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MY GIRL RED GIVES TEXASTHE GREEN LIGHT
by Chris McGrath
AEverybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.@
Erich Brehm is quoting Mike Tyson. He knows how it might
look, from the outside: this charmed, clockwork progress from
one fairytale to the next. Texas Red (Afleet Alex) cost just
$17,000 as a yearling and--racing for Brehm, trainer Keith
Desormeaux and a bunch of pals--won the GI Breeders= Cup
Juvenile of 2014 by 6 1/2 lengths. Upon his retirement to stud,
Brehm bought Texas Red a mare for $21,000. The resulting foal,
My Girl Red, pulverized her opponents on debut for
Desormeaux at Santa Anita in June; and then, a couple of weeks
ago, followed up with an equally emphatic success in the GII
Sorrento S. (video).
And yes, sure, My Girl Red is the result of a plan. Brehm sat
down and drew up a strategy for getting Texas Red some
traction in his new career. But nobody should be deceived that
its apparently linear fulfillment, to this early point, has been in
any way immune to the vicissitudes that must always be
expected with Thoroughbreds.
AYou could have the greatest plan on earth, and have no idea
what a torturous pathway this is,@ Brehm says. Cont. p3
NEW TURF CHUTE WILL GIVE SANTA ANITA
EXTRA SPRINT OPTIONSby T. D. Thornton
Santa Anita Park has broken ground on a new turf chute
adjacent to the main dirt track's seven-furlong chute that will
allow sprints up to 6 1/2 furlongs to be conducted on the grass
oval.
The new configuration won't be ready in time for the
upcoming meet that commences Sept. 19. But once the
extension is completed, track management is going to consider
reopening the currently closed 6 1/2-furlong downhill turf
course for select usage.
Aidan Butler, the chief strategy officer and executive director
of California racing operations for The Stronach Group (TSG),
which owns Santa Anita, detailed the plans during Thursday's
California Horse Racing Board tele-meeting. Cont. p6
Friday, August 21, 2020
JUDGE ALLOWS NAVARRO TO MOVE TO OCALA 7The banned trainer Jorge Navarro, one of the most prominent targets among 27 individuals facing federal charges in an alleged "widespread, corrupt scheme" to dope racehorses, has been granted court permission to leave the Southern District of New York jurisdiction and move his family to Ocala, Florida.
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Erich Brehm (center) with Erich Brehm Jr. and wife Janet
My Girl Red cont. from p1 Brehm continues, AOne of the mares I bought the same day as
My Girl Red=s dam, a beautiful, stakes-winning mare, colicked
after she had her Texas Red foal. We lost her, had to get a nurse
mare. Another mare I bought for the first crop, she=d won the
Ontario Debutante Stakes as a 2-year-old, we lost her too, along
with her foal. Then there was the first-crop Texas Red foal out of
the most expensive mare I ever bought. It was out on the
training track, a windy day, something spooked the horse, it
flipped, fractured its skull. And to cap it all, earlier this year, we
lost a full-sister to My Girl Red. When all that happens, it doesn=t
matter how good your plan is. It kind of throws everything out
the window.@
But that doesn=t mean you throw up your hands and give up.
Brehm believed that the same principles that have served him
well in business life could be validly extended even to the
volatile fortunes of the horse industry. He knew that Texas Red
was in the best of hands, with the McLean family at Crestwood
Farm; but he also knew, with the partnership (also comprising
Wayne Detmar, Lee Michaels and Dr. Gene Voss) having
retained a 75% stake in Texas Red, that a game plan was
needed. Forsaking the warmth of Texas, Brehm shivered around
the Keeneland barns at the 2017 January Sale to find suitable
dates for the rookie.
AI felt that if we didn=t support Red, he would never have a
chance,@ Brehm explains. ASo I laid out some criteria about the
kind of mares we needed: mares that were nine years or
younger; that had made over $100,000, or were stakes-placed;
with one or two commercial foals on the ground; and in foal to a
commercial sire. I hoped to keep in a range between $15,000
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Erich Brehm with son Erich Jr., wife Janet and daughter Christina
and $40,000. I did better on some, probably spent too much on
others.@
He bought five mares from Book 1. Among these, Morakami
(Fusaichi Pegasus) was a bespoke fit. A Saratoga debut winner
who ran fourth in the GI Spinaway S., she had admittedly just
turned 12 but was being cheaply culled by Watts Humphrey
while in foal to Street Boss. The resulting colt, cashed in that
winter for $55,000, became dual stakes winner Gold Street.
AAnd not only does Morakami produce fast horses, she also
produces durable horses,@ Brehm notes. ALast year, Oh
Marvelous Me (Bluegrass Cat) won a stakes race aged seven.
Over Thinking (Overanalyze) has also made over $200,000, and
was beaten a neck and a nose in a grass stake at Del Mar only
last weekend.@
That=s an encouraging context for a roll of the dice when
Morakami=s Texas Red filly was sent through the ring at the OBS
October Yearling Sale via Lisa McGreevy of Abbie Road Farm.
AI never wanted to not sell a horse so bad in my life,@ says
Brehm. AAll our Texas Red foals were just beautiful, but you
have to try and make sense of the economics along the way,
going back to this whole thing of a business plan. Fortunately I
was doing some pinhooking that helped me, but there came a
time when we had to put some of those babies in a sale. This
was before Gold Street had hit, but I really, really did not want
to sell My Girl Red. I can=t remember, I put the reserve at
$75,000 or $100,000. And when they stopped at $70,000, I was
so happy.@
The filly was sent to April Mayberry to be broken and
pre-trained, and by March she was on her way to Desormeaux
at Santa Anita.
AShe=s a filly that=s just never taken a step backwards,@ Brehm
enthuses. AAt every stage, everybody thought she had ability.
She=s always been correct. She=s very smart, not as spicy as her
dad was. But then I=d say, having looked at so many Texas Reds,
that they have really good minds. I have one with Steve
Asmussen at Lone Star Park, he will nip at you. He has a little
personality of his own. But for the most part, the Reds, you can
walk up to them. They=re very confident.@
The window of commercial opportunity for a young stallion
being so notoriously narrow, it=s hard to overstate the
importance of an early flagbearer as stylish as My Girl Red. With
just 49 going out to bat for Texas Red in his first crop, some
indices are going to be tough in the freshmen=s championship,
but he has already had another stakes-placed runner from 10
starters to date. And Brehm is confident that Texas Red, far
from overloading on his poster girl, has spread his chips around
the roulette wheel.
Poignantly, the filly raised by a nurse mare after the death of
her dam is showing plenty of promise for Patrick Biancone, who
also trains her half-brother, the dual Grade III winner Diamond
Oops (Lookin At Lucky).
AWe named her Viva La Red and I think she=s going to be
outstanding,@ Brehm says. AShe=s big, strong, gorgeous. Patrick
has taken his time, she=s gone through some growth spurts, but
he says she is just like Diamond Oops.
AI do think you need two [first-crop stars] because everybody
can say a >onesie= is luck, right? You have two, it=s a different
deal. But I think we have other horses in the mix, some good
ones coming. A couple should have won already, with better
luck. The good news is I don=t think anybody expected Red to
have 2-year-olds. We expected them to be mile-and-eighth,
mile-and-a-quarter, coming around as 3-year-olds. But right now
I=m tracking 21 that have had official works.@
Certainly there=s no doubt that Texas Red maintained his form
as a sophomore. Though sidelined for the Triple Crown series,
he ran Lord Nelson (Pulpit) to a neck around one turn and
stretched out to beat Frosted (Tapit) in the GII Jim Dandy S. But
it was for his theatrical, last-to-first romp at the Breeders= Cup
that he is best remembered, spectacular vindication for
Desormeaux=s perseverance at the previous year=s September
Sale.
The trainer had never lost faith in Afleet Alex; had just needed
to wait until he went out of fashion. Even so, he couldn=t believe
it when this one slipped through the cracks.
ATexas Red was a stunning physical,@ Brehm says. ABut by that
stage nobody was going to pinhook an Afleet Alex, that ship had
sailed, so he was relegated to the back of the book. Keith has
such a great eye--he picked Texas Red, he picked Exaggerator
(Curlin), he picked many others. And he saw a perfect horse that
everybody else ignored, back of day nine, and it just happened
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Texas Red winning the Breeders= Cup Juvenile | Horsephotos
that nobody came back at $17,000. It=s funny: it=s never been
asked, and I never even thought about it until right now. How
high would Keith have gone? Interesting. I=ll have to ask him that
the next time we talk.@
Texas Red was denied the 2-year-old championship only by
American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile), who had laid down his
Triple Crown marker in the GI FrontRunner S. over the same
circuit as the Breeders= Cup Juvenile. Texas Red closed for third
that day.
ABut there=s one interesting stat that everybody leaves out,@
says Brehm. AWe all know that luck takes a big part in this game.
We got a bad break that day. Not that that=s an excuse, but
running the same mile and 1/16th at the Breeders= Cup, we
actually ran faster. Unfortunately [their next encounter] in the
Travers, Red hit the gate and hurt himself, and American
Pharaoh didn=t have his best race either. So we never had a day
where both American Pharaoh and Texas Red were at the top of
their game. I think that would have been really spectacular.@
Regardless, Texas Red gave hope to everyone. He showed that
a second-week scavenger can still beat the Book 1 tycoons with
Hip 2703. Brehm had transferred his regular Breeders= Cup
house party--a gloriously ritualized jamboree of golf, poker,
gambling, food and drink--from his home outside Dallas to Santa
Anita.
AAnd I don=t think we=re over it yet,@ he says. AI mean, it was
just the most jubilation you can imagine. My wife, my family, my
kids were all there, friends I grew up with in Chicago. And then
when we won, it was just crazy. I mean, you just can=t imagine
that happened.
AWhere I grew up in Chicago, we didn=t even have grass. I had
a bus line on my street. But when I was in pre-med at college, a
friend and I would study every night till 10:00 and then we=d go
out to the harness track, which was open until midnight, and bet
the last two or three races.@
Actually, they proved pretty hot on their trifectas, but a more
reliable income was required upon graduation and Brehm
became a respiratory therapist.
ABut I was working shifts from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.,@ he recalls.
AAnd it didn=t take me long, seeing the sales guys strolling in, to
decide that they had a much better life. So I switched to medical
sales, started my own company a couple of times. One or two
failed, but then I had one that was successful, in laser rentals,
and I sold it.@
He has since remained in the cardiovascular field, while his
own heart became ever more consumed with Thoroughbreds.
Among horsemen, of course, there is growing curiosity about
cardiac capacity, but Brehm=s immersion goes far beyond what
he feels to be a marginal crossover.
AI would say it=s a piece of it, but if you have the greatest heart
on earth and don=t have the mind, you=re not going to succeed,@
he says. AWe=ve talked about this, some of my horse partners--
one is a cardiologist in Montreal, and another=s a transplant
surgeon in Toronto--and the feeling is that the tests they=re
using on horses right now aren=t really significant to us.
AI think where it all became fun was when my wife and I came
to Texas. There was no racing, gambling was illegal, and so we
started going to sales, we read everything we could, and after
about 10 years we bought a mare. A daughter of Seattle Slew.
And actually the first time we picked the stallion, which was
Citidancer in Maryland, the foal turned out a stakes horse. From
that point on, we were going to be in the game one way or
another.@
Now Brehm hopes the wheel can turn again. Not just for
himself, his family and friends; nor just for Desormeaux. He
wants others out there to mine the same seam; for the word to
spread that Texas Red, having already proved himself a conduit
of unsuspected brilliance as a $17,000 yearling, is now going to
do much the same as a $10,000 stallion. Perhaps he can even
extend his Eclipse Award rivalry with American Pharoah to their
second career.
AWhat the market is looking for is big, correct, precocious
horses,@ he says. AAnd Texas Red was an almost perfect physical,
and he was precocious. But he didn=t come from War Front, he
didn=t come from A.P. Indy, so his good-looking babies were
pushed to the back of the catalog--just like he was. We don=t
have the numbers, so obviously it=s going to be harder. But if we
continue to do the right things, I think we can match up in
[percentage] performance. Yes, Pharaoh got off to a great start,
but hopefully Red=s now doing the same.@
Brehm casts his mind back to the day he bought back My Girl
Red.
AUnless you=re a bazillionaire--and I=m not--you=re trying to
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Erich and Janet Brehm at Royal Ascot
make a business work,@ he muses. AAnd it=s a challenge. But
we=ve hung in. My wife Janet has been spectacular: she=s always
supported me, never questioned my commitment to the game,
even my occasional over-commitment. My son Erich Jr. is also
extremely involved; he manages two racing partnerships
himself. But a lot of people have helped me along the way:
Keith, April, Lisa, Archie St. George. And I think they=re really
happy for me because they know what I went through to get
here.
AI guess you look at My Girl Red and say that=s pretty lucky. But
there=s two kinds of luck, good and bad, and we=ve had our
share of both. When a horse who=s been perfect up until that
morning flips at the track and crushes his skull, you=re like, >How
did that happen?= But when you buy a $17,000 yearling and he
wins the Breeders= Cup, you=re like, >How did that happen?!=
We=ve been very lucky, no doubt about it. But I mean, it wasn=t
without a lot of effort. I tried a lot of different things. So I think
there=s a part of it where you make your luck too.@
Santa Anita Turf Chute cont. from p1 "We have just been granted the authority by the Arcadia
planning [officials] to actually build a second chute for the turf
racing," Butler said. "A best guesstimation is we may be able to
get it ready for the [Dec. 26] race meet. Our intent is to not only
have a 6 1/2-[furlong] start on the turf oval, but to actually have
a six-furlong [start]. So that then would give us five-eighths, 5
1/2, six furlongs, and 6 1/2 on the turf oval.
Butler said TSG would then begin to formulate plans for
getting back up and running on Santa Anita's distinctive downhill
turf course, "potentially bringing that back slowly and keeping it
[available] for special purposes."
Until the 2018 autumn meet, Santa Anita had never carded
turf sprints that started on the back straight. But that October
the racing department began writing some grass sprints for the
first time at five furlongs to give greater flexibility in race
distances.
Then came the 2019 winter/spring meet that produced a
30-horse fatality crisis at Santa Anita. At that time, track
management flagged the downhill turf course as a safety
concern and closed it after the death of a sprinter who suffered
a catastrophic injury on the portion of the configuration that
crosses the main dirt track and rejoins the inside of the grass
home straight at the top of the stretch.
Turf sprints for the remainder of the 2019 spring meet were
carded for five furlongs, starting on the back straightaway like at
most other North American tracks.
When Santa Anita hosted the 2019 Breeders' Cup World
Championships in November, both the GI Turf Sprint and the GII
Juvenile Turf Sprint were changed from 6 1/2 furlongs down the
hill to five furlongs on the oval.
After building a chute to accommodate a 5 1/2-furlong start
point for turf sprints that actually begins on a portion of the
main track, Santa Anita then started carding those races up until
closing day of the 2020 spring season.
"What we've found is that the 6 1/2 [furlongs] down the hill is
potentially overutilized in our mindset," Butler told the CHRB
commissioners. "It's such a spectacular race, and we believe it
should remain a spectacular race."
Aesthetics aside, Butler added that having two additional start
points saves wear and tear on the course itself, which gets
chewed up from horses blasting out of the starting gate at sprint
distances.
"So having both [options], if we can, down the hill and on the
oval, will give us a lot more programmability," Butler said. "And,
with the extra starting distances, primarily six furlongs, we think
it's good for the horsemen and good for the opportunities for
owners."
Alan Balch, the executive director of the California
Thoroughbred Trainers, told the CHRB the move would indeed
be a "great step" forward.
"I went out and looked at it this morning. It's well underway,"
Balch said. "That's going to add a tremendous amount of options
and variety to the racing program, especially given how much
more as a proportion of overall racing is on the turf....
Particularly in conjunction with the specialized use, we hope [to]
return sometime [to the use of] the full hillside."
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Del Mar | Benoit
Jorge Navarro | Sarah Andrew
ACKNOWLEDGING >INCONSISTENCIES= IN
NEW TIMING SYSTEM, EQUIBASE SAYS DEL
MAR TURF RACES WILL BE HAND TIMED FOR
REST OF MEET
In response to reports of inaccurate times being produced for
Del Mar turf races by its new Gmax GPS timing system, Equibase
said in a statement Thursday that Del Mar will hand time its turf
races for the rest of the meet. The statement also admitted the
company found "inconsistencies" in the Gmax timing of Del Mar
turf races that it will work to fix before the fall meet at the
seaside oval.
ADel Mar racetrack will be utilizing hand timing for turf races
for the remainder of the summer meet,@ the statement read.
AThe times produced by the Equibase GPS System for dirt races
have proven to be highly accurate and will continue to be
provided. Last week, we discovered some inconsistencies with
respect to the GPS survey and our historical survey relating to
the turf course that we will work to rectify before Del Mar's
November meet. The GPS system will continue to provide the
full running order for all types of races.@
JUDGE ALLOWS NAVARRO TO MOVE TO
OCALA, FORBIDS CONTACT WITH
RACEHORSES by T. D. Thornton
The banned trainer Jorge Navarro, one of the most prominent
targets among 27 individuals facing federal charges in an alleged
"widespread, corrupt scheme" to dope racehorses, has been
granted court permission to leave the Southern District of New
York jurisdiction and move his family to Ocala, Florida.
