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The Thor~:ughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. for subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. HOROUGHBRED™ T D•A•I•L•Y N•:E•W•S ~---- =========w=E=D=N=E=s=D=A=Y:::::::::o=c=T=9B.ER 8, 1997_,,.~ $2 Daily ROYAL ACADEMY TO ASHFORD Royal Academy (Nijinsky II) will move from Coolmore Stud in Ireland to stand the 1 998 breeding season at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky. The 10-year-old stallion won the 1990 GI' Breeders' Cup Turf and G1 July Cup. Royal PULPIT RETIRED The precocious Pulpit (A.P. Academy has sired 21 stakes winners from four crops lndy--Preach, Mr. Prospector) has been retired from of racinq age, including English 1 000 Guineas winner racing after suffering a bruised left foot, the colt's Sle1epytime (Ire), G 1 Sussex S. winner Ali-Royal (Ire), G 1 owner Claibornei Farm announced yesterday. The Irish St. Leger winner Osc r Schindler (Ire) and G 1 Prix three-year-old caused a sensation early in the year de I' Abbaye winner Carmi e Lake (Ire). He will stand at a fee of $30,000. after sweeping his first three starts impressively. Winner of the Gii Fountain of Youth and Gii Blue Grass S., Pulpit set the pace in the Kentucky Derby PEARL CITY SUFFER CAREER-ENDING 7 before tiring to fourth. After that race, the colt under IN~IURl Pearl City (Cars n City), winner of this year's went surgery to remove a chip in his left knee and GI Balle1·ina H., has been r tired from racing after suffer was training towards a comeback in the October 26 ing a slab fracture in her right knee. The injury was discove1·ed after the three year-old Overbrook Farm Giii Ack Ack at Churchill Downs when he suffered hornebred ran third in the eptember 7 GI Gazelle H., this latest injury. "This eliminates any possiblity of his confirmed the farm's syndicate manager Ric Waldman. making the Ack Ack and ultimately the Clark (Giii at Pearl City underwent surg ry at Rood and Riddle Equine Churchill Downs Nov. 28)--which was the goal of his 1 Hospital September 23 to repair the fracture. The filly fall campaign," said Pulpit s trainer Frank Brothers. retires with six wins in 11 starts for earnings of "Our intention was to find out if he could fully return $31'.)7 ,0!37 and will be bre to Storm Cat next year. to his previous brilliance. This unrelated injury pre vents us from doing this. It was one of the toughest MY EMMA'S RACING CAREER OVER The 11 decisions I've had to make. Pulpit will enter stud in four-year-old filly My Em a (GB) (Marju {lre}l--Pato 1998 as the sole property of Claiborne Farm for (GB), by High Top {GB}), inner of this year's G 1 York $35,000 live foal. "Obviously we are disapointed that shi1re Oaks and last year's G 1 Prix Vermeille, has been Pulpit will not return to the races, but we are equally retired from racing followi g her 11th-place outing in excited about his potential as a sire, 11 said Claiborne Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de riomphe at Longchamp. Her spokesperson Dell Hancock. "Pulpit was a special trainer Hae Guest said Tu sday, "She has been retired race horse and we look forward to him joining our sound, but the problems s e had over the past two 1 stallion roster . ' Pulpit retires with four wins in six weeks proved too much f r her. She retires a dual starts and career earnings of $728,200. Group One winner. The Ac was always going to be her last race." The filly retires with three wins in seven SADLER'S WELLS COLT TOPS GOFFS OPENER starts in France and Engla d for earnings of $335,987. A yearling by Sadler's Wells--Or Vision, by Irish River (Fr) brought a final bid of $1 ,835,931--the second high est price in the world for a yearling in 1997--to top STAl(ES CLOSINGS • yesterday's Orby session of the Goffs Irish National TODAY'. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8: I ~I Yearling Sale in Kildare, Ireland. The bay colt, sold as 10-17 $150,000 Fa)rette-G/11, Kee, 3yo/up, 9f • hip number 1 42, was consigned by Camas Park Stud ($150) and was purchased by Demi O'Byrne. O'Byrne also 10-18 $400,000 Moet Champagne-GI, Bel, acquired the second highest priced yearling on the day 2yo, 8.5f ($400) when he paid $994,463 for a Fairy King colt sold by 10-18 $400,000 Lane's End Breeders' Futurity-Gil, Kee, Kilcarn Stud. The highest priced filly at $535,480 2yo, 8.5f ($400) was a chestnut by Be My Guest--Secretary Bird (Ire), 10-18 $200,000 Maryland Million Classic-Lr/, (SJ, by Kris (GB). Overall, 178 horses sold for a total of 3yo/up, 9.5f ($1000) 10-18 $100,000 Maryland Million Ladies-Lr/, (SJ, 3yo/up, $20,339,830 and an average of $114,268. "Trade has f/m, 9fT ($500) been very pleasing and the average is currently running 10-19 $125150,000 Lady's Secret Breeders' Cup H.