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PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: TDN Q&A: PIMLICO TRACK ANNOUNCER DAVE RODMAN TALKS OLMEDO , Md - TDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack caught up with track announcer Dave Rodman as he gets ready to call his 28th straight GI Preakness S. at Pimlico Saturday. The native of New Orleans has been the voice of racing since 1991. Undefeated GI winner and >TDN Rising Star= (Scat Daddy) is slated to arrive at Pimlico Wednesday afternoon.

Q: What did you think of Justify=s Derby win and what=s the excitement level like with him heading to Baltimore shortly?

DR: He ran his race and answered all the questions that the doubters had. He looks like he=s going to be odds-on in the Preakness and it=s very exciting to have a horse of his quality coming into the second jewel of the Triple Crown undefeated. Olmedo | Scoop Dyga I=m anxious to see him in the flesh given the good-looking video I=ve seen of him training since the Derby. Cont. p5 (click here) by Andrew Caulfield History has an intriguing habit of repeating itself, with the latest instance concerning the former Aidan O'Brien champions IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Giant's Causeway and Declaration of War. LYONS, QATAR RACING PART WAYS Giant's Causeway retired to Coolmore after ending his career Trainer Ger Lyons and Qatar Racing, which recently partnered with a highly admirable neck second to Tiznow in the GI to win the G3 Athasi S. with Lightening Quick, have ended their Breeders' Cup Classic on dirt. He was transferred to Ashford association. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Stud after only one season in Ireland, but his Irish crop contained the Classic winners Footstepsinthesand and Shamardal. The curtain also came down on Declaration of War's career after he had been narrowly beaten by Mucho Macho Man and Will Take Charge in the Breeders' Cup Classic. He too was to spend one season at Coolmore before being transferred to Ashford, and he too has now sired a Classic-winning son in his Irish crop, with Olmedo following in Shamardal's footsteps in winning the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains. Declaration of War's racing career hadn't been quite as stellar as Giant's Causeway's but both won the G1 Juddmonte International and both earned champion status. Both also proved themselves equally effective over a mile and a mile and a quarter, with Declaration of War gaining his first Group 1 success when he took the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot. With Declaration of War winning two Group 1s, as opposed to Giant's Causeway's six, he stood his Irish season at i40,000, compared to Giant's Causeway's IR100,000gns. Cont. p3

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all-weather tracks when he landed the Diamond S. over 1 5/16 miles. At this stage Timeform rated him 116p, but his exploits as a A direct comparison of the achievements of their respective 4-year-old bumped that up to 128. In other words, Declaration first crops is therefore somewhat unfair. of War improved from two to three and again from three to Also, it wouldn't be realistic to expect four, in much the same way that his sire War Front had done Declaration of War's first juveniles to be as during his three years on the track. Cont. p4 precocious as Giant's Causeway's. While both horses were unbeaten at two, Giant's Causeway was a Group 1 winner ranked the second-best juvenile in Europe, whereas Declaration of War had his line cast in much quieter waters by his then trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. The son of War Front didn't make his debut until Nov. 10, when he decisively won a newcomers' race over 1 1/16 miles on Pornichet's all-weather track. Then in mid-December, he trounced the opposition in a Class D contest over 7 1/2 furlongs of Deauville's all-weather track. It was these full-of-potential displays by Joseph Allen's homebred colt that brought him to the attention of the Coolmore partners, who bought into him and had him transferred to Ireland. Unfortunately, he didn't race again until September and he tackled nothing more demanding than a pair of Group 3s on his return, confirming his aptitude for Declaration of War | Coolmore TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • MAY 16, 2018

Caulfield cont. This dirt/turf debate is probably irrelevant to Olmedo, who This partly explains why the parallels between Giant's seems to be ideally suited to a sound surface which allows him Causeway and Declaration of War began to diverge at the end of to quicken impressively. He was well-bought for i100,000 as a their first year with runners. By the end of 2004, Giant's yearling. His family once did sterling work for the late Daniel Causeway had three group-winning 2-year-olds to his credit, Wildenstein, who bought his fifth dam, the German 1000 including Europe's unbeaten champion 2-year-old Shamardal Guineas and Oaks winner Schonbrunn. Southern Seas, a and his fellow future Classic winner Footstepsinthesand. In the daughter of Schonbrunn, did particularly well, winning four process, he landed the title of champion first-crop sire, an times at up to two miles before developing into a highly achievement which sent his fee soaring from $75,000 in his effective broodmare. She numbered the G2 Prix Jean de fourth season to $200,000 in his fifth. Chaudenay winner Seurat and the late-developing Steinlen Declaration of War's start was quieter, although Olmedo among her four stakes winners. helped turn the spotlight on him by Steinlen didn't win in France until achieving >TDN Rising Star= status on he was four and he then proved a his impressive debut. Olmedo also revelation when transferred to D. failed by only a short head to land the Wayne Lukas in the U.S. Steinlen's G3 Prix des Chenes and finally came 16 wins from 35 American starts out best of the colts in Happily's included the GI G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere. and the GI Breeders' Cup Mile as There were also good efforts in a 6-year-old. He was seven when Europe from his daughters Actress (a he gained the last of his four Group 1-placed Group 3 winner) and Grade I victories, in the Eirene, while his American runners Hollywood Turf H. included the Grade III-placed Irish Olmedo's third dam Supergirl Territory. The Pulpit S. success by was an unraced half-sister to Speed Franco came in December, after Declaration of War's 2018 fee Steinlen. She produced another had been set at $25,000--a reduction high-class performer in the Giant=s Causeway | Coolmore of $10,000 from last year. G2 Prix Noailles winner Super With Olmedo and Speed Franco becoming group/graded Celebre, who in 2003 chased home Dalakhani in both the winners this year to increase Declaration of War's total to three, G1 Prix Lupin and the G1 Prix du -Club. there is good reason for thinking that Declaration of War's fee Olmedo's dam Super Pie is by the champion broodmare sire may be heading upwards before too long, though there has Pivotal but, like many daughters of this high-class sprinter, she inevitably been a bias towards turf performers from his Irish demonstrated more stamina than her sire, winning a crop. newcomers' race over 1 3/16 miles at Deauville. Olmedo's It will be fascinating to see whether this bias continues with his second dam, the Linamix mare Super Lina, was second in the first American crop, which averaged over $100,000 off a fee of G3 Prix Penelope and fourth in the G1 Prix Saint-Alary, so was $40,000. I see no reason why he shouldn't sire smart performers suited by middle distances, so there is every chance that on both surfaces. After all, he showed top-class form on dirt and Olmedo will stay well enough to have a live chance of following turf, as well as winning three times on all-weather tracks, and in Shamardal's footsteps even further, in the G1 Prix du his pedigree contains plenty of accomplished dirt performers. Jockey-Club. His dam Tempo West was a half-sister to Union Rags, a GI Belmont S. winner who has four Grade I dirt winners from his first two crops. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • MAY 16, 2018

Rodman Q&A cont. from p1

Q: Any specific memories from Triple Crown winner =s runaway win in the Pimlico slop in the Preakness stand out to you?

DR: I started here in 1991 and it took all that time to call a leg of a Triple Crown winner [laughs]. The thing about the race that I=ll always remember is the tremendous downpour right as the horses came on the track. They really disappeared after the post parade--you couldn=t see anything. The rain was coming down so hard that I wrote down things on a yellow legal pad to say just in case I couldn=t see anything heading from the five-eighths pole to the top of the stretch. But the rain let up and it was an amazing performance. It was kind of surreal when he came back to the winner=s circle. Usually the Preakness winner is paraded in front of the grandstands and it rained so hard that most of the crowd was Dave Rodman | Maryland Jockey Club inside. I remember saying, >Let=s hear it for American Pharoah!= It was like we were filming a movie and the sound effects had to Q: When did your announcing dream begin? Was it something be added in later. that you always wanted to do?

Q: Growing up in New Orleans, were you always a fan of DR: My first job out of high school was in radio as a Top 40 racing? How did you catch the bug? deejay, and I did that for a long time. As radio kind of changed during the late >70s, I went back to my roots of racing and DR: My dad was a racing fan--just a normal, everyday bettor. He started walking horses at the old Jefferson Downs and also at always used to keep track of his wins and losses on the back of the Fair Grounds for Billy Mott, Frankie Brothers and Jack Van his program. We=d go to the races at Fair Grounds and Jefferson Berg. Just hot walking to pick up a few dollars. Then the Downs. At that time, you couldn=t get into Jefferson Downs [announcing] job came open at Jefferson Downs and I began to without being a certain age, so he would sneak me past security. practice on the roof--that was how I got my first gig. Great memories, of course, and I got my first job [announcing] Being a deejay, and especially a fast-talking deejay, back in at Jefferson Downs later on [in 1981], too. New Orleans was a those days kind of set me up for avoiding any kind of shyness on great town to grow up and is one of the best places to get the microphone. It was a great foundation to become a weaned on the game. racetrack announcer.

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Rodman Q&A cont. heading past the half-mile pole into the five-sixteenths pole-- Q: How would you describe your announcing style? And who pretty much block all of my view. It really seems like an eternity are some of the announcers that have influenced you? when they disappear behind the tents. The other day I looked up and said, >Well, wait a second. DR: Hopefully, accuracy is the number one thing and being easy Where are the horses?= It=s frightening when you go back to the to understand. My style has evolved over the years and has binoculars and you can=t find them. Hopefully, I won=t get that become a little bit eclectic--kind of picking up a little bit here moment at around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. and a little bit there. Initially, it was more like a Dave Johnson style. The people that I grew up listening to had a great Cont. p7 influence on me, like Dave Johnson and Tony Bentley at the Fair Grounds. At that time, the Trevor influence was just kind of kicking in. There will never be another announcer like the great . He also influenced me quite a bit in preparation and setting up any moments of drama that may come into play during the running of a race. It=s a little bit of everyone and even lots of announcers that are currently working today.

Q: How difficult is it to call the races with all of the tents/marquees set up in the infield during Preakness time?

