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NYQUIST MISSES TRAINING INDUSTRY LEADER Reddam Racing=s undefeated Nyquist (Uncle Mo) did not return to the track as originally expected Thursday due PHIPPS DIES to a slightly elevated white blood cell count. AIt is standard routine to take blood work,@ said Jack Sisterson, assistant to trainer Doug O=Neill. AHis temperature is normal, but he had a slightly elevated white blood cell count.@ After an impressive defeat of previously unbeaten Mohaymen () in Saturday=s GI Xpressbet.com Derby, Nyquist shipped to Keeneland Sunday, where he will train up to the GI . AHe=s happy and he was a handful walking this morning. He wants to do something,@ Sisterson said. AWhy rush him back? Especially when they forecast rain coming in, so why take a risk? He is dragging us around the shedrow and the way his energy is, I=d probably say he=ll go out Friday.@

Ogden Mills Phipps at Saratoga | NYRA/Susie Raisher by Alan Carasso, with additional reporting from Sue Finley, EXPANDS TO OZ Christie DeBernardis and Heather Anderson Eclipse Partners made its first Australian foray with the aid of Gai Waterhouse, reaching to A$200,000 for a Ogden Mills ADinny@ Phipps, for decades one of the leading and filly by Pierro (Aus) at the Inglis Easter Sale Wednesday. strongest voices within the Thoroughbred industry in the United Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. States, a prominent owner and breeder and successful businessman, died Wed., Apr. 6 at -Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan following a lengthy illness. He was 75 years old. Born Sept. 18, 1940, Phipps was the great-grandson of Henry Phipps, the business partner of the steel industry magnate Andrew . His grandfather was married to Gladys Livingston Mills Phipps, whose bred the likes of Seabiscuit, champions , and and Classic winner , among others. He was the son of , who passed away in 1987, while his legendary father and fellow horseman died in 2002. Dinny Phipps was preceded in death by his sister Cynthia Phipps in 2007. Schooled at Yale University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963, assumed the role of Chairman of the Board of Bessemer Trust--his family=s private bank and investment advisor established in 1907--in his mid-30s in 1976 and remained engaged in that role until 1994. Cont. p3

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Ogden Mills Phipps Dies cont. from p1 Phipps II added, AIt=s part of who we are. We grew up going to From 1982 through 1994, Phipps was also the chairman of the the races, and going to the barn, and the Phipps Stable team is a Bessemer Securities Corporation and continued to serve on two very close-knit group who we rely very heavily on, who deeply boards at Bessemer until his retirement in 2015. For a time, care about our horses. I think it=s a testament to my dad as to Bessemer Trust was the race sponsor for the Breeders= Cup how much he passed on his passion of to all of us, Juvenile. He served on the board of the King Ranch from 1996 and it will continue to live through his children and our mom. until 2004 and also served on the Board of Governors for New This would have been very important to York-Presbyterian Hospitals Inc. him.@

Business As Usual... Ogden Mills Phipps--the Horseman... Phipps=s son, Ogden Phipps II, indicated Phipps=s first real taste of success on his that the family=s operation will remain in own in the Thoroughbred business came via full force going forward. the aforementioned Successor, bred by his AFor people that knew my dad, it will grandmother, who was named the come as no surprise that things were very champion 2-year-old colt of 1966. In later organized,@ he explained. AMy father years, the Phipps Stable runners were assembled and now has left a fantastic Inside Information | breederscup.com team in place. We have really, as a family, conditioned by Shug McGaughey and in grown up with this team and have the utmost trust in them in all 1989, Ogden Mills Phipps=s homebred (Mr. Prospector) facets of the organization. We cannot imagine any better way to provided the team with another championship after winning honor my dad than to keep our traditions going and always look that year=s GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile at . That to improve, as he did; to look to breed better horses, win more came just one year after his father=s legendary races and carry on the legacy we grew up with. The stable will () concluded an undefeated be owned by the family as it has been for many years and we=re season and locked up an Eclipse of her own in the GI going to keep it that way. Breeders= Cup Distaff at Churchill Downs. Cont. p4 HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 4 OF 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY $ APRIL 8, 2016

Ogden Mills Phipps Dies cont. REMEMBERING OGDEN MILLS PHIPPS Other renowned horses to carry the cherry-and-black silks include GI winner Dispute (); champion A and GI Breeders= Cup Distaff heroine Inside Information (Private With the passing of Ogden Mills (Dinny) Phipps, Account); champion and GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies winner has lost not only a tremendously (), a granddaughter of Personal successful breeder and owner, but a deeply leader, Ensign whose daughter also won the Juvenile Fillies; and sportsman, steward and advocate for the sport he loved.@ Inside Information=s champion 3-year-old filly of 2005 --Alex Waldrop, president and CEO of the National (Unbridled). Thoroughbred Racing Association However, Phipps=s highest as a Thoroughbred owner and breeder was Orb (Malibu Moon), a colt bred in AThe Breeders' Cup and all of Thoroughbred racing extend our partnership with his cousin and longtime horseman Stuart S. sincere condolences to the on the passing of our Janney III. Brought along in typically painstaking by friend Dinny Phipps. His accomplishments as a breeder and McGaughey, Orb needed four starts to win his maiden, but took owner are unmatched and we are indebted to Dinny for his flight from there, winning the GII Fountain of Youth S. and the numerous contributions to what is right about our game and GI Florida Derby before validating 5-1 favoritism in the for speaking out when we fell short. He was extraordinarily GI Kentucky Derby. It was a much-celebrated first trip to the gracious and kind and a true sportsman. He will be missed.A Derby winner=s circle for the owners as well as McGaughey. --Craig Fravel, Breeders= Cup president and CEO "It was a dream come true really for all of us,@ the conditioner commented. AIt couldn't have been any better because he was a AThis is a sad day for our sport. Mr. Phipps was one of the partnership horse between Phipps and Janney, who are family titans of Thoroughbred racing and breeding, and he and his members, and it couldn't have been any better for me or either family have always stood for the highest in integrity. I have had one of them. I got to be thrilled for two people." the greatest respect for all that he has done for our industry, Added Kevin Flanery, president of Churchill Downs, in a even when we didn=t see eye to eye on an issue. His legacy will statement, AChurchill Downs and all in the Kentucky Derby have a lasting effect for generations to come. Our sincere family are saddened by the passing of Ogden >Dinny= Phipps. condolences go out to his family.@ --Rick Violette Jr., president There is no area of American racing that was not touched--and of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen=s Association positively so--by Mr. Phipps and his influence. The appearance of Mr. Phipps in the Kentucky Derby winner=s circle following the ADinny Phipps gave far more to the racing industry than he 2013 victory by the homebred Orb will always rank among the ever took from it. The TRA was fortunate to have had him serve most wonderful moments in the recent history of the >Run for on its Board of Directors for seven years and to have worked in the Roses= and American racing.@ close partnership with The Club for the many years of his Other prominent horses to race for Ogden Mills Phipps leadership of that organization. His dedication to racing was included Adjudicating, Dancing Forever, Educated Risk, Majestic born indisputably of a love of the sport and the horse. The Light, Mining, Mr Speaker, Pleasant Home and Point of Entry. membership of TRA extends heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the Phipps family.@ Ogden Mills Phipps--Industry Titan... --Chris Scherf, Executive Vice President of the Thoroughbred At the age of just 35 in 1976, Ogden Mills Phipps was tabbed Racing Associations of North America to take over the dual roles of Chairman and CEO of the New York Racing Association and remained in that position until AI cried when I heard that my boyhood friend Dinny died. He 1983. Phipps was elected as chairman of The Jockey Club in gallantly fought this terrible disease to the end like the great 1983 and served in that capacity for better than three decades stretch runner that he is. Unfortunately, we have lost him. He until his retirement in August 2015 at which time he was named was the pinnacle of integrity and stood for all of the ideals for the honorary chairman. His was the longest tenure in the history which our sport represented. He was my childhood friend; he of the organization dating back to its inception in 1894. During walked softly but had a giant presence. What he cared for the the latter years of his tenure, Phipps was vocal in his call for most was the safety of the Thoroughbred. He leaves a legacy in stiffer regulation and the gradual elimination of race-day racing and breeding that is unmatchable. I loved him. On the medication, including Lasix. Janney III was elected to succeed outside, he was very restrained, but he was a kind soul and Phipps at the helm of The Jockey Club in August 2015. Cont. p5 devoted his life to this sport.@ --Earle Mack HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 5 OF 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY $ APRIL 8, 2016

Ogden Mills Phipps Dies cont. At the conclusion of his final Conference, staged During his time at The Jockey Club, Phipps remained doggedly by The Jockey Club each August during the Saratoga meeting, committed to the organization=s Janney III presented his cousin charitable endeavors--the with The Jockey Club Medal, an Grayson-Jockey Club Research honor Phipps himself had Foundation and The Jockey Club bestowed upon 16 others for Safety Net Foundation--which their contributions to the helped humans and equines alike. Thoroughbred racing and In a 2014 speech before the breeding industry. International Federation of AHe=s not much for fanfare, Horseracing Authorities, Phipps particularly any that focuses on articulated his motivation for him, but he richly deserves dedicating the better part of four accolades for the time and effort decades to the Thoroughbred he=s devoted to the industry. In an address delivered in , Phipps said: Thoroughbred industry in general and The Jockey Club in particular AQuite simply, I see it as a way over a long period of time,@ Janney III remarked at the time. of giving back to a sport that has Phipps & family at the 2015 Red Jacket ceremony | A. Coglianese provided me with so much enjoyment. That was probably passed on to me from my dad, McGaughey, Phipps A Match Made in Heaven... and I try to instill that sense of responsibility and commitment in my kids.@ For better than three decades, trainer Shug McGaughey trained countless winners for Ogden Mills Phipps, and the In addition to his role with The Jockey Club, Phipps also held a Lexington native humbly remembered his client Thursday when variety of board positions in the Thoroughbred industry, reached by phone at Keeneland. including with Breeders= Cup Ltd., Blood-Horse, National AIt was an honor for me to have known Mr. Phipps and known Thoroughbred Racing Association Inc., the Equibase his father,@ McGaughey said. AThey were obviously a great Management Committee, Grayson-Jockey Club Research influence on my life and I don't think there is any way I could Foundation, and the wholly owned subsidiaries of The Jockey have had the success in racing that I've had without working for Club. them and without their help. He added, "I trained for the Phippses since 1985 and I can=t say Accolades... that as far as they were concerned I ever had a bad day. It was a Phipps=s efforts and contributions to the Thoroughbred pleasure, as well as an honor, to train for them. Personally, I industry were recognized throughout his career. He was the enjoyed being with them, all the times I was with them, whether recipient of the 1978 and was honored it was the horses or not. When they hired me in 1985, I by the New York Turf Writers= Association in light of his considered it an honor and I still consider it an honor today. He successful efforts to have the takeout reduced on wagers at the was a wonderful man." NYRA facilities. He also received the Industry Service Award from the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, the Janney Credits Contributions, Cherishes Friendship... Ogden Phipps Outstanding Breeder Award from the New York Stuart Janney III and Ogden Mills Phipps were more than Turf Writers= Association, TOBA=s ANational Breeder of the Year,@ relatives--they were business associates who shared great the Earle Mack Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Champion success at the races. Award for his outstanding efforts and influence on Thoroughbred racehorse welfare and was the honored guest of AHe=s been my partner and a very dear friend for a long time the Thoroughbred Club of America=s Annual Testimonial Dinner. and we=ve done an awful lot of things together, whether it=s During the 2015 Saratoga meeting, Phipps was presented with been at Bessemer, whether it=s been at horse racing and a lot of NYRA=s "Red Jacket" upon his induction into the Saratoga Walk other things as well,@ Janney offered. AI=ll miss him. I him of Fame for his contributions to and influence on American to be an extraordinary person to be around, always a lot of fun, racing. Click here for the Red Jacket ceremony. but also someone I could admire.@ Cont. p6

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Ogden Mills Phipps Dies cont. REMEMBERING OGDEN MILLS PHIPPS He also paid tribute to Phipps=s work at The Jockey Club. AI think that he made extraordinary contributions across a very broad range of activities,@ Janney offered. AObviously, he was AIt was the privilege of a lifetime to work for Dinny Phipps. He very important to what went on at the Bessemer companies. For was a very active chairman and he insisted that The Jockey Club those efforts, his family is hugely indebted. He also made stand for integrity in everything we do.@ extraordinary --James L. Gagliano, who began his career with The Jockey contributions in the horse Club in 2005 and became its president in 2010. racing industry. There were lots of successes "I knew and worked with him since the late 70s when I was with his horses. For the Hugh Carey's deputy chief of staff. He always treated me with longest time they raced at respect and friendship, as I did him with great admiration. He the highest levels and won was a giant of a man, both in life and in the industry. On behalf you know, some great of the entire NYRA board, we extend our deepest condolences victories. to his family and loved ones." --Michael Del Guidice, Vice- He continued, ABut I Phipps and Janney following Orb=s Chairman, NYRA Board of Directors Derby success | Horsephotos think that he made unique contributions to how "It was my privilege and pleasure to get to know Mr. Phipps, a successful horse racing is going to be in the years to come. By great leader and a great philanthropist, and I admired him taking The Jockey Club in 1980 from being solely focused on the tremendously. We extend our sympathies to his family, friends, horse registry to where it is today and in the process, he and those who worked with him." changed the perception of The Jockey Club and he gave it the resources to be effective on a broad range of fronts, to protect --Christopher Kay, NYRA President and CEO the integrity of the game, the welfare of the horse and to figure out ways to grow the sport. He made contributions across a AThe Stronach Group and all of Thoroughbred racing is deeply broad range of other issues whether it was at the Breeders= Cup saddened by the passing of Ogden Mills >Dinny= Phipps. His where he was instrumental in getting all that started, or to the accomplishments as a breeder, owner and advocate for the NTRA, or to the level of cooperation that now goes on between industry and the horse are unparalleled. We offer our sincere international racing governing bodies. So it=s a pretty amazing condolences to his family. It is a sad day for racing.@ record and he did it, you know, not because he was paid to do it, --Statement from The Stronach Group but because he loved the sport. I think that that=s what particularly people in horse racing will remember him for.@ AMr. Phipps and his family are icons within the sport, and at this Janney looks forward to furthering his relationship with the time of grieving we all should reflect on the influence he had on our Phippses. industry. The National HBPA and its members send our sincere AI=m very happy to have them as my partners in some of the condolences to his entire family. The National HBPA and its @ horses where we are partners, I look forward to that, he members truly appreciate what Mr. Phipps has done for this commented. AThat=s what Dinny wanted. I think that really, industry. Mr. Phipps had, even in times of disagreement, the nothing will change there, which is exactly what he would have utmost respect for every participant in racing, and he built a envisioned. I think we=ve all got quite a few horses running this reputation and a legacy which will have a long lasting effect on weekend and he would want them to do well.@ An accomplished athlete, Ogden Mills Phipps is set to be future generations.@ --Eric Hamelback, CEO of the National HBPA inducted into the International Court Tennis Hall of Fame this summer and he was also an avid golfer and outdoorsman. ADinny Phipps=s contributions to the sport of Thoroughbred Phipps is survived by his wife of 46 years, Andrea; children racing were immeasurable, from the breeding and racing of Kayce, Kelley, Lilly, Daisy, Samantha, and Ogden; and 24 champions and many top class graded stakes winners, to his grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this stewardship of many organizations and his steadfast time. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be commitment to the integrity of the breed. His impact on the made to Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation or The sport which he loved will leave a lasting legacy for generations Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation. Both are located at The to come. On behalf of TOBA, its board of trustees and Jockey Club, 40 E. 52nd Street (15th floor), New York, NY 10022. members, we extend our condolences to the Phipps family. He will be missed.@ BDr. J. David Richardson, TOBA Chairman HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 7 OF 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY $ APRIL 8, 2016

