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SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2022 TODAY IN THE TDN 'LIAM' DEFENDS PEGASUS TURF TITLE NEWGRANGE STAYS PERFECT IN SOUTHWEST FORBIDDEN KINGDOM UPSETS SAN VICENTE REGAL GLORY RALLIES TO VICTORY IN PEGASUS F/M TURF JUST ONE TIME TAKES INSIDE INFORMATION IN TDN EUROPE RATHASKER=S RISING TIDE POSITIVE TRENDS IN IRISH RACING FIGURES Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe/International
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PLETCHER, ORTIZ SOAR
ON PEGASUS DAY
Life Is Good getting some love from Irad Ortiz Jr. | Lauren King
by Christina Bossinakis
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL--Heading into Saturday's Pegasus
World Cup card at Gulfstream, it wasn't much of a stretch to
think that trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. could
walk away the winners of both Pegasus features of the
afternoon. However, considering the obstacles facing them, one
had to concede that it might be a bit too tall of an order. The
GI Pegasus World Cup Turf defending champ Colonel Liam
(Liam's Map) was coming off a massive layoff, 239 days to be
exact, and Life Is Good (Into Mischief), while freakishly fast and
seemingly yet to reach his full potential, had to face the likes of
likely Horse of the Year Knicks Go (Paynter) in the day's feature,
the $3-million GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. Throw into
the mix that Ortiz could still see a knee fracture sustained Jan. 7
in the rearview mirror, forcing him to the sidelines for three
weeks and putting him woefully close to missing the big day
altogether. However, on the big day, 'The Colonel' put it all
together to defend his title in the Turf, while Life Is Good put on
a performance that left spectators as wowed as his Breeders'
Cup tour-de-force last fall. And as WinStar Farm's Kenny Troutt,
who campaigns Life Is Good with China Horse Club, accurately
pointed out during the post race press conference, there must
have been a higher force at play.
AIt's just been a blessing,@ said Trout. AGod has really, really
helped us. This horse here has just been really special...This
horse is really one of the best horses we've ever had. He's just
got all the talent there is.@
Keeping to the theme, Ortiz added, AThank God, first of all.
Thank God for my health. Also, a couple doctors told me I could
make it.@ Cont. p4
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Life is Good | Horsephotos
Ortiz continued, AMy friend Dr. Rafael Lopez told me to stay
positive and told me I could do it. He told me not to put pressure
on myself so that's what I did.@
Sent off the slight favorite over Knicks Go, Life Is Good rushed
out to take the lead despite an awkward step out of stall four.
And he wasn't taking 'no' for an answer, quickly spurting off to
an uncontested first quarter in :23.12 as Knicks Go was content
to survey the affair from a second, several lengths behind. Still
cruising up front following a :46.35 half-mile, the powerful bay
was given a couple of jiggles of encouragement approaching the
quarter pole. Drifting out well wide turning into the homestretch
as his rivals pursued in vain, the 4-year-old showed what all the
pre-race hype was about, crossing the line a geared-down
3 1/4-lengths ahead of Knicks Go, who finished a length ahead
of longshot Stiletto Boy (Shackleford). Endorsed (Medaglia
d'Oro) was fourth and GI Belmont S. winner Sir Winston
(Awesome Again) was fifth.
AWe were committed to letting him run his race,@ said
Pletcher, who named the G1 Dubai World Cup in March as Life is
Good's likely next target. AYou know Knicks Go is a fast horse.
We didn=t know for sure how it was going to play out. There was
the potential for a speed duel there. He broke and I didn=t think
his first step was great, but he recovered pretty quickly and got
to the turn in good shape. Knicks Go maybe didn=t bounce away
as quick as he does sometimes, so we kind of had the advantage
at that point.@
Added Ortiz, AI respect [Knicks Go] a lot. I thought it was going
to be a match race. But going into the first turn, my horse was so
fast, so I just let him do his thing. He went to the first turn a little
fast. I never thought I would be in front like that. When I looked
around, I didn't see anybody. Todd told me to use my
judgement. He relaxed so well, and I couldn't wait to let him run.
He was going fast, but he was doing it the right way.@
Cont. p5
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The winning connections of Life is Good | Coglianese
Commenting on his ride aboard last fall's GI Breeders' Cup
Classic winner, Joel Rosario said, AI thought the trip would be
fine. We thought maybe we=d be on the lead. I thought Life Is
Good probably had a little more speed than me. He ran his race.
They came over a little bit on the first turn, so I had to kind of
just take him outside a little bit and let him relax from there, and
hopefully, at some point, the horse would come back a little bit
But he didn=t come back. He just kept going.@
Brad Cox added, AThe plan was definitely to go. I wanted to--
we just got outrun. I talked to Joel and he said he handled the
track fine. He said a couple on his outside were moving along
pretty good and it kind of got a little tight [early], so he took him
back off of it a little bit and obviously, the winner was just
galloping on the lead.@
Cox continued, AHe=s been super good to us. We=re proud of
him and we=re happy and excited that he=s retiring sound and
healthy and I look forward to training some of his babies in a
couple of years. He=s six; it=s time for him to go off to stud.
Hopefully, he=ll pass on his heart and determination and be a
good sire.@
Purchased for $525,000 by China Horse Club and WinStar Farm
at the Keeneland September Sale, Life Is Good kicked off his
career with Hall of Famer Bob Baffert and his talent became
clear early. He stamped himself as an exciting GI Kentucky Derby
prospect with a 'TDN Rising Star'-earning performance when
scoring by 9 1/2 length at Del Mar in the fall of 2020. The
following spring, he annexed the GIII Sham S. and GII San Felipe
S.--besting subsequent Derby winner and former stablemate
Medina Spirit (Protanico) in both those starts.
Life is Good was knocked off the Derby trail--and forced to
miss the entire Triple Crown series--after a chip was discovered
in his left hind ankle after a breeze in preparation for the GI
Santa Anita Derby. The chip was minor, but required surgery and
time off. Cont. p6
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Pegasus cont. Pedigree Notes:
Transferred to Pletcher after Baffert was temporarily North America's leading sire of 2021 combined with North
suspended by NYRA, the bay was narrowly beaten by Jackie's America's leading broodmare sire of 2021--what's not to like?
Warrior (Maclean's Music) in a Life Is Good is a product of the
knock-down, drag out renewal of oldest formula in the books:
the GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S. breeding the best to the best and
at Saratoga before taking on his hoping for the best. He is one of
elders for the first time and coming Into Mischief's 45 graded winners
out much the best in the Sept. 25 and 106 black-type winners, as well
GII Kelso H. at Belmont. All of those as one of the 119 stakes winners
performances appeared to be an out of Distorted Humor's
appetizer for what was to come daughters. MGISW Practical Joke,
next. The well-backed favorite in MGSW Fulsome, and four other
the GI Big Ass Fans GI Breeders' listed winners all follow the
Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar Nov. 6, the identical formula of Into Mischief
Gary and Mary West-bred colt over Distorted Humor, as do
rolled home a scintillating 5 3/4- another four graded-placed
Life is Good | Ryan Thompson
length winner. winners.
