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WHIP STROKES REDUCED TO FIVE IN FRANCE SANTA ANITA WIN WHETS Jockeys in France will not be permitted to strike their mount FOLEY'S APPETITE more than five times in a race beginning Mar. 1, after the Jurisdictional Council of France Galop reduced the permitted number of strokes from six to five, France Galop announced on Wednesday. French stewards are allowed to use their discretion and not discipline jockeys for utilizing a sixth strike until after Mar. 14. In a further rules change, jockeys are also not permitted to raise their elbow above the plane of the shoulders when using their whip. For a first-time whipping infraction, jockeys are fined €75 and for the fourth offense, if occurring within two months of the first offense, they will be suspended for eight days. For raising the elbow above the shoulder, a first offense results in a warning, with the penalties increasing until there will be a minimum three-day suspension handed out for the fourth offense if taking place within two months of the first infraction. Cont. p5 Shane Foley is all smiles aboard Classic winner Jet Setting Racingfotos.com by DaithR Harvey It's been quite a winter for Irish Classic-winning jockey Shane Foley. He got married in December and having taken in Miami and Barbados on honeymoon with his wife Lorraine, he was back on American soil early in the New Year to ride Platinum Warrior (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) at Santa Anita for his boss Zhang Yuesheng. Their first outing together since last year's G3 Airlie Stud Gallinule S. winner switched from Michael Halford to John Sadler was in the GII San Gabrial S. over nine furlongs Jan. 5 when the pair finished fifth behind Next Shares (Archarcharch). However Foley's return trip to California a month later proved far more rewarding when Platinum Warrior landed the GII San Marcos S. over an extra furlong Feb. 9 under an enterprising ride from the Kilkenny native. It was Foley's first experience of riding a riding crop | Sarah K. Andrew in America but he obviously had no trouble adapting to the different environment. "They were both only short trips but it couldn't have worked out any better,@ he said. APlatinum Warrior actually ran well the IN TDN AMERICA TODAY time before. The trip was too short and I got stuck down the JACKSON: AN APPETITE FOR KNOWLEDGE inside on him after a low draw. As a result I wasn't able to get Chris McGrath speaks with Dr. Stephen Jackson about the him out and make as much use of him as I'd have liked and I importance of proper nutrition in realizing a horse’s potential. knew he was a couple of lengths better than the bare result." Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America.

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Santa Anita Win Whets Foley=s Appetite Cont. from p1 suitable trip wise but that tends to be a very hot race so hopefully we'll make the right choice. I've had some success He continued, "Winning the San Marcos certainly wasn't a riding in Meydan--I rode five winners at the Carnival in 2013--so shock to me. They tend to I am really looking forward to it." steady up a bit mid race so I With 2019 having gotten off to made a move in the back a flyer and the potential for straight and was able to get a more to come--he was recently handy position before kicking on appointed as first jockey to early enough and it kind of Jessica Harrington--Foley could looked like I stole it. Thankfully it have been forgiven for feeling worked out on that occasion as quite apprehensive about his it doesn't always." season's prospects this time last Foley is hoping to maintain the year. He had just parted partnership with Platinum company with Michael Halford Warrior if his Irish schedule having worked with him for 13 allows, especially if the years, many of those as stable 4-year-old colt takes up his jockey and he was facing into life Foley boots home Romanised in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas intended target in the G2 Dubai as a freelance, a daunting Racingfotos.com Gold Cup on World Cup night at prospect in Ireland when the Meydan. That race is over two miles, a significant jump in trip horse power is concentrated in such few quarters. Foley but Foley thinks it is something the horse is capable of. reverted to hard work, something he certainly isn't shy of as he "It is a big increase but I think he is crying out for a mile and a went about renewing old alliances and sure enough the winners half at least but I suppose beyond that you can't be sure but I'm started to flow. hopeful he can stay. The [G1] Sheema Classic is probably more Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 7 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 28 FEBRUARY 2019

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Contributing Editor Santa Anita Win Whets Foley=s Appetite Cont. Alan Carasso Ultimately Foley rode 65 winners in Ireland last year which Twitter: @EquinealTDN was more than he had ridden each of the previous two years Cafe Racing when he had a first jockey position. An even bigger indicator of Sean Cronin his diligence was the fact he rode winners for 21 different Tom Frary trainers in 2018, a statistic that surprised even Foley when this [email protected] correspondent mentioned it to him. And it wasn't just low grade winners that Foley was banging in, he also registered his second Irish Correspondent Classic success when he steered the Ken Condon trained Daithi Harvey Romanised (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) to victory in the G1 Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh. Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield "This time last year it was like taking a step into the unknown," John Berry | Kevin Blake Foley explained. "It was my first year as a freelance with no major yard behind me and while it was daunting I just kept my head down and tried to ride for as many different people as possible. Also it's not like I fell out with Michael [Halford] or IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY anything, I was still going to ride for him, just not as first choice. WOODLANDS STUD’S LEGACY LIVES ON WITH LYRE Romanised though, he was the highlight of the year without a John Boyce documents the success at stud of Lonhro (Aus) doubt.@ (Octagonal {NZ}). Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Cont. p4 Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 7 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 28 FEBRUARY 2019

Santa Anita Win Whets Foley=s Appetite Cont. Oxx, Sheila Lavery and David Marnane, Foley is likely to be busy He added, ATo win a Classic for Ken [Condon] who is a very keeping tabs on the string while also allowing him the good trainer and a man I have built up a very good relationship opportunity to maintain links with other trainers who have with was special. It was nice to repay someone like that by riding supported him over the years. a big winner for him. I actually saw Romanised the other "I'll still be riding out for as many people as I can. Mick morning, he looks great, really strong, so I'm looking forward to Donohue who manages Mr. Zhang's string in Ireland is very good getting back on him this year." to work with and I'm in a great position at the moment. It looks A Classic win also helped open new doors for Foley such as the like I'll have plenty of nice horses to ride this year and getting position he now occupies as stable jockey to the increasingly the rides in the good races is very important. I don't like setting influential Chinese owner Zhang Yuesheng, a role he can targets but I suppose riding another Group 1 winner would be continue alongside his new association with Jessica Harrington. nice but really just to stay sound and ride as many winners as Zhang's growing Irish string, which numbers between 35 and 40 possible would be the aim." horses, also has Foley brimming with excitement for the season Though only 31 years of age, Shane Foley has ridden group ahead. winners on three continents and it was only his recent nuptials "Mr. Zhang has some lovely horses to compete with this year. that prevented him from taking in another winter stint in Japan Yulong Gold Fairy (GB) (Mount Nelson {GB}) is probably the late last year. The Japanese racing circuit has been a rewarding most exciting at this stage. She won her Group 3 race last experience for Foley--he recorded five winners there in 2017 autumn and if she got some heavy ground she could be with two at stakes level--and it is an experience that has competitive in any of those top fillies races throughout the certainly stood to him. season. There's some nice 2-year-olds among them also to look "I loved riding in Japan, though it can be a bit lonely with the forward to." language barrier and the fact you are on your own. However the With the Yulong horses spread around a number of trainers standard of racing is very high and prizemoney is amazing and like Dermot Weld, Jessica Harrington, Michael Halford, John that certainly helps you get over the loneliness.@ Cont. p5

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Santa Anita Win Whets Foley=s Appetite Cont. With two powerful teams behind him, backed up by the support of a large network of trainers around the country, not to mention a new wife, there seems little chance of Shane Foley feeling any way lonely this year.

Whip Strokes Reduced to Five in France Cont. from p1 "To put this in context, even before we came down from eight Newspaperofrecord | Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders= Cup to six strikes, there was a feeling among the various international bodies that meet regularly that the aim should be a limit of five,@ a spokesman for the stewards= panel told Racing TRAINER OF SECOND LAMORLAYE EI Post. "In full consultation with the Association of Jockeys, we decided together that we would like France to be a leader on POSITIVE YARD COMES FORWARD this issue and with that aim, and with their agreement, we are After Tuesday=s announcement from France Galop that the now coming down from six to five permitted strikes." equine influenza outbreak in Lamorlaye, France had spread to a (Click here to return to p1) second yard, trainer Julien Phelippon confirmed on Twitter that his yard was the one affected on Wednesday morning. AMy yard is Lamorlaye=s second flu outbreak, Phelippon tweeted. AThe two positive horses are in solitary confinement. ASCOT STILL POSSIBILITY FOR The rest of my string is under close monitoring, going out in the NEWSPAPEROFRECORD afternoon to avoid crossing other lots. My two starters at Lyon, A trip to Royal Ascot remains among the options this season although healthy, will be non-starters as a precaution. I will not for GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner rest until the situation is fully resolved. Thanks to my employees, Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). While a crack at my BMC veterinary team and to France Galop for their efficiency the G1 Coronation S. has not been confirmed, trainer Chad and valuable help.@ Brown has given Ascot officials indications the filly could make the journey. But although hopeful of a positive outcome, Ascot's head of communications and international racing Nick Smith is aware connections have various targets to consider. "I saw Chad a couple of weeks ago in his yard in Florida, and she certainly has Royal Ascot as a strong option," said Smith of the >TDN Rising Star=. "He's not known for travelling his horses, but this is certainly one he could do it with. He's planning to run ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: her on [GI] Kentucky Oaks day [May 3], which is a much later Little Rock (Ire), g, 3, Zebedee (GB)--Lakatoi (GB), by Saddlers= start than would normally be the case. It's not signed and sealed Hall (Ire). Southwell, 2-27, 8f 13y (AWT), 1:40.52. B-M. H. by any means, but the horse is actively being trained to go. The Dixon (IRE). *1/2 to Staying on (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), SW fact he was even talking about it after she won was a boost. He & GSP-Eng, GSP-Ire, $401,194. just wants to do it with the right horse, not take risks with them. They've launched a new turf series after the Triple Crown, and his initial reaction to that was that it was a positive development, but they'd be looking at it after Ascot--at this stage."

