MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2018

BIG CAP NEEDS FLY SO HIGH=S INJURY MINOR, BUT ENOUGH TO MISS OAKS by Bill Finley MAJOR OVERHAUL A relieved trainer Shug McGaughey reported Sunday that his filly Fly So High (Malibu Moon) was not seriously injured after being vanned off following a victory in the GII Davona Dale S. and he hopes to have her back on track shortly. There were some anxious moments for McGaughey and the Phipps Stable Saturday after the >TDN Rising Star= crossed the wire three lengths in front in what was her stakes debut. Afterward, jockey Jose Ortiz dismounted the filly and she was vanned back to the barn. "She cooled out sound yesterday and we sent her back to Payson Park and she seems to be fine this morning," McGaughey said Sunday. "She seems to have a tweak in her upper suspensory in her left front. We might have to give her a little time, but it won=t be a problem." Cont. p6 (click here) Shaman Ghost wins the 2017 Big Cap | Benoit photo IN TDN EUROPE TODAY

The Week in Review, by Bill Finley PAUL BASQUIN Q&A It barely created a stir, but the news that broke last week that Emmanuel Roussel catches up with French pinhooker and consignor Paul Basquin. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Pavel (Creative Cause) was bypassing Saturday=s GI Santa Anita Europe. H. to run in the G1 Dubai World Cup was, in fact, significant. The Big >Cap, one of the great, traditional races in the sport, has been decimated by the Dubai World Cup and Santa Anita officials have no doubt grown used to losing the biggest of the big guns to the lure of Dubai=s riches. But when you start losing horses like Pavel, it=s time to panic. His biggest career win came in the GIII Smarty Jones S. at Parx and he was fourth in his last two starts, the GI Malibu S. and the GII San Pasqual S. He=s a nice enough horse, but he=s not an elite horse. And the Big Cap couldn=t get him, even though he may well have been the favorite in the race. A race, by the way, that has seen its purse slashed down from $1 million to $600,000. So far as popularity and prestige go, races do in fact come and go. But this one is different. The Santa Anita H. is iconic and it=s sad to see what has happened to it. This is a race that has been won by Seabiscuit, Round Table, Affirmed, Spectacular Bid, John Henry (twice), Alysheba, Tiznow. In its glory days, there was no bigger race in America. Now, it=s starting to look like a race in serious jeopardy of being downgraded to a Grade II. Santa Anita can=t allow that to happen. Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected]

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The Week in Review (cont. from p1) You=ve saved $500,000 by axing the Gold Cup at Santa Anita. > The biggest problem the race has is where it is scheduled. The Add that to the $600,000 already earmarked for the Big Cap Big >Cap is stuck between the GI Pegasus World Cup and the and then throw in an extra $900,000 to make it a $2-million Dubai World Cup. One race is worth $16 million and the other race. If The Stronach Group was able to find $4 million extra $10 million. It would be irrational to try to compete with either sitting around to fatten the pot for the Pegasus World Cup, race from a purse standpoint, particularly when the Pegasus is certainly it shouldn=t have any problems coming up with a mere run at Santa Anita=s sister track, Gulfstream, and the Maktoum $900,000 to help restore the prestige of the Big >Cap. family has pockets deeper than the Grand Canyon. And don=t stop there. Throw in a $1-million bonus for any Before Hollywood Park closed, Santa Anita had little choice but horse that wins the new Big Cap and either the Dubai World Cup to run the Big >Cap in or around March. But now that Hollywood or the Pegasus. The stars will come back. Park is in the midst of being turned into a football stadium and This is bold stuff and it involves spending a lot of money and Santa Anita=s meet extends into late June, there=s no reason why erasing a Grade I race from your schedule. But the Stronach the Big >Cap can=t be moved on the calendar to a spot where it management team has proven to be the most daring, most once again has a chance of attracting the sport=s elite older innovative group in racing--by a mile. It shouldn=t be afraid to horses. mix things up. The alternative is that the Santa Anita H. is going The old Hollywood Gold Cup has been renamed the GI Gold to become a race that no longer matters. Cup at Santa Anita and will be run this year on May 26 at, of course, Santa Anita. The purse is $500,000, peanuts by today=s standards. Ramsey Got What He Wanted in Barbados So here=s how you fix this: Get rid of the Hollywood/Santa Owner Ken Ramsey told the TDN last week that he had no Anita Gold Cup. No one will miss it. Replace it on the schedule intention of coming home from Barbados this year empty with the Big >Cap, and run it in mid-June. That would put it in a handed after failing to win the Barbados Gold Cup in 2017 and perfect spot between the Dubai World Cup and the GI Pacific 2016. He won the race the two prior years. Classic. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • MARCH 5, 2018

Ramsey is so driven to win the Barbados race, which is a huge event in the Carribean nation, but carries a purse of just $107,000 (US), that he sent two horses that, by his own admission, should have been running in much richer races in the U.S. As expected, Ramsey won his third Gold Cup as Sir Dudley Digges (Gio Ponti), the 2016 Queen=s Plate winner, got the job done, defeating stablemate Shining Copper (Aragorn {Ire}). It was a bit of a surprise that Sir Dudley Digges beat Shining Copper, as the latter was considered the better of the two as he was on a three-race winning streak, which included the GIII River City H. and the GII Fort Lauderdale S. Dorsett (Artie Schiller), the horse that had beaten the Ramsey stable in each of the prior two years, finished fourth. Ramsey did not have a perfect day as his Kitten=s Cat (Kitten=s Dale Romans | Coady photo Joy) was second in the Sandy Lane Spa Sprint S. and Trophy. It was a good Saturday afternoon for Queen=s Plate winners as When Hip 921 entered the ring at the 2016 Keeneland 2017 winner Holy Helena (Ghostzapper) won the GIII The Very September sale, it=s likely that most of the big money guys had One S. at Gulfstream. already left town or took the opportunity to go have a drink or chat with a friend. To his credit, trainer Dale Romans was paying You Really Don=t Have to Pay a Lot For a attention. He signed the $37,000 ticket on Promises Fulfilled Good Horse (Shackleford), who is now owned by Robert J. Baron. It can=t be The GII Fountain of Youth S. was just another reminder that a coincidence that Romans trained Shackleford, who is building trying to figure out yearlings can just about drive you mad. a strong resume as a stallion. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • MARCH 5, 2018

Romans surely knew he had a good horse when Promises Speaking of Bargains Fulfilled finished third in the GII Kentucky Jockey Cub S. last fall. What a day the sire Blame had Saturday. He had two winners, Now he=s something better than even that--he=s a serious including one in a stakes race and had still another horse place contender for the in a stakes. His day started GI Kentucky Derby. off with Demolition winning Promises Fulfilled crashed the party at 18-1 to win the a $27,000 maiden special Fountain of Youth by 2 1/4 weight race at Tampa Bay lengths over Strike Power Downs and only got better (Speightstown). when Maraud won the It=s not just that Romans GIII Palm Beach S. at found a really good horse Gulfstream. His son March for $37,000, in the Fountain also finished third in the of Youth he beat two of the GIII Canadian Turf S. Blame more expensive horses to also had a graded stakes come out of that same sale. winner in February when Third-place finisher and Fault won the GII Buena 2-year-old champion Good Vista S. at Santa Anita. Magic (Curlin) cost He=s a hot sire and his $1 million and fifth-place stud fee of $12,500 finisher Marconi (Tapit) cost certainly seems to be quite Blame | Claiborne Farm $2 million. Both are good the deal. horses and may yet prove to surpass Promises Fulfilled on the racetrack, but when it comes to being a bargain, they can=t top him. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • MARCH 5, 2018

