THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here >SUNSET= DOES MUCH MORE THAN >GLOW= AN UPWARD >ARQ= Ten Broeck Farm=s Sunset Glow (Exchange Rate) By Kelsey Riley streaked home to score an impressive 3 1/4-length With names like Toronado (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), victory in yesterday=s GII Sorrento S. at Del Mar. Sent Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and Flotilla (Fr) (Mizzen off at 3-1 in a field scratched down from seven to five Mast) on its honor roll and statistics that show a steady runners, she quickly sprinted up the rail and entered rise over the last four years, the Arqana August Sale into a brief duel with Heart of Paradise (More Than has certainly earned a place amongst the leaders on the Ready), but seized control from that rival just before global yearling sales circuit. Last year, Arqana officials clocking an opening quarter in :22.30. With a clear lead broke tradition by on the field after a half-mile in :45.30, the gray looked reducing the catalogue every bit the winner turning for home and effortlessly and staging an additional sailed further clear to collect her first black-type victory. sale--dubbed the v.2 Sale- The bettors= second-choice, Cinderella S. winner La Grange (Curlin), chased Sunset Glow in second, while -upon conclusion of the Heart of Paradise settled for third. Even-money favorite August sale, and the Caval (Blame) posed a brief early threat before fading to results spoke for finish last of the quintet. Second in her unveiling over themselves: the clearance the Presque Isle Downs synthetic May 13, Sunset Glow rate of 75% was a five- wired the field when taking on the boys in a five- year high for the August furlong test over the Belmont lawn June 6. Shipped sale, and the average-- across the pond for her next outing, the gray finished which, at i134,622, second in Royal Ascot=s G3 Albany S. June 20 and was breached the six-figure Arqana August graduate and dual making her first start since returning to the U.S. in this mark for the first time in Group 1 winner Toronado test. Her dam, Perfectforthepart, produced a full-brother four years--was at its Racing Post to the Sunset Glow last year and was barren this term. highest since before the new millennium. The median of i80,000 also hit a 14-year high. This year, Arqana stages its August sale Aug. 16 to 18 in Deauville in the same format. The three-day stand will see 365 yearlings go under the hammer in two parts. Part 1 comprises 180 youngsters split between evening sessions post-racing Saturday and Sunday, while 185 yearlings make up Part 2 Monday afternoon. Cont. p3 Sunset Glow Benoit Photo CORRECTION: In early editions of Wednesday's TDN, an error by our sales coverage team erroneously listed John Sikura as the underbidder on the sales topping $1.25-million War Front filly (Hip 150). Fasig-Tipton officials have confirmed that Mr. Sikura, in fact, never bid on the horse. We regret the error. IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT From the Desk of Bill Director of Business Development: Gary King [email protected] Oppenheim EDITORIAL Columnist Bill Oppenheim reviews the results of the [email protected] Aug. 4-5 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale and Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini Gio Ponti discusses some of the sires that will be represented in Managing Editor: Alan Carasso this weekend’s New York-bred sale, also held in Racing Editor: Steve Sherack Coady Photography Racing Analyst/Social Media Director: Brian DiDonato Saratoga Springs. Associate Editor: Justina Severni Page 10 Assistant Editor: Christie DeBernardis Assistant Editor: Heather Likins Updates From ADVERTISING Saratoga [email protected] Director of Advertising: Alycia Borer Art Director: Lia Kusch A fully loaded field of juvenile fillies that includes Sr. Ad Coordinator/Dir. of Distribution: Sarah K. Andrew three ‘TDN Rising Stars’ is expected for Sunday’s Advertising Designer: Amanda Crelin GII Adirondack S. Also, Florida-based conditioner Advertising Assistant: Amanda Foster Kathy Ritvo has arrived at the Spa without Mucho Cavorting Macho Man (Macho Uno) for the first time, but has A. Coglianese CUSTOMER SERVICE a regally bred sophomore she hopes will achieve Grade I success. [email protected] Director of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes Page 12 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Central Banker Director of IT: Robert Williams Retired From Racing [email protected] Database Admin./Programming Specialist: Gregg Casillo [email protected] Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence’s GII Churchill Downs S. victor Central Banker (Speightstown) has been retired from racing. WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Central Banker Stud plans for the 4-year-old have yet to be International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] A. Coglianese finalized. Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin Page 14 Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 • Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com EST Race Click for TV www.thetdn.com 2:30p Ballyroan S.-G3, LEO Brisnet.com PPs --------- TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/7/14 • PAGE 3 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com GRADED RESULTS Wednesday, Del Mar SORRENTO S.-GII, $200,000, DMR, 8-6, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:16 3/5, ft. 1--#@SUNSET GLOW, 119, f, 2, by Exchange Rate 1st Dam: Perfectforthepart (SP), by Dynaformer 2nd Dam: Capote Ann, by Capote 3rd Dam: Andestine, by Native Prospector Arqana cont. from p1 ($60,000 wlng '12 KEENOV; $140,000 yrl '13 With such strong credentials to boast of, one would KEESEP). O-Ten Broeck Farm Inc; B-Gayla Rankin/GLR not begrudge Arqana officials for entering the sale with Ranch (KY); T-Wesley A Ward; J-Victor Espinoza. confidence. Arqana Chairman Eric Hoyeau, however, is $120,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 4-2-2-0, approaching the three-day stand with quiet optimism. $197,640. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the When asked how this year=s catalogue stacked up to eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. last year=s, Hoyeau said, AWe are confident in the quality of the catalogue. Last year=s market was good and the market this year looks good, too, so we can McElroy Equine Purchase expect a good sale.@ 2--La Grange, 123, f, 2, Curlin--Jennie R., by Awesome Again. ($17,000 yrl '13 KEESEP). O-Big Chief Racing LLC; B-Nicholas M Lotz, Stonestreet Thoroughbred (718) 978-8200 Holdings LLC & Betsy Kelley (KY); T-J Keith www.mersant.com Desormeaux. $40,000. Sponsors of the following stats for the: ARQANA AUGUST YEARLING SALE LANE’S END Sales Graduate CUMULATIVE 2013 2012 3--Heart of Paradise, 119, f, 2, More Than Ready-- Catalogued 376 347 Paradise Playgirl, by Speightstown. ($145,000 yrl '13 No. Offered 334 325 KEESEP). O-Dan Hoefflin, Jerry Hollendorfer & No. Sold 251 218 RNAs 83 107 George Todaro; B-Pollock Farms (KY); T-Jerry % RNAs 24.9% 32.9% Hollendorfer. $24,000. No. $500K+ 9 4 Hip 139 - Half sis selling at KeeSep with TAYLOR MADE High Price i1,500,000 i1,200,000 Gross i33,790,000 i24,870,000 Average (% change) i134,622 (+18%) i114,083 Median (% change) i80,000 (+6.7%) i75,000 Margins: 3 1/4, 5 1/4, 4 1/4. Odds: 3.30, 2.60, 6.20. France a Force On the Rise... Also Ran: Sharla Rae, Caval. Hoyeau suggests that the recent surge of Group 1- Scratched: Conquest Eclipse, Windy Forecast. winning Arqana graduates--which also includes G1 Prix Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or de l=Arc de Triomphe heroine Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. and this year=s Classic winners Avenir Certain (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) (G1 Poule de Essai des Pouliches and G1 Prix CORRECTION: Il Campione (Chi) (Scat Daddy), winner of the Aug. 3 de Diane) and The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (Mastercraftsman Clasico Polla de Potrillos in Chile, was inadvertently reported as being {Ire}) (G1 Prix du Jockey Club) from the Arqana October a gelding. He is in fact a colt. Yearling Sale--is no coincidence. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 8/7/14 • PAGE 4 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Arqana cont. Hoyeau attributes the rise of Arqana=s yearling sales to the improving quality of mares in France, which is likely a reflection of the country=s generous prize money and owners= and breeders= premiums. Last year, more than i118 million was distributed in prize money for 4,887 flat races in France. Across the English Channel in the UK, about ,62 million was awarded for 6,107 flat races. Maiden and conditions races for 2- and 3-year-olds are worth a minimum of i14,000--and up to i57,000--in France, while listed races for the same age bracket offer between i52,000 and i55,000. Handicaps start at i16,000, and go all the way up to i70,000. These figures do not reflect the lucrative owners= and breeders= premiums on offer in the country. Owners of French-bred horses earn 64% of purses back for 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds, and 43% for 5-year-olds and upward. Dual Classic winner Avenir Certain=s owners, for instance, have banked premiums of i555,539 through the filly=s first five starts. Add on her prize money earnings of i868,030, and her connections have collected over i1.4 million for the filly they plucked out of the Arqana ring for i45,000 less than two years ago.