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Authentic (Into Mischief), winner of the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic; ‘TDN Rising Star’ Improbable (City Zip), a dual Grade I winner and runner-up in the Classic; and Monomoy Girl (Tapizar), who capped a four-for-four season with a second victory in the GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff, are the finalists for 2020 Horse of the Year as Eclipse Award finalists were announced Saturday on TVG.

Authentic is one of three individual Eclipse finalists in four separate categories for the all-conquering Into Mischief, whose daughter Gamine was nominated for both 3-year-old filly and champion female sprinter in a campaign that saw her post wide-margin victories in the GI Longines Acorn S. and GI Test S. against her peers and a defeat of fellow dual-category finalist Serengeti Empress (Alternation) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. Into Mischief’s third finalist is Dayoutoutoftheoffice, who defeated Vequist (Nyquist) in the GI Frizette S. in October before the latter turned the tables on Breeders’ Cup Friday at Keeneland. Nyquist is the lone freshman sire of 2020 to be represented by a finalist.

Improbable, who is also a favorite for champion dirt male, was a convincing winner of the GI Gold Cup at Santa Anita, the GI Whitney S. and GI Awesome Again S. before falling 2 1/4 lengths shy in the Classic. Monomoy Girl missed the entirety of the 2019 season with a series of setbacks, but proved the queen of the mountain in the dirt female division, completing her undefeated campaign with a smooth win in the Distaff over Valiance (Tapit). She later sold to Spendthrift Farm for $9.5 million at the Fasig-Tipton Night of the Stars and remains in training for a 6-year-old season in 2020.

Vekoma (Candy Ride {Arg}) was also named a finalist in two divisions (dirt male and sprinter), while recent Lane’s End Farm import Daredevil is the only other stallion to have multiple finalists, with GI Preakness S. heroine Swiss Skydiver and GI Kentucky Oaks upsetter Shedaresthedevil each in the running for champion 3-year-old filly.

The other Eclipse Award finalists, which include no fewer than six ‘TDN Rising Stars’ are as follows:

2YO Male - Essential Quality (Tapit), ‘TDN Rising Star‘ / Fire At Will (Declaration of War) / Jackie’s Warrior (Maclean’s Music)

2YO Female - Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), ‘TDN Rising Star‘ / Dayoutoftheoffice (Into Mischief) / Vequist (Nyquist)

3YO Male - Authentic (Into Mischief) / Nadal (Blame), ‘TDN Rising Star‘ / Tiz The Law (Constitution)

3YO Female - Gamine (Into Mischief), ‘TDN Rising Star‘ / Shedaresthedevil (Daredevil) / Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil)

Older Dirt Male - Improbable (City Zip), ‘TDN Rising Star‘ / Maximum Security (New Year’s Day) / Vekoma (Candy Ride {Arg})

Dirt Female - Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute) / Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) / Serengeti Empress (Alternation)

Male Sprinter - Vekoma (Candy Ride {Arg}) / Volatile (Violence) / Whitmore (Pleasantly Perfect)

Female Sprinter - Gamine (Into Mischief), ‘TDN Rising Star‘ / Glass Slippers (GB) (Dream Ahead) / Serengeti Empress (Alternation)

Turf Male - Channel Maker (English Channel) / Order of Australia (Ire) (Australia {GB}) / Zulu Alpha (Street Cry {Ire})

Turf Female - Audarya (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) / Rushing Fall (More Than Ready), ‘TDN Rising Star‘ / Tarnawa (Ire) (Shamardal)

Steeplechase - Moscato (GB) (Hernando {Fr}) / Rashaan (Ire) (Manduro {Ger}) / Snap Decision (Hard Spun)

HOTY - Authentic (Into Mischief) / Improbable (City Zip) / Monomoy Girl (Tapizar)

Owner - Godolphin / Klaravich Stables // Spendthrift/MyRacehorse/Madaket/Starlight

Breeder - Peter Blum Thoroughbreds / Calumet Farm / WinStar Farm LLC

Jockey - Irad Ortiz, Jr. / Joel Rosario / John Velazquez

Apprentice - Luis Cardenas / Yarmarie Correa / Alexander Crispin

Trainer - Steve Asmussen / Bob Baffert / Brad Cox

fonte : TDN

 

Ippodromo del Mediterraneo, Galoppo. Il ritmo è quello di Rock of Estonia; TQQ al volante Osho

Scrive la terza vittoria consecutiva nella sua brillante carriera Rock of Estonia e lo fa in una complicata Condizionata dipinta con maestria da una punta all’altra dei 1200 metri di pista piccola affrontati nel Premio Mascagni. È l’allievo di Cannavò l’unico protagonista della terza corsa; sotto la direzione di Federico Bossa dimostra di essere qualitativamente e potenzialmente superiore al resto degli avversari lasciati a lunghezze di distanza. C’è posto solo per la seconda piazza acciuffata dal buon Dorkhel e per la terza moneta accaparrata da un Torch Lit che dimostra di valere buone categorie. È la cronaca che accompagna la corsa con più dotazione al montepremi, 11 mila euro, di un convegno di galoppo andato in scena oggi, sabato 16 gennaio, all’ippodromo del Mediterraneo.

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Lo ha preceduto una seconda competizione, Premio Mozart, in cui Tipofthetongue ha dimostrato subito di apprezzare il tracciato in sabbia e 1300 metri svolti con successo.

La chiusura vale una TQQ che mette in mostra tutte le qualità di Osho che, dal centro della periziata, d’intesa con Marco Monteriso, propongono un’efficace fuga che assegna la vittoria. Sul tracciato appesantito dalle piogge si adattano bene El Nanos, Shamatorio, Ampney Red e Gran Trip, che nell’ordine chiudono i 5 posti messi a disposizione per questi 1400 metri di pista piccola assegnati a cavalli di 4 anni e oltre.

La penultima corsa, Premio Donizetti, II Tris Nazionale, trova l’iniziativa coraggiosa quanto efficace di Kiss Me Quite, che resiste fin sul palo all’affondo di Siciliano Bello. Terza la crescente Madammento. (fonte : Ippomed)