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Bill Oppenheim, January 3, 2007–Nominations From the Floor Bret Jones, at Airdrie, felt we were underestimating a FROM THE DESK OF... little bit the accomplishments of Include, the GI Pimlico Special winner by Broad Brush who has now sired 20 Bill Oppenheim winners in his first crop, three stakes winners, including GI Oak Leaf winner Cash Included. He=s number six on NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR the freshman sire list (having never raced at two Though 74 stallions have merited a mention in this himself), and stands this year for $25,000). No worries, column over the last three weeks, we did say I agree he=s done really well. The same is true infallibility is not among our virtues, and so encouraged commercially of Harlan=s Holiday, their triple Grade I readers who felt we=d missed somebody to write in winner of over $3.6 million. His first yearlings started with >nominations from the floor.= We had quite a good selling well in July, and kept on impressing the judges response, with five individuals and three farms and selling well, so much so that Insta-Tistics credits nominating a total of 10 stallions. As we thought there him with 58 sold (of 78 offered) for a very impressive was a perfectly reasonable case to be made for each $96,699 average--over 5 1/2 times his stud fee. one, may we report some of our readers= opinions. One of our readers nominated Ashford=s Hold That Veterans: The powerful 1994 sire crop includes three Tiger, a half-brother to Belmont winner Editor=s Note by horses who have led North America=s general sire list: Storm Cat. He won the 2002 G1 Grand Criterium in A.P. Indy (twice, including 2006); El Prado (also France (then 1400 meters, now renamed the Legardere) runner-up twice); and Saint Ballado. This group=s 11th and ran third, behind Vindication and Kafwain, in the GI crop to race has just turned three, and two more Breeders= Cup Juvenile. Accorcing to Insta-Tistics, he stallions from this crop, each with over 40 stakes had 78 yearlings from his first crop sell, from a mere winners, were nominated by readers. Pleasant Tap (41 112 offered, for an average of $55,897. Hold That SW, 2.29 A Runner Index 2000-8/1/2006) ranked Tiger stands for $10,000 this year. Finally, in America, number four on the general sire list this year, courtesy Deuce Greathouse from Glencrest exhorted us not to of David Junior; while In Excess (2.74 A index), sire of overlook their Champali, a $7,500 son of Glitterman 45 stakes winners and arguably California=s leading sire, who won four Grade III races and earned over $1 had another solid year, with the earners of more than million, and whose first foals have just turned yearlings. $3.7 million. At fees of $15,000 and $17,500, His sire, Glitterman, was one of the few Bold Rulers the respectively, our readers felt they both represented last few years who didn=t come through Seattle Slew great value. These two, plus the three champion sires, (Yes It=s True is another); Glitterman, who is from the are five of the six F1994 sires with mid-year 2006 A > = same female family as other successful sires Relaunch Runner indices over 2.00; the sixth is Selkirk (2.50), a and Rubiano, was himself a hard-knocking sprinter by top sire in Britain. Bold Ruler=s son Dewan. Another reader nominated Exchange Rate, a $10,000 In Europe, we had one nomination from a farm, son of Danzig who was a graded stakes-placed two- Lanwades Stud s GI Breeders Cup Mile winner year-old in California and won the GII Tom Fool H., at = = Domedriver, a son of Indian Ridge whose granddam seven furlongs, at four. He is the number two Florida stallion (behind Trippi), and eighth overall in 2006, in a was a full-sister to El Gran Senor and Try My Best. very competitive group of sophomore sires (see p3). His Commercially, his $59,910 yearling average (15 sold, first crop of three-year-olds last year included GI Test S. of 21 offered) placed him as one of six first-crop winner Swap Fliparoo and the Grade II-winning, GI European sires whose first yearlings averaged between Kentucky Oaks-runner-up