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ELZAAM COLT SALUTES IN PATTON FRENCH 2-YEAR-OLD Dundalk=s Listed Patton S., one of two European Road to the RACING: SOME INSIGHT Kentucky Derby races up for grabs on Wednesday, the other being Kempton=s Road to the Derby Conditions S. won by Jahbath (GB) (Mukhadram {GB}), drew eight contestants, with Playa del Puente (Ire) (Elzaam {Aus}) prevailing by a half-length. One of the more inspired purchases of the year already, the Mick Halford trainee rewarded the foresight of Hong Kong owner Huang Kai Wen by overhauling last year=s G1 Racing Post Trophy runner-up Western Australia (Ire) (Australia {GB}) in this early taster of the Classic generation=s prowess. Successful twice here over seven furlongs and a mile in October and December, the bay tracked the clear early leader Colfer Me (Ire) (Canford Cliffs {Ire}) and that Ballydoyle rival and was staying on strongly as the former veered away from the whip into their path with a furlong to race. Undeterred by the bumping, he had the measure of the favourite in the last 150 yards to extend his admirable Polytrack record. Cont. p7

Siyouni was a rare early 2-year-old for trainer Alain de Royer Dupre | The Aga Khan Studs by Tom Frary As discussed in Part 1, France=s 2-year-old scene is badly in need of a health check, with the stats pointing to both poor representation and performance in its pattern races. While precocity has never been one of the country=s most pronounced focuses, in an age where the commercial market is placing a keen demand on juveniles who can burn brightly for a few weeks or months, is it in danger of being left behind? Is there a matter of national pride at stake when most of the main events for this age group are won by visiting stables and how does that impact racing deeper down, in the consciousness of the trainers Playa del Puente | Racing Post and owners and even breeders? Whatever opinion is formed as to why France is missing out in this sphere, it is clear that all agree that the tradition is for treading steadily where the greenhorns are concerned. Okay, so IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Francois Boutin was brilliantly extrovert enough to campaign the SANTA ANITA RACING/TRAINING SUSPENDED likes of Arazi, Machiavellian and Hector Protector and countless Santa Anita Park was closed for live racing and training effective others to sweep up the chief contests of the program, but immediately while the one-mile main track undergoes additional generally the attitude has always been a conservative one with extensive testing, the Stronach Group announced early an eye on the future. For trainer Fabrice Chappet, this Wednesday morning. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN unwillingness to stretch the juveniles is woven into the fabric of America. the nation=s sport. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 8 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 7 MARCH 2019

French 2yo Racing: Some Insight Cont. from p1 Trainer Gina Rarick adds further strength to this argument. AFirst and foremost, there is a major cultural gap between ATwo-year-old racing is not the French way,@ she states. AIt is France and the British Isles when it comes to racing 2-year-olds,@ about the ability to stay around for a bit as older horses. It is not he explains. AIn France, trainers just don=t tend to put as much to drill >em and kill >em.@ emphasis on it as their British or Irish counterparts. Whether it=s If culture is the main issue, then has this ingrained patience a good or a bad thing is up for discussion and there have been had an effect on the way the French pattern program for 2-year- some notable exceptions, such as Francois Boutin who trained olds is structured? Has it become easy for the authorities to so many top-class juveniles for the Niarchos family, but sacrifice races in this sphere? Chappet thinks so. generally speaking racing at two doesn=t seem to be the primary ACulture is where the basic difference stems from in my objective when trainers attempt to lay out a career plan for a opinion, but one must also factor in the recent evolutions of the young horse.@ racing programme,@ he says. ATwo years ago France Galop Michel Zerolo of Oceanic Bloodstock, who is also a part-owner scrapped 60% of the conditions races dedicated to 2-year-olds. of Haras des Capucines, is in total agreement. ACulturally, the This move has considerably reduced the opportunities available French tend to see their horses as ones for the 3-year-old year,@ to a 2-year-old maiden winner and goes against the gentle build- he says. AThe majority of top trainers in France very rarely start up that juveniles require in order to progress to the highest their best 2-year-olds before August and you are lucky if they level. It definitely hasn=t encouraged trainers to race their run three times. We don=t tend to push our 2-year-olds. The 2-year-olds more often.@ trainers in Chantilly just sit on them and don=t run them. You Zerolo also places the blame for the decreasing importance of need to go back 30 years to the days of Francois Boutin and juvenile racing mainly on the decisions made at the top in recent Francois Mathet who trained proper 2-year-olds and the French years. AThe program was changed under Mr. Lagardere and I would go to Royal Ascot, but now you only get the odd one can=t say it was for the better,@ he says. AThe [Prix Robert] Papin going there. The trainers are very timid and you=d have to ask was downgraded to Group 2 and the [G1 Prix de la] Salamandre them why. In June, we are barely getting going in France.@ disappeared.@ Cont. p3

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He added, AThen there is the Criterium de Saint-Cloud. For me, it is heretic to have a Group 1 race for 2-year-olds over 2000 metres. The program is just non-existent, is very poor for fillies and needs to be revamped.@ This leaning towards slow-cooking talent in the young stock Vice President, International Operations Gary King and the perceived lack of a program that promotes early racing Twitter: @garykingTDN has led several prominent breeders to issue their later-maturing [email protected] types to French trainers. There is no arguing that the country=s + 1.732.320.0975 bloodstock heritage sits proudly among the world=s elite, but has the anti-precocity culture become a self-fulfilling prophecy? Are International Editor the trainers there getting handed the more later-developing Kelsey Riley types from establishments already renowned for a less-rushed Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN mentality? [email protected] Chappet is in accord. ASuch a culture probably derives both European Editor from the typical expectations of the leading owners who have Emma Berry modelled French racing over the years, as well as from the Twitter: @collingsberry breeding industry, with French stock having long been more [email protected] renowned for producing durable, rather stout horses rather than early, speedy juveniles,@ he says. ADespite the globalization Associate International Editor of Thoroughbred breeding, the lesser availability of precocious Heather Anderson pedigrees in the French production as compared to its Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Anglo-Irish counterparts remains a fact.@ Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected]

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Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Fabrice Chappet: AFrench stock have long been more renowned for Regular Columnists producing durable, rather stout horses@ | Scoop Dyga Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield John Berry | Kevin Blake Zerolo adds, AThe international owners favour the fact that French trainers don=t tend to train 2-year-olds and I suspect that, for example, the Godolphin horses sent to Andre Fabre are IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY more with a view to being 3-year-olds than those sent to Charlie DUAL-HEMISPHERE ROLE A CORNERSTONE FOR MCKEEVER Appleby. I=m guessing, but I suspect I=m not too far wrong. It has Emma Berry chats with dual-hemisphere bloodstock agent painted itself into a corner in that respect.@ Johnny McKeever. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Cont. p4 Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 7 MARCH 2019

French 2yo Racing: Some Insight Cont. is keen to stress the importance of one of them. There is always an exception, however, and the one striking AAnother illustration of the cultural difference between France example is His Highness The Aga Khan=s Siyouni (Fr), a son of and the British Isles is the use of pre-trainers,@ he explains. Pivotal (GB) who thrust the unerringly patient Alain de Royer- AMany owners in France choose to send their youngsters to Dupre into uncharacteristic early pre-trainers for several months action. By the time he lined up in a bid to keep costs down, not for the Listed Prix La Fleche--still THEY’VE PUNISHED THE BREEDERS realizing that a 2-year-old that France=s first black-type race for only arrives in training in the juveniles staged as late as June-- FOR NOT USING OTHER EUROPEAN spring has little chances of he had already scored twice. STALLIONS AND ARE DISCOURAGING making it to the races that Now a celebrated stallion among season.@ the country=s ranks, he is proof PEOPLE FROM OPERATING IN Also in play is the effect that positive that precocity does not A FREE MARKET. virus outbreaks have on trainers need to have negative who would otherwise be making Michel Zerolo on the French premiums connotations. Mostly, however, hay while the sun shines. Gina the search for France=s early Rarick explains, ADon=t forget types entails heading South. that last year we were all Zerolo expands, AMost of the required to vaccinate against runners in early 2-year-old races EHV-1 after the Rouget incident come from the guys training in the South of France, where there and that put trainers back six months as it knocked horses flat. I is more of a culture for running 2-year-olds. You have the likes was talking to Eoghan O=Neill and he said it ruined his season of Guillemin, Ferland and Sogorb, not to mention Rouget and and he is one that would have 2-year-olds to race. This year, you Rohaut, who run their horses early and then go to Paris and might see more French 2-year-olds out earlier than last.@ thank god they exist.@ Rarick is quick to defend the traditional French approach to 2- Another issue raised in Part 1 was the much-discussed owners= year-old racing, particularly where the early calendar is premiums, which could concerned. AI=m against the potentially sway trainers away hand-wringing about the state from encounters with the of 2-year-old racing in France, British and Irish and even as I think there=s absolutely Wesley Ward-trained visitors. nothing wrong with the way Zerolo is a major opponent to we approach it,@ she the scheme. concludes. AIt=s humane and AThey should be cancelled,@ good and I=d be loath to go he states. AYou are down the English, Irish or encouraging people to breed American way. The continent for the premium. Excellence has always been more should be rewarded, but conservative when it comes to they=ve punished the breeders 2-year-old racing and if you for not using other European look at the pockets of 2-year- stallions and are discouraging Gina Rarick: AI=m against the hand-wringing about the state of old trainers they tend to be people from operating in a 2-year-old racing in France@ | Scoop Dyga English or Irish or a couple of free market. I don=t know of guys in the South West who any sport other than ours where they reward mediocre players. have a little advantage with the weather in going a bit sooner. I The premium is almost like a minimum wage. They have capped see the tendency towards precocious stallions, but there=s also a the owners= premium for 2-year-old Group 1 races so that they pushback against that too. There=s just a difference in mentality can distribute more money for the mediocre horses. The money altogether. I=m in favour of 2-year-old racing, but I=m not in should be either put into prize money in general or into specific favour of this idea of having to have the numbers to win these quality races, otherwise the vicious circle is going to continue.@ early races. There is an animal welfare issue there. We=ve seen There are other factors at play, two of which are key. Chappet the wastage.@ Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 7 MARCH 2019

