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McCraken Enters Cornhusker with Breeders’ Cup in Mind

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Coaching Club American Oaks Next for Monomoy Girl

8 Wake Forest Among Additions to Fasig-Tipton Sale 10 Maryland Moves Racing Secretary Hale to New Role 12 Haskell Invitational Winner Girvin Retired 13 Caledonia Road Sidelined for Remainder of 2018 14 Machmer Hall Awarded Bonus After So Perfect’s Win 15 Appleby Confident in Masar Ahead of Coral-Eclipse 17 Aquis Farm Announces Breeding Bonus for The Mission 18 C Z Rocket Reaches New Level 19 Page McKenney Seizes Overall MATCH Series Points Lead 20 Pedigree Analysis: Latrobe Latest Star for Camelot

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rainer Ian Wilkes believes he knows where McCraken's wheelhouse lies. He knows what race conditions are needed to get the best out of the multiple graded stakes-winning son of Ghostzapper, and he has identified the areas the 4-yearold needs to improve upon if the endgame is a Breeders' Cup victory beneath the Twin Spires this November. What Wilkes hasn't been able to do in recent weeks is find a spot in a condition book he thinks is most suited to the bay colt's top attributes. So in the name of keeping a path to progress in motion, he's calling upon some of McCraken's back class this week. When Whitham Thoroughbreds homebred McCraken made his seasonal bow in May, Wilkes said the main 2018 objective for the colt would be the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Churchill Downs with a mix of races around eight furlongs on the path to November. With time ticking on the second half of the year, however, and only two seasonal starts under McCraken's belt, Wilkes is going back to stretching McCraken out in the 1 1/8-mile, $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (G3) July 6 at Prairie Meadows. "The deal is, he's only had two races this year. We got started late this year and there are no other races right now," Wilkes said of BLOODHORSE DAILY

the decision to go in the Cornhusker. "Where do I run him? Find me a mile race, find me a seven-eighths race. I'd have to sit and wait until the end of Saratoga, and that doesn't make sense. "My horse needs racing. He needs to get a little better, he needs to improve, and I think he will. I think he is improving." McCraken actually is well-versed at handling a route. Though all three of his graded stakes wins have come at 1 1/16 miles, he was inches away from Ian Wilkes has identified areas for McCraken to improve upon in pursuit of a Breeders’ Cup win taking the 2017 betfair. com Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) last July, falling just a because he didn't get beat that far nose short of Girvin at the wire of from third and I thought he had that nine-furlong race. some traffic trouble and still kept It is at a mile, though, that running." Wilkes thinks the colt's closing With his victories in last year's kick can be most explosive—as Sam F. Davis (G3) and Matt Winn evidence by his seasonal debut at (G3) stakes, McCraken teased his Churchill May 5 when he threaded connections by repeatedly getting the needle between horses in the to the cusp of the top level only to stretch and notched a half-length trip over the last hump in his path. victory. He was most recently sixth If he can run back to his best form in an especially deep edition of the Friday, Wilkes hopes the colt's June 9 Runhappy Metropolitan next achievement will be following Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park, through on the ability he believes is but impressed Wilkes with the way right beneath the surface. he kept fighting on despite some "He's got the talent, that's traffic issues. not the problem," Wilkes said. "I thought he ran better than "I believe he's got the talent but what it looks on paper," Wilkes mentally, he's got to get tougher said. "They went the first quarter against these horses and know how in :23 and I said before the race, to handle these horses. And that 'If you let these horses get an will come with some racing. But if I easy lead, you're not going to beat them.' I was actually encouraged (continued on page 5) COADY PHOTOGRAPHY

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keep him in the barn, it's not going to come." McCraken has been installed as the 7-2 morningline second choice in the Cornhusker and will break from post 4 under regular rider Brian Hernandez Jr. The Bob Baffert-trained Dr. Dorr is the 2-1 morning line favorite, but Baffert said he likely will scratch the son of Lookin At Lucky and run him instead in the July

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7 Suburban Handicap (G2) at Belmont. Among the biggest threats to McCraken in the Cornhusker is recent allowance winner Irish Freedom from the red-hot barn of trainer Brad Cox. Irish Freedom won going 1 1/8-miles in an allowance test at Churchill June 2 and was second in last year's Native Diver Stakes (G3). The Cornhusker is joined on the Friday card by the $250,000 Iowa Derby and $100,000 Iowa Sprint Handicap, and Wilkes will be represented in those tests as well. Fort Peck, who broke his maiden at Churchill May 12, takes on the likes of graded stakes winner The Tabulator and Cox-trained stakes winner High North in the Iowa Derby going 1 1/16-miles, while his stablemate Done Deal will head into the Iowa Sprint Handicap having dead-heated for the win going 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf at Churchill May 18, his first start following nearly a two-year layoff. "Done Deal, how can you not be happy with this horse coming off a two-year layoff?" Wilkes said. "He's a fast horse and we're stepping up in class, but he's a fun horse. He works like a nice horse. I'm happy with all three of them." BH


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COACHING CLUB AMERICAN OAKS NEXT FOR MONOMOY GIRL By Bob Ehalt

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ack in May, Sol Kumin became the first owner since Calumet Farm in 1952 to win the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) in the same year. Now, in the coming weeks, Kumin could become the first owner to win the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1), Alabama Stakes (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1) with three different horses during the same Saratoga Race Course meet. The 43-year-old founder of Folger Hill Asset Management said the nation's top-ranked 3-yearold filly, Monomoy Girl, is expected to run July 22 in the 1 1/8-mile Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga, but added that the Kentucky Oaks winner will most likely bypass the 1 1/4-mile Alabama Aug. 18 at the Spa. "She'll run in the Oaks, but we'll probably skip the Alabama because of the distance," said Kumin, who owns the daughter of Tapizar under the banner of Monomoy Stables in a partnership with Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, and Bethlehem Stables. Trained by Brad Cox, Monomoy Girl is undefeated in 2018 after reeling off victories in the Acorn Stakes (G1), Kentucky Oaks, Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1), and Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2). In her absence, Midnight Bisou will be pointed toward the $600,000 Alabama. Kumin's Madaket Stables acquired a share of Midnight Bisou from Allen Racing and Bloom

Racing Stable after the 3-year-old filly finished third in the Kentucky Oaks. Transferred to trainer Steve Asmussen, Midnight Bisou romped by six lengths in the June 30 Mother Goose Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park in her first start for new connections. "She turned in a huge effort in the Mother Goose and she will run next in the Alabama. The distance will be fine for her," Kumin said. Kumin mentioned the Sept. 22 Cotillion Stakes (G1) at Parx Racing as a possible spot for a showdown between his two fillies. As for the final leg of the trifecta, Kumin also owns a share of Triple Crown winner Justify, who is the leading candidate for the Aug. 25 Travers Stakes. In addition, he is a member of the partnerships that own Catholic Boy and My Boy Jack, who might also be Travers candidates, depending on their performances in the July 7 Belmont Derby Invitational (G1T). BH

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FASIG-TIPTON HORSES OF RACING AGE SALE

