SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2015 ONE ‘MOR’ FUTURITY FOR BAFFERT X Y JET AIRS IN MR. PROSPECTOR X Y Jet (Kantharos), a hard-luck second in the GIII Hutcheson S. at Gulfstream in January, turned Saturday’s GIII Mr. Prospector S. into a one-horse race with a powerful front-running display to earn his first stakes victory. Emerging with the early advantage after an opening quarter in :21.92, the 2-1 shot started to get away from them after a :44.92 half and hit the top of the lane with a large cushion. Pilot Emisael Jaramillo gave him a few reminders just to be safe, but nobody was ever getting to X Y Jet, who hit the line 9 1/2 lengths to the good in a snappy 1:08.56. Longshot Grande Shores (Black Mambo) tagged C. Zee (Elusive Bluff) for second. Cont. p4 Mor Spirit | Benoit Photo CAMPANOLOGIST SUCCUMBS TO COLIC Michael Lund Petersen’s Mor Spirit (Eskendereya) came Gestut Fahrhof resident and four-time group 1 winner charging late to collar stablemate Toews on Ice (Archarcharch) Campanologist (Kingmambo--Ring of Music, by Sadler's and provide Hall of Famer Bob Baffert with his record eighth Wells) succumbed to colic on his way to Germany from victory in the GI Los Alamitos Futurity Saturday. The juvenile shuttling in Argentina. follows in the footsteps of luminaries such as Dortmund (Big Brown) (2014), Liaison (2011), Lookin at Lucky (2009), Pioneerof Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. the Nile (2008), Point Given (2000), Captain Steve (1999) and Real Quiet (1997). Hammered down to 3-5 favoritism, Mor Spirit caboosed the bunched up field early with just I’malreadythere (Crown of Thorns) trailing in the rear. Running two wide, he maintained that position as 25-1 shot Frank Conversation (Quality Road) ticked off opening splits of :23.09 and :47.12 while under pressure from Toews on Ice. Going well under a motionless Gary Stevens, the dark bay readily responded when popped the question at the top of the lane, and unleashed a powerful rally to take down his stablemate and win going away. “Gary knows how to ride this horse,” commented Baffert, who became the all-time leading trainer at Los Alamitos by stakes wins Saturday. “In the race at Churchill Downs [the GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. Nov. 28] I didn’t want to take a chance of taking him back and getting mud kicked in his face, so we sent him up in there. I just told Gary today ride him like you usually do and let him sit and finish. Turning for home it was a good feeling. I knew I was going to win the race, just didn’t know with which one. 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CUSTOMER SERVICE [email protected] Director of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Director of IT: Robert Williams [email protected] EST Race Click for TV Director of Internal IT: Ray Villa 2:40a Asahi Hai Futurity S.-G1, HAN ------------ ----- [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] 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.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 6 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DEC. 20, 2015 FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI LOS ALAMITOS FUTURITY 2--Toews On Ice, 121, c, 2, Archarcharch--Wild Forest Cat, by D'wildcat. ($110,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; $340,000 RNA 2yo '15 BARMAR). O-Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram & Paul Weitman; B-Lakland Farm (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $70,000. Consigned by BURLESON FARMS 3--I'malreadythere, 121, g, 2, Crown of Thorns--Wildfire Ruby, by Wild Event. O-Steve Melen, Richard A. Robertson, Steve Taub & Jerry Hollendorfer; B-Thomas J. Lane (FL); T-Jerry Hollendorfer. $42,000. Saturday, Los Alamitos Margins: 1 1/4, 6, 1. Odds: 0.70, 2.50, 25.40. LOS ALAMITOS FUTURITY-GI, $350,500, LRC, 12-19, 2yo, Also Ran: Urlacher, Frank Conversation, Hollywood Don, 1 1/16m, 1:43.54, ft. Sorryaboutnothing. 1--#@&MOR SPIRIT, 121, r, 2, by Eskendereya Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS PPs or the free 1st Dam: Im a Dixie Girl (MSW & GSP, $167,320), by Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Dixie Union Fasig-Tipton. 2nd Dam: Im Out First, by Allen's Prospect Baffert continued, “It was a little disappointing when this 3rd Dam: Sequins, by Northern Fashion horse got beat last time. It looks like we’ve got him figured out, ($85,000 Ylg '14 FTKOCT; $650,000 2yo '15 FTFMAR). O-Michael Lund Petersen; B-Elkstone Group LLC (PA); T-Bob so now we just can sit back and pick some spots for him. [Toews Baffert; J-Gary L. Stevens. $210,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-2-0, On Ice] ran game. The race shaped up different than I thought it $288,400. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. would with [Frank Conversation] showing speed, but Martin Werk Nick Rating: C. [Garcia aboard the runner-up] didn’t panic and just sat there. He rode a good race, He just got run down by a good horse.’’ Purchased by Donato Lanni/Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock Cont. p4 HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 6 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • DEC. 20, 2015 GI Los Alamitos Futurity cont. Saturday, Gulfstream Park “I’m super excited about this colt,” Stevens remarked. “The MR. PROSPECTOR S.-GIII, $100,000, GP, 12-19, 3yo/up, 6f, way the race looked like it might set up, I wouldn’t have been 1:08.56, ft. surprised if we were sitting last early. He’s very intelligent and 1--#@X Y JET, 114, g, 3, by Kantharos he settled nicely for me. I just let him gallop until the eighth 1st Dam: Soldiersingsblues, by Lost Soldier pole. He’s really progressed 2nd Dam: Blue Ensign's Lady, by Blue Ensign since his first start and he’s 3rd Dam: Tripulina (Arg), by Sings (Arg) going to get better and better ($30,000 RNA Ylg '13 OBSWIN; $56,000 Ylg '13 OBSAUG). with more experience and O-Gelfenstein Farm; B-Didier Plasencia (FL); T-Jorge Navarro; distance.’’ J-Emisael Jaramillo. $62,000. Lifetime Record: 12-4-5-1, Second on debut going $214,683. *Fifth stakes winner, second graded stakes winner 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita for second-crop sire (by Lion Heart). Werk Nick Rating: C. Sept. 27, Mor Spirit scored a Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Mor Spirit led by Bernie Schiappa decisive 4 1/4-length 2--Grande Shores, 121, h, 7, Black Mambo--Sexy Stockings, by Horsephotos graduation over the Tabasco Cat. O/B-Jacks or Better Farm Inc. (FL); T-Stanley I. reopposing Urlacher (Discreet Cat) going a mile in Arcadia Oct. 23. Gold. $20,000. The ridgling finished second last time behind GI Breeders’ Cup 3--C. Zee, 119, c, 4, Elusive Bluff--Diamondaire, by Distorted Juvenile Turf runner-up Airoforce (Colonel John) in a sloppy Humor.