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South African Champion Sire Silvano Pensioned

Silvano (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}-Spirit of Eagles, by Beau’s Eagle), a globetrotting Group 1 winner and champion sire in South Africa, has been pensioned from stud duty at Maine Chance Farms aged 25.

Home-bred by the Jacobs family’s Gestut Fahrhof in Germany-as his sire Lomitas had been-Silvano won the G2 Oppenheim-Colonia-Union-Rennen for trainer Andreas Wohler at four and added the G2 Grosser Preis der Wirtschaft at five. He headed off on a global campaign thereafter, finishing fifth in the G1 Hong Kong Vase that season before taking the Singapore Cup the following March at six. He was third in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic before returning to Hong Kong to take the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup. He ventured to the U.S. later that year to take the GI Arlington Million and finish second in the GI Man O’ War S.

Silvano began his stud career at Gestut Fahrhof in 2002, the same year that Andreas Jacobs purchased Maine Chance Farms in South Africa. Silvano’s journey South to Maine Chance during the second half of 2003 was meant to be a shuttle trip, but an outbreak of African Horse Sickness during his trip made travel plans much more complicated. Aside from a brief sojourn back to Germany in 2009, Silvano stayed in South Africa for good.

Silvano has thus far sired 25 Group 1 winners, headed in earnings by the current champion and five-time Group 1 winner Hawwaam (SAf). Others of note include the globetrotting Vercingetorix (SAf), G1 Durban July winners Marinaresco (SAf), Heavy Metal (SAf), Bold Silvano (SAf) and Power King (SAf) and G1 Deutsches Derby winner Lucky Speed (Ger), a product of Silvano’s 2009 German crop. Silvano has been champion sire in South Africa five times.

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Frey, Wong, Irvin Racing Win Golden Gate Titles

Golden Gate Fields closed out its six-week summer meet with titles going to jockey Kyle Frey, trainer Jonathan Wong, and owner Irvin Racing Stable. Frey won 47 races from 205 mounts for a 23% win rate with $803,264 in earnings. Wong, who was earning his ninth training title, had 40 winners from 159 starters (25%) and $764,062 in purse earnings. Betty and Diane Irvin, a mother-daughter team who use the nom de course of Irvin Racing Stable, brought home six wins and were in the money with 71% of their 21 starters.

Golden Gate’s fall meet, which runs 32 days, begins Thursday, Oct. 22, and runs through Sunday, Dec. 13.

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Unbeaten Magic At Midnight Bidding For Fifth Straight In Senator Ken Maddy Stakes

Unbeaten in four starts by a combined 25 1/2 lengths, trainer Mark Glatt's Magic At Midnight will try stakes competition for the first time as she squares off with Wesley Ward's multiple stakes winning Jo Jo Air in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes, which has attracted a field of seven fillies and mares 3 years old and up at 5 1/2 furlongs over the turf at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.

Named for the late Central Valley-based California state senator, the Maddy Stakes, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Saturday, was run as the Autumn Days Handicap prior to 1999.

MAGIC AT MIDNIGHT
Owner: Michael A. and Michael L. Moran & Joseph Moran
Trainer: Mark Glatt
Claimed for $30,000 out of a first-out 13-length romp on July 14 at Los Alamitos, this 4-year-old daughter of Midnight Lute has been nothing short of tremendous in three subsequent starts for Glatt, including a 2 3/4-length score in her only try on grass two starts back in a five-furlong turf allowance at Del Mar Aug. 14. Brilliantly fast, Magic At Midnight has never been headed in all four of her starts and has been favored in her last three, the most recent in which she overcame a stumble at the break en route to a one-length score in a 6 1/2-furlong allowance on Sept. 7. Out of the stakes placed Dixie Union mare Magical Blend, Magic At Midnight's value would be greatly enhanced should she win the G3 Maddy.

JO JO AIR
Owner: Andrew Farm & Mrs. Charlie O'Connor
Trainer: Wesley Ward
A two-time non-graded stakes winner, this 4-year-old filly by Scat Daddy is well traveled, evidenced by the fact her appearance in the Maddy will mark the ninth different track she's competed at in what will be her 13th start—all of them turf sprints. Most recently well beaten as the 4-5 favorite over a yielding course in a five-furlong stakes at Pimlico Oct. 1, Jo Jo Air rallied to take Del Mar's five-furlong Daiseycutter by a neck two starts back on July 24 under Flavien Prat, with whom she'll be reunited on Saturday. A $325,000 Keeneland September Yearling, Jo Jo Air, who is out of the Grand Slam mare Tessie Flip, will be competing in her first ever graded stakes. With an overall mark of 12-4-1-0, she has earnings of $201,474.

AN EDDIE SURPRISE
Owner: Reddam Racing, LLC
Trainer: Doug O'Neill
The leading money earner in the field, this Reddam Racing homebred 5-year-old mare by Square Eddie has been idle since rallying to win the 5 1/2-furlong turf Wishing Well Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 17 and looms dangerous over a course she adores. A California-bred, she's out of the High Demand mare Dani Reese and all five of her career wins have come over the Santa Anita lawn. With an overall mark of 26-5-9-4, An Eddie Surprise will be handled by regular rider Mario Gutierrez as she tries to pad her earnings of $341,952.

G3 SENATOR KEN MADDY STAKES
WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTS IN POST POSITION ORDER

Race 8 of 10 Approximate post time 4:30 p.m. PT

Jo Jo Air—Flavien Prat—124
Biddy Duke—Juan Hernandez–118
An Eddie Surprise—Mario Gutierrez—124
Lakerball—Mike Smith—124
Magic At Midnight—Abel Cedillo—122
Aqua Seaform Shame—Umberto Rispoli–118
Zee Drop—Ricky Gonzalez—122

First post time for a 10-race card on Saturday is at 1 p.m. Santa Anita's races can be viewed live and free of charge at santaanita.com

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Using History to Handicap the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Distaff

Get ready, racing fans! As usual, the $2 million, Grade 1 Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff is shaping up to be among the most competitive and exciting races of the Nov. 6-7 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland.