SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2016
MINESHAFT SON LOOKS
TO MAKE THE ‘NEWS’ AGAIN
UNTAPABLE BACK FOR ANOTHER RODEO
by Alan Carasso
When Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC’s Untapable (Tapit) loads
the gates for Saturday’s GII Azeri S. at Oaklawn Park, she will
become the first winner of the GI Kentucky Oaks to make an
appearance at age five since 1998 Oaks victrix Keeper Hill
(Deputy Minister) did so fully 16 years ago. The homebred, who
had--by her lofty standards--a disappointing 4-year-old campaign
in 2015, looms a very heavy favorite in the course-and-distance
prep for the GI Apple Blossom H. Apr. 15. Cont. p6
ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR PLETCHER
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By Christie DeBernardis
Samuel Henderson’s Suddenbreakingnews (Mineshaft),
winner of the GIII Southwest S. Feb. 15, gets the slight morningline nod in a loaded 14-horse renewal of Oaklawn’s $900,000
GII Rebel S. Saturday evening. Never worse than second in six
trips to the post, the Donnie Von Hemel trainee captured the
Clever Trevor S. at Remington Nov. 6 and missed by just a nose
to the reopposing Discreetness (Discreet Cat) in a sloppy
Springboard Mile there Dec. 13. The gelding will have to
contend with the 14-hole Saturday, but he broke from stall 13 in
the Southwest, where he uncorked a powerful late rally down
the center of the track to win convincingly. Cont. p3
Shut out since winning the 3,999th race of his career last
Sunday, trainer Todd Pletcher earned victory 4,000 when 4-yearold firster Eagle Scout (Tapit) prevailed in Friday’s fifth race at
Gulfstream Park, a maiden-special over the track’s one-turn mile.
Pletcher, 48, becomes just the 10th conditioner in the history of
the sport to achieve the milestone, a list that features no fewer
than five Hall of Fame trainers, including Pletcher’s mentor D.
Wayne Lukas. Pletcher spent parts of seven years under Lukas’s
tutelage before branching out on his own in late 1995. “We’ve
been blessed with a lot of great horses and a lot of great
opportunities. There’s a lot of people to be thankful to. It’s fun,”
Pletcher said. Cont. p8
‘COSSACK’ DANCES TO GOLD CUP SUCCESS
Ten years after his first success in Cheltenham’s Gold Cup,
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Foaled on February 26, this colt by
Mucho Macho Man stands handsomely
for his photo. Bred by Mike and Laura
Sivo, he is out of Interlocking
(Awesome Again), who is a half-sister
to Fiery Pursuit (G2) and is out of a
half-sister to Flanders.
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FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII REBEL S.
Mineshaft Son Looks to Make the ‘News’ Again cont. from p1
Southwest runner-up Whitmore (Pleasantly Perfect) looks to
get the better of the chalk this time for Robert LaPenta, Harry
Rosenblum and Southern Springs Stables. A dominant debut
winner at Churchill Nov. 6, the gelding finished fifth in the
GIII Delta Downs Jackpot just two weeks later, but returned to
winning ways sprinting in a local optional claimer Jan. 16. Also
exiting the Southwest is American Dubai (E Dubai) (third), Siding
Spring (Warrior’s Reward) (fifth), Discreetness (seventh),
Z Royal (Eskendereya) (eighth) and Cutacorner (Even the Score)
(ninth).
Dale Romans was forced to call an audible when “TDN Rising
Star” Cherry Wine (Paddy O’Prado) spiked a fever just a few
days prior to an expected start in Gulfstream’s GII Xpressbet.
com Fountain of Youth S.
Feb. 27, so he shipped him
down to Hot Springs in
hopes of getting the colt his
first Derby points in this
spot instead. The Frank
Jones, Jr. and William
Pacella runner broke
through with an emphatic
9 1/4-length graduation at
Cherry Wine | Lauren King
fifth asking in the slop at
Churchill Nov. 28. The gray
earned his ‘Rising Star’ last time when charging home late to a
decisive six-length victory against a strong optional claimer field
going this distance in Hallandale Jan. 9.
Hall of Famer Bob Baffert captured last year’s renewal of this
test with Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the
Nile) and hopes to score his sixth win in this event since 2010
with Cupid (Tapit). Fourth on debut sprinting at Los Alamitos last
December, the Coolmore runner improved to second at Santa
Anita Jan. 9 and romped by 5 1/4 lengths when extended to a
route last time in Arcadia Feb. 7. Scratched from last weekend’s
GII San Felipe S. in favor of this test, the $900,000 KEESEP buy
enters off a best-of-23 six panels in 1:11 3/5 there Mar. 11.
Cont. p4
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Rebel S. cont.
“With the large field, we need a good break and to get a good
position and hopefully, he’ll take it on from there,” Baffert’s
chief assistant Jimmy Barnes told the Oaklawn press office. “You
need the trip. Hopefully, he’s talented enough where he’ll get
out of the gate, establish position, and show us what he’s really
made of. He seems like he’s improving and we’re just testing the
waters. You really don’t know until they do it, but this our
normal routine and we expect big things.”
Reddam Racing’s GI Hopeful S. winner Ralis (Square Eddie)
also ships in from
California to make his
seasonal debut. A
dominant 5 3/4-length
winner of Saratoga’s
seven-panel Hopeful last
September at odds of 6-1,
the Doug O’Neill trainee
was a lackluster sixth next
Ralis | Horsephotos
out in Belmont’s
GI Champagne S. a month
later. The bay was equally disappointing last time when finishing
last of 14 in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Keeneland Oct. 31,
which was won by his champion stablemate Nyquist (Uncle Mo).
SATURDAY • MARCH 19, 2016
“The long layoff is always a concern,” said O’Neill to the
Oaklawn press office. “It’s ambitious, but when they’re doing
good you’ve got to take chances. This is chancey, but we have a
lot of faith in Ralis. I can see where the outsider looking at his
form would think ‘What are you doing this for?’ But we’ve seen
enough from him in the mornings and enough in the afternoons
to think that when he’s doing this well, which he is right now, he
deserves his chance. When he’s right, which I think he is right
now, he’s a top horse.”
Hall of Fame finalist Steve Asmussen also sends out a pair of
intriguing runners in WinStar Farm’s Creator (Tapit) and Winchell
Thoroughbreds’ Madtap (Tapit). Creator took some time to put it
together, but did so impressively last time with a late-running 7
1/4-length success over this track and trip
Feb. 27. Madtap, who earned his diploma on grass in his Indiana
unveiling last September, also enters off a dominant victory,
romping by six lengths in a local optional claimer at this distance
just two weeks ago. Field p5
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TDN’s Steve Sherack and Brian DiDonato will make $50 Win/Place bets on each Kentucky Derby prep and Triple Crown race.
The handicapper with the highest bankroll after the Belmont Stakes wins. Scratches will result in the post time favorite.
Last Week - Knew I was in major trouble when Economic Model
was already under a ride before hitting the half-mile marker in
the TB Derby en route to a last-place finish... Exaggerator,
meanwhile, received a pretty questionable trip in the San
Felipe–was way too far behind early and turned in a very
powerful middle-move--and just got tagged late for second. Can
certainly see myself landing on him again. Total: $337.50.
GII Rebel S. - I can’t imagine him going off at his morning-line
quote--half that number would be fine--but Cherry Wine (Paddy
O’Prado) should still offer more than enough value in this big
field. The gray couldn’t have been any more visually impressive
in a pair of breakout wins–9 1/4-length maiden tally in CD slop
Nov. 28 and a ‘TDN Rising Star’ performance while clearing his
N1X condition at GP Jan. 9 over a next-out winner. Being forced
to sit out last month’s FOY with a slight fever and a puzzling
performance by his stablemate Brody’s Cause at Tampa are
obvious concerns, but not enough for me to stay away.
Selection: #11 Cherry Wine (12-1).
Last Week - Making just his third lifetime start and first around
two turns, Outwork ran a bang-up second behind stablemate
Destin. His connections told me at OBS that they hadn’t decided
what they’ll do with him next, but I’m curious to see what they
decide... Smokey Image’s step up into the big leagues didn’t go
so well. He was hung wide throughout, but never made any kind
of run. Total: $732.50.
GII Rebel S. - I almost took Cupid (Tapit) in last week’s San Felipe
S., and like him even better in this spot. For whatever reason,
Bob Baffert is just borderline unbeatable when he ships to
Oaklawn for a 3-year-old graded stake. He’s won five of the last
six runnings of this race, and two of the last four Arkansas
Derbies. American Pharoah won both last year. Cupid, a
$900,000 KEESEP pick-up and half to two graded winners and
another listed stakes winner, really seemed to relish more
ground when breaking his maiden by 5 1/4 lengths on the stretch
out at Santa Anita last time Feb. 7. He covered his final five
sixteenths in more than a second faster than the runner-up
according to Trakus data, and figures to get even more pace this
time. He won’t be a giant price, but he seems to have the most
upside in this spot. Selection: #4 Cupid (7-2).
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Rebel S. cont.
Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 7:06 p.m. EDT
REBEL S.-GII, $900,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
TRAINER
ML
1 Creator K
Tapit
Santana Jr. Asmussen 6-1
2 Ralis
Square Eddie
Gutierrez
O'Neill
12-1
3 Cupid K
Tapit
Garcia
Baffert
7-2
4 Discreetness K
Discreet Cat
Court
Fires
12-1
5 Siding Spring K
Warrior's Reward Rocco Jr.
Casse
20-1
6 Spikes Shirl
Speightstown
Castanon
Stewart
30-1
7 Madtap
Tapit
Nakatani
Asmussen 6-1
8 American Dubai K E Dubai
Landeros
Richards 12-1
9 Z Royal
Eskendereya
Vazquez
Lukas
20-1
10 Gray Sky K
Tapit
Geroux
Lukas
20-1
11 Cutacorner
Even the Score
Birzer
Van Berg 30-1
12 Whitmore
Pleasantly Perfect Ortiz Jr.
Moquett
7-2
13 Cherry Wine
Paddy O'Prado
Lanerie
Romans 12-1
14 Suddenbreakingnews K Mineshaft
Quinonez
Von Hemel 3-1
Owners: 1-WinStar Farm LLC (Kenny Troutt), 2-Reddam Racing LLC,
3-Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier & Derrick Smith, 4-Xpress
Thoroughbreds LLC (Dwight Pruett), 5-Gabe Grossberg, 6-Charles E. Fipke,
7-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (Ron & Joan Winchell), 8-Richard Keith,
9-Zayat Stables, LLC (Ahmed Zayat), 10-Robert C. Baker & William L. Mack,
11-Kay Stillman, 12-Robert V LaPenta, Harry T Rosenblum & Southern Springs
Stables (R Moquett), 13-Pacella, William and Jones, Jr., Frank L., 14-Samuel
F. Henderson. Breeders: 1-Mt.Brilliant Broodmares I LLC, 2-Reddam Racing
LLC, 3-JKG Thoroughbreds LLC, 4-Trackside Farm & Tenlane Farm, 5-Doug
Branham & Felicia Branham, 6-Charles Fipke, 7-Winchell Thoroughbreds,
LLC, 8-Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin III, 9-Zayat Stables, LLC, 10-Mike Abraham,
11-Millennium Farms, 12-John Liviakis, 13-Pacella Racing, Frank L Jones,
Jr,Frank Shoop, 14-Branch Equine, LLC.
TARIS SEEKS ELUSIVE GRADE I WIN
By Christie DeBernardis
The Coolmore contingent’s Taris (Flatter) looks to score her
third straight victory and first at the highest level in Saturday’s
GI Santa Margarita S. at Santa Anita. The “TDN Rising Star”
made a name for herself as a sprinter, winning the 2014
GII Raven Run S. and 2015
GIII Rancho Bernardo H.
Third in the GI Breeders’
Cup F/M Sprint Oct. 31,
the Simon Callaghan pupil
was shipped to New York
and stretched to a mile
next out in Aqueduct’s
GIII Go for Wand H. Nov.
Taris | Benoit Photo
27, which she won by 2
1/2 lengths. The bay proved that was no fluke next out when
romping by 5 1/2 lengths in the 1 1/16-mile GII La Canada S.
Jan. 16 and tries nine furlongs for the first time in this test.
SATURDAY • MARCH 19, 2016
"She couldn't be training any better," Callaghan told the Santa
Anita notes team. "She's got a good post. She relaxed well in the
La Canada and I couldn't be happier with the way she's going."
Stonestreet Stables’ “TDN Rising Star” Tara’s Tango
(Unbridled’s Song) also looks to post back-to-back victories here.
A close third in the GII Santa Monica S. Jan. 23, the Jerry
Hollendorfer trainee overcame a slow break to earn her first
graded success next out in the 1 1/16-mile GII Santa Maria S.
Feb. 13 and adds blinkers for this first try at Grade I company.
Gary Mandella sends out Santa Maria third-place finisher Living
The Life (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) for HnR Nothhaft Horse
Racing LLC. Winner of the GII Presque Isle Downs Masters S. last
September, the bay failed to fire when switched to the turf for
Del Mar’s GII Goldikova S. Nov. 1 and was fourth in the Santa
Monica prior to completing the trifecta last time in the Santa
Maria.
East Coast invader Penwith (Bernardini) is also hoping to score
her first win at the highest level for the red hot Kiaran
McLaughlin barn. The Godolphin homebred is two-for-two this
season, winning a Gulfstream optional claimer Jan. 21 and
following suit with a victory in the GII Royal Delta S. Feb. 13. She
is also only runner with a win at this distance, having captured a
nine-panel test at Saratoga during her 2014 campaign.