DR: It=s always been an issue. This year will be the first Preakness where basically 40% of the race is called from a television monitor. The tents and obstructions--specifically Preakness infield | Sherackatthetrack TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • MAY 16, 2018

Rodman Q&A cont. Q: These are certainly good times right now for Maryland racing. Laurel Park continues to receive rave reviews after It takes a little bit of ad-libbing, but I guess you never get used undergoing renovations and there=s even talk of a future to it. Pimlico=s really done a great job putting up different Breeders= Cup coming to Maryland. Thoughts? camera angles. There are a couple of new ones added this year, too. A lot of times what you=re seeing on television is basically DR: I=ve seen some peaks and some valleys being here for so what I=m seeing as a caller, especially around the far turn. long. We ran 52 weeks a year pretty much when I started in >91, then things slackened up in the late >90s and early 2000s. But Q: What have been some of your favorite moments behind the now the Maryland-bred program is strong and there=s a number binoculars calling the Preakness? I=m sure your first one with of brand new first-season sires coming to the state, too. The the Frankie Brothers-trained Hansel winning in 1991 has to be breeding industry here is on an upswing and people seem to right up there. have a lot of interest in buying Maryland-breds. The fields and field sizes are picking up--I=d much rather call a DR: Being from Louisiana, Frankie Brothers was the kingpin back 12-horse race than a five-horse race any day. There=s just so in the day at LaD, and here he comes in my first year with much more you can do with it. Hansel. He was a runaway winner, which made it better for me, The renovations at Laurel--I run into fans probably once every because boy, I=ll tell >ya, those binoculars were shaking! No few weeks there that maybe hadn=t been out in three or four matter what anybody says, you=re still going to get a little bit of years that say, >Wow, this is really something else.= butterflies in your stomach, especially moving from a smaller It=s an exciting time here, but there are some challenges ahead track [Rodman announced at Louisiana Downs from 1985-91] with Pimlico and the aging infrastructure. The good thing is onto the bigger stage. Maryland has the luxury of having two very good racetracks =s Preakness was another special one because of more than anything--the turf and dirt at both Pimlico and Laurel the local angle with trainer Gary Capuano and [narrow Derby are exceptional. There are certainly options available for runner-up and Preakness third] Captain Bodgit. Smarty Jones whichever direction it takes. and his margin of victory of 11 1/2 lengths also sticks out. I=ve got that in the back of my mind this year if Justify runs his race. Afleet Alex was just a stunner when Scrappy T bore out and Afleet Alex and Jeremy Rose almost went down. Big Brown was TUESDAY=S PREAKNESS REPORT: GOOD an easier one to call--he just blew them away at the top of the lane and it was over--the filly Rachel Alexandra making history, MAGIC GETS FIRST SPIN AT PIMLICO and more recently with fan favorites [California] Chrome and Stonestreet Stable and e Five =s GI Kentucky [American] Pharoah. It looks like we=ve got a chance for another Derby runner-up Good Magic (Curlin) shipped to Pimlico Triple Crown this year. Monday and had his first gallop over the local main track Tuesday, traveling 1 1/4 miles on a muddy strip ahead of Q: Anything you enjoy most in the lead-up during Preakness Saturday=s GI Preakness S. The Chad Brown trainee appeared week? Between the Alibi Breakfast, post position draw, after the renovation break and galloped beneath regular activity at the stakes barns in the morning, there=s certainly exercise rider Walter Malasquez, who also has routinely plenty going on. galloped the likes of champion Lady Eli (Divine Park). AHe handled that track really good,@ Malasquez reported. AHe=s DR: The place slowly builds into a buzz. A lot of media people still the same horse he was in the Kentucky Derby. Nothing start arriving by Tuesday and a lot of the preparations and the changed. He=s really easy and kind.@ infield are pretty much 80% complete. Brown=s traveling assistant Baldo Hernandez said he believes I enjoy walking around the barn area in the morning and being the colt is training better than ever following his second-place able to get so close to the horsesBit=s just 50 yards away from finish in the wake of >TDN Rising Star= Justify (Scat Daddy) in the the press box elevator to the lower levelBand catching up with Preakness. old friends like Tom Amoss and some of my Louisiana buddies. AI think he=s moved forward now,@ said Hernandez, who is There=s just so much going on and being able get the feel and overseeing Good Magic=s training until Brown arrives from New build of the excitement for Black-Eyed Susan day and Preakness York later in the week. AThe way I see him galloping today, he day is great. looks really good to me. A smooth gallop. He galloped nice and easy. He can handle a [wet] track like that, too.@ Cont. p8 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • MAY 16, 2018

Tuesday Preakness Report cont. With more cushion to the training surface, consignors estimated preview times were likely to be slower than last Hernandez said that Good Magic would gallop again year=s results, which produced a bullet furlong time of :10 flat Wednesday, with a paddock schooling session slated for and a quarter time of :21 2/5. Thursday. Hip 62 was the fastest of the 23 juveniles to work a quarter- Also appearing at Pimlico Tuesday morning was Hall of Fame mile Tuesday, covering the distance in :21 3/5. The bay filly is trainer D. Wayne Lukas=s pair of Preakness starters, Bravazo the first foal out of Alert Cat (Empire Maker), a half-sister to (Awesome Again) and >TDN Rising Star= Sporting Chance stakes winner Golden Hurricane (Gold Fever) and from the (Tiznow). The colts jogged the track after arriving to Pimlico via a family of multiple Grade I winner Fly Till Dawn (Swing Till Dawn). long van ride from Churchill Downs Monday. Lukas said neither The bay is consigned by Brick City Thoroughbreds on behalf of horse would put in any more serious preparations prior to the Venezuelan-based Global Thoroughbreds headed by Rafael Saturday=s race. Celis, who purchased the youngster for $125,000 at last year=s AI=m going to go light--they are dead fit,@ Lukas said. AThat Keeneland September sale. two-week break from the Derby, it isn=t any different from the AWe knew she was going to be within one tick of the fastest NBA or the NFL, the recovery is the thing. You=ve got to get that breeze today, so we were very excited,@ said Brick City energy level back up. I want them to really have a high energy Thoroughbreds= J.R. Boyd. level on Saturday.@ Boyd, who worked under his stepfather Robbie Harris of Harris Training Center for many years, ventured out on his own under the Brick City Thoroughbreds banner two years ago. AIt was just the time for me to start [the consignment],@ Boyd said. AMr. Celis gave us the opportunity and we=ve done well for him ever since we started.@ Once the Global Thoroughbreds team picked out the Into Mischief filly from last year=s September sale, Boyd was quick to add his approval for the youngster. AWe loved the sire and the Empire Maker mare,@ he said of the filly=s appeal. AShe had a nice, long body. And then we loved her when we saw her on the farm.@ Boyd agreed the track at the Maryland State Fairgrounds seemed slower than in recent years. AI would think the track would be about two ticks off from last year,@ he said. AThat=s what I=m reading, comparing our horses from the farm that came here last year.@

Good Magic gallops at Pimlico | MJC photo Cont. p9

INTO MISCHIEF FILLY FASTEST AT MIDLANTIC PREVIEW by Jessica Martini TIMONIUM, MD - A filly by Into Mischief turned in the fastest quarter-mile breeze of the opening session of the under-tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium Tuesday, covering the distance in :21 3/5, while seven juveniles shared the fastest furlong time of :10 1/5. After a night of thunderstorms and heavy rain, the three-day under tack show began Tuesday morning under sunny skies, with temperatures in the low 70s at the 8 a.m. start and rising steadily to near 90 degrees as the final of five sets was Hip 144 | Tibor & Judit Photography concluded around 1 p.m. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • MAY 16, 2018

F-T Midlantic Under-Tack Show cont. FASIG-TIPTON MIDLANTIC 2-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING SALE TUESDAY=S UNDER TACK SHOW Consignor Cary Frommer sent out one of the seven 2-year-olds Fastest Furlong Works to share the furlong bullet time of :10 1/5 Tuesday, and while Time Hip Sex Sire Dam Frommer is known for her pinhooking prowess, hip 144 is a :10 1/5 050 colt Hard Spun Yawkey Way product of the South Carolinian=s small broodmare band. By Consigned by De Meric Sales, agent Tritap, the gray Maryland-bred filly is actually a third-generation :10 1/5 086 colt Fed Biz Ascendant Frommer-bred. She is out of Cheers Darling (Cuvee), who is a Consigned by McKathan Bros., agent daughter of stakes winner Bragadocious (Salem Drive). :10 1/5 123 colt Flat Out Bridgette Bordeaux AWe knew she was very quick,@ Frommer said of the filly. AWe Consigned by Q Bar J Thoroughbreds LLC worked her in Aiken and we ran her in the trials. She got kind of (Jenn & Quincy Adams), agent annihilated coming out of the gates in Aiken, but she has always :10 1/5 144 filly Tritap Cheers Darling been quick. So I knew she would work well, but that [bullet] was Consigned by Cary Frommer, agent surprising.@ :10 1/5 146 colt Maclean=s Music Cheyenne Autumn The Aiken Trials, which were run Mar. 17, have already Consigned by Scanlon Training & Sales, Agent X produced a first-out 2-year-old winner. Gallanor (Redeemed), :10 1/5 152 filly Uncle Mo Claire=s Song who won the first race of the 2018 trials, went on to graduate in Consigned by Sequel Bloodstock, agent her official racetrack debut at Laurel in April. :10 1/5 181 colt Into Mischief Diamond Fancy Free Frommer, based in the historic South Carolina town, said the Consigned by Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds, agent Trials provide a great foundation for the juveniles. AThere are 10,000 to 12,000 people at the Aiken Trials,@ Fastest Quarter-Mile Works Frommer said. AThe horses have to go in the paddock and they :21 3/5 062 filly Into Mischief Alert Cat go in the gate and break from the gate. So it=s like having a race Consigned by Brick City Thoroughbreds, agent under their belts. This filly has her gate card and she=s ready to :21 4/5 109 colt Speightstown Blueeyesintherein go.@ Consigned by Tom McCrocklin, agent Cheers Darling is one of three horses in Frommer=s broodmare band. MONMOUTH TO SEEK SPORTS BETTING AI keep them in Maryland to try and cash in on the Maryland- bred incentives,@ she said. AMy oldest are these 2-year-olds--this DAMAGES FROM LEAGUES by T.D. Thornton filly here is one of my first tries.@ Hip 144 is from the first crop of Tritap (Tapit), who was beaten just a head by Fed Biz when second in the 2013 GII San Fernando S. The stallion, who stood at Heritage Stallions in Chesapeake City, Md, passed away in 2016. Four horses got loose during Tuesday=s session of the under- tack preview, with three loose horses during an adventurous 10 minutes in the first set of the morning. In the most serious incident, hip 78, a colt by Uncle Mo, bolted to the rail as he was completing his furlong breeze under Ali Rice of RiceHorse Stables. He dumped Rice before galloping into the barn area. The colt came out of the incident with only scrapes, but Rice was in the hospital Tuesday afternoon after sustaining a broken wrist Monmouth Park | Sarah K. Andrew in the mishap. The under-tack show continues Wednesday and concludes Although no firm opening date for sports betting at Thursday, with both sessions commencing at 8 a.m. The Monmouth Park has been confirmed by track officials, Memorial Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale will be held next Monday and Day weekend could be shaping up as the tentative target. Tuesday, with sessions beginning at 11 a.m. On the operations side, the installment of bet-taking machinery and infrastructure, plus the training of staffers, are both on management=s ambitious to-do list. Cont. p10