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September and the G2 Qatar Prix Chaudenay one month later for Charlie Appleby, the now 4-year-old signed off his 3-year-old campaign with a solid fourth in the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at Chantilly on Oct. 28. Wednesday=s Result: "Brundtland brings a very high level of form into this race, 5th-Lyon la Soie, i16,000, Mdn, 2-27, 3yo, c/g, 9f (AWT), having won twice at Group 2 level and run competitively in a 1:54.94, st. Group 1 race on his most recent start," said Appleby. "He has ARROW (FR) (g, 3, Toronado {Ire}--Jeu De Vivre {Ire}, by had a nice break and looks to have done well from three to four. Montjeu {Ire}), second on debut at Pau Jan. 25, was sent off the His main target is the [G2] Dubai Gold Cup on World Cup night 6-5 favourite and raced in mid-division throughout the early and this is a prep run, so we are expecting a nice level of stages. Grabbing the lead with a furlong remaining, the i90,000 improvement going forwards into that race. While the run will ARAUG yearling stayed on strongly to score by 2 1/2 lengths bring him on, he is a class performer and his best form will make from Kylhead (Fr) (Dream Ahead). The dam, who also has a 2- him very competitive." year-old colt by Olympic Glory (Ire), is a half to three black-type Appleby=s other runner, the Group 3-placed Ispolini (GB) performers headed by the G2 Park Hill S. third Alta Lilea (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), won a Meydan handicap over this trip on Jan. 17, (Galileo {Ire}). She hails from the family of the G2 Criterium de defeating both Swedish SW Suspicious Mind (Den) (Appel Au Maisons-Laffitte winner Moiava (Fr) (Bering {GB}) and G1 Maitre {Fr}) and the MSP Red Galileo (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Criterium de Saint-Cloud scorer Special Quest (Fr) (Rainbow --Heather Anderson Quest). Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, i11,600. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Ecurie Philippe Segalot; B-M & Mme G Forien (FR); T-Jean- Claude Rouget.

IN AUSTRALIA: Steel Prince (Ire), g, 5, Nathaniel (Ire)--Steel Princess (Ire) (GSW-Fr), by Danehill. Sandown (Hillside), 2-27, Hcp. (,27k/i31k), 1800mT, 1:51.15. B-Grangecon Stud. *1/2 to Sarah Lynx (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), GISW-Can, GSW-Fr, $1,101,468; and Sugar Boy (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}), GSW-Eng, Brundtland | Scoop Dyga SW & GSP-Ire, $162,681. **500,000gns Ylg >15 TATOCT. THUNDER SNOW PRIMED FOR RETURN 2018 G1 Dubai World Cup winner Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}) was out for a spin over the Meydan main track on Tuesday morning as he prepares for the G1 Al Maktoum Challenge R3 on Super Saturday, Mar. 9. The Godolphin BRUNDTLAND AIMS FOR GROUP 3 GLORY colourbearer, who is based at the Al Quoz training centre only a five-minute drive from Meydan, was part of a six-horse AT MEYDAN contingent and galloped two laps alongside recent Carnival French highweighted sophomore stayer Brundtland (Ire) winners Major Partnership (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) and Very Talented (Dubawi {Ire}) looms the clear class of the 2810-metre G3 Nad Al (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), before distancing his workmates on Sheba Trophy field for Godolphin on Thursday. A winner of his the second lap. The latter starts in Thursday=s Listed Curlin H. first four trips to the post, including the G2 Qatar Prix Niel in Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 7 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 28 FEBRUARY 2019

Thunder Snow Primed for Return Cont. Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 8:50 p.m. AHe did his main work at Al Quoz, but sometimes I take a CURLIN H. SPONSORED BY MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM group of horses to Meydan to get a feel or the dirt track,@ trainer CITY DISTRICT ONE, $160,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 2000m bin Suroor told the Meydan notes team. AWe show them the PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT track and get some exercise on it. It=s just routine and he looked 1 Galvanize Medaglia d’Oro Dobbs Watson 124 2 Earnshaw Medaglia d’Oro Barzalona Jadhav 124 good on it. He=s going to be ready for Super Saturday, but he will 3 Dolkong Afleet Alex Doleuze Foster 126 surely improve from the run. He hasn=t raced since November of 4 Saltarin Dubai (Arg) E Dubai Ullen Seemar 132 last year [when third in the $6-million GI Breeders= Cup Classic at 5 Very Talented (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Soumillon bin Suroor 126 Churchill Downs]. He=s had a nice break and we are happy with 6 Key Bid (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Jara Al Rayhi 121 how he=s moved in his work. A week before the race, he will 7 Etijaah Daaher Crowley Watson 128 have another blowout at Al Quoz and we will be ready to run. 8 Parsifal (Spa) Rip Van Winkle (Ire) Curtis Arizkorreta 121 Whatever happens, he will need the run and improve from it.@ 9 Irish Freedom Pioneerof the Nile O’Shea Seemar 126 Bin Suroor also provided an update on reigning G1 Dubai Turf hero Benbatl (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who will not defend his title and instead point to a campaign in Europe later in the season. ALike [MG1SW] Best Solution (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Benbatl had a very hard season last year, running from January until November,@ bin Suroor explained. AWe will try to keep him fresh Wednesday=s Result: for the European season and he will miss the Dubai Turf, but we EMPRESS HAI-Listed (Jpn-G2), ¥59,500,000 have [MGSW] Dream Castle (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who is doing (US$536,170/£403,081/€471,719), Kawasaki, 2-27, 4yo/up, f/m, very well. We will prepare him for the [G1] Jebel Hatta and 2100m, 2:15.30, gd. Dubai Turf and he will try to do what we did with Benbatl did 1--PRINCIA COMETA (JPN), 123, m, 6, Spicule (Jpn) last year. 1st Dam: Belmont Feliz (Jpn), by Adjudicating 2nd Dam: Matisse, by Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: Julia B., by Herbager (Fr) O-Takayuki Yoshikawa; B-Belmont Farm (Jpn); T-Eiichi Yano; J-Yasunari Iwata. ¥35,000,000. Lifetime Record: 26-7-4-3. *Full to Belmont Racer (Jpn), SP-Jpn, $307,230. 2--Blanche Coeur (Jpn), 121, m, 6, Daiwa Major (Jpn)--Mon Petit Coeur (Jpn), by Kurofune. O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 7:05 p.m. (Jpn); -12,250,000. MEYDAN CLASSIC SPONSORED BY MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL 3--Viscaria (Jpn), 121, m, 7, Vermilion (Jpn)--Fusaichi Jet, by MAKTOUM CITY DISTRICT ONE, $175,000, NH & SH 3yo, 1600mT Gilded Time. O-Normandy Thoroughbred Racing; B-Okada Stud PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT (Jpn); -7,000,000. 1 Irish Trilogy (Ire) Gregorian (Ire) Lopez Kidney 125 Margins: 2, 1HF, 1HF. Odds: 2.80, 30.70, 2.30. 2 Lady Parma Exchange Rate Mullen Seemar 121 Click for the JRA chart and video. 3 Nayslayer (Ire) No Nay Never Dobbs Jan 125 4 Shanty Star Hard Spun Celik Bouresly 125 DUBAI WORLD CUP CARNIVAL B Major Races 5 Good Fortune (GB) New Approach (Ire) Buick Appleby 125 (All races at Meydan Racecourse unless otherwise noted) 6 Sporting Chance (GB) Kodiac (GB) Cosgrave Crisford 125 Date Race Distance 7 Muthhila (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Barzalona Jadhav 121 Feb. 28 Curlin H.-Listed 2000m 8 Al Fajir Mukbile (Ire) Dawn Approach (Ire) Veron Mohammed 125 Meydan Classic S.-Listed 1600mT 9 Victory Command (Ire) War Command Ffrench Johnston 125 Nad Al Sheba Trophy-G3 2810mT 10 Trolius (Ire) Cape Cross (Ire) Doyle Crisford 125 Mar. 9 Al Bastakiya S.-Listed 1900m 11 Golden Jaguar Animal Kingdom Beasley bin Harmash125 Burj Nahaar S.-G3 1600m 12 Prince Elzaam (Ire) Elzaam (Aus) Murphy Ramadhan 125 Dubai City of Gold S.-G2 2410mT 13 Burj (GB) Dansili (GB) Soumillon bin Suroor 125 Jebel Hatta S.-G1 1800mT 14 Woven (GB) Dutch Art (GB) Crowley Simcock 125 Mahab al Shimaal S.-G3 1200m Reserves: Maktoum Challenge-R3-G1 2000m 15 Salayel (GB) Bated Breath (GB) No Rider Bachalard 121 Nad Al Sheba Turf Sprint-G3 1200m Mar. 15 Abu Dhabi Championship-G3 (Abu Dhabi) 2200mT GROUP ENTRIES

Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 8:15 p.m. NAD AL SHEBA TROPHY SPONSORED BY MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM CITY DISTRICT ONE-G3, $300,000, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 2810mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Ispolini (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Barzalona Appleby 121 2 Zamaam (GB) Muhtathir (GB) Crowley Charpy 125 3 Pinzolo (GB) Monsun (Ger) Veron Mohammed 125 4 Bin Battuta (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Soumillon bin Suroor 125 5 Suspicious Mind (Den) Appel Au Maitre (Fr) Chaves Kidney 125 6 Red Galileo (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Cosgrave bin Suroor 125 7 Brundtland (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Buick Appleby 121

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Mnemosyne's stud career started inauspiciously with the WOODLANDS STUD=S Commands gelding Eleuther, who got his head in front on only one occasion in 37 outings. Her second foal Forget, a gelding by LEGACY LIVES ON WITH LYRE Exceed And Excel, fared better, earning a Timeform best of 110 and winning a Group 3 at Newcastle. Her third--Lyre's dam Erato by Street Cry (Ire)--showed no signs of any class, her best effort being a third at Hawkesbury over 1100m as a 3-year-old in a short five-race career. Another Street Cry filly, the Group 2-placed 111-rated Memorial followed in 2011, but she eventually hit the jackpot with her 2013 colt Impending by Lonhro. At last Mnemosyne had a foal worthy of her own ability. As it transpired, Impending was--like his dam--awarded a 122 mark by Timeform after a successful career that featured victories in the G1 Stradbroke and G1 Kingsford-Smith Cup. He's just completed his first season at stud and was the leading stallion standing in Victoria by number of mares bred in 2018. Another useful Lonhro filly, the listed winner Epidemic, was born a year after Impending, but since then things haven't gone Lonhro | Darley well for Mnemosyne and, her 2018 Exosphere colt--a three-parts brother to Impending--is her only other living foal so by John Boyce far. Lyre's victory in the G1 Blue Diamond S. was a triumph for the Lyre, who has now won three straight since her introduction at Godolphin breeding operation, but it also paid tribute to the last Flemington, has earned a Timeform rating of 114 after her Blue legacy of Woodlands Stud, bought nearly 11 years ago by Sheikh Diamond win which makes her the second best horse Mohammed. Lyre's pedigree is full of Woodlands Stud's descending from her famous grandam, and indeed in the first influences: her sire Lonhro carried the famous colours as did five generations of her dam line. She's also the 12th Group 1 Lyre's grandam Mnemosyne. winner for her veteran 21-year-old sire Lonhro. Cont. p2 A daughter of Encosta de Lago, Mnemosyne won her first race at Rosehill and was immediately stepped up to group level and was never dropped in class again in her next 20 starts. In her four remaining 2-year-old races, she ran second three times, including in the G1 Sires' Produce and was fourth in the Golden Slipper. But in the spring of her 3-year-old season, she really blossomed--graduating in both class and distance--with consecutive victories at Group 3 and twice at Group 2 level, before winning the G1 Thousand Guineas over 1600m at Caulfield. She carried her Group 1 form over to the autumn with a third in the G1 Coolmore Classic a couple of weeks before adding the G1 Queen of the Turf S. to her resume. In terms of class, Mnemosyne was rated 119 at two by Timeform, three points shy of champion 2-year-old Stratum, and one below Fashions Afield, her conqueror in both the Golden Slipper and Sires' Produce. As a 3-year-old, the Woodlands colourbearer was assessed at 122 by Timeform, the highest rating for a filly of her age in Australia. Impending | Darren Tindale TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 28 FEBRUARY 2019

Woodlands Stud=s Legacy Cont. from p1 down his numbers to elite mares, his percentage of stakes winners increases to 11% which puts him among the very best Lonhro himself earned Timeform ratings of 118p at two, 124 sires of the past 30 years. His elite status is confirmed by his best at three and 128 at four and five. But these bare numbers hardly 10 offspring average Timeform rating of 123.9, which compares do justice to the versatility and favourably to the likes of consistency shown by this Redoute's Choice (124.6) or top-class horse who won 25-- Snitzel (122.1) and Exceed And including 11 Group 1s--of his 36 Excel (120.5). Not surprisingly, races at all stops from 1100m to Danehill-line mares have worked 2000m. And there is absolutely very well with Lonhro: five of his no doubt that he's already left 12 Group 1 winners, Exosphere, an indelible mark on the breed, Kementari, Benfica, Bounding through some outstanding and Arista are from Danehill-line offspring. He's a champion sire mares. Moreover, he's sired 32 and can name three champion stakes winners--44% of his total- 3-year-olds and the best juvenile -from mares with Danehill blood since 1977 among his progeny. somewhere in their pedigree. Lonhro's son Pierro--like his Many other broodmare sires sire rated 128--won all three have also been successful with 2-year-old races comprising that Lonhro: former Woodlands juvenile triple crown and incumbents Canny Lad (seven returned at three to add two stakes winners), Night Shift (five more Group 1s. He's also off to a stakes winners), Grand Lodge flyer at stud which bodes well Pierro | Coolmore (four stakes winners) and Quest for three other top-class sons of For Fame (three stakes winners) Lonhro in Exosphere (TF127), Kementari (TF125) and Impending have also done well. As things stand, none of Lonhro's daughters (TF122). have yet produced a Group 1 winner, but Osborne Bulls came Lonhro has sired 72 stakes winners from his Australian crops. within inches of setting that record straight in the G1 Lightning a They account for 7.3% of his runners, which is in line with what few weeks ago. For the record he's sired the dams of 17 stakes his mares have achieved with other stallions. When we narrow winners and a first Group 1 win cannot be far away. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 3 OF 3 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 28 FEBRUARY 2019

IN HONG KONG: Water Diviner (Aus), g, 6, Equiano (Fr)--Check In Time (Aus), by Blevic (Aus). Happy Valley, 2-27, Hcp. (A$246k), 1200mT, 1:09.42. B-B L Terry (SA). *A$80,000 Ylg >14 MGMMAR; NZ$150,000 2yo >14 NZBNOV. VIDEO

IN SOUTH AFRICA: Stormborne Thunder (Aus), f, 4, Stratum (Aus)--Royal Chalee (Aus), by Royal Academy. Scottsville, 2-27, Hcp., 1400mT, 1:24.46. O-Tinus Gerinke; B-F Peisah (NSW); T-Michael Miller. *1/2 to Call Me Royal (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}), SP-Aus. **A$50,000 Ylg >16 MMGCYS.

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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 Mar. 23 Golden Slipper S. Rosehill

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SANTA ANITA SURFACE TESTS CONTINUE JACKSON: AN APPETITE by Dan Ross FOR KNOWLEDGE At the time of filing this story, Santa Anita management hadn't made a decision about re-opening the track for training Thursday morning. Racetrack surface expert, Mick Peterson, who had flown Wednesday morning from Kentucky to Los Angeles, was still performing his own evaluation of the dirt surface. The track was originally scheduled to re-open Wednesday morning, but track management decided to keep it closed another morning in order to perform further "soil analysis," and to allow Peterson, director of the University of Kentucky's Ag Equine Program, time to test the surface consistency using a ground penetrating radar. This maintenance is being conducted to help determine a possible cause for the 19 horses who have been fatally injured at Santa Anita since Dec. 26--six on the dirt during racing, five on the turf during racing and another eight during morning training. The overall total is higher than in comparable periods over the Dr. Stephen Jackson | Coady photo last three years. Cont. p9 by Chris McGrath IN TDN EUROPE TODAY "I don't think it's rocket science," says Dr. Stephen Jackson. "In the final analysis, you know, the eye of the master fattens the SANTA ANITA WIN WHETS FOLEY’S APPETITE ox." Daithi Harvey chats with Classic-winning jockey Shane Foley, newly appointed first call rider for Jessica Harrington’s stable. The antiquity of that adage, and the reproof it implies, Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. suggests that men have always been tempted by the notion that livestock might be fed according to some convenient prescription. But even in the 21st Century, even after all the advances in our understanding of nutrition, one of the field's premier experts insists that feed can only ever be the adjustable medium between a horseman's eye and the condition of his horse. "It doesn't matter what kind of rocket scientist I am, formulating the ration," Jackson says. "If you don't have the horsemanship to feed right, it isn't going to work." That doesn't mean we should renounce science. Quite the opposite, in fact, because it's precisely because the human factor remains so important that we need people like Jackson; people who can match our improving grasp of how the Thoroughbred functions with a personal subtlety, a personal flair, in the case-by-case application of those principles. Jackson has worked for many of the Turf's leading enterprises: Darley, Juddmonte, the late Jean-Luc Lagardere, Lane's End. He's even been given a seat on the board at Three Chimneys.

