MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2024

REMARKABLE STREAKCONNECTS OUZTS TO
PRE-SECRETARIAT ERA

ASMUSSEN EYES RISEN STAR FOR TRACK
PHANTOM, HALL OF FAME
A day after Track Phantom (Quality Road)'s win in the
GIII Lecomte S. at Fair Grounds Saturday, trainer Steve
Asmussen was already looking forward to starting the 3-year-old
colt in the Feb. 17 GII Risen Star S. The sophomore, who ended
2023 with a win in the Gun Runner S., will be following the same
New Orleans path to the GI Kentucky Derby that Asmussen used
for Epicenter (Not This Time) two years ago. Epicenter won the
Gun Runner in 2021 and finished second in the Lecomte tobegin his sophomore campaign. He went on to win the Risen
Star and GII Louisiana Derby before finishing second in the GI
Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S.
AIt=s easy to compare where he=s at with where we were with
Epicenter two years ago,@ Asmussen said. AEpicenter won the
Gun Runner and was second in the Lecomte, but physically he
was developing at the right time.@ Cont. p5

IN TDN EUROPE TODAY
Perry Ouzts | John Engelhardt
The Week in Review, by T.D. Thornton
When Perry Ouzts wired the field aboard an 8-1 maiden filly
named Caberneigh (Munnings) at Turfway Park last Wednesdaynight, the 69-year-old jockey established a milestone thatgarnered little notice in the racing world. The victory extended
Ouzts's remarkable streak of having ridden at least one winner
in a calendar year to 52 consecutive seasons.
Think about the scope of that accomplishment for a moment.
On Apr. 2, 1973, Ouzts, then 18, rode his first lifetime winner onjust his second day as a licensed apprentice, guiding home an
Ohio-bred colt named Rablue on a raw, drizzly afternoon at
now-defunct Beulah Park.
That first trip to the winner's circle for Ouzts occurred a little
more than a month before Secretariat won the GI Kentucky Derby
and then raced into immortality by sweeping the Triple Crown.
How many other direct, still-on-the-track competing
connections to the pre-Secretariat era endure in our sport
today? Not counting owners and trainers, the answer appears tobe zero.
Ouzts has racked up 29 meet-leading riding titles at Ohio
tracks alone, and just last August he passed David Gall to claim
fifth position on the all-time winningest riders list in North
America based on victories. Cont. p3

TEAM-BUILDING AT THE CORE OF MENUISIER’SPROGRAM Paul Hayward discusses the Sussex ‘haven’ that is David
Menuisier’s training yard, which is a departure from a modern format
with strict focus on hierarchy. In a divisive era, he argues, thetranquility is a breath of fresh air.

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Horses are brought in during a colorful sunrise last week at Mill Ridge Farm in Lexington, Ky.
| Daniella Ricci/Mill Ridge Farm

SUMMERFIELD TO OFFER VET REPORTS IN SPANISH

6

Summerfield Sales will offer vet reports translated into Spanishfor horses in its consignment during the OBS Winter Mixed Sale,
which starts Tuesday in Ocala.

MULLION, FULL TO MANDALOUN, TO SEQUEL

9

Mullion (Into Mischief), a full-brother to GI Kentucky Derby winner
Mandaloun, will begin his stud career next month at Sequel
New York.

NOBODY LISTENS NAMED INDIANA HORSE OF THE YEAR
Nobody Listens (Conveyance), who died in a trailer accident the day
after winning the GIII Turf Monster S., was posthumously named
Indiana-bred Horse of the Year Saturday.

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The Week in Review (cont. from p1)
The Jan. 16, 2024, win at Turfway upped Ouzts's career countto 7,420, making him the winningest currently active jockey on
the continent.
Ahead of Ouzts on the all-time wins list are Russell Baze
(12,842), Laffit Pincay, Jr. (9,530), Bill Shoemaker (8,833) andPat Day (8,803).
Ouzts won't close that daunting 1,383-win gap to advanceanother spot on the list before his career comes to a close.
But with 53,146 lifetime starts and no publicly announced
retirement plans, Ouzts does have a chance at 441 more mounts
to get past Baze (53,587) and claim the North American record
for most lifetime starts by a jockey, according to the rankings
published by Equibase.
Although he's only ridden 10 horses so far this year, Ouzts's
business tends to pick up considerably in the spring when
Belterra Park returns to action. In the years 2021-23, he rode592, 485 and 388 horses per season, respectively. Yes, his riding
opportunities have been slowly declining, but the lifetime
mounts record is still realistically within reach.
Framing Ouzts's years-of-victory streak by saying he's won Aat
least one@ race per year for 52 years does understate his
productivity quite a bit. He's ridden more than 100 winners per
year close to 40 times (his exact yearly totals predate Equibase's

MONDAY • JANUARY 22, 2024

full statistics, which only go back to 1976).
The only true outlier year was 2006, when Ouzts won just six
races. That January he cracked four vertebrae, crushed a fifth,
and suffered a compound arm fracture in a Turfway spill.
Amazingly, prior to that accident, Ouzts had gone 14 years
without a major injury.
Doctors told Ouzts, then 51, that he was millimeters awayfrom being paralyzed and suggested he hang up his tack for
good.
Ouzts was back riding 11 months later and hasn't stopped
since.
Unlike the four jockeys ahead of him on the North American
all-time wins list, Ouzts isn't in the Hall of Fame, although hisname does occasionally get brought up as a worthy, blue-collar
candidate.
This coming Thursday, when the sport celebrates the pinnacleof the profession at the Eclipse Awards in balmy Florida, Ouzts
will be back in action under the lights at wintry Turfway, where
he expects to add two more mounts to a career measured morein terms of toughness and durability than trophies.

TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM'Phantom' Building FandomY
Don't dismiss Track Phantom's wire-to-wire, 2 3/4-length
score in the GIII Lecomte S. just because jockey Joel Rosario wasable to secure the lead and milk the pace. This Steve
Asmussen-trained son of Quality Road is now 3-for-3 around
two turns, and while his wins might lack the flash and panacheof peers ranked ahead of him on the Triple Crown trail, Track
Phantom is building credibility by going out and executing his
speed-centric tasks without being fazed by how the competition
has tried to disrupt his rhythm on the front end.
Sent off at 7-5, Track Phantom broke fluidly from theoutermost post in a field of six to clear rail-drawn 11-10 favorite
and 'TDN Rising Star' Nash (Medaglia d'Oro). Although it initiallyappeared as if this maneuver might be requiring a costly
expenditure of energy, when a first-quarter clocking of :24.01 lit
up on the tote board, the tepid tempo allayed any fears that
Rosario was asking too much too soon from his mount, who
adeptly settled into a comfortable cadence at the head of thepack.

Track Phantom | Hodges Photography/Amanda Hodges Weir

MONDAY • JANUARY 22, 2024

Track Phantom rolled through subsequent splits of :24.35 and:24.79 with Nash edging closer, but when Rosario sensed thatrival was just half a length back three-eighths out, he nudged
Track Phantom to open up, and the visual at the quarter pole
foretold the story of the stretch run: Track Phantom clearly had
more left, while Nash was flailing under desperate urging to findanother gear.
Track Phantom cruised through the long Fair Grounds homestraight unopposed through a fourth quarter timed in :24.86,
with a last sixteenth in :6.72. The final clocking of 1:44.73
translated into a Beyer Speed Figure of 90, improving on his
previous four-race Beyer arc of 74, 81, 88 and 89.
Owned in partnership by L and N Racing, Clark Brewster, Jerry
Caroom, and Breeze Easy, Track Phantom's Ahow he did it@
progression rates just as highly as his Ahow fast@ metrics. The
Lecomte win now marks three straight races in which this colt
has been asked to deploy his early speed while figuring out how
to best fight off better-positioned rivals to his inside.

'Fame' Was Faster, ThoughY
Track Phantom wasn't even the fastest sophomore colt out of
the Asmussen barn to run 1 1/16 miles at Fair Grounds on
Saturday. That 1:44.27 honor went to 10 1/4-length blowout
maiden victor Hall of Fame (Gun Runner), who earned a 94
Beyer eight races earlier on the Jan. 20 card for the ownerpartnership of Magnier, Tabor, Smith, Westerberg, Gandharvi,
and Rocket Ship Racing.
Backed to 4-5 favoritism in lifetime start number two, this$1.4-million FTSAUG colt forced markedly faster fractions fromthe rail than Track Phantom set, with Hall of Fame spending agood portion of his backstretch journey trying to squeeze insideof a persistent 7-2 pacemaker.
Also ridden by Rosario, Hall of Fame finally blasted through on
the fence under mild far-turn urging, then ran up the scorethrough the stretch while being kept to task before Rosario
wrapped him up through the final 70 yards.

ONCE INA BLUE
MUN...
A $900k juvenile with a rare :9 3/5 breeze. And now a TDN
Rising Star with a crushing victory and 94 Beyer on
debut. That’s Frosted’s hugely exciting fourth-crop son
Maymun, who led through fractions of :21.72 and :43.91.
Frosted: the blood and speed you need. Just imagine.
$10,000 S&N

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The gaudy winning margin was likely amplified by the fact thatno other runners mounted serious late-race bids. But Hall of
Fame scored with such commanding authority that it's logical tothink a stakes engagement is next.

Risen Star Next for Track Phantom, Hall of
Fame (cont. from p1)
Asmussen continued, AI=ve always felt that in the 3-year-old
series at Fair Grounds, your last race isn=t good enough for the
next one and that=s how it should be. I appreciate the timing
between races and the progression of the distances. It=s ideal.
We came up a half-a-length short of our goal of winning the
Derby with Epicenter and now Track Phantom is on the sameroad. I think the Lecomte was as easy on him as you could havewanted it to be, with him still getting something out of it.@Hall of Fame | Hodges Photography
Track Phantom isn't the only winner from Saturday's card in
New Orleans that Asmussen is pointing to the Risen Star. Hall of
Fame (Gun Runner), a $1.4-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga
yearling purchase, was tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star' following his
10 1/4-length maiden victory Saturday. The 3-year-old's final
time of 1:44.27 for 1 1/16 miles was nearly a half-second fasterthan Track Phantom=s clocking (1:44.73) in the Lecomte.
AHall of Fame is as advertised,@ Asmussen said. AAs a $1.4million yearling, he=s impeccably bred and a beautiful individualwith a tremendous amount of talent. I do expect him to run backin the Risen Star also. He was ridden much more aggressively [towin] on Saturday because he=s playing a little catch up on ahorse like Track Phantom, but the ability is there.@

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SUMMERFIELD TO OFFER SPANISH
TRANSLATIONS OF VET REPORTS AT OBS
by Jessica Martini
When bidding opens Tuesday at the Ocala Breeders= Sales
Company=s Winter Mixed Sale, buyers shopping in the backwalking ring will have another tool available to them with
Summerfield Sales offering Spanish translations of its vets
reports. Summerfield=s Andrew Vanlangendonck saw the needfor the translations and hopes providing them will support theconsignment=s lower-market horses.
ASummerfield sells anywhere between 250-350 horses a year
and our largest sales are typically in January and October at
OBS,@ Vanlangendonck said. AA large number of those buyers are
Hispanic and a lot of them buy out of the back ring. They don=t
do what the big buyers do, which is to go look at a horse threeor four times, have them vetted, because they are working andvetting horses costs a ton of money.@
While Spanish-speaking buyers can often grasp the basic
findings on the vet reports, Vanlangendonck said he has seensome buyers walk away from horse=s with more verbose
comments on their vet reports.

