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OSCIETRA SLATED FOR JANUARY 1 DEBUT A >BLACK= CHRISTMAS Oscietra (Aus) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), the first foal of the AT NAKAYAMA? mighty Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus}) continues to please connections as she edges towards her first day at the races. The filly finished to the fore on her second Flemington jump-out over 800m, showing pace and professionalism under Luke Nolen (who partnered her famous mother to the David Hayes | Lindsay Park majority of her success) to leave co-trainer David Hayes strongly considering letting her make her racecourse debut at Flemington on New Years Day.

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Kitasan Black | JRA Photo IN TDN AMERICA TODAY MALIBU HIGHLIGHTS SANTA ANITA OPENER December 25 is not only Christmas Day, this year it is also Despite the absence of GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Drefong G1 Day at Nakayama, Japan when a field of 16 go to (Gio Ponti), Monday’s GI Malibu S. gets the winter meeting at Santa post for what is traditionally one of the strongest contests of the Anita off on a high note. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN season. It is a unique race whereby racing fans vote for their America. favourite horses to line up and it appears they have assembled a top-class field for this year=s edition headed by recent G1 hero (Jpn) (Black Tide {Jpn}). The 4-year-old is aiming for his fourth Group 1 victory on Sunday and he arrives at the top of his game if his recent 2 1/2-length defeat of Sounds Of Earth (Jpn) (Neo Universe {Jpn}) at Tokyo Nov. 27 is anything to go by. He also has two wins over the course to his credit and his trainer Hisashi Shimizu is confident ahead of Sunday. AEven before his debut, the stride this horse has on him had us thinking he was a Grade 1 performer,@ said Shimizu. AThe horse has developed very well since last year, he=s bigger and stronger. He=s had the same training routine, and we hope for a result here too. With an incident-free run, I think he can confirm his performance last time.@ Cont. p4

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The Jet Setting story has been well told at this stage, but it was one that just kept giving throughout the summer since her purchase for 12,000gns as a four-race maiden out of the Richard Hannon stable the previous autumn. Her subsequent owners, Over the next week the team of Editors of TDN the Equinegrowthpartners, showed great bravery and Europe/International will look back on 2016 and pick their sportsmanship to supplement the filly for a second Classic most memorable racing moment of the year. We continue despite their first gamble to run in the G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas today with Irish Correspondent, DaithR Harvey. at Newmarket not paying off. They were rewarded in no uncertain fashion when Jet Setting claimed the mighty scalp of JET SETTING, >Cartier Horse Of The Year= Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas under regular partner Shane IRISH 1000 GUINEAS, THE CURRAGH Foley. Ecstatic scenes followed in the Curragh winner=s enclosure and the journey came to an end for the owners when As a part-time speculator, breeder and owner, the story the filly was purchased by the China Horse Club for ,1.3m at the around the acquisition and subsequent success of Jet Setting Goffs London Sale at Kensington Palace in June. Luckily for (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}) struck a particular chord with me. Not Adrian Keatley, he continued to train her and her performance only did it serve to catapult the nascent careers of trainer Adrian when spread-eagling the field in a heavy-ground Group 3 at Keatley and bloodstock agent John Kilbride into the spotlight Tipperary in October proves she will be a major force whenever and provide a platform for them to elevate their respective the word >soft= is in the going description. businesses to a higher level, but it also kept the dream alive for the abundance of optimistic owners and trainers who constantly seek to unearth that one >big horse= that will make their daily endeavors worthwhile.

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November while , the undisputed King of the staying hurdle division last year has translated that form to fences, never coming off the bit to land his three assignments over the bigger obstacles thus far. The fact that last year=s winner is again seeking to safeguard the second leg of a potential ,1-million bonus should he also win the G1 Cheltenham Gold POSTPONED TO FOLLOW FAMILIAR PATH Cup in March makes the stable=s decision to pitch in the inexperienced Thistlecrack all the more sporting. Lets hope they Plans are in place to give Postponed (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) the all jump a clear round and may the best horse win. same prep run ahead of his repeat bid for glory in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic on World Cup night. Trainer Roger Varian will again aim the 5-year-old at the G2 Dubai City Of Gold before tackling the mile-and-a-half prize Mar. 25.

After registering victories in both the Friday=s Results: G1 Coronation Cup and 1st-DUN, i12,000, Cond, 12-23, 3yo/up, 8f (AWT), 1:40.38, stn. G1 Juddmonte A SHIN IMPALA (IRE) (g, 3, Evasive {GB}--Muzayadah {GB}, by International on his return Monsun {Ger}) Lifetime Record: 9-2-2-0, $21,957. O-K Hirai; B-K Postponed to Europe, Postponed had K Eishindo (IRE); T-Tommy Stack. Racing Post photo to settle for fifth as the favorite on his final start ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: of the year in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October. November Tale (Ire), f, 2, Casamento (Ire)--Skeleton (Ire), by Varian said: "The plan is to run him in the City Of Gold three Tobougg (Ire). DUN, 12-23, 7f (AWT), 1:27.33. B-B Kennedy & weeks ahead of the Sheema Classic. He is in good cantering Mrs Ann Marie Kennedy (IRE). *30,000gns Wlg >14 TATFOA; work at the moment and his fast work will start towards the end 36,000gns Ylg >15 TAOCT. **15th winner for freshman sire (by of January." Shamardal). Thunder Speed (GB), c, 2, Dylan Thomas (Ire)--Insoumise (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). DUN, 12-23, 7f (AWT), 1:28.22. B-Waratah Pty Ltd (GB). *31,000gns Wlg >14 TATFOA; CLASH OF THE TIZZARD STARS AT KEMPTON 115,000gns Ylg >15 TATOCT. A select field of five will take part in Kempton Park=s Boxing The Paris Shrug (GB), f, 3, Manduro (Ger)--Miss Brown To You Day showpiece the G1 32Red.com King George VI Chase. The big (Ire), by Fasliyev. DUN, 12-23, 12f (AWT), 2:37.58. clash that jumps racing fans have been waiting for but weren=t B-Stetchworth & Middle Park Studs Ltd (GB). 15,000gns 2yo expecting to see for a few months >15 TATMAR. **1/2 to Big Orange (GB) (Duke of Marmalade time is the centre of attention as {Ire}), MGSW-Eng, GSP-Aus & UAE, $1,220,518. stable-mates Cue Card (GB) (King=s Theatre {Ire}) and Thistlecrack (GB) (Kayf Tara {GB}) do battle for the first time on a racecourse. With no disrespect to the other ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Thistlecrack faces his sternest three runners (Fr) Okra (Fr), f, 3, Zamindar--La Vida Loca (Ire) (SW & MGSP-US, test to date over fences (Dom Alco {Fr}) Tea For Two (GB) SP-Ire, $196,386), by Caerleon. NSS, 12-22, 7 1/2f (AWT), Racing Post (Kayf Tara {GB}) and Josses Hill 1:37.53. B-Al Asayl Bloodstock (FR). *1,500gns 3yo '16 TATJUL. (Ire) (Winged Love {Ire}), the race does look to be all about the trained pair. Cue Card, FIND US ON FACEBOOK the winner of eight Grade 1's so far, bounced back to his best to www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews be an emphatic winner of the G1 at Haydock in TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 DECEMBER, 2016

Obviously, Kitasan Black is strong, but I want to make it a EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS match race with him and my horse,@ declared the Frenchman.

