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MACHO UNO Leading Sire of Millionaires DAILY in Stud Fee Range AAAAA SSSSASS SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016 WWW.BLOODHORSE.COM KAAKKKKK IN TODAY’S EDITION CALL PAT RUNS DOWN UNTAPABLE 3 TARA'S TANGO FULL OF RUN 4 LOUISIANA DERBY, FAIR GROUNDS OAKS DRAW 4 RESCHEDULED SAN PEDRO LOADED WITH TALENT 5 LUCRATIVE SLIPPER VICTORY FOR CAPITALIST 5 JUDGING A STALLION BOOK BY ITS COVERS 6 COADY PHOTOGRAPHY COADY RESULTS 7 Cupid scores in his graded stakes debut, holding off a game Whitmore ENTRIES 11 THRIVING AT RIGHT TIME, CUPID WINS REBEL LEADING LISTS 17 By Frank Angst ith the classics right around the corner, Mi- Wchael Tabor, Susan Magnier, and Derrick Smith's Cupid is hitting his best stride. After finishing fourth and second in his first two starts sprinting in Southern California in December and January, Cupid cruised to a 5 1/4-length victory when trainer Bob Baffert stretched him out to two turns in a February maiden race at Santa Anita Park. Then, in his stakes debut and second route try, Cupid registered a clear victory in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (gr. II) March 19 at Oaklawn Park, giving NEW MEXICO BRED YEARLING SALE: Baffert six Rebel wins in seven years. AUGUST 19 & 20 • Deadline: April 15 "It's hard for horses to break their maiden and then step up to this kind of company with this many people around and win, but he did," said winning SELECT YEARLING SALE: rider Martin Garcia. "He's still green." SEPTEMBER 2, 3, 4 • Deadline: May 1 A son of leading sire Tapit, he was a $900,000 purchase at the 2014 Keeneland September year- Consignment forms and instruction letters will mail in late March. ling sale and is a half brother to grade III winners New Consignors, call Sales Offi ce to request forms. Heart Ashley and Ashley's Kitty and to stakes winner RUIDOSO HORSE SALE CO. Indianapolis. BH POB 909, Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346 575-378-4474 • [email protected] BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE smartphone app PAGE 1 OF 17 The filly by Twirling Candy was purchased by Alex Solis II and Jason Litt on behalf of the Roth family’s LNJ Foxwoods. Hip 558 previously sold as a weanling for $50,000 at the Fasig-Tipton New York Fall Mixed Sale. “That was a great filly,” Litt told the TDN after the purchase. “She did everything right, and we are elated to have her.” Three of the ten highest-priced NY-breds at OBS March were sired by New York stallions. Exceeding the CHECK ALL THE BOXES . overall sale figures, Send your mare to a quality New York sire and reap the rewards and NY-Breds averaged awards, without the expense of out-of-state shipping and boarding. $170,333 COMMERCIAL APPEAL with remarkable ROI with a median price Eligible for DOUBLE THE AWARDS of a non-NY-sired NY-bred of $112,500. 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CANADIAN CHAMPION SILKEN CAT DIES AT 23 Silken Cat, the Canadian champion 2-year-old filly of 1995 and dam of Speightstown died March 15 at the age of 23, COADY PHOTOGRAPHY COADY Taylor Made Farm reported March 18 on its Call Pat (right) ran from last to first to win inside the final sixteenth Facebook page. over Untapable FILM SCREENING TO BENEFIT SECRETARIAT CALL PAT RUNS DOWN UNTAPABLE CENTER While the film Harry and Snowman is not about a Thoroughbred, it certainly is a By Claire Novak good fit at the center of a fund-raising night f anyone was going to beat champion Untapable for the Maker's Mark Secretariat Center, which trains retired racehorses for second in the Azeri (gr. II) at Oaklawn Park in her season I careers. debut, it was recent Bayakoa (gr. III) victress Call Pat, who started the year in winning form and continued that trend with her March 19 triumph. The 6-year-old Lawyer Ron mare picked up her first grade II for Miller Racing and trainer Brad Cox with a last-to-first flourish in the Azeri when she ran down Untapable inside the final sixteenth of a mile. Get the FREE "It was your typical Call Pat fashion," jockey