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So if there is a crisis here, it is a commercial one and Zerolo is steadfast that the system has to be overhauled. AIt is hard to see these races go overseas, but hats off to them for travelling,@ he says. AWe seem to be losing more of our credentials than gaining them. We=re not on the same page as the British and Irish when NO-DEAL BREXIT WILL DISRUPT EU HORSE it comes to 2-year-old races. I think we should have more races at the Deauville meeting and purse money for 2-year-old racing TRAVEL by Emma Berry to encourage people to buy yearlings. A meeting at Deauville NEWMARKET, UKCThe potential difficulties in transporting should be like Saratoga, with two 2-year-old races every day. It horses from Britain to the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit needs a serious wake-up call. We need a revolution.@ were outlined by DEFRA Policy Manager Simon Waterfield at an Bloodstock agent Ronald Rauscher also has a word of warning extraordinary general meeting of the Thoroughbred Breeders' for French racing staying cast in this age-old mindset. AEngland Association (TBA) on Wednesday. and Ireland are miles ahead with regard to those races,@ he says. "The no-deal planning is only a contingency and we are still AWhether we like it or not, the fact is that 2-year-olds being hopeful that we are able to strike a deal with the EU," retired is happening and it is reality. The market moves on very Waterfield stressed. "If we leave with a deal all existing quickly and people get left out to dry. From that angle, the arrangements under the Tripartite Agreement will remain in leading people have not catered for that side of things and it=s place to the end of 2020." probably by design that it has developed this way, which is bad. The impact of Britain leaving without a deal cannot be Money from owners= premiums is going nowhere and the discerned fully until the European Commission decides whether product is getting worse. The English 2-year-olds winning these or not Britain will be listed with >third country' status after its races are not exactly top-notch and Aidan is sending probably departure from the EU. This should be decided at a meeting of his second-strings to win too, so I would say it=s certainly not European vets on Mar. 20. If, in the event of no deal being something that is going to be rectified in the next five years. It=s agreed and Britain not being granted a listingCwhich is believed going to go the other way. It=s taken for granted now that the to be unlikelyCthen movement of all animals between the UK visitors at Deauville come over for the sales, have a nice week, and the EU would be stopped immediately after Britain's grab a race and go home again.@ departure on Mar. 29. Even aside from the paucity of substantial precocious 2-year- olds, are the days of the French juvenile champions such as Blushing Groom (Fr), Arazi, Zafonic and even Xaar (GB) completely gone? Rauscher is inclined to think so. AThe developing 2-year-old, which is not even the typical five- furlong type, is coming out of Ballydoyle or Gosden=s like they used to come out of Andre Fabre=s,@ he says. AThe French ones just don=t seem to exist anymore and that will go into the commercial sector as well. It is a long way away from going the same way as Italy, but France is heading in the same direction. France Galop and PMU looked the best system in Europe on paper 10 years ago, but it fed a lot of bad stuff and it=s not improving competition-wise. In the Arqana August Sale, you can=t really buy an early French one there because they don=t breed the horse. From that angle, it will all have repercussions in the long run.@ DEFRA=s Simon Waterfield addresses the TBA EGM | TBA

"Movements of animals are important to all other 27 EU member states," Waterfield said. "So there's no doubt that the commission knows how serious it would be for us not to get a listing, and that is particularly the case for France and Ireland when it comes to horses." Cont. p6 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 8 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 7 MARCH 2019

No-Deal Brexit Will Disrupt EU Horse Travel Cont. said Newton. "Our advice to breeders is don't vaccinate [a] foal before six months of age. If they are from well vaccinated mares With a high number of cross traffic between Britain, France they should be protected by the maternal antibodies." and Ireland for breeding and racing, a no-deal Brexit even with a third country listing for the UK would still interrupt Thoroughbred transportation as those three countries in particular have come to know it. THUNDERING BLUE IN GOOD FORM With regard to horses travelling to Britain, current Trainer David Menuisier expects Thundering Blue (Exchange arrangements will remain in place even in the event of no deal. Rate) to head off on his travels again later this year as the However, when it comes to travelling in the opposite direction, popular grey bids to build on a breakthrough campaign in 2018. horses would need to have an Export Health Certificate, even for The 6-year-old made a swift ascent through the ranks after a short stay such as a race meeting, with the level of blood tests winning a York handicap last May off a mark of 93, ending the required being dependent on the outcome of the meeting of year on a perch of 118 after securing Group 2 and 3 glory, as Mar. 20. It is hoped that blood tests will only be required for well as finishing third in the G1 Juddmonte International and Equine Infectious Anaemia (EIA) and Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA) second in the GI Canadian International at Woodbine. but it is possible that those for Glanders and Dourine will also be Thundering Blue rounded off his season by finishing down the necessary. field on firm ground in the G1 Japan Cup, but Menuisier reports "In this case, the government will not charge for the blood the Exchange Rate gelding to have thrived for a winter break tests or health certificates, though it will be up to individual vets and further overseas travel is likely to be on the agenda. to decide their own charges for such services," Waterfield added. On top of extra paperwork, the other sticking point of a no-deal Brexit would be the requirement for horses arriving in Ireland or mainland Europe from Britain to pass through a Border Inspection Post. Currently only two exist in IrelandCat Dublin and Shannon airports, though a third is under construction at Dublin ferry port. There are currently no posts at sea ports in northern France, though work is underway at Calais, which has both a ferry port and the Eurotunnel rail terminal. The majority of equine traffic from Britain to France is via ferry to Calais, Caen, Cherbourg or Le Havre, while most horses entering Ireland from Britain would do so via ferry to Dublin or Rosslare. Waterfield also advised that breeders can find details on customs processes for importing and exporting horses in the HMRC Partnership Pack on the government=s website. Also at the TBA meeting was Dr. Richard Newton of the Animal Thundering Blue | Racing Post Health Trust, who gave an update on the Equine Influenza (EI) He said, "I'm very pleased with him, he's wintered really well. situation which brought British racing to a standstill for six days The plans are still very much up in the air for him this year, but I in February. So far in 2019, there have been 41 outbreaks of EI think we might try to stay local in the first part of the year and in England and Scotland compared to only two last year, and all then look overseas later in the season. Woodbine is a possibility of these are believed to be of the Florida Clade 1 strain of the again and we could look at something like the [GI] Arlington virus. Both Dr. Newton and TBA Chairman Julian Million. I might take him to Sandown at the end of April for the Richmond-Watson reiterated calls for increased vigilance of [G3] Gordon Richards [S.] for his reappearance, that could be a biosecurity, particularly in the movement of horses, and good possible option for him, but we need to speak with his stressed the importance of six-month booster vaccinations for owner, so we will see. I was also going to give him an entry in Thoroughbreds. the [G1] Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh--there are a "We're in a phase where the vaccines are not working number of options for him." optimally but the prospect of the vaccines matching the virus we have now will not really be likely for years, rather than months," TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 8 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 7 MARCH 2019

FIRST MARES IN FOAL TO JAMES GARFIELD Playa Del Puente is out of an unraced daughter of the G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas third Moon Magic (NZ) (Casual Lies) and the dam of the G1 Spring Champion S. third Man of Choice (Aus) (Manhattan Rain {Aus}). Her 2-year-old filly is by Dylan Thomas (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result. (Click here to return to p1)

BETVICTOR PATTON S.-Listed, i75,000, Dundalk, 3-6, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:37.37, st. 1--PLAYA DEL PUENTE (IRE), 129, c, 3, by Elzaam (Aus) 1st Dam: Playamongthestars (Aus), by Galileo (Ire) 2nd Dam: Moon Magic (Nz), by Casual Lies 3rd Dam: Moon Monarch, by Sackford 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (i27,000 Wlg >16 GOFNOV; i40,000 James Garfield | Racing Post Ylg >17 TIRSEP). O-Huang Kai Wen; B-Dermot Kelly (IRE); T-Mick Halford; J-Ronan Whelan. i44,250. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-1, $73,825. James Garfield (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), a MGSW and runner-up in the G1 LARC Prix Maurice de Gheest, has his first three mares scanned in foal, Rathbarry Stud announced on 2--Western Australia (Ire), 129, c, 3, Australia (GB)--What a Wednesday. The trio are: the three-time winner Rebel Aclaim Treasure (Ire), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB). (260,000gns Ylg >17 (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), herself half to a listed winner; Dazzling TATOCT). O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor; Light (UAE) (Halling), a winning half-sister to MSW & MGSP B-Pier House Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O=Brien. i14,250. Balkan Knight (GB) (Selkirk); and Welcome Spring (Ire) (Lawman 3--Numerian (Ire), 129, c, 3, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)--Delicate {Fr}), a half-sister to Group 3 winner Flowers Of Spring (Ire) Charm (Ire), by High Chaparral (Ire). O-Long Wait Two (Celtic Swing {GB}). Partnership; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Joseph AI am delighted with the quality of the mares booked into O=Brien. i6,750. James Garfield for his first season at stud,@ said Paul Cashman of Margins: HF, 1 3/4, NO. Odds: 2.75, 1.50, 20.00. Rathbarry. Also Ran: Van Beethoven, Colfer Me (Ire), Manjeer (Ire), Barys (GB), Albuquerque (Ire).