-Gll, some 21 percent ahead of the sale total last year," said SA, 3yo/up, f/m, 8.5f ($50) Gaffs Managing Director Philip Myerscough. The three 10-19 $100150,000 Phoenix Breeders' Cup, Kee, 3yo/up, day sale continues Wednesday at 11 a.m. 6f($100) Gotts Top Five Colts and Fillies p. 2 PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 10-8-97 GOFFS TUESDAY RESULTS TOP FIVE COLTS ~WRITERS UP HIP# SIRE DAM PRICE 142 Sadler's Wells Or Vision $1,835,931 NOTES FROM GOFFS Consigned by Camas Park Stud by Bill Oppenheim Purchased by Demi O'Byrne Last year, Gaffs had to console themselves with 160 Fairy King Ploy (Ire) $994,463 selling the world's highest-priced yearling while their Consigned by Kilcarn Stud overall sale was overshadowed by Tattersalls Purchased by Demi O'Byrne Houghton sale, which qualified as the world's stron 154 Dehere Petroleuse (Ire) $604,328 g~st .in 1996. They haven't sold the world's high Consigned by Ashtown House Stud yearling today, but three-quarters of the way through Purchased by M. W. Easterby, Esq. TJesdav's opening session, Gaffs wins the European 104 Sadler's Wells Miranisa (Ire) $520, 181 titlle on two counts; Europe's high yearling and Eu Consigned by Ashtown House Stud rope's strongest sale of 1997. It's smokin' in there. Purchased by Shadwell Estate The high yearling among the first 150 of 200 cata 030 Grand Lodge Guest Room (Ire) $474,282 logued Tuesday was hip 142, a Sadler's Wells colt Consigned by Kilcarn Stud out of the Irish River mar Or Vision, thus a half Purchased by Darley Stud Managment brother to top sprinter D lphin Street. An absolutely TOP FIVE FILLIES crackinn specimen, hew s bought for 1,200,000 Irish Guineas (almost $1 . million) by Demi O'Byrne, HIP# SIRE DAM PRICE who outlasted John Ferg son, believed to be acting 196 Be My Guest Secretary Bird (Ire) $535,480 for Shei1kh Mohammed, i a protracted bidding duel. Consigned by Airlie Stud Even without the salet pper, it has been a very Purchased by Demi O'Byrne strong day of selling. Bot Houghton and Gaffs had 135 Green Desert Old Domesday Book (GB} $458,983 jumped around 50 perce t from 1995 to 1996. But, Consigned by Loughbrown Stud whereas last week's Houghton sale was a bumpy ride Purchased by Kern/Lillingston Assoc. and dropped 13 percent n average (though with 066 Caerleon Lady Capulet $298,339 quiet increases in numbe sold and gross), Gaffs was Consigned by Camas Park Stud up 1 3 percent on averag through the first 1 50 cata Purchased by B.B.A. (Ireland) Ltd. logued at 73,609 Irish g ineas (over $110,000). Last 004 Dehere Familiar $ 252,441 year, with 150 catalogued and 131 listed sales on the ($35,000 wnlg '96 KEENOV) . first day, 19 yearlings br ught 100,000 Irish guineas Consigned by Kildaragh Stud, agent of Mr. Jeremy Hill or more. Through the firs 150 this year, 132 sold, of Purchased by Belgrave Bloodstock which 27 made six figur s, including seven at 009 Bigstone (Ire} Final Decision (Ire} $244,791 200,000-plus. Consigned by Lisieux Stud, agent /J1,s this went to press, wo more yearlings had Purchased by John Gosden, Esq. brought six-figure bids, a Dehere half-brother to the dam of Arc winner Peint e Celebre for 395,000 Irish guineas and a Fairy King colt from perennial leading ©Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. consignor Pat O'Kelly's ilcarn Stud at 650,000. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior Bill Oppenheim is a journa ist and consultant specializing written permission of the copyright owner, Media Vista. in pedigrees, sires and th auction market. The former Information as to the races, race results and earirlings edill'or and publisher of Ra ing Update, he now lives in ScC11tland and may be con acted by phone (011-44-1- was obtained from results charts published in Daily 887-830-282) or fax (01 -44-1-887-830-671). Racing Form and utilized herewith with the permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form.