SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2023

COURT ORDERSDISQUALIFICATION OFJUSTIFY'S SANTA ANITADERBY WIN

Justify in the 2018 Santa Anita Derby | Benoit

A decision may have finally been reached in the long-standing
legal skirmish over the results of the 2018 GI Santa Anita Derby,
won by Justify (Scat Daddy), according to a release issued Friday
afternoon by the connections of Ruis Racing, who campaigned
runner-up Bolt d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro). Ruis Racing has sought a
disqualification of Justify by the California Horse Racing Board(CHRB), as the winner tested positive for scopolamine following
the race.
After it was revealed in a report that Justify had tested positive
for scopolamine, Ruis began that quest to have the result of therace overturned with Bolt d'Oro declared the winner. Cont. p3

LIBERAL ARTS A FERRARO FAMILYADVENTURE by Chris McGrathHis father had long since ceased training, but they still always
stood at the same point by the Santa Anita paddock.
"There was a spot there, where the horses come out from thesaddling enclosure and make a right," Evan Ferraro recalls.
"From there you could look at them straight on, so you could
see their conformation, their joints, and my dad would point
stuff out to me."
And there was one filly by In Excess (Ire) that just blew theveteran horseman away: a Harris Farms homebred, saddled byCarla Gaines to win on debut down the turf chute.
This was 2005, soon after Evan had graduated USC as an
English major.
Since then, he has become a familiar face through 15 years at
Fasig-Tipton, where he is now director of marketing. But at thetime he was still wondering about emulating his father Stephen,
who had for 20 years operated a small barn on the Southern
California circuit before retiring in 1990 to join the family's
vending-machine business.
"He liked to have a 12-to-16 horse stable, and back then you
could make a good living doing that," Evan says. "It was adifferent time. But he was well respected and had some nicegraded stakes horses."Cont. p5

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Justify DQ, cont. from p1
Ruis alleged that the CHRB failed to follow its own rules when
it decided not to pursue penalties after Justify's positive test.
The CHRB acted on recommendations from then-executive
director Rick Baedeker and equine medical director Dr. Rick
Arthur. It was their call that Justify should not be disqualified
because the positive test was the result of contamination linked
to jimson weed.
The lack of disqualification at the time was especiallysignificant as the qualifying 'Road to the Kentucky Derby' points
Justify earned from his win in the Santa Anita Derby--his firstcareer stakes start--made him eligible for the GI Kentucky Derbya month later. He not only won the Kentucky Derby, but went
on to win the Triple Crown as well. Justify, a 'TDN Rising Star'
conditioned by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, was raced at that time
for the partnership of China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners
LLC, Starlight Racing, and WinStar Farm, while Bolt d'Oro wastrained for Ruis Racing LLC by Mick Ruis.
The statement, in its entirety, follows:
ARuis Racing LLC announced today a significant legal victory
against the California Horse Racing Board. Represented byattorneys Carlo Fisco and Darrell Vienna, Ruis Racing LLC
obtained an order from Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff directing the California Horse Racing
Board Stewards to set aside their December 9, 2020 decisionand issue a new ruling disqualifying Justify from the 2018 Santa
Anita Derby.
AThe Steward had originally ruled that they lacked jurisdiction
to conduct a Disqualification Hearing in this matter. The Court
disagreed and stated in its decision that there is Ano reason forremand@ as there is Ano doubt@ the Stewards would havedisqualified Justify if they understood that they had theauthority to do so. Cont.

Mick Ruis | Fasig-Tipton

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Justify DQ, cont.
AToday=s decision supports the longstanding California Horse
Racing Board rule that any horse racing with a prohibited
substance in its system must be disqualified and the purse
redistributed.@
TDN was able to option a copy of the ruling, which appears
here. The following is found in the ruling's conclusion:
AAs the Stewards have already determined what the result
would be if they could reach the issue of disqualification on theevidence before them, the court will issue a writ directing the
Stewards to set aside their December 9, 2020 decision andRemand Decision and to make a new order disqualifying Justify.
Based on the twice-stated clear position of the Stewards, thecourt finds there is Ano reason for remand@ of the matter as
there is Ano real doubt@ the Stewards would have disqualified
Justify if they understood that Respondent provided them withsuch authority when Respondent filed the complaint against theJustify Parties.@
According to CHRB spokesperson Mike Marten, the agency has
not yet decided whether to appeal the ruling, and there was nofurther comment on a Apending legal matter.@
Attorney Darrell Vienna, representing Ruis, said that Justify=sconnections theoretically could also appeal the ruling, Aeven
though this suit was simply between Mick Ruis, under Ruis

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

Racing LLC, versus the California Horse Racing Board.@
Ruis also has a separate civil case pending against the CHRB
seeking monetary damages. That case is also filed in the Los
Angeles County Superior Court.
AThey don=t run in parallel. I think if we had lost this case it
would have been very problematic for the civil case,@ said
Vienna.
AWe don=t have a direct claim against Justify=s people,@ added
Vienna. AThe awards and what we want has to come from the
CHRB. If they want to chase down Justify=s owners for the funds,
they can do that. We=re not going to do that.@
A footnote in the judge=s ruling criticizes the CHRB for entering
into a settlement agreement with Ruis, for a stewards purse DQ
hearing on the Santa Anita Derby. The stewards subsequently
claimed they had no jurisdiction on the matter as it had alreadybeen decided--a decision the board then concurred with.
AIt strains credulity that a state agency would enter into asettlement agreement providing the other party with illusory
relief. That is, why would Respondent settle litigation with
Petitioner knowing its complaint could not (as a legal matter) be
adjudicated. To the extent the agency did mislead Petitioner,
equitable estoppel would likely preclude the agency fromdepriving the other party with the benefit of its bargain,@ theruling states. Cont.

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Justify DQ, cont.
According to Vienna, Awe were enticed to enter into anagreement that was not going to be honored.@
Because of the qualifying points system in place for the
Kentucky Derby, Justify=s berth in that year=s contest wasincumbent upon his running first or second in the Santa Anita
Derby. When asked if the ruling puts into question Justify=s
Kentucky Derby win, therefore, Vienna pointed to a similar casehe had previously litigated Ain which a horse=s eligibility wasvalid until it was disproven.@
AAt the time of the running of the Derby, Justify was eligible
based on the then-pending decision,@ said Vienna.
ASubsequently today, that decision was overturned. But at thetime he participated in the Derby he had, for all intents andpurposes, achieved the right to run in the Derby.@
Vienna added, Aif the board had done what they should havedone in the first place, he would have been disqualified, andthat issue of whether he had enough points for the Derby would
have been decided back then.@
Said Vienna, AThere=s no question that Justify=s a very goodhorse and a great sire, and that Bolt d=Oro=s a good horse and agreat sire. I=d like to see everybody get back to racing and notfighting.@

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

Evan Ferraro, cont. from p1
Evan was doubly blessed, then, not only to grow up in theimmaculate climate of Sierra Madre--around the corner fromCharlie Whittingham--but also to have many formative
experiences on the backside.
"I just loved getting up early and hanging out at the track,"
Evan says. "I'd sit in the tack room while Dad worked, walk out
with him to watch training, or he'd put me on the outrider'spony, things like that. Santa Anita was still getting 30,000 people
at the races during the week, and 50,000 on the weekends, asstandard."
To this day, Stephen retains a box at Santa Anita. But his
attention over recent months has shifted to Kentucky--and all
thanks to that In Excess filly. Her name was Never to Excess, andStephen knew the family well. The dam had won the Torrey
Pines S. at Del Mar and was a half-sister to elite winners
Fabulous Notion (Somethingfabulous) and Cacoethes (Alydar).
Never to Excess only managed a couple more starts. "But mydad just loved her in the paddock, every time, and it was afamily he'd always revered," Evan says. "In fact the firstbroodmare he ever owned, in the '60s, was from this family. So
eventually he inquired whether John Harris would consider
selling her. Mr. Harris already had a lot of the family, so
fortunately he agreed and let us into it." Cont.

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Evan Ferraro, cont.
The Ferraros sent her to Tribal Rule, a son of Storm Cat who
tore up the track a couple of times in a curtailed career for Pam
and Martin Wygod. Here they had some extra encouragementfrom Evan's mom Richmond, who had brought her own Turf
pedigree from the opposite coast. Her mother had managed
several farms in Northern Virginia, including a stint running a
training barn for none other than Liz Tippett.

Stephen Ferraro | Ralph Merlino"Oh yeah, we're a racing family," Evan says. "That's how I got
the bug, being around it so much. My paternal grandmother wasa racing commissioner [in California] in the '80s. And my motherdid stallion advertising for years, and worked for Barretts duringthat company's whole existence. Anyway she was doing
advertising for the Wygods, so we knew how talented Tribal
Rule had been. He never won a stake or anything, but in his few
races he'd put up a couple of incredible, open-length romps infast times. And that speed was what worked for us, raisingCal-breds."
So they bred Never to Excess to Tribal Rule three times
running. The first foal was stakes-placed on his second start,
albeit didn't really build from there. But the Ferraros struck goldwith the third, a 2009 filly they named Ismene. (She was
Antigone's sister, never inclined to excess: Stephen,demonstrably, had also majored in literature!)"She was raised by Russell Drake, Mr. Wygod's farm manager,"
Evan says. "And all along he told my dad, 'This is a really nice filly
you've got here.' Dad put her in training with Bill Spawr, an oldbuddy of his. Patrick Valenzuela rode her at Del Mar in her first
race, and she 'whistled.' And then she came back and won two
stakes: the Anoakia at Oak Tree, against open company, andthen the Cal Breeders [Champion S.] on opening day at Santa
Anita." Cont.

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Evan Ferraro, cont.
"I'd worked at TVG for my last semester of college, as aThat qualified Ismene as champion state-bred filly of her crop.
production assistant, but wanted to get closer to the horses. So I
Unfortunately she had to sit out her sophomore campaign withwent to work there and did a little bit of everything: breedinga knee chip, but she returned to finish runner-up three times in
shed, worked with mares and foals, yearling sales prep, sales
stakes company at four. She even took a swing at the GI
consignments, just learning all the aspects of a horse farm."
Breeders Cup' Filly and Mare
Then one morning at Clockers'
Sprint, but that proved a bridge
Corner he was introduced to
too far and they retired her.
Walt Robertson, at the time
Never to Excess had shownpresident of Fasig-Tipton, andspeed, class and versatility,
sent him a resume. Evan was
being effective on dirt, turf andoffered an internship, and has
synthetic. Throw in the looks
never looked back.
that had captivated Stephen,"So that's how I ended up notand some elite blood close up,
being a trainer," he says with aand Ismene appeared a very
smile. "The hours were better,
eligible proposition for her next
and it was a lot of fun. I got tocareer.
travel--and I saw that theseHer first date was with Lucky
Fasig-Tipton guys all eat pretty
Pulpit, freshly exalted by his son
well!"
California Chrome. And there
We'll come back to life at Fasig,
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from
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Anita
grandstand|Horsephotos
was a sentimental connection
but meanwhile let's not forget
here, too, Evan having held Lucky Pulpit in the breeding shed
the mare we left with Lucky Pulpit. Their daughter madeduring his first season at stud.
$90,000 as a yearling and won a stakes.
"I'd gone to Harris Farms to get some experience," he explains.
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Evan Ferraro, cont.
and cents, at a certain auction house down the road on the
Next came an Acclamation filly, who brought $160,000 and
Newtown Pike?
was placed in four stakes. "She was gorgeous, still is," Evan says.
"Yeah, we hemmed and hawed about it," admits Evan. "You"I think she was as high a priced filly as her sire ever had. So
had to, because that's how you keep the whole thing going. But
after those first two, because
this was such a cool horse. And
she was showing herself to be
finally my dad just said, 'I want toa good producer, we decided
race him.' We thought thatto bring Ismene to Kentucky."potentially he could be a bit
Her first couple of covers inspecial, certainly he was thethe Bluegrass did not prove
best-bred we'd ever had, and at
productive, but then they
my dad's age [80] he'd rather justrolled the dice with an upgrade
give the horse a shot."to Arrogate.
As a pair of English majors, with
"He was a horse my dad saw
a mare named from Greek myth,coming up the ranks in
Stephen and Evan named the colt
California, and always loved,"
Liberal Arts. They put him into
Evan explains. "And hepre-training with Robbie Medina.
believed strongly in a cross to
Then at Blackwood, Medina
Caro (Ire) [grandsire of In
subsequently decided to open a
Excess]. That's what he got
public stable based at the
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with that first foal, with Lucky
Thoroughbred Training Center in
Pulpit [whose dam is by Caro's son Cozzene]. And then with
Lexington.
Arrogate, you get it through Unbridled's Song [out of a Caro
"And when Robbie went out on his own, we just kept it simple,mare]."
kept the horse where he was doing well," says Evan. "Robbie
Right from the outset, James Herbener, Jr. was upbeat about
had broken the horse for us, he'd spoken highly of him andthe resulting colt.
wanted to continue on with him. I'd met Robbie several years"Jimmy was just as good a horseman as there was inback, through a good friend and colleague at Fasig-Tipton, Max
Kentucky," Evan says. "And though he usually never said a whole Hodge. They'd worked together for Shug [McGaughey] way backlot, he was pretty high on this foal the whole way."
when, and remained very close friends. So I knew how good a
So was there a temptation to convert that promise into dollars
horseman Robbie was." Cont.

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Evan Ferraro, cont.
For these patrons, Medina had to meet high standards. For
Stephen had learned much about their calling from his friend
Willard Proctor, the Texas hardboot who had trained his firstwinner in 1933. Sure enough, Liberal Arts has been given a fairly
throwback grounding as a 2-year-old.
"He's had an old school campaign, really," Evan notes. "He ran
five furlongs at Churchill in May, six furlongs a month later atEllis, and then broke his maiden five or six weeks later, goingseven furlongs. Then he had a one-turn mile race in the [GIII]
Iroquois. He had a bit of trouble, almost clipped heels in thestretch. I don't know if he would have caught the winner, but I
think that cost him second anyways."
But that's the whole point: if a horse gets to learn its trade by
racing, those little reverses can be worn as learning experiences.

this just looked like a horse for whom everything is falling into
place.
"I watched every race that day, and nobody else made up thatmuch ground," Evan reflects. "He's really learned to relax andturn off a little bit. He's an unusual horse. Truthfully, we thought
he'd be a fall 2-year-old. He's a good-sized horse by Arrogate. I
think Arrogate's only had one other 2-year-old colt win a gradedstakes, and that was Cave Rock.
"But Robbie broke this horse and then just went on with him,
because he kept picking it up. He didn't want to stop on him,
when he was going along so naturally. The horse has learned
with each race, and hopefully he's only going to get better as hegets older. He's got a great foundation now, with five starts in
him, and I think he's only just getting into what he wants to do.
Hopefully, that bodes well for him as a 3-year-old."Okay, this year we had a GI Kentucky Derby winner unraced
until late January; but runner-up Two Phil's (Hard Spun) showedthat the time-honored "school of hard knocks" remains as valid
as ever. In the big picture, then, the Iroquois could be counted a
net gain.
"Absolutely," agrees Evan. "That was the deal all along. He wasjust starting to mature, and we knew that he was going to likegoing two turns. Robbie was really excited to stretch him out inthe [GIII] Street Sense S., and he relished it. I know there was
the off-going, but I think he benefitted from the distance morethan anything."
Certainly it was a revelatory performance, Liberal Arts bursting
through from the rear to take control in the stretch, hitting thewire in full cry. While you sometimes see odd scenarios in slop,

The Ferraros know the game too well to be getting carried
away. Its vagaries have already intruded poignantly, in that
Ismene is no longer around. But for all the lows that must be
weighed against its occasional highs, somehow the captivationof our sport never fades.
Certainly Evan adores the life. "I love going to farms, being on
the road, working with the people breeding and raising thesehorses, and trying to direct them to the best place possible toget the best return they can," he says. "I do advertising andmarketing, but I'm also inspecting horses, recruiting for theNovember Sale, handling certain accounts. We all wear a lot ofdifferent hats at Fasig-Tipton. We have a tremendous team anda wonderful working environment." Cont.

