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SATURDAY, 24 FEBRUARY, 2018

SMALL BATCH SUCCESS 'SENSATIONAL' REMEMBERED ON HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY By Emma Berry FROM WOODCOTE STUD Visitors to can't fail to notice John Skeaping's commemorative of Mill Reef, who spent his entire stud career in Newmarket and is buried at the farm. Only those of a particularly stoic nature wouldn't be moved to tears by the words on the plinth of the lifesize statue, written by Mill Reef's owner-breeder as part of his Gimcrack Speech given in 1970. They read as follows:

Swift as a bird I flew down many a course. Princes, Lords, Commoners all sang my praise. In victory or defeat I played my part. Remember me, all men who the Horse, If hearts and spirits flag in after days; Though small, I gave my all. I gave my heart.

To watch a replay of Mill Reef's Gimcrack win is to understand at once why Mellon reached for the flight analogy. The only Barry and Fiona Reilly | movements made by jockey are two exaggerated glances over each shoulder, first right, then left, to ensure that By Tom Peacock no rival is closing in on Mill Reef, still barely out of a canter as he Most of racing=s bloodstock powerhouses will be well aware of crossed the line some 10 lengths ahead of subsequent the fertility of Barry and Fiona Reilly=s Woodcote Stud. It might sprinter Green God. come as more of a surprise to the casual observer that an Fifty years to the day after Mill Reef--a son of and operation set on 70 acres just a mile and a half from Epsom the mare Mill, born at Mellon's Rokeby town centre would be capable of producing six top-level Stables in Virginia on Feb. 23, 1968--his trainer was winners, with the genuine prospect of a seventh to come this in Newmarket to mark the opening of a temporary display at the year. The couple have turned Woodcote into a bespoke British National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art at breeding business over the last 29 years, producing small Palace House. batches of foals along traditional Classic lines whilst remaining Not quite 30 by the time Mill Reef was born and only five years profitable. Its biggest name so far is (GB) into his tenure at Park House Stables when the yearling colt was ( {Ire}), who finished second in the Derby just assigned to his yard at , Balding can be forgiven for up the road and won the G1 St Leger S in 2014. shedding a few tears himself while reminiscing about the horse With Kingston Hill at Coolmore and his dam no longer with us, who would define a training career that included such chief hopes now rest upon Poet=s Word (Ire) (Poet=s Voice {GB}), luminaries as Selkirk, Lochsong (GB), Tagula (Ire), and Mill Reef's runner-up in the G1 Qipco British S. and G1 Qipco Irish sons and Diamond Shoals. Cont. p4 Champion S. and a potential improver at five for Sir , who has entered him for the Dubai Sheema Classic. Poet=s Word, who was known as >Parker= - Ait=s a nosy family,@ IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Barry Reilly explained - is out of mare Whirly Bird (GB). TDN Q&A: JOSH RUBINSTEIN She was also bred by Woodcote out of Inchyre (GB) (Shirley David Ross has a Q&A with Josh Rubinstein, who has taken over Heights {GB}), part of a fine Oppenheimer family that Reilly had from Joe Harper as the president of the Del Mar bought into. Club. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 FEBRUARY, 2018

Small Batch Success From Woodcote Stud cont. from p1 All of a sudden, he takes a gun out and puts it on the desk. I AWhirly Bird was born very late and we at the end of her don=t know if it was real or loaded but we had to be confident 2-year-old career she had little greenstick fractures in the and walk away.@ bottom of her fetlocks,@ Reilly said. AShe ended up going to Reilly has worked privately for John Magnier and had a Amanda Perrett, who managed her really well and she won five productive spell in the stud fencing business but was most on the bounce. She=s not a big mare, and there probably aren=t influenced by his first job for Charles Powell of Shanbally House many Nashwan mares around, but Parker was very different.@ Stud in . AHe was just beautiful, such a strong colt,@ he added. AFrom a sales point of view, we were going to Tattersalls in a good position as his half-sister Malabar (GB) (Raven=s Pass) had just won a Group 3. I did say to Fiona that I might end up bringing him home but the market for Poet=s Voice was incredible. Charlie Gordon-Watson gave 300,000gns for him and I think another at the sale reached 525,000 and hasn=t done much on the track. Sir Michael obviously rates him and it would be great if he could get that Group 1.@ Since Poet=s Word there has been a (GB) filly, who reached 200,000gns at Tattersalls Book 1. Whirly Bird is in foal to Banstead Manor=s stallion again. AI just think Kingman offers some value,@ he said. AIf there=s another stallion that has got the chance to be another , it=s him. The filly was lovely, she=s called Incharge and has gone The Woodcote Stud-bred Poet=s Word | racingfotos.com to Charlie Hills. She just could be the next star.@ Reilly, 61 this year, bounds around the stud with much the ABasically I=ve tried to base the farm on that; they had more same vigour as one imagines he did when he took it over from acreage but about 15 mares, a few yearlings and lots of good airline tycoon Freddie Laker. ones. He outperformed, he was self-taught dealer-cum-farmer and he taught me every single thing I know, I suppose.@ Reilly=s office is festooned with photographs of all his success I THINK KINGMAN OFFERS SOME stories. They include G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. winner Where Or When (Ire) ( Dancer {Ire}), whom he pinhooked, and My VALUE. IF THERE’S A STALLION THAT Best Valentine (GB) (Try My Best), who landed the G1 Prix de HAS THE CHANCE TO BE ANOTHER l=Abbaye. Woodcote has kept many fillies to race and ultimately breed FRANKEL, IT’S HIM. from, through an enduring partnership with trainer Elie Barry Reilly Lellouche which began by chance. AWe bred Danseuse Du Soir (Ire) ( {GB}), who was sold to the Wildensteins,@ he explained. AShe was originally bought by a French agent and was sent to Andre Fabre. He claimed he didn=t want her but to send him to the man down In the days before pedigree updates and results at the laptop the road, as his horses were always looking well.@ user=s fingertips, he would act as something of an equine bounty That man down the road, Lellouche, won the 1991 G1 Poule hunter, flying to Boston for the day to secure a horse for a client d=Essai des Pouliches and Prix de la Foret with her. or brokering a deal with travellers in a field. AThe year after, I couldn=t sell the sister, Danseuse Du Nord On another occasion, having located a well-bred mare who (Ire) {Ire}), so I sent her to Elie. I think I had 17 winners had resurfaced in Tel Aviv, his charge went missing in transit. with him, and six or seven got black-type of some description. AWe ended up going somewhere just a few miles away from AMy French isn=t very good and neither is his English but we the West Bank,@ he recalled. AThe guy knows what we=ve come somehow get along with sign language,@ Reilly explained of the for and says he wants 25,000 for her. We said >we don=t want to decorated trainer who announced his retirement this month. offend you but our valuation and yours are a long way apart=. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 FEBRUARY, 2018

Woodcote Stud cont. AI think it must have been difficult for him after the Wildenstein family stopped and you=re suddenly looking at all those empty boxes.@ He returned to the family, buying Danseuse Du Soir back, and she has produced the classy Scintillo (GB) () and Jumbajukiba (GB) ( (Ire). Woodcote has also used its yellow and black silks in Britain regularly and can be optimistic about several homebred fillies. Thresholdofadream (Ire) ( {GB}) is expected to be Vice President, International Operations much-improved for her debut in a back-end Newbury maiden Gary King while Lubinka (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) could aim to end Twitter: @garykingTDN what has been a frustrating relationship with their local Epsom [email protected] course. + 1.732.320.0975 Most are sure that Inchila (GB) ( {Ire}), who died International Editor after complications from an injury in the G2 Ribblesale S., would Kelsey Riley have been second rather than fourth to (GB) (Sea Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN The Stars {Ire}) in the 2014 Oaks. [email protected] Inchberry (GB) (Barathea {Ire}), another stoutly-bred Woodcote product and the dam of multiple group-placed European Editor Measuring Time (GB) (Dubai Destination) filled the same spot Emma Berry behind Casual Look () in 2003. Twitter: @collingsberry Lubinka is in the care of Peter Chapple-Hyam. A daughter of [email protected] the Lellouche-trained Petite Nymphe (GB) ( {Ire}, she came Associate International Editor from well off the pace to be sixth in the G1 Fillies= Mile S. Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN WE’VE HAD THE LUXURY OF BEING Marketing Manager ABLE TO BRING BACK SOME FILLIES Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen THAT WE BELIEVED IN. [email protected] Barry Reilly

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Cafe Racing APeter thinks she=s pretty good,@ Reilly said. AHe trained Inchila Sean Cronin before and he knew how good she was, and there=s no milage Tom Frary for him duping us and saying this or that. She=s still a maiden, so [email protected] hopefully she can win a race and then go for the at Irish Correspondent York.@ Daithi Harvey Set off a quiet road next to the Royal Automobile Club=s country headquarters, Woodcote=s neat paddocks are, Regular Columnists unusually, on clay in an area assumed to be all chalk. Reilly Andrew Caulfield believes his secret, though, is not in agronomy. John Berry AI think it=s the people around you, to be honest. We=ve had a Kevin Blake number of staff here but we=ve had mainstays of two or three Tom Peacock people. Jody has been with us 20 years and we just have a couple of others who help at the weekend. Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 FEBRUARY, 2018

Woodcote Stud cont. Remembering Mill Reef cont. from p1 "Right from the start he had the most wonderful temperament AWe=ve always had a home base. My old boss always had a and was an absolute delight to have on the place. I can't thing that if you foaled them, they=d come back home. remember a Thoroughbred colt being so gentle and sensible," Wherever they=d been, they were home more than they were said Balding on Friday. away. Danseuse Du Soir was in New Orleans, she=d been back "The first time we cantered around our field, this was probably and forwards, but when we got her, she bred those good in January, I said to John Hallum, who was leading the group of horses.@ 2-year-olds on Mill Reef, to let him go half a stride faster up the AYou have to have a good amount of luck, but it helps if you hill. Suddenly Mill Reef was 20 lengths ahead of the others. I have good farriers, nutritionists, and the best people you can gave John a bollocking when he came in and he said, 'Guv'nor I afford or with the same kind of ideology as yourself,@ he added. promise you I was only cantering.' I thought then that we had AFarm-wise you=ve got to be commercial but we=ve had the something pretty special." luxury of being able to bring back some fillies that we believed in and raced them, and our broodmare band has been self-supported by the families.@ Although the Reillys have grandchildren now and there is talk of a change of pace, there seems no prospect of retirement any time soon. AI suppose it=s more like instead of having 10 or 12 yearlings, we=re probably going to have more like four or five,@ he said. AI=m going to say now that hopefully both those two fillies of ours will come back to the farm and that=s another generation again. We always seem to find one.@

Mill Reef and Professor James Roberts, who performed seven hours of surgery to repair his broken leg | The Roberts Collection

A juvenile season which included not only the Gimcrack success but victories in the Coventry S. and Dewhurst S., was followed by even more spectacular exploits at three. In 1971, Mill Reef won the Derby, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S., Eclipse S. and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after finishing runner-up to (GB) in the 2000 Guineas--the second and final time he would ever be beaten. Of that Classic season, Balding reflected, "There was no way he'd have beaten Brigadier Gerard over a mile--he was the best miler I've ever seen--but once Mill Reef went farther than that,

The first foal born by , a colt bred by Gestut Ammerland. China it was a different story. The farther he went, the better he went. Horse Club will this year once again support New Bay with 20 mares, "The Arc was the most exciting day of my life, I think. He was and Mick Flanagan said, ANew Bay has the profile to make it to the very the first English-trained horse to have won it for God knows how top as a stallion. From an outstanding family which includes Kingman long [since 1948] and it was the most wonderful occasion. There and , his first foals look good. Some people have asked me were so many English people there on the day who had come to why Juddmonte sold him. I think a more important question to is support him, all in black and gold colours, and it was just one of why have they kept a chunk of him.@ those very special days." Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 FEBRUARY, 2018

Mill Reef cont. "We had a farewell party for him at Kingsclere and about 100 The final race of that season for Mill Reef, there were days to people from the village came to say goodbye. It was a very sad savour the following year: another facile victory, back in France occasion for us to see him depart for the National Stud," Balding for the , followed by a return to Epsom for the recalled. which he won, but this time only narrowly. A replica of the Skeaping bronze can be found at Kingsclere, "He picked up a virus infection in France and I never should where Mill Reef rightly has a yard named in his memory. have run him in the Coronation Cup," Balding said. "He just won "It's such a likeness of the horse, I can't believe it," added it by a neck, but that was the beginning of the end really, as he Balding, whose son Andrew now trains from the same stable. "I never properly recovered and then sadly he broke a leg in have a walk around there most days, as it's in the middle of our August as we were preparing him for the Arc." Mill Reef yard." The fractures to a cannon bone and two sesamoid bones Famed for his balance and good action which helped him cope required pioneering surgery by Professor James Roberts on site with very soft ground at York for his Gimcrack win, Mill Reef was at Kingsclere as Mill Reef was operated on for seven hours and sent for a racecourse gallop prior to the Arc in similar conditions. then spent his recovery in a former chapel which is today used The colt was reported to have left barely an indentation where as the racing colours room. Once fully healed, Mill Reef left he worked in the mud. In a recollection of that gallop in Lord Hampshire for good to take up stud duties at the National Stud, Oaksey's superb book called simply Mill Reef and published in where he covered just 23 mares in his first season in 1973. 1974, Balding is said to have remarked, "It was as though a ghost had galloped by." All these years later, Mill Reef's trainer is unchanged in that opinion. As a tear rolled down his cheek, he said, "Anyone who saw him race would agree with me that he was quite unbelievable to watch. He was just sensational."