Saturday, Santa Anita Park, post time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
SANTA MARGARITA S.-GI, $500,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m
PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
TRAINER
ML
1 Living The Life (Ire) Footstepsnthesnd (GB) Prat
Mandella 8-1
2 Tara's Tango
Unbridled's Song
Bejarano
Hollendorfer 2-1
3 Penwith
Bernardini
Smith
McLaughlin 2-1
4 Lavender Chrissie K Scat Daddy
SCR
SCR
5 Moyo Honey
Mizzen Mast
Van Dyke Gallagher 12-1
6 All Star Bub K
Midshipman
Pedroza
Hollndorfer 15-1
7 Taris K
Flatter
Stevens
Callaghan 8-5
Owners: 1-HnR Nothhaft Horse Racing, LLC, 2-Stonestreet Stables, LLC,
3-Godolphin Racing, LLC, 4-West Point Thoroughbreds, 5-Harlington or
Sones, 6-Gatto Racing, LLC, Campbell or Hollendorfer, 7-Magnier, Smth or
Tabor. Breeders: 1-Michael Begley, 2-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC,
3-Darley, 4-Mrs. O. M. Patrick, 5-Whisper Hill Farm LLC, 6-Sun Valley
Farm, 7-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider.
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SATURDAY • MARCH 19, 2016
Untapable Returns in Azeri cont. from p1
Named the champion of her generation in 2014 after closing
the year with a tough score in the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff,
Untapable was rolled as the 1-10 chalk in this event last year
before recording her
lone win of the season in
the Apple Blossom.
While certainly not
disgraced in four
subsequent trips to the
post, she lacked the
killer instinct she
possessed during her
Eclipse Award-winning
season. Tagged on the
Untapable | Equi-Photo
money by Got Lucky
(A.P. Indy) in
Keeneland’s GI Juddmonte Spinster S. Oct. 4, Untapable was set
to press on to a defense of her title in the Distaff, only to take ill.
Soon after it was decided Untapable would train on in 2016, a
potentially wise choice in a division that seems thin, at least east
of the Mississippi.
Realistically, the favorite can probably put up something short
of her best and still come home first here, and Theogony
(Curlin) looks a strong chance to complete the exacta. After
making the first dozen starts of her career on synthetic and turf,
she made a favorable impression in her first try over
conventional dirt, finishing second in the GII Falls City H. at
Churchill Nov. 26, one spot better than Call Pat (Lawyer Ron).
Forced to endure a wide trip when a neck second to Streamline
(Straight Line) in this track’s Pippin S. Jan. 17, she could not
overcome a modest pace in the GIII Sam Houston Ladies’ Classic
and finished a non-threatening fourth.
Call Pat overcame a slow pace set by Meshell (Elusive Quality)
in the Feb. 14 GIII Bayakoa S. and was up in the final strides for a
half-length decision over Streamline. Sarah Sis (Sharp Humor)
has run several races over shorter that would leave her in the
mix, including a victory in the GII Raven Run S. Oct. 17, but her
races at a route of ground leave something to be desired from a
speed-figure perspective. She was most recently a disappointing
fourth as the 7-5 favorite in the Bayakoa.
Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 5:21 p.m. EDT
AZERI S.-GII, $350,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
1 Call Pat K
Lawyer Ron
Rocco Jr.
2 Kyriaki K
Scat Daddy
Gutierrez
3 Theogony K
Curlin
Santana Jr.
TRAINER
Cox
Eurton
Casse
WT
3-1
10-1
10-1
4 Streamline
Straight Line
Landeros
Williamson 6-1
5 Meshell
Elusive Quality
Emigh
Lynn
15-1
6 Sarah Sis K
Sharp Humor
Hill
Mason
8-1
7 Untapable
Tapit
Geroux
Asmussen
1-1
8 High Dollar Woman Super Saver
Bravo
Hobby
30-1
Owners: 1-Miller Racing LLC (Myron Miller), 2-Ciaglia Racing LLC and
Savides, Dominic, 3-Conrad Farms (Manfred & Honor Conrad), 4-Nancy A.
Vanier & Cartwright Thoroughbreds V LLC (William J Cartwright), 5-Andrew
Knapczyk & Douglas S Arnold, 6-Rags Racing Stable LLC (Joe Ragsdale et al),
7-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (Ron & Joan Winchell), 8-Alex & JoAnn
Lieblong. Breeders: 1-Don Ameche III, Don Ameche Jr. &Prancing Horse
Enterprises, 2-James T. Scatuorchio, 3-A. Lakin and Sons, Inc., 4-Nancy
Vanier, 5-Jamm, Ltd., 6-Catherine Rene White DVM, 7-Winchell
Thoroughbreds LLC, 8-WinStar Farm, LLC.
STONETASTIC LOOMS LARGE AT GP
by Christie DeBernardis
The speedy Stonetastic (Mizzen Mast) looks to take her 2016
record to two-for-two as the heavy favorite in Saturday’s
GII Inside Information S. at Gulfstream. Runaway winner of the
2014 GII Prioress S., the Stoneway Farm runner got her 2015
season off to a late start with a neck defeat at the hands of
subsequent GI Ballerina S. winner
Unbridled Forever (Unbridled’s
Song) in Saratoga’s Shine Again S.
last August. The Kelly Breen pupil
romped by 15 3/4 lengths in what
was the equivalent of a paid
workout at Parx a month later and
was eighth in the GI Breeders’ Cup
Stonetastic | A. Coglianese
F/M Sprint at Keeneland Oct. 31.
Splitting Best Behavior (Into
Mischief) and You Bought Her (Graeme Hall) when second in
the GIII Sugar Swirl S. here Dec. 26, Stonetastic returned to
winning ways with a five-length score over Miss Melinda (Malibu
Moon) in the local Miami Shores H. last time Feb. 14.
Mary and Chester Broman’s Bar of Gold (Medaglia d’Oro) has
been knocking at the door of a graded win for some time now.
The John Kimmel trainee closed out her sophomore campaign
with a trio of runner-up efforts in the GI Test S. Aug. 8,
GII Prioress S. Sept. 6 and GII Raven Run S. Oct. 17 and makes her
4-year-old debut here.
Graham Motion saddles an interesting runner at a price in
Dixiana Farms’ Tiger Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}). Winner of the
Indiana Grand S. on turf last September, the bay bested
GI Mother Goose S. winner Include Betty (Include) next out in
the off-the-turf GIII Valley View S. going 1 1/16 miles at
Keeneland Oct. 24 and should appreciate the cut back in trip
here.
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North American Previews cont.
Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 6:05 p.m. EDT
INSIDE INFORMATION S.-GII, $200,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f
PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
TRAINER
ML
1 Engaginglee
Fusaichi Pegasus Gaffalione
Romans 15-1
2 You Bought Her
Graeme Hall
Pedroza
Hinsley
6-1
3 Miss Melinda K
Malibu Moon
Zayas
Wolfson 15-1
4 Tiger Ride
Candy Ride (Arg) Saez
Motion
20-1
5 Best Behavior K
Into Mischief
Velazquez
Wolfson
5-1
6 Bar of Gold
Medaglia d'Oro Lezcano
Kimmel
4-1
7 Flutterby
Congrats
Panici
Bozzo
12-1
8 Stonetastic K
Mizzen Mast
Lopez
Breen
8-5
9 Kiss to Remember K Big Brown
Leparoux
Wolfson 10-1
10 Dogwood Trail
Awesome of Course Castro
Gold
20-1
Owners: 1-Paul A. Lichtefeld and Jack D. Stewart, 2-Richard Perkins and
Hinsley Racing Stable, 3-Ben McElroy, 4-Dixiana Farms LLC, 5-Miller Racing,
LLC, 6-Mary R. and Chester Broman Sr., 7-Jerome G. Bozzo Trust,
8-Stoneway Farm, LLC, 9-Miller Racing, LLC, 10-Jacks or Better Farm, Inc.
Breeders: 1-Paul Lichtefeld & Jack Stewart, 2-CLDelaplane & RGDelaplane
Trust UA6/1/92 & Shade Tree Thoroughbred, 3-Grapestock LLC, 4-Dixiana
Farms LLC, 5-James A. Everatt, Janeane A. Everatt &J. Arika Everatt-Meeuse,
6-Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman, 7-The Jerome G. Bozzo Trust,
8-Machmer Hall, Carrie Brogden &Craig Brogden, 9-Big Brown Syndicate &
Mr. & Mrs. Charles McGinnes, 10-Jacks or Better Farm Inc.
UPSTART RESUMES IN RAZORBACK
by Alan Carasso
About 14 months ago, Upstart (Flatter) looked as dangerous as
any horse getting aboard the Triple Crown trail, his dominating
5 1/2-length victory over Frosted (Tapit) in the GII Holy Bull S. in
his 2015 debut suggesting that the sky could be the limit.
Winless in six appearances since--with
one controversial DQ sprinkled in--the
handsome New York-bred gets back to
work in Saturday’s GIII Razorback H. at
Oaklawn Park.
Demoted from an apparent win in the
GII Fountain of Youth S. and runner-up
in the GI Florida Derby, the dark bay
was eased home in the GI Kentucky
Derby and raced reasonably close to an
above-par pace in the GI William Hill
Haskell Invitational S. before staying on
for third behind HOTY American
Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) and Keen
Upstart | Adam
Ice (Curlin). An even fourth behind the
Coglianese
latter after chasing a lively pace in the
GI Travers S. Aug. 29, Upstart was a never-really-in-it fifth to
Frosted in the GII Pennsylvania Derby Sept. 19 and called it a
season. Upstart looms the class of the field, assuming he’s ready
to fire off the bench.
SATURDAY • MARCH 19, 2016
Far Right (Notional) holds a recency and a homecourt
advantage over the morning-line favorite. The ridgling, winner of
last year’s GIII Southwest S. and second to American Pharoah in
the GI Arkansas Derby, was 15th in the Run for the Roses and
sixth in the Ohio and GII Indiana Derbies before calling it a year.
The chestnut rallied into a strong pace to just miss in a Jan. 28
allowance going a mile over this track and most recently
overcame a dawdling pace and a wide trip for a neck victory
Feb. 25.
Like Far Right, Carve (First Samurai) does his best work in Hot
Springs, with four of his seven career victories at the spa. Fourth
to Race Day (Tapit) in this event last year, the 6-year-old
returned off an August layoff to finish a good third behind upsetminded La Macchina (Malibu Moon) in the Feb. 13 Essex H.
Idolo Porteno (Arg) (Jump Start), the 2014 G1 Carlos Pellegrini
winner and 2015 Horse of the Year in Argentina, has trained with
purpose over this main track for Ignacio Correas, including a
race-like six panels in 1:12 1/5 from the gate Mar. 2. Florent
Geroux, in to pilot Untapable, sees fit to take the ride.
Saturday, Oaklawn Park, post time: 5:57 p.m. EDT
RAZORBACK H.-GIII, $350,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
TRAINER
ML
1 Incremental K
Flatter
De La Cruz Umarov
8-1
2 Smack Smack
Closing Argument Laviolette
Von Hemel 10-1
3 La Macchina K
Malibu Moon
Hill
Umarov
8-1
4 Carve
First Samurai
Nakatani
Asmussen 4-1
5 Shotgun Kowboy
Kodiak Kowboy Loveberry
Calhoun
6-1
6 Idolo Porteno (Arg) Jump Start
Geroux
Correas IV 15-1
7 Far Right K
Notional
Ortiz Jr.
Moquett
3-1
8 Upstart
Flatter
Bravo
Violette Jr. 5-2
9 Domain's Rap
Cherokee Rap
Vazquez
Villafranco 6-1
10 Looks to Spare
Pollard's Vision Rocco Jr.
Umarov
8-1
Owners: 1-O'zbekiston Racing (Otabek Umarov), 2-Dream Walkin Farms Inc
(Toby Covel), 3-O'zbekiston Racing (Otabek Umarov), 4-Michael Langford,
5-C. R. Trout, 6-Pozo de Luna, Inc (Jose Cerrillo), Jose L Guerra & Fernando
Fantini, 7-Harry T. Rosenblum & Robert V. LaPenta, 8-Ralph M. Evans,
9-Danny R. Caldwell, 10-O'zbekiston Racing (Otabek Umarov). Breeders:
1-Nancy C. Shuford, 2-Dream Walkin' Farms Inc., 3-WinStar Farm, LLC,
4-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider, 5-C. R. Trout, 6-La Esperanza,
7-Nossab LLC & Patrick J Crowley, 8-Mrs. Gerald A. Nielsen, 9-William P
Stiritz, 10-Mr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Vanier & B. Culver.
MOHAYMEN HOLDING HIS FORM
Shadwell Stable’s Mohaymen (Tapit), widely regarded as the
leading sophomore male on the East Coast, breezed a solid five
furlongs in 1:01 flat Friday morning at Palm Meadows as he
readies for a clash with West Coast king Nyquist (Uncle Mo) in
the GI Florida Derby Apr. 2. Cont. p8
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Mohaymen cont.
With exercise rider Miguel Jaime in the irons, Mohaymen, the
$2.2-million joint-topper at the 2014 Keeneland September sale,
went in fractions of :13 2/5, :25 1/5 and :36 3/5 (:24 2/5 final
quarter-mile) before
galloping out six panels
in 1:15.
Jaime has been
aboard the gray son of
Justwhistledixie (Dixie
Union) for each jog,
gallop and work since
relocating to South
Florida for the winter,
and is relishing the
Mohaymen | Adam Coglianese
opportunity.
“It’s a pleasure to be on a horse like that,” Jaime said. “He’s
getting better every day, every race. He’s getting stronger,
bigger. We haven’t seen him really run yet. We expect him to
run a big race. He hasn’t shown everything. We’re in a good spot
right now. Today, everything went good.”
