THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024

BREEDING DIGEST:SOME VERY SMART
SHOPPING INDEEDSATURDAY SIRES: ARROGATE
by Jill Williams
The much-missed Arrogate continues to add 'Saturday
afternoon horses' to his tally with his final crop. Seize the Grey
captured Saturday's GI Preakness S., giving Arrogate a second
Classic winner in just three crops.
A Kentucky Oaks winner in his first crop. A Belmont andTravers winner in his second. A Preakness winner in his third.
Three additional Grade I winners, two of them at age two.
Like a streaking star, Arrogate's racing career blazed brilliantly-leaving all who witnessed it in awe--and now his all-too-brief
stud career is doing the same.
AIt's what you expect of brilliant horses and brilliant mares,@ said
Garrett O'Rourke, general manager of Juddmonte Farms USA,the organization that both campaigned Arrogate and stood him
at stud.@Cont. p5

IN TDN EUROPE TODAY
Seize the Grey | Horsephotos

by Chris McGrathThe freakish vitality and durability of his trainer stands inpoignant contrast to the posthumous legacies entwined by the
success of Seize the Grey in the GI Preakness S.
Most obviously, as colleague Jill Williams highlights in her
Saturday Sires series, the industry has been given fresh cause tolament the premature loss of Arrogate. For the family andfriends of Seize the Grey's breeder, however, Saturday was amore intensely personal cue to honor the memory of Audrey"Tolie" Otto, barely a year after her passing.
Otto's stable, Jamm Ltd., was named for her four children:
John, Audie, Michael and Matthew. Audie is now taking her
mother's program forward, evidently with all the same passion-and also with the continued counsel of Headley Bell, andnowadays his son Price, at Mill Ridge.
It was through their Nicoma agency that Tolie Otto purchased
Seize the Grey's granddam Shop Again (Wild Again), for$450,000 at the 2007 Keeneland November Sale, as a half-sisterto that summer's GI Personal Ensign S. winner Miss Shop
(Deputy Minister).
Cont. p3

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Brian Sheerin finds out more.

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August 27, 2016. Arrogate wins the GI Travers S. with Mike Smith up. | Sarah Andrew

7 | INGLIS DIGITAL USA TO EXPAND TO AMERICA
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8 | MYRACEHORSE CHIEF MICHAEL BEHRENS JOINS PODCAST
Micro share company founder Michael Behrens is the featured guest on this week's
edition of the TDN Writers' Room Podcast, as the CEO talks Seize the Grey, D. Wayne
Lukas and all things Preakness.
9 | BILL MOTT PREPARES FOR BELMONTThe Belmont Stakes Racing Festival is next month and Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott isgearing up his stable for a big run, which includes a colt who is pointed to the featured
GI Belmont S. June 8.

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Breeding Digest cont. from p1
Herself a minor stakes winner, Shop Again proved a mostastute investment. First of all, her dam's weanling colt that year
turned out to be that very fast horse Trappe Shot (Tapit). And
while he proved a limited stallion, eventually exported toTurkey, this nook of the family has continued to excel in themeantime.
Miss Shop, for instance, produced In Type Gal (Tapit) to win
two graded stakes on turf. And Miss Shop's three-parts sister
Shop Here (by Deputy Minister's son Dehere), already dam of GII
Adirondack S. runner-up Fifth Avenue (Monarchos), has since
emerged as second dam of multiple Grade I-placed Shoplifted(Into Mischief) and GII Shakertown S. winner Imprimis (Broken
Vow).
Shop Again duly proved a fertile producer for Otto, in every
sense. Her third foal, a son of Pulpit, made $360,000 as ayearling and became the GI Frontrunner S. winner PowerBroker--whose success ensured that her next three yearlings
through the ring would generate $2.2 million between them.
At 22, Shop Again is now enjoying retirement after aptly signing
off last year with a filly by Mill Ridge's flourishing resident sire,
Oscar Performance.
While Otto was prepared to sell several of Shop Again's
daughters, her 2013 filly by Smart Strike was sent into training
with Brendan Walsh. Though confined to four starts, Smart
Shopping flashed ability to win a Churchill maiden on her only
juvenile start, before running third in a stakes at Tampa Bay.
She has certainly been launched onto her second career with
due purpose, so far sent to American Pharoah, Uncle Mo,
Arrogate, Justify and Life Is Good. Her colt by Arrogate, sold to
MyRacehorse for $300,000 at Saratoga two years ago, is ofcourse, Seize the Grey.
He had broken his maiden and also been stakes-placed atSaratoga by the time Smart Shopping's Justify filly wascatalogued for the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Sale last fall. With
Smart Shopping and Justify both so upwardly mobile since, thathas quickly proved an inspired call. (The filly, meanwhile named
Cirque Lodge, is currently learning the ropes with Niall Brennan).
"Tolie was a dear friend of Mom, John Chandler and our family
for 40 years," Headley Bell recalls. "We share many wonderful
memories, including racing [GI Kentucky Oaks winner] Keeper
Hill (Deputy Minister) together. Shop Again grew to become afoundation mare for Tolie, after producing Power Broker andwith Trappe Shot emerging in the family, and it was always
intended to retain Smart Shopping to race and breed from.
Brendan thought her a Kentucky Oaks filly before an injury.
"We believed in Arrogate when others didn't, and bred 11
mares to him for our clients in what turned out to be his lastyear. Seize the Grey was an attractive yearling and suited
Saratoga, but time was always going to be his friend."Cont.

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And time has also been key to the exemplary cultivation of thedynasty that has produced Seize the Grey. In this commercial
age, time is a friend denied to too many horses; to too many
mares, above all. But the Otto and Bell families, through adiligence and patience shared from one generation to the next,
have given a literal demonstration of the old axiom: more haste,
less speed.

Striking A Flag On Old Hilltop
Besides Arrogate and Tolie Otto, yet another posthumous
legacy was showcased in the Preakness--that of Smart Strike as abroodmare sire. He had already achieved quite an affinity withthis race, through sons Curlin and Lookin At Lucky, and now
Smart Shopping's son has reiterated his prowess in a second
dimension.
Smart Strike died in 2015, but it is obviously standard
procedure for a stallion to emerge as a distaff influence further
down the line, his daughters needing to be mature enough tohave completed their track careers before beginning the slow
cycles from foaling straw to winner's circle. Smart Strike mares
have already given us two shock GI Kentucky Derby winners in
Mine That Bird (Birdstone) and Rich Strike (Keen Ice); anotherhas lately given us dual champion Goodnight Olive(Ghostzapper); while only a couple of weeks ago we saw yet
another produce Gun Pilot (Gun Runner) to win the GI Churchill
Downs S.
Smart Strike sews a third thread of his sire Mr. Prospector into
Seize the Grey: the Preakness winner's sire Arrogate extends the
Fappiano line, while being out of Distorted Humor mare,representing the Forty Niner branch.
One way or another, this iteration of Smart Strike's genetic
impact is hardly surprising in one who bequeathed heirs as
potent as Curlin and English Channel (not forgetting Lookin At
Lucky, always scandalously underrated, while I'm looking
forward to Tom's D'Etat contesting the succession).
If you could distill any single asset from the sheer versatility ofSmart Strike's stock, it might be a propensity to thrive withmaturity. With Arrogate throwing a similar flavor into the mix,
then, we can be fairly confident that Seize the Grey is only justgetting started. A bit like his trainer!

Thaw Continues For Frosted
No denying that it's been a tough road for Frosted since hisretirement as the most expensive of the 2017 intake, at $50,000.
But now that he has entered a more commercial bracket,
stabilizing at $10,000 after serial fee plunges until last year, itdefinitely feels as though the ice is melting.
Last year felt like a quietly productive one for the Darleystallion, with three domestic graded stakes winners and 18

Frost Free | Horsephotos

black-type performers, and this time around he has all but
matched that already, up to three and 15 respectively after
Frost Free won the GIII Chick Lang S. last weekend. In fact, thisyear Frosted is getting his stakes action at a tick under 10% ofstarters, a match for all but a couple of elite stallions.
Now obviously he started out with some excellent raw
materials, so we'll have to see whether he can maintain his
positive curve with cheaper mares. But his pragmatic new fee in2023 saw his book rally to 154 from 108 mares, and it might yet
prove that a little bit of commercial pep turns out to have been
the ingredient missing during his tepid start.
Frost Free himself only made $27,000 as a yearling, deep in the
Keeneland September Sale, but stood out at the Texas
Thoroughbred Association 2-Year-Old Sale last April, where hemade $100,000 from Danny Keene. He's the first starter out of
D.J.'s Favorite (Union Rags), whose own mother I'm Mom's
Favorite (Indian Charlie) showed an affinity for Pimlico as winnerof the Miss Preakness S. in 2013. But while the fourth dam Tout
Charmant (Slewvescent) won the GI Matriarch S. and GI Del Mar
Oaks, the family has proved fairly fallow of late and it's duly afeather in Frosted's cap to have stoked up its embers this way.

McVay Going The Long Way Around
Having added third in the GI Preakness S. to his GI Kentucky
Derby fourth, Catching Freedom is shouldering a lot of the work
for what had appeared to be a dazzling range of sophomore
prospects for Constitution.
Doubtless some that have slipped off the radar will resurface
sooner rather than later, but I wouldn't be surprised if Mc Vay
outflanks them all after breaking his maiden by seven lengths at
Santa Anita last weekend.
Cont.

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John Shirreffs and C R K's Lee Searing | Keeneland

When a genius like John Shirreffs campaigns a young horse theway he has Mc Vay, you know there's some kind of monster
talent lurking there. In the event, contesting California's
principal Derby trials exposed Mc Vay as still way too goofy, andhe took an outlandishly scenic route even in outclassing his rivals
when given this reset back in maiden company.
But the exceptional judges who bought him for $1.25 million at
Saratoga (Mayberry Farm for CRK Stable) confirmed theirshrewdness in placing him with a trainer whose Grade I
achievements, relative to starters, laughably exceeds many who
have somehow beaten him to the Hall of Fame.
Mind you, even in his hands, Mc Vay has a long way to go
before he can match the yield achieved by his registered
breeders, Band of Brothers, who bought Dothraki Sea (Union
Rags) for $560,000 at the 2020 Keeneland November Sale. They
doubled their money simply in selling Mc Vay, who had arrived
in utero as part of the package.
And if he can now start to fulfill his potential, they still have amare very closely related to GI Norfolk S. winner Dixie Chatter(by her sire Dixie Union), the pair being out of an unraced
daughter of champion Phone Chatter (Phone Trick) and distaff
legend Deputy Minister.
With those genes behind Mc Vay, it could yet be that another"Coach" ends up challenging the one toasted by our wholecommunity on the opposite coast the same day.

THURSDAY • MAY 23, 2024

Saturday Sires cont. from p1
AIf they don't produce horses somewhat like themselves, you'd
be disappointed and somewhat surprised. You can't takeanything for granted with horses, but when you breed the best
to the best, that's the way it's supposed to work.@
While Arrogate will be remembered as a tremendous sire, he
didn't necessarily start off that way. When his first crop debutedat the races in 2021, it took until September of that year to get
his first winner. He closed his freshman year with 13 winners
and nary a splash in stakes company. It was a respectablebeginning, but he didn't set the world on fire. Had expectations
been too high? It's not always that extraordinary horses are able
to replicate themselves. If it were that easy, this game would be
simple.
It turns out Arrogate made it simpler than most. Just as
Arrogate himself did, his foals just needed a little time.
As a refresher, the son of Unbridled's Song--purchased by
Juddmonte from breeder Clearsky Farms's consignment at the2014 Keeneland September sale for $560,000--didn't debut until
April of his sophomore season. A stuck-in-traffic third at Los
Alamitos, he reappeared in June at Santa Anita with a 4 1/2length win good for 'TDN Rising Star' status. He wouldn't lose
again that year, throwing down the gauntlet with one of themost scintillating GI Travers S. in history. Trained by Hall ofFamer Bob Baffert, he still holds Saratoga's 1 1/4-mile trackrecord of 1:59.36, just as he still holds Gulfstream's 1 1/8-miletrack record of 1:46.83 from his performance the next year in
the GI Pegasus World Cup. In between those two records, hecaptured the GI Breeders' Cup Classic and the 3-year-old Eclipse
championship. If that wasn't enough, any rewatch of his
spectacular last-to-first G1 Dubai World Cup victory--consideredby many to be his finest race--is sure to send tingles up thespine.
Cont.