IN UAE: Good Trip (Ire), c, 3, Dansili (GB)--Counterclaim (GB) (GSP-Ity, Sunday, Nakayama, Japan SP-Fr, $168,238), by Pivotal (GB). Jebel Ali, 12-23, Rated Cond. THE ARIMA KINEN-G1, ¥570,000,000 (US$4,844,030/ (,24k/i29k), 1600m, 1:37.71. O-Mohammed Khalifa al Basti; i4,632,984/£3,927,236) 3yo/up, 2500mT B-Darley; T-Ali Rashid al Raihe. PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT +Say No More (Ire), g, 3, Shamardal--Nasheej (MGSW & 1 Kitasan Black (Jpn) Black Tide (Jpn) Take Shimizu 125 MG1SP-Eng, $346,605), by Swain (Ire). Jebel Ali, 12-23, Maiden 2 Gold Actor (Jpn) Screen Hero (Jpn) Yoshida Nakagawa 125 (,14k/i17k), 1400m, 1:25.90. O-Mohammed Khalifa al Basti; 3 Mousquetaire (Jpn) Mayano Top Gun (Jpn) Nakatani Tomomichi 125 4 Yamakatsu Ace (Jpn) King K’meha (Jpn) Ikezoe Ikezoe 125 B-Malih Lahej al Basti; T-Doug Watson. 5 Samson’s Pride (Jpn) Meisho Samson (Jpn) Yokoyama Sugiura 125 6 Sounds Of Earth (Jpn) Neo Universe (Jpn) Demuro Fujioka 125 7 Maltese Apogee (Jpn) Goshawk Ken (Jpn) Bushizawa Horii 125 8 (Jpn) (Jpn) Hamanaka Ikee 121 9 Hit the Target (Jpn) King K’meha (Jpn) Tanabe Kato 125 10 Admire Deus (Jpn) Admire Don (Jpn) Iwata Hashida 125 11 (Jpn) Deep Impact (Jpn) Lemaire Ikee 121 A Black Christmas? Cont. from p1 12 Satono Noblesse (Jpn) Deep Impact (Jpn) Cheminaud Ikee 125 Kitasan Black finished third in the Arima Kinen last year when 13 Denim and Ruby (Jpn) Deep Impact (Jpn) Barzalona Sumii 121 Gold Actor (Jpn) (Screen Hero {Jpn}) beat Sounds Of Earth by a 14 (Jpn) Heart’s Cry (Jpn) Fukunaga Tomomichi 125 15 Albert (Jpn) Admire Don (Jpn) Tosaki Hori 125 neck, with (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) close behind in 16 Marialite (Jpn) Deep Impact (Jpn) Ebina Kubota 121 fourth and all four will renew rivalry on Sunday. Mirco Demuro maintains his partnership with Sounds Of Earth and assessing his Oscietra cont. from p1 chances he commented, AHe=s stronger in the winter, more than "Luke was very happy with her and the time looked quite the spring. He ran well enough in the Japan Cup, and a horse solid," Hayes told Racing And Sports. "She just has to eat at a came out from the inside to just take a little of our momentum normal level and be sound in her legs for her to run and I'll only close to home. I=m not worried about the course or distance this run her if I'm 100 per cent happy with her,@ he added. Hayes time. The important things are the pace and the draw. It=s a feels Oscietra is thriving on her current workload and she has strong field, but in the last Grade 1 of the year, I want to do my been giving all the right signals that she is ready to start racing. best.@ "When she first came to me she was a little bit of a light eater On Japan Cup form, Gold Actor has over three lengths to make and now she's above average. She's eating all her feed and she's up on Kitasan Black, however trainer Tadashige Nakagawa has eating extra feed, so that's a great sign. Her food intact suggests reason to believe that deficit can be reduced on Sunday. AHe she's starting to peak." was just a little heavy for his race in the Japan Cup, so in recent training we=ve worked him accordingly, and hopefully he=ll go into this race at just under 500kgs,@ he said. AHis last piece of work was fine. The jockey knows all about the horse, so there are no worries there, and the horse is in similar condition to when he won last year.@ Satono Diamond (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) is the only 3-year- Gary King: V.P. International Operations old taking part and this Classic winner showed his quality when Kelsey Riley: International Editor Emma Berry: European Editor beating (Jpn) ( {Jpn}) in the G1 Kikuka Alan Carasso: Contributing Editor Sho (Japanese St Leger) at Kyoto Oct. 23. Heather Anderson: Contributing Editor knows the colt well and has high hopes that he can rise to the Daithi Harvey: Irish Correspondent stiff challenge head. AI=ve ridden him in all his races since his Sean Cronin & Tom Frary: Newmarket Bureau debut through to Grade 1 races. The horse gave me my first Regular Columnists: Bill Oppenheim, Andrew Caulfield, Classic win here in Japan. He=s a great horse, easy to ride, and John Berry, Chris McGrath, Kevin Blake with so much potential. I want to win the Arima Kinen. www.thetdn.com TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 DECEMBER, 2016

PAKISTAN STAR TOWERS OVER GRIFFIN TROPHY FOES by Alan Carasso >TDN Rising Star= Pakistan Star (Ger) (Shamardal), sensational in winning his first two career starts, but loser of three straight since, looks to close out 2016 on a high as the prohibitive favorite in Tuesday=s HK$2-million (,210k/i247k) Griffin Trophy (1400m) (HKJC PPs), a race restricted to 3-year-olds with the stipulation of having not started overseas prior to their import. An i180,000 purchase by the Hong Kong out of the 2014 Arqana August Yearling Sale, Pakistan Star fetched HK$6 million at this year=s Hong Kong International Sale back in March and earned back a good chunk of owner Kerm Dim=s investment with two barnstorming wins, the second of which earned Pakistan Star | HKJC photo him his Rising Star designation. Sharp hikes in the ratings meant he found his way relatively quickly into the higher grades, and though he=s finished well in each of his last three trips to the races, he hasn=t been able to bridge the gap. He exits a fifth to Eagle Way (Aus) (More Than Ready) as the heavy favorite on the International Races undercard Dec. 11, but looks to have these over a barrel. Joao Moreira has been booked to replace Matthew Chadwick in the saddle in what is being used as a prep for the Hong Kong Classic Mile Jan. 22. A handful of Hong Kong Derby prospects are also among the entries in the final Sha Tin program of the year. Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock {Aus}), who was second in the G1 Rosehill Guineas when trained as Montaigne, and Raghu (NZ) (Showcasing {GB}), the G1 New Zealand Derby third, make their Hong Kong debuts in the afternoon=s finale, a Class 2 over 1400 metres (HKJC PPs). Dinozzo (Ire) (Lilbourne Lad {Ire}), successful in a nine-furlong Class 3 at Happy Valley last time, looks to enhance his Derby credentials in race nine (HKJC PPs), a Class 2 over the 2000 metres. Joao Moreira takes the call on the 117-pound bottomweight.

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BAFFERT TRIO VS. EAST NYQUIST >DOING WELL= FOLLOWING COLIC SURGERY SHIPPERS IN MALIBU Nyquist (Uncle Mo), the 2015 champion 2-year-old colt and this year=s GI Kentucky Derby hero, is doing well following colic surgery Thursday at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, it was announced Friday afternoon. The Reddam Racing colorbearer was retired to stud in late October to Darley in Lexington, Kentucky. He will command a $40,000 stud fee in 2017. AThe surgeons discovered a slight twist in his intestines during the procedure Nyquist and were able to make the necessary repairs Horsephotos without complication,@ Darley COO Dan Pride said. AAt this point, we are confident that he will be fully recovered and ready for the 2017 breeding season."