Trainer Ian Balding at the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art at Palace House | Emma Berry photo

His second crop included the 1978 Derby winner , himself the sire of Prix du winner (GB) and (GB), who triumphed at Epsom in 1985, making history by becoming a third-generation winner of the Derby. Two years later came the second of Mill Reef's Derby winners, (GB). The champion sire in 1978 and 1987 and champion broodmare sire in 1995, Mill Reef's male The Mill Reef statue at The National Stud | Emma Berry photo line has just one representative remaining in at stud in Britain - the 2006 Derby winner, (GB). In Germany, his line lives on through Lord Of (Ger), a son of the former Balding trainee (GB), while two sons of (Ire)-- (Ire) and (GB)--are at stud in Ireland and France, respectively. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 6 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 FEBRUARY, 2018

Sales history: i80,000 RNA Wlg >13 ARQDEC; i85,000 Ylg >14 ARAUG. Lifetime Record: GSW-Fr & G1SP-UAE, 9-4-3-1, i1,310,266. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Friday=s Results: O-Al Shaqab Racing; B-Yeguada de Milagro SA (IRE); 5th-LIN, ,5,800, Cond, 2-23, 3yo, 12f (AWT), 2:33.12, st. T-Christophe Ferland. PERFECT ILLUSION (GB) (c, 3, {Ire}--Chicita Banana {GB}, by {Ire}) enjoyed a 12-length romp in his Jan. 17 debut over course and distance last time, and settled off the tempo in fourth after an alert exit in this second go. Taking CONDITIONS RESULTS: closer order on the bridle rounding the home turn, the 11-10 4th-CHY, i26,000, Cond, 2-23, 3yo, 7 1/2f (AWT), 1:31.41, st. favourite quickened to the fore entering the final eighth and BLACK CAT (FR) (c, 3, Elusive City--Queen of Deauville {Fr}, by stayed on strongly under a late drive to assert by 3/4-of-a-length Diableneyev) Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, i26,200. O/B-Ecurie from Technological (GB) (Universal {Ire}). The 25,000gns TATDEY Haras du Cadran, Carlos Lerner & Yann Lerner (FR); T-Carlos & yearling is kin to Listed Hoppegartener Fliegerpreis third Banana Yann Lerner. *i20,000 Ylg >16 ARAUG. **1/2 to Deauville Split (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) and a 2-year-old colt by Prince (Fr) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), SW-Eng & SP-UAE, (Ire), and is out of Chicita Banana (GB) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), $135,854. herself a winning half-sister to G2 S. victor and G1 Criterium International third Bonfire (GB) (Manduro {Ger}) and MGSW GI Beverly D. S. third Joviality (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $9,519. Video, sponsored by Fasig- Tipton. Friday=s Results: O-Mr & Mrs R Gorell, N Botica & ; B-James Ortega 4th-DUN, i16,000, Mdn, 2-23, 3yo, 7f (AWT), 1:26.44, st. Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-Andrew Balding. EDITORIAL (GB) (c, 3, Bated Breath {GB}--Bright Edge {GB} {SW-Eng}, by Danehill Dancer {Ire}), was hammered down from CONDITIONS RESULTS: long odds at the tills and tracked the leaders in seventh through 3rd-WOL, ,5,800, Cond, 2-23, 4yo/up, 5f 21y (AWT), 1:00.84, st. halfway in this unveiling. Scrubbed along on the home turn, the JUST THAT LORD (GB) (g, 5, Avonbridge {GB}--Lady Filly {GB}, 3-1 second favourite came under sterner urging at the top of the by Atraf {GB}) Lifetime Record: 17-3-2-3, $34,600. O/B-Mrs straight and kept on relentlessly for late driving to deny Irish Monica Teversham (GB); T-Michael Attwater. Minister (Americain) by a neck in the dying strides. He becomes the fifth scorer for Listed Kilvington Fillies= S. victress Bright Edge (GB) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and is a half to Listed Wentworth S. runner-up Arthur=s Edge (GB) (Diktat {GB}) and a 2-year-old filly by Havana Gold (Ire). Sales history: 17,000gns Wlg >15 TATFOA; Friday=s Results: ,37,000 Ylg >16 GOUKPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $12,153. 6th-CHY, i21,000, Cond, 2-23, 4yo/up, 9 1/2f (AWT), 1:56.44, Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 1ST-TIME STARTER. st. O/T-Paddy Twomey; B-Christopher & Annabelle Mason (GB). HESHEM (IRE) (h, 5, Footstepsinthesand {GB}--Doohulla {SP-Eng}, by Stravinsky) ran second in last year=s G1 Dubai Turf 2nd-DUN, i15,000, Mdn, 2-23, 3yo, f, 8f (AWT), 1:39.68, st. and went off as the 3-5 pick for this comeback. Unflustered in BLACKGOLD FAIRY (f, 3, More Than Ready-- Bid, by second for the most part, the 2016 G2 Prix Eugene Adam hero ), a Nov. 8 debut sixth tackling seven panels here challenged full of run passing the two pole and kept on strongly in her only prior start, asserted for control after the initial under whipless coaxing once shaken up to lead approaching the exchanges of this one. Travelling smoothly into the straight, the final eighth to comfortably best Amirvann (Fr) ( 2-1 second choice was nudged along inside the two pole and {Ire}) by 1 1/2 lengths. Half-brother to G3 Prix Paul de Moussac pushed out in the closing stages to score by 6 1/2 lengths from winner Xanadou (Ire) (), he is out of Listed Bosra High Street Lady (Ire) (Finsceal Fior {Ire}). Produced by a Sham Fillies= S. third Doohulla (Stravinsky), herself a daughter of daughter of MG1SW US champion (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), G2 Prix du Gros-Chene victress Viva Zapata (Affirmed). the i62,000 GOFORB yearling is a half-sister to the stakes- placed duo Tetrad (Malibu Moon) and L. A. Tower (Hard Spun). Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 7 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 FEBRUARY, 2018

2nd-DUN, cont. She is also kin to a 2-year-old filly by Verrazano and a yearling colt by Competitive Edge, and dam London Bid (Rainbow Quest) was bred to Mizzen Mast last year. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $11,395. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Zhang Yuesheng; B-James Moloney & Peter Reynolds (KY); JAKKALBERRY DEAD T-Michael Halford.

EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS

IN QATAR: Black Orange (GB), c, 3, (GB)--Mrs Snaffles (Ire), by Indian Danehill (Ire). Al Rayyan, 2-23, Plate Race (,21k/i24k), 1200mT, 1:12.39. B-D R Tucker. *,3,000 RNA Ylg >16 GOFHIT; ,120,000 RNA HRA >17 GOFLON; ,54,000 HRA >17 ASCJUL. VIDEO Jakkalberry | racingfotos.com Tango (Fr), m, 5, Siyouni (Fr)--Alexandrina (Ger), by Monsun (Ger). Al Rayyan, 2-23, Hcp. (,21k/i24k), 1600mT, Globetrotting Group 1 winner Jakkalberry (Ire) (Storming 1:37.31. B-E Trussardi & Sarl Ecurie Du Precieux. *MGSP-Fr. Home {GB}--Claba Di San Jore {Ire}, by Barathea {Ire}) has died **i50,0000 2yo >16 OSAAPR; i400,000 HRA >16 ARQARC. at Novara Park Stud in New Zealand as a result of a gut infection. VIDEO AHe got a gut infection and that was that, it was pretty quick and we had to put him down early this morning,@ studmaster IN THE UAE: Ray Knight told nzracing.com. ATo say it was premature is an Perfect Sense (GB), g, 4, Sepoy (Aus)--Miss Chicane (GB), by understatement, the signs couldn=t have been more encouraging Refuse to Bend (Ire). Jebel Ali, 2-23, Maiden (,13k/i14k), for the horse. He=s only had two to the races and they=ve both 1400m, 1:25.85. B-Brook Stud Bloodstock Ltd. *65,000gns Wlg gone well.@ >14 TATDEF. The 12-year-old Jakkalberry sits second on New Zealand=s first- Aleko (GB), h, 5, Cape Cross (Ire)--Monnavanna (Ire) (SW & season sires= table. Trained initially in Italy by Endo Botti, GSP-Fr, MSP-Eng), by Machiavellian. Jebel Ali, 2-23, Hcp. Jakkalberry won the 2010 G1 . He was (,16k/i18k), 1600m, 1:38.56. B-Mrs Rebecca Philipps. transferred to Marco Botti in Newmarket at the end of 2011 and *70,000gns Ylg >14 TATOCT; AED12,000 HRA >16 ERASEP. within the next 12 months raced in six countries. He was third in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic, won the American St Leger and was third again in the G1 Melbourne Cup of 2012. He ran just once in 2013, winning the G2 Dubai City of Gold S. at Meydan. IN : Our Yangtze (GB), g, 5, Dansili (GB)--Hi Calypso (Ire) (MGSW- Eng, $220,715), by In the (GB). Moonee Valley, 2-23, Hcp. (,28k/i32k), 3000mT, 3:11.20. B-Philip Newton. *1/2 to Evangelist (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), SW-Aus, A$251,230. >RISING STAR= BACK TO WINNING WAYS IN **Formerly Yangtze (GB). ***185,000gns HRA >16 TATHIT. TYPHOON TRACY by Alan Carasso >TDN Rising Star= Tulip (Aus) (Pierro {Aus}) picked an ideal way FIND US ON FACEBOOK to snap a seven-race losing skid, coming with a stinging rally www.facebook.com/thoroughbreddailynews through the final 150 metres to easily take out the G3 Typhoon Tracy S. under the Friday night lights at Moonee Valley. Cont. p8 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 8 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 FEBRUARY, 2018

Tulip Returns to Winning Ways cont. AUSTRALIAN-BRED WINNERS Looking for her first victory since scoring in the G3 Magic Night S. at Rosehill in March 2017, the $4.20 (16-5) favourite jumped alertly for Kerrin McEvoy and was prominent for the opening IN : 200m before dropping back into mid-division down the side Vesontio (Aus), g, 4, Champions Gallery (GB)--Ceol Na Sraide while three off the inside. Allowed to creep closer nearing the (Ire), by King=s Theatre (Ire). Kranji, 2-23, Open Maiden home turn, Tulip responded to her rider=s urgings to swoop in (A$19k), 1400mT, 1:24.18. B-K F Leung (NSW). *1/2 to Royal front at the furlong marker and sprinted home to best True Zulu Guard (Aus) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), SW-SAf; and The Excelsior (NZ) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) by a length. Voice (Aus) (Northern Meteor {Aus}), GSW-Aus, $300,850. AIt was an A-1 ride and we got the A-1 result,@ Bruno Rouge- VIDEO Serret, a representative for the David Hayes, Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig stable, told Racing.com. AShe was the class filly in the race tonight so we just wanted her to come here and get the win, if she=d got beat today we probably would=ve been second guessing our options. Now she can go to Sydney with some confidence and there are quite a few options for her up there.@ Accorded >Rising Star= status off a debut success at The Valley on New Year=s Eve 2016, the NZ$400,000 NZB Premier Yearling acquisition took a soft-7 renewal of the Magic Night and backed Friday=s Results: up a week later to be a highly creditable third to She Will Reign JEBEL ALI S.-Listed, AED500,000 (,97,444/i110,719/ (Aus) (Manhattan Rain {Aus}) in the G1 Longines Golden Slipper US$136,147), Jebel Ali, 2-23, NH4yo/up, SH3yo/up, 1950m, S. She was making her second start this prep, having finished 1:57.91, ft. fourth in the G3 Kevin Hayes S. at Caulfield 13 days previously. 1--MONTSARRAT (IRE), 126, g, 5, Poet=s Voice (GB)--Flying Flag (Ire) (MSW-Ity, $132,356), by (GB). *1ST STAKES WIN. (45,000gns Wlg >13 TATDEF; AED200,000 HRA >17 ERAAPR). O-Ahmad Ghalita Almheiri; B-Agricola Del Parco; T-Salem bin Ghadayer; J-T O=Shea; AED300,000. Lifetime Record: SP-Eng, 24-6-4-1, $169,767.

