Jeopardy! Champ, No Justification for Triple

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MALIBU MIGHT BE RACE OF THE YEAR JEOPARDY! CHAMP, NO Santa Anita=s always popular day-after-Christmas opener does JUSTIFICATION FOR TRIPLE not disappoint this year, with the co-featured GI Malibu S. for sophomore sprinters as interesting a race as has been CROWN NON-ANSWER assembled all season. Bob Baffert boasts four of the 14 who made it into the main body of the field, with one more on the also-eligible list for good measure. Leading his group is Pegram, Watson and Weitman=s McKinzie (Street Sense). Garnering the >TDN Rising Star= distinction for a track-and-trip romp last October, the bay was (somewhat controversially) promoted to first over stablemate Solomini (Curlin) in the GI Los Alamitos Futurity that December. More recently, he bested Axelrod (Warrior=s Reward) in the GI Pennsylvania Derby Sept. 22 before finishing a distant 12th when taking on his elders in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic Nov. 3. Solomini, meanwhile, has been off since finishing third in the GIII Affirmed S. around two turns here June 10. (Click to continue to p5)

IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Justify | Sarah Andrew GHISLAIN BOZO: A WORLD VIEW The Week in Review, by Bill Finley Tom Frary speaks with bloodstock agent Ghislain Bozo of Andrew Kung is one smart fella. He is a graduate student at the Meridian International. University of California, San Francisco and is working his way Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. toward a Ph.D in Bioinformatics, which is the science of collecting and analyzing complex biological data such as genetic codes. Last week, he enjoyed his 30 minutes of fame when he was champion on Jeopardy! Thursday, winning $21,000. But when the subject of horse racing arose, Kung and two other contestants were left scratching their heads when it came to a question that, one would think, anybody not living under a rock could answer. With a question worth $600 in the first round, host Alex Trebek, read: ABob Baffert trained two recent Triple Crown winning horses, American Pharoah in 2015 and this horse in 2018.@ The three contestants, which also included Carrie Blazina and Jackie Fuchs, stood there expressionless for a few seconds and said nothing. Trebek gave the answer, Justify (Scat Daddy), and moved on to the next question. Probably something the players would know something about, like Norse mythology. (video) The non-answer did not cost Kung and he went on to win the show by a dozen lengths or so, but he admitted to the TDN that he was embarrassed that he could not come up with the answer. Cont. p3 Sire 2019 Fee Distorted Humor $50,000 Tiznow $50,000 Tapit $225,000 Uncle Mo $125,000

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The Week in Review (cont. from p1) AYes, I was kicking myself a little bit,@ he said. ASomehow, I had Funny Cide in mind. On the Jeopardy set, though, you need to He said he=s a casual horse racing fan and knew very well that have a short memory and move on.@ Justify won the Triple Crown, but his mind just went blank. Kung believes that American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) was AI=m actually a casual fan of the sport,@ he said. AI enjoy going such a sensation, that he has overshadowed Justify, another to the racetrack occasionally. My aunt used to take me to Santa reason he whiffed on the question. Anita every so often when I lived in L.A. I live in San Francisco ATo me, America Pharoah winning the Triple Crown after all now and I go to Golden Gate sometimes. I lived in Boston for a those years was a huge story,@ he said. AI think because of that, while and I would also go to Suffolk Downs. I just completely Justify slipped under the radar a bit.@ blanked at the moment. It was just rattling around in my head. He said the episode was taped in mid-November. Ironically, If they had asked about the trainer, I definitely would have come just a few days beforehand he made his most recent trip to the up with Bob Baffert.@ racetrack. Kung distinctly remembers watching the Derby on television, AI went to Golden Gate Fields in early November,@ he said. but says he did not watch the Belmont. He remembers the race AThey had one of those nights with $1 beers and $1 hot dogs. because it was run over a wet track and says that every time he When I go, I=m just a small bettor. I like the 10-cent superfecta watches a race run in the slop it reminds him of the classic box.@ Seinfeld episode where Kramer overhears two bettors talking It=s quite possible that the Jeopardy! crew just wound up with about a mud-lover who is a sure thing and then goes to OTB to a trio that pays almost no attention to horse racing. bet on the horse. Nonetheless, it was an embarrassing moment for the sport as no AThose big races in the mud always remind me of that Seinfeld one could up with the name of the most recent Triple Crown episode, the one where Kramer says, >his father was a mudder, winner. The Kentucky Derby and the Triple Crown are supposed his mother was a mudder,=@ he said. to be among the very few events that resonate with the general Though Kung and the other two contestants did not attempt to public and not just the racing fan. answer the question, he said he was briefly tempted to blurt out Cont. p4 the name of another famous horse. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2018

Had Trebek asked who won this year=s GI Breeders= Cup Winningest Horse of 2018 Up For Grabs Classic, it would have come as no surprise if no one would have Blow The Whistle (Dixie Chatter) looked like the heavy come up with Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky). But the Triple favorite to land the title as the winningest horse of 2018 when Crown? the gelding went to the post in Saturday=s first at Laurel. With 10 When asked if the Jeopardy! debacle reflected badly on racing, wins on the year, he was tied with four other horses. But at 2-5, Kung said: AThat=s a tough question. I know it=s not in the he was a dud, finishing third in the five-horse field. cultural forefront like some other sports or has the same cache That leaves the door open for two others to take the title. as the more popular sports. But I feel it still has a dedicated Persie (Street Sense) will start Wednesday at Penn National. Hot following. Justify was definitely in the news.@ Rodin (Heat Shield) will seek win number 11 on the year Dec. 29 He said his cousin, whose mother is a big racing fan, gave him at Turf Paradise. hell for not knowing the answer and he is aware of the razzing he and his fellow contestants have been taking on social media. As for Blazina, she finished second behind Kung. She is a writer A Quiet Day in California for the Boston Globe and recounted her time on Jeopardy! in a There was no racing Saturday in Southern California as the Los Dec. 21 Globe story. When reached by the TDN, she refused to Alamitos meet is over and Santa Anita won=t open until Dec. 26. comment. My guess is she hasn=t made many trips to Suffolk Did the world as we know it come to an end? In a state where Downs lately or owns a Baffert bobblehead doll. there is way too much racing and not nearly enough horses, As for Kung, he said winning $21,000 as a student is a dream wouldn=t it be nice if the tracks could come together and come comes true and he promises he will pay close attention to next up with a schedule with many more dark days besides one year=s Triple Crown. Saturday in December? The time has come.

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Malibu Might be Race of the Year (cont. from p1) with another son of Speightstown in the form of Bobby=s Wicked One, who was second beaten a nose in the Steel Valley Another Baffert runner who cuts back is Ax Man Sprint S. at Mahoning Valley Nov. 19. Not to be left out of the (Misremembered). A head-turning sprint winner himself here on action is conditioner Chad Brown, who will ship in Klaravich New Year=s Day, the Earnhardt homebred took the two-turn Sir Stables=s Identity Politics (Into Mischief) off a close second Barton S. in the Pimlico slop in May but was a disappointing against older foes at Aqueduct Nov. 24. Seth Klarman=s Klaravich third at 1-2 in the GIII Matt Winn S. at Churchill June 16. He was co-owned Central Banker. last seen finishing third--again at odds-on--in the GIII Los Alamitos Derby over nine furlongs July 14. The quirky Nero (Pioneerof the Nile) was second behind Kanthaka (Jimmy Creed) in the GII San Vicente S. here in February, and returned off the long lay-off to take a Del Mar optional claimer Nov. 18. Kanthaka, by 2012 Malibu winner Jimmy Creed, is a three-time winner over track and trip--he most recently took the GIII Lazaro Barrera S. here back in May. The Malibu often features a formidable East Coast contingent, and this year is no exception. The precocious >TDN Rising Star= Copper Bullet (More Than Ready) aired in the GII Saratoga Special S. in August of his 2-year-old season, but went missing for more than a year. He picked up where he left off with a convincing allowance score going this distance at Churchill Nov. 23, and defeating older graded stakes winner Wild Shot (Trappe Shot) in the process. Trainer Al Stall, Jr. ran a close second in this race in 2013 with Central Banker (Speightstown), and he=ll look to go one better McKinzie | Equi-Photo TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 10 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2018

DREAM TREE BACK IN LA BREA Phoenix Thoroughbred III=s undefeated Dream Tree (Uncle Mo) makes her return to the races in Wednesday=s GI La Brea S. at Santa Anita. The $750,000 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream grad annexed last year=s GI Starlet S. and added the GII Las Virgenes S. in February, but was taken off the GI Kentucky Oaks trail due to a non-disclosed issue. The Bob Baffert pupil resurfaced to romp in Saratoga=s GII Prioress S. going six panels Sept. 2, but was scratched from both the GI Breeders= Cup F/M Sprint--and the Keeneland November Sale--after suffering an entrapped epiglottis during a breeze. Baffert boasts a record seven wins in the La Brea, but hasn=t taken it since 2012. The Hall of Famer will also saddle >TDN Rising Star= Emboldened (Elusive Quality). A debut romper here almost a year ago, the Godolphin homebred was third in a local optional claimer in February. She returned in May to annex the track- and-trip Angel Flight S. over MGISW Moonshine Memories (Malibu Moon), but hasn=t been seen since. Peter Miller has two chances at a second La Brea trophy. Mo See Cal (Uncle Mo), claimed for $25,000 over the summer, seeks her fourth consecutive victory. She most recently annexed an open Del Mar optional claimer going a two-turn mile Nov. 15. Kelly=s Humor (Midnight Lute), who took the Ellis Park Debutante S. at this distance and who was also third in the GI Test S. this summer while under the care of Brad Cox, settled for fifth from far back in a Nov. 16 optional claimer first off the trainer switch. Wesley Ward pupil Happy Like a Fool (Distorted Humor), a two-time graded winner, got a confidence builder in a Churchill optional claimer Nov. 25 after bringing $1.45 million at Fasig- Tipton November. Now owned only by the Coolmore partners, she was co-campaigned by Merriebelle when she finished sixth in the GI Breeders= Cup F/M Sprint. Three-time Cal-bred stakes winner Spiced Perfection (Smiling Tiger) most recently took the Betty Grable S. at Del Mar Nov. 11.

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BATTLE READY FOR SAN ANTONIO The Bob Baffert trainee, 5-2 on the morning-line, will once again be ridden by Joe Talamo. Battle of Midway (Smart Strike), the 9-5 morning-line favorite, AHe=s a fun horse to ride,@ Talamo said of Dabster, who worked will be looking for his third straight victory when he goes a bullet four furlongs in :46.60 last Friday in the company of postward in Wednesday=s GII San Antonio S. at Santa Anita. The GI Malibu S. contender Solomini (Curlin). AHe shows up every bay colt was an open-length time, and even when he loses, he winner of the Comma to the Top really tries hard. It should be a S. over the Arcadia oval Oct. 28, good race with him and Battle of but had to outbattle a Midway. They=re two good horses. determined Dabster (Curlin) to Hopefully, we can flip the page this win the Nov. 25 GIII Native Diver time.@ S. at Del Mar last time out. Gift Box (Twirling Candy) will be AHe hasn=t missed a beat [in his making his first start for trainer training],@ Dan Ward, assistant to John Sadler and Hronis Racing. The trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, said of 5-year-old has not been out since Battle of Midway=s preparation winning a Mar. 24 optional- for the San Antonio. AHe ran a claiming race at Aqueduct for W. S. good race last out. He had to go Farish and trainer Chad Brown. head and head all the way, so Third in the 2015 GII Remsen S. that should have him plenty fit. Battle of Midway holds off Dabster in Native Diver | Benoit and fourth in the 2016 GI Travers He=s worked well here at Santa S., the handsome gray is looking Anita and he=s run well here, so he=s ready to go.@ for his first graded stakes tally in the San Antonio. He turned in a Battle of Midway will break from post two in the nine-horse bullet five-furlong work in 1:00 flat Dec. 19 at Santa Anita. 1 1/16-mile race and Dabster will be just to his outside in post three. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 10 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2018

RIVER BOYNE FACES 10 IN MATHIS BROTHERS Todd Pletcher ships Gidu (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) west as the Zayat River Boyne (Dandy Man {Ire}) will face 10 rivals as the 8-5 Stables runner looks to rebound from recent lackluster efforts. morning-line favorite in the Winner of a pair of stakes last spring, the gray colt was far from GII Mathis Brothers Mile S. disgraced when sixth in the Wednesday at Santa Anita. A two- June 22 G1 Commonwealth Cup time graded stakes winner, the at Royal Ascot. Back stateside, dark bay colt just missed out on a he was fourth in the Aug. 3 top-level score when second, GII Hall of Fame S. and was beaten a half-length, in the Dec. 1 seventh over the main track in GI Hollywood Derby last time at the Aug. 25 GI H. Allen Jerkens Del Mar. He was unable to hold off S. before finishing fifth in the Raging Bull (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in Oct. 6 Belmont Turf Sprint and the late stages of that 1 1/8-mile seventh in the Nov. 3 Showing race, and cuts back a furlong Up S. at Gulfstream Park West Wednesday. The consistent River last time out. Boyne, trained by Jeff Mullins, has Zayat Stables will also be won five of eight starts this year, represented by the Richard including the Nov. 4 GII Twilight River Boyne | Benoit Baltas-trained Desert Stone Derby and the Aug. 5 GII Del Mar (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who Derby. broke his maiden over the Santa Anita lawn in May and added a optional-claimer over course and trip in June. Third in the Twilight Derby, he is coming off an eighth-place finish in the Hollywood Derby.

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Members of the TDN staff reveal what TDN Rising Star they're most excited to see race in 2019. IMPROBABLE

Improbable winning the Street Sense | Coady Photography The main difference between the two, at least so far, is This is a fairly obvious choice, but what I liked most about running style. Justify came right out of the box running, rattling Improbable (City Zip) was his clear development between each off splits of :21.80 and :44.37 on debut, and he was never worse start of his three-race juvenile campaign. Though he got the job than second at any call in any of his six career races. Improbable, done at 2-5 first out at Santa Anita Sept. 29, I felt that he ran the though far from slow early, does his best running from behind second best race, laying off a sizzling speed duel and just getting the speed and figures to be able to use that tractability to his up by a neck over one of the tiring pace actors. Shipped to advantage as we move into Derby season. Churchill for the Street Sense S. Nov. 2, he overcame some early --Joe Bianca, Associate Editor traffic and left no doubt as to his potential when scampering away in the stretch to a 7 1/4-length romp. Given his initial two- turn test in the Dec. 8 GI Los Alamitos Futurity, the chestnut appeared to be struggling with the track pretty significantly, tugging at the bit and trying to bear out on the first turn. Once he found his footing, however, he strode clear powerfully, leaving his fellow >Rising Star= stablemate Mucho Gusto (Mucho GLOBETROTTING JOCKEY LERMYTE SETTLES Macho Man) in the dust to the tune of a five-length score. The ON NORTH AMERICA by Bill Finley Beyers for his three races reflect his progression on the eye test, Jerome Lermyte wanted to be more than just a jockey. The as he graduated from an 85 in his debut to a 93 in the Street 30-year-old Frenchman wanted to see the world and saw a Sense to a 96 at Los Alamitos. riding career as his ticket to do so. In his passport, you=ll find With his copper color, white blaze and trademark Bob Baffert stamps from the U.S., Canada, France, South Korea, Australia, blue shadow roll, Improbable aesthetically evokes memories of Switzerland, Germany, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius and a few Justify taking the racing world by storm over the winter and others. spring. I see similarities in their strides as well, with each colt AThat was my dream before I even thought about riding looking like they=re jumping twice as far as their opponents horses,@ Lermyte said. ASeeing the world and traveling. France is when they lengthen their gait. such a small country compared to the rest of the world.@ TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 10 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2018