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Monmouth To Seek Damages cont. In late December, NYRA and the Jockeys= Guild negotiated and subsequently announced an agreement in principal on a new State legislators also must make sure the legal framework is contract. Following that announcement, the Guild backed away solidified before the first tickets can be punched. from the agreed upon terms sending both sides back to the Another important component--an agreement outlining sports negotiating table. Since that time, NYRA has been working with betting revenue sharing between the track and horsemen--is the Guild and their attorney in good faith toward a resolution. also not yet in place. NYRA has continued to make payments at the same level as was John Heims, Monmouth=s racing secretary and media relations required in the contract without any obligation to do so--a clear director, emailed ATBD@ in reply to a Tuesday query asking if an demonstration of our commitment to the jockeys and their agreement existed and what percentage of sports betting safety. revenue would go to fund purses. He also wrote that no exact NYRA has consistently demonstrated its commitment to act in date has been set for the track's sports book to open. the best interests of the sport and of the jockeys. NYRA has Yet even before a single sports wager is placed at Monmouth, spent considerable sums to make our racetracks and training the track could be entitled to hundreds of millions of dollars in facilities safer, and we have new protocols in place for safer damages as a result of the major professional sports training. We will continue to act in a professional manner with leagues and the National College Athletic Association putting up all stakeholders, including owners, trainers, horseplayers, fans, a legal fight when Monmouth first believed it had the authority jockeys, exercise riders, hot walkers and grooms. NYRA will to take sports bets on National Football League games. continue to negotiate in good faith with the Guild in a According to a story first published Tuesday by the Asbury Park responsible way that does not negatively affect fans, horsemen Press, restitution will be sought in federal court for nearly four and owners. years worth of what the track claims is lost gambling revenue, However, this past Saturday, the jockeys raised issues that had dating back to when a temporary restraining order barring not been under discussion during the negotiations. To raise sports betting went into effect at Monmouth in October 2014. these issues outside the agreed-upon terms of negotiation, with The Press reported that at that time, the leagues were no notice provided and mere minutes before the start of a required to post a $3.4-million bond, which the court deemed to Saturday race card, was unreasonable and caused a lengthy be Monmouth's revenue losses for a month while the temporary delay leading to confusion among fans, horseplayers, trainers restraining order was in effect. and owners. Dennis Drazin, the chairman and chief executive of Darby NYRA strongly disagrees with the assertions leveled by the Development LLC, which operates Monmouth Park, could not be Jockeys= Guild on Monday evening. For example, the Guild reached for comment prior to deadline. states that NYRA provides inadequate medical staffing during But earlier Tuesday, Drazin told the Press that AWe feel we=re racing and training. However, NYRA has paramedics on-site entitled to additional damages. We believe the leagues acted in during morning training hours as well as during live racing at all bad faith trying to stop New Jersey from taking advantage of NYRA tracks. sports betting while at the same time they were pursing fantasy Regarding the scale of weights, as the Guild well knows, this is sports through their equity positions with the FanDuels and an issue that cannot be approached in a vacuum and needs to Draft Kings of the world, playing games in jurisdictions that be addressed comprehensively by tracks around the country permit gambling on sports, all while telling the courts it was an and in consultation with owners and trainers. integrity issue.'@ The issue of concussion protocols should be addressed in the context of a national conversation that should be held with stakeholders and regulators from across the industry to properly assess how best to move forward. NYRA RESPONDS TO JOCKEYS= GUILD All three NYRA tracks have undergone significant capital improvements designed to improve the health and safety of the GRIEVANCES jockey colony and exercise riders. NYRA is committed to The New York Racing Association (NYRA) released the providing the best and safest facilities for riders training in the following statement Tuesday in response to a statement morning and competing in the afternoon. That is why NYRA has published by the Jockeys= Guild Monday which outlined a number invested more than more than $20 million in capital of concerns and grievances related to the NYRA jockey colony: improvements and enhancements to improve safety at Aqueduct Racetrack, and Saratoga Race Course. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • MAY 16, 2018

NYRA Response to Jockey Guild cont. S. over soft ground and third after being broadsided by a rival in While many of the projects are apparent, such as the the GIII TwinSpires Turf Sprint at Churchill May 4. improvements and expansion of the Belmont turf courses and While mindful of the enormity of the task at hand, Malter and complete renovation of the Belmont training track in 2016, his ownership group is certainly embracing the opportunity. others are not as obvious but vital to the safety of NYRA=s riders. AHe was 26-1 when he won the Woodford and he was [29-1] in These include installation of loose horse warning light systems the Breeders= Cup and I think if we=d had a little bit better trip and weather stations at all three tracks and the installation of we would have been right there,@ said Malter of Bucchero, who new Duralock safety rails at the Aqueduct dirt track and the trades at around 33-1 with English bookmakers ante-post. AI Belmont Park training track, giving riders an extra degree of think we=ve been underdogs everywhere we=ve been, so we=re protection. Likewise, upgrades to irrigation systems and use of looking forward to running better than our odds. He=s done it turf blankets at Aqueduct and Belmont Park are both central to the old-fashioned way, proving himself at every level. We=re promoting the growth of healthy, consistent racing surfaces. hoping we haven=t hit the ceiling.@ NYRA has expanded its fleet of new support vehicles that it uses at all three tracks. These investments reflect NYRA=s relentless focus on safety over the last five years. Wherever possible, NYRA has upgraded to state-of-the-art safety products and procedures. NYRA has not wavered from this commitment to continuously improving our facilities, protocols, and procedures with a focus on safety.

BUCCHERO TO KING=S STAND, JOSE ORTIZ TO RIDE by Alan Carasso Jose Ortiz, the 2017 Eclipse Award-winning jockey, will be in the saddle when Bucchero (Kantharos) (pronounced bu-CARE- oh) goes postward in the G1 King=s Stand S. at Royal Ascot, Ironhorse Racing principle Harlan Malter said Tuesday. Bucchero winning the Woodford | Coady photography AJose is obviously the top rider in this country and it=ll be very He added, AThis is clearly going to be very stiff competition and interesting to see how he matches up with some of the he=s going to try to do something he=s never done before. But European jockeys,@ Malter said. AIt seems like he=s able to adapt we=ve never really put him in a spot where he hasn=t responded. at every level of competition. Bucchero is a pretty easy horse to We=re definitely going there because we think we have a chance ride in the sense that he kind of knows what he needs to do, and to win, but we know there=s a lot to do to win it. Whatever level I think Jose is the kind of rider that=s going to get a feel for it and we have put Bucchero at, if he=s been able to map out a trip, push the button at the right time. We=re pretty excited to give he=s been awfully competitive at any level he=s run.@ him a chance.@ Malter reports that Bucchero has emerged unscathed from his Ortiz, whose mounts earned better than $27 million in 2017, is rough run in the TwinSpires, even if he had a chip on his also expected to ride >TDN Rising Star= Yoshida (Jpn) (Heart=s Cry shoulder in the few days after. {Jpn}) in the G1 Queen Anne S. on opening day of the Royal A[Trainer] Tim [Glyshaw] told me he=s doing really well,@ Meeting June 19. Malter said. AThe day after the race, he was very, very pissed A winner of 10 of his 27 career trips to the post, Indiana-bred off. I really think he knew (a) that he lost and (b) he knew why Bucchero is a five-time stakes winner on dirt, but has developed he lost.@ into a reliable turf sprinter over the last six months. Upset Malter reports that Glyshaw intends on working Bucchero winner of the GII Woodford S. at Keeneland last October (video), twice over the Churchill turf course over the next few weeks, the 6-year-old struck interference in the stretch before finishing weather permitting. Bucchero departs Indianapolis for fourth, beaten just a length, in the GI Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint Newmarket June 11. (video) early the following month. He has run admirably in three starts this season, finishing runner-up to potential King=s Stand entrant Bound For Nowhere (The Factor) in the GII Shakertown

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WARD WORKS ASCOT CONTINGENT Ward plans on working every Tuesday at Keeneland, weather permitting. The horses are scheduled to depart Indianapolis A gaggle of horses from the barn of Wesley Ward breezed June 4. Tuesday morning over the Keeneland turf course as they continue their preparation for appearances at next month=s Royal Ascot meeting. Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) is being readied for a third straight appearance at Royal Ascot, with a defense of her title in the June 19 G1 King=s Stand S. on the cards. Also victorious in the G2 Queen Mary S. in 2016, Lady Aurelia was clocked in :48.80 (video) for her half-mile breeze inside of stakes winner Hemp Hemp Hurray (Artie Schiller) and last-out GII Shakertown S. hero Bound For Nowhere (The Factor). Clockers caught Hemp Hemp Hurray in :49 flat and Bound For Nowhere in :49.20. But most of all, Ward was pleased with what he saw from Lady Aurelia. ALast year, working into the [GI] Breeders= Cup [Turf Sprint], I thought she was getting complacent, kinda easy-going, taking things in stride,@ Ward told the Keeneland notes team. AFor whatever reason, she went out to Del Mar and didn=t fire and maybe that was a telltale sign that she wasn=t relaxed and doing Lady Aurelia following last year=s King=s Stand | Horsephotos things on her own. Now she=s really aggressive like she has been in the past. That=s what you want to see going to where we=ve been a couple of times before.@ NY=S MORRISVILLE EQUINE PROGRAM Ward indicated that Bound For Nowhere, a good fourth in last SEEKING STUDENTS year=s G1 Commowealth Cup, also has the King=s Stand as his The Morrisville (NY) State College=s Equine Management and target. Science programs are seeking students for their Associate=s and AWe wanted to give him a cruising work today--nothing real Bachelor=s degree programs. The program is designed to serious until probably next week when we tighten him down a prepare students for a career in an equine-related field. little bit,@ Ward said. AHe=s doing everything great. [Hall of Fame Concentrations include Equine Science and Management, jockey] worked him last week and loved the way Equine Racing, Equine Breeding, Equine Business Management he went. This week was more of a maintenance breeze. He and Equine Rehabilitation, and are geared to and came through with just what I wanted him to do.@ Standardbred racing, as well as business management. Three-year-old Hemp Hemp Hurray has either the G3 Jersey S. During the final year of their bachelor=s degree, students June 20 or the June 22 Commonwealth Cup as his Ascot complete a 15-credit internship at an outside business or objectives. organization within the equine field. Students identify the goals A trio of juveniles who contributed to Ward=s 13 winners to tie they hope to accomplish prior to starting their internship and for top training honors at Keeneland last month also worked carry out a planned program of educational experiences over a towards Ascot. They are >TDN Rising Star= Chelsea Cloisters 15-week period. (First Samurai), heading towards the Queen Mary June 20; Part of the State University of New York system, Morrisville Shang Shang Shang (Shanghai Bobby), targeting the June 21 State College is able to extend the Excelsior Scholarship program G2 Norfolk S.; and Stillwater Cove (Quality Road), who is being to students of middle-class families. New Yorkers earning up to aimed at the G3 Albany S. June 22. Working in company, Chelsea $100,000 per year can qualify for free tuition, with incremental Cloisters and Stillwater Cove covered a half-mile in :49. Shang increases in the annual income for 2018 and >19. For Shang Shang had the same time for her work in company with information on the program, visit http://www.morrisville.edu/ two other Ward horses. and for scholarship and financial aid information, click here: AI=m very appreciative of Keeneland for letting me [work young http://www.morrisville.edu/financial_aid/excelsior.aspx. For horses on the turf course] to see which ones do and don=t like additional information, contact Stephanie Preston at (859) the grass,@ Ward said. AEven though they win convincingly on 509-3617. dirt, they [sometimes] don=t translate that to grass.@

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If you don=t know NYTHA Business Manager Dionne Johnson, you should stop by our office and meet her. Dionne has been working for NYTHA pretty much her whole adult life, and she is the backbone of the organization. Her motto, if she had one, would be, AWe=re here to help the people,@ and she has KEEP LAUNCHES LUNCHEON SERIES dedicated her energy to assisting backstretch workers for more than 30 years (which seems impossible, to look at her). The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) will launch the The program nearest and dearest to Dionne=s heart is the KEEP Equine Summit Luncheon Series May 30 at Taylor Made NYTHA Scholarship Program, which funds $200,000 in college Farm. The topic of the first event will be AThe Dollars and Cents scholarships for backstretch workers and their immediate of Standing Stallions,@ focusing on the economics on running a dependents every year. Dionne shepherds those students like a stallion operation. Other future topics will include marketing and mother hen, making sure they complete their applications and advertising, handicapping, workforce issues, employment, tax keep up their grades. She has a smile and a kind word for laws and more, the luncheon series will feature individuals at everyone who comes into the office, whether it is a hotwalker the top of their fields in the horse industry, political leaders and or maintenance worker, or an owner or trainer. Dionne is such academic experts. The luncheon series will take place on a near- an asset to racing, to the horsemen and the backstretch monthly basis at locations around the Commonwealth. Online community. Everyone should know who she is. registration for the first luncheon is now open. Visit --Submitted by Andy Belfiore, Executive Director, NYTHA https://horseswork.com/equine-summit-luncheon-series for more information about the series and access to registration for the luncheons.