Friday’s work was Mohaymen’s second since easily accounting
for ‘TDN Rising Star’ Zulu (Bernardini) in the GII Xpressbet.com
Fountain of Youth S. Feb. 27. For his part, trainer Kiaran
McLaughlin continues to remain bullish on his charge.
“He worked very well. He’s doing great and he’s fit, and we’re
happy. We just have to keep working and keep him happy,”
McLaughlin said. “He’s got a great mind, and that’s all part of it.
He’s doing everything right and continues to. We’re not looking
for any changes.”
Mohaymen is scheduled to have his final Florida Derby work
over a half-mile Mar. 25, but it will be done in the absence of his
trainer. McLaughlin will be at Meydan for the Dubai World Cup
program, where he saddles--among others--Frosted (Tapit) in
the G1 World Cup, ‘TDN Rising Star’ Lady Shipman
(Midshipman) in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint and fellow ‘Rising Star’
Marking (Bernardini) in the G2 Godolphin Mile. McLaughlin is
expected to return to Miami Mar. 27.
Another Milestone For Pletcher cont. from p1
“I think the whole team enjoys these type of milestones,”
Pletcher continued. “When you get to these larger numbers I
think it makes you appreciative of every single one. Everyone is
significant and every win is significant.”
SATURDAY • MARCH 19, 2016
Already the all-time North American leading money earner
with better than $311 million, Pletcher has now won 767 races at
Gulfstream Park, including his first career victory a month after
taking out his license, and also registered his 3,000th success at
the Hallandale oval in 2012. He has won the training title at the
Gulfstream championship meet a remarkable 12 consecutive
years and has registered 134 stakes wins at the track, 94 of those
at the graded level. Pletcher has sent out the winner of the
GI Florida Derby on three occassions (Scat Daddy, 2007;
Constitution, 2014; and Materiality, 2015).
“Gulfstream has been good to us over the years. For whatever
reason, the style we train fits the style of this track,” he said.
“Horses tend to get involved early and I think that’s an effective
style. We’ve been fortunate over the years to have consistent
success here.”
The Eclipse Award-winning trainer on a record seven different
occasions, Pletcher has thee Classic victories--one Kentucky
Derby and two Belmonts--to his credit and nine Breeders’ Cup
titles.
The late Dale Baird leads all trainers with 9,445 career
victories. Pletcher currently sits in 10th overall and eighth
position behind other active trainers including Steve Asmussen
(7,252), Jerry Hollendorfer (7,054), Jack Van Berg (6,468), King
Leatherbury (6,465), Scott Lake (5,662), Lukas (4,748) and Bill
Mott (4,616).
CHAMPS WORK AT SANTA ANITA
Santa Anita showcased a pair of champions Friday when
Nyquist (Uncle Mo) and Beholder (Henny Hughes) worked
towards future engagements. The former is preparing for the
GI Xpressbet.com Florida Derby Apr. 2 and the latter for the
GI Vanity S. June 4.
Nyquist went five furlongs on Santa Anita worktab in 1:01.40
under exercise rider Johnny
Garcia, but trainer Doug O’Neill
had a one-mile clocking for his
undefeated 3-year-old colt.
“I got him in 1:46 and change
and the last eighth in :11 and
three,” said O’Neill, who ships the
bay owned by Paul and Zillah
Beholder | Zoe Metz
Reddam to Florida for a highly
anticipated throw-down with the unbeaten Kiaran
McLaughlin-trained Mohaymen (Tapit) Mar. 28.
Beholder, meanwhile, was timed in :48.80 (9/42) for a fourfurlong breeze after the 7:45 a.m. renovation break. Cont. p9
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SATURDAY • MARCH 19, 2016
Nyquist, Beholder Work cont.
“I couldn’t be happier with how she’s going,” trainer Richard
Mandella said. “She couldn’t be doing better. I had her going a
half in :48 and galloping out [five furlongs] in a minute and
four-fifths.”
Regular rider Gary Stevens added, “This is the first time I’ve
been on her [to work this year], but I’ve been watching her
work. She looks different, she feels different, she’s stronger,
smarter. She’s happy, I’m happy. She made my day.”
A race before the Vanity that might fit the bill for the
6-year-old daughter of Henny Hughes would be the
GIII Adoration S. at 1 1/16 miles May 8.
“We’ll just see how it’s going,” Mandella said. “We’ll see
what’s up.”
CHAMPION PRODUCER SILKEN CAT DIES
Silken Cat (Storm Cat--Silken Doll, by Chieftain), the Sovereign
Award-winning 2-year-old filly in Canada in 1995 who went on
to produce champion sprinter Speightstown (Gone West),
passed away peacefully in her paddock Mar. 15 at Taylor Made
Farm, where she had resided for the last 20 years.
Undefeated in
three juvenile starts,
including the
Mazarine S. en route
to championship
honors, the Quebecbred retired to stud
in 1996 and was bred
to Mill Ridge stallion
Gone West. The
result was
Silken Cat (1993-2016) | Laura Donnell
Speightstown, a
$2-million purchase by Eugene Melnyk out of the 1999
Keeneland July Sale, who rewarded his connections’ patience
with a victory in the 2004 GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint and an Eclipse
Award. Bred by Aaron and Marie Jones, Speightstown has since
gone on to be a sire of considerable influence at WinStar Farm.
In addition to Speightstown, Silken Cat produced four other
yearlings that achieved seven-figure pricetags at auction. Her
seven yearlings to be offered at public auction fetched a
combined $8.7 million. This past Monday, Silken Cat’s youngest
produce, a 2-year-old colt by Tiznow, was purchased by Dennis
O’Neill for $300,000 at the OBS March Sale.
H.R. 3084 Best Opportunity for Meaningful Reform
by Matt Iuliano
I read with great interest the comments expressed by the
chairman of the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission and
Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI)
stalwart, W. Duncan Patterson, at the annual meeting of the
Organization of Racing Investigators held recently at Delaware
Park (Delaware Regulator Argues USADA in Racing a Mistake,
TDN, Mar. 16, 2016).
Mr. Patterson’s comments fall in line with the campaign of
misinformation waged against H.R. 3084, the Thoroughbred
Horseracing Integrity Act of 2015, by opponents of the bill over
the past several months.
It is a campaign notable for the extent to which it
mischaracterizes the provisions of H.R. 3084 and for the
vehemence of the rhetoric it employs in condemning both the
mischaracterized legislation and those who support it.
And it is all premised on the bedrock assumption that
everything is totally fine in the realm of Thoroughbred
medication regulation. The following are some examples from
Mr. Patterson’s diatribe, contrasted with what H.R. 3084 actually
provides.
Mr. Patterson states, “The medications that are approved by
USADA are some medications which we do not allow in racing at
any threshold level. By the same token, there are other
medications we allow that they don’t allow. So our whole
medication schedule would have to be revamped under this.”
Mr. Patterson is clearly suggesting that H.R. 3084 would
require that the same schedules of permitted and prohibited
substances under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code
for human competition be used for horse racing.
This is absurd.
Section 4(a) of the bill authorizes formation of a new authority
with national jurisdiction to regulate all pari-mutuel anti-doping
matters.
Section 7 requires that all relevant sources of information be
considered when preparing the regulations, including the WADA
code, the Principles of Ethics of the American Veterinary Medical
Association applicable to horse racing, the Uniform Classification
Guidelines for Foreign Substances of the ARCI, and, for the
purposes of Mr. Patterson’s assertions, section 7(b). Cont. p10
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Section 7(b) expressly allows the initial list of substances
permitted in pari-mutuel horse racing to include those
substances listed in the ARCI Therapeutic Medication Schedule
Version 2.2, colloquially referred to as the NUMP - the National
Uniform Medication Program, which was developed and is
supported by a broad cross section of regulators, horsemen’s
groups and other industry organizations.
Nowhere in the bill does it require the regulatory authority to
implement the schedules and uses approved by USADA for
human sports in horse racing. The only revamping necessary
under H.R. 3084 would be for those 14 pari-mutuel horse racing
jurisdictions that have so far ignored the industry’s
state-by-state advocacy efforts to adopt the NUMP.
Mr. Patterson also states, “Currently USADA does 8,400 tests a
year. Nationwide, we do 300,000 tests. Travis Tygart, the head
of USADA, is obviously very knowledgeable, but when asked
what plan he had to ramp up his testing by almost 40 times, he
had no plan. When asked about the costs of their tests we were
told about $1,000 a test. Currently, we spend, nationally, $30
million on testing. Simple math will tell you we will go from $30
million to $300 million. Who in the hell is going to pay for that?”
This statement requires careful unpacking to keep the
erroneous assertions duly separated.
First of all, there is no U.S. racing lab that tests 300,000
samples. That is the aggregate amount of U.S. samples that are
tested annually. Drug testing laboratories are selected and
regulated differently among the 38 separate jurisdictions with
the dozen or so labs each following their own unique operating
standards and procedures.
H.R. 3084 would expand testing beyond the current levels
through mandatory out-of-competition testing. Moreover, only
those labs that meet the strict accreditation requirements
required under the bill would be permitted to test.
Secondly, it is ridiculous to extrapolate human testing costs to
horses, or other species for that matter, because of the different
substances, the frequency of detection, and the laboratory
methodology employed.
Section 9 of the bill authorizes the new national regulatory
authority to enter into agreements with state racing
commissions to implement, within their respective jurisdictions,
any of the components of the anti-doping program. These
agreements remain in place as long as the state complies with
the standards and requirements of the anti-doping program
established by the regulatory authority.
Section 12 of H.R. 3084 authorizes the new regulatory
authority to levy assessments on the states to cover the
incremental costs associated with complying with the
anti-doping program. Thus, the execution of the program within
the states relies upon leveraging to the fullest extent possible all
SATURDAY • MARCH 19, 2016
existing and available anti-doping resources currently deployed
within the states.
According to an analysis by McKinsey & Company, developed
with USADA’s input and presented at The Jockey Club’s Round
Table Conference 2014, the incremental cost of the anti-doping
program for pari-mutuel Thoroughbred racing would be
approximately $60 per start.
Mr. Patterson later states, “It has been proven that Lasix is
really necessary. Some may disagree, but it’s really necessary
to keep the horses running. And there are other medications
used on regular basis that are needed.”
It seems more than a bit ironic to hear the longtime ARCI
member utter such a statement on the threshold of the five-year
anniversary of an ARCI announcement Mar. 28, 2011, that
included the statement, “Today over 99% of Thoroughbred
racehorses and 70% of Standardbred racehorses have a needle
stuck in them four hours before a race. That just does not pass
the smell test with the public or anyone else except horse
trainers who think it necessary to win a race.”
Where in the bill is there an immediate prohibition of race-day
Lasix?
Section 7(b) contains the initial list of substances permitted in
pari-mutuel horse racing, which includes those listed in the ARCI
Therapeutic Medication Schedule Version 2.2 (again, the NUMP).
Page three of that schedule--following Firocoxib and just before
Glycopyrrolate--is the medication Furosemide.
To be clear, The Jockey Club does not take issue with the
principles of NUMP, which Mr. Patterson and many others
support. Rather, it is the wide differences in rule-making
processes among the states, coupled with local influences and
practices, that reaffirm the need to change. The system we have
relied upon to adopt NUMP (and other needed reforms)
throughout the land is broken and needs to change.
H.R. 3084, when thoughtfully examined, offers us the best
opportunity for meaningful reform.
The bill can be read at:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3084/
text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22thoroughbred+horseraci
ng+integrity+act%22%5D%7D.
Matt F. Iuliano is the executive vice president and executive
director of The Jockey Club. In that role, he oversees all matters
concerning The American Stud Book and represents The Jockey
Club as it interacts with national and international industry
organizations and committees. He received a bachelor’s degree
in agriculture and a master’s degree in physiology and biophysics
from Colorado State University before earning an MBA and a law
degree from the University of Louisville.
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REGIONAL REPORT
Friday’s Results:
5th-GP, $40,000, Msw, 3-18, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:35.92, ft.
+EAGLE SCOUT (c, 4, Tapit--Rockcide, by Personal Flag)
debuted in this spot at odds of 7-2 off a bullet half-mile in
:49 4/5 at Palm Beach Downs. Tracking from third in the two
path through an opening quarter in :23.79, the gray improved to
second as 12-1 shot Grand Nene (Twirling Candy) hit the half in
:46.35. Two-wide turning for home, the homebred was hard
ridden by Luis Saez to take down the pacesetter in the stretch
and collared that leader for a two-length success. It was the
4000th career victory for seven-time Eclipse-winning
conditioner Todd Pletcher. The winner is a half to Rule (Roman
Ruler), MGSW & MGISP, $1,162,350; and Matrooh (Distorted
Humor), GSW & GISP, $327,591. Eagle Scout’s dam, who is a
half-sister to champion and dual Classic winner Funny Cide
(Distorted Humor), also has a 2-year-old filly by Speightstown
and a yearling filly by Super Saver. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0,
$24,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored
by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-WinStar Farm (KY); T-Todd Pletcher.
3rd-GP, $40,000, Msw, 3-18, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:24.42, ft.
IMPROV (f, 4, Distorted Humor--One Caroline {MGSW,
$317,962}, by Unbridled's Song) began her career with a sharp,
closing second over this track and trip last January when let go
at 12-1 and finished fifth, beaten 16 3/4 lengths, after stumbling
at the start as the 8-5 favorite going a mile here Feb. 8. Boasting
a speedy string of works at Palm Meadows since, including a
best-of-47 half-mile in :48 flat two back Mar. 5, the gray was
hammered down to 3-2 favoritism for this cut back in trip.