Arrogate and trainer Bob Baffert the morning after the 2016 Travers
Sarah Andrew

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Click to see the late Arrogate at Juddmonte

Although he didn't win again after Dubai, his tenure at the top
was dazzling. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2023.
Arrogate retired to Juddmonte at the end of his 4-year-old
campaign with an initial advertised fee of $75,000 for 2018. His
first book--announced as limited to 142 mares--included 30
Grade I winners or producers. It was a spectacular start, but hewould be gone before that first crop made it to the races.
As has been well documented, Arrogate was struck suddenlywith an undetermined illness in late May of 2020. It began witha sore neck; in a matter of days he was unable to stand. Everyeffort was made to save him until he was humanely euthanizedin early June. He was only seven.
AIt was totally confounding to us at the time,@ said O'Rourke.
AThe autopsy showed he had a core lesion in his spinal cord; it's
very difficult to explain how it got there. He was an extremely
hyperactive horse, a very sweet horse, but full of energy. He wasalways bucking, gyrating, twisting, turning. Whatever the cause,
there was no recovering from it. I've never spoken to anyone
who saw anything like it.
A[Losing him] was the hardest and toughest pill to swallow.
We're glad we had him and enjoyed every minute we had him.
Hopefully we'll continue the legacy going forward.@
The year after his death, in 2021, his first crop had that slowerthan-hoped start. It was a temporary hitch in his legacy which
would soon be rectified.
In a hint of what was to come, on New Year's Day in 2022,
Arrogate's freshly minted 3-year-olds broke through the stakes
ceiling with Alittleloveandluck capturing the Ginger Brew S. at
Gulfstream. The late stallion would close the year with four
Grade I winners, equaled that year by Gun Runner and American
Pharoah. Among all North American sires in 2022, only Curlin
would have more.
AWhat he's done now is what you'd expect of a horse of his
caliber, like Frankel (GB) on the other side [of the Atlantic],@ said

THURSDAY • MAY 23, 2024

O'Rourke. ABrilliant stallions don't always work out that way.@
With his final crop now three, Arrogate has had 227 startersfrom his 325 foals. His black-type winners number 22 to date,
while his graded winners are currently at 13. That gives him an
excellent statistic of 10% stakes winners from starters. He's had
four runners tabbed as 'TDN Rising Stars'. And he may not bedone yet.
ASomething interesting in his stock is a lot of the good ones
came out of his third year,@ said O'Rourke. APerhaps people
learn the type that works with each successive crop. I've notseen Seize the Grey up close, but while Arcangelo is maybe notas big as the sire, you can definitely see some similarity in thephysical type.@
Also intriguing is that of Arrogate's 13 graded winners, four areout of A.P. Indy-line mares, three are out of Raise a Native-line
mares, and three are out of Northern Dancer-line mares. The
final three represent other broodmare sire lines. Clearly, he was
not a stallion limited in his ability to work with various mares.
While Juddmonte is "sadly out of ammunition," as O'Rourke
said, there may be a few more runners yet to make waves fortheir sire. Remember, at the beginning of this month, Seize theGrey was a 9-1 first-time stakes winner in the GII Pat Day Mile S.
Promising prospects include Sidamara, a Bill Mott trainee andJuddmonte homebred, who broke her maiden at Keeneland in
April and doubled up at Churchill for a second win on Kentucky
Oaks Day from just three starts. On the other side of the world,
Assurbanipal, a $1.05-million OBS purchase last year, also madeit two for three in Japan this past Saturday. It wouldn't be ashock to see either or both make a splash in stakes company
soon.
Every new winner and especially every addition to the stakes
ranks has a bittersweet tinge as it accentuates the depth ofArrogate's loss.
Cont.

Seize the Grey | Horsephotos

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AObviously after he passed there was the disappointment, but
that's something where you just have to turn the page,@ said
O'Rourke. AAs horse people, you never get accustomed to it.@
Juddmonte has retained a few of Arrogate's daughters for theorganization's famed broodmare band.
AWe have a few out of some good mares,@ said O'Rourke.
AHopefully he'll be a nice influence going forward.@
Five young mares by Arrogate, including two owned by
Juddmonte, produced their first foals in 2023. That number has
more than quintupled in 2024. Arrogate's own sire, Unbridled'sSong, has been a perpetual placeholder among the leadingbroodmare sires for years. Buoyed by books of quality overquantity, Arrogate could very well do the same in time.
His three Grade I-winning daughters all sold at Fasig-Tipton's'Night of the Stars' sale last November. Secret Oath went toSpendthrift Farm for $3 million; And Tell Me Nolies hammered
to Narvick International/Grand Stud for $2.3 million; and Fun toDream brought $1.9 million from K.I. Farm.
Meanwhile, Arrogate's Belmont and Travers winner Arcangelo-named the 2023 Eclipse 3-year-old champion--is currently
standing his first season at Lane's End. As a Classic winner, Seize
the Grey will get a prime opportunity at stud as well. (Arrogate's
other top son, Cave Rock, succumbed to complications fromlaminitis last year.)
While Arrogate's long-term legacy is far from set in stone, theetching has begun. It's safe to say he has the opportunity to
impact the breed for years to come.

INGLIS DIGITAL EXPANDS TO U.S.
The Australian sales company Inglis, which has hosted online
auctions in Australia for seven years, will expand into America
with the takeover of the Thoroughbred auction company
Wanamaker's, which will now be known as Inglis Digital USA,according to a press release from the company Wednesday
morning. Inglis said they plan to launch a monthly sale beginningin July.
Wanamaker's has been conducting monthly auctions forhorses of all ages since June, 2020.
Inglis Digital currently offers sales in Australia with an averageof 300 horses offered every two weeks, grossing over A$90
million per year.
Inglis' Managing Director Mark Webster described
Wanamaker's as an "exceptional online trading company
managed by extraordinarily talented people'' and said Inglis waspleased to be able to partner with them to expand into theAmerican market.
"The U.S. market is the largest thoroughbred market in theworld," he continued. "There are almost twice as many active

THURSDAY • MAY 23, 2024

Liza Hendricks (center), Kelly Brophey and Kyle Wilson | Inglis
broodmares in North America as there are in Australia. Australia
is the second-biggest market, and we've done well here with our
digital platform. Expanding to another market has been a
consideration for some time. We identified North America as a
key market worth pursuing due to its size and opportunity, andthere's increasing engagement between Australia and North
America. Digital trading is still in its early stages in North
America, presenting us with a significant opportunity.""Innovation and technology have been at the forefront of ourbusiness operations in Australia, which is home to the world's
second-biggest thoroughbred market so I'm therefore delighted
to announce our investment in the world's largest thoroughbred
market via Wanamaker's and the launch of Inglis Digital USA,''
Webster said.
"During my time as managing director of Inglis, Australia's
leading thoroughbred auction house for the past 150 years, I
have witnessed the rapid globalization of thoroughbred racing,breeding, and, of course, trading and never before have racing
jurisdictions felt so connected or empowered," he continued.
"This is such an exciting opportunity and it's been an absolutedelight to work with the Wanamaker's team behind the scenes
to be able to create this rebrand as we aim to make Inglis Digital
USA the largest and most successful online trading platform in
the Northern Hemisphere. We started looking at North America
before COVID hit, but the pandemic slowed everything down. I
remember going over in late 2019, coming up with a plan andreporting to the board, and then everything got put on hold.
Post-COVID, Wanamaker's emerged, and we were impressedwith their platform. It's well designed and engineered, making it
easy for us to enhance."
Some of Wanamakers largest successes have been Fiya, whosold for $400,000 in July, 2020 and went on to become amultiple stakes winner for new owner Robert Masiello.
Cont.

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The connections of Bandonarun parlayed an impressive
allowance score at Laurel Park into a $330,000 sale just weeks
later during the October, 2023 auction.
Wanamaker's has also conducted state-bred specific auctions
in conjunction with breed organizations in New York,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Under the new ownership platform, Wanamaker's co-founder
and incumbent CEO Liza Hendriks will remain with the company
as CEO, Inglis Digital USA, and be based out of Lexington,
Kentucky.
Hendriks will be joined in the venture by senior director ofsales and recruitment Kyle Wilson, formerly assistant director ofsales development with Keeneland. Kelly Brophey, owner ofClarity Bloodstock, will serve as director of sales operations.
"We couldn't be more delighted to announce our partnershipwith the esteemed auction house, Inglis," Hendriks said. "As weembark on this exciting journey together, I am personally thrilled
to continue serving as CEO, with our newly formed team. Digitalsales in the American market have already proven immensely
beneficial, offering year-round trading opportunities andeliminating the need for horses to endure extensive travel forphysical sales."Entries for the first sale under the Inglis Digital USA banner willclose Monday, July 8. The catalogue will be released on Friday,
July 12, with the final countdown of bidding on Wednesday,
July 17.
Each monthly sale will follow the same structure, with closing
on a Monday, and the sale operating from the following
Friday-Wednesday.
To enter horses for the July sale and register as a bidder, visit
inglisdigitalusa.com.

MICHAEL BEHRENS JOINS TDN WRITERS'ROOM PODCAST
As the founder and CEO of MyRacehorse.com, Michael
Behrens dreamt about days like this, winning a race at thehighest level. So when Seize the Grey (Arrogate) crossed thewire first in the GI Preakness S., Behrens felt like he was living a
dream. But so did the 2,570 individuals who invested in Seize theGrey, buying micro shares in the 3-year-old colt. And no doubt,
so did the 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer Wayne Lukas, whokeeps making the statement that age truly is nothing more thana number.
There were a lot of storylines at this year=s Preakness andmany involved MyRacehorse.com. To learn more, the TDN
Writers= Room Podcast presented by Keeneland called upon
Behrens to help us tell what was an incredible story. Behrens
was this week=s Green Group Guest of the week.

THURSDAY • MAY 23, 2024

Many top owners had given up on Lukas over the years, nodoubt feeling that he was too old to do the job right. So why did
Behrens give him a shot with a top horse when so few others
were willing to do so?
AI grew up in Southern California, in Glendora, California, andMr. Lukas was on the top of his game back then and represented
everything that was good about racing,@ he said. AIt seemed likeall the big races that I went to were won by Lukas. As I wasstarting MyRacehorse, I saw him getting some nice horses up at
Saratoga and Oaklawn, and I saw how well he was doing withthe couple that he was getting chances with. I was getting
impressed. Obviously, I was a huge fan and thought of him as aliving legend of our game. Then seeing him kind of re-emerge
with a couple of horses, I thought he was really starting to dowell again. When we bought this horse at the Fasig-Tipton sale, I
turned to the team and I said, >this is where I want to go, with
Wayne Lukas.= I asked them if they thought this was the righttype of horse for his program. We know that he's got a certain
type of horse that fits that program. They gave me a big thumbs
up and that's how it all started.@
Behrens knew his micro shares concept wasn=t for everyone, inparticular the mega-wealthy owners who were dominating theyearling and 2-year-old sales and the sport as a whole. But hehas proven that if you can get enough Anormal@ people to buy
into an idea you can compete against anyone.
AIt=s been said that we are the face of the people,@ he said. AI'll
take that all day long. When I started this and when I looked at
my Racing Form and when I went to the races I saw who owned
the horses. These were people that ran countries, that owned
big companies and they owned big hedge funds. I couldn't see areason why we couldn't tap into the millions of people that love
horse racing. What was audience for the Derby broadcast? 16.7
million people? There's still a lot of energy and a lot of
excitement, a lot of passion around horse racing. I thought, let's
curate it. Let's go ahead and compete.@Cont.

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THURSDAY • MAY 23, 2024

MOTT STABLE PREPS FOR BELMONT STAKES
RACING FESTIVAL

Michael Behrens at the 2020 Derby | Coady Photography
After winning the GII Pat Day Mile S. on the Kentucky Derby
undercard, Seize the Grey was wheeled back for the Preakness.
The move went against conventional wisdom in the sport, thathorses need several weeks off in between races.
AThat definitely wasn't my idea,@ Behrens said. AI'm with Mr.
Lukas for a reason, and I have enjoyed this journeytremendously. He has shared all his insight and all of his
experience and all that has propelled him to all the success that
he's had. I've had a little bit of a taste of that along this journey.
He's completely generous with his thinking and his time and his
strategy and what goes into his thinking. It wasn't like this was abinary, decisive plan. At the end of the day he lets the horse tell
him what to do. He reacts to what he sees from the competition
and from the horse itself. So he can be aggressive, but I=ve
always been perfectly comfortable with that.@
Lukas confirmed Tuesday that Seize the Grey will return in the
GI Belmont S., which will be contested at Saratoga June 8.
In our breeding spotlight section we took a look at the
Coolmore stallion Corniche and the WinStar stallion Audible.
Elsewhere on the podcast, which is also sponsored by thePennsylvania Horse Breeders= Association, Coolmore, 1/ST
Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds, WinStar, the Penn Mile atPenn National and XBTV.com, the team of Randy Moss, Bill
Finley and Zoe Cadman gave their thoughts on the Preakness.
Who will win the GI Belmont S. at Saratoga and who will go on toprove to be the best of this class? Those were other topics of
discussion as was the provisional suspension handed down by
HISA/HIWU to trainer George Weaver for a metformin positive.
Finley suggested that HIWU should take metformin off of its listof banned substances and make it a Acontrolled substance.@
Penalties for horses testing positive for controlled substances
are far less severe than the ones for banned substances.
To watch the podcast, click here and to listen, click here.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott has plenty to look forward to atnext month's Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, with at least five
trainees eyeing stakes engagements during the lucrative
weekend.
Juddmonte homebred Batten Down (Tapit) is the latest
addition to the prospective field for the GI Belmont S. with Mott
confirming the 10-furlong test is next.
AI don=t know if he=ll get in or not--he=s only broken his
maiden,@ said Mott.
At fourth asking Apr. 30 at Aqueduct, the full-brother to the
Mott-trained MGISP and current sire Tacitus drew off for an 8
3/4-length victory and was awarded a 92 Beyer Speed Figure.
AIt was a spectacular ride by Junior Alvarado,@ said Mott. AWewere pleased to find out he handled the distance well.@Batten Down worked Monday over Saratoga Race Course's
Oklahoma dirt training track, covering five-eighths in 1:02.55
with Alvarado at the helm.
AHe=ll be in with a different group of horses, but the pace isusually different going a mile and a quarter than a mile and asixteenth, so that leaves him closer [in longer routes] than theother types of races,@ said Mott.
AIt [the workout] was beautiful, and Junior worked him likepoetry in motion. It was a beautiful piece of work.@

Krikorian's Colors At Saratoga
George Krikorian's Just F Y I (Justify) will be nominated to the
GI DK Horse Acorn S. June 7 after a runner-up effort behindThorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) in the GI Kentucky Oaks. The
homebred had her first work back since the Oaks with a bullet
half-mile solo in :47 flat on Monday.
Cont.