TAA, STARLADIES TO PRESENT BEST TURNED OUT AWARDS As part of the >Hooves and Heels= event on Black-Eyed Susan day at , officials at the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) have announced that it will partner with StarLadies Racing to present best turned-out awards for each IN OTHER NEWS... race on the program. StarLadies will sponsor a $100 cash prize A Daily Roundup of Racing Articles in Non-Industry Media and a gift bag to be presented to the winning groom. $157 Million for a Modigliani Raises Hardly An Eyebrow The Modigliani barely made it past that figure Monday evening U N S U N G HEROES at Sotheby=s, selling for $157.2 million with fees at a sale that otherwise featured what many agreed were B+ offerings. DIONNE JOHNSON Robin Pogrebin & Scott Reyburn, New York Times Business Manager, New York Thoroughbred Horseman=s Association (NYTHA) Follow the TDN staff on Twitter Thoroughbred Daily News

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FIND US ON FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews Dionne Johnson (left) with two NYTHA scholarship students Friday, Pimlico, post time: 4:48 p.m. EDT BLACK-EYED SUSAN S.-GII, $250,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Tell Your Mama Blame Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. Hess, Jr. Castellano 116 2 Midnight Disguise Midnight Lute Wilmot, William B. and Taylor, Joan M. Rice Ortiz, Jr. 120 3 Coach Rocks Oxbow Valente, Roddy J., RAP Racing Romans Saez 120 and West Point Thoroughbreds 4 Red Ruby Tiznow Sexton, Sandra, Nicholson, Brandi Gorder Lopez 118 and Nicholson, Steven 5 Mihrab Tiznow RMJ Stables Motion Toledo 116 6 C. S. Incharge Take Charge Indy Pacella, William, Jones, Jr., Frank L. Romans Saez 116 and Shoop, Frank 7 Goodonehoney Great Notion Kasey K Racing Stable LLC, Day, Michael R. Egan Hamilton 116 and Final Turn Racing Stable LLC 8 Indy Union K Union Rags Robert G. Hahn Englehart Ortiz 116 9 Sara Street Street Sense Godolphin, LLC McLaughlin Davis 116 10 Stakes On a Plane Run Away and Hide Maxis Stable Talley Russell 116

Breeders: 1-Robert D. DeWitt, 2-Dr. William B. Wilmot & Dr. Joan M.Taylor, 3-Calumet Farm, 4-Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton & SilverFern Farm, LLC, 5-Woodford Thoroughbreds, 6-Pacella Racing, Frank L. Jones Jr. &Frank Shoop, 7-Kasey K Racing Stable, 8-Mt. Joy Stables, Inc. & Highclere, Inc., 9-Godolphin, 10-Green Lantern Stables, LLC Friday, Pimlico, post time: 3:43 p.m. EDT PIMLICO SPECIAL S.-GIII, $300,000, 3yo/up, 1 3/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Irish War Cry Curlin Isabelle de Tomaso Motion Ortiz 118 2 One Liner K Into Mischief WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International Ltd., Pletcher Saez 118 SF Racing LLC, Head of Plains 3 Rated R Superstar Kodiak Kowboy Radar Racing LLC McPeek Castellano 120 4 Discreet Lover Repent Trin-Brook Stables, Inc. St. Lewis Franco 118 5 Hedge Fund Super Saver WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International Ltd. Pletcher Smith 122 and SF Racing LLC 6 Papa Zulu K Broken Vow Gunpowder Farms LLC Rubley Esquivel 118 7 Afleet Willy Wilburn BB Horses Gonzalez Torres 118 8 Something Awesome Awesome Again Stronach Stables Corrales Prado 118 9 Untrapped K Trappe Shot Michael Langford Asmussen Santana, Jr. 118

Breeders: 1-Isabelle de Tomaso, 2-Kingswood Farm, 3-Thorndale Stable L.L.C., 4-Woodford Thoroughbreds, 5-WinStar Farm, LLC, 6-C. Kidder, N. Cole & B. Kidder, 7-Bryant H. Prentice III, 8-Adena Springs, 9-Indian Creek & Jonathan Sheppard Friday, Pimlico, post time: 2:39 p.m. EDT ADENA SPRINGS MISS PREAKNESS S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, f, 6f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Happy Like a Fool Distorted Humor Merriebelle Stable, Tabor, Michael B., Smith, Derrick Ward Gaffalione 120 and Magnier, Mrs. John 2 Bootsy's Hadenough Paynter Cash, Lynn, Cash, Lola, Helwig, William K. Gorder Lopez 116 and Crumbaugh Lane 3 Artistic Diva Munnings Hronis Racing LLC Sadler Castellano 116 4 Purrfect Miss Discreet Cat DiRienzo, Orlando and Southfield Farm Englehart Franco 116 5 Buy Sell Hold K Violence Robison, J. Kirk and Judy Asmussen Santana, Jr. 118 6 Lezendary K Zensational Zayat Stables, LLC Rodriguez Ortiz, Jr. 118 7 I Still Miss You Majestic Warrior Gold Star Racing Stable, Hand, Matthew Englehart Vargas, Jr. 120 and McKenzie, Brian 8 Almond Roca Speightstown Chadds Ford Stable Motion Ortiz 116 9 Good Move Broken Vow Klein Racing Cox Saez 116 10 Limited View Freedom Child Salzman, Jr., John E., Wasserloos, Fred Salzman, Jr. Prado 118 and Greenwalt, George

Breeders: 1-Wesley Ward, 2-Glendalough LLC, 3-Asiel Stable, LLC, 4-Athens Woods, LLC, 5-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc &Stretch Run Ventures, LLC, 6-Zayat Stables, LLC, 7-Emcee Stable, LLC, 8-Mr. & Mrs. Jerome S. Moss, 9-Bertram Klein & Richard Klein, 10-Barbara G. Smith

Friday, Pimlico, post time: 5:57 p.m. EDT ALLAIRE DUPONT DISTAFF S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Fuhriously Kissed Langfuhr Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. Quartarolo Castellano 118 2 In the Navy Now K Midshipman Johnson, R. Larry and R. D. M. Racing Stable Trombetta Pimentel 120 3 Power of Snunner Power by Far James M. Courtney Kreiser Whitney 118 4 Katalust Munnings Loooch Racing Stables, Inc. Quartarolo Houghton 118 5 Song of Spring Spring At Last Stoneway Farm Howard Santana, Jr. 118 6 Verve's Tale Tale of Ekati Charles E. Fipke Tagg Ortiz, Jr. 118 7 Blue Prize (Arg) Pure Prize Merriebelle Stable Correas, IV Ortiz 122 8 Dorodansa K Bellamy Road Nicholson, Steven and Brandi Gorder Lopez 118

Breeders: 1-Anita Cauley, 2-Greenwood Lodge Farm, Inc., 3-James M. Courtney, 4-RR Equine Stables, LLC, 5-Susan Casner, 6-Charles Fipke, 7-Bioart S. A., 8-Centaur Farms, Inc. SIRE LISTS Sponsored by

2018 Leading Second-Crop Sires by Earnings for stallions standing in North America through Monday, May 14 Earnings represent Worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2018 fees.

Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Violence 5 11 1 6 -- -- 84 47 287,080 2,759,925 (2010) by Medaglia d'Oro Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $25,000 Cosmic Burst 2 Overanalyze 5 9 -- 2 -- 1 85 39 253,706 2,410,348 (2010) by Dixie Union Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $15,000 Analyze the Odds 3 Jimmy Creed 5 11 2 3 -- 1 57 35 303,200 2,091,274 (2009) by Distorted Humor Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $15,000 Spectator 4 Shanghai Bobby 3 9 -- 1 -- -- 79 28 172,152 1,711,422 (2010) by Harlan's Holiday Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $15,000 Mr. Pete 5 Paynter 1 9 -- 1 -- -- 66 32 99,132 1,633,850 (2009) by Awesome Again Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $12,500 Renaisance Frolic 6 Flat Out 2 5 ------71 36 89,966 1,518,146 (2006) by Flatter FYR: 2015 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $7,000 Greasedlightning 7 Declaration of War 4 6 3 5 1 2 80 26 558,581 1,505,022 (2009) by War Front Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $25,000 Olmedo (FR) 8 Animal Kingdom 4 5 1 2 -- 1 56 20 393,150 1,503,750 (2008) by Leroidesanimaux (Brz) Stands: Jonabell Farm KY Fee: $30,000 Untamed Domain 9 Point of Entry 2 4 1 1 -- -- 55 21 195,000 1,367,642 (2008) by Dynaformer Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: $20,000 Analyze It 10 Graydar 1 3 1 1 -- -- 76 36 132,570 1,340,761 (2009) by Unbridled's Song Stands: Taylor Made Stallions KY Fee: $7,500 Lombo 11 Justin Phillip 1 5 ------49 24 310,877 1,263,870 (2008) by First Samurai Stands: Castleton Lyons KY Fee: $5,000 Ryono Tesoro 12 Orb 1 3 -- 1 -- -- 57 19 145,800 1,190,890 (2010) by Malibu Moon Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Orbolution 13 Alternation -- 3 ------49 22 153,858 1,145,320 (2008) by Distorted Humor Stands: Pin Oak Stud KY Fee: $6,000 First Alternate 14 Poseidon's Warrior 1 2 1 1 1 1 41 14 669,100 1,120,242 (2008) by Speightstown Stands: Pleasant Acres Stallions FL Fee: $6,500 Firenze Fire 15 Morning Line 2 6 ------42 22 160,400 1,040,280 (2007) by Tiznow Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Seven Trumpets

FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ IN ORDER OF PURSE: 4th-Indiana Grand, $31,000, Msw, 5-15, 2yo, 5fT, :58.91, fm. IN SOUTH KOREA: LITTLE MATILDA (f, 2, Birdstone--Teenage Temper, by A.P. Hidden Star, c, 3, Concord Point--Star Presence, by Forest Indy), let go at 12-1 in this unveiling, broke alertly, but was soon Wildcat. Busan, 5-13, Hcp. ($70k), 1400m. B-Kaleem Shah Inc outrun by her rivals and her bided her time well back off the (KY). *$9,000 Ylg >16 KEESEP. pace in fourth in this short field of five. Still left with plenty to do Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency turning for home, the chestnut came alive in the lane, surging up Happy Boy, c, 3, Discreet Cat--Minny=s Niece, by Quiet to take on leader Bluesky Kitten (Kitten=s Joy) and gamely American. Seoul, 5-13, Hcp. ($56k), 1300m. B-C Kidder & N clawing past that foe to win by a nose. Sales history: $6,000 Ylg Cole (KY). *1/2 to Saengil Gippeum (Parading), SP-Kor. '17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $18,600. Click for the **$1,700 RNA Wlg >15 KEENOV. Equibase.com chart. East Gulch, f, 3, To Honor and Serve--Apache Canyon, by Gulch. O-Gregory Erwin; B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Robert C. Cline. Seoul, 5-12, Hcp. ($70k), 1200m. B-Jon Starr (OK). *$17,000 Wlg >15 KEENOV; $11,000 Ylg >16 FTKOCT; $47,000 2yo >17 OBSAPR.