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Jackson: An Appetite for Knowledge (cont. from p1) And it's not as though all these hugely respected firms would hire him simply to be told that the science of nutrition is too remote, too theoretical, to supervise the manger of an individual horse. But what he does tell them all, and anyone else with ears to listen, is to temper expectations of modern nutrition. "I tell my clients that if someone comes to them and says [their feed] is going to make this horse run faster, or jump higher, or eliminate OCD [developmental disease affecting bone and cartilage], then they need to run just as fast as they can away from that person," he says. "Because there is no silver bullet. Nutrition, certainly, is not a silver bullet. It's a tiny piece of the entire process of raising an athlete. "So to think that you can come up with a nutrient or supplement that's going to move a horse up is folly. At least I'm not smart enough to find it. You do the little things right: observe the horse, both on the racetrack and in the barn, and if he isn't doing right you try to figure out what it is." If anything, Jackson suspects that the key might be to prevent nutrition getting in a horse's way. Get your feed regime wrong, and you might prevent a horse reaching its genetic potential. Easier, in other words, to make a horse slower than faster. "I try to stay away from supplements," he says. "I figure if they have to use a supplement, I've done a bad job formulating a diet type deal. Probably in the last 100 evaluations I've done, I don't remember seeing a deficiency--but I do remember lots of instances where I thought they're getting too much of one thing or another, that can wreck the balance of the diet. "The people who get it right tend to be the same as those who get other things right. Because they've put in the time and effort, the money and emotion, to study--or get somebody else to study--this component. Like they have their vet. Like they have their trainer. Like they have their blacksmith. Because it's a tough, tough racket if you do everything right; but it's impossible if you do it wrong. Unless lighting strikes." Jackson remembers being at a breeders' forum in Britain and hearing trainer Sir Mark Prescott remark that it had been a big advantage, 20 years ago, to have a good "feed man"--but that formula feeds had since leveled the field. And Jackson accepts that these have now achieved such precision and palatability that 90% of farms now use them. "But, interestingly, I've done some stuff for older trainers and when I analyzed what they were doing, it was pretty damned close to right," Jackson notes. "They did it by trial and error, intuition, horsemanship."

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His abiding faith in old lore is consistent with Jackson's background as yet another significant influence on the modern American Thoroughbred who learned the ropes with Quarter Horses in Texas. His father was an extension horse specialist and, after reading animal science at Texas A&M, Jackson came up to the University of Kentucky for a PhD in equine nutrition. Foxhunting accelerated a passion for Thoroughbreds and, in terms of his own vocation, he found that the breed offered the ultimate challenge: to be raised sound enough to support its speed. As Jackson puts it, he "got used to the color green" and never went back to Texas. Not that the environmental advantages of Kentucky deceive him that forage and soil and climate ever have absolute virtue: as with everything else, they take their place in the line, as one more factor to be balanced.

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"Don't get me wrong, I think Kentucky is a great place to raise a horse," he says. "But I've always maintained that if you do due diligence, you can raise a good horse anywhere." Sure enough, he has managed young stock successfully in India and Saudi Arabia. Domestically, after all, even California sets a different kind of challenge. "When I go into a place I usually don't try to reinvent the wheel," Jackson remarks. "What I try to do is look at the horses. Look at what they're doing. Look at the resources available to them, not only in terms of hay and pasture but also grain and [local] ingredients. And then try to tailor the program to their environment. Because what's supposed to work in Central Kentucky doesn't work in Jerrys Plains, Australia." Jackson established himself in Kentucky as an academic and teacher, including 20 years as a professor at the university, and counts many Bluegrass horse professionals among his former students. Then he joined Dr. Joe Pagan, setting up Kentucky Equine Research, while his first private client was Josephine Abercrombie at Pin Oak. Cont. p5 YOU LIKE THE SOUND OF SO ASTERN –HE’S THE BEST SON OF MEDAGLIA D’ORO, OF COURSE YOU DO! BUT THAT AUSTRALIAN PEDIGREE: IT’S ALL A BIT BAFFLING...

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. When Joe Osborne left that farm to work for Darley, he recommended Jackson to his new employers--for whom he now works on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as in Japan. His clients in Japan also include a 150-strong stable, extending through farm and training center, while he has also worked with horses in training in Brazil and Newmarket. In other words, Jackson can work the full palette, from nursing mares to older horses ten days off a run. That said, his priority has always been farmwork. "Of course, present a trainer with a sound horse that's been raised properly, you can still screw it up," he says. "For example, people think of bone like a 'two by four' piece of lumber. Okay, you've built the piece of lumber so, job done, move along to the next thing. But bone is an organ, always in a state of flux. So if you take a young horse raised on a good program, you can still undo a lot of what has been done during the developmental stage. And quickly. "So you look at body condition. You make sure this horse is in an 'anabolic' rather than a 'catabolic' state: that he's gaining muscle and keeping bone healthy. I think that's one of the things about the really good trainers: you don't see their horses washed out very often. They're generally on an ascending plane."

Jackson in Japan Because so much depends on physical evaluation, Jackson's passport has frayed corners: four weeks a year in Japan, one in Australia, two trips to Ireland. On the home front, moreover, he practices what he preaches--having built up his own boutique operation at the farm he aptly named, on its acquisition, for the Jackson Purchase area of his adopted state. Apart from offering at auction such youngsters he deems "too good for me to keep", he largely breeds to race.

