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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 BLOODHORSE.COM/DAILY
RICK SAMUELS
MASSIVE UNDERTAKING
Three Years After Arrests,
Racing Plots Path Forward
See page 4
IN THIS ISSUE
15 Hall of Fame Racehorse Xtra Heat Dies
17 National HBPA: Science-Based Screening
Levels Needed
21 Pletcher Favored to Win His
Sixth Tampa Bay Derby
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CONTENTS
4 Three Years After Arrests, Racing Plots Path Forward
9 Leading Sires of Turf 3-Year-Olds
11 The Road: As Qualifying Points Increase, so too Does Field Size
15 Hall of Fame Racehorse Xtra Heat Dies
17 National HBPA: Science-Based Screening Levels Needed
19 Rich Pacific Classic Highlights Del Mar Stakes Schedule
20 Golden Sixty Tops World’s Best Racehorse Rankings
21 Pletcher Favored to Win His Sixth Tampa Bay Derby
23 Surprisingly Back at Tampa for Hillsborough
25 Skippylongstocking Leads Joseph’s Charge in Challenger
26 High Quality Additions to Inglis Chairman’s Sale
27 Results & Entries
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THREE YEARS AFTER ARRESTS,
RACING PLOTS PATH FORWARD
By Bob Ehalt
t @BobEhalt
I n the 1995 movie "Apollo 13" there's a
memorable scene in which a NASA official
details all of the problems facing the damaged
spacecraft and the dangers for the astronauts
inside it and says the mission will likely be a tragic
failure.
"This could be the worst disaster NASA has
ever experienced," he said.
In response, with a staunch belief that the
astronauts will return home safely, the flight
MICHAEL BURNS
director replied, "In all due respect, sir, I believe
this is going to be our finest hour."
In the future, perhaps 10 or 15 years from now,
the strength of the horse racing industry may be judged misbranded medications. In Thoroughbred racing,
by the ability to speak in an equally trainers Jorge Navarro and Jason
positive tone about the steps taken Servis, who combined for more
following the events of March 9, than 2,600 starts with 778 wins and
2020. There would be no HISA earnings of nearly $40 million from
Three years ago, Thoroughbred
and Standardbred racing
without the indictments.” 2018-20, names.
were the most notable
had a day of infamy. Twenty- —DENNIS DRAZIN It was a dark day that gave
seven individuals—horsemen, credence to a concern the industry
veterinarians, and drug/substance had pushed back against for decades:
manufacturers—were indicted on federal charges Horse racing was rife with corrupt individuals, and its
of race doping and distributing adulterated and horses were overmedicated and put at risk to win races.
"On the day of the indictments I
thought we were on the dawn of a new
era, and this was either going to be
good, or it was really going to be bad,"
said Jim Gagliano, president, and COO
of The Jockey Club, which along with
Meadowlands Racetrack played a key role
in the indictments by bringing in 5 Stones
Intelligence for the early undercover
work that led to the involvement of
federal enforcement officials.
(Editor's Note: The Jockey
Club Information Systems and the
Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders
Association are owners of BloodHorse.)
JEFFERSON SIEGEL
(continued on page 5)
Jason Servis (center) leaves Federal District court in Manhattan on Dec. 9, 2022
BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 4 OF 29
THREE YEARS AFTER ARRESTS, people, politicians, and organizations on board. Churchill
RACING PLOTS PATH FORWARD Downs had not made a commitment, and from their very
good input and involvement, some good changes were
(continued from page 4)
made," Gagliano said. "In time, we have come to see
In the years since the court cases are nearing an the indictments as something positive. It showed what
end with a virtual clean sweep for federal prosecutors. concerted enforcement can bring to the sport."
From an expanded list of 30 defendants, 21 have Dennis Drazin, CEO and chairman of Darby
already been sentenced to federal prison terms, three Development which operates Monmouth Park, also views
others have been convicted and await sentencing, the indictments as a turning point in support for HISA
and two others were convicted and had sentencing and national standards.
deferred. Four are no longer under indictment. "There would be no HISA without the indictments,"
Yet aside from the stark lessons in the severe he said. "It had been kicking around in a number of
penalties the cheaters face, many in the industry view different forms for a few years, but perceptions changed
the indictments as the impetus for meaningful ongoing after the indictments."
change. In particular, it brought in the additional The indictments lifted a veil of secrecy over illegal
support of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, activities. Wiretap evidence revealed conversations
which would see the Horseracing Integrity and Safety in which drug suppliers pedaled to trainers banned
Authority oversee national safety and medication substances such as SGF-1000, which contains growth
standards. The legislation launching the Authority factors, or new, illegal designer drugs given to corrupt
received Congressional approval and was signed into veterinarians. They, in turn, administered the drugs and,
law in December 2020 as part of a larger bill. in many cases, falsely billed owners.
"It was a wake-up call. At the time of the
indictments, we still did not have some of the leading (continued on page 6)
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THREE YEARS AFTER ARRESTS,
RACING PLOTS PATH FORWARD
(continued from page 5)
"There were suspicions about activities and how
people might execute doping through suppliers and
how it ends up in the hands of trainers and vets. We
learned a lot about what was happening from the good
work that the government put in, both prosecutors and
the FBI," Gagliano said. "We also learned how difficult
it is to catch cheaters and the tools that the prosecutors
and the FBI had were enormous, especially in terms of
electronic surveillance. And we learned that there's still
a lot out there that we don't have great visibility into,
which shows why we need HISA."
The charges filed by the government also showed
inadequacies in state-to-state regulation of the sport.
While there was a 2019 notice on a New York Racing
Association overnight sheet warning horsemen not
to use SGF-1000, Navarro and Servis' horses did not
test positive for the substance, tying the hands of
regulators.
COURTESY FBI
The introduction of federal authorities changed the
landscape. Some might debate the impact of SGF-
1000, and people close to defendants initially believed Product sold by Dr. Seth Fishman, who was indicted on federal
charges for manufacturing and distributing misbranded and
they would be found innocent at trial if their lawyers adulterated drugs used to enhance performance in racehorses
could confuse jurors about the ingredients and benefits
of the drugs. But in the end, the defendants' own words (Navarro) (expletive) killed and broke down that I made
convicted them. disappear? You know how much trouble he could get in
The most damning evidence in the cases came if they found out (about) the six horses we killed?"
through court-approved wiretaps in which the Servis said in another conversation, "The horses are
defendants talked about using illegal drugs, how they running like crazy."
were undetectable, how they misbranded them, how It proved to be an iron-clad case in which only
they made horses run better. The defendants admitted two defendants—Fishman and his employee Lisa
in conversations that they were breaking federal law, Giannelli—denied their guilt long enough to stand trial.
trumping the role of the drugs' impact on the horses in Both were convicted.
the eyes of the court. "When you have a case that strong, it's not unusual
In one taped 2019 conversation, veterinarian for the government to get results like that," said Drazin,
and drug manufacturer Dr. Seth Fishman, convicted a practicing attorney who led the court challenge that
and facing 11 years in prison, said to an unidentified opened the door for sports betting nationwide.
person, "Any time you give something to a horse, that's To date, 30 individuals have received a total of 684
doping." He added, "Whether or not they test for it is months, or 57 years, in prison time. Navarro received
another story." five years, with deportation to follow afterward. Servis,
Other taped conversations included a statement who is 65, has yet to be sentenced but is facing the
from sentenced conspirators Nick Surick to Michael likelihood of a five-year sentence.