IN PANAMA: Candy Sugar Lady, m, 6, Candy Ride (Arg)--Top Notch Lady (GSW, $382,524), by Sultry Song. Presidente Remon, 5-13, Clasico Oscar Y Manuel Grimaldo, 1700m, 1:46.2 B-Nuckols Farm Inc & Graeme Lang (KY). *Ch. Imp. Mare-Pan. **Won by 5 1/4 lengths. ***$40,000 Ylg >13 KEESEP. ****1/2 to Curly Top (Curlin), SP, $155,383. VIDEO

IN RUSSIA: Golden Tay, c, 2, Majesticperfection--Espial, by Banker=s Gold. Central Moscow Hippodrome, 5-13, Colts= Trial S., 1200m. B-Monticule (KY). *1ST TIME STARTER. **$7,000 Ylg >17 Hall of Famer Edgar Prado scored his 7,000th win Tuesday aboard KEESEP. Thefundsarelow (Belong to Me) at Parx. He is the 8th jockey in North Conard Lord, h, 6, Congrats--Remoulade, by Lemon Drop Kid. America to accomplish this feat. | Equi-Photo Pavlosky Hippodrome, 5-12, Victory Day S. (NB), 2400m. B-Stuart E Huston & Helen C Alexander (KY). *Won by about 17 lengths to win for the 15th time in 26 career starts, © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. earnings approximately US$230,000. **$55,000 Ylg >13 This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any KEESEP. means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the Consigned by GAINESWAY American races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services IN IRELAND: and utilized here with their permission. Zamroudpour, c, 3, Stormy Atlantic. See AIreland@. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 3 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • MAY 16, 2018

STAKES RESULTS: MORE THAN EVEN S., $55,000, Will Rogers, 5-14, (S), 3yo/up, SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 f/m, 1m 70y, 1:42.81, ft. Alternation (Distorted Humor), Pin Oak Stud, $7,500 1--INAGOODWAY, 124, m, 5, Save Big Money--Truth Takes 143 foals of racing age/22 winners/0 black-type winners Time, by Devil His Due. O-Dupy, Steve, Blair, Kent and Castor, 7-Indiana Grand, Alw 5 1/2f, IRISH STOUT, 6-1 Mike; B-Mike Castor (OK); T-Roger F. Engel; J-Bryan McNeil. $10,000 KEE SEP yrl $33,000. Lifetime Record: 19-8-5-1, $274,621. 2--Fiddlers Tsunami, 124, m, 5, Seeking a Home--Fiddlers Declaration of War (War Front), Ashford Stud, $40,000 Katami, by Roaring Fever. O-Blue Moon Stables; B-Patricia 255 foals of racing age/26 winners/4 black-type winners Clark, Mike & Marilyn Jean Duplissey (OK); T-Jody Pruitt. 2-Indiana Grand, Msw 5fT, WAR BALLAD, 8-1 $11,000. $5,000 RNA FTK TUR yrl 3--Diva's Rule, 124, m, 5, Roman Ruler--Four Plus Four, by Major Impact. ($15,000 RNA Ylg '14 TEXOCT). O-Michael Grossman; Emcee (Unbridled's Song), Haras Santa Maria de Araras, $7,500 B-Eureka Thoroughbred Farm (OK); T-Francisco Bravo. $6,050. 44 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners Margins: 1, 2 1/4, HF. Odds: 2.40, 1.80, 5.40. 5-Belmont, Alw 6 1/2f, MY ROXY GIRL, 2-1 $1,700 OBS AUG yrl ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8th-Parx Racing, $48,000, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 5-15, Keep Up (Unbridled's Song), Mill Ridge Farm, $5,000 3yo/up, 1m, 1:40.72, ft. 28 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners TIGHTEN UP (c, 4, Gemologist--Shining Tree, by Forestry) 2-Presque Isle, Msw 6f, YEAHIKNOW, 8-1 Lifetime Record: 16-5-2-0, $130,290. B-Rosilyn Polan (KY); $4,000 FTK FEB yrl; $12,000 KEE SEP yrl; $9,000 OBS WIN 2yo O/T-Rolando J. Lima. *$37,000 RNA Ylg '15 EASOCT.

Liaison (Indian Charlie), Spendthrift Farm, $10,000 4th-Parx Racing, $39,500, (S), 5-15, (NW1BX), 3yo/up, 6f, 166 foals of racing age/25 winners/2 black-type winners 1:11.05, ft. 4-Presque Isle, Aoc 1m, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, 4-1 SMOOTH B (c, 3, Weigelia--Katarica Disco, by Disco Rico) $130,000 FTK OCT yrl Lifetime Record: 10-3-1-0, $117,620. O-LC Racing; B-St. Omer's

Farm & WynOaks Farm, LLC (PA); T-Robert E. Reid, Jr. *Full to Morning Line (Tiznow), Lane's End Farm, $10,000 Fat Kat, SW, $423,318; and Disco Rose, GSP, $403,010. 134 foals of racing age/22 winners/2 black-type winners 1-Indiana Grand, Msw 1 1/16m, THE K W SHUFFLE, 20-1 3rd-Indiana Grand, $34,500, (S), 5-15, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, $35,000 KEE JAN yrl; $30,000 FTK JUL yrl 5 1/2f, 1:05.68, ft.

OBSOLETE (f, 3, Old Fashioned--Prize Winner {SW, $265,810}, Snapy Halo (ARG) (Southern Halo), Calumet Farm, $7,500 by Pure Prize) Lifetime Record: MSP, 11-2-3-1, $98,187. 32 foals of racing age/8 winners/0 black-type winners O-Penny Lauer; B-Michael & Penny Lauer (IN); T-Michael Lauer. 2-Indiana Grand, Msw 5fT, GHOSTLY HALO, 20-1 $30,000 KEE JAN yrl; $1,000 KEE SEP yrl 7th-Presque Isle, $27,920, 5-14, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 6f (AWT), 2-Indiana Grand, Msw 5fT, STELLAR STILETTO, 10-1 1:09.58, ft. $1,000 KEE JAN yrl; $2,500 KEE SEP yrl DR. KOY (g, 4, Blame--Coy Cat {MSW, $247,755}, by Hold That Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy), Kor, $20,000 Tiger) Lifetime Record: 13-5-0-0, $71,818. O-The Unstable, LLC; 203 foals of racing age/38 winners/5 black-type winners B-Crossed Sabres Farm (NY); T-Joseph R. Martin. *$170,000 Ylg 3-Woodbine, Ocl 1 1/16m, ROCK THE HOUSE, 6-1 '15 SARAUG. **1/2 Newport Breeze (Majestic Warrior), MSP, $40,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl $105,080. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 3 OF 3 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • MAY 16, 2018

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FASTBRIDLED, 14, Unbridled=s Song--Broad Pennant, by Broad Brush Foal born 3-23-18, a filly by Union Rags. BIRDSTONE, Little Matilda, f, 2, o/o Teenage Temper, by A.P. Will be bred back to Union Rags. Indy. MSW, 5-15, Indiana Grand Owned by JAMM, Ltd. BLAME, Dr. Koy, g, 4, o/o Coy Cat, by Hold That Tiger. ALW, Boarded at Mill Ridge Farm, KY. 5-14, Presque Isle Accomplishments: Dam of Cymric (Kitten=s Joy), G1SP-Fr, GSP- CREATIVE CAUSE, She'screative, f, 3, o/o She's a Rebel Too, by Eng & UAE, $269,189. Two Punch. AOC, 5-15, Louisiana DATA LINK, Confidential, g, 3, o/o Arch Enemy, by Arch. MSW, BEER BARONESS, 15, Mr. Greeley--Lavish Numbers, by Polish 5-15, Indiana Grand Numbers GEMOLOGIST, Tighten Up, c, 4, o/o Shining Tree, by Forestry. Foal born 3-27-18, a filly by Candy Ride (Arg). AOC, 5-15, Parx Racing Will be bred back to . ICE BOX, Little Sally, f, 3, o/o Sally Sally, by Cactus Ridge. MSW, Owned by/boarded at Clover Hill Farm, KY. 5-14, Presque Isle Accomplishments: Dam of Ria Antonia (Rockport Harbor), Ch. MUNNINGS, Bit Money, f, 3, o/o Beaugeste, by Military. MSW, 2yo Filly, GISW, $1,525,496; and Cross the Line (Line of David), 5-15, Fairmount SW & GSP, $179,114. OLD FASHIONED, Obsolete, f, 3, o/o Prize Winner, by Pure Prize. ALW, 5-15, Indiana Grand DEBONNAIRE (GB), 13, Anabaa--Ultra Finesse, by Rahy SAVE BIG MONEY, Inagoodway, m, 5, o/o Truth Takes Time, by Foal born 3-29-18, a filly by Medaglia d=Oro. Devil His Due. More Than Even S., 5-14, Will Rogers Will be bred back to Medaglia d=Oro. UNBRIDLED EXPRESS, Mystery Unbridled, g, 4, o/o First Owned by/boarded at Mt Brilliant Farm, KY. Mystery, by Mystery Storm. MSW, 5-15, Indiana Grand Accomplishments: Dam of Roz (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}), SW & G1SP- WEIGELIA, Smooth B, c, 3, o/o Katarica Disco, by Disco Rico. Eng; and Hartnell (GB) (Authorized {GB}), MG1SW-Aus, GSW- ALW, 5-15, Parx Racing Eng, G1SP-Fr, $3,734,288.

