WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here HONOR CODE WORKS AT PAYSON KOCH KEEPING EGG DROP OPTIONS OPEN by Heather Likins by Jessica Martini Honor Code (A.P. Indy) worked three furlongs at When Egg Drop (Alphabet Soup--Rehocracy, by Payson Park in :39.00 yesterday morning in his first Adhocracy) battled back for a gritty victory in the breeze since his Dec. 1 GI Matriarch S. (video) at GII Remsen S. victory Hollywood Park, it created a Nov. 30. pleasant quandary for Little Red AIt was the first time Feather Racing=s managing he worked since he partner Billy Koch, as well as the ran,@ confirmed the 4-year-old filly=s 15 owners. Egg colt=s trainer, Shug Drop is catalogued as hip 159 McGaughey. AIt was and is scheduled to sell during an easy 3/8's at Monday=s opening session of the Payson Park to get him Keeneland January Horses of All back in the swing of Honor Code Ages Sale, but Koch things. I thought it Adam Coglianese acknowledges that it is no sure was fine.@ thing the striking gray filly will It=s a long road to the first Saturday in May, and keep her engagement in McGaughey, despite winning the GI Kentucky Derby Lexington. last year with Orb (Malibu Moon) knows there are no AThe Matriarch made our guarantees in this business. decision-making process a little Egg Drop Benoit AWe=re glad to have a chance to be back on [the more difficult,@ Koch admitted. Kentucky Derby trail],@ he said. AIt=s still a long while AIt=s something that we=ve and a lot of things have to happen.@ thought of long and hard and there have been a lot of Honor Code has already done more in his three-start interesting developments along the way. When it=s all career than Orb, up to this point. Breaking his maiden said and done, I=ve got a lot of partners who really love at first asking at Saratoga Aug. 31, Honor Code this filly and they love watching her run.@ finished second to Havana (Dunkirk) in the GI Egg Drop, who has now won three straight graded Champagne S. Havana went on to finish second in the events on the lawn, was entered in the January sale GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile. before her start in the Matriarch. Cont. p4 After getting his first graded stakes victory in the Remsen, the colt has had a relaxed December. AWe haven=t been doing much with him,@ McGaughey said. AIt=s only been 30 days. I feel that now that he=s been doing some more work, if he=s going to start growing up, it will be now.@ McGaughey has no definitive answer concerning the dark bay=s next start. AWe have the [GII] Fountain of Youth [S. at Gulfstream Feb. 22] penciled in, but it is only penciled in,@ said McGaughey. AI=d like to get him up to the Derby, though. Then, it=d be fine.@

ITSMYLUCKYDAY FIRES BULLET IN RETURN By J.M. Severni GI Preakness S. runner-up Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron) went three panels in :36.00 yesterday morning at Palm Meadows Training Center, the fastest of 31 on the day, in his first breeze since suffering a fractured ilium in the GIII Pegasus S. at Monmouth Park June 16. AHe was working a quarter and galloping out 3/8ths and he just did it effortlessly,@ trainer Eddie Plesa, Jr. said of the work. AIt was one of those things--how can I put it-- did I expect it? No, but it didn=t surprise me.@ Cont. p3

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Itsmyluckday Fires Bullet in Return (cont. from p1) As Itsmyluckyday revs up for a return to the races, Itsmylucyday was successful in his Florida campaign promising rising 3-year-old Yes I=m Lucky (Yes It=s as a sophomore, romping in the Gulfstream Park Derby True), who is campaigned by the same connections, a year ago before will be given some time off following a fourth-place winning the GIII effort in the GII Dania Beach S. Dec. 21. AI=m kind of Holly Bull S. and backing off him a little bit,@ Plesa offered of the bay finishing second colt, who tallied turf sprint victories in Calder=s Frank behind Orb (Malibu Gomez Memorial S. June 22, Monmouth=s Tryo S. Aug. 4 and the Laurel Futurity Sept. 21. AI think his best Moon) in the GI races are going to be sprint races--turf sprints might be Florida Derby. the best for him and he=s had a full campaign up until However, Plesa is in now, so I figured we=d kind of back off for 30 days or no rush to get his so and just go through the motions and get him happy stable star back to mentally. Physically, he=s in great shape, but again, the track. AI=m not they=re not machines and need a bit of a break, so looking for a race that=s what we=ll give him.@ right now,@ he explained. AI=m just Sharing Tools Now Available on Itsmyluckyday looking to get him Kenny Martin up there. He TDN Alerts & In Today’s TDN exceeded what I Read something you liked on the TDN homepage thought he would have done [yesterday], but it didn=t and want to share it with your friends? surprise me. He just looks fantastic. He=s his old self, Sharing tools now enable you to do so easily. meaning he=s a handful around the barn when you=re walking him, whether it be cooling him out or getting Links to your facebook page, twitter feed, him ready to go to the race track or walking him around Google +1, and Google + accounts now accompany the barn, he=s a handful--not in a mean sense, he=s just each story on the homepage; and an Email a friend a good-feeling horse and that was him today and that=s button allows been him during this whole process of having him back you to easily on the racetrack.@ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/1/14 • PAGE 4 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

Koch Keeping Egg Drop Option Open (cont. from p1) Whether Egg Drop sells in January or next November, AWe entered in the sale for two reasons; God forbid, Koch knows her Matriarch win will always stay part of if something happened and she got hurt, we wanted a her resume. place we could sell her,@ Koch explained. AAlso, if she AThe good news is she=s got her Grade I,@ Koch said. won, we would have the option of selling. And she AThey can=t take that away happened to win.@ from her, so if she goes to While he is representing 15 partners, the final the sale next year in decision on whether to keep Egg Drop in training for November, she still has that another year or put the filly through the sales ring rests Grade I and, hopefully, we=ll squarely with Koch. add a couple more.@ AThis is a game that, if you are not financially Egg Drop started out responsible, you=re doing an injustice to yourself and to inauspiciously when your people,@ Koch said. AI have a fiduciary bloodstock agent Tom responsibility as a managing partner of our partnership McCrocklin bought the filly to make those kind of decisions. Ultimately, I=m the for $12,000 as an OBS managing partner, so the decision will rest in my hands August yearling in 2010. and I take full responsibility. But I do listen to my ATom McCrocklin does partners. I have to. Like in any business, you have to most of our bloodstock take the pulse of the people who are responsible for agenting, we call him our Billy Koch your business. I have the best partners in the world. executive bloodstock agent, They are incredible and everybody loves the animals he=s amazing,@ Koch said. AHe=s got the best eye for a and everybody trusts me. It s a great partnership. = @ horse I=ve ever seen. He is really good at finding these Koch has been in this position before, notably with diamonds in the rough. We ended up buying her Little Red Feather s most famous runner, 2004 = privately from Tom. I went to visit her in Ocala and GI Breeders= Cup Mile winner Singletary. Tom said, >She=s a little speedball.= And she was white-- AWe had an offer to sell Singletary for $800,000 my grandmother was a huge fan of gray horses, so I after the first start of his 3-year-old year,@ Koch said, I have to have her. I said, Put a price on her and recalled. AThankfully, we didn=t sell and luckily we won > = > the Breeders= Cup in 2004. You=re going to make smart I=ll buy her.= And he did. I loved her the second I saw decisions like that and you=re not going to make smart her. She=s always had a little bit of an attitude. We call decisions.@ her the >White Witch.=@ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/1/14 • PAGE 5 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

