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THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020 NOT THIS TIME FILLY FIRST MAXFIELD OFF KENTUCKY DERBY TRAIL DUE TO CONDYLAR FRACTURE by Katie Ritz TO HIT THE MILLION- An expected Kentucky Derby favorite, Godolphin homebred Maxfield (Street Sense) suffered a non-displaced condylar DOLLAR MARK AT OBS fracture in his right front leg Wednesday morning while breezing a half-mile at Keeneland. The Brendan Walsh trainee joins a growing list of 3-year-olds now off the Derby trail as Wells Bayou (Lookin At Lucky) was found to have bone bruising also on Wednesday morning. Within the past two weeks, the race also lost the undefeated Bob Baffert colts Nadal (Blame) and Charlatan (Speightstown) due to injuries. AHe wasn=t cooling out right after the work,@ Walsh said of Maxfield=s Wednesday morning training session. AWe knew right after and we were able to get on it as quick as possible.@ Cont. p11 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Hip 1254 | Photos by Z SISKIN TO FACE TEN IN CLASSIC TEST By Jessica Martini, Christie DeBernardis and Steve Sherack The unbeaten Group 1 winner’s opposition in Friday’s G1 Irish 2000 Guineas includes six from Ballydoyle. Click or tap A daughter of freshman sire Not This Time (Hip 1254) was the here to go straight to TDN Europe. first juvenile to reach the million-dollar mark during the Ocala Breeders Sales Company=s Spring Sale towards the end of the second session Wednesday. The fleet-footed bay, who worked the fastest quarter-mile of the sale in :20 1/5, was also the first ever seven-figure sale for her consignor Top Line Sales. She was purchased by Gary Young. Both Hip 1254 and Tuesday=s topper, a $750,000 colt by Ghostzapper (Hip 1250), were originally slated for the cancelled Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale. AThere is still some money for a good horse,@ said Young. AThere is no middle market. If a horse checked all the boxes, they were going for decent money, not like anything like they were before the world turned upside down. It is not the most stable market right now is the best way to put it. That should be no surprise to anyone though.@ A total of 143 horses changed hands for a gross of $15,209,000 Wednesday for an average of $106,357 and a median of $57,000. Last term 182 juveniles brought $22,902,500 with an average of $125,150 and median of $75,000. Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Thursday, June 11, 2020 Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Deputy Editor Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Associate Editors Christina Bossinakis @CBossTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN News and Features Editor In Memoriam: Ben Massam (1988-2019) ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistant/Dir. Of Distribution Rachel McCaffrey Advertising Assistants Amie Newcomb Kristen Lomasson Photographer/Photo Editor Chief Little Hawk (Air Force Blue) backs up his lofty reputation with an impressive Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew debut win under Seamie Heffernan at Navan Wednesday. The Aidan O'Brien trained [email protected] juvenile becomes the second winner for his Ashford based sire. | Racing Post Social Media Strategist Justina Severni Director of Customer Service WELLS BAYOU ALSO OFF DERBY TRAIL 12 Vicki Forbes On the same day the GI Kentucky Derby lost top contender [email protected] Maxfield (Street Sense) to a condylar fracture, another hopeful, Marketing Manager Wells Bayou (Lookin At Lucky), was also declared from the Derby Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen trail with bone bruising. Director of IT/Accounting Ray Villa SOLE VOLANTE WORST TO FIRST IN SALTY [email protected] 13 [email protected] GULFSTREAM ALLOWANCE Sent off as the 12-5 second choice to his slightly more accomplished WORLDWIDE INFORMATION stable companion Ete Indien (Summer Front), Sole Volante International Editor (Karakontie {Jpn}) was dropped out the back early by Luca Panici, but Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN came with a flying finish in what could be a prep for the GI Belmont S. [email protected] in New York in 10 days’ time. European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JUNE 11, 2020 Through the first two days of the four-day auction, 395 head have summoned $28,103,500 