Andrew Vanlangendonck
ASome of these vet reports could potentially have a ton ofverbiage and it could mean nothing,@ he said. AIt=s justsomething that is noted, but it=s not a defect, it=s not anything
negative. I would see a lot of these guys--grooms, riders--theywould look at it and there would be too much verbiage on there
for them to understand, so they would just turn around andwalk away. The Latin words, like sesamoid and things like that,they know that. They understand that. But there were things
that I would find would stump them, things like >mild flatteningof the mid-sagittal ridge.= They would understand mid-sagittal
ridge, but they would say, >What is mild flattening?=

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Vanlangendonck continued, AAs a consignor, I=m not aveterinarian, so I try my best not to interpret X-ray reports forindividuals because, if it=s not done absolutely correct, it could
be a liability.@
Vanlangendonck spent 10 years in the military and wasstationed overseas, so he has first-hand knowledge of the issue.
ABeing in the military, I lived overseas for eight years, in fivedifferent countries and none of those countries spoke English,@
Vanlangendonck said. ASo I know exactly how it feels to becompletely encased in a country that does not speak thelanguage that you speak.@To make the information available on vet reports more easily
accessible to Spanish-speaking clients just seemed a logical next
step, Vanlangendonck said.
AThe Latin community is a large--if not a majority--purchaser of
our lower level horses,@ he explained. AAnd they=ve made a lotof money doing that--buying horses for $5,000, $10,000 andselling them for $50,000 or $60,000, or $150,000. So notcatering to that market, I felt was kind of wrong. Everything istranslatable, so I wondered why we wouldn=t have X-ray reportsthat cater to the biggest buyers at that level.@
Vanlangendonck originally faced push-back from vets whobalked at translating the work of other vets, but he=s foundsupport from Dr. Alberto Rullan of Performance Equine
Veterinary Services and Equine Performance and Innovation
Center (EPIC), for whom Vanlangendonck works as arehabilitation manager.
Rullan sees the translations as a huge step forward inproviding additional information to another population ofprospective buyers.
AIt=s the same thing I do every day,@ Rullan said. AIt=s what I do
for my clients. They call me and I need to explain to them in
Spanish. I think the idea of translating [vet reports] and putting it
in writing, I am providing that as an official service. Let=s start
making it official. I think it will be ground-breaking. You know
how many buyers there are from Panama, Argentina, Dominican
Republic, Puerto Rico, even Mexicans, and a lot of people livingin the United States speak more Spanish than English, so it=s avery, very good idea.@
Asked if his translations of the vet reports should be viewed asstraight translations or interpretations, Rullan said, AI would say,it=s a little bit of both. As a veterinarian, just by default, I cannot
just translate without interpreting. How am I going to do that?
The client is always going to ask, >So what prognosis does thiscarry?= You know it will happen. So there will be an overlap intranslating versus interpretation on the report.@
Vanlangendonck hopes this first offering of translations at OBS
this coming week will provide valuable feedback on what works
and what could be done differently in the future.

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ASummerfield has a large consignment at OBS all the time, so I
am able to do stats--how well is it received--because if I can do it
for 40 horses, that gives me a pretty good idea of what people
like and don=t like,@ he said. A[Rullan] is going to do it for free thisgo-around just to test it. And then later on, whatever price, heputs on it will be what he decides to do.
AOnce people are readily able to read it in their own language,
even if they don=t buy the horse, they might go and raise theirhand once. So even when the service is charged, if these buyers
raise their hand once, they=ve already paid for this translation
service several times over. If they bid once, it=s at least $1,000.@
In addition to the translated reports, Rullan and EPIC will also
be providing buyers with translation support over the phone thisweek at OBS.
AEPIC will have--we are calling it the bat phone for now, but I
am sure we will come up with a different name,@
Vanlangendonck said. ABut the phone is essentially going to go
to one of the Spanish-speaking veterinarians that are basicallyon stand-by. This time it will be free because we want to see
how it goes, but they can quickly give you the yes or no. [Buyers]
will be able to talk to a Spanish-speaking vet and that=s what
they are there for. They are not doing additional stuff. This will
be somebody sitting there ready to do this.@
Rullan said he sees a real need for the added information in
the sales arena.
AEvery sale, without fail, I have a buyer who comes to me after
they buy a horse and that horse is not suitable for resale or
racing,@ he said. ASo if I could help even a little bit, it would makea huge economic difference for a lot of these investors. They
couldn=t understand or there was a translation issue--it all
happens very fast. The person who shows the report in the ringis trying to explain to the best of their abilities, but a lot of them
don=t speak Spanish, right? And what can they do? It goes really
fast, the horse goes, the client bids on them-->Oh. I thought it
was nothing.= Sometimes I go back to the consignor and he says,>I told the guy, I told him specifically that this was going on.= But
it doesn=t matter what you tell them, it matters what they hear
and what they understand.@Rullan thinks the translation services will benefit both sides ofthe sales transaction.
AI think it=s a win-win for everybody,@ he said. ABecause it
increases the credibility and takes it to another level and toanother population.@

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ARCTIC COLD FORCES CANCELLATION OF SUNDAY'SCARD AT AQUEDUCT RACETRACK
Live racing was canceled at Aqueduct Racetrack Sunday due toarctic temperatures forecast to impact the New York
metropolitan area throughout the day.
Sunday's featured race, the $100,000 Rego Park S., will be
brought back Jan. 28 with entries to be taken Thursday.
Live racing is scheduled to resume Friday at the Big A. First
post is 12:20 p.m. ET.
Winter weather also canceled racing programs at Laurel Parkand Oaklawn Park Sunday.

MULLION, FULL-BROTHER TO MANDALOUN, TO
STAND AT SEQUEL NEW YORK
Mullion (Into Mischief--Brooch, by Empire Maker), a fullbrother to GI Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun, will stand at
Sequel New York in partnership with Juddmonte in 2024. The 4year-old, nosed out of a debut win at Ellis Park in August of2022, returned from 14 months on the sidelines to graduate by
10 lengths going one mile at Churchill Downs Nov. 5. The victoryearned the well-bred colt the 'TDN Rising Star' designation and
an impression 4-Ragozin Number.
AMullion is a beast to look at. He showed freakish brilliance, somuch so that we were pointing him to the GI Malibu after his
10-length romp at Churchill. He was a rare talent,@ said trainer
Brad Cox.

Mullion | Coady Photography

MONDAY • JANUARY 22, 2024

Garrett O'Rourke, general manager of Juddmonte USA, added,
AI believe that this horse has the kind of credentials that canmake him a successful stallion which is why Juddmonte issupporting him.@
Mullion, whose stud fee is still to be announced, will beavailable for inspection at Sequel New York=s Stallion OpenHouse Jan. 27 at 167 Maple Lane, Hudson, NY 12534 from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m.

OBS UNDER-TACK SHOW MONDAY
The under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's
Winter Mixed Sale's Horses of Racing Age section begins
Monday morning at 9 a.m.
There are 75 horses cataloged in the racing age section, withhip numbers 201 through 265 in the original printed WinterMixed Sale catalog, as well as on www.obssales.com.
The supplemental catalogue, including racing age
supplemental hip numbers 266 through 276, is also available on
the website, as well as in print at the sales grounds.
The sale begins Tuesday at noon with hip numbers one
through 122, plus supplements 123-137 catalogued in theconsignor preferred session. The horses of racing session,
catalogued as hip numbers 201 through 265, plus supplements
266-276, begins immediately following the conclusion of thepreferred session.
The open session, with hip numbers 401 through 643, plus
supplemental hips 644-663, will begin Wednesday at noon.

ITOBA STALLION SEASON AUCTION OPENSThe Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's
annual Stallion Season Auction went live at 9 p.m. Sunday on
Thoroughlybred.com. The auction has dynamic endings, which
will begin at 6 p.m. ET Jan. 24.
There are a total of 72 seasons from 67 stallions available in
the auction. The auction includes stallions standing in Indiana,
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, Ohio, andCalifornia.
Horseshoe Indianapolis annually hosts two stakes races
restricted to 3-year-old horses sired by eligible stallions from the
ITOBA Stallion Season Auction. These two races, one for males
and one for females, have a purse of $100,000 each.
The proceeds from this auction supports funding for
scholarships, aftercare programs, and other initiatives. A
percentage of proceeds from this auction is also paid back to thestallion farms.

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ITOBA HONORS 2023 CHAMPIONSThe Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association
honored the leading horses and connections in the state during
the 2023 racing season at its annual awards banquet Saturday at
the Indianapolis Marriott North.
Horse of the Year honors were posthumously awarded to
Nobody Listens (Conveyance), whose five wins from eight 2023
starts included the GIII Turf Monster S. at Parx. The Indiana-bredgelding, who tragically died in a trailer accident the day after his
Turf Monster win, was also named the state's champion older
bred horse.
Other champions honored Saturday include: 2-Year-Old Sired
Filly: The Kid Pataky (Pataky Kid); Champion 2-Year-Old Bred
Filly: Ice Cold (Mitole); Champion 2-Year-Old Sired Colt: Cringe(Taprize); Champion 2-Year-Old Bred Colt: Molly=s Town (MoTown); Champion 3-Year-Old Sired Filly: Itzforever (Foreverd'Oro); Champion 3-Year-Old Bred Filly: Corningstone(Kantharos); Champion 3-Year-Old Sired Colt: Doubledogjustice(Lantana Mob); Champion 3-Year-Old Bred Colt: King Ice (KeenIce); Champion Older Sired Mare: Quick And Easy (What Now);
Champion Older Bred Mare: Louder Than Words (Mr Speaker);Champion Older Sired Horse: Mr. Chaos (Turbo Compressor).
Honored with Indiana Breed Development Awards were:
Broodmare of the Year: Express Run; Stallion of the Year:
Forever d'Oro; and Stallion Owner of the Year: Justice Farms.
Kim Hammond was honored with the Hall of Distinction Award
and Representative Bob Cherry was presented with the
President's Award.

MONDAY • JANUARY 22, 2024

Saturday, Gulfstream #13, post time: 5:40 p.m. ESTPEGASUS WORLD CUP INVITATIONAL S. PRESENTED BY BACCARAT-GI, $3,000,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m
PP HORSESIRE
OWNER
TRAINER
1 Nimitz Class
Munnings
Qatar Racing, Black Type Thoroughbreds,
Weaver
Swinbank Stables, Adkisson, S & Campeche Stables
2 O'Connor (Chi)
BobomanIavarone, Michael& Julia C. & Ode, Fernando Vine Joseph, Jr.
3 Dynamic One KUnion Rags
Repole Stable, Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable Pletcher
4 Hoist the Gold K
Mineshaft
Dream Team One Racing Stable
Stewart5 Trademark K
UpstartBBN Racing, LLC
Oliver
6 Senor Buscador
Mineshaft
Joe R. Peacock, Jr.
Fincher
7 National Treasure
Quality RoadSF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables,
BaffertMasterson, R, Stonestreet Stables, Schoenfarber, J
Waves Edge Capital LLC and Donovan, Catherine
8 First Mission
Street Sense
Godolphin, LLC
Cox
9 Grand Aspen
Dialed In
PRO Thoroughbred Enterprises
Pletcher
10 Il Miracolo K
Gun Runner
Alexandres, LLC
Sano
11 Crupi K
CurlinRepole Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC
Pletcher
12 Skippylongstocking K Exaggerator
Daniel Alonso
Joseph, Jr.
13 Castle Chaos
Palace Malice
Goldfarb, S, Nice Guys Stables & Falcone, Jr., R
Falcone, Jr.

