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The thoroughbred Da1ily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1997 $2 Daily K•E•E•N•E•L•A•N•D RESULTS BUCKLANU JMARI~ TAKES CENTER TOP FIVE BROODMARES MONDAY STAGE AT K.EENE,LAND OPENER Meteor Hip# Broodmare Covering Stallion Price Stage (Stage Door Johnny), a 1 5-year-old broodmare 223 METEOR STAGE Pleasant Colony $825,000 carrying a full sibling to GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Stage Door Johnny--Northern Meteor (Northern Dancer) winner Pleasant Stage (Pleasant Colony), topped the Consigned by Lane's End, opening session of the 1 !397 Keeneland November Agent for Buckland Farm, Inc. (Complete Dispersal) Breeding Stock Sale which began Monday in Lexington. Purchased by John Magnier Part of the compl1:ite dispersal of the late Thomas Mellon 355 STELLARINA Woodman $810,000 Evans' Buckland Farm, Inc., with Lane's End as agent, Pleasant Colony--Star Pastures (GB) (Northfields) the dark bay mare was purchased by John Magnier for Consigned by Adena Springs, agent $825,000. "She will leave immediately for Europe and Purchased by Three Chimneys Farm, agent will go to Sadler' s Wells (in 1998)," said Demi O'Byrne, 203 LILAC GARDEN Deputy Minister $700,000 agent for Magnier. Bringing a bid of $810,000 Monday Roberto--Balletomane (Nijinsky JI) ~as the six-year-old mare Stellarina (Pleasant Colony), Consigned by Foxfield in foal to Woodman. The multiple-stakes winner of Purchased by The Thoroughbred Corp $522,391 was consigned by Adena Springs, agent; she 224 SOLAR COLONY Race/B'mare Prospect $675,000 was purchased by Robert Clay of Three Chimneys Farm Pleasant Colony--Meteor Stage (Stage Door Johnny) after a spirited bidding war with Gainesway Farm owner Consigned by Lane's End, Graham Beck. "She had a lot of class," said Clay. "She Agent for Buckland Farm, Inc. (Complete Dispersal) was a good race mare and out of a good race mare. She Purchased by W.S. Farish & W.S. Kilroy really tried hard every time. Plus I had a partner who 162 GOLDEN REEF Pleasant Colony $640,000 was very, very keen to get her. I was hoping I wouldn't Mr. Prospector--Virginia Reef (Ire) (Mill Reef) have to go that high, but my good friend Graham Beck Consigned by Lane's End, kept giving me trouble. We just had to work a little Agent for Buckland Farm, Inc. (Complete Dispersal) harder to get her." The third highest price of the day Purchased by Horse France came in for Lilac Garden (Roberto), the dam of one of this year's top three-year-old fillies, Blushing K.D. (Blushing John). In foal to Deputy Minister and con TOP FIVE WEANLINGS MONDAY signed by Foxfield, the ·11-year-old mare attracted a final bid of $700,000 from The Thoroughbred Corp. "I Hip# Sex Sire Dam Price 327 f Capote See You At the Top $500,000 thought it would !;:JO between $800,000 and $1 million," said Dick Mulhall, who represents The Thoroughbred Consigned by Jim FitzGerald, agent for Jular Farm Corp. "You've got to put the whole package together. Purchased by Gerald J. Ford She's in foal to Deputy Minister, which is the hottest 136 c Tabasco Cat Esplendita $375,000 stallion in the world right now. She's also the dam of Consigned by Tri-County Farms LLC Blushing K.D., who was a very, very good filly. We plan Purchased by The Thoroughbred Corp on keeping the foal." Blushing K.D. won this year's GI 267 f Pleasant Colony Pat Us $320,000 Kentucky Oaks and eight of her 1 0 career starts for Consigned by Lane's End, Agent for Buckland Farm, Inc. (Complete Dispersal) earnings of $918,900. Purchased by W.S. Kilroy & W.S. Farish Keene/and Monda1y Figuri9s, p2 38 f Capote Afleet Francais $310,000 Consigned by Elm Tree Farm, STAKES CL()SINGS (Mr. & Mrs. Jody Huckabay), Agent I Purchased by Gerald Ford TOMORROW. WEDNESD,4 Y. NOVEMBER 12: 236 c Woodman More Than Willing $275,000 11-30 $60,000 Kennedy Road-Gl/C, Wo, Consigned by Walmac lnt'I, Agent for 3yo/up, 6f ($60) the Estate of R.E. Hibbert (Complete Dispersal) • Purchased by Willow Oak ' PAGE 2 • THOROUGIIBRED DAILY NEWS • 11-11-97 News cont. PILSUDSKI TOPS JAPAN CUP SHORT LIST The MONDAY AT KEENELAND NOVEMBER final list of horses invited to this year's Japan Cup, to A total of 297 horses sold for an aggregate be held November 23 in Tokyo, was released yester $36,598,000 during Monday's Keeneland opener. In day. Topping the invitations was Pilsudski (Ire) (Polish addition, one share in the 20-year-old stallion Nureyev Precedent), winner of the 1996 Breeders' Cup Turf (Northern