with an average price of $97,582 and an a median of $50,000. At this point last term, 434 horses brought $38,248,500 for an average of $109,595 and a median of $65,000. During Tuesday=s opening session, 192 juveniles grossed $12,166,500 with just six bringing over $300,000 compared to Wednesday when 11 eclipsed that number. AIt had a feel of being stronger today than [Tuesday],@ said Barry Eisaman, who sold a homebred filly by The Factor (Hip 388) for $320,000 Wednesday. AI have not seen the numbers yet, but having a million-dollar horse sell late in the day, I think the numbers are going to be pretty good. We all entered this 2-year-old sales season uncertain. No one could predict what was coming down the pike. The stock market has gone up. I think many people are tired of being quarantined and are ready to go do something. Racing has opened up in multiple states. There was some buyers who felt bargains were going to happen and came to gather up those bargains. When you get enough of those folks, the sale ends up okay. I think, at most levels, this one has been okay. It is not continuing 2019 business as usual, but it is a beginning for our industry. Horses are beginning to get sold and money is starting to change hands. Hopefully our industry can rebound and we can get back to last year or the year before=s levels. For now it is certainly better than no sale or being quarantined.@ Cont. p4 OBS SPRING SALE SESSION TOTALS 2020 2019 $ Catalogued 328 304 $ No. Offered 195 223 $ No. Sold 143 183 $ RNAs 52 40 $ % RNAs 26.7% 17.9% $ No. $300K+ 12 20 $ High Price $1,350,000 $1,000,000 $ Gross $15,209,000 $22,902,500 $ Average (% change) $106,357 (-15%) $125,150 $ Median (% change) $57,000 (-24%) $75,000 CUMULATIVE TOTALS 2020 2019 $ Catalogued 656 608 $ No. Offered 395 434 $ No. Sold 288 349 $ RNAs 107 85 $ % RNAs 27% 19.6% $ No. $300K+ 18 29 $ High Price $1,350,000 $1,000,000 $ Gross $28,103,500 $38,248,500 $ Average (% change) $97,582 (-11%) $109,595 $ Median (% change) $50,000 (-23%) $65,000 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JUNE 11, 2020 OBS cont. Niall Brennan, who sold a $700,000 Distorted Humor filly (Hip 1253) and a $450,000 daughter of the red hot Constitution (Hip 341) Wednesday, expressed similar sentiments. AObviously this year it was a little difficult coming in to determine what the market would be,@ Brennan said. AWe are just very grateful to have a sale. There are still a good few people here even though it=s obviously restricted travel and we couldn=t have an international presence. At the same time, there are people here actively wanting to buy. They are doing their homework. The nicer horses are well sought after. I think the genuinely nice horses with a good pedigree, who vet clean, it seems like there are people here for them and they want to buy them. There is always money for quality. I think that=s always going to be true in the horse market.@ He continued, AWhen you=ve got more horses than buyers, the lower horses are going to suffer. And you=re going to see that in a lot of RNA=s and scratches. But if there is a market here, I think the momentum will carry through to the end of the week for the nice horses who people want.@ Brennan | Photos by Z A total of 261 of the 656 juveniles catalogued through the first two days were withdrawn from the sale. I think people are making every effort to sell their horses, but I think scratches and late scratches are a combination of two factors,@ Brennan said. AOne is vet issues. Post-breeze X-Rays reveal if there are chips or injuries and that can really hurt your chances of selling. And I think some of the scratches are due to that and some due to just lack of interest for those lesser horses. Maybe they didn=t breeze well or didn=t show well at the barn. There are not enough buyers here so those ones, there are just no homes for them.@ The OBS Spring Sale continues through Friday with sessions starting at 10 a.m. daily. Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 15 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • JUNE 11, 2020 Not this Time Filly Goes to the Top of Class A filly from the first crop of >TDN Rising Star= Not This Time (Giant=s Causeway) became the first seven-figure sale for Jimbo and Torie Gladwell=s Top Line Sales when summoning $1.35 million from agent Gary Young, who was acting on behalf of an undisclosed client.