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Jockey Restrictions at Indiana Grand

Indiana Grand Racecourse will require all jockeys accepting mounts at the track to ride exclusively at that facility, effective July 10. Any jockey currently riding at Indiana Grand who enters jockey’s quarters at another racetrack will not be allowed to return to Indiana Grand without self-quarantining for 14 days. After that time period, the jockey will be required to submit a negative COVID-19 test. Jockeys who wish to move their tack to Indiana Grand must also go through the 14-day quarantine and provide a negative Covid-19 test before they will be accepted to ride at the track.

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‘Speech’-Less Beaumont Leaves Filly Quintet

Early Thursday, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners tweeted that Speech (Mr Speaker), second to GII Toyota Blue Grass favorite Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil) in the GII Santa Anita Oaks June 6, would be withdrawn from Friday’s GIII Beaumont S. in favor of Saturday’s GI Ashland S., leaving a competitive field of five 3-year-old fillies for the seven-furlong affair.

‘TDN Rising Star‘ Wicked Whisper (Liam’s Map) kicks off her sophomore campaign Friday afternoon and should vie for favoritism. Impressive in breaking her maiden by 6 1/4 lengths over future SW & GSP Highland Glory (Sky Mesa) on Saratoga debut last August, the $500,000 Keeneland September yearling defeated recent GIII Victory Ride S. heroine and fellow ‘Rising Star’ Frank’s Rockette (Into Mischief) and Slam Dunk (Into Mischief) in the Oct. 6 GI Frizette S. by 2 3/4 front-running lengths. The chestnut faces the starter for the first time since a distant fifth in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies last November.

Janis Whitham’s Four Graces (Majesticperfection), a homebred half-sister to Airdrie Stud’s McCraken (Ghostzapper), is perfect in three starts at this tricky seven-furlong distance. A first-out winner at Gulfstream Mar. 1, she stubbed her toe when fourth over that track’s one-turn mile Apr. 10, but has since added a May 16 Churchill allowance and the June 6 GIII Dogwood S. Trainer Ian Wilkes also sends out Turtle Trax (Cairo Prince).

Should the two chief protagonists happen to cancel each other out on the front end, Sconsin (Include) could prove the chief beneficiary. A maiden winner at second asking off the turf at the Fair Grounds in February, the Lloyd Madison homebred was fourth in the aforementioned May 16 allowance in Louisville won by Four Graces and most recently belied odds of 19-1 to post a five-length victory from off the pace in a 6 1/2-furlong allowance beneath the Twin Spires June 13.

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Grade 1 Winner Tom’s d’Etat To Stand At WinStar Farm Upon Retirement

WinStar Farm has reached an agreement with Gayle Benson's GMB Racing to acquire the breeding rights to Grade 1-winning millionaire and leading Breeders' Cup Classic contender Tom's d'Etat.

“When my late husband, Tom, decided in 2014 that we were going to enter the horse racing business, the first place we came to was WinStar Farm to see their operation,” said Gayle Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans. “GMB Racing is extremely excited that our best horse, Tom's d'Etat, will begin his stud career with Kenny Troutt and his entire team at WinStar. We look forward to watching the second half of his career be just as successful as his first, and we know he will get that opportunity at WinStar. I am also eager to bring many of our mares from Benson Farm to breed to him in the coming years.”

By sire of sires Smart Strike, Tom's d'Etat won the 2019 Grade 1 Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs and is undefeated in two starts in 2020, both stakes. He registered a brilliant 4 1/4-length victory in the $500,000 G2 Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs June 27, earning a career-best 109 Beyer Speed Figure, and kicked off his seasonal campaign in April with an impressive late-charging win over Grade 1 winner and subsequent G1 Hollywood Gold Cup winner Improbable in the Oaklawn Mile Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Trained by Al Stall, Tom's d'Etat is a strapping bay who has emerged as one of the leading horses in training. Tom's d'Etat has compiled 11 wins, six of them in stakes, from 18 trips to the post, banking $1,627,272, and is on a four-win streak with his sights set on the G1 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga for his next target.

“I have been honored to be able to train two great horses in Blame and Tom's d'Etat,” said Al Stall. “He has been brilliant winning four in a row, and I can't wait to lead him back over there in the Whitney.”

In winning last month's Stephen Foster in dominant fashion over multiple graded stakes winner By My Standards, Tom's d'Etat covered 1 1/8 miles in an eye-catching 1:47.30, geared down in the late stages. The final time came within a whisker of Victory Gallop's track and stakes record of 1:47.28 set in the 1999 renewal of the Stephen Foster. In winning his fourth consecutive stakes race in the Stephen Foster, a “Win and You're In” qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Classic, Tom's d'Etat secured a berth in this year's $7-million Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland Nov. 7.