Joe smartphone Rocco Jr. said. "She falls back there, and I just let her do her thing. We just kind of picked our way through. app! She's a nice mare. If you conserve her, she comes running." Call Pat ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.44 and beat Un- tapable by a neck. The multiple grade I winner had taken the lead turning for home but tired in her first start since last October. Both will train toward the April 15 Apple Blossom Handicap (gr. I), a race Untapable won in 2015. BH Blood-Horse DAILY BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016 PAGE 3 OF 17 smartphone app TARA'S TANGO FULL OF RUN By Jeremy Balan he late surge by Tara's Tango during her one-length Tvictory in the March 19 Santa Margarita (gr. I) was impressive enough, but when you factor in the slow fractions as she trailed the short field, her late punch stands out even more. Racing last in the scratch-shortened five-horse field, Tara's Tango and first-time jockey Rafael Be- jarano patiently sat behind Penwith's front-running fractions of :23.69, :48.64, and 1:13.32 through six furlongs, while 4-5 favorite Taris tracked just off the pace. "I waited for the opportunity and when we got to BENOIT PHOTO the stretch, she gave me a big turn of foot and I knew Stonestreet Stables homebred Tara's Tango impresses with a late score I could beat the favorite," Bejarano said. in the grade I Santa Margarita Stakes Taris took over the lead in the stretch and looked like a clear winner, but could not hold off the outside jockey, Gary Stevens. rally of the gray Stonestreet Stables homebred. The Santa Margarita was the second consecutive grad- "I was giving her a nice hand ride and when I saw ed score and first grade I for the Jerry Hollendorfer-trained that gray head come up, I said, 'Really?' " said Taris' Tara's Tango. BH LOUISIANA DERBY, FAIR GROUNDS OAKS DRAW By Mary Reeder s the 3-year-old season heats up, post position Adraws concluded March 19 for the March 26 Loui- siana Derby and Fair Grounds Oaks (both gr. II). Risen Star (gr. II) winner Gun Runner drew the in- side post with runner-up Greenpointcrusader just to his outside. Three sons of Uncle Mo will compete in the race—Mo Tom, Uncle Walter, and Forevamo, who drew the outside post. The 1 1/8-mile Louisiana Derby has 100-40-20-10 Road to the Kentucky Derby points on the line as well as a $1 million purse. Fillies run in the $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks the same day, and the race has lured a couple of West Coast invaders. LOU HODGES JR./HODGES PHOTOGRAPHY Land Over Sea, second behind Songbird in her last Gun Runner wins the grade II Risen Star Feb. 20 to jump into Derby two starts, seeks her first graded score from the out- contention side post. Grade I winner Street Fancy also ships in to challenge after finishing last in the Las Virgenes (gr. II). Contact us (800) 582-5604 or (859) 278-2361 Rachel Alexandra (gr. II) winner Venus Valentine Comments, Story Ideas is placed in the number three spot and defends on [email protected] her home track. Other contenders include Rachel Advertising Questions Alexandra runner-up Midnight On Oconee and fifth- [email protected] placed Stageplay. BH Customer Service © 2016 Blood-Horse LLC [email protected] BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016 PAGE 4 OF 17 smartphone app LUCRATIVE SLIPPER VICTORY FOR CAPITALIST By Alastair Bull he appropriately named Capitalist effectively Tsecured a lucrative stud future winning Australia's most important stallion-making race, the Aus$3.5 million ($2.66 million) Golden Slipper (Aus-I). Bouncing back from his surprise Todman Stakes (Aus-II) defeat, Capitalist settled three-back on the rail in the 1,200-meter (about six furlong) dash for 2-year-olds at Rosehill before accelerating clear in the stretch and holding out the late challenge of Yan- kee Rose. Race favorite Extreme Choice was eighth. An Aus$165,000 ($133,287) Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale purchase, Capitalist is by Written Tycoon, a grandson of Last Tycoon.