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Case Clay Thoroughbred Management To Offer Kentucky Derby-Producer Puca, Grade 1 Winner Dalika At Keeneland November Sale

Case Clay Thoroughbred Management will consign Puca, who is carrying a full sibling to 2023 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve winner Mage, and Grade 1 winner and millionaire Dalika (GER), in foal to Horse of the Year Flightline for her first offspring, in a two-mare consignment at Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale on Wednesday, Nov. 8.

“It's an honor to bring Puca and Dalika to the market and to be associated with such quality mares and quality pregnancies,” said Clay. “I am associated with these two particular mares already, so it's a natural extension of my business in an area in which I have been lucky enough to have experience in selling top mares. I'm looking forward to showing them to potential buyers in November.”

Puca is an 11-year-old, stakes-winning daughter of Big Brown. Out of the stakes-placed Silver Ghost mare Boat's Ghost, she is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and millionaire Finnegans Wake.

Mage, who also was second in the Grade 1 TVG.com Haskell and G1 Curlin Florida Derby and third in the Preakness, is to make his next start in the $1.25 million G1 Travers to be run Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.

The Kentucky Derby winner is the second foal out of Puca. She also produced stakes-placed winner Gunning as well as current 2-year-old Dornoch, who is entered in the Sapling Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday.

Dalika, who is carrying a foal from the first crop of Flightline, set two course records, in the 1 1/8-mile G1 Beverly D. at Churchill Downs in 2022 and in the 1 mile, 70 yard-One Dreamer Stakes at Kentucky Downs in 2020. She won races from 5 1/2 to 11 furlongs; captured seven stakes, including the 2022 G3 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf and G3 Cardinal at Churchill along with the 2021 G3 Robert G. Dick Memorial at Delaware Park; and earned nearly $1.5 million while competing in France, Germany and the U.S.

The daughter of Pastorius, a Group 1 winner in his native Germany, is out of Drawn To Run, an Irish-bred winner in Germany who is by Hurricane Run (IRE).

“Keeneland is excited that Case has chosen us to offer these two exceptional broodmares in Book 1 of the November Breeding Stock Sale – and mark the debut of Case Clay Thoroughbred Management,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. “While at Three Chimneys Farm, when it was owned by his family, Case oversaw the sale of a large number of million-dollar-plus broodmares over many years, including the great Take Charge Lady here at Keeneland in 2004. Along with this experience at the top end, he has an extraordinary amount of connections and relationships with domestic and international buyers.”

The November Breeding Stock Sale catalog is scheduled to be posted online Tuesday, Oct. 3.

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Mastercraftsman’s Coltrane In Tune In The Lonsdale

Mick and Janice Mariscotti's ultra-consistent 6-year-old gelding Coltrane (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}–Promise Me {Ire}, by Montjeu {Ire}) settled for placings in this term's G1 Gold Cup and G1 Goodwood Cup and exacted revenge on Courage Mon Ami (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Quickthorn (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) with a determined effort in Friday's G2 Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup at York.

Coltrane, a 14-length runner-up in this marathon contest last year, had risen through the staying ranks to notch victories in last term's G2 Doncaster Cup and this term's G3 Sagaro S. and raced in fourth through the early stages. Inching into third at halfway, the 11-4 second favourite made continued headway to wrest control from habitual frontrunner Quickthorn approaching the two pole and was driven out in the latter stages to withstand the late threat of Courage Mon Ami by 1 1/2 lengths in game fashion. Giavellotto (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) fared best of the remainder and stayed on to finish a half-length adrift in third.

“That was fully deserved, he's been incredibly consistent and he is adored by everyone,” commented Anna Lisa Balding. “Tom [Marquand] gave Quickthorn such a great ride at Goodwood and he fully deserved that, but it was Coltrane's turn today and he's done it in brilliant style. I'm thrilled to win another Group 2 for Mick and Janice [Mariscotti] as they have been incredibly patient. He had surgery two years ago and he hasn't looked back since, but that is why he doesn't go to Australia. He's like a pet, he's adorable and I think it will be Ascot [Champions Day] next as he ran so well in the [G2 British Champions Long Distance Cup] race last year.”

Stable companion Nate The Great was pulled up in the home straight and vanned off the track for treatment. “Hopefully Nate The Great will be okay,” Balding added. “They have put a compression boot on him and taken him back to the stables. The vets are there and they are doing what they can.”

Reflecting on the performance of Gold Cup hero Courage Mon Ami, Franke Dettori said, “He wasn't keen, but it took him a while to warm up and then he came good. The [Group 1] penalty and shorter trip made Coltrane a better horse than me. We didn't let Quickthorn go today and that made a big difference. It was the right result today, Coltrane and my horse first and second in the Gold Cup and first and second today. The [G1] Prix du Cadran over two-and-a-half [miles] would be tailor-made for him and I guess he'll come back for the Gold Cup next year without me.”

