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NO STARLET BUT BALDING JUVENILE STARS TARGET GROUP 1S MONCEAUX STILL AIMING Trainer Andrew Balding outlined some long term Group 1 goals for his juvenile stable stars, with Sandrine (GB) (Bobby=s FOR THE STARS Kitten), Berkshire Shadow (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}), and Majestic Glory (GB) (Frankel {GB}) all bound for Group 1 targets. The G2 Sky Bet Lowther S. at York on Aug. 19 is the next racecourse appearance for Kirsten Rausing=s homebred G3 Albany S. and G2 Duchess Of Cambridge S. heroine. All being well, the dark bay will then take part in the six-furlong G1 Juddmonte Cheveley Park S. at Newmarket on Sept. 25. Balding said of the three-for-three filly, ASandrine looks very good and I=ve been thrilled with her last two runs. She will probably run in the Lowther next then all eyes will be on the Cheveley Park. She will carry a penalty [at York] but we didn=t want to wait until Newmarket to run her again. She seems to be very versatile ground wise. She is a very smart filly and is an absolute pleasure to train.@ Cont. p5
Lot 52 at Arqana is the first Justify yearling set to sell in Europe IN TDN AMERICA TODAY Zuzanna Lupa FASIG-TIPTON SARATOGA SALE WRAPS ON TUESDAY By Emma Berry Tuesday marked the second and final day of selling for the Fasig- Tipton Saratoga Sale. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Since 2012, Ecurie des Monceaux has had a stranglehold of the America. top consignor spot at the Arqana August Yearling Sale. The only unusual thing about last year was the fact that the auction was not actually held in August, with Covid complications forcing it to be renamed the Select Sale and held in mid-September. Otherwise, it was business as usual for Henri Bozo and his team, who sold 32 yearlings for i10,682,000. Almost a quarter of that sum was given for the Dubawi (Ire) filly out of one of Monceaux's crown jewels, Starlet's Sister (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who sold for i2.5 million to lead the sale and is now in training with Roger Varian for HH Shaikh Nasser Al Khalifa and KHK Racing. This time around there may be no starlet, but hopefully plenty of stars, as Monceaux has shipped in 38 yearlings from its Normandy base less than an hour from Arqana's Deauville sales complex. "Everybody has asked me about Starlet's Sister's yearling but, obviously, for reasons that everybody can understand, we've decided to keep her," says Bozo, who, despite having arguably one of the most stressful jobs in French bloodstock as his biggest week of the year approaches, does an exceptionally convincing impression of someone without a worry in the world. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 11 AUGUST 2021
Ecurie des Monceaux Cont. from p1 He adds, "She's a really nice Dubawi filly, but it would be a huge professional error to sell this filly without having a sister to make sure the family is still in our hands, because all the fillies have been sold so far. They are all in the hands of Peter Brant, except the 2-year-old. We are really happy to keep this one." Perhaps we will see Starlet's Sister's current foal, a full-brother to last year's Arc winner Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), at Arqana next August, but for now there are plenty of other youngsters worth perusing, including half-siblings to five Group/Grade 1 winners and the first yearling by Triple Crown winner Justify to be offered in Europe. In fact, as is to be expected at a select sale, the draft is replete with yearlings by some of the biggest stallion names in world breeding, including Galileo (Ire), Frankel (GB), Dubawi (Ire), Siyouni (Fr), Lope De Vega (Ire), Sea The Stars (Ire) and Medaglia d'Oro. That geographical spread also reflects the broad international client base of Ecurie des Monceaux, many of whom are in strategic partnerships which have flourished despite the fact that so many of us have been restricted to our own countries for much of the last 18 months.
Henri Bozo with Anne-Charlotte Andre, Angus Gold (far left) and Ed Sackville (right) | Ecurie des Monceaux
Bozo says, "For the moment, it feels like we are back to normal, and I think that everybody is happy to get back to normal. Fortunately, our business has been pretty much the same. I mean, the only thing is that we have been travelling less so there has been less linking up with people. But from the technical point of view it has been exactly the same, and maybe even better because we have all been on the farm more and focusing on new projects or trying to improve things. But we meet fewer people, and I think everybody is quite impatient to travel a bit and meet people again." Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 11 AUGUST 2021
Ecurie des Monceaux Cont. He continues, "I think it's a very positive aspect. It means that we are bringing more people in, and that can be people already in the business or people discovering the business. And I think, for everyone, it gives confidence to join with breeders and to be in partnership with others, to invest in a mare or to invest in yearlings, or to join the game. We now have a wide range of Senior Vice President Gary King partners from America, China, Australia, England, Germany, Twitter: @garykingTDN Greece, and from France too. And I must say that it's very [email protected] challenging. There is great input of ideas at the meetings, for the + 1.732.320.0975 decisions, for everything, and I really enjoy it. It takes more time, of course, but it's interesting. And I think it's something International Editor that many French breeders share now." Kelsey Riley Sottsass and his half-sibling Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN {Ire}) hog the top of the leader board on the Monceaux hall of [email protected] fame with 11 Group/Grade 1 wins between them, but they are European Editor just two of nine top-flight winners to have emanated from the Emma Berry farm over the last decade. Another of those is the Prix Jean-Luc Twitter: @collingsberry Lagardere winner National Defense (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Fr}), [email protected] the young Irish National Stud stallion who notched his first stakes winner at Deauville over the weekend with Twilight Associate International Editor Gleaming (Ire). National Defense's half-sister by Siyouni is set to Heather Anderson sell on Sunday as lot 133, and the family has received an extra Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN boost this season as the filly shares her second dam Anna Palariva (Ire) (Caerleon) with the Derby and King George winner Marketing Manager Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen The aforementioned Justify filly, who appears during Saturday [email protected] evening's opening session as lot 52, is the second foal of Media Mischief, an Into Mischief half-sister to Juddmonte's G1 Prix de Contributing Editors Diane winner Nebraska Tornado (Storm Cat). In keeping with the Alan Carasso heightened online information now provided by consignors in Christina Bossinakis the wake of the pandemic, Monceaux has produced its own mini-catalogue which is available on its website and comes Cafe Racing compete with handy annotated updates. Cont. p4 Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected]