Fly So High (cont. from p1) "I would think so," he said when asked if a start in the May 4 GI Kentucky Oaks was off the table. "It's sort of like with a Derby McGaughey, who also earned his 2,000th career training victory with the win, was prepared for the worst when he saw horse. If you get one twist in your program, it's about over with. Ortiz jump off the horse. But she's a big filly and time is on her side. The news isn't "It was a relief," he said. "When I got down there to her I could perfect, but it's better than the alternatives." tell it wasn't a drastic thing. There wasn't any filling and she wasn't sore to flex and I thought she walked on the van sound. My son rode back with her and they gave her a bath, she cooled out and walked sound. I'm just relieved that it wasn't a fractured cannon bone or a sesamoid or something like that, which would STARLIGHT BUYS INTO AUDIBLE AND have really set us back." JUSTIFY Starlight Racing has reached an agreement with SF Bloodstock to purchase an interest in Audible (Into Mischief) and Justify (Scat Daddy), considered by many to be top contenders for the GI Kentucky Derby this spring. The colts, trained by Todd Pletcher and Bob Baffert, respectively, are owned in partnership with WinStar Farm and China Horse Club. AWe have had a lot of success partnering with WinStar in the past,@ said Jack Wolf, managing partner of Starlight. AWe are excited to give our partners a thrill this spring and feel like both horses are in the best hands in two of the top barns in the country. Audible has already proven himself to be a top-class stakes horse, and while Justify may not be as experienced, he is bred to go the Classic distance and could develop into something special.@ Audible has won three of his four starts, including a powerhouse victory in the GII Holy Bull S. at Gulfstream Park Fly So High | Lauren King Feb. 3, and is currently being pointed to a final Kentucky Derby Fly So High was purchased for $675,000 at Keeneland prep in the Mar. 31 GI Xpressbet Florida Derby. Meanwhile, September, a rare move for the Phipps Stable which has >TDN Rising Star= Justify earned a 104 Beyer Speed Figure in traditionally raced almost exclusively homebreds. She broke her capturing his career debut by an eye-catching 9 1/2 lengths at maiden in November at Aqueduct, followed that with an Santa Anita Feb. 18. allowance win at Gulfstream and then Saturday's impressive Starlight has had seven Kentucky Derby starters since its Davona Dale performance. That win seemed to put her in the inception in 2001. upper echelon of 3-year-old fillies, but McGaughey is not going to rush her back. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • MARCH 5, 2018

PROMISES FULFILLED AIN GOOD SHAPE,@ ON TO FLORIDA DERBY

Promises Fulfilled and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. | Leslie Martin

Robert Baron=s Promises Fulfilled (Shackleford) emerged from his front-running victory in Saturday=s GII Fountain of Youth S. In fine condition Sunday morning and will be pointed to the GI Xpressbet.com Florida Derby Mar. 31, according to trainer Dale Romans. AHe came out of the race very well,@ Romans said. AHe=s in good shape.@ Promises Fulfilled is a son of Shackleford, who Romans campaigned to a victory in the 2011 GI Preakness S. as part of a career that saw him amass over $3 million in earnings. Shackleford finished fifth in his stakes debut in the Fountain of Youth earlier that year. AIt=s always special when we win with horses by horses we trained,@ said Romans. AThey have the same speed and stamina. They don=t act alike, but they do have the same style.@ Promises Fulfilled will likely be joined in the Florida Derby starting gate by Fountain of Youth runner-up >TDN Rising Star= Strike Power (Speightstown), who stayed on well in his two-turn debut Saturday for Courtlandt Farms and trainer Mark Hennig. AHe=s good,@ Hennig said Sunday. AHe ate every oat, cooled out nice, looked bright this morning--all the signs you want to see. We just keep throwing something new at him every time. He=s gone from being a 5 1/2-furlong pure sprinter to going two turns. I think it was a pretty good effort for him.@ Champion Good Magic (Curlin), third as the heavy favorite in the Fountain of Youth, emerged from the race no worse for the wear and is likely to depart South Florida for his next start, which could come in the GII Toyota Blue Grass S. at Keeneland Apr. 7.