2--Galles, 126, c, 4, Bernardini--Gracefield, by Storm Cat. (AED160,000 HRA >17 ERASEP). O-Mohammed Farooq. AED100,000.

3--Shamaal Nibras, 128, g, 9, First Samurai--Sashay Away, by Farma Way. ($25,000 Ylg >10 KEESEP; 45,000gns 2yo >11 TATAPR). O-EERC (Mgr: Mrs Rebecca Byrne). AED50,000. Hidden Brook Foaled, Raised & Sold

Tulip heading down to the barriers Friday evening | Getty Images

Margins: 6, 1 1/4, NK. Follow the TDN staff on Twitter Thoroughbred Daily News JEBEL ALI SPRINT S.-Listed, AED500,000 (,97,444/i110,719/ US$136,147), Jebel Ali, 2-23, NH4yo/up, SH3yo/up, 1000m, :58.40, ft. @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry 1--SHILLONG (GB), 126, h, 5, (Ire)--Rainfall (Ire) (GSW & @DaithiHarvey @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN MG1SP-Eng, $200,273), by Oasis Dream (GB). *1ST STAKES TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 9 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 24 FEBRUARY, 2018

WIN. (AED150,000 HRA >15 ERADEC). O-Byerley Team; against older rivals in the G2 Premio Roma in late November. B-Darley; T-Helel Al Alawi; J-P Cosgrave; AED300,000. Lifetime The bay, campaigned by Japanese businessman Tataya Record: 16-6-1-3, $151,902. Shimakawa, made his first trip across to Qatar a winning one, coming away to a comprehensive victory in the US$500,000 2--High On Life (GB), 126, g, 7, Invincible Spirit (Ire)--Lovely Qatar Derby Dec. 30 (video). Thought (GB), by Dubai Destination. (,55,000 Ylg >12 The Blue Eye (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) was the four-length winner of DONAUG; ,70,000 RNA 2yo >13 DONAPR; 190,000gns HRA >14 the Emir=s Trophy two years ago and has retained solid form TATHIT). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum. since with six wins from 10 appearances. The Arqana Arc sale AED100,000. grad couldn=t quite overcome a tough trip last time and went 3--Wonder of Qatar (Ire), 126, h, 6, Exceed and Excel (Aus)-- down to a neck defeat at the hands of Barwod (GB) (Lope de Imperial Quest (GB), by Rainbow Quest. (90,000gns Ylg >13 Vega {Ire}) in a 11-furlong allowance Feb. 1 (video). Perennial TATOCT). O-Bouresly Racing Syndiate. AED50,000. leading rider Harry Bentley has the call for Jassim Ghazali. Margins: 1 3/4, 2 3/4, 4 1/4. Champion US trainer Chad Brown saddles his first Qatar runner in the form of Money Multiplier (Lookin At Lucky). Now owned by the locally based Al Shahania Stud, the ridgling won the 2017 GII Monmouth S. and was four times Grade I placed for previous owners Klaravich Stable and H. Lawrence. Post time for the Emir=s Trophy is 4.15pm local time (1.15pm CHEMICAL CHARGE THE MARQUEE HORSE BST/8.15am US Eastern time). A live feed may be found at www.qrec.gov.qa. IN EMIR=S TROPHY by Alan Carasso Qatar Racing Ltd.=s Chemical Charge (Ire) ( {Ire}) is the star turn in an interesting group of 16 that will face the starter for Saturday=s US$1-million Emir=s Trophy (2400m) at Al Friday=s Results: Rayyan Racecourse in Doha, Qatar. IRISH THOROUGHBRED MARKETING CUP (NB), $200,000, Al The Ralph Beckett-trained 6-year-old had a banner season in Rayyan, 2-23, 3yo/up, 1600mT, 1:36.58, gd. 2017, earning a first group success in the G3 September S. over 1--PLEASELETMEWIN (IRE), 132, g, 4, (GB)--Jacaranda the Kempton all-weather while also finishing a close third to Ridge (GB), by Indian Ridge (Ire). (,36,000 Ylg >15 DONAUG; Idaho (Ire) ( {Ire}) at odds of 25-1 in the G2 Hardwicke S. 450,000gns HRA >16 TATHIT). O-Injaaz Stud; B-Ballykilbride (2400m) during the Royal meeting last June. Chemical Charge is Stud; T-Jassim Mohammed Ghazali; J-Martin Harley; $114,000. exiting a very good fourth as an 86-1 shot to Idaho=s full-brother Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng, 15-5-2-2, $226,447. (Ire) in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Vase Dec. 10.

2--Vitally Important (Ire), 132, h, 8, Pivotal (GB)--Kirkinola (GB), by Selkirk. (i40,000 Ylg >11 ARQAUG). O-Saeed bin Mubarak Saeed Aljafali al Naimi. $44,000. 3--Diplomat (Ger), 132, h, 7, Teofilo (Ire)--Desidera (Ire), by Shaadi. (i55,000 Ylg >12 BBASEP). O-Eckhard Sauren. $22,000.

Margins: SHD, 3/4, HF. Also Ran: Gordon Lord Byron (Ire), Al Mohalhal (Ire), Sir Guy Porteous (Ire), Parkes and Ride (Ire), Black Granite (Ire), Topsy Turvy (Ire), Oryx (Fr), Notalot (Ire), Neguev (Ire), Skate (GB), Third Dimension (Ire). VIDEO

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HK GROUP 1 FEATURES FULL OF INTRIGUE But he ran into some much-reported behavioural issues and has only recently been cleared to run. However, his recent by Alan Carasso defeat of Werther in a 1600m barrier trial could suggest the best Sunday=s G1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) and G1 Queen=s is yet to come. Time Warp=s pilot agrees. Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) have attracted fields of just 11 and AI=ve always said I thought [Pakistan Star] was the best mile nine runners, respectively, but the two races should offer and a quarter horse we had here in Hong Kong,@ Zac Purton said. punters outstanding opportunities, with arguments to be made ANow that he=s had that break--that little bit of time off--he for a number of the entrants. seems as if he=s furnished a little bit more, it might have actually Werther (NZ) (Tavistock {NZ}) was having just his second run been a good thing for him. The way he put Werther away in the of the season when taking the 2017 Gold Cup by a short head, trial the other day was quite scary. If he reproduces that then but it is a fitter version this time around. The former Horse of we may not be able to beat him anyway.@ the Year is a course-and-distance specialist, with four wins from Helene Paragon (Fr) (Polan {Fr}) is the defending champion in six tries, including this year=s G2 Jockey Club Cup in November the QSJC, but whereas he entered that race off an impressive ahead of a runner-up effort to Time Warp (GB) (Archipenko) in Stewards= Cup success, he was the G1 Longines Hong Kong only eighth in that contest four Cup Dec. 11. The bay prepped weeks ago and will need to do for this with an excellent third better to defeat some up-and- to Seasons Bloom (Aus) coming rivals. (Captain Sonador {Aus}) in the Chief among those is the very G1 Stewards= Cup (1600m) Jan. progressive Fifty Fifty (NZ) (Thorn 28, but can certainly reverse Park {Aus}), who defeated Beat form here and Hugh Bowman the Clock (Aus) (Hinchinbrook is in town for the ride. A trip to {Aus}) by a half-length in the Dubai for the G1 Sheema G3 Chinese Challenge Cup H. on Classic (2400m) hinges on New Year=s Day before running Werther=s performance Seasons Bloom to a similar margin Sunday. when rounding out the quinella in Seasons Bloom took out the the Stewards= Cup. G2 Jockey Club Mile in Werther winning the 2017 Gold Cup | HKJC photo Pingwu Spark (NZ) November, but was no better (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) is the than fourth when favoured in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile heftiest horse in Hong Kong at something around 1,330 pounds two back. His only other attempt at the metric mile and a and is also one of the hottest horses in training. He has risen quarter resulted in a fourth to Rapper Dragon (Aus) (Street Boss) from a rating of 73 at the outset of the season to start on 109 in last year=s BMW Hong Kong Derby, but Seasons Bloom is this time around, courtesy of five wins and a second from six arguably much more horse now than he was then and can be in appearances, including a Class 2 over track and trip Jan. 21. the finish. The QSJC also attracts the last two winners of the Hong Kong AI=m glad that Danny=s giving him another chance over the Mile--Beauty Only (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) and Beauty distance and then after this run we=re going to be sure if he Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock {Aus})--cutting back to seven handles it or not,@ jockey Joao Moreira told HKJC=s David furlongs after finishing fifth and seventh, respectively, in the Morgan before admitting, Aat this stage there=s a question mark Stewards= Cup. up in the air.@ Time Warp had things very much his own way in the Hong Kong Cup, easily holding Werther at bay. Nothing went to script last time in the Stewards= Cup, however, when he hopped at the break, never found the front and settled for 10th. A cleaner © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any dispatch this time could see him control things at his own speed. means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission >TDN Rising Star= Pakistan Star (Ger) (Shamardal) is the of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the X-factor of all X-factors. Last year=s Derby runner-up was second American races, race results and earnings was obtained from in the QE II Cup when trying open Group 1 rivals for the first results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services time and the sky seemed the limit. and utilized here with their permission. GROUP ENTRIES

Saturday, Caulfield, Australia, post time: 4:05 p.m. (12:05 a.m. EST/5:05 a.m. BST) LADBROKES BLUE DIAMOND S.-G1, A$1,500,000 (US$1,177,863/£844,100/€954,919), 2yo, 1200mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 7 Long Leaf (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) D&B Hayes/Dabernig McEvoy 124 2 18 Written By (Aus) Written Tycoon (Aus) Begg Childs 124 3 2 Run Naan (Aus) Makfi (GB) McEvoy Mallyon 124 4 1 Prairie Fire (Aus) Snitzel (Aus) Price Zahra 124 5 3 Ollivander (Aus) Charge Forward (Aus) Scr Scr Scr 6 15 Encryption (Aus) Lonhro (Aus) Cummings Lane 124 7 20 Native Soldier (Aus) Sepoy (Aus) Scr Scr Scr 8 6 Plague Stone (Aus) Lonhro (Aus) Cummings Melham 124 9 5 Grand Symphony (Aus) Glass Harmonium (Ire) Griffiths McNeil 124 10 19 Enbihaar (Aus) Magnus (Aus) D&B Hayes/Dabernig Parish 120 11 14 Kinky Boom (Aus) Spirit Of Boom (Aus) McEvoy Williams 120 12 12 Lady Horseowner (Aus) Equiano (Fr) Eurell Beriman 120 13 4 Ennis Hill (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) D&B Hayes/Dabernig Baster 120 14 9 Crossing the Abbey (Aus) Helmet (Aus) Hughes Nolen 120 15 16 Qafila (Aus) Not A Single Doubt (Aus) D&B Hayes/Dabernig Dunn 120 16 10 Oohood (Aus) I Am Invincible (Aus) McEvoy Currie 120 Emergencies: 17 17 Aristocratic Miss (Aus) Foxwedge (Aus) McEvoy Kah 120 18 8 More Than Exceed (NZ) More Than Ready Stokes Tourneur 124 19 13 Roobeena (Aus) Exceed And Excel (Aus) McEvoy No Rider 120 20 11 Melveen (Aus) Starspangledbanner (Aus) Dwyer Thornton 120

