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ACCEPTING ENTRIES the Annual Lexington Selected Yearling Sale Gets Under- Way at 7 P.M October race calendar page 14 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 ©2013 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 Special Synergy In Lexington With Racing, Sale ACCEPTING ENTRIES The annual Lexington Selected Yearling Sale gets under- way at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion. The sale will be conducted every night through Saturday, with every session beginning at 7 p.m. In addi- tion, consignors are showing yearlings to prospective buy- ers starting in the morning. The sale is one half of the daily double of the “Lexington Experience,” combined with racing at The Red Mile. For NOVEMBER 18-19-20, 2013 more than half a century, there has been a synergy between A three-day sales trifecta! racing and selling horses in Lexington during the two-week Black type yearling entries close October 1. Grand Circuit stand. It is certain to continue this year as sev- eral winners during the first week of Grand Circuit racing at Enter Online At The Red Mile have siblings being sold in the Lexington Se- www.bloodedhorse.com lected Yearling Sale. The most notable of the Lexington winners with siblings being offered are Hip number 80, a full brother to Father Patrick, who strolled to victory in Bluegrass Stakes action last Friday night, and Ma Chere Hall, who fought off Shared Past in 1:52.3 on Sunday afternoon. The veteran Arch Mad- “There’s No Substitute for Experience” ness also won, and he has a full brother selling as well. Another synergy between racing and the sale is the fact JERRY HAWS CHARLES MORGAN P.O. Box 187 • Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 (937) 947-1218 that revenues from the sale help support racing at The Red Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 DEAN BEACHY & ASSOCIATES Mile. The yearling sale runs through Saturday night, with [email protected] Auctioneers the Kentucky Futurity closing out the two-week Grand Cir- cuit stand in Lexington on Sunday afternoon. WHAT’S INSIDE . Because Breeders Crown eliminations are scheduled to be held at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs the Friday and Sat- The Sale Scene—pg. 3 urday following the Kentucky Futurity, some racing partici- Opening night—first foals—pg. 4 pants are unhappy that the race will be held just six days 2012 Lexington Selected numbers—pg. 8 Continues on page 2 ›››› Sires By The Numbers—pg. 10 Lexington Selected Sale Live Via Internet The Lexington Selected Yearling Sale gets underway at Nigel Soult Photo Nigel Soult the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion in Lexington on Tuesday night, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. It continues through Saturday, Oct. 5, with all sessions beginning at 7 p.m. If you can’t be at the sale and want to watch it live via the internet, it will be video streamed. Go to www.lexingtonselected.com and look for the link for live video. Sale results will also be available on the website and updated throughout Walnut Hall Ltd. will offer a half brother to Bluegrass the sale. winner Ma Chere Hall on Tuesday night. (Hip 60) HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 14 September 30, 2013 www.harnessracing.com Firsts At Lexington Selected: First Crops By Sires Nigel Soult Photo Nigel Soult ART COLONY (ONT) ROCK N ROLL HEAVEN (NY) (by Artsplace) (by Rocknroll Hanover) No. of mares bred: 97 No. of mares bred: 138 No. of foals: 53 No. of foals: 102 No. of yearlings at Lex: 2 No. of yearlings at Lex: 29 No. of yearlings at HB: 4 No. of yearlings at HB: 37 LUCKY CHUCKY (NY) SPORTSWRITER (ONT) (by Windsong’s Legacy) (by Artsplace) No. of mares bred: 138 No. of mares bred: 224 Father Patrick won big at The Red Mile on Friday and Brittany No. of foals: 83 No. of foals: 153 Farms will sell his full brother (Hip 80) on Tuesday night. No. of yearlings at Lex: 29 No. of yearlings at Lex: 20 No. of yearlings at HB: 32 before Crown eliminations. They questioned why the race No. of yearlings at HB: 37 couldn’t have been held the first Sunday of the meet. MUSCLE MASSIVE (PA) “The Futurity is the last day of the meet. Period,” said (by Muscles Yankee) No. of mares bred: 123 George Segal, a partner in the Lexington Trots Breeders As- No. of foals: 85 sociation LLC (LTBA LLC), which operates The Red Mile. “We No. of yearlings at Lex: 24 were certainly aware of the scheduling. Pocono wanted the No. of yearlings at HB: 41 Breeders Crown right after we had Lexington. How many years has the Grand Circuit been held at Lexington? This is the 121st Futurity. We have these two weeks every year. “Yes, I know that someone will say, ‘Well, you moved the Futurity before and