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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 2019 CHEVELEY PARK ANNOUNCES 2020 ROSTER EUROPEANS BUSY AT Cheveley Park=s venerable champion sire and broodmare sire KENTUCKY FEATURES Pivotal (GB) (Polar Falcon), who has sired six black-type winners this season and is the broodmare sire of another 25 with eight of those saluting at the Group 1 level, will stand for a private fee in 2020. The 26-year-old has 150 black-type winners lifetime. He is joined at the Newmarket stud by MG1SW Ulysses (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who has his first yearlings next year, at £15,000. Studmates Twilight Son (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) and Mayson (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) are priced at £7,000 and £5,000, respectively. Medicean (GB) stallion Dutch Art (GB) will hold court at a private fee. Earlier this fall, it was announced that G1 Prix Morny hero Unfortunately (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}) was on the move to Springfield House Stud in Ireland where he will stand for a Cheveley Park and Springfield House partnership. His fee is €5,500. Cont. p3 The Fasig-Tipton sales grounds | Fasig-Tipton IN TDN AMERICA TODAY By Kelsey Riley TAKING STOCK: AMERICAN PHAROAH ALONE AT THE TOP LEXINGTON, KY--Kentucky=s best-of-the-best breeding stock In Sid Fernando’s latest Taking Stock column, he examines how sessions took place on Tuesday evening and Wednesday in Ashford Stud’s American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) has Lexington, where Fasig-Tipton=s November SaleB>Night of the performed wit his first juveniles to date. Click or tap here to go Stars=Band Keeneland November=s single-session Book 1 straight to TDN America. generated solid trade. While the gross ($68,011,000), median ($300,000) and average ($531,336) all took minor tumbles at Fasig-Tipton from a catalogue about 30 horses smaller, 18 fillies and mares sold for seven-figures headed by the $5-million GI Breeders= Cup Distaff winner Blue Prize (Arg) (Pure Prize). Last year, Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) had topped the sale at $7.5 million. At Keeneland on Wednesday, the gross climbed 14.5% to $70,449,500 from a slightly larger book. Like Fasig, the average ($432,206) and median ($300,000) were slightly down. Keeneland Book 1 was topped by Take Charge Brandi (Giant=s Causeway), a dual Grade I winner, granddaughter of Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady (Dehere) and half-sister to Omaha Beach (War Front). Take Charge Brandi was bought for $6 million at this sale in 2015 by Hill >n= Dale Farm and the Bernick family, and on Wednesday Hill >n= Dale bought out its partner. European visitors were significant contributors to the bankrolls at both sales. Qatar Racing was involved in some big-ticket items in a new breeding stock partnership with Hunter Valley Farm, which is owned and operated by a group of Irishmen. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 9 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 8 NOVEMBER 2019 Europeans Busy at KY Fixtures Cont. from p1 John Malone, the largest landowner in the U.S. and a billionaire businessman and media mogul, is the owner of both At Fasig-Tipton they secured the 4-year-old filly Bridlewood Farm in Florida and Ballylinch Stud in Ireland. Separationofpowers (Candy Ride {Arg}), winner of the GI Malone was in Lexington alongside Ballylinch=s John O=Connor, Frizette S. at two, for $2.1 million. The partnership added Grade and he signed under Bridlewood/Ballylinch Stud for the 8-year- I winner Nereid (Rock Hard Ten) at Keeneland for $1.25 million. old Crowley=s Law (GB), who was Group 3-placed in England and Qatar Racing, Hunter Valley and Marc Detampel campaigned Grade I-placed in the U.S., also in foal to Justify for $700,000. Nereid=s first foal, the stakes winner and GIII Indiana Oaks Bridlewood/Ballylinch also signed for the G3 Prix Vanteaux second Figarella=s Queen (Medaglia d=Oro). The 11-year-old winner Barkaa (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) off the track for $150,000 at mare was sold in foal to red-hot U.S. sire Quality Road. Fasig-Tipton, and the 4-year-old maiden mare Colonia (Fr) Galvin said of the partnership, AWe are going after those high- (Champs Elysees {GB}) for the same price at Keeneland on end type mares. The mares will stay in the U.S. and more than Wednesday evening. Barkaa and Colonia head to Ireland, while likely it will be commercial. They are existing people we just kind plans for Crowley=s Law are as-yet undecided. of put together for these last two purchases.