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FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here HEADING SKYWARD QATAR THE HOTTEST DESTINATION Ben Keswick=s Sky Lantern (Ire) (Red Clubs {Ire}) has by Emma Berry been one of the success stories of 2013, and bids to Temperatures may have soared in Newmarket this extend her top-level tally taking on her elders for the week, but Qatar is the hot destination for those horses first time in today=s G1 Etihad Airways Falmouth S. at attracting the highest bidders at Tattersalls' July Sale, Newmarket. Since her eclipse in this track=s G3 Sweet with five of the top seven lots sold over the first two Solera S. in August, the days bound for the emirate. grey has emerged as a Wednesday's best price of 250,000gns was leading force by winning surpassed during Thursday morning's session when three of her last four starts Durand (GB) (Motivator in Group 1 company and {GB}) (lot 374) reached being unlucky in the 260,000gns, bought by GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile trainer Ibrahim Al-Malki. Fillies Turf. Her success in As always at this sale, the May 5 G1 1000 recent good form can Guineas on the Rowley lead to decent profits, Mile here was followed by and the 3-year-old, a Sky Lantern Racing Post an impressive four-length 6,500gns yearling win in Royal Ascot=s purchase who was G1 Coronation S. June 21, and Richard Hannon Jr is owned and trained in Durand Tattersalls Photo confident of a bold show. AShe seems in great form,@ he Ireland by John Joseph said. It s always very difficult when horses go and win A = Murphy, had posted a 3 1/2-length victory over 10 races like that in the fashion she did. You don t really = furlongs at Roscommon since the publication of the have an idea what it has taken out of her until you take catalogue, having been placed on debut in May. With her to the races. Her weight is very good and we've an entry in the G3 Royal Whip S. next month, he may been happy with her work since. She=s taking on the stay in training in Ireland in the short term before older mares, so we=re not sure how it=s going to go, but shipping to Qatar. physically she=s done extremely well. I haven=t known a filly do so well from two to three at our place ever. "He went for more than I thought he would but I like him very much, said Al-Malki. I watched his maiden She=s continued to thrive since the Guineas. I=ll leave @ A tactics up to Hughesie. We=ve got her there for the race win, which was very impressive in a track record. He is in good form. He=ll take over and do his job.@ Teruya for the Qatar Derby, but he is entered in the Royal Yoshida=s Elusive Kate (Elusive Quality) found only Whip, so we might leave him here for now." Cont. p3 Giofra (GB) (Dansili {GB}) too strong on her sophomore bow in this race 12 months ago, but has gained an edge on that rival in terms of form by winning the G1 Prix Rothschild at Deauville and placing in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois, G1 Sun Chariot S. and G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. Fourth on her return in the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot June 18, she will strip fitter for that experience. AIt=s an exciting race and as tight an elite field as you would see,@ conditioner John Gosden commented. AI=m happy at this stage, she needed the race a little bit in the Queen Anne but that=s no surprise as it was her first run since October. She has done fine since Royal Ascot. Obviously that was a strong race and she was against the colts. You=d have to say Sky Lantern produced an exceptional performance at Royal Ascot, and tactically it=s going to be interesting.@ Giofra reverts to a trip that may suit her best, despite her exploits when placing in the G1 Prix de l=Opera, G1 Hong Kong Cup and G1 Dubai Duty Free. Fourth when last seen in the G1 Prix Ganay over 1 5/16 miles at Longchamp Apr. 28, Haras de la Perelle=s homebred has enjoyed a break and will benefit if Elusive Kate sets a demanding pace. Falmouth field p9 In This Issue A ‘Silv’-er Lining 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 It was a massive weekend for Silvano (Ger), (732) 747-8060 who sired not only the winner of the (732) 747-8955 (fax) prestigious G1 Vodacom Durban July in South www.thoroughbreddailynews.com Africa in Heavy Metal (SAf), but also Lucky www.thetdn.com Speed (Ire) in the G1 Deutsches Derby. James Trotter takes a closer look at this unusual, but Barry Weisbord, co-publisher most successful dual-hemisphere stallion. 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Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Coverage ATW p1 Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] Business Development Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Tom Frary EST Race Click for TV 9:10a Cherry Hinton S.-G2, NMT (brisnet.com PPs) 9:25a Summer Mile-G3, YOR (brisnet.com PPs) 9:40a Falmouth S.-G1, NMT (brisnet.com PPs) TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/12/13 • PAGE 3 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Tattersalls July cont. The Aga Khan-bred Zarkiyr (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) (lot 435) will be racing in the silks of Sheikh Mishaal bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, President of the Arab Equestrian Federation and the brother of the new Emir of Qatar, after selling for 200,000gns. The 3-year-old was the tenth horse purchased by Qatar's eight-time champion trainer Gassim Ghazali, who snapped up Wednesday's top lot Miblish, and is another to be aimed at the ten-furlong Qatar Derby. Also boasting recent winning form, Zarkiyr, from the family of European champion filly Zarkava (Ire), claimed a 12-furlong maiden at Tipperary June 27. Ghazali was back for more later in the session, selecting 3-year-old Sejalaat (Ire) (Kheleyf) (lot 483) from the Shadwell consignment for 60,000gns. The 81-rated colt was a six-furlong winner last year for Ed Dunlop and was the most expensive of Shadwell's 32 horses sold for an aggregate of 390,300gns. TATTERSALLS JULY SALE THURSDAY’S TOP FLAT LOTS Hip Name Price (gns) 374 Durand (GB) 260,000 (c, 3, Motivator {GB}--Rouge Dancer {GB}, by Elusive City) Consigned by Highfort Stables (J Murphy) Purchased by Ibrahim Saeed Al-Malki 435 Zarkiyr (Ire) 200,000 (c, 3, Acclamation {GB}--Zarkalia {Ire}, by Red Ransom) Consigned by Copper Beech Stables (M Halford) Purchased by Gassim Mohammad Ghazali 457 Seamless (GB) 100,000 (c, 3, Beat Hollow {GB}--Fashionable {GB}, by Nashwan) Qataris Clash for Seamless... Consigned by Juddmonte Farms Heading the first section of the Juddmonte draft was Purchased by Abdulaziz Al Boenain Seamless (GB) (Beat Hollow {GB}) (lot 457), whose eight-length Yarmouth victory June 27 provided a decent enough update to convince trainer Abdulaziz Al Boenain, bidding against his compatriot Gassim Ghazali, to part with 100,000gns for the 3-year-old colt out of (718) 978-8200 the Listed winner Fashionable (GB) (Nashwan). www.mersant.com Wild-card entry Peter Mac (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) (lot Sponsors of the following stats for the: 428A) was supplemented to the sale Tuesday morning TATTERSALLS JULY SALE with two wins to his credit. It proved to be a shrewd late move by his owners, Middleham Park Racing, as Thursday, July 11, 2013 the juvenile was secured with a single bid of 95,000gns SESSION TOTALS 2013 2012 by Qatari businessman Hussain Ali Bukannan, whose Catalogued 234 218 No. Offered 141 143 four purchases at the sale so far have cost a total of No. Sold 126 137 153,000gns. RNAs 15 6 It wasn't all one-way traffic to Qatar, however. % RNAs 10.6% 4.2% Juddmonte's Navarre (GB) (Dansili {GB}) (lot 463) is High Price 260,000gns 220,000gns heading to California after being bought by the Gross 2,276,300gns 1,903,600gns tongue-twisting combination of Kern/Lillingston Average (% change) 18,066gns (+30%) 13,895gns Median (% change) 9,000gns (+28.6%) 7,000gns Association/SackvilleDonald (Agent) for 52,000gns.