WAKE FOREST AMONG ADDITIONS TO FASIGTIPTON SALE By Ron Mitchell t @BH_RMitchell

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ight horses, including grade 1 winner Wake Forest, have been added to the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale scheduled for July 9 in Lexington. The new entries for the sale that begins at 4 p.m. and precedes The July Sale, Fasig-Tipton's selected yearling sale July 10, brings the total cataloged to 173. Entries for the horses of racing age sale will be accepted until sale time. Wake Forest wins the 2016 Man o’ War Stakes at Belmont Park Wake Forest, a German-bred son of Sir Percy, is consigned as Hip 566 purpose horse for someone to race or to breed. For by ELiTE Sales, agent, last year's leading vendor at someone shopping for a stallion in a regional market, it's the horses of racing age sale with 11 of 12 sold for a good opportunity to pick one up at a public auction." $2,799,000. Also added to the ELiTE consignment is Starving Wake Forest, an 8-year-old horse recently trained Artist (Hip 570), a 3-year-old stakes-placed daughter by Chad Brown, has won or placed in 15 of 24 starts, of Paynter who is out of the stakes-winning Mizzen with earnings of $943,691, while being campaigned in Mast mare Salary Drive, a half sister to multiple stakes the U.S., Canada, France, Italy, and Germany. Included winner Jersey Giant. among his victories were the 2016 Man o' War Stakes Another added to the catalog is Alternative Route (G1T) and 2017 Mac Diarmida Stakes (G2T), with two (Hip 572), winner of the Rushaway Stakes, consigned group 3 wins in Germany. From three outings this year, by Taylor Made, agent for Spendthrift Farm and Town the horse finished second in an allowance turf test at & Country Racing. The 3-year-old colt by Tiznow is a Aqueduct Racetrack. half brother to Canadian grade 3 winner Enstone and "We vetted him and he vets completely clean," is out of the unraced Storm Cat mare La Suena, a half ELiTE Sales' Bradley Weisbord said, adding that he sister to grade 1 winner Forest Secrets and to grade 3 and business partner Liz Crow have had pre-sale winner Rumor Has It. radiographic exams performed on all the horses in this WinStar Racing has added Spice It Up, a 2-year-old year's horses of racing age consignment. "For an older Super Saver filly who broke her maiden in her career horse, he would vet as clean as any horse in our group. debut June 26, as Hip 573. She is out of the winning Also, he is a grade 1 winner who hasn't been gelded, so Street Cry mare Satyana and her third dam is grade 1 he is a racing or stallion prospect. winner Cara Rafaela, the dam of champion and leading "He's still running competitively, with an 8 1/2 sire Bernardini. Ragozin and 92 Beyer Figure in his last race, and those would win stakes all over the country. He's a dual(continued on page 9)

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FASIG-TIPTON HORSES OF RACING AGE SALE

WAKE FOREST AMONG ADDITIONS TO FASIG-TIPTON SALE

Rushaway Stakes winner Alternative Route is a late addition to the Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale

breaking his maiden June 29. From the first crop of Shakin It Up, the colt is out of Moonshine Bertie, a half sister to stakes winner Ballad of Bertie out of grade 3 winner Thunder Bertie. BH

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Others in the latest group of horses of racing age sale supplements are two added to the Ballysax Bloodstock consignment. Caroline the Great (Hip 595) is a 3-year-old stakesplaced daughter of Into Mischief out of the Tiznow mare Tizn't Caught. Her second dam, Catch the Thrill, was a champion in Canada. Breaking Beauty (Hip 568) is a 3-year-old winning daughter of Into Mischief produced from the multiple German group 2 winner Que Belle, also the dam of grade/group 3 winners Osidy and Quetsche. Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Fox Hill Farm, has added Forever (Hip 571), a 3-year-old Medaglia d'Oro filly out of the Bernardini mare Painosa, a half sister to grade 1 winner A. P. Adventure. Added to the Mill Iron Sales consignment is War Bridle (Hip 567), a 2-year-old colt who set a Belterra Park track record of 4 1/2 furlongs in :53.20 when

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MARYLAND MOVES RACING SECRETARY HALE TO NEW ROLE By Frank Vespe

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he Maryland Jockey Club announced July 2 that longtime vice president of racing and racing secretary Georganne Hale will become vice president of racing development, a newly created position within the company. Hale's position as racing secretary will be filled by Chris Merz, stakes coordinator at Santa Anita Park and Del Mar and assistant racing secretary at Los Alamitos. The company said Hale will oversee the revitalization of the Washington, DC Georganne Hale will become the Maryland Jockey Club’s vice president of International turf race; assist with the racing development, a new role at the company Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championship (MATCH) Series; and "lead and monitor philanthropic initiatives with the Thoroughbred racing office, and all the horsemen," Merz said in a Aftercare Alliance, Beyond the Wire, and Canter for release. "It's a wonderful opportunity. They're doing a Cause while serving as a liaison for backstretch such great things in Maryland. I'm really looking programs." forward to working at Laurel and Pimlico." Hale said she's looking forward to the new role. Hale started with the Maryland Jockey Club in 1984 "I'm very excited about this new position with the as an assistant racing secretary. After being named Maryland Jockey Club," Hale said in a press release. racing secretary at Timonium in 1986, she was named "I look forward to the great opportunities it presents racing secretary at the Maryland Jockey Club in 2000. to continue to build the Thoroughbred racing program During Hale's tenure, a time of declining field size and help with philanthropic programs." nationwide, fields in Maryland have actually grown "We're thrilled that Georganne will be leading slightly. While Maryland averaged 7.6 horses per race these important initiatives for the Maryland Jockey in 2000, the average has been above that in each of the Club," said Sal Sinatra, president and general past six years, according to the Jockey Club. In 2017, manager of the Maryland Jockey Club. "As we the state averaged 7.8 starters per race after two years continue to build and revitalize Thoroughbred when it reached 8.5. racing in the Mid-Atlantic, we believe strongly Those numbers compare favorably with other states that Georganne is the person to help lead us and in the Mid-Atlantic in what is the most competitive accomplish these goals. Her knowledge of the racing region in the country. They haven't come industry and local communities is invaluable." without some frustration on the part of horsemen, Merz, the incoming racing secretary, is a 2012 however, who have expressed concerns about the graduate of the Race Track Industry Program at the paucity of opportunities for higher quality dirt horses University of Arizona and has served in a variety of and about the increasing use of "extras" to fill out roles within the racing industry. racing cards. "I'm really excited about coming to Maryland and working with Georganne, Sal Sinatra, everyone in the (continued on page 11)

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MARYLAND MOVES RACING SECRETARY HALE TO NEW ROLE (continued from page 10) As Maryland horsemen heard about the change, they expressed concern over what they might mean. Trainer Katy Voss said that with Hale, who galloped horses for Voss in the early 1980s, the Maryland industry has been moving in a direction that is friendlier to those who seek to breed and develop younger horses. "There are a lot of opportunities where you can protect your horse and get your money out," she said. "That's moving the game in the right direction." Trainer Phil Schoenthal praised Hale's ability to adjust on the fly. "She's one of the people around here that lets common sense prevail as opposed to 'that's what it's always been' or 'that's what the book says,'" said trainer Phil Schoenthal, who has been training in Maryland since 2003. "For that reason, I've always enjoyed working with her." Trainer Ferris Allen, who has been based in Maryland for nearly 40 years, called Hale "an iconic member of the Maryland racing community." He added, "I think I speak for my colleagues in saying we hold her in the highest esteem. She is certainly as good as any racing secretary that I've worked with." Hale has also served for three decades as the racing secretary at the Timonium race meet at the Maryland State Fair. That meet is scheduled August 24 through September 3, and sources told The Racing Biz that Hale is expected to continue as racing secretary for the meet. "She is one of the gems of Maryland racing," Schoenthal said. "She has been one of the backbones and the spine of this place for a long time." BH

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HASKELL INVITATIONAL WINNER GIRVIN RETIRED By BloodHorse Staff

