TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2017 THE BEVERLY LEWIS YOU DIDN=T KNOW GHOSTZAPPER FILLY TOPS by Bill Finley F-T OCTOBER OPENER Beverly Lewis passed away Friday at the age of 90 after a lengthy illness. To everyone in the sport, her passing is a sad occasion as, along with her late husband, Bob, she was a part of one of the top racing stables of an era. The Lewises were all about class. They raced the very best horses and were as gracious and as enthusiastic as any owners who ever played this game. But the reputation that the Lewis stable enjoyed was, really, all about Bob, who passed away in 2006. He was the gregarious one, the one who did all the talking. At least publicly, Beverly rarely said a word, and her willingness to blend into the background made her somewhat of a mystery. Both were born in an era where many still believed that the man was in charge and that the wife was just along for the ride. Cont. p9 (click here) IN TDN EUROPE TODAY THE WEEKLY WRAP Session-topping Hip 96, a filly by Ghostzapper, in the ring | Fasig-Tipton Emma Berry recaps the biggest happenings in racing and bloodstock over the last week, including Champions Day and by Jessica Martini champion jockey Silvestre de Sousa. Click or tap here to go LEXINGTON, Ky - Samantha Siegel=s Jay Em Ess Stable paid a straight to TDN Europe. session-topping $275,000 to secure a filly by Ghostzapper as the four-day Fasig-Tipton October Fall Yearlings Sale kicked off with a solid day of selling on a rainy day in Lexington Monday. AWe saw pretty solid trade with a diverse group of buyers in play,@ Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning, Jr. said at the close of business Monday. Of the 363 yearlings catalogued for Monday=s session, 322 went through the ring and 230 sold for a total of $6,479,500. The average was $28,172 and the median was $10,000. The buy-back rate was 28.6% During the first session of the three-day 2016 October sale, 246 of 416 yearlings catalogued yearlings sold for $8,306,400. The session average was $33,766 and the median was $12,750. The 2016 three-day average was $33,065 and the median was $10,000. Twenty two yearlings sold for $100,000 or more Monday. That figure was 21 during last year=s opening session. AI think it=s too early to tell much,@ Browning said of the comparison figures. AThe average is down a little bit, the median is down a little bit from the overall total sale numbers last year.@ Cont. p3 Empire Maker - Star of Goshen, by Lord At War (Arg) 2018 Fee: $110,000 S&N www.WinStarFarm.com | Office: (859) 873-1717 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. 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AThe buyers are saying it was Ghostzapper for Siegel really tough to buy the quality Samantha Siegel was forced to horses and the consignors are miss last month=s Keeneland saying it was pretty tough to sell September Yearling Sale, so she the horses who weren=t was trying to make up for lost perceived as quality offerings. I time when she purchased a filly think we saw the same kind of by Ghostzapper for $275,000 balanced marketplace that we=ve during Monday=s opening session seen throughout 2017 and for of the October sale. the most part 2016 as well.@ AUnfortunately, I had to miss Ocala horseman David Scanlon the Keeneland September sale--I was busy scouring the sales was a vet scratch--but I would grounds for pinhooking prospects like to have a few more horses to Monday and agreed competition fill out my group, so I came here,@ was stiff for the prized offerings. Samantha Siegel | Fasig-Tipton Siegel said after signing the ticket AThere are a lot of horses to go on hip 96 in the name of her Jay Em Ess Stable. through, but there are some good horses,@ Scanlon said. AIt=s The yearling is out of Princesa de Papi (Birdstone), a half-sister typical of the market we=ve seen, the good ones are bringing to stakes winners Silent Bird (Summer Bird) and A Brilliant Idea good money and the other side of the market struggles. (Afleet Alex). Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 13 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • OCTOBER 24, 2017 Ghostzapper for Siegel cont. AWe were actually going to go to Saratoga, but we saw her AShe=s a pretty, well-balanced filly and a New York-bred,@ developing and most of her developing came after June,@ he Siegel said. AWe know Ghostzapper can get a good filly so, as said. AShe was kind of plain, but then she kept on developing. So they say, she ticked off all the boxes.@ we thought she wasn=t ready to sell and we would have a better Siegel expects to continue shopping at the four-day October horse to sell in a few months.@ sale. Of the dark bay filly, Eastham continued, AShe=s a big-walking AI have no set number in mind,@ she said. AI just would like to horse. She handled this process very well. She had a big nostril get nice horses and we=ll see how things fall and see what we and was a typical Ghostzapper with a great mind.@ get. But, unfortunately, good taste is expensive. It=s a tough The consignor admitted the market continues to be market for a good horse. Nowadays, you have to pay a decent competitive and at times unforgiving. amount of money for a good horse. You just have to steel AI=ve got a barn of 25 and I think half of them are going to do yourself to that, pick your number and be prepared to go a little real well,@ the consignor said. APenalties are severe. If you have bit above it and be flexible.@ a little chip that in previous markets was a 20% chip, those chips Hip 96 was consigned to the October sale by Tommy Eastham=s are now 80, 90 maybe 95% of your total value. The horse Legacy Bloodstock on behalf of her breeder, Dr. Jon Davis=s business is good, though. There is a lot of interest, a lot of phone Milfer Farm. Davis purchased Princesa de Papi, with this foal in calls and lots of volume at the barns. A lot of people that utero, for $70,000 at the 2015 Keeneland November sale. weren=t as good didn=t survive [the recession of] 2008. A[Milfer Farm] raise a nice horse and they=ve been kind enough Everybody who is in the business now, from consignors to to be with me for a long, long time,@ Eastham said. AIt=s nice to buyers and farms, is pretty good. They know what they=re do well for people that have gone through good sales and bad looking at.@ sales and have been your biggest cheerleader through good times and bad.