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Evan Ferraro, cont.
That team spirit at Fasig has certainly contributed to theenjoyment Evan and his father are deriving from Liberal Arts.
Even the heartbreaking loss of Herbener, in September 2021,
ended up widening the circle of engagement.
"We were all just rattled, it was such a sad deal," Evan recalls.
"And then when his family decided not to go on with a boarding
operation, we had to find a spot for Liberal Arts to be raised. So
then Bayne Welker, another colleague at Fasig-Tipton, steps inand says, 'I need one more colt on my farm to pair some stuff
up. I'd be happy to take him.' So he and his wife Chris raise him
as a yearling for us."Those extra layers have made the emergence of Liberal Arts
feel extra special.

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

"I think about all that stuff," Evan says. "We bred our only
mare to this horse my dad always really liked; decided not tosell; he was raised by Jimmy; Jimmy passes away, a colleague
and friend steps in; and then another one introduces us to theguy who trains him. Robbie goes out on his own, and Liberal Arts
becomes his first graded stakes winner. And it's actually the firsttime I've been in partnership with my dad, the first time ournames have ever been on the program together.
"So there's a lot of different pieces all fitting together. I can't
say enough about the job Robbie has just done, developing thishorse. He's a first-class horseman, with great staff. It's a longways to get this horse to the big dance. If we get there, it's
because he's going to take us there; we're not going to take him.
But before the Breeders' Cup, he was the top-ranked horse by
Derby points. That felt pretty wild. You've got to stay grounded,because so much can change or go wrong. But no, we're reallyexcited."Follow the TDN staff on
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Klaravich Stables a record-breaking three wins in the race. The
ridgling made rapid progress this season, capping a three-race
winning streak with a head defeat of Webslinger (Constitution)
The late Charlie Whittingham won his first Hollywood Derbyin the GI Saratoga Derby over yielding turf Aug. 5. Accordingly
back in 1967 with Tumble Wind
made the 7-10 chalk for the Sept.
and the last of his four victories
9 GIII Virginia Derby, the bay led
in the race in 1989 with Live
into the final furlong only to be
The Dream. Chad Brown added
upstaged by Integration (Quality
his name to the list ofRoad), who franked the form in
Hollywood Derby winners
the GII Hill Prince S. in his next
courtesy of Annals of Timeappearance.
(Temple City) in 2016 and
AHe was a little close to a fast
followed up with Raging Bull
pace,@ Brown said of the Virginia(Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in 2018
Derby. AIt might have did him in in
and Domestic Spending (GB)the end where he got caught by a(Kingman {GB}) two years later.
good horse. Hopefully he=ll work
In Saturday's renewal of theout a better trip this time.@nine-furlong event, Brown will
Brown also sends out
send out a pair of lightly raced
Redistricting (GB) (Kingman {GB})sophomores while looking to
Program Trading (right) beat Webslinger in the GI Saratoga Derby. The for Klaravich, who exits a twodraw even with the 'Bald
two face a rematch in Saturday's GI Hollywood Derby |Sarah Andrew length Aqueduct allowance
Eagle.'
victory Oct. 28.
Favored at 9-5 on the morning line is Program Trading (GB)AHe finished well,@ Brown said, Aand I think he=s ready to step
(Lope de Vega {Ire}), who will try to give Seth Klarman'sback up into a big race like this.@ Cont.

BROWN CAN EQUAL WHITTINGHAM
RECORD IN HOLLYWOOD DERBYTDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 18 • THETDN.COM

Saturday's graded preview, cont.
Webslinger has been out of the top three just once in his eightstarts this term and was a luckless third when last seen in the
GII Twilight Derby on the Breeders' Cup undercard Nov. 4.
The two horses that finished ahead of him also line up here.
Seal Team (GB) (War Front) came from worse than midfield to
upstage Godolphin's Silver Knott (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) by ahalf-length, but might need a touch of luck from the widest alley
in this field of nine.
Two-year-old fillies head to the post in the co-featured
GIII Jimmy Durante S. Brown looks set to saddle the favorite in
the one-mile test in the form of Lady de Berry (Practical Joke), a
sixth to future GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies heroine Just F Y I(Justify) on Saratoga debut Aug. 26 before graduating
impressively going two turns over the Keeneland turf course
Oct. 27. Go With Gusto (Medaglia d'Oro), third in the
GI Summer S., failed to draw into the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Fillies Turf and was a mildly troubled second in the Qatar Gold
Mile in the Breeders' Cup Friday lidlifter. She tries sex-restrictedcompany for the first time in her career.

Cigar Mile Anchors Big Weekend at the Big A
Downgraded though it has been and lacking a standout runner,
Saturday's GII Cigar Mile H. still offers a half-million dollar purse

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and a full field of 12 to challenge handicappers.
Trainer Todd Fincher makes a rare appearance on the New
York circuit, but he brings in a horse with a big chance in theform of Joe Peacock, Jr.'s Senor Buscador (Mineshaft).

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Two-for-three over this distance, including the GIII Ack Ack S.
going Churchill's one-turn configuration last October, the 5-yearold entire took advantage of a strong pace up ahead to upset
the GII San Diego H. at Del Mar this past July. Cont.

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Saturday's graded preview, cont.
Fourth in the GI Pacific Classic and third in the GI Awesome
Again S., he ran on decently to finish seventh, beaten 5 1/4
lengths, behind White Abarrio (Race Day) in the GI Breeders'
Cup Classic Nov. 4.
AHe ran really good in the Breeders' Cup,@ Fincher said. AHe
just got way, way back--almost 19 lengths back. I think hestarted his run too early. He made up a ton of ground down thebackside and he actually flattened a little down the lane, which
I've never seen him do.@Senor Buscador worked a best-of-27 five furlongs over the
Belmont training track in 1:00 4/5 Nov. 25 in preparation for the
Cigar Mile.
Qatar Racing's Everso Mischievous (Into Mischief) looks themain danger as he goes for his fourth straight victory and fifthfrom seven starts. Picked up for just $85,000 at last year's
Keeneland Horses of Racing Age Sale, the bay broke his maiden
at second asking and has not tasted defeat in five months,
including wins in the Sept. 23 Harrods Creek S. at Keeneland andthe GII Forty Niner S. over this course and distance Oct. 28,
where he had the re-opposing Dr Ardito (Liam's Map) and
Accretive (Practical Joke) in his wake.
Dornoch (Good Magic), the full-brother to recently retired
GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage, looks a handful facing nineother juvenile males in the GII Remsen S. The $325,000 KEESEP
acquisition was second in his first two trips to the races,
including the Aug. 26 Sapling S. at Monmouth, and was animpressive 6 1/4-length maiden winner at Keeneland Oct. 14.
Moonlight (Audible) matched Dornoch's 90 Beyer Speed Figure
when airing by eight in a local rained-off maiden Sept. 28, but
was fractionally disappointing when runner-up to Liberal Arts
(Arrogate) in a sloppy renewal of the GIII Street Sense S. at
Churchill Sept. 29. Rick Dutrow, Jr. has won with eight of his last
24 starters dating back to the Breeders' Cup Classic. The
following afternoon he sent out Where's Chris (Twirling Candy)
to upset the previously unbeaten Book'em Danno (Bucchero) in
the Nashua S.
The fillies' counterpart, the GII Demoiselle S., is topped by
Repole Stable's Life Talk (Gun Runner), third in the local
GI Frizette S. Oct. 7 ahead of an even fourth in the GI Breeders'
Cup Juvenile Fillies. Shimmering Allure (Enticed) is the mostexperienced of this group, having made six previous racetrack
appearances. A maiden winner at fourth asking in a restricted

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

event at Churchill in September, the $40,000 Fasig-Tipton July
grad was a midpack fourth in the GI Darley Alcibiades S. at
Keeneland Oct. 6, but bounced back to best Vino Rouge (Vino
Rosso) by three convincing lengths in the Nov. 5 Tempted S.

GISW HOG CREEK HUSTLE RELOCATED TO
WAR HORSE PLACE

Hog Creek Hustle | War Horse Place

GI Woody Stephens S. hero Hog Creek Hustle (Overanalyze)
was relocated to War Horse Place for the 2024 breeding season
where the 7-year-old will stand for $5,000 LFSN, the farm said ina release Friday.
Joining recent arrival GI Preakness S. champ Rombauer(Twirling Candy), Hog Creek Hustle was campaigned bySomething Special Racing and trained by Vickie Foley.
Retired in 2021, he earned $774,546 over the course of his
racing career, which spanned 24 starts with 13 in-the-money
finishes and included a thrilling runner-up effort to MGISW Mind
Control (Stay Thirsty) in the 2019 edition of the GI H. Allen
Jerkens Memorial S.
Hog Creek Hustle is out of Candy Fortune (Candy Ride {Arg})and counts as a half-brother GSW Majestic Dunhill(Majesticperfection).
Breeders are invited to schedule inspections at theirconvenience by contacting the War Horse Place office at (859)519-5175.

TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 18 • THETDN.COM

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

SOLDIER RISING TO SKIP LONGINES HONG
KONG VASE by Alan Carasso
Soldier Rising (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who was set to become thefirst American-based participant since 2017 at the Longines
Hong Kong International Races in the G1 Longines Hong Kong
Vase a week from Sunday, will instead remain stateside andreceive a break before returning to action in 2024.
AWe worked him on Sunday [5f in 1:03.45 over the Belmontmain track] and I was not satisfied with the work,@ trainer
Christophe Clement said of the 5-year-old gelding, campaigned
by Madaket Stable, Michael Dubb, Morris Bailey, Wonder
Stables and Michael J. Caruso. AHe came back and I don't think
he is as good as he could be--not bad, but when you go for sucha long trip and such a prestigious race, you want to make sureeverything is OK. I wasn't comfortable about it, so we'll give him
a break and bring him back next year.@
The hard-knocking bay gelding, who has raced competitively
with the likes of globetrotting multiple Grade I/Group 1 winners
such as champion Yibir (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and State of Rest (Ire)(Starspangledbanner {Aus}) since arriving on these shores in
2021, made six trips to the post this season. Though winless, heran with credit, with four runner-up efforts in Grade I company,and most recently charged home to miss by a neck in the GII Red
Smith S. at Aqueduct Nov. 11.

Soldier Rising | Sarah Andrew

It has been 30 years since Clement ran his first horse in Hong
Kong when Adam Smith (GB) (Sadler's Wells) finished eighth in
the race then called the Hong Kong International Cup. Since
then, he has started another half-dozen horses, the last comingwith Winchester in the 2010 Vase. Pure Sensation (Zensational)
was set to represent the stable in the 2016 Sprint and did makethe trip over, but was withdrawn in the days leading up to therace. Cont.

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Soldier Rising, cont.
With few options at home for Soldier Rising at this latejuncture, Clement once again looked to Hong Kong.
ASoldier Rising ran a really nice race in the Red Smith and I
thought he was doing well, so you just look at your choices,@ hesaid. AThe Vase has a big purse of $2 million and we are surethat he stays. So it was attractive at the time to think about it
and think a little bit outside the box. But I am a New York
trainer, the owners are New York-based and obviously hefinished second five times in graded stakes this year, including
four times in Grade Is. So that is the priority for next year. For
now we'll play it safe and bring him back for the same sort of aprogram.@
While there are potential early-season targets in the Middle
East for a horse like Soldier Rising, the timing isn't quite right,
Clement said.
AHe could have been one for Saudi or Dubai. I am certainly notagainst it, but the problem with that is that my idea was to try to
go once more [in 2023] and then give him a break and have afresh horse for next year,@ he offered. ANow we are passing
Hong Kong and still going to give him a break, which means wealso need to pass Saudi and Dubai, as it comes too early.@
Still, it will come as no surprise if Clement circles Sha Tin on his
calendar come next December.

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

AMaybe Big Invasion (Declaration of War) for the Sprint, too,@
he said. AGood horses from America compete well in the
Breeders' Cup and there's no reason they can't also do sooverseas. International competition is good for all of us.@

CLAIMING CROWN: JUST GETTING A HORSE
THERE CAN BE A VICTORY Edited Press Release
Many of the trainers and owners running horses in Saturday=seight Claiming Crown races already won a critical competition
before the starting gate even opens at Fair Grounds Race Course& Slots: They got the horse at the claim box.
With shrinking foal crops and enhanced purses in areas such as
Kentucky, New York and Arkansas, there has never been moredemand for a competitive claiming horse, the backbone ofAmerican racing. The Claiming Crown was created 25 years ago
by the National Horsemen=s Benevolent & Protective
Association (NHBPA) and the Thoroughbred Owners & Breedersof America (TOBA) to spotlight those horses with their own
big-money day.
The 25th Claiming Crown--this year worth a total of $1 million
and staged with support from the Louisiana HBPA--clearly has
encouraged some owners to seek out horses with this day in mind.

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Claiming Crown, cont.

Frosted Grace, pictured here winning at Oaklawn last March, isentered for Saturday's Claiming Crown at Fair Grounds | CoadyAA lot of guys gear up for this day,@ said trainer Robertino
Diodoro, whose seven Claiming Crown entrants include threecontenders for the $200,000 Jewel in Flying P Stable=s Saqeel(Daaher) and Frosted Grace (Mark Valeski) and Ken Ramsey=s
King=s Ovation (Not This Time). ATwo of my bigger guys, Flying P
and Ken Ramsey, have had success at the Claiming Crown andjust love it. Jason Provenzano has mentioned it to me at least
once a week for four months about having Frosted Grace for the
Claiming Crown. Flying P last winter would say, >How about thishorse (to claim)? He=d be eligible for the Claiming Crown next
year.' It was nine or 11 months away, but it shows you how
excited some of the owners are and how much pride they takein running in it.
"It=s a big day and very important to a lot of owners. The
blue-collar horses get to be the spotlight of the day and run forgood money. You have to have blue-collar horses in this game,for sure, for spectators, owners and trainers. They=re a big partof our game.@
Claiming a horse is one of the quickest and most effective ways
to get new owners into the game--or to bring lapsed owners
back. Claim a horse, and you could see it run back in your silks ina matter of weeks.
For example, owner Paul Parker and trainer/co-owner Jeff
Hiles needed to win a 13-way shake to get Time for Trouble(English Channel), the favorite in Saturday=s $75,000 Ready=sRocket Express, for $8,000 on June 18, 2021 at Churchill Downs.
He was one of five horses claimed out of the race. Time forTrouble has not run in another race since where he could beclaimed, that includes winning last year=s Ready=s Rocket Express
at Churchill Downs.
Starter-allowance races such as the Claiming Crown are
restricted to horses that have started for a certain claiming price

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

or cheaper in a specified time frame. But there is no claiming
involved, making starter races attractive to those who don=t
want to risk losing their horse.
The complexities of the claiming game increase when horses=
eligibility for starter races expires. If they=re put in anotherclaiming race to make them re-eligible for starter competition,
there=s a good chance they=ll be claimed. On the other hand,horsemen need to run in spots where they can make money tostay in business. Running a horse over its head repeatedly just tohang on to it doesn=t do the owner, trainer or the horse any
good.
So it=s one thing to claim a horse with the Claiming Crown inmind and another to still have it come Claiming Crown day.
Mike Maker, the all-time leading Claiming Crown trainer with
21 victories, and his fellow horsemen Diodoro, Chris Hartman
and Joe Sharp are all over Saturday=s Claiming Crown entries.
Maker and Diodoro entered seven apiece, Sharp six andHartman four.
Then there are all the horses racing Saturday that those guys
used to train. Take Invaluable (Include)--and a lot of people didjust that.
Now six, Invaluable won last year=s Claiming Crown Glass
Slipper for Maker but will start this year for Sharp, who claimed
her two races ago. The Claiming Crown was only Invaluable=s
second start for Maker, who took the mare off Diodoro for$32,000 at Saratoga in a race where all four horses wereclaimed. The prior winter, Diodoro had taken Invaluable off
Hartman for $30,000 at Oaklawn, a race in which five of eightstarters changed hands.
AThat one hurts,@ Diodoro said of losing Invaluable, the 2022
National HBPA Claiming Horse of the Year. AI loved that mare. I
didn=t want to lose her. She=s as honest as they come. We could
have tried to hold her out for the Claiming Crown. But you get toSaratoga, the owners want to win, the purses are big. You can=t
just >protect= these horses. You=ve got to run them where they
can win--and there=s a pretty good chance you=re going to lose
them at the claim box.@ Cont.

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Claiming Crown, cont.
The home run is getting a horse that improves to where it canrun well in allowance and stakes races. That=s the case with
Frosted Grace, a $32,000 claim a year ago who has made$382,860 for Flying P in 2023, including winning Lone Star Park=s
GIII Steve Sexton Mile S.
Three other Diodoro-trained horses will make their first start
for the barn Saturday, having been claimed specifically for the
Claiming Crown. One, Pens Street (Street Sense) in the Glass
Slipper, has been claimed in three of her last four races.
The $75,000 Iron Horse Kent Stirling Memorial will be thesecond start for Diodoro with $40,000 claim On a Spree(Speightstown), who changed hands six times in his prior sevenstarts, including spending one race apiece for Hartman andSharp.
AThe claiming game gives everyone a chance,@ said Eric
Hamelback, CEO of the National HBPA. AThere=s often not a lotthat separates blue blood from blue collar. Horses every day
outrun their pedigrees. High price tags bring high expectations,but sometimes those horses simply aren=t good enough for
top-level company. That doesn=t mean they aren=t still good,
productive horses. And sometimes horses= form goes off towhere they=re put in a claiming race to get them back on track.
Like Emerald favorite Therapist [Freud].@That New York-bred gelding, an eight-time stakes-winner at
the time, was claimed for $25,000 and then for $50,000 in his
next start by Maker in January. Therapist now has won threeraces for new owner Michael Dubb, including the GI United
Nations S.
Hamelback noted that Glass Slipper favorite Samarita (First
Samurai) was a $1,000 yearling who has won her past six races
and that Claiming Crown Jewel favorite Money Supply (PracticalJoke) cost $400,000 as a yearling but clearly didn=t fit into his
original owner=s program geared toward the Classic races.
AThe same mare, Tokyo Time (Medaglia d'Oro), produced $3million earner Olympiad (Speightstown) a year after she foaled
Iron Horse contender Mau Mau (Empire Maker),@ Hamelback
said. AHe lost his first six starts, was put in a $30,000 claiming
race, won that day and was claimed and has since raced
successfully at his level for several different trainers. There are a
lot more Mau Maus than Olympiads. They are good racehorses
at their level and bring a lot of joy to their owners and barns. We
celebrate them all with the Claiming Crown.@

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE PARTNERS
WITH HALLWAY FEEDSThe Hall Family | courtesy of Hallway Feeds

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) announced a newpartnership with Lexington, Kentucky-based equine feed
manufacturer Hallway Feeds, the organization said in a release
Friday.
Family-owned and operated by the Hall Family since 1964, thecompany is prepared to make a major financial commitment toaccredited Thoroughbred aftercare through this collaboration.
Select Hallway Feeds bags will proudly feature the>Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Proud Supporter= Seal. In
addition, the partnership will include race presentations andevent booths.
AHallway Feeds is proud to support the efforts ofThoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. As a company that supplies
feeds to all facets of the Thoroughbred industry, it is fitting that
we take an active role in their aftercare,@ said Lee Hall, Vice
President, Hallway Feeds.
ALee Hall has established Hallway Feeds as a prominent
supplier of horse feeds, not only in Kentucky but also across theUnited States and globally,@ said Craig Bandoroff, Owner ofDenali Stud and TAA Vice President. ARecognizing the criticalrole of accredited aftercare, Lee has committed Hallway Feeds
as a strategic partner to advance the cause, actively
participating in spreading the important message and mission of
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.@

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SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

THOROUGHBRED MAKEOVER RULEBOOK OUT
The rulebook for the 2024 Thoroughbred Makeover andNational Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities ofAmerica, is now available for review on the organization=s
website, the Retired Racehorse Project said in a release early
Friday morning.
Revisions to the rules are indicated in red, while clarifications
are in blue. A free webinar presentation about the application
process will take place for any interested individuals via the
Retired Racehorse Project's Facebook page on Tuesday, Dec. 19
at 7:00 p.m. ET.

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Saturday, Del Mar #7, post time: 6:30 p.m. ESTHOLLYWOOD DERBY-GI, $300,000, 3yo, 1 1/8mT
PP HORSE
SIRE
1 Silver Knott (GB)Lope de Vega (Ire)
2 Maltese Falcon (Ire)
Caravaggio
3 Reiquist
Nyquist4 WatsonvilleJack Milton
5 Webslinger K
Constitution
6 Santorini K
Twirling Candy
7 Redistricting (GB)Kingman (GB)
8 Program Trading (GB) Lope de Vega (Ire)
9 Seal Team (GB)War Front

OWNER
Godolphin, LLC
Red Baron's Barn LLC and Rancho Temescal LLC
CUYATHY LLC
Pine Racing Stables and Saints or Sinners
D. J. Stable LLC
Storyteller Racing, Dave Russel, and Scott Catlett
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Perry R. Bass II and Ramona S. Bass

TRAINERApplebyPowellYakteen
Glatt
Casse
BrissetBrown
Brown
Mandella

JOCKEY
Spencer
Hernandez
Vazquez
Fresu
Gaffalione
AchardRosario
Prat
Rispoli

WT
122
122
122
122
122
122
122
122
122

Breeders: 1-St Albans Bloodstock LLP, 2-Sir Robert Ogden, 3-Cuyathy LLC, 4-Kings and Queens Farm, 5-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 6-Mary
Abeel Sullivan Revocable Trust, 7-Farm Cove Thoroughbreds Ltd, 8-Fittocks Stud & Arrow Farm & Stud, 9-Bass Stables LLC
Saturday, Aqueduct #10, post time: 4:12 p.m. EST
CIGAR MILE H.-GII, $500,000, 3yo/up, 1m
PP HORSE
SIRE
1 Coastal Mission
Great Notion
2 Everso Mischievous K Into Mischief
3 Senor Buscador
Mineshaft
4 Cascais K
Into Mischief
5 Dr Ardito
Liam's Map
6 High Oak K
Gormley
7 Three Technique K
Mr Speaker
89Offaly Cool K
Castle Chaos

10 Accretive K
11 Hoist the Gold K
12 Pipeline

Kantharos
Palace Malice
Practical Joke
MineshaftSpeightstown

OWNER
TRAINER
Jeff C. Runco
Runco
Qatar Racing
Cox
Joe R. Peacock, Jr.
FincherThree Chimneys Farm, LLC
Brown
Caruso, Michael J. and Dubb, MichaelBrown
LRE Racing LLC and JEH Racing Stable LLC
Mott
Grindley, Eric, Miller, David E., Preuss, Howard F.
and Werner, John
Cook
Lawrence A. Rebbecchi, Jr.
Solis
Goldfarb, Sanford J., Nice Guys Stables and Beast
Mode Racing LLC
Falcone, Jr.
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Brown
Dream Team One Racing Stable
StewartGunther, John D. and Eurowest Bloodstock Services DeVaux

JOCKEY
Bocachica
TorresAlvarado
Ortiz
Franco
Saez

WT
119
119
123
114
119
118

Castellano
Adorno

120
117

Davis
Ortiz, Jr.
Velazquez
Lezcano

116
121
121
117

Breeders: 1-Coleswood Farm, Inc., 2-Clearsky Farms, 3-Joe R Peacock Sr. & Joe R Peacock Jr., 4-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC, 5-Fred W. Hertrich lll &John D. Fielding, 6-Catherine Parke, 7-Omega Farm LLC & Bally Breeders, 8-Juddmonte Farms Inc, 9-Dragon Slayer Stable, 10-Falcon Wood Partners,
11-Dream Team Racing, 12-Eurowest Bloodstock Services LTD.

Saturday, Aqueduct #7, post time: 2:45 p.m. ESTDEMOISELLE S.-GII, $250,000, 2yo, f, 1 1/8m
PP HORSE
SIRE
1 Cozee Rags K
Union Rags
2 Dolomite
Unified3 Life Talk K
Gun Runner
4 Most of All
Quality Road
5 Vino Rouge K
Vino Rosso
6 Caress K
Connect
7
8
9Shimmering Allure
Ringy Dingy
Caldwell Luvs Gold

Enticed
Dialed In
GoldencentsOWNER
Twin Oaks Bloodstock
Alpha Delta Stables, LLC
Repole Stable
Godolphin, LLC
Harold Lerner LLC and Team D
Black Type Thoroughbreds, Swinbank Stables,
Adkisson, Steve and R. A. Hill Stable
Walking L Thoroughbreds, LLC
Callahan, Peter J. and McDonald, James Reiley
Dicke Racing

TRAINER
MichaelBrown
PletcherMott
Dutrow

JOCKEY
Gomez
FrancoOrtiz, Jr.
Ortiz
Davis

WT
118
118
118
118
118

Weaver
McPeekGarganCox

Castellano
Alvarado
Davis
Saez

118
120
120
118

Breeders: 1-Kim Nardelli, Rodney Nardelli & W.S.Farish, 2-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC, 3-Gun Runner Syndicate, MulhollandSprings LLC & Tom Grether
Farms Inc., 4-Godolphin, 5-Payson Stud, Inc, 6-Castleton Lyons & Kilboy Estate, 7-Clifton Farm, LLC, 8-Athens Woods LLC, 9-Jeremiah Desmond &Drumkenny Farm, LLC
Saturday, Aqueduct #9, post time: 3:45 p.m. ESTREMSEN S.-GII, $250,000, 2yo, 1 1/8m
PP HORSE
SIRE
1 Le Dom Bro
Mucho Macho Man
2 Domestic Product
Practical Joke
3 Dornoch K
Good Magic

4
5
6
7

Moonlight
Drum Roll Please
Billal K
Sierra Leone

AudibleHard SpunStreet Sense
Gun Runner

8 Where's Chris K
9 Copper Tax
10 Private Desire K

Twirling Candy
Copper Bullet
Constitution

OWNER
Vicente Stella Stables LLC
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
West Paces Racing LLC, R. A. Hill Stable, Belmar
Racing and Breeding, LLC, Two Eight Racing, LLC
and Pine Racing Stables
Town and Country Racing & Madaket Stables LLC
Gold Square LLC
Kaleem Shah, Inc.
Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Michael B., Smith,Derrick, Westerberg, Rocket Ship Racing, LLC and
Brant, Peter M.
Nice Guys Stables
Rose Petal Stables
Stephen P. Brunetti, Jr.

TRAINER
CorderoBrown

JOCKEY
Gomez
FrancoWT
118
118

GarganPletcher
Cox
Mott

Saez
Ortiz, Jr.
Castellano
Alvarado

118
118
118
118

Brown
Dutrow, Jr.
CapuanoPletcher

Ortiz
Castillo
Carmouche
Lezcano

118
120
120
118

Breeders: 1-Teneri Farms Inc, 2-Klaravich Stables, 3-Grandview Equine, 4-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC, 5-Barlar, LLC, 6-Repole Stables, 7-Debby
M. Oxley, 8-The Neuman Group, 9-Lance Sullenberger, 10-Wilbert Tan
Saturday, Aqueduct #8, post time: 3:17 p.m. EST
GO FOR WAND S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m
PP HORSE
SIRE
1 Saddle Up Jessie
More Than Ready
2 Dr B
Liam's Map
3 Venti Valentine
Firing Line
4
5
6
7

Know It All Audrey
Tizzy in the Sky
Gerrymander K
Good Sam K

Shackleford
Sky Kingdom
Into Mischief
Good Samaritan

OWNER
Michael J. Ryan
Cash is King LLC and LC Racing LLC
NY Final Furlong Racing Stable & Parkland
Thoroughbreds
Three Player's Stable and Barrera, III, Oscar S.
KimDon Racing, LLC
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Peter M. Brant

TRAINER
RussellReid, Jr.

JOCKEY
Davis
Lezcano

WT
121
121

Abreu
Barrera, III
Pletcher
Brown
Brown

FrancoCastellano
Saez
Ortiz
Ortiz, Jr.

121
121
121
123
118

Breeders: 1-Kinnickinnic Stables, 2-Eico Ventures, Inc., 3-Final Furlong Racing Stable & MaspethStable, 4-Geraldine Mazza, 5-Westrock Stables LLC,
6-Town & Country Horse Farms, LLC &Pollock Farms, 7-Maccabee Farm

Saturday, Del Mar #5, post time: 5:30 p.m. ESTJIMMY DURANTE S.-GIII, $100,000, 2yo, f, 1mT
PP HORSE
SIRE
1 Ms Brightside (Ire)
Magna Grecia (Ire)
2 Antifona (Fr)Recoletos (Fr)3 Yatta K
Yoshida (Jpn)
4 Circle of Trust
Union Rags
5 She Is Romantic K
Blame
6 Mo Fox Givin
Mo Town
7 Blue Oasis K
War Front
8 Lady de Berry
Practical Joke
9 Go With Gusto
Medaglia d'Oro
10 Feisty Mitole
Mitole11 Zona Verde (Ire)Calyx (GB)OWNER
Panic Stable LLC
Hronis Racing LLC
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners
Gary and Mary WestC R K Stable LLC
Woo Pig Stables LLC
Soma Racing Stables LLC
CHP Racing
Gary Barber
Gary Barber and Richard C. Pell
Benowitz Family Trust, CYBT,McLean Racing Stables and Michael Nentwig

TRAINER
D'AmatoSadlerMotionD'AmatoEurtonPowellYakteen
Brown
Casse
Miller
D'AmatoJOCKEYFrancoPereiraRispoli
Rosario
Fresu
Berrios
VazquezPrat
Gaffalione
Frey
Hernandez

WT
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
120

Breeders: 1-Mr N. O'Hare, 2-SARL Darpat France, 3-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 4-Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc., 5-Hidden Brook Farm &Steven Friedfertig, 6-Liberty Road Stables, 7-Brittlyn Stable, 8-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC, 9-Teneri Farms Inc., 10-Brandywine Farm (Jim & Pam
Robinson), 11-Knockainey Stud
Sunday, Del Mar #7, post time: 6:30 p.m. EST
MATRIARCH S.-GI, $300,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT
PP HORSE
SIRE
1 Elounda Queen (Ire)
Australia (GB)2

Hamwood Flier (Ire)

Kodiac (GB)

3
4
5
6

Surge Capacity
Gracelund Gray
Whitebeam (GB)Beaute Cachee (Fr)

Flintshire (GB)Goldencents
Caravaggio
Literato (Fr)

7
8
9
10
11
12

Ruby Nell K
Queen Goddess
Elm Drive
Fluffy Socks
Closing Remarks
Wakanaka (Ire) K

Bolt d'Oro
Empire Maker
Mohaymen
Slumber (GB)
Vronsky
Power (GB)OWNER
Living The Dream LLC, Agave Racing Stable
and Medallion Racing
David A. Bernsen, LLC, Rockingham Ranchand Talla Racing LLC
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
John Gravenslund and Kelley Gravenslund
Juddmonte
Madaket Stables LLC, Michael Dubb,
and Louis Lazzinnaro LLC
Spendthrift Farm LLC
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Gary Barber
Little Red Feather Racing
Head of Plains Partners LLC
Harris Farms, Inc.
Team Valor International and Gary Barber

TRAINER
D'AmatoJOCKEY
Berrios

WT
120

D'Amato

Fresu

123

Brown
EurtonBrown
Brown

Rosario
Smith
Prat
Rispoli

120
123
123
123

Mandella
McCarthy
D'Amato
Brown
GainesMott

Maldonado
Saez
Vazquez
Ortiz, Jr.
Hernandez
Spencer

120
123
123
123
123
123

Breeders: 1-Skyfarm Farm & Scea Marmion, 2-F. Dunne, 3-Klaravich Stables, 4-Calumet Farm, 5-Juddmonte Farms Ltd, 6-Gregor Vischer, 7-Solana Beach
Sales, 8-Tolo Thoroughbreds, 9-Kenneth D'Oyen, 10-Head Of Plains Partners, 11-Harris Farms, 12-Mrs Jean Brennan

Sunday, Woodbine #7, post time: 4:03 p.m. EST
VALEDICTORY S.-GIII, C$150,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/2m
PP HORSE
SIRE
1 Prideofdistinction
Milwaukee Brew
2 Conglomerate K
Lemon Drop Kid
3 Jim's Hope
Ami's Holiday
4 So High (GB)Nathaniel (Ire)
5 Luckman K
Empire Maker
6 War Court
Declaration of War
7 Rapper Zapper
Ghostzapper
8 Win for the Money
Mohaymen
9 Seventyseven Stone
Seventysevenstreet
10 Collective Force
Tiznow
11 Millie Girl K
Hard Spun
12 Palazzi K
13 Meyer
14 English Conqueror

