SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here A SOLID KARAKTAR QUEEN COMES THROUGH IN AMERICAN OAKS Chantilly=s G1 Prix du Jockey Club has been the Spanish Queen (Tribal Rule), favored at 3-5 off a win property of His Highness The Aga Khan on six in Santa Anita=s GII Honeymoon S. May 3, returned to occasions since 1979, and it could be a case of seven the Arcadia winner=s circle Saturday with an ultimately up in Sunday=s edition with the likely favorite Karaktar comfortable score in the GI American Oaks. Away well (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) charged with sporting the from the inside post, the emerald green. Mastering testing Bederian, Kamberian and conditions when annexing the Nakkashian homebred set in the Mar. 28 Listed Prix Francois pocket while perhaps a bit keen Mathet over this trip at as last-out GIII Edgewood S. Saint-Cloud, the homebred was stealer Feathered (Indian Charlie) equally at home on a fast showed the way honest-enough surface when following up in the splits for the 10-panel distance G3 Prix Noailles--also at this of :23.97, :47.68 and 1:12.24. unique distance --at Longchamp Swung out into the clear by last time Apr. 20. AHe=s climbed Brice Blanc as they hit the top of up the ladder, his form is good the straight, Spanish Queen kept Spanish Queen Benoit Photo and he=s improved since last on coming to collar the year,@ commented Georges pacesetter in the final sixteenth Rimaud, the French stud and and prevail in hand by 3/4 of a length. East Coast racing manager to his owner- invader Consumer Credit (More Than Ready) completed French Derby breeder. AHe seems to be pretty the trifecta over stablemate Mrs McDougal (Medaglia efficient at the distance, so it d Oro). She s just eating up the ground and getting favorite Karaktar = A = Scoop Dyga will be interesting to see how he better with every race,@ offered Blanc, who noted that goes against better competition his saddle slipped during the race. AShe keeps improving and in a bigger field. He=s in good form and has done and she loves her job. She has started trusting me everything he=s been asked to do up until now.@ more, so I can do a little more with her. I think she=s One of the least-known quantities in opposition is learning how to be a good racehorse.@ He continued, Hspirit=s Silverwave (Fr) (Silver Frost {Ire}), who put the AShe looks like she=s on the bridle all the time, but she previously unbeaten Epicuris (GB) (Rail Link {GB}) to the does it in a way that she=s actually relaxed... She does sword in the G3 Prix la Force at Longchamp Apr. 6 and it in a way that doesn=t affect her breathing and she he has Classic pedigree, being by the 2009 G1 Poule does it nicely; that=s why she=s able to accelerate like d=Essai des Poulains winner and a half-brother to she does the second part of the race.@ Cont. p3 Stormy River (Fr) (Verglas {Ire}), who was placed in that contest. Joseph Allen=s War Dispatch (War Front) is on a roll, with his last five outings resulting in successes and culminating in the G3 Prix de Guiche over nine furlongs here May 8. AHe has been doing very well, no problem at all,@ said trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. AWe have no form lines with the favorites, but I think he can be competitive and run a good race. He always does the minimum and is never impressive. He has been winning every time, but in lesser company. This is the target and I think he is arriving in good shape for it.@ Intriguingly, Joseph O=Brien is back on the May 10 G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains sixth Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), with Ryan Moore partnering Cape Clear Island (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) as Aidan O=Brien looks for a first renewal. The latter was second to Ampere (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}) in Longchamp=s G2 Prix Hocquart over 11 furlongs May 10 and is fitted with blinkers for the first time. One of the lesser-exposed types is Muteb bin Abdullah=s Mostaneer (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}), who booked his ticket with a game win in the Listed Prix de Suresnes over nine furlongs at Maisons-Laffitte Apr. 