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Diktat Filly Tops at Goffs HEADLINE p.3 (atw) NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2004 MR. PROSPECTOR MARE HEADS KEENELAND N E W S T O D A Y Bolsa, by Mr. Prospector out of the In Reality mare P P Mochila, realized a final bid of $400,000 at yesterday’s session of the Keeneland November MIDWAY ROAD POSSIBLE FOR CLARK Breeding Stock Sale in Lexington, Ken- GSW Midway Road (Jade Hunter) satisfied trainer tucky. Consigned by Middlebrook Neil Howard with a workmanlike six-furlong breeze at Farm, agent, Hip 2778 was purchased Churchill Downs yesterday. The four-year-old, who by Gulf Coast LLC. The eight-year- covered the distance in 1:14.80, old‘s dam placed in the GI Ruffian H. is still possible for the Nov. 26 GII and finished third in the GI Ladies H. Clark H. “It was a good work,” and GI Beldame S.; she also produced said Howard, adding, “We’re not Grade I stakes winner Serape, and definite for the Clark yet. We’ll Montera, who herself is the dam of wait and see.” Midway Road won stakes winner and multiple graded- this year’s Oct. 30 GIII Fayette H. and also finished runner-up to Victory Gallop, sire stakes placed Easyfromthegitgo. Heading the weanlings was Hip 2888, Southern Image in the GI Pimlico of hip 2888 Midway Road Bill Straus Special. Howard confirmed that Horsephotos a colt by sophomore sire Victory Gal- lop out of Hennessy Waltz (by stablemate Alumni Hall (A.P. Hennessy). The Feb. 15 foal, the first for his six-year- Indy), who finished third to Midway Road in the old dam, was purchased by WinStar Farm for $210,000 Fayette, will not start in the nine-furlong Clark because from the Buck Pond consignment. The sale continues of a minor setback. “It was about his second day back today at 10 a.m. to the track after the race at Keeneland and then, all of a sudden, this big ball came up on his neck to the point TOP FIVE BROODMARES where we had to lance it,” he explained. “It’s OK now, Hip Name Covering Stallion Price ($) but it’s still draining.” 2778 Bolsa Deputy Commander 400,000 (m, 8, Mr. Prospector--Mochila, by In Reality) KEENELAND Consigned by Middlebrook Farm, agent Purchased by Gulf Coast LLC NOVEMBER 2873 Graceful Manor Menifee 160,000 MONDAY, NOV. 15, 2004 (m, 10, Cure the Blues--Stiff Breeze, by Never Bend) SESSION TOTALS 2004 2003 Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent XLVIII No. Offered 324 320 Purchased by Donald & R. Mary Zuckerman No. Sold 252 270 2773 Big Miss Orientate 155,000 RNAs 72 50 % RNA 22.2% 15.6% (m, 8, Chief Honcho--Little V, by Buckfinder) Gross $7,441,400 $5,944,700 Consigned by Gainesway, agent Average (% change) $29,529 (+34%) $22,017 Purchased by Moreau Bloodstock Intl Inc. Median (% change) $22,000 (+37.5%) $16,000 2868 Forever Classic Monarchos 130,000 CUMULATIVE 2004 2003 (m, 13, Regal Classic--Forleana, by Forum) No. Offered 2,537 2,452 Consigned by Anderson Farms, agent for Sam-Son Farm No. Sold 1,944 1,931 Purchased by Hopewell Investments LLC RNAs 593 521 2734 Zapoteca More Than Ready 100,000 % RNA 23.3% 21.2% (m, 6, Seattle Slew--Mayan Maiden, by Lyphard) Gross $264,659,300 $228,574,200 Average (% change) $136,142 (+15%) $118,371 Consigned by Middlebrook Farm, agent Median (% change) $52,000 (+4.0%) $50,000 Purchased by Haras De La Pomme TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/16/04 • PAGE 2 of 4 KEENELAND NOVEMBER SALE - MONDAY Skip Jack broke his maiden at first asking June 20, TOP FOUR WEANLINGS ran second in the Lavender Sho July 24, then finished a Hip Sex Sire Dam Price ($) lackluster seventh in the G3 Hakodate S. Aug. 8. Fresh- 2888 c Victory Gallop Hennessy Waltz 210,000 ened for this test, the chestnut was restrained off the B-Douglas S. Arnold & B. V. Tew (Ky) pace through the opening stages before being given his Consigned by Buck Pond (Douglas S. Arnold), agent head down the stretch. Showing good acceleration Purchased by WinStar Farm from there, he pounced to take the lead en route to his 2977 c Broken Vow One Dream Cat 150,000 initial stakes victory. “He is a very good horse,” said ($110,000 In Utero ‘04 KEEJAN) winning jockey Masaki Katsuura. “He has a lot of po- B-Gentry Stable (Ky) tential and I think he’ll improve a lot. He was very im- Consigned by Denali Stud (Craig Bandoroff) pressive finishing up.” Purchased by Pennston Farm Inc. 2786 c Successful Appeal Cadillac Black 110,000 Sunday, Fukushima, Japan B-Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds