Coolmore America Handbook 2020

JUSTIFY Unbeaten Triple Crown winner and the best son of Scat Daddy

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6 AIR FORCE BLUE

$15,000

Triple Gr.1 winning Champion 2YO

10 AMERICAN PHAROAH

Private

An exceptional Freshman sire in 2019

16 CLASSIC EMPIRE

$20,000

Champion 2YO & Gr.1 winner at 3

20 COMPETITIVE EDGE

$12,500

A very exciting Freshman sire in 2019

24 CUPID

$10,000

Impressive Gr.1 winner by Tapit

28 FUSAICHI PEGASUS

$7,500

Gr.1 sire of 77 Stakes winners

32 JUSTIFY

$150,000

Undefeated Triple Crown winner

38 LOOKIN AT LUCKY

$20,000

Sired the Kentucky Derby winner in 2019

42 MENDELSSOHN

$35,000

Gr.1 winner at 2 & Gr.2 winner at 3

48 MO TOWN

$10,000

Gr.2 winner at 2 & Gr.1 winner at 3

52 MUNNINGS

$ 3 0,000

Top sprinter & a proven Gr.1 sire

56 PRACTICAL JOKE

$25,000

Top-class Gr.1 winner at 2 & 3

60 TALE OF THE CAT Proven Gr.1 sire

$15,000

64 UNCLE MO

$125,000

One of the very best sires in America

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Why Triple Crown champs Justify and American Pharoah remain stars By Katherine Terrell, , 3 rd May 2019

… at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, two Triple Crown-winning colts are trying to make their own history… American Pharoah, a Triple Crown winner in 2015, has lived there for four years, and his first foals have already hit the track. In that time, Justify

has come and gone from the track, where he won six races and swept the 2018 Triple Crown before retiring... … After Affirmed won the Triple Crown in 1978, there was a 37-year drought before American Pharoah came along to sweep the series himself. It had been so long that

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it was perceived to be an impossible feat in modern horse racing. Justify, on the other hand, was never beaten... Because he didn't race as a 2-year-old, his feat was also considered almost impossible. … In essence, Justify and American Pharoah are living history. It's no wonder they draw regular visitors. Bob Baffert, who trained both colts, visits whenever he's in Kentucky. Justify's former exercise rider, Humberto Gomez, stopped by for a visit days before this year's Kentucky Derby…

… Considering American Pharoah's sire unexpectedly died this year and Justify's sire also died young, they are worth their weight in gold. … It will be years before American Pharoah and Justify establish a legacy in the breeding shed. If all goes well, they could produce the next generation of great horses. Perhaps one day they will sire a Triple Crown winner of their own.

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Height: 16.1½ I Won from 6f. to 7f.

• The best juvenile by Gr.1 sire of sires War Front . • The only 2YO in Europe since Scat Daddy’s sire Johannesburg in 2001 to win 3 consecutive Gr.1 races. • A Champion 2YO from the family of

Air Force Blue won the Dewhurst Stakes-Gr.1 by 3¼ lengths in a faster time than the top-class Gr.1 sires Frankel , Teofilo , Shamardal etc.

Champion 2YO Flanders & Champion 3YO Surfside .

With a Timeform rating of 128p he is the highest-rated juvenile ever from the Danzig sire line.

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AIR FORCE BLUE Dark Bay or Brown Horse; foaled 2013

Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Rubiano Lara's Star Wavering Monarch Carlotta Maria Seeking the Gold Starlet Storm

Danzig ..................................

War Front ..............................

Starry Dreamer......................

AIR FORCE BLUE

Maria's Mon..........................

Chatham................................ (2004)

Circle of Gold........................

