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Saudi Cup Post Positions: Charlatan Drawn ‘Just Perfect’ Near Outside, Knicks Go ‘Right In The Middle’

The post positions have been drawn for Saturday's second running of the $20 million Saudi Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. To be contested over a one-turn 1 1/8 mile course on the dirt track, the Saudi Cup drew a field of 14 including a featured American-trained match-up between Grade 1 winners Knicks Go and Charlatan.

Knicks Go, winner of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and Pegasus World Cup in his last two outings, drew post five for trainer Brad Cox. The Korea Racing Authority-owned colt will be ridden by Joel Rosario.

“We like it, it's right in the middle,” said Dustin Dugas, assistant trainer. “He's a speed horse, it's a long way till they get to the turn, Joel (Rosario, jockey) will have a lot of ground to work at before he gets to the turn.”

Charlatan, last-out winner of the G1 Malibu over seven furlongs, draw further to the outside in post nine for trainer Bob Baffert. He will be piloted by jockey Mike Smith.

“I spoke to Bob (Baffert, trainer) earlier and he said anything, six, seven, eight or nine would be perfect,” said assistant Jimmy Barnes. “The one turn mile and an eighth would just be perfect.”

Three other American interests in the race include: Max Player (Post 4, Steve Asmussen), Tacitus (Post 7, Bill Mott), and Sleepy Eyes Todd (Post 8, Miguel Angel Silva).

The full field is as follows:

Chuwa Wizard
Bangkok
Great Scot
Max Player
Knicks Go
Global Giant
Tacitus
Sleepy Eyes Todd
Charlatan
Military Law
Simsir
Mishriff
Derevo
Extra Elusive

Comments from other entrants' connections:

Bangkok (IRE) – (Drawn 2) – Anna Lisa Balding, assistant trainer: “It will be difficult but we'll do as well as we can.”

Chuwa Wizard (JPN) – (1) – Keita Tosaki, jockey: “He is a versatile horse and can run from any position. So the inside draw may help us.”

Derevo (GB) – (13) – See Great Scot

Extra Elusive (GB) – (14) – Roger Charlton, trainer: “I'm happy with the draw for Extra Elusive in stall 14. He hasn't run on the dirt before, and he's probably a horse who doesn't like to be crowded that much, so I think that gives him and Hollie (Doyle, jockey) a good shot down the outside. I'd certainly prefer stall 14 to stalls one or two or three, so so far we're happy and we're going to give it our best shot on Saturday.”

Global Giant (GB) – (6) – Isa Salman Al Khalifa of owner Al Adiyat Racing: “It definitely would be amazing. He has been improving with every start but he would have to run the race of his life to be competitive. It is an honor to be involved. The two winners for Bahrain at last year's Saudi Cup was the highlight of my racing life so far.”

Great Scot (GB) – (3) – Abdullah Mushrif, trainer: “Very happy. More happy with Great Scot from 13. It will be hard for Derevo but inshallah we will win, it's my dream.”

Max Player (USA) – (4) – Steve Asmussen, trainer: “Would have preferred the outside.”

Military Law (GB) – (10) – Musabbeh Al Mheiri, trainer: “Not too bad. In three, four or five would be good, but 10 is not bad. He can't go too fast anyway (early). When you have luck, God gives it to you.”

Mishriff (IRE) – (12) – Thady Gosden, assistant trainer: “We were hoping for a fairly wide draw. The American horses have far more gate speed than ours, so we're very happy with that.”

Simsir (IRE) – (11) – Fawzi Nass, trainer: “It's post 11. It's OK. I'll let Adrie (de Vries, jockey) deal with it.”

Sleepy Eyes Todd (USA) – (8) – Miguel Angel Silva, trainer: “I wanted to be more outside, but it's great. It's not perfect but it's great. We are next to Charlatan, so that is good. We are very excited. We didn't want to be inside so this is good, we are more to the outside.”

Tacitus (USA) – (7) – Neil Poznansky, assistant trainer: “He has Johnny V (Velazquez) on him and the whole backside to work a trip on him.”

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Bloodlines Presented By Mill Ridge Farm: Clairiere Displays The Winning Formula For Stonestreet

The prep races at the Fair Grounds brought out some of the bright prospects for the 2021 classics, and the winners of both the Grade 2 Rachel Alexandra and the G2 Risen Star Stakes are a filly and a colt marked for classic potential by their immediate antecedents.

Stonestreet Stable's Clairiere (by Curlin) won the Rachel Alexandra and is by a Preakness Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic winner out of a mare by a Preakness winner, Bernardini (A.P. Indy). Juddmonte's Mandaloun won the Risen Star and is by the sire of 2020 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Authentic (Into Mischief) out of a mare by Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker (A.P. Indy).

The recipe is clear. Breed a top-class stallion to a daughter of a classic winner, especially if it's a classic son of Belmont Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic winner A.P. Indy.

