FRIDAY, 8 MARCH 2019

Q&A WITH GERRY DUFFY ASCOT POSSIBLE FOR Continuing our series in which current Godolphin Flying Start NEWSPAPEROFRECORD trainees catch up with the programme's graduates, Niall O'Connor sits down with Gerry Duffy, stud manager at Godolphin's Stonerside Farm in Paris, Kentucky.

NO'C: You studied mechanical engineering at university; why horse racing?

GD: I like to tell people, when I wasn't on a tractor or a mower, I was on a horse. My plan was to get a professional degree, make a living in that and keep the horses as a hobby. I was getting close to graduating and was applying for engineering jobs while I was working at Dr Ryan's Lyons Demesne in Kildare. Dr Ryan had just purchased Castleton Lyons in Kentucky which highlighted to me the opportunities to travel. Suddenly staying working with horses became more interesting than engineering and I realised there could be more opportunities in the industry than I was Click for a video interview with Chad Brown on Newspaperofrecord previously aware of. Cont. p2

With the official start of the flat season right around the corner, and the Classics following closely after that, thoughts will soon be fully turned to the latest 3-year-old crop, and who will feature in this summer=s key races. In a deviation from the norm, a filly who is likely one of the most anticipated turf 3-year-olds this year is tucked away not in a European yard, but is rather gearing up beneath the winter sun across the Atlantic in Florida. Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) was a 200,000gns purchase from Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale in 2017 by Seth Klarman of Klaravich Stables, who had trainer Chad Brown and bloodstock agent Mike Ryan on the grounds in Newmarket. The bay filly went unbeaten in three starts last year, beginning with a 6 3/4-length maiden-breaking performance at Saratoga that saw her crowned a >TDN Rising Gerry Duffy (right) at The Curragh in 2016 with Kevin Manning, Star=. Newspaperofrecord would justify that tag with a 6 1/2- Jim Bolger and Joe Osborne | Racing Post length romp in the GII Miss Grillo S. on the grass at Belmont Park five weeks later, and wrapped up the season with one of the most impressive performances on Churchill Downs=s two-day IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Breeders= Cup card, winning the GI Juvenile Fillies= Turf by 6 3/4 lengths.= NO NAY NEVER: A TRANSATLANTIC SUCCESS STORY Sue Finley sat down with Coolmore Ireland Director of Sales David O’Loughlin to discuss the early success of No Nay Never. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 8 MARCH 2019

Ascot Possible For Newspaperofrecord cont. from p1 Newspaperofrecord is wintering at Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Florida, and Brown said the filly has recently begun to step up her work in anticipation of a seasonal return in the GIII Edgewood S. going 1 1/16 miles on the turf at Churchill Downs–the same track over which she won at the Breeders’ Cup--on Kentucky Derby weekend. “Newspaperofrecord has done well over the winter,” he said. “We gave her a little break after the Breeders' Cup, and she just got back to the work tab this past week. She's doing well. “Like most of the horses going from two to three, she's gotten a little bit bigger, a little stronger. She's put on a little bit more weight. I'm happy with her development.” Newspaperofrecord’s 2018 performances suggested she should be able to hold her own against any of her generation trained in Europe, and Brown said a trip to Royal Ascot is “under consideration.” “We haven't made any decision at all regarding that,” Brown said. “I figure we'll just get her back to the races at Churchill and see how she does, and it's something that we'll consider, but I definitely haven't decided on it.” Last month, the New York Racing Association announced that it would this summer launch a $5.25-million series of six turf races–three each for 3-year-old males and fillies–that will be branded as a Triple Crown and Triple Tiara on the turf. Brown said the Turf Triple Series will “definitely” factor into his I knew if I was going to further my career, I needed to further considerations for Newspaperofrecord. my education and Godolphin Flying Start was the best way to do “It’s definitely under consideration,” he said. “I think it's a that. I had no expectation of being selected when I sent off my wonderful idea, and we certainly want to participate in it, application but luckily enough, I gained a place and graduated in particularly with this filly--it's very attractive, and it's something 2007. I'll be discussing with her owner, Seth Klarman.” Newspaperofrecord was one of six yearlings purchased by NO'C: Furthering your education seems to be a feature of your Klarman’s Klaravich Stables at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October life to date--you studied an MBA after the course. How has Yearling Sale in 2017. Klarman returned to purchase 10 more that helped you in your career? last year. GD: It's helped me greatly. I'm a bit of a nerd for leadership training, and certainly further education is central to what I do. I would probably describe myself as knowing a little bit about a lot of things, but there is always more to learn, be it in the classroom or on the job. What's great about the MBA program is that you're learning about so many things that are relevant to the situations you're Q&A With Gerry Duffy cont. from p1 facing at work. It allows you to put the theory into practice and is very relevant. When you're in this industry you eat, sleep and NO'C: Godolphin Flying Start was in its early years when you breathe Thoroughbreds, so being able to meet people from gained a place on the course; what attracted you to apply? different industries with different perspectives and ideas is extremely beneficial. GD: It was in its infancy and the first class hadn't yet graduated but from what I saw and read it seemed like the best way to learn about the industry.

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Q&A With Gerry Duffy cont.

NO'C: How do you feel Godolphin Flying Start helped prepare you for your career to date?

GD: For a young person wanting to get into this industry, it's better than winning the lottery. You cannot buy the experiences, Vice President, International Operations Gary King the education, and the people you meet through Flying Start. I Twitter: @garykingTDN have the utmost admiration for Clodagh Kavanagh and what [email protected] she's done with the course; along with Joe Osborne they have + 1.732.320.0975 really developed it into a leadership programme that in my opinion is unrivaled globally, regardless of the industry. The International Editor programme has changed since I was on it, and the standard of Kelsey Riley graduate has gone up exponentially--graduates are coming off Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN the programme with a real handle on how leaders think and [email protected] have a clear idea of how they can influence positive change in European Editor the industry. It's the most amazing opportunity and the biggest Emma Berry winner is the industry itself as we have graduates that are Twitter: @collingsberry thinking about how we can move the industry forward, rather [email protected] than just moving themselves forward. It's yet another example of Sheikh Mohammed's unconditional support of the industry Associate International Editor and one which I will be forever grateful. Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN

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Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Gerry Duffy with Kildangan Stud Head Stallion Man Owen Smyth | Racing Post Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield | John Berry Kevin Blake NO'C: You didn't take long upon graduating the course to earn a senior position for Godolphin in Ireland. Tell us about that.

IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY GD: When I graduated, Darley/Godolphin was still undergoing a great degree of expansion. I was fortunate to secure a HK TRAVEL IMPASSE RESOLVED, FOR NOW nominations position in the USA, which was a terrific Australian horses will be permitted to compete at the opportunity to meet so many people, being at the sales and upcoming Champions Day at Sha Tin. Click or tap here to go races with a view to networking and selling nominations. straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 8 MARCH 2019

Q&A With Gerry Duffy cont. I was lucky enough that one of the things Bobby left was an Following that I had an opportunity to be part of the team at amazing team of people, and I'm able to be the glue that pulls it WinStar which was fantastic. They're pretty much second to all together. Hopefully we can build on the success the farm has none in terms of what they've achieved and to have been a previously had and even further expand upon it. If I didn't small part of it was wonderful. While at WinStar, Joe [Osborne] believe we could, I would be the wrong man for the job. approached me about returning to Ireland and the prospect of getting more involved with other aspects of the farm outside of NO'C: How different is it working back in the U.S. having nomination sales was very appealing. Working alongside both returned from Ireland recently? Joe and Jimmy [Hyland] was hugely rewarding and I guess it's been one of the things that has been very beneficial to me; GD: There's obviously a lot of differences day-to-day between working under great people and being able to take bits of what the U.S. and Ireland but there are actually more similarities than they do and apply them as I see fit. differences. Our focus at Godolphin is on high performance and my role is to get everyone performing to their maximum NO'C: What prompted your move back to the U.S.? potential. People are similar the world over, the same things GD: Bobby Spalding and Dan Pride called me and told me Bobby motivate them as much as they demotivate them. It's well was stepping aside from his role at Stonerside and they felt I known that an engaged, happy workforce is a productive one so might be the right guy to take the helm. I had to think about it a lot of my focus is on keeping everyone engaged and doing the but I felt that I had accomplished a lot in Ireland, had the impact best they can. I desired and was ready to do something different. I'm more of a systems/business guy than a hands-on horseman, so coming in NO'C: Name one Godolphin stallion that you're excited about after a man of the calibre of Bobby Spalding was certainly for the future. intimidating.

2019 Classic Hopes: Just Wonderful (Dansili {GB}) won the G2 Shadwell Rockfel S. last year for Aidan O'Brien. | Racing Post TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 8 MARCH 2019

Q&A With Gerry Duffy cont. NO'C: And our biggest challenge?

GD: It has to be Frosted. He was such a talented racehorse and GD: The biggest challenges haven't changed greatly. The biggest his sire Tapit is one of the leading sires in the U.S. Physically he is thing is getting and maintaining the public's engagement with the perfect stallion: well-balanced, well-conformed, good size. the sport. We no longer have a monopoly on the gambling dollar He has all the ingredients to be a top stallion and we're and it is harder to get people to the tracks. Remaining relevant is supporting him well with our own mares so he has every chance. our biggest challenge. I'm a little bit biased in that he was a Stonerside homebred, and we still have his dam Fast Cookie whom everyone here has a NO'C: Finally, what advice would you give to someone thinking soft spot for. about a career in the industry?

GD: I think it's important to note that I didn't grow up in the Thoroughbred industry, which I think some people feel is a prerequisite to success. It certainly helps to grow up in it as you’re gaining a lot of experience before, say, someone like me, but it's not a barrier to entry. I have three ingredients that determine success: work ethic, positive attitude and common sense. My advice would be to follow what you're passionate about. You won't be fully committed or engaged in something you aren't passionate about, and without that commitment, progression and success won't happen. Couple that passion with a positive attitude and a bit of common sense and anything can happen.