But the endorsement signed Thursday by United States Judge
Mary Kay Vyskocil that modified Navarro's bail conditions made
it clear that the alleged doper "shall have no contact whatsoever
with racehorses."
Ocala, the heart of Florida's horse country, is part of the
Middle District of Florida in the federal court system. The judge's
endorsement also contained the clearance that "Mr. Navarro is
permitted to travel to the Southern District of Florida only for
the purposes of meeting with his counsel or visiting his mother
or sister, but only with prior notice to and authorization from
Pretrial Services."
Navarro and the now-barred trainer Jason Servis were
arrested Mar. 9 and alleged to be the lead figures atop a vast
network of co-conspirators who allegedly manufactured,
mislabeled, rebranded, distributed and administered
performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) to racehorses all across
America and in international races.
In intercepted phone calls between Servis and Navarro that
are to be used as evidence, the two trainers allegedly
coordinated the procurement and administration of SGF-1000, a
customized PED intended to promote tissue repair and increase
a racehorse's stamina and endurance beyond its natural
capability.
On Aug. 16, during the annual Round Table Conference, Stuart
Janney III, The Jockey Club's chairman, said that additional
doping charges against other individuals are in the pipeline. "I
have no doubt there are many arrests pending," he said.
The next status conference in the federal case is scheduled for
Nov. 19.
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Street Band | Sarah Andrew Aqueduct | Adam Coglianese
STREET BAND RETIRED, HEADED TO
FASIG-NOVEMBER SALE
Street Band (Istan--Street Minstrel, by Street Cry {Ire}) has
been retired from racing and will be catalogued to the 2020
Fasig-Tipton November Sale.
Racing in partnership for Ray Francis, Cindy Jones, J. Larry
Jones, Medallion Racing, and MyRacehorse.com, Street Band
won five times in her career, led by a victory in the 2019 GI
Cotillion S. The 4-year-old, also the winner of the GII
Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks and third-place finisher in the
GI Alabama S., retires with earnings of more than $1.1 million.
"Street Band was a special filly for our barn," said trainer Larry
Jones, who also bred the filly with Cindy Jones and Ray Francis.
"She had so much class to go with her Grade I talent. It's
bittersweet to see her go, but we are proud that she proved
herself to be among the best of her generation."
Street Band is the sixth winner from seven to race produced by
Street Minstrel, a daughter of top-class broodmare sire Street
Cry and half-sister to two other stakes horses. Street Band's
second dam is GISW Minstrel's Lassie (The Minstrel), a half-sister
to Mintly (Key to the Mint), the granddam of two-time
Australian Group 1 winner Manighar (Linamix {Fr}).
Phillip Shelton, manager of Taylor Made's Medallion Racing
said, "Street Band took our Medallion partners on an incredible
journey. She was our first Grade I winner, beating a star-studded
field in the Grade I Cotillion. We will always remember her
pulling her last-to-first charge to beat Grade I winners Guarana,
Serengeti Empress, Bellafina, and champion Jaywalk."
Taylor Made Sales Agency will consign Street Band to the
Fasig-Tipton November Sale, which will be held immediately
following the Breeders' Cup on Sunday, Nov. 8.
STAKES SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR
AQUEDUCT FALL MEET
The New York Racing Association, Inc. has announced race
dates for the 18-day Aqueduct Racetrack fall meet, offering 29
stakes, including 11 graded events, worth $3.41 million in purse
money, that will kick off Friday, Nov. 6 and run through Sunday,
Dec. 6.
Opening weekend of the Big A fall meet, which coincides with
the Breeders' Cup set for Nov. 6-7 at Keeneland Race Course,
includes the GIII Turnback the Alarm H. and the GIII Nashua S.
Closing weekend features seven stakes worth $1.4 million
beginning Saturday, Dec. 5 with the 32nd renewal of the GI
Cigar Mile, headlining a lucrative card which also includes a pair
of Grade II events for juveniles--the Remsen and its filly
counterpart, the Demoiselle.
Following opening weekend, live racing will be conducted
Thursday through Sunday with the exception of Thanksgiving
Week, when live racing will not be offered on Thanksgiving Day,
Nov. 26.
New York state currently requires all racetracks to operate
without spectators in attendance to combat the spread of
COVID-19. NYRA will issue updated guidance regarding
COVID-19 health and safety protocols for jockeys, trainers and
owners in the near future.
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Peyton Skaggs Founder of The Working Cat Project
Rohan Munnolimath
IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO GET DONE, ASK A
BUSY PRE-MED STUDENTby Diana Pikulski
Peyton Skaggs is a junior in the Lewis Honors College of the
University of Kentucky studying neuroscience and psychology.
She was recently accepted into the University of Kentucky's
College of Medicine Early Assurance Program. Somehow, she
also found time to start The Working Cat Project (WCP), a non-
profit based out of Lexington, Ky. The goal of WCP is to build a
network of property owners willing to provide a safe haven for
at-risk feral cats as barn cats. The program is nearing the 100
cats-placed milestone and has networked with more than 30
farms in Kentucky. Diana Pikulski caught up with Skaggs to talk
about the program/service.
DP: Tell me a little about yourself and how you came to start
The Working Cat Project.
PS: I was born and raised here in Kentucky and I love Kentucky. I
plan on staying. I am a junior at UK and I will be attending
University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
I grew up with adopted pets and got into animal rescue myself
when I was around 17. During my senior year in high school, I
fostered my first litter of kittens. Once I began college, I started
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Trooper at his new horse farm home | The Working Cat Project
volunteering doing social media for Spay Our Strays of
Lexington, Ky, and volunteering at spay/neuter clinics; this was
my first experience with feral cats. I continued to volunteer for
nearly a year until my cat Jack passed away. I was absolutely
devastated, but decided to turn my pain into something
beautiful to honor his life.
I learned about perils for feral cats the hard way when I found
a kitten in my neighborhood but I was unable to catch him. I
tried speaking to neighbors to see if anyone was feeding or
caring for the kitten and learned the hostility that often exists
towards stray cats and how people will even try to kill them.
Fast forward a few weeks to Jan. 1, 2020, and I was on a train in
France writing my goals for the new year. "Establish a barn cat
program" was my number one goal and here we are eight
months later.
DP: Where do your cats come from and who goes through the
process of catching them and figuring out their best future?
PS: Cats in our program typically come from local shelters or
unsafe, outdoor living conditions. These cats are either too feisty
or too shy/fearful of people to be adopted as pets. We mostly
work with shelters and rarely have to trap cats ourselves.
However, we have had a couple of situations where cats were in
danger in outdoor colonies and we have had to intervene and
trap the cats. Normally, I get a request from a shelter, I book an
appointment for the cat to be spayed/neutered, arrange
transport to and from the vet appt, arrange for the cat to
recover at one of our board member's houses, scan through
approved applications, select an application based on specific
details such as the number of cats wanted, and lastly do the
placement!
DP: How does the placement process work in order to give the
cat the best chance of success?
PS: We do a four-week kenneled orientation. So, for four weeks,
the cat is kept in a large kennel with an open carrier inside and
the cat gets used to the people who will be feeding it and the
noise and activity level around them. That way they are likely to
stay once you open the kennel. Some of the cats become very
friendly and accustomed to people.
DP: In under a year you are about to reach the 100 cats-placed
milestone. To what do you attribute your success?
PS: As of Aug. 20, we have placed 98 cats! The majority of cats I
have placed have gone to horse farms. So far, we have placed
cats everywhere from Prospect, Ky. to Somerset, Ky. Most of our
placements are closer to Lexington in Paris and Versailles. I am
astonished by the success we have had. I am an extremely
passionate person and when I set my mind to something, it gets
done. Kentucky is full of animals in need due to the lack of
animal cruelty laws. Plus, Kentucky is full of farms and barns and
people who care about animals. Making the connection is the
key. Plus, WCP has an amazing board of directors.
DP: Do you have a background with horses?
PS: No, unless horse camp as a kid counts. I have always loved
animals but have never really ridden. Jorge Vasquez and Sara
Holman at Commonwealth Polo Club recently had an event for
us and raised over $1,500. Now, I think I might take a few polo
lessons! You will have to stay tuned to hear how that turns out.
DP: Do any placement successes really stand out for you?
PS: Trooper is a sweet boy who was found injured and alone in
downtown Lexington. He was living in the sewer. We think he's
about 10-years-old. He keeps the tractor seat warm and
watches the sunsets with his human family. Doc, a mostly black
cat, was found in rural Ohio and taken to a shelter. He was
extremely feral when we first pulled him and now he is totally
docile and spends his days on the bales of hay and loving on his
new mom, Jill. When a cat who really seemed afraid and alone
can become comfortable and secure in his home, it's the best
feeling.
DP: What is your most pressing need right now?
PS: We desperately need farms willing to adopt. We provide
everything for the kenneling process and ensure the cat is fully
vetted prior to reaching their final destination.
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To learn more about The Working Cat Project and how you can
adopt a working cat, go to
https://www.workingcatprojectky.org/adopt or email
Diana Pikulski is a partner at Yepsen & Pikulski, and editor of the
Thoroughbred Adoption Network.
TVG TO SHARE PACIFIC CLASSIC SPOTLIGHT WITH
CARMA, DONATE 5,000 FACEMASKS TO
BACKSTRETCH WORKERS Celebrating its 10th year as the title sponsor of the GI TVG
Pacific Classic, TVG will shine this weekend=s spotlight on one of
the country=s leading Thoroughbred aftercare organizations,
California Retirement Management Account (CARMA), and will
donate more than 5,000 face coverings to backstretch
communities at its partner tracks in California, New Jersey,
Kentucky and other states beginning this week, TVG announced
Thursday.
AAs part of celebrating our 10th year as the title sponsor of the
TVG Pacific Classic, we wanted to reaffirm our support of
CARMA and the tremendous work it does to ensure the humane
aftercare of our equine athletes, and we also want to express
our appreciation to the hardworking men and women who are
the heart of the sport,@ said Kip Levin, the president of FanDuel
and CEO of TVG. AThe backstretch communities across the US
have worked tirelessly to keep racing going throughout the
COVID-19 pandemic and the distribution of these masks is just a
small gesture of our gratitude.@
In conjunction with the TVG Pacific Classic, TVG is making a
$25,000 donation to CARMA, a California-based initiative that
provides funding for the rehabilitation, retraining and
retirement of California-raced horses. TVG=s Dave Weaver will
also be playing the Pacific Classic Betting Challenge with his
entry paid for by TVG and all winnings will be donated to
CARMA.
KEEP TO HOLD DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND EQUITY
WEBINAR The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) will host a
webinar focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in the horse
industry. Building Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Equine
Industry With Talent Pipeline Management will be held Aug. 25,
at 1 p.m. ET. KEEP is providing the webinar in partnership with
the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center, the Kentucky
Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, and the
Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
If you are interested in participating in the webinar, please
register here. Participation in the webinar is free.
The webinar is part of KEEP=s Equine Workforce Initiative and
follows an industry survey on diversity, including and equity.
Shaped by the responses to that survey, it is the first in a series
of industry-wide discussions about these issues and how
industry stakeholders can take a leading role in ensuring that
careers in the horse industry are available and accessible to
anyone.
Horse race betting goes mainstream with major sports on
hiatus
To date, horse racing has received more than 600 hours of
television coverage on major sports networks compared to
roughly 150 hours last year. In the second quarter wagering
report by the state of Oregon, where National ADW wagering is
tracked, TVG, the leading horse racing network and one of the
largest legal online gaming companies, more than doubled its
wagering totals from a year ago. The network hit record TV
ratings over the course of the last 3 months.
Sumner Park, FOX Business
TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 12 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • AUGUST 21, 2020
FANDUEL NAMED TITLE SPONSOR OF BREEDERS'
CUP MILE FanDuel, America's premier gaming destination, will become
the title sponsor of the $2-million GI Breeders' Cup Mile at this
year's Breeders' Cup World Championships.
In addition, two of FanDuel Group's major charity partners will
be incorporated into its naming rights for this year's event--the
FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile presented by PDJF and the GI TVG
Breeders' Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare
Alliance.
The Breeders' Cup, one of Thoroughbred racing's most
prestigious international events, consisting of 14 races and
purses and awards totaling $35 million, is scheduled to be held
Nov. 6-7 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky.
For several years, FanDuel subsidiary TVG, America's Horse
Racing network, has partnered with the Jockeys' Guild's
Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF), on initiatives
including an annual telethon, and with the Thoroughbred
Aftercare Alliance, to raise awareness and funding for both
organizations.
"We are excited that FanDuel will become the title sponsor of
the Breeders' Cup Mile and thank them for their commitment to
the World Championships," said Breeders' Cup President and
CEO Drew Fleming. "Since announcing our multi-year agreement
last year, we have enjoyed an outstanding relationship with
FanDuel and TVG as they have expanded and strengthened their
support of the Breeders' Cup and Thoroughbred racing."
"Building off an amazing start last year, FanDuel and TVG are
looking forward to this year's Breeders' Cup and to working
together to create new fans for horse racing," said Kip Levin,
CEO of TVG. "We appreciate Breeders' Cup's and NBC Sports'
cooperation in including our charity partners into the race
names for this year. Both the PDJF and Thoroughbred Aftercare
Alliance do so much to help provide care and resources for our
athletes and we wanted to share the spotlight with them on two
of our sport's biggest days."
In 2019, Breeders' Cup and FanDuel announced a
comprehensive multi-year sponsorship agreement making TVG
and FanDuel the official Wagering Partners of the Breeders' Cup
World Championships. TVG will retain its title sponsorship of the
$2-million TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile, which also was
announced last year.
Friday, Del Mar, post time: 9:00 p.m. EDT
RANCHO BERNARDO H.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML
1 Gingham K Quality Road Sarah Kelly & Jane Wiltz Baffert Smith 6-1
2 Into Chocolate Into Mischief Pam & Martin Wygod Sise, Jr. Cedillo 8-1
3 Mother of Dragons First Dude Andreas Psarras Psarras Gonzalez 12-1
4 Artistic Diva Munnings Hronis Racing LLC Sadler Fuentes 8-1
5 Sneaking Out Indian Evening KMN Racing LLC Hollendorfer Rispoli 8-5
6 Amuse Medaglia d'Oro Claiborne Farm, Perry Bass II, Ramona S. Bass Mandella Van Dyke 5-1
& Adele B. Dilschneider
7 Mucho Amor K Mucho Macho Man Ten Broeck Farm, Inc. Wright Hernandez 15-1
8 Unique Factor K The Factor Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable & Peter Deutsch Miller Prat 4-1
Breeders: 1-Stone Farm, 2-Pam & Martin Wygod, 3-Classic Oaks Farm, 4-Asiel Stable, LLC, 5-KMN Racing, 6-Raydelz Stable, 7-Ed Few, 8-Sebastien G
Murat, Martin Keogh, Justin Wojczynski & Gemma Freeman
Saturday, Del Mar, post time: 9:30 p.m. EDT
TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC S.-GI, $500,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Midcourt K Midnight Lute C R K Stable LLC Shirreffs Espinoza 124
2 Higher Power K Medaglia d'Oro Hronis Racing LLC Sadler Prat 124
3 Mirinaque (Arg) Hurricane Cat Parque Patricios Racing Stables Munoz Pereira 124
4 Dark Vader Tale of Ekati Estate of Sharon Alesia, Burns Racing LLC Eurton Rispoli 124
Ciaglia Racing LLC & Robin Christensen
5 Maximum Security New Year's Day Gary and Mary West, Mrs. John Magnier Baffert Cedillo 124
Michael Tabor & Derrick D Smith
6 Sharp Samurai K First Samurai Red Baron's Barn LLC, Rancho Temescal LLC & M Glatt Glatt Hernandez 124
Breeders: 1-Dixiana Farms LLC, 2-Pin Oak Stud, LLC, 3-De la Pomme, 4-Schleprock Racing LLC, 5-Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc., 6-Cudney Stables
Saturday, Saratoga, post time: 5:46 p.m. EDT
FOURSTARDAVE H.-GI, $400,000, 3yo/up, 1mT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Raging Bull (Fr) Dark Angel (Ire) Peter M. Brant Brown Rosario 123
2 Casa Creed K Jimmy Creed LRE Racing LLC and JEH Racing Stable LLC Mott Alvarado 118
3 Emmaus (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) Conor Murphy and M and J Thoroughbreds LLC Murphy Lezcano 118
4 Got Stormy K Get Stormy Gary Barber Casse Gaffalione 118
5 Halladay K War Front Harrell Ventures, LLC Pletcher Saez 118
6 Uni (GB) More Than Ready M. Dubb, Head of Plains Partners LLC, R. LaPenta, Brown Ortiz 120
& Bethlehem Stables LLC
7 Valid Point K Scat Daddy e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Ryan, Michael J. Brown Castellano 119
8 Without Parole (GB) Frankel (GB) John D. and Tanya Gunther Brown Ortiz, Jr. 120
9 Chewing Gum Candy Ride (Arg) Wachtel Stable, Pantofel Stable and Jerold L. Zaro Mott Velazquez 115
Breeders: 1-Dayton Investments Limited, 2-Silver Springs Stud, LLC, 3-Kilcarn Stud, 4-Mt. Joy Stables, Pope McLean, MarcMcLean & Pope McLean Jr.,
5-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd. &Winchell Thoroughbreds, LLC, 6-Haras D'Etreham, 7-Westwind Farms, 8-Mr John Gunther, 9-Wertheimer et Frere.
