TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2024

BAFFERT, ZEDAN DROPAPPEAL OF MEDINA SPIRITDISQUALIFICATION

Bob Baffert and Medina Spirit | Coadyby Bill Finley
Trainer Bob Baffert took to X late Monday afternoon to reportthat he has told his legal team to drop the appeal to the result of
the 2021 GI Kentucky Derby, from which Zedan Racing Stable's
Medina Spirit (Protonico) was disqualified for a betamethasone
positive.
The post read: AI have instructed my attorneys to dismiss theappeal related to the disqualification of Medina Spirit in the2021 Kentucky Derby. Zedan Racing owner, Amr Zedan, and I
have decided that it is best to positively focus on the present
and future that our great sport offers. We thank the KHRC
(Kentucky Horse Racing Commission) and Churchill Downs forlistening and considering our point of view and we are gratefulfor the changes and clarity that HISA brings to our sport.@ See p3

OBS WINTER MIXED SALE BEGINS TUESDAY
by Jessica Martini
The Ocala Breeders= Sales Company opens its 2024 calendar
with the two-day Winter Mixed Sale which begins Tuesday atnoon. The auction opens with a preferred session of 137
catalogued short yearlings, broodmares and broodmare
prospects. Following the preferred session, OBS will present anoffering of 76 catalogued horses of racing age. The auction
concludes Wednesday with 263 catalogued offerings in thecompany=s open session, which also begins at noon.
The horses of racing age took to the OBS track Monday, withthe unraced 3-year-old Saint George (St Patrick=s Day) (hip 262)
earning the under-tack show=s bullet when working threefurlongs in :32 1/5. Out of Crowninshield (Aldebaran), thechestnut colt was bred by Brent and Crystal Fernung and isconsigned by the Fernungs= Journeyman Bloodstock Services.
AI thought he was going to work awful good,@ said Brent
Fernung. AHe pulled a stifle before the April sale last year--andwe thought he would work good there, too--so we just gave him
plenty of time and decided to bring him back here. He stepped
up and did what he was supposed to do.@Journeyman is usually active selling at the 2-year-old sales, but
Fernung agreed having an outlet to sell horses of racing age in
Ocala in January is a welcome addition to the calendar.
Cont. p5

IN TDN EUROPE TODAYVALUE SIRES PART IV: IT’S ALL RELATIVE
Emma Berry discusses the top end of the stallion fees, and thewide range that accompanies the category for the feature. From
Frankel and Dubawi at the very top to the value sires humbly
holding their own, TDN has the list.

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BROGDEN DISCUSSES MACHMER HALL BREEDINGS

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In the latest installment of Mating Plans, Presented by Spendthrift,
Machmer Hall's Carrie Brogden discusses plans for the formidable
broodmare band at Machmer Hall, with some great terrific badk stories.

LAUREL RIVER SET FOR RETURN TO ACTION
Juddmonte's Laurel River (Into Mischief) makes his first start in 15
months in Friday's G3 Al Shindagha Sprint at Meydan. Alan Carasso
catches up with the farm's Garrett O'Rourke.

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Medina Spirit Appeal cont. from p1
Kentucky. Zedan and Baffert claim in the petition that theEver since Medina Spirit was disqualified over the positive for
Alaboratory limit of detection@ used to identify betamethasone
the medication betamethasone, Baffert and Zedan have tried toin Medina Spirit Ais contrary to the plain terms of KHRC
have the disqualification overturned. Their primary argument
regulations and is void as arbitrary and capricious.@
was that the medication got into
They also argued that KHRC's
the horse=s system through a
exercise of rule making andtopical cream used to combat skinadjudicatory powers is illegal andrashes. Baffert and Zedan's lawyersthat the penalties against Zedan
would eventually build more thanAare unconstitutional, arbitrary andtwo years of court cases andcapricious.@
administrative appeals around the
One month earlier, the Kentucky
contention that theHorse Racing Commission (KHRC)
betamethasone that showed up in
closed the 27-month regulatory
Medina Spirit's post-race positive
saga involving Medina Spirit's
test was the type that came from a
Kentucky Derby drug
permissible topical ointment anddisqualification by unanimously
not via some other restricted
voting to deny appeals by trainer
means, like an intra-articularBaffert and Zedan Racing Stables
Amr Zedan | Fasig-Tipton
injection.
while accepting a hearing officer's
In September, Zedan and Baffert filed a petition for a judicial
recommended order that the penalties originally imposed byreview of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commissions's
the Churchill Downs stewards be affirmed in their entirety. Fromdisqualification of the colt from his win in the 2021 Kentucky
there, Zedan and Baffert began to try to win their case throughDerby. The petition was filed in Franklin Circuit Court inthe courts.
Kentucky and also includes a protest over Baffert's suspension inCont. p4

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AThe KHRC did what it does best--rubber stamped its own
foregone conclusion. I will discuss with Mr. Baffert, but believe it
is highly likely the matter is appealed so that it can finally bepresented to an impartial Court,@ Baffert attorney W. Craig
Robertson III said at the time.
It was not clear Monday why Zedan and Baffert apparently
changed their minds and decided to drop their case.
It is possible that their dropping the case was a peace offeringin what has been an ugly battle between Churchill Downs and
Zedan and Baffert that at times took on a personal tone.
Churchill first banned Baffert from the 2022 and 2023 Derby. In
a surprising move, Churchill announced in July that the Baffert
ban was being extended until at least Dec. 31, 2024.
"Mr. Baffert continues to peddle a false narrative concerning
the failed drug test of Medina Spirit," Churchill said at the timein a statement.
Churchill also recently announced that any horse trained bysomeone banned by the track (Baffert is believed to be the only
one under such a suspension) will be ineligible to compete in the
Derby if still in that trainers barn as of Jan. 29.
Throughout the dispute, there was widespread speculationthat Churchill=s harsh treatment of Baffert was in response to
the lawsuits. With those lawsuits now having been dropped, it
will be interesting to see how Churchill reacts and what doors
might open for Baffert and his owners.

TUESDAY • JANUARY 23, 2024

Following the news that the case had been dropped, Churchill
Downs officials said that the development would have no
bearing on Baffert=s current status. AToday's dismissal of appeal
does not change the current suspension or deadline to transfer
horses for the upcoming 150th Kentucky Derby,@ read astatement forwarded by Churchill=s Darren Rogers.

Medina Spirit | Benoit

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OBS January Preview cont. from p1
AHistorically, what we've done is we breed homebreds and sellthem at the 2-year-old sales,@ Fernung said. AAnd once that last
2-year-old sale goes by, part of the by-product of that is thathorses who can't make it to those sales for one reason or
another, you've got to have somewhere to go with them. It used
to be, before we started doing this here, I ended up having torace all of those horses. We did OK doing that, but it turns into a
two-year process before you know it.@Of interest around the sales grounds Monday, Fernung said, AI
thought it was a reasonable number of people watching thebreeze show. And we have some nice mares in this sale and they
seem to be getting looked at pretty regular, too. It's not a realbusy place, but it never is. It always helps if it gets really cold up
north right before this sale.@
AI've been saying since the end of the 2-year-old season lastyear, if we can just remain flat and level--and I'm not just talking
about OBS, I am talking about the Thoroughbred industry inwhole--it's been strong now for several years, so if we just don'tlose any ground, I'd be satisfied,@ Fernung said of expectations
for the market. AI think that is realistic. I haven't seen anythingthat suggests to me that it's going to take a big downturn yet.@During the 2023 Winter sale, 380 horses grossed $6,346,200
for an average of $16,701 and a median of $9,500. A yearling
colt by Tapit brought top price of $225,000 and was one of two
to bring six figures at the auction.