Koch Keeping Egg Drop Option Open AI=m a racing fan. I think a lot of horses get retired too Egg Drop raced consistently, if not spectacularly on early and I know, even if someone did purchase her, the main track, but the gray filly found her best stride they might race her again next year. But I=m a racing when switched to the turf last summer. She was a fan and I want this sport to thrive. When you have a narrowly-beaten second in the GII Royal Heroine Mile in horse like Egg Drop, people come out to see her run.@ July before getting her head in front on the wire in both If Egg Drop, who worked three furlongs at Santa the Sept. 2 GII Yellow Ribbon H. and Nov. 3 Anita Dec. 28 in :36.00, doesn=t make the trip to GII Goldikova S. Kentucky next week, Koch already has plans for her Egg Drop set the pace in the Matriarch and was 5-year-old campaign. briefly headed in the stretch by Discreet Marq (Discreet AWe=re looking at the [Feb. 17] GII Buena Vista S. at a Cat) before battling back to earn her Grade I victory by mile on the turf,@ he said. AUltimately we=d like to end a nose. up in a Breeders= Cup race. That=s the next big decision- AShe is really tough,@ Koch said. AShe has an attitude -where to run her, because they don=t run a one-mile and it comes out in her races. I think that is why she is turf race for fillies. So, do you take on the boys, do you so successful. She is such a fighter. If you look at her go down the hill, do you try to run her longer? That=s last three races, Grade II, Grade II, Grade I, and she=s something we would have to look at.@ won by a combined margin of half-length.@ Egg Drop has already proven, whatever Koch The hard-fought victories have earned the gray filly a decides, she can handle just about anything. She has host of faithful fans. won on dirt, synthetic and turf, from six furlongs to AI was at Del Mar over the summer and I was leaning 1 1/16 miles. up against the rail and she was just galloping by,@ Koch AShe=s an amazing animal,@ Koch admitted. AI don=t recalled. AA little girl, who I=d never met before, was necessarily think that she couldn=t run on dirt, but she=s about five feet away from me and she grabbed her really good on turf.@ mom and said, >Hey Mom, look--there=s Egg Drop!= For Regardless of Egg Drop=s future, Koch has 23 other me, who is a fan of the game, that was incredible. That horses in training as part of Little Red Feather Racing=s was such an incredible thing for me--that she has a partnerships. The syndicate currently has over 300 following. She has a whole twitter account. It=s partners and Koch said he is always looking for new incredible. And that=s another reason to keep her in partners to join in the fun. racing. World Class

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Koch Keeping Egg Drop Option Open AWe=re always looking for new people to get into the game,@ he confirmed. AIf you ever want to dip your toe into this unbelievable game, we hope we are the right people to get your feet wet. We have proven runners, we have 2-year-olds, we have yearlings, foreign horses. We just want to find the best horses we can find that provide the best value for our partners. And to go to the races and have a great time.@ NEWS TODAY RECORDS FALL AS PENN SEASON ENDS by Heather Likins Penn National Race Course ended its 2013 season Dec. 28 with average daily handle setting an all-time record for the Pennsylvania track. The average live nightly handle for the 197-night meet was $1,078,543, up 6.4% over last season=s figure. AI think it was a successful season, that would be the simplest word for it,@ said Chris McErlean, Vice President of Racing for Penn National Gaming, Inc., parent company of Penn National Race Course. AThe business in general is struggling, but we=ve been able to find some good niches in the marketplace.@ The highlight of the meet was the inaugural Penn Mile race card. The June 1 event featured a record $1.199 million in purses, including the $500,000 Penn Mile--the richest race in track history. The event was an overwhelming success and helped insure the meet=s record gains. Four all-time Penn National wagering records were set on the Penn Mile card. They included highest total live wagering handle ($3,658,996), highest single race total handle ($1,139,478), highest on-track live handle ($225,136), and highest Pick 4 wagering pool ($199,514.) AWe are quite happy with the Penn Mile race card,@ continued McErlean. A[The event] exceeded our expectations exponentially. We broke the record by over 150% of our record handle prior. Everything went right, right down to the weather. Hopefully we can replicate that and build on that success.@ McErlean added, AThe entire racing team, along with the strong support of our horsemen, did a great job in putting together a solid product throughout the season.@ Looking ahead to next year, McErlean acknowledged it will be difficult to surpass this season=s success. However, he remained positive. AIt=s going to be tough to match those numbers for the coming year,@ said McErlean. AWe are just trying to make tweaks to our racing program to make it more appealing to the horsemen and customers. Hopefully we can continue an upward trajectory.@ cont. p7 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com • Think About It! TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/1/14 • PAGE 7 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

Records Fall as Penn Ends Season cont. AWe think that day [Penn Mile race card] is positioned IN OTHER NEWS... well, and we=re just trying to make that day our A Daily Roundup of Racing Articles in Other Media marquee event,@ McErlean stated. AOtherwise, Retired Thoroughbreds Inspire New Lives For Maryland Offenders concerning the rest of the Penn Mile [race card], we are Nelly Madden spoke softly as he ran his hands over the glossy hide of looking into seeing how we can enhance it in other retired thoroughbred Liang’s Dancer at Second Chances Farm. ways from a customer point of view.@ “Grooming isn’t just to clean, but to check for injuries or new bites or In 2014, the Penn Mile race card will have an scratches,” said Madden as he picked and inspected each hoof. additional stakes, adding a 3-year-old filly mile race for Priscilla Loebenberg, Carroll County Times a purse of $100,000. AIt will be a companion to the Penn Mile,@ said TB Gen Test Results for Sale Ahead of Magic Millions Sale Genetic McErlean. AOur hope is that it will be an attractive race test results on 224 thoroughbred horses will be available for purchase as another option for horses in trainers= stables.@ ahead of the upcoming week-long Gold Coast Yearling Sale in Australia Penn National is also looking to fill the position of in January. The results will be available through a website launched by director of racing operations, previously occupied by Equinome, the Irish firm that developed and marketed the thoroughbred speed gene test. Dan Silver. Horsetalk.co.nz AThis region is competitive from a horse racing point of view,@ McErlean concluded. AThis business is a grind- Up the Backstrech: Following in Itsmyluckyday’s hoofprints New out business. We are just trying to do the best we can Year's Day marks the birthday for all thoroughbreds with special and keep moving forward in a competitive attention being made to the newly designated 3-year-olds. The new environment.@ Kentucky Derby season, beginning Jan. 1, gets underway Wednesday Penn National will conduct a 200-day live meet in with the running of the $100,000 Gulfstream Park Derby at one-mile. 2014, with opening night on Jan. 2. The track will run The 2014 edition will have a difficult time matching last year's race when Wednesday through Saturday. Post time will be 6 p.m. Itsmuluckyday won the event on his way to bigger and better successes. nightly. Don Agriss, The Sports Network