Bob Baffert | Benoit Photo IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Joe Bianca OSCIETRA SLATED FOR JANUARY 1 DEBUT Even without his GI Twinspires Breeders= Cup Sprint conqueror The first foal of the mighty Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus}) Drefong (Gio Ponti)--who spiked a temperature last week--in the is due to debut at Flemington on New Years Day. lineup, Bob Baffert will be amply represented by three Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. contenders in the GI Malibu S. A pair of imposing shippers from the east, however, loom as major threats to the Baffert train, setting up an intriguing clash of coasts in the annual day-after- Christmas Santa Anita feature. Leading the Baffert charge is >TDN Rising Star= Ten Blessings (Smart Strike), who broke through with a huge performance in a track-and-trip optional claimer Nov. 4, stalking a fast pace and running away to 4 3/4-length victory, good for a 106 Beyer, easily the top number earned in this field. Out of dual champion Indian Blessing (Indian Charlie), the bay has worked sharply for this stakes debut, completing preparations with a local six- furlong bullet in 1:11 3/5 (1/22) Dec. 20. Making his first start since a 10th-place finish in the May 7 GI Kentucky Derby is Michael Lund Petersen=s Mor Spirit (Eskendereya). Cont. p3

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FEATURE PRESENTATION GRADE I MALIBU STAKES

Malibu Preview cont. A winner of the GI Los Alamitos Futurity and GIII Robert B. Lewis S., Mor Spirit was a distant runner- MALIBU S.-GI, 3yo, 7f up in the GI Santa PP Horse Sire Anita Derby before 1. Navy Hymn K Songandaprayer his midpack finish in K 2. Mind Your Biscuits Posse Louisville and comes K 3. Semper Fortis Distorted Humor in off of a bullet half- 4. Ten Blessings Smart Strike mile drill in :46 1/5 5. Jazzy Times K Discreetly Mine (1/40) here Dec. 21. 6. Who’s Out K Tale of Ekati Rounding out the 7. Sharp Azteca Freud Baffert troika is 8. Mor Spirit Eskendereya Zayat Stables= Jazzy 9. Awesome Banner Awesome of Course 10. Horse Greedy Horse Greeley Times (Discreetly (see Graded Stakes Entries) Mine). The $460,000 OBS March buy, also a designated Rising Star, will look to snap a three-race losing streak, having most recently run third as the odds-on favorite in a Del Mar optional claimer Dec. 4.

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Mind Your Biscuits (Posse), a narrow 5-2 favorite on the morning line, was a fast-closing third behind Defrong in the Sprint Nov. 5, culminating a pattern of steady improvement throughout this campaign for the modestly bred chestnut. Prior to that, the $47,000 KEEJAN buy won the GII Amsterdam S. July 30 at Saratoga and was second in the GIII Gallant Bob S. Sept. 24 at Parx. Shipping out west early for trainer Robert Falcone, Jr., Mind Your Biscuits blew out a bullet half-mile in :47 1/5 (1/62) over the local strip Dec. 18 and figures to get a good deal of pace to run into. The wild card in the Malibu is Gelfenstein Farm=s speedy Sharp Azteca (Freud). An impressive winner of the GIII Pat Day Mile on the Kentucky Derby undercard, the dark bay failed as the favorite when fourth in the GII Woody Stephens S. June 11 at Belmont and second in the Prelude S. Aug. 6 at Louisiana Downs before snapping back to form with a 5 1/4-length success in the City of Laurel S. Nov. 19. The Jorge Navarro trainee also has Mind Your Biscuits | NYRA/Chelsea Durand gotten a feel for the local strip, recording a pair of five-furlong works in Arcadia, most recently covering the distance in :59 2/5 (4/120) Dec. 19.

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FINLEY=SLUCKYCHARM GETS ACID TEST IN Churchill, Finley=sluckycharm romped by 7 1/4 lengths in an off- the-turf allowance and repeated with two more blowout wins LA BREA under the Twin Spires, most recently cruising to an 8 1/2-length by Joe Bianca rout with a 102 Beyer in the Dream Supreme S. Nov. 25. Carl R. Moore Management=s speedball Finley=sluckycharm The slight morning-line favorite is Lightstream (Harlan=s (Twirling Candy), the victress of five of six career starts, suffered Holiday), who looks her only defeat when tried for her first top-level in graded stakes company score after narrowly LA BREA S.-GI, 3yo, f, 7f last winter. She will try to missing when PP Horse Sire avenge that loss and stamp second in the GI 1. Lunar Empress Malibu Moon K herself as a potential 2017 Test S. Aug. 6 at 2. Lightstream Harlan’s Holiday K standout in a murky division Saratoga. Last seen 3. Finley’sluckycharm Twirling Candy K when she takes on seven annexing the GII 4. Constellation Bellamy Road 5. Coniah Harlington rivals in the GI La Brea S. at Raven Run S. Oct. 22 6. Chao Chom Tizbud Santa Anita. at Keeneland, the 7. Enola Gray Grazen Bought for $77,000 as a late-running bay will Finley=sluckycharm | Coady 8. Perfect Pic K Candy Ride (Arg) Keeneland September likely need someone (see Graded Stakes Entries) yearling, the dark bay debuted a winner exactly one year ago in to soften up a muddy off-the-turf affair at Fair Grounds. Following that up Finley=sluckycharm with an optional claiming victory Jan. 18 at Oaklawn, the William early on to have her best shot. Bret Calhoun pupil was ambitiously spotted in the two-turn GII DP Racing=s lightly raced Perfect Pic (Candy Ride {Arg}) adds Rachel Alexandra S. Feb. 20 in New Orleans and dueled on an some spark to the field. A dominant 10 1/4-length winner first enervating pace before retreating to finish seventh. out Aug. 26 at Del Mar, the bay was a troubled second in a Los Returning from over seven months on the bench Sept. 29 at Alamitos optional claimer Sept. 17 before running a close third TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2016 in the Oct. 9 GIII L.A. Woman S. here Oct. 9. Freshened up since graded events--the Ontario-bred Cup and Saucer S. and then, the $110,000 KEESEP purchase does not need to move Queenston S., as forward much to have a chance and draws well to stalk and get well as the open first run on the speed from the outside stall. Allied Forces S. and MATHIS BROTHERS MILE S.-GII, 3yo, 1mT Nick Alexander=s homebred Enola Gray (Grazen) returns to the Charlie Barley S.-- PP Horse Sire scene of her Apr. 10 16 1/4-length first-out tour de force and but has yet to 1. Mittersill (Ire) Acclamation (GB) will look to rebound from a loss at 1-10 in the state-bred Betty connect with a 2. Blackjackcat Tale of the Cat Grable S. Nov. 13 at Del Mar. The upsetter that day Chao Chom graded score, 3. Moonlight Drive (Ity) Red Rocks (Ire) K (Tizbud) re-opposes here. running fourth in 4. Conquest Enforcer Into Mischief 5. Fabozzi K Sidney’s Candy the 2015 GII 6. Isotherm K Lonhro (Aus) Summer S. to begin 7. Path of David K Istan his career and third 8. Frank Conversation Quality Road in both the GII Play CONQUEST ENFORCER DEBUTS FOR NEW 9. Blackout (Fr) Dream Ahead the King S. and GII CONNECTIONS IN MATHIS BROS. MILE 10. Defiantly K Exchange Rate Nearctic S. this term. 11. Tusk K Tapit by Joe Bianca Given a slight 7-2 (see Graded Stakes Entries) There were few more coveted lots in Keeneland November=s nod on the morning Conquest Stables dispersal than ascendant sophomore turfer line, he comes into Conquest Enforcer (Into Mischief), and after hammering down the race off of a bullet five-furlong work in :59 flat (1/120) on for $785,000, the big bay will make his West Coast debut for the local dirt Dec. 19. Loooch Racing Stables and trainer Phil D=Amato in the GII Mathis The main threat to Conquest Enforcer appears to be Reddam Brothers Mile at Santa Anita. Racing=s Frank Conversation (Quality Road). Hero of the Fed a diet comprising only of stakes races in his first seven California Derby and GIII El Camino Real Derby last winter, the starts, Conquest Enforcer has earned victories in four non- $120,000 OBS March buy was seventh in the G2 UAE Derby TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2016

Mar. 26 and took a while to return to form before scoring a 36-1 shocker in the GII Twilight Derby here Nov. 4. Frank Conversation legitimized that upset effort with a good third last time out in the Dec. 3 GI Hollywood Derby at Del Mar.

