TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here TRACKSIDE IN DUBAI by Michele MacDonald Emerging from dark shadows into the golden beams cast by overhead lights, California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) strode on to the track at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai more than an hour before dawn on Mar. 23 looking like a Hollywood star who owned the vast racing theater built by Sheikh Mohammed. AHe hears your cameras,@ exercise rider Willie Delgado said, smiling, as the colt struck a noble pose for the few bystanders on hand around 5 a.m. Jogging forward, California Chrome whinnied into the darkness: a challenge, California Chrome perhaps, or just Michelle MacDonald enthusiasm for the moment. AEverything is going great,@ declared assistant trainer Alan Sherman after pointing his own camera at the handsome chestnut who galloped about 1 3/4 miles as he prepares for the world=s richest race, the $10 million G1 Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates. AHe seems to be enjoying it here.@ While California Chrome went to the Meydan track in the sunshine around 7 a.m. on his first venture out of quarantine on Mar. 21, Lea Sherman has Michele MacDonald subsequently opted for the pre-dawn darkness for his most recent gallops. AI like coming earlier. It=s cooler and there are less flies,@ Sherman said. APlus, he=ll get used to the lights.@ Cont. p7 SKY THE LIMIT FOR CANDY RIDE Only a couple of weeks ago, Bill Oppenheim reminded us of 2005=s remarkable crop of new stallions, featuring Tapit, Medaglia d=Oro, Speightstown and Candy Ride. At a time when the top stallions commanded such fees as $500,000 (Storm Cat) and $300,000 (A.P. Indy and Kingmambo), it is worth remembering that two of these newcomers were available for as little as $15,000 (Tapit) and $10,000 (Candy Ride). The inexpensive nature of Candy Ride=s fee reflected a couple of factors which tend to be unhelpful--to say the least--to a young stallion=s prospects. For a start, his debut at stud in February 2005 came roughly 18 months after Candy Ride had last been seen in action on the track. Admittedly, that last appearance--in the GI Pacific Classic--took some forgetting, as he had been fairly spectacular in defeating the likes of Medaglia d=Oro, Fleetstreet Dancer and Milwaukee Brew in a track-record time of 1:59.11, to earn a Beyer figure of 123. His record was made all the more special by the fact that he was still a month short of his actual fourth birthday when he dominated the Pacific Classic. Cont. p3 IN THIS ISSUE KHRC Approves Lasix-Free Races The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted by an 8-4 margin Monday to allow tracks to write race conditions that bar horses from receiving furosemide within 24 hours of post time. The proposed regulation must now get approval from state legislators. Page 6 President & Co-Publisher: Barry Weisbord barryweisbord@thetdn.com @barryweisbord Dubai Fields Drawn Sr. V.P. & Co-Publisher: Sue Finley suefinley@thetdn.com @suefinley As momentum builds towards Saturday’s Dubai World Cup card at Meydan, fields were drawn Monday for three of the day’s races. The Eoin Harty-trained My Johnny Be Good (Colonel John) faces nine rivals in the G2 UAE Derby, while Prayer for Relief (Jump Start) is drawn in the middle of a 16-horse field for the G2 Godolphin Mile and 15 are expected to go postward in the G2 Dubai Gold Cup. V.P., International Operations: Gary King garyking@thetdn.com @garykingTDN EDITORIAL Main Sequence Michelle MacDonald Page 8 Vacation for Vancouver Vancouver (Aus) (Medaglia d’Oro) will get the rest of the year off after his dramatic victory in Saturday’s G1 Golden Slipper S. "I want him to come back and win the [G1] Golden Rose and the Guineas and have a shot at the Cox Plate," trainer Gai Waterhouse told The Age. 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Malabar Racing Post photo Page 9 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/24/15 • PAGE 3 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com HORSESHOE CASINO CINCINNATI SPIRAL S.-GIII, $535,750, TPX, 3-21, 3yo, 1 1/8m (AWT), 1:50 1/5, ft. 1--@DUBAI SKY, 123, c, 3, by Candy Ride (Arg) 1st Dam: House of Danzing, by Chester House 2nd Dam: Danzing Crown, by Danzig 3rd Dam: Crownette, by Seattle Slew O-Three Chimneys Farm & Besilu Stables; B-Besilu Stables LLC (KY); T-William I Mott; J-Jose Lezcano. $313,500. Lifetime Record: 5-4-0-1, $439,080. *Full to Twirling Candy, GISW, $944,900; 1/2 to Ethnic Dance (Tribal Rule), GSW, $302,210. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the brisnet.com chart, or the brisnet.