SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018 CHRIS BAKER TALKS ABOUT FASIG-TIPTON TO PARTNER WITH SANTA ANITA FOR SALES, BARRETTS TO CLOSE YOUNG THREE CHIMNEYS The Stronach Group, parent company of Santa Anita Park, will team with Fasig-Tipton Co. for a pair of Thoroughbred auctions STALLIONS to be held at the racetrack in 2019. A sale of 2-year-olds in training is tentatively set for June 5, while a yearling sale has been penciled in for Sept. 24. AWe are very excited to be returning to the auction marketplace in California,@ said Fasig-Tipton President and Chief Executive Officer Boyd Browning, Jr. ASanta Anita is the perfect venue to conduct quality sales in California. We will work closely with The Stronach Group to serve the California West Coast marketplace.@ The Stronach Group=s Gulfstream Park plays host to Fasig- Tipton=s Florida 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in the spring and the executive was looking forward to welcoming the auction house back to the Golden State. Cont. p4 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Palace Malice | EquiSport Photos ELLIOTT’S WEAPON TOPS JULY CLOSER The three-day Tattersalls July Sale closed in Newmarket on by Lucas Marquardt Friday with plenty of international competition and a healthy clearance rate. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Three Chimneys Farm=s Palace Malice (Curlin) made a successful entrance into the yearling sales market at the recently concluded Fasig-Tipton July Sale, with four yearlings selling for an average of $187,500, placing him second behind only American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) among first-crop sires. Leading the way for the GI Belmont S. and GI Met Mile H. hero were a pair of fillies who sold for $275,000 and $250,000, respectively. As part of an ongoing series showcasing sires with their first crop of yearlings in 2018, the TDN=s Lucas Marquardt sat down to talk with Three Chimneys COO Chris Baker to discuss the prospects of Palace Malice, as well as the regally bred Fast Anna (Medaglia d=Oro). LM: Palace Malice=s yearlings have generated a significant amount of attention, and you=ve seen a lot of them. Do they have a typical shape and size? 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CB: What you're consistently seeing are physicals that have a durable, adaptable, balanced, athletic frame. Maybe not as much mass as your average Curlin--a little more size and a little height--and a little cleaner and more length like Palace Malice himself has. And they seem to have that kind of physical and mental toughness that he has that made him such a durable and versatile racehorse. So, he seems to have imparted his best qualities in his offspring. LM: You mentioned his durability and toughness. What were your impressions of his development on the racetrack? He was a Belmont winner, but he obviously was not limited to excelling at long-distance races. Click the play button for an interview with Chris Baker CB: He was obviously a top colt of that 3-year-old class, which was a strong group... To be a Saratoga winner at two, Classic winner at three, and Met Mile winner at four, it=s just an outstanding body of work. He was obviously a brilliant distance horse, going 12 furlongs in the Belmont, but also was a brilliant miler. Todd Pletcher called him one of the most versatile horses that he's had. LM: What kind of mares were peoples sending to him, based on that versatility? CB: It was a broad spectrum of mares. People thought that he might do turf, too, with the Royal Anthem on the dam side. So, mares have come in different shapes, sizes and pedigrees. Oddly enough, I think that's a benefit--the diversity of the mare pool that he was bred to helps him a lot. LM: And how about his stud fee? Considering how well Curlin has been doing, a $20,000 fee could offer real value to breeders for a son of Curlin. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • JULY 14, 2018 Chris Baker cont. AFairplex, the parent company of Barretts, has decided to close Barretts down at the end of the year,@ said Barretts= General CB: I think the $20,000 fee is where we felt we needed to be, so Manager Kim Lloyd. AFasig-Tipton and Santa Anita have come we could stand by that fee through the first four years and see together and have agreed to stage sales in California. We know what his runners did--and breeders responded strongly to that. that they will do a fine job. We=re glad we carried on as long as His first several books were huge. I think he had 250 or 275 we did and they are coming in to fill that void left by our mares bred in his first two books. So, we got a great response departure.@ and a great following and the Curlin momentum has helped with Lloyd remains convinced that there is a place for that. Thoroughbred sales in the state, but that at the end of the day, a business decision was made. LM: What can you tell me about Fast Anna? AFairplex has moved on,@ Lloyd said. ATheir track is gone and they=ve gotten out of racing, so they=re kind of moving away CB: It=s a Classic pedigree, you know--a classic American distance from the sale and into other things. There=s a new on the sire side and then some precocity and brilliance through administration and they have decided to pursue different paths. Dreaming of Anna on the dam side. Fast Anna himself was just a We weren=t part of the future and that=s just how it works out.@ fast, brilliant horse. Combine that with his physical--he has the Industry stakeholders in California have come out in support of confirmation of a two-turn horse. He's got some length. He's got Friday=s announcement. some stretch, the angles of his top line and his hind leg all look AWe are pleased that Santa Anita and Fasig-Tipton are joining like a horse that would be fast and carry it. And he=s a beautiful the auction arena,@ said Miguel A. Santana, President and CEO of horse on top of that. Not just mechanically well-conformed, but Fairplex. AWe applaud Santa Anita for stepping up and taking the an attractive horse as well. lead to support the equine sales industry, and keeping a footprint on the West Coast. We look forward to supporting LM: Do you have a good feeling about what you're seeing on them, and the industry, in the future.@ the ground and how that may translate to the 2-year-old sales Over the years, Barretts has given California breeders a chance next year? to showcase their horses and buyers a chance to shop without the need to travel out of state. Doug Burge, president of the CB: His offspring will be attractive to commercial people in California Breeders Association, also expressed his satisfaction general and the pinhookers. Surprisingly--or maybe not with the news. surprisingly--the physicals of some of those do look early as well.