by Bill Finley 2. MOHAYMEN (c, Tapit--Justwhistledixie, by Dixie Union) Outside of the Triple Crown races themselves, Saturday=s feast Mar. 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 1 – of stakes action is the biggest day of the year for 3-year-old O-Shadwell Stable. B-Clearsky Farm (Ky). T-Kiaran McLaughlin. males with three Grade I races on the docket. No matter who Sales history: $2,200,000 Ylg >14 KEESEP. wins what Saturday, there=s little doubt that Nyquist (Uncle Mo) Last Start: 4th, GI Florida Derby, GP, Apr. 2 will be the favorite in the GI Kentucky Derby. But who will be the Accomplishments Include: 1st, GII Fountain of Youth S., GP, second choice, the third choice, who will come into the race Feb. 27, 1st, GII Holy Bull S., GP, Jan. 30 with momentum and without momentum? Those questions and 1st GII Remsen S., AQU, Nov. 28; 1st GII S., AQU, Nov. 4 more should be answered in the GI Toyota Blue Grass S., the Next Start: GI Kentucky Derby, CD, May 7 GI Wood Memorial S. and the GI Santa Anita Derby. Expect a lot Thoro-Graph sheet, Equineline PPs of movement in next week=s TDN Top 12. Andrew Caulfield on Mohaymen Andrew Caulfield on sire Tapit 1. NYQUIST (c, Uncle Mo--Seeking Gabrielle, by Forestry) The big surprise in the GI Xpressbet.com Florida Derby is not Mar. 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 2 • that Mohaymen got beat. It looks like anyone could lose to O-Reddam Racing LLC. B-Summerhill Farm (Ky). T-Doug O=Neill. juvenile champion Nyquist Sales history: $400,000 2yo >15 FTFMAR; $230,000 Ylg >14 (Uncle Mo). It=s that he finished KEESEP; $180,000 Wlg >13 KEENOV. fourth, behind some fairly Last Start: 1st, GI Florida Derby, GP, Apr. 2 ordinary horses. What Accomplishments Include: 1st, GII San Vicente S., SA, Feb. 15, happened? AI think you can just 1st, GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile, KEE, Oct. 31; 1st, GI FrontRunner draw a line through that race,@ S., SA, Sept. 26; 1st, GI Del Mar Futurity, DMR, Sept. 7; trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said. 1st GII Best Pal S., DMR, Aug. 8 AThe track played a big part of Next Start: GI Kentucky Derby, CD, May 7 it and also where he was on Thoro-Graph sheet, Equineline PPs the track was a factor. The Mohaymen | A. Coglianese Andrew Caulfield on Nyquist weather was also an issue. It With his resounding win over Mohaymen (Tapit) in the was very hot and muggy. It was a disappointing performance, GI Xpressbet.com Florida Derby, juvenile champion Nyquist but we=re going to regroup and go to Churchill. We=ll get him answered every question, but the one about the mile-and-a- there and probably work him twice over that track.@ Many have quarter GI Kentucky Derby distance. But how big a deal is that dropped Mohaymen below the two spot on their Derby lists, but anyway? He=s won at a we see it as unfair to downgrade a horse so severely off one mile-and-an-eighth and, poor effort. He could be the next Thunder Gulch (Gulch). He was like everyone else who a poor fourth in the 1994 GI Blue Grass as the favorite before will be lining up in the rebounding to win the Derby at 24-1. >Run for the Roses= May 7, he=s never been asked to 3. DANZING CANDY (c, Twirling Candy--Talkin and , by go a mile-and-a-quarter. Songandaprayer) And how many horses in Mar. 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 3 this era are really bred to Nyquist | Coglianese Photography O-Halo Farms, Jim & Diane Bashor. B-Halo Farms. T-Cliff Sise, Jr. thrive at 10 furlongs? The Last Start: 1st GII San Felipe S., SA, Mar. 12 answer is, very few. He could run 13th in the Derby. He might Next Start: GI Santa Anita Derby, SA, Apr. 9 win the Triple Crown. Anything seems possible for a very Thoro-Graph sheet, Equineline PPs exciting horse who has been underrated . Andrew Caulfield on Danzing Candy Cont. p8 HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 8 OF 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY $ APRIL 8, 2016

TDN Derby Top 12 cont. >TDN Rising Star= Danzing Candy led every step of the way in the GII San Felipe S. when upsetting Mor Spirit (Eskendereya), but the pace scenario in the GI Santa Anita Derby doesn=t appear to be in his favor. Considering that the race includes Denman=s Call (Northern Afleet) and Iron Rob (Twirling Candy), it appears almost certain that Danzing Candy will either have to prove that he can rate or risk getting fried in a speed duel. He has the Danzing Candy | Benoit Photo right pilot in big-race jockey Mike Smith. Should he win Saturday, he=ll head to Kentucky as the leader of the Southern California contingent.

4. MOR SPIRIT (r, Eskendereya--Im a Dixie Girl, by Dixie Union) Mar. 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 4 O-Michael Lund Petersen. B-Elkstone Group LLC (PA). T-Bob Baffert. Sales history: $650,000 2yo >15 FTFMAR; $85,000 Ylg >14 FTKOCT. Last Start: 2nd, GII San Felipe S., SA, Mar. 12 Accomplishments Include: 1st, GIII Robert B. Lewis S., Feb. 6, SA; 1st, GI Los Alamitos Futurity, LRC, Dec. 19 Next Start: GI Santa Anita Derby, SA, Apr. 9 Thoro-Graph sheet, Equineline PPs Andrew Caulfield on Mor Spirit Though he was no better than second-best when facing >TDN Rising Star= Danzing Candy (Twirling Candy) in the GII San Felipe S., he very well could be the favorite in Saturday=s GI Santa Anita Derby. Part of that is due to the Bob Baffert mystique, along with the fact that some still don=t believe in ADanzing.@ Baffert has won this race a remarkable seven times going back to 1996. Two of the last four Santa Anita Derby winners, (Lucky ) and I=ll Have Another (Flower Alley), have gone on to win the GI Kentucky Derby.

5. GUN RUNNER (c, Candy Ride {Arg}--Quiet Giant, by Giant=s Causeway) Mar. 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 5 O-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC & Three Chimneys Farm. B-Besilu Stables. T-Steve Asmussen. Last Start: 1st, GII Louisiana Derby, FG, Mar. 26 Accomplishments Include: 1st, GII S., FG, Feb. 20 Next Start: GI Kentucky Derby, CD, May 7 Thoro-Graph sheet, Equineline PPs Andrew Caulfield on Gun Runner Cont. p9 HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 9 OF 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY $ APRIL 8, 2016

TDN Derby Top 12 cont. Gun Runner has already arrived at Churchill Downs and is one of the first Derby contenders to get a feel for the track. He worked four furlongs there Monday in :50 3/5. It=s worth noting that the only loss of his career came at Churchill in the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. last year, but that was over a sloppy track. He has also won beneath the Twin Spires, breaking his maiden there going one mile Sept. 11. As good as he is, trainer Steve Asmussen has not had a Gun Runner (r) lot of luck in the Derby. Hodges Photography He is zero for 13 with only two horses (Nehro 2011, 2007) having finished among the top three. Jockey Florent Geroux will be making his GI Kentucky Derby debut.

6. CUPID (c, Tapit--Pretty >n Smart, by Beau Genius) Mar. 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 6 O-Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier & Derrick Smith. B-JKG Thoroughbreds. T-Bob Baffert Sales history: $900,000 Ylg >14 KEESEP Last Start: 1st, GII Rebel S., OP, Mar. 19 7. SHAGAF (c, --Muhaawara, by Unbridled=s Song) Next Start: GI Arkansas Derby, OP, Apr. 16 Mar. 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 7 Thoro-Graph sheet, Equineline PPs O/B-Shadwell Stable. T-Chad Brown Andrew Caulfield on sire Tapit Last Start: 1st, GIII Gotham S., AQU, Mar. 5 Going for $900,000, Cupid was the most expensive colt sold on Next Start: GI Wood Memorial, AQU, Apr. 9 Day One of the 2014 Keeneland September Sale. He was Thoro-Graph sheet, Equineline PPs purchased by M.V. Magnier, who had this to say to the TDN at Andrew Caulfield on Shagaf the time about the horse Could >TDN Rising Star= Shagaf possibly be viewed as who would go on to win Shadwell=s top threat for the GI Kentucky Derby after Saturday? the GII Rebel S. and When Mohaymen (Tapit) was rolling that seemed impossible, become a Derby but what will things look like after the GI Wood Memorial S.? contender. A[Trainer] Should Shagaf win the Bob Baffert says that Wood, he will go into [Cupid=s half-brother] Derby Week as an Indianapolis (Medaglia undefeated horse with a d=Oro) is a very good Grade I win to his credit. Cupid | Coady Photography horse and his brother This is not the best Wood [we bought] last year is meant to be pretty good. Hopefully now, Memorial we=ve seen and this fellow will do the same--the lads liked him. He=ll most likely Shagaf still hasn=t run stay in America--we=ll bring him back to Ashford and we=ll faster than an 88 Beyer Shagaf | Lauren King decide.@ Indianapolis won the 2014 San Pedro S. Cupid=s full number or a 3 2/3 on the brother, Dream Team, is one for six with lifetime with earnings Thoro-Graph sheets, so he=s going to need a huge race Saturday of $51,260. to be viewed as a leading Derby threat. But...you never know. HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 10 OF 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY $ APRIL 8, 2016

8. DESTIN (c, Giant=s Causeway--Dream of Summer, by Siberian 10. ZULU (c, Bernardini--Temporada, by ) Summer) Mar. 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 10 Mar. 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 8 O-Stonestreet Stables LLC, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & O-Twin Creeks Racing Stables, LLC. B-James C. Weigel & Taylor Derrick Smith. B-Ron Magers & Robert Marcocchio. T-Todd Made Stallions Inc. T-Todd Pletcher Pletcher Sales history: $400,000 Ylg >14 KEESEP Sales history: $900,000 2yo >15 FTFMAR; $400,000 Ylg >14 Last Star: 1st, GII Tampa Bay Derby, TAM, Mar. 12 KEESEP Accomplishments Include: 1st GIII F. Davis, TAM, Feb. 13 Last Start: 2nd, GII Fountain of Youth S., GP, Feb. 27 Next Start: GI Kentucky Derby, CD, May 7 Next Start: GI Toyota Blue Grass S., KEE, Apr. 9 Thoro-Graph sheet, Equineline PPs Thoro-Graph sheet, Equineline PPs = The Destin team is going against the grain by giving their colt This horse remains a tough read. He s talented but how talented and will his inexperience catch up with him? >TDN eight weeks off prior to the GI Kentucky Derby. The other option Rising Star= Zulu didn=t make his first start until Dec. 5 and would have been to race in the GI Toyota Blue Grass S. Saturday. Saturday=s GI Toyota Blue Randy Gulatt of the Grass S. will be only his fourth ownership group Twin lifetime start. He put himself Creeks Racing explains into the Derby mix with a the decision, AWe feel second-place finish behind like we got four really Mohaymen (Tapit) in the good races into him, GII Xpressbet.com Fountain each one a month of Youth S., but that race apart,@ he said. AWe feel Zulu | Coglianese Photography doesn=t look quite so good like we=ve got his mind Destin | Tampa Bay Downs now that Mohaymen stubbed and his fitness where we his toe in the GI Xpressbet.com Florida Derby. It=s also want them. To take our best shot to win the Kentucky Derby, we interesting to note that Todd Pletcher is putting blinkers on for believe the best thing for Destin is to come in fresh and ready. I Saturday=s race, something he doesn=t often do. According to am a big fan of the Blue Grass and it=s a career-making race I=d BRISNET statistics, between 2010 and 2015, Pletcher went with love to win, but we=re more concerned about doing too much that angle only 209 times from 6022 starters. With blinkers on, and then not having Destin 100% for the Derby. With Todd=s he won 22% of the time, a bit below his overall winning rate of training ability, eight weeks should not be an issue.@ 25%. The Blue Grass should answer a lot of questions.

9. (c, Curlin--Dawn Raid, by Vindication) Mar. 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 9 O-Big Chief Racing, Head of Plains Partners LLC, Rocker O Ranch, LLC et al. B-Joseph B. Murphy (Ky). T-Keith Desormeaux. Sales history: $110,000 Ylg >14 KEESEP. Last Start: 3rd, GII San Felipe S., SA, Mar. 12 Accomplishments Include: 1st, GIII Delta Downs Jackpot, DED, Nov. 21; 1st, GII Saratoga Special S., SAR, Aug. 16 Next Start: GI Santa Anita Derby, SA, Apr. 9 Thoro-Graph sheet, Equineline PPs It=s time to put up or shut up. Exaggerator was second behind Nyquist (Uncle Mo) in the GII San Vicente S., but then didn=t improve a bit when a tiring third in the GII San Felipe S. He didn=t finish up strongly that day and even trainer Keith Desormeaux has questioned how far his colt wants to go. He=ll have enough points to run in the Derby no matter how he fares Saturday, but he needs a big performance at Santa Anita or else he=ll be an afterthought on the first Saturday in May. HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 11 OF 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY $ APRIL 8, 2016

11. MO TOM (c, Uncle Mo--Caroni, by Rubiano) ON THE BUBBLE: Mar. 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 11 O-GMB Racing. B-Hargus & Sandra Sexton & Silver Fern Farm. Brody=s Cause (Giant=s Causeway): Really needs a big race in T-Tom Amoss. GI Toyota Blue Grass S. to re-establish his credentials for the Sales history: $150,000 Ylg >14 KEESEP. Derby. Interesting to see jockey Lanerie stick with stablemate Last Start: 4th, GII Louisiana Derby, FG, Mar. 26 and >TDN Rising Star= Cherry Wine (Paddy O=Prado) over this Accomplishments Include: 1st, GIII LeComte S., FG, Jan. 16; 1st, one. Luis Saez is the new rider. Street Sense S., CD, Nov. 1 Next Start: GI Kentucky Derby, CD, May 7 Creator (Tapit): By Tapit, a late-developer, looks like he can run Thoro-Graph Sheet, Equineline PPs all day. GI Belmont S. winner? Mo Tom=s dam, Caroni, is a lot better broodmare than she was a race horse. A New York-bred by Rubiano, she ran seven times and Flexibility (): Has been MIA since finishing fourth in never once hit the board. She earned all of $908. But Mo Tom is the GIII Withers S. Jan. 30. His Derby hopes hinge on a good her third stakes winner, as she has also produced Zareta performance in the GI Wood Memorial S. at the Big A Saturday. winner Beautician (Dehere) and Bella Castani (), who won the Tweedside S. Mainly because he=s had such bad trips in Greenpointcrusader (Bernardini): Doesn=t look like he has his last two starts, Mo Tom has only 32 Derby points, but that=s enough points (14) to make the Derby. ordinarily more than enough to get into the field. Laoban (Uncle Mo): Runner-up in the GII Gotham S., will try to stamp his ticket to the Derby with a good showing in the 12. WHITMORE (g, Pleasantly Perfect--Melody=s Spirit, by Scat GI Toyota Blue Grass S. Daddy) March 30 TDN Top 12 Rank: 12 Lani (Tapit): If he gets the assignment on Lani, Japanese jockey O-Robert V. LaPenta, Harry T. Rosenblum and Southern Springs Yutaka Take will make his second appearance in the Derby. He Stable. B-John Liviakis. T-Ron Moquett also rode Japanese shipper Ski Captain (Storm Bird) to a Last Start: 2nd, GII Rebel S., OP, Mar. 19 14th-place finish in 1995. Next Start: GI Arkansas Derby, OP, Apr. 16 Andrew Caulfield on Lani Thoro-Graph sheet, Equineline PPs Breeder John Liviakis said people laughed at him when he Majesto (Tiznow): Runner-up in the GI Xpressbet.com Florida decided to breed his mare, Melody=s Spirit, to Pleasantly Perfect Derby, he=ll be among the longer shots in the Derby field. after an exhaustive study. AI know he=s not a commercial sire, but it was the right mating at the time and he presented just Oscar Nominated (Kitten=s Joy) If only the GI Kentucky Derby what I needed. People were run on the grass or a synthetic surface... aren=t laughing any more,@ Andrew Caulfield on Oscar Nominated he said. The mating produced Derby Outwork (Uncle Mo): Looks like Velazquez chose this one over contender Whitmore, who GI Toyota Blue Grass S. starter and >TDN Rising Star= Zulu. has made $375,000. The bad news is that Liviakis Suddenbreakingnews (Mineshaft): Needs a big effort in the sold the horse privately as GI Arkansas Derby to even stay on the bubble. a 2-year-old for $35,000 even though he was very Whitmore | Coady Photography Swipe (Birdstone): Tall order to get ready for the Derby off one high on the individual. He explained that he needed to sell off prep and after an injury, but Keith Desormeaux will give it a try some assets because of recent setbacks in the stock market. with a horse bred by TDN columnist Bill Oppenheim=s wife, Lou. AThat=s a pathetic amount.@ he said. AIt=s embarrassing, but that=s what I sold him for.@ He did so after advisors told him they Tom=s Ready (More Than Ready): Will give it a go for owners of didn=t believe Whitmore would sell for much at the 2-year-old New Orleans Saints and Pelicans of the NBA. sales because people would be turned off by the fact his sire is Pleasantly Perfect. Click here to visit the Derby Top 12 section of our website, complete with video past performances, Equibase PPs, and Click sire=s name for Progeny PPs; dam name for Stakes-Winning Thoro-Graph sheets. Pedigrees; last race for video replay. HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 12 OF 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY $ APRIL 8, 2016