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Sunday, Gavea, Brazil GRANDE PREMIO FRANCISCO EDUARDO DE PAULA MACHADO-G1, BRZ$157,200 (US$48,329), Gavea, 3-4, 3yo, c, 2000mT, 2:01.97, gd. Sunday, Gavea, Brazil 1--OLIMPO (BRZ), 125, c, 3, by Redattore (Brz) GRANDE PREMIO DIANA-G1, BRZ$202,640 (US$62,298), Gavea, 1st Dam: Op Colony (Brz), by New Colony 3-4, 3yo, f, 2000mT, 2:03.18, gd. 2nd Dam: Opiniao (Brz), by Kurrupako (Brz) 1--SILENCE IS GOLD (BRZ), 125, f, 3, by Agnes Gold (Jpn) 3rd Dam: Op Art (Brz), by Kameran Khan (GB) 1st Dam: Olympic Firstclass (Brz), by First American 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. 2nd Dam: Tarradine (Brz), by New Colony O/B-Haras Sao Jose da Serra (Brz); T-Dulcino Guignoni; J-M. 3rd Dam: Tavira (Brz), by Effervescing Goncalves. Lifetime Record: 10-3-0-1. *1/2 to Tauane (Brz) O-Stud Sao Francisco Da Serra; B-Haras Sao Jose da Serra (Brz); (Dancer Man {Brz}), GSW-Brz. Werk Nick Rating: D+. Click for T-J.C. Sampaio; J-C. Lavor. Lifetime Record: 9-6-3-0. Werk Nick the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. *2--Arrocha (Brz), 125, c, 3, Pounced--Avon Lady (Brz), by Signal 2--Sea Dream (Brz), 125, f, 3, Drosselmeyer--Makeover (Arg), by Tap. O/B-Haras Estrela Nova (Brz); T-R. Solanes. Giant=s Causeway. O/B-Fazenda Mondesir (Brz); T-V. Nahid. 3--Orange Box (Brz), 125, c, 3, Wild Event--Forty Carrots (Brz), 3--Per-Piacere (Brz), 125, f, 3, Plenty of Kicks (Brz)--Pemaquid, by Roi Normand; O/B-Haras Doce Vale (Brz); T-R. Nahid. by Deputy Minister; O-Stud Criacao Seabra; B-Haras San Margins: HF, 1HF, 1. Odds: 12.30, 2.80, 7.70. Francesco (Brz); T-R.M. Lima. *Disqualified from first to second. Margins: 1 3/4, 1/4, 1/4. Odds: 2.40, 2.80, 9.20. Also Ran: Noite Grande (Brz), Fortune Danz (Brz), Fantastic Boy Also Ran: Irna Palm (Brz), Future Queen (Brz), Guanabara (Brz), (Brz), Quarteto De Cordas (Brz), Or Nor (Brz), Olympic Hanoi Etrusca (Brz), Fanciful (Brz), Frutada (Brz), Jolie Mabi (Brz), Agua (Brz), Juan Manuel Fangio (Brz), Highlander Again (Brz), Bom (Brz), Lepate Goose (Brz), Firmeza (Brz), Oops (Brz), Betting Site Gosto (Brz), Bold Retriever (Brz), El Zorro (Brz), Luchese (Brz). (Brz), Extraordinaria (Brz), Lemans (Brz). Click for the Racing Post chart or the free Equineline.com Click for the Racing Post chart or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Gavea Video. catalogue-style pedigree. Gavea Video. 7th-GP, $47,900, Msw, 3-4, 3yo, 5fT, :55.80, fm. MOMINOU (f, 3, Congrats--Phanie Slam, by Grand Slam) did little running in her first two starts on the main track when ninth Sunday=s Results: sprinting Aug. 20 at Saratoga and eighth going a mile Nov. 16 at 3rd-GP, $44,700, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-4, 3yo, f, Aqueduct. Switching to the turf and facing the boys for the first 6 1/2f, 1:18.55, ft. time, the bay broke alertly at 5-1 and sat two lengths off the ELEVENSES (f, 3, More Than Ready--Cougarstown {SW, front-running pair through the first quarter in :21.90. She was $101,723}, by Speightstown) dominated her rivals by 10 1/4 swung out three wide on the far turn and quickly went by the lengths when unveiled in a sloppy off-the-turfer at Aqueduct leaders at the quarter pole before pulling away inside the final Nov. 22. Sixth in the restricted Glitter Woman S. locally Jan. 6, furlong to score by 5 1/2 lengths. The firster And Still (Violence) she gained blinkers and first-time Lasix Sunday. The 3-5 favorite completed the exacta. Mominou was a $150,000 Fasig-Tipton broke quickest of the quintet, but settled a half-length off the Midlantic purchase after RNA=ing for $90,000 as a yearling at leader through a :22.84 opening quarter. The dark bay easily Fasig-Tipton July. Phanie Slam has a yearling colt by Competitive took command around the far turn, opened up in the stretch Edge and visited Smiling Tiger last season. Lifetime Record: and was geared down crossing the wire for a 7 3/4-length 3-1-0-0, $31,232. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, victory. Miss Katie Bug (Point of Entry) rallied for second. sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Cougarstown, who sold for $85,000 at the 2014 Keeneland O-Sean Shay; B-Woodford Thoroughbreds, LLC. (FL); T-James J. November sale with the winner in utero, has a yearling colt by Graydar and visited Constitution last year. Sales History: $50,000 Toner. Ylg '16 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $63,150. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Joseph V. Shields, Jr.; B-Ramspring Farm (KY); T-James A. Jerkens. 4th-GP, $43,000, Msw, 3-4, 3yo, 6 1/2f, 1:19.42, ft. SHOW ME THE BUCKS (c, 3, Tiz Wonderful--Mezzanine Money, by Capote), dismissed at 16-1, sat just off the pace as Almithmaar (Tapit) set fractions of :22.74 and :46.58. Tipped out a path at the top of the lane, the dark bay colt reeled in the 12th-GP, $44,700, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-4, 3yo, pacesetter and outbattled that determined foe to the wire to 1 1/16m, 1:46.57, ft. win by a head. Cavaradossi (Speightstown), the 4-5 debuting BIBLICAL (c, 3, Tapit--Storm Dixie {SP}, by Catienus), a $500,000 favorite, pressed the pace before settling for fourth. Show Me KEENOV weanling turned $800,000 KEESEP yearling buy, was the Bucks sold for $15,000 as an OBSWIN yearling before well-beaten in his first two starts last September before RNA=ing for $29,000 as an OBSAUG yearling. He sold for $80,000 breaking through Nov. 17 at Aqueduct. Sixth in the GII Remsen after working in :21 1/5 at last year=s OBS April sale. Mezzanine S. Dec. 2, the gray returned as a 17-10 chalk in this spot and Money is a half-sister to graded stakes winner Mr. Impatience broke slowly to caboose the field past a :24.09 quarter. Drawing (Slewpy) and to the dam of Grade I winner Proud Accolade (Yes closer after a :48.22 half-mile, he saved ground on the far turn, It=s True). Breeder Don Gibb purchased the mare, in foal to swung into the clear five deep at the head of the lane and ran Tribal Rule, for $5,000 at the 2010 Barretts January sale. With down stablemate Regal Quality (Quality Road) a sixteenth from no reported foal in 2017, she was bred back to Strong Mandate. home to score by one length. The winner is a half to 2013 GI Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $25,800. Click for the Equibase.com Kentucky Oaks upsetter Princess of Sylmar (Majestic Warrior), chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. MGISW, $2,017,220. He has a juvenile full-sister and his dam O-Harvey Clarke, Paul Braverman & Karl Seitz; B-Don R. Gibb was bred to War Front last season. Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-1, (AB); T-William I. Mott. $71,232. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-China Horse Club International Ltd.; B-Barronstown Stud (KY); BOOKMARK T-Todd A. Pletcher. http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/getLatest.php Sold by Hunter Valley Farm to download the latest edition of the TDN each day. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 5 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • MARCH 5, 2018

Sunday=s Results: 8th-AQU, $67,620, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 3-4, 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:19.12, ft. SOUNDS DELICIOUS (f, 4, Yes It's True--Dulce Realidad {MSW, $221,300}, by Sweetsouthernsaint), a debut winner versus $40,000 maiden claimers at Laurel in December 2016, romped home a nine-length winner in an optional claimer at Aqueduct last January and went to the sidelines after a front-running 11 1/4-length demolition at Laurel Mar. 5. The chestnut filly resurfaced to miss by just a neck when second going six furlongs at this track Feb. 8. The 2-5 favorite pulled her way to the early lead and was well-held while tugging her way through fractions of :23.72 and :48.50. Let loose at the top of the stretch, Sounds Delicous bounded clear and came home geared down 6 1/4 lengths to the good of Kelsocait (Drosselmeyer). The winner was a $17,500 KEEJAN 2-year-old purchase in 2016. Her multiple stakes winning dam, in foal to Shanghai Bobby, sold for $14,000 at that same auction as part of the dispersal of the estate of breeder Eric DelValle. Her Shanghai Bobby filly sold for $3,000 at last year=s Keeneland September sale. Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0, $132,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Stud El Aguila; B-Eric A. DelValle (KY); T-Linda Rice.

2nd-AQU, $60,000, Msw, 3-4, 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:13.37, ft. BLANK PAIGE (f, 4, Jump Start--Blank Inivition {SP, $130,785}, by Not For Love) led past the half-mile pole, but had to settle for second in her debut when in for a $20,000 tag here Jan. 28. The 3-1 shot was tucked in behind the leaders through fractions of :23.66 and :48.51. She saved ground around the far turn and tipped out to the two path to avoid traffic trouble with a furlong remaining. The dark bay split rivals past the sixteenth pole and graduated by 1 1/2-lengths. Hurricane Sheila (Congrats) held off Overtime Olivia (Rule) for second. The winner=s dam has a yearling filly by Imagining and was bred to Seville (Ger) last year. Sales History: $20,000 RNA 3yo '17 EASDEC. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $41,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Daniel J. Lopez; B-Joe-Dan Farm Inc (NJ); T-Linda Rice.