Saturday, Del Mar, post time: 9:00 p.m. EDT
DEL MAR OAKS-GI, $250,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Carpe Vinum Carpe Diem MyRacehorse.com and Joey Platts D'Amato Gryder 122
2 California Kook Boisterous Wachtel Stable and Barber, Gary Miller Maldonado 122
3 Miss Extra (Fr) Masterstroke Alain Jathiere and Philippe Lazare Mandella Rispoli 122
4 Warren's Showtime Clubhouse Ride Benjamin C. and Sally Warren Lewis Smith 122
5 Aqua Seaform Shame K Kantharos Calvin Nguyen Baltas Fuentes 122
6 Trickle In K Temple City What Time Is It Racing Blacker Gonzalez 122
7 Red Lark (Ire) Epaulette (Aus) Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Gallagher Van Dyke 122
8 Neige Blanche (Fr) Anodin (Ire) Madaket Stables LLC, Laura De Seroux Powell Prat 122
Marsha Naify & Mathilde Powell
9 Parkour Carpe Diem LNJ Foxwoods Mandella Franco 122
10 Laura's Light K Constitution Gary Barber Miller Cedillo 122
11 Guitty (Fr) Dunkerque (Fr) Benowitz Family Trust, Madaket Stables LLC Powell Hernandez 122
M Mathiesen & M. Powell
Breeders: 1-Machmer Hall, Craig & Carrie Brogden, 2-Wachtel Stable & Gary Barber, 3-Sophie Boulin Redouly, 4-Benjamin C. Warren, 5-Green Key F arm,
6-Fred W. Hertrich lll, 7-Mrs S. M. Rogers & Sir Thomas Pilkington, 8-Ecurie du Sud, 9-LNJ Foxwoods, 10-Golden Pedigree LLC, 11-Hyperion Sarl
Saturday, Del Mar, post time: 8:00 p.m. EDT
DEL MAR H.-GII, $200,000, 3yo/up, 1 3/8mT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 United K Giant's Causeway LNJ Foxwoods Mandella Prat 126
2 Another Mystery Temple City Team Block McCarthy Espinoza 119
3 Combatant K Scat Daddy Hronis Racing LLC Sadler Gonzalez 123
4 Big Buzz Mr. Big Firsthome Tbreds, Sebold Racing LLC & Bran Jam Stable Kitchingman Maldonado 117
5 Ward 'n Jerry Lucky Pulpit Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams Puype Smith 120
6 Proud Pedro (Fr) Pedro the Great Benowitz Family Trust, Madaket Stables, LLC Powell Hernandez 119
& Mark Mathiesen
7 Red King English Channel Little Red Feather Racing, Gordon Jacobsen & P Belmonte D'Amato Rispoli 120
8 New Year K Jersey Town Team Work Horseman Group Rodriguez Pereira 117
9 Oscar Dominguez (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) Nancy Messineo and Bruce Sands Baltas Van Dyke 122
10 Originaire (Ire) Zoffany (Ire) BG Stables Mullins Cedillo 121
11 North County Guy The Pamplemousse Nancy Messineo and Bruce Sands Baltas Gutierrez 118
Breeders: 1-Rosemont Farm LLC, 2-Team Block, 3-Paget Bloodstock, 4-George Krikorian, 5-Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams, 6-EARL Haras Du Taillis &
Bernhard Wenger, 7-Calumet Farm, 8-Charles Fipke, 9-Whisperview Trading Ltd, 10-Vimal and Gillian Khosla, 11-Edward C. Allred
Saturday, Monmouth, post time: 2:29 p.m. EDT
PHILIP H. ISELIN S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Bal Harbour First Samurai Red Oak Stable Sacco Bravo 118
2 Warrior's Charge Munnings Ten Strike Racing and Madaket Stables LLC Cox Lopez 124
3 Pirate's Punch K Shanghai Bobby Gulliver Racing LLC, Craig W. Drager and Dan Legan Forster Vargas, Jr. 118
4 Wait for It Uptowncharlybrown Uptowncharlybrown Stud LLC Coletti, Jr. Gallardo 118
5 Just Whistle K Pioneerof the Nile Helen K. Groves Matz Diaz, Jr. 122
6 Mind Control Stay Thirsty Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables, LLC Sacco Ferrer 124
Breeders: 1-Red Oak Stable, 2-Al Shaquab Racing, 3-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 4-Fantasy Lane Stable, 5-Helen K. Groves Revocable
Trust, 6-Red Oak Stable
Saturday, Del Mar, post time: 6:00 p.m. EDT
GREEN FLASH H.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo/up, 5fT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Sparky Ville K Candy Ride (Arg) Del Secco DCS Racing Bonde Smith 123
2 Irish Heatwave K Unusual Heat GNO Racing Club, O Aldabbagh, W Ouriel & R Robershaw O'Neill Cedillo 118
3 Baja Sur Smiling Tiger John and Janene Maryanski & Gerald Schneider Wright Hernandez 120
4 Torosay Goldencents W.C. Racing Inc. O'Neill Figueroa 118
5 Mesut Gio Ponti Keith Brackpool Gaines Prat 120
6 Thanks Mr. Eidson K More Than Ready Del Secco DCS Racing Bonde Fuentes 117
7 Chaos Theory K Curlin Hronis Racing LLC Sadler Rispoli 120
8 Mikes Tiznow Slew's Tiznow Mike Schott Mathis Gonzalez 121
Breeders: 1-Aaron & Marie Jones LLC, 2-Moger Inc. & Neary Racing Inc., 3-John Roche, 4-W C Racing, Milt Gilman & Mark Verge, 5-Brackpool Racing
LLC, 6-Dell Ridge Farm, LLC, 7-Bluewater Sales & Mike Carpenter, 8-Eagle Ridge Racing LLC
Saturday, Del Mar, post time: 6:30 p.m. EDT
TORREY PINES S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, f, 1m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Paige Anne K Take Charge Indy Elie and Lori R Feghali, Kimberly and Mark Mathiesen Callaghan Hernandez 120
2 Secret Keeper Into Mischief Wygod, Pam and Martin Sise, Jr. Cedillo 120
3 Harvest Moon Uncle Mo Alice Bamford and Michael B. Tabor Callaghan Prat 120
4 Sheza Girly Girl Richard's Kid Brown, Richard and Halasz, Thomas Knapp Pereira 120
5 Aurelia Garland Constitution George Bolton, Arthur Hoyeau, Mark Mathiesen & JE Dubois Brisset Rispoli 120
6 Provocation K Into Mischief Speedway Stable LLC Baffert Smith 120
7 Merneith American Pharoah HRH Prince Sultan Bin Mishal Al Saud Baffert Espinoza 120
Breeders: 1-Richard Peardon, 2-Pam & Martin Wygod, 3-Alice Bamford, 4-Tom Halasz & Richard Brown, 5-Todd Frederick, Chad Frederick &Phoenix Farm
and Racing, 6-Betz/D.J. Stables/CoCo/Burns/Magers, 7-China Horse Club
Sunday, Saratoga, post time: 5:18 p.m. EDT
DIANA S.-GI, $500,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Call Me Love (GB) Sea The Stars (Ire) R Unicorn Stable Clement Rosario 120
2 Secret Message Hat Trick (Jpn) Madaket Stables LLC, Heider Family Stables LLC, Motion Ortiz, Jr. 120
ERJ Racing, LLC, Elayne Stables Five and Bouchey, Steven
3 Rushing Fall More Than Ready e Five Racing Thoroughbreds Brown Castellano 124
4 Starship Jubilee K Indy Wind Blue Heaven Farm Attard Ortiz 122
5 Sistercharlie (Ire) Myboycharlie (Ire) Peter M. Brant Brown Velazquez 124
6 Mean Mary Scat Daddy Alex G. Campbell, Jr. Motion Saez 120
Breeders: 1-Grundy Bloodstock SRL, 2-Allen Tennenbaum, 3-Fred W. Hertrich III & John D. Fielding, 4-William P. Sorren, 5-Ecurie Des Monceaux, 6-Alex
G. Campbell, Jr. Thoroughbreds, LLC
Sunday, Del Mar, post time: 9:00 p.m. EDT
DEL MAR MILE H.-GII, $150,000, 3yo/up, 1mT
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 The Black Album (Fr) Wootton Bassett (GB) Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Madaket Stables LLC Miller Cedillo 120
and Barber, Gary
2 Bombard War Front Claiborne Farm, Bass II, Perry R., Bass, Ramona S. and Mandella Van Dyke 120
Dilschneider, Adele B.
3 Galilean Uncle Mo West Point Thoroughbreds, Barker, Denise, Sandbrook, Sadler Rispoli 120
William, Magnier, John, Tabor, Michael B. and Smith, Derrick
4 Mo Forza Uncle Mo Bardy Farm and OG Boss Miller Prat 123
5 Dreams of Valor Majestic Warrior Masino Racing Stable Dollase Maldonado 117
6 Sharp Samurai K First Samurai Red Baron's Barn, Rancho Temescal & Glatt, Mark Glatt Blanc 124
7 Royal Ship (Brz) Midshipman Fox Hill Farms, Inc. and Siena Farm LLC Mandella Smith 121
8 Restrainedvengence K Hold Me Back Brinkerhoff, Kelly and Grayson, Jr., Bob Brinkerhoff Pereira 120
9 Overdue K Overanalyze H and E Ranch, Inc. D'Amato Hernandez 119
10 Kiwi's Dream (Aus) Sebring (Aus) Victor Trujillo Trujillo Gonzalez 120
11 Bob and Jackie Twirling Candy Zayat Stables, LLC Baltas Figueroa 121
Breeders: 1-Mr. Didier Bouquil, 2-Raydelz Stable, 3-Bar C Racing Stables, Inc., 4-Bardy Farm, 5-Whisper Hill Farm, LLC, 6-Cudney Stables, 7-Haras
Belmont, 8-Westwind Farms, 9-Columbiana Farm LLC, 10-Lockyer Thoroughbreds, 11-Zayat Stables LLC
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2020 Leading Sires of 3yos on Dirt by Earningsfor stallions standing in North America through Wednesday, August 19
Earnings and Black-type represents North American & European figures & stud fees are for 2020
Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings
1 Into Mischief 9 15 4 8 2 3 95 33 980,000 3,734,471
(2005) by Harlan's Holiday Crops: 9 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $175,000 Authentic
2 Constitution 2 7 1 5 1 2 51 16 1,668,300 2,758,959
(2011) by Tapit Crops: 2 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $40,000 Tiz the Law
3 Uncle Mo 6 11 5 10 -- 3 68 24 406,400 2,452,331
(2008) by Indian Charlie Crops: 6 Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $125,000 Modernist
4 Munnings 5 9 3 4 -- 2 65 24 411,600 2,087,195
(2006) by Speightstown Crops: 7 Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $30,000 Bonny South
5 Curlin 1 6 1 5 1 1 56 23 287,912 1,542,867
(2004) by Smart Strike Crops: 9 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $175,000 Paris Lights
6 Blame 2 3 1 2 1 1 27 11 1,053,000 1,472,248
(2006) by Arch Crops: 7 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $35,000 Nadal
7 Tapiture 3 7 1 1 -- -- 77 30 156,240 1,411,237
(2011) by Tapit Crops: 2 Stands: Darby Dan Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Hopeful Growth
8 Liam's Map 2 3 1 2 1 2 53 22 411,500 1,369,813
(2011) by Unbridled's Song Crops: 2 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $35,000 Basin
9 Khozan 1 3 -- 2 -- -- 52 33 109,910 1,310,395
(2012) by Distorted Humor Crops: 2 Stands: Journeyman Stud FL Fee: $8,500 Don't Get Khozy
10 Honor Code 2 2 2 2 1 2 44 14 340,000 1,237,895
(2011) by A.P. Indy Crops: 2 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $30,000 Honor A. P.
11 Tonalist 2 3 2 3 -- -- 46 17 280,145 1,205,057
(2011) by Tapit Crops: 2 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $15,000 Tonalist's Shape
12 Bernardini 1 2 1 1 -- -- 44 15 569,829 1,160,209
(2003) by A.P. Indy Crops: 11 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $40,000 Art Collector
13 Lookin At Lucky 1 2 1 2 -- -- 34 13 816,600 1,140,574
(2007) by Smart Strike Crops: 7 Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $20,000 Wells Bayou
14 Tapit 1 6 1 5 -- 1 39 9 250,000 1,078,721
(2001) by Pulpit Crops: 13 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $200,000 Enforceable
15 Quality Road 2 4 -- 3 -- 1 35 12 356,835 1,061,218
(2006) by Elusive Quality Crops: 7 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $200,000 Dr Post
Stan the Man | Sarah Andrew
IN ORDER OF PURSE:
TALE OF THE CAT S., $82,450, Saratoga, 8-20, (C), 4yo/up, 6f,
1:09.47, ft.
1--STAN THE MAN, 124, g, 6, Broken Vow--Nite in Rome (GSP),
by Harlan's Holiday. ($82,000 Wlg '14 KEENOV; $150,000 Ylg
'15 FTKJUL). O-Long Lake Stable LLC; B-Emma and Dermot
Quinn & Scott and Pierce (KY); T-John P. Terranova II; J-Joel
Rosario. $46,750. Lifetime Record: MGSP, 24-7-7-2, $483,124.
*1/2 to Three Technique (Mr Speaker), SP, $206,250.
2--My Boy Tate, 124, g, 6, Boys At Tosconova--Backslash, by
Sharp Humor. O-Little Red Feather Racing & Michelle Nevin;
B-Michelle Nevin (NY); T-Michelle Nevin. $17,000.
(DH) 3--Binkster, 118, g, 5, Bluegrass Cat--La Femme Galante, by
Grand Slam. O-Dark Horse Racing Stable & Taste Of Victory
Stables LLC; B-Philip Birsh (NY); T-Raymond Handal. $7,650.
(DH) 3--T Loves a Fight, 118, g, 6, Girolamo--Worth Fighting For,
by Broken Vow. O-Noda Brothers, LLC; B-Hoffman
Thoroughbreds LLC. (NY); T-Orlando Noda. $7,650.
Margins: 1HF, HF, HF, HF. Odds: 0.95, 4.70, 6.40, 3.85.
Also Ran: Ready to Escape.
Stan the Man had a trio of wins to his credit from six starts in
2019, including the Big A=s Queen=s County S. in December, but
was winless in three prior starts this term. Off the board in the
nine-furlong Jazil S. and the one-mile Stymie S. this winter, the
chestnut was second behind Firenze Fire (Poseidon=s Warrior)
when cutting back to 6 1/2 furlongs in Belmont=s GII True North
S. June 27. Getting blinkers off for this abbreviated test, the
gelding caboosed the field in fifth as Ready to Escape (More
Than Ready) led through fractions of :22.38 and :45.02. Six wide
turning for home, Stan the Man was shoulder to shoulder with
the rest in early stretch, but shook loose in the final sixteenth of
a mile and was 1 1/2 lengths clear of My Boy Tate at the wire.
T Loves a Fight and Binkster dead-heated for third.
ABeing on the inside, he broke well, but everybody sent right
away, so I let him be there,@ said winning rider Joel Rosario. AI
didn't want to chase them and just stayed inside for a bit and he
didn't mind that. Turning for home, I came outside, and that's
what he wanted to do. I wanted to be in the clear. I had the best
horse in the race and I didn't want to be stuck on the inside the
way the race was going. I was just looking to get in the clear. He
finished really well.@
In regards to the gelding=s latest equipment change, trainer
John Terranova explained, AI toyed with taking blinkers off him
for awhile now. After seeing his last race and a couple of early
works up here, he wants to look around a little more. He likes a
target and likes to see other horses...After seeing his last race,
he made the front in the True North and to us it seemed like he
waited a little bit. Obviously, he got run down by a top-class
horse [Firenze Fire], so no disgrace there it since was a great
effort. The first couple of works up here I thought were a little
bit on the lazy side and he wasn't engaging as much so I thought
'Let's take them off.' He worked great, real sharp last week
[Aug. 14, 4f :48.88]. We thought let's try it here, take them off
and we'll see. Six furlongs, you want to have a little bit [of push]
you want to be there but we thought it would be something to
move forward off of if it worked. And it sure did.@
Graded-stakes placed Nite in Rome, the dam of stakes-placed
Three Technique (Mr Speaker), is also responsible for a juvenile
filly by Data Link named Link in Front and a yearling colt by Mr
Speaker. She foaled a colt by Bolt d=Oro this season and was
bred back to GI Breeders= Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-
Tipton.
Friday, Saratoga, post time: 2:20 p.m. EDTSKIDMORE S., $85,000, 2yo, 5 1/2fTPP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML1 Sunny Isle Beach Jimmy Creed Castellano Ward 20-12 Baytown Bear Upstart Davis McEntee 30-13 Kentucky Knight Speighstown Santana Jr. Chichakly 30-14 Sky’s Not Falling Seville (Ger) J Ortiz Trombetta 5-15 Fauci Malibu Moon Gaffalione Ward 8-56 Golden Pal Uncle Mo I Ortiz Jr. Ward 3-5
Hip 102: ½ bro sells at FTKSEP with VINERY SALES
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Lead Guitar | Sarah Andrew
Thankful | Sarah Andrew
IN ORDER OF PURSE:
8th-Saratoga, $67,000, (S), Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000),
8-20, 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2fT, 1:02.41, fm.