TRANSYLVANIA KICKS OFF KEENELAND MEET 6 Sorryaboutnothing Repent Lanerie O'Neill 15-1 7 Converge K Sidney's Candy Castellano Brown 5-2 by Brian DiDonato 8 Catapult K Kitten's Joy Leparoux Brown 3-1 Despite temperatures in the 20s expected over the weekend, 9 One Mean Man Mizzen Mast Torres Flint 20-1 the true start to spring for many takes place Friday with the Owners: 1-Stuart S. Janney, III and Phipps Stable (O. M. Phipps, et al.), opening of Keeneland Race Course, and a field of nine 2-RGH Bloodstock, Inc.(Richard Hogan) and Dan Gale, 3-Zayat Stables, LLC sophomore turfers kick things off in the featured (Ahmed Zayat), 4- Lane Stable (Jamie Hill), Michael C. Stinson and GIII Transylvania S. Trainer Chad Brown won this race 12 months Michael J. McMahon, 5-J.R. Racing, LLC ( Roth), 6-Fog City Stable, RAP ago with Paul Pompa Racing, ERJ Racing, LLC and Kenney, Dave, 7-Paul P. Pompa, Jr., Jr.=s Night Prowler 8-Woodford Racing, LLC ( S. Farish, Jr.), 9-L. T. B., Inc. and (Giant=s Causeway), and Hillerich Racing LLC. Breeders: 1-Stuart S. Janney, III LLC. & PhippsStable, holds a very strong hand 2-Adena Springs, 3-Zayat Stables, LLC, 4-K & G Stables, 5-Dr. John A. this time around. Chandler, 6-Woodford Thoroughbreds, 7-SF Racing, 8-Breffni Farm, Pompa=s Converge 9-Bernard Flint & Ron Hillerich. (Sidney=s Candy), a debut winner against Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 6:30 p.m. EDT New York-breds at SANTA ANITA DERBY-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m Belmont in September Converge | A Coglianese PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Denman's Call Northern Afleet Bejarano O'Neill 124 who was second with trouble in that venue=s Awad S. the 2 Exaggerator K Curlin Desormeaux Desormeaux 124 following month, ran to favoritism to get past the speedy Giant 3 Danzing Candy Twirling Candy Smith Sise, Jr. 124 Run (Giant=s Causeway) in Gulfstream=s GIII Palm Beach S. 4 Mor Spirit Eskendereya Stevens Baffert 124 Feb. 27. Giant Run returned to take the Cutler Bay S. by daylight 5 Smokey Image Southern Image Espinoza Gaines 124 Mar. 26. Brown=s other representative Catapult (Kitten=s Joy) 6 Iron Rob Twirling Candy Elliott Papaprodromou 124 also defeated Giant Run in his last outing. Woodford Racing=s 7 Dressed in Hermes Hat Trick (Jpn) Prat Armstrong 124 $350,000 KEESEP yearling ran down that foe to earn a solid 93 8 Rare Candy K Twirling Candy Talamo Hofmans 124 debut Beyer Speed Figure in Elmont Oct. 18. Shug McGaughey 9 Diplodocus K Sky Mesa Baze Baltas 124 K pupil Inspector Lynley (Lemon Drop Kid) also has form through 10 Uncle Lino Uncle Mo Perez Sherlock 124 Giant Run. The son of MGSW Criminologist (Maria=s Mon) Owners: 1-W. C. Racing, Inc., Westside Rentals.com. or Gilman Racing, finished fourth in the slower maiden affair run on the same card 2-Big Chief Rcg, Head of Plains Ptnrs, Rocker O Ranch, Et Al, 3-Halo Farms, Bashor or Bashor, 4-Michael Lund Petersen, 5-Irvin Racing Stable, 6-Kretz as Catapult=s debut, and improved his Beyer by 27 points to 88 Racing, LLC, 7-Budget Stable, 8-Tarabilla Farms, Inc., 9-Bloom Racing Stable when second by a neck at the Big A Nov. 28. Second again to the LLC or Head of Plains Partners LLC, 10-Mansor, Purple Shamrock Racing or aforementioned Giant Run at Gulfstream Jan. 2, he broke Sherlock. Breeders: 1-W C Racing, Milt Gilman & Mark Verge, 2-Joseph B. through after a very wide journey to don cap and gown by a Murphy, 3-Halo Farms, 4-Elkstone Group, LLC, 5-C Punch Ranch, Inc., neck Feb. 6. Shakhimat (Lonhro {Aus}) won right out of the box 6-John C. Pereira, 7-Budget Stables, 8-Farm III Enterprises LLC, 9-Oxley, TCF going seven panels on the Woodbine synthetic Sept. 19, and was Stallions et al& Robert Losey, 10-JPR Stable, LLC. third trying the grass in the restricted Cup and Saucer S. Oct. 11. He controlled the pace over a speed-friendly main surface in Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 6:10 p.m. EDT Etobicoke Nov. 8, and thrashed fellow Canada-breds in the nine- SANTA ANITA OAKS-GI, $400,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m panel Coronation Futurity S. by 9 3/4 lengths. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Songbird Medaglia d'Oro Smith Hollendorfer 123 2 She's a Warrior K Majestic Warrior Stevens Eurton 120 3 Jade Princess K Tapit Espinoza Baffert 120 Friday, Keeneland, post time: 5:30 p.m. EDT 4 Kay Kay K Pleasantly Perfect Quinonez Cerin 120 TRANSYLVANIA S. PRESENTED BY KEENELAND SELECT-GIII, $100,000, 5 Forever Darling K Congrats Pedroza Baltas 120 3yo, 1 1/16mT 6 Mokat K Uncle Mo Prat Baltas 120 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 7 Bellamentary Bellamy Road Bejarano D'Amato 120 1 Inspector Lynley Lemon Drop Kid Geroux McGaughey III 3-1 Owners: 1-Fox Hill Farms, Inc., 2-C R K Stable, 3-Don Alberto Stable, 2 Shakhimat K Lonhro (Aus) Wilson Attfield 10-1 4-Holly & David Wilson, 5-Katsumi Yoshida, 6-JK Racing Stable, 7-Little Red 3 Prime Time Man Zensational Velazquez Lukas 15-1 Feather Racing or RM Racing. Breeders: 1-John Antonelli, 2-T.C. Flounders, 4 Urban Bourbon K City Zip Bravo Kenneally 10-1 3-Summer Wind Farm, 4-K & G Stables, 5-Debby Oxley, 6-Dr. Charles S. 5 J R 's K Harlan's Holiday Jaramillo Garoffalo 6-1 Giles, 7-Charles T. Matses. HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 13 OF 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY $ APRIL 8, 2016

Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 5:00 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 6:10 p.m. EDT PROVIDENCIA S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT SPRINT H.-GIII, $400,000, 3yo/up, 6f PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Decked Out K Street Boss Desormeaux Desormeaux 120 1 Subtle Indian Indian Charlie Vazquez Diodoro 120 2 Mirage (Ire) Oasis Dream (GB) Prat Callaghan 120 2 W. B. Smudge Grand Reward Marquez Jr Kordenbrock 116 3 Kiss N Scat Scat Daddy Smith Hollendorfer 120 3 Cinco Charlie Indian Charlie Santana Jr. Asmussen 118 4 How Unusual Unusual Heat Elliott Abrams 120 4 Alsvid Officer Hill Hartman 118 5 Nodiac (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Bejarano D'Amato 120 5 Bayerd De La Cruz Asmussen 114 6 Do the Dance K Discreet Cat Perez Sherlock 120 6 Cautious Giant K Giant's Causeway Nakatani Mulhall 116 7 Jeremy's Legacy (Ire) Jeremy Gutierrez O'Neill 120 7 Gentlemen's Bet Half Ours Osorio Moquett 116 8 Sheeza Milky Way K Sidney's Candy Quinonez Eurton 120 8 Recount Limehouse Canchari DiVito 114 9 Lady Valeur (Ire) Multiplex (GB) Stevens Gallagher 120 9 Speightsong Speightstown Garcia Forster 114 Owners: 1-Voss or Big Chief Racing, LLC, 2-Mrs. Fitriani Hay, Owners: 1-Mercedes Stables LLC (Maria Vila & Ernest Moody), 2-Robert 3-Hollendorfer or Melen or Taub, Et Al, 4-Abrams or M. Auerbach, LLC, O'Hara Jr & Gwyneth Gower, 3-L. William & Heiligbrodt, 4-Black 5-Little Red Feather Racing or Naify, 6-Mansor, Purple Shamrock Racing or Hawk Stable (James Rogers), 5-Clark O. Brewster, 6-Tachycardia Stables and Sherlock, 7-Great Friends Stable, Head of Plains Partners LLC or Keh, Et Al, Twilight Racing LLC, 7-Harry T. Rosenblum, 8-Doubledown Stables Inc. 8-Alesia, Christensen or Ciaglia Racing LLC, Et Al, 9-Eclipse Thoroughbred (Richard Templer), 9-Bond Stables, Naber Racing, LLC, Iron Horse Racing Partners. Breeders: 1-Haymarket Farm LLC, 2-Norelands Stud & Lofts Hall LLC (Joiner), Jones et al. Breeders: 1-Mercedes Stables LLC, 2-World Stud, 3-Morris B. Floyd, Mike Bowling, Greg Ginter & Mike Eaves, Thoroughbreds Racing Inc., 3-Candyland Farm, 4-Yanagawa Stud LTD., 4-Madeline Auerbach & Barry Abrams, 5-Ms G. Proctor, 6-Lester Kwok & Dr. 5-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC, 6-Grousemont Farm, 7-Juvenal Diaz, 8-Barney Naoya Yoshida, 7-Laurence & David Gleeson, 8-Jayne Johnson, Tom & Gallagher & Anne Gallagher, 9-Sam-Son Farm. Jeanne Flounders, 9-Edmond Kent. Sunday, Aqueduct, post time: 2:26 p.m. EDT Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:00 p.m. EDT TOP FLIGHT INVITATIONAL H.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m THUNDER ROAD S.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Noble and a Beauty Noble Causeway Gryder Violette Jr. 114 1 Poshsky Vronsky Pereira Miller 124 2 America K A.P. Indy Ortiz Jr. Mott 118 2 McHeat Unusual Heat Elliott Abrams 120 3 Mei Ling K Empire Maker Velazquez Pletcher 118 3 Si Sage (Fr) Sageburg (Ire) Gutierrez Vienna 122 4 Saythreehailmary's Repent Franco Morrison 117 4 Cool Green Glbl Hntr (Arg) Lezcano O’Neill 120 5 Carrumba Bernardini Ortiz McGaughey 116 5 Papacoolpapacool K Temple City Smith D’Amato 120 Owners: 1-My Meadowview Farm LLC, 2-Flay, Bobby, 3-Schwartz, Barry, 6 Decisive Edge Bernardini Blanc Hollendorfer 120 K., 4-Very Un Stable, 5-Phipps Stable. Breeders: 1-My Meadowview LLC, 7 Twentytwentyvision Pollard’s Vision Prat Mandella 120 2-B. Flay Thoroughbreds, 3-Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams, 4-Very Un 8 Red K Talamo Desormeaux 122 Stable, 5-Phipps Stable. 9 Finnegans Wake Powerscourt (GB) Espinoza Miller 122 10 De Treville (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Perez Shirreffs 120 Sunday, Woodbine, post time: 4:49 p.m. EDT 11 Soul Driver K Street Boss Baze Mullins 120 S.-GIII, C$150,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 6f 12 What a View Vronsky Desormeaux Black 124 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT Also Eligible: 1 Ida Bambina Where's the Ring Stein De Paulo 117 13 Play Hard to Get Purim Quinonez Kruljac 120 2 Skylander Girl Stroll Wilson Patykewich 119 14 Ohio (Brz) Stevens Lobo 120 3 Leigh Court Grand Slam Geroux Stidham 117 Owners: 1-Barber, Silver Ranch Stable or Wachtel Stable; 2-M. Auerbach, 4 Sweetsoutherndame KColonel John Contreras Colebrook 117 LLC; 3-Red Baron's Barn LLC, Rancho Temescal & Vayaconsuerte, LLC; 4 - 5 Galina Point Saffir Husbands Casse 121 Ed Delaney; 5-Mr. & Mrs. Nilforushan or Snedegar; 6-Favreau or Psoinos; 6 Green Doctor The Green Monkey Boulanger LeBlanc Jr. 117 7-Ellen & Peter O. Johnson, Sr.; 8-Detmer or Michaels or Voss, Et Al; Owners: 1-Samotowka Stables & Charlie Buscaglia, 2-Alexander P. 9-Donegal Racing or Ranch; 10-Rashit Shaykhutdinov; 11-Bloom Patykewich, 3-Speedway Stable LLC, 4-Oak Bluff Stables and Blue Gray Racing Stable LLC or Head of Plains Partners LLC; 12-Finish Line Racing, Stable, 5-Gary Barber, 6-Paul Mouttet. Breeders: 1-Mark Richard Hughes, Ellwood Johnston Trust or Berumen, Et Al; 13-Kings River Ranch; 14-Bonne 2-Auchamore Stud, 3-Eugene Melnyk, 4-WinStar Farm, LLC, 5-Spring Farm, Chance Farm, LLC or Stud R D I, LLC. Breeders: 1-Old English Rancho & 6-Paul Mouttet. Berumen; 2-Madeline Auerbach; 3-Ecurie D; 4-Ed Delaney; 5-Chesapeake Farm & Gianca Stables; 6-Epona Equine, LLC; 7-Peter O. Johnson; 8-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC; 9-Jerry Crawford; 10-Watership Down Stud; 11-John R. Penn; 12-Old English Rancho, Patsy & Sal Berumen; 13-Catesby W. Clay Investment LLC; 14-Fazenda Mondesir. HEADLINE NEWS $ PAGE 14 OF 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY $ APRIL 8, 2016

Sunday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 5:00 p.m. EDT LAS CIENEGAS S.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2fT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 Smoove It Square Eddie Gutierrez O'Neill 120 2 Fanticola Silent Name (Jpn) Talamo D'Amato 122 3 Off the Road (Brz) Quick Road (Brz) Pedroza Mandella 120 4 Velvet Mesquite In Excess (Ire) Desormeaux Heap 120 5 La Berma (Ire) Lawman (Fr) Smith Cassidy 120 6 My Year Is a Day (Fr) King's Best Blanc D'Amato 120 7 Dreamologist Tapit Prat Mandella 120 8 Dauphine Russe (Fr) Russian Blue (Ire) Perez Jacobson 120 9 Miss Double d'Oro Medaglia d'Oro Bejarano Drysdale 120 10 Minks Aprise K Northern Afleet Solis Hollendorfer 120 11 Tale of Papa Nick Papa Clem Pereira Baltas 120 Owners: 1-Reddam Racing, LLC, 2-Fanticola or Scardino, 3-Quick Road Stable, 4-Harris Farms, Inc., 5-DP Racing, 6-Town and Country Racing LLC, 7-LNJ Foxwoods, 8-Final Turn Racing Stables LLC or Jacobson, 9-, 10-KMN Racing LLC, 11-Nick Cafarchia. Breeders: 1-Reddam Racing LLC, 2-Hedgestone Management & Frank Mermenstein, 3-Haras Louveira Ltda, 4-Harris Farms, 5-C. & L. Marzocco & L. Disaro, 6-Haras Du Cadran, Adrian Von Gunten &Antoine Gilibert, 7-Frank Calabrese, 8-Haras d'Ecouves, 9-Bluegrass Hall LLC, 10-Carlos Enrique Bruno, 11-Nick Cafarchia.