AI wanted to do more than ride in France,@ Lermyte continued. In 2017, he connected with Casse and won 26 races, but no AI wanted to see the world and I felt that way since I was very stakes. Casse uses many riders at Woodbine, and Lermyte was young. Everywhere I was going, I was winning. Anywhere I went, primarily getting the weaker horses in his stable. That was I wanted to succeed. I didn=t want to just be a tourist there. I did pretty much the case at the beginning of 2018, but Lermyte kept very well in Macau. But I still didn=t want to stay in one place. I plugging away and Casse=s confidence in him grew. He won 37 wanted to move around, see new places and learn.@ races, including seven stakes. But his years of wanderlust have at last come to an end. AHe is very loyal and also a top trainer,@ Lermyte said of Casse. Thanks to an in with the Mark Casse stable, Lermyte is staying AHe will pick the best jockey to do to the job. If you watched the put, riding at Woodbine through most of the year and Fair early part of the Woodbine meet, at first I was only riding Grounds during the winter. Though not Cassse=s No. 1 rider, he longshots. For him, that=s normal because he had two main gets many quality mounts from one of the nation=s top trainers riders, Gary Boulanger and Patrick Husbands. But I started and has learned to be content with seeing Toronto and New winning stakes for him and from there he started to give me Orleans and not much more. more mounts because I was Lermyte attended the French delivering good results. By the jockey school in 2004 when he end of the year I was riding was just 16 and made his riding many of his best horses.@ debut a year later. Like many He is so pleased with how young French riders trying to get things have gone at Woodbine started, he found out how that he has put away his world difficult it can be to break in. atlas. French racing is dominated by a AI=m not that same kid that handful of major stables who wants to see everything,@ he have contracts with major said. AI=ve seen most of the best riders. The rest fight for the racetracks in the world. I=m scraps. Lermyte did have an happy where I=m at and I love association with the Aga Khan=s Woodbine.@ stable, but would only get to Had Lermyte tried to ride in ride for them when stable rider North America 10 years earlier, Christophe Soumillon was not Jerome Lermyte guides Shamrock Rose to victory in La he probably wouldn=t have had available. Lorgnette S. at Woodbine | Michael Burns much success. With the influx of In 2010, he decided to pack his bags. His first stop was riders coming in from Latin American countries, trainers, at first, Mauritius. As he attempts to go over the chronology of the weren=t paying attention to the handful of riders coming here various countries that he had stopovers in, even he sometimes from France. can=t keep track. Did he go to Macau before Korea or Korea Julien Leparoux was the first to break through. Then Florent before Macau? Geroux, after struggling mightily at the beginning of his U.S. AI enjoyed all the places I rode,@ he said. AThey all had their career, took off. Flavien Prat was next. The three are now all own different charms and beauty. Everyone of them had considered top 10 U.S. riders. something about them that you would love. All the experiences AOne thing that I know from traveling all over the world, if you were great and everywhere I went I learned something and don=t get that chance, you will struggle,@ he said AYou need to discovered something.@ have somebody with a good stable to back you. When Flo got The time came, however, where Lermyte figured out he=d be here, he was not popular. Trainers weren=t used to giving better off sticking to one place, establishing a reputation and someone named Florent with a French accent a shot. They were finding a stable that would back him, knowing that he wasn=t much more likely to go for Latin riders. They didn=t know going to stay for a year and then head somewhere else. anything about the French riders. One hundred percent, those He came to the U.S. in 2015 and won his first-ever race here, guys made it easier for me. They helped me get a chance, but at Sam Houston. He was close friends with Florent Geroux and once you get that chance you have to deliver.@ Geroux convinced him to come to Arlington and said he would Having now settled down and riding for Casse and other top help him get established. He won 27 races in the U.S. in 2015 Canadian trainers, he has set his sights on winning major, Grade and looked like he was on his way. But 2016 was a disaster. He I races, even a Breeders= Cup. was kicked by a horse and spent most of the year trying to get It can happen. Just don=t go anywhere. healthy. He won just three races. Want to list your job? 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Breeders: 1-Stilvi Compania Financiera SA, 2-Calumet Farm, 3-Ecurie Des Monceaux, 4-James Mann, 5-Limestone & Tara Studs, 6-Paget Bloodstock, 7-Arkle Bloodstock, 8-Haymarket Farm LLC, 9-Millennium Farms &Distorted Humor Syndicate, 10-Tim Thornton, Robert Watt & Doug Glass, 11-Moreau Bloodstock International, Inc Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 6:30 p.m. EST AMERICAN OAKS S.-GI, $300,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/4mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Kodiak West (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Gainesway Stable and Naify, Marsha Drysdale Atzeni 120 2 Colonia (Fr) Champs Elysees (GB) Madaket Stables LLC, Dubb, Michael, Motion Bravo 122 Lagasse, Maurice and Haras d'Etreham 3 K P Pergoliscious (Ire) K Declaration of War Karl Pergola Mullins Baze 120 4 Amandine (GB) Shamardal Red Baron's Barn, LLC, Rancho Temescal, LLC Mullins Smith 120 and Shanderella Stables 5 Princess Warrior Midshipman Trommer, Evan, Trommer, Matthew and McPeek Hernandez, Jr. 122 Trommer, Andrew 6 Paved K Quality Road Eclipse TB Partners and Ciaglia Racing LLC McCarthy Van Dyke 122 7 Retro K Giant's Causeway LNJ Foxwoods Mandella Blanc 120 8 Competitionofideas K Speightstown Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Rosario 120 9 Californiagoldrush Cape Blanco (Ire) Alice Bamford Drysdale Prat 122

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HALLWAYFEEDS.COM 800 753 4255 The victor shares a second dam, MGSW Trip (Lord At War {Arg}), with MGISW Bolt d’Oro. His unraced dam is responsible for an unraced juvenile filly by Blame named Require and foaled a Flatter colt this season before returning to Algorithms. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- Tipton. GRAVESEND S., $101,100, Aqueduct, 12-23, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10.52, ft. 1--RECRUITING READY, 120, c, 4, Algorithms--Need, by Strong Hope. ‘TDN Rising Star’ ($110,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $240,000 RNA 2yo '16 FTFMAR). O-Sagamore Farm LLC; B-Claiborne Farm (KY); T-Stanley M. Hough; J-Eric Cancel. $55,000. Lifetime Record: 16-6-1-4, $489,645.

Graduate of Excel Bloodstock (Bruno DeBerdt), Agt 2--Skyler's Scramjet, 122, g, 4, Creative Cause--Abundantly Blessed, by Phone Trick. ($25,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT; $70,000 2yo '16 EASMAY). O-SJB Stable & Marcello Micozzi; B-Tommy G Ligon (KY); T-Michelle Nevin. $20,000. Sold by Brookdale for Tommy and Terri Ligon 3--Gold for the King, 122, g, 4, Posse--Gold for the Queen, by Gold Token. O/B-Francis J. Paolangeli (NY); T-Charlton Baker. $12,600. Margins: HD, 3/4, 3HF. Odds: 8.70, 5.00, 0.75. Recruiting Ready holds off Skyler’s Scramjet | Susie Raisher Also Ran: Life in Shambles, Always Sunshine, Runaway Lute. Recruiting Ready, always dangerous when left on an easy lead, got his preferred trip Sunday at Aqueduct and just held on late to capture the Gravesend S. Winner of the Bachelor S. and Chick Lang S. as a sophomore last term, the ‘Rising Star’ went winless in his next four starts before annexing a Belmont optional claimer with a career-top 106 Beyer May 17. Backing up to fifth after setting a hot pace in the GII True North S. there June 8, he had been unseen since IN ORDER OF PURSE: and transferred from Horacio DePaz to Stan Hough’s barn in the 7th-Aqueduct, $71,313, Alw, 12-23, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, meantime. Away well and put on the engine by Eric Cancel as 1:52.26, ft. the fourth choice, the bay dictated terms in the clear through POINT TO REMEMBER (c, 3, Point of Entry--Miss Isella {MGSW modest splits of :22.20 and :45.49. Shaking off a mild bid from & GISP, $648,631}, by Silver Charm), a fifth-out graduate odds-on Gold for the King to his inside passing midstretch, Aug. 20 at Saratoga, was runner-up to future GSW Plainsman Recruiting Ready had to turn back one final charge from Skyler’s (Flatter) Sept. 27 at Belmont and filled the same slot when Scramjet and found the wire just in time to prevail. missing by a head here Nov. 14. Sent off as the 2-5 chalk in this “The plan was to let him break and try to get the lead spot, the chestnut traveled in third off of a :24.37 quarter and comfortably without doing too much with him, and that's the :49.36 half. Looking to be spinning his wheels on the far turn, way it worked out,” said Cancel. “I let him on the lead, put my the chalk came alive in the stretch and took the lead at the hands down, and when he was ready to run, I asked him, and he furlong pole before edging away to a 1 1/4-length success. was still grinding it out.” Blewitt (Uncle Mo) was second. The winner has an unraced juvenile half-sister by Awesome Again named Light Festival, a TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 4 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2018 yearling Candy Ride (Arg) half-sister and a weanling half-brother 3rd-Gulfstream, $39,600, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), by Fort Larned. His dam was bred to Mucho Macho Man this 12-23, 2yo, 1m, 1:36.42, ft. spring. Lifetime Record: 8-2-4-1, $160,308. Click for the FEDERAL CASE (c, 2, Gemologist--Delilahjane, by Elusive Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Quality), a session-topper at Keeneland November when O-Stronach Stables; B-Adena Springs (KY); T-James A. Jerkens. purchased from WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and SF Racing for $650,000 following a debut graduation Oct. 19 in Lexington, was transferred from the Rodolphe Brisset barn and returned here with a fresh bullet half-mile in :48 2/5 (1/8) Dec. 14 at Palm 5th-Gulfstream, $40,900, Alw, 12-23, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 1m, Beach Downs. Backed down to 2-5 favoritism, the bay tracked 1:36.28, ft. the speed of distant second choice Frosted Grace (Mark Valeski) RAISING THE FLAG (c, 3, Tapit--Milwaukee Appeal {Ch. 3yo through splits of :24.50 and :47.48. Those two remained in a Filly-Can, MSW & MGISP, $1,198,674}, by Milwaukee Brew), race of their own, and Frosted Grace appeared to get away from off the board in his first two starts, was claimed for $50,000 out the favorite past midstretch, but Federal Case kept on plugging of an Oct. 25 graduation at Keeneland and returned to dust away and tagged his rival by a neck on the wire. The victor has a starter allowance foes Nov. 17 at Churchill. Off at 19-10 here, yearling full-brother named D J’s Gem. Sales History: $180,000 the gray stalked the pace of a longshot through splits of :24.58 Ylg '17 KEESEP; $650,000 2yo '18 KEENOV. Lifetime Record: and :47.44, took over approaching the straightaway and edged 2-2-0-0, $64,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, clear before holding sway from The Scotsman (Sky Mesa) by sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 1 1/4 lengths. The winner is a full-brother to Actress, MGSW, O-Lawana L. & Robert E. Low; B-Kings Way Farm (KY); T-Todd A. $545,150. His dam produced fillies by Tapit each of the last two Pletcher. seasons and was bred to Malibu Moon this spring. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $65,720. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey; B-Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc. (KY); T-Michael J. Maker.

