DONWORTH the STAR TURN at KEENOV BORELL SUES MCINGVALES OVER by Alan Carasso RUNHAPPY DISPUTE by T.D
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015 DONWORTH THE STAR TURN AT KEENOV BORELL SUES MCINGVALES OVER by Alan Carasso RUNHAPPY DISPUTE By T.D. Thornton When last seen up the hill over at the Keeneland main track, Trainer Maria Borell is suing Gallery Racing Stables, LLC, and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Donworth (Tiznow), making just the second owners James and Linda McIngvale for breach of contract and start of his career, was a gallant runner-up in the GII Coolmore defamation. Lexington S. carrying the colors of Nat Rea’s Regis Farms. The In a lawsuit filed Tuesday morning in Fayette County Circuit handsome colt, offered by Three Chimneys as hip 3324 during Court in Kentucky, Borell is seeking "at least" $122,752, plus two Tuesday’s ninth session of the Keeneland November Breeding lifetime breeding rights to GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Stock Sale, not surprisingly proved the dearest offering of the Runhappy (Super Saver), who won five consecutive races after session, as Dennis O’Neill signed the winning ticket at $550,000 Borell was hired as the colt’s trainer. on behalf of J. Paul Reddam. According to the complaint, Breeders’ Cup Ltd. and Keeneland Previously trained by Graham Motion, Donworth overcame a rough trip to graduate at first asking at Gulfstream Park Mar. 14 Association are named as third-party defendants because they and gave an excellent account of himself in the Lexington, are believed to be holding some of the funds to which Borell finishing three lengths in back of the more experienced Divining claims she is entitled. Cont. p6 Rod (Tapit). Third in the Sir Barton S. on the GI Preakness S. undercard May 16, he was last seen running away with an off- turf renewal of the Stanton S. at Delaware Park June 20. “You know, being a TDN Rising Star, a stakes winner by 11 lengths and graded-stakes placed, he was a horse that AWARD WINNING GOLDEN HORN attracted a lot of interest,” commented Three Chimneys’ Case Anthony Oppenheimer’s Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Clay. “There were a lot of people on him through the $500,000 Cross {Ire}), winner of four Group 1s this year, was level and Dennis O’Neill was the winner. He is doing very well, crowned Cartier Horse of the Year and Cartier been galloping on the farm. He’s had a lot of scopes and I had 3-year-old colt. Full story in today’s TDN Europe. him appraised in the $300-600,000 range. You never know when you have a dispersal with horses selling without reserve exactly where they are going to fall. He is just a gorgeous individual, very good looking, he showed well and was very popular.” (ThoroStride video) Cont. p3 Donworth | Lucas Marquardt Indian Charlie / Galloping Gal, 859.294.0030 by Victory Gallop The Breeders’ Farm www.spendthriftfarm.com MGSW Madefromlucky (Lookin at Lucky) is one of three horses PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord from the Todd Pletcher barn set [email protected] to line up in Aqueduct’s GIII Discovery H. Wednesday. SR. 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International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • NOV. 11, 2015 Donworth the Star Turn at KEENOV cont. from p1 For Reddam, the purchase comes 10 days following the victory of Nyquist (Uncle Mo) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. “We are very, very excited to get him and we’ll bring him right out to California and try to get him ready,” said O’Neill, whose brother Doug will handle the training duties. “We watched his KEENELAND NOVEMBER SALE replays and he was very impressive. Graham Motion is a very SESSION TOTALS 2015 2014 conservative trainer, so for him to run that horse in the • Catalogued 399 397 • No. Offered 305 308 Lexington second time out was outstanding and gave us • No. Sold 243 242 confidence. He’s a horse that looks like he was getting better • RNAs 62 66 and better, he’s got a beautiful pedigree and we hope he’ll • % RNAs 20.3% 