Breaking smoothly, she made the lead without any urging in the
first furlong, receiving only light pressure from 17-1 outsider
Liberty Road (Quality Road) to her inside through a quarter-mile
in :22.61. The duel intensified between those two past a halfmile in :45.49, but Improv soon shook clear from that rival under
a hand ride nearing the turn for home. Cut loose by Julien
Leparoux at the top of the stretch, the homebred opened up
from there and easily staved off a mild challenge from 30-1
runner-up Tizabella (Tiznow) to score by 3 3/4 lengths on the
wire. Liberty Road finished third. The winner’s dam tallied five
wins in her seven career starts, including victories in the
GII Rampart S. and GIII Sabin S. over this track. This is her only
foal to make it to the races thus far, but she also has a yearling
filly by Speightstown and was bred to Bernardini this season.
Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $32,400. Click for the Equibase.com
chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.; B-G. Watts Humphrey Jr. & Louise
Ireland Humphrey Revocable Trust - 2008 (KY); T-George Arnold.
Saturday • March 19, 2016
6th-TAM, $20,000, Msw, 3-18, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:36.29, fm.
+SLEETING (f, 3, Blame--Snow Top Mountain {MGSW & GISP,
$525,303}, by Najran) displayed a steady string of works over
the local strip and was given a 4-1 chance to get the job done in
this career bow. Saving ground in mid-pack early, the bay bided
her time as the leader ticked off early fractions of :23.66 and
:47.99. Tipped out four-wide while still well back at the top of
the lane, the homebred uncorked a powerful turn of foot to
swiftly inhale the field and score a head victory over If You Say
So (Arch), who imitated the winner’s late move. Sleeting was the
seventh debut winner of the meet for trainer Arnaud Delacour.
The winner’s two-time GSW dam Snow Top Mountain is a
half-sister to MGSW millionaire Keertana (Johar) and GSW &
GISP “TDN Rising Star” Diversy Harbor (Curlin). That trio’s 2year-old half-brother by Lemon Drop Kid recently brought
$550,000 from Lanes End Bloodstock at the OBS March sale
after breezing a furlong in :10.1. Sleeting is the first foal out of
Snow Top Mountain, who also produced a juvenile filly by
Medaglia d’Oro and a yearling colt by Malibu Moon. She was
bred back to Pioneerof the Nile. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0,
$11,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored
by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Audley Farm (KY). T-Arnaud Delacour.
Brookdale foaled, Audley Farm bred
Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 2:35 p.m. EDT
ANY LIMIT S., $75,000, 3yo, f, 6f
PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
1 Playa Zaragoza
Majesticperfection Contreras
2 Colombian Queen
Big Drama
Castro
3 Ballet Diva
Hear No Evil
Caraballo
4 Put Da Blame On Me Blame
Velazquez
5 Caren
Society’s Chairman Saez
6 Silent Prayer
Brooks ‘n Down
Trujillo
Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 5:35 p.m. EDT
SPECTACULAR BID S., $75,000, 3yo, 6 1/2f
PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
1 Union View
Broken Vow
Prado
2 Tiger Blood
Cowtown Cat
Leparoux
3 Bullet Gone Astray Gone Astray
Panici
4 Morning Fire
Friesan Fire
Centeno
5 Extravagant Kid
Kiss the Kid
Lezcano
6 John Q. Public
Proud Citizen
Saez
7 Epic Journey
J P’s Gusto
Morales
8 Dan the Go to Man Smoke Glacken
Castellano
TRAINER ML
Sanchez 30-1
Fawkes
10-1
Gold
2-1
Romans
5-2
DePaulo 9-5
Gold
10-1
TRAINER
Procino
Galvan
Collazo
Nations
Kaplan
Wilkes
Granitz
Kenneally
ML
20-1
7-2
12-1
5-2
15-1
6-1
3-1
6-1
All horses in TDN Headline News and TDN American edition
are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated
Regional Report • PAGE 2 of 6 • thetdn.com
Friday’s Results:
6th-AQU, $55,000, (S), Msw, 3-18, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m 70y,
1:47.09, ft.
CANDY COUNTER (f, 3, Sidney’s Candy--Tale of the West, by
Tale of the Cat) checked in seventh in her career bow sprinting
over the inner here Jan. 31 and was sent off as the slight
second-choice at 9-5 while adding Lasix for this extension in trip.
Bursting from the outside stall in this eight-horse affair, the
chestnut moved in to the rail, where she ticked off early
fractions of :24.81 and :49.66 while under constant pressure
from favored Votre Coeur (Flatter). That duo began to draw
clear of the field on the backstretch and Candy Counter shook
free of her pursuer in the stretch for a 1 1/4-length success.
Lilikoi (Freud) came running late for second and Votre Coeur
held third while 5 1/4 lengths clear of the rest of the field.
Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $33,158. Click for the Equibase.com
chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Chester F Broman & Mary R Broman (NY); T-John Kimmel.
SEQUEL BLOODSTOCK graduate
Saturday • March 19, 2016
3rd-LRL, $43,840, Msw, 3-18, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:47.28, ft.
AEGIS (c, 3, Bellamy Road--Safe Haven, by A.P. Indy) caught a
tough field in his Feb. 25 debut sprinting over the Aqueduct
inner, chasing a fast pace before fading to fourth, 16 lengths
behind a huge favorite who earned a 92 Beyer Speed Figure for
his blowout 13-length win. Sent off as the 5-2 second choice
stretching out to two turns Friday, the $250,000 Keeneland
September purchase broke well and made a clear lead into the
clubhouse bend while tugging hard at rider Jevian Toledo.
Settling a bit onto the backstretch, he was pushed along on the
pace by Colmont Fire (Friesan Fire) through a quarter-mile in
:24.29 and a half in :48.30. The two of them separated from the
rest of the field by daylight around the far turn before Aegis
moved away from his rival heading into the stretch and pulled
clear to win by 6 3/4 lengths. Colmont Fire held the place, with
2-1 favorite Jump Jive an Wail (Jump Start) rallying to complete
the trifecta. The winner’s second dam is GI Test S. heroine
Missed the Storm (Storm Cat). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0,
$25,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored
by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Robert V. LaPenta; B-Christine Hayden (ON); T-H. Graham
Motion.
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Registered Ontario-Bred
Friday’s Results:
6th-LRL, $44,646, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($45,000-$50,000),
3-18, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:12.38, ft.
ABSATOOTLY (f, 3, Mineshaft--So N So {SW}, by Freud) finished
second on debut against fellow Empire-breds at Aqueduct
Nov. 6 and rebounded to wire the field next out there against
state-breds Nov. 29. A frontrunning winner of that venue’s onemile and 70-yard East View S. for native New Yorkers Dec. 27,
she was pulled up last time in the state-bred Maddie May S.
over that track and trip Jan. 31. Sent off at 2-1 in this first try
against open company, the bay immediately took up her
preferred position at the head of affairs and doled out opening
splits of :22.44 and :46.89. Drifting out a bit to the two path at
the top of the stretch, the sophomore continued clear to a
1 3/4-length victory over Street Cruizer (Quality Road). Lifetime
Record: SW, 5-3-1-0, $128,940. Click for the Equibase.com
chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Newman Racing; B-Donald Newman (NY); T-Charlton Baker.
Graduate of Donna Freyer’s Custom Care Equine LLC
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Thursday Night’s Results:
6th-PEN, $30,149, 3-17, (NW1X), 4yo/up, f/m, 1m 70y, 1:46.00,
ft.
IT'S ELEMENTARY (f, 4, Afleet Alex--Mystery Itself {GSP,
$165,806}, by Pulpit), sixth when unveiled in a turf sprint at
Gulfstream Jan. 18, broke through with a three-length success in
a one-mile off-the-turfer there Feb. 5 for previous owner
Bradley Thoroughbreds and trainer Chad Brown. Privately
purchased by Travis and Eddie Racing Stable and transferred to
Tom Morley after RNA’ing for $19,000 at FTKFEB, the 8-5 chalk
was off a step slowly and trailed the field heading into the first
turn. Advancing up the rail to sit in a close sixth off modest early
fractions, the bay rallied four-wide on the backstretch to take on
the leader Forever Famous (Into Mischief) turning for home. It’s
Elementary fought her way past that rival in the final furlong to
win by 1 1/2 lengths and make it two-for-two on the dirt. The
winner’s second dam is MGISW You’d Be Surprised (Blushing
Groom {Fr}). Sales history: 30,000 Ylg '13 FTKOCT; $75,000 2yo
'14 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $31,260. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Travis and Eddie Racing Stable; B-M. Roy Jackson (KY);
T-Thomas Morley.
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Friday’s Results:
ESPLANADE OVERNIGHT S., (NB) $50,000, FG, 3-18, 4yo/up,
f/m, 1m 70y, 1:43.47, my.
1--SAVINGS ACCOUNT, 117, m, 5, Medaglia d’Oro--Wild Hoots
(SW & GSP, $131,177), by Unbridled's Song. ($310,000 Ylg '12
KEESEP). O-Heider Family Stables LLC and Bernick, Craig; B-Dell
Ridge Farm, LLC (KY); T-Thomas F. Proctor; J-James Graham.
$31,260. Lifetime Record: GISP, 15-4-3-3, $233,350.
Purchased by Donato Lanni/Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock
LANE’S END Sales Graduate
2--Tiz Lately, 121, m, 5, Tiz Wonderful--Prevention, by Aptitude.
($37,000 Ylg '12 KEESEP; $42,000 2yo '13 OBSMAR). O-Louis
Clarizio, III; B-Woods Edge Farm LLC (KY); T-Eduardo
Rodriguez. $9,600.
3--Ahh Chocolate, 117, f, 4, Candy Ride (Arg)--Ahh, by Saint
Liam. O/B-Stoneway Farm (KY); T-Neil Howard. $4,800.
Margins: 1 1/4, 1, 3. Odds: 1.60, 10.30, 1.10.
Also Ran: Brooklynsway, Emmajestic, Zeven. Scratched:
Magnificent Margo, Steel Cut.
Exclusively a turf horse prior to last summer, Savings Account
made an auspicious dirt debut last June at Monmouth, earning a
101 Beyer Speed Figure when finishing a game second in an
optional claiming event, and followed that up with an allowance
win in July when shipped cross-country to Del Mar. From there,
she was fed a steady diet of stakes races, never breaking
through, but running respectably each time, including a third to
champion Beholder (Henny Hughes) in the GI Zenyatta S. Third
again in a sloppy renewal of Remington’s She’s All in H. Dec. 13,
the 5-year-old entered off a runner-up effort in Tampa’s
Wayward Lass S. Jan. 23. Breaking as the second choice here,
Savings Account stalked the pace in the second flight along the
rail as the field moved along tightly packed down the backside.
After continuing to save ground in the pocket around the far
turn, she tipped into the two path spinning for home and was
set down to collar pacesetter Tiz Lately inside the eighth pole,
gradually edging clear to earn her first blacktype victory. The
winner’s dam, a full-sister to GISW Buddha, produced a colt by
Speightstown that recently sold for $250,000 at Fasig-Tipton
March. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored
by Fasig-Tipton.
Saturday • March 19, 2016
6th-OP, $78,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000), 3-18,
3yo/up, 6f, 1:09.45, wf.
ROYAL SAINT (c, 4, Candy Ride {Arg}--Royal Parade, by Saint
Ballado) kicked off his career with a dominant front-running
score at Ellis Park as a 2-year-old in August 2014, but was not
seen for just short of a year thereafter. Returning as the 8-5
favorite last August at Saratoga, the $100,000 Keeneland
September buy faded to fifth after dueling wide throughout. A
game second by a neck next out at Belmont Sep. 12, he once
again was put on the bench, this time for a little over six months,
resurfacing in this spot. Off as the 17-10 favorite, Royal Saint
was hustled out of the gate before being allowed to sit second
off the flank of 2-1 second choice Bumpy Cat (Portobello Road),
stalking that foe through a quarter in :22.36. Asked to pick it up
around the three-eighths pole, the dark bay locked horns with
the pacesetter throughout the stretch, drawing even and forging
in front nearing the sixteenth pole. With the longtime leader
battling back gamely, Royal Saint was kept to pressure to prevail
by a determined neck on the line. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0,
$84,850. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored
by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Jerry Durant; B-Dr. & Mrs. Walter Zent, Tony Holmes &
G. Watts Humphrey Jr. (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.
LANE’S END Sales Graduate
9th-FG, $44,000, Msw, 3-18, 3yo, 6f, 1:11.10, my.
TWIZZ (c, 3, Twirling Candy--Lively Ballad, by Saint Ballado)
finished third as the favorite in his first two starts over the
Turfway Park synthetic Dec. 31 and Jan. 17, respectively. Trying
conventional dirt for the first time over this track and trip
Feb. 20, he finished a respectable third to heavily-favored Steve
Asmussen trainee Sonoma Crush (High Cotton). Sent off at 5-2
this time, the bay broke on top and rattled off early fractions of
:22.17 and :45.79 while maintaining a clear advantage. Bowling
along on the lead as they turned for home, he held clear in the
lane to win by 4 3/4 lengths over first timer Gridiron Cat
(Discreet Cat). The winner hails from the family of MGISW
millionaire High Yield (Storm Cat). Sales history: $35,000 Wlg '13
KEENOV; $50,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; $75,000 2yo '15 OBSAPR.
Lifetime Record: 6-1-2-0, $79,520. Click for the Equibase.com
chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Warner Thoroughbreds, Lewis, III, Lewis, Setzer, Setzer et al.;
B-Archie Barnes & Wood Simpson (KY); T-Michael J. Maker.
