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HEADLINE THREE CHIMNEYS NEWS The Idea is Excellence. For information about TDN, FLOWER ALLEY’s & GOOD REWARD’s call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008 First Weanlings Sell in November HENRYTHENAVIGATOR TO ASHFORD STARDOM BOUND SENT TO KENTUCKY Four-time Group 1 winner Henrythenavigator Charles Cono=s Stardom Bound (Tapit), who sealed an (Kingmambo--Sequoyah {Ire}, by Sadler=s Wells), Eclipse Award with a brilliant win last Friday in the runner-up in the $5-million GI Breeders= Cup Classic this GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies, departed Chris past weekend, has Paasch=s barn at 2:30 a.m. yesterday en route to been retired to Ash- Lexington, Kentucky. Along with stakes-winning stable- ford Stud in Versailles, mate Foxy Danseur (Mr. Greeley), the grey filly will go Kentucky. The three- through the ring at Fasig- year-old is now avail- Tipton=s November Sale able for inspection; a this Sunday. They are part stud fee will be an- of the 85-year-old Cono=s nounced at a later dispersal, but will be of- date. AIt's great to fered with a reserve. have a horse of AWe=ll run Stardom Bound Henrythenavigator's through the sale,@ said class and bloodlines Paasch. If we get the A Sarah K Andrew photo Horsephotos retiring here,@ said number we want, she=s Dermot Ryan, Ash- sold. If not, we=ll bring her home. The same with Foxy.@ ford=s manager. ATwice he won in record time at Royal Stardom Bound is catalogued as hip 65, while the Ascot, twice he beat Epsom Derby winner New Ap- three-year-old Foxy Danseur is 148. proach, three times he beat Raven's Pass and four times he won at Group 1 level. He is also rated an even TOP LOCK TOPS TATTERSALLS better miler than his sire Kingmambo and is out of a A lively trade at Tattersalls' Autumn Horses In Train- Group 1-winning two-year-old by Sadler's Wells. His ing Sale continued in Newmarket yesterday when conformation is excellent, too, so basically he's the G2 Great Voltigeur S. runner-up Top Lock (GB) (Nayef) complete package.@ sold for 410,000gns to Saudi agent Saad Al Kahtani. The Master of His Domain... three-year-old will be trained At two, the J “TDN Rising Star” J captured the in Saudi Arabia for Prince G2 Coventry S. (video) at Royal Ascot before finishing Faisal bin Khalid by South second in the G1 Phoenix African- born Neil Bruss. Cat- S. and third to New Ap- alogued as lot 1053, the bay proach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was bought through Broad- in the G2 Futurity S. He fields Bloodstock, the agency returned this year at three run by Bruss's brother Robin. Top Lock tattersalls.com to eclipse that colt by a @He's been bought to go for nose in the G1 2000 the King's Cup at Riyadh in February,@ said Al Kahtani, Guineas May 3--with Ra- who outbid agent Anthony Stroud. AWe've won it 10 ven=s Pass (Elusive Qual- times before, but not for a long time. He could then go 2000 Guineas S Cargill photo ity) fourth--and added a on to our neighbouring country Dubai afterwards for 1 3/4-length success over the Carnival. He has won on the all-weather and stays a the subsequent G1 Epsom Derby hero three weeks later mile and a half well.@ in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas (video) at The Curragh. Cont. p2 Tattersalls cont. p2-4 www.hillndalefarms.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/30/08 • PAGE 2 of 9 Rivalry Runs On... Henrythenavigator established a course record in defeating Raven=s Pass in the G1 St. James=s Palace S. June 17 (video), and pulled off another thriller over that rival in the G1 Sussex S. July 30 at Glorious Good- wood. Fifth to subse- quent GI Breeders= Cup Mile heroine Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa) in the G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Sept. 7, >Henry= came up second best to Raven=s Pass in his final two career ef- forts, the G1 Queen Eliza- beth II S. at Ascot Sept. 27 before his Oct. 25 outing at Santa Anita, a contest which marked his first attempt Horsephotos beyond eight furlongs. The homebred is a son of Sequoyah, heroine of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. at two in 2000 and a full sister to Group 1 winner Listen (Ire); he is a full brother to stakes winner Queen Cleopatra, who was also third in both the G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Irish 1000 Guineas. Also from the family of Grade/ Box 626, Versailles, KY 40383 (859) 873-7300 FAX (859) 873-3746 Group 1 winners Dolphin Street (Fr) (Bluebird), Insight E-MAIL: [email protected] www.lanesend.com (Fr) (Sadler=s Wells) and Saffron Walden (Fr) (Sadler=s Wells), Henrythenavigator heads to the