17. Field p12 Divisidero, by Kitten’s Joy, establishes a new course record at Belmont ... World Class. Divisidero shattered the course record on the inner turf at Belmont for 1 1/8 miles in the $200,000 Pennine Ridge Stakes. Bred by Hinkle Farms and owned by Gunpowder Farms LLC., he sold as a yearling for $280,000. Keep Calm and Buy a Kitten’s Joy. 2015 Stud Fee: $100,000 S&N 6915 Harrodsburg Road | Nicholasville, KY 40356 (859) 887-3200 | Fax: (859) 885-2666 | www.ramseyfarm.com Also Standing Real Solution, a Multiple Grade 1-winning son of Kitten’s Joy, for $12,500 - discount available for approved mares LGB, LLC 2015 / Photo: Joe Labozzetta IN THIS ISSUE ‘Flight’ Soars in Californian Catch a Flight (Arg) (Giant’s Causeway) made it two U.S. graded-stakes scores in a row after landing the GII Californian S. over GI Whitney H. winner Moreno (Ghostzapper) at Santa Anita Saturday. The Richard Mandella trainee annexed the President & Co-Publisher: Barry Weisbord GIII Precisionist S. earlier this May for owner Haras Santa Maria [email protected] de Araras. @barryweisbord Catch a Flight (l) Sr. V.P. & Co-Publisher: Sue Finley Benoit Photo [email protected] @suefinley V.P., International Operations: Gary King Page 5 [email protected] @garykingTDN Penn Mile Goes to Force the Pass EDITORIAL [email protected] Force the Pass (Speightstown) grabbed his first graded-stakes victory in the $500,000 Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini GIII Penn Mile S. Saturday evening at Penn National. With Joel Rosario aboard, the Managing Editor: Alan Carasso Richard Santulli-owned and bred sophomore zipped past Night Prowler (Giant’s Senior Editor: Steve Sherack Racing Editor: Brian DiDonato Causeway) in deep stretch to win by a head. Associate Editor: Justina Severni Page 6 Associate Editor: Christie DeBernardis Assistant Editor: Heather Likins Belmont S. Hopefuls Breeze Assistant Editor: Ben Massam ADVERTISING A bevy of GI Belmont S. hopefuls put in works Saturday, [email protected] including Charles Fipke’s Tale of Verve (Tale of Ekati). The Director of Advertising: Alycia Borer GI Preakness S. runner-up worked a best-of-23 five furlongs in Art Director: Lia Kusch :59.02. He was joined by fellow Belmont S. possible Frammento Sr. Ad Coordinator/Dir. of Distribution: (Midshipman). The Mossarosa-owned Frammento breezed a Sarah K. Andrew Advertising Designer: Amanda Crelin best-of-60 half-mile in :48.15 over Saratoga's Oklahoma training Advertising Assistant: Amanda Foster track. Group 2 UAE Derby hero Mubtaahij (Ire) (Dubawi Social Media Strategist: Nichola Henry {Ire}) put in his third breeze this week as well. Trained by South Tale of Verve CUSTOMER SERVICE African Mike DeKock, the bay took to the Belmont main track Susie Raisher early Saturday morning and clocked five furlongs in 1:01.05 [email protected] (7/23). Dir. of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes Page 7 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Director of IT: Robert Williams Divisidero Annexes Pennine Ridge S. [email protected] Gunpowder Farms’ Divisidero (Kitten’s Joy) set a new course record en route to Director of Internal IT: Ray Villa winning Belmont’s Pennine Ridge S. Saturday, the local prep for the July 4 GI Belmont [email protected] Derby. He landed the GII American Turf S. in his last racetrack outing May 2. 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O-Brous Stable LLC, Gary Barber & Wachtel Stable; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Chad C Brown. $48,000. de Meric Stables purchase and graduate Saturday, Santa Anita Park AMERICAN OAKS-GI, $400,250, SAX, 5-30, 3yo, f, Summerfield Sales Graduate 1 1/4mT, 2:01 4/5, fm. 1--sSPANISH QUEEN, 118, f, 3, by Tribal Rule Margins: 3/4, 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.70, 5.40, 5.60. 1st Dam: Spanish Bunny, by Unusual Heat Also Ran: Mrs McDougal, Sharla Rae, Dating Lady Luck. 2nd Dam: Spanish Beam, by El Gran Senor Scratched: Strict Compliance. 3rd Dam: Solar Beam, by Majestic Light Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or O/B-Harry Bederian, Harout Kamberian & Hagop the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, Nakkashian (CA); T-Richard Baltas; J-Brice Blanc.