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LEE A RISING STAR IN IRISH RIDING RANKS LYONS, QATAR RACING By Daithi Harvey PART WAYS Natural talent, determination, hard graft and a slice or two of good luck along the way are some of the key components to success in the saddle and jockey Billy Lee is now reaping the rewards of the commitment and effort he has put in over the last decade. The 31-year-old is not short of talent either and those talents have been put to good use by shrewd trainers like Tommy and Fozzy Stack, and in more recent seasons by the upwardly mobile Willie McCreery, whose rising tide has mirrored Lee's progress over the past three years. The pair combined to land a first Group 1 win for both when Fiesolana (Ire) (Aussie Rules) landed the G1 Coolmore Stud Matron S. at Leopardstown in 2014, the partnership having been forged the previous year when someone else's misfortune became Billy Lee's slice of luck. Cont. p2

Ger Lyons and connections celebrate Lightening Quick=s Athasi S. win | Racing Post photo IN TDN AMERICA TODAY TUESDAY’S PREAKNESS REPORT: MAGIC AT PIMLICO Ger Lyons, who trained Qatar Racing=s Lightening Quick (GB) GI Kentucky Derby runner-up Good Magic (Curlin) shipped to ( {GB}) to win the G3 Athasi S. earlier this month, has Pimlico Monday and had his first gallop over the local main track parted ways with that outfit. Lyons also trained Lightening on Tuesday in advance of Saturday’s GI Preakness S. Click or tap Quick=s dam, Lightening Pearl (Ire) ( {Ire}), to win the 2011 here to go straight to TDN America. G1 Cheveley Park S. for Pearl Bloodstock, another entity of Sheikh Fahad, and he also trained Qatar Racing=s first-ever winner. Lyons posted on his blog on Tuesday, AIt is with regret that I have to announce I will no longer be training for Qatar Racing as from yesterday. We have had some good times and I was delighted to have trained Sheikh Fahad his first ever winner with Wade Giles. Another fantastic day was when we won the Cheveley Park S. with Lightening Pearl, giving us both our first ever Group 1 win. Time waits for no man and last Monday was another great thrill when we won the G3 Athasi S. at Naas with Lightening Pearl's daughter Lightening Quick, making her a very valuable broodmare prospect. I wish her, Sheikh Fahad and all the Qatar Racing team all the very best in the future and thank them for their fantastic support over the years.@ David Redvers, Qatar Racing manager, said in a statement, AIt is with some regret that due to a difference of opinion Qatar Racing and Ger Lyons have decided by mutual consent to part.@

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Lyons, Qatar Racing Part Ways Cont. from p1 and Lee's weight stabilised, allowing him to refocus his efforts AGer is a personal friend and his operation were responsible on the level. "I was going okay on the flat and I thought it was for many great days, including Lightening Pearl winning both his too risky trying to establish myself over jumps. I figured if I got and our first Group 1 in the 2011 Cheveley Park S. We wish him an injury riding over jumps I could be forgotten back on the flat and his top-class team at Glenburnie much success in the future very easily so I stuck with it, thankfully." and thank them for the many successes we enjoyed together.@ In 2012, Lee recorded his highest number of winners up until then and it seemed to signal an elevation of his status towards the upper echelons in Ireland. He has maintained that progress to date, no doubt fueled by his association with a strong stable Lee A Rising Star In Irish Riding Ranks Cont. from p1 like McCreery's while also maintaining links with a broad "I'd just had a couple of rides for Willie at the time but spectrum of other trainers. unfortunately for Colm O'Donoghue, who had won on Fiesolana "I still do a morning a week with the Stacks, the same with previously, he got a fall in Limerick and broke his collar bone and Paddy Twomey and if I have time on a Saturday I pop into couldn't ride her in the Brownstown S. at Fairyhouse," Lee said. Richard O'Brien who is based down the road from me in "Luckily I got the call up to ride her and she won and I ended up Ballingarry. I'm doing up my family home there and will be riding her every time after bar once in France.@ moving back full time soon so it's important to keep the AShe was a special mare to me as she was my first Group 1 neighbours happy. Richard is also making great progress, he has winner and I got to ride her in a Breeders' Cup as well. She was a good routine and it's working for him. I wouldn't be surprised so genuine and you could've set your clock by her." if he has twice the number of horses this time next year," he Fiesolana was owned for her Group 1 win by the Niarchos said. family's Flaxman Stables and No doubt O'Brien is delighted the family have since increased to have a neighbor like Billy Lee their interests in McCreery's after the jockey steered his string, which has also benefited Bianca Minola (Fr) Lee through his association (Shakespearean {Ire}) home a with horses like Liquid Amber winner twice in four days (Kitten's Joy). The filly won the earlier this month while also G3 Flame Of Tara S. at The riding a winner for him at the Curragh last year and despite a opening meeting at The slightly tame effort in the G1 Curragh. QIPCO 1000 Guineas she If 2014 was a milestone for remains a filly of serious Lee with a first top level win, 2016 potential, particularly as she was also memorable from a steps up in trip. winners' tally point of view and That Guineas ride was Lee's it will serve as the benchmark first in an English Classic though for future seasons. "In 2016 I he had gained experience of Billy Lee and Maths Prize after a win at broke the 50-winner mark for the Rowley Mile before when The Curragh on May 11 | Racing Post photo the first time and then I did the winning the G2 Dubai Challenge S. there aboard Fiesolana. same last year so obviously the aim is to keep trying to increase The jockey served his apprenticeship with Tommy Stack, for the win tally and get more success in the bigger races," he said. whom he rode his first winner in 2002. "Willie has trained 29 winners each of the last two seasons so The following 10 years proved satisfactory and while Lee was getting him to break the 30 mark is also an objective for this averaging around 20 winners a year and winning his share of year. We've both made a good start so fingers crossed it can premier handicaps, he was rarely a fixture in the better races continue." and, for even a brief period in 2005, when his weight wasn't Every-day winners are Lee's bread and butter and, as with playing ball, he toyed with the notion of riding over jumps. That most jockeys, these winners are the reward and necessary stint earned him a win aboard the Stack-trained Wanango (Ger) motivation that spurs him on to want more and to justify the (Acatenango {Ger}) in a listed hurdle at Haydock in 2005. physical sacrifices made in order to 'live the dream' but However, a previously feared growth spurt never materialised ultimately earn a living. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 16 MAY, 2018

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It is now the lure of the big horse that is occupying Lee's mind while he continues, more or less, to dispute the lead at the top of the jockeys' table, admittedly at this very early stage of the season. "Being champion is not a major objective of mine, however riding another Group 1 winner and getting the rides in the Classics, that is definitely the aim. But you can't beat a winner. I'm happy with how I'm riding and we have a lovely bunch of Vice President, International Operations horses in Willie's. Realistically I think you could only start Gary King thinking about the championship around August time if you Twitter: @garykingTDN happen to be near the top of the table." [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975

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Contributing Editor Being associated with a trainer like McCreery is likely to see Alan Carasso Lee fulfil his ambition to be mixing it with the best and there are Twitter: @EquinealTDN several horses in the yard that look capable of group success. One of the highlights of the season so far has been the smooth Cafe Racing success of Mary Tudor (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) in the Listed Sean Cronin Salsabil S. at Navan last month. That win was over 10 furlongs Tom Frary and it looks likely that the Godolphin-owned filly will step back [email protected] up to at least that trip after finishing mid division in the G3 Irish Correspondent Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown over a Daithi Harvey mile on Sunday. While Lee may have been in the plate on Sunday, given the filly's ownership he is well aware that he may Regular Columnists be watching from the sidelines on another occasion if William Andrew Caulfield Buick or James Doyle are in town for the weekend. John Berry "There's not much I can do about that," he admits. "I'm just Kevin Blake glad to get on her when I can, as we think a lot of her and she Tom Peacock was very impressive in Navan that day." Cont. p4 DECLARATION OF WAR OLMEDO won the French 2,000 Guineas-Gr.1 for Jean-Claude Rouget and Ecurie Antonio Caro & Gerard Augustin-Normand and will run next in the French Derby-Gr.1

MASTERCRAFTSMAN A RAVING BEAUTY won the Beaugay Stakes-Gr.3 for Chad Brown WIND CHIMES was a fast-finishing third from a wide draw in French 1,000 Guineas-Gr.1 for Andre Fabre in the colours of Derrick Smith

ZOFFANY WHO’S STEPH won the Derrinstown Stud Irish 1,000 Guineas Trial-Gr.3 for Ger Lyons and George Strawbridge and will likely be supplemented for the Irish 1,000 Guineas-Gr.1

CHOISIR ZIHBA defeated older horses in the Amethyst Stakes-Gr.3 for Fozzy Stack and will run next in the Irish 2,000 Guineas-Gr.1

RULER OF THE WORLD NO NAY NEVER THE WORLD IS YOUR, the first runner LAND FORCE scored easily at the Curragh for his -winning sire, to become his sire’s first winner in Europe for won first time out over 6 furlongs Aidan O’Brien and the Coolmore partners at Milan following the impressive Wesley Ward-trained winner at Belmont MAE NEVER NO

Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Tel: 353-52-6131298. Fax: 353-52-6131382. Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Mathieu Legars, Jason Walsh, Tom Miller or Neil Magee Tel: 353-52 6131298. David Magnier, Tom Gaffney, Joe Hernon, John Kennedy or Cathal Murphy Tel: 353-25 31966. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) 44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.coolmore.com All stallions nominated to EBF. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 16 MAY, 2018

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One filly with whom Lee is more likely to maintain his partnership is Bloomfield (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), trained by McCreery for owner/breeder John Connaughton. The 4-year-old is a perfect two from two in stakes races this season and will bid to make it a hat-trick in the G3 Munster Oaks at Cork next HARRY=S BACK month. The filly won her last race over a mile and three quarters He began last year in the shadow of Caravaggio (Scat Daddy), and could make up into a genuine 'Cup' contender as the season but by season=s end Harry Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) had the progresses. world=s top sprinting bragging rights and there is a feeling he While continued success looks a formality for Lee, there is no could have progressed again during the gloom of the European chance of him getting carried away by success. He is humble to winter. York=s Knavesmire springs back into action gain on his core and will freely admit that there is no shortage of talent Wednesday, with the start of the three-day meeting and in the weighing-room that hasn't had the chance to shine just Godolphin=s G1 and G1 Haydock Sprint Cup hero is the yet. chief attraction as he returns in the G2 Duke of York Clipper Logistics S. Trainer Clive Cox has no doubt what he is dealing with. WE’VE BOTH BEEN ON AN UPWARD AHe is a once-in-a-lifetime horse,@ he commented. AHe makes CURVE, WE WORK WELL TOGETHER the heart race on every occasion you see him on the racetrack. On last year he was the highest-rated six-furlong horse in the AND WE’VE HAD SOME GOOD SUCCESS world. That=s an amazing accolade and I=m very proud to be in THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. charge of him.@ Sprinters returning under a penalty have won two of the last Billy Lee on his association with Willie McCreery five renewals, but his trainer is wary of where he is at on this comeback. AWe had a tricky spring and I think it=s fair to say this is a starting point. So I=d be pleased when he has got his first run under his belt,@ he added. ABut he is in good nick and the yard is going well at the moment. He is turning up with a penalty because of his Group 1 success last year, but I am very happy "A lot of it is down to getting a break," he said. "I was lucky with him.@ enough a few years ago I had two good jobs riding for the Stacks Cont. p5 and David Wachman and I was riding winners but I needed that bit of luck and that came along when I got the ride on Fiesolana. That success has allowed me to make a leap to a higher level and plenty of lads the same as me are just hoping for that lucky break." He continued, "As David Wachman was winding down I was also lucky to get in with Willie at the right time. We've both been on an upward curve, we work well together and we've had some good success the past couple of years. I've always had belief in myself but I'm still learning and I'd say there is definitely more to come." Having been influenced in his youth by a supreme stylist in Richard Hughes and the fierce competitor that was Johnny Murtagh, Lee has time on his side to start accumulating the kind of accomplishments his two idols achieved, seemingly with such ease and frequency. Harry Angel | Racing Post TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 16 MAY, 2018