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irvin, the winner of the 2017 Betfair.com Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) who won or placed in seven of 10 starts, has been retired because of a soft tissue injury. According to a July 3 release, stud plans have not been finalized. A 4-year-old son of Tale of Ekati produced from the Malibu Moon mare Catch the Moon, Girvin is owned by Brad and Misty Grady and was trained by Joe Sharp. He retires with earnings of $1,624,392. The half brother to grade 3 stakes Grade 1 winner Girvin is a son of Tale of Ekati winner Cocked and Loaded was bred in Kentucky by Bob Austin and John Witte. After failing to attain his reserve on a final bid of the classic, Girvin ran second in the Ohio Derby (G3) $140,000 at the 2015 Keeneland September Yearling before a game nose victory in the Haskell at Monmouth Sale, the colt was purchased by Florida horseman Bobby Park. In his lone 2018 effort, Girvin was second in the Dodd's Grand Oaks for $130,000 from consignor Legacy Steve Sexton Mile Stakes (G3) at Lone Star Park. Bloodstock the following month at the Fasig-Tipton "Girvin gave me and my family experiences we will Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale. always cherish" Brad Grady said in the release. "We have Girvin won his career debut in December of his been extremely fortunate to be around some superior 2-year-old year at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, horses, but Girvin was the best. His racing chapter has going six furlongs in 1:10.32. ended, but we are looking forward to another chapter As a 3-year-old, the dark bay or brown colt scored beginning." consecutive wins in the Risen Star Stakes (G2) and "Girvin did everything we ever asked him to do," Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby (G2), and he went trainer Sharp added. "We always believed in Girvin from into 2017 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum Brands day one and the memories he gave me and my team will (G1) as the leading point earner on the Kentucky Derby last a lifetime." BH leaderboard. Following a troubled 13th-place finish in s Share this story

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CALEDONIA ROAD SIDELINED FOR REMAINDER OF 2018 By BloodHorse Staff

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hampion 2-year-old filly Caledonia Road will be sidelined for the remainder of 2018, it was announced July 2. After the Quality Road filly finished off the board for the first time in her career June 9, when she was fifth in the Acorn Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, trainer Ralph Nicks reported she will be turned out to recover from bone bruising. Owners Zoom and Fish Stable, Charlie Spring, and Newtownanner Stud will offer Caledonia Road, the winner of last year's 14 Hands Winery Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Caledonia Road wins an April 29 allowance race at Belmont Park (G1), at public auction later this year. "It will be tough to let her go," said managing Fish bought the filly for $140,000 from Eaton Sales' partner Luc Paiement. "She was a brilliant 2-year-old consignment to the 2016 Keeneland September with a pedigree to be a much better older filly. She has Yearling Sale. all the makings of a top broodmare" "She is a one-of-a-kind talent and has international Bred by Vesgo Racing Stable out of the Dixie appeal," said Nick Sallusto of Sallusto and Albina Union mare Come A Callin, Caledonia Road hails Bloodstock—which also manages Newtownanner Stud from the female family of Stuart Janney III's and will be assisting in the sale of Caledonia Road. "It foundation mare Sunset Service, whose daughters, is a privilege to be associated with her." BH Vespers and Database, produced grade 1 winner Hymn Book and grade 1-placed Data Link. Zoom & s Share this story


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KEENELAND SEPTEMBER YEARLING SALE

MACHMER HALL AWARDED BONUS AFTER SO PERFECT'S WIN By Ron Mitchell t @BH_RMitchell

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o Perfect's victory in the Grangecon Stud Stakes (G3) at the Curragh in Ireland July 1 yielded a windfall for breeder Machmer Hall Farm. As a result of the 2-year-old Scat Daddy filly's win, Machmer Hall will receive a $5,000 bonus from Keeneland as part of its September Sale Bonus Program initiated in 2017. Under the program, a bonus is awarded the seller of a horse that wins a grade 1, 2, or 3 stakes as a 2- or 3-year-old. So Perfect's bonus was the first to trigger the incentive. Produced from the winning Songandaprayer mare Hopeoverexperience, So Perfect was purchased by M.V. Magnier for $400,000 from Select Sales' consignment last year and has won two of four starts. The filly races for the Coolmore Stud connections of Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, and Michael Tabor.

"I am thrilled the filly has done so well and getting a bonus is great," said Machmer Hall's Carrie Brogden, adding that it helps offset the increase in Keeneland commissions that began at the same time as the bonus scheme. "It's more money to pay the commissions and entry fees. I really appreciate the bonus, but I am concerned about the hike in commissions." Brogden and her husband Craig and mother Sandy Willwerth operate Machmer Hall and Carrie Brogden is a partner in Select Sales, along with Andrew Cary. “To breed a horse that rises to the top and wins a graded stakes in the U.S. or anywhere in the world is quite an accomplishment,” said Bob Elliston, vice president of racing and sales at Keeneland. “Machmer Hall raises good horses at all levels and it’s an honor for them to be the first out of the gate.” Elliston said any bonus program for this year's September sale would be announced later this week when the sales company details its sales format for the yearling sale and the November Breeding Stock Sale. BH

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APPLEBY CONFIDENT IN MASAR AHEAD OF CORAL-ECLIPSE By Graham Dench/Racing Post

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harlie Appleby is unconcerned by criticism of the June 2 Investec Derby (G1) form and is in a confident mood ahead of the run of Masar in the July 7 Coral-Eclipse Stakes (G1) at Sandown. The Derby winner was supplemented for the race at a cost of £50,000 and is the sponsors' 5-4 favourite, with Derby third Roaring Lion 9-4 second favourite and fellow 3-year-olds also occupying the Charlie Appleby and William Buick accept the Investec Derby trophy next two places in the ante-post market. However, since the five who ran at Epsom failed to distinguish themselves in Saturday's different style to the Epsom Derby, as they went no Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (G1), there has been a pace and it was quick ground. growing feeling that the form might be suspect. "It's been mentioned that Dee Ex Bee (Derby Appleby is not having it and points out that his colt, runner-up) wasn't suited by the track or the ground, who earlier finished third in the Qipco Two Thousand but more important I think was the pace angle, which Guineas (G1), was a good winner of the race and in no jeopardized a few of them." way fortunate. He added: "At the end of the day Masar won the He said: "I'm not worried about what people say Derby well. It's not as if he was a lucky winner. He about the Derby form because they're basing it on what traveled well throughout the race and, for me, if you happened in the Irish Derby, which turned out a very wanted to stop the video anywhere in the last half-mile different sort of race. I felt it was run in a completely of the race you would pick him out as the winner. He was a clear-cut winner and he's come out of the race very well." Appleby believes Sandown—where Masar won the group 3 Solario Stakes as a 2-year-old—will play to his strengths, and he was delighted with the colt's racecourse gallop on Newmarket's July course early Saturday morning. He said: "Conditions at the weekend should suit Masar and I was very pleased with his gallop on the July course on Saturday morning. It's been so dry that he (continued on page 16) BLOODHORSE DAILY


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APPLEBY CONFIDENT IN MASAR AHEAD OF CORAL-ECLIPSE (continued from page 15) hasn't seen much grass since the Derby, and I was keen to see him do a nice, sensible piece of work. "He travelled over seven furlongs behind the two horses who led him into the Derby and I was very impressed visually with the way he came clear when Brett (Doyle) allowed him to extend himself. "He was good last year in the Solario Stakes, which has worked out well with [runner-up] Romanised winning the Irish Guineas, and I was always confident he'd be better at three and stepping up in trip. Thankfully that's been proved right." Appleby is also likely to run his 2016 winner