Saturday, Caulfield, Australia, post time: 3:25 p.m. (11:25 p.m. EST/4:25 a.m. BST) ITALKTRAVEL FUTURITY S.-G1, A$500,000 (US$391,675/£280,836/€318,049), WFA, 3yo/up, 1400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 5 Tosen Stardom (Jpn) Deep Impact (Jpn) Weir Allen 130 2 2 Humidor (NZ) Teofilo (Ire) Weir Lane 130 3 9 Brave Smash (Jpn) Tosen (Jpn) Weir Williams 130 4 7 Lord of the Sky (Aus) Danerich (Aus) Laing Oliver 130 5 4 Sovereign Nation (Aus) Encosta de Lago (Aus) D&B Hayes/Dabernig Bayliss 130 6 8 Mr Sneaky (Aus) High Chapparal (Ire) Freedman Zahra 130 7 6 Wyndspelle (NZ) Iffraaj (GB) Kent Mertens 130 8 1 Snitzson (Aus) Snitzel (Aus) D&B Hayes/Dabernig McEvoy 130 9 11 Shillelagh (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Waller Dee 125 10 3 Mighty Boss (Aus) Not A Single Doubt (Aus) Price Walker 122 11 10 Showtime (Aus) Snitzel (Aus) M, W & J Hawkes Dunn 122 Saturday, Caulfield, Australia, post time: 4:45 p.m. (12:45 a.m. EST/5:45 a.m. BST LADBROKES OAKLEIGH PLATE-G1, A$500,000 (US$391,675/£280,836/€318,049), 3yo/up, 1100mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 8 Flamberge (Aus) Exceed And Excel (Aus) Ellerton/Zahra Lane 125 2 11 Russian Revolution (Aus) Snitzel (Aus) P&P Snowden Zahra 124 3 12 Sheidel (Aus) Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) D&B Hayes/Dabernig Oliver 121 4 10 Hellbent (Aus) I Am Invincible (Aus) Weir Allen 120 5 3 Illustrious Lad (Aus) I Am Invincible (Aus) Gelagotis Darmanin 119 6 6 Fuhryk (Aus) Star Witness (Aus) D&B Hayes/Dabernig Baster 118 7 20 Savanna Amour (Aus) Love Conquers All (Aus) Meagher Stewart 118 8 18 Snitty Kitty (Aus) Snitzel (Aus) Dwyer Mertens 118 9 13 Prussian Vixen (Aus) King of Prussia (Aus) Mehegan Yendall 118 10 7 Sword of Light (Aus) (Ire) Ellerton/Zahra Mallyon 118 11 15 Bons Away (Aus) Bon Hoffa (Aus) Purcell Meech 118 12 19 Lady Esprit (Aus) Bel Esprit (Aus) Purcell Bayliss 118 13 14 Rock ‘n’ Gold (Aus) Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) Ellerton/Zahra Thornton 118 14 2 Palazzo Pubblico (Aus) Conatus (Aus) Smith Dee 118 15 5 Glenall (Aus) Redoute’s Choice (Aus) M, W & J Hawkes Dunn 118 16 17 She Will Reign (Aus) Manhattan Rain (Aus) Portelli Melham 117 17 9 Catchy (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) D&B Hayes/Dabernig Williams 113 18 16 Booker (Aus) Written Tycoon (Aus) Ellerton/Zahra Thompson 113 Emergencies: 19 4 Quilista (Aus) Scandal Keeper Weir No Rider 118 20 1 Olivier (Aus) Statue of Liberty Weir No Rider 118

Saturday, Hastings, New Zealand, post time: 4:03 p.m. (10:03 p.m. EST/3:03 a.m. BST) HAUNUI FARM WFA GROUP 1 CLASSIC-G1, NZ$200,000 (US$146,789/£105,186/€119,194), WFA, 4yo/up, 1600mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 14 Start Wondering (NZ) Eighth Wonder (NZ) Evan&JJ Rayner Parkes 130 2 8 Authentic Paddy (NZ) Howbaddouwantit Latta Bradley 130 3 13 Scapolo (NZ) Bachelor Duke Myers No Rider 130 4 11 Splurge (NZ) Savabeel (Aus) Autridge/Richards McNab 130 5 4 Shadows Cast (NZ) Per Incanto Oulaghan No Rider 130 6 1 Brilliant Shine (NZ) Guillotine (NZ) P&D Williams Du Plessis 130 7 7 Ronchi (NZ) Stravinsky Wallace/Peard Cooksley 130 8 2 Beefeater (NZ) Alamosa (NZ) Bergerson Myers 130 9 3 Nymph Monte (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) Nicholson No Rider 130 10 9 Travimyfriend (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) Frost Johnson 130 11 12 Bonneval (NZ) Makfi (GB) Scr Scr Scr 12 6 Consensus (NZ) McKee Collett 125 13 5 Devise (NZ) Darci Brahma (NZ) Ritchie Coleman 125 14 10 Savvy Dreams (NZ) Savabeel (NZ) Lowry/Cullen Tanaka 125 Saturday, Lingfield, Britain, post time: 3.15 p.m. BETWAY WINTER DERBY S.-G3, £100,000, 4yo/up, 10f (AWT) SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 1 10 Autocratic (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Kingscote Stoute 126 2 4 Battle of Marathon K War Front Gordon J Ryan 126 3 5 Convey (GB) Dansili (GB) Fanning Stoute 126 4 7 Gabrial (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Hanagan Fahey 126 5 3 Khalidi (GB) High Chaparral (Ire) Kirby Cox 126 6 9 Master the World (Ire) Mastercraftsman (Ire) Levey Elsworth 126 7 8 Mr. Owen K Invincible Spirit (Ire) Spencer Simcock 126 8 6 Petite Jack (GB) Champs Elysees (GB) Morris Watson 126 9 2 Utmost Giant's Causeway Havlin Gosden 126 10 1 Clear Skies (GB) Sea the Stars (Ire) Moore A O'Brien 123

Saturday, Al Rayyan (Doha), Qatar, post time: 4:15 p.m. (8:15 a.m. EST/1:15 p.m. BST) H H THE EMIR’S TROPHY (Presented by Longines), US$1,000,000, 3yo/up, 2400m SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 13 Barwod (GB) Lope de Vega (Ire) Smart Bachelot 132 2 7 Best Fouad (Fr) King’s Best Rohaut Soumillon 132 3 12 Cameraman (GB) (GB) Maki Suerland 132 4 4 Chemical Charge (Ire) Sea the Stars (Ire) Beckett Murphy 132 5 3 Duke of Dundee (Fr) (Ire) de Mieulle Peslier 132 6 14 Fort Moville (Fr) Le Havre (Ire) Kobeissi Bughanaim 132 7 10 Goldenfield (Ire) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Al Ramzani Lukasek 132 8 11 Money Multiplier K Lookin At Lucky Brown Dettori 132 9 16 Noor Al Hawa (Fr) Makfi (GB) Wohler Pedroza 132 10 6 Otwo K Medaglia d’Oro Ibido Avranche 132 11 15 Qatari Hunter (Ire) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Bolger Manning 132 12 1 Quelindo (Ger) Aussie Rules Mountain Convertino 132 13 9 The Blue Eye (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Ghazali Bentley 132 14 2 Mac Mahon (Ity) Ramonti (Fr) A Botti Vargiu 130 15 8 Elbereth (GB) Mount Nelson (GB) Balding Probert 128 16 5 Zman Awal (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Al Ramzani Atzeni 128

Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 4:05 p.m. (3:05 a.m. EST/8:15 a.m. BST) CITI HONG KONG GOLD CUP-G1, HK$10,000,000 (£915,969/€1,037,042/A$1,629,499/US$1,278,067), 3yo/up, 2000mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 7 Time Warp (GB) Archipenko A Cruz Purton 126 2 4 Werther (NZ) Tavistock (NZ) Moore Bowman 126 3 1 Pakistan Star (Ger) Shamardal A Cruz Chadwick 126 4 3 Seasons Bloom (Aus) Captain Sonador (Aus) Shum Moreira 126 5 8 Secret Weapon (GB) Choisir (Aus) Yip Callan 126 6 6 Eagle Way (Aus) More Than Ready Moore Berry 126 7 5 Gold Mount (GB) Excellent Art (GB) A Cruz Soumillon 126 8 2 Dinozzo (Ire) Lilbourne Lad (Ire) Size Teetan 126 9 9 Helene Charisma (Fr) Air Chief Marshal (Ire) Moore Leung 126 Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 4:40 p.m. (3:40 a.m. EST/8:40 a.m. BST) QUEEN’S SILVER JUBILEE CUP-G1, HK$10,000,000 (£915,969/€1,037,042/A$1,629,499/US$1,278,067), 3yo/up, 1400mT SC PP HORSE SIRE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 6 Helene Paragon (Fr) Polan (Fr) Moore Berry 126 2 7 Beauty Generation (NZ) Road to Rock (Aus) Moore Purton 126 3 2 Peniaphobia (Ire) Dandy Man (Ire) A Cruz Prebble 126 4 1 Beat the Clock (Aus) Hinchinbrook (Aus) Size Moreira 126 5 11 Beauty Only (Ire) Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) A Cruz Callan 126 6 3 Fifty Fifty (NZ) Thorn Park (Aus) Ho Teetan 126 7 9 Western Express (Aus) Encosta de Lago (Aus) Size Rawiller 126 8 8 Southern Legend (Aus) Not a Single Doubt (Aus) Fownes Rispoli 126 9 5 Giant Treasure Mizzen Mast A Cruz Soumillon 126 10 4 Joyful Trinity (Ire) Zanzibari Fownes Mosse 126 11 10 Pingwu Spark (NZ) Mastercraftsman (Ire) Yung Leung 126

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FOAL CROP MAY HIT 53-YEAR LOW IN 2018 TDN Q&A: By Bill Finley JOSH RUBINSTEIN In its recently released annual Fact Book, The Jockey Club has estimated that there will be 19,925 foals born in the U.S. in 2018. If those numbers hold true, it will mark the first time the U.S. foal crop has dipped below 20,000 since 1965, when there were 18,846 registered foals. The 2018 number represents a 4.7% decline from the estimated foal crop number for 2017. The number of foals born peaked in 1986, when there were 51,296. Most of the other breeding related figures in the fact book do not go past 2017, which was a milestone year for the California breeding industry. With 2,450 mares bred, it passed Florida as the second biggest breeding state in the U.S. behind Kentucky.

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Josh Rubinstein | DMTC IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Daniel Ross SMALL BATCH SUCCESS FROM WOODCOTE Last month, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club (DMTC) crowned Tom Peacock catches up with Barry Reilly of Woodcote Josh Rubinstein as the facility's new president, taking the reins Stud, which has produced six Group 1 winners from its from long-time Del Mar fixture, Joe Harper. Rubinstein, 48, boutique breeding operation. joined the Del Mar executive ranks in 1997, first working in sales Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. and marketing. Prior to his latest promotion, Rubinstein's office door at Del Mar held the twin titles of executive vice president and chief operating officer. Having spent his early years in New York, Rubinstein went to high school and college in San Diego, just down the road from Del Mar. Initially eyeing a career in television production, he joined ABC Sports out of college, covering events like the Triple Crown and the Kentucky Derby trials. Rubinstein grew up in a non-racing family, and it was during his tenure at ABC Sports that he "fell in love with horseracing, all aspects of it. The gambling side, the sport itself, all the characters." It was also during his time at ABC Sports that Rubinstein first "got to know the Del Mar guys." And so, when he was offered a position there, it was "too good to pass up." Rubinstein said that without the advice and assistance of "a lot of people" along the way, "there's no way I'd be in this position." And he singled out Harper and former DMTC president and general manager Craig Fravel for special mention.

