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THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2019
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AMOSS AND CARLISLE A WINNING TEAM
Tom Amoss has been a high-percentage, highly consistent
trainer for more than three decades, but his name has never
been more in the spotlight than it has been this year after a
breakthrough win in the GI Kentucky Oaks with Serengeti
Empress (Alternation). Amoss says his methods of training
haven=t changed, but a few other things have, including a
concentration on buying at sales and adding former hotwalker-
turned-bloodstock agent Lauren Carlisle to his buying team.
Amoss did not grow up in a racing family, so he started at the
bottom and worked his way up the hard way. Now he not only
develops young horses, but he also strives to develop young
horsemen and horsewomen.
AThere were people there that helped me along the way and I
feel responsibility to do the same for this younger generation,@
said Amoss. ASo working with Lauren or others for that matter
that are actually in the barn working with me on a daily basis, I
take a lot of pride in that.@
Carlisle had walked hots for Amoss the summer after her
freshman year at the University of Louisville in 2009. After a
number of different jobs in the industry, she found her niche in
bloodstock.
AI really like working the sales and finding horses--it's a
challenge,@ said Carlisle. AI'm not a very good office doer, so I
enjoy being out there and actually working hands-on per se and
finding the next racehorse. That really appeals to me.@
Cont. p3
CBA ENDORSES VIDEO SCOPE PROTOCOLby Jessica Martini
The Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association, in
acknowledgment of the increased use of video endoscopy on
sales grounds in the United States, has announced its
endorsement of the American Association of Equine
Practitioners AProtocol for Pre-Sale Video Endoscopic
Examination of the Upper Airway at Public Auction@ as a way to
help create uniformity and increase buyer confidence in the
procedure.
AI really don=t think there is a huge disparity in the way that
people have been video-scoping, but there certainly have been
a few small differences,@ said CBA President Gray Lyster. AIt=s
really important that we all get on the same page on the best
way to do this. It=s going to be valuable that we can stand
together and say all these videos follow the same guidelines. It is
fine-tuning what is being done now and setting some
parameters.@ Cont. p4
Thursday, July 4, 2019
TEN ADDED TO FASIG JULY HRA SALE 5A further 10 horses have been added to the cataloguefor Monday’s Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of RacingAge Sale. Among the additions are graded stakes placedFederal Case (Gemologist) and Royal Asscher (Tale of Ekati).
EVEREST SLOT AVAILABLE 6A slot in the 2019 TAB Everest--Australia’s richest race--is available for sale via a tender process. The A$14-million racewill be run at Royal Randwick Oct. 19.
JOCKEYS & JEANS RAISES $205K FOR PDJF 7The sixth-annual Jockeys and Jeans Fundraiser, held this yearat Santa Anita June 22, raised over $205,000 for thePermanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.
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Serengeti Empress in the Oaks winner=s circle | Coady
Amoss and Carlisle a Winning Team (cont. from p1)
It=s been less than a year since Carlisle began assisting Amoss
in buying horses for clients, but it=s already paying dividends. A
promising juvenile the team got for $225,000 at OBS April, Long
Weekend (Majesticperfection), debuted at Churchill Downs
June 23 to officially win by five lengths. He=s pointing toward
stakes competition at Saratoga next.
ALauren found that horse, called me and told me how athletic
he was, and we made the purchase strictly on her finding the
horse,@ said Amoss.
The partnership works out well.
AThe 2-year-old in training sales are attractive from the
standpoint of you're getting to look under the hood. You're
getting to watch the horses breeze,@ continued Amoss.
AUnfortunately, they come at a very difficult time for me. It's in
the spring, we've got a lot going as we're preparing for the
bigger races here at Churchill, but I have full confidence in
Lauren and I turn it over to her.@
Amoss said Carlisle knows what he looks for in prospective
runners, but she=s also able to bring fresh approaches from a
different viewpoint that he might not have considered.
AI personally target athletes strictly,@ said Carlisle. AI don't look
at pedigrees before I look at horses; I look at the physical first. If
I don't like the way they're built, there's no reason for me to
look at their pedigree. From there, pedigree will tell you how
expensive they're going to be, depending on how they look.@
In the past, Amoss has been viewed, correctly or not, as
primarily a claiming trainer, but the last few years have seen him
concentrating more on yearling sales and even 2-year-olds in
training sales. Serengeti Empress was a $70,000 purchase at the
2017 Keeneland September sale.
Cont. p4
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Gray Lyster | ThoroStride photo
AIn terms of how people view the stable since Serengeti
Empress won the Kentucky Oaks, it's a bit of a wry smile I have
about it because I've been doing this a long time,@ said Amoss. AI
didn't all of a sudden get really good at it overnight like from last
year to this year. I do recognize that people see it as something
that separates you from a lot of other guys. Maybe that's more
perceived than real. Whatever it is, I'll take it.@
The process starts anew for Amoss and Carlisle when yearling
sale season officially kicks off at the Fasig-Tipton July sale next
week.
AThis time of year, it's reload,@ said Carlisle. ATwo-year-olds are
behind us. So [at] Fasig July, I'll be out there looking at every
single horse, and then [at] Saratoga, I'll be at that sale as well. I
know Tom will be, too. The focus is to do it all over again.@
CBA Endorses Video Scope Protocol (cont. from p1)
The video scope, which is standard procedure at Australian
sales, has steadily gained in popularity as a way to avoid horses
being scoped multiple times by multiple vets prior to auction.
AAs a consignor, when you=re watching your horse being
scoped for maybe the 10th, 11th or 12th time, you can start to
debate the animal welfare aspect of it,@ Lyster said. AIt=s too
often and we need to find a way to try to at least begin to
embrace these videos. A lot of places around the world have
already implemented and had some success with videos.
AAs a seller, what=s really important to me is buyer confidence
and if I am replacing their individual vet scoping a horse with my
video, I want their feedback and I want to do it in the best way I
can and to have it presented the best way we can. What we=re
hoping to do in 2019 is really ease into it.@
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Endorsing a uniform policy is one way to move the process
forward and among the guidelines is a narrower window of time
for the test to be done before a sale.
AWhen we scope with grades that we are using in our vet
reports, the horses are usually scoped when the X-rays are
taken,@ Lyster said. AAnd that can be anywhere in that 21-day
window [before the sale]. But what we are saying to our
membership is, if you=re doing a video scope, you need to be
within a 10-day window.@
Lyster said the CBA had found almost unanimous support for
the endorsement of the protocol, although he doesn=t expect
video scopes to completely replace individual vets scoping horses.
AThere are going to be more and more videos on the grounds
this year than ever,@ Lyster said. ABut this isn=t an area where the
CBA is hoping that people will stop allowing their horses to be
scoped and only provide videos. We=re actually suggesting to
our membership that they still fully allow all the scoping of their
horses that they have in the past. Just because we are providing
videos does not mean that we=re trying to shut people out from
scoping our horses in 2019. We=re really hopeful, actually, that
people will watch videos and scope our horses and try to learn
something from it. I think you=ll find a lot of buyers out there who
are wondering the same thing--why haven=t we done this yet?@
TEN ADDED TO JULY HRA SALE An additional 10 entries have been added to the Fasig-Tipton
July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, bringing to 200 the
number of head catalogued for the auction, which will be held
next Monday in Lexington. Among the new additions is Federal
Case (Gemologist) (hip 594), who was second in this year=s
GIII Hutcheson S. for Robert and Lawana Low. The sophomore is
consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency.
Also added is stakes-winning 3-year-old filly Brunette Princess
(Bodemeister) (hip 596); 5-year-old Royal Asscher (Tale of Ekati)
(hip 597), who was third in Saturday=s GII Princess Rooney S.;
and 2-year-old Lady Glamour (Discreet Cat) (hip 598), who was
third in Saturday=s Debutante S. at Churchill Downs.
The July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale will take place
Monday beginning at 4 p.m. Fasig-Tipton=s July Sale of Selected
Yearlings will be held Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m.
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EVEREST SLOT AVAILABLE A slot in the 2019 TAB Everest--Australia=s richest race--is
available for sale via a tender process, Racing NSW has
announced. The A$14-million TAB Everest will be run at Royal
Randwick on Saturday, Oct. 19. The 2019 slot will be sold to the
person or organization that it is deemed Abrings benefit and
adds to the promotion and appeal of the race@--the price paid
will not be the sole factor in selecting the winning bid. The
winning bidder will have the right to nominate his or her own
horse or strike a deal with the owner of another horse for the
race. The slot is strictly for the 2019 renewal of the race and
there is no accompanying option for future runnings. AThe slot
has attracted many interested parties who are willing to pay the
amount necessary,@ said Racing NSW CEO Peter V=landys. AThe
challenge for them is how they can show that they will bring
something unique to The Everest. We have already done a
Barrier Draw on the Opera House, so you can rule that out.@ The
tender process will close at 4:00 p.m. local time on July 12. For a
copy of the tender documentation, contact Racing NSW at (02)
9551-7556 or [email protected].
OLD FRIENDS TO CLOSE KENTUCKY SATELLITE SITE Old Friends has announced it will be closing its satellite
division based at Kentucky Downs in Franklin at the end of July.
The division is home to seven Old Friends retirees, including
Canadian Horse of the Year Thornfield, Kentucky Turf S. winner
Rumor Has It, and Grade II winner Ball Four. It has been open to
the public since June of 2015, and tours were scheduled and
conducted by staff at the Simpson County Tourism office. The
horses will be returned to Old Friends=s Georgetown location
and are expected to ship July 25.
The collaboration was originally designed by Old Friends
president Michael Blowen and former Kentucky Downs
President Corey Johnsen to help raise awareness of retired
racehorses and to promote local attractions in Simpson County.
AWe had a wonderful run, but unfortunately, we did not
achieve the level of tourism or growth we had hoped for,@ said
Blowen. AWe felt it was no longer cost effective to remain open.
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AWe are eternally grateful to Dan Ware and his staff at the
Simpson County Tourism Office for the enormous support they
supplied this venture, and to our farm manager Jennifer Jones
for the impeccable care she provided our horses,@ Blowen
continued. AThe staff at Kentucky Downs has been a very
gracious host, and we can=t thank them enough for their backing
in this project.@
JOCKEY & JEANS RAISES $205K FOR PDJF The sixth-annual Jockeys and Jeans Fundraiser, held this year
at Santa Anita June 22, raised over $205,000 for the
Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund. The event featured a
speech from Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who received the
first Jockeys and Jeans Person of the Year Award. Fifteen Hall of
Fame riders signed autographs during a morning session at
Santa Anita and a dozen later mingled with the crowd and
honored guests, including severely injured former riders. Former
trainer Leah Whitesell was given the first Uphill Push Award for
her work raising funds to purchase and then drive a wheelchair
accessible van 1,100 to long-time paraplegic former jockey
Vincent Amico. Hall of Famer Chris McCarron was also a
featured speaker. The Stronach Group=s Chief Strategy Officer,
Aidan Butler, and its COO, Tim Ritvo, attended the event. The
latter took the podium to discuss his own riding career and the
need to support the PDJF.
AThe bottom line is this, Jockeys and Jeans will be doing
another event at one of The Stronach Group=s tracks in the
future,@ said the group=s president, Barry Pearl. ASo many there
worked hard to make the event a success and it=s obvious they
genuinely care about catastrophically injured jockeys.@
Jack Fires, 63, who has been a paraplegic since a racing
accident at River Downs when he was 21, was attending his
third Jockeys and Jeans event.
AI know all of us [injured riders] feel good about being
recognized,@ said the PDJF Board Member. AA lot of us can=t
make it to the track anymore and this is a way to be involved in
something that at one time was a big part of our lives. And I
think it=s a way for the Hall of Fame jockeys and everyone else to
get familiar with the folks they are helping. All of us enjoyed
being there.@
Since it was founded in 2014 by a group of former jockeys,
Jockey and Jeans has raised more than $1.2 million for the PDJF.
