SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016
CREATOR COOKS UP
BELMONT UPSET
Creator (left) proves narrowly best in Belmont 148 | Adam Coglianese
by Alan Carasso
Just hours prior to Wednesday=s draw for the 148th
GI Belmont S., celebrity chef Bobby Flay acquired a minority
interest in WinStar Farm=s GI Arkansas Derby hero Creator,
hoping to enjoy some Athrilling moments@ with the son of
leading sire Tapit out of two-time Peruvian champion Morena
(Per) (Privately Held). Suffice to say that it was mission
accomplished for Flay and his WinStar partners Saturday
afternoon, as Irad Ortiz, Jr. shoved the gray colt across the line
to best a hard-luck Destin (Giant=s Causeway) by a nose to
complete a memorable afternoon for Tapit, who also supplied
the third-placed Lani as well as the ultra-impressive
GI Metropolitan H. winner Frosted.
AThe truth was that I had planned to bring about 15 to 20
people to the Belmont Stakes, which I do every year, and I had a
horse named America (A.P. Indy), a filly, who was going to run in
the [GI] Ogden Phipps [S.], but I retired her just last month. So I
really had nothing to run,@ Flay said in the post-race news
conference. ASo I wanted to make sure my guests had a very
enjoyable experience. I wanted to purchase a horse to run, not
necessarily in the Belmont S.--and there were a couple of other
horses that we were looking at. Having a chance to be involved
with a horse like that, with a farm like that, and the people that
are involved in it, just it was a no brainer for me.@ Cont. p3
FROSTED >MILES= THE BEST IN THE MET
There have been some tremendous performances by some
legendary horses in the vaunted 125-year history of the
GI Metropolitan H. Names like Kelso, Carry Back, Forego,
Conquistador Cielo have won the
race--the latter en route to a
victory in the GI Belmont S. More
recently, the Met had been
annexed by the likes of Horse of
the Year Ghostzapper, Palace
Malice--victorious in the Belmont
12 months prior--and champion
Frosted | Adam Coglianese
Honor Code. But no horse had
done what Godolphin=s Frosted (Tapit) accomplished Saturday,
as he took command of the Met two furlongs from home and
sprinted away to take it by a whopping 14 1/4-length margin in
stakes-record time. Cont. p7
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CREATOR
WON Belmont Stakes (G1)
Owned by WinStar Farm & Bobby Flay
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EAGLE WAY
by More Than Ready
WON Queensland Derby (G1) in Australia
Owner: J.G. Moore | Breeder: Segenhoe Thoroughbreds
TOM’S READY
by More Than Ready
WON Woody Stephens (G2)
Owner: G M B Racing | Breeder: Blackstone Farm LLC
CASH CONTROL
by Pioneerof the Nile
WON Old Forester Mint Julep H. (G3)
Owner: Bertram R. Klein
Breeder: Bert, Elaine & Richard Klein
JOKING
by Distorted Humor
WON True North S. (G2)
Owner: Charlton Baker | Breeder: Darley
‘‘
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Creator wins
the Belmont
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‘‘
PA U L I C K R E P O R T
Frosted returns to
annihilate competition
in Met Mile
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Ian Tapp 678.429.2755 / Neil Howard 859.621.6273
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The $340,000 FTSAUG yearling purchase, sent off at 9-to-5, grabbed the lead entering the far turn
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Sunday, June 12, 2016
Irad Ortiz Jr. is all smiles after his winning ride aboard Creator (Tapit) in the
GI Belmont Stakes. Coverage continues on page 3. | Horsephotos
FLINTSHIRE ADDS SECOND U.S. GRADE I TO RESUME
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Juddmonte Farms homebred Flintshire (GB) (Dansili {GB})
captured his second U.S. win at the highest level with a
rallying score in the GI Woodford Reserve Manhattan S. at
Belmont Park Saturday.
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CAVORTING MUCH THE BEST IN OGDEN PHIPPS
‘TDN Rising Star’ Cavorting (Bernardini) made it two wins in a
row with a 2 1/2-length score in the GI Ogden Phipps S. on the
GI Belmont S. undercard for Stonestreet Stables and trainer
Kiaran McLaughlin.
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FEATURE PRESENTATION • GI BELMONT S.
A >Brilliant= Mating...
Bred and sold by Greg Goodman=s Mt Brilliant Broodmares
LLC, Creator was purchased by Maverick Racing for $440,000 at
the 2014 Keeneland September sale and was turned over to
trainer Steve Asmussen, who tried the colt on the turf in his first
two career starts, good for a debut second at Churchill Sept. 19
followed by a fifth at Keeneland Oct. 21. Switched to the dirt,
Creator was runner-up in a sloppy Churchill maiden Nov. 28 on
the >Stars of Tomorrow II= program, then filled the same spot at
the Fair Grounds Dec. 31 and Feb. 12 before bursting through
with a 7 1/4-length graduation at Oaklawn 15 days later.
The field of 13 is sent on their way in Saturday=s Belmont S.
Adam Coglianese
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Allowed to take his chance in the GII Rebel S. Mar. 19, Creator
trailed by as many as 15 lengths and was still 10th nearing the
final quarter mile, but rallied past seven of those rivals to
complete a Tapit 1-3, three lengths behind Cupid. With his form
on an upswing entering the Apr. 16 GI Arkansas Derby, he found
himself a distant last, but this time his stretch rally carried him
to a 1 1/4-length defeat of fellow back marker
Suddenbreakingnews (Mineshaft). Never in contention last time
in the GI Kentucky Derby, Creator was beaten better than
18 lengths in 13th at odds of 16-1 and offered those who still
believed a similar quote Saturday.
>Creating= His Own Luck...
Gettysburg (Pioneerof the Nile), recently transferred from
Todd Pletcher to Steve Asmussen and a horse many believed
was in the race with the express intent of setting things up for
his new stablemate, soon found his way to the front beneath
Paco Lopez, but Destin and Javier Castellano were intent on
keeping in close contact with that one, while the latter=s
stablemate Stradivari (Medaglia d=Oro) was forwardly placed to
his outside. The well-backed Suddenbreakingnews raced as the
meat of the sandwich between >TDN Rising Star= Cherry Wine
(Paddy O=Prado) and favored Exaggerator (Curlin), while further
towards the back of the field, Irad Ortiz, Jr. had managed to get
the outposted Creator down into the two path prior to the
entrance to the first of Belmont=s two sweeping turns.
Gettysburg remained the boss as the field turned up the
backstretch, and the first decisive move of the race came from
Kent Desormeaux, who guided the GI Preakness S. winner into
the four path and out of harm=s way as Creator inched his way
up into about midfield to the inside of Suddenbreakingnews
with just under a mile to travel. Glued to the fence throughout,
Creator continued to creep forward as Gettysburg and Destin
continued to eyeball one another, with Stradivari still in close
attendance and GII Peter Pan S. runner-up Governor Malibu
(Malibu Moon) an increasing threat while also saving ground.
Cont. p4
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SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Belmont 148 cont.
Gettysburg carried the Belmont field into the stretch, but
Destin had that move covered and struck to the front a furlong
and a half from the line. Governor Malibu went for a run inside
of the weakening pacesetter, but had that door slammed on
him, while Creator was sticking on and was coming with a run to
underneath a one-paced Stradivari and the stage was set. Destin
stuck his neck out and began to reach for the wire, but Creator
refused to go away and dropped his gray head down on the line
first. Lani, guided out into the clear down the backstretch, raced
some seven deep on the turn and looked for a few strides like
he could get the job done, but was forced to settle for third
while covering a whopping 80 feet (over nine lengths) more
than the winner, according to Trakus data.
Turning for home | Adam Coglianese
"I thought Irad gave him a perfect trip,@ said Asmussen, who
trained Horse of the Year Curlin (Smart Strike) to a narrow
defeat at the hands of the Pletcher-conditioned Rags to Riches
in this race nine years ago. AI thought he saved yards and won by
inches. He made the difference. "He saved a lot of ground going
into the first turn. Gettysburg did his job. A great call by
[WinStar CEO] Elliott [Walden] there. Forty-eight and four for a
half allowed Creator to show who he is. I thought quite a bit of
traffic around the quarter pole; Irad was beautifully patient. He
went through a lot of traffic very smooth. Very proud of Creator;
he stayed focused through the traffic and did all he could to get
up and win a great race."
It was the second Belmont victory for WinStar in the last six
years (Drosselmeyer {Distorted Humor}, 2010) and the third
winner with which Walden has been associated. He trained
Prestonwood Farm=s Victory Gallop (Cryptoclearance) to a Triple
Crown-ending defeat of Real Quiet (Quiet American) at Big
Sandy in 1998.
Creator is the second produce for his dam, a 10-time winner
and three-time champion in her native Peru. She was acquired
privately by Mt Brilliant
and made eight trips to
the post in this country
under the care of trainer
Michael Matz, finishing
runner-up in the
GIII Obeah S. in 2009 and
2010 and third in the
GI Personal Ensign S. in
2009. Morena, whose
broodmare sire Summing
eked out a neck victory in
the 1981 Belmont, is the
Morena=s Tiznow filly foaled May 5
dam of the current 2-yearmtbrilliant.com
old Pear Lemonade
(Lemon Drop Kid), a yearling colt from the final crop of the late
Street Cry (Ire) and a Tiznow filly that was foaled two days
before this year=s Derby. According to the Mt. Brilliant website,
Morena is booked backed to Uncle Mo.
Belmont S. cont. p5
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Team Exaggerator Take the Loss in Stride...
Exaggerator, who will enter stud at WinStar upon completion
of his racing career, remained in contention into the stretch
despite his four-wide trip, but once hopelessly beaten, Kent
Desormeaux wrapped up on him.
"I just know there was nothing left,@ said the jockey, a twotime Belmont winner who has also had his fair share of
heartbreak in the race. AThe horse was empty. He came off the
bridle at the four and a half
[furlong mark]. I didn't move. I
sat quiet and let him steady
there, I let him cruise. When I
picked him up at the quarter
pole to go ahead and try to win
the race, there was nothing
there. He did not quicken and
Exaggerator races outside the
eventual winner in upper stretch he has a turn of foot, and my
brother and I call it, we say
Adam Coglianese
when I turn this guy loose he
pops a wheelie he gets up so fast. And there was nothing there."
Added trainer Keith Desormeaux, AThe Triple Crown might
have caught up to him. We will have to see. When he pulled up,
he didn't look winded. I don't know. We'll have to figure it out.
Maybe he was just struggling with the surface. I was hoping to
dispel the sloppy track thing but that has to come into play as
well. I think it's mostly Belmont is a deep, sandy surface and he
might have had a little trouble with it."
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
($440,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP). O-WinStar Farm LLC & Bobby Flay;
B-Mt. Brilliant Broodmares I LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen;
J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $800,000. Lifetime Record: 10-3-4-1,
$1,568,320. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Werk Nick Rating: A.
Consigned by
GAINESWAY
2--Destin, 126, c, 3, Giant=s Causeway--Dream of Summer, by
Siberian Summer. ($400,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP). O-Twin Creeks
Racing Stables, LLC & Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; B-James
C. Weigel & Taylor Made Stallions Inc. (KY); T-Todd A.
Pletcher. $280,000.
3--Lani, 126, c, 3, Tapit--Heavenly Romance (Jpn), by Sunday
Silence. O-Koji Maeda; B-North Hills Co. Limited (KY); T-Mikio
Matsunaga. $150,000.
Margins: NO, 1HF, 2HF. Odds: 16.40, 8.40, 12.20.
Also Ran: Governor Malibu, Stradivari, Brody's Cause, Cherry
Wine, Gettysburg, Suddenbreakingnews, Trojan Nation,
Exaggerator, Seeking the Soul, Forever d'Oro.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by
Fasig-Tipton.
TDN CRITERIA
Saturday, Belmont Park
BELMONT S.-GI, $1,500,000, BEL, 6-11, 3yo, 1 1/2m, 2:28.51, ft.
1--CREATOR, 126, c, 3, by Tapit
1st Dam: Morena (Per) (Ch. 2yo Filly, Ch. Older Mare,
MGSW & G1SP-Per, GISP-US, $270,699) by Privately Held
2nd Dam: Charytin (Per), by Summing
3rd Dam: Crownit (Fr), by King of Macedon (Ire)
The races covered in the TDN are as follows:
• Stakes: purses of $50,000/up
• Allowance Races: purses of $20,000/up
• Optional Claiming Races: purses of $20,000/up
• Maiden Special Weight Races: purses of $18,000/up
• Maiden Claiming Races: purses of $18,000/up & a minimum
claiming price of $40,000
FASTER.
FROSTED.
The brilliant Frosted wins the
fastest-ever G1 Met Mile
by a remarkable fourteenand-a-quarter lengths.
Faster than greats like Native Dancer, Buckpasser, Gallant Man,
Tom Fool, Fappiano, Holy Bull and Ghostzapper.
FROSTED A future Darley stallion
Tapit – Fast Cookie (Deputy Minister)
859-255-8537 www.darleyamerica.com
Darley
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WITH CREATOR, WINSTAR MADE ALL THE
RIGHT MOVES by Bill Finley
Yes, Creator (Tapit) deserves a lot of credit for winning
Saturday=s GI Belmont S. He=s the one who ran around the
racetrack and outgamed Destin (Giant=s Causeway) to win by a
hair. But he doesn=t get all
the credit. His owners,
WinStar Farm and Bobby
Flay, pushed every right
button leading into this
race and had they not,
sorry, Creator wouldn=t
have won. The horse won
by a mere nose, a few
Creator | Horsephotos
inches that separated
winning and losing, and the humans behind him made that nose
happen.
Exaggerator (Curlin) seemed to be considerably better than
everyone else in the field, but if he floundered, this looked like a
race that anyone could win. Contenders two through 12 were
that evenly matched. What they needed was an edge.
And WinStar found not one , but two.
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Ricardo Santana, Jr. had ridden Creator in his last four starts,
including a win in the GI Arkansas Derby and a 13th-place finish
in the GI Kentucky Derby. Santana is a good jockey, but just a
good jockey. He=s also someone who doesn=t know his way
around the trickiest racetrack in the country, Belmont Park.
Santana had just eight prior mounts at Belmont and had never
won a race there. On this expansive track with its sweeping
turns and long stretch, out-of-town jockeys need a road map to
find their way around.
Loyalty may be one thing, but why compromise your chances
in a Triple Crown race? WinStar told Santana he=d have to sit
this one out and chose the brilliant young New York rider Irad
Ortiz, Jr. He=s won 374 races at Belmont, as well as two riding
titles at the Elmont, New York oval.
AI thought Irad gave him a perfect trip,@ trainer Steve
Asmussen said. AI thought he saved yards and won by inches. He
made the difference.@
Their next move was to take Gettysburg (Pioneerof the Nile)
away from Todd Pletcher, turn him over to Steve Asmussen and
enter him as a rabbit. That was no slight on Pletcher, but he had
speed horses of his own in the race and it wouldn=t have sat well
with his owners had he run a horse that likely would have
compromised their chances. Cont. p7
TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 16 • THETDN.COM
Gettysburg did his job, keeping Pletcher=s Destin off the lead.
Had Gettysburg not been in the race, Destin would have been
loose on the lead, a much more dangerous trip than the one he
ended up sitting.
In a race that was this close, would Creator have won if ridden
by Ricardo Santana, Jr. and would he have won if he didn=t get
an assist from Gettysburg? I don=t think so.
This race has been good to WinStar. The operation has won it
now twice after Drosselmeyer (Distorted Humor) landed the
2010 edition. In Creator, WinStar now has a son of Tapit who is a
Classic winner and a two-time Grade I winner. The grey colt
looks like a very promising stallion.
As for the rest of the field, the guess is that Exaggerator finally
ran out of gas. He was a bit wide on both turns, but that=s not
why he finished 11th. American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile)
made us forget just how hard the Triple Crown grind is. It got to
Exaggerator.
That wasn=t the case with Lani (Tapit), who was third. Ninth in
the Kentucky Derby, fifth in the GI Preakness, third in the
Belmont...his connections must be wishing this were the
Quadruple Crown.
Though there were three different winners of the 2016 Triple
Crown races, one stands above the rest. Nyquist (Uncle Mo)
won the most important race of the three, the Kentucky Derby,
and might well have won the Preakness had he had a better
ride. A minor problem kept him out of the Belmont, but he will
be back. The only thing that changed for him in the Triple Crown
is that he no longer looks invincible.
It will be fun to see the three Classic winners meet again,
hopefully, in the same races. This is no time to duck anyone, it=s
a time to give the fans a treat in the GI Betfair.com Haskell
Invitational S., the GI Travers S., the GI Breeders= Cup Classic,
which is shaping up as one of the best races ever run.
I=m staying on the Nyquist bandwagon, but I respect Creator.
He=s a good horse getting better and there may be no smarter
team in the sport than WinStar and Steve Asmussen. This
Belmont victory belonged to them.
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Metropolitan H.
Saturday, Belmont Park
MOHEGAN SUN METROPOLITAN H.-GI, $1,250,000, BEL, 6-11,
3yo/up, 1m, 1:32.73 (NSR), ft.
1--FROSTED, 120, c, 4, by Tapit
1st Dam: Fast Cookie (GSW, $557,480), by Deputy Minister
2nd Dam: Fleet Lady, by Avenue of Flags
3rd Dam: Dear Mimi, by Roberto
O-Godolphin, LLC; B-Darley (KY); T-Kiaran P. McLaughlin; J-Joel
Rosario. $670,000. Lifetime Record: 16-5-6-1, $3,182,800.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick
Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*.
2--Anchor Down, 116, r, 5, Tapit--Successful Outlook, by
Orientate. ($250,000 Ylg '12 KEESEP). O-Alto Racing, LLC;
B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd. (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.
$230,000.
Bred & Consigned by
GAINESWAY
3--Upstart, 117, r, 4, Flatter--Party Silks, by Touch Gold.
($130,000 Ylg '13 SARAUG). O-Ralph M. Evans & WinStar Farm
LLC; B-Gerald A. Nielsen (NY); T-Richard A. Violette, Jr..
$125,000.
Sold by Summerfield Sales
½ brother sells with Summerfield at FTNAUG
NY-BRED OWNER AWARD: $12,500 nybreds.com
Margins: 14 1/4, 1, 1. Odds: 2.35, 12.40, 9.40.
Also Ran: Marking, Ami's Flatter, Noble Bird, Blofeld, Stanford,
Tamarkuz, Calculator. Scratched: El Kabeir, Sloane Avenue,
Donworth.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by
Fasig-Tipton. Cont. p8
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Metropolitan H. cont.
The 2015 GI Wood Memorial winner, Frosted was fourth to
American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) in the GI Kentucky Derby
and in the GI Belmont S. on this program, then returned from a
brief freshening to finish runner-up to Texas Red (Afleet Alex) in
the GII Jim Dandy S. in August. Third behind upset-minded Keen
Ice (Curlin) in the GI Travers S. after unusually prompting the
pace, the homebred was at his best when taking the GII
Pennsylvania Derby by two lengths Sept. 19, but he beat just
one home in American Pharoah=s GI Breeders= Cup Classic and
called it a season.
Sent to Dubai over this past winter, Frosted dismantled the
field by five lengths in Round II of the G2 Al Maktoum Challenge
Feb. 4, skipped the final round on Super Saturday Mar. 5 and
could do no better than a one-paced fifth behind California
Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) in the G1 Dubai World Cup when last seen
Mar. 26.
Anchor Down sped across from his high draw to set the early
pace in the Met, but Noble Bird (Birdstone) mustered at the rail
to join the fray as the opening quarter-mile was up in a relatively
sedate :22.78. Frosted was kept inside by Joel Rosario and they
settled in fifth or sixth spot on the backstretch. Asked for a bit of
run on the turn, Frosted began to improve his position as he slid
up underneath GII Charles Town Classic winner Stanford (Malibu
Moon) and by the time
the field had reached
the quarter-pole, the
gray was hard held
behind the leading trio
just awaiting further
direction. Angled into
the four path leaving
the five-sixteenths
marker, Frosted
Adam Coglianese
quickly claimed the
scalp of Anchor Down to his outside and once Rosario took his
foot off the brakes, the colt responded, immediately opening up
a massive advantage in one of the true jaw-dropping
performances of the season. The final time of 1:32.73 eclipsed
the previous stakes record of 1:32.80 set by Honour and Glory
(Relaunch) in 1996 and was within 0.49 of the track record set
by Najran (Runaway Groom). With the win, Frosted earns a spot
in the field for the
GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile, though trainer Kiaran McLaughlin
may have other ideas in mind.
"We'll worry about that later,@ he commented. AIt might be the
Classic instead of the Mile. We'll wait and see. He is very
talented and it was a great win for the entire team."
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
He added, "It was unbelievable. It was a wild, wild race. He has
been doing great all the time and you say that every time that
they are doing great, but for him to beat that great of horses like
that is pretty incredible.@
The winner=s dam was acquired by Darley with its purchase of
the vast majority of the Thoroughbred holdings of Robert and
Janice McNair=s Stonerside Stable in October 2008. Fast Cookie,
a half-sister to 2008 Eclipse Award-winning juvenile Midshipman
(Unbridled=s Song), was a talented and versatile racemare in her
own right, with a victory in the GII Cotillion H. and multiple
stakes placings on the turf, including a third in the
GIII Eatontown H. Frosted is kin to the 3-year-old filly Indulgent
(Bernardini), fourth in a May 11 Belmont maiden, and to the
latter=s unraced full-sister Apiary.
Saturday, Belmont Park
WOODFORD RESERVE MANHATTAN S.-GI, $1,000,000, BEL,
6-11, 4yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 1:58.92, fm.
1--FLINTSHIRE (GB), 122, h, 6, by Dansili (GB)
1st Dam: Dance Routine (GB) (MGSW & G1SP-Fr, $217,781),
by Sadler's Wells
2nd Dam: Apogee (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB)
3rd Dam: Bourbon Girl, by Ile de Bourbon
O/B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Javier
Castellano. $535,000. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Fr & HK, MG1SPEng, G1SP-UAE, 20-6-10-1, $8,124,910. *Full to Dance Moves
(GB), SW & GSP-Fr, $240,969. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for
the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Ironicus, 122, h, 5, Distorted Humor--Meghan's Joy, by A.P.
Indy. O/B-Stuart S. Janney, III LLC (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey
III. $185,000.
3--World Approval, 122, g, 4, Northern Afleet--Win Approval, by
With Approval. O-Live Oak Plantation; B-Live Oak Stud (FL);
T-Mark E. Casse. $100,000.
Margins: 1 3/4, HF, HF. Odds: 0.70, 6.20, 13.00.
Also Ran: Grand Tito, Divisidero, Big Blue Kitten, Triple Threat
(Fr), Slumber (GB), Oathkeeper. Scratched: Wake Forest (Ger),
Take the Stand (Arg).
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Making his first attempt for the Chad Brown barn, the globetrotting Flintshire turned in an electrifying performance on the
GI Belmont S. undercard to capture his fourth career
Grade/Group 1 success. Cont. p9
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Woodford Reserve Manhattan S. cont.
A close second in the 2014 GI Breeders= Cup Turf at Santa
Anita and winner of that year=s G1 Longines Hong Kong Vase,
Flintshire was second
in the 2015 G1 Dubai
Sheema Classic and
filled the same spot
behind the mighty
Treve (Fr) (Motivator
{GB}) in the G1 Grand
Prix de Saint-Cloud last
June before putting on
a show in Saratoga=s
GI Sword Dancer S.
Flintshire | Adam Coglianese
Following a second
straight runner-up effort in the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe,
Flintshire had to settle for second while attempting to defend
his title in the Hong Kong Vase, his final attempt for Andre
Fabre.
The Juddmonte homebred kept a close eye on the leaders
from fifth in the Manhattan as World Approval showed the way
through a half in :49.77 and six furlongs in 1:13.90. Extracted
from a somewhat tight spot between horses on the turn, he
moved to the front willingly and unleashed a jaw-dropping turn
of foot in the stretch to capture Juddmonte=s third Manhattan
trophy. Ironicus rallied along the inside to finish a good second.
According to Trakus data, Flintshire clocked his final quarter in a
blistering :21.50 over the very firm going.
"First of all, many thanks to Prince Khalid bin Abdullah, for
trusting me and my staff with such a remarkable racehorse. He
is special,@ said Brown after saddling his fourth Manhattan
winner in the last five years. AWe're just trying to get him into
our program, make sure he adapts okay and he doesn't change
for the worse, which he hasn't. He has an indescribable amount
of class. He's so intelligent. He picks things up at light speed,
oozes class and is a privilege to work with every day."
Flintsire fired a best of five-furlong move in 1:00 3/5 (1/18)
over the Belmont lawn June 4. He joined Brown=s operation back
in March.
