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THURSDAY, 1 DECEMBER, 2016 MILITARY ATTACK OUT OF HONG KONG CUP BANKS HILL=S DAUGHTER by Alan Carasso Military Attack (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}), the 2013 Horse of the STEALS THE SHOW Year in Hong Kong, was scratched Wednesday from the Dec. 11 G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup after failing to sufficiently recover from a leg injury sustained when a first-up third in the G2 Longines Jockey Club Cup at Sha Tin Nov. 20. A Group 1 winner in Hong Kong and Singapore and runner-up to Designs On Rome (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) in a thrilling renewal of the Hong Kong Cup in 2014, Military Attack went to the sidelines last May with a left front suspensory issue, the South China Morning Post reported. The veteran of 44 career trips to the post ran on well to be third in the Jockey Club Cup, but was reported to be lame in his left front after the race. The 8-year-old was given an entry for the International Races, but ultimately could not recover in time. IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Replete tops the third day of Tattersalls mares | Tattersalls HOGAN: A PIONEER FOR WOMEN IN EQUINE SURGERY Dr. Patty Hogan is now one of the leading equine orthopedic by Emma Berry and Chris McGrath surgeons in America, but she had to break down quite a few walls to A daughter of the outstanding racemare Banks Hill (GB) get there. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. (Danehill) from Juddmonte's great Hasili (Ire) family was the standout of the third session of the December Mares' Sale at Tattersalls on Wednesday, selling for 775,000gns to Amanda Skiffington. Replete (GB) (Makfi {GB}) (lot 2133) may be unraced but, hailing from a dynasty interwoven with bold black-type, she has plenty to recommend her, not least her high-flying mother, whose siblings include Intercontinental (GB), Cacique (Ire), Champs Elysees (GB), Dansili (GB) and half-sister Heat Haze (GB). Meanwhile Replete's half-sister Romantica (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) is a Group 1 winner and her half-brother, the Group 2-placed listed winner Ideal World (Kingmambo), an emerging sire in South Africa. "She was the nicest horse of the day with a fantastic pedigree and she's a real beauty," said Skiffington, who was standing with Timmy Hyde and David Wachman as she saw off attempts to secure the 3-year-old filly from Greg Goodman of Mt Brilliant Farm in Kentucky and John Freyer and Paul Messara of Australia's Arrowfield Stud. She added, "She'd suit Galileo really well." Cont. p2 FASTNET ROCK Fee: Private You get more 13 Stakes winners including Gr.1 winners Rivet (2yo), Intricately (2yo) and Fascinating Rock and Gr.2 winners Cougar Mountain and One Foot In Heaven. at Coolmore. That’s more than Sea The Stars, Teofilo, Exceed And Excel, Lope de Vega etc. Against some decidedly pricier options, it’s interesting to note how a selection of FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND Fee: €10,000 the Coolmore sires performed this year. 9 Stakes winners including Richard Hannon’s It’s worth bearing in mind when Group winning 2yo and 2,000 Guineas prospect Larchmont Lad. making your plans for 2017. That’s higher than Invincible Spirit, Pivotal, Dutch Art, Azamour, Dalakhani, Iffraaj etc. HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR Fee: €17,500 8 Stakes winners including Ralph Beckett’s Gr.2 winning 2yo Rich Legacy. That’s level with Pivotal, Invincible Spirit, Dutch Art, Iffraaj, Dalakhani, Azamour etc. ROCK OF GIBRALTAR Fee: €9,000 7 Stakes winners including Charles Hills’ Group winning sprinter Jallota. That’s the same as Acclamation, Monsun etc. and more than Cape Cross, Kodiac, New Approach, Oasis Dream, Showcasing etc. ZOFFANY Fee: €35,000 5 Stakes winners including Gr.1 sprinter Washington DC. That’s identical to Siyouni, Kyllachy, Lawman, Le Havre etc. but Zoffany has done it from his first crop! POWER Fee: €8,000 4 Stakes winners from his first 2YO crop including Group winners Peace Envoy and Pleaseletmewin. Only Galileo, Kodiac, Frankel and Dark Angel have more! STARSPANGLEDBANNER Fee: €15,000 4 Stakes winners including the Group winners Home Of The Brave and Spangled. And he sired them from only 24 runners. He now has excellent fertility with 90 mares in foal. Source Hyperion Promotions, 1st Jan to 14th Nov. (all stats are northern hemisphere crops only) Contact: Coolmore Stud, Fethard, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Tel: 353-52-6131298. Fax: 353-52-6131382. Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Mathieu Legars or Jason Walsh. Tom Gaffney, David Magnier, Joe Hernon or Cathal Murphy: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK Rep.) 44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.coolmore.com All stallions nominated to EBF. TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 2 OF 9• THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 1 DECEMBER, 2016 Banks Hill=s Daughter Steals The Show Cont. from p1 TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARE SALE SESSION TOTALS 2016 2015 The transaction, which saw Replete top the session, was not $ Catalogued 279 305 only the highest price paid for a Juddmonte-bred at the $ No. Offered 238 244 December Sale, but also nudged Tattersalls' annual turnover $ No. Sold 184 198 $ RNAs 54 46 into record territory, passing the high mark of 263.4-million gns $ % RNAs 23% 18.85% set in 2014. $ High Price 775,000gns 190,000gns The day-three aggregate was up on last year by 8% at $ Gross 7,159,200gns 6,632,000gns 7,159,200gns from 184 horses sold of the 238 offered. This $ Average (% change) 38,909 (+16%) 33,495gns $ Median (% change) 18,000gns (-11%) 20,250gns meant a four-point drop in clearance to 77% and an 11% decline in the median to 18,000gns, but the average improved to 38,909gns, a rise of 16%. A Juddmonte Beauty For Al Kazeem... As usual on the Wednesday of the mares' sale, the Juddmonte draft provided an after-dark highlight. Al Kazeem (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) has experienced a chequered start to his stud career but those yearlings that made it to market were certainly well received and he will be joined at John Deer's Oakgrove Stud by a glamorous young Juddmonte partner in lot 2125, the unraced Marlingford (GB) (Oasis Dream), bought for 155,000gns. The 3-year-old is a half-sister to G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Zambezi Sun (GB) (Dansili {GB}) from a family of stakes performers or producers associated with her grand-dam Interval (GB) (Habitat). "It's a great family, as they all are at Juddmonte, with a good bit of speed at the bottom," said Oakgrove's Tim Lane. "But she's also a very nice physical, very athletic, and we're massive Amanda Skiffington | Tattersalls fans of Oasis Dream mares." Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 3 OF 9• THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 1 DECEMBER, 2016 Banks Hill=s Daughter Steals The Show Cont. The next filly through the ring, lot 2126, had a similar profile, being the unraced 3-year-old Megaron (GB) (Dansili {GB}). She will join Rabbah for 200,000gns, being out of a daughter of the top-class All At Sea (Riverman) from the family of Twice Over (GB) (Observatory), Passage Of Time (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and company. "She's a lovely filly, beautifully bred, and we hope she'll make a good broodmare," observed Rabbah's Jono Mills. "Her mating is to be decided--Sheikh Juma will make his own decision in time." SESSION TOPPERS TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARES WEDNESDAY=S TOP LOTS Lot Name Status Price (gns) 2133 Replete (GB) b=mare prospect 775,000 (3, Makfi {GB}--Banks Hill {GB}, by Danehill) Consigned by Juddmonte Farms Purchased by Amanda Skiffington 2085 Light Up Our World (Ire) b=mare prospect 420,000 (3, Zoffany {Ire}--Shine Like A Star {GB}, by Fantastic Light) Consigned by Overbury Stud Purchased by Merriebelle Irish Farm 2149 Flying Fairies (Ire) Horse in Training 280,000 (3, Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}--Bright Birdie {Ire}, by Sadler=s Wells) Consigned by Crampscastle Stables (J. G. Murphy) Purchased by J Oxx 2126 Megaron (GB) b=mare prospect 200,000 (3, Dansili {GB}--Insinuate, by Mr. Prospector) Consigned by Juddmonte Farms Purchased by Rabbah Bloodstock 2102 Fine Blend (Ire) Horse in Training 180,000 (3, Sakhee=s Secret {GB}--Coffee Time {Ire}, by Efisio) Consigned by Linkslade Stables (W. Muir) Purchased by David Redvers Bloodstock TDN EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL • PAGE 4 OF 9• THETDN.COM THURSDAY • 1 DECEMBER, 2016 Sandstone And Birdwood Stay At Home... Light Fantastic For Breeder Boocock... Anthony Penfold's Bugley Stud will be the recipient of lot 2135, A torpid post-luncheon session, pending the Juddmonte draft, Sandstone (GB) (Dansili {GB}), yet another well-related was suddenly illuminated by lot 2085 the 3-year-old Light Up Juddmonte 3-year-old, who was bought for 155,000gns. Our World (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire})--a listed winner, with multiple Sandstone is a daughter of G3 Prix d'Aumale winner Helleborine group placings, for Richard Hannon. BBA Ireland seemed to have (GB) (Observatory), whose Group 1-winning full-sister African won the day until a single bid of 420,000gns from Luke Rose (GB) has already produced a notable runner in Fair Eva Lillingston proved sufficient to end their interest, a price (GB), who became Frankel's first stakes winner when landing the cognisant of the fact that her dam Shine Like A Star (GB) G3 Juddmonte Princess Margaret S. (Fantastic Light) is a half-sister to G1 Coronation S. winner Fallen "Sandstone is the first foal of a wonderful mare and there are For You (GB) (Dansili {GB}).