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THE SALES YEAR At the North American and European sales we covered this year, a total of 25,064 horses were catalogued, of which 16,981 were listed as sold (67.8%), for total revenues of $1.286-billion, and an average of $75,753--not a small market, when you say almost 17,000 horses were sold at auction for an average of $75,000 each. The gross was up 23%--over $244 million--from corresponding 2012 figures, and the average up by 18%. But it=s not only in relation to last year=s figures that the numbers are significant, but also in relation to 2008, the Year of The Crash, which actually hit the horse business about the day the 2008 Keeneland September Sale ended. That year, a total of 34,238 horses were catalogued and 19,299 sold, for a total of just under $1.25 billion. So the 2013 total revenues actually climbed back above those from 2008, with over 9,000 fewer horses catalogued (-27%) but just 12% fewer sold. This is because the percentage of horses sold from those sent through the ring rose from TOTAL 1ST HALF SALES 70% in 2008 to 80% this year, and the percentage of YEAR CAT RING SOLD %W/D %S/R %S/C GROSS AVG those sold from horses catalogued rose from 56% in 2013 25,064 21,045 16,981 16.0% 80.7% 67.8% $1,286,355,048 $75,753 2008 to almost 68% in 2013. Mind you, after the 2012 24,904 20,836 16,207 16.3% 77.8% 65.1% $1,042,185,641 $64,305 crash, barely 50% of the horses catalogued at the 2011 26,026 21,727 16,714 16.5% 76.9% 64.2% $995,604,878 $59,567 2008 second-half mixed sales were sold; consignors 2010 28,046 23,529 17,127 16.1% 72.8% 61.1% $858,980,189 $50,154 had entered the horses before the roof caved in, but 2009 29,817 23,946 17,657 19.7% 73.7% 59.2% $920,841,706 $52,152 they came up for sale afterwards. 2008 34,238 27,510 19,299 19.7% 70.2% 56.4% $1,249,361,201 $64,737 Though Keeneland January--the 2014 edition of Data compiled by Brianne Stanley which kicks off next Monday--and the February Mixed sales at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky, Goffs, Tattersalls, and The 2-year-old sales were up by 17% in gross (to Arqana-provide entertainment for us sales junkies not $187-million) and 20% in average (to $72,970), but, on the Southern Hemisphere sales circuit, this is really just as significantly, 2-year-old sales revenues were by far the smallest sector of the North American and within 1.5% of the 2008 total ($189.7-million), and the European major auction marketplace; since 2009 the average for the 2,564 2-year-olds sold was 6.5% winter mixed (referred to as >first-half mixed sales= in higher than the 2008 (pre-Crash) average of $68,515. the WST tables and graphs) sales have accounted for There=s no fat on these 2-year-old consignors any less than 5% of the total market. As has been more, that=s for sure. Back when the market was documented a number of times, the 2008 crash rocking in 2005-2007, a lot of times the clearance rate affected the lowest and highest tiers of the marketplace from the catalogues at the 2-year-old sales wasn=t even most severely. Revenues for the bottom tier plummeted 50%; in 2012 it was 58.8%, in 2013 59.2%. Also, by two-thirds, as is illustrated by the 65% drop (see they are really all pretty much >boutique= sales, now, table) in the first-half mixed sales from $92-million in except for OBS April in Ocala: that sale=s share of the 2008 to $32-million in 2010. Since first-half mixed North American 2-year-old market (which is 80% of the sales are for the most part the leftovers from the combined market; Europe is just 20% in 2-year-olds) previous year=s second-half (and much more important) has gone from 15% in 2008 to 35% in 2013 as it=s mixed sales, their behavior in the marketplace really gross and average ($60,535 in 2013) more than tells us principally about the >bottom commercial= tier. doubled. There are a few reasons for that, but the The 2-year-old sales, on the other hand, which run upshot is that any but >boutique= buyers can just come from March through June, do constitute about 15% of to the OBS 2-Year-Old supermarket in April instead of the overall North American and European commercial constantly getting blown out on the boutique market, and what happens there usually gives us some kind of hint of what is coming in the all-important 2-year-olds. autumn (second-half) yearling and mixed sales. cont. p9 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/1/14 • PAGE 9 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

Oppenheim cont. Keeneland September was strong from start to finish- -the new four-day Book 1 (Week 1) format worked, but the second week was even stronger, accounting for over $40-million of the $60-million gain for the whole sale; for the second straight year over 72% of the horses catalogued in the second week were sold--a remarkable statistic for American sales. Keeneland September=s $60-million increase in revenues account for over half of the $114-million (19%) increase in revenues from all the yearling sales we covered. The European market was strong, buoyed by the participation of Qatari Sheikh Joann bin Hamad al-Thani=s Al Shabaq Racing during the first two of Tattersalls= three-day October 1 Sale. Al Shabaq (16 purchases) and Sheikh Mohammed=s racing supremo John Ferguson (42 purchases over the three days) each spent over 10 million guineas (about $17 million) at October 1. Whereas the bottom tier of the auction marketplace declined by two-thirds after 2008, the top tier declined by 50% (the middle tier, including probably 75% of the horses traded, dropped the least, by a third at the very worst, and in some cases by just 20%); the World Economic Collapse was responsible for some of that-- TOTAL US AND EUROPEAN 1ST HALF MIXED SALES probably delaying by five years some people getting in, YEAR CAT RING SOLD %W/D %S/R %S/C GROSS AVG and it probably also curtailed Maktoum spending, 2013 3,773 3,048 2,219 19.2% 72.8% 58.8% $57,996,459 $26,136 2012 3,406 2,779 2,063 18.4% 74.2% 60.6% $51,260,937 $24,848 considering they had spent an estimated $200 million 2011 3,707 2,995 2,129 19.2% 71.1% 57.4% $35,614,398 $16,728 on stallion prospects in 2007. But the Maktoums were 2010 3,783 3,061 2,014 19.1% 65.8% 53.2% $32,683,411 $16,228 cutting back on their auction shopping anyway as they 2009 4,308 3,232 2,324 25.0% 71.9% 53.9% $43,412,413 $18,680 were producing more and more homebreds by credible 2008 5,557 4,128 2,980 25.7% 72.2% 53.6% $92,283,309 $30,968 stallions; and Coolmore was also increasingly targeting their buying toward the very top prospects The participation of Sheikh Joaan, and his cousin Sheikh Fahad, has definitely increased the number of elite top-tier European--or Middle Eastern-based players from two to three: Sheikh Fahad bought the world=s highest-priced yearling in 2012, and Sheikh Joann, fresh from winning the previous weekend=s Qatari-sponsored G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe with Treve (which he had bought in training), bought last year=s highest-priced yearling, the 5-million guinea (a world record for a yearling filly, about $8.44-million) full sister to G1 Epsom Oaks winner Was, by Galileo. But equally, the North American market has seen a surge in domestic top-tier buying; in fact, the North American and European markets are in some ways as much >parallel= as they are >combined=. But whether we exist in parallel universes or the same one, the results came out about the same, and the market peaked with TOTAL US AND EUROPEAN 2YO SALES the November and December mixed sales, which were YEAR CAT RING SOLD %W/D %S/R %S/C GROSS AVG up a combined 41% ($96 million) in revenue from 2013 4,332 3,279 2,564 24.3% 78.2% 59.2% $187,094,603 $72,970 2012. Most strikingly, the number of $1-million-plus 2012 4,487 3,417 2,639 23.8% 77.2% 58.8% $160,218,095 $60,712 broodmares and fillies sold at the mixed sales rocketed 2011 4,635 3,513 2,632 24.2% 74.9% 56.8% $144,960,265 $55,076 2010 4,124 3,249 2,413 21.2% 74.3% 58.5% $130,463,027 $54,067 by two-thirds, from 36 in 2012 to 60 in 2013. 2009 4,878 3,559 2,547 27.0% 71.6% 52.2% $132,966,122 $52,205 Naturally, this has to lead to some optimism for the 2008 5,225 3,992 2,769 23.6% 69.4% 53.0% $189,719,108 $68,515 2014 sales, especially as demand is up while the foal crops are still at very low levels. Data compiled by Brianne Stanley cont. p10

