Bill Oppenheim, December 19-Bumper Crop BUMPER CROP
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Bill Oppenheim, December 19-Bumper Crop Denman (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}--Peach {Aus}, by Vain {Aus})--Won a Group 1 and two Group 2 races in Australia over seven furlongs among nine wins from 12 starts. He=s by Lonhro, who=s proven so popular in Kentucky as a >reverse shuttler,= and is out of a mare by Vain, so he is bred to be fast. Given Lonhro=s BUMPER CROP popularity, Darley decided to being Denman to A handful of Euros may stand for more money, but Kentucky to reverse shuttle as well, and he=ll be there sure can=t be as many of them: by our count, standing his first Kentucky season for $15,000 in there are 27 stallions retiring to stud in North America 2014. in 2014 for $7,500 or more. Of the 27, we find 23 in Kentucky, two each in Florida and New York. I=m sure Fast Bullet (Speightstown--Renfro Valley Star, by we can count on readers to let us know about any Dayjur)--Lightly raced chestnut made just seven starts we=ve missed! This week, thumbnail sketches of the over three seasons, his best win coming this spring candidates: when he led all the way to beat fellow Zayat runner Justin Philip (First Samurai) in the GII True North H. at Kentucky six furlongs. Standing for $7,500, Fast Bullet goes to Alternation (Distorted Humor--Alternate, by Seattle stallion-maker Ben Walden=s Pauls Mill Farm, which is Slew)--Plied his trade mainly in the Midwest for also debuting I Want Revenge in 2014 (see below). owner-breeder Pin Oak Stud, to which he retires for $7,500. He won the GII Peter Pan S. Flat Out (Flatter--Cresta Lil, by Cresta Rider)--Ran 29 at Belmont Park as a 3-year-old and times in all over six seasons, the last 23 of them in the GII Oaklawn H. at four, both at graded races from ages five nine furlongs, and also won two through seven. He was in the Grade III=s and earned over first three in 16 graded races, $1 million. Pin Oak has always had a including 11 Grade I races. He good following, and though he may won three times at the not be the most high-profile sire to highest levelBtwo runnings of retire in Kentucky for 2013, you the 10-furlong Jockey Club Coady photography wouldn=t discount his chances one Gold Cup and the GI Cigar bit. Mile. He also won the GII Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}--Dalicia {Ger}, Suburban H. twice. He is one Adam Coglianese by Acatenango {Ger})--Won the GI Kentucky Derby on of three new sires for dirt, the G1 Dubai World Cup on synthetic (Tapeta), Spendthrift next year and will stand for $10,000. and gave Wise Dan a fright in the 2012 GI Breeders= Cup Mile on turf; effective at distances from a mile to Fort Larned (E Dubai--Arlucea, by Broad Brush)--Winner 10 furlongs, though his two of 10 of 25 lifetime starts, including the 2012 GI best wins were at the latter Whitney H., the 2012 GI Breeders= Cup Classic (Beyer trip. Has a great outcross 115, defeating Mucho Macho Man) and this year=s GI pedigree, being by a son of Stephen Foster H. leading all the way and drawing off Candy Stripes (by Blushing by six lengths. He earned $4.4 million overall, and ran Groom) out of a German-bred Beyer figures of 107+ six times. He=ll get a good shot mare by Acatenango. A great at Adena Springs, where he=ll debut for a $15,000 fee. prospect, though a word of caution on the physical: his Graydar (Unbridled=s Song--Sweetest Smile, by Dehere)- Horsephotos sire >Leroi= is a medium-sized, -Unbeaten in three starts this year, namely the GI Donn Blushing Groom type, but H., GII New Orleans H. (both 9 furlongs) and the GII Animal Kingdom is a big, scopey type, likely throwing Kelso H. at a mile, and was 5-for-6 lifetime. Succeeds more to his damsire. I maybe wouldn=t send him the his late sire at Taylor Made and deserves to be well same physical type you would send to >Leroi=. supported. Had he made the GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile, he might well have given the winner Goldencents Data Link (War Front--Database, by Known Fact)--Grade plenty to think about. I winner at a mile (2012 GI Maker=s Mark Mile, at Keeneland); also second to Wise Dan in the same race I Want Revenge (Stephen Got Even--Meguial {Arg}, by in 