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BISSETT CROWNED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR MATING PLANS: Catriona Bissett, who works for Nick Alexander of Kinneston MERRY FOX STUD Stables, was crowned Employee of the Year at the 2019 Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards in on Monday night. The event was hosted by the British Horseracing Authority in conjunction with the Racing Post. Bissett, known as 'Catch', was presented with her trophy by Sir Anthony McCoy at an event at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge, in front of a specially-invited audience from across the racing industry. She was given a cheque for ,30,000, half of which is to be shared among her colleagues. Bissett also won the Leadership Award for her work as assistant trainer to Alexander at his base in Fife, Scotland. Brough Scott, chairman of the judging panel, said, "The panel's job was tougher than it has ever been this year with some extraordinary displays of stories of dedication, commitment and hard work among this year's finalists. Cont. p4

Cursory Glance & Craig Bennett (2nd from right) | Racing Post IN TDN AMERICA TODAY by Emma Berry TDN DERBY TOP 12 FOR FEB. 20 With a broodmare band approaching 20, Craig Bennett's T. D. Thornton has the latest edition of the TDN Derby Top 12 Merry Fox Stud boards mares at Fittocks Stud in England, after the GIII Southwest S. was contested on Monday. Click or Ireland's Ballylinch Stud and also at Haras du Buff in France. tap here to go straight to TDN America. "All the mares are already in situ in the respective countries in which they will be covered this season," says Bennett's matings advisor Gary Hadden. "It's extra important in the year of Brexit but Craig likes to have all the mares in the country where the stallions are so he is not travelling young foals." Among the jewels of this particular collection are Time Control (GB) (Sadler's Wells) and Annabelle's Charm (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}), who provided Merry Fox Stud with something of an annus mirabilis in 2014 when represented by the Group 1 winners Cursory Glance () and Charming Thought (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), respectively. The Moyglare Stud S. winner Cursory Glance, who had also struck in the G3 Albany S. at Royal Ascot in her breeder's colours, has joined her mother at stud and is in foal to Frankel (GB), to whom she will return this year. "She is obviously very special to Craig," says Hadden. "His best day's racing was winning the Albany with his wife and mother both at the races. She was an exceptional filly and we hope that she can become a foundation mare. It's no real brainwave going to FrankelChe was brilliant and so was she." Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 6 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2019

Mating Plans: Merry Fox Stud Cont. from p1 the mare is in foal to Siyouni (Fr) with a visit to Frankel on the cards. Time Control, whose Dubawi Annabelle's Charm, (Ire) yearling filly sold for meanwhile, is in foal to Dark 700,000gns to Godolphin last Angel (Ire) with a booking to year, was rested in 2018 and is Kingman (GB). booked to visit Sea the Stars "She is quite a big mare so (Ire), whom Hadden believes we have to be careful about will be a good match which stallion we send her to," physically. "He also has great Hadden notes. "Of course form over Sadler's Wells Kingman is a close relative to mares," he says. "We're Oasis Dream, who is the sire of following a tried and tested Charming Thought." route." Also booked to Kingman is Another member of the the maiden Dancing Breeze family, Cursory Glance's (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), a half-sister Willow View stakes-placed half-sister to the (Lemon Drop Kid) was unraced Group 3 winner Future but has made a good start as a Generation (Ire) (Hurricane broodmare with her first foal, Run {Ire}), who is in turn the Digital Age (Ire) (Invincible Craig Bennett & Gary Hadden | Emma Berry dam of Godolphin's multiple Spirit {Ire}), winning on debut group-winning stayer for Chad Brown in America in January. Bennett has sent a Bruntland (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). full-sister to the 3-year-old into training with , and Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 6 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2019

Mating Plans: Merry Fox Stud Cont.

"She is from the family of Cassandra Go (Ire) and we're trying to give her a good start. Craig has to be commercial; there's such polarization towards the best stallions but we're very much trying to produce a racehorse first," explains Hadden. Posterity (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}), the dam of Dancing Breeze Vice President, International Operations Gary King and Future Generation, is also among the Merry Fox broodmare Twitter: @garykingTDN band and, currently in foal to New Approach, she is one of a [email protected] limited book of mares who will be visiting Cheveley Park Stud's + 1.732.320.0975 start veteran Pivotal. "Pivotal mares are so successful and we'd love another International Editor daughter of Posterity. Craig is trying to build families and you Kelsey Riley can give yourself a leg-up by using a well proven broodmare Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN sire," offers Hadden. [email protected]

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Cafe Racing Bennett enjoyed many good days at the races with his Sean Cronin homebred multiple stakes winner Second Step (Ire) (Dalakhani Tom Frary {Ire}) and has given his full-sister Yellow Band (Ire) every chance [email protected] at stud. She is in foal to Frankel and will visit Dubawi this season. The operation is heavily backing Siyouni and has four mares Irish Correspondent booked to him. The quartet is comprised of Passing Parade (GB), Daithi Harvey a Cape Cross (Ire) half-sister to the top-class sprinter Regal Parade (GB) who is carrying to New Approach. Liffey Dancer Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), a sister to Listen (Ire), in foal to Distorted John Berry | Kevin Blake Humor, is another booked to travel to Normandy, as is her stakes-placed daughter Pichola Dance (Ire) (Distorted Humor), and the listed winner Alsace Lorraine (Ire) (Giant's Causeway), whose dam is a half-sister to 1000 Guineas winner Miss France IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY (Ire). NEWNHAM’S SUCCESS 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING "With Passing Parade it's no major surprise that we're trying to Trainer Mark Newnham just celebrated a win in the G2 Light emulate the cross which produced Laurens (Fr)," says Hadden. Fingers S. at Randwick on Saturday . John Berry profiles the Cont. p4 rising star. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 6 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2019

Mating Plans: Merry Fox Stud Cont. They have taken the unproven route with Pontenuovo (Fr) (Green Tune), however. The G3 Prix de Cabourg winner was He adds, "We tried three or four times to buy shares in rested last year and is booked to Juddmonte's newcomer, Expert Siyouni. He suits so many different mares and different lines. Eye (GB). From early on both he and Lope De Vega (Ire) have looked Finally, Craig Bennett entered into partnership with Newsells special. Their numbers have looked very good and I think Lope Park Stud last December when buying the G3 Prix Penelope De Vega will continue to climb the ladder." winner Luminate (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}) for 900,000gns at With that in mind, the listed-placed Pecking Order (Ire) Tattersalls, and she will visit the champion sire Galileo (Ire). (Fastnet Rock {Ire}), who hails from the Aga Khan's >S' family, is in foal to Lope De Vega and will return to him, while Arkadina (Ire), a Danehill half-sister to the dam of Aclaim (Ire) and from the family of Montjeu (Ire), is another in foal to Lope De Vega. She is booked to visit Derrinstown's Tamayuz (GB) this season, while her Group 3-winning daughter Guilty Twelve (Giant's Causeway) is currently in Japan where she is in foal to Deep Impact (Jpn) with a return visit planned. Soofiah (GB) (King's Best), a full-sister to dual Group 1 winner Sajjhaa (GB), joined the Merry Fox team three years ago when Bissett Crowned Employee of the Year Cont. from p1 bought from Godolphin. She was sent to Invincible Spirit last year and will now visit Showcasing (GB). However, we had to reach a final decision and Catch is a "We were attracted to her because she is by King's Best. We hugely deserving winner for all the work she has done in love that Kingmambo blood and we've gone for proven stallions developing and mentoring other members of the team at with her," notes Hadden. Kinneston." Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 6 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2019

awards are our opportunity to say thank you to all of them, on behalf of the sport and on behalf of our horses." Sophy Scott from Mark Johnston's yard took the David Nicholson Newcomer award, while Stewart Gosnell, who works for Richard Hughes, was successful in the Rider/Groom category and Andrew Snell of Cheveley Park Stud landed the Stud Staff award. John Bottomley was rewarded for his years of service to the sport, most recently with Ollie Pears, with the Dedication to Racing award. Andrea O'Keeffe was also honoured with the Rory MacDonald Community award for her contribution to developing training programmes in place across the racing industry.

Catriona >Catch= Bissett | British Horseracing Authority OSARUS WILL OFFER 93 BREEZE-UPS Bissett Crowned Employee of the Year Cont. The Osarus La Teste Breeze-Up Sale catalogue, consisting of 93 "For Catch to be named Employee of the Year when our sport lots, is now available. The sale will begin at La Teste Racecourse employs 6,000 people who work so hard to provide first class beginning at 12:30 p.m. local time on Apr. 11, with the breezes care to our horses is a fantastic achievement,@ said BHA Chief scheduled for 2:30 p.m. the previous day. Of the lots on offer, Executive Nick Rust. AWe are grateful to all of the staff who work 83 are eligible for owners= premiums in France and all of the day in day out to ensure that the horses who take part in British breezes may be viewed live at www.france-sire.com. Individual racing are provided with a level of care and quality of life that is breeze videos will be posted at www.osarus.com later on. virtually unsurpassed by any other domesticated animal. These Cont. p6 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 6 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2019

Osarus Catalogue Released Cont.