For more information, contact Eddie Donnally at (818) 653-3711
or visit www.jockeysandjeans.com.
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LISTED STATUS REINSTATED: The American Graded Stakes
Committee has reinstated the listed status of the June 29
running of the Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint S. at Gulfstream,
which was automatically downgraded when it came off the
turf last Saturday.
Wet Your Whistle Gets his Grade I in the Highlander | Michael Burns photo
A SMALL OWNER HAS SCORED BIG WITH
WET YOUR WHISTLEBy Bill Finley
“Inside the Winner’s Circle, Presented by Keeneland” is a series
showcasing graduates of the Keeneland September sale who
have gone on to achieve success on racing’s biggest stages.
For the last 10 years
or so, David Palmer
has showed up every
year at the Keeneland
September sale. He
arrives with a limited
budget and modest
expectations. Of
course, he would like
to purchase a horse
that will go on to win
the GI Kentucky Derby
or the GI Breeders’
Cup Classic, but he’s
only willing to buy one
horse each year and
prefers not to spend
more than $25,000. He
knows that by buying
so few horses and
spending so little money, the odds that he leaves Lexington with
a future superstar are not with him.
He’s fine with that.
“With our budget, my wife and I are just trying to have fun,”
he said. “Of course, we want to at least break even, but the goal
is to get our kids into the winner’s circle and just have a good
time. We have a great time going to the racetrack as a family,
watching our horses compete and run and, hopefully, win.”
For the most part, Palmer, who lives and works in Maryland,
was meeting his goals. He had had a few winners along the way
and he and his family had enjoyed every moment they had
spent at the track watching their horses campaign.
So, when he purchased a son of Stroll for $17,000 at the 2016
Keeneland September sale he would have been perfectly happy
if the horse turned out to merely be a solid campaigner, who
had an injury-free career and raced 25 or 30 times with the
Palmer family there at the track to cheer him on.
Never did he think this particular horse would wildly exceed
his expectations and take him to places he never expected to go
as an owner. That $17,000 purchase is now a Grade I winner
named Wet Your Whistle (Stroll). He added the Grade I victory
to his record when capturing the June 29 GI Highlander S., a six-
furlong turf race at Woodbine. The victory raised his career
earnings to $221,574.
This came some two
months after he gave
Palmer his first stakes
win as an owner in the
Get Serious S. at
Monmouth.
“We’re not sure what
his limits are
anymore,” trainer
Mike Trombetta said,
adding that the GI
Woodbine Mile is a
possibility for Wet
Your Whistle. “I am
looking at one-turn
races up to seven
eighths. I’m not sure if
he can go a mile or
not, but I think at this
point, with as well as he is doing, we have to consider the
Woodbine Mile. Hopefully, he’s on his way to finding his picture
on the cover of Keeneland’s sales catalogue some day.”
Palmer picks out the horses he buys himself and says that
whenever he goes to Keeneland, his first stop is at the barn of
breeder and consignor Beau Lane.
“I always stop by Beau Lane’s barn,” he said. “Beau and his
whole family do a tremendous job with their foals, so I always
make it a point to look at everything in their barn. I had them
pull all their horses out and I saw this guy. He was a solid
individual with a nice shoulder, a big hip, a nice walk and had
good scope to him. He fit perfectly in our barn.”
Lane thought highly of Wet Your Whistle, but was pretty sure
he was not going to sell for much. At that point, his sire, Stroll,
had not produced a Grade I winner and the dam, Winlocs Glory
INSIDE THE WINNER’S CIRCLE • PRESENTED BY KEENELAND THURSDAY• JULY 4, 2019
Beau Lane | Keeneland photo
Click the photo to watch Wet Your Whistle sell at the 2016
Keeneland September Yearling Sale
Days, had yet to produce a horse who had placed in any stakes
races.
“He was back in the sale and his dam had no black type on her
page and neither did her dam,” Lane. “When you have no black
type for the two dams on the catalogue page, that’s usually the
kiss of death.”
Lane said the dam was far more inbred that one normally sees
in this era, and that had always been a turnoff to prospective
buyers. Winlocs Glory Days is out of Winloc’s Millie, a mare by
Mr. Prospector out of Mr. Prospector mare named Our Millie.
“A long time ago, when more people were breeding to race,
you’d see something like that more often,” Lane said. “Now, so
many people are looking to sell horses at the sales and the goal
is to make a profit. You have an inbred horse like that and
people don’t know what to expect, so they’re not going to want
to buy it.”
Because of the inbreeding, the fact she had a modest racing
record and a knee problem that halted her career on the
racetrack, Winlocs Glory Days’ prior owners had given her to
Lane for free. He said that, prior to Wet Your Whistle, he had
lost money with every horse Winloc’s Glory had produced.
So, on paper, Wet Your Whistle looked like a horse that didn’t
have a very good chance of making it on the racetrack. But
plenty of horses outrun their pedigree and their sales price, and
this one is a perfect example.
Wet Your Whistle made his debut as a 3-year-old, winning a
$40,000 maiden claimer at Laurel. That told Trombetta and
Palmer right away that this one was better than just a normal
horse, but they struggled to get the very best out of him. He lost
his next six races.
“Mentally, he was very immature,” Palmer said. “We had quite
a few issues steering him. He was very erratic, very headstrong.
We tried different bridles, bits, blinkers to get him to relax and
keep his mind on his game.”
Despite the fact that Wet Your Whistle broke his maiden on
the dirt, Trombetta was convinced he had a grass horse on his
hands, but had trouble finding suitable turf races because of a
rainy stretch throughout the summer and fall last year. Finally,
he was able to get the horse into a seven-furlong race over the
synthetic Tapeta surface last December at Woodbine and Wet
Your Whistle responded with an 8 1/4-length win. Seven-and-
half months and four races later, he has not lost since. The
streak, Trombetta says, has been a combination of the gelding
having matured and no longer racing on the dirt.
“You’ve got to give David and Michael a lot of credit,” Lane
said. “They were very patient and gave this horse the time he
needed to mature. They stuck by him and turned him into the
horse he is today. You wish more people would do that. They’ve
done a great job.”
Palmer said Wet Your Whistle will likely start next in the Aug. 3
GIII Troy S. at Saratoga, a 5 1/2-furlong race on the grass. Should
his horse perform well there, a return trip to Woodbine for the
Woodbine Mile is a distinct possibility. That’s a “Win and You’re
In” race for the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile.
Can the $14,000 yearling purchase wind up in the Breeders’
Cup Mile? He’s got more to prove before that becomes a real
possibility, but he’s already won a Grade I race and made a tidy
profit for his owner. At the sale, Palmer was simply looking for a
horse that he could enjoy and share the experience with his
family. He got that and so, so much more.
Friday, Prairie Meadows, post time: 10:33 p.m. EDT
PRAIRIE MEADOWS CORNHUSKER H.-GIII, $300,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Chris and Dave Bluegrass Cat Danny R. Caldwell Villafranco Landeros 116
2 Two Thirty Five K Stay Thirsty Slam Dunk Racing, Baltas, Richard, Mansor, Tom, Baltas Gutierrez 116
Nielsen, Tammi and Rasmussen, Kim
3 Dark Vader Tale of Ekati Alesia, S., Burns Racing LLC, Ciaglia Racing LLC Eurton Bejarano 116
and Christensen, R.
4 Pinson K Majestic Warrior Richard Bahde Morse Tohill 116
5 Sir Anthony Mineshaft Richard Otto Stables, Inc. Mitchell Cannon 119
6 Retirement Fund Eskendereya L and N Racing LLC Asmussen Vazquez 115
7 Exclamation Point Concord Point Nicholson, Steven & Brandi & Flurry Racing Stables Cox Geroux 118
8 Exulting K Tapit Michael M. Hui Maker Gaffalione 118
9 Remembering Rita Spring At Last Jeral Keith Adams Anderson Birzer 118
10 Hence Street Boss Calumet Farm Asmussen Santana, Jr. 117
11 Popularity Distorted Humor Bryan Hawk Offolter De La Cruz 114
Breeders: 1-Bortolazzo Stable LLC, 2-A Footstep Away Syndicate, 3-Schleprock Racing LLC, 4-Bonnie Heath Farm, LLC, 5-R. Otto Stables, Inc., 6-Tommy
Town Thoroughbreds, LLC, 7-Steven Nicholson & Brandi Nicholson, 8-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC, 9-Dapple Bloodstock & Lisa McNamara,
10-Calumet Farm, 11-Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc.