Sunday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:00 p.m. EDT SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO S.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, 1 3/4mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 A Red Tie Day Indygo Shiner Gutierrez Baltas 120 2 Cardiac Papa Clem Perez Abrams 120 3 Energia Fribby (Brz) Agnes Gold (Jpn) Bejarano Drysdale 115 4 Kenjisstorm Stormy Atlantic Maldonado Knapp 120 5 Bourbon Soul K Malibu Moon Prat Mullins 120 6 Generosidade (Uru) (GB) Pereira Lobo 119 7 Blingo K Artie Schiller Solis Shirreffs 120 8 Quick Casablanca (Chi) Until Sundown Baze McAnally 120 9 Life's Journey Kipling Desormeaux Schwizer 120 10 Generoso (Uru) T. H. Approval Pedroza Lobo 120 Owners: 1-Bloom Racing Stable, LLC, 2-Abrams or M. Auerbach LLC or Naify, Et Al, 3-Golden Eagle Farm Investment, L.P., 4-KM Racing Enterprise, Inc., 5-Magee-Wolfson, LLC, 6-Haras Phillipson, Inc., 7-Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Moss, 8-Pablo Gomez, 9-Justified Farm, LLC, 10-Haras Phillipson, Inc. Breeders: 1-Dapple Bloodstock &Gryphon Investments LLC, 2-Madeline Auerbach, Marsha Naify, BarryAbrams & Onofrio Pecoraro, 3-Haras Estrela Energia, 4-Dapple Bloodstock & Susan Bunning, 5-Mueller Thoroughbred Stable, Ltd., 6-Haras Phillipson, 7-B. P. Walden Jr. & B. Ray, 8-Haras Matancilla, 9-Robert J. Wright, 10-Phillipson.

REGIONAL REPORT Friday $ April 8, 2016 KAPLAN TO RETIRE AFTER THIS WEEKEND TODAY’S INSIGHTS Trainer Billy Kaplan, who conditioned the likes of 2011 champion female sprinter Musical Romance (Concorde=s Tune), 7th-KEE, $60K, Msw, 3yo f, 7f, 4:24 p.m. ET will retire from racing after this weekend, Gulfstream Park A very well-bred group of maiden fillies meet up here, with announced Thursday. Conquest Stables= CONQUEST SERENADE (Unbridled=s Song) AIt=s just time,@ Kaplan said. AI=m 70 likely the horse to beat of the ones who have run. The gray filly years old and I think I=d rather do broke outwardly at the start of her Mar. 13 unveiling at some other things at this stage of my Gulfstream, but showed good speed thereafter, dueling the 8-5 life than get up every morning at 4:30 favorite into submission before getting passed over the top by a.m. I=ve been thinking about it since subsequent GII S. heroine Go Maggie Go last year. I=ve been doing this for 37 (Ghostzapper). Janis Whitham homebred Walkabout (Stroll) is a years. I=m financially secure, I=m half-sister to MGISW Fort Larned (E Dubai) whose second dam is relatively healthy, and I want to enjoy two-time champion older mare (Arg) (Consultant=s Bid). myself.@ The Ian Wilkes trainee passed eight horses in the stretch to be Billy Kaplan | Gulfstream Some of Kaplan=s most third at 37-1 in her Nov. 14 debut at Churchill and figures to accomplished charges include MGSW move forward off that race with an additional furlong to work Ekati=s Phaeton (Tale of Ekati), GII Derby winner East here. Nancy S. Dillman will be represented by a half-sister to Hall (Graeme Hall) and GIII Palm Beach S. hero Mr. Livingston (El Horse of the Year and champion older mare Havre de Grace Prado {Ire}). The South Florida-based conditioner has won a (Saint Liam) in second-timer Mademoiselle Coco (Medaglia total of 615 races throughout his career and his runners have d=Oro). The Larry Jones charge did little running when seventh in earned $18,752,003 in purses. her Feb. 20 career bow. Shug McGaughey debuts Robert S. Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., Kaplan was a second lieutenant Evans homebred Realistic (Tapit), a half-sister to MGSW in the Army and received a Purple Heart and Star. A CPA American Lion (Tiznow). Her second dam is GISW City Band who also had his pilot=s license, he started Air South after (Carson City). Ramona S. Bass and Cheyenne Stables send out moving to Florida in the 1970's. Soon after Kaplan purchased a debutante Girl Talk (Medaglia d=Oro), a $390,000 Keeneland few horses and took out his trainer=s license, and in 1980 he got September yearling buy out of MGSW One Caroline (Unbridled=s his first win. Song). The bay filly has been working sharply for Kiaran Kaplan also became known for his keen eye at yearling and 2- McLaughlin at Palm Meadows, including a :47 4/5 half-mile from year-old sales, picking up $1.6-million earner Musical Romance the gate Apr. 1. TJCIS PPs for just $22,000 and also selected East Hall, who earned $870,000, for $55,000. 8th-KEE, $62K, Alw, 3yo, f, a7f, 4:57 p.m. ET AI=ve been extremely fortunate,@ said Kaplan, who has trained >TDN Rising Star= LIMITLESS (Discreet Cat) returns in this one- for Pinnacle Racing Stable the past 14 years. AI=ve been blessed other-than allowance off a dominant first-out maiden score at with great owners and wonderful help. At the same time, it=s Fair Grounds Mar. 17. A daughter of GSW Position Limit just time. I have a couple cruises lined up, including one to (Bellamy Road), the $37,000 Keeneland September yearling Alaska, and I=m going to play some golf and work out. And I=ll still purchase blasted out of the gate at even-money and led clear at be at the sales for my clients.@ every call en route to a 4 1/4-length romp. Owned by Kent Several of Kaplan=s horses will be transferred to Stanley Gold, Spellman, Bret Jones and Head of Plains Partners, she looks to who is also based in South Florida. be the controlling speed again, but must navigate another furlong-plus in this Beard Course test. Several more first-out winners will line up, including StarLadies Racing=s Firsthand Report (Blame), who showed speed and tenacity to earn a half- length victory in her Feb. 10 debut at Gulfstream for Todd Pletcher. Formby (Scat Daddy) and Lough Ness (Quality Road) will also aim to start their careers with consecutive successes. TJCIS PPs --Joe Bianca

Stronach homebred Stella Rose (Mineshaft) debuts with a sharp maiden win at Gulfstream. Regional Report • PAGE 2 of 5 • thetdn.com Friday • April 8, 2016

Thursday=s Results: Thursday=s Results: 7th-GP, $37,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 4-7, 3yo/up, 8th-AQU, $75,000, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 4-7, f/m, 7 1/2fT, 1:29.85, fm. 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.15, my. SEQUOIA PRINCESS (f, 4, Street Sense--Special Grayce {GSP, BLITHELY (m, 5, Exchange Rate--Merryland Monroe, by Allen's $124,129}, by Smart Strike), a debut winner over the Prospect), a half-sister to Merry Meadow (Henny Hughes), Gulfstream West turf course Oct. 28, faded to finish 10th while MGSW, $852,800, kicked home nicely to defeat this cast of facing winners for the first time in Hallandale Jan. 1. Working open-company filles and mares. An open allowance winner in well in the interim, the 6-1 chance was hung out at least four January 2015, she ended a four-racing losing streak earlier this wide on the first turn after leaving from stall 10. She began to term with a state-bred allowance tally over the inner Jan. 14. roll while four deep on the far turn and kicked on nicely in deep She entered off a third-place finish in the Broadway S. Feb. 21. stretch to get the money by a half-length. Sales history: $60,000 Outsprinted in fifth early, the 9-5 shot began to wind up as they Ylg '13 KEESEP; $95,000 RNA 2yo '14 OBSOPN. Lifetime Record: straightened for home and came charging down the lane to 3-2-0-0, $42,980. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, score by 1 1/2 lengths. Favored Eloquent Tribute (Tapit) was sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. second. Lifetime Record: SP, 14-6-3-3, $305,910. Click for the O-Long Trail Stables, LLC; B-White Fox Farm (KY); T-Giuseppe Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Iadisernia. O/B-David Howe & William Parsons (NY); T-Mark A. Hennig. Hidden Brook Raised

2nd-GP, $35,640, Msw, 4-7, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:38.48, ft. NY-BRED OWNER AWARD: $4,500 nybreds.com +STELLA ROSE (f, 3, Mineshaft--Stella Prima, by El Prado {Ire}) made easy work of this four-horse field in her career opener. The bay showed an upbeat worktab at Christophe Clement=s Payson base, including a trio of bullet workouts, most recently covering the four-furlong distance in :49 (1/13) Mar. 27. Backed at odds of 8-5, she stalked the early leader in second through fractions of :24.18 and :47.18, took over when ready on the far Thursday=s Results: turn, and was kept to task in the stretch to graduate by five 4th-OP, $76,000, Msw, 4-7, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:46.18, ft. lengths. My Awesome Mom (Awesome Again) was second. The +DIVINE INTERVENTIO (c, 3, Malibu Moon--Art Show {SW, Stronach homebred is out of an unraced half-sister to Canadian $243,500}, by Out of Place), off a beat slow from his rail draw, champions Poetically (Silver Deputy) and Primaly (Alydeed); and trailed the field of eight through early fractions of :23.24 and GI S. winner Citronade (Lemon Drop Kid). The winner=s :46.90. With Ricardo Santana Jr. aboard, the 4-1 chance began dam--a $42,000 purchase by Martin Lake and Serendipity Farm to enter the picture on the far turn, revved up with a six-wide at the 2013 KEENOV sale--also has a 2-year-old colt by Macho sweeping move and came charging down the center of the Uno and a yearling colt by Drosselmeyer. She was bred back to course while racing a bit green to reel in Titan (Awesome Again) Midshipman. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $21,600. Click for the by a half-length. The winner is a half-brother to GII Remsen S. Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. third-place finisher Delhomme (Dixie Union). Sales history: O-Stronach Stables; B-Adena Springs (KY); T-Christophe $250,000 Ylg '14 FTSAUG; $350,000 RNA 2yo '15 FTFMAR; Clement. $210,000 2yo '15 EASMAY. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $45,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- Hip #269: Half-bro sells with Randy Bradshaw at OBSAPR Tipton. O-Jerry Durant; B-William M. Backer Revocable Trust (VA); T-Steven M. Asmussen. Selected by Mersad Metanovic Bloodstock • [email protected] Regional Report • PAGE 3 of 5 • thetdn.com Friday • April 8, 2016

Wednesday Night=s Results: 1st-SA, $56,681, Msw, 4-7, 4yo/up, 1mT, 1:37.16, fm. 6th-EVD, $22,000, Msw, 4-6, 3yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:06.05, ft. CIMPL MAN (c, 4, More Than Ready--Five Nickels {SP, STRADIVARIUS (f, 3, Street Cry {Ire}--Aldebaran Light, by $126,920}, by Quiet American) switched to grass with a good ), a half-sister to Eskendereya (Giant=s Causeway), second going down the hill Jan. 22 and entered off a third-place GISW, $725,700, broke through with a runaway maiden win finish as the 5-2 favorite when stretched to a mile here Feb. 26. with blinkers added here. A solid debut second with some Backed at odds of 9-5 to get off the schneid in this one, he went trouble behind subsequent GII S. third Shaken straight to the lead beneath Hall of Famer Mike Smith and (Uncle Mo) at Fair Grounds Jan. 30, she was freshened after gamely turned back a challenge from even-money favorite dueling through a hot pace to finish a well-beaten fourth there Atypique (Tapit) in the stretch to graduate going away by 2 1/4 Feb. 20. Hammered down to 1-5 while facing much easier lengths. Sales history: $60,000 RNA Ylg '13 KEESEP. Lifetime competition here, she sat a stalking trip from the outside in Record: 6-1-1-1, $54,395. Click for the Equibase.com chart or third, took over while in hand off the turn for home and drew VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. off in the stretch to win for fun without ever being asked. It was O/B-Thomas L Nichols (KY); T-Gary Mandella. 9 1/4 lengths back to Picante Caliente (El Corredor) in second. The victress is also a half-sister to Balmont (Stravinsky), G1SW- INDUSTRY INFO Eng & GSP-Ire, $472,607. Sales history: $110,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $23,600. Click for the Derby/Oaks Ticket Auction to Benefit RRP: Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. TwinSpires.com and PaulickReport.com have teamed to O-Earle I. Mack; B-Sanford R. Robertson (KY); T-Albert M. Stall Jr. auction a pair of tickets to the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Kentucky Oaks to benefit the Retired Racehorse Project. The Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm auction is now live on Starquine, and all proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Retired Racehorse Project. AWhether racing in the Kentucky Derby or never-have-raced, every Thoroughbred has his or her place in our world, and the Retired Racehorse Project helps them find it,@ said TwinSpires Director of Communications Ed DeRosa. AThis industry exists because of the Thoroughbred, so it=s important for those in it to Thursday=s Results: make sure to give back to his magnificent animal.@ The auction 3rd-SA, $63,960, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 4-7, 4yo/up, closes at 7 p.m. EDT on April 15, 2016. f/m, 6f, 1:08.65, ft. SENSITIVELY (f, 4, Street Sense--Dressmaker, by Elusive TRACK OPENING Quality) aired by 9 1/4 lengths on debut last February, good for >TDN Rising Star= status, but followed with a sixth-place finish as Keeneland - Lexington, KY the 6-5 favorite in the Santa Paula S. in April. After two more off- $Opens: Friday, April 8 the-board finishes in August and September, she snapped back $Closes: Friday, April 29 to form Feb. 13 over track and trip with a 4 1/4-length front- running score. Away with all the money on at 1-5 in this spot, $Racing Days: Wednesday through Sunday the bay bounced out smartly from the rail and quickly opened $Post Time: 1:05 p.m., except Saturdays = 12:35 p.m. up by several lengths in hand, rattling off :21.90 and :44.21 $Stakes Schedule: 16 stakes worth $4.125 million splits. She slammed the door on her foes in early stretch under $Highlights: mild urging and coasted home to a 5 1/2-length win. $500,000 GI Central Bank Ashland S. - April 9 Alwazabridesmaid (Kafwain) finished a distant runner-up. Sales $300,000 GI Madison S. - April 9 History: $95,000 RNA Ylg '13 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 6-3-0-0, $1,000,000 GI Toyota Blue Grass S. - April 9 $110,410. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. $300,000 GI Maker's 46 Mile - April 15 O-Anthony Fanticola & Joseph Scardino; B-John Liviakis (KY); $300,000 GI Coolmore Jenny Wiley S. - April 16 T-Philip D'Amato. $150,000 GIII Lexington S. - April 16

Website: keeneland.com/racing Regional Report • PAGE 4 of 5 • thetdn.com Friday • April 8, 2016

5-AQU, Aoc 6f, Name Changer, 2-1 ROOKIES 1-LRL, Msw 1m, Happiness, $30K KEE SEP yrl, 8-1 8-KEE, Alw 7f, Lady Day Blues, $75K KEE SEP yrl, 9-2 WILBURN (Bernardini), Spendthrift Farm, $6.5K, 212/30/1 First-crop starters to watch: Friday, April 8 7-KEE, Msw 7f, +Burning Millions, $24K RNA EAS MAY 2yo, 10-1 Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2012 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/

BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) GEMOLOGIST (Tiznow), WinStar Farm, $15K, 117/0/0 1-KEE, Msw 4 1/2f, +Bluegrass Gem, $9K RNA KEE NOV wnl, 5-2 MACLEAN’S (Distorted Humor), Hill 'N' Dale Farms, $6.5K, 79/0/0 1-KEE, Msw 4 1/2f, +B Rod Maclean, $3K KEE SEP yrl, 12-1 1-KEE, Msw 4 1/2f, +Baytown Turls, $19K RNA KEE SEP yrl, 12-1