LEAD GUITAR (f, 4, Maclean=s Music--Eleadora {SP}, by Finality)
kicked off the season with a score in a Churchill Downs
allowance June 7 while debuting for Eddie Kenneally. Fourth
going six furlongs on the dirt against optional claiming company
at Keeneland July 9, Lead Guitar was fifth last out over the soft
Ellis turf in the Kentucky Downs Preview Ladies Sprint S. Aug. 2.
Sent off the 6-5 choice here, the New York-bred was a wide fifth
in the early going and took the inner route approaching the half-
mile pole. Four wide turning for home, she rallied on the inside
of Fetching (Afleet Alex) late to best that rival by a neck on the
line. Sales History: $35,000 Wlg '16 FTNMIX; $200,000 Ylg '17
SARAUG. Lifetime Record: 8-3-2-1, $154,828. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Jim and Susan Hill; B-Windylea Farm, LLC (NY); T-Eddie
Kenneally.
IN ORDER OF PURSE:
2nd-Saratoga, $72,000, Msw, 8-20, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m,
1:51.08, ft.
THANKFUL (f, 3, American Pharoah--Beholden, by Cat Thief),
ninth in her career debut going 8 1/2 furlongs over the
Gulfstream turf in May, came home a well-beaten second trying
that distance over the Belmont dirt June 18. The 4-5 choice to
go one better while adding extra yardage this time, the bay
stumbled out of the gate, but settled in fifth entering the
backstretch. An in-touch fourth following a half mile in :49.61,
Thankful was asked to pick up the tempo as they entered the far
turn and took control--with Heavenly Sis (Hard Spun) in close
pursuit--approaching the quarter pole. Despite looking like a
battle was about to ensue, Thankful drew clear through the lane
en route to a 3 1/2-length victory. Heavenly Sis was second with
Tonal Verse (Tonalist) third. The winner, who is a half to Behold
de Buy (E Dubai), SW, $160,204; and to GIII Schuylerville S.
winner Brazen Persuasion (Indian Charlie), $148,910, is out of
Beholden, who produced consecutive colts by California Chrome
and Into Mischief in 2018-19. She was bred back to Mitole this
season. Sales history: $625,000 Ylg '18 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record:
3-1-1-0, $52,780. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Bass Stables, LLC; B-Profoal Partners 3 LLC (KY); T-T Pletcher.
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5th-Arlington, $34,992, Msw, 8-20, 2yo, 4 1/2f (AWT), :54.59, ft
QUICK TEMPO (c, 2, Tapizar--Sing Dixie Sing {SW, $237,352}, by
Dixie Union), installed the 5-2 favorite for this first go, rushed to
the front and led through an initial quarter in :24.36. Opening up
a comfortable advantage turning for home, she proved best to
score by 1 1/2 lengths over Mkar the Fast (Verrazano). The
winner=s dam, Sing Dixie Sing, produced a colt by Constitution
last season. Sales history: $20,000 Ylg '19 FTKOCT; $75,000 2yo
'20 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $19,440. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Dare To Dream Stable LLC (Michael Faber); B-Albert and Joyce
Bell (KY); T-Christopher Davis.
4th-Indiana Grand, $31,000, Msw, 8-20, 2yo, f, 5f, :59.57, ft.
LETTERED OLIVE (f, 2, Macho Uno--La Defense, by Wild Again),
runner-up in her career bow over this course and trip July 1,
yielded late to fill the same spot last out going a sixteenth
farther July 21. On the engine early on here, the 3-5 choice led
throughout, posting a three-length victory over Khozy=s Crown
(Khozan). The winner is a half to Anyportinastorm (City Zip),
MSW & GSP, $313,525; and to Quelle Surprise (Slew Gin Fizz),
SW, $141,706. Lifetime Record: 3-1-2-0, $31,000. Click for the
Equibase.com chart.
O-Joe R. Cowles; B-Joe and Emily Cowles (KY); T-Aaron M. West.
8th-Delaware, $30,125, Wmc ($20,000-$25,000), 8-20, 2yo,
5 1/2f, 1:05.22, ft.
CASH COMES FIRST (c, 2, Bernardini--Andean {SP}, by City Zip)
was runner up in both initial tries, including the most recent
over this track and trip Aug. 3 and was given a 7-1 chance to
break through. In a stalking position early, the bay rallied to take
over at the head of the stretch and drew clear late to graduate
by 3 1/4 lengths over Gun Law (Awesome Patriot). Andean, a
half to stakes winner and dual Grade I-placed Mr. Z (Malibu
Moon), is from the family of Canadian Horse of the Year and U.S.
champion turf horse Chief Bearhart (Chief=s Crown) and Grade I-
winner Explosive Red (Red Ransom). Sales history: $6,500 Ylg '19
EASOCT. Lifetime Record: 3-1-2-0, $31,250. Click for the
Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Cesar Nambo; B-Jet Black & Godolphin (KY); T-Cesar Nambo.
FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
Air Force Blue (War Front), Ashford Stud, $15,000
107 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners
6-Laurel, Msw 5 1/2fT, AIR FORCE PINK, 20-1
$20,000 KEE SEP yrl; $30,000 OBS APR 2yo
Big Blue Kitten (Kitten's Joy), Calumet Farm, $10,000
44 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
4-Ellis, Msw 5 1/2fT, MISS ADELINE, 20-1
$2,500 KEE SEP yrl
Den's Legacy (Medaglia d'Oro), Mighty Acres, $2,000
22 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
9-Remington, Msw 5 1/2f, SANDMAN'S LEGACY, 15-1
RNA OKC YRL yrl
Firing Line (Line of David), Crestwood Farm, $5,000
33 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
7-Arlington, Msw 4 1/2f, SUNSHINE LINE, 12-1
Hit It a Bomb (War Front), Spendthrift Farm, $5,000
33 foals of racing age/1 winner/1 black-type winner
9-Remington, Msw 5 1/2f, HE'S A BOMB, 8-1
$9,000 TTA MIX yrl
Laoban (Uncle Mo), Sequel New York, $5,000
79 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners
4-Saratoga, Msw 6f, SEVEN SEVEN, 5-1
$77,000 OBS MAR 2yo
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First-Season Sires cont.
The Last Lion (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}), Kildangan Stud, $7,500
43 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners
7-Arlington, Msw 4 1/2f, LEONA VANDER (GB), 7-2
RNA GOF NOV wnl; i22,000 GOF SPT yrl
Mosler (War Front), Country Life Farm, $4,000
73 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners
6-Laurel, Msw 5 1/2fT, KENS LADY, 30-1
$1,500 EAS OCT yrl
3-Laurel, Wmc 5 1/2f, NATTY BEAU, 10-1
$1,000 RNA EAS DEC wnl
Not This Time (Giant's Causeway), Taylor Made Farm, $12,500
111 foals of racing age/6 winners/0 black-type winners
7-Arlington, Msw 4 1/2f, HIPPIE COWGIRL, 6-1
$200,000 KEE SEP yrl
Producer (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), Calumet Farm, private
7 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
7-Arlington, Msw 4 1/2f, QUICK KITTEN, 6-1
Runhappy (Super Saver), Claiborne Farm, $25,000
94 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners
4-Ellis, Msw 5 1/2fT, HAPPYGOBUCKY, 9-2
$95,000 KEE NOV wnl
Tamarkuz (Speightstown), Shadwell Farm, $10,000
29 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners
1-Evangeline Downs, Msw 5fT, CRIMSON STORM, 5-1
$17,000 KEE SEP yrl
Upstart (Flatter), Airdrie Stud, $10,000
101 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners
3-Saratoga, $85K Skidmore S., 5 1/2fT, BAYTOWN BEAR, 30-1
$9,500 RNA KEE SEP yrl
SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), Ashford Stud, private
318 foals of racing age/55 winners/10 black-type winners
7-Arlington, Msw 4 1/2f, ROYAL MISSION, 9-2
$165,000 KEE NOV wnl; $190,000 OBS MAR 2yo
Carpe Diem (Giant's Causeway), WinStar Farm, $15,000
231 foals of racing age/36 winners/2 black-type winners
1-Ellis, Msw 5 1/2fT, SEIZE IT, 3-1
Competitive Edge (Super Saver), Ashford Stud, $12,500
155 foals of racing age/47 winners/4 black-type winners
4-Saratoga, Msw 6f, WHAT'S MY CATEGORY, 12-1
$14,000 RNA FTN MIX wnl; $70,000 FTK OCT yrl; $35,000 RNA
OBS APR 2yo
Constitution (Tapit), WinStar Farm, $40,000
233 foals of racing age/56 winners/6 black-type winners
4-Ellis, Msw 5 1/2fT, LA LIBERTEE, 4-1
Golden Lad (Medaglia d'Oro), Northview Stallion Station, $5,000
125 foals of racing age/20 winners/2 black-type winners
1-Saratoga, Msw 5 1/2fT, CALIBOGEE, 20-1
$57,000 RNA EAS MAY 2yo; $44,000 RNA OBS WIN 3yo
Jack Milton (War Front), Crestwood Farm, $6,500
104 foals of racing age/21 winners/1 black-type winner
4-Ellis, Msw 5 1/2fT, CLASS RIOT, 12-1
$11,000 RNA KEE NOV wnl
Tapiture (Tapit), Darby Dan Farm, $7,500
247 foals of racing age/61 winners/5 black-type winners
7-Arlington, Msw 4 1/2f, BLONDE ON TAP, 10-1
$50,000 OBS APR 2yo
1-Ellis, Msw 5 1/2fT, MUSIC CITY STAR, 10-1
$18,000 KEE SEP yrl; $47,000 OBS APR 2yo
Stan the Man best of rest in Saratoga’s Tale of the Cat S.
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In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at
US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming
weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit,
with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring.
Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at
Sapporo Racecourse on Saturday and three runners of note--
including a US-bred Group 1 winner this season-Sunday at
Kokura.
Saturday, August 22, 2020
5th-SAP, -13,400,000 ($127k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1200mT
ASCALON (c, 2, Speightstown--Coco as in Chanel, by
Awesome Again), a $50K Keeneland September yearling
acquisition, is the first foal from his dam, front-running winner
of the 2016 Stormy Blues S. for Heider Family Stables and trainer
Tom Proctor. Christophe Lemaire takes the call. Coco as in
Chanel was purchased by SF Bloodstock and Newgate Farm for
$150K in foal to Violence at KEENOV in 2018. She did not
produce a foal for 2019 and was covered last September by
Newgate=s MG1SW Russian Revolution (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}). B-
Heider Family Stable (KY)
Sunday, August 23, 2020
5th-SAP, -13,400,000 ($127k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800mT
WAR BUDDY (JPN) (c, 2, War Front--Tammy the Torpedo, by
More Than Ready) is the first produce for his dam, a former
Chad Brown-trained >TDN Rising Star= and MGSW who was
purchased by Dr. Masatake Iida with this colt in utero for
$1.65m at KEENOV in 2017. A half-sister to MGSW Seek and
Destroy (Verrazano) and hailing from the Stuart Janney III family
of MGSW Criminologist (Maria=s Mon), her MGSW son Inspector
Lynley (Lemon Drop Kid) and MGSP Rescue Squad (Dynaformer),
War Buddy is a half-brother to a Deep Impact (Jpn) colt that
fetched -180m ($1,656,000) as a foal at the 2019 JRHA Select
Sale and to a colt by Heart=s Cry (Jpn) who realized -45m
($419,422) at the same event last month. B-Chiyoda Farm
Shizunai
8th-KOK, -14,360,000 ($136k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 1700m
ABUL HAUL (c, 3, American Pharoah--Kitten=s Dumplings, by
Kitten=s Joy), a debut seventh in a single start on turf at two,
graduated when switching to the dirt this past February (video,
gate 6) and makes his first start since an unplaced effort in May.
Kitten=s Dumplings, winner of the 2013 GI QE II Challenge Cup
for Ken and Sarah Ramsey, was acquired privately in 2016 and
produced this--her first foal--in April 2017. She returned to
American Pharoah before being exported to Japan and is now
the dam of a 2-year-old full-brother to Abul Haul. Among the
competition is fellow US-bred Train Bearer (Carpe Diem). B-
Teruya Yoshida (KY)
11th-KOK, -74.6m ($705k), Kitakyushu Kinen-G3, 3/up, 1200mT
MOZU SUPERFLARE (m, 5, SpeightstownBChristies Treasure,
by Belong to Me) has won seven of her 20 career trips to the
post and makes her first appearance since being promoted to
the victory in the G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen back in March
(video, gate 16). A $125K KEESEP graduate, the chestnut is a
half-sister to GSW Sacrity (Pulpit), dam of SW/GISP >TDN Rising
Star= Flor de la Mar (Tiznow); and to Zighy Bay (Tapit), whose
daughter Qafila (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) upset the boys
in the 2019 G1 South Australian Derby for Shadwell and Lindsay
Park trainers David Hayes and Tom Dabernig. An Honor Code
half-brother is catalogued as hip 103 for next month=s
September sale. B-Alpha Delta Stables LLC (KY)
STAKES RESULTS:
MINNESOTA DERBY, $100,000, Canterbury, 8-19, (S), 3yo, 1m
70y, 1:42.97, ft.
1--NORTHERN PLAYBOY, 122, g, 3, by Latent Heat--Equity
Event, by High Yield. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O/B-Dale Schenian
& Francisco Bravo (MN); T-Francisco Bravo; J-Ry Eikleberry.
$60,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $78,000.
2--Love My Boss, 122, g, 3, Street Boss--Love the Breeding, by
Henny Hughes. ($20,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP; $52,000 2yo '19
OBSMAR). O-Michael J. Annechino; B-Kimberly M Heytens
(MN); T-Wade Rarick. $17,500.
3--Public Safety, 122, g, 3, Langfuhr--Jock's Girl, by Belong to
Me. O-Bluebreeze Racing, LLC and Rosin, Tim W.;
B-Tim William Rosin (MN); T-Coty W. Rosin. $8,750.
Margins: 4 3/4, 5HF, 3. Odds: 6.10, 20.60, 3.60.
Results cont. p6
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ALLOWANCE RESULTS:
6th-Woodbine, C$78,211, 8-20, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT,
2:01.57, fm.
MIND THE GAP (g, 4, Street Sense--Safe Haven, by A.P. Indy)
Lifetime Record: 10-2-2-2, $90,548. O-JMJ Racing Stables LLC;
B-Christine Hayden (ON); T-Sid C. Attard. *$45,000 Ylg '17
KEESEP. **1/2 to Sent From Heaven (Data Link), SP, $179,248.
6th-Laurel, $64,130, 8-20, 3yo/up, 7f, 1:21.66, ft.
ARCH CAT (g, 6, Arch--Miss Lavinia, by Speightstown) Lifetime
Record: SP, 36-13-3-11, $358,535. O-Burns Thoroughbred
Racing LLC; B-Santucket Stables & Indian Creek (KY); T-Daniel
Velazquez. *$40,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP.
4th-Laurel, $60,165, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 8-20, 3yo/up,
6f, 1:09.93, ft.
HALL PASS (g, 4, Freedom Child--G G's Dolly {SW, $176,460}, by
Comic Strip) Lifetime Record: MSP, 24-4-1-9, $211,050. O-Mens
Grille Racing; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (MD); T-Hamilton A. Smith.
*$12,000 Ylg '17 EASOCT. **1/2 to Strong Incentive (Warrior's
Reward), SW, $123,568.
8th-Laurel, $50,580, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($35,000), 8-20, 3yo/up,
f/m, 1m (off turf), 1:38.39, ft.
BREVIARY (f, 3, Super Ninety Nine--Taconic Victory, by
Eddington) Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $85,794. O-Soggy Dollar
Racing LLC; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (MD); T-Carl Doran.
*$15,000 Ylg '18 EASOCT.
5th-Gulfstream, $47,000, (S), (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($16,000), 8-20,
3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:35.94, gd.
AMADORA (f, 4, Goldencents--Business Decision, by Put It
Back) Lifetime Record: 7-2-1-1, $68,630. O-Claim To Fame
Stable; B-Angela Ingenito (FL); T-J. Kent Sweezey. *$65,000 Ylg
'17 FTKJUL; $15,000 3yo '19 KEENOV.
3rd-Delaware, $45,590, (C)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 8-20, 3yo/up,
1m, 1:36.76, ft.
FACT FINDING (g, 6, The Factor--Sweet Belle {SW & GSP,
$307,649}, by Deputy Commander) Lifetime Record: SW,
18-7-3-0, $342,196. O-Robert M. and Bart B. Evans; B-Nursery
Place & Partners (KY); T-J. Reeve McGaughey. *$100,000 Ylg '15
KEESEP; 350,000gns 2yo '16 TATBRE; $155,000 3yo '17 KEENOV.
7th-Delaware, $45,590, (C)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 8-20, 3yo/up,
f/m, 5f (off turf), :57.34, ft.
