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Summer Breezes: ‘Rising Star’ Julias Dream Tries Dirt in Debutante

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the summer's boutique meetings.

Summer Breezes highlights debuting 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. To follow are the entries for Saturday at Del Mar, including previously raced fillies going postward in the GI Del Mar Debutante:

Saturday, September 9, 2023
Del Mar 3, $82k, 2yo, f, (S), 5 1/2f, 5:30 p.m. ET
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze
Madison Rae (Pavel), OBSAPR, 38,000, :10.2
Consignor: Wavertree Stables Inc (Ciaran Dunne), agent
Buyer: Peter Miller, agent

 

Del Mar 4, $82k, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 6:00 p.m. ET
Dealers Special (Upstart), OBSAPR, 50,000, 10.1
Consignor: Two Oaks Equine
Buyer: Brooke Hubbard, agent

 

DMR 8, GI DMR Debutante-GI, $300k, 2yo, f, 7f, 9 p.m. ET
Benedetta (City of Light), OBSMAR, 750,000, :9.4
Consignor: Top Line Sales LLC, agent
Buyer: K S I

 

Cheeky Gal (Maximus Mischief), OBSAPR, 135,000, :10
Consignor: Ordonez Thoroughbreds, agent
Buyer: Peter Miller, agent

 

Dreamfyre (Flameaway), OBSAPR, 140,000, :9.4
Consignor: S G V Thoroughbreds (Steven Venosa), agent
Buyer: Danny Eplin (PS)

 

Gate to Paradise (Arrogate), OBSMAR, 950,000, :20.4
Consignor: Tom McCrocklin, agent
Buyer: Parks Investment

 

Julias Dream (Flameaway), OBSAPR, 180,000, :9.4
Consignor: Grassroots Training & Sales LLC
Buyer: Talla Racing/Kim Lloyd, agent

 

Motet (Mo Town), OBSAPR, 20,000, :10.2
Consignor: Grassroots Training & Sales LLC, agent
Buyer: Gary Folgner

 

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Into Mischief Colt Brings Massive Pedigree Into Hanshin Bow

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Hanshin and Nakayama Racecourses:

Saturday, September 9, 2023
4th-HSN, ¥13,720,000 ($93k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m
LUDIQUE (c, 2, Into Mischief–Miss Besilu, by Medaglia d'Oro), whose dam was third in the GI Alabama S. and GI CCA Oaks in 2014 and was purchased for $2.2 million with this foal in utero at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton November Sale, is a half-brother to the dual Grade III-placed Gun It (Tapit). Miss Besilu , who topped the weanling section as part of the Ned Evans dispersal at Keeneland November in 2011 on Ben Leon's bid of $2.6 million, is a daughter of SW & GSP Quiet Dance (Quiet American), the dam of Horse of the Year Saint Liam (Saint Ballado); GISW sire Funtastic (More Than Ready); and GSW Quiet Giant (Giant's Causeway), the dam of the wildly successful sire and Horse of the Year Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}). Ludique carries the Carrot Racing colors. B-Northern Farm (KY)

 

 

 

Sunday, September 10, 2023
3rd-NKY, ¥13,720,000 ($93k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m
RUN GUN (JPN) (f, 2, Gun Runner–Kristizar, by Tapizar), a $90,000 in-utero purchase at the 2020 KEENOV sale, is out of a half-sister to no fewer than four black-type horses by Tapizar's sire Tapit, including the Grade III-placed Taxable. The MGSP third dam Here I Go (Mr. Prospector) was the dam of five winners from seven to the races including 2005 GI Kentucky Oaks heroine Summerly (Summer Squall). Run Gun went through the JRHA Select Sale last summer, bringing ¥38 million. B-Senri Farm Co Ltd

5th-HSN, ¥13,720,000 ($93k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800mT
CIRCLE OF JOY (JPN) (f, 2, Constitution–Mirth, by Colonel John) is the first foal from her dam, all-the-way winner of the 2019 GI Rodeo Drive S. for Little Red Feather and Phil D'Amato and later purchased by Katsumi Yoshida for $1.05 million with this filly in utero at FTKNOV in 2020. Mirth is a half-sister to Grade II winner Vault (Jump Start) and Call Me Andy (Midshipman), twice stakes-placed at two this term. Third dam Orrefor (Our Native) produced some top Illinois-breds for Asiel Stables, including MSW/MGISP Copper State (Jump Start), MSW Bonita Meadow (Meadowlake) and the dam of fellow MSW Caruso (Cape Canaveral). B-Shunsuke Yoshida

5th-NKY, ¥13,720,000 ($93k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1600mT
ATARAYO (f, 2, Justify–Magic Fountain, by War Front) represents the first produce for her dam, who caused a 10-1 upset for Coolmore in the 2014 G1 Darley Irish Oaks. Third dam Cherry Hinton (GB) (Green Desert) was herself a daughter of the magnificent Urban Sea (Miswaki), the dam of the legendary Galileo (Ire), Sea The Stars (Ire), etc. Cherry Hinton's GI Belmont Oaks-winning daughter Athena (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) has accounted for Never Ending Story (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), victorious in this year's G3 Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial before finishing runner-up in this year's G1 Prix de Diane. North Hills acquired Magic Fountain for $525,000 at KEENOV in 2020. B-North Hills Co Ltd (KY)

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Kentucky Downs VP Of Racing Ted Nicholson Joins TDN Writers’ Room

It's the meet that keeps getting bigger, richer and better every year. During the seven days of racing that makes up the Kentucky Downs meet, there will be 11 stakes races worth at least $1 million and it looks like the all-turf establishment is on track to set another handle record. How has Kentucky Downs done it? Ted Nicholson, the track's vice president of racing joined the TDN Writers' Room Podcast presented by Keeneland to talk about one of the sport's great success stories. He was this week's Green Group Guest of the Week.