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IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY KENT JNR ON THE FRONT FOOT AT SARATOGA Co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr of Mick Price Racing has secured a War Front colt from the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. Click or tap G3 Prix de Lutece heroine Paix=s Kodiac (GB) half-sister is lot 70 here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ. Scoop Dyga TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 11 AUGUST 2021
2019 August Sale at i1,625,000 having finished runner-up in the G1 Prix de Diane and Chicquita's daughter Nicest (Ire) (American Pharaoh) taking third in the G1 Irish Oaks. Promoting Youth When Antoine Bellanger, Ecurie des Monceaux's yearling manager of 10 years, left to set up his own consigning business Arcadia Elevage, into his shoes last year stepped the youthful Jordan Tancrede. "Jordan has been with us for nine years," says Bozo. "He was a really young kid when he arrived and he looked like he was 10 years old. He arrived here one day with his parents and he told me, 'I love animals. I love horses, I love rabbits, I love any animal.' He had a really kind face and he learned to work here with our team. We soon found that he was not only a great horseman but also very good with people, very kind and gentle." Monceaux=s yearling manager Jordan Tancrede | Ecurie des Monceaux Bozo arranged work for his protJgJ at studs in Australia, Ecurie des Monceaux Cont. America and England to give him a better understanding of In the case of this filly, potential buyers can instantly see that different regional practices within the industry. the mare's first foal is in training with Wesley Ward and her He adds, "Then, he came back, and when Antoine started his current foal is a colt by Siyouni. own venture we decided to give a chance to Jordan, who has Monceaux also consigns the sole yearling by another grown up a lot and now looks like he's 12 and a half. And I was American-based sire at a more advanced stage of his career, honestly amazed by the way he handled the pressure, because, Medaglia d'Oro. Lot 15 is the first foal of the listed-placed you can say whatever you like, you've got pressure when you Golden Attitude (Redoute's Choice {Aus}), herself a daughter of bring yearlings to the sales. There is a lot of expectation for the G3 Prix Cleopatre winner Gold Round (Ire), a half-sister to owners, for everyone. He handles that very well and he's a real champion miler Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa). gentleman and horse lover who works really hard. And, like a "We have a mix, most of them by very proven sires, like Lope rugby captain, he leads the team by his example." de Vega, who is a horse I love for his statistics at group level," Tancrede is actually now 24, which is still a very young age to says Bozo. "We've got two very nice yearlings by Dubawi, who is hold such a position of responsibility on a major stud farm, but an amazing stallion. We are very lucky to be able to use him. I'm his approach to his job displays a maturity beyond his years. very enthusiastic about the Medaglia d'Oro colt from the great Cont. p5 family of Goldikova, and Medaglia d'Oro is such a good, tough sire." Another family which regularly features prominently in the Monceaux draft is that of Platonic (GB) (Zafonic), the grandam of Group 1 winners Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), both of whom are daughters of Prudenzia (GB) (Dansili {GB}). Two of the latter's sisters, Prudente (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and Pacifique (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) have yearlings in the forthcoming sale, with Prudente being represented by her Lope De Vega colt (lot 79) and Pacifique by a Kodiac (GB) filly (lot 70). The latter has already produced the Group 3 winner Paix (GB). "Paix is by Muhaarar (GB) who is also a sprinting type," says Bozo, explaining his decision to send the mare to Kodiac. "We wanted to bring a bit more power and maybe a bit more speed into the family. Pacifique is a nice, rangy mare with a great stride and we wanted to try to bring a bit of compactness to her." The immediate family has received two more Classic updates this year with Philomene (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who topped the TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 11 AUGUST 2021
Ecurie des Monceaux Cont. Heading into his second August Sale at the helm of the yearling team after topping last year's auction, Tancrede says, "I'm not nervous. I can't explain that, but you need to stay focused on the programme. And if I stay focused, all the team is going to stay focused as well." He continues, "For me it starts with the animal. I love all animals, definitely the horses, and I love caring for them. Sometimes the job can be a bit difficult, like in the winter when we got a lot of bad weather, but that's also the time when we can make all the difference because every day we bring the horses inside. We don't leave them all out in the fields. And every day when we bring the horses in, we handle them, we checks their legs. All the details are very important." Those details are constantly logged and programmes adjusted La Petite Coco winning the Give Thanks S. | Racingfotos.com to suit the individual, especially when the countdown to the sales begins through the formal prep. "They change a lot during that time," Tancrede explains. "Every week we have a meeting and we check the feed, the care, note if a horse has any problems. They are all different, so we need to keep data for every horse and change the programme slightly, horse by horse." Baldwin Juvenile Stars Cont. from p1 Victorious at Newbury when unveiled in April, Berkshire Shadow saluted at Royal Ascot in the G2 Coventry S. He was last seen running second over soft ground in the G2 Vintage S. at Goodwood on July 27. The Sept. 25 G1 Muddmonte Middle Park S. going six furlongs or the G1 Darley Dewhurst S. over seven furlongs on Oct. 9 are both likely targets for the progressive colt. by Andrea Branchini AWe might drop him back to six and look at the Gimcrack at Coco has many different meanings in French and it is maybe York before looking at options like the Middle Park or Dewhurst futile to try to divine which one caught the fancy of the breeder in the autumn. He is a very talented horse and if he encountered and first owner of brave 3-year-old filly La Petite Coco (Ire) soft ground again I imagine he would perform better on it now (Ruler of the World {Ire}--La Petite Virginia {Ger}, by Konigstiger having raced on it. Like Sandrine, it is a pleasure to have him in {Ger})--a brilliant winner of the G3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give the yard.