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VISIT ‘B’ SAMPLE POSITIVE p5 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2007 OASIS DREAM COLT TOPS AT TATTS TATTERSALLS DECEMBER FOALS Trade stepped up a level at the Tattersalls December THURSDAY’S TOP 5 COLTS Foal Sale in Newmarket yesterday with John Ferguson Hip Sex Sire Dam Price (gns) stealing the show when spending 400,000gns on a colt 1013 c Oasis Dream (GB) Dominica (GB) 400,000 by Oasis Dream (GB) out of G2 King=s Stand S. winner B-Stowell Hill Ltd & Major & Mrs R B Kennard Dominica (GB) (Alhaarth Consigned by Stowell Hill Stud {Ire}). Consigned by Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock Stowell Hill Stud, lot 1010 c Dansili (GB) Bandanna (GB) 200,000 1013, purchased on be- B-Miss R J Dobson half of Sheikh Moham- Consigned by Stowell Hill Stud med bin Rashid al Purchased by Willie Browne Maktoum, was bred by 1065 c Selkirk Felucca (GB) 125,000 Bob McCreery in partner- (47,000gns In Utero 06 TATDEC) ship with Bobby and >= Helen Kennard. Among B-Brook Stud Bloodstock Ltd the bidders on the colt Consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment were Gay O=Callaghan; Purchased by Grove Stud 1022 c Pivotal (GB) Karliyna (Ire) 120,000 Lot 1013 www.tattersalls.com Paul McCartan of Croom House Stud; Charlie B-Ptarmigan Bloodstock Ltd Vigors and Timmy Hyde; Teddy Grimthorpe, racing Consigned by St Simon Stud manager to Oasis Dream=s owner/breeder Khalid Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock Ltd Abdullah; and finally BBA Ireland=s Adrian Nicoll. AHe=s 971 c Galileo (Ire) Special Oasis (GB) 115,000 an outstanding individual by a proven sire out of a mare (72,000gns in utero >=06 TATDEC) that won the King=s Stand S.,@ said Ferguson. AIt=s B-Wentworth Racing (Pty) Ltd developing into a really classy speed family." Cont. p2 Consigned by Elms Stud, agent Purchased by Camas Park Stud TATTERSALLS DECEMBER FOALS TOP 3 FILLIES THURSDAY, NOV. 29, 2007 Hip Sex Sire Dam Price (gns) 1067 f Oratorio (Ire) Sewards Folly (GB) 130,000 SESSION TOTALS 2007 2006 B-Crandon Park Stud No. Catalogued 286 238 Consigned by Silfield Bloodstock No. Offered 240 189 Purchased by Emerald Bloodstock 1071 f Oratorio (Ire) Lindesberg (GB) 110,000 No. Sold 170 169 (70,000gns in utero >06 TATDEC) RNAs 70 20 B-Card Bloodstock % RNA 29.2% 10.6% Consigned by Silfield Bloodstock No. Over 250K 1 1 Purchased by Richard Frisby Bloodstock Ltd High Price 400,000 260,000 1044 f Haafhd (GB) Ziggy Zaggy (GB) 105,000 Gross 5,936,500gns 6,087,500gns B-Launceston Stud Average 34,921gns (-3.1%) 36,021gns Consigned by Trickledown Stud Median 22,000gns (-18.5%) 27,000gns Purchased by Thorndyke Lane Stud www.tattersalls.com Tattersalls December cont. p2 (859) 233-4252 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/30/07 • PAGE 2 of 7 Tattersalls December cont. McCreery s Stowell Hill Stud enjoyed a vintage day, Nothin’ But Net = Brought to you by Muirfield Insurance also selling a 200,000gns colt by Dansili (GB) out of Bandanna (GB). Purchased on behalf of breeder Securing Rosanne Dobson, lot 1010 is a half-brother to Gary Moore=s winning juvenile Art Sale (GB) (Compton the finest Place). Pinhooker Willie Browne fought off Paul (859) 253-1114 www.muirfieldinsurance.com McCartan, manager of Denis Brosnan=s Croom House Stud, for the colt. AThat=s the most I=ve ever given for a foal, but he was a beautiful horse," explained Browne. Hip Foal Price (gns) AHe=ll come back here, and I think with the way the 971 c, Galileo (Ire)--Special Oasis (GB) 115,000 economy is going, you are going to be safer with the B-Wentworth Racing (Pty) Ltd dearer horses because the big money is never really Consigned by Elms Stud, agent dangerous; the middle-to-bottom end is going to be Purchased by Camas Park Stud much riskier.@ Lot 1065, a 125,000gns full-brother to Special Oasis (Green Desert) was bred by Meon Valley promising juvenile Oarsman (GB)--by Selkirk out of Stud, but the daughter of Someone Special (GB) never Felucca (GB)--will be reoffered from Brendan Holland=s made it to the races for that famed operation. Still, as a Co. Cork-based Grove Stud next year. AHe=s got a good half-sister to G1SW One So Wonderful (GB) and GSWs pedigree and is a horse with a lot of quality, and the Alnasr Alwasheek (GB) and Relatively Special (GB), she full-brother looks very promising," said Holland. AHe=s still had residual value and was purchased as a 13-year-old the fourth I=ve got here and, if I can get another couple for 72,000gns last December at Tattersalls. With Galileo’s that will do for me. I also got six in America and one at stock continuing to rise with