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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here SURVEYING HIS PREY F-T FLORIDA SALE MOVED TO ADENA SOUTH Having upstaged So You Think (NZ) (High Chaparral Fasig-Tipton will conduct The Florida Sale of Selected {Ire}) in 2011 and picked off all bar Frankel (GB) 2-year-olds in Training for 2014 at Adena Springs (Galileo {Ire}) 12 months ago, Jean-Claude-Alain South in Williston, near Ocala. The auction will take Dupouy=s Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}) returns place Monday, Mar. 24. The to Ascot=s new under-tack show is scheduled banner afternoon for Friday, Mar. 21. AThe for perhaps his current racing situation in easiest task so far Florida has changed the in the G1 QIPCO dynamics of stall availability in Champion S. South Florida for 2014,@ today. In his pomp Fasig-Tipton President Boyd when annexing Browning revealed. AAs a the inaugural result, we have reached an reinvented race agreement with the Stronach two years ago, the Group to move from Palm eagle of Chantilly Meadows and utilize the returned to that superb facilities at Adena Cirrus des Aigles defeating So You Think in peak to take the Springs South for our 2014 Boyd Browning 2011 world=s greatest sale. We will return to South Horsephotos Racing Post off the bridle for a Florida in the spring of 2015 few strides in and stage the sale at Gulfstream Park.@ Browning 2012 and seems to be back to near his best in what continued, AOur consignors and buyers have established has been a masterclass of patience and preparation by The Florida Sale as the leader in the market for trainer Corine Barande-Barbe. A daughter of a pair of approximately 60 years. In conversations with the psychoanalysts, the conditioner has needed to play participants who have been part of this success story, some mind games with her increasingly cute veteran they have been extremely positive. We are excited stable star this term, but a diversion to a straight track about putting together a catalogue which will attract a for the Sept. 20 G3 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte broad base of buyers there.@ Nominations are now triggered an awakening of his potent prowess which being accepted. Inspections will take place during was again evidenced in Longchamp=s G2 Prix Dollar a November and December. fortnight ago. AAll year I wanted him to be at the top for the Champion S. and I believe he is,@ Barande-Barbe told PA Sport. AWe know he likes Ascot and he has the soft ground, so all the lights are green. He is the favourite for the race, which is normal, but the race is not over until it has been run and you have to give consideration to the opposition.@ Cont. p3 RECORD-SETTING OCTOBER SALE WRAPS By Emma Berry Consistently strong trade throughout Books 1 and 2 at Tattersalls meant there were still plenty of buyers with orders to fill in attendance for the single-session Book 3 auction, which ended with a 38% increase in aggregate at 2,304,300gns. That trickle-down effect was to the benefit of Trickledown Stud which sold the top lot--a racey colt by Dutch Art (GB) (lot 1673) at 57,000gns--and finished the session as leading consignor, with 16 sold for 144,500gns. Surprisingly, the clearance rate dropped slightly, but 83% of the 259 lots offered found buyers, at an average price of 10,668gns (+27%) and median of 6,900gns (+15%). Cont. p5 In This Issue Wise Dan Works 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan (732) 747-8060 (Wiseman's Ferry) worked a half mile in (732) 747-8955 (fax) :47.40 over the Keeneland Polytrack www.thoroughbreddailynews.com Friday morning. Regular morning www.thetdn.com partner Damien Rock was aboard. "Pretty awesome--:11s and :12s all the Wise Dan Barry Weisbord, co-publisher way," trainer Charlie LoPresti said. "He Benoit Photo is just as good as last year." [email protected]• @barryweisbord Sue Finley, co-publisher Coverage begins page 8 [email protected] • @suefinley EDITORIAL [email protected] Dawn Approach to be Tested Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Dawn Approach (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) is back at Ascot today for Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor what could prove his greatest test in a renewal of the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Steve Sherack, Racing Editor S. set to be determined largely by the testing ground. 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Long Distance Cup S.-G3, ASC (brisnet.com PPs) Sean Cronin, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing 9:20a Brit. Ch. Sprint S.-G2, ASC (brisnet.com PPs) Tom Frary, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing 9:55a Brit. Ch. Filly & Mare S.-G1, ASC (brisnet.com PPs) [email protected] 10:30a Queen Elizabeth II S.-G1, ASC (brisnet.com PPs) 11:05p Qipco Champion S.-G1, ASC (brisnet.com PPs) 5:23p Raven Run S.-GII, KEE (brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/19/13 • PAGE 3 of 15 • thoroughbreddailynews.com FEATURE PRESENTATION • G1 QIPCO CHAMPION S. Godolphin=s Farhh (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) tries this trip again, having come up slightly short against Nathaniel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) when runner-up in Sandown=s G1 Eclipse S. last July and in the G1 Juddmonte International S. at York in August. During a nine-race career punctuated by setbacks, the highly consistent and reliable performer has yet to encounter soft ground, and that could prove a decisive factor as he bids to topple Cirrus des Aigles. Returning from another injury- imposed break since his romp in Newbury=s G1 Lockinge S. May 18, the Saeed bin Suroor trainee is joined by stable companion and Mar. 9 G1 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 winner Hunter=s Light (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). A[Farhh] is doing well,@ their conditioner said. AHe has run well over this trip three times in Group 1s and is a happy and sound horse at the moment. I think that the cut in the ground will suit him. We will let him take his chance and see what happens. Hunter=s Light is a tough horse. He is very good condition, and we wanted to let him take his chance in this race. We are putting a hood and a visor on him to try and make him focus more. This is the right distance for him, and he has won in testing ground before.@ In a renewal with significant French flavor, Andre Fabre sends across an intriguing contender in Team Valor=s Triple Threat (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), and trainer Jean-Claude Rouget is represented by Daniel-Yves Treves=s Morandi (Fr) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}). Cont. p4 Farhh Racing Post photo 859-873-7270 • www.airdriestud.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/19/13 • PAGE 4 of 15 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Champion S. cont. The former has looked potentially high-class in two wins this term in the Apr. 7 G3 Prix la Force at Longchamp and in Maisons-Laffitte=s G2 Prix Eugene Adam July 2, but lacked the stamina required for the 12-furlong G2 Prix Niel when last seen back at Longchamp Sept. 15. Morandi has yet to win this term, but has shown smart form when twice runner-up to Triple Threat=s esteemed stable companion Intello (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly June 2 and in the Ryan Moore and Ruler of the World G3 Prix du Racing Post Prince d=Orange at Longchamp Sept. 21. He only started to come into himself at this time last year when winning the G3 Prix de Conde at Longchamp and G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud by a combined 19 lengths on testing ground. Further representation of a largely below-par crop of 3-year-olds comes in the form of Ruler of the World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Hillstar (GB) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), who have yet to meet, but who have both been partnered in their Hillstar also appears to want more distance than this finest hours by Ryan Moore. It is significant that that 10 furlongs on the evidence of his win in the G2 King jockey has opted to partner Ballydoyle=s G1 Epsom Edward VII S. over 1 1/2 miles at the Royal meeting Derby winner, even if he has looked an out-and-out June 21 and third in the July 27 G1 King George VI and stayer on his last two starts when second in the Prix Queen Elizabeth S., both at this track, so any further Niel and seventh in the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe 13 easing of the ground can only help.