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JOHN AND THADY GOSDEN TO SHARE LICENCE =S DAM DIES trainer will train with his son Thady AFTER FOALING under a shared licence as soon as the younger Gosden=s papers are approved by the British Horseracing Authority. Thady completed his training modules at the British Racing school and the duo=s joint tenure is set to begin at Clarehaven this season. The news was confirmed to the Racing Post and was suggested on the TDN Writers= Room podcast on Feb 23. AI=m lucky I have a son, Thaddeus who=s very interested,@ Gosden, who will be 70 this month, said on the podcast. AI have a great team working around me. I=m just very keen over the next two or three years to see the baton passed over, if you like. We=re allowed now in this country to train two people on a licence like they do in Australia...Then hopefully by the time two or three years down the road, they simply won=t need me around anymore.@

Kind and her 2021 by | IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Kind (Ire) (DanehillBRainbow Lake {GB}, by ), THE TDN DERBY TOP 12 FOR MAR. 9 the dam of the undefeated champion Frankel (GB) ( T. D. Thornton’s TDN Derby Top 12 for Mar. 9 is on tap for {Ire}), passed away from foaling complications on Monday, Tuesday’s paper. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Juddmonte announced. Also the dam of fellow Group 1 winner America. (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), the second generation Juddmonte homebred and listed winner was 20. Her final foal, a colt by Kingman (GB), was foaled on Mar. 2. Stud Director UK Simon Mockridge commented, AI cannot thank the Rossdales and Juddmonte team enough for the tireless care they have given Kind. To many she will rightfully always be best remembered as the dam of Frankel and Noble Mission, to us at Juddmonte she will always be Kind by name and Kind by nature.@ Foaled Apr. 21, 2001, Kind was sent to the yard of Roger Charlton and won a brace of listed races during three seasons on the racecourse. Her best showing was a third in the G3 Ballyogan S. in 2005 and she was retired with a mark of 13-6-0-4 and $132,320 in earnings. However, it was as a broodmare that she truly flourished. Overall, she produced eight foals, six runners and five winners. Bullet Train (GB) (Sadler=s Wells), a winner of the G3 Derby Trial, was Kind=s first foal. She visited the court of Galileo (Ire) in 2007 and her best performer, the outstanding European Horse of the Year Frankel was the result. Cont. p2

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Kind Dies at 20 Cont. from p1

Besides that G1 2000 Guineas hero, Kind also produced three- time Group 1 winner Noble Mission (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and the multiple stakes winner and dual group-placed Joyeuse (GB). The latter is already the dam of the G1 Coronation S. third Jubiloso (GB) (Shamardal) and the MSP Jovial (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Her 3- year-old Galileo filly is named Chiasma (Ire) and is in training with John Gosden. Kind=s name is also on the IFHA=s International List of Protected Names. Barring her latest foal, the other five colts out of Kind have all their way to barns, with Frankel showing the way at Banstead Manor Stud for Juddmonte with great success. Bullet Train stands at Woodfield Farm Stud and Proconsul (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) is at Annshoon Stud, both in . Noble Mission, after spending several seasons at Lane=s End Farm in Kentucky, is standing his first season in , while the winning Morpheus (GB) ( {GB}) is at Haras de Toury in . Kind=s second dam, the group-placed Rockfest (), joined the Juddmonte broodmare band as a private purchase out of the John >Jock= Hay Whitney dispersal and subsequently threw the G3 heroine Rainbow Lake (GB) to the cover of Rainbow Quest. In addition to Kind, Rainbow Lake foaled Irish champion and GI scorer (GB) (Sadler=s Wells), three-time Group 2 winner Riposte (GB) ( {GB}) and Group 3 winner Last Train (GB) ( {GB}), second in the G1 .

MOURNING A KIND OF IMMORTALITY by Chris McGrath Thanks to advances in obstetrics, our own species is blessed to no longer confront quite so frequently the awful that routinely confronted our ancestors: the death of a mother, as the cost of new life. And, of course, even a as precious and cherished as Kind (Ire) () is ultimately always livestock, prone to the kind of mishaps that tend to school the stockman in understatement whether facing triumph or disaster. But the consolation that we can seek, on their behalf, is the same: legacy. Undoubtedly there will have been Victorian scientists who owed their own existence to the loss of a mother. But sometimes that cruel trade-off might be redressed by another: having survived, the infant could be raised to contribute to the sum of human knowledge; could even improve our understanding of why these things happen, and how to make them happen less often. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 09 MARCH 2021

Mourning a Kind of Immortality Cont. from p1 A similar calculation applies to our quest for greatness in . We know that these animals are fragile, that their very existenceCbeing predicated on exercise, competition and breedingCwill inevitably expose them to a degree of risk. But we also know that we can proceed with a clear conscience, when our management of the breed can yield a champion as Senior Vice President Gary King glorious as Frankel (GB). So while there will doubtless be grief Twitter: @garykingTDN among those who have tended this venerable for many [email protected] years, they must console themselves that her service to the + 1.732.320.0975 breed amply redeems the relatively marginal risk it entailed. That comfort, moreover, will be shared by all those who lavish International Editor no less careCin all weathers, 365 days a yearCon Kelsey Riley Thoroughbreds that contribute nothing to the breed, other than Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN a hint as to the kind of breeding formula to avoid in future. [email protected] Because all these endeavours share the same purpose; and we European Editor all need the example of a freak like Frankel to make sense of the Emma Berry collective . Twitter: @collingsberry Many of us will have shared the same immediate reaction, on [email protected] hearing that Kind had succumbed to complications arising from the delivery of a Kingman (GB) colt last week: how poignant, Associate International Editor that one of the pillars of this extraordinary breeding empire Heather Anderson should have crumbled so soon after the loss of its founder. And Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN not only how poignant but also, on some inexpressible level, Marketing Manager how apt. But you can be sure that Prince Khalid Abdullah himself Alayna Cullen would be anxious to share the credit, for Kind, with those who Twitter: @AlaynaCullen had cultivated her family with the same far-sighted principles [email protected] that characterised his own intervention. The Prince welcomed his first homebred winner in 1982, a Contributing Editors thrill that sustained a period of around 15 years during Alan Carasso whichCwith the particular assistance of James DelahookeChe Christina Bossinakis targeted well-bred, well-shaped females from various sources: Cafe Racing at auction, both as yearlings and broodmares; in private deals Sean Cronin with other breeders; and absorbing such carefully curated herds Tom Frary as came with Belair Farm and Ferrans Stud. Cont. p4 [email protected]

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Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele

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Mourning a Kind of Immortality Cont. enough in Frankel's pedigree to be credited with some role in Then, in 1983, came the kept by John Hay >Jock' the hard-running style we often see in his stock. He's a Whitney at Mount Coote Stud in Ireland. These famously tremendously wholesome influence, for sure: his sire Prince included Rockfest, the granddam of Kind. But the line had John was by Princequillo and proved a particularly effective passed relatively briefly through Whitney's hands, broodmare sire; and his dam was by (GB), that deep having bought him Rockfest's dam Rock Garden as a yearling in well of stamina. 1971. (Tree had meanwhile become The Prince's first trainer Rock Garden was a fairly mediocre producer, Rockfest proving and was instrumental in securing the Whitney herd.) Kind's the most distinguished of her foals as runner-up in the G3 family had much deeper roots in the Oxfordshire stud of Lady . In turn, Rockfest produced her only really Wyfold, whose father-in-law had bought a pregnant mare at a worthwhile dividend as a broodmare in Rainbow Lake (GB). dispersal sale in Berkshire, in the last weeks of peace before Being by a staying influence as thorough as Rainbow Quest (GB), World War I. The filly she delivered in the spring of 1915 was the unsurprisingly Rainbow Lake's keynote performance came with first in a chain of half a dozen Sarsden graduates extending to an emphasis on stamina, winning the G3 Lancashire Oaks by Rock Garden. seven lengths. That qualified her as hot favourite for the G1 These included the 1942 Queen Mary winner Samovar, who Yorkshire Oaks, but she ran poorly then and in her only incidentally produced two highly accomplished siblings in subsequent start. (GB) (1000 Guineas) and Rustam (GB), a sharp juvenile who Rainbow Lake, of course, became the dam of KindCwhose stood at Mount Coote for a while. Samovar is the sixth dam of own strengths, as a prolific sprinter trained by Tree's Kind. Beckhampton successor Roger CharltonCtell us much about the Rock Garden, a Chepstow maiden winner, had delivered astounding capacities of her sire Danehill. Rockfest after Whitney sent her to his homeland for a date with Frankel famously combines those twin highways to the Stage Door Johnny, whose success in the 1968 Belmont S. breed-shaping , Sadler's Wells and , defused one of the most explosive Triple Crown series in history. through their most important respective sons in Galileo and That's another story, but I think Stage Door Johnny is close Danehill. Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 09 MARCH 2021