Pioneerof the Nile
Singing SaintEnglish Channel

OWNER
Bruno Schickedanz
Gary Barber
Buttigieg Training Centre and Jimmy W. Goodman
Naipaul Chatterpaul
Alpine Stable Ltd.
Chiefswood Stables Limited
Stronach Stables
Live Oak Plantation
MPB Stables
Chiefswood Stables Limited
Kingfield Racing Stable, Ltd., Braconcrest Inc.
and Apricot Valley Thoroughbreds
Gary Barber
Bruno Schickedanz
JWS Farms

TRAINER
Drexler
Casse
Buttigieg
Chatterpaul
ArmataGiliforte
Doyle
Casse
LepianeHaldenDay Phillips

JOCKEY
Campos
Civaci
WilsonKimuraHoyte
Husbands
Nicholls
Husbands
Alderson
MungerHernandez

WT
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
120

Casse
Drexler
BanachCivaciFlores
Stein

122
120
120

Breeders: 1-Errol Bailey, 2-Liberty Road Stables, LLC, 3-Paul Buttigieg & James Goodman, 4-George Strawbridge, 5-T enlane Farm, LLC, 6-Chiefswood
Stables, 7-Adena Springs, 8-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 9-John L. Wallace, 10-Chiefswood Stables Limited, 11-Sean F itzhenry, 12-HnR
Nothhaft Horseracing LLC &Pioneerof the Nile Syndicate, 13-Gabe Grossberg, 14-JWS Farms
Sunday, Del Mar #5, post time: 5:30 p.m. EST
CECIL B. DEMILLE S.-GIII, $100,000, 2yo, 1mT
PP HORSE
SIRE
1 Rothschild K
Uncle Mo

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Miracle Mark
Just a Guess
Lord Bullingdon K
Invincible K
Charge for Gold K
Deadpan K
Always On Cay K
Stay Hot

Constitution
NyquistLord Nelson
Uncle Mo
Omaha BeachDistorted Humor
Collected
Summer FrontOWNER
TRAINERSF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing,
YakteenMadaket Stables LLC, Dianne Bashor,
Robert E. Masterson, Waves Edge Capital LLC,
Catherine Donovan, and Tom Ryan
Old Bones Racing Stable, LLC & Slam Dunk Racing D'Amato
Reddam Racing LLC
GarciaColbart Stables & Michael McCarthy Racing Stable McCarthy
Mark Davis
O'NeillJohn P. Warren
OviedoD. J. Stable LLC
Casse
Russell Tanz
Hess, Jr.
Burns Racing LLC, Exline-Border Racing LLC,
Eurton
SAF Racing, The Estate of Brereton C. Jones,
and William Dan Hudock

JOCKEY
Vazquez

WT
120

Herrera
Gutierrez
Rispoli
Rosario
Gonzalez
Prat
Smith
Fresu

120
120
124
120
120
120
120
120

Breeders: 1-PTK, LLC, 2-Nick Cosato, 3-Reddam Racing, LLC, 4-Veloce LLC, 5-Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC, 6-Brad Shattuck, 7-Don Alberto
Corporation, 8-Thomas L. Teal & Collected Syndicate, 9-Brereton C. Jones

Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 2:05 p.m. ESTFTBOA FLORIDA SIRE IN REALITY S., $300,000, 2yo, c/g, 1 1/16m
PP HORSESIRE
OWNER
TRAINER
1 Secret Lover
KhozanCammarota Racing LLC
Sano
2 Bentornato
Valiant Minister
Leon King Stable Corp.
D'Angelo
3 Brawn
Neolithic
Just For Fun Stable, Inc.
Sierra4 LassoBrethrenArindelAlvarado
5 Mattingly
Bucchero
Ironhorse Racing Stable LLC and Harlow Stables LLC Orseno
6 Seminole Chief
GirvinBrad Grady and David Grund
Sisterson
7 Cajun Fool
Cajun Breeze
Smith Ranch Stables
Ramirez

JOCKEY
Bravo
Jaramillo
Reyes
Panici
Zayas
Lopez
Vasquez

WT
118
122
120
118
122
118
118

Breeders: 1-Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung, 2-Tanma Corp, 3-Just For Fun Stable, Inc., 4-Arindel, 5-Lance Colwell, 6-Brad Grady & Misty Grady, 7-Smith
Ranch LLC

Saturday, Gulfstream, post time: 4:36 p.m. ESTFTBOA FLORIDA SIRE MY DEAR GIRL S., $300,000, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m
PP HORSESIRE
OWNER
TRAINER
1 Honey Dijon
GirvinBrad Grady
Sharp
2 Fields of Green
Adios Charlie
Jacks or Better Farm, Inc.
Nicks
3 Unrelentless
The Big Beast
Alex and JoAnn Lieblong
Fawkes4 Haunted
KhozanBC Racing LLC
Alvarado
5 R Harper Rose
KhozanAverill Racing LLC and Two Eight Racing LLC
Joseph, Jr.
6 Pardy Pleaser
RogueishCalypso Racing Stables 2022 LLC
Joseph, Jr.
7 Dancing N Dixie
Neolithic
Quintessential Racing Florida LLC, Rocky Top Stable Casseand LEMB Stables
8 Reina Mar
KhozanGelfenstein Farm
Rodriguez

JOCKEY
Lopez
Reyes
Bravo
Jaramillo
Zayas
Bowen
Vasquez

WT
118
118
118
118
122
118
122

Morales

118

Breeders: 1-Brad Grady & Misty Grady, 2-Jacks or Better Farm Inc., 3-Alex Lieblong & JoAnn Lieblong, 4-Wind Hill Farm, 5-Sally J. Andersen, 6-Edward
Seltzer, 7-Freddie Hyatt, 8-Gelfenstein Farm

CORNICHE'S HALF-SISTER LLORONAEFFORTLESS AT DEL MAR, NOW A 'TDN
RISING STAR'
1st-Del Mar, $62,000, Msw, 12-1, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:10.80, ft, 5
3/4 lengths.
LLORONA, f, 3, by Mendelssohn
1st Dam: Wasted Tears (MGSW & GISP, $941,463),
by Najran
2nd Dam: Wishes and Roses, by Greinton (GB)
3rd Dam: Anniversary Wish, by Beau's Eagle
Sales History: $750,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0,$36,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored
by FanDuel TV. Click for the free Equineline.com
catalogue-style pedigree.
O-Bart B. Evans and Robert M. Evans; B-Bart Evans &Stonehaven Steadings (KY); T-Richard E. Mandella.
Llorona | Benoit

by J.N. Campbell
Over the same surface where her half-brother Corniche(Quality Road) earned GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile glory en routeto champion 2-year-old colt honors, it was Llorona(Mendelssohn) who effortlessly broke her maiden in the Friday
opener at Del Mar's seaside oval. For her handiwork, the dark
bay filly became a newly minted 'TDN Rising Star'.
The Richard Mandella trainee at odds of 2-5 broke alertly andvied for the lead outside two others up the backstretch. As the
far turn arrived, Llorona clearly had more to give and at thequarter pole she began to increase her margin. With Flavien Prat
serving as passenger at this point, his mount appeared to glide
along as she coasted home by 5 3/4 lengths over Make It Snow
(Empire Maker).
The winner's dam GISP Wasted Tears (Najran) was bred,owned and trained by Bart Evans. A juvenile maiden breaker
herself at Retama Park in San Antonio, she won 10 of 11 races
over the course of the next three years as she advanced fromallowance into graded stakes company--including wins in the GII
Jenny Wiley S. and GII John C. Mabee S.
Evans partnered with Jeff and Chiquita Reddoch, thefounders of Stonehaven Steadings, to breed 'TDN Rising Star'
Corniche, who went to Speedway Stables for $1.5 million at
the 2021 OBS April Sale. At Keeneland September that same
year, Evans, along with his son Robert, bought out the
Reddochs= share in Llorona for $750,000. Since then, Wasted
Tears foaled a filly by Into Mischief Mar. 15 and she visitedthat multiple-leading sire again for next year.
Llorona is Mendelssohn's second 'Rising Star' after Pink Hue.

DEC. 2 INSIGHTS: $1M SON OF CITY OF
LIGHT LOOKS TO SHINE IN BIG APPLE
by Patrycja Szpyra
2nd-AQU, $85k, Msw, 2yo, 7f, 12:20p.m. ET
From the family of GISW Acoma (Empire Maker) and her halfbrother, the late, great GISW Arch (Kris S.), CONQUESTWARRIOR (City of Light) will be the priciest unveiling on theafternoon in New York, carrying a princely $1-million tag fromthe 2022 KEESEP sale.
Cont.

Conquest Warrior selling at Keeneland September | Keeneland

TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 2 OF 10 • THETDN.COM

Dec. 2 Insights, cont.
Racing for Courtlandt Farms under the tutelage of Shug
McGaughey, the colt is a half-sibling to a series of winners out of
dam MSW Tea Time (Pulpit) including unraced 3-year-old filly
Soul Play (Union Rags), who was also purchased from KEESEP by
Courtlandt Farms in 2021 for $200,000. This is the family of twotime champion MGISW Covfefe (Into Mischief).
Racing for Gold Square LLC and Tami Bobo will be the grey sonof Curlin, Hop Sing, for conditioner Jose D=Angelo. Out of a halfsister to GISW Cupid (Tapit); MGSW Heart Ashley (Lion Heart)-herself dam of Japanese MGSW Fiano Romano (Aus) (Fastnet
Rock {Aus}) and that one=s full-sibling Ameristralia (Aus), who
produced GII Chandelier winner Ain=t Easy (Into Mischief); andGSW Ashley=s Kitten (Tale of the Cat), Hop Sing can also claim
MGSW Kathleen O. and >TDN Rising Star= GSW & GISP V V=s
Dream (Mitole) as relatives. TJCIS PPs
2nd-FG, $52k, Msw, 2yo, f, 1mT, 2:15p.m. ET
Breaking next to another >Insight= runner, Jam=s Paper Moon
(Oscar Performance) will head to post from the Brendan Walshbarn for owner Jamm Ltd. A half-sister to GISW Duopoly (Animal
Kingdom), who joined Japan=s venerable breeding program
when changing hands to Katsumi Yoshida for $1.6m at FTKNOV
in 2021, the filly lays claims to a very busy international family
including a twice-placed Kitten=s Joy half-brother in England.
To her outside is Ms Sedona (Justify), a $300,000 KEESEP
acquisition for James F Schurman. Trained by Tom Morley, her
only other half-sibling to the races is a winning half-sister, but
her sire has been red hot on all surfaces this season, so a mile on
the turf figures to be right in her wheelhouse. Ms Sedona hails
from a female line with a fleet of accomplished runners
including the likes of multiple highweight MGSW & G1SP
Usherette (Ire); MGSW & MGISP Expansion; and MG1SW
Vespone (Ire). TJCIS PPs

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

IN ORDER OF PURSE:
8th-Aqueduct, $95,000, Alw (C)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 12-1,
3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:36.30, ft, 3 1/4 lengths.
HOT FUDGE (f, 4, Liam's Map--Noelle's Mischief, by Into
Mischief) came into this contest off a victory last out in June at
Belmont Park, sporting a 93 Beyer coming in, and jumped hereat 8-5 favoritism. Well in hand as she showed the way from off
the rail, Jose Lezcano called on his mount for a second windpassing the quarter pole and she strode home under a drive to
win by 3 1/4 lengths over Brazilian Group 1 winner Evidencias(Brz) (Drosselmeyer). The first to the races for her dam, Hot
Fudge also has a placed full-sister Theroanrunner and an
unplaced juvenile half-brother Reynolds Channel (West Coast).
Noelle=s Mischief has also produced the yearling Bob=s Carrot(Daredevil) and a 2023 Essential Quality colt. She returned to
Liam=s Map for 2024. Sales history: $50,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP;$235,000 2yo '21 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: SP, 10-5-1-1,$290,405. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by TVG.
O-KEM Stables; B-Edwin Anthony (KY); T-Linda Rice.

9th-DMR, $61k, Msw, 2yo, f, 1mT, 7:25p.m. ET
A half-sister to GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf victress
Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), Muri (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire})
was a 290,000gns TATOCT purchase by Mike Ryan for Cheyenne
Stable in 2022. Her dam, Scandinavian champion Matauri Pearl(Ire), is herself a half-sister to GSW & MGISP-US, GSW & G1SP-Fr
Wekeela (Fr) (Hurricane Run {Ire}). G1 Qatar Prix du Cadran
victress Molly Malone (Fr) (Lomitas {GB}) and multiple
highweight MGSW Morgan Le Faye (GB) (Shamardal) mark themost recent talented runners in a busy European female line.
TJCIS PPs
Hot Fudge | Coglianese

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6th-Del Mar, $76,840, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 12-1,
3yo/up, f/m, 5fT, :56.08, fm, 4 1/2 lengths.
STAY AND SCAM (f, 3, Square Eddie--Puff Pastry, by
Momentum) debuted in May this year and has since foundherself twice in the winner=s circle and twice runner-up including
last out against first-level allowance runners at Santa Anita Nov.
4. Stalking the top pair into the stretch here, she quickly tookcommand the cleared those rivals passing the furlong marker.
She powered home to a 4 1/2-length victory over Gem Mine
(Kantharos). A full-sister to Square Peggy, SP, $276,504, Stay andScame has a 2-year-old half-brother Pavel Puff (Pavel) and a
yearling I=ll Have Another half-brother. Dam Puff Pastry went to
Listing for 2024. Sales history: $140,000 RNA 2yo '22 OBSOPN.
Lifetime Record: 7-3-2-0, $158,940. Click for the Equibase.com
chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O/B-Reddam Racing, LLC (CA); T-Doug F. O'Neill.
6th-Aqueduct, $75,000, (S), Alw, 12-1, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, 6f,
1:09.68, ft, 4 3/4 lengths.
MY MAN MATTY (g, 5, Kantharos--Bedside Posse, by Posse)
opened his season in January with a front-running score overthis track and followed that with another victory in February.
Gone since his second start that month left him in sixth, My Man
Matty returned here with prior tactics, jumping to the lead andnever relinquishing it, drawing clear of Icy Flavor (Frosted) to
win by 4 3/4 lengths. The victor has a 2-year-old half-brother
Artful Dreamer (Munnings) as well as a yearling half-sister
Observer (Lookin at Lucky). Bedside Posse produced a 2023
Maxfield colt and went to Epicenter for 2024. Sales history:$100,000 Wlg '18 FTNMIX; $210,000 RNA Ylg '19 KEESEP;$60,000 2yo '20 OBSOPN. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-1, $103,470.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Flying P Stable; B-Sugar Maple Farm (NY); T-Bruce N. Levine.

8th-Gulfstream, $64,000, Alw (C)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 12-1,
3yo/up, 5fT, :54.60, fm, 1 1/2 lengths.
NO NAY HUDSON (IRE) (c, 3, No Nay Never--Raw Silk {GSW,$201,958}, by Malibu Moon) contested seven straight stakes
races after breaking his maiden by four lengths in his Keeneland
unveiling last spring as a juvenile. On the board in three andwinning Churchill=s William Walker S. May 13, he had his firststep down to the allowance races last out Oct. 8 over the
Keeneland turf course and ran fourth on first-time Lasix. Sent off
at 7-2 odds as he tracked pacesetting Yes I Am Free
(Uncaptured), No Nay Hudson was three wide rolling into thelane and drew clear of the long-time leader passing the

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

sixteenth marker to win by 1 1/2 lengths. The victor, a halfbrother to Tailor's Row (Street Cry {Ire}), SP-UAE, $200,865, has
an unplaced 2-year-old half-brother Old Flag (Ire) (U S Navy Flag)
as well as a yearling full-brother. Sales history: $190,000 Ylg '21
KEESEP. Lifetime Record: SW, 10-3-2-1, $283,987. Click for theEquibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Andrew Farm and For the People Racing Stable LLC; B-RJB
Bloodstock (IRE); T-Wesley A. Ward.