"This race wasn't our first pick,@ Brown revealed. AHe just
dragged us to this race with his training in the morning. So sharp
work after work. I can't leave him in the barn for a million bucks
when he's just a couple of hundred yards from here."
As for what=s next Brown added, "There are no immediate
plans. Obviously, the goal is to take down that race [GI Breeders=
Cup Turf] at Santa Anita at the end of the year. How we get
there--there is more than one way to do that."
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Ogden Phipps S.
Saturday, Belmont Park
OGDEN PHIPPS S.-GI, $980,000, BEL, 6-11, 4yo/up, f/m,
1 1/16m, 1:40.14, ft.
1--CAVORTING, 117, f, 4, by Bernardini
1st Dam: Promenade Girl (GSW & MGISP, $678,990),
by Carson City
2nd Dam: Promenade Colony, by Pleasant Colony
3rd Dam: Dance Review, by Northern Dancer
>TDN Rising Star= ($360,000 Wlg '12 KEENOV). O-Stonestreet
Stables LLC; B-Swettenham Stud (KY); T-Kiaran P. McLaughlin;
J-Florent Geroux. $535,000. Lifetime Record: 12-7-1-1,
$1,663,000. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*.
2--Forever Unbridled, 121, f, 4, Unbridled's Song--Lemons
Forever, by Lemon Drop Kid. O/B-Charles E. Fipke (KY);
T-Dallas Stewart. $185,000.
Biomechanical mating recommendation by CECIL SEAMAN & CO. 859-533-5507
Training Graduate
3--Carrumba, 117, f, 4, Bernardini--Castanet, by El Prado (Ire).
O/B-Phipps Stable (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III. $100,000.
Margins: 2HF, HF, 3/4. Odds: 4.30, 3.35, 10.60.
Also Ran: Curalina, Sheer Drama, Stopchargingmaria, Desert
Valley.
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Cavorting struggled in a pair of starts over a one-turn mile
during the early portion of her career, but with maturity has
come a new-found ability to switch off and rattle home. With
the underrated Florent Geroux taking over at the controls for
the first time, the >TDN Rising Star= quickened up nicely at the
quarter pole and ran out an easy winner of the Ogden Phipps, a
AWin and You=re In@ qualifier for this year=s GI Breeders= Cup
Distaff.
Accorded her Rising Star status with a double-digit maiden
success over this track, she led home a Bernardini one-two in
the GII Adirondack S., but was well-beaten trying eight furlongs
in the GI Frizette S. to close out 2014 and in the GII Davona Dale
S. to kick off her 3-year-old season. Cut back to sprint trips
thereafter, the $360,000 Keeneland November weanling rattled
off three straight, including the GI Test S. and GII Prioress S., but
was only fourth as the lukewarm favorite in the GI Breeders=
Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. Cont. p10
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Third in the GI La Brea S. to wrap up a successful sophomore
campaign, Cavorting was runner-up to the flying
Paulassilverlining (Ghostzapper) when giving that one four
pounds in the Apr. 17 GIII Distaff H., but successfully stretched
back out to the mile last time, easily defeating Carrumba by five
lengths in the GII Ruffian S. May 14.
Cavorting was away without incident and dropped herself back
to second-last, with only the slow-starting Forever Unbridled
behind her, as 58-1 no-hoper
Desert Valley (Desert Party) led
from reigning Distaff champ
Stopchargingmaria (Tale of the
Cat), romping GI La Troienne S.
victrix Curalina (Curlin) and
MGISW Sheer Drama (Burning
Roma) stacked up to her
outside. While Forever
Cavorting | Adam Coglianese
Unbridled began to chart a
danger-filled course up the fence leaving the half-mile pole,
Geroux had Cavorting nicely covered up behind Sheer Drama,
and right about the time Joel Rosario hit traffic at the head of
the lane aboard Forever Unbridled, Cavorting was switched out
and around rivals. Showing a surprisingly quick turn of foot, the
Stonestreet runner opened daylight and the result was not in
doubt from there. Forever Unbridled, shuffled to last, did very
well to be second ahead of Phipps Racing=s Carrumba.
"Her pedigree indicated that she wanted to go further,@
explained Kiaran McLaughlin, saddling the Phipps winner for the
second straight year (Wedding Toast {Tapit}, 2015). ABeing by
Bernardini, her third start we tried the Frizette, but it was a
funny racetrack that day a little wet. One turn is great and we're
real happy to win the Phipps two years in a row."
That Cavorting has managed to achieve success over increasing
distances is not entirely surprising. Her sire was a two-time
Grade I winner over a mile and a quarter, while her dam was
scopey enough to take the GII Molly Pitcher Breeders= Cup H.
Promenade Girl was also third in this event in 2007. Originally a
$1.125 million purchase at Keeneland November later that year,
Promenade Girl was sold to C. McCormack for $335,000 in foal
to War Front at the 2012 Keeneland November sale. That foal, a
filly bred by Camas Park Stud, was a $290,000 graduate of the
2014 Keeneland September sale, while Cavorting=s close 2-yearold relation Thirstforlife (Stay Thirsty, by Bernardini) was tabbed
a >TDN Rising Star= following an impressive graduation June 4
and was third in the Kentucky Juvenile S. in two career starts.
Promenade Girl foaled a colt by The Factor in 2015 and was
most recently bred to Uncle Mo.
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Saturday, Belmont Park
ACORN S.-GI, $671,000, BEL, 6-11, 3yo, f, 1m, 1:34.97, ft.
1--&CARINA MIA, 121, f, 3, by Malibu Moon
1st Dam: Miss Simpatia (Arg), by Southern Halo
2nd Dam: Miss Peggy (Arg), by Fitzcarraldo (Arg)
3rd Dam: Miss Bimba (Arg), by Our Talisman
>TDN Rising Star= ($410,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP). O-Three
Chimneys Farm; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-William I.
Mott; J-Julien R. Leparoux. $375,000. Lifetime Record: 6-4-1-0,
$684,120. *1/2 to Miss Match (Arg), (Indygo Shiner),
G1SW-Arg, GISW-US, $621,614. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click
for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
ANOTHER GI WINNER FROM NBS
2--Off the Tracks, 121, f, 3, Curlin--Harve de Grace, by Boston
Harbor. ($50,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP). O-Newtown Anner Stud & J
Stables; B-Lee McMillin (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $130,000.
Broken & Trained at SBM Training & Sales (Susan Montanye)
Purchased by Chad Summers Bloodstock
3--Cathryn Sophia, 123, f, 3, Street Boss--Sheave, by Mineshaft.
>TDN Rising Star= ($30,000 Ylg '14 EASSEP). O-Cash is King LLC;
B-Robert T Manfuso (MD); T-John C. Servis. $70,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 1, 3 1/4. Odds: 2.05, 9.60, 0.85.
Also Ran: Go Maggie Go, Paola Queen, Forever Darling.
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Maybe being excluded from the GI Kentucky Oaks wasn=t such
a bad thing after all.
>TDN Rising Star= Carina Mia, an authoritative heroine of the
GII Eight Belles S. on the first Friday in May in Louisville, made it
two straight wins in style here after tiring to fourth while making
her sophomore debut in a salty renewal of the GI Central Bank
Ashland S. at Keeneland Apr. 9.
Sent off as the second choice in this spot as Kentucky Oaks
heroine Cathryn Sophia took the bulk of the play, Carina Mia
was well-restrained by Julien Leparoux at the rear of the pack in
sixth behind an opening quarter in :23.05 and a half-mile in
:46.17. Edging closer while still under a firm hold on the turn,
the Three Chimneys Farm colorbearer spun widest of all at the
top of the lane and easily dispatched the Oaks winner in
midstretch to register a career high under a celebratory
Leparoux. Off the Tracks rallied late to snatch second from
Cathryn Sophia. Cont. p11
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Acorn S. cont.
AWe thought there was speed in there,@ Hall of Fame trainer
Bill Mott explained. AIt actually turned out to be a little bit more
than what we thought. Certainly Cathryn Sophia, it looked like
they wanted to send her into the race a little bit.@
A jaw-dropping second-out maiden winner going
6 1/2 furlongs at Keeneland Oct. 29, the dark bay capped off her
juvenile season with a wire-to-wire tally in a sloppy renewal of
the GII Golden Rod S. beneath the Twin Spires Nov. 28. Carina
Mia spent much of her winter under quarantine at Payson Park,
and was left a bit behind the eight ball upon her aforementioned
return in Lexington.
"Her first race came off a five-month layoff and things hadn't
gone just right,@ Mott added. AShe probably needed the race to
get back in gear, I suppose. It is nice to get her a Grade I win."
Leparoux added, "I thought I was going to be behind Cathryn
Sophia and Go Maggie Go. But I saw them go away from there
so I decided to just sit off of them. I felt confident at the top of
the stretch. I came around everyone and she kicked on at the
end. She's a nice filly. We didn't get to the Oaks, but maybe it
was for the best because she won a big race today."
Carina Mia, a half-sister to GI Santa Margarita Invitational S.
heroine Miss Match (Arg) (Indygo Shiner), was produced by the
unraced Southern Halo mare Miss Simpatia (Arg). Her dam, bred
to Malibu Moon the past two seasons, has a 2-year-old
Warrior=s Reward filly named Bonita Mia.
Carina Mia | Adam Coglianese
All horses in the TDN are bred in
North America, unless otherwise indicated
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Saturday, Belmont Park
LONGINES JUST A GAME S.-GI, $700,000, BEL, 6-11, 4yo/up,
f/m, 1mT, 1:31.64, fm.
1--&CELESTINE, 121, f, 4, by Scat Daddy
1st Dam: Mona Mia, by Monarchos
2nd Dam: Hello Barbara Sue, by Dehere
3rd Dam: Barbara Sue, by Big Spruce
($100,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP; $975,000 RNA 2yo '14 OBSOPN).
O-James A. Bryan, Jr.; B-Phoenix Rising Farms (KY); T-William I.
Mott; J-Junior Alvarado. $375,000. Lifetime Record: 12-6-2-1,
$784,755. *1/2 to Haunted Heroine (Ghostzapper), MSW,
$267,150. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Werk Nick Rating: A.
½ brother sells at KeeSep with Elm Tree Farm
2--Recepta, 117, m, 5, Speightstown--Honor Bestowed, by
Honor Grades. ($410,000 Ylg '12 KEESEP). O-Phillips Racing
Partnership & Pam Gartin; B-John W. Phillips & Hank Snowden
(KY); T-James J. Toner. $130,000.
Kip Elser’s KIRKWOOD STABLES
3--Mrs McDougal, 117, f, 4, Medaglia d=Oro--Distorted Passion,
by Distorted Humor. ($450,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP). O-Mr. & Mrs.
K. Warren, Jr.; B-Aaron U. & Marie D. Jones (KY); T-Chad C.
Brown. $70,000.
Margins: 3 3/4, 1, NK. Odds: 7.50, 3.85, 3.55.
Also Ran: Lady Lara (Ire), Faufiler (Ire), Prize Exhibit (GB), Rainha
Da Bateria, Strike Charmer, La Berma (Ire), Lexie Lou, Tapitry,
Irish Rookie (Ire), My Miss Sophia.
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The in-form and consistent Celestine chased the pace and put
them away to post a stakes record and give Hall of Fame
conditioner Bill Mott a record fifth victory in the Just a Game.
Celestine began her career with trainer Bill Kaplan, and annexed
Gulfstream=s Sanibel Island S. last March off the stretch-out
from a five-furlong maiden score. She was sent to Mott after
that, and added this venue=s Wait a While S. that May and the
Wild Applause S. by a nose in June.
The dark bay turned in the worst race of her career when 10th
in the GII Mrs Revere S. at Churchill Nov. 14, but bounced back
to finish a neck second to >TDN Rising Star= and subsequent
GIII Suwanee River S. heroine Tammy the Torpedo (More Than
Ready) in Gulfstream=s Tropical Park Oaks Dec. 19. Cont. p12
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Longines Just a Game S. cont.
Third to Just a Game runner Faufiler (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in a
hot-paced first running of the Sand Springs S. there Feb. 27, she
got away with much more sensible fractions in that oval=s GII
Honey Fox S. Apr. 2 and never looked back.
Having fired three bullets on Saratoga=s Oklahoma Training
Track in preparation for
this, Celestine broke on
top but was content to
allow headstrong
longshot La Berma (Ire)
(Lawman {Fr}) show the
way through splits of
:23.36 and :46.13.
Popped the question
hitting the stretch after
six panels in 1:09.63, she
Celestine | Adam Coglianese
skipped over the surface
en route to a never-in-doubt victory.
"It was a dream trip,@ offered winning pilot Junior Alvarado.
AWith this kind of filly, she has speed and she can stalk a little
bit, too. As soon as she broke, she broke very beautifully and
after that I was just sitting on her. I waited until we turned for
home to ask her. I couldn't ask for a better trip than that. It was
like everything was just going perfect."
Mott also saddled fourth finisher Lady Lara (Ire) (Excellent Art
{GB}), and last-place My Miss Sophia (Unbridled=s Song).
"This was a very impressive performance. She's gotten better
as time has gone on,@ Mott said of the winner. AShe just drew
away from a very good field. She's pretty fast. She tracked that
filly today. She's rating well. She was very comfortable where
she was in the race. I thought my other filly, My Miss Sophia,
was in good shape and Lady Lara (in foal to Uncle Mo) was a
little wide up on the outside and was fourth where she
finished."
The Hall of Famer noted, AWe were one-hundredth of a second
slower than the course record of Elusive Quality, who I also
trained. That was a world record at the time."
Celestine=s dam is a half to GSW Buddy=s Humor (Distorted
Humor). She has a yearling half-brother by Silent Name (Jpn).
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Saturday, Belmont Park
WOODY STEPHENS S.-GII, $500,000, BEL, 6-11, 3yo, 7f, 1:21.38,
ft.
1--#@TOM'S READY, 117, c, 3, by More Than Ready
1st Dam: Goodbye Stranger, by Broad Brush
2nd Dam: Prime Investor, by Deputy Minister
3rd Dam: Starushka, by Sham
($145,000 RNA Wlg '13 KEENOV; $145,000 Ylg '14 FTSAUG).
O-G M B Racing; B-Blackstone Farm LLC (PA); T-Dallas Stewart;
J-Joel Rosario. $275,000. Lifetime Record: 11-2-4-0, $577,220.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick
Rating: A.
Kip Elser’s KIRKWOOD STABLES
2--Fish Trappe Road, 117, c, 3, Trappe Shot--Electric Shock, by
Cure the Blues. ($140,000 Ylg '14 SARAUG; $95,000 2yo '15
OBSMAR). O-Martin Racing Stable LLC; B-Rhapsody Faarm LLC
& Jon Davis (NY); T-W. Bret Calhoun. $100,000.
NY-BRED OWNER AWARD: $10,000 nybreds.com
Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm
3--Star Hill, 117, c, 3, Elusive Quality--Padmore, by French
Deputy. O/B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-George R. Arnold, II.
$60,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, HF. Odds: 7.60, 25.50, 15.70.
Also Ran: Sharp Azteca, Dig Deep, Tale of S'avall, Seymourdini,
Counterforce, Awesome Gent, Mrazek, Justin Squared, Imperial
Hint. Scratched: I Will Score.
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Tom=s Ready, making his first appearance since a well-beaten
12th-place finish in the GI Kentucky Derby, exploded on the
turnback in distance to seven furlongs here, producing a
powerful stretch rally to register a career high.
A maiden winner at third asking at Churchill at this trip last
September, Tom=s Ready hadn=t gotten his picture since, but
was runner-up in three stakes attempts--Churchill=s Street Sense
S. Nov. 1 and the GIII LeComte S. Jan. 16 and GII Louisiana Derby
Mar. 26, both at Fair Grounds, respectively.
In his first start without blinkers since last fall, he was
immediately outsprinted and trailed the field of 12 through hot
fractions of :21.77 and :44.40 while the unbeaten speedster
Justin Squared (Zensational) showed the way. Tom=s Ready
began to launch a rail rally beneath Joel Rosario on the far turn
and was angled out while pulling hard toward the grandstand in
midstretch. Cont. p13
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Woody Stephens S. cont.
He was soon steered back inward and rallied toward daylight
in between horses to win going away. Longshot Fish Trappe
Road ran a huge race to hold second after forcing the early
issue.
"That was a great ride, wasn't it?,@ trainer Dallas Stewart
commented. AThe way he rode this horse, was like an [Angel]
Cordero ride. He came running. I took a shot taking the blinkers
off because he looks
around. I took them off
for his work and he
worked good. It's like
Wayne Lukas always
taught us; don't be
afraid to take a shot.
Make a change
sometimes and see what
happens."
Tom=s Ready | Adam Coglianese
Stewart continued, "I
thought he'd be laying fourth or fifth and make that punch, but
obviously he likes this one-turn stuff, laying back and moving
strong like this. I think we'll keep him at one turn. He won't run a
lot more. He's run hard all year. I'm going to freshen him up and
point him to maybe the [GI] King's Bishop at Saratoga and then
the [GI] Breeders' Cup [Sprint at Santa Anita]."
The winner=s dam Goodbye Stranger, a maiden of three career
starts, has a 2-year-old filly by Creative Cause; a yearling filly by
Lemon Drop Kid; and foaled a filly by Gemologist earlier this
year. Blackstone Farm purchased Goodbye Stranger for $40,000
while carrying Tom=s Ready at the 2013 KEEJAN sale.
Saturday, Belmont Park
BROOKLYN INVITATIONAL S.-GII, $400,000, BEL, 6-11, 4yo/up,
1 1/2m, 2:28.40, ft.
1--SHAMAN GHOST, 119, c, 4, by Ghostzapper
1st Dam: Getback Time (MSP, $384,050), by Gilded Time
2nd Dam: Shay, by Incinderator
3rd Dam: Lookin Like a Lady, by Skywalker
O-Stronach Stables; B-Adena Springs (ON); T-James A. Jerkens;
J-Joel Rosario. $220,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 3yo Colt-Can.,
10-5-1-1, $916,811. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Registered Ontario-Bred
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
2--Turco Bravo (Chi), 117, g, 7, Caesarion (Ire)--Turkish Queen
(Chi), by Barkerville. O-Winning Move Stable; B-Haras Carioca
(Chi); T-Gary C. Contessa. $80,000.
3--Elnaawi, 115, h, 6, Street Sense--Pilfer, by Deputy Minister.
($500,000 Ylg '11 KEESEP). O-Shadwell Stable; B-Siena Farms
LLC (KY); T-Kiaran P. McLaughlin. $48,000.
Robert S. Keck Pedigree Mating Recommendation
Margins: 4 1/4, 1, HF. Odds: 3.50, 9.40, 15.90.
Also Ran: Samraat, Securitiz, Doyouknowsomething, Kid Cruz,
Neck 'n Neck, Catholic Cowboy, Waymond Boyd.
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Fasig-Tipton.
Shaman Ghost began his career with Brian Lynch, and really
came on when he took off blinkers late last winter/early spring.
He broke his maiden in his first dirt route attempt at Gulfstream
last March, and added a Keeneland allowance the following
month before taking Woodbine=s GIII Marine S. on the Polytrack
in May--two spots ahead of eventual Breeders= S. winner Danish
Dynaformer
(Dynaformer). The
homebred bested
Danish Dynaformer by
1 1/4 lengths in the
July 5 Queen=s Plate,
but missed by a neck in
the Prince of Wales S.
at Fort Erie July 28 and
was given the rest of
Shaman Ghost | Horsephotos
the season off.
Transferred to Jimmy Jerkens in the interim, Shaman Ghost ran
on for third--good for a career-best 97 Beyer Speed Figure--in a
1 1/16-mile allowance here May 21.
Away well, Shaman Ghost was guided to the rail by Joel
Rosario to take up a perfect pocket spot into the first turn. He
continued to draft along the home bend, and was tipped off the
inside to avoid the backing-up pacesetter heading for home.
Squeezing through a seam without incident at the head of the
lane, he galloped home powerfully from there for a decisive
tally. Favored Kid Cruz came under an early ride from the back
of the pack and never landed a blow.
"I thought he was the class of the race, really,@ Jerkens offered.
AOutside of Kid Cruz, I thought he was the most accomplished,
really. He ran a fast race the other day and I was just hoping he
would rate kindly.@ Cont. p14
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Brooklyn Invitational S. cont.
The winning conditioner added, AIt looked like he was going to
give [Rosario] a little trouble early, but he settled right down.
When I saw him settle right down after the first eighth of a mile,
I thought we were in business."
As for what might be next, the conditioner said, "I really don't
know [what's next]. I don't know. We might look at the handicap
races at Saratoga. Just to get this under our belt was great."
Saturday, Belmont Park
JAIPUR INVITATIONAL S.-GIII, $300,000, BEL, 6-11, 4yo/up, 6fT,
1:06.76 (NCR), fm.
1--PURE SENSATION, 120, g, 5, by Zensational
1st Dam: Pure Disco (MSW, $496,840), by Disco Rico
2nd Dam: V for Vera, by Concorde's Tune
3rd Dam: Pure Fire, by Fire Dancer
O/B-Patricia A. Generazio (FL); T-Christophe Clement; J-Jose L.
Ortiz. $165,000. Lifetime Record: 16-5-4-2, $628,415. Click for
the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: B+.
2--Disco Partner, 116, c, 4, Disco Rico--Lulu's Number, by
Numerous. O/B-Patricia A. Generazio (NY); T-James T.
Ryerson. $60,000.
NY-BRED OWNER AWARD: $12,000 nybreds.com
3--Ready for Rye, 122, g, 4, City Zip--Embroidery, by More Than
Ready. ($70,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP). O-Chalk Racing; B-Soc. Agr.
Santa Elena de Chimbarongo LTDA (KY); T-Thomas Albertrani.
$36,000.
Brookdale foaled, raised and sold
Margins: NK, 1, NO. Odds: 18.60, 16.60, 5.20.
Also Ran: A Lot, Mosler, Summation Time, Green Mask,
Commute, Hothersal, Rocket Heat, Green Gratto, Royal
Squeeze, Guns Loaded. Scratched: Take Cover.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by
Fasig-Tipton.
It was tough to have the $825 exacta in the Jaipur, but
longtime Florida-based owner/breeders Pat and Frank
Generazio had a reason to play it. Their recognizable green and
pink silks were carried by both front-running Pure Sensation and
fast-finishing Disco Partner.
The former made up for a late start to his 2015 season with a
smashing success in a Saratoga optional claimer last July, and
bested subsequent GI Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint upsetter
Mongolian Saturday (Any Given Saturday) by a nose in the GIII
Turf Monster H. at Parx Sept. 7. Well-backed in the Breeders=
Cup at 58-10, he showed speed before running into some traffic
trouble and checked in eighth.
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
The grey was bumped at the start and checked in fifth in the
Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Feb. 6.
Pure Sensation was hustled a bit from his wide draw to make
the lead surprisingly easily while the Jimmy Ryerson-trained
Disco Partner was taken a hard hold of to sit second last. Still
confidently ridden at the head of the lane, Pure Sensation stiffarmed the runners close to him and found the line just in time
to hold off the gray blur charging at him late.
"Mr. Clement did a great job with this horse. He had him 110%
ready to go today,@ said winning rider Jose Ortiz. AWhen the
gates opened he broke
good and he wanted to
go to the front. When
we got the lead and he
was going good, I
looked around and
nobody was coming
after us. I had a lot of
horse, so I let him run
and he ran great. I
want to thank Mr.
Pure Sensation | Adam Coglianese
Clement and the
owner for giving me
the opportunity to ride such a nice horse."
Both runners trace their lineage to the Generazio=s stallion
Concorde Bound, who stood for only a few years before dying in
1989, but whose influence is shown in the predominance of grey
Generazio runners. The Clement-trained GISW Discreet Marq
(Discreet Cat), who the Generazios sold to Moyglare Stud Farm
for $2.4 million at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton November Sale; as well
as her recent stakes-winning full-brother Too Discreet, are also
both grey descendants of Concorde Bound.
AWhen this horse is right, he's a top-class horse and he proved
it today,@ Clement said. AHe's not an easy horse to keep right all
the time because he's not the soundest horse. When he's
training well, he runs well."
The Frenchman continued, 'I'm just thrilled because he
belongs to Patricia Generazio. Mr. and Mrs. Generazio have
been a long-time supporter of the stable. They are great owners
and breeders and I think it was a great result for them."
Fasig-Tipton graduate Tom’s Ready (More Than Ready)
comes from the clouds to win the GII Woody Stephens S.
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Saturday, Churchill Downs
OLD FORESTER MINT JULEP H.-GIII, $100,000, CD, 6-11, 3yo/up,
f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.12, fm.