Second-crop starters to watch: Friday, April 8 IN BRITAIN: Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2012 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ Galvanize, c, 3, Medaglia d=Oro. See ABritain.@ BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) Secret Sense, f, 3, Shamardal. See ABritain.@ ADMIRAL ALEX (Afleet Alex), Shamrock Farm, 9/2/0 7-LRL, Alw 5 1/2fT, Captain Alex, 20-1 AMERICAN LION (Tiznow), Darby Dan Farm, $5K, 132/12/1 1-LRL, Msw 1m, +Howyalion, $25K OBS OPN 2yo, 12-1 B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N BIG DRAMA (Montbrook), Bridlewood Farm, $10K, 109/17/1 8-GP, $60K Fisher Island H., 5fT, Mr. Kisses, 20-1 AMERICA BOLD CHIEFTAIN (Chief Seattle), Victory Rose Thoroughbreds, $3K, 36/4/0 8-LRL, Aoc 1m, I Came to Party, 5-1 STAKES RESULTS: FIRST DUDE (Stephen Got Even), Double Diamond Farm, $7.5K, 195/24/1 7-GP, Aoc 1 1/16mT, Woodburn, 20-1 WINSHAM LAD S., $75,000, SUN, 4-6, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:35.16, ft. GIO PONTI (Tale of the Cat), , $20K, 197/15/0 1--FOREST MOUSE, 123, h, 8, Teton Forest--Fast Mouse, by 8-EVD, Alw 1m, Prime Power, $37K RNA OBS APR 2yo, 5-1 Fast Play. ($1,200 Ylg '09 FTKOCT). O-Solitaire Stable; B-E. H. GONE ASTRAY (Dixie Union), Northwest Stud, $4.5K, 145/18/2 5-AQU, Aoc 6f, Jay's Way, $50K OBS MAR 2yo, 6-1 Beau Lane (KY); T-Henry Dominguez; J-Ry Eikleberry. $45,000. ICE BOX (Pulpit), Millennium Farms, $7.5K, 141/8/0 Lifetime Record: 46-19-10-5, $704,997. 7-KEE, Msw 7f, Curveball Lily, $82K KEE SEP yrl, 12-1 Bred, Raised and Sold by WOODLINE FARM IQBAAL (Medaglia d'Oro), Ward Ranch, 17/3/0 1-KEE, Msw 4 1/2f, +Big City Dreamin, 6-5 2--Pain and Misery, 123, g, 4, Bob and John--Singing Doe, by LONHRO (AUS) (Octagonal {NZ}), Darley, $30K, 176/15/2 Running Stag. ($7,000 Ylg '13 FTKFEB; $27,000 Ylg '13 9-KEE, $100K GIII Transylvania S. Presented by Keeneland Select, 1 1/16mT, OBSAUG; $210,000 2yo '14 OBSAPR). O- Racing; Shakhimat, $60K FTF MAR 2yo, 10-1 9-TAM, Msw 1 1/16mT, +Half Irish, 5-1 B-Castlepark Farm LLC (KY); T-Henry Dominguez. $16,500. Consigned by de Meric Sales PADDY O’PRADO (El Prado {Ire}), Spendthrift Farm, $15K, 229/26/1 9-EVD, $50K Cajun Miss S., 7f, Above Fashion, $10K KEE SEP yrl, 7-2 1-KEE, Msw 4 1/2f, +Whole Scoop, $15K KEE SEP yrl, 5-2 3--Real Heat, 123, g, 6, Unusual Heat--Chi Chi Nette, by Ole'. SIDNEY’S CANDY (Candy Ride {Arg}), WinStar Farm, $15K, 165/16/1 ($100,000 Ylg '11 BAROCT). O-Class Racing Stable; B-Madeline 9-KEE, $100K GIII Transylvania S. Presented by Keeneland Select, 1 1/16mT, Auerbach & Barry Abrams (CA); T-Bart G. Hone. $7,500. Converge, $240K KEE SEP yrl, 5-2 Margins: 1 3/4, 1 3/4, 2 1/4. Odds: 3.10, 1.60, 4.30. TELLING (A.P. Indy), Prestige Stallions, $6.5K, 40/3/0 1-KEE, Msw 4 1/2f, +Arcelor, $12K FTK OCT yrl, 5-2 TIZWAY (Tiznow), Spendthrift Farm, $25K, 184/16/2 ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8-LRL, Aoc 1m, Tiz Long Gone, $8K KEE SEP yrl, 7-2 1-LRL, Msw 1m, Tizsomethingroyal, $420K OBS APR 2yo, 2-1 8th-OP, $82,000, (NW2$6MX)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 4-7, 4yo/up, TRAPPE SHOT (Tapit), , $10K, 182/23/0 f/m, 1m, 1:39.00, ft. 8-LRL, Aoc 1m, One More Shot, $145K OBS WIN 3yo, 8-1 BACK IN DIXIE (f, 4, Put It Back--Dixie Image, by Halo's Image) TWIRLING CANDY (Candy Ride {Arg}), Lane's End Farm, $15K, 146/35/3 Lifetime Record: 14-7-2-1, $186,251. O-Delvin Heldermon & 8-KEE, Alw 7f, Twirl Girl, $15K FTK OCT yrl, 8-1 UNBRIDLED'S HEART (Unbridled's Song), Double Infinity Rancy, 15/1/0 Clayton C. Jack; B-Bridlewood Farm (FL); T-Ingrid Mason. 1-LS, Alw 6f, Big Hearted Gal, 6-1 *$18,000 Wlg '12 OBSOCT. UNCLE MO (Indian Charlie), Ashford Stud, $35K, 261/44/11 8-GP, $60K Fisher Island H., 5fT, Motown Rhythm, $60K OBS OPN 2yo, 30-1 Cont. p5 El Prado – Fun House, by Prized Regional Report • PAGE 5 of 5 • thetdn.com Friday • April 8, 2016

5th-AQU, $71,250, (S), 4-7, 4yo/up, 7f, 1:22.97, my. Allowance Results cont. EYE LUV LULU (g, 5, Pollard's Vision--Honky Tonk Trick, by Phone Trick) Lifetime Record: MSP, 25-7-5-1, $399,669. O-David 7th-EVD, $24,300, (NW3L)/Opt. Clm ($15,000), 4-6, 3yo/up, 1m, Jacobson; B-Donald Newman (NY); T-David Jacobson. *1/2 to 1:38.26, ft. Tricky Zippy (City Zip), SW, $281,948. ACES HIGH (g, 5, Flower Alley--Lambert Point, by ) Graduate of Donna Freyer’s Custom Care Equine LLC Lifetime Record: 20-3-5-3, $144,825. O-Pocket Aces Racing LLC; B-Eugene Melnyk (KY); T-Steve Margolis. *$50,000 Ylg '12 FTKOCT. 9th-SUN, $32,110, (S), (NW3LX)/Opt. Clm ($15,000), 4-6, 3yo/up, 5 1/2f, 1:02.70, ft. NOT MY NOTE (g, 4, Fusaichi Zenon {Jpn}--Best Note Yet, by Your Eminence) Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-1, $58,694. O/B-Michael ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: G. Weatherly (NM); T-Dan H. Dennison. Ready Recall, f, 3, More Than Ready--Remember, by Forest Wildcat. CT, 4-6, 7f, 1:29.96. B-Dattt Farm LLC (KY). 6th-PEN, $29,500, 4-6, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 1m 70y, 1:42.39, ft. Riot Worthy, f, 3, Patriot Act--Silkworth, by Distinctive Pro. MONGOLIAN KING (c, 4, Munnings--Bridled, by Unbridled) AQU, 4-7, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:19.04. B-Advantage Training & Mr. & Lifetime Record: 11-2-3-0, $73,660. O-The Elkstone Group LLC; Mrs. Zachary Passaretti (NY). *$5,000 Ylg '14 OBSWIN. B-Mongolian Stable (KY); T-Thomas Morley. Onthestraitanarrow, g, 3, --On the Rail, by Montbrook. CT, 4-6, (S), 4 1/2f, :53.29. B-Leslie Ann Condon 5th-HAW, $29,080, 4-7, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2f, 1:04.03, ft. (WV). 'S MUSE (f, 4, Fusaichi Pegasus--Mango Escapade, by +Sweet Maggie Mae, f, 3, Wild and Wicked--Tacky Affair (SP, Bold Badgett) Lifetime Record: 13-3-1-3, $62,014. O/B-Charles $256,889), by Mutakddim. PEN, 4-7, (S), 6f, 1:13.45. B-Ocean Galli (IL); T-Ingrid Mason. Breezes Racing Stable (PA). Adrestia, f, 4, Mineshaft--Lamington, by Danzig. AQU, 4-7, (S), 8th-EVD, $29,000, (S), 4-6, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.95, ft. (C), 6 1/2f, 1:19.58. B-Stonewall Farm (NY). WHEATFIELD (f, 4, Lone Star Special--Thistle Bear, by Gators N Bears) Lifetime Record: 8-2-1-2, $70,805. O/B-Tigertail Ranch (LA); T-Danny Pish. A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a & will denote a first-time 7th-CT, $24,500, 4-6, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 7f, 1:27.91, ft. Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will indicate first-time starters, an NOBLE HUSTLE (g, 4, Smart Strike--A Bit of Pressure {MSP, (S) will be used for state-bred races, a (C) will be used for $177,427}, by High Yield) Lifetime Record: 12-3-1-1, $72,075. maiden-claiming races and an (R) will be used for other O-Vince Campanella; B-Nursery Place, Donaldson & Broadbent restricted races. (KY); T-Jeff C. Runco. *$135,000 Wlg '12 KEENOV; $250,000 Ylg '13 FTSAUG.

FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

SECOND-STAGE DERBY ENTRIES REVEALED REDOUTE=S COLT TOPS Nine extra colts have been given an entry at the second EASTER DAY THREE nomination stage for the ,1.325-million G1 Investec Derby Saturday, June 4. The Epsom Classic has now attracted 141 entries, including a potential first starter in the race for the Prince of Wales and of Cornwall, whose homebred Carntop (GB) (Dansili {GB}) won a Newmarket maiden last October for trainer Ralph Beckett. Godolphin has added a duo from 's stable in Brave Hero (GB), a first-crop son of Poet's Voice (GB) who broke the juvenile track record when winning his sole start at Lingfield last November, and Prize Money (GB), another first-time-out winner by the 2007 Derby winner (Ire). Cont. p8

OGDEN MILLS >DINNY= PHIPPS DIES AT 75 Industry leader Ogden Mills >Dinny= Phipps, for decades one of the leading and strongest voices within the Thoroughbred industry in the , a prominent owner and breeder Shadwell=s Angus Gold with his second seven-figure buy by Redoute=s and successful businessman, died Wed. Apr. 6. --Alan Carasso Choice at Easter: the A$1.75 million Lot 433 | Inglis Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. by Kelsey Riley The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale came to a close Thursday, with two more millionaires bringing the total to nine for the week. The top lot of the session was a Redoute=s Choice (Aus) colt out of the South African Horse of the Year National Colour (SAf) (National Assembly) bought by Shadwell Australasia for A$1.75 million. He is the third seven-figure lot for his sire at the sale. The first 59 lots through the ring Thursday morning concluded Session I of the sale, which returned figures that were slightly down but largely in line with last year=s sale. With 10 fewer horses sold in 2016, the aggregate dipped 5.1% to A$98,007,500 for 345 sold. The average was down 2.4% to A$284,080, while the median was unchanged at A$200,000. The buyback rate was up to 16.9% from 16.1 in 2015. Session II of the Easter sale followed Thursday afternoon, and saw 87 of the 114 offered sold for a total of A$7,890,000 (down 14.2%) at a buyback rate of 23.7% (up from 18.2% last year). The average was down 2.3% to A$90,690, and the median for Session II equaled the 2015 mark of A$75,000. Cont. p2 ®

Leading sire at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale BY AVERAGE AND BY MEDIAN

FRANKEL progeny headlining sales worldwide: USA $800,000 IRELAND €1,800,000 NEW ZEALAND NZ$1,300,000 FRANCE €1,150,000 AUSTRALIA A$1,600,000 UK 750,000gns ¥96,000,000

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Inglis Easter report Cont. from p1 This year=s Easter sale returned nine seven-figure lots, compared to 10 last year. A total of 49 were hammered down for a A$500,000-plus, while 58 hit that mark last year.

Shadwell=s National Treasure... Angus Gold admitted early in the Easter sale that he was after sire prospects for Sheikh Hamdan=s Shadwell Stud. Gold was quick out of the gates on day one to secure a A$1.5-million Redoute=s Choice (Aus) colt out of Top Cuban (Aus) (Anabaa), and he added a second millionaire by that three-time champion sire Thursday when securing lot 433, the fourth foal out of South African Horse of the Year National Colour (SAf) (National Assembly), for A$1.75 million. The bay is the third-straight produce of the mare purchased by Shadwell from this sale; it spent A$800,000 on a Redoute=s Choice colt in 2014 and A$675,000 on a Redoute=s Choice filly last year. National Colour produced a Snitzel (Aus) filly last year. AWe tried to identify early in the week the best colts, and I thought he was right up there,@ said Gold. AI=m interested that he Lot 433 | Sharon Chapman made more than the Top Cuban; I didn=t think he=d make as much but that=s the way, someone else wanted him too. We have the Waller Gets >Big Ticket= Colt... first two out of the mare, and both of them have above average The last of five Frankels to go through the ring at Inglis Easter ability, according to Mike de Kock. He was just a beautiful, proved the dearest, with lot 423, the colt out of More quality horse. He behaved himself impeccably.@ Strawberries (Aus) (More Than Ready), hammered down to Like his elder siblings and the Frankel filly out of Chocolicious trainer Chris Waller for A$1.6 million Thursday. The Oct. 13 foal (SAf) (Kahal {GB}) bought by Gold for A$610,000 Wednesday, the is the first produce of the G2 Tea Rose S. winner More Redoute=s Choice colt will be trained by Mike de Kock in South Africa. Strawberries (Aus) (More Than Ready), a half-sister to Gold signed for a total of 19 yearlings for A$10.215 million G1 Emirates S. winner All American (Aus) (Red Ransom) from during Easter=s session one. the family of dual Grade I winner (Kris S). More Strawberries was one of two mares sent by Strawberry Hill owner John Singleton to visit Frankel in Newmarket during the unbeaten champion=s first Southern Hemisphere-time season; the other was Singleton=s eight-time Group 1 winner Guy Mulcaster | Aushorse More Joyous (NZ) (More Than Ready), who produced a filly. AWe just really loved the colt,@ said agent Guy Mulcaster, who signed the ticket on Waller=s behalf. AWe saw him on Thursday and really thought he looked like Frankel. He moved so well, had a lovely girth and was just a nice, balanced horse.@ Cont. p3 National Colour and lot 433 as a foal | Arrowfield TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 3 of 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

Inglis Easter report Cont. from p1 The other Frankel to go through the ring Thursday, the British- bred half-sister to Kiyoshi (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 417), was led Mulcaster and Waller combined purchased four yearlings out unsold at A$280,000. during session one, and Mulcaster said the Frankel colt was their pick of the grounds. Pierro Colt Meets Astute Criteria... AWe really liked the horse and we got the one we wanted Louis Le Metayer of Astute Bloodstock may have had to wait today,@ he said. AWe got a lovely filly yesterday and have bought until the final day of the Inglis some other nice ones, but he was our big ticket item.@ Easter sale to see his favourite colt take his turn in the ring, but the agent made the wait well worth it when staying strong to buy Criterion (NZ) (Sebring {Aus})=s half-brother by Pierro (lot 399) for A$750,000 on (from right) Louis Le Metayer, behalf of an international Nicolas Lefevre and Nicolas de partnership. Chambure | Sharon Chapman AHe took my eye when I saw him at the farm in the Hunter Valley a couple months ago,@ Le Metayer explained. AHe=s a horse with a great attitude. He=s a late foal; I think he=s going to grow into a good horse. He=s got a lot of strength, a lot of quality about him. He=s by Pierro, who is a champion. We bought a Pierro at Magic Millions who is showing quite a bit already so that gave us a bit of extra confidence. We=re very happy with Lot 423, Frankel colt out of More Strawberries | Sharon Chapman this one.@ Cont. p4 DISCOVER GREATNESS with REDOUTE’S CHOICE & SONS

