TAYLOR PAIR to COOLMORE at KEENOV Sun Sets for ‘Carribean’ in Australia
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. TAYLOR PAIR TO COOLMORE AT KEENOV Sun Sets for ‘Carribean’ in Australia... Multiple Grade I-winning mares consigned by Taylor Carribean Sunset (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}--Bonheur Made Sales Agency and purchased by Coolmore inter- {Ire}, by Royal Academy), a multiple Group 3 heroine in ests brought the top two prices during Monday=s open- Ireland who collected third-place finishes in the presti- ing session of gious G1 Irish 1000 Guineas and G1 Coronation S., the Keeneland brought $1 million from the Australian-based Kia Ora November Breed- Stud at Keeneland November Mon- ing Stock Sale day. James Bester signed the yesterday in docket out back. AI like to buy on Lexington. track--she was a beautiful mover Leading the and a very classy filly with a won- charge was derful head,@ said Bester, who pre- Society Selection ferred not to disclose the owners (Coronado=s of Kia Ora. Carribean Sunset=s sec- Quest--Love That ond dam, GI Yellow Ribbon Invita- Jazz, by Dixie- tional S. heroine Queen to Conquer land Band), who (King=s Bishop), produced kicked off the Quebrada (Ire) (Devil=s Bag), a mul- 13-day event tiple champion in Germany. Coolmore’s Aisling Duignan & Richard Henry with a session- AI liked the pedigree, there was a James Bester Coady Photography/Keeneland topping bid of lot going on there,@ Bester contin- Sportpix.com.au. $1.85 million. ued. AWe figured she fitted the profile. Obviously, Aisling Duignan, director of sales at Coolmore=s Ashford Danehill Dancer is well known in Australia, so that=s Stud in Kentucky, signed the ticket for the mare, who part of the pedigree appeal. We want group-winning sold from the dispersal of Irving Cowan. Kern fillies, preferably on turf, because we race on turf in Lillingston=s Lincoln Collins was the underbidder on the Australia. She had Group-1 form as well.@ Bester was nine-year-old. AObviously, we liked her,@ said Duignan. also active at last year=s KEENOV sale for Kia Ora, AShe=s got a good pedigree and has all the criteria, does- securing Canadian champion Callwood Dancer (Ire) n=t she?@ Duignan, standing out back with a Coolmore (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) for $675,000. AThis fitted a team that included John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Paul similar profile,@ he offered. AShe=ll go back to Australia Shanahan and M.V. Magnier, also put her name on the and be bred to one of the leading stallions there. She docket for Aaron and Marie Jones=s Golden Ballet (Mos- did it in Ireland as well as America--we like that. Royal cow Ballet--Golden Jewel Box, by Slew o= Gold), who Academy is a very good broodmare sire as well. He=s was hammered down for $1.4 million. Golden Ballet is the broodmare sire of our leading stallion Fastnet Rock the dam of this year=s GI Belmont S. winner (Aus). We figured that this filly ticked all the boxes.@ Drosselmeyer (Distorted Humor). Duignan said that Jon and Sarah Kelly went to $1.25 million to pur- Society Selection would be sent to Ashford=s Giant=s chase Carribean Sunset at the 2008 KEENOV sale. Causeway, while Golden Ballet will make the trip across During her tenure in the U.S., the five-year-old added a the pond and visit Galileo (Ire). win in Philly Park=s Dr. James Penny Memorial H. and Cont. p2 finished just a head short of champion Forever Together (Belong to Me) in last year=s GI Diana S. at Saratoga. Shadwell Gets Top Weanling by Street Sense...p7 She was consigned as a broodmare prospect by Midddlebrook Farm as hip 110. - SS www.juddmonte.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/9/10 • PAGE 2 of 24 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Terrific Twosome... At the recent Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearlings Yesterday=s topper, Society Selection (hip 43), was Sale in Lexington, another horse from the Cowan dis- sold by Taylor Made on behalf of Irving Cowan, who persal brought good money. A yearling filly by Hard along with his late wife Marjorie raced the homebred Spun out of the Cowans= champion Hollywood Wildcat with Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens. As solid as they (Kris S.) made a sale-topping $310,000. Lakland Farm come, Society Selection finished first or second in purchased the filly. Marjorie Cowan passed away in 12 of 19, won the February of 2009 at the age of 68. GI Frizette S. at two, Taylor Made=s other big gun Monday was Golden and took the GI Test Ballet, whom Coolmore bought for $1.4 million, selling S. and GI Alabama S. in foal to Unbridled=s Song. Golden