A wide variety of 64 sires are represented, with the highlights including an Epaulette (Aus) half-sister to GISW Folk Opera (Ire) (Singspiel {Ire}) as lot 7; lot 41, a son of Le Havre (Ire) out of the SP Changeable (GB) (Dansili {GB}); a Dansili (GB) colt (lot 45) out of a full-sister to G1SWs Ballydoyle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Misty For Me (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}); a colt by Siyouni (Fr) (lot 25) out of a half-sister to G1SW Morandi (Fr) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}); lot 36, a son of Mastercraftsman (Ire) out of Italian Group 3 winner Blessed Luck (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}); and a colt by Dream Ahead out of a Siyouni half-sister to MG1SW Natagora (Fr) (Divine Light {Jpn}) as lot 83.

Osarus grad Mango Tango (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), who rolled a pair of twos in the G2 Prix de Pomone and G3 Prix Cleopatre in 2016. Racingfotos.com

JAPANESE GROUP RACES B2019 Date Race Track Feb. 24 Nakayama Kinen (G2) Nakayama Hankyu Hai (G3) Hanshin Mar. 2 Ocean S. (G3) Nakayama Tulip Sho (G2) Hanshin Mar. 3 Yayoi Sho (G2) Nakayama Mar. 9 Nakayama Himba S. (G3) Nakayama Mar. 10 Fillies' Revue (G2) Hanshin Kinko Sho (G2) Chukyo Mar. 16 Flower Cup (G3) Nakayama Falcon S. (G3) Chukyo Mar. 17 Spring S. (G2) Nakayama Hanshin Daishoten (G2) Hanshin GROUP ENTRIES

Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 8.50 p.m. ZABEEL MILE SPONSORED BY AL TAYER MOTORS-G2, $250,000, NH4yo/up & SH3yo/up, 1600mT PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER WT 1 Janoobi (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Crowley de Kock 126 2 Mythical Magic (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) Buick Appleby 126 3 Championship (Ire) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Beasley bin Harmash 129 4 Comin’ Through (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Cosgrave Waller 129 5 First Contact (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) O’Donoghue Appleby 126 6 Wootton (Ire) Wootton Bassett (GB) J Doyle Appleby 126 7 Marinaresco (SAf) Silvano (Ger) Fayd’Herbe de Kock 126 8 Century Dream (Ire) Cape Cross (Ire) Murphy Crisford 126 9 Top Score (GB) Hard Spun Soumillon bin Suroor 126

Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 8.15 p.m. UAE OAKS SPONSORED BY RANGE ROVER-G3, $250,000, NH/SH3yo, f, 1900m PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Al Shamkhah K Dialed In Barzalona Jadhav 126 2 Swift Rose (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Turner bin Suroor 126 3 Dubai Beauty (Ire) Frankel (GB) Soumillon bin Suroor 126 4 Divine Image K Scat Daddy Buick Appleby 126 5 Dream With You (Fr) George Vancouver de Vries Caullery 126 6 Al Hayette K Union Rags Veron Mohammed 126 7 Starry Eyes K Animal Kingdom Cosgrave Crisford 126 8 Lady Parma K Exchange Rate Mullen Seemar 126 9 Habah Twirling Candy Hitchcott Watson 126 10 Silva (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Murphy Brandt 126 11 Mulhima (Ire) Mukhadram (GB) Beasley bin Harmash 126 12 Razeena K Malibu Moon Dobbs Watson 126

Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 7.40 p.m. DUBAI MILLENNIUM S. SPONSORED BY JAGUAR-G3, $200,000, NH4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 2000mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Muzdawaj (GB) Dansili (GB) Crowley Al Mheri 126 2 Racing History (Ire) Pivotal (GB) Soumillon bin Suroor 126 3 Spotify (Fr) Redoute’s Choice (Aus) J Doyle Appleby 126 4 Connect (GB) Roderick O’Connor (Ire) Beasley bin Harmash 125 5 First Nation (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Buick bin Suroor 126 6 Oasis Charm (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) B Doyle Appleby 126 7 Team Talk (GB) Teofilo (Ire) Cosgrave bin Suroor 126 8 Vintager (GB) Mastercraftsman (Ire) O’Donoghue Appleby 125

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The weights were still much lower in the early '80s, and he NEWNHAM=S SUCCESS 30 looked like being a size bigger than the archetypal shape needed to be able to ride long-term at not much more than 50 kilos. YEARS IN THE MAKING This, though, has proved to have been an advantage, as right from the start he focused on the training of the horses in some of the best stables in town. Newnham's first job was at Randwick with Bob Thomsen, who had preceded his own very successful training career (1976 to 2012) by spending nine years as Tommy Smith's foreman. Thomsen never trained a big team, but he ended up having had such superstars such as Danewin (Danehill {USA}), Slight Chance (NZ) (Centaine), Thorn Park (Spinning World {USA}) and Shogun Lodge (Grand Lodge {USA}) through his hands. From there, Newnham moved on to work for Bart Cummings during the late '80s. The 'Cups King' was then at the height of his powers (the 1989/'90 season was the only one in which he topped the premiership in Sydney) with his stables at Randwick and Flemington (the latter under the supervision of Leon Trainer Mark Newnham Corstens and Nigel Blackiston, themselves subsequently Group by John Berry 1-winning trainers in their own right) churning out feature-races winners by the dozen. In retrospect, it is interesting to reflect If one wants proof of the old adage that it only takes a few that when the 'Cups King' sent Campaign King (Saarond) up to decades to become an overnight success, one need look no Brisbane to win both the G1 Stradbroke H. and the G1 Doomben further than Sydney's boom trainer Mark Newnham, whose 10,000 S. at the Winter Carnival in 1988, the mighty sprinter was terrific season got even better when the exciting 3-year-old filly attended by two young men who are both now proven top-class Nakeeta Jane (So You Think {NZ}) beat a star-studded field to trainers: Mark Newnham and English visitor Stuart Williams, land the G2 TAB Light Fingers S. at Randwick on Saturday. who is now one of the best trainers in his homeland. Williams's Just three years after applying to train at Warwick Farm early antipodean stint mirrored the international experience gained in 2016, with merely the promises of a handful of horses on by Newnham on an overseas trip during which he had worked which to base his hopes, Newnham has assembled one of the for two of the Europe's most respected trainers, Newmarket- strongest teams in town. This seemingly meteoric rise comes as based Clive Brittain and Kevin Prendergast (who to most of us is a result of decades of hard work during which he built up a the doyen of the Irish training ranks, but who was memorably reputation for horsemanship, diligence and reliability, all the and correctly described by Bart Cummings as "an Australian who while absorbing much of the wisdom refined by some of the trains in Ireland"). greatest trainers of history.

Early Years... Right from the start he focused on the Mark Newnham grew up watching the races with his father, loving the sport from a young age. Joining the game when he training of the horses in some of the left school at the age of 15 was the only career-path under best stables in town. –John Berry consideration. Funnily enough, bearing in mind that he ultimately enjoyed a very successful race-riding career, being a jockey was not his particular aspiration. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2019

Mark Newnham cont. Happily, in a rare example of an honest man reaping what he Riding Career... has sown, the boxes soon started to fill. Patrick Lee, a When the weights were raised in the 1990s, the door was bloodstock agent whom Newnham had met in Macau, was one opened for Mark Newnham to pursue a race-riding career. of the first to place his faith in the budding trainer, telling him Having worked for another of the game's true greats, Ron that he was going to send him a colt by Hinchinbrook whom he Quinton, early in the multiple champion jockey's successful had just bought for $100,000 at the Inglis' Melbourne Premier training career, Newnham joined up with Gai Waterhouse not Yearling Sale. That leap of faith in turn paid the dividend which it long after she had finally won her long-running fight to secure a deserved when the colt, named Diamond Tathagata, won the trainer's license. For 20 years he was the track-rider in whom G2 Skyline S. at Randwick merely 12 months later. The colt then she placed the most faith, and for the bulk of that time he was lined up in the G1 Golden Slipper S., finishing a creditable the regular jockey for her provincial runners. Punters came to seventh behind She Will Reign (Manhattan Rain) in a Slipper feel that they could set their clock every Saturday afternoon by notable for the fact that, unthinkably, the Waterhouse/Bott runners trained by Waterhouse and ridden by Newnham at team did not have a runner. Newcastle, Kembla Grange, Hawkesbury, Wyong and the like. He partnered his final winner for Waterhouse in September 2011, by which time he had over 300 victories under his belt. His laurels included three Kembla Grange riding premierships and the Bill Wade Medal at Newcastle, while his CV had been further broadened by successful race-riding stints in both Macau and South Korea.