4th-Dundalk, i26,000, Cond, 3-6, 4yo/up, 7f (AWT), 1:25.14, st. I CAN FLY (GB) (f, 4, Fastnet Rock {Aus}--Madonna Dell=Orto {GB}, by Montjeu {Ire}), who was only 12th on her 3-year-old finale in the GI Breeders= Cup Mile at Churchill Downs in November, was 1-3 to show more of the quality that had seen her previously run a neck second in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. Wednesday=s Results: at Ascot in October and win Leopardstown=s G2 Solonaway S. in Listed Patton S. Cont. September. Always travelling smoothly on the Polytrack surface on which she had won so impressively on her debut here in AThe owner is looking forward to getting him to Hong Kong September 2017, the bay coasted to the lead with 1 1/2 furlongs and the plan is to ship there in early May,@ trainer Mick Halford remaining and surged clear for a resounding eight-length said. They will take their time with him and I=d imagine they success from Surrounding (Ire) (Lilbourne Lad {Ire}). Aidan want him for the Hong Kong Derby. He=s a real smart horse. He=s O=Brien has Meydan in his sights now. AOur plan is to go to Dubai a bit fresh in himself and raced a bit keen early on--he=s on the with her for the nine-furlong [G1 Dubai Turf] if she gets invited,@ improve the whole time and we are very grateful to have kept he said. AShe won her maiden here and handles the surface well. him. He=s still quite light and there is plenty to come from him. She=s a lovely straightforward filly and I couldn=t be happier.@ He has a big heart and a big engine.@ Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 8 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 7 MARCH 2019

4th-Dundalk Cont. 4th-Kempton, ,6,000, Novice, 3-6, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:39.79, st/sl. I Can Fly, who is a half-sister to Viscount Barfield (GB) (Raven=s EBURY (GB) (c, 3, Iffraaj {GB}--Alabelle {GB}, by Galileo {Ire}), a Pass), SW & GSP-Eng, GSP-Nor & SP-Swe, $147,475, is out of a 6-1 shot, blew the start but was always travelling strongly half to the G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains and GI Keeneland Turf towards the rear of the field. Moving through to take command Mile hero Landseer (GB) (Danehill). Her 3-year-old colt stylishly with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining, the bay stretched to an Geomatrician (Fr) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) is as-yet unraced, authoritative 2 3/4-length success from Majestic Dawn (Ire) while she also has the 2-year-old colt Daniel Deronda (GB) (Dawn Approach {Ire}). The dam is a half-sister to the quirky but (Siyouni {Fr}) and a yearling colt by Pivotal (GB). Sales history: talented Dragon Dancer (GB) (Sadler=s Wells), who was narrowly 240,000gns Ylg >16 TAOCT. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ire & G1SP- beaten when second in the G1 Epsom Derby. She is a Eng, 13-4-1-2, $563,922. granddaughter of Kirsten Rausing=s Alouette (GB) (Darshaan O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Rockwell {GB}), responsible for the dual G1 Champion S. heroine Alborada Bloodstock (GB); T-Aidan O=Brien. (GB) (Alzao). Sales history: i36,000 Ylg >17 TIRSEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $5,114. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Chelsea Thoroughbreds - M.E.R; B-Miss K. Rausing (GB); T-Martyn Meade.

Wednesday=s Results: TOWCESTER FIXTURE MOVED TO 5th-Kempton, ,70,000, Cond, 3-6, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:38.78, st/sl. JAHBATH (GB) (c, 3, Mukhadram {GB}--Oulianovsk {Ire}, by HUNTINGDON Peintre Celebre), who scored by seven lengths over this trip on The Apr. 11 fixture at Towcester has been moved to Southwell=s fibresand last time Jan. 24, raced in second early in Huntingdon instead, the British Horseracing Authority this ARoad To The Kentucky Derby@ Conditions S. Sent to the announced on Wednesday. Details for the seven-race afternoon front passing the two-furlong pole, the 8-13 favourite hit the card will be available at www.racingadmin.co.uk in due course. line with two lengths to spare over Getchagetchagetcha (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) and earned 20 points toward participating in the Run for the Roses on May 4. Team Valor and Earle Mack=s Kentucky Derby hopeful Spanish Mission (Noble Mission {GB}) was fifth. The dam, who also has a 2-year-old filly by Outstrip (GB) and a yearling filly by Harzand (Ire), is a daughter of Ode (Lord Avie) who took the G2 Grand Prix d=Evry and was placed in the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, G1 Japan Cup, GI Budweiser International and GI Man O= War S. Sales IN HONG KONG: history: 52,000gns Wlg >16 TATFOA. Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0, Flat Heaven (Fr), g, 4, French Fifteen (Fr)--Ammia (Ire), by $79,317. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Medicean (GB). Happy Valley, 3-6, Hcp. (,189k/i220k), O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Exors of the Late 1200mT, 1:09.68. B-Jean-Vincent Toux & Mme Florence Lecot. Sir Eric Parker (GB); T-William Haggas. *Formerly Teckwin (Fr). **SW-Fr. VIDEO Ruletheroost (Ger), g, 4, Redoute=s Choice (Aus)--Navajo Queen 3rd-Kempton, ,6,000, Novice, 3-6, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:40.55, st/sl. (Ger), by Monsun (Ger). Happy Valley, 3-6, Hcp. (,89k/i104k), I=M AVAILABLE (IRE) (f, 3, Nathaniel {Ire}--Night Carnation {GB} 1650mT, 1:41.03. B-Gestut Etzean. *55,000gns Ylg >16 {GSW-Eng & GISP-Can, $247,768}, by Sleeping Indian {GB}), TATOCT. VIDEO runner-up over a mile at Lingfield Feb. 16, was sent straight to the lead. Kicking away from Moongazer (GB) (Kuroshio {Aus}) at IN QATAR: the top of the straight, the 6-1 shot held her advantage to score Almigdam (Ire), c, 4, Footstepsinthesand (GB)--Know (Ire), by by 2 1/2 lengths. The dam, who was successful in the G3 Excellent Art (GB). Al Rayyan, 3-6, Hcp., 1700m. B-Alex Frost & Sandown Sprint S. and finished runner-up in the GI Nearctic S. is Harry Fowler. *Won for the third time in four starts. a granddaughter of the G2 Sun Chariot S. winner Ristna (GB) **i22,000 Ylg >16 TISEP. VIDEO (Kris {GB}). Her yearling filly is by Mastercraftsman (Ire). Lifetime Daneyan (Fr), c, 4, Shamardal--Dayita (Fr), by Dansili (GB). Al Record: 3-1-1-0, $6,604. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Rayyan, 3-6, Hcp., 1700m. B-S A Aga Khan. *i102,000 HRA >18 O/B-George Strawbridge (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. ARQJUL. VIDEO GROUP ENTRIES

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Saturday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 7:30 p.m. JEBEL HATTA SPONSORED BY EMIRATES AIRLINE-G1, $400,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1800mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Majestic Mambo (SAf) Mambo in Seattle Fayd’Herbe de Kock 125 2 First Contact (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Barzalona Appleby 125 3 Janoobi (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Crowley de Kock 125 4 Century Dream (Ire) Cape Cross (Ire) Murphy Crisford 125 5 Muzdawaj (GB) Dansili (GB) O’Neill Al Mheiri 125 6 Wootton (Fr) Wootton Bassett (GB) Buick Appleby 125 7 Forest Ranger (Ire) Lawman (Fr) Hamilton Fahey 125 8 Blair House (Ire) Pivotal (GB) Doyle Appleby 125 9 Dream Castle (GB) Frankel (GB) Soumillon bin Suroor 125 10 Loxley (Ire) New Approach (Ire) Doyle Appleby 125