JOCKEY
Zayas

WT
123

Lopez
Ortiz, Jr.
Velazquez
De La Cruz
Alvarado
Prat

123
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123
123
123
123

Saez
Ortiz
Castellano
Dettori
Gaffalione
Gaffalione

123
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Breeders: 1-Arrowwood Farm, 2-Haras Carioca, 3-Phipps Stable, 4-Dream Team Racing, 5-Brereton C. Jones, 6-Joe R Peacock Sr. & Joe R Peacock Jr.,
7-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC, 8-Godolphin, 9-PRO Thoroughbred Enterprises, 10-Willow Oaks Stable LLC, 11-Claiborne Farm, 12-Brushy Hill, LLC,
13-Dragon Slayer Stable
Saturday, Gulfstream #12, post time: 4:55 p.m. EST
1/ST BET PEGASUS WORLD CUP TURF INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $1,000,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT
PP HORSE
SIRE
OWNER
1 AtoneInto Mischief
Three Diamonds Farm
2 Jerry the Nipper K
Liam's Map
Repole Stable
3 Integration
Quality RoadWest Point Thoroughbreds & Woodford Racing
4 I'm Very Busy
Cloud Computing
Team Hanley, Schermerhorn, R & Braverman, P
5 Webslinger K
Constitution
D. J. Stable LLC
6 Kingmax (Ire)
Kingman (GB)Amo Racing USA
7 Adhamo (Ire)Intello (Ger)Louis Lazzinnaro, Madaket Stables, Caruso, M &Dubb, Michael
8 Master Piece (Chi)
Mastercraftsman (Ire)
Iavarone, Michael & Jules, Zoumas, N & Argano, F
9 Warm Heart (Ire)
Galileo (Ire)Westerberg, Magnier, S, Smith, D &Tabor, M
10 Shirl's Speight
Speightstown
Charles E. Fipke
11 Main Event K
Bernardini
Harrell Ventures, LLC
12 Catnip
Kitten's Joy
Moore, Susan and John
13 Grand Sonata K
Medaglia d'Oro
Whisper Hill Farm, LLC
14 Anglophile
English Channel
Michael Thomas Paradis

TRAINERJOCKEY
Maker
MurphyPletcher
Ortiz
McGaughey III Gaffalione
Brown
Ortiz, Jr.
Casse
Zayas
Delgado
Egan
Brown
Prat

WT
123
123
123
123
123
123
123

Dutrow
O'BrienAttfield
Weaver
Stidham
Pletcher
Lynch

123
118
123
123
123
123
123

LezcanoMoore
Saez
Castellano
Dettori
Gaffalione
Velazquez

Breeders: 1-Godolphin, 2-St. Elias Stable, LLC & Peta Ryan, 3-Larkin Armstrong, 4-Glenn E. Brok LLC & Mark Toothaker, 5-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K.
Ramsey, 6-Sunderland Holding Inc., 7-Wertheimer et Frere, 8-Haras Don Alberto, 9-Coolmore, 10-Charles Fipke, 11-Godolphin, Eric Buckley &ElizabethBuckley, 12-John Moore & Susan Moore, 13-Whisper Hill Farm, LLC, 14-Upson Downs Farm & Louie W. WrightSaturday, Gulfstream #10, post time: 3:45 p.m. ESTTAA PEGASUS WORLD CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF INVITATIONAL S.-GII, $500,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT
PP HORSESIRE
OWNER
TRAINERJOCKEY
1 Cairo Consort
Cairo Prince
Repole Stable and Town and Country Racing, LLC Pletcher
Moore
2 Chili Flag (Fr)
Cityscape (GB)Madaket Stables, Dubb, Michael & Kisber, Michael Brown
Prat
3 Accomplished Girl K
Street Boss
Gentry Farms
Joseph, Jr.
Zayas
4 Star Fortress (Ire)
Sea The Stars (Ire)
Gunther, John D. & Eurowest Bloodstock Services DeVaux
Saez
5 Full Count Felicia K
War Front
Gold Square LLC
RussellCastellano
6 Ruby Nell K
Bolt d'Oro
Spendthrift Farm LLC
Mandella
Dettori
7 Fluffy Socks
Slumber (GB)Head of Plains Partners LLC
Brown
Ortiz, Jr.
8 Queen Goddess
Empire Maker
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Barber, Gary
McCarthyGaffalione
9 Didia (Arg)
Orpen
Merriebelle Stable
Correas, IV
Ortiz
10 Sister Lou Ann
FrostedKenneth L. Ramsey
Joseph, Jr.
Lopez
11 Mission of Joy
Kitten's Joy
RyZan Sun Racing, LLC and Madaket Stables LLC Motion
Velazquez
12 Surprisingly K
Mastery
Repole Stable
Pletcher
Murphy13 Be My Sunshine K
FrostedKenneth L. Ramsey
Joseph, Jr.
Lopez

WT
120
118
118
120
120
120
120
120
120
118
120
120
118

Breeders: 1-Frankfort Park Farm, 2-Finanza Locale Consulting SRL, 3-Jack Swain III, 4-Sahara Group/Eurowest/Sunderland Hldgs, 5-Joseph Allen, LLC,
6-Solana Beach Sales, 7-Head Of Plains Partners, 8-Tolo Thoroughbreds, 9-La Manija, 10-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 11-Sam-Son Farm,
12-Phipps Stable, 13-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey
Saturday, Gulfstream #9, post time: 3:13 p.m. EST
INSIDE INFORMATION S. PRESENTED BY DON JULIO TEQUILA-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f
PP HORSESIRE
OWNER
TRAINER
1 Bluefield
Field Commission
Edward A. Seltzer
Joseph, Jr.
2 Two Item Saver
Super Saver
Charles E. Fipke
Correas, IV
3 Intrepid DaydreamJess's Dream
Miller Racing LLC
Joseph, Jr.
4 She's Outta HereRun Away and Hide
Hacienda Real Racing LLC
Perez
5 Music City Star K
TapitureMark Cherry
Antonucci
6 Dreamster
Jess's Dream
Mary Lightner
Lightner
7 Sassy Nature
Straight FireC T R Stables LLC
Sisterson
8 Gerrymander K
Into Mischief
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Brown
9 Maryquitecontrary
First DudeRodney G. Lundock
Plesa, Jr.
10 Olivia Darling
PalaceAmo Racing USA
DelgadoJOCKEYPrat
Alvarado
Gaffalione
Vasquez
Castellano
Zayas
MurphyOrtiz
PaniciOrtiz, Jr.

WT
118
118
120
118
118
118
118
120
120
120

Breeders: 1-Ed Pendray & Edward A. Seltzer, 2-Charles Fipke, 3-Paul L. Fowler, Jr., 4-Hurstland Farm, Inc., 5-Echo Valley Horse Farm, Inc., 6-Eric J. Wirth,
7-Straight Fire, LLC, 8-Town & Country Horse Farms, LLC &Pollock Farms, 9-R. G. Lundock, 10-Shalom Farm & Ramon Martinez
Saturday, Sam Houston Race #10, post time: 6:40 p.m. EST
HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC S.-GIII, $300,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE
SIRE
OWNER
1 Corningstone K
Kantharos
Five Fillies Stable LLC and Balios Racing Stable
2 Appropriated Funds
Arrogate
BKD Consulting, LLC
3 Dear Lady K
Lord Nelson
Fowler, Barry and Magdalena Racing
4 Bellamore K
Empire Maker
Kaleem Shah, Inc.
5 Perfect Wish K
Midshipman
Norman Stables, LLC
6 Free Like a GirlEl DealBruno, Jr., Gerald, Pomier, Chasey Deville andCaroom, Jerry
7 Hidden Connection K Connect
Hidden Brook Farm & Black Type Thoroughbreds

TRAINER
McPeekClary
McPeekAsmussenGelnerPomier

JOCKEY
Jara
Diego
Cohen
Elliott
Wethey Jr.
Manrrique

WT
118
116
116
116
118
118

CalhounGutierrez

118

Breeders: 1-Deann Baer & Greg Baer DVM, 2-Spartan Team Investments, 3-Spendthrift Farm, LLC, 4-Gainesway Thoroughbreds LTD., 5-Stonehaven
Steadings, 6-Kim Renee Stover & Lisa Osborne, 7-St. Simon PlaceSaturday, Gulfstream #8, post time: 2:41 p.m. ESTWILLIAM L. MCKNIGHT S. PRESENTED BY FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS & OWNERS ASSOCIATION-GIII,$200,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT
PP HORSESIRE
OWNER
TRAINERJOCKEY
1 Francesco Clemente (Ire) Dubawi (Ire)Peter M. Brant
Brown
Ortiz, Jr.
2 Marwad (GB)Intello (Ger)Rachid Racing Inc.
MoubarakEgan
3 Stone Age (Ire)
Galileo (Ire)Westerberg, Brant, P, Magnier, S, Smith, D &
Brown
Moore
Tabor, Michael B.
4 Value Engineering K
Lemon Drop Kid
Hui, Michael M. and Forte, Phil
Maker
Ortiz
5 California Frolic K
California Chrome
Julian J. De Mora Jr.
De La Cerda Gonzalez
6 Palazzi K
Pioneerof the Nile
Gary Barber
Casse
Zayas
7 Verstappen K
War Front
Andrew Farm, For the People Racing Stable &Walsh
DettoriO'Connor, Debra L
8 Cellist
Big Blue Kitten
Calumet Farm
Arnold, II
Garcia9 Grand Sonata K
Medaglia d'Oro
Whisper Hill Farm, LLC
PletcherGaffalione
10 Rockemperor (Ire)
Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)Madaket Stables, Dubb, M, Wonder Stables,
Brown
Prat
Kisber, Michael E. and Caruso, Michael J.
11 Anglophile
English Channel
Michael Thomas Paradis
Lynch
Velazquez
12 Red Run
Gun Runner
Jordan V. Wycoff
Maker
Lopez
Also Eligible:
13 Starting Over
Liam's Map
Nice Guys Stables
Maker
Murphy14 Catch That Party
More Than Ready
Michael Dubb
Maker
Castellano
15 Shawdyshawdyshawdy Summer Front
Goichman, Lawrence and Goichman, Jennifer
Maker
Lezcano16 F Five K
Not This Time
Ferro Family Trust, Connor, Larry & Deberdt, Bruno Lynch
Saez

WT
122
118
118
122
120
124
122
122
120
122
124
118
122
118
118
122

Breeders: 1-White Birch Farm, SC, 2-Shadwell Estate Company Limited, 3-White Birch Farm, SC, 4-D. J. Stable, LLC, 5-Steven Friedfertig & Taylor Made
SalesAgency, 6-HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC &Pioneerof the Nile Syndicate, 7-Frank Hutchinson, 8-Calumet Farm, 9-Whisper Hill Farm, LLC, 10-Haras
du Mezeray, 11-Upson Downs Farm & Louie W. Wright, 12-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC, 13-George Strawbridge Jr., 14-Fifth Avenue Bloodstock, 15-Larry
Goichman, 16-Woods Edge Farm, LLC
Saturday, Sam Houston Race #11, post time: 7:10 p.m. EST
JOHN B. CONNALLY TURF CUP S.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT
PP HORSE
SIRE
OWNER
1 Catch That Party
More Than Ready
Michael Dubb
2 Sword Zorro (Ire)
Zoffany (Ire)
Relentless Racing, Inc.
3 Seductive U S AEl Kingdom
L and G Racing Stables
4 Summer Lover
Summer Front
L and G Racing Stables
5 Palazzi K
Pioneerof the Nile
Gary Barber
6 Street Ready K
More Than Ready
Michael M. Hui
7 Singapore FlashShanghai Bobby
Triple V Racing, LLC.
8 Dynadrive K
Temple City
Three Diamonds Farm
9 Paluxy K
Brody's Cause
Blue and Gold Racing
10 Sunlit SongMy Golden Song
Barnett, Carolyn and Harding, Becky
11 Ocelot K
Big Blue Kitten
End Zone Athletics, Inc.
12 Red Run
Gun Runner
Michael J. Maker

TRAINER
Maker
Keithan
Govea
Govea
Casse
Maker
Caldwell
Maker
Young
WillisBroberg
Maker

JOCKEY
Cohen
Diego
Goncalves
BrachoManrrique
Alvarez
Diaz
Gutierrez
Wethey Jr.
Elliott
Gonzalez
Jara

Breeders: 1-Fifth Avenue Bloodstock, 2-Pigeon Park Stud, 3-Jose Luis Espinoza, 4-Nancy Vanier, 5-HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC &Pioneerof the Nile
Syndicate, 6-Earle I. Mack, LLC, 7-Virginia Jago Elder, 8-Spendthrift Farm LLC, 9-Spendthrift Farm, LLC, 10-Carolyn R. Barnett, 11-Calumet Farm,
12-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC

WT
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116
118
116
123
118
123
116
123
123
118
118