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MATING PLANS, PRESENTED BY
SPENDTHRIFT: MACHMER HALL

Carrie Brogden | Keeneland

The TDN's popular annual series 'Mating Plans, presented by
Spendthrift,' continues today in a conversation with Machmer
Hall's Carrie Brogden.
Becca's Rocket, 6, (OrbBIdoitmyway, by Unbridled's Song). To
be bred to Elite Power.
Becca's Rocket is currently in foal to Jackie's Warrior. We bred
this Orb filly and after the untimely death of her Unbridled's
Song dam in a paddock accident, I vowed to buy this beautiful
stakes mare back after her racing career. When she was born, I
had such high hopes for her because she was just a super modelfrom day one. Cont. p6

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Mating Plans cont.
Even though Orb tanked as a stallion, I was thrilled that she
ran to her looks to become a four-time stakes placed mare ofover $250,000.
I drove the people who owned her so crazy for over a year tobuy her upon her retirement. I saw Jackie's Warrior and thought
he was beyond stunning so she went to him the first year,
figuring the horse version of Angelina Jolie to Brad Pitt certainly
has the chance to make a beautiful baby! So, who to breed herto this year? When I was at the Breeders' Cup this year afterlosing my butt all day since I refused to bet the chalk, and about
six drinks in, Elite Power's race was up. I was watching the post
parade and all of a sudden Elite Power gallops away from thepony horse like a machine, giving me goose bumps (which I justgot again thinking about it!) I turned to my husband and said,`whatever cash or betting funds we have I am putting on Elite
Power.' I literally was putting in a dozen single dollar bills into
the auto teller at the Little Red Feather suite with two minutes
to post. Ha! He wins and happy, happy! How could one of myfavorite homebred yearlings not go to one of my favorite
racehorses? Becca's Rocket is booked to Elite Power.

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Life Well Lived, 17, TiznowBWell Dressed, b Notebook. To bebred to Constitution.

Life Well Lived is the dam of 'TDN Rising Star' Parchment Party
Coady

She is in foal to Constitution and my thoughts are, `if it ain't
broke, don't fix it.' We were so lucky to buy this fabulous older
multiple stakes producer the same day her son, Parchment Party(Constitution), became a 'TDN Rising Star'. I'm a huge, huge fanof Stone Farm who had her and raised all her runners, so I knew

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he had a great chance of being raised big and sound. Valerie deMeric, whose family broke and trained him, had texted me themorning she sold about his incredible talent. My mom and I
were in the back ring with a tentative budget of $250,000 topurchase her. As her price climbed, I said to my mom that I did
not think our original budget was going to cut it at all. We bid$340,0000 and the bid was returned slowly at $350,000 fromwhom I found out was her breeder, WinStar Farm. I looked at
my mom as Stan the bid spotter is asking me with his gesturesfrom his back ring post, `What do you want to do?' Mom looked
at me and I asked her, `What do you want to do?' She said, `I am
76 and I can't take it with me, and I want to buy this mare.' The
reference to her being 76 was not lost on me as my mind
instantaneously was flooded with the memories of my beloved
grandmother (my second mom) and her mother, Betty
Machmer, who died in perfect health at 76 asleep on the sofa.
Her loss 30 years ago still hurts. Her love, her personality, herlife of supreme kindness inspired the name and spirit of what is
Machmer Hall.
So we bid again. That afternoon at Keeneland, when hisallowance race went off at Churchill Downs, I am sure they
heard me cheering him in Louisville. The grand old gal is happily
living at Machmer Hall now, a stone's throw from her former
home of Stone Farm and, to top it off, I got the most wonderful
and amazing congratulatory text from my favorite chef on Beat
Bobby Flay after her purchase. Lynn Hancock asked me what I
was going to do if he won the Derby and I told her I was going to
get drunk. What a life we lead. Hope is the most valuablecommodity. She is booked back to the next super stallion in
Kentucky, Constitution.
Bunskie, 4, (SpeightstownBLayreebelle, by Tale of the Cat). To
be bred to Into Mischief.
Many years ago, we bought a top-class older mare when she
was 19 years old. She was carrying a Tale of the Cat filly at thetime. That mare was Voodoo Lily, who became the granddam ofJustify. The resultant Tale of the Cat filly unfortunately injured
her shoulder in a field accident so we kept her as a broodmare
and named her Layreebelle (after my kids Layne, Reece, andIsabelle). Layreebelle has gone onto be a triple-graded-stakes
producer with her most recent filly, Three Witches (Into
Mischief) running third in the Breeders' Cup Sprint and selling
for $1.7 million at Keeneland November.
We retained the now four-year-old Speightstown daughter out
of Layreebelle named Bunskie, my youngest brother's childhood
nickname. She foaled a fancy Bolt d'Oro filly just last night! In
deciding where to go next, we looked to our favorite super sire,Into Mischief. His live-foal stud fee is out of our comfort zone, so
we did a package of no-guarantee seasons in him withTUESDAY • JANUARY 23, 2024

Spendthrift and she is booked on one of those seasons. We
cannot wait to have a handful of Into Mischiefs back on the farmnext year!
Stonetonic, 6, (Candy Ride {Arg}BStonetastic, by Mizzen Mast.)
To be bred to Flightline.

Stonetonic is a daughter of Stonetastic (pic) | Equi-Photo

We were lucky enough to breed Grade II winner Stonetastic
out of our super mare, Special Me. We were anxious to have afilly from that family, so when her first daughter Stonetonic
came to auction in foal to Yaupon, we paid an outrageous$400,000 for her. Well, we looked pretty damn crazy until I wasin Keeneland November seeing all of these fancy Yaupon babies
with incredible physiques selling for big bucks! She has a lovely
filly foal and when it came to make a choice of who to breed her
to last year it was not lost on me that Flightline's purchaser,David Ingordo, bought Stonetonic's half-sister by Gun Runner for$925,000. David also bought Special Me's Grade I winner, Gift
Box, off of us as a weanling so we're thinking it might be a lucky
mating to send her to the stellar racehorse Flightline for her
second baby, which she is expecting. Figuring that it was a nobrainer to send her first year mating, why not repeat it for$50,000 less for second year? Stonetonic is booked back to
Flightline for 2024.
Hailey's Melody, 6, (Can the ManBMiki's Melody, by Aptitude).
To be bred to Two Phil's.
Since we have a ridiculous number of mares due to yours truly
having a major horse addiction, we have really tried to limit our
new acquisitions to stakes mares. I first saw this mare on a
Fasig-Tipton digital sale and even though Can the Man fizzled
out at stud, she was a gorgeous, stakes-placed mare who failed
to meet her reserve at $48,000 as a breeding or racing
prospect.

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2023 Leading Fifth-Crop Sires
Standing NA - Worldwide Earnings - NH Foals
Rank Stallion

GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters

Wnrs

Earnings

1

American Pharoah 6 151
6300
139 $15,001,812(2012) by Pioneerof the Nile FYR: 2017 Stands: Coolmore Ashford KY Fee: $50,000

2Constitution
2
11
-2
264
(2011) by Tapit FYR: 2017 Stands: WinStar Farm KY

135 $10,610,937
Fee: $110,000

01/21/24 Forever Souper won the Sunshine Turf Stakes at Gulfstream Park
12/30/23 Forbidden Kingdom won the Joe Hernandez Stakes-Gr.2 at Santa Anita
11/18/23 Flag Of Honour won the Kennedy Road Stakes-Gr.2 at Woodbine
11/03/23 Jody's Pride was runner-up in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies-Gr.1
at Santa Anita

Champion 2YO & Triple Crown winner2023 yearlings: $1,200,000, $650,000, $600,000, $525,000,$500,000, $475,000, $475,000, $475,000 etc.

Dermot Ryan, Charlie O’Connor, Adrian Wallace, Robyn Murray, Blaise Benjamin, Charles Hynes or Michael Norris. Tel: 859-873-7088. Fax: 859-879 5756.

