 1m, Secret Love, 6-1 $19,000 OBS OCT yrl; $270,000 OBS OPN 2yo 8-Aqueduct, $100K Maddie May S. AQU-R8, 1m, Vacay, 7-2 8th-Fair Grounds, $52,000, (S), 2-19, (NW3LX), 4yo/up, 5 1/2f $100,000 SAR AUG yrl (off turf), 1:05.22, ft, 1 1/4 lengths. SILVER GALAXY (c, 4, Flashpoint--Celestial Legend {MSW & Nyquist (Uncle Mo), Darley, $75,000 GSP, $213,730}, by City Zip) Lifetime Record: 8-3-1-2, $75,480. 214 foals of racing age/24 winners/2 black-type winners O-Richard B Benton; B-Jason Hall, Jeffrey Neese & Jon Dean 2-Santa Anita, Aoc 6f, Hockey Dad, 8-5 (LA); T-Joseph M Foster. *$27,000 Wlg '17 KEENOV. 9-Fair Grounds, Msw 5 1/2fT, Shockingly, 3-1 $130,000 KEE SEP yrl 9th-Gulfstream, $44,000, (S), Opt. Clm ($16,000), 2-19, 4yo/up,

Texas Bling (Too Much Bling), HFT Racing f/m, 5fT, :55.93, gd, 1 1/2 lengths. 16 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners SONG RIVER (f, 4, Liam's Map--Harlan's Honor {SW, $110,350}, 8-Sam Houston Race, $75K Jim's Orbit S., 6f, Texas Prado, 30-1 by Harlan's Holiday) Lifetime Record: MSP, 14-2-2-3, $111,114. O-Corser Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Bridlewood Farm (FL); T-Cherie Uncle Lino (Uncle Mo), Northview Stallion Station, $4,000 DeVaux. *$175,000 2yo '19 FTFMAR; $90,000 HIT '20 FTKHRA. 132 foals of racing age/9 winners/0 black-type winners 9-Laurel, Msw 6f, Junipero, 12-1 9-Laurel, Msw 6f, Uncle Roamie, 20-1

Upstart (Flatter), Airdrie Stud, $10,000 167 foals of racing age/23 winners/1 black-type winner ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 6-Laurel, $100K Wide Country S., 7f, Lady Clau, 30-1 Half Day Pam, f, 3, Violence--Wild Meeting, by General $12,000 FTK OCT yrl; $6,000 RNA OBS OPN 2yo Meeting. Aqueduct, 2-19, (S), (C), 6f, 1:13.47. B-John & Laura Winning Cause (Giant's Causeway), Milky Way Farm, $2,000 McDermott (NY). *$32,000 Ylg '19 SARAUG. **1/2 to Hot 35 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Rendezvous (Macho Uno), SP, $274,533. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 5 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Breeders' Edition--America cont. ALL TDN WINNERS BY SIRE BIND, Explosively Hot, m, 5, o/o Queen Peso, by My Friend Max. Funny Bones Flag, f, 4, D' Funnybone--Distinctive Flag, by MSW, 2-19, Fair Grounds Distinctive Pro. Aqueduct, 2-19, (S), (C), 1m, 1:43.49. B-Sugar D' FUNNYBONE, Funny Bones Flag, f, 4, o/o Distinctive Flag, by Maple Farm (NY). *1/2 to Sailmate (Friends Lake), MSP, Distinctive Pro. MCL, 2-19, Aqueduct $350,983. FIELD COMMISSION, My Ashleigh, f, 4, o/o Reva Ann, by Interest My Ashleigh, f, 4, Field Commission--Reva Ann, by Interest Rate. MSW, 2-19, Gulfstream Rate. Gulfstream, 2-19, 6f, 1:11.24. B-Loretta Lynn Welch & FLASHPOINT, Silver Galaxy, c, 4, o/o Celestial Legend, by City Zip. ALW, 2-19, Fair Grounds Solera Farm (FL). LAKERVILLE, Luvluv, g, 4, o/o Lucera (Ire), by Fasliyev. MSW, 2-19, Santa Anita Luvluv, g, 4, Lakerville--Lucera (Ire), by Fasliyev. Santa Anita, LIAM'S MAP, Song River, f, 4, o/o Harlan's Honor, by Harlan's 2-19, (S), 6 1/2fT, 1:14.66. B-Michael Neumann & Francoise Holiday. AOC, 2-19, Gulfstream Dupuis (CA). LOOKIN AT LUCKY, Luck of the Draw, g, 5, o/o Queen of War, by Little Rachel, f, 4, Tapiture--Second Opinion, by Spring At Last. War Front. AOC, 2-19, Fair Grounds Santa Anita, 2-19, (C), 6f, 1:10.65. B-Justice Farm, Greg Justice MACLEAN'S MUSIC, Cold Hard Cash, g, 4, o/o Perfect Legacy, by (KY). *$27,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP. Perfect Soul (Ire). ALW, 2-19, Aqueduct TAPITURE, Little Rachel, f, 4, o/o Second Opinion, by Spring At Last. Explosively Hot, m, 5, Bind--Queen Peso, by My Friend Max. Fair MCL, 2-19, Santa Anita TEMPLE CITY, Du Jour, c, 3, o/o Guiltless, by Bernardini. MSW, 2-19, Grounds, 2-19, (S), 1m (off turf), 1:42.33. B-Foundation Racing Santa Anita Stables (LA). TIZNOW, Let's Go Now, m, 5, o/o In the Rough, by Stormy Atlantic. Let's Go Now, m, 5, Tiznow--In the Rough (MSW & GSP, MCL, 2-19, Santa Anita $341,490), by Stormy Atlantic. Santa Anita, 2-19, (C), 1 1/8mT, VIOLENCE, Half Day Pam, f, 3, o/o Wild Meeting, by General 1:49.74. B-K & G Stables (KY). *$25,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP. Meeting. MCL, 2-19, Aqueduct

Du Jour, a son of Temple City (pictured), was a very easy maiden winner Friday at Santa Anita | Spendthrift photo