MISS AURAMET (f, 4, Uncaptured--Hello Rosie, by Yes It's True)
Lifetime Record: 14-5-4-2, $209,590. O-David Melin, Leon
Ellman & Laurie Plesa; B-Marion G. Montanari (FL); T-Jorge
Duarte, Jr. *$42,000 Ylg '17 OBSOCT; $135,000 2yo '18 OBSAPR.
*Won by 8 1/4 lengths.
2nd-Golden Gate Fields, $40,192, 8-20, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, f/m,
5 1/2f (AWT), 1:03.82, ft.
SING IN THE WIND (m, 5, Sought After--Sing for Gold, by
Candi's Gold) Lifetime Record: 20-5-4-6, $106,349. O-Johnny
Taboada; B-Daehling Ranch (CA); T-Isidro Tamayo.
8th-Indiana Grand, $36,500, (S), 8-20, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m,
5 1/2f, 1:04.95, ft.
HYPNOTISING (f, 4, Irish Road--Majestic Isle, by Majestic
Warrior) Lifetime Record: 9-3-2-1, $84,110. O-Spiess Stable LLC
& Randy Klopp; B-Romar LLC (IN); T-Randy L. Klopp.
7th-Presque Isle Downs, $34,935, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($35,000),
8-19, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:44.10, ft.
IRONY OF REALITY (m, 5, Animal Kingdom--Battle Bridge, by
Arch) Lifetime Record: 17-7-4-1, $142,640. O/B-The Elkstone
Group, LLC (Stuart Grant) (MD); T-Ron G. Potts.
7th-Indiana Grand, $33,800, 8-20, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m,
1 1/16mT, 1:46.13, gd.
QUEEN MEDB (IRE) (f, 4, Kodiac {GB}--Alizaya {Ire}, by Highest
Honor {Fr}) Lifetime Record: 10-2-4-0, $99,812.
O-Madaket Stables LLC, Cambron, Tim, Cambron, Anna and
Bradley Thoroughbreds; B-Denis McDonnell (IRE); T-Brendan P.
Walsh. *,36,000 Ylg '17 GOUKPR.
8th-Evangeline Downs, $32,600, (C)/Opt. Clm ($15,000), 8-19,
3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:37.48, fm.
ISLAND HIDEAWAY (GB) (f, 3, Mukhadram {GB}--Interstella
{GB}, by Sea The Stars {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 8-3-2-1, $35,579.
O-Jerry Namy; B-Meon Valley Stud (GB); T-Karl Broberg.
*70,000gns Ylg '18 TATOCT; 42,000gns 3yo '20 TATFEB.
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4th-Thistledown, $31,700, (S), 8-20, (NW2X), 3yo/up, f/m,
1 1/16m, 1:49.22, ft.
I RECALL (f, 3, Misremembered--Real Distinctive, by With
Distinction) Lifetime Record: 11-3-2-2, $77,597. O/B-Lowell F.
Allen & W. John Bourke (OH); T-Richard Zielinski. *1/2 to
Distinctive Flower (Flower Alley), SW, $174,762.
3rd-Presque Isle Downs, $31,680, (S), 8-20, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 6f
(AWT), 1:10.68, ft.
GOOD ON YA (g, 4, El Padrino--Hedy, by Touch Gold) Lifetime
Record: 10-2-3-2, $60,990. O-Muirfield Farm & Tim Girten;
B-Best Foot Forward, LLC (PA); T-Tim Girten.
2nd-Canterbury, $30,500, (S), 8-19, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 5
1/2f, 1:04.74, ft.
GOTHAM CITY QUEEN (f, 3, Wilburn--Ghost City Queen, by City
Zip) Lifetime Record: 7-2-0-3, $46,860. O-Silva Racing LLC;
B-Miguel Angel Silva (MN); T-Miguel Angel Silva.
6th-Louisiana Downs, $23,500, (S), 8-19, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m,
5 1/2f, 1:06.24, ft.
LADY BELACQUA (m, 5, Salute the Sarge--Lady Lyra Lee, by
Academy Award) Lifetime Record: 16-4-3-1, $62,200.
O-Elite Thoroughbred Racing LLC and Celia Smith; B-Michele
Rodriguez (LA); T-Lee Thomas.
5th-Thistledown, $23,000, 8-20, (NW3L), 3yo/up, 1 1/16m,
1:47.64, ft.
HOMERS MAGIC (g, 4, Winslow Homer--Forest Magic, by
Elusive Quality) Lifetime Record: 12-3-1-2, $43,060. O-Irish
Charm Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Stonehedge LLC (FL); T-G Johnson.
7th-Thistledown, $22,500, 8-20, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:12.40, ft.
SCARED WARIOR (c, 3, Poseidon's Warrior--Sasha's Fierce {SW,
$130,920}, by Include) Lifetime Record: 16-2-3-3, $50,032.
O-Dave Casalinova; B-Helen & Joseph Barbazon (FL); T-Tina
Casalinova. *$4,000 2yo '19 OBSOPN.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Imperial King, g, 2, Gemologist--Holy Reina (SW), by Macho
Uno. Presque Isle Downs, 8-20, 5f (AWT), :58.72. B-Three
Chimneys Farm, LLC (KY).
Florala Al, c, 2, Gone Astray--Pago Island, by Island Whirl.
Gulfstream, 8-20, (C), 5f (off turf), :59.97. B-Flying Finish Farm,
George and Debbi Klein (FL).
Expect Ours, f, 2, Half Ours--Expect Miracles, by Valid
Expectations. Evangeline Downs, 8-19, 5fT, :58.35. B-James
Ronald Magnon (LA). *1/2 to Montbrooks Miracle
(Montbrook), SW, $182,125.
Rocket Reload, f, 2, Reload--Shes Into Mischief (SP), by Into
Mischief. Woodbine, 8-20, (C), 5fT, :56.95. B-Denny Andrews
(KY). *Fourth winner for freshman sire (by Hard Spun).
Threepointninenine, g, 3, Jimmy Creed--Jade Eyed (SW,
$128,255), by Friendly Lover. Saratoga, 8-20, (S), (C), 5 1/2fT,
1:02.47. B-Pinnacle Farms Bloodstock LLC (NY). *1/2 to Sligo
Joe (Sligo Bay (IRE)), SP, $219,732.
Our Neighbor Boys, g, 3, Mondavi--Hearts and Roses, by Lion
Heart. Indiana Grand, 8-20, (S), 1mT, 1:42.94. B-Breakway
Farm LLC (IN).
Backside Beauty, f, 3, Orb--His Beauty (SW, $122,350), by Adcat.
Arlington, 8-20, 5fT, :57.55. B-Nursery Place (KY). *$60,000 Ylg
'18 KEESEP; $150,000 2yo '19 OBSAPR. **1/2 to Temper Mint
Patty (Congrats), MSW & GSP, $415,916.
Bobby's Goldengirl, f, 3, Shanghai Bobby--Dressed in Gold (SW,
$114,498), by Black Tie Affair (Ire). Delaware, 8-20, 1m (off
turf), 1:38.56. B-Old Dominion Thoroughbreds & Kathryn
Nikkel (KY). *$15,000 RNA Ylg '18 FTKOCT.
Brewsky, f, 3, Strong Contender--C O Barqueen, by Thunder
Gulch. Indiana Grand, 8-19, (S), 1m 70y (off turf), 1:47.75.
B-Marvin A. Johnson (IN).
Mona Luna, f, 3, Uncle Mo--Luna Time (GSW, $195,073), by
Malibu Moon. Laurel, 8-20, 1 1/8m (off turf), 1:51.22.
B-Dorsey Brown & Richard Palmer (MD).
Tiz Enough, f, 4, He's Had Enough--Tiz Four, by Tiznow.
Gulfstream, 8-20, 7f, 1:22.93. B-Addison Clare Silva (FL).
*$24,000 Ylg '17 OBSOCT.
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Tapizar=s Quick Tempo wins at Arlington Thursday | Coady
AMERICAN PHAROAH, Thankful, f, 3, o/o Beholden, by Cat
Thief. MSW, 8-20, Saratoga
ANIMAL KINGDOM, Irony of Reality, m, 5, o/o Battle Bridge, by
Arch. AOC, 8-19, Presque Isle Downs
ARCH, Arch Cat, g, 6, o/o Miss Lavinia, by Speightstown. ALW,
8-20, Laurel
BERNARDINI, Cash Comes First, c, 2, o/o Andean, by City Zip.
WMC, 8-20, Delaware
BROKEN VOW, Stan the Man, g, 6, o/o Nite in Rome, by Harlan's
Holiday. Tale of the Cat S., 8-20, Saratoga
EL PADRINO, Good On Ya, g, 4, o/o Hedy, by Touch Gold. ALW,
8-20, Presque Isle Downs
FREEDOM CHILD, Hall Pass, g, 4, o/o G G's Dolly, by Comic Strip.
AOC, 8-20, Laurel
GEMOLOGIST, Imperial King, g, 2, o/o Holy Reina, by Macho
Uno. MSW, 8-20, Presque Isle Downs
GOLDENCENTS, Amadora, f, 4, o/o Business Decision, by Put It
Back. AOC, 8-20, Gulfstream
GONE ASTRAY, Florala Al, c, 2, o/o Pago Island, by Island Whirl.
MCL, 8-20, Gulfstream
HALF OURS, Expect Ours, f, 2, o/o Expect Miracles, by Valid
Expectations. MSW, 8-19, Evangeline
HE'S HAD ENOUGH, Tiz Enough, f, 4, o/o Tiz Four, by Tiznow.
MSW, 8-20, Gulfstream
IRISH ROAD, Hypnotising, f, 4, o/o Majestic Isle, by Majestic
Warrior. ALW, 8-20, Indiana Grand
JIMMY CREED, Threepointninenine, g, 3, o/o Jade Eyed, by
Friendly Lover. MCL, 8-20, Saratoga
KODIAC (GB), Queen Medb (Ire), f, 4, o/o Alizaya (Ire), by
Highest Honor (Fr). ALW, 8-20, Indiana Grand
LATENT HEAT, Northern Playboy, g, 3, o/o Equity Event, by High
Yield. Minnesota Derby, 8-19, Canterbury
MACHO UNO, Lettered Olive, f, 2, o/o La Defense, by Wild
Again. MSW, 8-20, Indiana Grand
MACLEAN'S MUSIC, Lead Guitar, f, 4, o/o Eleadora, by Finality.
AOC, 8-20, Saratoga
MISREMEMBERED, I Recall, f, 3, o/o Real Distinctive, by With
Distinction. ALW, 8-20, Thistledown
MONDAVI, Our Neighbor Boys, g, 3, o/o Hearts and Roses, by
Lion Heart. MSW, 8-20, Indiana Grand
MUKHADRAM (GB), Island Hideaway (GB), f, 3, o/o Interstella
(GB), by Sea The Stars (Ire). AOC, 8-19, Evangeline
ORB, Backside Beauty, f, 3, o/o His Beauty, by Adcat. MSW,
8-20, Arlington
POSEIDON'S WARRIOR, Scared Warior, c, 3, o/o Sasha's Fierce,
by Include. ALW, 8-20, Thistledown
RELOAD, Rocket Reload, f, 2, o/o Shes Into Mischief, by Into
Mischief. MOC, 8-20, Woodbine
SALUTE THE SARGE, Lady Belacqua, m, 5, o/o Lady Lyra Lee, by
Academy Award. ALW, 8-19, Louisiana Downs
SHANGHAI BOBBY, Bobby's Goldengirl, f, 3, o/o Dressed in Gold,
by Black Tie Affair (Ire). MSW, 8-20, Delaware
SOUGHT AFTER, Sing in the Wind, m, 5, o/o Sing for Gold, by
Candi's Gold. ALW, 8-20, Golden Gate
STREET SENSE, Mind the Gap, g, 4, o/o Safe Haven, by A.P. Indy.
ALW, 8-20, Woodbine
SUPER NINETY NINE, Breviary, f, 3, o/o Taconic Victory, by
Eddington. AOC, 8-20, Laurel
TAPIZAR, Quick Tempo, c, 2, o/o Sing Dixie Sing, by Dixie Union.
MSW, 8-20, Arlington
THE FACTOR, Fact Finding, g, 6, o/o Sweet Belle, by Deputy
Commander. AOC, 8-20, Delaware
UNCAPTURED, Miss Auramet, f, 4, o/o Hello Rosie, by Yes It's
True. AOC, 8-20, Delaware
UNCLE MO, Mona Luna, f, 3, o/o Luna Time, by Malibu Moon.
MSW, 8-20, Laurel
WILBURN, Gotham City Queen, f, 3, o/o Ghost City Queen, by
City Zip. ALW, 8-19, Canterbury
WINSLOW HOMER, Homers Magic, g, 4, o/o Forest Magic, by
Elusive Quality. ALW, 8-20, Thistledown
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Love cruises to victory in the Yorkshire Oaks | racingfotos.com
EASY FOR LOVE IN THEYORKSHIRE OAKS
Some stellar fillies have crossed York=s Knavesmire down the
years, but the G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Epsom Oaks heroine
Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is up there with the best after her
saunter through Thursday=s G1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks. With an
epic G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe in the offing in six weeks=
time, there will be few who will sleep easy with Ballydoyle=s
leading prospect looming large on the horizon. While her
performances in the June 7 Newmarket and July 4 Epsom
Classics left none in any doubt that she was in a territory of her
own, this staging post to ParisLongchamp only served to confirm
her elevated level of ability and the fact remains that on the first
Sunday in October she will be getting weight from all her main
rivals. Ryan Moore proved just a passenger here, with the 4-9
favourite travelling smoothly in second tracking Manuela de
Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) before being shaken up to take
control approaching two out. If the slightly easy ground was
compromising her, it did not seem so as she proved totally
dominant en route to a five-length success from the progressive
Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}), with One Voice (Ire) (Poet=s Voice
{GB}) two lengths back in third as they finished strung out.
AShe=s straightforward and realistically this was her easiest task
for a while,@ her rider commented. AThey had to step up to run
to her level and she was very professional--it was business as
usual for her today.@ Cont. p2
ADJUSTMENT TO DEAUVILLE SELECT DATES After announcing on Wednesday that its Deauville Select Sale
would be moved forward a little more than two weeks to
accommodate the UK government=s quarantine requirement for
visitors from France, Arqana made another minor adjustment to
those dates on Thursday.
The sale will now be staged on Sept. 9 to 11 to avoid a clash
with the Tattersalls Ascot yearling sale.
"With so many constraints coming into play and such a
restricted time period to stage all American and European
yearling sales, it is virtually impossible to please everyone and
sales clashes are almost inevitable,@ said Arqana Chief Executive
Officer Eric Hoyeau. AHowever, Arqana and Tattersalls have
agreed that cooperation is paramount amid the current crisis
and that we should do our utmost to make attendance at our
sales compatible for vendors and buyers alike."
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Love blossoms in the Yorkshire Oaks | PA Media
Easy For Love In The Yorkshire Oaks cont. from p1
AThe ground=s a bit dead and it was a worry for her, as when I
rode her in the Debutante last year I thought it was a bit slow
for her but she=s obviously thrived and got stronger. She=s been
exceptional every start and we=ll see how she is over the next six
weeks.@
Aidan O'Brien was full of praise afterwards. "She was always
very exciting--I don't know if we've ever had as an exciting a filly
at this stage. I can't name one that has been as exciting as her at
this stage ever," he said. "When you're training them and
they're your own, you don't ever want to get carried away, but
it's her movement and her pace and her action and her
attitude--that's the makings of those great horses and she seems
to have all that. She has looked very special from the minute she
ran in the Guineas. We thought she was a very good filly last
year, but we thought she'd be a middle-distance filly, so when
she did that in the Guineas we weren't sure what would happen
in the Oaks. But when she went up in trip she was very happy
and for her to do that today, after having a break since the Oaks,
was very good. We were nervous about today because of the
ground, but know now we could run on good to soft. We
couldn't be happier with what she's done. We were delighted
with today and if she comes out of today well and goes on to the
Arc, we'd be looking forward to it."
Love seems to have been growing in stature with each passing
month, causing an upset but leaving no one in any doubt that
she clear best in the G3 Silver Flash S. over seven furlongs at
Leopardstown last July and following up in the G1 Moyglare Stud
S. at The Curragh in September. In between, she was undone by
easy ground when fifth in the G2 Debutante S. at that latter
venue and it may be that the similar going took the edge off her
as she was third in the G1 Fillies= Mile at Newmarket in October.
Her performances this season have taken her to the top of the
tree among her stable=s 3-year-olds and while Serpentine (Ire)
(Galileo {Ire}) gets the chance to back up his Derby romp in next
month=s G1 Grand Prix de Paris, it will be a surprise if Moore is
not on Love in the Arc.
Sir Mark Prescott was left to reflect on a masterclass of
plotting, with Alpinista having only won her listed race a week
previously. "That went exactly as I hoped it might, because
Alpinista got second in a Group 1 without having to have too
hard a race," he told the Racing Post. "To be honest I don=t think
she would have been entered under normal circumstances. I
was looking for the big black-type and once you=ve got it you can
be a bit more creative, especially with a filly. This was a huge
day for Miss Rausing. I=ve been lucky enough to train the dam
Alwilda and the granddam Albanova, as well as Albanova=s sister
Alborada."