Ermine, while his second crop $55,000--$60,000. of two-year-olds included GIII Sapling S. winner Xchanger. He=s certainly getting the class. Oppenheim cont. Lane’s End STALLION OPEN HOUSE (no appointment necessary) Inspect our stallions and enjoy Saturday, Jan. 6 food and refreshments. Sunday, Jan. 7 MARK YOUR CALENDARS, Monday, Jan. 8 Tuesday, Jan. 9 10am to 2pm on these days: Finally, one of our Italian-bred readers told us he Bill Oppenheim may be contacted at [email protected]. thought we needed to recognize two stallions who Please cc TDN management at stand in Italy: the little-known Martino Alfonso, a son [email protected]. of Marju whose first small crop (four-year-olds of 2006) includes Group 1 winner Ramonti; and Rob=s Spirit, a son of Theatrical who ranked number 12 on the 2006 European Freshman Sire List with nine winners, including the group-placed stakes winner Rob=s Love as well as two stakes-placed horses. LEADING SIRES Through Dec. 31, bloodhorse.com showed A.P. Indy well clear for his second North American championship on the general sire list. Dynaformer finished second, the fifth time he has finished in the top five. Leading third-crop sire Giant=s Causeway finished third, with 14 stakes winners in 2006, eight of them graded SWs; they must be racehorses more than show horses, because he=s not as hot as he should be for finishing third on the general sire list with three crops racing. Pleasant Tap (see above) was fourth, with Maria=s Mon fifth. He=s a great example of a sire who appears to have >stood the raise=: he had the GI 2001 Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos in his first crop, and his 2003 crop included seven three-year-old stakes winners last year, including Grade I winners Latent Heat and Wait a While. The second five is headed by Distorted Humor, sire of 20 stakes winners last year, 10 of them graded. Seventh was Awesome Again, sire of no fewer than three Grade I-winning four-year-old fillies in 2006: GI Breeeders= Cup Distaff winner Round Pond; Apple Blossom winner Spun Sugar; and rocket sprinter Dubai Escapade, who won the seven-furlong GI Ballerina. Then came the evidently seriously underrated Langfuhr, who stands for just $25,000; and Red Ransom, sire of G1 Dubai World Cup winner Electrocutionist. Tenth on the 2006 North American general sire list is Stormy Atlantic, last year=s leading sire of two-year-olds while beating out the impressive freshman sire one-two, Street Cry and Johannesburg. Heading the second 10 are Smart Strike, Storm Cat, Unbridled=s Song, and another pretty seriously underrated sire, Royal Academy, now sire of 77 Northern Hemisphere-sired stakes winners. Besides Street Cry and Johannesburg, three other freshman sires topped the $1-million mark in progeny earnings: Pure Prize, Officer, and Orientate, who definitely finished the year strongly; and Include, as noted above, finished sixth, with progeny earnings just short of $900,000. Among sophomore sires, the top five all ranked in the bottom third of the Top 100 on the general sire list: they were headed by Aptitude ($3.2 million), and also included Broken Vow, Trippi, Point Given, and El Corredor. Among third-year sires, as mentioned Giant=s Causeway turned in quite an impressive performance, big foal crops or not; while the group=s two-three, More Than Ready (24th GSL, $4.7 million) and Yes It=s True (26th GSL, $4.6 million), also turned in strong performances, with 13 stakes winners each last year. NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR SIRE YR HIS SIRE 1st Fls ST FARM ‘07 FEE Champali 00 Glitterman 2006 KY Glencrest 7,500 Domedriver 98 Indian Ridge 2005 GB Lanwades 7,500 Exchange Rate 97 Danzig 2003 FL Padua 10,000 Harlan's Holiday 99 Harlan 2005 KY Airdrie 17,500 Hold That Tiger 00 Storm Cat 2005 KY Ashford 10,000 In Excess 87 Siberian Express 1994 CA Vessels 17,500 Include 97 Broad Brush 2004 KY Airdrie 25,000 Martino Alonso 94 Marju 2002 IT Antezzate 8,000 Pleasant Tap 87 Pleasant Colony 1994 KY Lane's End 15,000 Rob's Spirit 97 Theatrical 2004 IT Il Salone 5,000.

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