Saturday, Gulfstream #6, post time: 1:33 p.m. EST
LA PREVOYANTE S. PRESENTED BY KETEL ONE ESPRESSO MARTINI-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT
PP HORSESIRE
OWNER
TRAINERJOCKEY
1 Romagna Mia (GB)Mastercraftsman (Ire)Team Valor International, LLC
MotionVelazquez
2 Viva La Red K
Texas RedWLT Investments, LLC
Biancone
Cheminaud
3 R Calli Kim K
Revolutionary
Averill Racing LLC and Two Eight Racing LLC
Walsh
Ortiz
4 Alpha Bella
Justify
Don Alberto Stable
PletcherSaez
5 Anatolian K
Not This Time
Jordan V. Wycoff
Maker
Gaffalione
6 Sister Otoole
Amira's Prince (Ire)
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners
MotionMurphy7 Sensitivity
Street Sense
Tami Bobo
D'Angelo
Ortiz, Jr.
8 TassTemple City
Flying P Stable
Abreu
Castellano
9 Highland Grace
American Pharoah
Joyce B. Young
Tagg
Prat

WT
123
118
123
118
118
120
118
118
120

Breeders: 1-Cavendish Bloodstock, 2-Erich Brehm & Charles Hovitz, 3-Upson Downs Farm, 4-Don Alberto Corporation, 5-Springland Farm, 6-Helen
Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon, 7-Southern Equine Stables, LLC, 8-Spendthrift Farm LLC
Saturday, Gulfstream #11, post time: 4:20 p.m. ESTFRED W. HOOPER S. PRESENTED BY WHISPERING ANGEL-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, 1m
PP HORSESIRE
OWNER
TRAINERJOCKEY
1 Hejazi
Bernardini
Zedan Racing Stables, Inc.
BaffertPrat
2 Expressman K
Liam's Map
St. Elias Stable
Pletcher
Velazquez
3 Steal Sunshine
Constitution
Brogden, Carrie L., Iavarone, Michael & Julia C.
DibonaLopez
4 Cyclone Mischief K
Into Mischief
Albaugh Family Stables LLC and Castleton Lyons Romans
Dettori
5 Dreaming of Kona K Fast Anna
Aldana Gonzalez Racing, Ballou, Lisa & Steve
SpiethSpieth6 Gilmore K
Twirling Candy
SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Walsh
Ortiz
Masterson, R, Stonestreet Stables, Schoenfarber, J,
Waves Edge Capital & Donovan, Catherine
7 Castle Chaos
Palace Malice
Goldfarb, S, Nice Guys Stables & Beast Mode Rcng Falcone, Jr.
Gaffalione
8 Accretive K
Practical Joke
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Brown
Ortiz, Jr.
9 Giant Game
Giant's Causeway
West Point Thoroughbreds & Albaugh Family Stbls Romans
Garcia10 Great Navigator
Sea Wizard
Holly Crest Farm
Owens, Jr
Panici11 Tumbarumba
Oscar Performance
Amerman Racing LLC
Lynch
Saez
12 Signator
Tapit
West Point Tbrds, Woodford Racing, Gainesway Stb McGaughey III Castellano
Phipps Stable, Langone, K, Hudson, Jr., E &Lane's End Racing

WT
120
120
120
120
120
120

120
120
122
120
120
118

Breeders: 1-Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman, 2-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd &Bridlewood Farm, 3-Machmer Hall, 4-Castleton Lyons & Kilboy Estate,
5-eLGee farm, 6-Dividing Ridge Farm, 7-Dragon Slayer Stable, 8-Falcon Wood Partners, 9-H. Allen Poindexter, 10-Holly Crest Farm, 11-Coteau Grove
Farms, LLC, 12-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd.

IN ORDER OF PURSE:ASTRA S., $101,000, Santa Anita, 1-21, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT,
2:28.49, gd.
1--LINDA'S GIFT, 124, m, 5, Arrogate--Americana (SP), by Tapit.
($105,000 Ylg '20 FTKSEL; $50,000 2yo '21 EASMAY). O-John
Cronin, Anthony DiMarco, Michael A. Mandara, Fred Nicotra
and Vincent Varvaro; B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Richard E.
Mandella; J-Tiago Josue Pereira. $60,000. Lifetime Record:
GSW, 12-4-2-2, $254,936.
2--Musical Rhapsody (Ire), 122, m, 5, Holy Roman Emperor(Ire)--Colour Rhapsody (Ire), by Rip Van Winkle (Ire). (,14,000
RNA Ylg '20 TATIRY). O-Michael House; B-Mrs Helen Keaveney(IRE); T-Philip D'Amato. $20,000.
3--Duvet Day (Ire), 124, m, 5, Starspangledbanner (Aus)--Je
T'Adore (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). (47,000gns Wlg '19 TATFOA;,45,000 Ylg '20 GOFOR; $72,000 3yo '22 KEEAPR). O-Cedros,
Bacharach, Jane and Richard Schatz; B-John Yarr (IRE);
T-Michael W. McCarthy. $12,000.
Margins: 1HF, 2HF, HF. Odds: 1.50, 5.20, 3.40.
Also Ran: Lakota Spirit, Leisurewear (Ire), Rose Barton (Ire),
Yarborough.
Entered off a gate-to-wire win and career-best 90 Beyer Speed
Figure in Del Mar's GIII Red Carpet S. Nov. 23, Linda's Gift
returned to Santa Anita for only the second time to try thedownhill course in Sunday's Astra S. at 1 1/2 miles.

Linda's Gift | Benoit

In similar fashion to the Red Carpet, the 3-2 favorite shot rightto the front under regular rider Tiago Pereira and, by the time
the field came by the wire for the first time, had opened up an
easy advantage.
With things all her own way on the front end through the
opening mile in 1:38.18, Linda's Gift came under a ride off the
far turn but was never in any real danger as Musical Rhapsody(Ire) could only cut the margin to 1 1/2 lengths on the line. Oneof 16 stakes winners for the late Arrogate, the winner is her
now-deceased dam's only foal. Americana, sold to Calumet Farmcarrying Linda's Gift in-utero for $225,000 at the 2019
Keeneland November sale, was a half-sister to MGSW and$1.5m broodmare Arena Elvira (Ghostzapper). Click for theEquibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

IN ORDER OF PURSE:
6th-Sam Houston Race, $34,500, Alw, 1-21, (NW2L), 3yo, f,
1m 70y, 1:46.36, ft, 4 3/4 lengths.
RECHARGE (f, 3, Gun Runner--Remit {MSW, $257,556}, by
Tapit) was a dominating winner on debut, going gate to wire toromp by nine lengths at Remington Park Dec. 14. Picking up
Lasix for her 3-year-old debut, the heavy favorite was outrun bySingsational (Audible) from the inside but always loomed athreat and easily overtook that pacesetter to draw away down
the lane and win by 4 3/4 lengths. Midnight Lady (MidnightLute) filled out the exacta. A half-sister to both Reride (Candy
Ride {Arg}), MSW-USA, GSP-UAE, $461,010, and Finite(Munnings), MGSW & GISP, $849,869, Recharge is out of a fullsister to MGSW and sire Tapiture along with GSW Rotation and
GSP Retap. Remit has a 2-year-old full-brother to Sunday's
winner, a yearling Silver State colt and is due to Epicenter.
Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $40,998. Click for the Equibase.com
chart.
O/B-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.

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7th-Tampa Bay Downs, $32,500, Alw, 1-21, (NW1X), 4yo/up,
f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.20, fm, 1 3/4 lengths.
HEAVENLY APPOINTED (f, 4, Point of Entry--The Right Pew, byPulpit), who showed steady improvement racing as a 3-year-old,finally broke through by 2 1/4 lengths over the Tampa grasscourse on her sixth attempt in early December. The 2-1 choicesettled near the back heading into the first turn. Biding her timeup the backstretch, the homebred launched a wide bid aroundthe far turn and flashed a strong late foot down the lane to win
by 1 3/4 lengths over longshot Rosario's Prayer (Sky Kingdom).
The winner is a half-sister to Rocket Legs (Dynaformer), GSP,
$196,517 and Karlovy Vary (Dynaformer), GISW, $448,596, thedam of both MGSW Mean Mary (Scat Daddy) and GISP Bye ByeMelvin (Uncle Mo). The Right Pew's last produce is unraced
3-year-old Lucky Last Try (Karakontie {Jpn}). Lifetime Record:
7-2-2-1, $60,280. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O/B-Alex G. Campbell, Jr. Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY); T-H. Graham
Motion.
7th-Golden Gate Fields, $26,797, Alw, 1-20, (NW1$X), 4yo/up,
f/m, 6f (AWT), 1:09.94, ft, 3/4 length.
MISS BELLIMBUSTO (f, 4, Bucchero--Bellimbusto, by First
Dude), fifth against allowance company in late November atGolden Gate, finished runner-up over the same surface facing
optional claimers a month later. Installed as a 4-1 shot here, thehooded filly was shuffled to the rear of the field up thebackstretch, but tipped to the outside around the far turn.
Roused at the top of the lane, the 4-year-old charged home towin by 3/4 length over favorite Berry Valley (Curlin to Mischief).
Her dam's first offspring, the filly has a 3-year-old full-brother intraining named Buccherino. Bellimbusto, also responsible foryearling filly Moza Bella (Leinster), visited Colonel Liam for thisseason. Sales History: $40,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record:
10-4-1-3, $81,840. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Jauregui Racing Stables, Inc., Danny A. Eplin, Charles E.
Gerson & Angel D. Valadez; B-Blue River Bloodstock (FL);
T-O. J. Jauregui.

MONDAY • JANUARY 22, 2024

IN ORDER OF PURSE:

10th-Gulfstream, $70,000, Msw, 1-21, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT,
1:40.25, fm, 3/4 length.
JOYFUL LASS (f, 3, War Front--Tensas Wedding Joy, by Broken
Vow), twice a starter over the local Tapeta, was just out-finishedmost recently after leading early Dec. 16. Now with Lasix as a
3-year-old and on the grass for the first time, the 7-1 shot again
showed speed and had a clear advantage through a :46.53
opening half. Hidden Presence chased her home late, but Joyful
Lass was clear late en route to a 3/4-length win. Joyful Lass was
the last foal for Tensas Wedding Joy, who was also responsible
for both Big World (Custom for Carlos), GISW, $629,190 and
Gracida (Custom for Carlos), SP, $152,415. Sales History:$300,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $55,000.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by
FanDuel TV.
O-St. Elias Stable; B-KatieRich Farms (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

" " "TDN CRITERIAThe races covered in the TDN are as follows:• Stakes: purses of $40,000/up• Allowance Races: purses of $20,000/up• Optional Claiming Races: purses of $20,000/up• Maiden Special Weight Races: purses of $18,000/up• Maiden Claiming Races: purses of $18,000/up & a minimum
claiming price of $40,000

Joyful Lass | Coglianese

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2nd-Gulfstream, $70,000, Msw, 1-21, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.98,
fm, 1/2 length.
CREVALLE D'ORO (f, 3, Constitution--Sonoma d'Oro, by
Medaglia d'Oro) began her career over the Woodbine turf lastsummer by posting a pair of third place finishes and a runner-up
effort before getting a 2 1/2-month break. Shipping to
Gulfstream, she finished second on turf course Dec. 10, whichearned her 2-1 favoritism here. The filly broke alertly from thefar gate and sat just to the outside of Pacific Front (War Front)
into the first turn. With the pace incredibly slow for the firsthalf-mile at :51.31, the pair began to separate themselvesfrom the rest of the field around the far turn. As the duel
unfolded, Crevalle d'Oro gained the advantage late tograduate by a half length over the well-bred Pacific Front (WarFront). The winner's dam produced a colt by Munnings who is
now a 2-year-old and she foaled a filly by Daredevil last year.
Sales History: $60,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record:
5-1-2-2, $75,930. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Blue Crevalle Racing & Quintessential Racing Florida LLC;
B-Sandra Sexton (KY); T-Mark E. Casse.
" " "Crevalle d'Oro | Coglianese

MONDAY • JANUARY 22, 2024

7th-Santa Anita, $66,500, Msw, 1-21, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.30, ft,
1 length.
SIMPLY ENCHANTING (f, 3, Nyquist--Enchante {MSP,$153,172}, by Bluegrass Cat), getting Lasix for the first time,came into this off a steady series of five-furlong drills under her
belt. Despite the cadre of MyRacehorse owners likely backing
her, the 3-year-old went off at tepid 6-1 odds here. The filly sat
just to the outside of pacesetter Ms Bo J (Mitole) up thebackstretch and with an aggressive move, she angled to theoutside around the far turn. Full of run, the bay poked her headin front at the top of the lane and burst ahead in the final jumps
to win by a length over Bonaqua (Tonalist) who closed late. The
winner is a half-sister to Envoutante (Uncle Mo), MGSW &MGISP, $993,660. Enchante is responsible for a 2-year-old colt
by Uncle Mo. Simply Enchanting's third dam is a full-sister tochampion 2-year-old colt and GI Travers S. hero Forty Niner(Mr. Prospector). $475,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record:
1-1-0-0, $39,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-MyRacehorse and Platts, Joey; B-Jumping Jack Racing LLC (KY);
T-Philip D'Amato.

