Ashford Handbook 2024

JUSTIFY THE BEST YOUNG SIRE IN THE WORLD

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AMERICAN PHAROAH

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Triple Crown winner with 7 Gr.1 winners from his first 3 crops CORNICHE Dual Gr.1 winner & unbeaten Champion 2YO by Quality Road ECHO TOWN Gr.1-winning sprinter just like his sire Speightstown EPICENTER 5¼-length winner of the Gr.1 Travers Stakes by Not This Time GOLDEN PAL By sire of sires Uncle Mo & brilliantly fast at 2, 3 & 4 years GUNITE One of the best, fastest & most precocious sons of Gun Runner JACK CHRISTOPHER Triple Gr.1 winner & the best son of Munnings JUSTIFY Triple Crown winner & the best young sire in the world MAXIMUM SECURITY Multiple Gr.1-winning Champion from the Street Cry sire line MENDELSSOHN Gr.1-winning 2YO by Scat Daddy & a half-brother to Into Mischief MO TOWN Gr.1 winner by sire of sires Uncle Mo with 3 first crop GSWs to date MUNNINGS 15 SWs in 2022, including Jack Christopher, and 12 so far in 2023 PRACTICAL JOKE Leading young sire of Gr.1 winners Practical Move, Chocolate Gelato etc. TIZ THE LAW 60 4-time Gr.1 winner & a better racehorse than his sire Constitution UNCLE MO 64 3 more Gr.1 winners in 2023: Arabian Knight, A Mo Reay & Adare Manor 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 40 44 48 52 56

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American Pharoah and Justify Both Triple Crown winners Both international Gr.1 sires

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All outstanding Gr.1 winners. All by exceptional sires. All with first foals in 2024.

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CORNICHE (Quality Road)

JACK CHRISTOPHER (Munnings)

EPICENTER (Not This Time)

GOLDEN PAL (Uncle Mo)

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Height: 16.2 I Won from 7f. to 1½m.

Champion 2YO and Triple Crown hero. 7 G1SWs from his fi rst 3 crops. 9 SWs in 2023.

Top performers in 2023 include…

MARKETSEGMENTATION , New York S.- Gr.1 ( PICTURED ), Beaugay S.- Gr.3 ABOVE THE CURVE , Prix Corrida- Gr.2 , 2nd Nassau S.- Gr.1 WINDOW SHOPPING , Summertime Oaks- Gr.2 PROMISEHER AMERICA , Gazelle S.- Gr.3 JODY’S PRIDE , SW and 2nd BC Juvenile Fillies- Gr.1 OCEAN ATLANTIQUE , Dust Commander S., 3rd Turf Classic S.- Gr.1 PIONEERING SPIRIT , Bernard Baruch S., 3rd Sword Dancer S.- Gr.1 6

AMERICAN PHAROAH Bay Horse; foaled 2012

Unbridled Toussaud Lord At War (ARG) Castle Eight Storm Cat Key Phrase

Empire Maker........................

Pioneerof the Nile ................

Star of Goshen......................

AMERICAN PHAROAH

Yankee Gentleman................

Littleprincessemma .............. (2006)

Ecliptical Zetta Jet

Exclusive Rosette..................

By PIONEEROF THE NILE (2006). Black-type winner of $1,634,200, CashCall Futurity [G1] (HOL, $400,000), etc. Among the leading sires, sire of 10 crops of racing age, 843 foals, 628 starters, 54 black-type winners, 440 winners of 1332 races and earning $68,854,783, 4 champions, including American Pharoah (Triple Crown, $8,650,300, Kentucky Derby [G1] (CD, $1,418,800), etc.), Classic Empire (5 wins, $2,520,220, Breeders' Cup Ju venile [G1] (SA, $1,100,000), etc.), and of Matareya [G1] ($1,599,517). 1st dam LITTLEPRINCESSEMMA, by Yankee Gentleman. Unplaced in 2 starts. Broodmare of the year in 2015. Dam of 10 foals, 6 to race, all winners, including-- AMERICAN PHAROAH (c. by Pioneerof the Nile). Horse of the year, below. CHASING YESTERDAY (f. by Tapit). 5 wins in 7 starts at 2 and 3, $488,650, Starlet S. [G1] (LRC, $180,000), Sunland Park Oaks [L] (SUN, $116,400), Desi Arnaz S. [L] (DMR, $60,000), Anoakia S. (SA, $46,500), 3rd Santa Anita Oaks [G1] (SA, $48,000). American Cleopatra (f. by Pioneerof the Nile). Winner at 2, $98,519, 2nd Del Mar Debutante S. [G1] (DMR, $60,000). St Patrick's Day (c. by Pioneerof the Nile). Winner in 2 starts at 2, $48,000, in N.A./U.S.; placed at 3, € 18,300, in Ireland, 2nd Renaissance S. [G3] , 3rd Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire Celebration S. [L]. (Total: $69,300). Triple Tap (c. by Tapit). 2 wins at 3, $153,840, 2nd John Shear Mile S. [L] (SA, $16,200). 2nd dam EXCLUSIVE ROSETTE , by Ecliptical. 3 wins at 2 and 3, $27,281, Florida Thor oughbred Charities S.-R (OTC, $15,000). Set ncr at Atlantic City. Dam of-- STORM WOLF (c. by Stormin Fever). 3 wins in 5 starts at 3, $147,840, Lazaro Barrera Memorial S. [G2] (HOL, $90,000). Sire. MISTY ROSETTE (f. by Stormin Fever). 4 wins in 8 starts at 2 and 3, $184,021, Old Hat S. [G3] (GP, $60,000), Crank It Up S. (MTH, $33,000), etc. Producer. Vintage Red. 2 wins $73,584. Dam of Red Raffles (g. by Bold n' Flashy, Total: $290,530). Granddam of DUN DRUM (g. by Bold n' Flashy, Total: $360,209). Cup of Coco. Winner, $22,700. Granddam of King Abner [G2] (g. by Hansen). RACE RECORD: At 2, champion 2-year-old colt, 2 wins (Del Mar Futurity [G1] (DMR, $180,000), FrontRunner S. [G1] (SA, $180,000)) in 3 starts; at 3, horse of the year, champion 3-year-old colt, Triple Crown, 7 wins (Ken tucky Derby [G1] (CD, $1,418,800), Xpressbet.com Preakness S. [G1] (PIM, $900,000), Belmont S. [G1] (BEL, $800,000), Breeders' Cup Classic [G1] (KEE, $2,750,000)-ntr, 1 1/4 mi. in 2:00, William Hill Haskell Invitational S. [G1] (MTH, $1,100,000), Arkansas Derby [G1] (OP, $600,000), Rebel S. [G2] (OP, $450,000)), once 2nd (Travers S. [G1] (SAR, $270,000)) in 8 starts. Totals: 9 wins, once 2nd in 11 starts. Earned $8,650,300.

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AMERICAN PHAROAH'S 2023 SALES YEARLINGS INCLUDED: DAM/SEX SIRE OF DAM PURCHASER

US$

Spiced Perfection c. Snowy Winter c. Indian Pride c. Ladies' Privilege f. Flattering c. Stopshoppingmaria f. Holiday Blues c.

Smiling Tiger Elusive Quality Proud Citizen Harlan's Holiday More Than Ready Ghostzapper Medaglia d'Oro Galileo Giant's Causeway More Than Ready Invincible Spirit Sky Mesa War Front

Yosuke Imafuku John McCormack Mayberry Farm Gus King

1,200,000 650,000 600,000 525,000 500,000 475,000 475,000 380,000 350,000

Winchell Thoroughbreds

JS Company Pin Oak

Safwah f. Belle Hill c. Trensa c. Funfair c. Rubina f.