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Mating Plans: Machmer Hall cont.
I messaged her owner that when she was done racing wewould be interested in buying her as a broodmare only. Fast
forward five months, and I got a text that her owner would sellher for a price so reasonable I think I choked on the Diet Coke I
was drinking. She shipped in and this stunning 16.3 Adonis gets
off the van. So, who to breed her to first year for good value but
a great physical and price? Two Phil's: what a great price at$12,500! His speed figures were off the charts and he is by sucha great, underrated stallion in Hard Spun. She has the big
stretchy frame to lengthen out his Quarter Horse type physiqueand they are both correct with plenty of bone.
Rumandice, 8, (CongratsBChasethegold, by Touch Gold). To bebred to Practical Joke.
I was walking in the back ring in Keeneland January, 2020 andhappened to glance over and see this statuesque Congrats filly
literally in the chute to go into the ring to be sold. We had
actually had great luck in past with her family both in the salering and on the racetrack (which is the holy grail for any
Thoroughbred commercial breeder). I decided to watch her selland see where she went. She waltzes into the ring and I hearmusic to my bargain-shopping ears: `this mare is a cribber.' `OH!'
my brain says. `There might be a chance here!' I bought her for$65,000 as a broodmare prospect and happy! Her second foal
turns out to be a magnificent son of Practical Joke we sold to
Winstar farm for $500,000 at this year's Saratoga sale. We bredher back to Authentic in 2023. Elliott Walden was kind enoughto send me a video last month of said Practical Joke colt training,
now named Social Hour, and so far so good! Seemed like a nobrainer to us to repeat that mating and hope for maybe a happy
hour next time! Her 2024 mating is back to the proven and greatvalue sire in Practical Joke.
Line of Vision, 9, Court VisionBGold Lined, by Numerous). To bebred to Maximus Mischief.
Line of Vision is a small mare but was a multiple stakeswinning two-year-old with 20 starts under her belt and earningsof almost $250,000. We used to have a rule in our band that allmares had to be at least 16hh but as the years passed werealized that rule needed to be changed with so many big
stallions in Kentucky. We bought this mare on the Wanamaker's
digital sale platform and bred her in 2023 to Mo Donegal, who isa big, strong horse. She was actually booked to Bolt d'Oro, butthat day he was chock a block so we had to call an audible andchange stallions last minute. Hopefully it works out like it did
when the same thing happened with Vyjack's mating. In deciding
where to send her for 2024, we turned to a former Machmer
Hall pinhook, Maximus Mischief.

What a magnificent foal he was and we have supported him
since he went to stud including purchasing multiple breeding
rights in him. He seems to throw leg and stretch no matter whatmare he goes to. I think that he has had literally three maiden
special weight winners in the past two days alone. We arehoping this sound young mare will be a great match with him
physically and on the track! 2024: booking Maximus MischiefWarm Sunshine, 10, (Unbridled's SongBCarolina Sunrise, by
Awesome Again). To be bred to Cody's Wish.
We bought Warm Sunshine as a yearling on my never ending
quest for Unbridled's Song mares. We already had claimed her
full-sister, who became the dam of Grade III winner Fore Leftand her other half-sister, Little Miss Macho, who was a
Keeneland September session topper. We raced her and eventhough she is small, Bart Hone told me she "had a heart the sizeof Texas." When we were looking who to breed her for a first
foal, Constitution was in the middle of the dreaded bubble year
as a stallion. I was challenged by Winstar to book five mares tohim and get a bonus season. I actually found eight mares for him
and we decided to send Warm Sunshine to him. Fast-forwardfrom that 2018 mating; a case of sesamoiditis derailed our visionof a yearling sale. On to the two-year-old sale, where hepromptly bucked his shins. So now, we race him. Cont. p9

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Fancy Kitten, 10, (Kitten's JoyBEndless Fancy, by Ghostzapper).
To be bred to Justify.

Mating Plans cont.
Steal Sunshine (named after the Len song) has now won two
stakes and over $350,000 for us and is running in the
GIII Hooper on Pegasus day this weekend! His mother is in foal
to two-year-old champion Essential Quality on a 2023 breeding
and booked to a horse that more happy tears have been shedover then I can remember in my lifetime, Cody's Wish, for 2024.

Jasper Krone | JRA photo

Steal Sunshine | Lauren King

Breakfastatbonnies, 6, (LaobanBRight Prevails, by Successful
Appeal). To be bred to Vino Rosso.
Breakfastatbonnies is another one of my infamous walking in
the back ring and `what on earth is that?' buys. (Better to ask
forgiveness than permission from the hubby and mom.) This
stakes-placed Laoban mare is the sh$t. I mean big and beautiful
in every way of the word. A little flat in her knees if you want tobe critical but I think that was found in a lot of the Laoban
progeny. Full-sister to a stakes-winner of over half a million, I
bought her as a broodmare prospect for $90,000. For a first year
foal, we bred her to Cyberknife. I try to call the people thatknow those horses best when they were yearlings or two year
olds and Susan Montayne had broken and trained him for Al
Gold. After speaking to her, I felt this would be a great physicalmatch, but, truth be told, this mare is so good-looking she could
probably get bred to a Welsh Pony and have a Pony Finals
champion. When looking to breed her for 2024, my eyebrowshave been raised at the incredible accomplishments so far of
Vino Rosso. We booked three mares to him for the 2024 season
and Breakfastatbonnies is one of those mares going to him.
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Fancy Kitten was originally claimed by James Keogh to resell asa broodmare prospect. He called me for a reference on
someone who could claim this stakes-placed daughter of Kitten's
Joy for him. I told him I knew the perfect person--a 4H
conformation judge in a former lifetime and now a hard-working
trainer. James calls her and the claim is dropped on `the correct
and good-sized filly.' 'Grand, grand,' you can imagine Jamessaying in his best Irish brogue. Wait a minute, the phone rings
again and the trainer says, `I was so busy making sure she wascorrect that I might have missed that she is a wee weak in the
topline.' James is like, `how weak are we talking?' Too late, claim
dropped. I am dying of laughter typing this because to hear
James tell the story is side-splitting. James calls me after themare gets to his farm and he is like, `so much for your former 4H
judge!' Fancy Kitten goes to the Fasig-Tipton February sale and if
you ever had the Breyer horse as a kid like I did, Fancy Kitten
was the chestnut version of the old grey mare Glossy.
Cont. p10

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Mating Plans cont.
She is at the sale and as everyone knows it is impossible to sella swayback (even though I have never seen a swayback throw aswayback) and she fails to meet her modest reserve. My
mother, of course, has heard the entire story of the claim andJames is desperately wanting to get her off the books as one of
the rare times he does not make a fabulous claim, so we buy her
for $10,000. Her first foal is the graded-stakes winning Jasper
Krone (Frosted) who ran in this year's Breeders' Cup and her
second foal, Ngannou (Mendelssohn) was a graded-stakesplaced 2-year-old of last year. She has never thrown a swayback
and throws a lovely baby that can run! She is currently in foal tothe beautiful Jackie's Warrior and is booked back to the risingstar stallion Justify. You just cannot make this stuff up and thatis why you never know where they are going to come from!
Interested in sharing your own mating plans? Emailgaryking@thetdn.com.

LAUREL RIVER SET FOR DESERT DEBUT
by Alan Carasso

Laurel River winning the 2022 Pat O'Brien S. | Benoit

Juddmonte's Laurel River (Into Mischief), last seen running out
a 3 3/4-length winner of the GII Pat O'Brien S. in August 2022 for
Bob Baffert, has been entered for the G3 Al Shindagha Sprint(1200m) and the G3 Firebreak S. (1600m) on 'Fashion Friday' at
Meydan Racecourse Jan. 26.
AEverything seems to be fine, we've gotten nothing but goodreports from over there,@ said Garrett O'Rourke, generalmanager of Juddmonte USA, who confirmed that the 6-year-old
stallion will take part in the shorter of the two races Friday
evening.