Hawkbill, who won the Longines Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) at Meydan in March and got his career back on track with a respectable third in the Prince of Wales's Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot after a poor run in the Coronation Cup (G1). He said: "He's very much on the radar for the Eclipse and it'll be discussed over the next 48 hours. He's a past winner of the race and coming back to ten furlongs in the Prince of Wales's after that disappointing run in the Coronation Cup didn't worry him too much. "We changed things around and put blinkers on him there, and we were pleased with his run behind two good horses. We felt he should be left in, and he doesn't look out of place." For more European racing, sales, and bloodstock news, visit RacingPost.com. BH s Share this story

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AQUIS FARM ANNOUNCES BREEDING BONUS FOR THE MISSION By Andrew Eddy/racing.com

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quis Farm has ensured breeders will keep their freshman stallion The Mission in mind this spring after announcing a range of rich bonuses for progeny conceived in 2018. An AU$1,000,000 (US$735,447) bonus is on offer for sons and daughters of The Mission conceived this spring to win a group 1 2-year-old race or the Magic Millions Classic with a sliding scale of bonuses to be paid for The Mission's progeny during their juvenile season. The Mission, who last year won the Champagne Stakes (G1) at Randwick, has been retired to stud at Aquis' Canungra Stud in Queensland for a fee of AU$13,200 ($9,707). According to the sliding scale, progeny of The Mission conceived in 2018 can earn a AU$500,000 ($367,724) bonus for a group 2 win, and AU$300,000 ($220,634) for a group 3, AU$250,000 ($220,634) for listed race success right down to an AU$25,000 ($18,386) payment for any 2-year-old success during the juvenile season. Aquis chief executive Shane McGrath said the scheme shows Aquis' continued support to the

Australian Thoroughbred racing and breeding industries as it will also donate 10% of all bonus payouts to industry-related charities. "It is important to acknowledge that we in the racing industry are all part of a wider community and we have an obligation to look after those less fortunate than ourselves," McGrath said. "At Aquis we are grateful to be part of a thriving industry that is in a position to give generously to those in need, whether that be improving services within our local community, supporting our farmers in times of drought, helping to improve support networks for stud and stable staff, or ensuring that our much-loved racehorses are given the opportunity to be re-trained and re-homed once they retire from racing." For more European racing, sales, and bloodstock news, visit RacingPost.com. BH

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Equibase Speed Figures TOP FIGURES SINCE JUNE 26

Top 10 Equibase Speed Figures Since June 26

C Z ROCKET REACHES NEW LEVEL

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117 n his second start of the season, lightly raced 114 C Z Rocket delivered the most spectacular 113 start of his promising career when he drew off 113 in the Churchill Downs stretch to post a fourlength score in the June 30 Kelly's Landing 113 Overnight Stakes. 113 Frank Fletcher Racing Operations' son 113 of City Zip completed the seven-furlong test 113 in 1:21.51 to earn his first stakes victory. He was awarded an Equibase Speed Figure of 122, which topped all races from June 26-July 3 and marked a career-best number.

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Trained by Al Stall Jr., C Z Rocket didn't race at 2, but has shown promise from the start since winning his career debut by two lengths Sept. 1 at Saratoga Race Course. He followed through his conditions, winning a first-level allowance race at the Keeneland fall meet before taking a second-level allowance race at Churchill in November, when he earned an ESF of 105 for that effort. Off that race, Stall entered C Z Rocket in the Malibu Stakes (G1), where he contended early before fading to sixth. This season C Z Rocket made his 4-yearold debut June 1 when he finished third in an allowance-optional claiming race at Churchill. After that race, in which he also earned a 105 ESF, Stall worked C Z Rocket a halfmile on both June 15 and 23 to have him ready for Saturday's top run. "I have to give credit to Al and his staff for really bringing along this horse," said jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, who has been aboard for both of this year's races. "I think he probably needed his last race and came into (Saturday) in great shape. We sat a great trip behind the speed and really closed strongly late." BH

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PAGE MCKENNEY SEIZES OVERALL MATCH SERIES POINTS LEAD By Frank Angst t @BH_FAngst

At Delaware Park Saturday, runners in the $75,000 Dashing Beauty Stakes will be earning points in the 3-Year-Old & Up Fillies and Mares Sprint Dirt Division. BH s Share this story

Points Leaders Rank

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Oak Bluffs

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Harlan Punch earned 10 MATCH series points with his June 30 win in the Philip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park

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hile Page McKenney settled for second place in the $100,000 Philip H. Iselin Stakes (G3) June 30 at Monmouth Park, that outcome was good enough to vault the 8-year-old veteran to the top in the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championship series. In his MATCH series debut, David Jacobson's Harlan Punch secured a clear lead early in the field of four and rolled to a 5 1/4-length score, completing the 1 1/16-mile test in 1:44.53. While Harlan Punch earned 10 MATCH series points with the win, Page McKenney earned 7 points when he overcame some bumping to finish second. Page McKenney, who picked up 10 points when he won the May 26 Salvator Mile Stakes (G3) at Monmouth, also moved to the top of the 3-Year-Old and Up Long Dirt Division. Mary Eppler, who trains Page McKenney for Adam Staple and Jalin Stable, said the hard-knocking gelding, who won the grade III Salvator Mile to kick off the MATCH Series division, came out of the Iselin in good order. She said the third race in the division July 29, the $150,000 Monmouth Cup (G3), is on the radar. July 7 will mark a busy day for the MATCH series, which will offer three races. Parx Racing will welcome the both the 3-Year-Old and Up Sprint Turf Division, when runners line up for the $200,000 Parx Dash Stakes (G3T); and the 3-Year-Old and Up Fillies and Mares Sprint Turf Division, in the $100,000 Turf Amazon Stakes. Both races will be contested at five furlongs.

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Page McKenney

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Shaft of Light

7

4T

Backsideofthemoon

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Sunny Ridge

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3-Year-Old & Up Female Dirt Sprint 1

Vertical Oak

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Chalon

10

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Startwithsilver

8

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Jessica Krupnick

7

5T

Ms Locust Point

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5T

Liz’s Cable Girl

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3-Year-Old & Up Male Turf Sprint 1

Oak Bluffs

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Imprimis

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3T

Rocket Heat

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Dubini

7

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Jaguar Poz

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Girls Know Best

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Morticia

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3T

Pretty Perfection

7

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Rocky Policy

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5T

Anna’s Bandit

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5T

Just Talkin

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Switzerland

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Chublicious

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Long Haul Bay

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Laki

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PEDIGREE ANALYSIS: LATROBE LATEST STAR FOR CAMELOT By Alan Porter t @pedigreeconsult

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CAMELOT (GB), b, 2009

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iven the long-term domination of major European classic distance events by the offspring of Galileo, it's easy to forget that Galileo's sire, Sadler's Wells, had another exceptional stallion son in Montjeu. Born two years earlier than Galileo, Montjeu was, in his best form, the superior runner of the two. Montjeu, who died at the relatively early age of 16, was also an exceptional sire, particularly of middledistance colts. Although they have had their moments. none of his first major sons to stud in Europe— Motivator, Hurricane Run, Authorized, and Pour Moi—have proved to be consistent top-class sires. The weekend, however, brought hope that the Montjeu line may yet have a worthy Northern Hemisphere representative in the shape of Camelot. A foal of 2009, Camelot came closer to capturing the elusive English Triple Crown than any horse since Nijinsky II achieved that feat in 1970. Undefeated in