Harry=s Back Cont. Representing the Julian Richmond-Watson-Ralph Beckett Last year=s winner Tasleet (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) also partnership successful in the Epsom Classic with Look Here (GB) reappears on contrasting conditions to the soft that he raced on (Hernando {Fr}) 10 years ago, she is out of Ceilidh House (GB) 12 months ago, with this being the first genuine good-to-firm (Selkirk) who was only 13th in the 2010 Oaks. ground festival of the year. He showed on his next start that he AIt is a step up in class for her, but I was very pleased with her is not one-dimensional when runner-up in Royal Ascot=s G1 win at Newmarket last time,@ Beckett said. AShe has been Diamond Jubilee S. on this type of fast turf and like his relative working well at home and hopefully this will prove a good and fellow Shadwell sprinting star Battaash (Ire) (Dark Angel indicator for some later-season targets. She=s not in the Oaks and {Ire}), has the kind of prowess in this category that is impervious she=s not really bred to go beyond a mile and a quarter, we=ll see to the racing surface. how that goes. It would be nice to think she is good enough.@ Trainer William Haggas said of the lightly-campaigned 5-year- Second and third behind >TDN Rising Star= Crystal Hope (GB) old, who was last seen finishing runner-up when Harry Angel ( {Ire}) in a Sandown conditions event Apr. 27, Give flopped in fourth in Ascot=s G1 QIPCO British Champions Sprint and Take (GB) (Cityscape {GB}) and Highgarden (GB) (Nathaniel S. in October, AHe=s a good horse, softer ground slows the others {Ire}) re-oppose from stables whose runners have always to be down a bit probably, but he=s as good as we can have him for respected. The former represents William Haggas and he said, this stage of the season. Obviously Harry Angel is a top-class AOur filly ran a very good race at Sandown. Whether she needs horse and even with a penalty will be very hard to beat still, but that [soft] ground I don=t know, but she handles it well. It will be you never know. The races pick themselves for him this season, lovely ground at York, no excuses on that front. She=s a very except he won=t be going for the July Cup as I don=t think he likes genuine filly who tries like hell. I think she=ll run her race, Newmarket. He=ll go for the Prix Maurice de Gheest as a whether that is good enough we=ll see. She has lots of stamina replacement.@ on the dam=s side, but she shows a bit of speed at home. I=ve left Trailing behind Tasleet in last year=s Duke of York was Angie her in the Oaks but I=m not convinced she=s going to be better Bailey=s Brando (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), who broke a blood vessel on over a mile and a half. If everything went well tomorrow, we=d this uninterrupted terrain designed for unflinching speed. He have to have a go.@ comes back off a win in Newmarket=s G3 Abernant S. Apr. 19 as John Gosden saddles Highgarden, who is slated as the he did 12 months ago and if lightning strikes twice, connections favourite and the descendant of the G1SW Rebelline (Ire) will rue the decision. There is nothing in his prior outings here to (Robellino) wants at least this trip, while David Simcock could suggest it is York which is the problem and his latest defeat of extend a golden spell with Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah=s Ejtyah Sir Dancealot (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) was visually one of his (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Successful on her sole start on Chelmsford=s finest as a first start after a wind op. He escapes a penalty for his Polytrack in December, she descends from the 1999 G1 Prix de victory in Deauville=s G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest in August. Diane heroine Daryaba (Ire) (Night Shift) and after Sunday=s G1 AHe=s in good form, he did well at Newmarket and he should Poule d=Essai des Pouliches success the yard now have a line into have improved from the run,@ trainer Kevin Ryan commented. Europe=s better fillies. AHe was disappointing in this race last year, but it=s a different year now and we=ll try again. Harry Angel will be tough to beat, but we=ll have to take him on sometime and we can=t avoid him.@

THE DREAM IS ALIVE It is nine years since a winner of York=s G3 Tattersalls Musidora S. went on to glory in the G1 Epsom Oaks, but with all bar Wild Illusion (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) among last year=s Group 1 fillies either sidelined or going elsewhere, the upcoming renewal could be there for the taking for an improver. If it is one of the seven in Wednesday=s line-up, it is pure guesswork at present but one who is heading in the right direction is the Apr. 18 Newmarket maiden winner Ceilidhs Dream (GB) ( {GB}). John Gosden, trainer of Highgarden | Racing Post TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 16 MAY, 2018

GOFFS UK ANNOUNCES GOODWOOD SALE Vincent O=Brien=s son, trainer Charlie O=Brien, paid tribute to Burns, telling Racing Post, ATP was an integral part of Ballydoyle The inaugural Goffs UK Goodwood Sale, held in partnership for a large number of years and I know my father had the between the sales company and Goodwood Racecourse, will greatest respect for him and his opinion, and he loved having offer high-end horses-in-training and breeding stock on Aug. 1. him around the place. He was very level-headed and he said Held during the Qatar Goodwood Festival, the sale will be the things as they were, which is one of the reasons my father liked fifth offsite Goffs Group sale and follows on the heels of the him so much.@ Goffs London Sale, conducted on the eve of Royal Ascot every Burns also served as an assistant to trainer Dermot Weld, who June. The auction will begin after the day=s racing, and is placed added, AHe was a wonderful man. An assistant trainer to me for to appeal to both international clients and the domestic market, a number of years, he was a gifted horseman and a brilliant being in the middle of the flat season. rider.@ AIt=s a great initiative as the sale is perfectly timed for Burns=s funeral mass will take place on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Australasian buyers,@ said Australasian bloodstock agent Guy in St Brigid=s Church, The Curragh, with burial in the Tynaclash Mulcaster. AThere is growing demand for international horses to Cemetery in Co. Wicklow. race in the Spring Carnival, especially in races such as the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, and the date means horses can be purchased and quarantined making it logistically viable leading in to the Melbourne Spring Carnival.@ Added Hong Kong bloodstock agent George Moore, AI travel FIRST-SEASON SIRES the world searching for horses that suit racing in Hong Kong and WITH RUNNERS this sale will be a welcomed prospect for our owners looking to fill their permits. Qualified and sound horses will allow me to be Wednesday, May 16: active at the Goodwood Sale.@ UNITED KINGDOM Bungle Inthejungle (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Rathasker Stud FAMED JOCKEY TP BURNS DIES 95 foals of racing age/6 winners/0 black-type winners 17:05-YORK, 5f, TARRZAN (IRE) Charm Spirit (IRE) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Haras de Bonneval 105 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 17:05-YORK, 5f, CHARMING KID (GB) 75,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2016; i45,000 RNA Goffs Orby Yearling Sale 2017; ,105,000 Goffs UK Doncaster 2yo Breeze-Up Sale 2018

TP Burns on his 90th birthday in 2014 | Racing Post photo TP Burns, an equally astute jockey both on the flat and over jumps, has died aged 94, according to Racing Post. Burns delivered Vincent O=Brien his first Classic win when steering to victory in the 1957 Irish Derby, and Burns was also in the saddle when Ballymoss won the St Leger later that year. Burns won a total six Irish Classics and also took the 1957 Irish Champion S. aboard Gladness. He piloted nine Cheltenham festival winners. Charm Spirit tries for winner number two | The Aga Khan Studs TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 16 MAY, 2018

SIS TO OFFER KOREA COVERAGE Coming under pressure at halfway, the 25-1 outsider entered the final eighth in third and quickened well to pounce for a one- Sports Information Services (SIS) will broadcast live coverage length success from Ahlan Bil Emarati (Ire) (Alhebayeb {Ire}). Kin of Busan and Seoul Racecourses in Korea after reaching a deal to a year-younger filly by Mayson (GB), the homebred grey is with the Korean Racing Authority (KRA). Beginning on Friday, the first foal and scorer out of the dual winner Musical Molly May 18, SIS will be providing pictures and data to retail and (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), who shares her unraced granddam online bookmakers in the UK, Ireland, and Spain, with Busan Abyat () with G1 Vincent O=Brien National S. runner-up hosting fixtures Friday morning GMT and Seoul on Saturday and and MGSW sire Dragon Pulse (Ire) (Kyllachy {GB}). Lifetime Sunday mornings GMT. Record: 1-1-0-0, $5,467. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 1ST-TIME STARTER. O/B-Mrs Julie Anne Martin (GB); T-Brian Ellison.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Whataguy (GB), c, 2, Mayson (GB)--La Fortunata (GB), by Lucky EBF YARMOUTH NOVICE S. CLOSES MAY 17 Story. Chepstow, 5-15, 5f 16yT, :59.16. B-James Patton (GB). Entries for the Class 3 British Stallion EBF Novice S. close at *,25,000 Ylg >17 TASAYG. noon GMT on May 17. Slated for May 23 at Yarmouth Georgian Manor (Ire), g, 3, Iffraaj (GB)--Southern House (Ire) Racecourse, the six-furlong race is specifically geared toward (SW & GSP-Ity, GSP-US & SP-Fr, $252,170), by Paris House attracting potential Royal Ascot 2-year-olds and was created (GB). Beverley, 5-15, 7f 96yT, 1:31.74. B-Herbertstown House following consultation between the BHA, Arena Racing Company Stud (IRE). *115,000gns Ylg >16 TATOCT. **1/2 to Cosmo and the British EBF. Partial funding was provided by the British Phantom (Stephen Got Even), MGSW-Jpn, European Breeders Fund. $2,732,249. Maypole (GB), c, 3, Mayson (GB)--Constitute, by Gone West. Tuesday=s Results: Chepstow, 5-15, 8f 14yT, 1:32.82. B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd 1st-Beverley, ,6,400, Cond, 5-15, 2yo, 5fT, 1:01.92, g/f. (GB). *i14,000 RNA Ylg >16 TIRSEP. DEEP INTRIGUE (GB) (c, 2, Dark Angel {Ire}--Abbakova {Ire} {MSP-Ire}, by Dandy Man {Ire}), who earned minor prizes in five-furlong starts at Bath Mar. 30 and at Musselburgh last time May 4, was sharply into stride and led from the outset here. In command throughout, the 4-7 pick was nudged along soon after CONDITIONS RESULTS: passing the quarter-mile marker and ridden out inside the final 5th-Marseille-Borely, i44,000, Cond, 5-15, 3yo, 10fT, 2:09.45, eighth to safely hold Vange (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) by 3/4 of a length. sf. He is the first foal and winner out of Listed Marble Hill S. and OLYMPICO (FR) (g, 3, Rajsaman {Fr}--Carmel {Fr}, by Highest Listed Tipperary S. placegetter Abbakova (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), Honor {Fr}) Lifetime Record: SP-Fr, 13-3-4-1, i82,850. O-Brice and he is a half-brother to a yearling colt by Hot Streak (Ire). Levaique & Haras de la Gousserie; B-SNIG Elevage (FR); Abbakova is herself the leading performer produced by a T-Richard Chotard. *i20,000 Ylg >16 AROCT. daughter of Listed October S. victress Well Beyond (Ire) (Don=t Forget Me {Ire}), whose descendants also include G1 King=s ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Stand S. hero Prohibit (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Sales history: Le Havre Dream Up (Fr), c, 3, Le Havre (Ire)--Richhill Lady (GB), 70,000gns Wlg >16 TATFOA; ,200,000 Ylg >17 GOUKPR. Lifetime by (Ire). Marseille-Borely, 5-15, 8fT, 1:49.68. Record: 3-1-1-1, $9,387. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. B-Walter Roubertie (FR). O-Clipper Logistics; B-Mr & Mrs J Davis & P Mitchell Bloodstock (GB); T-Mark Johnston. Follow the TDN staff on Twitter 2nd-Beverley, ,6,400, Cond, 5-15, 2yo, 5fT, 1:03.06, Thoroughbred Daily News g/f. PEARL OF QATAR (GB) (f, 2, Footstepsinthesand {GB}--Musical Molly {Ire}, by Mastercraftsman {Ire}) made an alert break and @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry chased the leaders in fourth after the opening exchanges of this first go. @DaithiHarvey @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 16 MAY, 2018

FIRST TATIRE MAY STORE SALE HELD A total of 148 horses sold at the inaugural Tattersalls Ireland EASTER TOPPER WINS TRIAL May Store Sale, grossing €2,246,600. The clearance rate was a positive 76%, while the average was €15,180 and the median was €13,000. Topping proceedings was lot 110, a Fame And Glory (GB) 3-year-old gelding offered by Peter Nolan Bloodstock. Out of Flying Flame (Ire) (Flying Legend), he brought €65,000 on the bid of Mouse O=Ryan. Under the third dam is Group 2 winner Lady Lahar (GB) (Fraam {GB}), listed winner and MGSP Miss Lahar (GB) (Clodovil {Ire}) and GSW & G1SP hurdler Arctic Weather (Ire) (Montelimar).

