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Molto Bene! Brant Filly Races to ‘Rising Star’-dom

A 475,000gns Tattersalls October yearling purchase by Mike Ryan on behalf of owner Peter Brant, In Italian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) was bet into 7-5 favoritism for her Mar. 28 bow at Tampa, but found trouble enough at the quarter pole and again 100 yards later to cost her a debut graduation.

Kicked immediately into the lead here by Irad Ortiz, Jr., In Italian enjoyed a fairly soft time of things on the engine, clocking unpressured fractions of :24.03 and :49.39. Challenged briefly approaching the stretch, In Italian rebroke and coasted home a 3 1/2-length winner as the 5-4 chalk.

In Italian, a half-sister to Villa Carlotta (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), GSP-Aus; and Fasano (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}), SP-Aus, was bred by John Camilleri's Fairway Thoroughbreds and her dam Florentina was bred back Southern Hemisphere time to Juddmonte stallion Kingman (GB) in September 2018 before returning to Australia. That produce, a colt foaled Aug. 2, 2019, sold to Tom Magnier for A$1.8m at the Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale this past January. Florentina returned to Banstead Manor to visit Kingman in the Northern Hemisphere autumn in 2019 and, returned to Australia, she was subsequently sold for A$650,000 at the 2020 Inglis Chairman's Sale last May. The most recent renewal of that auction took place just this past Friday, with Magnier striking the winning blow at A$2.5 million for G1SW Celebrity Queen (Aus) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}).

Florentina produced a filly last September and was bred back to 2019 The Everest winner Yes Yes Yes (Aus) (Rubick {Aus}). That foal will be inbred 4×3 to Shantha's Choice (Aus), the dam of In Italian's legendary broodmare sire, who also serves as the second dam of former 'TDN Rising Star' Rubick. Camilleri, a successful Australian businessman, has had much success breeding horses, but none more so than the irrepressible Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}).

In Italian is the 25th 'Rising Star' for her sire, a number that includes Peter Brant's Claiborne Farm-based Demarchelier (GB).

8th-Belmont, $90,000, Msw, 5-8, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.74, gd, 3 1/2 lengths.
IN ITALIAN (GB), f, 3, by Dubawi (Ire)
1st Dam: Florentina (Aus) (GSW-Aus, $250,958),
by Redoute's Choice (Aus)
2nd Dam: Celebria (Aus), by Peintre Celebre
3rd Dam: Twyla (Aus), by Danehill
Sales history: 475,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $54,500. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Peter M Brant; B-Fairway Thoroughbreds (GB); T-Chad C Brown.

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Monomoy Girl To Get A Break

According to co-owner MyRacehorse, Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) is having some minor physical issues and will be given a freshener before returning to the races later this year.

“After collaborating with our partners, Spendthrift Farm, and trainer Brad Cox, have decided to give Monomoy Girl a brief break from training, with the expectation of the 6-year-old mare returning for a second-half of the year campaign on the racetrack,” read an email sent to those owning a share of Monomoy Girl through Myracehorse.

The email went on to say that Monomoy Girl “didn't bounce out of her gutsy second-place finish in last month's Grade I Apple Blossom H. as quickly as we would have hoped. While there are no serious physical issues with Monomoy Girl, she recently has been experiencing some minor muscle strains and hamstring soreness.”

The decision came after a thorough examination by Dr. Wes Sutter of Kentucky Equine Hospital, who advised that giving the two-time Eclipse Award and GI Breeders' Cup Distaff winner a short break from training would be beneficial for the mare. Dr. Sutter cleared Monomoy Girl to begin a swimming regimen in two weeks' time.

“We fully expect Monomoy Girl to return for a second-half-of-the-year campaign and anticipate more terrific performances to come from our wonderful mare,” said Spendthrift general manager, Ned Toffey. “We're happy that she will be spending her turnout time at WinStar, which has an amazing facility for horses who are getting a break from training. We look forward to getting Monomoy Girl back to Brad's barn after this brief respite, which we believe will do her a world of good.”

