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ALSO IN THIS ISSUEFlorida Horsemen Taking Action as Storm Approaches 6

Into Mischief’s Stud Fee Climbs to $100,000 8

Lord Nelson On Track for the 2018 Breeding Season 9

Graded Stakes Winner Mohaymen Retired 10

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GUNNEVERA, SANO PREPARE FOR IRMA, BREEDERS' CUPBy Michael Adolphsont @AdolphsonRacing

Trainer Antonio Sano had supple-mentary stress on his mind the

morning of Sept. 7, but he remained focused.

The Venezuelan conditioner is dealing with Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm on a collision course with his 60-plus South Florida-based horses, including stable star and recent Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) runner-up Gunnevera. Still, Sano maintained his composure and spoke confidently that his operation and celebrity pupil will temper this tempest and be just as ready for a figurative one later this fall.

"It was a busy morning," said Sano, currently ranked third in the Gulfstream Park standings. "We're getting ready for the storm and making sure everything is OK. We thought about moving Gunnevera to Palm Meadows, but he's already at Gulfstream Park West, which is better if it floods and is pretty safe. He's happy right now and we're very happy with how he's doing. He came out of the Travers doing really good and ran a great race. The Breeders' Cup is next."

Gunnevera, oblivious to the imminent deluge, is flying high off his big effort in Saratoga Race Course's $1.25-million "Midsummer Derby" in which he earned a career-high 110 Equibase Speed Figure and boosted his earnings to more than $1.5 million.

The four-time stakes winner with Venezuelan connections in spades (including owner Margoth) will now attempt to play his conditioning cards right as he trains up to the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) for owners and a trainer whose homeland could use a hero during this time of socio-political tumult.

"We are very proud of him," Sano said. "We thought we had the Travers won at the quarter-pole. Edgard (Zayas) rode a beautiful race, perfect to instructions, and we just ran after a horse who had put up easy fractions. Obviously we would be happier if he won, but he showed he belonged with those types of horses."

Often the 'buzz horse' leading up to the Triple Crown races, Gunnevera's bandwagon seemed to suddenly empty at Saratoga, a course over which he was already proven after taking the Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) a year prior. Perhaps it was due to his out-of-town pilot, unconventional prep race (an easy five-length romp in the $100,000 Tangelo at Gulfstream Aug. 6) or that he had yet to crack the exacta in his four prior grade 1 attempts—or a combination of the three.

In any case, Gunnevera shot right past his 24-1 odds and boldly challenged the Bob Baffert-trained West Coast before settling for second in the prestigious affair.

In the process, the chestnut son of Dialed In proved much the best of the rest, finishing ahead of all three Triple Crown race winners (Always Dreaming, Cloud Computing, and Tapwrit), the victors of both the grade 1 Betfair.com Haskell Invitational Stakes (Girvin) and grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (Good Samaritan) and two other highly regarded multiple graded stakes winners (Irap and McCraken).

"You know, I thought about just going right to the (grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby Sept. 23 at Parx Racing), but we looked at the Travers, even though it was 20 days (after the Tangelo) and thought it was a wide-open race," Sano explained. "No 3-year-old has been dominant through the year and I believed he deserved a shot against them, so that's why we ran. The Travers is the 'Midsummer

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Derby' and defines the division and we weren't afraid of any others. We wanted to give him a little more chance to prove he was as good as they are and he did.

"I don't think we'll have another race before the Breeders' Cup," he continued. "He's been doing super-good and we're just going to let him train. He runs his best races fresh and I think it would be a mistake to run before going to California. To run against those horses, he's going to have to give his best race ever and it's going to be even tougher competition. Looking back, going into the Derby, he was a little bit tired (finishing seventh) and it was a mistake then to run him in the Preakness (where he finished fifth).

"That's why we gave him this extra time. He came back better than ever, he looks great and feels like a totally different horse. He's happy, strong and full of himself and I don't want to mess with that because he's going to have to face the best in the world."

Gunnevera, a $16,000 Keeneland September yearling bargain who was co-bred by Stephen Upchurch and Brandywine Farm, must now take on the best older horses in the land, including blue-bloods like Gun Runner and a likely brigade of Bob Baffert trainees, topped by Arrogate and Collected. Undaunted, Sano adheres to his instincts—including keeping Zayas aboard—and anticipates what could be a very exciting first Saturday in November.

"Edgard deserves the opportunity and has been with the horse, working him for a very, very long time," Sano explained. "He's been leading rider here at Gulfstream Park many times and has been riding for us for a long time. He will tell you how a horse is doing and we trust him. Before the Travers he told me he was doing better than ever and then he ran like he did. He's been very important in this horse's development, he rode him great in the Travers and he'll ride him in the Breeders' Cup.

"It's the race that everybody wants to win, but we are confident," Sano concluded. "If you could see (Gunnevera) now, he's even better. He's matured. Obviously Baffert has a lot of horses he can run and these horses are the ones we have to beat on their home track (of Del Mar), but we're looking forward to the challenge." BH

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FLORIDA HORSEMEN TAKING ACTION AS STORM APPROACHESBy Ron Mitchellt @BH_RMitchell

With Hurricane Irma closing in and an expected landfall in South Florida Sept. 9 or 10, about half

of the horses at Gulfstream Park and Gulfstream Park West have been shipped north.

Bill White, president of the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, said about half of the horsemen have decided to stay at Gulfstream or Gulfstream West, while the other half have moved horses to Palm Meadows Training Center or other locales away from the coast.

Gulfstream officials are working with horsemen on various options.

"Our first priority is the safety of our patrons and our equine athletes," said P.J. Campo, general manager of Gulfstream Park and vice president of racing for The Stronach Group. "Horsemen are being given the option to keep their horses at Gulfstream, Gulfstream Park West, or to move to our training facility at Palm Meadows in Palm Beach."

White said the power of Hurricane Irma most assuredly has everyone's attention. Should the storm deliver winds of 150 miles per hour or more, he thinks many structures could be in danger.

"It is so widespread and monstrous that most of Florida will receive hurricane-force winds one way or another," White said. "If this happens the way they predict, Florida won't be the same for a long, long time."

White said besides the initial damage of the hurricane, the aftermath can be very challenging for everyone who lives in the area.