According to the Post, Prescott is looking at either Doncaster=s
G2 Park Hill S. or a Group 2 for fillies over a mile and a half at
Baden-Baden. "Miss Rausing is marvellous when it comes to
keeping fillies and mares going, and Alwilda and Albanova were
both five when they won their most important races,@ he said.
ASometimes when she wins with one that has taken a bit of time
I like to say that it was a case of 'winner trained by Miss Rausing
at Lanwades Stud', because I would have given up."
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Pedigree Notes The winner is a half-sister to Lucky Kristale (GB) (Lucky Story),
who captured the G2 Lowther S. at this meeting having won the
G2 Cherry Hinton S. The dam Pikaboo (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) has
done well with matings with Galileo, producing this stable=s
Group 3-winning fillies Flattering (Ire) and Peach Tree (Ire) for
the Coolmore monarch before Love appeared. Pikaboo is a half-
sister to the seven-furlong specialist and dual G2 Park S.-winning
sire Arabian Gleam (GB) by Pivotal=s son Kyllachy (GB), and the
listed-winning sprinter Kimberella (GB) also by Kyllachy. Two
other of her half-siblings Light Quest (Quest For Fame {GB}) and
Cute (GB) (Diktat {GB}) have also proven smart producers in
their own right. The former was responsible for the G3 Prix Fille
de l=Air scorer and stakes producer Skia (Fr) (Motivator {GB})
and the Singapore Gold Cup winner Tropaios (GB) (Excellent Art
{GB}), while Cute is the dam of the recent Listed Midsummer S.
winner and G1 Prix d=Ispahan third Pogo (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}).
This is also the family of the G1 English and Irish 2000 Guineas-
winning sire Don=t Forget Me (Ire) (Ahonoora {GB}).
Thursday, York, Britain
DARLEY YORKSHIRE OAKS-G1, ,250,000, York, 8-20, 3yo/up, f,
11f 188yT, 2:31.31, gd.
1--LOVE (IRE), 124, f, 3, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Pikaboo (GB), by Pivotal (GB)
2nd Dam: Gleam of Light (Ire), by Danehill
3rd Dam: Gold Runner, by Runnett (GB)
O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Coolmore
(IRE); T-Aidan O=Brien; J-Ryan Moore. ,141,775. Lifetime
Record: G1SW-Ire, 10-6-1-1, $929,001. *Full to Flattering (Ire),
GSW-Ire & SP-Eng; and Peach Tree (Ire), GSW-Ire, $142,207;
and 1/2 to Lucky Kristale (GB) (Lucky Story), MGSW-Eng,
$288,793. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Alpinista (GB), 124, f, 3, Frankel (GB)--Alwilda (GB), by
Hernando (Fr). O/B-Kirsten Rausing (GB); T-Sir Mark Prescott.
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Yorkshire Oaks cont.
,53,750.
3--One Voice (Ire), 124, f, 3, Poet=s Voice (GB)--Zaaqya (GB), by
Nayef. (i55,000 Ylg >18 GOFSPT). O-Craig Bernick; B-J Lenihan
(IRE); T-Jessica Harrington. ,26,900.
Margins: 5, 2, 2 1/4. Odds: 0.44, 33.00, 12.00.
Also Ran: Manuela de Vega (Ire), Frankly Darling (GB), Franconia
(GB). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com
catalogue-style pedigree.
MISS AMULET HANGS TOUGH IN THE
LOWTHER Having beaten Frenetic (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in the Listed
Marwell S. over five furlongs at Naas on Aug. 3, Miss Amulet
(Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) was one of the main contenders for
Thursday=s G2 Sky Bet Lowther S. at York and she lived up to the
billing when holding off Sacred (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) in
a pulsating finale. Always prominent, the 15-2 shot was
marginally ahead approaching the furlong pole before being
joined by that 15-8 favourite soon after. Pulling out extra for
James Doyle in the run to the line, the latest juvenile talent from
the Ken Condon stable had a length to spare over that G2 Queen
Mary S. runner-up at the line, with Umm Kulthum (Ire) (Kodiac
{GB}) 3 1/4 lengths behind in third. AShe had experience and
that definitely counted today--she knuckled down well late on,@
commented Doyle, who had ridden Sacred on both her previous
starts. AI know the runner-up has got plenty of ability and I was
slightly worried, especially with my filly going up in trip but she=s
really battled hard.@
Miss Amulet started out in the five-furlong maiden won by
>TDN Rising Star= More Beautiful (War Front) at Naas on June 8
and was seventh and one place ahead of the subsequent G2
Airlie Stud S. winner and G1 Phoenix S. third Aloha Star (Ire)
(Starspangledbanner {Aus}). Fourth next time over 164 yards
further at Navan on June 23, the grey left that form behind
when scoring by five lengths back over five at Cork on July 5
before running second to Measure of Magic (Ire) (Kodi Bear
{Ire}) at Down Royal on July 24. Reversing that form as she
captured the Marwell, this was the furthest she had been asked
to race but as Sacred dragged her into battle in the final 100
yards she gave generously to add to the stable=s G2 Railway S.
success courtesy of Laws of Indices (Ire) (Power {GB}).
AI love her attitude and she=s clearly still improving--I don=t
know where she=ll stop,@ Condon said. AShe took all the
travelling well, which is a bonus, and she=s really progressive.@
TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 21 AUGUST 2020
Miss Amulet was a i1,000 Goffs November foal turned ,7,500 Tattersalls Ascot yearling | racingfotos.com
Lowther S. cont.
AWe=ll be looking at the [G1] Cheveley Park now, why not--let=s
see where she ends up, when these fillies are improving you
never know. I=ve had runners in this race before so it=s great to
win it, it carries huge prestige. We have a lovely team of
2-year-olds this season and the wonderful part of it all is none of
them cost a great deal. This filly cost less than ,8,000, so it=s a
great story.@
Sacred=s trainer William Haggas said, AShe ran a good race, but
didn=t quite last out. I=m sure Exceed and Excel=s prefer top-of-
the-ground, but I don=t want to take anything away from the
winner. I thought she ran a solid race. My first reaction is to go
back to five furlongs for the [G2] Flying Childers at Doncaster
and take it from there.@
Pedigree Notes The dam Shena=s Dream (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who also has
a yearling filly by El Kabeir, hails from the family of the GI
Arlington Million hero Mill Native (Exclusive Native), fellow sire
French Stress (Sham) who was a triple Group 3 winner who
finished runner-up in the G1 Poule d=Essai des Poulains and
G1 Prix Jacques le Marois, and the GI Frank E. Kilroe Mile winner
Willyconker (Ire) (Pyrus).
Thursday, York, Britain
SKY BET LOWTHER S.-G2, ,75,000, York, 8-20, 2yo, f, 6fT,
1:10.71, g/s.
1--MISS AMULET (IRE), 126, f, 2, by Sir Prancealot (Ire)
1st Dam: Shena=s Dream (Ire), by Oasis Dream (GB)
2nd Dam: Sallanches, by Gone West
3rd Dam: Stresa (Ire), by Mill Reef
1ST GROUP WIN. (i1,000 Wlg >18 GOFNOV; ,7,500 Ylg >19
TASAYG). O-C Griffin; B-Ringfort Stud (IRE); T-Ken Condon;
J-James Doyle. ,42,533. Lifetime Record: SW-Ire, 6-3-1-0,
$113,031. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Sacred (GB), 126, f, 2, Exceed and Excel (Aus)--Sacre Caroline,
by Blame. O/B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-William Haggas.
,16,125.
3--Umm Kulthum (Ire), 126, f, 2, Kodiac (GB)--Queen=s Code
(Ire), by Shamardal. (,75,000 2yo >20 GOFARQ). O-Saeed bin
TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 13 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 21 AUGUST 2020
Battaash winning the King=s Stand | Scoop Dyga
Lowther S. cont.
Mohammed Al Qassimi; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Richard Fahey.
,8,070.
Margins: 1, 3 1/4, 2. Odds: 7.50, 1.88, 7.50.
Also Ran: She=s So Nice (Ire), Scarlet Bear (Ire), Bellissime (Ire),
Noorban (GB), Santosha (Ire), Wings of a Dove (Ire), Sussex
Garden (Ire), On My Way (GB), Hala Hala Hala (Ire), Cream of
the Crop (Ire), Setarhe (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or
the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
BATTAASH BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT Despite the turmoil of the current world situation, it can only
be described as a golden summer as far as the horses are
concerned with Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), Stradivarius (Ire)
(Sea the Stars {Ire}) and Battaash (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) making
history in their respective divisions. Friday sees the continuation
of the welcome saga as the latter bids to follow up last year=s
tumultuous success in the G1 Coolmore Nunthorpe S. at York.
Breaking his duck in this race
and Dayjur=s track record in the
process in 2019, Shadwell=s
dragster comes here on the
back of a fourth consecutive
triumph in the July 31 G2 King
George S. at Goodwood, having
registered back-to-back wins in
the June 16 G1 King=s Stand S.
at Royal Ascot. His record is
frightening on the whole and
he now seems fully mature, but
there is hope for the opposition
as only three runs back he was
beating just two of his 15 rivals
in the G1 Prix de l=Abbaye de
Longchamp.
Charlie Hills is well aware of the pitfalls as he awaits his stable
star=s latest mission. AThere are so many things that can go
wrong in these sprint races,@ he said. AIt hasn=t been
straightforward by any stretch of the imagination. It=s been well-
documented he was tricky as a 2-year-old and he was gelded
then, but now he=s got more races under his belt he=s a proper
professional in everything he does. We have Craig and Gary
Witheford looking after him down at the start now and they=ve
got to know him very well. You=d like to think we=ve got most
things covered.@
AWe=re lucky to have horses like Stradivarius, Enable and him
being kept in training until they=re six years old. They start to get
such a following and become very popular,@ he added. AHe has
this sheer brilliance of speed and seems to have captured the
imagination of everybody. I=m really happy with where the horse
is at the moment--he seems in great shape. He=s very much a
pampered pet.@ Jim Crowley added, AHe=s done it for the last
four years now and I=m very lucky to ride him--they don=t come
around like him very often.@
Taking on Battaash are a pair of 3-year-olds who have yet to
be fully exposed in Art Power (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and A=Ali
(Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}), with the former carrying the King
Power Racing silks and impressing when taking the six-furlong
G3 Lacken S. at Naas on July 4. A=Ali has won the July 5 G3
Sandown Sprint S. and The Curragh=s G2 Sapphire S. on July 19,
with the latter performance particularly striking as he was
forced to race alone. Art Power=s trainer Tim Easterby said,
AEvery drop of rain that falls will be very much appreciated. It=s
not that he has to have soft ground, it=s just that he stays six
furlongs so against these five-furlong horses if it slows them
down a tad that will help. We=ve been happy with everything
he=s done this season, so hopefully it continues.@ Ed Crisford
said, AA=Ali is in good form and
we=re looking forward to it.
Battaash is obviously going to
be tough to beat, as is Art
Power. But A=Ali deserves a
crack at a Group 1 and I think
the track will suit--he should
run a good race.@
In the G2 Weatherbys
Hamilton Lonsdale Cup,
Stradivarius=s stablemate
Enbihaar (Ire) (Redoute=s
Choice {Aus}) is an able deputy
on her first try at two miles.
Stepping up in trip having
registered back-to-back wins in
Goodwood=s G2 Lillie Langtry S.
over 14 furlongs at the start of the month, Shadwell=s high-class
mare is a fascinating newcomer to the stayers= scene. AI suppose
it was a big call keeping Enbihaar in training as a 5-year-old, but
she only just missed out on a Group 1 last year on Arc
weekend,@ trainer John Gosden said. AShe=s a big, powerful filly
who enjoys her training and her owner enjoys seeing her racing.
She=s already won a second Lillie Langtry and now we are trying
something a bit different by running her in a new division. Jim
[Crowley] got off her the other day and said that the extra two
furlongs wouldn=t be a problem.@ Crowley did have a warning,
however. AI think she=s a proper Group 1 mare when conditions
are right. It=s her first time stepping up to two miles, but I think
she=s crying out for it,@ he said. AThe only thing I would say is she
is probably a top-of-the-ground mare.@
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I THINK SHE’S A PROPER GROUP 1
MARE WHEN CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT.
IT’S HER FIRST TIME STEPPING UP TO
TWO MILES, BUT I THINK SHE’S
CRYING OUT FOR IT.Jim Crowley on Enbihaar
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Friday=s Preview cont.
Opposing is the June 18 G1 Gold Cup and July 28 G1
Goodwood Cup runner-up Nayef Road (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and
the July 5 G3 Henry II S. scorer Dashing Willoughby (GB)
(Nathaniel {Ire}). Mark Johnston said of the former, AHe would
deserve it if he wins, that=s for sure. He=s done absolutely
nothing wrong in all his races this season. Unfortunately for him,
he=s just come up against Stradivarius at Ascot and Goodwood--
that=s all you can say. I think I=ve been second to Stradivarius five
times now. Four of those have been in Group 1s, so he deserves
his turn.@
Shadwell could have another red-letter day on Friday, with the
impressive Salisbury novice winner Minzaal (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire})
pitched in to the G2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack S. Fourth
on debut behind the re-opposing Mohawk King (Ire) (Siyouni
{Fr}) at Ascot on July 25, the Owen Burrows-trained bay made a
mockery of his second start also over this six-furlong trip on Aug.
9 and his trainer holds him in high regard. AWe=re going in off
the back of two runs which is always preferable to just the one--
it can only help. He won very easily at Salisbury, but it should
still have sharpened him up mentally,@ he commented. AI=ve
seen we are favourite, but we finished behind Mohawk King at
Ascot and I=m sure he=ll have improved for his first run as
Richard [Hannon], a bit like ourselves, doesn=t tend to have his
fully wound up first time out. I=m hoping with getting that
second run in the experience will have done him good.@
DANDALLA TO SWERVE MORNY Dandalla (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), the six-length winner of the
G3 Albany S. at Royal Ascot who followed up in the G2 Duchess
of Cambridge S. on July 10, will miss this weekend=s G1 Prix
Morny and wait for the G1 Cheveley Park S. on Sept. 26.
AIt=s a combination of reasons,@ said co-owner Nick Bradley.
AThe ground isn=t ideal, obviously, and she is actually lighter than
she was at Ascot. I think she=s just going through a growing
phase. Her work has been very good. It was eye-popping in
March/April time. We=re going to be a little bit patient and treat
her like a good horse. She=ll come back for the Cheveley Park.
That is still the plan.
AWe=re treating her with caution. She=s definitely getting there.
If we had another week maybe we would have gone.@
OCEAN STAR ADDED TO TATTS AUGUST Winning 2-year-old filly Ocean Star (Ire) (Adaay {Ire}) has been
added to the Tattersalls August Sale as a wildcard as lot 199A. A
,9,000 Tattersalls Ascot yearling purchase last year, Ocean Star
was runner-up twice for trainer Archie Watson before breaking
her maiden by 11 lengths at Chepstow six days ago. Ocean Star
is out of the unraced New Approach (Ire) mare Miss Wicklow
(Ire), and Forte Dei Marmi (GB), a Grade I winner in Canada,
appears under the third dam.
MAX DYNAMITE RETIRED Former G1 Melbourne Cup runner-up Max Dynamite (Fr)
(Great Journey {Jpn}) has been retired from racing at 10 years of
age and after a career on both the flat and over jumps, his
trainer Willie Mullins tweeted on Thursday. Campaigned by
Susannah and Rich Ricci, Max Dynamite won five of 44 starts
and earned in excess of ,1-million. Stakes-placed at three, Max
Dynamite was at his best at five when he won the G2 Lonsdale
S. and finished second by a half-length in the Melbourne Cup.
He would go on to run third two years later in the >Race That
Stops A Nation= behind Rekindling (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}).
Max Dynamite=s last win came at Killarney last July. He was
pulled up during a Cork hurdle earlier this month.
Mullins tweeted, AMax Dynamite has been retired. The
international traveller in our yard, topped by his 2nd (>15) & 3rd
(>17) in the Melbourne Cup.
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FIRST-SEASON SIRESWITH RUNNERS
Pride Of Dubai has a chance for a second black-type
winner on Friday | Coolmore
Max Dynamite Retired cont.
He has been a pleasure to train & earned over ,1m for
Suzanna & Rich Ricci. Special thanks to Jimmy Kelly for his expert
care over the last 7 years.@
TRADE SELECTIVE AT STORE SALE Tattersalls Ireland held its delayed one-day May Store Sale on
Thursday, with the firm=s Chief Executive Officer Matt Mitchell
describing trade as Aselective.@
"The original May Store Sale date was May 14 and in that short
of time to now, the impact of Covid-19 has been enormous,@ he
said. AIt is positive that we have been able to hold the sale and
to enable the market to function. Trade was selective with
buyers adapting a cautious approach.@
At the close of trade 99 of the 170 offerings (58%) had found
new homes, for an average of i12,310 (-31%) and a median of
i9,000 (-40%). The joint top lots were both 3-year-old stores:
lot 591, a son of Snow Sky bought by Moffatt and Harley Dunne,
and lot 526, a Spanish Moon gelding picked up by Hamish
Macauley and Ballycrystal Stables. Each cost i40,000.