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. (Cont. from p1) Candy Ride=s Grade I win at Del Mar took his record in Argentina and the U.S. to a perfect six for six, but he sidestepped the 2003 GI Breeders= Cup Classic and wasn=t seen again. Arguably a bigger handicap than his long spell on the sidelines was his none-too-familiar Argentinian pedigree, which featured daughters of Candy Stripes, Farnesio and Utopico as his first three dams. Breeders were on more familiar territory with his sire, the well-connected Ride The Rails, who had been a smart performer, but not smart enough to earn a stallion career in his native land. For the record, this son of Cryptoclearance had won three of his eight juvenile starts, including a stakes race, to earn 111 on the Experimental Free Handicap. Ride The Rails continued to perform well on dirt at three, notably finishing a good third to Dehere and Go for Gin in the GII Fountain of Youth and second to Holy Bull in the GI Florida Derby. Of course Candy Ride=s broodmare sire, Candy Stripes, has also made his presence felt via the American exploits of such as Invasor, Leroidesanimaux, Different and Lundy=s Liability. Needless to say, any doubts about Candy Ride=s qualifications have long since been dispelled. By the end of 2008, he ranked third behind Tapit among the freshman sires, thanks principally to the graded stakes successes of Evita Argentina and Capt. Candyman Can. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/24/15 • PAGE 4 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com By the end of 2009 his total of first-crop graded winners had been boosted to five by Chocolate Candy, El Brujo and Misremembered. Capt. Candyman Can and Evita Argentina had progressed to become his first Grade I winners and this crop=s total of Grade I winners was to rise to four in 2010, when Misremembered took the Santa Anita H. and El Brujo the Pat O=Brien S. The Grade I winners have continued to emerge from subsequent crops, to the extent that Candy Ride=s fee has now risen to a new high of $60,000. Another hike in his fee may follow next year if he can maintain the excellent start he has made to 2015, which has seen him take second place on the sires= table behind Tapit and ahead of Medaglia d=Oro. He has three graded winners among his six stakes winners, headed by his champion son Shared Belief, whose victory in the GI Santa Anita H. boosted his career figures to 10 victories from 11 starts. Three of the supersires mentioned at the start of this article have Kentucky-based sons who will be represented by their first runners in 2015. Tapit relies on Trappe Shot and Speightstown on Haynesfield, while Candy Ride will be hoping to start a dynasty with Misremembered from his first crop and with Twirling Candy and Sidney=s Candy, the two Grade I-winning sons from his second crop. Rather like their sire before them, Candy Ride=s second-crop sons haven=t commanded substantial fees early in their careers. Twirling Candy and Sidney=s Candy both started out at $15,000, in a year when Uncle Mo was the highest-priced newcomer at $35,000. While Sidney=s Candy=s fee at WinStar has remained constant at $15,000 in his first four years, Twirling Candy=s fee was reduced to $12,500 in his second season and then to $10,000. Cont. p5 DUBAI SKY, c, 2012 Cryptoclearance Ride the Rails Herbalesian Candy Ride (Arg) Candy Stripes Candy Girl (Arg) Blushing Groom (Fr) Bubble Company (Fr) Farnesio (Arg) Cithara (Arg) Raise a Native Mr. Prospector Gold Digger El Gran Senor Toussaud Image of Reality Northern Dancer Danzig Pas de Nom Seattle Slew Crownette 9Fls, 1GSW, 1GSP In Memory City Girl (Arg) Chester House House of Danzing 2-0-1-0, $9,940 6Fls, 3GSW Danzing Crown unraced 7Fls, 4Wnrs Fappiano Naval Orange Herbager Alanesian TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/24/15 • PAGE 5 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com In the circumstances both have done extremely well to sire some high-priced progeny, especially at the recent 2-year-old sales. After achieving a first-crop yearling average of over $61,000, the Santa Anita Derby winner Sidney=s Candy has had nine 2-year-olds sell for an average of $143,000 and a median of $100,000. His best price came from his colt out of Broadway Hennessey, who made $560,000 at OBS. Sidney=s Candy covered 116 mares in his first season, 104 in his second and 120 in his third. Twirling Candy, for his part, has enjoyed spectacular success with his juveniles, especially since his yearling average stood not much higher than $43,000. His six 2-year-olds achieved an average of $374,167 and median of $355,000. He owed his top price to his Sambuca Classica filly, who made $630,000, with colts selling for $500,000, $400,000, $310,000 and $300,000. As you might guess from the reduction in Twirling Candy=s fee over his first three seasons, he found it harder than Sidney=s Candy to maintain breeders= initial interest. After an opening book of 118 mares, he