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two starts at 2, the second of which came in the 2011 Racing Post Trophy (G1), Camelot opened his 3-yearold campaign with a neck victory in the 2012 QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (G1). His reputation rose to new heights after a five-length victory over Main Sequence—subsequently the champion turf horse and champion older horse in the United States in 2014—in the second leg, the Investec Epsom Derby (G1). Less impressive on desperately heavy ground in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (G1), Camelot was still odds-on to complete the Triple Crown sequence in the Ladbrokes St. Leger (G1), but after being denied an opening at a crucial moment, could not produce the same kind of acceleration at an extended 1 3/4 miles as he had at shorter distances, and fell threequarters of a length of catching longshot Encke for the win. Sent out for the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) three weeks later, Camelot was dispatched as favorite, but finished a well-beaten seventh behind Solemia, probably unsuited for the heavy going. Although he'd undergone major colic surgery just a few days after the Arc, Camelot returned to the fray at 4. The year started well

(L-R) Joseph O’Brien and Donnacha O’Brien with Latrobe after winning the Irish Derby

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So Factual, 1990

Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Top Ville (IRE) Toute Cy (FR) Mr. Prospector Miesque Danehill Fade (GB) Storm Cat Mariah’s Strorm Machiavellian Helen Street (GB) Known Fact Sookera Dodge Nesian’s Burn


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enough with a bloodless victory in the High Chaparral European Breeders Fund Mooresbridge Stakes (G3), but in the Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1), he was decisively outfinished by the much-improved 5-year-old Al Kazeem. Given a chance to reverse that form, Camelot finished fourth to Al Kazeem in the Prince of Wales's Stakes (G1), after which he was retired. Although he'd lost some of the luster he enjoyed at the height of his racing career, Camelot made considerable steps back towards the limelight when his first runners reached the track last year. Seventy-nine of a first crop of 150 Camelot foals faced the starter at 2, with 20 of them winning. They were headed by the Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte (G2) captor Fighting Irish, and Alounak, a black-type winner in Germany, with three others earning placed black-type, a bright start for a horse not expected to sire precocious juveniles. This year has seen four new group winners in Wait Forever, successful in the Premio Parioli (the group 3 Italian Two Thousand Guineas) and Premio Pisa; Hunting Horn, who took the Hampton Court Stakes (G3) at Royal Ascot; Pollara, successful in the Prix du Royaumont (G3); and Latrobe, who captured the June 30 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (G1). Camelot also already has Arthur Kitt, winner of the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot, in his second crop of 2-year-olds. Latrobe's classic victory was his first stakes score in a five-race career. He'd won a maiden over the Irish Derby course and distance by 6 1/2 lengths on his previous start, and in his other two outings this year, was beaten a neck by Hunting Horn in a maiden, and finished second in the Airlie Stud Gallinule Stakes (G3). Latrobe is out of Question Times, a daughter of the Giant's Causeway horse Shamardal, who is now emerging as a very good young broodmare sire. She BLOODHORSE DAILY

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was a six-furlong winner who also finished second in the listed European Breeders' Fund Bosra Sham Fillies' Stakes, and also appears as dam of the Fastnet Rock mare Diamond Fields, winner of the Gladness Stakes (G3) in Ireland, and also graded stakes-placed in the U.S. The second dam of Latrobe, Forever Times was a durable sprinter by So Factual who won six of 51 races. In addition to Question Times, she is dam of Sunday Times, a Holy Roman Emperor daughter who took the Japan Racing Association Sceptre Stakes (G3) and ran second in the Jaguar Cars Cheveley Park Stakes (G1). Latrobe's third dam, Simply Times—by Mr. Prospector's son, Dodge—was imported from the U.S. to England, where she ran unplaced in two starts. She did better as a broodmare, as her other offspring included group 2-winning and group 1-placed Welsh Emperor and listed scorer Majestic Times. The family goes back to Marchinha, an Argentine black-type winner and classic placed runner, who was imported to Florida in the late 1960s. Latrobe follows Pollara, whose dam is by Storm Cat himself, as the second group winner for Camelot out of a Storm Cat, and Arthur Kitt has a second dam by Storm Cat son, Tale of the Cat, this trio coming from only eight starters by Camelot out of mares carrying Storm Cat. BH s Share this story


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RACE RESULTS

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ALLOWANCE RESULTS Louisiana Downs, Race 6, ALW 7/2, $22,000, 3yo/up, a8f (turf), 1:37.85, course firm. 1–Mallard's Bro, 121, dk b/br g, 8, It's No Joke–Y Worry B Happy, by Bucksplasher, $13,200, O–Five Star Racing Stable, B–Rick Christian (AR), T–Al Cates, J–Richard E. Eramia Margin: neck, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart Thistledown, Race 5, AOC 7/2, $25,500, 3yo/up, 8f (dirt), 1:39.24, track fast. 1–Abraham, 122, ch g, 8, Distorted Humor–Tabarin, by El Prado (IRE), $15,810, O–Premier Stables Unlimited, B–Dixiana Farms LLC (KY), T–Nabu Morales, J–Gerardo Corrales Sale History: 2013 KEENOV, ($120,000 RNA), 2011 KEESEP, $300,000, 2010 KEENOV, ($240,000 RNA).

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Margin: 1½, 5 starters. View Equibase Chart Thistledown, Race 7, ALW 7/2, $24,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 5.5f (dirt), 1:05.28, track fast. 1–Red Dread, 118, ch f, 3, Five Star Day–Levity, by El Corredor, $14,400, O–Dave Casalinova, B–John J. Greely IV & Wilson Sisk (KY), T–Tina Casalinova, J–Christian P. Pilares Sale History: 2016 FTKOCT, $7,000. Margin: ¾, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart

MAIDEN RESULTS

Thalia, Carroll, Dennis and Carroll, Wanda, B–Thalia M. Stavrides (NY), T–Gary C. Contessa, J–John R. Davila, Jr. Margin: 2¾, 6 starters. View Equibase Chart Louisiana Downs, Race 4, MSW 7/2, $23,000, 3yo/up, f/m, a5f (turf), :58.12, course firm. 1–Layla Forever, 124, dk b/br f, 4, Canadian Frontier– Missservicestripe, by Service Stripe, $13,800, O–Toshita Antwine, B–Brett A Brinkman & Allen Chiasson (LA), T–Michael Antwine, J–Rico Flores Sale History: 2015 BSCSEP, ($1,000 RNA). Margin: ½, 8 starters. View Equibase Chart

Finger Lakes, Race 4, MSW 7/2, $23,000, 3yo/up, 8.18f (dirt), 1:46.38, track fast. 1–Rumbles of Thunder, 124, ch g, 4, Fusaichi Pegasus– Calypso Vuh, by Well Selected, $13,800, O–Stavrides,


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TODAY’S ENTRIES MANILA S. Belmont Park, Wednesday, July 4, Race 3 8f (turf), $100,000, 3yo, 2:37 PM (local) P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 1 Sea Foam Medaglia d'Oro 3/c Manuel Franco 120 6/1 Waterville Lake Stable 2 2 Raging Bull (FR) Dark Angel (IRE) 3/c Joel Rosario 116 6/5 Brant, Peter, M. 3 3 Factor This The Factor 3/c Dylan Davis 114 10/1 Campbell Road Stables and Chen, Danny J. 4 4 Up the Ante Smart Strike 3/c Javier Castellano 116 3/1 Castleton Lyons 5 5 Westerland (GB) Frankel (GB) 3/c Irad Ortiz, Jr. 116 8/1 Juddmonte Farms, Inc. 6 6 Hangman Scat Daddy 3/r Junior Alvarado 114 7/2 Green, Leonard, C. Breeders: 1–Waterville Lake Stables Ltd LLC; 2–Dayton Investments Limited; 3–Maccabee Farm; 4–Castleton Lyons & Kilboy Estate; 5–JUDDMONTE FARMS LTD; 6– James Everatt, Janeane Everatt, Arika Everatt-Meeuse & Ashford Stud. Trainers: 1–Christophe Clement; 2–Chad C. Brown; 3–Edward R. Barker; 4–Christophe Clement; 5–William I. Mott; 6–Linda Rice.