Friday, Prairie Meadows, post time: 9:27 p.m. EDT
IOWA OAKS-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Ulele Candy Ride (Arg) Cheyenne Stables LLC Cox Geroux 118
2 Lady Apple K Curlin Phoenix Thoroughbred III and KatieRich Stables Asmussen Santana, Jr. 121
3 Beach Getaway Run Away and Hide James Thares Van Winkle Prat 115
4 Sold It K The Factor Dunne, Ciaran and Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 118
5 Sweet Diane K Will Take Charge River Bend Farm Kenneally Cannon 118
6 Taylor's Spirit K Algorithms Norman, Mark and Norman Stables LLC Gelner Roman 115
7 Scatrattleandroll Scat Daddy Runnymede Racing LLC Rubley Pimentel 115
Breeders: 1-Summer Wind Equine, 2-KatieRich Farms, 3-Ron Kirk, John Bates & Michael Riordan, 4-Jeanne Canty, Judy Hicks, Kathryn Nikkel& Pegasus
Stud LLC, 5-Eurowest Bloodstock Services, 6-David Lickhalter, 7-Tom Durant
Friday, Belmont, post time: 5:18 p.m. EDT
VICTORY RIDE S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Royal Charlotte K Cairo Prince First Row Partners Brown Castellano 119
2 Cookie Dough Brethren Arindel McLaughlin Maragh 123
3 Peruvian Appeal Successful Appeal Steve Landers Cox Rosario 117
4 Brill Medaglia d'Oro OXO Equine LLC Chatlos Ortiz 113
5 Sue's Fortune Jump Start Fortune Farm Englehart Alvarado 119
Breeders: 1-Rhineshire Farm LLC, 2-Arindel, 3-Peter Koechlin, 4-Southern Equine Stables, 5-Richard Nicolai
Saturday, Belmont, post time: 5:44 p.m. EDT
BELMONT DERBY INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/4mT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Moon Colony K Uncle Mo John C. Oxley Casse Leparoux 122
2 Standard Deviation K Curlin Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Ortiz 122
3 Seismic Wave Tapit Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Mott Rosario 122
4 English Bee English Channel Calumet Farm Motion Alvarado 122
5 Plus Que Parfait K Point of Entry Imperial Racing, LLC Walsh Gaffalione 122
6 Henley's Joy Kitten's Joy Bloom Racing Stable LLC Maker Lezcano 122
7 Master Fencer (Jpn) Just a Way (Jpn) Katsumi Yoshizawa Tsunoda Hamanaka 122
8 Social Paranoia Street Boss The Elkstone Group, LLC Pletcher Franco 122
9 Cape of Good Hope (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Tabor, Michael B., Magnier, Susan, & Smith, Derrick O'Brien Lordan 122
10 Spinoff Hard Spun Wertheimer and Frere Pletcher Saez 122
11 Blenheim Palace (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Tabor, Michael B., Magnier, Susan, & Smith, Derrick O'Brien Hussey 122
12 Demarchelier (GB) Dubawi (Ire) Peter M. Brant Brown Castellano 122
13 Digital Age (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Ortiz, Jr. 122
14 Rockemperor (Ire) Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) Madaket Stables, Dubb, Michael, Wonder Stables, Brown Velazquez 122
Kisber, Michael E. & Bethlehem Stables LLC
15 He's No Lemon Lemon Drop Kid Alex G. Campbell, Jr. Motion Castellano 122
Breeders: 1-St. Elias Stables, LLC, 2-KatieRich Farms, 3-Juddmonte Farms Inc, 4-Calumet Farm, 5-Calloway Stables, LLC, 6-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah
K. Ramsey, 7-Katsumi Yoshizawa, 8-Mineola Farm II LLC &Silent Grove Farm LLC, 9-Hveger Syndicate, 10-Wertheimer et Frere, 11-Liberty Bloodstock,
12-Newsells Park Stud, 13-Merry Fox Stud Limited, 14-Haras du Mezeray, 15-Alex G. Campbell, Jr. Thoroughbreds, LLC
Saturday, Belmont, post time: 4:30 p.m. EDT
BELMONT OAKS INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $750,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/4mT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Olendon (Fr) Le Havre (Ire) Wonder Stables, Madaket Stables, Dubb, M, Bary Velazquez 121
Mara, Chris and Masiello, Robert
2 Newspaperofrecord (Ire) Lope de Vega (Ire) Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Ortiz, Jr. 121
3 Coral Beach (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) Tabor, Michael B., Magnier, Susan, & Smith, Derrick O'Brien Hussey 121
4 Concrete Rose K Twirling Candy Ashbrook Farm and BBN Racing, LLC Arnold, II Leparoux 121
5 Cafe Americano K Medaglia d'Oro Peter M. Brant Brown Castellano 121
6 Just Wonderful Dansili (GB) Tabor, Michael B., Magnier, Susan, & Smith, Derrick O'Brien Lordan 121
7 Jodie (Jpn) Daiwa Major (Jpn) Tadakazu Obama Toda Muto 121
8 Dyna Passer Lemon Drop Kid Woodslane Farm Albertrani Rosario 121
9 Cambier Parc K Medaglia d'Oro OXO Equine LLC Brown Ortiz 121
Breeders: 1-Franklin Finance S.A., Elisabeth Ribard& Sylvain Vidal, 2-Times of Wigan Ltd, 3-Joseph Hernon, 4-Ron Patterson, 5-Blue Heaven Farm, LLC,
6-Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt, 7-Northern Racing, 8-Woodslane Farm, LLC, 9-Bonne Chance Farm, LLC
Saturday, Belmont, post time: 6:18 p.m. EDT
SUBURBAN S.-GII, $700,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/4m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Catholic Boy K More Than Ready LaPenta, Robert V., Madaket Stables, Thomas Castellano 123
Siena Farm, Twin Creeks Racing Stables
2 Preservationist K Arch Centennial Farms Jerkens Alvarado 117
3 Rocketry K Hard Spun Centennial Farms Jerkens Rosario 121
4 Marconi K Tapit Bridlewood Farm, Magnier, S, Smith, D & Tabor, M Pletcher Lezcano 121
5 Lone Sailor K Majestic Warrior G M B Racing Amoss Ortiz, Jr. 119
6 Mead Hall El Padrino Glenn R. Thompson Thompson Mejia 117
7 Wooderson K Awesome Again Let's Go Stable Pletcher Velazquez 117
8 Carlino K Lemon Drop Kid Courtlandt Farms Hennig Franco 117
9 Realm Haynesfield Dattner, Eric, Tagg, Barclay and Astarita, Harry Tagg Saez 117
10 Cordmaker Curlin Hillwood Stable LLC Jenkins Carrasco 117
11 Pavel K Creative Cause Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 123
Breeders: 1-Fred W. Hertrich III & John D. Fielding, 2-Emory A. Hamilton, 3-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., 4-Brushwood Stable, 5-Alexander - Groves -
Matz, LLC., 6-Equivine Farm, 7-Heaven Trees Farm, 8-Courtlandt Farm, 9-Morgan's Ford Farm, 10-Robert T. Manfuso & Katharine M. Voss, 11-Brereton C.
Jones & WinStar Farm, LLC
Saturday, Belmont, post time: 5:05 p.m. EDT
JOHN A. NERUD S.-GII, $300,000, 3yo/up, 7f
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Majestic Dunhill K Majesticperfection R. A. Hill Stable Weaver Franco 114
2 New York Central K Tapit WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International Asmussen Santana, Jr. 120
and SF Racing LLC
3 Warrior's Club K Warrior's Reward Churchill Downs Racing Club Lukas Rosario 120
4 Nicodemus Candy Ride (Arg) Everything's Cricket Racing & Goichman, Lawrence Rice Ortiz 120
5 Killybegs Captain K Mizzen Mast Curragh Stables Terranova II Cancel 116
6 Bon Raison Raison d'Etat Empire State Thoroughbreds Martin Martinez 118
7 Do Share Candy Ride (Arg) Three Diamonds Farm Maker Gaffalione 120
8 Pat On the Back Congrats Harold Lerner, AWC Stables and Nehoc Stables Englehart Davis 118
9 Promises Fulfilled K Shackleford Robert J. Baron Romans Saez 124
Breeders: 1-Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton &Silver Fern Farm, LLC, 2-SF Bloodstock LLC, 3-John O'Meara, 4-WinStar Farm, LLC, 5-H. Allen Poindexter,
6-Calumet Farm, 7-Colts Neck Stables, LLC., 8-Sugar Maple Farm, 9-David Jacobs
Saturday, Delaware, post time: 4:37 p.m. EDT
DELAWARE OAKS-GIII, $300,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Gotta Be Strong Strong Mandate Gap View Stables and Jagger Inc. Ness - 116
2 Ujjayi Smarty Jones T. L. Wise McClellan Conner 116
3 Avalina K Tale of Ekati John A. O'Hara Gargan Carmouche 116
4 Our Super Freak Mineshaft Jagger Inc. Ness McCarthy 116
5 Fashion Faux Pas K Flatter Denlea Park, Ltd. and Spellman, Kent Delacour Centeno 116
6 Jaywalk K Cross Traffic D. J. Stable LLC and Cash is King LLC Servis Bravo 116
7 Afleet Destiny Hard Spun Trin-Brook Stables, Inc. St. Lewis Salgado 116
Breeders: 1-Scott Naylor, 2-T L Wise, 3-Charles Fipke, 4-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc., 5-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider, 6-Gainesway
Thoroughbreds LTD, 7-Wynnstay LLC & H. Allen Poindexter
Saturday, Belmont, post time: 3:55 p.m. EDT
DWYER S.-GIII, $250,000, 3yo, 1m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Mihos K Cairo Prince Centennial Farms Jerkens Ortiz 121
2 Rowayton Into Mischief OXO Equine LLC Chatlos Rosario 117
3 Code of Honor K Noble Mission (GB) W.S. Farish McGaughey III Velazquez 123
4 Whiskey Echo K Tiznow Winchell Thoroughbreds & Willis Horton Racing Asmussen Santana, Jr. 117
5 Final Jeopardy K Street Sense West, Gary and Mary Servis Ortiz, Jr. 117
6 Majid K Shackleford Zayat Stables, LLC Rodriguez Saez 121
Breeders: 1-Wayne Lyster, Gray Lyster & Bryan Lyster, 2-H. Allen Poindexter, 3-W. S. Farish, 4-Don Alberto Corporation, 5-Bloodstock Investment III,
6-Forever Spring Farm Syndicate
Saturday, Delaware, post time: 4:03 p.m. EDT
KENT S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, 1 1/8mT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Empire of War K Declaration of War Three Diamonds Farm Pletcher Carmouche 120
2 Award Winner Ghostzapper Amerman Racing LLC Lynch Lanerie 118
3 Critical Data (Ire) Battle of Marengo (Ire) Runnymede Racing LLC Valentine Russell 116
4 Sharetheblame K Blame Anderson, Mike and Scherlis, Benjamin Arriagada Cintron 116
5 He's No Lemon Lemon Drop Kid Alex G. Campbell, Jr. Motion Lynch 116
6 Surf and Turf K Kitten's Joy D. J. Stable LLC Servis Bravo 116
7 Eons K Giant's Causeway Mark B. Grier Delacour McCarthy 116
8 Solidify Tapizar Braverman, Paul and Pinch, Timothy Motion Vargas, Jr. 116
9 Aspect Astrology Caroom, Scotty and Tim F. Ritchey Racing Stables Ritchey - 119
10 Shootin the Breeze Hard Spun Alex G. Campbell, Jr. Motion Lynch 116
Breeders: 1-Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Wycoff, 2-Mrs. Jerry Amerman, 3-Colin Kennedy, 4-Claiborne Farm, 5-Alex G. Campbell, Jr. Thoroughbreds, LLC, 6-Kenneth L.
Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 7-Camas Park Stud, 8-China Horse Club International Limited, 9-Blackstone Farm LLC, 10-Alex G. Campbell, Jr.
Thoroughbreds, LLC
Saturday, Delaware, post time: 5:12 p.m. EDT
ROBERT G. DICK MEMORIAL S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/8mT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Steelin Magnolias City Place Trent, Mike and Trent, Ruth Hendry Santos 118
2 Gaining (GB) American Post (GB) Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Cox Bridgmohan 118
3 Pamina K Street Cry (Ire) Augustin Stable Dickinson Cintron 118
4 Gentle Ruler K Colonel John Morsches Stable Wilkes Landeros 122
5 Coachwhip So You Think (Nz) Calumet Farm Sisterson Lanerie 120
6 Vevina K More Than Ready Matthew Schera D'Amato McCarthy 120
7 Layla Noor Midnight Lute Lael Stables Delacour Lynch 118
8 Theodora B. Ghostzapper Augustin Stable Dickinson Cintron 118
9 Lemon Zip K Ghostzapper High Kings Racing LLC Saville Conner 120
10 Osare K Medaglia d'Oro Bridlewood Farm Thomas Carmouche 118
11 Gotham Gala K Smart Strike Mark B. Grier Delacour Centeno 124
Breeders: 1-Mike Trent & Ruth Trent, 2-Juddmonte Farms Ltd, 3-Godolphin, 4-Builder's Mart, Inc., 5-Calumet Farm, 6-Robert Low & Lawana Low, 7-Lael
Stable, 8-Augustin Stables, 9-Chiefswood Stables Limited, 10-Clearsky Farms, 11-Fred W. Hertrich III
Saturday, Parx Racing, post time: 4:09 p.m. EDT
PARX DASH S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo/up, 5fT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Nice Tune Concorde's Tune Emerald Racing Stable LLC Whylie Gonzalez 119
2 Completed Pass Pass Rush Robert D. Bone Gonzalez Cintron 124
3 Fig Jelly Forestry Dubb, Michael, Irom, Bruce, Zinman, Joseph M. & Servis Rodriguez 119
Zinman, Michael A.