@ Thanks S. at Cork on Saturday. But one of those many meanings Rounding out the Balding trio is Saturday=s G3 Sweet Solera S. is a terme affectueux, a very popular term of endearment, heroine Majestic Glory. Sixth at Windsor making her first start equivalent to >dear=, >darling=, or >sweetie=. on July 5, the bay improved to second at Newbury on July 16 Famously, AMais non, mon coco,@ is what Jean Seberg tells and donned cap and gown transferred to Newmarket on July 30, Jean-Paul Belmondo in the 1960 masterpiece film AA Bout du her final appearance before her Sweet Solera score. The Oct. 8 Souffle/Breathless@, in reply to the question AIs he one of the G1 bet365 Fillies= Mile is in the cards for Majestic Glory. guys who slept with you?@--the whole thing being a maltendu He added, AIt was a very good performance that Majestic Glory about Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner and one of his books. put up in the Sweet Solera S. at Newmarket on Saturday and her Still, affection is stronger than any little misunderstanding, and breeding suggests she should stay further than seven furlongs. La Petite Coco is getting plenty of it, because Ashe has not put a AShe hadn=t had a massively hard race the time before and this foot wrong,@ as her trainer Paddy Twomey said. looked a fairly good opportunity at this level so we took and I thought she looked very smart.@ TDN EUROPE • PAGE 6 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 11 AUGUST 2021
The undefeated two-time group winner Sandrine | PA Media COVID-19 ARQANA AUGUST HEALTH PCR or antigen test result, at least 15 days and no more than 6 months old PROTOCOLS OUTLINED Wristbands will then be provided, with each day a different The upcoming Arqana August Yearling Sale begins on Saturday, colour. These wrist bands will allow movement around the Aug. 14, and COVID-19 health protocols were announced by the establishment and admittance to the racecourse without having sales company on Tuesday. to show a health pass. In addition, mask wearing is mandatory To gain access to the sales grounds, all interested parties must indoors, but not outside. It will also be possible to book a PCR or register here. All registered individuals must also present a antigen test on site from Thursday, Aug. 12 through Tuesday, health pass at the entrance of Arqana=s sale complex, with only Aug. 17. Any interested parties that are unable to travel to the main entrance and one near the loading ramps for stud Deauville may bid online at www.arqanaonline.com. To register personnel open at this time. The right-handed lane at the main to bid online during the sale, you must register prior to the start entrance will be reserved for people with a valid health pass. of the sale. Please click here to register to bid. Non-European visitors will be required to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19. The left-hand lane at the main entrance will allow others to carry out an antigen test from 8 RECORD PRICE/CLEARANCE AT TATTERSALLS a.m. to 4 p.m. in a dedicated tent, without contact with the rest of the public. IRELAND MAY STORE SALE The following documents are considered a valid health pass in The twice-rescheduled Tattersalls Ireland May Store Sale France: ended on Tuesday with a new record price of i115,000 and a $ Proof that you are fully vaccinated new record clearance rate of 78%. Of the 211 lots offered, 164 $ A negative PCR or antigen test taken with the last 72 sold. The gross was i2,851,200. The average and the median hours each posted double-digit increasesBi17,385 for the average $ A COVID-19 recovery certificate attested by a positive (+43%) and i15,000 for the median (+67%). Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 11 AUGUST 2021
Tattersalls Ireland May Store Sale Cont. Breeders= Fund and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board and A gelded son of Blue Bresil (Fr), offered by Rathbarry Stud, operated by ITM, the trialsBwhich begin at 12 p.m.--are open to caught the eye of bloodstock agent Aiden Murphy. Lot 121B, a unraced 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds over five, six and seven half-brother to Welsh Grand National H. Chase runner-up The furlongs. Recent graduates of the programme include G3 Two Amigos (GB) (Midnight Legend {GB}), counts Grade 3 Gordon S. hero Ottoman Emperor (Ire) (Excelebration {Ire}) and winner and Grade 1-placed Line As (Fr) (Cadoudal {Fr}) as his Listed Yeomanstown Stud Irish EBF S. winner Wren=s Breath (Ire) second dam. (Elzaam {Aus}). A live stream of the trials will be available to "He is the one I really wanted today," said Murphy, the day=s view on the ITM YouTube channel, while the trials are recorded, leading purchaser. "He is a lovely horse and has a pedigree. He is timed, and made available to view online shortly after running a great advertisement for the sire, he goes to Olly [Murphy] and on the ITM website and social media. For more information, is for Diana and Grahame Whateley." please visit www.itm.ie/Buying/Barrier-Trials. Tattersalls Ireland CEO Simon Kerins said, AOnly in its fourth year, the May Store Sale has already become recognised as a leading source of winners and today=s impressive set of figures NICK MUSTOE WILL BE NEW SANDOWN have confirmed its importance within the store sale calendar. Although delayed until August for a second year in a row, this CHAIRMAN IN 2022 year=s sale has produced an excellent trade that surpasses Nick Mustoe has been appointed the new Chairman of pre-COVID times and has achieved a record clearance rate. Sandown Park Racecourse from Jan. 1, 2022, replacing Peter We extend our thanks to our vendors who remained patient Jensen, The Jockey Club announced on Tuesday. Mustoe was throughout the disruption to the sales calendar and provided previously on the Kempton Park Committee for 13 years and quality stores as well as every purchaser who engaged as they served as chairman between 2013 and 2018. Currently Mustoe sought to find their next May Store Sale winner. We were is Chairman of Kindred, a London-based agency and has National delighted to welcome UK buyers back to Fairyhouse following Hunt horses in training with Emma Lavelle and a small band of the easing of travel restrictions into Ireland.@ broodmares based in England and Ireland. Sandy Dudgeon, Senior Steward of The Jockey Club, said, AI would like to congratulate Nick on his appointment and I look forward to working with him in his new role from the start of 2022. AHe has already made a valuable contribution to our sport and I know that his passion for racing coupled with his expertise in the corporate world will be of great benefit to Sandown Park in the coming years. AI am especially grateful to Peter for all the years of commitment, ideas and passion he has brought to bear at various racecourses across The Jockey Club and it is no coincidence that ROA Gold Standard Awards have followed. AThese positions require a significant amount of personal time and dedication and I take this opportunity to thank both our outgoing and incoming chairmen for their dedication and enthusiasm.@
Lot 121B, a gelded son of Blue Bresil, took top honours Tattersalls Ireland
