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DOWN THE SHEDROWWITH MIKE STIDHAM

By Christie DeBernardis

For trainer Mike Stidham, racing has always been in his blood.

His father George Stidham was a jockey, turned jockey agent,

turned trainer and in 1978, at the age of 21, the younger

Stidham took out his trainer=s license and went out on his own

with a few of his father=s cast-offs. He had his first winner a year

later and captured his first graded stake in 1988 with Manzotti,

who would go on to sire his first Grade I winner Two Altazano.

Now 59-years-old, the New Jersey native has conditioned

32 graded stakes winners, including a trio of Grade I-winning

females in Two Altazano, Sutra (Meadowlake) and most recently

Her Emmynency (Successful Appeal). Stidham looks primed to

increase that number in 2017 with Grade III winner and GISP

Zipessa (City Zip) coming back and several promising young

runners in the barn, such as ATDN Rising Stars@ Diadura (Hard

Spun) and Stallion Heiress (Exchange Rate).

! ZIPESSA (m, 5, City Zip)

Winner of the GIII Dr. James Penny Memorial S. this summer,

Zipessa checked in third in the GI Beverly D. S. on Arlington

Million day and was second next out in the GI Rodeo Drive S. at

Santa Anita Oct. 1. The Empyrean Stables colorbearer was last

seen finishing a late-closing fifth in the GI Breeders= Cup F/M

Turf Nov. 5. Cont. p3

DACITA RETURNING FOR 6YO SEASONby Steve Sherack

Dacita (Chi) (Scat Daddy), on the shelf since coming within a

nose of capturing the GII Canadian S. at Woodbine last

September, has rejoined

trainer Chad Brown=s Palm

Meadows base and is aiming

to begin her 6-year-old

campaign this spring.

AShe=s been training with

Eddie Woods since the first

week of January and actually

just shipped to Palm

Meadows [Tuesday] to Chad=s

barn there,@ said co-owner

Pete Bradley, who campaigns the chestnut along with Sheep

Pond Partners. Cont. p8

Thursday, February 16, 2017

FLORIDA DERBY POSSIBLE FOR EL AREEB 8“TDN Rising Star” El Areeb (Exchange Rate) is underconsideration for the GI Florida Derby, as well as two otherspring GI Kentucky Derby preps.

UNCONTESTED HAS FINAL SOUTHWEST PREP 9“TDN Rising Star” Uncontested (Tiz Wonderful) put in his finalprep for Monday’s GIII Southwest S. with a half-mile move Tuesday.

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Diadura | Four Footed Fotos

Cont. from p1

AZipessa arrived with Diadura [Tuesday], so she is going to get

started back for her 2017 campaign. We are really excited about

her because in the Breeders= Cup race she showed us a

dimension we didn=t know she had. She got off bad, Bravo just

kind of let her settle without rushing her and then asked her to

make a move. She mad a big, sweeping move and lost a lot of

ground, but she was running on at the end, so we are really,

really excited about getting her back and getting going with

her.@

! DIADURA (f, 3, Hard Spun)

Empyrean Stables and Two Princesses= Diadura captured her

debut over the Arlington synthetic in August and was tabbed a

ATDN Rising Star@ after her decisive victory in the Arlington-

Washington Lassie S. Sept. 10 (video). The dark bay was last

seen finishing a disappointing 10th in the GI Darley Alcibiades S.

in her first start on dirt at Keeneland Oct. 7.

AShe=s been down in Ocala with Randy Bradshaw. She=s workeda couple of quarters and actually just arrived back in myshedrow at Fair Grounds [Tuesday].@ AWe don=t have anything definite planned. We just wanted togive her some time after her race at Keeneland to grow up andfill out a little bit, which she did. We don=t have a scheduleplanned out. We will just take it one race at a time.@

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Stallion Heiress | Hodges Photography

! STALLION HEIRESS (f, 3, Exchange Rate)

Donning cap and gown by four lengths when unveiled in a Fair

Grounds turf sprint Dec. 8, Stallionaire Enterprises= Stallion

Heiress earned the ATDN Rising Star@ distinction with a

7 3/4-length tour-de-force in the one-mile Joseph E. >Spanky=

Broussard Memorial S. Feb. 11 (video).

AShe was coming out of a

5 1/2-furlong sprint race and going

two turns for the first time [in the

Broussard]. We felt like she would

handle the added distance with no

problem, but [you don=t know] until

they go out and do it. Because she is

so talented, but very fast early, you

always worry about those kind being

able to relax and finish up. She really

impressed all of us with the way she

was able to open up

10 lengths down the backside and just

keep going in the stretch. We were

very pleased with her and very

impressed. With her, we are certainly going to look at the little

stake here at the Fair Grounds also [the Allen >Black Cat=

Lacombe Memorial S. Mar. 11] and also looking forward to

maybe the [GIII] Appalachian [S.] at Keeneland [Apr. 13].

Something like that.@

! HANIEL (f, 3, Mizzen Mast)

Breaking sharply from post 11 in her career bow on the Fair

Grounds lawn Feb. 11, Sangreal Investments homebred Haniel

went from gate to wire to graduate

by 3 1/2 lengths (video).

AWe were really pleased with her.

She was one that was working nicely

on the dirt and we knew with her

pedigree that the grass should help

her even more. She certainly went out

and did what we were hoping she

would do. She was impressive in the

way she was able to let the horses

come to her in the stretch and then

pull away with another gear. We

were happy to see her able to do

that.@

AThere is a $50,000 stake in March

at the Fair Grounds [the Allen >Black Cat= Lacombe Memorial S.

Mar. 11] that we will nominate her to and we will also be

looking at the first allowance condition.@ Cont. p4

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Proforma | Hodges Photography

! PROFORMA

Third on debut to next out stakes winner Saint=s Fan (Tale of

Ekati) at Churchill Downs Nov. 4, Proforma broke through with a

neck success next out there Nov. 27. The DARRS Inc. runner

concluded his juvenile campaign with a three-length victory in

the Sugar Bowl S. in NOLA last time Dec. 17.

AHe=s doing well. He got caught up in the quarantine, so we

missed a couple of the options we had for him, a stake at the

Fair Grounds and a stake in Houston that we were considering.

The quarantine stopped us from doing either one of those, so we

don=t have anything definite planned, but we will be looking at

coming back in a stake in his next start.@

! R NAJA (f, 3, Exchange Rate)

Third to Diadura in the Arlington-Washington Lassie, R Naja

earned her diploma at fourth asking on the main track at Fair

Grounds Nov. 25, but tired to sixth next out in the Letellier

Memorial S. Dec. 17. The DARRS Inc. colorbearer kicked off her

sophomore season with a victory sprinting over the lawn in

NOLA Feb. 10 (video).

AR Naja is another filly that we think is probably pretty

talented. We think turf is going to be her preferred surface. She=s

another one where we aren=t positive what her best distance is

going to be, but definitely staying on turf.@

! RAPID RHYTHM (m, 5, Successful Appeal)

Privately purchased by DARRS Inc. after RNAing for $19,000 at

the 2016 Keeneland January sale and transferred to Stidham,

Rapid Rhythm won four of her seven starts for those

connections, including the Virginia-bred Oakley S. at Laurel

Sept. 24. The bay was privately purchased yet again by Robert S.