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Oppenheim cont. Supply has markedly contracted--only now will this trend start to reverse back, and that growth will be slow--while demand has markedly increased. Good news for the survivors. Thirty years ago at least 80% of the top sires--if not 100%--stood in North America, as compared to Europe. Now it is about 50-50, so even though the relative population is still nearly twice as big in America, there is an argument the advantage has shifted to Europe. Certainly this is reflected at the yearling sales: the top five sires on average, counting just North American and European stallions, all stood in Europe, headed by--who else?--Galileo, who, according to Instatistics (click here --NA & EU yearling sires, by average), had 65 yearlings sell, for an average of $718,022. Dubawi, Oasis Dream, and Montjeu all averaged over $500,000, while Monsun=s average (just six sold) was also over $400,000. The second five on average were all American, headed by Tapit ($408,340), followed by Dynaformer, Medaglia D=Oro, War Front, and Distorted Humor, who all averaged between $350,000-$400,000. cont. p 11 š › TOTAL YEARLING SALES YEAR CAT RING SOLD %W/D %S/R %S/C GROSS AVG 2013 11,699 10,431 8,563 10.8% 82.1% 73.2% $710,662,075 $82,992 2013 Sales Results $3 Million & Up 2012 11,480 10,190 8,130 11.2% 79.8% 70.8% $596,163,049 $73,329 2011 12,353 10,862 8,551 12.1% 78.7% 69.2% $545,937,506 $63,845 Galileo (Ire) - TATOCT $8,443,575 2010 13,969 12,224 8,973 12.5% 73.4% 64.2% $500,038,486 $55,727 Alluring Park (Ire) 5 mil guineas 2009 14,389 12,361 9,151 14.1% 74.0% 63.6% $534,688,983 $58,430 2008 15,692 13,546 9,625 13.7% 71.1% 61.3% $685,192,281 $71,189 Chicquita (Ire) GOFNOV $8,088,600 6 mil Euros Immortal Verse TATDEC $8,071,193 (Ire) 4.7 mil guineas Dancing Rain TATDEC $6,874,980 4 mil guineas Galileo (Ire) - TATOCT $6,084,666 Shastye (Ire) colt 3.6 mil guineas BetterBetterBetter FTNOV $5.2 million (Ire) Love and Pride FTNOV $4.9 million Dream Peace (Ire) TATDEC $4,636,643 2.7 mil guineas Awesome Maria KEENOV $4 million

Rosdhu Queen TATDEC $3,606,278 (Ire) 2.1 mil guineas Fisceal Bay (Ire) - Goffs Orby $3,869,730 TOTAL US AND EUROPE 2ND HALF MIXED SALES YEAR CAT RING SOLD %W/D %S/R %S/C GROSS AVG Montjeu (Ire) colt Yrl 2.85 mil euros 2013 5,260 4,287 3,635 18.5% 84.8% 69.1% $330,601,911 $90,950 Groupie Doll KEENOV $3.1 million 2012 5,531 4,450 3,375 19.5% 75.8% 61.0% $234,543,560 $69,494 2011 5,331 4,357 3,402 18.3% 78.1% 63.8% $269,092,709 $79,098 2010 6,170 4,995 3,727 19.0% 74.6% 60.4% $195,795,265 $52,534 2009 6,242 4,794 3,635 23.2% 75.8% 58.2% $209,774,188 $57,710 2008 7,764 5,844 3,925 24.7% 67.2% 50.6% $282,166,503 $71,890

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Oppenheim cont. The second-half mixed sale averages for weanlings (click here) and covering sires (click here) were more of a mix between North America and Europe, although in both cases not nearly as many usually sell as do yearlings, which in 2013 accounted for 55% of the combined North American and European commercial market. Four of the top six by weanling average were European (Dubawi, New Approach, Galileo, and Oasis Dream ranked 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th respectively), two were American (1st War Front, 5th Tapit). Among the 10 covering sires which averaged over $600,000 for their in-foal mares, six were American (2nd War Front, 4th Distorted Humor, 5th Tapit, 6th Giant=s Causeway, 8th Bernardini, 9th Medaglia D=Oro), four were European (1st Dansili, 3rd Frankel, 7th Galileo, 10th Oasis Dream). A few leftovers from the America First movement find this shift towards Europe disquieting, but the facts speak for themselves: we don=t make this stuff up, we just collate, report, and comment on the numbers. The 2-year-old market, which as noted above is still 80% American, is dominated by American sires. Oasis Dream nominally tops the averages (click here), but that was one colt which sold at Tattersalls= April Craven meeting 2-year-old sale for 230,000 gns., but otherwise all TOTAL 1ST HALF SALES seven of the other sires whose 2-year-olds averaged YEAR CAT RING SOLD %W/D %S/R %S/C GROSS AVG over $200,000 were American: Smart Strike, 2013 8,105 6,327 4,783 21.9% 75.6% 59.0% $245,091,062 $51,242 Bernardini, Elusive Quality, War Front, Street Cry (one 2012 7,893 6,196 4,702 21.5% 75.9% 59.6% $211,479,032 $44,976 sold), Unbridled=s Song, and Medaglia D=Oro, in that 2011 8,342 6,508 4,761 22.0% 73.2% 57.1% $180,574,663 $37,928 order. Invincible Spirit, like Oasis Dream a son of Green 2010 7,907 6,310 4,427 20.2% 70.2% 56.0% $163,146,438 $36,853 Desert, was next by average among European sires, 2009 9,186 6,791 4,871 26.1% 71.7% 53.0% $176,378,535 $36,210 with 12 selling for an average of $197,900. 2008 10,782 8,120 5,749 24.7% 70.8% 53.3% $282,002,417 $49,052

