SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2020 COUNTRY HOUSE TO STAND AT DARBY DAN DERBY WEEK JOCKEYS MUST Reigning GI Kentucky Derby winner Country House (Lookin At ARRIVE IN KY AUG. 31 Lucky--Quake Lake, by War Chant) has been secured for stud duty by John Phillips=s Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. The longest-reigning Kentucky Derby winner, Country House will be participating in Darby Dan=s AShare the Upside@ program, and his fee for the 2021 season has been set at $7,500 S&N. AWe are excited to stand Country House and to provide breeders the opportunity to breed to a Kentucky Derby winner through our AShare the Upside@ program,@ said Ryan Norton, Darby Dan Farm=s stallion director. AThere is a lot to like about Country House, hailing from the influential Smart Strike sire line, and we encourage breeders to come out to the farm and see him.@ Cont. p4 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY COOLMORE PURCHASES WOOTTON BASSETT 2019 Kentucky Derby jockeys | Coady Champion racehorse and sire Wootton Bassett will join by Bill Finley Coolmore’s stallion roster from 2021. Click or tap here to go After originally floating plans that would have required any straight to TDN Europe. jockey intending to ride during the Sept. 1-5 meet that includes the GI Kentucky Derby to arrive in Kentucky by Aug. 24, Churchill Downs is now requiring that all jockeys be in the state by Aug. 31. The details were in a document distributed by Churchill officials to the Jockeys= Guild late Thursday. Many jockeys, particularly those who ride regularly in New York and California, were on the fence about riding in the Derby as, under the Aug. 24 guidelines, it would have meant missing the final two weeks at Del Mar and Saratoga and a number of major races. The new deadline makes the decision easier and could pave the way for many top jockeys to choose to ride in the Churchill races as they no longer have to give up mounts at their home tracks over the weekend of Aug. 29 and 30. For jockeys who regularly ride outside of Kentucky, it is still not clear what will be required of them in order to resume riding in their home states once the Derby is over. Kentucky is on a travel ban list in New York. Anyone traveling to that state must quarantine for 14 days once returning to New York. In order to ride at Churchill during the week, a jockey must declare his or her intentions to do so by Aug. 18 and contact Churchill officials by email. 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That will be one of three COVID-19 tests the jockey will be required to take in order to ride during Derby week. The jockeys will be required to be at Churchill on Aug. 31 for a second round of testing. Another set of tests will be administered Sept. 3. AThey brought in the Department of Health and when you bring in the Department of Health how can you second-guess them?@ said Jockeys= Guild President Terry Meyocks. AThey are trying to make it safe for the riders and, at the same time, do what is in the best interests of racing. I think under the circumstances they have come up with a plan they think will work and we are comfortable with that.@ Once the Aug. 31 test has been administered, jockeys will not be allowed to leave the state until after they have completed their riding obligations for the week. When at the track, jockeys will be required to wear face coverings at all times, except during the running of a race. Jockeys will also be asked to practice social distancing and refrain from congregating in groups. The main jockeys= room will be restricted to riders that had been competing at Ellis Park. The out-of-state jockeys will be stationed in auxiliary quarters. SARATOGA JOCKEY TRAVEL POLICY TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH END OF MEET Saratoga Race Course's jockey safety protocols and travel restrictions that were established July 14 will remain in place throughout the end of the meeting. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • AUGUST 15, 2020 It was announced earlier Friday morning that Churchill Downs will be requiring that all jockeys be in the state by Aug. 31 who will be riding in the GI Kentucky Derby. "The NYRA policy instituted on July 14 to address jockey travel and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 will remain in place through the end of the 2020 summer meet at Saratoga Race Course," Pat McKenna, NYRA communications director, said in a statement. "As such, any jockey traveling to Churchill Downs for Kentucky Derby week will not be permitted to re-enter the jockey colony at Saratoga. These travel restrictions are designed to protect the health and safety of the jockeys competing here in New York at a time when COVID-19 cases continue to rise in states across the country.@ McKenna added, "COVID-19 travel and testing protocols for jockeys seeking to compete at the Belmont Park fall meet will be announced at the appropriate time." Country House to Darby Dan cont. from p1 House retired with two wins and two seconds from seven career starts and earnings of $2,120,175. ACountry House is an absolutely gorgeous horse that was just coming into his own when he ran in the Kentucky Derby,@ Mott said. AWe always felt the best was yet to come.@ Country House is out of winning Quake Lake, a half-sister to graded stakes winner and multiple graded stakes-placed Breaking Lucky, who is also by Lookin At Lucky. Quake Lake and Breaking Lucky are out of the Grade I-placed Sky Classic mare Shooting Party. Country House is a half-brother to graded stakes Country House | Sarah Andrew winner Mitchell Road, winner of the 2019 GIII Gallorette S. at Bred by J. V. Shields, Jr., the chestnut, who was initially Pimlico and an earner of $469,370. campaigned by a partnership consisting of Shields=s widow, To earn a lifetime breeding right to Country House through Maury, and his nephew Guinness McFadden, graduated in his Darby Dan=s AShare the Upside@ program, breeders are required sophomore debut in his third career start at Gulfstream Park, to pay a $500 non-refundable enrollment fee and breed one causing LNJ Foxwoods to jump into the fray and secure an mare in the first year (2021) at the reduced stud fee of $5,000 interest in the Derby prospect. Runner-up behind subsequent S&N. Breeders are entitled to breed one mare in 2022 at the GI Preakness S. winner War of Will (War Front) in the GII Risen reduced fee of $5,000 S&N. Following two live foals and with Star S. at Fair Grounds, he was fourth in the GII Louisiana Derby both stud fees paid, the lifetime breeding right begins in the and capped off his Derby preparations with a third behind stallion=s third year (2023) at stud. winner Omaha Beach (War Front) in the GI Arkansas Derby. On the first Saturday in May, the Bill Mott trainee finished behind favored Maximum Security (New Year=s Day), however, was promoted to first following his rival=s disqualification. Country TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 12 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • AUGUST 15, 2020 >SKYDIVER= LOOKS TO SOAR IN ALABAMA Swiss Skydiver | Sarah Andrew Swiss Skydiver | Sarah Andrew Ashland.