every crop, this bay youngster Goffs last week." Heading the fillies was Lot 1067--a provided a good return on that investment. daughter of first crop sire Oratorio (Ire) (Danehill) out of Sewards Folly (GB)--was a half-sister to G3 Cornwallis 1056 c, Street Cry (Ire)--Bashful (Ire) 110,000 S. winner Hunter Street (GB) (Compton Place {GB}). B-N/A Bred by Crandon Park Stud, the filly sold for 130,000 Consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment gns to a client of Emerald Bloodstock=s Brendan Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock Gallagher. The sale continues today at a session start- A listed winner and Group 3-placed in France, Bashful ing at 10 a.m. Full results are at www.tattersalls.com. (Brief Truce) produced three foals in Kentucky before being offered in foal to leading freshman sire Street Cry last November at Keeneland. Agent Pascale Menard pur- TATTERSALLS DECEMBER FOALS chased her at that venue for $100,000 and sent her to THURSDAY, NOV. 29, 2007 France, where she produced this colt. At current exchange rates, this represents more than 100-percent profit. Bashful was bred back to High Chaparral (Ire). CUMULATIVE 2007 2006 No. Catalogued 849 684 1065 c, Selkirk--Felucca (GB) 125,000 B-Brook Stud Bloodstock Ltd No. Offered 723 557 Consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment No. Sold 456 466 Purchased by Grove Stud RNAs 267 91 Felucca, the dam of GSW Lateen Sails (GB) (Elmaamul), % RNA 36.9% 16.3% was part of the Juddmonte draft at last year’s December No. Over 250K (gns) 1 1 Sale in foal to Selkirk. Dwayne Woods signed the ticket for High Price 400,000 260,000 the then-16-year-old mare at 47,000gns. This chestnut colt represented a tidy profit on that purchase, and Felucca was Gross 9,454,100gns 10,450,600gns covered by Haafhd (GB) this past spring. Average 20,733gns (-7.5%) 22,426gns www.tattersalls.com Tattersalls Friday Hip Happenings p3 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/30/07 • PAGE 3 of 7 Craig & Holly Bandoroff / (859) 987-6212 / www.denalistud.com TATTS DECEMBER FOALS - FRIDAY 1155, c, Monsun (Ger)--Mandamou (Ger), by Ela-Mana-Mou (Ire) Consigned by Hillwood Stud While progeny of Monsun are hot property at the moment, this offering from Charlie and Tracy Vigors= Wiltshire-based operation is a stand-out. The March- foaled half-brother to a listed winner is from the family of Manduro (Ger), almost certainly the finest son of the Schlenderhan stallion to have raced so far. 1257, c, Montjeu (Ire)--Sweeten Up (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB) Consigned by John Troy (Agent) Two Epsom Derby winners have emerged from Montjeu=s first three crops and this April-foaled colt has a perfect pedigree for the Blue Riband. He is out of a sister to the Grade I-placed Sharan (GB), who has pro- duced Ballydoyle=s 2002 G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Alberto Giacometti (Ire). That runner, unplaced at Epsom, was another product of the highly successful Sadler=s Wells--Shirley Heights cross. 1311, c, Montjeu (Ire)--Delicieuse Lady (GB), by Trempolino Consigned by Knocktoran Stud From Brendan Hayes=s outfit, this March-foaled son of Coolmore=s titan is another fit for Derbies, being a half to the 2004 G1 Prix du Jockey-Club hero Blue Canari (Fr). His other half-brother is Godolphin=s dual listed-winning miler Blue Ksar (Fr), who was also third in this year=s G2 Celebration Mile. It is also the family of Mtoto (GB) and the 2001 GI Canadian International winner Mutamam (GB). 1345, c, Galileo (Ire)--Lady Karr (GB), by Mark of Esteem (Ire) Consigned by the Castlebridge Consignment While Lady Karr was no great shakes on the track, she boasts the honor of being a full-sister to last year=s G1 Epsom Derby hero Sir Percy (GB). Both are products of the sadly deceased Percy=s Lass (GB) (Blakeney {GB}). Hip Happenings cont. p4 www.coolmore.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/30/07 • PAGE 4 of 7 Hip Happenings cont. 1383, c, Motivator (GB)--Park Romance (Ire), 1357, c, Sadler=s Wells--Fig Tree Drive, by Miswaki by Dr Fong Consigned by Swettenham Stud Consigned by Highclere Stud Just one of a number of foals from the Sangster Park Romance, who was third in the 2004 G3 Sweet Family dispersal with the potential to command major Solera S. at Newmarket, is a half to the group winner sums, this is a half-brother to the stakes winners Rum Charger (Ire) and smart performer Pakhoes (Ire) as Marbush (Ire) and Sublimity (Fr). The latter, who won well as to the dam of last year=s G3 Sweet Solera this year=s Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, scorer English Ballet (Ire).