PINHOOKED BY AND RAISED AT MACHMER HALL
SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations
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Friday’s Results:
ARBORETUM II S., $80,880, SA, 3-18, 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2fT,
1:13.98, fm.
1--MISS DOUBLE D'ORO, 120, f, 4, Medaglia d’Oro--Lost Gold,
by Dynaformer. ($95,000 RNA Ylg '13 FTSAUG). O-Calumet
Farm; B-Bluegrass Hall LLC (KY); T-Neil D. Drysdale; J-Santiago
Gonzalez. $47,700. Lifetime Record: 10-3-2-0, $155,950.
2--Dreamologist, 122, f, 4, Tapit--Dreaming of Anna, by Rahy.
O-LNJ Foxwoods; B-Frank C. Calabrese (KY); T-Richard
Mandella. $15,900.
A Solis/Litt Purchase
3--Tesalina (Chi), 120, m, 5, Fusaichi Pegasus--Thessalia (Chi), by
Stormin Fever. O-Don Alberto Stable; B-Haras Don Alberto
(CHI); T-Wesley A. Ward. $9,540.
Margins: HF, HF, NO. Odds: 10.50, 0.70, 4.00.
Also Ran: My Year Is a Day (Fr), Miss Gifted, Screaming Skylar,
Princess Charm (Ire), Kool Kat, Moanin (Fr).
Miss Double d’Oro came flying from out of the clouds to score
a double-digit upset over heavily favored Dreamologist.
Caboosing the field,
the dark bay ran off
the rail behind sharp
early splits of :22.07
and :45.07 set by the
dueling leaders
Tesalina and
Dreamologist. Still
last at the top of the
lane, she was swung
Miss Double d’Oro | Benoit Photo
out to the center of
the track by pilot
Santiago Gonzalez and leaped into high gear, uncorking a
powerful late rally to sweep past the pacesetters in a matter of
strides and win going away. Winner of Santa Rosa’s Wine
Country S. Aug. 1, Miss Double d’Oro finished fourth in the
Dueling Grounds Oaks at Kentucky Downs Sept. 19 and missed
by just a nose when cut back to 6 1/2 furlongs in Arcadia Jan. 15.
She was last seen finishing fourth when stretched back out to
nine panels over this course Feb. 5. The winner hails from the
family of European and Irish Highweight Air Force Blue (War
Front) and champions Flanders (Seeking the Gold) and Surfside
(Seattle Slew). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
Saturday • March 19, 2016
6th-SA, $59,035, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 3-18, 3yo, f,
7f, 1:22.61, ft.
BELLAMENTARY (f, 3, Bellamy Road--Shananies Song {SW,
$158,270}, by Eltish) overcame a slow start to complete the
exacta in her 5 1/2-furlong debut at Del Mar Sept. 6 and donned
cap and gown with a decisive 3 1/2-length success next out as
the favorite in a one-mile Arcadia test Oct. 1. Sent off as the 6-5
favorite in this sophomore bow, the chestnut seized the early
advantage and had 45-1 Princess Katie (Finality) breathing down
her neck at the rail through sharp opening splits of :22.27 and
:44.90. Showing the way into the lane, she cruised clear under a
hand ride from Rafael Bejarano to score a seemingly effortless
3 1/4-length victory over Kay Kay (Pleasantly Perfect). Sales
history: $175,000 2yo '15 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0,
$80,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored
by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Little Red Feather Racing & R/M Racing; B-Charles T. Matses
(KY); T-Philip D'Amato
4th-SA, $59,035, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 3-18, 3yo, f,
1mT, 1:35.72, fm.
SHEEZA MILKY WAY (f, 3, Sidney’s Candy--Mother's Milk, by
Silver Deputy) was thrown to the lions when finishing seventh
to undefeated champion Songbird (Medaglia d’Oro) as a maiden
in the GI Chandelier S. last September, and earned her diploma
next out when returned to the turf at Del Mar Oct. 31. Right
back into stakes company, she was a respectable fifth at nearly
64-1 in the GIII Jimmy Durante S. Nov. 28. Given a brief rest
after that, she returned Feb. 5 over this course and distance and
just missed, finishing second by a neck at 10-1 behind
subsequent China Doll S. upsetter Mirage (Ire) (Oasis Dream
{GB}). Sent off as the 5-2 second-choice, the bay filly took up her
usual position near the back of the pack, running comfortably
next-to-last. While the 13-10 favorite Fourth Watch (Tapit)
engaged in a blistering speed duel up top, Sheeza Milky Way
was nudged along at the half-mile pole and began to pick off
rivals one by one through traffic as the field compressed around
the far turn. Fanned six-wde turning for home, she kept on with
her bold rally through the stretch, switching leads around the
three-sixteenths pole and surging to the front soon thereafter to
win going away by 1 1/2 lengths. Fourth Watch, just a bit weary
late off that speed duel, was nailed for the place by 38-1 shot Do
the Dance (Discreet Cat). The winner’s dam dropped a full-sister
to her last year. Sales History: $50,000 Wlg '13 KEENOV;
$32,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; $70,000 2yo '15 BARMAR. Lifetime
Record: 8-2-1-1, $97,250. Click for the Equibase.com chart or
VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Sharon Alesia, Robin Christianson, Ciaglia Racing LLC & Harry
Crusberg; B-Jayne Johnson & Tom & Jeanne Flounders (KY);
T-Peter Eurton.
Sold by Hunter Valley Farm
Bred, foaled & raised at Johnson & Johnson Farm P 502-664-6289
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INDUSTRY INFO
Evans First TCA Award of Merit Recipient:
John Evans has been named the first recipient of the
Thoroughbred Charities of America’s Award of Merit. Evans was
nominated for his work as farm manager at the Thoroughbred
Retirement Foundation’s Second Chance Farm at the Lowell
Correctional Institute in Ocala, Florida. He received his award in
front of 400 guests at the 54th annual Florida Thoroughbred
Breeders and Owners Association Gala event held in Ocala
Monday evening. Award recipients are nominated by the
leadership of various state Thoroughbred owners and breeders
associations and are presented at each state association’s
annual awards ceremonies.
“Last year, in celebration of our 25th anniversary, we named
nearly 20 Award of Merit recipients,” said Dan Rosenberg,
president of TCA. “The response to the award was tremendous
so our board decided to continue it again this year. There are so
many people working tirelessly on behalf of Thoroughbreds and
those who care for them in our industry and we feel it is
important to acknowledge their efforts. We are deeply
appreciative of John’s work at Second Chance Farm and are
thrilled that he is our first award recipient of the year.”
ROOKIES
First/second-crop starters to watch: Saturday, March 19
Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2012 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/
BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available)
ARCHARCHARCH (Arch), Spendthrift Farm, $10K, 249/29/2
10-FG, Msw 1mT, +Cordon, $14K OBS AUG yrl, 8-1
BIG DRAMA (Montbrook), Bridlewood Farm, $10K, 109/16/1
6-PRX, Msw 1m, Blazin Drama, 20-1
5-GP, $75K Any Limit S., 6f, Colombian Queen, 10-1
8-GP, Msw 1 1/16mT, Who's Your Drama, $60K EAS MAY 2yo, 5-2
BOLD CHIEFTAIN (Chief Seattle), Victory Rose Thoroughbreds, $3K,
36/3/0
6-GG, Msw 1m, Awe, 6-1
6-GG, Msw 1m, Lil' Chieftain, 5-1
BROOKS ’N DOWN (Montbrook), Ocala Stud Farm, $0, 15/3/0
5-GP, $75K Any Limit S., 6f, Silent Prayer, 10-1
CAPE BLANCO (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}), JBBA Shizunai Stallion Station,
$17.5K, 259/18/1
6-TP, Msw 1m, Yarbrough, 6-1
CROWN OF THORNS (Repent), Woodford Thoroughbreds, $4K, 32/5/1
1-GP, Aoc 1mT, Pontius P., $21K OBS APR 2yo, 15-1
DROSSELMEYER (Distorted Humor), WinStar Farm, $17.5K, 176/14/0
6-TP, Msw 1m, Whipsaw, $35K KEE SEP yrl, 5-2
DUBLIN (Afleet Alex), Keane Stud, $7.5K, 131/9/0
11-OP, Msw 1 1/16m, Goats Town, 7-2
Saturday • March 19, 2016
FRIESAN FIRE (A.P. Indy), Country Life Farm, $4K, 102/17/1
11-GP, $75K Spectacular Bid S., 6 1/2f, Morning Fire, 5-2
GIANT OAK (Giant's Causeway), Millennium Farms, $7.5K, 69/4/1
10-FG, Msw 1mT, Blindsided Blues, $60K OBS APR 2yo, 9-2
GIO PONTI (Tale of the Cat), Castleton Lyons, $20K, 197/13/0
8-GP, Msw 1 1/16mT, +Conquestportaponti, $250K OBS OCT 2yo, 4-1
8-GP, Msw 1 1/16mT, Uncle Gio, $35K KEE JAN yrl, 20-1
GIROLAMO (A.P. Indy), Darley, $15K, 150/22/1
4-PRX, Msw 6f, Coach Got Soul, $50K EAS MAY 2yo, 8-1
GLOBAL FORCE (Giant's Causeway), Naylee Farm, 16/0/0
5-CT, Msw 7f, +Earies Shiningnite, 10-1
GONE ASTRAY (Dixie Union), Northwest Stud, $4.5K, 145/17/2
1-GP, Aoc 1mT, Gone Local, $20K OBS APR 2yo, 20-1
11-GP, $75K Spectacular Bid S., 6 1/2f, Bullet Gone Astray, $15K OBS
APR 2yo, 12-1
HAYNESFIELD (Speightstown), Airdrie Stud, $10K, 138/20/1
10-FG, Msw 1mT, Mason County, $145K RNA KEE SEP yrl, 6-1
HERE COMES BEN (Street Cry {Ire}), Mcmahon of Saratoga
Thoroughbreds, $7.5K, 73/7/0
4-AQU, Msw 6f, +Benevolence, $90K EAS MAY 2yo, 5-1
ICE BOX (Pulpit), Millennium Farms, $7.5K, 141/8/0
6-PRX, Msw 1m, +Quiet Revenge, $13K OBS AUG yrl, 10-1
J P'S GUSTO (Successful Appeal), Journeyman Stud, $3.5K, 50/8/0
11-GP, $75K Spectacular Bid S., 6 1/2f, Epic Journey, $55K OBS APR
2yo, 3-1
MISREMEMBERED (Candy Ride {Arg}), Hill 'N' Dale Farms, $7.5K, 57/8/1
6-TP, Msw 1m, Dontmisstheprize, 5-1
PADDY O’PRADO (El Prado {Ire}), Spendthrift Farm, $15K, 229/22/1
10-OP, $900K GII Rebel S., 1 1/16m, Cherry Wine, 12-1
9-GP, Msw 1 1/8m, Elwood's Advice, $14K RNA KEE SEP yrl, 15-1
8-GP, Msw 1 1/16mT, +Incredible Dee, $38K FTK OCT yrl, 20-1
RENDEZVOUS (Victory Gallop), Daehling Ranch, $1.5K, 11/0/0
6-GG, Msw 1m, +Meeting in Heaven, 12-1
SIDNEY’S CANDY (Candy Ride {Arg}), WinStar Farm, $15K, 165/14/1
5-PEN, Alw 6f, Sidney's Success, $25K EAS MAY 2yo, 12-1
SOCIETY'S CHAIRMAN (Not Impossible {Ire}), Shannondoe Farm,
$5K, 22/3/3
5-GP, $75K Any Limit S., 6f, Caren, $45K FTK OCT yrl, 9-5
TIZ THE ONE (Tiznow), Red River Farms, 63/13/0
4-FG, Aoc 5 1/2fT, Blue Tizzy, 4-1
TIZWAY (Tiznow), Spendthrift Farm, $25K, 183/15/2
11-OP, Msw 1 1/16m, Big Taco, $50K KEE SEP yrl, 12-1
TRAPPE SHOT (Tapit), Claiborne Farm, $10K, 182/20/0
9-GP, Msw 1 1/8m, Heckuvashot, $240K KEE SEP yrl, 3-1
Eagle Scout (Tapit) provided Todd Pletcher
with his 4000th victory at Gulfstream Park.
2016 Fee: $5,000 Stands and Nurses / $7,500 payable out of proceeds
2-time Breeders’ Cup Winner of $3,670,790
Won the $1,500,000 Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint.
The only colt ever to win two different Breeders’ Cup races.
Won the 2015 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) over a top International field.
Capped off his undefeated juvenile season with a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint.
Posted seven Triple-Digit Beyer Speed Figures.
The most consistent horse of his generation.
Won from 5 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles. On the board in 15 of 16 starts.
Eclipse Finalist.
Karl Watson, Mike Pegram and
Paul Weitman’s Secret Circle
shown winning the Grade 1
Breeders’ Cup Sprint
“Secret Circle was ridiculously fast
and could run horses off their feet.
He is a big-bodied, beautiful horse
and a study in great conformation.”
- Hall of Fame Trainer Baffert
If you breed to Secret Circle in
2016 and 2017, you will receive a
free no-guarantee season in 2018
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IN ITALY:
Bold Ranger, c, 3, U S Ranger--Hilda Browne, by Slew City Slew.
CAP, 3-18, 3yo, 5.5fT, 1:06.1, gd. B-Kathleen McIsaac (KY).
*$4,000 RNA Ylg ‘14 KEEJAN; $7,500 Ylg '14 OBSAUG.
IN UAE:
Shaishee, g, 6, Indian Charlie--Hatpin (SW & MGSP, $257,897),
by Smart Strike. Jebel Ali, 3-18, Cond., 1400m, 1:24.72.