Evans and captured the Battle of New Orleans S. Dec. 3 in her

first outing for her new owner. Cont. p6

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Rapid Rhythm | Hodges Photography

Down the Shedrow with Mike Stidham cont.

! RAPID RHYTHM (m, 5, Successful Appeal)

AWe are pointing for the Mardi Gras S. [Feb. 28]. She is one of

those ones that always

had talent and we just

got here in these one

turn turf races and she

has just blossomed for

us. We are lucky to

have her. I think Mr.

Evans= plan when he

bought her was to

breed her [to Tonalist]

after this race, so this will probably be her last race.@

! SYNCHRONY (c, 4, Tapit)

A two-time winner as a juvenile for previous trainer Donnie

Von Hemel, Synchrony was third in Oaklawn=s Smarty Jones S. at

the start of last year and was a disappointing sixth next out in

the GIII Southwest S. this time last year. Last seen completing

the trifecta in Keeneland=s GIII Lexington S. Apr. 16, the Pin Oak

homebred was transferred to Stidham and is set to make his

first start for his new conditioner Friday in the eighth race at Fair

Grounds.

ASynchrony is a horse of Pin Oak=s that I had never trainedbefore. They felt he wasn=t suited for Oaklawn, which is whereDonnie Von Hemel goes. They didn=t think he liked that track, sothey sent him to me a few months ago and he=s really beentraining well. This will be our first start with him and we areexcited to have him in the barn.@

! ARBOL (f, 3, Elusive Quality) A daughter of MGSW Forest Heiress (Forest Wildcat), who is afull-sister to GISW Wildcat Heir, Godolphin=s Arbol finishedeighth when unveiled over the Fair Grounds main track Jan. 29.The homebred will switch to the turf Friday for her second startin the third race in NOLA. AArbol is a filly of Godolphin=s that ran first time out on the dirt.We felt ultimately with her pedigree and her make up thatsprinting on the grass was going to suit her better. We feel she isgoing to improve off her first start.@

! APPLESOLUTELY TRUE (f, 3, Afleet Alex) Hill >n= Dale Farm homebred Applesolutely True, a son of theSP Applesolutely (Affirmed), will make her career bow againsther stablemate Arbol Friday. AShe has trained well over at the Evangeline training center.She is bred for the grass as well and we think she has a lot ofpotential.@ Cont. p7

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! BROOKLINE (c, 3, Tapit)

Godolphin=s Brookline is the final foal out of the late GISW and

Broodmare of the Year Cara Rafaela (Quiet American), who

produced champion Bernardini (A.P. Indy) and GISP Ile de France

(Storm Cat), the dam of MGISW Love and Pride (A.P. Indy). Fifth

on debut in NOLA Dec. 3, the homebred made up ground late to

be third next out Dec. 26. The gray kicks off his 3-year-old

campaign Saturday in the seventh race at the Fair Grounds.

ABrookline has been a bit of a project. He is obviously bred to

be anything, a superstar. We always felt like he has a lot of

talent, but not necessarily giving everything that he=s got. He=s

had a couple starts with blinkers on and we experimented with

taking the blinkers off because in his last start, he actually kind

of almost walked out of the gate. He left slowly and didn=t really

get into the race until really late. He dropped way back and

started making a move late and made up quite a bit of ground.

He=s one of the ones that is a little bit immature mentally and

hasn=t really put it all together, so we are trying him this time

without the blinkers. He=s worked well without them, so we are

hoping this time that with the change in equipment and having a

couple of races under his belt, he is going to come around for us.

He is a good looking horse with a big stride and we are trying to

get him to show what he really can do. Hopefully he will do that

in this race.@

! CHARGED (f, 3, Elusive Quality)

Godolphin=s Charged is out MGSP Kiawah Cat (Lemon Drop

Kid), a half-sister to GSW millionaire Cat O=Mountain (Street Cry

{Ire}), who was third in the G1 Dubai World Cup; and GSW and

MGISP Michita (Dynaformer). Runner-up in her career bow

sprinting over the Arlington turf Aug. 4, the dark bay was a non-

factor seventh last time at Kentucky Downs Sept. 15. The

homebred switched to the dirt and extends to a route of ground

Saturday in ninth race at Fair Grounds.

ACharged is a filly that made her first two starts on the grass,

but her last three or four works here on the dirt during the

quarantine have been really impressive. We are looking forward

to trying her two turns on the dirt. I=m hoping for a big effort@

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Dacita | Sarah Andrew

El Areeb | Sarah Andrew

Dacita Returning for 6yo Season cont. from p1

Bradley continued, AShe=s probably on a schedule to start earlyin the Belmont meet. She couldn=t be doing any better and looksgreat. We=re looking forward to a good year with her. She=s afun one.@ A two-time champion and three-time Group 1 winner in hernative land, Dacita registered a career high in the U.S. byannexing last summer=s GI Diana S. at Saratoga in a blanketfinish (video). She was scratched from the Fasig-TiptonNovember Sale after emerging from her aforementioned effortnorth of the border with a bruised foot. Bred by Haras PasoNevado, Dacita is out of the Chilean Broodmare of the Year Daja(Chi) (Seeker=s Reward) and has posted a career record of 16-9-3-1 and earnings of $1,012,769. She also counts a head victoryover two-time champion Tepin (Bernstein) on her resume in the2015 GII Ballston Spa S. at Saratoga.

ABecause she=s a Southern Hemisphere filly and we didn=t start

running her until she was a 4-year-old up here, we decided that

we=d run her--unless there was some reason not to run her--

through her 6-year-old year,@ Bradley explained. AShe had a little

setback with some bruising in her feet out of the race in Canada

and we just gave her the time she needed. We did enter her in

the sale, but just as a back up in case her problems were more

significant than we had thought.@

GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Del Mar the year-end

goal and work backwards from there to map out a campaign?

AThat=s the Chad Brown style,@ Bradley concluded with a laugh.

FLORIDA DERBY POSSIBLE FOR EL AREEB ATDN Rising Star@ El Areeb (Exchange Rate), a dominant

winner of both the GIII Jerome S. Jan. 2 and GIII Withers S.

Feb. 4 at Aqueduct, is being considered for a start in

Gulfstream=s GI Florida Derby Apr. 1. Trainer Cathal Lynch isn=t

ruling anything out,

however, as he is

also considering

remaining in New

York for the

GII Wood Memorial

S. or heading to

Keeneland for the

GII Blue Grass S.,

both of which are

Apr. 8.

AThe horse is doing great,@ Lynch remarked. AWe=re very,

very pleased. He=s probably going to work Friday or Saturday.

We=re looking to do a little something because he=s tearing the

barn down. We=ve been going back and forth about the

[GIII] Gotham [S. Mar. 4]; that=s still up in the air. I=m leaning

toward waiting for the Wood or the Blue Grass or the Florida

Derby, which was thrown into the mix the other day. Cont. p9

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Florida Derby Possible for El Areeb cont.

Lynch added, A[It=ll be] one of those three preps. We=ll give him

a chance. He=s going to have to step up and prove that that=s

where he belongs, but he=s doing everything right and we=re

happy with him.@

The Florida Derby was put on the table due to timing and it=s

rich history of producing successful runners in the Triple Crown

races, such as 2013 GI Kentucky Derby hero Orb (Malibu Moon)

and last term=s Derby winner Nyquist (Uncle Mo).