attracted only 72 in his second year and 85 in his third. You can bet that those sensational prices at the 2-year-old sales will change that. Twirling Candy=s profile received another boost last week, via his younger brother Dubai Sky, who took his career figures to 5-4-0-1 with his success in the GIII Spiral S. at Turfway Park. As both brothers were born in February, it is fair to compare the early stages of their careers. This comparison suggests that Dubai Sky probably has further improvement in him, as Twirling Candy didn=t become a stakes winner until July 21 in his second season, on only his third start. Dubai Sky has therefore been the more precocious and more active of the two. He will do well, though, to match Twirling Candy=s best efforts. The older brother took the GI Malibu S. in the very fast time of 1:19.70 for seven furlongs and also landed a trio of Grade II events over nine furlongs. Twirling Candy raced before California=s love affair with synthetic tracks began to wither and die. He was asked to tackle a variety of surfaces and proved highly versatile, winning both his starts on turf, half of his six starts on all-weather and two of his three starts on dirt. Younger brother Dubai Sky began his career with four starts on turf and his Spiral S. win came on his all-weather debut. He should prove similarly at home on traditional dirt if Twirling Candy is any guide, so I will be interested to see whether he is supplemented to the Triple Crown (the deadline being 11:59 p.m. yesterday). A mile and a quarter should prove no problem for him. Candy Ride was versatile too, as he proved by becoming a Group 1 winner on turf in Argentina and on dirt in the U.S. It is hardly surprising, then, that his progeny have proved unusually effective over a wide range of surfaces. Shared Belief, for example, has won on three types of synthetic and is now shining on Santa Anita=s new dirt track. Sidney=s Candy was a graded winner on all-weather, turf and dirt, while Misremembered did his graded winning on all-weather and dirt. Cont. p6 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/24/15 • PAGE 6 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Candy Ride has a fine record with Dubai Sky=s family. In addition to Twirling Candy and Dubai Sky, both sons of the twice-raced House of Danzing, the Lane=s End resident has sired the Santa Anita Derby runner-up Chocolate Candy from House of Danzing=s second dam Crownette. Dubai Sky=s fourth dam, In Memory, had the distinction of being a half-sister to the great Affirmed, sired by Affirmed=s archrival Alydar. KHRC APPROVES LASIX-FREE RACES by T.D. Thornton The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted 8-4 on Monday to allow tracks to write race conditions that bar horses from receiving furosemide within 24 hours of post time. The TDN learned of the vote via multiple social media postings by attendees at the meeting, but could not reach KHRC officials for independent confirmation because the meeting was still in progress at deadline for this story. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that Athe next step for the issue is for the proposed regulation to go before state legislators for review.@ Furosemide is Lasix (also branded Salix), a nearly universally prescribed legal diuretic in American racing. It gained widespread use in the 1970s for its ability to reduce exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage in equine athletes. In the decades since its legalization, Lasix has been debated as a performance-enhancer. Over the past five years, various jurisdictions have attempted to phase out or disincentivize its use. According to an informational packet for the meeting posted on the KHRC website, the threshold for the Lasix-free races was recommended to be 100 picograms/milliliter in a post-race serum sample, which will count as Aprima facie evidence that furosemide was administered to the horse in violation of this administrative regulation.@ Violators will be subject to Class C drug violation penalties. The Courier-Journal reported that opposition from one dissenting commissioner had to do with the Aunconstitutional delegation of the commission's authority to racetracks.@ Other debate centered on concerns that the new rule does not set limits on how many non-Lasix races a track might schedule. Officials at Keeneland Race Course, Churchill Downs, and Turfway Park could not be reached for comment before deadline for this story. But a posting from Keeneland president Bill Thomason on the association=s website read, AKeeneland supports the proposed regulation...that would give us the flexibility to card some races for horses that are free of race-day medication. We anticipate this regulation would be in effect during the 2016 racing calendar.