Ballet, catalogued as at three. As a hip 161, won the broodmare, she pro- GI Santa Anita Oaks and duced the winning GI Las Virgenes S. and three-year-old filly Su- banked over $730,000. perior Selection (Gi- She was put through the ant=s Causeway), as November Sale in 2001 Hip 43, Society Selection well as the unraced and was secured by Coady Photography/Keeneland Ghostzapper filly Aaron and Marie Jones American Angel. She for $1.6 million. It was a has a yearling colt by A.P. Indy named Rightfully So steep price tag, but and sold here in foal on a Mar. 5 cover to Medaglia Golden Ballet proved her d=Oro. AI thought that was an awesome sale,@ Taylor worth time and again Made=s Duncan Taylor smiled after watching the nine- over the past decade. Her Hip 161, Golden Ballet year-old sell for $1.85 million. AYou don=t find many first foal, Ballado=s Gold Coady Photography/Keeneland racemares like her; but there really wasn=t much to (Saint Ballado), sold for compare her to in the past few years at her age that $425,000. Her second foal was the $1.6 million have sold. When someone=s trying to buy really good KEESEP yearling Stage Luck (Unbridled=s Song), who blood, they=ve made a good buy, and we=re happy with became a black-type winner for Sheikh Mohammed=s the sale. There aren=t too many mares that can win a Darley operation. Other yearlings to sell included Grade I going seven furlongs in the Test S., then come Ghizlaan (Seeking the Gold), who made $600,000; and back a few weeks later and win the Alabama at a mile Black Pond (Forestry), who brought $190,000. Overall, and a quarter. She was definitely something special.@ yearlings out of Golden Ballet have grossed Taylor said the transaction took on adding meaning $3,415,000. because of the client. AFolks like Mr. Cowan and what Golden Ballet=s biggest claim to fame, of course, is he=s done for the business...those are the kind of peo- that she=s the dam of this year=s Belmont hero ple we need,@ said Taylor. AHe=s enjoyed it, and he Drosselmeyer, who gave WinStar its second Classic win deserves [success]. I was really glad to see a War on the year with a strong late-running effort. WinStar Chant [sire of Chamberlain Bridge, winner of Saturday=s purchased Drosselmeyer for $600,000 at the 2008 GII BC Turf Sprint] win the Breeders= Cup race.@ War Keeneland September Sale. He was sidelined with an Chant, another Cowan homebred, won the GI BC Mile injury following the Belmont, but is on track to make a at Churchill in 2000 and is a successful sire at Three full return to racing in 2011. Chimneys. Cont. p3 \ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/9/10 • PAGE 3 of 24 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Coolmore heads opening session at KEENOV.. cont. Marie Jones, who purchased the broodmare prospect Warbling (Unbridled=s Song) for $1.1 million at Fasig- Tipton November Sunday, was also in attendance at Keeneland yesterday, smiling graciously as she went over and thanked the Coolmore team out back. AI think that was a fair price for a great mare,@ said Taylor Made=s Frank Taylor, longtime advisor for the Joneses. AIt=s hard to sell a mare like that. She had it all--she was a great run- ner, a great producer and had a great sales record.@ The Joneses have their own barn at Taylor Made, and so generally keep their broodmares Aaron & Marie Jones senecacorp.com limited to the number of stalls in the barn. ARight now, we have about 26 mares, I think,@ said Marie Jones. Taylor added, AWe=ve been trying to get the average age of our broodmare band down a little bit, so we=re buying some younger ones. It=s worked out well. Golden Ballet actually reminds me of the mare we bought last night, Warbling, in that they=re both the best physicals of the sales they were in.@ New Kids on the Block A snapshot of how first-time in-foal mares & racing/broodmare prospects are selling at Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland November, categorized by their best on-track performance. Sold Average Median GI wnrs 9 $1,267,777 $1,100,000 GII wnrs 12 $433,182 $300,000 GIII wnrs 12 $261,818 $200,000 Listed wnrs *24 $272,174 $170,000 *No. of Listed Winners in Monday=s TDN was incorrect; the correct no. for FTKOV >10 was 12. New Kids on the Block - 2009 First-time in-foal mares and racing/broodmare prospects sold at Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland Day 1 last year. Sold Average Median GI wnrs 7 $947,857 $850,000 GII wnrs 11 $445,000 $425,000 GIII wnrs 7 $304,143 $290,000 Listed wnrs 26 $193,731 $140,000 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/9/10 • PAGE 4 of 24 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Keeneland Cont.