Gerry Duffy nominates Frosted as an exciting stallion prospect | Darley 96 GOING FORWARD FOR INVESTEC DERBY Ninety-six 3-year-olds remain engaged in the June 1 G1 Investec Derby following the latest declaration stage. NO'C: What is the industry doing well right now? The 4-1 favourite Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is one of 16 left in for two-time Derby-winning trainer John Gosden, and GD: One of the best things currently is that people are getting is joined from Clarehaven by maiden winners Baltic Song (Ire) together and are more willing to acknowledge that we have to (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Dubai Warrior (GB) (Dansili {GB}), work tirelessly to keep our industry relevant. There are Humanitarian (Noble Mission {GB}) and Questionare (GB) sustained efforts, be it aftercare, encouraging young people or (Galileo {Ire}). tackling perception. There is a realisation that we're up against The ever-powerful Ballydoyle has 25 entries, headed by the tough competition with regards to providing a product that's current 14-1 second favourite Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo both entertaining and engaging to the masses, and there are a {Ire}) and third choice Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) at 16-1. lot of people working hard to come up with solutions to those Godolphin won last year’s Derby with Masar (GB) (New challenges. Equally, there are a lot of people who see it as Approach {Ire}), and while Sheikh Mohammed’s stable has four someone else's responsibility, but I think we all need to be doing of the current top 11 in the betting, none of those are yet our bit. There is momentum there and I'm very hopeful, with nominated to the Derby. Godolphin has just two nominated 3- the minds that we have involved. The most encouraging thing to year-olds at this point, and both are unraced. Prominent in the me is when I come across young people that are bright, betting for Godolphin are Quorto (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) at 16-1; intelligent, have ideas and want to get involved in this game. and Royal Marine (Ire) (Raven’s Pass), Beyond Reason (Ire) That assures me that we're going to be a lot better going (Australia {GB}) and Line of Duty (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) at 33-1. forward than we have been, so I think it's an exciting time for the game. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 8 MARCH 2019

FIRST MARES IN FOAL FOR EXPERT EYE GI Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Expert Eye (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) has had his first mares scanned in foal. Those confirmed in foal thus far include Group 3 winner Precious Gem (Ire) (Sadler’s Thursday’s Results: Wells) and stakes producers Lausanne (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}) and 4th-Chelmsford City, £20,000, Cond, 3-7, 4yo/up, f, 8f (AWT), Ombre (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). 1:39.86, st. Expert Eye stands at Juddmonte’s Banstead Manor Stud for CLON COULIS (IRE) (m, 5, Vale of York {Ire}--Cloneden {Ire}, by £20,000 and will cover a full book of 140 mares including 12 of Definite Article {GB}), who took the Listed Pipalong S. at Juddmonte’s own mares. Pontefract and Listed Valiant S. at Ascot in July before finishing fifth in the G3 Atalanta S. at Sandown when last seen in September, was restrained to race in third early. Overhauling Pattie (GB) (Sixties Icon {GB}) inside the final furlong, the 4-7 favourite readily asserted to score by 1 3/4 lengths and earn a fast-track qualifier to the Apr. 19 All-Weather Championships at Lingfield. The dam, who also produced the useful Clon Brulee (Ire) (Modigliani), SP-Eng, $165,965, is related to the G3 Sandown Sprint S. scorer Ancien Regime (Ire) (King’s Best). Lifetime Record: MSW-Eng, 10-5-1-0, $134,756. O/B-Collette Twomey (IRE); T-David Barron.

5th-Chelmsford City, £8,550, Cond, 3-7, 3yo/up, f, 10f (AWT), 2:10.87, st. FRISELLA (GB) (f, 3, Frankel {GB}--Panzanella {GB}, by Dansili {GB}), fitted with a hood after a latest third in a novice contest over an extended mile at Wolverhampton in November, was dropped out last from the outset. Focused by a smack with the whip after initially stargazing in the straight, the 1-4 favourite Expert Eye winning the Breeders’ Cup Mile | Horsephotos visibly changed stride to power by Copper Rose (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}) 100 yards from the line and forge an ultimately convincing 2 3/4-length success. The dam also sported a hood when she PRIZEMONEY MAINTAINED FOR SWEDISH won a Leicester maiden impressively on her second and final start for these connections in 2012. Out of the G1 Poule d’Essai CLASSICS des Pouliches heroine Zenda (GB) (Zamindar), she is therefore a The Swedish Derby and Oaks Series in 2020–which comprises half-sister to the brilliant miler and already-prominent sire 10 races spread over three meetings and features the Swedish Kingman (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and a full-sister to the G3 Derby, worth almost £250,000–will again be worth £793,000. Tercentenary S. scorer Remote (GB) (Dansili {GB}), as well as The British-trained Thundering Blue (Exchange Rate) and being a half to the winner’s 4-year-old stable companion First Crowned Eagle (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) filled the first two spots Eleven (GB) also by Frankel. He also took time to find his way in Sweden’s G3 Stockholm Cup last September, and Svensk but managed a placing in the G3 Cumberland Lodge S. last term. Galopp’s Director of Racing, Dennis Madsen, said, “We are The dam’s 2-year-old filly by Camelot (GB) is named Ricetta delighted that our international entries are continuing to grow (GB). Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-1, $10,796. steadily following recent initiatives to attract runners from O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden. Europe and the UK in particular. “Exceptional prize money and competitive racing are just two of the reasons to come and try racing in Sweden, and we hope the Derby and Oaks Series races will again appeal to international connections.” Entries for the 2020 Swedish Derby and Oaks Series close on Mar. 11. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 8 MARCH 2019

CONDITIONS RESULT: 3rd-Chelmsford City, £20,000, 3-7, 4yo/up, 16f (AWT), 3:27.21, st. AMADE (IRE) (g, 5, Casamento {Ire}--Sheba Five, by Five Star Day) Lifetime Record: 11-7-1-1, $99,184. O-Mr Laurent Dassault; B-Eamonn McEvoy (IRE); T-A & G Botti. *€80,000 Ylg ‘15 GOFFEB; 62,000gns Ylg ‘15 TAOCT; €50,000 2yo ‘16 ARQMAY; €34,000 HRA ‘18 DEANOV. **1/2 to Nakuti (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), GSW-Eng & GSP-Can, $184,647.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: Lennybe (GB), g, 3, Epaulette (Aus)--Destiny of a Diva (GB), by Denounce (GB). Southwell, 3-7, 8f 13y (AWT), 1:43.29. B-M. Massarella (GB). *£11,000 Ylg ‘17 GOUKSI.

DID YOU KNOW? Blue Point (Shamardal) was tabbed as a "TDN Rising Star" Friday, Chantilly, post time: 2.55 p.m. PRIX MAURICE CAILLAULT-Listed, €55,000, 3yo, c/g, 9f (AWT) Visit the TDN Rising Stars section on our website! SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER 1 2 Walhaan (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Soumillon Rouget 2 3 Edinson (Fr) Diamond Green (Fr) Pasquier Chotard 2nd-Fontainebleau, €25,000, Mdn, 3-7, 3yo, c/g, 11fT, 2:25.40, 3 4 Famous Wolf (Fr) Kendargent (Fr) Boudot Fabre hy. 4 5 Fairmont (Fr) Orpen Auge Ferland OYAMBRE (GB) (c, 3, Sea the Moon {Ger}--Shemriyna {Ire}, by 5 6 Bobydargent (Fr) Kendargent (Fr) Benoist Gauvin King of Kings {Ire}), third on debut behind the exciting Shendam 6 1 Flambeur Mizzen Mast Guyon Laffon-Parias All carry 125 pounds. (Fr) (Charm Spirit {Ire}) and the subsequent winner Battle of Toro (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) over nine furlongs on his sole Thursday’s Results: start at ParisLongchamp in October, raced under cover behind 6th-Fontainebleau, €35,000, Cond, 3-7, 3yo, 9fT, 1:57.80, hy. the leading duo throughout the early stages. Nipping up the VERONESI (FR) (c, 3, Kendargent {Fr}--Verone, by Dixie Union), inner of Son of Normandy (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and into a narrow who scored on his 3-year-old bow over 2150 metres at advantage with two furlongs remaining, the 12-5 second Cagnes-sur-Mer Jan. 30, raced behind the leading trio initially. favourite was kept honest by that rival all the way to the line but Wound up by Christophe Soumillon in early straight, the 17-10 had a head margin to spare there. The dam, whose first foal was favourite stayed on strongly to win by three lengths from Tel the G2 Prix Eugene Adam winner Shimraan (Fr) (Rainbow Aviv (Fr) (Nathaniel {Ire}) with something in hand. The winner is Quest), GSW-Fr, $421,973, was bought out of the Aga Khan’s a half-brother to the smart filly Venecia Style (Fr) (Desert Style draft at the 2008 Arqana December Sale for €58,000. A half- {Ire}), who was successful in the Listed Prix la Fleche and third in sister to the G1 Prix du Jockey Club runner-up Shamkiyr (Fr) who the G3 Prix Eclipse, SW & GSP-Fr, $123,928. The dam, who is a was by Sea the Moon’s sire Sea the Stars {Ire}), she is a half to the G1 Premio Roma and G1 Prix Lupin hero and leading granddaughter of the G1 Prix de Diane heroine Shemaka (Ire) National Hunt sire Flemensfirth (Alleged) connected to the GI (Nishapour {Fr}) whose abundant high-class descendants include Frizette S. scorer Bundler (Raise a Native), also has a 2-year-old the G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Shakeel (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}). colt by Charm Spirit (Ire) named Vintage Spirit (Fr) and a yearling Shemriyna’s 2-year-old colt is by Mustajeeb (GB), while she also colt by Shalaa (Ire) named Open Minded (Fr). Lifetime Record: has a yearling colt by Heeraat (Ire). Sales history: 22,000gns Wlg 4-2-0-1, €33,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. ‘16 TATFOA; €35,000 RNA Ylg ‘17 ARQAUG. Lifetime Record: 2- O-Ecuries Serge Stempniak, Oceanic Bloodstock SARL & Jean- 1-0-1, €16,550. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Claude Rouget; B-Aleyrion Bloodstock Ltd & Baudron (S) (FR); O-Georgiana Cabrero; B-All Seasons Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. T-Carlos Laffon-Parias. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 8 MARCH 2019