By WAR FRONT (2002). Black-type winner of $424,205, Alfred G. Vanderbilt Breeders' Cup H. [G2] (SAR, $124,920), etc. Among the leading sires, sire of 10 crops of racing age, 750 foals, 578 starters, 87 black-type winners, 414 winners of 1139 races and earning $67,489,818, 3 champions, includ- ing Lines of Battle ($2,647,223 etc.), and of U S Navy Flag [G1] (hwt., $1,341,752), Air Force Blue [G1] (hwt., $844,919, Declaration of War [G1] (hwt., $1,847,489), War of Will ($1,615,569, Preakness S. [G1] . 1st dam Chatham , by Maria's Mon. 3 wins at 2 and 3, $156,431, 2nd Esplanade S. [L] (FG, $20,000), 3rd Instant Racing Breeders' Cup S. [L] (OP, $10,000). Dam of 7 foals, 6 to race, 4 winners, including-- AIR FORCE BLUE (c. by War Front). Black-type winner, below. 2nd dam CIRCLE OF GOLD, by Seeking the Gold. Unraced. Sister to FLANDERS . Dam of-- Chatham (f. by Maria's Mon). Black-type-placed winner, above. Starlight Tiara. Placed at 3, $9,750. Dam of 3 foals to race, 2 winners, incl.-- SURFSIDE TIARA (f. by Scat Daddy). 2 wins at 2, $109,125, Anoakia S. (SA, $44,100). Lost Gold. Unraced. Dam of 2 foals, both winners, including-- MISS DOUBLE D'ORO (f. by Medaglia d'Oro). 3 wins at 3 and 4, $219,242, Arboretum II S. (SA, $47,700), Wine Country S. (SR, $32,950), 2nd Sen- ator Ken Maddy S. [G3] (SA, $20,000), Mizdirection S. (SA, $15,800), 3rd Giant's Causeway S. [L] (KEE, $10,000), Wishing Well S. (SA, $9,252). European Union. Unraced. Dam of 5 foals, 5 to race, 3 winners, incl.-- Trophy Chaser (c. by Twirling Candy). Winner at 2 and 3, 2019, $147,- 400, 2nd Mucho Macho Man S. [L] (GP, $19,800), Street Sense S. (CD, $19,200), 3rd Gallant Bob S. [G2] (PRX, $29,000). 3rd dam STARLET STORM, by Storm Bird. 2 wins in 2 starts at 3, $35,200. Sister to STORM STAR [G3] , half-sister to SYOURINOMEGAMI [L] (Total: $2,- 292,723), Choctaw Ridge [G3] (sire). Dam of 8 winners, including-- FLANDERS . 4 wins in 5 starts at 2, $805,000, champion 2-year-old filly, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies [G1] , etc. Dam of SURFSIDE (8 wins, $1,852,987, champion 3-year-old filly, etc., dam of IRISH SURF [G3] , $278,945; Shark [L], $183,076; granddam of HIGH CELEBRITY [G3] , Total: $134,330), BATTLE PLAN [G2] ($373,143, sire), Flanders Fields ($135,631). Granddam of OPEN WATER [G2] $310,366, dam of RAUCOUS [L], $113,260), HOLY REINA (Total: $37,874), Island Warrior [G3] ($378,950), etc. RACE RECORD: In Ireland. At 2, hwt. colt at 2 on European and Irish Hand., 3 wins (Goffs Vincent O'Brien National S. [G1] , Keeneland Phoenix S. [G1] ) in 3 starts. Earned € 331,420. In England. At 2, one win (Dubai Dewhurst S. [G1] ), once 2nd (Coventry S. [G2] ) in 2 starts. Earned £309,350. (Total: $844,919).

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SALES YEARLINGS FROM HIS FIRST CROP INCLUDED: DAM/SEX SIRE OF DAM PURCHASER US$ ORCHARD BEACH c. Tapit David Redvers B/S 400,000 HIGH FINANCE c. Entrepreneur Blandford B/S 350,000 LAXFIELD ROAD c. Quality Road North Hill Co. 305,000 SECRET AGENDA f. Malibu Moon Speedway Stable 290,000 SENSE OF CLASS c. Fusaichi Pegasus Fozzy Stack 280,000 SECRET CHARM c. Green Desert MV Magnier 275,000 UNION PRAYER c. Dixie Union Andrew Farm/For The People 250,000 GYPSY SAGE f. Hennessy DJ Stable 200,000 NIMUE c. Speightstown Bob Feld B/S 185,000 SURE ROUTE f. Ishiguru Summerplace Farm 160,000 SIRENAGE f. Quality Road Elmrata Investments 140,000 EXCELENTE f. Exceed And Excel Randy Bradshaw 140,000 CRY ME A RIVER f. Danehill Dancer Rockfield Farm/C. McCormack 115,000 GUIDE f. Pulpit Nick Zito 100,000 LEADING WINNERS BY AIR FORCE BLUE'S SIRE WAR FRONT: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM GRADE AIR FORCE BLUE Maria's Mon Seeking The Gold Gr.1 AMERICAN PATRIOT Tiznow Notebook Gr.1 AVENGE Woodman Nijinsky Gr.1 BRAVE ANNA Sadler's Wells Danehill Dancer Gr.1 DATA LINK Known Fact Deputy Minister Gr.1 DECLARATION OF WAR Rahy Gone West Gr.1 FOG OF WAR Galileo Dynaformer Gr.1 HIT IT A BOMB Sadler's Wells Danehill Dancer Gr.1 JACK MILTON Forty Niner Believe it Gr.1 LANCASTER BOMBER Indian Ridge Warning Gr.1 HELENE SUPER STAR Arch His Majesty Gr.1 OMAHA BEACH Seeking The Gold Dehere Gr.1 PEACE AND WAR Smart Strike Gilded Time Gr.1 ROLY POLY Galileo Storm Cat Gr.1 SUMMER SOIREE Mazel Trick Silver Hawk Gr.1 THE FACTOR Miswaki Icecapade Gr.1 U S NAVY FLAG Galileo Storm Cat Gr.1 WAR COMMAND Red Ransom His Majesty Gr.1 WAR FLAG Arch His Majesty Gr.1 WAR OF WILL Sadler's Wells Riverman Gr.1 BASHART Clever Trick Inverness Drive Gr.2 CAMBODIA Smart Strike Known Fact Gr.2 DEPARTING Pulpit Forty Niner Gr.2 HOMESMAN Red Ransom His Majesty Gr.2 ON LEAVE A.P. Indy Spectacular Bid Gr.2 PONTCHATRAIN Housebuster Mr Prospector Gr.2 SOLDAT Coronado's Quest Apalachee Gr.2 SPIRIT OF VALOR Grindstone Known Fact Gr.2 STATE OF PLAY Procida Nijinsky Gr.2 SUMMER FRONT El Prado Cherokee Colony Gr.2 8