Hanging Up the Riding Boots... After finally hanging up his racing boots, Newnham settled into a routine which looked set to last indefinitely. His trackwork role at Tulloch Lodge was still crucial, as his place every morning in the saddle of the 2012 G1 Golden Slipper S. winner Pierro Diamond Tathagata (Lonhro) testified, while the 2015 Slipper winner Vancouver In April 2017, Newnham was granted 20 boxes at Randwick to (Medaglia d'Oro {USA}) and 2013 G1 Melbourne Cup hero augment his allocation at Warwick Farm. While splitting his time Fiorente (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}) were others to benefit from his between the two tracks was not ideal, he needed the extra tutelage. Over and above that, though, Newnham was clearly capacity, as 28 yearlings from the recent sales were due to head Waterhouse's trusted deputy, the public face of the stable at in his direction. Furthermore, for Newnham, this move to 'HQ' race-meetings whenever she had to be elsewhere. The extent of was a case of coming home. the respect which he had earned was shown when he was announced as the winner of the inaugural Godolphin 'Excellence in Racing' Award at the first Godolphin Australian Stable Staff From Strength to Strength... Awards Ceremony in 2015. Mark Newnham ended that 2016/17 season, his first full All that, though, changed three years ago when it became campaign as a trainer, with a state-wide total of 16 winners apparent that Waterhouse was going to elevate Adrian Bott to from 116 runners and prize money of $926,810. In town he had the position of co-trainer at the end of the season. It was trained six winners from 56 runners. Last season, his second, he impossible not to see this as a sideways shunt at best for advanced to state-wide statistics of 41.5 winners from 227 Newnham, but in retrospect it has proved to have been the runners and earnings of $1,870,430. His 14 winners from 96 catalyst needed to take his career to the next level. runners in town put him in 14th place in the premiership. Just past the half-way mark this season, Mark Newnham has Taking Out a Trainer=s License... sent out 25 winners from 159 runners in New South Wales for earnings of $1,438,555. Remarkably, his stable contains three Applying for stabling at Warwick Farm in January 2016, G1-performed 3-year-old fillies. In October he saddled his first Newnham was granted 26 boxes, which was great other than Group 1 winner when Maid Of Heaven (Smart Missile) beat the that it placed a pressing financial imperative on him to fill them. colts in the Spring Champion S. He had had promises of support, but promises don't put food on Cont. p3 the table. He had to find clients. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 3 OF 3 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 20 FEBRUARY 2019

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The following month, Greysful Glamour (Stratum) finished second in the G1 VRC Victoria Oaks down in Melbourne. And now Nakeeta Jane, winner of the G2 Light Fingers S. on only her fourth start, looks as if she may be the best of them all. She has been brought along with Cummings-like patience, Newnham having sent her off for a spell after a light spring campaign which comprised a second place on debut at Randwick, a win in a maiden race at Warwick Farm and third place in the G1 Flight S. at Randwick. Mark Newnham's training career looks sure to continue to go from strength to strength. It's easy isn't it? Just spend 30 years working hard for the best of the best, and there you go: instant success!

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THE TDN DERBY TOP 12 INTREPID HEART RETURNS LOWS TO OAKLAWN WINNER=S CIRCLE by Jessica Martini Robert and Lawana Low won a pair of graded Triple Crown preps at Oaklawn Park a year ago with Magnum Moon (Malibu Moon) and the couple=s colors were back in the winner=s circle in Hot Springs Monday with the impressive debut of Intrepid Heart (Tapit). The gray sophomore was tabbed a >TDN Rising Star= after his scintillating 7 3/4-length victory (video) on the GIII Southwest S. undercard. AIt exceeded our expectations to be quite honest,@ the Lows= racing manager Jacob West said Tuesday. AWe knew he was training well coming into the race. They had split the maiden fields [Monday], so there were nice horses in both groups and we knew that it was going to be a tough test.@ Cont. p3

War of Will | Hodges Photography IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by T.D. Thornton MATING PLANS: MERRY FOX STUD We=ve had this year=s first significant shift in the GI Kentucky Gary Hadden reveals the 2019 mating plans for Craig Derby Top 12 rankings, with a new Bennett’s Merry Fox Stud. Emma Berry has the scoop. Click leader bulling his way to the top of the or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. crop. Expect the thawing trend to continue as the stakes action heats up, with eight high-ranked hopefuls expected to start on either the weekend of Mar. 2 or 9.

1) WAR OF WILL (c, --Visions of Clarity {Ire}, by Sadler=s Wells) O-Gary Barber. B-Flaxman Holdings Limited (KY). T-Mark Casse. Sales History: $175,000 RNA Ylg >17 KEESEP; i250,000 2yo >18 ARQMAY. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 7-3-1-1, $491,569. Last Start: 1st, GII Risen Star S., FG, Feb. 16 Accomplishments Include: 1st, GIII Lecomte S., FG, Jan. 19 Next Start: Aiming for GII Louisiana Derby, FG, Mar. 23 Equineline PPs. Caulfield on War of Will. KY Derby Points: 10. When War of Will assertively seized the lead three-eighths out in Saturday=s GII Risen Star S., he wrested control of the entire division, vaulting from No. 4 to the top of the totem pole with a well-honed win that showed off his physical prowess and a zeal for reeling in targets. Until last Saturday, the 2019 Derby prep season had been lacking a significant breakout performance; in fact, five of the dozen horses on this week=s list are still awaiting sophomore debuts. Cont. p6 LORD NELSON Pulpit's Last Great Son.

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Intrepid Heart cont. from p1 that afternoon after the breeze show had ended and I had a West said, ABut even Johnny Velazquez, after he got off of him, discussion with [consignor] Niall [Brennan]. I trust Niall a lot and came back and said, >He handled everything professionally and I value his opinion and he basically told me that they were just did it all the right way. He did scratching the surface with this everything I asked him to do horse. and he got the job done for us.=@ West continued, AEverybody Out of Flaming Heart, the knew, with his age and his youngster is a half-brother to pedigree, life for him was going graded stakes winners to start at a later date. He wasn=t Commissioner (A.P. Indy) and going to be your early, quick 2- Laugh Track (Distorted Humor). year-old. That=s what got me West purchased Intrepid Heart excited. And then physically, he on behalf of the Lows for was what we look for in those $750,000 at last year=s OBS type of horses. When you put all April sale where the well-bred the pieces together that made up May foal worked a furlong in the puzzle that is now Intrepid :10 2/5. Heart, early on it was something AIf you go to these sales and that got me excited and got my you=re looking for some of the blood pumping. When I called big, two-turn Classic-type Intrepid Heart sells at OBS April | Tibor & Judit Photography Mr. and Mrs. Low and filled them horses, when you see a Tapit coming down the lane who has the in on what I=d and what I pedigree that he has, he is going to pique your interest had turned the page down on and got excited about, they got immediately just off the pedigree page,@ West said of his initial excited too and we were lucky enough to get him.@ impressions of the gray colt. AI remember going back to the barn All of those pieces have come together beautifully in the TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Intrepid Heart | Coady Photography ensuing months, according to West. APhysically, he has come a long way,@ West said. AHe reminded me of a big baby at the 2-year-old sale and when he stepped into the saddling paddock there at Oaklawn, you could tell that he had turned into a man.@ A year ago, Magnum Moon broke his maiden at Gulfstream Park Jan. 13 before being named a >TDN Rising Star= with an optional-claiming victory at Tampa Bay Downs Feb. 15. From there, he made the jump to the graded stakes ranks where he won the Mar. 17 GII Rebel S. and Apr. 14 GI Arkansas Derby before running 19th in the GI . West admitted Intrepid Heart=s debut win made it easy to start thinking of a return trip to Louisville this year, but he expected trainer Todd Pletcher would take a conservative route with the colt. AWe=ll leave that up to Todd Pletcher,@ West said of Intrepid Heart=s next assignment. AWe let him make those decisions. Knowing Todd=s nature, he is fairly conservative with these types, so he=ll end up going to an allowance and then we'll go from there. It's hard not to let a little bit of excitement creep into your body with these types, immediately you just start planning for the future. But Todd Pletcher is the best horse trainer that we've seen, arguably ever, and he can bring you back down to earth real quick. And he can point you in the right direction, so we'll just let him make those decisions.@ The Lows are focused on buying two-turn Saturday afternoon dirt horses, according to West. Another promising sophomore who fits that bill is Federal Case (Gemologist), who West purchased for $650,000 on behalf of the couple at last year=s Keeneland November sale. Already a maiden winner at the time, the bay took an optional claimer at Gulfstream Dec. 23. Most recently seventh in the Feb. 2 GII Holy Bull S., he worked four furlongs in :48.97 at Palm Beach Downs Feb. 16. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2019