Added Pletcher, AI don=t want to get in trouble with any other Beach Walk has a 2-year-old filly by Blame, a yearling colt by
owners I have trained for, [but] I can=t think of one that is better Candy Ride (Arg), and was bred back to Into Mischief. She traces
than him. What makes him so special is his ability to run fast, the directly to French and American blue hen Frizette (Hamburg),
high cruising speed and [then] keep going. He=s just got her 11th dam, whose descendants include leading French sire of
tremendous mechanics. Just a phenomenal talent.@ yesteryear Tourbillon (Fr) and leading American sires of more
recent decades, including Mr. Prospector and Seattle Slew.
TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JANUARY 30, 2022
Saturday, Gulfstream Park Marquetry. ($420,000 3yo '21 FTKHRA). O-Steve Moger;
PEGASUS WORLD CUP INVITATIONAL S. PRESENTED BY 1/ST B-John & Iveta Kerber (KY); T-Ed Moger, Jr. $292,500.
BET-GI, $2,941,500, Gulfstream, 1-29, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:48.91, ft.
1--LIFE IS GOOD, 123, c, 4, by Into Mischief
1st Dam: Beach Walk, by Distorted Humor Margins: 3 1/4, 1, 4 3/4. Odds: 0.80, 0.90, 26.50.
2nd Dam: Bonnie Blue Flag, by Mineshaft Also Ran: Endorsed, Sir Winston, Chess Chief, Commandeer,
3rd Dam: Tap Your Feet, by Dixieland Band Title Ready, Empty Tomb. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the
'TDN Rising Star' ($525,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-CHC Inc. & TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style
WinStar Farm LLC; B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc. (KY); pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $1,755,000. Lifetime
Record: 7-6-1-0, $2,814,200. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple
Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Knicks Go, 123, h, 6, Paynter--Kosmo's Buddy, by Outflanker.
($40,000 Wlg '16 KEENOV; $87,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-Korea
Racing Authority; B-Angie Moore (MD); T-Brad Cox. $585,000.
3--Stilleto Boy, 123, g, 4, Shackleford--Rosie's Ransom, by
Irad Ortiz celebrates aboard Life is Good | Ryan Thompson
“Mo Town on Track to Become
Uncle Mo's Next Sire Prodigy” TDN, Sep 6 th
First yearlings in 2021 sold for
$450,000, $300,000, $275,000, $255,000, $200,000,
$150,000, $130,000, $110,000, $110,000, $100,000 etc.
“ This is a really special athlete, in my opinion.”
Tom Amoss, purchaser of the $450,000 Keeneland session topper
Fee: $7,500
G2 REMSEN STAKES winner at 2
G1 HOLLYWOOD DERBY winner at 3
By top sire & sire of sires UNCLE MO
2021 Fee: $17,500
Aisling Duignan, Dermot Ryan, Charlie O’Connor, Adrian Wallace, Robyn Murray or Blaise Benjamin. Tel: 859-873-7088. Fax: 859-879 5756.TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JANUARY 30, 2022
PLETCHER EXACTA AS 'LIAM' DEFENDS
PEGASUS TURF TITLE
Colonel Liam | Adam Coglianese
by Christina Bossinakis
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL--Heading into this year's GI Pegasus
World Cup Turf Invitational S., defending champ Colonel Liam
(Liam's Map) was clearly the one to beat despite coming back off
a 239-day layoff. The Robert and Lawana Low runner once again
proved he was all class when coming from off the pace to best
stablemate Never Surprised (Constitution) in Gulfstream's
marquee test on the turf.
While best known for his dirt runners, trainer Todd Pletcher
once again showed he not only knows how to prepare top turf
runners, but also underscored the influence of his former top-
shelf trainees who have gone on to stamp themselves as
stallions, including Colonel Liam's sire Liam's Map and
Constitution, sire of Never Surprised.
Colonel Liam broke well and was eased into a stalking fourth as
stablemate Never Surprised rushed to the front from post 12 to
set an opening quarter in :25.43. Still drafting between rivals
through a slightly swifter half in :49.39, the grey began to make
a move for the front through following three quarters in
1:13.31. Narrowly behind last-out Tropical Park Derby winner
Never Surprised straightening for home, Colonel Liam surged
ahead midstretch and shook clear late to best his barnmate by a
length. Space Traveller (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), far out of it in
the early going, closed with purpose up the inside to finish a
neck back in third.
AHe didn't lose a step,@ said winning rider Irad Ortiz, Jr., who
also took the day's feature of the day, the GI Pegasus World Cup
Invitational with Life Is Good. AHe's healthy and he's strong. He
did everything right. I asked him a little early and when I asked
him to go, he just went on.@
Cont. p9TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JANUARY 30, 2022
Colonel Liam | Horsephotos
Added Pletcher of the race favorite, AI was actually pleased
with how well he was traveling early on. You could see he got in
a good position and had a lot of horse. He moved to Never
Surprised early and kept finding more, and Never Surprised dug
in. It was great race for both horses.@
As for the race setup, Pletcher explained, AIt unfolded the way
we expected it to. It looked like the fractions were reasonable.
Colonel Liam was traveling really well in behind. You could see
he was going well. Irad kind of went after Never Surprised in the
middle of the turn and both horses fought on gamely. I=m proud
another GISW to make it four for his sire career and has also
of Never Surprised. He fought back.@
added three more graded winners in the past year for a total of
Colonel Liam, a $50,000 KEESEP yearling that flourished in a
seven. Overall, Liam's Map has had 13 black-type winners in his
$1.2-million OBSAPR juvenile, won three of five starts in 2020,
three crops to race thus far. Two of those Grade I winners--
including a victory in Gulfstream's Tropical Park Derby. The grey
Colonel Liam and 'TDN Rising Star' Wicked Whisper--are out of
kicked off his 4-year-old campaign with a neck win over
Bernardini mares. The late Bernardini, who died last year at 18,
stablemate Largent (Into Mischief) in last year's Pegasus Turf
has 61 stakes winners out of his daughters.
before following up with a confident score in the GII Muniz
A $1.2-million OBS 2-year-old in 2019 after working a quarter
Memorial Classic S. at the Fair Grounds in March. He made it
in :20 4/5, Colonel Liam is one of two winners out of his unraced
four straight with a dead-heat win with Domestic Spending (GB)
dam, whose 2-year-old Arrogate colt was a $70,000 RNA at
(Kingman {GB}) in the nine-furlong GI Old Forester Bourbon Turf
Keeneland September. Amazement has a yearling colt by
Turf Classic S. in May. Given plenty of support at 7-2 in his most
Copper Bullet and was bred back to Liam's Map. She is out of
recent start in the GI Resorts World Casino Manhattan S. in
MGISW Wonder Again, who raced for the Phillips family of
June, he faded to finish a well-beaten eighth. He had eight works
Darby Dan.
since arriving in South Florida for his return.