4 Rocket Heat K Latent Heat Flying P Stable Tannuzzo Arroyo 119
5 Long May You Run City Zip Kirwan Equine Group, Inc. Zulueta Salgado 119
6 Snowday (Fr) Falco Lisowski, Katie and Quiet Winter Farm Lisowski - 119
7 Pure Sensation Zensational Patricia A. Generazio Clement Lopez 124
8 Vision Perfect Pollard's Vision Mr. Amore Stable Servis Pennington 119
9 Fielder K Sidney's Candy Waldorf Racing Stables LLC Montoya Sanchez 119
10 Smokin Nitro More Smoke Michael R. Cox Ness Rodriguez Castro 119
11 Cowboy Mz Friesan Fire Morris E. Kernan, Jr. Zulueta Pennington 119
12 Swell Langfuhr Steven M. Wister Wilhelm-Saldana Garcia 119
Breeders: 1-Moises Yanez, 2-Swifty Farms, 3-Dream Walkin' Farms, Inc., 4-Farfellow Farms Ltd., 5-Sienna Farms LLC, 6-Wertheimer Et Frere, 7-Patricia
Generazio, 8-Robert Spiegel, 9-HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC, 10-Michael R. Cox, 11-Hope Hill Farm, 12-Empire Equines, LLC
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2019 Leading Active Dirt Siresfor stallions standing in North America Through Tuesday, July 2
Earnings and Black-type represents Worldwide figures & stud fees are for 2019
Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings
1 Quality Road 8 14 5 7 3 3 121 47 4,000,000 8,174,879
(2006) by Elusive Quality Crops: 6 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $150,000 City of Light
2 Into Mischief 6 18 3 8 1 3 227 87 910,000 6,760,453
(2005) by Harlan's Holiday Crops: 8 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $150,000 Audible
3 Tapit 12 23 5 13 -- 3 169 64 1,190,000 6,758,697
(2001) by Pulpit Crops: 12 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $225,000 Tacitus
4 Curlin 12 16 9 11 1 2 168 70 514,550 4,972,182
(2004) by Smart Strike Crops: 8 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $175,000 Lady Apple
5 Empire Maker 2 2 -- -- -- -- 217 76 379,534 4,956,180
(2000) by Unbridled Crops: 13 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $85,000 Smart Dandy (Jpn)
6 Candy Ride (Arg) 7 11 6 10 -- 2 122 50 637,600 4,508,426
(1999) by Ride the Rails Crops: 12 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $80,000 Vekoma
7 Lookin At Lucky 2 6 2 5 1 2 109 31 2,105,800 4,313,445
(2007) by Smart Strike Crops: 6 Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $20,000 Country House
8 Street Sense 4 12 4 5 -- 1 146 64 617,560 4,242,597
(2004) by Street Cry (Ire) Crops: 9 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $50,000 McKinzie
9 I'll Have Another 1 1 1 1 -- -- 157 66 621,616 4,128,922
(2009) by Flower Alley Crops: 4 Stands: Ballena Vista Farm CA Fee: $6,000 Another Truth (Jpn)
10 Kantharos 5 10 2 2 2 2 122 48 1,536,850 3,675,443
(2008) by Lion Heart Crops: 6 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $20,000 X Y Jet
11 Speightstown 4 11 2 6 -- 2 119 55 500,000 3,619,526
(1998) by Gone West Crops: 12 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $80,000 Matera Sky
12 Stay Thirsty 3 4 2 3 -- -- 132 56 1,228,000 3,526,994
(2008) by Bernardini Crops: 4 Stands: Lovacres Ranch CA Fee: $6,000 Coal Front
13 Malibu Moon 4 12 1 6 -- 1 164 63 350,000 3,464,451
(1997) by A.P. Indy Crops: 17 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $75,000 Come Dancing
14 Midnight Lute 4 5 1 1 1 1 123 52 1,215,000 3,419,992
(2003) by Real Quiet Crops: 8 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $15,000 Midnight Bisou
15 Hard Spun 2 9 1 4 1 1 167 63 342,650 3,389,628
(2004) by Danzig Crops: 9 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $40,000 Out for a Spin
Thursday, July 4, 2019
EXPENSIVE ST ELIAS PAIR HEADLINE
BELMONT BABY RACE; $825K COLT DEBUTS
AT ELLIS; BAFFERT FILLY LOOMS AT LOS ALby Joe Bianca
5th-BEL, $80k, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 3:40 p.m. ET
Vinnie Viola’s St Elias Stable will have high expectations
heading into Thursday’s July 4 card at Belmont, as it unveils a
coupled entry of 2-year-olds who cost a combined $900,000 at
last year’s Keeneland September Sale in the day’s fifth event.
The first half of the pairing, trained by Todd Pletcher, is
$400,000 KEESEP grad DR POST (Quality Road). The dark bay is
out of Grade II winner Mary Delaney (Hennessy) and has trained
forwardly at Saratoga, capping off preparations with a swift half-
mile gate breeze in :48 flat (2/44) June 26 on the Oklahoma.
His teammate is Night Code (Honor Code), a $500,000 KEESEP
buy owned in partnership with West Point Thoroughbreds.
Attempting to become the first winner for his freshman sire (by
A.P. Indy), the Steve Asmussen trainee is a half to ‘TDN Rising
Star’ Moonshine Memories (Malibu Moon), who won her debut
at Del Mar in August of 2017 en route to capturing both the
GI Del Mar Debutante and GI Chandelier S. Also drilling sharply,
including a half-mile gate work in :46 2/5 (1/17) June 25 at
Keeneland, Night Code is out of a half-sister to dual champion
Favorite Trick (Phone Trick).
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile)
will be represented by the fast-working Another Miracle.
Owned by Len and Jonathan Green, the bay cost $210,000 at
KEESEP and is out of SW Retraceable (Medaglia d’Oro). Trained
by Gary Contessa, he was the swiftest of 80 half-mile workers on
the local training track June 7 when covering the distance in
:48 1/5 from the gate. TJCIS PPs
8th-ELP, $50k, Msw, 3yo/up, 1mT, 5:10 p.m. ET
Win Star Farm and Stonestreet Stables’ CENTRAL PARK
(Pioneerof the Nile), bought for $825,000 as a KEESEP yearling,
makes his debut for trainer Rodolphe Brisset in this turf route
finale. The bay is out of SW turfer Dynazaper (Ghostzapper),
while his second dam is GSW Broad Dynamite (Broad Brush). He
shows an encouraging worktab at Keeneland going back to early
May, punctuated by a half-mile breeze from the gate in :46 3/5
(1/66) there June 26. TJCIS PPs
8th-LRC, $40k, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 7:28 p.m. ET
Bob Baffert unveils a sophomore filly with big potential for
Three Chimneys Farm in SHOCKING FAST (Distorted Humor).
The bay is the first foal out of unraced Amour d’Ete, a half-sister
to champion and star sire Speightstown (Gone West) and full-
sister to MGSW/MGISP Irap who hammered to Three Chimneys
for $1.75 million at KEESEP in 2013. Shocking Fast shows a local
workout back on Apr. 23 which was just that, going a half-mile
from the gate in an eye-popping :45 1/5 (1/6). She also worked
in company with champion Game Winner (Candy Ride {Arg})
when covering five panels in 1:01 flat (5/26) June 28 at Santa
Anita. TJCIS PPs
Thursday, Belmont, post time: 5:18 p.m. EDT
MANILA S., $100,000, 3yo, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML1 Pulsate Speightstown Franco Ribaudo 10-12 Current Curlin J Ortiz Pletcher 8-13 Ian Glass Hard Spun Velazquez Morley 20-14 Pole Setter Take Charge Indy Saez Cox 9-25 Casa Creed Jimmy Creed Alvarado Mott 5-16 Fog of War War Front Castellano Pletcher 9-27 Win Win Win Hat Trick (Jpn) Pimentel Trombetta 7-28 Clint Maroon (GB) Oasis Dream (GB) I Ortiz Jr Pletcher 3-19 Gentleman Joe Sky Mesa Carmouche Sweezey 30-1
For more information, please contact Bill Gallo Jr., Director of Racing(410) 392-0700 • [email protected]
2018 purses
The National Steeplechase Association achieved record purses
in 2018, and the growth
continues this year.
$6,233,399Up nearly 7% since 2015UPCOMING GRADE 1 RACES
$150,000 A. P. Smithwick Memorial (Gr. 1) Saratoga Race Course • Thursday, July 25
$150,000 New York Turf Writers Cup (Gr. 1) Saratoga Race Course • Thursday, August 22 TO
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IN ORDER OF PURSE:
7th-Belmont, $87,000, Alw (C)/Opt. Clm ($100,000), 7-3,
3yo/up, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.07, fm.
LUCULLAN (h, 5, Hard Spun--Golden Velvet {MGSW & GISP-US
& SP-Fr, $341,309}, by Seeking the Gold), a neck runner-up to
future MGISW Yoshida (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}) while finishing
ahead of current division leader Bricks and Mortar (Giant’s
Causeway) in the 2017 GIII Hill Prince S. here, appeared on his
way to stardom as a 4-year-old when powerfully annexing a
Gulfstream optional claimer to kick off his campaign in February.
Things didn’t quite pan out though, as he finished sixth in the
GII Muniz Memorial H. at Fair Grounds and third in the local
GIII Fort Marcy S. May 5 before being shelved for the rest of the
season. Made the narrow second choice at 9-4 in this return, the
bay tracked the speed of Noble Indy (Take Charge Indy) from a
three-wide third through soft fractions of :24.79 and :49.78.
Drawing on even terms as the pace picked up through three-
quarters in 1:13.11, he took the lead a furlong out and edged
clear despite drifting and swapping leads to score by 1 1/4
lengths. Noble Indy held the place. The winner, who ran his final
quarter-mile in :22.02 according to Trakus despite his
erraticness, is a half to Innovative Idea (Bernardini), GSW,
$229,343. His dam has a juvenile Medaglia d’Oro filly named
Embossed and produced a filly by Uncle Mo Feb. 1. Lifetime
Record: MGSP, 10-4-2-2, $308,300. Click for the Equibase.com
chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Godolphin, LLC; B-Darley (KY); T-Kiaran P. McLaughlin.
6th-Thistledown, $24,000, Alw, 7-3, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f,
1:12.82, ft.
I'M FEELING LUCKY (f, 3, Blame--Shortbread Scotty, by
Bluegrass Cat) scored in frontrunning fashion by 6 1/2 lengths
debuting in the local slop June 5 and was made a 17-10 repeat
proposition here. Establishing command from her inside draw,
the bay clicked off a :22.40 quarter and was challenged by
favored Kiffle (Take Charge Indy) three furlongs from home.
Those two continued to spar all the way down to the wire, with
I’m Feeling Lucky digging in stubbornly to earn a neck decision.
The winner’s dam is a half to Richies Party Girl (Any Given
Saturday), the MSW dam of Maven (American Pharoah), who
became the first stakes winner for his sire when annexing the
G3 Connolly’s Redmills Prix du Bois Saturday at Deauville.
Bought for $130,000 at Keeneland January in 2017, Shortbread
Scotty has a yearling Square Eddie colt and foaled a filly by
Dialed In Apr. 16. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $27,900. Click for
the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Premier Stables Unlimited; B-Joseph Strazzanti (KY); T-Nabu
Morales.
IN ORDER OF PURSE:
5th-Belmont, $80,000, Msw, 7-3, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:04.87, ft.
MISS PEPPINA (f, 2, Bayern--Shehaseyesforyou, by Is It True),
an $80,000 OBS April buy after breezing a furlong in :10 1/5,
rallied from well back to graduate on debut Wednesday at
Belmont. Breezing five furlongs in 1:00 3/5 (8/27) over the local
main track June 23, the chestnut was given a 12-1 chance and
broke alertly before being steadied a bit behind the first flight.
Continuing to get shuffled all the way back to eighth midway on
the turn, she started to advance five sixteenths out, and tipped
three deep at the top of the lane. Floated out one path further
in early stretch, she started to gain steam after that and swept
past Avuncular (Uncle Mo) a sixteenth out before edging away
to score the two-length upset, becoming the third winner for
her freshman sire (by Offlee Wild). Avuncular held for second
over late-running Talk You Out of It (Overanalyze). Sales History:
$15,000 RNA Ylg '18 OBSOCT; $80,000 2yo '19 OBSAPR. Lifetime
Record: 1-1-0-0, $44,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or
VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Bob Petersons Stables, LLC, Frank Bellavia & Gary P. Gullo;
B-Orlyana Farm (FL); T-Gary P. Gullo.
