SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2021 MANDALOUN TURNS THE CLAIRIERE A FITTING WINNER OF THE RACHEL ALEXANDRA TABLES IN RISEN STAR Hall of Famer Rachel Alexandra carried the famed burgundy and gold silks of Stonestreet Farm to six victories, four of which were Grade Is, including the GI Preakness S. and GI Woodward S. So, it was only fitting that another filly carrying the colors of Barbara Banke's operation, Clairiere (Curlin), won that Horse of the Year's namesake Grade II race at the Fair Grounds Saturday. The event, which produced GI Kentucky Oaks winners in 2018 and 2019, offered 50 points towards this year's run for the lillies. Clairiere rallied strongly from well back to capture her 1 1/16-mile debut at Churchill Downs Oct. 25. She made another late run for the lead in that venue's GII Golden Rod S. Nov. 28, but was collared by the re-opposing Travel Column (Frosted) and forced to settled for second. Cont. p4 Mandaloun | Hodges IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Mandaloun added yet another feather to his superstar sire CLASSIC SIBLING AWAITED AT HISTORIC ROTTGEN Into Mischief's cap with a victory in Saturday's GII Risen Star S. at Emma Berry speaks with Gestut Rottgen's Frank Dorff on 2021 the Fair Grounds. Adding blinkers after a third-place finish in the mating plans and several exciting runners for the historic GIII Lecomte S. last time, the Juddmonte Farms homebred was operation this year. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN away alertly from stall 10 and rushed up to stalk from a two- Europe. wide third as Rightandjust (Awesome Again) was pressed along by Midnight Bourbon (Tiznow) through early fractions of :23.65 and :48.45. Midnight Bourbon stuck hi head in front entering the bend with Mandaloun roaring up on his outside and Proxy (Tapit) outside of him. Running three-wide, Mandoulon overtook Midnight Bourbon in mid-stretch and charged clear with determined strides to win by 1 1/4 lengths. Proxy pushed past Midnight Bourbon late to be second. "He's had two great works since so we expected him to move forward,@ Cox said. AI think the blinkers did help out. Florent [Geroux] immediately made a comment after the race. Much more focused in the post parade, more focused on his job. We didn't put a bunch of cup on him, just like a one-inch cup, but it seems to have done the trick to get him mentally where he needs to be.@ As for what's next, Cox said, AThe [the GII Louisiana Derby] is definitely going to be in play. We will talk it over with Garrett O'Rourke and the Juddmonte team and come up with a game plan. I'm very proud of the colt. 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Closing strongly to capture his career bow going six furlongs at Keeneland Oct. 24, Mandaloun cleared his first-level allowance condition going a furlong farther at Churchill Downs Nov. 28. He completed the trifecta behind Midnight Bourbon last time in this venue's Lecomte S. Jan. 16 and prepped for this with a best-of- 35 five panels in :59 4/5 in NOLA Feb. 6. Pedigree Notes: Mandaloun is the 37th graded scorer and 87th black-type winner for the mighty Into Mischief. He is also the 24th graded victor and 52nd black-type winner out of a daughter of the late Empire Maker. The Juddmonte colors were also carried to victory Saturday at Gulfstream by another Into Mischief colt out of an Empire Maker mare in good-looking graduate Floriform. Mandaloun is a fourth-generation homebred for the late Juddmonte principal Prince Khalid Bin Abdullah. Juddmonte purchased his fourth dam Queen of Song (His Majesty) for $700,000 in foal to Seattle Slew at Keeneland November back in 1989. Mandaloun's dam Brooch is a two-time group winner in Europe and a half-sister to MSW & MGSP Caponata (Selkirk). He is her second foal and the 10-year-old mare has since produced a pair of colts by Into Mischief. She was bred back to War Front last spring. This is also the family of Irish Highweight Emulous (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and Group victor First Sitting (GB) (Dansili {GB}). TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 14, 2021 Saturday, Fair Grounds RISEN STAR S. PRESENTED BY LAMARQUE FORD-GII, $400,000, Fair Grounds, 2-13, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 1:50.39, ft. 1--MANDALOUN, 122, c, 3, by Into Mischief 1st Dam: Brooch (MGSW-Ire, $217,059), by Empire Maker 2nd Dam: Daring Diva (GB), by Dansili (GB) 3rd Dam: Aspiring Diva, by Distant View 'TDN Rising Star' 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Brad H Cox; J-Florent Geroux. $240,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-1, $351,252. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. 2--Proxy, 122, c, 3, Tapit--Panty Raid, by Include. O-Godolphin, LLC; B-Godolphin (KY); T-Michael Stidham. $80,000. 3--Midnight Bourbon, 122, c, 3, Tiznow--Catch the Moon, by Malibu Moon. ($525,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen. $40,000. Margins: 1 1/4, HF, 5 3/4. Odds: 2.10, 4.00, 5.60. Also Ran: O Besos, Senor Buscador, Rightandjust, Santa Cruiser, Sermononthemount, Starrininmydreams, Carillo, Beep Beep. Scratched: Defeater, Keepmeinmind. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue- style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Rachel Alexandra cont. from p1 Clairiere | Hodges Dispatched as the 2-1 second choice behind that rival in this sophomore bow, Clairiere stumbled a bit exiting her rail draw and was left at the back of pack as 25-1 shot Off We Go (Air Force Blue) dictated terms several lengths clear of Travel Column through an opening quarter in :23.73. Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 14, 2021 Rachel Alexandra cont. mount to Travel Column's outside and the two surged clear of the rest of the field. Clairiere was going the better of the two and forged ahead of Travel Column in the final sixteenth to win by a neck. Moon Swag (Malibu Moon) completed the trifecta. "I'm extremely excited about who she is,@ said winning trainer Steve Asmussen, who also conditioned Rachel Alexandra. AThis filly, the third run of her life, is just getting better. Races going further look like they'll be right in her wheelhouse. For her to win the Rachel Alexandra in the Stonestreet silks is extremely special. We'll discuss her next start with the team and she how we're doing. This filly has a very bright future." "This is a really nice filly, very professional,@ said Talamo. ASteve gave me all the confidence in the world in her. Going in he said to just ride your race. I just kind of pointed her in the right direction and down the lane when I eased her out she was Clairiere overtakes Travel Column | Hodges all racehorse.