Mourning a Kind of Immortality Cont. all the Lingfield Trial: but Bullet Train (GB) bombed out at When Rainbow Lake was sent to Sadler's Wells, in 1999, she Epsom, and Sir Henry eventually decided that since all he could duly came up with a top-class middle-distance operator in do was keep going, he could serve his kid brother as pacemaker. Powerscourt (Ire), whose sustained bid for a glamorous prize He performed this role dutifully in the last six starts of his over 10 furlongs eventually paid career. off in the GI Arlington Million but Frankel had by then become the who stayed well enough to have closest many of us have seen to closed to within a length of Vinnie the grail, that elusive blend sought Roe (Ire) (Definite Article {GB}) in by so many breeders who usually the G1 Irish St Leger. For her next end up with slow sprinters or cover, Rainbow Lake went to short-winded stayers. I have Danehill and came up with this always said that the way he 103-rated, stakes-winning carried his speed, once he had sprinter, Kind. calmed down, would have made Sure enough, when Kind was Frankel no less a legend on dirt. herself sent for consecutive It's a shame that circumstances coverings by Sadler's Wells, did not permit that Galileo and then again Galileo, the experimentCnor indeed much idea was that she might come up else in the way of adventure, with Bullet Train leads Frankel in March of 2011 | Emma Berry with the optimal equilibrium a crack at the Arc between speed and stamina. As aspirations go, pretty insteadConce he had established his dominion on home soil. As hackneyed. a stallion, however, he has been a for the trademark The results, as we all know, were not quite so standard. assets of Galileo (let-me-run-through-that-wall) to the extent of Yes, the Sadler's Wells earned his place in the Derby by making winning a Leger. Cont. p6 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 09 MARCH 2021

Mourning a Kind of Immortality Cont. closer to the surface. Some people have talked of Kind as though So it's been fascinating to follow Noble Mission (GB), his she were some kind of token in the nicking manual ("insert brother, both on the track and at stud. He never had Frankel's Danehill mare here"). That view is too fatuous to dignify with brilliance, but showed much of his indomitability in winning attention on the day when we mourn her passage from flesh three Group 1sCnotably when bowing out, just like his brother, and blood to a vicarious afterlife, through Frankel, Joyeuse and with a slugfest in the Ascot mire. Sadly, things have not worked others, within the binding of the Stud Book. out for the Bluegrass farm that tried to live up to his name, even It does sound as though age had, in recent years, increasingly though he produced a Kentucky Derby runner-up at the first recalled Kind to her mortal limitations. But who knows? Perhaps attempt. It proved as hopeless a mission as it was a noble one, her orphaned colt will thrive for a foster mare, and someday trying to overcome the local commercial prejudice against turf, extend the legacy anew. and the horse was recently exported to Japan. In their mutual Regardless, the same, natural processes of maternity that have aversion to bloodlines tested on each other's preferred surfaces, now taken her away have long since guaranteed her American and European breeders are vying with each other in immortality. myopia. And in amnesia, too, looking at the game-changing traffic of years past. As it is, the Japanese are picking up the pieces, and will have the last laugh. Juddmonte did subsequently attempt to repeat the kind of twist that had paid off with Rainbow Lake, giving Kind a couple of home-farm dates with a faster stallion in Oasis Dream (GB). This was around the time Oasis Dream came up with his decoy (GB), however, so possibly that was a fairly equivocal NEW TATTERSALLS SALE ATTRACTS 197 LOTS gamble. Anyhow the results were a decent at a Tattersalls has catalogued 197 lots for its inaugural March Sale, mile and, a priceless bequest to the broodmare band, a dual which was added to the calendar once it became apparent that stakes-winning sprinter in Joyeuse (GB). the February Sale would have to be held online only. In fairness, it's not as though Danehill was simply a conduit of A single session at Park Paddocks on Wednesday, Mar. Danzig speed. Certainly his versatility looks commercially vital to 31Ctwo days after the easing of the British lockdown Frankel, given all those stamina influences loaded elsewhere: commencesCis made up of 116 colts and in and out of Galileo, Rainbow Quest, Stage Door Johnny. Actually it may be training, 640 broodmares and fillies, 12 yearlings and five that Frankel tempered these with some of the dash 2-year-olds. concentrated in all those Sarsden House mares, who were by The David Loughnane-trained Dark Pine (Ire) (Dandy Man largely forgotten English . Rock Garden, for instance, {Ire}) has won his two starts this year, his only outings since was by the miler Roan Rocket (GB); while her granddam was by being being bought from his breeder Moyglare Stud for a winner (and, as already noted, out of a Queen Mary 27,000gns in October. The 4-year-old is catalogued as lot 120. winner). Prior to that the Royal Studs will offer as lot 98 the once-raced A long game, this, after all. Genetic legacy is about accretion; Orchestral (GB), a 3-year-old son of Lope De Vega (Ire) and dual about noticing the pale glimmers rising and fading somewhere listed winner Set To Music (Ire) ( {Ire}), who was within the dark tangle, and patiently working those strands previously in training with Roger Charlton. Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 09 MARCH 2021

World Cup night."

STRIDING FOR MORE LAUNCHED ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN=S DAY The initiative >Striding For More= was launched by Women In Racing on International Women=s Day, Mar. 8. Its aim is to celebrate the vast range of roles occupied by women in the sport through a series of videos that feature 10 women from across the sport after working with Great British Racing and other industry groups. Some of the featured women include

Glentaneous | Racingfotos.com jockey Hollie Doyle, Aintree clerk of the course Sulekha Varma, broadcaster Alex Hammond, BHA raceday starter Sophia Upton, New Tattersalls Sale Cont. and history-making Khadijah Mellah. Also catalogued is the progressive-looking Glentaneous (Ire), a AYou can never have too many role models,@ Women In Racing 3-year-old son of (Ire) out of a winning full-sister to Chair Tallulah Lewis told Sky Sports Racing. AIt=s something we the high-class Youmzain (Ire) ( {Ire}). He will be offered try to focus on, shedding a light on the fact that women are as lot 129 by his trainer Brian Meehan, for whom he won a making up more than half of our industry--and doing every role Lingfield novice race on his second start on Feb. 27. out there. "The addition of the Tattersalls March Sale to our 2021 sales AWe all know how well role models work--and if you see calendar came in response to the COVID-related disruption to someone in a position, and you relate to them, then you are the February Sale and we have a catalogue which has all the more likely to push yourself to succeed.@ ingredients to appeal to the customary mix of domestic and international buyers," said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. LATROBE HAS FIRST MARES IN FOAL He added, "Strict COVID protocols will continue to be in place, but we are looking forward to welcoming registered participants to Park Paddocks for the March Sale, and those unable to attend in person will as ever be able to use our Live Internet and Telephone Bidding platforms."

LORD NORTH BOUND FOR Group 1 winner Lord North (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) will step forward in the G1 Dubai Turf over 1800 metres on Mar. 27, Racing Post reported on Monday. Trainer John Gosden accepted an invitation for the race for the Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed Racing colourbearer. A winner of the G1 Prince Of Wales=s S. last June, the bay was third in the G1 Juddmonte Internatioanl S. a Latrobe (centre) | Racingfotos.com month later. Unplaced in the G1 QIPCO Champion S. on Oct. 17, Latrobe (Ire) ( {GB}), a winner of the G1 , he was a solid fourth in the GI Longines Breeders= Cup Turf on has his first mares scanned in foal, Haras d=Etreham announced Nov. 7. Gosden will also be sending Saudi Cup winner Mishriff on Monday. The listed winner and Grade 2-placed Oklahoma (Ire) ( {GB}) for the G1 Sheema Classic. Seven (Fr) (Saint des Saints) and Singuna (Ger) (Black Sam "Lord North has been invited to run in the Dubai Turf and he Bellamy {Ire}), a half-sister to stakes winner Sarabia (Ger) (One seems in good form at home so the plan would be for he and Cool Cat), were both found to be in foal. Also a winner of the G1 Mishriff to travel,@ trainer John Gosden told the Racing Post. Irish St leger, the dark bay stands at Haras de la Tuilerie, the ALord North goes well fresh and Mishriff seems to have come National Hunt branch of Haras d=Etreham, for i4,000. out of his Saudi Cup win in good shape, so it's all systems go for TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 09 MARCH 2021