TUESDAY • JANUARY 23, 2024

An impressive maiden winner at second asking in April 2021,
Laurel River was second to The Chosen Vron (Vronsky) in the
GIII Laz Barrera S. the following month, but went missing off an
11 1/2-length romp in his first start going a mile at Del Mar that
September. A facile allowance winner first off an 11-monthabsence in July 2022, he defeated American Theorem (American
Pharoah) and Senor Buscador (Mineshaft) in the Pat O'Brien toearn a berth in that year's GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. He wasscratched on the eve of the race, for which he would have been
one of the top choices.
Laurel River was subsequently transferred to the successful
yard of trainer Bhupat Seemar and cleared quarantine last
October. He has been in steady work since, but the Juddmonteteam are taking a pragmatic approach to what might lie ahead.
AI don't want to get ahead of ourselves. He's been off a longtime,@ O'Rourke said. AI'd like him to show that he still has thesame sparkle, but obviously we expect some rust for as long as
he's been off.@
O'Rourke indicated that it will be one step at a time withLaurel River and that near-term options include the G3 Riyadh
Dirt Sprint--a race won last year by Juddmonte's champion Elite
Power (Curlin)--and the G3 Mahab al Shimaal (1200m) or
G3 Burj Nahaar (1600m) on Super Saturday in Dubai Mar. 2 enroute to a possible appearance on Dubai World Cup night fourweeks later.
AI'd say he'll dictate where we go,@ O'Rourke said. AWe have toanswer one question first and that's whether he shows his old
spark and ability and I think after that, we'll play it by ear. You
don't want to pigeonhole yourself into any plan when something
different might work out to be the best.
AWe've got to get past this performance and move on after
that,@ O'Rourke continued. AWe're just happy that the horse ishealthy and happy and working well and wherever it leads us
after this weekend, we'll see where we go with him.@
Laurel River will kick off his Dubai campaign on a mark of 116,
among the highest-rated dirt horses in the jurisdiction. Isolate(Mark Valeski), winner of last year's G2 Godolphin Mile and on
track for the G1 Saudi Cup next month, is rated on 117, while
the top dirt sprinter Tuz (Oxbow) is rated 115. The latter,conditioned by Seemar, is also among the entries for the Al
Shindagha Sprint.

TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 13 • THETDN.COM

ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENTRIESADDED TO FASIG-TIPTON WINTER SALE
Fasig-Tipton has catalogued an additional 15 supplemental
entries to its upcoming Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale to be held
Feb. 5 and 6 in Lexington.
Included in the additional lots are: stakes-winner and multiple
graded stakes placed Princess Cadey (Dialed In) (hip 508), in foal
to McKinzie; stakes-placed broodmare prospect T Max(Connect) (hip 511); 4-year-old racing/broodmare prospect
Modern Love (Curlin) (hip 515), a half-sister to Grade I winnerCompetitionofideas (Speightstown); stakes-winning 3-year-old
racing/broodmare prospect Airosa (Uncle Mo) (hip 516); Navy
Fleet (Hard Spun) (hip 520), half-sister to Grade I winner Ivar
(Brz) (Agnes Gold {Jpn}) in foal to Olympiad; and Cianchetta(Arch) (hip 521), dam of recent GIII Robert J. Frankel S. winnerAngel Nadeshiko (Carpe Diem) selling in foal to Dialed In.
Both sessions of the Winter Mixed sale begin at 10 a.m.

TUESDAY • JANUARY 23, 2024

Monday, but the forecast is slightly more positive--albeit rainy-over the next 72 hours. According to weather.com, the lowest
low temperature is 33 degrees during the overnight hours
Tuesday into Wednesday, with a predicted high temperature of
61 degrees by Friday.
The next scheduled card at Parx is this Wednesday.
Officials at Oaklawn Park were forced to cancel its entire slateof racing last weekend and conditions were forecast tomoderate over the coming days. That fact notwithstanding,training has not been taking place at the Hot Springs oval andaccording to a communique to the local horsepeople, the track
will not open for training before 2 p.m. this Wednesday, Jan. 24.
A further update was expected by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Turfway Park was able to conduct live racing last Wednesday
and Thursday, but were forced to cancel both Friday andSaturday's programs.
Racing is scheduled to resume Wednesday at Turfway andFriday at Aqueduct, Laurel and--tentatively--Oaklawn.

VARIABLE WINTER WEATHER WREAKINGHAVOC WITH RACING

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 21, 2024
ACTIVE NORTH AMERICAN-BASED STALLIONS

Braving the wintry conditions in New York | Susie Raisher

Winter weather conditions on the East Coast and the Midwest
continue to impact racing operations at a variety of racetracks.
Parx Racing in suburban Philadelphia cancelled Monday'sscheduled live program in the morning hours and by midafternoon, word was circulating that the live card for Tuesday
was also called off. Temperatures well-below freezing prompted
weekend cancellations at Aqueduct and Laurel and althoughtemperatures in the region flirted with the 40-degree mark on
Monday, the thawing and re-freezing of racing surfaces is surely
causing nightmares for track superintendents.
Temperatures had once again sunk to sub-freezing by nightfall

Quality Road's Track Phantom is now level-best on the Road to the
Kentucky Derby following his win in the GIII Lecomte S. | Hodges

Sire (Sire=s Sire)
#SWs
#GSW
American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile)
37
19(Forever Souper--Sunshine Turf S.)
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TUESDAY • JANUARY 23, 2024

New SWs For Sires cont.

DAVIS REAPPOINTED TO CHRB
Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile)
31
9(Creative Cairo--Marie G. Krantz Memorial S.-L)
Into Mischief (Harlan's Holiday)
144
68(Espionage--Ft. Bliss S.)
Practical Joke (Into Mischief)
18
8(Chesterette--Bold Ego H.)
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Quality Road (Elusive Quality)
80
39(Strong Quality--Colonel E. R. Bradley S.-L;
Track Phantom--Lecomte S.-GIII)
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4--(West Omaha--Silverbulletday S. presented by Fasig-Tipton-L)
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Italics indicate new activity, statistics include Northern
Hemisphere results only. Want to promote your stallion? Emailsuefinley@thoroughbreddailynews.com.

ECLIPSE CEREMONY TO BE BROADCAST LIVEThe Eclipse Awards Ceremony, to be held Thursday at The
Breakers Palm Beach in Florida, will be broadcast live on
FanDuel TV and Racetrack Television Network (RTN). The
Keeneland red-carpet show will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the
ceremony following at 7:30 p.m. ET.
In addition to FanDuel TV and RTN, the ceremony will be
streamed live on multiple outlets including: NTRA.com,
americasbestracing.net, bloodhorse.com, DRF.com,
equibase.com, ThoroughbredDailyNews.com, and NTRA's
YouTube channel.
The ceremony will be co-hosted by Britney Eurton, Acacia
Courtney Clement, and Nick Luck. Caton Bredar will be serving
as the ceremony announcer.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has reappointed Brenda
Davis to the California Horse Racing Board. Davis, who has
served on the CHRB since 2020, has been Principal at the Brenda
Davis Law Group since 2007. She was Managing Counsel at the
California Farm Bureau Federation from 1999 to 2007 and was a
Legislative Advocate and Negotiator in the Executive Office of
the Attorney General at the California Department of Justicefrom 1996 to 1999. She is a member of the California State Bar,
New Mexico State Bar, Mercy Foundation Board of Trustees andthe Friends of Sacramento Arts Board of Directors. Davis, a
Republican, earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Public Policy Sciences from Duke University. This position
requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per
diem.

'ALL OTHERS' FAVORED IN DERBY FUTURE WAGER
The pari-mutuel field of AAll Other Colts and Geldings from the2021 Foal Crop@ closed as the 2-1 favorite in Pool 3 of the
Kentucky Derby Future Wager, while GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile
winner Fierceness (City of Light) was the 8-1 second choice.
Other horses who attracted mild interest from bettors:
GII Remsen S. runner-up Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) (13-1);
GII Remsen S. winner and the full-brother to GI Kentucky Derby
winner Mage, Dornoch (Good Magic) (15-1); Breeders= CupJuvenile third Locked (Gun Runner) (18-1); recent Gulfstream
Park maiden winner Conquest Warrior (City of Light) (18-1); andGun Runner S. and GIII Lecomte S. winner Track Phantom(Quality Road) (18-1).
Total handle for the Jan. 19-21 KDFW pool was $334,472($254,977 in the Win pool and $79,495 in Exactas), a 7%
increase from last year=s $312,906 ($244,700 in the Win pooland $68,207 in Exactas).
A total of $809,662 has been bet on the Derby future wagers
so far this year, compared to $623,660 at this stage last year--a
30% surge.
Other Future Wager dates are set for Feb. 16-18 (Pool 4); Mar.
15-17 (Pool 5); Apr. 4-6 (Pool 6). The lone Kentucky Oaks Future
Wager will coincide with Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 5.
For the complete final odds for the third pool, visit
www.KentuckyDerby.com/FutureWager.