@ TDN TODAY Headline News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 pages Pin Oak Stud @PinOakStud Fresh from her G3 win at @TurfwayPark on Sat, DON'T LEAVE ME arrives at Pin Oak for a little vacay before @Keeneland TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/24/15 • PAGE 7 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Trackside in Dubai (cont. from p1) As the final event on the $30 million, nine-race program on Mar. 28, the Dubai World Cup will be run at night under Meydan=s lights, so the experience in the pre-dawn hours will help the colt owned by Steve Coburn and Perry Martin be ready to perform at his best. Trainer Art Sherman was due to be on hand for a planned half-mile breeze by California Chrome on Mar. 24. One of California Chrome=s key challengers in the race, Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider=s Lea (First Samurai), also has drawn his share of attention over the last few days at Meydan. Another robust chestnut, 6year-old Lea Ahas taken everything in stride,@ said trainer Bill Mott=s son and assistant, Riley. Lea galloped after dawn on Mar. 23 under another Mott assistant, former jockey Neil Poznansky, and had railbirds including trainers of other Dubai World Cup program races gawking at his powerful and athletic physique. All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated "I'd love to get my hands on that one," said Eoin Harty, who trained 2009 Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed (Tiznow) and who will saddle My Johnny Be Good (Colonel John) in the $2 million G2 UAE Derby on the World Cup program, after watching Lea cover the ground with fluid strides. Shortly beforehand, Harty had sent out Casner Racing's homebred My Johnny Be Good to work a half-mile in :47 and change under Todd Pletcher's exercise rider, Nick Bush. "That's the best piece of work I've seen him put in," Harty declared, adding that he finds the new dirt track at Meydan to be similar to the surface at Tampa Bay Downs, where My Johnny Be Good finished third in the GIII Sam F. Davis Stakes. Also on track for a morning gallop in the post-dawn time slot set up for American-trained runners was Al Shaqab Racing's Mshawish (Medaglia d'Oro). Winner of his last three races for Pletcher, including the GI Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap, Mshawish has been "on his toes," reported assistant trainer Ginny DePasquale. "He was wild yesterday. He was leaping and diving, and Nick [Bush] had a hard time holding on to him," she said. Mshawish, sent out in draw reins, galloped about 1 1/2 times around the 1750 meters of the Meydan track on Mar. 23 as he prepares for the $6 million G1 Dubai Turf, a race he finished fourth in last year when it was called the Dubai Duty Free and he was trained by Mikel Delzangles. Cont. p8 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/24/15 • PAGE 8 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com The 5-year-old seemed to recognize the Meydan surroundings when he arrived on March 18, DePasquale said, after traveling well from his base at Palm Beach Downs in Florida, and has seemed quite happy to be back. Another American runner who has flashed some sass during training at Meydan is Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman=s Secret Circle (Eddington), winner of the 2013 Breeders= Cup Sprint and runner-up in that race last year and a top contender in the $2 million G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen. The Bob Baffert trainee hopped a bit as he came out of the chute on Mar. 23, and exercise rider Dana Barnes tapped him with her stick to keep his mind on business while an accompanying outrider escorted the duo on to the main track. Secret Circle proceeded to work a half-mile in :47 and change, as timed by Harty, Baffert=s former assistant, who texted the results to his longtime boss, who will stay home with his two Kentucky Derby favorites, Dortmund (Big Brown) and American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), rather than making the trip to Dubai this year. AHe went really good,@ said Barnes, who will be overseeing Secret Circle for the Dubai Golden Shaheen. AHe=s doing great, eating everything in sight.@ Another eye-catcher over the past few days has been champion Main Sequence (Aldebaran), although not many have seen him as trainer Graham Motion=s assistant Alice Clapham has kept him to Meydan=s secluded all-weather training track as he aims for the $6 million G1 Dubai Sheema Classic. Galloping along Main Sequence with his stablemate Michelle MacDonald and G2 Godolphin Mile entrant Quadrivium (Henrythenavigator), Main Sequence has appeared eager yet content, his coat shining in the desert sun. Clapham was smiling and laughing as she guided Main Sequence off the training track on Mar. 22. Trainer Graham Motion has arrived in Dubai and was to decide if he would send Main Sequence for a quicker move on Mar. 24 over the training track, Clapham said. Other horses who have stood out during morning training over the last few days include some of Japan=s stars, led by Dubai World Cup contender Epiphaneia (Jpn) (Symboli Kris S.), winner of the G1 Japan Cup, and One and Only (Jpn) (Heart=s Cry {Jpn}), winner of the G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby). A pair of 3-year-old Japanese stakes-winning colts by leading American sire Tapit--Golden Barows and Group 1-placed Tap That--also will be carrying the Land of the Rising Sun banner in the UAE Derby and have made a good visual impression on track. Saturday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 9:55 a.m. EDT UAE DERBY SPONSORED BY THE SAEED & MOHAMMED AL NABOODAH GROUP-G2, $2,000,000, NH/SH3yo, 1900m PP HORSE SIRE 1 Mubtaajij (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) 2 Motaa (KSA) Premium Tap 3 Alnajem Alfaiz (KSA) Official Visit 4 Sir Fever (Uru) Texas Fever 5 Faithful Creek (Ire) Bushranger (Ire) 6 Tap That (Jpn) Tapit 7 Golden Barows K Tapit 8 My Johnny Be Good Colonel John 9 Maftool K Hard Spun 10 Dear Domus (Jpn) Jungle Pocket (Jpn) All carry 121 pounds, bar Sir Fever, 131. JOCKEY Soumillon Lezcano Barzalona Buick Fallon Moreira Moore Espinoza Hanagan Miura TRAINER de Kock Al Shaibani Al Shaibani Appleby Meehan Ikee Hori Harty bin Suroor Takahashi Saturday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 8:40 a.m. EDT GODOLPHIN MILE SPONSORED BY MEYDAN SOBHA-G2, $1,000,000, NH4yo/up, SH3yo/up, 1600m PP HORSE 1 Tamarkuz K 2 Free Wheeling (Aus) 3 Quadrivium K 4 Nolohay (Ire) 5 Bradester K 6 Frankyfourfingers (Fr) 7 Dark Emerald (Ire) 8 Prayer For Relief K 9 Graphic (Ire) 10 Gold City (Ire) 11 Haatheq 12 Pylon (SAf) 13 Forjatt (Ire) 14 Layl 15 Sloane Avenue K 16 Surfer All carry 126 pounds. SIRE Speightstown Ad Valorem Henrythenavigator Dubawi (Ire) Lion Heart Sunday Break (Jpn) Dark Angel (Ire) Jump Start Excellent Art (GB) Pivotal (GB) Seeking the Gold Fort Wood Iffraaj (GB) Street Cry (Ire) Candy Ride (Arg) Distorted Humor JOCKEY Hanagan Doyle Maragh O’Neill Lezcano Barzalona Kirby Soumillon Moore Monaghan Rosario Geroudis Murphy Dobbs Dettori Mullen TRAINER Al Muhairi bin Suroor Motion Al Muhairi Kenneally bin Ghadyr Powell de Kock Haggas Seemar Al Raihe de Kock D Slvrtnam Watson Noseda Seemar Saturday, Meydan, UAE, post time: 9:15 a.m. EDT DUBAI GOLD CUP SPONSORED BY AL TAYER MOTORS-G2, $1,000,000, NH/SH3yo, 3200mT PP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 HORSE Dormello (Ire) Brass Ring (GB) Cooptado (Arg) Mushreq (Aus) Dubday (GB) Star Empire (SAf) Marzocco Bathyron (Ger) Almoonquith K Havana Beat (Ire) Meandre (Fr) Vaasa (Ire) Rio Tigre (Ire) Brown Panther (GB) Ahzeemah (Ire) SIRE Dansili (GB) Rail Link (GB) Equal Stripes Flying Spur (Aus) Dubawi (Ire) Second Empire (Ire) Kitten’s Joy Monsun (Ger) Dynaformer Teofilo (Ire) Slickly (Fr) Dalakhani (Ire) Teofilo (Ire) Shirocco (Ger) Dubawi (Ire) JOCKEY Murphy Smith de Vries O’Neill Dettori Soumilon Buick Guyon Hanagan Moore Dobbs Atzeni Barzalona Kingscote Doyle TRAINER D Slvrtnam Mohammed Watson de Kock Al Ghazali de Kock Gosden Brandt de Kock A Balding Watson bin Harmash bin Ghadyr Dascombe bin Suroor Look for the K throughout the TDN graded stakes entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates. Click here to access TDN Sales PPs WT 126 126 125 126 126 126 120 126 126 126 126 120 120 126 126 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 3/24/15 • PAGE 9 of 9 • thoroughbreddailynews.com VANCOUVER OFF FOR REST OF THE YEAR >TDN Rising Star= Vancouver (Aus) (Medaglia d=Oro), recent winner of the G1 Golden Slipper S., will head to the paddock for a spell, skipping the remaining Triple Crown races. Instead, the colt will be aimed towards the G1 Caulfield Guineas and the G1 Cox Plate next year. Vancouver Racing and Sports AI want him to come back and win the [G1] Golden Rose and the Guineas and have a shot at the Cox Plate," Waterhouse told The Age. "I just think giving this colt a break now will consolidate him in a big way. He's such a brilliant and talented young horse and giving him a bit of time to mature you just won't know him as a 3-year-old. Since they've changed the program, they've stretched all this out for the 2-year-olds, which has made it a lot harder for them." GODOLPHIN EXPANDS AUSSIE PRESENCE Off of Contributer (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire})=s win in the G1 Ranvet S. Saturday, Australia has become a focus for Godolphin. They will look to add another feather to their cap Saturday with Hartnell (GB) (Authorized {Ire}) in Saturday=s G1 BMW S. at Rosehill. AHe has really pleased us and we have been delighted with his runs [so far],@ said Godolphin bloodstock advisor John Ferguson. AWe are looking forward to him [in the BMW]. It is amazing that horses like Hartnell, whose best trip in England was a mile and six [2800m] and two miles [3200m], can be sped up when they come here.