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Gun= Salutes in Stephen Foster Tour-De-Force SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017 CHALKY, CLASSY NIGHT UNDER THE STARS >GUN= SALUTES IN STEPHEN Saturday=s ADowns After Dark@ program at Churchill did not exactly turn out to be a gambler=s paradise, as heavy favorites FOSTER TOUR-DE-FORCE scooped three of the night=s five graded events, while lower- priced horses landed the other two races. However, those on hand were treated to some very high-class performances from horses sure to be reckoned with in the remaining 5 1/2 months of 2017. The night=s graded action began with the GIII Matt Winn S. in which >TDN Rising Star= McCraken (Ghostzapper) galloped away from five mostly overmatched rivals to score by 2 1/4 lengths as the 3-10 favorite. The underrated Kasaqui (Arg) (Lasting Approval) was bet in half from his morning line of 6-1 and made amends for a runner-up effort in last year=s GII Wise Dan S. with a 2 3/4-length success, while Forever Unbridled (Unbridled=s Song), a dual Grade I winner allowed to train on at five, exuded all sorts class in winning the GII Fleur de Lis H. at overlaid odds of 11-10. The evening=s final graded event saw >TDN Rising Star= Sweeping Paddy (Paddy O=Prado) shift off heels at the furlong grounds and race home a comfortable winner of the GIII Regret S. as the 18-5 second choice. Gun Runner | Coady photography IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Alan Carasso BRADY’S BEAR READY FOR ROYAL APPOINTMENT Not so many moons ago, there was an argument put forth by Nick Brady makes a belated return to Royal Ascot this week with some American-based connections that went something like: his G2 Coventry S. contender Brother Bear (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). ADubai? No thanks, trip takes too much out of a horse.@ With his Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. smashing victory in Saturday=s GI Stephen Foster H., a >Win and You=re In= event for the GI Breeders= Cup Classic, Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm=s Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) doused yet more cold water on that theory, becoming the fourth U.S.-based runner to have shipped over for this year=s Dubai World Cup meeting some 11 weeks ago to have registered a victory since (Richard=s Boy, Master Plan, Stallwalkin= Dude have each won stakes). Horses coming out of the World Cup--winners and losers alike- -have raced with success in the Foster. Street Cry (Ire) (2002) and Curlin (2008) followed up on romping wins in the desert with similarly powerful victories beneath the Twin Spires, while Silver Charm (1998) and Captain Steve (2001) were just beaten in the Foster after leading into the final furlong. Despite a race which on paper looked to have plenty of early speed signed on, Gun Runner made the lead with a minimum of fuss and galloped his rivals into submission in a final time that would have threatened the track record had Florent Geroux not taken his foot off the pedal late. Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. V.P. & CO-PUBLISHER Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] Sunday, June 18, 2017 EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Associate Editors Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Assistant Editor Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin St. Patrick’s Day (Pioneerof the Nile), full brother to Triple Crown winner American Advertising Assistants Pharoah, took to the track from the Baffert barn on Saturday morning under the Alexa Reisfield Michelle Benson guidance of Dana Barnes. | HorsePhotos Photo Editor/Dir. of Distribution Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew TIMELINE TOUGH TO GO PAST IN PEGASUS [email protected] 13 ‘TDN Rising Star’ Timeline (Hard Spun) looks to be just short of a Social Media Strategist mortal lock in Sunday’s GIII Betfair.com Pegasus S. at Monmouth. Justina Severni Director of Customer Service TODAY’S GRADED STAKES Vicki Forbes EST Race Click for TV [email protected] 8:50a Prix Hocquart Longines-G2, CHY Director of Information Technology 9:25a Prix Bertrand du Breuil Longines-G3, CHT Ray Villa 10:10a Premio Del Giubileo-G3, SSR [email protected] 10:05a Prix de Diane Longines-G1, CHT 10:50a Munster Oaks S.