MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here BARRETTS KICKS OFF 2YO SALE SEASON FEATURE PRESENTATION • GIII SOUTHWEST S. by Jessica Martini The juvenile sales season, which will feature a markedly different landscape in 2015, kicks off Monday afternoon with the Barretts Select 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Pomona, California. The auction will be the last to be held at the Hinds Pavilion at Fairplex, with Barretts set to move to Del Mar for its May sale. Of the 116 juveniles catalogued for the Barretts sale, only 69 breezed during SMITH SITS >RIGHT= TRIP...AGAIN the under-tack show last Friday. Still, Harry T. Rosenblum and Robert V LaPenta=s Far Right buyers on hand Sunday morning said (Notional) came flying late along the inside for the they were impressed with the horses second straight time beneath Hall who did work. of Famer Mike Smith to capture a AI don=t look at horses until after they work,@ said sloppy renewal of the rescheduled bloodstock agent Pete Bradley. AAnd after Friday, my GIII Southwest S. at Oaklawn Park short list had 35 horses.@ Sunday. The $2,500 KEEJAN Bloodstock agent Hubert Guy agreed. AFor how few yearling graduate--acquired horses worked, I don=t think I=ve ever seen so many privately after his second career good works,@ Guy said. start last term (click here for an In Sharper Far Right Steve Venosa, whose SGV Thoroughbreds consigned Focus)--sat a nearly identical trip Coady Photography last year=s $1.15-million sale topper, admitted the move when capturing the Smarty Jones away from Pomona is bittersweet, but he is expecting a S. here Jan. 19. It was 3/4 of a length back to longshot strong market at Barretts Monday. AI have some really The Truth Or Else (Yes It=s True) in second. good memories out here at Barretts and it=s really a AEverything=s good in the hood,@ trainer Ron Moquett shame to see them moving from this location,@ Venosa said. AIt was exactly like the Smarty Jones, except we said. AI remember coming out here and seeing every were giving seven pounds to everybody.@ Cont. p3 stall full and now, this sale, there are only a handful of horses. But there are really good horses out here. And it Sunday, Oaklawn Park seems like everyone is out here to support the sale and SOUTHWEST S.-GIII, $300,000, OPX, 2-22, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:47 2/5, sy. 1--@FAR RIGHT, 122, c, 3, by Notional that=s exciting to see.@ Cont. p4 1st Dam: Zindi, by Vindication 2nd Dam: Inspired Hope, by Shadeed 3rd Dam: In Hopes, by Affirmed ($2,500 yrl '13 KEEJAN). O-Robert V LaPenta & Harry T Rosenblum; B-Nossab LLC & Patrick J Crowley (KY); T-Ron Moquett; J-Mike E Smith. $180,000. Lifetime Record: 8-3-2-2, $425,766. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--The Truth Or Else, 117, c, 3, Yes It’s True--Lakenheath, by Colonial Affair. ($40,000 wlng '12 KEENOV; $110,000 yrl '13 FTKJUL). O-Harold Lerner LLC; B-Green Lantern Stables (KY); T-K McPeek. $60,000. Weanling to yearling pinhook by CandyLand 3--Mr. Z, 118, c, 3, Malibu Moon--Stormy Bear, by Storm Cat. ($135,000 yrl '13 FTKOCT; $60,000 RNA yrl '13 KEESEP). O-Zayat Stables LLC; B-Richard D Maynard (KY); T-D Wayne Lukas. $30,000. EQB yearling purchase for Zayat Stables • www.EQB.com Margins: 3/4, NO, 2 3/4. Odds: 2.70, 22.90, 2.40. Also Ran: Bold Conquest, Hillbilly Royalty, Majestico, Private Prospect, Bayerd, Phenomenal Phoenix, Kantune, Bold Animaux. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. VIDEO. 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He completed the exacta again behind Cinco Charlie (Indian Charlie), a next out winner of the GIII Bashford Manor S., at Churchill Downs May 9, and was purchased privately by Rosenblum and Southwest cont. transferred to Moquett. Far Right was settled in eighth as the slightly favored He graduated by five lengths beneath the Twin Spires Mr. Z (Malibu Moon) led through a half mile in :47.90 Sept. 13, then held his own in three consecutive stakes after exiting from post 11. Far Right began to advance tries--fourth in the GII Futurity S. at Belmont Oct. 5, while saving ground as The Truth Or Else made an third in the Street Sense S. at Churchill Oct. 26 and impressive five-wide sweep from far back on the far third in the GIII Delta Jackpot Nov. 22. turn. Smith followed Far Right=s unraced mare Zindi (Vindication) produced suit and swung Far a colt by Fort Prado in 2013 and a filly by Regal Right out four wide Ransom in 2014. She RNA=d for $95,000 as a KEESEP on the turn, then yearling in 2006. reguided his charge to AI just knew our horse was strong and he gets an inviting opening stronger at the end of his races,@ Moquett concluded. AI toward the inside as just wanted him to get clear. I didn=t care where he they straightened for went from there.@ home. Smith began to go rapid fire left- handed stick and rode the rails down the Coady Photography stretch to reel in The Truth Or Else and Mr. Z in the dying strides. AThe jockeying really began at the 3/8ths pole,@ Smith said. AI thought Calvin [Borel on The Truth or Else] had made the winning move at first and I wish I had been able to make that move. I was watching Wayne=s horse [Mr. Z] and I just didn=t want to be on the outside of him. I was patient and was just hoping an opening would open up, and it did.@ Smith continued, AI dropped down to the inside, which didn=t seem like the place to be today, but he made it look good. I think there is still plenty of room to improve. He didn=t handle the mud as well as I thought he would, so with all that and the added distance, I think he=s just going to get better. Hopefully, he keeps taking us forward and taking us to Kentucky. He=s a working man=s horse and no one gives Happy connections of Far Right him the credit he deserves. He=s a hard worker. Coady Photography Hopefully today we opened some eyes.@ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/23/15 • PAGE 4 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Barretts Preview cont Consignors are casting a wary eye on the list of Consignor Eddie Woods has been impressed with the upcoming changes. action in the Fairplex barn area since Friday=s breeze AWe=ve got a couple changes going on, which is show.