breeding shed TATTERSALLS AUTUMN HIT with a record of 11-6-3-1 and earnings of $2,730,221. WEDNESDAY - TOP 5 LOTS Hip Name Price (gns) 1053 Top Lock (GB) 410,000 (c, 3, Nayef--Ermine {Ire}, by Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) TATTERSALLS AUTUMN (55,000gns yrl >06 TATOCT) HORSES IN TRAINING SALE Consigned by Park House Stables WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29, 2008 Purchased by Northfields Bloodstock 1051 Kalahari Gold (Ire) 370,000 SESSION TOTALS 2008 2007 (g, 3, Trans Island {GB}--Neat Shilling {Ire}, by Bob Back) No. Catalogued 422 376 (20,000gns yrl >06 TATOCT) No. Offered 304 274 Consigned by Park House Stables No. Sold 254 237 Purchased by Shadwell Estate Company Limited RNAs 50 37 1172 Weald (GB) 250,000 % RNA 16.4% 13.5% (c, 3, Bering {GB}--New Abbey {GB}, by Sadler=s Wells) Gross 7,024,500gns 5,903,000gns Consigned by Juddmonte Farms Average (% change) 27,656gns (+11%) 24,907gns Purchased by Malih Albasti Median (% change) 10,000gns (-16.7%) 12,000gns 983 High Alert (GB) 225,000 (c, 2, Kyllachy {GB}--Haste {GB}, by Halling) CUMULATIVE 2008 2007 No. Catalogued 1269 1178 (72,000gns wnlg >06 TATDEC; 120,000gns yrl >07 TATOCT) No. Offered 893 885 Consigned by Shalfleet Stables No. Sold 738 725 Purchased by McKeever St Lawrence Ltd RNAs 155 160 1068 Lion Sands (GB) 220,000 % RNA 17.4% 18.1% (c, 4, Montjeu {Ire}--Puce {GB}, by Darshaan {GB}) Gross 18,228,100gns 20,177,700gns (300,000gns yrl >05 TATOCT) Average (% change) 24,699gns (-11.3%) 27,831gns Consigned by Bedford House Stables www.tattersalls.com Purchased by David Loder TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/30/08 • PAGE 3 of 9 Tattersalls cont. Top Lock's trainer Andrew Balding was also responsi- ble for the day's second-highest price when three-year- old Kalahari Gold (Ire) (Trans Island {GB}) was bought by Hamdan Al Maktoum's stud manager Johnny Peter-Hoblyn for 370,000gns. Hong Kong trainer Peter Ho was under- bidder for the chestnut, lot 1051. AHe will come back to Shadwell Stud and at the mo- Kalahari Gold tattersalls.com ment we are thinking he could possibly go to Dubai, but it will be up to Sheikh Hamdan to decide," Peter-Hoblyn said of the Listed Dubai Duty Free Cup S. winner. Dubai-based owner Malih Al Basti, who was under- bidder on Tuesday's 600,000gns sale topper Sugar Ray (Ire), paid 250,000gns for Juddmonte's listed-placed Weald (GB) (Bering {GB}), lot 1172, and 180,000gns for the same consignor's French winner World Ruler (GB) (Dansili {GB}), lot 1178. "They will go to Doug Watson to be trained for the Dubai Carnival," said Al Basti. Two-year-old High Alert (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), lot 983, will join Peter Ho in Hong Kong after being bought for 225,000gns through McKeever St Lawrence's Philip Johnston. Those heading to the U.S. include Jeremy Noseda's recent Ascot listed winner Meydan Princess (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}), for whom agent Gordian Troeller bid 200,000gns on behalf of trainer Jim Cassidy. AAs she's three, we have a few more options with her than the two-year-olds,@ said Cassidy, who was buying lot 988 for James Peyton's Forging Oaks Farm. AThey usually fly over two weeks after the sale, and we'll see how she travels, but she could run straight off the plane.@ Cassidy added, AIt's just happened that we seem to have followed a lot of fillies into the ring this year, and she was really the last one that fit the bill. The owner's done well with Bahama Mama (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and Passified (GB) (Compton Place {GB}), who both came from Tattersalls." The sale concludes today with a session starting at 9:30 a.m. Catalogues and complete results are available on www.tattersalls.com. TATTERSALLS - 2008 SALES DATES October Yearlings - 4 Oct. 31 December Yearlings Nov. 24 December Foals Nov. 25-29 December Breeding Stock Dec. 1-5 www.tattersalls.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/30/08 • PAGE 4 of 9 TATTERSALLS H I P H A P P E N I N G S AUTUMN HORSES IN TRAINING - THURSDAY 1424, Going Time, f, 2, Forestry--Grub=s Dancer, by Grub Consigned by Kingsley House Stables This is a half-sister to the ill-fated 2005 G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen and GII General George H. hero Saratoga County (Valid Expectations). She placed ear- lier this year for the Mark Johnston stable. 1516, Hitchens (Ire), c, 3, Acclamation {GB}-- Royal Fizz {Ire}, by Royal Academy Consigned by Ingleside Racing Stables Out of a half to the top Hong Kong performer Floral Pegasus (Aus) (Fusaichi Pegasus), this colt was runner- up in last year=s Goffs Million and fifth in the G3 Corn- wallis S.