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FASIG-TIPTON Midlantic Coverage p. 1-ATW HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2007 COOLMORE SIRES DOMINATE FIRST SESSION GOFFS TOP SEVEN COLTS It was a case of honors shared between Montjeu (Ire) Hip Sire Dam Price ( ) and Galileo (Ire) after a formidable opener to the Goffs i 117 Montjeu (Ire) Maskaya (Ire) 650,000 Million Sale yesterday, which witnessed colts by both Consigned by Croom House Stud stallions selling to Purchased by Demi O=Byrne Coolmore=s Demi 175 Galileo (Ire) Onereuse (GB) 650,000 O=Byrne for i650,000 Consigned by Clare Castle apiece. As his son Au- Purchased by Demi O Byrne thorized (Ire) prepares = 187 Montjeu (Ire) Park Crystal (Ire) 575,000 for his biggest test in Consigned by Castlemartin Stud Sunday=s G1 Prix de Purchased by Demi O Byrne l=Arc de Triomphe, = 98 Galileo (Ire) Lunar Lustre (Ire) 435,000 Montjeu was the main (160,000gns wnlg 05 TATDEC) man again and was > Consigned by Croom House Stud responsible for two of the top three colts and Purchased by Jim Bolger 66 Sadler s Wells Katiyfa (Ire) 420,000 Montjeu at the 1999 Japan Cup the top-priced filly dur- = ing a solid first ses- Consigned by Ashtown House Stud Purchased by Demi O Byrne sion. Denis Brosnan=s Croom House Stud consigned hip = 117, a half-brother to recent Chester maiden winner 96 Elusive Quality Lucky Rainbow 310,000 Red Blooded Woman. The pair is a out of Maskaya, a Consigned by Kilcarn Stud half to triple stakes scorer Modeeroch (Ire), 2002 G1 Purchased by Shadwell Estate Company Cheveley Park S. third Danaskaya (Ire) and Chinese 185 Johannesburg Paiute Princess (Fr) 275,000 Whisper (Ire). The latter is also a son of Montjeu and (i105,000 wnlg >06 GOFNOV) Consigned by Corduff Stud was third in last year=s G1 Gran Criterium for Ballydoyle before placing in both the G3 Prix la Force and G3 Prix Purchased by Demi O=Byrne de Guiche this term. AHe=s a very nice horse and a typi- cal Montjeu,@ O=Byrne said. AThere was lots to like GOFFS MILLION SALE STATISTICS about him, he=s closely related to a good horse and he comes from a good family.@ Just nine lots earlier, MONDAY, OCT. 1, 2007 Ballylinch Stud=s full-sister to the aforementioned Chi- nese Whisper provided the 1999 Arc hero with a clean sweep when selling to Herbage Stud for i320,000. It was late on when O=Byrne matched his earlier purchase when seeing off the competition for Clare Castle=s hip SESSION TOTAL 2007 2006 175, a Galileo three-parts brother to 2003 G1 Prix No. Offered 188 215 Saint-Alary winner Fidelite (Ire), whose page includes No. Sold 162 191 1995 G1 Irish Derby hero Winged Love (Ire). AHe=s a RNAs 26 24 grand sort and you=d find it hard to find a nicer horse,@ % RNA 13.8% 11.2% was O=Byrne=s glowing commendation. AHe=s from a Gross €17,482,000 €22,046,000 good family and the sire is flying.@ Goffs cont. p2 Average (% Change) €107,914 (-6.5%) €115,424 All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, Median (% Change) €70,000 (-6.7%) €75,000 unless otherwise indicated www.goffs.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/2/07 • PAGE 2 of 12 G O F F S M I L L I O N GOFFS TOP SEVEN FILLIES P P Hip Sire Dam Price (i) 108 Montjeu (Ire) Majinskaya (Fr) 320,000 Heavy Hitters... Consigned by Ballylinch Stud Aside from purchasing the session-topping duo of Purchased by Herbage Stud colts, O=Byrne also took home another son of Montjeu 154 Invincible Spirit (Ire) Nassma (Ire) 300,000 who is closely related to the 2005 G1 Epsom Derby (52,000gns wnlg >06 TATDEC) runner-up Walk in the Park (Ire). Hip 187, from the draft Consigned by Glidawn Stud of Lady O=Reilly=s Castlemartin Stud, is a grandson of Purchased by BBA Ireland Ltd 1997 G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Classic Park (GB) 79 Invincible Spirit (Ire) Lady Elysees 270,000 and was purchased for i575,000. Making it a top five (i12,000 wnlg >06 GOFNOV) for Coolmore stallions, O=Byrne went to i420,000 for Consigned by Camas Park Stud hip 66, a son of Sadlers Wells offered by Paul Purchased by Dermot Weld Shanahan=s Ashtown House Stud. He is a half to the 150 Pivotal (GB) My Giddy Aunt (Ire) 260,000 dual listed winner Katiykha (Ire), already the dam of this Consigned by Cahermorris Stables Ltd year=s impressive Leopardstown maiden scorer Katiyra Purchased by Newtown Anner Stud (Ire). AThe sire is still the best,@ his buyer commented. 