Tannuzzo, like, "You know how many (expletive) horses
(continued on page 7)
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THREE YEARS AFTER ARRESTS, While there was conjecture that there would be a
RACING PLOTS PATH FORWARD second round of indictments, the government now
seems unwilling to present a new case, likely to be
(continued from page 6)
viewed with a sigh of relief by any other dopers and
cheaters.
The case has also generated $104,609,320.20 It is fair to reason that during the cheating, those
in fines, restitution, and forfeitures. While the involved may have figured that if caught, they would
government will most likely collect the $433,912 face the typical racetrack penalty of a suspension and/
it is owed in fines and much of the $32.4 million or fine. Instead, because of the federal charges, they
listed in forfeitures, restitution falls into a different received prison time, fines, and legal bills that drained
category. In general, forfeitures are based on a them financially. The arrests no doubt registered
convict's assets, such as property, that can be seized some initial fear among others who administered or
by the government. The biggest forfeiture was $13.5 were involved with similar drugs that the FBI would
million from Fishman, while the lowest was trainer be knocking on their door.
Tannuzzo's $15,893. But now the onus rests squarely on the industry
Restitution in this case centers on purse money and HISA to grab the baton from the government and
accrued by the trainers as illustrated by levies of $42.7 take the vigorous steps necessary to combat cheating
million on harness trainer Surick and $25.8 million in the sport.
on Navarro. Since trainers typically "We've learned that the
receive about 10% of winning government will not continue to
purses, those totals are far beyond do this and be the enforcement
the trainers' means of repaying and This represented the arm of Thoroughbred racing. So
probably will not be paid. biggest sports corruption it has never been more important
Early in the case, prosecutors to establish HISA, which will
mentioned redistribution of case in the history of provide enforcement across state
purse money as a possible form of America. I can’t think of borders, something we've never
restitution but no action has been had," Gagliano said. "I came away
taken on that front, and it is unlikely
any bigger one in terms from attending all of the trials
to happen since the trainers' of successful prosecutions feeling it was the inadequacies we
Thoroughbreds did not fail drug and time served.” had by enforcement on a state-by-
tests and the process of determining state basis that the cheaters took
which horses were drugged for —JIM GAGLIANO advantage of. While HISA's anti-
which race could take decades to doping and medication control
resolve. program will not take the field
"This represented the biggest until March 27, it will give us a
sports corruption case in the history of America. I tremendous advantage in enforcing drug and safety
can't think of any bigger one in terms of successful rules."
prosecutions and time served," Gagliano said. "It was Given the vital importance of combating doping
a very big deal for the government to undertake." and PED use, the pressure on HISA to live up to
With the final sentences expected to be handed its lofty expectations is already enormous. The
down by the summer, the book will be closed on indictments revealed that post-race drug testing is
the case. As the sport moves forward, history will not a cure-all for the problem. It must constantly
ultimately frame whether the convictions were the advance and evolve methodology to handle the next
spark for meaningful reform or just one more ugly "undetectable" drug. HISA is committed to combining
moment in a perpetual game of cat-and-mouse testing efforts with investigations.
between cheaters and regulatory bodies.
(continued on page 8)
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THREE YEARS AFTER ARRESTS, role in racing's fight against cheaters, much will also
RACING PLOTS PATH FORWARD depend on how well racetracks and horsemen learn
from what happened three years ago. In years to come,
(continued from page 7)
will horsemen who spoke out about constantly losing
to Navarro and Servis but did not assist regulators
The wiretaps that led to the convictions are likely not become more vigilant about cheating and work with
in play as a tool like they were four years ago. While in enforcement officials to maintain a level playing field?
some states permission to tape a conversation requires Also, racetracks have to learn from what was detailed
the approval of just one party, allowing an informant to on tapes and court documents and be more active in
record crucial evidence, the ability to tap telephone lines policing the corrupt horsemen on their backstretch,
and calls between two unsuspecting parties can only a point Drazin understands all too well. Not only was
happen with a court order requested by a government Navarro the leading trainer at Monmouth Park for
agency. seven straight years, but Servis trained some of Drazin's
"We're trying to stop the cheating, but people have horses.
to realize the racetrack doesn't do the drug test. We rely "I certainly learned a lot from all of this. In the 30
on the racing commissions to do the drug testing and years that I knew Jason, I thought he was as honest as
catch the cheaters. We're not allowed to do the tests. could be and I was very, very shocked to read about
The fact that all the tests were clean for SGF-1000 is the indictments. I still have some issues with some of
problematic," Drazin said. "We need to make the out-of- the information out there," he said. "It makes you less
competition testing and investigations more effective. trusting and teaches you to pay more attention. Yet
Without the government, someone has to handle the assuming that the government's scenario is right that
enforcement better." there were phony bills, that is very concerning to me.
While the indictments ultimately ensnared 30 I didn't get bills for SGF-1000 and it wasn't just Jason
people, a key takeaway for some observers is whether buying it. The vets were injecting it, and should they still
investigators dug deep enough and what will happen be at the racetrack if they falsified records?
with reams of evidence in the case involving people who "I think better testing and investigations will cut
were not charged. Will the files be sealed once the final down on cheating," he added, "but there are still bad
case is settled, or will they be released and redacted actors who want to cheat and are still going to try to
names in court documents revealed? figure out a way to do it. I hope they catch every cheater
"I'm somewhat disappointed they went after a small that's out there." BH
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was very prevalent around the country. I thought
eventually the information would come out," Drazin
said. "I'm sure the U.S. attorneys gathered all of
the information on which trainers were getting the
medication. They knew which vets were giving the
medication and it should be clear to everyone that
when New York put it on an overnight entry sheet,
warning people not to use it, there was widespread
use of it.
"It gave clarity that it was illegal to use it, but a
lot of trainers and vets continued to use it. I'd like
the information to be released publicly at some
point. If someone was using it and cheating, I don't
think they should be able to walk away and have no
penalties."