BALLYOPTIC HEADED TO GOFFS ONLINE MARCH SALE OBSERVATIONS on the European racing scene Ballyoptic (Ire) (Old Vic {GB}), who is guaranteed a start in the Randox Grand National on Apr. 10, will be offered through the Goffs Online March Sale on Mar. 24, the sales company FULL-SISTER TO ARC HERO announced on Monday. Trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies, the 11- PRIMED FOR CHANTILLY UNVEILING year-old is already a winner of the G1 Sefton Novices= 14.20 Chantilly, Mdn, i27,000, unraced 3yo, f, 9 1/2f (AWT) Hurdle, the G2 Towton Novices= Chase and the G2 Charlie Hall Andre Fabre trainee WILDFEDER (GB) (Galileo {Ire})--who Chase. represents the axis of Newsells Park Stud, Gestut Ammerland, The entire catalogue for the sale will be published on Mar. 12. Michael Tabor and Susan Magnier--is the fifth of six foals out of To make an entry, please click here. Registration to bid on the Gestut Ammerland=s G3 winner Waldlerche (GB) sale opens Mar. 17 and closes Mar. 22. (Monsun {Ger}) and thus a full-sister to MG1SW G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe hero Waldgeist (GB). Also kin to G2 victrix Waldlied (GB) ( {Ire}) and Listed FIRST TATTERSALLS CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL Newmarket S. third Waldkonig (GB) (Kingman {GB}), she is PREVIEW ON MAR. 10 confronted by 12 rivals in this debutantes= contest. They include The first Tattersalls Cheltenham Preview Panel will be available Haras de Saint Pair=s homebred Sub Sahara (Fr) (Muhaarar for viewing on YouTube and Facebook at 7:30 p.m. on Mar. 10, {GB}), who is a Jean-Claude Rouget-trained half-sister to MGSW Tattersalls announced on Monday. Hosted by Vanessa Ryle, G1 Champion S. third Subway Dancer (Ire) (Shamardal) and GSW Richard Pugh, and Jamie Codd, the trio will be joined by guests G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern fourth Secret Advisor (Fr) (Dubawi Paul Nicholls, Anthony Bromley, Tom Malone, Cormac Doyle {Ire}); and Haras d=Etreham=s Ma Difference (Fr) (Scissor Kick (Monbeg Stables) and owner John Dance. There will also be {Aus}), who is a half-sister to last year=s G1 Triumph Hurdle insights into the runners in the build up to the Cheltenham scorer Burning Victory (Fr) ( {Ire}). Festival on Mar. 16-19, as well as bloodstock analysis on some Cheltenham hopefuls. 15.20 Chantilly, Mdn, i27,000, unraced 3yo, c/g, 9 1/2f (AWT) His Highness The Aga Khan=s SAIYDABAD (Blame) is a son of GSW G1 Prix du Moulin and G1 Prix Jean Romanet placegetter Sarkiyla (Fr) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and debuts for the Jean-Claude Rouget barn in this newcomers= heat. His 14 opponents include Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum=s Alafdhal (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), who is out of a half-sister to Shadwell=s GSW G1 runner-up Alrahma (GB) (Shamardal), representing Freddy Head.

Monday=s Results: 2nd-Wolverhampton, ,5,300, Nov, 3-8, 3yo/up, f, 6f 20y (AWT), 1:14.24, st. ROSIE POWERS (FR) (f, 3, Siyouni {Fr}--Rosey de Megeve {GB} {MSP-Fr & SP-US, $161,088}, by Efisio {GB}) tracked the leaders Pictured is a colt foal from the first crop of high-class 2-year-old Land in a handy fifth for most of this debut. Making headway under Force (Ire) (No Nay Never) at just 8 days old. He is out of the pressure off the home turn, the 8-11 favourite seized control stakes-winning (Ire) mare She Is Great (Ire). soon after passing the furlong marker and was pushed clear to Eclipse Productions prevail by 3 1/4 lengths from Rose Fandango (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}). Cont. p9 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 9 OF 9 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 09 MARCH 2021

2nd-Wolverhampton Cont. Rosie Powers, full-sister to the unraced 2-year-old filly Missrosey (GB), is the fifth of seven foals and fourth scorer produced by six-time stakes placegetter Rosey de Megeve (GB) (Efisio {GB}). The March-foaled bay is also kin to German Group Tuesday, Chantilly, post time: 15:50 3 winner Real Value (Fr) ( {Ire}) and a yearling filly PRIX MAURICE CAILLAULT-Listed, i55,000, 3yo, 9f (AWT) by Oasis Dream {GB}). She shares her second dam Lady SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT Golconda (Fr) (Kendor {Fr}) with a swathe of black-type 1 2 Fort Payne (Fr) Rio de la Plata Trullier Caullery 125 2 7 Wilkie (GB) New Approach (Ire) Madamet Fabre 125 performers headed by MG1SW sire Lope de Vega (Ire) 3 1 The Laureate (Fr) Soldier Hollow (GB) Boudot Delcher-Sanchez 125 (Shamardal). Sales history: i190,000 Wlg >18 ARQDE. Lifetime 4 4 Tokyo Gold (Fr) Kendargent (Fr) C Demuro Kobayashi 125 Record: 1-1-0-0, $4,739. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 5 5 Aspirante (Fr) Myboycharlie (Ire) Pasquier Cerulis 121 1ST-TIME STARTER. O-Andrew Rosen & Partner; B-Berend van 6 3 Nubia Palace Malice Cheminaud Fabre 121 Dalfsen (FR); T-Archie Watson. 7 6 Wildwood (Fr) Maxios (GB) Maillot Clement 121

CONDITIONS RESULTS: 4th-Pornichet-La Baule, i22,000, Cond, 3-8, 3yo, 8 1/2f (AWT), 1:41.40, st. IN AUSTRALIA: WILBUR (FR) (c, 3, Sommerabend {GB}--Auto Rouge {Ire}, by Ironclad (GB), g, 5, Dubawi (Ire)--Heat Haze (GB) (MGISW-US, Testa Rossa {Aus}) Lifetime Record: 6-2-2-0, i29,995. O-Mme MSP-Fr, $1,183,696), by Green Desert. Morphettville, 3-8, C S Isabelle Corbani & Ecurie Pandora Racing; B-Larissa Kneip & Hayes Memorial Cup-Listed (,57k/i66k), 1600mT, 1:35.85. Sandrine Grevet (FR); T-Mauricio Delcher Sanchez. *i60,000 Ylg B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd. *Full to Forge (GB), MGSP-US & Eng, >19 OSASEP. $290,079; half to Mirage Dancer (GB) (Frankel {GB}), G1SW- Aus, GSW-Eng, $1,021,653. **1ST STAKES WIN. VIDEO ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Mr Marathon Man (GB), g, 7, So You Think (NZ)--Marie des Tess (Fr), f, 3, Elusive City--La Contessa (Ire), by Fastnet Rock Fleurs (Fr), by Smart Strike. Canberra, 3-8, TAB Canberra Cup- (Aus). Marseille-Pont de Vivaux, 3-8, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:30.49. Listed (,139k/i162k), 2000mT, 2:03.39. B-Haras du Cadran & B-EARL Dorrells (FR). *i23,000 RNA 2yo >20 OSAMAY. Ecurie La Boetie. *Formerly Marathon Man (GB). **1/2 to Got Bright (Fr), c, 3, (Ger)--Rumored, by Royal Academy. Saunter Bow (Fr) (Myboycharlie {Ire}), MSP-Fr, $236,363. Agen-Le Passage, 3-8, 9 1/4fT, 1:59.36. B-Haras de Treli (FR). ***SW & GSP-Fr. ****i130,000 Ylg '15 ARQAUG; ,380,000 *i160,000 RNA Ylg >19 ARAUG. **1/2 to Dabirsim (Fr) (Hat HRA '18 GOFLON. Trick {Jpn}), Ch. 2yo Colt-Eur & MG1SW-Fr, $664,037; and Preferred Yield (High Yield), MSP-US, $116,992. Smile Makers (Fr), c, 3, Kendargent (Fr)--Pearly Shells (GB) (G1SW-Fr, $249,080), by Efisio (GB). Marseille-Pont de Vivaux, 3-8, 10f (AWT), 2:10.25. B-SCEA Haras de Saint Pair (FR). *SP-Fr. **i80,000 Ylg >19 OSASEP. ***1/2 to Pearl Banks (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), GSW-Ger & SW-Fr, $127,537; Pearls or Passion (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), SW-Fr; and Pearly Avenue (GB) (), Buoyant Market Bodes Well For Adelaide SP-Fr. Janechope (Fr), f, 3, Vale of York (Ire)--Perle de Star (Fr), by Slipper Field Takes Shape Indian Rocket (GB). Agen-Le Passage, 3-8, 12 1/2fT, 2:55.70. B-Alain Chopard (FR). Press Statement’s Equation Wins Listed Rosala (Fr), f, 4, (GB)--Rosanara (Fr) (G1SW-Fr, $606,658), by Sinndar (Ire). Pornichet-La Baule, 3-8, 8 1/2f Astern’s Seradess Shows (AWT), 1:40.14. B-H H The Aga Khan=s Studs SC (FR). Night Raid Doubles Stakes Tally SIRE LISTS Sponsored by

Cumulative Leading Third-Crop Sires by Black-Type Horses for stallions standing in Europe through Sunday, Mar. 7. Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2021 fees.

Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 (Ire) 15 26 8 12 -- 1 122 74 424,351 3,962,214 (2011) by Dubawi (Ire) FYR: 2017 Stands: Kildangan Stud Ire Fee: i75,000 Dubai (GB) 2 Gleneagles (Ire) 8 15 4 11 -- 1 148 76 362,880 2,643,214 (2012) by Galileo (Ire) FYR: 2017 Stands: Ire Fee: i25,000 Shock Action (Ire) 3 Golden Horn (GB) 3 12 1 5 -- 1 132 66 348,454 1,977,399 (2012) by Cape Cross (Ire) FYR: 2017 Stands: Dalham Hall Stud Eng Fee: ,20,000 Turkish Palace (Ire) 4 Cable Bay (Ire) 3 11 1 5 -- 1 125 56 288,412 1,908,967 (2011) by Invincible Spirit (Ire) FYR: 2017 Stands: Stud Eng Fee: ,8,000 Liberty Beach (GB) 5 Muhaarar (GB) 2 10 2 7 -- 1 151 72 89,895 1,381,026 (2012) by Oasis Dream (GB) FYR: 2017 Stands: Nunnery Stud Eng Fee: ,10,000 Paix (Ire) 6 Make Believe (GB) 5 5 4 5 1 1 90 44 11,047,445 12,272,538 (2012) by (GB) FYR: 2017 Stands: Ballylinch Stud Ire Fee: i15,000 Mishriff (Ire) 7 Gutaifan (Ire) 3 5 1 3 -- -- 178 68 115,290 1,528,610 (2013) by Dark Angel (Ire) FYR: 2017 Stands: Haras des Faunes Fr Fee: i3,500 Fev Rover (Ire) 8 Outstrip (GB) 3 4 2 2 -- 1 124 41 359,483 1,411,678 (2011) by Exceed and Excel (Aus) FYR: 2017 Stands: Dalham Hall Stud Eng Fee: ,4,000 Gold Trip (Fr) 9 Galiway (GB) 4 4 2 2 1 1 38 18 292,061 1,162,629 (2011) by Galileo (Ire) FYR: 2017 Stands: Haras de Colleville Fr Fee: i12,000 Sealiway (Fr) 10 Anjaal (GB) 1 4 -- 1 -- -- 114 44 183,384 1,118,769 (2011) by Bahamian Bounty (GB) FYR: 2017 Stands: Rathasker Stud Ire Fee: i5,000 Bettys Hope (GB) 11 Due Diligence 3 4 2 3 -- -- 83 34 126,592 964,033 (2011) by War Front FYR: 2017 Stands: Whitsbury Manor Stud Eng Fee: ,6,000 Good Vibes (GB) 12 Ivawood (Ire) 2 4 ------86 38 167,926 935,750 (2012) by Zebedee (GB) FYR: 2017 Stands: Haras de Gelos Fr Fee: i2,300 Chares (Ger) 13 Brazen Beau (Aus) 2 4 1 1 -- -- 104 42 81,251 877,114 (2011) by I Am Invincible (Aus) FYR: 2017 Stands: Dalham Hall Stud Eng Fee: ,7,000 Harmony Fire (Aus) 14 Hallowed Crown (Aus) -- 4 ------45 21 58,905 457,333 (2011) by Street Sense FYR: 2017 Stands: Kildangan Stud EUR (Dead/Ret) Relentless (Aus) 15 Free Eagle (Ire) 2 3 -- 2 -- 1 96 37 614,134 1,577,076 (2011) by (Ire) FYR: 2017 Stands: Irish National Stud Ire Fee: i8,000 Justifier (Ire)

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TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021

JOHN FERNUNG PASSES AWAY THE TDN DERBY TOP 12 Longtime Thoroughbred horseman John Fernung, 79, passed FOR MARCH 9 away Mar. 5, 2020, in Ocala, Florida. In the early 1970s, Fernung was the racing manager for the powerful Dan Lasater Racing Stable. Lasater Stable was the leading money winning stable in the country five years in a row and won three Eclipse Awards during that time. During Fernung's tenure as Lasater's racing manager, the stable raced Grade I winners, Hot N Nasty, Honky Star and Royal Glint among others. In the late 1970s, Fernung relocated from the racetrack to become Lasater's Farm Manager in Ocala. During the next few years, Fernung and Lasater developed a nationally renowned stallion station. Among the stallions they brought to Ocala were North America's leading sire in 1981, Nodouble, his sire Noholme II, Holy Bull's sire Great Above, and Silver Charm's sire Silver Buck. Cont. p3

Life Is Good moves from fourth into the number two position in this week's Top 12 | Horsephotos IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by T.D. Thornton FRANKEL’S DAM KIND DIES AT 20 This week=s edition represents the most movement within the Kind (Ire) (Danehill), the dam of the undefeated wonder horse Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), passed away from foaling Top 12 all season. But brace yourself: the nine-furlong preps are complications on Monday. next, and so are the juicier qualifying points opportunities. The Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. GI Kentucky Derby forecast is for continued--but intriguing-- volatility.

1) GREATEST HONOUR (c, Tapit--Tiffany's Honour, by Street Cry {Ire}) O/B-Courtlandt Farms (KY). T-Claude R. McGaughey III. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 6-3-1-2, $351,940. Last Start: 1st GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of S., GP, Feb. 27 Accomplishments: 1st GIII Holy Bull S. Next Start: GI Curlin Florida Derby, GP, Mar. 27 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 60.

If Greatest Honour continues on his path to prominence, one of the more intriguing storylines of Derby 147 will be how Courtlandt Farms privately bought dam Tiffany=s Honour in foal to Tapit after she RNA=d for $2.3 million at Fasig-Tipton November in 2015. The foal she delivered was a striking individual, but the tale took a tragic twist when that colt was later killed in a paddock accident. Cont. p7 Newest G1 winner: 4YO colt HIT THE ROAD, winner of Saturday’s Frank E. Kilroe Mile S. (G1). PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected]

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John Fernung Passes Away (cont. from p1) Fernung also mentored several members of his family who entered the Thoroughbred industry. Among them is his brother, When Lasater dispersed his Thoroughbred holdings in 1984, Brent Fernung, who along with his wife, Crystal are the owners Fernung purchased the 1000-acre facility in partnership with of Journeyman Stud in Ocala. Fernung's nephew, Scott Warner is another Eclipse Award winner, John Franks, to form Southland the farm manager of Robert S. Evans's Courtland Farm in Farm. During his tenure with Franks, Fernung syndicated At The Maryland. John Fernung's son Andrew is the latest member of Threshold, sire of 1992 Kentucky Derby winner Lil E Tee. the family to enter the Thoroughbred industry. Andrew is currently the Sales Coordinator for Eddie Woods Stable. John Fernung is also survived by a daughter Nicole Fernung, grandson Bryce (Andrew and Cally), brothers Fernung (Barbee) and Andrew S. Fernung, sister Linda Warner and three nephews and four nieces.

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OPTIONS OPEN FOR GET HER NUMBER AHe's definitely more mature,@ Miller said of the colt's progression from two to three. AHe's a little bigger and stronger. by Jessica Martini He was a little bit nervous as a 2-year-old and he's settled down Gary Barber's Get Her Number (Dialed In), off since winning some. So we are pleased with the horse, we're just trying to the GI S. last September, continued to work figure out the best thing to do with him.@ towards his comeback with a four-furlong drill in :49.80 (1/1) at While Miller agreed it can be frustrating to have a Grade I San Luis Rey Training Center Monday. While his next start has winning 2-year-old in the barn as the Derby trail heats up all around yet to be confirmed, it could come as soon as next Saturday's him, the trainer said he was content to keep his options open. GII Rebel S. at Oaklawn Park. AThe Derby has never been my primary goal with any horse,@ AI'm happy with the work and he's doing very well,@ trainer Miller said. AIt's just trying to do the right thing and if it falls in Peter Miller said Monday afternoon. AWe are just deciding place, great, and if not, we can look at the [May 15 GI] whether to put him on the plane Wednesday for the Rebel or Preakness S. or we can look elsewhere.@ there is a possibility of training up to the [Apr. 3 GI] Santa Anita Derby. We have a lot of options. We are just going to sleep on it tonight and then pow-wow tomorrow with the ownership group. Then make a decision and live with the consequences.@ CHURCHILL SPRING STAKES SCHEDULE Get Her Number, a $45,000 purchase at last year's OBS Spring WORTH RECORD $13.44 MILLION Sale, opened his career with a win over five furlongs on the turf Churchill Downs will offer 40 stakes races worth a record at Del Mar in August and he set the pace before settling for fourth $13.44 million during its upcoming Spring Meet, which runs in the Sept. 7 Del Mar Juvenile Turf. He was making his first start from Apr. 24 through June 26. The nine-week meeting kicks off on dirt when he scored a 3/4-length victory in the 1 1/16-mile Derby week with 18 stakes worth $10.14 million and American Pharoah, but was sidelined after that effort. culminating with the 147th running of the $3-million GI Kentucky Derby May 1. The Derby day stakes line-up includes the $1-million GI Old Forester Turf Classic; $500,000 GI Churchill Downs presented by Ford; and $500,000 GI Derby City Distaff. The marquee race day also includes the $500,000 GII Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile; $500,000 GII Pat Day Mile presented by LG&E; and $500,000 GII American Turf. The $1.25-million GI Kentucky Oaks headlines an Apr. 30 card which also includes the $500,000 GI S.; $400,000 GII Alysheba S.; $300,000 GII Eight Belles presented by Smithfield; $300,000 GII Edgewood S.; and $250,000 GII Twin Spires Turf Sprint presented by Sysco. The $600,000 GII Stephen Foster S. anchors a June 26 card which also includes the $250,000 GII Fleur de Lis S.; $250,000 GII Wise Dan S.; and $125,000 GIII Bashford Manor S. Get Her Number | Benoit Cont. p5 Proven 2021 Leading Sires by winners 2021 Fee Winners 1. Into Mischief $225,000 54 A.P. Indy’s Proven Value Sire 2. CONGRATS $7,500 42 3. Munnings $40,000 40

4. Candy Ride (ARG) $75,000 39

*2021 Sire List, 3/8

2021 winners include NEW GSW LAST JUDGMENT, winner of Saturday’s $100,000 CHALLENGER S. (G3).