AHe is going to have his second breeze since the Holy Bull this coming weekend and we=ll make a game plan after that,@ West said. He continued, AMr. and Mrs. Low are some of the best owners in the game and they know they want two-turn Saturday dirt horses. We were lucky enough with Magnum Moon last year and now we are hopeful we have more this year.@

WOODBINE STAKES SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED Woodbine Entertainment has unveiled its stakes schedule for Woodbine | Michael Burns the 2019 racing season, highlighted by the prestigious $1-million Queen=s Plate June 29 and the $1-million among the usual supporting features that day and will serve as GI Ricoh Woodbine Mile Sept. 14. Strengthened by the the final leg of Woodbine=s new Ladies of the Lawn Series, which previously announced purse increases for 2019, the $16- offers $75,000 in bonuses to the top performers based on points million-plus stakes schedule consists of 95 stakes to be accumulated in the designated graded turf routes for fillies and contested over the course of the 133-day meet, running from mares. Woodbine=s stakes schedule includes a total of 41 graded Apr. 20 to Dec. 15. The GI S. and companion GI Summer stakes. Click here to view the complete stakes lineup for S. will follow a stakes-filled Ricoh Woodbine Mile day Sept. 15. Woodbine's 2019 Thoroughbred racing season. The GI Pattison Canadian International will be contested at the height of the fall stakes season Oct. 12. The GI E.P. Taylor S. is Contact Sue Finley for details at 732-747-8060 or [email protected] TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2019

TDN Derby Top 12 cont. from p1 rest is up to just getting him to relax.@ Trainer Mark Casse, not But now that we=re approaching March, sharp current form known for hyperbole, said AI=ve been fortunate to train a lot of outweighs accomplishments from last autumn, and this good horses, and [War of Will] is one of the best. I think he=s a i250,000 ARQMAY War Front colt has burst upon the scene superstar.@ The GII Louisiana Derby is probably next. AI like to with three straight dirt wins after a wide-on-both-turns fifth run, and we don=t really shy away from anybody,@ Casse added. (beaten only 3 1/2 lengths) in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf. In each of those solid dirt victories, War of Will gave the impression that he won with something left in reserve, and even though he needs to be kept to task once he hits the lead, he appears to be learning from each experience. AHe=s very professional. He does everything the right way,@ jockey Tyler 2) GAME WINNER (c, Candy Ride {Arg}--Indyan Giving, by A.P. Gaffalione said after Saturday=s 2 1/4-length score. AHe gets out Indy) of the gate well. He puts himself where he needs to be, and the >TDN Rising Star=. O-Gary & Mary West. B-Summer Wind Equine TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2019

(KY). T-Bob Baffert. Sales History: $110,000 Ylg >17 KEESEP. difficult obstacle for this $110,000 KEESEP Candy Ride (Arg) colt: Lifetime Record: MGISW, 4-4-0-0, $1,496,000. Only two Juvenile winners from 34 runnings have won the Last Start: 1st, GI Sentient Jet Breeders= Cup Juvenile , CD, Nov. 2 Kentucky Derby (Nyquist and Street Sense). Accomplishments Include: 1st, GI American Pharoah S., SA, Sept. 29; 1st, GI Del Mar Futurity, DMR, Sept. 3 Next Start: GII San Felipe S., SA, Mar. 9 3) SIGNALMAN (c, General Quarters--Trip South, by Trippi) Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 30. O-Tommie M. Lewis, David A. Bernsen, LLC & Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek). B-Monticule (KY). T-Kenneth G McPeek. Sales History: $32,000 Ylg >17 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: GSW & MGISP, 5-2-2-1, $448,990. Last Start: 1st, GII Kentucky Jockey Club S., CD, Nov. 24 Accomplishments Include: 3rd, GI Sentient Jet Breeders= Cup Juvenile, CD, Nov. 2; 2nd, GI Claiborne Breeders= Futurity, KEE, Oct. 6 Next Start: Likely for GII Fountain of Youth S., GP, Mar. 2 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 18. Trainer Ken McPeek currently has two horses on the Derby trail that he picked out as yearlings: Signalman, a $32,000 FTKOCT General Quarters colt, has been firmly entrenched near the top of this list since the rankings debuted in December, and Harvey Wallbanger, a $50,000 FTKJUL Congrats colt, gained a Game Winner | Breeders= Cup/Eclipse Sportswire berth on the Aon the bubble@ periphery after his 29-1 GII Holy Bull S. upset Feb. 2. McPeek now has a nice Aproblem@ in terms >TDN Rising Star= and defending Eclipse Award champ Game of keeping the two separated in prep races, but he told TDN last Winner remains on the two-prep path to the Derby that has week that Signalman will likely make his 2019 debut in the evolved as the hallmark training regimen for Bob Baffert=s A-list Mar. 2 GII Fountain of Youth S. while AHarvey@ is likely to wait sophomores. Will he fire big off the bench in the Mar. 9 San until the Mar. 30 GI Florida Derby. McPeek described Signalman Felipe S.? Has this large-framed, professionally demeanored colt as Aa big bull@ whose action resembles a "powerful machine,@ developed across multiple dimensions since we last saw him and that well-channeled aggression was on full display in roughing up the field in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile? Game Signalman=s last start, which featured a long up-the-rail drive Winner uncorked a long, relentless Aman against boys@ type of against 13 rivals on a sloppy Churchill surface to win the Nov. 24 drive over the Churchill Downs strip to cement championship GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. The betting public though, believes honors last November. Although the runner-up in that race, the two McPeek trainees are close together in ability, as both Knicks Go (Paynter), has suffered two stinging defeats since, the Signalman and Harvey closed at 28-1 odds last week in Pool 2 of third-, fifth-, seventh- and twelfth-place finishers in the Juvenile the Derby Future Wager. have all come back to eventually add stakes wins to their resumes. Yet an even longer-term stat could prove the most TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2019

4) IMPROBABLE (c, City Zip--Rare Event, by A.P. Indy) Last Start: 1st, Allowance/Optional Claiming, FG, Feb. 9. Next Start: Possible for GII Tampa Bay Derby, TAM, Mar. 9 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 0. Dream Maker muscled his way onto the Top 12 with a commanding first-level allowance win at Fair Grounds Feb. 9, but this Tapit-sired John Oxley homebred stamped himself as a potential Derby contender way back on June 7 when he circled the field in a Churchill Downs MSW and won going away to earn >TDN Rising Star= status in his career debut. In the interim, he was fifth (but only beaten 4 3/4 lengths) in the GI Hopeful S. at Saratoga, then lost all chance at the break of the GI Claiborne Breeders= Futurity at Keeneland when he stumbled and clipped heels as the beaten favorite. Given some time off, Dream Maker bulked up in all the right places, and despite racing three wide on both turns under mild restraint in his 1 1/16 miles return try, he opened up easily under light coaxing, winning by 8 1/2 Improbable | Breeders= Cup/Eclipse Sportswire lengths and galloping out like he wanted more. His >TDN Rising Star=. O-WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club stamina-centric pedigree traces to six-time Grade I winner and International Ltd. & Starlight Racing. B-St. George Farm LLC & G. Eclipse Award winner Beautiful Pleasure, and trainer Mark Casse Watts Humphrey Jr. (KY). T-Bob Baffert. Sales History: $110,000 has indicated that stakes starts in the GII Tampa Bay Derby and Wlg >16 KEENOV; $200,000 Ylg >17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GII Blue Grass S. could comprise this colt=s prep path to GISW, 3-3-0-0, $269,520. Louisville. Last Start: 1st, GI Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity, LRC, Dec. 8 Accomplishments Include: 1st, Street Sense S., CD, Nov. 2; Next Start: Possible for GII Rebel S., OP, Mar. 16 Equineline PPs. Caulfield on Improbable. KY Derby Points: 10. Will >TDN Rising Star= Improbable start next in the GII Rebel S. 6) CODE OF HONOR (c, Noble Mission {GB}--Reunited, by Dixie Union) at Oaklawn Park Mar. 16? Although not yet confirmed by trainer O/B-W. S. Farish (KY). T-Shug McGaughey. Sales History: Bob Baffert, that=s a logical launching pad for this athletic, $70,000 RNA Ylg >17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GISP, 2-1-1-0, light-footed colt=s sophomore debut. It=s extremely unlikely that $146,750. Improbable will square off against stablemate Game Winner at Last Start: 4th, Mucho Macho Man S., GP, Jan. 5 any point on the prep path, and Baffert has shipped to win six of Next Start: GII Fountain of Youth S., GP, Mar. 2 the previous nine Rebels. But he has also saddled the beaten Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 4. favorite in the last two Rebels, so bettor beware. Improbable In the week before the Breeders= Cup, I was certain that Code was the clear-cut victor in the GI Los Alamitos Futurity last time of Honor was going to be the worthy Awiseguy@ upset play in the out, and his company line got boosted recently when runner-up Juvenile based on his adversity-overcoming second at 14-1 in Mucho Gusto (Mucho Macho Man) came back to win the the GI Champagne S. But this homebred spiked a temperature GIII Bob Lewis S. at 3-5 odds Feb. 2 and third-place finisher Extra and scratched the night before the race, setting off a frustrating Hope (Shanghai Bobby) scored in a first-level allowance Jan 31. two months that have clouded this talented colt=s true potential. Baffert has now won the last five Los Al Futurities, but only two Trainer Shug McGaughey backed him out of a planned start in of those winners--Dortmund (Big Brown) and Mor Spirit the GII Remsen S. when he was not satisfied with Code of (Eskendereya)--went on to start in the Kentucky Derby. Honor=s energy level, then when the colt failed to fire as the 4-5 beaten fave in the Jan. 5 Mucho Macho Man S., McGuaghey took part of the blame by saying he hadn=t trained him aggressively enough. Code of Honor has had six published works since--three of them bullets--and this chestnut once again looms 5) DREAM MAKER (c, Tapit--To Dream About, by Monarchos) as a compelling dark horse betting-wise in what is shaping up to >TDN Rising Star=. O/B-John C. Oxley (KY). T-Mark Casse. Lifetime be a very deep Fountain of Youth S. Mar. 2 at Gulfstream Park. Record: 4-2-0-0, $72,850. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2019