4th-Fontainebleau, €25,000, Mdn, 3-7, 3yo, f, 11fT, 2:23.40, hy. LUCKY LYCRA (IRE) (f, 3, Olympic Glory {Ire}--Pearl Banks {GB} {GSW-Ger & SW-Fr, $127,537}, by Pivotal {GB}), sent off the 5-2 favourite, broke well to gain the early lead. Pressed all the way up the straight, the chestnut showed a willing attitude to record a 3/4-of-a-length verdict over Orglandes (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}). The dam, who captured the former G3 Frankfurter Stutenpreis for this stable, was responsible for Pearly Steph (Fr) (Oasis Dream {GB}) who captured the Listed Prix des Lilas. With a 2- year-old filly by Invincible Spirit (Ire) to follow, she is a daughter of one of Rohaut’s better runners in the G1 Prix Vermeille, G2 Prix de Malleret and G3 Prix de la Nonette heroine Pearly Shells (GB) (Efisio {GB}). Interestingly, Pearl Banks’s half-sister Shagah (Ire) by Invincible Spirit was third for Al Shaqab in the 2014 G2 May Hill S. Sales history: €145,000 Ylg ‘17 ARQOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €12,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Al Shaqab Racing; B-SCEA Haras De Saint Pair (IRE); T-Francois Rohaut.

IN SOUTH AFRICA: State Star (Ire), m, 5, High Chaparral (Ire)--Ursula Minor (Ire), by Footstepsinthesand (GB). Vaal, 3-7, Assessment Plate, 1600mT, 1:37.16. O-Mauritzfontein (Pty) Ltd (Nom: Miss J B Slack); B-Camas Park & Lynch Bages; T-Alec Laird. *€110,000 Ylg ‘15 GOFORB.

IN QATAR: Alhazm (Fr), c, 4, Acclamation (GB)--Mikkwa, by Elusive Quality. Al Rayyan, 3-7, Hcp., 2000mT, 2:02.38. B-Ecurie Haras du Cadran & Ecurie Melanie. *€140,000 Ylg ‘16 ARQAUG. VIDEO Hydroxide (GB), g, 5, Lope de Vega (Ire)--Craighall (GB), by Dubawi (Ire). Al Rayyan, 3-7, Hcp., 1600mT, 1:35.15. B-Whatton Manor Stud. *80,000gns Ylg ‘15 TATOCT; 205,000gns 2yo ‘16 TATAPR; 45,000gns HIT ‘17 TATJUL. VIDEO

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“[DAWR] appreciates the efforts of both the Agriculture, HK TRAVEL IMPASSE Fisheries and Conservation Department and the Hong Kong Jockey Club in reaching this interim arrangement." RESOLVED, FOR NOW “[DAWR] continues to progress an assessment of the equine disease-free zone in Conghua, China.” The temporary break is expected to be the first step in a permanent solution to the impasse. Connections of several Australian horses, including four-time Group 1 winner Santa Ana Lane (Lope De Vega {Ire}), have expressed an interest in competing on Champions Day on Apr. 28 should the quarantine issue be resolved. “These interim protocols provide us with absolute certainty that Australian runners can participate in the 2019 edition of the Longines HKIR and as such are a welcome development,” Hong Kong Jockey Club Executive Director of Racing Andrew Harding told the South China Morning Post. “It is also now possible for Australian runners to participate in Training at Conghua, China Champions Day next month. I expect many Australian trainers will have already planned their autumn campaigns including whether to vaccinate and horses travelling here in April would By Bren O'Brien be a windfall, but let’s see.” The quarantine impasse which has prevented the travel of “We are keen for the DAWR evaluation to be completed as horses between Australia and Hong Kong has been temporarily soon as it is possible to allow the full reinstatement of bilateral resolved to allow horses to compete in the upcoming movements of horses between Hong Kong and Australia, but by Champions Day at Sha Tin as well as December's international guaranteeing that Australian runners can run in our meeting. international races we have made an important step forward,” The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Harding said. “The club appreciates the efforts of both DAWR Resources has been assessing the current quarantine regulations and the HKSAR Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation which came into place in October 2017 when the Australian Department in reaching this interim arrangement and the Government raised biosecurity concerns over the Hong Kong support given by the Australian racing industry.” Jockey Club's new facility at Conghua in mainland China. Those regulations saw horse travel from Hong Kong to Sacred Kingdom Remembered Australia all but cease with Australian-bound horses forced to Legendary Hong Kong galloper Sacred Kingdom (Encosta De spend six months in an approved country before being allowed Lago) has died aged 15. back in from Hong Kong, providing a significant barrier for Bred in Victoria by the Calvert Family and sold for $200,000 at travelling horses. the 2005 Melbourne Premier Sale, Sacred Kingdom was initially However, the latest assessment has led to a temporary lifting trained by Clarry Conners under the name Jumbo Star before of that regulation. owner Sin Kang Yuk transferred him to Hong Kong without “The implementation of the interim arrangement will allow starting in Australia. Australian racehorses to compete in the Champions Day races at He would become a superstar, winning 17 of his 36 starts and Sha Tin in April 2019,” the Australian Consulate-General to Hong HK$45.8m in prizemoney including seven Group 1s. He had been Kong said in a statement. retired to Living Legends outside of Melbourne and had only recently returned home to Kornong Stud where he was born. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 2 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 8 MARCH 2019

Trainer Ricky Yiu told TDN AusNZ that it was sad to hear the news of his death. “I’d only seen him once since he retired, but the owner had been to see him many times. His sons study in Australia and every time he was there he would go visit," Yui said. "It’s very sad, I thought he would live for another five years at least. "The farm really cared for him well, and they called the owner and myself. We offered to do all we could for him. The only request from the owner was that he be buried on a nice place on the farm, not cremated. It’s a beautiful place and I’m sure they will honour his memory. He was a great horse."

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BAFFERT TO SHIP 3YO STARS TO LOS AL NO NAY NEVER: by Bill Finley Unable to work his horses at Santa Anita, where the track has A TRANSATLANTIC been closed indefinitely due to safety concerns, Bob Baffert will ship several prominent horses to Los Alamitos Friday morning. SUCCESS STORY Among them will be GI Kentucky Derby hopefuls Game Winner (Candy Ride {Arg}), Improbable (City Zip) and Mucho Gusto (Mucho Macho Man). He said he plans to work all three Sunday and those works will give him a better idea of what direction he should take with each as he makes out their pre-Derby schedules. Game Winner and Improbable were both scheduled to run this Saturday in the GII San Felipe S. at Santa Anita, but the Saturday card has been canceled and Santa Anita management has given no indication when it expects the track to re-open. For Baffert and others with top 3-year-olds stabled at Santa Anita, that has made the decision-making process extra difficult. Should the track re-open and hold the San Felipe on March 16 that would remain a viable option. But at this point no one knows if that is going to happen. Cont. p4 Click the photo above for an interview with David O’Loughlin and footage of No Nay Never this week at Coolmore Ireland. IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Sue Finley ASCOT POSSIBLE FOR NEWSPAPEROFRECORD By the time he made his second start at two, No Nay Never Chad Brown fills us in on how Newspaperofrecord has (Scat Daddy) had already established himself as a transatlantic wintered, and what might be in store for her in 2019. Click or success, breaking his maiden at Keeneland on the dirt, and tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. winning the G2 Norfolk S. at Royal Ascot in his next outing. By the time he won the G1 Prix Morny at Deauville two months later, his quality and versatility was well-established. No Nay Never has gotten off to a similarly strong start in the breeding shed as well, finishing the year as Europe’s top first-crop sire with a Group 1 winner in Ten Sovereigns (Ire). We caught up with Coolmore Ireland’s Director of Sales David O’Loughlin to talk about the Kentucky -bred’s universal appeal.

TDN: How did Coolmore first get involved with No Nay Never? DO: No Nay Never was pinhooked by Paul Shanahan and Timmy Hyde as a foal and they brought him to Keeneland September, and Wesley Ward bought him for Ice Wine Stable. They retained a piece of him from the sale, so there was always a Coolmore connection to the horse. Wesley let the guys know very early on as a 2-year-old that this horse was special, that he was showing an awful lot. He won at Keeneland in April and he came on to Ascot then for the Norfolk S., which he won in blistering style over five furlongs. He destroyed the field. Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected]

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No Nay Never cont. from p1 He went on then to Deauville for the Prix Morny, which is the premier French juvenile race over six furlongs. The great debate that morning was the ground because there was a lot of rain over in Deauville that weekend, and Wesley was very worried about running him. After much reflection and a little push from Paul Shanahan, he ran the horse and again he destroyed the field. He was very impressive and Wesley gave him a break after that, and he didn't run again as a 2-year-old.

TDN: How important is that crossover appeal to a stallion today?