1--@CASH CONTROL, 118, m, 5, by Pioneerof the Nile
1st Dam: Hidden Assets (GSW, $298,313),
by Mt. Livermore
2nd Dam: Silken Ripples, by Roberto
3rd Dam: Minnetonka, by Chieftain
O-Richard & Bertram Klein; B-Bert, Elaine & Richard Klein (KY);
T-Brad H. Cox; J-Shaun Bridgmohan. $58,900. Lifetime Record:
15-8-2-2, $343,600. *1/2 to Due Date (El Prado {Ire}), MSW &
MGSP, $276,788; Country Day (Speightstown), MSW & MGSP,
$503,829; Good Deed (Broken Vow), MSW & GSP, $385,353;
Cash Back (Congrats), MSW, $180,105. Werk Nick Rating: A+.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Foaled & Raised at Clarkland Farm for the Klein Family
2--Sweet Acclaim (Ire), 117, m, 5, Acclamation (GB)--Wildsplash,
by Deputy Minister. (100,000gns RNA Ylg '12 TAOCT). O-Swift
Thoroughbreds Inc. & Bradley Thoroughbreds; B-Rathbarry
Stud (IRE); T-Brad H. Cox. $19,000.
3--Zipessa, 115, f, 4, City Zip--Precious Princess, by Horse
Chestnut (SAf). ($30,000 Wlg '12 KEENOV; $67,000 Ylg '13
FTKOCT). O-Empyrean Stables; B-G. Watts Humphrey Jr. &
Sally S. Humphrey (KY); T-Michael Stidham. $9,500.
Broken and Trained by Randy Bradshaw
LANE’S END Sales Graduate
Margins: HD, 2 1/4, 3 1/4. Odds: 2.40, 1.90, 5.20.
Also Ran: Josdesanimaux, Personal Diary, Flying Tipat, Southern
Gem, Sistas Stroll, Kiss Moon, Mizz Money.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by
Fasig-Tipton.
Sent off as the slight second choice behind stablemate Sweet
Acclaim, Cash Control tracked from fourth through early splits of
:23.57 and :46.92 with her favored stablemate close behind.
Slipping up the rail to take control at the top of the stretch, the
bay kept on finding in the lane to hold off her determined
barnmate in a tight photo finish.
Cash Control closed out her 2015 campaign with a three-race
win streak that included the Tiffany Lass S. at the Fair Grounds
Dec. 19. Fourth in Oaklawn=s Pippin S. Jan. 17, she beat out the
reopposing Mizz Money (Mizzen Mast) by a head next out when
returned to New Orleans for the Daisy Devine S. Feb. 20.
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
That one turned the tables on her next out with a nose victory
in the New Orleans Ladies S. Mar. 26. The 5-year-old was last
seen finishing third behind Royal Ascot-bound champion Tepin
(Bernstein) in the GII Churchill Distaff Turf Mile May 7.
Out of GSW Hidden Assets, Cash Control is a half-sister to
black-type winners Country Day (Speightstown), Good Deed
(Broken Vow), Due Date (El Prado {Ire}) and Cash Bacl
(Congrats). Hidden Assets has a 2-year-old filly named Cash In
(Tapit) and a yearling colt named Cash Reward (Broken Vow).
She produced a filly by the late Proud Citizen May 2.
SUMMERTIME OAKS NEXT FOR SONGBIRD
Originally scheduled to breeze Sunday, undefeated champion
and >TDN Rising Star= Songbird (Medaglia d=Oro) was out one
day earlier to breeze seven furlongs in 1:25.80 under the
watchful eye of trainer
Jerry Hollendorfer. The
Fox Hill Farms
colorbearer, who took
her record to a perfect
seven-for-seven in the
GI Santa Anita Oaks
Apr. 9, was forced to
miss the GI Kentucky
Oaks after spiking a
Songbird | Horsephotos
fever. Following
Saturday=s work, Hollendorfer confirmed the dark bay for the
GII Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita June 18.
AShe went the last eighth in spectacular fashion, :12 seconds
flat,@ Hollendorfer said. AShe=s ready. I changed my mind [on the
work day]. I decided at the last minute.@
Working in the company of stablemates The Gomper (Sky
Mesa) and Little Curlin (Curlin), Songbird went in fractions of
:25.40, :37.40, :49 and 1:13 with a one-mile gallop-out time of
1:39.
AJerry called me first thing this morning after planning a very
early work for Songbird,@ owner Rick Porter said on his Facebook
page. AEveryone was expecting her to work tomorrow so Jerry
wanted to go this morning when he sent two of his nice horses
out right in front of Songbird.
He added, AIt was about five lengths when they all broke. She
went behind them at her own pace and then, as planned,
started running at the quarter pole and split them as nice as
could please and went the last eighth in a gallop out in :12 flat.
The clocker told Jerry he got her in 1:24 flat even though they
published 1:25 4/5ths. It is nice to confirm she can rate. Great
work and looking forward to the race next Saturday.@
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North American News cont.
NEW FEATURES ON OBS VIDEO PREVIEWS
The under-tack videos for next week=s OBS June Sale will
include new features to enhance viewing. Individual videos can
still be accessed via the sortable index here, but the continuous
session videos (click here) now feature resolution selection up to
1080p and selectable slow- and fast-motion capability. Controls
for resolution and speed are located at the bottom right of the
video screen. The June Sale begins Tuesday, June 14, at 10:30
a.m. ET.
It=s a new tourist-friendly era at Kentucky=s famed horse farms
Racing=s American Horse of the Year in 2014, the horse with a
half-dozen Facebook pages, stood politely as three dozen fans
petted, hugged and kissed him. I took my turn, not quite
believing I was actually allowed to touch the famous California
Chrome. Penny Loeb, The Washington Post
Belmont Bash--How to Party With Horse Racing Royalty Loren
Hebel-Osborne found herself followed by television cameras,
and says it was a little unsettling. AIt was a little weird to be
honest, but I understood all the excitement,@ she says. Michael
Patrick Shiels, Forbes
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
REGIONAL REPORT
Saturday’s Results:
EASY GOER S., $144,000, BEL, 6-11, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:40.18, ft.
1--#ECONOMIC MODEL, 117, c, 3, by Flatter
1st Dam: Queen of America, by Quiet American
2nd Dam: Our Dear Ruth, by Baldski
3rd Dam: Nany's Appeal, by Valid Appeal
($150,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc. &
William H. Lawrence; B-Claiborne Farm (KY); T-Chad C. Brown;
J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $87,000. Lifetime Record: GSP, 5-3-1-0,
$224,400. *1/2 to Jimmy Sims (Lost Soldier), MSW & GSP,
$635,616; and Well Monied (Maria’s Mon), GSW & MGISP,
$393,729.
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
$150,000 KEESEP yearling secured a spot tracking the pace as a
trio of rivals--including 4-5 favorite Cupid (Tapit)--sparred
through a half-mile in :46.05. Searching for a seam turning for
home, he split horses as GII Rebel S. winner Cupid faltered, dove
to the rail and strode clear to score by a comfortable margin
over Race Me Home. Cupid faded to finish fifth. “We’ve always
liked this horse a lot,” said winning trainer Chad Brown. “His
race at Tampa was just so disappointing, but it is becoming clear
now it was just the track over there. I’ve never lost confidence in
this horse stretching out as well. He’s always acted like a horse
who wants to run further. We’ll stretch out from here. I will talk
to the owners about it, but I would say the [GII] Jim Dandy [at
Saratoga July 30] or [GI Betfair.com] Haskell [Invitational at
Monmouth Park July 31] are likely.” Queen of America foaled a
colt by Orb in 2015. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
de Meric Stables Graduate
2--Race Me Home (Ire), 115, c, 3, Oasis Dream (GB)--Society
Selection, by Coronado's Quest. ($185,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP).
O-Albaugh Family Stable; B-Society Selection Syndicate (IRE);
T-Dale L. Romans. $30,000.
Barry Berkelhammer 352•804•3000
3--Rally Cry, 117, c, 3, Uncle Mo--Alienated, by Gone West.
($160,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; $250,000 2yo '15 BARMAR). O-Paul
P. Pompa, Jr.; B-White Fox Farm (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.
$15,000.
Margins: 1HF, 3/4, 7 3/4. Odds: 4.00, 14.70, 2.10.
Also Ran: Hit It Once More, Cupid.
Economic Model reaffirmed his affinity for New York
racetracks with a score in the Easy Goer S. to begin Belmont day.
A first-out winner at the Spa last August, the bay was given a
rest for the
remainder of 2015
and returned to
finish second behind
Awesome Banner
(Awesome of Course)
in Gulfstream's
GII Swale S. June 30.
A non-factor ninth in
his first try around
Economic Model | Nikki Sherman
two turns in the
GII Tampa Bay Derby Mar. 12, he recently regained winning
form with a comfortable four-length tally going a mile in the slop
in Elmont May 4. Sent postward as the third choice here, the
12th-BEL, $96,000, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 6-11,
3yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:47.34, fm.
FUNDAMENTAL (c, 4, Arch--Halo's Verse, by Unbridled's Song),
runner-up in the GII Commonwealth Derby last term, missed by
a neck in the state-bred Turf Classic at Tampa Apr. 9 and
completed the exacta again last time going 10 furlongs over this
course May 12. Favored at 2-1 to go one better here, the gray
tracked from a two-wide third as loose-on-the-lead longshot
Made in Detroit (Arch) carved out opening splits of :24.63 and
:48.86. The 4-year-old ranged up on the outside of the top two
in the lane and began to edge clear in the final furlong, but
stablemate Inordinate (Harlan’s Holiday) was just finding his
best stride and snuck past on his outside to win by a nose. After
a steward’s inquiry and an objection from the jockey of fourthplace finisher Roman Approval (Roman Ruler), Inordinate was
disqualified and placed fifth for interfering with that rival in late
stretch and Fundamental was promoted to first. Made in
Detroit, who finished a half-length behind him, was moved up to
second. Fundamental hails from the family of champion Ashado
(Saint Ballado). He has a 3-year-old half-sister by Stormy Atlantic
and a 2-year-old half-sister named Inflexibility (Scat Daddy). His
dam also produced a colt by Elusive Quality earlier this year.
Sales history: $225,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP. Lifetime Record:
11-3-3-1, $297,810. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Klaravich Stables, Inc. & William Lawrence; B-Glen Hill Farm
(FL); T-Chad C. Brown.
de Meric Stables Graduate
Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency
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13th-BEL, $96,000, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 6-11,
3yo/up, 7f, 1:21.65, ft.
DANNIE’S DECEIVER (c, 4, Quality Road--Deceive, by Tiznow),
who broke his maiden by a dominant six lengths in the slop here
last October, was off the board in his first two starts of the
season over the Aqueduct inner Feb. 20 and Mar. 6,
respectively. Making his second visit to the winner’s circle next
out sprinting over the Aqueduct main Apr. 9, the bay completed
the exacta behind the popular Juba (Tapit) last time over this
track and trip May 5. Saving ground in sixth off an opening
quarter in :22.49, the 6-1 shot slipped off the fence and began
to creep up a bit through a half in :45.53. Confidently ridden by
GI Belmont S.-winning pilot Irad Ortiz, Jr., who also won race 12,
Dannie’s Deceiver unleashed a powerful five-wide rally in the
lane and hit the front in the final strides to win by 3/4 of a
length over Amoral (Scat Daddy). The winner hails from the
family of champions Inside Information (Private Account) and
Smuggler (Unbridled), as well as MGSW millionaire and sire
Gone Astray (Dixie Union). Dannie’s Deceiver is the first foal out
of Deceive, who also has a 2-year-old filly named Trappiza
(Trappe Shot) and a yearling filly by Union Rags. She was bred
back to Lookin at Lucky. Sales history: $17,000 RNA Wlg '12
KEENOV; $140,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 10-3-2-0,
$203,478. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Z R J Stables; B-Lakland LLC (KY); T-David Cannizzo.
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
INSIGHTS
on the American racing scene
2nd-BEL, $75K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 2:01 p.m. ET
Trainer Todd Pletcher, who swept the 2-year-old stakes earlier
this weekend, sends out a pair of expensive first timers as a
coupled entry for St Elias Stable in this test. TERESA Z (Smart
Strike), a $635,000 KEESEP purchase, is out of SW With Flying
Colors (A.P. Indy), who is a daughter of MGISW millionaire My
Flag (Easy Goer) and a half-sister to champion Storm Flag Flying
(Storm Cat). This is also the deep Phipps-bred family of
champion Personal Ensign (Private Account), and GISWs Miner’s
Mark (Mr. Prospector), Traditionally (Mr. Prospector) and Mr
Speaker (Pulpit). She will be joined in the starting gate by
stablemate Sweet Loretta (Tapit), who extended these
connections to $750,000 at the 2014 Keeneland November sale.
Her SP dam is a half-sister to Canadian champion and GISW
Spring in the Air (Spring At Last). Making her second start for
Robert LaPenta and the Rodriguez brothers is $500,000 FasigTipton July yearling So Fancy (Tapit), who checked in third on
debut at Aqueduct Apr. 20. The chestnut is out of a stakeswinning daughter of GISW Mayo on the Side (French Deputy).
TJCIS PPs. --Christie DeBernardis
L}KLAND FARM Graduate
2nd-BEL, $90,000, Alw, 6-11, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, 1 1/16m,
1:40.88, ft.
CONNECT (c, 3, Curlin--Bullville Belle, by Holy Bull) was bet
down to a nickel under 3-1 in his Dec. 5 debut at Aqueduct and
ran well to be third despite a wide trip behind now SP Condo
King (Tiz Wonderful) subsequent MSW King Kranz (Munnings).
Catching a muddy track in his May 7 return, the $150,000 FasigTipton yearling grad dominated by four lengths in a field that
included the impressive winner of Friday’s opener, Bombs Away
(Smart Strike). Off as the even-money choice here, the dark bay
came away well and stalked leader Wake Up in Malibu (Malibu
Moon) from a close second while hard held through splits of
:23.44 and :46.10. Drawing on even terms at the three-eighths
marker, Connect took over in hand at the top of the stretch and
drew away under mild urging to score by 3 3/4 lengths over the
pacesetter. The winner is a half to Tani Maru (Cherokee Run),
MSW, $223,515; and his dam is a half to GSW and sire Native
Regent (Vice Regent). Bullville Belle is also responsible for a
juvenile colt by Tizway and produced a colt by Uncle Mo earlier
this year. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $105,000. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Paul P. Pompa, Jr.; B-Fox Straus KY (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.
XIB Xavier Int’l Bloodstock Yearling Purchase XIB
Saturday’s Results:
OBEAH H., $100,000, DEL, 6-11, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m, 1:53.20, ft.
1--I'M A CHATTERBOX, 118, f, 4, Munnings--Chit Chatter (MSP,
$120,945), by Lost Soldier. ($30,000 RNA Ylg '13 KEESEP).
O/B-Fletcher & Carolyn Gray (KY); T-J. Larry Jones; J-Gabriel
Saez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 13-6-3-2, $1,384,614.
2--Genre, 120, f, 4, Bernardini--French Park, by Ecton Park.
($200,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP). O-Cheyenne Stables LLC; B-William
E. Graves & Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd. (KY); T-Todd A.
Pletcher. $20,000.
Consigned by
GAINESWAY
Broken and Trained by Randy Bradshaw
3--Savings Account, 120, m, 5, Medaglia d'Oro--Wild Hoots, by
Unbridled's Song. ($310,000 Ylg '12 KEESEP). O-Heider Family
Stables LLC & Craig Bernick; B-Dell Ridge Farm, LLC (KY);
T-Thomas F. Proctor. $11,000.
Purchased by Donato Lanni/Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock
LANE’S END Sales Graduate
Margins: 8HF, 3, 5. Odds: 0.30, 9.50, 7.30.
Also Ran: Calamity Kate, Royal Jewely. Write Out p3
TDN REGIONAL REPORT • PAGE 3 OF 12 • THETDN.COM
Obeah S. cont.
I’m a Chatterbox got back on track Saturday with a much-thebest win in this local prep for the GI Delaware H. July 16. The
chestnut burst onto the scene as a 3-year-old in 2015, sweeping
the triad of winter stakes at the Fair Grounds en-route to a
third-place finish behind stablemate Lovely Maria
(Majesticperfection) in the GI Kentucky Oaks. She was
subsequently placed second after crossing the wire in front in
the GI CCA Oaks at Saratoga July 26 and was runner-up again in
the GI Alabama S. Aug. 22. The Eclipse finalist finally earned
Grade I honors in the Cotillion S. at Parx Sept. 19, but
subsequently closed out the year with a dull eighth-place run in
the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff Oct. 30. The homebred was given
some time off over the winter and returned to action with a
runner-up finish as the heavy favorite in Keeneland’s
GIII Doubledogdare S. Apr. 22. Tabbed as the heavy choice once
again in this spot, I’m a Chatterbox was shuffled back a bit going
into the first turn and put in tight quarters cornering into the
backstretch. Sent up between horses through a half-mile in
:48.98, the Larry Jones pupil set sail for the front with a
sweeping three wide move on the far turn and coasted home
well in front. The winner’s dam is also responsible for the
unraced juvenile colt Zinger (The Factor) and an unnamed
yearling filly by Flat Out. Click for the Equibase.com chart or
VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
NEW START S., $102,000, PEN, 6-11, (S), 3yo, f, 6f, 1:10.12, ft.
1--BEHRNIK'S BANK, 120, f, 3, by Bank Heist
1st Dam: Behrnik (SP, $385,513), by Chimes Band
2nd Dam: Lady Mondegreen, by Personal Flag
3rd Dam: Lightning Bug, by Cornish Prince
O-Peter Kazamias; B-Kaz Hill Farm (PA); T-Enrique Arroyo;
J-John Bisono. $60,000. Lifetime Record: MSW, 5-3-1-0,
$155,980.
2--Authoritative, 120, f, 3, Pollard's Vision--Catsuit, by Sir Cat.
O/B-SMD Ltd. (PA); T-John C. Servis. $20,000.
3--Its a Journey, 120, f, 3, Jump Start--Lovely Senorita, by Not
For Love. ($28,000 RNA Ylg '14 EASSEP; $105,000 2yo '15
EASMAY). O-Maggi Moss; B-Robert A. Szeyller (PA); T-Jamie
Ness. $11,000.
Margins: 1, 3, HF. Odds: 0.80, 3.50, 5.20.
Also Ran: Trace of Grace, A P Majetstic, Wilma Lynn, Imply,
White as Cotton, Monba Girl. Scratched: Disco Rose, Sweet
Maggie Mae.
Behrnik’s Bank won her first two starts over the local strip by a
combined 31 1/2 lengths, including a 13-length romp in the
restricted Blue Mountain Juvenile Fillies S. Nov. 25. Owner Peter
Kazamias assumed training duties following that effort and the
dark bay lost a narrow decision to Frosty Margarita (Frost Giant)
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
as the heavy favorite in Aqueduct’s six-furlong New York Stallion
Series S. Dec. 20. Given some time off following that effort, she
returned to action with a dull sixth-place finish in another
installment of the New York Stallion Series in Ozone Park
Apr. 23. Hammered down to heavy favoritism while making her
first start for trainer Enrique Arroyo here, the homebred broke
sharply and set the pace through a quarter-mile in :22.16.
Behrnik’s Bank was confronted by Wilma Lynn (Talent Search) to
her outside entering the stretch, but turned back that rival and
held safe a late bid from Authoritative to prevail. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
10th-PRX, $64,740, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 6-11, 3yo,
1m, 1:39.08, ft.
SOMEDAY JONES (c, 3, Smarty Jones--Last Toots {SP,
$164,305}, by Concern) broke his maiden on debut here Feb. 27
and dominated state-bred allowance foes Mar. 30 at Penn
National. Running second before being disqualified from place
money stretching out here Apr. 16, he came into this off a
distant second at 2-5 in the slop May 22. Tabbed as the 8-5
favorite while adding Lasix, the dark bay broke on top before
settling in fifth on the first turn. Hard held on the backstretch
run, he split horses at the half-mile pole and quickly set upon
the leaders, kicked clear into the stretch and rolled home by
3 3/4 lengths. The winner has a 2-year-old full brother named
Papa Jones and his dam produced another Smarty Jones colt this
term. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $119,100. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Main Line Racing Stable, & Alexandria Stable; B-Patricia L.
Chapman (PA); T-John C. Servis.
3rd-MTH, $38,800, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000), 6-11,
3yo/up, 5 1/2fT, 1:02.43, fm.
TWIZZLE (g, 4, Speightstown--Say It With Feelin, by Deputy
Minister) ran a distant second behind a return winner in his
February 2015 debut sprinting on the Gulfstream lawn for
trainer Todd Pletcher, and returned for this new barn after a
year and 10 days on the bench to break his maiden in frontrunning fashion there Feb. 11. Hammered down to 4-5 here, the
chestnut broke sharply, was hustled to make a clear lead
heading into the turn and remained well in front throughout,
romping by 3 3/4 lengths over stablemate All About Diva (Lion
Tamer). The winner’s dam is out of GISW Hookedonthefeelin
(Citidancer), and is a half to MGISW Pussycat Doll (Real Quiet)
and GISW Jimmy Creed (Distorted Humor). She most recently
produced a yearling filly by Blame. Sales history: $235,000 Ylg
'13 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $52,400. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Monster Racing Stables; B-Blue Heaven Farm, LLC (KY);
T-Jorge Navarro.
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8th-MTH, $38,620, Alw (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($30,000), 6-11,
3yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:47.95, fm.
INFINITE WISDOM (g, 5, Smart Strike--Meridiana {Ger} {G1SWIty, MGSW-US, MSW-Ger, $556,795}, by Lomitas {GB}), only off
the board once in his previous eight starts, graduated going 1
1/16 miles over the Belmont lawn last October. Third and
second in a pair of Hallandale grass allowances Dec. 16 and
Feb. 7 respectively, the chestnut was back on top in a Big Sandy
contest in similar conditions May 8. Pounded down to 80 cents
on the dollar to make it back-to-back wins, the 5-year-old took
charge as soon as the gates opened and strolled through splits
of :24.46 and :49.20. He rolled into the home straight with a full
head of steam and proved not for catching, winning by
1 3/4 lengths. Indebted (Malibu Moon) was a head in front of
Weekend Express (Any Given Saturday) for place honors. The
winner is a half to Center Divider (Giant=s Causeway), GISP,
$341,446; Chamois (Smart Strike), MSW & GSP, $305,485; and
Pine Needles (Giant=s Causeway), GSP, $136,780. Sales history:
$300,000 Ylg '12 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 9-3-3-2, $167,577.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FasigTipton.
O-Amerman Racing LLC; B-Jon & Sarah Kelly (KY); T-Brian Lynch.
3rd-PRX, $66,500, Msw, 6-11, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, :53.95, ft.
+EASY MONEY (f, 2, Into Mischief--Roman Bluff, by Roman
Ruler) posted a series of solid works at his Monmouth base,
including a four-furlong move in :48 4/5 (10/56) June 4, and was
the 2-1 second choice in this career bow. Vying for the lead
through a through a :22 4/5 first quarter, the blaze-faced bay
shook free in upper stretch and held on to score by threequarters of a length over the rapidly closing Pistol Andie (Lite the
Fuse). Sales history: $15,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEEJAN; $13,500 Ylg
'15 BARJAN; $7,500 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0,
$42,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored
by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Two W Stable; B-Blackstone Farm LLC (PA); T-Anthony R.
Margotta, Jr.
Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm
8th-PRX, $54,200, Msw, 6-11, 3yo/up, f/m, 5fT, :58.53, gd.
GLAD YOUR BACK (f, 3, Speightstown--Welcome Home {SW,
$161,114}, by Dixieland Band) showed speed before finishing
seventh in her debut over the Laurel dirt Nov. 27 and came back
off a five-plus month layoff to run fourth switching to turf there
Apr. 29. Coming into this off a head second on the Pimlico lawn
May 30. The 4-5 chalk broke sharply, was sent out to duel for
early command and led through a :22.67 quarter before edging
clear on the turn en-route to a 2 1/2-length success. The winner
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
is a half to Sounds of the City (Street Cry {Ire}), MSP, $293,399.
His dam has a 2-year-old colt by Tiznow named Tiz My Home as
well as a yearling Tiznow filly. Sales History: $80,000 RNA Ylg '14
KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, $40,800. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Colts Neck Stables LLC (KY); T-Alan E. Goldberg.
Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm
1st-PRX, $51,000, Msw, 6-11, 2yo, 4 1/2f, :52.61, ft.