BERTRANDO S. Los Alamitos Race Course, Wednesday, July 4, Race 8 8f (dirt), $100,000, 3yo/up, 4:28 PM (local) P # PP Horse Sire 1 1 Taman Guard Midnight Lute

Age/Sex Jockey 5/g Joseph Talamo

Weight M/L 119 8/1

Owner Jungle Racing LLC, KMN Racing LLC or LNJ Foxwoods, Et Al 2 2 Soi Phet Tizbud 10/g Alonso Quinonez 124 3/1 Benowitz Family Trust, Powell or Viskovich 3 3 Magic Mark Benchmark 8/g Martin Garcia 119 5/2 Dorine & John R. Lanza 4 4 Acceptance Vronsky 6/h Stewart Elliott 119 20/1 Finish Line Racing, LLC or The Ellwood Johnston Trust 5 5 Make It a Triple Misremembered 5/g Rafael Bejarano 119 15/1 RadarRob Racing 6 6 B Squared Square Eddie 4/c Mario Gutierrez 124 7/2 Reddam Racing, LLC 7 7 Grecian Fire Unusual Heat 4/g William Antongeorgi III 119 9/2 KMN Racing, LLC 8 8 Grazen Sky Grazen 6/g Evin A. Roman 119 12/1 Jeff Cissell 9 9 Continental Divide Animal Kingdom 3/c Santiago Gonzalez 115 20/1 DP Racing Breeders: 1–John Perrotta & E. Mercaldo; 2–ARCHA Racing Inc.; 3–Dorine Lanza & John R. Lanza; 4–Old English Rancho; 5–Richard Barton Enterprises; 6–Reddam Racing, LLC; 7–KMN Racing; 8–Nick Alexander; 9–PT Syndicate #1, LLC. Trainers: 1–Richard E. Mandella; 2–Leonard Powell; 3–Ronald W. Ellis; 4–Kenneth D. Black; 5–Keith E. Craigmyle; 6–Doug F. O'Neill; 7–Jerry Hollendorfer; 8–Robert B. Hess, Jr.; 9–James M. Cassidy.

JERSEY GIRL H. Monmouth Park, Wednesday, July 4, Race 8 8f (turf), $75,000, 3yo/up f/m, 4:05 PM (local) P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 1 Cee Bee Gee Bee Not For Love 5/m Paco Lopez 119 4/1 Rock Talk Farm 2 2 Boomerang Miss Silver Train 5/m Trevor McCarthy 116 6/1 John Cocce and Lisbeth Dodd 3 3 Diamond Play E Dubai 5/m Jairo Rendon 121 9/2 Thoroughbred Invest. Fund LLC 4 4 Kodiak Katie Kodiak Kowboy 5/m Wilmer A. Garcia 116 8/1 Hoover Thoroughbred Racing LLC 5 5 Love Came to Town Medallist 6/m Mychel J. Sanchez 123 6/1 Gerald F. Sleeter 6 6 Heading Home After Market 4/f Albin Jimenez 115 5/1 Holly Crest Farm 7 7 Valedictorian Temple City 4/f Carlos J. Hernandez 119 5/2 Epic Racing 8 8 Single Broad Temple City 5/m Jose C. Ferrer 121 12/1 Prima Ventures LLC 9 9 Singing Sarah Scipion 3/f Angel Castillo 114 20/1 V/R Racing LLC 10 10 Star Flare Latent Heat 5/m No Rider 114 15/1 Kenneth Garcia Breeders: 1–Rock Talk Farm LLC; 2–Colonial Farms; 3–Colonial Farms; 4–Rick Hoover & Cheree Hoover; 5–Kevin Sleeter; 6–Holly Crest Farm; 7–John Bowers Jr; 8– Spring Run Farm, LLC; 9–Ross Restuccio; 10–Kenneth R. Garcia. Trainers: 1–Jason Servis; 2–Patrick B. McBurney; 3–Anthony R. Margotta, Jr.; 4–Skip Einhorn; 5–Kevin G. Sleeter; 6–John F. Mazza; 7–Kelly J. Breen; 8–Timothy James Kelly; 9–Philip T. Aristone; 10–Patrick B. McBurney.

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TODAY’S ENTRIES FRANCES GENTER S. Canterbury Park, Wednesday, July 4, Race 3 6f (dirt), $50,000, 3yo f, 1:46 PM (local) P # PP Horse Sire 1 1 Firstmate Midshipman 2 2 Devil Lady Fort Prado 3 3 Helen'sphotoflash Notional 4 4 Cabloosie Bay Neko Bay

Age/Sex 3/f 3/f 3/f 3/f

Jockey Ry Eikleberry Jenna Joubert Quincy Hamilton Leandro D. Goncalves

Weight M/L 122 3/2 122 8/1 122 4/1 122 5/1

Owner Barry & Joni Butzow Wayne Simon Joy M. Gorra Winchester Place Thoroughbreds, LLC (Lorie Michaels) 5 5 Vidira Going Commando 3/f Dean P. Butler 122 7/2 Don Schnell 6 6 Simran Joey Franco 3/f Leslie Mawing 122 8/1 Gaitri Rampadarat Breeders: 1–Richard Bremer & Cheryl Sprick; 2–Rennpherd Stable; 3–Ez-Az Thoroughbreds, LLP; 4–Winchester PlaceThoroughbreds, LLC; 5–Barry Arnason; 6–Roopishwar Rampadarat. Trainers: 1–Joe Sharp; 2–Victor Hanson; 3–Michael E. Biehler; 4–Eric L. Heitzmann; 5–Don Schnell; 6–Roopishwar Rampadarat.

Age/Sex 3/g 3/c 3/c

Jockey Nik G. Goodwin Leandro D. Goncalves Jareth Loveberry

Weight M/L 122 10/1 122 1/9 122 12/1

VICTOR S. MYERS S. Canterbury Park, Wednesday, July 4, Race 4 6f (dirt), $50,000, 3yo, 2:16 PM (local) P # PP Horse Sire 1 1 Warrior Boss Street Boss 2 2 Mr. Jagermeister Atta Boy Roy 3 3 Watertonian Neko Bay

Owner Lamont H. Nienast, LLC (Lamont H. Nienast) Kristin Boice, Leslie Cummings & Valorie Lund Winchester Place Thoroughbreds, LLC (Lorie Michaels) 4 4 Speeding Kid Law Enforcement 3/g Leslie Mawing 122 6/1 Lori & William Townsend 5 5 Dixie Blues Street Boss 3/g Ry Eikleberry 122 15/1 Cheryl Sprick & Richard Bremer Breeders: 1–Castle Rock Thoroughbreds; 2–Kristin Boice; 3–Winchester PlaceThoroughbreds, LLC; 4–Scott Pierce; 5–Richard Bremer & Cheryl Sprick. Trainers: 1–Clay Brinson; 2–Valorie Lund; 3–Eric L. Heitzmann; 4–Miguel Angel Silva; 5–Chris Richard.