DO: Look, he's typical of what's happening in the world now. No Nay Never | Coolmore Photo He's an international horse: he ran on dirt, he ran on Polytrack and he ran on grass. He ran on two continents, and that's the way our world is going now. There's more and more TDN: As you said, his first crop was so successful; he led the list international racing, and he's thriving on it. His first crop has just in almost every category in North America and Europe. What turned three, but he's had runners and stakes horses on all the do you expect from his 3-year-olds? surfaces already. They've done well in Europe on turf and poly and they've done well in America. I'd envision that's the way it's DO: He trained on himself; he ran [second] in the [GII] Swale S. going to be. He's an international horse. [Scat Daddy’s death] at Gulfstream. As a 3-year-old, he had a little knock coming out was such a loss to us and most Europeans have only woken up of that, but he came back in the autumn and he won at to Scat Daddy in the last few years, but it’s amazing how fast Keeneland very impressively [in the GIII Woodford S.]. He went they are, and how suited to turf racing they are, as well as dirt. on to the [GI] Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, and he was just run out He got Justify, obviously, but he gives all the options. of it [when second]. He was a little bit unlucky; a horse came on the other side of the track he wasn't aware of, and he would've TDN: Why was the decision taken to stand him here in Ireland thought he won the race. So he did train on, and he's a big rather than in America? scopey horse, and he gets big scopey horses. No Nay Never is very typical of Scat Daddy and his progeny are very much in that DO: His best form was in Europe at the Prix Morny and at Ascot, mold, and with the variety of mares you got over here [in and we didn't have a son of Scat Daddy so I suppose that's why Europe]--he would've got a lot of Danehill-line mares, a lot of we came this way, but it's a small world now. We can move Sadler's Wells-line mares, so we would expect that to be a factor horses between the continents. I remember when Scat Daddy in them training on, too. We're sitting here now in the first week died there was discussion of whether we should move No Nay in March but he's had a very, very impressive winner in Dubai Never to America then, but we kept him here thankfully, and he already, couldn't have won any better, so all the signs are he's couldn't have done much better with his first crop: six stakes on for a great year. Cont. p4 winners, 14 black-type horses. He's sired the best 2-year-old colt in Europe, the fastest anyway, in Ten Sovereigns. He's undefeated and he's either going to go to the Guineas or go to the Commonwealth Cup at Ascot, go the sprinting route. Aidan HAVE A NEW FOAL? Click here to submit your Foaling News for will decide that in the next few weeks. It was incredible that he Stakes Winning and/or Stakes Producing Mares won a maiden, a Group 3, and a Group 1 in just over a month. for publication in the TDN. It's a very hard thing to do; it'll take a special horse to do that. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 8, 2019

TDN: What is he like physically, and what sort of mare does he Baffert cont. from p1 work best with? "As far as the San Felipe goes, I'm just waiting to hear more DO: A lot of breeders who saw him at the races would information," he said. remember that he's a particularly big 2-year-old. He's probably Baffert has been planning on running Mucho Gusto in the fully grown at two, he's about 16.1. He looked all of it if not GII Rebel S. next Saturday at Oaklawn. more as a 2-year-old, but he's filled out. He has a great hind part "I'm trying to adapt," Baffert said. "There is so much confusion to him, great hind leg. Good front legs, he's a lot of quality, and going on." a lovely dark color. He's nearly black. He’s a very attractive horse, and he's always been an easy horse to sell in the yard. [His progeny] are pretty much peas in a pod--the size, scope, strength. Good movers, plenty of quality. He's been an easy horse to sell all along; pedigree-wise he's a very interesting horse for European breeders in particular because he's a cross for Danehill and Sadler's Wells-line mares, and so many of the mares in these parts are bred that way and already an awful lot of his good horses are out of Danzig-line mares. It's early days, and I think we'll learn a lot more in the next year or two. He couldn't have made a better start, he's €100, 000 and he's booked out. He was standing here for €17,500 for his first three seasons, so he's made a huge leap and he's getting a fantastic book of mares in his fifth crop. Nearly all of the leading breeders in Europe are using him. So it’s going to be interesting to see how he does with the more Classic-type mares. Baffert at Santa Anita | Horsephotos Unbeaten and Unchallenged ARMY mule What’s in a name?

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Baffert cont. SANTA ANITA TRAINING TRACK TO RE-OPEN He said the options that top his list for Improbable and Game Winner are the Rebel and the GIII Sunland Derby Mar. 24. FRIDAY by Dan Ross The Rebel seems like an obvious spot for the Baffert horses to The training track at Santa Anita will, as expected, re-open for land. Not only have there been no problems with the track at training Friday morning, after veteran track superintendent Oaklawn, but he has won the race a record six times and took Dennis Moore evaluated the surface Thursday. According to the Arkansas route to the Kentucky Derby with 2015 Triple California Thoroughbred Trainer president Jim Cassidy, horses Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile). will be restricted to jogging and galloping only--no breezes. Another Baffert horse that is headed to Los Alamitos is The hours of operation have been extended, and the track will McKinzie (Street Sense), who was expected to be favored in the remain open until 11:00 a.m. in order to lessen the bottle-neck GI Santa Anita H., another race that has been postponed of horses expected on the track Friday, said Cassidy, who added indefinitely. that it’s still up in the air as to when workouts will resume on "I'm sending a lot of my top horses to Los Alamitos," Baffert the track. A press release by the Thoroughbred Owners of said. "I'm sending all the ones that I need to work right now." California stated that expanded training on the training track Unlike some other Southern California based trainers, Baffert could resume “as early as next week.” has the luxury of going back and forth between Santa Anita and The track was off limits for training Wednesday and Thursday Los Alamitos because he has stalls at both tracks. morning after Santa Anita announced Tuesday evening that both the main and training tracks were closed. The decision was in response to two more fatalities at the track over the weekend.

This brought the total of equine fatalities since the start of the Santa Anita winter-spring meet to 21. None of those catastrophic injuries were sustained over the training track. Cont. p6

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Santa Anita cont. A number of trainers have already shipped some of their horses to Los Alamitos or San Luis Rey Downs to train. Roughly 350 stalls were reported available at Los Alamitos, and between 50-70 at San Luis Rey Downs. According to trainer Richard Baltas, he’s taken 9 “pretty nice” horses to San Luis Rey Downs, where he also keeps a string. “These horses are ready to roll--I need to work them,” he said. Peter Eurton told TVG that he was sending 15 horses to Los Alamitos on Thursday to train, including Giant Expectations, who was originally scheduled to run in the GII San Carlos S. this weekend.

Dennis More examining the Santa Anita surface Thursday Courtesy Santa Anita

John Sadler told the TDN he’ll get “creative” if workouts are restricted on the training track for a period of time. “I’ll probably work some of my horses at Los Alamitos,” he said. Sadler typically maintains a string of between 25-35 horses at Los Alamitos. “It’ll be on a case-by-case basis,” Sadler added. Santa Anita announced Thursday that Moore and the University of Kentucky’s Mick Peterson had begun extensive testing of the one-mile main track. Though before the “formal process of testing [could] begin,” Moore and Peterson had requested that Santa Anita personnel “[harrow] and [aerate] the track which has been saturated due to recent rains.” There is currently no news on when the main track will re-open for training and racing. However, California Horse Racing Board commissioner Alex Solis told the TDN Wednesday that the picture could be much clearer by next Monday, by which time Moore will have had more time to conduct his tests. “We’re working hard on finding solutions for the safety of the horse and the rider,” he said.

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PICK VIEW TAKING CLASSIC-LEANING COLTS first consignment of five at the 2012 OBS April Sale. That group grossed $374,000, including a $220,000 top-priced colt. INTO OBSMAR by Brian DiDonato Pickerrell and Roberts have used the proceeds from that sale Joe Pickerrell and Courtney Roberts have seen their business and subsequent ones to invest in as Pick View LLC grow steadily since both land and more horses. they started their Ocala-based “We purchased two farms in operation in 2011, and they enter Ocala from proceeds from horse the 2019 2-year-old sales season sales,” Pickerrell said. “We’ve been off their strongest year yet as fortunate enough to have some consignors. They’ll offer five really good clients who support us juveniles--all colts--at next Tuesday and trust us with their investments. and Wednesday’s Ocala Breeders’ Not only has that given us the Sales Company’s March sale. The couple met at the College of opportunity to purchase a couple Central Florida while working pieces of property, but it’s given us towards degrees in Equine Business the chance to grow our business in Management. Pickerrell, the son of other ways.” breeder and trainer Bill Pickerrell, Pick View owns a portion of the grew up on his family’s farm in former Cashel Stud Farm property. Ohio before moving to Ocala in Pick View’s Joe Pickerrell & Courtney Roberts “It’s an historic piece of property 2007 to attend school and work for pick-view.com that a lot of champions have come Joanne Crowe at Crowes Nest Farm off of,” Pickerrell said. “The ground Inc. Roberts, a Miami native, has a background in barrel racing. is good, the horses do really well there and they’re really happy Pickerrell had already started an equine transport business-- there. It’s just a good place for young horses.” Pick View Transport--while in college, and Pick View offered its Cont. p8