+DEREK'S SMILE (c, 2, Brother Derek--A Wink and a Smile, by
Mr. Greeley) had been working steadily at Monmouth and most
recently recorded a solid half-mile breeze from the gate June 3
in :48 4/5. Dismissed as the second longest choice at 11-1, the
dark bay broke sharply, quickly made the lead in hand, opening
up past a quarter in :22.89 and was never threatened in the
stretch, notching a 2 1/4-length victory. The winner=s dam has a
yearling colt by Stephen Got Even and foaled a filly by Yes It=s
True earlier this term. Sales history: $20,000 RNA Ylg '15
KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $30,000. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-George E. Hall; B-K & G Stables (KY); T-Kelly J. Breen.
Saturday=s Results:
CHRISTMAS PAST S., $75,000, GP, 6-11, (NW1SL), 3yo, f, 1
1/16mT, 1:42.10, gd.
1--#SHARP KITTY, 117, f, 3, by Kitten=s Joy
1st Dam: Miss Luann (SP), by Unbridled's Song
2nd Dam: Sharp Eyes, by Storm Cat
3rd Dam: Gaelic Bird (Fr), by Gay Mecene
($340,000 Ylg '14 FTSAUG). O-Hardacre Farm LLC; B-Blue Devil
Racing, LLC (KY); T-Amy Tarrant; J-Matthew Rispoli. $43,710.
Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-1, $71,310.
2--Temple Fur, 118, f, 3, Temple City--Fashion Fur, by Mr.
Greeley. ($5,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP; $13,000 RNA 2yo '15
OBSAPR). O-Stirrup Trouble LLC; B-Reiley McDonald (KY);
T-Jessica J. Campitelli. $14,100.
3--Bonita, 116, f, 3, Bluegrass Cat--Broad Picture, by Broad
Brush. ($5,000 Ylg '14 OBSAUG; $25,000 2yo '15 OBSAPR).
O-Mario Silva; B-Arindel Farm (FL); T-Chad J. Stewart. $7,050.
Sold by Summerfield Sales
Margins: 3 1/4, 2 1/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 1.80, 2.90, 3.20.
Also Ran: Cali Cat, She Takes Heart, Virgen Morena,
Shesthewinner, Melody Croon, Double Entendre, Tizjet, Nasha
Nadezhda.
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Christmas Past S. cont.
Sharp Kitty has demonstrated steady improvement, and
earned the first stakes victory of her career Saturday afternoon.
Seventh on debut going 7 1/2 furlongs here Jan. 31, the bay ran
third and fourth in a pair of local maiden heats Feb. 21 and
Mar. 27, respectively. She graduated going 7 1/2 furlongs here
May 15 and was tabbed as the favorite for this initial try against
winners. Riding the rail around the opening bend, the
sophomore made an early move into contention through a
quarter-mile in :22.92 and raced in third through a half in :47.50.
Sharp Kitty punched through along the rail to seize control on
the final turn and held on firmly in the stretch to notch the
victory. The winner’s dam produced a filly by Kitten’s Joy in 2015
and a filly by Giant’s Causeway earlier this year. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
2nd-GP, $36,000, Msw, 6-11, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.86, gd.
BYEGONE DAYS (f, 3, Old Fashioned--Sabellina {GSW,
$531,237}, by Langfuhr) reported home ninth when unveiled
behind GII Black-Eyed Susan S. and GII Gulfstream Park Oaks
heroine Go Maggie Go (Ghostzapper) sprinting six furlongs over
the main track here Mar. 13. Overlooked at 13-1 in this switch to
the turf over added real estate, the $110,000 FTSAUG yearling
got left at the bell, but soon rushed up to sit fifth against the
fence through the early going. Cut loose after six furlongs in
1:13.70, Byegone Days swooped to the lead and quickly
distanced herself from the remainder. Sunrisebernsteini
(Bernstein) was 6 1/4 lengths back in second. The winner’s dam,
GIII Cardinal S. heroine Sabellina, is out of GSW & MGISP
Restored Hope (He’s Bad). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $22,000.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FasigTipton.
O-Hardacre Farm LLC; B-Woodford Thoroughbreds, LLC. (KY);
T-Amy Tarrant.
Saturday’s Results:
9th-CD, $54,180, Msw, 6-11, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.97, fm.
+NAWLINS KITTY (f, 3, Kitten’s Joy--Tensas Punch {SW,
$251,200}, by War Front), sent off at 9-1 in this unveiling, bided
her time near the back of the pack off opening splits of :23.72
and :47.65. Steadily progressing up the rail, the chestnut was
swung way out to the center of the track in search of running
room in the lane and swiftly inhaled her rivals, charging home to
a decisive one-length victory. River City Lady (City Zip)
completed the exacta. Nawlins Kitty is the first foal out of SW
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Tensas Punch, who has since produced the 2-year-old colt
Dharmaster (Bodemeister) and a yearling colt by More Than
Ready. These connections also campaign GI Woodford Reserve
Turf Classic hero Divisidero (Kitten’s Joy). Sales history: $120,000
RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $32,100. Click for
the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Gunpowder Farms LLC; B-SF Bloodstock (KY); T-William
Bradley.
Started at SILVER SPRINGS STUD
5th-CD, $41,865, Msw, 6-11, 2yo, 5f, :57.44, ft.
+TIP TAP TAPIZAR (c, 2, Tapizar--Counterpoise, by Storm Cat)
posted two local workouts in preparation for this debut,
including a breeze at the race distance May 31, and was
nevertheless dismissed at odds of 8-1. Away in good order, the
dark bay dictated terms through a quarter in :22.67 and was
confronted by second-timer Lawton (Archarcharch) on the
outside on the turn. Tip Tap Tapizar shook loose from that rival
at the head of the lane and drew clear to score by 3 1/4 lengths.
Our Stormin Norman (Blame) rallied to complete the exacta,
with Lawton third. Tip Tap Tapizar, who is the third winner for
his freshman sire (by Tapit), is a half-brother to Divine Music
(Songandaprayer), SP, $153,658. His dam Counterpoise is a halfsister to Canadian Horse of the Year and MGISW Peaks and
Valleys (Mt. Livermore); as well as MSW & MGSP Alternate
(Seattle Slew). Sales history: $175,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Lifetime
Record: 1-1-0-0, $23,460. Click for the Equibase.com chart or
VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Whispering Oaks Farm LLC; B-Summer Hill Farm LLC (LA);
T-Steven M. Asmussen.
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Saturday’s Results:
7th-LS, $22,000, Alw, 6-11, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:34.86,
fm.
INDULGENT TYTHINGS (f, 3, Pulpit--Silverinyourpocket {GSW,
$185,000}, by Silver Deputy) debuted in an allowance on the
Retama turf Oct. 16, running well to be third after making a midrace move and captured a one-mile off-the-turfer here Apr. 10.
Back on the lawn at 12-5 in this spot, the chestnut was bumped
at the start before settling in a ground-saving fifth behind a fast
pace on the first turn. Inching within two lengths of the front
heading into the far bend, she split horses willingly in early
stretch and finished strongly once clear to score by 1 3/4
lengths. The winner’s dam captured the 2007 GIII La Troienne S.
She has a 2-year-old filly by Tale of the Cat named Dollars N No
Cents and a yearling filly by Union Rags. Sales History: $150,000
RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP; $150,000 Ylg '14 FTKOCT; $100,000 2yo '15
OBSOPN. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $26,894. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Hugh & Joseph Fitzsimons & Bart B. Evans; B-Randal Family
Trust, R David & Marylyn A Randal Trustees (KY); T-Bart Evans.
Friday Night’s Results:
PRAIRIE MILE S., $65,000, PRM, 6-10, 3yo, 1m, 1:40.15, ft.
1--#WHATEVERYBODYWANTS, 119, c, 3, Giant Oak--Bella
Cardella, by Hard Spun. O/B-The Farm On 4 LLC (IL); T-Kellyn
Gorder; J-Israel Ocampo. $39,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1,
$61,400. *Third black-type winner for sire (by Giant’s
Causeway).
2--Catfish Creek, 122, c, 3, Tiz Wonderful--Serena Ballerina, by
Cherokee Run. ($59,000 RNA Ylg '14 FTKJUL; $67,000 Ylg '14
OKCYRL). O-Shawn Schabel; B-Clark O Brewster (OK); T-Scott E.
Young. $13,000.
Hidden Brook Sales Graduate
3--Cashel Rock, 119, g, 3, Cashel Castle--Exceptional Chance, by
American Chance. O-TNT Thoroughbreds, V LLC; B-Tom
Lauritsen (IL); T-Doug Matthews. $6,500.
Margins: 3/4, 6 3/4, 1HF. Odds: 11.80, 8.20, 2.30.
Also Ran: Phantom Trip, Luna de Loco, Victory Arch. Scratched:
Synchrony, Pinnacle Peak, Pistone Steel, Tuff Kid, Torrontes.
Whateverybodywants made a single racetrack appearance at
two, finishing a distant third against open maidens at Indiana
Grand last October and made a successful 3-year-old debut,
besting fellow Illy-breds sprinting over the Arlington Poly
May 15. Scratched down into the innermost stall,
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Whateverybodywants maintained his spot at the fence to race a
joint second down the back and took over that position by his
lonesome chasing Victory Arch (Archarcharch) into the turn.
Kept together by Israel Ocampo approaching the lane, he
challenged in upper stretch and took command when Victory
Arch appeared to break down nearing the eighth pole. In the
meantime, Catfish Creek sustained a wide bid and swept to the
front inside the final furlong, but Whateverybodywants punched
back inside for the victory. Click for the Equibase.com chart or
VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
Saturday’s Results:
1st-EMD, $19,500, Msw, 6-11, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, :51.48, ft.
+PADDY'S SECRET (f, 2, Paddy O’Prado--Secret Humor, by Yes
It's True) broke smoothly in this debut and was hard sent to duel
for the lead early before edging away into the turn, a length to
the good after a :22.31 quarter. Kicking away at the top of the
stretch, the 7-1 shot never had an anxious moment in the
stretch, romping by 6 1/4 lengths despite failing to switch leads.
The winner’s dam has a yearling filly by City Zip and foaled an
Into Mischief colt this term. Sales History: $20,000 Ylg '15
KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $10,175. Click for the
Equibase.com chart.
O-Donnybrook Stable; B-John Kuehl (KY); T-Frank Lucarelli.
4th-EMD, $19,500, Msw, 6-11, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:09.82, ft.
SUNRISE GLOW (f, 3, Distorted Humor--Dynazaper {SW,
$139,835}, by Ghostzapper) was bet down to 9-5 in her debut,
but was outrun early on before showing late interest to finish
seventh. Given a 67-10 chance here, the $260,000 Keeneland
September buy was away well and hustled for position, but still
dropped back to run seventh after a :21.72 quarter. Driven past
the three-furlong pole, she swung into the center of the track at
the top of the lane and charged strongly to run down Three
Forks Gold (Abraaj) well inside the sixteenth marker and
triumph going away by two lengths. The winner’s dam, who
captured the 2010 Edgewood S. on the Churchill Downs turf, has
a 2-year-old colt named Copper Town (Speightstown) and foaled
a Pioneerof the Nile colt this season. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0,
$10,375. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-Ten Broeck Farm, Inc.; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Tom
Wenzel.
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Saturday’s Results:
11th-SA, $57,725, Msw, 6-11, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:38.55, fm.
CRIMSON AND GOLD (f, 3, Distorted Humor--Ravi's Song {MSW
& MGSP, $386,180} by Unbridled's Song) closed to finish
second at 11-1 in her Feb. 13 debut sprinting over the local dirt,
then disappointed when fourth at even-money Mar. 12. Third in
the slop Apr. 9, she ran a non-threatening fifth stretching out to
a mile May 20. Let go at 57-10 in this initial turf try, the
homebred broke sharply before dropping out to run near the
tail of the field while saving ground on the clubhouse turn. On
hold heading into the far bend, she still could see them all at the
five-sixteenths marker before spinning into the center of the
course at the top of the lane. Slowly gathering momentum, the
gray emerged as a threat at the sixteenth pole and closed
relentlessly to get up by a neck over favored Sassy Ashley
(English Channel). The winner is the first and only foal out MSW
Ravi’s Song, who is a daughter of MGSW millionaire Lu Ravi (A.P.
Indy). This is also the family of champion Halfbridled
(Unbridled). Sales History: $290,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP.
Lifetime Record: 5-1-1-1, $56,000. Click for the Equibase.com
chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Nagako Fujita (KY); T-Patrick Gallagher.
Saturday’s Results:
BOLD RUCKUS S., C$125,000, WO, 6-11, (C), 3yo, 6fT, 1:09.62, fm.
1--#SONGS AND LAUGHTER, 117, g, 3, by Singing Saint
1st Dam: Just Humor Me, by Distorted Humor
2nd Dam: D Me N More, by Dynaformer
3rd Dam: Circle Command, by Conquistador Cielo
O/B-Rolph A. Davis (ON); T-Robert P. Tiller; J-Eurico Rosa Da
Silva. C$75,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-3-1, $142,617. *1/2 to
Laughing Falcon (Aljabr), SW, $189,791.
Registered Ontario-Bred
2--Beliveau, 119, g, 3, Where's the Ring--Minstrel Show, by Tale
of the Cat. ($14,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEEJAN). O-East West Stables,
Michael James Ambler & Windways Farm; B-Windways Farm
Limited (ON); T-Mark E. Casse. C$25,000.
Raised & Consigned by Elm Tree Farm
3--Ultraflame, 118, c, 3, Old Forester--Baby Blaze, by Mr.
Greeley. (C$30,000 Ylg '14 CANSEP). O-J.R. Racing Stable Inc.;
B-Hill 'N' Dale Farms (ON); T-John A. Ross. C$13,750.
Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency
Registered Ontario-Bred/CTHS Grad
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Margins: 2, NK, 2. Odds: 4.70, 2.20, 7.90.
Also Ran: Ruth Less Blue, Padre Pio, Aaronic Blessing.
Woodbine resident Songs and Laughter got off the mark at
third asking against fellow Canadian-breds at Woodbine Nov. 7
and captured a state-bred allowance two starts later there Apr.
30. Second to the promising Conquest Enforcer (Into Mischief) in
the restricted Queenston S. May 21, the bay gelding showed
some early dash, but dropped back to fourth off a steady early
tempo. Revved up by Eurico Da Silver in upper stretch, Songs
and Laughter angled to the outside and edged clear to gain his
first black-type score. “There was a lot of speed in the race,”
commented Da Silva, who was winning his fourth race on the
card. “He broke really sharp and I just took him back. He’s a very
easy horse to relax and he was running very relaxed. We turned
for home and I had lots of horse. We just went by them.” Click
for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
Sunday, Woodbine, post time: 4:06 p.m. EDT
ALYWOW S., $100,000, 3yo, 6 1/2fT
PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
1 Gliding By
Artie Schiller
Contreras
2 R Girls a Charmer In Summation
Garcia
3 Miss Katie Mae (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire)
Castellano
4 Conquest City Girl City Zip
Husbands
5 Jennifer Lynette
Elusive Quality
Boulanger
6 Miss Forester
Old Forester
Moreno
7 Specialcnsydration Artie Schiller
Wilson
8 Princess Princess
Discreet Cat
Geroux
TRAINER
ML
Mott
6-1
Casse
8-1
Motion
5-2
Casse
8-1
Casse
4-1
Biamonte 20-1
Love
8-1
Colebrook 3-1
Sunday, Woodbine, post time: 5:40 p.m. EDT
PLATE TRIAL S., $150,000, (S), 3yo, 1 1/8m AWT
PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
1 Amis Gizmo
Giant Gizmo
Contreras
2 Shakhimat
Lonhro (Aus)
Wilson
3 Aye Aye Captain Old Forester
Da Silva
4 Battery
Bernardini
Castellano
5 Conquest Cavalry Old Forester
Husbands
6 Sir Dudley Digges Gio Ponti
Geroux
TRAINER
ML
Carroll
2-1
Attfield
8-5
Day-Phillips 6-1
Pletcher
4-1
Casse
12-1
Maker
8-1
Sunday, Woodbine, post time: 6:12 p.m. EDT
WOODBINE OAKS, $500,000, (S), 3yo, f, 1 1/8m AWT
PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
1 Conquest Dynasty
Court Vision
Boulanger
2 Dublin Diva
Lroidesanmx (Brz) Wilson
3 Luckbe Tanya
Lookin at Lucky Geroux
4 Tiz Imaginary
Tizway
Husbands
5 Crumlin Spirit
Court Vision
Moran
6 Gamble’s Ghost
Ghostzapper
Contreras
7 Neshama
Sligo Bay (Ire)
Da Silva
8 Caren
Society’s Chairman Campbell
9 Trini Brewette
Milwaukee Brew Garcia
10 Conquest Partygirl
Giant Gizmo
Castellano
TRAINER
ML
Casse
15-1
Doyle
15-1
Casse
20-1
Doyle
8-1
Doyle
10-1
Carroll
8-5
Day-Phillips 6-1
DePaulo
3-1
Vella
20-1
Casse
12-1
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IN IRELAND:
General Macarthur, c, 3, War Front. See “Ireland.”
IN FRANCE:
+Leeward, f, 3, First Defence. See “France.”
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
SOCIETY'S CHAIRMAN (Not Impossible {Ire}), Shannondoe Farm, $5K, 22/5/3
11-WO, $500K Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, 1 1/8m, Caren,
$45K FTK OCT yrl, 3-1
TIZWAY (Tiznow), Spendthrift Farm, $25K, 184/23/3
11-WO, $500K Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, 1 1/8m, Tiz
Imaginary, $50K RNA KEE SEP yrl, 8-1
VICTOR’S CRY (Street Cry {Ire}), Spendthrift Farm, $5K, 62/10/0
1-WO, Msw 4 1/2f, +Victory 'n Rouge, $11K RNA CAN SEP yrl, 8-1
WILBURN (Bernardini), Spendthrift Farm, $6.5K, 213/37/1
6-GP, Msw 1 1/16mT, +The Great Leader, $72K OBS AUG yrl, 15-1
BREEDERS’ EDITION
First-crop starters to watch: Sunday, June 12
Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2013 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/
BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available)
HANSEN (Tapit), Korea, $12.5K, 102/1/0
2-BEL, Msw 5 1/2f, +Platinum Spark, $70K KEE SEP yrl, 12-1
SHACKLEFORD (Forestry), Darby Dan Farm, $20K, 119/3/0
7-GG, Msw 5f, +Shackmeister, $32K OBS APR 2yo, 7-2
Second-crop starters to watch: Sunday, June 12
Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2012 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/
BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available).
Please note: from Jan. 1-Apr. 30 all starters will be listed here. From June 1-Dec. 31,
only offspring that are first-time starters or starting in a stakes race will be listed here.
CAPE BLANCO (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}), JBBA Shizunai Stallion Station,
$17.5K, 260/25/1
6-GP, Msw 1 1/16mT, +Ozymandias, 5-1
COURT VISION (Gulch), Spendthrift Farm, $10K, 128/15/1
11-WO, $500K Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, 1 1/8m,
Crumlin Spirit, $34K RNA CAN SEP yrl, 10-1
11-WO, $500K Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser, 1 1/8m,
Conquest Dynasty, $101K CAN SEP yrl, 15-1
1-WO, Msw 4 1/2f, +Conquest Vivi, $113K CAN SEP yrl, 8-5
GIO PONTI (Tale of the Cat), Castleton Lyons, $20K, 197/22/0
10-WO, $150K Plate Trial S., 1 1/8m, Sir Dudley Digges, $130K OBS OPN
2yo, 8-1
7-GG, Msw 5f, +Three Eclipse, $9K KEE SEP yrl, 10-1
SCHRAMSBERG (Storm Cat), Bar None Ranches, , 57/7/0
3-HST, $50K Emerald Downs H., 6 1/2f, Hippie, $34K BRC SEP yrl, 8-1
SLEW'S TIZNOW (Tiznow), Rancho San Miguel, $2.5K, 60/6/0
7-GG, Msw 5f, +Summersimage, 6-1
STAKES RESULTS:
CRYSTAL WATER S., $100,345, SA, 6-11, (S), 4yo/up, 1mT,
1:35.77, fm.
1--POSHSKY, 124, g, 6, Vronsky--Pinky's Posh, by Bold Badgett.
O-Gary Barber, Silver Ranch Stable & Wachtel Stable; B-Old
English Rancho & Berumen (CA); T-Peter Miller; J-Fernando
Hernandez Perez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 29-7-3-1,
$412,890.
2--Alert Bay, 124, g, 5, City Zip--Hickory (Chi), by Dushyantor.
($65,000 Ylg '12 KEEJAN; $42,000 RNA Ylg '12 KEESEP).
O-Peter Redekop B. C., Ltd.; B-Thomas Newton Bell & Ross
John McLeod (CA); T-Blaine D. Wright. $20,000.
INDIAN CREEK SALES GRADUATE
3--Ashleyluvssugar, 122, g, 5, Game Plan--Ashley's Folly, by
Urgent Request (Ire). O-Sharon Alesia, Bran Jam Stable &
Ciaglia Racing LLC; B-Estate of Alesia, Bran Jam Stables &
Ciaglia Racing LLC (CA); T-Peter Eurton. $12,000.
Margins: NK, 3/4, 2 1/4. Odds: 21.00, 1.00, 2.20.
SYDNEY GENDELMAN MEMORIAL H., $75,000, BTP, 6-11, (S),
3yo/up, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.34, yl.
1--DUBACIOUS, 120, g, 5, E Dubai--Whitelacenpromises, by
More Than Ready. ($30,000 Ylg '12 FTKOCT). O-Loooch Racing
Stables Inc.; B-James & Jane Fraser (OH); T-Jeffrey Radosevich;
J-Jacob Radosevich. $45,000. Lifetime Record: 17-6-4-4,
$274,193. *1/2 to Silver Tongued (Flatter), MSW, $296,582.
Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm
2--Silver Tongued, 119, g, 6, Flatter--Whitelacenpromises, by
More Than Ready. ($17,000 Ylg '11 FTKOCT). O-Greenhill
Racing Stables, Inc.; B-James & Jane Fraser (OH); T-Jeffrey
Greenhill. $15,000.
3--Shakeyogroovething, 118, g, 11, Dance Brightly--Hurrah
Hurrah, by Rahy. O-Sherri L. Greenhill; B-Laurie Lynn Hickman
(OH); T-Jeffrey L. Greenhill. $7,500.
Margins: 1 1/4, 3HF, 2 3/4. Odds: 2.70, 2.10, 33.00.
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DARK STAR S., $75,000, CBY, 6-11, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:17.08, ft.
1--#PLOT TWIST, 117, g, 4, Spring At Last--Unbridled Con, by
Unbridled's Song. ($8,000 2yo '14 KEENOV). O-Raymond
Gross, Jr.; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Tina Rodriguez-Guzman;
J-Erik McNeil. $45,000. Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-2, $78,362. *1/2
to Bluedacious (Bluegrass Cat), GSP, $209,887.
2--He's So Zazzy, 116, g, 3, Oratory--Super Delicious, by Ra Ra
Superstar. O-Pamela Wright; B-Pam K Wright (TX); T-Francisco
Bravo. $15,000.
3--Diamond Joe, 117, g, 7, Dazzling Falls--Diamond Road, by
Tarsal. O-Joseph L. Koziol & Edward Miller, Jr.; B-Edward Miller
Jr. & Roger Pelster (NE); T-Chuck Turco. $8,250.
Margins: 3/4, 1HF, 2HF. Odds: 36.60, 3.70, 13.10.
NORTHBOUND PRIDE OAKS, $75,000, CBY, 6-11, 3yo, f, 1mT,
1:39.41, fm.
1--#INCONCLUSIVE, 120, f, 3, Include--Ani La, by Mr. Greeley.
($45,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP). O-Carolyn Friedberg & Jeff T. Larson;
B-James Heyward (KY); T-Richard R. Scherer; J-Denny
Velazquez. $45,000. Lifetime Record: GSP, 11-3-2-0, $134,742.
Kip Elser’s KIRKWOOD STABLES
2--Princess Erindelle, 116, f, 3, Divine Park--Window Woman, by
Skip Away. ($12,000 Wlg '13 KEENOV; $17,000 Ylg '14
OBSAUG). O-Hugh H. Robertson; B-Shelby Lane Farm Inc. (KY);
T-McLean Robertson. $15,000.
3--Frozen Hannah, 119, f, 3, E Dubai--Hanna's Harmony, by
Stormin Fever. ($20,000 Ylg '14 FTKOCT). O-Wayne Sanders &
Larry Hirsch; B-David A. Ross (KY); T-Joe Sharp. $8,250.
Margins: NK, NK, 5 1/4. Odds: 4.50, 1.30, 2.10.
HONEY BEE S., (NB) $57,600, MTH, 6-11, 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2fT,
1:02.35, fm.