"What the general public normally thinks of a hurricane is the initial damage and danger of the hurricane upon arrival and that certainly is a major concern, probably the No. 1 concern," White said. "But the second part of it, that not many people who haven't been through it think about, is how you get back to normal after the thing comes through and leaves an area totally devastated with no power, no electricity, no water, roads impassable, and all public services overtaxed. Even if you get through it in good shape, the misery it leaves you with and trying to get back to normal is the part most people don't think about." BH

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INTO MISCHIEF'S STUD FEE CLIMBS TO $100,000By Eric Mitchellt @BH_EMitchell

A high demand for matings to Spendthrift Farm's marquee stallion Into Mischief

pushed the price of his last block of seasons for 2018 to $100,000, according to Ned Toffey, Spendthrift's general manager.

All seasons available through the farm have now been sold, with only a handful available through breeders who acquired lifetime breeding rights to the 12-year-old son of Harlan's Holiday early in his stud career.

"We initially priced him at $85,000 and that substantial block of seasons sold out almost immediately, just about as quick as we have ever had a horse sell out," Toffey said. Those seasons were essentially gone by the end of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale in early August.

"We opened up a small block of seasons at $100,000 and that has been sold out as well," Toffey said, adding that Into Mischief's book has typically been filled by this point during the past several years. "I have no doubt that if we had priced him at $100,000 to begin with, he still would have sold out."

Into Mischief's stud fee has been on a steady trajectory upward since his freshman sire year in 2012 when he was represented by graded stakes winner Goldencents and two other black-type winners Sittin At the Bar and Vyjack. Goldencents went on to become a multiple grade 1 winner, with victories in the 2013 Santa Anita Derby (G1) and the 2013-14 editions of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), while Vyjack won two graded stakes and placed in the Wood Memorial Stakes (G1).

For 2013, Into Mischief's fee jumped to $20,000 from $7,500. His first two crops, which totaled 69 named foals, produced 47 (68%) winners and 10 (14.5%) black-type winners. His fee has risen every year since, reaching $75,000 for the 2016 breeding season.

"With this horse, we have always tried to give our breeders value," said Toffey. "Right along he has been priced fairly, while he was getting unprecedented

percentages of winners back when he had small numbers."

Following the 2016 racing season Into Mischief was the leading sire of 2-year-olds ahead of War Front, Pioneerof the Nile, Tapit, and Scat Daddy. His top runner that year was Practical Joke, who won the Champagne Stakes and Hopeful Stakes (both G1) and placed in the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1). Practical Joke picked up another grade 1 win recently, taking the Aug. 26 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

This year Into Mischief is the second-leading sire of 2-year-olds by progeny earnings and is the fourth-leading active sire on the BloodHorse general sire list by winners, with 126 through Sept. 7. He is also co-ranked in fourth on the general leading sire list by number of repeat winners with 47, and among the top 10 active sires by black-type stakes winners with 15.

"Having a stallion's fee go to $100,000 is an important milestone, but the demand for him has been overwhelming. He has been on people's radar for a long time," Toffey said. "Going to $100,000 reflects going to a new level and this horse is going to a new level."

A grade 1 winner himself during his racing days, Into Mischief is out of reigning Broodmare of the Year Leslie's Lady and is a half brother to champion Beholder. BH

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LORD NELSON ON TRACK FOR THE 2018 BREEDING SEASONBy Eric Mitchellt @BH_EMitchell

Multiple grade 1 winner Lord Nelson has pro-gressed far enough in his battle with laminitis

that he is expected to be ready for the start of the 2018 breeding season.

"He is not at that point today, but he is at a point where that is a very manageable goal," said Ned Toffey, general manager of Spendthrift Farm, which raced the son of Pulpit. "He is well on his way. He is moving around well. He goes outside. He is grazing every day and is doing really, really well."

On the strength of consecutive victories in last year's Triple Bend Stakes (G1), Bing Crosby Stakes (G1), and the Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes (G1), Lord Nelson was the early favorite for the TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1). The colt missed the championships, however, because of a cut that became severely infected. Laminitis developed secondary to the infection.

"With a lot of luck and high-quality veterinary care and really good day-to-day care by our staff, we have gotten a significant portion of new hoof growth

on both feet," Toffey said. "Maybe most of all, he is a helluva good patient. One thing that has stood out with all of us is what a mentally tough horse this is. He was a great sprinter but laminitis is a marathon, and he has just never lost his tremendous attitude.

"How he's handled it all makes me that much more excited about breeding to him," Toffey continued. "If he'll pass on those qualities, combined with his race record, his conformation, and his pedigree, then I think we really have got something." BH

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GRADED STAKES WINNER MOHAYMEN RETIREDBy BloodHorse Staff

Shadwell Stable's multiple graded stakes winner Mohaymen has been

retired and will enter stud at Shadwell's Nashwan Stud near Lexington, Ky., in 2018 for an advertised fee of $7,500.

Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin throughout his 13-race career, Mohaymen was unbeaten in his first five starts but went off form after running fourth to champion Nyquist in the 2016 Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1). The son of Tapit failed to reach the winner's circle in his final eight starts and was most recently fifth in the Aug. 6 Alydar Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Mohaymen was the co-sale topper at the 2014 Keeneland September yearling sale when he elicited a final bid of $2.2 million from Shadwell out of breeder Clearsky Farms' consignment. The gray colt flaunted his precocity when he took the 2015 Nashua Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack in his second start and capped off his three-race juvenile campaign with a 1 1/2-length win in that year's Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct.

Mohaymen became one of the standouts on the 2016 Road to the Kentucky Derby when he cruised to victories in the Lambholm South Holy Bull Stakes (G2)

and Xpressbet.com Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park. After suffering his first career loss in the Florida Derby, he finished an admirable fourth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1).

"Mohaymen was a very talented racehorse, and is an extremely smart individual," McLaughlin said. "He was definitely one of the best 2-year-olds I've ever trained."

Bred in Kentucky by Clearsky Farms, Mohaymen is out of the grade 2-winning Dixie Union mare Justwhistledixie and is a half-brother to 2013 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner New Year's Day. He retires with five wins from 13 starts and $998,417 in earnings. BH

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CLAIMING CROWN BERTHS ON THE LINE AT KENTUCKY DOWNSBy Lenny Shulman

A pair of automatic berths into this year's Claiming Crown

Championship at Gulfstream Park will be on the line at Kentucky Downs Sept. 10.

Fillies 3 and up will go 6 1/2 grassy furlongs in the Claiming Crown Distaff Dash Stakes Prep, while males 3 and up will tangle over a mile and 70 yards in the Claiming Crown Emerald Stakes Prep.

Both races carry purses of $75,000 and will be run under starter allowance conditions, eligible for horses that have started for a claiming price of $25,000 or less since Jan. 1, 2016. Neither race is a black-type stakes.

