ftboa.com • Tuesday & Wednesday • May 5 & 6, 2020 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION Preakness Hero War of Will FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION Nominated to Saturday’s or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or Sunshine Forever email: [email protected] BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE _________ In This Issue: HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gary Barber’s War of Will is Churchill Downs Releases First prominent on a list of 37 nominations for next Condition Book, Stakes Schedule Saturday’s $75,000 Sunshine Forever at Gulfstream Park, a DRF Beyer Award Goes to Imperial Hint mile-and-one-sixteenth turf stakes for 3-year-olds and Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool older. Guaranteed at $1.75M War of Will’s exploits thus far have been achieved on May 4, 5 in Florida-bred History dirt, including a victory in the 2019 Preakness Stakes Kentucky Derby Leaderboard (Grade 1) at Pimlico last May, but the Mark Casse-trained 4- Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard year-old son of War Front began his career with promise Gulfstream Park Charts on turf, finishing second in the 2018 Summer Stakes Tampa Bay Downs Charts (G1) at Woodbine. After running four times Track Results & Entries on turf, including a fifth- place finish in the Breeders’ Florida Stallion Progeny List Cup Juvenile Turf (G1), War Florida Breeders’ List of Will broke through with a maiden score at Churchill Wire to Wire Business Place Downs in his final start as a 2-year-old. War of Will went on to win the Lecomte Stakes Featured Advertisers (G3) and Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds before Journeyman Stud War of Will/MATT WOOLEY/EQUISPORT PHOTO finishing ninth in the Highlander Training Center Louisiana Derby (G2) won by By My Casse his first success in a Triple Crown Standards after an awkward start at Fair event. The Kentucky-bred colt ran four FTBOA Grounds and seventh in the Kentucky more times on dirt in 2019 with a third- Florida Department of Agriculture Derby presented by Woodford Reserve place finish behind winner Math Wizard in (G1) eventually won by Country House at the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx being Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company Churchill Downs.. his best showing. Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply War of Will rebounded to capture the Seminole Feed Preakness by a length-and-a-half, giving See GULFSTREAM on page 3 Distorted Humor – Delta Princess, by A.P. Indy ONE CROP OF RACING AGE AND ALREADY FLORIDA’S LEADING SIRE Watch For His Second Crop To Run In 2020 3 Stakes Winners 11 Stakes Horses 30 Winners From 55 Runners (Through April 28) Half-brother to Royal Delta By perennial leading sire Distorted Humor Also standing Fury Kapcori and St Patrick’s Day Brent & Crystal Fernung, Owners SERITA HULT PHOTO HULT SERITA 5571 NW 100th Street, Ocala, FL 34482 | Office: 352.629.1200 | Fax: 352.629.1201 • [email protected] | www.journeymanstallions.com 45756 Back to Top Page 3 Gulfstream Continued from COVER War of Will has breezed seven times at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park’s satellite training facility in Palm Beach County, in preparation for his 2020 debut. Three of those breezes came on turf, including two ‘bullet’ moves. War of Will is among 14 graded-stakes winners nominated to the Sunshine Forever, including Live Oak Plantation’s Florida- bred March to the Arch, whom Casse saddled for a victory in the Wise Dan Stakes (G2) at Churchill last June and, most recently, a third in the March 28 Appleton Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. “I could run [War of Will]. I may run March to the Arch. There’s a shot, I might supplement – although I didn’t nominate her – Got Stormy. I don’t know which one I’m going to run. I wouldn’t run all three,” said Casse, who is closely monitoring the developments in California and Kentucky. “Everything’s kind of up in the air right now. All three of them are ready. Like I said, there’s no way I’m going to run all three. I don’t know if I’d run two against each other. Right now, War of Will is number one on the list to go.” Gary Barber's Got Stormy, a multiple Grade 1 stakes-winning 5-year-old mare, most recently finished second in the Kilroe Mile (G1) at Santa Anita March 7. Trainer Michael Maker nominated seven horses, including Paradise Farms Corp.’s Bemma’s Boy, who captured the March 28 Pan American (G2) at Gulfstream, and WSS Racing LLC and Hooties Racing LLC’s Mr. Dumas, who notched a victory in the Commonwealth (G3) at Churchill last fall. Trainer Todd Pletcher is represented by four horses on the nominations list, including The Elkstone Group LLC’s Social Paranoia, who notched a victory