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Inglis Easter report Cont. from p1 Also hitting the half-million mark yesterday was the first lot Consigned by Willow Park Stud for breeder Sir Owen Glenn, through the ring (lot 391), a Lonhro (Aus) full-brother to Group 3 the mid-November foal is the ninth produce of Group 3 winner winner Mecir (Aus) bought by Katsumi Yoshida; and lot 413, a Mica=s Pride (Aus) (Bite The Bullet). Mica=s Pride=s seven foals to More Than Ready colt from Newhaven Park whose half-sister race are all winners, headed by the four-time Group 1 winner Peeping (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) is a Group 1 winner since and A$7.2-million earner Criterion (NZ) (Sebring {Aus}), who will the catalogue. He was bought by Vinery Stud. attempt a title defense in Saturday=s A$4-million G1 Queen The top lot for session two was lot 481, the last progeny of Elizabeth S. at The Championship Saturday. Mica=s Pride is also Street Cry (Ire) to be offered at Easter. Willie Leung=s Magus responsible for the G2 QTC Cup winner Varenna Miss (Aus) Equine paid A$300,000 for the half-brother to triple Group 1 winner Luckygray (Aus) (Bradbury=s Luck {Aus}), and Leung said, (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) and the stakes winner and producer AHe is a beautiful mover and an athletic horse. I am glad I was Silently (Aus) (Anabaa). Mica=s Pride is a full-sister to Rose Of able to secure him, he will stay in Australia before we decide on Cimmaron (Aus) (Bite The Bullet), whose (Aus) colt a plan for him.@ sold for A$1.2 million at Easter Tuesday. Click here for a TDN feature on the Pierro colt and Glenn Burrows=s Willow Park Stud. AWe were prepared to go to a million if we had to for that sort of horse,@ Le Metayer noted. AHe has an exceptional pedigree and I think he=s a horse that=s going to improve because not only does he have his sire=s strength and scope already, but he has a really top attitude. I think in six months= time he=s going to be an amazing type.@ Le Metayer said the colt would be trained in Sydney, but said a INGLIS EASTER SALE-SESSION 1 trainer had not been decided. SALE TOTALS 2016 2015 $ Good Results For Proven Sires... Catalogued 450 464 $ No. Offered 415 423 Fastnet Rock, who was responsible for two of the nine seven- $ No. Sold 345 355 figures lots during $ RNAs 70 68 the week, enjoyed $ % RNAs 16.9% 16.1% another strong $ No. $A1m+ 9 10 session Thursday, $ High Price A$2,300,000 A$2,200,000 with a filly bringing $ Gross A$98,007,500 A$103,285,000 A$580,000 and $ Average (% change) A$284,080 (-2.4%) A$290,944 another filly and a $ Median (% change) A$200,000 (n/c) A$200,000 colt each bringing a half-million. Fastnet INGLIS EASTER SALE-SESSION 2 Rock=s former trainer SALE TOTALS 2016 2015 Criterion=s Pierro half-brother with the Paul Perry was to $ Catalogued 130 141 Willow Park team | Inglis A$580,000 for lot $ No. Offered 114 121 424, the second foal $ No. Sold 87 99 out of Kia Ora=s GII Breeders= Cup Juveniles Fillies Turf winner $ RNAs 27 22 More Than Real (More Than Ready). The filly=s full-sister had $ % RNAs 23.7% 18.2% made A$430,000 at this sale last year. $ High Price A$300,000 A$500,000 $ Gross A$7,890,000 A$9,192,000 Earlier in the morning, Fastnet Rock had enjoyed a pair of $ Average (% change) A$90,690 (-2.3%) A$92,848 A$500,000 lots in succession: lot 396 from Newhaven Park is out $ Median (% change) A$75,000 (n/c) A$75,000 of the dual group winner Media (Aus) (Gilded Time) and a half- sister to three winners and was bought by Inglis as agent. Lot 397, offered by Coolmore Stud, is a half-sister to Group 3 winners Osaila (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and Obama Rule (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 5 of 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

DAY 3 TOPPERS ECLIPSE TB=S EXPANDS TO AUSTRALIA By Kelsey Riley INGLIS AUSTRALIAN EASTER YEARLINGS Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners President Aron Wellman began THURSDAY=S TOP EIGHT LOTS his Australian racing experience at The Championships at Royal Randwick last Saturday. The Californian admitted that while he Hip Sex Sire Dam Price (A$) enjoyed the day, he doesn=t much like simply being a spectator 433 c Redoute=s Choice National Colour (SAf) 1,750,000 at a race meeting. Wellman and the Eclipse partners will have a B-Arrowfield Group Pty (NSW) chance to participate in next year=s Championships as an owner, Consigned by Arrowfield Stud however, after Wellman bought a Pierro (Aus) filly (lot 267) for Purchased by Shadwell Stud Australasia A$200,000 at the Inglis Easter sale Wednesday. The November foal from Coolmore Stud is out of the 423 c Frankel (GB) More Strawberries 1,600,000 G1 Australian Oaks winner Dizelle (Aus) (Zabeel {NZ}), whose B-Strawberry Hill Stud (NSW) three winners from four to race include the Listed Sportingbet S. Consigned by Strawberry Hill Stud winner Dizlago Purchased by Chris Waller Racing (Aus) (Encosta de (Walking Video) Lago {Aus}) and the 399 c Pierro Mica=s Pride 750,000 multiple group- B-Go Bloodstock (NSW) placed Lucky Lago Consigned by Willow Park Stud (Aus) (Encosta de Purchased by Astute Bloodstock Lago {Aus}). The filly=s second dam, 424 f Fastnet Rock More Than Real (USA) 580,000 B-Kia Ora Stud (NSW) the G1 Blue Consigned by Kia-Ora Stud Diamond S. winner Aron Wellman and Gai Waterhouse | Inglis Purchased by P Perry Danelagh (Aus) (Walking Video) (Danehill), also produced the Hong Kong Horse of the Year Vengeance of Rain 391 c Lonhro Magistra Delecta (NZ) 500,000 (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}). B-Ramsey Pastoral Co Pty Ltd (Qld) The filly will be trained by Gai Waterhouse, who made it her Consigned by Turangga Farm mission to get Wellman to an Australian sale after meeting him Purchased by K Yoshida in Saratoga last summer. 396 c Fastnet Rock Media 500,000 AGai reached out to myself and my business partner, Brian B-Newhaven Park Stud (NSW) Spearman, prior to her stateside trip last summer,@ Wellman Consigned by Newhaven Park explained. AShe=s really intrigued by bringing a partnership Purchased by Inglis As Agent company from the States to Australia, and possibly exploring the (Walking Video) opportunity of getting us involved down here with the idea of developing horses to import to the United States.@ 397 f Fastnet Rock Mennetou (Ire) 500,000 AGai is a very enterprising woman, and she has her eye on the B-Katom (NSW) States at present,@ he continued. AIt=s a huge honour to have Consigned by Coolmore Stud caught her attention and to have started to develop a Purchased by China Horse Club relationship with her.@ (Walking Video) Wellman admitted his first trip to Australia was intended to be 413 c More Than Ready (USA) Miss Marielle 500,000 an Aexploratory mission@ without the need to buy a horse. B-J W Kelly Suffolk Vale & Co (NSW) AI wanted to get the lay of the land, get to know Gai better, go Consigned by Newhaven Park training with her at Randwick and see her operation and of Purchased by Vinery Stud course, inspect the yearlings and get the feel for the types of (Walking Video) horses that work in Australia and the pedigrees,@ he explained. ABeing able to have all-access to Gai and her team throughout the week on all those levels has been an incredibly eye-opening All sires and mares are Australian-bred unless indicated otherwise experience.@ Cont. p6 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 6 of 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

Eclipse TB=s Expands to Australia Cont. So after a week of drinking in all aspects of the Australian Wellman said one of the most striking aspects of Australian industry alongside Waterhouse, Wellman was ready to have a racing for him has been the prominence of partnerships in go on a well-bred filly. racehorse ownership. AQuite frankly, I didn=t think I could afford her, because she has AI was really taken aback by the ownership culture here in an exceptional pedigree and a very fine physical,@ he said. AI was Australia, which is incredibly open-minded and receptive to monitoring her while she was going through the ring and when partnerships,@ he noted. AI was astonished to learn that the vast the hammer dropped at A$200,000, I was somewhat majority of horses that race in Australia are owned by astonished. In the aftermath we got some really nice attention partnerships, and that includes some of the heaviest hitters in on the filly from some highly respected operations down here, the game. Whereas partnerships are prevalent in the States and which gave me plenty of confidence that it was a good move.@ becoming more and more popular, they=re still the exception to Wellman noted the filly was given two thumbs up by the rule, whereas here they=re the rule. That=s exciting and Waterhouse, who trained the sire. AGai looked at all the Pierros intriguing for a company like ours. It opens up a whole new here and rated her very highly, so that validated my opinion of world for us to expand to this continent.@ her,@ he said. AIt all just added up. We hope she=ll be the first of Wellman said he was impressed by the quality of the stock he many in the years to come as we expand down here.@ inspected at Easter. Wellman said he didn=t know in the immediate aftermath AThe athletes here are exceptional,@ he said. AFrom a physical whether the filly=s ownership group would be largely American perspective, they=re really nice yearlings, lot in and lot out. or Australian, but he said he hoped to expose some of his There were very few I looked at through the course of the week current American clients to the Australian scene. who were automatic dismissals. They=re AWe really haven=t fleshed out the by-and-large really well put-together details of how we=re going to structure animals and fantastic, loose walkers.@ our partnerships in Australia, but our And the pedigrees matched the initial idea is to expose our American physicals, Wellman noted. partners to the Australian product,@ he AI found it really interesting that 67% of explained. AAs of right now the simple the group winners last year in Australia answer is we=re hoping our U.S.-based were sold at auction,@ he said. AThe partners are intrigued enough by this filly breeders are bringing their best-bred to participate in her and join the stock and their best physicals to market. partnership, and hopefully in a year=s time Unfortunately, we see less of that in the they=ll be happy to come down here to Lot 267, Pierro filly | Inglis States at the moment. Hopefully we=re in see it first-hand. It=s a long way to come, the process of building that back up but down here, every page but speaking personally I feel at home here, so I have every in the catalogue, there=s something you could sink your teeth confidence our partners will relish the Australian racing into from a pedigree perspective.@ experience.@ Investors were once again clamouring for the top-of-the- market offers this week, with eight seven-figure colts and one filly going through the ring. AThere is just a massive appetite for well-bred, well-made colts,@ Wellman observed. AThe stallion market seems to be thriving at present, and with the likes of the Coolmores, Darleys, Newgates, WinStars, Spendthrifts; they=re all clamouring over the big-time colts, because you win a Group 1 with them and you know you=re going to have a significant asset on your hands.@ An English Country House With a Grand History of Horse Racing Wellman said the opportunity to rapidly make back a purchase AMesnil Warren, which is on the market at 2.95 million pounds, price on the racecourse is also enticing for his business. or $4.2 million, was built in Newmarket, in the county of Suffolk, AThe prize money in Australia is so great, it doesn=t take much in the 1890s as a racing lodge and has been in the family of its to recoup your investment down here, just on the racing side of current owner, George Lambton, since 1908.@ Abigail Saltmarsh, the equation,@ he said. New York Times TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 7 of 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

As Ribchester veered sharply left to hinder the 19-10 favourite Vedevani with 150 metres remaining, which resulted in his demotion from second to fifth behind that rival, Cheikeljack also caused minor interference to Attendu as he battled to keep his lead but the stewards were in forgiving mood. AHe is a very decent horse and when he was third in the Thomas Bryon, he did too much early on,@ trainer Henri-Alex Pantall commented. Thursday, Maisons-Laffitte, France AOn his return, I am convinced that a mile is too far, but he had PRIX -G3, i80,000, MLF, 4-7, 3yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:28.10, hy. the benefit of that run and liked the ground today. I=ll have to 1--#@CHEIKELJACK (FR), 128, c, 3, by Myboycharlie (Ire) see what the owner wants to do next, but as a mile is too far the 1st Dam: Senderlea (Ire), by Giant=s Causeway G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains has to be a question mark.@ 2nd Dam: Quest For Ladies (GB), by 3rd Dam: Savoureuse Lady (GB), by Caerleon (i15,000 Ylg >14 AROCT). O-Mme Jacques Cygler; B-Ecurie des Monceaux (FR); T-Henri-Alex Pantall; J-Vincent Cheminaud. Thursday, Maisons-Laffitte, France i40,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-1, i76,250. Werk Nick PRIX IMPRUDENCE-G3, i80,000, MLF, 4-7, 3yo, f, 7fT, 1:27.60, Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. hy. 2--Attendu (Fr), 128, c, 3, Acclamation (GB)--Gwenseb (Fr), by 1--#@SPECTRE (FR), 126, f, 3, by Siyouni (Fr) Green Tune. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (FR); T-Carlos 1st Dam: Inez (GB), by Dai Jin (GB) Laffon-Parias. i16,000. 2nd Dam: Iberi (Ger), by Rainbow Quest 3--Moon Trouble (Ire), 128, c, 3, Lope de Vega (Ire)--Shake the 3rd Dam: Iberica (Ger), by Green Dancer Moon (Ger), by Loup Solitaire. (i45,000 Ylg >14 ARAUG). (i40,000 2yo >15 ARMAY). O-MM Racing; B/T-Markus Munch O-Olivier Thomas; B-Haras du Mezeray (IRE); T-Freddy Head. (FR); J-Pierre-Charles Boudot. i40,000. Lifetime Record: i12,000. 4-2-1-0, i56,300. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the Margins: (1 3/4, 3/4, NK). Odds: 11.50, 5.40, 3.40. eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Also Ran: Vedevani (Fr), *Ribchester (Ire), The Turning Point (Fr), 2--Midweek (GB), 126, f, 3, Motivator (GB)--Contiguous, by Signs of Success (Ire). Danzig. O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); *Ribchester finished second, but was demoted to fifth. T-Criquette Head-Maarek. i16,000. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com 3--Rosay (Ire), 126, f, 3, Raven=s Pass--Petit Calva (Fr), by Desert catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. King (Ire). (60,000gns Ylg >14 TAOCT). O-Gerard Augustin- One of the lesser-fancied Classic hopefuls lining up here, Normand & Mme Elisabeth Vidal; B-Kildaragh Stud (IRE); Cheikeljack proved that in these extremely testing conditions T-Jean-Claude Rouget. i12,000. simplicity pays, as he made all to reward the enterprise of his Margins: 3/4, 2HF, 1. Odds: 23.00, 8.40, 15.30. rider Vincent Cheminaud. Sounding the horn with two six-length Also Ran: Venecia Style (Fr), Aim to Please (Fr), Damila (Fr), successes over this trip at Le Lion d'Angers in August and Villebaudon (Fr), Okana (GB), Dressed in Fur (Ire), Nomadic (Fr), September, the bay showed signs of temperament when playing Aktoria (Fr). Scratched: Katie=s Diamond (Fr), Spanish Romance (Ire). third fiddle to the Fabre trainee Candide (Fr) (Turtle Bowl {Ire}) Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com in the G3 Prix Thomas catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Bryon again at this With just an insignificant distance at Saint-Cloud in seven-furlong win at October. Tightened by a Strasbourg in September and run this term, which second in a 7 1/2-furlong resulted in an uninspiring conditions event at fifth in the latter track's Saint-Cloud in October to her Listed Prix Omnium II name, Spectre was trying a mile Mar. 20, he Cheikeljack | Scoop Dyga understandably one of the took immediate control as lesser lights lining up for this Spectre | Scoop Dyga the likes of Ribchester (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) and Vedevani (Fr) Classic trial, but the outsider proved categorically that she had (Dubawi {Ire}) pulled in behind and cut a much more the right material with no hint of fluke to the result. Cont. p8 straightforward figure allowed his own way in front. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 8 of 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