@ Agent Hugo Merry struck at the top of the market at Qatar Racing=s David Redvers also signed at Fasig-Tipton for Keeneland on Wednesday on behalf of an undisclosed client the $1.2 million Diva Delite, the dam of this year=s standout when going to $1.2 million for the supplementary entry Purely American 4-year-old dirt filly Hot (Pure Prize). The 11- Midnight Bisou (Midnight year-old mare in foal to the Lute) and the stakes-placed good young sire Union Rags 3-year-old Stage Left is the dam of this year=s GI (Congrats). Diva Delite was American Pharoah S. winner sold in-foal to Triple Crown Eight Rings (Empire Maker), winner and first-crop one of the top 2-year-olds in covering sire Justify. the U.S. Haras d=Etreham and Alain and Gerard Meridian International Wertheimer were at Fasig- teamed with Runnymede Tipton on Tuesday with their Farm to purchase Molly racing manager Pierre-Yves Corbin (War Front), a half- Bureau, and they took home sister to Peeping Fawn the 4-year-old mare Nootka (Danehill), for $600,000. Sound (Lonhro {Aus}) for BBA Ireland was the name $835,000. The Grade III on the ticket for three mares at winner is carrying her first The Keeneland sales grounds | Keeneland photo Keeneland, including Sotto foal, by Medaglia d=Oro. Voce (Tapit), a full-sister to young Coolmore stallion Cupid in China Horse Club signed for five mares in foal to their Triple foal to that one=s barnmate Justify for $850,000. Crown winner Justify through the two days of sales, three of It was impossible, too, to ignore the Japanese presence at the those by Galileo (Ire), and the operation=s Michael Wallace two sales. Northern Farm=s Katsumi Yoshida spent $6.65 million confirmed that they are all headed to Ireland to bolster the on five mares at Fasig-Tipton, including the $2.7-million dual Club=s broodmare band there. First up at Fasig-Tipton was the Grade I winner Photo Call (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in foal to Quality listed-winning Easter Lily (Ire) for $850,000. Wallace signed at Road, while K I Farm spent $2 million on Canadian champion and Keeneland for Hourglass (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a half-sister to multiple Grade I-placed Wonder Gadot (Medaglia d=Oro). Shadai Shamardal, for $1.1 million; C=Est Ca (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a Farm signed for one at Fasig-Tipton and four at Keeneland, daughter of Grade I winner A Z Warrior (Bernardini) for headed by the $2.3-million Eskimo Kisses (To Honor And Serve) $600,000; Media Mischief (Into Mischief), a half-sister to G1 in foal to Curlin. Haruya Yoshida, the younger brother of Teruya Prix de Diane winner Nebraska Tornado (Storm Cat) for and Katsumi Yoshida, took home two from Keeneland. Harry $550,000; and Costa Del Sol (Istan), a half-sister to multiple Sweeney=s Paca Paca Farm was also active throughout both graded stakes winner and sire Mark Valeski (Proud Cititzen), for sessions, mostly signing for foals. $280,000. Keeneland November continues through Nov. 17. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 8 NOVEMBER 2019 Vice President, International Operations Cheveley Park Cont. from p1 Gary King AAlthough our stallion roster for 2020 is somewhat reduced, I Twitter: @garykingTDN feel we continue to offer exciting, classy, Group 1 winning [email protected] stallions, whose careers are still very much in the making, and + 1.732.320.0975 represent great commercial value,@ said Cheveley Park Stud=s International Editor Managing Director Chris Richardson. AOur track record Kelsey Riley formaking stallions is there for everyone to see, with Pivotal Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN very much the elder statesman, imparting his class to younger [email protected] generations. Twilight Son=s first yearlings were extremely well received at the sales, averaging just under ,30,000. Mayson=s European Editor progeny continue to prove highly competitive, and we look Emma Berry forward to seeing superstar Ulysses=s first foals on show this Twitter: @collingsberry autumn who will, I am sure, catch the imagination. Finally, we [email protected] look forward to Unfortunately=s first crop of foals next year, and we will continue to support him with our own mares, in his new Associate International Editor home at Springfield House Stud in Ireland.@ Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Contributing Editor Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Pivotal | Cheveley Park Stud Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield CHEVELEY PARK STUD 2020 ROSTER & FEES John Berry | Kevin Blake Stallion Fee Dutch Art (GB) (Medicean {GB}) Private Mayson (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) ,5,000 IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY Pivotal (GB) (Polar Falcon) Private Twilight Son (GB) (Kyllach {GB}) ,7,000 MIAMI BOUND TAKES THE VRC OAKS Ulysses (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) ,15,000 Miami Bound (NZ) (Reliable Man {GB}) saluted in the G1 VRC Oaks at Flemington on Thursday.