In addition to Authentic, Into Mischief is also responsible for Kentucky Derby third Audible, who is a G1 winner and is a sire standing at WinStar Farm. This year, Into Mischief also has the highly regarded Life is Good (2021 Sham Stakes) and Mutasaabeq (2021 Mucho Macho Man Stakes) working their way along the classic trail.

In contrast, Curlin is light-handed for colts at the moment, but the glowing chestnut titan is flush with fillies. As of the weekend, chief of these is Clairiere, who picked up 50 points for the Kentucky Oaks and guaranteed herself a starting gate position if all goes well between now and the filly's classic.

And among Curlin's stakes horses of 2021, at least five by the two-time Horse of the Year are out of daughters of Horse of the Year A.P. Indy or one of his sons. Is this the greatest cross of the present day?

Bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Bloodstock LLC, Clairiere is the first foal of the Bernardini mare Cavorting, who won three Grade 1 races (Test, Personal Ensign, and Ogden Phipps). That race record shows that Cavorting had first-class speed, especially for a daughter of champion Bernardini, who sires a sprinter only by accident, but some of his best are so talented that they can race effectively at almost any distance.

Cavorting was one of the latter, as she proved with a Grade 2 victory in the Adirondack Stakes at two, then progressed at three and four to win Grade 1 races both years.

Bred by Swettenham Stud and purchased by Stonestreet as a weanling for $360,000 at the 2012 Keeneland November sale, Cavorting earned $2 million her new owners. John Moynahan picked out Cavorting for Stonestreet and recalled that she “was a beautiful foal. Total quality.

“Then as a yearling, she looked like she'd be a very precocious 2-year-old. She won her debut by 11 lengths, then won the Adirondack by a length and a quarter,” from Angela Renee, another Bernardini filly who won the G1 Chandelier Stakes later that year. Fifth in the Adirondack was Take Charge Brandi (Giant's Causeway), who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and was named champion of her division for 2014.

Cavorting went to the G1 Frizette unbeaten in two starts but finished seventh and “had to be put on the shelf due to some minor bone bruising,” Moynahan recalled, “although she never had any real soundness issues.”

“When she got older,” Moynahan said, “[trainer] Kiaran [McLaughlin] came with the idea to try her going two turns,” and Cavorting won the last three starts of her career going a mile or more, including two of her three Grade 1s.

On retirement, great hopes were held for Cavorting because “she's kind of a throwback who can last on the New York circuit to win major races at two, three, and four. Real hickory,” Moynahan said.

Sure enough, the lovely bay mare has continued her winning ways at stud. Clairiere is the first foal of her dam and now is her first graded stakes winner. The Rachel Alexandra winner is the 74th stakes winner for Curlin. Since Clairiere, Cavorting has produced a 2-year-old filly by Medaglia d'Oro who is yet unnamed and has a yearling full brother to Clairiere. Bred to Quality Road last year, the mare was barren.

The mare is booked to Into Mischief.

Clairiere is the third generation of her female family to win a graded stakes, as the filly's second dam is the Carson City mare Promenade Girl, who won the G2 Molly Pitcher, four other stakes, and also was third in the G1 Spinster and Ogden Phipps.

“Cavorting's pedigree, physique, and attitude made us very hopeful for her prospects as a broodmare,” Moynahan said, “and now it looks like she could be a tremendous producer, the sort of mare who could get a world-class champion.”

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Wanamaker’s Releases February Sale Catalog

Wanamaker's has released the catalog for its February online auction, which will take place on Feb. 25.

Highlights from the catalog include Don't Blame Judy (Blame), a multiple stakes-placed racing or broodmare prospect and Newyearsblockparty (New Year's Day), a 3-year-old colt who was most recently second in the Pasco Stakes behind Nova Rags (Union Rags).

The catalog also contains a number of horses are being offered by Maccabee Farm, marking the beginning of the dispersal of the majority of Maccabee Farm's bloodstock.

The remainder of the catalog can be found at wanamakers.com. Prospective buyers may browse the website to view pedigrees, pictures, and videos. In-person inspections may be scheduled by contacting sellers with the information provided in the catalog.

Live bidding will open at 8 a.m. ET on Feb. 25, and the first listing will close at 5 p.m. ET with subsequent listings ending in three-minute increments. Detailed buying information can be found at wanamakers.com/buy.

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Cape Canaveral, Wilko Lead Alberta’s 2020 Stallion Owner’s Breeding Award Bonus Earners

The 2020 Stallion Owner's Breeding Awards were recently dispersed to eligible stallion owners as part of Horse Racing Alberta's Breed Improvement Program.

The Stallion Owners' Breeding support for 2020 totaled $55,000 and was distributed through the Thoroughbred Breed Improvement Program.

The percentage for the 2020 Stallion Owners' was 3.28 percent and was based on the following criteria: “Stallion bonus will be paid proportionately to stallion owners whose stallions have eligible Alberta Thoroughbred progeny with earnings of $10,000 or greater during the calendar year. Stallions must have stood in the province of Alberta for the entire calendar year of conception for each year's crop to be eligible.”