IN ORDER OF PURSE:
5th-Aqueduct, $85,000, Msw, 12-1, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:24.40, ft, neck.
NIKITIS (f, 2, Audible--The Girl Factor, by The Factor) debuted
going long over the Saratoga grass course in August, finishing
fifth. Moving to the main track in her next outing Sept. 3, she
missed breaking her maiden by a head and ran third last out
Sept. 28 trying a slightly longer trip at a mile. Traveling midpack
early, she went wide into the lane and pursued Curlin=s Girl
(Curlin) into the final furlong. Slowly cutting down theadvantage, she prevailed by a neck in the end to tally Audible(by Into Mischief)=s 17th winner over that long-time leader. The
first to the races for her dam, Nikitis has two half-sisters--a
yearling by Maclean=s Music and a 2023 Authentic. Their dam
went to Medaglia d=Oro for 2024. Sales history: $110,000 Wlg'21 KEENOV; $180,000 RNA Ylg '22 KEESEP; $100,000 Ylg '22
FTKOCT; $535,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-1,$82,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsoredby TVG.

Nikitis | Coglianese

TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM

O-Richard Schermerhorn, Team Hanley and Thirty Year Farm;
B-Tony Holmes, Norevale Farm & Union Dale (KY); T-Chad C.
Brown.

9th-Aqueduct, $70,000, (S), Msw, 12-1, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:11.53, ft, 5
lengths.
FLIGHT CONTROL (f, 2, Air Force Blue--Senorita Margarita, by
Elusive Quality) debuted as a 36-1 longshot in an effort tooutrun her odds here. The dark bay filly won a pace duel up thebackstretch and continued to fly solo around the far turn.
Spurting away at the top of the lane, Flight Control proved bestby five lengths over Five to Two (Honor Code), who edged out
for second $350,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old Princess
Vino (Vino Rosso). The winner is a half-sister to Jack Van Berg(To Honor and Serve), SP, $303,988. Her dam foaled a colt by
Son of Thunder Apr. 19 and visited Mind Control for 2024. Sales
History: $23,000 Ylg '22 KEEJAN; $50,000 2yo '23 EASMAY.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $38,500. Click for the Equibase.com
chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Knollwood Stables; B-Kenny Toye (NY); T-Robert P. Klesaris.

Flight Control | Coglianese

4th-Del Mar, $63,500, Msw, 12-1, 2yo, f, 5fT, :57.19, fm, head.
MEDORO (f, 2, Honor Code--Achira {MSP, $151,852}, by English
Channel) received a chilly reception at the windows, breaking at
13-1 odds, before getting squeezed back by an outside rival tofind herself in eighth early. Chasing along into the turn, she wasboxed in around the bend and was begging for room as the field
swung for home. Tipped out for the space she lacked via the

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

inland route, Medoro closed relentlessly under a full head ofsteam and nailed Girl of My Dreams (Kantharos) by a head on
the wire. The first to the races out of Achira, the winner has apair of half-brothers--a yearling by Speightstown and a 2023
Honor A. P. Their dam was bred to Not This Time for 2024.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $36,600. Click for the Equibase.com
chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-C R K Stable LLC; B-Parks Investment Group, LLC (KY); T-Peter
Eurton.
5th-Fair Grounds, $52,000, Msw, 12-1, 3yo/up, 5 1/2f (off turf),
1:04.64, sy, 2 1/4 lengths.
CASH FEVER (c, 3, Speightster--Tiza Cowgirl, by Tiznow) rolled
into this off-turf maiden as the lone MTO entry and riding abullet work of 99 going four furlongs Nov. 25 in :47.20. Showingthat quick early foot here to clear and cross, he was two in front
by the first marker but his margin began to shrink as
Amanwalksintoabar (Practical Joke) came calling for the
homeward drive. Four off the rail and fighting, Cash Feverturned away that challenge to kick home by 2 1/4 lengths. The
winner is the last recorded offspring for his dam, who didn=t
catch for three years after him and went to Shakin It Up for2024. Sales history: $34,000 Ylg '21 FTKOCT. Lifetime Record:
1-1-0-0, $31,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by TVG.
O-Joel B. Hunsburger; B-Kimberly Crabtree & Danny Wills (KY);
T-Tanner Tracy.
2nd-Turfway, $31,156, Msw, 11-30, 2yo, 1m (AWT), 1:39.69, ft,
neck.
NOAHS ARK (c, 2, Yoshida {Jpn}--Bible, by U S Ranger) settled in
fifth early as the field traveled through the far turn, rallied fromthe overland route as he split rivals, and closed relentlessly tocatch General Issue (Fr) (Hard Spun) in the shadow of the wire.
The third winner for Bible and the eighth for his freshman sire(by Heart=s Cry {Jpn}), Noahs Ark has a yearling full-brother anda 2023 half-brother by Audible. The dam, a half-sister to SW
Prayed For (Dynaformer), visited Nashville for 2024. Sales
history: $30,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0,$16,901. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsoredby TVG.
O-Siena Farm LLC and WinStar Farm LLC; B-WinStar Farm, LLC(ON); T-Rodolphe Brisset.

TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 5 OF 10 • THETDN.COM

IN SAUDI ARABIA:
Rebellious Stage, c, 3, Justify--Spark (MSP), by Speightstown.
King Abdulaziz, 12-1, Allowance, 1400m. B-Peter E Blum
Thoroughbreds LLC (KY). *1/2 to Launch (Omaha Beach), GSPIre. **$400,000 RNA Wlg '20 FTKNOV; $450,000 Ylg '21
KEESEP; $200,000 HRA '23 FTKJUL. VIDEO (SC 5)
Cairama, c, 4, Cairo Prince--Sadie Be Good (MSP), by Big Drama.
King Abdulaziz, 12-1, Allowance, 1600m. B-Namcook Stables(KY). *MSP-US. **$70,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $110,000 RNA Ylg'20 FTKSEP; $525,000 2yo '21 OBSMAR. VIDEO (SC 15)

IN AUSTRALIA:
Vegas Dream (Aus), g, 3, American Pharoah--Dreams of Paris(Aus) (SP-Aus), by Dream Ahead. Canberra, 12-1, Maiden,
1300mT, 1:20.16. B-C Howells (NSW). *A$24,000 Wlg '21
INGMAY; NZ$30,000 RNA Ylg '22 NZBMAR.

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

reported as sold from the first crop of his sire (by Kantharos).
Racing in the colors of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al
Maktoum, the Feb. 12 produce is out of the MSP Truth in theLies (Hold Me Back), a half-sister to five-time New Jersey-bredstakes winner Trueamericanspirit (Is It True).
Fayadh (Liam's Map) is the latest foal to make the races out ofClass Included (Include), whose 11 career stakes successes
includes the GIII Ballerina S. at Hastings Park. A $100,000 KEESEP
purchase by former jockey turned bloodstock agent Ted
Durcan/Longways, the chestnut colt fetched i148,148 fromowner Ali Haddad at the Goffs Dubai Breeze-Up at Meydan thispast March (under-tack breeze). Bhupat Seemar handles
training duties.

Princident | Arqana

DESERT DEBUTERS: PRICY WORLD OF
TROUBLE COLT ON DEBUT by Alan Carasso
In this series, we will have a look at American-bred first-timejuvenile starters (through the end of 2023) and debuting
3-year-olds in maiden races at the tracks of the Emirates Racing
Authority--predominantly Meydan and occasionally Jebel Ali-with a specific focus on pedigree and/or performance in a sales
ring in the meetings leading up to the Dubai World Cup program
Saturday, Mar. 30, 2024. Meydan will host racing mainly on
Fridays, with the exception of Super Saturday Mar. 2 and Dubai
World Cup night. Here are the horses of interest for the Saturday
program at Jebel Ali:
3rd-JEB, AED72,000 ($19,606), Maiden, NH2yo/SH3yo, 1200m
PRINCIDENT (World of Trouble), a $75,000 Keeneland
September acquisition by Powerstown Stud, caught the eyeduring the under-tack preview for this year's Arqana May
Breeze-Up Sale (video) and was knocked down to Rabbah
Bloodstock for i210,000, the second-priciest of 30 juveniles

FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: SATURDAY, DEC. 22023 Stud Fees Listed
Audible (Into Mischief), WinStar Farm, $25,000
150 foals of racing age/17 winners/2 black-type winners
6-Tampa Bay Downs, 3:20 p.m. EST, $100K Sandpiper S., 6f, Chi
Chi, 8-5$47,000 RNA OBS WIN wnl
9-Aqueduct, 3:45 p.m. EST, $250K GII Remsen S., 1 1/8m,
Moonlight, 9-2$235,000 RNA FTS AUG yrl; $170,000 FTK OCT yrl; $285,000 OBS
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Calyx (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Coolmore Stud, $10,000
103 foals of racing age/20 winners/2 black-type winners
5-Del Mar, 5:26 p.m. EST, $100K GIII Jimmy Durante S., 1mT,
Zona Verde (Ire), 8-1
30,000gns RNA TAT OCT yrl

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

2-Fair Grounds, 2:15 p.m. EST, Msw 1mT, Tempting Lady, 8-1$27,000 KEE NOV wnl; $87,000 OBS OCT yrl; $40,000 EAS MAY
2yo
9-Del Mar, 7:25 p.m. EST, Msw 1mT, Visually, 8-1$15,000 KEE JAN wnl; $23,000 OBS OCT yrl; $20,000 OBS APR
2yoCatalina Cruiser (Union Rags), Lane's End Farm, $15,000
110 foals of racing age/11 winners/0 black-type winners
9-Del Mar, 7:25 p.m. EST, Msw 1mT, Everything Bugs Me, 20-1
$50,000 KEE NOV wnl; $22,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl; $30,000 OBS
APR 2yoFlameaway (Scat Daddy), Darby Dan Farm, $7,500
116 foals of racing age/16 winners/3 black-type winners
1-Aqueduct, 11:50 a.m. EST, Msw 6f, Hair On Fire, 8-1$82,000 SAR AUG yrl

Catholic Boy (More Than Ready), Claiborne Farm, $15,000
104 foals of racing age/12 winners/0 black-type winners
3-Tampa Bay Downs, 1:42 p.m. EST, Msw 6f, Destiny Star, 9-5$35,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl

Force the Pass (Speightstown), Sau
36 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners
8-Golden Gate Fields, 7:10 p.m. EST, Msw 6f, Hattie T, 8-1$17,000 EAS OCT yrl; $25,000 EAS MAY 2yo

Coal Front (Stay Thirsty), Spendthrift Farm, $5,000
49 foals of racing age/8 winners/1 black-type winner
8-Tampa Bay Downs, 4:20 p.m. EST, $100K Inaugural S., 6f,
Crazy Mason, 9-2$20,000 KEE NOV wnl; $27,500 EAS OCT yrl

Leofric (Candy Ride {Arg}), Darby Dan Farm, $7,500
56 foals of racing age/4 winners/1 black-type winner
1-Aqueduct, 11:50 a.m. EST, Msw 6f, Silver Pocket, 30-1

Copper Bullet (More Than Ready), Darby Dan Farm, $7,500
37 foals of racing age/6 winners/1 black-type winner
2-Tampa Bay Downs, 1:12 p.m. EST, Msw 1m, Copper Bound,
9-2
9-Aqueduct, 3:45 p.m. EST, $250K GII Remsen S., 1 1/8m,
Copper Tax, 10-1
$45,000 FTK OCT yrl
Disco Partner (Disco Rico), Rockridge Stud, $4,000
18 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
9-Tampa Bay Downs, 4:50 p.m. EST, Msw 1mT, Stormy Disco,8-1
Divisidero (Kitten's Joy), Airdrie Stud, $5,000
27 foals of racing age/2 winners/1 black-type winner
7-Tampa Bay Downs, 3:50 p.m. EST, Msw 1mT, Oishi, 15-1
$15,000 KEE JAN wnl; $19,000 RNA OBS OPN 2yo
Enticed (Medaglia d'Oro), Darley, $5,000
104 foals of racing age/18 winners/1 black-type winner
6-Tampa Bay Downs, 3:20 p.m. EST, $100K Sandpiper S., 6f,
Genuine Peril, 20-1
$10,000 KEE NOV wnl
7-Aqueduct, 2:45 p.m. EST, $250K GII Demoiselle S., 1 1/8m,
Shimmering Allure, 7-2$40,000 FTK JUL yrl

Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Coolmore Stud,$15,000
109 foals of racing age/11 winners/1 black-type winner
5-Del Mar, 5:26 p.m. EST, $100K GIII Jimmy Durante S., 1mT, Ms
Brightside (Ire), 12-1
i10,000 RNA GOF FEB yrl
Maximus Mischief (Into Mischief), Spendthrift Farm, $7,500
136 foals of racing age/30 winners/3 black-type winners
6-Tampa Bay Downs, 3:20 p.m. EST, $100K Sandpiper S., 6f, Let
Them Watch, 4-1$55,000 RNA OBS OCT yrl; $55,000 OBS APR 2yo
6-Del Mar, 5:55 p.m. EST, Msw 1m, Mischief Moments, 50-1
$40,000 FTK JUL yrl; $35,000 OBS APR 2yo
Mitole (Eskendereya), Spendthrift Farm, $15,000
159 foals of racing age/28 winners/2 black-type winners
2-Gulfstream, 12:38 p.m. EST, Msw 6 1/2f, Crystal Reign, 3-1$80,000 KEE SEP yrl
5-Del Mar, 5:26 p.m. EST, $100K GIII Jimmy Durante S., 1mT,
Feisty Mitole, 20-1
$40,000 FTK JUL yrl; $160,000 OBS APR 2yo
2-Gulfstream, 12:38 p.m. EST, Msw 6 1/2f, Gullfaxi, 15-1
$50,000 FTK OCT yrl; $70,000 RNA OBS APR 2yo
2-Gulfstream, 12:38 p.m. EST, Msw 6 1/2f, Scootaloo, 4-1$52,000 KEE NOV wnl; $85,000 KEE SEP yrl; $90,000 OBS MAR
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8-Tampa Bay Downs, 4:20 p.m. EST, $100K Inaugural S., 6f, Sir
Mi Tolee, 10-1
$10,000 KEE SEP yrl; $27,000 RNA OBS OPN 2yo
Om (Munnings), Harris Farms, $6,000
35 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners
8-Golden Gate Fields, 7:10 p.m. EST, Msw 6f, Baby I'm a Star,
20-1

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

3-Woodbine, 2:03 p.m. EST, Msw 5 1/2f, Mo's Vino Mesa, 3-1$60,000 FTK OCT yrl; $50,000 EAS MAY 2yo
2-Aqueduct, 12:20 p.m. EST, Msw 7f, Vino Barbarino, 12-1
$125,000 FTK JUL yrl; $125,000 RNA OBS MAR 2yo; $70,000 OBS
OPN 2yo
7-Aqueduct, 2:45 p.m. EST, $250K GII Demoiselle S., 1 1/8m,
Vino Rouge, 8-1$180,000 KEE SEP yrl

Omaha Beach (War Front), Spendthrift Farm, $30,000
138 foals of racing age/21 winners/2 black-type winners
6-Tampa Bay Downs, 3:20 p.m. EST, $100K Sandpiper S., 6f,
Betsylicious, 12-1
$30,000 KEE SEP yrl; $57,000 RNA OBS APR 2yo
9-Tampa Bay Downs, 4:50 p.m. EST, Msw 1mT, Dataw Island,
10-1$100,000 EAS OCT yrl; $20,000 EAS MAY 2yo
2-Fair Grounds, 2:15 p.m. EST, Msw 1mT, Without Cause, 10-1
$180,000 KEE SEP yrl

World of Trouble (Kantharos), Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, $5,000
89 foals of racing age/14 winners/1 black-type winner
1-Aqueduct, 11:50 a.m. EST, Msw 6f, Uptomykneesinit, 6-1$80,000 EAS MAY 2yo

Preservationist (Arch), Airdrie Stud, $10,000
78 foals of racing age/11 winners/0 black-type winners
1-Tampa Bay Downs, 12:35 p.m. EST, Msw 1m, Peace Not War,
7-2
$19,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl; $50,000 OBS MAR 2yo
2-Fair Grounds, 2:15 p.m. EST, Msw 1mT, Princess Avery, 15-1

SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: SATURDAY, DEC. 22023 Stud Fees Listed
Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky), Lane's End Farm, $10,000
215 foals of racing age/66 winners/2 black-type winners
8-Tampa Bay Downs, 4:20 p.m. EST, $100K Inaugural S., 6f, El
Principito, 30-1
$20,000 OBS OCT yrl; $25,000 RNA OBS OPN 2yo
9-Tampa Bay Downs, 4:50 p.m. EST, Msw 1mT, The Goddess
Nike, 10-1
$40,000 SAR AUG yrl

Rogueish (Into Mischief), Solera Farm, $2,500
14 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners
2-Gulfstream, 12:38 p.m. EST, Msw 6 1/2f, Baby Blocks, 7-2
10-Gulfstream, 4:36 p.m. EST, $300K FTBOA Florida Sire My
Dear Girl S., 1 1/16m, Pardy Pleaser, 15-1
$14,000 OBS OCT yrl
Rumpus Cat (Street Sense), Daehling Ranch, $2,500
11 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners
4-Golden Gate Fields, 5:11 p.m. EST, Aoc 5 1/2f, Clever Clover,
8-1
Solomini (Curlin), McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, $6,500
78 foals of racing age/11 winners/1 black-type winner
1-Aqueduct, 11:50 a.m. EST, Msw 6f, Doc Sullivan, 10-1
$58,000 SAR AUG yrl; $59,000 OBS OPN 2yo
1-Aqueduct, 11:50 a.m. EST, Msw 6f, Solo Empire, 12-1
Vino Rosso (Curlin), Spendthrift Farm, $15,000
180 foals of racing age/22 winners/2 black-type winners
2-Gulfstream, 12:38 p.m. EST, Msw 6 1/2f, Mas Vino, 8-1$27,000 RNA KEE NOV wnl; $47,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl; $19,000
RNA FTD DE yrl

Yoshida (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), WinStar Farm, $10,000
103 foals of racing age/9 winners/0 black-type winners
5-Del Mar, 5:26 p.m. EST, $100K GIII Jimmy Durante S., 1mT,
Yatta, 6-1$25,000 KEE NOV wnl; $72,000 KEE SEP yrl

Amis Gizmo (Giant Gizmo), T. C. Westmeath Stud Farm, $4,000
20 foals of racing age/10 winners/1 black-type winner
8-Woodbine, 4:35 p.m. EST, $150K Clarendon S., 6f, Cooler Man,
8-1
CAN$10,500 CAN SEP yrl
Army Mule (Friesan Fire), Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, $12,500
143 foals of racing age/66 winners/9 black-type winners
8-Woodbine, 4:35 p.m. EST, $150K Clarendon S., 6f, Midnight
Mascot, 2-1$200,000 KEE SEP yrl
Bolt d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro), Spendthrift Farm, $35,000
256 foals of racing age/91 winners/10 black-type winners
3-Tampa Bay Downs, 1:42 p.m. EST, Msw 6f, Three Run Bolt, 3-1$24,000 RNA EAS MAY 2yo
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Bucchero (Kantharos), Pleasant Acres Stallions, $5,000
158 foals of racing age/54 winners/3 black-type winners
5-Gulfstream, 2:05 p.m. EST, $300K FTBOA Florida Sire In Reality
S., 1 1/16m, Mattingly, 5-2$70,000 OBS MAR 2yo
City of Light (Quality Road), Lane's End Farm, $60,000
209 foals of racing age/52 winners/7 black-type winners
2-Aqueduct, 12:20 p.m. EST, Msw 7f, Conquest Warrior, 4-1$1,000,000 KEE SEP yrl
3-Laurel, 1:25 p.m. EST, Msw 1m, Corrin Peak, 6-5$140,000 RNA KEE SEP yrl
Far From Over (Blame), Gray's Farm
32 foals of racing age/10 winners/0 black-type winners
5-Golden Gate Fields, 5:40 p.m. EST, $75K Gold Rush S., 1m, It
Aint Over, 6-1
Girvin (Tale of Ekati), Airdrie Stud, $20,000
182 foals of racing age/60 winners/8 black-type winners
10-Gulfstream, 4:36 p.m. EST, $300K FTBOA Florida Sire My
Dear Girl S., 1 1/16m, Honey Dijon, 9-2
5-Gulfstream, 2:05 p.m. EST, $300K FTBOA Florida Sire In Reality
S., 1 1/16m, Seminole Chief, 12-1
$80,000 OBS OPN 2yo

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

Justify (Scat Daddy), Coolmore Ashford, $100,000
347 foals of racing age/81 winners/19 black-type winners
2-Fair Grounds, 2:15 p.m. EST, Msw 1mT, Ms Sedona, 15-1
$300,000 KEE SEP yrl
Mendelssohn (Scat Daddy), Coolmore Ashford, $25,000
348 foals of racing age/109 winners/6 black-type winners
3-Del Mar, 4:27 p.m. EST, $100K Stormy Liberal S., 5fT, Ah Jeez,
10-1$80,000 KEE SEP yrl; $55,000 OBS APR 2yo
2-Aqueduct, 12:20 p.m. EST, Msw 7f, King Mendelssohn, 6-1$145,000 RNA FTS AUG yrl
9-Woodbine, 5:07 p.m. EST, $150K Shady Well S., 6f, Kin's
Concerto, 3-1
Mo Town (Uncle Mo), Coolmore Ashford, $5,000
175 foals of racing age/62 winners/5 black-type winners
5-Del Mar, 5:26 p.m. EST, $100K GIII Jimmy Durante S., 1mT, Mo
Fox Givin, 6-1$2,000 FTK OCT yrl
Oscar Performance (Kitten's Joy), Mill Ridge Farm, $20,000
173 foals of racing age/44 winners/5 black-type winners
2-Fair Grounds, 2:15 p.m. EST, Msw 1mT, Jam's Paper Moon,
12-1

Good Magic (Curlin), Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, $50,000
237 foals of racing age/81 winners/16 black-type winners
9-Aqueduct, 3:45 p.m. EST, $250K GII Remsen S., 1 1/8m,
Dornoch, 5-2$325,000 KEE SEP yrl

Recoletos (Fr) (Whipper), Haras du Petit Tellier, $4,000
107 foals of racing age/20 winners/0 black-type winners
5-Del Mar, 5:26 p.m. EST, $100K GIII Jimmy Durante S., 1mT,
Antifona (Fr), 12-1
i18,000 RNA ARQ DOY yrl

Good Samaritan (Harlan's Holiday), WinStar Farm, $7,500
172 foals of racing age/56 winners/4 black-type winners
8-Aqueduct, 3:17 p.m. EST, $200K GIII Go for Wand S., 1m, Good
Sam, 5-2$110,000 KEE JAN wnl; $310,000 KEE SEP yrl
6-Turfway, 8:25 p.m. EST, $125K Holiday Inaugural S., 6f, Secret
Money, 6-1$35,000 KEE SEP yrl; $40,000 EAS MAY 2yo

Seattle Serenade (Smart Strike), Winview Farm, $3,000
61 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners
3-Woodbine, 2:03 p.m. EST, Msw 5 1/2f, Yousangtome, 20-1
CAN$800 CAN NOV wnl; CAN$8,000 CAN SEP yrl

Irish War Cry (Curlin), Northview Stallion Station, $4,500
104 foals of racing age/26 winners/0 black-type winners
6-Charles Town, 9:32 p.m. EST, Msw 4 1/2f, Irish Wizard, 6-1
8-Laurel, 3:52 p.m. EST, $100K Maryland Juvenile S., 7f, King'sRiver, 8-1$17,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl
7-Laurel, 3:22 p.m. EST, $100K Maryland Juvenile Filly S., 7f,
Little Crybaby, 30-1

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ALLOWANCE RESULTS:
8th-Turfway, $71,258, (C)/Opt. Clm ($50,000), 11-30, 3yo/up,
1m (AWT), 1:36.38, ft, nose.
ACCREDIT (h, 5, Flatter--Berncredit, by Bernstein) Lifetime
Record: SW, 18-5-2-3, $803,206. O-Bob Grayson, Jr., and Pavel
Matejka; B-E. H. Beau Lane (KY); T-Pavel Matejka. *$60,000 RNA
Ylg '19 KEESEP. **1/2 to Sistas Stroll (Stroll), GSW & GISP,$235,420.

3rd-Turfway, $67,563, 11-30, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f
(AWT), 1:16.95, ft, 1 3/4 lengths.
RAVELLA (f, 4, Liam's Map--Dancing Raven {MSW, $396,338},
by Tomahawk) Lifetime Record: 8-3-1-2, $159,937.
O-Mathiesen Racing, LLC, Polger Holdings, Williams Family Trust,Barry Hall, and John Haines; B-Southern Oak Farm (KY);
T-William E. Morey. *$130,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $140,000 Ylg'20 FTKSEL. **1/2 to Breeze Rider (Paynter), MSW, $513,494.

8th-Laurel, $63,860, (C)/Opt. Clm ($44,000-$55,000), 12-1,
3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11.62, ft, 1 3/4 lengths.
BENEATH THE STARS (f, 4, Connect--Twice Tempted, by Wild
Again) Lifetime Record: SP, 21-7-3-2, $291,439. O-Team Gaudet,
David A. Bernsen LLC and Susanna Wilson; B-Sparks View Farm
LLC (KY); T-Lacey Gaudet. *$1,500 Ylg '20 FTKOCT.
7th-Laurel, $63,520, (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($32,000-$40,000), 12-1,
3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:51.99, ft, 11 1/4 lengths.
FEELING WOOZY (g, 3, Irish War Cry--Stormy Love Affair, by
Stormy Atlantic) Lifetime Record: SP, 16-3-3-3, $187,970.
O/T-Hamilton A. Smith; B-Sycamore Hall Thoroughbreds, LLC(MD). *$16,000 Ylg '21 EASOCT.
3rd-Fair Grounds, $54,000, (S), (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000),
12-1, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m 70y (off turf), 1:46.13, sy, 3/4 length.
FOR HARPER (f, 3, Accelerate--Holdontoyourdream {GSP,$108,675}, by Proud Citizen) Lifetime Record: SP, 13-4-2-4,$139,750. O-Valene Farms LLC; B-Clear Creek Stud LLC &Theodore Brandon (LA); T-Sturges J. Ducoing. *$35,000 RNA Ylg'21 OBSOCT. **1/2 to Tightly Twisted (Hard Spun), SW,$319,260.

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

6th-Laurel, $49,200, (C), 12-1, (C), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10.97, ft, 8
lengths.
ROMINSKI (g, 4, Great Notion--Undisputed Legend, by
Domestic Dispute) Lifetime Record: 14-4-4-2, $139,674.
O-Timothy N. Hopkins; B-David H Wade (MD); T-Kieron Magee.
*$28,000 Ylg '20 EASOCT. **1/2 to Whereshetoldmetogo (ElPadrino), MSW & GSP, $967,795.

1st-Penn National, $34,720, 12-1, (NW1X), 2yo, 6f, 1:12.62, wf,
1 1/2 lengths.
POINT PELEE (c, 2, Great Notion--Chance Dance {MSW & GSP,
$339,395}, by American Chance) Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0,$44,268. O-Tom Coulter; B-Arrowwood Farm, Inc. (PA); T-Bruce
M. Kravets. *1/2 to Gotachancetodance (English Channel), GSP,
$188,720.
7th-Tampa Bay Downs, $32,500, 12-1, (NW1X), 3yo/up, 1
1/16mT, 1:40.22, fm, 2 lengths.
HAPPY RUNNER (g, 4, Runhappy--Belle Gallantey {MGISW-USA,
SP-Can, $1,134,270}, by After Market) Lifetime Record:
17-3-3-6, $131,580. O-Breeze Easy, LLC; B-SF Bloodstock LLC(KY); T-Joseph F. Orseno. *$340,000 RNA Ylg '20 FTKSEL.
4th-Penn National, $31,600, (S), (C)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 11-30,
3yo/up, 1m, 1:38.24, ft, 3/4 length.
JAYJAYDEE (g, 6, Jump Start--Miss Holicong, by First Samurai)
Lifetime Record: 48-18-7-6, $334,149. O-Bush Racing Stable;
B-Frances M. Hartwell (PA); T-Timothy C. Kreiser.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Chaperone, c, 2, Curlin--It Tiz Well (GISW, $1,130,840), by Arch.
Remington, 11-30, 6 1/2f, 1:20.41. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-1,$34,755. B-Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY). *$950,000
Ylg '22 FTSAUG.
Contingency, f, 2, Flatter--Inspeightofyou, by Speightstown.
Charles Town, 11-30, 4 1/2f, :53.77. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0,$21,065. B-Stoneriggs Farm (KY).
Midnight Stormy, g, 2, Midnight Storm--Ava G, by Afternoon
Deelites. Turfway, 12-1, (C), 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:18.20. Lifetime
Record: 4-1-0-0, $26,006. B-Alex Venneri Racing, LLC (KY).
*$10,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. **1/2 to Whiskey and Rye(Maclean's Music), SW, $273,331.
Cleopatra's Nile, f, 2, Mucho Macho Man--Kittenindafastlane,
by Kitten's Joy. Gulfstream, 12-1, (C), 1mT, 1:34.95. Lifetime
Record: 4-1-0-0, $35,750. B-Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey(KY).
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Someone Like You, f, 2, Stanford--Open Mic, by Unbridled'sSong. Del Mar, 12-1, (S), 5fT, :58.64. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0,$36,600. B-Michael Lynn & William Baker & Stormy Hull (CA).
*$200,000 Ylg '22 FTCAYR. **Full to Opening Buzz, MSW,
$205,668. ***1ST-TIME STARTER.
Guitar Solo, f, 2, Star Guitar--Tory's Triumph (SP), by Grand
Appointment. Delta Downs, 11-30, (S), 5f, :59.11. Lifetime
Record: 1-1-0-0, $25,800. B-World War IV Racing (LA).
*1ST-TIME STARTER. **Won by 14 1/4 Lengths.
Bling It K K, f, 2, Too Much Bling--Landons Tiz, by Tiz Wonderful.
Remington, 11-30, 6f, 1:12.62. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0,$20,349. B-Jay Hester (TX). *1ST-TIME STARTER.
Greatandgood, g, 3, Great Notion--So Stunning, by Jump Start.
Charles Town, 11-30, (S), 1 1/16m, 1:49.21. Lifetime Record:
4-1-2-1, $29,507. B-Naomi R. Long (WV).
King's Secret (GB), f, 3, Kingman (GB)--Secret Sense, by
Shamardal. Turfway, 11-30, 1 1/8m (AWT), 1:51.22. Lifetime
Record: 7-1-1-2, $53,880. B-Newsells Park Stud (GB).
*340,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT.

