The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. TOHOROUGHBRE DTM D•A•l•L•Y N•E•W•S _..:liJJ/t. ____ FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1998 ~~ $2 Daily NTRA & TVG SIGN AGREEMENT The National Thoroughbred Racing Association and the Television Games Network announced yesterday the signing of a letter of intent for a comprehensive five-year member­ ship, sponsorship and development agreement which FIRST FOAL FOR LIT DE JUSTICE The first foal aligns important future efforts of two of the racing sired by Eclipse champion Lit de Justice (El Gran Senor) industry's newest business entities. The agreement was born January 13 at Adena Springs Farm in Ver­ calls for TVG, the Broomfield, Colorado-based interac­ sailles, Kentucky. The bay filly, out of Hickory Crest tive home entertainment and wagering network sched­ (Caro {Ire}), is owned by Stronach Stables. "His early uled to debut November 1998, to become a "special foals are very nice," Dan Hall, general manager at member" and top tier sponsor of NTRA and for NTRA to lend its support to TVG's market development initia­ Adena Springs, said. "His foal out of Hickory Crest is tives. At the same time, the two entities will match extremely nice." Lit de Justice was named Champion annual contributions to a joint five-year national legisla­ Sprinter of 1 996 after a campaign in which he won four tive fund dedicated to making account (home) wagering stakes races, culminating with a victory in the Breed­ legal in new states. The dollar value of TVG's commit­ ers' Cup Sprint. Lit de Justice, who began his career in ment to NTRA, including its share of the legislative France, retired with a record of 1 0 wins from 36 starts fund, is estimated at approximately $1 5 million over and earnings of $1,397,874. The eight-year-old stallion five years, and possibly as much as $30 million if mutu­ will stand the 1 998 breeding season at Adena Springs ally beneficial milestones are hit. "We are extremely for a fee of $20,000 live foal. "We are very much pleased to enter into this partnership with the Televi­ excited about his future," Hall said. "He was bred to 87 sion Games Network," commented NTRA Chief Execu­ mares last year. We support him with a good book of tive Officer D. G. Van Clief, Jr. "TVG and its business mares, and he gets a lot of outside support." partners recently have made exceptional progress. The new relationship between NTRA and TVG is an exciting NEW ZEALAND SALE POSTS INCREASES On the and important step toward an integrated national televi­ third day of the National Premier Yearling Sale at Ka­ sion presence for our sport." The network's President raka in New Zealand, two fillies shared the top price of Mark Brnnner added, "We at TVG are honored and $203,844. Australian trainer Bart Cummings paid that happy to be the first to sign a major sponsorship agree­ price for a daughter of Danehill--Vocation (NZ) (Sover­ ment with NTRA. The agreement reflects our respect eign Edition {Ire}) and Randwick Bloodstock Agency for NTFtA as a vital new national horse racing organiza­ bought the filly by Maroof--Sparkle 'N Shine (by tion, and the fact that we share a vision of how racing Filiberto). Over the three days of the sale, 398 yearlings can be carried to millions of people in their homes in were sold for an aggregate of $27,557,643, up 50 the immediate future." TVG has secured exclusive percent from the 1997 figure of $18,360,376 when commitments from many of America's major tracks, 360 lots were sold. The average of $69,462 was up including Churchill Downs, Hollywood Park, Gulfstream 35 percent from the 1997 figure of $51,452. "It's a Park, Laurel Park, Pimlico, Lone Star Park, Santa Anita hell of an increase," said sales company representative and Turfway Park, to develop and distribute a premier Peter Vela. "It exceeded our expectations. I thought the packag13 of racing-based entertainment programming average price could have gone to $64,048. To go to and wagering. The agreement is subject to final drafting $69,462 is absolutely wonderful." Vela also thought and approval of the NTRA Board of Directors and TVG the New Zealand bloodstock industry was still only just principals. starting its rejuvenation. "There are an awful lot of international mares which have been imported into the REGAL DISCOVERY RETIRED TO STUD Regal country which are not yet reflected in our catalogues," DiscoVE!ry (Regal Classic-Royal Discovery {Tom Tulle}), he said. One yearling which failed to sell was the half winner of the 1995 Queen's