WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here NUMBERS SOAR AT FTKOCT WAR TO COOLMORE AFTER BREEDERS’ CUP Led by the participation of trainer Mark Casse, Coolmore and Joe Allen=s Declaration of War yesterday=s second session of Fasig-Tipton=s October (War Front--Tempo West, by Rahy) will make his final Fall Yearling Sale achieved massive year-over-year gains start in the Nov. 2 GI Breeders= Cup Classic at Santa as the Thoroughbred market continues to show signs of Anita before retiring to Coolmore=s Co. Tipperary base. vigor and strength. In total, Successful in the June 18 273 horses sold Tuesday for G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal $10,025,400, bumping up Ascot and the Aug. 21 the average to $36,723 (up G1 Juddmonte International at 36.8%) from 2012. The York, the 4-year-ol also hit the median jumped 28.6% to board in this term=s G1 Eclipse $18,000, while the buy-back S. at Sandown July 6, and rate came in at a strong G1 Sussex S. at Goodwood 15.47%. AWe started strong, July 31. ADeclaration of War and we finished strong, and has danced every dance this it was pretty strong in season and will have one more between,@ said Fasig-Tipton run in the Breeders= Cup President Boyd Browning, Jr. Classic,@ said trainer Aidan AIt was a very good day for O=Brien. AHe has an unbelievable selling horses.@ Just minutes constitution and is a lot like into the session, Casse Giant=s Causeway--a big, struck for the current sale powerful, strong traveller--so Declaration of War Session Topper, hip 384 topper, a $500,000 we re hopeful that he ll run Racing Post Photo Fasig-Tipton Photo = = Distorted Humor--Annasan well.@ Coolmore=s Christy colt from Hill >n= Dale Sales (hip 384). He was still Grassick added, AUnbeaten as a 2-year-old in France, around roughly 10 hours later to secure the Paul Declaration of War won two of Britain=s highest profile Tackett-bred and -consigned Horse Greeley half-sister Group 1s this summer and is a very imposing horse to to My Conquestadory (Artie Schiller) (hip 736) for look at. His sire War Front is probably the most sought- $320,000, the sale=s current filly topper. In all, Casse after stallion in America at the moment and his dam is a purchased five of the top 10 lots Tuesday. AObviously half-sister to star 2-year-old and American Classic it=s nice when a horse in the first 10 hips brings winner Union Rags. He=s a hugely exciting prospect.@ $500,000, and it was nice to sell Mr. Tackett=s filly for $320,000 at the end,@ said Browning. AThe most encouraging aspect of the sale continues to be the diversity of buyers, and the ability to find homes for the vast majority of horses, thanks to the competitive bidding at virtually every level. Today was fun, and we=re excited to have another sale tomorrow. We=ve got another good group of horses.@ The third and final session of the October Sale gets underway this morning at 10:00. For catalog, results and outs, visit www.fasigtipton.com. cont. p4 RETIREMENT LOOMS FOR ATLANTIC JEWEL Coolmore's Atlantic Jewel (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}- -Regard {Aus}, by Zabeel {NZ}) was found to have swelling in the lower sheath of a flexor tendon in her off-side foreleg and has been scratched from Saturday's G1 Cox Plate a short time after being assigned post position seven in an oversubscribed field of 15. The defection means that It's A Dundeel (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}), who handed Atlantic Jewel her lone career defeat in the G1 Underwood S. Sept. 21, has assumed the mantle of favoritism at $4 (3-1). cont. p3 In This Issue Solid Trade Continues at Arqana Oct 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Continuing the theme spilling over from a banner opening session, solid Red Bank, NJ 07701 trade was maintained throughout day two of Arqana's October Yearling sale (732) 747-8060 as keen bidding and an impressive clearance rate aided the transfer of over (732) 747-8955 (fax) four out of every five lots offered. Heading the session was a son of Duke of www.thoroughbreddailynews.com Marmalade (Ire) who led the way when selling to Imperial Bloodstock for www.thetdn.com €145,000 (US$199,834). 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Bill Oppenheim examines the legacy of marquee sire Sadler’s INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Wells. Begins page 20 Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Kelsey Riley, International Editor [email protected] Sean Cronin, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Tom Frary, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing [email protected] EST Race Click for TV 7:50a Prix des Reservoirs-G3, DEA P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/23/13 • PAGE 3 of 23 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Cont. from p1 Kirwan told Racing Post that Atlantic Jewel is likely An A$320,000 purchase out of the 2010 Magic to be send to the Northern Hemisphere in the coming Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, Atlantic Jewel months. "Assuming she is retired, we'll look after her quickly stamped herself as a star, winning the and then send her to Ireland sometime around G1 Schweppes Thousand Guineas in her fourth career Christmas before she then joins the northern appearance. She added the G2 Wakeful S. by seven hemisphere broodmare band, at least for the time dominating lengths, but was forced to miss the being," he told the trade daily. "The likelihood is she G1 Crown Oaks with a stress fracture in her back and will visit Galileo. It's nearly November now and it's was spelled. She returned in the Australian fall to take getting too late to cover this type of mare in Australia.@ the G1 All-Aged S. last April, but a tendon injury to her Atlantic Jewel has amassed earnings of A$1,587,925 opposite leg resulted in a 16-month absence. An in winning 10 of her 11 career starts. impressive winner of the G1 Memsie S. first-up Aug. 31, she thrashed her peers in the G2 Stocks S. Sept. 14, but suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of It=s A Dundeel in the Underwood a week later. In what is likely to be her career finale, Atlantic Jewel atoned for that defeat in no uncertain terms, streaking away by four lengths in the G1 Caulfield S. at the Sydney oval Oct. 12. AThat is probably the end of her racing career,@ Coolmore=s Michael Kirwan told Racing Post. AWe have to get a veterinary report but she has had an injury in the past and she's now five so we probably will be retiring her. She is a bit of a freak. The fact she was able to come back after such a long layoff and win the Memsie S. over seven furlongs against all the best horses in Australia shows how good she was, that's the reality. She was the real deal, there's no doubt about that. She had unbelievable ability." Atlantic Jewel Racingandsports P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/23/13 • PAGE 4 of 23 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Casse Lands New Sale Topper... It=s safe to say that Semersky trusts Casse=s Yesterday=s second session was just awakening when judgement. Since he and Newell jumped into the trainer Mark Casse put a jolt into the proceedings by Thoroughbred sales scene going to $500,000 for a Distorted Humor half-brother just this past spring, Casse to Canadian champion A Bit o=Gold (Gold Fever). Casse has purchased for them the was acting on behalf of Ernie Semersky and Dory unbeaten My Newell=s Conquest Stable, for whom he trains the Conquestadory, recent Breeders= Cup hopefuls My Conquestadory (Artie winner of the GI Darley Schiller) and Conquest Titan (Birdstone).