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Rubinstein Q&A cont. from p1 From Harper, Rubinstein has learned about the craft of creating a show, "and creating an environment where people are excited to come to work every day," he said. From Fravel, he learned the inner workings of the industry. "It's been a very fortunate ride," Rubinstein added. "And I keep telling myself I'm a really lucky guy."

Del Mar | Breeders= Cup/Eclipse Sportswire

The following is an edited transcript.

TDN: You're picking up the mantle on the back of a seminal year for Del Mar. Let's start with the many positives, at the top of which was Del Mar's inaugural Breeders' Cup. What are your takeaways from last November's two-day event?

JR: The one metric that still amazes us is the on-track handle number. We were bullish on the fact that the people who attend the Breeders' Cup were coming from all over the world and would participate heavily at the windows. But to have a $25 million on-track handle over the two days, which is a 24% increase on 2016, is amazing. Operationally, Del Mar and the Breeders' Cup well before the event agreed to cap attendance and focus on the on-track experience, and that really had a large part to do with the success of the event. Just from ease of access getting in, parking, getting a drink, getting a bet down, I think if you spoke to people they would say it was a very smooth two days.

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JR: Little tweaks here and there. Some points of sale need to be added, especially in the box area. The ride-sharing and the ease of parking needs to be improved upon. In fact, I got out of a meeting this morning with the Breeders' Cup folks, who are in town. Breeders' Cup actually shared with us how they did a post-event survey, and attendees had a 95% highly satisfied rate, which is pretty unheard of. We're hopeful the Breeders' Cup does come back, and when they do, we'll be even better next time.

TDN: Any ideas as to when that could be?

JR: Probably not appropriate for me to talk about that. But on a broader level, we want the Breeders' Cup back, and they want to come back. Obviously, they're juggling other sites, and other politics.

TDN: Another notable positive has been in the investments you've made to the racing surfaces, and in overall injury reduction protocols, exemplified by last summer's marked decrease in race-day facilities (as compared to previous summers). How will you consolidate the efforts you've made so far?

Author's note: six horses were fatally injured during Del Mar's summer meet last year (this includes morning training and afternoon racing, as well as a "sudden death" in the barn area). Compare that to 2016, when 17 horses were fatally injured during the week longer meet (this number includes a fatality resulting from a "freak accident").

JR: As you mention, we have made a significant investment in racing surfaces--over $15 million since 2007, and $3 million recently to change the grading and banking of the [main] track to match Santa Anita's. Outside of the investment we made, it really has been a group effort between our staff, the [California Board], the [Thoroughbred Owners of California], the [California Thoroughbred Trainers], and the individual owners and riders. It's been really rewarding--we've found a really good balance with track maintenance and utilizing the science that's available, along with the daily feedback we get from jockeys, trainers, and vets. Lastly, I'm biased, but I think we've got the best in the business looking after our racing surfaces--[track superintendents] Dennis Moore on the main track and Leif Dickinson on the turf course.

TDN: Any further changes or modifications on the horizon?

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JR: I'll defer to the experts, to Leif and satellite wagering program, and this year, Dennis. It's an evolving process. Mick we'll work with the industry to try to get Peterson, [executive director of the more mini-satellites on board. Lastly, Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory], is we'll continue to focus on the on-track very much involved in our track experience for our large players and maintenance protocol, so we'll horse owners. continuously go over the data with him and, like I said, listen to the experts. TDN: Are you concerned about a possible Breeders' Cup bump, inflating TDN: Handle was also up during the those handle numbers? summer and fall meets last year. How are you going to maintain that trend? JR: Certainly, the Breeders' Cup helped. But, like I said, look at the numbers of the JR: It all starts with the racing product, summer meet, and I don't really know and last year, the racing product was how much an effect the Breeders' Cup exceptional. Summer meet field size was had on the summer meet. "Ship and Win" 8.6, fall meet was 8.5, and as everyone at Del Mar has been very impressive. We knows, field size drives handle. The instituted that program, and it's nice to Josh Rubinstein | Benoit photo summer meet daily average handle was see Santa Anita has their own version and up 5% from 2016, and the fall meet, excluding the Breeders' New York now has one. What do they say: imitation is the best Cup, was up 7.5%. It's no secret ADW continues to be a strong form of flattery? Certainly, [executive vice president for racing area of wagering growth, and we'll continue to work with our and industry relations] Tom Robbins and [racing secretary] ADW partners to keep the trend going. We've also had a lot of David Jerkens are aggressively out there recruiting stables out success in the last five years with mini-satellites, the California here for the summer and fall. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2018

TDN: Overall attendances, however, are still trending TDN: Taking over as president, you're standing on the downwards. How do you reverse that? shoulders of giants. What visions do you have for the track to make your own mark? JR: Certainly, attendance is an important metric, but we're also very focused on revenue per-patron. That's something that has JR: First off, Joe Harper remains the CEO, and I hope that been going up for us. Putting up a big attendance number is continues for some time. He's established an amazing culture at nice, but sometimes when you take a deep dive into what it Del Mar that focuses on service and entertainment for owners takes to get that number, it doesn't always pencil. But, we've and patrons and staff, and my goal is to continue this tradition. had a fair amount of success with lifestyle events, like concerts What I see at the macro level that's important is to ensure that and festivals, and our research has shown that those folks who Del Mar adjusts to the changes in our industry. With the closure go to those events do come back. So, we're doubling down of Hollywood Park, Del Mar has taken a larger role in California. there. We've also got to do more for horse players and horse But with the success of the Breeders' Cup, we've shown what owners. We've implemented food and beverage discounts and we can do on a big stage. Del Mar has a long history of being fair other rewards that support customers. and for doing what's right for racing. My goal is to keep us on that path and to ensure that California racing continues at the highest level.

TJC Fact Book cont. from p1 The Jockey Club records on how many foals were born in an individual state go back to 1991 and from that point to 2016, Florida was the second biggest breeding state every year but one. It was surpassed in 2010 by Louisiana. In 2017, there were 2,450 mares bred in California as compared to 2,194 in Florida. Among the top 10 breeding states, only Pennsylvania saw an increase between 2016 and 2017. A total of 629 mares were bred in Pennsylvania in 2017 verus 529 in 2016. The breeding industry in New Jersey, the only racing state in the East Coast that does not have casino subsidies, continues to Lilac Fire evacuees on the backstretch | Katie Jones be devastated. Only 20 mares were bred in the Garden State in 2017, tying it with Missouri, a state that does not have racing, and putting it only two mares ahead of Utah. In 1991, 581 mares TDN: Then there's the general good will generated by the way were bred in Jersey. Cont. p7 Del Mar (as well as the industry as a whole) rallied around the victims of the San Luis Rey tragedy. How has that response affected everyday operations at Del Mar?

JR: We currently have about 390 horses on the ground, and we expect that number to grow to the mid-400s as the 2-year-olds come in. It really was amazing to see how quickly Del Mar became the evacuation center. Literally within a day, we became a stabling and training location. We owe a large debt of thanks to the 22nd District Agricultural Association. They own the fairgrounds. They have been extremely accommodating to all our needs. And our crew here, they've jumped in and embraced what needs to be done. But really, that we were able to offer a facility like Del Mar to so many displaced horses and stable employees in their time of need was absolutely huge for the industry. Horsephotos TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 8 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2018

TJC Fact Book cont. IRISH WAR CRY RETURNS IN HAL=S HOPE For the 2017 season, Spendthrift=s Into Mischief led all sires in Isabelle de Tomaso homebred Irish War Cry (Curlin), a terms of mares bred with 235. But his lead may not last long. prominent player on the Triple Crown trail last year, makes his The Darby Dan stallion Dialed In was next at 231, a remarkable return to the races jump from the prior year when he was bred to 91 mares. The Saturday at top 10 are rounded out by Uncle Mo (204), Bodemeister (192), HAL'S HOPE S.-GIII, 4yo/up, 1m Gulfstream in the Oxbow (187), Violence (187), Temple City (186), Maclean=s PP. Horse Sire GIII Hal=s Hope S. (181), Flat Out (178) and Munnings (178). First-timer 1. Irish War Cry Curlin Decisive winner of California Chrome was bred to 145 mares. 2. Economic Model K Flatter last term=s GII Holy The most notable trend in the auction ring was that it was a 3. Conquest Big E K Tapit Bull S., the New rough year for the 2-year-old sales. The average price fetched 4. Tower of Texas K Street Sense Jersey-bred for a 2-year-old at auction in 2017 was $43,799, a whopping 5. Quijote Pomeroy captured the GII 41.8% decrease from 2016. That 3,082 2-year-olds were sold 6. Malagacy K Shackleford Wood Memorial S., versus 2,347 the year before may account for some of the 7. Giuseppe the Great Lookin At Lucky but could only declines in average price. 8. Send It In Big Brown manage 10th in the On the other hand, the weanling and yearling sales had good (see Graded Stakes Entries) GI Kentucky Derby. years. The average price paid for a weanling was $64,553, up Rebounding with a runner-up effort in the GI Belmont S., he was 8.2%. The average price for the 6,689 yearlings sold was off the board in the GI Haskell Invitational S. and GI $71,254, an 18% increase. Pennsylvania Derby when last seen Sept. 23. On the racetracks, most numbers held steady. The average Economic Model (Flatter) also makes his seasonal debut in this field size in 2017 was 7.70, a slight increase from 7.59 in 2016. spot for Chad Brown. The GISP bay was last seen winning a one- The average number of starts per runner was 6.21, virtually the mile optional claimer at Belmont Oct. 12. >TDN Rising Star= same as it has been every year since 2008. Tracks are adapting Malagacy (Shackleford), winner of last term=s GII Rebel S., to the smaller foal crops and keeping field size intact by returned from a nine-month layoff with a runner-up effort in a reducing the number of races. In 2017, it was 40,846. In 2000, it six-furlong Hallandale optional claimer Jan. 18 and steps back was 60,872. into stakes company here. Malagacy=s trainer Todd Pletcher saddles another intriguing contender in Send It In (Big Brown), last seen capturing the GIII Excelsior S. at Aqueduct Apr. 8. CHAMP MARE WORKS SEVEN WITH DUBAI ON HORIZON Chuck Fipke=s champion older dirt mare Forever Unbridled (Unbridled=s Song) continued her preparations for the Mar. 24 G1 Dubai World Cup with a seven-furlong move in 1:26.80 at Fair Grounds Friday. ATime wise it was perfect,@ trainer Dallas Stewart said. AI thought it was a good one last week but this one was even better. We just feel like we=re on with her. We feel like we=ve done a lot of work with her. A lot of things are adding up with her right now. We got three or four breezes left, but this one was the hard one. She followed up last week=s hard breeze with an even better one, so we liked how this played out.@

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Inquiries to Grant Williamson or Rebecca Grabert 859.873.7053 • www.threechimneys.com @ three_chimneys Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 5:00 p.m. EST DAYTONA S.-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, 6 1/2fT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Fabozzi K Sidney's Candy Branch, William and Norman Stables, LLC Glatt Talamo 15-1 2 Tombelaine K First Defence Iavarone, Michael, Iavarone, Jules and Regal Horses Day Phillips Smith 8-1 3 What a View Vronsky Finish Line Racing, The Elwood Johnston Trust & Black Baze 5-1 Taste of Victory Stables 4 Conquest Tsunami K Stormy Atlantic Gary Barber Miller Espinoza 4-1 5 Calculator In Summation Richard C. Pell Miller Prat 5-2 6 Perfectly Majestic K Majesticperfection Schroeder Farms LLC Hess, Jr. Desormeaux 6-1 7 Stormy Liberal Stormy Atlantic Ranch and David A Bernsen LLC Miller Rosario 2-1

Breeders: 1-Budget Stable, 2-Juddmonte Farms Inc, 3-Old English Rancho, Patsy Berumen &Sal Berumen, 4-Josham Farms Limited & Yvonne SchwabeThoroughbreds, 5-Ocala Stud, 6-Brereton C. Jones, 7-Dapple Bloodstock &Gryphon Investments LLC

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:35 p.m. EST HAL'S HOPE S.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, 1m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Irish War Cry Curlin Isabelle de Tomaso Motion Ortiz 5-2 2 Economic Model K Flatter Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, William H. Brown Ortiz, Jr. 3-1 3 Conquest Big E K Tapit Daniel C. Hurtak Hurtak Saez 8-1 4 Tower of Texas K Street Sense Van Meter II, Thomas F. and Dilworth, Scott Attfield Gaffalione 15-1 5 Quijote Pomeroy Midwest , Inc. De la cerda Jaramillo 20-1 6 Malagacy K Shackleford Sumaya U.S. Stable Pletcher Castellano 4-1 7 Giuseppe the Great Lookin At Lucky Mossarosa Zito Juarez 20-1 8 Send It In Big Brown Paul P. Pompa, Jr. Pletcher Velazquez 7-2

Breeders: 1-Isabelle de Tomaso, 2-Claiborne Farm, 3-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., 4-Anderson Farms (Ontario) Inc. & RodFerguson, 5-Ramiro Rosas Medina, 6-John Trumbulovic, 7-Buck Pond Farm Inc., 8-Paul Pompa Jr.

