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Newgrange To Pass Dubai World Cup

Newgrange (Violence), a head-scratching sixth behind Newgate (Into Mischief) in the GI Santa Anita H. Mar. 3, will bypass the Mar. 30 G1 Dubai World Cup, trainer Phil D'Amato said via text message Wednesday.

The decision was finalized after the 5-year-old worked five furlongs in 1:01.20 (13/27) Wednesday morning at Santa Anita.

“Newgrange is not going to Dubai,” D'Amato texted. “We will regroup and race him stateside down the road.”

Winner of the GIII Sham S. and GIII Southwest S. for the SF Racing/Starlight/Madaket et. al. partnership while under the care of Bob Baffert in 2022, the dark bay was purchased by Kim Lloyd's Sweetwater Trading for $250,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Horse of Racing Age Sale on behalf of David A. Bernsen, Rockingham Ranch and Little Red Feather Racing.

Winner of the 2023 GII San Pasqual S., Newgrange was subsequently seventh in the Big 'Cap, but had returned to his best form following a seven-month absence this winter, with an easy score in the GII San Antonio S. and a successful defense of his title in the San Pasqual. Connections had also been considering an appearance in the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. the same afternoon, but with an eye on the World Cup and in an effort to minimize travel, elected not to make the trans-continental trip.

Four American-based horses remain in the prospective field of 12, including Newgate, G1 Saudi Cup hero Senor Buscador (Mineshaft), Pegasus World Cup third Crupi (Curlin) and GII Lukas Classic hero Clapton (Brethen).

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Speakers Announced for Owner Clinic in Del Mar

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association is hosting an Owner Clinic on Friday, July 28
in Del Mar, California. Attendees will learn insights on different aspects of Thoroughbred ownership, partnerships, legal aspects, racing office policy & procedures, veterinary perspectives, and more from industry professionals as well as enjoy a day at the races, compliments of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

The topics and speakers at the clinic include:
• Overview of the California Thoroughbred Industry, presented by Bill Nader (Thoroughbred Owners of California, President & CEO)
• Horse Owner or Horse of the Year Owner: Understanding Racing Office Policy & Procedures, presented by Tom Robbins (Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Director of Racing), Kosta & Stephanie Hronis (Hronis Racing) and John Sadler (trainer)
• Thoroughbred Partnerships, presented by Billy Koch (Little Red Feather Racing, Founder and Managing Partner)
• Barn Tour of Multiple Kentucky Derby Winning Trainer Doug O'Neill, hosted by Doug O'Neill
• Legal Considerations of Thoroughbred Ownership, presented by Bing I. Bush, Jr. APC (The Law Offices of Bing I. Bush, Jr., Founder)
• Role of the Racetrack Veterinarian, presented by Ryan Carpenter, DVM, MS, DAVCS (Equine Medical Center, Cypress, California: Specialist in Large Animal Veterinary Surgery)

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Trio of Grade Ones Highlight Holiday Stakes Action Monday

Santa Anita will play host to three Grade I races, while Grade III action features the return of a champion at Churchill Downs and a talented Louisiana-bred attempting to make the grade at Lone Star Park during holiday stakes action Monday.

The GI Shoemaker Mile S. at Santa Anita is set to be the first of 41 Breeders' Cup Challenge series races in North America this year. A field of 11 goes postward seeking the winner's share of the $500,000, as well as an automatic berth in the GI Breeders' Cup FanDuel Mile, which will be held over the same course in November.

Trainer Phil D'Amato saddles three in the race, including morning-line favorite Hong Kong Harry (Ire) (Es Que Love {Ire}), who was a three-time graded winner in California last year. He was fourth behind reopposing stablemate Gold Phoenix (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}) in the Mar. 4 GI Frank Kilroe Mile before heading east for a runner-up effort in the May 6 GI Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic at Churchill Downs.

Gold Phoenix, who was 10th in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Turf, returned from his win in the Kilroe Mile to finish fourth when stretched to 1 1/4 miles for the Apr. 8 GII Charles Whittingham S. last time out. Unbeaten in two tries at a mile on grass, Gold Phoenix will be reunited with Japanese sensation Kazushi Kimura, who has been aboard for his last two starts and will fly in from his Toronto base for the ride Sunday.

Rounding out the D'Amato trio–who were all plundered from Europe to find graded success in the U.S.–is Balnikhov (Ire) (Adaay {Ire}), who was seventh in the Kilroe Mile before getting up in the last jump to win the Apr. 29 GIII San Francisco Mile at Golden Gate in his most recent start.

Both Gold Phoenix and Balnikhov represent the red-hot Little Red Feather partnership, which won four stakes last weekend.

An hour before the Shoemaker Mile, seven older fillies and mares head postward at Santa Anita for the GI Gamely S. Trainer Michael McCarthy will saddle morning-line favorite Queen Goddess (Empire Maker). The 5-year-old raced last year for Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and her breeder TOLO Thoroughbreds and, after selling for $1.525 million at Fasig-Tipton last November, returned for the partnership of Eclipse Thoroughbreds and Gary Barber to win the GIII Robert J. Frankel S. last December. She added a win in the GIII TAA Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational at Gulfstream in January and returns to the West Coast following a sixth-place effort in the Apr. 15 GI Jenny Wiley S. at Keeneland.

D'Amato has two chances in the nine-furlong Gamely, with School Dance (Animal Kingdom) and Macadamia (Brz) (Hat Trick {Jpn}) in the line-up.