In the Distaff Dash Prep, Joey Gee Thoroughbreds' Kasuga has the speed to make a strong impression. Competing for the first time under trainer Bill Mott, she enters after missing by a neck last out on the lead in allowance optional-claiming company at Woodbine for trainer Martin Drexler. She missed by a head two back in the Royal North Stakes (G3T) at Woodbine after setting the tempo.

Spectacular Me, last year’s winner of the Claiming Crown Distaff Dash, was claimed for $25,000 out of the barn of trainer

Steve Klesaris last out at Saratoga Race Course from a race in which she lost by a head bob on the line. The 7-year-old, now in the hands of Carl Deville for owners Saratoga Seven Racing Partners, has won 15 times from 52 starts.

In the Claiming Crown Emerald Stakes Prep, Team Block's Cammack figures to be tough, exiting the July 8 Arlington Handicap (G3T), where he finished sixth. He’s been salty in lesser company and has 9 wins from 24 starts on turf, including a 1-0-1 record from two Kentucky Downs starts.

Alice Mettler's Hay Dakota is a Canterbury Park stakes winner and should be running late. He has the back class, with a win in

the Commonwealth Turf (G3T) last season at Churchill Downs.

Spring Up, owned by Patricia's Hope, took the Mecke Handicap at Gulfstream in July and knows how to find the wire. He scored eight times from 18 turf tries.

Neoclassic was claimed out of his last two races, most recently for $32,000 at Saratoga out of the barn of Abigail Adsit. He's in good form and should be a factor for new trainer Eddie Kenneally.

Skychai Racing's Special Ops took the West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker's Cup Stakes going the same distance as Saturday's contest and looks to make it two in a row for trainer Mike Maker. BH

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Spectacular Me wins the 2016 Claiming Crown Distaff Dash at Gulfstream Park

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O'BRIEN HAS STRONG HAND FOR IRISH CHAMPION WEEKENDBy Bob Kieckhefer

Dual Guineas winner Churchill and Investec Derby (G1) runner-up Cliffs of Moher are featured in the

Sept. 9 QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes (G1)—one of three Breeders' Cup qualifying races on the Leopards-town card.

Fellow dual Guineas winner Winter takes on stablemates Roly Poly, Hydrangea, and Rhododendron in a very tough field of fillies and mares in the Coolmore Fastnet Rock Matron Stakes (G1).

The Willis Towers Watson Champions Juvenile (G3), the other qualifier, features 10 juveniles going one mile.

Churchill, by Galileo out of the Storm Cat mare Meow, has not won since taking the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas (G1) at the Curragh May 27. That win was preceded by his victory in the May 6 QIPCO 2,000 Guineas (G1) at Newmarket. He was a disappointing fourth behind Barney Roy in the St James's Palace Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot, then a game second to Ulysses in the Aug. 23 Juddmonte International Stakes (G1) at York.

Cliffs of Moher, a Galileo colt out of the Dansili mare Wave, has produced fourth-place performances in the Coral-Eclipse (G1) and Juddmonte International stakes (G1) since finishing second to the now-retired Wings of Eagles in the Investec Derby (G1) in June.

Aidan O'Brien trains both Churchill and Cliffs of Moher. Ryan Moore has the mount on Churchill with Seamie Heffernan to ride Cliffs of Moher.

Despite the presence of the Classic performers, the Irish Champion is not a two-horse race by any means.

Eminent, fresh off a group 2 score in France, is well-backed in antepost betting. The 3-year-old Frankel colt was fourth in the Investec Derby. Poet's Word, a 4-year-old colt by Poet's Voice, has three wins and two seconds from his last five starts, albeit against softer fields.

The 1 1/4-mile Irish Champion Stakes offers a fees-paid berth in the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) at Del Mar Nov. 4.

A similar invitation to the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) awaits the winner of the Matron, and, again, O'Brien and the Coolmore connections seem to have an upper hand.

The brilliant Winter, a Galileo filly from the Choisir mare Laddies Poker Two, has won four straight group 1 races—the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas Stakes, the Tattersalls

Irish 1,000 Guineas, the Coronation Stakes at Ascot and the Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. With Ryan Moore set to ride, she is close to odds-on with most bookmakers.

Roly Poly was second to her stablemate in both the Irish 1,000 Guineas and the Coronation Stakes but has scored two group 1 wins since getting away from Winter. The daughter of War Front captured the July 14 Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes (G1) at Newmarket and then wheeled back to annex the July 30 Prix Rothschild (G1) at Deauville.

O'Brien also has his floral arrangement of Rhododendron and Hydrangea in the Matron with the former having defeated the latter in the Dubai Fillies' Mile (G1) at Newmarket last October. Rhododendron was second to Winter in the One Thousand Guineas and was most recently pulled up during the June 18 Prix de Diane Longines (G1) at Chantilly.

The opposition includes Al Shaqab Racing's Qemah, a 4-year-old Danehill Dancer filly who won last year's Prix Rothschild, and Persuasive, a Dark Angel filly who was second in this race last year behind Alice Springs and makes the second start of her 4-year-old campaign.

The Champions Juvenile is a Challenge race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T). Ten 2-year-olds are set for that one-mile test. BH

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HARRY ANGEL ONE TO BEAT IN 32RED SPRINT CUPBy Bob Kieckhefer

Harry Angel, winner of the Darley July Cup Stakes (G1) at Newmarket, returns as the favorite for the

32Red Sprint Cup Stakes (G1) Sept. 9 at Haydock.A 3-year-old son of Dark Angel and one of the

current stars of Godolphin's English string, Harry Angel bested a field that included group 1 winners Limato and Caravaggio in the Darley July Cup, handing the latter his first ever loss. The bay colt has multiple credentials beyond the Newmarket win, however. He established the six-furlong Haydock course record in the Armstrong Aggregates Sandy Lane Stakes (G2) in May, with a time of 1:08.56.

"I think the way he has been campaigned, he is still progressing," trainer Clive Cox said in the run-up to the six-furlong Sprint Cup. "The July Cup was his most professional performance to date."

Harry Angel's main rival may be Brando, a 5-year-old Pivotal gelding who arguably was unlucky in finishing third in the July Cup. He scored his first group 1 victory last time out with a late move in the

LARC Prix Maurice de Gheest over 6 1/2 furlongs at Deauville Aug. 6.

With the threat of significant rain prior to the race, Tasleet also has found increased support with the bookmakers. The 4-year-old Showcasing colt, trained by William Haggas for Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, was an impressive winner at York this spring over soft going but finished 10th in the July Cup over good to firm turf.