Darby Dan has a long association with Colonel Liam's family,
AYou just hope you=ve done enough with him. He has talent,@
going all the way back to his seventh dam. Darby Dan's founder,
Pletcher said. AWe need everything to go exactly as planned. We
John Galbreath, entered into a partnership on 13 broodmares--
didn=t have time for a prep race. We put all of our chips in this
one of which was the 1947 French-bred mare Skylarking II
race. I=m glad it worked out.@
(Mirza {Fr})--with Prince Aly Khan, then purchased her outright
when the Prince was killed in a car accident. Her daughter,
Pedigree Notes:
Soaring (Swaps), became a foundation mare for Darby Dan and
When Colonel Liam won this race last year, it was his first
is Colonel Liam's sixth dam. Generations of Darby Dan principals
graded win, but he was the third Grade I winner for his young
bred each of Colonel Liam's first six dams, as well as Colonel
sire. Saturday, a more accomplished Colonel Liam was capturing
Liam himself.
his third career Grade I event, while Liam's Map has since addedTDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JANUARY 30, 2022
Off and running in the Pegasus Turf | Ryan Thompson
Saturday, Gulfstream
PEGASUS WORLD CUP TURF INVITATIONAL S. PRESENTED BY
BACCARAT-GI, $982,300, Gulfstream, 1-29, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT,
1:47.48, fm.
1--COLONEL LIAM, 123, h, 5, by Liam's Map
1st Dam: Amazement, by Bernardini
2nd Dam: Wonder Again, by Silver Hawk
3rd Dam: Ameriflora, by Danzig
($50,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP; $1,200,000 2yo '19 OBSAPR).
O-Lawana L. & Robert E. Low; B-Phillips Racing Partnership
(KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $531,000. Lifetime
Record: 10-7-0-1, $1,810,565. Werk Nick Rating: A+++.
*Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2--Never Surprised, 123, c, 4, Constitution--Tiz Dixie, by
Tiznow. 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($30,000 Wlg '18 KEENOV;
$200,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-Repole Stable; B-Golden
Pedigree LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $177,000.
3--Space Traveller (GB), 123, h, 6, Bated Breath (GB)--Sky
Crystal (Ger), by Galileo (Ire). (85,000gns Ylg '17 TAOCT).
O-Clipper Logistics; B-El Catorce Partnership (GB);
T-Brendan P. Walsh. $88,500.
Margins: 1, HF, NK. Odds: 1.60, 3.60, 12.20.
Also Ran: Atone, Cross Border, Sacred Life (Fr), Doswell, Hit the
Road, Channel Cat, Field Pass, March to the Arch, Flavius.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs, or the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 11 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JANUARY 30, 2022
NEWGRANGE STAYS PERFECT IN know, but he showed some real grit down the stretch to win
that race. Love going to Oaklawn Park and winning those big
SOUTHWEST races. It was pretty exciting to watch, the stretch. He=ll come
back to California and we=ll figure out our next move.@
Newgrange did not earn any GI Kentucky Derby qualifying
points Saturday due to Churchill Downs's policy of not awarding
any points to a horse conditioned by a trainer currently banned
from racing at the Louisville oval.
Pedigree Notes:
The second-least-expensive of 28 colts purchased for a
combined $11,250,000 ($401,786 average) by the Avengers at
the 2020 Keeneland September sale, Newgrange is one of
Violence's 13 graded stakes winners. The Avengers have also
shown an affinity for, and had significant success with, sire
Empire Maker. The excellent broodmare sire influence is
responsible for the dams of 30 graded winners, including 2021
Newgrange | Coady Photo GISWs Silver State (Hard Spun), Mandaloun (Into Mischief) and
Rock Your World (Candy Ride {Arg}). The winner's unraced dam
Just minutes after his high-profile ownership conglomerate is a daughter of Grade II winner Bella Chiarra (Phone Trick). She
suffered a relative disappointment when running second, third produced another Violence colt last April before being bred to
and fourth with 60% of the field in the GII San Vicente S. at War of Will.
Santa Anita, unbeaten Newgrange (Violence) found his best
stride late to justify 3-2 favoritism in Oaklawn's $750,000 Saturday, Oaklawn Park
GIII Southwest S. SOUTHWEST S.-GIII, $750,000, Oaklawn, 1-29, 3yo, 1 1/16m,
Entering off a debut sprint win Nov. 28 and front-running 1:45.83, ft.
GIII Sham S. tally at Santa Anita Jan. 1, the handsome dark bay 1--NEWGRANGE, 122, c, 3, by Violence
broke well and took the first turn perched three deep. He 1st Dam: Bella Chianti, by Empire Maker
dropped back a bit while still kept out into the track as the field 2nd Dam: Bella Chiarra, by Phone Trick
spread out down the backside, and seemed to be spinning his 3rd Dam: Bannockburn, by Count Brook
wheels on the second bend as other rivals moved up inside of ($125,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing,
him. Hall of Famer John Velazquez was hard at work getting his Madaket Stables LLC, Robert E Masterson, Stonestreet Stables
mount going into a six-furlong split of 1:12.42, and pacesetting LLC, Jay A Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital LLC, Catherine
longshot Kavod (Lea) looked like he might forget to stop at the Donovan, Golconda Stable, Siena Farm LLC; B-Jack Mandato &
top of the lane. The cavalry charge kept plugging away, Black Rock Thoroughbreds (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-John R
however, and Newgrange finally leveled off in the final sixteenth Velazquez. $450,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $552,000.
to emerge, displaying a powerful stride that none could match Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick
and crossing the line 1 1/2 lengths to the good. Barber Road Rating: A+.
(Race Day) closed well down the center to complete his
third-straight stakes exacta, having previously finished second in
the Smarty Jones S. here on New Year's Day. Smarty Jones
winner Dash Attack (Munnings) was a disappointing and even
fifth as the second choice.
2--Barber Road, 117, c, 3, Race Day--Encounter, by Southern
AWe saw he had a different dimension today, the way the race
Image. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($15,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV).
set up,@ said trainer Bob Baffert, who tied Bob Holthus's record
O-WSS Racing LLC; B-Susan Forrester & Judy Curry (KY); T-John
five wins in this event and has typically been particularly
Alexander Ortiz. $150,000.
dangerous in Oaklawn's Triple Crown preps. APretty proud of the
way he ran. Johnny said he was struggling with the track a little
3--Ben Diesel, 117, c, 3, Will Take Charge--Girls Secret, by
bit earlier and I could tell that. Usually, he=s on the lead. But all
Giant's Causeway. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE.
the way down the backside he was in a good spot. You neverLIAM’S
MAP
Unbridled’s Song - Miss Macy Sue, by Trippi
COLONEL LIAM WINS THE
PEGASUS WORLD CUP
TURF INVITATIONAL S. (G1)
FIRST BACK-TO-BACK WINNER
Making it his third career Grade 1 victory.
