DROP’ IT LIKE IT’S HOT Been Catalogued, Including 10 in Foal to Frankel
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here ‘SEEK’ NO MORE TATTS BREEDING STOCK SALE STARTS TODAY The English-raced Seek Again (Speightstown) ran up After its highly successful December Foal Sale the rail to his first black-type success in the concluded Saturday, the sales action will continue at GI Hollywood Derby Tattersalls today with the first session of its four-day yesterday evening in December his first North Breeding Stock American tilt. Seek Sale. Featured on Again was given a 5- day one is 1 chance adding Dancing Rain (Ire) distance and trying (Danehill Dancer stakes company for {Ire}), the 2011 the first time. He G1 Epsom Oaks broke evenly and was and G1 Preis der placed off the pace Diana winner, and two wide around carrying a member Seek Again Benoit photo the first turn and of the first crop of down the backstretch Frankel (GB). as favored Rookie Catalogued as Immortal Verse Tattersalls Sensation (Unbridled=s Song) set the pace. Still near the lot 1533, Dancing back of the pack heading into the final bend, he was Rain is consigned by Clairmont Stud. Another gem is angled in to the fence and moved into striking position. scheduled to go through the ring Tuesday in the form Urged at the top of the stretch, he kicked into gear, of dual Group 1-winner Immortal Verse (Ire). Like blew past Rookie Sensation along the rail and kept on Dancing Rain, Immortal Verse (lot 1830) is carrying her to win going away with an impressive gallop out. first foal, this one by Dansili (GB). Immortal Verse is Cont. p3 consigned by Mount Coote Stud. In total, 1115 broodmares and fillies in and out of training have ‘DROP’ IT LIKE IT’S HOT been catalogued, including 10 in foal to Frankel. The Egg Drop (Alphabet Soup) showed an enormous sale will begin at 9:30 a.m. local time. 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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Page 7 Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Kelsey Riley, International Editor Stallion News [email protected] Sean Cronin, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing This year’s G1 Prix d'Ispahan and G1 Prix du Moulin winner Maxiox (GB) Tom Frary, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing [email protected] (Monsun {Ger}) has been retired. He will stand his freshman season at Gestut Fahrhof. Page 12 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/2/13 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Sunday, Betfair Hollywood Park AI was extremely confident,@ Nakatani explained. AAny HOLLYWOOD DERBY-GI, $251,000, BHP, 12-1, 3yo, time you see the Juddmonte colors and a horse 1 1/4mT, 2:00 3/5, fm. shipping from England, you know they=re going to have 1--#@SEEK AGAIN, 122, c, 3, by Speightstown a big turn of foot and it=s just a matter of if they can 1st Dam: Light Jig (GB) (GISW-US & MSP-Fr, handle the tighter turns. He seemed to handle it. $537,963), by Danehill [Gosden] said he had trained him on the left handed 2nd Dam: Nashmeel, by Blushing Groom (Fr) tracks before shipping him here. I was very excited to 3rd Dam: Donut's Bunnie, by Donut King get the opportunity to get to ride again for Juddmonte O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-John H M Gosden; and try to win a Grade I for them.@ J-Corey S Nakatani. $150,000. Lifetime Record: Seek Again began his career with a win at 8-4-2-0, $219,027. *3/4 to Treble Jib (Gone West), Newmarket last September and finished second in a GSW-UAE, $426,036. Werk Nick Rating: B+. Click Leicester allowance that October. The Juddmonte for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. homebred was given a 10-month break, before Congrats to Juddmonte Farms! Raised on Feed returning to win a Newmarket handicap Aug. 15 before finishing second in a handicap over the Kempton synthetic Aug. 23. 2--Admiral Kitten, 122, c, 3, Kitten=s Joy-- Fourth over that Reachinforthestars, by Grand Slam. ($39,000 RNA yrl track and trip '11 FTKOCT). O/B-Kenneth L & Sarah K Ramsey Sept. 7, he went (KY); T-Michael J Maker. $50,000. on to finish fifth 3--Amen Kitten, 122, g, 3, Kitten=s Joy--Crumbs of stretching out to Comfort, by Pulpit. O/B-Kenneth L & Sarah K Ramsey 1 1/8 miles over (IL); T-Wesley A Ward. $30,000. the Newmaket Margins: 1HF, 3/4, HF. Odds: 5.20, 3.00, 39.50. sod Sept. 28, but Also Ran: Gervinho, Rookie Sensation, Jack Milton, Dry won a York Summer, Infinite Magic, Irish Surf. Scratched: Dice Flavor. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com handicap last time out Oct. 12. PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Seek Again Seek Again is VIDEO. Benoit photo AWe didn't clear quarantine until Saturday morning, the first so it's not been ideal,@ Les Reynolds, assistant to Hollywood Derby winner for Khalid Abdullah=s powerful winning trainer John Gosden, said after the race. AWe operation. His dam Light Jig annexed the 2004 GII just jogged around once Saturday. I thought he might Beverly Hills H. over this course and distance and the GI need a couple of more days, but we were always happy Yellow Ribbon S. at Del Mar for Juddmonte and the late with him. [Corey Nakatani] gave him a great ride. We Bobby Frankel. His second dam Nashmeel finished were worried there wasn=t going to be any pace, but second in both the Yellow Ribbon and GI Matriarch S. there was enough pace, wasn't there? The boss was Seek Again=s 3/4-brother Treble Jig (Gone West) took worried that he doesn't do anything too quick, so if this January=s G3 Jebel Ali Mile and his 2-year-old half- they crawled, he just said to sit handier. sister Likelihood broke her maiden for these AHe=s been a horse that's been slow to himself,@ connections third out at Chepstow Aug. 26. He has a Reynolds continued. AHe just took a while to get going. yearling half-sister by Quality Road and a weanling half- I told Corey to just make sure he changed leads, sister by Rock Hard Ten. Gosden, meanwhile, most because he might be a little inexperienced against these recently enjoyed a Stateside win in the 2010 GI guys. But he did it well and I'm very, very pleased.@ Arlington Million with Debussy (Ire) (Diesis {GB}). Seek Again will transfer to the Bill Mott stable today. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 12/2/13 • PAGE 4 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Sunday, Betfair Hollywood Park MATRIARCH S.-GI, $251,000, BHP, 12-1, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:34, fm.