Magical Memory and Godolphin's second runner, Blue Point, also are in with a chance while Aidan O'Brien, who has never saddled a winner in this race, fields outside chances Spirit of Valor and Cougar Mountain.

Left out of this 12-horse field at the 48-hour confirmation stage was Caravaggio, the 3-year-old Scat Daddy colt who was regarded as a world-beater and a candidate for The Everest (G1) in Australia three months ago. O'Brien instead has Caravaggio in a group 2 event Sept. 10 at the Curragh.

Caravaggio defeated Harry Angel by three quarters of a length in the Commonwealth Cup (G1) at Royal Ascot before trending off form with a fourth-place finish as the heavy favorite in the July Cup, followed by

sixth in the Gheest. O'Brien blamed a shoe issue and said he still has great expectations for Caravaggio.

Haydock officials moved the Sprint Cup up from the sixth race on the card to the third, intending to see it run over the best possible ground.

"I hope that they don't get too much rain but it will be the same situation for all the runners and I couldn't be happier with the form that Harry Angel is in," Cox said. BH

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DEL MAR AND SARATOGA: SUMMER'S TOP MEETS DELIVERt @BH_FAngst

The holiday weekend brought positive indus-try news as both of the summer's marquee

race meets at Del Mar and Saratoga Race Course reported increases in pari-mutuel handle.

At Del Mar, average daily all-sources handle increased to $12,494,000, a 5.1% spike the track credited to a field-size increase from 8.3 starters per race last year to 8.6 in 2017.

I suspect the meet enjoyed a bit of increased interest from horsemen as it will host for the first time the Breeders' Cup World Championships in November. Also, the track's "Ship and Win" program, which rewards out-of-state horses who enter and win at Del Mar, attracted 109 runners during the meet's 36 days. And, as Del Mar Thoroughbred Club president Joe Harper told BloodHorse's Jeremy Balan, some old fashioned hustle also deserved credit.

"I think the racing office did an amazing job. (Tom Robbins) and David (Jerkens) are two of the best in the business," Harper said.

Del Mar also saw a big improvement in equine safety, with just six horse fatalities during the summer meeting that began July 19—four during racing, one during training, and one a "sudden death" in the barn area, according to California Horse Racing Board equine medical director Rick Arthur—after a 2016 summer season that saw 17 deaths.

"The one that we were really concerned about—No. 1 on our list—was to get the injuries down and they really went down," Harper said. "I just want to thank (track superintendent) Dennis Moore and his crew for doing an amazing job of getting this track into shape and keeping it there."

Across the country, the New York Racing

Association reported record all-sources handle of $676,709,490 for the 2017 Saratoga meet, up 4.4% from the 2015 record. NYRA CEO and president Chris Kay credited expansion of the NYRA Bets advance-deposit wagering platform as well as the increased reach of the Saratoga Live television program.

I have to say I, myself, got in the habit of turning to FOX Sports 2 at home or NYRA.com at my computer each day to watch the Saratoga feed in high-definition.

"I want to recognize the men and women of the New York Racing Association who helped make this meet so successful," said NYRA CEO and president Chris Kay. "The record wagering is a reflection of the work of our racing office, the expansion of our national ADW platform NYRA Bets, and the increased reach of our groundbreaking television program Saratoga Live. And finally, we were certainly blessed with fantastic weather."

Besides adding markets, NYRA Bets also created a wager with real value for horseplayers in the NYRA Bets Late Pick 5, which helped spark interest. BH

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FORMER FLORIDA HBPA EXECUTIVE KENT STIRLING DIES AT 72By Ron Mitchellt @BH_RMitchell

Kent Stirling, the first executive director of the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective

Association who took on a national role with regard to regulation of medications in horses, died Sept. 6 at age 72 as a result of cancer. A memorial service is planned for a later date at Gulfstream Park.

A former trainer, Stirling served as FHBPA executive director from 1995 until the end of 2015. During his tenure Stirling represented horsemen as the Sunshine State's racing industry underwent a plethora of changes, including deregulation and slots at racetracks.

As those issues arose Stirling negotiated on behalf of horsemen in areas such as race dates, purse splits, and stabling.

"We are all very saddened," said current FHBPA president William White. "He was a big part of anything that happened in Florida for some 25 years. He had to face the situation where Hialeah was battling Gulfstream over dates, he was in place when we started simulcasting, he was in the seat when slots were an issue, when we went with the concept of revenue sharing between us and the racetracks, and he was the major part of any purse contract the HBPA negotiated."

Stirling was known for his near relentless representation of horsemen when it came to regulation of medications in horses, especially with regard to therapeutic medications.

"He was a great advocate to make sure government regulators heard the horsemen's side of medication," White said, noting that Stirling had a major role on medication issues throughout the U.S. and not just in Florida. "Through self study and going to seminars and dealing with experts, he became an expert also. He was an incredible voice in making regulators understand that therapeutic

medications at certain levels are beneficial to a horse and can't be put in the same hopper as substances that have no place in a horse or racing."

Stirling also was an advocate for those who worked on the backstretch, and assisted Gulfstream chaplain Tom LaPointe to establish an on-site health clinic. He also helped expand benefit programs to include eye and dental care.

"They supported our ministry big time," LaPointe said of the FHBPA under Stirling and since.

"Being a former trainer and living it and breathing it for years, he understood how difficult it was to make a living doing this, and even though he was long removed from the backside, he was sympathetic to those who worked there," White said. BH

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TIME AND PATIENCE REWARDEDBy Eric Mitchellt @BH_EMitchell

Don Robinson, owner of Winter Quarter Farm, has been a lifelong participant in the Thoroughbred

game. The farm founded by his father has nurtured top runners such as Golden Pheasant, Star of Cozzene, Balance, Matty G., and 2010 Horse of the Year Zen-yatta. Despite his long tenure, Robinson is experienc-ing this year as an entirely new thrill as the owner/breeder of his first graded stakes winner. His star, Cambodia, won three graded stakes this year, with her most recent victory in the Sept. 2 John C. Mabee Stakes (G2T) at Del Mar. She has won three of seven starts in 2017 and never finished off the board. Robin-son talked with BloodHorse MarketWatch editor Eric Mitchell about Cambodia’s family and his experience as an owner.

BloodHorse MarketWatch: You have a long connection with Cambodia's family. How did that begin?

Don Robinson: This family and I go way back. My good friend Mike Bell brought a client to me from Arizona named Gayle C.C. Stable, and they owned Lonely Beach. She was my first touch with the family, the great-grandmother. The husband died and I

dispersed the horses, but I always remembered this family.

