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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015 FIGURES HOLD STEADY AS BOOK 1 ENDS WORK ALL WEEK RETIRED By Emma Berry and Kelsey Riley Champion Work All Week (City Zip--Danzig Matilda, by Newsells Park is no stranger to sales ring success with its mare Repriced) has been retired from racing due to a stress fracture Shastye (Ire) (Danehill), the dam of 3.6 million guineas colt Sir discovered in his knee during a routine scan. The Midwest Isaac Newton (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in 2013, and Andreas Jacobs’s Thoroughbreds homebred most likely suffered the injury during operation once again found itself at the top of the results table his third-place effort in Keeneland’s GIII Phoenix S. Oct. 2. during Thursday’s third and final session of Book 1 of the “Sometimes he gets heat in Tattersalls October Sale. his ankles, so we were doing Newsells topped a routine check on him,” said Wednesday’s session with Midwest Thoroughbreds’s the sale-topping Dubawi Richard Papiese. “We decided (Ire) filly, and followed up to go ahead and check his Thursday with Shastye’s knees for no reason except Street Cry (Ire) filly, which just to be thorough and we commanded a session- found a stress fracture that Work All Week | Horsephotos topping 800,000gns from likely occurred during the Lot 439, session-topping agent Charlie Gordon- running of the Phoenix. There was no pulse or heat, but there Street Cry filly | Tattersalls Watson. was just enough for us to have to stop on him.” Six seven-figure lots traded over the last three days, headed by Papiese added, “We are so lucky we decided to check, because the 2.1 million guineas Dubawi filly, led to 4% rise in aggregate it could have set him up for a slab fracture and that could have on last year’s figures for Book 1 as a whole to 82,744,500gns--a been catastrophic. To bring back as a 7-year-old [next year] new European auction record--with the median remaining static would be a big risk and he’s already done so much and given us at 150,000gns and the average falling slightly by 5.7% to so many highs that I would not risk his health and happiness. It’s 222,431gns. The clearance rate was also largely unchanged from not a tragedy and the glass isn’t half empty--it’s full because he last year, with 372 of the 462 lots offered, or 80.5% of yearlings, isn’t shattered.” Cont. p11 being marked as sold. A slightly quieter final session saw the corresponding figures for day three take a dip, with the turnover of 24,375,000gns representing a decline of 19%, and the average and median contracting by 30.9% and 26.3% at 196,573gns and 140,000gns, respectively. Charlie Gordon-Watson | Tattersalls The clearance rate for 124 sold on Thursday stood at 79.5%. The momentum of the Newsells Park draft continued apace on the final day of Book 1 Thursday, with their Street Cry half-sister to G2 Middleton S. winner Secret Gesture (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 439) creating a stir late in the afternoon when selling for 800,000gns to Charlie Gordon-Watson, who had to see off Darley’s John Ferguson for the February-foaled bay. Cont. p3 Fastest winner of Saratoga’s 1:08.56 Next start: Vanderbilt H. (G1) Faster than Rock Fall, Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) in a dozen years since Majesticperfection, at Keeneland Speightstown. War Front, etc. City Zip – Receivership, by End Sweep Fees: $7,500 Share The Upside | $6,000 S&N Des Dempsey (859) 509-2106 | Brian Lyle (859) 519-6477 | Mark Toothaker (859) 421-0151 158991-Palace-BHD-V2.indd 1 10/7/15 5:45 PM IN THIS ISSUE President & Co-Publisher: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Sr. V.P. & Co-Publisher: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley V.P., International Operations: Gary King Keeneland, IFHA Join Integrity Coalition [email protected] @garykingTDN EDITORIAL Both the Keeneland Association and the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) have joined the Coalition for Horse Racing Integrity in support of [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini HR 3084, it was announced Thursday. 