OAK TREE SPRINT S. Oak Tree At Pleasanton, Wednesday, July 4, Race 8 6f (dirt), $50,000, 3yo/up, 5:15 PM (local) P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 1 Taima the Hawk Kitten's Joy 5/g Catalino Martinez 124 8/1 Mary Tucker 2 2 Annie's Candy Twirling Candy 5/g Alejandro Gomez 124 3/1 Scott Herbertson 3 3 My Friend Emma Tannersmyman 6/g Ricardo Gonzalez 124 8/5 Candelario Barragan or Jocelyn Robles 4 4 Tribal Storm Papa Clem 4/r Irving Orozco 124 7/2 Scott Herbertson 5 5 Run Away Run Away and Hide 3/c Juan J. Hernandez 118 5/2 Kaleem Shah, Inc. Breeders: 1–Celebre Investments; 2–FirstCorp Thoroughbreds LLC; 3–Jim Eaton; 4–Curtis C. & Lila L. Lanning LLC; 5–Erv Woolsey & Ralph Kinder. Trainers: 1–Samuel Calvario; 2–Ari Herbertson; 3–Rhoda March; 4–Ari Herbertson; 5–Simon Callaghan.

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UPCOMING ENTRIES LAST DANCE S. Suffolk Downs, Saturday, July 7, Race 13 8f (dirt), $50,000, 4yo/up, 5:55 PM (local) P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 Silent Waters Silent Name (JPN) 5/g Augusto A. Marin 116 - Harry R. Hoglander 2 Dr Blarney Dublin 5/g Tammi Piermarini 127 - Joseph DiRico 3 Saint Alfred Dublin 4/g Luis M. Ocasio 116 - Joseph DiRico 4 Brokers Prize Silk Broker 5/g Dylan Davis 119 - Adel D. Salim 5 Charlie Riffic Field Commission 4/g Luis E. Perez 119 - Gumpster Stable LLC 6 J. C. Indy Flatter 6/g Andy Hernandez Sanchez 116 - Anthony Zizza Breeders: 1–Nine Maple Farm Inc; 2–Joseph DiRico; 3–Joseph DiRico; 4–Adel Salim; 5–Robert A Raymond; 6–Anthony Martin Zizza. Trainers: 1–William M. Sienkewicz; 2–Karl M. Grusmark; 3–Karl M. Grusmark; 4–Jacqueline Falk; 5–Ralph D'Alessandro; 6–Dylan Clarke.

NORTHERN FLING S. Presque Isle Downs, Sunday, July 8, Race 5 8f (all-weather), $100,000, 3yo/up f/m, 7:05 PM (local) P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 Great Soul Great Notion 5/m Ronald Dale Allen, Jr. 114 - Glen Hill Farm 2 Hey Monba Monba 5/m Christian P. Pilares 117 - Mast Thoroughbreds 3 War Baby Lemon Drop Kid 5/m Jose A. Bracho 114 - William L. Pape 4 Mile End Limehouse 6/m Jacqueline A. Davis 114 - Hillcrest Farm 5 Rose Tree Harlan's Holiday 4/f Andrew Wolfsont 114 - Buttonwood Farm 6 Imply E Dubai 5/m Julio A. Hernandez 125 - Barlar, LLC 7 Extrasexyexotkminx Silver Train 5/m Willie Martinez 117 - Kirwan Equine Group, Inc. and Ed Hipps 8 Yes It's Erie Yes It's True 4/f Pablo Morales 114 - Endeavor Bloodstock, LLC 9 Tulsa Queen Cactus Ridge 4/f David Delgado 114 - Shagbark Farm, LLC 10 Item Orientate 4/f Dana G. Whitney 114 - Tom Coulter 11 Formal Class Formal Dinner 6/m Luis H. Munar 114 - Richard N. Miller 12 Citrine Harbor Rockport Harbor 4/f Travis Wales 114 - William E. Riddle Jr. 13 Meddybemps Quiet American 6/m Huber Villa-Gomez 114 - Elizabeth M. Merryman and Ellendale Racing, LLC 14 She's Plain Jane Into Mischief 4/f Pablo Morales 114 - Richard Seale and Douglas S. Arnold Breeders: 1–Steven E Long & Jane M Long; 2–DMD Thoroughbreds LLC; 3–Mr. & Mrs. William L. Pape; 4–David A. Ross; 5–Mr. & Mrs. Rodman W. Moorhead III; 6–Barlar, LLC; 7–Toni M. Kirwan & Edward Hipps; 8–Endeavor Bloodstock LLC; 9–Anne L. Walsh; 10–Arrowwood Farm, Inc.; 11–R. N. Miller; 12–William E. Riddle Jr.; 13–Ellen Dale Racing LLC; 14–Cavanaugh Breen LLC. Trainers: 1–Thomas F. Proctor; 2–Robert M. Gorham; 3–Edward L. Graham; 4–Thomas R. Smith; 5–Jonathan E. Sheppard; 6–T. Bernard Houghton; 7–Marcos Zulueta; 8– Teresa Connelly; 9–Ryan D. Walsh; 10–Rodrigo Madrigal, Sr.; 11–Amy Albright; 12–Flint W. Stites; 13–Elizabeth M. Merryman; 14–Glenn S. Wismer.

LEEMATT S. Presque Isle Downs, Sunday, July 8, Race 7 8f (all-weather), $100,000, 3yo/up, 7:55 PM (local) P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 Beyond Smart Smart Strike 7/g Scott Spieth 114 - Tim Girten, Donald L. Brown, Jr. and Muirfield Farm 2 Domissme Belong to Me 8/g Mike Allen 114 - Jared Cheeks 3 Bern' James Bern Bernstein 7/g Ronald Dale Allen, Jr. 114 - David Staudacher 4 Downhill Racer Jump Start 4/g Andrew Wolfsont 114 - Buttonwood Farm 5 Duff Candy Ride (ARG) 6/h Huber Villa-Gomez 114 - The Elkstone Group, LLC 6 The Tortoise K One King 4/c Emmanuel Esquivel 114 - Gunpowder Farms, LLC 7 Someday Jones Smarty Jones 5/h Willie Martinez 114 - Main Line Racing Stable and Alexandria Stable 8 Fast and Accurate Hansen 4/c Pablo Morales 114 - Kendall E. Hansen 9 Grasshoppin Cat Thief 7/g Edwin Rivera 114 - Michael W. Jester Breeders: 1–George Strawbridge Jr.; 2–Equivine Farm; 3–Two Sisters' Farm, Inc.; 4–Mr. & Mrs. Rodman W. Moorhead III; 5–Two Sisters' Farm, Inc.; 6–Gunpowder Farms LLC; 7–Patricia L. Chapman; 8–John R. Penn; 9–Michael W. Jester. Trainers: 1–Tim Girten; 2–Joseph Cheeks; 3–Michael J. Maker; 4–Jonathan E. Sheppard; 5–Ron G. Potts; 6–Kelly Rubley; 7–John C. Servis; 8–Michael J. Maker; 9–Claudio A. Gonzalez.

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UPCOMING ENTRIES FIRST EPISODE S. Suffolk Downs, Sunday, July 8, Race 11 8f (dirt), $50,000, 4yo/up f/m, 5:05 PM (local) P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 Dr Ruthless Disco Rico 5/m Carlos Camillo 119 - Rafael Jose Rohena 2 Greta Zong 6/m Andy Hernandez Sanchez 119 - Gavin-Ty Racing LLC 3 Princess Dream Freud 5/m Joel Sone 127 - Patricia L. Moseley 4 Jeb Zong 6/m Luis E. Perez 124 - Cappy-Tavey Stable 5 Miss Wilby Imperialism 6/m Tammi Piermarini 124 - Langdon Wilby and Mary Beth Reis 6 Tropical Joy Silk Broker 5/m Jacqueline Leslie Falk 119 - Gold Bear Farm Breeders: 1–Joseph DiRico; 2–Ken Posco; 3–Patricia L. Moseley; 4–Kenneth P Posco; 5–Lang Wilby & Mary Beth Reis; 6–Christopher J Trakas. Trainers: 1–Rafael Jose Rohena; 2–Dylan Clarke; 3–Jonathan B. Buckley; 4–Dylan Clarke; 5–Karl M. Grusmark; 6–Jacqueline Falk.

