MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2016 ELEVEN ENTERED IN FALLS CITY KEENELAND NOVEMBER A contentious field of 11 fillies and mares, led by Grade I CONCLUDES winner Include Betty (Include) and Grade II winner Go Maggie Go (Ghostzapper), was entered Sunday for the GII Falls City H., to be run Thanksgiving Day at Churchill Downs. Brereton Jones and Timothy Thornton=s Include Betty, who captured last year=s GI Mother Goose S., is adding blinkers as she looks for her first win of the year in the nine-furlong event. Mike Tarp=s Go Maggie Go, fourth in the GI Kentucky Oaks and winner of the GII Black-Eyed Susan S., will attempt to rebound from a sixth-place effort in the Aug. 20 GI Alabama S. Churchill=s holiday card will also include the GIII River City H., which attracted an oversubscribed field of 16, including two-time Grade I winner The Pizza Man (English Channel). The popular gelding will face Are You Kidding Me (Run Away and Hide), who comes off a pair of graded victories at Woodbine for trainer Roger Attfield. Full fields p9 Unrivaled Belle | Keeneland IN TDN EUROPE TODAY YEARLING TRADE KICKS OFF TATTS DECEMBER by Jessica Martini The single-session Tattersalls December Yearling Sale kicks The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale concluded its off nine days of trade at Park Paddocks on Monday. 13-day run in Lexington Sunday with figures largely in line with Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. its 12-day 2015 renewal and a continuation of the polarization in the marketplace, with strong demand at the top level, but less competition for lower-tiered horses. AI thought the sale went very well,@ Keeneland=s Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell commented at the close of business Sunday. AIt started off on a good note with the Book 1 horses-- the top-quality horses received premium reward and that continued on into the Conquest dispersal and a very strong horses of racing age section in Book 4.@ In all, Keeneland sold 2,653 horses during the November sale for a gross of $215,213,000. The cumulative average of $81,121 decreased 4.6% from last year=s $85,033, while the median fell 16.67% to $25,000 from $30,000 in 2015. The buy-back rate was 26.9%, up from 25.2% a year ago. A total of 19 offerings topped the million-dollar mark this year, led by 2010 GI Breeders= Cup Distaff winner Unrivaled Belle (Unbridled=s Song), who sold in foal to leading sire Tapit for $3.8 million to Mandy Pope=s Whisper Hill Farm. The auction also featured its first seven-figure second week transaction when the racing/broodmare prospect Uptown Twirl (Twirling Candy) sold for $1.075 million to Three Chimneys Farm. 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Alpha Delta 0 1 The November sale included a diverse buying bench at the top Baccari Bloodstock 1 0 of the market, with the 19 seven-figure lots being purchased by Ballylinch Stud 0 1 14 different buying groups and with representation from the China Horse Club 1 0 U.S., Australia, China, Dubai, Ireland and Japan. Colts Neck Stable 0 1 AParticipation by a deep Crupi=s New Castle 0 2 buying bench comprising DATTT Farm 0 1 domestic and international John Ferguson 1 0 interests was as strong as ever, J Sikura/Hill >n= Dale 0 2 with enthusiastic duels from Heider Family Stables 0 1 multiple bidders who were Willis Horton 0 1 willing to stretch their budgets Hunter Valley Farm 0 1 for the premier horses,@ Dr. M. Iida 1 0 commented Keeneland Vice KI Farm 1 0 President of Racing and Sales Lael Stables 1 0 Bob Elliston. AThe horses of M.V. Magnier 1 1 racing age portion of the sale Mount Brilliant Farm 1 0 also created energy and Geoffrey Russell | Keeneland Moyglare Stud 1 1 successfully attracted leading Nawara Stud 0 1 trainers and end-users. The money is here, but you must have Pursuit of Success 0 1 something of value.@ SF Bloodstock 1 0 The Conquest Stables dispersal saw 100 horses sell for SF Bloodstock & Newgate Stud 1 0 $11,207,500, led by Grade I winner My Conquestadory (Artie Shadwell Stables, LLC 0 1 Schiller), who sold in foal to Tapit for $1.5 million to SF Stonestreet Thoroughbreds 0 3 Bloodstock and Newgate Stud. Summer Wind Equine 2 0 Lane=s End, which consigned the Conquest Stables dispersal, Three Chimneys Farm 1 1 ranked as the sale=s leading consignor, selling 265 horses for Whisper Hill Farm 3 1 $26,030,300. Whisper Hill Farm was the leading buyer by gross, Katsumi Yoshida 2 1 with four horses purchased for $7.2 million. Buyers at the November sale remained selective and activity at TOTAL 19 22 the top of the market didn=t translate into demand in the auction=s later books. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • NOVEMBER 21, 2016 ABuyers in November are aiming at a certain criteria and a certain product,@ Russell said. AThey are looking for mares in foal to Tapit and they are looking for graded stakes winners and when they don=t get it, they just walk away, they don=t go down to the next level.@ Two weanlings sold for seven figures early in the November sale, with Coolmore=s M.V. Magnier signing the ticket at $1.45 million for a son of War Front and Chris Baccari going to $1.05 million for a colt by Tapit. Both were consigned by Hill >n= Dale Sales Agency. But the foal market also showed signs of polarization, according to Russell. AI thought the foal market was very strong this year in the early part,@ Russell said. AI think there is a divide, and we saw it in September, there is M.V. Magnier (center)| Keeneland a divide in the marketplace. Those horses who meet the criteria that everyone is looking for are well-received and bring premiums and those that don=t, don=t.@ Russell admitted this was an industry-wide, international, issue. AThere is plenty of money for horses that meet the market, but it=s a different story for horses that don=t meet the criteria set by the market,@ Russell commented. ABuyers are sending a clear message: they want quality. This is an industry issue worldwide, not just in America. The number of annual sale days is ticking up again. This is a troubling sign given buyers= selectivity. We as an industry don=t want to forget the difficult lessons we learned from a similar situation just a few years ago.@ Craig Bandoroff of Denali Stud, which sold the $1.05 million Lassofthemohicans (Indian Charlie), acknowledged selling got more difficult as the November sale marched through its second week. AWe had a very good sale in Books 1 and 2; quality sold well,@ Bandoroff said. AOnce you got to Book 4, to me it was like somebody popped a balloon. I would say the market is a lot thinner than you=d like it to be. It=s bad [for breeders] because you=re not covering costs on horses.