WAR DANCER Alydeed Silver Hawk Gr.2 WAR DECREE Street Cry Royal Applause Gr.2 BLITZKRIEG Arch Storm Cat Gr.3 DREAM AWHILE Montjeu Hansel Gr.3 ETOILE Sadler's Wells Darshaan Gr.3 FIRE AWAY Unbridled Private Account Gr.3 HAKAM Arch Smart Strike Gr.3 HAPPEN Sadler's Wells Shirley Heights Gr.3 INTELLIGENCE CROSS Unbridled's Song Jade Hunter Gr.3 JOURNEY HOME A.P. Indy Pleasant Colony Gr.3 LONG ISLAND SOUND Pulpit Kris S. Gr.3 LULL Tiznow Quiet American Gr.3 MUNITIONS Tapit Wild Again Gr.3 NATIVE BOMBSHELL Pulpit Storm Cat Gr.3 PEACE PRESERVER Forty Niner Believe It Gr.3 ROYAL ARTILLERY Dynaformer Mr Prospector Gr.3 WAR CORRESPONDENT Rahy Gone West Gr.3 WAR DISPATCH Unbridled's Song Arch Gr.3 MATING SUGGESTIONS: Excellence as a 2YO has been the hallmark of many of Ashford Stud’s most successful stallions, such as Storm Bird, Giant’s Causeway, Scat Daddy and Uncle Mo. Air Force Blue excelled at that age too and was rated Europe’s best juvenile with a rating of 124, after winning three consecutive Gr.1 races. He took the Phoenix Stakes over six furlongs and both the National Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes over seven. Bred by Arthur Hancock III at Stone Farm Air Force Blue is the best juvenile by War Front, the remarkable son of Danzig who has sired more than 6 per cent Graded/Group winners on his way to becoming the U.S.’s highest-priced stallion in 2019. Air Force Blue’s second dam, Circle of Gold, is a sister to Flanders, America’s Champion 2YO filly of 1994, when she won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. Air Force Blue has the advantage of having none of the SEATTLE SLEW blood which helped Flanders produce the multiple Gr.1 winner and champion Surfside. War Front has Graded winners from mares by A.P. INDY , PULPIT (19 per cent black-type winners) and TAPIT . It was a TAPIT mare which produced a $400,000 colt from Air Force Blue’s first crop while a $290,000 filly is out of a MALIBU MOON mare. War Front has several good winners with two lines to DANZIG , including the Gr.1 winners War Flag, Hit It A Bomb (Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf) and Brave Anna. Air Force Blue should shine with mares from the prolific male line of MR PROSPECTOR . War Front has Gr.1 winners out of mares by FORTY NINER , MISWAKI , SMART STRIKE , WOODMAN and SEEKING THE GOLD . Other sons of War Front have already sired Graded winners from daughters of GULCH , SPEIGHTSTOWN , CITY ZIP , TRIPPI and STREET SENSE . War Front has four SW’s from his first 26 foals out of UNBRIDLED’S SONG mares (15%). Mares from the SADLER’S WELLS line should also shine with Air Force Blue, who had a $350,000 first-crop colt out of a grand-daughter of SADLER’S WELLS . War Front has 21% black-type winners with SADLER’S WELLS mares, including the 2019 Preakness Stakes winner War of Will and two Gr.1 two-year-old winners. He also has three Gr.1 winners out of daughters of GALILEO , a Gr.2 winner from an EL PRADO mare and a Gr.3 winner from a MONTJEU mare. Mares by MEDAGLIA D’ORO and KITTEN’S JOY are likeable options for Air Force Blue. At least eight other grandsons of Danzig have sired Gr.1 winners from STORM CAT line mares, therefore daughters of TALE OF THE CAT , GIANT’S CAUSEWAY and SCAT DADDY should be guaranteed to produce good 2YOs. The ROBERTO male line should also suit well, as War Front has top-class Graded winners from daughters of DYNAFORMER , RED RANSOM and ARCH . He also has Gr.1/Gr.2 winners with second dams by SILVER HAWK .

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Height: 16.2 I Won from 7f. to 1½m.

His first crop sons, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE and ANOTHER MIRACLE , finish first and third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint-Gr.2 (pictured) while first crop daughter SWEET MELANIA was third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf-Gr.1 .

A BRILLIANT START AT STUD. 4 first crop 2YO SW’s including 3 top-class performers at the Breeders’ Cup...