Just F Y I | Horsephotos

TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 14 • THETDN.COM"Yes, she was [sharp]," Mott said. "I think she'll have a greatyear."
Also slated to make an appearance upstate is Krikorian's War
Like Goddess, who returned to the work tab on Friday for the
first time since scratching from the GIII Bewitch Apr. 26 at
Keeneland. The daughter of English Channel withdrew from therace due to a cut on her leg, but returned to breeze a half-milein :49.49 Friday.
Mott said the GI New York S. June 7 is the likely next target,
but expressed his concern that the distance may prove too shortfor the expert marathoner.
"She's doing well," said Mott. "I guess the New York. It's not
her distance. I wish we had a race at the proper distance for her."

THURSDAY • MAY 23, 2024

DORNOCH TO SHOOT FOR THE BELMONTNo Jaipur For Casa Creed
MGISW Casa Creed (Jimmy Creed) has contested the GI Jaipur
for three straight years--and won in 2022--but will skip it in favorof the GIII Poker S.
The Jaipur was shortened by a half-furlong from its traditional
six-furlong distance this year, leaving it at a distance the8-year-old Jimmy Creed horse has contested just once in his
35-start career--a ninth in the 2022 GI Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint.
Casa Creed was last seen finishing sixth in the G1 Al Quoz
Sprint at Meydan Racecourse in March.
AIt was probably a wasted trip,@ said Mott. AWe=re looking at
the Poker.@
While Casa Creed is out of the Jaipur, Mott will likely still be
represented by stakes winner Sosua Summer (Summer Front).
The 5-year-old looks to rebound from an off-the-board finish lastout in the GII Shakertown S. at Keeneland Apr. 6.
AI can=t make any big excuses,@ Mott said of the Shakertown.
AHe just didn=t really fire.@

Dornoch | Coady Media
Dual graded stakes-winner Dornoch (Good Magic) is preparing
at Saratoga Race Course for a potential start in the June 8
running of the GI Belmont S.
AHe loves it here,@ said trainer Danny Gargan. AHe=ll probably
work Friday--we=ll get a solid work in him over the Oklahoma.@
Dornoch was last seen finishing a troubled 10th in the GI
Kentucky Derby where he drew the rail and was shuffled back at
the half-mile call. He checked again at the quarter pole before
running evenly down the lane.
The bay colt posted back-to-back graded victories in the GII
Remsen S. in December at Aqueduct, and in the GII Fountain ofYouth S. in March at Gulfstream Park. He entered the Derby
from a fourth-place finish in the GI Toyota Blue Grass S. in April
at Keeneland.
ADornoch is shooting for the Belmont,@ said Gargan. AHe had arough trip in the Derby and had no shot a hundred yards in.@

TRAINER GETS POSTHUMOUS METFORMINPOSITIVE AND THEN PASSES AWAY by Bill FinleyCasa Creed | Sarah Andrew

On May 21, the Horse Racing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU)
reported on its website that the filly Devil Pays in Gold (Uncle
Lino) tested positive for the banned substance Metformin in arace contested on Mar. 8 at Laurel.
However, the ruling does not list a trainer, and for goodreason. David Howard was listed as the trainer for the race, but
he passed away seven days later, dying of a heart attack at age
45. He would not have known at the time that Devil Pays in Gold
had tested positive.
ADavid Howard was the trainer of record when Devil Pays inGold tested positive for metformin,@ said HIWU=s director ofcommunications and outreach Alexa Ravit in an email.
Cont.

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THURSDAY • MAY 23, 2024

Among this week's rulings, trainer Silvino Ramirez was
suspended for 30-days and fined $2,500 after his trainee,
Perfect Day, tested positive for an alkalinizing agent (TCO2)
when finishing fifth at Parx Racing on April 17.
High total carbon dioxide (TCO2) levels could be an indicationof bicarbonate loading--otherwise known as milkshaking--which
can neutralize the buildup of lactic acid in muscles, thereby
helping the horse's performance.
Veterinarian Donald McCrosky was also suspended 30-days forviolating the terms of a prior suspension. HIWU's publicly-posted
case resolution contains few specific details, other than to
explain that McCrosky "participated in activities related to
Covered Horses" during that period of ineligibility. His latest
suspension runs May 18 through June 16.
David Howard | Jim McCue
AHoward passed away later that month. Thus, the only potential
sanctions for this case are the disqualification of race results anda period of ineligibility for the horse, which has already been
completed.@
Metformin is used by humans to control Type 2 diabetes and isamong the most widely prescribed drugs on the market. In
several of the HWU cases involving Metformin, the connections
have insisted that the positive was the result of environmental
contamination.
Two weeks after Howard=s passing, Devil Pays in Gold showed
up in the Laurel entries racing for trainer Kieron Magee. She won
the allowance race by 1 3/4 lengths for her new trainer. She has
not run since the March 29 race.
According to the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen=s
Association=s newsletter, Howard was introduced to the racing
industry by Magee, and then worked with horses in the barn of
Amanda Rawlings before he obtained his trainer=s license in
2021. On the same day that he passed away, he won a $12,500
claimer at Laurel with Thencomemorning (Friesan Fire) and, withthe last horse he would send out, finished fifth in a maiden
special weight race with Goldrush Hottie (Golden Lad).
Howard had 28 career winners from 250 starters.

MAY 16-22
Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings fromaround the country.

NEW HISA/HIWU STEWARDS RULINGS
The following rulings were reported on HISA's "rulings" portal
and through the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit's(HIWU) "pending" and "resolved" cases portals.
Resolved ADMC Violations
Resolution Date: 05/21/2023
Licensee: Juan Cano, trainer
Penalty: A written Reprimand (per 9/26/23 HISA Guidance).
Explainer: For the presence of Omeprazole--Controlled
Medication (Class C)--in a sample taken from Ibn Al Arabi on
4/3/24. This was a possible violation of Rule 3312--Presence ofControlled Medication Substance and/or its Metabolites orMarkers (Post-Race/Vets' List).
Resolution Date: 05/21/2023
Licensee: Dayson LaVanway, trainer
Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results,
including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes,
trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (asapplicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points.
Admission.
Explainer: For the presence of Triamcinolone--Controlled
Medication (Class C)--in a sample taken from Sir Looking Glass,
who finished second at Turf Paradise on 3/27/24. This was a
possible violation of Rule 3312--Presence of Controlled
Medication Substance and/or its Metabolites or Markers(Post-Race/Vets' List).
Cont.

TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 14 • THETDN.COM

Resolution Date: 05/20/2024
Licensee: Silvino Ramirez, trainer
Penalty: 30-day period of Ineligibility for Covered Person,
beginning on May 21, 2024; Disqualification of Covered Horse's
Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and othercompensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings andrepayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $2,500;
imposition of 3 Penalty Points. Admission.
Explainer: For the potential breach of Rule 4221--Alkalinizationor use/administration of an Alkalinizing Agent (TCO2)--on
Perfect Day, who finished fifth at Parx Racing on 4/17/24. This
was also a possible violation of Rule 3313--Use of a Controlled
Method During the Race Period.
Resolution Date: 05/17/2023
Licensee: Victor Carrasco Jr., trainer
Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results,
including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes,
trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (asapplicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points.
Admission.
Explainer: For the presence of Dexamethasone--Controlled
Medication (Class C)--in a sample taken from Perfectly Golden,

THURSDAY • MAY 23, 2024

who won at Tampa Bay on 3/8/24. This was a possible violationof Rule 3312--Presence of Controlled Medication Substance
and/or its Metabolites or Markers (Post-Race/Vets' List).
Resolution Date: 05/17/2024
Licensee: Dr. Donald McCrosky, veterinarian
Penalty: 30-day period of Ineligibility for Covered Person,
beginning on May 18, 2024. Admission.
Explainer: Possible breach of ADMC Program Rule 3329(a) for
the violation of the terms of the Covered Person's period of
Ineligibility imposed for a prior violation of ADMC Program Rule3510. During the terms of the period of Ineligibility, McCrosky
participated in activities related to Covered Horses. McCrosky
previously served a 30-day suspension between March 12 andApril 10 for the breach of Rule 3510(a)--Disruptive or Offensive
Conduct that does not rise to Tampering. The ruling involved thehorse Madelyn Attack, who McCrosky bred.
Pending ADMC Violations
05/22/2024, Monty Meier, trainer: Pending medication
violation for the presence of Acepromazine--Controlled
Medication (Class B)--in a sample taken from Blaze of Dreams,
who finished fourth at Golden Gate on 4/20/24.
Cont.

TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 14 • THETDN.COM

05/21/2024: Pending medication violation for the presence of
metformin--a banned substance--in a sample taken from Devil
Pays in Gold, who finished second at Laurel Park on 3/8/24.
Update: According to a HIWU spokesperson, trainer David
Howard was the trainer of record when Devil Pays in Gold tested
positive for metformin. Howard passed away later that month.
The only potential sanctions for this case, therefore, are thedisqualification of race results and a period of Ineligibility for thehorse, which has already been completed.
05/17/2024, Herold Simms, trainer: Pending intra-articular
injection violation on Nature Boy within a timed and reported
workout on 5/1/24.
05/17/2024, Sergio Ledezma, trainer: Pending medication
violation for the presence of Omeprazole--Controlled
Medication (Class C)--in a sample taken from Cousin Richie, who
finished fourth at Aqueduct on 4/13/24.
05/16/2024, James Ferraro, trainer: Pending medication
violation for the presence of Betamethasone--Controlled
Medication (Class C)--in a sample taken from Meraviglioso, who
won at Aqueduct on 3/10/24.
The TDN also publishes a roundup of key official rulings fromthe primary tracks within the four major racing jurisdictions of

THURSDAY • MAY 23, 2024

California, New York, Florida and Kentucky. Here's a primer on
how each of these jurisdictions adjudicates different offenses,
what they make public (or not) and where.
California
Track: Santa Anita
Date: 05/17/2024
Licensee: John Elder, owner
Penalty: Suspension
Explainer: Owner John Elder having failed to respond to appear
in person as ordered (April 25, 2024) by the Board of Stewards
at Santa Anita Park on May 16, 2024, (at 10:00 a.m.) for ascheduled hearing is suspended for violation of California Horse
Racing Board rule #1547 (Failure to Appear) pending anappearance at a hearing before the Board of Stewards to answer
to charges alleging violation of CHRB rule #1876 (Financial
Responsibility - $7369.25 to Trainer Leonard Powell). Suspension
to commence on May 24, 2024.
KentuckyTrack: Churchill Downs
Irad Ortiz B May 1; three-day suspension, careless riding
Martin Chuan B May 2; three-day suspension for careless riding
Tyler Gaffalione B May 4; $2,500 fine for touching a rival with hisleft hand nearing the finish

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

THURSDAY • MAY 23, 2024

LINDBERG NAMED 2024 AVELINO GOMEZ AWARD
WINNERNEW VOCATIONS TO HOST ALL-THOROUGHBREDCHARITY HORSE SHOW Edited Press Release
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program will host its 21st
Annual All-Thoroughbred Charity Horse Show at Highfields Event
Center in Aiken, SC, from May 31-June 2. Heider Family Stables isonce again the title sponsor of this year=s event.
AWe=re thrilled and honored to have Heider Family Stables as
our title sponsor again this year,@ said New Vocations
Thoroughbred Program Director Anna Ford. AScott and Cindy
Heider are long-time supporters of New Vocations, our show
and Thoroughbred aftercare in general, and we couldn=t behappier to have them present this year=s show.@
The annual charity show serves as one of New Vocations=largest fundraisers as well as a key way for the nonprofit
organization to spread awareness about the Thoroughbred=sversatility in post-track life. This year=s charity show is also
supported by the Indiana HBPA and Ohio HBPA, both of which
are Day Sponsors.
The event will offer a variety of classes for Thoroughbreds,
including hunter, jumper, combined test, pleasure, in-hand,
dressage and Western and in-hand. A highlight of the show is
the Specialty Thoroughbred Awards, which celebrate the OTTBs=
achievements during their racing careers. Nearly 200 OTTBs
from all over the Eastern US will be entered in the show.
AWe are excited to welcome Thoroughbreds and theirexhibitors back to compete and connect with others who sharethe same love and passion for the breed,@ Ford said. AThesupport we have received for this year=s show has been simply
amazing. So many Thoroughbred owners, breeders, trainers,
industry partners and fans have become sponsors of the event,and there=s still time to participate as a show sponsor.@
Show sponsorship opportunities are still available at levels
ranging from $100-$10,000, and all sponsorships go directly
towards New Vocations= mission of rehabilitation, retraining andrehoming retired racehorses. For sponsorship information,please visit www.newvocations.org/donate or email
Carey@horseadoption.com.