Tap Roots for Lee Lewis BC Stables LLC. Peter Fahey/SBS Global G. O'Connor for John Stewart 350,000

Flying the Colors f.

350,000 330,000 325,000 325,000

Trevor Smith Yashim Oto Yasushi Dr Masatake Lida

Family Meeting f.

Sky Mesa

STAKES PERFORMERS BY AMERICAN PHAROAH INCLUDE: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM

GRADE

ABOVE THE CURVE AMERICAN THEOREM AS TIME GOES BY CAFÉ PHAROAH HARVEY'S LIL GOIL MARKETSEGMENTATION FORBIDDEN KINGDOM FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VAN GOGH SWEET MELANIA WINDOW SHOPPING AMERICAN APPLE PROMISEHER AMERICA MAVEN MERNEITH PISTA

Galileo Dehere Maria's Mon

Rahy

Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3

Theatrical Rubiano Miswaki Storm Cat Arch

More Than Ready Medaglia d'Oro Sadler's Wells Five Star Day More Than Ready Tapit Discreet Cat Clever Trick Tapit Marquetry War Front Scat Daddy Scat Daddy Galileo Cat Thief Danehill El Corredor Mineshaft Ghostzapper Giant's Causeway Giant's Causeway Medaglia d'Oro Any Given Saturday Unbridled's Song Flatter Galileo

Master Derby Mt Livermore Distant View Grindstone Storm Cat Gone West Graeme Hall Holy Bull Majestic Light Sea of Secrets

SKYGAZE TURNED ASIDE JODY’S PRIDE MACKINNON

Dewan

Lemon Drop Kid Speightstown Proud Citizen Ahonoora

Gr.1-pl LW Gr.1-pl LW Gr.1-pl LW Gr.1-pl LW Gr.2-pl LW Gr.3-pl LW Gr.3-pl LW Gr.3-pl LW

OCEAN ATLANTIQUE PIONEERING SPIRIT ANOTHER MIRACLE HUDSON RIDGE

Hussonet Dehere Dayjur

THANKFUL WILLOW

Show'em Slew Sadler's Wells

DANON PHARAOH DISCO PHAROAH FI FI PHAROAH

Sir Cat Halo

LW LW LW

Two Punch

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KENTUCKY PHAROAH KING OF MIAMI

Strut The Stage Afleet Alex

Trajectory Alydeed Hennessy Rahy

LW LW LW LW LW LW

PER AA REFRAME

City Zip Tapit

TAHOE SUNRISE TRUST OUR JOURNEY MONARCH OF EGYPT

Tale of the Cat A.P. Warrior

Louis Quatorze French Deputy Spectrum Dansili Seattle Slew El Prado Distorted Humor Unbridled’s Song Green Dancer

Galileo Montjeu

Gr.1-pl Gr.1-pl Gr.2-pl Gr.2-pl Gr.2-pl Gr.2-pl Gr.3-pl Gr.3-pl Gr.3-pl

NICEST BIG LAKE BLING

Student Council Fort Larned Giant’s Causeway Paddy O’Prada Saint Ballado Latent Heat

HIGHLAND GRACE PHAROAH’S WINE PRINCESA CAROLINE THINKING OF YOU ROYAL ACT

Lord Avie

Galileo

Rahy

MATING SUGGESTIONS: A Champion at two and three, in addition to winning the Triple Crown and becoming Horse of the Year, American Pharoah showed all the talent, versatility, durability and courage which entitle him to considerable respect as a stallion. He quickly proved his worth when he earned the title of Champion First-Crop Sire and, with five crops of racing age, he ranks sixth on the Leading Sires table in 2023 (to early November). American Pharoah’s bloodlines make him a particularly valuable outcross. Mr Prospector is back in the sixth generation of his foals and his pedigree is free of A.P. INDY , SEATTLE SLEW , DANZIG , SADLER’S WELLS , DEPUTY MINISTER , ROBERTO and HALO . Even STORM CAT is in the fourth generation of his foals and FAPPIANO in the fifth, allowing second lines. His Gr.1-winning half-sister Chasing Yesterday is by TAPIT , so it is hardly surprising that daughters of TAPIT are playing a part in his success story. Eight of his first nine starters out of TAPIT mares are winners, including Gr.1 winner Harvey’s Lil Goil, 2023 Gr.2 winner Window Shopping and Japanese Listed winner Reframe. American Pharoah also has Stakes winners out of mares by A.P. Indy’s sons FLATTER , A.P. WARRIOR and MINESHAFT . Daughters of BERNARDINI have 13% SWs with Pioneerof The Nile, including Gr.1 winner Matareya. American Pharoah’s 2023 Gr.3 winner Promiseher America is out of an UNBRIDLED’S SONG mare and is therefore inbred 4x3 to UNBRIDLED . American Pharoah’s first GSW, the speedy Maven, was out of a grand-daughter of DISTORTED HUMOR , while his smart Japanese dirt horse Danon Pharaoh is out of a grand-daughter of MR. GREELEY . He also has the Gr.2 winner Forbidden Kingdom out of a grand-daughter of CARSON CITY . American Pharoah when mated with a SADLER’S WELLS mare produced the Gr.1 2YO winner Van Gogh. American Pharoah’s first 19 starters out of GALILEO mares include Gr.1 winner Above The Curve and Gr.2 winner Pista. He also hit the Gr.1 target with MEDAGLIA D’ORO mares, thanks to 2023 New York S. winner Marketsegmentation. More mares by GALILEO , EL PRADO , MEDAGLIA D’ORO and KITTEN’S JOY are called for. American Pharoah is successful with the HAIL TO REASON line siring the Gr.2 winner Four Wheel Drive and the Japanese Gr.1 dirt winner Café Pharoah from daughters of MORE THAN READY . Mares by sons of Storm Cat create only 4x3 to STORM CAT . GIANT’S CAUSEWAY is broodmare sire of American Pharoah’s Gr.1-placed son Pioneering Spirit and his Grade 1 performer Ocean Atlantique, while his Gr.2 winner Sweet Melania has a dam by STORM CAT’s grandson DISCREET CAT and is therefore inbred 4x4, as are the Gr.3 winners Promiseher America and Turned Aside. His Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup runner-up Jody’s Pride has a dam by SCAT DADDY and a grandam by SPEIGHTSTOWN making her inbred 4x5x5 to STORM CAT . The Gr.1 winner Marketsegmentation and Gr.2 winner Pista have second dams by STORM CAT and are therefore inbred 4x3. His Gr.1 winner As Time Goes By has a dam by DEHERE and his Listed winner Fi Fi Pharoah is out of a GHOSTZAPPER mare, making the DEPUTY MINISTER line a worthy option. American Pharoah could thrive with DANZIG line mares. His speedy son Turned Aside has a dam by WAR FRONT . 9

Unbeaten Champion 2YO by QUALITY ROAD . Won Breeders’ Cup Juvenile-Gr.1 & American Pharoah S.-Gr.1 . Height: 16.0 I Won from 5½f. to 1 1 / 16 m.

❝ In capping a three-race undefeated season with a clear victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), the son of multiple Grade 1 winner Quality Road earned the 2021 Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old male. ❞

Corniche records a comfortable victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile-Gr.1 despite being drawn 11 of 11.

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CORNICHE Bay Horse; foaled 2019

Gone West Touch of Greatness Strawberry Road (AUS) Winglet

Elusive Quality......................