AWe=ll look at where everyone else is settling down and where

they=re all looking to go,@ Lynch said. AWith all the good horses,

you=re going to run into them at some point. The Florida Derby

has been a great prep for the Derby. Nyquist came in from

California last year and took that route and it proved very

successful.@

He continued, ASo many things go into play. We=ll finalize our

plans but the horse will dictate everything. That=s always been

our way. It=s the horse first; whatever=s best for the horse.

We=re not taking anything for granted. We=re just keeping our

options open right now. The owners [M M G Stables] and I will

sit down when it gets closer to the time and make a final

decision.@

UNCONTESTED HAS FINAL SOUTHWEST PREP

Smarty Jones S. winner Uncontested (Tiz Wonderful)

completed his preparations for Monday=s GIII Southwest S. at

Oaklawn with a half-mile move in :51 flat (10/11) Tuesday

morning in Hot Springs. The Wayne Catalano pupil completed

his final quarter-mile in :24 and galloped out five furlongs in

1:04.40.

AA lot of trainers do things different ways,@ said Harry

Rosenblum, who owns Uncontested in partnership with Robert

LaPenta. AAnd, what he basically did was he two-minute licked

him a mile and let him finish the last half and he did the last

quarter in :24. So it really wasn=t a half-mile work--as was

posted--but that=s what they caught him, the last half-mile. It

was really a two-minute lick of a mile.@

Smarty Jones runner-up Petrov (Flatter) put in his final breeze

prior to the Southwest Monday, completing five furlongs in 1:00

(2/10) at Oaklawn. The Rialto Racing Stables and Southern

Spring Stables colorbearer completed his final quarter in :22.80

and galloped out six panels in 1:13.

AI=m proud of where we=re at,@ co-owner/trainer Ron Moquett

said. AI=m ready to see what happens.@

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6 Impasse Quality Road Briland Farm Lukas Vazquez 119

7 Ready to Confess More Than Ready Pin Oak Stb Von Hemel Rocco, Jr. 119

8 Super Saks K Sky Mesa Robert C. Baker & William L. Mack Lukas Birzer 115

Breeders: 1-Dream Walkin' Farms Inc., 2-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 3-C. R. Trout, 4-James M. Courtney, 5-Nancy Vanier, 6-Briland Farm,

Robert Mitchell &Stacy Mitchell, 7-Pin Oak Stud, LLC, 8-Kennelot Stables LTD.

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Rank Name FYr Loc 2014 Fee Ring Sold Avg Median

1 Orb F15 KY $25,000 71 55 $148,318 $125,000

2 Shanghai Bobby F15 KY $20,000 75 64 $115,804 $90,000

3 Oxbow F15 KY $20,000 31 25 $108,960 $85,000

4 Animal Kingdom F15 KY $35,000 76 50 $99,388 $77,500

5 Violence F15 KY $15,000 91 70 $88,736 $60,000

6 Buffum F15 MD $3,500 2 1 $85,000 $85,000

7 Paynter F15 KY $25,000 65 41 $83,853 $40,000

8 Point of Entry F15 KY $25,000 47 33 $62,363 $45,000

9 Graydar F15 KY $15,000 67 45 $54,465 $35,000

10 Take Charge Indy F15 KY $20,000 75 52 $40,442 $22,000

11 Corfu F15 FL $3,500 6 4 $38,250 $20,000

12 Morning Line F15 KY $10,000 44 33 $36,696 $25,000

13 Data Link F15 KY $7,500 77 60 $35,004 $19,000

14 Jimmy Creed F15 KY $12,500 63 47 $34,986 $22,500

15 Justin Phillip F15 KY $12,500 50 34 $33,834 $25,500

16 Flat Out F15 KY $10,000 85 69 $32,246 $20,000

17 Liaison F15 KY $10,000 55 42 $31,861 $19,500

18 Smiling Tiger F15 CA $5,000 33 26 $30,619 $19,000

19 Ultimate Eagle F15 CA N/A 6 4 $30,500 $28,500

20 Denman (Aus) F15 KY $15,000 17 13 $28,544 $7,500

21 Soldat F15 FL $5,000 43 32 $27,503 $6,750

22 Overanalyze F15 KY $10,000 84 52 $27,437 $17,000

23 Power Broker F15 KY $10,000 40 34 $25,606 $10,500

24 Fort Larned F15 KY $15,000 30 26 $25,333 $17,500

25 Anthony's Cross F15 FL $2,500 3 2 $24,250 $24,250

Wednesday=s Results:

9th-GP, $40,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 2-15, 3yo, f,

6 1/2f, 1:19.31, ft.

GHALIA (f, 3, Medaglia d=Oro--Verdana Bold {GSW, $331,297},

by Rahy), sent off the 3-5 favorite, emerged from an early

scramble for the lead to show the way through fractions of

:22.46 and :45.61 and found more when confronted by a rival to

her outside on the turn. Digging in along the rail in the stretch,

the filly forged clear to score decisively by 1 1/2 lengths over a

late-running Modacious (Uncle Mo). Ghalia, a $600,000 KEENOV

weanling, delivered as the 3-5 favorite in her career unveiling

going a half-furlong shorter Jan. 22. Her third dam is SW &

MGISP Harbour Club (Danzig). Ghalia=s win came three days

after Sumaya U.S. Stable=s >TDN Rising Star= Malagacy

(Shackleford) took his record to two-for-two at Gulfstream. For

more on breeder Ed Seltzer=s association with Ghalia=s family,

click here. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO,

sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $46,800.

O-Sumaya U.S. Stable; B-Edward A. Seltzer, Beverly Anderson &

Darley (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

6th-GP, $38,000, Msw, 2-15, 3yo, 6f, 1:12.20, ft.

DIAMOND JIM (c, 3, Gemologist--Gregoriana, by Ascot Knight),

a well-beaten sixth after a troubled trip in the same Jan. 4

maiden which produced >TDN Rising Star= Malagacy

(Shackleford), was sent off at 3-1 in this second outing. The dark

bay colt went quickly to the lead, setting fractions of :22.36 and

:46.00 with heavily favored Switzerland (Speightstown) tracking

him just to his outside. Switzerland pulled up on even terms

turning for home, but Diamond Jim repelled his challenge while

appearing to drift out repeatedly despite right-handed

reminders from John Velazquez. Diamond Jim was inching clear

late to score by 3/4 lengths while his head was cocked to the

left. Gregoriana produced a filly by Twirling Candy in 2016 and

was bred back to New Year=s Day. Sales history: $22,000 RNA Ylg

'15 KEESEP; $120,000 2yo '16 EASMAY. Click for the

Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $23,180.

O-Three Diamonds Farm; B-Grangemore (KY); T-T Pletcher.

Owner/Breeder June McKnight Passes Away at 98:

Owner and breeder June McKnight passed away at her home

in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Tuesday at the age of 98. A

lifelong horse lover, McKnight was a daughter of NYRA President

and Chairman John Hanes. She campaigned steeplechasers for

many years with trainer D.M. Smithwick and bred European

champion and two-time G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe winner

Alleged. McKnight is survived by three children, six

grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services are

private, but donations can be made in her name to the National

Steeplechase Foundation or the United States Equestrian

Foundation, earmarked for eventing.