2nd-Indiana Grand, $31,000, Msw, 7-3, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:07.26, ft.
ROMPED (c, 2, Commissioner--Make Contact {MSW & MGSP,
$281,161}, by Time to Explode) drilled a bullet three furlongs
from the gate here in :35 4/5 (1/25) June 22 and was supported
as a narrow 5-2 favorite to become the fourth winner for his
freshman sire (by A.P. Indy) in this debut. Bumped at the start,
he recovered quickly and was hustled up under the whip to duel
with More Than Charming (Verrazano) through a :22.78 quarter.
Shaking that rival off in early stretch, he then hooked up with
Deacon (Liaison) and gamely edged ahead in the final sixteenth
to prevail by a hard-fought neck. Second choice Kentucky
Peerless (Algorithms) ran on late to grab third from More Than
Charming. Sales History: $28,000 RNA 2yo '19 EASMAY. Lifetime
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Record: 1-1-0-0, $18,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-Elliott Ventures & Bruce Murphy; B-Bill & Phyllis Adair &
Connie Brown (KY); T-Michelle L. Elliott.
FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: THURSDAY, JULY 4
American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), Ashford Stud, $100,000
162 foals of racing age/3 winners/1 black-type winner
5-Belmont, Msw 5 1/2f, ANOTHER MIRACLE, 5-1
$210,000 KEE SEP yrl
Bayern (Offlee Wild), Hill 'n' Dale Farms, $15,000
94 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners
6-Ellis, Msw 5f, BIDDY DUKE, 3-1
$22,000 KEE NOV wnl; $30,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl
Carpe Diem (Giant's Causeway), WinStar Farm, $25,000
124 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners
4-Gulfstream, Msw 5fT, MONFORTE, 9-2
$10,000 KEE SEP yrl
Constitution (Tapit), WinStar Farm, $15,000
123 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners
5-Belmont, Msw 5 1/2f, EXTREME FORCE, 7-2
$145,000 KEE SEP yrl
Honor Code (A.P. Indy), Lane's End Farm, $40,000
111 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
5-Belmont, Msw 5 1/2f, NIGHT CODE, 4-5
$500,000 KEE SEP yrl
Lea (First Samurai), Claiborne Farm, $7,500
72 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
6-Ellis, Msw 5f, ESCAPE FUND, 10-1
$60,000 KEE NOV wnl; $75,000 KEE SEP yrl; $105,000 OBS APR yrl
Liam's Map (Unbridled's Song), Lane's End Farm, $20,000
114 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
5-Belmont, Msw 5 1/2f, LITTLE HARBOUR, 6-1
$67,000 OBS OCT yrl
Muhaarar (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Nunnery Stud, $30,000
106 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners
4-Gulfstream, Msw 5fT, L'AMERICANA (GB), 9-5
165,000gns TAT FOA wnl; €250,000 ARA UG yrl
Tonalist (Tapit), Lane's End Farm, $15,000
96 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
5-Los Alamitos, Msw 5f, POUR ON THE COLE, 5-2
$50,000 BAR SEL yrl
SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: THURSDAY, JULY 4
Cross Traffic (Unbridled's Song), Spendthrift Farm, $25,000
162 foals of racing age/33 winners/6 black-type winners
9-Canterbury, $50K Victor S. Myers S., 6f, DAME PLATA, 7-2
$35,000 MNS AUG yrl
Fed Biz (Giant's Causeway), WinStar Farm, $10,000
187 foals of racing age/36 winners/3 black-type winners
6-Ellis, Msw 5f, ORQUIDIAS BIZ, 10-1
$40,000 OBS WIN wnl; $100,000 RNA FTS AUG yrl; $42,000 FTK
OCT yrl; $57,000 OBS MAR yrl
Honorable Dillon (Tapit), Rockridge Stud, $4,000
107 foals of racing age/17 winners/0 black-type winners
6-Charles Town, Msw 6 1/2f, MICHAEL CONNOR, 10-1
Northern Causeway (Giant's Causeway), Rancho San Miguel, $2,500
54 foals of racing age/6 winners/0 black-type winners
6-Pleasanton, Msw 5f, SILVER SCRIPT, 20-1
Lucullan (Hard Spun) flies late to capture his 5-year-olddebut in a Belmont allowance/optional claimer
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ALLOWANCE RESULTS:7th-Presque Isle Downs, $37,440, 7-2, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 1 1/8m
(AWT), 1:50.92, ft.
FIRST REWARD (g, 6, Flower Alley--In a Haze, by Smoke
Glacken) Lifetime Record: 24-4-9-4, $149,005. O-Tudox Farm;
B-London Thoroughbred Services, Ltd. (PA); T-Ron G. Potts.
*$55,000 Ylg '14 FTKOCT; $16,000 5yo '18 EASDEC.
7th-Delaware, $36,125, 7-3, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 7 1/2fT, 1:31.71,
sf.
FOLDOVER (g, 5, Overdriven--Centerfold, by Repriced) Lifetime
Record: 12-6-1-0, $85,205. O/B-Antonia B. Noonan (FL); T-Jose
M. Camejo.
7th-Indiana Grand, $35,500, (S), 7-3, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 1m,
1:40.93, ft.
BAREFOOTBOOTLEGGER (g, 3, Storm's Eye--Good Whiskey, by
Indian Charlie) Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-0, $56,042. O-Clabar Mor
Stables LLC & Haran Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Triple D Partners LLC
(IN); T-John Haran. *$4,500 Ylg '17 PEDIND.
7th-Indiana Grand, $35,500, (S), 7-2, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m,
1:40.64, ft.
YOUNOSEME (f, 3, Sangaree--Senora Soldar, by Lost Soldier)
Lifetime Record: 8-2-0-1, $48,935. O-Jim Edgar & Brandi Steele;
B-Herbert & Darlene Likens (IN); T-Brandi Steele. *$5,000 2yo
'18 INDHRA. **1/2 to Slacker (Article of Faith), SW, $153,714.
3rd-Indiana Grand, $32,500, 7-3, (NW2L), 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:05.37,
ft.
JAMMING CAMERON (g, 2, Oxbow--Tango Juliet, by
Speightstown) Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $48,760. O/T-Tommy
C. Short; B-Calumet Farm (KY). *$1,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP.
3rd-Thistledown, $32,100, (S), 7-3, (NW1Y), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11.40,
ft.
CLASSIC MO (g, 5, Girolamo--Park View, by Quiet American)
Lifetime Record: 17-6-1-3, $116,515. O-Charlie J. Williams LLC;
B-Langsem Farm, Inc (OH); T-Charlie J. Williams. *$70,000 Ylg
'15 FTKOCT; $45,000 RNA 2yo '16 EASMAY.
5th-Louisiana Downs, $21,090, (C)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 7-2,
3yo/up, f/m, 1m 70y (off turf), 1:42.61, ft.
EMMPORT (f, 4, Exchange Rate--Aventina, by Dynaformer)
Lifetime Record: 13-7-3-0, $135,498. O-End Zone Athletics, Inc.;
B-Mount Brilliant Farm & Ranch, LLC (KY); T-Karl Broberg.
*$90,000 Ylg '16 KEESEP. **1/2 to Desert Duchess (Hard Spun),
SW, $240,505.
1st-Mountaineer Casino & Resort, $19,594, 7-2, (NW3LX),
3yo/up, 5f (off turf), :59.49, sy.
FREEDONIA (c, 4, Oxbow--Freedom Come {MSP, $218,401}, by
Lit de Justice) Lifetime Record: 13-3-2-2, $46,840. O-Mitre Box
Stable; B-Thomas/Burleson (KY); T-Jay P. Bernardini. *$220,000
Ylg '16 KEESEP; $30,000 2yo '17 EASMAY. **1/2 to Harlem
Rocker (Macho Uno), GSW & GISP, $597,649.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Channel Island, c, 3, English Channel--Dreams, by Silver Hawk.
Belmont, 7-3, 1 1/4mT, 2:02.60. B-R. S. Evans (KY). *Full to
Dover Cliffs, SW, $172,280; 1/2 to Kid Dreams (Lemon Drop
Kid), GSW, $258,684; Dreamy Kid (Lemon Drop Kid), GSW,
$181,840; and Elysium Fields (El Prado {Ire}), GSP, $154,920.
Feets of Feather, f, 3, Fort Larned--Jade's Rainbow, by
Milwaukee Brew. Presque Isle Downs, 7-2, 1 1/16m (AWT),
1:46.29. B-Sunshine Thoroughbred Corp. (FL).
Classy Cowboy, g, 4, Cowboy Cal--Jills Classy (SW, $113,935), by
Pentelicus. Indiana Grand, 7-3, (S), 1m 70y, 1:45.55. B-Filip
Racing, LLC (IN).
BAYERN, Miss Peppina, f, 2, o/o Shehaseyesforyou, by Is It True.
MSW, 7-3, Belmont
BLAME, I'm Feeling Lucky, f, 3, o/o Shortbread Scotty, by
Bluegrass Cat. ALW, 7-3, Thistledown
COMMISSIONER, Romped, c, 2, o/o Make Contact, by Time to
Explode. MSW, 7-3, Indiana Grand
COWBOY CAL, Classy Cowboy, g, 4, o/o Jills Classy, by
Pentelicus. MSW, 7-3, Indiana Grand
ENGLISH CHANNEL, Channel Island, c, 3, o/o Dreams, by Silver
Hawk. MSW, 7-3, Belmont
EXCHANGE RATE, Emmport, f, 4, o/o Aventina, by Dynaformer.
AOC, 7-2, Louisiana Downs
FLOWER ALLEY, First Reward, g, 6, o/o In a Haze, by Smoke
Glacken. ALW, 7-2, Presque Isle Downs
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FORT LARNED, Feets of Feather, f, 3, o/o Jade's Rainbow, by
Milwaukee Brew. MSW, 7-2, Presque Isle Downs
GIROLAMO, Classic Mo, g, 5, o/o Park View, by Quiet American.
ALW, 7-3, Thistledown
HARD SPUN, Lucullan, h, 5, o/o Golden Velvet, by Seeking the
Gold. AOC, 7-3, Belmont
OVERDRIVEN, Foldover, g, 5, o/o Centerfold, by Repriced. ALW,
7-3, Delaware
OXBOW, Freedonia, c, 4, o/o Freedom Come, by Lit de Justice.
ALW, 7-2, Mountaineer
OXBOW, Jamming Cameron, g, 2, o/o Tango Juliet, by
Speightstown. ALW, 7-3, Indiana Grand
SANGAREE, Younoseme, f, 3, o/o Senora Soldar, by Lost Soldier.
ALW, 7-2, Indiana Grand
STORM'S EYE, Barefootbootlegger, g, 3, o/o Good Whiskey, by
Indian Charlie. ALW, 7-3, Indiana Grand
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IN TDN AMERICA TODAYAMOSS & CARLISLE A WINNING TEAM
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Floret, a half-sister to Moonlight Cloud | Arqana
Madhmoon | Racing Post
MOONLIGHT CLOUD SISTERSHINES IN DEAUVILLE
Floret (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 210) was the standout of the
Arqana Summer Sale catalogue, being a half-sister to the four-
time Group 1-winning miler Moonlight Cloud (Ire) (Invincible
Spirit {Ire}), and she fulfilled her potential in the ring when
scooped up by Tony Nerses on behalf of Imad Al Sagar for
i380,000 on Wednesday.