2013), and won Grade II races at 8 1/2 and nine Roy)--Won the GI Wood Memorial in spectacular fashion at odds of 1-2 in 2009 and looked the favorite for that furlongs. Strictly a grass horse; he=s a Grade I winner by War Front, standing at Claiborne for a very year=s GI Kentucky Derby, but was sidelined by injury. He joins Fast Bullet as this year s Pauls Mill intake, reasonable $7,500, another in a string of righteous = > = which means he s gone to a farm which knows how to stud fees at Claiborne for 2014. = give them a good shot, and at $10,000, he looks very fair value for a horse who was the likely Derby favorite. Jimmy Creed (Distorted HumorBHookedonthefeelin, by Citidancer)--A $900,000 yearling purchase, a good sprinter who won the GI Malibu S. at 7 furlongs on opening day of Santa Anita=s 2012-13 winter meet and came back in April to win the “With 60 fillies or mares selling for the equivalent of $1-million or more this autumn GII Potrero Grande S. at – a 67% increase on 36 last year – it’s only a pleasant surprise that the European 6 1/2 furlongs, both on Mixed sales were up just as much if not more than the North American ones. There conventional dirt. In that respect are still more millionaires (equine and human) in America, as it’s still a much bigger he is more like his sire and has a market, but with 30%-plus gains at all three major European mixed sales, the 2013 chance to further establish sales season indisputably goes down in the history books as the year the Distorted Humor as a sire of thoroughbred market came roaring back.” spendthriftfarm.com sires, which would be welcome. – Bill Oppenheim Reasonably priced at $12,500, which if memory serves is the price at which his sire kicked off, at the resurgent Spendthrift operation. Justin Philip (First Samurai--Ava Knowsthecode, by Cryptoclearance)--Very useful sprinter who ran 32 times over four seasons and finally got his deserved Grade I win in this year=s Alfred G. Vanderbilt S. at Saratoga; also won the GII Woody Stephens and a Grade III, and placed in nine other graded races. Sprinters with this kind of record--danced a lot of dances, usually right there--often turn out to be much better sires castletonlyons.com than the bare facts of their ARQANA DECEMBER BREEDING STOCK SALE records might suggest. Very YEAR CAT RING SOLD %W/D %S/R %S/C GROSS AVG well bred--he=s a half-brother to four other black-type 2013 954 846 686 11.3% 81.1% 71.9% €26,433,000 €38,532 winners, including Algorithms--and goes to Castleton 2012 930 814 598 12.5% 73.5% 64.3% €19,561,500 €32,712 Lyons for $12,500. 2011 908 788 544 13.2% 69.0% 59.9% €16,159,500 €29,705 2010 878 790 567 10.0% 71.8% 64.6% €16,309,000 €28,764 2009 748 674 512 9.9% 76.0% 68.4% €13,389,500 €26,151 Liaison (Indian Charlie--Galloping Gal, by Victory 2008 734 656 464 10.6% 70.7% 63.2% €11,567,500 €24,930 Gallop)--Won the GI CashCall Futurity as a 2-year-old and contested eight graded races from eight starts at three, and connections obviously thought a lot of him, as he ran in the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Travers S. and he did place in the GII Swaps S. and GII Jim Dandy S. He came back this year at four to win the GII Mervyn Leroy H. Both his graded wins were on synthetic at Hollywood Parl, but he also did win a stakes on conventional dirt and is another headed to Spendthrift, for $10,000. Morning Line (Tiznow--Indian Snow, by A.P. Indy)--A bit of a forgotten horse, being very lightly raced the last two seasons. Won the GII Pennsylvania Derby and missed by a head in the GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile as a 3-year-old in 2010. He won the seven-furlong GI Carter H. at TOTAL 2ND HALF EUROPEAN MIXED SALES four and the GII Mervyn Leroy YEAR CAT RING SOLD %W/D %S/R %S/C GROSS AVG H. at five. A $700,000 yearling 2013 4,806 4,114 3,341 14.4% 81.2% 69.5% €192,703,559 €57,678 acquisition and by Tiznow, who 2012 4,744 4,008 3,109 15.5% 77.6% 65.5% €132,100,578 €42,490 lanesend.com 2011 4,496 3,792 2,757 15.7% 72.7% 61.3% €122,722,466 €44,513 has a real chance to be a sire of 2010 4,511 3,770 2,674 16.4% 70.9% 59.3% €97,346,550 €36,405 sires, Morning Line has retired 2009 4,318 3,593 2,689 16.8% 74.8% 62.3% €104,133,851 €38,726 to Lane=s End for $10,000.