MJC to Host Students on Track:

The Maryland Jockey Club will host Students on Track Mar. 4,

which is a day designed for college students to explore the

career possibilities in the equine industry. Participants will

attend morning workouts and meet trainers, exercise riders,

vets and owners. They will enjoy lunch and live racing before

taking part in a panel discussion with the Thoroughbred

Aftercare Alliance=s Stacie Clark-Rogers, writer Joe Clancy and

America=s Best Racing correspondent and Equestricon co-

founder Dan Tordjman.

REGIONAL REPORT THURSDAY • FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Brookdale Purchased & Raised for Sumaya U.S.

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INDUSTRY INFO

3rd-GPX, $38k, Msw (S), 3yo, f, 1m, post time: 1:33 p.m. ET

E Five Racing=s FLORIDA FABULOUS (High Cotton) makes her

career debut for trainer David Fawkes. The filly, a half-sister to

graded stakes winners Travelin Man (Trippi), Discreet Dancer

(Discreet Cat) and stakes-winning Sweet N Discreet (Discreet

Cat), sold for $400,000 after working a quarter in :21 2/5 at last

year=s OBS April sale. Also debuting is Most Privileged (Lookin at

Lucky), a $100,000 OBS March juvenile trained by Chad Brown.

TJCIS PPs

Steve and Jane Beshear Join W.H.O.A.:

Steve Beshear, former Governor of Kentucky, and Jane

Beshear, former

First Lady of

Kentucky, joined

the Water Hay

Oats Alliance in

support of federal

legislation to

bring national

uniformity in

medication

policy. The

Beshears have advocated for the cause publicly, particularly

during their time in office from 2007-2015. The couple offered

the following:

Horses are part of Kentucky's DNA.

Economically, the equine industry--and in particular,

Thoroughbred breeding and racing--is a signature industry on

which thousands of Kentuckians rely for their livelihood.

Culturally, racing is part of not only our heritage but also our

very identity. That's why people call Kentucky the AHorse Capital

of the World.@

So there is no state in this nation with more at stake as the

horse racing industry wrestles with the issue of race-day

medication and its impact on safety, integrity, and trust.

In the years we were Kentucky's Governor and First Lady, we

strongly supported and still support the national reform effort

pushed by the Water Hay Oats Alliance and others to bring rigor

and consistency to the regulation of performance enhancing and

performance-affecting drugs.

My administration took many steps that put us at the forefront

of addressing this issue. But the industry is at the point where

meaningful further progress requires movement on a national

level. We need federal legislation that creates uniform

medication rules as well as common testing rules and

procedures, consistent enforcement and the creation of a

national medication regulatory authority.

As an industry, we must come together behind this effort. Our

future depends upon it.

IN BRITAIN:

Peaceful Passage, f, 3, War Front. See ABritain.@

Dear Breeder,

Thank you for supporting Chitu and making his first season at stud a success in 2016. Chitu’s first foals are starting to arrive, and we are thrilled to report he is stamping them with the same tremendous physical that attracted us to purchase him a few years ago at OBS.

Our confidence has never been higher in Chitu and his potential to be a good sire. We pledge to support him in every aspect of his stallion career, and that includes continuing to reward and incentivize breeders that also support Chitu.

In 2017, we will award 2 breeders with $10,000 cash each through a drawing at the conclusion of the upcoming breeding season. All of our 2017 breeders and Share The Upside Program partners will be eligible for the cash prizes.

We are also offering a Weanling Buy-Back Program this year on a limited, first-come-first-served basis that you may have seen us advertise. These are a couple of things we have going on in an effort to continue to offer the most breeder-friendly programs and incentives in Florida.

We look forward to earning your business, and we wish you the best of luck this breeding season.

352.622.5319 | www.BridlewoodFarm.com

2016 Eclipse Award-winning ownersCharles & Susan Chu

Sincerely,

Susan ChuTanma Corp

2017 Fee: $4,500 S&NHenny Hughes – Sea Gift, by A.P. Indy

George G. Isaacs, General Manager

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BREEDERS’ EDITION

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Stakes Winning and/or Stakes Producing Maresfor publication in the TDN.

Second-crop starters to watch: Thursday, Feb. 16Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2013 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/

BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available)

ASTROLOGY (A.P. Indy), Taylor Made Stallions, $7.5K, 156/16/2

6-FG, Msw 1m, Delta Eighty Eight, 20-1

BATED BREATH (GB) (Dansili {GB}), Banstead Manor Stud, $8K,

211/20/0

9-TAM, Aoc 1mT, Take A Deep Breath (GB), $33K RNA TAO CT

yrl, 3-1

COIL (Point Given), Magali Farms, $5K, 90/9/0

3-GG, Aoc 6f, Recoiling, 6-1

CREATIVE CAUSE (Giant's Causeway), Airdrie Stud, $15K, 174/20/1

5-SA, Aoc 6 1/2f, Causa, 20-1

DIALED IN (Mineshaft), Darby Dan Farm, $7.5K, 174/21/3

7-TP, Aoc 6 1/2f, Montu, $35K OBS APR 2yo, 10-1

9-TAM, Aoc 1mT, Phone Chick, $125K EAS MAY 2yo, 15-1

MACLEAN=S MUSIC (Distorted Humor), Hill 'N' Dale Farms,

$6.5K, 147/23/2

9-TAM, Aoc 1mT, Romantic Music, $20K EAS MAY 2yo, 15-1

REDDING COLLIERY (Mineshaft), Red River Farms, $2K, 64/4/0

6-FG, Msw 1m, First After Break, $10K RNA EQL 2YO 2yo, 15-1

6-FG, Msw 1m, Pinch of Cayenne, $90K OBS APR 2yo, 6-1

6-FG, Msw 1m, Amp'd Up, $75K OBS OPN 2yo, 7-2

SHACKLEFORD (Forestry), Darby Dan Farm, $20K, 208/25/1

7-TP, Aoc 6 1/2f, Noshackleshere, $22K RNA KEE SEP yrl, 9-2

7-OP, Msw 6f, Excessivespending, $65K EAS MAY 2yo, 5-2

STAR GUITAR (Quiet American), Clear Creek Stud, $4K, 80/4/0

6-FG, Msw 1m, Tune My Guitar, 8-1

TAPIZAR (Tapit), Gainesway Farm, $15K, 181/19/2

1-TAM, Msw 6f, +Tipster, $50K KEE SEP yrl, 6-1

ALLOWANCE RESULTS:

4th-MVR, $28,700, (S), (NW3X)/Opt. Clm ($20,000), 2-15,

3yo/up, 6f, 1:15.04, ft.

BUCKEYE BULLET (g, 4, Dark Kestrel--Buckler, by Concerto)

Lifetime Record: 11-4-3-1, $109,259. O-Ruberto Racing Stable,

Inc.; B-Louis V. Ruberto (OH); T-Sharon Ruberto.

8th-SUN, $27,900, 2-14, (NW1X), 3yo, 1m, 1:37.28, ft.