3rd-Santa Anita, $65,500, Msw, 1-21, 3yo, 1 1/8mT, 1:50.36,
gd, 3/4 length.
BANDWAGON (c, 3, Demarchelier {GB}--Beautiful Wife, by
To Honor and Serve), who tried twice last summer to break his
maiden for trainer Barbara Minshall on Woodbine's turf,
recorded his best finish with a runner-up effort at second
asking. Making the switch to Phil D'Amato, the colt was fourthin mid-November over the grass at Del Mar and then finishedthird in early December over the same course. Well-backed as
the even-money choice here, the 3-year-old loped along into
the first turn at the back, but steadily began to improve his
position up the backstretch. With his sights set on a new leader
around the far turn, Bandwagon dug in under a hand ride andgot the money by 3/4 length over the late running British Isles(Justify). The winner, his dam's first offspring, has a 2-year-old
half-sister named Carmel Rose (Cinco Charlie) and a yearlinghalf-sister by Beau Liam.
Cont. p4

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Santa Anita 3 cont.
A half-sister to GSW Where's Sterling (Northern Afleet),
Bandwagon's dam Beautiful Wife was bred to Flameaway forthis year. Sales History: $19,000 RNA Wlg '21 KEENOV; $40,000
Ylg '22 OBSOCT. Lifetime Record: 5-1-1-1, $60,997. Click for theEquibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Little Red Feather Racing, Sterling Stables, LLC and Volcanic
Racing LLC; B-George & Andrea Terry & Ginger Emerson (KY);
T-Philip D'Amato.

4th-Santa Anita, $65,500, Msw, 1-21, 4/5yo, 6f, 1:10.52, ft,
head.
HEY BROTHER (g, 4, City of Light--Sca Doodle {SP, $188,541},
by Scat Daddy) finished runner-up at second asking to next-out
winner Elwood Blues (Justify) in early December at Los Alamitos
and subsequently finished third on opening day at Santa Anita.
Sent off the 5-2 second choice, he tracked a trio of frontrunners
from the rail up the backstretch. On the chase around the farturn, the hooded gelding hustled to the outside, grabbed thelead under left-handed urging at the sixteenth pole and was able
to hold off Vegas Burner (American Pharoah). Sca Doodle waspurchased by Thomas/Burleson for $140,000 at the 2019
Keeneland November Sale while Hey Brother was in-utero.
The winner is a half-brother to his dam's last progeny of record,
Cap Classique (Vino Rosso), SW, $148,400 and Assertive Style(Nyquist), GSP, $200,214. Sales History: $160,000 Ylg '21
FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-1, $59,460.Click for theEquibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Rockingham Ranch; B-Burleson Farms, Sequel Thoroughbreds& Louis Trudel (KY); T-Librado Barocio.

7th-Fair Grounds, $52,000, Msw, 1-21, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:44.41,
fm, 3/4 length.
OCEAN VICTORY (g, 3, Astern {Aus}--Fortress, by Street Cry{Ire}), third in his debut over the Fair Grounds turf in lateNovember, finished second going nine furlongs on the same
course in late December. Rewarded as the 6-5 choice here,
the gelding took up a position in fourth along the rail into thefirst turn. As a longshot tried to wire the field, the 3-year-old
held his position up the backstretch and into the far turn.

MONDAY • JANUARY 22, 2024

As the pace began to crater at the quarter pole, the rail opened
up for the homebred who drove home to graduate by 3/4 length
over the late running Hamilton's Way (Constitution). Out of an
extended female family which includes GI Ashland S. heroine
Little Belle (A.P. Indy), the winner has a yearling full-brother. A
half-sister to GSP Bay of Plenty (Medaglia d'Oro) and the dam of
MGISP Be Your Best (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}), Fortress visited Hard
Spun for this season. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-1, $47,920. Click for
the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh.
3rd-Fair Grounds, $52,000, Msw, 1-21, 3yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:04.01,
fm, 1/2 length.
TIPSY RUNNER (f, 3, Omaha Beach--Stand Back, by Giant's
Causeway) turned in runner-up grass efforts while sprinting at
third and fourth asking late in her juvenile year in New Orleans.
Sent on her way as a 7-2 shot this time, the bay raced at theback of the pack and began to make up ground around the far
turn. At the quarter pole, the 3-year-old responded to urging,bounced to the extreme outside at the eighth pole and was up
in time to best first timer Big Trouble (Kantharos). The winner's
unraced dam sold for $85,000 to John Penn at the 2022 FasigTipton Winter Mixed Sale while carrying a colt by Maclean'sMusic, who went to Rodeo Creek Racing for $140,000 at last
year's Keeneland September Sale. Stand Back visited Yaupon forthis foaling season. Tipsy Runner's third dam is responsible for
GSW Promenade Girl (Carson City), the dam of MGISW
Cavorting (Bernardini). Sales History: $50,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV;$155,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 5-1-2-0, $56,200.
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FanDuel TV.
O-Joel Politi; B-Endeavor Farm (KY); T-Thomas M. Amoss.

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9th-Tampa Bay Downs, $32,000, Msw, 1-21, 3yo, 1mT, 1:38.06,
fm, neck.
EHSAAN (g, 3, Into Mischief--Mamdooha {MSW & MGSP,$325,200}, by Daaher) was claimed out of his most recent startas the beaten favorite over course and distance Jan. 3. Racingwith blinkers, the 20-1 longshot got squeezed at the break andtook back to be mid pack heading into the backstretch. With arail-hugging trip around the far turn, Ehsaan took aim at lateleader Spinning Heart (Hard Spun) and closed late to just get up
by a neck over Gran Yaco (City of Light) on the wire. From thefamily of GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner Luhudood(GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), Ehsaan's only younger sibling is a 2-yearold Constitution half-brother. Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-1, $22,680.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by
FanDuel TV.
O-Ken T. Reimer; B-Shadwell Farm, LLC (KY); T-Maria Bowersock.

MONDAY • JANUARY 22, 2024

STAKES RESULTS:
SUNSHINE TURF S., $95,000, Gulfstream, 1-21, (S), 4yo/up,
1 1/16mT, 1:40.01, fm.
1--FOREVER SOUPER, 122, g, 5, American Pharoah--Mighty
Souper (MSP, $122,866), by War Front. 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN.
O/B-Live Oak Stud (FL); T-Michael J. Trombetta; J-Paco Lopez.
$56,035. Lifetime Record: 12-5-1-2, $212,255.
2--Souper Blessing, 122, c, 4, Temple City--Bird of Paradise, by
Summer Bird. O/B-Live Oak (FL); T-M Trombetta. $20,850.
3--Space Runner, 120, g, 5, Brody's Cause--Brilliant Humor, by
Distorted Humor. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Soldi Stable LLC andOhana Racing Stable, LLC; B-Farm III Enterprises (FL); T-Jose
Francisco D'Angelo. $11,425.
Margins: 1, NO, 1. Odds: 4.80, 2.20, 44.90.

SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: MONDAY, JANUARY 22
2023 Stud Fees Listed
Maximus Mischief (Into Mischief), Spendthrift Farm, $25,000
231 foals of racing age/35 winners/3 black-type winners
9-Parx Racing, 3:41 p.m. EST, Aoc 6 1/2f, Kelly's Kidz, 6-1
9-Parx Racing, 3:41 p.m. EST, Aoc 6 1/2f, Maximus Meridius, 2-1

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ALLOWANCE RESULTS:
9th-Gulfstream, $72,570, (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 1-21,
4yo/up, 1 1/8m (AWT), 1:47.63, ft, head.
POSSIBLEMENTE (g, 4, Tale of Ekati--Internal Bourbon{SW, $282,709}, by Not Bourbon) Lifetime Record: 11-5-5-0,$132,905. O-Sabal Racing Stable; B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-Darien
Rodriguez. *$20,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP; $17,000 2yo '22 EASMAY.

MONDAY • JANUARY 22, 2024

Smooth Salute, g, 4, Midnight Lute--Smooth as Usual, by Flower
Alley. Santa Anita, 1-20, (C), 1mT, 1:37.87. Lifetime Record:
8-1-1-1, $44,940. B-Cannon Thoroughbreds LLC (KY). $220,000
RNA Ylg '21 KEESEP. *Full to Smooth Like Strait, GISW,$1,813,863.

2nd-Sam Houston Race Park, $40,000, (S), 1-21, (NW1X),
4yo/up, 1mT, 1:39.88, fm, 1/2 length.
COWBOY RIDGE (g, 8, Ronridge Will--Cowgirl Cool, by Rare
Brick) Lifetime Record: 57-4-7-8, $146,045. O/B/T-Ronald Kotara(TX).
4th-Sam Houston Race Park, $40,000, (S), 1-21, (NW2L), 3yo,
6 1/2f, 1:19.83, ft, 4 1/2 lengths.
BANDERA BLING (g, 3, Too Much Bling--Precious Play, by
Intimidator) Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-0, $70,510.
O/B-Julie Smoak & Desra Schlansky (TX); T-Karen E. Jacks.
7th-Sam Houston Race Park, $34,500, 1-21, (NW1X), 4yo/up,
7f, 1:25.01, ft, 2 1/2 lengths.
INEXORABLE (g, 5, Outwork--White Pants Night, by
Speightstown) Lifetime Record: 13-4-2-1, $163,373.
O/T-Steven M. Asmussen; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY).
*$45,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP; $170,000 2yo '21 OBSAPR.
**1/2 to Mischevious Alex (Into Mischief), GISW, $734,355.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:Hezakoolkat, c, 3, Early Flyer--Kat's Infatuation (SW, $103,324),
by Silver City. Sam Houston Race Park, 1-21, (S), 5 1/2f,
1:06.85. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-1, $42,938. B-Stephen L. Fidel(TX).
Uptown Goldengoods, f, 3, Golden Lad--She's Got Da Goods, by
Lyracist. Sam Houston Race, 1-21, (S), 1m, 1:42.71. Lifetime
Record: 3-1-1-1, $34,452. B-Krista Henningsgard (TX). *1/2 toTaxable Goods (Street Magician), MSP, $208,237.