TOMORROW: 2013=s LEADING SIRES

Bill Oppenheim may be contacted at [email protected] (please cc TDN management at [email protected]). Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/billoppenheim. UPCOMING MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN STAKES Date Race Track Jan. 4 GI Santa Ynez S. SA GII San Gabriel S. SA GII Jeroma S. AQU GIII Marshua’s River S. GP GIII Old Hat S. GP Jan. 5 GII Monrovia S. SA Jan. 11 GII Ft. Lauderdale S. GP GII San Pasquale S. SA GIII Sham S. SA GIII Hal’s Hope S. GP Jan. 18 GII Strub S. SA TOTAL 2ND HALF SALES GIII Col. E.R. Bradley H. FG YEAR CAT RING SOLD %W/D %S/R %S/C GROSS AVG GIII Lecomte S. FG 2013 16,959 14,718 12,198 13.2% 82.9% 71.9% $1,041,263,986 $85,364 Jan. 19 GII La Canada S. SA 2012 17,011 14,640 11,505 13.9% 78.6% 67.6% $830,706,609 $72,204 Jan. 25 GII Forward Gal S. GP 2011 17,684 15,219 11,953 13.9% 78.5% 67.6% $815,030,215 $68,186 GIII Holy Bull S. GP 2010 20,139 17,219 12,700 14.5% 73.8% 63.1% $695,833,751 $54,790 GIII John B. Connally Turf Cup HOU 2009 20,631 17,155 12,786 16.8% 74.5% 62.0% $744,463,171 $58,225 GIII Endeavor S. TAM 2008 23,456 19,390 13,550 17.3% 69.9% 57.8% $967,358,784 $71,392 GIII Santa Monica S. SA Data compiled by Brianne Stanley AROUND THE WORLD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2014

2nd-AQU, $70,000, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:06 1/5, gd. FATHER JOHNS PRIDE (c, 2, Grand Slam--Serena Ballerina, by Cherokee Run) ran fourth behind J “TDN Yesterday=s Results: Rising Star” J Trail Blaze (Indian Charlie) on debut 7th-AQU, $62,000, Alw, Opt. Clm. ($75,000), NW1LX, here at this distance Nov. 20. Chosen as the 6-5 (S), 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:05 4/5, gd. favorite for this second attempt, the gray battled with EYE LUV LULU (g, 2, Pollard's Vision--Honky Tonk the rail-skimming Vona (Circular Quay) through the Trick, by Phone Trick) opened his account with a fourth early stages. Father Johns Pride finally managed to in a state-bred maiden special weight at Belmont shake free of that rival by mid stretch and hit the wire a Oct. 23 and returned to graduate in a $50,000 maiden 2 1/2-length winner. Sales history: $3,500 wlng '11 claimer going six panels here Nov. 28. Released at 7-1, KEENOV; $46,000 yrl '12 FTMOCT; $210,000 2yo >13 the bay kept close tabs on the pacesetters from third. OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $45,500. Click for He battled gamely with the pacesetting duo in the the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. stretch and determinedly kicked ahead of them to score O-Joseph Bucci. B-Mary Jo Amlie (KY). T-E. Kenneally. by a half-length. Sol the Freud (Freud) was second and Sidearm (Kodiak Kowboy) made a strong closing run for Recommended for purchase by Barry Berkelhammer 352•804•3000 third. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $67,200. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. O/B-Donald Newman (NY). T-Carlos Martin. • ON THE WORKTAB • Graduate of Donna Freyer’s Custom Care Equine LLC FAIR GROUNDS Unknown Road (Bernardini), 4f, :50.80, 51/73 Ï Ò PAYSON PARK Lea (First Samurai), 4f, :49.20, 5/31 • ON THE WORKTAB • Honor Code (A.P Indy), 3f, 39.00, 10/13

PALM MEADOWS SANTA ANITA Mexicoma (Birdstone), 3f, :36.90, 2/31 Diamond Bachelor (War Front), 4f, 51.80, 18/18 Boisterous (Distorted Humor), 3f, 37.55, 7/31 Secret Circle (Eddington), 48.40, 7/18 Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron), 3f, 36.00, 1/31 Pontchatrain (War Front), 59.00, 1/37 one of every three winners step 1. is a Stakes performer breed 93 mares in your first year at stud. step 2. become the Leading Freshman Sire in Florida and rank #5 on the Freshman Sire List in North America in 2013, $60,000 behind WinStar’s Colonel John.

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New York Report cont. 4th-AQU, $70,000, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:06 3/5, gd. SUSTAINABLE (f, 2, Forestry--Normandy's Nell, by Mt. Livermore) was runner-up on debut at Belmont Sept. 18 and took fourth last time going 6 1/2 furlongs in Elmont Oct. 13. Sent off at 2-1, the dark bay broke on top, but conceded the lead to press the pace from a head back in second. She emerged from the middle of a three- horse duel in the lane to gain a narrow advantage, but was pursued by both Aqua Regia (Pollard=s Vision) and Sun and Moon (El Corredor). Sun and Moon and Sustainable hit the wire in a photo finish with the latter declared the winner by a nose. Aqua Regia rounded out the trifecta in third. The winner is a half-sibling to Culotte (Sky Mesa), MSW, $140,301. Sales history: $200,000 yrl '12 FTKJUL. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $59,500. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. O-Cheyenne Stables LLC. B-Normandy Farm LLC (KY). T-Kiaran McLaughlin. Broken and Trained by Randy Bradshaw

6th-AQU, $60,000, Msw, (S), 2yo, 6f, 1:13 1/5, gd. FROST JORDAN (c, 2, Frost Giant--She Might Call, by Family Calling) had a near miss in his career bow going 5 1/2 panels here in state-bred company Nov. 23. Bet down to heavy 4-5 favoritism for this second attempt, the chestnut was away well from his inside post and settled on the rail to track the leaders from fifth. Forced to go four-wide to find running room in the lane, Frost Jordan steadily picked off rivals and drew clear to score by 1 1/4 lengths over Hampdem Fiveone (Utopia Castellano, Jacobson Earn NYRA Titles: {Jpn}). Sales history: $11,000 yrl '12 FTNAUG; Javier Castellano captured his first year-end riding $60,000 2yo >13 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, title and David Jacobson snagged the training title on $48,000. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. the New York Racing Association circuit. Castellano=s O-Sunrise Stables & Golden Goose Enterprise LLC. mounts earned a record $26.3 million, establishing a B-James Lamonica & Empire Stud LLC (NY). T-Michael new earnings record in New York. He swept the NYRA Hushion. track titles this year, topping the standings during XIB 2YO purchase by Xavier Int’l Bloodstock XIB Belmont=s spring/summer meet, the Saratoga meet, Raised at GOOD WIN FARM Belmont=s fall meet and the Aqueduct fall meet titles. Jacobson established a record for victories by a trainer SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations in a single year with 164. He was victorious during the Aqueduct spring, Belmont spring/summer, and Wednesday, Aqueduct, post time: 1:23 p.m. EST AFFECTIONATELY S., $100,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m Aqueduct fall meet titles. The leading owner was PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML Drawing Away Stable, one of Jacobson=s clients, who 1 Centring A.P. Indy Maragh Albertrani 8-5 collected 89 wins on the season. 2 Street Secret Street Cry (Ire) Castellano Brown 6-1 3 Royal Lahaina Chapel Royal Ortiz Pletcher 2-1 NYTB Stallion Season Auction: 4 Welcome Guest Unbridled’s Song Solis Dutrow 10-1 Edited Press Release 5 Teen Pauline Tapit Ortiz Pletcher 7-2 New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. has scheduled Click for the Brisnet.com PPs its annual Stallion Season Auction for noon Jan. 10 Wednesday, Aqueduct, post time: 3:48 p.m. EST through noon, Jan. 13. The auction support NYTB in INTERBOROUGH S., $100,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f their work toward supporting the New York PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML Thoroughbred industry. 1 Five Star Momma Five Star Day Garcia Antonucci 5-1 The auction will take place online at 2 Lion D N A Lion Heart Lopez Rodriguez 6-1 www.starquine.com. The list of sires offered can be 3 PJ’s Superego Freud Franco Orseno 20-1 found at www.nytbreeders.org. 4 Fantasy of Flight Tiznow Ortiz Pletcher 7-2 5 Delightful Quality Elusive Quality Ortiz Albertrani 2-1 6 Baby J J Be K Velasquez Reynolds 3-1 TDN TODAY 7 Miss Mischief Into Mischief Maragh Asmussen 12-1 Around the World...... 6 pages Click for the Brisnet.com PPs. TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 1/1/14 • PAGE 3 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