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Saturday Night=s Results: Sunday=s Results: 6th-TP, $19,925, Alw, 3-3, (NW3L), 3yo/up, 6f (AWT), 1:10.77, ft. 4th-SA, $56,000, (S), Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 3-4, BOUND FOR NOWHERE (c, 4, The Factor--Fancy Deed, by 3yo, 6 1/2f, 1:15.82, ft. Alydeed) won over the synthetic course locally last January and TAKE THE ONE O ONE (c, 3, Acclamation--North Freeway {SW, on the Keeneland turf Apr. 20. A solid fourth behind MG1SW $273,610}, by Jump Start), a $47,000 NCAAUG yearling, was Caravaggio (Scat Daddy) in the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal purchased privately by Samantha Siegel=s Jay Em Ess Stable and Ascot June 23, he was last seen running 10th in the G1 Prix was second in his debut at Los Alamitos last July before Maurice de Gheest Aug. 6 at Deauville. With three consecutive graduating versus state-bred foes at Del Mar Aug. 6. Switched to Turfway bullets in his holster, the 7-10 favorite pressed the pace the turf, he was seventh in the Sept. 3 Del Mar Juvenile Turf and along the inside of Mooose (Pleasantly Perfect) down the was last seen finishing third behind Bolt d=Oro (Medaglia d=Oro) backstretch. Those two were deadlocked coming to the quarter after setting the pace in the Sept. 30 GI FrontRunner S. The 7-5 pole before Bound for Nowhere gradually edged clear in the second choice pulled his way to challenge for the lead midway stretch to score by 3/4 of a length. The winner was a $310,000 down the backstretch and was a length in front after a half in Keeneland September yearling purchase. Fancy Deed, who is a :45.29. He looked ready to stride home well in front, but had to half to 2007 champion sprinter, MGISW and sire Midnight Lute fend off the late challenge of favored Surfing Star (Surf Cat) to (Real Quiet), also has a juvenile filly named Bingwa win by a half-length. Siegel was so impressed by early signs from (Goldencents). Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $94,275. Click for the Take the One O One, she purchased the colt=s half-sister by Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Bodemeister for a sale-topping $300,000 at the Barretts Yearling O/T-Wesley A. Ward; B-Wayne, Gray & Bryan Lyster (KY). Sale last August. North Freeway, who was purchased by breeder Foaled and Raised at ASHVIEW FARM Tom Bachman for $90,000 at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton February TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 4 OF 5 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • MARCH 5, 2018 sale, produced a colt by Square Eddie last year and was bred back to Into Mischief. Lifetime Record: GISP, 5-2-1-1, $114,945. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig- Tipton. O-Jay Em Ess Stable; B-Thomas W Bachman (CA); T-Brian J. Koriner.

7th-SA, $55,662, (C), Msw, 3-4, 3yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:04.88, ft. WELL HELLO (f, 3, Quality Road--Just Say Goodbye, by Not For First-/second-crop starters to watch: Monday, Mar. 5 Love), given a 79-10 chance off of a modest local worktab Farm and fee represent current information debuting in this event restricted to $100,000 purchases and Freedom Child (Malibu Moon), Country Life Farm, $3,500 under, dropped out to run last of seven behind a contested 58 foals of racing age/8 winners/1 black-type winner :22.31 quarter. Advancing without urging while saving ground 4-PRX, Msw 6 1/2f, SCARFREE, 15-1 on the turn, the $70,000 KEESEP grad angled into the five path Soldat (War Front), Woodford Thoroughbreds, $5,000 at the top of the stretch and finished full of run in the final 158 foals of racing age/18 winners/0 black-type winners furlong to score going away by 3 1/4 lengths. Tapalita 4-PRX, Msw 6 1/2f, RISQUE EXPRESS, 12-1 (Eskendereya) held on for second after disputing the pace. The $32,000 OBS APR 2yo winner has a yearling half-brother by Mineshaft named Backup Plan and her dam was bred to Uncle Lino last spring. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $32,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart or BREEDERS’ EDITION VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Buscar Stables, Radley Equine, Inc. & Rick Gold; B-Charles McGinnes (MD); T-Dan Blacker. ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 3rd-AQU, $70,560, (C)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 3-4, 4yo/up, 1m, 1:38.10, ft. HARLAN PUNCH (g, 5, Harlan's Holiday--Indy Punch, by Pulling Punches) Lifetime Record: GSP, 26-6-8-4, $481,993. O/T-David 1st-SA, $54,690, (C), Msw, 3-4, 3yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:03.92, ft. Jacobson; B-Rosemont Farm LLC (KY); *$170,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP. **1/2 to Tensas Punch (War Front), SW & MSP, BEST OF ME (f, 3, Super Saver--Lemon Gin, by First Samurai), $251,200. debuting as the 11-5 favorite in this event restricted to $100,000 and under purchases, tracked the speed from second through a :22.01 quarter, took over passing the five-sixteenths pole and skipped clear in the lane to graduate by 3 1/4 lengths. D D=s Lute 9th-DED, $54,000, (S), 3-3, (C), 4yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:41.35, ft. (Midnight Lute) was second-best. The victress is the first foal out KISS THAT DUDE (f, 4, First Dude--Kiss Me Tu, by Cherokee of an unraced half-sister to 2016 GI Las Vegas Breeders= Cup Dirt Run) Lifetime Record: 15-4-5-2, $105,750. O-Wayne T. Davis; Mile hero Tamarkuz (Speightstown), while her second dam is a B-Maverick Stables, Inc. (LA); T-Shane Wilson. *$9,500 Ylg '15 half to MGISW and sire Stay Thirsty (Bernardini). Lemon Gin OBSWIN; $16,000 Ylg '15 OBSAUG; $10,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR. foaled a filly by Speightstown last season before returning to that sire. Sales History: $50,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $32,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, 10th-DED, $50,000, (S), 3-3, (NW2L), 3yo, 5f, :59.01, ft. sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O'L RED (g, 3, Songandaprayer--Tommeyesgold {MSW, O-Todd & Shawn Hansen; B-John D. Gunther (KY); T-Peter $136,935}, by Gold Market) Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $60,600. Miller. O-Cool Breeze Racing; B-Tom Curtis & Wayne Simpson (LA); T-Dwight J. Viator. *$9,000 Ylg '16 ESLYRL.

9th-GP, $49,900, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 3-4, 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:12.29, ft. DAY BY DAY (f, 4, Awesome of Course--Dobra, by Smoke Glacken) Lifetime Record: 14-3-5-4, $144,020. O/B-Mr Amore Stables (FL); T-Kelly J. Breen.

