HEADLINE THREE CHIMNEYS NEWS The Idea is Excellence. For information about TDN, WAR CHANT Mares have Sold at call 732-747-8060. Tattersalls for 320,000, 260,000, etc. Gns www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008 THREE TIMES A CHARM FOR DARLEY AZERI HEADS KEENELAND JANUARY SALE A horse purchased by Darley=s Sheikh Mohammed Azeri (Jade Hunter--Zodiac Miss {Aus}, by Ahonoora topped trade at the Tattersalls December breeding {GB}), the 2002 Horse of the Year and the Eclipse stock sale for a third consecutive day in Newmarket Award-winning older mare from 2002-2004, is the yesterday. The Dubai ruler=s representative John Fergu- marquee attraction for the 2009 Keeneland January son went to a session-leading 1.8 million guineas for Horses of All Ages Sale to be held Jan. 12 through 17 the three-year-old filly Lady Marian (Ger) (Nayef--La in Lexington, Kentucky. One Felicta {GB}, by Shareef Dancer) (hip 2352), winner of of just six females to be the G1 Prix de named the nation=s leading horse, Azeri is being con- l'Opera at signed to the sale by John Longchamp last Sikura=s Hill >n= Dale Sales month in her most Agency as agent for the Allen recent start. E. Paulson Living Trust. She It is the second- sells in foal to fellow Horse of highest price thus Azeri winning the GI Spinster the Year Ghostzapper (Awe- far at Tattersalls. S. at Keeneland in 2004 some Again). AAzeri is truly a On Monday, Fer- Bill Straus >once-in-a-lifetime= mare, and guson purchased the fact that she is in foal to Saoirse Abu (Mr. Ghostzapper, another Horse of the Year, makes her Greeley) for 1.95 even more special,@ said Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland=s million guineas and director of sales. AKeeneland has enjoyed a long and Lady Marian tattersalls on Tuesday landed fruitful relationship with the Paulson family, and we are Princesse Dansante (Ire) (King=s Best) for 1.7 million honored to have the opportunity to offer Azeri in the guineas. But unlike that pair, who will join the Darley January Sale.@ Cont. p2 broodmare band, Lady Marian is set to continue racing next season for the Godolphin stable. Blandford STREET HERO LIKELY TO STAND AT VINERY Blodstock's Tom Goff, Californian trainer Paddy A deal is in the final stages for Myung Kwon Cho=s Gallagher and, ultimately, Seamus Burns of Lodge Park GI Norfolk S. winner Street Hero (Street Cry {Ire}-- Stud all provided Ferguson with his opposition. Squall Linda, by Summer Squall) to enter stud in 2009 at Vinery Kentucky, a farm AShe improved throughout the year before her out- source confirmed yesterday. standing win in the Prix de l'Opera, and I think Sheikh Third to Midshipman (Unbridled=s Mohammed would enjoy racing her for another season Song) in an Aug. 17 maiden at before she has her foals,@ Ferguson explained. AShe'll Del Mar, the bay ran third by 3/4 head out to the warmth of Dubai now and will then be of a length to that colt in the GI aimed at all the top Group 1 races next year. She was a Del Mar Futurity Sept. 3, then really attractive prospect, because she is already a great topped him by the same margin racemare and can hopefully graduate into a top Benoit photo in the Norfolk at Oak Tree broodmare.@ Sept. 28. In their most recent meeting, Street Hero ran The day=s aggregate was 7,417,200gns, up one third in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Oct. 25 at Santa percent on last year's disappointing figures. The Anita, where he reportedly sustained a knee injury. The 46,358gns average increased by 18 percent, though homebred is out of the graded-placed Squall Linda, who the 13,000gns median nosedived by 54 percent. The was also owned and trained by Cho. His career record clearance rate was 69 percent. Cont. p2 stands at 6-1-2-3 with earnings of $419,360. www.hillndalefarms.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/4/08 • PAGE 2 of 8 Azeri Highlights KEEJAN cont. The 10-year-old mare made headlines of a somewhat different variety this past September when her yearling colt by A.P. Indy was led out of the Keeneland sale pavilion at $7.7 million, a record price for a buyback. A total of 2,379 horses are set to go under the hammer over the course of the auction, which has been trimmed this year from seven days to six. The number cata- logued, which includes 986 broodmares, 834 short yearlings, 543 horses of racing age and 16 stallions, represents a 6.6-percent decrease from the 2,548 which were booked for this year=s January sale. Gradu- ates of the January sale include GI Belmont S. hero Da= Tara; top filly and