ALL SHACKED UP (g, 3, Shackleford--Awesome Angie, by

Awesome Again) Lifetime Record: 6-2-1-1, $33,928. O-Larry

Allen & John Jones; B-B. D. Gibbs Farm, LLC (KY); T-Justin R.

Evans. *$35,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $12,000 2yo '16 OBSAPR.

2nd-MVR, $26,200, (S), 2-15, (NW2L), 3yo, 6f, 1:15.26, ft.

NUTTIN' FASTER (g, 3, Roman Ruler--Damie's Peanut, by

Stravinsky) Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-0, $35,160. O-Sherri L.

Greenhill; B-Greenhill Racing (OH); T-Jeffrey L. Greenhill. *1/2 to

In a Jif (Saintly Look), SW, $203,382; Son of a Nut (Unbridled

Express), SP, $170,919.

ALEXIS TANGIER, 6, Tiznow--Cambiocorsa, by Avenue of Flags

Foal born Jan. 26, a filly by Ghostzapper.

Will be bred back to California Chrome.

Owned by RanJan Racing Inc.

Boarded at Taylor Made Farm.

Accomplishments: SW, $206,680.

Ghalia (Medaglia d’Oro) scores confident victory to go two-for-two at Gulfstream.

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2017 Leading Sires by Earningsfor stallions standing in the Northern Hemisphere through Tuesday, Feb. 14

Earnings and Black-type represents worldwide figures for 2017

Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings

1 Unbridled's Song 2 3 2 3 1 1 73 15 $7,000,000 $7,501,951

(1993) by Unbridled FYR: 1998 Crops: 17 Stands: Taylor Made Stallions USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Arrogate

2 King Kamehameha (Jpn) 4 7 3 4 -- -- 225 50 $590,392 $5,297,254

(2001) by Kingmambo FYR: 2006 Crops: 10 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-10,000,000) Mikki Rocket (JPN)

3 Deep Impact (Jpn) -- 10 -- 9 -- -- 223 39 $222,551 $5,236,679

(2002) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2008 Crops: 8 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-30,000,000) Smart Layer (JPN)

4 Heart's Cry (Jpn) 3 4 2 2 -- -- 198 32 $339,125 $3,074,319

(2001) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2008 Crops: 8 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-8,000,000) Suave Richard (JPN)

5 Stay Gold (Jpn) 1 2 1 2 -- -- 211 23 $353,731 $2,799,053

(1994) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2003 Crops: 13 Stands: Big Red Farm JPN (Dead/Ret/Exp) Tsukuba Azuma O (JPN)

6 Ghostzapper 2 3 2 3 -- 1 72 17 $1,750,000 $2,531,144

(2000) by Awesome Again FYR: 2007 Crops: 9 Stands: Adena Springs KY ($75,000) Shaman Ghost

7 Neo Universe (Jpn) 1 1 1 1 -- -- 174 26 $490,416 $2,392,421

(2000) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2006 Crops: 10 Stands: Lex Stud Jpn (private) Glanzend (JPN)

8 Manhattan Cafe (Jpn) 1 4 1 4 -- -- 158 22 $340,113 $2,230,254

(1998) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2004 Crops: 12 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station JPN (Dead/Ret/Exp) America's Cup (JPN)

9 South Vigorous 1 1 -- -- -- -- 213 42 $223,949 $2,083,793

(1996) by End Sweep FYR: 2005 Crops: 11 Stands: Arrow Stud Jpn (private) A Shin Valor (JPN)

10 Kurofune -- 4 -- 3 -- -- 212 32 $246,240 $2,074,967

(1998) by French Deputy FYR: 2003 Crops: 13 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-2,000,000) Aerolithe (JPN)

11 Daiwa Major (Jpn) -- -- -- -- -- -- 217 33 $203,112 $2,061,479

(2001) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2009 Crops: 7 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-5,000,000) Nac Venus (JPN)

12 Gold Allure (Jpn) 1 1 -- -- -- -- 192 30 $193,380 $1,652,003

(1999) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2005 Crops: 11 Stands: Shadai Stallion Station Jpn (-3,000,000) One Millionth (JPN)

13 Harlan's Holiday -- 2 -- 2 -- 1 134 21 $1,000,000 $1,651,769

(1999) by Harlan FYR: 2005 Crops: 10 Stands: USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Neolithic

14 Zenno Rob Roy (Jpn) 1 1 1 1 -- -- 181 23 $551,649 $1,621,043

(2000) by Sunday Silence FYR: 2007 Crops: 9 Stands: Breeders Stallion Station Jpn (-1,500,000) Tanta Alegria (JPN)

15 Empire Maker -- -- -- -- -- -- 183 27 $127,851 $1,481,029

(2000) by Unbridled FYR: 2005 Crops: 11 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY ($85,000) Meisho Calotte (JPN)

IN TDN AMERICA TODAYDOWN THE SHEDROW WITH MIKE STIDHAM Christie DeBernardis catches up with trainer Mike Stidham in

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THURSDAY, 16 FEBRUARY, 2017

GORDON RELISHING NEWROLE WITH PALMER

By Tom Peacock Josephine Gordon will not be moving to France any time soon.Notwithstanding her disappointment over France-Galop'sdecision to propose handing female riders a 2kg (4.4 lbs)allowance in all races beneath Class 1, she is currentlyundergoing her initiation for a golden opportunity as acontracted jockey to Hugo Palmer's stable. This involved a permanent move to Newmarket, having beencrowned last year's champion apprentice from her old base inLambourn. "I feel like I've learned a lot just in the last three weeks sinceI've been there," she said. "In general Newmarket is a lotdifferent in how it's run compared with Lambourn. Before I wasriding out for one or two different trainers a morning but nowI'm riding at Hugo's every day. He has got some really nicehorses, I'm literally riding different ones every day so he can getmy opinion on them. At least I'm going to know them when itcomes to riding them on the track." Palmer, who still has the G1 2000 Guineas winner Galileo Gold(GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}) in his care, was one of the key supportersas Gordon galloped through her claim, riding an exceptional 87winners as she wrestled the apprentice title from TomMarquand.

Cont. p2

CHAMPIONSHIP STATUS IN ZABEEL MILE The G2 Zabeel Mile headlines a four graded-stake card at

Meydan on Thursday, and Championship (Ire) (Exceed and Excel

{Aus}) looks to make it back-to-back wins at the Group 2 level.

The winner of the Listed National Day Cup over this trip in Abu

Dhabi in December, the 6-year-old gelding was beaten a neck by

Light The Lights (SAf) (Western Winter) going a furlong further

in the Listed Singspiel S. on Jan. 5, and rebounded when

dropped back to seven furlongs to win the G2 Al Fahidi Fort over

Flash Fire (Ire) (Shamardal) and Noah From Goa (SAf) (Tiger

Ridge) on Jan. 19.

Mike de Kock saddles both Light The Lights and Noah From

Goa, with stable rider Christophe Soumillon opting for the latter.

