THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019 VIBRANT TRADE AT FASIG- MID-ATLANTIC RACING INDUSTRY ANNOUNCES PLAN TO REDUCE FATALITIES TIPTON GULFSTREAM The Mid-Atlantic region’s Thoroughbred racing industry-- including track operators, horsemen’s organizations, breeders, racing commissions and regulatory and racetrack veterinarians-- has voted unanimously to formally adopt and fully implement a long-term Mid-Atlantic Strategic Plan to Reduce Equine Fatalities, according to a press release issued by the Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association. The aforementioned stakeholders all participated in the creation of the plan, which is available for download here. Many phases of the plan had already been put into practice stemming from the 2012 New York Task Force Report on Race Horse Health and Safety, which initially served as the model for regional and national industry reform. Since regional implementation of the Task Force’s recommendations, and many others since that time, the incidence of equine racing fatalities in the Mid-Atlantic region has declined 29%. Cont. p14 The sale-topping Curlin colt | Fasig-Tipton Photo by Jessica Martini and Christie DeBernardis IN TDN EUROPE TODAY HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - The fifth renewal of the Fasig-Tipton SIBLINGS TO CHAMPIONS SET FOR ARQANA Gulfstream Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale proved to be Half-siblings to champions Rizeena (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) and one for the record books Wednesday, with all-time record Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) highlight the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale average and median for the company’s Florida sale and with the catalogue. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. auction’s highest gross since moving to Gulfstream in 2015. Six horses brought final seven-figure bids, led by a Curlin colt who sold for $3.65 million to Jamie McCalmont and Donato Lanni, as agents for Coolmore’s M.V. Magnier and undisclosed partners, after a protracted bidding duel with an unidentified phone bidder. It was the most paid for a North American juvenile since 2006. The juvenile was consigned by Crupi’s New Castle Farm. “I think we saw the marketplace today that we were hoping for in many regards,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. “The upper end of the market was obviously fantastic, there was great competition and great depth of buyers and bidders on a large number of horses today. So, overall, we were very pleased with the vibrancy of the market.” In all, Fasig-Tipton sold 59 juveniles for a total of $29,115,000. The average was $493,475 and the median was $375,000. During the 2018 auction, 61 horses sold for $23,495,000. The average was $385,164 and the median was $295,000. There were 188 juveniles catalogued for Wednesday’s boutique auction, with 100 ultimately going through the ring and 41 of those failing to find buyers. Cont. p3 $175,000 LFSN THE BEST RACEHORSE IN THE WORLD IS SIRING THE WORLD’S BEST RACING PROSPECTS HIP 173, brED BY HILL ‘N’ DALE FARMS AND ST. ELIAS STABLES, SOLD FOR $3,650,000 TO JAMIE MCCALMONT & DONATO LANNI AGENT FOR M.V. MAGNIER www.hillndalefarms.com LGB, LLC 2019 / Photos by Z $175,000 LFSN THE BEST RACEHORSE IN THE WORLD IS SIRING THE WORLD’S BEST RACING PROSPECTS Hip 119, sold at The Gulfstream Sale for $1,300,000 to Ben McElroy, Agent for KSI & M.V. 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GII Xpressbet Fountain International Editor of Youth one-two finishers Code of Honor (Noble Mission {GB}) Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN and Bourbon War (Tapit) got the nine and four slots, respectively. [email protected] European Editor All graded fields follow headline news. 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 16 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 28, 2019 F-T Gulfstream cont. from p1 “It was a 2-year-old in training sale,” Browning said. “So the RNA rate and the scratch rate is a little higher than you would hope for. There are a lot of evaluative tools that go into buying at a 2-year-old sale. That’s why the horses that jump through all the hoops bring a significant premium. And right now, the consignors have other alternatives, so they are not forced to sell. We’ll see a lot of these horses at later sales and you’ll see some of them on the racetrack.” Eddie Woods admitted consignors were kept busy analyzing what the buyers were looking for. “When you bring something in they all want, they all want them,” Woods said. “We are scratching horses and not even bringing them up here that are nice horses with nothing wrong with them, but the only ones that shop here are basically the upper echelon. When you are in the gray area of two or three or four scopes, you take a winger.” Curlin Colt Proves Worth the Wait Several horses sparked fireworks that moved them into seven- figure range throughout Tuesday’s auction at Gulfstream, but a Curlin colt (hip 173) proved to be in a league of his own. The dark bay incited a lengthy bidding war between a pair of relentless prospective buyers, during which the colt stood calmly, displaying the characteristics that added to his value. At $3.65 million, Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, who was on the phone with an anonymous bidder, waved goodbye and the colt was sold to bloodstock agents Jamie McCalmont and Donato Lanni. McCalmont was representing Coolmore’s M.V. Magnier and Lanni was acting on behalf of undisclosed clients, but indicated the horse would be trained by Bob Baffert. Hip 173 is the most expensive 2-year-old sold at a North American public auction since the Coolmore contingent went to $16 million for The Green Monkey (Forestry) at the 2006 renewal of this auction. “He was such a standout this horse,” McCalmont said. “He has a stallion’s pedigree and is by a great stallion. He was the obvious sales topper. Once a horse goes over $2 million, it can go anywhere. It is very exciting to be involved with a horse like this” He turned to Lanni and said, “Some bloody horse isn’t he?” Lanni added, “I think when he crossed the wire in the breeze show [in :10 flat], everybody was on the phone. All I can tell you is Bob is going to train him. Coolmore owns him and some undisclosed clients that want to stay anonymous. When the horse starts, the names will be on the program.” Coolmore took home four of the top six horses either acting alone or in partnership. Their new additions include hip 142, a $1.65 million American Pharoah colt; hip 119, a $1.3-million Curlin filly; and hip 15, a $1-million Into Mischief colt. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 16 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • MARCH 28, 2019 Curlin Colt cont. Hip 173 is a son of Achieving (Bernardini), who is a half-sister to GISW Streaming (Smart Strike) and stakes winners Treasuring (Smart Strike) and Cascading (A. P. Indy). Achieving is also responsible for GSW and G1SP Arabian Hope (Distorted Humor) and stakes winner Counterforce (Smart Strike). The colt’s third dam is GSW & GISP blue hen Better Than Honour (Deputy Minister), who produced the likes of GI Belmont S. winners Jazil and Rags to Riches. Consigned by Crupi’s New Castle Farm, the sales topper was bred by John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings and Vinnie Viola’s St. Elias Stables. Sikura typically sells his homebreds as yearlings, but said he felt the colt wasn’t at his best in September, so he and Viola agreed to wheel him back here. “After $2 million, you are just dreaming,” he said. “A good horse gets in the ring, emotion stirs and astute horsemen, if they are brave, I don’t think they price buy, they buy the horse they want. It was a great price and is great for Curlin, as well as Hip 173 | F-T Photo Barbara Banke, Jim Crupi, Vinnie Viola and all these great people “We entered him in the September sale and he was on the I am lucky enough to do business with.