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

TUESDAY • JANUARY 23, 2024

TAA NAMED OFFICIAL AFTERCARE PARTNER OFPEGASUSCoadyThe Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) has been named
the official aftercare partner of this weekend's Pegasus World
Cup races at Gulfstream Park.
The TAA will have a race named on both the Friday andSaturday programs. On Friday, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliancewill present Race 6: ACongratulations Fasig-Tipton TAA Auction
Winners@ alongside Fasig-Tipton, the winning bidder of lastyear=s Off to the Races VIP Pegasus Package. Post time is set for
2:39 PM ET.
On Saturday, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will present
Race 10, the Grade II >TAA Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare
Turf Invitational S.=, which has a post time of 3:45 PM ET.
Winners of both named races will receive a Thoroughbred
Aftercare Alliance blanket and a gift bag with branded
merchandise. In recognition of their enduring collaboration,
1/ST RACING will present Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance witha generous check donation following the named race at
Gulfstream Park on Saturday. Representatives from theThoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Board of Directors and its
accredited organizations will be present for the checkpresentation.
AWe're thrilled to have Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance join
us again at the Pegasus World Cup,@ said Nicole Walker, Vice
President of The Stronach Group. ATheir amazing dedication toensuring the well-being of these incredible animals on and off
the racetrack deserves to be recognized, plus their wonderfulpresence adds to our celebration of racing excellence.@
The TAA will present 'best turned-out' awards, sponsored byCentennial Farm, for each of Saturday's 14 races. The winninggroom and horse will be recognized by the track announcer andwill be promoted across TAA's social media accounts.

Award recipients will recent a TAA gift bag with branded
merchandise.
AThoroughbred Aftercare Alliance is extremely excited to bepart of Pegasus World Cup for another year,@ said Stacie Clark
Rogers, operations consultant at Thoroughbred Aftercare
Alliance. AIt's a testament to our shared commitment to the careand support of these exceptional athletes. We're thrilled tocontinue our long-time partnership with Pegasus, uniting for the
betterment of retired Thoroughbred racehorses in thisprestigious racing event.@

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

JOCKEY
Zayas

WT
123

Lopez
Ortiz, Jr.
Velazquez
De La Cruz
Alvarado
Prat

123
123
123
123
123
123

Saez
Ortiz
Castellano
Dettori
Gaffalione
Gaffalione

123
123
123
123
123
123

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

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

WT
123
123
123
123
123
123
123

Dutrow
O'BrienAttfield
Weaver
Stidham
Pletcher
Lynch

123
118
123
123
123
123
123

LezcanoMoore
Saez
Castellano
Dettori
Gaffalione
Velazquez

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

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

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

WT
118
118
120
118
118
118
118
120
120
120

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

TRAINER
McPeekClary
McPeekAsmussenGelnerPomier

JOCKEY
Jara
Diego
Cohen
Elliott
Wethey Jr.
Manrrique

WT
118
116
116
116
118
118

CalhounGutierrez

118

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

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

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

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

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

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

WT
120
116
118
116
123
118
123
116
123
123
118
118

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

WT
123
118
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118
118
120
118
118
120

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

WT
120
120
120
120
120
120

120
120
122
120
120
118

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

Cumulative Leading Third-Crop Sires by Winners
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Standing NA - Worldwide Earnings - NH Foals
Stallion
BTW BTH
GSW GSH
G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings
Mendelssohn
620
1
6--237 119370,950
9,185,823(2015) by Scat Daddy FYR: 2020
Stands: Coolmore Ashford KY Fee: $15,000
AustereBolt d'Oro
10
28
5
12
1
1
176 96
765,712
10,466,337(2015) by Medaglia d'Oro FYR: 2020
Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $60,000
Major Dude
Justify
20
33
13
21
6
8
197 891,317,750
12,846,840(2015) by Scat Daddy FYR: 2020
Stands: Coolmore Ashford KY Fee: $200,000
Just F Y IGood Magic
17
21
9
10
3
4
157 882,507,450
12,315,950(2015) by Curlin FYR: 2020
Stands: Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa KY Fee: $125,000 Mage
Collected
7833--160 81439,724
5,380,628(2013) by City Zip FYR: 2020
Stands: Airdrie Stud KY Fee: $10,000
Taxed
Accelerate27----146 74
228,022
3,711,123(2013) by Lookin At Lucky FYR: 2020
Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: Pensioned
Winters Lion
Army Mule
10
16
2
5
1
1
109 71
957,090
7,453,577(2014) by Friesan Fire FYR: 2020
Stands: Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa KY Fee: $25,000 Danse Macabre
Mo Town
612
3
4--136 71
637,775
5,037,260(2014) by Uncle Mo FYR: 2020
Stands: Coolmore Ashford KY Fee: $5,000
Key of Life
Cloud Computing
49-1--135 66
273,180
4,026,542(2014) by Maclean's Music FYR: 2020
Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $5,000
Big Data
Girvin
10
16
3
5
1
2
107 65677,300
6,730,188(2014) by Tale of Ekati FYR: 2020
Stands: Airdrie Stud KY Fee: $30,000
Damon's Mound
City of Light
7
18
2
7
1
2
133 64
1,102,750
7,735,107(2014) by Quality Road FYR: 2020
Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $35,000
FiercenessWest Coast410-1--130 64
221,2903,984,316(2014) by Flatter FYR: 2020
Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $5,000West Coast Cowboy
Good Samaritan
58
2
3--118 58
745,652
5,141,476(2014) by Harlan's Holiday FYR: 2020
Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $5,000
Secret Money
Mor Spirit16----136 58
567,2114,280,316(2013) by Eskendereya FYR: 2020
Stands: Swifty Farms IN Fee: Private
Chancheng Glory
Always Dreaming
3
4
1
1
1
1
142 56
982,085
4,194,925(2014) by Bodemeister FYR: 2020
Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $5,000
Saudi Crown

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IN ORDER OF PURSE:
8th-Santa Anita, $72,020, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($50,000),
1-21, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT, 2:02.37, gd, 1 length.
KHINJANI (GB) (f, 4, Sir Percy {GB}--Kandahari {GB}, by
Archipenko) came home a winner for trainer Ed Walker in her
most recent start, a win at Windsor in October, and was sent off
the even-money choice to add another one in her U.S. bow. A
bit slow off the blocks from post 2, she was unhurried in a
trailing seventh through initial fractions of :22.86 and :46.86.
Picking up the tempo midway down the backstretch, she knifed
her way along the inside, was within striking distance turning for
home, took over at will and kicked on in the stretch to score by a
deceptively easy one-length score over Vincero Grande (Mr.
Big). The winner is a full to Kawida (GB), SW-Eng, GSP-Fr,
GSP-Ire. A half-sister to Australian multiple Group 1 winner Zaaki(GB) (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}), Kandahari also has an unraced
juvenile filly by Study of Man (Ire) in addition to a yearling fillyby the Lanwades Stud sire. Sales History: 160,000gns 3yo '23
TATMA. Lifetime Record: 11-3-3-2, $67,114. Click for theEquibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Jackpot Farm, Lordship Stud, Rancho Temescal Thoroughbred
Partners & Joseph Navarro; B-Miss K. Rausing (GB); T-Mark
Glatt.

