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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FAIRY TALE FINISH IN KYOTO’S QEII SHADWELL FILLIES LEAD KEENOV SUNDAY Snow Fairy (Ire) (Intikhab) came from what looked to A pair of 3-year-old racing and broodmare prospects be a near-impossible spot to validate favoritism and selling from the draft of Shadwell Farm LLC led the way successfully defend her title in Sunday=s G1 Queen at the Keeneland November Sale yesterday. The sale=s Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup at Kyoto. AIt did not seventh session was look possible for her to win two furlongs out and we just minutes old had virtually given up, when Sanadaat but [jockey] Ryan [Moore] (Unbridled=s Song-- said that though she Lindsay Frolic, by Mt. probably needed the race Livermore) entered after that interrupted the ring as hip 2066, preparation,@ trainer Ed and the well-made Dunlop said of the winner dark bay set the pace on his website. AShe took on a $190,000 offer off in the last 200 from Shane Ryan=s $190,000 session-topping Sanadaat LM metres, and it was the Castleton Lyons. most amazing run.@ Snow Originally a $580,000 KEESEP yearling, Sanadaat was a Horsephotos Fairy, who will remain in strong second to Drawit (Tapit) over a sloppy training at five in 2012, will make her next start in Gulfstream track on debut in March, but hasn=t raced Hong Kong Dec. 11 where she will either defend her since. Her racing days aren=t over, however. She=s title in the G1 Hong Kong Cup over 2000 meters or scheduled to resume training in Florida before ultimately face stablemate and G1 Melbourne Cup runner-up Red joining the list of mares to be bred to Castleton Lyons= Cadeaux (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) in the G1 Vase newly retired champion Gio Ponti (Tale of the Cat). AAs over 2400 meters. Cont. p2 she ran so well in the only start of her career, we will now ship her to Christophe Clement and, hopefully, Sunday, Kyoto, Japan have some success with her over the winter,@ said QUEEN ELIZABETH II COMMEMORATIVE CUP-G1, Ryan. Not long after, another Shadwell filly-- Shaaraat -177,640,000, Kyoto, 11-13, 3yo/up, f/m, 2200mT, 2:11.60, fm. (Distorted Humor)--sold for $150,000 to Ken and Sarah 1--SNOW FAIRY (IRE), 123, f, 4, by Intikhab Ramsey as hip 2079. Cont. p3 1st Dam: Woodland Dream (Ire), by Charnwood Forest (Ire) 2nd Dam: Fantasy Girl (Ire), by Marju (Ire) 3rd Dam: Persian Fantasy (GB), by Persian Bold (Ire) O-Anamoine Ltd; B-Windflower Overseas Holdings Inc;T-Edward Dunlop; J-Ryan Moore; -93,948,000. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo Filly-Eng at 9.5-11f, 11- 14f & 14f+, G1SW-Eng, Ire & HK, G1SP-Fr, 19-7-4-4. Werk Nick Rating: D. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2--Aventura (Jpn), 119, f, 3, Jungle Pocket (Jpn)-- Admire Sunday (Jpn), by Sunday Silence. O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm; -37,128,000. 3--Apapane (Jpn), 123, f, 4, King Kamehameha (Jpn)-- Salty Bid, by Salt Lake. O-Makoto Kaneko Holdings; B-Northern Farm; -23,564,000. Margins: NK, 1, 1HF. Odds: 1.70, 3.80, 9.00. Also Ran: Whale Capture (Jpn), Rainbow Dahlia (Jpn), Walkure (Jpn), Shimmei Fuji (Jpn), Fumino Imagine (Jpn), Italian Red (Jpn), Broad Street (Jpn), Reve d’Essor (Jpn), Erin Court (Jpn), Animate Bio (Jpn), Gullveig (Jpn), All That Jazz (Jpn), Dancing Rain (Ire) , Lady Alba Rosa (Jpn), Saint Emilion (Jpn). Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Click for a video replay (Japanese). Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale Preview..p10 P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/14/11 • PAGE 2 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Cont. from p1 2012 COOLMORE STUD FEES After traveling to Hong Kong to win the G1 Hong Kong Cup following her win in this last year, Snow STALLION 2012 FEE Fairy was an intended runner on Dubai World Cup Alfred Nobel (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) €4,000 night, but missed the meeting and resurfaced with Aussie Rules (Danehill) €5,000 fourth to So You Think (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}) in *Canford Cliffs (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}) €17,500 the July 2 Danehill Dancer (Ire) (Danehill) €60,000 G1 Eclipse S. at Duke of Marmalade (Ire) (Danehill) €20,000 Sandown. She Dylan Thomas (Ire) (Danehill) €12,500 dropped back to Excellent Art (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) €10,000 her own sex to Fastnet Rock (Aus) (Danehill) Private finish a solid Footstepsinthesand (GB) (Giants Causeway) €10,000 second to Galileo (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) Private Midday (GB) High Chaparral (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) €25,000 (Oasis Dream Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) (Danehill) €12,500 {GB}) in the