I got back to it, strangely, when Boogie Beach Blues (out of Lonely Beach) came back in the January sale as an unraced 2-year-old, having just sold for good money as a weanling ($80,000 at the 1999 Keeneland November breeding stock sale). Due to the misfortunes of the game, she had had minor surgery and ended up fracturing her pelvis while recovering from the anesthesia. Her racing career was over. So I bred her to Storm Boot and got Storm Treasure, who won over $700,000 and was an incredibly good horse.

At the same time, I always loved Lonely Fact, who was a daughter of Lonely Beach by Known Fact, who I also loved. I found out she was running for a tag, and I bought her privately for the claiming price. Lonely Fact was the mare of a lot of good stuff.

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INTERVIEW

If there is any secret to her, it’s that every time she had a little bit of heat or any other 2-year-old stuff we

stopped and sent her back to the farm to rest.”

—DON ROBINSON

Everything out of this family runs. They are attractive though it is not a big commercial family. If it were then they would be unaffordable. The family just seemed to have ability, and I wasn't aggressively pursuing them, but they just seemed to fall out in front of me.

BH: Do you often race your homebreds?

DR: I don't usually but then I've never had a good one. I try not to waste time on a horse just because I got stuck with it. If the market really tells you it doesn't like one, the market is not stupid and usually the first loss is the best loss, so I sell them. Over the years, I have kept some fillies and had some good ones, but I have never had one work out like this. I raced Sassifaction, Cambodia's mother. She broke her maiden at River Downs and then won another condition at Indiana Grand (and another allowance at Ellis Park). We really liked her. She was by Smart Strike, who I bred to a lot before he got discovered, and so I had a nice mare.

Cambodia is my best, by far. I've never had a graded stakes winner in my own name. I've bred great horses for clients because that is my first order of business. I manage horses year-round and raise them for other people and dabble on the side.

BH: So how did you end up keeping Cambodia?DR: The original plan was for her to go through

a sale, and she probably would have brought good money as a yearling, but she would not have vetted. She had an OCD (osteochondritis dissecans lesion) in her stifle and in the early spring it looked compromising enough that we were concerned she

might not make it off the farm. War Front (her sire) was worth keeping. The family was worth keeping, and I liked her so I gave her time and broke her in the fall with all the others. She never had any soundness issues; never made a misstep.

After she broke her maiden on the grass at Tampa Bay Downs, I called Tom Proctor, who I had always known and had done well with Temeraine (a graded stakes winner by Arch out of Lonely Fact). He said, "I'll take her. She's by a pretty good sire." He also

told me don't underestimate a maiden win on the grass at Tampa Bay. He felt she was a pretty decent horse because he and (Christophe) Clement and (Graham) Motion all take good horses over to that grass track in the winter because they like that surface.

BH: Why has Cambodia's 5-year-old year been so strong? Any insights?

DR: If there is any secret to her, it's that every time she had a little bit of heat or any other 2-year-old stuff we stopped and sent her back

to the farm to rest. We did that repeatedly. Most horses don't get enough time and when you look at this family, they run for a long time. I gave her at least three long spells. And I credit my friend Geoff Mulcahy at the Thoroughbred Training Center who put in long, careful miles into her and always gave her time and the right foundation. Now she's just exploded at 5.

BH: So what's it like racing a homebred graded stakes winner?

DR: I have not missed a race since she was with Tom Proctor, and I just have to pinch myself. It is so satisfying and amazing. It is like a dream. I have been at this for so long, and this is so unusual and respected. I am amazed. BH

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STAKES RESULTS

BATHWICK TYRES DICK POOLE FILLIES STAKES (G3)

Salisbury, 9/7, £41,808, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:15.30, good.1–Anna Nerium (GB), 126, ch f, 2 ........ £24,102

Dubawi (IRE)–Anna Oleanda (IRE), by Old Vic (GB) O–EXORS OF THE LATE R J MCCREERY, B–Stowell Hill Stud (GB), T–HANNON RICHARD, J–MARQUAND TOMSale History: 2016 TATOC1, ($401,594 RNA).

2–Eirene (GB), 126, b f, 2 ...................... £9,138 Declaration of War–Za Za Zoom (IRE), by Le Vie Dei Colori (GB) O–M J YARROW, B–Scuderia Archi Romani (GB), T–IVORY DEAN, J–KIRBY ADAMSale History: 2015 TATFOA, $134,776.

3–Special Purpose (IRE), 126, b f, 2 ...... £4,573 Scat Daddy–Pussycat Lips (IRE), by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) O–QATAR RACING LIMITED, B–Epona Blood-stock Ltd (IRE), T–HAGGAS WILLIAM, J–MUR-PHY OISINSale History: 2016 DONPRE, $118,791.

Margins: neck, head, 1. Others: ONE MINUTE (IRE), ORIENTAL SONG (IRE), CROSSING THE LINE, MRS GAL-LAGHER, BAMBINO LOLA, REFLECT ALEXANDER (IRE), IZZY BIZU (IRE), TRICKSY SPIRIT, MISTY SPIRIT, LISTEN ALEXANDER (IRE).

Old Friends S.Kentucky Downs, 9/7, $150,000, 3yo/up, 8.32f (turf), 1:48.43, course good.

1–Sir Dudley Digges, 125, dk b/br c, 4 $46,035 Gio Ponti–My Pal Lana, by Kris S. O–Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K., B–Ber-nard McCormack & Karen McCormack (ON), T–Michael J. Maker, J–Tyler GaffalioneSale History: 2015 OBSJUN, $130,000, 2015 FTFFEB, ($195,000 RNA), 2014 KEESEP, $110,000, 2013 KEENOV, $72,000.

2–Thatcher Street, 121, b g, 6 ............ $29,700 Street Sense–Lenawee, by Albert the Great O–Bloch, Randall L., Milner, Phil, Seiler, John and Amtietan, LLC, B–Randy Bloch, et al (KY), T–Ian R. Wilkes, J–Chris LanderosSale History: 2012 FTSAUG, ($140,000 RNA).