Quality Road..........................

Kobla ....................................

CORNICHE

Runaway Groom Line Command Greinton (GB) Anniversary Wish

Najran....................................

Wasted Tears ........................ (2005)

Wishes and Roses................

By QUALITY ROAD (2006). Black-type winner of $2,232,830, Woodward S. [G1] (SAR, $450,000), etc. Among the leading sires, sire of 10 crops of racing age, 988 foals, 747 starters, 78 black-type winners, 546 winners of 1614 races and earning $97,692,374, 4 champions, including Abel Tas man ($2,793,385, Longines Kentucky Oaks [G1] (CD, $564,200), etc.), Corniche ($1,263,500, Breeders' Cup Juvenile [G1] (DMR, $1,040,000), etc.), Caledonia Road [G1] (3 wins, $1,307,800), and of City of Light [G1] . 1st dam WASTED TEARS , by Najran. 12 wins in 22 starts, 2 to 6, $941,463, John C. Mabee S. [G2] (DMR, $150,000), Jenny Wiley S. [G2] (KEE, $120,000), Ouija Board Distaff H. [G3] (LS, $122,000), Ouija Board Distaff H. [G3] (LS, $120,000)-ncr, mi. in 1:32 4/5, Ouija Board Distaff S. [G3] (LS, $119,000), Honey Fox S. [G3] (GP, $60,000), 2nd Matriarch S. [G1] (HOL, $50,000), M2 Technology La Senorita S. [L] (RET, $20,000), 3rd John C. Mabee S. [G2] (DMR, $30,000). Dam of 7 foals, 6 to race, all winners, including-- CORNICHE (c. by Quality Road). Champion, below. Coffee Crush (f. by Medaglia d'Oro). Winner at 2 and 4, $123,000, 3rd Plenty of Grace S. (AQU, $12,000). 2nd dam WISHES AND ROSES , by Greinton (GB). 3 wins in 6 starts at 2 and 3, $61,315, Breeders' Cup Rascal S. (RD, $25,890), etc. Dam of 5 winners, incl.-- WASTED TEARS (f. by Najran). Black-type winner, above. WISHINGITWAS (g. by Sandpit (BRZ)). 6 wins, 2 to 6, $273,870, D. R. Hor ton Metroplex Mile S. [L] (LS, $60,000), Chick Lang Jr. Memorial S. (RET, $24,000), No Le Hace S. (RET, $21,000), 2nd Colorado Derby [L] (ARP, $15,000), 3rd Sunland Park H. [L] (SUN, $10,795), Lure S. [L] (GP, $8,250), Remington Green S. (RP, $5,500). ALMOST CERTAIN (g. by Favorite Trick). 4 wins at 2 and 4, $210,385, Ketel One El Joven S. [L] (RET, $60,000), 2nd Edward J. Debartolo Sr. Memorial Breeders' Cup H. [L] (RP, $30,000), Prelude S. [L] (LAD, $20,000), 3rd Alysheba Breeders' Cup S. (LS, $11,000), Bob Johnson Memorial S. (LS, $5,500), Nevill/Kyocera S.-R (LS, $4,400). 3rd dam ANNIVERSARY WISH , by Beau's Eagle. 3 wins, $75,300, Fleet Treat S.-R (DMR, $26,950). Sister to EAGLE CROWN [L], Eagle's Music [LR]. Dam of-- BULLY BONES . 5 wins, $236,206, Sorrento S. [G3] (DMR, $90,000), etc. Other black-type winners: APPROVANCE (5 wins, Total: $72,264, Bluebird Platinum S. [L]), WISHES AND ROSES (above). RACE RECORD: At 2, champion 2-year-old colt, 3 wins (Breeders' Cup Ju venile [G1] (DMR, $1,040,000), American Pharoah S. [G1] (SA, $180,000)) in 3 starts; at 3, unplaced in 1 start. Earned $1,263,500.

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LEADING WINNERS BY CORNICHE'S SIRE QUALITY ROAD: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM

GRADE

ABEL TASMAN BELLAFINA BLEECKER STREET CALEDONIA ROAD CITY OF LIGHT CORNICHE EMBLEM ROAD DUNBAR ROAD HOOTENANNY ILLUMINANT NATIONAL TREASURE KLIMT SPRING QUALITY AGATE ROAD ASPRAY ASTRONAUT BLOFELD CORE BELIEFS FRIAR'S ROAD CAPTAIN SCOTTY FRANK CONVERSATION HIGH RIDGE ROAD ROAD TO VICTORY COWBOY CULTURE PAVED CAIRO ROADSTER SALTY

Deputy Minister Malibu Moon Exchange Rate Dixie Union Bernardini Bernardini Hennessy Dixie Union Medaglia d'Oro Silver Ghost Dixie Union Deputy Minister Gemologist Polish Numbers Devil's Bag Cozzene Tiznow Galileo Smart Strike Hennessy Hennessy Ghostzapper Dixie Union Salt Lake Scat Daddy Broken Vow French Deputy Sea The Stars Tabasco Cat Dehere Najran Galileo Acatenango Storm Cat Aggressive Chief Tactical Advantage Unusual Heat Giant's Causeway

Wheatly Hall Not For Love Lemon Drop Kid Horse Chestnut Somethingfabulous Greinton Chester House Unbridled Sunny Clime Storm Cat Mt Livermore Red Ransom Crafty Prospector Val de l'Orne Lemon Drop Kid Capote

Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3

Spectrum Nebos

Pleasant Colony Pleasant Tap Crested Wave Mr Prospector Believe It Affirmed

Mining Cozzene Danehill Capote

DR POST GREAT STUFF GUEST SUITE HIGH VELOCITY INTEGRATION LONELY ROAD LONG HAUL BAY MISSED THE CUT HOPKINS

Crafty Prospector Seeking The Gold Dynaformer Saratoga Six Dehere

Sky Mesa Silver Hawk Mr Leader Piccolo Linkage

PRINCESS LA QUINTA

MATING SUGGESTIONS: When the votes were tallied for the 2021 Eclipse Award for 2-year-old male, Corniche was declared a runaway winner, with 214 votes compared to 12 for his nearest rival. This wide margin of success reflected the impressive nature of Corniche’s first season. His potential was so obvious when he breezed a furlong in :10 flat at the Ocala Breeders’ sale in April that his price soared to a sale-topping $1,500,000 . Corniche was to repay most of that outlay in winning his three two-year-old starts, starting with an easy win over 5½ furlongs at Del Mar in September. Less than four weeks later Corniche had earned Gr.1-winner status, with a dominant display in the American Pharoah Stakes. Drawn 11 of 11 in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Corniche 12