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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 7 crops of racing age, 620 foals, 418 starters, 27 black-type winners, 279 winners of 705 races and earning $38,887,777, 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 Juvenile [G1] (SA, $1,100,000), etc.), and of Midnight Storm [G1] ($1,783,110). 1st dam LITTLEPRINCESSEMMA, by Yankee Gentleman. Unplaced in 2 starts. Broodmare of the year in 2015. Dam of 6 foals, 5 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, 2019, $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). 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, about 5 fur. in :57 1/5. Dam of 13 foals, 11 to race, 9 winners, including-- 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 at 3, $73,584. Dam of Red Raffles (g. by Bold n' Flashy, 5 wins, Total: $290,530, 2nd Vice Regent S.-R (WO, $25,000), etc.). Granddam of DUN DRUM (g. by Bold n' Flashy, to 3, 2019, Total: $165,129). Cup of Coco. Winner at 5, $22,700. Producer. Granddam of King Abner [G3] (g. by Hansen, 5 wins to 4, placed at 5, 2019, $286,409). 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 (Kentucky Derby [G1] (CD, $1,418,800), 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, 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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SALES YEARLINGS FROM HIS SECOND CROP INCLUDED: DAM/SEX SIRE OF DAM PURCHASER US$ LESLIE'S LADY f. Tricky Creek Whisper Hill Farm 8,200,000 ESCAMPETTE c. Smart Strike MV Magnier/Sarah Kelly 1,300,000 MOMENTARY MAGIC f. Indian Charlie Courtlandt Farm 975,000 BON JOVI GIRL c. Malibu Moon MV Magnier 950,000 CONNIE AND MICHAEL f. Roman Ruler Jon Kelly/J. McCalmont 875,000 SUPER MAJESTY c. Super Saver MV Magnier/White Birch Farm 800,000 KEERTANA f. Johar Spendthrift Farm 675,000 VISUAL MIND f. Kingmambo Steven W. Young 650,000 WALKWITHAPURPOSE f. Candy Ride OXO Equine 575,000 MARYINSKY c. Sadler's Wells China Horse Club 525,000 SPRING STREET c. Street Cry Centennial Farms 500,000 YOU MAKE LUVIN FUN c. A.P. Indy Ben Glass, agent 500,000 BULLVILLE BELLE c. Holy Bull Three Amigos 425,000 CARELESS JEWEL f. Tapit Yamaguchi Stable 410,000 WILD BOUT TIFFANY f. Wildcat Heir Phoenix Ladies Syndicate 400,000 A Z WARRIOR c. Bernardini China Horse Club 400,000 TOP WINNERS FROM AMERICAN PHAROAH'S FIRST 2YO CROP: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM GRADE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE More Than Ready Distant View Gr.2 SWEET MELANIA Discreet Cat Gone West Gr.2 MAVEN Any Given Saturday Majestic Light Gr.3 ANOTHER MIRACLE Medaglia d'Oro Dehere Gr.2-pl SW AMERICAN THEOREM Maria's Mon Theatrical Gr.1-pl MONARCH OF EGYPT Galileo Spectrum Gr.1-pl SKYGAZE Marquetry Dewan Gr.3-pl ENVIED Halling Cadeaux Genereux St-pl SAQQARA KING Tapit Wild Again St-pl AMERICAN BUTTERFLY War Front End Sweep Wnr AMERICAN LEGEND Yonaguska Stop The Music Wnr CLEPAT Smart Strike Boundary Wnr EMILY’S OASIS Speightstown Tobasco Cat Wnr HOMELAND Lemon Drop Kid Storm Cat Wnr HONG KONG Holy Bull Relaunch Wnr KING OF EGYPT Storm Cat Diesis Wnr OCEAN ATLANTIQUE Giant’s Causeway Ahonoora Wnr PRINCESA CAROLINE Saint Ballado Green Dancer Wnr PRINCE OF PHAROAHS Dixie Union A.P. Indy Wnr TURNED ASIDE War Front Lemon Drop Kid Wnr G1/G2 WINNERS BY AMERICAN PHAROAH'S SIRE PIONEEROF THE NILE: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM GRADE AMERICAN PHAROAH Yankee Gentleman Ecliptical Gr.1 CLASSIC EMPIRE Cat Thief Miswaki Gr.1 MIDNIGHT STORM Bertrando Darby Creek Road Gr.1 CAIRO PRINCE Holy Bull Accipiter Gr.2 12