10th-Gulfstream, $40,600, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 12-23, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.34, fm. HARD LEGACY (f, 2, Hard Spun--Stone Legacy {GISP, $225,651}, by Birdstone) impressed with a seven-length graduation IN ORDER OF PURSE: debuting on yielding Keeneland grass Oct. 20 and was made the 6th-Aqueduct, $60,000, (S), Msw, 12-23, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:20.91, public’s 3-2 choice to double up here. Tracking from fifth ft. through a :22.93 quarter, the bay pulled her way into contention SHE TAKES CHARGE (f, 2, Take Charge Indy--She's Ready Made, down the backstretch and went on with it three-eighths from by More Than Ready), supported to 14-5 favoritism in this full home. Inching away into the stretch, she kept finding in the field of Empire-bred babies, tracked from the inside in fifth closing stages to hold off French invader Early Time (Fr) (Charm behind a :22.79 quarter. Angling out on the latter half of the Spirit {Ire}) by 1 1/2 lengths. The winner’s dam, a distant runner- turn, the homebred assumed command three sixteenths from up to the great Rachel Alexandra in the 2009 GI Kentucky Oaks, home and drew away to a seven-length romp. Delta Gamma has a yearling colt by Mr Speaker and foaled a Graydar colt this (Alpha) completed the exacta. The victress has a yearling half- term before being paired with Bird Song. Lifetime Record: sister by Constitution and her dam produced a Malibu Moon filly 2-2-0-0, $64,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, this term before visiting Flatter. Sales History: $75,000 RNA Ylg sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. '17 EASOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $33,000. Click for the O/B-Marylou Whitney Stables LLC (KY); T-Norm W. Casse. Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Broken and Trained by Randy Bradshaw O/B-Newtown Anner Stud (NY); T-Dermot Magner.

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11th-Gulfstream, $44,800, Msw, 12-23, 2yo, f, 5fT, :56.88, fm. chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. AVENIDA MANANA (f, 2, Street Boss--Auntgrace, by Lion Heart) O-Zayat Stables, LLC; B-Hunter Valley Farm & Adrian Regan (KY); was off the board in two main track starts to begin her career T-Michael J. Maker. before perking up with a third on the Gulfstream West turf Raised & Sold by Hunter Valley Farm Nov. 22. Given a 44-5 chance in this spot, the chestnut took EQB weanling purchase • www.EQB.com advantage of a stutter-step start from favored Lady Grace (Kantharos) and made the point through a :21.79 quarter. Turning back the bid of a longshot challenger nearing the lane, she kicked clear past the furlong grounds and held sway from the chalk to triumph by 1 1/4 lengths. The victress’s dam is responsible for a yearling Palace Malice filly named Kona Kai and dropped a Gemologist filly this term before visiting Normandy Invasion. Sales History: $75,000 Wlg '16 KEENOV; $80,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-1, $29,950. Click for the ALLOWANCE RESULTS: Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 3rd-Laurel, $50,290, (C)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 12-23, 3yo/up, 6f, O-Sandra New; B-T/C Stable, LLC (KY); T-David Fawkes. 1:08.04, ft. UNCONTESTED (c, 4, Tiz Wonderful--Galileo's Star, by Lil E. Tee) Lifetime Record: SW & GSP, 13-4-1-1, $241,893. O-Robert V. LaPenta & Harry T. Rosenblum; B-Richard Forbush (KY); 7th-Gulfstream, $40,200, Msw, 12-23, 2yo, 6f, 1:10.60, ft. T-Jennifer Patterson. *$20,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. **1/2 to Solitary OVERDELIVER (c, 2, Overanalyze--Social Scene, by Tabasco Cat) Ranger (U S Ranger), GSW, $243,396. flashed speed in a sharp worktab at Palm Beach Downs, capped by a half-mile gate spin in :49 flat (6/23) Dec. 17, and was 7th-Delta Downs, $44,000, (S), 12-22, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m, 7f, backed down to even-money favoritism. Stalking from second 1:28.01, ft. through a :22.48 quarter, the chestnut took charge once turning BLUE SUADE GUITAR (f, 3, Star Guitar--Persuading {MGSP, for home and inched clear despite racing greenly to score by $271,187}, by Broken Vow) Lifetime Record: SP, 8-3-2-2, two lengths over longshot pacesetter Bodexpress (Bodemeister). $110,010. O/B-Brittlyn Stables, Inc. (LA); T-Victor Arceneaux. The winner is a half to Princess La Quinta (Quality Road), GSW, $178,148. Sales History: $22,000 RNA Wlg '16 KEENOV; 8th-Delta Downs, $41,000, 12-22, (C), 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:20.01, $100,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $24,000. ft. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- MISTAKE PRESENT (g, 4, Kitten’s Joy--Stop the Lights, by Storm Tipton. Cat) Lifetime Record: 23-4-4-3, $109,346. O-Sandy Badeaux & O-Repole Stable; B-Pegasus Stud, LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. Dale White, Sr.; B-Diamond A Racing Corp. (KY); T-Dale White, Sr. *$335,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm Hip 952 - Dam Selling at KEEJAN with TAYLOR MADE Hip 953 - Half-Bro Selling at KEEJAN with TAYLOR MADE 7th-Turfway, $17,747, Msw, 12-22, 2yo, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:17.75, Hip 415 - 1/2-sister sells at KeeJan with GAINESWAY ft. ZYPTO (c, 2, Bodemeister--Quick Flip {SW}, by Speightstown) ran a distant third debuting here Nov. 30 and was made the 6th-Penn National, $29,736, 12-22, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 1 1/16m, 17-10 chalk to go two better in this spot. Tracking the pace from 1:45.94, gd. a close-up fourth through a :22.61 quarter, the bay sidled up to INDYGO BREEZE (g, 5, Indygo Shiner--Sea Breezer {GISP, second choice Roughin the City (City Zip) past a half in :45.58 $142,980}, by Gulch) Lifetime Record: 30-5-6-4, $122,067. and crept to the fore late to best that rival by a neck. Quick Flip, O-Ten Strike Racing; B-Emilie Gerlinde Fojan (KY); T-Juan Carlos a stakes winner as a juvenile, is responsible for a yearling Will Guerrero. *$23,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP. **1/2 to Shore Breeze Take Charge filly and foaled a colt by Runhappy this term before (Danzig), SW, $152,948. visiting Into Mischief. Sales History: $110,000 Wlg '16 KEENOV. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $12,950. Click for the Equibase.com – Chris McGrath, TDN 12/18/18

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6th-Charles Town, $24,500, (S), 12-22, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m, 4 1/2f, :52.86, gd. GHOST FEVER (f, 3, Fiber Sonde--Ghost Canyon, by Indian Charlie) Lifetime Record: 12-3-4-1, $67,003. O/T-Javier Contreras; B-John D. McKee (WV). *Full to Hidden Canyon, MSW, $319,338; and Bullets Fever, MSW, $227,424. ALGORITHMS, Recruiting Ready, c, 4, o/o Need, by Strong Hope. Gravesend S., 12-23, Aqueduct 5th-Charles Town, $24,000, (S), 12-22, (NW2L), 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, BODEMEISTER, Zypto, c, 2, o/o Quick Flip, by Speightstown. 1:21.45, gd. MSW, 12-22, Turfway OCEAN LILLY (f, 2, Flashback--Miss Henny Penny {SP}, by Half FIBER SONDE, Ghost Fever, f, 3, o/o Ghost Canyon, by Indian Ours) Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-0, $32,838. O-Smart Angle LLP; Charlie. ALW, 12-22, Charles Town B-Catherine K Jennings & Scott Mallory (WV); T-Jeff C. Runco. FLASHBACK, Ocean Lilly, f, 2, o/o Miss Henny Penny, by Half *$50,000 Ylg '17 EASOCT. Ours. ALW, 12-22, Charles Town GEMOLOGIST, Federal Case, c, 2, o/o Delilahjane, by Elusive Quality. AOC, 12-23, Gulfstream GIANT'S CAUSEWAY, Ballston, f, 3, o/o Cayuga's Waters, by 8th-Tampa Bay Downs, $21,000, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($32,000), Langfuhr. MSW, 12-23, Tampa Bay 12-23, 3yo/up, 7f, 1:23.79, ft. HARD SPUN, Hard Legacy, f, 2, o/o Stone Legacy, by Birdstone. KILLYBEGS CAPTAIN (c, 4, Mizzen Mast--Al Maha, by Holy Bull) AOC, 12-23, Gulfstream Lifetime Record: 16-4-3-1, $175,653. O-Curragh Racing II, LLC; INDYGO SHINER, Indygo Breeze, g, 5, o/o Sea Breezer, by Gulch. B-H. Allen Poindexter (KY); T-John P. Terranova II. *$20,000 Ylg ALW, 12-22, Penn National '15 KEESEP; $75,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR. KITTEN'S JOY, Mistake Present, g, 4, o/o Stop the Lights, by Storm Cat. ALW, 12-22, Delta Downs MIZZEN MAST, Killybegs Captain, c, 4, o/o Al Maha, by Holy Bull. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: AOC, 12-23, Tampa Bay Ballston, f, 3, Giant’s Causeway--Cayuga's Waters (SW, OVERANALYZE, Overdeliver, c, 2, o/o Social Scene, by Tabasco $194,422), by Langfuhr. Tampa Bay Downs, 12-23, 1 1/16m Cat. MSW, 12-23, Gulfstream (off turf), 1:47.29. B-Brant M. Laue & Ashford Stud (KY). POINT OF ENTRY, Point to Remember, c, 3, o/o Miss Isella, by *$235,000 Ylg '16 FTSAUG. **1/2 to Glorious View (Pleasant Silver Charm. ALW, 12-23, Aqueduct Tap), GSW, $307,190; Cascadilla Falls (E Dubai), SW, $140,310; SKY MESA, Blue Mesa, g, 3, o/o Ilusoria, by Maria's Mon. MSW, and Highball (Lemon Drop Kid), MGSP, $229,471. 12-22, Turfway STAR GUITAR, Blue Suade Guitar, f, 3, o/o Persuading, by Blue Mesa, g, 3, Sky Mesa--Ilusoria (GISP), by Maria's Mon. Broken Vow. ALW, 12-22, Delta Downs Turfway, 12-22, 1m (AWT), 1:37.84. B-John C. Oxley (KY). STREET BOSS, Avenida Manana, f, 2, o/o Auntgrace, by Lion *$40,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP. **1/2 to Peak Maria’s Way (Pyramid Heart. MSW, 12-23, Gulfstream Peak), MSW & GSP, $409,435. STROLL, Freedom Matters, c, 3, o/o Merryvale, by Bertrando. MSW, 12-23, Gulfstream TAKE CHARGE INDY, She Takes Charge, f, 2, o/o She's Ready Freedom Matters, c, 3, Stroll--Merryvale, by Bertrando. Made, by More Than Ready. MSW, 12-23, Aqueduct Gulfstream, 12-23, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.18. B-Four Horsemen's TALE OF THE CAT, Science Fiction, f, 4, o/o Another World, by Ranch (FL). Maria's Mon. MCL, 12-23, Aqueduct Science Fiction, f, 4, Tale of the Cat--Another World (SW, TAPIT, Raising the Flag, c, 3, o/o Milwaukee Appeal, by $189,503), by Maria's Mon. Aqueduct, 12-23, (C), 6f, 1:13.69. Milwaukee Brew. ALW, 12-23, Gulfstream B-Pin Oak Stud, LLC (KY). *$60,000 4yo '18 FTKHRA. TIZ WONDERFUL, Uncontested, c, 4, o/o Galileo's Star, by Lil E. Tee. AOC, 12-23, Laurel