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8th-LRL, $45,900, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000-$50,000), 3-4, ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:45.18, ft. Delovely Hips, f, 2, Delhomme--Rock Those Hips (SP), by Rocky BLUE UNION RAGS (f, 3, Union Rags--Wishful Splendor {SW & Bar. SUN, 3-4, (S), 4 1/2f, :52.79. B-Allen Farm, Inc. (NM). GSP, $271,125}, by Smart Strike) Lifetime Record: 7-2-1-2, *$8,500 Ylg '17 RUIAUG. **1ST-TIME STARTER. $62,225. O-D. J. Stable LLC; B-Michael Shanley (KY); T-John C. Elevated Knight, c, 3, Bellamy Road--Encore, by Storm Cat. SA, Servis. *$335,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP. **1/2 to Sirocco Strike 3-4, (C), 1m, 1:41.59. B-Haymarket Farm LLC (KY). *$9,500 Wlg (Forestry), SW, $244,646; Juanita (Mineshaft), MGSW, '15 KEENOV; $18,000 Ylg '16 FTKJUL. $509,005. Single Gem, g, 3, Gemologist--Banner, by A.P. Indy. OP, 3-4, (C), 1 1/16m, 1:46.97. B-Tony Holmes & Dr. & Mrs. Walter Zent 7th-FG, $45,000, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 3-4, 4yo/up, f/m, (KY). *$37,000 RNA Ylg '16 KEESEP; $45,000 2yo '17 WAPGTR. 6f, 1:09.99, ft. Atreyu, c, 3, Limehouse--My Darling Lily, by Street Sense. CT, SISTER KAN (f, 4, Kantharos--Sister Charlie, by Indian Charlie) 3-3, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:22.37. B-O'Sullivan Farms LLC (WV). Lifetime Record: 14-6-2-4, $160,776. O-Naveed Chowhan; Mattyice, f, 3, Street Magician--Otherwise Perfect, by Lemon B-Kevin O'Gorman (FL); T-Bernard S. Flint. *$7,000 Wlg '14 Drop Kid. CT, 3-3, 4 1/2f, :53.50. B-Dr. & Mrs. Thomas OBSOCT; $27,000 Ylg '15 OBSAUG; $10,000 2yo '16 EASMAY. Bowman, Quin Bowman, Rebecca Davis & Larry Johnson (MD). *1ST-TIME STARTER. **1/2 to I Stand Alone (Dance With 6th-FG, $44,000, (S), (C)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 3-4, 4yo/up, Ravens), SW, $228,331. 5 1/2fT, 1:03.65, fm. B B SPECIAL (g, 6, Brahms--Helen Brown, by Taylor's Special) Wildcat Beauty, f, 3, Wildcat Heir--Raffica, by Exclusive Quality. Lifetime Record: 23-5-5-2, $139,525. O-Elite Thoroughbred DED, 3-3, 5f, 1:00.46. B-Equest Thoroughbreds, Inc. (FL). Racing LLC; B-Michele R. Rodriguez (LA); T-Lee Thomas. *$4,000 Ylg '16 OBSAUG. Whatdatpay Ray, g, 3, Zarbyev--Prado Strutter, by El Prado 8th-FG, $44,000, (C)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 3-4, 4yo/up, 1mT, (Ire). DED, 3-3, (S), 1m, 1:42.21. B-Garland Goins & Andre 1:36.28, fm. Simpson (LA). *1/2 to She=s Prado Idol (Screen Idol), MSW, GREAT WIDE OPEN (IRE) (g, 6, Starspangledbanner {Aus}-- $350,320. Market Hill {Ire}, by Danehill) Lifetime Record: 29-5-3-4, Dreamadreamforme, f, 4, More Than Ready--Dreamy Maiden $101,923. O-M & J Thoroughbreds LLC & Riverside Bloodstock, (MSW, $154,296), by Meadowlake. TAM, 3-4, 1mT, 1:37.33. LLC; B-Newtown Anner Stud (IRE); T-Conor Murphy. *i26,000 B-Sierra Farm (KY). *1/2 to Daddy Long Legs (Scat Daddy), Wlg '12 GOFNOV; 18,000gns Ylg '13 TAOCT; 45,000gns 4yo '16 GSW-Eng & UAE, $1,348,231; and Tres Dream (Chester TATAHI. House), MSW, $261,970. Happy Wanderer, g, 4, War Chant--Snug Harbour (SW, 9th-GG, $33,021, 3-3, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, 1m (AWT), 1:36.80, ft. $164,100), by Boston Harbor. TAM, 3-4, 1mT, 1:35.89. B-Vegso CASTLE (g, 5, Slew's Tiznow--Grand Advice, by Mr. Greeley) Racing Stable (FL). *1/2 to Star Harbour (Indian Charlie), MSW Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $55,080. O/B-Eagle Ridge Racing, LLC & GSP, $563,839; Lemon Point (Lemon Drop Kid), MSP, (CA); T-Andy Mathis. *Full to Zakaroff, GSW, $156,752. $181,691. Truffles and Gold, g, 4, Windsor Castle--Saison d'Or, by Tour 7th-HOU, $20,500, 3-3, (NW2L), 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:39.54, fm. d'Or. CT, 3-3, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:22.31. B-Karen M. Freer (WV). SENORA ACERO (f, 4, The Factor--Riboletti, by Distorted Humor) Lifetime Record: 15-2-5-1, $84,102. O-Richard P. Chandler; B-Fazenda Mondesir International, S.A. (KY); T-Mindy J. Willis. *$40,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP.

8th-HOU, $20,500, 3-3, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 5fT, :58.31, fm. F-T graduate Mominou (Congrats) crushes PROUD ITALIAN (g, 5, Proudinsky {Ger}--Argentina Avenue the boys in her turf debut at Gulfstream {MSW, $391,187}, by Avenue of Flags) Lifetime Record: 23-5-1-5, $65,447. O-Henry S. Witt, Jr.; B-Mike Munna Racing Stables LLC (LA); T-Terry Eoff. *1/2 to Queenland (Taste of Paradise), MSP, $206,783.

ACCLAMATION, Take the One O One, c, 3, o/o North Freeway, TIZ WONDERFUL, Show Me the Bucks, c, 3, o/o Mezzanine by Jump Start. AOC, 3-4, Santa Anita Money, by Capote. MSW, 3-4, Gulfstream Park AWESOME OF COURSE, Day by Day, f, 4, o/o Dobra, by Smoke UNION RAGS, Blue Union Rags, f, 3, o/o Wishful Splendor, by Glacken. AOC, 3-4, Gulfstream Park Smart Strike. AOC, 3-4, Laurel Park BELLAMY ROAD, Elevated Knight, c, 3, o/o Encore, by Storm Cat. WAR CHANT, Happy Wanderer, g, 4, o/o Snug Harbour, by MCL, 3-4, Santa Anita Boston Harbor. MSW, 3-4, Tampa Bay BRAHMS, B B Special, g, 6, o/o Helen Brown, by Taylor's Special. WILDCAT HEIR, Wildcat Beauty, f, 3, o/o Raffica, by Exclusive AOC, 3-4, Fair Grounds Quality. MSW, 3-3, Delta Downs CONGRATS, Mominou, f, 3, o/o Phanie Slam, by Grand Slam. WINDSOR CASTLE, Truffles and Gold, g, 4, o/o Saison d'Or, by MSW, 3-4, Gulfstream Park Tour d'Or. MSW, 3-3, Charles Town DELHOMME, Delovely Hips, f, 2, o/o Rock Those Hips, by Rocky YES IT'S TRUE, Sounds Delicious, f, 4, o/o Dulce Realidad, by Bar. MSW, 3-4, Sunland Park Sweetsouthernsaint. AOC, 3-4, Aqueduct FIRST DUDE, Kiss That Dude, f, 4, o/o Kiss Me Tu, by Cherokee ZARBYEV, Whatdatpay Ray, g, 3, o/o Prado Strutter, by El Prado Run. ALW, 3-3, Delta Downs (Ire). MSW, 3-3, Delta Downs GEMOLOGIST, Single Gem, g, 3, o/o Banner, by A.P. Indy. MCL, 3-4, Oaklawn Park HARLAN'S HOLIDAY, Harlan Punch, g, 5, o/o Indy Punch, by Pulling Punches. AOC, 3-4, Aqueduct JUMP START, Blank Paige, f, 4, o/o Blank Inivition, by Not For Love. MSW, 3-4, Aqueduct KANTHAROS, Sister Kan, f, 4, o/o Sister Charlie, by Indian Charlie. AOC, 3-4, Fair Grounds LIMEHOUSE, Atreyu, c, 3, o/o My Darling Lily, by Street Sense. MSW, 3-3, Charles Town MORE THAN READY, Dreamadreamforme, f, 4, o/o Dreamy Maiden, by Meadowlake. MSW, 3-4, Tampa Bay MORE THAN READY, Elevenses, f, 3, o/o Cougarstown, by Speightstown. AOC, 3-4, Gulfstream Park PROUDINSKY (GER), Proud Italian, g, 5, o/o Argentina Avenue, by Avenue of Flags. ALW, 3-3, Sam Houston QUALITY ROAD, Well Hello, f, 3, o/o Just Say Goodbye, by Not For Love. MSW, 3-4, Santa Anita Biblical scores for Tapit Sunday at Gulfstream | Lauren King SLEW'S TIZNOW, Castle, g, 5, o/o Grand Advice, by Mr. Greeley. ALW, 3-3, Golden Gate SONGANDAPRAYER, O'L Red, g, 3, o/o Tommeyesgold, by Gold Market. ALW, 3-3, Delta Downs STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS), Great Wide Open (Ire), g, 6, o/o Follow the TDN staff on Twitter Thoroughbred Daily News Market Hill (Ire), by Danehill. AOC, 3-4, Fair Grounds STREET MAGICIAN, Mattyice, f, 3, o/o Otherwise Perfect, by @kelseynrileyTDN @BDiDonatoTDN @SteveSherackTDN Lemon Drop Kid. MSW, 3-3, Charles Town SUPER SAVER, Best of Me, f, 3, o/o Lemon Gin, by First Samurai. @JessMartiniTDN @CDeBernardisTDN @BMassamTDN MSW, 3-4, Santa Anita @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN @suefinley TAPIT, Biblical, c, 3, o/o Storm Dixie, by Catienus. AOC, 3-4, @MKane49 @barryweisbord @thorntontd Gulfstream Park THE FACTOR, Bound for Nowhere, c, 4, o/o Fancy Deed, by @garykingTDN @SarahKAndrew @theTDN Alydeed. ALW, 3-3, Turfway Park @JBiancaTDN THE FACTOR, Senora Acero, f, 4, o/o Riboletti, by Distorted Humor. ALW, 3-3, Sam Houston