JOJO WARRIOR Carson City Deputy Minister Gr.2 NOLDE Dixie Union Pulpit Gr.2 POSITIVE SPIRIT In Excess Somethingfabulous Gr.2 MATING SUGGESTIONS: As a juvenile American Pharoah won the Gr.1 Del Mar Futurity and Gr.1 FrontRunner Stakes resulting in the compilers of the Experimental Free Handicap awarding him joint-top weight. American Pharoah then secured the Eclipse Award and he justified all the confidence shown in him when dominating in every leg of the Triple Crown and winning the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Classic in track record time. In the process he showed all the talent, versatility, durability and courage which entitle him to the greatest respect as a stallion. He is now passing on his 2YO excellence, siring four Stakes winners before the end of October. American Pharoah’s bloodlines make him particularly valuable. His pedigree is free of such as A.P. INDY , SEATTLE SLEW , DANZIG , SADLER’S WELLS , DEPUTY MINISTER , ROBERTO and HALO . Mr Prospector is back in the sixth generation of his foals, Fappiano in the fifth and even Storm Cat will be back in the fourth generation. Empire Maker sired Gr.1 winners from mares by three different sons of SEATTLE SLEW , including champion Royal Delta from an A.P. INDY mare. Empire Maker’s son Bodemeister sired the fast American Anthem from an A.P. INDY mare and a Gr.3 winner from a MINESHAFT mare. American Pharoah must be a prime candidate for daughters of A.P INDY and his sons. His high-priced second-crop yearlings included a $950,000 colt with a MALIBU MOON dam, a $500,000 colt out of an A.P. INDY mare and a $410,000 filly with a dam by TAPIT . American Pharoah already has his first black-type earner with a dam by TAPIT . Empire Maker sired 14% black-type winners from daughters of SEEKING THE GOLD . There are numerous other options from this MR PROSPECTOR male line. American Pharoah’s first Group winner, the speedy Maven, is out of a grand-daughter of DISTORTED HUMOR and his DQ-ed Gr.3 winner Skygaze is out of a MARQUETRY mare. SMART STRIKE ranks as the broodmare sire of his second-crop yearling which sold for $1,300,000. American Pharoah has made a bright start with the SADLER’S WELLS line. Gr.1-placed Monarch of Egypt is his first runner out of a GALILEO mare, while Saratoga black-type winner Another Miracle is his first starter out of a MEDAGLIA D’ORO mare. He also has a $525,000 second-crop yearling with a dam by SADLER’S WELLS . MARIA’S MON sired the dam of American Pharoah’s Gr.1-placed son American Theorem and Maria’s Mon’s son SUPER SAVER is broodmare sire of a second-crop colt which sold for $800,000. Pioneerof The Nile likes the HAIL TO REASON line and American Pharoah sired ‘TDN Rising Star’ Princesa Caroline from a SAINT BALLADO mare and Gr.2 winner Four Wheel Drive from a MORE THAN READY mare. Mares by GIANT’S CAUSEWAY and other sons of Storm Cat create only 4x3 to STORM CAT . Empire Maker sired Bodemeister and In Lingerie from daughters of STORM CAT and Eight Rings from a grand-daughter. In addition to American Pharoah, Pioneerof The Nile sired the Champion 2YO Classic Empire from a grand-daughter of STORM CAT . It is no surprise then to see that American Pharoah has already sired his first Gr.2 winner from a mare by DISCREET CAT while his impressive MSW winners Emily’s Oasis and Homeland have grandams by TABASCO CAT and STORM CAT respectively. Therefore mares by sires such as TALE OF THE CAT , FOREST WILDCAT , HENNESSY , FORESTRY , INTO MISCHIEF and SCAT DADDY will surely suit American Pharoah. Empire Maker sired a Gr.1 winner from a mare by Danzig, plus Gr.2 winners from mares by Danzig’s sons BELONG TO ME and PINE BLUFF . This suggests American Pharoah could thrive with mares by other dirt performers by DANZIG , such as WAR FRONT and HARD SPUN . Empire Maker and Pioneerof The Nile both have black-type winners from a TOUCH GOLD mare. This suggests daughters of AWESOME AGAIN , DEHERE (sire of the grandam of American Pharoah’s Stakes winner Another Miracle) and GHOSTZAPPER , especially when Pioneerof The Nile has a Gr.3 winner juvenile with a dam by GHOSTZAPPER . A daughter of IN EXCESS produced Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming to Bodemeister and INDIAN CHARLIE sired the dams of a $2,200,000 first-crop colt and a $975,000 second-crop filly suggesting daughters of UNCLE MO will thrive with American Pharoah. 13

FOURWHEEL DRIVE (Wesley Ward) Won Breeders’ Cup Juv. Turf Sprint-Gr.2 Won Futurity Stakes-Gr.3 , Belmont Park SWEETMELANIA (Todd Pletcher) Won Jessamine Stakes-Gr.2 , Keeneland 3rd Breeders’ Cup Juv. Fillies Turf-Gr.1 MAVEN (Wesley Ward) Won Prix du Bois-Gr.3 , 5f., Chantilly SKYGAZE (Mark Casse) Won Mazarine Stakes-Gr.3 by 2 lengths, Woodbine ( disq. plcd 3rd )

FOUR WHEEL DRIVE

MAVEN

ANOTHERMIRACLE (Gary Contessa) Won Skidmore Stakes-L. , 5½f., Saratoga 3rd Breeders’ Cup Juv. Turf Sprint-Gr.2 AMERICANTHEOREM (George Papaprodromou) Debut winner at Del Mar, 2nd American Pharoah S.-Gr.1 at Santa Anita MONARCHOF EGYPT (Aidan O’Brien) Debut winner, 2nd Phoenix S.-Gr.1 & Railway S.-Gr.2 AMERICAN BUTTERFLY (D Wayne Lukas) MSW winner by 2½ lengths at Saratoga PRINCESA CAROLINE (Chad Brown) Debut winner at Belmont Park by 3½ lengths, 28th Sept. PRINCE OF PHAROAHS (Linda Rice) MSW winner at Belmont Park by 5 lengths, 13th Oct. OCEAN ATLANTIQUE (Andre Fabre) Won his maiden at Saint-Cloud by 8 lengths, 16th Oct. TURNED ASIDE (Linda Rice) MSW winner at Belmont Park by 4 lengths, 20th Oct. HOMELAND (Bill Mott) Impressive MSW winner on debut at Belmont Park, 26th Oct. EMILY’S OASIS (Ian Wilkes) MSW winner at Churchill Downs by 4½ lengths, 27th Oct.

ANOTHER MIRACLE

SWEET MELANIA

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Book 1 finishes with a bang When the dust settled, an $8.2-million American Pharoah half-sister to Into Mischief , Beholder and Mendelssohn stood out as the clear session, Book 1 and highly probably sale topper [and the most expensive filly ever at Keeneland Sept.]. Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm outlasted a determined Sheikh Mohammed of Godolphin to take home the bay filly, who was consigned by her breeder Clarkland Farm TDN, 12th Sept. 2019

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Height: 16.1 I Won from 4½f. to 1 1 / 8 m.

Dual Gr.1-winning Champion 2YO and a very impressive Gr.1-winning 3YO. Bred on the same

Classic Empire won at the highest level 3 times and has the pedigree to make it to the highest level as a sire too.

Pioneerof the Nile/Storm Cat cross as AMERICAN PHAROAH . From the family of HARLAN’S HOLIDAY (sire of 74 SW’s including the outstanding stallion INTO MISCHIEF ). Classic Empire wins the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile-Gr.1

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CLASSIC EMPIRE Bay Horse; foaled 2014

Unbridled Toussaud Lord At War (ARG) Castle Eight Storm Cat Train Robbery Miswaki Forever Waving

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

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

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

CLASSIC EMPIRE

Cat Thief................................