American Pharoah, Forever Souper, g, 5, o/o Mighty Souper, by
War Front. Sunshine Turf S., 1-21, Gulfstream
Arrogate, Linda's Gift, m, 5, o/o Americana, by Tapit. Astra S.,
1-21, Santa Anita
Astern (Aus), Ocean Victory, g, 3, o/o Fortress, by Street Cry(Ire). MSW, 1-21, Fair Grounds
Bucchero, Miss Bellimbusto, f, 4, o/o Bellimbusto, by First Dude.
ALW, 1-20, Golden Gate
City of Light, Hey Brother, g, 4, o/o Sca Doodle, by Scat Daddy.
MSW, 1-21, Santa Anita
Constitution, Crevalle d'Oro, f, 3, o/o Sonoma d'Oro, by
Medaglia d'Oro. MSW, 1-21, Gulfstream
Demarchelier (GB), Bandwagon, c, 3, o/o Beautiful Wife, by To
Honor and Serve. MSW, 1-21, Santa Anita

Count Dracula, c, 3, Temple City--Lune Rousse, by General
Quarters. Fair Grounds, 1-21, (C), 1m 70y, 1:44.09. Lifetime
Record: 2-1-0-0, $21,000. B-Monticule, LLC (KY). *$20,000 Ylg'22 KEESEP.
Pink Solitaire, f, 4, Excaper--Julie's Memory, by Etesaal.
Sam Houston Race, 1-21, 5fT, :58.55. Lifetime Record: 6-1-0-0,$22,956. B-Richard Chandler (OK).
Demarchelier | iSport Photos

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MONDAY • JANUARY 22, 2024

Nyquist's Simply Enchanting winning her career debut at Santa Anita Sunday | Benoit

Cont.
Early Flyer, Hezakoolkat, c, 3, o/o Kat's Infatuation, by Silver
City. MSW, 1-21, Sam Houston
Excaper, Pink Solitaire, f, 4, o/o Julie's Memory, by Etesaal.
MSW, 1-21, Sam Houston
Golden Lad, Uptown Goldengoods, f, 3, o/o She's Got Da Goods,
by Lyracist. MSW, 1-21, Sam Houston
Gun Runner, Recharge, f, 3, o/o Remit, by Tapit. ALW, 1-21, Sam
HoustonInto Mischief, Ehsaan, g, 3, o/o Mamdooha, by Daaher. MSW,
1-21, Tampa Bay
Midnight Lute, Smooth Salute, g, 4, o/o Smooth as Usual, byFlower Alley. MCL, 1-20, Santa Anita

Nyquist, Simply Enchanting, f, 3, o/o Enchante, by Bluegrass Cat.
MSW, 1-21, Santa Anita
Omaha Beach, Tipsy Runner, f, 3, o/o Stand Back, by Giant's
Causeway. MSW, 1-21, Fair Grounds
Outwork, Inexorable, g, 5, o/o White Pants Night, by
Speightstown. ALW, 1-21, Sam Houston
Point of Entry, Heavenly Appointed, f, 4, o/o The Right Pew, byPulpit. ALW, 1-21, Tampa Bay
Ronridge Will, Cowboy Ridge, g, 8, o/o Cowgirl Cool, by Rare
Brick. ALW, 1-21, Sam Houston
Tale of Ekati, Possiblemente, g, 4, o/o Internal Bourbon, by Not
Bourbon. AOC, 1-21, Gulfstream
Temple City, Count Dracula, c, 3, o/o Lune Rousse, by General
Quarters. MOC, 1-21, Fair Grounds
Too Much Bling, Bandera Bling, g, 3, o/o Precious Play, by
Intimidator. ALW, 1-21, Sam Houston
War Front, Joyful Lass, f, 3, o/o Tensas Wedding Joy, by Broken
Vow. MSW, 1-21, Gulfstream

MONDAY, 22 JANUARY, 2024

TEAM-BUILDING AT THE
CORE OF MENUISIER=S
SUSSEX HAVENOYSTERS, A BROKEN ANKLE, AND
NORMANDY=S FINEST: IT COULD ONLY BE
THE ROUTE DES ETALONS by Emma BerryNot even a blanket of snow and some icy country lanes could
deter those on the annual Normandy bloodstock pilgrimage
more formally known as the Route des Etalons.
With plenty of new sires to show off this year, many ofFrance's major stallion studs welcomed in breeders andmembers of the public during the weekend showcase which is
now in its 14th year. At Haras de Bonneval, the French home of
the Aga Khan Studs stallions, more than 600 people turned out
on Saturday to see the quartet of stallions neatly split into
established stars and freshmen, with Vadeni (Fr) and Erevann(Fr) filling the role of the latter.
Cont., p5

IN TDN AMERICA TODAYDavid Menuisier on the picturesque gallops at Coombelands
Emma Berryby Paul Hayward
The first thing you pick up on at David Menuisier's yard in
Pulborough, West Sussex, is a feeling of calm or harmony.
Veterans of training ground visits will recall stepping into
authoritarian mini states, ruled by fear, or at the very least byhierarchy.
A lifetime in sport teaches you one thing above all: teamwork,
which sounds abstract, but really isn't, is the most vital
component in success. Collective effort is born not ofmotivational mantras stuck on walls but the way people actuallytreat each other. This isn't a discussion about culture wars or
hyper-sensitivity in modern workplaces - more, a study of theunifying value of manners and consideration.
Togetherness is hard to build and easy to destroy. The otherday an ex-footballer told me a story about a club he played forpromising a bonus pot at the end of the season, but then nothanding it over, even though the side had met its half of thebargain. The club pointed to a "discretionary" clause in theagreement and kept the money. The following season, theplayers enacted what we now call "quiet quitting."
Coincidentally - or maybe not - they were relegated. Cont., p3

JOCKEY PERRY OUZTS A RARE LINK TO PRE-SECRETARIAT
ERAWhen Perry Ouzts wired a field at Turfway Park last Wednesday, the69-year-old rider established an incredible milestone: riding at least
one winner in a calendar year for 52 consecutive seasons. T. D.
Thornton covers the story in his Week In Review.

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Paul Hayward, cont. from p1
Menuisier trains at the great West Sussex yard of
Coombelands, in Pulborough, from where the immortal Dancing
Brave set forth for Guy Harwood. A genial, thoughtful
Frenchman who learned his trade from Criquette Head and John
Dunlop, Menuisier is a modern leader. Harwood was a maestro
who is still thriving, in the posh car market. In his era, many of
the top trainers were officer class (Major Dick Hern, Captain
Ryan Price et al) - patricians, who cared deeply about theiremployees, but will have had little time for emotional
introspection.
At Coombelands last week (look out for the full TDN interview
with Menuisier), we fell into a conversation you hear in all
professional sports. Sir Alex Ferguson made players excel at
Manchester United not by shouting but working them out as
people, then calculating how he could get what he needed fromthem. He could shout too, when he felt the need, but
psychological manipulation was his ace card. Ferguson saw
human nature through X-ray eyes.

MONDAY • 22 JANUARY 2024

The team dynamic in football, cricket and rugby is equallyapplicable to racing, where trainers, work riders, vets, farriers,
admin staff and visiting jockeys come together in all weathers toform a single fighting force.
John Dunlop, who trained along the road in Arundel, waspatrician but also enlightened. And Menuisier carried something
he learned from Dunlop to Harwood's picturesque HQ.
"The main thing I've tried to take from him [Dunlop] was thecomposure," Menuisier says. Cont.

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MONDAY • 22 JANUARY 2024

"This man was exactly the same on a good day as a bad day.
healthy. Adrenaline is fuel. Accountability is essential. In a highly
That's one thing I was always really jealous of when I worked forfunctioning team - in any sport - each must take responsibility
him because it's so hard to do."for his or her actions, and for the consequences.
"Call it wisdom, or whatever. I think you need to get a few
An elite Premier League manager confides that you can tell aknocks first to build yourself an extra skin."side is fraying when players start "doing their own thing" on the"I think that's what I've done
pitch. They disengage.
in my first 10 years as a trainer.
Self-interest seeps in. The
The team dynamic in football, cricket self-interest curse in racing
Criquette Head always told me'it takes 10 years to make apolitics is a diversion best not
and rugby is equally applicable totrainer.' She's probably right.
taken here. For now we can just
racing,wheretrainers,
workriders,vets,
Only now can I find that placeenjoy Menuisier laying out theof wisdom where you do
farriers, admin staff and visiting jockeys case for civility and equanimity inaccept you'll have good days
a trade that sends some people
cometogetherinallweatherstoformaand bad days. It's very
mad with stress.
single fighting force.
important for your sanity and"I want peace," he says. "Ieveryone around you. If you
wasn't always like this. I said tolose it every time you have an
my senior staff - if I don't screamissue it will have an impact on
my head off around the yard I
your family life, it will have an
don't expect you guys to do that. I
impact on your staff, and it will have an impact on your horses."want to be treating everybody with respect because we're one
A Flat racing yard in January when horses are only trotting inteam here.
the icy air is unrecognisable from March, when serious work
"If any member of the team doesn't work for that team, it
begins, or the build-up to Group 1 races, when the stable stars
can't work. Speaking to people on an even keel is a sign ofare hours away from their reckonings. Creative tension isrespect, and you expect that from other people." Cont.

TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 13 • THETDN.COM"And you can work together. If you scream at them you put
yourself not as a bully but as somehow superior to them.""I'm not saying everybody's equal. You can't be equal because
you have to make the decisions, but it's so much easier to makedecisions when you have a good atmosphere than a bad one."
In an impolite, polarised, tribal age, these simple thoughts on
how to treat people are a balm.

Route des Etalons, cont. from p1"We had a large number of people. I don't know if it's theplace where you do a huge amount of business as such, but you
see a lot of people that you don't see through the year so it's agreat time to catch up and talk about the horses," said Georges
Rimaud, manager of the Aga Khan Studs.
"The horses showed themselves well. Rather than people talkabout them amongst themselves without seeing them, it's lovely
to be able to show them to people and for them to make theirown minds up. We were lucky to have very good weather although it was very cold - but when you see a horse in the sun
you can really appreciate them, so it was a very good day."Jean-Claude Rouget was the trainer responsible for bothVadeni and Erevann, and though he was required to be on duty
in Cagnes, his assistant Jean-Bernard Roth was in attendance toreminisce about the racing careers of both horses with Pierrick
Moreau, best known as one of Arqana's auctioneers, who was
the MC for the day at Bonneval.
"We've already had a lot of bookings and when people arehere to see the horses you can have a different discussion withthe breeders about their mares and their matings," Rimaud
added. "It was great to have Jean-Bernard here, he's awell-known figure, and I think that added something special to
the shows. At the end of the day I think we were all quite
pleased but quite tired." Cont.

Zarak draws a crowd at Haras de Bonneval | Zuzanna Lupa/Aga Khan
Studs

MONDAY • 22 JANUARY 2024

TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 13 • THETDN.COM"It was very pleasant to see so many people. We see somepeople who are not horse people, for example our neighbours,
who are farmers next door. They are busy most of the year but
it is a good opportunity for them to come in and see what we dohere.
"It's important to show what we do to a larger public,
especially in these days when racing can sometimes be looked at
unfavourably."
Through the sale of caps and wrist-warmers, the shows at
Haras de Bonneval also raised money for Au Dela des Pistes,
France's organisation for the retraining of racehorses.
Sumbe's Haras de Montfort et Preaux was open for both daysof the Route des Etalons, with manager Tony Fry battling on
despite recently breaking his ankle and requiring the surgicalintervention of seven screws and a plate. While he wouldn't
pass the trot-up at the moment, it takes more than mere brokenbones to deter the hardy Fry, who was on parade along with the
farm's five stallions, who certainly were moving with a lot more
fluency.
"Yesterday, we had around 250 people and again today[Sunday] there has been a good steady stream of visitors,"
reported Fry. "I think in a week's time we'll know how muchbusiness we have actually done but the horses seem to havebeen well received and it's just a wonderful opportunity to show
them."
Sumbe of course has three new recruits, Angel Bleu (Fr),Mishriff (Ire) and the homebred Belbek (Fr), who were thesubject of a recent TDN feature. The latter, who won the G1 Prix
Jean-Luc Lagardere in the colours of his owner-breeder Nurlan
Bizakov, has a bonus incentive scheme to launch him on his studcareer, with the breeder of Belbek's first maiden winner set toreceive i10,000 and the breeder of his first group winner in line
for a i50,000 bonus.
Cont.