and Carapan Farm FUKUSHIMA KINEN-G3-JRA, ¥82,700,000, Fukushima, LLC (NY) 11-14, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 2:00.30, fm. Consigned by Four Star Sales, agent 1--@SAFETY EMPEROR (JPN), 119, g, 5, by Soviet Star Purchased by Sussi Stable 1st Dam: Machikane Poppea (Jpn), by Sir Penfro (GB) 2654 c Pure Prize Sierras Kiara 100,000 2nd Dam: Tokydo (Jpn), by Moutiers (Fr) B-Mr. and Mrs. David Shashura (Ky) 3rd Dam: Suibu (Jpn), by Tudor Period (Jpn) Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent XXX O-Minoru Ikeda; B-Fujiwara Farm; T-Yukiharu Ono; Purchased by Vinery Stables J-Kodai Hasegawa; ¥43,630,000. Lifetime Record: 22-6-4-1. 2--Miscast (Jpn), 119, h, 6, Sunday Silence--North R E S U L T S P P Flight (Jpn), by Tony Bin (Ire). O-North Hills Management Co Ltd; B-Taihoku Stud Co Ltd; Saturday, Tokyo, Japan ¥17,180,000. KEIO HAI NISAI S.-G2-JRA, ¥72,750,000, Tokyo, 3--Robbery Genio (Jpn), 121, g, 5, Cacoethes--Miss 11-13, 2yo, 1400mT, 1:22.10, fm. Lupinus (Jpn), by Maruzensky (Jpn). O-Norihiro 1--@#SKIP JACK (JPN), 121, c, 2, by Mejiro Ryan (Jpn) Muranaka; B-Yosei Adachi; ¥11,090,000. 1st Dam: Hikari Crystal (Jpn), by Lucky Sovereign Margins: HD, NK, NK. Odds: 11.90, 18.40, 48.40. 2nd Dam: Costume (Jpn), by Mendez (Fr) Safety Emperor, second in a lower-plate race in his 3rd Dam: Temple Bamboo (Jpn), by Prompt (Fr) seasonable debut June 26, rattled off four straight wins O-Dearest; B-Tomina Bokujo; T-Yutaka Takahashi; before completing the trifecta in the Oct. 9 Ohara S. J-Masaki Katsuura; ¥38,525,000. Lifetime Record: last time out. Relaxed off the leaders through the early 4-2-1-0. stages here, he geared up his rally turning for home and 2--King's Trail (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Sunday Silence--Santa took the lead in mid-stretch. Fellow closer Miscast cut Fe Trail (Jpn), by Northern Taste. O-Sunday Racing into his advantage in the dying strides, but Safety Em- Co Ltd; B-Northern Farm; ¥15,150,000. peror dug in to stave off the threat. “He is not a horse 3--Seiunni Mukau (Jpn), 121, c, 2, Carnegie (Ire)-- that shows a lot of late foot, so I asked him for run at Promise Talk, by Jade Robbery. O-Shigeyuki an earlier stage,” commented winning rider Kodai Nishiyama; B-Orite Bokujo; ¥9,575,000. Hasegawa. “He seemed a little tired at the end, but he Margins: 1 1/4, 1 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 34.70, 4.00, 12.70. never gave up.” TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/16/04 • PAGE 3 of 4 PEDIGREE INSIGHTS River Belle’s win at Churchill Downs is her second important success, following her win in the G3 Princess BY ANDREW CAULFIELD Margaret S. at Ascot last year. As that Ascot triumph made her the seventh group winner to emerge from MRS. REVERE S.-GII, $171,150, CDX, 11-13, 3yo, f, Lahib’s first eight crops, Lahib can’t be classified as a 1 1/16mT, 1:44 2/5, gd. failure as a flat sire. But not being a failure isn’t the 1--RIVER BELLE (GB), 120, f, 3, by Lahib same thing as being a success, and this could also be 1st Dam: Dixie Favor, by Dixieland Band said of Rousillon, although he sired that remarkable 2nd Dam: Femme Favor, by *Forli stayer Vintage Crop and Fastness. 3rd Dam: Lady Parida, by Round Table The one stallion son of Riverman who could be de- (14,000gns yrl ‘02 DONSEP). O-Team Valor Stables, scribed as an unqualified success is Irish River, with a Heiligbrodt Racing Stable & Green Lantern Stables, tally of nearly 90 stakes winners including Hatoof, LLC; B-Mrs S Camacho (GB); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-K Paradise Creek and Brief Truce. But you will search in Fallon; $106,113. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng & vain for a stallion son of Irish River in the 2004 edition GISP-US, 8-4-0-2, $268,695. *1/2 to Kiralik (GB) of the Blood-Horse Stallion Register. And the only son (Efisio {GB}), SW & GSP-Ity, $108,005. you’ll find in Weatherbys Stallion Book, which covers Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com Europe, is Exit To Nowhere, who has made the same catalogue-style pedigree. transition as Lahib. The winner of the Prix Jacques le How can a stallion sire the magnificent total of 128 Marois has been switched from a career siring flat stakes winners--with roughly half of them scoring at performers in France to covering large numbers of jump group or graded level--yet still fail to establish a flour- mares at Scarvagh House Stud in Northern Ireland.