RICK SAMUELS
Yet as much as HISA figures to play a crucial
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1 Declaration of War, '09, (War Front) 17 / 3 0 / 0.0% 2 / 11.8% 0/0 1.53 Top Knife (JPN) $301,178
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2 Uncle Mo, '08, (Indian Charlie) 13 / 5 1 / 7.7% 1 / 7.7% 0/0 1.58 Dude N Colorado (GB) $299,295
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3 Cairo Prince, '11, (Pioneerof the Nile) 17 / 4 1 / 5.9% 1 / 5.9% 1/0 1.17 Cairo Consort $251,833
Airdrie Stud, KY, $15,000 $183,300
4 Nyquist, '13, (Uncle Mo) 10 / 5 1 / 10.0% 1 / 10.0% 0/0 1.60 Johannes $236,505
Darley, KY, $55,000 $60,000
5 Twirling Candy, '07, (Candy Ride) 7/4 1 / 14.3% 1 / 14.3% 0/0 1.52 Ag Bullet $226,960
Lane's End, KY, $60,000 $100,200
6 Justify, '15, (Scat Daddy) 17 / 2 1 / 5.9% 2 / 11.8% 0/0 2.03 Wonderful Justice (GB) $212,806
Ashford Stud, KY, $100,000 $75,000
7 Bolt d'Oro, '15, (Medaglia d'Oro) 13 / 1 1 / 7.7% 3 / 23.1% 1/0 1.16 Major Dude $212,326
Spendthrift Farm, KY, $35,000 $124,845
8 Into Mischief, '05, (Harlan's Holiday) 13 / 4 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0% 0/0 2.03 Balletic $184,032
Spendthrift Farm, KY, $250,000 $56,000
9 Grazen, '06, (Benchmark) 10 / 1 1 / 10.0% 1 / 10.0% 0/0 1.47 Grazed My Heart $174,740
Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, CA, $6,000 $118,000
10 Gun Runner, '13, (Candy Ride) 6/1 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0% 0/0 3.13 Sharar $160,218
Three Chimneys Farm, KY, Private $137,972
11 Mendelssohn, '15, (Scat Daddy) 25 / 3 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0% 0/0 0.75 Royal Mende $159,468
Ashford Stud, KY, $25,000 $42,720
12 Mor Spirit, '13, (Eskendereya) 9/4 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0% 0/0 0.70 Sure Can $142,840
Spendthrift Farm, KY, $5,000 $62,500
13 Army Mule, '14, (Friesan Fire) 11 / 1 1 / 9.1% 2 / 18.2% 1/0 1.23 Danse Macabre $139,847
Hill 'n' Dale Farms, KY, $12,500 $117,800
14 Kitten's Joy, '01, (El Prado) 16 / 3 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0% 0/0 1.57 Desert Duke $133,764
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15 War Front, '02, (Danzig) 12 / 2 0 / 0.0% 0 / 0.0% 0/0 2.01 Teena Ella $124,121
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CONTENDERS ON THE TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL
AS QUALIFYING POINTS INCREASE, STAKES 2022
STARTERS
2023
STARTERS
TOTAL
POINTS
SO TOO DOES FIELD SIZE Smarty Jones 13 8 20
By Frank Angst Jerome 8 7 20
t @BH_FAngst Sham 5 5 20
E ven the Road to the Kentucky Derby races are Lecomte 9 6 40
not immune to the decline in starters that North Southwest 12 8 40
American racing has seen in recent years. Holy Bull 9 8 40
In comparing the first 17 Road to the Kentucky Robert B. Lewis 5 4 40
Derby races of 2023 with the same 17 races of 2022, Withers 11 7 40
the total number of starters is down 12.3% to 149. Sam F. Davis 12 11 40
These 17 races averaged 10 starters a race last year but El Camino Real 11 8 20
just 8.8 starters this year. Risen Star 10 14 100
None of the first 10 races in the series conducted Rebel 11 11 100
this year saw an increase in starters when compared Fountain of Youth 11 9 100
with 2022 and only the Sham Stakes (G3), won by Gotham 14 10 100
Reincarnate Jan. 8 at Santa Anita Park, matched
San Felipe 7 9 100
its starters from a year ago. Each year only saw five
John Battaglia 12 12 40
starters in the race.
Tampa Bay Derby * 10 12 100
The steepest drops occurred in the prep races at
Total 170 149
Oaklawn Park as the Smarty Jones Stakes went from
The 2023 “starters” for the Tampa Bay Derby is horses entered
13 last year to eight this season when Victory
Formation scored Jan. 1. And the Southwest
Stakes (G3), won Jan. 28 by Arabian Knight,
fell from 12 starters last year to eight in 2023.
The good news for this year's Road is that
since the 100-point races started Feb. 18
with Angel of Empire winning the Risen Star
Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course &
Slots, starters have matched or surpassed
the 2022 number in four of the six races run.
The Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn matched
its total from 2022 (11), as did the John
Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park
(12). Confidence Game rallied four wide to
win the Rebel while Congruent earned top
honors in the Battaglia.
COGLIANESE PHOTOS/LAUREN KING
Tapit Trice is the morning-line favorite for the Tampa Bay Derby, which (continued on page 12)
has drawn 12 entries
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CONTENDERS ON THE TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL
AS QUALIFYING POINTS
INCREASE, SO TOO DOES
FIELD SIZE
(continued from page 11)
The Risen Star saw a four-horse increase
in starters this year, up to 14, while the San
Felipe Stakes (G2) saw a two-horse increase
to nine. Practical Move earned the best Equibase
Speed Figure of any 3-year-old this season when
HODGES PHOTOGRAPHY / LOU HODGES JR.
he stalked the pace under Ramon Vazquez before
posting a 2 1/2-length victory in the San Felipe
March 4 at Santa Anita Park.
(continued on page 13)
Angel of Empire wins the Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course
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CONTENDERS ON THE TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL
AS QUALIFYING POINTS INCREASE,
SO TOO DOES FIELD SIZE
(continued from page 12)
The second-last 100-point race, the Tampa Bay
Derby (G3) March 11 at Tampa Bay Downs, has 12
horses entered after seeing 10 horses start in 2022. Off
his eight-length allowance optional claiming win Feb. 4
ANNE M. EBERHARDT
at Gulfstream Park, Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway
Stable's Tapit Trice is the 8-5 morning-line favorite to
win his stakes debut.
It will be interesting to see the field sizes for the all-
important 200-point races that begin March 25 with the points structure this year for the Road to the Kentucky
UAE Derby (G2), Louisiana Derby (G2), and Jeff Ruby Derby, these corresponding eight races averaged 10.25
Steaks (G3). While Churchill Downs has changed the starters in 2022. BH
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1 125 Golden Sixty (AUS) HK
2 123 Romantic Warrior (IRE) HK
3 122 California Spangle (IRE) HK
4 121 Art Collector (USA) USA
4 121 Mostahdaf (IRE) GB
6 120 Anamoe (AUS) AUS
6 120 Do Deuce (JPN) JPN
6 120 Elite Power (USA) USA
6 120 Panthalassa (JPN) JPN
Golden Sixty ©Hong Kong Jockey ClubHALL OF FAME
RACEHORSE
XTRA HEAT DIES
Edited Press Release
H all of Fame racehorse Xtra Heat died
in December, according to a release
from Woodford Thoroughbreds. She was 24.