Saturday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 6:20 p.m. DUBAI CITY OF GOLD SPONSORED BY EMIRATES SKYCARGO-G2, $300,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 2410mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Crowned Eagle (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Dettori Botti 125 2 Old Persian (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Buick Appleby 123 3 Second Summer K Summer Bird Ffrench Al Rayhi 125 4 Sharpalo (Fr) Shamardal Beasley bin Harmash 125 5 Spotify (Fr) Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Doyle Appleby 125 6 Racing History (Ire) Pivotal (GB) Soumillon bin Suroor 125 7 Prince of Arran (GB) Shirocco (Ger) Murphy Fellowes 125 8 Desert Encounter (Ire) Halling Crowley Simcock 125 9 Marinaresco (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Fayd’Herbe de Kock 125 10 Team Talk (GB) Teofilo (Ire) Cosgrave bin Suroor 125 Saturday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 5:45 p.m. BURJ NAHAAR SPONSRED BY EMIRATES HOLIDAYS-G3, $350,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1600m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Muntazah (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Crowley Watson 125 2 Heavy Metal (GB) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Barzalona bin Ghadayer 125 3 Ibn Malik (Ire) Raven’s Pass O’Neill Al Mheiri 125 4 Good Curry (Tur) Sharp Humor Karatas Kocakaya 125 5 Axelrod Warrior’s Reward Ffrench bin Ghadayer 125 6 Behavioral Bias K Shackleford Hayes Seemar 125 7 Moqarrab K Speightstown Curtis Al Mheiri 125 8 GM Hopkins (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Fresu Ramadhan 125 9 Rodaini K Exchange Rate Beasley bin Harmash 125 10 Secret Ambition (GB) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Mullen Seemar 125 11 Kimbear K Temple City Dobbs Watson 125 12 Musawaat (GB) Equiano (Fr) de Vries Nass 125

Saturday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 5:10 p.m. NAD AL SHEBA TURF SPONSORED BY ARABIAN ADVENTURES-G3, $350,000, NH & SH 3yo/up, 1200mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Ekhtiyaar (GB) Bated Breath (GB) Crowley Watson 125 2 Log Out Island (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) O’Shea Seemar 125 3 Hit The Bid (GB) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Hayes Bunyan 125 4 Gifted Master (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Doyle Palmer 125 5 Ajwad (GB) Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) Pinheiro Bouresley 125 6 Faatinah (Aus) Nicconi (Aus) O’Neill Hayes 125 7 Mazzini (GB) Exceed And Excel (Aus) de Vries Nass 125 8 High on Life (GB) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Barzalona bin Ghadayer 125 9 Blue Point (Ire) Shamardal Buick Appleby 125 10 Portamento (Ire) Shamardal Jara Al Rayhi 125 11 Riflescope (Ire) Raven’s Pass Mullen Seemar 125 Saturday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 4:00 p.m. MAHAB AL SHIMAAL SPONSORED BY EMIRATES SKYWARDS-G3, $350,000, NH & SH 3yo/up, 1200m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Lansky (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Ffrench bin Ghadayer 125 2 Switzerland K Speightstown Barzalona Asmussen 125 3 Comicas Distorted Humor Buick Appleby 125 4 Lavaspin (GB) Hard Spun Mullen Seemar 125 5 Nine Below Zero (GB) Showcasing (GB) de Vries Nass 125 6 Thammin (GB) Dark Angel (Ire) Crowley Al Mheiri 125 7 My Catch (Ire) Camacho (GB) Hitchcott Watson 125 8 Drafted Field Commission Dobbs Watson 125 9 I Kirk (Swe) Eishin Dunkirk Lopez Berneklint 125 10 Tato Key (Arg) Key Deputy Foley Marnane 125

Saturday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 4:35 p.m. AL BASTAKIYA SPONSORED BY EMIRATES.COM-LISTED, $300,000, NH & SH 3yo, 1900m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Tone Broke Broken Vow Barzalona Asmussen 121 2 Shanty Star Hard Spun Pinheiro Bouresly 121 3 Divine Image Scat Daddy Doyle Appleby 117 4 The Song of John Colonel John Mullen Seemar 121 5 Moshaher Goldencents Dobbs Watson 121 6 Al Hayette Union Rags Veron Mohammed 117 7 Fintas (GB) Lope de Vega (Ire) Kelly Hughes 121 8 Superior Majesticperfection Beasley bin Harmash 121 9 Al Shamkhah Dialed In Ffrench bin Ghadayer 117 10 Grecko (Arg) Not For Sale (Arg) Dettori McPeek 131 11 Red Cactus Hard Spun Chaves Olsen 121 12 Manguzi (Fr) Planteur (Ire) Jara Al Rayhi 121 13 Estihdaaf Arch Cosgrave bin Suroor 121 14 Tabarak Quality Road de Vries Bouresly 121 *All post times are local time. THURSDAY, 7 MARCH 2019

friendship with Peter and Frances Stanley. She gave Susie and I a DUAL-HEMISPHERE ROLE A helping hand in doing more business in Australia and we started buying UK stayers for her to bring down to Australia." CORNERSTONE FOR MCKEEVER Among those purchases were the subsequent Group 1 winners The Offer (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and Glencadam Gold (Ire) (Refuse To Bend {Ire}). "We've had a lot of success doing that over the years, although it's got a lot more difficult recently to get hold of the horses you want," McKeever admits. Among the clients he's been buying horses for in Melbourne are up-and-coming British-born trainer Archie Alexander as well as Hong Kong owner Bob Lee. He says, "Hong Kong's very important, and this is sort of tying it back with the two hemispheres. I don't sell a lot of Australian racehorses to Hong Kong. I sell more European horses in training, but the Hong Kong buyers like to come to Australia for the yearlings." The dual-hemisphere knowledge and contacts have stood McKeever in good stead when it comes to finding and recommending stallions for shuttling duties and he has formed a Johnny McKeever (left) | Emma Berry close relationship with Sam Hayes of Cornerstone Stud. In its former guise as Lindsay Park Stud, the South Australian farm played a key role in the early days of the shuttle stallion business by Emma Berry when Robert Sangster and John Magnier sent Hayes's Johnny McKeever may be Irish-born and British-based but grandfather, the legendary trainer and stud master Colin Hayes, when it comes to the eponymous bloodstock agency he runs a first batch of horses from Ireland. Currently, three of the with his wife Susie, he is very much a man of the world. farm's five stallions--Zebedee (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Sir At this time of year, it means that McKeever's business is Prancealot (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}) and Free Eagle (Ire) (High focused on the Southern Hemisphere. Having been on the Gold Chaparral {Ire})--have been sourced with McKeever's assistance. Coast for the first Magic Millions sale of 2019, followed by the Cont. p2 Inglis Classic Sale and a debut trip to Magic Millions's Perth auction house, the agent with more airmiles than most is now on his second Australian trip of the year for the Premier Yearling Sale. A return to Sydney at Easter beckons. "I just love coming here," says McKeever from Melbourne. "Yes, the travelling is hard work but it's just 24 hours on a flight and you have to get on with it." The McKeevers have long been frequent flyers to Australia. Johnny and Susie spent their honeymoon at Yarraman Park Stud 29 years ago, their association with the Mitchell family stemming from the Australian links made by Johnny's late father Peter McKeever, the former managing director of the Curragh Bloodstock Agency. "My father and [business partner] Johnny Harrington were quite pioneering in building up links with Australia. Then, about 10 or 12 years ago, we met Gai Waterhouse through a mutual Johnny & Susie McKeever & James Ferguson | TDN AusNZ TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 2 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 7 MARCH 2019

you just win say two races, and I'm not even talking about stakes races." He continues, "The prize-money enables syndicators to buy with confidence. Much of the buying is speculative in the sense that they don't know which syndicate is actually eventually going to be put together to own that horse that they just bought, but they're very confident that it will happen and that's very refreshing. "I always remember someone saying that when you sign for a horse in Newmarket and they see you've got a docket in your hand, everyone runs a mile because they don't want to be asked to buy a share. When I saw Gai Waterhouse operating for the first time at Magic Millions, I couldn't believe that she would just bid on all these yearlings and then there would be people Johnny & Olly McKeever | TDN AusNZ almost forming an orderly queue to take a share in them." McKeever Cont. from p1 McKeever is making his current round of Australian tours solo He says, "Sam Hayes had a period of needing new horses and while Susie remains in Newmarket to undergo chemotherapy for the South Australian market wasn't strong enough for him to get a brain tumour. He will doubtless be keen to have her back by involved in Group 1 winners from Sydney and Melbourne his side despite the fact that the country's breeding business is because they're just so valuable. He found a different niche, and now familiar territory. he's got a good local mare population to support them. South He says, "At this stage, I think I've got to the point when I go to Australia's a magical place to breed a horse." the sales in Australia and I now know all the sellers and the While few people will be expecting Free Eagle to dominate the other agents. It's almost to the same extent as I would know early first-season sire tables, there is nevertheless an increasing them if I went to Tattersalls in Newmarket. It's become second buzz about his offspring, both in Europe, where he will have his nature to me now, and I really enjoy it. The sales companies first runners in the coming months, and in Australia, where his really do go out of their way to make foreign buyers welcome." first yearlings are gracing the sales grounds. "High Chaparral has done so well in Australia and now his sons are coming through," says McKeever. "There's So You Think doing incredibly well down here, and Dundeel. Some shuttle stallions obviously don't seem to work with the local mare population all that well, but some do. It's a question of finding Interview With Inglis’s Mark Webster them, and I have to say we're excited about Free Eagle because Denman Colt Tops Book 2 in Melbourne it does seem that High Chaparral has a sort of affinity with Australia." Nakeeta Jane Tackles The Autumn Sun He adds, "Sir Prancealot is extremely underrated. He now has a permanent home in South Australia and it will be very JHB’s Stronger Wins After Protest interesting to see how he goes. He could be anything, but Price, Kent Form Training Partnership obviously he's starting in a brand new hemisphere. Funnily enough, he's doing incredibly well in California." McKeever does plenty of shuttling between the two hemispheres himself. Though he will miss the sales in Adelaide to be at home for the Cheltenham Festival, he is very clear about how Australia has the edge on his adopted home country of England when it comes to racing. "It's so simple. It's just that they've got proper prize-money IN HONG KONG: here," he says. "It just makes everything work. If you see a Gift of Lifeline, g, 3, Pierro--Princess Quality (SP-Aus, $219,875), yearling you like in Australia and you buy that horse for, let's by Elusive Quality (USA). Happy Valley, 3-6, Hcp. (A$167k), say, A$100,000, which is a very doable price in Australia, it's not 1200mT, 1:10.29. B-Mrs N Fong (NSW). VIDEO unrealistic you might even get the price of your yearling back if