7) HIDDEN SCROLL (c, Hard Spun--Sheba Queen, by Empire Maker)

Vekoma | Chelsea Durand

Hidden Scroll | Leslie Martin This undefeated $135,000 KEESEP Candy Ride (Arg) colt merits respect based on his two-for-two juvenile season that >TDN Rising Star= O/B-Juddmonte Farms, Inc. (KY). T-William I. culminated with a win in the GIII Nashua S. last November. But Mott. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $31,800. like several other unraced-in-2019 horses who lost positions on Last Start: 1st, Maiden Special Weight, GP, Jan. 26 this week=s list, he has been leapfrogged in the rankings because Next Start: Possible for GII Fountain of Youth S., GP, Mar. 2 it=s been nearly four months since we=ve seen what he can do in Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 0. afternoon action. Vekoma had his head cocked to the Even though we=ve now had a few weeks to digest >TDN Rising grandstand and was on the wrong lead for a bit in that one-turn Star= Hidden Scroll=s otherworldly career debut on the mile GIII Nashua S. win. And considering he=s a May 22 foal GI Pegasus World Cup undercard, you will be forgiven if you still without two-turn experience, he could be in a bit over his head don=t know what to make of it. It was a freakishly fast seasoning-wise if he goes in the Fountain of Youth S., which has one-turn-mile (based on both raw final time and confirmed by three horses ahead of him on this week=s Top 12 (Signalman, several flavors of speed figures) for a first-timer breaking from Code of Honor, Hidden Scroll) considering that spot. Another the one hole in the slop against a deep-on-paper 13-horse field. option could be the GIII Gotham S. Mar. 9, which would be yet Judging by the 8-1 odds that day, few prognosticators saw the another one-turn mile, but with the advantage that Vekoma has 14-length, eased-up win coming. Presumably, some of those already run well over Aqueduct=s main track. same bettors saw fit to hammer this Hard Spun-sired Juddmonte homebred to 7-1 in Pool 2 of the Derby Future wager. Even Juddmonte=s U.S. manager, Garrett O=Rourke, admitted to TDN last week that Hidden Scroll=s futures price is Aa little bit crazy given that he=s only run one race.@ He added that although it=s not Aa 100% commitment,@ the coming-up-loaded Fountain of Youth S. could be the colt=s next start.

8) VEKOMA (c, Candy Ride {Arg}--Mona de Momma, by Speightstown) O-R. A. Hill Stable & Gatsas Stables. B-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC (KY). T-George Weaver. Sales History: $135,000 Ylg >17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSW, 2-2-0-0, $151,250. Last Start: 1st GIII Nashua S., AQU, Nov. 4 Next Start: Possible for GII Fountain of Youth S., GP, Mar. 2 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 0. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2019

9) INSTAGRAND (c, Into Mischief--Assets of War, by Lawyer Don=t put too much emphasis on Super Steed=s outlandish Ron) $126.60 winning mutuel in Monday=s GIII Southwest S. Granted, >TDN Rising Star=. O-OXO Equine LLC. B-Stoneway Farm (KY). this Super Saver homebred deserved to be a double-digit price T-Jerry Hollendorfer. Sales History: $190,000 Ylg >17 FTKJUL; after a blah seventh at 6-1 on opening day at Oaklawn in the $1,200,000 2yo >18 FTFMAR. Lifetime Record: GSW, 2-2-0-0, Smarty Jones S. But considering he was a well-heralded >TDN $144,000. Rising Star= facing five of the same foes from that race while Last Start: 1st, GII Best Pal S., DMR, Aug. 11 stretching out to a distance that better suits his pedigree, wasn=t Next Start: Uncommitted a tenfold increase in his odds a bit out of whack? When this colt Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 0. broke his maiden against an allowance field at Churchill Downs Nov. 24, trainer Larry Jones likened him to the talented Southwest S. winner he conditioned in 2009, Old Fashioned. In the post-race interview Monday, Jones explained away Super Steed=s loss as the fave in the Dec. 22 Sugar Bowl S. by saying the colt wasn=t quite feeling right, and he attributed the Smarty Jones S. defeat to racing against the grain of a Amerry go round@ speed bias that hampered this come-from-behinder=s true running style. Moving forward, there=s lots of upside here. Just don=t expect 62-1 again in the near future.

11) MUCHO GUSTO (c, Mucho Macho Man-- Itsagiantscauseway, by Giant=s Causeway) >TDN Rising Star= O-Michael Lund Petersen. B-Teneri Farm Inc. & Bernardo Alvarez Calderon (KY). T-Bob Baffert. Sales History: $14,000 Ylg >17 KEEJAN; $95,000 Ylg >17 KEESEP; $55,000 RNA Instagrand | Benoit 2yo >18 OBSMAR; $625,000 2yo >18 EASMAY. Lifetime Record: Intrigue has shadowed Instagrand since this $1.2 million MGSW & GISP, 4-3-1-0, $234,000. FTFMAR co-sales-topping son of Into Mischief was taken out of Last Start: 1st, GIII Robert B. Lewis S., SA, Feb. 2 training by his owner after winning his maiden and the GII Best Next Start: Uncommitted Pal S. by a combined 20 1/4 lengths. It=s now been six months Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 14. (and eight published works) since his last start, and no one in >TDN Rising Star= Mucho Gusto gets lost in the shuffle within this >TDN Rising Star=s= camp has revealed where or when he=ll Bob Baffert=s deep stable of Derby contenders, but he=s won next surface in the entries. Santa Anita=s stable notes over the three of four lifetime starts and his only defeat was to odds-on weekend mentioned in passing that the San Felipe S. could be a stablemate Improbable in the Los Al Futurity. This $625,000 target race, which would set up a Abest in the west@ showdown EASMAY buy from the first Mucho Macho Man crop is between champ Game Winner and this precocious colt, who progressing more rapidly than his sire, who didn=t register his would have been the likely favorite in last year=s Breeders= Cup first stakes win until start number seven (eight years ago last Juvenile had he started. Bettors remain bullish about week in the Risen Star S.) prior to running third in the 2011 Instagrand=s chances on the first Saturday in May, crunching him Kentucky Derby and competing in all three Triple Crown races. to 10-1 in each of the first two Derby Future Wager pools. Mucho Gusto=s 4 3/4-length, geared-down win in the slop over only four other rivals in the GIII Bob Lewis S. doesn=t provide 10) SUPER STEED (c, Super Saver--Totally Tucker, by Elusive many face-value handicapping clues to help judge his true Derby Quality) chances, but his connections have indicated that they are >TDN Rising Star= O-Michael Pressley & Steed Jackson. B-Mike pleased with how he=s learning to relax off the pace, making Pressley (KY). T-Larry Jones. Lifetime Record: GSW, 5-2-1-0, Mucho Gusto a work in progress who could turn out to be a $364,500. sneaky-good sort if he peaks at the right time this spring. Last Start: 1st, GIII Southwest S., OP, Feb. 18 Foaled, Raised, & Sold by Shawhan Place Next Start: Possible for GII Rebel S., OP, Mar. 16 SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 10 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2019