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"Most of these horses, September [i.e. the Keeneland sale] is freshman sire the first five times they were bred--when only the most they'll ever be worth in their lives," he says. "But I got 10% of those stallions are going to make it. The horses they tired of bringing what I thought to be nice, athletic horses and were bred to, typically they're now in Scandinavia or Turkey." getting dinged because they had a P1 chip, or because they Through his clients, even so, he also has a weather eye on weren't radiographically perfect." commercial trends. And he is concerned that the market has Flint Stites, a former veterinarian and a seasoned trainer on become besotted with youngsters he views as simply too big, the Midatlantic circuit, did so well with the first couple of RNAs too powerful. sent over by Jackson that nowadays most of his yearlings "It used to be that 500 kilos was a big racehorse," he reflects. typically aren't even entered for a sale. The core of the Jackson "Now he's close to an average racehorse. In Japan, I have Purchase Farm broodmare band earned their stripes at stakes [established] that fillies with a race weight of less than 430 kilos level with Stites, or their mothers did. are less inclined to be group fillies, unless they really like to eat. "I get a hell of a lot more thrill out of a homebred winning a So it takes a certain amount of mass and volume to be race," Jackson says. "It doesn't have to be a big race. People can competitive today. That's because we've selected for be elitist about claiming horses but because a horse is running heavy-muscled horses. But then you look at a really nice turf for a tag doesn't mean he's unsound, or unhealthy. And it's an filly. It's a different body type, and I think we've gotten a lot of opportunity for a lot of people to make a living in the business." our dirt horses too heavy." As one breeding for the track sooner than the ring, Jackson is His ideal is a finer build: balancing depth of chest with length wise enough to favour his mares with proven sires. "I can breed of cannon bone and forearm, plus a good, "long-rein" shoulder. to a horse for $15,000 that's produced 70 stakes winners versus "But then you look at this incredible racehorse called Justify $35,000 for a new horse that has produced all of nothing," he (Scat Daddy)," he concedes. "That is a beast. I mean, an absolute reasons. "It's all blue sky, so I'm probably better off in terms of mesomorph. Big, heavy muscle, lots of bone. So if you decide the odds of getting a horse that can run. I always say to clients, not to move the growth curve so far to the left, they're going to don't ever breed your 'A' mares to a first-crop sire. Because you punish you in the sales ring. You've got to bring what the buyer are squandering genetics. Look through the November catalog wants, whether what the buyer wants is right or not." and see how many stakes-winning mares have been bred to a Cont. p7 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Excessive size is not the same as excessive fat, however, and Jackson is one of those who can communicate deep learning Jackson is comforted that elite yearlings are no longer fatted by sheer, infectious engagement. He makes a living out of his calves. "They're well grown, and they've got adequate cover expertise, sure, but the compulsion comes from the horse. because fat's a pretty colour, but they're athletes," he says. "In "I don't snow ski, I don't water ski," he says. "I don't go to the the 1970s, a lot were obese. But people have figured out that, Bahamas. I don't have kids--except 22 head, with four legs, on other than sumo wrestlers, fat athletes don't exist. They're the farm; and ten that are now racehorses. This is what I do, and thinking more about optimizing instead of maximizing." what I enjoy doing." Whatever shape you're breeding for, Jackson has an old-school And if his professional fees are ultimately consumed by his conviction that horses should be reared as naturally as possible. amateur experiments, so be it. He smiles, gives a shrug, and "The more time they spend outside, the more bone they'll says: "I never saw an armoured car following a hearse." have, the more athletic they'll be," he says. "If I look at changes in the way people raise horses, over the last 30 years, I see more and more figuring how to get them outside as long as possible. One of the major causes I see of developmental orthopaedic Santa Anita Surface Tests Continue disease is confinement." (cont. from p1) Santa Anita's dirt track--which consists of a hard base, the pad and the cushion--has been closed for training since 9 a.m. Monday morning. Since then, track superintendent Andy LaRocco and his crew reportedly peeled back about five inches of the track=s pad and cushion to examine the base. Peterson told the TDN Tuesday that the work LaRocco and his crew conducted the past few days falls into two main categories. The first was to conduct a visual inspection of the surface and the base. The second, Peterson said, consisted of thoroughly mixing the sand, clay and silt that make up the track surface. Because of the 11 1/2 inches of rain that Santa Anita has recently taken, Peterson said that the finer particles of silt and clay could have washed to the inside of the track, leaving the larger, coarser particles of sand accumulated nearer the outside Emma Berry photo of the track. As part of a broader maintenance program at Santa Anita, the Strictly in terms of nutrition advice, however, Jackson is surface moisture content is routinely monitored, said Peterson, anything but dogmatic. and samples of the track are taken monthly and sent for analysis "I feed a cube myself, about as big as my index finger," he says. at a laboratory in Kentucky. The samples are tested to "But I have clients that feed just straight sweet feed. Clients that determine the exact combination of sand, silt and clay. As for feed bulk oats and a balancer. Others that use alfalfa hay and how the samples are taken, there are two main protocols. some that just use timothy. So if people have preferences, I try Ordinarily, four samples are taken at the quarter poles. After to develop a program they're comfortable with." periods of rain, a much broader set of samples are taken, to Not least because that guarantees compliance. If Jackson better understand the track consistency both near the rail and comes back after a month and finds his client has slackened off further out. his program, nobody gains. The first broader set of samples taken of the Santa Anita track "So you want something that makes sense, something you can since the rains are currently at the laboratory in Kentucky, teach them," he says. "You know, I was a teacher for 20 years. where they=re undergoing a particle size analysis, and a bulk What I try to do is show why we do these things; and how to see density measurement, "to make sure [the cushion will] set up on things that aren't right in a horse, that might have a nutrition the pad correctly," said Peterson. The results are expected back variable. To me, always, it's about doing the little things right. Thursday. Take care of the horse. Don't overface him, nutritionally or Cont. p8 work-wise." Contact Sue Finley for details at 732-747-8060 or [email protected] TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 28, 2019

While the greatest attention has been squared on the AWhen an owner sends a horse [into training], it=s like sending racetrack's surfaces, experts stress the multi-factorial nature of a kid to camp,@ Powell said. AYou like to hear first-hand, who you the possible causes behind any individual catastrophic injury. have your child with, that it=s being taken care of.@ Evidence has shown that 85% to 90% of all musculoskeletal- Last month, the Powell-trained Like Really Smart fatally broke related fatalities have pre-existing pathology at the site of the down on the dirt during a race. Powell has a horse entered on injury, while certain other risk-factors, like the age of the horse, the turf on Friday. Despite the five horses catastrophically whether it raced at two, and the distance of the race, can all injured on the turf these past two months, Powell said he isn=t have a bearing on race-day fatalities. What's more, racetrack concerned about the condition of the turf course, he said, fatality numbers also include those from sudden cardiac death, because he uses the main course judiciously during morning the cause of one training fatality at Santa Anita this winter. training. AA lot of the breakdowns on the turf are because of training too much on the main track of a morning,@ he said. AHorses accumulate micro-fractures every time they gallop and work, which can transcend to fatal injuries once they race, whether it=s dirt of turf.@ All the horses fatally injured at Santa Anita this winter underwent, or will undergo, a standard necropsy. CHRB equine medical director told the TDN Monday that about one-third of the necropsies have been completed, and that the necropsy process can take up to 12 weeks to complete, Adepending on the circumstances.@ Arthur explained Tuesday that Aa few@ of the catastrophic injuries were Asurprising,@ in that the fractures were Aatypical.@ Though Arthur was unwilling to add any further information on those horses with Asurprising@ fractures, including specific Mick Peterson | Horsephotos numbers of horses, he said that Ain instances of unusual fracture configurations,@ he can request Aspecial necropsy examinations@ In light of the rash of mainstream coverage the fatalities have on a case-by-case basis. garnered--including a segment on NBC News--a number of the AMost fractures occur in fairly predictable locations in fairly more prominent trainers were cagey about voicing publicly their predictable configurations,@ he said. AWe=re interested, also for thoughts on the issue, but discussed on background Wednesday research purposes, in specific legions, like we see in sesamoid morning how it has affected their businesses. "I've got 10 horses fractures that we think are predisposing injuries not readily coming in soon," said one Grade I-winning trainer, who wished amenable to current diagnostic techniques.@ to remain anonymous. The trainer displayed a long list of text On Wednesday, Arthur further clarified the CHRB=s fatality messages from people, some of them clients, concerned about review program. events at the track. AI=ve [owners] who have invested millions in When a necropsy report is completed, a state veterinarian will horses.@ interview the trainer of the catastrophically injured horse- Trainer Leonard Powell sent an e-mail to his owners Tuesday -sometimes with a safety steward present--and ask them a evening in which he wrote, Asince the first time they sealed it, series of questions, to find out if the horse had any prior medical I=ve had reservations about the main track and we have been problems, for example, or if any diagnostic procedures had been using it only extremely cautiously. I don=t think that the track performed within the last 60-90 days. The veterinarian will also surface is the only reason for that many injuries, but it is explain the findings of the necropsy with the trainer. definitely a contributing factor. Santa Anita is sparing no The program is voluntary--there=s no state law mandating expense at finding the reasons for the streak of horses getting trainer participation. A proposed regulation mandating hurt. Please be assured that I will only use the tracks in which participation in a postmortem examination review program was I=m 100% confident will not put our horses in harm=s way.@ introduced a number of years ago. The proposal failed to pass Powell told the TDN that he wrote the e-mail to his owners to into law. Arthur said, however, that most trainers willingly try to dispel and to clarify some of the rumors circulating. partake in the current voluntary program. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 28, 2019