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TRAINING TRACK AT VACCAREZZA HOLDING STRONG HAND IN JUVENILE MARKET by Steve Sherack SANTA ANITA COULD Carlo Vaccarezza is making an addition to the menu. The owner/breeder/trainer and managing partner of the RE-OPEN FRIDAY popular Italian restaurant Frank & Dino=s will be bringing several high-profile pinhooks to market this spring, beginning at next week=s two-day OBS March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. AI have five in OBS March and Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream, half a dozen plus in OBS April, and four or five going to Maryland,@ Vaccarezza said. AI was really active at the yearling sales at Fasig- Tipton and Keeneland. I was into American Pharoah, Into Mischief, etc., and got lucky and bought some of the right horses.@ Vaccarezza=s OBS March 2-year-olds, all consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent II, include: Day One, Mar. 12: $ Hip 147, f, Candy Ride (Arg)--Eltimaas. *$300,000 KEESEP yearling. **Half-sister to champion sprinter Drefong (Gio Ponti). Evaluation of Santa Anita=s track last week | Horsephotos Cont. p6 by Dan Ross IN TDN EUROPE TODAY If veteran trackman Dennis Moore gives the Santa Anita training track the thumbs-up after he has evaluated it Thursday, FRENCH 2-YEAR-OLD RACING: SOME INSIGHT the track could re-open for training Friday morning, said Tom Frary delves into some of the issues facing the French California Thoroughbred Trainers (CTT) president Jim Cassidy juvenile programme. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. after a meeting Wednesday morning. This sentiment was mirrored by California Horse Racing Board member Alex Solis, who also attended the meeting. He said there=s a Agood chance@ the track will be open Friday. AIt=s a different surface [to the main track], said Solis. AIt can absorb more water.@ Should the training track re-open Friday morning, the hours will be extended to Aat least 10:30@ a.m., Cassidy said, and horses will be restricted to routine exercise. ANo workouts,@ he said, adding that there could possibly be a cessation of workouts lasting a week. AI think you=d need at least a week on the training track before anybody was allowed to work on it,@ said Cassidy. AYou=ve got to understand, you=re talking about a lot of horses on that training track, and it can get torn up just as easily.@ Of the 21 equine fatalities since the start of the Santa Anita winter-spring meet Dec. 26, there have been no catastrophic injuries sustained on the training track. Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected]

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Santa Anita Training Track Could Re-Open APersonally, I don=t see anything wrong with not working for a while, but that=s my take,@ Cassidy said. AWe=ve missed a lot of Friday (cont. from p1) works anyway because of the weather.@ Solis said that Dennis Moore also attended the meeting, along Cassidy said that he hadn=t heard of any other trainers who with P.J. Campo, executive vice president, Racing Division, for have started shifting their horses from Santa Anita to other The Stronach Group, state veterinarian Dr. Tim Grande, jockey training facilities. Aaron Gryder, and exercise rider Humberto Gomez. According to trainer John Sadler, he=ll have to get Acreative@ if The Stronach Group announced late Tuesday evening that workouts are restricted on the training track for a period of Santa Anita would close for live racing and training while the time. AI=ll probably work some of my horses at Los Alamitos,@ he one-mile main track undergoes additional extensive testing. said. Sadler typically maintains a string of between 25-35 horses According to Solis, the picture could be much clearer as to at Los Alamitos. AIt=ll be on a case-by-case basis,@ Sadler added. when the main track re-opens for training and racing by next AI feel very good about Dennis Moore being back in there,@ Monday, by which time Moore will have had Aa few days@ to Sadler added. Moore was the former Santa Anita track conduct his tests. AWe=re working hard on finding solutions for superintendent, until he left his position in December of last the safety of the horse and the rider,@ he said. year. Just this Tuesday, it was announced he would be back as a Cassidy said that if the training track re-opens Friday and consultant at Santa Anita, expanding on the ground radar testing workouts are restricted for a period of time, trainers needing to conducted by the University of Kentucky=s Dr. Mick Peterson last work their horses can take them to Los Alamitos or San Luis Rey week. Downs. AWe have a lot of confidence in him, and I think I=m speaking According to CTT executive director Alan Balch, there are for the majority of the horsemen. He=s a very strong track man, roughly 350 available stalls at Los Alamitos. A well-placed source very popular,@ said Sadler. AI have great confidence he=ll get it up said that there are between 50 and 70 available stalls at San Luis and going in short order.@ Rey Downs. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 7, 2019

No evaluation was conducted on the track Wednesday, however, due to heavy rain. In Wednesday=s announcement, Santa Anita said that Moore would be using for his work the Orono Biomechanical Surface Tester, Aa device that mimics the impacts of a horse running at full gallop, allowing engineers to see how the track holds up.@ The rain could corrode the Asensitive@ bearings of the Orono Biomechanical Surface Tester, potentially leading to inaccurate readings, hence why the machine was left idle Wednesday, said Kaleb Dempsey, a laboratory manager who works with Peterson. Dempsey is currently at Santa Anita, helping Moore and the Santa Anita track crew, headed by current superintendent Andy LaRocco. Earlier in the day, Balch warned that if the training track remains closed for any longer than Friday, it could jeopardize the health and safety of horses who are currently restricted to exercise around the barns. AWe=re trying to do what=s best for the horses,@ said Balch, stressing the volatile nature of the Thoroughbred. AThe main concern is the training track and being able to get horses out of their stalls and out of the backstretch.@ Balch also pointed to a number of concerns trainers raised at the meeting, including the Apressure@ trainers are under to run horses in conditions they=re not entirely happy with, including a sealed track. AHorses can suffer an injury that might not be evident after running over a sealed racetrack,@ said Balch, who added that perhaps Athe time has come where we should at least consider not running when you have to take these steps to protect the racetrack. Horsemen made the point that races are canceled in the East [Coast] all the time [due to inclement weather].@ Interestingly, Peterson had previously told the TDN that data shows how sealed tracks are not unsafe tracks. AThe challenge is when you transition from a sealed track to an open track. You run the risk of a very hard sealed track as it=s beginning to dry out,@ he said. Cont. p5

Improbable working at Santa Anita Monday | Horsephotos HORSE OF THE YEAR 6x Grade 1 Winner of $15,988,500 Filly by Gun Runner out of Silvery Starlet. Silvery Starlet sold for $1,000,000 and is a half sister to Grade 1 winners El Corredor and Roman Ruler.

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As for the owners and trainers who were pointing for the OAKLAWN OFFICIALS MAY SPLIT REBEL GII San Felipe S., it appears that many of are taking a The Mar. 16 GII Rebel S., a key GI Kentucky Derby prep at wait-and-see attitude and are putting off their decisions on Oaklawn Park, may be split into two divisions, the Oaklawn where to run for at least a few days. Jockey Club announced in the wake of the suspension of racing Elliott Walden, the CEO and President of WinStar Farm, a at Santa Anita. If the Rebel is split, each division will carry a co-owner of Improbable (City Zip), told the TDN that they will purse of $750,000, and each division will offer 63.75 qualifying see how things develop at Santa Anita before firming up the points for the Kentucky Derby. schedule for their horse. Another option is the Mar. 16 GII Rebel In a statement released Wednesday, Oaklawn president Louis S. at Oaklawn. Cella said he hopes the situation in California resolves itself Improbable is a stablemate of Game Winner (Candy Ride quickly, precluding any reason to split the Rebel. ABut if that is {Arg}). By text, trainer Bob Baffert said he had nothing to report not the case, Oaklawn stands ready to help horsemen around so far as where his two 3-year-old stars would go next. Eclipse the country,@ Cella said. Award winner Game Winner, who has yet to race this year, was He added, AFrom a financial standpoint, splitting the race also pointing for the San Felipe. Later in the day, agent Ron makes no sense whatsoever. If we split it, it will be strictly on Anderson tweeted Game Winner, along with jockey Joel Rosario, the basis of sportsmanship and what is best for the sport and would start in the Rebel. And the possibility of other Santa Anita best for top 3-year-olds trying to get to Kentucky.@ sophomores being re-routed to the Rebel had Oaklawn officials Cella said both divisions of the Rebel would need to attract a announcing the race might be split into two divisions. minimum of 10 runners in order to justify the split. Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, who had been planning on running The deadline for nominating to the Rebel was to have been Gunmetal Gray (Exchange Rate) in the San Felipe, is also on the midnight, Mar. 7, but has now been pushed back to midnight, fence. Mar. 8, according to racing secretary Pat Pope.

