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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. SOLID START AT INGLIS EASTER ZENYATTA SEEKS SWEET 16 While still a buyers= market, the first day of the Inglis Well, Friday=s GI Apple Blossom Invitational H. is no Easter Yearling Sale closed on par with the 2009 re- longer the >Race for the Ages= as hoped for by Oaklawn newal, based on an average of A$233,182 and median Park officials with the ab- of A$160,000, compared with A$226,978 and sence of Horse of the Year A$150,000 for the cor- Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia responding session a d=Oro), but it=s still quite a year ago. While the RNA treat whenever unbeaten rate of 28 percent is champion Zenyatta (Street cause for consternation, Cry {Ire} steps foot in the vendors are overwhelm- starting gate. A dominating ingly reporting healthy victress of this race two trade privately after- years ago in her only other wards, and the clearance start on dirt, last term=s inglis.com.au rate is confidently ex- GI Breeders= Cup Classic Zenyatta arrives at Oaklawn pected to improve. heroine has been assigned Jeff Coady/Coady Photography Inglis Managing Director Mark Webster said the open- post four with regular pilot ing session was sufficiently solid. AAny horse sale that Mike Smith aboard. The Jerry and Ann Moss averages A$230,000 is a very good result,@ Webster colorbearer extended her unbeaten streak to 15 with a said. AIt=s hard to expect this sale to make the same heart-stopping win in the GI Santa Margarita Invitational gains as some others have this year, because Easter is H. Mar. 13. She arrived at Oaklawn yesterday. AThe last coming off a much higher base, so it=s hard to get the time a crowd like this turned out, it was for Air Force same kind of lift. Obviously, we would like to see the One,@ said Oaklawn's assistant general manager David clearance rate improve, and history says that is likely to Longinotti. ABill Clinton came home one time and landed be the case as we go on this week. It will just take here. This crowd is about the same.@ Only four over- vendors a little time to adjust. The main message is that matched fillies or mares stand in the way of perfection, these are the best yearlings in the Southern Hemi- including last season=s GIII Monmouth Oaks victress sphere, and buyers are in pole position to take advan- Just Jenda (Menifee) and GIII Silverbulletday S. heroine tage of what our vendors have to offer over the remain- War Echo (Tapit). Field, p7 ing two days.@ Simply Stunning... Boutique Upper Hunter Valley stud Kitchwin Hills outstayed some serious opposition to secure a stand- out Redoute=s Choice (Aus)--Regrowth (Aus) colt that topped yesterday=s opening session. The hammer fell at A$1.875 million midway through the afternoon. Widely regarded to be the most outstanding individual at the sale complex, bidding on the bay colt--who is reminiscent in many ways to his grandsire Danehill-- began at A$500,000. Caulfield trainer Peter Moody, who puts the polish on multiple G1SW Typhoon Tracy (Aus), was underbidder, along with John Messara=s Arrowfield Stud. Shadwell=s Angus Gold was in a prom- inent ringside position on his cell phone, and was be- lieved to have a A$1.2-million budget, while trainer David Hayes was similarly glued to a mobile and shad- owed by agent Mark Pilkington, positioned near an aisle. Farther back in that aisle was Kitchwin Hills stud manager Mick Malone, flanked property businessman John McGrath, and Graeme Brown, whose family owns Kitchwin Hills, steadfastly returning the fire. Cont. p2 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/7/10 • PAGE 2 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Easter Sale cont. The rich bay colt with a neat off-white hind sock and dainty star on his forehead simply exuded presence and walked around unfused by the attention. Offered as lot 125, he has Easy Date (Aus) as his third dam; she was among Australasia=s blue-hen matrons and sired the immensely influential sire Snippets (Aus). The colt is closely related to G1 Golden Slipper winner Forensics (Aus) (Flying Spur {Aus}), and to Hip 125, by Redoute’s Choice Group 1 winner Rewaaya inglis.com.au (Aus) (Singspiel {Ire}). Malone said that Kitchwin had assembled a group of buyers to secure the colt. AWe have put a syndicate together, but there are still shares available in him. We are not sure what trainer he will go to--we are still throwing it around a bit--but he has big support from the syndicate.