Congratulations to owners Robert and Lawana Low,
and breeder Phillips Racing Partnership.
COLONEL LIAM
$40,000
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O/B-Willis Horton Racing LLC (KY); T-Dallas Stewart. $75,000. to try two turns down the road here. He=s gotten better about
everything. He was so professional today, everything went well.
Margins: 1HF, 1 1/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 1.50, 11.80, 5.00. He used to get a little antsy in the gate. He=s stumbled a few
Also Ran: Kavod, Dash Attack, Classic Moment, Call Me Jamal, times.@
Osbourne, Costa Terra, Vivar, Ignitis, Don'tcrossthedevil. Click Forbidden Kingdom went wire-to-wire in his 5 1/2-panel
for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free unveiling at Del Mar Aug. 21. Third next out in the turf sprint
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Speakeasy S. at Santa Anita Oct. 1, he led every step of the way
TVG. of Del Mar's seven-panel GIII Bob Hope S. Nov. 14, only to be
run down by the Baffert-trained 'TDN Rising Star' Messier
(Empire Maker) and forced to settle for second, beaten
3 1/2 lengths.
FORBIDDEN KINGDOM UPSETS BAFFERT
Pedigree Notes:
TRIO IN SAN VICENTE Forbidden Kingdom is the 13th graded winner and 24th black-
type victory for Triple Crown hero American Pharoah. He is out
of GSW Just Louise, who is a half-sister to MGSW Sara Louise
(Malibu Moon). The 14-year-old mare is also the dam of a
juvenile colt by Bolt d'Oro, who summoned $275,000 from
Vekoma Holdings at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, and a 2021
filly by Not This Time. She is currently in foal to Tiz the Law.
Saturday, Santa Anita
SAN VICENTE S.-GII, $200,000, Santa Anita, 1-29, 3yo, 7f,
1:22.75, ft.
1--FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, 120, c, 3, by American Pharoah
1st Dam: Just Louise (GSW), by Five Star Day
2nd Dam: Kings Lynn, by Mt. Livermore
3rd Dam: Til Forbid, by Temperence Hill
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($300,000
Forbidden Kingdom | Benoit
Ylg '20 FTKSEL). O-MyRacehorse & Spendthrift Farm LLC;
Forbidden Kingdom (American Pharoah) upset the highly B-Springhouse Farm (KY); T-Richard E. Mandella; J-Juan J.
touted Bob Baffert trio to register a front-running victory in Hernandez. $120,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $194,000.
Santa Anita's GII San Vicente S. Saturday. Longshot What in Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick
Blazes (Straight Fire) burst from the outside post in this Rating: A.
five-horse affair with the rest of the field breaking in tandem to
his inside. Forbidden Kingdom sprinted up the fence to take
command with Grade I winner Pinehurst (Twirling Candy) and
his stablemate McLaren Vale (Gun Runner) tracking from about
a half-length back through a :21.86 opening quarter. 'TDN Rising
2--Pinehurst, 124, c, 3, Twirling Candy--Giant Win, by Giant's
Star' Doppelganger (Into Mischief) shadowed his two Baffert
Causeway. ($180,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $385,000 Ylg '20
barnmates and What in Blazes watched from last after his sharp
KEESEP). O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables
start. Carving out a half-mile in :44.49, Forbidden Kingdom
LLC, Robert E. Masterson, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Jay A.
showed the way into the lane and continued strongly to the wire
Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital LLC, Donovan, Catherine,
for a good-looking 2 1/4-length victory. The rest of the field
Golconda Stable, Siena Farm LLC; B-Fred W. Hertrich III & John
maintained their positions to the finish.
D. Fielding (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $40,000.
AHe=s as quick as they come,@ said Richard Mandella, who
indicated his colt would make his next start Mar. 5 in the GII San
Felipe S. AIn his last race, he tore a piece of his foot off [after
stumbling at the start] and then we had a quarter crack. We had 3--McLaren Vale, 120, c, 3, Gun Runner--Magical Weekend, by
to fix it up and it is good and we hope it stays good. We=ll have Any Given Saturday. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACKTDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JANUARY 30, 2022
TYPE. ($325,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $625,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP).
O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Robert
E. Masterson, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Jay A. Schoenfarber,
Waves Edge Capital LLC, Donovan, Catherine, Golconda Stable,
Siena Farm LLC; B-Austramore Pty.Ltd (KY); T-Bob Baffert.
$24,000.
Margins: 2 1/4, NK, NK. Odds: 3.90, 1.90, 8.40.
Also Ran: Doppelganger, What in Blazes. Click for the
Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by
TVG.
Regal Glory | Ryan Thompson
Saturday, Gulfstream Park Regal Glory closed her 2021 campaign with her first top-level
TAA PEGASUS WORLD CUP FILLY AND MARE TURF score and she picked up right where she left off in her 2022
INVITATIONAL S. PRESENTED BY PEPSI-GIII, $490,500, debut, capturing the inaugural GIII Pegasus F/M Turf S. Racing
Gulfstream, 1-29, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.74, fm. two wide, the chestnut bided her time near the back through a
1--REGAL GLORY, 123, m, 6, by Animal Kingdom first half-mile in :48.03. Advancing up the outside four wide on
1st Dam: Mary's Follies (MGSW, $338,889), by the backstretch run, the heavy favorite charged clear in the lane
More Than Ready under Jose Ortiz for a decisive victory.
2nd Dam: Catch the Queen, by Miswaki "I was a little nervous early on because she didn't break that
3rd Dam: Wave to the Queen, by Wavering Monarch well, which she does sometimes,@ trainer Chad Brown said.
($925,000 5yo '21 KEEJAN). O-Peter M. Brant; B-Paul P AThankfully, Jose [Ortiz] knows her so well and she's so good
Pompa (KY); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Jose L. Ortiz. $285,000. that she was able to overcome it. He rode a beautiful Plan B
Lifetime Record: GISW, 17-10-4-0, $1,529,884. *1/2 to Night type of race. It didn't go his way the first part of it. Once he got
Prowler (Giant's Causeway), MGSW, $535,682; 1/2 to CafJ her down the backside and following a live horse to move him
Pharoah (American Pharoah), G1SW-Jpn, $1,928,283. Click for up, it was really good judgment for him and the horse was there
the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ for him. I was proud of both of them.@
*Triple Plus*. Kicking off last term with a win in Aqueduct's Plenty of Grace
S. last April, Regal Glory closed from well back to be fourth in
Belmont's GI Just a Game S. in June. Rallying to victory in
Saratoga's De La Rose S. in August, she was a close second in
Keeneland's GI First Lady S. Oct. 9 and wired Del Mar's
2--Alms, 119, m, 5, City Zip--Charity Belle, by Empire Maker.