12) MIND CONTROL (c, Stay Thirsty--Feel That Fire, by Derby. Lightning N Thunder) Bourbon War (Tapit): Possible for the deep Fountain of Youth S. O-Red Oak Stable (Brunetti) & Madaket Stables LLC. B-Red Oak after closing at 31-1 in Derby Future Wager Pool 2. Stable. T-Gregory Sacco. Lifetime Record: GISW, 5-3-1-0, Country House (Lookin At Lucky): Green but game when closing $323,400. late behind War of Will in Risen Star S. Last Start: 1st, Jerome S., AQU, Jan. 1 Galilean (Uncle Mo): On to a graded stakes start after roughing Next race: GIII Gotham S., AQU, Mar. 9 up state-breds in California Cup Derby. Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 10. Global Campaign (Curlin): Two-for-two half to MGISW Bolt d=Oro (Medaglia d=Oro) could try Tampa Bay Derby next. Growth Engine (Tapit): Feb. 10 two-turn MSW winner at Gulfstream merits a shot against tougher competition. Gunmetal Gray (Exchange Rate): Deep-closing SoCal hopeful currently ranked sixth on Derby points leaderboard. Harvey Wallbanger (Congrats): Last-to-first upset winner of Holy Bull S. likely to aim for GI Florida Derby at nine furlongs. Knicks Go (Paynter): Dropped out of the Top 12 rankings after no-excuse fifth in GIII Sam F. Davis S. Mihos (Cairo Prince): >TDN Rising Star= back breezing at Palm Meadows with possible eye on Florida Derby or GII Wood Memorial. Nolo Contesto (Pioneerof the Nile): Recent Santa Anita maiden winner awaits a stakes start. Sueno (Atreides): Only horse gaining on winner when second in Mind Control | Sarah Andrew Monday=s Southwest S. Mind Control remains on target for his next expected Tax (Arch): Prevailed in three-horse Withers S. photo and likely assignment, the Mar. 9 Gotham S. With three wins from five to await nine-furlong Wood Memorial. starts, the only poor showing in his past performance block is a Well Defined (With Distinction): Won Tampa=s Davis S. at 7-1 in trip-troubled seventh in the Breeders= Cup Juvenile, which was mild upset to become fourth also-ran out of Breeders= Cup also his only two-turn attempt. Because the Gotham is a Juvenile to win a subsequent stakes. one-turn mile, it=s unlikely to provide major evidence as to Win Win Win (Hat Trick {Jpn}): Likely to stretch out in Tampa whether this Stay Thirsty colt will be up for the task of 10 Bay Derby off track-record score over seven furlongs in Pasco S. furlongs on the first Saturday in May. His sire won the 2011 version of the Gotham (run over 1 1/16 miles on the former inner track), and although Stay Thirsty ran 12th in the Derby, he subsequently finished second in the GI Belmont S., won both the GII Jim Dandy S. and the GI Travers S., and ran third in the GI . Mind Control=s dam--also a Red Oak homebred trained by Greg Sacco--was a listed stakes victress who won three times from eight lifetime starts, all at six furlongs. AWe're happy where he is with his training and where he's at physically,@ Sacco said Friday. AThe two months [off] is RUNHAPPY RETURNS AS TITLE SPONSOR OF beneficial and we're coming in with a fresh, strong horse for the TRAVERS, MET MILE Gotham.@ Gallery Racing's champion sprinter Runhappy, currently standing at Claiborne Farm, will return in 2019 as title sponsor of the GI Travers S. and GI Metropolitan H., in addition to sponsoring FOX Sports' year-round national television coverage On the bubble (alphabetical order): of NYRA, it was announced Tuesday. Additionally, at Saratoga, Avie=s Flatter (Flatter): Six Palm Meadows works for Runhappy will be the title sponsor of the GI Hopeful S. The 2019 presumptive Canadian juvenile champ aiming for Tampa Bay Belmont Park spring/summer meet will also see the second TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2019 running of the $150,000 Runhappy S. "Team Runhappy RACING COMMISSION APPROVES NEW KY DOWNS considers it an honor and privilege to sponsor these prestigious OWNERS and storied races," said James McIngvale of Gallery Racing. "It is also our pleasure to support the expansion of the outstanding television programming as we continue to extoll the virtues of the living legend, Runhappy."

KEENELAND TO HOLD JOB FAIR Keeneland is readying for its 2019 Spring Meet with two employment events aimed at filling more than 2,000 seasonal positions: a Hiring Center that opens Feb. 25 and a Job Fair Mar. 9. Staffing covers Food and Beverage Service, Parking and Security, The Keeneland Shop, Admissions, Programs, Track Kentucky Downs | Equisport Maintenance and Guest Services for the Spring Meet, which The Kentucky Commission has approved noted covers 17 days of racing from Apr. 4-26, and Keeneland=s annual horseman and entrepreneur Ron Winchell and prominent and Kentucky Derby celebrations May 3-4. gaming executive Marc Falcone as majority owners of Kentucky AKeeneland offers seasonal staff the opportunity to work with a Downs. talented group of professionals, hone your own individual skill It was announced in mid-November that Kentucky Racing set and be part of a uniquely Kentucky tradition,@ Keeneland Acquisition, LLC, a new company co-founded by Winchell and President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Thomason said. Falcone, had agreed to purchase all the assets of Kentucky Downs from parent company Kentucky Downs Partners, LLC, the investment group that has owned the racetrack since 2007. The sale of the track and year-round entertainment center to EXCLUSIVE QUALITY RELOCATING TO WEST Winchell and Falcone is expected to close around Mar. 1. Ted VIRGINIA Nicholson will continue as Kentucky Downs= senior vice Leading Florida sire Exclusive Quality has been acquired by president and general manager, a post he has held the past Ronney Brown and Nicole Freeland's Pellinore Lane Farm and three years during which time both the Historical Horse Racing will stand at the Charles Town, WV, stallion station for the 2019 (HHR) gaming operation and live race meet have experienced breeding season. The stakes-winning son of Elusive Quality, who record-shattering growth. has total progeny earnings of nearly $13 million, will stand for a AObviously, we=re excited about what happened [Tuesday],@ fee of $1,000. "Not only is Exclusive Quality a proven commodity Winchell said of receiving KHRC approval to purchase Kentucky who ranks among West Virginia's top three active sires by Downs. AIt=s the first step toward closing the transaction. The progeny earnings for 2019, but he's as versatile as they come," racing and what=s going on at Kentucky Downs, we=re super Brown said. "Colts or fillies, dirt or turf, short or long, Exclusive excited to be part of it and to go forward.@ Quality's runners can do just about anything.@ The deal to sell AA lot of work to do, but as Ron said, we=re very excited to Exclusive Quality to Pellinore Lane was brokered by New come to Kentucky, own Kentucky Downs and do great things for Jersey-based bloodstock agent Michael Slezak. Kentucky racing,@ Falcone said. While awaiting approval, the new owners have been working on plans for a major facility expansion. AI don=t know when we can actually announce something, but we=re working pretty fast on stuff,@ Winchell said. AWe needed to get this closed first,@ Falcone said. ANow we STALLION SHOW can really focus on the business." WHERE: Buck Pond Farm, Versailles, Kentucky WHEN: Feb. 22, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info: www.buckpond.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sunday, Gavea, Brazil GRANDE PREMIO HENRIQUE POSSOLO-G1, BRZ$141,000 FOALING NEWS sponsored by (US$37,874), Gavea, 2-17, 3yo, f, 1600mT, 1:35.27, fm. 1--GRANDEZA (BRZ), 125, f, 3, by Put It Back 1st Dam: Vanua Leve (Brz) (MGSW & G1SP-Brz), by Wild Event 2nd Dam: Natla (Brz), by Joyeux Danseur 3rd Dam: Jaloux, by Quiet American *1ST GROUP 1 WIN. 1ST STAKES WIN. O/B-Haras Santa Maria de Araras (Brz); T-C Oliveira; J-M Goncalves. Lifetime Record: 6-2-3-1. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. SHERIFFA, 8, Posse--Smileforamile, by Unbridled=s Song 2--Lisboeta (Brz), 125, f, 3, Quick Road (Brz)--Desejada Quality Foal born Feb. 12, a filly by Flatter. (Brz), by Elusive Quality. O/B-Figueira do Lago (Brz); T-D Will be bred back to Flatter. Guignoni. Owned by West End Thoroughbreds. 3--Pineapple Pie (Brz), 125, f, 3, Wild Event--I Scream (Brz), by Boarded at Edition Farm. Ay Caramba (Brz). O/B-Haras Doce Vale (Brz); T-V Nahid. Accomplishments: MSW, $469,984. Margins: 2 3/4, 1 3/4, 1/4. Odds: 1.10, 2.40, 4.60. Also Ran: Mendieta (Brz), Gaivina (Brz), Naomi Broadway (Brz), HUMORISTIC, 18, Sefapiano--Latania, by Polish Numbers Little Bad Girl (Brz), Olympic India (Brz), Gana Forte (Brz), Mariko Foal born Feb. 15, a filly by Dialed In. Mori (Brz), Doppio Shanghai (Brz). Click for the free Will be bred back to Mendelssohn. Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. Owned by Lorian Peralto Ramos. Boarded at Cobra Farm. Sunday, Gavea, Brazil Accomplishments: MGSW, $526,862; dam of Easy Crossing GRANDE PREMIO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO-G1, (English Channel), MSP, $206,681. BRZ$139,000 (US$37,333), Gavea, 2-17, 3yo, c, 1600mT, 1:34.85, fm. ISLAND ESCAPE, 17, Petionville--Royal Deception, by Sovereign 1--GARBO TALKS (BRZ), 125, c, 3, by Put It Back Dancer 1st Dam: Road to Jamaica (Brz), by Blush Rambler Foal born Feb. 15, a filly by Into Mischief. 2nd Dam: Jamaica Road (Brz), by Ghadeer (Fr) Will be bred back to West Coast. 3rd Dam: Ivette Bay (Arg), by Halpern Bay Owned by/boarded at Machmer Hall. *1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Haras Do Morro; B-Haras Santa Maria Accomplishments: MSW, $325,010; dam of Tricky Escape (Hat de Araras (Brz); T-L Esteves; J-V Borges. Lifetime Record: Trick {Jpn}), MGSW, $887,160. 9-4-1-1. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: C. REDWOOD DANCER, 10, Forestry--Fiery Pursuit, by Carson City 2--Gol Na Certa (Brz), 125, c, 3, Wild Event--Requebra (Brz), by Foal born Feb. 3, a filly by Tapit. Put It Back. O-Stud Grenoble; B-Haras Santa Maria de Araras Will be bred back to Uncle Mo. (Brz); T-D Guignoni. Owned by/boarded at Mt. Brilliant. 3--Taksim (Brz), 125, c, 3, Discreet Cat--Taverne (Brz), by Accomplishments: Dam of The Virginian (Aus) (Hinchinbrook Torrential. O/B-Carlos Dos Santos (Brz); T-Morgado Neto. {Aus}), SW & G1SP, $206,692. Margins: 2, 1HF, 2 1/4. Odds: 2.80, 33.00, 7.60. Also Ran: Garrison (Brz), Olimpico (Brz), Leviatan (Brz), Olympic MINKS APRISE, 7, Northern Afleet--Couturier, by El Prado (Ire) Impact (Brz), Dark Bobby (Brz), Inforcer (Brz). Foal born Jan. 29, a colt by Into Mischief. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Will be bred back to American Pharoah. VIDEO. Owned by/boarded at Buck Pond Farm. Accomplishments: MSW & MGSP, $300,215.