 

Friday, York, Britain
WEATHERBYS HAMILTON LONSDALE CUP S.-G2, £250,000, York, 8-25, 3yo/up, 16f 56yT, 3:27.92, g/f.
1–COLTRANE (IRE), 131, g, 6, by Mastercraftsman (Ire)
1st Dam: Promise Me (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire)
2nd Dam: Hula Angel, by Woodman
3rd Dam: Jode, by Danzig
(50,000gns Ylg '18 TATOCT). O-Mick & Janice Mariscotti; B-Rockfield Farm (IRE); T-Andrew Balding; J-Oisin Murphy. £141,775. Lifetime Record: MG1SP-Eng, 21-8-7-1, $998,278. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Courage Mon Ami (GB), 134, g, 4, Frankel (GB)–Crimson Ribbon, by Lemon Drop Kid. O-Wathnan Racing; B-Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd (GB); T-John & Thady Gosden. £53,750.
3–Giavellotto (Ire), 131, c, 4, Mastercraftsman (Ire)–Gerika (Fr), by Galileo (Ire). O-Scuderia La Tesa Ltd; B-Societa Agricola La Tesa SRL (IRE); T-Marco Botti. £26,900.
Margins: 1HF, HF, 3HF. Odds: 2.75, 2.50, 5.00.
Also Ran: River of Stars (Ire), Broome (Ire), Quickthorn (GB). DNF: Nate The Great (GB).

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EPM Medications Unlikely To Cause Drug Resistance In Disease-Causing Parasite

Horses that are diagnosed with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) have a few options for treatment of the disease, including Marquis (ponazuril) and Protazil (diclazuril). While resistance to anthelmintics and antimicrobials are real concerns, resistance to antiprotozoals is not, Dr. Nicola Pusterla of the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine tells The Horse.

Pusterla says that this concern is unfounded for two reasons: EPM medications would need to be overused, allowing for the hardiest organisms to survive, and this is not happening, he said. Second, Sarcocystis neurona, the primary EPM-causing organism, dies with the host, even if it becomes resistant (except if opossums scavenge the dead horse to complete the protozoa's lifecycle, which is highly unlikely).

S. neuroa requires two hosts: a definitive host, which is an opossum, and intermediate hosts, which can include raccoons, cats, skunks and armadillos. The protozoa lives in these animals for a period of time, but does not affect the animals. To complete the protozoa's life cycle, the opossum must ingest tissue from the intermediary host that contains the protozoa.

Opossums are often infected with S. neurona and are the main source of infection in horses. The horse then contracts S. neurona by ingesting food or water that has been contaminated with the opossum's feces. A horse cannot spread disease to other horses, nor can intermediate hosts spread the disease.

Because of this, a horse treated with an antiprotozoal is unlikely to harbor resistance forms of S. neurona that can be ingested by opossums, completing the life cycle of the parasite. Additionally, all FDA-approved EPM treatments have concentrations in excess of what inhibits S. neurona growth. 

Read more at The Horse. 

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Mage’s Dam Puca and GISW Dalika to Keeneland November; Both Offered by Case Clay

Puca (Big Brown–Boat's Ghost, by Silver Ghost), the dam of GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic), will be among the lots at the upcoming Keeneland November sale in an exclusive two-mare initial consignment offered by Case Clay's Case Clay Thoroughbred Management. The other mare in Clay's consignment will be 2022 GI Beverly D. S. winner Dalika (Ger) (Pastorius {Ger}–Drawn To Run {Ire}, by Hurricane Run {Ire}).

Puca is carrying a full-sibling to Mage, who has also placed in the GI Preakness S., GI Florida Derby and GI Haskell Invitational S. from six career starts and is scheduled to go postward in Saturday's GI Travers S. Puca's first foal is MSP Gunning (Gun Runner), while she also has a 2-year-old full-brother to Mage named Dornoch, who is entered in Monmouth Park's Sapling S. Saturday.

Dalika, who won races from 5 1/2 to 11 furlongs, is carrying her first foal to the cover of 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline (Tapit). In addition to her Beverly D. win, in which she set a new course record at Churchill Downs of 1:46.31 for the nine furlongs, Dalika won an additional three graded stakes, including the 2022 GIII Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf S., the 2022 GIII Cardinal S., and the 2021 GIII Robert G. Dick Memorial S. She won 10 races in three countries for earnings of $1.465 million and also set a course record at Kentucky Downs for one mile and 70 yards in 1:37.45.

“It's an honor to bring Puca and Dalika to the market and to be associated with such quality mares and quality pregnancies,” said Clay. “I am associated with these two particular mares already, so it's a natural extension of my business in an area in which I have been lucky enough to have experience in selling top mares. I'm looking forward to showing them to potential buyers in November.”

Both Puca and Dalika are part of Keeneland's Book 1 and are scheduled to go through Keeneland's ring Wednesday, Nov. 8.

“Keeneland is excited that Case has chosen us to offer these two exceptional broodmares in Book 1 of the November Breeding Stock Sale–and mark the debut of Case Clay Thoroughbred Management,” said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. “While at Three Chimneys Farm, when it was owned by his family, Case oversaw the sale of a large number of million-dollar-plus broodmares over many years, including the great Take Charge Lady here at Keeneland in 2004. Along with this experience at the top end, he has an extraordinary number of connections and relationships with domestic and international buyers.”

“It's really just a vertical integration to my business for my clients, in an area in which I am lucky enough to have a lot of experience, as Three Chimneys used to consign a lot of mares when I was there full-time,” Clay said. “It is similar to my equine insurance business, which began during Covid, when one of my clients asked how he should insure his filly. There wasn't a lot going on at the time, so I got my license.”

Harkening back to his days at Three Chimneys, Clay amassed quite a record selling million-dollar-plus mares to the top players in the business. He said he has no plans to expand into the yearling consignment business.

“The November Sales were my favorite, since they follow the Breeders' Cup and everyone is in good spirits,” Clay said. “Selling high-quality fillies and mares is always a charge.”

The November Breeding Stock Sale catalogue will be released online Tuesday, Oct. 3.

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