Sambuca Classica................ (2004)

In Her Glory ..........................

By PIONEEROFTHE NILE (2006). Black-type winner of $1,634,200, CashCall Futurity [G1] (HOL, $400,000), etc. Among the leading sires, sire of 7 crops of racing age, 620 foals, 418 starters, 27 black-type winners, 279 winners of 705 races and earning $38,887,777, 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 Juvenile [G1] (SA, $1,100,000), etc.), and of Midnight Storm [G1] ($1,783,110). 1st dam SAMBUCA CLASSICA, by Cat Thief. Placed at 3, $8,663, in Canada. (Total: $13,896). Dam of 6 foals, 5 winners, including-- CLASSIC EMPIRE (c. by Pioneerof the Nile). Champion, below. ANYTIMEMAGIC (g. by Fusaichi Pegasus). 15 wins to 6, $202,945, Lost in the Fog S. (GG, $30,450), Everett Nevin Alameda County S.-R (PLN, $33,150). UPTOWNTWIRL (f. by Twirling Candy). 4 wins at 2 and 3, $170,714, Surf- side S. (LRC, $45,000), Pleasanton Oaks (OTP, $31,500), 2nd Anoakia S. (SA, $14,700). Exclamation Point (c. by Concord Point). 5 wins in 9 starts at 3 and 4, 2019, $280,300, 2nd Oaklawn Mile S. (OP, $50,000). Classic Girl (f. by Candy Ride (ARG)). Placed in 2 starts at 2, 2019, $6,000. 2nd dam IN HER GLORY , by Miswaki. 6 wins, 2 to 4, $199,244, Garland of Roses S. (AQU, $28,740), etc. Half-sister to UnchartedWaters . Dam of-- Seattle Glory (c. by Seattle Slew). 4 wins at 3 and 4, $109,150, 3rd Skip Trial S. (MTH, $5,500). Combanchera (f. by Seattle Slew). 2 wins at 2, $87,235, 2nd Maid of the Mist S.-R (BEL, $20,000), 3rd East View S.-R (AQU, $8,885). Dam of-- BAY PARK BOY (g. by Johannesburg). 3 wins at 2 and 4, $166,567, Aspi- rant S.-R (FL, $75,832), 3rd New York Breeders' Futurity-R (FL, $26,088). Emblem's Glory. Winner at 3, $19,436. Sent to Saudi Arabia. Dam of Atre- vete (g. by Artie Schiller, $21,382, 3rd Clasico Jose Coll Vidal S. [L]). Forever Sunshine. Unraced. Dam of 6 foals, 4 to race, 3 winners, including-- BRONX BEAUTY (f. by Liaison). 8 wins in 14 starts, 2 to 4, 2019, $462,420, Regret S. (MTH, $60,000), Dashing Beauty S. (DEL, $60,000), etc. Glorious Sky. Unraced. Dam of 6 foals, 4 winners, including-- His Glory (f. by Mineshaft). Winner at 2, 2019, $65,950, 2nd Pocahontas S. [G2] (CD, $38,800), 3rd TwinSpires Ellis Park Debutante S. (ELP, $7,050). RACE RECORD: At 2, champion 2-year-old colt, 4 wins (Breeders' Cup Juvenile [G1] (SA, $1,100,000), Claiborne Breeders' Futurity [G1] (KEE, $300,000), Bashford Manor S. [G3] (CD, $59,520)) in 5 starts; at 3, one win (Arkansas Derby [G1] (OP, $600,000)), once 2nd (Preakness S. [G1] (PIM, $300,- 000)), once 3rd (Lambholm South Holy Bull S. [G2] (GP, $34,300)). Totals: 5 wins, once 2nd, once 3rd in 9 starts. Earned $2,520,220.

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LEADING WINNERS BY CLASSIC EMPIRE'S SIRE PIONEEROF THE NILE INCLUDE: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM GRADE AMERICAN PHAROAH Yankee Gentleman Ecliptical Gr.1 CLASSIC EMPIRE Cat Thief Miswaki Gr.1 MIDNIGHT STORM Bertrando Darby Creek Road Gr.1 CAIRO PRINCE Holy Bull Accipiter Gr.2 JOJO WARRIOR Carson City Deputy Minister Gr.2 NOLDE Dixie Union Pulpit Gr.2 POSITIVE SPIRIT In Excess Somethingfabulous Gr.2 BRAVE NATION Pulpit Arch Gr.3 CASH CONTROL Mt Livermore Roberto Gr.3 DARK NILE Bernardini Chief 's Crown Gr.3 INSTA ERMA Woodman El Gran Senor Gr.3 LEVANTE LION Ghostzapper Dynaformer Gr.3 VINCEREMOS More Than Ready Double Zeus Gr.3 CONQUEST TOP GUN Jump Start Relaunch SW COURTIER Touch Gold A.P. Indy SW DONTMESSWITHJOANNE Doneraile Court Smarten SW EIGHTH WONDER Pioneering Magesterial SW EMPRESSOF THE NILE Mineshaft Storm Bird SW EXPLORATIONIST Stormy Atlantic Dixieland Band SW HAIL TO THE NILE Fly So Free Never Tabled SW HIEROGLYPHICS Limehouse Mountain Cat SW PRINCESSOF THE NYL Bernardini Deputy Minister SW SISTER BLUES Wild Again Cure The Blues SW CATCH MY DRIFT Yonaguska Tabasco Cat Gr.1-pl SW MOTHER MOTHER Lion Hearted Topsider Gr.1-pl SW AMERICAN CLEOPATRA Yankee Gentleman Ecliptical Gr.1-pl CONQUEST COBRA Silver Deputy Ogygian Gr.1-pl MISSISSIPPI Storm Cat Mr Prospector Gr.1-pl SOCIAL INCLUSION Saint Ballado Runaway Groom Gr.1-pl STAKES PERFORMERS FROM THE FIRST JUVENILE CROP OF AMERICAN PHAROAH INCLUDE: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM GRADE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE More Than Ready Distant View Gr.2 SWEET MELANIA Discreet Cat Gone West Gr.2 MAVEN Any Given Saturday Majestic Light Gr.3 ANOTHER MIRACLE Medaglia d'Oro Dehere Gr.2-pl SW AMERICAN THEOREM Maria's Mon Theatrical Gr.1-pl MONARCH OF EGYPT Galileo Spectrum Gr.1-pl SKYGAZE Marquetry Dewan Gr.3-pl ENVIED Halling Cadeaux Genereux St-pl SAQQARA KING Tapit Wild Again St-pl

