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ONE OF A KIND FASIG-TIPTON PHOTO FASIG-TIPTON $1 MILLION FILLY TOPS FASIG-TIPTON YEARLING SALE See page 2 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Offspring of Aptly Named Deep Impact Shine at Auction 6 Catching Up With Richard Migliore 7 Lord Nelson Shows Progress in Battle With Laminitis 8 Connect Retired Because of Soft Tissue Injury 9 Frostmourne to Stretch Out in Kent Stakes 10 Dona Bruja, Pee Wee Reese Register Top Efforts 11 The Future of Aftercare Funding: An OTTB Subsidy 12 Results 15 Entries 16 Leading Lists 17 BLOODHORSE DAILY Download the FREE smartphone app PAGE 1 OF 17 FASIG-TIPTON JULY SELECTED YEARLINGS $1 MILLION FILLY TOPS Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2017 July Yearling Sale FASIG-TIPTON YEARLING SALE Top Hips By Ron Mitchell Hip Sex, Sire—Dam Sale Price t 290 f, ylg, Medaglia d'Oro—Hung the Moon $1,000,000 @BH_RMitchell Buyer: OXO Equine Consignor: Bluewater Sales orse racing newcomer Larry Best struck again 194 c, ylg, Orb—Aurora Prospect $310,000 July 11, going to $1 million to acquire a Medaglia Buyer: Kenneth McPeek, agent for Fern Circle H Consignor: Gainesway d'Oro filly during the waning minutes of the Fasig-Tip- 235 c, ylg, Into Mischief—Diamond Fancy Free $300,000 ton July selected yearling sale in Lexington, highlight- Buyer: Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds Consignor: Paramount Sales ing a strong one-day auction that kicked off the year- 248 c, ylg, Maclean's Music—El Bank Robber $270,000 ling sale season. Buyer: William K. Werner Best, the enigmatic former executive with Boston Consignor: Nardelli Sales 152 c, ylg, Cairo Prince—Turtle Beach $265,000 Scientific who buys under the OXO Equine banner, Buyer: WCI Investments made his first Thoroughbred purchases at last year's Consignor: Stuart Morris, agent for Highclere Keeneland September yearling sale and was this year's 69 c, ylg, Tiznow—Passe $260,000 Buyer: Maverick Racing & China Horse Club leading buyer of 2-year-olds in training with four Consignor: Perrone Sales, agent for Apache Farm, et al. obtained for a total $4.75 million. 137 c, ylg, Cairo Prince—Tesoro de Amor $260,000 Best patiently waited Tuesday until Hip 290, a Feb. Buyer: Jay Em Ess Stable 25, 2016 foal consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent, Consignor: Brereton C. Jones 295 f, ylg, Maclean's Music—Inner Groove $260,000 entered the ring. It was obvious from the outset that Buyer: John C. Oxley the filly was going to top the sale, as bidding escalated Consignor: Gainesway quickly until Best, seated inside the sale pavilion, 168 f, ylg, Malibu Moon—Write When Ready $250,000 Buyer: Jerry Crawford, agent for Donegal Racing emerged on top. Consignor: Vinery Sales, agent for Kendall E. Hansen "I just try to review as many horses as I can, and 22 c, ylg, Shackleford—Lunargal $240,000 Buyer: Sagamore Farm when one strikes me as special, I consider it seriously," Consignor: Baccari Bloodstock Best said of his interest in the filly, the only horse he 178 c, ylg, Uncle Mo—Afleet Lass $240,000 Buyer: Northway Bloodstock Consignor: Gainesway 225 c, ylg, Strong Mandate—Comeon Dixie $240,000 Buyer: Steven W. Young, agent Consignor: Four Star Sales bid on during the auction. "I just pick the horse I want to own; the market determines the value. It was the horse I was most interested in and it was high in the range of what I wanted to pay." Best, who now owns seven horses, said he has five horses in training with Jerry Hollendorfer and Chad Brown that will begin to represent him on the track soon. Bluewater's Meg Levy almost seemed stunned by the price, which was the highest at the sale since a Forestry colt was sold for $1.2 million in 2006 and was the co-highest ever for a filly at the auction (a Northern FASIG-TIPTON PHOTO FASIG-TIPTON Larry Best after buying hip 290, a Medaglia d’Oro filly who Dancer filly brought $1 million in 1982). topped the July yearling sale for $1 million (continued on page 3) BLOODHORSE DAILY Download the FREE WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2017 PAGE 2 OF 17 smartphone app FASIG-TIPTON JULY SELECTED YEARLINGS $1 MILLION FILLY TOPS FASIG-TIPTON YEARLING SALE (continued from page 2) "My highest hopes were not even close to that price," Levy said. "We brought her in here thinking her sire power and precocious, athletic physical would make her a standout here. Being the first yearling sale of the year, I thought she might bring $600,000 or so if we had the right folks, but that (price) was beyond my wildest expectations for sure." The first foal out of the