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ITV 7 top rated horses Saturday 3rd February

Musselburgh 14.15
7 UNIVERSAL FOLLY 105.7
10 VIA DOLOROSA 66.7
5 CHRISTOPHER WOOD 63.5

Sandown 14.35
3 HERMES ALLEN 132.0
1 COLONEL HARRY 120.0
2 DJELO 96.2

Musselburgh 14.50
4 PARISENCORE 101.3
1 BENSON 90.2
6 AFADIL 59.8

Leopardstown 15.00
10 GAOTH CHUIL 124.2
5 PANDA BOY 116.3
8 YEATS STAR 91.3

Sandown 15.10
3 ED KEEPER 93.0
1 WEST BALBOA 88.3
7 SAINT DAVY 72.8

Leopardstown 15.35
3 GALOPIN DES CHAMPS 264.8
1 CONFLATED 109.0
2 FASTORSLOW 79.3

Sandown 15.45
1 BLACKJACK MAGIC 100.0
8 DOM OF MARY 85.0
2 FORTESCUE 82.7

The Epic Journey of James ‘Wink’ Winkfield

He was on the doorstep of becoming America’s greatest Black race rider. One of just five men to win back-to-back Kentucky Derbys (1901-1902), he barely missed a third victory the following year. But, the story of James “Wink” Winkfield being a great jockey would just be a slice of his existence. Has any jockey led a more incredible life?

Comparative Takes Them All the Way in Bayakoa

Breaking on top despite a slight bobble after the jump, Comparative (Street Sense) was headed only once in the GIII Bayakoa S., but put that rival away in the lane to hold off all comers in a gutsy performance to pick up her first graded win.

On a two-race win-streak coming into this contest after another dueled performance in the Ladies S. Jan. 6, and a winner to cap her 2023 season against New York optional claiming company Nov. 25 at Aqueduct, she was given a 6-1 chance by the betting public to repeat her performances.

Quick to show the way after recovering from the unsteady jump, she put up :24.07, :48.12, and 1:12.82 splits as GSW Shotgun Hottie (Gun Runner) breathed down her neck. Briefly headed by that one in the far turn, she regained her advantage coming into the straight. Turning away another two challenges in the lane, the wire could not have arrived fast enough, and Ice Orchid's final lunge came a half-length short. Misty Veil had to settle for third.

Pedigree Note
A full-sister to dual track-record setting GSW Shared Sense, Comparative has a pair of winning and placed elder brothers as well as a 3-year-old full-brother Kinetic. Dam Collective, herself a half-sister to GSW & MGISP Penwith (Bernardini) and MGSW & MGISP Centring (A. P. Indy), dam of GISP Central Avenue (Street Sense), produced a pair of Medaglia d'Oro offspring–a 2-year-old colt and yearling filly. She has no breeding on record for 2024. This is also the family of GISP Tranquil Manner (A. P. Indy).

Friday, Oaklawn
BAYAKOA S.-GIII, $250,000, Oaklawn, 2-2, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:44.81, ft.
1–COMPARATIVE, 121, f, 4, by Street Sense
1st Dam: Collective, by Bernardini
2nd Dam: Composure, by Touch Gold
3rd Dam: Party Cited, by Alleged
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Manuel Franco. $135,000. Lifetime Record: 11-5-0-3, $410,995. *Full to Shared Sense, MGSW, $577,435. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Ice Orchid, 119, m, 5, Super Saver–Singlet, by Real Quiet. O/B-Shortleaf Stable (KY); T-John Alexander Ortiz. $45,000.
3–Misty Veil, 121, m, 6, Tonalist–Genuine Class, by Birdstone. ($210,000 6yo '24 KEEJAN). O-Resolute Racing; B-William Humphries & Altair Farms LLC (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. $22,500.
Margins: HF, 1 1/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 6.20, 8.00, 20.80.
Also Ran: Butterbean, Hot and Sultry, Shotgun Hottie, Just Katherine, The Alys Look, Skratch Kat.
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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Minnesota Ready Tops Lothenbach Dispersal on Fasig-Tipton Digital

The Lothenbach dispersal of Horses of Racing Age on Fasig-Tipton Digital, run Jan. 29 to Feb. 2, closed with 66 horses selling for $4,840,000 with MSP Minnesota Ready (More Than Ready) leading all lots at a final price of $380,000, changing hands to Richard Colton Jr..

The first in the digital ring, Minnesota Ready was most recently seen Jan. 20 in the Duncan F. Kenner S. at the Fair Grounds, where he again ran third in a blanket finish with SW Sosua Summer (Summer Front) and MSW & MGSP Just Might (Justin Phillip) and wrapping his 2023 season before that Dec. 23 in the Richard R. Scherer Memorial S. behind those familiar foes.

The four others who went beyond the $300,000 mark include Dazzlin Dictator (American Pharoah), a two-time winner at Turfway Park, who went to Rodolphe Brisset, agent for Ann Harrison; Tickle Me Unclemo (Uncle Mo), a $350,000 KEESEP yearling, went to Robert Salome for $320,000; and Practically Dark (Practical Joke), recently second in a maiden special at the Fair Grounds, sold to C2 Racing Stable for $310,000.

Most notable of that group is GSW & GISP Happy American (Runhappy), who went as a racing prospect and sold to trainer Neil Pessin for $340,000. A frequent face in the graded ranks across the country, he won the GIII Louisiana S. in 2023 and ran third that summer in the GIII Blame and GI Stephen Foster S.. After uninspiring finishes in the a pair of graded efforts in Kentucky, he returned to the Big Easy and hit the board in the Tenacious S. to cap his season. He'd made his 2024 bow in the GIII Louisiana S. Jan. 20, finishing third in his title defense attempt.

In addition to the $4.84-million aggregate, the average was $73,333 while the median was $41,000 with 16 horses selling for $100,000 or more with Taylor Made Sales consigning. A total of 741 potential buyers from 46 states and seven countries registered to bid, placing a total of 3,047, and averaging 46 bids per offering.

“All I can say is, 'Wow,'” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton's Director of Digital Sales. “We have to thank the estate of Mr. Lothenbach for trusting us with this dispersal of racing stock. This is exactly what the digital platform was built for: horses and buyers from all over the country. These are phenomenal results.”

The dispersal of Lothenbach's breeding stock and yearlings will come during the Kentucky Winter Mix sale Feb. 5 to Feb. 6 with the catalogue available online.

Full results for the Lothenbach dispersal are available here.

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