@ Of Contributer=s win, Ferguson said, AIt's great to see Contributer winning Group 1s and for Godolphin to have four homebred Golden Slipper runners, even though they didn't figure [in the finish], is a great sign. We have been very happy with the way things have gone over here and the operation is performing strongly.@ Since the beginning of the season, Godolphin has sent three European runners to trainer John O=Shea. AIn my opinion racing in Australia is so healthy, you have to think very hard before moving horses,@ Ferguson explained. ANow that Godolphin is here and it is a Godolphin team, we want it to be successful in Australia. At the end of the day Sheikh Mohammed is really interested in Australian racing and Australia generally." MALABAR AIMED TOWARD GUINEAS Malabar (GB) (Raven=s Pass), winner of the G3 Prestige S. at Goodwood in August, will head straight for the G1 Qipco 1000 Guineas without a prep, according to trainer Mick Channon. "I think she's my best chance since Queen's Logic to win a British Classic," the West Ilsley trainer told www.betway.com. "She's as forward in her coat as anything we have. We tend to be a little behind here in the spring because of the micro-climate we're in and being on the Downs, but May should be fine. She appears to be well forward enough to be competitive in the Guineas and we'll head straight there. All options are then open, and we'll step her up in trip at some point." SHEIKH FAHAD AL THANI SADDLES UP FOR CHARITY Sheikh Fahad Al Thani will ride in Limerick Racecourse=s charity race to benefit Irish Injured Jockeys Apr. 25. The Qatar Racing owner was challenged to ride by his Irish racing representative Peter Moloney and will face the likes of Johnny Murtagh, amongst others. AI=m very honoured to be asked to ride for such a worthy charity as Irish Injured Jockeys,@ Sheikh Fahad told Racing Post. AI have been on a strict diet and a tough training regime to get fit for the race. I have also been riding out most days for the last month and enjoying every second. I can=t wait for the race.@ Irish Injured Jockeys chairman Ruby Walsh added, AWe are thrilled the race has received such interest and support, and we=re really looking forward to the charity raceday. The maximum field we can cater for is 14 runners, so based on entries we might have to run two divisions on the day with a potential fundraising prospect of i28,000, which would be a great result for our injured riders.@ Want your event listed on the TDN Industry calendar? Click Here to e-mail us with the details. A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will indicate first-time starters, an (S) will be used for statebred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races and an (R) will be used for other restricted races. REGIONAL REPORT Monday=s Results: 5th-PRX, $45,936, Msw, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11 2/5, ft. +MANHATTAN MISCHIEF (g, 4, Into Mischief-Western Melody {SP}, by West by West) registered six workouts at Gulfstream Park West during the month of December, and resurfaced in March to post four recent breezes at Aqueduct in preparation for this unveiling. Sent postward at odds of 5-2 as part of a two-horse entry, the bay broke sharply and was taken back to track the pace through a quarter-mile in :22.40. Ranging up from the three path turning for home, the gelding launched a steady bid down the center of the course and caught entrymate High I. Q. Pete (Simon Pure) in midstretch. Manhattan Mischief powered clear and crossed the wire 2 3/4 lengths ahead of that rival. The winner is a half to D= Country (D=wildcat), SP, $206,410. Sales history: $20,000 yrl '12 KEEJAN; $240,000 RNA 2yo >13 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $26,400. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Treblanna Stable. B-Patrick Costello & Ledgelands LLC (KY). T-Steve Klesaris. INDUSTRY INFO TCA Announces March Award of Merit: Amy Tarrant has been named the March recipient of the Thoroughbred Charities of America=s Award of Merit. Tarrant was honored at the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders= and Owners= Association=s Awards Banquet and Gala in Ocala Mar. 16. An owner, breeder and trainer, Tarrant is a large supporter of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and its Second Chances program which offers training in equine care to inmates. She also actively works to find suitable second careers for former racers. The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders= and Owners= Association stated, AAmy is a rare person who has a passion for helping others and it is all done from the heart.