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Speightster’s Count de Monet Upsets Tyler’s Tribe In Advent S.

Two-for-two at Horseshoe Indianapolis earlier this summer, Count de Monet didn't receive a lot of respect at the tote board, going off for his stakes debut at Oaklawn at 15-1. Despite wanting a similar front-running position as Tyler's Tribe, Count de Monet was outrun to the lead by that rival and boxed in against the fence by Too Much Info (Maclean's Music). Still covered up around the turn as Tyler's Tribe paced the field through opening fractions of :22.33 and :46.11, Count de Monet began to make up ground when angled out for the stretch drive. As the pacesetter grew weary with a furlong to run, he overtook the lead with an outside move and drove clear for the comfortable score in Oaklawn's opening day feature. The winner has a weanling half-sister by Exaggerator named Ravenex and his dam was bred back to Echo Town for a 2023 foal. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

ADVENT S., $150,000, Oaklawn, 12-9, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:05.06, my.
1–COUNT DE MONET, 117, c, 2, by Speightster
                1st Dam: Ravenesque (SP, $121,476), by Dance With Ravens
                2nd Dam: Gold Scammer, by Gold Tribute
                3rd Dam: Capital Coverup, by Deputy Minister
($37,000 RNA Wlg '20 KEENOV; $8,000 Ylg '21 EASOCT;
$85,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Charles
Galli; B-Copper Penny Stables (KY); T-Thomas H. Swearingen;
J-Santo Sanjur. $90,188. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $132,188.
2–Alto Road, 118, c, 2, Army Mule–Field of Flowers, by City Zip.
($12,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Champion
Racing Stable; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Ronnie E. Cravens, III.
$27,750.
3–Tyler's Tribe, 124, g, 2, Sharp Azteca–Impazible Woman, by
Mission Impazible. ($34,000 Ylg '21 IOWOCT). O-Timothy E.
Martin & Thomas D. Lepic; B-Clifton Farm & Derek Merkler
(IA); T-Timothy E. Martin. $13,875.
Margins: 3, HF, NO. Odds: 15.60, 44.50, 0.80.
Also Ran: Frosted Departure, How Did He Do That, Happy Is a Choice, Wild Mule, C. J's Storm, Too Much Info.

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‘Ring The Bell’ Program Returns to Oaklawn to Benefit Aftercare

After some test rings last spring, Oaklawn's fund-raising efforts for local Thoroughbred aftercare began in earnest Dec. 9 with the opening of its scheduled 68-day live racing season. The final six days of the 2021-2022 meeting raised $14,000 through the new “Ring the Bell” program, which gives winning connections following each race an opportunity to donate at least $100 toward aftercare.

Money raised is earmarked for the Arkansas Thoroughbred Retirement Program and Rehabilitation Foundation Inc., a collaboration between the Arkansas division of the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association and Oaklawn. It was recently established as a safe path to a second career for Oaklawn-raced horses upon retirement.

Donations are signaled–loudly–by hand ringing a large copper-colored bell hung in the back of the Larry Snyder Winner's Circle. The idea of intertwining a bell with aftercare was the brainchild of trainer Ron Moquett, best known for his work with Whitmore, a seven-time Oaklawn stakes winner and 2020 Eclipse Award Champion male sprinter.

“I wanted to bring attention and give everybody the opportunity to, when they're at their happiest, they can help right then,” Moquett said. “Ring that bell and it starts up a conversation. 'Hey, that bell is ringing for the respect and love of the horse.' The bell is symbolic and it teaches everybody through the whole grandstand that whenever you hear that bell, that means somebody has donated money to the retired racehorse program. We'd like to hear the bell ring every race, every day. What the sound means is we're helping retired racehorses.”

For more information about the organization, visit the Arkansas Thoroughbred Retirement Program website.

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Dec. 9: Busy Day For Tight First-Crop Sire Race

by Margaret Ransom

Since neither of the top three first-crop sires battling it out to win the 2022 division title had a runner on Thursday, their numbers remain unchanged. The focus now turns to a busy Friday with Bolt d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro) in a solid position to pull away from both Justify (Scat Daddy) and Good Magic (Curlin) with six runners total–three in the fifth race at Turfway Park, two in the sixth at Woodbine and another at Oaklawn Park. Good Magic's lone runner on Friday–Zia Park Juvenile S. winner How Did He Do That–is entered in the Advent S. at Oaklawn Park, while Justify's daughter, Prove My Love, is set to contest the fourth race at Turfway Park.

Note that Japanese earnings are added every Sunday night, and there may be delayed reporting from other countries, which could postpone the final results in a very tight race into early January. We will also be providing a preview of 2-year-olds entered the next day in North America and beyond.

Current Earnings Standings through racing of Dec. 8

1st—Bolt d'Oro, $2,482,229

2nd—Good Magic, $2,446,087

3rd—Justify, $2,281,355

The TDN sire lists contain full-dollar earnings of Northern Hemisphere foals winning anywhere in the world. To view the current standings updated overnight, click here.

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Friday Insights: $525k Curlin Half To Creative Minister Opens Oaklawn Meet

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3rd-OP, $90K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1m, 2:26 p.m.

A daughter of prolific broodmare Tamboz (Tapit), MADLY DANCING (Curlin) is a half-sister to eight winners from as many to race including GI Preakness S. third Creative Minister (Creative Cause), MGSP Battalion Runner (Unbridled's Song), MGSP Oceanwave (Harlan's Holiday), GISP Dolder Grand (Candy Ride {Arg}), and MSP Late Nite Mischief (Into Mischief). Tamboz herself is a full-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile victor and sire Tapizar. Madly Dancing, a $525,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase, races for owners WSS Racing LLC and trainer John Ortiz. TJCIS PPS

8th-FG, $50K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 5:45 p.m.

Another well-bred daughter of Curlin, CUSHEE debuts Friday after bringing $775,000 at Keeneland September from Lael Stables for trainer Michael Stidham. A half-sister to GI Maker's 46 Mile S. winner American Patriot (War Front) and MGSP Muqtaser (Distorted Humor), Cushee is out of a full-sister to G1 Emirates Airline Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed. This is also the family of GSW Witty (Distorted Humor), responsible for both GSW Bombard (War Front) and MGSP Amuse (Medaglia d'Oro). TJCIS PPS

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