THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020 ASMUSSEN ONSLAUGHT DERBY ATTENDANCE TO BE CAPPED AT 14% CAPACITY ON 2YO STAKES Churchill Downs Racetrack officials have released a detailed 62-page health and safety operations plan that will limit CONTINUES attendance to the 146th running of the GI Kentucky Derby Saturday, Sept. 5 to less than 14% of total capacity from the 2015 attendance record. The Kentucky Derby, first staged in 1875, is the longest continually-held major sporting event in the United States and was originally scheduled for May 5. A record crowd of 170,513 attended the event in 2015. Due to physical distancing protocols and other safety measures in place to mitigate the risks associated with COVID-19, fewer than 23,000 guests are expected Sept. 5 for the rescheduled Kentucky Derby 146. There will be no General Admission this year. Cont. p4 Thoughtfully | Sarah Andrew IN TDN EUROPE TODAY TWO-YEAR-OLDS SETTLING ON NEXT TARGETS by Brian DiDonato Trainer Jessica Harrington is contemplating the G1 National >TDN Rising Star= Thoughtfully (Tapit) continued a red-hot run S. or the G1 Middle Park S. for Lucky Vega. Click or tap here to with juveniles for trainer Steve Asmussen as she powered away go straight to TDN Europe. a convincing winner of the GII Adirondack S. Wednesday at the Spa. Off since airing by 8 3/4 lengths at odds-on first out at Churchill June 11, the $950,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga purchase prepped for this by firing a five-furlong bullet in 1:00.91 over the strip Aug. 3 in company with unraced colt Calibrate (Distorted Humor) (XBTV Video). Pounded down to 4-5 from a 2-1 morning line quote, the dark bay tucked in just behind Ava=s Grace (Laoban) and Make Mischief (Into Mischief) through splits of :22.33 and :46.12. Shuffled back to last of the five under a still motionless Ricardo Santana, Jr. at the top of the stretch, she tipped out for clear sailing and quickly inhaled her competition before bounding away to a dominant five-length tally in 1:17.20. Make Mischief bested Ava=s Grace for second. Just since July 22, Thoughtfully=s Hall of Fame trainer has won eight stakes races for 2-year-olds, including the GII Saratoga Special S. here last Friday with Jackie=s Warrior (Maclean=s Music); Monmouth=s Tyro S. with Fasig-Tipton July topper County Final (Oxbow) one day later; and a pair of events at Lone Star Tuesday evening. 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Ray Villa [email protected] [email protected] TODAY’S GRADED STAKES WORLDWIDE INFORMATION EST Race Click for TV International Editor 10:00a Clipper Logistics Desmond S.-G3, LEO -------------- TVG Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 14 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • AUGUST 13, 2020 Saturday, Saratoga ADIRONDACK S.-GII, $145,500, Saratoga, 8-12, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:17.20, ft. 1--THOUGHTFULLY, 120, f, 2, by Tapit 1st Dam: Pension, by Seeking the Gold 2nd Dam: Furlough, by Easy Goer 3rd Dam: Blitey, by Riva Ridge >TDN Rising Star= 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($950,000 Ylg '19 FTSAUG). O-Heider Family Stables LLC; B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd. (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen; J-Ricardo Santana, Jr. $82,500. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $127,564. *1/2 to Annual Report (Harlan's Holiday), GSW, $186,587; Flores Island (Giant's Causeway), MSP, $244,070; and Giant Payday (Giant's Causeway), MSW, $346,549. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Make Mischief, 120, f, 2, Into Mischief--Speightful Lady, by Speightstown. ($285,000 Ylg '19 SARAUG). O-Gary Barber; B-Avanti Stable (NY); T-Mark E. Casse. $30,000. 3--Ava's Grace, 122, f, 2, Laoban--Cover Girl Elle, by Out of Place. O/B-Southern Equine Stables, LLC (KY); T-Robertino Diodoro. $18,000. Margins: 5, 1, 4 1/4. Odds: 1.00, 3.25, 19.20. Also Ran: Lilac Lace, Lucifers Lair. Scratched: Beautiful Farewell. Asmussen=s go-to rider added, AShe's so special. When you Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free work horses like her in the morning, you know what you have Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by the in race. I was really happy and comfortable with where she Fasig-Tipton. was. This was the first time behind horses; last time, she was in "She's a super nice, classy filly,@ Santana said. AToday, going the clear. Steve did a great job with her and [assistant] Scott 6 1/2 [furlongs], I thought to take my time with her. It's her Blasi and everyone did well with her. We're really happy with second time out, and we wanted to teach her something. She her." responded really well. She has a lot of class.@ Pedigree Notes: Thoughtfully is the 134th stakes winner and 82nd graded winner for Tapit--who also sired 2015 Adirondack winner Just Wicked--but is his first out of a Seeking the Gold mare. Seeking the Gold mares have produced 175 stakes winners, 77 of them graded. Dam Thoughtfully hails from a strong Phipps family and is out of local GISW Furlough (Easy Goer), making her a full to GSW Happy Hunting. MGSW dam Blitey (Riva Ridge) produced MGISW sprinter Dancing Spree (Nijinsky II) and GISW Fantastic Find (Mr. Prospector), who in turn was responsible for MGISW Finder=s Fee (Storm Cat). Pension failed to produce a foal when bred back to Tapit for 2019, but foaled a full-brother to Thoughtfully Feb. 9 before revisiting the Gainesway super sire yet again. Santana & Thoughtfully | Sarah Andrew TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • AUGUST 13, 2020 Derby Attendance cont. from p1 disposable mask, a pocket-sized hand sanitizer and a personal Churchill Downs stated in late June that General Admission stylus for non-contact self-service wagering. would be limited to the 26-acre Infield. However, given current Compliance of Churchill Downs' public safety measures is a circumstances, pre-purchased General Admission tickets will be condition of admittance and will be strictly enforced. Offenders refunded, and the Infield will be will receive a warning; repeat closed. offenders will be escorted from Reserved seating will be the property. limited to a maximum of 40% "The opportunity to safely occupancy. Also, Standing Room welcome back a limited number Only or "Walk Around" tickets of guests to Churchill Downs on have been eliminated. All the first week of September is a outdoor ticket holders will be privilege that our team doesn't reseated in a new comparable take for granted," said Churchill location either prior to or during Downs Racetrack President the event to provide for Kevin Flanery. "Our extensive maximum distancing. plan meets or exceeds all Temperature checks, medical recommended state and local questionnaires, physical guidelines. We've received an distancing and mandatory face exceptional level of support Churchill Downs | Horsephotos coverings will be required upon from regulators, medical experts entrance and movement within the 190-acre Churchill Downs. and public health authorities and we'll continue to carefully An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public work with them to ensure we're doing everything we can to place where people are present. Each guest will receive a keep our customers, employees and communities safe. courtesy "Healthy at the Track" bag, which will include a Cont. p4 QUALITY ROAD CITY OF LIGHT (G1) Elusive Quality - Kobla, by Strawberry Road (AUS) #3 LIFETIME ACTIVE SIRE BY GRADE 1 WINNER PERCENTAGE BELLAFINA (G1) 1.77% GRADE 1 WINNERS TO NAMED FOALS Behind only Tapit and War Front, and greater than: Medaglia d’Oro (1.43%) Curlin (1.16%) Uncle Mo (0.95%) Into Mischief (0.76%) DUNBAR ROAD (G1) $200,000 lanesend.com | t: 859.873.7300 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 14 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • AUGUST 13, 2020 "We will have fewer guests at this year's Derby as reducing the size of the crowd is an important step to ensuring a safe environment.