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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here KEENELAND SEPTEMBER MARCHES ON The Keeneland September sale continued to post APB strong results during its 10th session Thursday, with 291 yearlings grossing $9,038,600. The session TDN Tracks Down average rose a whopping 77.5% to $31,060, while the Top Horses on the Sidelines median was up an impressive 78.6% to $25,000. Through 10 sessions of the 12-day auction, 2,313 KOBE=S BACK yearlings have sold for $273,475,100--up 25.5% from (c, 2, Flatter--Well, by Well Decorated) the 2012 figure of $217,918,000 when 2,370 *$60,000 yrl ‘12 FTKOCT; yearlings were sold. The cumulative average of $480,000 2yo ‘13 OBSMAR $118,234 is up 28.6% from a year ago, while the O-C R K Stable; B-Joanne R. Mummert (KY); median is up 30% to $65,000. A pair of colts shared T-John Sadler. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $60,000. top price of $160,000 during Thursday=s session. Seven yearlings brought $90,000 or more, while only Last Start: 1st Willard L. Proctor Memorial S. June 15 two hit that threshold a year ago. Cont. p5 C R K Stable=s Kobe=s Back (Flatter)--the fourth most expensive juvenile purchased out of this year's OBS March Sale (video)--wasn=t much of a secret at first (718) 978-8200 www.mersant.com asking, and made his 9-5 odds look like a bargain Sponsors of the following stats for the: despite some anxious early KEESEP SALE moments in Betfair CUMULATIVE 2013 2012 Hollywood Park=s Willard L. Catalogued 3301 3387 Proctor Memorial S. June 15 No. Offered 2934 2956 (video). No. Sold 2313 2370 The handsome gray broke Benoit Photo RNAs 621 586 % RNAs 21.2% 19.8% in the air and immediately High Price $2,500,000 $1,650,000 found himself trailing the field of nine through fractions Gross $273,475,100 $217,918,000 of :22.18 and :46. With Rafael Bejarano aboard, Kobe=s Average (% change) $118,234 (+28.6%) $91,949 Back began to reach contention while riding the rail on Median (% change) $65,000 (+30%) $50,000 the far turn, but was briefly stalled in traffic once angled out. He quickly found a seam on the extreme outside entering the stretch, and finished up like a freight train once clear to get the money by an improbable 3 1/4 lengths. The half- brother to GIII Jersey Shore S. hero Well Spelled (Spellbinder) earned a 68 Beyer for the effort. C R K’s Lee Searing (left) & Sidelined since, Kobe=s trainer John Sadler Back returned to the Benoit Photo worktab with an easy three- furlong breeze in :36.60 at Santa Anita Sept. 16. AKobe=s back working--we wanted to give him time to develop after that race,@ owner Lee Searing revealed. AAll is good, and we should move forward from here. We=ll just let him settle into these works, and [trainer] John [Sadler] will come up with a plan for his next race in the near future.@ Additional APBs p3 In This Issue APB: Blonde Fog 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 The GI Hollywood Starlet runner-up is (732) 747-8060 on Steve Sherack’s APB list, along with Jay (732) 747-8955 (fax) Em Ess Stable’s impressive maiden winner www.thoroughbreddailynews.com Touchofstarquality (Mineshaft) and www.thetdn.com Godolphin’s Grade I winner Emcee (Unbridled’s Song). Benoit Photo Barry Weisbord, co-publisher APBs cont. p3 [email protected] • @barryweisbord Sue Finley, co-publisher [email protected] • @suefinley Editorial [email protected] Telescope Ok after Surgery Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief The Group 2 winner has chip removed and Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor connections are looking forward to a busy 4-year-old Steve Sherack, Racing Editor campaign. Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. 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Customer Service [email protected] Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Page 1 (atw) Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] Business Development Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Tom Frary EST Race 9:20a La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte-G3, MLF TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/20/13 • PAGE 3 of 8 • thoroughbreddailynews.com BLONDE FOG (f, 3, Divine Park--Betty’s Solutions, by Eltish) *$37,000 RNA yrl ‘11 KEESEP; $95,000 2yo ‘12 PEGFEB O-Dr. DeDomenico & M Pegram; B-Lavin B’stock & B. Jones (KY); T-Bob Baffert. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $118,200. Benoit Photo Last Start: 2nd GI Hol Starlet Dec. 8 Dr. Mark DeDomenico and Mike Pegram=s lightly raced sophomore Blonde Fog (Divine Park), off since a courageous runner-up finish in the GI Hollywood Starlet S. Dec. 8 (video), is nearing a return to the races. The speedy bay, tabbed as a J “TDN Rising Star” J following a powerful 12 1/2-length wire-to-wire debut win over subsequent MGSW & MGISP Fiftyshadesofhay (Pulpit) going two turns at Santa Anita last October (video), proved more than ready for the big stage in her next start. Harassed early on the front end in the Starlet, she began to shake clear through a half mile in :47.33, then Bob Baffert had to deal with a fresh Horsephotos challenge from two-time TOUCHOFSTARQUALITY Grade I winner and GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies (c, 3, Mineshaft--Random Chance, by Red Ransom) runner-up Executiveprivilege (First Samurai). Blonde Fog *$70,000 wnlg ‘10 KEENOV; had no problem putting that classy rival away and $350,000 yrl ‘11 KEESEP kicked on for home nicely, but just couldn=t withstand a O-Jay Em Ess Stable; B-K & R Nardelli & spectacular last-to-first rally from Pure Fun (Pure Prize), who proved best by a length. W. S. Farish (KY); T-Michelle Nevin. Placed on the shelf thereafter, Blonde Fog has been in Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $45,000. steady training since early June. Under the watchful Last Start: 1st Belmont MSW July 6. eye of Mike Puhich, she put in eight drills at DeDomenico=s Pegasus Training Center in Washington, Adam Coglianese Jay Em Ess Stable would be capped by a six-furlong breeze in 1:15 July 26. Blonde hard-pressed to come up with a Fog has continued to move forward since rejoining Bob better name for Touchofstarquality (Mineshaft) if his Baffert in Southern California, turning in a pair of five- July 6 unveiling at Belmont Park (video) was any furlong bullets in Inglewood Sept. 1 and 8. She covered indication. five furlongs in 1:01.20 at Santa Anita most recently Knocked sideways after hitting the left side of Sept. 18. the gate at the start, the dark bay AWe=re getting close,@ Baffert offered without sat in next-to-last in seventh pinpointing an immediate target. AShe wasn't moving through easy fractions of :23.42 right, so we turned her out. She=s been training very and :46.99. Touchofstarquality well. We=re expecting a big year from her.@ finally entered the frame as he began to roll on the far turn, and exploded down the lane under a 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. motionless Javier Castellano to This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by Samantha Siegel inhale impressive next-out winner Benoit Photo any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior Silver and Onions (Tiz Wonderful) written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. for an eye-catching 1 1/4-length graduation, easily good Information as to the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published in enough for J “TDN Rising Star” J honors. He Daily Racing Form and utilized here with the permission recorded an 82 Beyer while stopping the timer for a of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. mile in 1:36.26. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/20/13 • PAGE 4 of 8 • thoroughbreddailynews.com (TOUCHOFSTARQUALITY APB cont.) AHe was all ready to run at Saratoga, but came up RACETRACK ROUND-UP with a minor issue,@ owner Samantha Siegel commented. AHe's on vacation and should be ready to TELESCOPE OPERATION SUCCESSFUL resume training by the end of October.@ Highclere Thoroughbred Racing=s J “TDN Rising Siegel continued, AIt was so thrilling to see him win Star” J Telescope (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) has undergone a his first start so easily after breaking so slowly. I successful operation to have a chip removed from his watched from home and, after the slow start, didn't near-fore leg, and is now recuperating back at trainer see him again until he caught up to the field on the turn Sir Michael Stoute=s Newmarket base. Last month=s for home. I=m looking forward to his return.@ G2 Great Voltigeur S. victor won=t race again this season and will instead be prepared for a 4-year-old EMCEE campaign.