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ARIMA KINEN GOES TO HARBINGER COLT GHISLAIN BOZO: Before a crowd of over 100,000, Blast Onepiece (Jpn) A WORLD VIEW (Harbinger {GB}) held off favoured Rey de Oro (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) by a neck to capture the G1 Arima Kinen at Nakayama on Sunday. The 2500-metre event was the first Group 1 victory for the Silk Racing colourbearer and his trainer, Masahiro Otake. Drawn in stall eight, the 8-1 third choice perched out in the middled of the course as Kiseki (Jpn) (Rulership {Jpn}) charged up to show the way while shadowed by Oju Chosan (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}) and Mikki Rocket (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}). Blast Onepiece was seventh 800 metres out as Kiseki rolled through the first 1700 metres in 1:43.5. Rallying with 600 metres to travel, the Northern Farm-bred surged up into fourth a quarter mile from the winning post, but Kiseki still hung on gamely to the lead as rivals began to inch closer. Collaring the longtime leader inside the final 100 metres, the colt just withstood the late bid of 6-5 crowd=s pick Rey de Ghislain Bozo | Scoop Dyga Oro who lunged late, but missed by a neck. Cont. p7

By Tom Frary IN TDN AMERICA TODAY In the sphere of longitudinal lines, order is given to and MALIBU MIGHT BE RACE OF THE YEAR connections are made within a world of complex variety. It is no The GI Malibu S. at Santa Anita on Boxing Day boasts a full field coincidence that Ghislain Bozo, son of the famed stud manager of 14. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Antoine, named his agency Meridian International when taking the plunge in 2002 to bring together the divergent racing and breeding forces of the globe. Responsible for buying the likes of Danedrop (Ire) (Danehill)--dam of the brilliant Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB})--and being involved in Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) as a yearling, the 49-year-old has been at the forefront of the drive to thrust France into the heart of international competition. His career trajectory is one of those epics that cannot be told in brief, but the main point is that he was not pushed into racing and breeding by Antoine and Claire Bozo, who stood at the helm of the beautified Haras du Mezeray. Instead allowed breathing space to probe the world and find his own metier, he gained a rich source of experience that underlines the success of Meridian International during the first two decades of this millennium. And experience is the keyword. It is one that Ghislain uses often as he seeks to define his method of dissecting what he terms as Aquality@ in the Thoroughbreds that he scans with his keen eye. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 24 DECEMBER 2018

Ghislain Bozo: a World View Cont. from p1

AHorses have to have speed and generosity, tenacity and quality,@ he states. AWhat quality is is not so easy to describe. It=s in the head and the coat of the horse, its attitude. It=s what makes a horse different from another. It is one way to look at horses that works well and something you define as you gain experience.@ That experience had its roots way back in his infant and childhood years at Haras du Bois Roussel, Haras de Mortree and at Mezeray, and although he admits that Awe lived around horses, but I was not passionate, to be honest,@ the enchantment of such glorious surroundings and the atmosphere of a historic stud farm is forceful and seeps into the material of those who live within its confines. After extensive travels in the States, India and Germany, where the world of business was his focus, he honed an outlook trained on further afield than just France. Eventually, the pull of the trade in horses that had lured his ancestors proved too much and he took up a position at UNIC, which is his birth country=s promoter of the domestic horse industry around the world. After setting up the French Racing and Breeding Committee, it was his business orientation which truly set him on the way to renown. A meeting in the early 2000s with Lucien Urano, who had made his name with French trotters under the auspices of Ecurie des Charmes, proved a waymark as the move to reinstate Ecurie des Monceaux as a major operation with international significance began.

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AI introduced my brother [the established Henri] to Mr. Urano and he developed the farm for him and we bought him quite a lot of young mares and yearling fillies. Among those yearlings were three Group 1 winners in the first three years, so we had quite quick success there and that really got him started,@ Ghislain reflects. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 24 DECEMBER 2018

Ghislain Bozo: a World View Cont. AHenri did a good job and launched the stud and that=s how it began. Mr. Urano gave me a real opportunity to succeed and it gave me a stronger exposure to top bloodstock. I then did an MBA in Paris, which really gave me more confidence in business and then I started Capital Pur Sang with Nicolas de Chambure which enjoyed success with a small amount of capital.@ It was under Capital Pur Sang that the filly Dream Peace (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) was purchased for i250,000 at the 2010 Arqana Horses In Training Sale before going on to win the G2 Prix de la Vice President, International Operations Nonette and prove herself a genuine top-level performer. Sold Gary King for 2.7 million guineas at the 2013 Tattersalls December Mares Twitter: @garykingTDN Sale, she was a benchmark for the operation which also bought [email protected] into the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere hero Wootton Bassett as he + 1.732.320.0975 entered stud. AI met more clients through that platform, International Editor including Laurent Dassault who is among my main clients today Kelsey Riley along with the top breeding operations of Ballylinch Stud, Haras Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN de la Perelle, Gestut Brummerhof and Ecurie des Charmes.@ [email protected] With his entrepreneur spirit, it is no surprise that Ghislain wants a shake-up of France=s status quo which he sees as partly European Editor focused in the wrong direction. AThere are a lot of reasons to be Emma Berry optimistic, but at the same time we are in a transitional phase,@ Twitter: @collingsberry he explains. AWhen it comes to the French scene, we are in a [email protected] pivotal moment and we need to make the necessary reforms. Associate International Editor We have a very good system in the PMU, which is very Heather Anderson beneficial to the industry, but we have to change a very French Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN way of thinking concerning the redistribution of premiums which has some pernicious effects. It brings a little bit of laziness Marketing Manager in the selection, as you have average horses getting a return due Alayna Cullen to the premiums. We need to keep that system but make it Twitter: @AlaynaCullen more efficient with selectivity in mind. That will balance the [email protected] offer and encourage investment in better stock and therefore Contributing Editor enhance our competitiveness. Cont. p4 Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN

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Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey

Regular Columnists Chris McGrath Andrew Caulfield John Berry Kevin Blake Tom Peacock Ghislain Bozo | Zuzanna Lupa TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 24 DECEMBER 2018