Yoshida | Louise Reinagel

SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: TUESDAY, JANUARY 23
2024 Stud Fees Listed
One Sided (Quality Road), R. A. Rowe Farms
13 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners
6-Mahoning Valley, 3:04 p.m. EST, Msw 6f, One Step Aside, 6-1$5,000 OTB OMX yrl
Yoshida (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}), Darley Japan, -1,500,000
164 foals of racing age/15 winners/0 black-type winners
7-Parx Racing, 2:47 p.m. EST, Msw 1m, Eff Thirty Five, 6-1$82,000 EAS OCT yrl

Sir Percy | Lanwades Stud

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TUESDAY • JANUARY 23, 2024

IN JAPAN:
Gun Wolf, c, 4, Gun Runner--Loure, by A.P. Indy. Kokura, 1-21,
Allowance, 1700m, 1:43.6. Lifetime Record: 9-2-0-2, $134,958.
O-Toshiyuki Maehara; B-Winchester Farm (KY); T-Kenichi
Fujioka. *1/2 to Do the Dance (Discreet Cat), SW, $198,980;
Randonnee (Blame), SW & MGSP-Jpn, $660,271.

ALLOWANCE RESULTS:
8th-Mahoning Valley, $33,700, (S), 1-22, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m,
6f, 1:14.79, ft, 1 length.
MOBIL MEMORY (f, 4, Mobil--Mygirlfriday, by Lunarpal)
Lifetime Record: 10-2-3-3, $71,323. O-Laurie Pratt; B-Mapleton
Thoroughbred Farm (OH); T-Jeffrey A. Radosevich.

IN SOUTH KOREA:
Nice Cheetah, f, 3, Bolt d'Oro--Circleofcompetence, by Curlin.
Seoul, 1-20, Hcp. (C4), 1200m. B-St Simon Place & Scott
Stephens (KY). *$30,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV; $37,000 RNA 2yo'23 FTMMAY. VIDEO (SC 11)
Montauk Chat, c, 3, Preservationist--Aggregator (SP, $158,072),
by Graydar. Seoul, 1-21, Hcp. (C4), 1200m. B-Scarteen Stud &Barry Donworth (KY). *$20,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV; $57,000 Ylg'22 KEESEP; $30,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR. VIDEO (SC 9)
I'm Jjang, c, 3, Sky Mesa--Sly Beauty (SW & GSP-Can, $143,455),
by Into Mischief. Seoul, 1-20, Hcp. (C3), 1400m. B-Debby M
Oxley (KY). *$42,000 Ylg '22 FTKOCT. VIDEO (SC 5)

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Hialeah Native, g, 4, Hoppertunity--Bang Away, by Sky Mesa.
Mahoning Valley, 1-22, 1m, 1:41.78. Lifetime Record: 6-1-0-2,$25,621. B-Charles McGinnes (MD). *$30,000 Ylg '21 EASOCT.

Choegang Blade, g, 6, Midshipman--Pyramyst (SP, $532,802), by
Pyramid Peak. Seoul, 1-20, Hcp. (C2), 1200m. B-McCauley
Farm LLC (KY). *Won by six lengths. **$57,000 Wlg '18
KEENOV; $45,000 RNA Ylg '19 KEESEP. VIDEO (SC 4)
Legend Day, h, 6, Race Day--Sakra, by Buddha. Seoul, 1-21, Hcp.
(C1), 1200m. B-Terry Phillips (IN). *$4,200 Ylg '19 KEEJAN;$17,000 Ylg '19 FTKOCT. VIDEO (SC 1)

Khinjani (GB) (by Sir Percy {GB}) takes her U.S. debut with a
comfortable score at Santa Anita Sunday.
(click to watch)

Hoppertunity, Hialeah Native, g, 4, o/o Bang Away, by Sky
Mesa. MSW, 1-22, Mahoning Valley
Mobil, Mobil Memory, f, 4, o/o Mygirlfriday, by Lunarpal. ALW,
1-22, Mahoning Valley
Sir Percy (GB), Khinjani (GB), f, 4, o/o Kandahari (GB), by
Archipenko. AOC, 1-21, Santa Anita

TUESDAY, 23 JANUARY, 2024

VALUE SIRES PART IV:
IT=S ALL RELATIVE

IN THE HOT SEAT: ED BETHELL
The questionnaire series continues with Group 1-winningtrainer Ed Bethell in the spotlight.
Proudest moment of 2023?
Winning the G1 Sprint Cup at Haydock with Regional (GB)(Territories {Ire}).
What is your biggest ambition for the new year?
Keep training winners and try to train another Group 1 winner
if I can.
Give us one horse to follow and why?
That's a really good question. I've got some really nicethree-year-olds. I think Paborus (GB) would be the one to follow.
He's a lovely, big horse by Recoletos (Fr) and he's owned by acouple of great pals of mine. Cont., p7

Sottsass | Coolmore

by Emma BerryWe're at the top end now when it comes to stallion fees, butthere is quite a range to those prices, which for this feature isanything above ,/i20,000. There is of course a massive
difference, certainly when it comes to value, in a stallion
standing at ,35,000 and one at ,350,000. In fact, we have twoat that latter fee, which makes Frankel (GB) and Dubawi (Ire),
the champion sires of the last two years in Britain and Ireland,
the most expensive stallions in the world.
Those two representatives of Juddmonte and Darley
respectively live within a mile of each other as the crow flies
over the stud farms encircling Newmarket. Add to that mighty
pair the names of Kingman (GB) at ,125,000 and Baaeed (GB)at ,80,000, and you have four of the top ten European stallions
by price all within that square mile of excellence.
It's not all about Newmarket, of course, with the Aga Khan
Studs standing the most expensive stallion in France, Siyouni(Fr), at i200,000, the same fee commanded by their Sea The
Stars (Ire) in Ireland, where he matches Wootton Bassett (GB),
who heads the Coolmore roster. The lucky ones among us were
those who jumped aboard the Siyouni and Wootton Bassett
supporters' buses when those two stallions started out at
i7,000 and i6,000 respectively.
Cont., p3

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Siyouking was anchored out the back early, but sustained his bid down
the outer lanes to overtake rivals late and pick up a second career
victory in France.

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Dependable

Acclamation | Rathbarry Stallions

Value Sires, cont. from p1
In bloodstock, as in life, there's a lot to be said for those whohave carved out their own lofty niches from humble origins.
Of course, with this level of sire power, one needs a mare ofequally high standing, whether on the racecourse or as a
producer or both. Many of the resulting offspring are retained
to race by major owner-breeders, and those that do make it to
the sales ring can be expected to fetch the level of return that
could make even these high fees look good value. It's all relative.

At a more reachable level for many breeders comes thisdependable trio - two we can most certainly call stalwarts andone who stamped his presence on the business with his first few
crops.
We discussed Yeomanstown Stud's Dark Angel (Ire) in greater
depth in TDN last August. For 2024, he remains at i60,000,
which was his fee for the preceding three seasons and downfrom three years at i85,000 between 2018 and 2020.
Admittedly, his yearling sales average, which was in six figures
for seven straight seasons, has dipped a little in the last few
years and to a certain degree he is perhaps a victim of his own
success, with various sons and other younger stallions of asimilar profile encroaching on this popular sprinter/miler
territory. But he had 77 yearlings sold at an average of ,88,637
in 2023 which isn't bad going and, now 19, he was also third in
the general sires' table behind Frankel and Dubawi.
From one O'Callaghan family farm to another, we switch to
Tally-Ho Stud. At 23, Kodiac (GB) is into veteran territory but heis also at his lowest fee for nine years at i35,000. You prettymuch know what you're going to get with him because he's
been there, done that, siring plenty of fast colts and fillies andregularly providing the highest number of winners in a season.
Cont.

Breeder, agent and syndicate manager Luke Lillingstonof Mount Coote Stud.

The best yearling/weanling you saw at the 2023
sales (that someone else bought)?
TDN, 11th-19th
Jan, 2024
The ST MARK'S
BASILICA
filly out of Talent,bought by Jill Lamb, was a deserving sale-topper at
Tattersalls, and I believe still good value at 575,000gns.

Chantilly trainer Tim Donworth.
TDN, 11th-21st Jan, 2024

The best yearling/weanling you saw at the 2023
sales (that someone else bought)?
The SOTTSASS filly out of Up in Time was a nice buy(bought by Howson & Houldsworth Bloodstock for Chris
Stedman for 110,000gns). She had a lot of class.
Kate Harrington, assistant trainer to her mother,
Jessica Harrington.