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MATING SUGGESTIONS: When the voters nominated their 2016 Eclipse Award champions, Classic Empire took the 2YO male title with a landslide 248 votes out of a possible 248. He dominated his generation throughout the year, from the moment he made a winning debut three days before the Kentucky Derby. Fast enough to take the Gr.3 Bashford Manor Stakes over six furlongs in early July, Classic Empire was much the best in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Futurity and showed courage, as well as class, in repelling Not This Time’s challenge in the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Classic Empire trained on well too, notably taking the Gr.1 Arkansas Derby and being beaten only a head in the Gr.1 Preakness. He has the pedigree of a potentially high-class stallion. He is bred along similar lines to Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (both by Pioneerof The Nile from grand-daughters of Storm Cat). He also shares the same sire as Cairo Prince (five black-type winners in a first crop sired at only $10,000). Like American Pharoah, Classic Empire enjoys the significant benefit of having a pedigree free of such as A.P. INDY , SEATTLE SLEW , DANZIG , SADLER’S WELLS , DEPUTY MINISTER , ROBERTO and HALO . Mr Prospector will be no closer than the fifth and sixth generations of his foals’ pedigrees. Storm Cat will be back in the fourth generation and Fappiano the fifth, allowing a second line to either. Empire Maker sired Gr.1 winners from mares by three different sons of SEATTLE SLEW , including champion Royal Delta from an A.P. INDY mare. Empire Maker’s son Bodemeister has sired the fast Gr.2 winner American Anthem from an A.P. INDY mare and a Gr.3 winner from a MINESHAFT mare. Classic Empire must be a prime candidate for daughters of A.P INDY and his sons, such as PULPIT , MALIBU MOON and MINESHAFT . The similarly-bred American Pharoah had high-priced second-crop yearlings out of daughters of MALIBU MOON , A.P. INDY and TAPIT . BERNARDINI mares have 13% black-type winners with Pioneerof The Nile. Empire Maker sired 14% black-type winners from daughters of SEEKING THE GOLD . There are numerous other options from this MR PROSPECTOR male line, including KINGMAMBO , CARSON CITY , SMART STRIKE , CURLIN , DISTORTED HUMOR , SPEIGHTSTOWN and STREET CRY . American Pharoah’s first Group winner, the speedy Maven, is out of a grand-daughter of DISTORTED HUMOR . American Pharoah has made a bright start with SADLER’S WELLS line mares. The Gr.1-placed Monarch of Egypt is his first runner out of a GALILEO mare, while the Saratoga black-type winner Another Miracle is his first starter out of a MEDAGLIA D’ORO mare. Classic Empire should therefore suit mares by GALILEO , EL PRADO , MEDAGLIA D’ORO and KITTEN’S JOY . The Champion 2YO MARIA’S MON sired the dam of American Pharoah’s Gr.1-placed son American Theorem and Maria’s Mon’s son SUPER SAVER is broodmare sire of a second-crop American Pharoah colt which sold for $800,000. Pioneerof The Nile did well with the HAIL TO REASON line as Vinceremos is from a MORE THAN READY mare and Social Inclusion is from a SAINT BALLADO mare. American Pharoah is now replicating Pioneerof The Nile’s success, siring the ‘TDN Rising Star’ Princesa Caroline from a SAINT BALLADO mare and the Gr.2 winner Four Wheel Drive from a daughter of MORE THAN READY . Mares by GIANT’S CAUSEWAY and other sons of Storm Cat create only 4x3 to STORM CAT . This is a likeable option, as Empire Maker sired Bodemeister and In Lingerie from daughters of STORM CAT and the 2019 2yo Gr.1 winner Eight Rings from a grand-daughter. American Pharoah has already sired a Gr.2 winner from a mare by DISCREET CAT . Empire Maker sired a Gr.1 winner from a mare by Danzig, plus Gr.2 winners from mares by Danzig’s sons BELONG TO ME and PINE BLUFF . This suggests Classic Empire could thrive with mares by other dirt performers by DANZIG , such as WAR FRONT , HARD SPUN and EXCHANGE RATE . Empire Maker and Pioneerof The Nile have both sired black-type winners from a daughter of TOUCH GOLD . This suggests daughters of AWESOME AGAIN , DEHERE and GHOSTZAPPER , especially when Pioneerof The Nile has a Gr.3-winning juvenile with a dam by GHOSTZAPPER . A daughter of IN EXCESS produced the Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming to Bodemeister and the Gr.2 winner Positive Thinking to Pioneerof The Nile. In Excess’s son INDIAN CHARLIE sired the dams of American Pharoah’s $2,200,000 first-crop colt. This suggests that daughters of UNCLE MO are well worth trying with him. HOLY BULL is the broodmare sire of Cairo Prince, another of Pioneerof The Nile’s best sons. 19