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school that I wanted to be an equine veterinarian. About junior high age, that goal morphed into working within the Thoroughbred industry when I discovered that my public library carried a subscription to a Thoroughbred racing weekly. In the years that followed, I began to delve into pedigree research, Heather Anderson, Associate International Editor, which to this day, is one of my favorite aspects of the game. Thoroughbred Daily News Fortunately a pair of internships during and immediately after As part of a new series, we asked a number of people not born college--a big thank you to Peterson & Smith Equine into racing families why they got into the sport, and what their Reproduction Center in Florida, to the Kentucky Equine first racing memory was. Management Internship/Dixiana Farm in Lexington and all of the positive people along the way--reinforced my goal to work in the racing industry. A semester abroad in the UK, where I was able to watch Sea The Stars (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) win the G1 2000 Guineas, didn't hurt either. Armed with a degree in animal science, I graduated during the financial crisis and went with plan b, working outside of the industry for a few years. Haskell Day 2009 found me attending my first American race day at Monmouth Park, as Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia d'Oro) defeated the colts. Fast forward to 2013 and I was fortunate enough to join the TDN. Last year, I bought a share (approximately an ear's-worth) in a juvenile filly (pictured) and have enjoyed every minute of being an owner.

What is your earliest racing memory? Probably the earliest racing specific memory I had was watching Bob Baffert during the NBC telecast after Silver Charm (Silver Buck) had just completed the Derby/Preakness double in Why did you get involved in the sport? 1997. I was 10, awestruck and overjoyed to find racing coverage Looking back, I feel like I was always a horse person, but on TV, as I didn't grow up with cable. Thoroughbreds gained pride of place after I devoured Walter Farley's The Black Stallion series and determined in elementary

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Contact the TDN Ad Staff: [email protected] for details or to post a job PREAKNESS HEADLINES PIMLICO STAKES half to GSW and MG1SP Via Los Andes (Arg) (Fusaichi Pegasus). Lido is a half-sister to Imperia (Medaglia d=Oro), GSW, $224,574. SCHEDULE Their dam is represented by juvenile and yearling colts by The 143rd running of the GI Preakness S. is among 15 stakes Medaglia d=Oro and was bred to Candy Ride (Arg) last season. worth $3.7 million to be run during historic Pimlico=s 12-day Lifetime Record: 8-3-0-1, $138,231. Click for the Equibase.com spring meet, which begins Thursday, May 10. The Preakness will chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. be held in its traditional spot on the third Saturday in May--this O-Godolphin, LLC; B-Darley (KY); T-Kiaran P. McLaughlin. year the 19tth--on a card that will also include the GII Longines Dixie S. and six other stakes races. The GIII Black-Eyed Susan S. Gulfstream Raising Purses by 10% for Championship Meet: for sophomore fillies will be held the day before on another Gulfstream Park will increase overnight purses by 10% starting stakes-laden program. AThe Preakness Meet at Pimlico is always Wednesday, Mar. 7 and through the end of its Championship very special, and this year we=re looking forward to this Meet, Sunday, Apr. 1. AWe=re happy to provide this increase at boutique meet with many of the best horses, horsemen and Gulfstream due to our Championship Meet handle being up jockeys in North America competing at our legendary site,@ said approximately 9%,@ said Gulfstream General Manager Bill Sal Sinatra, President and General Manager of the Maryland Badgett. AWe want to extend our appreciation to the fans and Jockey Club. AAlong with the world-class racing, highlighted by horsemen who continue to support our Championship meet and the 143rd Preakness and 94th Black-Eyed Susan, there will be a year-round program. The last five weeks of our Championship number of wonderful events surrounding the Pimlico Meet and meet will feature some incredible races including the $400,000 Preakness. We look forward to welcoming fans from around the GII Fountain of Youth S., $200,000 GII Davona Dale S. and world and the incredible equine athletes who will compete $200,000 GII Inside Information S., and, of course, GI Florida during these 12 special days.@ Click here for the complete Derby Day with seven stakes and the $1-million Florida Derby.@ Pimlico stakes schedule.

Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 2:30 p.m. ET TEXAS GLITTER S., $75,000, 3yo, 5fT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Salmanazar Shackleford Velazquez Pletcher 6-1 Friday=s Results: 2 Barbarossa More Than Ready Castellano Pletcher 2-1 10th-GP, $45,000, Alw (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 2-23, 3 Dial One Dialed In Juarez Potts 15-1 4 Shangroyal Shanghai Bobby Jimenez Ward 12-1 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:35.35, fm. 5 Wildcat’s Legacy Wildcat Heir Saez Nicks 6-1 LIDO (f, 4, Street Cry {Ire}--Cocoa Beach {Chi} {MGISW-US, 6 Reed Kan Kantharos Montalvo Combest 9-2 Horse of the Year & Ch. 2yo Filly-Chi, MGSW-Chi, MSW & GSP- 7 Currency Speightstown Ortiz Jr. Kimmel 7-2 UAE, $1,744,595} by Doneraile Court) captured a Belmont 8 Clouded Judgment Awesome Patriot Prado Gaudet 10-1 allowance in July and finished off the board in both the Riskaverse S. at Saratoga Aug. 24 and the Pebbles S. Oct. 14 at Belmont. Coming off a fourth-place effort here Dec. 30 in the TDN CRITERIA Tropical Park Oaks, the 2-1 favorite saved ground along the rail The races covered in the TDN are as follows: while in perfect stalking position entering the clubhouse turn. • Stakes: purses of $50,000/up The bay was guided off the fence for a clear run at pacesetter • Allowance Races: purses of $20,000/up Conquest Hardcandy (Candy Ride {Arg}) in the stretch and got • Optional Claiming Races: purses of $20,000/up up in time for a neck victory. Cocoa Beach (Chi) was the • Maiden Special Weight Races: purses of $18,000/up champion 2-year-old filly and 2008 Horse of the Year in Chile • Maiden Claiming Races: purses of $18,000/up & a minimum before coming to the States and taking the GI Beldame S. at claiming price of $40,000 Belmont Park and the GI Matriarch S. at Hollywood Park. She is a TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 2 OF 7 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Friday=s Results: Friday=s Results: 3rd-AQU, $67,000, Alw 2-23, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, f/m, 1m, 8th-LRL, $57,015, Alw (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000-$25,000), 1:36.51, my. 2-23, 4yo/up, 5 1/2f, 1:03.37, sy. CHRISTMAS SKY (f, 4, Bodemeister--Queen Greeley {MSW, EASTERN BAY (g, 4, E Dubai--Chrusciki {MSW, $322,828}, by $182,720}, by Mr. Greeley) has worked her way up the ranks Polish Numbers) entered off consecutive victories against since graduating for a $30,000 at the Big A Nov. 8. Haltered allowance foes here Jan. 13 and Feb. 4. The 7-5 favorite by these connections out of a winning effort for $35,000 Dec. challenged for the early lead along the inside of The Great 10, she followed with a runner-up effort Jan. 19 and a win Feb. Provider (Orientate) as they splashed down the backstretch. He 15, both versus starter allowance company. The 3-1 second drew on even terms with that pacesetter midway around the far choice went right to the front and was 1 1/2 lengths clear exiting turn before taking the lead for good at the quarter pole and the backstretch. The bay continued to widen the gap passing the kicking clear to a 2 3/4-length score. The Great Provider held on quarter pole en route to a 3 1/2-length score. Total Control for second. Eastern Bay is a half to John Jones (Smarty Jones), chased the entire way and settled for second. This is the first MSW, $394,666. His dam has a juvenile filly by Smarty Jones and foal out of Queen Greeley, who has a juvenile filly by Malibu yearling filly by Seville (Ger). She was bred back to Elusive Moon and a yearling filly by Ghostzapper. Sales history: $85,000 Quality last season. Lifetime Record: 10-4-2-0, $136,557. Click Wlg '14 KEENOV; $220,000 Ylg '15 FTKJUL; $190,000 RNA 2yo for Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. '16 FTFMAR; $110,000 RNA 2yo '16 EASMAY. Lifetime Record: O/B-Nancy Lee Farms (MD); T-A. Ferris Allen, III. 7-4-2-1, $139,700. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-M & M Racing; B-John & Martha J. Mulholland, Jayde, Inc. & Pegasus Stud LLC (KY); T-Robertino Diodoro. Bought, Raised & Sold by CandyLand Bred, Foaled & Raised by Mulholland Springs Friday=s Results: Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm 8th-OP, $79,500, Alw (NW3L)/Opt. Clm ($30,000), 2-23, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11.36, sy. FORT FORTITUDE (g, 4, Twirling Candy--Running Clan, by " " " Cherokee Run) graduated by eight lengths when in for a $50,000 tag at Churchill Downs Sept. 23. He was second when facing winners for the first time under the Twin Spires Nov. 18 and returned to winning ways here Jan. 27. Breaking as the 7-5 2017 New Jersey-Bred Thoroughbred Awards favorite, the dark bay chased pacesetter Guns Loaded (D=wildcat) through a :21.90 opening quarter. Fort Fortitude was Category Winner all in passing the quarter pole, but continued to gain on that Horse of the Year Irish War Cry rival inside the final furlong, getting by in the final strides for a Champion Older Male Green Gratto half-length victory. Running Clan is a half to MGISW Pure Clan Champion Older Female Bustin Out (Pure Prize) and MGSW Greater Good (Intidab). She is also Champion Turf Horse Irish Strait responsible for a 3-year-old colt named Hatfield (Haynesfield) Champion 3yo Male Irish War Cry and a juvenile colt by Violence. She was bred to Data Link last Champion 3yo Filly Liz=s Cable Girl year. Sales history: $55,000 2yo '16 OBSOPN. Lifetime Record: Champion 2yo Like What I See 4-3-1-0, $116,100. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, Champion Sprinter Green Gratto sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Broodmare of the Year Irish Sovereign O-Black Hawk Stable (James Rogers); B-Lakland Farm (KY); Stallion of the Year Hey Chub T-Chris A. Hartman.

