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GISW Dream Tree Scanned in Foal to Into Mischief

Dream Tree (Uncle Mo), winner of her first five career starts including the GI Starlet S., has been checked in foal to North America's leading sire, Into Mischief. Dream Tree, who is owned by Phoenix Thoroughbreds, produced her first foal Jan. 24 when she delivered a filly by Curlin.

“The news that Dream Tree's in foal to Into Mischief has put a smile on everyone's face at Phoenix,” said Phoenix CEO Amer Abdulaziz. “Her first foal from Curlin is a gorgeous filly and has proved very popular on our social media channels. We wanted to give Dream Tree every chance of producing another top quality foal, which is why we chose to go Into Mischief; it is a fascinating match.”

Dream Tree was the first Grade I winner raced by Phoenix to become a member of the global operation's broodmare band. In addition to her Starlet win, she captured three more black-type events, including the GII Prioress S. and the GII Las Virgenes S., during her seven-race campaign.

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First Foal for Coltimus Prime

Canadian Classic winner Coltimus Prime (Milwaukee Brew–Certainly Special, by Distorted Humor) was represented by his first reported foal Sunday, Mar. 7, when a colt was born at Beau Valley Stable in Didsbury, Alberta. The colt is out of Shanali (Alydeed) and was bred by Anthony Bilotta.

Coltimus Prime raced in three countries–Canada, Panama, and the U.S.–over the course of his six-year campaign and was a stakes winner in all three. Highlights of his career included a Prince of Wales S. win and a placing in the GIII Ontario Derby in Canada, a championship title in Panama, and a score in Gulfstream Park's Invitational Cup S. in the U.S.

Coltimus Prime stands for C$2,500 at Beau Valley Stable.

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Gulfstream Quarantine Lifted After EHV-1 Test Negative

The quarantine on two barns at Gulfstream Park imposed after a horse died from unknown circumstances Tuesday night at the track has been lifted after tests for Equine herpesvirus type 1 came back negative, according to Dr. Dionne Benson, the Chief Veterinary Officer for The Stronach Group. The the quarantine prompted a number of scratches on the Wednesday card.

Benson said that a filly had gotten loose on the track yesterday morning, and run back to the barn area, entering a barn that was not hers. She was walked back to her barn, and was discovered down in her stall last night by a security guard.

“Late last night, @1stracing @GulfstreamPark was notified that a horse stabled onsite fell ill exhibiting neurological symptoms and was humanely euthanized,” said Benson in the early afternoon Wednesday. “Out of caution, the barns that have been affected have been quarantined. More information will follow when necropsy results are in.”

“The quarantine is lifted,” said Benson. “There is no sign of any communicable disease.”

Earlier in the day, Benson had said that Stronach Group company policy had directed an abundance of caution toward keeping horses safe. “This was done in the consideration of safety for the horse and welfare for the entire horse population,” she said. “We did not see the incident. It was not reported to us earlier in the day.”

She said that additional precautions were being taken at Gulfstream because of an outbreak of EHV-1 in the show horse population near Ocala.

“We previously had dialed back our health certificate requirements from 72 hours to 24 hours,” said Benson, explaining that horses arriving at the track must now have been seen and certified as healthy within 24 hours before arrival, while the typical window is 72 hours. “So that gives us an extra added protection of those two days.”

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Connections Confirm Helium To Go Straight to Derby

Helium (Ironicus), an impressive winner of the Tampa Bay Derby Saturday, will not have another Kentucky Derby prep and will go straight to the race in Louisville the first Saturday in May, according to Jon Green, the general manager of DJ Stables, the owner of the colt.

Green announced the news on the TDN Writers' Room podcast Wednesday.

“I'm pleased to make the formal announcement on our podcast that I sat down with the owners, my parents and Mark Casse, who between them have a collective 80 years of experience in the horse industry,” said Green. “We're going to go an unconventional route and bypass the rest of the Kentucky Derby preps and train him in Florida at Palm Meadows, and then ship him to Churchill Downs three weeks before.”

Green admitted that it was an unconditional route to the race, but said, “It's not unreasonable in history to give a horse eight weeks off and ask him to run in a big race like this. Is it perfect? It's not perfect. Are there risks? Yes. But we feel what's best for the horse is to give him the time and slowly peak him into the Kentucky Derby, which is our primary goal.”

Green said that unlike other horses looking to peak in May, that DJ Stables hoped to race the horse after the Derby and throughout the summer with a focus on the Haskell at Monmouth, which is held near their home in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

“Our goal is not to run him in the Blue Grass, or a race like that because we think he doesn't need it,” said Green. “Running in a prep, so many things could go wrong, and our main goal is to run him in the Derby and then the races afterwards. We're looking at it through a different prism.”

While Jose Ferrer won the Tampa Bay Derby aboard Helium, Green also said that the Derby riding assignment was currently up in the air.

“Jose did a great job on him and won the Tampa Bay Derby on him, but we are looking for other options with jockeys,” said Green. “For the same reason riding Jose at Tampa Bay made sense, you have to have somebody who has the experience in big races and the experience at Churchill Downs. That's no disrespect to Jose, but I would think we would need to explore other opportunities.”

The complete discussion on Helium will be available on the TDN Writers' Room podcast which will be posted tonight.

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