GI Matriarch S. last out Nov. 28.
O/B-Godolphin, LLC (KY); T-Michael Stidham. $95,000.
Pedigree Notes:
3--Shifty She, 121, m, 6, Gone Astray--Perilous Hope, by
Regal Glory is one of four Grade I winners, seven graded
Strong Hope. O-Pedigree Partners LLC; B-Chris Pallas &
scorers and 15 black-type victors for her GI Kentucky Derby-
George Klein (FL); T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. $47,500.
winning sire Animal Kingdom. She is one of three graded
Margins: 2HF, NK, HD. Odds: 0.80, 19.10, 8.80.
winners for her MGSW dam Mary's Follies, who summoned
Also Ran: Gift List (GB), Bipartisanship (GB), Wakanaka (Ire),
$500,000 from BBA Ireland at last term's KEEJAN sale as part of
Nicest (Ire), Summer in Saratoga, In a Hurry, Sweet Melania.
the dispersal of the late Paul Pompa, Jr. Regal Glory was the co-
Scratched: Lady Speightspeare. Click for the Equibase.com
topper at that auction at $925,000. Mary's Follies 2020 Connect
chart, the TJCIS.com PPs, or the free Equineline.com
colt brought $185,000 from Larry Best's OXO Equine at the same
catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
sale and RNA'd for $425,000 at KEESEP. Cont. p14TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JANUARY 30, 2022
Regal Glory Pedigree Note cont.
Mary's Follies' first foal Night Prowler (Giant's Causeway) was
also her first graded winner, earning over $535,000. Regal Glory
came three foals later and was followed by CafJ Pharoah
(American Pharoah), a Group 1 winner in Japan who has earned
just shy of $2-million. Mary's Follies aborted her 2021 Curlin foal
and was bred back to American Pharoah last season.
Saturday, Gulfstream Park
INSIDE INFORMATION S.-GII, $200,000, Gulfstream, 1-29,
4yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:23.81, ft.
1--JUST ONE TIME, 120, f, 4, by Not This Time
1st Dam: Ida Clark, by Speightstown
2nd Dam: Eliza Donner, by Oh Say Just One Time | Ryan Thompson
3rd Dam: Witch Wabbit, by Salem
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O-Warriors Reward LLC & front-running rank rounding the home turn, swinging out six to
Commonwealth New Era Racing; B-Warrior's Reward LLC (PA); seven paths turning for home as Jarkarta and longshot Starship
T-Brad H Cox; J-Joel Rosario. $117,800. Lifetime Record: Nala tussled for supremacy. Moving best of all, Just One Time
6-5-0-0, $289,595. *1/2 to Black Stetson (More Than Ready), swept past those rivals midstretch and kept her momentum
SW, $141,678. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the going all the way to the wire, winning by 3/4 of a length over
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Four Graces. Jakarta was a clear third.
ATurning for home she was reaching out and I could feel her
2--Four Graces, 120, m, 5, Majesticperfection--Ivory Empress, by confidence,@ said winning rider Joel Rosario, who was winning
Seeking the Gold. O/B-Whitham Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Ian his second graded contest of the afternoon after taking the
R Wilkes. $38,000. GIII La Prevoyante S. AI felt pretty good at that point that she
was going to run big. With the slow break and [going wide], she
3--Jakarta, 120, m, 7, Bustin Stones--T J's Stormy Wit, by was the best horse in the race.@
Stormello. ($35,000 4yo '19 EASDEC). O-Three Diamonds Added Cox, AI don't watch a lot of racing [at Gulfstream]. I
Farm; B-Arrowwood Farm (PA); T-Michael J Trombetta. watch some. And where she was on the track kind of seems like
$19,000. a spot where horses kind of get out there and flounder and tire
down the lane. For her to be able to stay on, shows her grit,
Margins: 3/4, 2HF, 3HF. Odds: 1.50, 3.40, 5.10. determination and class."
Also Ran: Starship Nala, Pacific Gale, Crumb Bun, Mon Petit Chou, The chestnut kicked off her career for Pennsylvania-based
A G Indy, Family Time, Dance d'Oro. Click for the Equibase.com trainer Savaggio with a win facing fellow PA-breds last May
chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue- before making it two straight with an easy score in Presque Isle's
style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. Malvern Rose S. on the synthetic later that July. Tiring to
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL--With Knicks Go still in the barn, seventh at that venue in the six-furlong Lady Erie S. Aug. 16, she
trainer Brad Cox got the mojo flowing early on Saturday's came back to win her next two starts at Penn National
Pegasus World Cup Day card when Just One Time collected her impressively, including the New Start S. for state-breds Oct. 22.
first graded victory in Gulfstream's GII Inside Information S. AShe was in a state-bred program, mostly in Pennsylvania,@
Bought into by Commonwealth New Era Racing, transferred continued Cox. AOnce you come out of that environment, the
from Michael Salvaggio, Jr., and trying seven panels for the first water is going to get deeper on our circuit. And bottom line she
time here, Just One Time broke with her head slightly in the air was able to swim on this circuit. It was a Grade II and she was
and was shuffled back to seventh as Dance d'Oro (Medaglia able to pick it off. We schooled her. She loads with quarter pads.
d'Oro)-- prompted by Jakarta--went to the front, leading And she's been great in the mornings. She obviously wasn't
through a :22.45 opening quarter. It wasn't long before the great [in the gate] today. Horses sometimes know the difference
longshot began his retreat, and Jakarta took over, closing out a between the mornings and the afternoon. There's a lot of talent
half in :45.77. Meanwhile, the 3-2 favorite inched closer to the there, no doubt about it.@TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 15 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JANUARY 30, 2022
Pedigree Notes: soon, as he was a distant sixth behind Hot Rod Charlie (Oxbow)
With the victory, Just One Time becomes the fourth graded that day, but he bounced back just fine to take a Belmont
stakes winner for hot young sire Not This Time (Giant's optional claimer Oct. 29 with a gaudy 109 Beyer. He settled for
Causeway). A half-sister to graded winner For Rubies (Not For second last out to old familiar foe Miles D (Curlin) after showing
Love), Ida Clark is also responsible for SW Black Stetson (More the way in Aqueduct's nine-furlong Discovery S., but this
Than Ready). Additionally, she has a 3-year-old filly by Outwork one-turn-mile trip figured to hit him right between the eyes.
named Hard Place, a juvenile colt by Goldencents and a Speaker's Corner broke well and eventually poked a head in
Runhappy filly from last season. The 12-year-old mare was bred front of foes on either side through a :22.13 first quarter. The
back to Catholic Boy. bay was able to earn a sliver of separation after that, but he had
to work for it through a :44.82 half. Favored GIII Harlan's Holiday
Saturday, Gulfstream Park S. winner Fearless was scrubbed on aggressively heading for
FRED W. HOOPER S. PRESENTED BY HILL 'N' DALE FARMS AT home as Speaker's Corner still had his hands full with his
XALAPA-GIII, $150,000, Gulfstream, 1-29, 4yo/up, 1m, 1:35.26, company up front. Speaker's Corner put away Officiating as he
ft. straightened for home, and he dug in ferociously to hold sway
1--SPEAKER'S CORNER, 118, c, 4, by Street Sense Fearless, who was previously 5-4-1-0 over this strip and was
1st Dam: Tyburn Brook, by Bernardini representing the red-hot Todd Pletcher barn.
