Two Seven-Figure Lots Anchor Karaka Day 2
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TUESDAY, 30 JANUARY 2018 BOWMAN SET TO APPEAL SUSPENSIONS TWO SEVEN-FIGURE LOTS Jockey Hugh Bowman, the regular pilot of superstar mare Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), is set to appeal both careless riding ANCHOR KARAKA DAY 2 suspensions he incurred on the weekend, racing.com reported. Bowman formally lodged an appeal with Racing NSW stewards on Monday and is going to do the same with New Zealand officials on Tuesday in an effort to be aboard the Chris Waller trainee when she resumes in the Feb. 17 G2 Apollo S. Bowman currently needs his suspensions reduced by five days. He earned the first infraction from his winning ride aboard Tswalu (Aus) (Northern Meteor {Aus}) at Warwick Farm last Friday, which would suspend him from Feb. 4-15. Those dates were altered however, following his ride aboard Five To Midnight (NZ) (Domesday {Aus}) at Ellerslie on Saturday and he is now slated to be suspended from Jan. 29-Feb. 10 for the Warwick Farm suspension. Bowman=s New Zealand suspension would then begin on Feb. 10- 21. Karaka sale topper, lot 301 | NZB IN TDN AMERICA TODAY by Heather Anderson PEDIGREE INSIGHTS: GUN RUNNER Day two of the NZB Karaka Yearling Sale Book 1 followed on Columnist Andrew Caulfield examines the pedigree of champion from Sunday=s opener as momentum continued to build during Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}). Click or tap here to go straight the second day of trade. Two lots made seven figures by the to TDN America. close of the session on Monday, a colt by Waikato Stud=s Savabeel (Aus) went to David Ellis of Te Akau Racing for NZ$1,025,000 (US$750,318/A$926,923/£533,177/€605,899 /¥81,740,940) and earlier in the day, a colt by Coolmore shuttler Fastnet Rock (Aus) brought an even NZ$1 million on the bid of Mark Pilkington Management/Lindsay Park Racing. From a statistical perspective, 232 lots have grossed NZ$38,307,500 from a catalogue of 320. The average is NZ$165,119, while the median is NZ$120,000. The clearance rate is an encouraging 77%, as local and international buyers continue to make their presence felt during the reformatted sale. Topping the session, and the entire sale so far, was a Cambridge Stud-consigned Savabeel colt (lot 301) out of New Zealand champion 3-year-old Katie Lee (Aus) (Pins {Aus}). A two- time Classic winner, Katie Lee is out of Group 3 winner Miss Jessie Jay (NZ) (Spectacularphantom), herself a half-sister to New Zealand champion sprinter/miler Gee I Jane (NZ) (Jahafil {GB}). Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 30 JANUARY 2018 the Te Akau fold for NZ$900,000, the most expensive filly of the sale and the third highest lot of the day. Out of the winning Joy=s Choice (NZ) (Redoute=s Choice {Aus}), who was third in a Group 2, the filly is the second foal of her dam. Joy=s Choice is a half- sister to MGSW and G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas bridesmaid NZB Karaka Book 1 Day 2 Cont. from p1 La Sizeranne (NZ) (Stravinsky), while G1 Australian Derby hero Tavago (NZ) (Tavistock AHe=s just one of those {NZ}) also sits under the colts I had to have--he=s a second dam, the GSP Tricia beautiful example of Ann (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}). equine excellence,@ said Among the other Ellis, who is well on his way purchases bought to bear to being the sale=s leading the tangerine and blue and buyer by gross for the 13th the third in the top 10 lots consecutive year. AI can see on Tuesday, was a Haunui him winning a Group 1 like Farm-consigned Snitzel the Sires Produce and then (Aus) colt (lot 215). Ellis heading to Australia to win shelled out NZ$625,000 for a good 2-year-old race, but the son of the Arrowfield- our goal will be the 2000 Te Akau supremo David Ellis | Derryl Sherer based champion sire out of Guineas at Riccarton.@ MGSW Floria (NZ) Ellis is currently leading the buyers= table, with 17 lots having (Savabeel {Aus}). The August-foaled bay is the first foal of his caught his eye to the tune of NZ$4,595,000. Another Savabeel dam, whose biggest day in the sun was a third in the offering from Cambridge Stud--this time a filly (lot 290)--joined G1 Tattersalls Tiara. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 30 JANUARY 2018 Vice President, International Operations Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 International Editor Kelsey Riley Lot 215, a colt by Snitzel | NZB Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson NZB KARAKA YEARLING SALE BOOK 1 DAY 2 Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN CUMULATIVE TOTALS 2018 Marketing Manager $ Catalogued 320 Alayna Cullen $ No. Offered 301 Twitter: @AlaynaCullen $ No. Sold 232 [email protected] $ RNAs 69 $ % RNAs 23% Contributing Editor $ No. NZ$500K+ 9 Alan Carasso $ High Price NZ$1,025,000 Twitter: @EquinealTDN $ Gross NZ$38,307,500 $ Average (% change) NZ$165,119 Cafe Racing $ Median (% change) NZ$120,000 Sean Cronin Tom Frary *Direct comparisons are not available, as New Zealand [email protected] Bloodstock reformatted the 2018 sale. Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Pilkington snags Fastnet colt for NZ$1 million... The NZ$1-million lot 156 purchased by Mark Pilkington in Regular Columnists conjunction with Lindsay Park Racing, the second dearest lot on Andrew Caulfield Monday, is the first foal out of Group 1 winner Diademe (NZ) John Berry Kevin Blake (Savabeel {Aus}) by Australian champion sire Fastnet Rock from Tom Peacock the Curraghmore draft. Cont. p4 TOD MARKS PHOTO American Steeplechasing welcomes international participation in its leading races. National Steeplechase Association spring purses are at record levels and growing. $150,000 Marion duPont Scott Colonial Cup (Gr. 1) 23/8 Miles • 5 Year Olds and Up • Saturday, March 31 • Camden, South Carolina $200,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois (Gr. 1) 3 Miles • Weight for Age • Saturday, May 12 • Nashville, Tennessee $100,000 Marcellus Frost Champion Hurdle 21/4 Miles • Novice Stakes • Saturday, May 12 • Nashville, Tennessee For more information, please contact Bill Gallo Jr., Director of Racing at (410) 392-0700 • [email protected] TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 30 JANUARY 2018 The pedigree continues to improve, as Diademe=s full-brother Embellish (NZ) (Savabeel {Aus}), a NZ$775,000 Karaka Premier graduate of 2016 who races for Te Akau Racing, captured the G1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas earlier this season and narrowly ran second in the Listed Karaka 3YO Classic on Saturday at Ellerslie. Embellish is bound for stud duty at Cambridge Stud when he retires. Added Pilkington of the redesigned sale format, AI think the new concept has worked well, Everybody gets a chance to look at the horses and make up their own mind.@ Tavistock popularity continues... Lot 156 | NZB NZB Karaka Book 1 Day 2 Cont. AHe had the right pedigree, the right physique, and so all the credentials to be a good horse,@ said Pilkington. AHe certainly had the price tag, so hopefully he is a good horse. It made good sense, as the colt is out of a gun mare. He=s in keeping with the same sort of horse as Merchant Navy (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). We recently negotiated the sale of him [the G1 Coolmore Stud S. victor] to Coolmore for A$27 million, so it would be nice if this Lot 159 | Trish Dunell colt was going well enough to head down the same path. The Sir Patrick and Lady Justine Hogan=s Cambridge Stud offered Lindsay Park guys [co-trainers David Hayes, his son Ben and three of the top four lots on Tuesday, with a bay filly by their nephew Tom Dabernig] have had a lot of luck here. They got resident sire Tavistock (NZ) out of Listed Lightning H. victress [GSW & G1SP] Tulip (Aus) (Pierro {Aus}), who has been a great Diamond Like (Aus) (Danehill) attracting the attention of Peter filly, then [undefeated listed winner] Long Leaf (Aus) (Fastnet Moody. The trainer of Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus}) Rock {Aus}), who won the other day.@ stretched to NZ$750,000 to acquire lot 159. AShe=s a lovely filly from a family that speaks for itself,@ said Moody. AShe=s one of those magical fillies that has a page to match. We=re looking to put a few nice fillies together, my wife and a few clients, that we can race back in Australia. She will stay here and get broken-in--like we traditionally do with our New Zealand fillies--we=ve always had good success doing it. Then she=ll head to Australia come October or November.@ Already the dam of GSW & MG1SP Forever Loved (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}), Group 3 winner Zephyron (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}), G1SP Zenella (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) and SP Ardeche (NZ) (Dehere), this was Diamond Like=s eighth foal. Her dam is high-class MG1SW Tristalove (NZ) (Sir Tristram {Ire}), who also left G1SW Viking Ruler (Aus) (Danehill) and GSW & MG1SP Kempinsky (Aus) (Danehill). Mark Pilkington | stallions.com.au Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 5 OF 7 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 30 JANUARY 2018 NZB Karaka Book 1 Day 2 Cont. Mulcaster busy on Tuesday... During Sunday=s opening session, a pair of Cambridge- consigned Tavistock foals were popular from this family: a filly (lot 10) out of Zenella brought NZ$420,000 on the bid of Bruce Perry Bloodstock, while lot 35, a colt, went to Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock for NZ$300,000.