Offered by Charles Briere=s Fairway Consignment, the unraced
3-year-old filly is out of the stakes-placed Ventura (Ire)
(Spectrum {Ire}), and she is also a full-sister to U.S. listed winner
Cedar Mountain (Ire). The second dam, Wedding Bouquet (Kings
Lake), won the G3 Park S. and the GIII Monrovia H. and was
twice Group 1-placed at two, while under the third dam is the
likes of the dual Derby winner Generous and his dual Classic-
winning half-sister Imagine.
Nerses said the filly would return to Blue Diamond Stud in the
UK and a mating plan would be decided upon, while consignor
Briere said, Ashe is a lovely filly, she arrived to Fairway only two
months ago and adapted very well to her new life. She has a
great page; you can't get better for breeding, especially being a
half-sister of Moonlight Cloud.@
Cont. p2
MADHMOON TO DROP BACK IN TRIP G1 Investec Derby runner-up Madhmoon (Ire) (Dawn
Approach {Ire}) is set for a mid-season break followed by a drop
in trip after running fourth in last weekend=s G1 Irish Derby.
Madhmoon sat midpack and well off the runaway leaders
Sovereign (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Norway (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in
the Irish Derby but never made a serious bid.
"We don't really know what to make of the Irish Derby," said
Angus Gold, racing manager to owner/breeder Sheikh Hamdan.
"There's no question we'll now bring him back in trip. At no
stage was I convinced he was a mile-and-a-half horse. I can't say
he didn't stay it because he finished second in the Derby, but I
think he'll be more effective over a mile and a quarter.
"It was a non-event for us,@ Gold said of the Irish Derby. AThe
plan was to try to track Ryan [Moore on Anthony Van Dyck] and
try to quicken past him, but Chris [Hayes] said Ryan never took
him into the race and we couldn't get past him in any case.@
"While Anthony Van Dyck did run on into second, he never
travelled especially well and Broome was always out the back,
so maybe they were all a bit flat after Epsom--who knows?@
Cont. p3
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SESSION TOPPERSARQANA SUMMER SALE
Moonlight Cloud Sister Shines In Deauville cont. from p1
At the close of trade on Wednesday, cumulative figures wound
up nearly on par with the 2018 edition of the sale. With just one
more horse offered this year (381), the number sold rose slightly
(298) resulting in a clearance rate that was up five points to
78.2%. The aggregate finished at i7,798,500. The average was
down ever so slightly at i26,169, while the median jumped
29.2% to i15,500.
Of the in-foal mares offered on the day, topping the table was
The Channel Consignment=s Torentosa (Fr) (Oasis Dream {GB})
carrying to Zoustar (Aus) (lot 218). The 11-year-old, a half-sister
to G1 Investec Derby winner Wings of Eagles (Fr) (Pour Moi
{Ire}), was picked up by Tweenhills Farm for i140,000. It was
Henri Bozo who signed the ticket on behalf of David Redvers,
and he acknowledged Redvers=s faith in Zoustar, the standout
Australian champion first-season sire who recently completed
his first shuttle season at Tweenhills.
AI bought her for my friend David Redvers,@ Bozo said. AHe
believes a lot in Zoustar and he wants to give him every chance
possible, so she is going to Tweenhills.@
Redvers is also familiar with the female family via the mare=s
3-year-old half-sister Sparkle Roll (Fr) (Kingman {GB}); he bought
her for i750,000 at Arqana August. She has won twice and was
third in the G2 Ribblesdale S. at Royal Ascot last month.
Other in-foal mares to feature included Contessa Du Barry (Fr)
(Motivator {GB}) (lot 261), in foal to Almanzor (Fr) and bought
by Scea Domaine Rymska for i100,000; and a pair of mares
bought by Haras du Saubouas: Boscastle (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in
foal to Caravaggio (Ire) (lot 263) for i90,000 and Kelty In Love
(Fr) (Keltos {Fr}) in foal to Panis (Fr) (lot 252) with a Wootton
Bassett (GB) filly at foot for i80,000.
The remainder of the leaderboard was dominated by horses in
training, many of those jumpers or former flat horses bound for
the fences. Signing as TJ Bloodstock, Tony Jones went to
i210,000 for the 3-year-old colt Belsanndi (Fr) (Sinndar {Ire})
(lot 404) from the Aga Khan Studs. Jones indicated the horse
would go to Ireland with a view to continuing on the flat before
going over hurdles.
Reaching i150,000 were Crealion (Fr) (Creachadoir) (lot 415),
a winner over fences bought by Alex Elliott, and For Langy (Fr)
(lot 420), a 4-year-old AQPS entire bought by Guy Petit.
WEDNESDAY’S TOP FILLIES/BROODMARES LOT NAME PRICE (€) 210 Floret (Ire) 380,000
(f, 3, Galileo {Ire}BVentura {Ire}, by Spectrum {Ire})Breeder: Ventura SyndicateConsignor: Fairway ConsignmentPurchaser: Tony Nerses
218 Torentosa (Fr) 140,000(m, 11, Oasis Dream {GB}BYsoldina {Fr}, by Kendor {Fr})i/f Zoustar (Aus)(i160,000 yrl >09 DEAAUG)Breeder: Aliette Forien & Gilles ForienConsignor: The Channel ConsignmentPurchaser: Tweenhills Farm & Stud
261 Contessa Du Barry (Fr) 100,000(m, 4, Motivator {GB}BHighborne {Fr}, by Anabaa)i/f Almanzor (Fr)(i90,000 yrl >16 ARQOCT; i65,000 RNA HRA >18ARQDEC)Breeder: Haras du QuesnayConsignor: Hubert HonorePurchaser: Scea Domaine Rymska
ARQANA SUMMER SALE
SESSION TOTALS 2019 2018 $ Number Offered 216 190 $ Number Sold 168 162 $ Not Sold 48 28 $ Clearance Rate 77.8% 85.3% $ High Price i380,000 i445,000 $ Gross i4,209,000 i4,078,000 $ Average (% change) i25,054 (-0.4%) i25,173 $ Median (% change) i8,000 (-3%) i8,250
CUMULATIVE 2019 2018 $ Number Offered 381 380 $ Number Sold 298 279 $ Not Sold 83 101 $ Clearance Rate 78.2% 73.4% $ High Price i380,000 i445,000 $ Gross i7,798,500 i7,447,700 $ Average (% change) i26,169 (-1.9%) i26,694 $ Median (% change) i15,500 (+29.2%) i12,000
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Madhmoon To Drop Back In Trip cont. from p1
Gold continued, AOur horse doesn't look a stayer, he's not bred
to be one and will certainly be coming back to a mile and a
quarter. Maybe when he's matured, he might even drop back to
a mile one day.@
Gold said the key later-season target for the Kevin Prendergast
trainee will be the G1 Irish Champion S.
"He needs a break, he's had a hard time,@ Gold said. AThe
obvious target has always been the Irish Champion S. Whether
he has a run before I couldn't say, but I saw him on Tuesday and
he looked fresh considering what he's been through."
SANGARIUS TO STEP UP Khalid Abdullah=s Sangarius (GB) (Kingman {GB}), the 2 1/4-
length winner of the G3 Hampton Court S. at Royal Ascot, will
step up to Group 2 company for the York S. on July 27. The >TDN
Rising Star= won the Listed Flying Scotsman S. at two and was
fourth in the G1 Dewhurst S.
"He's come out of the race fine, and we'll look at the Sky Bet
York S. later this month--it seems to be a good progression for
him," said Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner/breeder
Khalid Abdullah. "It all seemed to click at Ascot. We've always
thought a lot of him and we hope there's more in him, but
certainly it was pleasing to see some of our expectations being
realised. He's a nice, big, scopey horse."
Grimthorpe also provided an update on another Juddmonte
Kingman >TDN Rising Star=, Headman (GB), who won the G2 Prix
Eugene Adam on Sunday for trainer Roger Charlton.
"He won really well," said Grimthorpe. "It was a good day out,
and he could return to France for the Prix Guillaume d'Ornano,
the Group 2 at Deauville.
"He's grown into his frame. After he won at Newbury, giving a
lot of weight away, he has progressed from that. The ground
went too soft [when a non-runner] at Ascot--he definitely wants
good ground. I think it was on the fast side of good at
Saint-Cloud."IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAYTHE MYTH OF THE SMALL STALLION
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PLUSVITAL UNVEILS MOTIVATOR GENEEdited Press Release
Research by scientists at the University College Dublin and
Plusvital has established that there is a genetic contribution to
whether a horse is likely to race and has identified genes
associated with behaviour that may be key influencers. One of
these genes, PRCP, has been dubbed the Amotivator gene@ by
the researchers. The researchers acknowledged that previous
studies have shown that less than half of Thoroughbred foals
bred to race actually make it to the racecourse.
AOur study of 4,500 horses, some that raced and some that did
not, has established a measurable genetic link to future racing
potential and identified several genes of particular importance,@
said Plusvital=s Dr. Emmeline Hill. AThe most important genes
appear to be involved in neurological or behavioural traits. This
is fascinating in the context of trainers= assessments that a
horse=s >attitude= to their exercise regime is among the most
important aspects to a positive outcome on the racetrack.@
AOne of the genes, known as PRCP, has previously been shown
to be associated with voluntary wheel running in mice. Our
findings support the theory that, just as with humans,
motivation to exercise may be a critical factor in maintaining a
training regime and achieving a high level of fitness. Some
horses are just naturally keener for their job than others.
In addition to establishing a genetic link, the scientists
developed a new predictive test for determining the chances a
Thoroughbred has of making a racecourse start in their 2- and
3-year-old racing seasons.
AThe prediction model analyses the DNA of a horse and then
categorises them as having a >High=, >Medium= or >Low= chance of
making a racecourse start,@ Hill said. AHorses categorised as
>High= are more likely to have a racecourse start, more likely to
run in more races, more likely to have higher earnings but
curiously do not have a significantly different sales price. This is
therefore valuable information that even the most astute in the
market currently cannot assess from the pedigree or by physical
assessment of the horse.
AOf course, genetics cannot on its own replace the current
tools. There are many other reasons a horse may not progress
to race, through injury or the presence of performance-limiting
disorders.
ABut while there are veterinary screening tools for those, there
is currently no other means to determine a young horse=s
motivation to exercise other than long-term observation, and by
then it may be too late to get the best out of them.@
NEW GROUP WINNER FOR SHAMARDAL Dropping back to six furlongs for the first time in his career,
Gestut Brummerhof=s Waldpfad (Ger) (Shamardal) made the
transition seamlessly as he garnered a first black-type win in
Wednesday=s G3 Sparkasse Holstein Cup at Hamburg. Headed
late on when runner-up in the seven-furlong G3 Grosser Preis
der Landeshauptstadt Dresden last time June 16, the homebred
bay was reserved in fifth early by Wladimir Panov. Gifting first
run to Ambiance (Ire) (Camacho {GB}) in the straight, the 17-10
favourite delivered a sustained effort out wide to cut him down
inside the last 100 metres and record an authoritative 1 1/2-
length success.
Pedigree Notes In doing so, Waldpfad was becoming the third black-type
winner for the unraced Waldbeere (GB) (Mark of Esteem {Ire})
after the six-times group-winning miler Wiesenpfad (Fr) (Waky
Nao {GB}) and the listed scorer Waldtraut (Ger) (Oasis Dream
{GB}) who was also placed in both the German Fillies= Classics,
the G1 Preis der Diana and G2 German 1000 Guineas. The
second dam Wurftaube (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}) was the
winner of four group races herself and proved to be an equally
excellent producer with 11 stakes performers. Her descendants
include the G1 Deutsches Derby hero Waldpark (Ger) (Dubawi
{Ire}), the triple Group 1-winning Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire})
and the G1 St Leger hero Masked Marvel (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}).
Waldbeere also has an as unraced 2-year-old filly by Kingman
(GB) named Waldkonigin (Ger) and filly foal by Postponed (Ire).