@ ROOKIES First/second-crop starters to watch: Tues., March 24 Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2011 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) BLACK CARD (Private Terms), 4/0/0 4-MVR, Msw, 5 1/2f, Smoothasblacksilk, 10-1 TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015 IN JAPAN: Best Ruler, c, 4, Roman Ruler--Mila=s Fame (SP), by Aptitude. Hanshin, 3-21, Naniwa S., 6f. Lifetime Record: 11-4-0-0, $413,500. O-Yukio Baba; B-J Adcock; T-Sei Ishizaka. *$54,000 yrl >12 ESLSEP; $300,000 2yo >13 OBSMAR. Purchased by Narvick Int’l / R. Takahashi Total Heat, f, 4, Street Cry (Ire)--Lethal Heat (MGSW & MGISP, $655,988), by Unusual Heat. Hanshin, 3-21, Plate Race, 6f. Lifetime Record: 12-2-3-1, $217,917. O-Carrot Farm; B-Shadai Corporation LTD; T-Osamu Hirata. Danon Legend, h, 5, Macho Uno--My Goodness, by Storm Cat. Kochi, 3-17, Kurofune Sho, 7f. Lifetime Record: GSW-Jpn, 19-7-3-1, $1,033,397. O-Danox Inc; B-Colts Neck Stables LLC; T-Akira Murayama. *$90,000 yrl >11 KEESEP; $385,000 2yo >12 BESMAR. B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N AMERICA ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8th-PRX, $46,000, NW2L, 4yo/up, 1m70y, 1:45 2/5, ft. CLEANCUT KID (g, 5, Smart Strike--Strange Romance, by Mr. Greeley) Lifetime Record: 8-2-2-1, $89,828. O-CFC Stables. B-Sam-Son Farm (ON). T-Daniel H Conway Jr. 7th-PRX, $35,200, NW1X, (S), 4yo/up, 1m70y, 1:47 2/5, ft. MEDALLICIOUS (g, 4, Medallist--Philly Gal {SP, $157,095}, by Doneraile Court) Lifetime Record: 14-3-0-3, $77,515. O/B-Main Line Racing Stable (PA). T-John C Servis. 9th-SUN, $29,770, NW2L, (S), 3yo, 5 1/2f, 1:03 2/5, ft. MALIBU RAIN (g, 3, Devon Lane--Snowbound n Delmar {SW}, by Snowbound) Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $37,729. O-Joe Dee Brooks, Dale Taylor & Scott Bryant. B-G Chris Coleman (NM). T-Todd W Fincher. *$16,000 yrl '13 RUIAUG. **1/2 to Awintersdream (Suave Prospect), MSW, $170,134. 8th-SUN, $25,685, NW2L, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:36 4/5, ft. CRIMSON NIGHT (h, 5, Kitten=s Joy--Buckeye Search {SW & GSP, $296,374}, by Meadowlake) Lifetime Record: 7-2-0-2, $33,092. O/B-Kenneth L Corazza (KY). T-Jose R Gonzalez Sr. TDN P REGIONAL REPORT • 3/24/15 • PAGE 2 of 3 • thoroughbreddailynews.com 10th-WRD, $22,800, NW1X, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:12 2/5, ft. OKIE PRINCESS (f, 4, King of Scat--Okie Indian Gal, by Indian Charlie) Lifetime Record: 11-4-0-0, $44,676. O/B-Raywood Farm & Pick Byrne (OK). T-Clinton C Stuart. 8th-MNR, $20,700, 3-22, NW4LX, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:14, ft. CHARISMATIC PULPIT (g, 5, Pulpit--Karis Makaw {MSW, $159,182}, by Charismatic) Lifetime Record: 19-4-6-2, $108,983. O-Billy, Donna & Justin Hays. B-Siena Farms (KY). T-Joe Woodard. *$235,000 yrl '11 KEESEP. WINNERS BY AMERICAN SIRES IN JAPAN: Preferito (Jpn), c, 4, Henrythenavigator--Banducci, by Rossini. Chukyo, 3-21, Plate Race, 6f. Lifetime Record: 15-2-5-0, $200,583. O-Makoto Kaneko Holdings; B-Chiyoda Farm; T-Takayuki Yasuda. • ON THE WORKTAB • FAIR GROUNDS Albano (Istan), 5f, :59.80, 3/16 I’m a Chatterbox (Munnings), 5f, :59.60, 2/16 Shook Up (Tapit), 4f, :49.60, 27/41 LOS ALAMITOS Tap It Rich (Tapit), 4f, :50.20, 6/9 OAKLAWN PARK Tapiture (Tapit), 5f, 1:03.00, 7/10 Untapable (Tapit), 5f, 1:01.80, 3/10 PALM MEADOWS Clearly Now (Horse Greeley), 5f, 1:11.65, 1/2 Social Inclusion (Pioneerof the Nile), 4f, :48.95, 3/19 PAYSON PARK Miss Besilu (Medaglia d’Oro), 4f, :49.60, 7/26 TODAY’S FEATURED VIDEO REPLAYS Sponsored by Manhattan Mischief wins his debut in a maiden special weight at Parx Racing. Click here to watch this race, and all of our featured video replays. TDN TODAY Regional Report.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 pages Tuesday, Saint-Cloud, post time: 2:20p.m. PRIX OMNIUM II-Listed, €55,000, 3yo, c/g, 8fT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 2 6 5 3 1 7 Grand Argentier (Fr) Kahouanne (Fr) Jolly Good Kitten Wag’n Tail (Spa) Royal Dolois (Fr) Green Sweet Iceberg (Ire) Palace Episode Cockney Rebel (Ire) Kitten’s Joy Dyhim Diamond (Ire) Silver Frost (Ire) Smart Strike Shamardal TRAINER Hamelin Palussiere Soumillon Botti Rispoli Bietolini Pasquier Delcher Sanchez Boudot Lefebvre Peslier F. Head Guyon Ferland All carry 128 pounds. Tuesday, Saint-Cloud, post time: 2:50p.m. PRIX LA CAMARGO-Listed, 55,000, 3yo, f, 8fT SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY 1 5 Nouvelle Vague (Ire) 2 4 Sainte Amarante (Fr) 3 7 Lifeisforliving (Fr) 4 8 Harpy (Ire) 5 2 Raison d’Etre (Fr) 6 6 Cascading Stars (Ire) 7 1 Growing Glory (Fr) 8 3 Pitamore 9 9 Anchise (Ire) All carry 126 pounds. Henrythenavigator Le Havre (Ire) Hold That Tiger Makfi (GB) Elusive City Tagula (Ire) Orpen More Than Ready Echo of Light (GB) TRAINER Auge Ferland Boudot De Nicolay Hamelin Palussiere Eyquem Rouget Barzalona Vermeulen Jones Moore Pasquier Rohaut Guyon Laffon-parias Peslier Zarroli Osarus Catalogue Online: The catalogue for the Osarus La Teste Breeze-Up Sale, which will be held Apr. 28, is now available online. The 64 catalogued 2-year-olds can be viewed at www.osarus.com. OBSERVATIONS on today’s European racing scene 1.15 Saint-Cloud, Cond, €34,000, 3yo, 10 1/2fT GREY LION (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) re-enters the fray for Gestut Ammerland and Andre Fabre following a debut win over a mile here in September. The son of the 2004 G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp heroine Grey Lilas (Ire) (Danehill) is a full-brother to the similarly accomplished triple Group 1 and dual Classic winner Golden Lilac (Ire). He faces four rivals in this intriguing contest. WHAT IS OPPENHEIM ON ABOUT NOW? Whether it’s sales, racing or breeding...read the latest musings from Bill Oppenheim! You can find all of Oppenheim=s columns in the TDN Archive . TDN P REGIONAL REPORT • 3/24/15 • PAGE 3 of 3 • thoroughbreddailynews.com B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N EUROPE CONDITIONS RESULTS: 5th-FON, i37,000, 3-23, 3yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:03 3/5, sf. LOSTINPARADISE (GB) (f, 3, Exceed and Excel {Aus}-Paradise Way {GB}, by Elusive Quality) Lifetime Record: 10 starts, 2 wins, 6 places, i45,900. O-Theresa Marnane. B-Denford Stud & Kirtlington Stud (GB). T-J-P Perruchot. *15,000gns yrl >13 TATDEC; 25,000 gns 2yo >14 TATGNS. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Power of the Moon (Ire), f, 3, Acclamation (GB)-Amenixa (Fr), by Linamix (Fr). FON, 3-23, 6fT, 1:09 4/5. B-Norelands Stallions (IRE). *MSP-Fr. **95,000gns wnlg >12 TATDEC. ***1/2 to Zinziberine (Zieten), MGSW-Fr, $219,787. Taryn (GB), c, 3, Kheleyf--Fabulous Speed, by Silver Hawk. FON, 3-23, 6fT, 1:10 3/5. B-Northmore Stud (GB). *14,500gns wnlg >12 TATDEC. **1/2 to Facoltoso (GB) (Refuse To Bend {Ire}), SW-Ity, $109,708. Sammy=s Warrior (GB), c, 3, Myboycharlie (Ire)--Tahfeez (Ire), by Alhaarth (Ire). WOL, 3-23, 8f 141y (AWT), 1:50 1/5. B-Exchange Court Properties Ltd (GB). *40,000gns wnlg >12 TATDEC; 28,000gns yrl >13 TATOCT. WINNERS BY EUROPEAN SIRES IN JAPAN: Bravissimo (Jpn), c, 3, Fastnet Rock (Aus)--May Kiersey (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. Hanshin, 3-22, Plate Race, 7fT. Lifetime Record: 9-2-1-1, $147,500. O-Makoto Kaneko Holdings; B-Shadai Farm; T-Naosuke Sugai.*$495,000 yrl >13 JPNJUL. DAME ELLEN, 9, Elusive Quality--Sleepytime (Ire), by Royal Academy Foal born Feb. 10, a colt by Tiznow. Will be bred back to More Than Ready. Owned by Tenth Street Stables. Boarded at Taylor Made. Accomplishments: SW. SCHIAPARELLI, 7, Ghostzapper--Cambiocorsa, by Avenue of Flags Foal born Feb. 13, a filly by Tapit. Will be bred back to Tiznow. Owned by Ranjan Racing Inc. Boarded at Taylor Made. Accomplishments: GSW, $274,184. CINTAROSA, 12, Grand Slam--Silver Stockings, by Seattle Sleet Foal born Feb. 20, a filly by Eskendereya. Will be bred back to Flashback. Owned by Jack Grunwald. Boarded at Taylor Made. Accomplishments: SW, $177,730. SLEEPYTIME (IRE), 21, Royal Academy--Aladiva (Ire), by Chief Singer (Ire) Foal born Feb. 26, a colt by Bernardini. Will be bred back to Distorted Humor. Owned by Tenth Street Stables. Boarded at Taylor Made. Accomplishments: G1SW-Eng, $240,036. Dam of Gentleman=s Deal (Ire) (Danehill), GSW-Eng, $276,429; Dame Ellen (Elusive Quality), SW. PEPPERS PRIDE, 12, Desert God--Lady Pepper, by Chili Pepper Pie Foal born Feb. 27, a filly by Malibu Moon. Will be bred back to Giant=s Causeway. Owned by Joe Allen & Michael C Stinson. Boarded at Taylor Made. Accomplishments: MSW, $1,066,085. FOLKLORE, 12, Tiznow--Contrive, by Storm Cat Foal born Mar. 1, a filly by Ghostzapper. Will be bred back to Tapizar. Owned by The Robert and Beverly Lewis Trust. Boarded at Taylor Made. Accomplishments: Ch. 2yo Filly, MGISW, $945,500. MICHELE ROYALE, 23, Groovy--Wise and Happy, by Exuberant Foal born Jan. 25, a filly by Street Sense. Will be bred back to Graydar. Owned by Pollock Farms. Boarded at Taylor Made. Accomplishments: SP, $107,704. Dam of Royale Michele (Elusive Quality). GSW, $231,365. JOYFUL VICTORY, 7, Tapit--Wild Lucy Black, by Wild Again Foal born Mar. 3, a filly by Distorted Humor. Will be bred back to Medaglia d=Oro. Owned by Aaron & Marie Jones. Boarded at Taylor Made. Accomplishments: GISW, $1,252,679. THIRD DAWN, 9, Sky Mesa--Chalmette, by Quiet American Foal born Mar. 4, a colt by Old Fashioned. Will be bred back to Super Saver. Owned by Ike W Thrash. Boarded at Taylor Made. Accomplishments: SW & GISP, $286,314.
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