FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020 NOT THIS TIME OFFSPRING 15 MONTHS IN THE MAKING, MORE RESTRICTIVE WHIP RULES FINALLY PASS IN ON TOP AGAIN AT OBS CALIFORNIA by T. D. Thornton After initially being deadlocked on a Thursday vote to put off implementing anti-whipping regulations that have been repeatedly delayed since first proposed in March 2019, the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) finally voted 4-2 to pass a rule that will prohibit a jockey from striking a mount more than six times during a race, and then only in an underhanded position with no more than two strikes in succession using whips that must meet new CHRB standards to soften the blows. Representatives from the Jockeys' Guild, plus California riders Mike Smith and Aaron Gryder, repeatedly advocated for the board to wait at least one more month before voting on the rule to allow more time for a proposed national whip standards rule to come to fruition. Cont. p11 Hip 1283 | Photos by Z by Christie DeBernardis & Jessica Martini IN TDN EUROPE TODAY A filly by freshman sire Not This Time topped Wednesday=s O’BRIEN TARGETS IRISH GUINEAS DOZEN session of the Ocala Breeders Sales Company=s Spring Sale at Aidan O’Brien has six chances for a 12th win in the G1 Irish $1.35-million and the young Taylor Made stallion came out on 2000 Guineas on Friday. Click or tap here to go straight to top once again Thursday with one of his son=s bringing the day=s TDN Europe. highest price of $700,000. Consigned by Randy Bradshaw, Hip 1283 was purchased by Donato Lanni on behalf of owner Michael Lund Petersen. Like the toppers from the first two days, Hip 1283 was originally slated for Fasig-Tipton=s Gulfstream Sale. A[The market has] been very spotty,@ Bradshaw said. AIt=s been that way for a long time, but even more so at this sale. We just need to get the confidence back, get the stock market back and all of that stuff. The horse business is going to be just fine. One thing about horsepeople is that we are optimistic and if you give us a shot, we=ll go out and buy a horse and keep it going.@ A total of 149 juveniles changed hands Thursday for gross receipts of $10,748,500 compared to last year when 170 horses brought $17,968,500. The average decreased from $105,697 last year to $72,138 this season and the median was also down from $58,500 to $40,000. AAnother day of trade, some nice horses sold and there are some nice horses still left to sell,@ said OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski. AYou can=t really compare it to last year because we are in uncharted waters, but it has picked up a little each day.@ Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Friday, June 12, 2020 Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Deputy Editor Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Associate Editors Christina Bossinakis @CBossTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN News and Features Editor In Memoriam: Ben Massam (1988-2019) ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistant/Dir. Of Distribution Rachel McCaffrey Advertising Assistants Amie Newcomb Kristen Lomasson Photographer/Photo Editor Sarah K. 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Director of IT & Accounting Ray Villa [email protected] [email protected] TODAY’S GRADED STAKES EST Race Click for TV WORLDWIDE INFORMATION 1:10p Coolmore Ten Sovereigns Gallinule S.-G3, CUR -------------- TVG International Editor 1:40p Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas-G1, CUR -------------- TVG Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN 2:45p Coolmore Magna Grecia Irish EBF Mooresbridge S.-G2, CUR -------------- TVG [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 19 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JUNE 12, 2020 OBS Spring Sale cont. from p1 Over the first three days of selling, 452 juveniles have sold for $39,550,000 with an average of $87,500 and a median of $50,000. At the conclusion of the third session last term, 519 2- year-olds had summoned $56,217,000 for an average of $108,318 and a median of $65,000. Bloodstock agent Steve Young has signed the ticket on four juveniles thus far, including two colts Thursday. He said that bidding was still competitive on the top horses. AI think there is a lot of competition for the good-looking, quick horses with good mechanics that pass the vet,@ said Young. AI think that for the horses that are perceived to be a tick under that, it gets dicey. It is the same way it=s been for a while. It doesn=t mean the non-elite horses aren=t good horses. I think when you like a horse and go up to the ring to buy it, there is someone up there waiting for you.@ Tonja Terranova, wife of New York-based trainer John Terranova, made just one purchase, but she made it count, going to $425,000 for a son of Quality Road (Hip 628). She expressed similar sentiments to other buyers earlier in the week about the lack of a middle market. AThe good horses have brought money,@ Terranova said. AThe middle market is a little bit weaker right now, but you still have to pay for the good horses. I think overall there are a lot of nice horses. You have to step up to get the good ones.@ The final session of the four-day OBS Spring Sale is Friday, starting at 10 a.m. Not This Time on Top Again at OBS Donato Lanni & Randy Bradshaw | Photos by Z Hot freshman sire Not This Time, represented by a $1.35- million filly in Ocala Wednesday, had the top lot of Thursday=s session when bloodstock agent Donato Lanni made a final bid of TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 19 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JUNE 12, 2020 $700,000 to acquire a colt (hip 1283) by the Taylor Made stallion on behalf of Michael Lund Petersen. The bay juvenile will be trained by Bob Baffert. ABob decided at the last minute to come to the sale with [son] Bode and his wife Jill and this was a horse that we both liked very much,@ Lanni said. AHe jumped through all the hoops. The hoops were high, as usual, but he did it all really well. He=s a nice horse and hopefully we get lucky.@ Petersen has campaigned Grade I winner Mor Spirit (Eskendereya) and graded winner Mucho Gusto (Mucho Macho Man). He is currently represented on the racetrack by >TDN Rising Star= Gamine (Into Mischief). All were purchased as 2- year-olds by Lanni and trained by Baffert. AHe=s a really good guy and he loves the game,@ Lanni said of Petersen, who is a founder of Pandora Jewelry. AWe=ve had some luck for the guy.@ Not This Time has already had two winners at the track and his stock has continued rising at OBS this week. Also Thursday, he had a filly bring $200,000 (hip 869) from Belladonna Racing. AI never know what to expect--no one knows what to expect, but I am glad to see that there is a freshman sire out there that is throwing some precocious horses,@ Lanni said of Not This Time=s success. Hip 1283, who worked a furlong last week in :10 flat, was consigned by Randy Bradshaw. He is out of Business Decision (Put It Back) and his second dam is graded stakes winner In AWe had a great day today and we sold the Empire Maker Conference (Dayjur). yesterday,@ Bradshaw said. AAnd we have a Speightster (hip AWe=ve been waiting to sell this horse all day,@ Bradshaw said. 1306) we are selling tomorrow that we really like. So if we can AWe knew he was special and we would probably get a good bit get a little lucky tomorrow, we are going to be golden.@ of money for him. And everything worked out.@ @JessMartiniTDN Bradshaw purchased the bay colt for $200,000 at last year=s Fasig-Tipton sale and his price tag Thursday matched the Quality Colt Headed to New York $700,000 Bradshaw sold subsequent Baffert trainee and GI Arkansas Derby winner Nadal (Blame) for at last year=s Fasig- Tipton Gulfstream sale. AHe was a big, athletic horse,@ Bradshaw said of hip 1283. AHe=s probably 16.3 now, but for as big a horse as he is, he is as athletic as a horse gets.