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MONDAY, JULY 13, 2020 BIDDING BACK IN THE THE RACE EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE, MIDNIGHT BISOU VS. MONOMOY GIRL BLUEGRASS: F-T HORSES OF The Week in Review, by Bill Finley The running of the GII Ruffian S. Saturday at Belmont lacked RACING AGE SALE MONDAY the sizzle that was part of the narrative for several other major races over the weekend, but that wasn=t the fault of Monomoy Girl (Tapizar). She did exactly what was asked of her. She showed up and beat four overmatched horses in an effort that was more perfunctory than impressive. AThis was a nice race for her to come back into stakes competition and now we can tackle some bigger races and a tougher field, too,@ jockey Florent Geroux said. Exactly. With Monomoy Girl coming back off an 18-month layoff, trainer Brad Cox was in no hurry to throw her to the wolves. He started her off in an allowance race at Churchill Downs and then in the one-mile, one-turn Ruffian, a race that didn=t figure to include a stellar group of opponents for the 2018 Eclipse Award winner. Cont. p4 Newtown Paddocks | Fasig-Tipton photo IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Jessica Martini PINATUBO BACK IN THE GROOVE IN DEAUVILLE The Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale, which has Champion 2-year-old Pinatubo got back to his winnings ways in steadily built momentum through its first seven years, comes Sunday’s G1 Prix Jean Prat in Deauville. Click or tap here to go smack up against the swirling uncertainty of a global pandemic straight to TDN Europe. when it returns for its eighth renewal at the company=s Newtown Paddocks Monday afternoon. The catalogue for the one-session auction, bolstered by the late addition of recent stakes winners, includes 182 offerings. Bidding begins at 4 p.m. Consignors seemed eager to get back to business ahead of the auction, but were cautious about expectations. AThis sale is getting more popular every year and I think you are seeing some better horses sold in it, but it=s hard to say what this year will bring,@ admitted Claiborne Farm=s Walker Hancock. AI don=t know who will be able to show up, but I know Fasig is going to provide the buyers with all the opportunities they can, whether it=s online bidding or phone bidding. We are doing videos for all of our horses, so even if you can=t make it to the sales grounds, hopefully you=ll be able to view them online and we=ll be able to provide any information the buyers may be looking for if they can=t be here in person.@ Fasig-Tipton debuted its online bidding platform during the recent Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale and will again offer out-of-town buyers the chance to bid online Monday. 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Also on the European Editor card, Field Pass (Lemon Drop Kid) won the GIII Transylvania S. Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • JULY 13, 2020 Fasig-Tipton Horses of Racing Age Sale the end of the day, people are going to be here to buy racehorses.@ Monday (cont. from p1) Last year=s July sale was topped by Jalen Journey (With Hancock agreed the horses of racing age sales were a natural Distinction), who sold for $510,000 and only weeks later fit for online shopping. finished third in the GI Bing Crosby S. That sort of ready-to-run AYearlings, weanlings and mares are a little different,@ he said. offering is what appeals to many shoppers at the horses of AWith horses of racing age, you can just go and watch the races. racing age sale, according to Gainesway=s Michael Hernon. As long as they vet, which you can get your vet to look at those AI think we are operating in an uncertain time obviously, but online, you=re buying off results and have more information people want the ready-made article,@ Hernon said. AThey don=t than when you are just looking for potential.@ want to wait. And the racehorse sale provides a lot of The Horses of Racing Age sale has, since its inception, been opportunity for immediate results. Horses are ready to run who conducted in tandem with Fasig-Tipton=s July Yearling Sale. With have established form and can run in the new buyer=s colors in a the yearling auction cancelled this year and travel restrictions matter of weeks. There is strong demand for current racehorses still in place in many locales, activity at the sales barns will be who can proceed to their next race without delay.@ predictably down. The Black Album (Fr) (Wooten Bassett {GB}), consigned by While there may be fewer people at the barns, that won=t Bluewater Sales, was added to the catalogue following his win in necessarily be a factor in the sale=s final results, according to the July 8 Jonathan B. Schuster Memorial S. Liam=s Pride (Liam=s Mark Taylor of Taylor Made Sales Agency. Map) was the final horse added to Monday=s auction following AWith these racehorses, it=s easier to do your due diligence his win in Friday=s Gold Fever S. at Belmont Park. He will be without physically being here,@ Taylor said. AYou can have the consigned by Elite Sales. horse vetted, you can look at their PPs, you can watch the With racing virtually shut down for months this spring and videos of their races and you can make a buying decision very opportunities still limited, the demand for horses will likely be easily and you don=t have to physically be here. So I think the down, according to Elite=s Brad Weisbord. Cont. p4 traffic is going to be way down from a typical year, but I think at TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM MONDAY • JULY 13, 2020 AI think it=s going to be a very tough year,@ Weisbord said. The Week in Review (cont. from p1) AThere are not as many racetracks that are open, so you have But the time has come for Cox to get more aggressive and more horses in a smaller spot. You have owners who were point for a race that will be a truer test. hemorrhaging all through the COVID crisis with no racing, so There are a lot of good storylines out there this year. How far they probably have too many horses on their hands. I think it=s can Tiz the Law (Constitution) go in the strangest Triple Crown going to be a very hard year to attract a huge buying pool. ever? What will Maximum Security (New Year=s Day) look like He continued, AWe have seen decreases across the board in when he comes back for new trainer Bob Baffert? At age seven, the 2-year-old sales, somewhere in the 20-35% range, and I will Tom=s d=Etat (Smart Strike) continue to thrive for trainer Al think by the time scratches hit and RNAs hit, I think this sale is Stall, Jr. and be named Horse of the Year? going to be down, especially on average. It=s a very tough But nothing would compare to a rematch between Monomoy environment to recruit a horse, it=s a very tough environment to Girl and Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute). It=s enough that it get a buyer excited about a horse. And I expect us to suffer would be a showdown between two superstar mares, but it=s through it for 2020. It=s a bad year for virtually everybody unless the intrigue, uncertainties and twists that would make this such you are selling cleaning supplies. But we=ll get through it.@ an exciting, unpredictable Agood-for-the game@ race.