A diminutive bay bred in Kentucky by
Pope McLean and partners, the daughter
of Dixieland Heat out of the Hatchet Man
mare Begin was known for her speed
and class on the racetrack from 2000-
COURTESY WOODFORD THOROUGHBREDS
03. Over 35 starts, she won 26 races, 25
in black-type races, a modern record for
a distaffer. Among her highlights was a
win in the 2001 Prioress Stakes (G1) at
Belmont Park and six grade 2 races. She
also ran second by a half-length against Xtra Heat in 2022
males in the 2001 Breeders' Cup Sprint
(G1), and the following year, she was third in the Xtra Heat won an Eclipse Award as the
2002 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1). Both of these gritty outstanding 3-year-old filly of 2001—a prize that
defeats came against males. She set a track record for typically goes to a dirt router. She was further
six furlongs at Pimlico Race Course in 2001. recognized for her talent when inducted into the
Worse than third only twice in her career, debuting National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2015.
in a maiden $25,000 claiming race, she earned
$2,389,635 under the direction of trainer John (continued on page 16)
Salzman Sr.
SKIP DICKSTEIN SKIP DICKSTEIN
(L-R): Edward Bowen presents Xtra Heat’s owners Kenneth Taylor (center), and Harry Deitchman with the Hall of Fame plaque;
Xtra Heat (right) finishes second in the 2001 Breeders’ Cup Sprint to Squirtle Squirt (left) at Belmont Park
BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 15 OF 29HALL OF FAME
RACEHORSE
XTRA HEAT DIES
(continued from page 15)
Toward the end of her racing
career, Xtra Heat fell short of her
reserve at The November Sale in
2002 at Fasig-Tipton when bidding
stopped at $1.7 million. This was
a far cry from her previous trips
through the auction ring when the
filly, who stood shy of 15 hands, sold
for $9,100 as a weanling, $4,700 as
ANNE M. EBERHARDT
a yearling, and $5,000 as a 2-year-
old in training. After The November
Sale, owners Kenneth Taylor, Harry
Xtra Heat wins the 2002 Phoenix Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland
Deitchman, and Salzman sold her
privately to Classic Star Stable for an
undisclosed amount. She won two stakes for Classic a Hall of Fame horse. She will be greatly missed on the
Star in 2003 before her retirement, including the 2003 farm and by the team."
Barbara Fritchie Handicap (G2), a victory that moved This press release has been edited for content and
her past 1970s champion and fellow Hall of Famer style by BloodHorse Staff. BH
Susan's Girl for the most added-money wins by a filly or s Share this
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Woodford Thoroughbreds purchased Xtra Heat
privately through a Classic Star dispersal in 2006.
As a broodmare, Xtra Heat produced stakes winner
Southwestern Heat, who went to stud in Australia; the
stakes-placed X Rated Cat, who went to stud in Texas;
and Elusive Heat, a $750,000 Fasig-Tipton February
2-Year-Olds In Training Sale graduate who became a
stakes winner.
With her commercial appeal waning, Woodford
retired Xtra Heat after she foaled an Outwork colt
in 2019. Since then, she has led a life of leisure,
enjoying a large paddock of green grass at Woodford
Thoroughbreds in Reddick, Fla.
John Sykes, owner of Woodford Thoroughbreds,
spoke about her in 2022, saying, "Xtra Heat knows her
place in the world and is always first at feed time. Xtra
Heat is confident in her bearing, but easy to be around.
The little brown mare with a great big heart inspires
our team to look for potential in every horse."
In a press release from Woodford Thoroughbreds
March 9, Sykes added, "I have always been proud to
have the privilege of owning and being responsible for
KEVIN THOMPSON
BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 16 OF 29NATIONAL HBPA: SCIENCE-BASED Professor at Louisiana State University after retiring
SCREENING LEVELS NEEDED following years as head of its state equine drug-
Edited Press Release testing lab—used an example of bufotenine, which
can be detected in horses' post-race tests if (among
S creening levels based on science for post-
race testing are essential for the integrity of
horseracing—as is public information about how such
other things) they eat hay with reed canary grass in
it.
He noted some drug positives could be called
policy is made. That was a major based on minute levels when an
takeaway from the Kent Stirling effect of a drug would be relatively
Memorial Medication Panel on nonexistent.
the second day of the National For substances that reflect "So, using science, coming up with
Horsemen's Benevolent and actual cheating, this is a reasonable levels to call positives
Protective Association conference that really do meet their mandate, is
March 8 at the Hotel Monteleone in great system. Because if what HISA should be doing," Barker
New Orleans. one lab can find it really, said. "I don't know that they will. I
With today's super-sensitive
testing capabilities, the National
really low, they can share certainly hope they do."
Dr. Clara Fenger, a Central
HBPA has long advocated for their methods with other Kentucky-based veterinarian with
scientifically developed screening laboratories and they can additional degrees in internal
and threshold levels to determine if a medicine and equine exercise
positive finding is a legitimate rules
all find it better.” physiology, started a panel with
violation or if a negligible amount —DR. CLARA FENGER some statistics. She noted that while
was inadvertently transferred to a violations in human sports were down
horse through contamination at a 1.19% from 2013, U.S. horse racing
level with no pharmacological impact on the animal's rose to 0.43% of positive findings from 0.34% in 2013.
performance. The topic has added urgency with the
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority taking over (continued on page 18)
equine-testing policy and enforcement as
early as March 27.
HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus has said
trainers will not be penalized nor horses
disqualified for irrelevant trace levels
of substances readily found in the
environment. According to the National
HBPA, there is nothing in HISA's proposed
medication and drug rules that state that.
"The scariest thing for me is when
somebody who is in a position of
authority—a regulator, a prosecutor—says,
'Just trust me. I know what I'm doing.
Just trust what I'm doing,'" said El Paso
attorney Daniel Marquez, whose law
practice includes representing horsemen in
the Southwest.
ANNE M. EBERHARDT
Bringing sensitivity into sharper
focus, drug-testing and toxicology expert
Dr. Steven Barker—now an Emeritus
BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 17 OF 29NATIONAL HBPA: SCIENCE-BASED But for therapeutic medication, this represents a huge
SCREENING LEVELS NEEDED difference in regulations state to state, depending on
the laboratory doing the testing."
