GALILEO, DOMINATION TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE - BOOK 1 If It Was Ever in Doubt, Conclusive Proof Was Offered WEDNESDAY, OCT
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here GALILEO, DOMINATION TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE - BOOK 1 If it was ever in doubt, conclusive proof was offered WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10, 2012 that Galileo (Ire) is the most sought-after sire in the world after he dominated the second day of trade at Tattersalls and helped set a new record for daily turnover at the October Sale of SESSION 2012 2011 25,022,000 guineas, just 24 No. Catalogued 193 169 hours after the previous record No. Offered 169 148 had been broken. The champion No. Sold 140 123 sire was responsible for the top RNAs 29 25 five lots of the session--and the % RNA 17.2% 16.9% sale so far--led by the 1.5-million No. Over 500k 9 2 guineas full-sister to this year's High Price 1,500,000 600,000 Lot 383 Gross 25,022,000 15,797,000 G1 Investec Oaks winner Was Tattersalls Average (% change) 178,729 (+39.2%) 128,431 (Ire), who became the most Median (% change) 112,500 (+12.5%) 100,000 expensive yearling sold in Europe so far in 2012. With Demi O'Byrne having bought the sales-topping CUMULATIVE 2012 2011 Was for 1.2-million guineas in the same ring in 2010, it No. Catalogued 385 337 was no surprise to see the Coolmore buyer and John No. Offered 343 295 Magnier poised in their customary position at the top of No. Sold 279 243 the bidders' cage, but this time around they gave way RNAs 64 52 to Nicolas de Watrigant of Mandore International, an % RNA 18.7% 17.6% increasingly dominant player on the European sales No. Over 500k 17 7 circuit. De Watrigant buys regularly for Sheikh Joann High Price 1,500,000 800,000 Bin Hamad Al Thani, but the top lot was not among the Gross 48,038,000 33,945,000 purchases for the Qatari royal. Average (% change) 172,179 (+23.3%) 139,691 "I can't say who I have bought her for, but it is a Median (% change) 110,000 (+10%) 100,000 client of the agency," he said. "She is the one you need www.tattersalls.com in your broodmare band. Not only does she have the pedigree, but she moves really well. She's one for the future." Earlier in the day De Watrigant, who is at the sale with Sheikh Joann's recently appointed bloodstock manager Benoit Jeffroy, bought a Saeed Manana-bred daughter of New Approach (Ire) out of the Oaks d'Italia runner-up Wadaat (GB) (Diktat {GB}) for 400,000gns. This particular filly is for Sheikh Joann, who tasted Group 1 glory on Sunday with the recently purchased Olympic Glory (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere. That colt has remained in training with Richard Hannon since his private sale by Julie Wood, and the New Approach filly will join him at Hannon's Wiltshire yard. "She's a queen," said de Watrigant. "We love her-- she's perfectly sound, has a great temperament and she can really walk. We've won the Jean-Luc Lagaradere, now we want to win the Marcel Boussac!" Along with an increasing number of horses, including the i1.2-million top lot at Arqana's August Sale, Sheikh Joann has recently bought Haras de Bouquetot in Normandy. Cont. p3 In This Issue Not to be Outdone 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Another member of the Qatari royal family, Sheikh (732) 747-8060 Fahad Al-Thani, added two sons of Sea the Stars (Ire) to (732) 747-8955 (fax) his string for next year when, bidding through David www.thoroughbreddailynews.com Redvers, he went to 575,000gns for Newsells Park Stud's www.thetdn.com colt out of Fame and Glory's sister Yummy Mummy (GB) (lot 360). He had already bought a Sea the Stars half-brother to Youmzain (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}) and Barry Weisbord, co-publisher Creachadoir (Ire) (King's Best) (lot 235) for 470,000gns. [email protected] • Sheikh Fahad @barryweisbord Tattersalls Sue Finley, co-publisher Coverage begins page 5 [email protected] • @suefinley Editorial Frankel Gallops [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief In preparation for what will almost Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Marie Kizenko, Senior Editor certainly be his final race in the G1 Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor QIPCO Champion S. Oct. 20, Frankel Lucas Marquardt, Features Editor (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) was put through his Steve Sherack, Racing Editor paces on Wednesday morning with a Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. workout on Newmarket's Rowley Mile Justina Severni, Assistant Editor racecourse. The surprise of the morning Kelsey Riley, Assistant Editor was that he was without his regular lead horse and companion, his Advertising [email protected] Frankel Emma Berry three-parts-brother Bullet Train, arriving Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising instead from Warren Place with another Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer stablemate, Midsummer Sun (GB) (Monsun {Ger}). Sarah K. Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant Coverage begins page 10 Customer Service [email protected] Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] EST Race Click for TV Business Development 8:50a Prix Thomas Bryon-G3, STC -------------------- ------- Gary King, Director of Business Development 4:49p Jessamine S-GIII, KEE (brisnet.com PPs) TVG [email protected] TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Tom Frary TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/11/12 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com S A L E S T O P P E R S Sponsored by GEORGE HILLS Insurance - Both Sides of the Atlantic US Mob: +1 859 229 9095 • UK Mob: +44 (0) 7979 750 421 [email protected] TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLINGS WEDNESDAY’S TOP FIVE FILLIES Hip Sire Dam Price (gns) 383 Galileo (Ire) Alluring Park (Ire) 1,500,000 B-Lodge Park Stud (Ire) Consigned by Lodge Park Stud Purchased by Mandore International Agency 249 Galileo (Ire) Shadow Song (Ire) 1,300,000 B-Lynch Bages Ltd & Camas Park Stud (Ire) Consigned by Camas Park Stud Purchased by Demi O’Byrne 242 Galileo (Ire) Secret Garden (Ire) 925,000 B-Swettenham Stud (Ire) Consigned by Voute Sales Ltd (Agent) Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock 356 Galileo (Ire) Witch of Fife 900,000 B-Epona Bloodstock (Ire) Consigned by Croom House Stud Purchased by Waratah Thoroughbreds 373 Galileo (Ire) Aleagueoftheirown (Ire) 535,000 B-Lynch-Bages & Longfield Stud (Ire) Consigned by Glenvale Stud Purchased by Cheveley Park Stud WEDNESDAY’S TOP FIVE COLTS Hip Sire Dam Price (gns) 375 Galileo (Ire) Alexander Goldrun (Ire) 950,000 B-Noel O’Callaghan (Ire) Consigned by Mountarmstrong Stud Purchased by Demi O’Byrne 334 Montjeu (Ire) Wanna (Ire) 725,000 B-Churchtown House Stud (Ire) Consigned by Churchtown House Stud Purchased by Waratah Thoroughbreds 360 Sea the Stars (Ire) Yummy Mummy (GB) 575,000 B-Newsells Park Stud (Ire) Consigned by Newsells Park Stud Ltd Purchased by David Redvers Bloodstock 382 Sea the Stars (Ire) Alleluia (GB) 550,000 B-Mrs S M Rogers & Miss K Rausing (Ire) Consigned by Airlie Stud Purchased by Shadwell Estate Company 235 Sea the Stars (Ire) Sadima (Ire) 435,000 B-Frank Dunne (Ire) Consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment Purchased by David Redvers Bloodstock You can also pick up a copy of the TDN today at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/11/12 • PAGE 4 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Magnier Nets His Own Millionaire... "She's been bought for a long-standing client of ours The million-guineas barrier was breached for the first who would prefer to remain anonymous,@ Goff time in the early afternoon when John Magnier bid 1.3 commented. "I only saw her yesterday morning, but I million guineas for lot 249, a daughter of Galileo out of just fell in love with her straight away. I could watch Shadow Song (Ire) her all day. She's absolutely (Pennekamp). Described outstanding as a physical by Demi O'Byrne as "the specimen and, with her best filly in the sale," the pedigree, she has enormous Camas Park Stud residual value." offering is a full-sister to Bred on the magical Grade 1 winner Together Galileo--Danehill cross, the and a 3/4-sister to Group same one responsible for 1-winning juvenile Jan Frankel (GB), the filly was Vermeer (Ire) (Montjeu consigned by Ted Voute on Lot 249 {Ire}). David Ingordo and behalf of the Sangster Tattersalls Grant Pritchard-Gordon family. both made concerted "I'm over the moon to get efforts to snare the May-foaled filly, but Magnier had her," Goff added. the final say, just as he did when going to 950,000gns Cheveley Park Stud's Chris Tom Goff for another Galileo yearling out of the top-class Richardson was outdone on Tattersalls racemare Alexander Goldrun (Ire) (Gold Away {Ire}). this occasion, but he had This one, however, was a colt, splitting the run of better luck later in the day when buying the Galileo filly fillies which included the sister to Irish 2,000 Guineas out of Aleagueoftheirown (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) winner Roderic O'Connor (lot 242). Tom Goff of for 535,000gns. Blandford Bloodstock outlasted Jon Kelly, then "She's a most beautiful filly-Bvery athletic and a good Cheveley Park Stud to secure the May-foaled filly for mover,@ Richardson said. AMr. and Mrs. Thompson were 925,000gns. Kelly, who brought his tally of purchases very taken with her when they saw her this afternoon.@ at the sale to five on day two, had leapt straight in with Richardson has signed for four fillies so far through the an opening bid of 500,000gns, but dropped out when sale for a total of 935,000gns.