3–Gliding Alone, 121, ch g, 5 ................ $7,425 Quien–Hoochie Glide, by High Yield O–Jurado, Luis A. and Elkins, John, B–B. A. Man, Inc. (OH), T–Luis A. Jurado, J–James Graham

Margins: head, 1¾, 3¾. Others: Italian Charm ($7,425), One Mean Man ($4,455), Chocolate Ride ($1,500). Scratched: Tag's Red Ripper, Oscar Nominated, Turf Titan, Gio's Calling, Undrafted, Bandar, Lucky Ramsey,

One Go All Go. View Equibase Chart

ALLOWANCE RESULTS

Arlington Park, Race 2, AOC9/7, $28,500, 3yo/up, f/m, 6.5f (all-weather), 1:18.10,

track fast.1–Black Angel, 121, b f, 4, Hold Me Back–Macchiati, by

Scorpion, $17,100, O–Antonio Meraz, B–Diana Shoop (KY), T–Manny Perez, J–Olaf Hernandez

Sale History: 2015 OBSOCT, ($10,000 RNA), 2015 OBSJUN, ($10,000 RNA), 2014 OBSAUG, $7,000, 2013 KEENOV, $7,000.

Margin: 3¾, 6 starters. View Equibase Chart

Arlington Park, Race 5, ALW9/7, $28,500, 3yo/up, 6.5f (all-weather), 1:17.06, track

fast.1–Flashdance Road, 121, dk b/br g, 6, Road Ruler–Flash-

dance Star, by Joyeux Danseur, $17,100, O–Fattore, Robert and Bakka, Nikol, B–Robert Fattore, Leo Matteucci & Lido Boni (IL), T–Mark J. Cristel, J–Santo Sanjur

Margin: 3¼, 6 starters. View Equibase Chart

Belterra Park, Race 3, ALW9/7, $23,300, 3yo/up, 8f (dirt), 1:39.51, track fast.1–Tensweep, 117, b c, 3, Majestic Warrior–American

Prize, by Pure Prize, $13,980, O–Maccabee Farm LLC, B–Maccabee Farm (OH), T–Thomas Drury, Jr., J–John McKee

Margin: 1¼, 6 starters. View Equibase Chart

Delaware Park, Race 7, AOC9/7, $38,000, 3yo/up, 8.32f (dirt), 1:43.33, track fast.1–Fellowship, 118, ch c, 4, Awesome of Course–Go Girl-

friend Go, by Demidoff, $22,800, O–Jacks or Better Farm, Inc., B–Jacks or Better Farm Inc. (FL), T–Kenneth Decker, J–Angel Serpa

Margin: 2½, 4 starters. View Equibase Chart

Kentucky Downs, Race 4, ALW9/7, $140,000, 3yo/up, f/m, one and five sixteenth miles

(turf), 2:20.91, course good.1–Downton Kitten, 118, b f, 3, Kitten's Joy–Manda Bay, by

Empire Maker, $84,000, O–Vincent Tew, B–Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY), T–Eduardo Caramori, J–Julien R. Leparoux

Sale History: 2015 TATOC1, ($95,936 RNA).

Margin: neck, 12 starters. View Equibase Chart

Kentucky Downs, Race 6, AOC9/7, $145,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 8f (turf), 1:42.93, course

good.1–Res Ipsa, 121, ch f, 4, English Channel–More to the

Story, by More Than Ready, $87,000, O–Deborah V. Wilson, B–Calumet Farm (KY), T–Ian R. Wilkes, J–Julien R. Lep-aroux

Sale History: 2014 KEESEP, $27,000.

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Kentucky Downs, Race 8, AOC9/7, $145,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 6.5f (turf), 1:23.40, course

good.1–Miss Nancy, 123, dk b/br f, 4, Arch–Silky Omega, by

Fusaichi Pegasus, $87,000, O–Fred M. Allor, B–Fred M Allor (KY), T–Ian R. Wilkes, J–Julien R. Leparoux

Sale History: 2014 KEESEP, ($55,000 RNA).Margin: ¾, 12 starters. View Equibase Chart

MAIDEN RESULTS

Albuquerque, Race 9, MSW9/6, $20,000, 3yo/up, 5.5f (dirt), 1:03.85, track fast.1–The Legend C M, 120, dk b/br g, 3, Southwestern

Heat–M. Monroe, by Vindication, $12,000, O–Brian Mun-dell, B–Brian Mundell (NM), T–Bart G. Hone, J–Elvin Gonza-lez

Margin: 6¼, 8 starters. View Equibase Chart

Belterra Park, Race 5, MSW9/7, $22,300, 2yo, f, 6f (dirt), 1:11.51, track fast.1–Fancy Feelin, 120, b f, 2, Jimmy Creed–Rush to War, by

Majestic Warrior, $13,380, O–Yates, Patricia J. and Yates, Daniel J., B–Daniel J. Yates & Patricia J. Yates (OH), T–Wil-liam D. Cowans, J–Perry Wayne Ouzts

Margin: 9¼, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart

Finger Lakes, Race 2, MSW9/7, $23,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 5f (dirt), :59.57, track fast.1–Song for the Soul, 121, b f, 3, Freud–Unbridled Bless-

ing, by Unbridled's Song, $20,800, O–Ice Wine Stable, B–Lindy Farms & Preferred Equine Marketing, Inc (NY), T–Wesley A. Ward, J–Rosario Montanez

Margin: ¾, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart

Kentucky Downs, Race 3, MSW9/7, $130,000, 2yo, 6.5f (turf), 1:25.14, course good.1–King Valero, 120, dk b/br c, 2, Eskendereya–Montana

Miss, by Mineshaft, $78,000, O–Romert Gonzalez, B–Dean Grimm (KY), T–Alejandro Gonzalez, J–Cesar A. Ordaz

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Sale History: 2016 KEEJAN, (no bid).Margin: 1½, 12 starters. View Equibase Chart

Kentucky Downs, Race 5, MSW9/7, $130,000, 2yo, 6.5f (turf), 1:24.96, course good.1–Over Thinking, 117, b f, 2, Overanalyze–Morakami, by

Fusaichi Pegasus, $78,000, O–G. Watts Humphrey, Jr., B–G. Watts Humphrey Jr., Susan Keller, Vicktoria Oliver & G. Watts Humphrey III (KY), T–Victoria H. Oliver, J–Jon Kenton Court

Margin: ½, 12 starters. View Equibase Chart

Kentucky Downs, Race 7, MSW9/7, $130,000, 2yo, f, 6f (turf), 1:15.86, course good.1–Heavenly Love, 120, b f, 2, Malibu Moon–Darling My

Darling, by Deputy Minister, $78,000, O–Debby M. Oxley, B–Debby Oxley (KY), T–Mark E. Casse, J–Julien R. Lep-aroux

Margin: 5, 12 starters. View Equibase Chart

Kentucky Downs, Race 10, MSW9/7, $130,000, 3yo/up, f/m, one and five sixteenth miles

(turf), 2:20.62, course good.1–Bodie's Valentine, 120, dk b/br f, 3, Bodemeister–Sum-

mer Scene, by Belong to Me, $78,000, O–Ramsey, Kenneth

L. and Sarah K., B–Merriebelle Stable, LLC & Bodemeister

Syndicate (KY), T–Michael J. Maker, J–Jose L. Ortiz

Sale History: 2014 KEENOV, $80,000.