(continued from page 17)
Dr. Thomas Tobin—longtime consultant to the
National HBPA, a veterinarian, and renowned equine
While she said those rates still reflect very few "true" pharmacology and toxicology expert at the University
attempts to cheat, in her words, she said the bump of Kentucky's Gluck Equine Research Center—shared
in horse racing is explained by labs using increased a couple of unusual cases illustrating how tiny levels
sensitivity to find irrelevant minuscule levels of of substances can transfer to a horse without direct
substances that would not be called positives in human administration.
testing. Marquez also critiqued HISA for limited
Fenger said labs that will enter into contracts to transparency, calling it a private organization (though
do testing for HISA must be able to detect substances under oversight from the Federal Trade Commission).
down to a specified minimum level, known as "With HISA and the reliance on individual labs,
Minimum Required Performance Levels. However, the some of which are private, we lose part of that arm of
lab can elect to call a positive finding at any level below accountability. Private labs are not subject to those
that minimum, she said, adding that flies in the face of (Freedom of Information Act) laws or state open-
HISA's mission of bringing uniformity across all racing record laws," he said.
jurisdictions. The conference's panels and presentations conclude
"For substances that reflect actual cheating, this is March 9.
a great system," Fenger said. "Because if one lab can This press release has been edited for content and
find it really, really low, they can share their methods style by BloodHorse Staff. BH
with other laboratories and they can all find it better... s Share this story
BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 18 OF 29RICH PACIFIC CLASSIC HIGHLIGHTS
DEL MAR STAKES SCHEDULE
Edited Press Release
W ith the 33rd edition of its premier event, the $1
million Pacific Classic (G1), leading a parade
of 39 offerings in 31 days, Del Mar is set to present a
record-tying stakes schedule worth $8,275,000 for the
84th season of Thoroughbred sport at its iconic seaside
oval beginning July 21.
The grade 1 "Classic" at a mile and one-quarter will
top a sparkling five-graded-stakes afternoon Sept. 2 that
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includes the $300,000 Del Mar Handicap (G2T) and the
$300,000 Del Mar Mile (G2T).
Flightline after his victory in the 2022 Pacific Classic at Del Mar
All told, that track has slated six grade 1 races over
the course of an eight-week summer stand, as well as Aug. 5; the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1T) for 3-year-old
six Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" tests that each fillies at nine furlongs on the turf Aug. 19; the $300,000
guarantee a spot in the starting gate for their major Del Mar Debutante (G1) for 2-year-old fillies at seven
counterparts during the two-day, $28 million end-of- furlongs Sept. 9, and the Del Mar Futurity.
season championship spectacular that will be held this Del Mar's six "Win and You're In" races are the
year at Santa Anita Park. Bing Crosby (providing guaranteed
The shore track again will feature entrance to the $2 million Breeders'
eight black-type events strictly for Cup Sprint, G1); the Clement L. Hirsch
California-breds carrying total purses ($2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff, G1);
of $1,150,000. Further, it has 19 We’ve got a stakes $250,000, Pat O'Brien Stakes (G2)
stakes on its popular Jimmy Durante schedule that mirrors our at seven furlongs Aug. 26 ($1 million
Turf Course, along with five overnight Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, G1); Pacific
stakes, each with a value of $100,000. record program of last Classic ($6 million Breeders' Cup
"We've got a stakes schedule that year.” Classic, G1); Del Mar Handicap at 11
mirrors our record program of last furlongs on turf ($4 million Breeders'
year," noted Del Mar vice president —DAVID JERKENS Cup Turf, G1T); and $150,000 Green
and racing secretary David Jerkens. Flash Handicap (G3T) at five furlongs
"We made a couple of very minor on turf Sept. 2 ($1 million Breeders'
tweaks, but otherwise, it's the same offerings at the same Cup Turf Sprint, G1T).
value that our horsemen and women found especially The stakes schedule features the five-stakes day Sept.
pleasing last year." 2, as noted, but also has a triple header (including the
As it has for decades, the $100,000 Oceanside Stakes Debutante and the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes,
for 3-year-olds on the grass will kick off the proceedings G2T) Sept. 9 and nine other days when there will be
on opening day. And closing day—Sept. 10—once more stakes doubleheaders.
will be headlined by the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity The historic track will open its season with a three-
(G1) at seven furlongs, the championship event for day weekend (July 21, 22, 23), then have five four-day
2-year-olds at the session. weeks (Thursday through Sunday), a five-day week
The track's six grade 1 affairs are led by the Pacific (including Labor Day Sept. 4), then finish with a Friday-
Classic, of course, but also include the $400,000 Bing through-Sunday weekend (Sept. 8, 9, 10).
Crosby Stakes (G1) for older horses at six furlongs July The full stakes schedule can be found here.
29; the $400,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) for This press release has been edited for content and
fillies and mares 3 and up at a mile and one-sixteenth style by BloodHorse Staff. BH
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BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 19 OF 29GOLDEN SIXTY
TOPS WORLD'S BEST
RACEHORSE RANKINGS
By Byron King
t @BH_Bking
F ollowing Flightline's retirement
from racing late last year, there
is a new top-ranked horse in the
Longines World's Best Racehorse
Rankings, based on racing
Jan. 1-March 5.
Golden Sixty is on top with a
ranking of 125, ahead of fellow
Hong Kong-based horses Romantic HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Warrior and California Spangle.
Golden Sixty, featured in the ratings since 2020,
began 2023 with a one-length victory over Romantic
Warrior (123) in the Stewards' Cup (G1), with
California Spangle (122) a neck back in third. Golden
Sixty subsequently defeated Romantic Warrior by a
head in the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (G1).
The United States-based Art Collector, a decisive
winner of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Golden Sixty wins the Hong Kong Gold Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse
SEE WHAT’S INSIDE THE Stakes (G1), is the top-ranked dirt horse with a 121
MARCH BLOODHORSE ISSUE rating, placing him in a tie for fourth overall with
Mostahdaf. Last month, the latter took the Neom Turf
Cup (G3) by seven lengths in Saudi Arabia.
Mostahdaf's performance in Saudi Arabia was
deemed narrowly superior to victories from the
U.S.-trained Elite Power and Japan's Panthalassa
in the Riyadh Dirt Sprint (G3) and Saudi Cup (G1),
respectively. They each were rated at 120.
Forte is the lone 3-year-old among the initial
rankings, receiving a 117 rating following his victory
in the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2).
The World's Best Racehorse Rankings are
compiled by the Longines World's Best Racehorse
Rankings Committee and are published by the
GO International Federation of Horseracing Authorities.
The full rankings can be found online. BH
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BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 20 OF 29PLETCHER FAVORED TO WIN HIS over a one-turn mile Feb. 4 by eight lengths over
SIXTH TAMPA BAY DERBY Bob LaPenta's Shesterkin. The victory so impressed
By Byron King gamblers that Tapit Trice went off as the 15-1 third
choice among individual betting interests in the fourth
t @BH_Bking
pool of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager that closed
R unning promising 3-year-olds Tapit Trice and
Shesterkin, trainer Todd Pletcher aims to extend
his win record in the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3)
Feb. 12.