21.4% develop into a prominent older horse. We had him valued in the • High Price $550,000 $85,000 • Gross $6,844,900 $4,165,200 $600,000 range, so we hope we made a wise purchase.” • Average (% change) $28,168 $17,212 O’Neill estimates Donworth is 6-8 weeks away from a breeze, • Median (% change) $15,000 $12,000 while races like the GII San Fernando S. and GI Santa Anita H. CUMULATIVE 2015 2014 loom early-season targets if all goes well, he said. • Catalogued 3369 3302 “He may even make a grass horse down the line. The Tiznows • No. Offered 2636 2679 can handle that and he’s got a nice female family for it.” • No. Sold 1958 2092 • RNAs 678 587 Out of the GISP Temple Street (Street Cry {Ire}), Donworth • % RNAs 25,7% 21.9% hails from the extended female family of GI Canadian • High Price $6,000,000 $3,900,000 International S. winner Marsh Side (Gone West). • Gross $212,021,900 $201,912,600 • Average (% change) $108,285 (+12.2%) $96,517 • Median (% change) $45,000 (n/c) $45,000 HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • NOV. 11, 2015 3328 Great Stuff Racing prospect 145,000 (c, 3, Quality Road--Sumptuous, by Hennessy) Consigned by Lantern Hill Farm LLC, Agent for the Complete Dispersal of the Estate of A. Stevens Miles Jr. Purchased by Glasscock Financial Services, LLC 3155 Native Talent Rcg/b’mare prospect 140,000 KEENELAND NOVEMBER (f, 4, A. P. Indy--Rare Gift, by Unbridled’s Song) TUESDAY’S TOP LOTS Consigned by Lane’s End, Agent Hip Name Status Price ($) Purchased by Calumet 3324 Donworth Rcg/stallion prospect 550,000 (c, 3, Tiznow--Temple Street, by Street Cry {Ire}) Eclipse Finds Their Rhythm Consigned by Three Chimneys Farm, By his own admission, Aron Wellman scours the results from Agent for The Complete Dispersal of Regis Farms LP racetracks the world over in search of racing prospects for his Purchased by Dennis O’Neill Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. However, Wellman had never 3321 Cowboy Rhythm Rcg/stallion prospect 335,000 purchased a horse of racing age at public auction, a fact which (c, 3, Tapit--West Coast Swing, by Gone West) changed in the blink of an eye Tuesday Consigned by WinStar Racing, Agent afternoon at Keeneland. Wellman was Purchased by Eclipse Thoroughbred, LLC extended to $335,000 for hip 3321, 2996 Chanteline Rcg/b’mare prospect 200,000 recent Keeneland maiden winner (f, 3, Majesticperfection--Listen to Libby, by Indian Charlie) Cowboy Rhythm (Tapit) from the annual WinStar Racing draft. Consigned by Three Chimneys, “He is a lightly raced colt by Tapit who Agent for The Complete Dispersal of Regis Farms LP has shown considerable talent in each Purchased by Ben McElroy, Agent of his races and we believe there is a lot 3343 Neck ‘n Neck Racing prospect 195,000 of upside,” Wellman commented. “He (h, 6, Flower Alley--Bootery, by Storm Boot) has a stallion-making pedigree and is Aron Wellman Consigned by Lantern Hill Farm LLC, very good looking, so when you put the eclipsetbpartners.com Agent for the Complete Dispersal of the Estate of whole package together and the fact A. Stevens Miles Jr. that he’s got all his conditions ahead of him, he’s very attractive Purchased by McMahon & Hill Bloodstock, Agent addition to our stable.” Cont. p5 HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 9 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • NOV. 11, 2015 Eclipse Finds Their Rhythm cont. The draft of WinStar horses Tuesday at Keeneland realized Wellman confirmed that the athletic gray colt will be turned gross receipts of $1,444,500 for 26 horses, and WinStar over to trainer Todd Pletcher, but for the time being, they will President and CEO Elliott Walden pronounced himself pleased not be in any particular hurry, despite the iron being hot. with the results. “One thing we’ve noticed with horses that look ready and ripe “I thought it went well, there was plenty of action, lots of to go on, sometimes the stress of the sale will dull them a little vetting and I thought there was a lot of competitive bidding,” he bit and this colt--he was probably shown 100-150 times--so the explained.