was fast enough to clear the field by the first turn and he maintained his speed to remain unbeaten. Although Corniche excelled on dirt, he has a pedigree which should allow him to sire smart winners on all surfaces. Twenty of his dam Wasted Tears’ 22 starts were on turf, on which she won 12 times, including five times at Graded Stakes level. His sire Quality Road did even better. Out of the first two only twice in a 13-race career, Quality Road was versatile enough to set a track record over 6½ furlongs and two more over a mile and an eighth. He has done so well, with 15 Gr.1 winners in his early crops, that he is now one of Kentucky’s most in-demand stallions. Bearing in mind that recent winners of the Eclipse Award for 2-year-old male include Uncle Mo, American Pharoah, Nyquist and Good Magic, Corniche can be expected to pass on his considerable ability. His pedigree allows him endless options. For example, his pedigree is free of such as A.P. INDY , TAPIT , CANDY RIDE , SMART STRIKE , CURLIN , DANZIG , WAR FRONT , STORM CAT , GIANT’S CAUSEWAY , MEDAGLIA D'ORO , INDIAN CHARLIE , AWESOME AGAIN and DISTORTED HUMOR , and he has only one line of MR PROSPECTOR , who will be in the fifth generation of his foals’ pedigrees. His sire Quality Road has enjoyed marked success with STORM CAT blood, siring Graded winners from daughters of STORM CAT , HENNESSY (3), TABASCO CAT , GIANT’S CAUSEWAY and SCAT DADDY . He has also thrived with daughters of DIXIE UNION , broodmare sire of three of his Gr.1 winners, including KLIMT . Quality Road has Gr.1 winners out of grand-daughters of A.P. INDY , including two out of mares by BERNARDINI and another out of a MALIBU MOON mare. DEPUTY MINISTER mares had two Gr.1 winners, including champion Abel Tasman, among their small number of foals by Quality Road, who also sired the top-class City of Light from a mare by Deputy Minister’s son DEHERE . Quality Road also owes two of his Gr.1 winners to grand-daughters of DANZIG , with Bleecker Street having a dam by EXCHANGE RATE and Illuminant being out of a POLISH NUMBERS mare. The SADLER’S WELLS line must also be considered for Corniche. Quality Road’s 2023 Preakness Stakes winner National Treasure has a dam by MEDAGLIA D’ORO , and Quality Road’s first 13 starters out of mares by GALILEO include two Graded/Group winners. ❝ He's physically

Corniche wins the American Pharoah Stakes-Gr.1 by a wide margin and in a faster time than leading young sire Nyquist .

spectacular and he's got the pedigree ❞ Marette Farrell , purchaser of Corniche for a sale-topping $1.5m at OBS April on behalf of Peter Fluor & Speedway Stable “Standing for less than 100k, Corniche is the best physical fi rst-season stud I’ve seen…. Champion 2YO, by a leading sire... pro fi les well to get off the mark with early 2YOs” Tom Ryan on Twitter, November 2022

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Gr.1-winning sprinter like his sire SPEIGHTSTOWN . Half-brother to Champion 2YO Filly ECHO ZULU . Height: 16.0½ I Won from 6f. to 7f.

❝ Echo Town swung out wide turning for home and swiftly inhaled the top three in mid-stretch, charging clear to a dominant 3½ length victory. ❞

Echo Town wins the H. Allen Jerkens Stakes -Gr.1 at Saratoga by 3½ lengths

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ECHO TOWN Bay Horse; foaled 2017

Mr. Prospector Secrettame Storm Cat Silken Doll Harlan Anne Campbell Eastern Echo Kashie West

Gone West ............................

Speightstown ........................

Silken Cat..............................

ECHO TOWN

Menifee ................................

Letgomyecho ........................ (2002)

Echo Echo Echo....................

By SPEIGHTSTOWN (1998). Champion sprinter, black-type winner of $1,258,-256, Breeders' Cup Sprint [G1] (LS, $551,200), etc. Among the leading sires, sire of 16 crops of racing age, 1471 foals, 1177 starters, 138 black-type winners, 907 winners of 3338 races and earning $154,167,447, 6 champions, including Lady Speightspeare (7 wins, $807,645, Natalma S. [G1] (WO, $150,000(CAN)), etc.), and of Charlatan (4 wins, $4,047,200, Arkansas Derby [G1] (OP, $300,000), etc.), Rock Fall [G1] ($749,180). 1st dam LETGOMYECHO , by Menifee. 3 wins in 4 starts at 3, $136,200, Stonerside For ward Gal S. [G2] (GP, $90,000). Half-sister to SOUNDWAVE ($177,270, Monmouth Park Futurity-R (MTH, $98.920), etc.), Northern Iowa ($165,860), Balaagha [L] (Total: $41,439). Dam of 13 foals, 11 to race, 9 winners, incl.- ECHO ZULU (f. by Gun Runner). 9 wins in 11 starts, 2 to 4, 2023, $2,640,- 375, champion 2-year-old filly, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies [G1] (DMR, $1,040,000), Ballerina H. [G1] (SAR, $275,000), Frizette S. [G1] (BEL, $220,000), Spinaway S. [G1] (SAR, $165,000), Twinspires.com Fair Grounds Oaks [G2] (FG, $240,000), Honorable Miss H. [G2] (SAR, $110,- 000), Dogwood S. [G3] (CD, $169,500), Winning Colors S. [G3] (CD, $139,000), 2nd Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint [G1] (KEE, $170,000). ECHO TOWN (c. by Speightstown). Black-type winner, below. J BOYS ECHO (c. by Mineshaft). Winner at 2 and 3, $377,543, Gotham S. [G3] (AQU, $180,000), 3rd Withers S. [G3] (AQU, $25,000). Unbridled Outlaw (g. by Unbridled's Song). 6 wins, 2 to 7, $253,478, 3rd Iroquois S. [G3] (CD, $14,100). Dragic (f. by Broken Vow). Winner at 2, $104,350, 3rd Futurity S. [L] (BEL, $18,000), Kentucky Downs Juvenile S. (KD, $37,600). Repeat (f. by Bernardini). Placed at 3, $4,105. Dam of 3 winners, including-- Shooters Shoot (g. by Competitive Edge). 3 wins at 3 and 4, placed at 6, 2023, $293,735, 2nd Triple Bend S. [G2] (SA, $40,000), Palos Verdes S. [G3] (SA, $40,000). Distorted Echo (f. by Distorted Humor). Unraced. Dam of 2 winners-- Deputy's Echo (g. by Badge of Silver). 6 wins, 2 to 9, $267,918, 2nd Curribot H. (SUN, $15,000), Winsham Lad H. (SUN, $13,000), Veter ans S. (ZIA, $11,000), 3rd Zia Park Championship H. [L] (ZIA, $15,000), Mine That Bird Overnight S. (SUN, $10,000). Essenza (f. by Langfuhr). 7 wins at 3 and 4, 62,839 new sol, in Peru, 2nd Clasico Gustavo Luna Vertiz [L]. (Total: $18,774). RACE RECORD: At 2, unraced; at 3, four wins (Runhappy H. Allen Jerkens S. [G1] (SAR, $165,000)), twice 2nd (Woody Stephens S. [G1] (BEL, $50,000), Bachelor S. [L] (OP, $20,000)), twice 3rd (Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix S. [G2] (KEE, $20,000)). Earned $410,020.

