Rip Van Winkle Colt on Top at Tatts Vinery Sale Finalized Havana Gold Moves to Delzangles
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here RIP VAN WINKLE COLT ON TOP AT TATTS HAVANA GOLD MOVES TO DELZANGLES By Emma Berry Qatar Racing Ltd=s G1 Prix Jean Prat victor Havana The most encouraging factor of another strong day of Gold (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) has been transferred from the trade in Newmarket was a clearance rate of 89% for care of Richard Hannon to Mikel Delzangles in advance the 224 yearlings offered during the second session of of a crack at the Nov. 9 G1 Emirates S. at Flemington. Tattersalls= October Yearling Sale Book 2, which He will retire to Tweenhills Stud in brought a top price of 230,000gns and another Gloucestershire after his Australian 18 six-figure lots to add to venture, and his fee has been set at the 13 on day one. A 3% rise ,8,500. ARichard Hannon made a in aggregate from last year's wonderful job of handling Havana strong second session was Gold=s career thus far, but he will achieved through join Dunaden (Fr) (Nicogar {GB}) to 9,561,500gns being bid on travel to Australia where he will be the 200 lots to change hands, handled by Mikel Delzangles and his which did so at an average team,@ revealed David Redvers. price of 47,808gns (+7%) AThey are due to fly this coming Lot 798 Havana Gold Tattersalls Photo and a median of 36,000gns weekend and we are hoping he will (+3%). Racing Post round off his career in style in Paul Smith, the son of Coolmore partner Derrick, Australia. We moved him to Mikel Delzangles because made the winning bid of 230,000gns on Tuesday's top of the success he has had with horses in the Southern lot, a first-crop son of Rip Hemisphere and Far East.@ Richard Hannon Jr added, Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo AHavana Gold has been a fantastic horse to train, and {Ire}), the treble Group 1 as tough as teak. He has been a wonderfully winner who raced for his consistent, top-class performer and has never let us father, Michael Tabor and down. But for some bad luck, Havana Gold might never Sue Magnier. The Cheveley have been out of the first two. He would have beaten Park Stud-bred colt out of Style Vendome [in the Listed Prix Francois Boutin] at the juvenile winner Deauville as a juvenile, had his saddle not slipped in the Shanghai Lily (Ire) (King's final furlong, and he ran an exceptional race from a Best) (lot 798) could horrific draw in the French Guineas. He also ran well in become the second the Irish equivalent, so his Group 1 win in the Prix Jean racehorse to bear Paul Paul Smith (left) & Prat was no more than he deserved.@ Smith's colors. His sole M V Magnier representative at present, Emma Berry Kingston Hill (GB), by another young Coolmore sire Mastercraftsman (Ire), won the G3 Autumn S. Saturday and is trained in Newmarket by Roger Varian. Cont. p3 VINERY SALE FINALIZED The Heller Solari family=s Chilean-based Haras Don Alberto completed its purchase of Tom Simon=s Vinery in Lexington Friday, the farm=s Pam Michul confirmed yesterday. Pam and Bill Michul acted as listing agents in the sale, while Bill Justice of Justice Real Estate was the selling agent. Michul would not divulge the final purchase price of the 440-acre property, which was put on the market last summer, but the asking price was $13,970,000. Michul said negotiations on the sale, which was first reported Tuesday on Paulick Report, had been going on for the past month. 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I pinhook a few foals AI=m delighted to have bought him,@ Paul Smith said of each year and I=ve never had one where all the other the session topper. AHe=s by a stallion we know well pinhookers have kept saying to me >How=s that Big Bad and who seems to be very popular at this early stage of Bob colt?= He was just really special, a stand-out.@ his second career. Fingers crossed he can go on to McCarthy is also selling a daughter of Rathbarry make as successful a start with his runners as Stud's Acclamation (GB), (lot 1444) on Thursday. The Mastercraftsman has done." He added, AI=m only just last time he sold a pinhooked starting to get involved on the sales and breeding side. foal to Peter Doyle, the horse We've been really fortunate to have been involved with turned out to be the Group 2 some wonderful horses and seeing how they progress winner Harbour Watch (Ire) as a stallion is a really interesting part of it.@ (Acclamation {GB}), who has As if to reinforce his approval of Rip Van Winkle's recently completed his first first crop, Smith later signed for another by the sire--a season at Tweenhills Stud. He strong colt (lot 961) offered by Kellsgrange Stud and too was trained by Richard knocked down for 150,000gns. His half-sister Avenue Hannon. The Big Bad Bob colt is Gabriel (GB) recently became the first stakes winner for out of the Sakhee mare young Juddmonte stallion Champs Elysees (GB) when Scrumptious (GB), whose first landing the Listed Flame Of Tara EBF S. at the Curragh. foal Gangster Story (Ire) The duo's grandam is the great Lady Carla (GB) (Kheleyf) is a dual winner in (Caerleon), winner of the G1 Epsom Oaks for Wafic Italy. She hails from the Said and Henry Cecil in 1996. Ballymacoll Stud family of Scots Paul McCarthy Rip Van Winkle is leading the freshman sires this Lass (GB), whose descendants Emma Berry week at Tattersalls with 10 yearlings sold for an include G1 2000 Guineas winner average price of 89,100gns. Golan (Ire) and Derby runner-up Tartan Bearer (Ire). Just a fortnight ago a Big Bad Bob filly out of the Bob Delivers For McCarthy... Desert King (Ire) mare Sovana (Ire) sold for i230,000 As the sun appeared fleetingly at Park Paddocks, a at Goffs' Orby Sale to become the highest priced gleaming near-black colt strode into the ring and yearling for her sire, but this colt now has the upper prompted a duel between the Hannon and Doyle team hand, his price in guineas converting to around and Shadwell's Angus Gold. Peter Doyle, standing with i260,000. The yearlings were conceived for a fee of Richard Hannon, Sr, had the final say at 210,000gns i6,000 during the stallion's first season at the Irish for the striking son of Big Bad Bob (Ire) (lot 779), a National Stud, following his move from his price that made the day for Paul and Julie McCarthy of owner/breeder Cristina Patino's Islanmore Stud. Glencoole Stud in Co. Cork. The young couple pinhooked the March-born colt for i50,000 at Goffs in November and prepared him for his yearling sale PEDIGREE INSIGHTS... appearance at neighbouring Rathbarry Stud, which is Get pedigree expert managed by Paul. Andrew Caulfield=s take on racing=s newsmakers! All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, You can find all of Caulfield=s unless otherwise indicated columns in the TDN Archive.