WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019 MAXFIELD, LANDESKOG TUESDAY=S TRACKSIDE BREEDERS= CUP REPORT by Steve Sherack OUT OF BC ARCADIA, CA - With Omaha Beach (War Front) (Dirt Mile) putting on a show late in the morning blowing out three furlongs--more on him in a bit--there was no shortage of action during training hours at the Great Race Place Tuesday ahead of this weekend=s Breeders= Cup. Claim-to-fame Eddie Haskell (Square Eddie) was among the first to catch the eye at daybreak on another crisp morning as the mercury touched 52 degrees. Although second in his last two trips to the post, his record of 14-9-3-2 at the shortened Turf Sprint distance of five furlongs certainly makes him a major player Saturday. >TDN Rising Star= Comical (Into Mischief) (Juvenile Fillies), sporting a Doug O=Neill red shadowroll, was escorted to and from the track by none other than the legendary Lava Man. He really still looks terrific at the age of 18. Cont. p3 Maxfield | Horsephotos IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Godolphin homebred Maxfield (Street Sense), among the SUMMER LIGHTS UP AUTUMN HIT SALE three standouts for the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile off of the Summer Sands (GB) (Coach House {Ire}) topped the second strength of his head-turning romp in the GI Claiborne Breeders= day of the Tattersalls Autumn HIT Sale when knocked down Futurity Oct. 5, will be forced to scratch from Friday=s to Joseph O’Brien for 625,000gns. Click or tap here to go championship event after it was discovered that he was off in straight to TDN Europe. his right front. The news was first reported by Daily Racing Form. ATerrible timing, but it was really a pretty easy call,@ Godolphin USA president Jimmy Bell said. A[Trainer] Brendan [Walsh] said when he came out this morning and washed off the poultice that he said it was just a little off. You don=t know what they=ve done in the stall. So we took him for a jog around there and for whatever reason he wasn=t himself. He=s an easy horse to read and we=re proactive. It=s just terrible timing... It could be something as simple as a bruise in his foot. But what we do know is he=s not running.@ A late-running debut winner going a mile at Churchill Sept. 14, the homebred provided Walsh with his first Grade I win at Keeneland and was the 3-1 third choice on the morning line for the Juvenile. AWe=re a little numb, but he=s done so much as a 2-year-old,@ Bell added. AWe have a great horse on our hands and we look very much forward to next year. He=s a special horse. Again, just terrible timing. We=ll see if we can figure out just exactly what it is.@ Cont. p4 WE ARE READY TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FAMILY IN 2020. But first, give ‘em hell in the Breeders’ Cup. 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Director of Information Technology HOLLIDAY EYES A CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ‘DANCING’ 8 Ray Villa [email protected] Bill Finley takes a closer look at GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint contender Come Dancing and her owner, Marc Holliday. Bookkeeper Terry May DIVISIDERO TO AIRDRIE 11 [email protected] Dual Grade I-winner Divisidero has been retired and will take up stud duty at Airdrie Farm in 2020. WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN BREEDERS’ CUP SPECIAL EDITION 16 [email protected] An in-depth look at the Breeders’ Cup ‘Future Stars Friday’ card. 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 15 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • OCTOBER 30, 2019 Trackside BC Report..Cont. from p1 Chad Brown was on hand as his loaded contingent--including Old Persian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) stood out among the Euros out defending F/M Turf heroine Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie for training as he heads to the BC Turf with a very live chance. {Ire}) (F/M Turf), Bricks and Mortar (Giant=s Causeway) (Turf) Trainer Todd Pletcher kept a close eye on Vino Rosso (Curlin) and Uni (GB) (More Than (Classic) and >TDN Rising Star= Ready) (Mile)--all made a very Coal Front (Stay Thirsty) (Dirt favorable impression. No Mile) as the white-bridled pair surprises there. circled by the absolutely packed If there was any concern how gap as the track was being Omaha Beach would bounce harrowed at 7:45 a.m. Amidst the back from his throwdown off chaos, >TDN Rising Star= Eight the bench in the GI Santa Anita Rings (Empire Maker) wasn=t one Sprint Championship S., the you were exactly going to miss, handsome dark bay put those though, as he gears up for his worries to bed Tuesday, rolling highly anticipated showdown through three furlongs while with >TDN Rising Star= Dennis= moving beautifully in a :36.20 Moment (Tiznow) in the Juvenile. (2/4) clocking. >TDN Rising Star= Elate (Medaglia The ultra-talented Mitole d=Oro), always an eye-catcher (Eskendereya), the 9-5 Elate | Horsephotos during training hours, glided over morning-line favorite in the the track with powerful strides ahead of her tilt versus the boys Sprint, looked absolutely dynamite as well, sitting on go the in the Classic. Flashy blaze-faced chestnut K P Dreamin (Union entire time through a visually impressive three-furlong blowout Rags) (Juvenile Fillies) was another who was easy on the eyes. of his own in :37.40 (3/4). TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • OCTOBER 30, 2019 Omaha Beach | Sherackatthetrack Other Tuesday Breeders= Cup workers at Santa Anita included: Blue Chipper (Tiznow) (Dirt Mile), three furlongs in :34.80 (1/4); United (Giant=s Causeway) (Turf), four furlongs in :48 (1/2); and Wrecking Crew (Sky Kingdom) (Juvenile), three furlongs in :38.80 (4/4). Cont. from p1 Landeskog to Miss Sprint... ERJ Racing LLC, John Fuller, Dave Kennedy and Madaket Stables LLC Landeskog (Munnings), slated to contest Saturday=s GI Breeders= Cup Sprint, will scratch from the six-furlong contest, Doug O=Neill told TDN Tuesday. O=Neill wasn=t satisfied with the way the colt exited his latest work (four furlongs in :47.00) at Santa Anita Oct. 26. AHe=s 90% perfect, and just not 100%,@ said O=Neill. AIt=s a bummer to miss this race, but we=re listening to him and the timing isn=t right. We=re looking forward to having a great 2020 with him.@ Follow the TDN staff on Twitter Thoroughbred Daily News @kelseynrileyTDN @BDiDonatoTDN @SteveSherackTDN @JessMartiniTDN @CDeBernardisTDN @BMassamTDN @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN @suefinley @MKane49 @thorntontd @garykingTDN @SarahKAndrew @theTDN @JBiancaTDN GALILEO’s fastest G1-winning filly in America — 109 Beyer defeating TEPIN in the First Lady S. (G1); dominant winner of the Rodeo Drive S. (G1) 3/4-sister to RHODODENDRON (3-time G1 winner) and MAGICAL (4-time G1 winner) In foal to QUALITY ROAD TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 15 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • OCTOBER 30, 2019 COX, EL TORMENTA SURGE INTO MILE AI got quite involved with the hunters and jumpers,@ Cox said. AIt felt like I did that for my whole life.@ by Joe Bianca This was back when Ernie Samuel=s legendary Sam-Son Farm ARCADIA, CA--Back in the spring owned show horses in addition of 2017, trainer Gail Cox was to Thoroughbreds with Olympic approached by Tom Zwiesler, show jumper and trainer Jimmy the racing manager for Sam-Son Day, some of whom Cox would Farm, an outfit she was ride. But as Day started to move intimately familiar with going more into the racing world, so back to her formative years too did Cox start to feel the pull working in the horse business. of the track. Less than three years later, the AJimmy had migrated to the burgeoning partnership will racetrack and some of my start ascendant gelding friends had too and I thought, El Tormenta (Stormy Atlantic) as well, maybe it would be fun to a legitimate contender in gallop racehorses and still do the Saturday=s GI TVG Breeders= Cup show horses,@ she said.