Friday, August 21:
UNITED KINGDOM
Adaay (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Whitsbury Manor Stud
94 foals of racing age/11 winners/0 black-type winners
17:05-WOLVERHAMPTON, 6f, APACHE MIST (GB)
8,500gns RNA Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2018; ,3,500
Goffs UK Premier & Silver Yearling Sale 2019
12:20-SALISBURY, 6f, ARLECCHINO'S SHADE (GB)
,1,500 Tattersalls Ascot December Sale 2019
16:30-WOLVERHAMPTON, 7.25f, EMJAYTWENTYTHREE (GB)
,7,500 RNA Goffs UK December Sale 2018; ,7,000 Goffs UK
Premier & Silver Yearling Sale 2019
Bobby's Kitten (Kitten's Joy), Lanwades Stud
77 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners
16:30-WOLVERHAMPTON, 7.25f, SILVESTRIS (GB)
10,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2018; i13,000
Tattersalls Ireland September Yearlings 2019
Buratino (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Kildangan Stud
88 foals of racing age/6 winners/0 black-type winners
13:55-SALISBURY, 8f, BURRISTO (Ire)
i35,000 Goffs November Foals Sale 2018; ,30,000 Goffs UK
Premier & Silver Yearling Sale 2019
16:30-WOLVERHAMPTON, 7.25f, TOLSTOY'S TALE (GB)
3,800gns RNA Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2018; ,16,000
Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Yearling Sale 2019; ,17,850 RNA
Tattersalls Ascot Breeze Up Sale 2020
Coulsty (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Rathasker Stud
44 foals of racing age/5 winners/1 black-type winner
14:55-SALISBURY, 23.5K THE IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF
STONEHENGE STAKES (CLASS 1) (Listed Race)8f, COUL QUEEN
(Ire)
i4,000 Goffs Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2019
The Gurkha (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Coolmore Stud
120 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners
14:55-SALISBURY, 23.5K THE IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF
STONEHENGE STAKES (CLASS 1) (Listed Race)8f, SUGAULI (Ire)
16,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2019 - Book 3
Kodi Bear (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Rathbarry Stud
83 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners
14:55-SALISBURY, 23.5K THE IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF
STONEHENGE STAKES (CLASS 1) (Listed Race)8f, COBH (Ire)
i66,000 Goffs November Foals Sale 2018; i100,000 Goffs Orby
Yearling Sale 2019
Markaz (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Derrinstown Stud
78 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners
17:05-WOLVERHAMPTON, 6f, HUNGRY FOR FASHION (Ire)
i100,000 Goffs November Foals Sale 2018; i27,500 Goffs
Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2019
12:20-SALISBURY, 6f, THIS ONES FOR FRED (Ire)
25,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2018; 18,000gns
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OBSERVATIONSon the European racing scene
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2019 - Book 2; ,21,000 RNA
Tattersalls Ascot Breeze Up Sale 2020
Mehmas (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), Tally-Ho Stud
146 foals of racing age/21 winners/2 black-type winners
14:45-YORK, 100K GII THE AL BASTI EQUIWORLD DUBAI
GIMCRACK STAKES (CLASS 1) (Group 2)6f, MINZAAL (Ire)
85,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2018; 140,000gns
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2019 - Book 2
12:20-SALISBURY, 6f, MOONSHINER (Ire)
20,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2018; 17,000gns
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2019 - Book 3
14:45-YORK, 100K GII THE AL BASTI EQUIWORLD DUBAI
GIMCRACK STAKES (CLASS 1) (Group 2)6f, MYSTERY SMILES (Ire)
i12,000 Goffs November Foals Sale 2018; i19,000 RNA Goffs
Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2019; ,165,000 Goffs Arqana 2020
Breeze Up Sale (Doncaster)
14:45-YORK, 100K GII THE AL BASTI EQUIWORLD DUBAI
GIMCRACK STAKES (CLASS 1) (Group 2)6f, ROMAN DYNASTY
(Ire)
4,500gns RNA Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2018; i17,000
Tattersalls Ireland September Yearlings 2019; ,37,000 Goffs
Arqana 2020 Breeze Up Sale (Doncaster)
New Bay (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Ballylinch Stud
77 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners
12:20-SALISBURY, 6f, ALEXI MANDEL (Ire)
,37,000 Goffs November Foals Sale 2018; i7,000 Goffs
Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2019; ,14,700 Tattersalls Ascot
Breeze Up Sale 2020
14:55-SALISBURY, 23.5K THE IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF
STONEHENGE STAKES (CLASS 1) (Listed Race)8f, BOWLAND
PARK (GB)
Pride Of Dubai (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), Coolmore Stud
122 foals of racing age/2 winners/1 black-type winner
14:55-SALISBURY, 23.5K THE IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF
STONEHENGE STAKES (CLASS 1) (Listed Race)8f, FANCY MAN
(Ire)
i30,000 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale 2019
Prince of Lir (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Ballyhane Stud
77 foals of racing age/6 winners/1 black-type winner
12:20-SALISBURY, 6f, LADY DANGER (Ire)
i5,000 Goffs Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2019
Twilight Son (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), Cheveley Park Stud
122 foals of racing age/8 winners/1 black-type winner
12:20-SALISBURY, 6f, CRAZY LUCK (GB)
6,500gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2018; ,9,000 Goffs UK
September HIT & Yearling Sale 2019
12:20-SALISBURY, 6f, TWILIGHT SONG (Ire)
24,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2018; 20,000gns RNA
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale 2019 - Book 2
FRANCE:
Goken (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}), Haras de Colleville
61 foals of racing age/11 winners/1 black-type winner
2-CLAIREFONTAINE, 1400m, MISS LOUNA (Fr)
Isfahan (Ger) (Lord of England {Ger}), Gestut Ohlerweiherhof
44 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
1-CLAIREFONTAINE, 1400m, SCHIWAGO (Fr)
i16,000 Baden-Baden October Mixed Sale 2019
HALF TO MYSTERY POWER DEBUTS AT
KILLARNEY
1.00 Killarney, Mdn, i25,000, 2yo, 8f 50yfT
YARRAWONGA (IRE) (Australia {GB}) debuts for Ballydoyle and
is a half-brother to last year=s G2 Superlative S. winner Mystery
Power (Ire) (No Nay Never). The i525,000 Goffs Orby graduate
encounters the fellow newcomer Dolce Notte (Ire) (The Gurkha
{Ire}), a Fozzy Stack-trained daughter of Cambina (Ire) (Hawk
Wing) who won a maiden at this meeting before dead-heating in
the 2011 GI American Oaks.
Friday, Salisbury, post time: 2.55 p.m.
IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF STONEHENGE S.-Listed, ,23,500, 2yo,
8fT
SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER1 2 Bowland Park (GB) New Bay (GB) A McNamara D&C Kubler2 4 Cobh (Ire) Kodi Bear (Ire) Kirby Cox3 7 Fancy Man (Ire) Pride of Dubai (Aus) Levey Hannon4 3 Knight Salute (GB) Sir Percy (GB) Probert Balding5 6 Seventh Kingdom (GB) Frankel (GB) D Egan Gosden6 8 Sugauli (Ire) The Gurkha (Ire) Mitchell Clover7 1 Surprise Exhibit (GB) Showcasing (GB) H Doyle A Watson8 5 Coul Queen (Ire) Coulsty (Ire) J Egan EvansAll carry 127 pounds bar Coul Queen, 122.
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Gold Wand (checkered cap), a homebred for Mohamed Kahlid Abdulrahim, wins the Galtres S. | PA Media
Thursday=s Results:
BRITISH EBF & SIR HENRY CECIL GALTRES S.-Listed, ,35,500,
York, 8-20, 3yo/up, f, 11f 188yT, 2:34.27, gd.
1--GOLD WAND (IRE), 124, f, 3, Golden Horn (GB)--Los Ojitos
(GSP-US, $171,590), by Mr. Greeley. 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN.
O/B-Mohamed Kahlid Abdulrahim (IRE); T-Roger Varian;
J-Andrea Atzeni. ,20,132. Lifetime Record: 5-2-2-0, $41,904.
2--Vivionn (GB), 133, f, 4, Dubawi (Ire)--Giants Play, by Giant=s
Causeway. (500,000gns RNA Ylg >17 TATOCT). O-Cheveley Park
Stud; B-Newsells Park Stud (GB); T-Sir Michael Stoute. ,7,633.
3--Award Scheme (GB), 124, f, 3, Siyouni (Fr)--Queen=s Prize
(GB), by Dansili (GB). O/B-The Queen (GB); T-William Haggas.
,3,820.
Margins: 1 3/4, 1 1/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 6.00, 6.50, 3.33.
Also Ran: Sea of Faith (Ire), Star Terms (GB), Albaflora (GB),
Black Lotus (GB), Bharani Star (Ger), Lady G (Ire), Eva Maria
(GB). Scratched: Nette Rousse (Ger), Golden Pass (GB). Click for
the Racing Post result.
Tested in the July 4 G1 Epsom Oaks, Gold Wand came up well
short of the required standard when seventh before running
second to Franconia (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the Listed Lyric Fillies=
S. over the Juddmonte International trip here on July 26.
Keen early tracking the leading trio on this first try at the mile-
and-a-half distance, the bay had plenty in reserve when thrust
on the front end with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and kept rolling
as Vivionn closed out of the pack. AI=ve liked her since she was a
2-year-old--we threw her in at the deep end in the Oaks, but
lack of experience and the track didn=t suit her,@ jockey Andrea
Atzeni explained. AShe ran well last time on fast ground which
she didn=t like. We weren=t sure about the trip today, but she
enjoyed it. It=s great for her owner, as he=s only young and he=ll
be watching in Bahrain. She=s big, she=ll only get better.@
The GII Distaff H.-placed dam, whose 2-year-old son of
Invincible Spirit (Ire) is named Invincible Swagger (Ire), also has a
yearling colt by Al Rifai (Ire). Out of the graded-stakes-placed
Warrior Girl (War Chant), she hails from the family of the top
sprinter and sire Arkadian Hero.
SHARE SHOP CHESTER S.-Listed, ,33,500, Chester, 8-20,
3yo/up, 14f 87yT, 3:16.28, g/s.
1--SPANISH MISSION, 129, c, 4, Noble Mission (GB)--Limonar
(Ire) (SW-Fr, $124,447), by Street Cry (Ire). ($125,000 Ylg >17
KEESEP; 60,000gns RNA 2yo >18 TATBRE). O-Team Valor LLC &
Gary Barber; B-St. Elias Stables, LLC (KY); T-Andrew Balding;
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Happy Romance has won two valuable sales races and earned more
than ,177,000 from five starts | PA Media
Chester S. cont.
J-Jamie Spencer. ,18,998. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng & SW-US,
11-4-2-2, $756,404. *1/2 to Mokarris (More Than Ready), SW
& GSP-Eng.
2--Selino (GB), 129, g, 4, Champs Elysees (GB)--Air Kiss (GB), by
Red Ransom. O-Qatar Racing Limited; B-St Clare Hall Stud (GB);
T-James Fanshawe. ,7,203.
3--Hereby (Ire), 124, f, 4, Pivotal (GB)--Look Here (GB), by
Hernando (Fr). O-Mr J. H. Richmond-Watson; B-Lawn Stud
(IRE); T-Ralph Beckett. ,3,605.
Margins: 3, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 0.91, 10.00, 3.30.
Also Ran: Diocletian (Ire), Vivid Diamond (Ire), Reshoun (Fr).
Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by
Fasig-Tipton.
The class act of this contest, last year=s G3 Bahrain Trophy and
Jockey Club Derby Invitational winner Spanish Mission was in his
element enjoying a relatively easy time of things following solid
efforts over two miles when second in the G3 Henry II S. at
Sandown July 5 and sixth in the July 28 G1 Goodwood Cup.
Content to sit behind the leading duo throughout the early
stages, Jamie Spencer asked the question turning for home and
after quickly seizing the advantage even had the luxury of
angling him to the centre of the track for his finishing surge. AHe
was entitled to do that on his previous form, but we were a little
bit concerned about the ground,@ his rider said of the bay, who
was having his first start for Andrew Balding having moved from
David Simcock. AHe loved the track and went round there like a
ballet dancer. He=d like it quicker, as he=s a beautiful mover but
this will do his confidence good.@
The listed-winning dam, whose first foal was the Listed Rose
Bowl S. winner and G2 Gimcrack S. runner-up Mokarris, is a half
to the GI Shoemaker Mile winner Talco (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) from
the family of the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas hero Bachelor Duke
(Miswaki). Her 3-year-old filly Dame Iris (Medaglia d=Oro) is
unraced, while her yearling colt by Mastery is due to sell at the
Keeneland September Yearling Sale. She has been bred to Uncle
Mo this year.
2nd-York, ,180,000, Cond, 8-20, 2yo, 6fT, 1:11.45, g/s.
HAPPY ROMANCE (IRE) (f, 2, Dandy Man {Ire}--Rugged Up {Ire},
by Marju {Ire}) earned a bumper payday in Newbury=s July 19
Weatherbys Super Sprint and occupied a midfield berth through
halfway in this first start beyond the five-furlong trip.
Rowed along to challenge passing the quarter-mile marker, the
4-1 second choice gained a narrow advantage entering the final
eighth and was ridden out to comfortably hold the late charge of
the slow-starting G2 Superlative S. and G2 Vintage S. runner-up
Devious Company (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}) by 1 1/4 lengths. AI
thought she answered a lot of questions there,@ said trainer
Richard Hannon. AShe got the trip, but I don=t think she loved the
ground and struggled early on. I thought she was going to run
horribly for a few strides, but in the end she got to the front
with relative ease. She is a very good filly and more than just a
flash-in-the-pan. Physically, she=s done very well and will get
seven furlongs. She=s progressively got better and better all year
and we=re lucky that all these 2-year-olds are here racing and
the owners are having a ball.@ Looking ahead to a plethora of
options, Hannon continued, AShe=s in a sales race at Doncaster,
but we=d love to get some black-type if we could at some stage.
We=ll be looking at the [G1] Cheveley Park and there are a
couple of five-furlong listed races. There=s also the six-furlong
[G3] Firth of Clyde [S. at Ayr]. That might be just the race for her
to get a bit of black-type and, next year, I=ll bet we=ll see her in
the [G3] Fred Darling at Newbury in April.@ The March-foaled
bay is the latest of seven foals and one of four winners produced
by an unraced half-sister to G3 Kokura Nisai S. victor Meiner
Eternel (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}) and Listed Coolmore S. winner
Warsaw (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). Descendants of her stakes-
placed third dam Silca-Cisa (GB) (Hallgate {GB}) include G1 Prix
Morny heroine Silca=s Sister (GB) (Inchinor {GB}), MGSW G1
1000 Guineas and G1 Coronation S. runner-up Golden Silca (GB)
(Inchinor {GB}) and G1 Moyglare Stud S. and G1 Cheveley Park S.
placegetter Silca Chiave (GB) (Pivotal {GB}). Sales history:
,25,000 Ylg >19 GOFFPR. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $227,945.
O-The McMurray Family; B-Redpender Stud Ltd (IRE); T-Richard
Hannon.
Selected by Gordian Troeller - The Source of a Good Horse
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Valloria is a homebred for Haras de Saint Pair | Scoop Dyga
1st-Chester, ,7,400, Nov, 8-20, 2yo, f, 7f 1yT, 1:31.49, g/s.
ICONIC QUEEN (GB) (f, 2, Invincible Spirit {Ire}--Barshiba {Ire}
{MGSW-Eng, $588,780}, by Barathea {Ire}), who hit the board
behind decent sorts in seven-furlong starts at Kempton and
Goodwood last month, was well away to race third along the
fence after the initial strides here. Powering into second on the
home turn, the even-money chalk seized control at the top of
the short straight and was ridden out to comfortably account for
Hipsway (Ire) (The Gurkha {Ire}) by 1 3/4 lengths. She becomes
the fifth winner from as many runners out of dual G2 Lancashire
Oaks victress Barshiba (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}) and the homebred
bay is a half to G1 Juddmonte International heroine Arabian
Queen (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and a weanling colt by Dubawi (Ire).
Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-1, $11,079. Video, sponsored by
Fasig-Tipton.
O-J C Smith; B-Littleton Stud (GB); T-Ralph Beckett.
HANDICAP RESULTS:
3rd-York, ,75,000, Hcp, 8-20, 3yo/up, 7f 192yT, 1:37.20, gd.
MONTATHAM (GB) (g, 4, Showcasing {GB}--Eastern Destiny
{GB}, by Dubai Destination) Lifetime Record: 10-5-2-2,
$133,575. O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Worksop
Manor Stud (GB); T-William Haggas. *75,000gns Ylg >17 TAOCT;
100,000gns 2yo >18 TATBRE. **1/2 to Troubador (Ire) (Poet's
Voice {GB}), SP-Eng, $105,256.
CONDITIONS RESULT:
5th-Chester, ,18,500, 8-20, 2yo, f, 6f 17yT, 1:18.80, g/s.
SPRIGHT (GB) (f, 2, Charm Spirit {Ire}--Thankful {GB}, by Diesis
{GB}) Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $24,492. O-Mr D Redvers & Mrs
E Burke; B-T J Cooper (GB); T-Karl Burke. *35,000gns Wlg >18
TATFOA; ,40,000 Ylg >19 GOFFPR. *1/2 to Morning Post (GB)
(Acclamation {GB}), SP-Eng, $330,837.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Rare Glam (Ire), f, 3, Australia (GB)--Ayshea (GB), by Mr.