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14:50-BEVERLEY, 7.5f, LS Eleven (GB) FIRST-SEASON SIRES 18,000gns Tattersalls Ascot Yearling Sale, Newmarket WITH RUNNERS 14:50-BEVERLEY, 7.5f, Two Worlds Collide (GB) 13:45-BEVERLEY, 5f, Vieux Carre (GB) Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Dalham Hall Stud Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021: 78 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners UNITED KINGDOM 14:50-BEVERLEY, 7.5f, Notime To Pass (Ire) Aclaim (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), The National Stud 32,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2019; 40,000gns RNA 115 foals of racing age/12 winners/0 black-type winners Tattersalls October Yearling Sale (Book 2) 2020 17:50-KEMPTON PARK, 7f, Mild Reflection (GB) 13,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale (Book 3) 2020 Profitable (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Kildangan Stud 18:25-KEMPTON PARK, 7f, Obsidian Gold (GB) 130 foals of racing age/14 winners/1 black-type winner 800gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale (Book 3) 2020 18:25-KEMPTON PARK, 7f, Hen Harrier (Ire) 115 foals of racing age/12 winners/0 black-type winners ,15,000 Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling 2020 14:30-SALISBURY, 6f, Resilience (GB) 13:55-SALISBURY, 6f, Iskaheen (Ire) i78,000 Goffs November Foals Sale 2019; 17,000gns Tattersalls Ardad (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Overbury Stud October Yearling Sale (Book 2) 2020 91 foals of racing age/14 winners/1 black-type winner 14:15-BEVERLEY, 5f, Eidikos (GB) Ribchester (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), Kildangan Stud 8,000gns Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale 2021 118 foals of racing age/7 winners/0 black-type winners 18:25-KEMPTON PARK, 7f, Clitheroe (GB) Caravaggio (Scat Daddy), Ashford Stud ,45,000 Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale 2020; i684,400 Arqana 154 foals of racing age/14 winners/3 black-type winners Deauville 2yo Breeze Up 2021 17:45-FFOS LAS, 7.5f, Franklin Saint (Ire) i62,000 Goffs November Foals Sale 2019; ,12,000 Goffs UK Ulysses (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Cheveley Park Stud 2yo Breeze Up Sale 2021 87 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 13:30-YARMOUTH, 7f, Aeonian (Ire) Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Coolmore Stud 14:50-BEVERLEY, 7.5f, Implore (GB) 146 foals of racing age/12 winners/1 black-type winner 45,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2019; 70,000gns 14:50-BEVERLEY, 7.5f, Golden War (GB) Tattersalls October Yearling Sale (Book 1) 2020 14:50-BEVERLEY, 7.5f, Young Winston (GB) 68,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2019; 32,000gns Zelzal (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Haras de Bouquetot Tattersalls October Yearling Sale (Book 2) 2020 57 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners 17:45-FFOS LAS, 7.5f, Shabbab (Fr) Cotai Glory (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Tally-Ho Stud i23,000 Arqana Deauville October Yearlings 2020 126 foals of racing age/23 winners/1 black-type winner 14:15-BEVERLEY, 5f, Gaazooo (Ire) FRANCE Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}), Tally-Ho Stud Birchwood (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Haras de la Huderie 109 foals of racing age/8 winners/3 black-type winners 58 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners 14:15-BEVERLEY, 5f, Golden Duke (Ire) 5-CLAIREFONTAINE, 1600m, Java James (Fr) 11,000gns Tattersalls Ascot Yearling Sale, Newmarket; Brametot (Ire) (Rajsaman {Fr}), Gestut Ebbesloh 25,000gns Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale 2021 34 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 14:50-BEVERLEY, 7.5f, Jilmod (Ire) 5-CLAIREFONTAINE, 1600m, Gogogo (Fr) ,82,000 Tattersalls Ire Goresbridge Breeze Up (Newmarket) i4,000 Arqana Deauville Autumn Flat Yearling Sale 2020 2021 Ectot (GB) (Hurricane Run {Ire}), Haras de Bouquetot Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Coolmore Stud 42 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 136 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners 5-CLAIREFONTAINE, 1600m, Petit Amour (Fr) 14:50-BEVERLEY, 7.5f, Libby (Ire) ,22,000 Goffs Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2020 Recorder (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Haras de Montfort & Preaux 110 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners Mondialiste (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Haras d'Annebault 5-CLAIREFONTAINE, 1600m, Touching My Dream (Fr) 47 foals of racing age/3 winners/0 black-type winners i12,000 Arqana Deauville October Yearlings 2020 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 9 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 11 AUGUST 2021
Whitecliffsofdover (War Front), Haras de la Haie Neuve 6.25 Kempton, Novice, ,7,000, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT) 58 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners SILK ROMANCE (IRE) (Shamardal) is the fifth foal out of the G1 5-CLAIREFONTAINE, 1600m, Margoulin (Fr) Fillies= Mile and G2 May Hills S. winner Lyric of Light (GB) (Street Cry {Ire}), whose sole black-type performer so far is the useful IRELAND Bright Melody (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). Like that 4-year-old trained El Kabeir (Scat Daddy), Yeomanstown Stud by Charlie Appleby, Godolphin=s May-foaled bay faces 11 on 120 foals of racing age/7 winners/1 black-type winner debut including Saif Ali and Saeed Al Tayer=s fellow newcomer 5-GOWRAN PARK, 7f, Rerouting (Ire) Amzaan (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), a William Knight-trained daughter i46,000 Goffs November Foals Sale 2019; ,26,000 RNA Goffs of the G2 Park Hill S. winner Meeznah (Dynaformer) who was UK Premier Yearling Sale 2020; ,20,000 Goffs UK 2yo Breeze Up disqualified having finished second in the 2010 G1 Epsom Oaks. Sale 2021 Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Dalham Hall Stud 78 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 5-GOWRAN PARK, 7f, Poster Paint (Ire) Ulysses (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Cheveley Park Stud 87 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners 5-GOWRAN PARK, 7f, Ile de Circe (Ire) Tuesday=s Results: 6th-Lingfield, ,14,000, Novice, 8-10, 2yo, 5f 6y (AWT), :57.88, st/sl. CORAZON (IRE) (f, 2, Markaz {Ire}--Disko {Ire}, by Kodiac {GB}), a promising fourth on debut at Wolverhampton July 30, chased the early pace in fourth. Collaring Gift Horse (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}) with half a furlong remaining, the 11-4 joint-second favourite asserted to beat that rival by a length. The dam, whose yearling filly is by Dandy Man (Ire), hails from the family of the G3 Firth of Clyde S. winner Golden Legacy (Ire) (Rossini). Sales history: ,11,000 Ylg >20 TATIRY. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $10,955. Video, sponsored by TVG. O-Nick Bradley Racing 44 & Partner; B-Cooneen Stud (IRE); T-George Boughey.