McMahon captured 74 races with his charges, winning at a 22.8% clip. AI am really thankful to be in this position,@ stated Yesterday s Results: = McMahon. AWe are at the mercy of the condition book 8th-PRX, $57,200, Alw, NW3$6MX, 3yo/up, 7f, and the timing of the races. There is a science to it. I 1:22 1/5, ft. think that is why sometimes trainers get really hot, then 1--ADIRONDACK KING, 119, g, 4, Lawyer Ron--Jostle kind of cool off. I don=t mind the cool times because it (GISW, $1,389,932), by Brocco. O-MarchFore makes the winning that much more wonderful.@ Thoroughbreds; B-Stonewall Farm Stallions (KY); Both men will be honored by the Maryland Jockey T-John C Servis. Lifetime Record: 24-5-3-5, Club during the upcoming winter meet at Laurel Park. $304,324. *1/2 to Fire Assay (Medaglia d=Oro), GSP, $127,946. **$55,000 yrl >10 KEESEP. 2--Arlo, 119, g, 5, Defrere--Crafty Compliment, by Crafty Friend. 3--Tujoes, 119, g, 6, Oratory--Mrs. Vanderbilt, Wednesday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 4:03 p.m. EST by Citidancer. ($21,000 yrl '08 FTMOCT). VOODOO DANCER S., $75,000, 4yo, f, 7 1/2fT Margins: 1 1/4, 1 3/4, NK. Odds: 4.00, 2.30, 5.10. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML Well-bred gelding Adirondack King continued his 1 Love to Score Even the Score Gonzalez Azpurua 20-1 winning form here with his second consecutive win. 2 Triple Arch Arch Rispoli Vitali 8-1 Most recently scoring at Parx Dec. 1 by 4 1/2 lengths, 3 Tapicat Tapit Rosario Mott 5-2 he was sent off at 4-1 here. Jockey Eswan Flores 4 Coursegold Giant’s Causeway Bravo Hennig 6-1 saved ground toward the inside throughout, tracking 5 She’s Spooky With Distinction Zayas Benning 5-1 the leaders closely. The bay waited patiently for an 6 I Ain’t Gonna Lie* Monarchos Castellano Wilensky 5-1 opening as they turned for home and came through on 7 Sharapova Slams Cowtown Cat Saez Sano 12-1 the rail in mid-stretch to score. 8 Tokyo Time Medaglia d’Oro Castellano McGaughey 3-1 Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. 9 Dreaming of Sophia* Lewis Michael Lopez Ziadie 9-5 10 Sunrise Kitty Cowtown Cat Lopez Servis 4-1 * Main Track Only Click for the Brisnet.com PPs. 5th-LRL, $40,000, Msw, 2yo, 1m, 1:39 1/5, ft. FIRE STARTER (c, 2, Tapit--Miss Excitement, by Rajab) Wednesday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 4:33 p.m. EST finished fourth on debut for trainer Steve Hobby at GULFSTREAM PARK DERBY, $100,000, 3yo, 1m Churchill Downs Sept. 7. He was third in his next PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML outing there Sept. 28 and was pulled up last time under 1 Wildcat Red D’wildcat Lopez Garoffalo 5-1 the Twin Spires going 1 1/16 miles Nov. 30. Supported 2 Gone as Wind Smart Strike Contreras Loza 12-1 as the 9-5 chalk in this debut for current conditioner 3 Enthrone Northern Afleet Chamafi Jerkens 15-1 Anthony Dutrow, the gray kept a watchful eye on the 4 Aarons Orient Orientate Castellano Pletcher 3-1 leaders from third while hugging the rail. Taken out to 5 East Hall Graeme Hall Leyva Kaplan 10-1 the center of the track exiting the bend, Fire Starter 6 Pablo Del Monte Giant’s Causeway Desormeaux Ward 6-1 7 Best Plan Yet Hear No Evil Sanchez Gold 5-2 cruised by the pacesetters and kept going to score by 8 Grant Arrival Harlan’s Holiday Lezcano Zito 20-1 10 3/4 lengths. Center on the Moon (Malibu Moon) 9 General a Rod Roman Ruler Rosario Maker 6-1 checked in second. The winner is a half-sibling to Click for the Brisnet.com PPs. Bordonaro (Memo {Chi}), GISW, $938,128; and Miss Empire (Empire Maker), MSW & GISP, $228,030. Sales history: $300,000 yrl '12 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-1, $29,700. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. Yesterday=s Results: O-Alex & JoAnn Lieblong. B-Dan & Frank Cassella (KY). LOUISIANA FUTURITY, $97,605, FGX, 12-31, (S), 2yo, T-Anthony Dutrow. c/g, 6f, 1:11 3/5, ft. 1--#DIXIE BEAT, 122, g, 2, Minister Eric--Dixieland McCarthy & McMahon Capture Year-End Titles: Dancer, by Dixieland Band. ($6,000 RNA yrl '12 Jockey Trevor McCarthy and trainer Hugh McMahon ESLSEP; $38,000 2yo >13 TEXMAR). O-Wayne wrapped up year-end titles in their respective divisions Sanders & Larry Hirsch; B-Tom Curtis & Wayne at the major Maryland tracks after Laurel Park=s final Simpson (LA); T-W Bret Calhoun; J-Robby Albarado. card of the year yesterday. McCarthy won 107 races at $58,563. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $100,563. *1/2 Laurel and Pimlico, despite being out five months with to Miss Dixie Dancer (Olmodavor), SW, $110,625. injury. 2--Yankee Gambler, 122, g, 2, Yankee Gentleman-- AI am very grateful seeing that I didn=t get to ride at Sarah Dances, by Arazi. O-Bob Gorsky, Albert Levy, Pimlico after the first week,@ said McCarthy. AI really Albert, & Susan Benton. $19,521. wanted the Eclipse [Award], but to be able to be the 3--Forerun, 122, g, 2, Forefathers--Daisy for Rubiano, leading rider for the entire year in the state is by Rubiano. ($10,000 yrl '12 ESLSEP). O-Rodney rewarding. It was my goal when I returned from the Verret. $10,736. injury.@ Margins: NK, NK, 7 3/4. Odds: 4.00, 1.60, 3.80. TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 1/1/14 • PAGE 4 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com