Height: 16.0½ I Won from 6f. to 1m.

Exceptional Gr.1-winning 2YO: won the Hopeful S.-Gr.1 by 5¾L. Record-breaking 3YO: won the Pat Day Mile Stakes-Gr.3 by 4½L. 4 first crop juvenile Stakes winners including 2 at Saratoga!

My Italian Rabbi , winner of 3 races viz the Stillwater Stakes-L. , Lady Finger Stakes-L. & her maiden at Belmont (pictured)

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COMPETITIVE EDGE Bay Horse; foaled 2012

Wavering Monarch Carlotta Maria A.P. Indy Get Lucky Seeking the Gold Seaside Attraction Dehere Synformer

Maria's Mon..........................

Super Saver ..........................

Supercharger ........................

COMPETITIVE EDGE

Cape Town ............................

Magdalena's Chase.............. (2005)

Illuminance ..........................

By SUPER SAVER (2007). Classic winner of $1,889,766, Kentucky Derby [G1] (CD, $1,425,200), etc. Sire of 6 crops of racing age, 649 foals, 451 starters, 23 black-type winners, 299 winners of 762 races and earning $22,420,646, including champion Runhappy ($1,496,250, Breeders' Cup Sprint [G1] (KEE, $820,000)-ntr, etc.), and of Competitive Edge ($519,280, Hopeful S. [G1] (SAR, $210,000), etc.), Embellish the Lace ($441,540, Al- abama S. [G1] (SAR, $360,000)), Inside Straight [G2] (9 wins, $813,651). 1st dam Magdalena's Chase , by Cape Town. 9 wins, 2 to 4, $205,338, 2nd Flashy Lady S. (RP, $10,000), 3rd Remington Park Filly and Mare Sprint S. [L] (RP, $11,000), Bold Ego H. (SUN, $5,000). Dam of 3 foals, 2 to race, both winners, incl.-- COMPETITIVE EDGE (c. by Super Saver). Black-type winner, below. 2nd dam ILLUMINANCE, by Dehere. 2 wins at 3, $48,410. Dam of 4 winners, including-- Magdalena's Chase (f. by Cape Town). Black-type-placed winner, above. 3rd dam SYNFORMER, by Sovereign Dancer. Unplaced in 1 start. Dam of-- WILD SYN . 3 wins at 3, $358,174, Blue Grass S. [G2] , 3rd Holy Bull S.-R (GP, $5,574). Sire. Eagle Sound. Winner at 2, $28,405. Dam of 8 foals, 6 winners, including-- PICK OFTHE LITTER . 5 wins at 3 and 4, $419,110, Hagyard Fayette S. [G2] (KEE, $120,000)-ntr, 1 1/8 mi. in 1:49 2/5, 3rd Coolmore Lexing- ton S. [G3] (KEE, $20,000). 4th dam ANJELICCO , by Angle Light. 5 wins at 3, $26,525, Carmi S., etc. Dam of-- ALL FIRED UP . 5 wins, $450,015, Arlington-Washington Futurity- G1 , etc. Sire. ASSOMBRIE . 2 wins, € 32,929, in France, Prix Herod [L]; placed, $41,300, in N.A./U.S., 2nd Santa Ysabel S.-R (SA, $15,000), etc. (Total: $78,171). Dam of BRUSHINGBULLY [L] ($359,778), NAVAJOPEARL ($140,255). Grand- dam of HAY LITTLE BIT (to 7, 2019, $421,042), YAWKEY WAY ($127,400). ANGEL LIGHT . 8 wins, 3 to 6, $67,871, Flora S. Cox's Angel. Unraced. Dam of RULED OFF ($140,453), BINGOTIME ($130,- 320), HORNS GRAY ($118,015, dam of AWESOME HUMOR [G1] , $848,- 950; Dignified Donovan [L], Total: $459,483; granddam of EMCEE [G1] , $479,900; SURFER [G2] , Total: $440,239; SPRING PARTY , $202,077, etc.). All Fulla Fire. Unraced. Dam of Neverbeendancin' [L] (9 wins, $239,247). Royal Deception. Unplaced. Dam of ISLAND ESCAPE [L] ($325,010, dam of TRICKY ESCAPE [G3] , $325,010), Duvalier [L] ($154,212), Plun- derthepeasants [L] ($107,206, dam of Helluva Notion , $124,743). RACE RECORD: At 2, two wins (Hopeful S. [G1] (SAR, $210,000)) in 2 starts; at 3, two wins (Pat Day Mile S. [G3] (CD, $120,280)). Totals: 4 wins in 7 starts. Earned $519,280.

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