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Tom Ryan | Keeneland photo TOM RYAN, SF Bloodstock What is the most pressing problem that needs to be tackled in in-somebody not involved in racing-would say the problem racing, and how would you solve it? that most needs solving is? The biggest issue I see right now is the lack of unity. The I can imagine an outsider being intimidated by our sport. The current state-by-state regulatory structure is very limiting to the racetrack experience for a first-time attendee can be frustrating future of this great sport. National uniformity is the answer. and unwelcoming. In addition, a novice is almost guaranteed to Rules need to be well defined and discipline severe. find the betting process confusing and overwhelming, especially when one strays away from W/P/S into the expensive exotic What do you think somebody from the outside looking options of quinella, trifecta & superfecta betting. Betting and TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2016 handicapping systems and formats have not changed with the us to ensure that those who show enough enthusiasm to visit times and are not conducive to a positive experience for the once, return time and time again. novice handicapper. This is truly a missed opportunity for us given that we know, from the spectacular growth in fantasy sports, that skill-based gaming appeals to a vast number of the young and affluent and we have arguably the most data-rich GAGLIANO: NEW RCI RULE ON game there is. We need to do a better job inviting the next generation and OUT-OF-COMPETITION TESTING NEEDS TO converting the occasional attendee into a regular and BE ADOPTED TO AVOID FUTURE SCANDALS enthusiastic supporter. After all, this is one of the only sports The Jockey Club President James L. Gagliano released the where you can afford to participate as an owner, with all the joy following statement Friday in response to Masochistic (Sought and thrill that entails. I would like to see more syndicates After)=s recent disqualification from second place in the GI created in major cities like L.A., New York and Miami, where you Breeders= Cup Sprint. will find a population of young professionals. That winning AIt has been called Aracing=s latest medication scandal@ and feeling is exhilarating every time, no matter if you own 2% or that is probably an understatement when one fully considers 100%. Night racing has been well received in Churchill Downs the consequences to participants who abided by rules and to and might be a big hit at some of our metropolitan racetracks bettors who assumed that all horses were competing on a level around the country. playing field. At the end of the day, we need to focus more on attracting the On Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, the California Board newcomer and retaining their interest by catering to their needs (CHRB) announced that it had filed a complaint asking the Santa in every possible way. We need to be available to answer all Anita stewards to disqualify Masochistic from his second-place questions, and we need to make more use of our celebrity finish in the GI Breeders= Cup Sprint and redistribute his share of owners, trainers and jockeys. People have an enormous number the purse ($255,000) based on positive test findings for the of sports to choose from in the world today. It's incumbent upon anabolic steroid stanozolol. Cont. p9 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2016

Masochistic, trained by Ron Ellis, finished second in the sixth race at Santa Anita Park (the Breeders= Cup Sprint) on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. Post-race blood and urine samples taken from the horse were analyzed by the Maddy Laboratory at U.C. Davis and found to contain the Class 3 drug stanozolol and its metabolite 16-hydroxy stanozolol. A hearing on the matter is scheduled on Dec. 30, 2016. Regardless of the outcome of the proceedings, it seems clear that the celebration and self-congratulation by the James Gagliano racing industry when numerous jurisdictions banned steroids in the wake of public admissions by the trainer of Big Brown in 2008 that the colt was regularly treated with steroids were indeed premature. This case illustrates that, even in our major championships, trainers and veterinarians have conveniently found a means to avoid the goal the industry promised it would meet several years ago: the elimination of the use of steroids in and around competition. As we have noted in the past, the industry=s general lack of acceptance of out-of-competition testing has been troubling, as well. Virtually every other sport, and virtually all major racing jurisdictions around the world, use vigorous out-of-competition testing to ensure integrity. Athletic governing bodies now fully recognize that the muscle development and weight gain effects of steroids extend well beyond the period of administration and the limits of detection through blood or urine tests. According to the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) website, only 19 of 38 U.S. jurisdictions that have pari-mutuel horse racing have even published regulatory guidelines for out-of-competition testing. Among those states, wide variation exists in the breadth and depth of out-of-competition testing rules and protocols. In 2013, The Jockey Club announced the creation of a Graded Stakes Out-of-Competition Testing Grant Fund program to encourage more out-of-competition testing for the presence of blood-doping agents and Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) Class 1 substances. Racetracks in California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, West Virginia, and the province of Ontario (Woodbine) have taken part in the program. Writing this from high up in the Northern Hemisphere as winter sets in, it seems odd to be talking about next month’s “summer” racing festival, but summer it is in South Africa, and if your seasonal affective disor- der is setting in, do we have the cure for you. The G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate is Africa’s oldest and most exclusive raceday, and we’ll tell you everything you need to know as it expands to two days in 2017 for the first time. Also in this issue, former Ex- ecutive Director, Racing, of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Bill Nader, helps you navigate the city for this year’s international races, and we’ll introduce you to Hong Kong’s “Magic Man.” Back home in America, we sit down with owner Kaleem Shah, and over in England, Chris McGrath reacquaints read- ers with a famous racing man who has re- placed fast horses with fast cars.

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The Jockey Club=s board of stewards has once again earmarked funds for out-of-competition testing in 2017. We can only hope that, in light of this high-profile case, more parties will seek our funding. The Jockey Club is today calling for all regulators in North America to take emergency measures to immediately adopt RMTC=s new model rule for out-of-competition testing that was recently passed by the RCI. That rule mandates that horses treated with any anabolic steroid spend at least six months on a vet=s list, therefore making them ineligible to race. In addition, The Jockey Club, through the Coalition for Horse Racing Integrity, will continue to advocate for federal legislation to unify horse racing medication regulation and elevate our sport to the highest standards. This issue is much more than racing=s latest medication scandal. The real scandal would be if we, as an industry, fail again to take prompt, necessary and comprehensive action.@

UPCOMING MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN STAKES

Date Race Track 12/26 GI Malibu S. SA GI La Brea S. SA GII Mathis Brothers Mile SA GIII San Simeon S. SA 12/31 GI American Oaks SA 1/7 GIII Dania Beach S. GP GIII Hutcheson S. GP 1/14 GII Fort Lauderdale S. GP GIII Hal’s Hope S. GP GIII Marshua’s River S. GP 1/21 GIII Lecomte S. FG GIII Col. E.R. Bradley H. FG 1/28 GI Pegasus World Cup GP GIII W.L. McKnight H. GP GIII Hurricane Bertie S. GP GIII La Prevoyante H. GP 1/29 GIII Houston Ladies Classic HOU GIII John B. Connally Turf Cup HOU 2/4 GII Holy Bull S. GP GII Forward Gal S. GP GII Swale S. GP GII Palos Verdes S. SA GII San Antonio S. SA GII San Marcos S. SA GIII Sweetest Chant S. GP GIII Robert B. Lewis S. SA GRADED STAKES ENTRIES