B-Audley Farm (VA). *$325,000 Ylg ‘11 KEESEP. **1/2 to
Dannhauser (Johannesburg), MSW & GSP, $310,452.
***GSW-UAE.
B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N
AMERICA
ALLOWANCE RESULTS:
8th-OP, $79,000, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 3-18, 4yo/up, 6f,
1:09.54, ft.
SHARP ART (g, 4, Sharp Humor--Artful Launch, by Artax)
Lifetime Record: 14-4-3-0, $123,820. O-Bryan D. Foster;
B-William & Fred Bradley (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.
8th-AQU, $65,660, 3-18, (NW1$X), 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:46.41, ft.
MILAYA (f, 4, Eskendereya--Trendy Lady {GSP, $199,299}, by
Unbridled's Song) Lifetime Record: 13-2-2-1, $87,770. O-George
& Stephanie Autry; B-Alastar Thoroughbred Company LLC (KY);
T-Michael Dilger. *$140,000 Ylg '13 FTSAUG.
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Psalms 1:1-3
Ramona Good
7th-SA, $59,380, (S), 3-17, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2fT,
1:14.37, fm.
BIG MOVE (f, 4, Mr. Big--Roxanne's Game {GB}, by Cyrano de
Bergerac {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-2, $97,960. O/B-George
Krikorian (CA); T-Tim Yakteen.
7th-FG, $45,000, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($17,500), 3-18, 4yo/up, 1m
70y, 1:43.25, sy.
MR. TICKLE (g, 4, Street Sense--Rasindy, by A.P. Indy) Lifetime
Record: 9-2-1-1, $88,126. O/B-Robert & Lawana Low (KY);
T-Steve Margolis.
10th-FG, $42,000, (S), (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($12,500), 3-18,
4yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2f (off turf), 1:05.75, my.
BEADSINTHETREES (f, 4, Half Ours--Rebirth, by Malagra)
Lifetime Record: 6-3-1-0, $52,600. O-Oakwood Stables LLC;
B-Peter Wilson (LA); T-Andrew T. Ney.
Saturday • March 19, 2016
3rd-PEN, $30,400, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 3-18, 4yo/up, 6f,
1:11.43, ft.
THINKING OF GIRLS (g, 8, Speightstown--Flashy Frolic, by
Premiership) Lifetime Record: 45-10-9-3, $247,856. O-Barbara
Madrigal; B-Robert A. Murphy & Dr. Sandy L. Price-Murphy (FL);
T-Rodrigo Madrigal Sr. *$95,000 RNA Ylg '09 FTKJUL; $100,000
Ylg '09 FTKOCT. **1/2 to Frolicing (Royal Academy), SW & GSP,
$106,715.
SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations
7th-CT, $24,500, 3-17, (NW3LX), 3yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:26.65, ft.
WATERSIDE DREAM (f, 4, Great Notion--Smart Crowd, by
Crowd Pleaser) Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-1, $53,240. O-Linda L.
Zang; B-Linda L Zang (MD); T-Jeff C. Runco.
8th-TAM, $20,000, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3-18, 3yo, f, 1
1/16mT, 1:42.07, fm.
FELT IN POCKET (f, 3, Hat Trick {Jpn}--Yes Honey, by Royal
Academy) Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-1, $30,760. O/T-Eoin G. Harty;
B-J. D. Squires & H. Smoot Fahlgren (KY). *$20,000 Ylg '14
KEESEP.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Coach Casey, g, 3, Charitable Man--Candy One, by Yankee
Victor. CT, 3-17, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:20.57. B-James W. Casey (WV).
*Full to Candy Man’s Girl, SW, $130,083; and 1/2 to Greenway
Court (Windsor Castle), MSW, $382,410.
Cat Come Home, g, 3, Fiber Sonde--Kusadasi, by Came Home.
CT, 3-18, 4 1/2f, :51.74. B-John D. McKee (WV).
Green Time, g, 3, Fiber Sonde--Quiet On the Green, by Quiet
American. CT, 3-17, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:19.77. B-John McKee (WV).
Gramsson, c, 3, Forty Grams--Sutton Place, by Matty G. SA,
3-18, (C), 6f, 1:10.02. B-Alan Pesch (FL). *$6,000 Wlg '13
OBSOCT; $6,500 RNA Ylg '14 OBSAUG; $75,000 2yo '15 OBSMAR.
+Wolf Letter, f, 3, Midnight Lute--Mahindar, by
Leroidesanimaux (Brz). AQU, 3-18, (S), (C), 6f, 1:14.60. B-Wes
Melcher (NY). *$75,000 Ylg '14 FTKJUL.
Holy Mochaccino, f, 3, Songandaprayer--Icy Mocha, by Alaskan
Frost. HAW, 3-18, (S), 5f, :59.68. B-Dana Waier Thoroughbreds
LLC (IL).
Big Changes, c, 4, Midshipman--Colorama, by Giant's Causeway.
OP, 3-18, 1 1/16m, 1:45.11. B-Joanne Crowe & Joe Pickerrell
(FL). *$17,000 Ylg '13 OBSWIN; $24,000 RNA Ylg '13 FTKOCT;
$170,000 2yo '14 OBSAPR.
Rue de Cry, f, 4, Street Cry (Ire)--Lexington Girl, by Storm Cat.
SA, 3-18, 1mT, 1:36.49. B-Mount Brilliant Farm & Ranch LLC
(KY). *$100,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP. **1/2 to Lexington Street
(Street Sense), SW, $136,682.
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SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2016
‘COSSACK’ DANCES TO
GOLD CUP VICTORY
CRITERION BROTHER AN EASTER STAR
by Kelsey Riley
Glenn Burrows has seen it all on both ends of transactions in
the bloodstock business, having spent 20 years working for Inglis
before opening Willow Park Stud 15 years ago, and Burrows
could well be in line for his biggest coup yet, when he offers a
Pierro (Aus) half-brother to four-time Group 1 winner Criterion
at the Inglis Easter sale as part of his nine-horse draft.
“There’s no doubt he’s going to be my sale topper,” said
Burrows of the dark bay colt. “The mare has been such a phenomenal
producer and she has one of the current champions around who
is going to stud this season and will be very keenly sought after.”
In addition to Criterion, who will attempt to defend his title in
the A$4 million G1 Queen Elizabeth S. on the second day of The
Championships Apr. 9, lot 399 is a half-brother to G2 QTC Cup
winner Varenna Miss (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}) and listed
winner Silently (Aus) (Anabaa). Their dam is the now 17-year-old
Group 3 winner Mica’s Pride (Aus) (Bite The Bullet). Cont. p5
Joyous scenes in the winner’s enclosure
with Don Cossack and connections | Racing Post
by Emma Berry
Nine years after winning the Grand National in his first season
with a trainer’s licence, Gordon Elliott has added
steeplechasing’s blue riband to his list of achievements after
Don Cossack (Ger) (Sholokhov {Ire}) galloped his rivals into
submission in the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Prominent throughout, the 9-year-old favourite denied the
team of Willie Mullins, Ruby Walsh and Rich Ricci another
big-race success at this year’s Festival by taking a commanding
lead from the third-last fence and staying on strongly to leave
Djakadam (Fr) (Saint Des Saints {Fr}) trailing by four and a half
lengths, with another Mullins contender, Don Poli (Ire)
(Poliglote {GB}) a further 10 lengths back in third. The two
‘Dons’ are owned by Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud,
which first tasted Gold Cup glory a decade ago with War Of
Attrition (Ire).
Winning jockey Bryan Cooper, 23, has had mixed fortunes at
Cheltenham over the years. He first rose to prominence in 2013
when posting three Festival victories, but a sickening fall at the
following year’s meeting in his first year as Gigginstown’s
retained jockey left his career hanging in the balance after he
broke two bones in his leg.
Cont. p2
SUDDENBREAKINGNEWS LEADS REBEL FIELD
GIII Southwest S. hero Suddenbreakingnews (Mineshaft)
gets the slight morning-line nod in the 14-horse strong GII
Rebel S. at Oaklawn Park Saturday.
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‘Cossack’ Dances to Gold Cup Victory Cont.
“I can't thank Michael and Eddie [O’Leary] enough,” said
Cooper, whose father Tom has trained two Cheltenham Festival
winners. “From the time I broke my leg here two years ago, they
have supported me all the way. Last year was hit and miss--I had
a couple that got away from us, but they really stuck by me.
That gave me plenty
of confidence. We're
a great team and this
was a great team
effort. Don Cossack
has beaten what's
been put in front of
him and that's all he
can do. He's the best
I've ever sat on.”
Don Cossack clears the last | Racing Post
Elliott, who has
enjoyed three winners at Cheltenham this week, struggled to
find the words to describe his delight at landing such a major
prize for his biggest owner, Ryanair boss O’Leary, who
sponsored two Grade 1 contests on the Thursday of the Festival.
The trainer said, “That was brilliant, unbelievable, I can't
believe it. I can't thank Michael and Anita and Eddie and Wendy
enough, and all the team at Gigginstown--they supported me
from the start. I've never been so nervous in my life. I'm just so
happy for all of us, all the staff in the yard, my mother and
father.”
Dream Triumph for Joseph O’Brien...
The name on the licence may read Aidan O’Brien, but the
pre-eminent flat trainer of his generation makes no secret of the
fact that the man calling the shots at Piltown, the County
Kilkenny home of G1 JCB Triumph Hurdle winner Ivanovich
Gorbatov (Ire) (Montjeu
{Ire}), is his son Joseph,
who recently announced
his retirement from the
saddle.
At the age of just 22,
O’Brien junior already has
a formidable string of
riding successes to his
name--including 30 Group
Joseph O’Brien congratulates Barry
Geraghty after the Triumph Hurdle
1 winners and 10 Classic
Racing Post
victories--and his second
career, though yet to be
rubber-stamped with his own training licence from Horse Racing
Ireland, has got off the ground in the best possible fashion with
a debut Cheltenham Festival triumph.
SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2016
Aidan O’Brien is of course no stranger to National Hunt racing,
and neither is his wife Annemarie, the couple each having held
the licence at the Piltown stable of Annemarie’s father Joe
Crowley and each becoming Ireland’s champion jumps trainer
during that time. After moving to Ballydoyle and switching
predominantly to the Flat, O’Brien still held Cheltenham in his
thrall for five seasons as conditioner of the treble Champion
Hurdler Istabraq (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells). And, just like the mighty
Istabraq, Ivanovich Gorbatov is a former flat performer who has
taken to hurdling with great aplomb in the colours of
Cheltenham’s winningmost owner JP McManus.
"I can't really put it into words to be honest," said Joseph from
the middle of a giant media huddle after his star juvenile hurdler
led home a trio of Willie-Mullins-trained horses. He added, "It
feels slightly surreal. It's completely different to being in the
saddle. When you're riding, you don't get a chance to take in the
whole occasion, but now I don't have much to do on the day
itself as the job is done, so there’s more time to get nervous.
Barry [Geraghty] was as confident as anyone. When he got off
him last time out, he said he hated the ground and couldn't
jump. We were in no doubt he would be better on better
ground and he was. He could be a Champion Hurdle horse--he's
entitled to go into that grade but it will be a huge step up.”
The youngster has around 70 horses under his care, a mixture
of flat and jumps horses, 15 to 20 of which are 2-year-olds, and
he hopes to be operating under his own licence by June.
Asked if he was daunted by following in the footsteps of his
father, he said, “I don’t think of it in those terms. I just want to
get each horse I have as fit and well as possible and to do the
best I can. For the last year I’ve struggled with my weight and I
knew I wasn’t going to be able to ride forever. I’m very lucky to
have ridden the horses I did.”
Pendleton Impresses But Carberry Wins Again...
Britain’s most decorated female Olympian, the former cycling
champion Victoria Pendleton, has been riding as an amateur
jump jockey this winter in the Betfair-sponsored ‘Switching
Saddles’ challenge and faced the biggest test of her equine
career at Cheltenham when lining up for the St James’s Place
Foxhunter Chase.
Positioned out the back of the 24-runner field for the first half
of the race, she gradually urged her mount Pacha Du Polder (Fr)
(Muhtathir {GB}) into a more forward position to finish strongly
for a running-on fifth place--a remarkable performance for a
rider of her inexperience. She was no match, however, for the
leading lady of the amateur scene, Nina Carberry, who recorded
back-to-back wins in the Foxhunter and her sixth overall at the
Cheltenham Festival aboard the JP McManus-owned On The
Fringe (Ire) (Exit To Nowhere). Cont. p3
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Pendleton Impresses, But Carberry Wins Again Cont.
Pendleton, 35, who has been guided by the Oxfordshire-based
training duo of Alan and Lawney Hill, said, “This is right up there
with anything I've done. It's such a rush, such a thrill. I think it's
one of my greatest achievements. I feel lucky. To be accepted as
part of this, by the crowd and by the other jockeys today, I just
want to say a big thank you. I feel an immense sense of
achievement.”
Speaking of her new-found passion for riding, which she took
up just a year ago, Pendleton confirmed that she plans to
continue to compete in hunter chases and point-to-points. She
said, “I’ve loved every minute of it. I can’t believe how much I
enjoy riding out every morning. I can’t wait to get to the yard--I
love the smell of horses, everything about it. To be here riding at
Cheltenham on Gold Cup day is an unbelievable privilege.”
Paul Nicholls trains Pacha Du Polder, on whom Pendleton
secured her first victory in a hunter chase at Wincanton earlier
this month.
The champion trainer said, “She’s not won, but she’s ridden a
winner today in everyone’s eyes, and you saw the reaction from
the crowd, it’s what this sport is all about.”
SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2016
CHANGE OF PLAN FOR INTILAAQ
Connections of runaway G3 Rose of Lancaster S. hero Intilaaq
(Dynaformer) have changed their minds over his target on Dubai
World Cup night and have chosen the G1 Dubai Turf over the
evening’s headline event, the G1 Dubai World Cup. Trainer
Roger Varian had recently taken the ‘TDN Rising Star’ for a
racecourse gallop at Southwell in
a bid to ready Hamdan Al
Maktoum’s colt for his first
competitive attempt on a dirt
surface and his absence from the
world’s richest race leaves Britain
without a representative.
Richard Hills, assistant racing
manager to the owner told the
Intilaaq | Racing Post
Racing Post, "Sheikh Hamdan has
decided that Intilaaq should stick to turf rather than try dirt on
which he is untested."
FALLON BACK ON HOME SOIL
When Harry Met Harry...
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls posted a double on the day to
finish joint-second on three winners for the week to Willie
Mullins, and it was also a breakthrough day for two of his former
assistants.
Harry Fry, who ran
Nicholls’s satellite yard from
which Champion Hurdler
Rock On Ruby (Ire) was
trained, now has a Grade 1
Cheltenham success in his
own name, almost literally,
Noel Fehily celebrates victory on for when the Sir Harry Lewis
Unowhatimeanharry | Racing Post gelding Unowhatimeanharry
(GB) came up for sale last
year, he was the obvious choice for the Harry Fry Racing Club.
The 8-year-old’s determined late run from the final flight was
enough to win the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle by a length
and quarter from Fagan (GB) (Fair Mix {Fr}).
Another former Nicholls employee, Dan Skelton, saddled
Superb Story (Ire) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}), ridden by his
brother Harry, to win his first Festival race, the G3 Vincent
O’Brien County Hurdle.
The Prestbury Cup, which pitches English-trained runners
against their Irish counterparts, finished honours even at 14
winners apiece.
The latest development in the career of former champion
jockey Kieren Fallon sees the rider return to his native Ireland to
team up with The Curragh trainer Michael O’Callaghan. Fallon
has been based mostly in America for the last 18 months,
though he did ride 10 winners in Britain in 2015. Pending some
paperwork approvals, 51-year-old Fallon is hoping to be in the
saddle for O’Callaghan at the opening day of the Irish flat season
at The Curragh Sunday.
Commenting on the link up Michael O’Callaghan said, “Kieren
is one of the world’s most accomplished jockeys. He has been
British champion six times and has won big races all over the
world. I am thrilled that he has agreed to join our team. I’m sure
the Irish racing public will also be excited to see such a star in
action. Some of our owners, including Qatar Racing, retain their
own jockeys but hopefully Kieren will be available to ride many
of the others.”
O’Callaghan continued, “He rode his first morning for us on
Wednesday and it was just brilliant to see him in action, not just
with the young horses, but with the young jockeys as they look
up too him.”
Fallon himself said, “Irish racing is up there with the best in the
world and, even while I was in America, I have been following
the scene here. Michael is a trainer going places and I jumped at
the opportunity to get involved with his yard. He has a super
set-up here on The Curragh, a smashing group of horses and
excellent staff. This is a good move for me.”
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Friday’s Result:
3rd-LIN, £4,500, Mdn, 3-18, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:37.33, st.
ABAREEQ (GB) (c, 3, Haatef--Hafawa {Ire} {SP-Eng}, by
Intikhab), runner-up on debut over seven furlongs here at the
beginning of the month, was sent straight to the lead. Never put
under any pressure, the even-money favourite comfortably
maintained the gallop to register a six-length success from
Mishwaar (GB) (Arcano {Ire}). The dam, who descends from the
G1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Treble (Riverman), has a 2-year-old
filly by Aqlaam (GB). Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $5,420. Video,
sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate
Company Limited (GB); T-Mark S. Johnston.
7th-LIN, £4,500, Mdn, 3-18, 3yo, 12f (AWT), 2:32.00, st.
SHOOFLY (IRE) (f, 3, Azamour {Ire}--Natural Flair, by Giant’s
Causeway), second over 10 furlongs here nine days previously,
started as the 11-8 favourite and stalked the early pace in
second. Committed on the lead passing the three-furlong
marker, the 14,000gns TATYEA yearling was pushed out to hold
Harbour Law (GB) (Lawman {Fr}) safe and win by 1 1/2 lengths.
The dam, who shares her page with the likes of Bosra Sham and
Hector Protector, has a yearling colt by Cape Cross (Ire). Lifetime
Record: 3-1-1-0, $5,446. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Mr Rick Barnes; B-Mr M. Al-Qatami & Mr K. M. Al-Mudhaf
(IRE); T-Martyn Meade.
4th-WOL, £5,500, Mdn, 3-18, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f 32y (AWT),
1:28.04, st.
MAGICAL PATH (IRE) (f, 3, Zebedee {GB}--Road To Reality {Ire},
by Indian Danehill {Ire}), runner-up on debut over this course
and distance a fortnight previously, quickly held an early
advantage. Kicking decisively on the home turn, the 7-4 second
favourite, who has a yearling half-sister by Approve (Ire), stayed
on to win by a half-length from Battlement (GB) (Dansili {GB}).
Sales history: €15,000 RNA Wlg ‘13 GOFNOV; €20,000 Ylg ‘14
TISEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, £4,713. Video, sponsored by
Fasig-Tipton.
O-Anglia Bloodstock Syndicate VI; B-Miss Annmarie Burke (IRE);
T-Hugo Palmer.
SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2016
Friday’s Results:
4th-FTB, €37,000, Cond, 3-18, 3yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:03.50, sf.
SARYSHAGANN (Fr) (c, 3, Iffraaj {GB}--Serasana {GB}, by Red
Ransom), who was last seen finishing third behind the
subsequent G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Robin of Navan
(Fr) (American Post {GB}) in Deauville’s Listed Criterium du FEE
over a mile in August, was held up in last early. Cajoled forward
on the outside by a confident Alexis Badel inside the last
quarter-mile, the 2-1 market leader stayed on to gain the lead
from Money Maker (Spa) (American Post {GB}) in the final 50
metres and win by a head. Lifetime Record: SP-Fr, 5 starts, 3
wins, 2 places, €69,300. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-His Highness The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan’s Studs SC
(FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget.
1st-FTB, €29,000, Cond, 3-18, 3yo, 8fT, 1:48.10, sf.
VALARIK (FR) (c, 3, Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}--Valasyra {Fr} {MSPFr}, by Sinndar {Ire}), off the mark over nine furlongs on the
Polytrack at Chantilly in November, was free early in front but
able to dictate a moderate tempo. Swamped passing the quarter
pole and seemingly left behind for a place at best, the 7-2 shot
was coaxed back to the front in the final yards to ultimately
score with authority by a short neck from Alignement (GB)
(Pivotal {GB}). The dam hails from her owner-breeder’s prolific
“V” family of Valixir (Ire) (Trempolino) and Val Royal (Fr) (Royal
Academy) and is a half-sister to the impressive but ill-fated
G1 Prix de Diane heroine Valyra (GB) (Azamour {Ire}). Lifetime
Record: 2 starts, 2 wins, €27,000. Video, sponsored by
Fasig-Tipton.
O-His Highness The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan’s Studs SC
(FR); T-Alain de Royer-Dupre.
5th-FTB, €25,000, Mdn, 3-18, 3yo, 6fT, 1:09.80,
sf.
MALIK (FR) (c, 3, Equiano {Fr}--Queenly Bearing {GB}, by Night
Shift), third over seven furlongs on the Polytrack at Chantilly in
November, was sent off the 9-5 favourite and raced close to the
early pace. Working his way to the front passing the furlong
pole, the €37,000 AROCT yearling asserted to win by 3/4 of a
length from Lord Roderick (Ire) (Roderic O’Connor {Ire}). The
dam hails from the family of the SW and high-class jumper
Kalahari King (Fr) (Kahyasi {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 4 starts, 1 win,
2 places, €20,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani; B-S.C.E.A Domaine de
l’Argos (FR); T-Henri-Alex Pantall.
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Friday’s Result:
3rd-CAP, €14,300, Cond., 3-18, 3yo, 6f (AWT), sf.
GIOGIOBBO (GB) (c, 3, Bahamian Bounty {GB}--Legnani {GB},
by Fasliyev), who won easily in his debut last May at Capannelle,
came back from a 264-day layoff, following a fourth-place finish
in the G3 Premio Primi Passi, and won in a very pleasant style
Friday. He enjoyed a perfect stalking position and outran the
stakes–placed Surbett (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire)) by four
lengths. The colt has room for improvement and according to his
owner Marco Bozzi, will be entered in the G3 Premio Parioli, the
Italian equivalent of the G1 2000 Guineas. Sales history:
18,000gns Ylg ‘14 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0 €15,895.
Click for the Italian Results or the Italian Video.
O-Marco Bozzi; B-Orbit Performance; T-Francesco Santella.
SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2016
A colt from the first crop of Derby hero Ruler of the World (Ire) out of
Spate (Ire) gambols in a field at Tim Cooper’s Nuthurst Farm Stud.
Amy Lanigan
EUROPEAN-BRED WINNERS
IN UAE:
Rich And Righteous (Ire), g, 4, Galileo (Ire)--Rags To Riches (Ch.
3yo Filly, MGISW, $1,342,528), by A.P. Indy. Jebel Ali, 3-18,
Hcp., 1850m, 1:59.47. B-Chelston & Wynatt (Ire). *€26,000
HRA ‘15 ARQJUL.
Speedy Move (Ire), g, 4, Iffraaj (GB)--Beautiful Filly (GB), by
Oasis Dream (GB). Jebel Ali, 3-18, Hcp. 1200m, 1:13.60.
B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd. (Ire). *57,000gns Ylg ‘13 TAOOCT;
50,000gns HRA ‘15 TAAOCT.
Just A Penny (Ire), g, 4, Kodiac (GB)--Privet (Ire), by Cape Cross
(Ire). Jebel Ali, 3-18, Hcp., 1600m, 1:37.74. B-Old Carhue &
Graeng Bloodstock (Ire). *38,000gns Wlg ‘12 DADDEC;
50,000gns Ylg ‘13 TAOOCT.
Krypton Factor (GB), g, 8, Kyllachy (GB)--Cool Question (GB)
(SW), by Polar Falcon. Jebel Ali, 3-18, Cond., 1200m, 1:11.61.
B-Lady Fairhaven (GB). *20,000gns Ylg ‘09 TATOCT;
100,000gns 2yo ‘10 TAAOCT; 115,000gns HRA ‘14 TAAOCT.
**Hwt. Older Horse-UAE at 5-7f, G1SW-UAE, G1SP-Eng.
JRA’s New Face, Improved Stats The Japan Racing Association
(JRA) have recorded betting turnover growth for the fourth
consecutive year partly due to a surge in racing interest from
women. Graham Pavey, Japan Racing Blog
Criterion Brother an Easter Star Cont.
He is a member of the first crop of 2-year-old Triple Crown
winner Pierro (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}), who was the leading
first-season sire with more than one sold at the Magic Millions
Gold Coast Yearling Sale in
January with 37 selling for
an average of A$262,568,
including a pair of sevenfigure youngsters.
“This colt is going to
make great appeal being
also by a very wellcredentialed first-season
stallion in Pierro,”
Pierro–Mica’s Pride colt at Willow Park
Burrows added. “He’s a
Stud Willow Park Stud
really nice colt, he
improves every day. He’s a later foal, being a Nov. 14 foal, and
he’s just come ahead in leaps and bounds. He’s been very well
received at the early inspections on the farm. He’s an attractive
horse, correct in front with no issues.”
The colt was bred by Criterion’s owner/breeder Sir Owen
Glenn, a New Zealand businessman and philanthropist who
founded Vanguard Logistics Services, the largest neutral nonvessel operating common carrier in the U.S., and among the top
five in the world. He also supports numerous charities
worldwide through the Glenn Family Foundation. Cont. p6
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Criterion Brother an Easter Star Cont.
Glenn, who bought Mica’s Pride for A$300,000 in foal to Reset
(Aus) at Inglis’s Australian Broodmare sale in 2009 and bred her
to Sebring to produce Criterion the following year, began
boarding his growing broodmare band at Willow Park, north of
Scone in the Hunter Valley, about a year ago. Burrows noted
Glenn’s broodmare band currently sits at 15, but he said Glenn
is stocking up on quality mares to breed to Criterion when he
retires to nearby Newgate Farm later this year.
“He’s building up his broodmare band particularly buying
mares for Criterion, who he basically treats like his son, he’s so
proud of him,” Burrows explained. “Criterion is going to go to
stud at Newgate, but not a hair out of the horse’s tail was sold;
[Glenn] couldn’t bear to part with any of him so he’s standing by
arrangement at Newgate.”
Burrows noted that Mica’s Pride’s Pierro colt is being offered
as a means to keep Glenn’s Thoroughbred investments
profitable.
“This whole thing is
getting bigger now
with his investment
into really decent
quality broodmares
and he just wants to
make it all pay for
itself,” Burrows said.
“As a consequence,
Sir Owen Glenn (centre) with David Hayes
once Criterion gets a
and Craig Williams after Criterion’s 2015
number of foals on
Queen Elizabeth S. win | Inglis
the ground, I think
he’ll find it hard to part with a large number of them so he’ll
probably be racing quite a few of them. To make it a profitable
business, every now and again you have to sell some of your
top-end stock.”