had it the first week,’” Segal continued. “Well, we found out that did not work best for the racing handle and the sale. One thing that helps the sale is having the last night of the sale the night before the Futurity. Some may also not like night racing the first week, but night rac- ing has worked very well. It has been great for us from a handle standpoint.” Segal said every single revenue stream is critical for the LTBA LLC operation. HarnessRacing Weekend Preview “The sale is one of our major revenue streams. By merging Kathy Parker Heather Kemper the two Lexington sales (in 2005), we helped the buyers, but [email protected] [email protected] we (LTBA LLC) don’t receive all of the revenues. We still share Editor/ General Manager Assistant Production Manager those revenues with Kentucky Standardbred (Sale Com- Lynne Myers Suzy Hall [email protected] [email protected] pany),“ explained Segal. “Obviously, the revenues have been Advertising Manager Production & Design hurt by the fact that the sales revenues have been down, and Gordon Waterstone Stephanie Condron-Hall the number of horses we’re selling has been down.” [email protected] [email protected] Segal said the LTBA LLC partners are committed to “tak- Associate Editor Editorial Art Director ing care of the tradition” of racing at The Red Mile, and Jay Hochstetler Sherry Lane [email protected] [email protected] hopeful for the future. Intern Accounting & Circulation A case currently before the Kentucky Supreme Court could Suzanne Starbuck For mail sent via U.S. Postal Service, pave the way for The Red Mile to offer Instant Racing, gam- either P.O. Box 8480, Lexington, KY 40533, [email protected] or 1910 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite 200, ing based on the outcome of races already contested. Two Production Manager Lexington, KY 40503. (859) 276-4026 racetracks in the state, Kentucky Downs and Ellis Park, have © Copyright Horseman Publishing Company. already been taking play on Instant Racing even though A product of Horseman Publishing Company, publishers of the website their legality is being challenged in court. www.harnessracing.com and The Horseman And Fair World magazine. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, Last month Kentucky Downs offered a five-day boutique electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission. meet that distributed $4.1 million in purses for a daily aver- age of $824,228. The track said more than 70 percent of the To sign up for the Weekend Preview please visit total purses was derived from wagering on historical www.harnessracing.com/members_sign_up.php races.—By Kathy Parker HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 3 of 14 September 30, 2013 www.harnessracing.com The Sale Scene While yearling shoppers are serious at sales, they also ap- preciate unusual horses and/or horse tales. Here are a few horses to look for in the flesh, and pedigrees worth perusing. Hip 101, selling on Tuesday night, is a chestnut-colored colt by Somebeachsomewhere. Chestnut-colored Standardbreds are rare, and this might be the only one by Somebeach- somewhere. Appropriately named Pardon The Red, this colt is a half brother to I Fought Dalaw p,3, 1:49.3f, Western Glory p, 1:49.4 and the notable fillies Racing Star, Eternity’s Delight and Sir Jillian Z Tam. The colt was bred by White Birch Farm and is in the Preferred Equine Marketing consignment. Hip 313, selling on Thursday night, is a colt by Dragon Again out of the Western Hanover mare Armbro Wichita. So what’s the big deal? Because this colt is by Dragon Again and Armbro Wichita is out of Bruce’s Lady, the broodmare Sandy’s Sable shows up on the top and bottom of his pedigree—on the top, as the dam of Dragon’s Lair, and on the bottom Sandy’s Sable is the granddam of Arm- bro Wichita. The colt, named The Wayfaring Man, was bred by 98 Degree Farm (Ohio State Racing Commission chair- man Robert Schmitz and Kathryn Kerg) and Midland Acres. Hip 365 is another gray horse from Spring Haven Farm. The colt’s dam, I’ve Got The Life, was gray, as was her dam, Pri- vate Affair, and her granddam, the famous gray mare White Ruffles. All but two of I’ve Got The Life’s foals have been gray. Hip 543 is a Brittany Farms-bred colt named Riegle Man. Gene Riegle trained many of Brittany’s top stars, including Artsplace, Western Hanover, Life Sign, Leah Almahurst and Three Diamonds. Western Hanover, Art- splace, Leah Almahurst and Three Diamonds all are in the first three generations of this colt’s pedigree. Brit- tany manager Art Zubrod said that his wife, Leah, named the colt. “Gene passed away about two years ago, and it’s like you could put Gene Riegle’s name next to every horse on the page,” he noted.
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