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Thursday Night=s Results: 8th-TP, $20,792, Msw, 2-22, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:16.93, ft. INDUSTRY INFO CEDUNA (g, 3, Denman {Aus}--Sikara {Ire} {GSP}, by Aussie Rules), dispatched at 10-1, quickly went out to the front, but was pressured to his outside throughout the first quarter in The Art of Old Friends Book Available for Pre-Order: :23.43. He kicked away from that challenger on the far turn The Art of Old Friends by artist Dagmar Galleithner-Steiner is before being confronted by Keros (First Samurai) turning for now available for pre-publication order, announced Old Friends home. Ceduna lost the lead inside the eighth pole, but found a Friday. The 100-page hardcover book is Aan ode to the farm's little more in deep stretch to regain command for good for a famous and not-so-famous retired equine athletes@ and includes one-length victory. Keros was second, 7 3/4 lengths clear of the 47 pastel paintings and pencil works as well as the text by the third-place finisher. Ceduna=s third dam is MG1SW likes of Bob and Jill Baffert and Old Friends founder Michael (Ire) ( {Ire}). This is the first foal out of Sikara (Ire), who also Blowen. For more information and to find out how to support has a a juvenile filly named Tootsie (Elusive Quality) and a the publication of the book, visit www.oldfriendsequine.org. yearling colt by City Zip. She visited Runhappy last year. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $11,300. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Charlton Stable LLC; B-Darwin Krenz (KY); T-Thomas M. Upton. Santa Anita Switching to >Sunday Brunch= Post Times: Over $12 Million Awarded by KBIF in 2017: Santa Anita Park will adopt a new ASunday Brunch@ first post Awards from the Kentucky Breeders= Incentive Fund (KBIF) time of 11:30 a.m. on all Sundays, beginning with the onset of exceeded $12 million, representing a seven-year high in payouts Daylight Savings Time Mar. 11, through closing day of its current to Kentucky breeders. AI am honored to recognize Kentucky Winter/Spring Meet on June 24. Effective Thursday, Mar. 15, breeders for their success over the past year and for their first post time on all other racing days except Sundays and Triple continued contributions to horse racing,@ said KHRC Executive Crown Saturdays, will be noon. Director Marc A. Guilfoil. ATheir contribution to the state=s equine industry has a ripple effect on our economy, creating jobs and increasing tourism dollars, which is exactly what the STALLIONS’ FIRST FOALS incentive fund was created to do.@ DYNAMIC SKY (Sky Mesa), Shannondoe Farm Lone Star Increasing Purses for 2018: $ Sired his first foal, a colt, born Feb. 17 at the Everatt Family=s Lone Star Park will increase overnight purses for its 2018 Shannondoe Farm in St. Thomas, Ontario. Thoroughbred meet, with all overnight race pots being upped by $ Out of stakes winner Count to Three (Red Ransom), making $2,000. AWe are proud to offer our horsemen the benefit of this him a half to Grade I winner Ransom the Moon (Malibu Moon). increase,@ said Bart Lang, Lone Star Park=s Director of Racing. Count to Three will be bred back to Pioneerof the Nile. AWe offer the longest race meeting with the most race days and $ AHe=s a big, strong, good-looking foal and we couldn't be more the best overnight purses in the state. Our goal this spring is to pleased,@ said Shannondoe Farm=s Arika Everatt-Meeuse. build on the gains in handle we saw last year during our Thoroughbred season.@ " " "

Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 5:38 p.m. ET GAZEBO S., $125,000, 3yo, 5fT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Drc All Inclusive Include Cabrera Villafranco 10-1 2 Direct Dial Too Much Bling Stevens Asmusssen 5-1 3 Mitole Eskendereya Santana Jr. Asmussen 1-2 4 Bourne in Nixa More Than Ready Vazquez Margolis 9-2 Christmas Sky (Bodemeister) wins her 5 Inge Victor’s Cry Cohen McKnight 12-1 second straight at the Big A. 6 Wild Caramelo Twirling Candy Eramia Pish 15-1 TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 4 OF 7 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2018

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Tale of Fire, c, 3, Tale of Ekati--Fire Into Ice, by Perfect Soul (Ire). Jebel Ali, 2-23, Cond. ($30k), 1200m, 1:12.89. B-Charles Fipke (KY). Gavroche, g, 7, Distorted Humor--Michita (GSW & G1SP-Eng, G1SP-Fr, $288,590), by Dynaformer. Jebel Ali, 2-23, Hcp. 10th-GP, $50,000, Msw, 3yo, 7f, post time: 4:33 p.m. ET ($25k), 1950m, 1:58.15. B-Darley (KY). *AED70,000 HRA >15 OF THE NILE (Pioneerof the Nile), a $240,000 KEENOV ERADEC. weanling turned $1-million OBSMAR juvenile after a :20 4/5 breeze, makes his debut in this tough-looking spot. The Todd Pletcher-trained Robert and Lawana Low colorbearer is out of a half-sister to MGSW and promising young sire Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile) as well as the Grade I-placed Nonna Mia (Empire Maker), who in turn produced GISW Outwork (Uncle Mo). King Zachary (Curlin) sports an experience edge. Bought back by co-breeder Tom Conway for $550,000 as a Keeneland September yearling, he was third behind graded stakes-placed >TDN Rising Star= Principe Guilherme (Tapit) on debut at Saturday, February 24, 2017 Churchill Nov. 10. TJCIS PPs 5th-HSN, -13,720,000 ($129k), Allowance, 3yo, 1400m COPANO KICKING (g, 3, Spring At Last--Celadon, by Gold Halo 1st-SA, $54,000, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/8mT, post time: 3:30 p.m. ET {Jpn}) kicked off his career on the highest of high notes, romping PHOENIX FIRE (Tapit) makes his first start here at this testing home to graduate by eight lengths on Kyoto debut over 1200 nine-furlong distance having been scratched out of a down-the- meters Feb. 4 (video, gate 2). A $19K KEESEP buyback turned hill maiden Feb. 10 won by fellow Baffert trainee Masked (Data $100K FTFMAR juvenile acquisition, the dark bay is the Link). The $1.25-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling is a half overwhelming 1-2 favorite to make it back-to-back victories. to co-owner Stonestreet Farm=s former $1.15-million purchase B-Reiley McDonald (KY) Royal Obsession (Tapit), who subsequently earned a Grade II- placing before being purchased by Don Alberto Corp. for $1.8 Sunday, February 25, 2017 million in foal to Curlin at KEENOV >17. The grey=s dam is a half 11th-HSN, Hankyu Hai-G3, -78k ($734k), 4yo/up, 1400mT to Grade I-winning grasser Magnificent Song (Unbridled=s Song). The very talented MOZU ASCOT (c, 4, Frankel {GB}--India, by TJCIS PPs Hennessy) ran well in defeat in his first two career appearances before going on a four-race winning skein, including a handy success going this specialist distance at Kyoto Nov. 26 (video, gate 15). The son of Summer Wind Farm=s MGSW India is a half- brother to SW & >TDN Rising Star= Kareena (Medaglia d=Oro) and was bought back on a bid of $275K at KEESEP in 2015. He was last seen finishing a competitive fourth to the retired Isla Bonita (Jpn) (Fuji Kiseki {Jpn}) in the G2 Hanshin Cup over course and distance Dec. 23. India is a half-sister to SW Pilfer (Deputy Minister), the dam of GISW To Honor and Serve (Bernardini), >TDN Rising Star= and GISW Angela Renee (Bernardini) and SW & IN SOUTH KOREA: GISP Elnaawi (Street Sense). To be successful here, he will need Pasha, c, 3, Haynesfield--Cute N Sassy, by Consolidator. Busan, to overcome gate 17 as well as top Japanese sprinter/miler Red 2-23, Hcp. ($70k), 1600m. B-Larmon S & Joe R Cowles (KY). Falx (Jpn) (Swept Overboard). B-Summer Wind Farm (KY) *$14,000 Ylg >16 KEESEP.

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Flat Out (Flatter), Spendthrift Farm, $10,000 230 foals of racing age/25 winners/1 black-type winner 3-PRX, Msw 6f, I'M THE MAIN MAN, 15-1 $50,000 FTN MIX wnl; $75,000 SAR AUG yrl; $105,000 FTF MAR 2yo

Forever Perfect (Perfect Soul {Ire}) 2 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners First-/second-crop starters to watch: Saturday, Feb. 24 6-MVR, Msw 6f, SPURS ADDICTION, 10-1 Farm and fee represent current information Alternation (Distorted Humor), Pin Oak Stud, $7,500 Freedom Child (Malibu Moon), Country Life Farm, $3,500 143 foals of racing age/16 winners/0 black-type winners 58 foals of racing age/8 winners/1 black-type winner 6-OP, Msw 6f, LIMATION, 8-5 3-MVR, Alw 6f, JAMAICAN DON, 2-1 $19,000 KEE JAN yrl; $40,000 FTK JUL yrl; $100,000 OBS APR 2yo $15,000 EAS OCT yrl 5-FG, Aoc 1 1/16mT, MISSIVE, 7-2 Hero of Order (Sharp Humor), Raut Farm, $3,000 Awesome Patriot (Awesome Again), Mapleton Thoroughbred 18 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners Farm, $3,500 4-MVR, Msw 1m, HERO OF FIRE, 10-1 100 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners 6-GP, $75K Texas Glitter S., 5fT, CLOUDED JUDGEMENT, 10-1 Jimmy Creed (Distorted Humor), Spendthrift Farm, $12,500 183 foals of racing age/24 winners/4 black-type winners Bridgetown (Speightstown), Questroyal North, $4,500 7-AQU, Msw 6f, QUEEN APOLLO, 9-2 7 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners $9,500 RNA FTN MIX wnl; $8,000 OBS WIN yrl; $30,000 SAR 8-AQU, Aoc 6 1/2f, LOVER'S LEAP, 30-1 AUG yrl; $40,000 OBS APR 2yo $14,000 RNA SAR AUG yrl Justin Phillip (First Samurai), Castleton Lyons, $12,500 Currency Swap (High Cotton), Woodford Thoroughbreds, $3,500 124 foals of racing age/16 winners/1 black-type winner 44 foals of racing age/3 winners/1 black-type winner 6-OP, Msw 6f, BERKO, 8-1 3-PRX, Msw 6f, CURRENCY WAVE, 20-1 13-GP, Msw 1mT, PEACE ACCORD, 20-1 $2,500 OBS AUG yrl $10,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl 8-AQU, Aoc 6 1/2f, WHAT A CATCH, 5-1 Data Link (War Front), Claiborne Farm, $7,500 $90,000 SAR AUG yrl; $265,000 FTF MAR 2yo 186 foals of racing age/14 winners/1 black-type winner 1-SA, Msw 1 1/8mT, BARTLETT HALL, 6-1 Keep Up (Unbridled's Song), Mill Ridge Farm, $5,000 $40,000 KEE NOV wnl; $20,000 KEE SEP yrl; $90,000 OBS APR 28 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners 2yo 4-LRL, Msw 5 1/2f, KEEPUPTHEMESSAGE, 30-1

El Padrino (Pulpit), Northview PA, $5,000 The Lumber Guy (Grand Slam), $5,000 112 foals of racing age/13 winners/0 black-type winners 42 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 4-PEN, Msw 6f, TEXAS FLOWER, 5-1 7-AQU, Msw 6f, WILD WITCH, 30-1

Emcee (Unbridled's Song), Haras Santa Maria de Araras, $7,500 Norman Asbjornson (Real Quiet), Pin Oak Lane Farm, $2,500 44 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners 3 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 3-AQU, $100K Franklin Square S., 6f, MY ROXY GIRL, 3-1 4-PEN, Msw 6f, QUEEN STINKER, 10-1 $1,700 OBS AUG yrl Overanalyze (Dixie Union), WinStar Farm, $10,000 Flashpoint (Pomeroy), Le Mesa Stallions, $2,500 193 foals of racing age/30 winners/4 black-type winners 63 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners 8-AQU, Aoc 6 1/2f, ANALYZE THE ODDS, 7-2 1-DED, Msw 5f, I'M FLASHY, 10-1 $15,000 FTK OCT yrl TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 6 OF 7 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2018