4th-Chelmsford City, ,6,500, Novice, 8-10, 3-5yo, 8f (AWT), Ulysses has a runner at Gowran | Emma Berry 1:38.24, st/sl. SUNRISE VALLEY (f, 3, Karakontie {Jpn}--Story, by War Front), OBSERVATIONS who opened her account in facile fashion at Newmarket May 13, on the European racing scene had an easier task here and looked different class from the outset tanking her way to the front. Opening up after the home turn, the 1-12 favourite drew away to score by 15 lengths. The HALF TO STATE OF REST DEBUTS AT GOWRAN winner is the only foal so far out of an unraced daughter of the 6.05 Gowran Park, Mdn, i25,000, 2yo, 7fT GI Spinster S., GII Sheepshead Bay S. and GII Mrs. Revere S. TRANQUIL LADY (IRE) (Australia {GB}) makes her debut for winner Aruna (Mr. Greeley). Her dam is the GII Dahlia H. and GIII Teme Valley Racing and Joseph O=Brien, who combined to win Royal Heroine S. scorer Surya (Unbridled), who also produced Saturday=s GI Saratoga Derby with her half-brother State of Rest Hoop of Colour (Distorted Humor) who captured the GII Santa (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}). She will need to be smart to Ana S. Story has been bred back to Karakontie for 2022. Lifetime deal with some experienced rivals including Juddmonte=s Record: 3-2-1-0, $12,955. Galway third Golden Beach (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), a Dermot O-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd; B-Flaxman Holdings Limited (KY); Weld-trained full-brother to the Group 1 performer Imaging T-Sir Michael Stoute. (GB). TDN EUROPE • PAGE 10 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 11 AUGUST 2021
CONDITIONS RESULTS: Hunt (GB). 4th-Nottingham, ,15,500, Cond, 8-10, 3yo/up, 5f 8yT, 1:00.01, g/s. DANZENO (GB) (g, 10, Denounce {GB}--Danzanora {GB}, by Groom Dancer) Lifetime Record: GSW & G1SP-Eng, 55-9-11-11, $602,036. O-Clive Wragg; B-A M Wragg (GB); T-Michael Appleby. *1/2 to Demora (GB) (Deportivo {GB}), SW-Eng, Tuesday=s Results: $290,234. 2nd-Deauville, i34,000, Cond, 8-10, 2yo, c/g, 7 1/2fT, 1:37.10, g/s. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: ANCIENT ROME (c, 2, War Front--Gagnoa {Ire} {MGSW & Typewriter (Ire), f, 2, Gleneagles (Ire)--On Location, by Street MG1SP-Fr, G1SP-Ire, $597,492}, by Sadler=s Wells), who backed Cry (Ire). Nottingham, 8-10, 8f 75yT, 1:47.17. B-Castle Farm up a June 11 second at Compiegne with a July 13 breakthrough Stud (IRE). *19,000gns Wlg >19 TATFOA; 26,000gns Ylg >20 score over this course and distance last time, broke sharply and TATOCT. seized immediate control. In command throughout, the 9-10 Dew You Believe (Ire), g, 3, Make Believe (GB)--Dew (Ire), by pick came under pressure soon after passing the quarter-mile Whipper. Wolverhampton, 8-10, 8f 142y (AWT), 1:50.24. marker and was ridden out inside the final furlong to easily hold B-Carrigbeg Stud & Gavan Kinch (IRE). *22,000gns Ylg >19 Green Fly (GB) (Frankel {GB}) by two lengths. He is one of seven TATOCT; 2,500gns 3yo >21 TATTJU. scorers from as many runners produced by MGSW G1 Prix Saint- Ensemble (Ire), f, 3, Nayef--Alqubbah (Ire) (SP-Eng), by Arcano Alary, G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Irish Oaks placegetter Gagnoa (Ire). Lingfield, 8-10, 8f 1y (AWT), 1:37.39. Lifetime Record: (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) and is thus a full-brother full to G3 Naas 3-1-1-0, $7,926. B-Mrs T Mahon (IRE). *62,000gns Ylg >19 Juvenile Fillies Sprint victrix Etoile. The January-foaled dark bay TAOCT. is also a half-brother to Listed Prix Amandine third Galateia (Ire) Eikonix (GB), c, 3, Paco Boy (Ire)--Slide Show (GB), by Galileo (Dansili {GB}), a yearling colt by Justify and weanling filly by (Ire). Wolverhampton, 8-10, 8f 142y (AWT), 1:49.28. B-Daniel Justify.