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Vaccarezza Holding a Strong Hand in Juvenile Market (cont. from p1) (Day One Horses cont) $ Hip 243, c, Street SenseBIsla. *$175,000 FTSAUG yearling. **Produced by a stakes-placed half-sister to MGSW Juanita (Mineshaft). Day Two, Mar. 13: $ Hip 346, f, Uncle MoBMy Fast One. *$410,000 KEESEP yearling. **Extended female family of MGISW Wekiva Springs. $ Hip 440, f, Into MischiefBRosemonde. *$375,000 FTSAUG yearling. **Full to MGISP juvenile Rowayton. $ Hip 464, c, Cairo PrinceBShe Hung the Moon. *$105,000 KEESEP yearling. **Produced by a daughter of Canadian champion Bear Now. The first of three OBS March breeze shows begins in Ocala Thursday. Highlights from Vaccarezza=s Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream offerings, also from the Top Line draft, include colts by American Pharoah (Hip 60) ($235,000 FTSAUG), Into Mischief (Hip 91) ($265,000 FTSAUG), Street Sense (Hip 37) ($280,000 KEESEP) and Will Take Charge (Hip 9) ($225,000 FTSAUG) and a filly by Liam=s Map (Hip 87) ($200,000 FTSAUG). The Gulfstream Sale is slated for Mar. 27.

AI got a friend of mine from Canada that went in with me,@ Vaccarezza said. ASome people want their own privacy. He=s a great guy--loves the Pittsburgh Steelers--and he goes to every game. He does a lot of charity work, too. We are really happy and we expect to have a very good sale.@

Carlo Vaccarezza | Adam Coglianese

AJim Gladwell and his wife Tori at Top Line do an absolutely phenomenal job,@ Vaccarezza said. AI tried to go to Ocala almost on a weekly basis and the horses all look magnificent. We breezed them once already at the training center and they were extremely impressive.@ The native of Genoa, Italy, has teamed up with an undisclosed partner on the pinhooking venture. The duo have also recently Hip 346, Uncle Mo filly | ThoroStride raced horses together in partnership. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 7, 2019

Vaccarezza signed for 11 head for a total of $1.88 million Graduates from last year=s sale appearing on the catalog cover ($170,909 average), led by the aforementioned Uncle Mo--My include GI Spinaway S. heroine Sippican Harbor (Orb) ($110,000 Fast One filly, at last year=s Keeneland September Sale, and RNA >18 OBSMAR) and unbeaten G2 Norfolk S. heroine Shang seven youngsters for a total of $1.675 million ($239,286), Shang Shang (Shanghai Bobby) ($200,000 >18 OBSMAR). topped by the Into Mischief--Rosemonde filly, at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga. FASIG-TIPTON ADDS SUPPLEMENTAL ENTRIES TO GULFSTREAM SALE Fasig-Tipton has cataloged an initial three supplemental entries for its Gulfstream Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training, it was announced Wednesday. These new entries, catalogued as hips 186, 187 and 188, will all be consigned by McKathan Bros., agent Fasig-Tipton will continue to accept supplemental entries for The Gulfstream Sale through Mar. 14. These entries may now be viewed online, and will also be available via the equineline sales catalogue app. Print versions of the supplemental catalog will be available on the sales grounds. The Gulfstream Sale will be held Wednesday, Mar. 27 at 2 p.m. at Gulfstream Park. The under tack show will be Monday, Hip 147, Candy Ride (Arg) half-sister to Drefong | ThoroStride Mar. 25 at 9 a.m. Owner and breeder of 2012 GI Breeders= Cup Turf winner Little Mike, Vaccarezza saddled his first winner as a trainer in 2014. Why take on pinhooking? SPENDTHRIFT LAUNCHES ASAFE BET@ AI was pretty successful breeding Little Mike and [multiple B. Wayne Hughes=s Spendthrift Farm has unveiled a new stakes winner] Little Nick and so forth, then I started to train and breeder incentive program to help support the nursery=s fourth- I hit the 100-win mark pretty fast,@ Vaccarezza said. ABut, I have year stallions. Under the Safe Bet program, breeders are different ventures. We=re expanding Frank and Dino=s to assured that a stallion=s first crop of 2-year-olds will have at least Lexington and I already have the restaurant here in Boca Raton. one graded/group stakes winner in 2019 or the breeder will be Plus, I have another couple of businesses--one in California and completely relieved of the stud fee for the impending foal in another in Norfolk, Virginia.@ 2020. Looking ahead to OBS March, Vaccarezza concluded, AThe AIt=s no secret that Mr. Hughes is constantly thinking of ways market is so hot right now... I think we have the right we can offer breeder-friendly programs for our stallions,@ said combination of sires and some of the flavors of the month. Spendthrift General Manager Ned Toffey. AThe inspiration Listen, it all comes down to if they look good and breeze fast. I behind the Safe Bet program largely came from the success of always have the option that if they don=t sell for the right price, our leading first-crop sires last year, particularly the great things I=ll take them back with me and race myself.@ accomplished by Cross Traffic and Goldencents. Breeding to a fourth-year stallion requires making a bet on the early success of the stallion=s first runners. It can be very rewarding--as we OBS March Breeze Show begins Thursday saw last year--and there=s also risk involved. We wanted to The three-day Ocala Breeders= Sales Company=s March Sale of remove as much risk for the breeders as possible.@ 2-Year-Olds in Training breeze show begins Thursday. Hips 1-192 Toffey continued, AIn recent history, you typically have a will breeze on the first day. Hips 193-384 will go Friday, Mar. 8 handful of freshmen in every class that sire a 2-year-old graded and Hips 385-577 will work Saturday, Mar. 9. All three sessions or group winner, and it=s usually a very good sign for a sire. Safe will begin at 8 a.m. A total of 577 juveniles have been Bet assures that a breeder will be investing in a stallion that will catalogued for the two-day sale, set for Tuesday and have the immediate success of a graded or group winner from Wednesday, Mar. 12 and 13, with both sessions beginning at his first 2-year-olds to race in 2019. If that does not happen, the 10:30 a.m. breeder won=t owe a stud fee. It=s that simple.@

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Spendthrift has six stallions with first-crop 2-year-olds hitting Candidly, I was very, very pleasantly surprised when I saw his the racetracks this year: Wicked Strong, Palace, Race Day, first crop of weanlings and their continued maturation as Danza, Medal Count and Normandy Invasion--all of whom are yearlings. I dealt with over a dozen of them collectively at the participating in the Safe Bet program. farm and sales and they all seemed to have great minds, balanced bodies, big hips and loads of bone. I would not expect them to be sprinters, of course, but I certainly have all the faith in his potential to be a successful two-turn sire of Derby and Oaks horses--the ultimate goal of all Kentucky stallions.

It=s always among the key questions on everyone=s mind as 2-year-olds begin racing when Keeneland opens in April and the first-year sires have their first chance to show off their progeny. In this ongoing series, we have sought the opinion of several top judges as to who will be on top of the podium when 2019 is in the books. BRIDGMOHAN SIDELINED AFTER SPILL Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan suffered a broken right collarbone CARRIE BROGDEN, Machmer Hall/Select Sales after being unseated from Oxford Comma (Majesticperfection) COMMISSIONER in midstretch of Tuesday=s Mardi Gras S. at Fair Grounds, according to agent Anthony Martin. AHe=ll see the orthopedic doctor [Thursday] and he=ll go for surgery on Friday,@ Martin said. AI think four to six weeks is the recovery time, so that=s where we=re at right now.@ Oxford Comma was vanned off the track and was subsequently euthanized.