ABoth mine are very well and should be competitive,@ said de

Kock. ANoah From Goa needed his first run and has certainly

improved from it.@

Cont. in Worldwide News p5

Champion apprentice Josephine Gordon | racingfotos.com

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#ThrowbackThursday: Yeats (Sadler's Wells) and Johnny Murtagh take the 2008 G1 Gold Cup at Ascot. | racingfotos.com

Gordon Relishing New Role With Palmer Cont. from p1 Progress was not always as speedy; it took a lifeline fromtrainer Stan Moore to snap a losing streak lasting nearly twoyears from her debut success in September 2013. The 23-year-old from the tiny North Devon village ofChittlehampton ended up donning the Godolphin colours andriding in the Shergar Cup. "It was as if I woke up and went from having two rides a weekto having five or six in a day," she said. "I thought 'oh, it's goingto slow down a bit,' but it kept coming. It was just like, this is thejockey's life, it's what they do every day. It has happened veryquickly but at the same time it's gone on very long when I thinkabout when I first got my licence and had my first rides." Sitting in the weighing room on a chilly all-weather eveningbefore riding one for Palmer at Kempton feels a lifetime awayfrom the glamour days of Royal Ascot. As Gordon's position islikened to that of John Gosden's trusted foot-soldier Rab Havlin,she accepts that the biggest-race appointments will be beyond

her at present. "I'm only just starting off with Hugo, I've got to earn that," shesaid. "I wouldn't be any William Buick or Frankie Dettori, they'vegot years of experience on me. I hope one day I will get thechance to ride in Group 1 races--Hugo did put me on really nicehorses last year in some big handicap races and that paid off." Gordon, like many of her young contemporaries, is a politeand helpful interviewee. However, given her view on the recentFrance-Galop announcement, it is clear that she will not be shyto offer an opinion if necessary. "I think they've made it into a quite a big deal but it's not overhere," she considered. "I think it is very sexist, I think it'sprobably the biggest sexist thing they could have doneconsidering the last however many years they've been saying it'snot about sexism, girls don't get whatever. It is a bit of adisgrace but if it comes over here, I'll ride to the rules and take itas an advantage. If I ever go to France it works in my favour.@ "For anybody, female or male, I think it's a privilege to ride outyour claim,@ she added. AThere are so many people that don'tafter working so hard, if you're good enough or not. I'm chuffedto bits to have ridden out my claim and I don't want to then behanded back another claim, it's taking another step back. Eventhough it may work in my favour I want to prove myself withoutit."

Cont. p3

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Gordon Relishing New Role With Palmer Cont.

She believes the British set-up with dedicated jockey coaches

is an initiative that might bring through more female riders on

the other side of the English Channel. "Without [Classic-winning

jockey-turned-coach] John Reid, I'd definitely probably still be a

7lb claimer," she said. "Jane Elliott is banging in the winners

here, it's suddenly clicked for her, Hollie Doyle has only a few

left until she claims 3lb, there's Georgia Cox, Lulu Stanford. If

you think 10 years ago, there were no girls around."

Gordon now finds some of those competitors coming to her

for advice. "I'll always offer some help but I'm still learning

myself aren't I? I'm still going into ask the boys, like George

Baker and Adam Kirby, or Cathy [Gannon] and Hayley [Turner], if

she's around."

There has been scant time to bask in the glory of her

new-found champion status, or to find her own home. "Property

seems to go very quickly," she smiled. Any precious days off are

spent catching up on admin.

"Hugo wanted to kick on from the new year and I couldn't miss

that opportunity. If you're still getting the rides and the winners

you've got to keep going," she said. "It was a huge achievement

but does life feel different? I suppose last year if my agent rang

up and said 'you're riding one for Al Shaqab', that was like

'wow.' I'd say I'm more chilled out about it now."

BLOODSTOCK SALES REVIEW TWO RELEASED Weatherbys has released its Bloodstock Sales Review 2016

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bloodstock sales for industry professionals and bloodstock

enthusiasts. The book opens with a thorough overview of the

major European sales, and features a definitive list of foals,

yearlings, mares and horses in and out of training sold in Europe,

together with foals and yearlings sold in North America or Japan

and sired by European-based stallions. All sales details are

grouped together by sire for easy reference, with sale prices

shown in Guineas and Euros. The book is available to order from

bettrendshop.co.uk for ,45.

JUST THE JUDGE FOALS DUBAWI COLT Dual Grade/Group 1 winner Just The Judge (Ire) (Lawman {Fr})

produced her first foal on Tuesday at Tweenhills Stud, a colt by

Dubawi (Ire). The colt is bred by Qatar Racing and China Horse

Club, who combined to purchase the mare for 4.5-million gns at

Tattersalls December in 2014, when she was being offered to

dissolve the partnership of Qatar Racing and the Sangster family.

A i50,000 yearling, Just The Judge was bought privately by

that partnership after winning her first two starts at two, and

she justified that decision when winning the following year=s G1

Irish 1000 Guineas after finishing second in the English version.

She won Woodbine=s GI EP Taylor S. the following year and

picked up four more Group 1 placings during her career with

trainer Charlie Hills.

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Wednesday=s Result:

5th-KEM, ,5,000, Mdn, 2-15, 3-4yo, 12f (AWT), 2:33.61, st.

PEACEFUL PASSAGE (f, 3, War Front--Flying Passage, by A.P.

Indy), who was last seen finishing sixth over 10 furlongs on

Lingfield=s Polytrack in December, broke well to race with

enthusiasm behind the front quartet. Stoked up for the home

straight, the 11-8 favourite built a head of steam to strip

Tomorrow Mystery (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) of the lead

approaching the furlong pole en route to a decisive 3 1/4-length

score. The winner, who has a foal full-sister to follow, is a half-

brother to sire Soaring Empire (Empire Maker), GSW-US,

$386,393; to Hungry Island (More Than Ready), MGSW &

MGISP-US, $758,704; and to Tokyo Time (Medaglia d=Oro), GSP-

US, $249,177. The second dam is the GI Ashland S. heroine Chic

Shirine (Mr. Prospector), whose Waldoboro captured the GII

True North H. and whose GII Ladies H.-winning daughter Tara

Roma (Lyphard) was later responsible for the GIII Ack Ack H. and

GIII Turfway Park Fall Championship S.-winning sire Cappuchino

and Serra Lake (Seattle Slew) who annexed the GI Go for Wand

H. Also from this wellspring of talent are the GI Travers S. winner

Keen Ice (Curlin), the GI Diana S. heroine Somali Lemonade

(Lemon Drop Kid), GI Del Mar Oaks scorer Harmonize (Scat

Daddy), the GI Haskell Invitational S. and GI Wood Memorial

hero Verrazano (More Than Ready) and champion Queena (Mr.

Prospector) who later threw the GI Hollywood Derby-winning

sire Brahms. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, ,6,122. Video, sponsored

by Fasig-Tipton.

O/B-Mrs Emory A Hamilton (KY); T-John Gosden.

CONDITIONS RESULT:

4th-WOL, ,19,000, 2-15, 4yo/up, 8f 141y (AWT), 1:48.55, st.

THIRD TIME LUCKY (IRE) (g, 5, Clodovil {Ire}--Speckled Hen

{Ire}, by Titus Livius {Fr}) Lifetime Record: 21-6-3-1, $242,740.