Before his Feb. 4 victory, he won a Dec. 17 maiden
race at Aqueduct Racetrack by a neck over Slip
March 11. Mahoney, the eventual runner-up in the March 4
The Hall of Famer has won Tampa Bay Downs' top Gotham Stakes (G3). Tapit Trice's only other start was
Kentucky Derby (G1) prep five times, taking it most a third-place finish in his debut against maidens at
recently in 2017 with Tapwrit, eventual winner of that Aqueduct Nov. 6.
year's Belmont Stakes (G1). His other Tampa Bay The likely favorite makes his first start around two
Derby winners were Destin (2016), Carpe Diem (2015), turns Saturday in the 1 1/16-mile Tampa Bay Derby
Verrazano (2013), and Limehouse (2004). with Luis Saez up.
None of Pletcher's Tampa Bay Derby winners scored As of March 7, Saez has won eight graded stakes
in the Kentucky Derby, though the first of Pletcher's races in North America in 2023, most of any jockey.
two Derby winners, Super Saver, ran third in the 2010 Pletcher also has eight graded stakes wins to place him
Tampa Bay Derby before a second-place finish in the in a tie for the lead this year among trainers with fellow
Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park. The trainer's Hall of Famer Bob Baffert.
other Derby winner in 2017, Always Dreaming, took a Shesterkin, a son of Violence who scored in his
South Florida path to Louisville, winning an allowance unveiling Dec. 31 at Gulfstream, was favored in his
optional claimer and the Florida Derby (G1) at Feb. 4 matchup against stablemate Tapit Trice and
Gulfstream Park before the Run for the Roses. appeared to regress off his sparkling debut at seven
Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway Stable's Tapit furlongs. Prominent early, he was head and head
Trice showed his talent last month at Gulfstream. The with a surging Tapit Trice leaving the turn before
Tapit colt, out of the stakes-winning Dunkirk mare overpowered in the lane and settling for second.
Danzatrice, took an allowance optional claiming race
(continued on page 22)
COGLIANESE PHOTOS/RYAN THOMPSON COGLIANESE PHOTOS/LAUREN KING
(L-R): Tapit Trice pulls away for an eight-length score in an allowance optional claimer at Gulfstream Park; Shesterkin breaks his
maiden at Gulfstream Park
BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 21 OF 29PLETCHER FAVORED TO WIN HIS The second-through-fifth-place finishers from
SIXTH TAMPA BAY DERBY the Sam F. Davis are entered: Groveland, Classic Car
Wash, Classic Legacy, and Zydeceaux.
(continued from page 21)
Stretching out to race a longer distance in the
12-horse race is Pinnacle Racing Team and Madaket
Edgard Zayas rides Shesterkin, who races with Stables' Freedom Road, a 2-for-5 Malibu Moon colt
blinkers added. who most recently won a Jan. 21 allowance optional
The Tampa Bay Derby offers qualifying points claimer at Tampa Bay Downs at six furlongs.
toward the May 6 Kentucky Derby on a 50-20-15-10- "The Tampa Bay Derby is a very prestigious race,
5 scale to its top five finishers. Historically, a horse and we'll be honored and privileged to be a part of
that wins the Tampa Bay Derby has enough points it," trainer Gregg Sacco said. "I feel that if he displays
to qualify for the Kentucky Derby. Tampa Bay Derby the same strong kick he has sprinting, he will be
participants often pursue more Derby points in final competitive. He's got the homecourt advantage, and
Triple Crown tune-ups in April. he'll be able to walk over from his own barn.
The Tampa Bay Derby is one of five stakes races on "It looks like there are going to be a lot of talented
Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs—four graded—worth a horses running, and a lot of unknowns. But you've got
combined $1 million in purse money. to take a swing in the batter's box to connect," Sacco
Saturday's main event does not include the winner added. "If he runs to our expectations, it opens up a
of last month's Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3), with Pletcher wide range of races for us, and if he doesn't, we know
electing to point victorious Litigate toward the March we have a talented sprinter." BH
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BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 22 OF 29SURPRISINGLY BACK AT TAMPA
FOR HILLSBOROUGH
By Corrie McCroskey
t @BH_CMcCroskey
A last out winner of the Feb. 4 Endeavour Stakes
(G3T) at Tampa Bay Downs, Surprisingly
will step up to grade 2 company when she returns
to the Florida oval March 11 for the $225,000
Hillsborough Stakes (G2T), a 1 1/8-mile turf event
for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up.
The homebred daughter of Mastery for Phipps
Stable is conditioned by Hall of Famer Shug
McGaughey who knows the family well having
trained her dam Vagabond along with her third
SV PHOTOGRAPHY
dam Matlacha Pass.
Surprisingly earned her first graded accolade
when storming home in the stretch to overtake Surprisingly wins the Endeavour Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs
respective second- and third-place finishers Scotish
Star, and Marketsegmentation, by a neck in the Trainer Chad Brown will have three tries for the win
Endeavour last month. Todd Pletcher trainee with recent Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf
Scotish Star, winner of the 2020 Polla de Potrancas Invitational Stakes (G3T) runner-up Shantisara, along
(G1) in Argentina, will return to challenge for the with 2022 Long Island Stakes (G3T) third Kalifornia
Hillsborough. Queen, and off-the-board finisher in the 2022 Breeders'
Breaking her maiden on debut in a Monmouth Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) Rougir, who will both be
Park maiden special weight in September of 2021, making their 2023 debuts.
Surprisingly has only two other wins in allowance and Campaigned by Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, and
allowance optional claiming company making up a Robert LaPenta, Shantisara became a grade 1 winner in
record of 4-1-0 from seven starts. October of 2021 when coming home a victor of the Queen
Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (G1T) at
Keeneland to close out her season. She only
competed twice in 2022—both starts at the
Lexington oval—where she was second in
the Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T) and fifth in the
Fall Harvest Stakes. The Irish-bred daughter
of Coulsty will look to push her earnings
over the $1 million mark with a win in the
Hillsborough.
Hard-knocking 7-year-old mare Temple
City Terror returns to the track from a win
last out in the Long Island for trainer Brendan
Walsh and owner Town and Country Racing.
She was also a winner of the May 28 Keertana
Overnight Stakes and Oct. 23 Dowager Stakes
(G3T) in 2022. From 29 starts, the Temple
City mare has a record of 7-5-5 and earnings
COGLIANESE PHOTOS/CHELSEA DURAND
of $861,218.
Temple City Terror takes the 2022 Long Island Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack (continued on page 24)
BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 23 OF 29SURPRISINGLY BACK AT TAMPA
FOR HILLSBOROUGH
(continued from page 23)
Entries are completed by Cherie DeVaux trainee
Gam's Mission, who arrives at the Hillsborough with
the longest layoff of the field, having not started since
a win in the 2022 Mint Julep Stakes (G3T) last June
at Churchill Downs. The homebred for Lazy F Ranch
is also a winner of the 2021 Regret Stakes (G3T)
and finished just off the board that same year in the
Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1T).