VET EDUCATION CONFERENCE CONCLUDES The two-day Regulatory Veterinarian Continuing Education conference concluded Tuesday with sessions dedicated to discussions on regulating medication and developing enforcement strategies. The conference, presented by the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium and National Commissioner at WinStar | Jon Siegel photo Thoroughbred Racing Association Safety & Integrity Alliance was held at Gulfstream Park Mar. 4 and 5. Tuesday=s morning session was highlighted by a panel on U.S. My choice for top freshman sire is Commissioner. There are so and international out-of-competition testing strategies. Dr. Rick few sons of A. P. Indy that have failed at stud that this Arthur of the California Horse Racing Board, Dr. Tessa Muir of beautifully bred colt has a huge shot in my book. He was a the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) and Dr. Izzy Trejo of the maiden special weight winner at Saratoga in his second start as a New Mexico Racing Commission covered subjects such as hair 2-year-old. He comes from an incredible female family that is testing and the scope of substances that should be included live on the track and has monster sales in the ring. In his last when performing out-of-competition testing. race he won a Grade II impressively and he retired sound. UC Davis=s Dr. Ashley Hill discussed scientific threshold level We bought a share in him when he went to stud after seeing development and the 95/95 threshold interval, and on a later him and the impressive physical he was off the track. Many of panel that focused on laboratory issues including sample our clients took breeding rights in him with what I thought was a turnaround logistics and unknown substances. great initial stud fee. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 7, 2019

Dr. Mary Scollay, equine medical director for the Kentucky HALL SELECTED FOR SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB Horse Racing Commission, presented on the purpose and Robert Hall, Jr., longtime owner and president of Central philosophy behind therapeutic medication regulations, and Kentucky=s Farmers Feed Mill and its Hallway Feeds brand, will regulating substances present in the racehorse=s environment. be the 2019 inductee into the Saddle and Sirloin Club, widely Tuesday afternoon sessions included a talk led by Zoetis=s Dr. considered the highest honor in the livestock industry. Kenton Morgan on adulterated substances, compounded and illegal new medications, misbranding and mislabeling. The conference, which attracted more than 60 regulatory and official racetrack veterinarians from 20 states and six countries (and covering almost 50 North American racetracks), was organized by RMTC=s Dr. Benson and Steve Koch, executive director of the NTRA Safety & Integrity Alliance. AThe 2019 Regulatory Veterinarian CE conference marked another successful event, which is evidenced by the group of attendees and significant industry support,@ said Dr. Robert O=Neil, director of equine health and safety for The Stronach Group. AOur sport=s equine athletes will certainly benefit from the support that continuing education provides veterinarians in the field--from developing their networks and skill sets to expanding access to critical resources. This annual gathering has Robert Hall become the gold standard in training regulatory veterinarians.@ Monday=s session of the conference focused on pharmacology- The club is made up of influential figures in the livestock -with a review provided by Dr. Cindy Cole of the University of industry and was originally housed on the top floor of the Florida=s Racing Laboratory, and a presentation on regulated Purebred Livestock Records Building in Chicago, Illinois, in the substances in the equine environment by Scollay. Attendees also early 1900s. Livestock men would gather on the top floor over a visited Gulfstream Park=s shed rows for simulated pre-race sirloin steak or a saddle of lamb in the banquet, leading to the inspection demonstrations on racehorses currently in training. A name ASaddle and Sirloin Club.@ discussion on pre-race examination decision-making was led Chosen by their peers, the club continues the heritage of its afterward by Dr. Barrie Grant of the California Horse Racing founders to pay homage to those who have made the greatest Board. contributions to the livestock industry. ARegulatory veterinarians are the only ones that advocate strictly for the horse, without having to answer to a trainer or an owner,@ pointed out event co-organizer Dr. Dionne Benson, executive director and COO of the RMTC. AWe ask veterinarians at this conference to be mindful of to whom they are ultimately accountable.@

UPCOMING MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN STAKES Date Race Track Mar. 9 GIII Gotham S. Aqueduct GIII Tom Fool H. Aqueduct GIII Honeybee S. Oaklawn GII Hillsborough S. Tampa Bay GII Tampa Bay Derby Tampa Bay GIII Florida Oaks Tampa Bay GIII Jeff Ruby Steakes Turfway

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Hall=s portrait will be added to the exclusive club gallery, recognizing a lifetime of exceptional service to the livestock FOALING NEWS sponsored by business. AIt is extremely humbling,@ Hall said. AI have known quite a few members of the club. I worked for one of them, W.P. Garrigus, at the University of Kentucky, and I was close personal friends with Henry Besuden. I can name a bunch of them that come to mind. This is a mountain peak that you always look at and never think you are going to reach. To get to the top of it, it is something special.@ The induction ceremony will be held during the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville CAJUN DELTA DAWN, 5, Kantharos--Cajun Dawn, by Awesome Nov. 17. Again Foal born Jan. 20, a filly by Frosted. Will be bred back to Curlin. USA EQUESTRIAN TRUST OPENS 2019 GRANTS Owned by Curtis Mikkelsen and Patricia Horth. PROGRAM Accomplishments: MSW & GSP, $488,105. USA Equestrian Trust is now accepting proposals from IRS-registered equine non-profit organizations for its 2019 grants program. Online forms may be submitted at trusthorses.org. Organizations must submit copies of IRS non-profit determination letter and most recent Form 990, as well as a proposed budget for its project. The deadline to submit applications for the foundation=s 2019 grants program is 11:59 p.m. PT Apr. 24. Among the past recipients of Trust funding is Second Chance Thoroughbreds, which was awarded $1,200 in 2017 to fund an educational workshop on retraining Thoroughbreds. AWithout the grant from USA Equestrian Trust, Second Chance Thoroughbreds would not have been able to bring expert trainers Steuart Pittman or Lindsey Partridge to our rural area location in Spencer, NY,@ said Executive Director Collette Duddy. For more information, email [email protected]. Cajun Delta Dawn and Frosted foal

GOLD MEDAL DANCER, 9, Medaglia d=Oro--Bachata, by Kingmambo Foal born Feb. 16, a filly by Into Mischief. Will be bred back to Speightstown. Owned by and boarded at Pin Oak Stud LLC. Accomplishments: GSW & MGISP, $639,669.

SWEET RELISH, 13, Smoke Glacken--Sweet Eloise, by Sky Classic HAVE A NEW FOAL? Foal born Feb. 16, a filly by Twirling Candy Click here to submit your Foaling News for Will be bred back to Super Saver. Stakes Winning and/or Stakes Producing Mares Owned by and boarded at Pin Oak Stud. for publication in the TDN. Accomplishments: SW & GSP, $196,630. 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 New to Kentucky NORMANDY INVASION Gulfstream’s mile track record-holder — 1:33.13 First Yearlings sold up to $170,000 – Look for First 2YOs at OBS March

“I love him. He’s my ideal horse – two-turn,

classic type. When I look at other yearlings,

Normandy Invasion is the standard I think about.”

—Tom McGreevy

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2019 Leading General Sires by Earnings for stallions standing in North America through Tuesday, Mar. 5 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 Quality Road 2 5 2 2 1 1 104 21 $4,000,000 $4,991,604 (2006) by Elusive Quality FYR: 2012 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $150,000 City of Light 2 Giant's Causeway 1 4 1 3 1 1 101 17 $2,656,250 $3,231,104 (1997) by Storm Cat FYR: 2002 Stands: Ashford Stud USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Bricks and Mortar 3 Into Mischief 1 5 -- 2 -- -- 162 35 $550,000 $2,179,593 (2005) by Harlan's Holiday FYR: 2010 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $150,000 Audible 4 Tapit 9 16 5 9 -- -- 136 36 $121,392 $2,150,620 (2001) by Pulpit FYR: 2006 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $225,000 Souper Tapit 5 English Channel 4 6 -- 1 -- -- 99 24 $452,108 $1,535,397 (2002) by Smart Strike FYR: 2009 Stands: Calumet Farm KY Fee: $30,000 Channel Maker 6 Lookin At Lucky -- 3 -- 3 -- 1 74 8 $900,000 $1,379,344 (2007) by Smart Strike FYR: 2012 Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $20,000 Accelerate 7 Awesome Again 1 1 ------74 13 $700,000 $1,351,346 (1994) by Deputy Minister FYR: 2000 Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: Private Bravazo 8 Curlin 4 9 -- 1 -- -- 129 27 $70,000 $1,304,759 (2004) by Smart Strike FYR: 2010 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $175,000 Timeless Curls 9 Perfect Soul (Ire) -- 1 -- 1 -- 1 11 1 $1,250,000 $1,269,788 (1998) by Sadler's Wells FYR: 2006 Stands: Darby Dan Farm KY Fee: $2,000 Seeking the Soul 10 Kitten's Joy -- 3 -- 1 -- -- 148 24 $486,975 $1,233,843 (2001) by El Prado (Ire) FYR: 2007 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $75,000 Catapult 11 Malibu Moon 1 6 -- 3 -- -- 117 35 $80,000 $1,195,222 (1997) by A.P. Indy FYR: 2001 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $75,000 Moonlit Garden 12 Mineshaft 2 4 ------90 27 $250,000 $1,161,848 (1999) by A.P. Indy FYR: 2005 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $20,000 True Timber 13 Candy Ride (Arg) 1 4 1 4 -- -- 98 24 $120,000 $1,157,587 (1999) by Ride the Rails FYR: 2006 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $80,000 Sparky Ville 14 Midnight Lute 3 5 1 1 -- -- 106 33 $180,000 $1,154,198 (2003) by Real Quiet FYR: 2010 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $15,000 Midnight Bisou 15 Bernardini 2 5 ------70 23 $251,500 $1,129,952 (2003) by A.P. Indy FYR: 2008 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $50,000 Imperative