@ Malone added, AI have a close association with Segenhoe Stud. I saw this colt not long after he was born, and watched him develop throughout his life. For months now, I have been really keen to put a team together and get him. If you want that type of colt and that type of pedigree, you have got to pay for it--but vinery.com we were very close to our limit.@ Talking about the colt=s physical, Malone said, AHe is INGLIS EASTER a star type, a beautiful mover with lovely bone, a lovely Danehill head on him, and any stallion prospect with TOP SIX COLTS Snippets in him will do me.@ Malone foresees a future for the glamour colt in the Hip Sire Dam Price (A$) stallion barn at Kitchwin Hills, which has foundation 125 Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Regrowth (Aus) 1,875,000 sire Dane Shadow (Aus) (Danehill) and newcomer Consigned by Segenhoe Stud Duporth (Aus) (Red Ransom) this season. Purchased by Kitchwin Hills 156 Encosta de Lago (Aus) 740,000 AWe have got Dane Shadow at the farm; we are not Shania Dane (Aus) trying to take on the big boys in the stallion game, but Consigned by Coolmore Stud these are the sort of horses you have to have if you are Purchased by Hawkes Racing 16 Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Liberty Rose (Aus) 700,000 going to go forward in this game,@ Malone asserted. Consigned by Willow Park Stud Purchased by Hawkes Racing 112 Encosta de Lago (Aus) Provence (Aus) 700,000 Consigned by Widden Stud Purchased by Demi O=Byrne 64 Encosta de Lago (Aus) Mutate (Aus) 600,000 Consigned by Makybe Purchased by Hancock Quality Bloodstock 195 Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Sydney’s Dream (Aus) 435,000 Consigned by Glastonbury Farm Purchased by Gerald Ryan Inglis Easter coverage cont. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 4/7/10 • PAGE 3 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com INGLIS EASTER A Very Nice Day... Breeder Michael Sissian, the principal of the famed TOP EIGHT FILLIES Segenhoe Stud since 1989, estimates that he has put Hip Sire Dam Price (A$) some 1,000 yearlings 38 Fusaichi Pegasus Makybe Diva (GB) 1,200,000 through major sales. He Consigned by Makybe celebrated one of his Purchased by Mark Kavanagh Racing Stables most notable successes 46 Encosta de Lago (Aus) Milanova (Aus) 700,000 in 2007, when four of Consigned by Coolmore Stud his draft were among Purchased by Hawkes Racing 28-odd to fetch more 105 Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Pravda (NZ) 700,000 than A$1 million at Consigned by Willow Park Stud Easter. But having Purchased by Shadwell Stud Australasia 183 Flying Spur (Aus) Star Satire (NZ) 700,000 owned the blue-hen Easy Consigned by Cressfield Stud Date (Aus) and bred and Segenhoe Stud segenhoestud.com.au Purchased by De Burgh Equine sold four generations, 47 Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Milliyet (NZ) 660,000 including the illustrious Regrowth colt, today was a Consigned by Willow Park Stud particularly satisfying day. Purchased by BBA Ireland ASeriously, from the moment he was born, we have 187 Encosta de Lago (Aus) Subterfuge (GB) 625,000 regarded him as a sale-topper,@ Sissian said. AI think I Consigned by Coolmore Stud have put over 1,000 yearlings through the ring in the Purchased by BBA Ireland last 20 years, and I have to say that he was the best 99 General Nediym (Aus) Pimpinella (Aus) 600,000 colt we have ever offered. He has a magnificent pres- Consigned by Willow Park Stud ence, a wonderful temperament, and terrific action. A Purchased by Darley lot of the good judges on the ground tell me he is as 110 Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Procrastinate (Aus) 600,000 close to the faultless yearling as they have seen for Consigned by Willow Park Stud many years.@ Purchased by Mark Kavanagh Racing Stables Cont. p4 www.coolmore.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/7/10 • PAGE 4 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Inglis Easter cont. Sissian added that, ARegrowth is in foal to a little horse called Redoute=s Choice--she is carrying a full sister to this bloke--and she has a colt by Exceed and Excel at foot. I bred Regrowth, [second dam] True Blonde and owned her grandmother Easy Date, so this is the fourth generation I have bred out of that family, and it is terrific; that has been my major family for 20 years. This is the family of Snippets, so it is a real stallion=s pedigree. I have had good results out of this family right through the years, but this is fabu- lous. We have had a very nice day.@ The first foal from Regrowth fetched A$1.6 million when knocked down to Darley here in 2008. Named Colour (Aus) (More Than Ready), she has notched wins that include the G3 SAJC Breeders S.