Dreaming of Snow Set for Florida Oaks
SV PHOTOGRAPHY
Longshot victress in the Feb. 11 Suncoast Stakes at
Tampa last out over Wonder Wheel and Julia Shining
Dreaming of Snow defeats Wonder Wheel in the
was Dreaming of Snow, who will take to the grass for
Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs
the $200,000 Florida Oaks (G3T), a 1 1/16-mile turf
event for 3-year-old fillies.
The Florida-bred daughter of Jess's Dream is Also entered is stakes winner Navy Goat, 2022 Miss
trained by Gerald Bennett for Team Equistaff and Grillo Stakes (G2T) runner-up Free Look, and Sweetest
Winning Stables. From five starts the filly is 3-0-0; Chant Stakes (G3T) second Alpha Bella. BH
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BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 24 OF 29SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING
LEADS JOSEPH'S CHARGE
IN CHALLENGER
By Joe Perez
t @BH_JPerez
S affie Joseph Jr. enters a pair of
contenders in the March 11 $100,000
Challenger Stakes (G3) at Tampa Bay
Downs. The 1 1/16-mile contest on dirt is
for 4-year-olds and up.
The most well-known of the trainer's
entries is Skippylongstocking. Owned by
Daniel Alonso, the Exaggerator colt last ran
in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), COGLIANESE PHOTOS/NICOLE THOMAS
fading 9 3/4 lengths back to seventh.
Skippylongstocking had been alternating
first-place wins over his last four starts with
triumphs in the Harlan's Holiday (G3) and
West Virginia Derby (G3), sandwiching a
ninth-place effort in the Pennsylvania Derby Skippylongstocking wins the 2022 Harlan’s Holiday Stakes at Gulfstream
(G1).
Joseph's other runner, The Reds, is looking to improve of the way until he was caught up in a crowd heading
upon less-than-desired graded stakes performances. down the stretch to run sixth.
The son of Tonalist's best finish in a graded stakes was a BBN Racing's Trademark is also making his 2023
second in the 2021 Pennine Ridge (G3). debut after ending last year with a pair of victories,
Kenny McPeek trainee Classic Causeway makes his including the Commonwealth Turf Stakes at Churchill
debut for the year. Owned by Kentucky West Racing Downs. The Challenger is his first go in graded stakes
and Clarke Cooper, Classic Causeway's speed will company since the Indiana Derby (G3) in July of last year.
provide a test for the other eight in the field. He last ran In that race, the Upstart gelding finished fourth. BH
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BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 25 OF 29INTERNATIONAL REPORT PRESENTED BY
ANZ BLOODSTOCK
HIGH QUALITY ADDITIONS TO Coolmore's Tom Magnier saw the bidding to AU$2.7M
INGLIS CHAIRMAN'S SALE (US$1,920,808) to acquire the twice group 1-winning
By ANZ Bloodstock News Staff mare Shout The Bar from the Glenesk Thoroughbreds
draft. Magnier was the sale's leading buyer with his
T he Chairman's Sale saw a surge of high-class
entries March 9 on the eve of its close-off date for
submissions into the Inglis Breeding Stock Sales Series.
single purchase, with Sheamus Mills Bloodstock,
Longwood Thoroughbred Farm, and Peter Morgan
sliding in second after purchasing two horses to the
Thai Noon, the dam of dual group winner and group tune of AU$2 million. Segenhoe Thoroughbreds from
1-placed Steinem, will be offered in foal to Frankel, Scone sold 11 of their 14 entries to be the leading
while the dam of group 1 winner Roch 'n' Horse, vendor with an aggregate of AU$5,210,000.
Rochfort, will be sold in foal to Per Incanto. At the conclusion of the sale, Inglis reported 71
Paredo will be offered in foal to Extreme Choice, horses traded hands of the 84 horses through the ring
making the resultant foal a three-quarter-sibling to for gross receipts of AU$33,430,000 ($23,782,438), at
Blue Diamond Stakes (G1) runner-up and Golden an average of AU$470,845 ($334,963) and a median
Slipper Stakes (G1) contender Don Corleone, while of AU$350,000 ($248,993). There were 13 horses who
Peron, the dam of group 3 winner Juan Diva, will be failed to meet their reserve representing an RNA rate
sold in foal to Snitzel. of 15%.
Stakes-performed mares including Tricky Gal, For more Australia and New Zealand racing, sales,
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well as So You Assume, in foal to Bivouac, will also be
offered at the sale.
These new additions will join
group 1-performed mares like
Icebath, Nimalee, Montefilia,
Graceful Girl, Swats That, and
Electric Girl already confirmed—
plus mares in foal to the likes
of Gun Runner and champion
European sire Frankel—that have
already been confirmed for the
Chairman's catalog.
"This will be the best catalog
we've ever assembled for the
Chairman's Sale, there's no doubt
about that,'' Inglis Bloodstock CEO
Sebastian Hutch said.
COURTESY OF INGLIS/ASHLEA BRENNAN PHOTOGRAPHY
"We're receiving extraordinary
support across each of the breeding
stock sales for which we are hugely
grateful."
To discuss or submit an entry,
contact a member of the Inglis
bloodstock team or click here.
Shout The Bar tops the 2022 Inglis Chairman’s Sale
During last year's offering,
BLOODHORSE DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 PAGE 26 OF 29RACE RESULTS PRESENTED
BY THE JOCKEY CLUB
WATCH REPLAYS BY CLICKING ON THE RACE NAME
BLACK TYPE STAKES ALLOWANCE RESULTS fast.
1–Sheza Girly Girl, 124, dk b/br m, 6, Richard's Kid–
Sheza Eyeopener, by Grand Reward, $43,200, O–
PRIX ROSE DE MAI Fair Grounds, Race 8, AOC Davis Racing LLC, Giordano, Louis A. and Mueller,
3/9, $52,000, 4yo/up, a8.5f (turf), 1:48.67, course Martin, B–Tom Halasz & Richard Brown (CA), T–
Saint Cloud, 3/9, €55,000, 3yo, f, 10f, 2:13.75, vsft. firm. George Papaprodromou, J–Flavien Prat
1–Pensee du Jour (IRE), 125, b f, 3............ 1–Native Thunder, 120, ch c, 4, American Pharoah– Margin: 2, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart
€27,500 Miss Houdini, by Belong to Me, $31,200, O–Travis
Camelot (GB)–Painter's Pride (FR), by Lance Fenton, B–Bo Hirsch LLC (KY), T–Dallas Stew-
Dansili (GB) art, J–Reylu Gutierrez MAIDEN RESULTS
O–BALLYMORE THOROUGHBRED RACING, Sale History: 2020 KEESEP, $200,000.