Ghislain Bozo: a World View Cont. Looking to 2019, Ghislain is keen on a set of fillies with elite pedigrees. AI have two I bought in partnership with David AFrance has a long racing history and a complex racing Redvers for Qatar Racing, and for Laurent Dassault and a institution. We need to restructure this institution and get Chinese client on my side. One is called Sparkle Roll (Fr) people to adapt. There is now a strong awareness among French (Kingman {GB}) [a half-sister to last year=s Epsom Derby hero professionals and hopefully we will move forward. There are a Wings of Eagles (Fr) (Pour Moi {Ire}) who took a Haydock maiden lot of good fundamentals like Chantilly, probably the best impressively in September for the John Gosden stable] and the training centre in the world, beautiful racetracks, racing other is with Francois Rohaut and is called Big Brothers Pride programs and fantastic breeding operations, so it is more a (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) [a half to this year=s G1 Prix Maurice question of adapting better to the current world. We need to de Gheest winner Polydream (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) who took reduce the number of racetracks and concentrate on attracting a Chantilly contest on her sole start in October]. There is also new crowds and business people in the best possible comfort. Mythic (Fr) (Camelot {GB}) from the family of Wings of Eagles That=s why France Galop wanted to invest in the new who I bought for Ecurie des Charmes and who is in training with ParisLongchamp, which was a really good thing and necessary. It Alain de Royer-Dupre. She won her only start impressively [at will take time, but hopefully we will get there.@ Angers in November]. We also bought a very nice filly, Solage With the UK government in disarray regarding the act of (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), with John O=Connor for Ballylinch Stud and collective self harm known as Brexit, like most others Ghislain is Ecurie des Charmes [for i1-million at the recent Arqana cautious about the aspect of losing the benefits of easy trade December Sale] and we hope for the best with her. She is a with Britain. AI am also very concerned about Brexit and I think beautiful and well-bred filly.@ everyone can be,@ he adds. AI=m sure long term we can find ways The acquisition of four such high-profile fillies is evidence that to overcome the issues, but it is still a concern.@ Meridian International is building all the time. Through a trained AAs far as bloodstock is concerned, there is a very strong acumen and a keen sense of what constitutes a choice polarisation in ownership, with a few people with a lot of money Thoroughbred, there is a suspicion that Ghislain Bozo can take but it goes around them a bit too much. Every country needs to the family name to new heights. He has what it takes to not only widen that base of ownership through marketing and better survive, but excel in these unsettled times. prize money for better organization and better redistribution. The cost of producing a horse has become extremely expensive and stallion fees are probably unreasonable, so we need to be careful with that inflation. What we do have in France is a lot of new, young people and operations in the racing and breeding industry and that is quite exciting. There are reasons to be optimistic as well.@

AMY MEAGHER Amy Meagher, Marketing Coordinator at Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, answers our questions.

TDN: Tell us about your career to date?

Amy Meagher: I don't have a family background in the industry, but my parents were very much supportive of my interest in horses and encouraged me to start riding ponies at a young age. Growing up in County Kildare I regularly went racing and that's Sparkle Roll | Racing Post where I developed my desire for a career in the industry. Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 24 DECEMBER 2018

Young Guns: Amy Meagher Cont. AM: I have never really considered pursuing a career in any AM: While studying Equine Science at the University of Limerick, other industry. From a young age I have always aspired to work I gained hands on experience with Thoroughbreds working at in horseracing in some capacity. I think I would still work in Ashford Stud in Kentucky and also at Newtown Stud in Naas. marketing with a focus on digital marketing. I also find sports After graduation I worked for a time as Marketing and psychology really interesting, though I don't think an industry Advertising Assistant for the Irish Racing Yearbook, followed by change is on the horizon for me. a six-month internship with Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. I joined the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) team as TDN: If you had 24 hours to get someone interested in the Marketing Coordinator in September 2017. horseracing industry how would you do it?

TDN: If you could be one person in the industry for a day who AM: I believe there's more to racing than just the winning post would it be and why? and I think most people who are involved in the industry are in it because of the love of the animal. With that in mind, I would AM: There are plenty of industry brains I would love to pick, but take a holistic approach with a view to telling the wider story I think it would be especially insightful to be Miss Patricia O'Kelly behind the racing and breeding industry. I think visiting a stud of Kilcarn Stud for one day. Miss O'Kelly is absolutely iconic. It's farm, a sales complex, a breaking and training yard and remarkable what she has achieved for so many years, obviously attending a race meeting would help tell the whole consistently producing top-class story and hopefully spark racehorses and sale-toppers. interest. Even to scratch the surface of her expertise and depth of TDN: What was your biggest knowledge on the bloodstock achievement in 2018? industry would be phenomenal. AM: It has been a year of TDN: What is the best piece of soaking up knowledge and advice you've ever received? applying the learning I have received from the highly AM: Over the years I have experienced people in ITM and received two pieces of advice the remarkable industry people that have resonated with me. my role has afforded me the The first was given to me by a opportunity to meet. I'm pleased teacher while I was preparing for Amy Meagher | Irish Thoroughbred Marketing to have reached some of my an exam. She said "Don't forget professional and personal goals, the five Ps: Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance." The building sound foundations for a much larger goal I have set next best piece of advice was "Set your bar high and strive to myself for 2019. Milestones of note in 2018 include co-hosting exceed it." my first international event with ITM and running in my first charity race. TDN: What is the best aspect of your current job? TDN: Who was your horse of 2018 and why? AM: I like all aspects of my job, the role is rewarding and challenging in equal measure. When I'm in the office I enjoy AM: Justify, without a doubt. The Triple Crown is the one of the researching markets and producing new content for our social greatest challenges in horseracing and it takes a very special media channels. I'm very lucky because I regularly get out and horse, with a rare combination of pedigree, attitude, training about with my job. ITM has a presence at every Irish-based and versatility to win it. For Justify to win six races in quick bloodstock sale and I love going to Goffs and Tattersalls, as well succession, while making history as the first horse in 136 years as hosting events for our international clients. to win the Kentucky Derby without having raced as a juvenile, as well as becoming only the second undefeated horse to win the TDN: If you weren't working in the horseracing industry what Triple Crown is, in my opinion, beyond extraordinary. Cont. p6 would you be doing? TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 24 DECEMBER 2018

Young Guns: Amy Meagher Cont.

TDN: What is your New Year's resolution?

AM: Generally, I don't make New Year's resolutions. I think it's Sunday=s Results: far more productive to set and review goals year round, rather PRIX MISS SATAMIXA-Listed, i52,000, Deauville, 12-23, than pile on the pressure in January. I also think it's important to 3yo/up, f/m, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:26.06, st. remain open and receptive to the changes a New Year might 1--LUNCH LADY (GB), 123, f, 3, Shamardal--High Maintenance bring. (Fr), by Highest Honor (Fr). 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (GB); T-Freddy Head; J-Maxime Guyon. i26,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, i46,750. *1/2 to Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), Hwt. Older Horse-Eur & UAE at 7-9.5f, MG1SW-Eng, G1SW-Fr & UAE, $6,287,999. 2--Silvery Mist (Fr), 123, f, 3, Stormy River (Fr)--Misty Heights (GB), by Fasliyev. (i55,000 Ylg >16 AROCT). O-Roy Racing Ltd. i10,400. 3--Lilly Kafeine (Fr), 123, f, 4, Myboycharlie (Ire)--Hamida, by TREVE WILL VISIT SEA THE STARS NEXT YEAR Johannesburg. (i18,000 RNA Ylg >15 OSLATE). O-Mme Nathalie Memran. i7,800. Champion and dual G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe heroine Margins: SHD, HD, HD. Odds: 7.80, 7.00, 9.00. Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) will visit fellow Arc victor Sea The Also Ran: Jazz Melodie (Fr), Heavenly Holly (Ire), Manaha (Fr), Stars (Ire) at His Highness the Aga Khan=s Gilltown Stud in 2019, Imperial Tango (Fr), L=Arc (Jpn), Moisson Precoce (GB), Spotless Al Shaqab Racing announced via Twitter on Sunday. The Mind (Ire), Haya of Fortune (Fr), Pattie (GB), Thousand Oaks (Fr), daughter of Trevise (Fr) (Anabaa) is currently carrying to Siyouni Fouqueville (Fr), I Am Charlie (Fr), Magical Dreamer (Ire). (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}), who stands at Haras de Bonneval in France. Lunch Lady registered a Mar. 15 debut win tackling one mile in AArc-winning champions Treve and Sea The Stars are set for a a newcomers= heat at Chantilly and was on the shelf after hitting date this spring,@ Al Shaqab Racing said via Twitter. AThe star the board in ParisLongchamp=s Apr. 24 Listed Prix Finlande in her mare is in foal to the Aga Khan Studs= Siyouni.@ only other start last time. Positioned in midfield until turning for While Treve=s first foal, a yearling colt by Dubawi (Ire) is home, she was shaken up passing the quarter-mile marker and unnamed, her weanling filly by Shalaa (Ire) (Invincible Spirit kept on resolutely under a late drive to secure a career high in a {Ire}) has been christened Paris (Fr). blanket finish. Lunch Lady is one of four scorers out of G3 Prix Gladiateur third High Maintenance (Fr) (Highest Honor {Fr}), herself a daughter of MGSW G2 Prix de Royallieu victress Fabulous Hostess (Fabulous Dancer), and the homebred grey is kin to MG1SW European highweight Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), the unraced 2-year-old filly High Profile (GB) (Dansili {GB}), a yearling colt by Dubawi (Ire) and a 2018 colt by Lope de Vega (Ire). She shares her GSP third dam Young Hostess (Fr) (Arctic Tern) with G1 Pretty Polly S. heroine Thistle Bird (GB) (Selkirk) and MGSW G1 Cantala S. runner-up McCreery (GB) (Big Bad Bob {Ire}). Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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CONDITIONS RESULTS: 1st-Deauville, i35,000, Cond, 12-23, 3yo, 9 1/2f (AWT), 1:58.03, st. PERFECT CITY (IRE) (g, 3, Elusive City--Tall Perfection, by Distorted Humor) Lifetime Record: 10-3-2-3, i64,920. O-Ecurie I M Fares; B-Haras de Manneville (IRE); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. *i40,000 RNA Ylg >16 ARAUG. Arima Kinen Goes to Harbinger Colt Cont. from p1