Gunnar Lindberg has been named the 2024 recipient of the
Avelino Gomez Memorial Award. The award is given to theperson, Canadian-born, Canadian-raised or regular rider in the
country for more than five years, who has made significant
contributions to Thoroughbred racing. It is named in memory of
the Cuban-born Gomez, who died of complications after athree-horse accident in the 1980 Canadian Oaks.
AI was quite surprised,@ said Lindberg, who recorded 997
career riding wins, including 70 stakes. AJulie Bell [Woodbine=sSenior Manager of Stakes Department and US & Foreign
Horsemen=s Services], who I have known for a long time, was theone to tell me, which meant a lot.
AI also rode with Avelino, which makes this that much more
special. He was a mentor for me. When I won my first race, he
led the charge on my initiation.@
His father, Herb Lindberg, was inducted into the CanadianHorse Racing Hall of Fame in 1991. His grandfather, Joe Cowley,also had a successful run as a jockey, including his triumphs withmultiple stakes winner Joey Bomber.
AWhen I was 16, I quit school and went to work for [trainer]
Art Warner and Sam-Son Farm, which he started from scratch,@he said. AMy first stakes winner was Runnin Roman, who was
one of Sam-Son=s favourite horses at the time. I also won theGrand Slam Handicap on Sam-Son=s Instead of Roses at
Arlington.@
Lindberg also rode Blushing Katy (Blushing Groom {Fr}), who
was named Canada=s Champion 3-year-old Filly for 1989. The
jockey, who would ride at 30 racetracks, also enjoyed asuccessful run in the U.S.
AI was lucky enough to ride for [trainer] King Leatherbury in
Maryland. Bill Passmore, who was his first call, helped get me
into King=s barn. Those were eight great years in Maryland. I wasfortunate enough to also do well at Gulfstream the year I was
there, which was riding for Kinghaven.@SALES STATISTICS
Leading 2024 Sires of 2-Year-Oldsby cumulative average price for stallions standing in North America (through Fasig-Tipton Midlantic)
Rank

Name

FYr

Loc

2021 Fee

Ring

Sold

Avg

Median1

Justify

F20

KY$125,0001910$731,360$550,000

2

Into Mischief

F10

KY

$225,00095$541,000$500,000

3

Uncle Mo

F13

KY$175,0002115$355,800$300,000

4

CurlinF10

KY$175,00066$353,333$412,500

5

Tapit

F06

KY

$185,000108$352,750$250,000

6

Not This Time

F18

KY

$40,000

17

16$331,204$187,811

7

Win Win Win

F22

FL

$5,00011

8$325,875$90,000

8

NyquistF18

KY$75,000

29

24$310,875$250,000

9

Oscar Performance

F20

KY

$15,000

4

4$300,500$205,000

10

Tiz the Law

F22

KY

$40,00027

19$281,579$110,00011

Medaglia d'Oro

F06

KY

$150,0001312$276,770$286,569

12

Quality Road

F12

KY

$150,00055$273,835$184,176

13

American Pharoah

F17

KY

$100,0001110$265,536$189,249

14

Alternation

F15

KY

$10,000

1

1$250,000$250,000

15Shancelot

F22

KY$7,5005

4$230,500$123,500

Leading 2024 Freshmen Sires of 2-Year-Oldsby cumulative average price for stallions standing in North America (through Fasig-Tipton Midlantic)
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Name
Win Win Win
Tiz the Law
Shancelot
McKinzie
Authentic
Caracaro
VekomaPromises Fulfilled
Complexity
Improbable
Game Winner
Volatile
Honest Mischief
Honor A. P.
War of Will

Sire's Sire
Hat Trick (Jpn)
Constitution
Shanghai Bobby
Street Sense
Into Mischief
Uncle Mo
Candy Ride (Arg)
Shackleford
Maclean's Music
City Zip
Candy Ride (Arg)
Violence
Into Mischief
Honor CodeWar Front

Loc
FL
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
NY
KY
KY

2021 Fee$5,000$40,000$7,500$30,000$75,000$6,500$20,000$10,000$12,500$40,000$30,000$17,500$6,500$15,000$25,000

Ring
11
27
5
41
39
16
53
4
44
33
26
34
17
23
25

Sold
8
19
4
34
32
15
40
3
29
28
22
27
14
19
16

Avg
$325,875$281,579$230,500$200,753$160,322$148,766$143,825$138,333$134,169$119,692$116,409$110,117$107,571$105,609$101,678

Median$90,000$110,000$123,500$87,500$125,000$65,000$95,000$100,000$90,000$57,500$65,000$80,000$55,000$75,000$76,000

TO GENERATE OTHER TDN SALES STATISTICS LISTS, OR TO SEE A LIST OF SALES INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT,VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/INSTA-TISTICS/

Saturday, Belmont The Big A #7, post time: 3:39 p.m. EDTPENNINE RIDGE S.-GII, $200,000, 3yo, 1 1/8mT
PP
1
2
3
4
5
6

HORSE
White Palomino
Legend of Time (GB)Risk Tolerance (Ire)Cable Ready
Royal Majesty (GB)St James the Great

SIRE
Kitten's Joy
Sea The Stars (Ire)
Kingman (GB)Redesdale
Frankel (GB)Catholic Boy

7

Triple Espresso K

Omaha BeachOWNERJames J. Bakke and Gerald Isbister
Godolphin, LLC
Klaravich Stables, Inc.
Linda K. Dixon and Hector M. Alejandro
Besilu Stables
Serio Racing Stables, USA Steeplechase,
R and K Racing LLC, Paul Willis and Molly Willis
Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC

TRAINER
Brown
Appleby
Brown
Dixon
Mott
Brion

JOCKEY
Prat
RosarioFrancoRuiz
Alvarado
Castellano

WT
118
122
118
118
118
118

Pletcher

Ortiz, Jr.

118

Breeders: 1-Bakster Farms, 2-Lordship Stud & Sunderland Holding Inc, 3-Normandie Stud Ltd, 4-Wasabi Ventures Stables LLC, MichaelSlezak, Bruce
Wells, Karla Wells, et al., 5-Besilu Stables LLC, 6-Machmer Hall, 7-Ashview Farm & Colts Neck Stables
Monday, Lone Star #11, post time: 7:37 p.m. EDTSTEVE SEXTON MILE S.-GIII, $400,000, 3yo/up, 1m
PP
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

HORSE
Everso Mischievous K
Presidential K
Touchuponastar
Lure Him In
Frosted Grace K
Silver Prospector K
Heroic Move

SIRE
Into Mischief
Pioneerof the Nile
Star Guitar
KhozanMark Valeski
Declaration of War
Quality Road

8

Denington

Gun Runner

OWNER
Qatar Racing
Courtlandt Farms
Set-Hut LLC
C2 Racing, Double B Racing, Paul Braverman, Mach 1
Flying P Stable
Ed Orr and Susie Orr
Arnold Bennewith, Randy Howg, Lana Wiest,
R6 Stables, Gary Kropp, and Norman Tremblay
Fern Circle Stables and Magdalena Racing

TRAINER
Cox
Asmussen
Delhomme
Joseph, Jr.
Maker
Asmussen
DiodoroJOCKEY
TorresElliott
Thornton
Zayas
Vazquez
Asmussen
Hernandez

WT
120
124
124
120
124
122
122

McPeekGutierrez

120

Breeders: 1-Clearsky Farms, 2-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC, 3-Coteau Grove Farms, 4-Stonehedge LLC, 5-Brereton C. Jones, 6-Hargus Sexton, Sandra
Sexton &Silver Fern Farm, LLC, 7-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc., 8-Fern Circle Stables LLC &Magdalena Racing

Monday, Churchill Downs #8, post time: 4:22 p.m. EDT
WINNING COLORS S.-GIII, $250,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 6f
PP
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

HORSE
Royal SpaB G Warrior
Clearly Unhinged
Miss Arlington
Spirit Wind
Positano Sunset
Unsung Melody K
Backyard Money
Happy Am I K
Leeloo K
Dazzling Blue K

SIRE
Violence
Run Away and HideInto Mischief
Mark Valeski
Bahamian Squall
Goldencents
Maclean's Music
Midshipman
Runhappy
Practical Joke
Into Mischief

OWNER
Breffni Farm
Keith Grass
Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings and Jarret Prussin
Nancy A. Vanier, Mark Tauber, Brady Tauber, Steve Gordon
Miller Racing LLC
Six Column Stables, Randall L. Bloch, John Seiler, David HallWSS Racing
Laurie Lukas and D. Wayne Lukas
West Point Thoroughbreds and Gervais Racing
Kingsport Farm
Juddmonte

TRAINER
BrissetAndradeAsmussenWilliamson
Joseph, Jr.
Wilkes
Ortiz
Lukas
StewartCorreas, IV
Cox

JOCKEY
Santana, Jr.
Jimenez
Rosario
Loveberry
Ortiz
Leparoux
Torres
Saez
Hernandez, Jr.
Saez
Geroux

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

Breeders: 1-Breffni Farm, 2-Lou Dunn Diekemper Trust, 3-Rock Brothers Breeding LLC, 4-Nancy Vanier, Brady Tauber, SteveGordon & Mark Tauber,
5-Jacks or Better Farm Inc., 6-John Seiler, Randy Bloch, Trish Henson,Brad Stephens & Dave Hall, 7-Scott Pierce & Debbie Pierce, 8-Ashley N. Hillyard &Josh Hillyard, 9-Patterson Bloodstock & Patterson andCompany, 10-Sequel Stallions NY & StonestreetThoroughbred Holdings, LLC, 11-WinStar Farm, LLC

7th-Delaware, $41,500, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 5-22,
3yo, f, 1m 70yT, 1:43.01, fm, 3/4 length.
DO IT DIVI (f, 3, Divisidero--She'll Do It, by Badge of Silver), a
debut winner sprinting over the Turfway all-weather Mar. 23,
was the 9-5 favorite in this turf debut. She sat a tracking trip
while under a tight hold on the inside in third, angled off the railat the furlong marker and kicked on nicely to graduate by 3/4 ofa length. Belle of Rights (Constitution) nosed out Share theBlessing (Street Boss) for second. She'll Do It had a filly by Win
Win Win this year. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $65,541. Click for
the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-The Estate of Brereton C. Jones; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY);
T-Jonathan Thomas.

5th-Parx Racing, $50,000, Msw, 5-22, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m (offturf), 1:39.93, ft, 4 lengths.
PLANET CLARE (f, 3, Constitution--Room for Me {MSW & GISP,$433,650}, by Harlington), second on debut as the favorite
behind a next-out winner going two turns at Laurel Apr. 28,
went one better in this off the turfer. Adding blinkers here, the1-5 favorite showed the way through fractions of :23.93 and:48.04, and, after getting headed at the quarter pole, took off inthe stretch to score by four lengths. A Bolt d'Oro filly of 2022, an
Improbable filly of 2023 and a Nashville filly of this year are in
the pipeline for the winner's dam. Sales history: $225,000 RNA
Ylg '22 KEESEP; $62,000 2yo '23 EASMAY. Lifetime Record:
2-1-1-0, $39,400. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,
sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Blue Streak Racing LLC, Richard Spiesman et al; B-WinStar
Farm, LLC (KY); T-Keri Brion.

2nd-Horseshoe Indianapolis, $34,560, (S), Msw, 5-22, 2yo, f,
4 1/2f, :52.84, ft, 10 1/4 lengths.
ELEGANT JUSTICE (f, 2, Hightail--She Fox, by Into Mischief)
made it look easy while facing three rivals with a 10 1/4-length
wire-to-wire tally as the 3-5 favorite. Sales history: $25,000 RNA
Ylg '23 INDMIX. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $21,600. Click for theEquibase.com chart.
O-Justice Farm; B-Justice Farm, Greg Justice (IN); T-Aaron M.
West.
6th-Horseshoe Indianapolis, $32,000, Msw, 5-21, 3yo, 6f,
1:11.76, ft, 1 1/4 lengths.
SEASON FIGHTER (c, 3, Tapiture--Esstadista {Uru} {Ch.
3-year-old Filly-Uru, MSW-Uru, $130,407}, by Essayons)delivered at first asking at odds of 8-1 here. The half-brother to
McLovin (Animal Kingdom), MSP, $312,672, chased on theinside in fifth through a half mile in :44.91, split horses in thestretch and kicked on to graduate by 1 1/4 lengths. The winner's
dam had a filly by Cupid in 2023 and a filly by Knicks Go in 2024.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $19,200. Click for the Equibase.com
chart.
O/B-Brownwood Farm (KY); T-Paulo H. Lobo.

IN MAINLAND CHINA:
Tao Qi Nan Hai, c, 3, World Of Trouble--Slim Fit, by Tiznow.
Huhtala, 5-19, 1200m, sand, 1:11.54. O-An Zhi Qiang. B-River
Oak Farm (KY). *$30,000 Ylg >22 KEESEP. VIDEO.