1--INDIAN SPLENDOR, 117, m, 6, Indian Ocean--Jeet, by
Tactical Advantage. ($3,600 RNA Wlg '10 OBSOCT; $18,000 Ylg
'11 OBSAUG; $130,000 2yo '12 OBSAPR). O-Castaway Stable;
B-Paul & Mary Anne Denes (FL); T-Jason Servis; J-Antonio A.
Gallardo. $34,200. Lifetime Record: 24-6-7-3, $287,342.
2--Forest Funds, 117, m, 5, Forestry--Private Funds, by Private
Terms. O-Silver Trail Stables LLC; B-Northwest Stud (FL);
T-Jorge Navarro. $12,000.
3--Everything Lovely, 117, f, 4, Pollard's Vision--Desiderata, by
During. ($30,000 Ylg '13 EASSEP; $70,000 2yo '14 EASMAY).
O-Pewter Stable & Armand Delaperriere; B-Charles McGinnes
(MD); T-Kathleen A. Demasi. $6,000.
Margins: NO, HF, 1. Odds: 4.60, 5.40, 13.10.
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SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
ISAAC MURPHY H., $54,500, AP, 6-11, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f
(AWT), 1:10.87, ft.
1--#PUNTSVILLE, 120, f, 4, Cashel Castle--Deville, by
Petionville. O/B-S. D. Brilie, Ltd. Partnership (IL); T-Michele
Boyce; J-Victor Santiago. $31,392. Lifetime Record: 12-7-2-0,
$185,552.
2--Dandy Gal, 116, f, 3, Cherokee Rap--Dandy Yankee, by
Yankee Gentleman. O-William Stiritz (IL); T-Scott Becker. $10,464.
3--Church Road, 116, m, 5, Road Ruler--Church's Out, by
Cartwright. O/B-JB Stables Inc (IL); T-Steve Manley. $5,755.
Margins: 3/4, 2 1/4, 3 3/4. Odds: 2.90, 13.20, 6.50.
ALBANY S., $54,150, GG, 6-11, 3yo/up, 5fT, :56.64, fm.
1--CHIPS ALL IN, 123, h, 7, North Light (Ire)--Maria's Mirage, by
Maria's Mon. ($4,500 Ylg '10 KEESEP). O-Jean Everest, John
O'Brien, Danny Valdez, Michelle Turpin et al.; B-Adena Springs
(KY); T-John Brocklebank; J-Russell A. Baze. $30,550. Lifetime
Record: MGSW, 34-10-9-4, $565,194.
2--Moonshine Bay, 123, g, 8, Kela--Long For, by Langfuhr.
($1,000 RNA Ylg '09 FTKOCT). O-Jerry Hollendorfer, Marvin
Kirsner, Al Morrison & George Todaro; B-Raymond Kolar (KY);
T-Jerry Hollendorfer. $10,000.
3--Somethings Unusual, 123, g, 8, Vronsky--Unusual Prospect,
by Unusual Heat. O-Bruce Treitman; B-Old English Rancho
(CA); T-Michael W. McCarthy. $7,800.
Margins: 1 3/4, HF, HD. Odds: 0.90, 32.30, 12.20.
ADDISON CAMMACK H., $53,000, AP, 6-11, (S), 3yo/up, 6f
(AWT), 1:11.01, ft.
1--RECOUNT, 124, g, 4, Limehouse--Lucky in Love, by Bold
Badgett. ($40,000 Ylg '13 FTKOCT). O-Doubledown Stables
Inc.; B-Barney & Anne Gallagher (IL); T-James P. DiVito;
J-Carlos Montalvo. $31,482. Lifetime Record: GSW, 19-7-4-2,
$345,999.
Trained at Crupi’s New Castle Farm
2--Shanghai Red, 118, g, 6, Newfoundland--Ayla, by Sandpit
(Brz). ($2,200 RNA Ylg '11 FTKOCT). O-William Stiritz; B-John
W. Wiseman DVM & Candy Wiseman (IL); T-Scott Becker.
$10,498.
3--Sweet Luca, 124, g, 7, Candy Ride (Arg)--Grand Crossing, by
Lord Avie. O/B-Fortino Inc. (IL); T-Chris M. Block. $5,772.
Margins: 2, NK, 5. Odds: 2.00, 6.40, 3.20.
ALLOWANCE RESULTS:
7th-WO, C$86,942, 6-11, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m (AWT),
1:46.69, ft.
SUPER SARAH (m, 5, Giant Gizmo--Bold Tigress, by Bold
Executive) Lifetime Record: 11-3-2-0, $106,260. O-RCC Racing
Stable Ltd.; B-Kurt & Kathi Gsell (ON); T-John Mattine.
*C$23,000 Ylg '12 CANSEP.
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5th-SA, $70,168, (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 6-11, 3yo/up,
f/m, 1mT, 1:37.74, fm.
THERMODYNAMICS (f, 4, The Pamplemousse--Thermal
Ablasion {MSW, $454,247}, by Unusual Heat) Lifetime Record:
SP, 9-2-2-1, $143,610. O-Thor-Bred Stable LLC; B-Rancho San
Miguel (CA); T-Dan L. Hendricks. *$57,000 Ylg '13 BAROCT;
$72,000 RNA 2yo '14 OBSAPR.
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8th-PIM, $45,000, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($28,000-$32,000), 6-11,
3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:40.24, fm.
INSIDE OUT (f, 4, Colonel John--Star of Johar, by Johar) Lifetime
Record: 6-3-1-1, $66,250. O-Lael Stables; B-Colonel John
Champions Series I, LLC, Emerald Q Partners, Inc. & TCR Ranch
(KY); T-Arnaud Delacour. *$17,000 Wlg '12 KEENOV; $37,000 Ylg
'13 FTKJUL; $95,000 Ylg '13 EASSEP; $200,000 2yo '14 OBSMAR.
Consigned by de Meric Sales
7th-SA, $64,290, (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 6-11, 3yo/up, 6f,
1:08.35, ft.
CLEVER ROYAL (g, 5, Leading the Parade--Bing Girl, by
Kingmambo) Lifetime Record: 22-6-3-1, $194,485.
O-Tachycardia Stables & Twilight Racing LLC; B-Dr. K. K. & Dr. V.
Devi Jayaraman (FL); T-Kristin Mulhall.
2nd-WO, C$62,698, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($56,724-$58,680), 6-11,
3yo, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:45.48, ft.
DRAGON BAY (g, 3, Parading--Cologne {SP, $121,305}, by Horse
Chestnut {Saf}) Lifetime Record: MSP, 8-2-1-3, $93,972. O-Brent
& Russell McLellan & Stuart C. Simon; B-Shawhan Place LLC (KY);
T-Stuart C. Simon. *$6,000 Ylg '14 FTKOCT.
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3rd-PIM, $44,646, 6-11, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11.53, ft.
SARATOGA WILDCAT (g, 4, D'wildcat--Perfect Empire, by
Empire Maker) Lifetime Record: 11-3-2-1, $133,347. O-Michael
Dubb & Michael Imperio; B-Hardacre Farm LLC (FL); T-Gustavo
Rodriguez. *$60,000 Ylg '13 OBSAUG; $110,000 2yo '14
OBSMAR.
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3rd-CD, $55,856, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 6-11, 3yo/up,
f/m, 5fT, :56.66, fm.
MELALEUCA (m, 6, Half Ours--Fleeting Melody, by Stravinsky)
Lifetime Record: 14-3-4-3, $138,390. O-Robert E. Ritchie, Jr. &
Brian D. Michael; B-Robert E. Ritchie, (KY); T-Brian D. Michael.
10th-CD, $53,008, 6-11, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:16.14, ft.
DIVINE WARRIOR (c, 3, Divine Park--Town Queen {SW,
$241,964}, by Williamstown) Lifetime Record: 9-2-0-2, $52,350.
O-William B. Bradley & Carl Hurst; B-Carl Hurst & Fred & William
Bradley (KY); T-William B. Bradley. *1/2 to Queen’s Award
(Medaglia d’Oro), SW & GSP, $244,420.
1st-WO, C$47,500, (S), 6-11, (NW1X), 3yo, 1 1/16m (AWT),
1:47.28, ft.
NARROW ESCAPE (c, 3, Sky Conqueror--Certainly Special, by
Distorted Humor) Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $52,683. O-JMC's
Racing Stable, Warren Dehan & Justin J. Nixon; B-J. Horner (ON);
T-Justin J. Nixon. *1/2 to Coltimus Prime (Milwaukee Brew), SW
& GSP, $446,108; and Crysta’s Court (Silent Name {Jpn}), SW,
$241,004.
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1st-PIM, $44,100, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($28,000-$32,000), 6-11,
3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:48.24, ft.
PURE LEMON (f, 3, Eskendereya--Unicorn Kid, by Lemon Drop
Kid) Lifetime Record: SW-PR, 13-8-3-1, $76,608. O-Luis Archilla;
B-Sally J. Andersen, L. Richard Kent & John Waterman (FL);
T-Gustavo Rodriguez. *$17,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP; $9,000 2yo
'15 OBSAPR. **1/2 to Crafty Unicorn (Friends Lake), SW.
10th-MTH, $39,140, (NW3X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 6-11, 3yo/up,
6f, 1:08.92, ft.
DELTA BLUESMAN (g, 6, Wagon Limit--Smoke Alarm, by Darn
That Alarm) Lifetime Record: MSP, 42-8-10-7, $282,037.
O-Monster Racing Stables; B-Denis A. Dwyer (FL); T-Jorge
Navarro.
5th-MTH, $38,000, 6-11, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT,
1:40.84, fm.
JET MAJESTY (m, 5, Raffie's Majesty--Jet's Tradition {SP}, by A.
P Jet) Lifetime Record: 14-4-2-2, $198,056. O-Norman Stables,
LLC; B-Cloyce Clark (NY); T-Anthony W. Dutrow. *$15,000 Ylg '12
KEESEP; $75,000 2yo '13 EASMAY.
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3rd-AP, $36,540, (C)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 6-11, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m
(AWT), 1:52.79, ft.
ONLY IN AMERICA (g, 6, Tiznow--Well Dressed {SW, $103,961},
by Notebook) Lifetime Record: 15-4-4-4, $136,433. O-Louie J.
Roussel III, Tyron Benoit & Ronald H. Dawson, Jr; B-Casner
Racing LP (KY); T-Louie J. Roussel, III. *$215,000 4yo '14
KEENOV. **Full to Well Armed, G1SW-UAE & GISW-US,
$4,219,500; 1/2 to Witty (Distorted Humor), GSW, $162,600 and
Helsinki (Distorted Humor), GISP, $269,509.
6th-DEL, $36,250, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($12,500), 6-11, 3yo/up,
1m 70y, 1:43.00, ft.
NO DISTORTION (c, 3, Distorted Humor--Pacific Spell, by
Langfuhr) Lifetime Record: 10-2-2-2, $82,480. O/B-Brereton C.
Jones (KY); T-J. Larry Jones. *$350,000 RNA Ylg '14 KEESEP.
**1/2 to Proud Spell (Proud Citizen), Ch. 3yo Filly & MGISW,
$2,131,610; and Proud Pearl (Proud Citizen), GSP.
9th-FL, $35,000, 6-11, (NW1B6M), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11.41, ft.
DR BLARNEY (g, 3, Dublin--Dr. Capote, by Capote) Lifetime
Record: 5-3-0-0, $79,920. O/B-Joseph DiRico (MA); T-Karl M.
Grusmark.
8th-GG, $34,569, Opt. Clm ($40,000), 6-10, 3yo, 1 1/16mT,
1:45.31, fm.
CALL SAUL (g, 3, Comic Strip--Ms. Booty, by Roar) Lifetime
Record: 10-2-0-3, $53,831. O-P Hickman-McBrayer, E Gallegos,
D Greenman & B Tahajian; B-William T. Gray (CA); T-Dean
Greenman. *Full to La Fiera, SW.
7th-CBY, $33,000, Opt. Clm ($25,000), 6-10, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f,
1:10.53, ft.
BALL AND CHAIN (m, 5, Exchange Rate--I Luv U Nani, by
Vindication) Lifetime Record: 8-5-1-0, $108,399. O-Novogratz
Racing Stables Inc.; B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY); T-McLean
Robertson. *$16,000 Ylg '12 KEEJAN; $57,000 2yo '13 EASMAY.
8th-CBY, $32,730, (S), 6-10, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 1m, 1:38.91, ft.
PENNANT FEVER (g, 5, Grand Slam--Speed Wagon {SW,
$134,700}, by Tomorrows Cat) Lifetime Record: 19-3-3-1,
$69,470. O-Caroline Street Stable; B-Paul Knapper (MN);
T-Victor Hanson.
6th-CBY, $32,640, (S), 6-11, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f,
1:18.71, ft.
DAZZLINGSWEETHEART (f, 3, Dazzling Falls--Sahm Sweetheart
{MSP, $125,284}, by Sahm) Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $39,000.
O-Barry & Joni Butzow; B-Mary & Eric Von Seggern & Marlene
Colvin (MN); T-Joe Sharp. *$31,000 Ylg '14 MNSAUG.
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8th-PRM, $31,000, 6-11, (NW3LX), 3yo/up, 1m, 1:39.03, ft.
GHOST CITY KING (g, 4, City Zip--Ghost Queen {SW, $178,323},
by Silver Ghost) Lifetime Record: 9-3-0-2, $65,724. O-Dream
Walkin Farms, Inc.; B-Dream Walkin Farms, Inc & Prime Time
Racing (KY); T-Don Von Hemel.
8th-TDN, $30,800, (S), 6-11, (NW2LX), 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2f,
1:06.64, ft.
PUT UP WITH IT (f, 3, Put It Back--Her Temptation, by High
Yield) Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $39,892. O-Loooch Racing
Stables, Inc.; B-T/C Stable, LLC (OH); T-Jeffrey A. Radosevich.
*$42,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP; $125,000 2yo '15 OBSOPN.
7th-PRM, $30,500, 6-10, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:12.13, ft.
BROADWAY PLAY (f, 4, Quality Road--Broadway Hoofer, by
Belong to Me) Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, $39,840. O/B-Mercedes
Stables LLC (KY); T-Robertino Diodoro. *1/2 to Cinderella’s
Dream (Prime Timber), SW & GSP, $133,600; and Broadway
Empire (Empire Maker), MGSW, $531,674.
6th-PEN, $30,149, 6-10, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:38.46, ft.
OPTIMISTIC OUTCOME (f, 3, Trappe Shot--Hidden Grove {GB},
by Forestry) Lifetime Record: 8-3-1-2, $56,510. O-Black Cloud
Stable LLC; B-Woods Edge Farm, LLC (KY); T-Anthony Pecoraro.
*$120,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP.
5th-CBY, $30,000, 6-11, (C), 3yo/up, 1m 70yT, 1:44.13, fm.
BOLD ANIMAUX (g, 4, Leroidesanimaux {Brz}--Bold Maiden, by
Victory Gallop) Lifetime Record: 14-4-1-2, $82,287. O-Al & Bill
Ulwelling; B-Family Broodmares IV, LLC (FL); T-Michael E.
Biehler. *$10,000 2yo '14 OBSOPN.
8th-EVD, $29,000, (S), 6-10, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:17.81, wf.
TIZ AMERICA (g, 3, Tiz the One--All American Miz, by Grand
Slam) Lifetime Record: 8-3-2-0, $49,970. O/B-Two Guys Stable
(LA); T-Ron Faucheux.
6th-EVD, $26,000, Opt. Clm ($30,000), 6-10, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m
(off turf), 1:39.33, wf.
SYNAPSE (m, 5, Fairbanks--Sarah Lane's Oates (15x SW,
$888,296}, by Sunshine Forever) Lifetime Record: SW, 20-5-1-4,
$228,099. O/B-Glen C. Warren (KY); T-Nick Leggio.
6th-HST, C$24,000, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($23,472-$27,384), 6-11,
3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:44.90, ft.
MAJESTIC PRESENCE (f, 4, Majestic Warrior--Shining Victory, by
Victory Gallop) Lifetime Record: 14-2-2-5, $200,595. O-Mark
DeDomenico LLC and North American Thoroughbred Horse
Company, Inc.; B-Judy B. Hicks (KY); T-Troy Taylor. $100,000 Ylg
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2nd-LS, $23,000, 6-10, (NW2X), 3yo/up, f/m, 5fT, :55.84, fm.
CREME BRULEE (m, 5, Kitalpha--Slipping, by Diesis {GB})
Lifetime Record: 32-8-6-6, $143,749. O-N 2 Win Racing;
B-Milestone Farm (KY); T-W. Bret Calhoun. *$5,500 Ylg '12 FTKOCT.
3rd-LS, $23,000, 6-10, (C), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10.46, ft.
MEDAL OF COURAGE (g, 4, Warrior’s Reward--Dance Hall Girl,
by Gulch) Lifetime Record: 25-5-6-3, $121,345. O-Raymond
Todd White & Gary Clare; B-J. M. Herbener Jr. & Dr. & Mrs.
Patrick J. Ford (KY); T-Karl Broberg. *$40,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP.
4th-LS, $23,000, 6-11, (C), 3yo/up, 1m, 1:38.88, ft.
GOLDEN BUT STORMY (g, 7, Stormy Atlantic--Golden Charm,
by Strike the Gold) Lifetime Record: 17-5-5-0, $96,371. O-Chris
Odom; B-Millard Seldin Rev. Trust (KY); T-J. R. Caldwell. *1/2 to
Golden Yank (Yankee Gentleman), MSW & MGSP, $936,584.
3rd-LAD, $22,900, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($17,500), 6-11, 3yo/up,
f/m, 7 1/2fT, 1:32.66, fm.
SHEA'S LIL SHUG (m, 5, Gigawatt--Pourjedajour {MSP}, by Sky
Classic) Lifetime Record: 24-7-2-3, $132,325. O-Pegasus Stables
LLC (Joseph & Patsy Rink); B-Shea Stakes (LA); T-Patrick Mouton.
4th-LS, $22,000, 6-10, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.72, fm.
STANTON C (c, 3, Don't Get Mad--First At the Wire, by
Awesome Again) Lifetime Record: 9-2-1-0, $27,835. O/T-Brent
Morris; B-Robert H. Zoellner (OK). *$2,000 2yo '15 TEXAPR.
**1/2 to Eye Love Jeanie (Showing Up), SW, $184,008.
5th-LS, $22,000, (S), 6-11, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:36.43, fm.
MAGGIE'S ROSE (f, 3, Etesaal--Green Briar Rose, by Mr.
Greeley) Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $36,302. O-Joey Keith Davis;
B-Bradford Thoroughbred Farm (TX); T-Danny Pish.
6th-LS, $22,000, (S), 6-10, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:35.91, fm.
COOL IT BABY (g, 4, Sing Baby Sing--Ms Astar, by Mister Jolie)
Lifetime Record: 19-3-3-3, $35,406. O/T-K. Jacks; B-T. Durant (TX).
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
+Courageous One, g, 2, Cougar Cat--Brave Love, by Indian
Charlie. PRM, 6-10, (S), 4 1/2f, :53.84. B-Roger Pelster & Steve
Frum (IA). *$6,500 Ylg '15 IOWOCT. **Won in dead heat.
+Little Timmy, g, 2, Magic Cat--Wild Glitter, by Wild Zone. CBY,
6-10, (S), 3 1/2f, :41.68. B-Troy Bethke (MN).
Only You Babe, f, 2, Thorn Song--Book'em Babe, by
Johannesburg. GG, 6-11, 5f (AWT), :59.56. B-Larry D. Williams
(CA). *1/2 to Can Can Babe (McCann’s Mojave), SP, $184,176.
+Major Mingo, g, 2, Tizdejavu--Potri Star (Arg), by Potrillazo
(Arg). PRM, 6-10, (S), 4 1/2f, :53.84. B-Carroll Rumbaugh (IA).
*Won in dead heat.
Squidward, g, 3, Afleet Alex--Quiet Hope, by Quiet American.
GG, 6-10, 1mT, 1:38.85. B-Joseph Fowler (KY). *$22,000 RNA
Ylg '14 KEESEP.
SUNDAY • JUNE 12, 2016
Skip Royale, g, 3, City Weekend--Spend Away, by Skip Away.
TDN, 6-11, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:06.66. B-Mast Thoroughbreds LLC (OH).
No One Greater, c, 3, Custom for Carlos--Comme Il Faut, by Lac
Ouimet. EVD, 6-10, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:16.92. B-Bill Langford (LA).
Oyster Soup, g, 3, Friesan Fire--Sultry Katrina, by Decarchy. PIM,
6-11, 1 1/16m, 1:48.82. B-Thomas & Caroline Rebecca
Finacchio (MD). *$3,500 Ylg '14 EASSEP.
A Great Vice, f, 3, Greatness--Small Vices, by With Approval.
LAD, 6-10, 6f, 1:12.07. B-Edward A. Seltzer, Beverly Anderson
& Marc Haisfield (FL). *$4,000 Ylg '14 OBSWIN; $15,000 Ylg '14
OBSAUG; $7,000 2yo '15 OBSOPN.
Lakota, f, 3, Jump Start--Fareena (SW, $154,488), by Point
Given. PRX, 6-11, (S), 1mT, 1:40.10. B-Spirit Lake Enterprises (PA).
Look Me in the Eye, g, 3, Marino Marini--Just Lookn, by
Synastry. SA, 6-11, (S), (C), 6f, 1:09.61. B-West 12 Ranch (CA).
*$60,000 Ylg '14 BAROCT. **1/2 to Trish’s Diamond (Half
Term), MSP, $221,458; and Nina’s Dragon (Tizbud), SP,
$158,895.
Zippit E, f, 3, My Golden Song--Final Trick, by Magic Cat. LS,
6-10, (S), 1m, 1:40.47. B-Wayne Sanders & Larry Hirsch (TX).
Cashton Peak, g, 3, Peak Dancer--Bella Uno, by Even the Score.
CT, 6-11, (S), 7f, 1:30.33. B-David E Winpigler (WV).
My Name Is Jim, g, 3, Society's Chairman--Romanced, by Smoke
Glacken. WO, 6-11, (S), 1 1/8m (AWT), 1:54.37. B-James,
Janeane & J. Arika Everatt - Meeuse (ON). *$22,000 Ylg '14
FTKOCT; $22,000 RNA 2yo '15 OBSAPR; $42,000 3yo '16
OBSWIN.
Stronger Than Thee, g, 3, Strong Hope--Altar Call, by Pulpit.
IND, 6-11, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:04.54. B-Southeastern Arena (IN).
Espresso Time, f, 3, Tapit--Super Espresso (GSW & MGISP,
$276,425), by Medaglia d'Oro. WO, 6-11, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.06.
B-B. Flay Thoroughbreds (KY). *$1,000,000 Ylg '14 KEESEP.
Wildcat Springs, f, 3, Tenpins--Red Wildcat, by Forest Wildcat.
EVD, 6-11, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:18.12. B-James & Ywachetta Driver (LA).
A Terrific Shot, c, 3, Trappe Shot--Terrific Tiffany, by Strong
Hope. CD, 6-11, (C), 6f, 1:09.40. B-Sun Valley Farm (KY).
Kenna Mae, f, 3, Society's Chairman--First Impression, by Mr.
Greeley. CBY, 6-10, (S), 5fT, :57.55. B-J K Farm (MN). *$32,000
Ylg '14 MNSAUG. **1/2 to Those Lyon Eyes (Lion Heart), SP,
$190,501.
Mina Lake, g, 5, Private Vow--Miss Atlantic City (MSW,
$299,800), by Stormy Atlantic. CBY, 6-11, 5fT, :58.38.
B-Cantrel Family Partnership, Ltd. (LA). *$140,000 Ylg '12
KEESEP; $140,000 2yo '13 OBSAPR.
Whitman's Poetry, g, 5, Tiznow--Tustarta (MSP-Fr), by
Trempolino. DEL, 6-11, 1 1/16mT, 1:45.27. B-Edward A. Cox
(KY). *$200,000 Ylg '12 KEESEP; $59,000 2yo '13 OBSOPN.
**1/2 to Lickety Lemon (Lemon Drop Kid), SW & GSP,
$236,004; and Cry of Freedom (Street Cry {Ire}), SW-Eng.
SUNDAY, 12 JUNE, 2016
CLASSIC CONNECTION
CONTINUES FOR LAEL STABLE
Roy and Gretchen Jackson at Keeneland in 2007 | Horsephotos
by Emma Berry
On one day in May back in 2006, Roy and Gretchen Jackson
achieved the extraordinary feat of breeding the winners of two
Classics on two different continents, with George Washington
(Ire) (Danehill) landing Newmarket's G1 2000 Guineas, followed
some eight hours later by the GI Kentucky Derby victory of
Barbaro (Dynaformer) in their own Lael Stable silks.
