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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016 PAST CLARK WINNERS MEET AGAIN FRIDAY OPPENHEIM: MAKING Last term=s GI Clark H. hero Effinex (Mineshaft) and 2014 winner Hoppertunity (Any Given Saturday), who was second (INTO) MISCHIEF last year, meet once again in Friday=s renewal of the prestigious Churchill Downs test. Tri-Bone Stables= Effinex, winner of the GII Suburban H. in July and most recently seventh in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic, drew post two and will be piloted by Junior Alvarado. Hoppertunity bested Effinex by a half-length in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup Hoppertunity (L) & Effinex at Belmont Oct. 8 prior to a Chelsea Durand fourth-place finish behind stablemate Arrogate (Unbridled=s Song) in the Classic. The Bob Baffert trainee will break from the nine hole in this 10-horse affair with Hall of Famer John Velazquez aboard. Cont. p3 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Into Mischief | Lee Thomas FOAL SALE BEGINS AT TATTERSALLS The Tattersalls December Sale moves into its next phase on Over $300-million worth of horses have been sold in Kentucky, Wednesday with the first of four sessions of foal sales at Park Ireland, and England in the last 2 1/2 weeks, and we=re not done Paddocks in Newmarket. yet. But before talking about the sales I=d like to take a Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. paragraph or two to highlight what I consider to be a quite remarkable achievement by Spendthrift=s sire Into Mischief, which is that he has reached the top spot as the #1 sire of 2-year-olds in North America by progeny earnings in 2016 (click here). From at least the middle of 2013, when we first compiled APEX ratings for sires with their first foals 2010, it was clear Into Mischief was way out of the ordinary, as his initial A Runner Index at that time was an astronomical 5.45. By the end of 2013 his A Runner Index was 5.80, well ahead of all other F2010 sires. At the end of 2014 his A Runner Index was 4.51, and by the end of 2015, when he first had enough year-starters to be rated among all APEX sires rather than just his own F2010 sire group, he ranked as the #2 North American/European APEX sire, with an A Runner Index of 4.07, behind only Galileo (4.09), with a certain War Front (3.89) in third. Yes, he only had a third the number of year-starters as War Front, and actually just over a tenth the number of year-starters as Galileo; nonetheless, to even get a mention in the same context as those two--very impressive. Cont. p3 NEW FOR 2017 Pulpit – African Jade, by Seeking the Gold Fee: $25,000 S&N The Breeders’ Farm 859.294.0030 | spendthriftfarm.com PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. V.P. & CO-PUBLISHER Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] Wednesday, November 23, 2016 EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Associate Editors Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Assistant Editors Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistants Alexa Reisfield Michelle Benson Grade I winner Harmonize (Scat Daddy), runner-up in the GI QEII Challenge Cup last Photo Editor/Dir. of Distribution time Oct. 15, drew the eight-hole for Friday's GII Mrs. Revere S. at Churchill Downs. Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew | Keeneland photo [email protected] Social Media Strategist Justina Severni LITTLE RED FEATHER BUYS INTO LIGHTSTREAM 6 Director of Customer Service Little Red Feather Racing has purchased a minority interest in Vicki Forbes MGSW sophomore Lightstream (Harlan’s Holiday). [email protected] Director of Information Technology Ray Villa [email protected] SHERMAN WINS BIG SPORT OF TURFDOM 7 Art Sherman, trainer of California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) has WORLDWIDE INFORMATION been awarded this year’s Big Sport of Turfdom award. International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 8 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • NOVEMBER 23, 2016 Past Clark Winners Meet Again Friday cont. from p1 Also signed on for this year=s Clark is John Oxley=s Noble Bird (Birdstone), winner of the 2015 GI Stephen Foster H. and last Cont. from p1 month=s Lukas Classic S., both at this track and trip. Victor of the Now it gets a lot tougher statistically for Into GII Hagyard Fayette Mischief. He had just 138 named foals in his first S. last time Oct. 29, four crops, and 