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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2015 BAFFERT GOES FOR BACK-TO-BACK IN WHAT FRIDAY’S PASSAGE OF THE FEDERAL FUTURITY SPENDING BILL MEANS FOR THE RACING INDUSTRY by T.D. Thornton The $1.1-trillion federal spending package signed into law by President Barack Obama on Friday includes several items that will affect taxpayers involved in the horse racing industry. Most notable is a provision that extends the three-year tax depreciation for all racehorses through 2016. The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH) has been a top legislative priority for the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) since the provision’s initial enactment as part of the 2008 Farm Bill. Cont. p4 Toews On Ice | Benoit Photo NEW NAMES ADDED TO JUDDMONTE TEAM Having upped his record tally to seven thanks to superstar Trainers Hugo Palmer and Ralph Beckett are set to join the Dortmund (Big Brown) in last year’s GI Los Alamitos Futurity, roster of European conditioners who train for Prince Khalid Hall of Famer Bob Baffert is back at it with two representatives Abdullah’s Juddmonte in 2016. in Saturday’s renewal. Mor Spirit (Eskendereya), a $650,000 Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Fasig-Tipton Florida buy for Michael Lund Petersen, finished runner-up on debut at Santa Anita Sept. 27 before handing Urlacher (Discreet Cat) a 4 1/4-length defeat when stretched to a mile in Arcadia Oct. 23. The dark bay earned a solid 92 Beyer Speed Figure for that maiden breaker, and shipped to Churchill Downs for the Nov. 28 GII Kentucky Jockey Club S., where he was backed down to favoritism over GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf runner-up Airoforce (Colonel John), only to settle for second in the slop behind that rival. Toews On Ice (Archarcharch), meanwhile, enters boasting a three-race win streak. The Pegram, Watson and Weitman representative romped by 7 1/2 lengths to break his maiden third out in this venue’s restricted Barretts Juvenile S. Sept. 20, and easily handled Street Vision (Street Sense)--the winner from Mor Spirit’s debut--in Santa Anita’s Speakeasy S. Oct. 18. Toews On Ice, named for Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews, most recently clawed back the victory after being headed in Del Mar’s GIII Bob Hope S. Nov. 14. " " " Cont. p3 curlin’s best son Winner of three Graded Stakes at one mile in 2014 including the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap $20,000 S&N Bill Oppenheim " Palace Malice got Curlin off to a good start by winning the G1 Belmont S., then came back at four to run Beyers of 114-114-112, culminating in an impressive win over Goldencents in the 2014 GI Met Mile. He’s getting a lot of support at his $20,000 entering fee. " TDN - 12.17.2015 HORSE OF THE YEAR - curlin classic winner at 3 • met mile winner at 4 @ three_chimneys palace malice Inquiries to Grant Williamson at 859.873.7053 www.threechimneys.com horse of the year curlin’s best son Cavorting, heroine of the GI Test S. at Saratoga this summer, will PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord make her next start in Santa [email protected] Anita=s GI La Brea S. SR. V.P. & CO-PUBLISHER Adam Coglianese Sue Finley @suefinley Story page 6 [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor: Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor: MCLAUGHLIN RUNNERS GEARING UP 6 Steve Sherack @Steve SherackTDN Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin's trio of sophomore >TDN Rising Stars' Racing Editor: Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN by Bernardini each registered four-furlong works Friday morning Associate Editors: ahead of stakes appearances on opening day of the Santa Anita Justina Severni @JSeverniTDN Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN meet Dec. 26... Ben Massam chats with the trainer. Assistant Editors: Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Ben Massam @BMassamTDN WHAT DID >PHAROAH= MEAN TO RACING? 7 ADVERTISING As 2015 comes to a close, the importance of American Pharoah's [email protected] incredible year has had time to sink in. In this issue, we hear from Director of Advertising: Alycia Borer Art Director: Lia Kusch Nick Hines & Aron Wellman. Sr. Ad Coordinator/Dir. of Distribution: Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew Advertising Designer: Amanda Crelin OVER $110,000 COMMITTED TO AFTERCARE RR Advertising Assistant: Amanda Foster Social Media Strategist: Nichola Henry More than $110,000 was pledged by Thoroughbred owners and MARKETING STRATEGIST trainers during the New Vocations annual Breeders' Cup Pledge Brittlan Wall @BrittlanWall fundraiser, it was announced Friday. [email protected] CUSTOMER SERVICE [email protected] Director of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EST Race Click for TV Director of IT: Robert Williams 1:35p Mr. Prospector S.