Louisiana Futurity cont. Dixie Beat won on debut at Delta Downs Oct. 17, ran TODAY’S INSIGHTS second in a state-bred allowance here Nov. 24, and was third last time out at this track and trip in the 2:36p 5th-GP, $47K, Msw, 3yo, 6f state-bred Louisiana Juvenile S. Dec. 14. Overlooked by HR/TVG Green Hills Farm colorbearer MADD EXCHANGE (Exchange the bettors here, he pressed the pace from second just Rate) debuts for trainer Todd Pletcher as the 5-2 morning-line outside of the rail-hugging pacesetter. Dixie Beat favorite. The gray was purchased for $375,000 at Fasig stubbornly fought that rival to gain a narrow advantage Tipton’s March 2-year-olds in training sale after working a and score. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. furlong in :10 flat. Kiaran McLaughlin saddles Darley homebred Bay of Plenty (Medaglia d’Oro) for this career bow. The dark 4th-FGX, $40,000, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f (off turf), bay fired a best-of-17 five-furlong bullet on Christmas Eve in 1:03 3/5, ft. 1:00 4/5 at Palm Meadows Training Center. He is also a half- SPEIGHTSONG (c, 2, Speightstown--Song of the Lark, sibling to GISP Fortify (Distorted Humor). Shug McGaughey by Seeking the Gold), a half-sibling to Grade I winner unveils Phipps Stable homebred Ragtime (Henny Hughes). Up With The Birds (Stormy Atlantic), opened his The chestnut displays a solid worktab, including a four-furlong account with an eighth place finish on the Woodbine breeze in :47 1/5 at Gulfstream Dec. 22, the fastest of 35 on synthetic Aug. 11, before switching to the turf there the day. Click for the Brisnet.com PPs. Sep. 28 to be an improved third. Off the turf here again, he was let go at more than 8-1. The dark bay 4:34p 7th-GP, $47K, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/16mT colt broke sharply to set the pace along the inside. HR/TVG Christophe Clement saddles well-bred firster DANCE Jockey James Graham called for more at the top of the CHAMPION (Medaglia d’Oro) for owner/breeder Robert stretch and Speightsong readily responded, kicking Evans. The bay is out of graded stakes winner Dance Away Capote (Capote), who earned $586,773 during her career. He away to score easily by 7 1/2 lengths over No Free boasts a speedy worktab for an outfit known for its success Lunch (Successful Appeal). Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-1, with first timers, especially on the turf. Charles Fipke homebred $31,941. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. Recall Dynaformer (Dynaformer) debuts for trainer Roger O-Sam-Son Farms. B-Sam-Son Farm (ON). T-M. Pierce. Attfield. He is a half-brother to Silent Times (Ire) (Danehill Registered Ontario-Bred Dancer {Ire}), GSW-Eng and GSP-Ire; and Rock of Rochelle (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), GSW-Ire, and GSP-Ger. Hall of Famer Shug McGaughey sends out Stuart Janney III homebred Ironicus (Distorted Humor) for his first turf attempt after a 12th-place finish going seven panels on the dirt at Aqueduct Wednesday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:00 p.m. EST Nov. 30. The gray has two speedy works over the turf at BLUE NORTHER S., $75,000, 3yo, f, 1mT Payson Park, including a five-furlong bullet in 1:00 1/5 on PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML Christmas Eve. Adding Lasix for this second go, he also gains 1 Famous Alice Kitten’s Joy Stevens Proctor 3-1 the services of jockey Joel Rosario. Click for the Brisnet.com 2 Loan Savant Spring At Last Gutierrez O’Neill 12-1 PPs. 3 One More Wild Ride Wildcat Heir Baze Mulhall 12-1 4 Saintly Joan Northern Afleet Pedroza O’Hara 4-1 4:00p 2nd-SA, $62K, Alw (Opt. Clm. $62K), 4yo/up, 1 1/16m 5 Full Ransom Full Mandate Espinoza Cassidy 5-2 HR/TVG Hall of Fame conditioner Bob Baffert saddles 9-5 morning-line 6 Sushi Empire Empire Maker Nakatani Harty 7-2 favorite GOVERNOR CHARLIE (Midnight Lute) for this return 7 Rever de Vous Distorted Humor Bejarano Hollndorfer 6-1 after a 7 1/2-month lay off. The Pegram, Watson, and Weitman 8 Kris Furillo Dixie Chatter Talamo Larson 8-1 colorbearer donned cap and gown on second asking at Santa Click for the Brisnet.com PPs. Anita Feb. 17 and captured the GIII Sunland Derby in his next start Mar. 24. The dark bay then headed East, where he APenny & Red@ California Film Premiere January 11: finished eighth in the GI Preakness S. at Pimlico May 18 and The Secretariat Foundation and TROTT (Training has not run since, but displays a respectable worktab here. Racehorses Off the Track) will be conducting the John Sadler pupil and J “TDN Rising Star” J premiere screening of Penny Chenery=s new Holy Candy (Candy Ride {Arg}) enters this test for owners documentary film, APenny & Red: the Life of Craig Stables and Donkey Island Racing. Third in the 2012 Secretariat=s Owner.@ Produced and directed by John running of the GIII Affirmed H., the gray was pulled up and Tweedy=s Landlocked Films and narrated by Diane Lane, vanned off in his next outing in the restricted Oceanside S. July the screening will be held at the Krikorian Theatre in 18, 2012 at Del Mar. Not seen for a year after that incident, he Monrovia, CA Jan. 11. The film makers will be available returned with a fifth in a Del Mar optional claimer July 21 and a for a question and answer session following the third in an allowance there Aug. 10. He returned to the showing. For ticketing and more information, visit winner’s circle last time at Betfair Hollywood Park in an www.secretariat.com. optional claimer Nov. 17 and has put in some speedy works since. Click for the Brisnet.com PPs. Interested in standardbreds as well? Click here to sign up for our sister publication... All winners in the U.S. race on Lasix unless otherwise indicated TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 1/1/14 • PAGE 5 of 6 • thoroughbreddailynews.com APPOINTMENTS Kent Slabotsky $ Appointed Vice President of operations at Lone Yesterday=s Result: Star Park 2nd-LIN, ,3,000, Mdn, 2yo, 7f (AWT), 1:24 2/5, ft. $ AKent has played a key role at Remington Park and PERFECT PERSUASION (GB) (f, 2, Myboycharlie {Ire}-- will be a welcome addition to the executive team Just Dreams {GB}, by Salse), a debut runner-up at at Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie,@ said John Kempton Nov. 28, raced along the rail in a handy third Elliott, Global Gaming Solutions CEO. AHis from the outset of this return. Improving one spot on management style and work ethic fit perfectly with the home turn, the 3-1 second favorite seized control our goals for the property.@ with 150 yards remaining and drew clear thereafter to $ Slabotsky has been employed with Global Gaming easily best Outbacker (Ire) (Aussie Rules) by five Solutions since its purchase of Remington Park in lengths. The winner is a half-sister to Bounty Quest January 2010. He will continue to oversee food (GB) (Fasliyev), GSP-UAE, $179,938. Sales history: and beverage operations at Remington Park in 21,000gns wlng '11 TATDEC; i55,000 yrl >12 Oklahoma City. GOFORB. VIDEO, courtesy attheraces.com. Lifetime $ Previously employed as an executive sous-chef for Record: 2-1-1-0, ,2,815. Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in New Jersey and O-Clipper Logistics. B-The National Stud (GB). T-William Turnberry Isle in Miami, Fla., executive chef for Haggas. 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BLACK-TYPE RESULTS: LOUISIANA FUTURITY, $106,105, FGX, 12-31, (S), First-crop starters to watch: Wednesday, January 1 2yo, f, 6f, 1:12 3/5, ft. Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2010 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ 1--#NURSE EMMIELLE, 122, f, 2, Private Vow--Nurse BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) Dyna, by Warfield. O-Bleu and Lacie Schniederjan; CABLE BOY (Jump Start), Colonial, $1000, 8/1/0 B-Sandra Duke (LA); T-Steven Duke; J-James 8-PRX, Alw, 1m, She's Hot Wired, 8-5 Graham. $63,663. Lifetime Record: 7-2-0-2, DIXIE CHATTER (Dixie Union), Bellena Vista, $5K, 44/10/1 $89,553. 8-SA, Stk, 1mT, Kris Furillo, 8-1 2--Top Doll, 122, f, 2, My Pal Charlie--d'Oro Doll, by SINGING SAINT (El Prado {Ire}), Adena Springs Canada, 20/3/0 Touch Gold. $7,700 yrl '12 LTBSEP. O-Wayne T 7-TP, Msw, 1m, Tairneach, $2K FTK OCT yrl Davis. $21,221. STAR CAT (Storm Cat), Breakway Farm, $3K, 12/2/0 3--French Celebrity, 122, f, 2, Petionville--Star 7-TP, Msw, 1m, Hezasmoothcat Celebrity, by Louis Quatorze. $9,700 yrl '12 ESLSEP. O-Virginia Lazenby. $11,671. First/Second-crop starters to watch: Wednesday, January 1 Margins: 1, HF, HF. Odds: 6.30, 52.90, 17.20. Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2009 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) COWTOWN CAT (Distorted Humor), Journeyman, $8K, 73/31/0 ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8-GP, Stk, 7 1/2fT, Sharapova Slams, $27K OBS APR 2yo, 12-1 7th-PRX, $52,568, Opt. Clm. ($25,000), NW2X, 8-GP, Stk, 7 1/2fT, Sunrise Kitty, 4-1 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:16 3/5, ft. INTO MISCHIEF (Harlan's Holiday), Spendthrift, $13K, 72/30/7 REBECCA'S SURPRISE (f, 3, Marino Marini--Violet 8-AQU, Stk, 6f, Miss Mischief, $125K FTK JUL yrl, 12-1 Brook, by Montbrook) Lifetime Record: 16-6-2-3, J BE K (Silver Deputy), 37/17/1 $126,338. O-Swilcan Stable LLC. B-Milt Policzer, Zuer 8-AQU, Stk, 6f, Baby J, $145K RNA FTK NOV 3yo, 3-1 Racing & RayJones (CA). T-Robert Reid Jr. 9-AQU, Msw, 5 1/2f, +Gotham Rising, $20K RNA EAS MAY 2yo, 12-1 LEWIS MICHAEL (Rahy), Three Chimneys, $13K, 60/15/1 6th-PRX, $51,680, NW1X, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10 2/5, ft. 8-GP, Stk, 7 1/2fT, Dreaming of Sophia, 9-5 BUDDY BE GOOD (g, 4, Eddington--Perpetual Motion, SPRING AT LAST (Silver Deputy), WinStar, $15K, 126/49/4 by Kingmambo) Lifetime Record: 21-4-2-6, $120,145. 8-SA, Stk, 1mT, Loan Savant, 12-1 O-Old First Ward Stable. B-Overbrook Farm (KY). T-William Hedus. *$5,000 wlng '09 KEENOV; $12,000 yrl '10 KEESEP. **1/2 to Royal F J (Royal Academy), Did You Know?... GSP, $351,420. Champion ROYAL DELTA (Empire Maker) A weanling purchase by TCR Ranch $ 859-613-3194 was tabbed as a J “TDN Rising Star” J Visit the TDN Rising Stars section on our All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, website! unless otherwise indicated             