G3 Prix Impudence Cont. He has been joined among the entries by the Shadwell Settled on the outer halfway down the field tracking the pace homebred Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), a dual winner for set by Midweek, the chestnut was delivered by Pierre-Charles Kevin Prendergast, and the John Oxx-trained Alphonsus (GB) Boudot to overhaul that Juddmonte representative 100 metres (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), recent runner-up to Washington DC (Ire) from the line and assert for the upset. AShe had been training (Zoffany {Ire}) in a listed race at Dundalk. nicely for the last three weeks, so we were very confident going With a total of 63 entries, the market is headed by last into this,@ trainer Markus Munch explained. AHe loves this season's champion juvenile Air Force Blue (War Front). ground and Pierre [Boudot] has done a great job with her. All Four extra names have been added to the list for the Irish being well, for sure she=ll come back for the G1 Poule d=Essai des 1000 Guineas, including Cool Thunder (Ire) (Shamardal), a Pouliches [at Deauville May 15].@ winner on her sole start last year for owner-breeder Hadi Al-Tajir and trainer Kevin Prendergast. The David Wachman-trained Love Potion (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is another to have run once and won once, having scored over a Second-Stage Derby Entries Revealed Cont. from p1 mile at Dundalk in December. She has been entered along with the Niarchos family's homebred Radiantly (GB) (Aussie Rules) Al Shaqab Racing's G2 Vintage S. winner Galileo Gold (GB) and Qatar Racing' Little Avon (GB) (Makfi {GB}). (Paco Boy {Ire}) joins the The two-day Irish Guineas Festival also features the potential line-up along with G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup, G2 Lanwades Stud S., G2 Weatherbys the Aga Khan's homebred Ireland Greenlands S. and G3 Airlie Stud Gallinule S. Vedevani (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}), while Mick Channon will attempt to emulate dual Derby-winning trainer Arthur Budgett as the owner, SECURES breeder and trainer of CHELTENHAM-AINTREE DOUBLE US Army Ranger, the early Derby Harrison (GB), a son of the Saturday's ,1-million Crabbie's Grand National may be the favorite | Racing Post well credentialed St Leger feature of the Aintree meeting, but Champion Hurdler Annie winner Sixties Icon (GB), whose sire Galileo (Ire) won the Derby Power (Ire) (Shirocco {Ire}) set the opening day alight with a and dam (GB) won the Oaks. facile success in the G1 Doom Bar . Rookie trainers Michael O'Callaghan and Owen Burrows will The bare result was a carbon copy of the G1 each be hoping for a first Derby runner with O'Callaghan's Blue at Cheltenham last month, De Vega (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) having been entered along with with the Burrows-trained Shadwell homebred Mustajeer (GB) (Ire) ( {Ire}) (Medicean {GB}). Completing the list of second-stage entries is and Nichols (GB) Stellar Mass (Ire), a son of the 2009 Derby winner (Authorized {Ire}) chasing (Ire) who is trained by Jim Bolger for owner June Judd. 's star mare Aidan O'Brien's recent Curragh maiden scorer US Army Ranger home in second and third, (Ire) is currently favourite to give his sire Galileo a fourth winner but the manner of Annie of the Investec Derby following New Approach (Ire) (2008), Power's victory was even Annie Power | Racing Post Ruler Of The World (Ire) (2013) and Australia (GB) (2014). more impressive this time around as she took up the lead with more than half the race left to run. Cruising through the 2 1/2-mile contest, the 8-year-old was never off the bridle as she posted a spotless round of jumping to surge home 18 MORE ENTRIES FOR IRISH 2000/1000 GUINEAS lengths clear of the runner-up. Second-stage entries have also been revealed for the G1 Irish Winnning jockey described Annie Power as 2000 Guineas and 1000 Guineas, which take place on the "dynamite" and added, "She let fly at one or two but she has weekend of May 21 and 22. that tendency to be a bit brave. I was afraid to look back Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's Aasheq (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who between the last two flights but I could hear the commentator was runner-up to G1 Investec Derby favourite US Army Ranger saying that Annie Power was going clear. She is a wonderful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) on debut at The Curragh last Sunday, is one of mare. She bounced out of Cheltenham and was as good today, if three new potential contenders for the colts' Classic. not better." Cont. p9 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 9 of 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

Annie Power Secures Cheltenham/Aintree Double Cont. 1st-CHD, ,8,000, Mdn, 4-7, 3yo/up, 8f (AWT), 1:41.10, st. In a near-perfect career, Annie Power has won 15 of her 17 MURAD KHAN (FR) (c, 3, Raven=s Pass--Lady Elgar {Ire}, by starts, her only defeat coming when second to More Of That Sadler=s Wells), third on debut over a mile at Kempton in (Ire) (Beneficial {GB}) in the 2014 G1 Ladbrokes World Hurdle at October, started at 4-1 and ran green early before being found a the , 12 months before her last-flight fall in pocket towards the rail behind the leading pair. Angled out at the G1 OLBG Mares' Hurdle at the same venue. the top of the straight, the i110,000 ARQAUG yearling swept to Mullins secured a Grade 1 double on the day, both races won the front passing the furlong marker and readily asserted to win by mares, with Apple's Jade (Fr) (Saddler Maker {Ire}) routing with authority by three lengths from Under Attack (Ire) (Dubawi her opposition in the G1 Betfred Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile {Ire}). The winner is a half-brother to Grand Couturier (GB) Hurdle to win by 41 lengths from Cheltenham's G1 JCB Triumph (), MGISW-US, SW & GSP-Fr, $1,449,701; and to Hurdle victor Ivanovich Gorbatov (Ire) ( {Ire}). Alainmaar (Fr) (Johar), SW-Eng, $121,990. His dam, a The hugely popular Cue Card (GB) (King's Theatre {Ire}) descendant of the top-level winner and producer Ivory Wand bounced back from a crashing fall in the G1 Timico Cheltenham who is a half to three pattern-race performers in Home of the Gold Cup to win the G1 Betfred Bow--the sixth Grade 1 victory Free (Hero=s Honor), Desert Fox (GB) (Sadler=s Wells) and of his career. Poolesta (Ire) (Hero=s Honor), has a 2-year-old colt by Manduro (Ger). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $8,290. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Mr V. I. Araci; B-S.C.E.A. Haras de Manneville (FR); T-Hugo Palmer.

3rd-CHD, ,8,000, Mdn, 4-7, 3-5yo, f/m, 10f (AWT), 2:11.03, st. SECRET SENSE (f, 3, Shamardal--Shastye {Ire} {SP-Eng}, by Thursday=s Results: Danehill), who was runner-up over a mile at Kempton in 2nd-CHD, ,12,500, Hcp, 4-7, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:41.24, st. November, was confidently backed into 1-2 favouritism and GALVANIZE (c, 3, Medaglia d=Oro--Enthused {MGSW-Eng, quickly held the advantage tending to over-race. Sent clear from $142,639}, by ), last seen finishing third over a the top of the straight, the homebred found plenty despite her mile at Chelmsford in October, raced freely without cover from early exertions and hit the line with three lengths from the break before slotting in behind the pace. Driven to the front Pernickety (GB) ( {GB}). Rationality (Dansili {GB}), the with 150 yards remaining, the 3-1 second favourite saw off $325,000 KEESEP relative of the MG1SW Saddex (GB) (Sadler=s Theos Lolly (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) to win by a half-length. The very Wells), was a further 3 3/4 lengths away in third in what smart dam, who took the G3 Princess Margaret S. and amounted to a promising first effort. The winner is a half-sister G2 Lowther S. as a juvenile, is a daughter of the Niarchos to Secret Gesture (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), GSW & MG1SP-Eng, G1SP- Family=s G1 Coronation S. winner (Seattle Slew), Ger & Fr, GISP-US, $746,427; to Maurus (GB) (Medicean {GB}), who has an abundance of talented performers under her GSP-Aus, $140,883; and also to Ballydoyle=s uber-expensive including the GISW Joshua Tree (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). Enthused yearling purchase Sir Isaac Newton (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). The dam, has already produced two useful types in Ea (Dynaformer), GSP- who is a half to the Arc winner Sagamix (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}) and US, $598,471; and Norman Invader (War Chant), GSW-Ire, fellow G1SW sire Sagacity (Fr) (Highest Honor {Fr}), has a 2-year- $593,079, and has a yearling colt by Union Rags and a colt foal old filly by Street Cry (Ire) and a yearling filly by Galileo (Ire) still by Hard Spun. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-1, $14,368. Video, to come. Lifetime Record: 4-1-2-0, $10,743. Video, sponsored sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. by Fasig-Tipton. O-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd; B-Flaxman Holdings Limited; T-Sir O-Newsells Park Stud; B-Newsells Park Stud Limited (KY); Michael Stoute. T-Ralph Beckett.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: +Wick Powell (GB), c, 2, =s Secret (GB)-- Welsh (GB), by Cape Cross (Ire). SOU, 4-7, 5f (AWT), :59.19. B-B-Usk Valley Stud & Martin Graham (GB). *11,000gns Wlg >14 TATFOA; i32,000 Ylg >15 TISEP. White Shaheen (GB), c, 3, Makfi (GB)--Likeable (GB), by (Ire). SOU, 4-7, 7f (AWT), 1:29.50. B-Meon Valley Stud (GB). *10,000gns Ylg >14 TAOCT. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 10 of 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

Samcro Tops Inaugural Aintree Sale At ,335,000: by Emma Berry Racing at Aintree Thursday concluded with the inaugural Goffs UK Aintree Sale, featuring 24 select jumpers in training and Thursday=s Result: headed by Samcro (Ire) (Germany), who was sold to join the 7th-LIM, i11,000, Mdn, 4-7, 4yo/up, 11f 70yT, 3:04.60, hy. stable of -winning trainer Gordon Elliott MALINKA (IRE) (f, 4, Pivotal {GB}--Mad About You {Ire} {GSW & for ,335,000. MG1SP-Ire, G1SP-Fr, $495,023}, by Indian Ridge {Ire}), fifth on Mags O'Toole, the regular buyer for Michael O'Leary's her sole start over seven furlongs in a Gowran Park maiden last Gigginstown House Stud, conducted the bidding on the winner June, drew confidence from punters well aware of Dermot from Saturday's Monksgrange point-to-point meeting in Ireland. Weld=s achievements through his renowned patience and Bred by Douglas Taylor, the 4-year-old gelding had previously reappearing as the 4-6 favourite was steadied behind the been bought back at i95,000 at last year's Goffs Land Rover leading trio early. Moving easily to Blue Skimmer (Ire) (Arcano Sale. {Ire}) with a quarter mile remaining, the homebred daughter of the high-class G1 Irish 1000 Guineas runner-up Mad About You O'Toole said, had to work hard to assert in the desperate conditions but class "Gordon absolutely ultimately overcame as she registered a 3 1/2-length success. loved the horse. This is the esteemed Moyglare family of the G2 Ribblesdale S. You have to pay winners Irresistible Jewel (Ire) (Danehill) and Princess Highway that sort of price (Street Cry {Ire}), as well as the G1 Irish St Leger hero Royal for a horse that Diamond (Ire) (King=s Best) and top staying mare Profound good." Beauty (Ire) (Danehill). The dam also has a 3-year-old filly by A total of Shamardal named Heartful (Ire), who is yet to see a racecourse, ,2,170,000 was and a 2-year-old colt by New Approach (IRE) named Dancingwith accrued in just over Storms (Ire). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $8,063. Video, sponsored Give Me a Copper | Racing Post an hour, as 24 lots by Fasig-Tipton. passed through the O/B-Moyglare Stud Farm (IRE); T-Dermot Weld. makeshift ring in the Aintree winner's enclosure, with 21 sold at an average price of ,103,333. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Bloodstock agent Tom Malone had bought the top lot at Orangey Red (Ire), f, 3, Lawman (Fr)--Triple Try (Ire), by Sadler=s Tattersalls Ireland's Breeze-up Sale at Ascot Wednesday and Wells. LIM, 4-7, 7fT, 1:45.01. B-Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd (IRE). made the trip north to Liverpool to sign for point-to-point and Colonel Maximus (Ire), g, 3, Zebedee (GB)--Lella Beya (GB), by bumper winner Give Me A Copper (Ire) (Presenting {GB}) at Diktat (GB). LIM, 4-7, 6f 150yT, 1:41.18. B-Norman Ormiston ,270,000 while standing alongside champion trainer Paul (IRE). Nicholls. Fallon Returns a Winner at Limerick Major jumps owner Roger Brookhouse went to ,210,000 for Former multiple champion jockey Kieren Fallon returned to winning 5-year-old point-to-pointer Black Op (Ire) (Sandmason the winner's enclosure at Limerick Saturday aboard Oiche {GB}), while David Redvers, who had been present at the Ascot Mhaith Boy (Ire) (Alhaarth {Ire}) in the Coral.ie Download The breeze-up Wednesday with Sheikh Fahad, but kept his hand in App H. for trainer Kieran Purcell. his pockets, signed for Carter McKay (GB) (Martaline {GB}), a Fallon, 51, sprung a surprise when returning to Ireland earlier winner between the flags at Ballynoe Sunday, at ,160,000. Sheik this year following a stint riding in America, and has signed up as Fahad's hunter-chaser Current Event (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}) stable jockey for young Curragh trainer Michael O'Callaghan, finished fourth in the Crabbie's Fox Hunters' Chase at Aintree who could be represented by his first Classic runner this season earlier in the day. with Blue De Vega (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). Also changing hands was Grand National runner Black Thunder After making all the running on the 4 1/4-length winner, the (Fr) (Malinas {Ger}), who was bought for ,90,000 by Robert jockey said, "He was tough, likes the ground and had the form. I Waley-Cohen to be ridden in Saturday's big race by his son Sam, asked him to quicken and he did and it surprised me as it's very a leading amateur rider who has previously finished runner-up soft here." in the National aboard Oscar Time (Ire) (Oscar {Ire}). He added, "I'm from up the road in County Clare and this is a good track. It's one of the best in the country and there's good racing here." TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 11 of 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Never Compromise (Fr), g, 3, Astronomer Royal--Noor Forever (Fr), by Highest Honor (Fr). MLF, 4-7, 6fT, 1:15.83. B-Haras de Manneville (FR). *i6,000 Ylg >14 ARNOV. Thursday=s Results: PRIX JACQUES LAFFITTE-Listed, i52,000, MLF, 4-7, 4yo/up, 9fT, 1:55.69, hy. 1-- (FR), 129, h, 6, Nayef--Soudaine (Ger) (SW & GSP-Ger), by Monsun (Ger). O-Stall Laurus; B-Georg Baron von Ullmann (FR); T-Hella Sauer; J- Filip Minarik. i26,000. Lifetime Record: 21-7-1-4, i182,730. 2--Epicuris (GB), 125, g, 4, (GB)--Argumentative (GB), by Observatory. O-Khalid Abdullah. i10,400. SWANSONG FOR CRITERION IN THE QE2 3--Palang, 125, c, 4, Hat Trick (Jpn)--Pavlova, by Stravinsky. by Emma Berry ($10,000 Ylg >13 KEEJAN; $37,000 Ylg >13 KEESEP; i61,000 2yo The connections of last year's G1 Longines Queen Elizabeth S. >14 ARMAY). O-Darius Racing. i7,800. hero Criterion (NZ) (Sebring {Aus}) will be hoping for one last Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, 3HF. Odds: 2.20, 1.10, 5.20. hurrah before the 4-year-old bows out from an honourable Steadily emerging as a solid performer at this level, the international racing career to join the stallion ranks at Newgate relative of German stars Simoun (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}), Silvaner Stud. The globetrotter completed the trifecta in the (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) and Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}) was third G1 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup at Sha Tin Apr. 26 before two in the Listed Prix du Ranelagh and fourth in the Listed Prix unplaced runs in Ascot=s G1 Prince Of Wales=s S. last June and in over a mile at Chantilly in October and November the G1 Juddmonte International S. at York two months later. before returning to win the Listed Prix Altipan also at a mile at Back on top returned to Oz in the Oct. 10 Caulfield S., the Saint-Cloud Mar. 12. Not disgraced when just over two-lengths handsome chestnut conceded eight pounds to superstar mare sixth in the G3 Prix trying 10 furlongs for the first time Winx (Aus) (Street Cry since his 3-year-old days back at the latter course last time Mar. {Ire}) when second in the 20, the chestnut drew on his inherent stamina at this trip to G1 Cox Plate in late upstage the 2014 G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud hero Epicuris. October, before a gritty Held up early with one behind, he drew alongside Juddmonte=s third-place run stretched newly-gelded giant inside the last 100 metres and stayed on to 3200 metres in the G1 stoutly as that rival ran out of gas. Click for the Racing Post Emirates result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Nov. 3. Criterion failed to factor in the 2000-metre Criterion | Horsephotos 6th-MLF, i25,000, Mdn, 4-7, 3yo, f, 6fT, 1:17.52, hy. G1 Longines Hong Kong BASILIA (GB) (f, 3, Fastnet Rock {Aus}--Bargouzine {SP-Fr}, by Cup at Sha Tin Dec. 13 and was last of seven in the G1 Stravinsky), who hit the board going 7 1/2 panels on Deauville=s Canterbury S. at Randwick Mar. 5, before an encouraging third polytrack last time Mar. 8, sported headgear here and was to the reopposing pair of The United States (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) sharply into stride to lead from the outset. Rowed along with a and Hauraki (Aus) (Reset {Aus}) in the G1 Ranvet S. Mar. 19. quarter mile remaining, the 27-5 chance kept on strongly under David Hayes and Tom Dabernig's stable star faces stiff continued urging in the closing stages to hold Darinja (Fr) opposition, however, from Preferment (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}), who (Shamardal) by a cosy neck. The bay is a half-sister to Baghadur returns to Randwick after his fourth-place finish to stablemate (Ire) (Zanzibari), GSW-Fr, $136,724, and the 2-year-old colt Winx (Aus) in the G1 Chipping Norton S. in the rudest of health Bahar (Fr) (Bated Breath {GB}). Her second dam, the Argentinian following back-to-back wins in the G1 Australian Cup and G1 The graded stakes winner Bailonguera (Arg) (), is a BMW. half-sister to G1SW Bonaventura (Arg) (Merce Cunningham), Regally-bred 6-year-old The United States (Ire) is one of many from a family which includes MG1SW Argentinian Champion European imports to have found their way to Robert Hickmott's juvenile filly Batallosa (Arg) (Southern Halo). Lifetime Record: stable and he has thrived in his new life Down Under, with a 3-1-0-1, i16,250. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. recent second place in the G2 Blamey S. and victory three weeks O/T-Mme Elisabeth Fabre; B-Ecurie Peregrine SAS (GB). ago in the G1 Ranvet S. signalling he is set to run another big race this Saturday. Cont. p12 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 12 of 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