stakes- winning Malibu Moon mare Hung the Moon, the filly was bred in Kentucky FASIG-TIPTON PHOTO FASIG-TIPTON by Southern Equine Stables. Hung the The second-highest priced yearling, a son of Orb consigned by Gainesway, was Moon was purchased by Bluewater, as purchased by Kenny McPeek for Fern Circle Stables agent, for $280,000 while carrying the Medaglia d'Oro filly from the Elm Tree If you put good horses in front of quality buyers, Farm consignment to the 2015 Keeneland November anything can happen. I think it should give everyone breeding stock sale. in the marketplace some confidence for the upcoming Competitive bidding by a broad base comprised of yearling sales." end-users and pinhookers on a typically hot, humid Despite the seven-figure filly and the overall positive Kentucky summer day pushed overall numbers above results, Browning said the market remains selective. those of the 2016 venue. "There is still some selectivity in the marketplace From 300 cataloged, Fasig-Tipton reported 172 as we have seen in recent years," the executive said. yearlings sold for $16,107,000, an increase of 2.2% "So you had better have a pretty good feel of the over the $15,756,500 total for 183 in 2016. The $93,645 quality of horse you've got, you had better be realistic average represented a gain of 8.7% over the $86,101 in assessing its pedigree, its vetting, and its physical figure a year ago. The median improved from $60,000 conformation, and have a really good idea who's to $70,000. The 72 horses from the 242 through the involved on your horse." ring that did not sell represented an RNA rate of 29.8%. The sale's second-highest price was the $310,000 "Obviously it was a very, very good day," said an paid by trainer Kenny McPeek on behalf of Paul ebullient Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning. Fireman's Fern Circle Stable for an Orb colt (Hip 194) "Average was up, gross was up, median was up, and from the consignment of Gainesway, agent. the RNA rate was down. Boom! You are always pleased The product of a solid Claiborne Farm female the statistics reflect positively on those trends, and family, the colt is out of an Arch mare who had five you're always thrilled to have a horse break out and get wins and earned $112,358 while racing in Canada. Bred through the glass ceiling like the filly did late today. in Kentucky by Heather M. Takahashi, the colt had "It just demonstrates the strength of the market. been purchased for $55,000 by Blue Sky Stables at this (continued on page 4) BLOODHORSE DAILY Download the FREE WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2017 PAGE 3 OF 17 smartphone app FASIG-TIPTON JULY SELECTED YEARLINGS $1 MILLION FILLY TOPS "We were just waiting for this colt," said Randy FASIG-TIPTON YEARLING SALE Hartley. "We thought he was the best horse in the sale. For an Into Mischief, he was good size, really correct. (continued from page 3) He had the whole package for what we were looking year's Keeneland January mixed sale. for here. It's a lot of money. He has to do everything "It was more than I thought," McPeek said of right and if he does he will do well." the purchase price. "I really felt like he was around Although he and his partners had been mostly $200,000, but he was really an exceptionally well- outbid on the horses they wanted at Fasig-Tipton, made individual and a horse that had a lot of energy Hartley said he did not mind because a strong market and was very well-balanced." bodes well for the industry going forward. McPeek said he purchased yearlings in all price "You never want to buy in a bad market so you have ranges Tuesday and labeled the market "solid." to pay for a good horse," the horseman said. "We have Florida pinhookers Randy Hartley and Dean De done really well out of this sale. We are just trying to Renzo went to $300,000 for an Into Mischief colt buy really nice individuals. If they're good now they'll whose second dam produced grade 1 winner and sire be good down the road. First Samurai. Among first-crop sires, Airdrie Stud's Cairo Prince Consigned by Paramount Sales as Hip 235, the had eight yearlings sold from as many offered for an bay colt was bred in Kentucky by the partnership of average of $141,875. BH Gabriel Duignan, Bruce Pieratt, Patsy Pieratt, Patrick Costello, and Petaluma. s Share this story FASIG-TIPTON PHOTO FASIG-TIPTON Meg Levy of Bluewater said the sale-topper’s sire power and precocious, athletic physical made her a standout BLOODHORSE DAILY Download the FREE WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2017 PAGE 4 OF 17 smartphone app Editorial Staff Editorial Director: John K.