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SALES YEARLINGS FROM ECHO TOWN'S FIRST CROP INCLUDED: DAM/SEX SIRE OF DAM PURCHASER US$ Country Cafe f. Lion Heart BCE Stables 150,000 Night Market f. Midnight Lute Tony Mills 120,000 Cave In c. Mineshaft Kathryn Martin 90,000 Munjazaat c. Daaher Anthony Farrior 85,000 Neom f. Mineshaft Grassroots Training/Sales 80,000 Re Entry c. Malibu Moon Eddie Woods 75,000 Flotus f. Eskendereya Grassroots Training/Sales 72,000 Hard Headed Temper c. Hard Spun Andy Simoff 70,000 Wicked Speed f. Macho Uno Fred Schwartz 70,000 GSWS BY ECHO TOWN'S SIRE SPEIGHTSTOWN INCLUDE: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM GRADE CHARLATAN Quiet American Deputy Minister Gr.1 COMPETITIONOFIDEAS Medaglia d'Oro Devil His Due Gr.1 DANCE TO BRISTOL Louis Quatorze Riva Ridge Gr.1 ECHO TOWN Menifee Eastern Echo Gr.1 FLAGSTAFF A.P. Indy Indian Charlie Gr.1 FORCE THE PASS Dynaformer Irgun Gr.1 GOLDEN TICKET Deputy Minister Devil's Bag Gr.1 HAYNESFIELD Tejabo Apalachee Gr.1 JERSEY TOWN Belong To Me Valid Appeal Gr.1 LADY SPEIGHTSPEARE Theatrical That's A Nice Gr.1 LEXITONIAN Tapit Exchange Rate Gr.1 LIGHTHOUSE BAY Seeking The Gold General Meeting Gr.1 LORD SHANAKILL Theatrical Blushing Groom Gr.1 MONA DE MOMMA Linkage Reviewer Gr.1 MOZU SUPERFLARE Belong To Me Valid Appeal Gr.1 OLYMPIAD Medaglia d'Oro A.P. Indy Gr.1 POSEIDON'S WARRIOR Smarten Bold Favorite Gr.1 PRINCE OF MONACO Medaglia d'Oro American Chance Gr.1 REYNALDOTHEWIZARD Meadowlake Dixieland Band Gr.1 ROCK FALL Medaglia d'Oro Capote Gr.1 SEEK AGAIN Danehill Blushing Groom Gr.1 SHARING Pleasantly Perfect Smart Strike Gr.1 SHIRL'S SPEIGHT Perfect Soul That's A Nice Gr.1 SWITZERLAND Indian Charlie Pine Bluff Gr.1 TAMARKUZ Lemon Drop Kid Storm Bird Gr.1 SHE'S HAPPY Sadler's Wells Cadeaux Genereux Gr.1 BAPAK CHINTA Maria's Mon Desert Wine Gr.2 BENNER ISLAND Awesome Again Theatrical Gr.2 CENTRAL BANKER Go For Gin Halo Gr.2 FAST BULLET Dayjur Rajab Gr.2 FROSTMOURNE Theatrical Halo Gr.2 HEART STEALER Distorted Humor Saratoga Six Gr.2 MUNNINGS Holy Bull Lord At War Gr.2 PASSION FOR ACTION Stormy Atlantic Dehere Gr.2 QURBAAN Zieten Vernon Castle Gr.2 16

SAN HUBERTO

Rail Link

Night Shift

Gr.2

MATING SUGGESTIONS: As many as five sons of Speightstown, including the consistently progressive Munnings, have sired northern hemisphere Gr.1 winners so the omens look good for Echo Town, who became a Gr.1 winner when he decisively landed the H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga. That victory was the fourth of Echo Town’s career and he was also second in the Gr.1 Woody Stephens Stakes. Echo Town is one of several Graded winners by Speightstown with inbreeding to Storm Cat. Speightstown is out of a daughter of Storm Cat and Echo Town’s second line comes via his Gr.2-winning dam Letgomyecho, who is by a son of Harlan, sire of the very successful Harlan’s Holiday and grandsire of Champion Sire Into Mischief. Letgomyecho has a second Gr.1 winner to her credit in 2021’s Champion 2YO filly Echo Zulu (by Gun Runner). As a leading winner over seven furlongs, Echo Town has a similar profile to Munnings, Speightstown’s most successful stallion son. Echo Town’s female line has produced stakes winners to two sons of A.P. INDY , so it is very relevant that Munnings has sired the Gr.2 winners Finite and Bonny South from daughters of TAPIT , as well as a Gr.3 winner from an A.P. INDY mare. His statistics stand at 14% SWs from TAPIT mares and 25% from A.P. INDY mares. Munnings also has 43% SWs among his seven foals out of mares by A.P. INDY’s son FLATTER and his five starters out of mares by BERNARDINI include Gr.2 winner Scaramouche. MR PROSPECTOR will be back in the fourth generation of Echo Town’s foals. This allows plenty of options for mares with Mr Prospector blood, as Speightstown has several good performers inbred either 3x3 or 3x4 to MR PROSPECTOR , including Travers Stakes winner Golden Ticket, Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Tamarkuz, dual Gr.1 winner Charlatan, Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Olympiad and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Sharing. Munnings has the Gr.2 winner Venetian Harbor out of a daughter of STREET CRY , while the very talented Jack Christopher is out of a grand-daughter of UNBRIDLED’S SONG and 2YO Gr.1 winner EDA has a dam by LEMON DROP KID . Speightstown has Graded winners out of daughters of STORMY ATLANTIC , GIANT’S CAUSEWAY and CATIENUS which are inbred 3x3 to STORM CAT . Munnings sired his first Gr.1 winner, I’m A Chatterbox, from a grand-daughter of DANZIG and the Gr.3 winner Munny Spunt is from a HARD SPUN mare. Mares from the DANZIG male line should also suit Echo Town. Speightstown sired the Gr.1 winners Jersey Town and Seek Again from mares by BELONG TO ME and DANEHILL . Munnings has a Gr.2 winner with a dam by EL PRADO and he also has four black-type winners with mares by MEDAGLIA D’ORO , who also sired the dam of Speightstown’s 2023 2YO Gr.1 winner Prince of Monaco. Altogether Speightstown has 6% Gr.1 winners among his foals out of MEDAGLIA D’ORO mares. Speightstown sired the Travers Stakes winner Golden Ticket from a DEPUTY MINISTER mare and Munnings has Stakes winners with mares by SALT LAKE and SILVER DEPUTY . BLUSHING GROOM sired the second dams of Speightstown’s Gr.1 winners Seek Again and Lord Shanakill, and Speightstown also has Stakes winners out of daughters of RAHY , MT LIVERMORE , RAINBOW QUEST and PEAKS AND VALLEYS . Speightstown has two Stakes winners out of INDIAN CHARLIE mares, including the speedy Gr.1 winner Switzerland. Daughters of UNCLE MO should therefore suit Echo Town.

❝ with a furlong remaining he roared into contention under jockey Ricardo Santana. Gobbling up ground like he’d just joined the race, Echo Town drew clear strongly down the lane to score by 3½ lengths ❞ Brisnet.com after his dominant win in the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes

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Brilliant Gr.1 Travers Stakes winner by NOT THIS TIME . Earned the highest Beyer for a 3YO on dirt in 2022. Bred on a similar cross to GUN RUNNER . Height: 16.2 I Won from 1m. to 1¼m.

❝ Epicenter was simply spectacular in the Travers. He’d always been consistently good. Today he was great. Champion ❞ Jeff Siegel on Twitter

Dominates the Travers Stakes-Gr.1 , scoring by 5¼ lengths from Gr.1 winners Cyberknife , Zandon and Rich Strike . It was the fastest winning time since 1979 with the exception of Arrogate .

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EPICENTER Bay Horse; foaled 2019

Storm Cat Mariah's Storm Trippi Yada Yada Ride the Rails Candy Girl

Giant's Causeway ................

Not This Time........................

Miss Macy Sue ....................

EPICENTER

Candy Ride (ARG) ................

Silent Candy.......................... (2007)

King of Kings (IRE) Soundproof (IRE)

Silent Queen..........................