A.P. Indy - Praise, by Mr. Prospector | $7,500 S&N

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Race to Honor Three-Time Derby-Winning Jockey The upcoming Churchill spring meet will recognize the legacy of legendary African-American jockey Isaac Murphy with the Apr. 27 running of the $120,000 Isaac Murphy Marathon. AChurchill Downs strongly believes in preserving and sharing FIRST MARE IN FOAL TO SHANCELOT the stories of the African-American jockeys who are an Stakes winner Goldleafed Mirror (Gold Alert) is the first mare part of the legacy of the Kentucky Derby,@ said Churchill Downs confirmed in foal to graded stakes winner Shancelot (Shanghai Racetrack President Mike Anderson. AAs we continue to recognize Bobby--True Kiss, by Is It True), Buck Pond Farm and Crawford key contributors to our storied history, we believe now more Farms Racing announced Monday. The 11-year-old mare is the than ever, it is critical to develop new ways to share these stories dam of stakes-placed Allaboutcaroline (Value Plus). widely by incorporating them into our Derby Week traditions. Shancelot, winner of the 2019 GII Amsterdam S. and second in ASince 2015, Churchill Downs has kicked off Derby Week on that year's GI Breeders' Cup Sprint and GI Santa Anita Sprint Opening Night by recognizing ABilly@ Walker, Sr. with the Championship, is standing his first year at stud at Buck Pond William Walker S. This year, it is a privilege to also honor Isaac Farm for $7,500 LFSN. Murphy by re-naming the Champions Day Marathon to the Isaac Murphy Marathon. It is important to amplify the stories of these great jockeys, to acknowledge the painful truths that led to their exclusion from in our country more than 100 years U.S. MARE CONFIRMED IN FOAL TO DAREDEVIL ago and to herald their legendary contributions to our sport and Striking Style (Smart Strike) is the first mare confirmed in foal to the Kentucky Derby.@ to Daredevil (More Than Ready--Chasethewildwind, by Forty More information about Murphy is detailed online at Niner) since his return to the U.S., Lane's End announced www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/jockey/isaac-b-murphy. Monday. The 10-year-old mare, owned by Bill Harrigan, Mike Pietrangelo and Caldara Farm, is a half-sister to graded-placed Aquitaine (Empire Maker). Cont. p6 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 9, 2021

Daredevil, the sire of GI Kentucky Oaks winner Congrats (A.P. Indy) 41 12 Shedaresthedevil and GI Preakness S. winner and champion (Last Judgment--GIII Challenger S.) 3-year-old filly Swiss Skydiver, stands at Lane's End for $25,000. Curlin (Smart Strike) 76 37 (12) (Idol--GI Santa Anita H.) Flatter (A.P. Indy) 57 20 (Search Results--Busher Invitational S.; Panadol--Listed Al Bastakiya S.) Into Mischief (Harlan's Holiday) 90 38 (Winfromwithin--Columbia S.; Offspring--Red Camelia S.) Ironicus (Distorted Humor) 1 1 (Helium--GII Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby) STANDING AT CLAIBORNE FARM $ CLICK HERE FOR MORE NOMINATE A MARE $ EMAIL BERNIE SAMS Kitten's Joy (El Prado {Ire}) 102 50 (Domain Expertise--GIII Florida Oaks) Medaglia d'Oro (El Prado {Ire}) 150 78 (Beautiful Ride--GIII Santa Ysabel S.) More Than Ready (Southern Halo) 121 46 (12) (Hit The Road--GI F.E. Kilroe Mile S.) STANDING AT WINSTAR FARM $ CLICK HERE FOR MORE NOMINATE A MARE $ EMAIL LIAM O=ROURKE Speightstown (Gone West) 119 58 (Midnight Sands--G3 Burj Nahaar S.; FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 7, 2021 My Generation--Listed Patton S.) NORTH AMERICAN-BASED STALLIONS Street Boss (Street Cry {Ire}) 46 20 (New Boss--Allen Black Cat Lacombe Memorial S.) Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song) 5 1 (Will's Secret--GIII Honeybee S.) Italics indicate new activity, statistics include Northern Hemisphere results only. Want to promote your stallion? Email [email protected].

Helium (Ironicus) pulled the upset in the GII Tampa Bay Derby SV photography

Sire (Sire=s Sire) #SWs #GSWs (GISWs) Bernardini (A.P. Indy) 64 39 (Micheline--GII Hillsborough S.; Farsighted--Any Limit S.) Clubhouse Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}) 3 2 Jockey Glenn Corbett earns 4,000th win of career aboard (Brickyard Ride--GII San Carlos S.) Arabian Story at Turf Paradise Monday | Coady Photography TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 9, 2021

Greatest Honour (cont. from p1) Saturday=s win in the GII San Felipe S. was nothing short of scintillating. This $525,000 KEESEP purchase broke alertly from Tiffany=s Honour had already been bred back to War Front, but the rail, then bounded confidently onto the backstretch while the following year Courtlandt mated her with Tapit again. The intent on his work, but not keyed up about it. He maintained a result is Greatest Honour, and you can read in a more detailed three-length cushion through robust splits (:46.83 and 1:10.55), TDN column by colleague Chris McGrath how even as a yearling, and when the closest three competitors all came under drives Greatest Honour resonated as Athe >whole package=--a big, three-eighths out, jockey Mike Smith kept his mount in hand yet leggy, scopey, rangy horse; correct, well-made, good bone, still managed to increase the gap. Life Is Good got momentarily everything.@ Greatest Honour competed in a trio of Aloaded@ distracted sailing solo through the stretch while drifting out New York MSW races, then punched through to the elite level (Smith said it was the video board) but won comfortably by with a trio of emphatic victories (two of them stakes) at eight lengths without ever having to give his all. Baffert Gulfstream. All of those wins were at 1 1/16 miles, which trainer acknowledged post-race his colt is Astill green,@ but quickly Shug McGaughey has described as too short for this distance- reminded that so, too, was 2020 Derby champ Authentic at this centric deep closer. Yes, you can argue that Greatest Honour time last year. I=m still not quite ready to drape a blanket of hasn=t posted any elite-level Beyer Speed Figures to legitimize roses around Life Is Good=s broad, bay shoulders, though. He=s the visually impressive nature of his wins. That could be a raced just three times (twice against only four overmatched concern moving forward, as no fewer than 27 performances by rivals), and none of the horses he=s trounced is currently ranked 3-year-olds on dirt so far in 2021 have earned Beyers above as Top 12 contenders. Greatest Honour=s career-best 89. But it won=t stop this powerhouse colt from going off legitimately favored in the 3) ESSENTIAL QUALITY (c, Tapit--Delightful Quality, by Elusive GI Florida Derby. Quality) O/B-Godolphin (KY). T-Brad Cox. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Colt & 2) LIFE IS GOOD (c, Into Mischief--Beach Walk, by Distorted MGISW, 4-4-0-0, $1,785,144. Humor) Last Start: 1st GIII Southwest S., OP, Feb. 27 O-CHC Inc & WinStar Farm LLC; B-Gary & Mary West Stable (KY); Accomplishments: 'TDN Rising Star', 1st GI Claiborne Breeders' T-Bob Baffert. Sales History: $525,000 yrl '19 KEESEP. Lifetime Futurity, 1st GI TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile Record: MGSW, 3-3-0-0, $274,200. Next Start: Uncommitted. Last Start: 1st GII San Felipe S., SA, Mar. 6 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 40. Next Start: GI Santa Anita Derby, SA, Apr. 3. Tapit-sired >TDN Rising Star= Essential Quality seamlessly Accomplishments: 'TDN Rising Star', 1st GIII Sham S., SA, Jan. 2 bridged the gap between his juvenile championship season and Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 60. his first start at age three with one of those athletic, high- cruising, multiple-geared performances that have evolved as his Front-running phenom Life Is Good has now paired two hallmark over a 4-for-4 career. This Godolphin homebred colt=s daunting triple-digit Beyers (101 and 107). But the most 4 1/4-length GIII Southwest S. score showed that racing in the astounding number associated with this >TDN Rising Star= is the slop is not a , and AEQ@ has already won once (albeit 2-1 favoritism he earned in Sunday=s Pool 4 of the Derby Future sprinting) over the Churchill surface, which is another plus on his Wager. This marked only the fourth time in 19 years that the Derby progression checklist. pari-mutuel field of AAll Other 3-Year-Olds@ did not close as the Cont. p8 March chalk. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 9, 2021

Essential Quality matches well with jockey Luis Saez, who very calmly executed an important lesson in patient rating when EQ was into the bit and initially wanted to pull about five furlongs out in the Southwest. Having said all of that, one box that remains unchecked is how EQ will fare once he gets his first taste of serious in-race adversity. In all three of his stakes wins, EQ=s athleticism and tactical prowess have enabled Saez to pick outside positions well clear of potential trip trouble. And in no races has EQ had to deal with multiple waves of top-caliber closers. The four horses who chased him home for second and third in his two Grade I wins last autumn were 94-1, 52-1, 30-1 and 10-1, and none is a Top 12 contender.