O-The Musley Bank Partnership & Partner; B-Oghill House Stud

(IRE); T-Richard Fahey. *i28,000 Wlg >12 GOFNOV; ,20,000 Ylg

>13 DNPRM; 22,000gns 2yo >14 TATHIT; ,250,000 RNA HRA >15

GOFLON.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:

Alhajjaj (GB), g, 4, Cacique (Ire)--Strawberry Morn (MSW-US,

$501,719), by Travelling Victor. WOL, 2-15, 9f 103y (AWT),

1:59.86. B-Newsells Park Stud (GB). *105,000gns Ylg >14

TATOCT. **1/2 to Strawberrydaiquiri (GB) (Dansili {GB}), MGSW

& MG1SP-Eng, $439,664.

Wednesday=s Results:

5th-CGN, i24,000, Mdn, 2-15, 3yo, c/g, 10f (AWT), 2:05.07,

st.

+CULTIVATOR (FR) (g, 3, Motivator {Fr}--Tounsia {Fr}, by Desert

Style {Ire}), sent off at 8-1, was slowly away and languished in

last place exhibiting greenness on the turns. Finding his rhythm

in the straight, the homebred managed to reel in Lodi (Fr)

(Whipper) in the final yards and gain a half-length success. The

dam is a half to three black-type winners including the G3 Prix

Cleopatre runner-up Santa Ponsa (Fr) (Slickly {Fr}) and is

connected to the G2 Ribblesdale S. heroine Gull Nook (GB) (Mill

Reef) whose son Pentire (GB) achieved multiple highweight

status and captured the G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

Diamond S. and G1 Irish Champion S. She also has a 2-year-old

colt by Authorized (Ire) named Bourbon Street (Fr) and a

yearling filly by Stormy River (Fr). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0,

i12,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

O/B-Jean-Claude Seroul (FR); T-Frederic Rossi.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER:

Dee Blere (Fr), f, 3, Harbour Watch (Ire)--Sister Swank (GSW-US,

$389,989), by Skip Away. CGN, 2-15, 10f (AWT), 2:05.23. B-

Aleyrion Bloodstock Ltd (FR). *i22,000 Ylg >15 ARQOCT.

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Championship Status In Zabeel Mile Cont. from p1

De Kock continued, AIt is probably a shorter than ideal trip for

Light The Lights but he is in great form and this looks a good spot

to run him again before, probably, stepping him up in trip on

Super Saturday.@

Also saddling a pair is Charlie Appleby. In addition to Flash Fire,

the Godolphin trainer sends out the Group 1-placed Cymric

(Kitten=s Joy), winner of a course and distance handicap on Feb.

2.

AFlash Fire produced a career best in the Al Fahidi Fort and has

since produced another strong performance back in a handicap

[when second on Feb. 9],@ said Appleby. He added, AWe were

very pleased with Cymric=s first run and he has come out of that

race in good order. He has solid Group 1 form so, if returning to

anything like that level, he is going to be a serious contender.@

Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 8:50 p.m.

ZABEEL MILE SPONSORED BY GULF NEWS-G2, $250,000, NH & SH

3yo/up, 1600mT

PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER1 Cymric Kitten’s Joy Barzalona Appleby2 Championship (Ire) Exceed and Excel (Aus) O’Donoghue bin Harmash3 Gifted Master (Ire) Kodiac (GB) Smullen Palmer4 Fanciful Angel (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Muscutt Botti5 Light The Lights (Saf) Western Winter Fayd’Herbe de Kock6 Noah From Goa (Saf) Tiger Ridge Soumillon de Kock7 Flash Fire (Ire) Shamardal Buick ApplebyAll carry 125 pounds bar Championship, 128 pounds.

FRENCH FLAIR IN DUBAI MILLENNIUM Thursday=s G3 Dubai Millennium S. at Meydan features a pair

of high-performing runners from France in Elliptique (Ire) (New

Approach {Ire}) and >TDN Rising Star= Zarak (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}).

The former, a Group 3 winner in France and the winner of last

year=s G1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis in Germany while trained by

Andre Fabre, was transferred to Dubai trainer Satish Seemar

after a seventh in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup in December

and makes his local debut.

Zarak, one of France=s most promising 3-year-olds last year,

failed to fully capitalize on his potential, finishing second behind

Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in both the G1 Prix du

Jockey Club and G2 Prix Guillaume d=Ornano, and the Aga Khan

colourbearer appears here for the first time since finishing third

in the Oct. 1 G2 Prix Dollar for trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre.

Godolphin filly Promising Run (Hard Spun) gets a weight break

from the boys and she may just be the one to beat coming off a

victory in the Jan. 26 G2 Al Rashidiya S. Fourth that day was Elite

Excalibur (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who has since run second

behind the classy Cymric (Kitten=s Joy) in a mile turf handicap on

Feb. 2.

Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 10:00 p.m.

DUBAI MILLENNIUM S. SPONSORED BY WHEELS-G3, $200,000, NH

4yo/up & SH 3yo/up, 2000mTPP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT1 Sanshaawes (Saf) Ashaawes Cosgrave de Kock 1252 Elliptique (Ire) New Apprch (Ire) Mullen Seemar 1313 Manson (GB) Equiano (Fr) Dobbs Davis 1244 Zarak (Fr) Dubawi (Ire) Soumillon de Royer Dupre 1245 Earnshaw Medaglia d’Oro Barzalona bin Ghadayer 1256 Elite Excalibur (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Rodd Burridge 1257 Fauvism Zamindar Reis Bouresly 1258 Master The World (Ire) Mstercrftsman (Ire) O’Neill Elsworth 1259 Khusoosy Hard Spun Crowley Al Rayhi 12510 Promising Run Hard Spun Murphy bin Suroor 123

Championship winning the Al Fahidi Fort | DRC/Andrew Watkins

>TDN Rising Star= Zarak reappears at Meydan | Scoop Dyga

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Very Special | DRC/Andrew Watkins

Ertijaal | DRC/Andrew Watkins

>SPECIAL= AIMS FOR SECOND BALANCHINE Godolphin=s Very Special (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), the UAE

highweighted older mare in 2016, made it consecutive G2 Cape

Verdi tallies last time going a mile here Jan. 26 and will be

looking to add her second G2 Balanchine after taking last year=s

edition. A sixth-place run in the 1800-metre G1 Dubai Turf on

Dubai World Cup Night last March is the only out of the money

finish for the Saeed

bin Suroor trainee,

who ran second in

the G1 Falmouth S.

returned to

Newmarket in July.

The 129-pound

highweight faces

several foes from her

Cape Verdi victory,

including runner-up

Opal Tiara (Ire)

(Thousand Words {GB}), who represents the Michael Channon

barn. The G3 Supreme S. heroine outfinished Muffri=Ha (Ire)

(Iffraaj {GB}), who previous to her Cape Verdi third, was coming

off a winning three-race sequence, among them the G3 Darley S.

at Newmarket Oct. 8.

Roger Varian=s lightly raced 2015 G3 Sceptre S. victress Realtra

(Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), seventh in the Cape Verdi, returns too.

Successful in a 1400-metre Deauville all-weather contest Dec.

28, her first racecourse appearance since the Sceptre in October

of 2015, the grey should improve with another race under her

belt.

Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 7:05 p.m.