The GI Gold Cup concludes the Grade I action at Santa Anita Monday. Trainer Bob Baffert holds a strong hand in the 1 1/4-mile race with Country Grammer (Tonalist) and Defunded (Dialed In) appearing to tower over the six-horse field. Country Grammer, second in the Feb. 25 G1 Saudi Cup, will look to get back on track following a seventh-place effort while attempting a defense of his title in the G1 Dubai World Cup at Meydan in March. Defunded had to settle for third after setting the pace over this track and trip in the Mar. 4 GI Santa Anita H., but returned to the winner's circle with a three-length tally in the Apr. 22 GII Californian S. last time out.

In other graded stakes action across the country, champion Echo Zulu (Gun Runner) makes her return to the races in the GIII Winning Colors S. at Churchill Downs. Champion 2-year-old filly of 2021, the 4-year-old has been off since finishing second in the GI Breeders' Cup F/M Sprint last November at Keeneland.

Touchuponastar (Star Guitar) looks for his seventh straight victory in the GIII Steve Sexton Mile S. at Lone Star Park. The Louisiana-bred, trained by Jeff Delhomme, will be making his first start outside state-bred company. The 4-year-old's toughest competition might be the Mike Maker-trained 7-year-old Endorsed (Medaglia d'Oro), who won a pair of one-mile graded events at Gulfstream this past winter.

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Gold Phoenix Rises To Challenge In Kilroe Mile

Gold Phoenix (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}) jumped out of the ground with an eighth of a mile to run in Saturday's GI Frank E. Kilroe Mile S. at Santa Anita and outsprinted the fast-finishing Du Jour (Temple City) for a maiden success at the top level.

Beaten for speed, the chestnut settled in the second half of the field as Air Force Red (Air Force Blue) cut out a modest pace of :47.06 for the opening half-mile while pursued by Masteroffoxhounds (War Front). The Kilroe field was tightly bunched as they approached the entrance to the second turn, with the two pacesetters continuing to dictate as even-money Hong Kong Harry (Ire) (Es Que Love {GB}) slid up three wide to loom a danger. Remaining glued to the fence and quietly ridden into the final three-eighths of a mile by Kazushi Kimura, Gold Phoenix traveled strongly into the lane, exploded through a hole four off the inside at the furlong grounds and found the wire a neck to the good of Du Jour, who also displayed a sharp turn of foot to just miss. Cabo Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile) was along late for third ahead of the race favorite, who made an awkward move outside the eighth pole and never fully recovered.

An allowance winner over course and distance last April, Gold Phoenix was campaigned at nine furlongs and beyond for the balance of the season, highlighted by a head victory over Master Piece (Chi) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) in last year's GII Del Mar H. going a mile and three-eighths Sept. 3. Beaten a neck into third as the 13-10 chalk in the GII John Henry Turf Championship at 10 panels Oct. 1, Gold Phoenix was last seen finishing a wide-trip 10th in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Turf at Keeneland Nov. 5.

Pedigree Notes:

Gold Phoenix is the first top-level scorer for his sire, a son of Lope de Vega (Ire) who began his career at Darley's Kildangan Stud in Ireland and now shuttles between Bearstone Stud in the United Kingdom and Haunui Farm in New Zealand.

The winner's dam, a full-sister to Hong Kong Group 1 winner Sea Defence (Giant Treasure–HK) and to MGSW Jibboom–the dam of Irish Group 3 winner Flying Jib (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB})– was purchased by Jim Ryan for $70,000 in foal to Bellamy Road at the 2014 Keeneland November Sale. Magnifica is the dam of a yearling full-brother to Gold Phoenix.

Saturday, Santa Anita
FRANK E. KILROE MILE S.-GI, $501,500, Santa Anita, 3-4, 4yo/up, 1mT, 1:34.45, gd.
1–GOLD PHOENIX (IRE), 122, g, 5, by Belardo (Ire)
                1st Dam: Magnifica, by Mizzen Mast
                2nd Dam: Palisade, by Gone West
                3rd Dam: Peplum, by Nijinsky II
1ST GRADE I WIN. (€24,000 RNA Ylg '19 GOFSPT). O-Little Red
Feather Racing, Sterling Stables, LLC and Marsha Naify;
B-Mighty Universe Ltd (Ire); T-Philip D'Amato; J-Kazushi
Kimura. $300,000. Lifetime Record: 11-4-3-3, $675,257.
Werk Nick Rating: A++.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the
free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Du Jour, 120, g, 5, Temple City–Guiltless, by Bernardini.
($19,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP; $280,000 2yo '20 OBSAPR). O-Natalie
Baffert and Debbie Lanni; B-Woods Edge Farm, LLC (KY);
T-Bob Baffert. $100,000.
3–Cabo Spirit, 122, g, 4, Pioneerof the Nile–Fancy Day (Ire),
by Shamardal. 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($145,000 RNA Ylg '20
KEESEP; $575,000 2yo '21 OBSAPR). O-Kretz Racing LLC;
B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-George Papaprodromou. $60,000.
Margins: NK, 3/4, NK. Odds: 10.80, 10.20, 37.30.
Also Ran: Hong Kong Harry (Ire), Air Force Red, Masteroffoxhounds, Balnikhov (Ire), Royal Ship (Brz). Scratched: Irideo (Arg).
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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