Llorona (Mendelssohn) secures ‘Rising Star’ status in Del Mar
maiden(click to watch)

Accelerate, For Harper, f, 3, o/o Holdontoyourdream, by Proud
Citizen. AOC, 12-1, Fair Grounds
Air Force Blue, Flight Control, f, 2, o/o Senorita Margarita, by
Elusive Quality. MSW, 12-1, Aqueduct
Audible, Nikitis, f, 2, o/o The Girl Factor, by The Factor. MSW,
12-1, Aqueduct

SATURDAY • DECEMBER 2, 2023

Connect, Beneath the Stars, f, 4, o/o Twice Tempted, by Wild
Again. AOC, 12-1, Laurel
Curlin, Chaperone, c, 2, o/o It Tiz Well, by Arch. MSW, 11-30,
Remington
Flatter, Accredit, h, 5, o/o Berncredit, by Bernstein. AOC, 11-30,
Turfway
Flatter, Contingency, f, 2, o/o Inspeightofyou, by Speightstown.
MSW, 11-30, Charles Town
Great Notion, Greatandgood, g, 3, o/o So Stunning, by Jump
Start. MSW, 11-30, Charles Town
Great Notion, Point Pelee, c, 2, o/o Chance Dance, by American
Chance. ALW, 12-1, Penn National
Great Notion, Rominski, g, 4, o/o Undisputed Legend, by
Domestic Dispute. ALW, 12-1, Laurel
Honor Code, Medoro, f, 2, o/o Achira, by English Channel. MSW,
12-1, Del Mar
Irish War Cry, Feeling Woozy, g, 3, o/o Stormy Love Affair, by
Stormy Atlantic. AOC, 12-1, Laurel
Jump Start, Jayjaydee, g, 6, o/o Miss Holicong, by First Samurai.
AOC, 11-30, Penn National
Kantharos, My Man Matty, g, 5, o/o Bedside Posse, by Posse.
ALW, 12-1, Aqueduct
Kingman (GB), King's Secret (GB), f, 3, o/o Secret Sense, by
Shamardal. MSW, 11-30, Turfway
Liam's Map, Hot Fudge, f, 4, o/o Noelle's Mischief, by Into
Mischief. AOC, 12-1, Aqueduct
Liam's Map, Ravella, f, 4, o/o Dancing Raven, by Tomahawk.
ALW, 11-30, Turfway
Mendelssohn, Llorona, f, 3, o/o Wasted Tears, by Najran. MSW,
12-1, Del Mar
Midnight Storm, Midnight Stormy, g, 2, o/o Ava G, by Afternoon
Deelites. MCL, 12-1, Turfway
Mucho Macho Man, Cleopatra's Nile, f, 2, o/o
Kittenindafastlane, by Kitten's Joy. MOC, 12-1, Gulfstream
No Nay Never, No Nay Hudson (Ire), c, 3, o/o Raw Silk, by
Malibu Moon. AOC, 12-1, Gulfstream
Runhappy, Happy Runner, g, 4, o/o Belle Gallantey, by After
Market. ALW, 12-1, Tampa Bay
Speightster, Cash Fever, c, 3, o/o Tiza Cowgirl, by Tiznow. MSW,
12-1, Fair Grounds
Square Eddie, Stay and Scam, f, 3, o/o Puff Pastry, by
Momentum. AOC, 12-1, Del Mar
Stanford, Someone Like You, f, 2, o/o Open Mic, by Unbridled'sSong. MSW, 12-1, Del Mar
Star Guitar, Guitar Solo, f, 2, o/o Tory's Triumph, by Grand
Appointment. MSW, 11-30, Delta Downs
Too Much Bling, Bling It K K, f, 2, o/o Landons Tiz, by Tiz
Wonderful. MSW, 11-30, Remington
Yoshida (Jpn), Noahs Ark, c, 2, o/o Bible, by U S Ranger. MSW,
11-30, Turfway

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LANDMARK RESULT FOR ST
MARK=S BASILICA WITH
575K SALE-TOPPER ATTATTERSALLSJill Lamb bought the St Mark=s Basilica topper | Tattersalls

By Brian Sheerin
Friday marked a breakout result for five-time Group 1-winner
St Mark's Basilica (Fr) as a filly by Coolmore=s freshman sire outof the Oaks winner Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) topped theDecember Foal Sale at Tattersalls on 575,000gns. The aggregate
fell 11% compared to this day 12 months ago to 17,943,000gns
while the clearance rate climbed 7% to 87%. The average fell
13% to 95,952gns and the median dipped 9% to 62,000gns.
Cont. p3

BROMLEY IS FBA AGENT OF THE YEAR
Highflyer Bloodstock's Anthony Bromley has been named
bloodstock agent of the year for 2023 by the Federation of
Bloodstock Agents (FBA).
Operating in both the Flat and National Hunt spheres, Bromley
has been represented by the winners of 10 Group/Grade 1 races
in England, Ireland and France this year. That record could yet
be extended as one of the group, Impaire Et Passe (Fr), is set to
run in Sunday's GI Hatton's Grade Hurdle.
The English and Irish Arkle winner El Fabiolo (Fr) is anotherflag-bearer in the >double green' of Bromley's long-standing
clients Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, while on the Flat theagent was behind the purchase of star stayer Trueshan (Fr), G1
King's Stand S. winner Bradsell (GB) and G2 Lowther S. victrix
Relief Rally (Ire), who is catalogued to sell in next week's Sceptre
Sessions as Lot 1798.
Geoffrey Howson, honorary president of the Federation of
Bloodstock Agents, said, "I first met Antony through David
Minton and the late Peter Calver B a good judge of horses andmen. I can recall Peter telling me that >Brains' as he called
Anthony, would go far in the industry. Anthony's knowledge ofEnglish, Irish and French jumping form is phenomenal.
"I have always been impressed by Anthony's management of
the Souede and Munir horses and his dealings with the media
regarding their runners." Cont. p9

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FIRST EDITION OF THE TBA ACCESS FOAL FORUM

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Over 250 people attended the first edition of the TBA ACCESS Foal Forumat Tattersalls on Thursday evening.

NEW WINNER FOR DE TREVILLE

10

Pau hosted a debutant race on Friday, and it was won by first-time starter
See The Dream (Fr), a daughter of De Treville (GB).

LEMON POP ONE OF 15 IN CHAMPIONS CUP

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Chukyo Racecourse holds the G1 Champions Cup on dirt on Sunday,
and the race has attracted a field of 15. Alan Carasso has the preview.

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The filly was bred, like her Classic-winning dam, by Mark Dixon
Tattersalls Cont. from p1
and James Rowsell of Ashbrittle Stud in Somerset, which is also
It was bloodstock agent Jill Lamb, bidding on behalf ofhome to Talent=s aforementioned daughter Ambition.
Newsells Park Stud, who came out on top for the mostStud manager Ginny Whales said after exiting the ring, AWe
expensive foal sold at public auction in Europe or North America
have Ambition back and she had a Frankel (GB) foal this year
this year.
and is in foal to Palace Pier (GB),"She is beautiful, absolutely
and Talent herself is in foal to New
gorgeous--I fell in love with her as
Bay (GB), so if she has a filly we cansoon as I saw her," Lamb said of lot
keep her and race her.
869. "She is very athletic and has a
AThe idea is to keep the fillies andwonderful page. She has beensell the colts but Talent=s coltsbought to race and to come back tohaven=t been the prettiest. This filly
Newsells Park Stud [as awas lovely though and she has
broodmare]. She has two
been grand. She had 10 vets andhalf-sisters by Dubawi and she
she was getting very tired but she
ticked all the boxes for us. We are
was still walking out and trying her
delighted to get her.@best.@
Talent landed the Oaks at Epsom
She added, AI broke Talent in so
a decade ago for trainer Ralph
it=s been exciting to see the whole
Beckett. She has already proved
family. They tend to keep
herself as a broodmare with her
The top lot by St Mark's Basilica | Tattersalls
themselves out of trouble, so Talent and Prowess, when you got
daughter, Ambition (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a Group 2 winner inout to the field to feed them, they will walk away from
France.
everybody else and tell you where they want to be fed. They=re
Lamb added, AI watched everyone going in for her andcomplete divas. Then this foal and Ambition=s Frankel foal do thethought, 'oh my gosh!' St Mark's Basilica is the unknown
same." Cont. p4
quantity, but she is the nicest I have seen by him."

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do.@Thomas added, AIt=s been one hell of a year for sure.
It can be a daunting task stepping out from the shadows ofEverything is quite surreal. We have five mares, we bred his
your older siblings but the Starspangledbanner (Aus)dam. We actually sold her as a yearling and then bought her
half-brother to dual Group 1-winning and unbeatenback for very little money. I=ve
two-year-old sensation Vandeek
just had absolute faith in the(GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) did notfamily and felt that something
disappoint when knocked down
had to come up at some stage.
to Coolmore's MV Magnier at
They=re just too determined
450,000gns.
with that will to win, and their
Offered by Kelly Thomas ofheads in front all the time. He
Maywood Stud, lot 961 capped aeven has his head in front atmemorable year for the breeder
feed time; the other foals comefollowing Vandeek=s exceptional
second to him all the time, hetriumphs in the Prix Morny andjust has that competitive
Middle Park S.
nature.@AHe=s taken everything in his
Thomas confirmed that the
stride. He=s a very relaxed
colt=s dam Mosa Mine (GB)character, he likes his feed, likes(ExceedAnd Excel {Aus}) is not
his sleep and he likes toexercise,@ a beaming Thomas
MV Magnier bought the Starspangledbanner half-brother to standout in foal this year but asked
whether she would be sending
juvenile Vandeek | Tattersalls
said shortly after the sale.
her back to Vandeek=s sire
ACharlene [groom] has been
Havana Grey, she replied with a smile, AQuite possibly.@
frogmarched around the exercise ring every morning and he=sCont. p5
come out every day as fresh as a daisy despite what he=s had to

Coolmore Go Strong For Vandeek=s Brother At 450k

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Tattersalls Cont.
She continued, AIt=s all a bit overwhelming. There=s almost alittle bit more to worry about, as much as you=re happy about it
and want to go on to the next stage, but we had him at homeand you wake up every morning and hope that he=s still in one
piece."MV Magnier confirmed the Starspangledbanner to be
everything one would expect him to be; fast and precocious.
He said, AA lovely horse and, in fairness to Kelly Thomas andeveryone associated with him, they've done a great job.
Starspangledbanner is doing so well and he's a brother to a very
good horse. We're just glad we can support the Thomases. It's agood result for them. He's a lovely quality horse and he looks
like he will be early and fast. Hopefully he will be.

Kelly Thomas of Maywood Stud | Tattersalls

Amo Makes Statement Of Intent
Amo Racing might be best associated for sourcing horses fromthe yearling and breeze-up sales but Kia Joorabchian madesomething of a statement when splashing out 360,000gns on a
Kingman (GB) colt through agent Alex Elliott.
The Kingman boasts a strong pedigree, being a half-brother tosmart sprinter Dragon Symbol (GB)--who has recently retired tostand at Whitsbury Manor Stud--and Elliott says the purchasemade a lot of sense.
He explained, "This is a three-parts brother to Dragon Symbol,
who has been retired to stud. He's by an elite stallion inKingman and was a beautiful horse physically. The mare has
produced to lesser stallions--way lesser stallions--and he has
been bought for Amo Racing.@
The Kingman colt was bred by Whitsbury, who ended the day
as leading consignors so far this week with 21 lots sold for
1,940,500gns. The sale represented an important one for Elliott,having been beaten by Juddmonte earlier in the afternoon on a
Wootton Bassett (GB) colt, and the agent was all too aware that
he=d levelled the score. Cont. p6

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client from Whitsbury for 260,000gns.

Elliott said, AHe will go back to Ireland. We tried hard to buy
Godolphin Snaps Up Brother To Bay Bridge
the Wootton Bassett that Juddmonte bought and I think they
A brother to Bay Bridge (GB) lived up to his billing as one ofunderbid us on this horse. It's
the star attractions to theone-one! We obviously like
Friday session when knocked
Wootton Bassett because ofdown to Anthony Stroud on
King Of Steel and Bucanero
behalf of Godolphin for
Fuerte.
375,000gns.
ABut this horse [lot 909] madeBred by James Wigan, whose
a lot of sense. For an end-user,
colours were carried with great
the half-brother by Havana
distinction by Bay Bridge,
Grey made 250,000gns here
winner of the G1 Champion S.
last year and he came back andat Ascot in 2022, the colt (lotmade 600,000gns to942) was offered by the
Godolphin. Kia has a long-term
breeder=s West Blagdon Stud.
plan for this horse andStroud said, "He's for
hopefully he's another good
Godolphin. He's a really
one for the Amo operation.@
attractive horse and is a
Elliott went on to sign for the
full-brother to a very goodAlex Elliott signed for two lots, alone and in partnership, on Friday
Showcasing (GB) half-brotherhorse. It's a great stud to buy
totaling 620,000gns | Tattersalls
to 2,000 Guineas winner
off because they produce such
Chaldean (GB) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 965) on behalf of an unnamed
good horses. We're delighted to buy him." Cont. p7

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Talking Points$ Juddmonte bought their 2,000 Guineas winner and newstallion Chaldean (GB) (Frankel {GB}) at this sale three years
ago and returned to buy his Kingman (GB) half-brother for asale-topping 1 million gns last year. This time around
Juddmonte=s Simon Mockridge signed for three colts--two by
Kingman (GB) and one by Wootton Bassett (GB)--for1,015,000gns.
$ It shouldn't go unnoticed the strong week that Sioux Nation
has enjoyed. Three foals by the Coolmore-based sire, who
has earned a bump to i27,500 for 2024, cleared six figures.
One of which was a 210,000gns half-brother to Bright
Diamond (Ire) (El Kabeir) (lot 898), bought by CastlehydeStud from Riversfield Stud. All told, 10 horses by Sioux Nation
have sold for an average of 71,200gns this week.
$ One of the fascinating subplots to the foal sales is viewing
the stock of a young stallion and one would wager that thosein the Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) camp are quite happy with
their lot. Considering Lope Y Fernandez stands at the
National Stud for ,8,500, his results of 78,000gns, 45,000gns
and 41,000gns have to be viewed as a major positive.

SATURDAY • 2 DECEMBER 2023

$ Ghaiyyath (Ire) has not lacked for support from within at the
yearling sales this season and that continued on Friday with
Godolphin signing for a filly and a colt by the stallion for
350,000gns (lot 928) and 190,000gns (lot 916), respectively.
$ Pinatubo (Ire) is more than capable of paddling his own
canoe, it would seem, with a whopping seven foals by theDarley-based sire selling for six figures. That included a
250,000gns filly (lot 878) sold by Barton Stud to Blandford
Bloodstock and another filly (lot 983) from Plantation Stud to
JP Bloodstock for 240,000gns.

Buy of the Day
Fashion can work both ways and often the market canoverreact, be that positively or negatively. It might just be thelatter at the moment with Time Test (GB), whose colt (lot 827)
out of listed winner Dynamic (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) looks a bargain
at just 20,000gns.
Consigned by Highclere Stud, the Time Test colt was aparticularly racey offering by the sire, and Cigar
Bloodstock--whoever that may be--could well be toasting thishorse in the future.
Cont. p8

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Thought of the Day
There was a super turnout at Tattersalls on Friday and thestock on offer clearly cut the mustard with 59 horses making six
figures on the day.

SESSION TOPPERSTATTERSALLS DECEMBER FOAL SALE
Lot Sire|Dam
Price (gns)869 f, St Mark=s Basilica (Fr)--Talent (GB)575,000
Bred by Ashbrittle Stud & M. H. Dixon (GB)Consigned by Ashbrittle Stud
Purchased by Jill Lamb Bloodstock/Newsells Park Stud
961 c, Starspangledbanner (Aus)--Mosa Mine (GB)Bred by Maywood Stud (GB)Consigned by Maywood Stud
Purchased by MV Magnier

450,000

903 c, Wootton Bassett (GB)--Poet=s Vanity (GB)Bred by Langton Stud (GB)Consigned by Langton Stud
Purchased by Juddmonte Farms

425,000

942 c, New Bay (GB)--Hayyona (GB)Bred by James Wigan (Ire)Consigned by West Blagdon Stud
Purchased by Godolphin

375,000

909 c, Kingman (GB)--Arcamist (GB)Bred by Whitsbury Manor Stud (GB)Consigned by Whitsbury Manor Stud
Purchased by A C Elliott, agent/Amo Racing

360,000

891 c, Kingman (GB)--Golden Pelican (Ire)Bred by Sun Bloodstock SARL (GB)Consigned by Hazelwood Bloodstock
Purchased by Juddmonte Farms

350,000

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Toppers Cont.
928 f, Ghaiyyath (Ire)--Rocana (GB)350,000
Bred by Ringfort Stud, Ltd. & M &P Bloodstock, Ltd. (Ire)Consigned by Ringfort Stud
Purchased by Godolphin
979 c, Sea The Stars (Ire)--Tango (Ire)Bred by Barronstown Stud (Ire)Consigned by Norelands Stud
Purchased by Abbeylands Farm

330,000

985 c, Wootton Bassett (GB)--Roses Are Red (Ire)(255,000gns i/u >22 TATDEC)
Bred by Plantation Stud (GB)Consigned by Plantation Stud
Purchased by Sumbe

300,000

908 c, Too Darn Hot (GB)--Madonna Dell=orto (GB)Bred by Genesis Green Stud, Ltd. (GB)Consigned by Genesis Green Stud, Ltd.
Purchased by Norris/Huntingdon

280,000

Anthony Bromley Cont. from p1
Bromley said, "I am thrilled to receive this award and it isparticularly rewarding to be given something by your peers.
Whilst it has indeed been a great year on the track for some of
my buys, I have to thank my numerous amazing owners who
continue to keep the faith by giving me the chances and ofcourse to the trainers and jockeys who are so consistently top
class. I am only the agent and would be nothing without thosegood teams supporting me."

