Mastery Injured in San Felipe Romp
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SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 MASTERY INJURED IN TAPWRIT GIVES PLETCHER ANOTHER TAMPA BAY DERBY SAN FELIPE ROMP The 11-10 chalk to improve on his runner-up effort behind undefeated >TDN Rising Star= McCraken (Ghostzapper) in the GIII Sam F. Davis S. Feb. 11, Tapwrit (Tapit) raced through the field of the GII Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby like the proverbial hot knife through butter and rolled home an impressive 4 1/2-length winner. "We were looking for a big effort from him,@ trainer Todd Pletcher said from Gulfstream via telephone. AAnd this was everything we could hope for. He won pretty convincingly, and we're very pleased.@ Positioned slightly worse than centerfield as State of Honor (To Honor and Serve) set a searching pace up front, the $1.2-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling purchase took flight entering the second turn and the race was over, for all intents and purposes. He slingshot his way past rivals nearing the entrance to the lane and cruised home to win for fun. Tapwrit's final time of 1:42.36 is a new stakes record for the Tampa Bay Derby, bettering the mark of 1:42.82 set last year by Destin (Giant=s Causeway). Cont. p10 Mastery | Benoit Photo In a matter of moments, Saturday=s GII San Felipe S. and the immediate aftermath epitomized the highs and lows of IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Thoroughbred racing. >TDN Rising Star= Mastery (Candy Ride NOBLE MISSION THRIVING AT STUD {Arg}) could not have been much more impressive romping Noble Mission (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) is receiving plenty of away from talented GII San Vincente S. hero Iliad (Ghostzapper) support from top breeders in his third year at stud at Lane’s in the stretch, but connections were never able to celebrate the End in Kentucky. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. victory. Hall of Famer Mike Smith quickly dismounted after the race. AI felt it about 10 jumps after the wire,@ Smith said shortly after Mastery walked into a horse ambulance under his own power. AAll of a sudden he just picked up his back leg. At that point I couldn=t tell what it was.@ Reports remained positive once Mastery returned to the barn, and assistant trainer Jimmy Barnes even phoned conditioner Bob Baffert to let him know that Everett Dobson=s undefeated colt had walked off the van seemingly fine. But upon further examination, it was revealed that Mastery had suffered a condylar fracture to his left front that would require surgery and indefinite time off. AIt=s a tough pill to swallow,@ Baffert told the TDN when reached for comment Saturday evening. AHe=s going to be okay, but he is going to need surgery. He=s got a front left condylar fracture, so he=s going to need two screws. Until they do the surgery, you don=t know, but he is going to be okay. It=s pretty frustrating to have a really good horse and then they get hurt like that.@ Cont. p8 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. V.P. & CO-PUBLISHER Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] Sunday, March 12, 2017 EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Associate Editors Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Assistant Editors Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Top Triple Crown prospect and GIII Sam F. Davis S. hero McCraken (Ghostzapper) might Amanda Crelin have been forced to skip a return to Oldsmar for Saturday’s GII Tampa Bay Derby due Advertising Assistants to a strained ankle, but he was back on the worktab, breezing a half-mile in :50.20 Alexa Reisfield Michelle Benson (62/75) at Palm Meadows. | SV Photogrpahy Photo Editor/Dir. of Distribution Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew SHAMAN GHOST RAIDS FOR BIG ‘CAP GLORY 3 [email protected] Shaman Ghost (Ghostzapper), most recently runner-up behind Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song) in the GI Pegasus World Cup , Social Media Strategist Justina Severni rallied through the lane to down Midnight Storm (Pioneerof the Nile) in the GI Santa Anita H. Director of Customer Service Vicki Forbes [email protected] HAVING A ‘BAL’ AT SANTA ANITA 7 Bal a Bali (Brz) (Put It Back) last visited the winner’s circle in Director of Information Technology Ray Villa October 2015, but, bearing the silks of Brad Kelley’s Calumet [email protected] Farm for the first time, the Brazilian Triple Crown winner rallied for a first American Grade I win in the Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita. WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN TODAY’S GRADED STAKES [email protected] EST Race Click for TV European Editor 6:30p Santa Ana S.