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it was a really good visit."
Fry added, "There are a lot of people who come on the Route
The Cumanis own a mare in partnership with Henri Bozo's
des Etalons just for a day out, but that's fine, you want toEcurie des Monceaux who isencourage people to getheading to Galiway (GB) thisinvolved, and there have been ayear. The stallion's home, Haras
lot of young people coming
de Colleville, was the final stop
through as well, which is great."on the tour after two days on
Sara Cumani of Fittocks Studthe road.
was one of the English breeders
Cumani continued, "Luca is ato have travelled to France forvery big believer in knowing
the weekend and joined awhat a stallion does, rather thanunited nations touring party
what they look like, but I think
which included Alix Choppin,that if you spend a lot of time
Tina Rau and Marina
trying to get the physical aspects
Marinopoulos. It was the firstright then it is important to seetime on the Route des Etalonsthem, especially when they firstfor Cumani, who said that it had
go to stud, rather than when
been a worthwhile weekend.
"It was lovely to see the studs, Vadeni takes part in his first Route des Etalons | Zuzanna Lupa/Aga they are more rounded and have
Khan Studs
let down. I certainly find it useful
the horses, to meet the people
and I particularly wanted to see
and to put faces to names," sheZarak and Galiway as we are using them, and they didn't
said. "I had my list of horses I wanted to see and we managed todisappoint."
see them all, which was great.
She added, "It was very nice to go to Haras de Beaumont and"We had a really lovely time at Haras de la Hetraie. [Studto meet Pauline Chehboub. It's always nice when you go to aowner] Pascal Noue is a real character and I was so impressed
farm and the principal is there, and I was taken with Sealiway.
with the horses, who looked amazing with fantastic coats. He"It was also fantastic to see Haras d'Etreham, which is agave us a lot of insight into stallion psychology, which was
beautiful farm, and I absolutely loved Hello Youmzain. He's got
fascinating, and all his stallion handlers are women. The horses
so much chunkiness and size, and he walks really well. I'll be
were so well behaved and Pascal said he'd always rather havevery interested to follow him this year, and my fellow travellers
women handlers over men.
very much liked Onesto, who is in a similar mould to Chaldean."
The condition of the horses was what really stood out, butCont.
they also offered us some lovely oysters and crepes, so all in all

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Cumani's final thoughts on the Route des Etalons initiative aresurely shared by others. She said, "It was an interesting trip, andof course it helps enormously when you get delicious Frencheats on the way. All in all I thought it was great, and I wonder,
are we Brits being left behind by not having something similar?"

Sunday=s Results:
1st-Chelmsford City, ,16,000, Novice, 1-21, 3yo, 10f (AWT),
2:05.94, st.
VILLE NATALE (GB) (f, 3, Nathaniel {Ire}--Marlingford {GB}, byOasis Dream {GB}), runner-up over an extended nine furlongs at
Wolverhampton a fortnight earlier, soon established herself on
the lead. Applying the pressure on the home turn, the 4-7
favourite was clear when eased late to record a 3 3/4-length
success from Kitteridge (GB) (Camelot {GB}). The unraced dam,
who also has a 2-year-old colt by Golden Horn (GB) and a
yearling full-brother to the winner, is kin to the G1 Grand Prix deParis winner Zambezi Sun (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and to the group
scorer Kalabar (GB) (Kahyasi {Ire}), as well as to the dam of theG3 Prix des Reservoirs and GIII Athenia S. winner Pocket Square(GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-1, $19,799.
O-Mr D J Deer; B-D J and Mrs Deer (GB); T-Roger Varian.

Sunday=s Results:
1st-Cagnes-sur-Mer, i23,000, Debutantes, 1-21, 3yo, c/g, 7
1/2fT, 1:38.66, vs.
LAZZAT (FR) (g, 3, Territories {Ire}--Lastochka {GB}, by Australia{GB}), sent off at 9-2, tanked along in second throughout theearly stages. Taking control with 300 metres remaining, thehomebred asserted to score by 3 1/2 lengths from Almaguer (Fr)(Zarak {Fr}). The winner is the first and sole foal so far out of a
granddaughter of the G1 1000 Guineas heroine Sleepytime (Ire)(Royal Academy), which links him to fellow top-level scorer
Taipan (Ire) (Last Tycoon {Ire}) and Sleepytime=s full-brother
Ali-Royal (Ire).

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Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i11,500. Video, sponsored by
FanDuel TV.
O-Nurlan Bizakov; B-Sumbe (FR); T-Jerome Reynier.
3rd-Cagnes-sur-Mer, i23,000, Debutantes, 1-21, 3yo, f, 7
1/2fT, 1:39.23, vs.
CHIARANIYA (FR) (f, 3, Toronado {Ire}--Al Shahaniya {Ire}, by
Zoffany {Ire}), an 11-1 shot, broke smartly to shadow the leader
Albine (Fr) (New Bay {GB}). Taking over two out, the bargain
i6,000 Arqana September purchase asserted to beat that rivalby 2 1/2 lengths. The dam, who also has a 2-year-old colt byWooded (Ire), hails from the family of the GI Del Mar Oaks
heroine Going Global (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) and the G1 Cheveley
Park S. winner Tiggy Wiggy (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}). Sales history:
i6,000 Ylg >22 ARQSEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i11,500.
Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Ecurie Quadrablue, Ecurie Tygaly, Chauvigny Global Equine
SASU, Ecurie Brillantissime, Seror Racing Management, SCEA
L=Aubay & Cyrille Cotrel-Lassaussaye; B-N Al-Mesned & At
Al-Mehshadi (FR); T-Edouard Monfort.
CONDITIONS RESULTS:
5th-Cagnes-sur-Mer, i38,000, 1-21, 5yo/up, 8f (AWT), 1:34.43,
st.
WALLY (IRE) (g, 7, Siyouni {Fr}--Full Of Beauty {GB} {GSP-Ity},by Motivator {GB}) Lifetime Record: MGSW & MG1SP-Fr, GSWIty, 28-14-2-2, i472,583. O-Ecurie Jean-Pierre Barjon; B-Ecurie
Haras du Cadran, SAS I.E.I. & C Lerner (IRE); T-Jean-Claude
Rouget. *i130,000 Ylg >18 ARQAUG; i140,000 RNA HRA >20
ARQARC.
8th-Cagnes-sur-Mer, i38,000, 1-21, 4yo, 8f (AWT), 1:35.00, st.
KOVROV (FR) (c, 4, Toronado {Ire}--Victhur {Ire}, by Exceed And
Excel {Aus}) Lifetime Record: SP-Fr, 8-4-0-1, i72,000. O-Alain
Jathiere; B-Ecurie Normandie Pur Sang (FR); T-Jean-Claude
Rouget. *i48,000 Ylg >21 OSASEP.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Bellaelo (Ire), f, 3, Ultra (Ire)--Modern Family (Fr), by Excellent
Art (GB). Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1-21, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:18.01. BEcurie Ascot (IRE). *i14,000 Ylg >22 ARQOCT.

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EASTER CATALOGUERELEASE by Keely Mckitterick
The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale catalogue, to be heldon Sunday, April 7 and Monday, April 8, comprises of 500
yearlings headed by the first live foal from the extraordinary
Winx (Street Cry {Ire}).
We take a look at the highlights that will set the scene for an
exciting two days at Riverside Stables.
In 2023, the sale grossed $139,290,000, with an average priceof $386,917 and a median of $280,000. In 2022, the Inglis
Australian Easter Sale recorded an average price of $399,700
and a median of $300,000, with an overall gross of$153,085,000.
The 2024 catalogue is once again a feast for eyes and pedigree
aficionados. The 2024 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale
contains 500 lots, a figure slightly higher than the last three
years, with the catalogues averaging 470 yearlings.
Inglis CEO - bloodstock and sales, Sebastian Hutch, caught up
with The Thoroughbred Report ahead of the catalogue release,saying: AThe 2024 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling catalogue ismade up of 500 lots, and ultimately, it just came down todemand for places in this sale.
AInglis has been in a position where we=ve had far more
applications from vendors to be in this sale. We have a number
in our head as to what we think is a suitable number for thesale, but at the same time, we=re trying to facilitate the demandsof people who are traditionally very good clients, not just forthis sale, but the company as a whole.@

Sebastian Hutch | Inglis

Chris Waller with the Pierro x Winx filly | Coolmore Australia

Despite the increased number, quality appears to have been
maintained, with 41 lots the sons or daughters of Group 1
winners alongside siblings to 37 individual Group 1 winners.
Obviously, it would be hard to look past the presence of Lot 391,
offered by Coolmore. The Pierro filly is the first live foal from
Champion mare Winx (Street Cry {Ire}).
However, the first foals from the G1 VRC Oaks victress Aristia(Lonhro) (Lot 427) and the 13-time Group 1 winner Melody Belle(NZ) (Commands) (Lot 143), among others, also litter thecatalogue.

Winx filly steals the headlines
Hutch concedes the interest in the Pierro filly from Winx has
been enormous since it was announced the filly would be sold in
April.
AThe Winx filly has attracted a tremendous amount ofattention already; the volume of inquiry has been immense notjust because of that filly but also because the interest in the saleseems very strong from people locally and internationally.
AWe=ve had significant inquiries for her already, which can only
be good for the sale as a whole. The market will decide whatthat filly is worth. There will be plenty of interest to see what
happens with her, and I expect that many people are looking
forward to seeing her on the farm inspections pre-sale and thenat the Riverside complex.@Hutch noted the rarity of the occasion that a filly from a mareof Winx=s status to be offered for public auction.
AHer sale is going to attract a lot of headlines and interest. It=svery unique. We have seen colts by great race mares offered at
auction, but it=s unusual for a filly, particularly a first filly out of amare like Winx.
ABut it creates a great opportunity for people who want toinvest in quality Australian bloodstock, and it will certainly be an
exciting afternoon on April 8.@

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Arrowfield positioned to retain crownIn eight of the past nine years (2015-2019), then from2021-2023, Arrowfield Stud has been the leading vendor at the
Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. The Scone-based farmmissed the sale in 2020.
Arrowfield Stud also holds the record for the highest-everaggregate recorded at an Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale
when their draft finished with earnings of $30,355,000 in 2022.
John Messara=s operation is well-placed again in 2024, with 61
lots set to go under the hammer - the most catalogued, ahead of
Widden (42) and Coolmore (39).
Possible stars of the Arrowfield draft include Lot 316, a filly by
Written Tycoon from the G1 Thousand Guineas victress Stay
With Me (Street Cry {Ire}), a granddaughter of the great Miss
Finland (Redoute=s Choice).
Other highlights include Lot 123, a half-sister to the promising
Widden Stud-based Anders by four-time Champion Snitzel. A
Written Tycoon colt (Lot 346) from the brilliant producer The
Broken Shore (Hussonet {USA}), dam of the triple Group 1
winner Shoals (Fastnet Rock).
AArrowfield Stud has historically been a tremendous supporterof the sale, and such is the case again. They=ve got a reallyfantastic line of sires represented with Snitzel, Dundeel, Maurice
among them,@ Hutch said.
AThe quality and sire power is felt through all the drafts. We=reblessed to have great drafts from Widden Stud, Newgate Farm,
Coolmore Stud, Vinery Stud, Segenhoe Stud and many others.
The quality and depth are certainly unprecedented in my time at
the company, and I hope that=s reflected in what buyers see atthe sale and the results vendors receive that have been goodenough to support Inglis.@Vinnie and Snitzel lead from the top
The 2024 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale catalogue has
65 individual stallions, headed by Australia=s reigning Champion
Sire I Am Invincible, who has 44 lots (8.8 per cent of thecatalogue) on offer, while four-time Champion Sire Snitzel has
40 yearlings listed (8 per cent of the catalogue).
Widden Stud=s Zoustar has 36 lots catalogued (7.2 per cent),
Written Tycoon 31 lots (6.2 per cent), and Coolmore=s Wootton
Bassett (GB) has 27 representatives (5.4 per cent).
All up, the progeny of these stallions makes up 35.5 per cent of
the catalogue.
The local hand is strong with proven Group 1-producing sires
So You Think (NZ), Extreme Choice, Exceed And Excel, Toronado(Ire) and Proisir among those with representation.
Emerging stars such as Justify (USA), Satono Aladdin (NZ) andHarry Angel (Ire) are also represented in this year=s Easterlineup.

Gun Runner | Sarah Andrew

A big 'Gun' heads up quality international sires
Adding an intriguing element to the sale is Lot 332; Newgate
Farm offers the colt and has the unique distinction of being thefirst ever yearling by the North American sire sensation Gun
Runner (USA) to be offered in Australia.
The brilliant Horse of the Year was retired to Three Chimneys,
where his first crop produced six Group 1 winners, including
Early Voting (USA), who claimed the G1 Preakness S. and Echo
Zulu (USA), who was victorious in the G1 Breeders= Cup Juvenile
Fillies. Gun Runner has sired 26 individual stakes winners of 63
stakes races.
Commenting on the Gun Runner colt, Hutch said, AGun Runnerlooks to be a phenomenon and certainly in the United States. It=sa fantastic opportunity for our market and for the Inglis
Australian Easter Yearling Sale to facilitate the sale of the first
Gun Runner in Australia is fantastic.@
Gun Runner isn=t the only sire bringing an international flavour
to Riverside stables; Siyouni (Fr), Kingman (GB), Lope De Vega
(Ire), Frankel and Night Of Thunder (Ire) have stock on offer.
Interestingly, all the above have sired a Group 1 winner inAustralasia. Meanwhile, New Bay (GB), a son of Dubawi (Ire),
will be represented by Lot 160, a colt on offer from the debut
vendor Glenbeigh Farm.