Tuesday=s Results:

2nd-Killarney, i20,000, Cond, 5-15, 3yo, f, 8f 40yT, 1:51.67, sf. ESPERE (IRE) (f, 3, Elusive Pimpernel--Convent Girl {Ire} {SP- Melik as a yearling | Bronwen Healy Eng}, by Bishop of Cashel {GB}), sent off at 8-1, missed the break and was a few lengths off the pace set by House Call (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}). Gradually working her way into the contest, the Two-year-old colt Melik (Aus) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}), who at homebred grabbed that rival a furlong out and asserted to score A$2.5-million was the top-priced lot at last year=s Inglis Easter by two lengths. The dam, a granddaughter of the smart Aim For yearling sale, was the eye-catching 4 3/4-length winner of a the Top (Irish River {Fr}) who has also produced the listed Randwick trial on Tuesday morning. Fastest of the seven away winner Bible Black (Ire) (Big Bad Bob {Ire}), has a 2-year-old filly from the barriers, Melik was three wide turning into the straight by Palavicini and a yearling colt by Tamayuz (GB). Lifetime under a hard hold from James McDonald. The bay pulled clear Record: 1-1-0-0, $14,697. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. thereafter under very mild hand urging from the rider (video). It O-Anamoine Limited; B-Windflower Overseas Holdings Inc (IRE); was the second trial for Melik, who is a full-brother to >TDN T-Ger Lyons. Rising Star= Pariah (Aus), the winner of the G3 Canonbury S. and G3 San Domenico S. who enters stud at Arrowfield this year. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Melik is owned by Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed al Maktoum Zamroudpour, c, 3, Stormy Atlantic--Zaralanta (Ire), by Danehill and is trained, like his brother, by Peter and Paul Snowden. He Dancer (Ire). Killarney, 5-15, 11f 30yT, 2:37.78. B-H H The Aga was having his second trial on Tuesday, having finished third first Khan=s Studs SC (KY). time at Randwick on Feb. 12. Agent Zigzag (Ire), g, 4, Shamardal--Farranjordan (GB), by (Ire). Killarney, 5-15, 8f 40yT, 1:48.89. B-Newtown Anner Stud (IRE). *1/2 to Jaega (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), GSP-Ire. 2018 AUSTRALIAN RACING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any The 2018 class of the Australian Racing Hall of Fame was means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission announced on Tuesday, with Colin Hayes AM OBE raised to of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the Legend status and Chris Waller, Malcolm Johnston, John Size American races, race results and earnings was obtained from and W.A. Smith among the intake. The ceremony will be held at results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services and utilized here with their permission. the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney and is hosted by Racing NSW. Cont. p9 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 16 MAY, 2018

Three-time Sydney champion jockey Malcolm Johnston was the regular partner of the great Kingston Town (Aus), and was also champion hoop runner-up on four other occasions. John Size, who started out training in Australia, has earned nine champion Hong Kong trainer titles and also holds the record of most winners trained in a season there. William Arthur ABilly@ Smith rode for 40 years as a lightweight jockey, winning the Melbourne Jockeys= Premiership in 1960-61 and the 1960 Melbourne Cup aboard Hi Jinx (NZ).

Chris Waller | Magic Millions FUTURE OF BROADCAST HOT TOPIC AT ARC By Chris McGrath Demystification and diversity were the twin keys to a broader 2018 Australian Racing Hall of Fame Cont. fan base proposed to the opening day of the 37th Asian Racing Conference in Seoul yesterday. Hayes, already a member of the Hall of Fame who won 28 The first was highlighted by Niall Sloane, Director of Sport at Adelaide and 13 Melbourne training premierships and sent out ITV. Sloane's phone had nearly melted when he alighted at Seoul 5,333 winners, will be honoured with the highest possible airport, so many congratulatory texts did he receive after his accolade as a Legend of the Hall of Fame. The trainer will join racing team, in its first year since regaining the rights to cover Phar Lap (NZ), Bart Cummings and Tommy Smith in that the sport in the UK, had won a BAFTA for its broadcast of the exclusive category. Grand National. He welcomed this as gratifying proof that a Waller has won seven successive Sydney premierships and is conscious attempt to make coverage lighter and leaner is paying also the trainer of (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), currently the off. world=s highest rated racehorse on the Longines World=s Best "Racing has to be more inclusive, less opaque and, yes, fun," Racehorse Rankings, who has won 25 races in a row. he said. "Sometimes we appear to be all too eager to say no to ATo receive such an accolade and to be held in the esteemed fun." He invoked the "age-old dichotomy of heritage and company of recently inducted trainers such as Bart Cummings, baggage: too much baggage, you eventually come to a standstill; Tommy Smith, Colin Hayes, Jack Denham, and the many other throw out heritage, you end up losing your sense of self." outstanding trainers past and present who have been inducted, Previously head of Formula 1 at the BBC, Sloane spoke of "one all I can say is that I am truly humbled and honoured,@ said small problem" in trying to broaden the reach of that sport by Waller. applying for data to share with viewers: the name of that problem was Bernie Ecclestone. Sloane said he felt the former 2018 Australian Hall of Fame Inductees boss of Formula 1 was determined to monetise everything and Name Category counselled racing that "goodwill and understanding" was too precious to have a price. Abercorn (Aus) (Opera Prince {Aus}) Horse He also cautioned against confusing ends and means. Poitrel (Aus) (Saint Alwyne {GB}) Horse Broadcasters should only be tasked with delivering the image, Aquanita (NZ) (Beaufort Sea) Horse not creating it. "Racing has to decide what it wants to be," he Karasi (Ire) (Kahyasi {Ire}) Horse said. "Don't trust futurologists. Whatever happened to 3D?" Malcolm Johnston Jockey That said, there was no denying the possibilities for enhanced W.A. >Billy= Smith Jockey engagement raised by Oonagh Chan, senior consultant at the John Size Trainer Hong Kong Jockey Club, in a presentation on broadcasting Chris Waller Trainer technology trends and live sports television. She urged racing to Sir Edward Deas Thomson Associate harness such advances as 360-degree cameras and ever-higher George Watson Associate definition, from HD to 4K to 8K, and also to learn from the Colin Hayes Legend popularity of immersive virtual reality games. Cont. p10 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 10 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 16 MAY, 2018

Future of Broadcast Hot Topic at ARC Cont. Megumi Ichiyama of the Japan Racing Association revealed the various promotional strategies, including reserved areas of the "We have to widen viewers' personal experience," she said. track, pursued since a 2012 JRA survey measured female "We have to allow them personal choice, liberating them from attendance at just 14%. the camera angles we impose on them from the top of a Victoria Carter, deputy chair of NZ , grandstand or tower, and allow them to immerse themselves in summed up the message by saying that a woman should not the race itself." have to be "unique, exceptional or chosen" to be appointed to a Woodbine has already experimented with a 360-degree leadership role in racing. She cited two recent studies. "[Both] jockey-cam, uploaded within 10 minutes of the race and showed that companies with above-average diversity in manipulated by the viewer, who can rotate to a chosen leadership teams reported better pay-offs in terms of innovation perspective at will. Chan quoted Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's and higher income margins," she said. "Companies in the top acquisition of the leading brand in virtual reality technology, 20% in terms of revenue have a lot more women in their Oculus: "One day this kind of immersive, augmented reality will leadership team-nearly 20% more-than the bottom 20%. If you become part of the daily lives of billions of people." sit at a table with the same kind of people, you're probably with But technology could also have more specialised benefits for people who are going to think the same way. Divergent the sport. Chan highlighted the potential to integrate and backgrounds mean tackling the same idea in different ways and standardise regulatory decision-making by sharing the progress coming up with different solutions, increasing the odds that one being made towards centralised, remote television production, of those solutions will be a hit." requiring only cameras on site.

WE HAVE TO WIDEN VIEWERS’ AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS PERSONAL CHOICE, LIBERATING THEM FROM THE CAMERA ANGLES WE IN SOUTH KOREA: IMPOSE ON THEM FROM THE TOP OF A Legend King (Aus), c, 4, Duporth (Aus)--Danish Princess (Aus), by Dolphin Street (Fr). Seoul, 5-13, Hcp. (A$93k), 1400m. B-J GRANDSTAND OR TOWER. Bloom (Vic). *1/2 to Lordag (Aus) (Any Given Saturday), MSP- Oonagh Chan Aus, A$370,000. **A$50,000 Ylg >15 INGMEL; A$50,000 2yo >15 INGRTR.

The theme of dismantling barriers was taken up by MinKi Shim, associate manager of the Korean Racing Authority's marketing department, in analysing the phenomenal local growth of E-Sports. To approach a very different fan base, racing had to cut to the chase. To newcomers, an immediate tutorial was as off-putting as any arcane jargon; the aspiration should always be to give them the chance to "do" rather than "read." Diversity, meanwhile, was the theme addressed by four women in the afternoon session. Anna Seitz Ciannello of Fasig-Tipton reprised the story of the all-female syndicate, It's All About The Girls, and its Group 1 winner Global Glamour. Susannah Gill of Arena Racing in Britain described the establishment last year of a steering group to enhance diversity in a sport characterised as "white, predominately male and middle-aged"; an action plan is to be announced next month. GROUP ENTRIES

Wednesday, York, Britain, post time: 3.30 p.m. DUKE OF YORK CLIPPER LOGISTICS S.-G2, £125,000, 3yo/up, 6fT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 3 Harry Angel (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Kirby Cox 139 2 7 Brando (GB) Pivotal (GB) Eaves K Ryan 134 3 4 Ornate (GB) Bahamian Bounty (GB) Allan Griffiths 134 4 5 Perfect Pasture (GB) Pastoral Pursuits (GB) Makin M Easterby 134 5 6 Sir Dancealot (Ire) Sir Prancealot (Ire) Doyle Elsworth 134 6 2 Tasleet (GB) Showcasing (GB) Crowley Haggas 134 7 1 Artistica (Ger) Areion (Ger) Starke Moser 131

Wednesday, York, Britain, post time: 4.05 p.m. TATTERSALLS MUSIDORA S.-G3, £100,000, 3yo, f, 10f 56yT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 1 Ceilidhs Dream (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) Bentley Beckett 126 2 3 Bear K Street Cry (Ire) Atzeni Vaughan 126 3 2 Ejtyah (GB) Frankel (GB) Spencer Simcock 126 4 6 Expensive Liaison (Ire) Camelot (GB) Buick Palmer 126 5 5 Give and Take (GB) Cityscape (GB) Doyle Haggas 126 6 4 Highgarden (GB) Nathaniel (Ire) Dettori Gosden 126 7 7 Lubinka (Ire) Mastercraftsman (Ire) Murphy P Chapple-Hyam 126

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