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2nd-Deauville Cont. His dam is kin to three black-type winners, namely G1 Epsom Derby-winning sire Pour Moi (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), GSW G1 Irish Derby third Dawn Patrol (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Listed Salsabil S. victrix Kissed (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, i35,900. Video, sponsored by TVG. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Westerberg; B-Orpendale, Chelston (Ireland) & Wynatt (KY); T-Andre Fabre.
3rd-Deauville, i34,000, Cond, 8-10, 2yo, f, 7 1/2fT, 1:37.67, g/s. HOT QUEEN (FR) (f, 2, Recorder {GB}--Hot Fudge {Swe} {Ch. Grass Mare-Sca, Ch. Older Mare-Sca & SP-Nor}, by Lomitas {GB}), a July 15 last-out second over seven furlongs at Chantilly, was under wraps in fourth through halfway in this one. Making smooth headway once into the home straight, the 71-10 chance was stoked up approaching the final furlong and kept on strongly under late rousting to deny Ataared (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}) by a length nearing the line. Hot Queen is the latest of eight foals and one of five scorers produced by the stakes- placed dual Scandinavian champion distaffer Hot Fudge (Swe) (Lomitas {GB}). The March-foaled chestnut hails from a family featuring G1 Dubai Duty Free-winning sire Right Approach (GB) (Machiavellian), dual Classic heroine Highclere (GB) (Queen=s Hussar {GB}) and the latter=s MGSW daughter and blue hen Height of Fashion (Fr) (Bustino {GB}). Lifetime Record: 6-2-2-1, i43,260. Video, sponsored by TVG. O-Finn Blichfeldt; B-AB Ascot (FR); T-Pia & Joakim Brandt.
1st-Dax, i9,000, Mdn, 8-10, 2yo, 7fT, 1:23.30, g/s. ASAD ZABEEL (GB) (c, 2, Dubawi {Ire}--Gharbeya, by More Than Ready), who earned minor prizes over six and seven furlongs at La Teste de Buch in May and June, chased the leading duo in third after the initial exchanges here. Sticking to the far-side rail in the straight, the 14-5 favourite made continued headway into contention approaching the final furlong and was ridden out in the closing stages to assert by 2 1/2 lengths from Mogwai (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Half-brother to a yearling colt Invincible Spirit (Ire), he is the third of four foals and second scorer produced by a winning half-sister to GIII Gotham S. victor Shagaf (Bernardini). The April-foaled homebred bay=s second dam Muhaawara (Unbridled=s Song) is a stakes-winning daughter of GI Hollywood Starlet S. and GI Del Mar Debutante S. heroine Habibti (Tabasco Cat). Lifetime Record: 3-1-0-1, i13,500. Video, sponsored by TVG. O-Shadwell France; B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (GB); T-Jean-Claude Rouget.
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNER: Asad Zabeel (GB), c, 2, Dubawi (Ire)--Gharbeya, by More Than Ready. Dax, 8-10, 7fT, 1:23.30. B-Shadwell Estate Co Ltd (GB). WEDNESDAY, 11 AUGUST 2021
Declaration Of War, who did an amazing job with two crops, Air KENT, JR. ON THE FRONT Force Blue stood out here, U S Navy Flag and now Omaha Beach. He's such a good stallion and they go so well on turf." FOOT AT SARATOGA The colt, consigned by Eaton Sales, is out of Agreeable Miss (USA) (Speightstown {USA}), whose dam, Sweet And Ready (USA) (El Prado {Ire}) won a G2 Princess S. "He is from a mare that has produced four group horses, including three full-brothers who have black type. He looks a beautiful colt and we thought we bought him for good value," Kent Jnr said. Like the six horses purchased last year, several of which are nearing their racetrack debuts for the stable, the War Front colt will make a relatively quick progression to his new home in Australia. "We will take a similar approach to what we did last year. He will head to Kentucky right away, have a good break and be broken in. We will then fly him out here in October. He looks a forward colt and is in an early sale, so he may even get to the Yearlings on show at Saratoga | Fasig-Tipton races in springtime next year. Who knows what his value might be if we can win a nice race?" Kent Jnr said. by Bren O=Brien Buoyed by the progress of the six horses it purchased through An International Approach the American sales in 2020, Mick Price Racing has struck early in Kent Jnr has considerable grounding in the international the 2021 season, securing a War Front (USA) colt at the bloodstock scene, having worked closely with agent Dermot Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale for US$230,000 (AU$313,710). Farrington during his travels and he has been keen to apply Michael Kent Jnr has spearheaded an international expansion what he has learned to his work as a co-trainer with Price. of the stable's bloodstock acquisitions as part of his training "I have been fortunate enough to travel the world and partnership with Mick Price and having been busy through 2020 experience different markets and I guess that is something I at the North American sales was active again on Tuesday. have been able to bring to the table at Mick Price Racing," he Mick Price Racing secured Hip 36, a full brother to three stakes said. horses, including the listed winner Alkaraama (USA) and a "We have done well buying horses out of New Zealand, the half-brother to the listed winner and Group 1 placegetter Mark likes of Ayrton, I'm Thunderstruck, Annavisto and Kurabui, and Of Approval (USA) (Lemon Drop Kid {USA}). now we have this wave of imports that we bought in the Kent Jnr took quite a shine to the progeny of Declaration Of Northern Hemisphere." War (USA) last year, buying four of his colts across the OBS and The manner in which the horses purchased last year have Keeneland sales, and it was a colt by that stallion's sire War thrived since their arrival has emboldened Price and Kent Jnr's Front which caught the