And the best value stallion in Europe?
It has to be CALYX. He’s operating at an impressive

strike-rate with his first runners and had three Groupwinning juveniles last year. He looks good value to me.

Breeder, pinhooker and TBA vice-chair Kate Sigsworth,
who manages her family's West Moor Stud in Yorkshire.

And the best value stallion in Ireland, England,and France?
CALYX...
Martin Buick, bloodstock consultant for De Burgh Equine.

And the best value stallion in Europe?
Proven value is hard to find so I'll go with CHURCHILL at€30,000... he has had two champions from his first two crops
in Vadeni and Blue Rose Cen and that fee could look cheap
down the line. He is still a young stallion that I suspect we'll
hear plenty more about in the years to come.

Trainer Diego Dias.

And the best value stallion in Europe?
I would say ARIZONA. He's a son of No Nay Never and,at only five thousand, I think he's good value. I have a nicefilly by him. She goes very well.

Contact: Coolmore Stud Tel: +353-52-6131298. Castlehyde Stud Tel: +353-25-31966. E-mail: sales@coolmore.ie Website: www.coolmore.com

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He hasn't lost his touch, as demonstrated last year by his
That is not always a guarantee of increased success but I
Group 1-winning son and now stable-mate Good Guess (GB) and wouldn't want to bet against Mehmas continuing to be one of
the G2 Lowther S. winner Relief Rally (Ire).
the most exciting younger sires in the European ranks. His
Before Good Guess gets a shot at the title, the most credible
equable temperament, and that of many of his offspring,
threat to Kodiac's crown withinappears to be what sets him
the Tally-Ho empire comesapart.
from Mehmas (Ire), who tore
Versatile
up the first-season sire record
If you're looking for a stallion
books in 2020 and haswith the potential to get you acontinued to build on that great
Classic winner at a mid-level pricestart. His European results arethen the names of Teofilo (Ire) atbacked up by some notablei30,000, Sea The Moon (Ger) at
success in America, which,32,500, and Galiway (GB) at
should put his sales stock,i30,000 should all bewhether as yearlings or horses
considered.
in training, on the radar of a
It would be wrong towider range of buyers, and atcompartmentalise
Teofilo as ai50,000 in 2024, his fee has
staying stallion, though he is very
come down from last year's
good at that, as his Melbourne
high of i60,000.
Pinatubo enjoying a romp in his pasture | Darley
Cup-winning sons Without A Fight
His two-year-olds of this year(Ire),
Twilight
Payment(Ire)
and
Cross Counter (GB) show, not towere conceived in his first book after that break-out season ofmention the Ascot Gold Cup winner Subjectivist (GB).
2020, so we can expect the level of of his mates that year toCont.
have risen in line with his fee.

TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 9 • THETDN.COM

But there is much more in Teofilo's playbook than that, and heremains a hugely dependable sire across the distances, and offillies too, from the Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Pleascach (Ire) to
Irish St Leger winner Voleuse De Coeurs (Ire). If you also factor
in some of his achievements as a broodmare sire - Coroebus(Ire), Mac Swiney (Ire), Cachet (Ire) and Dreamloper (Ire) areamong the Group 1 winners in that category - and a case can bemade for Teofilo being an elite sire at a much more affordable
fee than some in that category.
Sea The Moon has defied the level of commercial acceptability
usually granted to winners of the Deutsches Derby andthroughout his career to date has posted very consistent sales
returns via his yearlings. His fee has remained sensible - startingat ,15,000 for the first six seasons, and then rising steadily to,22,500, then ,25,000 and to his current high of ,32,500. No
doubt helped by the fact that he tends to get very good-looking
stock, Sea The Moon has a following in both hemispheres
despite never having left Lanwades since retiring to stud, and hecoasts into 2024 having sired the winners of the equivalents of
the Derby and the Oaks in his native Germany, where he is thechampion sire.
Climbing up the ranks in France is Galiway, whose two Group 1
winners are the full-brothers Sealiway (Fr), who was also busy
last year at Haras de Beaumont, and Classic prospect Sunway

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(Fr). We can perhaps expect Galiway to make as much of an
impact at the Cheltenham Festival as he may do at Chantilly or
Epsom, and that has increased his appeal to the National Hunt
crowd, with another of his sons, Kenway (Fr), having recently
joined Coolagown Stud in Ireland.
But it is the Flat with which we are chiefly concerned here, andGaliway's French yearling results last year - six sold at Arqana inAugust for an average of i131,667 and 23 in October for ai44,761 average, all from his 2021 fee of i12,000 fee - makehim a stallion worthy of closer attention. Since 2021, his pricehas increased to i30,000.

The Next Step
This year is a critical one for the two young stallions who madethe biggest impression with their first-crop runners in 2023.
Understandably, both Blue Point (Ire) and Too Darn Hot (GB)have been given fee increases, the former from i35,000 to
i60,000 and the latter from ,40,000 to ,65,000. Getting amare in to either of these Darley stallions might have been the
toughest first challenge for the many breeders who wanted touse them at their higher fees. There is plenty of sales-ring andsome racecourse evidence to back up those decisions, and aGroup 1-winning three-year-old, preferably a Classic winner, will
be required to keep these reputations soaring. Cont.

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A year ahead of them is Coolmore's Sioux Nation, whose
juveniles of this year were conceived at his lowest fee of
i10,000. He is now at i27,500 thanks to the exploits of thehugely likeable Brave Emperor (Ire) and Matilda Picotte (Ire)among his 10 Group winners from his two crops of runners torace. Sioux Nation was third in the second-season sires' table
last year behind Ace Impact's sire Cracksman (GB) and Havana
Grey (GB), and while the latter had the highest number ofblack-type winners (11), Sioux Nation was represented by themost Group winners of this intake (7). He is definitely a horse towatch, even though his fee has increased by i10,000 in the lastyear.

Everything to Prove
I'm going to pitch in two names here who are teetering on thebrink of triumph or disaster. That's not actually true, of course,
but such is the knee-jerk reaction to the early results of stallions
by industry people who really should know better, that somehorses can be commercially 'dead' before we have even had aproper chance to see what they can do. If mass desertion bybreeders follows then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy thatthe stallion will fail, sometimes through no actual fault of hisown, other than the fact that he is unlikely to get you a
Brocklesby winner.

Sioux Nation | Coolmore

Anyway, as I climb down off my soapbox for the umpteenth
time with the fading hope that folks will just wait'n'see awhile, I
will put forward Ghaiyyath (Ire) at i25,000 and Hello Youmzain(Fr) at i22,500 as two of the more interesting names among
those with first runners in 2024.
A dual Group 1-winning son of Kodiac, Hello Youmzain's
yearlings were in demand in Deauville last year and he must be
odds-on to be France's leading first-season sire this year. Cont.

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He covered 140 mares in his first season at Haras d'Etreham at
his opening fee of i25,000.
Ghaiyyath's fee has also been trimmed slightly from his
starting point of i30,000. Not all sons of Dubawi are createdequal, of course, and there is now no shortage of them at stud,
but Night Of Thunder (Ire), bred on the same cross as the
130-rated Ghaiyyath, and Too Darn Hot, bred on a similar cross,have set the bar high.
Both Hello Youmzain and Ghaiyyath became Group winners
themselves for the first time in the second half of their juvenile
seasons. If their offspring can follow suit, it is easy to imagine
that both stallions could be more expensive by this time next
year.