By NOT THIS TIME (2014). Black-type winner of $454,183, Iroquois S. [G3] (CD, $90,210), etc. Sire of 4 crops of racing age, 372 foals, 257 starters, 30 black-type winners, 168 winners of 509 races and earning $29,765,- 144, 2 champions, including Epicenter ($2,940,639, Runhappy Travers S. [G1] (SAR, $670,000), etc.), and of Up to the Mark ($1,831,050, Coolmore Turf Mile S. [G1] (KEE, $589,000), etc.), Sibelius (6 wins, $1,670,351, Nak heel Dubai Golden Shaheen [G1] , etc.), Just One Time [G1] ($583,995). 1st dam SILENT CANDY , by Candy Ride (ARG). 5 wins at 2 and 3, $182,208, Hatoof S. (AP, $37,380), 2nd Lady Canterbury S. [L] (CBY, $15,000), 3rd Pucker Up S. [G3] (AP, $10,560). Dam of 8 foals, 6 to race, 4 winners, including-- EPICENTER (c. by Not This Time). Champion, below. 2nd dam SILENT QUEEN, by King of Kings (IRE). Winner at 3, $15,440. Dam of-- SILENT CANDY (f. by Candy Ride (ARG)). Black-type winner, above. Quite a Handful (c. by Mutakddim). 5 wins, 2 to 6, $284,297, 2nd Oliver S. [L] (IND, $40,608), Honor Glide S. (AP, $10,480), 3rd Hawthorne Derby [G3] (HAW, $20,900), Edward J. Debartolo Memorial H. [L] (RP, $13,750). Set ntr at Horseshoe Indianapolis, 1 mi. 70 yds. in 1:39 1/5. Set ncr. Sire. 3rd dam SOUNDPROOF (IRE), by Ela-Mana-Mou. 4 wins, 2 to 4, € 37,375, in Ireland. (Total: $44,721). Dam of 8 other winners, including-- TEST BOY . 4 wins at 2 and 4, $127,949, in N.A./U.S., Remington MEC Mile S. [L] (RP, $45,000), Centennial S. (RP, $24,000), etc.; 5 wins, 4 to 6, $283,940, in Canada, Speed to Spare S. [L] (NP, $62,600), Don Fleming H. [L] (NP, $45,000), etc. Etr at Stampede Park, mi. in 1:35 4/5. (Total: $395,072). 4th dam HOBE SOUND (IRE), by Busted. 5 wins at 3 in England. Half-sister to Tetron Bay (GB) [Q]. Dam of 12 foals, 11 to race, 9 winners, including-- RECORD SOUND . Winner at 2 in Italy, Premio Avvocato Amedeo Peyron [L], 3rd Premio Giuseppe de Montel [L]; winner in 1 start at 2, € 5,259, in Ireland. Sound Beauty. Winner at 3, ¥5,520,000, in Japan. (Total: $39,870). Dam of TAIKI HERAKLES (Total: $1,469,341, Derby Grand Prix [LR], Nagoya Yushun [LR], etc.). Great-granddam of Sigerunokogirizame [G3] (Total: $601,151). RACE RECORD: At 2, two wins (Gun Runner S. (FG, $60,000)) in 3 starts; at 3, champion 3-year-old colt, 4 wins (Runhappy Travers S. [G1] (SAR, $670,000), Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby [G2] (FG, $600,000)-ntr, 1 3/16 mi. in 1:54 1/5, Jim Dandy S. [G2] (SAR, $330,000), Risen Star S. [G2] (FG, $240,000)), 3 times 2nd (Kentucky Derby [G1] (CD, $600,000), Preakness S. [G1] (PIM, $330,000), Lecomte S. [G3] (FG, $40,000)) in 8 starts. Totals: 6 wins, 3 times 2nd in 11 starts. Earned $2,940,639.

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LEADING WINNERS BY EPICENTER’S SIRE NOT THIS TIME: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM

GRADE

EPICENTER JUST ONE TIME PRINCESS NOOR UP TO THE MARK SIBELIUS

Candy Ride Speightstown

King of Kings

Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3

Oh Say A.P. Jet Capote

Wilko Pulpit

Mt Livermore

Ghostzapper Empire Maker Awesome Again Candy Ride Saintly Look Cape Town Midnight Lute Smart Strike Indian Charlie Paddy O'Prado Street Sense Medaglia d'Oro Mineshaft Broken Vow Tapit Gold Fever Macho Uno Alphabet Soup Friends Lake Pioneerof the Nile Thunder Gulch City Zip A.P. Indy Street Hero Belgravia Awesome Again Super Saver Dixie Union More Than Ready High Cotton Arch Curlin

ARZAK GIGANTE NEXT COGBURN EASY TIME

American Chance Known Fact Alphabet Soup Saint Ballado Frosty The Snowman Saint Ballado Dixieland Band Conquistador Cielo Stravinsky Tale of the Cat Honour And Glory Storm Creek Hussonet The Minstrel Alphabet Soup Lear Fan Storm Cat Nureyev Star Gallant Strawberry Road Forest Wildcat Mineshaft Sultry Song Lost Soldier Street Cry Meadowlake Closing Argument Rahy Tapit Twining Nureyev

SIMPLIFICATION

MIDNIGHT STROLL YES THIS TIME SACRED WISH AEGEAN FINALE AIN'T LIFE GRAND LAST LEAF COPPELIA GAME TIME HOWLING TIME BOUT TIME CARA'S TIME DIRTY DANGLE DR BLUTE EXCELLENT TIMING NORTH COUNTY ONE MORE KELLY SECRET LOVE SOY TAPATIO FIRE ON TIME IN DUE TIME PROCRASTINATION CHASING TIME HOPEFUL PRINCESS KING'S OVATION VACAY

Gr.1-pl LW Gr.2-pl LW Gr.3-pl LW Gr.3-pl LW Gr.3-pl LW Gr.3-pl LW Gr.3-pl LW

LW LW LW LW LW LW LW LW LW LW

Gr.2-pl Gr.2-pl Gr.2-pl Gr.3-pl Gr.3-pl Gr.3-pl

MATING SUGGESTIONS: During his career at Ashford Stud, Giant’s Causeway topped the Blood-Horse’s General Sires list three times and rarely finished outside the top four. In the process he was represented by more than 30 northern hemisphere Gr.1 winners and roughly 100 Graded/Group winners. Many of his sons have gone on to sire Gr.1 winners, with Shamardal founding a flourishing dynasty in Europe. Now Giant’s Causeway has another son – the top-class 2YO Not This Time – who promises to do the same in North America. Although all of his first four crops of racing age were sired at only $15,000 or $12,500, Not This Time is already responsible for the highly impressive total of 30 SWs, including five winners at Gr.1 level. He has been North America’s leading second-crop and third-crop sire and is heading for the fourth-crop sire title in 2023. At the early age of eight, he became a top-ten sire in 2022 and he is again a top-ten sire in 2023. 20