Wednesday, Hamburg, Germany
SPARKASSE HOLSTEIN CUP-G3, i55,000, Hamburg, 7-3,
3yo/up, 6fT, 1:11.42, gd.
1--WALDPFAD (GER), 128, h, 5, by Shamardal
1st Dam: Waldbeere (GB), by Mark of Esteem (Ire)
2nd Dam: Wurftaube (Ger), by Acatenango (Ger)
3rd Dam: Wurfbahn (Ger), by Frontal (Fr)
1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. (i390,000 RNA Ylg
>15 BBASEP; i49,000 HRA >18 BBAOCT). O/B-Gestut
Brummerhof (GER); T-Dominik Moser; J-Wladimir Panov.
i32,000. Lifetime Record: 13-6-3-2, i111,500. *1/2 to
Wiesenpfad (Fr) (Waky Nao {GB}), MGSW-Ger, $352,614, & to
Waldtraut (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}), SW & G1SP-Ger,
$108,305. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Werk Nick Rating: A.
2--Ambiance (Ire), 128, g, 8, Camacho (GB)--Thawrah (Ire), by
Green Desert. (,70,000 Ylg >12 DBSPRM; 75,000gns HRA >13
TATAUT; 58,000gns HRA >14 TATJUL). O-E Gautier & Pelu
Lakarpratik AB; B-John McEnery (IRE); T-Roy Kvisla. i12,000.
3--Clear For Take Off (GB), 122, m, 5, Soldier Hollow (GB)--
TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 8 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 4 JULY 2019
FIRST-SEASON SIRESWITH RUNNERS
Gleneagles | Coolmore
OBSERVATIONSon the European racing scene
Chantra (Ger), by Lando (Ger). (i160,000 Ylg >15 BBASEP;
i62,000 HRA >17 ARQAUT). O-Gestut Brummerhof; B-Gestut
Haus Ittlingen (GER); T-Dominik Moser. i6,000.
Margins: 1HF, 3/4, 2. Odds: 1.70, 6.50, 8.30.
Also Ran: Iron Duke (Ger), Suprimo (Ger), Mc Queen (Fr), Power
Zone (Ire). Scratched: Shining Emerald (GB). Click for the Racing
Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style
pedigree.
Thursday, July 4:
FRANCE
Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Coolmore Stud
110 foals of racing age/6 winners/1 black-type winner
4-PARISLONGCHAMP, 1400m, TARANTA (Ire)
i110,000 Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale 2017; i80,000
Arqana Deauville August Yearling 2018
Red Dubawi (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Haras de la Croix Sonnet
35 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
3-PARISLONGCHAMP, 1400m, HAPPY CHRISNAT (Fr)
UNITED KINGDOM
Cable Bay (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Highclere Stud
114 foals of racing age/10 winners/0 black-type winners
18:20-NEWBURY, 6f, JOUSKA (GB)
31,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2017
18:20-NEWBURY, 6f, THE RED WITCH (GB)
6,500gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2018 - Book 3
Due Diligence (War Front), Whitsbury Manor Stud
85 foals of racing age/5 winners/1 black-type winner
18:20-NEWBURY, 6f, FINAL DEAL (GB)
6,500gns Goffs UK Autumn HIT & Yearling Sale 2018
Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Coolmore Stud
110 foals of racing age/6 winners/1 black-type winner
18:55-NEWBURY, 6f, SHADOW GLEN (GB)
50,000gns RNA Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2018 - Book 2
Gutaifan (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Yeomanstown Stud
166 foals of racing age/10 winners/0 black-type winners
18:55-NEWBURY, 6f, RED SUN (Ire)
35,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2017; 45,000gns
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2018 - Book 2
Night of Thunder (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Dalham Hall Stud
108 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners
18:55-NEWBURY, 6f, MAN OF THE NIGHT (Fr)
i350,000 Arqana Deauville August Yearling 2018
15:00-HAYDOCK PARK, 7.25f, PATH OF THUNDER (Ire)
48,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2018 - Book 2;
375,000gns Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale 2019
Outstrip (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Dalham Hall Stud
106 foals of racing age/5 winners/1 black-type winner
18:55-NEWBURY, 6f, BERMUDA SCHWARTZ (GB)
32,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2017; ,38,000 Goffs
UK Premier & Silver Yearling Sale 2018
18:55-NEWBURY, 6f, OUTTAKE (GB)
5,500gns RNA Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2017
The Wow Signal (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Haras de
Bouquetot
9 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
15:00-HAYDOCK PARK, 7.25f, GLORY MAKER (Fr)
i22,000 Osarus September La Teste Yearling Sale 2018;
22,000gns Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale 2019
3.00 Haydock, Novice, ,10,000, 2yo, 7f 37yT
ENCIPHER (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) debuts for Godolphin and John
Gosden and is a 425,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase
whose dam is a half-sister to the G1 Poule d=Essai des Pouliches,
G1 Coronation S. and G1 Prix du Moulin heroine Ervedya (Fr),
one of Siyouni=s earliest and still one his best.
6.55 ParisLongchamp, Cond, i34,000, 2yo, f, 7fT
CAT KATE (IRE) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) debuts for Haras Voltaire
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and Andre Fabre and is a half-sister to the 2016 G1 Epsom Derby
hero Harzand (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}). She encounters the
Wertheimers= Igo (Fr) (Lawman {Fr}), a Freddy Head-trained
newcomer whose dam is a half-sister to Polydream (Ire) (Oasis
Dream {GB}).
Wednesday=s Results:
5th-Thirsk, ,7,500, Cond, 7-3, 3yo/up, 7f 218yT, 1:39.74, g/f.
GHAZIYAH (GB) (f, 3, Galileo {Ire}--Fork Lightning, by Storm
Cat), an Oct. 26 debut seventh going one mile at Doncaster in
her only prior start, dwelt at the break and was positioned off
the pace in sixth through halfway in this seasonal return. Easing
closer on the bridle in the straight, the 5-4 favourite was nudged
along passing the quarter-mile marker and ridden out inside the
final furlong to outpoint Siglo Six (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}) by
3/4-of-a-length. Kin to the unraced 2-year-old filly Cliff Wind
(GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and a yearling colt by Le Havre (Ire),
she is the second scorer produced by a winning daughter of
MGSW G1 Coronation S. runner-up Last Second (Ire) (Alzao). The
latter=s descendants also include MG1SW sire Aussie Rules
(Danehill), MG1SP sire Midas Touch (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), last
Sunday=s G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud heroine Coronet (GB)
(Dubawi {Ire}) and stakes-winning G1 St Leger third
Michelangelo (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). Sales history: 280,000gns Ylg
>17 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $6,111. Video, sponsored
by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum; B-Denford Stud Ltd (GB);
T-William Haggas.
3rd-Kempton, ,15,000, Novice, 7-3, 3yo/up, f, 11f 219y (AWT),
2:33.90, st/sl.
ILLUMINED (IRE) (f, 3, Sea The Moon {Ger}--Nenuphar {Ire}
{SW-Ger}, by Night Shift), who was a promising second on
debut over 10 furlongs at Beverley May 6, was sent straight to
the lead. Turning the screw in the straight, the 4-6 favourite was
in a class of her own and had six lengths to spare over Rewrite
the Stars (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) at the line. The winner is a
half-sister to the G3 Preis der Winterkonigin winner Night
Lagoon (Ger) (Lagunas {GB}), Hwt. 2yo Filly & GSW-Ger, who
earned Broodmare of the year status in 2013 due largely to the
exploits of her G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S., G1
Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and G1 Grosser Preis von Baden-
winning son Novellist (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}).
The listed-winning dam, who also produced the G1 Deutsches
Derby runner-up and sire Night Tango (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}),
MSW & G1SP-Ger, $167,487, also has a yearling filly by
Fascinating Rock (Ire). Sales history: 160,000gns Wlg >16
TATFOA. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $13,910. Video, sponsored
by Fasig-Tipton.
O-George Strawbridge; B-Forenaghts Stud & Tinnakill Bloodstock
(IRE); T-John Gosden.
2nd-Kempton, ,6,000, Novice, 7-3, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT), 1:26.48,
st/sl.
CRESSIDA (GB) (f, 2, Dansili {GB}--Modern Look {GB} {MGSW-Fr
& SP-US, $281,388}, by Zamindar), a 9-2 shot on this debut,
missed the kick before racing worse than mid-division
throughout the early stages. Gaining a clean run to lead with
1 1/2 furlongs to race, the 9-2 shot was soon beyond recall and
hit the line the cosy neck winner from stablemate Wasaayef
(Ire) (Kingman {GB}). The dam Modern Look captured the G2
Prix de Sandringham and G3 Prix Miesque before producing the
smart Grand Jete (GB), a full-sister to this winner who took the
GIII Eatontown S. and was runner-up in the GI Beverly D. S. and
GI Flower Bowl S., GSW & MGISP-US, $335,759. The second dam
Prophecy (Ire) (Warning {GB}) was the winner of the G1
Cheveley Park S. who produced the G1 Ranvet S., G1
Underwood S. and G1 Makybe Diva S. winner Foreteller (GB) by
Dansili and also the listed-winning sprinter Arabesque (GB)
(Zafonic) who in turn threw the important sires Showcasing (GB)
and Camacho (GB). Also connected to the G3 Musidora S. scorer
Shutter Speed (GB), another talented progeny of Dansili, and the
triple group-winning New Zealand runner Fix (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}),
Modern Look=s yearling colt is by Bated Breath (GB), while she
also has a colt foal by Kodiac (GB). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0,
$4,888. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden.
CONDITIONS RESULTS:
2nd-Thirsk, ,6,000, Cond, 7-3, 2yo, 6fT, 1:11.07, g/f.
MAGICAL MAX (GB) (g, 2, Coach House {Ire}--Vellena {GB}, by
Lucky Story) Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $17,104. O-Mrs E Holmes,
M Johnson & Mrs Walford; B-Poole, Trickledown & the Late Mrs
Poole (GB); T-Mark Walford. *6,000gns RNA Wlg >17 TATFOA;
6,000gns Ylg >18 TAOCT.
2nd-Musselburgh, ,5,500, Cond, 7-3, 2yo, 5f 1yT, 1:00.02, g/f.
BILL NEIGH (GB) (c, 2, Mustajeeb {GB}--Dance Away {GB}, by
Pivotal {GB}) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $20,209. O-Gerry
McGladery; B-Selwood Bloodstock Ltd (GB); T-John Ryan.
*i1,000 RNA Ylg >18 GOFFEB; i2,000 Ylg >18 GOYRL; 27,000gns
2yo >19 TATHIT.
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ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Harry Love (Ire), g, 2, Lawman (Fr)--Gimmick (Ire), by Siyouni
(Fr). Thirsk, 7-3, 6fT, 1:11.51. B-Kenneth Purcell & Lawman
Syndicate (IRE). *i5,000 RNA Wlg >17 GOFNOV; i5,000 RNA
Ylg >18 GOYRL.
Heritage (GB), f, 3, Garswood (GB)--Inheritance (GB), by Oasis
Dream (GB). Bath & Somerset County, 7-3, 5f 10yT, :59.71.
B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB).
Thursday, Tipperary, post time: 5.30 p.m.
COOLMORE US NAVY FLAG TIPPERARY S.-Listed, i47,500, 2yo, 5fT
SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT1 1 Air Force Jet (GB) Charm Spirit (Ire) D O'Brien J O'Brien 1292 2 Illusionist (Ger) Hot Streak (Ire) Carroll Watson 1293 6 Strive For Glory Dialed In W Lee Cowell 1294 7 American Lady (Ire) Starspngledbanner (Aus) Hayes Stack 1245 4 Invincible Diva (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Foley Harrington 1246 3 Isabeau (Ire) Cable Bay (Ire) Roche O'Callaghan 1247 5 Royal Affair (Ire) Kingman (GB) Heffernan J O'Brien 124
Bellewstown, i16,000, Mdn, 7-3, 2yo, f, 7f 187yT, 1:42.40, gd.