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Saturday Insights: Another Tatts Purchase For Klaravich, Brown

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency
8th-BEL, $90K, Msw, 3/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, post time: 4:38 p.m.
Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables has successfully shopped the Tattersalls October sale over the past several years, using the services of Mike Ryan to acquire MGISWs Domestic Spending (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and GISW Digital Age (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). INFINITE POTENTIAL (IRE) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) was purchased by Ryan for 300,000gns at the 2018 October sale, a handful of months after her half-sister Ejtyah (GB) (Frankel {GB}) finished third in the G3 Tattersalls Musidora S. at York. Infinite Potential's granddam, 1999 G1 Prix de Diane heroine Daryaba (Ire) (Night Shift), produced five winners from 10 to race, including G1 Hong Kong Vase winner Daryakana (Fr) (Selkirk), in turn the dam of French highweight and G1SW Dariyan (Fr) (Shamardal) and Devamani (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}), winner of the GII Knickerbocker S. for Brown last October. TJCIS PPs

Half-Million Dollar Son of Champion Hillaby Debuts…
4th-GP, $47K, Msw, 3yo, 7 1/2fT, post time: 1:49 p.m. ET
Stonestreet Stable & Harrell Ventures' DUTCH TEDDY (Medaglia d'Oro) is the second foal out of Hillaby (Distorted Humor), a two-time winner from four stars for Eugene Melnyk before selling to Stonestreet for $500K as part of the owner's dispersal at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Horses of Racing Age Sale. The daughter of Melnyk's Canadian Horse of the Year/Ch. 3yo Filly/Ch. Grass Mare Sealy Hill (Point Given) added a pair of victories in the Stonestreet colors, securing a Sovereign Award with a tally in the 2014 GII Bessarabian S. Dutch Teddy is bred on the exact same cross as MGISWs Elate and New Money Honey as well as current Hong Kong standout and MG1SW Golden Sixty (Aus). TJCIS PPs

Well-Pedigreed Firster Can Make a 'Splash'…
7th-GP, $47K, Msw, 3yo/up, 6f, post time: 3:27 p.m. ET
SPLASHTOWN (Speightstown) is likely worth a great deal more than the $300,000 agent Frankie Brothers paid for the colt on behalf of Starlight Racing at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale. The bay colt's year-older half-sister was still about five months away from having her first career start at that point, but it's been nothing but blue skies since for 'TDN Rising Star' Gamine (Into Mischief), the reigning champion female sprinter who made last weekend's Derby City Distaff S. the fourth Grade I success of her career. Stonestreet has since bought back into Splashtown, who will have to work out a trip from the widest gate in a field of 11. He enters off a bullet five-furlong move at Palm Beach Downs in 1:01 1/5 May 1. TJCIS PPs

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Trevor McCarthy Shifting Tack To Southern California

There will soon be a new face in the Southern California jockey colony, belonging to Trevor McCarthy.

The native of Wilmington, Delaware, who celebrates his 27th birthday on May 16, was born into racing, following his father Michael McCarthy as a jockey, and made his bones in Maryland, leading several campaigns at Laurel and Pimlico.

Married to jockey Katie Davis, daughter of former top rider Robbie Davis, Trevor was fourth in the standings at Belmont Park through last Sunday, and after due diligence by both he and his new agent, an accord was reached.

If all works out well, McCarthy could follow in the footsteps of other jockeys who began their careers in Maryland before heading for greener pastures, among them Chris McCarron, Kent Desormeaux, Edgar Prado and Ramon Dominguez.

“I needed a rider and was not going to take one away from another agent here,” said Derek Lawson, who will represent McCarthy. “I recruited him. I started looking at riders who might fit out here, called him up, he made calls to trainers to learn about me and here we are.

“This is something he definitely wants to do,” continued Lawson, who got the pink slip from Flavien Prat in mid-February after playing a significant role in developing the 28-year-old Frenchman into a world-class presence.

“Trevor had a great winter at Aqueduct but he wanted to try something completely different, that being California, and he wanted to work with me,” Lawson said. “He will start riding here Memorial Day weekend (May 28 through 31).”

Lawson wasn't resting on his laurels or smelling the roses during his sudden and enforced absence from the game he loves.

“I wanted to bring in someone new and Trevor filled the bill. I like developing good, young talent.

“I recruited him the best way possible, tried to show him the advantages here, and even though it's heavy with competition at the top, otherwise he fits right in with everybody else.”

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