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Andrew Page 12 Advertising Designer: Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistant: Amanda Foster Social Media Strategist: Nichola Henry Mile In Mind CUSTOMER SERVICE Following the success of her stable companion Ballydoyle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in [email protected] Sunday's G1 Prix Marcel Boussac, Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will be a tough nut to Dir. of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes crack in Friday's G1 Dubai Fillies' Mile at Newmarket. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Page 13 Director of IT: Robert Williams [email protected] Dissident Named Aussie HOY Director of Internal IT: Ray Villa [email protected] On the strength of four Group 1 successes, Dissident (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}) was named Australia's Horse of the Year Thursday, adding the national honor to his title as Victorian WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Horse of the Year. It is the fifth time in six years that a horse trained by Peter Moody has International Editor: Kelsey Riley been recognized (Typhoon Tracy, 2010; Black Caviar, 2011-2013). [email protected] Page 15 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.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com EST Race Click for 8:35a Dubai Cornwallis S.-G3, NMK (Brisnet.com PPs) 9:05a Vision Oh So Sharp S.-G3, NMK (Brisnet.com PPs) 9:40a Dubai Challenge S.-G2, NMK (Brisnet.com PPs) 10:10a Dubai Fillies’ Mile-G1, NMK (Brisnet.com PPs) HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 16 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • OCT. 9, 2015 Tattersalls cont. from p1 It was not the first time a Newsells-consigned progeny of the stakes-placed Shastye (Ire) (Danehill) has caused a stir in the Tattersalls ring; her Galileo (Ire) colt achieved a record price that stood for 24 hours when selling to MV Magnier for 3.6 million guineas at this sale in 2013, and that colt, now named Sir Isaac Newton (GB), was a maiden winner at Gowran Park in May before finishing sixth, beaten 2 1/4 lengths, in Royal Ascot’s G3 Jersey S. and fourth in Leopardstown’s G2 Boomerang S. Sept. 12. This filly nearly enjoyed the ultimate update when Secret Gesture, herself a 230,000gns buyback here in 2011, crossed the wire first in the GI Beverly D. S. at Arlington in August, but the 5-year-old lost that race in the stewards room. The filly’s second dam is G2 Prix de Royallieu winner Saganeca (Sagace {Fr}), the dam of Group 1 winners Sagamix (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}) and Sagacity (Fr) (Highest Honor {Fr}) and the second dam of G1 Prix d’Ispahan victor Sageburg (Ire) (Johannesburg) and G1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Sagawara (GB) (Shamardal). Gordon-Watson, who said the sale was made for an “existing client,” revealed he had bid on Shastye’s Medicean colt, now a winner in Australia, at Arqana August three years ago. “The horse in Australia is doing well, which I actually bid for in Deauville,” he said. “I still think Sir Isaac Newton could come good, and the second dam, Saganeca, is fantastic.” Shastye’s 2-year-old filly, a daughter of Shamardal named Secret Sense who was not offered for sale, is in training with Secret Gesture’s trainer, Ralph Beckett, and finished eighth of 14 on debut at Kempton Sept. 21. Shastye had a Galileo filly this year and was bred back to that champion sire. Newsells Park ended Book 1 as leading consignor, with 19 sold for 8,160,000gns. Second was Highclere Stud, with 26 sold for 7,612,000gns, and Watership Down Stud was third with 11 sold for 4,585,000gns. S E S S I O N T O P P E R S Sponsored by GEORGE HILLS Neuman Insurance Group US Mob: +1 859 229 9095 • UK Mob: +44 (0) 7979 750 421 [email protected] TATTERSALLS OCTOBER BOOK ONE YEARLINGS THURSDAY’S TOP SEVEN LOTS Hip Sex Sire Dam Price (gns) 439 filly Street Cry (Ire) Shastye (Ire) 800,000 B-Newsells Park Stud & Darley Consigned by Newsells Park Stud Ltd Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 16 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • OCT. 9, 2015 Tatts Toppers cont. 411 colt War Front River Belle (GB) 775,000 B-Lofts Hall Stud Consigned by Lofts Hall Stud Purchased by China Horse Club 487 colt Frankel (GB) Tariysha (Ire) 700,000 TATTERSALLS OCTOBER BOOK 1 YEARLINGS B-Corduff Bloodstock & Yellowbird Syndicate SESSION TOTALS 2015 2014 Consigned by Corduff Stud • Catalogued 171 157 • No. Offered 156 129 Purchased by Shadwell Estate Company • No. Sold 124 106 387 filly Dubawi (Ire) Polly’s Mark (Ire) 700,000 • RNAs 32 23 B-The Kathryn Stud • % RNAs 20.5% 17.8% • No.