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Pick View cont. Keeneland April 2-year-old herself and was an open-length Past Pick View graduates include Big Changes (Midshipman), a Belmont Park maiden special weight winner later that season. $170,000 OBS April grad of 2014 who has won 10 times and “He’s out of a full-sister to a Breeders’ Cup winner,” Pickerrell racked up $522,000 in earnings. The graded stakes-placed said. “He’s a really fancy, really good-training colt. People I’ve veteran is a five-time stakes winner, most recently in January’s talked to said Palace Malice was a really good work horse and a Sunshine Millions Turf S. at Gulfstream. really good-training horse. We’ve got two Palace Malices at the “He’s seven years old and still running,” Pickerrell said. “He’s farm and they’re both really serious about their training.” kind of sentimental to us, because he’s a homebred for us, Pick View will offer another colt by a Classic winner in hip 432, which is something we don’t do a whole lot of, but we still own a a son of GI Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver out of a mare lot from the family and it’s nice to see him doing well for Brad who was third in the 2010 Sam Houston Distaff S. behind the Cox.” dam of superstar Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song). The $150,000 More recently, Pick View sold its priciest horse yet at the 2018 KEESEP yearling hails from the extended female family of Grade March sale. Forloveofcountry (Sky Mesa) was an $87,000 OBS I winners Speightstown and Mani Bhavan. Hip 432 will breeze October pick-up who blossomed into a $300,000 pinhook score Saturday. after a “We’ve got a Super Saver colt who’s really nice,” Pickerrell :21 1/5 move. Campaigned by Doubledown Stables and said. “He’s out of a stakes-placed mare, he’s Pennsylvania-bred conditioner Jimmy DiVito, he broke his maiden on the stretch- and he’s probably going to be the best-looking on the end of a out and switch to grass at Del Mar last July and annexed a main- shank. He’s a very, very outstanding physical.” track Churchill optional claimer in November. He takes on older Looking ahead to subsequent sales, Pickerrell said, “We’re foes in a lucrative two-turn allowance at Oaklawn Friday. pretty excited about Miami--we’ve got a Tapit colt [at Fasig- While Pick View has done well in terms of pinhooking profit, it Tipton Gulfstream] out of Enchanted Rock who’s pretty special.” also seems that Pickerrell and Roberts are leaving something left The $190,000 Fasig-Tipton October pick-up is a half to GISW for the end users. From its 2018 2-year-old sales crop, 17 Pick Verrazano (More Than Ready), et al from an extremely View graduates started at two, and 14 were winners. productive Emory Hamilton family. “We ended up around a 200% return on investment for our When asked about overall expectations for the 2-year-old partners, and the results are speaking for themselves at the market, Pickerrell noted that buyers seem to have done their racetrack there, with horses that guys are able to go right on homework early this year. with,” Pickerrell said. “To have 14 different horses win 2-year- “Just from interest at the farm, as far as before the sale goes, old races, we’re pretty proud of that.” we had more visitors early this year than we’ve ever had Pick View has a crop of 30 2-year-olds altogether this season. before,” he said. “That’s encouraging. People are calling and “The number of horses is similar compared to last year, but we networking and trying to get out and see these horses at the focused on a little higher quality for this year,” Pickerrell said. farms, and that’s a great thing, because a lot of these horses “We invested a bit more money and tried to focus on some may or may not showcase themselves as well as they can at the individuals who we thought were Classic kind of colts. We sale for whatever reason. So, these guys who get to see the mainly bought colts this year--we didn’t buy a whole lot of fillies- horses early at the farms, I think they have a leg up on the -but we do have a couple of fillies going to the sales who clients competition among buyers.” sent us.” What do Pickerrell and Roberts look for at the sales? “We’re looking for scope and substance in these colts,” Pickerrell said. “We want horses who are going to have the ability to perform on Saturdays when the races start to stretch out a little longer. That’s kind of what we’re excited about going forward from last year’s crop, too--we feel like the horses we sold will be better as 3-year-olds, so the best might be yet to come from that crop.” When asked about stand-outs among Pick View’s March consignment, Pickerrell first mentions hip 325, a son of GI Belmont S. winner Palace Malice who was purchased for $160,000 at Keeneland September. The Feb. 4 foal is out of a full-sister to GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner More Than Real (More Than Ready). His dam was a $400,000 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 8, 2019

DISTORTED HUMOR COLT BREEZES QUICKEST QUARTER; SIX SHARE FURLONG BULLET AT OBSMAR

INDIANA DERBY SLATED FOR JULY 13 The $500,000 GIII Indiana Derby scheduled for July 13 once again headlines Indiana Grand’s upcoming racing calendar. The Shelbyville, Indiana oval will hold 120 days of live racing from Tuesday, Apr. 16 through Wednesday, Nov. 6. A total of 35 stakes worth more than $4.3 million are scheduled, with the majority of them being held on Wednesdays. The Saturday, July 13 Indiana Derby program will feature five other stakes, including the GIII Indiana Oaks. Purses for the evening card will be in excess of $1.1 million. “We are anticipating another great season of racing at Indiana Grand,” said Kevin Greely, director of racing. “Our track maintenance crew has been working all Hip 142 | Photos by Z winter long on a $700,000-plus track renovation project for our A Distorted Humor colt breezed the fastest quarter during the one-mile dirt course. Having this type of investment in our first of three under-tack shows for next week’s OBS March racing program by our new owners, Caesars, is a great way to 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, while six juveniles tied for the kick off our 17th year of racing at Indiana Grand.” Racing at quickest eighth of a mile. Indiana Grand will be conducted on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Hip 142 was the lone youngster to stop the clock in :20 3/5 for Friday with a 2:15 p.m. post time and on Saturdays with a 6:15 his quarter-mile move. The half-brother to MSP Glamoride (Ide) p.m. first post. For the complete 2019 stakes schedule, visit is consigned by Greg and Karen Dodd’s Southern Chase Farm, www.indianagrand.com. Inc. Five horses shared the eighth-of-a-mile bullet of :9 4/5: • Hip 24, an Irish-bred daughter No Nay Never consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stable (video). • Hip 31, a Florida-bred son of Take Charge Indy from Top Line Sales LLC, Agent I (video). • Hip 49, a de Meric Sales, agent VI-consigned filly from Verrazano’s second crop (video). • Hip 81, a son of Justin Phillip offered by Patrick Hoppel’s Hoppel Horse & Cattle Co., Inc. (video). • Hip 134, a filly by freshman sire Wicked Strong consigned by Mayberry Farm, Agent V (video). • Hip 140, a first-crop filly by Karakontie (Jpn) from All Dreams Equine (video). Additional breeze shows will be held Friday (hips 193-384) and Saturday (hips 385-577) starting each day at 8:00 a.m. For complete information, visit www.obssales.com.

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135 HEAD CATALOGUED TO TEXAS 2YO SALE The Texas Thoroughbred Association’s Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will feature a catalog of 135 hips, up from 106 last year, for this April’s sale. The under tack show is set for 10 a.m. Sunday, Apr. 7 at Lone Star Park, with the auction to take place there Tuesday, Apr. 9 at 12 noon. The catalog features offerings from nationally successful stallions like Kitten’s Joy, Malibu Moon, Uncle Mo and Union Rags. All sale graduates will be eligible for the Texas Thoroughbred Futurity, run in divisions for fillies and colts/geldings at $100,000-estimated apiece this summer at Lone Star. “Our consignors have really stepped up again this year and continue to bring better quality 2-year-olds, and I think the list of stallions in this catalog really proves that,” said Sales Director Tim Boyce. “I’m looking forward to seeing what these horses do in the under tack show.” The interactive catalog, which will include photos and videos after the undertack show, is now online at www.ttasales.com. The auction will also be broadcast live on the website.

STALLIONS’ FIRST FOALS A SHIN FORWARD (Forest Wildcat--Wake Up Kiss, by Cure the Blues) Ž The New York-bred Japanese G1SW was represented by his first American-born foal when Miney’s Awesome (Awesome Again--Mine Tonight, by Upper Nile), produced a filly Mar. 5. Ž The filly was bred by Vivien Malloy’s Edition Farm. Ž A Shin Forward has five crops of racing age in Japan and is owned in partnership by Edition Farm and Lady Sheila Stable. IN OTHER NEWS... A Daily Roundup of Racing Articles in Non-Industry Media Horse Deaths at Santa Anita Spell Trouble for an Industry As the Triple Crown season approaches, the talk should be about contenders for the Kentucky Derby. Instead, dead horses and canceled races are hot topics after Santa Anita Park suspended thoroughbred racing because of a spike in fatalities that has cast doubt on the safety of its racing surface. Joe Drape, New York Times

© Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services and utilized here with their permission. Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs, post time: 5:25 p.m. EST LAMBHOLM SOUTH TAMPA BAY DERBY-GII, $400,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Admire K Cairo Prince Albaugh Family Stables LLC Romans Albarado 117 2 Sir Winston K Awesome Again Tracy Farmer Casse Leparoux 117 3 Lord Dragon K Oxbow Imperial Racing, LLC Blair Bracho 117 4 Dream Maker Tapit John C. Oxley Casse Geroux 117 5 Well Defined With Distinction Stonehedge LLC O'Connell Morales 119 6 Outshine K Malibu Moon Let's Go Stable and Schibell, Richard D. Pletcher Rosario 117 7 Win Win Win Hat Trick (Jpn) Live Oak Plantation Trombetta Ortiz, Jr. 117 8 The Right Path Quality Road Colts Neck Stables LLC Duarte, Jr. Bravo 117 9 Dunph Temple City Three Diamonds Farm and Besecker, Joseph Maker Centeno 123 10 Tacitus Tapit Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Mott Ortiz 117 11 Zenden K Fed Biz Pichi Investments LLC Barboza, Jr. Camacho 117

Breeders: 1-Brereton C. Jones, 2-Tracy Farmer, 3-Calumet Farm, 4-John C. Oxley, 5-Stonehedge, LLC, 6-T. F. VanMeter & Ricky Stivers, 7-Live Oak Stud, 8-Colts Neck Stables, LLC, 9-Equus Farm, 10-Juddmonte Farms Inc., 11-Brent Harris & Beth Harris

Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs, post time: 4:19 p.m. EST HILLSBOROUGH S.-GII, $225,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Phantom Opening K Arch Surfside Stables, LLC Blair Gallardo 118 2 Hawksmoor (Ire) Azamour (Ire) Lael Stables Delacour Bravo 120 3 Viva Vegas K The Factor Merriebelle Stable LLC Correas, IV Castanon 118 4 Na Pali Spirit K Dialed In Michael Gilmore Correas, IV Leparoux 118 5 Peach of a Gal Curlin Glenangus Farm LLC Motion Landeros 118 6 Streetwithnoname K Street Sense Darrell & Lendy Brown, Eoin Harty & Royce Pulliam Harty Lynch 118 7 Rymska (Fr) Le Havre (Ire) Madaket Stbls, T Coleman, Team Hanley & Elayne Stbls Brown Ortiz, Jr. 120 8 Onthemoonagain (Fr) Cape Cross (Ire) Martin S. Schwartz Brown Ortiz 118 9 Get Explicit Get Stormy Modeste Racing Stable Minshall Geroux 118 10 Goodyearforroses (Ire) K Azamour (Ire) James D. Spry House Jimenez 118

Breeders: 1-Warrender Associates & Diane Curry, 2-Tenuta Genzianella, 3-Summer Grove Farm, LLC & Terry Gabriel, 4-Bill Adair, Phyllis Adair & Connie Brown, 5-Glenangus Farm LLC, 6-Godolphin, 7-Eric Feurtet, 8-Patrick Chedeville, 9-Modeste Racing Stable, 10-The Hornets

Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 5:09 p.m. EST GOTHAM S.-GIII, $300,000, 3yo, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Family Biz Fed Biz D Chen, J Cestaro & Campbell Road Stables Barker Carmouche 118 2 Knicks Go K Paynter KRA Stud Farm Colebrook Lezcano 123 3 Mind Control Stay Thirsty Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables, LLC Sacco Velazquez 123 4 Much Better K Pioneerof the Nile Three Chimneys Farm Baffert Smith 118 5 Haikal Daaher Shadwell Stable McLaughlin Maragh 120 6 Instagrand Into Mischief OXO Equine LLC Hollendorfer Castellano 123 7 Not That Brady Big Brown M Imperio, Lianna Stbls, R. A. Hill Stable & R Rodriguez Rodriguez Gutierrez 118 8 Tikhvin Flew K Street Sense Bloom Racing Stable LLC and Madaket Stables LLC Asmussen Davis 118

Breeders: 1-Alex Lieblong & JoAnn Lieblong, 2-Angie Moore, 3-Red Oak Stable, 4-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC, 5-Shadwell Farm, LLC, 6-Stoneway Farm, 7-KatieRich Farms, 8-Mineola Farm II, LLC & Silent GroveFarms, LLC Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 4:06 p.m. EST TOM FOOL H.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 6f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Life in Shambles K Broken Vow M and A Racing LTD Servis Franco 120 2 Do Share Candy Ride (Arg) Three Diamonds Farm Maker Gutierrez 119 3 Skyler's Scramjet Creative Cause SJB Stable and Micozzi, Marcello Nevin Davis 122 4 Syndergaard Majesticperfection E & H Fein, C McKenna, G Singh & J Walia Terranova II Velazquez 115 5 Bavaro Freud All In The Family Racing Rice Alvarado 116 6 Bon Raison Raison d'Etat Empire State Thoroughbreds Martin Cancel 115 7 Fully Vested Discreet Cat Godolphin Racing, LLC Albertrani Lezcano 115 Breeders: 1-C. Clement & Don M. Robinson, 2-Colts Neck Stables, LLC., 3-Tommy G. Ligon, 4-Burleson Farms, 5-Hidden Lake Farm, LLC, Gunston HallFarm & Anthony Grey, 6-Calumet Farm, 7-Darley

Saturday, Oaklawn, post time: 6:09 p.m. EST HONEYBEE S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Perfect Reins Medaglia d'Oro Brittlyn Stable, Inc. Asmussen Eramia 117 2 Motion Emotion K Take Charge Indy Mark DeDomenico LLC Van Berg Court 122 3 Sunset Wish Malibu Moon Godolphin, LLC Stidham Vazquez 117 4 Bizwhacks K Fed Biz Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 117 5 Chocolate Kisses Candy Ride (Arg) Debby M. Oxley Casse Mojica 117 6 Power Gal (Jpn) Empire Maker Gary Barber Casse Cohen 122 7 Raintree Starlet Get Stormy Vanier, Nancy A. and Horseplayers Racing Club LLC Williamson Canchari 117 8 Ultimate Mo K Uncle Mo Mathis Stable LLC Lukas Cabrera 117 9 Marathon Queen Super Saver Lieblong, Alex and JoAnn Asmussen Santana, Jr. 117 10 Best Kept Secret Line of David Tracy Hersman Chatters Smith 117 Breeders: 1-Brittlyn, Inc., 2-WinStar Farm, LLC, 3-Godolphin, 4-T. F. VanMeter & Ken A. Meng, 5-Pin Oak Stud, LLC, 6-Paca Paca Farm, 7-Nancy Vanier & Horse Player Racing Club, 8-Equivine Farm, 9-Alex Lieblong & JoAnn Lieblong, 10-Flying H Stables, LLC

Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs, post time: 4:50 p.m. EST FLORIDA OAKS-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 La Feve (Fr) George Vancouver Madaket Stbls, R LaPenta, Lindy Farms & Team Hanley Brown Ortiz, Jr. 117 2 Mega Fortune Paynter Tobey L. Morton Kimmel Landeros 117 3 Winter Sunset K Tapit Coffeepot Stables and Phillips Racing Partnership Catalano Hill 117 4 Elsa Animal Kingdom Godolphin, LLC Stidham Bravo 121 5 Concrete Rose K Twirling Candy Ashbrook Farm and BBN Racing, LLC Arnold, II Leparoux 123 6 Zarina Temple City Robert C. Roffey, Jr. Stewart Gallardo 117 7 Blowout (GB) Dansili (GB) Peter M. Brant Brown Ortiz 117 8 Her Royal Highness Paddy O'Prado Albert Frassetto Motion Rosario 119 9 Winning Envelope K More Than Ready Lothenbach Stables, Inc. Block Marquez, Jr. 119 10 Stellar Agent K More Than Ready Madaket Stables, S Laymon, M Scheinman & R Kaplan Abreu Geroux 117 11 Margaret's Joy K English Channel Tropical Racing Nihei Albarado 117 Breeders: 1-Bernard Leclere & Mme Raymonde Leclere, 2-Zayat Stables, LLC, 3-Phillips Racing Partnership, 4-Godolphin, 5-Ron Patterson, 6-Robert C. Roffey Jr., 7-Dayton Investments Ltd, 8-Albert Frassetto, 9-Ramspring Farm, 10-Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton &Silver Fern Farm, LLC, 11-Calumet Farm

Saturday, Turfway, post time: 6:37 p.m. EST JEFF RUBY STEAKS-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Dynamic Racer Run Away and Hide Lou Dunn Diekemper Trust Kahles Prentice, Jr. 123 2 Moonster K Malibu Moon Calumet Farm Romans McKee 123 3 Five Star General K Distorted Humor WinStar Farm, China Horse Club Int’l & SF Racing Delacour Cannon 123 4 Dabo Temple City West Point Thoroughbreds and Peacock Stable Romans Machado 123 5 Baytown Jimbo K Artie Schiller McEntee Racing, Inc. McEntee Achard 123 6 Skywire K Afleet Alex Barber, Gary and Tucci, Lucio Casse Boulanger 123 7 Counter Offer K Tapizar Six Column Stables, LLC Wilkes Franklin 123 8 Twelfthofneverland K Istan John Mahr Handal Russell 123 9 Curlin Grey Curlin Fern Circle Stables McPeek Hernandez, Jr. 123 10 Somelikeithotbrown Big Brown Skychai Racing LLC and Sand Dollar Stable LLC Maker Gaffalione 123 11 Speed App Flatter Calumet Farm Lukas De La Cruz 123 Breeders: 1-Lou Dunn Diekemper Racing, 2-Mark Stansell, 3-WinStar Farm, LLC, 4-Brad Rainwater, 5-Luis Bravo, 6-William D. Graham, 7-Elm Tree Farm, LLC & Angel Diaz Tapia, 8-Brereton C. Jones, 9-Seclusive Farm & Chester Prince, 10-Hot Pink Stables & Sand Dollar Stables, 11-Morgan's Ford Farm SIRE LISTS Sponsored by

2019 Leading Sires by Number of Winners for stallions standing in North America through Wednesday, Mar. 6 Earnings and Black-type represents North American & European figures & stud fees are for 2019

Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 The Factor -- 6 -- 3 -- -- 130 40 100,019 1,295,043 (2008) by War Front FYR: 2014 Crops: 4 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $15,000 Zuar 2 Tapit 9 16 5 9 -- -- 151 39 149,244 2,513,100 (2001) by Pulpit FYR: 2006 Crops: 12 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $225,000 Timing Now 3 Hard Spun 1 6 1 2 -- -- 167 38 187,413 1,776,998 (2004) by Danzig FYR: 2009 Crops: 9 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $40,000 Hard Promise (AUS) 4 Malibu Moon 1 6 -- 3 -- -- 130 37 80,000 1,295,454 (1997) by A.P. Indy FYR: 2001 Crops: 17 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $75,000 Moonlit Garden 5 Congrats 1 2 1 1 -- -- 143 37 208,320 1,026,635 (2000) by A.P. Indy FYR: 2008 Crops: 10 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $12,500 Harvey Wallbanger 6 Into Mischief 1 5 -- 2 -- -- 168 36 550,000 2,314,029 (2005) by Harlan's Holiday FYR: 2010 Crops: 8 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $150,000 Audible 7 Street Sense 3 9 2 4 -- -- 123 35 183,943 1,619,047 (2004) by Street Cry (Ire) FYR: 2009 Crops: 9 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $50,000 Savvy (JPN) 8 Midnight Lute 3 5 1 1 -- -- 111 34 180,000 1,189,390 (2003) by Real Quiet FYR: 2010 Crops: 8 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $15,000 Midnight Bisou 9 Speightstown 3 5 1 4 -- -- 117 33 586,791 1,795,301 (1998) by Gone West FYR: 2006 Crops: 12 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $80,000 Mozu Superflare 10 Munnings 2 5 ------96 33 46,200 886,281 (2006) by Speightstown FYR: 2012 Crops: 6 Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $20,000 Miss Munnings 11 Empire Maker 1 2 ------169 32 193,206 2,571,117 (2000) by Unbridled FYR: 2005 Crops: 13 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $85,000 Valois (JPN) 12 Ghostzapper 3 4 1 2 -- -- 95 32 92,210 1,087,197 (2000) by Awesome Again FYR: 2007 Crops: 11 Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: $85,000 Holy Helena 13 Trappe Shot 1 2 -- 1 -- -- 104 32 96,600 858,001 (2007) by Tapit FYR: 2013 Crops: 5 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Captain Von Trapp 14 Kitten's Joy -- 3 -- 1 -- -- 172 31 486,975 1,342,177 (2001) by El Prado (Ire) FYR: 2007 Crops: 11 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $75,000 Catapult 15 Scat Daddy 5 8 1 4 -- -- 113 31 200,000 1,155,928 (2004) by Johannesburg FYR: 2009 Crops: 8 Stands: Ashford Stud USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Divine Image