" " "PLANET CLARE (f, 3, Constitution) earns her diploma.
(click to watch)

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THURSDAY • MAY 23, 2024

Demarchelier (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Claiborne Farm, $7,500
99 foals of racing age/23 winners/0 black-type winners
7-Delaware, 3:30 p.m. EDT, Aoc 1mT, Blue Creek, 8-1$25,000 EAS OCT yrl
7-Delaware, 3:30 p.m. EDT, Aoc 1mT, Class Photo, 9-2
FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: THURSDAY, MAY 23
2024 Stud Fees Listed
Thousand Words (Pioneerof the Nile), Spendthrift Farm, $5,000
123 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners
1-Gulfstream, 12:55 p.m. EDT, Msw 5f, U Bet Jo's Praying, 30-1
$1,500 OBS OCT yrl
Vekoma (Candy Ride {Arg}), Spendthrift Farm, $15,000
161 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners
1-Gulfstream, 12:55 p.m. EDT, Msw 5f, Speed of Sound, 6-1$45,000 KEE SEP yrl
Win Win Win (Hat Trick {Jpn}), Ocala Stud, $5,000
53 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
1-Gulfstream, 12:55 p.m. EDT, Msw 5f, Popstyle, 2-1$130,000 OBS MAR 2yo
SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: THURSDAY, MAY 23
2024 Stud Fees Listed
Audible (Into Mischief), WinStar Farm, $15,000
261 foals of racing age/42 winners/5 black-type winners
2-Horseshoe Indianapolis, 2:41 p.m. EDT, Msw 1m, Beckster, 8-1
5-Delaware, 2:30 p.m. EDT, Msw 1 1/16mT, Work Hard, 12-1
$42,000 KEE NOV wnl; $77,000 KEE SEP yrl
Catalina Cruiser (Union Rags), Lane's End Farm, $10,000
173 foals of racing age/27 winners/0 black-type winners
6-Horseshoe Indianapolis, 4:45 p.m. EDT, Msw 6f, Carousing, 6-1

Enticed (Medaglia d'Oro), Darley, $5,000
157 foals of racing age/33 winners/2 black-type winners
6-Horseshoe Indianapolis, 4:45 p.m. EDT, Msw 6f, So Tempting,
5-1$10,000 IND MIX yrl
Flameaway (Scat Daddy), Darby Dan Farm, $15,000
200 foals of racing age/38 winners/4 black-type winners
3-Delaware, 1:30 p.m. EDT, Msw 1 1/16mT, Philly's Finest, 3-1$57,000 KEE SEP yrl
Givemeaminit (Star Guitar), Clear Creek Stud
3 foals of racing age/1 winner/1 black-type winner
7-Evangeline Downs, 9:13 p.m. EDT, Msw 6f, Givemeasecond,
5-1
Maximus Mischief (Into Mischief), Spendthrift Farm, $25,000
231 foals of racing age/49 winners/4 black-type winners
6-Gulfstream, 3:20 p.m. EDT, Msw 6 1/2f, Arrogancy, 9-2$58,000 OBS APR 2yo
1-Gulfstream, 12:55 p.m. EDT, Msw 5f, Episode, 10-1
$30,000 KEE NOV wnl; $32,000 KEE SEP yrl
Take Charge Tapit (Tapit)
5 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners
1-Horseshoe Turf Pick 3, 3:12 p.m. EDT, Msw 1mT, Mr Bobby
Boucher, 30-1
Vino Rosso (Curlin), Spendthrift Farm, $20,000
309 foals of racing age/54 winners/2 black-type winners
5-Delaware, 2:30 p.m. EDT, Msw 1 1/16mT, Deleted Video, 15-1
$30,000 KEE SEP yrl; $260,000 OBS APR 2yo
7-Delaware, 3:30 p.m. EDT, Aoc 1mT, Take the Pledge, 12-1

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4th-Horseshoe Indianapolis, $38,000, (S), 5-22, (NW2L),
3yo/up, 1mT, 1:38.99, gd, 2 lengths.
BLACK WHITE N GOLD (g, 3, Oscar Performance--Frosting, by
Flatter) Lifetime Record: 11-2-1-1, $66,416. O-Penny S. Lauer;
B-Michael E. & Penny S. Lauer & Amerman Racing LLC (IN);
T-Michael E. Lauer.
STAKES RESULTS:
SWIFTY SIRED FILLIES H., (NB) $100,000, Horseshoe
Indianapolis, 5-22, (S), 3yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:05.91, ft.
1--BELLA FRANCESCA, 120, f, 3, by Santiva--June's Best, by
Eavesdropper. O-Heather Irion; B-RNB Farms LLC, Richard &Elizabeth Kern (IN); T-Heather Irion; J-Reynier Arrieta.
$56,400. Lifetime Record: 7-2-0-0, $84,307.
2--Shaggy Kitty, 120, f, 3, Shagaf--Kitty Purry, by Even the Score.
O-Southwest Racing Stables Inc., Murphy, Bruce and Murphy,
Lori; B-Herschell & Barbara Brunson (IN); T-Genaro Garcia.
$18,800.
3--Werk It Wendy, 120, f, 3, Greeley's Conquest--Kitty's Charge,
by Exchange Rate. O/B-Millard R. Seldin Revocable Trust (IN);
T-Robert E. Dobbs, Jr.. $10,340.
Margins: HD, HF, 5. Odds: 54.10, 6.30, 1.20.
ALLOWANCE RESULTS:
8th-Parx Racing, $64,600, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($16,000), 5-22,
3yo/up, f/m, 1m 70y, 1:45.14, ft, 1/2 length.
SOCIAL LADY (f, 4, Social Inclusion--Graemy, by Graeme Hall)
Lifetime Record: 17-5-5-1, $207,170. O-Madison Avenue Racing
Stable, Inc. & Jagger, Inc.; B-Glenn E. Brok LLC (PA); T-Jamie
Ness. *$37,000 RNA 2yo '22 EASMAY. **1/2 to Tara's Talent(Talent Search), MSP, $414,130.
9th-Parx Racing, $50,800, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($16,000), 5-22,
3yo/up, 1m 70y, 1:45.12, ft, head.
THIRSTY PAPPY (g, 4, Stay Thirsty--Alseera {SP}, by Distorted
Humor) Lifetime Record: 19-5-4-4, $190,880. O-Felissa Dunn;
B-Terry C. Lovingier (CA); T-Felissa Dunn. *$100,000 Ylg '21
FTCAYR.
5th-Horseshoe Indianapolis, $41,000, (S), 5-22, (NW2L),
3yo/up, 6f, 1:12.67, ft, 3 1/4 lengths.
UNBRIDLED SLEW (g, 3, Unbridled Express--Maggie Slew
{MGSP, $203,237}, by Seattle Slew) Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-1,$60,907. O-Southwest Racing Stables & Lewis, Steve H.; B-Swifty
Farms Inc. (IN); T-Genaro Garcia. *1/2 to Mack the Slew (PassRush), MSW, $126,571.

6th-Thistledown, $35,800, (S), 5-22, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 6f,
1:13.24, ft, 5 lengths.
FACT NOT FICTION (g, 3, Yoshida {Jpn}--Mother Nature, by
Winslow Homer) Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-2, $56,964.
O/B-WinStar Farm, LLC & Blazing Meadows Farm (OH);
T-Timothy E. Hamm.

7th-Presque Isle Downs, $31,880, (S), 5-22, (NW1BX), 3yo/up,
5 1/2f (AWT), 1:03.26, ft, 1 1/4 lengths.
GOING UP (g, 3, Mineshaft--Shush Up, by Silent Name {Jpn})
Lifetime Record: MSP, 6-3-1-1, $137,000. O/B-Tammy & Robert
Klimasewski (PA); T-Ron G. Potts.
5th-Thistledown, $28,000, 5-22, (NW16M), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10.86,
ft, 2 1/4 lengths.
STORMIN'UNCLEJACK (g, 4, Uncle Vinny--Miss Flaming, byDiablo) Lifetime Record: 14-5-4-1, $105,041. O/T-Rodney C.
Faulkner; B-Jack Treadway (FL).
7th-Louisiana Downs, $28,000, (S), 5-21, (C), 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT,
1:38.74, fm, 1 3/4 lengths.
BOX OF PICTURES (m, 6, Star Guitar--Persuading {MGSP,$271,187}, by Broken Vow) Lifetime Record: 19-5-1-2,$135,470. O/B-Brittlyn Stable, Inc. (LA); T-Shane Wilson. *Full toBlue Suade Guitar, SP, $176,115.
7th-Mountaineer Casino & Resort, $27,456, 5-21, 3yo/up, 1m,
1:40.68, ft, 1 1/2 lengths.
O'CONNER SUNSET (c, 4, Curlin--Miss Sunset {GSW & GISP,$891,895}, by Into Mischief) Lifetime Record: 22-6-5-5,$198,100. O-Arkofa Farm; B-Breeze Easy, LLC (KY); T-Michael E.
Jones, Jr. *1/2 to Track Phantom (Quality Road), GSW, $405,000.
6th-Belterra, $27,200, (S), 5-22, (NW3L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f,
1:19.55, my, 1 length.
HERE'S THE SPIDER (f, 3, Tapiture--Richmond Spider, by Union
Rags) Lifetime Record: SW, 5-3-0-0, $94,150. O-Jack Cannon;
B-Susan K. King (OH); T-Edward Fernandez.

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4th-Belterra, $26,100, (S), 5-22, (NW2L), 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:18.55,
sy, 5 lengths.
MINESTRESS (f, 3, Mineshaft--Math Class, by Eddington)
Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-0, $32,977. O/B-Ramona Holt Thomson(OH); T-Michelle C. Brafford. *1/2 to Goodie Goomer(Verrazano), SW, $261,005.

4th-Finger Lakes, $24,500, (S), 5-22, (NW1BX), 3yo/up, f/m,
5 1/2f, 1:05.27, ft, 1/2 length.
BUSTINROXY (f, 4, Bustin Stones--Rockin Emmzy, by Tale of theCat) Lifetime Record: 15-4-4-1, $82,531. O-All In The Family
Racing; B-Richard Kern (NY); T-M. Anthony Ferraro.
7th-Finger Lakes, $24,050, 5-22, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2f,
1:06.05, sy, 1 3/4 lengths.
DOROTHY'S DREAMS (f, 3, Always Dreaming--Dynazaper {SW,$139,835}, by Ghostzapper) Lifetime Record: 7-2-2-1, $100,336.
O-SJB Stable; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-M. Anthony Ferraro.
*$85,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. **1/2 to Copper Town (Speightstown),
GSP, $294,873.

6th-Fanduel Sportsbook And Horse Racing, $23,500, (S),(NW2L)/Opt. Clm ($10,000), 5-21, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:13.83, ft, 3
1/4 lengths.
SPICY DELIGHT (f, 3, Sky Kingdom--Majesticreflection, byMajesticperfection) Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-1, $31,320. O-Bob
Austin; B-Bobby W. Austin (IL); T-Steve Fridley.
3rd-Mountaineer Casino & Resort, $22,610, (S), 5-21, (NW4L),
3yo/up, f/m, 5f, 1:00.65, ft, 1 3/4 lengths.
MUSIC LASS (f, 4, Declan's Warrior--Perfume in the Air, by
Munnings) Lifetime Record: SP, 17-4-3-2, $117,986. O/B-Peter
Wainwright (WV); T-Clifford Tuomisto.
7th-Assiniboia Downs, C$21,640, (C)/Opt. Clm ($14,679), 5-21,
3yo/up, f/m, 5f, 1:00.16, ft, 1 length.
DAMN THE TORPEDOES (m, 6, Air Force Blue--Taketheodds{SW, $225,775}, by Street Sense) Lifetime Record: 33-9-3-7,$144,408. O-Wind Dancer Stable; B-Robert T Manfuso (MD);T-Wendy Anderson. *$75,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Sunny Breeze, g, 3, Cajun Breeze--Love My Sunshine, by Khozan.
Delaware, 5-22, 5 1/2f, 1:04.47. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0,$24,000. B-Stonehedge LLC (FL). *1ST-TIME STARTER. **Wonby seven lengths.

Lt. Norm, g, 3, City of Light--Annadale, by Speightstown.
Assiniboia Downs, 5-21, 5f, 1:00.44. Lifetime Record: 10-1-3-0,$23,202. B-Ann Marie Farms (KY). *$50,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP;$37,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR.
When's Forever, f, 3, Forever d'Oro--Mi Tia, by Colonel John.
Horseshoe Indianapolis, 5-22, (S), 6f, 1:13.07. Lifetime Record:
6-1-3-1, $50,820. B-Bruce A. Murphy & Southwest Racing
Stable Inc. (IN).
Mission Control, g, 3, Paynter--Marathon (SP), by Drosselmeyer.
Belterra, 5-22, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:19.64. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-1,$24,120. B-Blazing Meadows Farm, LLC & WinStar Farm, LLC(OH). *1/2 to Fair and Square (Super Saver), MSW, $326,460.
Gimmeethreesteps, c, 3, Ready's Image--Amanda's Ice Box, by
Ice Box. Horseshoe Indianapolis, 5-21, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:05.34.
Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-0, $30,287. B-Martin Villafranco (IN).