Margin: 2, 12 starters. View Equibase Chart

Penn National, Race 2, MSW

9/7, $33,300, 3yo/up, 6f (dirt), 1:12.19, track fast.

1–Madly Precise, 113, ch g, 3, Mad Flatter–Precisely Sue,

by Precise End, $19,980, O–Renpher Stable, B–Glenn E.

Brok LLC (PA), T–Robert Oliva, J–Cassidy Burg

Sale History: 2015 FTMSEP, $22,000.

Margin: 2¼, 11 starters. View Equibase Chart

Presque Isle Downs, Race 1, MSW

9/7, $27,000, 2yo, 5.5f (all-weather), 1:05.22, track fast.

1–Madeye, 120, b c, 2, Factum–Absolute Madness, by

West Acre, $16,200, O–Rice Racing, B–Stonehedge LLC

(FL), T–Kevin Rice, J–Addiel J. Ayala

Margin: ¾, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart

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CHRISTIECAT S.Belmont Park, Friday, September 8, Race 86f (turf), $100,000, 3yo f, 5:13 PM (local)

P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 1 Smiling Causeway Giant's Causeway 3/f Feargal Lynch 117 6/1 Audley Farm Stable 2 2 Riley's Choice Distorted Humor 3/f John R. Velazquez 115 15/1 Sagamore Farm 3 3 Boos (FR) Dream Ahead 3/f Manuel Franco 117 12/1 Colts Neck Stables LLC 4 4 Rubilinda Frankel (GB) 3/f Jose L. Ortiz 115 5/2 Don Alberto Stable 5 5 Heavenly Score Even the Score 3/f Luis Saez 117 8/1 Curragh Stables 6 6 Epping Forest Exchange Rate 3/f Joel Rosario 115 5/1 Waterville Lake Stable 7 7 Noble Freud Freud 3/f Irad Ortiz, Jr. 115 8/1 Head of Plains Partners LLC, Xpress Thoroughbreds

LLC., Kisber, Medallion Racing 8 8 Too Much Tip Too Much Bling 3/f John R. Velazquez 119 2/1 Belka Stud 9 9 Adorable Miss Kitten's Joy 3/f Javier Castellano 121 3/1 Barber, Gary and Madaket Stables LLC 10 10 Tickled Pink Shackleford 3/f Junior Alvarado 117 20/1 Burning Daylight Farms, Inc. and Galbraith, RebeccaBreeders: 1–Dr. Rodney Orr; 2–Sagamore Farm; 3–Franklin Finance S. A. & Elisabeth Vidal; 4–Don Alberto; 5–McDowell Farm; 6–Waterville Lake Stables Ltd LLC; 7–Ekle-ktikos Stable LLC & Three Chimneys Farm, LLC; 8–W. S. Farish; 9–Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey; 10–Brandywine Farm (Jim & Pam Robinson).Trainers: 1–Arnaud Delacour; 2–Horacio DePaz; 3–Alan E. Goldberg; 4–Chad C. Brown; 5–John P. Terranova, II; 6–Christophe Clement; 7–Chad C. Brown; 8–Wesley A. Ward; 9–Todd A. Pletcher; 10–H. Graham Motion.

REMINGTON PARK TURF SPRINT S.Remington Park, Friday, September 8, Race 85f (turf), $50,000, 3yo/up, 10:19 PM (local)

P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 1 Drowningndiamonds Diamond 7/g Glenn W. Corbett 118 20/1 Adios Reality Farms 2 2 All Behroozed Up Euroears 4/g Garrett Steinberg 118 30/1 James E. and Marilyn Helzer 3 3 Mr. N Mr. Nightlinger 4/g Luis S. Quinonez 118 2/1 Henry S. Witt, Jr. 4 4 Perfect Majestic Majesticperfection 5/g Curtis Kimes 118 30/1 Cindy Page and Podoba Acres LLC 5 5 Johnny Whip Stephen Got Even 8/g Benny C. Landeros 118 8/1 George Straw 6 6 Okie Jazz Cowboy Cal 4/g Ramon A. Vazquez 118 20/1 Richter Family Trust and Joe W. Alexander 7 7 My Validation Valid Expectations 6/g Floyd Wethey, Jr. 118 7/2 Hobby Horse Farm, Inc. 8 8 James and Company C'Mon Tiger 5/g Colby J. Hernandez 118 6/1 End Zone Athletics, Inc. 9 9 Scat Cat Gravy Lucky Lionel 6/g Cindy Murphy 122 12/1 Heidi J. Lear and Andrew Mcintosh 10 10 Bad Humor Sharp Humor 5/g Lindey Wade 120 4/1 Kenneth E. Sykes 11 11 Stolen Glory Read the Footnotes 4/f Richard E. Eramia 115 20/1 Kelly Thiesing 12 12 Chestnut Johnny Mr. Nightlinger 4/g Alex Birzer 122 8/1 Al and Bill Ulwelling 13 13 Hunter's Humor Maclean's Music 3/g Iram Vargas Diego 117 20/1 Keene Thoroughbreds LLCBreeders: 1–Larry Dunbar; 2–James Helzer & Marilyn Helzer; 3–Cres Rans LLC; 4–Kirk Thoroughbreds LLC; 5–Robert H. Zoellner; 6–Richter Family Trust; 7–Hobby Horse Farm Inc.; 8–James E. Helzer; 9–Dream Walkin' Farms, Inc.; 10–Rusty Roberts; 11–Kelly Thiesing; 12–Terri Carter; 13–Eureka Thoroughbred Farm.Trainers: 1–J. Alan Williams; 2–James E. Helzer; 3–Terry Eoff; 4–Shon M. Dunlap; 5–Jody Pruitt; 6–Kenneth Nolen; 7–Scott E. Young; 8–Karl Broberg; 9–Heidi J. Lear; 10–Joyce Salisbury; 11–Kenneth Nolen; 12–Michael E. Biehler; 13–Allen Milligan.