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Friday, March 8, 2019

INSIGHTS: WONDER GADOT MAKES 4YO DEBUT AT OAKLAWN Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency by Joe Bianca 8th-OP, $87K, Alw/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 1m, 5:42 ET Gary Barber’s popular WONDER GADOT (Medaglia d’Oro) will IN ORDER OF PURSE: make her seasonal bow in a third-level allowance Friday at 8th-Oaklawn, $84,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($16,000), 3-7, Oaklawn Park. Establishing her quality with a pair of graded 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:44.43, ft. stakes wins as a juvenile, the $325,000 OBS April buy came AWE EMMA (f, 4, War Front--Awesome Maria {GISW, tantalizingly close to a GI Kentucky Oaks victory when coming up $1,114,875}, by Maria's Mon), the second foal out of her 2011 a half-length short to eventual division champion Monomoy Girl GI Ogden Phipps H.-winning dam, was the second-most (Tapizar). Heading north of the border after that, the dark bay expensive weanling and sixth-priciest overall lot to sell at the easily conquered males in both the Queen’s Plate and Prince of 2015 Keeneland November Sale at $2 million, but failed to make Wales S. before fading to finish 10th in the GI Travers S. She was an impact in two fifth-place finishes last year before graduating last seen running ninth in the GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff powerfully off the bench here Feb. 3. Heavily supported at 9-10 and shows five workouts since, most recently going five furlongs to prove that race was no fluke, the gray sped to the fore and from the gate here in 1:01 2/5 (4/21) Feb. 24. Trainer Mark dictated terms through a sharp :23.38 quarter and more Casse told the Oaklawn notes team that with a good return run moderate :47.43 half. Remaining clear while in hand around the in the one-mile event, Wonder Gadot will be pointed to the far turn, she never faced a serious danger in the lane, coming track’s GI Apple Blossom H. Apr. 14. home a five-length victress. Whispering Speaker (Proud Citizen) “That’s why she’s there, if everything goes well,” he said, was another seven lengths clear for the place. The winner’s adding, “A mile is maybe just a touch on the short side for her, dam, who herself hammered to Coolmore for a sale-topping but given her time off and everything, I think it’s perfect. It’s a $4 million at KEENOV in 2013, has a yearling filly by Galileo (Ire). good spot for us to get going. Hopefully, it leads to bigger and Second dam Discreetly Awesome (Awesome Again) is an better things down the road, but it’s a nice beginning for the unraced half-sister to GISWs Discreet Cat (Forestry) and year.” TJCIS PPs Discreetly Mine (Mineshaft). Sales History: $2,000,000 Wlg '15 KEENOV. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, $99,585. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Willis Horton Racing LLC; B-Rhinestone Bloodstock (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency

9th-Gulfstream, $47,600, Alw (C)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-7, 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:35.14, fm. GOT STORMY (f, 4, Get Stormy--Super Phoebe, by Malabar Gold) reeled off three straight stakes wins last spring and summer, including the GIII Ontario Colleen S. and Penn Oaks, but backed up to finish seventh in the boggy-turf Pebbles S. Oct. 13 and concluded her sophomore campaign with a fifth in the washed-off Winter Memories S. Nov. 22 at Aqueduct. Made an 8-5 favorite to get back on track in this seasonal bow, the chestnut tracked from fourth past fractions of :24.35 and :48.51. Wonder Gadot winning the Queen’s Plate | Michael Burns Advancing under her own power three wide on the far turn, the chalk took command once given her cue outside the furlong grounds and skipped away to a 2 1/4-length success. Treasure for Gold (Treasure Beach {GB}) won a three-way photo for the BEE JERSEY is an EXCEPTIONAL PHYSICAL, the winner of the “ GI METROPOLITAN H., and from the family of A.P. INDY. Fipke turned

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AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION www.DarbyDan.com Contact Ryan Norton: (859) 254-0424 JERSEY TOWN – BEES, BY RAHY | FEE: $5,000 S&N TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 2 OF 5 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 8, 2019 place. The victress is a half to Sky Gold (Successful Appeal), SP, Move and a juvenile Will Take Charge half-sister in Russia $151,020; an unraced 3-year-old Munnings colt named Sir named Victory Charm. His dam, a full-sister to Grade I-winning Alfred James, a juvenile filly by Animal Kingdom and a yearling supersire Tapit, was bred back to Will Take Charge last spring. colt by Super Saver. Her dam visited Mohaymen last term. Sales Sales History: $370,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, History: $23,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP; $45,000 2yo '17 EASMAY. $68,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored Lifetime Record: GSW, 11-5-0-2, $319,078. Click for the by Fasig-Tipton. Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Donegal Racing & Three Chimneys Farm; B-Three Chimneys O-Gary Barber; B-Mt. Joy Stables, Pope & Marc McLean & Pope Farm, LLC & Besilu Stables, LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. McLean Jr. (KY); T-Mark E. Casse.

4th-Golden Gate Fields, $32,100, Msw, 3-7, 3yo, 5 1/2f (AWT), nbs SUCCESS 1:04.51, ft. VISITANT (c, 3, Ghostzapper--Peppermint Lounge {SP, 10th-Gulfstream, $44,120, (S), Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm $136,720}, by Distorted Humor) showed a steady local worktab ($50,000), 3-7, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.71, ft. for this debut, highlighted by a five-furlong move in 1:00 4/5 STARSHIP NALA (f, 3, Capo Bastone--Perfectly Wild, by Forest (2/24) Feb. 8, and was bet strongly to be 7-5 at the off. Breaking Wildcat), runner-up in the Florida Sire Susan’s Girl S. and My about a length slowly, the homebred stalked from the rail in a Dear Girl S. and Florida-bred Juvenile Fillies Sprint S. last year, joint third off of a :22.18 quarter, awaited room nearing the was eighth in a local turf sprint to kick off her sophomore season stretch and surged through an inside opening past the eighth Jan. 31 and fourth in this condition Feb. 14. Overlooked at 10-1 pole to graduate going away by four lengths. Roman Rush here, the dark bay dropped back to run fourth behind a (Atreides) completed the exacta. The victor has a juvenile half- contested quarter of :22.24. Rallying into contention past a brother by Street Boss and a yearling full-brother. His dam was :45.79 half, she closed steadily down the stretch to edge favored paired with the former sire last season. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, Wildwood’s Beauty (Kantharos) by a head. The winner is a half $18,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored to Starship Jubilee (Indy Wind), Ch. Turf Female-Can & MGSW, by Fasig-Tipton. $652,018. She has a juvenile Kantharos half-brother named O/B-Williamson Racing, LLC (KY); T-William E. Morey. Allegedly Perfect. Sales History: $15,000 Ylg '17 OBSWIN. Lifetime Record: 8-2-3-0, $199,150. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Starship Stables; B-William P. Sorren (FL); T-Steven Dwoskin.

In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. IN ORDER OF PURSE: Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at 5th-Oaklawn, $83,000, Msw, 3-7, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:38.24, ft. Chukyo and Nakayama Racecourses, including an intriguing TIZ MCNAMARA (c, 4, Tiznow--Click Your Heels, by Pulpit) Sunday allowance at the former venue in which a pair of showed late interest to be fourth debuting way back in October unbeaten US-breds take on a Group 3-winning son of the late of 2017 and was a distant runner-up off the long break over Giant’s Causeway switching to the dirt for the first time: track and trip Feb. 1. Backed to 9-5 favoritism here, the $370,000 Keeneland September graduate broke a bit flat-footed Saturday, March 9, 2019 and settled in fourth behind splits of :23.49 and :47.99. Picking it 4th-CKO, ¥9,550,000 ($86k), Maiden, 3yo, 1400m up three deep nearing the stretch, he easily took charge three- ERZULIE (f, 3, Graydar--Miss Luna, by Henny Hughes), a $70K sixteenths from home and drew clear to a 3 3/4-length score. purchase at KEESEP in 2017, is a maternal granddaughter of In Verve’s Humor (Distorted Humor) was second best. The winner Her Glory (Miswaki), third to Sky Beauty and Educated Risk in has an unraced sophomore full-sister in Korea named Dynamic the 1993 GI Acorn S. In Her Glory is the dam not only of the TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 3 OF 5 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 8, 2019 stakes-placed Seattle Slew full-siblings Seattle Glory and Combanchera, but also of Sambuca Classic (Cat Thief), whose son Classic Empire (Pioneerof the Nile) was champion of his generation with wins in the GI Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity and GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in 2016 before adding the GI Arkansas Derby and a runner-up effort in the GI Preakness S. in 2017. B-Springland Farm (KY)

4th-NKY, ¥11,400,000 ($102k), Newcomers, 3yo, 1800m PIONEER BAROWS (c, 3, Cairo Prince--Dattts Lady Di, by Proud Citizen) is a half-brother to SP Lindy (War Front), the dam of Japan-based US-bred La La Chrysaor (Speightstown), who won his maiden by over 10 lengths as first asking in January. Produced by a half-sister to Grab Your Heart (Deputy Commander), a four-time stakes winner in Japan and earner of Mont Perdu breezing at FTFMAR last spring | Fasig-Tipton photo better than $2.4 million, Pioneer Barows was a $110K KEENOV weanling, a $175K KEESEP buyback and a $400K graduate of last year’s FTFMAR sale (breeze video). B-Bret Jones (KY)