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Air Force Blue, Damn the Torpedoes, m, 6, o/o Taketheodds, byStreet Sense. AOC, 5-21, Assiniboia
Always Dreaming, Dorothy's Dreams, f, 3, o/o Dynazaper, by
Ghostzapper. ALW, 5-22, Finger Lakes
Bustin Stones, Bustinroxy, f, 4, o/o Rockin Emmzy, by Tale of theCat. ALW, 5-22, Finger Lakes
Cajun Breeze, Sunny Breeze, g, 3, o/o Love My Sunshine, by
Khozan. MSW, 5-22, Delaware
City of Light, Lt. Norm, g, 3, o/o Annadale, by Speightstown.
MSW, 5-21, Assiniboia
Constitution, Planet Clare, f, 3, o/o Room for Me, by Harlington.
MSW, 5-22, Parx Racing
Curlin, O'Conner Sunset, c, 4, o/o Miss Sunset, by Into Mischief.
ALW, 5-21, Mountaineer
Declan's Warrior, Music Lass, f, 4, o/o Perfume in the Air, by
Munnings. ALW, 5-21, Mountaineer
Divisidero, Do It Divi, f, 3, o/o She'll Do It, by Badge of Silver.
AOC, 5-22, Delaware
Forever d'Oro, When's Forever, f, 3, o/o Mi Tia, by Colonel John.
MSW, 5-22, Horseshoe Indianapolis
Hightail, Elegant Justice, f, 2, o/o She Fox, by Into Mischief.
MSW, 5-22, Horseshoe Indianapolis
Mineshaft, Going Up, g, 3, o/o Shush Up, by Silent Name (Jpn).
ALW, 5-22, Presque Isle Downs
Mineshaft, Minestress, f, 3, o/o Math Class, by Eddington. ALW,
5-22, Belterra
Oscar Performance, Black White N Gold, g, 3, o/o Frosting, by
Flatter. ALW, 5-22, Horseshoe Indianapolis
Paynter, Mission Control, g, 3, o/o Marathon, by Drosselmeyer.
MSW, 5-22, Belterra
Ready's Image, Gimmeethreesteps, c, 3, o/o Amanda's Ice Box,
by Ice Box. MSW, 5-21, Horseshoe Indianapolis
Santiva, Bella Francesca, f, 3, o/o June's Best, by Eavesdropper.
Swifty Sired Fillies H., 5-22, Horseshoe Indianapolis
Sky Kingdom, Spicy Delight, f, 3, o/o Majesticreflection, byMajesticperfection. AOC, 5-21, Fanduel Sportsbook And Horse
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Social Inclusion, Social Lady, f, 4, o/o Graemy, by Graeme Hall.
AOC, 5-22, Parx Racing
Star Guitar, Box of Pictures, m, 6, o/o Persuading, by Broken
Vow. ALW, 5-21, Louisiana Downs
Stay Thirsty, Thirsty Pappy, g, 4, o/o Alseera, by Distorted
Humor. AOC, 5-22, Parx Racing
Tapiture, Here's the Spider, f, 3, o/o Richmond Spider, by Union
Rags. ALW, 5-22, Belterra
Unbridled Express, Unbridled Slew, g, 3, o/o Maggie Slew, by
Seattle Slew. ALW, 5-22, Horseshoe Indianapolis
Uncle Vinny, Stormin'unclejack, g, 4, o/o Miss Flaming, byDiablo. ALW, 5-22, Thistledown
Yoshida (Jpn), Fact Not Fiction, g, 3, o/o Mother Nature, by
Winslow Homer. ALW, 5-22, Thistledown@SGrimmTDN@SteveSherackTDN@JessMartiniTDN@suefinley@CBossTDN@EquinealTDN@HLAndersonTDN@garykingTDN@JillWilliamsTDN@thorntontd@SarahKAndrew@QueenOfSuites@campbellparlay

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NO LONGER THE'MUGS IN THE MIDDLE' STAR TO WIND DOWNBREEZE-UP OPERATION

Make Haste: the Queen Mary-bound filly has been sold toGainesway and LNJ Foxwoods| Racingfotos.com

By Brian SheerinStar Bloodstock, the consignment that unearthed talents like
Malavath (Ire), A'Ali (Ire) and more, is set to wind down its
breeze-up operation and concentrate entirely on producing
future top-notchers on the racetrack instead. Cont. p3

HAVLIN REPLACES SHEPHERD ON LEADINGDERBY HOPEFUL AMBIENTE FRIENDLY
Robert Havlin has been booked to ride Ambiente Friendly (Ire)in the G1 Betfred Derby, replacing Callum Shepherd aboard theleading Epsom contender when the Classic is run on Saturday,
June 1.
Trained by James Fanshawe, Ambiente Friendly has beenridden by Shepherd in both his previous starts this season, mostnotably in the Listed Lingfield Derby Trial S. earlier this monthwhen he announced himself as a potentially top-class colt with
an impressive four-and-a-half-length victory.
The son of Gleneagles (Ire) is now a best-priced 5/1 for the
Derby and Havlin expressed his delight at being given theopportunity by owners Bill and Tim Gredley, with the call-up
coming just days after he gained the second Group 1 success ofa career spanning more than 30 years aboard Audience (GB)(Iffraaj {GB}) in Saturday's Lockinge S. at Newbury.
"It was a lovely surprise to pick the ride up and obviously I've
got a lot of sympathy for Callum," said Havlin. "I've been in thatsituation myself, as have plenty of other people. Unfortunately
in this game it happens from the top to the bottom andsomebody's good luck is always someone else's bad luck.@Cont. p6

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Chris McGrath pens a tribute to the late Arrogate, who sired histhird Classic winner in three crops on Saturday with Seize The
Grey's win in the GI Preakness S.

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Star Bloodstock Cont. from p1
The shift in focus has reaped immediate rewards with theaptly-named Make Haste (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}), a leading Royal
Ascot contender after posting a stunning debut success at Naasfor trainer and breeze-up consignor Diego Dias, being snapped
up by Gainesway and LNJ Foxwoods.
Bought by Byron Rogers, Star Bloodstock and Dias at the
Tattersalls Book 2 session of the October Yearling Sale for
75,000gns, a majority share in Make Haste is understood tohave been sold for a multiple of that initial outlay with the
speedy juvenile now a general 7-1 chance for the Queen Maryon June 19.
Matt Eves, who has been with Star Bloodstock since its
inception a decade ago, explained how Make Haste remaining
with Dias, who is an integral part of the operation, for thereminder of her two-year-old campaign was imperative togetting a deal over the line with potential partners.
He said, "We could have sold Make Haste five times over andwere offered more money to sell one hundred per cent of thehorse but we wanted her to stay with Diego for the remainderof her two-year-old career. For that reason, we decided to sell amajority share in the filly to Gainesway and LNJ Foxwoods, who
are great partners to have come on board. We set a price andthe person who met that price first was Alex Solis, so we shook

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his hand and made a deal. It's all very exciting."
Make Haste couldn't have been more impressive at Naas. After
racing keenly, she travelled best a furlong out before quickening
clear of her rivals inside the last to win going away by over threelengths at the line.
Eves reflected on the performance that caught the attention ofsome of the biggest buyers in the game, "She was pulling like a
train at the start because they weren't going fast enough forher. We put Gavin on board in a schooling race at Dundalk andhe jumped off her straight away and said, 'yep, she's a rightone.'"He added, "It's been similar vibes the whole way through from
Diego--he likes her a lot. I remember Diego jumping off
Malavath and the feedback he gave us about her. It's beensomething similar with Make Haste."Star Bloodstock is unique in that the model is driven by data.
Dias has the ultimate say as to what he can and cannot train but,by and large, the shortlists are drawn up by Byron Rogers's
system that measures stride length, mechanics and many otherimportant factors when evaluating a young racehorse. So how
did Make Haste measure up?
"Basically, we put all the videos of the horses at the yearlingsales into the system and that generates a shortlist," Eves
explained. Cont. p4

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we will not be putting any more horses through the breeze-ups.
Star Bloodstock won't be consigning next year."
Asked what the catalyst for the change was, Eves replied,
Eves continued, "Diego then goes and looks at the horses that
"Malavath selling for i3.2 million at Arqana. That was thehave been shortlisted through the machine learning technology
moment I asked myself, 'why are we the mugs in the middle?'
and decides what horses he thinks he can train and which ones
We're finding these horses. A'Ali. What was he worth as awill be too hard to train. That's the system. We paid 75,000gns
stallion? He's another one we bought as a yearling and sold at
for Make Haste. It's interesting because the value comes down
the breeze-up sales. Just take those two horses. We literally
to how the horse scores on the system but, with Make Haste,
could have lost on every other horse we've ever bought andshe is by Blue Point so we knew we were going to have to fightthose two would have paid for the whole thing. I'm not joking.
off some competition for her."That's the reality of the situation. When you look at it like that,
Despite the huge success the operation has enjoyed at the
we're the ones who produce the horses who go on and deliverbreeze-up game, a lack of success in the sales ring over the paston the track, yet we're getting run over in the ring and notthree years has been put forward by Eves as the main reason
getting paid.
behind the decision for Star Bloodstock to change its focus. And"Instead of doing what we're doing at the minute, which is
the team is confident that the transition from selling horses inrunning Star to try and make a 15 to 20 per cent margin per
the ring to form horses instead will be a successful one.
He said, "Star Bloodstock was founded in May 2014, so this has year, we're going to have to accept that there will be two or
three years where we blow all of
been its tenth year in existence.
our money by running them on
We've had great success and,the track. The upside of that islooking back at our track record,
that, when we get the big year
we have been hitting at least
where an A'Ali, Malavath or a
two or three horses who have
Make Haste as it turns out to be,achieved ratings in excess of 90
who cares? You need a bigger
every year. We are fairly
capital and, thankfully, one ofconfident that, if we go out andour investors has stumped up
buy 10 yearlings every year, thatthe cash to allow us to do that."
we will get two or three decent
With Make Haste, Star
animals in that bunch. I don't
Bloodstock and its partners
think many other consignors
couldn't have wished for awould hit that percentage."better start to this new chapter
He added, "But the reality ofand Eves is predicting a bold
the situation is that we haven't
Make Haste as a yearling | Tattersalls
show from the filly at Ascot.
made any money at the
He concluded, "The Queen Mary is the obvious race for her atbreeze-ups for the past three years. Most of the lads in StarRoyal Ascot and we're going to go there as one of the market
were left wondering why we were doing it any more because
leaders. It's a pretty nice place to be. She will go there without
we'd burned most of the cash that we put in. But one or two
another run--the thing with Diego's horses is that they seem toothers said we should just try and change the model around
be improving for a run so it's very exciting."
because, if you take the strike-rate that we have been having,
we could probably do better in the long run by putting thesehorses in training, like we did with Make Haste. Going forward,
Star Bloodstock Cont.

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CHEVELEY PARK STUD=S SPHERICAL
ANOTHER >TDN RISING STAR= FOR BLUE
POINT AT YARMOUTH by Sean CroninGreat Yarmouth=s ,40,000 British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden
Fillies= S., which witnessed a >TDN Rising Star= display in theextended five-furlong dash last year, played host to another as
Cheveley Park Stud=s homebred 2-year-old filly Spherical (GB)(Blue Point {Ire}--Spatial {GB}, by New Approach {Ire}) poweredto an impressive success in this year=s renewal. In winning, sheprovided her second-crop sire with a third Rising Star in fivedays.
Spherical, debuting in a field reduced by half to just threecontenders, stalked both rivals in third through halfway. Easing
into the clear for her bid approaching the quarter-mile marker,
the 10-11 favourite was shaken up to seize control entering thefinal furlong and lengthened clear under minimal urging to easily
outclass Never Forget You (Ire) (No Nay Never) by an impressive
3 1/4 lengths.
AThe [good-to-soft] ground wasn=t too bad, she=s got small feet
and a quick action, and it worked out nicely for her,@ said James
Doyle. AThe other two came from the breeze-ups, so they had a

THURSDAY • 23 MAY 2024

bit more experience. I was happy to take a tow off them and it
was just a bit of a dash for a furlong-and-a-half. We didn=t reallylearn a whole lot, but she=s got plenty of ability. She=s kind of all
there and is robust enough to be precocious. She=s going togrow a bit and, I would imagine when the summer groundcomes along, she=ll rattle off the fast ground no problem.@Cont. p6

Blue Point | Marc Ruhl

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Spherical Cont.
Spherical is the latest of three live foals, all winners, produced
by a winning full-sister to Listed Newmarket S. third Inigo Jones(GB). The March-foaled bay=s dam Spatial (GB) (New Approach{Ire}) is also a half-sister to Listed Foundation S. victor and G3
Darley S. runner-up Gabr (GB) (Intello {Ger}). Spherical=s second
dam is G2 May Hill S. and G2 Windsor Forest S. victrix Spacious(GB) (Nayef), who placed five times at Group 1 level. Spacious,
in turn, is a half-sister to GII King Edward S., GII Connaught Cup
and GII Play The King S. victor Dimension (GB) (Medicean {GB}),and hails from the family of Grade II-winning sire Exchange Rate
(Danzig).

3rd-Great Yarmouth, ,40,000, Mdn, 5-22, 2yo, f, 5f 34yT,
1:04.73, g/s.
SPHERICAL (GB), f, 2, by Blue Point (Ire)
1st Dam: Spatial (GB), by New Approach (Ire)
2nd Dam: Spacious (GB), by Nayef
3rd Dam: Palatial (GB), by Green Desert
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $26,202. Click for the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O/B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-Roger Varian; J-James Doyle.

Havlin Gains Ambiente Friendly Ride Cont. from p1
He added, "My main interest now is to find out as much about
the horse as possible before next Saturday. He's a lovely horse,
you can feel he's got class about him. He takes hold of the bit. I
know he runs in a ring bit, but it's handy in a race of this nature
because you can get a position."
Reflecting on what Ambiente Friendly has achieved in his
career so far, Havlin added, "His profile is good, he's
ultra-progressive. He obviously needed the run in the Feilden[when fourth] like every Newmarket horse did at that meeting,but you'd have to be impressed with the way he came down thehill, cornered and then picked up when asked at Lingfield.
"He ticks a lot of boxes. He has less questions to answer thansome, he ticked nearly every box in one day. He's lightly-raced, alate-maturing type, and his best days are still in front of him."
Tim Gredley told Tattersalls, AIt=s absolutely nothing more than

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it=s a big day and we wanted to use someone with a lot ofexperience. Robert has ridden a few winners for us recently andis fresh off winning a Group 1 at the weekend so his confidence
is high, it=s nothing more than that. Callum has been brilliant andwill still ride our horses--if he wants to.
AIt=s a big day for us and we wanted to make a call that we hadsomeone who had dealt with this situation a lot of times, so thatis the reason we went with Robert.
AHe hadn=t ridden him before, but strangely enough he wasmeant to ride him a couple of times at home but couldn=t for
whatever reason. I don=t think he=s a complicated horse andonce he=s away from Newmarket he will be fine. I=m hoping it
will be a good fit.@
The change of riders sees Shepherd follow in the footsteps ofseveral other jockeys who have lost a high-profile mount in the
Derby in recent years.
In 2020, Tom Marquand was replaced by Frankie Dettori
aboard leading fancy English King (Fr) (Camelot {GB}), while
Dettori also picked up on the ride on John Leeper (Ire) (Frankel{GB}) in 2021 when he was due to be ridden by Adam Kirby. In
the event, Kirby still won the race that year aboard Adayar (Ire)(Frankel {GB}), who in turn had been the intended mount of
Oisin Murphy.