TUESDAY • 23 JANUARY 2024

would be hard to disagree, as he has swagger and substance inspades.
His yearling average of almost ,154,000 for 41 sold tells of hiscommercial popularity to date. It's up to him now, and up his
sleeve he has the fact that he is from the same family as
Invincible Spirit and Kodiac.
Pinatubo has remained at ,35,000 throughout his stud career
and that could look very reasonable if his stock live up to
expectations this year.
Gold: Sottsass (Fr), Coolmore, i25,000
We hear a lot about 'stallion-making races' and I'm not sure I
believe in the concept, but all we need to know about Sottsass isthat he won the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and the G1 Prix de l'Arcde Triomphe - two races that most owners would give theireyeteeth to win - not to mention the G1 Prix Ganay and G2 Prix
Niel. He was also third in the Arc as a three-year-old behind theolder horses Waldgeist (GB) and Enable (GB).
Sottsass is from one of the current 'it' families, with his
half-siblings including the stellar Sistercharlie (Ire) and My Sister
Nat (Fr), while full-brother Shin Emperor (Fr) looks a Grade 1, oreven Classic, winner in the making in Japan this year.
He is the first cab off the rank when it comes to Coolmore'ssons of Siyouni (Fr). In general, his first yearlings looked athletic
and together, and they may raise a few eyebrows by coming tohand sooner than expected. More importantly, however, theyshould go on, and as we know, it's best to rely on a Classic
winner to get you a Classic winner.

TDN Value Podium
Bronze: Acclamation (GB), Rathbarry Stud, i25,000
If we are spruiking Dark Angel and Mehmas in this piece, thenwe must have their sire on the podium. At 25, Acclamation isstill going strong and is an increasingly significant influence. As
last year's G1 Hong Kong Cup and G1 Cox Plate winner Romantic
Warrior (Ire) showed, he is far from just a one-trick pony,though he is obviously best known as a sire of sprinters, with thebrilliant Marsha (Ire) among them. Al Shaqab's Orne (Ire), who
was bred at home by Rathbarry, has Classic claims ahead of thisseason, and with Acclamation's fee sliding down from his
career-high of i40,000 in 2018 and 2019, he's very much still
one to keep on your side.
Silver: Pinatubo (Ire), Dalham Hall Stud, ,35,000
Perhaps boosted by the success of his fellow son of Shamardal,
Blue Point, last year, Pinatubo seems to be many people's ideaof this season's leading freshman in waiting. If you had thechance to see him last week during Darley's open days, then it

Ed Bethell, cont. from p1
I think he could be pretty good. He's a very big horse and I
think in time he'll develop into a lovely horse.
Who do you think will be champion first-season sire this year?
Everyone seems to be talking about Earthlight (Ire), but I'll gowith Pinatubo (Ire).
And the best value stallion in Europe?
I think Make Believe (GB) is very good value at i10,000. Or
the simple answer for me would be Territories (Ire), who is thesire of Regional and stands at just ,10,000.
What's the one horse you wish you'd bought in 2023?
I missed out on Big Evs (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) as a yearling [in2022] when he was on my list. Cont.

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listed-placed Inishnee (Ire) (Al Wukair {Ire}). A half to the G3
Ridgewood Pearl S. winner Shamwari Lodge (Ire) (Hawk Wing)
who in turn produced the G3 Diomed S.-winning Hannon
stalwart Oh This Is Us (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), she also has ayearling filly by St Mark=s Basilica (Fr). Sales history: 110,000gns
Ylg >22 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $4,799.
O-Opulence Thoroughbreds; B-Pier House Stud (IRE); T-Andrew
Balding.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:
Only In Jakarta (Ire), c, 3, No Nay Never--Aurora Spring (Ire), by
Power (GB). Newcastle, 1-22, 7f 14y (AWT), 1:33.90. Lifetime
Record: 4-1-2-0, ,8,252. B-Lynch Bages Ltd (IRE). *310,000gns
Ylg >22 TATOCT.
Ed Bethell | Tattersalls

I think he went through as a yearling for 50,000gns, but I justdidn't have the budget for him at the time. He's been a bit of apain in my bum!
Biggest regret?
I have no regrets.
Biggest influence on your career?
I guess my father [former trainer James Bethell] would have to
get the call up on that one.
If you could sit down for dinner with three people (dead or
alive) who would they be and why?
David Beckham would be one, I'd love to sit down with him.
Margot Robbie would be pretty cool to have around andsomeone like John Magnier would be really interesting to sit andlisten to. That's a really weird mix of people, isn't it?

Monday=s Results:
2nd-Kempton, ,7,000, Mdn, 1-22, 3yo, 7f (AWT), 1:27.76, st/sl.
ARCTIC THUNDER (IRE) (c, 3, Night Of Thunder {Ire}--Al Kirana{Ire}, by Exceed And Excel {Aus}), fifth on debut over six
furlongs at Lingfield in November, raced in mid-division early.
Staying on strongly down the outer in the run to the line, the 9-2
shot edged out Colour Code (Ire) (Due Diligence) in the shade of
the post to prevail by a nose. The dam, whose 2-year-old son ofBlue Point (Ire) was a 250,000gns purchase by Peter and Ross
Doyle Bloodstock at Tatts Book 2, is already responsible for the

Monday=s Results:
1st-Pau, i22,000, Cond, 1-22, 3yo, 8f (AWT), 1:36.70, st.
SIYOUKING (FR) (c, 3, Siyouni {Fr}--Winter Queen {GB}, by
Dubawi {Ire}), off the mark over course and distance inNovember, was anchored at the back of the pack early.
Produced with a sustained effort down the outer to take theadvantage inside the last 100 metres, the 6-5 favourite beatGolden State (Fr) (Zelzal) by half a length. The dam is a half tofour black-type performers headed by the G1 Prix Jean-Luc
Lagardere-winning sire Naaqoos (GB) (Oasis Dream) and the G3Prix la Force-winning sire Barastraight (GB) (Barathea {Ire}). Also
connected to the G3 Prix de Cabourg-winning sire Mazameer(Ire) (Green Desert) and the G3 Prix de Psyche winner and G1
Prix Saint-Alary runner-up Vue Fantastique (Fr) (Motivator {GB}),she has a 2-year-old full-brother to the winner named Sea Fort
(GB) and a yearling filly by Sea The Moon (Ger). Sales history:
i87,000 RNA Ylg >22 ARQOCT. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1,
i25,950. Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Serge Boucheron; B-Serge Boucheron & Micheline Boucheron(FR); T-Francois Rohaut.

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NEW SLOT RACE FOR NEW ZEALAND

Andrew Seabrook | NZ Bloodstockby Trent Masenhelder/TTR AusNZ
The groundswell of positivity continues to surge through racingin New Zealand, with a major revamp of summer racing in New
Zealand from 2025 revealed on Monday.
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR), TAB New Zealandand Entain have joined forces to launch the Southern
Hemisphere=s richest 3-year-old race - >The NZB Kiwi=. Sponsored
by New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB), >The NZB Kiwi= will carryprizemoney of NZ$3.5 million in 2025, before increasing to
NZ$4.5 million by 2027. An additional NZ$1 million in bonuses
will be available each year to the three placegetters of the race,
if they have won one of a number of iconic New Zealand andAustralian lead-up races. With the bonus component, thewinner of The NZB Kiwi could take home as much as NZ$1.8
million in prizemoney.
The NZB Kiwi will be one of the major highlights of the newly

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established Champions Day that will feature more than NZ$9
million in prizemoney in year one, climbing to NZ$10 million inyear two.
Held on the second Saturday in March at Ellerslie Racecourse,Champions Day will also include the G1 Trackside New Zealand
Derby and three other iconic Group 1 races.
The NZB Kiwi - a 3-year-old, 1500-metre slot race - will be therichest race ever held in New Zealand and will carry Restricted
Listed black-type status.
Fourteen slots will be available to NZB sales graduates, as wellas Kiwi horses.
NZB Managing Director Andrew Seabrook said Monday=sannouncement is another shot in the arm for the New Zealandindustry and comes at a time when the eyes of the racing world
are on Karaka.
AWhen we were initially approached by NZTR to be thesponsor of New Zealand=s first thoroughbred slot race, we didn=t
hesitate to give it our full support,@ said Seabrook.
AWe love the concept and the direction that racing is heading
in at the moment. To have such positive news just under a week
out before the yearling sales at Karaka adds an extra layer of
optimism to our industry.
AWe think it=s a fantastic initiative and it=s certainly an excitingtime to be racing horses in New Zealand.@Feedback To NZ's New Slot Race
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