3rd-Deauville, i35,000, Cond, 12-23, 3yo, 6 1/2f (AWT), Cheval Grand (Jpn) (Heart=s Cry {Jpn}), who tanked along near 1:16.47, st. the rear of the field for much of the race, got up for third 1 1/4 ABSOLUTE CITY (FR) (f, 3, Elusive City--Absolutely True {GB}, by lengths behind, with Mikkie Rocket rounded out the superfecta Westerner {GB}) Lifetime Record: SW-Fr, 13-4-4-2, i122,150. another 1 1/2 lengths back. O/B-Jean-Claude Seroul (FR); T-Frederic Rossi. AAs I had drawn a middle gate, I was a bit worried of being caught between horses so I settled him toward the outside,@ said pilot Kenichi Ikezoe. AHe ran well and though we were closed in by the race favorite at the end, he held on really well. I=ve been telling everyone that he is a Group 1 horse and I=m happy that I was able to prove it.@ A winner of his first three trips to the post, including the Mar. 24 1800-metre G3 Mainichi Hai, Blast Onepiece ran fifth in the IN UNITED STATES: G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) at the end of May, but Beau Recall (Ire), f, 4, Sir Prancealot (Ire)--Greta d=Argent (Ire), bounced back in the G3 Niigata Kinen over 2000 metres at by Great Commotion. Fair Grounds, 12-22, Blushing K. D. S. Niigata on Sept. 2. Fourth trying 3000 metres for the first time in ($75k), 1 1/16mT, 1:41.71, gd. B-Tom Wallace (Ire). *€17,000 the G1 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger), the colt was the only 3- Ylg >15 TISEP. **GSW & GISP-US. year-old in the Arima Kinen field and toted 121 pounds to victory, the same as fillies Mozu Katchan (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}) (eighth), who won the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup and Smart Hip 237 - Selling at KEEJAN with TAYLOR MADE Layer (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) (13th).

Great Wide Open (Ire), g, 6, Starspangledbanner (Aus)--Market Pedigree Notes... Hill (Ire), by Danehill. Fair Grounds, 12-22, Buddy Diliberto One of 24 black-type winners for his sire, Blast Onepiece is Memorial S. ($74,250), 1 1/16mT, 1:41.47, gd. MG1SW Harbinger (GB) (Dansili {GB})=s fourth Group 1 winner B-Newtownanner Stud (Ire). *€26,000 Wlg >12 GOFNOV; and first from his 2015 crop. He joins Mozu Katchan, Deirdre 18,000gns Ylg >13 TAOCT; 45,000gns HRA >16 TATAHI. **GISP. (Jpn) (G1 Shuka Sho) and Persian Knight (Jpn) (G1 Mile Championship). Both Mozu Katchan and Blast Onepiece share IN UAE: King Kamehameha (Jpn) as a broodmare sire. After foaling Blast Tafaakhor (Ire), g, 4, Dark Angel (Ire)--Tellelle (Ire), by Trans Onepiece, the three-time winner Tsurumaru Onepiece, herself a Island (GB). Abu Dhabi, 12-23, Hcp. (AED90k), 1600mT, daughter of Fantasy S. bridesmaid Tsurumaru Glamor (Jpn) (Fuki 1:37.53, gd. Lifetime Record: 26-3-5-4, $47,597. O-Shiekh Kiseki {Jpn}), produced the juvenile filly Victoria Piece (Jpn) Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum. B-Ms. Ashley O=Leary (Ire). (Victoire Pisa {Jpn}), who has already won at Kokura in two T-Ali Rashid Al Rayhi. *€65,000 Wlg >14 GOFNOV; 190,000gns starts to date and a yearling filly by Orfevre (Jpn). Tsurumaru Ylg >15 TAOOCT. Glamor is a half to G2 Nikkei Sho victor and G1 Tenno Sho (Spring) runner-up Al Nasrain (Jpn) (Admire Vega {Jpn}). This is also the family of French Group 2 winner and G1 Italian Oaks Follow the TDN staff on Twitter third Summer Trip (L=Emigrant). Click for the free Thoroughbred Daily News Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. (Click here to return to p1) @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry

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THE DERBY >DREAM= IS VERY MUCH ALIVE by Alan Carasso The results of the G1 Queensland Derby have played an increasingly important role in the 4YO Classic series in Hong Kong over the last few years, with that race=s winners Eagle Way (Aus) (More Than Ready) and Ruthven (Aus) (Domesday {Aus}) having been imported for lofty sums. Neither of those managed to claim the HK$18 million on offer for the BMW Hong Kong Derby--Eagle Way has managed three group wins and multiple Group 1 placings--but the recently retired Werther (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}) parlayed a runner-up effort at Doomben in 2015 into victory and future superstardom at Sha Tin nine months hence. Dark Dream (Aus) (All American {Aus}) is the latest Blast Onepiece | JBIS photo Queensland Derby hero to make his way into Hong Kong and is raced by Albert Hung, owner of ill-fated Derby winner and Horse of the Year Rapper Dragon (Aus) (Street Boss)--and, in the spirit Sunday, Nakayama, Japan of full disclosure, the disappointing Ruthven. Backing up on two ARIMA KINEN-G1, ¥574,800,000 weeks= rest and contesting the same 2000m handicap won in (US$5,179,733/£4,100,196/€4,552,748), Nakayama, 12-23, 2017 by Derby favourite and recent G1 Longines Hong Kong 3yo/up, 2500mT, 2:32.20, gd. Vase (2400m) hero Exultant (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), Dark Dream 1--BLAST ONEPIECE (JPN), 121, c, 3, Harbinger(GB) showed that he will take a fair amount of beating in this year=s 1st Dam: Tsurumaru Onepiece (Jpn), domestic centrepiece with a stunning 4 1/2-length victory. by King Kamehameha (Jpn) Sent off a $4.20 (16-5) chance off a close third on Hong Kong 2nd Dam: Tsurumaru Glamor (Jpn), by Fuji Kiseki (Jpn) debut on International Races day, Dark Dream settled well off an 3rd Dam: Elatis, by El Gran Senor easy tempo, but began his run on the turn, was guided down to 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Silk Racing; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); the inside in the lane by Silvestre de Sousa and, in a final-furlong T-Masahiro Otake; J-Kenichi Ikezoe. ¥303,360,000. Lifetime rally reminiscent of Werther in the 2016 G1 QE II Cup, streaked Record: 7-5-0-0. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the home to win by daylight (video) over a track affected by a eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. steady day-long drizzle. Fellow Classic hopeful Harmony Victory 2--Rey de Oro (Jpn), 126, c, 4, by King Kamehameha (Jpn)--La (Brz) (Public Purse) could do no better than fifth as the $2.10 Dorada (Jpn), by Symboli Kris S. O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern (11-10) favourite. Farm (Jpn); -120,960,000. AHe handled very well and he=s a horse who is going to be in 3--Cheval Grand (Jpn), 126, h, 6, Heart's Cry (Jpn)--Halwa Sweet the big races. He looked impressive to me,@ de Sousa told South (Jpn), by Machiavellian. O-Kazuhiro Sasaki; B-Northern Farm China Morning Post. AI knew if we were good enough to go (Jpn); -75,480,000. around then we were good enough to go on the inside. At the Margins: NK, 1 1/4, 1HF. Odds: 7.90, 1.20, 21.70. same time he is still a bit green and he got to the 300m and he Also Ran: Mikki Rocket (Jpn), Kiseki (Jpn), Satono Diamond (Jpn), just starts looking around. He=s just immature and still getting to Sakura Empereur (Jpn), Mozu Katchan (Jpn), Oju Chosan (Jpn), know the place.@ Makahiki (Jpn), Mikki Swallow (Jpn), Ridge Man (Jpn), Smart Winning trainer Frankie Lor said Dark Dream would cut back in Layer (Jpn), Perform a Promise (Jpn), Clincher (Jpn), Sounds of trip for the Hong Kong Classic Mile Jan. 27. Earth (Jpn). AComing back to 1600m for the Classic Mile may be a bit short, Click for the Racing Post chart. JRA Video. but I have to try and, of course, I hope he=s a Derby horse,@ the DID YOU KNOW? conditioner told SCMP. Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) was tabbed as a “TDN Rising Star” FIND US ON FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews Visit the TDN Rising Stars section TDN EUROPE • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 24 DECEMBER 2018

Victory Treasure (Aus), g, 6, Redoute=s Choice (Aus)--Rekindled Applause (GB) (MSP-Ity, $164,827), by Royal Applause (GB). Sha Tin, 12-23, Hcp. (A$250k), 1200mT, 1:10.67. B-G S A Bloodstock Pty Ltd (Vic). *Formerly Rekindled Effort (Aus). **GSP-Aus. ***A$50,000 Ylg >14 INGEAS. VIDEO