2nd Dam: Round Pond, by Awesome Again AIt was just a phenomenal performance by him,@ said winning
3rd Dam: Gift of Dance, by Trempolino pilot Junior Alvarado. AWe always thought very high of him. He=s
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. been a bit of a process to build up and to get to this race and the
O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-William I. Mott; J-Junior Alvarado. way he did it. He has a great a great trainer in Bill Mott. I think I
$90,210. Lifetime Record: 7-4-1-1, $286,850. was just a passenger today. He was very good today. He put up
Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. the fast fractions with horses on the inside and outside. He put
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. them away and still had enough courage to draw away home
very strong.@
Mott added, AWe didn=t know if we=d be on the lead. We didn=t
2--Fearless, 124, g, 6, Ghostzapper--And Why Not, by Street Cry really plan to be there, but the horse broke well and he was
(Ire). ($725,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP; $120,000 RNA 4yo '20 taking him and he was traveling easily. He was in between
FTKHRA; $205,000 5yo '21 FTKHRA). O-Repole Stable; B-Helen horses and he said he didn=t want to get jammed up so he let
K. Groves Revocable Trust (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $29,100. him cruise on and it worked out well. They took a little run at
him around the turn and he was able to repel those horses and,
of course, good enough to hold off the late challenge of
3--Officiating, 124, c, 4, Blame--Come a Callin, by Dixie Union. Fearless.@
($100,000 RNA Ylg '19 KEESEP). O/B-Vegso Racing Stable (FL);
T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. $14,550.
Margins: 1 1/4, 9 1/4, 2HF. Odds: 1.50, 1.30, 22.70.
Also Ran: Girolamo's Attack, Liam, Shivaree, Payne, Dennis'
Moment. Scratched: Bon Raison. Click for the Equibase.com
chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-
style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
Lightly raced Speaker's Corner had earned some strong speed
figures up to this point for a horse without a stakes win, and he
kicked off his 4-year-old campaign auspiciously with a
breakthrough tally in Florida. A second-out graduate in New
York as a fall juvenile over a very salty bunch of future stakes
runners (Caddo River, Greatest Honour, Miles D, Bourbonic and
Original), Speaker's Corner resurfaced off the long lay-off to
crush Saratoga allowance foes by open lengths. The
GI Pennsylvania Derby next out perhaps proved too much too Speaker's Corner | Coglianese Photo2022 Stud Fee: $25,000 LFSN
NEWGRANGE REMAINS
UNDEFEATED
$750,000 Grade 3
in the
Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn.
Congratulations to
Breeders Jack Mandato & Black Rock Thoroughbreds,
Owners SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC,
www.hillndalefarms.com Robert E. Masterson, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Jay A. Schoenfarber,
Waves Edge Capital LLC, Catherine Donovan, Golconda Stable,
LGB, LLC 2022 / Coady Photography Siena Farm LLC, and Hall of Fame Trainer Bob Baffert.TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 16 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JANUARY 30, 2022
Pedigree Notes: B-G. Watts Humphrey (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. $18,600.
Speaker's Corner is bred identically to MGISW Maxfield, who
will begin his first season at stud for Darley in a couple weeks. Margins: 2, 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 1.50, 5.40, 9.30.
Fellow Darley resident Street Sense now has 82 stakes winners, Also Ran: Sole Volante, Glynn County, Bakers Bay, Mandate,
36 of them graded. The late Bernardini, meanwhile, one of the Bama Breeze, In Effect, King Cause, Flying Scotsman, Farmington
hottest broodmare sires of the last few years, is responsible for Road. Scratched: Kygo (Ger), Oriental Trigger (Arg), Tiberius
the dams of 61 stakes winners (34 graded) and counting. Colonel Mercurius. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs
Liam (Liam's Map), also out of a Bernardini mare, defended his or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO,
title in the GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational S. one race sponsored by TVG.
later Saturday.
The winner's unraced dam is a daughter of 2006 GI Breeders'
Cup Distaff heroine Round Pound (Awesome Again)--she rode
the same Churchill rail that day that Street Sense charged up for
his GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile romp. Round Pond was acquired
by Sheikh Mohammed for a sale-topping $5.75 million at the
2007 Fasig-Tipton November sale. Her black-type earning
progeny include G1 Al Maktoum Challenge winner Long River
(A.P. Indy).
Speaker's Corner is his dam's first foal. He has a year-younger
full-brother named Town Branch who shows an upbeat worktab
at Payson Park, a 2-year-old half-brother by Maclean's Music
and a yearling half-brother by Nyquist born last May.
Abaan | Lauren King
Saturday, Gulfstream Park
W. L. MCKNIGHT S.-GIII, $200,000, Gulfstream, 1-29, 4yo/up, Abaan ran to the money, scoring his first graded victory in the
1 1/2mT, 2:29.53, fm. GIII William L. McKnight S. at Gulfstream Saturday afternoon.
1--ABAAN, 120, g, 5, by Will Take Charge The chestnut stalked from second as King Cause (Creative
1st Dam: Anchorage (MSP), by Tapit Cause) loped along through early splits of :25.39, :50.38 and
2nd Dam: Cross Your Heart, by Miswaki 1:15.43. Sticking his nose in front just after the mile went up in
3rd Dam: Wedding Vow, by Nijinsky II 1:40.39, Abaan kicked clear in the lane for a decisive win.