Greeley. Bath & Somerset County, 8-19, 10f 37yT, 2:14.21.
B-Grenane House Stud (IRE). *i30,000 RNA Ylg >18 GOFOR.
Thursday=s Results:
3rd-Deauville, i22,000, Mdn, 8-20, unraced 2yo, f, 7 1/2f
(AWT), 1:29.48, st.
VALLORIA (FR) (f, 2, Dubawi {Ire}--Celebre Vadala {Fr}, by
Peintre Celebre) broke up front and was keen under attempted
restraint in third during the early stages of this debutantes= heat.
Angled to the outside soon after turning for home, the 4-1
third choice quickened to the fore entering the final furlong and
was pushed out late to edge Virtuosite (Fr) (Camelot {GB}) by 1
1/2 lengths. She is the latest of nine foals and becomes the sixth
scorer produced by Listed Prix Melisande victress Celebre
Vadala (Fr) (Peintre Celebre), herself a half-sister to MG1SW sire
Valixir (Ire) (Trempolino). The April-foaled homebred bay is kin
to G1 Prix du Moulin-winning freshman sire Vadamos (Fr)
(Monsun {Ger}) and dual Listed Prix Saonois victor Volfango (Ire)
(Dutch Art {GB}). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i11,000. Video,
sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
1ST-TIME STARTER. O/B-SCEA Haras de Saint Pair (FR);
T-Jean-Claude Rouget.
4th-Deauville, i22,000, Debutantes, 8-20, 2yo, c/g, 7 1/2f
(AWT), 1:33.46, st.
DJO FRANCAIS (FR) (c, 2, Intello {Ger}--Nazlia {Fr}, by Polish
Precedent), sent off the 9-5 second favourite, was held up with
one behind early. Travelling smoothly in the straight, the
chestnut was sent to the front approaching the furlong pole and
asserted for a cosy 1 1/4-length success from The Charmer (Fr)
(Sommerabend {GB}). The Aga Khan-bred dam has also
produced the G2 Balanchine and G3 Prix de Psyche runner-up
Anahita (Fr) (Turtle Bowl {Ire}), MGSP-UAE & GSP-Fr, $137,086,
the listed scorer Shutterbug (Fr) (Soldier of Fortune {Ire}), SW-Fr,
SP-Ity & Qat, $280,672, and Lakalas (Fr) (Turtle Bowl {Ire}) who
was also second in the Prix de Psyche and third in the G2 Prix de
la Nonette. The latter=s full-sister Keira (Fr) has proven a smart
producer in her own right, throwing the listed scorer Aubevoye
(Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) and this yard=s recent G2 Prix Hocquart
scorer Port Guillaume (Fr) also by Le Havre. Also related to this
year=s G3 Schwarzgold-Rennen winner and G2 German 1000
Guineas runner-up No Limit Credit (Ger) (Night of Thunder {Ire}),
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Djo Francais | Scoop Dyga
Nazlia=s yearling filly by Wings of Eagles (Fr) is named La Diva
d=Alben (Fr). Sales history: i45,000 Wlg >18 ARDEC. Lifetime
Record: 1-1-0-0, i11,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Joseph Lesguer; B-Mme B Ferry Abitbol, Mme L Cadet & Haras
de Montaigu (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Mr de Pourceaugnac (Fr), g, 3, Camelot (GB)--Russian Hill (GB)
(SW & MGSP-Fr, $217,127), by Indian Ridge (Ire). Deauville,
8-20, 9 1/2f (AWT), 1:58.30. B-SC Ecurie de Neautry (FR). *1/2
to Russian Soul (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), GSW-Ire &
SW-UAE, $580,739; and Euryale (Ire) (Kendargent {Fr}),
SP-Ger, $180,058.
Amako (Fr), g, 3, Makfi (GB)--Action Premiere (Fr), by Act One
(GB). Pornichet-La Baule, 8-20, 8 1/2f (AWT), 1:42.79. B-Mlle
Marie-Laure Collt, Mme Marylene Collet & Jean Collet (FR).
*i55,000 Ylg >18 AROCT.
Thursday=s Results:
1st-Leopardstown, i25,000, Mdn, 8-20, 2yo, f, 7fT, 1:35.55, sf.
EARTH STRIKE (IRE) (f, 2, Zoffany {Ire}--Another Storm, by Gone
West) was restrained to race off the pace in seventh after an
alert exit in this debut. Making smooth progress from halfway,
the 12-1 chance was rowed along passing the two pole and
quickened smartly inside the final furlong to prevail by an
impressive 2 3/4 lengths from stablemate Royal Blend (GB)
(Zoffany {Ire}). AShe=s liked at home, she couldn=t have done it
any better than that and I=m delighted,@ said rider Shane Crosse.
AShe had galloped on heavy ground at home prior to today and
seemed to handle it well. Hopefully, she can progress into a
nice, staying filly.@ Becoming the 10th scorer produced by a
winning daughter of MGISW US champion Storm Song (Summer
Squall), the March-foaled bay is kin to five stakes performers
headed by MG1SW stayer Order of St George (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}),
GIII Valley View S. winner Angel Terrace (Ghostzapper) and G3
Prix Paul de Moussac victress Asperity (War Chant). She is also
half to a yearling colt by Camelot (GB). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0,
$17,760.
1ST-TIME STARTER. O/B-Paget Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Joseph
O=Brien.
2nd-Leopardstown, i16,500, Mdn, 8-20, 2yo, 7fT, 1:37.62, sf.
COSMIC VEGA (IRE) (c, 2, Lope de Vega {Ire}--Pivotal Era {GB},
by Pivotal {GB}), who ran fourth in a July 29 barrier trial at
Dundalk, tracked the leading duo in third for the most part here.
Nudged along to close once into the home straight, the 7-4
favourite was shaken up to lead approaching the eighth pole
and kept on strongly under continued coaxing in the latter
stages to assert by 2 1/2 lengths from Razdan (Ire) (Zoffany
{Ire}). Song of Peace (Uncle Mo), Coolmore=s $425,000
Keeneland September half-brother to last term=s GI Breeders=
Cup Classic and GI Santa Anita Gold Cup hero Vino Rosso
(Curlin), shaped with some promise and finished a further 2 3/4
lengths back in third. AHe ran in a barrier trial and ran well in
that and that stood to him today,@ said trainer Jessica
Harrington. AHe probably wants a bit better ground, but got
through that today and he=s a winner of a maiden so it=s great.
He=s a big baby still and might come back here at the end of the
year for the [G3] Eyrefield S.@ Cosmic Vega is the latest of four
foals and becomes the second winner out of an unraced full-
sister to G3 Prix Penelope victress Humoresque (GB) (Pivotal
{GB}) and MGSP sire Mighty (GB) (Pivotal {GB}). His dam Pivotal
Era (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) is also kin to MGSW speedster Danehurst
(GB) (Danehill). Sales history: 20,000gns RNA Ylg >19 TADEYG.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $11,721.
1ST-TIME STARTER. O-Long Inch Ltd; B-Mrs Noreen Clibborn
(IRE); T-Jessica Harrington.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Finans Bay (Ire), c, 3, Kodiac (GB)--Wrood, by Invasor (Arg).
Leopardstown, 8-20, 9fT, 2:01.04. B-N Hartery (IRE).
GROUP ENTRIES
Friday, York, Britain, post time: 3.15 p.m.
COOLMORE NUNTHORPE S.-G1, £250,000, 2yo/up, 5fT
SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 3 Battaash (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Crowley Hills 137
2 1 Emaraaty Ana (GB) Shamardal Atzeni K Ryan 127
3 7 Moss Gill (Ire) No Nay Never Tudhope Bethell 137
4 2 Ornate (GB) Bahamian Bounty (GB) Murphy Griffiths 137
5 5 A'Ali (Ire) Society Rock (Ire) Buick S&E Crisford 135
6 4 Art Power (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) de Sousa T Easterby 135
7 8 Kurious (GB) Kuroshio (Aus) Bentley Candy 134
8 6 Que Amoro (Ire) Es Que Love (Ire) Mulrennan Dods 134
Friday, York, Britain, post time: 2.15 p.m.
WEATHERBYS HAMILTON LONSDALE CUP S.-G2, £100,000, 3yo/up, 16f 56yT
SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 7 Dashing Willoughby (GB) Nathaniel (Ire) Murphy Balding 129
2 6 Eagles By Day (Ire) Sea the Stars (Ire) Tudhope O'Meara 129
3 5 Nayef Road (Ire) Galileo (Ire) Atzeni Johnston 129
4 4 Stratum (GB) Dansili (GB) J Watson W Mullins 129
5 3 Who Dares Wins (Ire) Jeremy Marquand King 129
6 1 Withhold (GB) Champs Elysees (GB) R Moore Charlton 129
7 2 Enbihaar (Ire) Redoute's Choice (Aus) Crowley Gosden 126
Friday, York, Britain, post time: 2.45 p.m.
AL BASTI EQUIWORLD DUBAI GIMCRACK S.-G2, £100,000, 2yo, c/g, 6fT
SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 8 Devilwala (Ire) Kodiac (GB) R Ryan A Watson 126
2 1 Escape Route (Ire) Dandy Man (Ire) Tudhope Fahey 126
3 6 Lauded (GB) Acclamation (GB) Kingscote Dascombe 126
4 4 Minzaal (Ire) Mehmas (Ire) Crowley Burrows 126
5 3 Mohawk King (Ire) Siyouni (Ire) Dobbs Hannon 126
6 7 Mystery Smiles (Ire) Mehmas (Ire) de Sousa Balding 126
7 5 Roman Dynasty (Ire) Mehmas (Ire) Atzeni Parr 126
8 10 Seven Brothers (Ire) Slade Power (Ire) Stott K Ryan 126
9 9 Ubettabelieveit (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Murphy Tinkler 126
10 2 Yazaman (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Marquand Haggas 126
FRIDAY, 21 AUGUST 2020
John Magnier spoke during the Coolmore Australia
virtual stallion parade | Coolmore Stud
Justify | Coolmore Stud
COOLMORE CALLS ONGLOBAL CONNECTIONS
by Bren O'Brien
In extraordinary times, Coolmore Australia called upon some
of the extraordinary talents of world racing to launch its virtual
stallion parade this week and the feedback to the concept has
been overwhelmingly positive.
With COVID-19 protocols making the traditional stallion
parade days impossible, Coolmore took to the digital format,
featuring not only its star-studded roster, but also two of the
world's leading trainers in Aidan O'Brien and Bob Baffert, the
world's leading jockey in Frankie Dettori, Australia's leading
trainer in Chris Waller as well as rarely sighted, Coolmore's John
Magnier.
The hour-long video, available on the Coolmore website as
well as through various social media platforms, is narrated by
long-time Coolmore bloodstock advisor James Bester, who
speaks to the world industry leaders about the prospects of
stallions such as US Triple Crown winners Justify (USA) and
American Pharoah (USA) as well as new additions Yes Yes Yes,
Calyx (GB) and Magna Grecia (Ire).
Coolmore Australia Principal Tom Magnier said the response
since the virtual stallion parade was released on Wednesday
evening had been extremely encouraging.
"The feedback on our first ever virtual parade has been
overwhelmingly positive from all corners of the globe. I have
received messages from clients and friends in Europe, Asia,
America and throughout Australia and New Zealand and they
were all incredibly complimentary," Magnier said. "We are very
proud of the amazing stallion roster that we have developed
here over many years and we really enjoyed putting this piece
together."
In times of crisis comes innovation and Magnier felt his team
had responded to the challenge of presenting their stallions
ahead of the new season in a brilliant manner.
"We have all been met with many challenges in recent times,
but the show must go on, and it has been wonderful to see the
Australian industry adapt and evolve in such times," he said.
"The sales went online with resounding success so we didn=t
hesitate in putting together a virtual stallion parade of the
highest quality to bring our stallions to the people in the comfort
of their own homes.
"We were delighted with the way it all came together. The
farm, the grounds and most importantly the stallions looked
amazing and it is a credit to all the staff at Coolmore for making
this possible."
While a physical stallion parade is usually limited to speaking
to the people actually on the ground at the time, Coolmore was
able utilise its global contacts to bring together some incredible
talent to launch its 16-strong roster for 2020.
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HE COULD BE A NORTHERN DANCER
OR THE NEXT SUNDAY SILENCE.
HE COULD BE THE NEXT BIG THING.John Magnier on Justify
Calyx | Coolmore Stud
"The virtual parade format gives you the opportunity to
include so much more than a conventional stallion parade. To
hear the likes of John Magnier, Aidan O=Brien, Bob Baffert,
Frankie Dettori and Chris Waller give an insight into some of the
stars of our roster makes for great viewing," Magnier said.
John Magnier speaks of Justify It certainly provided a rare opportunity to hear from Coolmore
mastermind John Magnier, who spoke at length about Justify, a
stallion which his organisation has provided an unprecedented
level of support for in terms of the quality of mares acquired to
go to him around the world.
"It's so unusual to win a Triple Crown. People have to realise,
there has only been 13 of them ever and this fella is an
unbeaten Triple Crown winner. He could be a Northern Dancer
or the next Sunday Silence. He could be the next big thing," he
said. "He fulfills the good looks and the masculine type of horse
that you must have for a good stallion. Then he has the obvious
pedigree advantages through Scat Daddy and we think that will
work very well on the grass. There's proof of it, so we are not
trying to re-invent the wheel."
Coolmore has marketed Justify as a game-changer for the
global thoroughbred industry since it acquired breeding rights in
the son of Scat Daddy (USA). He has served two books at
Ashford Stud in Kentucky and one at Coolmore Australia's base
of Jerrys Plains in the Hunter Valley. He stands his second
season in Australia at $66,000 (inc GST) in 2020.
"It's an opportunity really for the serious breeders to avail of
him while he is there," John Magnier said. "For me, he's a no
brainer at this time and he has been a nap of all the stallions
that we have ever put to stud. He fulfils all the criteria that we
look for on an international basis, which is where we see that
game going."
The virtual stallion parade also featured an interview with
Justify's trainer Bob Baffert, who gave insight into how he had
developed into a champion racehorse.
"The first time I saw him and looked at the way he's bred, I
thought I wonder how far he'll go, because he was built like this
massive quarter horse. He was just incredible from the first time
I ever worked him," Baffert said. "That's one thing about the
great horses I have had, you see it right away. When people go
and see Justify, they call me and they can not believe when they
pull him out, the presence that he has."
Coolmore America Manager Dermot Ryan has had the
advantage of seeing Justify's first Northern Hemisphere foals
and provided a glowing assessment of the impression they had
made.
"They have lovely quality, they have great strength, correct
good bone, they are very uncomplicated and good movers. They
are very straightforward horses to be around. Like himself, you
imagine yourself to be in the presence of greatness when you
are around them," he said. "They have that big hip, rear end and
a good hind leg. They have that strength that drives them and
that's dominant in all of them, that rear end with the muscle
behind him."
Frankie recalls 'amazing' Calyx Dettori, one of the greatest jockeys of all time, was called
upon to provide his assessment of Calyx, the son of Kingman
(GB), who debuts at Coolmore Austraia this year $17,600 (inc
GST).
Dettori rode the John Gosden-trained colt in his Royal Ascot
victory in the G2 Coventry S. and in the G3 Pavilion S. the
following year.
"I was blown away by what he did at Newmarket and that was
just 10 days before Royal Ascot. He went straight from a maiden
into the deep end of the Coventry and we knew that he had lots
of talent," he said. "The turn of foot he showed was amazing
and looking at the form afterwards, beating a horse called
Advertise, who I rode since and managed to win Group 1s on at
two and three, the form was rock solid."
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O'Brien hails the natural, Magna Grecia Aidan O'Brien, the world's leading trainer, who has had so
much success from his Ballydoyle operation, spoke about Magna
Grecia, the son of Invincible Spirit (Ire), who won the G1 Vertem
Futurity Trophy S. at two and the G1 2000 Guineas at three.
"I suppose he was one of those unusual horses. His shape and
his length and his scope and his body never changed much when
we trained him. He came in looking like that and as we trained
him he never lost much weight," he said. "He was a natural from
day one and found everything very easy to him."
Magna Grecia debuts in Australia at $22,000 (inc GST).
Waller says Yes Coolmore's other addition in 2020 is of course Yes Yes Yes, the
son of Rubick, who defeated some of the world's best sprinters
to win The Everest last year. His trainer Chris Waller provided
some insight into the level of talent Yes Yes Yes possessed.
"When you are talking about running in an Everest, you need
to display to the Everest slot holders that you are choosing the
right horse. You need to wait for as long as you can to make sure
that that horse is right," he said. "We had to be convinced that
we had the right horse to convince the slot holders that Yes Yes
Yes is the horse, not to just run in the race, but win the race. The
decision was made and the rest is history."
While that was to prove his final run, with Yes Yes Yes retired
to stud, where he will stand at $38,500 (inc GST), after suffering
an autumn setback, Waller believes he would have been the
benchmark Australian sprinter of the season.
"Based on Nature Strip's rating and how he became the
highest rated sprinter in the world this year, you would have
had to say that Yes Yes Yes, in beating him in The Everest would
have been a pretty good chance wherever he went around the
world," Waller said.
The stallion parade featuring detailed coverage of all 16 of
Coolmore Australia's roster and is available here.