eye this time around. desire to continue to search far and wide for the best yearlings "We have a guy on the ground over there, Jay Kilgore, who to purchase. does a lot of work for us. We bought six last year from over "We are always trying to explore new options and I'm there and were extremely impressed by them. He told us that convinced that a good horse is a good horse anywhere," he said. he liked this colt and when we checked him out, we loved him," "We have seen Australians tapping into that European market, Kent Jnr said. but we found it expensive last year. We ended up buying two "War Front needs no introduction. He has had 14% stakes from Tattersalls but were outbid on several others. The winners to runners and he has had 24 Group 1 winners. So many American market, for us, seems to have that value. of his sons have done well out here at stud. You've got TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 2 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 11 AUGUST 2021
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"We are about to start racing a few ones we got last year and we have been most impressed with the horses we have bought. The American thoroughbred is such a lovely specimen, they Wednesday Trivia! seem to have so much scope and strength, and good bone. I think they will suit our conditions." Peters Keen to See Innovation and The Pattern Finding the Right Horses Kent Jnr is adamant that a selective approach is the best way Parsons Creek Looking to the Future for an Australian buyer to approach the American market. "It's important to find the right pedigrees. A lot of them don't Foal Showcase really make sense for Australia, but we were able to buy Declaration Of War colts last year and it made so much sense. Million-Dollar Colt Wins Debut at Hawkesbury He's a stallion that in two crops produced a Melbourne Cup winner, a VRC Derby winner and a Queensland Oaks winner and now you can't get them anymore because he is in Japan," he 2020/2021 Australian Group Races said. Date Race Track The plan to buy at Saratoga came together quite quickly after Aug. 14 G3 Vain S. Caulfield Kilgore's recommendation, and Kent Jnr is expecting to keep a G3 Quezette S. Caulfield close eye on the remainder of the American sales season. G2 P.B. Lawrence S. Caufield "We didn't necessarily plan to buy this time, but given we G3 Spring S. Morphettville know how to do it and did it last year, we were confident with G3 Up and Coming S. Randwick the process. We weren't thinking we=d buy at Saratoga as it can Aug. 21 G1 Winx S. Randwick be expensive as it is a prestigious sale, but Keeneland may G2 Silver Shadow S. Randwick present more opportunities," he said. G3 Show County Quality Randwick One of the Declaration Of War yearling colts purchased last G3 Toy Show Quality Randwick year has been named, Green Belt (USA), while the other two Aug. 28 G3 H.D.F. McNeil S. Caulfield remain unnamed. A now 4-year-old Declaration Of War colt G3 The Heath 1100 S. Caulfield purchased through the 2020 OBS July Two-Year-Old Sale has G1 Memsie S. Caulfield been named French War (USA) and trialled for Price and Kent G3 Cockram S. Caufield Jnr in May.
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THE SIZZLE IS BACK FOR CHAD BROWN'S TEAM, MCKULICK'S WIN A SPECIAL ONE by Bill Finley AT SARATOGA Chad Brown has won so many big races with so many good horses that he can be forgiven if sometimes they all start to run together. But, for Brown, Sunday's second race at Saratoga will never be just another victory. The winner of the maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies was named McKulick (GB) (Frankel {GB}). She was named after Brown's first-ever employee, bookkeeper Mary McKulick. McKulick passed away last October at the age of 67, losing a battle with cancer. "When I decided to go out on my own, the very first person I hired was Mary," Brown said. "She turned into my business partner and she became my most trusted co-worker, my closest confidante. She did so much for the company as it grew to the size it is today. She was so instrumental in our success and there's no possible way I could have done it without her." Cont. p15
Hip 168 | Fasig-Tipton IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Jessica Martini & Christie DeBernardis MONCEAUX AIMING FOR THE STARS AT ARQANA SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - Following a bidless 2020, the sizzle Ecurie des Monceaux has a consignment brimming with quality was back at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion with a vibrant ahead of the Arqana August Yearling Sale. Emma Berry has the concluding session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected details. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Yearlings Sale Tuesday in upstate New York. The session was punctuated by three seven-figure transactions, led by a colt by Into Mischief who sold for $2.6 million to Coolmore's M.V. Magnier. AWhatever adjectives you want to use to describe it: fantastic, vibrant, energetic, dramatic,@ Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said Tuesday night. AYou've heard me say it before and I will say it again. It begins with the quality of horses that were on the sales grounds. We were lucky to have an exceptional group of horses on the grounds this week. You could feel the buzz on the sale grounds. We had a few more breakout horses today just purely by the alphabet. All in all, it was a near- record sale. To accomplish that coming off a disruption in 2020 was remarkable.@ Through two sessions, Fasig-Tipton sold 135 horses for a total of $55,155,000. The average was $408,556 and the median was $350,000. Records of $411,459 (average) and $350,000 (median), respectively, were set in 2019. With 45 horses reported not sold, the buy-back rate was 25%.