Monday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:00 p.m. EST MALIBU S.-GI, $300,000, 3yo, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Navy Hymn K Songandaprayer Messineo, Sands, La Vida Loca Racing Stb,Et Al Baltas SCRATCHED SCR 2 Mind Your Biscuits K Posse J Stables, Head of Plains Partners LLC Falcone, Jr. Rosario 5-2 or Summers, et al 3 Semper Fortis K Distorted Humor Reddam Racing, LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 12-1 4 Ten Blessings Smart Strike Patti & Hal Earnhardt III Baffert Bejarano 3-1 5 Jazzy Times K Discreetly Mine Zayat Stables, LLC Baffert Garcia 8-1 6 Who's Out K Tale of Ekati Hollendorfer or M Racing Group, LLC Hollendorfer Prat 20-1 7 Sharp Azteca Freud Gelfenstein Farm Navarro Zayas 3-1 8 Mor Spirit Eskendereya Michael Lund Petersen Baffert Smith 6-1 9 Awesome Banner Awesome of Course Jacks or Better Farm, Inc. Casse Leparoux 8-1 10 Horse Greedy Horse Greeley e-Racing.com or Lyons Koriner Theriot 30-1

Breeders: 1-Masatsugu Otani, 2-Jumping Jack Racing LLC, 3-Coffee Pot Stable, 4-Hal Earnhardt, 5-RDurham Racing LLC, 6-John R. Penn, 7-Cloyce C. Clark Jr., 8-Elkstone Group, LLC, 9-Jacks or Better Farm Inc., 10-Pope McLean, Pope McLean Jr & MarcMcLean

Monday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 6:30 p.m. EST LA BREA S.-GI, $300,000, 3yo, f, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Lunar Empress Malibu Moon Jaam Racing, Inc. or Riley Racing Stable Baltas Arroyo, Jr. 20-1 2 Lightstream K Harlan's Holiday Head of Plains Partners LLC, Lynch Leparoux 2-1 Little Red Feather Racing et al. 3 Finley'sluckycharm K Twirling Candy Carl R. Moore Management LLC Calhoun Hernandez, Jr. 5-2 4 Constellation K Bellamy Road LNJ Foxwoods Hollendorfer Flores 6-1 5 Coniah Harlington James W. or Tammy M. McKenney Gaines Baze 15-1 6 Chao Chom Tizbud S Samdow, Inc. Stute Desormeaux 8-1 7 Enola Gray Grazen Nick Alexander D'Amato Smith 9-2 8 Perfect Pic K Candy Ride (Arg) DP Racing Cassidy Gonzalez 6-1

Breeders: 1-Candyland Farm, Nancy L Terhune & Ernest Frohboese, 2-Ann Marie Farm, 3-Lakland Farm, 4-WinStar Farm, LLC, 5-James W. McKenney & Tammy McKenney, 6-ARCHA Racing Inc., 7-Nick Alexander, 8-Anderson Farms Ont. Inc.

Monday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:30 p.m. EST MATHIS BROTHERS MILE S.-GII, $200,000, 3yo, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Mittersill (Ire) Acclamation (GB) Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Gallagher Rosario 8-1 2 Blackjackcat Tale of the Cat Al & Sandee Kirkwood Glatt Smith 4-1 3 Moonlight Drive (Ity) Red Rocks (Ire) Bienstock or Winner or Williford Baffert Bejarano 6-1 4 Conquest Enforcer K Into Mischief Loooch Racing Stables, Inc., Imaginary Stables D'Amato Prat 7-2 or Ritchie 5 Fabozzi K Sidney's Candy Branch or Norman Stables, LLC Glatt Contreras 20-1 6 Isotherm K Lonhro (Aus) Matthew Schera Weaver Desormeaux 6-1 7 Path of David K Istan Alley, Thrash or Thrash, Et Al Mulhall Talamo 20-1 8 Frank Conversation Quality Road Reddam Racing, LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 4-1 9 Blackout (Fr) Dream Ahead River Card Stable, Barber or Casse Casse Leparoux 12-1 10 Defiantly K Exchange Rate Ruis Racing LLC Dollase Blanc 15-1 11 Tusk K Tapit Flaxman Holdings, Ltd. Motion Van Dyke 15-1

Breeders: 1-Windflower Overseas Holdings Inc, 2-Al Kirkwood & Saundra Kirkwood, 3-Centro Equino Arcadia Srl, 4-Tall Oaks Farm, 5-Budget Stable, 6-H. Allen Poindexter, 7-Brereton C. Jones, 8-Marc Keller, 9-S.A.R.L. Haras Du Logis Saint Germain, 10-Gayla Rankin/GLR Ranch, 11-Flaxman Holdings Limited

Monday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 6:00 p.m. EST SAN SIMEON S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, 6 1/2fT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Jimmy Bouncer Square Eddie Reddam Racing, LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 12-1 2 Hobbits Hero Aragorn (Ire) Messineo, Peal or Sands, Et Al Baltas Bejarano 15-1 3 Stormy Liberal Stormy Atlantic Rockingham Ranch Miller Arroyo, Jr. 8-1 4 Drummer (Ger) Duke of Marmalade (Ire) David Heerensperger Drysdale Baze 12-1 5 Ohio (Brz) Elusive Quality Stud RDI, LLC or Bonne Chance Farm, LLC Lobo Van Dyke 6-1 6 Acceptance Vronsky Finish Line Racing or The Ellwood Johnston Trust Black Elliott 6-1 7 Cape Wolfe (GB) Piccolo (GB) Tom Mansor Sherlock Gonzalez 15-1 8 Richard's Boy Idiot Proof Rockingham Ranch Miller Espinoza 5-1 9 He Will Cyclotron Randall, Schlaich or Team Green, Et Al Hollendorfer Prat 6-1 10 Tough Sunday Grazen Nick Alexander Miyadi Sutherland 20-1 11 Bettys Bambino Unusual Heat S. Alesia, Bran Jam Stable or Ciaglia Racing, LLC Eurton Rosario 6-1 12 Holy Lute K Midnight Lute Class Racing Stable Cassidy Theriot 9-2 13 Horse Laugh Stormello BSM Stbl, DeMaio Racng Ventures LLC Piccioni Contreras 30-1 or LMJ Investments, Et Al 14 Iron Rob Twirling Candy Kretz Racing, LLC Papaprodromou Nakatani 50-1

Breeders: 1-Reddam Racing, LLC, 2-Budget Stables, 3-Dapple Bloodstock &Gryphon Investments LLC, 4-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof, 5-Fazenda Mondesir, 6-Old English Rancho, 7-Fernham Farm Ltd, 8-Harold Tillema & Pamela Tillema, 9-Old English Rancho & Berumen, 10-Nick Alexander, 11-Alesia, Ciaglia & Mellen, 12-Lynn B. Schiff, 13-H & E Ranch, 14-John C. Pereira

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Eighth-Crop Sires Cumulative Earnings

for stallions standing in North America and Europe through Thursday, Dec. 22 Earnings and Black-type represents worldwide year-to-date figures

Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Dubawi (Ire) 33 47 18 30 5 13 277 132 $4,953,101 $17,888,910 (2002) by Dubai Millennium (GB) FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: Dalham Hall Stud ENG (,225,000) Postponed (IRE) 2 Kitten's Joy 17 32 10 19 3 3 332 147 $868,865 $10,849,890 (2001) by El Prado (Ire) FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: Ramsey Farm KY ($100,000) Camelot Kitten 3 Ghostzapper 10 21 7 9 2 4 221 127 $680,000 $8,098,799 (2000) by Awesome Again FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: Adena Springs KY ($60,000) Paulassilverlining 4 Wildcat Heir 4 13 1 4 -- -- 236 147 $285,915 $6,061,528 (2000) by Forest Wildcat FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: Journeyman Stud USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Chief Lion 5 Footstepsinthesand (GB) 9 15 6 9 -- 4 228 115 $381,643 $5,525,831 (2002) by Giant's Causeway FYR: 2006 Crops: 8 Stands: Coolmore Stud IRE (i10,000) Beauty Flame (IRE) 6 Afleet Alex 1 13 -- 2 -- -- 171 85 $247,856 $3,988,436 (2002) by Northern Afleet FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY ($12,500) A Fleet Attitude 7 Roman Ruler 4 6 2 3 -- -- 103 67 $736,340 $3,523,360 (2002) by Fusaichi Pegasus FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: Hill 'N' Dale Farms USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Mask Zorro 8 Leroidesanimaux (Brz) 4 7 -- 1 -- -- 154 82 $133,445 $2,819,667 (2000) by Candy Stripes FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: Lanwades Stud EUR (Dead/Ret/Exp) Mom'z Laugh 9 Encosta de Lago (Aus) 1 2 1 1 1 1 32 19 $747,620 $2,793,109 (1993) by Fairy King FYR: 2008 Crops: 3 Stands: Coolmore Stud IRE (pensioned) Chautauqua (AUS) 10 Oratorio (Ire) 1 6 -- 2 -- 1 119 52 $780,754 $2,521,678 (2002) by Danehill FYR: 2007 Crops: 6 Stands: Coolmore Stud EUR (Dead/Ret/Exp) Military Attack (IRE) 11 Limehouse 3 9 ------99 59 $181,100 $2,465,791 (2001) by Grand Slam FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: O'Sullivan Farms WV ($2,500) Recount 12 Pollard's Vision 1 7 -- 1 -- 1 99 56 $152,747 $2,182,599 (2001) by Carson City FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: Mighty Acres OK ($3,000) Eye Luv Lulu 13 Ministers Wild Cat -- 4 ------85 53 $183,140 $1,966,122 (2000) by FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: Tommy Town Thoroughbreds CA ($5,000) Toledo Eddie 14 Closing Argument 2 3 1 1 -- -- 84 39 $427,366 $1,893,395 (2002) by Successful Appeal FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: Whispering Oaks Farm LA ($4,000) Smack Smack 15 Offlee Wild 2 3 -- 2 -- -- 98 53 $185,750 $1,864,979 (2000) by Wild Again FYR: 2007 Crops: 8 Stands: Turkey Jockey Club Silivri Stallion Complex EUR (Dead/Ret/Exp) Galton

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REGIONAL REPORT SATURDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2016 9th-TAM, $20,000, Msw, 12-23, 2yo, 7f, 1:23.75, ft. +ACTION EVERYDAY (c, 2, The Factor--Tina's Goal, by El Corredor) scored a good-looking victory in his career debut at Tampa, leading across a one-two finish for firsters from the Todd Pletcher barn. Taking some late play to go off as the 3-1 Friday=s Results: second choice, the $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic buy stalked 5th-GP, $36,000, Msw, 12-23, 2yo, f, 1 1/8mT, 1:51.06, fm. the pace from a close second through a :22.66 quarter and GRATEFUL (f, 2, Hard Spun--Generosity {SW, $179,153}, by easily took charge midway around the turn. Kicking clear into Unbridled's Song) closed well to be second over yielding sod at the stretch, the dark bay was never given a serious challenge, Belmont in her career bow Oct. 30 and was bet down to 11-10 scoring wrapped up by four lengths over barnmate Saraab to go one better here. Off a step slowly, the $250,000 OBS April (Tapit). The winner, the 14th for his freshman sire (by War buy was caught three-wide while running seventh into the Front), is a half to Gracer (Exchange Rate), MSW & GSP, clubhouse turn and maintained that position as Cuddle Kitten $243,000. His dam failed to produce a foal in either of the last (Kitten=s Joy) got loose up the backstretch through splits of two breeding seasons and was bred to both Pioneerof the Nile :23.46 and :48.63. Moving four-deep on the far bend, the and Curlin this term. Sales History: $425,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. favorite determinedly closed in the center of the course to reel Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $11,400. Click for the Equibase.com in the pacesetter a few jumps before the wire for a neck chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. triumph. The winner is a full-sister to Integrity, SW, $355,971. O-St. Elias Stable; B-Mr & Mrs M Banahan, R Gray & Dr D & Dr T Generosity is responsible for an unnamed yearling colt by More Varner (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. Than Ready and a weanling colt by the same sire named Gift. Foaled,raised & sold by Blandford Stud She was bred back to the victress=s sire this season. Sales for Banahan,Gray and Varner History: $57,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm $36,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Gerald & Ronald Frankel; B-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

7th-GP, $36,000, Msw, 12-23, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:38.22, fm. ASSEMBLY (f, 3, Candy Ride {Arg}--Conference Call {GB} {G1SP- Friday=s Results: Fr, $159,777}, by Anabaa) finished a solid third behind 8th-LRL, $51,828, Alw, 12-23, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 1 1/16m, undefeated >TDN Rising Star= Take These Chains (Ire) (Fastnet 1:45.24, ft. Rock {Aus}) in her career bow over this course Mar. 27 and filled JEEZUM JIM (g, 3, Fairbanks--Sparkling Number {MSW, out the trifecta again Apr. 23 at Keeneland before being shelved $149,200}, by Polish Numbers) was a modest type through six for exactly eight months. Returning as the 21-10 chalk in this starts sprinting, but turned a corner when stretched out and spot, the homebred broke alertly and was reined in to run sixth, given front bandages over track and trip Oct. 15, winning an about a half-dozen lengths off a strong :22.91 opening quarter. optional claimer by open lengths. Repeating with a state-bred Drawing to within three of the front past a :47.93 half, the bay allowance victory Nov. 24, the chestnut was made a 3-2 favorite split horses nearing the turn for home and cruised to the lead at here and tracked the pace from third through soft splits of :26.36 and :51.12. Sweeping to the lead three-deep on the far the furlong grounds, kicking clear from there en route to a good- turn, he met the challenge of How=s Your Sugar (Freud) at the looking 4 3/4-length tally. Grand Folly (Street Cry {Ire}) got top of the lane and battled resolutely through a good stretch second money. The victress is a half to Teletext (Empire Maker), duel to deny that foe by a head on the line. The victor is a half to G1SP-Fr, $281,881. Further back, her third dam Euphonic (The Illuminant (Quality Road), GISW, $367,650. His dam=s most Minstrel) was a SW/GSP half-sister to G1SW and foundational recent produce is a yearling filly by Great Notion and she was sire Danehill (Danzig). Conference Call has a yearling colt by bred to Buffum this term. Sales History: $6,000 Ylg '14 EASSEP. Mizzen Mast and foaled a Tapit colt this spring before returning Lifetime Record: 9-4-1-1, $115,050. Click for the Equibase.com to the same sire. Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-2, $31,200. Click for the chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Rose Petal Stable LLC; B-Sycamore Hall Thoroughbreds, LLC O/B-Juddmonte Farms, Inc. (KY); T-William I. Mott. (MD); T-Gary Capuano. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2016