G1 Nassau S. at Hurricane Run (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) €12,500 Goodwood July Mastercraftsman (Ire) (Danehill) €15,000 Winning Connections Montjeu (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) Private Horsephotos 30 and was much closer to Peintre Celebre (Nureyev) €12,500 So You Think in the G1 Irish Champion S. Sept. 3, *Pour Moi (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) €20,000 getting to within a half-length. An admirable third in the Rip van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) €17,500 G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe Oct. 2, she was back on Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) (Danehill) €17,500 just 13 days= rest for the G1 Champion S., finishing Starspangledbanner (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}) €10,000 third to the hard-knocking Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Strategic Prince (GB) (Dansili {GB}) €6,000 Top {Ire}) and So You Think. Attempting to defend her Thewayyouare (Kingmambo) €5,000 title here, Snow Fairy raced about five from the tail as Yeats (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) €9,000 Shimmei Fuji (Jpn) (Fuji Kiseki {Jpn}) sped off to a *Zoffany (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) €7,500 double-digit advantage. After breaking from the widest All fees Oct. 1 post in 18, Ryan Moore was finally able to get in and *new for 2012 save some ground down the backstretch, but the filly www.coolmore.com was still far back as Shimmei Fuji remained well in front at the 600-meter mark. Continuing on undaunted, Moore went for inside runs and the gaps came as the right time, as she hit the front in the final 50 meters You can also pick up a copy of and held off the talented Japanese duo of Aventura, the TDN today at the perfect in three tries this season and the second wagering choice to Snow Fairy; and Apapane, winner Keeneland November Breeding of this year=s G1 Victoria Mile and third to Snow Fairy Stock Sale. last season. Dancing Rain (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) was pinched back at the start and never factored. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/14/11 • PAGE 3 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Keeneland cont. Castleton Lyons Adds to Gio’s Dance Card... Sanadaat was the fifth mare Castleton Lyons has now purchased at November. The group includes: $the $375,000 Patti=s Regal Song (Unbridled=s Song), a stakes-placed half to GSW Regally Appealing (Valid Appeal) and to the stakes- winning dam of Rockport Harbor (Unbridled=s Song); $the $250,000 Ask Me When (Speightstown), a half-sister to this year=s GII Dwyer S. winner Dominus (Smart Strike); $the $200,000 My Main Starr (Deputy Commander), a MSW of over $240,000; $and the $175,000 Blageuse (Distorted Humor), a smartly bred half-sister to champion Halfbridled (Unbridled). AWe have bought several mares at this sale that we feel will suit Gio Ponti next year,@ said Ryan. AThis morning=s filly Sanadaat was our pick of the day, and we are delighted to have landed the final bid. Long term, she will join our broodmare band along with the other mares that we purchased at Keeneland that have a dirt flavor and that we believe will suit Gio Ponti.@ Sanadaat indeed has strong dirt credentials as a member of an admirably tough and consistent family. He dam is GSW and 11-time Gio Ponti wnner Lindsay Frolic, while a quintet EquiSport of black-type siblings include Grade II winner and 11-time winner Super Frolic (Pine Bluff) and MSW Stormy Frolic (Summer Squall). (718) 978-8200 www.mersant.com Sponsors of the following stats for the: KEENELAND NOVEMBER SALE Monday, November 7 - Thursday, November 17 CUMULATIVE: 2011 2010 Catalogued 2,475 2,611 No. Offered 2,047 2,102 No. Sold 1,628 1,664 RNAs 419 438 % RNAs 20.5% 20.8% No. Over $1 million 23 8 High Price $8,500,000 $2,550,000 Gross $196,056,500 $132,349,800 Average (% change) $120,428 (+51.4%) $79,535 Median (% change) $46,000 (+31.4%) $35,000 Never Lot 176 Hidden Silver Lot 60 Lixirova 11 b m Anabaa – Hint of Silver by 4 gr f Slickly – Linorova by Alysheba Trempolino Hidden Silver is a winning half sister to A fast and precocious juvenile, Lixirova eight winners including the Group scorers won fi rst time out in May over 1000m HIGH ROCK and HOMELAND. Her fi rst ran a close 3rd in the Gr.3 Prix de foal, by Verglas, was SILVER FROST, Cabourg at Deauville before winning the who took the Gr.3 Prix de Cabourg and Gr.3 Prix Miesque over1400m by two Gr.3 Prix Thomas Bryon as a juvenile lengths despite being eased down in the before landing the Gr.1 Poule d’Essai closing stages. Another granddaughter des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas). of Linamix, she hails from the family of He has now embarked on a career at the sires ROI NORMAND and LUTH stud.