Robert Havlin | PA MediaENTRIES FOR i1.2 MILLION ARQANASERIES TO CLOSE ON JUNE 1
Entries for the i1.2-million Arqana Series are set to close on
June 1. The series comprises four races for two-year-olds andone for three-year-olds and are open to horses who were
offered at the Arqana yearling salesBAugust, September, V2,
October and NovemberBas well as foals and juveniles who weresold at the December Vente d=Ilevage and breeze-up sales,
respectively. Cont. p7

KINGMAN
Invincible Spirit - Zenda (Zamindar)

Setting the pace
Leading Sires in Europe 2024
BY EARNINGS

Sire

2024 Earnings

StandsFee

1

KINGMAN£1,438,700

GB£125,0002

Lope de Vega

£1,409,869

IRE€ 125,000

3

Dark Angel£1,341,013

IRE€ 60,000

4

Siyouni£1,153,886

FR€200,000

5Frankel£1,146,779

GB£350,0006Dubawi£1,112,545

GB£350,000

7

Zarak£1,096,166

FR€60,000

8

Night of Thunder £1,003,992

IRE€100,000

9

Sea the Stars£880,529

IRE€200,000

10

Wootton Bassett£864,931

IRE€200,000

Source: Marray Thoroughbred Services to 20th May 2024

Contact Shane Horan, Henry Bletsoe or Claire Curry+44 (0)1638 731115 | nominations@juddmonte.co.uk

www.juddmonte.com

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A scene from the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale | Zuzanna Lupa

Arqana Series Cont.
Four of the races will take place at Deauville in August with theremaining contest getting underway on the eve of the Arc de
Triomphe at ParisLongchamp.
The series kicks off with two i160,000 races run over 1,400
metres for unraced colts and geldings and then unraced fillies
respectively. There is also a i260,000 conditions race for
two-year-olds over 1,300 metres at Deauville while the newaddition to the series, a i320,000 event over 2,000 metres, willtake place in late August.
The sole ParisLongchamp fixture is a i260,000 two-year-old
conditions race to be run over 1,600 metres. Horses are to be
nominated at a cost of i1,000 for two-year-olds and i500 for
three-year-olds by June 1 in order to qualify for the lucrative
Arqana Series.

GLADIATORIUS DIES AT 19
Dual Group 1 winner Gladiatorus (Silic {Fr}) has beeneuthanised in Ireland at the age of 19 due to complications fromlaminitis. The Racing Post first reported the news.
Bred by Azienda Agricola le Ferriere di Raponi Giampaolo, thebay was an $8,000 Fasig-Tipton October yearling whenpurchased by Federico Barberini. Trained by Ricardo Menichetti
for Razza Dell=Olmo at two in Italy, he made nine starts thatseason, winning six of them, including four at listed level. His
juvenile finale was a second in the G1 Gran Criterium.
Purchased by Godolphin and later trained by both Mubarak
bin Shafya and Saeed bin Suroor, he missed his sophomore
season due to injury, but returned in 2009 to take both the G2
Al Fahidi Fort and G1 Dubai Duty Free at Meydan. Later in his

THURSDAY • 23 MAY 2024

campaign, he also added the G1 Premio Vittorio di Capua
returned to Italy, and also participated in the 2009 GI Breeders=
Cup Mile.
Retired to stud in Italy with a record of 17-10-2-0 and$3,742,463 in earnings, Gladiatorus eventually moved toWithyslade Farm in the UK and then Windmill View Stud in
Ireland. His best runner was the multiple group-placed Presley(Ity), who won at listed level in Italy and three other stakesplaced horses.
Gladiatorus was the 11th foal out of Gmaasha (Ire) (Kris {GB})and a half-brother to G3 Premio Regina Elena (Italian 1000
Guineas) heroine My Sweet Baby (Minardi). His second dam was
G1 Irish 1000 Guineas winner Al Bahathri (Blushing Groom {Fr}).
AHe put size, scope and speed into his foals and he was a pure
outcross for Irish NH bloodlines,@ said Windmill View=s John
Lynch. AIt is to my great regret that he did not enjoy greaterbooks of mares as I firmly believe one or two of his progeny will
go on to show just how good he could have been.
AGladiatorus had a super temperament and was a glorious
mover. And he was just a gentle giant around the farm. You
could put a child up on him and he wouldn=t have turned a hair.
The whole family will miss him greatly. The place will not be thesame without him.@

MINELLA PREMIER TOPS FIRST DAY OFGOFFS UK SPRING HIT/PTP SALE
Minella Premier (Ire) (Shantou) (lot 498) topped the first dayof the Goffs UK Spring HIT/PTP Sale at Doncaster on Wednesday.
Consigned by Minella Racing, the 4-year-old gelding went toJerry McGrath and Nicky Henderson for ,400,000. Related to
Grade 2 chase winner Function Dream (Ire) (Strong Gale {Ire}),he won his debut at Ballindenisk by 12 lengths.
Another to break ,200,000 was Dawn Miss (Ire) (Malinas{Ger}) (lot 486), who sold to Laura Morgan for ,220,000. The
Monbeg Stables graduate, a full to Listed December H. Hurdle
winner Booster Bob (Ire), has a win from two starts to her name.
Rounding out the top three lots was lot 497, Coumeenoole(Ire) (Harzand {Ire}), a member of the Jonathan Fogarty Racing
draft. Gerry Hogan Bloodstock and Paul Nolan Racing shelled out,180,000 for the bay gelding, who won his only start at
Ballindenisk earlier this month. His dam, the Old Vic (GB) mareMadam Bovary (Ire), won the G1 Aon Novice H. Chase.
The gross was a new record for the first day of this portion of
the sale, coming in at ,6,813,000. Of the 218 lots sold from 273
offered (80%), 13 made ,100,000 or more. The average rose 1%
to ,31,253 and the median was unchanged at ,20,000.

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FIRST-SEASON SIRESWITH RUNNERS
Thursday, May 23, 2024:
UNITED KINGDOM
Sergei Prokofiev (Scat Daddy), Whitsbury Manor Stud
121 foals of racing age/6 winners/0 black-type winners
18:37-SANDOWN PARK, 30K The Orbital Veterinary Services
National Stakes (Class 1) (Listed Race)5f, Enchanting Empress(GB)
62,000gns Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale 2023

Sergei Prokofiev has another runner at Sandown
Whitsbury Manor StudOBSERVATIONS
on the European racing scene

FRANKEL=S HALF-BROTHER HEADS TO THE
HERON
20.12 Sandown, Listed, ,45,000, 3yo, 8fTKIKKULI (GB) (Kingman {GB}) takes his chance in this Listed
Chasemore Farm Stud Staff Heron S., which has come to serve
as a key staging post en route to the G1 St James=s Palace S. in
recent times. Juddmonte=s Alex Scott Maiden winner at
Newmarket=s Craven meeting is hot property as a half-brotherto Frankel (GB) and his G1 Champion S.-winning full-brother
Noble Mission (GB) and trainer Harry Charlton will be hoping for
more encouragement here.

THURSDAY • 23 MAY 2024

17.13 ParisLongchamp, Listed, i55,000, 3yo, f, 9fT
BAUHINIA (IRE) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) has not been seen since
doubling her tally in September, having earned TDN Rising Star
status on her debut when taking a mile debutantes affair here
the previous month. Some water has flowed under the bridge
subsequently, suggesting Godolphin=s homebred is one of thebetter of Andre Fabre=s 3-year-olds and the G1 Prix de Diane
entry gets the chance to underline that in this Listed Prix
Finlande.

HOW THEY FARED
16.00 Yarmouth, Nov, ,40,000, 2yo, 6f 3yT
Age Of Gold (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Godolphin=s i625,000
full-brother to the G2 Mill Reef runner-up Fivethousandtoone(Ire), made an impressive winning debut to put himself in theconversation for Charlie Appleby=s Royal Ascot team.

Wednesday=s Results:
FITZDARES BRITISH EBF ROTHESAY S.-Listed, ,47,000, Ayr,
5-22, 4yo/up, f, 10fT, 2:07.50, g/f.
1--MADAME AMBASSADOR (GB), 128, m, 5, Churchill (Ire)-Lady Jane Digby (GB) (G1SW-Ger, MSW & GSP-Eng,$353,189), by Oasis Dream (GB). 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN.
O/B-Kirsten Rausing (GB); T-Charlie Johnston; J-Joe Fanning.
,26,654. Lifetime Record: 25-6-5-4, $161,510.
2--Red Danielle (GB), 128, f, 4, Sea The Moon (Ger)--Garabelle(Ire), by Galileo (Ire). (60,000gns Wlg >20 TATFOA; 45,000gns
Ylg >21 TATOCT; 300,000gns 3yo >23 TATMA). O-Opulence
Thoroughbreds; B-Shoreham Stud (GB); T-William Haggas.
,10,105.
3--Snowcapped (Ire), 128, f, 4, Churchill (Ire)--Snow Pixie, byFlower Alley. O/B-Anamoine Ltd (IRE); T-Jessica Harrington.
,5,057.
Margins: 3/4, HF, HF. Odds: 6.50, 3.50, 9.00.
Also Ran: Verbier (Ire), Mistral Star (GB), Alanya (Fr), Heartache
Tonight (Fr), Zarabanda (Ire).
Kirsten Rausing homebred Madame Ambassador, fifth in lastyear=s renewal of this contest, registered a last-out fourth inGoodwood=s May 4 Listed Daisy Warwick S. on seasonal returnand collected a first black-type rosette at the fifth attempt here.
Positioned behind the leading trio through halfway, she maderelentless headway under mild rousting inside the final quartermile to gain an edge in the dying strides for a career high.
Cont. p9

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Listed Rothesay S. Cont.
AThey went a nice pace, but slowed up a little bit going into thebend, which didn=t help,@ said winning rider Joe Fanning. AShestays every yard of the trip, so I wanted an out-and-out gallop.
She travelled well, I felt she was always going to get to theleaders and it=s good to get a black-type win under her belt.@
Madame Ambassador is the seventh of nine reported foals,
and one of seven scorers, out of G1 Bayerisches Zuchtrennen
victrix Lady Jane Digby (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), herself a halfsister to three-time Group 3 winner Gateman (GB) (Owington{GB}) and Listed Sovereign S. third Surprise Encounter (GB)
(Cadeaux Genereux {GB}). The February-foaled chestnut is a
half-sister to the unraced 2-year-old filly Jeanne Baret (GB) (SeaThe Moon {Ger}) and to the dam of last week=s G3 Musidora S.
runner-up Francophone (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}). Madame
Ambassador=s third dam is G1 Oaks d=Italia and G1 Gran Premio
d=Italia heroine Maria Walewska (Ire) (Filiberto).

Churchill has sired stakes winners 22 and 23 in consecutive days
Coolmore

4th-Yarmouth, ,40,000, Novice, 5-22, 2yo, 6f 3yT, 1:14.66,
g/s.
AGE OF GOLD (IRE) (c, 2, Frankel {GB}--Promised Money {Ire}{SW-Ire, SP-Eng}, by Dark Angel {Ire}), the fifth-highest price atlast year=s Goffs Orby when selling for i625,000, recoveredfrom a tardy start to join the other quintet. Brought through totake command approaching the furlong marker, the 11-10
favourite had 1 1/4 lengths to spare over Back In Black (Ire)(Dark Angel {Ire}). The winner is the fifth of five current foals outof the Listed Tipperary S.-winning dam, who is responsible forFrankel=s G2 Mill Reef runner-up Fivethousandtoone (Ire) andthe Winter Memories S. scorer Salimah (Ire) (El Kabeir). This is
the family of Godolphin=s G1 Irish 2000 Guineas runner-up Fa-Eq

THURSDAY • 23 MAY 2024(Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}). Sales history: i625,000 Ylg >23 GOFOR.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $27,452.
O-Godolphin; B-Yeomanstown Stud (IRE); T-Charlie Appleby.
4th-Kempton, ,7,000, Novice, 5-22, 3-4yo, 7f (AWT), 1:27.09,
st/sl.
BENGURION (IRE) (f, 3, Invincible Army {Ire}--Love In The
Desert {GB} {SP-Eng}, by Lemon Drop Kid), off the mark over six
furlongs on debut at Lingfield in October, relished being placedon the lead from the outset. Challenged by Harvard Sound (Ire)(Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) inside the final two furlongs, the 9-4
second favourite stayed on to score by half a length. The listedplaced dam, whose daughter Barefoot Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel{Ire}) was successful in the G3 Firth of Clyde S. A granddaughterof a half-sister to the GI Matron S.-winning broodmare supreme
Fall Aspen, her yearling colt is by Supremacy (Ire). Sales history:
i65,000 Ylg >22 GOFSPT. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $9,650.
O-Mr K Alexander; B-Guy O=Callaghan (IRE); T-Charlie Johnston.
5th-Kempton, ,7,000, Novice, 5-22, 3-4yo, 7f (AWT), 1:26.36,
st/sl.
SMOULDERING (GB) (f, 3, Profitable {Ire}--Street Fire {Ire}, byStreet Cry {Ire}), runner-up over this trip on debut at
Wolverhampton last month, was rousted along from the breakto race second behind Dimsons (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}).
At work the whole way, the 7-4 favourite managed to overhaulthat rival inside the last 150 yards and prevail by a neck. The
unraced dam, whose Salute The Soldier (Ger) (Sepoy {Aus})
proved a talented performer in Dubai when winning two
editions of the G1 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 and the G2 Al
Maktoum Challenge Round 2 and G3 Burj Nahaar, hails from thefamily of the GI Eddie Read H. hero Monzante (Maria=s Mon).
Sales history: 30,000gns RNA Ylg >22 TATSOM. Lifetime Record:
2-1-1-0, $7,090.
O-Mr A D Spence & Mr A J Pearson; B-Mr & Mrs P Hargreaves &Mr A D Spence (GB); T-Clive Cox.
3rd-Kempton, ,6,800, Novice, 5-22, 2yo, f, 6f (AWT), 1:13.05,
st/sl.
AVIATION TIME (IRE) (f, 2, Sands Of Mali {Fr}--Lady
Correspondent, by War Front), a 5-1 shot, broke smartly to
shadow the early leader. Edging ahead approaching two out, thenewcomer had to battle all the way up the straight but had
gameness in abundance to score by a head from Lightning Force(GB) (Zoustar {Aus}). The winner, a third for his first-crop sire, iscurrently the last known foal out of the dam, who hails from thefamily of Cozzene=s GI Malibu S.-winning sire Mizzen Mast.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $4,667.
O-Bronte Collection 1; B-Ballyhane (IRE); T-Richard Hughes.