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2019 Leading Fourth-Crop Sires By YTD Earnings for stallions standing in North America through Monday, Feb. 19 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 I'll Have Another ------122 27 223,369 1,408,980 (2009) by FYR: 2014 Stands: Ballena Vista Farm CA Fee: $6,000 Another Truth (JPN) 2 The Factor -- 6 -- 3 -- -- 118 34 100,019 1,065,884 (2008) by War Front FYR: 2014 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $15,000 Zuar 3 Stay Thirsty 3 4 1 2 -- -- 87 20 300,000 960,599 (2008) by Bernardini FYR: 2014 Stands: Lovacres Ranch CA Fee: $6,000 Coal Front 4 Union Rags 1 3 -- 2 -- -- 90 15 102,600 740,791 (2009) by Dixie Union FYR: 2014 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $60,000 Laughing Fox 5 Dialed In 1 2 ------48 12 250,000 716,866 (2008) by Mineshaft FYR: 2014 Stands: Darby Dan Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Gunnevera 6 Shackleford 1 3 -- 1 -- -- 96 20 51,840 654,775 (2008) by Forestry FYR: 2014 Stands: Darby Dan Farm KY Fee: $20,000 Excessivespending 7 Bodemeister -- 3 -- 1 -- -- 88 18 58,200 570,852 (2009) by Empire Maker FYR: 2014 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Calf Moon Bay 8 Gemologist -- 1 ------89 16 53,438 508,267 (2009) by Tiznow FYR: 2014 Stands: Arcadiana Equine LA Fee: $4,500 Daria's Angel 9 Creative Cause -- 3 -- 2 -- -- 70 15 60,768 471,788 (2009) by Giant's Causeway FYR: 2014 Stands: Airdrie Stud KY Fee: $20,000 Your Only Man 10 Tapizar -- 1 ------91 15 50,720 443,077 (2008) by Tapit FYR: 2014 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $10,000 Quietude 11 Maclean's Music -- 2 ------48 14 48,000 398,264 (2008) by Distorted Humor FYR: 2014 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $25,000 Beautiful Ballad 12 Astrology ------63 15 36,960 363,654 (2008) by A.P. Indy FYR: 2014 Stands: Acadiana Equine at Copper Crowne LA Fee: $4,000 Leah's Dream 13 Star Guitar -- 4 ------40 9 58,600 352,020 (2005) by Quiet American FYR: 2014 Stands: Clear Creek Stud LA Fee: $7,500 Testing One Two 14 Algorithms -- 2 ------49 11 36,580 343,332 (2009) by Bernardini FYR: 2014 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $5,000 Microrithms 15 Dominus -- 1 ------23 10 38,500 241,968 (2008) by Smart Strike FYR: 2014 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $5,000 Build to Suit

FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:00 p.m. EST BUENA VISTA S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Take These Chains (Ire) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Gunther, John D. & Eurowest Bloodstock Services Cox Pereira 120 2 Ms Bad Behavior K Blame Sayjay Racing LLC, Hall, Greg & Hubbard, Brooke Baltas Smith 120 3 Zaffinah (Ire) Casamento (Ire) Red Baron's Barn LLC & Rancho Temescal LLC Carava Bejarano 120 4 Fahan Mura K English Channel Bran Jam Stables & Clark, David W. Cerin Maldonado 122 5 Compelled War Front Glen Hill Farm Proctor Talamo 120 6 Amandine (GB) Shamardal Red Baron's Barn, Rancho Temescal & Shanderella Stables Mullins Van Dyke 120 7 English Dancer English Channel Slam Dunk Racing, Turf Stable II & Nentwig, Michael Baltas Desormeaux 120 8 Elysea's World (Ire) K Champs Elysees (GB) Sheep Pond Partners and All Pro Racing LLC Baltas Rosario 122 9 Vasilika Skipshot All Schlaich Stables LLC, Hollendorfer, LLC, Gatto Racing, LLC and Todaro, G. Hollendorfer Prat 124 10 Streak of Luck Old Fashioned Roncelli Family Trust Chew Baze 120

Breeders: 1-Eurowest Bloodstock, 2-Ron Clarkson, 3-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited, 4-Michael J. Moran, 5-Glen Hill Farm, 6-Lordship Stud, 7-Woodlawn Breeding Inc, 8-Haras D'Haspel, 9-Mikhail Yanakov, 10-Roncelli Family Trust

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

WEDNESDAY=S RACING INSIGHTS: family he is familiar with in Pep (City Zip). The chestnut is a half- sister to SW & GSP Orbolution (Orb) and their dam is a half to JUSTIFY=S HALF-SISTER MAKES CAREER BOW GISW turfer Jack Milton (War Front) and GSW Peace Preserver AT TAMPA (War Front), all three of which were trained by Pletcher. TJCIS Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency PPs by Christie DeBernardis