Tom's d'Etat scored his biggest victory to date last year, winning the $600,000 Clark Stakes as much the best by 3 1/4 lengths. Before taking down the Clark and running a 104 Beyer in the impressive performance, Tom's d'Etat ran a 105 Beyer in winning the G2 Fayette Stakes at Keeneland by a widening 4 1/4 lengths, and he also scored in the 2019 Alydar Stakes at Saratoga, recording a 104 Beyer. All told, he has recorded nine triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures, eight of them consecutively, in his illustrious career.

“Tom's d'Etat has proven over the last two years to be of the highest quality,” said Elliott Walden, WinStar's president, CEO, and racing manager. “Eleven of his last 12 Thoro-Graph figures are negative numbers. He has nine triple-digit Beyers and eight in a row. He was .02 off the track record in his last start at historic Churchill Downs, and he won two of the best races in the country at 1 1/8 miles in the Stephen Foster and the Clark.

“Any way you slice it, he is top class,” Walden added. “He is the last great son of Smart Strike from the family of Candy Ride. We walked Speightstown into the stallion barn at age seven and Distorted Humor at age six. Hopefully, he will be another story we can tell how he defied the odds like them.”

Bred in Kentucky by SF Bloodstock, Tom's d'Etat was purchased by GMB Racing for $330,000 at the 2014 Keeneland September sale from the Hunter Valley Farm consignment. He is produced from the stakes-winning and multiple stakes-placed Giant's Causeway mare Julia Tuttle who is out of Candy Cane (ARG), a full sister to G1 Pacific Classic winner and leading sire Candy Ride (ARG).

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Not This Time Filly Fastest At OBS July Under Tack Show’s Fourth Session

Hip No. 640, a daughter of Not This Time consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, breezed an eighth in : 9 4/5, posting the fastest work at the distance at the fourth session of the under tack show for Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2020 July Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age.

The chestnut filly is out of Exotic Design, by A.P. Indy, a daughter of Grade 1 winner Exotic Wood and a full-sister to stakes winner Key to Power.

Hip No. 639, a son of Ghostzapper consigned by Randy Bradshaw, Agent, turned in the session's fastest quarter, stopping the timer in :21 1/5. The bay colt is out of Excellent News, by Rahy, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Here's to You.

Hip No. 572, a daughter of Social Inclusion consigned by Blue River Bloodstock, Inc., Agent, breezed the session's fastest three-eighths, clocked in :33 1/5. The bay filly, a half sister to stakes placed For Emma, is out of stakes placed Dandy Dulce, by Dixieland Heat.

Hip No. 699, Papa Twosexyeight, a son of Anthony's Cross consigned by 30-30 Ranch, worked a half-mile in a brisk :46 3/5. The bay colt is out of Gerry's Reward, by Grand Reward, from the family of graded stakes winner Just Rushing.

Six youngsters worked quarters in :21 2/5.

Hip No. 542, Inside Scheme, a bay filly by Dialed In consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), Agent, is out of Collusion, by Broad Brush, a daughter of champion Inside Information and half-sister to champion Smuggler.
Hip No. 560, consigned by All in Line Stables, Agent, is a gray or roan filly by Summer Front out of stakes-placed Cozy Gain, by Cozzene, a daughter of graded stakes winner Broad Gains.
Hip No. 579, a dark bay or brown filly by Cairo Prince consigned by Off the Hook LLC, Agent, is out of Grade 1-placed Dear Bela (ARG), by Indygo Shiner, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Mister Tin.
Hip No. 695, a bay filly by Shackleford consigned by Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds, is out of Gateway to Gold, by Arch, a half sister to stakes winner Heart Butte.
Hip No. 701, Casper, a bay colt by Ghostzapper consigned by Arindel, is a full-brother to graded stakes winner Shaman Ghost out of stakes placed Getback Time, by Gilded Time.
Hip No. 712, consigned by Fabian Sales, is a chestnut filly by Secret Circle out of Golden Lady, by Medaglia d'Oro, a daughter of stakes winner Street Sass.

There were three eighths in :10 flat.

Hip No. 607, consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, is a dark bay or brown colt by Shackleford out of Donnatale, by Tale of the Cat, a half sister to graded stakes-placed stakes winner Heavenly Score.
Hip No. 648, a chestnut colt by Nyquist consigned by Q Bar J Thoroughbreds LLC, is out of stakes-placed Fancy and Flashy, by Zensational.
Hip No. 680, a chestnut colt by Dialed In consigned by G. A. Thoroughbred Sales, Agent, is out of stakes-placed Freedom Ridge, by Quaker Ridge.

The under tack show continues Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. with Hip No.'s 721 – 900 scheduled to breeze.

To view the full results from Thursday's under tack show, click here.

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