LOUISE KIMBALL S. Suffolk Downs, Sunday, July 8, Race 13 6f (dirt), $50,000, 3yo, 5:55 PM (local) P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 Desert Safari Wild Desert 3/f Jose Baez 119 - Saccardo, Samuel, Zizza, Anthony and Allard, Beverly 2 Yogi Got Milk Indian Ocean 3/g Jeremias Flores 119 - George F. Brown 3 Lou Tass Dr. Rockett 3/g Andy Hernandez Sanchez 119 - Kathleen A. Manning 4 Saint Anna Kodiak Kowboy 3/f Luis E. Perez 119 - Anthony Zizza 5 Gem of the Ocean Indian Ocean 3/f Pedro Monterrey, Jr. 114 - Roque R. Romero 6 Reeley Jeff Indian Ocean 3/g Oscar Gomez 119 - Bruce D. Anderson Breeders: 1–Beverly Ann Allard; 2–George Brown & Arlene Brown; 3–Kathleen Manning; 4–William Hardin; 5–Beverly Ann Allard; 6–Vincent Armenio. Trainers: 1–George A. Saccardo; 2–Bruce D. Anderson; 3–Dylan Clarke; 4–Dylan Clarke; 5–Roque R. Romero; 6–Bruce D. Anderson.

TIEA at a glance What are the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards (TIEA)? The TIEA, sponsored by Godolphin, were created to identify and reward the hardworking individuals in the U.S. Thoroughbred industry – there’s $128,000 in prize money! Who can be nominated? Just about anyone currently involved in racing and breeding. There are a few eligibility restrictions. How do I nominate? Go to godolphinUSawards.com

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2018 NORTH AMERICAN LEADING SIRES

Listed below are the top 10 leading sires by 2018 Northern American earnings through July 2, 2018. Only stallions that stand, will stand, or stood in North America (excluding stallions that died or were exported prior to the 2014 breeding season), and have runners in North America are included.

Rank Stallion

Sire, YOB

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ride the Rails, ’99 Johannesburg, ’04 Harlan's Holiday, ’05 Smart Strike, ’04 Elusive Quality, ’06 Pulpit, ’01 A.P. Indy, ’97 Awesome Again, ’00 A.P. Indy, ’99 El Prado, ’01

Candy Ride (ARG) Scat Daddy Into Mischief Curlin Quality Road Tapit Malibu Moon Ghostzapper Flatter Kitten's Joy

’18 Stud Fee $80,000 Died $100,000 $150,000 $70,000 $300,000 $75,000 $85,000 $40,000 $60,000

Farm

Chief Earner (Earnings)

’18 Earnings

Lane's End, KY N/A Spendthrift Farm, KY Hill 'n' Dale Farms, KY Lane's End, KY Gainesway, KY Spendthrift Farm, KY Adena Springs Kentucky, KY Claiborne Farm, KY Hill 'n' Dale Farms, KY

Gun Runner ($7,000,000) Justify ($3,798,000) Audible ($1,003,520) Good Magic ($1,128,400) City of Light ($750,000) Unique Bella ($500,000) Magnum Moon ($1,177,800) Runaway Ghost ($483,960) West Coast ($1,600,000) Sadler's Joy ($442,320)

$10,768,069 $7,601,646 $6,783,691 $6,510,662 $6,445,599 $5,974,958 $5,048,395 $4,410,082 $4,218,179 $4,024,694

2018 BROODMARE SIRES

Listed below are the top 10 leading broodmare sires by 2018 Northern Hemisphere earnings through July 2, 2018. All stallions whose daughters are represented by at least one Northern Hemisphere runner in 2018 are included. Cumulative stakes winners includes lifetime worldwide statistics; all other statistics are 2018 Northern Hemisphere only.

Rank Stallion

Sire, YOB

Storm Cat, ’97 Halo, ’86 Unbridled, ’93 Storm Bird, ’83 Seattle Slew, ’89 Kingmambo, ’99 Deputy Minister, ’92 Polar Falcon, ’93 Forty Niner, ’93 Relaunch, ’93

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Giant's Causeway Sunday Silence Unbridled's Song Storm Cat A.P. Indy Dubai Destination French Deputy Pivotal (GB) Distorted Humor Honour and Glory

Dams

Rnrs

SWrs Cum. (% Rnrs) SWrs

Chief Earner (Earnings)

330 483 339 288 301 86 244 268 249 114

483 933 514 438 465 130 450 379 375 176

10 (2.1%) 7 (.8%) 11 (2.1%) 7 (1.6%) 10 (2.2%) 7 (5.4%) 5 (1.1%) 12 (3.2%) 5 (1.3%) 3 (1.7%)

Gun Runner ($7,000,000) Almond Eye ($1,322,608) Magnum Moon ($1,177,800) Study of Man ($1,107,229) Bolt d'Oro ($440,000) Thunder Snow ($6,280,000) Rainbow Line ($971,218) Cracksman ($944,977) Hedge Fund ($208,900) West Coast ($3,600,000)

64 177 125 254 172 25 75 76 62 49

’18 Earnings $17,669,125 $13,210,227 $10,789,448 $8,883,982 $7,982,150 $7,834,669 $7,598,007 $6,491,943 $6,288,218 $5,897,727

2018 SIRES BY LIFETIME AEI

Listed below are the top 10 leading sires by lifetime Average Earnings Index (AEI) through July 2, 2018. Only stallions that stand, will stand, or stood in North America (excluding stallions that died or were exported prior to the 2014 breeding season) with at least 150 named foals of racing age are included. All statistics are Northern Hemisphere only. AEI indicates how much purse money the progeny of one sire has earned in relation to the average earnings of all runners in the same years; average earnings of all runners in any year is represented by an index of 1.00. CI indicates the average earnings of progeny produced from mares bred to one sire, when these same mares were bred to other sires.

Rank Stallion

Sire, YOB

Smart Strike, ’04 Danzig, ’02 Pulpit, ’01 Empire Maker, ’06 Awesome Again, ’00 Indian Charlie, ’08 Ride the Rails, ’99 Elusive Quality, ’06 El Prado, ’99 Harlan's Holiday, ’05

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Curlin War Front Tapit Pioneerof the Nile Ghostzapper Uncle Mo Candy Ride (ARG) Quality Road Medaglia d'Oro Into Mischief

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’18 Stud Fee $150,000 $250,000 $300,000 $110,000 $85,000 $125,000 $80,000 $70,000 $250,000 $100,000

Farm Hill 'n' Dale Farms, KY Claiborne Farm, KY Gainesway, KY WinStar Farm LLC, KY Adena Springs Kentucky, KY Ashford Stud, KY Lane's End, KY Lane's End, KY Darley, KY Spendthrift Farm, KY


Crops

Foals

AEI

CI

7 9 11 6 10 4 11 5 11 7

643 631 1171 489 793 494 1186 436 1225 569

2.46 2.32 2.31 2.19 2.18 2.11 2.07 2.05 2.02 2.01

2.10 2.35 2.23 1.97 2.07 1.70 1.67 1.63 2.34 1.67

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