1st-LRL, $40,000, Msw, 12-23, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.80, ft. SET TO DANCE (f, 3, Distorted Humor--Calais, by A.P. Indy) finished a distant second on debut Oct. 7 at Belmont and filled the same slot at 2-5 when adding Lasix and blinkers going one mile here Nov. 28. Bet to 7-10 favoritism in this spot, the Friday=s Results: chestnut broke alertly to show the way through a :22.53 7th-FG, $43,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 12-23, 2yo, quarter. Challenged by Tiz Our Time (Tiz Wonderful) midway f, 1m 70y, 1:44.40, ft. around the turn, Set to Dance discarded that foe passing a UNTAPPED (f, 2, Tapit--Fun House {Broodmare of the Year & :46.06 half and drew clear to graduate by four lengths. Longshot GSW, $432,922}, by Prized) , a full-sister to Untapable, Ch. 3yo firster Tricky Escape (Hat Trick {Jpn}) was up late for the place. Filly & MGISW, $3,926,625, made it back-to-back victories and followed up on her >TDN Rising Star= nod with an open-lengths The winner=s unraced dam is a half to 2000's champion 3-year- optional claiming score at Fair Grounds. Third on debut after old filly and four-time GISW Surfside (Seattle Slew), while her setting the pace going a mile Sept. 16 at Churchill, the chestnut second dam is 1994's champion juvenile filly Flanders (Seeking graduated by 6 1/4 lengths going two turns Oct. 26 at Keeneland the Gold). Calais is responsible for a 2-year-old Ghostzapper filly to earn the Rising Star designation. Breaking with all the money named Chatillon, as well as a yearling full-sister and weanling on at 1-2 here, the homebred showed her usual speed to press a full-brother to the winner. She was bred to Empire Maker this longshot pacesetter through honest fractions of :23.65 and spring. Lifetime Record: 3-1-2-0, $46,200. Click for the :47.83. Easily overtaking the frontrunner at the three-furlong Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. pole, Untapped brushed aside the bid of Starr Bear (Broken O-Stronach Stables; B-Adena Springs (KY); T-Christophe Vow) at the top of the lane and drew clear, earning a 3 1/4- Clement. length success despite switching back to her left lead for the final furlong. Wicked Lick (Maclean=s Music) was second-best. In addition to being Untapable=s kin, Untapped is a half to Paddy O=Prado (El Prado {Ire}), GISW, $1,721,297, while her dam is a half to MGSW/GISP Early Flyer (Gilded Time). Second dam Bistra Thursday=s Late Results: (Classic Go Go) is a half to GISW Olympio (Naskra) and 3rd-PEN, $33,300, (S), Msw, 12-22, 2yo, 6f, 1:12.05, ft. GSW/GISP Call Now (Wild Again). Fun House produced another +SEPICATO (c, 2, Got the Last Laugh--Candy Buttons, by Candy Tapit filly in 2015 and a Tapit colt this term before visiting the Ride {Arg}) showed several bullet works coming into this debut, Gainesway resident once more. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, most recently going a local half-mile from the gate in :47 4/5 $66,100. Click for the Equibase.com chart. (1/48) Dec. 10, but was nevertheless sent to post at over 11-1. O/B-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. Stalking the pace from fourth past a :22.55 quarter, the homebred was checked hard going into the turn and angled off heels sharply toward the rail approaching the top of the lane. Surging to the front just outside the sixteenth pole, the dark bay 6th-FG, $38,240, Msw, 12-23, 3yo/up, 1 1/16mT, 1:45.44, fm. gamely fought off the bid of 9-10 favorite Our Bruce Edwin (Tiz SIXTY FIVE (FR) (c, 3, King=s Best--Accusation {Ire}, by Barathea Wonderful) to earn a neck victory. The winner=s unraced dam {Ire}) finished off the board in a pair of French all-weather track was a $230,000 Fasig-Tipton summer yearling who is heats for trainer Giuseppe Botti last fall and was third in his responsible for a yearling Mad Flatter filly named Rosenet and stateside debut for Wesley Ward Jan. 8 at Turfway. Laid up for foaled a colt by Aisle this term. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, 10 1/2 months and switched to this outfit, the bay came alive $19,980. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored with a big effort to be a nose second in his turf debut Nov. 23 at by Fasig-Tipton. Churchill. Made the public=s 9-10 choice here, Sixty Five was off O/B/T-John Joesph Wames (PA). last and traveled in the two-path while eighth behind a :23.56 quarter and :49.05 half. Quickly advancing three-deep on the far Don't miss the latest episode of bend, he swung five-wide at the top of the lane and kicked on stoutly in the final eighth to score going away by 1 3/4 lengths Thoroughbred Week, where John over Roustabout (Harlan=s Holiday) in a good-looking effort. The Henderson recaps the major North victor=s dam is responsible for a 2-year-old Sinndar (Ire) gelding American stakes from the past week, named Acaro (Fr) and a weanling colt by the same sire named including the South Beach S., the Sugar Atakan (Fr). Sales History: i75,000 Ylg '14 ARAUG. Lifetime Swirl S. (GIII), the Rampart S. (GIII), the Harlan's Holiday Record: 5-1-1-1, $36,242. Click for the Equibase.com chart. S. (GIII), and more. Click here. O-Abdullah Saeed Almaddah; B-Haras D'Haspel (FR); T-Brad H. Cox. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 3 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2016

8th-FG, $38,000, Msw, 12-23, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:47.61, fm. 5th-SA, $54k, Msw, f, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 5:30 p.m. EDT LOLA'S THE ONE (f, 2, Mizzen Mast--No Retreat, by War Chant) The parade of noteworthy juveniles from the Baffert barn was no factor in a pair of midwest dirt tries for the Clay Brinson continues two races later when BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS (Giant=s barn, but perked up with a good second at 30-1 first out for this Causeway) debuts for owner Kaleem Shah. A $375,000 stable and first time turf here Nov. 26. Allowed to coast on the Keeneland September yearling, the bay was snapped up for lead at 37-10 through easy splits of :24.80 and :51.49, the bay $575,000 by Baffert at OBS March after working a furlong in was briefly challenged by favored Via Frattina (Street Cry {Ire}) :9 4/5. Her dam is a half-sister to GSW Shooter (Dehere) and in early stretch, but soon discarded that foe and had plenty left MGSW & MGISP Forest Music (Unbridled=s Song)--herself the for the drive, kicking clear by the furlong grounds and holding dam of GSW >TDN Rising Star= Kentuckian (Tiznow) and sire sway to graduate by 1 1/4 lengths. Picasso Moon (Elusive Maclean=s Music (Distorted Humor). Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer Quality) completed the exacta. The winner is the first foal out of has won with a trio of impressive second-time starters in recent a half to MGSW Mister Marti Gras (Belong to Me). No Retreat weeks and looks to continue that streak with Stonestreet foaled a Strong Mandate filly this spring before being covered by Stables= Princess Julia (Distorted Humor), a daughter of MGISW the same sire once more. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, $30,814. Folklore (Tiznow) acquired for $400,000 as a Keeneland Click for the Equibase.com chart. September yearling. The bay raced in traffic early and made O/B-Lothenbach Stables, Inc. (KY); T-Neil L. Pessin. some belated progress to finish fifth on debut going six furlongs at Del Mar Nov. 12. TJCIS PPs

