MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here ‘EXPRESS’ YOURSELF Asia Express (Henny Hughes) provided a dominant FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI CASHCALL FUTURITY display to take Sunday=s G1 Asahi Hai Futurity by 1 1/4 lengths while making his first start on turf. The Asahi Hai Futurity has long been regarded as one of the most important juvenile events in Japan, and its honor roll includes the likes of Logotype (Jpn) (Lohengrin {Jpn}), who won this race last year en route to G1 Japanese 2000 ‘BELIEF’ LOOKS TO SOPHOMORE SEASON Guineas glory. Saturday=s GI CashCall Futurity winner Shared Belief Therefore, Asia (Candy Ride {Arg}) came out of Express has big hoof his 5 3/4-length victory well and prints to fill, but the his connections are looking forward to his sophomore manner in which he season. AThere are a lot of handled his first turf Asia Express 3-year-old races at the beginning outing yesterday Horsephotos of the year,== winning trainer suggests he is up to Jerry Hollendorfer said Sunday. the task. A $230,000 juvenile purchase by Emmanuel AWe=ll probably stay in California and Laura de Seroux=s Narvick International at OBS Shared Belief Benoit Photo but we=ll also look elsewhere.@ March, Asia Express made a late start to his juvenile Hollendorfer=s assistant Dan campaign, but made up for lost time with a five-length Ward said, AHe came back perfect. He=s not a huge victory on the dirt at Tokyo for owner Yukio Baba. horse, but he=s growing all the time.@ Resurfacing in the 7 1/2-furlong Oxalis Sho S. on the AHe=ll ship to Santa Anita next week and then we=ll same surface three weeks later, Asia Express managed see how he trains on dirt,@ Ward continued. AThe logical to be even more impressive, scoring by seven lengths. races to run in are the [GII] San Felipe S. [Mar. 8], [GI] While yesterday=s winning margin was not as flashy, Santa Anita Derby [Apr. 5] and then if everything goes the victory was nonetheless authoritative. Riding the well, on to Kentucky.@ More on CashCall Futurity p5 rail in midpack early under Ryan Moore, the chestnut tipped out for running room coming off the turn and charged down the middle of the track, hitting the lead inside the final furlong and winning with something seemingly left in the tank. Asia Express is the second Group 1 winnerBand first in JapanBfor Henny Hughes, who is set to stand his first season in that country at Yushun Company next year. It was the fourth Japanese Group 1 victory--and second of the season--for Ryan Moore, who piloted Gentildonna (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) to a title-defending victory in the G1 Japan Cup three weeks ago. AHe surprised me--he quickened up so well,@ said Moore. AWhen I rode him before, he looked like he was a horse with lots of gears. He=s a special horse, because not many do both dirt and grass. His future should be bright. He feels like he hasn=t got to the bottom of it yet--like there=s more to come--so it=ll be interesting to see how much progress he makes.@ Cont. p3 TDN TODAY Headline News.. 7 pages In This Issue Graded Results 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Quaesitor (Friends Lake) earned his first graded score in Woodbine’s (732) 747-8060 GIII Valedictory S. (732) 747-8955 (fax) Page 3 www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com CO-PUBLISHERS Barry Weisbord, President [email protected] • @barryweisbord Sue Finley, Vice President [email protected] • @suefinley BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Quaesitor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. 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In another letter, Sean Cronin, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Joanne Nor looks more closely at the pharmaceutical composition of Lasix. Tom Frary, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing [email protected] Page 6 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/16/13 • PAGE 3 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Sunday, Woodbine GRADED/GROUP RESULTS VALEDICTORY S.-GIII, $163,244, WOX, 12-15, 3yo/up, 1 3/4m (AWT), 2:59 2/5, ft. Sunday, Nakayama, Japan 1--#@QUAESITOR, 119, g, 4, by Friends Lake ASAHI HAI FUTURITY S.