AUSTRALIAN GROUP 1 RACES B 2018/2019 Date Race Track Feb. 9 C. F. Orr S. Caulfield Feb. 16 Lightning S. Flemington Feb. 23 Blue Diamond S. Caulfield Futurity S. Caulfield Oakleigh Plate Caulfield Dark Dream | HKJC photo Mar. 2 Chipping Norton S. Warwick Farm Surround S. Warwick Farm Australian Guineas Flemington Mar. 9 Randwick Guineas Randwick Canterbury S. Randwick Australian Cup Flemington Newmarket H. Flemington Mar. 16 Coolmore Classic Rosehill Mar. 22 William Reid S. Moonee Valley IN HONG KONG: Mar. 23 Golden Slipper S. Rosehill Tornado Twist (Aus), g, 3, Denman (Aus)--More Glory (Aus), by George Ryder S. Rosehill More Than Ready. Sha Tin, 12-23, Hcp. (A$167k), 1200mT, Ranvet S. Rosehill 1:10.40. B-Warringal Bloodstock Pty Ltd (Vic). *Formerly Wind The Galaxy Rosehill Archer (Aus). **A$105,000 Ylg >17 INGFEB. VIDEO Rosehill Guineas Rosehill Perfect Match (Aus), g, 3, Not A Single Doubt (Aus)--Modave Mar. 30 The Tancred S. Rosehill (NZ), by Montjeu (Ire). Sha Tin, 12-23, Griffin Trophy Vinery Stud S. Rosehill (Restricted) (A$363k), 1400mT, 1:22.63. B-Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd (NSW). *1/2 to Schiffer (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}), SP-Aus, THE CHAMPIONSHIPS A$379,000. **A$130,000 Ylg >17 INGFEB. VIDEO Apr. 6 Doncaster H. Randwick Styling City (Aus), g, 3, Starspangledbanner (Aus)--Secret T J Smith S. Randwick Liaison (Aus) (SW & GSP-Aus, A$424,005), by Artie Schiller. Sha ATC Australian Derby Randwick Tin, 12-23, Hcp. (A$354k), 1000mT, :57.32. B-Hesket ATC Sires= Produce S. Randwick Bloodstock (Vic). *A$300,000 Ylg >17 INGEAS. VIDEO Apr. 13 Queen Elizabeth S. Randwick Dark Dream (Aus), g, 4, All American (Aus)--Buchanan Girl (Aus), Sydney Cup Randwick by Lion Hunter (Aus). Sha Tin, 12-23, Hcp. (A$354k), 2000mT, ATC Oaks Randwick 2:02.18. B-Miss J E Healey (NSW). *G1SW-Aus. VIDEO Queen of the Turf S. Randwick Picken (Aus), g, 4, Duporth (Aus)--Baby Boom (Aus), by Redoute=s Choice (Aus). Sha Tin, 12-23, Hcp. (A$167k), Apr. 20 All Aged S. Randwick 1400mT, 1:23.03. B-Kitchwin Hills, Whitby Bloodstock (NSW). Champagne S. Randwick *A$80,000 Ylg >16 MMGCYS. VIDEO May 4 Schweppes Oaks Morphettville Happy Force (Aus), g, 4, Pierro (Aus)--Hosiery (Aus), by Night UBET Classic Morphettville Shift. Sha Tin, 12-23, Hcp. (A$167k), 1400mT, 1:22.97. May 11 Doomben 10,000 S. Doomben B-Bowness Stud (NSW). *1/2 to Long John (Aus) (Street Cry SA Derby Morphettville {Ire}), Hwt. 4yo-UAE at 7-9.5f, G1SW-Aus, GSW-UAE, GSP-Eng, May 18 Doomben Cup Doomben $1,018,606. **A$280,000 Ylg >16 MMGCYS. VIDEO The Goodwood Morphettville

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The eight from its own draft in 2018 were all from first-season THREE BRIDGES' STRONGEST sires, but in 2019, it has just one from that category with lots from Australia's top stallions such as Snitzel, I Am Invincible, EVER MILLIONS DRAFT More Than Ready (USA), Written Tycoon and Sebring. "It=s the best draft we=ve taken to the Magic Millions in ten years. If the buyers are there, I think we=ll have a good time and I know that Magics will be working hard to get them there," he said.

Unencumbered's Legacy Builds The loss of young Three Bridges stallion Unencumbered after surgery complications last March was a significant blow to the Liston family. They had given him significant support, and as is often the case, it is only after he died that his progeny have taken off on the track. "It took us six months to get a 2-year old winner and this year it has been five already, it=s one of those things that always seems to happen when you lose a stallion," he said. "I think Toby Liston | Three Bridge there is only Better Than Ready and I Am Invincible who have more 2-year old winners than him." by Bren O'Brien Three Bridges is offering two of his progeny at Millions, lot 53, With its strongest-ever Magic Millions draft and at least two of a filly out of Recurring (NZ) (Pentire {GB}) and lot 277, a colt out its graduates from 2018 qualified for the 2YO Classic, Three of Voltdanze (Danzero). The colt is a half to G2 Brisbane Cup Bridges Thoroughbreds' Toby Liston is hoping for big things on winning mare, Sedanzer (Sebring), a family that also includes the Gold Coast next month. stakes-placed So Detached (One Cool Cat). Liston admits he has learned a lot about the market in his 10 "Like Sedanzer, he's going to get over 1600-2000m, but he's a years of taking yearlings to the Gold Coast sale and feels he has jump-and-run colt that won't be expensive. He will be a good got the right mix in their draft of 11 for January. opportunity for somebody to buy a nice horse," he said. Cont. p2 "I suppose it=s pretty simple to us, when we first started, 11 years ago. we didn=t have one good enough to go to Magic Millions, so it=s always been our target," he said. "After 11 years, I think we have now got two qualified in the race and we only sold eight last year, that's a good sign." While the on-track results of the 2018 draft have already been good with Courseshewill (Unencumbered) to be joined by March sale graduate Oh Five Glory (Unencumbered) and possibly two others sold through Three Bridges in the 2019 2YO Classic--Liston admitted last year was a reality check for he and his team at the sales. "Last year we went to the market and didn=t have the proven product and we got caned. This year we've adjusted and we have what I think the market wants. I guess time will tell. The sales ring can be the biggest leveller," he said. Unencumbered | Three Bridges TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 2 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 24 DECEMBER 2018

Three Bridges MM Draft Cont. from p1 "I did a foal share with Damion Flower, and her three quarter brother was Magic Millions runner-up Chauffeur. We own half Meanwhile, Recurring, a winner of the G1 Railway S in New each. She's a jump-and-run 2-year-old, and people will look at Zealand, has also produced two stakes-performed horses in her and think she could be in the race next year and that's what Time After Time (Danehill Dancer) and Coming Back (High you want to sell at Magics," Liston said. Chaparral {Ire}). "Neither of them will be dear, but they are two lovely animals Saving the Best for Last that will find a good homes, I think there are only three in the The highlight of Three Bridges' draft, according to Liston, will sale and only Zoustar is beating him on the second season sires be their final offering, lot 861, which will sell on the Saturday list," Liston said. "There's not a lot on offer, the ones I have are night. quality and they will find a nice home. Somebody will get "The Brazen Beau is pretty special. She's the perfect horse for rewarded for sticking their hand up." this sale. She out of a General Nediym mare called Nixon," he said. Flying Out of the Blocks That makes her closely related to Tasmanian I'm Wesley (I Am It will be a fast start to the sale for Three Bridges, which has Invincible), who recently collected his fourth stakes win. Liston is five of its 11 lots set down for the opening day on Jan. 9. lot 46, expecting a strong response to the second crop of Darley's a filly by Coolmore's first-season stallion Vancouver out of Brazen Beau at the sales. stakes-winner Raid (NZ}, gets things underway. "Brazen Beau will probably be the hottest second-season sire "She's a lovely filly and her sister last year made A$210,000 by at the sales, a bit like the Zoustars were last year." he said. "He's Shooting To Win. This one is probably a step up again. She's by got the favourite for the Slipper and had another good winner Vancouver and we don=t know how the market will take to recently so you=d expect him to be very popular." them, but she's a ripping filly and I think she=ll find a nice home," he said. "She's probably a miler. She's out of a small Pins mare and Vancouver can leave you a big horse, so I think it's probably Click Here to read today=s edition of the right mix. I wouldn=t expect her to be an early 2-year old, but TDN AusNZ. Highlights Include: she is a class filly." Michelle Bradley Revelling in Her New Role Snitzel Filly From a Millions Family There is a strong Magic Millions pedigree to the lot 511, filly by Winx Statue Set for Rosehill Snitzel out of Denarii (Dehere {USA}), making her a close relative to 2006 2YO Classic winner Mirror Mirror (Dehere) as well as the Tony McEvoy Baffled by Cuts in SA runners-up in the 2012 and 2017 races No Looking Back (Redoute's Choice) and Chauffeur (Snitzel). Brooklyn Hustle Back With Jason Warren

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