-G3, COR WORLDWIDE INFORMATION 11:15a Wempe 97th German 1000 Guineas-G2, DUS International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN 11:30a Gran Premio di Milano-G2, SSR [email protected] 5:13p Poker S.-GIII, BEL TJCIS PPs MSG+/FSPT European Editor 5:20p Pegasus S.-GIII, MTH TJCIS PPs TVG Emma Berry 5:30p Desert Stormer S.-GIII, SA TJCIS PPs TVG [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JUNE 18, 2017 GI Stephen Foster H. AI was loaded the entire trip around there,@ Geroux explained. AHe was doing everything so easily. This horse is truly unbelievable. He=s one of the best horses I=ve ever ridden and to put forward this type of effort after running in Dubai is so The 1-2 chalk to run his record to four-for-six beneath the Twin impressive. I was a bit surprised to find myself on a lonely lead Spires, Gun Runner was kicked away from gate three and but I wasn=t complaining one bit. What a horse.@ Cont. p4 despite the presence of Bird Song (Unbridled=s Song), front- running winner of the GII Alysheba S. on the GI Kentucky Oaks undercard May 5, and the outposted, but speedy Stanford (Malibu Moon), the smooth chestnut led the Foster field under the wire for the first time and took them into the clubhouse turn after a quarter in :23.59. Stanford did the chasing from the outside with Breaking Lucky in the box seat and Honorable Duty, the only other rival truly in the market, a stalking fourth. With Stanford keeping Gun Runner honest enough, the half-mile went up in :47.23 and the presser looked poised to make a race of it as he tried to make a run at the front-runner midway on the final turn. But Florent Geroux was still hard against the race favorite nearing the stretch, put away Stanford with a burst of speed at the three-sixteenths marker, swapped leads a time or two inside the furlong and ran out a most impressive winner. The final time of 1:47.56 was just 0.28 seconds off the track record of 1:47.28 set by Victory Gallop in this race some 18 Gun Runner entering the paddock | Coady photography years ago. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JUNE 18, 2017 Stephen Foster H. cont. Slightly disappointing when fifth in the GI Haskell Invitational Saint Liam won the Clark H., then a Grade I, in 2004, and S., he was a distant third in his first meeting with >TDN Rising added this race the following spring en route to a GI Breeders= Star= Arrogate (Unbridled=s Song) in the GI Travers S., a tough Cup Classic and eventually a Horse of the Year title. Could Gun second in the GII Pennsylvania Derby and again in the Runner be on a similar trajectory? GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile. Put AI think it was key taking our away for the season following his time with this horse,@ victorious defeat of Breaking Lucky in the trainer Steve Asmussen Clark, Gun Runner was pointed commented. AWe always thought for a rematch with Arrogate in he would get better with age and the GI Pegasus World Cup, only he=s proving that to us right now. to be caught up in the Equine It=s special to win a Grade I but herpesvirus outbreak at the Fair now we have our ticket punched Grounds over the winter that put to the Breeders= Cup. We got him that trip on ice. He romped to a to the Winner=s Circle here at 5 3/4-length win over home and we set ourselves up for Hawaakom (Jazil) in the a great second-half campaign. I GIII Razorback H. Feb. 20 and can=t thank our owners enough. might have entered the Foster This horse is incredibly special in looking to match the feats of so many ways.@ Street Cry and Curlin, but for an Gun Runner was making his Heading for home in the Foster | Coady photography other-wordly effort from second straight appearance on Arrogate at Meydan. Should all this program, having pummeled the field at a dime on the dollar go according to script, round three is scheduled for Del Mar the in last year=s GIII Matt Winn S. first Saturday in November. Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JUNE 18, 2017 Stephen Foster H. cont. 2--Honorable Duty, 119, g, 5, Distorted Humor--Mesmeric, by A.P. Indy. ($130,000 3yo '15 KEENOV). O-DARRS Inc; Pedigree Notes: B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Brendan P Walsh. $97,000. Gun Runner=s dam Quiet Giant, an Edward Evans homebred, concluded her career with a victory in the 2011 GII Molly Pitcher Selected by James Bredin for DARRS Inc.
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