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($280,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP). AWe anticipated that he wouldn=t be on the lead today, and
O-Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Alex Daigneault; B-Rosilyn we felt like he could be effective without having it,@ said winning
Polan (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher; J-Luis Saez. $115,320. Lifetime conditioner Todd Pletcher. AIt was nice to see him prove that. He
Record: 10-4-4-0, $344,870. *1/2 to Chip Leader (Giant's went to the far turn and he was pretty authoritative when he
Causeway), GSP, $266,751. Werk Nick Rating: A++. took the lead and spread the race open right there. It looked like
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. he finished with good energy.@
2--Temple, 118, g, 6, Temple City--Desant, by Quiet American. As for what's next, the Hall of Famer said, AThere=s a lot of
($19,000 RNA Wlg '16 KEENOV; $75,000 Ylg '17 FTKTUR; options. He=s been invited to Saudi for the long race there. We
$75,000 RNA 2yo '18 OBSAPR). O-Paradise Farms Corp. & nominated to Dubai. We=ll see how he comes out of it and I=ll
David Staudacher; B-Mark Toothaker & Dan White (KY); talk to [the owners] and we=ll come up with a game plan. He=s
T-Michael J. Maker. $37,200. doing so well here at Gulfstream, there=s another option or two
here. There are some big prizes we=ll have to take a look at.@
Making his first three starts for Shadwell and Danny Peitz,
Abaan was privately purchased by these connections and sent to
3--Media Blitz, 118, h, 5, Medaglia d'Oro--Communique, by Pletcher. The Hall of Famer gelded the chestnut and switched
Smart Strike. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. him to turf after another failed start on dirt. He was rewarded
($200,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP; $310,000 2yo '19 OBSAPR). when Abaan romped by 7 1/2 lengths in his second attempt on
O-Michael M. Hui, Hooties Racing LLC and WSS Racing, LLC; grass at Saratoga in September. Cont. p17TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 17 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JANUARY 30, 2022
McKnight cont.
Second in an allowance at Belmont Oct. 10, he won his N1X at
Aqueduct Nov. 14 and followed suit with a win in this track's
two-mile H. Allen Jerkens S. Dec. 24.
Pedigree Notes:
Abaan is the third graded winner and one of eight black-type
scorers for his sire Will Take Charge. His stakes-placed dam
Anchorage was responsible for last year's $1.7-million KEESEP
topper, a colt from the first crop of City of Light. She had an
Omaha Beach filly in 2021 and was bred back to champion
Game Winner. This is the family of MGSW sire Broken Vow
(Unbridled).
Saturday, Gulfstream Park Beautiful Lover (red cap) bests stablemate Sorel | Coglianese
LA PREVOYANTE S.-GIII, $175,000, Gulfstream, 1-29, 4yo/up,
f/m, 1 1/2mT, 2:30.49, fm. out early fractions of :50.50 and 1:16.13 as Beautiful Lover
1--BEAUTIFUL LOVER, 121, m, 6, by Arch settled in a rail-hugging third. Still moving comfortably down the
1st Dam: American Skipper, by Quiet American backstretch for the second time, Always Shopping started to feel
2nd Dam: Tri Skipping, by Skip Trial the pressure approaching the quarter pole as longshot Scarabea
3rd Dam: Tri Argo, by Tri Jet (American Pharoah) and Sister O'Toole (Amira's Prince {Ire})
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($475,000 2yo '18 OBSAPR; started to push the matter as Beautiful Lover continued to bide
$650,000 5yo '21 KEEJAN). O-Moyglare Stud Farm, Ltd.; her time along the inside. Finally moved into the three path for
B-Thomas Coleman (FL); T-Christophe Clement; J-Joel Rosario. the stretch drive, the Florida-bred inched forward with every
$114,280. Lifetime Record: 16-5-4-2, $464,550. *1/2 to Zivo stride and hit the front in deep stretch, crossing the wire a neck
(True Direction), GSW & GISP, $1,017,300. Werk Nick Rating: ahead of her oncoming stablemate Sorel. The pacesetter
B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. rounded out the trifecta.
AIt was a prefect trip,@ said Rosario. ATurning for home, I got a
2--Sorrel (Ire), 121, m, 5, Dansili (GB)--Anice Stellato (Ire), by chance to come out, and that looks like the winning move right
Dalakhani (Ire). O-Augustin Stable & James Wigan; B-Mr J. there. It=s a very good way to start the day.@
Wigan & Mr G. Strawbridge (IRE); T-Christophe Clement. Beautiful Lover, runner up for Chad Brown in the
$28,800. GII Hillsborough S. and GII Matchmaker S. in 2020, fetched
3--Always Shopping, 121, m, 6, Awesome Again-- $650,000 at the 2021 KEEJAN sale from the same Paul Pompa,
Stopshoppingmaria, by More Than Ready. O/B-Repole Stable Jr. Dispersal as GIII Pegasus F/M Turf heroine Regal Glory
Inc (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $14,400. (Animal Kingdom) and debuted for Clement last season with a
Margins: NK, HD, NK. Odds: 4.10, 4.20, 1.00. fifth in Tampa's Distaff Turf S. against fellow Florida-breds in
Also Ran: Scarabea, Sister Otoole, Onyx, Niceno, Hungry Kitten, March before scoring in an 8 1/2-furlong Belmont optional
Honor Hop. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs claimer in June. Fifth in the 11-panel GIII Waya S. Oct. 3, she
or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, came up just a neck short in Belmont's Zagora S. over
sponsored by TVG. 1 1/2 miles Nov. 7 and was good enough to hold third last time
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL--Trainer Christophe Clement had two out in Gulfstream's Via Borghese S. Dec. 31.
chances to kick off the graded stakes action at Gulfstream AWe always felt she was good enough to win a graded stakes
Saturday afternoon on the right foot and both runners fired somewhere,@ said Clement. AI'm delighted she's done it now.
their best shots, finishing one-two in the GIII La Prevoyante S. This is fun, but I won that race in I think my first year or second
Moyglare Stud Farm's Beautiful Lover, ridden by Joel Rosario, year [in 1998 with Corretta]. She had a dream trip by Joel
went off slightly more fancied than her stablemate Sorel (Ire), Rosario, which was great. He was riding the rail all the way."
who drew the rail under Irad Ortiz Jr. However, bestowed even-
money favoritism in the 12-horse affair was Repole Stable's
Always Shopping, who loped out to take the early lead, cutting Cont. p18TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 18 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • JANUARY 30, 2022
Pedigree Notes:
Beautiful Lover is out of the Quiet American mare American
Skipper, a half-sister to Grade III scorer Patton's Victory (Patton).
The 6-year-old is a half-sister to millionaire Zivo (True Direction),
who scored his biggest career victory in the 2014 GII Suburban
H. Beautiful Lover's score gives the late Claiborne stallion his 43
career graded winner. This represents the extended family of G1
Dubai World Cup winner and UAE Highweight older route horse
Well Armed (Tiznow).
Saturday, Santa Anita
MEGAHERTZ S.-GIII, $101,000, Santa Anita, 1-29, 4yo/up, f/m,
1mT, 1:37.30, fm.
1--CANOODLING, 120, f, 4, by Pioneerof the Nile
1st Dam: Miz Kella, by Harlan's Holiday Canoodling | Benoit
2nd Dam: Steelin', by Orientate
Canoodling made a successful return to the turf Saturday,
3rd Dam: Steel Band, by Carson City
wiring the GIII Megahertz S. at Santa Anita. Hustling to the lead
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($180,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-B4
from the outside post, the longshot assumed a clear lead,
Farms LLC; B-Stonehaven Steadings (KY); T-Mike Puype;
J-Roimes Chirinos. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 14-7-1-2, clocking opening splits of :25.30 and :49.87. Confronted by a
$278,023. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. host of rivals approaching the far turn, she kept on finding to
Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. hold off those foes and get the win.