3-PRX, Msw 6f, MIND BOTTLING, 8-1 $26,000 OBS WIN yrl; $25,000 RNA OBS AUG yrl BREEDERS’ EDITION 4-LRL, Msw 5 1/2f, MORE BETTER, 8-1 $20,000 KEE SEP yrl 5-CT, Msw 6 1/2f, OVER SENSUAL, 9-2 ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 6th-OP, $79,000, 2-23, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, Point of Entry (Dynaformer), Adena Springs, $25,000 1:46.88, sy. 147 foals of racing age/16 winners/2 black-type winners MA'AM (m, 5, Colonel John--Lady Siphonica, by Siphon {Brz}) 13-GP, Msw 1mT, LOGIC, 30-1 Lifetime Record: 20-4-2-4, $142,938. O-Lance, Greg & David $140,000 RNA OBS MAR 2yo Gasaway, & Daniel Hamby III; B-Lucy G. Bassett (KY); T-Brad H. Cox. *$9,500 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP. **1/2 to Renaissance Act Prospective (Malibu Moon), Ocala Stud Farm, $5,000 (More Than Ready), SP-HK, $562,663. 97 foals of racing age/14 winners/1 black-type winner 4-MVR, Msw 1m, STRABANE, 15-1 2nd-AQU, $70,560, (C)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 2-23, 4yo/up, f/m, $19,000 RNA OBS WIN yrl 6 1/2f, 1:17.21, my. ALPINE SKY (m, 6, Indian Charlie--Alpine Garden {GSW, $246,300}, by Lemon Drop Kid) Lifetime Record: 21-4-6-0, Rattlesnake Bridge (Tapit), Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds, $177,380. O-Old Tavern Farm, LLC; B-Peter Redekop B.C. $7,500 Limited (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. *$185,000 Wlg '12 KEENOV; 89 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners $600,000 Ylg '13 FTSAUG; $175,000 5yo '17 KEENOV. **1/2 to 4-MVR, Msw 1m, ROCK AND RATTLE, 20-1 Jerrid (Mineshaft), SW, $127,337. INDIAN CREEK SALES GRADUATE Shanghai Bobby (Harlan's Holiday), Ashford Stud, $20,000 237 foals of racing age/17 winners/3 black-type winners 6-GP, $75K Texas Glitter S., 5fT, SHANGROYAL, 12-1 $400,000 KEE SEP yrl 7th-AQU, $59,000, (S) (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 2-23, 4yo/up, 1m, 1:36.97, my. Take Charge Indy (A.P. Indy), Kor, $20,000 CLUTCH CARGO (r, 4, Tapit--Carmandia {MGSW, $376,213}, by 202 foals of racing age/37 winners/3 black-type winners Wild Rush) Lifetime Record: 14-3-0-3, $135,753. O/B-Chester & 5-CT, Msw 6 1/2f, JUST CHARGE IT, 12-1 Mary R. Broman (NY); T-Philip M. Serpe. 13-GP, Msw 1mT, TOP SECRET INDY, 20-1 $20,000 KEE JAN yrl; $25,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl

Trinniberg (Teuflesberg), Rockridge Stud, $7,500 2nd-SA, $58,000, (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 2-23, 4yo/up, 23 foals of racing age/3 winners/1 black-type winner f/m, 1m, 1:39.78, ft. 8-AQU, Aoc 6 1/2f, BELLEVILLE SPRING, 5-1 MISTRESSOFTHENIGHT (f, 4, Midnight Lute--Ringmistress, by 3-AQU, $100K Franklin Square S., 6f, TRINNI NINJA, 4-1 Bandini) Lifetime Record: 12-3-0-1, $126,367. O-Beerman $4,500 OBS WIN yrl Family Trust, Greg Hall & Sayjay Racing LLC; B-George Krikorian 3-AQU, $100K Franklin Square S., 6f, VELVET TRINNI, 12-1 (KY); T-R. Baltas. *$23,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $60,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR. Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency Violence (Medaglia d'Oro), Hill 'N' Dale Farms, $15,000 248 foals of racing age/37 winners/5 black-type winners 13-GP, Msw 1mT, ALTERNATE TRUTH, 15-1 4th-LRL, $54,180, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000-$25,000), 2-23, 10-GP, Msw 7f, LATIN LOVER, 20-1 4yo/up, 1m, 1:38.37, sy. $38,000 KEE SEP yrl; $40,000 RNA OBS OPN 2yo SOUTHSIDE WARRIOR (g, 5, Warrior=s Reward--Bamba {MSP}, 1-SUN, Msw 6f, LOVABLE LILLY, 3-1 by Not For Love) Lifetime Record: SP, 26-5-6-2, $254,521. O-R. $22,000 RNA BAR MAR 2yo Larry Johnson & Dark Hollow Farm; B-Dark Hollow Farm (MD); T-Michael J. Trombetta. *$80,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP. **1/2 to Plum " " " (Pure Prize), SW, $128,440. TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 7 OF 7 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2018

5th-GP, $49,900, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 2-23, 4yo/up, 7f, 1:23.30, ft. STORMING MY WAY (g, 4, High Cotton--Picturemewithroses {SP}, by Deputy Minister) Lifetime Record: MSP, 17-4-3-4, $162,200. O-Donald H. Mensh & Mel Paikoff; B-Marion G. Montanari (FL); T-Edward Plesa, Jr. *$19,000 RNA Ylg '15 OBSWIN; $40,000 2yo '16 OBSMAR. Graduate of Boutte Training & Sales

8th-DED, $43,000, 2-22, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:27.40, ft. SHAKTI (m, 5, Run Away and Hide--River Barrow {SP, $114,825}, by Cat's At Home) Lifetime Record: 15-5-3-1, $123,330. O-Lawrence Kahlden & Brett Wiener; B-Poplar Hill Equine, LLC (KY); T-Thomas M. Amoss. *$26,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; $95,000 2yo '15 OBSAPR.

7th-CT, $29,000, (S), 2-22, 4yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:19.29, ft. NEW WINDSOR (g, 5, Windsor Castle--Officer Cat, by Officer) Lifetime Record: 14-7-3-2, $126,534. O/B-Bradley Ceamon & Connie Ann Merrell (WV); T-Lewis E. Craig, Jr.

5th-CT, $24,500, 2-22, (NW1X), 4yo/up, 4 1/2f, :53.01, ft. TOO MANY CORONAS (g, 4, Windsor Castle--Ad Muster, by Dixie Union) Lifetime Record: 9-4-2-0, $67,845. O/B/T-Ronney W. Brown (WV). Prairie Citizen, f, 3, Proud Citizen--Ernfold (GSP, $206,343), by Stormy Atlantic. SA, 2-23, (C), 1mT, 1:36.87. B-Jim & Susan Hill 5th-TAM, $23,000, (C)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 2-23, 4yo/up, (KY). 1 1/8mT, 1:47.64, fm. Keuka Roller, g, 3, Shackleford--Big Sky Country, by Put It Back. SCHOLAR ATHLETE (g, 5, Einstein {Brz}--Creme Catalan, by El PEN, 2-22, (S), 6f, 1:12.05. B-Emcee Stable, LLC (PA). Prado {Ire}) Lifetime Record: GSP, 21-5-0-4, $252,036. O-West *1ST-TIME STARTER. Point Thoroughbreds; B-Adena Springs (ON); T-H. Graham Golden Desire, f, 3, Windsor Castle--Original Gold (MSW, Motion. *$85,000 2yo '15 FTFMAR. $372,649), by Slavic. CT, 2-22, (S), 4 1/2f, :54.16. B-Francis W. Daniel III & Ronney W. Brown (WV). Registered Ontario-Bred Bad Boy Leroy, g, 4, Big Bad Leroybrown--Cute as a Bug, by Bold Badgett. SA, 2-23, (S), (C), 6f, 1:10.83. B-Old English Rancho & Sal & Patsy Berumen (CA). *$9,000 Ylg '15 BAROCT. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Declassified, c, 4, Bodemeister--Gold Plated, by Touch Gold. GG, You're Killin Me, g, 3, Adios Charlie--I Am Sarah, by Awesome 2-23, 6f (AWT), 1:10.43. B-Fred W. Hertrich III & John D. Again. OP, 2-23, (C), 6f, 1:12.55. B-Kevin O'Gorman (FL). Fielding (KY). *$40,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $9,000 RNA 2yo '16 *$6,500 Ylg '16 OBSAUG; $40,000 2yo '17 OBSOPN. OBSAPR. Starship Zodiac, f, 3, Justin Phillip--Prayfromthewordgo, by Songandaprayer. GP, 2-23, (S), 6f, 1:13.60. B-McKathan Bros. Purchased by Donato Lanni/Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock (FL). *$35,000 2yo '17 OBSOPN. **1/2 to Paynes Prairie (Tale of Ekati), MSP, $157,635. Who's My Boss, g, 4, Fiber Sonde--Brathwaite's Gap, by Arch. Firewater Rocket, f, 3, Macho Rocket--Rocket Twentyone {GSW, CT, 2-22, (S), 4 1/2f, :53.22. B-John McKee (WV). $136,149}, by Indian Charlie. OP, 2-23, (S), 6f, 1:13.07. B-Frank My Book, g, 4, N Wilbur's--Inflammatory, by Notebook. Fletcher (AR). *$50,000 2yo '17 OBSOPN. DED, 2-22, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:21.43. B-Houston Cormier (LA).

ADIOS CHARLIE, You're Killin Me, g, 3, o/o I Am Sarah, by Awesome Indian Charlie. MSW, 2-23, Oaklawn Park Again. MCL, 2-23, Oaklawn Park MIDNIGHT LUTE, Mistressofthenight, f, 4, o/o Ringmistress, by BIG BAD LEROYBROWN, Bad Boy Leroy, g, 4, o/o Cute as a Bug, by Bandini. AOC, 2-23, Santa Anita Bold Badgett. MCL, 2-23, Santa Anita ORVILLE N WILBUR'S, My Book, g, 4, o/o Inflammatory, by BODEMEISTER, Christmas Sky, f, 4, o/o Queen Greeley, by Mr. Notebook. MSW, 2-22, Delta Downs Greeley. ALW, 2-23, Aqueduct PROUD CITIZEN, Prairie Citizen, f, 3, o/o Ernfold, by Stormy Atlantic. BODEMEISTER, Declassified, c, 4, o/o Gold Plated, by Touch Gold. MCL, 2-23, Santa Anita MSW, 2-23, Golden Gate RUN AWAY AND HIDE, Shakti, m, 5, o/o River Barrow, by Cat's At COLONEL JOHN, Ma'am, m, 5, o/o Lady Siphonica, by Siphon (Brz). Home. ALW, 2-22, Delta Downs ALW, 2-23, Oaklawn Park SHACKLEFORD, Keuka Roller, g, 3, o/o Big Sky Country, by Put It DENMAN (AUS), Ceduna, g, 3, o/o Sikara (Ire), by Aussie Rules. Back. MSW, 2-22, Penn National MSW, 2-22, Turfway Park STREET CRY (IRE), Lido, f, 4, o/o Cocoa Beach (Chi), by Doneraile E DUBAI, Eastern Bay, g, 4, o/o Chrusciki, by Polish Numbers. AOC, Court. AOC, 2-23, Gulfstream Park 2-23, Laurel Park TAPIT, Clutch Cargo, r, 4, o/o Carmandia, by Wild Rush. AOC, 2-23, EINSTEIN (BRZ), Scholar Athlete, g, 5, o/o Creme Catalan, by El Aqueduct Prado (Ire). AOC, 2-23, Tampa Bay TWIRLING CANDY, Fort Fortitude, g, 4, o/o Running Clan, by FIBER SONDE, Who's My Boss, g, 4, o/o Brathwaite's Gap, by Arch. Cherokee Run. AOC, 2-23, Oaklawn Park MSW, 2-22, Charles Town WARRIOR'S REWARD, Southside Warrior, g, 5, o/o Bamba, by Not HIGH COTTON, Storming My Way, g, 4, o/o Picturemewithroses, by For Love. AOC, 2-23, Laurel Park Deputy Minister. AOC, 2-23, Gulfstream Park WINDSOR CASTLE, Golden Desire, f, 3, o/o Original Gold, by Slavic. INDIAN CHARLIE, Alpine Sky, m, 6, o/o Alpine Garden, by Lemon MSW, 2-22, Charles Town Drop Kid. AOC, 2-23, Aqueduct WINDSOR CASTLE, New Windsor, g, 5, o/o Officer Cat, by Officer. JUSTIN PHILLIP, Starship Zodiac, f, 3, o/o Prayfromthewordgo, by ALW, 2-22, Charles Town Songandaprayer. MSW, 2-23, Gulfstream Park WINDSOR CASTLE, Too Many Coronas, g, 4, o/o Ad Muster, by Dixie MACHO ROCKET, Firewater Rocket, f, 3, o/o Rocket Twentyone, by Union. ALW, 2-22, Charles Town

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