The Highfield Stock Farm stallion Cape Canaveral, led the Alberta stallions with $311,478 total in eligible Alberta Thoroughbred progeny earnings in 2020.

The leading runner for the Mr. Prospector son last season was the CTHS Alberta sale graduate Pearl of Knowledge, bred by Starline Thoroughbreds. The multiple stakes-placed filly finished the season with $54,760 in earnings with a win in the Alberta Oaks and second place finishes in the black type Sonoma Handicap and Chariot Chaser Handicap. The race record for Pearl of Knowledge last season was 6-2-2-1.

The stakes-winning daughter of Cape Canaveral, Music at Work, was his second-leading earner with $43,460 in earnings from a win in the black type Sonoma Handicap and a third place finish in the Chariot Chaser Handicap. Bred by Wes and Jenn Hanson, the race record for Music at Work was 6-2-0-1 in 2020.

Triple Power was the third-leading eligible Alberta progeny for Cape Canaveral with $33,247 in earnings from a record of 7-4-0-0 and a win in the Grande Prairie Derby. The gelding was bred by Don Danard, Joe Fenrich and Don Knight.

The Awesome Again son Wilko took second spot in the leading Alberta stallions with a total of $217,666 in eligible Alberta Thoroughbred progeny earnings.

The 2017 Alberta champion Shimshine led the list for this stallion with $49,389 in earnings last season. Shimshine finished the 2020 meet with a record of 9-2-1-1 including a win in the Alberta Breeders' Handicap and a third place finish in the black type Century Mile Handicap.

Chancee was the next eligible Wilko progeny with $22,280 in earnings from a record of 13-1-2-0 last season. Horseradish was the third-leading eligible Alberta progeny in 2020 for Wilko with $20,214 in earnings and a record of 6-1-1-0. All three leading eligible runners for Wilko were bred by Andy Stronach and Wally Pugh. Wilko stood stud at Highfield in 2014 and 2015 when these runners were conceived.

Where's the Ring finished in third position on the top five Alberta stallion list for 2020 with $195,760 in eligible progeny earnings. The Seeking the Gold son stood at Peaceful Valley Farms in Didsbury for the 2016 year before moving back to Colebrook Farms in Ontario where he was a leading sire last season.

Solo Ring led in eligible Alberta progeny for Where's the Ring with a win in the $50,000 CTHS Alberta Sales Stakes for 3- and 4-year-old colts and geldings and $47,140 in season earnings from a record of 7-2-3-1. The CTHS Alberta sale graduate was bred by Peaceful Valley Farms.

Striders Ring was second for Where's the Ring with two allowance wins and $44,195 in season earnings from a record of 9-5-0-1. Striders Ring was bred by Running Fawcett Thoroughbreds and sold through the 2017 CTHS Alberta sale.

Zicatela rounded out the top three Alberta eligible progeny placings for Where's the Ring Alberta progeny with a third place finish in the CTHS Sales Stakes in the same race with another Where's the Ring son, winner Solo Ring. Bred by Dawson Guhle, Zicatela finished the season with $28,645 in season earnings and a record of 9-1-3-2.

The Bar None Ranches Ltd. stallion Gayego was fourth on the 2020 Alberta stallion list with eligible progeny earnings of $173,634 last season.

Count on It was the leading Alberta runner for the Gilded Time son last season with three stakes placings including a second in the Princess Margaret Stakes, a second place in the 2-year-old CTHS Sales Stakes, and a third place finish in the Sturgeon River Stakes. The Bar None Ranches-bred filly finished the meet with a record of 6-1-3-1 and $36,060 in earnings.

The second placed eligible progeny for Gayego was the Bar None Ranches bred and owned gelding, Trader Lynn. The 2017 gelding earned $17,178 last season with two claiming race wins and a record of 6-2-0-0. Bred by Tod Mtn. Thoroughbreds, Lookout Taylor was the third-leading eligible Alberta progeny for Gayego in 2020 with $10,639 in earnings from a claiming race win and a record of 7-1-1-1.

The Storm Cat son Schramsberg was fifth on the leading Alberta stallions in 2020 with eligible progeny earnings of $112,795. Lookout Louie was the leading eligible runner for Schramsberg last season with two claiming race wins and $44,400 in earnings from a record of 7-3-0-0. Lookout Louie was bred by Jim Moroz and Dave McDougall.

Bar None Ranches-bred and -owned runner, Chatty Gal, was the second-leading Alberta progeny for Schramsberg with $10,275 in earnings from a claiming race win and a record of 6-1-2-0 last season. The Bar None Ranches-bred runner, Remarkable Vintage, rounded out the top three runners for Schramsberg with two claiming wins and earnings of $9,797 from a record of 7-3-0-0.

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