Caddo River figures very tough to beat in this weekend's GIII Rebel S. Coady

4) CADDO RIVER (c, Hard Spun--Pangburn, by Congrats) O/B-Shortleaf Stable (KY). T-Brad Cox. Lifetime Record: SW, 4-2-2-0, $166,092. Last Start: 1st Smarty Jones S., OP, Jan. 22. Accomplishments: 'TDN Rising Star' Next Start: GII Rebel S., OP, Mar. 13 Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 10. >TDN Rising Star= Caddo River will start favored in Saturday=s GII Rebel S. based on his ability to quickly reach a high-cruising speed and sustain it under pressure while never seeming to get anxious about it. Probables listed by Oaklawn suggest a likely field of eight, and the main competition for this Hard Spun homebred for Shortleaf Stable figures to be Concert Tour (Street Sense), a fellow >Rising Star= trained by Bob Baffert (who has won the Rebel seven times in its previous 12 runnings), and Keepmeinmind (Laoban), the deep-closing 80-Beyer victor of the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. at Churchill. Trainer Brad Cox told Horse Racing Nation last week that among his three Derby candidates--No. 3 Essential Quality and No. 5 Mandaloun (Into Mischief) are the others--Caddo River is Aprobably the fastest of the three, just based off how they breeze.@ MUNNINGS ECHO TOWN By Champion Sprinter By Champion Sprinter SPEIGHTSTOWN, sire of SPEIGHTSTOWN, sire of four Gr.1 winners in 2020 four Gr.1 winners in 2020

TDN Rising Star on debut TDN Rising Star on debut

Gr.2 winner over Gr.1 winner over 7 furlongs at 3yrs 7 furlongs at 3yrs

2nd Dam a Gr.1 winner 1st Dam a Gr.2 winner

Proven Gr.1 sire Top sire prospect Fully Booked in 2021 New for 2021, Fee $10,000

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Cox added that despite that breakaway nature, ACaddo River is This colt=s older sister, Micheline (Bernardini), another definitely the most laid back of the three.@ Caddo River=s Godolphin homebred trained by Stidham, just won her first company line from his blowout win in the Jan. 22 Smarty Jones graded race Saturday in the GII Hillsborough S. at Tampa. She S. upticked slightly Saturday when fourth-place Moonlite Strike had started her career 1-for-4, but after Stidham added blinkers (Liam=s Map), came back to run third at 34-1 in the GII Tampa late in her Bay Derby. 2-year-old season, Micheline blossomed into a much-improved 4-for-9 streak, with three of those wins in grass stakes, plus a 5) MANDALOUN (c, Into Mischief--Brooch, by Empire Maker) near-miss second against Grade I company at Keeneland. If the O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc. (KY). T-Brad Cox. Lifetime Record: addition of blinkers has the same effect on little bro Proxy, look GSW, 4-2-0-1, $351,252. out. Last Start: 1st GII Risen Star S., FG, Feb. 13 Next Start: GII Louisiana Derby, FG, Mar. 20 7) MIDNIGHT BOURBON (c, Tiznow--Catch the Moon, by Accomplishments: 'TDN Rising Star', 3rd GIII Lecomte S. Malibu Moon) Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 52. O-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred >TDN Rising Star= Mandaloun=s past performance cut alone is Holdings LLC (KY); T-Steve Asmussen. Sales History: $525,000 Ylg impressive enough to merit inclusion among the A-list '19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSW & GISP, 6-2-1-3, $261,420. sophomores. He=s 3-for-4 with Beyers that have ascended in every race, and his only loss was a third-place try, beaten only a Last Start: 3rd GII Risen Star S., FG, Feb. 13. length, in his stakes and two-turn debut. But as the 4-to-5 fave Next Start: GII Louisiana Derby, FG, Mar. 20 in that GIII Lecomte S. loss, this Into Mischief homebred for Accomplishments: 1st GIII Lecomte S., FG, Jan. 16, 3rd Juddmonte couldn=t seal the deal in an unfocused effort. Even GI Champagne S., 2nd GIII S. after Mandaloun rebounded with a blinkers-on GII Risen Star S. Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 26. win, jockey Florent Geroux said, AHe=s never given me his full potential.@ Mandaloun will hit his third birthdate two days Midnight Bourbon resurfaces within the Top 12 after getting before his next expected start in the Mar. 20 GII Louisiana leap-frogged the last several weeks. The more I look at him, the Derby, so maybe he=s not that far off from stepping it up, more I now agree with trainer Steve Asmussen that he could be maturity-wise. With 52 points, he=s currently third on the setting up nicely for a rebound race. When this $525,000 qualifying list to start in Louisville, so it=s not imperative that he KEESEP colt wired the Lecomte S., he set a moderate, produce an over-the-top effort in his final Kentucky Derby prep. unchallenged pace and won with plenty in the tank, earning a Right now it might be best to consider Mandaloun the highest- Beyer that subsequently got revised upward from a 91 to a 93. ranked Awork in progress@ horse within the Top 12--with the Cont. p10 expectation that his production needs to catch up to his potential within the next 7 1/2 weeks. 6) PROXY (c, Tapit--Panty Raid, by Include) O/B-Godolphin (KY). T-Michael Stidham. Lifetime Record: MGSP, 5-2-3-0, $187,700. Last Start: 2nd GII Risen Star S., FG, Feb. 13 Next Start: GII Louisiana Derby, FG, Mar. 20 Accomplishments: 2nd GIII Lecomte S. Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 24. Proxy has never been worse than second in five lifetime outs, but you have to go back to a Dec. 19 NW2L allowance win at Fair Grounds to find the performance that indicates how this colt is capable of controlling a race. Backed to 7-10 favoritism in a four-horse field, Proxy brushed the gate, confidently assumed command, conceded the lead between calls, then re-rallied to fight off a two-pronged stretch attack. Trainer Mike Stidham has been working this Tapit homebred in blinkers in preparation for the Louisiana Derby, with an eye on improving upon two runner- up efforts in which Proxy didn=t always seem fully engaged. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 9, 2021

When third next out in the Risen Star S., Midnight Bourbon twice led between calls (midway on the far turn and again at the eighth pole), then galloped out longer and stronger than the top two finishers. The imposingly long 1,346-foot stretch at Fair Grounds is often thought of as an advantage to closers. Yet the last three Louisiana Derbies have been won by speed-centric horses, including a wire job in last year=s renewal, which was the first at the race=s newly elongated distance of 1 3/16 miles. A son of Tiznow just now getting tight in his third start off the layoff for a trainer who has won this race three times? Sounds like a mild upset in the making.

But the best race on his resume is his most recent effort, a Midnight Bourbon, who makes his next start in the GII Louisiana Derby second-place try in the Southwest S. behind champ Essential at the Fair Grounds Mar. 20, is back in the top 12 | Hodges Quality. Racing in the slop for the first time, Spielberg was 8) SPIELBERG (c, Union Rags--Miss Squeal, by Smart Strike) unprepared and ducked out at the break, then ran along well O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Golconda late to earn a credible second (despite no real chance to catch Stables, Siena Farm LLC, & Robert Masterson. the winner because of how far behind he put himself at the B-G Watts Humphrey Jr (Ky). T-Bob Baffert. Sales history: start). Considering his sire won the 1 1/2-mile GI Belmont S., $1,000,000 yrl '19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: GSW & MGISP, longer distances could be his launch pad. 8-2-3-1, $413,200. Last Start: 2nd GIII Southwest S., OP, Feb. 27 9) KNOWN AGENDA (c, Curlin--Byrama {GB}, by Byron Next Start: Uncommitted. {GB}) O/B-St Elias Stable (KY); T-Todd Pletcher. Sales Accomplishments: 1st GII Los Alamitos Futurity, history: $135,000 RNA Ylg '19 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 2nd GI Runhappy Del Mar Futurity, 3rd GI American Pharoah S. 5-2-1-1, $104,600. Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 17. Last Start: 1st GP allowance, Feb. 26. Next Start: Possible for GI Curlin Florida Derby, GP, Mar. 27 With eight starts under his belt, Spielberg is not your typical Accomplishments: 3rd GII Remsen S., AQU, Dec. 5 million-dollar yearling (KEESEP) that trainer Bob Baffert might Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 2. nudge along the Derby trail with only a handful of well-spaced This son of Curlin has the distinction of beating the current starts. After running second and third as a maiden against No. 1 kingpin on this list in an Aqueduct MSW back in Grade I stakes company last September (favored in one of those November. But while Greatest Honour then went on a three- races), this Union Rags colt is being given every opportunity to race win tear to vault him into the No. 1 spot, Known Agenda prove he belongs as a late bloomer at age three. His two wins stalled for two starts before righting himself with a rip-roaring were in a Del Mar MSW at a mile by a neck (in which the jock 11-length, blinkers-on win in a nine-furlong allowance-optional lost the whip) and in the GII Los Alamitos Futurity by a nose claimer at Gulfstream Feb. 26. (when Spielberg was all out to reel in a 33-1 maiden). Cont. p11 MARCH SPECIAL $2,500 LFSN - $1,250 NO-GUARANTEE

