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Inaugural Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita Sale Wednesday WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 BELMONT STAKES 151 DRAWS 10 INAUGURAL FASIG-TIPTON by Steve Sherack SANTA ANITA SALE FLUSHING, NY - The top two choices on the morning-line will break side-by-side in Saturday=s 151th renewal of the WEDNESDAY GI Belmont S. After drawing the dreaded one hole in the first two legs of the Triple Crown, GI Preakness S. winner War of Will (War Front) will exit from post nine in the >Test of the Champion.= War of Will, a well-documented eighth across the wire in the GI Kentucky Derby after almost going down on the far turn--he was elevated to seventh following the controversial disqualification of Maximum Security (New Year=s Day)--is the only sophomore to contest all three of this year=s spring Classics. AI think the word is satisfaction,@ Casse said of War of Will=s powerful win in Baltimore. AIt wasn=t about revenge. I just wanted him to have a fair chance--that=s all I wanted--and I thought he got it.@ Cont. p5 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Fasig-Tipton THE PAT SMULLEN COLUMN In this week’s installment, Pat Smullen reflects on last weekend’s by Jessica Martini Classic winners at Epsom in addition to paying tribute to retiring ARCADIA, CA - With bidding at the inaugural Fasig-Tipton Santa valet Robert ‘Nuggy’ Rusk . Click or tap here to go straight to Anita 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale slated to begin in the track=s TDN Europe. paddock at 1 p.m PST. Wednesday, buyers began making the rounds at the temporary sales barns near Santa Anita=s seven- furlong chute under a typical Southern California AJune Gloom@ sky Tuesday morning in Arcadia. Consignors expected a busy day of showing following Monday=s heavily attended breeze show. AWe have a ton of traffic here at the barn already, so that=s very encouraging to see this much action the day before the sale,@ consignor Adrian Gonzalez said as he oversaw the action at his Checkmate Thoroughbreds barns Tuesday morning. AAll our horses came out of the works in good order and the vetting is great. So I think we=re going to have a pretty strong sale with the group of horses we have here.@ Andy Havens was seeing shoppers with purpose at the barn of his Havens Bloodstock consignment. AI am really happy with the turnout of buyers,@ Havens said. AWe are really seeing a lot of interest and there are guys who are not just looking around. They want horses. I=ve got mostly California-breds here and I think they really like buying those. Del Mar is right around the corner and everybody likes to go there.@ Cont. p3 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN News and Features Editor Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Associate Editors Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistants Alexa Reisfield Amie Morosco Advertising Assistant/Dir. Of Distribution Rachel McCaffrey Photographer/Photo Editor Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew [email protected] Social Media Strategist Looking for the latest news at Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita? The inaugural Fasig-Tipton Justina Severni Santa Anita 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale starts in the Santa Anita paddock at 1 p.m. PDT on Wednesday. Jessica Martini’s sales coverage continues on page 3. | Fasig-Tipton Director of Customer Service Vicki Forbes [email protected] THIS SIDE UP: MINISTER’S INFLUENCE ON BELMONT 6 Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen Chris McGrath writes on how Deputy’s Minister’s influence is prevalent in many of this year’s GI Belmont S. contenders. Director of Information Technology Ray Villa [email protected] HORSE SHORTAGE CAUSING HAVOC AT DELAWARE Bookkeeper 7 Terry May Delaware Park has already been forced to cancel three cards [email protected] due to lack of entries. Bill Finley has the scoop. WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor 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 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5, 2019 Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita cont. from p1 setting, what a historic setting. You look around and you see the Havens continued, ASo it=s really been busy. After the preview mountains around the racetrack and the palm trees and the [Monday] and today have been very busy. Fasig has done a great setting, there is no question that this can become a very job, Fasig and Santa Anita both important and valuable have put a lot of work into this opportunity for 2-year-old sales and there have been some and for sales in general. It=s a tough circumstances, too.@ great facility, there is a lot of When Fasig-Tipton announced enthusiasm for and interest in last July that it was partnering racing here. And let=s face it, with The Stronach Group to there is a lot of money in conduct auctions at Santa Anita, Southern California, that=s just stepping in to fill a void left by the reality. So in some ways it the now-defunct Barretts, the gives you the opportunity to company could not have bring the product to the envisioned the maelstrom that marketplace where the buyers has engulfed the Arcadia track are, which theoretically ought to this winter, but Fasig-Tipton enhance the sales environment President Boyd Browning, Jr., is on a long-term basis.@ convinced the move was the Boyd Browning | Fasig-Tipton The inaugural Fasig-Tipton right one, not just for the sales company, but for the industry as Santa Anita catalogue includes 169 juveniles, with 50 outs as of a whole. Tuesday afternoon. Browning admitted uncertainty around ASanta Anita really is a special place,@ Browning said after the Santa Anita this past winter had an impact on the recruiting under-tack preview Monday. AAs a racing fan, when I walk onto process, as many out-of-town consignors took a wait-and-see this ground, it kind of invigorates you--what a spectacular approach to the first edition of the auction. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5, 2019 Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita cont. a racing standpoint, from a breeding standpoint, and from a fan AThe recruiting process coming into this sale, frankly, could not standpoint. This is important. We made a commitment to come have been more difficult,@ Browning said. AI hope to goodness, here for all the right reasons and we still believe long-term in from the industry=s perspective, the industry doesn=t face some Southern California, in Santa Anita and in the product here.@ of the obstacles that were in place One of the handful of out-of-town during the prime recruiting time for consignors is the Texas-based Lane the 2-year-old sale at Santa Anita in Richardson, whose Richardson early summer. We all know the Bloodstock will offer a filly by challenges, we all know the issues Liam=s Map during Wednesday=s that Santa Anita has faced--and sale. handled in the best possible AFor the first year, I think a bunch manner. of people didn=t come because they He continued, AThere were wanted to see how it goes,@ consignors who I think would have Richardson said. AAnd I think it will supported this sale who just go well. The track was safe and the weren=t comfortable at the horses came back good. I think it is inaugural sale and in an Fasig-Tipton very important to have a 2-year-old environment and at a facility they sale in Southern California--a bunch weren=t sure about that had a lot of questions in the late winter of our owners are out here and a bunch of racing is out here, we and early spring of 2019. It=s my hope and belief that there will have the Breeders= Cup out here almost every year. So I think be some demonstrable bright spots on Wednesday which should it=s very important to have a sale out here. And with Fasig doing give everyone a significant boost of confidence going forward it, I think it=s going to be first class because they always do into 2020 and beyond in California. This state, this track, this everything first class. They take care of the horsemen, as well as region is important to the whole North American industry from the buyer.@ Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 10 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • JUNE 5, 2019 Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita cont. Belmont Draw cont. from p1 For locally based consignors like Gonzalez and Havens, having a 2-year-old sale is vital to the health of the state=s breeding industry. AI think this 2-year-old sale is going to drive our yearling market and without a strong yearling market, we=re going to lose the broodmare pool,@ Gonzalez said. ASo I think this sale is really going to be the keystone sale--kind of a rising tide lifts all boats. I couldn=t stress more the importance of this sale.@ Havens said the loss of a permanent home for sales in the region was a loss, but he is hopeful that Fasig-Tipton=s presence will be a boost for the industry.
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