-GIII, GP (TJCIS.com PPs) TVG [email protected] 6:58p Los Alamitos Futurity-GI, LRC (TJCIS.com PPs) TVG Director of Internal IT: Ray Villa [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 7 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DEC. 19, 2015 FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI LOS ALAMITOS FUTURITY Bob Hope third I’malreadythere (Crown of Thorns) represents fellow Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer, whose recently deceased pupil Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) sealed championship honors two years ago when he aired in the final running of this event staged at Hollywood Park. Considering how dominant the Doug O’Neill barn has been with juveniles at the highest level this year, it would be fitting for one of his two representatives to wrap up a memorable season with one more big win. Reddam Racing colorbearer Frank Conversation (Quality Road) has flashed some ability, but is still unproven on the dirt. The bay was far behind ‘TDN Rising Star’ Justin Squared (Zensational) when eighth in a main track maiden at Del Mar Sept. 5 before donning cap and gown down the hill at Santa Anita Oct. 16. He was most recently third in Del Mar’s grassy GIII Cecil B. DeMille S. when stretched to a mile Nov. 29. The other O’Neill runner, Sorryaboutnothing (Repent), was a Futurity cont. 7 I'malreadythere Crown of Thorns Baze Hollendorfer 8-1 non-threatening fourth behind the well-regarded Esposito Owners: 1-Godolphin Racing, LLC, 2-Reddam Racing, LLC, 3-Rockingham (Ghostzapper) Nov. 7, and was put up by the stewards back at Ranch, 4-Pegram, Watson or Weitman, 5-Michael Lund Petersen, 6-Fog City Del Mar Nov. 15 after the aforementioned Urlacher forced him Stable, 7-Melen or Robertson or Taub, Et Al. Breeders: 1-Darley, 2-Marc to steady sharply and miss by a neck. The dark bay was a Keller, 3-SyBon Racing Stable LLC, 4-Lakland Farm, 5-Elkstone Group, LLC, $220,000 OBS June acquisition--220 times his sire’s stud fee-- 6-Woodford Thoroughbreds, 7-Thomas J. Lane DVM after a :21 1/5 breeze. Hollywood Don (Tapit) annexed the Del Mar Juvenile Turf Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 1:35 p.m. EST Sept. 5 before finishing a distant third behind subsequent MR. PROSPECTOR S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, 6f GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile one-two Nyquist (Uncle Mo) and PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML Swipe (Birdstone) in Santa Anita’s GI FrontRunner S. Sept. 6. He 1 C. Zee Elusive Bluff Zayas Gold 5-1 was last seen finishing ninth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf 2 Singanothersong Songandaprayer Corrales Pellegrini 15-1 3 Stallwalkin' Dude City Place Castellano Jacobson 9-5 at Keeneland Oct. 30. 4 Grande Shores Black Mambo Sanchez Gold 6-1 5 X Y Jet Kantharos Jaramillo Navarro 7-2 6 Speechify K Harlan's Holiday Rosario Nicks 8-1 7 Weekend Hideaway Speightstown Lopez Serpe 4-1 Saturday, Los Alamitos Race Course, post time: 7:00 p.m. EST Owners: 1-Jacks or Better Farm, Inc., 2-Herman Van Den Broeck, 3-David LOS ALAMITOS FUTURITY-GI, $350,000, 2yo, 1 1/16m Jacobson, 4-Jacks or Better Farm, Inc., 5-Gelfenstein Farm, LLC, 6-Team PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML Valor International, 7-Red and Black Stable. Breeders: 1-Jacks or Better Farm 1 Urlacher Discreet Cat Graham Harty 10-1 Inc., 2-Herman Van Den Broeck, 3-Maria M. Haire, 4-Jacks or Better Farm 2 Frank Conversation Quality Road Gutierrez O'Neill 8-1 Inc., 5-Didier Plasencia, 6-Totem Thoroughbreds, LLC, 7-Flying Zee Stables K 3 Hollywood Don Tapit Espinoza Miller 6-1 4 Toews On Ice K Archarcharch Garcia Baffert 9-5 Look for the K throughout the TDN graded stakes 5 Mor Spirit Eskendereya Stevens Baffert 8-5 entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates. 6 Sorryaboutnothing Repent Bejarano O'Neill 12-1 HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 7 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • DEC. 19, 2015 Federal Spending Bill cont. The comprehensive budget and tax legislation will make the According to the NTRA, the provision allows taxpayers to Section 179 expense allowance incentive permanent at this depreciate, on a three-year schedule, racehorses 24 months of level. age and younger when purchased and placed into service (as “The NTRA applauds the efforts of Congress in recognizing the opposed to a seven-year schedule). The accelerated schedule important role of three-year depreciation for purchasers of better reflects the length of a typical racehorse’s career and is young racehorses,” NTRA President and Chief Executive Officer more equitable for owners.