SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 2018 OLIN B. GENTRY PASSES AWAY PAVEL LIGHTS THE LAMP Olin B. Gentry, who collapsed from a stroke at the OBS June IN STEPHEN FOSTER Sale Friday, was taken off life support Saturday and later passed away at the North Florida Regional Medical Center, a stroke facility in Gainesville, Florida. He was 51 years old. "Olin collapsed at the sale at OBS yesterday," said Tom VanMeter, who said that Gentry’s son, O2, and dear friends came to the hospital to be with him. VanMeter said that Gentry had been at Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree barn when the collapse happened. "He was doing what he loved to do, which was making a horse trade at the horse sale," VanMeter said. "He was with his buddies. But it was way too soon, and it’s brutally painful." Cont. p3 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Pavel | Sarah K Andrew O’DONOGHUE RISES TO NEW CHALLENGE ‘TDN Rising Star’ Pavel (Creative Cause) had given the Colm O’Donoghue has made the most of a new association impression that he had Grade I-caliber talent last fall, and while with trainer Jessica Harrington, and the rider heads into Royal he’d been off the board in five tough spots since a third-place Ascot with a few live chances. Click or tap here to go straight run in October’s GI Jockey Club Gold Cup, he finally ascended to to TDN Europe. the highest level Saturday night in Churchill’s GI Stephen Foster H. The prestigious event was a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. Off at 6-1 from the widest slot as money poured in on last-out GII Alysheba S. romper Backyard Heaven (Tizway), Pavel was forwardly placed into the first turn and settled into fourth in the two path perched just off the chalk’s right flank. Able to avoid a quickly stopping Irish War Cry (Curlin)--who was subsequently vanned off with an apparent case of the thumps--Pavel was pushed along by Mario Gutierrez to challenge a taking-over Backyard Heaven after six furlongs in 1:11.59. He blew past that foe with almost no resistance in the vicinity of the quarter pole, and leveled off nicely from there to win as he pleased by a comfortable 3 3/4 lengths. Honorable Duty (Distorted Humor) and Matrooh (Distorted Humor) rounded out the trifecta, while Backyard Heaven faded to sixth. “He got the perfect setup tonight,” said Gutierrez. “He’s been training really well into this race, so I was confident he’d run well... I knew this horse could be better than his last couple of races and he had some bad luck. 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His MGSP, $211,619. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the father, Tom Gentry, was a bloodstock industry fixture for many eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. years, a prominent owner/breeder and horse trader and the son Purchased as a weanling by McMahon and Hill Bloodstock himself of storied horseman Olin Gentry. Tom Gentry passed Hidden Brook Sales Graduate away last year. Olin B. Gentry attended the University of Kentucky, where he studied business, and was a lifelong UK Wildcats Fan. 2--Honorable Duty, 118, g, 6, Distorted Humor--Mesmeric, by A.P. Indy. ($130,000 3yo '15 KEENOV). O-DARRS, Inc.; B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh. $96,000. Saturday, Churchill Downs 3--Matrooh, 115, g, 8, @distorted Humor--Rockcide, by STEPHEN FOSTER H.-GI, $500,000, Churchill Downs, 6-16, Personal Flag. ($550,000 Ylg '11 KEESEP). O-Crystal Racing 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:49.21, ft. Enterprises and Contreras Stable Inc.; B-WinStar Farm, LLC 1--PAVEL, 117, c, 4, by Creative Cause (KY); T-Cipriano Contreras. $48,000. 1st Dam: Mons Venus, by Maria's Mon 2nd Dam: Bid to the Mint, by Key to the Mint Bred by WinStar. Sold by Denali 3rd Dam: Cautious Bidder, by Bold Bidder Margins: 3 3/4, NK, HD. Odds: 6.80, 7.70, 68.70. 1ST GRADE I WIN. ‘TDN Rising Star’. ($90,000 Wlg '14 Also Ran: Hawaakom, Uncle Mojo, Backyard Heaven, Patch, KEENOV; $80,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-Reddam Racing LLC; Lookin At Lee, Irish War Cry. Click for the Equineline.com chart, B-Brereton C. Jones & WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Doug F. the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style O'Neill; J-Mario Gutierrez. $297,600. Lifetime Record: pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. 10-3-0-1, $1,175,000. *1/2 to Caracortado (Cat Dreams), Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JUNE 17, 2018 Stephen Foster cont. settled for fourth yet again. Pavel earned a strong 97 Pavel most recently took up his Beyer Speed Figure for a debut familiar spot filling out the score sprinting at Santa Anita superfecta in the GI Gold Cup last July, and was immediately at Santa Anita May 26. tossed into the deep end for “I really have to thank the the first time when he finished owners with this horse and my fourth in Saratoga’s GII Jim brother, Dennis, who helped us Dandy S. just four weeks later. pick out this horse,” said He justified his connections’ winning trainer Doug O’Neill. aggressiveness with a six- “In his last couple of races, he length drubbing in Parx’s GIII got really worked up in the Smarty Jones S. in September, paddock and didn’t run to his and was a close-up third while best effort. We know he likes being leaned on for much of to travel and I have to thank the stretch run against elders in Trainer Doug O’Neill (far right) greets Gutierrez and Pavel our groom and exercise rider the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Sarah K Andrew for coming out here early with Belmont Oct. 7. him and getting acclimated to the track. I’m not sure what we’ll Far back in the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic Nov. 4 back in his do next with him. I see myself nudging up to some adult home state, he was fourth as the favorite cutting back for the GI beverage tonight then thinking about where we go next. We Malibu S. on the day after Christmas. The grey was fourth again were very optimistic with him all along and to see him put it as chalk behind subsequent MGISW Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky) together was great. We went through a bit of a funky phase with when stretched back out for the Feb. 3 GII San Pasqual S., and him and had some traffic troubles in his last couple of races.” was then sent to Meydan for the G1 Dubai World Cup, where he Cont. p5 IS KING A.P. INDY’S A.P. INDY’S SONS UNDER $75,000 From 2015-2018 PROVEN Fee Wnrs Earnings VALUE SIRE CONGRATS ($17,500) 453 $30,448,126 Flatter ($40,000) 272 $29,370,989 Mineshaft ($25,000) 250 $24,346,739 Source: Arion Pedigrees, 6/15 TOP 10 GENERAL SIRE by Winners 2015-2017 BIGGEST & BEST CROP RUN THIS YEAR CALL NOW FOR LATE-SEASON INCENTIVES 859-873-1717 www.winstarfarm.com A.P. Indy - Praise, by Mr. Prospector TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JUNE 17, 2018 Pedigree Notes: Saturday, Santa Anita Pavel is the first Grade I winner for his promising young sire SUMMERTIME OAKS-GII, $200,345, Santa Anita, 6-16, 3yo, f, (by Giant’s Causeway).