SECRET STASH (IRE) (f, 2, Mukhadram {GB}--Poppet=s Lovein
{GB}, by Lomitas {GB}), fifth on debut over six furlongs at
Fairyhouse June 14, raced close to the early leader. Taking
control with two furlongs remaining, the even-money favourite
asserted to score by four lengths from Raven=s Cry (Ire) (Raven=s
Pass). The winner is a half-sister to the G3 Thoroughbred S.
runner-up Make Time (Ire) (Makfi {GB}) out of a half to the G2
Goldene Peitsche-winning champion Overdose (GB)
(Starborough {GB}) who also has a yearling colt by Makfi=s son
Make Believe (GB). Sales history: i35,000 Ylg >18 GOFOR.
Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $10,944. Video, sponsored by Fasig-
Tipton.
O-Richard Galway & J Carthy & S C Khaw; B-Kildaragh Stud (IRE);
T-Jessica Harrington.
Wednesday=s Results:
4th-Deauville, i27,000, Mdn, 7-3, unraced 2yo, c/g, 7fT,
1:26.50, gd.
THUNDERSPEED (FR) (c, 2, Night of Thunder {Ire}--Marmoom
Flower {Ire}, by Cape Cross {Ire}) stalked the pace in second for
most of this debut. Looming large off the home turn, the 183-10
outsider swooped for control approaching the final furlong and
was pushed clear to assert by 1 3/4 lengths from Ete de Carl (Fr)
(Sommerabend {GB}), becoming the seventh winner for his
freshman sire (by Dubawi {Ire}). He is the second scorer out of a
half-sister to Listed Eyrefield S. victor Parish Boy (GB) (New
Approach {Ire}), G3 Abu Dhabi Championship runner-up Dr
Faustus (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) and the dual stakes-placed Desert
Snow (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}). Kin to a yearling colt by Prince
Gibraltar (Fr), the bay is from a family which features top-level
winners Allegretto (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Aussie Rules (Danehill),
Coronet (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Alborada (GB) (Alzao), Albanova
(GB) (Alzao), et al. Sales history: i40,000 RNA Ylg >18 ARAUG.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i13,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-
Tipton.
1ST-TIME STARTER. O/B-Ecurie Gribomont (FR); T-Christophe
Ferland.
3rd-Deauville, i27,000, Mdn, 7-3, unraced 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:28.35,
gd.
MAGEVA (GB) (f, 2, Wootton Bassett {GB}--Melilot {Fr}, by
Elusive City) broke well and seized an early advantage in this
unveiling. Rowed along at the top of the straight, the 34-5
chance drifted left under pressure approaching the final eighth
and was ridden out to hold the late bid of Vienne (Ire)
(Showcasing {GB}) by a short neck. Miss Lara (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}),
a daughter of G1 1000 Guineas heroine Miss France (Ire) (Dansili
{GB}), held every chance in the straight and faded late to finish
eighth. Half-sister to the yearling filly Iris James (Fr) (Outstrip
{GB}), she is the first foal and scorer out of a half-sister to three
stakes performers--headed by stakes-winning GIII Senorita S.
third Pride Dancer (Ire) (Fasliyev)--and to the dam of G3 La
Coupe and G3 Prix Gontaut-Biron victor Bello Matteo (Fr)
(Montmartre {Fr}). Sales history: i75,000 Ylg >18 ARAUG.
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Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i13,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-
Tipton.
1ST-TIME STARTER. O-Hubert Guy, Antoine Gilibert, Gilles
Barbarin & Benoit Chalmel; B-EARL Haras Saint-James (GB);
T-Fabrice Chappet.
1st-Deauville, i25,000, Mdn, 7-3, unraced 3yo, 9 1/2f (AWT),
2:02.95, st.
SKYWARD (FR) (c, 3, Camelot {GB}--Shakeyourbody, by Giant=s
Causeway) asserted for an early lead in this first go. Holding
sway thereafter, the 27-10 second favourite was scrubbed along
off the home turn and, despite drifting across the track, kept on
well under continued rousting to prevail by 1 1/2 lengths from
Green Siren (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). He becomes the third scorer
produced by a winning full-sister to GI Suburban H.-winning sire
Frost Giant (Giant=s Causeway) and the bay is a half-brother to
MGSW G1 Prix Jean Romanet and G1 Prix Rothschild placegetter
Siyoushake (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) and G3 Prix d=Aumale runner-up
Pleasemetoo (Ire) (Vale of York {Ire}). Sales history: 170,000gns
RNA Ylg >17 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i12,500. Video,
sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
1ST-TIME STARTER. O-Arno Curty; B-Aleyrion Bloodstock Ltd
(FR); T-Fabrice Chappet.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER:
Ida Alata (Ger), f, 3, Adlerflug (Ger)--Itzka (Ger), by Kalatos
(Ger). Hamburg, 7-3, 12fT, 2:32.90. B-Gestut Hof Iserneichen
(GER).
Sam Langford (Ire), g, 3, Footstepsinthesand (GB)--The Silver
Kebaya (Fr), by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire). Bellewstown, 7-3, 7f
187yT, 1:42.64. B-Ms Morna McDowall (IRE). *i15,000 Wlg
>16 GOFNOV; i60,000 Ylg >17 TIRSEP.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Luigi Pirandello, c, 2, The Factor--Regalo Mia (GSW-US,
$359,055), by Sligo Bay (Ire). Naples, 7-3, Debutants, 1400mT.
B-Don Alberto Corporation (KY). O-Luigi Colasanti. T-Agostino
Affe. *$10,000 yrl '18 FTKOCT.
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GROUP ENTRIES
Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 7.30 p.m.
PRIX DE LA PORTE MAILLOT-G3, €80,000, 3yo/up, 7fT
SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 4 Tornibush (Ire) Dream Ahead Peslier Decouz 128
2 6 Marianafoot (Fr) Footstepsinthesand (GB) Boudot Reynier 128
3 2 Repercussion (GB) Manduro (Ger) C Demuro Hernon 128
4 1 Spinning Memories (Ire) Arcano (Ire) Soumillon Bary 125
5 5 Polydream (Ire) Oasis Dream (GB) Guyon Head 125
6 3 Trois Mille (Fr) Evasive (GB) Badel Cerulis 120
THURSDAY, 4 JULY 2019
Snitzel stands at 15.3 hands | Bronwen Healy
THE MYTH OF THESMALL STALLION
By Richard Edmunds
"Could he be a bit small?" It's the question that dominates
conversation regarding first season sires standing under 16
hands high every year. But does size really matter?
Thoroughbred history is full of examples of small stallions
overcoming their size for stellar stud careers, but a perception
still lingers that size makes the sire. Farms are often reluctant to
state that a stallion is under 16 hands due to the associated
stigma.
In his book Breeding the Racehorse, renowned breeder
Federico Tesio emphasised the importance of stallion selection.
ASelection is the element which has made the greatest
contribution to developing the thoroughbred,@ he said. AGood
with good gives good, bad with bad gives bad, good with bad
gives half and half.
A(Because a stallion has multiple offspring per year and a mare
only one), the selection of the male is nature=s own method of
preventing a deterioration of the species. Consequently, only
the best males are used for breeding.@
Because of the attributes a stallion is expected to pass on to a
foal, when breeders and studmasters are selecting their
stallions, they might be guided by what they want the resulting
foals to look like.
Initial bias Leading bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills believes it all comes
down to the market=s desire for yearlings to be a certain size,
and time and time again he has seen the industry=s deck stacked
against smaller stallions in the early stages of their careers.
AWhen they first retire to stud, I=ve definitely seen a real bias
against those smaller stallions,@ he said. AI think it=s a result of
the yearling market. If you take a small yearling to a sale, you=re
going to be crucified. The same is probably true at the other
extreme as well, although a horse is never likely to become
overly big when they=re still a yearling.
AIt=s a real anomaly in this game. History has shown that size
has nothing to do with how likely a stallion is to succeed. You
only have to regard Snitzel (Redoute=s Choice) at the moment.
"There have been plenty of absolute midget stallions who have
been outstanding. It doesn=t make a lot of sense, but there are a
few things in the industry that don=t make sense.
"In the past, people might have been breeding horses in order
to improve the breed and things like that, whereas now
everyone is breeding to make money. The struggle that small
stallions face at the beginning of their careers is just one of a
number of strange things that result from that.@
Historical considerations Even before the commercial considerations of the modern era,
size was viewed as a prized asset in a stallion B dating all the
way back to the 18th century, when the legendary Eclipse (GB)
(Marske {GB}) towered over his peers.
In some cases, stallions with imposing physical presence have
lived up to those looks with stud careers to match. Galileo (Ire)
(Sadler=s Wells {USA}) is a tick over 16 hands, and he has
followed an outstanding racing career with a breathtakingly
dominant reign at Coolmore Stud.
His own exceptional sire Sadler=s Wells (USA) (Northern
Dancer {Can}) was also over 16 hands, while other luminaries
such as Nijinsky (Can) (Northern Dancer {Can}) and Mr
Prospector (USA) (Raise A Native {USA}) stood at 16.3 and 16
hands respectively. More Than Ready (USA) (Southern Halo
{USA}) is 16 hands.
Outstanding American stallion Dynaformer (USA) (Roberto
{USA}), who sired Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro (USA) but also
excelled with turf horses including Melbourne Cup hero
Americain (USA), was 17 hands.
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In this part of the world, Cambridge Stud=s mighty Zabeel (NZ)
(Sir Tristram {Ire}) was also an imposing individual, while
Danehill (USA) (Danzig {USA}) and his champion son Redoute=s
Choice each topped over 16.1hh.
Overcoming their stature However, despite a lack of size providing a barrier to successthat can deter some buyers and studmasters, countless smallerstallions have overcome their small stature to achieveoutstanding success at stud. "I actually think small size can be a benefit in our racingconditions," explains agent Damon Gabbedy. "Horses thatmature to a smaller size tend to be more precocious as they'refaster to mature, can handle more work as there is less stress onthe joints, and can be nimble around our turning tracks. I'm a bigfan of small stallions and buying their neat but strong progeny." The influential pair of Northern Dancer (Can) (Nearco {Ity})and his son Danzig (USA) stood at 15.2 and 15.3 handsrespectively, while Danzig=s son War Front (USA) is also 16hands. Australia=s current record-breaking superstar Snitzel stands at15.3, alongside his two other highest-priced barnmates whostand under 16hh - Not A Single Doubt (Redoute=s Choice) andDundeel (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}). John Messara, who stands the trio at Arrowfield, rejects thenotion that a stallion=s size has any bearing on their prospects. AWhen I look at a stallion prospect and think he=s >too small=, Ionly have to look at Arrowfield=s current roster to cautionmyself,@ he said. AChampion sire Snitzel, leading sire Not A SingleDoubt and our rising star Dundeel are all around 15.3 hh, andtheir records alone are enough to dispel any bias in themarketplace against smaller stallions. AThe same is true of big stallions, even though we might thinkthat Australia=s circular racetracks and generally firm surfaceswould tend to work against them. Redoute=s Choice (Danehill{USA}) and Flying Spur (Danehill {USA}) were both 16.2 hh, andboth were sensational Group 1 winners at two as well aschampion sires. AIf I have learned nothing else during my 40 years in racing andbreeding, it is that size is not an indicator of a stallion=s ability toimpart the qualities we seek in a racehorse.@