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Breeders= Edition America cont. 7th-LRL, $45,000, Alw, Opt. Clm. ($25,000-$20,000), NW2LX, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:25 4/5, ft. MORE THAN A CRUISE (f, 4, More Than Ready--River Cruise, by Not for Love) Lifetime Record: MSP, 18-3-8-2, $164,285. O-Howard Bender. B-Sondra & Howard Bender (MD). T-Lawrence Murray.

8th-LRL, $42,000, Opt. Clm. ($40,000-$35,000), NW1LX, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:40 2/5, ft. BROWN RICE (f, 2, Big Brown--Saffronista {MSW, $268,030}, by Ecton Park) Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-0, $53,220. O-Nancy Lee Farms. B-Big Brown Syndicate, Joseph & Helen Barbazon (FL). T-A Ferris Allen III. *$9,000 wlng '11 KEENOV; $37,000 yrl '12 OBSAUG; $48,000 RNA 2yo >13 FTMMAY.

6th-FGX, $41,000, Opt. Clm. ($12,500), NW1X, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m70y (off turf), 1:46 1/5, ft. DREAMGLIDER (f, 3, Honor Glide--Nurse Dyna, by Warfield) Lifetime Record: SP, 10-2-1-3, $74,390. O/B-Sandra Duke (LA). T-Steven Duke.

6th-FGX, $41,000, Opt. Clm. ($12,500), NW1X, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m70y (off turf), 1:46 1/5, ft. DREAMGLIDER (f, 3, Honor Glide--Nurse Dyna, by Warfield) Lifetime Record: 10-2-1-3, $74,390. O/B-Sandra Duke (LA). T-Steven Duke.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Sanaaya, f, 3, Smart Strike--Spun Sugar (MGISW, $929,171), by Awesome Again. FGX, 12-31, 1m70y, 1:44 3/5. B-Shadwell Farm LLC (KY).

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ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Scatenate Linferno (Ity), c, 2, Blu Air Force (Ire)-- Primadonna (Ity), by Primo Dominie (GB). ROM, 12-31, 7 1/2f (AWT). B-Azienda Agricola Loreto Luciani. Lohit (GB), c, 2, Dutch Art (GB)--Lovina (Ity) (MSP-Ity), by Love the Groom. ROM, 12-31, 6f (AWT). B-Azienda Agricola Rosati Colarieti. *1/2 to Lokaloka (GB) (Pursuit of Love {GB}), GSW-Ity, $204,118; La Sika (GB) (Pursuit of Love {GB}), SW-Ity & MSP-US, $134,038; Marziano (GB) (Mark of Esteem {Ire}), MSP-Ity. PEDIGREE INSIGHTS... Get pedigree expert Andrew Caulfield=s take on racing=s newsmakers! You can find all of Caulfield=s columns in the TDN Archive.