"I had a call from John Magnier the next day and he said that
he didn't think we'd ever see anything like that again. We
watched George Washington win from our hotel room at about
10 a.m. then off we went to see Barbaro. It was quite a day,"
recalls Roy Jackson in his measured manner which doubtless
helped him cope with the despair which was to follow Barbaro's
Derby triumph.
As history relates, the colt suffered multiple fractures to a
hindleg a fortnight later in the GI Preakness S., an injury that
would lead to his death eight months later through
complications arising from several operations to repair the leg.
"Grief is the price we all pay for love," said Gretchen Jackson
on the day her horse was euthanised, but despite enduring, and
ultimately losing, one of the most drawn out fights for survival
with Barbaro, today she speaks of the luck she has enjoyed with
her husband through almost five decades of ownership and
breeding.
Cont. p2
LOUVRE PICTURE PERFECT IN STRADBROKE
Saturday=s A$1.5 million G1 Stradbroke H. saw veteran
galloper Under The Louvre (Aus) (Excellent Art {GB}) record a
first Group 1 at the age of five while reversing placings with the
May 21 G1 Darley Goodwood S. winner Black Heart Bart (Aus)
(Blackfriars {Aus}), who was racing under a penalty for his
Goodwood win. Biding his time in midpack, Under The Louvre
was forced wide off the turn but quickly began to make up
ground down the middle of the track. He hooked up with Black
Heart Bart passing the 200-metre mark and those two used the
length of the stretch to duke it out. Under The Louvre stuck his
head in front passing the 50-metre mark to notch a career high.
"I just had a little better run than Black Heart Bart in transit,@
winning rider Dwayne Dunn told Racenet. "He beat me in
Adelaide and we were able to turn the tables.@
Cont. in Worldwide News p11
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CREATOR LANDS BELMONT S. FOR WINSTAR, FLAY
WinStar Farm and Bobby Flay’s Creator (Tapit) captured the
final jewel of the Triple Crown, edging past Destin (Giant’s
Causeway) in the final stride of the 1 1/2-mile Classic
Saturday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America.
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Classic Connection Continues For Lael Stable Cont. from p1
residual disappointment by winning the G2 German 1000
"We're passionate about horses and farm life and Roy was a
Guineas in Dusseldorf. Quite a start for the nascent link between
natural to be caught up in the fun of it all. We've had enough
the American owners and one of England's fastest-rising
luck to keep us going," she says from their home in West Grove,
trainers.
Pennsylvania.
"Architecture came so close to winning the Oaks. We can't
Both Jacksons grew up with horses as a major influence on
believe our luck really," says Roy. "We're always looking for
their early life. Roy's mother and stepfather owned racehorses,
possible broodmares down the road and we have a couple
while Gretchen turned her hand to showing.
getting older or retiring so we were looking
"Together we got involved with one
for some younger ones coming along."
racehorse in the late 1960s and it grew
He adds, "We talk periodically to
from there," says Roy of their breeding
[bloodstock agent] Amanda Skiffington and
operation, which now extends to almost 20
these two had become available."
mares, with the majority based in Kentucky
Skiffington, who bought both fillies as
and a handful in England and Ireland.
yearlings for their previous owner, Chris
The broodmare band will be enhanced
Humber, and also bought Palmer's G1 2000
eventually with the inclusion of two recent
Guineas winner Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy
in-training purchases in England from Hugo
{Ire}), was responsible for the Jacksons'
Recent
Jackson
purchase
and
Oaks-second
Palmer's stable in Architecture (Ire) (Zoffany
initial British purchase, Superstar Leo (Ire)
Architecture | Racing Post
{Ire}) and Hawksmoor (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}).
(College Chapel {GB}), back in 2000. The
Within a whisker of the deal being done, Architecture shot clear
crack 2-year-old, who was co-bred by Lester Piggott and trained
of the G1 Investec Oaks field and, for a good furlong, looked like
by his son-in-law William Haggas, changed hands after winning
becoming another Classic winner for her young trainer and the
the G2 Norfolk S., and subsequently won the Weatherbys Super
Jacksons, only for Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) to reel her in close
Sprint and G2 Flying Childers S. for her new owners.
home. Forty-eight hours later, Hawksmoor assuaged any
Cont. p3
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Classic Connection Continues For Lael Stable Cont.
Roy says of his involvement outside his home country, "We've
The following year, the couple bought into the James
always admired the British and Irish racing and how much it
Fanshawe-trained Grandera (Ire) (Grand Lodge), whose prowess
interests the public. We love racing on turf."
led to him being on the shopping list of Godolphin, for whom he
Their enjoyment of having horses trained in England has been
subsequently won Group 1 races in England, Ireland and
enhanced by the absence of raceday medication, an issue which
Singapore.
is proving to be an increasing thorn in the side of American
Though he escaped their clutches, the Jacksons' purchase of
racing from an international perspective.
his dam, Bordighera (Alysheba), would reap
"For a long time Gretchen and I have been
further rewards, both on the racecourse
struggling to try to get something done in
and in the sales ring. Two of her
this country to do away with raceday
offspring--George Washington and Nexus
medication. It's been difficult. It's very
(Ire) (Pivotal {GB})--sold for 1.15 million gns
controversial. That's one of the reasons we
and 1.2 million gns at Tattersalls
really like English racing, the fact that there
respectively. Sun Central (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})
isn't the drug issue," he continues. AWe're
and Wonderstruck (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire})
the only country in the world really that
both earned black-type while racing for
allows it. We have no commissioner or head
their breeders, while Old Hundred (Ire)
of racing, as there is in other sports. It's
George
Washington
|
Racing
Post
(Tiger Hill {Ire}) and Lordofthehouse (Ire)
done state-by- state and the rules are hotch
(Danehill Dancer {Ire}) brought further success in their colours.
potch. I think people from Europe are not coming to America to
Bordighera lives in retirement at Round Hill Stud in Ireland,
buy horses quite as much. They question if they're buying a
while Superstar Leo, now 18, is still on active duty at New
chemical horse or not."
England Stud just outside Newmarket, where she boards
The appeal of competing on a more level playing field is clear,
alongside her daughter Enticing (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}), who
even if it means the horse-loving Jacksons have fewer
delivered a brace of Group 3 victories for the Jacksons.
opportunities to witness their string in action. Cont. p4
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Classic Connection Continues For Lael Stable Cont.
Roy adds, "We try to race without Lasix [in the US]. None of
our 2-year-olds race with it but you're at a real disadvantage as
all the others are on it and it enhances their performance.@
He continued, AIt's been two years since we were over in
England for Royal Ascot, but we hope to be back soon to see the
two new fillies. It's amazing that they've both done so well so
soon after we've
become involved."
At a press
conference in
Newmarket on
Thursday, Hugo
Palmer expressed
doubts as to
Architecture's
participation in the
Gretchen Jackson and Barbaro | Horsephotos G2 Ribblesdale S. at
Royal Ascot so soon after her good Oaks run, but she may yet
attempt to emulate stablemate Covert Love (Ire) (Azamour {Ire})
in the G1 Darley Irish Oaks in July, while the G1 Preis der Diana
(German Oaks) and GI Belmont Oaks are also under
consideration.
Hawksmoor, who already has two Group 1 placings to her
name, will doubtless be seeking a win at the highest level but
also has a trip to The Curragh pencilled in, with the G2 Kilboy
Estates S. a potential aim on Irish Oaks weekend. Wherever the
new recruits end up racing, it seems unlikely to be too long
before the Lael Stable silks are gracing the winner's circle once
more.
Saturday, Chantilly, France
PRIX PAUL DE MOUSSAC-G3, i80,000, CHY, 6-11, 3yo, c/g, 8fT,
1:35.43, gd.
1--#@ZELZAL (FR), 122, c, 3, by Sea the Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Olga Prekrasa, by Kingmambo
2nd Dam: Opera Aida (Ire), by Sadler=s Wells
3rd Dam: State Crystal (Ire), by High Estate (Ire)
(i180,000 Ylg >14 ARQOCT). O-Al Shaqab Racing; B-V
Timoshenko (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget; J-Gregory Benoist.
i40,000. Lifetime Record: 4 starts, 3 wins, 0 places, i69,500.
Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Moon Trouble (Ire), 122, c, 3, Lope de Vega (Ire)--Shake the
Moon (Ger), by Loup Solitaire. (i45,000 Ylg >14 ARAUG).
O-Olivier Thomas; B-Haras du Mezeray (IRE); T-Freddy Head.
i16,000.
SUNDAY • 12 JUNE, 2016
3--Degas (Ger), 122, c, 3, Exceed and Excel (Aus)--Diatribe (GB),
by Tertullian. (i100,000 Ylg >14 BBAGS). O/B-Gestut Rottgen
(GER); T-Markus Klug. i12,000.
Margins: 2HF, 2, HD. Odds: 3.70, 5.90, 2.70.
Also Ran: Hurricane (Fr), Siyounor (Fr), Kourkan (Fr), Ankle (Fr),
Golden Nino (Fr). Click for the Racing Post result or the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by
Fasig-Tipton.
Showing raw pattern-race material when winning his first two
Polytrack outings by a cumulative margin of 10 lengths over
7 1/2 furlongs at Deauville Mar. 4 and over this trip at this track
Apr. 6, Zelzal was disappointing when beating only two of his 13
rivals in the G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains back at Deauville last
time May 15, but bounced back here to register a first blacktype success in style. Reserved in last early by a confident
Gregory Benoist as Moon Trouble set off in isolation with
Mickael Barzalona taking no prisoners, the bay was able to creep
closer to the strong pace in his own time. While the aggressive
tactics on Moon
Trouble proved ideal
for seeing off
everything else in the
field, they only
served to play into
the hands of the
classy Zelzal, who
swept by with just
under 100 metres
Zelzal takes the Moussac | Racing Post
remaining en route
to a comfortable
success. AAs I said beforehand, he didn=t run his race in the
Poulains--he didn=t handle the straight course and did not get
the best trip but he was really good tonight,@ trainer Jean-Claude
Rouget commented. AThere is still more room for improvement,
as he didn=t really start until February as he was a late-maturing
horse. He is going for the [G1] Prix Jean Prat [at Chantilly July 10]
and will then have a break over the summer. We=ll see where
we go again in the autumn.@ Zelzal=s second dam is a full-sister
to three stakes producers who all hail from Michael Poland=s
G3 Lancashire Oaks winner and dual Group 1-placed State
Crystal (Ire) (High Estate {Ire}). She in turn is a half to three
black-type scorers, most notably the G1 Fillies= Mile heroine
Crystal Music (Nureyev), while the next dam, Crystal Fountain
(GB) (Great Nephew {GB}), is a half to the Epsom Derby hero
Royal Palace (GB) and also the dam of the German Group 2
winner Crystal Hearted (GB) (Broken Hearted {Ire}). Olga
Prekrasa also has an as-yet unnamed 2-year-old filly by
Redoute=s Choice (Aus).
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THEN WE TAKE BERLIN
This year=s renewal of Hoppegarten=s G2 Diana-Trial is an open
affair with a plethora of promising sorts looking to punch a ticket
from Berlin to Dusseldorf for the Aug. 7 G1 Preis der DianaGerman Oaks. Trainer Markus Klug holds a particularly strong
hand and saddles two leading contenders in a race which
resembles a cat=s cradle of collateral form. Kasalla (Ger) (Soldier
Hollow {GB}) arrives in the capital with a strong sophomore
profile, having registered wide-margin victories at Dusseldorf
Apr. 10 and at Cologne last time May 16. She ran fourth in her
sole juvenile outing, finishing behind Wild Approach (Ger) (New
Approach {Ire}) and Lopera (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) at Hannover in
October. Klug=s
other
representative,
and by no means
the underling, is
La Dynamite (Ire)
(Dylan Thomas
{Ire}), who
entered the Diana
frame with a
La Dynamite | galloponline.de
comfortable score
going 11 furlongs at Cologne Apr. 17 in her only start to date.
Peter Schiergen has plundered a record five wins in this 10panel contest and his first winner Iota (Ger) (Tiger Hill {Ire}),
when the race was known as the G3 Schwarzgold-Rennen and
staged at Cologne, was the last to double up in the main event in
2005. He is represented here by Lopera, who bettered an Oct.
25 debut third to Wild Approach by accounting for, amongst
others, Meergorl (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) over this course and
distance in her only other start last time Apr. 24. Meergorl
bounced back from that debut defeat to best Wild Approach,
again over course and distance, May 15. Night Music (Ger) (Sea
the Stars {Ire}), who is kin to 2009 G1 Preis der Diana victress
Night Magic (Ger) (Sholokhov {Ire}) and 2011 Diana fifth Night of
Dubai (Ire) (Lord of England {Ger}), broke through going nine
furlongs here on debut Mar. 27, but had her colours lowered by
G3 Preis der Winterkonigin third Pagella (Ger) (Soldier Hollow
{GB}) when upped to 11 furlongs at Dusseldorf in her only other
outing Apr. 30. Olala (Ger) (Tertullian) has made all four starts
away from her Munich base, winning one of four starts in
France, and goes postward off a one-length second to last
week=s G3 Prix de Royaumont victress The Juliet Rose (Fr)
(Monsun {Ger}) in the May 10 Listed Prix de la Seine at Chantilly.
SUNDAY • 12 JUNE, 2016
Sunday, Hoppegarten, Germany, post time: 4:50 p.m.
DIANA-TRIAL-G2, i70,000, 3yo, f, 10fT
SC PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
1 10 Always Hope (Ger)
Lord of England (Ger) Helfenbein
2 4 Cockney Blue (GB)
Cockney Rebel (Ire) da Silva
3 1 Dalmatian Sea (Ger)
Lord of England (Ger) Cadeddu
4 8 Kasalla (Ger)
Soldier Hollow (GB) Seidl
5 12 La Dynamite (Ire)
Dylan Thomas (Ire) de Vries
6 7 Lopera (Ger)
Monsun (Ger)
Porcu
7 5 Mary Sun (Fr)
Soldier Hollow (GB) Mendizabal
8 13 Meergorl (Ger)
Adlerflug (Ger)
Tylicki
9 11 Night Music (Ger)
Sea the Stars (Ire)
Pedroza
10 2 Olala (Ger)
Tertullian
Hamelin
11 9 Pagella (Ger)
Soldier Hollow (GB) Pietsch
12 3 Whole Lotta Rosie (Ger) Tiger Hill (Ire)
Hellyn
13 6 Wild Approach (Ger)
New Approach (Ire) Minarik
All carry 128 pounds.
TRAINER
Lowe
Fabianska
Wohler
Klug
Klug
Schiergen
Grewe
Dzubasz
Wohler
Figge
Hirschberger
Rulec
Sauer
Sunday, Cork, Ireland, post time: 3:55 p.m.
CORAL.IE MUNSTER OAKS S.-G3, i75,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 12fT
SC PP HORSE
SIRE
JOCKEY
TRAINER
1 6 Avenante (GB)
Champs Elysees (GB) McDonogh Oxx
2 8 Gallope (Ire)
Lope de Vega (Ire) Foley
Dobbs
3 2 Twitch (Ire)
Azamour (Ire)
Hayes
Palmer
4 9 Best in the World (Ire)
Galileo (Ire)
Hussey
A O'Brien
5 3 French Blue (GB)
Iffraaj (GB)
Lordan
McCreery
6 4 How High the Moon (Ire) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Heffernan
A O'Brien
7 7 Pretty Perfect (Ire)
Galileo (Ire)
O'Donoghue A O'Brien
8 5 Shamreen (Ire)
Dubawi (Ire)
Smullen
Weld
9 1 Siamsaiocht (Ire)
Teofilo (Ire)
Manning
Bolger
All carry 121 pounds bar Avenante, Gallope & Twitch, 135.
AIR FORCE BLUE ADDED TO COMMONWEALTH
Last year=s Cartier 2-year-old champion Air Force Blue (War
Front) has been supplemented to Friday=s G1 Commonwealth
Cup at Royal Ascot at a cost of ,35,000. The Aidan O=Brien
charge has been disappointing this season, beating just one rival
home in both the English and Irish Guineas, and he will drop
back to six furlongs
for the
Commonwealth, the
trip over which he
won one of his three
Group 1s last year,
the Keeneland
Phoenix S.
Removed from the
Commonwealth Cup
Air Force Blue | Racing Post
on Saturday was the
Mark Johnston-trained Lumiere (Ire) (Shamardal), who won last
year=s G1 Cheveley Park S. but was last in the G1 QIPCO 1000
Guineas. "She's just not been sparkling at home. We're just not
happy with her," Johnston told racinguk.com. Cont. p6
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Air Force Blue Added to Commonwealth Cont.
Air Force Blue=s stablemate and 1000 Guineas-second
Ballydoyle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is among the 18 confirmations for
Friday=s other Group 1, the Coronation S.
DARLEY TO STAND PROFITABLE
Darley has secured the breeding rights to Profitable (Ire)
(Invincible Spirit {Ire}--Dani Ridge {Ire}, by Indian Ridge {GB}),
who is among the favourites for Tuesday=s G1 King=s Stand S. at
Royal Ascot. The 4-year-old, who has won the G3 Palace House
S. and G2 Temple S. in his last two outings, will continue to race
in the colours of owner Alan Spence and be trained by Clive Cox.
Jockey Alan Kirby will
continue to ride the horse.
"I'm delighted that
Sheikh Mohammed has
secured the rights to
stand Profitable as a
stallion in the future," said
Spence. "Profitable will
continue to race for me in
Profitable winning the
my colours, and I am
Temple S. | Racing Post
pleased to say that Clive
Cox and Adam Kirby, who have done such an amazing job in
developing this colt's talent, will continue to train and ride him.
We are now looking forward to the King's Stand on Tuesday, and
all other major sprinting targets for the remainder of the
season."
Sam Bullard, Darley's Director of Stallions, added, "Profitable
will be an exciting addition to our stallion ranks at the end of his
racing career. He has an attractive pedigree and physically he is
impressive and has presence."
Saturday=s Results:
BEST WESTERN HOTELS GANTON S.-Listed, ,40,000, YOR, 6-11,
3yo/up, 8fT, 1:39.31, g/s.
1--#MUTAKAYYEF (GB), 133, g, 5, Sea the Stars (Ire)--Infallible
(GB) (GSW & MG1SP-Eng, $314,279), by Pivotal (GB).
(260,000gns Ylg >12 TAOCT). O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al
Maktoum; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-William Haggas;
J-Pat Cosgrave. ,22,684. Lifetime Record: MGSP-Eng, 11-2-7-2,
$177,700.
SUNDAY • 12 JUNE, 2016
2--Sovereign Debt (Ire), 138, g, 7, Dark Angel (Ire)--Kelsey Rose
(GB), by Most Welcome (GB). (105,000gns Ylg >10 TATOCT;
145,000gns 5yo >14 TATFEB). O-Lady O=Reilly. ,8,600.
3--Muwaary (GB), 133, h, 5, Oasis Dream (GB)--Wissal, by
Woodman. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum. ,4,304.
Margins: 1, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 2.75, 14.00, 4.00.
Also Ran: Jallota (GB), Gabrial (Ire), Baraweez (Ire), Red
Napoleon, You=re Fired (Ire), Oracolo (Ire), Top Notch Tonto
(Ire). Scratched: Mindurownbusiness (Ire).
Mutakayyef had hit the board in all 10 prior starts, but was
winless in six black-type tries since shedding maiden status at
Sandown more than two years ago. Runner-up here in the
Aug. 22 G3 Strensall S. in his first start of 2015, he occupied the
same spot in Ayr=s Sept. 19 Listed Doonside Cup and posted a
second-straight placing in Newmarket=s G3 Darley S. last time
Oct. 15. The chestnut, who had been gelded during the off
season, was steadied after an alert getaway and stalked the
leaders in fourth. Making smooth progress in the long straight,
he challenged full of run approaching the final furlong and kept
on strongly under urging to assert for a career high. AHe=s been
gelded and has just taken time to come to hand,@ explained
Sheikh Hamdan=s representative Richard Hills. APat [Cosgrave]
gave him a lovely ride, he came there cantering and did it nicely
as it looked a good race. Even though he had good form to his
name he=d only won a
maiden so we=ll all have a
chat about targets.
[Third-place finisher]
Muwaary has also run a
nice race. He=s had no end
of problems and if they
were all as brave as him
the game would be easy.@
Mutakayyef | Racing Post
Mutakayyef marks the
first black type-winner for
G3 Nell Gwyn S. victrix Infallible (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), who placed
in the G1 Coronation S. and G1 Falmouth S., and she is the best
performer bred from the stakes-winning and group-placed
Irresistible (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), who is also the
granddam of G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest victor Garswood (GB)
(Dutch Art {GB}). The next dam, Polish Romance (Danzig), is a
full to the stakes-winning Polish Love as well as featuring this
year=s Listed Diana-Trial victrix Tickle Me Blue (Ger) (Iffraaj {GB})
amongst her descendants. The fourth dam, Some Romance
(Fappiano), landed the GI Frizette S. and GI Matron S. and is a
half to GI Hollywood Turf Cup hero Vilzak (Green Dancer).
Infallible has also produced the 2-year-old colt Alaadel (GB) (Sea
the Stars {Ire}) and a yearling filly by Frankel (GB). Click for the
Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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BETSTARS.UK SCURRY S.-Listed, ,37,000, SAN, 6-11, 3yo, 5f
6yT, 1:00.32, g/f.
1--EASTON ANGEL (IRE), 124, f, 3, by Dark Angel (Ire)
1st Dam: Staceymac (Ire), by Elnadim
2nd Dam: Neat Shilling (Ire), by Bob Back
3rd Dam: Neat Dish, by Stalwart
(18,000gns Wlg >13 TATFOA; ,30,000 Ylg >14 DNPRM). O-Al
Shaqab Racing & Ritchie Fiddes; B-James Waldron (IRE);
T-Michael Dods; J-Paul Mulrennan. ,20,983. Lifetime Record:
MGSP-Eng, 8-4-1-1, $173,568.
2--Willytheconqueror (Ire), 126, g, 3, Kodiac (GB)--Jazzie (Fr), by
Zilzal. (45,000gns RNA Wlg >13 TATFOA; 48,000gns Ylg >14
TAOCT). O-Perspicacious Punters Racing Club. ,7,955.
3--Ornate (GB), 126, c, 3, Bahamian Bounty (GB)--Adorn (GB), by
Kyllachy (GB). O-Cheveley Park Stud. ,3,981.
Margins: 2 1/4, 1HF, HF. Odds: 2.00, 8.00, 3.00.
Also Ran: Soapy Aitken (GB), Dhahmaan (Ire), Lil's Joy (Ire),
Shaden (Ire). Scratched: Shadow Hunter (Ire), Lady Macapa (GB).
Easton Angel, who ran second in last term=s G2 Queen Mary S.
at Royal Ascot, was in the money in Newmarket=s July 10
G2 Duchess of Cambridge S. and York=s Aug. 20 G2 Lowther S.,
and closed her juvenile campaign with an uncharacteristic fifth
in the Sept. 18 Listed Harry Rosebery S. at Ayr. Back with a bang
in the May 12 Listed Westow S at York, the grey doubled her
black-type tally with a dominant display in this stepping stone to
the summer sprints. Well away to track the leaders in fourth
before making ominous headway from halfway, she quickened
impressively to seize control passing the eighth pole and drew
off in the closing stages to easily prevail. AShe was pulling double
from halfway, has traveled and improved a lot from two to
three, and that was perfect,@ enthused trainer Michael Dods.
AShe=s ready for a step up in class, but the first time she could
meet [stablemate] Mecca=s Angel is in the [Aug. 19 G1]
Nunthorpe [S. at York]. She has a number of options ahead of
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the [July 29 G2] King George S. at Goodwood, which is an ideal
race for her. There=s options in Ireland and a race here [July 2
G3 Coral Sprint]. Then after Goodwood it=s three weeks to York,
which is enough time for her to recover for the Nunthorpe.@
Easton Angel marks the first winner bred from Staceymac (Ire)
(Elnadim), who is a winning half-sister to the stakes-winning
G2 Meydan Zabeel Mile runner-up Kalahari Gold (Ire) (Trans
Island {GB}). The next dam, Neat Dish (Stalwart), is half to the
stakes-winning MGISP GI Metropolitan H. runner-up and leading
South African sire Western Winter (Gone West). The winner is
kin to the 2-year-old colt Easton Lad (Ire) (Lilbourne Lad {Ire})
and a yearling filly by the same sire. Click for the Racing Post
result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
1st-CHE, ,10,000, Cond, 6-11, 2yo, 5f 16yT, 1:01.28, gd.