Have last year's leading buyers been active thisyear?
Yes, all the leading buyers hit the 2024 sale circuit strongly on
the Gold Coast.
Yulong finished as the leading buyer at the 2023 Inglis
Australian Yearling, buying 23 lots at a gross of $11,685,000.
Although active at the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast YearlingSale, Yulong, buying in the name of Highway Farm, had a much
more subdued sale, purchasing 13 yearlings for $4,710,000.

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China Horse Club, Newgate, Go Bloodstock, and Trilogy signed
for six for $5,590,000 and finished second in the leading buyers'tab. The combination was active on the Gold Coast, spending$6,520,000 on 12 yearlings - however this is well down on the
18 purchased at Magic Millions in 2023.
Ciaron Maher Bloodstock was ninth on the buyers' list in 2023,
purchasing six lots for $2,240,000 and had a considerable impact
in January, buying 23 lots for a gross of $8,145,000, well up fromhis 12 yearlings from the Gold Coast in 2023.
Other leading buyers from the 2023 Inglis Australian Easter
Yearling Sale, who figured prominently, were Curran Bloodstockand Tom Magnier.
Curran Bloodstock purchased nine lots from for $3,780,000 in
2023. So far this year they have bought 13 for $4,560,000, twomore than in 2023.
Tom Magnier was responsible for signing for three lots at a
gross of $3,700,000 and was active at the 2024 Magic Millions
Yearling Sale, purchasing five lots for $5,800,000, two more than
the year prior.

There's room for those on a budget
Despite the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale often having
the >bluest of all bluebloods on offer=, there is no shortage ofvalue to be found in the catalogue.
Hutch was keen to emphasise buyers doing their due diligencecan find those who slip through the cracks. Hutch=s assertion canbe backed up by examples with over 120 yearlings that could
have been bought at the sale for $200,000 or less in 2023. Also,
past graduates who were purchased for less than $200,000 havesucceeded on the racetrack.
ATraditionally, the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale has
been the primary showcase of the best yearlings in Australasia,
but it=s not a catalogue exclusive to $500,000-plus yearlings. Thevery best buying range can come at $200,000 or less.
AInglis just puts together a catalogue that we feel is the mostsuitable for the sale. We=re not trying to assemble the mostelitist or exclusive catalogue in Australia. Buyers can find value
in certain parts of the market, and they do so each and every
year. Inglis has no doubt they=ll do it again in 2024.@
Click here to view the 2024 Inglis Australian Easter YearlingSale catalogue.

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VOYAGE BUBBLE 'BURSTS' ONTO SCENE IN
STEWARDS' CUP by Alan Carasso
Make no mistake. Even a sidelined Golden Sixty (Aus)(Medaglia d'Oro) remains the king of the hill among Hong Kongmilers, if not the entire planet.
The 8-year-old showed he still had plenty to give with aremarkable first-up performance from a terrible draw in the
G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile Dec. 10, and the horse he beat thatday, Voyage Bubble (Aus) (Deep Field {Aus}), showed that his
effort was anything but a one-off, outlasting Beauty Eternal(Aus) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) in Sunday's G1 Stewards' Cup
at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Having belied rough odds to cause a surprise in last year's
BMW Hong Kong Derby over 10 furlongs, Voyage Bubble has
been kept to the mile thus far this season, and his effort lastmonth ensured that he'd have the target on his back Sunday.
The $1.90 favourite put himself right into the early mix, as
California Spangle (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) set a modest
tempo in advance of Beauty Eternal. When the latter pushed
away from his spot at the fence, Voyage Bubble was hung out
three deep at the 600 metres, but was still going well, as thelonger-winded Straight Arron (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus})
launched a four-wide bid at the top of the straight. Cont.

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Zac Purton sent Beauty Eternal past the pacesetter
approaching the furlong grounds, but Voyage Bubble had his
measure and finished his race off slightly the better for the
victory. Beauty Joy (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}) ran on decently for
third.
AI was in a nice, controlling position where I felt like if the paceslackened--which it did--that I was in a free-rolling position and I
had enough room around so that I could go when I wanted to go
and it worked out perfectly,@ said jockey James McDonald, whorecently completed a short-term contract in Hong Kong and was
jetting in from Australia for Sunday's ride. AHe put in a fantastic
run in the International Mile and backed it up today. There=s noheir apparent to Golden Sixty, but we=re happy to be the next
man jogging on the spot, so to speak, and we=re probably lucky
the champ wasn=t there.@
Trainer Ricky Yiu has given Voyage Bubble an entry for theG1 Dubai Turf at Meydan Mar. 30 and is also considering theG1 Doncaster Mile H. at Randwick at The Championships a week
later. For his part, McDonald believes Voyage Bubble would not
be out of his depth.
AHe=s going to be a force to be reckoned with here and a
flagbearer for the horses here and I=m just looking forward toseeing where he fits in, obviously being such a young,progressive horse,@ McDonald said.

Pedigree Notes
As previously mentioned, Deep Field is the leading sire in Hong
Kong by number of winners and progeny earnings. Voyage
Bubble is the stallion's second elite-level scorer in Hong Kong,
joining Longines Hong Kong Sprint hero Sky Field (Aus), andfourth overall. Deep Field, who was removed from stud duties at
Newgate Farm last year due to an inability to get his mares infoal, is now the sire of 16 winners overall at group level. Rahy
has now been represented by 20 Group 1/Grade I winners outof his daughters.
Given the sire's popularity locally, the Hong Kong Jockey Club
signed for three yearlings at the recently concluded Magic
Millions Gold Coast Sale for A$1.775 million, including a son oflisted-placed Merited (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) for A$800,000.
Torryburn Stud, also the breeders of Hong Kong Group 1
winner Hot King Prawn (Aus) (Denman {Aus}), raced the dam of
Voyage Bubble to four wins from 26 starts and she has since
produced seven winners from seven to race, including theGroup 3 winner Diddums (Aus) and the 4-year-old gelding
Seventies Hit (Aus) (Your Song {Aus}), a maiden winner at
Beaudesert in Queensland Dec. 30.
A half-sister to Listed Rockingham S. winner multiple Group 2placed Bannock (Ire) (Bertolini) and Australian stakes winner
Moulin (Aus) (Reset {Aus}), Raheights has not produced a foal

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since Seventies Hit and was most recently covered by Home
Affairs (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}) last Nov. 7. Voyage Bubble's
third dam produced Canadian Horse of the Year Never Retreat(Smart Strike).
Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
STEWARDS' CUP-G1, HK$13,000,000, Sha Tin, 1-21, 3yo/up,
1600mT, 1:33.97, gd.
1--VOYAGE BUBBLE (AUS), 126, g, 5, by Deep Field (Aus)
1st Dam: Raheights (Aus), by Rahy
2nd Dam: Laoub, by Red Ransom
3rd Dam: Lisieux, by Steady Growth
1ST GROUP WIN, 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (A$380,000 Ylg '20
INGFEB). O-Sunshine and Moonlight Syndicate; B-TorryburnStud (NSW); T-Ricky Yiu; J-James McDonald; HK$7,280,000.
Lifetime Record: 15-6-4-2, HK$41,052,975. *1/2 to Diddums(Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}), GSW-Aus, $164,688. Werk Nick Rating: C.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or thefree Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2--Beauty Eternal (Aus), 126, g, 5, Starspangledbanner (Aus)-Ithacan Queen (NZ), by Savabeel (Aus). (A$90,000 Ylg '20
INGFEB). O-Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen; B-P Raftopoulos (Vic);
T-John Size; J-Zac Purton; HK$2,730,000.
3--Beauty Joy (Aus), 126, g, 7, Sebring (Aus)--Impressive Jeuney(Aus), by Jeune (GB). O-Eleanor Kwok Lai Kwan Chun & Patrick
Kwok Ho Chuen; B-Impressive Racing Pty Ltd (WA); T-Tony
Cruz; J-Derek Leung; HK$1,495,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 1, 1 1/4. Odds: 9-10, 23-10, 11-1.
Also Ran: California Spangle (Ire), Fantastic Treasure, StraightArron (Aus), Russian Emperor (Ire), Healthy Happy (Aus). Clickfor the HKJC chart, PPs and sectional timing. VIDEO.

Sunday, Kyoto, Japan
TOKAI TV HAI TOKAI STAKES-G2, -106,400,000, Kyoto, 1-21,
4yo/up, 1800mD, 1:49.20, hy.
1--WILLIAM BAROWS (JPN), 126, h, 6, by Mikki Isle (Jpn)
1st Dam: Diana Barows (Jpn) (SW-Jpn, $531, 781),
by Symboli Kris S
2nd Dam: Chickie's Disco (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB)
3rd Dam: African Dance, by El Gran Senor
1ST GROUP WIN. O-Hirotsugu Inokuma; B-Nakahara Farm;
T-Hiroyuki Uemura; J-Ryusei Sakai; -56,120,000. Lifetime
Record: 17-7-5-1, -196,736,000. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Clickfor the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for thefree Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2--Omega Guiness (Jpn), 123, c, 4, Logotype (Jpn)--Start Up(Jpn), by Harbinger (GB). (-11,000,000 Wlg =20 JRHJUL).
O-Reiko Hara; B-Shadai Farm; -22,320,000.

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3--Victipharus (Jpn), 126, g, 7, Heart's Cry (Jpn)--Virginia (Jpn),
by Galileo (Ire). O-G1 Racing; B-Northern Farm; -14,160,000.
Margins: 1, 1HF, NK; Odds: 4.50, 1.00, 7.10.
Also Ran: Brian Sense (Jpn), Oro y Plata (Jpn), Peptide Nile (Jpn),
Mikki Nuchibana (Jpn), Kirinji (Jpn), Beyond the Father (Jpn),
Taisei Drefong (Jpn), Black Armet (Jpn), Red Faro (Jpn), Sunrise
Urus (Jpn), Gempachi Lucifer (Jpn), Smashing Hearts (Jpn),
Babbitt (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video.
Sunday, Nakayama, JapanAMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB CUP-G2, -119,720,000, Nakayama,
1-21, 4yo/up, 2200mT, 2:16.60, sf.
1--CHUCK NATE (JPN), 126, g, 6, by Heart's Cry (Jpn)
1st Dam: Gozzip Girl (GISW, $814,194), by Dynaformer
2nd Dam: Temperence Gift, by Kingmambo
3rd Dam: Shapiro's Mistress, by Unpredictable
1ST GROUP WIN. (-74,000,000 Ylg =19 JRHJUL) O-Makoto
Kaneko Holdings; B-Shadai Farm; T-Noriyuki Hori; J-Rachel
King; -62,854,000. Lifetime Record: 15-5-1-7, -145,027,000.
Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-crosspedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-stylepedigree.
2--Boccherini (Jpn), 126, h, 8, King Kamehameha (Jpn)--Popcorn
Jazz (Jpn), by Dance in the Dark (Jpn). O-Makoto Kaneko
Holdings; B-Northern Farm; -25,244,000.
3--Chrominance (Jpn), 126, h, 7, Lord Kanaloa (Jpn)--Illuminance(Jpn), by Manhattan Cafe (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUPBLACK TYPE. O-Sunday Racing; B-Shiraoi Farm; -16,12,000.
Margins: NS, 1 1/4, HD; Odds: 5.50, 3.40, 6.60.
Also Ran: Moryana (Jpn), Meiner Virtus (Jpn), Cils Blancs (Jpn),
Sun Stockton (Jpn), Lagulf (Jpn), Shonan Bashitto (Jpn), Karate(Jpn), Ho O Reality (Jpn), Admire Halley (Jpn). Click for the JRA
chart & video.

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MONDAY • 22 JANUARY 2024