-G1, -146,600,000, 1st Dam: Questuary (SW, $241,191), by Nakayama, 12-15, 2yo, 1600mT., 1:34.70, fm. Archers Bay 1Bs@ASIA EXPRESS, 121, c, 2, by Henny Hughes 2nd Dam: Mordacious, by Ascot Knight 1st Dam: Running Bobcats (MSW-US, $377,494), 3rd Dam: Soiled Dove, by Bold Ruckus by Running Stag O-Wayward Stable; B-Gill & Nancy Howard & Donald 2nd Dam: Backatem, by Notebook M Ross (ON); T-Ian Howard; J-Gerry Olguin. 3rd Dam: Deputy=s Mistress, by Deputy Minister $102,028. Lifetime Record: 17-6-1-4, $455,782. ($230,000 2yo >13 OBSMAR). O-Yukio Baba; Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the B-Ocala Stud; T-T Tezuka; J-R Moore. -71,288,000. eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, -88,131,000. Werk Nick Registered Ontario-Bred Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Purchased by Narvick Int’l / R. Takahashi 2--Eagle Poise, 118, g, 7, Empire Maker--Reams of Verse, by Nureyev. ($65,000 HRA >10 KEENOV). 2BShonan Achieve (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Shonan Kampf O-Riverdee Stable; B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-H (Jpn)BShonan Pentire (Jpn), by Sunday Silence. Graham Motion. $28,341. O-Tetsuhide Kunimoto; B-Shadai Corporation Inc. 3--Peyton, 117, g, 4, Tale of the Cat--Emanating, by -28,368,000. Cox's Ridge. ($60,000 RNA yrl '10 KEESEP; 3BWin Full Bloom (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Special Week $180,000 RNA 2yo >11 KEEAPR). O-Windhaven (Jpn)BHanano Megami (Jpn), by Sakura Yutaka O Farms Inc; B-William D Graham (ON); T-Michael J (Jpn). O-Win Co. Ltd. B-Big Red Farm. -18,184,000. Doyle. $18,705. Margins: 1 1/4, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 8.70, 15.20, 12.10. Registered Ontario-Bred Also Rans: Meiner Diavel (Jpn), Atom (Jpn), Shonan Wadachi (Jpn), Pray and Real (Jpn), Satono Rob Roy Margins: 3, 3HF, 5 1/4. Odds: 4.55, 0.70, 10.45. (Jpn), Gris Sage (Jpn), Bel Canto (Jpn), Twinkle Sword Also Ran: Awesome Overture, Gallant Eagle (Ire), (Jpn), Higher Rate (Jpn), Apollo Stars (Jpn), Nishino Turkish, Address Unknown (GB). Scratched: Tricky Hat Dangerous (Jpn), El Camino Real (Jpn), T M Kyuko (Chi). (Jpn). Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. Click for the JRA chart and video. Click for the free VIDEO. brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Quaesitor completed the trifecta in last year=s Valedictory to end his 3-year-old season. He began the year slowly WHAT IS OPPENHEIM with three sixth-place ON ABOUT NOW? efforts in an allowance Whether it=s sales, racing or over the synthetic Apr. breeding...read the latest musings 21 and routes on the turf from Bill Oppenheim! May 25 and June 23. He returned to form in a 1 You can find all of Oppenheim=s Quaesitor columns in the TDN Archive. Michael Burns photography 1/2-mile optional claimer Aug. 2 and took an allowance next time out Nov. 17. cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/16/13 • PAGE 4 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Valdedictory S. cont. The chestnut assumed his usual position at the back of the field through the opening stages of this route. He was still along the rail in last the first time under the wire. He began to improve his position heading into the final turn and circled the field on the bend as Eagle Poise struck the front. Quaesitor found another gear, blew by Eagle Poise and won going away. AThere's no point in running him unless it's at least a mile and a quarter,@ said winning trainer Ian Howard. AHe just doesn't show that much speed, but when it gets beyond a mile and a quarter, he has a chance.@ NEWS TODAY Mucho Macho Man Breezes at Gulfstream In his second work since winning the GI Breeders= Cup Classic Nov. 3, Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno) breezed four panels in :49.94 and galloped out five furlongs in 1:03.77 at Gulfstream Park Sunday. AWe keep meeting and we will make a schedule, but he=s just doing good with what he=s doing now,@ said trainer Kathy Ritvo. AWe let him work a half-mile today, and he went really well. He=s feeling good and came back great. His weight is amazing, he=s happy, and he=s doing really well.