9th-FG, $41k, Msw, 2yo, 1m70yd, 6:01 p.m. EDT Winchell Thoroughbreds went to $600,000 to secure TAPSOLUTE (Tapit) as a Keeneland September yearling, and the gray debuts going long in this spot for trainer Steve Asmussen. The colt is the first foal to race out of 2010 GIII Delta Princess S. winner Bouquet Booth (Flower Alley), who also captured this Monday, December 26: venue=s Silverbulletday S. as a 3-year-old. Hailing from the 3rd-SA, $54k, Msw, 2yo, 7f, 4:30 p.m. EDT extended family of 2011 Horse of the Year Havre de Grace (Saint Bob Baffert will provide some intrigue early on Santa Anita=s Liam) and MGISWs Riskaverse (Dynaformer) and Tonalist (Tapit), opening day card, rolling out a pair of pricey first-timers in this Tapsolute has posted six consecutive five-furlong breezes over juvenile maiden heat. Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al the local strip on a weekly basis, culminating with a 1:01 flat Maktoum=s DABSTER (Curlin), a $430,000 Keeneland September (6/48) move Dec. 18. Machmer Hall Thoroughbreds= Croce yearling turned $1 million Fasig-Tipton Florida 2-year-old d=Oro (Medaglia d=Oro) is the only other first-time starter in the following a :10 2/5 breeze, makes his first trip to post off an field, going postward for trainer Michael Stidham. The bay=s extensive worktab dating back to mid June. The chestnut=s dam, second dam is 1992 European Horse of the Year User Friendly On a Roll (A.P. Indy), is a full-sister to SW & MGSP Ender=s (GB) (Slip Anchor {GB}). TJCIS PPs Shadow and MSW & MGSP Ender=s Sister--herself the dam of --@BMassamTDN this year=s GI Forego S. and GI Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. winner A.P. Indian (Indian Charlie). Dabster will be joined in the starting gate by stablemate Bronze Age (Mineshaft), acquired by Juddmonte Farms for $600,000 at Fasig-Tipton Florida after breezing in :10 2/5. The chestnut, whose second dam is GSP Winner=s Edge (Seeking the Gold), has also been in training since June. In addition to the aforementioned pair, Baffert will saddle Robert La Penta=s First Degree Burn (Pioneerof the Nile), a closing third behind barnmate and >TDN Rising Star= Beach Bum (Arch) in a Nov. 6 maiden event that has produced three next-out winners at the level. TJCIS PPs Untapped (Tapit), a ‘TDN Rising Star’ and full to champion Untapable, repeats at Fair Grounds TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 4 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2016

IN UAE: Hyaline, c, 3, Shamardal--Looking Glass, by Seeking the Gold. Jebel Ali, 12-23, Hcp. ($20k), 1200m, 1:11.99. O-Musab Abdulqader Mohammed al Rais; B-Darley (KY); T-Omar Daraj. KMN Racing, co-owners of the late Shared Belief, will be Bluff, g, 4, Tapit--Ermine Slippers, by El Prado (Ire). Jebel Ali, auctioning off this signed, limited-edition print on opening day 12-23, Hcp. ($26k), 1950m, 1:58.71. O-Sheikh Ahmed bin of the Santa Anita Winter Meet, Dec. 26. The silent auction will Rashid al Maktoum; B-Double K LLC (KY); T-Dhruba be conducted next to Champions! Gift Shop with 100% of the Selvaratnam. *$250,000 Ylg >13 KEESEP. proceeds to be donated to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Tadmir, g, 7, Bernardini--Owsley (MGSW, $865,705), by Harlan. Fund (PDJF). Jebel Ali, 12-23, Hcp. ($22k), 1800m, 1:50.12. O-Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid al Maktoum; B-Stone Farm (KY); T-Erwan Charpy. *1/2 to War Hoot (War Chant), $222,989; Senada (Pulpit), 3rd-HAW, $26,536, (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 12-23, MSW & GSP, $215,021; and Arthur=s Tale (Bernardini), GISP, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m, 1:44.10, ft. $407,520. **$200,000 Ylg >10 FTSAUG. Y YA GOTTABEDATWAY (g, 4, Fusaichi Pegasus--Indy Cate, by Cat Thief) Lifetime Record: 19-5-3-2, $80,677. O-In His Favor Stable; B-Carent Stables, LLC (IL); T-Manny Perez.

8th-CT, $24,000, 12-22, (NW2LX), 3yo/up, f/m, 4 1/2f, :53.28, ft. BREEDERS’ EDITION PARTY SONG (f, 3, Fiber Sonde--Ladies Party, by Seattle Slew) Lifetime Record: 12-4-2-1, $77,557. O-Gary W. Myers; B-John ALLOWANCE RESULTS: McKee (WV); T-Douglas S. Adams. 2nd-FG, $42,000, (S), (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000), 12-23, 3yo/up, f/m, 7 1/2fT, 1:33.96, fm. 7th-HAW, $20,700, (S), 12-23, (C), 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:17.06, ft. INVENIAM VIAM (f, 4, Half Ours--Haliburton Honey, by Regal HOTHALFONE (g, 6, Shore Breeze--Shuko, by Defensive Play) Classic) Lifetime Record: 19-5-5-2, $134,789. O-Tresa Snow & Lifetime Record: 52-6-9-6, $127,811. O-In His Favor Stable; Marlissa Turner; B-Paul E Mullen (LA); T-Emile Schwandt. B-John F. Haran (IL); T-Manny Perez.

8th-TAM, $20,250, 12-23, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:35.77, fm. 8th-DED, $40,000, (S), 12-22, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, ITSNOTEZBEINBREEZY (g, 3, Kitalpha--Race the Breeze, by 1:20.44, ft. Theatrical {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 10-2-0-4, $41,462. NIGHT PARADE (f, 3, Parading--Huckie {MSW, $157,040}, by O/B-Aschinger Bloodstock, LLC (KY); T-Gerald Russel Aschinger. Fast Play) Lifetime Record: 10-4-1-2, $71,060. O-Mathew Holloway; B-Stacey Moak (LA); T-Alex De Beauville. *$4,000 RNA Ylg '14 BSCYRL. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: +Mia Bella Rossa, f, 2, Hold Me Back--In a Squeeze, by Purge. 8th-GP, $38,500, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 12-23, 3yo/up, 7f, FG, 12-23, (C), 6f, 1:12.95. B-Small Batch Thoroughbreds & 1:23.76, ft. Mauk One Farm (KY). *$9,000 Ylg '15 FTKOCT; $60,000 2yo '16 HE'S GOT TALENT (g, 5, Talent Search--Honeymoon Baby, by EASMAY. Lemon Drop Kid) Lifetime Record: MSP, 22-9-5-2, $241,738. Mauk One Farm bred and raised O-Nicholas Surick & Julie Miller; B-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey Hunter's Humor, g, 2, Maclean=s Music--Forever Brilliant (MSP, (PA); T-Jorge Navarro. $101,100), by Straight Man. DED, 12-22, 5f, :59.61. B-Eureka EQB cardio client • www.EQB.com Thoroughbred Farm (OK). *$10,000 Ylg '15 HEROCT. **20th winner for freshman sire (by Distorted Humor). TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 5 OF 5 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DECEMBER 24, 2016

Got It, g, 2, Scat Daddy--Withdrawn, by Phone Trick. GP, 12-23, (C), 5fT, :56.49. B-World Thoroughbreds Racing Inc. (KY). *$100,000 Ylg '15 KEEJAN; $80,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP; $25,000 RNA 2yo '16 OBSOPN. **1/2 to Don=ttalktome (Cactus Ridge), MSW & GSP, $211,498; and Tell All You Know (Van Nistelrooy), SW, $180,171. Budget Cut, f, 2, Super Saver--Bureaucat, by Tale of the Cat. DED, 12-22, 6 1/2f, 1:19.61. B-John O'Meara & WinStar Farm, LLC (KY). *$50,000 Wlg '14 KEENOV; $75,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. EQB yearling auction purchase • www.EQB.com

Consigned by GAINESWAY Party N the Palace, f, 2, Windsor Castle--Justtencentsadance, by Disco Rico. CT, 12-22, (S), 4 1/2f, :52.40. B-Anthony Grigsby (WV). Sudden Fame, f, 3, Congrats--D' Wildcat Speed (HotY, Ch. Imp. 3yo Filly & MSW-PR & GSW-US, $530,755), by Forest Wildcat. TP, 12-22, 6f (AWT), 1:10.37. B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY). *$275,000 Ylg '14 FTSAUG. **1/2 to Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy), G1SW-Fr, GSW & G1SP-Eng, $369,668.

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