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FAIR START TO INGLIS MELBOURNE TDN Q&A WITH A pair of A$400,000 colts headed the opening session of the four-day Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale on Sunday. Day PAUL BASQUIN one, which also included a Blue Riband session of 39 yearlings, posted a set of returns broadly in line with 2017 with 116 of the 145 (80%) offered yearlings selling for a total of A$14,648,000 (+6.5%). The combined average for the two sessions came to A$126,276 (+2%), while the median settled at A$110,000, the same as the corresponding day last year. These figures left Inglis Victorian Bloodstock Manager Simon Vivian optimistic for the next few days at Oaklands Junction. AIt was a largely predictable day, on par with this time last year and there are still a lot of very good horses from very good stallions to enter the ring,@ Vivian said. AWe would obviously like to see the clearance rate improve over the coming days, but I=m extremely confident that will be the case as there is a lot of great stock still to be offered. The average of over $126,000 is pleasing, knowing what is being offered over the coming days.@ Cont. p4 Paul Basquin at Arqana | Zuzanna Lupa

by Emmanuel Roussel IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Paul Basquin has many strings to his bow at Haras de Saubouas THE WEEK IN REVIEW BIG ‘CAP’ NEEDS OVERHAUL in southwest France, the farm where he has been based for Bill Finley has the latest Week in Review and takes a look at the almost 20 years. Emmanuel Roussel caught up with the decline of the GI Santa Anita H. Click or tap here to go straight breeze-up consignor, breaker, pre-trainer and National Hunt to TDN America. pinhooker, who has been involved in the formative years of a number of talented individuals, including Dabirsim (Fr) (Hat Trick {Jpn}), Vue Fantastique (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) and Straight Right (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}).

TDN: What made you choose to set up your organisation so far away from Paris and Normandy, near the Pyrenees, back in 2001?

PB: I was a qualified agricultural engineer with a passion for horseracing, but I had to find a good way to start my own business in that world, since I had absolutely no family link in racing, apart from our visits to Pau racecourse when I was a child. I was born in the Southwest and it seemed like a good spot at the time. The land was cheap and yet very rich, the Southwest was taking off as a training region with Pau horses winning everywhere. La Teste and Royan have thrived too since then. Also, the winter is milder. It allows you to get your horses ready earlier. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 5 MARCH, 2018

TDN Q&A With Paul bought last year and it shows when you start to work them. The Basquin Cont. from p1 Saubouas has been in operation for almost 20 years now and we Besides, we are in the are more settled, which allows us to invest a bit more. I have a middle of the Arabian very nice Scat Daddy colt, a full-brother to dual winner breeding region and Glendevon, who is in training with Richard Hughes. I also have a even though it wasn't very nice Kodiac (GB) colt with a lovely pedigree, another colt by our first intention, we Dabirsim who was one of the top lots at the Osarus yearling sale, have grown a lot in the a striking Siyouni (Fr) filly out of a Kendor mare who should run Arabian world, with our early, and also a Dutch Art (GB) filly from the same family as horses winning Goldikova (Ire). everywhere on a weekly I prefer to focus on proven sires and obviously I am very fond basis. We started simply of Dabirsim as I pre-trained him. pre-training horses and consigning them for the TDN: How was he back then? sales, but that business alone doesn't keep you PB: Mr. Springer sends me most of his juveniles to be broken busy all year round. I and Dabirsim was an outstanding individual because although he had all these lush was a tall, mature type, he wasn't heavy. On the contrary, he Paul Basquin | Emma Berry pastures that were not was quite a racy type already in January. When he received him used to develop broodmares and their offspring. A real waste. in training, Christophe Ferland didn't take long to single him out. The land of the Saubouas is very rich, it helps to grow bone and Dabirsim was also a very strong walker, pushing through well it's a very good thing to breed jumpers. So we completed our from behind, which is something he passed on to his offspring. business with that, and I keep the weanlings and yearlings I buy As I said, I like to focus on proven sires when I look to invest and to sell as jumping prospects for at least a full year at home, so I particularly like Siyouni. that they can take advantage of our land. This is how Let's Dance Cont. p3 (Fr), Abbyssial (Ire), Kalkir (Fr) and Petite Parisienne (Fr)--all graded winners in Britain and Ireland--were treated here. Gradually, we have grown into a multi-purpose facility to satisfy a wide range of services.

TDN: What's in store at Saubouas for the next breeze-up sales in France?

PB: I have about 10 colts and fillies for the Osarus breeze-up [Apr. 25], and then nine for the Arqana Sale [May 11-12]. In the Osarus lot, we have a very nice, precocious colt by Dabirsim (Fr) who has a lovely action on the gallops, and also a Zoffany (Ire) filly who is pleasing me in her work. As for the Deauville selection, I must say that it's probably the best group I have ever had because I have increased the quality of the yearlings I Dabirsim | Racing Post TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 5 MARCH, 2018

TDN Q&A With Paul Basquin Cont. TDN: Do you do all the pinhooking yourself and what do you look for in yearlings when buying?

PB: I buy all the yearlings on my own and I look for pretty much what everybody in this business is looking for: a good action, a sound pedigree, mostly proven sires, as I said, and some scope in the conformation of the yearlings, so that there's some room for improvement. This how I picked Le Brivido (Fr), Straight Right (Fr) and Vue Fantastique (Fr), who did so well last year. Vice President, International Operations Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975

International Editor ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Kelsey Riley Kripke (Ire), g, 3, Fast Company (Ire)--Tranquil Sky (GB), by Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Intikhab. SOU, 3-4, 8f 13y (AWT), 1:44. B-Mr J Shanahan (IRE). [email protected] *i20,000 Wlg >15 GOFNOV; ,28,000 Ylg >16 GOUKPR. European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Associate International Editor Saint Roch (Fr), c, 3 Myboycharlie (Ire)--Seelland (Fr), by Linamix Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN (Fr). PTB, 3/4, 8 1/2f (AWT), 1:43.12. B-Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd (FR). *15,000 Wlg >15 ARQDEC; i40,000 Ylg >16 OSLATE. Marketing Manager Henchmen (Ire), g, 3, Pivotal (GB)--Namona (Ire), by Halling. Alayna Cullen PTB, 3-4, 10 1/2f (AWT), 2:13.72. B-Al Shahania Stud (IRE). Twitter: @AlaynaCullen *1/2 to Very Nice Name (Fr) (Whipper), Ch. Older Horse-UAE, [email protected] MSW & G1SP-UAE, GSP-Fr, $1,222,667; Too Nice Name (Fr) (Kingsalsa), SW & GSP-Fr, $205,855. Contributing Editor White Rock (Fr), f, 3, Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)--Blanche Verte (Fr), Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN by Green Tune. HYR, 3-4, 12 1/2fT, 2:56.78. B-Ecurie du Sud (FR). *i15,000 RNA Ylg >16 AROCT. Cafe Racing Mybluebell (Fr), f, 3, Slickly (Fr)--Tengeline (Fr), by Cardoun (Fr). Sean Cronin PTB, 3-4, 10 1/2f (AWT), 2:13. B-Eric Lemaitre (FR). *i30,000 Tom Frary Ylg >16 OSLATE. [email protected] EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey IN UNITED STATES: Regular Columnists Thewayiam (Fr), f, 3, Thewayyouare--Water Feature (GB), by Andrew Caulfield Dansili (GB). Gulfstream Park, 3-4, GIII Herecomesthebride S., John Berry 1 1/16mT, 1:41.41. B-S.C.A. La Perrigne (Fr). Kevin Blake Tom Peacock TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 5 MARCH, 2018