Glenn will also offer lot 128, a Pierro filly out of stakes winner
Upon This Rock (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), through Willow Park
at Easter. Upon This Rock is a daughter of Joleur (Aus) (Bite The
Bullet), a full-sister to Mica’s Pride. Glenn bought the now
8-year-old Upon This Rock off the track, and she coincidentally
was a Willow Park graduate, having cost agent James Bester
A$225,000 as a yearling. Upon This Rock is now back at Willow
Park as part of the Glenn broodmare band and her dam, Joleur,
still resides at the stud and is paddock mates with Mica’s Pride.
“Mica’s Pride and Joleur are two older girls who need a bit of
special attention and so they’re in a paddock together, the two
sisters, and they’re owned by completely different entities--it’s
purely coincidental,” Burrows said. Of the Pierro filly, he added,
“This filly is a spectacular first foal. She oozes class and the mare
has a really nice Sebring filly and is back in foal to Lonhro. I think
that filly will create a whole lot of interest as well.”
SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2016
Burrows pointed to lot 440, a colt by Pierro’s sire Lonhro (Aus),
as another standout of his draft. He is the fourth foal out of the
stakes-winning Noesis (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), whose
Street Cry (Ire) colt was bought by agent George Moore for
A$1 million at Easter last year. Sun Bloodstock bought a
full-brother to this colt for A$520,000 at the 2014 Magic Millions
Gold Coast sale. Now named Art Of Perception (Aus), he is in
training with David Hayes.
“He’s an absolutely stunning individual,” Burrows said of lot
440. “And the cross has been successful already with Lonhro out
of Exceed and Excel
mares, something
like 33% stakes
winners to starters.
His dam was a very
fast racemare and
the yearlings have
been selling very well
out of her. The
3-year-old colt is in
Glenn Burrows | Willow Park Stud
work with David
Hayes and he’s got a very big rap on him, and the 2-year-old colt
we sold at the sale last year by Street Cry, and he made A$1
million. This colt is every bit as good as them conformation-wise;
he’s got a real presence about him. He’s dark in colour, no
white, a real eye-catching kind of guy.”
Willow Park will also offer a New Zealand-bred colt from the
second crop of Sepoy (Aus) (lot 352). He is the first foal out of
Irish Blues (NZ) (O’Reilly {NZ}), a full-sister to G1 Australian
Derby and G1 Australian Guineas winner Shamrocker (NZ)
(O’Reilly {NZ}) and Group 2 winner Bohemian Lily (NZ) (O’Reilly
{NZ}), and a half to G1 Auckland Cup winner Rock Diva (NZ)
(Lucky Unicorn {Aus}). “He’s a mature, powerful, early running
type,” Burrows said.
Should the aforementioned youngsters fulfill their potential on
the racetracks, they would not be the first high-class graduates
of Willow Park. Burrows planned the mating for and raised and
sold dual Group 1 winner Samantha Miss (Aus) (Redoute’s
Choice {Aus}), who is the farm’s most expensive yearling
graduate to date at A$1.5 million. Burrows also planned the
mating on and sold dual Group 1 winner Cosmic Endeavour
(Aus) (Northern Meteor {Aus}) and G1 Railway S. winner
Bounding (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}). Cont. p7
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Criterion Brother an Easter Star Cont.
It was announced Thursday that Bounding–who represents the
previously mentioned Lonhro/Exceed and Excel cross--would be
offered again through Willow Park at this year’s Magic Millions
National Broodmare Sale in June, and Burrows said, “She’s just a
beautiful mare, she was a standout from the time she was a foal.
There’s much more American interest in our horses now than ever
before, and with the currency exchange Americans are essentially
getting a 30% discount on a mare like this. To get something of
that quality, by the time you turn it into U.S. dollars it’s not so
bad compared to what you’re going to pay in America.”
Burrows, who spent 20 years managing the bloodstock
department at Inglis, also serves as an independent bloodstock
advisor for farm and outside clients. He left Inglis to start Willow
Park Stud in 2001. The farm is 600 acres--boutique by Australian
standards--and is home to around 60 broodmares, with the
team taking pride in the individual care that can be offered to
each horse. With such attention to detail being put into each
graduate, it would not come as a surprise to see Willow Park’s
Group 1 honour role continue to grow.
HEALTHY CLEARANCE RATE AT INGLIS
The single session Inglis March Thoroughbred Sale in
Melbourne Friday finished up with a healthy 93% clearance rate,
up 3% from last year, with 172 of the 185 lots offered finding
new homes. Aggregate for the day amounted to A$1,327,850
with the average running at A$7,720 and the median at
A$3,000.
“We are delighted to have enabled the trade of so many
quality breeding and racing prospects today, and to have
achieved a good clearance rate for our clients,” said Inglis
Victorian Manager Simon Vivian. “We are privileged to have sold
some horses that are currently in training and some that have
been successful in the weeks leading up to the sale. These
results have helped the healthy turnout at Oaklands today.”
Shane Morrissy went to A$78,000 for the sale’s top lot, Group
1 placed Vilanova (NZ) (Commands {Aus}), catalogued as lot
205. The multiple stakes winner of nearly A$600,000 was
popular among bidders from all quarters of the auditorium
before Morrissy put his hand up for the winning bid. The top
price achieved for a broodmare on the day was A$40,000 and
there were two that reached that mark, one being lot 162 ,
Flamingo Dancer (Aus) (Don Eduardo {NZ}). Offered by
Cloverhill Farm, the mare is carrying an early service to exciting
young sire All Too Hard (Aus) (Casino Prince {Aus}) and was
knocked down to Inglis as agent. The other, Native Land (Aus)
(War Pass), lot 61 a 5-year-old winner, as recently as two days
previously, was secured by Heritage Bloodstock.
SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2016
Friday’s Results:
3rd-JEB, AED110,000, Cond., 3-18, NH 4yo/up & SH 3yo/up,
1800m, 1:50.87, ft.
FORJATT (IRE) (g, 8, Iffraaj {GB}--Graceful Air {Ire}, by Danzero
{Aus}), winner of the G3 Jebel Ali Mile last January, rattled off
three victories early this season, taking two Abu Dhabi turf
affairs Nov. 15 and Dec. 6, respectively, before adding a win
going a mile over the dirt strip here Jan. 8. Second in this year’s
edition of the Jebel Ali Mile Jan. 22, the veteran 8-year-old
completed the trifecta in the Listed HH The President Cup back
over the Abu Dhabi lawn on Valentine’s Day. Only fifth when
switched to the grass at Meydan in the G2 Zabeel Mile to Safety
Check (Ire) (Dubawi) Feb. 25, the bay was held up during the
first three-quarters of a mile trying this distance for the first
time Friday. Let loose shortly thereafter, Forjatt got the job done
to score by a neck on the line over Los Barbados (Ire) (Galileo
{Ire}). “This horse is just so genuine,” commented pilot Chris
Hayes. “He makes matters harder for himself as he is always
keen early on but, in regards to that, he has been getting better
throughout the season. I never had any doubts this extra 200
metres would suit him and it is just a case of not hitting the front
too soon as he has a habit of thinking he has done enough once
in front. After a couple of smacks I have just been able to push
him out under hands and heels and he has won snugly.” Sales
history: €28,000 RNA Wlg ‘08 GONNOV; 60,000gns Ylg ‘09
TATOCT. Lifetime Record: GSW-UAE, 36-10-10-4, $396,259.
O-Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Michael Downey &
Roalso Ltd. (Ire); T-D. Selvaratnam.
‘STARS’ COME OUT AT HK INT’L SALE
by Alan Carasso
A well-made Australian-bred gelding by Starcraft (NZ), the sire
of Sunday’s Hong Kong Derby contender Blizzard (Aus), was
hammered down to Hong Kong businessman Yu Wen Liu for
HK$8.5 million
(£767,148/€982,659/A$1,44
1,435/US$1,103,896) to top
the annual Hong Kong
International Sale
conducted in the state-ofthe-art parade ring at Sha
Tin Racecourse. The top
price fell just a few bids
Sales-topping lot 17 | HKJC photo
shy of the sales record
HK$9 million achieved in 2012. Cont. p8
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‘Stars’ Come Out at HK Int’l Sale Cont.
Bred by P. J. Favretto, also the breeder of the talented Hong
Kong-based sprinter/miler Contentment (Aus) (Hussonet), lot
17 was purchased by representatives of the Hong Kong Jockey
Club for A$360,000 at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in
April 2014. The October foal is a son of Top Cuban (Aus)
(Anabaa), making him a full-brother to G3 BTC Classic winner
Havana (Aus), who was also precocious enough to finish runnerup to Criterion (NZ) (Sebring {Aus}) in the G2 Todman S. in 2013.
Mr. Liu is the Executive Chairman, Compliance Officer and
Chairman of Nomination Committee, Shanghai Jiaoda Withub
Information Industrial Co. Ltd.
HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL SALE
FRIDAY’S TOP LOTS
Hip Sire
Dam
Price (HK$)
17 Starcraft (NZ)
Top Cuban (Aus)
8,500,000
(A$360,000 Ylg ‘14 INGEAS)
B-P J Favretto (Aus)
Purchased by Yu Wen Liu
(Under-tack preview)
19 Manhattan Rain (Aus)
La Bamba (Aus)
7,000,000
(A$700,000 Ylg ‘15 INGEAS)
B-Arrowfield Pastoral Pty Ltd (Aus)
Purchased by Boniface Ho Ka Kui
(Under-tack preview)
2
Choisir (Aus)
Russian Classic (Aus) 6,800,000
(A$220,000 Ylg ‘14 INGEAS)
B-Hobartville Stud (Aus)
Purchased by Marces Lee Tze Bun
(Under-tack preview)
4
O’Reilly (NZ)
Lodore Mystic (NZ) 6,000,000
(NZ$320,000 Ylg ‘14 NZBPRE)
B-Waiktato Stud Ltd (NZ)
Purchased by Kwok Sea Nga
(Under-tack preview)
14 Shamardal
Nina Celebre (Ire)
6,000,000
(€180,000 Ylg ‘14 ARQAUG)
B-n/a (Ger)
Purchased by Kerm Din
(Under-track preview)
10 Approve (Ire)
Ashtown Girl (Ire)
5,500,000
(€90,000 Wlg ‘13 GOFNOV; 200,000gns Ylg ‘14 TATOCT)
B-Barry Noonan (Ire)
Purchased by Chung Leung Shan
(Under-tack preview)
20 Kodiac (GB)
Call Later
5,500,000
(€325,000 Ylg ‘14 GOFORB)
B-Thomas Hassett (Ire)
Purchased by Elizabeth Lee Ho Ling
(Under-tack preview)
HK$1= A$0.169/€0.114/£0.089/US$0.129
SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2016
The HKJC had jumped into the fray just eight hips into the
2015 Easter sale, going to A$700,000 for an Arrowfield Studconsigned son of their sire Manhattan Rain (Aus) from La Bamba
(Aus) (Last Tycoon {Ire}). The colt’s pedigree had received a
major update just weeks before when his half-brother Wandjina
(Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) took out the G1 Australian Guineas. The
lone 2-year-old offering at Friday’s HKIS and still an entire, lot 19
proved the evening’s second-dearest lot when knocked down to
owner Boniface Ho Ka Kui--who has horses with trainers Caspar
Fownes and John Size--for HK$7 million. In addition to Wandjina,
the colt is a close relative of G1 Hong Kong Sprint upsetter
Inspiration (Aus) (Flying Spur {Aus}) and to the dam of local
Group 2 winner Admiration (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}).
Almost a year to the day that Got Fly (Fr) (Early March {GB})
was beaten 3/4 of a length into second in the Hong Kong Derby,
that gelding’s owner Marces Lee Tze Bun was adding to his
portfolio when signing for the night’s second offering, a gelding
by Choisir (Aus), for HK$6.8 million. Lot 2, an A$220,000
acquisition from the 2014 Easter sale, is by the sire of 2015
Hong Kong Derby hero Luger (Aus) and was produced by a halfsister to G3 Millie Fox S. winner November Flight (Aus) (Flying
Spur {Aus}), herself the dam of GSW & G1SP Ashokan (Aus)
(More Than Ready). This is also the extended family of G1 Hong
Kong Sprint winner Natural Blitz (Aus) (Maroof).
Each of the 24 lots, acquired at auction houses from around
the world, was sold without reserve. The turnover for the sale
was HK$100.5 million (£9,070,397/€11,618,497/
US$13,051,948/A$17,208,904), while the average price of
HK$4,185,500 (£377,933/€484,104/A$709,810/US$543,841)
represented a 5.9% increase over 2015.
After being conducted in previous year during the morning
hours of Saturday, officials at the Hong Kong Jockey Club took
the decision to stage the HKIS on a Friday evening for the first
time and by all accounts, the idea was well-received. Cont. p9
The switch to a Friday evening injected a component of elegance
and ambience into the Hong Kong International Sale | HKJC photo
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SATURDAY, 19 MARCH 2016
‘Stars’ Come Out at HK Int’l Sale Cont.
“In terms of the event tonight, this represents everything that
the Hong Kong Jockey Club aspires to for its owners,” said
Anthony Kelly, executive director of racing business and
operations for the HKJC. “We want to give them an elegant
experience and create an occasion that enhances their
enjoyment of racehorse ownership. Ownership is a journey and
this event tonight is the start of that journey. People have
dreams, and the reason the Starcraft gelding sold for as much as
it did tonight is because people want to follow that dream; the
dream that their horse might be the next Able Friend, that’s
what drives this sport, it drives the ownership experience. That
is why this event was such a success tonight and it is something
we will try to replicate next year.”
Click here for the full results.
HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL SALE
SESSION TOTALS
• No. Sold
• High Price
• Gross
• Average (% change)
• Median (% change)
2016
24
8,500,000
100,500,000
4,187,500 (+5.9%)
3,500,000 (-10.3%)
2015
24
7,000,000
94,900,000
3,954,167
3,900,000
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