SUPER JULIUS (GB) (c, 2, Bated Breath {GB}--Paradise Isle {GB}
{MSW & GSP-Eng, $262,023}, by Bahamian Bounty {GB}), a
last-out second going a shade over five panels at Windsor
May 23, was rushed from the inside gate to claim an early lead
along the fence here. Holding sway thereafter, the 7-2 chance
came under pressure rounding the home turn and surged ever
clear in the short straight to score by an impressive 3 3/4 lengths
from Carson City (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}), becoming the fifth
winner for his freshman sire (by Dansili {GB}). Super Julius is the
fourth winner out of MSW Paradise Isle (GB) (Bahamian Bounty
{GB}), who is a half to the excellent producer Clincher Club (GB)
(Polish Patriot), whose descendants are headed by the G3 Blue
Wind S. heroine Euphrasia (Ire) (Windsor Knot {Ire)) and the
stakes-winning G1 2000 Guineas and G1 Racing Post Trophy
placegetter Van der Neer (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}). From the
immediate family of MGSW Tina=s Pet (GB) (Mummy=s Pet {GB}),
the winner is kin to a yearling colt by Iffraaj (GB). Sales history:
35,000gns Ylg >15 TAOCT. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $11,550.
Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-B Miller; B-T R G Vestey (GB); T-Eve Johnson Houghton.
2nd-BAT, ,7,450, Cond, 6-11, 2yo, f, 5f 11yT, 1:02.01,
fm.
TALLULAH ROSE (GB) (f, 2, Exceed and Excel {Aus}--Blinking
{GB}, by Marju {Ire}), who shaped with promise when hitting
the board at Salisbury on debut May 28, found an ideal slot
scraping paint in a close fourth after the opening exchanges of
this second go. Ridden along when slipping one spot inside the
two pole, the 7-2 third choice looked held in fifth at the furlong
marker, but found an additional gear under a power drive to
deny Groupie (GB) (Requinto {Ire}) by 3/4 of a length in the final
stride. Tallulah Rose is a third winner out of the unraced Blinking
(GB) (Marju {Ire}), whose progeny includes the dual listed-placed
filly Twitch (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}). Cont. p8
Easton Angel | Racing Post
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2nd-BAT Cont.
Blinking (GB) is a full to the MG1SW Hong Kong champion
Comic Strip (GB) (Marju {Ire}) as well as being a half to the
GI Flower Bowl Invitational and GI Diana S. heroine Laughing
(Ire) (Dansili {GB}). The next dam, Circus Act (GB) (Shirley
Heights {GB})--dam of MGSW Brave Act (GB) (Persian Bold {Ire}-is a daughter of G3 Lowther S.-winning British champion Circus
Ring (Ire) (High Top {Ire}), who also produced Circus Act's
stakes-winning full-sister Lady Shipley (GB) and the black-type
scorer Ellie Ardensky (GB) (Slip Anchor {GB}). Circus Act is also
the granddam of MG1SW Australian champion Serenade Rose
(Aus) (Stravinsky). Sales history: 80,000gns Ylg >15 TAOCT.
Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $7,854. Video, sponsored by FasigTipton.
O-The Bailye Baker Partnership; B-Floors Farming & The Duke of
Devonshire (GB); T-George Baker.
1st-LEI, ,7,000, Cond, 6-11, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:15.29, sf.
VENTURA BLUES (IRE) (f, 2, Bated Breath {GB}--Salmon Rose
{Ire}, by Iffraaj {GB}), successful over this trip at Kempton
May 18, raced in second early tracking Bridal March (GB)
(Casamento {Ire}). Taking over from that rival approaching the
last quarter mile, the 6-4 favourite was pushed out to secure a
comfortable 3 1/4-length success. The unraced dam is a half to
the G1 Dubai World Cup hero Prince Bishop (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}),
whose immediate family features the GII San Antonio S. winner
Blingo (Artie Schiller) and the stakes-winning and producing
Hold To Ransom (Red Ransom). They descend from Topsy (GB)
(Habitat), who scored three times at pattern level including the
G2 Sun Chariot S. and who is a half to the G1 Epsom Derby hero
Teenoso and whose progeny includes the G2 Lockinge S. scorer
and G1 Epsom Derby runner-up Most Welcome (GB). Salmon
Rose also has an as-yet unnamed yearling filly by Poet=s Voice
(GB). Sales history: 32,000gns RNA Wlg >14 TATFOA; ,68,000 Ylg
>15 DNPRM. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $11,442. Video,
sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Middleham Park Racing VI; B-George Kent (IRE); T-R. Hannon.
3rd-LIN, ,4,000, Cond, 6-11, 2yo, f, 5fT, 1:00.49, sf.
+MRS DANVERS (GB) (f, 2, Hellvelyn {GB}--Rebecca de Winter
{GB}, by Kyllachy {GB}), ignored at 33-1, chased the early pace
and was never far away before working her way to the front
passing the two-furlong pole. Asserting from there, the
modestly-bred grey, whose dam is a half to the listed-winning
Qatari champion Izzthatright (Ire) (Moss Vale {Ire}), hit the line
strong to register a 3 1/4-length success from Paco=s Angel (GB)
(Paco Boy {Ire}). Sales history: i1,000 RNA 2yo >16 TTIFEB.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $3,690. Video, sponsored by
Fasig-Tipton.
O-Turf Club 2014; B-M. A. Burton & Connie Hopper (GB);
T-Jonathan Portman.
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6th-YOR, ,12,000, Mdn, 6-11, 2yo, 6fT, 1:14.16, g/s.
+MARIE OF LYON (GB) (f, 2, Royal Applause {GB}--Virginia Hall
{GB} {SW-ENg & GSP-Fr}, by Medicean {GB}), sent off at 4-1,
chased the leading group throughout the early stages and
looked out of the action passing the quarter pole. Staying on to
challenge between rivals before wresting the lead from Final
Reckoning (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) with 150 yards remaining, the
,77,000 DNPRM yearling asserted to win by 1 1/2 lengths. AShe
has a great temperament and I was able to ride with
confidence,@ jockey Paul Hanagan said. AShe got home really
well and I think she=s got a lot of ability, so there=s a lot to look
forward to. She=ll improve so much from this and is really nice.@
The useful dam, who was a winner at listed level and was
second in the G3 Prix du Calvados, is a half to the G3 Firth of
Clyde S. winner Violette (GB) (Observatory) and also the G3 Nell
Gwyn S. heroine Silca=s Gift (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}). The
next dam is the G3 Queen Mary S.-winning On Tiptoes (GB)
(Shareef Dancer), who was the best progeny out of Pennyweight
(GB) (Troy {GB}), a half to the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas hero and
sire Wassl (GB). Last year=s G1 Haydock Sprint Cup hero Twilight
Son (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) is counted among her descendants,
while Virginia Hall also has an as-yet unnamed yearling colt by
Makfi (GB). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $11,068. Video, sponsored
by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Clipper Logistics; B-Limestone Stud (GB); T-Richard Fahey.
6th-SAN, ,6,000, Mdn, 6-11, 3yo, 10f 7yT, 2:09.69, g/f.
AUTOCRATIC (GB) (c, 3, Dubawi {Ire}--Canda {MSP-Fr}, by
Storm Cat), runner-up over a mile at Chelmsford at the start of
the month, started as the 3-1 joint-second favourite and settled
behind the leading duo early. Gaining the lead from Makzeem
(GB) (Makfi {GB}) with 150 yards to race, the homebred asserted
to score by two lengths from that half-brother to Al Kazeem
(GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). The winner is a half-brother to the G3 Horris
Hill S.-winning sire Evasive (GB) (Elusive Quality) from a highly
distinguished family. The dam is a daughter of the G1 Prix de
Diane, G1 Poule d=Essai des Pouliches and G1 Prix Jacques le
Marois heroine East of the Moon (Private Account), who also
produced the G3 Prix d=Arenberg scorer Moon Driver (Mr.
Prospector). The third dam is the outstanding, 10-times Group
1-winning champion Miesque (Nureyev), who needs no
introduction as a dual GI Breeders= Cup Mile heroine who also
collected a 1000 Guineas and the Poule d=Essai des Pouliches on
the way. Miesque managed to match her race record as a
broodmare, producing five black type winners headed by the
aforementioned East of the Moon and the triple Group 1winning champion sire Kingmambo (Mr. Prospector). Her
descendants include the 2016 Dubai Turf hero Real Steel (Jpn)
(Deep Impact {Jpn}), as well as 2014 GI Breeders= Cup Mile hero
Karakontie (Jpn) (Bernstein). Cont. p9
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6th-SAN Cont.
Miesque is also the ancestress of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. and
G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Rumplestiltskin (Ire) (Danehill),
who in turn is the dam of the G1 Yorkshire Oaks winner and
G1 Irish Oaks runner-up Tapestry (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Canda, who
was placed at listed level twice as a juvenile, also has a yearling
full-brother to Autocratic (GB). Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, $9,329.
Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Cheveley Park Stud; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Sir
Michael Stoute.
Friday Night=s Result:
5th-GOO, ,5,000, Mdn, 6-10, 3yo, 8fT, 1:39.05, gd.
TUKHOOM (IRE) (g, 3, Acclamation {GB}--Carioca {Ire} {SW-Ity
& SP-Eng}, by Rakti {GB}), who was last of eight on his only start
behind Stormy Antarctic (Stormy Atlantic) over this trip at
Newbury in September, started at 5-1 and waited in rear early.
Making ground easily on the outer to lead approaching the
furlong pole, the 100,000gns TATOCT yearling asserted under
mainly hand riding to win by 3 1/2 lengths from Van Dyke (GB)
(Excellent Art {GB}). The winner is a half-brother to Tupi (Ire)
(Tamayuz {GB}), MSW & MGSP-Eng, SP-Fr, $171,008 from the
extended family of the G1 2000 Guineas-winning sire Mystiko
and a host of South African luminaries headed by the champion
Rabiya (SAf) (Jallad). Carioca, who boasted useful form in her
own right, also has a 2-year-old colt by Acclamation (GB) named
Capital City (Ire). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $4,676. Video,
sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Kabansk Ltd &
Rathbarry Stud (IRE); T-Marcus Tregoning.
4th-YOR, ,100,000, Hcp, 6-11, 3yo, 6fT, 1:11.86, g/s.
MR LUPTON (IRE) (g, 3, Elnadim--Chiloe Wigeon {Ire}, by
Docksider) Lifetime Record: SP-Eng, 12-3-3-4, $583,515. O-N D
Kershaw; B-Ms E O=Neill (IRE); T-Richard Fahey. *i6,500 Wlg >13
GOFNOV; ,15,000 Ylg >14 DNPRM; ,68,000 RNA 2yo >15
DONSEP.
4th-MUS, ,100,000, Hcp, 6-11, 4yo/up, 5fT, :57.77, gd.
HOOFALONG (GB) (g, 6, Pastoral Pursuits {GB}--Baymist {GB},
by Mind Games {GB}) Lifetime Record: 35-7-6-0, $168,000. O-A
Chandler, L Westwood, D Blunt & Y Blunt; B-D F Spence (GB);
T-Mick Easterby. *,12,000 Ylg >11 DONNOV.
2nd-SAN, ,20,000, Hcp, 6-11, 3yo, 9fT, 1:55.31, g/f.
THREAT ASSESSED (IRE) (c, 3, Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}--High
Reserve {GB}, by Dr Fong) Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, $21,740.
O-Alan G Craddock; B-Roundhill Stud (IRE); T-Clive Cox.
*i32,000 Ylg >14 GOFORB.
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ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Ventura Secret (Ire), c, 2, Roderic O=Connor (Ire)--Bajan Belle
(Ire), by Efisio (GB). MUS, 6-11, 5fT, :59.75. B-Audrey Frances
Stynes (IRE). *i30,000 Wlg >14 GOFNOV; 28,000gns Ylg >15
TAOCT.
Cosmopolitan Girl (Ire), f, 3, Dream Ahead--Absolute Music
(MGSP-Fr), by Consolidator. BAT, 6-11, 5f 11yT, 1:01.23.
B-Corrin Stud & Dream Ahead Syndicate (IRE). *90,000gns 2yo
>15 TATBRE.
+Miss Carbonia (Ire), f, 3, Lilbourne Lad (Ire)--Carbonia (Ire), by
Alhaarth (Ire). LIN, 6-11, 7fT, 1:28.71. B-Mrs Elizabeth O=Leary
(IRE). *i21,000 Ylg >14 GOFFEB; 42,000gns Ylg >14 TATOCT.
Saturday=s Results:
1st-NAV, i21,000, Cond, 6-11, 2yo, 5f 182yT, 1:12.82, g/f.
KING ELECTRIC (IRE) (c, 2, Elzaam {Aus}--Kind Regards {Ire}
{SW-Eng, $123,431}, by Unfuwain), who became the first
winner for his freshman sire (by Redoute=s Choice {Aus}) when
breaking through at The Curragh last time May 2, broke sharply
and accepted a tow in second through the early fractions of this
one. Easing to the fore soon after halfway, the 1-3 chalk was
shaken up with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and driven clear inside
the final eighth to score by 4 1/2 lengths from Lyin Eyes (GB)
(Equiano {Fr}). King Electric=s stakes-winning dam is a half-sister
to GI Woodford Reserve Turf Classic and GI Charles Whittingham
H. scorer White Heart (GB) (Green Desert), from the family of
the leading perfomers Rainbows For Life (Lyphard) and Colour
Chart (Mr. Prospector), the latter being the dam of GISW US
champion Tempera (A.P. Indy) and G1SP Equerry (St. Jovite). The
winner is kin to a yearling colt by Red Jazz. Sales history:
i23,000 RNA Wlg >14 GOFNOV; i25,000 Ylg >15 TISEP. Lifetime
Record: 4-2-2-0, $38,591. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Sean Jones; B-Fortbarrington Stud (IRE); T-Ger Lyons.
7th-NAV, i20,000, Cond, 6-11, 3yo, 8fT, 1:44.46, g/f.
GENERAL MACARTHUR (c, 3, War Front--Imagine {Ire} {Hwt.
3yo Filly-Eng at 11-14f, G1SW-Eng & Ire, $527,013}, by Sadler=s
Wells), who was last seen finishing fourth in the Listed Silver S.
over 10 furlongs at The Curragh June 4, was sent off the 11-4
second favourite and raced under restraint with one behind
throughout the initial stages. Tracking Tony the Gent (Ire)
(Kodiac {GB}) in the straight, the son of the G1 Epsom Oaks and
G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Imagine swooped in the final
yards to register a 3/4-of-a-length success. Undoubtedly,
General Macarthur boasts the pedigree of the day, with his highclass dam being just one of a number of headline acts
descended from Doff the Derby (Master Derby). Cont. p10
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7th-NAV Cont.
Imagine=s first foal was the ill-fated G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere
winner Horatio Nelson (Ire) (Danehill), G1SW-Fr, GSW & G1SPEng, GSW-Ire, $488,433; while she also produced Red Rock
Canyon (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), MG1SP-Ire, $360,889, Kitty
Matcham (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), GSW-Eng, $106,564,
Viscount Nelson (Giant=s Causeway), GSW-UAE, MSW & G1SPIre, G1SP-Eng, $707,647, and Point Piper (Giant=s Causeway), SW
& MGSP-US, $279,135. Imagine is also a full-sister to the G1 Irish
1000 Guineas runner-up Strawberry Roan (Ire) and a half-sister
to the brilliant G1 English and Irish Derby and G1 King George VI
& Queen Elizabeth S. hero Generous (Ire), as well as to Wedding
Bouquet (Ire) (Kings Lake), who is the second dam of the
multiple group 1 scorer Moonlight Cloud (GB) (Invincible Spirit
{Ire}). Doff the Derby=s half-sister, the champion Trillion (Hail To
Reason), is the dam of yet another champion in the outstanding
Triptych (Riverman) and is also an ancestress of the dual G1 Prix
de l=Arc de Triomphe heroine Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}).
Imagine=s youngest progeny are 2-year-old and foal full-sisters
to General Macarthur as War Front=s influence grows
inexorably. Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-0, $24,775. Video, sponsored
by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Mrs John Magnier & Mrs David Nagle; B-Barronstown Stud
(KY); T-Aidan O=Brien.
4th-NAV, i14,000, Mdn, 6-11, 3yo/up, f/m, 10fT, 2:09.36, g/f.
KARALARA (IRE) (f, 3, Shamardal--Karasiyra {Ire} {SW &
GSP-Ire}, by Alhaarth {Ire}), fourth on debut at The Curragh in
her only prior start July 19, was restrained to race last of the six
runners after an alert break in this belated return. Taking closer
order at the three-furlong marker, the 9-4 second choice
challenged four wide entering the final eighth and was pushed
clear to easily account for Gabardine (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) by three
lengths. Karalara is the first winner for Listed Lenebane S. victrix
Karasiyra (Ire) (Alhaarth {Ire}), who also ran second in the
G3 Noblesse S. and has since produced the 2-year-old filly
Karishma (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) and a yearling filly by
Redoute=s Choice (Aus). Karasiyra is one of two stakes horses
bred from Kerania (Ire) (Daylami {Ire}), with the next dam
Kermiyana (Ire) (Green Desert) being the best produce out of
G3 Anglesey S. winner Keraka (Storm Bird), who in turn is the
best performer for G3 Supreme S. heroine Kerita (Ire)
(Formidable). The latter is a half to Kareena (Ire) (Riverman), the
second dam of GI Breeders= Cup Turf and G1 Champion S. hero
Kalanisi (Ire) (Doyoun {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $10,403.
Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan=s Studs SC (IRE);
T-Dermot Weld.
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Saturday=s Results:
PRIX LA FLECHE-Listed, i55,000, CHY, 6-11, 2yo, 5fT, :58.40, gd.
1--#RAPACITY ALEXANDER (IRE), 125, f, 2, by Dandy Man (Ire)
1st Dam: Umlani (Ire), by Great Commotion
2nd Dam: Travel Magic (Ire), by Henbit
3rd Dam: Quiet Harbour (Ire), by Mill Reef
(i42,000 Wlg >14 GOFNOV; 90,000gns Ylg >15 TATOCT).
O-Noel O=Callaghan; B-Aidan Fogarty (IRE); T-David Evans;
J-Mickael Barzalona. i27,500. Lifetime Record: 4 starts,
2 wins, 2 places, i33,942. *Full to Peniaphobia (Ire), G1SW-HK
& MG1SP-UAE, $4,346,519.
2--Sans Equivoque (Ger), 125, f, 2, Stormy River (Fr)--Suissesse,
by Malibu Moon. O-Haras d=Etreham, D Guillemin, Maurice
Lagasse & Riviera Equine SARL. i11,000.
3--Fixette (Ire), 125, f, 2, Kodiac (GB)--Fixed Gaze, by
Speightstown. (i28,000 Wlg >14 GOFNOV). O-Haras d=Etreham
& Peter Katelanis. i8,250.
Margins: 3/4, HF, HF. Odds: 3.90, 7.20, 3.90.
Also Ran: Bomba (Fr), Merci Patron (Fr), Cosachope (Fr),
Cavaprun (Fr), Defi Chope (Fr), Zahiria (Fr).
Third on debut to >TDN Rising Star= Chupalla (GB) (Helmet
{Aus}) over this trip at Kempton Mar. 26, Rapacity Alexander
was second in a Nottingham maiden May 6 before getting off
the mark with authority at Lingfield 19 days later. Showing dash
to lead soon after the start, the bay was clear passing halfway
and kept up the momentum to hold on as Sans Equivoque
closed in. AShe is a nice, straightforward filly and the decision
was between here and Royal Ascot, so we went for the easiest
race,@ Noel O=Callaghan explained. AThere is a strong possibility
that she will come back to France for the [G2] Prix Robert Papin
[at Maisons-Laffitte July 24] and that could be her next race, but
there is also the [G3] Prix du Bois [at Deauville July 2] so we=ll
see she comes out of this.@ The winner=s full-brother
Peniaphobia is now a G1 Hong Kong Sprint hero, while other
members of the family include the G1 Coronation Cup hero
Quiet Fling, fellow sire Peacetime and the US champion grass
mare Wandesta (GB) (Nashwan). Click for the Racing Post
result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
6th-CHY, i25,000, Mdn, 6-11, 3yo, 6fT, 1:10.72, gd.
SPIRITFIX (GB) (f, 3, Invincible Spirit {Ire}--Beautifix {Ger} {SWEng, $110,765}, by Bering {GB}), second over 6 1/2 furlongs on
the Polytrack here last time May 10, raced behind the early
leaders before staying on down the outer to lead approaching
the furlong marker. Cont. p11
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6th-CHY Cont.
Clear when eased late on, the 17-10 favourite record a
comfortable two-length score from Poet=s Rock (Fr) (Poet=s
Voice {GB}). The winner is a half-sister to Sofast (Fr) (Rock of
Gibraltar {Ire}), GSW & G1SP-Fr, $278,651, the first foal out of
the listed scorer Beautifix who took the G3 Prix la Rochette and
finished runner-up in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere as a 2-yearold. Her own dam Beautimix (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}) is a half to the
G3 Prix d=Arenberg-winning sire Iron Mask, while the fourth dam
Stick To Beauty (Illustrious) produced the GI Alabama S. heroine
Maplejinsky (Nijinsky). She is the dam of the US Fillies= Triple
Crown winner Sky Beauty (Blushing Groom {Fr}) and the top
sprinter Gold Beauty (Mr. Prospector), who in turn is responsible
for the triple Group 1-winning champion sprinter and sire
Dayjur. Beautifix also has a 2-year-old filly by Pivotal (GB) named
Vicugna (GB) and a yearling filly by Exceed and Excel (Aus)
named Spaday (Ire). Lifetime Record: 4 starts, 1 win, 2 places,
i20,800. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O/B-Wertheimer et Frere (GB); T-Andre Fabre.
9th-CHY, i25,000, Debutantes, 6-11, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:39.93, st.
+LEEWARD (f, 3, First Defence--Introducing, by Deputy
Minister), sent off at 17-1, missed the kick before being rushed
up to track the free-running fellow Juddmonte homebred
December Dawn (GB) (Dansili {GB}) in second. Sent past that
tiring full-sister to the 2013 G1 Nassau S. winner Winsili (GB)
with just over 300 metres remaining, the dark bay was soon
clear and finished up the authoritative winner by 3 1/2 lengths
from Roman Ridge (Fr) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), with
December Dawn fading into sixth. The winner is a full-sister to
New Line, SP-US, $230,349, with her second dam being the
GII La Prevoyante H. scorer Interim (GB) (Sadler=s Wells) whose
progeny are headed by the GI Charles Whittingham Memorial H.
winner and sire Midships and the multiple listed-winning and
Group 1-placed Principal Role (Empire Maker). She is also the
dam of the GI San Juan Capistrano Invitational H. runner-up
Staging Post (Pleasant Colony) and Interim Payment (Red
Ransom), whose G1 Grosser Preis von Bayern-winning daughter
Temida (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}) adds further lustre to her top-class
pedigree. Introducing also has a colt foal by Yes It=s True.
Lifetime Record: 1 start, 1 win, i12,500. Video, sponsored by
Fasig-Tipton.
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-David Smaga.
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SUNDAY • 12 JUNE, 2016
Louvre Picture Perfect In Stradbroke Cont. from p1
Saturday, Eagle Farm, Australia
STRADBROKE H.-G1, A$1,500,000, BRC, 6-11, Open Handicap,
1400mT, 1:23.72, Good.
1--@&UNDER THE LOUVRE, 54.5, h, 5, by Excellent Art (GB)
1st Dam: Barcelona Girl, by Noverre (USA)
2nd Dam: Sri Lanka, by Sri Pekan (USA)
3rd Dam: Momentaire, by Marscay (AUS)
(A$50,000 Ylg 2012 WI Classic Yearling Sale) O-R Lyons, P
Harrison, P Kean, G Breen, G Smith, J P Van Duuren & Tilda
Syndicate (Mgr: P J Brown); B-Mrs DM Cobcroft NSW; T-R W
Smerdon; J-D Dunn; A$1,000,000. Lifetime Record: 29-9-7-6,
A$1,761,701. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Black Heart Bart, 58.0, g, 5, Blackfriars--Sister Theresa, by At
Talaq (USA). O-K B Renner, C R Delacy, A Psaltis, I McCarthy &
Mrs D A Richardson; B-Durham Lodge Thoroughbred Stud WA;
T-D K Weir; J-B Rawiller; A$280,000.
3--The Virginian, 50.5, g, 3, Hinchinbrook--Redwood Dancer
(USA), by Forestry (USA). O-Ramsey Pastoral Company Pty Ltd
(Mgr: S B Ramsey); B-Ramsey Pastoral Co Pty Ltd QLD; T-A J
Edmonds; J-R J Myers; A$130,000.
Margins: 0.1 len, 3.4 len, 6.9 len. Odds: 10.00, 4.50, 80.00.