in the Appleton (G3), and Starlight Racing’s Sombeyay, who won the Feb. 29 Canadian Turf (G3) at Gulfstream. Sam-Son Farm’s El Tormenta, who captured the Woodbine Mile (G1) last fall; Leonard Green’s A Thread of Blue, who cap- tured the Palm Beach (G3) at Gulfstream on his way to winning the $1 million Saratoga Derby last year; and Robert LaPenta and partners’ Hawkish, who won the Penn Mile (G2) at Penn National last June; have also been nominated to the Sunshine Forever. Other Florida-breds nomi- nated are Glen Hill Farm’s Caribou Club, Anne D. Scott’s Galleon Mast, Flying Pheasant Farm LLC’s Ice Tea, Midwest Thoroughbreds Inc.’s Kroy and IAB Stables and Walter Fralick’s Quenane. Last year, Caribu Club won the Aug. 3 West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker’s Florida-bred March to the Arch/COADY PHOTO Cup Stakes at Mountaineer Park and the Grade 3 Baltimore/Washington International Turf Cup Stakes while setting a course record at Laurel Park for one mile on the turf in 1:33.35 on Sept. 24. He finished the year with a second to Curlin’s Honor in the $150,000 Artie Schiller Stakes at Aqueduct on Nov. 9. See OAKLAWN on page 5 Back to Top Back to Top Page 5 Gulfstream page 3 Continued from Grade 2 Pan American Stakes won by Bemma’s Boy on March 28. In two starts this year, Caribou Club is unplaced in the Grade 3 Ice Tea was third behind winner Dalama in the $50,000 Little Tampa Bay Stakes won by Admiralty Pier on Feb. 8 at Tampa Bay Magician Starter Stakes at Gulfstream on Feb. 17 two starts back. Downs and in the Grade 3 Canadian Turf Stakes won by Kroy exits a second-place finish behind winner and fellow Sombeyay on Feb. 29. Sunshine Forever nominee Halladay in a $100,000 optional claim- Galleon Mast won the Sunshine Millions Turf for the second ing race on April 4 at Gulfstream while Quenane just won the consecutive year on Jan. 18, before finishing off the board in the $50,000 Rough and Ready Starter Stakes at Gulfstream on Feb. 17. Churchill Downs Releases First Condition Book, Stakes Schedule BY CHURCHILL DOWNS PRESS OFFICE ______________ LOUISVILLE, KY—Churchill Downs Racetrack released its first condition book of races for the 2020 Spring Meet late Sunday, and horsemen will be able to compete for an average of $559,000 each day. Opening day of the 2020 Spring Meet will be Saturday, May 16. After opening weekend (May 16-17), racing at the historic Louisville racetrack will be staged Thursdays through Sundays with a special holiday Monday card on Memorial Day, May 25. Post time for the first race each day will be 1 p.m. (all times East- Churchill Downs/COADY PHOTO ern). Closing day of the shortened 26-day Spring Meet is Satur- day, June 27. All racing for Spring Meet will be conducted The Matt Winn for 3-year-olds has been added to an extension spectator-free until government officials issue approval of fans of the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” and offer Top 4 points on a otherwise at Churchill Downs. scale of 10-4-2-1 for the series of qualifying races to the resched- A total of 125 races cumulatively worth $7,265,000 are of- uled Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) on fered in the first condition book, which covers May 16-June 5. Saturday, Sept. 5. Additional races will be added to the series Maiden special weight races offer a purse of $79,000 and al- schedule in the coming weeks when more information from other lowance races range between $81,000 and $88,000. All purses in- racetracks becomes available. clude prize money from the Kentucky Thoroughbred The Stephen Foster and Fleur de Lis are part of the Breeders’ Development Fund. Cup “Win & You’re In” Challenge Series, and the winners will The stakes schedule throughout the meet features 16 stakes receive automatic berths and a travel stipend to the Longines totaling $2,250,000: Classic and Longines Distaff, respectively, on Nov. 7 at • Saturday, May 23: Grade 3 $150,000 Matt Winn, (3-year-olds Keeneland. at a mile-and-one-sixteenth); $100,000 Blame (4-year-olds and Click here to view the first condition book older at one mile); $100,000 Shawnee (fillies and mares at mile- The second condition book for racing between June 6-27 is and-one-sixteenth); $100,000 War Chant (3-year-olds at one mile expected to be published by May 29. on turf); and $100,000 Tepin (3-year-old fillies at one mile on On April 29, Churchill Downs received approval from state turf). officials to reopen its stable areas at both Churchill Downs Race- • Saturday, May 30: Grade 3 $100,000 Old Forester Mint Julep track and the auxiliary training center Trackside on Monday, May (fillies and mares at a mile-and-one-sixteenth on the turf) and 11 under strict guidelines to effectively mitigate the impact of Grade 3 $100,000 Winning Colors (fillies and mares at six fur- COVID-19.