9 Johannesburg Grable (Ire) 230,000 AHe had a good winner of the Beresford S. yesterday Consigned by Lynn Lodge Stud and had the G1 Fillies Mile winner on Saturday. This Purchased by Michael Jarvis colt was just a very nice sort and he wasn=t bad value.@ 59 Dansili (GB) Kallavesi 230,000 O=Byrne=s spending spree also included Corduff Stud=s Consigned by Oaks Farm Stables hip 185, a grey son of Johannesburg whose pedigree Purchased by BBA Ireland Ltd includes Dancing Brave and fetched i275,000; and a 82 One Cool Cat Latest Chapter (Ire) 230,000 half-sister to the group scorer Social Harmony (Ire) from (i170,000 wnlg >06 GOFNOV) the first crop of One Cool Cat. Consigned by Timmy Consigned by Camas Park Stud Hyde=s Camas Park Stud as hip 82, she hails from the Purchased by Demi O=Byrne Moyglare family of Go and Go (Ire) and was secured with a bid of 230,000. Interrupting the County i UPCOMING EUROPEAN GROUP 1 RACES Tipperary operation=s whitewash was the sole Elusive Quality colt in the sale, who was consigned by Pat Date Race Track O=Kelly=s Kilcarn Stud as hip 96. No doubt spurred on Oct. 5 Cheveley Park S. Newmarket Middle Park S. Newmarket by the electrifying performance of Raven=s Pass in San- Oct. 6 Sun Chariot S. Newmarket down=s G3 Solario S., Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Prix de la Foret Longchamp Maktoum=s Shadwell operation went to i310,000 for Oct. 7 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Longchamp the colt from the family of Giant=s Causeway and this Prix Jean Luc Lagardere Longchamp year=s G2 Cherry Hinton S. scorer You=resothrilling. Prix de l'Opera Longchamp You can also pick up a copy of the Prix Marcel Boussac Longchamp TDN today at the Fasig-Tipton Prix de l'Abbaye Longchamp Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearlings and Prix du Cadran Longchamp Goffs Million Sales. Oct. 14 Gran Criterium Milan Premio Jockey Club e Coppa d'Oro Milan P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/2/07 • PAGE 3 of 12 Domestic Dabblings... Fiscal Fillies... Irish trainer Jim Bolger, who has enjoyed spectacular Early in the session, Michael Jarvis was on hand to results from yearlings bought at this sale over the past purchase hip 9, a daughter of Johannesburg out of a two seasons, surprised nobody when paying i435,000 sister to the listed-placed Ballydoyle fillies Showbiz (Ire) for a son of Galileo. No introduction is required to the and Shangri La (Ire). The second dam is a full sibling of Coolcullen success story with progeny of that sire, with the 1988 G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Trusted Part- Teofilo (Ire), New Approach (Ire) and Fillies= Million ner, also the dam of the high-class Dress to Thrill (Ire) heroine Lush Lashes (Ire) creating their own fairytale. and 1993 G1 Moyglare This time, Bolger will seek Stud S. third Low Key to work some magic with Affair. The Newmarket- Croom House Stud=s colt, based conditioner paid who is out of a half to the i230,000 for the in-de- sire Majorien (GB) and the mand offering from Eddie 2000 G2 Prix de Malleret O Leary s Lynn Lodge scorer America (Ire), the = = Stud. I thought that she dam of this year=s G2 Prix A Noailles third Spycrawler. was a very striking filly AHe=s a nice prospect,@ with great movement and Invincible Spirit irish-national-stud.ie Bolger said. ATo use a a good walk,@ he said. cliche, he ticked all the Johannesburg coolmore.com AShe=s been bought on boxes.@ Fellow Irishman Dermot Weld, who has a very behalf of an established smart Classic prospect on his hands by Invincible Spirit client.@ That price was matched later in the afternoon (Ire) in the G2 Debutante S. scorer Campfire Glow (Ire), for hip 59, a daughter of Juddmonte=s red-hot Dansili was intent on securing another of the Irish National (GB) from Mark Dwyer=s Oaks Farm Stables. Out of a Stud resident=s daughters yesterday. Offered by Camas sister to the listed winner Campo Catino (Ire) from the Park, hip 79, who cost a mere i12,000 at the Novem- family of Thatch, Bachelor Duke and Soldier Hollow ber Foal Sale here, is from the immediate family of the (GB), the April-foaled filly was knocked down to Adrian graded stakes scorer Gone for Real and was knocked Nicholl of BBA Ireland. Nicholl also paid i300,000 for down to the Rosewell House conditioner for i270,000. Glidawn Stud=s hip 154, AI had to battle hard to get her, but I=m partial to Invinci- another daughter of In- ble Spirit fillies for obvious reasons,@ he explained.