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8th-TAM, $22K, Msw, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 4:30 p.m. When West Point Thoroughbreds and Robert Evans went to IN SOUTH KOREA: $230,000 for EGYPTIAN STORM (Pioneerof the Nile) at the Golden Dial, c, 3, Dialed In--Katispsublue (MSP), by Comic Strip. 2017 Keeneland September sale, her year-older half-brother Seoul, 2-16, Hcp. ($53k), 1300m. B-Kathie Maybee (KY). Justify (Scat Daddy) had yet to step foot on the racetrack. Fast *$75,000 Wlg >16 FTKNOV; $50,000 2yo >18 FTMMAY. forward to present day and the bay filly, who makes her career Purchased & Consigned by de Meric Sales bow at Tampa Wednesday just 367 days after her champion Medici Glory, c, 3, Gemologist--Elusive Noise (SW), by Elusive half-brother made his debut, is now the sibling of the reigning Quality. Seoul, 2-17, Hcp. ($67k), 1400m. B-Sabana Farm (KY). Horse of the Year, whose historic six-race campaign culminated *$12,000 RNA Ylg >17 KEESEP; $90,000 2yo >18 OBSJUN. in a Triple Crown victory and a pair of Eclipse Awards. In Spring Back, c, 3, Gemologist--Frangible, by Broken Vow. Seoul, addition to the mighty Justify, who is breeding his first mares 2-17, Hcp. ($80k), 1200m. B-WinStar Farm, LLC, Burden Creek this season at Coolmore=s Ashford Stud, the Christophe Clement Farm & Clifton Farm LLC (KY). *$140,000 Wlg >16 KEENOV; pupil is also a half to GSW The Lieutenant (Street Sense), who $90,000 2yo >18 OBSAPR. also stands his first season this term at Sequel New York. Gainesway homebred Indigo Gin (Lemon Drop Kid) makes her Broken & Trained at SBM Training & Sales (Susan Montanye) debut in this salty maiden. She is out of the Galileo (Ire) mare Cheungdam Genie, g, 3, Haynesfield--Ghazo, by Ghazi. Seoul, Lady Bingo (Ire), who is a daughter of GISW Sharp Lisa (Dixieland 2-17, Hcp. ($53k), 1000m. B-Brereton C Jones (KY). *Won by six Band) and a full-sister to Irish Highweight Housesofparliament lengths as the 9-10 favorite. **1/2 to Yankee Master (Yankee (Ire) and Group 1 winner Foundry (Ire). Victor), SW, $232,747; Indian Way (Indian Charlie), SW & GISP, Mike Stidham unveils e Five Racing=s $375,000 FTSAUG buy $264,760; and Divine Beauty (Divine Park), SW, $155,200. Strange Design (Ghostzapper). Her unraced dam is a daughter ***$10,000 Ylg >17 KEESEP. of GISW Runup the Colors (A.P. Indy) and a half-sister to MGSW Daegun Jepae, c, 3, Run Away and Hide--No Llores Catita (Chi) Revolutionary (War Pass). This is also the family of Grade I (SW-Chi, $179,408), by Crary. Seoul, 2-16, Hcp. ($67k), 1700m. winners Mineshaft (A.P. Indy), Dickinson (Medaglia d=Oro) and B-Jeff Tanner (KY). *$37,000 Ylg >17 KEESEP; $50,000 2yo >18 Little Belle (A.P. Indy). Todd Pletcher saddles a first timer from a OBSAPR. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Thunder Blade, c, 3, Tale of Ekati--Regally Bred, by A.P. Indy. 8-Charles Town, Msw 4 1/2f, AZZURRA, 10-1 Seoul, 2-17, Hcp. ($67k), 1700m. B-Calumet Farm (KY). *$20,000 Ylg >17 KEESEP. He's Had Enough (Tapit), Woodford Thoroughbreds, $5,000 139 foals of racing age/14 winners/0 black-type winners Road Winner, c, 4, Discreet Cat--Princess Whinny, by Theatrical 8-Gulfstream, Msw 1mT, DIXIELAND HUMOR, 15-1 (Ire). Seoul, 2-17, Hcp. ($133k), 2200m. B-Serendipity Farm (KY). *Won by five lengths as the 1-2 favorite to take his record Uncaptured (Lion Heart), Ocala Stud Farm, $6,000 to seven victories from 10 career starts. **1/2 to Wireless 141 foals of racing age/11 winners/3 black-type winners Future (Scat Daddy), SP, $243,103. ***$13,000 Ylg >16 KEESEP; 8-Gulfstream, Msw 1mT, FOREVER MARTA, 30-1 $20,000 2yo >17 OBSAPR. $19,000 RNA OBS OCT yrl Jumbo Blade, c, 4, Mineshaft--Mumbo Jumbo (MSW, $168,366), 8-Gulfstream, Msw 1mT, UNCAPTURED ANGEL, 20-1 by Kingmambo. Busan, 2-17, Hcp. ($133k), 2200m. B-Sarah S $2,000 OBS WIN yrl; $27,000 OBS OPN 2yo Farish (KY). *1/2 to Crossword (A.P. Indy), GSP, $262,699; Trusty Temper (Successful Appeal), SW, $188,374; Island School (A.P. Indy), MGSP, $142,678; and Texting (Candy Ride {Arg}), GSW, $273,362. **$33,000 Ylg >16 KEESEP.

ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 9th-Santa Anita, $58,755, (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 2-18, 4yo/up, 1mT, 1:36.55, gd. IN PERU: SELLWOOD (r, 4, Girolamo--Princess Laila, by Souvenir Copy) Pionera (Per), f, 3, Caleb=s Posse--Desert Pioneer, by Pioneerof Lifetime Record: 12-2-6-2, $143,385. O-Gulliver Racing LLC; the Nile. Monterrico, 2-17, Maiden, 1000m, :58.41. B-Haras B-Silver Springs Farm Eqwine & Vineyard LLC (KY); T-Jeff Mullins. Los Eucaliptos. *$10,000 in utero >15 KEENOV. **1ST TIME *$40,000 Ylg '16 FTKJUL. STARTER. VIDEO Sold by Hunter Valley Farm

9th-Parx Racing, $57,540, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 2-19, 3yo, 6f, 1:12.41, ft. THISCATCANJUMP (c, 3, Jump Start--Cat Mistress {MSP, $242,857}, by Tale of the Cat) Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-1, $78,040. O-Richard Malouf; B-Richard Malouf (PA); T-Scott Lake. FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile), Airdrie Stud, $10,000 7th-Parx Racing, $40,250, (S), 2-19, (NW1BX), 4yo/up, f/m, 228 foals of racing age/24 winners/4 black-type winners 5 1/2f, 1:06.54, ft. 8-Gulfstream, Msw 1mT, LA CHAUFFEUR, 8-1 CAPTAIN SAM (f, 4, Weigelia--Captain's Windrose, by Captain $65,000 KEE NOV wnl; $195,000 KEE SEP yrl; $170,000 EAS MAY 2yo Bodgit) Lifetime Record: 13-2-3-0, $115,469. O-Cash is King LLC and LC Racing LLC; B-Wynoaks Farm, LLC (PA); T-Robert E. Reid, Capo Bastone (Street Boss), Adena Springs, $4,000 Jr. *$10,000 Ylg '16 EASOCT; $50,000 2yo '17 EASMAY. 32 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners JERSEY TOWN – BEES, BY RAHY FEE: $5,000 S&N

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5th-Mahoning Valley, $34,000, 2-19, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 5 1/2f, 1:04.04, ft. MANNFORD (g, 5, Ready's Image--Fallseed, by Forest Wildcat) Lifetime Record: SP, 21-5-6-3, $154,803. O-Ron Paolucci Racing, LLC; B-T/C Stable, LLC (OH); T-Jeffrey A. Radosevich. *$22,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT; $70,000 2yo '16 OBSOPN. **1/2 to Ivy Bell (Archarcharch), GSW & MGISP, $599,087. COURT VISION, Ryoan, m, 6, o/o Glaslyn, by Forestry. ALW, 2-19, Mahoning Valley FLATTER, Flawless Face, f, 3, o/o Fear the Facelift, by Fear the 2nd-Sunland, $25,900, 2-19, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:14.07, ft. Cape. MSW, 2-19, Mahoning Valley BLACK OPS (g, 6, Hard Spun--Rendition, by A.P. Indy) Lifetime GIROLAMO, Sellwood, r, 4, o/o Princess Laila, by Souvenir Copy. Record: 18-3-3-2, $100,107. O-John Pinkerton; B-G. Watts AOC, 2-18, Santa Anita Humphrey Jr., Susie Keller, Vicki Oliver & G. Watts Humphrey III HARD SPUN, Black Ops, g, 6, o/o Rendition, by A.P. Indy. ALW, (KY); T-Justin R. Evans. *$85,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; $24,000 RNA 2-19, Sunland 2yo '15 OBSMAR; $20,000 2yo '15 OBSOPN. JUMP START, Thiscatcanjump, c, 3, o/o Cat Mistress, by Tale of the Cat. AOC, 2-19, Parx Racing MUCH THE BEST, Sword of Roheryn, g, 3, o/o Esme, by Sultry 3rd-Mahoning Valley, $23,500, 2-19, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, Song. MSW, 2-19, Mahoning Valley 5 1/2f, 1:04.78, ft. READY'S IMAGE, Mannford, g, 5, o/o Fallseed, by Forest RYOAN (m, 6, Court Vision--Glaslyn, by Forestry) Lifetime Wildcat. ALW, 2-19, Mahoning Valley Record: 38-7-10-8, $147,173. O-Michael H. McMahon; B-Gail WEIGELIA, Captain Sam, f, 4, o/o Captain's Windrose, by Captain Wood (ON); T-Jay P. Bernardini. *C$4,700 2yo '15 CANNOV. Bodgit. ALW, 2-19, Parx Racing *Kasuga (Temple City), GSP, $356,007.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Flawless Face, f, 3, Flatter--Fear the Facelift (SW, $316,191), by Fear the Cape. Mahoning Valley, 2-19, 1m, 1:40.92. B-Joseph Strazzanti (KY). *$30,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEEJAN. Sword of Roheryn, g, 3, Much the Best--Esme, by Sultry Song. Mahoning Valley, 2-19, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:05.50. B-Trisha Belle Shepherd (OH).