With so much money available for purses and with such a short meet, some wonder why Kentucky Downs doesn't add race days? Nicholson said the main reason for not doing so is to make sure the turf course is not overused.

“What's obviously on everybody's mind these days is safety,” Nicholson said. “So, if I added a day, it would have to be a day where it would be almost like a spare day. Because the reality is we run 75 races over a turf course and we have three lanes. That means you're running an average of 25 races on each lane. That's a lot of pounding. I've got the best turf guy in the business with Butch Lehr, who was at Churchill for 45 years. But even Butch would shake his head and say, 'no, I wouldn't do it.' I think we're going to be at seven days for a little while until I can figure out how I can add a fourth lane.”

Kentucky Downs has always been known for having one of the lowest takeouts in the sport, so it came as a surprise when it announced that the takeout was going to be increased by one percent in all pools this year. The horseplayers weren't happy.

“It wasn't an easy decision and it wasn't made in a vacuum,” Nicholson said. “The decision was really a tough one and the reason behind it was that I had to find a way to find some revenue. It's great to have great big purses and we had a record handle last year. But when you're running only for two weeks, you have an inordinate amount of expenses to put on a temporary show. I have a lot of tents, I have a lot of temporary expenses. I have 60 people that live here temporarily, which means I put them up in hotels to pull off this show for two weeks or three. They're here typically for three weeks. So, I have a lot of expenses. They're all going up. Even the people that you see in between the races, those folks that are on the turf and they're tamping down those divots. Those folks used to work for $10 an hour. Now it's $25. So, you can see where my expenses have gone. On top of that, you we got a bill from HISA for $650,000 for a seven-day race meet. Before I was paying the state of Kentucky $48,000 for the same exact thing. Because our expenses have been skyrocketing, I felt like had to go a little higher.”

Will Kentucky Downs ever erect a grandstand? It's unlikely.

“I can't tell you many times people have said to me, 'I love this atmosphere, so don't ever change it,'” Nicholson said. “When it comes to putting up a grandstand, I think would change the genuine feel of of what Kentucky Downs is really all about. I think people love the ability to just pull up and tailgate at the top of the stretch or pull out their folding chairs and set up on the rail. That's the essence of what this place is. We want to try to improve every year, but not lose the real true essence of what this place is all about.”

Elsewhere on the podcast, which is also sponsored by the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association, Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders, WinStar Farm, XBTV.com, Stonestreet Farms, Lane's End and https://www.threechimneys.com/ West Point Thoroughbreds, the team of Zoe Cadman, Bill Finley and Randy Moss reviewed the Saratoga meet, touching on what went wrong, what went right and the changes that may be coming to the upstate New York track. Those changes include moving the 2024 and 2025 GI Belmont S. to Saratoga while Belmont Park is being rebuilt and installing a synthetic track that would complement the dirt track and the two turf courses. Also, the team looked back at the GI Pacific Classic, won by Arabian Knight (Uncle Mo), as well as the 32-day suspension handed down to Del Mar rider Antonio Fresu for whip violations.

Click here to view the podcast video or here to listen to the audio version.

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Le Havre’s G1SP Lindy Triumphs in U.S. Debut

3rd-Kentucky Downs, $120,500, Alw (NW3$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), 9-7, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:41.01, gd, 1 1/4 lengths.
LINDY (FR) (f, 3, Le Havre {Ire}–Llanita {GB} {SP-Fr, SP-USA, $135,802}, by Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), backed down to 1-5 in this scratch depleted U.S. unveiling, settled in a stalking third behind Delight (Mendelssohn) through an opening quarter in :25.25. With Do You Love Me (English Channel) assuming control through a :50.36, the French-bred took aim at the leader in the final furlong, gained control late en route to a confident 1 1/4-length victory over Poca Mucha (Tourist) with Do You Love Me staying on for third. Victorious at two in her first three starts in the French provinces, including a listed score at Toulouse in November, the Arqana August graduate returned at three to finish runner-up behind the classy Blue Rose Cen (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) in the G3 Prix de la Grotte at ParisLongchamp Apr. 13. Finding that rival once again too good in the May 14 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Lindy came home eighth while stretching out in the G1 Prix de Diane at Chantilly June 18. A half to Nirliit (Fr) (Iffraaj {GB}), SW-Fr, $103,573, Lindy also has an unraced juvenile half-brother by Siyouni (Fr) and a yearling brother by Zelzal (Fr). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
Sales history: €90,000 Ylg '21 ARAUG. Lifetime Record: SW & G1SP-Fr, 7-4-2-0, $267,662.
O-Everest Racing; B-Ecurie La Vallee Martigny Earl (FR); T-Brendan P. Walsh.

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