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1st-Ayr, ,9,000, Mdn, 5-22, 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:11.13, g/f.
SHY HI BYE (IRE) (f, 3, Lope De Vega {Ire}--Single {Fr} {GSP-Fr},
by Singspiel {Ire}), a short-head runner-up over six furlongs at
Newcastle in November last time, recovered from a slightly
tardy getaway to race second in the wake of the leader after the
initial exchanges of this sophomore bow. Bustled along to closesoon after passing the quarter-mile marker, the 4-7 favourite
came under sterner urging thereafter and unleashed a telling
burst inside the final furlong to collar Mutamanni (GB)(Showcasing {GB}) by a short-head on the line, the pair 15
lengths clear of the remainder. Shy Hi Bye is the sixth foal andscorer produced by G3 Prix d=Aumale runner-up Single (Fr)(Singspiel {Ire}), herself a half-sister to G3 Killavullan S. winner
Kenya (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and G3 Prix d=Aumale victrix and G1
Prix Marcel Boussac third Zantenda (GB) (Zamindar). The Aprilfoaled chestnut is a full-sister to G2 Prix du Muguet victor Duhail(Ire) and half to a 2-year-old filly and yearling colt by No Nay
Never. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $8,222.
O-Ecurie Ama.Zing Team; B-Lynch Bages & Camas Park Stud(IRE); T-William Haggas.

Wednesday=s Results:
6th-Angers, i21,000, Mdn, 5-22, 3yo, 10fT, 2:11.47, vhy.
DONAMAY (GER) (f, 3, Areion {Ger}--Djumay {Ger} {SP-Ger}, by
Shamardal) broke well from the outside box and was steadied
to race third passing the judge first time, but slipped to fourth
approaching halfway in this debut. Sent forward on the home
turn to go second at the top of the straight, the 14-5 favourite
was pushed to the front entering the final furlong and ridden
out in the latter stages to prevail by a length from Two O=Clock
Jump (Fr) (Shalaa {Ire}). Donamay is the latest of three reported
foals and first scorer produced by Listed Hoppegartener
Stutenpreis third Djumay (Ger) (Shamardal), herself a daughterof dual Group 3-winning G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks)
second Djumama (Ire) (Aussie Rules). Djumama=s quartet ofblack-type performers also features multiple Group-placed
Listed Prix Volterra victrix Samahram (Fr) (Sea The Moon {Ger}),the dual Group 3-placed Djukon (GB) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}) and
Listed Prix Solitude runner-up Duchess Of Danzig (Ger) (Sea The
Stars {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i10,500.
O/B-Stall Phillip I (GER); T-Andreas Suborics.
CONDITIONS RESULTS:
5th-Angers, i30,000, Cond, 5-22, 4yo, 12 1/2fT, 2:52.08, vhy.
KAR VERT (FR) (g, 4, Karaktar {Ire}--Blanche Verte {Fr}, byGreen Tune) Lifetime Record: 14-4-0-0, i50,120. O-Christoph

THURSDAY • 23 MAY 2024

Holschbach & Stall Nuri; B-Ecurie du Sud & EARL des Ecuries deChevannes (FR); T-Marian Falk Weissmeier.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER:
FIRST WINNER FOR SIRE
New Way Baby (Ire), f, 2, Wooded (Ire)--Nouvelle Voie (Fr), by
Olympic Glory (Ire). Evreux, 5-22, 6fT, 1:16.80. B-Al Shaqab
Racing & SCEA des Prairies (IRE). *i15,000 Ylg '23 ARQOCT.
**1ST winner for her sire (by Wootton Bassett {GB}).
Empress Star (Fr), f, 3, Cloth Of Stars (Ire)--Aljaaziah (GB), by
Medaglia D=Oro. Evreux, 5-22, B-S Desmontils, F Bragato,
Ecurie Brillantissime & SAS IEI (FR). *i24,000 Wlg >21
ARQDEC.

IN MAINLAND CHINA:
Dream Oasis (Ire), m, 5, Oasis Dream (GB)--Street Marie, byStreet Cry (Ire). Yulong, 5-18, 1000m, sand, 1:02.12 O-Liu Gui
Sheng. B-Yulong Investments (Australia), Pty. (Ire). *,10,000
RNA Ylg >20 GOFOCT. VIDEO.

IN MAINLAND CHINA:
Last Resort (NZ), g, 6, Astern (Aus)--No Pushover (NZ) (SW-NZ),
by Pins (Aus). Huhtala, 5-19, 1000m, sand, 1:00.25. O-Heli
Horse Industry. B-Opaki Bloodstock Partnership (NZ).
*NZ$55,000 HRA >20 NZBNOV. VIDEO.

GROUP ENTRIES
Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 19:33
PRIX HOCQUART-G3, €80,000, 3yo, 11fT
SC
PP
HORSE
SIRE
1
2
Calandagan (Ire)
Gleneagles (Ire)2
3
Trafalgar Square (Fr)
Kendargent (Fr)3
1
Savannenstern (Ger)Cloth Of Stars (Ire)4
5
Narrativo (Ger)
Adlerflug (Ger)5
4
Oscar (Fr)Siyouni (Fr)Thursday, Sandown, Britain, post time: 19:07
CHASEMORE FARM HENRY II S.-G3, £80,000, 4yo/up, 16f 50y
SC HORSE
SIRE
OWNER
1
Trueshan (Fr)
Planteur (Ire)Singula Partnership
2
Caius Chorister (Fr)Golden Horn (GB)Clive Washbourn3
Metier (Ire)
Mastercraftsman (Ire)G C Stevens
4
Prydwen (Ire)
Camelot (GB)Blue Starr Racing
5
Sweet William (Ire)
Sea The Stars (Ire)
Normandie Stud Ltd
6
Chesspiece (GB)Nathaniel (Ire)
Godolphin7
Miss Cynthia (GB)Sea The Moon (Ger)John Pearce Racing Ltd

TRAINER
Graffard
Cottier
Fabre
Schiergen
P&J Brandt

JOCKEY
Pasquier
Barzalona
Pouchin
Murzabayev
Guyon

TRAINER
Alan KingDavid Menuisier
Harry Fry
George Scott
John & Thady Gosden
Simon & Ed Crisford
Sir Mark Prescott

WT
128
128
128
128
128

JOCKEY
Hollie Doyle
Rossa Ryan
Ryan Moore
Callum Shepherd
Robert Havlin
William Buick
Luke Morris

WT
137
130
130
130
130
129
126

Breeders: 1-Didier Blot, 2-Clive Washbourn, 3-Knockainey Stud, 4-Honey Hunter Syndicate, 5-Normandie Stud Ltd, 6-Ammerland GmbH & Co KG, 7-John
Pearce Racing Ltd
Thursday, Sandown, Britain, post time: 19:37
CHASEMORE FARM BRIGADIER GERARD S.-G3, £80,000, 4yo/up, 9f 209y
SC HORSE
SIRE
OWNER
1
Certain Lad (GB)Clodovil (Ire)C R Hirst
2
Isle Of Jura (GB)New Approach (Ire)
Victorious Racing
3
Royal Rhyme (Ire)
Lope De Vega (Ire)
Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum
4
Elegancia (GB)Lope De Vega (Ire)
St Albans Bloodstock Ltd
5Miss Cantik (Fr)Recoletos (Fr)Haven't A Pot, Daniel MacAuliffe & Anoj Don

TRAINER
Jack Channon
George Scott
Karl Burke
Harry Charlton
Amy Murphy

JOCKEY
George Bass
Callum Shepherd
Clifford Lee
William Buick
Frederick Larson

Breeders: 1-Barry Walters, 2-Godolphin, 3-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, 4-Lordship Stud, 5-Laurent Dulong & Yannick Dulong*All posts displayed in local time.

WT
128
128
128
125
125

Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 17:13
PRIX FINLANDE-Listed, €55,000, 3yo, f, 9fT
SC
PP
HORSE
SIRE
1
1
Julica (Fr)
Kendargent (Fr)2
5
Luiza Bere (Fr)Territories (Ire)3
3
Bauhinia (Ire)
Too Darn Hot (GB)46Monterosa (GB)Lope De Vega (Ire)58Soul And Romance (Fr)
Goken (Fr)6
7
Flying Finn (Ire)
Phoenix Of Spain (Ire)
7
4
L'Equilibriste (Fr)Dream Ahead
8
2
The First Dance (Fr)
Dariyan (Fr)TRAINER
Ferland
Barberot
Fabre
S Brogi
Donworth
Keatley
Donworth
ChappetThursday, Sandown, Britain, post time: 18:37
ORBITAL VETERINARY SERVICES NATIONAL S.-Listed, £30,000, 2yo, 5f 10y
SC HORSE
SIRE
OWNER
1 Hawaiian (GB)Kodiac (GB)Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum
2 Reposado (GB)
Wootton Bassett (GB) Amo Racing Ltd & Giselle de Aguiar
3 Rock Hunter (GB)Expert Eye (GB)D MacAuliffe, A Don & D De Souza
4 Sonic Blue (Ire)Blue Point (Ire)
SBA Racing Ltd
5 Zminiature (GB)Territories (Ire)
J Sarkar, D Sarkar, O Sarkar & D Sarkar
6 Enchanting Empress (GB) Sergei Prokofiev
Amo Racing Ltd & Giselle de Aguiar
7 Spirited Dancer (GB)
Dandy Man (Ire)Ludgershall Racing

JOCKEYJ DoyleJourniac
BarzalonaMendizabal
Trolley de Prevaux
Mosse
Guyon
Demuro

TRAINER
Richard Hannon
Dominic Ffrench Davis
Amy Murphy
Tom Dascombe
Dylan Cunha
Dominic Ffrench Davis
Jack Channon

WT
128
123
123
123
123
123
123
123

JOCKEY
Sean Levey
Rossa Ryan
Silvestre De Sousa
Jamie Spencer
Rhys Clutterbuck
David Egan
Edward Greatrex

WT
131
131
131
131
131
126
126

Breeders: 1-Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, 2-Rockcliffe Stud, 3-Perryston Bloodstock, 4-Kildaragh Stud, 5-Jonathan Sarkar, 6-Llety F arms &Whitsbury Manor Stud, 7-Mohammed Musaad Alsalem
Thursday, Sandown, Britain, post time: 20:12
CHASEMORE FARM STUD STAFF HERON S.-Listed, £45,000, 3yo, 8f 0y
SC HORSE
SIRE
OWNER
1 Almaqam (GB)Lope De Vega (Ire)
Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum
2 Balmacara (GB)New Bay (GB)Mick & Janice Mariscotti
3 Ice Max (GB)
Dark Angel (Ire)
Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum
4 Kikkuli (GB)Kingman (GB)
Juddmonte
5 Remaadd (Ire)
Gleneagles (Ire)
Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum
6 Son (GB)Too Darn Hot (GB)Mrs Julie Wood
7 Sons And Lovers (GB)Study Of Man (Ire)
Hugo Morriss & Kirsten Rausing
8 Terre De Vega (GB)Lope De Vega (Ire)
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TRAINER
Ed Walker
Eve Johnson Houghton
Karl Burke
Harry Charlton
William Haggas
Richard Hannon
Jane Chapple-Hyam
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JOCKEY
William Buick
Charles Bishop
Clifford Lee
Ryan Moore
Tom Marquand
Pat Dobbs
David Egan
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Breeders: 1-Godolphin, 2-Meon Valley Stud, 3-Gordon Roddick, 4-Juddmonte Farms Ltd, 5-Godolphin, 6-Scuderia Blueberry SRL, 7-Kirsten Rausing*All posts listed in local time.

WT
128
128
128
128
128
128
128
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