Tepin Too Tough in Woodbine Mile
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 TEPIN TOO TOUGH IN BRISK TRADE AS BOOK 2 CONCLUDES AT KEENELAND by Brian DiDonato & Jessica Martini WOODBINE MILE The Keeneland September Yearling Sale continued to churn out strong results as the two-session Book 2 portion of the 13- day auction produced figures ahead of last year=s corresponding sessions. Through two Book 2 sessions, Keeneland sold 466 yearlings for $69,281,000. The Book 2 average was $148,672--up 10.7% from a year ago--and the median was $117,500, an 11.9% increase from 2015. The book=s top price was $1 million and there were 22 horses to sell for $400,000 or over. During last year=s Book 2, 525 yearlings grossed $70,557,000 for an average of $134,394 and a median of $105,000. The top price was $700,000 and there were 17 yearlings sold for $400,000 or over. Cont. p15 Tepin | WEG/Michael Burns IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Tepin (Bernstein) may not have been at her most brilliant, but she once again showed her class and determination in WINX SHOW ROLLS ON IN MAIN conquering the GI Ricoh Woodbine Mile S., her third Grade or Australian superstar Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) recorded her 11th-straight victory in Randwick’s G1 George Main S. on Group 1 victory over males. She is the first female to get the Saturday. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. money in the Woodbine Mile since Juddmonte homebred Ventura (Chester House)=s brilliant run in 2009. AShe's done everything in the United States and we'd like everyone to be her fan,@ owner Robert Masterson said. AShe has a great disposition.@ He continued, AWe might run her before the Breeders Cup because she likes to run and she's better off running her than working her. It's a long time before the Breeders= Cup--she's won three Grade I's at Keeneland, so we may run her at Keeneland in a Grade I.@ The win marked the first victory in the Woodbine Mile for newly minted Canadian Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse. Casse, however, was unable to make it to Woodbine when weather concerns grounded his private flight Saturday morning. AIt looked like she may have needed this one,@ assistant trainer and Mark=s son Norman Casse said. AShe's sitting on a big one next time. We=re going to look at it and pick the easier of the two [races at Keeneland, the GI First Lady or the GI Shadwell Turf Mile Oct. 8].@ The win provided Tepin with an automatic berth in Santa Anita=s Nov. 5 GI Breeders= Cup Mile, a race which she won last year at Keeneland with a career high Beyer Speed Figure of 110. Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. 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Undefeated since airing in the GI First Lady S. last fall at Keeneland, including a five-length tally in Keeneland=s GI Jenny Wiley S. Apr. 16 and another sparkling performance in Churchill=s GII Churchill Distaff Mile S. May 7, last year=s Breeders= Cup Mile heroine scored an historic triumph for America in the G1 Tepin | WEG/Michael Burns Queen Anne S. June 14 at Royal Ascot, but took a little while to recover from the trip this summer. the 2008 Keeneland November Sale, is a half-sister to Disco Rico Turning the corner in her last few works, including a sensational (Citidancer), successful in the GIII Maryland Breeders= Cup H. bullet :58 2/5 (1/26) five furlongs Aug. 29 on the Saratoga and GIII Jersey Shore Breeders= Cup S. from the immediate training turf, the >Queen of the Turf= was made a 2-5 proposition family of the GII Ladies in her North American return. H. heroine Miss Slewpy Stalking the pace from fourth down the backstretch through (Slewpy). Life Happened, splits of :23.38 and :46.41, Tepin moved willingly up to challenge by Ballydoyle=s the leaders at the top of the stretch and took over nearing the Stravinsky and mated furlong grounds. Looking long gone from there, she got a bit with another former leg-weary in the closing stages, but had more than enough left in member of that stable in the tank to hold off longshot Tower of Texas. Bernstein, also has an AShe's amazing,@ regular rider Julien Leparoux said. AShe got a as-yet unraced little tired today--she's been off for three months--but I think 3-year-old colt by Gio she's just going to get better after this race. I knew that they Ponti named Taniko and were not going to just give me the race, we had a good post, I a 2-year-old colt by could do whatever I wanted. We waited and made a final kick in Harlan=s Holiday, who the end.@ was sold in utero to Solis He continued, AShe makes my job easy, it was a good race.@ & Litt for $750,000 to share the second top Norman Casse @casseracingnc Pedigree Notes: price at the 2014 Tepin is a half-sister to recent GII Pat O=Brien S. runner-up and Keeneland January sale. Life Happened was bred to War Front 2013 GII Jerome S. winner and GI Wood Memorial S. third this year. Vyjack (Into Mischief); and a full to 2011 GIII Coolmore Chart p4 Lexington S. runner-up and GIII Peter Pan S. third Prime Cut. The mare Life Happened, purchased by Machmer Hall for $4,500 at TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 Woodbine Mile S. Saturday, Woodbine RICOH WOODBINE MILE S.-GI, C$1,040,000, WO, 9-17, 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:34.13, gd. 1--TEPIN, 121, m, 5, by Bernstein 1st Dam: Life Happened, by Stravinsky 2nd Dam: Round It Off, by Apalachee 3rd Dam: Capp It Off, by Double Zeus ($140,000 Ylg '12 FTSAUG). O-Robert E. Masterson; B-Machmer Hall (KY); T-Mark E. Casse; J-Julien R. Leparoux. C$600,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. Grass Mare, 21-13-3-1, $4,017,918. *Full to Prime Cut, MGSP, $167,426; 1/2 to Vyjack (Into Mischief), MGSW & MGISP, $1,201,900. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: C. BRED BY, FOALED & RAISED AT MACHMER HALL SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations 2--Tower of Texas, 119, g, 5, Street Sense--Rare Opportunity, by Danzig Connection. ($195,000 Ylg '12 KEEJAN; $90,000 RNA Ylg '12 FTKOCT; $150,000 RNA 2yo '13 OBSMAR). O-Thomas F. Van Meter II & Scott Dilworth; B-Anderson Farms (Ontario) Inc. & Rod Ferguson (ON); T-Roger L. Attfield. C$240,000. Bred, Raised & Sold by ANDERSON FARMS Training Graduate Registered Ontario-Bred 3--Mutakayyef (GB), 121, g, 5, Sea The Stars (Ire)--Infallible (GB), by Pivotal (GB). (260,000gns Ylg '12 TAOCT). O-Shadwell Stable; B-Cheveley Park Stud Ltd (GB); T-William J. Haggas. C$100,000. Margins: HF, NK, 3/4. Odds: 0.45, 23.90, 3.40. Also Ran: Full Mast, Arod (Ire), Mr. Owen, Glenville Gardens, Passion for Action. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Tepin’s connections earn: Automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Mile & $60,000 in Pre-Entry & Entry Fees $10,000 or $40,000 travel award for ALL BCWC starters (based outside CA) + $10,000 nominator award to Machmer Hall Thoroughbreds LLC TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 21 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 Saturday, Woodbine his inside in third, as World Approval crawled through early NORTHERN DANCER TURF S.