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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here EVEN STEVEN AS KEENOV WRAPS THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES By Lucas Marquardt by Alan Carasso The 2014 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale In spite of a game-time temperature of 31 degrees, concluded its 11-day run yesterday in Lexington, and approximately 200 fans from as nearby as Georgetown the prognosticators who eyed a stable market going in and from as far as, well, couldn=t have gotten nearer New Jersey, descended on to the bulls-eye. With one the Hall of Champions at the more session and 338 Kentucky Horse Park to more horses through the honor the late Cigar, who ring from last year, a total passed away from of 2,512 horses sold for complications from neck $205,899,500. The surgery during the evening average of $81,966 was hours of Oct. 7. up just 2.1%, while the While there has been no Kentucky Horse Park photo median of $35,000 was shortage of public comment unchanged. The cumulative on the passing of the Hall of Famer across social media Sale topper Aloof Keeneland Photo RNA rate was 21.82%. and via other outlets, Friday=s ceremony gave those Last year, it was an who worked closest with Cigar during his 15 years in exceptional 14.5%. residence at the Horse Park an opportunity to express Last year=s sale, boosted by the dispersal of E. Paul their emotions. Cont. p9 Robsham Stable, saw 2,457 horses sold for $197,189,000, an average of $80,256. The 2013 MARQUARDT WINS BERGSTEIN AWARD auction was toped by the $4-million Awesome Maria, a Lucas Marquardt was presented with Team Valor member of the Robsham dispersal. International=s third-annual Stan Bergstein Writing Topping the sale was the $3.9-million Aloof (Ire) Award Friday for his story in the Thoroughbred Daily (Galileo {Ire}), a group-winning daughter of champion News magazine entitled Is This the Death of Synthetic Airwave (GB) (Air Express {Ire}) who sold to Mandy Racing? And If So, Why?. The piece, which was Pope=s Whisper Hill Farm. Aloof was offered in foal to published in August, takes an in-depth look at the role War Front by Paramount Sales as Hip 246. that synthetic surfaces play in the safety of Also in foal to War Front was the sale=s second- Thoroughbreds, featuring interviews with a number of highest lot, the $3.6-million Naples Bay (Giant=s prominent horsepeople, veterinarians and racetrack Causeway), who was hammered down to Coolmore=s officials. Cont. p8 M.V. Magnier. Claiborne Farm consigned the MGSW half to Medaglia d=Oro as Hip 156. Those mares helped set the stage for a lively week and a half of trading. AWe talk about it all the time--if we start out well in Book 1, it will carry through the rest of the sale, and this sale more than any other proved it,@ said Keeneland Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell. AThe strength and depth in Book 1 definitely carried through.@ There were 11 different buying entities who purchased November=s 18 seven-figure horses-- compared to the 14 who sold in 2013. Included among them was new shooter China Horse Club, which came away with the $2.8-million Iotapa (Afleet Alex) and the $1.5-million Last Full Measure (Empire Maker). AWe saw new buyers play at the top end, which is very good for our industry, and we saw regular commercial breeders reinvesting in our industry, and at a high level,@ said Russell. AWe had 18 million-dollar horses, and it=s interesting to note that they were pretty evenly split between domestic and international buyers. Before, maybe they weighted it a little more toward the international side, so to see the domestic bench stand up and get involved is encouraging.@ Cont. p3 SOUNDNESS LONGEVITY PRESENCE VALUE GIO PONTI JUSTIN PHILLIP stud fee $15,000 Nov 1st stud fee $5,000 Nov 1st Inquiries to Stuart Fitzgibbon: 2469 Iron Works Pike, Lexington, KY 40511 (859) 455-9222 Fax (859) 455-8892 www.castletonlyons.com IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley Palace Malice Back BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Director of Business Development: Gary King in Training [email protected] EDITORIAL Classic winner Palace Malice (Curlin) is ready to resume training after an extensive [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini veterinary examination declared him to be Managing Editor: Alan Carasso sound and fully recovered from the bone Racing Editor: Steve Sherack bruise he suffered last summer, co-owners Racing Analyst/Social Media Director: Brian DiDonato Dogwood Stable and Three Chimneys Palace Malice Associate Editor: Justina Severni Assistant Editor: Christie DeBernardis Farm announced Friday. 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WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Page 11 International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 • Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) EST Race Click for TV www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com 3:14p Red Smith H.-G3, AQU Brisnet.com PPs HR/TVG 3:37p Commonwealth S.-G3, CD Brisnet.com PPs HRTV 4:36p Mrs. Revere S.-G2, CD Brisnet.com PPs HRTV 7:00p Bob Hope S.-G3, DMR Brisnet.com PPs HR/TVG TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/15/14 • PAGE 3 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com KEENOV coverage cont. Don Alberto Corp. was November=s leading buyer for the second straight year. It purchased nine horses for $8,575,000, an average of $952,778. One of the highlights of the auction was the sale of a North American record weanling. A Tapit great- granddaughter of Serena=s Song (Rahy) from SW Serena=s Cat (Storm Cat) brought a whopping $3-million winning bid from Bridlewood Farm=s George Isaacs. The filly was bred by Hill >n= Dale Farm and Dell Ridge Farm and was consigned by Hill >n= Dale as Hip 402. AWe use the phrase collector=s item,@ said Russell. AThat Tapit foal will never see the light of another auction ring. This was the only opportunity people would have to buy her, and when people understood that, they stepped up. It's the highest-price >racing prospect' we sold this year--higher than the two $2.2-million colts we sold at September--and it was two end users going head-to-head.@ Mandy Pope was the direct underbidder. There were two primary takeaways from November, said Russell. First, quality continues to sell. Second, breeders are beginning to take a long-term view of the market. AWe had two very good Septembers [in 2012 and 2013] and a stable market this year, and that has encouraged people to invest long term,@ he said. AThe great thing is that people want to own a mare now. In past years, they didn=t want to. Even some people who got out of the business got back in. And we keep on talking about it, but quality sells.@ Cont. p4 (718) 978-8200 www.mersant.com Sponsors of the following stats for the: KEENELAND NOVEMBER SALE SESSION TOTALS 2014 Catalogued 327 No. Offered 225 No. Sold 162 RNAs 63 % RNAs 28% Gross $1,069,400 Average $6,601 Median $4,500 CUMULATIVE 2014 2013 Catalogued 4027 3602 No. Offered 3213 2785 No. Sold 2512 2457 RNAs 701 418 % RNAs 21.82% 14.5% High Price $3,900,000 $4,000,000 Gross $205,899,500 $197,189,000 Average (% change) $81,966 (+2.13%) $80,256 Median (% change) $35,000 $35,000 *No corresponding session in 2013. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/15/14 • PAGE 4 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com KEENOV cont. Keeneland now moves forward to its January AHere, it was quality in the millions, quality in the auction, set to run Monday, Jan.12 through Friday, $100,000s, quality in the $50,000s. At every level, Jan. 16. The next bloodstock sale on the calendar is quality is selling. On Thursday, we had a six-figure Fasig-Tipton=s Midlantic Winter Mixed Sale, to be held horse on the second-to-last day, because she was a at Timonium on Dec. 8. nice mare, and people are willing to give money for For complete Keeneland November results, that. Anything with quality is bringing a premium price, www.keeneland.com. no matter what level of the market you=re talking about. That=s very good news for us.@ Win Willy On Top Once More... Top weanlings were once again prized commodities, Topping the final day of selling at November was one with an established group of astute pinhookers battling of the last horses through the ring, the popular Grade II with ever-growing bench of end-users.