AWe are still working through the protocols and trying OAKLAWN INCREASES PURSES OF FIVE different protocols to get the type of information we need,@ Arthur said of the program. AWhen you talk to trainers about STAKES; BRINGS BACK FIFTH SEASON fatalities, there=s a natural defensiveness. There=s an emotional Oaklawn Park will increase the purse of five of its stakes races- aspect that we want to try to get around, so we=re trying to -the Mar. 16 Essex Handicap, Apr. 13 GIII Count Fleet H., Apr. 14 make it collegial and educational and informative. We=re not GI Apple Blossom H., May 3 Oaklawn Mile and May 4 Oaklawn trying to accuse anybody of anything.@ Invitational--it was announced Wednesday. The Essex, Apple Blossom, Oaklawn Mile and Oaklawn Invitational will each see $50,000 boosts, while the Count Fleet will see a $100,000 increase. Additionally, the $150,000 Fifth Season S., which was not originally on the 2019 stakes schedule, has been brought back as a prep for the Oaklawn Mile and will share the Apr. 14 card with the Apple Blossom, the final day of the track=s Racing Festival of the South. AWe couldn=t be any more excited about how the 2019 racing season has started and for the future of our racing program,@ Oaklawn=s President Louis Cella said. AWe have seen tremendous support for our races from around the country and locally, we=ve had great crowds on track that are staying after the races and enjoying our gaming area afterwards. And, there=s still over two months of racing remaining for people to enjoy Rick Arthur | Horsephotos one of the best entertainment destinations in the region.@ Practicing racetrack veterinarians are also required to The track=s full stakes schedule can be found here. routinely submit veterinarian reports to the CHRB, detailing any treatments given to individual horses. The report isn=t designed to keep a comprehensive list of all veterinary procedures performed on a horse, said Arthur. It is a treatment report, not a UPCOMING MAJOR medical record, he added. Diagnostic procedures like X-rays don=t have to be listed. What=s more, the reports aren=t in an NORTH AMERICAN STAKES electronic format that can be organized in a quick and easily accessible manner, said Arthur. Date Race Track ACHRB and private veterinarians have been cooperating with Mar. 2 GII Davona Dale S. Gulfstream The Jockey Club on an electronic system which would be GII Fountain of Youth S. Gulfstream GIII Canadian Turf S. Gulfstream searchable,@ Arthur said. That effort is Aongoing,@ he said. GIII Gulstream Park Sprint Gulfstream The ad hoc committee has been finalized, and will comprise GIII Herecomesthebride S. Gulfstream Peterson, Hall of Fame retired jockey Alex Solis, now a CHRB GIII Honey Fox S. Gulfstream commissioner, P.J. Campo, executive vice president, Racing GII Mac Diarmida S. Gulfstream Division, for The Stronach Group, California Thoroughbred GIII Palm Beach S. Gulfstream GIII The Very One S. Gulfstream Trainer president Jim Cassidy, jockey Aaron Gryder, and exercise Mar. 9 GIII Gotham S. Aqueduct rider Humberto Gomez, who exercised the Triple-Crown winning GIII Tom Fool H. Aqueduct Justify. According to Solis, the committee could also include GIII Honeybee S. Oaklawn state veterinarian Tim Grande. GI Frank E Kilroe Mile Santa Anita Solis said that the committee will hold its first meeting this GI Santa Anita H. Santa Anita GII San Carlos S. Santa Anita Thursday, and after that, the committee could convene every GII San Felipe S. Santa Anita Thursday until the end of the meet. GII Hillsborough S. Tampa Bay GII Tampa Bay Derby Tampa Bay GIII Florida Oaks Tampa Bay GIII Jeff Ruby Steakes Turfway Mar. 10 GIII Santa Ysabel S. Santa Anita TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 10 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 28, 2019

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Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 5:32 p.m. EST XPRESSBET FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH S.-GII, $400,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Code of Honor K Noble Mission (GB) W.S. Farish McGaughey III Velazquez 116 2 Epic Dreamer Orb Epic Racing, LLC Breen Gaffalione 116 3 Gladiator King K Curlin Thoroughbred Champions Training Center LLC Mejia Solorzano 120 4 Bourbon War K Tapit Bourbon Lane Stable and Lake Star Stable Hennig Ortiz, Jr. 116 5 Vekoma K Candy Ride (Arg) R. A. Hill Stable and Gatsas Stables Weaver Franco 122 6 Signalman General Quarters Lewis, Tommie, David Bernsen & Magdalena Racing McPeek Hernandez, Jr. 122 7 Hidden Scroll Hard Spun Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Mott Rosario 116 8 Global Campaign K Curlin Sagamore Farm, LLC and WinStar Farm, LLC Hough Saez 116 9 Everfast K Take Charge Indy Calumet Farm Romans Landeros 116 10 Frosted Grace K Mark Valeski Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Branch, William Ritvo Gonzales 116 11 Union's Destiny Union Rags Los Samanes LLC Avila Reyes 116

Breeders: 1-W. S. Farish, 2-J.D. Stuart, P.C. Bance, A REnterprises, J Hollendorfer & G Todaro, 3-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 4-Conquest Stables, LLC, 5-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC, 6-Monticule, 7-Juddmonte Farms Inc, 8-WinStar Farm, LLC, 9-Extern Developments, 10-Brereton C. Jones, 11-CESA Farm

Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 5:01 p.m. EST DAVONA DALE S.-GII, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Jaywalk K Cross Traffic D. J. Stable LLC and Cash is King LLC Servis Rosario 122 2 Cookie Dough Brethren Arindel Gold Sanchez 120 3 Another Time K Munnings Hoolie Racing Stable, LLC Minshall Ortiz, Jr. 116 4 Jeltrin K Tapizar ADR Racing Stable, LLC Delgado Reyes 116 5 Champagne Anyone K Street Sense Six Column Stables, LLC and Bloch, Randall L. Wilkes Landeros 116 6 Bold Script Speightstown Chiefswood Stable Simon Ortiz 120 7 High Regard K Will Take Charge G. Watts Humphrey, Jr. Oliver Castellano 116

Breeders: 1-Gainesway Thoroughbreds LTD, 2-Arindel, 3-Machmer Hall, 4-C. Kidder, N. Cole, J. K. Griggs &Linda Griggs, 5-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 6-Chiefswood Stables Limited, 7-Coteau Grove Farms, LLC

Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 6:06 p.m. EST MAC DIARMIDA S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 1 3/8mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Golden Dragon Skipshot Olympia Star, Inc. Yanakov Reyes 117 2 Village King (Arg) Campanologist Angels of Catalina, Inc. Pletcher Velazquez 119 3 Melmich Wilko Chesney, Stephen and Hoffman, Cory S. Attard Castellano 119 4 Hunter O'Riley K Tiz Wonderful Shay, Sean and Ryan, Michael J. Toner Gaffalione 119 5 Vettori Kin (Brz) Vettori (Ire) Fern Circle Stables, Stud TNT and Old Friends, Inc. McPeek Hernandez, Jr. 119 6 Zulu Alpha Street Cry (Ire) Michael M. Hui Maker Ortiz, Jr. 123 7 The Best Candy K Candy Ride (Arg) Thoroughbred Champions Training Center LLC Mejia Solorzano 117 8 Highland Sky Sky Mesa Young, Joyce, McManis, G & McManis, Jerrie Stewart Tagg Franco 119 9 Kulin Rock Lonhro (Aus) Three Diamonds Farm Maker Ortiz 117 10 Montclair (Ire) Montjeu (Ire) Bruno Schickedanz Belsoeur Leparoux 119 11 Channel Maker K English Channel Wachtel Stable, Barber, Gary, R. A. Hill Stable and Mott Rosario 123 Reeves Thoroughbred Racing

Breeders: 1-Mikhail Yanakov, 2-Santa Maria de Araras, 3-Andrew Stronach, 4-Mike G. Rutherford, 5-Haras Old Friends LTDA, 6-Calumet Farm, 7-Jon Marshall, 8-Bonner Young, 9-J. Bonner Young, 10-Elisabeth Fabre, 11-Tall Oaks Farm Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 1:00 p.m. EST PALM BEACH S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, 1 1/16mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Stirling Drive Verrazano N. T. S. Stable, Inc. Wolfson Jaramillo 118 2 Art G Is Back K Exchange Rate Monarch Stables, Inc. Spatz Gaffalione 114 3 King Ottokar K Temple City BG Stables Casse Leparoux 114 4 Castlewood Terrace El Padrino Kenneth E. Fishbein Winebaugh Perez 114 5 A Thread of Blue K Hard Spun Leonard C. Green McLaughlin Saez 118 6 Louder Than Bombs K Violence Sandra New Fawkes Ortiz, Jr. 118 7 Casa Creed K Jimmy Creed LRE Racing LLC and JEH Racing Stable LLC Mott Velazquez 118 8 Hard Belle K Hard Spun Thoroughbred Champions Training Center LLC Mejia Solorzano 114

Breeders: 1-Farm III Enterprises LLC, 2-Isabella A Rio & Caballo Grande TB's LLC, 3-Nathan John McCauley, 4-David H. Wade, 5-Flaxman Holdings Limited, 6-Hidden Brook Farm & Spruce Lane Farm, 7-Silver Springs Stud, LLC, 8-Charles Fipke

Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 1:30 p.m. EST CANADIAN TURF S.-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Siem Riep K Tapit Marc Detampel Colebrook Jimenez 119 2 Cowboy Culture K Quality Road KCA Stables Casse Leparoux 119 3 Holiday Stone K Harlan's Holiday Hill, Jim and Susan Weaver Franco 117 4 Sand Dancer Eskendereya Sea Gull Capital Sanner Bravo 117 5 Krampus Shakespeare William C. Schettine Mott Velazquez 117 6 Hembree K Proud Citizen Three Diamonds Farm Maker Ortiz 121 7 Breaking the Rules War Front Phipps Stable McGaughey III Ortiz, Jr. 121

Breeders: 1-R. A. Hill Stable, 2-Rhineshire Farm LLC, 3-Nesco II Limited, 4-Seagull Associates, LLC, 5-William C. Schettine, 6-Derby Lane Farm, LLC, 7-Phipps Stable

Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 2:30 p.m. EST THE VERY ONE S.-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 3/16mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Danceland Tapit Joseph Allen LLC McGaughey III Velazquez 119 2 The Tulip (Ire) Lawman (Fr) Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Gallagher Rosario 117 3 Holy Helena Ghostzapper Stronach Stables Jerkens Ortiz, Jr. 119 4 Semper Sententiae The Factor John M. B. O'Connor Hennig Castellano 117 5 Lafta Kitten's Joy D P Racing LLC Biancone Leparoux 121 6 Ickymasho (GB) Multiplex (GB) Triton Stable Attfield Ortiz 119 7 Tricky Escape K Hat Trick (Jpn) Jon A. Marshall Servis DeCarlo 121 8 A. A. Azula's Arch K Arch A & A Farms Attard Saez 123 9 Eskimo Kisses To Honor and Serve Gainesway Stable, Harold Lerner LLC, McPeek Hernandez, Jr. 117 Rosen, Andrew, Nehoc Stables and Magdalena Racing

Breeders: 1-Mr. Joseph Allen LLC, 2-Airlie Stud, 3-Adena Springs, 4-Anastasie Astrid Christiansen-Croy, 5-Shadwell Farm, LLC, 6-Allseasons Bloodstock, 7-Robert B. Trussell Jr. &John T.L. Jones III, 8-Fox Hill Farms, 9-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd.

Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 3:00 p.m. EST HERECOMESTHEBRIDE S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Vow to Recover K Broken Vow Imaginary Stables and Braverman, Paul Dobles Landeros 118 2 Belle Laura Mucho Macho Man GU Racing Stable, LLC Casse Leparoux 114 3 Primela (Fr) Orpen Dixiana Farms LLC DeVaux Rosario 116 4 My Gal Betty K Point of Entry William K. Werner Attfield Velazquez 118 5 Princesa Carolina Tapit Three Chimneys Farm McPeek Hernandez, Jr. 114 6 Golconda (Fr) Planteur (Ire) Dubb, Michael and Madaket Stables LLC Brown Castellano 114 7 Cambier Parc K Medaglia d'Oro OXO Equine LLC Brown Ortiz 114 8 Connectivity Midshipman Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Ortiz, Jr. 114

Breeders: 1-Rustlewood Farm, Inc., 2-Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, 3-Haras D'Haspel, 4-Hidden Brook Farm, 5-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC, 6-Patrick Chedeville & Jean-Yves Chazal, 7-Bonne Chance Farm, LLC, 8-C. Kidder, N. Cole, J. K. Griggs &Linda Griggs Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 4:30 p.m. EST HONEY FOX S.-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Precieuse (Ire) Tamayuz (GB) Peter M. Brant Brown Castellano 117 2 Valedictorian Temple City Epic Racing Breen Gaffalione 123 3 Fire Key Friesan Fire Backwards Stable Catanese, III Franco 121 4 La Signare (Fr) Siyouni (Fr) Madaket Stables LLC, Cambron, Tim, Cambron, Anna Lynch Ortiz 117 and Bradley Thoroughbreds 5 Valentine Wish K Lemon Drop Kid G. Watts Humphrey, Jr. Oliver Landeros 117 6 Scotty's Model Mr. Scotty Bruno Schickedanz Belsoeur Leparoux 119 7 Conquest Hardcandy K Candy Ride (Arg) Alfonso Cammarota Sano Bravo 117 8 Hogans Holiday K The Factor John Grossi's Racing Corp. Vitali Ortiz, Jr. 121 9 Bellavais K Tapit Bortolazzo Stable LLC Pletcher Rosario 123 10 Dolce Lili Scat Daddy Don Alberto Stable Mott Velazquez 121

Breeders: 1-Knocktoran Stud, 2-John Bowers, Jr., 3-Backwards Stable, 4-Moussa Mbacke, 5-Ridley Farm, 6-Bruno Schickedanz, 7-The New Hill Farm LLC, 8-Hunter Valley Farm, 9-Phillips Racing Partnership, 10-Don Alberto Corporation

Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 2:00 p.m. EST GULFSTREAM PARK SPRINT S.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, 6f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Recruiting Ready K Algorithms Sagamore Farm LLC Hough Saez 121 2 My Chinumado K Into Mischief Thoroughbred Champions Training Center LLC Mejia Solorzano 117 3 Millionaire Runner K Warrior's Reward Thoroughbred Champions Training Center LLC Mejia Batista 117 4 Quijote Pomeroy Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc. Baxter Ortiz, Jr. 121 5 Santiamen Dialed In Cairoli Racing Stable Sano Gaffalione 117 6 Sweetontheladies Twirling Candy The Four Horsemen Racing Stable & Collazo Meneses 119 Lady Lindsay Racing Stables 7 Pass the Butter K Oxbow Michelle Winters Londono, Jr. Ramgeet 117 8 Storm Advisory Weigelia Ron Paolucci Racing, LLC Quartarolo Albarado 119

Breeders: 1-Claiborne Farm, 2-WinStar Farm, LLC, 3-Brandywine Farm (Jim & Pam Robinson), 4-Ramiro Rosas Medina, 5-Bridle Oaks Farm Inc., 6-English Range Farm, 7-Ramspring Farm, 8-Epona Equine, LLC, Otto Draper &Wyn Oaks Farm

SIRE LISTS Sponsored by

2019 Leading Sires of 3-Year-Olds by Earnings for stallions standing in North America through Tuesday, Feb. 26 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 Into Mischief -- 2 -- 1 -- -- 56 11 $64,000 $622,471 (2005) by Harlan's Holiday Crops: 8 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $150,000 Comedian 2 Super Saver 1 3 1 2 -- -- 40 9 $301,000 $575,722 (2007) by Maria's Mon Crops: 6 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $30,000 Super Steed 3 Paynter 1 1 ------56 14 $94,000 $500,748 (2009) by Awesome Again Crops: 3 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $12,500 Needs Supervision 4 Curlin 2 5 ------43 8 $60,000 $492,568 (2004) by Smart Strike Crops: 8 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $175,000 Point of Honor 5 Tapit 1 5 -- 2 -- -- 35 8 $63,600 $482,457 (2001) by Pulpit Crops: 12 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $225,000 Nitrous 6 War Front 1 1 1 1 -- -- 13 5 $360,000 $469,386 (2002) by Danzig Crops: 10 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $250,000 War of Will 7 Candy Ride (Arg) 1 2 1 2 -- -- 25 9 $120,000 $461,959 (1999) by Ride the Rails Crops: 12 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $80,000 Sparky Ville 8 Quality Road 1 2 1 1 -- -- 30 5 $240,000 $456,217 (2006) by Elusive Quality Crops: 6 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $150,000 Bellafina 9 Cairo Prince 2 3 ------42 9 $96,600 $451,998 (2011) by Pioneerof the Nile Crops: 2 Stands: Airdrie Stud KY Fee: $25,000 Oncewewerebrothers 10 Hard Spun 1 4 -- 1 -- -- 52 11 $58,280 $450,329 (2004) by Danzig Crops: 9 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $40,000 A Thread of Blue 11 Uncle Mo 1 2 -- 1 -- -- 40 7 $110,000 $442,528 (2008) by Indian Charlie Crops: 5 Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $125,000 Galilean 12 Congrats 1 1 1 1 -- -- 39 10 $208,320 $431,288 (2000) by A.P. Indy Crops: 10 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $12,500 Harvey Wallbanger 13 Violence 2 5 1 2 -- -- 37 7 $89,280 $418,847 (2010) by Medaglia d'Oro Crops: 3 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $40,000 Feedback 14 Mucho Macho Man 2 2 1 1 -- -- 22 5 $113,420 $357,979 (2008) by Macho Uno Crops: 2 Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: $10,000 Mucho Unusual 15 Munnings 1 3 ------39 10 $45,105 $349,327 (2006) by Speightstown Crops: 6 Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $20,000 Fancy Dress Party