"There wasn't much speed in this race, but her pedigree is set
right to do this today, she's by Pioneerof the Nile," said Mike
Puype "We felt she could route on the turf. Todd Fincher [New
Mexico-based trainer] had left her with me and this is where he
2--Warren's Showtime, 122, m, 5, Clubhouse Ride--Warren's
wanted to run right after that last race and I just got her ready
Veneda, by Affirmative. O-Benjamin C & Sally Warren;
the best we could. The jock did a good job. He nursed the
B-Benjamin C Warren (CA); T-Craig Anthony Lewis. $20,000.
fractions along good and we had no pace pressure. The
3--Avenue de France (Fr), 122, m, 5, Cityscape (GB)--Sharja
fractions were slow and when they came to get her, she had
Princess (GB), by Invincible Spirit (Ire). 1ST GRADED BLACK
plenty left."
TYPE. (i3,000 Ylg '18 AROYRG; i95,000 2yo '19 ARARC).
Winning one of her first four starts for Jeff Mullins, Canoodling
O-Benowitz Family Trust, Convergence Stable, Madaket
was transferred to Todd Fincher and racked up five wins during
Stables LLC, Wonder Stables & Mathilde Powell; B-SARL
Jedburgh Stud & Thierry De La Heronniere (FR); T-Leonard her 2021 season in his barn, culminating in a dominant score in
Powell. $12,000. the Zia Park Distaff Nov. 23. Moved to Mike Puype for her final
Margins: HF, NO, HD. Odds: 22.70, 1.70, 24.30. start of last term, the dark bay could only manage fifth when
Also Ran: Bodhicitta (GB), Madone, Burgoo Alley (Ire), Sloane stepped up to the big leagues for this venue's GI La Brea S. on
Garden (GB). Scratched: Kuora (Per). Click for the Equibase.com the Santa Anita main track Dec. 26.
chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-
style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. Pedigree Notes:
Canoodling is the 19th graded winner for the late Pioneerof
the Nile and one of 41 black-type scorers by that stallion. She is
also the 13th graded victor and one of 35 black-type winners out
of a daughter of the late Harlan's Holiday. Her unraced dam Miz
Kella is a full-sister to champion Shanghai Bobby. Her 2020
Uncle Mo filly brought $425,000 at last term's KEESEP sale and
she had a Street Sense filly in 2021. Miz Kella is currently
carrying a member of the first crop of champion juvenile Game
Life is Good (Into Mischief) dazzles in the GI Pegasus World Cup
Winner.
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Saturday, Santa Anita A lightly raced, once-pricey juvenile trained by Bob Baffert
PALOS VERDES S.-GIII, $200,000, Santa Anita, 1-29, 4yo/up, 6f, won the GIII Palos Verdes S., but it wasn't chalk, the $3.65-
1:09.95, ft. million Fasig-Tipton 2-year-old Cezanne. Instead it was the year-
1--ESSENTIAL WAGER, 120, c, 4, by Honor Code younger, $300,000 OBS April 2-year-old Essential Wager, who
1st Dam: Mr Hall's Opus (GSP, $155,300), by Officer was making his stakes debut after riding a two-race win streak.
2nd Dam: Sala de Oro, by Expelled Essential Wager left the gate smartly and came up on the
3rd Dam: Kildare, by Flying Paster inside to emerge from the early fray with the lead, marking the
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($200,000 first quarter in :22.21 with Team Merchants (Nyquist) pressing
RNA Ylg '19 KEESEP; $300,000 2yo '20 OBSAPR). O-Michael from the outside. The two held position with the half notched in
E. Pegram, Karl Watson, & Paul Weitman; B-Maccabee Farm :45.17, then Essential Wager cut the corner and pulled away
(KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Abel Cedillo. $120,000. Lifetime with a right-handed reminder. He blazed five panels in :57.41
Record: 4-3-1-0, $207,200. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for while Shooters Shoot was flying on the outside. As game as they
the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. come, Shooters Shoot could not pass Essential Wager and
finished a neck back while Essential Wager held firm.
The winner came into the Palos Verdes off a brilliant work in
2--Shooters Shoot, 120, g, 5, Competitive Edge--Repeat, by tandem with Cezanne Jan. 23, in which he finished in front of his
Bernardini. ($90,000 Wlg '17 KEENOV; $70,000 Ylg '18 stablemate with a time of :59 2/5 for the five furlongs. It was
KEESEP; $300,000 2yo '19 OBSAPR). O-Bella Cavello Stables best of 88 that day, with Cezanne hitting his mark in :59 3/5
LLC; B-Nancy C. Shuford (KY); T-Richard Baltas. $40,000. (2/88).
AThis horse is getting better and better, he had trained really
well,@ said Baffert. AWith Cezanne, I think it was a little too short
for him. All of Essential Wager=s races have been pretty
impressive and actually, he=s bred not to be a sprinter. [Rider]
3--Cezanne, 122, h, 5, Curlin--Achieving, by Bernardini.
Abel [Cedillo] did a great job, got him outta there and held off
($3,650,000 2yo '19 FTFMAR). O-Mrs. John Magnier,
those horses pretty well. You know, he took a lot of heat early
Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith & St. Elias Stable; B-Hill 'n'
and kept going.@
Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. & St. Elias Stables, LLC (KY); T-Bob
Essential Wager debuted at seven furlongs in October over this
Baffert. $24,000.
track with an educational start: a bump, a stumble, a premature
move, and a lost duel. He finished second that day, but moved
Margins: NK, 2 3/4, 3HF. Odds: 1.80, 20.60, 0.70.
down to six furlongs and has stayed there since, resulting in a
Also Ran: Team Merchants, Dark Vader. Scratched: Arham.
maiden win Nov. 12 at Del Mar, a first-level allowance Dec. 11 at
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs, or the free
Los Alamitos, and Saturday's Palos Verdes victory.
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by
"We're going to let Bobby [Baffert] do what he wants with
TVG.
him," said co-owner Mike Pegram, "but I think he can probably
get two turns, it looks like."
Pedigree Notes:
One of nine black-type winners for Honor Code, Essential
Wager is his young sire's fourth graded winner. His other three
graded winners have all come at the Grade I level.
Inbred 3x5 to Seattle Slew, Essential Wager is one of 19 stakes
winners out of a daughter of Officer. His dam has a 2-year-old
filly named Bru Na Boinne (Arrogate), who brought $120,000
from Wayne R. Sanders and Kat Kirk at the Fasig-Tipton
Kentucky October yearling sale. She also has a yearling full-sister
to Essential Wager named Essential Ellie and visited the court of
Wildcat Red for this spring's foal.
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