Dancer), sire of Breeders' Cup Mile winner and the G1 Coral-Eclipse S., G1 Irish Champion S. and Spinning World and nearly 100 stakes winners, sold G1 Dubai Champion S. this year. Also set to represent for $125,000. The first session average was Europe are Astarabad (Alleged), Caitano {GB) (Niniski), $123,226, and the median was $75,000. Last year's Mons (GB) (Deploy {GB}) and Oscar Schindler (Ire) opener, which was held on a Sunday, saw 220 hips (Royal Academy). Val's Prince (Eternal Prince), winner sell for $27,998,000, an average of $127,264. This of the GI Turf Classic and eighth in the Breeders' Cup year's 12-day auction continues this morning at 10 Turf, will be the lone horse from the U.S. in this a.m., and runs through November 21. year's edition of the race, and Ebony Grosve (NZ) (Grosvenor {NZ}), will be the only runner from SINGSPIEL TO DALHAM HALL STUD Interna Oceania. All of the invitees will arrive in Japan be tional superstar Singspie!I (Ire) (In The Wings {GB}), tween November 11-13, and will move to Tokyo North America's champion turf horse of 1 996 and Racecourse after five days in quarantine. winner of the Dubai World Cup, G 1 Japan Cup, GI Canadian International, G 1 Coronation Cup and G 1 BREEDERS' CUP CHAMPS ARRIVE IN Juddmonte International who had hoped to add the GI FLORIDA Three of Saturday's Breeders' Cup winners, Breeders' Cup Turf to his resume before suffering a Classic champ Skip Away {Skip Trial), Juvenile Fillies condylar fracture during a workout Thursday morning, winner Countess Diana (Deerhound) and Juvenile hero will return to England to stand the 1998 breeding Favorite Trick {Phone Trick), arrived at Gulfstream Park season at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket. The five yesterday. All three have finished their 1997 campaigns, year-old is recovering from surgery to repair the frac but will race again next year. "We'll give him a little ture in California. He retires with a record of nine wins time off," said Pete Johnson, assistant to trainer Sonny and eight seconds from 20 starts and earnings of Hine, of Skip Away. "You really can't let him down all $5,950,217 and will stand for a fee of £25,000 (ap the way. If you don't train him, he gets too high. That's proximately $42, 11 0). how horses hurt themselves." Johnson added the colt will be pointed for the GI Gulfstream Park H. February FOXFIELD MARE TOPS FASIG-TIPTON 28 as his first start of 1998. As for the two-year-olds, trainer Pat Byrne said, "I'll probably send them to Ocala The KENTUCKY SELECTED BROODMARES for about six weeks of rest. My plans are for the Florida graded-stakes producer Intently (Drone), in foal to Derby (March 14) for Favorite Trick. Maybe not the Gulch, brought a final bid of $320,000 to top the entire series, but definitely the Florida Derby. Our main Selected Broodmare session of the 1997 Fasig-Tipton concern will be getting him ready for the Kentucky Kentucky Fall Mixed Sale, held Sunday evening at Derby. I basically have the same plan for Countess Newton Paddocks in Lexington. Consigned by Diana--the three-year-old filly series at Gulfstream with Foxfield, the 14-vear-olcl dam of GSW Gone For Real our main interest the Kentucky Oaks." (Gone West) was purchased by Mike Ryan, agent. The second highest pric1e of the day came in for BREEDERS' CUP RATINGS DROP The Blood-Horse MGSW Careless Heiress (Runaway Groom), in foal to Interactive Daily Edition reported yesterday that the Crafty Prospector. The four-year-old filly, consigned overnight A.C. Nielsen ratings from the 38 largest mar by Muirfield Ventures and Sibling Stable with kets for this year's telecast of the Breeders' Cup indi Muirfield East as agent, was bought by Gallagher's cated the program drew the smallest audience in its 14- Stud for $295,000. A total of 67 hips brought an year history. The 1997 broadcast earned a 2.5 rating aggregate $2,821,600 for an average of $42, 113. and a 6-percent market share. Last year, the Breeders' The average was down 1 7 percent from last year's Cup's overnight rating was 3.0 with an 8-percent share, corresponding session, when 51 broodmares sold for which was down from a 3.3 rating and 9-percent share $2,591,000, an average of $50,804. in 1995. Final ratings will be released November 13. Hip #763 WICKED MAMA, SW, Graded stakes placed, selling in foal to GAINES\~'A'{ Graham J. Beck, President Inquiries: Michael Hernon BROAD BRUSH 606-293-2676 Fax 606-299-9371 EB Ten individual Stakes Winners to date in 1997.