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Thursday, February 28, 2019

INSIGHTS: RISING STAR CUTS BACK IN BIG EASY ALLOWANCE Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency by Alan Carasso 7th-FG, $45K, Alw/OC, 3yo, 6f, post time: 4:23 p.m. ET CORNACCHIA (Tapit) was crushed into even-money favoritism IN ORDER OF PURSE: for his course-and-distance debut Dec. 22, but was steadied 7th-Gulfstream, $44,180, Alw (NW1X), Opt. Clm ($25,000), hard leaving the half-mile pole, came wide into the lane and was 2-27, 4yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:44.01, ft. up to graduate by a nose, earning the >TDN Rising Star= JUST WHISTLE (c, 4, Pioneerof the Nile--And Why Not {MGISP, designation. The homebred son of GISW Great Hot (Brz) $262,965}, by Street Cry {Ire}) made a single appearance at this (Orientate), purchased by Gainesway for $400K at FTKNOV in meet last year, finishing second to subsequent SW & MGISP 2013, cuts back to a sprint trip off a lackluster fourth in a two- Hofburg (Tapit) in March before graduating impressively at turn allowance over a rain-affected strip Jan. 17. Cornacchia, Keeneland the following month. A pacesetting third in the who was not nominated to the Triple Crown, was a $685K GIII Peter Pan S., he was eased home in a June 9 Belmont FTSAUG RNA in 2017. TJCIS PPs allowance and was making his first appearance since then. Drawn widest in a field of seven, Just Whistle dropped over to save some ground and was content to trail down the back while patiently ridden by Jose Ortiz. Asked for his best fully three furlongs from home, the homebred shot into contention in the middle of the track into the short stretch and sustained a long rally that carried him past pacessetting Guy Caballero (Quality Road) for a 3/4-length success at odds of 4-1. The first produce for his two-time GISP dam, Just Whistle is a maternal grandson of GSP Alchemist (A.P. Indy), who was responsible for 2015 GIII Withers S. hero Far From Over (Blame) and SW Analyze (Candy Ride {Arg}). Just Whistle=s third dam was GISW Aldiza (Storm Cat), dam of GSW Altesse (A.P. Indy), while the further female family also includes >TDN Rising Star= Timeline (Hard Spun). And Why Not is the dam of the 2-year-old filly Choosy (Super Saver), a yearling filly by Ghostzapper and was most recently covered by Candy Ride (Arg). Sales history: $190,000 Cornacchia | Lou Hodges RNA Ylg '16 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSP, 6-2-1-1, $117,420. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- Tipton. O-Helen K Groves; B-Helen K Groves Revocable Trust (KY); T-Michael R Matz.

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9th-Tampa Bay Downs, $20,750, Msw, 2-27, 3yo/up, f/m, 5f (off turf), :58.81, ft. ODRAMARK (f, 4, Tapizar--Four Point, by Rock Hard Ten), favored at 8-5 for her belated racetrack debut also rained onto the local main track Jan. 27, was always prominent and led late, but was run down in the final stages and settled for the runner- IN ORDER OF PURSE: up spot. The 8-5 second choice came away running and gradually gained outside to be off the flank off the longshot 6th-Gulfstream, $43,280, Msw, 2-27, 3yo, f, 5f (off turf), :59.21, leader turning for home. The homebred hit the front with a little ft. more than an eighth of a mile to race and was always holding VINCA (f, 3, Oxbow--Elusive Diva {MGSW & GISP, $484,510}, by even-money Shessuchaknockout (Kantharos) to the line. The Elusive Quality) was bet from a morning line of 10-1 into 9-2 for winning margin was 1 1/4 lengths. The winner is out of a half- a rained-off maiden at Gulfstream Wednesday afternoon was sister to GSW Dixie Band (Dixie Union)and has a 2-year-old half- kicked straight into the lead by Tyler Gaffalione, got a fairly easy sister by The Big Mystery ( Sales history: $4,000 RNA 2yo '17 time of it up front and coasted through the final eighth of a mile OBSOPN. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $15,800. Click for the to graduate by a half-dozen lengths. Brad Kelley=s team acquired Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. three-time graded winner and GI La Brea S. third Elusive Diva for O-Gelfenstein Farm; B-Ivan Rodriguez Gelfenstein Farm (KY); $75,000 in foal to Algorithms at Keeneland November in 2013 T-Jorge Navarro. and the mare=s value has skyrocketed since, given the exploits of her half-brother Roy H (More Than Ready), MGISW-US, G1SP- UAE, $3,139,765, who landed a second consecutive GI Breeders= Cup Sprint last November and just last month became the first horse since Housebuster to be named Eclipse champion sprinter in consecutive years. Elusive Diva is the dam of 2-year-old filly Spicy Legacy (English Channel) and was most recently bred to Mr Z. Libbyris, the filly Elusive Diva was carrying at the time of her SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 purchase, was a $210,000 buyback in foal to More Than Ready Alpha (Bernardini), Darley/Sequel, $8,500 at last year=s Keeneland November sale. *1ST TIME STARTER. 94 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $25,800. Click for the Equibase.com 3-Aqueduct, Msw 1m, JUDGE STANTON, 8-1 chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. $14,000 OBS OCT yrl; $120,000 OBS APR 2yo O/B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Michael J Maker. Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile), Airdrie Stud, $10,000 228 foals of racing age/26 winners/4 black-type winners 7-Gulfstream, Aoc 5fT, ABYSSINIAN, 9-5 $70,000 KEE SEP yrl 4-Oaklawn, Msw 1 1/16m, CAIRO CUTIE, 8-1 $20,000 KEE JAN yrl; $40,000 FTK JUL yrl; $70,000 FTK OCT yrl; $30,000 OBS OPN 2yo

Central Banker (Speightstown), McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, $7,500 135 foals of racing age/14 winners/2 black-type winners 3-Aqueduct, Msw 1m, BEBE BANKER, 15-1 $25,000 RNA OBS OCT yrl; $14,500 RNA EAS MAY 2yo

Goldencents (Into Mischief), Spendthrift Farm, $15,000 256 foals of racing age/34 winners/2 black-type winners Vinca | Lauren King 5-Fair Grounds, Aoc 6f, MUSADA, 8-1 $22,000 RNA ESL YRL yrl; $56,000 TTA APR 2yo

TU BRUTUS CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF SCAT DADDY

A stakes winner from 6½ to 11 furlongs, TU BRUTUS ran a phe- “ nomenal 118 BEYER at the Kentucky Derby distance on the dirt. He is a son of SCAT DADDY, a truly exceptional sire who left champions on dirt and turf, and on both sides of the Atlantic, and is a product of the same SCAT DADDY/GONE WEST cross

as 2018 freshman sire sensation, No Nay Never. ” – Alan Porter

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First-/Second-Crop Runners cont. Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron), Spendthrift Farm, $8,000 135 foals of racing age/17 winners/0 black-type winners 5-Fair Grounds, Aoc 6f, MY RAINEY DAY, 12-1 $3,000 ESL MIX yrl

Stormberg (Storm Cat), Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, $1,500 ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 15 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Nevergonnahappen, f, 3, Elusive Quality--Bedanken (MGSW, 2-Santa Anita, Msw 6f, Y NOT SIZZLE, 6-1 $539,629), by Geri. Mahoning Valley, 2-27, 6f, 1:12.18. B-Pin Oak Stud LLC (KY). *$19,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP. Strong Mandate (Tiznow), Three Chimneys Farm, $10,000 138 foals of racing age/15 winners/0 black-type winners Easter Snap, g, 4, Etesaal--Seneca Song (SW, $163,289), by 5-Laurel, Msw 1 1/16m, EDICT, 15-1 Capote's Prospect. Sam Houston Race, 2-27, (S), 1m (off turf), Verrazano (More Than Ready), Ashford Stud, $22,500 1:42.96. B-Steve Hicks (TX). 268 foals of racing age/20 winners/2 black-type winners Mo's Song, f, 4, Uncle Mo--Our Unbridled Gem, by Unbridled's 3-Aqueduct, Msw 1m, DARING DISGUISE, 7-5 Song. Sam Houston, 2-27, 1m (off turf), 1:42.17. B-Don & Pam Mattox (KY). *$190,000 Wlg '15 KEENOV; $220,000 RNA Ylg Well Spelled (Spellbinder), Godstone Farm, $1,500 '16 FTSAUG; $170,000 2yo '17 OBSMAR. 24 foals of racing age/2 winners/1 black-type winner Hidden Brook Sales Graduate 6-Penn National, Msw 6f, DONTRIDETHECLUTCH, 3-1 6-Penn National, Msw 6f, EL PISTOLERO, 6-1

ELUSIVE QUALITY, Nevergonnahappen, f, 3, o/o Bedanken, by Geri. MSW, 2-27, Mahoning Valley ETESAAL, Easter Snap, g, 4, o/o Seneca Song, by Capote's Prospect. MSW, 2-27, Sam Houston OXBOW, Vinca, f, 3, o/o Elusive Diva, by Elusive Quality. MSW, 2-27, Gulfstream PIONEEROF THE NILE, Just Whistle, c, 4, o/o And Why Not, by Street Cry (Ire). AOC, 2-27, Gulfstream TAPIZAR, Odramark, f, 4, o/o Four Point, by Rock Hard Ten. MSW, 2-27, Tampa Bay UNCLE MO, Mo's Song, f, 4, o/o Our Unbridled Gem, by Unbridled's Song. MSW, 2-27, Sam Houston Vinca (Oxbow), a half-sister to two-time champion sprinter Roy H (More Than Ready), dusts her rivals on Gulfstream debut Wednesday.

TDN CRITERIA The races covered in the TDN are as follows: • Stakes: purses of $50,000/up • Allowance Races: purses of $20,000/up • Optional Claiming Races: purses of $20,000/up • Maiden Special Weight Races: purses of $18,000/up • Maiden Claiming Races: purses of $18,000/up & a minimum claiming price of $40,000