Not This Time’s rise to the top has been spearheaded by his top-class son Epicenter. Injured in the last of his 11 starts, this very consistent colt had previously built a record of six wins and three seconds, his only unplaced effort coming on his debut. An impressive winner of the Gun Runner Stakes at two, Epicenter earned the Eclipse Award for Champion 3-Year-Old male with his victories in the Gr.2 Risen Star S., Gr.2 Louisiana Derby, Gr.2 Jim Dandy S. and Gr.1 Travers S. He was also a fine second in the Gr.1 Kentucky Derby and Gr.1 Preakness S. Epicenter is by Not This Time out of a Candy Ride mare as is Simplification, winner of the Gr.2 Fountain of Youth S. and fourth in the Gr.1 Kentucky Derby. They are among Not This Time’s six winners from seven runners out of daughters of Candy Ride. This is significant, because the sensational young stallion Gun Runner is very similarly bred, being by Candy Ride and out of a Giant’s Causeway mare. Not This Time already has Stakes winners out of daughters of A.P. INDY , PULPIT (the Gr.1 winner Sibelius), MINESHAFT , FRIENDS LAKE and TAPIT . The Gr.3 winner Arzak is one of Not This Time’s six runners out of TAPIT mares. Significantly, Gun Runner is another who is enjoying success with mares by PULPIT and TAPIT . Gun Runner’s six Stakes winners out of TAPIT mares include Gr.1 winner Society, Gr.2 winner Wicked Halo and Gr.3 winners Disarm, Il Miracolo and Red Route One. Gun Runner’s Gr.1-winning son Gunite has a 2nd dam by PULPIT . Gun Runner’s first starter out of a mare by A.P. INDY’s son FLATTER is the triple Gr.1 winner Taiba. Epicenter is also well worth trying with mares by MALIBU MOON , another stallion who combined A.P. Indy and Mr Prospector blood. Not This Time has Gr.1 winners out of mares by AWESOME AGAIN’s sons GHOSTZAPPER and WILKO , as well as a Gr.2 winner out of an AWESOME AGAIN mare. This suggests mares with DEPUTY MINISTER blood. Mares by SPEIGHTSTOWN and MUNNINGS should be ideal for Epicenter, as Not This Time’s Gr.1 winner Just One Time has a dam by SPEIGHTSTOWN . He also has a Gr.3 winner out of a SMART STRIKE mare and is showing promise with daughters of CURLIN . EMPIRE MAKER and his son PIONEEROF THE NILE figure among the broodmare sires of Not This Time’s Stakes winners, as do Street Cry’s sons STREET SENSE and STREET HERO . EL PRADO’s sons MEDAGLIA D’ORO and PADDY O’PRADO also rank among the broodmare sires of Not This Time’s Stakes winners. Not This Time has Gr.2 and Gr.3 winners with 2nd dams by SAINT BALLADO , and also has a Gr.3 winner by a son of SAINT BALLADO .

It’s fitting that Epicenter won the race named in Gun Runner’s honor because his pedigree is a mirror image of that 2017 Horse of the Year.

Kentuckyderby.com , after he won the Gun Runner Stakes as a 2YO by 6½ lengths

❝ powered clear to a dominant win over Zozos in a new track record time ❞ ❝ a powerful, last-to-first victory ❞ TDN , after the Jim Dandy Stakes-Gr.2 TDN , after the Louisiana Derby-Gr.2

❝ cruised clear with ease in the lane for a decisive victory ❞ TDN , after the Risen Star Stakes-Gr.2 ❝ Epicenter makes Championship claim with Travers victory ❞ Bloodhorse

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Brilliantly fast at 2, 3 & 4 years. By Gr.1 sire of sires UNCLE MO . His dam is a multiple Stakes winner. Height: 16.1½ I Won from 5f. to 5½f.

Graded Stakes successes including the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint-Gr.1 ( PICTURED ) and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint-Gr.2

❝ Of all the horses I’ve ever trained, he’s the fastest ❞ Wesley Ward 22

GOLDEN PAL Bay Horse; foaled 2018

In Excess (IRE) Soviet Sojourn Arch Dixie Slippers Unbridled's Song Fleet Lady Mutakddim Nannetta

Indian Charlie........................

Uncle Mo..............................

Playa Maya............................

GOLDEN PAL

Midshipman..........................

Lady Shipman ...................... (2012)

Sumthingtotalkabt ................

By UNCLE MO (2008). Champion 2-year-old, black-type winner of $1,606,000, Breeders' Cup Juvenile [G1] (CD, $1,080,000), etc. Among the leading sires, sire of 9 crops of racing age, 1755 foals, 1179 starters, 97 black-type winners, 794 winners of 2169 races and earning $107,690,746, 3 champions, including Nyquist ($5,189,200, Kentucky Derby [G1] (CD, $1,631,600), etc.), and of Bast ($852,200, Del Mar Debu tante S. [G1] (DMR, $180,000), etc.), Golden Pal [G1] ($1,825,131), Mo Donegal [G1] . 1st dam LADY SHIPMAN , by Midshipman. 12 wins in 18 starts, 2 to 4, $830,250, in N.A./U.S., Turf Amazon S. [L] (PRX, $120,000), The Very One S. [L] (PIM, $60,000), Coronation Cup S. (SAR, $60,000), License Fee S. (BEL, $60,000), Smart N Fancy S. (SAR, $60,000)-ncr, 5 1/2 fur. in 1:00 2/5, Stormy Blues S. (PIM, $60,000), Ladies' Turf Sprint S. (GP, $45,105), Crank It Up S. (MTH, $34,200), Klassy Briefcase S. (MTH, $34,200), OBS Sprint S.-R (OTC, $30,000)-ntr, 6 fur. in 1:08 4/5, 2nd Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint [G1] (KEE, $180,000), Buffalo Trace Franklin County S. [L] (KEE, $20,000), 3rd Wait a While S. (BEL, $10,000); winner at 4, $94,000, in Canada, Royal North S. [G3] (WO, $90,000). (Total: $902,387). Sister to Just Talkin . Dam of 2 foals, 1 to race-- GOLDEN PAL (c. by Uncle Mo). Black-type winner, below. 2nd dam SUMTHINGTOTALKABT, by Mutakddim. 5 wins, 3 to 6, $172,123. Dam of-- LADY SHIPMAN (f. by Midshipman). Black-type winner, above. Just Talkin (f. by Midshipman). 3 wins, $221,220, 2nd Ladies' Turf Sprint S. (GP, $33,250), Ladies' Turf Sprint S. (GP, $30,000), 3rd Caress S. [L] (SAR, $24,- 000), Penn Ladies Dash S. (PEN, $10,560), Captiva Island S. (GP, $7,200). 3rd dam NANNETTA , by Falstaff. 5 wins, 3 to 5, $208,100, California Cup Distaff H.-R (SA, $55,000), etc. Half-sister to Starship . Dam of 5 winners, incl.-- RULES OF WAR . 3 wins at 3, $64,730, Richmond Derby Trial H. (HST, $24,000(CAN)). Nanogram . Winner at 3 and 4, $189,672, 2nd Senator Ken Maddy H. [G3] , 3rd Senator Ken Maddy H. [G3] (SA, $13,692). Producer. RACE RECORD: In N.A./U.S. At 2, two wins (Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint [G2] (KEE, $520,000), Skidmore S. (SAR, $46,750)), once 2nd in 3 starts; at 3, three wins (Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint [G1] (DMR, $520,000), Woodford S. [G2] (KEE, $120,000), Quick Call S. [G3] (SAR, $66,000)) in 3 starts; at 4, three wins (Woodford S. [G2] (KEE, $176,700), Shakertown S. [G2] (KEE, $174,375), Troy S. [G3] (SAR, $165,000)) in 4 starts. Totals: 8 wins, once 2nd in 10 starts. Earned $1,811,225. In England. At 2, once 2nd (Norfolk S. [G2] ) in 1 start; at 3 and 4, unplaced in 1 start. Earned £11,195. (Total: $1,825,131).