Plate, has been retired and brother (by Casual Lies) to last year's Melbourne Cup will enter stud in 1 998 at Pleasant Valley Farm in winner Might And Power (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}). Windsor Goshen, New York. The Canadian-bred six-year-old, Park Stud offered the colt, who is out of the mare who 'finished second in the 1995 Prince of Wales S. Benediction Orel, and lodged a reserve of $170, 794, a?d GI Molson Export Million, retires with a race record but bidding only reached $1 53, 714 and he was passed of 25-5-3-4 and earnings of $652,843. He will stand in. There was no news as to the colt's future. for a 1998 stud fee of $3,000. PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 1-23-98 -- (News cont.} STALLION LINEUP FOR TRF AUCTION Seasons FOREIGN to Holy Bull, Kingmambo and Sea Hero, all standing in • • Kentucky, join a lineup of well over 150 stallion sea­ Local News, Australia: sons donated by some of North America's leading Zonda (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}), 4 3/4-length winner of the farms that will be auctioned at the 1 998 Thoroughbred New Zealand Derby in December, looks set to travel to Retirement Foundation's Annual Stallion Season and Austra~ia for Melbourne's Triple Crown series for Equine Art Auction on January 31 . Among Kentucky three-year-olds this autumn. That series comprises the sires in the sale are Colonial Affair, Dixieland Band, $333,000 Alister Clark S. over one mile at Caulfield on French Deputy, Runaway Groom, Wild Again. Maryland February 7, the $333,000 Caulfield Autumn Classic sires include Allen's Prospect, Opening Verse and Two over nine furlongs at the same track two weeks later, Punch. Telephone bidding will begin January 27 and and culminates with the $666,001 Cadbury Guineas culminates in the live auction on Saturday evening over 10 furlongs at Flemington on March 9. January 31 at Herb and Ellen Moelis's Candyland Farm in Middletown, Delaware. Telephone bidders are asked Local News, Australia: to contact Mr. Moelis at (302) 378-7192. Moonee Valley in Melbourne, home of the Cox Plate, will stage its first-ever night meeting Monday. The JOCKEY CLUB ISSUES LIVE FOAL REPORTS highlight of the program will be the $1 33,200 G 1 Aus­ The Jockey Club advises that preprinted Live Foal Re­ tralia S. over six furlongs, which should feature a clash ports have been mailed to all owners of mares bred in between the Rick Hore-Lacy-trained multiple Group 1 1 997. This is the second step in the registration pro­ winner Spartacus (Aus) (Snippets {Aus}) and Al cess of foals of 1 998 and should be completed within Mansour (Aus) (At Talaq), going for his eighth straight 30 days after the birth of the foal. Jockey Club Interac­ win. tive is the quickest and easiest way to submit Live Foal Reports. The web site is www.jockeyclub.com. Com­ AMERICAN BRED WINNER IN ENGLAND: pleted Live Foal Reports should be mailed to The Witchfinder, g, 6, Diesis (GB)--Colonial Witch, by Jockey Club, 821 Corporate Drive, Lexington, Kentucky Pleasant Colony. Lingfield, 1-22, Lloyd George H., 40503. 4yo/up, 7f (all-weather), $5,540 to winner. 0-Maurice Parker; 8-James Gottwald; T-Mrs L Stubbs. * $75,000 yrl '93 KEESEP. PREVIEW • • UPCOMING SALES: Saturday, Santa Anita: SANTA MONICA H.-GI, $200,000, f/m, 4yo/up, 7f Jan. 22-24: Heritage Place Mixed, Oklahoma City, Ok. The field, in order of the draw, is as follows: Madame Jan. 25-28: New Zealand Bloodstock Ltd. Yearling, Pandit {Wild Again), 119; Dixie Pearl {Dixieland Band), Karaka, Auckland, NZ. 116; Ski Dancer {Baldski), 114; Advancing Star (Soviet Jan. 27: Barretts Equine Ltd. Mixed, Fairplex, Pomona, Star), 1 21; Track Gal (Track Barron), 1 20; Stop Traffic Ca. (Cure the Blues), 118; Exotic Wood (Rahy), 121; Radu Jan. 27-31: Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Cool (Carnivalay), 118; Tiffany Diamond (Tiffany Ice), Stallion Seasons, (302) 378-7192. 113. Jan. 30: New Zealand Bloodstock Ltd. Yearling, Karaka, Auckland, NZ. ©Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper Feb. 1: Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Mixed, Timonium, Md. may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, Feb. 2-4: Virginia Thoroughbred Association Stallion electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, Media Vista. Information as to the Seasons, (540) 347-4313. races, race results and earnings was obtained from results Feb. 3: Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. 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