Also Ran: Delectation, Sacred Star, Precious Gem,
Counterattack, Charlie Boy, Malaguerra, Azkadellia (NZ) ,
Kaepernick, Big Money, Hooked, Takedown, Artlee, Music
Magnate (NZ) , Two Blue, Charmed Harmony.
Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com
catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.
Prior to Saturday=s Stradbroke, Under The Louvre had
contested Group 1 company four times in his 28 starts, hitting
the board on each occasion. The first attempt came in last year=s
G1 Oakleigh Plate, when he was second by three-quarters of a
length to stablemate Shamal Wind (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}). The bay
gave Group 1 company another go two starts later in the
Goodwood, finishing third, that time behind Flamberge (Aus)
(Exceed and Excel {Aus}). Under The Louvre went winless during
a busy spring campaign last year, his four placings in six outings
including a third in the G1 Sir Rupert Clarke S. at Caulfield, and
he enjoyed an extended rest over the Australian summer,
resuming only when third in Caulfield=s Listed Bel Esprit S. going
1100 metres Apr. 23. His second in the Goodwood came a
month after that, and trainer Robert Smerdon admitted his loss
in the Goodwood, hence avoiding a penalty, likely made the
difference Saturday. Cont. p12
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G1 Stradbroke H. Cont.
"If we win in Adelaide, we don=t win today,@ Smerdon told the
media after the race. "[Black Heart Bart] went up in weight and
we didn=t. If we hadn=t met him 2kg better we probably couldn=t
beat him.@
"He=s been such a genuine
horse and he=s been so
competitive at the highest
level for a long time,@
Smerdon added. "But he=s a
1350-metre horse so the
1400 metres was always an
ask. Dwayne always had the
back of Black Heart Bart and
Under The Louvre
even when he got to him I
Racing and Sports
wasn=t sure because I know
that 1350 metres is his best go, but he toughed it out and found
the line really well.@
Under The Louvre=s dam, Barcelona Girl, is a half-sister to
G2 Royal Sovereign S. winner Master Happy (Aus) (Magic Albert
{Aus}). Under The Louvre is her first foal. She has a winning
2-year-old colt named Barthelona (Aus) (Zoffany {Ire}), a yearling
colt by Casino Prince (Aus) and a colt foal by Dream Ahead.
Saturday, Eagle Farm, Australia
JJ ATKINS S.-G1, A$600,000, BRC, 6-11, 2yo, Open Set Weight,
1600mT, 1:37.82, Good.
1--#@&SACRED ELIXIR (NZ), 57.0, g, 2, by Pour Moi (Ire)
1st Dam: Baltika (NZ), by Stravinsky (USA)
2nd Dam: Zambuca (NZ), by Zabeel (NZ)
3rd Dam: Horlicks (NZ), by Three Legs (GB)
(NZ$170,000 Ylg 2015 NZB National Yearling Sale) O-Raffles
Thoroughbred Racing (Mgr: K T Yap); B-G W de Gruchy,
Central, NZ; T-A W Pike; J-Z Purton; A$384,000. Lifetime
Record: 6-3-1-0, A$450,453. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for
the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Charnley River, 57.0, c, 2, Show a Heart--Wabble, by
Canadian Silver (CAN). O/B-Showtime Breeding (Mgr: R A
Cutts); T-S W Kendrick; J-K Mc Evoy; A$120,000.
3--Heart Skipt a Beat, 55.0, f, 2, Falvelon--No Time, by Barely a
Moment. (A$37,500 Ylg 2015 MM March Yearling Sale) O-D C
Irwin, Mrs J A Freeman, M S B Smith, J P Best, S Bates, M
Lanyon, N A Evans, J Howson, A Johnston, P R Burnitt, J
Croucher & W C Clark; B-M J & S C Murdoch QLD; T-L F
Birchley; J-J Lloyd; A$60,000.
Margins: 3.5 len, 4.8 len, 6.6 len. Odds: 4.00, 50.00, 100.00
Also Ran: Souchez, Dreams Aplenty, Oink, Redouble, Candika,
Meet and Greet, Attention, Nikitas, Crack Me Up (NZ) ,
Punishing, Vasiliev, Our Cinderella, Jaws of Steel, Barbass,
Cadogan. Click for the Racing Post result or the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.
SUNDAY • 12 JUNE, 2016
Sacred Elixir kicked off a day to remember for trainer Tony
Pike, giving the Cambridge-based conditioner his first Group 1
win in Australia, a tally that was later doubled when Provocative
landed the G1 Queensland Oaks on the same card. Sacred Elixir
also became the first Group 1 winner for the 2011 G1 Investec
Derby winner Pour Moi, who is based at Coolmore in Ireland and
shuttles to New Zealand=s Windsor Park Stud.
Sacred Elixir broke his maiden at second asking going 1200
metres at Ellerslie Jan. 9, and filled sixth over the same track and
trip two weeks later in the Listed Karaka Million. Given a near
four-month break
thereafter, the gelding
traveled across the
Tasman to take a
1400-metre Sunshine
Coast handicap May 11,
and was a fast-finishing
sixth, ultimately beaten
just over a length, in the
Sacred Elixir | Racing and Sports
G2 Sires= Produce S. at
Doomben two weeks later. Fancied at odds of 4-1 to relish the
step up in trip here, Sacred Elixir sat midpack and off the fence
in the full field through the opening stages. Appearing full of run
as he swung five-wide off the turn under Zac Purton, Sacred
Elixir ground his way to the lead passing the 200-metre mark. He
needed only a couple of reminders with the stick before drawing
away to ultimately win under wraps. "I had it won at the 700
metres,@ Purton told the media after the race. "When I was
tracking up coming into it beautifully and everyone else was all
crammed up, I just kept him out of trouble.@
"He=s very raw,@ Purton added. AThere could be a lot of
improvement left in him or there could just be a little bit more.
But we know he is going to improve to a certain degree. He=s a
lovely big horse but he hasn=t quite filled out into his frame yet
and mentally he=s still got to think about everything he=s doing.
Once that all comes together and he gets over a bit more
ground, and being by an English Derby winner he=s an exciting
horse.@
Pike noted Flemington=s G1 Victoria Derby in November is his
charge=s ultimate spring target. "We=ve always thought he was
an extremely promising horse,@ the conditioner said. "Being a
2-year-old and wanting to get him over a trip we hadn=t been
able to get him past 1400 metres, so the JJ Atkins was the
perfect race for him on a big track over the mile. The Victoria
Derby is the long term plan with him. He=s got a real stayer=s
pedigree out of Horlicks=s family. He=s a lovely big horse now
and he=s only going to furnish more as he gets older. He=s going
to be a lovely horse when he gets to 2000 metres and further.@
Cont. p13
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G1 JJ Atkins S. Cont.
Sacred Elixir is the first foal out of the winning Stravinsky mare
Baltika. His third dam is the 1989 G1 Japan Cup winner Horlicks
(Three Legs {GB}), also a Group 1 winner in Australia and New
Zealand who also proved her worth as a broodmare, producing
G1 Melbourne Cup winner Brew (NZ) (Sir Tristram {Ire}) and
G2 Avondale Guineas winner Bubble (NZ) (Sir Tristram {Ire}),
also six-times Group 1-placed. Four of Horlicks=s daughters have
produced group winners. Baltika has a weanling filly by Darci
Brahma (NZ).
Saturday, Eagle Farm, Australia
QUEENSLAND DERBY-G1, A$600,000, BRC, 6-11, 3yo, Open Set
Weight, 2400mT, 2:32.34, Good.
1--#@&EAGLE WAY, 57.0, g, 3, by More Than Ready (USA)
1st Dam: Wedgetail Eagle, by Lure (USA)
2nd Dam: La Favorita (USA), by Seattle Dancer (USA)
3rd Dam: Golden Rhyme (IRE), by Dom Racine (FR)
(A$200,000 Ylg 2014 WI Sydney Easter Yearling Sale) O-J G
Moore; B-Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia Pty Ltd NSW; T-B
R Guy; J-Tommy Berry; A$384,000. Lifetime Record: 13-4-2-0,
A$517,750. *1/2 to Soaressa (Aus) (Twining), SW-Aus,
$183,480; Impressive Eagle (Aus) (Rubiton {Aus}), MSW &
G1SP-Aus, $305,675; and Assertive Eagle (Aus) (Danewin
{Aus}), SW & MGSP-Aus, $271,750. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click
for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Rodrico, 57.0, g, 3, High Chaparral (IRE)--Truly a Beauty
(USA), by Seeking the Gold (USA). (NZ$235,000 Ylg 2014 NZB
National Yearling Sale) O-M J Wyborn & R R Peel-Walker;
B-Roncon NSW; T-C J Waller; J-J Moreira; A$120,000.
3--I'm Belucci, 57.0, c, 3, Captain Sonador--Sovereign Road, by
St Jude. (A$32,000 Ylg 2014 MM March Yearling Sale) O-D M
Forbes, Mrs K Forbes, N C Mayne, Mrs C M Mayne & Mrs L E
Mayne; B-Mr BM Nolan QLD; T-Desleigh Forster; J-J Byrne;
A$60,000.
Margins: 1.8 len, 3.6 len, 4.9 len. Odds: 6.00, 25.00, 20.00.
Also Ran: Howard be Thy Name, Brazen, Red Alto, Etymology,
Encosta Line, Admiral Jello, Harvard (NZ), Eschiele, Multifacets
(NZ), Slaughter Bay, Maven Wiz, Cylinder Beach (NZ), Snapper,
Star Zone, Mackintosh (NZ).
Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com
catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.
John Moore is plenty accustomed to having his name in the
spotlight as a champion trainer in Hong Kong, but he gained a
new perspective at Eagle Farm on Saturday as the owner of
Eagle Way, the first horse to win a Group 1 in his colours. Moore
and his son, George, picked up Eagle Way for A$200,000 at the
Inglis Easter yearling sale of 2014, but were left to campaign the
SUNDAY • 12 JUNE, 2016
horse themselves after the intended owner=s Hong Kong racing
permit fell through. Moore entrusted the horse to trainer Bryan
Guy, and said after Saturday=s win, AOnce he started training
him, Bryan told me last year that I shouldn=t sell this horse back
to Hong Kong because it would win the Queensland Derby, and
he was right.@
Eagle Way made just two unassuming starts as a juvenile and
took six starts in total to break his maiden, at last achieving the
feat going a mile on the Sunshine Coast last December. He then
notched two more successive wins in handicap company before
checking in second in a Gold Coast benchmark 75 race Apr. 16.
Eighth in Doomben=s G3 Gunsynd Classic two weeks later, Eagle
Way was fourth in the G3 Rough Habit Plate a further two weeks
after that and was second in this race=s major lead-up, the 2200metre G3 Grand Prix S., May. 28. Traveling in the second half of
the field while his Grand Prix conqueror Mackintosh (NZ) (Pins
{Aus}) led the way on Saturday, Eagle Way began to pick off
rivals under Tommy as the field rounded the final turn. Fivewide at the top of the lane, Eagle Way took dead aim on
Etymology (Aus) (New Approach {Ire}), who was left with the
lead after Mackintosh had thrown in the towel prematurely.
Tangling with Rodrico for a good 200 metres, Eagle Way at last
turned back that rival inside the final 100 metres to win
comfortably.
AI have had four runners in Group 1=s [as an owner], but never
have I been as nervous as that before a race or during it,@ Moore
revealed. AIt was a perfect ride from Tommy--it was a George
Moore ride,@ he added, referring to his late father, the
celebrated jockey and trainer. Moore noted that Eagle Way had
gone one better than his current stable star Werther (NZ)
(Tavistock {NZ}), the beaten favourite in this race last year who
has gone on to win this year=s Hong Kong Derby and
G1 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup. Eagle Way will now follow in that
one=s footsteps and be offered for sale to Hong Kong clients.
Eagle Way is the 10th, and now the most accomplished,
produce of the winning Wedgetail Eagle, who has produced
three other stakes winners in Soaressa (Aus) (Twining),
Impressive Eagle (Aus) (Rubiton {Aus}) and Assertive Eagle (Aus)
(Danewin {Aus}). Soaressa is in turn the dam of Group 3 winner
Thermal Current (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}). His second dam,
La Favorita (Seattle Dancer), is a full-sister to the G1 Racing Post
Trophy winner Seattle Rhyme. Wedgetail Eagle has a
twice-raced 2-year-old filly named Sweet Eagle (Aus)
(Hinchinbrook {Aus}), and a yearling full-brother to her named
Wedgebrook (Aus). Eagle Way is from the first crop of foals bred
by the Maloney family following its purchase of the famed
Segenhoe Stud.
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Saturday, Eagle Farm, Australia
QUEENSLAND OAKS-G1, A$500,000, BRC, 6-11, 3yo, f, Open Set
Weight, 2400mT, 2:32.17, Good.
1--#@&PROVOCATIVE (NZ), 56.5, f, 3, by Zabeel (NZ)
1st Dam: Betwixt (NZ) (GSW-Aus, $142,000), by O'Reilly (NZ)
2nd Dam: Not Sure (NZ), by Masterclass (USA)
3rd Dam: Icelette (NZ), by Icelandic (IRE)
(NZ$250,000 Ylg 2014 NZB National Yearling Sale) O-M & C
Wyborn & R Peel-Walker; B-Nearco Stud Limited, Waikato, NZ;
T-A W Pike; J-L G Innes; A$320,000. Lifetime Record: 7-4-0-0,
A$350,534. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for
the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Ambience, 56.5, f, 3, Street Cry (IRE)--Miss Right Note (IRE),
by Daylami (IRE). O-Godolphin; B-Darley NSW; T-J A O'Shea; J-J
B McDonald; A$100,000.
3--Falkenberg, 56.5, f, 3, More Than Ready (USA)--Purespeed,
by Flying Spur. O-Corumbene Stud Pty Ltd (Mgr: G Altomonte),
G Altomonte, Ms L N Smith & G Severini; B-Corumbene Stud
NSW; T-P & P Snowden; J-B Shinn; A$50,000.
Margins: 3.0 len, 3.1 len, 5.4 len. Odds: 6.00, 15.00, 4.50.
Also Ran: Sebring Sally, Dawnie Perfect, Imposing Lass (NZ),
Alaskan Rose (NZ), Tavi Bay (NZ), Chabaud (NZ), Queen of
Wands, Zasorceress (NZ), Mount Omei, Dulverton, Romantic
Maid, Kebede, Self Esteem, Ashlee Marie, Tap This.
Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com
catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO.
The milestones continue to roll in for the late great Zabeel, and
Provocative handed the former Cambridge Stud sire another
highlight on Saturday when becoming his 45th Group 1 winner
in the Queensland Oaks. Zabeel is now on even terms with his
own sire and former Cambridge barnmate Sir Tristram (Ire) in
that category.
Provocative also capped a milestone day for Cambridge-based
trainer Tony Pike, who
had earlier on the card
won his first Australian
Group 1 with Sacred Elixir
(NZ) (Pour Moi {Ire}) in
the JJ Atkins S.
A debut winner at
Pukekura in December,
the dark bay won a 2100Zabeel with Cambridge studmaster
metre benchmark 65 race
Sir Patrick Hogan | Cambridge Stud
second-up at Ellerslie Feb.
4 before finishing sixth in the
G2 Avondale Guineas. Fourth when dropped back to a mile for a
Te Rapa benchmark 75 race May 7, Provocative rebounded to
take an Ipswich handicap upped to 2190 metres 11 days later
and was making her Australian debut on Saturday.
SUNDAY • 12 JUNE, 2016
Rolling along with just two behind her through the first half of
the race, Provocative made a big move on the outside rounding
the turn to swallow up much of the field. On the heels of
Falkenberg at the top of the lane, Provocative swept past that
rival passing the 200-metre mark while Ambience gave chase
bravely but in vain. Provocative needed only moderate urging to
keep up to the task late and score comfortably. Pike revealed
that both Provocative and Sacred Elixir would remain in Australia
to spell for the winter and, like Sacred Elixir, he said Provocative has
some lofty targets for the Melbourne Spring Carnival.
AThey will both spell here and do some pre-training and then
head to Melbourne for the spring,@ Pike told media after the
race. "The Caulfield and Melbourne Cups is a long pipe dream
[for Provocative], but she=s a natural staying filly and that would
be the plan.@
"Two Group 1s in Australia would have to be my biggest day
and even the old horse [Sacred Star] ran a really brave race in
the Stradbroke [when fifth],@ Pike added. AIt=s been a super day
and a lot of thanks to everyone involved.@
Provocative is the third foal out of Betwixt, winner of the
G3 Tasmanian Derby. In another interesting twist to the result,
the placed horses are both sisters to G1 Golden Slipper winners:
Ambience is a half-sister to Pierro (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}), and
Falkenberg is a full-sister to Sebring (Aus).
GRANDE PREMIO BRASIL
TURF BERTH ON THE LINE IN BRAZIL
Haras Santa Maria de Araras=s standout 3-year-old filly Daffy
Girl (Brz) (Wild Event) is the main attraction among 15 horses
entered for Sunday=s G1 Grande Premio Brasil at Gavea, with
the winner receiving an automatic berth into the GI $3 million
Longines Breeders= Cup Turf at Santa Anita Park Nov. 5. The lone
filly and Group 1 winner among 13 rivals after the early scratch
of G1 Latinoamericano winner Some In Tieme (Brz) (Shirocco
{Ger}), Daffy Girl will bid to become only the sixth female to
capture the Grande Premio Brasil and first in 15 years since
Queen Desejada (Brz) (Know Heights) conquered the country's
marquee race in 2001. The daughter of Wild Event, who will
now break from post 11 under Valdinei Gil, will attempt to
provide owner-breeder Julio Bozano with his fifth win in the
prestigious event. Runaway winner of the G1 Grande Premio
Diana in both Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo and winner over the
colts in the G1 Grande Premio Cruzeiro do Sul, the versatile filly
enters the race off a wire-to-wire score in the G2 Grande Premio
Doutor Frontin over Sunday's distance at Gavea on May 15.
Cont. p15
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Turf Berth on the Line in Brazil Cont.
Her only two defeats in eight starts have come over a soft ground.
Daffy Girl's main opposition may come from Cabecinho (Brz)
(Curlin). The 3-year old colt has won five of eight starts but has
only raced once on turf, finishing second in the G1 Grande
Premio Sao Paulo. The highly regarded son of Curlin could give
trainer Venancio Nahid his fifth success in the Grande Premio
Brasil.
Sunday, Gavea, Brazil, post time: 4:35 p.m. (3:35
GRANDE PREMIO BRASIL-G1, 3yo/up, 2400mT
PP HORSE
SIRE
1 Haraquiri (Uru)
TH Approval
2 Cabecinho (Brz)
Curlin
3 Benggala (Brz)
Shirocco (Ger)
4 Eleito (Brz)
Crimson Tide (Ire)
5 Perfectlyassociat
Pleasantly Perfect
6 Some In Tieme (Brz)
Shirocco (Ger)
7 Sixteen Tons (Brz)
Pioneering
8 Carismatico (Brz)
Wild Event (Brz)
9 My Cherie Amour (Brz) Ay Caramba (Brz)
10 Chicao
Out Of Control (Brz)
11 Tototocosdemalocos (Brz) Dubai Dust
12 Daffy Girl (Brz)
Wild Event (Brz)
13 Un Grand Ami (Brz)
Vettori (Ire)
14 Like Desire (Brz)
Public Purse
15 Energia Guest (Brz)
Elmustanser (GB)
p.m.EST)
JOCKEY
Mesquita
Manzini
Lavor
Blandi
Fernandes
SCR
Borges
Almeida
Cardoso
Machado
Netto
Gil
Leal
Henrique
Ricardo
TRAINER
Silva
Nahid
Nahid
Nahid
Solanes
SCR
Guignoni
Silva
Nahid
Silva
Netto
Neto
Feltran
Guignoni
Ricardo
WT
128
128
124
124
128
SCR
124
128
124
124
124
120
124
124
128
Saturday, Gavea, Brazil
GRANDE PREMIO ROBERTO E NELSON GRIMALDI SEABRA-G1,
BR$177,840, 6-11, Gavea, f/m, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 2:05.55, sft.
1--#@&GREENZAPPER, 125, f, 3, by Ghostzapper
1st Dam: Colina Verde (Brz) (MG1SW-Brz, $119,922), by
Know Heights (Ire)
2nd Dam: Verdadeira (Brz), by Purple Mountain
3rd Dam: Key of Hill (Brz), by Tumble Lark
O-Haras Old Friends Ltd; B-Adena Springs (Brz); T-Emerson
Garcia; J-V Leal. Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-0. Werk Nick Rating: F.
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2--Mud Pie (Brz), 125, f, 3, Wild Event--Forty Carrots (Brz), by
Roi Normand. O-Haras Doce Vale (Brz); T-Venancio Nahid.
3--Energia Hupp (Brz), 125, f, 3, Gloria de Campeao (Brz)-Querida Julia (Brz), by Wild Event; O-Stud BL; B-Haras Estrela
Energia (Brz); T-Venancio Nahid.
Margins: NK, HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 36.80, 13.20, 5.90.
Also Ran: Dutota Desejada (Brz), Donna Di Dubai (Brz), Energia
Garoa (Brz), Dentelle (Brz), Dust Cup (Brz), Pesca Esportiva (Brz),
Olympic Farm (Brz), Cold Corona (Brz), Maxime (Brz), Lady
Marilan (Brz), Veuve Pourny (Brz).
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Gavea Video.
SUNDAY • 12 JUNE, 2016
Saturday, Gavea, Brazil
GRANDE PREMIO MAJOR SUCKOW-G1, BR$176,640, 6-11,
Gavea, 3yo/up, 1000mT, :56.86, sft.
1--WENZEL BLADE (BRZ), 130, c, 4, by Blade Prospector (Brz)
1st Dam: Miss Paraguay (Brz), by Punk (Arg)
2nd Dam: Brendas Storm (Brz), by Combe (Arg)
3rd Dam: Mile Stone (Brz), by Bamino (Brz)
O-Stud Fenomeno; B-Haras Ponta Pora (Brz); T-J Cesar; J-V
Rocha. Lifetime Record: 14-11-1-1. Werk Nick Rating: A++.
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2--High Hours (Brz), 130, c, 4, Put It Back--Lasagna (Brz), by
Bright Again. O-Stud Mandrake; B-BGC Thoroughbreds Stud
(Brz); T-M Decki.
3--Perbene (Brz), 128, c, 3, Tiger Heart--Endless Beauty (Brz), by
Roi Normand. O-Stud Sampaio; B-Haras Santarem (Brz); T-E
Petrochinski.
Margins: NK, 2 3/4, HF. Odds: 3.40, 7.30, 4.70.
Also Ran: Comandante Dodge (Brz), Kiro (Brz), Desejado Magee
(Brz), Double Talk (Brz), Fui Para Roma, Tenossuh (Brz), Consul
American (Brz), Bryan Adams (Brz), London Doc (Brz), George
Sand (Brz), Tina Marquezine (Brz).
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Gavea Video.
Saturday, Greyville, South Africa
RISING SUN GOLD CHALLENGE-G1, R1,000,000, GRV, 6-11,
2yo/up, 8fT, 1:35.48, gd.
1B&@#MAC DE LAGO (AUS), 132, g, 4, by Encosta de Lago (Aus)
1st Dam: Macavelli Miss (Aus) (G1SW-NZ), by Vettori (Ire)
2nd Dam: Syrenka (Aus), by Polish Patriot
3rd Dam: Trisha, by Affirmed
(A$75,000 RNA wnl >12 INGJUN; A$65,000 yrl >13 INGMAR)
O-H Adams, C F Delport, D Chinsammy, Lawrence Pillay, T J
Smith & O D T Visser; B-G Downey (AUS); T-Weiho Marwing;
J-Piere Strydom. R625,000. Lifetime Record: 13-3-1-0,
R1,238,750. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Trip to Heaven (SAf), 132, g, 4, Trippi--Helleborus Blue, by
Cee=s Tizzy. (R1,400,000 yrl >13 CAPJAN) O-C J H van Niekerk &
M J Jooste; B-Highlands Farms Stud (Pty) Ltd (SAF); T-Sean
Tarry. R200,000.
3--French Navy (SAf), 132, g, 4, Count Dubois (GB)--Redoubtable
(SAf), by Elliodor (Fr). (R100,000 HRA >13 CAPNOV) O-C J H van
Niekerk; B-G J Armitage (SAF); T-Sean Tarry. R100,000.
Margins: NO, 1 3/4, 2. Odds: 4.50, 20.00, 3.00.
Also Ran: New Predator (Aus), Captain Aldo (SAf), Ice Machine
(SAf), Prospect Strike (SAf), Triptique (SAf), Bezanova (SAf).
Scratched: Paterfamilias (Saf).
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