-GII, SA TJCIS PPs TVG Emma Berry [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 16 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • MARCH 12, 2017 Saturday, Santa Anita Park scramble into the first bend. Champion pilot Javier Castellano SANTA ANITA H. PRESENTED BY SAN MANUEL INDIAN BINGO maneuvered the favorite into a pocket spot, and he drafted in AND CASINO-GI, $751,035, SA, 3-11, 4yo/up, 1 1/4m, 2:01.57, ft. Midnight Storm=s slipstream through splits of :23.54, :47.52 and 1--SHAMAN GHOST, 122, h, 5, by Ghostzapper 1:11.76 before coming under a somewhat inauspicious ride 1st Dam: Getback Time {MSP, $384,050}, by Gilded Time around the home turn. The leader tried to slip away at the 2nd Dam: Shay, by Incinderator quarter pole, but Shaman Ghost called on his deep stamina 3rd Dam: Lookin Like a Lady, by Skywalker reserves, and ground out the victory despite drifting out a bit. O-Stronach Stables; B-Adena Springs (ON); T-James A. Jerkens; AI knew there wasn=t a lot of speed in the race, so I just wanted J-Javier Castellano. $450,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. to focus on the horse on the lead, Midnight Storm, and keep 3yo-Colt-Can, 15-7-2-2, $3,539,311. Werk Nick Rating: A++. track of him,@ said Castellano. A[Shaman Ghost] was comfortable Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. the whole way... I knew I had it won at the eighth pole. I asked HIP 557: 1/2 bro sells @OBSMAR him for full speed at the eighth pole, and he gave it to me, right away. I said >Yes!=@ Jerkens added, AIt didn=t look on paper like there was much Registered Ontario-Bred pace, so it didn=t surprise me that he was placed where he was. 2--Midnight Storm, 122, h, 6, Pioneerof the Nile--My Tina, by He=s been showing up in all of his races, so I think he should get Bertrando. ($38,000 RNA Ylg '12 KEESEP). O-A Venneri Racing, some [respect] now.@ Inc. & Little Red Feather Racing; B-Alex Venneri & Marjorie Jerkens trainee Effinex (Mineshaft) was third in last year=s Big Post Dye (KY); T-Philip D'Amato. $145,000. >Cap. Click for recent feature Jerkens Back at Santa Anita with Shaman Ghost. 3--Follow Me Crev, 118, g, 5, Quality Road--Vicki Vallencourt, by Regal Classic. ($27,000 RNA Ylg '13 FTKJUL; $30,000 Ylg '13 FTKOCT; $75,000 2yo '14 OBSOPN). O-Holly & David Wilson; B-Lynn B. Schiff (KY); T-Vladimir Cerin. $85,000. Margins: 3/4, 4HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 1.30, 1.40, 18.90. Also Ran: Hi Happy (Arg), Isotherm, Hard Aces, Twentytwentyvision, Gangster, Imperative. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Front-running local hope Midnight Storm dug deep, but East Coast invader Shaman Ghost simply wouldn=t quit, and wore down that foe late to provide racetrack owner Frank Stronach with his third Big >Cap. Toting co-highweight of 122 lbs. with the Shaman Ghost overtakes Midnight Storm | Benoit Photo aforementioned streaking GI Shoemaker Mile S. and GII San Pasqual S. winner, Shaman Ghost showed a bit more speed than Cont. p3 usual from the gate before being squeezed out slightly in the All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 16 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • MARCH 12, 2017 Big >Cap cont. Brew. AOf course any time you win a Grade I it is a thrill, A winner of the 2015 Queen=s Plate under the tutelage of Brian especially this race... I was kind of sitting there quiet [watching Lynch, Shaman Ghost annexed the 12-panel GII Brooklyn the race]. He=s had a lot of bad racing luck and he=s better than Invitational S. at Belmont for what he has shown. Today it this barn last June, but failed all worked out.@ to fire when fifth in that venue=s GII Suburban H. in Pedigree Notes: July. He upended Frosted Claimed for $40,000 by (Tapit) in the Spa=s trainer Rafael Becerra on GI Woodward S. in behalf of Phil DeRenzis and September, and checked in Peter Vanderham here in third behind Gun Runner 2006, Shaman Ghost=s dam (Candy Ride {Arg}) in Getback Time proved a Churchill=s GI Clark H.