Euro-bred Winners Cont. everyone who knew the mother knew this colt because he=s just IN MACAU: a dead-ringer for mum. The way Pierro is going, he=s potentially Ashkari (Ire), g, 7, Dutch Art (GB)--Frivolity (GB), by Pivotal (GB). a stud horse of the future this horse.@ Taipa, 3-4, GEG Sand Classic Cup (NB) (,51k/i57k), 1350m James Harron was in full agreement with that assessment and (sand), 1:21.3. B-Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. *1/2 to said, AHe=s a cracking colt by the sire of the moment in Pierro Mystic Dawn (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), GSW-Eng. **20,000gns out of a fantastic mare with one of the biggest pages in the HRA >14 TATHIT. VIDEO book. He has a great attitude, lovely depth of girth, great strong hip, very powerful sort of colt. He looks very strong and speedy. His mother was precocious so it=s a fast family. He does tick boxes to be an early-type of horse.@ Cont. p5

Fair Start To Inglis Melbourne Cont. from p1 It was lot 63 that staked an early claim for top lot honours and the son of Pierro (Aus) was eventually knocked down to James Harron Bloodstock for A$400,000. Offered by Supreme Thoroughbreds as the first living produce out of the Group 2- winning mare Scandiva (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), the bay colt, who will be trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, also hails from the family of Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus}). AHe=s come into his own in the last month. He was so popular here this week, everybody wanted a piece of him,@ Brent Grayling of Supreme Thoroughbreds said. AThe key to him was The co-topper lot 63 | Inglis TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 5 MARCH, 2018

The colt=s dam Bird Of Fire (NZ) (Stravinsky) was a multiple stakes winner up to Group 2 level and is already proving her prowess as a broodmare through the exploits of her stakes placed son Firehouse Rock (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). The colt will join the team of the purchaser=s brother Mike Moroney. China Horse Club purchased the next most expensive yearling INGLIS MELBOURNE PREMIER YEARLING SALE when acquiring lot 26 for A$340,000, a son of Zoustar (Aus)) offered by Mill Park Stud while that price was matched when a SESSION TOTALS 2018 2017 $ Catalogued 160 150 colt by Toronado (Ire) sold to Hawkes Racing and Cameron $ Number Offered 145 137 Cooke Bloodstock. Lot 83 was offered by Gilgai Farm out of the $ Number Sold 116 111 stakes winning mare She=s Got Gears (Aus) (Invincible Spirit $ Not Sold 29 26 {Ire}). $ Clearance Rate 80% 81% AHe is a lovely horse and he certainly caught my eye the first $ No. A$500K+ 0 1 day I saw him,@ Michael Hawkes told Racing.com. AHe is by an $ High Price A$400,000 A$625,000 $ Gross A$14,648,000 A$13,755,500 unproven stallion who was a great racehorse, so that is an $ Average (% change) A$126,276 (+2%) A$123,923 unknown but he has a hell of a pedigree. We bought All To Hard $ Median (% change) A$110,000 (NA) A$110,000 off Gilgai Farm so this guy has big shoes to fill.@ Trainer Tony McEvoy=s shopping included four six-figure lots headed by a Written Tycoon (Aus) colt, lot 19, which was Fair Start To Inglis Melbourne Cont. knocked down for A$230,000. The co-topper, lot 137, came from the Blue Riband session Selling resumes on Monday morning at 11 a.m. local time when bloodstock agent Paul Moroney bid A$400,000 for a son beginning with lot 161. (Click here to return to p1) of Fastnet Rock (Aus) offered by Blue Gum Farm. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 5 MARCH, 2018

Having had time to reflect on her latest victory he told SESSION TOPPERS Racing.com on Sunday, "She's coming up to three years unbeaten. The first year was quite surreal. The second year, the pressure started to rise to say 'how can we keep this going' and INGLIS MELBOURNE PREMIER YEARLING now the third year, I wouldn't say it's become easier but its repetitive. We've just got to make sure she stays safe, don't over SALE - DAY ONE TOP LOTS race her and she might be here a little longer." Lot Sex Sire Dam Price (A$) 63 c Pierro (Aus) Scandiva (Aus) 400,000 B-Mr RJ Crabtree (Vic) Consigned by Supreme Thoroughbreds Purchased by James Harron Bloodstock

137 c Fastnet Rock (Aus) Bird Of Fire (NZ) 400,000 B-Mr JB Stokes (Vic) Consigned by Blue Gum Farm Purchased by Paul Moroney Bloodstock

26 c Zoustar (Aus) Ravenous Lass (Aus) 340,000 B-Mr BK Parker, E.H.Parker (SA) Consigned by Mill Park Stud Purchased by China Horse Club Racing Pty Ltd

83 c Toronado (Ire) She=s Got Gears 340,000 B-Gilgai Farm (Vic) Winx & Hugh Bowman parade after the Chipping Norton Consigned by Gilgai Farm Bronwen Healy Purchased by Hawkes Racing/Cameron Cooke Bloodstock

113 c Written Tycoon (Aus) Splendid Thing (Aus) 300,000 >PREMIUM= STEPS TOWARD CLASSICS B-Armidale Stud, Dr D M K Whishaw (Tas) 2017 Japanese champion juvenile colt Danon Premium (Jpn) Consigned by Armidale Stud (Deep Impact {Jpn}) made it a perfect four-for-four with a Purchased by Carmel Size Racing powerful score in the G2 Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho at Nakayama on Sunday. Hustled up to race in a perfect stalking second against WINX HAS ANOTHER RECORD IN SIGHT the fence as Sans Rival (Jpn) (Rulership {Jpn}) was off to an open Having broken Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus})=s record for length lead, 4-5 favourite Danon Premium was content to bide the number of Group 1 wins last Saturday, equaling that his time, as the first 1000 metres was clocked in 1:01.5. His unbeaten mare=s 25-race winning streak appears to be the rival=s advantage shrank rapidly approaching the home turn and objective Chris Waller is keenest to achieve with Winx (Aus) Danon Premium took dead aim with 600 metres remaining. In (Street Cry {Ire}) in the short term. Assuming the mare logs her charge with a quarter mile to travel, Danon Premium swept five 24th win on the trot in the G1 George Ryder S. in three weeks wide into the lane and drew off to win by 1 1/2 lengths. time, that will set up the possibility or perhaps likelihood of Wagnerian (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Gendarme (Kitten=s Winx emulating Black Caviar in the G1 Queen Elizabeth S. at Joy) closed strongly to take second and third, respectively, Randwick on Apr. 14. separated by a half-length. Sans Rival was a nose back in fourth. "I think it will be very likely," Waller told Racing.com on her Off the mark in a Hanshin newcomers= race over 1800 metres participation in the A$4-million race. AIt's in our backyard and it's on June 25, Danon Premium maintained his perfect record the signature race for the autumn for the older horses.@ stepping up to group level, taking the G3 Saudi Arabia Royal Cup Winx resumed as dominant as ever in the G1 Chipping Norton cutting back to a mile at Tokyo on Oct. 7. He sealed the Japanese S. at Randwick last Saturday after which Waller again kept his 2-Year-Old Colt championship with another win, this time over counsel over a potential European trip for Winx, repeating his firm ground in the G1 Asahi Hai Futurity S. at Hanshin on Dec. stance that a decision would be made after the George Ryder 17, the third winner of the race for his Shadai supersire. later this month. Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 5 MARCH, 2018