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

INSIGHTS: RAIL DRAW FOR SUPER SAVER FIRSTER IN HOT SPRINGS Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency by Alan Carasso 5th-OP, $83K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1m, post time: 4:19 p.m. ET IN ORDER OF PURSE: ARGUTO (Super Saver) is the second foal to the races for his 9th-Gulfstream, $45,460, Alw (NW1$X), Opt. Clm ($25,000), dam, a half-sister to SW & MGSP Shameful (Flying Chevron), 3-6, 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:18.38, ft. whose eight winners from as many to the track include >TDN CYPRIANA (f, 4, Bodemeister--Queens Full, by Indian Charlie) Rising Star,= five-time Grade I and two-time Eclipse Award graduated as the favorite on career debut at this venue last winner Indian Blessing (Indian Charlie); SW & MGSP Ax Man January, but ballooned to sixth in a first-level allowance Apr. 6. A (Misremembered), GSW Roman Threat (Roman Ruler) and SW big-figure second in Belmont allowance company June 24, she Nightly News (Misremembered). Shameful is also the dam of was well beaten in a pair of subsequent starts up at Saratoga fellow >Rising Stars= SP Maker Or Breaker (Empire Maker) and and was adding blinkers for her first appearance in 6 1/2 Leading Score (Midnight Lute) as well as SP Spaniard (Candy Ride months. Allowed to stalk the soft pace established by Rashette {Arg}). A $50K KEENOV weanling, Arguto made $150K as a (Cowtown Cat), Cypriana claimed that rival for good at the KEESEP yearling. Calumet Farm went to $65K at KEENOV 2015 eighth pole and kicked away to score by four lengths as the 9-10 for Financingavailable (Kiridashi), a three-time Sovereign Award chalk. Bodebabe book-ended a Bodemeister triple. A half-sister winner and her sire=s all-time money earner, when carrying to to Goin To The Window (Tapit), SW, $128,993, Cypriana is also Uncle Mo. Good as Money was foaled just 12 days into 2016 related to a 2-year-old Empire Maker colt and a yearling colt by and the half-brother to SP Cash First (Quality Road) shows a Frosted (Tapit). Queens Full, a half-sister to GSW Regal Engagement (Cat Thief), was most recently covered by Classic solid worktab for the Steve Asmussen barn. TJCIS PPs Empire. Cypriana shares MGISW third dam Too Chic (Blushing Groom {Fr}) with Coolmore=s promising young sire Verrazano. Sales history: $90,000 Wlg '15 KEENOV; $300,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-0, $69,044. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Courtlandt Farms (Donald & Donna Adam); B-Northwest Farms LLC (KY); T-Mark A Hennig.

5th-Tampa Bay Downs, $20,000, Alw (NW1X), Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-6, 3yo, 5f (off turf), :57.96, ft. SKOLE (g, 3, Oasis Dream {GB}--Athenian {Ire} {SW-Ger}, by Acclamation {GB}) faltered to finish seventh in a Delaware maiden over an extended grass mile Oct. 3, but woke up to graduate narrowly when switched to a turf sprint at Gulfstream Dec. 22. Allowed to take his chance here, the 47-10 gamble soon found his way to the head of affairs, traveled along comfortably on the engine and never looked in any danger late as Blame the Frog (Blame) could get no closer than 1 1/2 lengths at the wire. Indian Blessing (pictured) is a two-time champion and a daughter Skole is the first foal for his dam, a stakes winner in Germany of Shameful, half-sister to the dam of Arguto | Sarah K Andrew who was acquired by Green Lantern for 140,000gns (about $230,040) at Tattersalls December in 2014 and bred to this sire the following season. Athenian produced a colt by Speightstown Want to send a “LETTER TO THE EDITOR” in 2017, a Ghostzapper filly in 2018 and a colt by Kitten=s Joy Feb. 17. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $36,125. Click for the of the Thoroughbred Daily News? Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Send an e-mail to: [email protected] O/B-Green Lantern Stables LLC (KY); T-Arnaud Delacour. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 7, 2019

10-Delta Downs, Alw 7f, DAUNTLESS PRINCE, 20-1 10-Delta Downs, Alw 7f, LANDOFTHEPHARAOHS, 2-1 $10,500 FTK OCT yrl

Capo Bastone (Street Boss), Adena Springs, $4,000 32 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners 10-Gulfstream, Aoc 6f, STARSHIP NALA, 8-1 IN ORDER OF PURSE: $15,000 OBS WIN yrl 4th-Sam Houston Race, $20,000, Msw, 3-6, 3yo, 1m, 1:41.68, ft. DAK DA MAN (g, 3, Mucho Macho Man--Mountain Rose, by Cross Traffic (Unbridled's Song), Spendthrift Farm, $12,500 Distorted Humor) rallied from last of 10 to round out the exacta 162 foals of racing age/23 winners/5 black-type winners in a one-mile state-bred maiden at Remington Nov. 9 and was 5-Oaklawn, Msw 1m, JEANS N' BOOTS, 8-1 last seen splitting a field of eight in the Nov. 24 Don C. McNeill S. $24,000 RNA KEE NOV wnl; $15,000 FTK OCT yrl; $39,000 RNA in Oklahoma City. Favored at 1-2 in this initial try against open OBS APR 2yo; $40,000 OBS OPN 2yo rivals, the homebred was shuffled back to near last in a cavalry Goldencents (Into Mischief), Spendthrift Farm, $15,000 charge to the first turn and was ridden quietly from near the tail 256 foals of racing age/37 winners/2 black-type winners down the backstretch. The bay made eyecatching progress 8-Penn National, Alw 1m, SHOELESS, 15-1 inside approaching the five-sixteenths, was pulled out wide at $10,000 RNA FTK JUL yrl; $8,000 FTK OCT yrl; $47,000 RNA OBS the entry to the lane, rushed to the lead a furlong from home APR 2yo and high-stepped it in the final 100 yards. The winning margin was an imposing 7 1/2 lengths. Dak Da Man, who was purchased Guilt Trip (Pulpit), Red River Farms, $2,500 in utero for $22,000 at Keeneland November in 2015, is a half to 67 foals of racing age/7 winners/1 black-type winner the 2-year-old colt Jerry=s Vision (Pollard=s Vision) and a yearling 9-Oaklawn, Alw 6f, OWE HER ONE, 10-1 colt by Goldencents. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $25,497. Click for Magician (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Haras de Corlay, $12,500 the Equibase.com chart. 126 foals of racing age/10 winners/0 black-type winners O/B-Cisper Racing (OK); T-Kari Craddock. 8-Fair Grounds, Msw 1 1/16mT, CLASSICAL MAGIC, 8-1

Strong Mandate (Tiznow), Three Chimneys Farm, $10,000 138 foals of racing age/17 winners/0 black-type winners 5-Oaklawn, Msw 1m, JUSTICE OF WAR, 6-1 $60,000 FTK OCT yrl; $550,000 OBS APR 2yo

Cypriana (Bodemeister) adds blinkers and makes a successful return to the races at Gulfstream Park.

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ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8th-Sunland, $27,562, Opt. Clm ($15,000), 3-5, 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2f, 1:02.52, ft. C U AT EAU CLAIRE (m, 6, Haynesfield--Sweetheart Rose, by Awesome Again) Lifetime Record: MSW, 26-9-3-4, $228,176. O-Don B Danard; B-Tod Mtn Thoroughbreds (BC); T-Greg Tracy. *C$38,000 Ylg '14 BRCSEP.

3rd-Mahoning Valley, $23,500, 3-6, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m 70y, 1:44.16, ft. TOMATO BISQUE (f, 4, Macho Uno--Dazzling Contrast, by General Meeting) Lifetime Record: 15-3-1-1, $64,592. O-Mitre Box Stable; B-C Kidder & J K & Linda Griggs (KY); T-Jay P Bernardini. *1/2 to Macho Macho (Macho Uno), GSW, $781,803. **$32,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Romantic Cowboy, g, 3, Cowtown Cat--Lover, by Louis Quatorze. Mahoning Valley, 3-6, (S), 6f, 1:11.81. B-Mapleton Thoroughbred Farm (OH). MACHO UNO, Tomato Bisque, f, 4, o/o Dazzling Contrast, by Mochi, f, 3, Street Boss--Small World, by A.P. Indy. Mahoning General Meeting. ALW, 3-6, Mahoning Valley Valley, 3-6, 1m, 1:40.08. B-Godolphin LLC (KY). MUCHO MACHO MAN, Dak Da Man, g, 3, o/o Mountain Rose, Kyra, f, 4, Jet Phone--Wave N Smile, by Wavering Amigo. Sam by Distorted Humor. MSW, 3-6, Sam Houston Houston Race, 3-6, (S), 6f, 1:13.18. B-Gary D Frakes (TX). OASIS DREAM (GB), Skole, g, 3, o/o Athenian (Ire), by *1ST-TIME STARTER. Acclamation (GB). AOC, 3-6, Tampa Bay Mabas, c, 4, Uncle Abbie--Believe Me, by Primary Suspect. Sam STREET BOSS, Mochi, f, 3, o/o Small World, by A.P. Indy. MSW, Houston Race, 3-6, (S), 6f, 1:14.22. B-Maria Pauly (TX). 3-6, Mahoning Valley UNCLE ABBIE, Mabas, c, 4, o/o Believe Me, by Primary Suspect. MSW, 3-6, Sam Houston

BODEMEISTER, Cypriana, f, 4, o/o Queens Full, by Indian Charlie. AOC, 3-6, Gulfstream COWTOWN CAT, Romantic Cowboy, g, 3, o/o Lover, by Louis Quatorze. MSW, 3-6, Mahoning Valley HAYNESFIELD, C U At Eau Claire, m, 6, o/o Sweetheart Rose, by Awesome Again. AOC, 3-5, Sunland JET PHONE, Kyra, f, 4, o/o Wave N Smile, by Wavering Amigo. MSW, 3-6, Sam Houston