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Perhaps this $135,000 RNA at FTSAUG didn=t care for the As Helium progressed, the Tampa Derby looked convenient sealed and sloppy track when he got bumped off stride at the from both a timing and close-to-home perspective. And now, for start of the GII Remsen S., and his 3-2 favored loss when fifth in the fourth year in a row, that stakes has been won by a the GIII Sam F. Davis S. might just be a case of not liking the longshot. Helium was four wide while unhurried into the sandy (and often quirky) Tampa track. But this chestnut attacked clubhouse turn, stalked midpack about six paths off the rail with metronomic precision after stalking a three-way duel in his down the backstretch, then emerged from a far-turn logjam to Gulfstream comeback, unleashing a confident far-turn move get first run on a caving pacemaker. He had enough left to fight before pouring it on in deep stretch. With two wins already at 1 back when hooked in deep stretch by a fresh closer who had 1/8 miles, trainer Todd Pletcher is now considering the Florida outside momentum, and deftly repulsed that bid. Although Derby. But in addition to blinkers, Known Agenda also got a dose Helium is not currently a Triple Crown nominee, of Lasix for the first time in that allowance win, and he=ll have to D J Stable racing manager Jon Green told TDN right after the win forego that medication in the Florida Derby as per new phase- that this colt will be supplemented for $6,000 by the March out rules that now prohibit Lasix in the nation=s top stakes. deadline.

11) RISK TAKING (c, 3, Medaglia d'Oro--Run a Risk, by Distorted Humor) O-Klaravich Stables Inc; B-G Watts Humphrey Jr (KY); T-Chad Brown. Sales history: $240,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP. Last Start: 1st GIII Withers S., AQU, Feb. 6. Next Start: GII Wood Memorial S., AQU, Apr. 3. Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 10.

Risk Taking, who just celebrated his third birthdate Mar. 7, is the only Top 12 horse currently wintering in New York. This $240,000 KEESEP Medaglia d=Oro colt also stands out as the rare Derby contender (along with Known Agenda) to boast two wins already at nine furlongs--a crucial distance that many Derby aspirants have yet to even attempt. His 89-Beyer Withers win was the result of a comfortable midpack stalking trip followed Helium | SV Photography by a powerful move to collar a fading leader, and it gave the 10) HELIUM (c, 3, Ironicus--Thundering Emilia, by impression of more in the tank. Trainer Chad Brown has Thunder Gulch) O-D J Stable LLC; B-Teneri Farm Inc & indicated he=ll opt for two months between starts and aim for Bernardo Alvarez Calderon (KY); T-Mark Casse. Sales the GII Wood Memorial S. so he can keep Risk Taking at the history: $55,000 Ylg '19 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: GSW, 3-3-0-0, distance and track over which the colt is 2-for-2. $287,763. Last Start: 1st GII Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, TAM, 12) PREVALENCE (c, Medaglia d=Oro--Enrichment, by Mar. 6. Next Start: Uncommitted. Ghostzapper) Accomplishments: 1st Display S., WO, Oct. 18. O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-Brendan Walsh. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 50. $25,800. Last Start: 1st Maiden Special Weight, GP, Jan. 23 Next Start: Allowance/optional claimer, GP, Mar. 11. Not everything has gone as planned in trainer Mark Casse=s Accomplishments: >TDN Rising Star= preparations for Helium. Yet now this $55,000 FTKOCT (and Equineline PPs. KY Derby Points: 0. subsequently privately purchased) first-crop colt by Ironicus is >TDN Rising Star= Prevalence will see action in Thursday=s 3-for-3 after a 15-1 win in Saturday=s Tampa Bay Derby eighth race at Gulfstream, an allowance-optional claimer at a (84 Beyer). After starting his career at Woodbine, a planned one-turn mile. He=s a touch under the gun timing-wise after November stakes race there got cancelled. Casse then shipped missing some February training because of a brief fever, but the Helium to Fair Grounds to try the Derby preps there, but Casse plan for this Godolphin homebred still leaves room for a told DRF.com last week that the colt wrenched an ankle, so he required start in a qualifying points stakes prep to try and garner sent him to his farm in Ocala. entry into the Derby. Cont. p12 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 9, 2021

This son of Medaglia d=Oro soared home by 8 1/2 lengths his Jan. 23 debut. That seven-furlong MSW appeared very deep on paper at the time, but six horses have now run back out of that race and only one was a next-out winner. MOMINOU, 6, Congrats--Phanie Slam, by Grand Slam Foal born Feb. 10, a colt by Omaha Beach On the Bubble (in alphabetical order): Will be bred back to McKinzie Owned by/Boarded at: Coteau Grove Farms LLC Concert Tour (Street Sense): This 2-for-2 Gary and Mary West Accomplishment: SW, $274,997; and dam of Phaniebdancing homebred and 'TDN Rising Star' is on trainer Baffert=s traveling (Congrats), SP, $123,379. team, shipping to Oaklawn for Saturday=s Rebel S. TAYLOR'S SPIRIT, 5, Algorithms--Spirit Rising, by Dehere Hidden Stash (Constitution): One-run closer is a bit farther off Foal born Feb. 10, a filly by Justify the Derby radar than most, but this colt was the only one Will be bred back to Authentic gaining in the stretch of the Davis, then mounted the only Owned by/boarded at Coteau Groves Farms LLC serious stretch challenge in the Tampa Derby after running off in Accomplishment: MSW & MGSP, $285,550. the pre-race warmups. PRETTY EXTRAVAGANT, 13, With Distinction--Dancing Dawn, by Keepmeinmind (Laoban): Prepping for the Rebel S., jockey David Seattle Dancer Cohen said this late-running colt=s most recent work featured a Foal born Mar. 2, a colt by Bernardini. Anice, long gallop out, with nothing too rapid. I was very happy Owned by Frank Vicino. with the way he broke off. He has a tendency to get real tough. Boarded at Keene Ridge Farm. He did it really relaxed.@ Will be bred back to Distorted Humor. Accomplishments: Dam of Extravagant Kid (Kiss the Kid), MSW & Medina Spirit (Protonico): Baffert-trained overachiever, who GISP, $1,001,610. hammered for just $1,000 at OBSWIN and $35,000 at OBSOPN, was second behind stablemate Life Is Good Saturday, but is MYSTIC CHANT, 19, Unbridled's Song--Mystic Rhythms, by clearly not in the same league. AHe=s a good horse and we Citidancer needed to run first or second to continue on@ with Derby preps, Foal born Mar. 5, a filly by English Channel. Baffert said, adding that the Santa Anita Derby or GI Arkansas Will be bred back to Flatter. Derby are possibilities. Owned by Barry K Schwartz. Boarded at Stonewall Farm. Weyburn (Pioneerof the Nile): This 46-1 upsetter of the one- Accomplishments: SW. Dam of Voodoo Song (English Channel), turn-mile GIII Gotham S. racked up a big-league 95 Beyer. He=s GISW, $954,350; Trader (Flatter), SP, $264,693. not Triple Crown nominated, but trainer Jimmy Jerkens said he will likely be supplemented for $6,000. No next-race commitment yet.

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Contact the TDN Ad Staff: [email protected] >62.8K >52.1K >31.5K for details or to post a job SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: TUESDAY, MARCH 9 2021 Stud Fees Listed Anchor Down (Tapit), Gainesway Farm, $5,000 90 foals of racing age/12 winners/0 black-type winners 8-Parx Racing, Msw 6f, Run White Rabbit, 6-1 $50,000 KEE JAN wnl; $97,000 KEE SEP yrl; $10,000 OBS APR 2yo

Brody's Cause (Giant's Causeway), Spendthrift Farm, $5,000 141 foals of racing age/10 winners/2 black-type winners 3-Mahoning Valley, Msw 1m, Brody's Girl, 20-1 $27,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl; $14,500 RNA CTB AJA yrl IN JAPAN: California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit), Arrow Stud, private Pier Chic, h, 5, Central Banker--Our Miss Jones (SP), by Alphabet 196 foals of racing age/20 winners/0 black-type winners Soup. Hanshin, 3-7, Allowance ($193k), 1200m, 1:11.8. 5-Delta Downs, Msw 6 1/2f, California Katie, 8-1 Lifetime Record : 16-3-2-2, $413,037. O-Kieffers Inc; $95,000 KEE NOV wnl; $12,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl; $30,000 OBS B-McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds LLC (NY); T-Hideyuki OPN 2yo Mori. *1/2 to Mr. Online (Silent Name {Jpn}), SW-US & GISP- Can, $551,005; and Carmenootz (Silent Name {Jpn}), SP-Can, Outwork (Uncle Mo), WinStar Farm, $15,000 $154,790. **$60,000 Ylg '17 FTNAUG; $180,000 2yo '18 209 foals of racing age/23 winners/2 black-type winners OBSMAR. 8-Parx Racing, Msw 6f, Ruffy, 6-1 $47,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl; $12,000 EAS MAY 2yo IN SOUTH KOREA: Prayer for Relief (Jump Start), R Star Stallions, $3,000 Bucatini, c, 3, Cinco Charlie--Saturnalia (SP), by Charismatic. 21 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners Busan, 3-6, Hcp., 1200m. B-Stanley Inman (KY). *$45,000 2yo 3-Mahoning Valley, Msw 1m, Blazing Miss Jojo, 12-1 '20 OBSJUL.