BALANCHINE SPONSORED BY CITIZEN K-G2, $200,000, NH 4yo/up

& SH 3yo/up, f&m, 1800mT

PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER1 Silver Step (Fr) Silver Frost (Ire) Barzalona Brandt2 Opal Tiara (Ire) Thousand Words (GB) Murphy Channon3 Anahita (Fr) Turtle Bowl (Ire) Ffrench bin Ghadayer4 Muffri’ha (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) Cosgrave Haggas5 Very Special (Ire) Lope de Vega (Ire) Crowley bin Suroor6 Realtra (Ire) Dark Angel (Ire) Atzeni Varian7 Via Firenze (Ire) Dansili (GB) Guyon BrandtAll carry 125 pounds bar Very Special, 129 pounds.

ERTIJAAL GEARING UP IN MEYDAN SPRINT Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum=s Ertijaal (Ire) (Oasis

Dream {GB}) looms the horse to beat in the G3 Meydan Sprint

over 1000 metres at Meydan Thursday. Victorious in the Listed

HH The President Cup at Abu Dhabi in 2015, the turf speedster

rattled off three more wins on the bounce--in February of that

year and in a brace of Meydan handicaps last term--including a

1000-metre contest in February of 2016 prior to a tough-luck

second to Aussie veteran Buffering (Aus) (Mossman {Aus}) in the

G1 Al Quoz Sprint Mar. 26. Ertijaal resumed with a win in a Jan.

5 handicap at Meydan and appears to be in top form.

In his wake that day was bridesmaid The Happy Prince (Ire)

(Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) and third-place runner Caspian Prince

(Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}). The former, a winner of the G3

Renaissance S. at The Curragh Sept. 25, ran sixth in the Listed

Dubawi S. over the dirt at Meydan Jan. 12 and reported home

ninth transferred back to the local grass last out Feb. 11.

Caspian Prince was fifth past the post in a course and distance

handicap behind Speed Hawk (Henny Hughes), with the

venerable veteran Sole Power (Ire) (Kyllachy {GB}) one better

Feb. 2.

Thursday, Meydan, Dubai, post time: 8:15 p.m.

MEYDAN SPRINT SPONSORED BY FRIDAY-G3, $175,000, NH & SH

3yo/up, 1000mT

PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER1 Jungle Cat (Ire) Iffraaj (GB) Buick Appleby2 Moviesta K Hard Spun Lee Lynam3 Sole Power (GB) Kyllachy (GB) Smullen Lynam4 Dragon Falls (Ire) Distorted Humor Reis Bouresly5 Line Of Reason (Ire) Kheleyf Mullen Midgley6 Speed Hawk K Henny Hughes Hayes Selvaratnam7 Caspian Prince (Ire) Dylan Thomas (Ire) Dobbs Fell8 Ertijaal (Ire) Oasis Dream (GB) Crowley Al Rayhi9 Watchable (GB) Pivotal (GB) O’Donoghue O’Meara10 Harry Hurricane (GB) Kodiac (GB) Cosgrave Baker11 The Happy Prince (Ire) Rip Van Winkle (Ire) de Vries MooreAll carry 125 pounds bar The Happy Prince, 128 pounds.

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AUSTRALIAN GROUP 1 RACES B 2016/2017

Date Race Track

Feb. 18 Lightning S. Flemington

Feb. 25 Chipping Norton S. Warwick Farm

Blue Diamond S. Caulfield

Futurity S. Caulfield

Oakleigh Plate Caulfield

Mar. 4 Randwick Guineas Randwick

Canterbury S. Randwick

Australian Guineas Flemington

Mar. 11 Coolmore Classic Rosehill

Australian Cup Flemington

Lexus Newmarket H. Flemington

Mar. 18 Golden Slipper S. Rosehill

George Ryder S. Rosehill

Ranvet S. Rosehill

The Galaxy S. Rosehill

Rosehill Guineas Rosehill

Mar. 24 William Reid S. Moonee Valley

Mar. 25 The BMW S. Rosehill

Vinery Stud S. Rosehill

THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Apr. 1 Doncaster H. Randwick

T. J. Smith S. Randwick

ATC Australian Derby Randwick

ATC Sires= Produce S. Randwick

Apr. 8 Queen Elizabeth S. Randwick

Sydney Cup Randwick

ATC Oaks Randwick

Queen of the Turf S. Randwick

Apr. 15 All Aged S. Randwick

Champagne S. Randwick

May 6 Schweppes Oaks Morphettville

UBET Classic Morphettville

May 13 BTC Cup Doomben

SA Derby Morphettville

May 20 Doomben Cup Doomben

The Goodwood Morphettville

May 27 Doomben 10,000 Doomben

June 3 Queensland Oaks Eagle Farm

June 10 Stradbroke H. Eagle Farm

J. J. Atkins Eagle Farm

Queensland Derby Eagle Farm

June 24 Tattersall=s Tiara Eagle Farm

SIA TO PERFORM AT DUBAI WORLD CUP MTV Video Music Award winner and Grammy nominated artist

Sia will perform a 70-minute concert upon the conclusion of the

Dubai World Cup card at Meydan on Mar. 25. Access to the

concert is exclusive to Dubai World Cup ticket holders. Dubai

World Cup tickets cost AED450 ($122) for apron views until Mar.

19, when they increase to AED600 ($163). A spokesperson for

Sia said, "Sia is thrilled to be performing at the Dubai World Cup

at Meydan, being a part of such a prestigious occasion and for

her fans to see her show in the UAE for the first time."

MORE BLACK-TYPE FOR CHAIRMAN=S SALE Two more black-type winners have been added to Inglis=s

inaugural Chairman=s Sale. Four-year-old filly Lady Sniper (Aus)

(Snippetson {Aus}), winner of the Listed Gosford Guineas and

Inglis Sprint, will be offered as a broodmare prospect, while

Yattarna (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), a lightly raced Group 3-

winning 4-year-old filly, will be offered as a racing or breeding

prospect. The Chairman=s Sale=s Elite Racing Prospects session

will take place on Mar. 30, while the Elite Breeding Prospects

session follows on Apr. 7.

Saturday, Flemington, Australia, post time: 4:45 p.m.

BLACK CAVIAR LIGHTNING S.-G1, A$750,000, 3yo/up, WFA, 1000mTPP SC HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT

1 9 Terravista (Aus) Captain Rio (GB) Brown Pride 129

2 1 Flamberge (Aus) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Rawiller Weir 129

3 12 The Quarterback (Aus) Street Boss Allen Griffiths 129

4 6 Counterattack (Aus) Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Zahra Waller 129

5 8 Illustrious Lad (Aus) I Am Invincible (Aus) Drmnin Gelagotis 129

6 11 Faatinah (Aus) Nicconi (Aus) Bayliss Hyeses/Dbrng 129

7 5 Spieth (NZ) Thorn Park (Aus) Bowman Heys 129

8 10 Supido (Aus) Sebring (Aus) Nolen Kent 129

9 13 Orujo (Aus) Exceed and Excel (Aus) Callow Mathrick 129

10 3 Heatherly (Aus) Lonhro (Aus) Lane Ellerton/Zahra 124

11 4 Flying Artie (Aus) Artie Schiller Oliver Price 122

12 2 Star Turn (Aus) Star Witness (Aus) Dunn Hawkeses 122

13 7 Missrock (Aus) Fastnet Rock (Aus) Williams Laing 118