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GSWS BY GOLDEN PAL'S SIRE UNCLE MO INCLUDE: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM

GRADE

A MO REAY ADARE MANOR ARABIAN KNIGHT DREAM TREE GOLDEN PAL GOMO GULFPORT MO DONEGAL MO FORZA MO TOWN NYQUIST OUTWORK UNBRIDLED MO CELESTIAL CITY ENOLA GAY ENVOUTANTE HARVEST MOON KING GUILLERMO KINGSBARNS YAUPON EPICAL LAOBAN MODERNIST MOKAT MOON COLONY MOPOTISM AUNTIE JOY BYE BYE MELVIN CARRESSA DONNA VELOCE FAMILY WAY FORTY UNDER GIRL DADDY HOT SPRINGS LIFE'S A PARLAY LOST RAVEN MISS MO MENTUM MO' GREEN MO MOSA MO STRIKE MO TOM ROYAL MO ULTRA BRAT NAME CHANGER SOUPER HOITY TOITY BAST FRONT POCKET MONEY

Pioneerof The Nile Giant Gizmo Astrology Afleet Alex Midshipman Elusive Quality Unbridled’s Song Arch Unusual Heat Bernardini Forestry Empire Maker Unbridled Vindication Malibu Moon War Front Bluegrass Cat Deputy Minister Shamardal Dixieland Band Speightstown Bernardini Premiership Carson City Bernardini Forestry Dynaformer Desert God Montjeu Black Tie Affair Fusaichi Pegasus Unbridled's Song Victory Gallop Tale Of The Cat Elusive Quality Giant's Causeway Mineshaft Two Punch Eskendereya Smart Strike Rubiano Northern Afleet Saint Ballado Speightstown Storm Cat Pulpit Tapit

Include Radio Star Forestry St Jovite Mutakddim Capote Tabasco Cat Carson City Cure The Blues Afternoon Deelites Seeking The Gold Holy Bull Topsider Afleet Known Fact Sadler's Wells Red Ransom Unfuwain Seattle Slew Kingmambo Lost Soldier Green Dancer Pleasant Colony French Deputy Mr Prospector Arch Kris S. Tricky Fun Seeking The Gold Holy Bull Norquestor A.P. Indy A.P. Indy Belong To Me Cherokee Colony Summer Squall Dixieland Band Saratoga Six Halo Coronado's Quest Pulpit

Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.1 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.2 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3 Gr.3

Capote Caro

Mister Jolie Seattle Song Unbridled's Song

Diesis

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UNCLE CHUCK UNCLE VINNY

Unbridled's Song Untuttable

Gone West Regal Search

Gr.3 Gr.3

MATING SUGGESTIONS: The quick-maturing Golden Pal proved virtually unbeatable in his home country, recording eight straight victories at the ages of two, three and four. In establishing himself as arguably America’s finest turf sprinter, the explosive son of Uncle Mo wired the field in both the Gr.2 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland and the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar. The dual Breeders’ Cup winner also landed the Gr.3 Quick Call Stakes at Saratoga, two editions of the Gr.2 Woodford Stakes at Keeneland, the Gr.2 Shakertown Stakes at Keeneland and the Gr.3 Troy Stakes at Saratoga. Golden Pal’s dam Lady Shipman won 13 times and set a course record of 1:00.46 for Saratoga’s 5½-furlong turf course. Golden Pal’s broodmare sire Midshipman won the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, as did his sire Uncle Mo, so Golden Pal looks certain to pass on his speed and precocity. Golden Pal shares the same sire, Uncle Mo, as Nyquist, Laoban and Outwork, all of them Gr.1 sires with their early crops. Although Golden Pal and his dam Lady Shipman excelled on turf, there are numerous top-class dirt performers in his pedigree, with all four of his grandparents having won on the main track. Golden Pal should do well with mares by all the successful stallions from the A.P. Indy-Mr Prospector cross, such as PULPIT , MINESHAFT , FLATTER and CONGRATS . Daughters of TAPIT are worth considering as Uncle Mo sired Gr.2 winner Kingsbarns from one. Uncle Mo’s Gr.1 winners such as Yaupon, Mo Donegal, Arabian Knight and Mo Town all have dams by sons of A.P. INDY . BERNARDINI mares are responsible for Gr.2 winners Mopotism and Modernist. Uncle Mo has Gr.2 and Gr.3 winners out of mares by A.P. INDY’s sons MALIBU MOON and MINESHAFT . Uncle Mo’s son Nyquist owes two of his Gr.1 winners to grand-daughters of A.P. Indy, by BERNARDINI and MINESHAFT . Outwork, another son of Uncle Mo, owes his 2023 2YO Gr.1 winner Brightwork to a MALIBU MOON mare. A third son, Laoban, sired a Gr.2 winner from an A.P. INDY mare. Uncle Mo thrives with mares from the MR PROSPECTOR line and there is no reason why Golden Pal shouldn’t follow suit. The GONE WEST branch provided Uncle Mo with Gr.1 winner Gomo and Graded winners Laoban and Souper Hoity Toity. Uncle Mo’s son Nyquist owes his Gr.1 winner Slow Down Andy to a grand-daughter of SMART STRIKE . Mo Town, another of Uncle Mo’s sons, sired a Gr.3 winner from a SMART STRIKE mare and a Listed winner from a CURLIN mare. Another of Nyquist’s Gr.1 winners, Randomized, has a dam by ELUSIVE QUALITY . UNBRIDLED is the broodmare sire of Gr.1 winner Unbridled Mo, while his sons EMPIRE MAKER , UNBRIDLED’S SONG and UNTUTTABLE all rank among the broodmare sires of Uncle Mo’s Graded winners. Gr.1 winner Outwork has an EMPIRE MAKER dam, while 2023 Gr.1 winner A Mo Reay has a dam by PIONEEROF THE NILE . Uncle Mo quickly proved himself with the STORM CAT line, siring the top-class Nyquist and Gr.3 winner Auntie Joy from daughters of FORESTRY (also sire of the 2nd dam of Gr.1 winner Arabian Knight). STORM CAT , GIANT’S CAUSEWAY , BLUEGRASS CAT and TALE OF THE CAT are all among the broodmare sires of Uncle Mo’s Graded winners. There are also Graded winners out of mares by three sons of GIANT’S CAUSEWAY , namely GIANT GIZMO , SHAMARDAL and ESKENDEREYA . In view of Golden Pal’s success on turf, the SADLER’S WELLS line is another likeable option. Uncle Mo has Gr.1 and Gr.2 winners from mares by DIXIELAND BAND , by NUREYEV’s son UNUSUAL HEAT and by DANZIG’s son WAR FRONT . Uncle Mo’s son Laoban sired Gr.1 winner Simply Ravishing from a MORE THAN READY mare. Uncle Mo has Stakes winners with mares by DEPUTY MINISTER , FRENCH DEPUTY and DEFRERE .

Breaking like shot out of a cannon, Golden Pal (Uncle Mo) marked his return to Breeders' Cup competition following a win in 2020 to double up with a score in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. TDN

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One of the best, fastest & most precocious sons of Gun Runner . His fi rst 3 dams are all Stakes winners. Height: 16.1 I Won from 6f. to 7f.

"Gunite turned the tables on familiar rival Elite Power when defeating the reigning champion male sprinter in a tour de force performance” Paulick Report, after the Forego S.-Gr.1

GR.1-WINNER AS A 2YO 1 st Hopeful S.-Gr.1 , 7f, by 5¾ lengths GR.2-WINNING SPRINTER AS A 3YO 1 st Amsterdam S.-Gr.2 , 6½f 2 nd H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S.-Gr.1 , 7f GR.1-WINNING SPRINTER AS A 4YO

1 st Forego S.-Gr.1 , 7f, by 1¾ lengths (above) from Elite Power 2 nd Alfred G. Vanderbilt H.-Gr.1 , 6f, beaten a head by Elite Power 2 nd Breeders’ Cup Sprint-Gr.1 , 6f, to Elite Power

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