Swansong for Criterion in the QEII Cont. However the horse the market prefers at this stage is the third Another former European runner, It's Somewhat Waller representative, Libran (Ire) (Lawman {Ire}). Formerly (Dynaformer), has also mined a rich vein of form recently, and trained in by Alan Swinbank, Libran won five times demonstrated that he is ready for another challenge at the there including on his last UK start when he deadheated in a highest level with consecutive wins in the G2 Ajax S. and York handicap off a rating of 98. He has thrived since moving to G3 Neville Selwood S. the southern hemisphere, Happy Clapper (Aus) ( {Aus}) finished closest to Winx winning his last three (Aus) last Saturday when two lengths behind her in the starts under regular pilot Doncaster Mile, a run which should put him in the mix if he is Brenton Avdulla. able to handle the extra distance. He is one of two challengers Highclere Racing=s 5-year- for Godolphin, which also fields Hauraki (Aus), who was old warmed up for his runner-up to The United States in the Ranvet and came home biggest test yet with a just in front of Preferment when third in the G1 Chipping Norton S. narrow win in the One for whom stamina is not an issue is Lucia Valentina (NZ) G2 Schweppes Chairman=s (Savabeel {Aus}), who was sixth in this race last year for Kris Lees Libran | Racing And Sports and has been freshened up in a trial since her fourth-place finish H. at Randwick last in last month's G1 Coolmore Classic. Saturday over three furlongs shorter and will be tackling the two-mile trip at Randwick for the first time. Highclere=s Harry Herbert was present for his win last week and commented, "He has just thrived out here in Chris [Waller's] system. We knew he Saturday, Randwick, Australia, post time: 4:35 p.m. l/t (2:35 a.m. ET) would change but you can just see it. He is a different horse LONGINES QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES.-G1,A$4,000,000 physically and obviously stays strongly." Chris Waller added, AIt=s (US$3,025,051/,2,125,979/i2,661,999),3yo/up, 2000mT a little bit different training stayers in Australia to other parts of PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT the world, they will space their runs, but it seems we just need 1 Happy Clapper (Aus) Teofilo (Ire) Avdulla Webster 130 2 Criterion (NZ) Sebring (Aus) Berry Hayes/D’nig 130 to get them so fit by racing and that was the reason I wanted to 3 Happy Trails (Aus) Good Journey Dunn Beshara 130 race him in the Chairman=s. In a few of his runs he has raced a 4 Our Ivanhowe (Ger) Soldier Hollow (GB) Prebble Freedman 130 bit keen over shorter distances so the key is to switch him off 5 Preferment (NZ) Zabeel (NZ) Bowman Waller 130 and have him fit enough and the best horse in a week's time.@ 6 Weary (Fr)* Astronomer Royal Williams Waller 130 7 Rising Romance (NZ) Ekraar Lane Hayes/D’nig 125 Gai Waterhouse will saddle both Cafe Society (Fr) (Motivator 8 The United States (Ire) Galileo (Ire) McEvoy Hickmott 130 {GB}) and Dee I Cee (NZ) (Istidaad). Cafe Society, like Libran is 9 Mongolian Khan (Aus) Holy R’n Emperor (Ire) Bosson Bakr/F’man 130 another European import having began his career with David 10 Leebaz (NZ) Zabel (NZ) Reith Hawkes 130 Simcock in Newmarket, however the 6-year-old has finished K 11 It’s Somewhat Dynaformer Clipperton O’Shea 130 behind Libran on his last three starts, though the margin of 12 Lucia Valentina (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Oliver Lees 125 13 Dibayani (Ire) Shamardal Hall Hayes/D’nig 130 defeat has diminished each time. 14 Hauraki (Aus) Reset (Aus) McDonald O’Shea 130 15 Awesome Rock (Aus)* Fastnet Rock (Aus) Baster Corstens 130 16 Fenway (Aus) High Chaparral (Ire) Shinn Hope 125 Emergencies: Awesome Rock & Weary Saturday, Randwick, Australia, post time: 3:15 p.m. l/t (1:15 a.m. ET) SCHWEPPES SYDNEY CUP.-G1,A$2,000,000 EX-PAT LIBRAN READY FOR BREAKTHROUGH (US$1,512,964/£1,063,213/i1,331,085),3yo/up, 3200mT by Daithi Harvey PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT The stayers get their chance for glory in the G1 Schweppes 1 Destiny’s Kiss (Aus) Power Of D’y (Aus) Collett Pride 115 2 Bayanova (NZ) Alamosa (NZ) Beriman Kent 112 Sydney Cup with 11 runners going to post. Chris Waller holds a 3 Libran (Ire) Lawman (Fr) Avdulla Waller 116 very strong hand here saddling three runners, each with leading 4 Dee I Cee (NZ) Istidaad Huet Waterhouse 112 claims. Both last year=s winner and runner-up Grand Marshall 5 Who Shot The B’n (NZ) Yamanin Vital (NZ) Shinn Waller 125 (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and Who Shot The Barman (NZ) (Yamanin 6 Grand Marshall (GB) Dansili (GB) McDonald Waller 121 Vital {NZ}) are back for more. The pair arrive on the back of 7 Like A Carousel (Aus) Helike O’Hara Keys 112 excellent efforts in the G1 BMW Derby at Rosehill Mar 26. On 8 Auvray (Fr) Le Havre (Ire) Berry Thompson 116 that occasion both horses formed part of a Waller trifecta with 9 Café Society (Fr) Motivator (GB) Schofield Waterhouse 112 K Who Shot The Barman finishing second to Preferment (NZ) 10 Almoonqith Dynaformer Bowman Hayes/D’nig 122 (Zabeel {NZ}) with Grand Marshal 1 1/2 lengths back in third. 11 Gallante (Ire) Montjeu (Ire) McEvoy Hickmott 113 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 13 of 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

OAKS AT THE DOUBLE FOR IN-FORM JAMEKA 4 Zasorceress (NZ)* Zabeel (NZ) Lane Warren 5 Diamond Made (Aus) Duke Of M’lade (Ire) Schofield Cross by Emma Berry 6 Alaskan Rose (NZ) (Aus) Dunn Moroney Despite Ciaron Maher's concern over the "visitor's draw, out in 7 Happy (Aus) More Than Ready Shinn Snowden the car park" for his star filly Jameka (Aus) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) 8 Honesta (Aus) Monaco Consul (NZ) Williams Thompson in the G1 James Boag's Premium Australian Oaks, the trainer 9 Single Gaze (Aus) Not A Single D’t (Aus) O’Hara Olive 10 Valley Girl (NZ) Mastercraftsman (Ire) Prebble Logan/Gibbs remains delighted with the way the G1 Oaks winner 11 Believe (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) McEvoy Cummings has come out of last Saturday's G1 BMW Australian Derby, in 12 Sofia Rosa (NZ) Makfi (GB) Bowman Marsh which she finished second to Tavago (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}), and 13 Self Esteem (Aus) Stratum (Aus) Zahra Snowden she remains the one to beat in this Classic contest. 14 Aurora’s Star (Aus)* Medaglia D’Oro No Rider Cummings The form of the G1 New Zealand Derby has been royally 15 Capella (NZ) Rip Van Winkle (Ire) Bosson Guy 16 Jameka (Aus) Myboycharlie (Ire) Oliver Maher franked by Tavago, which bodes well for Danica Guy's Oaks All carry 123 pounds challenger Capella (NZ) (Rip *Emergencies: Zasorceress & Aurora’s Star Van Winkle {Ire}), who finished in front of him at G1 Coolmore Legacy S. Ellerslie and wasn't beaten far when fifth behind fellow Oaks contender Single Gaze (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt AZKADELLIA COULD MAKE MAHER'S DAY {Aus}) in the G1 Vinery Stud by Emma Berry S. Mar. 26. In fact, the first six Jameka | Darryl Sherer Ciaron Maher could be in for a big day on the second weekend home at Rosehill just a fortnight ago will all lock horns again, of Randwick's The Championships with Azkadellia (NZ) (Shinko with Single Gaze looking to retain her superiority over her King {Ire}) the current favourite for the 1600-metre nearest challengers Valley Girl (NZ) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) G1 Coolmore Legacy S. A strong third to Winx (Aus) (Street Cry (second)--another to have narrowly beaten Tavago on home turf {Ire}) and Happy Clapper (Aus) (Teofilo {Ire}) in the G1 Doncaster in New Zealand--Happy Hannah (Aus) (More Than Ready) Mile last weekend, her successful prep has included victory in (third), Self Esteem (Aus) (Stratum {Aus}) (fourth) and Honesta the G3 Mannerism S. Feb. 27, followed by a half-length second (Aus) (Monaco Consul {NZ}) (sixth). to Peeping (Aus) Redoute's Choice {Aus}) a fortnight later in the As a granddaughter of Joie Denise (Aus) (Danehill), the G1 Coolmore Classic. Strawberry Hill Stud homebred Happy Hannah hails from one of Close up behind her in the Coolmore Classic was Zanbagh the classiest families in the studbook, her dam Absolute Joy (NZ) (Aus) (Bernardini), who went on to score a deserved win in the (Zabeel {NZ}) being a half-sister to the 2003 winner of this race, G2 Emancipation S. at Rosehill on her most recent start. Sunday Joy (Aus) (), and to four-time Group 1 Badawiya (Aus) (Al Maher {Aus}) and Lady Le Fay (NZ) (Thorn winner Tuesday Joy (NZ) (Carnegie {Ire}), who was placed in Park {Aus}) also come into the both the Victorian Oaks and Australian Oaks. She has yet to be race from decent performances tested over 2400 metres, but recent performances suggest she in the Emancipation (fourth will be cope well with this step up in trip. and seventh, respectively), as The Stephen Marsh-trained Sofia Rosa (NZ) (Makfi {GB}) was does Gai Waterhouse's beaten just a nose in the New Zealand Oaks three weeks ago runner-up Supara (Aus) and is worthy of respect, having posted two consecutive home (Domesday {Aus}), who gains wins prior to that in 2016. an emergency berth on the Suavito | Racing and Sports scratching of Politeness (Aus) (Street Sense). A wide run round the bend in the G1 Vinery Stud S. put paid to Saturday, Randwick, Australia, post time: 2:35 p.m. l/t (12:35 a.m. ET) the chances of Risque (NZ) (Darci Brahma {NZ}), who may have JAMES BOAG'S PREMIUM AUSTRALIAN OAKS.-G1,A$1,000,000 found the 2000 metres slightly beyond her, but she was hard on (US$756,763/^532,085/i666,055),3yo, 2400mT the heels of Palentino (Aus) (Teofilo {Ire}) and Tarzino (NZ) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER (Tavistock {NZ}) when a half-length third in last month's 1 Sacred Eye (Aus) High Chaparral (Ire) Hall Hayes/D’nig G1 Australian Guineas and should have a stronger chance 2 Chabaud (NZ) Berry Smerdon dropped back to a mile. Cont. p14 3 Ambience (Aus) Street Cry (Ire) McDonald O’Shea TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL $ PAGE 14 of 14 $ THETDN.COM FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2016

Azkadellia Could Make Maher=s Day Cont.

Nigel Blackiston's Suavito (NZ) (Thorn Park {NZ}) has been a versatile campaigner with group victories over 1400 metres, 1600 metres and 2000 metres. Her most recent win came in Phil Sly Dies After Long Illness: Caulfield's G1 CF Orr S. in February, but she struggled to land a Owner and breeder Phil Sly, whose biggest success on the blow when last seen in the G1 Australian Cup. racecourse came as part-owner of the four-time Group 1 winner The G2 Sunline S. winner and runner-up Miss Rose De Lago Mosheen (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), has died after a six-year (Aus) (Encosta De Lago {Aus}) and Noble Protector (GB) (Haafhd battle with cancer. {GB}) lock horns once more, with the latter--the winner of that A long-term owner with same race in 2015--looking to overcome the 2 3/4-length deficit Robert Smerdon, Sly's most of their Mar. 24 showdown to continue her fine run for Qatar recent major win came with Bloodstock since her export to Australia. 2015 G1 Myer Classic victrix Politeness (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), who is owned in partnership with Katsumi Saturday, Randwick, Australia, post time: 3:55 p.m. l/t (1:55 a.m. ET) Mosheen | Racing and Sports Yoshida and has been COOLMORE LEGACY STAKES.-G1,A$1,000,000 (US$756,763/^532,085/i666,055),3yo/up, f&m, 1600mT scratched from the line-up PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT for Saturday's G1 Coolmore Legacy S. after running a high 1 Vergara (Aus) Snippetson (Aus) O’Hara Cummings 125 temperature Thursday. 2 Noble Protector (GB) Haafhd (GB) Williams Smerdon 125 Paying tribute to his friend on racingandsports.com, Smerdon 3 Heavens Above (Aus) Street Cry (Ire) Angland Martin 125 said of Sly, "He was a larger-than-life figure who brought people 4 Politeness (Aus) Street Sense SCR SCR SCR together." 5 Risque (NZ) Darci Brahma (NZ) Lane Hayes/D’nig 120 6 Zanbagh (Aus) Bernardini Shinn Thompson 125 7 Casino Dancer (Aus) Casino Prince (Aus) Clipperton Van Gestel 125 8 Artistry (Aus) Shamardal Huet Snowden 125 9 Azkadellia (NZ) Shinko King (Ire) Oliver Maher 125 10 Lady Le Fay (NZ) Thorn Park (Aus) Bowman Waller 125 11 Supara (Aus)* Domesday (Aus) Berry Waterhouse 125 12 Coronation Shallan (Aus) Strategic (Aus) Stackhouse Scott 125 13 Asinara (Aus) Teofilo (Ire) Clark O’Shea 120 14 Artistry (Aus) Shamardal Huet Snowden 125 15 Suavito (NZ) Thorn Park (Aus) Currie Blackiston 125 16 Pasadena Girl (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) McEvoy Hayes/D’nig 120 17 Slightly Sweet (Aus) Charge Forward (Aus) Collett Coyle 125 18 Asinara (Aus)* Teofilo (Ire) Clark O’Shea 120 *Emergencies: Supara & Asinara