Speightster (Speightstown), WinStar Farm, $10,000 Consti Solo, g, 4, Constitution--Solo Survivor (GSW, $244,195), 228 foals of racing age/23 winners/2 black-type winners by Pleasant Tap. Seoul, 3-7, Hcp., 1800m. B-Rhapsody Farm 5-Delta Downs, Msw 6 1/2f, Greatest Love, 3-1 LLC & Mares Rule III (NY). *1/2 to Hip Hop N Jazz $130,000 KEE SEP yrl (Speightstown), SW & GSP, $175,125. **$55,000 RNA Wlg '17 FTNOCT; $20,000 Ylg '18 FTNAUG; $40,000 Ylg '18 FTMOCT; Tourist (Tiznow), WinStar Farm, $5,000 $25,000 2yo '19 OBSAPR. 156 foals of racing age/20 winners/0 black-type winners Byeolnara Sinsa, c, 4, Race Day--Tiz Merry, by Tiznow. Seoul, 3-Mahoning Valley, Msw 1m, Lady Unbridled, 20-1 3-7, Hcp., 1200m. B-Scott Pierce (IA). *1/2 to Deal Driven (Into $1,500 OBS WIN wnl Mischief), SP, $381,626. **$30,000 Wlg '17 KEENOV; $65,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP. Uncle Lino (Uncle Mo), Northview Stallion Station, $4,000 132 foals of racing age/10 winners/0 black-type winners Medici Glory, h, 5, Gemologist--Elusive Noise (SW), by Elusive 8-Parx Racing, Msw 6f, Marvalous Mike, 9-2 Quality. Seoul, 3-7, Hcp., 1400m. B-Sabana Farm (KY). 8-Parx Racing, Msw 6f, Uncle Roamie, 15-1 *$12,000 RNA Ylg '17 KEESEP; $90,000 2yo '18 OBSJUN. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • MARCH 9, 2021

IN PANAMA: IN PERU: Boniek, c, 3, Mshawish--Divine Indy, by Mineshaft. Presidente Jesse James (Per), c, 3, Jess's Dream--Whistle, by Hold Me Back. Remon, 3-6, Maiden, 1200m. B-White Fox Farm (KY). Monterrico, 3-6, Maiden, 1000m. B-Hamide Stable. *1ST-TIME *1ST-TIME STARTER. **$12,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP. VIDEO STARTER. *$6,500 in utero '18 OBSJAN. VIDEO

IN PERU: King Goldbird, h, 6, Birdstone--Gold Revenue, by Touch Gold. Monterrico, 3-6, Clasico Galeno-Listed, 1600m. B-Teneri Farm Inc & Bernardo Alvarez Calderon (KY). *1ST STAKES WIN. **Full to Birdie Gold, Ch. Grass Mare & G1SW-Per. ***MGSP- Per. VIDEO Saturday's Results: 3rd-Hanshin, -9,680,000 ($89,085), Maiden, 3yo, 1800m, 1:54.7, gd. VICTORION (JPN) (c, 3, Uncle Mo--Easter Island, by Giant's Causeway) was third over this course and distance Nov. 21 and was exiting a seventh to fellow US-bred Lady Mercy (American Pharoah) over this distance at Chukyo Dec. 19. The 27-5 third choice in the wagering pressed the pace outside a rival for the opening seven furlongs, grabbed a narrow lead at the 200-meter marker and fended off favored A Shin Tips (Jpn) (Tosen Jordan {Jpn}) to graduate by a head. Victorion is out of an unplaced daughter of GISW Awesome Maria (Maria's Mon) and was purchased in utero for $350,000 at the 2017 Keeneland November sale before fetching -20 million as a foal at the JRHA Select Sales the following July. Also from the Robsham female family of Discreet Cat and Discreetly Mine, Victorion has a 2- year-old half-sister by Duramente (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) and a yearling half-brother by Orfevre (Jpn) (Stay Gold IN SOUTH KOREA: {Jpn}). Easter Island was most recently bred to 2017 G1 Tokyo Moonhak Sheba, c, 3, Blame--Seeking Sheba (SP, $162,200), by Yushun (Japanese Derby) hero Rey de Oro (Jpn) (King Seeking the Gold. Seoul, 3-7, Hcp., 1200m. B-Charles Fipke Kamehameha {Jpn}) Sales history: $350,000 in utero '17 (BC). *$20,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP; $32,000 RNA 2yo '20 OBSMAR. KEENOV; -20,000,000 Fl '18 JRHAJUL. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-1, $59,259. O-Hirotaka Sugawara; B-Hidaka Taiyo Farm; T-Tomohiko Hatsuki.

IN SOUTH KOREA: Busanhang Galmaegi (Kor), c, 3, Alternation--Tarpy's Dream, by Awesome Again. Busan, 3-6, Hcp., 1400m. B-Bae Eun Jeong. Raon the Fighter (Kor), c, 3, Bayern--Clarinda, by Empire Maker. ALLOWANCE RESULTS: Seoul, 3-7, Hcp., 1400m. B-Son Chun Soon. *Won by eight 10th-Parx Racing, $45,500, 3-8, 4yo/up, 1m 70y, 1:42.27, ft, lengths to remain undefeated in three career starts. 1 3/4 lengths. **$70,000 in utero '17 KEENOV. ROCK ON LUKE (g, 4, Conveyance--Slammin Beauty, by Grand Top Storm (Kor), f, 3, Union Rags--Norcarl, by Empire Maker. Slam) Lifetime Record: 10-4-4-2, $159,010. O-Jennifer M. Busan, 3-6, Hcp., 1200m. B-Ryu Hwa-Yeong. *Won by eight Truehart; B-Samuel (KY); T-Regina Brennan. *$7,500 lengths. Ylg '18 KEEJAN. OCALA LOVES GORMLEY.

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9th-Golden Gate Fields, $42,364, 3-7, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, 1m (AWT), 1:36.65, ft, 1/2 length. SACRED RIDER (g, 4, Lucky Pulpit--Lady Railrider {MSW, $603,041}, by Ride the Rails) Lifetime Record: MSP, 20-3-7-2, $187,882. O-Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams; B-Larry D. Williams (CA); T-Steven Specht. *Full to Pulpit Rider, MSW, $463,177; 1/2 to Fiery Lady (Unusual Heat), MSP, $218,602.

2nd-Delta Downs, $39,000, (S), 3-8, (NW2L), 3yo, f, 5f, 1:00.34, ft, 4 1/4 lengths. JUS MY IMAGINATION (f, 3, Chatain--Gloamingsky, by Sky ) Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $39,400. O/B-Hoffman Family Racing (LA); T-Henry B. Johnson, Jr.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Deniro'srunforfun, f, 3, Birdrun--Deniro's Saint (MSW, $454,699), by Saints n' Sinners. Mahoning Valley, 3-8, (S), 6f, 1:17.19. B-Rodney C Faulkner (OH). G Victory, c, 3, Outwork--Eye to Victory, by Eye of the Tiger. Delta Downs, 3-8, 6 1/2f, 1:21.26. B-John D. Gunther & Cudney Stables (KY). *$27,000 Wlg '18 KEENOV; $42,000 RNA Ylg '19 KEESEP; $42,000 RNA 2yo '20 OBSAPR; $20,000 2yo '20 OBSOPN.

Making Me Crazy, g, 3, Winslow Homer--Make Note of Me, by Forest Camp. Mahoning Valley, 3-8, 6f, 1:16.38. B-University of Florida Foundation (FL). *$8,000 2yo '20 OBSOPN.

BIRDRUN, Deniro'srunforfun, f, 3, o/o Deniro's Saint, by Saints n' Sinners. MSW, 3-8, Mahoning Valley CHATAIN, Jus My Imagination, f, 3, o/o Gloamingsky, by Sky Mesa. ALW, 3-8, Delta Downs CONVEYANCE, Rock On Luke, g, 4, o/o Slammin Beauty, by Grand Slam. ALW, 3-8, Parx Racing LUCKY PULPIT, Sacred Rider, g, 4, o/o Lady Railrider, by Ride the Rails. ALW, 3-7, Golden Gate OUTWORK, G Victory, c, 3, o/o Eye to Victory, by Eye of the Tiger. MSW, 3-8, Delta Downs WINSLOW HOMER, Making Me Crazy, g, 3, o/o Make Note of Me, by Forest Camp. MSW, 3-8, Mahoning Valley