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LA PREVOYANTE S.Woodbine, Sunday, September 10, Race 88f (turf), $125,000, 3yo f, 4:53 PM (local)

P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 Listenlindalisten Court Vision 3/f Patrick Husbands 123 - Conrad Farms 2 Silent Sonet Silent Name (JPN) 3/f Eurico Rosa Da Silva 116 - IVan Dalos 3 Cindervella Silent Name (JPN) 3/f Rafael Manuel Hernandez 118 - Annecchini & D'Alimonte Holdings Inc. 4 Red Cabernet Signature Red 3/f Emma-Jayne Wilson 116 - Piano Bar Racing 5 Hailey's Prize Silent Name (JPN) 3/f Jesse M. Campbell 116 - Terra Racing Stable 6 Kadley Silent Name (JPN) 3/f Gary Boulanger 116 - Ron and Teresa Gierkink 7 Deesse Nike Saffir 3/f Jeffrey Ian Alderson 118 - Julie Belhumeur, Melissa Girard and James Perron

Racing Stable 8 Lisa's Escarpment Sligo Bay (IRE) 3/f Luis Contreras 116 - John K. CaulfieldBreeders: 1–Anthony B. Russo & Leslie L. Russo; 2–Tall Oaks Farm; 3–Eden Chase; 4–Paul Buttigieg; 5–Terra Farms Ltd; 6–William Gierkink; 7–Spring Farm; 8–Stanley Inman & William Koester.Trainers: 1–Mark E. Casse; 2–Nicholas Gonzalez; 3–Michael P. De Paulo; 4–Ian Black; 5–Kevin Attard; 6–John P. LeBlanc, Jr.; 7–Julie Belhumeur; 8–Josie Carroll.

ALLIED FORCES S.Belmont Park, Sunday, September 10, Race 86f (turf), $100,000, 3yo, 5:13 PM (local)

P # PP Horse Sire Age/Sex Jockey Weight M/L Owner 1 Hardened Hard Spun 3/c Luis Saez 115 - Cannizzo, David A. and Secure Investments 2 Harlan's Harmony Spring At Last 3/g Angel S. Arroyo 115 - Curragh Stables 3 Fact Finding The Factor 3/c John R. Velazquez 115 - Tabor, M., Magnier, M., Smith, D. and Stonestreet

Stables LLC 4 The Money Monster Majestic Warrior 3/c Junior Alvarado 121 - R. A. Hill Stable and BlackRidge Stables LLC 5 Proforma Munnings 3/g Joe Bravo 117 - DARRS, Inc. 6 White Flag War Front 3/c Joel Rosario 117 - Evans, Robert, S. 7 Big Handsome Street Boss 3/c Javier Castellano 121 - Team D, Head of Plains Partners LLC and ERJ Rac-

ing, LLC 8 Jewel Heist Wildcat Heir 3/c Rajiv Maragh 117 - Morton, Tobey, L. 9 Toga Challenger Successful Appeal 3/c Irad Ortiz, Jr. 117 - Dubb, Michael and Simon, DavidBreeders: 1–Sun Valley Farm & Darley; 2–WinStar Farm, LLC; 3–Nursery Place & Partners; 4–Ginny McKinlay, et al.; 5–Reggie Beeson & Tim Beeson; 6–R. S. Evans; 7–Rabbah Bloodstock, LLC; 8–Bobby Jones Equine, LLC & John Fernung; 9–William B. Harrigan.Trainers: 1–David A. Cannizzo; 2–John P. Terranova, II; 3–Todd A. Pletcher; 4–William I. Mott; 5–Michael Stidham; 6–Christophe Clement; 7–Anthony W. Dutrow; 8–John C. Kimmel; 9–Rudy R. Rodriguez.

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TOP TRAINERS

Rank Name Starts Wins Places Shows Earnings Win% WPS% 1 Todd A. Pletcher 779 191 137 104 $18,552,584 25% 55% 2 Chad C. Brown 538 145 103 80 $16,661,782 27% 61% 3 Bob Baffert 209 65 34 24 $15,915,820 31% 59% 4 Steven M. Asmussen 1,256 253 219 185 $11,705,238 20% 52% 5 Mark E. Casse 841 136 135 119 $10,418,715 16% 46% 6 Jerry Hollendorfer 702 130 122 109 $6,797,364 19% 51% 7 Doug F. O'Neill 465 66 82 57 $6,308,729 14% 44% 8 William I. Mott 505 74 79 53 $6,289,380 15% 41% 9 Michael J. Maker 693 132 110 94 $6,129,150 19% 48% 10 Brad H. Cox 495 129 90 73 $5,753,693 26% 59%

Listed below are the top 10 leading trainers by 2017 North American earnings through September 6, 2017. Racing statistics are 2017 North American only.

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Rank Name Starts Wins Places Shows Earnings Win% WPS% 1 Jose L. Ortiz 1,067 208 199 161 $20,021,432 19% 53% 2 Javier Castellano 889 157 154 126 $17,947,802 18% 49% 3 Mike E. Smith 192 51 24 32 $16,531,573 27% 56% 4 Irad Ortiz, Jr. 1,003 209 195 163 $14,664,582 21% 57% 5 John R. Velazquez 645 140 88 82 $13,518,543 22% 48% 6 Joel Rosario 692 115 114 120 $11,709,468 17% 50% 7 Luis Saez 981 163 149 136 $9,328,470 17% 46% 8 Julien R. Leparoux 544 90 73 73 $9,310,752 17% 43% 9 Flavien Prat 621 134 99 106 $8,725,347 22% 55% 10 Manuel Franco 913 137 118 130 $8,567,975 15% 42%

TOP JOCKEYSListed below are the top 10 leading jockeys by 2017 North American earnings through September 6, 2017. Racing statistics are 2017 North American only.

Rank Name Starts Wins Places Shows Earnings Win% WPS% 1 Arrogate 3 1 1 0 $7,218,000 33% 67% 2 Shaman Ghost 4 2 2 0 $2,520,000 50% 100% 3 Always Dreaming 7 4 0 1 $2,320,600 57% 71% 4 Gun Runner 4 4 0 0 $1,700,700 100% 100% 5 Girvin 7 3 2 0 $1,549,800 43% 71% 6 Irap 8 3 2 1 $1,410,000 38% 75% 7 Abel Tasman 5 3 2 0 $1,219,200 60% 100% 8 Tapwrit 6 2 1 0 $1,165,000 33% 50% 9 Neolithic 3 1 0 2 $1,129,000 33% 100% 10 Cloud Computing 6 2 1 1 $1,114,000 33% 67%

TOP HORSESListed below are the top 10 leading horses by 2017 North American earnings through September 6, 2017. Racing statistics are 2017 North American only.