G2 Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho Cont. Margins: 1HF, HF, NO; Odds: 0.80, 2.60, 7.00. Also Ran: Sans Rival (Jpn), Revealing (Jpn), Trust Kenshin (Jpn), Pedigree Notes... Obsession (Jpn), Arawn (Jpn), Asakusa Spot (Jpn), Heavy Tank One of 33 Group 1 winners by Deep Impact (Jpn), Danon (Jpn). Premium is the fourth runner, third winner and last reported Click for the Racing Post chart. JRA Video. foal out of dual 10 1/2-furlong Irish listed heroine Indiana Gal (Ire). Placed at the group level five times, she is a half-sister to the dam of G3 Ballyogan S. third Knock Stars (Ire) (Soviet Star).Under the fourth dam is French and English Group 2 winner Broken Hearted (Ire) (Dara Monarch {GB}). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

Sunday=s Results: MACAU HONG KONG TROPHY H., HK$2,500,000 (,231,367/ i258,919/A$411,037/US$319,174), Taipa (Macau), 3-4, 4yo/up, 1500mT, 1:28.5, gd/yl. 1--ROMANTIC TOUCH (AUS), 125, g, 7, Northern Meteor (Aus)-- Dearness (Aus), by Snippets (Aus). O-Ming Shui Sum & Ming Bo Ting; B-Gooree Park Stud Pty Ltd (NSW); T-Tony Cruz; J-Joao Moreira; HK$1,325,000. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Aus, MGSP-HK, 55-7-6-5, HK$16,650,670. *Full to Burning Passion (Aus), GSW-Aus, A$467,380. **Successfully defended title. 2--Krystrump (NZ), 116, g, 5, New Trumps (Ire)--Krystal Klear (NZ), by Straussbrook (Aus). HK$575,000. 3--Marvel Hero (GB), 123, g, 6, Lord Shanakill--Roskeen (GB), by Grand Lodge. (18,000gns Wlg >12 TATDEF; 58,000gns Ylg >13 TATOCT). HK$300,000. Danon Premium | Horsephotos Margins: 4 1/4, 1 3/4, HF. Odds: 4-5, 6-1, 14-1. VIDEO Sunday, Nakayama, Japan HOCHI HAI YAYOI SHO-G2, ¥104,520,000 ($989,019/£716,779/€801,846), Nakayama, 3-4, 3yo, 2000mT, 2:01.00, fm. 1--DANON PREMIUM (JPN), 123, c, 3, by Deep Impact (Jpn) 1st Dam: Indiana Gal (Ire) (MSW & MGSP-Ire, $319,044), by Intikhab 2nd Dam: Genial Jenny (Ire), by Danehill Sunday=s Result: 3rd Dam: Joma Kaanem (Ire), by Double Form (Ire) HH THE PRESIDENT CUP-Listed, AED380,000, Abu Dhabi, 3-4, O-Danox Inc.; B-K.I. Farm (Jpn); T-Mitsumasa Nakauchida; NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 1400mT, 1:22.74, gd. J-Yuga Kawada; ¥54,714,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo 1--MUNTAZAH (GB), 125, g, 5, Dubawi (Ire)--Rumoush (GSP-Fr, Colt-Jpn, G1SW-Jpn, 4-4-0-0, ¥166,513,000. Werk Nick Rating: SW & G1SP-Eng, $125,876), by Rahy. A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Sh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; 2--Wagnerian (Jpn), 123, c, 23 by Deep Impact (Jpn)--Miss B-Shadwell Estate Co Ltd (GB); T-Doug Watson; J-Jim Crowley. Encore (Jpn), by King Kamehameha (Jpn). O-Makoto Kaneko AED228,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 14-2-1-3, $111,272. Holdings; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); -22,204,000. *1/2 to Talaayeb (GB) (Dansili {GB}), GSW-Eng, $172,849. 3--Gendarme, 123, c, 3, by Kitten=s Joy--Believe (Jpn), by Sunday 2--Eqtiraan (Ire), 125, g, 4, Helmet (Aus)--Miranda Frost (Ire), by Silence. O-Koji Maeda; B-North Hills Co. Limited (KY); Cape Cross (Ire). (92,000gns Wlg >14 TATNOV; 250,000gns Ylg -14,102,000. >15 TATOCT). O-Sh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Victor Stud Bloodstock & Brendan Cummins (Ire); T-Ali Rashid Al Rayhi. AED76,000. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • 5 MARCH, 2018

Listed HH The President Cup Cont. 3--Portamento (Ire), 125, h, 6, Shamardal--Octave, by Unbridled=s Song. (AED400,000 HRA >17 GODAPR). O-Mohd Khalifa Al Basti; B-Darley (Ire); T-Ali Rashid Al Rayhi. AED38,000.

Margins: 1 3/4, 3HF, 1 1/4. Also Ran: Richard Pankhurst (GB), Manahir (Fr), Noivado (Ire), Krypton Factor (GB), Mutamakkin, Hawkesbury (GB), Farraaj (Ire), Kitaaby (Ire). Click for the Racing Post chart.

AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS

IN MACAU: Bring Me Speed (Aus), g, 3, Sebring (Aus)--Jessica Rose (Aus), by Keep the Faith (Aus). Taipa, 3-4, GEG Lisboa Juvenile S. (NB) (A$58k), 1200mT, 1:10.1. B-Konj Pty Ltd As Trustee For Collier Family Trust (NSW). *A$67,500 RNA >16 INGEAS. VIDEO Pearl Green (Aus), g, 4, Fastnet Rock (Aus)--The Hamptons (Aus), by Encosta de Lago (Aus). Taipa, 3-4, GEG Macau Derby Trial (NB) (A$90k), 1500mT, 1:30. B-G Harvey (NSW). *Formerly Meadow Rose (Aus). **A$460,000 Ylg >15 MMGCYS. VIDEO Felizmaster (Aus), g, 6, Stratum (Aus)--Russian Caravan (Aus) (MSW-Aus, A$172,440), by Dehere. Taipa, 3-4, Chairman=s Challenge Cup (A$132k), 1200mT, 1:10.3. B-Segenhoe Stud Australia Pty Ltd (NSW). *Formerly Te Rux (Aus). VIDEO

IN SINGAPORE: Chocante (Aus), g, 3, Fastnet Rock (Aus)--Bella Sunday (Aus), by Sunday Silence. Kranji, 3-4, Hcp. (A$59k), 1200mT, 1:10.84. B-Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum (Vic). *Formerly Fill Fill (Aus). **1/2 to Breakfast In Bed (Aus) (Hussonet), MSP- Aus, A$301,100; and Oohood (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}), GSP-Aus, A$206,100. VIDEO Zac Kasa (Aus), g, 3, Reset (Aus)--Unabated (Aus) (MSP-Aus, A$323,050), by Encosta de Lago (Aus). Kranji, 3-4, Restricted Maiden (A$83k), 1200mT, 1:09.68. B-Newhaven Park Stud (NSW). *1/2 to Supara (Aus) (Domesday {Aus}), MGSP-Aus, A$136,450. **A$200,000 Ylg >16 INGEAS. VIDEO

IN SOUTH AFRICA: Roy Had Enough (Aus), c, 3, Pierro (Aus)--Queens Plaza (Aus), by Elusive Quality. Greyville, 3-4, Cond., 1600mT, 1:37.03. O-Roy Moodley; B-Hutchins Thoroughbreds (Qld); T-Frank Robinson. *GSW-Aus. **A$95,000 Ylg >16 MMGCYS.