WELL-ATTENDED FIRST EDITION OF THE TBA
ACCESS FOAL FORUMTATTERSALLS DECEMBER FOAL SALESESSION TOTALS$ Catalogued$ Number Offered$ Number Sold
$ Not Sold
$ Clearance Rate
$ No. 500Kgns+$ High Price$ Gross$ Average (% change)$ Median (% change)

2023
276
216
187
29
87%
1
575,000gns
17,943,000gns
95,952gns (-13%)
62,000gns (-9%)

2022
282
226
182
44
81%
4
1,000,000gns
20,110,000gns
110,495gns
68,000gns

CUMULATIVE$ Catalogued$ Number Offered$ Number Sold
$ Not Sold
$ Clearance Rate
$ No. 500Kgns+$ High Price$ Gross$ Average (% change)$ Median (% change)

2023
836
693
524
169
75%
1
575,000gns
27,767,900gns
52,992gns (-4%)
30,000gns (-6%)

2022
919
770
594
176
77%
4
1,000,000gns
32,687,300gns
55,029gns
32,000gns

The TBA ACCESS Foal Forum was held at Tattersalls | TBA

Over 250 people attended the first edition of the TBA ACCESS
Foal Forum in the Tattersalls sales ring on Thursday night, theThoroughbred Breeders= Association (TBA) announced on Friday.
The free-to-attend event welcomed both TBA members andnon-members, and aimed to inform and educate attendees
about the intricacies and challenges of breeding and pinhooking
foals. The forum was led by Vanessa Ryle and featured insights
into the first steps and considerations of breeding a foal,
nurturing the growth of a young foal with the expertise of Kate
Sigsworth of West Moor Stud, and Ed Harper from Whitsbury
Manor Stud. Considerations when buying and re-offering stockat sales were covered by Mimi Wadham and Violet Hesketh of
WH Bloodstock and leading bloodstock agent, Alex Elliott andsome of the key mistakes both have made when first starting
out. Cont. p10

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TBA ACCESS Forum Cont.
Robert Dallas of Rossdales provided excellent insight from aveterinary perspective across all areas.
A recording of the Foal Forum will soon be available to view on
the TBA website.

FIRST-SEASON SIRESWITH RUNNERS
Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023:
FRANCE
Palace Prince (Ger) (Areion {Ger}), Joel Denis
7 foals of racing age
1-LIMOGES, 1400m, Loyal Prince (Fr)Roman Candle (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}), Haras de la Hetraie
36 foals of racing age
6-LYON LA SOIE, 1800m, Honky Tonk Woman (Fr)i5,000 Arqana Deauville November Yearling Sale 2022

Roman Candle | Haras de la Hetraie

OBSERVATIONS
on the European racing scene

HOW THEY FARED
17.30 Dundalk, Mdn, i15,000, 2yo, f, 6f (AWT)Manhattan Dreamer (Quality Road), Amo Racing=s $420,000
Keeneland September full-sister to the GI Del Mar Futuritywinning sire Klimt, stayed on into fourth after a tardy start.

SATURDAY • 2 DECEMBER 2023

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Anvika (Ire), f, 2, Dandy Man (Ire)--Desert Way (Ire), by Giant=s
Causeway. Dundalk, 12-1, 6f (AWT), 1:13.95. Lifetime Record:
4-1-1-0, $15,692. B-CGD Syndicate (IRE). *i20,000 Wlg >21
GOFNO1; i12,000 Ylg >22 TATIRY.
Finsceal Go Deo (Ire), f, 3, Kingman (GB)--Finsceal Beo (Ire)(G1SW-Eng, G1SW-Fr, G1SW-Ire, $1,478,232), by Mr. Greeley.
Dundalk, 12-1, 8f (AWT), 1:40.06. Lifetime Record: 17-1-4-2,$23,461. B-Micheal D Ryan (IRE). *i500,000 Ylg >21 GOFOR.
**1/2 to Ol= Man River (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), GSW-Ire,$126,369.

Friday=s Results:
1st-Pau, i23,000, Debutantes, 12-1, 2yo, 8f (AWT), 1:36.90,
st.
SEE THE DREAM (FR) (f, 2, De Treville {GB}--Empreinte {GSPFr}, by Footstepsinthesand), sent off at 43-10, tracked theleading trio early. Working hard to get to the breakaway Tarob(Ire) (Shalaa {Ire}) in the straight, the i42,000 Arqana October
yearling edged ahead in the final strides to score by a head. Thedam, who was third in the G3 Prix du Bois, is kin to two otherblack-type performers headed by the G1 Grand Prix de Paris
runner-up Slalom (Fr) (Intello {Ger}). From the family of Galileo=ssuccessful domestic sire Galiway (GB) and his group and Grade Iplaced half-siblings Silent Name (Jpn) (Sunday Silence) and Salto(Ire) (Pivotal {GB}), her yearling colt is by Too Darn Hot (GB).
Sales history: i42,000 Ylg >22 ARQOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-00, i11,500. Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Michel Dardenne, SCEA Carant & Philippe Jeanneret; B-R
Shaykhutdinov (FR); T-Antoine De Watrigant.
2nd-Pau, i23,000, Cond, 12-1, 2yo, f, 10f (AWT), 2:03.60, st.
LINA (FR) (f, 2, Churchill {Ire}--Lidiyana {Fr}, by Motivator {GB}),runner-up at Toulouse when last seen in October, travelledstrongly towards the rear early. Producing a sustained effort
down the outer in the straight to take command passing the
furlong pole, the 2-5 favourite asserted for a 2 1/2-length
success from Silpeny (Fr) (Penny=s Picnic {Ire}). The dam, whose
first foal was the Listed Prix Occitanie winner Likala (Fr) (Exceed
And Excel {Aus}), also has a yearling daughter of Siyouni (Fr).
Cont. p11

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2nd-Pau Cont.
The second dam Laxlova (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}) produced three
black-type winners headed by Lidari (Fr) (Acclamation {GB})whose finest hour came when taking the G2 Blamey S. Lifetime
Record: 3-1-1-0, i17,150. Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-H H Aga Khan; B-Haras de SA Aga Khan SCEA (FR); T-JeanClaude Rouget.
5th-Pau, i23,000, Cond, 12-1, 2yo, c/g, 10f (AWT), 2:04.30, st.
MOTADARREK (GB) (c, 2, Night Of Thunder {Ire}--Daymooma{GB} {SP-Ire}, by Pivotal {GB}), sixth on his sole start in a mile
debutantes race at ParisLongchamp in August, showed his
freshness by grabbing hold of the bit from the outset shadowing
the leader. Tanking his way to the front ahead of the twofurlong straight, the 13-10 favourite drew away to register athree-length success from El Kalbito (Fr) (Sommerabend {GB}).
The winner, who listed-placed dam also has a yearling filly by
New Approach (Ire), shares her second dam Adaala (Sahm) with
the G2 Champions Juvenile S. winner and G1 Derby runner-up
Madhmoon (Ire) by New Approach=s Dawn Approach (Ire) and
the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas hero Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}).
Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, i11,500. Video, sponsored by
FanDuel TV.
O-Shadwell France; B-Shadwell Estate Company Limited (GB);
T-Jean-Claude Rouget.
6th-Pau, i17,000, Mdn, 12-1, 3yo, 10f (AWT), 2:03.40, st.
SNOBBISH (IRE) (c, 3, Dawn Approach {Ire}--Althiba {GB}, by
Shamardal), who was runner-up on his sole start at Madrid in
October, was sent forward from his wide stall to hold the lead at
the first turn. Gamely responding to his rider=s urgings once
straightened for home, the 5-1 shot stayed on to prevail by 3/4
of a length from Full Colour (Fr) (Recorder {GB}). The winner isthe first foal out of the dam, whose 2-year-old filly Conradi (GB)(Calyx {GB}) was a i110,000 purchase by Elliott Bloodstock
Services at last year=s Arqana Deauville October. He is a
grandson of the dual Group 3-placed Aaraas (GB) (Haafhd {GB}),a half-sister to the card=s earlier winner Motadarrek=s dam
Daymooma (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) which also links him to
Madhmoon (Ire) by Snobbish=s sire Dawn Approach and Awtaad(Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}). Althiba also has a yearling filly byKingman (GB). Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, i14,300. Video,
sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O/B-Yeguada Centurion SL (IRE); T-M&M Racing.
CONDITIONS RESULTS:
5th-Pornichet, i16,000, 12-1, 3yo, 8 1/2f (AWT), 1:41.60, st.
OPIANA (GB) (f, 3, Anodin {Ire}--Cosmique {Fr} {SP-Fr}, by
Pivotal {GB}) Lifetime Record: 14-3-1-1, i34,950. O-Ecurie R.E,

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Ecurie Laurent Querou, Mme Jean-Paul Doucet, Alain Klodawski& F Monnier; B-Wertheimer et Frere (GB); T-Florent Monnier.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Charmille (Fr), f, 2, Charm Spirit (Ire)--Galaxidi (GB), by High
Chaparral (Ire). Pornichet, 12-1, 8 1/2f (AWT), 1:43.06. B-EURL
Freddy Head (FR).
Night Action (Fr), c, 2, Planteur (Ire)--Lolif (Fr), by Loup Breton(Ire). Pornichet, 12-1, 8 1/2f (AWT), 1:43.04. B-M Capdepon(FR). *i38,000 Ylg >22 ARQSEP. **1/2 to Loubeisien (Fr)(Kheleyf), SW & MGSP-Fr, $157,489.
Kalamata (Fr), f, 3, Masterstroke--Elusive Esqua (Fr), by
Youmzain (Ire). Pornichet, 12-1, 15 1/2f (AWT), 3:23.27. B-L
Jamault (FR).

IN BAHRAIN:
Vanguard Star (Ire), g, 3, Starspangledbanner (Aus)--Mimiteh,
by Maria's Mon. Sakhir, 12-1, Hcp., 1000mT, 1:00.86. B-Old
Carhue Stud. *i135,000 Ylg '21 GOFSEP; 26,000gns HRA '23
TATJUL. VIDEO (SC 8)
Lathaa (GB), c, 4, Postponed (Ire)--Fashion Parade (GB), by
Fastnet Rock (Aus). Sakhir, 12-1, B-Sheikh Abdulla bin Isa AlKhalifa. VIDEO (SC 2)
Ocean Star (Ire), m, 5, Adaay (Ire)--Miss Wicklow (Ire), by New
Approach (Ire). Sakhir, 12-1, Bahrain Olympic Committee Cup(Bhr-G2, NBT), 1200mT, 1:11.82. B-John Banahan. *Ch. 3yo
Filly & Ch. Sprinter-Bhr. **i2,000 RNA Wlg '18 TATNOV;,9,000 Ylg '19 TATSEP; 14,000gns HRA '20 TATAUT.
VIDEO (SC 7)LEMON POP HAS WORK CUT OUT IN
CHAMPIONS CUP by Alan Carasso
Godolphin's Lemon Pop (Lemon Drop Kid) has been the best
dirt horse in Japan this year at distances up to a mile, but the
5-year-old faces a stamina-stretching test from a horrible draw
when he faces 14 others in Sunday's G1 Champions Cup(1800m) at Chukyo Racecourse. Cont. p12

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Champions Cup Preview Cont.
A $70,000 Keeneland November weanling purchase, thechestnut won the G3 Negishi S. over 1400 metres at Toyko in
January and silenced those who questioned his ability to stay an
extra furlong when running out a comfortable winner of the
G1 February S. the following month. Sent to Dubai for theG1 Golden Shaheen over a 1200-metre journey that was too
sharp, he was only 10th, but rebounded with a front-running
romp in the Listed Mile Championship Nambu Hai Oct. 9. Hetries a two-turn route for the first time and Ryusei Sakai will
have to judge it right from the 15 hole.

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winner and fourth last year, has acquitted himself well without
winning this term. Fourth in the World Cup, he was a headbehind Crown Pride in the Teio Sho and third to the progressive
King's Sword (Jpn) (Sinister Minister) and Notturno (Jpn)(Heart's Cry {Jpn}) in the Listed JBC Classic Nov. 3.
Three-year-old Seraphic Call (Jpn) (Henny Hughes) is the Xfactor in the Champions Cup, as he is perfect from his five starts
to date, all this season. After winning his first four in the lower
grades, he rattled home from the latter half of the field to stamp
his authority on Kyoto's G3 Miyako S. Nov. 5, pulling away tobest Make a Leap (Jpn) (Sinister Minister) by three emphatic
lengths.
A pair of females are in this year's line-up, including JBC Ladies'Classic heroine Icon Tailor (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), and Ater
Astraea (Jpn) (Reach the Crown {Jpn}), beaten 4 1/2 lengths into
third in the same event.

Lemon Pop winning the February S. | Horsephotos

AWhile there is a worry about the 1800 metres this time, andhow balanced he might be in the run, he=s been successful sofar, so we can only think of him making a big challenge here,@
said trainer Hiroyasu Tanaka. AIt=ll be interesting to see whatkind of race he can run. We=ll rely on the jockey to get the bestout of him.@
Crown Pride (Jpn) (Reach the Crown {Jpn}) was an unlucky
loser of this year 12 months ago, but has put together a very
formidable record this season. Fifth to Ushba Tesoro (Jpn)(Orfevre {Jpn}) in the G1 Dubai World Cup in March at Meydan-site of his 2022 G2 UAE Derby score--the dark bay was justbeaten by Meisho Hario (Jpn) (Pyro) in the valuable Listed Teio
Sho June 28 and overwhelmed compatriot Gloria Mundi (Jpn)(King Kamehameha {Jpn}) by 10 lengths in the G3 Korea Cup at
Seoul Sept. 10.
AThere are some strong horses in the race again this year, butwith the condition he=s in, it should put him right up there withthem,@ commented trainer Koichi Shintani. AHe hasn=t been
losing by much in his previous races, and the way he won lasttime in Korea certainly gives us confidence here.@T O Keynes (Jpn) (Sinister Minister), the 2021 Champions Cup

Horizon Dore (Fr) (Dabirsim {Fr}), a multiple group winner and third in
the G1 Champion S. in October, arrived in Hong Kong Friday. He istargeting the G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup. | Hong Kong Jockey Club

Saturday Previews: Things To Keep An Eye On
Balding’s Two Year Extension Axed In NSW
Waterhouse/Bott With Two Winners
2023 Announced Stud FeesGROUP ENTRIES
Sunday, Chukyo, Japan, post time: 3.30 p.m.
CHAMPIONS CUP-G1, ¥228,000,000, 3yo/up, 1800m
PP
HORSE
SIRE
1
Make a Leap (Jpn)
Sinister Minister
2
Meisho Hario (Jpn)
Pyro
3
Geoglyph (Jpn)
Drefong
4
T O Keynes (Jpn)
Sinister Minister
5
Dura Erede (Jpn)
Duramente (Jpn)
6
Gloria Mundi (Jpn)
King Kamehameha (Jpn)7
Wilson Tesoro (Jpn)
Kitasan Black (Jpn)
8
Ater Astraea (Jpn) (f)Reach the Crown (Jpn)
9
Crown Pride (Jpn)
Reach the Crown (Jpn)10
Notturno (Jpn)
Heart's Cry (Jpn)
11
Hagino Alegrias (Jpn)
Kizuna (Jpn)12Seraphic Call (Jpn)
Henny Hughes
13
Keiai Shelby (Jpn)
Deep Impact (Jpn)
14
Icon Tailor (Jpn) (f)Duramente (Jpn)
15
Lemon Pop K
Lemon Drop Kid

JOCKEY
MiyukiHamanaka
Buick
K Matsuyama
Murzabayev
LemaireHara
T Yokoyama
KawadaMatsuwaka
M Iwata
M Demuro
Fujitake
MoreiraSakai

TRAINER
Oneda
Okada
KimuraTakayanagi
IkezoeOkubo
Kotegawa
Hashiguchi
Shintani
Otonashi
Shii
Terashima
HirataKawachiTanaka

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