133 named 2-year-olds of 2016. the Mark Casse Of course this is great because he finally had a trainee exits stall six crop of sufficient size to evaluate. But 2-year-olds with regular rider only earn 40% of the money as older horses, so a sire whose Julien Leparoux in 2-year-olds comprise nearly half his total foals of racing age is the irons. going to be at a big statistical disadvantage against the likes of a Talented sire like War Front, whose 2-year-olds comprise only about 15% sophomore Gun of his total foals. So Into Mischief=s index figures inevitably are Runner (Candy Ride going to fall. But he is keeping his name in the news anyway, {Arg}) takes on his because, as of last weekend, when he had the one-two in a Gun Runner | Christie DeBernardis elders yet again 2-year-old stakes in Canada and the third in the $1-million Friday off a strong GIII Delta Downs Jackpot, he wrested the lead among North second in the GI Las Vegas Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile last time Nov. American 2-Year-Old Sires from War Front. 4. The three-time graded stakes winner, who was third in both Going into Thanksgiving Day weekend, Into Mischief showed the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Travers S., drew the rail with yesterday as having 81 2-year-old starters this year, for 28 jockey Florent Geroux aboard. 2-year-old winners, so he leads North American sires of 2-year-olds by number of winners as well as by money earned. Cont. p4 WEEKLY SALES TICKER by Bill Oppenheim “Two trends which emerged in Kentucky continued at Goffs: markedly strong demand for in-foal mares and broodmare prospects; and a big gap in the clearance rate between mares and foals. In 2013 the Goffs mare sale grossed €13-million even without the €12.7-million Makin Dispersal, and this year very nearly matched that total, with €12.9-million from the two-day mare sale without the Wildenstein mares. But note 71.3% of the non-dispersal mares sold, compared to 58.0% of the foals.” GOFFS NOVEMBER MARES YEAR CAT RING SOLD % W/D % S/R % S/C GROSS AVE 2016 551 467 401 15.2% 85.9% 72.8% €20,777,700 €51,815 2015 471 407 315 13.6% 77.4% 66.9% €9,840,400 €31,239 2014 449 375 297 16.5% 79.2% 66.1% €7,777,400 €26,187 2013 476 411 348 13.7% 84.7% 73.1% €25,745,600 €73,982 2012 483 394 293 18.4% 74.4% 60.7% €8,154,000 €27,829 2011 482 394 262 18.3% 66.5% 54.4% €6,948,200 €26,520 GOFFS NOVEMBER FOAL SALE YEAR CAT RING SOLD % W/D % S/R % S/C GROSS AVE 2016 1,202 1,041 697 13.4% 67.0% 58.0% €20,083,350 €28,814 2015 1,203 1,057 809 12.1% 76.5% 67.2% €25,847,500 €31,950 2014 989 872 741 11.8% 85.0% 74.9% €27,492,700 €37,102 2013 927 822 689 11.3% 83.8% 74.3% €18,096,200 €26,264 2012 877 762 570 13.1% 74.8% 65.0% €14,747,350 €25,873 2011 757 654 496 13.6% 75.8% 65.5% €14,423,200 €29,079 Data compiled by Brianne Stanley WEEKLY SALES TICKER by Bill Oppenheim “In 2013, there were 3,824 horses catalogued between Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland’s November sales; 2,586 of them sold, for a total of $271-million. This year 4,939 horses were catalogued – an increase of 1,115, or 29%. But only 6% more horses sold (2,741, an increase of 155), and the combined gross was $269.3-million. The clearance rate from the catalogues dropped from 67.6% in 2013 to 55.5% this year – a 12% drop. In spite of the clear demand for ‘good’ mares, there are plenty of sectors for which demand is weak.” KEENELAND AND FT NOVEMBER BREEDING STOCK SALES COMBINED YEAR CAT RING SOLD % W/D % S/R % S/C GROSS AVE 2016 4,939 3,750 2,741 24.1% 73.1% 55.5% $ 269,365,000 $ 98,273 2015 4,676 3,583 2,667 23.4% 74.4% 57.0% $ 262,625,400 $ 98,472 2014 4,227 3,365 2,620 20.4% 77.9% 62.0% $ 269,577,500 $ 102,892 2013 3,824 3,038 2,586 20.6% 85.1% 67.6% $ 271,048,000 $ 104,814 2012 4,147 3,282 2,501 20.9% 76.2% 60.3% $ 203,245,600 $ 81,266 2011 4,074 3,295 2,633 19.1% 79.9% 64.6% $ 241,256,200 $ 91,628 TATTERSALLS DECEMBER YEARLINGS SALE (IN GUINEAS) YEAR CAT RING SOLD % W/D % S/R % S/C GROSS AVE 2016 200 168 142 16.0% 84.5% 71.0% 4,377,500 30,827 2015 224 178 142 20.5% 79.8% 63.4% 4,091,400 28,813 2014 247 203 161 17.8% 79.3% 65.2% 4,571,700 28,396 2013 226 185 145 18.1% 78.4% 64.2% 3,570,100 24,621 2012 281 235 167 16.4% 71.1% 59.4% 3,595,300 21,529 2011 241 198 150 17.8% 75.8% 62.2% 3,766,300 25,109 Data compiled by Brianne Stanley TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 8 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • NOVEMBER 23, 2016 Oppenheim cont.