Sunday, March 10, 2019 10th-CKO, ¥34,200,000 ($307k), Open Class, 3yo, 1400m A pair of promising and undefeated US-breds and another who is already a Group 3 winner highlight this salty test Sunday afternoon. IN QATAR: MONT PERDU (f, 3, Cairo Prince--Spanish Post, by Flatter) is On The Front Line, h, 6, War Front--Aristocratic Lady, by Kris S. perfect in her two trips to the races, having won her maiden by Al Rayyan, 3-7, Hcp., 1400mT, 1:22.78. B-Grapestock LLC (KY). five lengths at first asking last November (video, gate 4) before *1/2 to Western Aristocrat (Mr. Greeley), GISW-US, GSP-Eng, scoring by 3 1/2 lengths when last seen Jan. 13 (video, gate 13). $224,637; Zindaya (More Than Ready), GSW, $567,240; A $115K FTNAUG yearling and $325K FTFMAR purchase, the bay Eckersley (Congrats), GSP, $116,519; and Noble Ready (More was bred in New York by Bluewater Sales and Three Diamonds Than Ready), MSP, $136,120. **$700,000 Ylg ‘14 KEESEP. Farm. VIDEO TIMING NOW (c, 3, Tapit--Her Smile, by Include), a $750K KEESEP purchase, is unbeaten in his two runs to date, a four- length graduation Jan. 5 (video, gate 8) ahead of a two-length score over this surface Feb. 2 (video, gate 11). Yutaka Take retains the mount aboard the son of Grade I winner Her Smile, who was bred in the Bluegrass by Larry and Karen Doyle’s KatieRich Farms. Making his dirt debut--and bred nicely for it--is ASTER PEGASUS (c, 3, Giant’s Causeway–R Heat Lightning, by Trippi), a $150K KEESEP grad who won the G3 Hakodate Nisai S. on turf last July (video, gate 6). A son of the 2010 GI Spinaway S. victress, Aster Pegasus was bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC. HAVE A NEW FOAL? Click here to submit your Foaling News for Stakes Winning and/or Stakes Producing Mares for publication in the TDN. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 4 OF 5 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • MARCH 8, 2019

Verrazano (More Than Ready), Ashford Stud, $22,500 268 foals of racing age/21 winners/2 black-type winners 11-Santa Anita, Msw 6 1/2f, ENCANTA $55,000 FTK OCT yrl

Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song), Three Chimneys Farm, $30,000 FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: FRIDAY, MARCH 8 207 foals of racing age/16 winners/1 black-type winner Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile), Airdrie Stud, $10,000 7-Oaklawn, Msw 6f, CABOT, 4-1 228 foals of racing age/26 winners/4 black-type winners $160,000 KEE NOV wnl; $400,000 FTS AUG yrl 11-Santa Anita, Msw 6 1/2f, CAIRO KISS $65,000 KEE NOV wnl; $135,000 KEE SEP yrl; $130,000 OBS APR 2yo

Clubhouse Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}), Harris Farms, $2,500 64 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 6-Golden Gate Fields, Aoc 1 1/16m, MOON HOUSE, 8-1

Cross Traffic (Unbridled's Song), Spendthrift Farm, $12,500 162 foals of racing age/23 winners/5 black-type winners 8-Golden Gate Fields, Msw 1 1/16m, BOURBON TRAFFIC, 6-1 $2,500 RNA BAR SEL yrl

Expect a Lot (Awesome Again), Eureka Thoroughbred Farm, $1,000 8 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 8-Sam Houston Race, Msw 6f, AWESOME SUNSET, 6-1 $4,200 RNA TTA MIX yrl

Fed Biz (Giant's Causeway), WinStar Farm, $12,500 187 foals of racing age/18 winners/1 black-type winner 4-Fair Grounds, Aoc 5 1/2fT, VOGT, 9-5 ALLOWANCE RESULTS: $37,000 KEE NOV wnl; $85,000 OBS OCT yrl; $150,000 EAS MAY 2yo 4th-Oaklawn, $85,000, 3-7, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.37, ft. CHAUNCEY (f, 4, Jimmy Creed--Lady Nichola, by A.P. Indy) Handsome Mike (Scat Daddy), Pleasant Acres Stallions, $4,000 Lifetime Record: GSP, 16-3-2-3, $194,466. O-Phoenix 95 foals of racing age/11 winners/0 black-type winners Thoroughbred III, Ltd; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Steven M. 9-Delta Downs, Alw 7f, NAUGHTY ME, 8-1 Asmussen. *$37,000 RNA Ylg '16 KEESEP; $115,000 2yo '17 OBSAPR. **1/2 to Worth Repeating (Giant’s Causeway), GSW, Noble Mission (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Lane's End Farm, $25,000 $299,396. 151 foals of racing age/17 winners/1 black-type winner EQB 2YO purchase • www.EQB.com 11-Santa Anita, Msw 6 1/2f, LA SHIRIMP $150,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl; 38,000gns RNA TAT BRE 2yo 1st-Delta Downs, $47,000, (S), 3-6, (NW2L), 4yo/up, 5f, :59.54, Revolutionary (War Pass), WinStar Farm, $7,500 ft. 148 foals of racing age/22 winners/2 black-type winners MR MAKEITHAPPEN (g, 4, Custom for Carlos--Half a Notion, by 3-Delta Downs, Msw 5f, MS LOUISA, 10-1 Half Ours) Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-1, $61,370. O/T-Ricky Joseph $27,000 FTK JUL yrl Demouchet; B-LA Bred Equine Enterprises (LA). *$2,000 Ylg '16 ESLYRL. Sum of the Parts (Speightstown), Red River Farms, $2,000 29 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 7th-Fair Grounds, $45,000, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($17,500), 3-7, 3-Delta Downs, Msw 5f, BEAUTIFUL BEV, 5-1 4yo/up, f/m, 1m 70y, 1:44.00, ft. $9,200 ESL MIX wnl; $10,000 TTA APR 2yo MIZ SHELTON (f, 4, Graydar--Natalicat {SW, $260,629}, by Unbridled Sheriff (Posse) Tactical Cat) Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-1, $73,339. O/B-Silverton 5 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Hill LLC (KY); T-Paul J. McGee. 8-Sam Houston Race, Msw 6f, STREAM, 20-1 Your reservation will include: 1 CLICK FOR

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2nd-Fair Grounds, $44,000, (S), (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000), 3-7, 4yo/up, 7 1/2fT, 1:33.49, fm. PONT DU GARD (c, 4, Liaison--Mi Isabella {MSW, $195,725}, by Twilight Agenda) Lifetime Record: GSP, 14-3-2-0, $118,505. O/T-Louie J. Roussel III; B-Cypress Bend Farm (LA). *$20,000 Wlg '15 KEENOV; $37,000 Ylg '16 OBSAUG. de Meric Stables Graduate BROKEN VOW, Orageuse, f, 4, o/o Aurore, by Arch. MSW, 3-7, SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations Fair Grounds CAPO BASTONE, Starship Nala, f, 3, o/o Perfectly Wild, by Forest Wildcat. AOC, 3-7, Gulfstream 6th-Delta Downs, $40,000, 3-6, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 1 1/16m, CUSTOM FOR CARLOS, Mr Makeithappen, g, 4, o/o Half a 1:46.87, ft. Notion, by Half Ours. ALW, 3-6, Delta Downs INSPIRE COURAGE (g, 7, Fusaichi Pegasus--Girls Pearls {SW, ENGLISH CHANNEL, Uhtred, c, 3, o/o Yellow Boat, by Lemon $107,355}, by Talk Is Money) Lifetime Record: 36-8-8-4, Drop Kid. MCL, 3-7, Gulfstream $141,098. O-Brenda Lemburg; B-Magdalena & Caren-Lisa FIBER SONDE, Vic's Pick, g, 3, o/o Aarons Castle, by Windsor Stables (KY); T-Karl Broberg. Castle. ALW, 3-6, Charles Town FUSAICHI PEGASUS, Inspire Courage, g, 7, o/o Girls Pearls, by 6th-Charles Town, $24,000, (S), 3-6, (NW3L), 3yo, 7f, 1:26.83, ft. Talk Is Money. ALW, 3-6, Delta Downs FEISTY AND SASSY (g, 3, Windsor Castle--Dance for Pleasure, GET STORMY, Got Stormy, f, 4, o/o Super Phoebe, by Malabar by Dance With Ravens) Lifetime Record: 7-2-0-0, $30,109. Gold. AOC, 3-7, Gulfstream O/B/T-John A. Casey (WV). GHOSTZAPPER, Visitant, c, 3, o/o Peppermint Lounge, by Distorted Humor. MSW, 3-7, Golden Gate 7th-Charles Town, $24,000, (S), 3-6, (NW3L), 3yo, 4 1/2f, :51.69, GRAYDAR, Miz Shelton, f, 4, o/o Natalicat, by Tactical Cat. AOC, ft. 3-7, Fair Grounds VIC'S PICK (g, 3, Fiber Sonde--Aarons Castle, by Windsor Castle) JIMMY CREED, Chauncey, f, 4, o/o Lady Nichola, by A.P. Indy. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $39,470. O/B/T-Michael E. Sterling ALW, 3-7, Oaklawn (WV). LIAISON, Pont Du Gard, c, 4, o/o Mi Isabella, by Twilight Agenda. AOC, 3-7, Fair Grounds ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: SHAKIN IT UP, Wings Up, c, 3, o/o Classic Collection, by General Uhtred, c, 3, English Channel--Yellow Boat, by Lemon Drop Kid. Meeting. MCL, 3-7, Fair Grounds Gulfstream, 3-7, (C), 1 1/16mT, 1:44.15. B-R. S. Evans (KY). TIZNOW, Tiz McNamara, c, 4, o/o Click Your Heels, by Pulpit. *1ST-TIME STARTER. MSW, 3-7, Oaklawn Wings Up, c, 3, Shakin It Up--Classic Collection, by General WAR FRONT, Awe Emma, f, 4, o/o Awesome Maria, by Maria's Meeting. Fair Grounds, 3-7, (C), 1m 70y, 1:43.66. B-Equus Mon. AOC, 3-7, Oaklawn Farm (KY). *$40,000 2yo '18 OBSOPN. **1/2 to Buckeye Buddy WINDSOR CASTLE, Feisty and Sassy, g, 3, o/o Dance for (Horse Chestnut {SAf}), SW, $247,049. Pleasure, by Dance With Ravens. ALW, 3-6, Charles Town Orageuse, f, 4, Broken Vow--Aurore, by Arch. Fair Grounds, 3-7, 1 1/16mT, 1:46.62. B-Wertheimer Et Frere (KY). *$40,000 3yo '18 KEENOV.

GSW Fasig-Tipton Midlantic grad Got Stormy (Get Stormy) scores in her 4-year-old bow at Gulfstream