B–DAYTON INVESTMENTS LTD (IRE), T– Margin: ½, 8 starters. View Equibase Chart
Fair Grounds, Race 2, MSW
FABRE ANDRE, J–BARZALONA MICKAEL
3/9, $50,000, 3yo/up, 6f (dirt), 1:11.01, track fast.
2–Olkovskha (FR), 125, b f, 3........€11,000 Gulfstream Park, Race 9, AOC
1–Comanche Warrior, 117, dk b/br g, 3, Yockey's
Zelzal (FR)–Falcolina (IRE), by Falco 3/9, $54,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 5f (turf), :56.29, course Warrior–Jettin Jana, by Mauk Four, $30,000, O–Es-
O–ALAIN JATHIERE, B–J JEAN, L JEAN & firm. tate of Jerry D. Cart, B–Jerry D. Cart (LA), T–Ron Fau-
MME M-T JEAN (FR), T–FERLAND CHRIS- 1–David's Rose, 120, gr/ro f, 4, Uncaptured–Rosie cheux, J–Jose Luis Rodriguez
TOPHE, J–CORALLO ENZO Red, by Exchange Rate, $32,400, O–Trilogy Stable Margin: 4¼, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart
Sale History: 2022 OSAMAY, $63,047, 2021 and Plesa, Laurie, B–Trilogy Stable & Plesa (FL), T–
ARQOCT, $33,674. Edward Plesa, Jr., J–Junior Alvarado
Margin: neck, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart Fair Grounds, Race 5, MSW
3–Cracksmania (GB), 125, b f, 3......€8,250
Cracksman (GB)–Panthelia (FR), by Gen- 3/9, $50,000, 3yo/up, f/m, a9f (turf), 1:58.05, course
tlewave (IRE) Oaklawn Park, Race 5, ALW firm.
O–Guy Pariente, B–GUY PARIENTE HOLD- 1–Clever Joke, 118, b f, 3, Practical Joke–La Piba,
3/9, $104,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f (dirt), 1:10.13, track by Lookin At Lucky, $30,000, O–Forge Ahead Stables
ING SPRL (GB), T–SOGORB PHILIPPE, J– sloppy.
CRASTUS ANTHONY LLC, B–Clarkland Farm LLC (KY), T–Wayne M. Catala-
1–Gunning, 121, ch f, 4, Gun Runner–Puca, by Big no, J–Corey J. Lanerie
Margins: 7, 3, 2. Others: AVOLTA (IRE), AKAG- Brown, $62,400, O–Grandview Equine, B–Grand-
ERA, A MINARDIERE, KHAHIRA, ROMINA POWER, Sale History: 2023 OBSJAN, $90,000, 2021 KEESEP,
view Equine (KY), T–Kenneth G. McPeek, J–Francisco
CARVANA (GB). $200,000.
Arrieta
Sale History: 2020 KEESEP, ($70,000 RNA).
Margin: 2¼, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart
Margin: neck, 7 starters. View Equibase Chart
PRIX ALTIPAN Fair Grounds, Race 7, MSW
Saint Cloud, 3/9, €52,000, 4yo/up, 8f, 1:45.53, vsft. Oaklawn Park, Race 7, AOC 3/9, $50,000, 3yo, f, 6f (dirt), 1:12.57, track fast.
3/9, $103,000, 3yo, 8.5f (dirt), 1:45.38, track sloppy. 1–Luminous Flight, 120, gr/ro f, 3, Requite–My
1–The Revenant (GB), 126, ch g, 8.€26,000 Queen Olivia, by Half Ours, $30,000, O–Roderick K.
Dubawi (IRE)–Hazel Lavery (IRE), by Ex- 1–Mendelssohns March, 122, dk b/br c, 3, Men-
delssohn–Unappeased (IRE), by Galileo (IRE), Hawkins, B–Brandon Adcock (LA), T–Edward L. Cox,
cellent Art (GB) J–C.J. McMahon
O–AL ASAYL FRANCE, B–AL ASAYL $61,800, O–Harold Lerner LLC, Nehoc Stables, AWC
Stables and Team Stallion Racing Stable, B–Don Al- Margin: 1½, 9 starters. View Equibase Chart
BLOODSTOCK LTD (GB), T–GRAFFARD
FRANCIS-HENRI, J–PICCONE TONY berto Corporation (KY), T–Kenneth G. McPeek, J–
2–Anthorus (FR), 126, ch c, 4........€10,400 Francisco Arrieta Golden Gate Fields, Race 5, MSW
Sale History: 2021 KEESEP, $110,000. 3/9, $30,000, 4yo/up, 5.5f (all-weather), 1:05.57,
Territories (IRE)–Anna Platini (GB), by
Margin: 1½, 8 starters. View Equibase Chart track fast.
Dubawi (IRE)
O–HENRI-ALEX PANTALL, B–H-A PAN- 1–Idiot's Gold, 123, dk b/br g, 4, Idiot Proof–Sizzling
TALL & MME Y PANTALL (FR), T–PANTALL Oaklawn Park, Race 8, AOC Gold, by Formal Gold, $23,400, O–Victory Rose Thor-
HENRI-ALEX, J–GUYON MAXIME 3/9, $106,000, 4yo/up, 6f (dirt), 1:09.80, track slop- oughbreds, Inc., B–Victory Rose Thoroughbreds (CA),
3–Titanium (FR), 126, dk b/br g, 4...€7,800 py. T–Ellen L. Jackson, J–Cristobal Herrera
Zarak (FR)–Kyurem (IRE), by Verglas (IRE) 1–Heart Rhythm, 121, b h, 5, Flat Out–Nothing But Margin: ½, 5 starters. View Equibase Chart
O–ECURIE 4L & COMTE GUILLAUME DE Heart, by Officer, $63,600, O–TEC Racing (Elliott S.
SAINT SEINE, B–Haras De La Perelle Logan), B–Terrazas Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY), T–John Gulfstream Park, Race 3, MSW
(FR), T–BOTTI A'SANDRO & GIUSEPPE, J– Alexander Ortiz, J–Rafael Bejarano
Sale History: 2019 FTKOCT, ($6,500 RNA).
3/9, $53,000, 3yo, 6.5f (dirt), 1:16.33, track fast.
BACHELOT THEO 1–Khozeiress, 118, b c, 3, Khozan–Bridled Heiress,
Sale History: 2020 ARQAUG, $59,072. Margin: 1¼, 6 starters. View Equibase Chart
by Wildcat Heir, $31,800, O–My Purple Haze Stables,
Margins: 1¼, 1¼, ½. Others: BENNETOT (IRE), B–Purple Haze Stables (FL), T–Teresa M. Pompay, J–
MONARCHIC (IRE), BEST LIGHTNING, SIAM PARA- Santa Anita Park, Race 6, AOC Leonel Reyes
GON, JACINDA (GB). 3/9, $72,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 6f (dirt), 1:10.92, track Margin: 7¼, 6 starters. View Equibase Chart
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