mare sprinter Indyanne; Grade III winners Sky Mom and West Side Bernie; and MGSW Sun King. Catalogs will be available online at www.keeneland.com beginning Dec. 8. Print catalogs will be mailed out starting Dec. 22. Tattersalls December Sale Mare Sale WEDNESDAY’S TOP FIVE LOTS Hip Name Covering Stallion Price (gns) 2352 Lady Marian (Ger) B=mare Prospect 1,800,000 (f, 3, Nayef--La Felicita {GB}, by Shareef Dancer) Consigned by Ronald Rauscher, Agent Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARES etc 2393 Anna Pavlova (GB) B = mare Prospect 650,000 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3 2008 (m, 5, Danehill Dancer {Ire}--Wheeler’s Wonder {Ire}, by Sure Blade) Consigned by Musley Bank Stables SESSION TOTALS 2008 2007 Purchased by Cecil Seaman No. Catalogued 323 337 2181 Sanwa (Ger) Dansili (GB) 400,000 No. Offered 231 260 (m, 4, Monsun {Ger}--Sacarina {GB}, by Old Vic {GB}) No. Sold 160 186 Consigned by Castletown Stud RNAs 71 74 Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock % RNA 30.7% 28.5% 2304 Dimenticata (Ire) B=mare Prospect 280,000 No. Over 500K 2 1 (f, 4, Danetime {Ire}--Non Dimenticar Me {Ire}, by Don’t Forget Me {Ire}) High Price 1,800,000gns 620,000gns Consigned by Castlemartin Stud Gross 7,417,200gns 7,337,500gns Purchased by Katsumi Yoshida Average (% Change) 46,358gns (+17.5%) 39,449gns 2406 Armure (GB) B=mare Prospect 220,000 Median (% Change) 13,000gns (-53.6%) 28,000gns (f, 3, Dalakhani {Ire}--Bombazine {Ire}, by Generous {Ire}) Consigned by Kremlin House Stables CUMULATIVE 2008 2007 Purchased by Cecil Seaman No. Catalogued 912 977 No. Offered 681 805 You can also pick up a copy No. Sold 471 564 RNAs 210 241 of the TDN today at the % RNA 30.8% 29.9% Tattersalls December Sale. No. Over 500K 8 21 High Price 1,950,000gns 3,400,000gns Gross 32,698,500gns 68,144,000gns Average (% Change) 69,424gns (-42.5%) 120,823gns www.tattersalls.com www.hillndalefarms.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 12/4/08 • PAGE 3 of 8 Tattersalls December cont. Four-year-old Dimenticata (Ire) (Danetime {Ire}--Non Putsch Lands Anna Pavlova... Dimenticar Me {Ire}, by Don't Forget Me {Ire}) (hip John Ferguson was underbidder for the second high- 2304), who was runner-up in last year's G1 Irish 1000 est-priced lot of the day, G2 Lancashire Oaks winner Guineas, was sought after by two branches of the Anna Pavlova (GB) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}--Wheeler's Yoshida family. Shunsuke Yoshida, representing his Wonder {Ire}, by Sure Blade) (hip 2393). The filly, who father Katsumi's Northern Farm, was the successful will be retired, was bought for bidder at 280,000gns, with Teruya Yoshida's Shadai 650,000gns through agent Cecil Farm the underbidder. Seaman for Andreas Putsch, The 10-day Tattersalls December Sale finishes today owner of Haras de Saint Pair du with a breeding stock session starting at 9:30 a.m. For Mont in north France. catalogue and results, visit www.tattersalls.com. AI=ve bought her to be a foun- dation mare for my farm in Beauty-ful Score for Mitchell... France, where I expect to have Jim Mitchell of Beechgrove Stud knows a thing or 15-16 mares after selling some two about the Tattersalls December, having first at- Anna Pavlova tattersalls at Deauville next week,@ said tended in 1964. His shrewd experience was on display Putsch. AShe's from an old clas- Wednesday with the sale of lot 2203, Veiled Beauty sic family and she was a tough race winner. She was (Royal Academy--Model Bride, by Blushing Groom {Fr}). versatile, as she showed form from six to 12 furlongs, Mitchell bought the eight-year-old mare at this sale five and had beautiful conformation. I am thinking about years ago for only 10,000gns, and with her Group 3 sending her to either Dalakhani (Ire) or Manduro (Ger).@ winning two-year-old The Cheka (Ire) (Xaar {GB}) fan- Earlier in the session, Charlie Gordon-Watson bought cied to take a hand in the G1 2000 Guineas next the well-bred Sanwa (Ger) spring, she was always likely to provide the veteran (Monsun {Ger}--Sacarina {GB}, vendor with a cosy profit. by Old Vic {GB}) (hip 2181) for John Warren and Tom Goff went head to head for 400,000gns on behalf of the the mare, who hails from the family of such luminaries second Breeding Capital invest- as Zafonic (Gone West), Zamindar (Gone West), ment partnership. BBA Ire- Elmaamul (Diesis {GB}) and Reams of Verse (Nureyev). land's Dirk Eisele was under- Goff prevailed at 160,000 guineas on behalf of Betfair bidder. The Dansili (GB)--cov- founder Andrew Black's Chasemore Farm.