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Saratoga Sale cont. He was one of four lots to reach seven figures. That matches AWe were fortunate to have a very, very strong catalogue,@ the number of million-dollar yearlings sold at the 2019 sale. Browning said. AI could hardly be happier right now. It wasn't the A colt from the first crop of Bolt d'Oro sold to Larry Best's OXO sale of the century, but it was awfully close to the sale of Equine for $1.4 million early in Tuesday's session and was century. It lays the foundation for us to begin to work for the followed some thirty hips later by a $1-million son of Quality next century of great horse sales in Saratoga. I promise you we Road purchased by Kindred Stables. Lane's End's Quality Road will do our part to make sure that happens.@ had five of the top 16 offerings Tuesday, while his first-crop The $2.6-million sale topper--super sire Into Mischief's highest- stallion son City of Light occupied another two spots at that priced yearling ever--was consigned by Gainesway on behalf of level. his breeder Don Alberto Corporation. The domestic buying bench continued to be deep at the boutique auction, with the top 15 lots purchased by 12 THE $2.6-MILLION SALE individual buyers. TOPPER--SUPER SIRE INTO MISCHIEF'S THE DOMESTIC BUYING BENCH HIGHEST-PRICED YEARLING CONTINUED TO BE DEEP AT THE EVER--WAS CONSIGNED BY BOUTIQUE AUCTION, WITH THE TOP 15 GAINESWAY ON BEHALF OF HIS LOTS PURCHASED BY 12 INDIVIDUAL BREEDER DON ALBERTO BUYERS. CORPORATION. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 11, 2021
activity during the auction's second session. AIt was a little spotty in here on the first night and you do get to wondering as a consignor sometimes if things are going to be fair or if you're just going to be in a buyer's market,@ Graves said. AI was wondering that the first night, but when the quality came here tonight, they seemed to open up. I think there were better horses today and I think the market really opened up this evening.@ Bloodstock agent David Ingordo was busy buying at the auction and said he found plenty of activity throughout the market. AIt can be spotty if you don't have the right horse,@ Ingordo said. ABut if you do, you better get tied on. The middle market is still good. There are people buying horses, a buddy of mine, John Sikura | Fasig-Tipton Tom McCrocklin, is buying horses in that middle-price range. I see him buying them in the $100,000 to $250,000 range and we While top lots were in high demand, consignors did see some bought a few, what I call value for here, and you just have to get weakening at the lower levels of the market. lucky. But if the horse is nice, forget about it, they are throwing AThe right horse brings triple and the others are tough,@ Hill 'n' the reins at it.@ Dale Sale Agency's John Sikura said. AI assume everyone is The 100th Saratoga sale also made history when the first-ever having the same experience. You have to have enough good cryptocurrency purchase of a Thoroughbred at public auction. individuals to make up for the others.@ After Spendthrift Farm's Eric Gustavsson made the historic Gainesway consigned two of Tuesday's top four yearlings and purchase, he told Fasig-Tipton's Acacia Courtney, AIt was really the operation's Brian Graves said he saw a noticeable uptick in YEARLINGS IN HIGH DEMAND AT SARATOGA SALES OF $1,000,000, $800,000, $700,000, $600,000, $600,000, ETC
$1,000,000 - Hip 160 sold to Kindred Stables from Indian Creek and bred by Santa Rosa Partners
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breeder, Don Alberto Corporation. THE 100TH SARATOGA SALE ALSO AHe was a very nice horse. He is one that we've been talking about for the last couple of days,@ Coolmore's M.V. Magnier MADE HISTORY WHEN THE FIRST-EVER said. AHe was a very nice horse and he's by a very good sire out CRYPTOCURRENCY PURCHASE OF A of a very good race mare. The way Practical Joke is going at the moment, it looks like Into Mischief is a sire of sires. He's a very THOROUGHBRED AT PUBLIC AUCTION. nice horse and let's hope he's as good as Practical Joke.@ Magnier, flanked by members of the Coolmore team, did his bidding while standing at the back row of seats in the pavilion. The group stopped several times to discuss the progression of the bidding while battling with a determined bidder out back. exciting. Hopefully, this will continue to happen. It will be like a Asked what the conversation in the scrum sounded like, snowball effect and other sales companies may be open to it.@ Magnier said with a laugh, AWe just wanted to know what was going on.@ Magnier signed the ticket on four yearlings during the two-day Another Sale Topper for Coolmore Saratoga sale. He purchased a colt by Curlin (hip 166) for $500,000; a Practical Joke colt (hip 152) for $425,000; and an American Pharoah colt (hip 47) for $300,000. Tuesday's sale-topping purchase was the second time this year Coolmore had purchased a $2.6-million colt from a Fasig-Tipton auction. The operation made that top bid at the Gulfstream sale in March to acquire a 2-year-old colt by Nyquist.
TUESDAY'S SALE-TOPPING PURCHASE WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR COOLMORE HAD PURCHASED A $2.6-MILLION COLT FROM A FASIG-TIPTON AUCTION. THE
Hip 168 | Fasig-Tipton OPERATION MADE THAT TOP BID AT The Coolmore team was relatively quiet during Monday's first THE GULFSTREAM SALE IN MARCH TO session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale, but the Irish operation jumped in with both feet Tuesday, securing a colt by Into ACQUIRE A COLT BY NYQUIST. Mischief (hip 168) for a sale-topping $2.6 million. The yearling was consigned by Antony Beck's Gainesway on behalf of his TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 11, 2021
Hip 168 | Fasig-Tipton Hip 168 is out of 2016 GI Test S. winner Paola Queen (Flatter). The Heller-Solari family's Don Alberto purchased the mare for $1.7 million at the 2017 Keeneland November sale. AIt is a tremendous opportunity for the mare and a tremendous success for Don Alberto,@ the operation's executive director Chance Timm said of Tuesday's result. ACarlos Heller and the whole family have been so dedicated to this. It is very exciting. The commitment this family has made to the industry, with the investment in land and investment in mares, this is what we hope to achieve.@ Of the yearling's final price, Timm said, AIt is hard to expect anything in that kind of range, but with the kind of interest we had, we knew he would sell well. He is a very rare type of horse. With that sire and that mare, those kind are very rare.@ Paola Queen produced a filly by Into Mischief this year and she was bred back to Tapit. Buyers can expect to see more of the 8-year-old mare's in the sales ring in the coming years. AFor the most part, everything goes to the market,@ Timm said. AMr. Heller is interested in partnerships every once in a while.@ Gainesway's Brian Graves said he was always high on the sale- topping yearling. AWe are just grateful for Don Alberto to send us such a nice horse,@ Graves said. AHe was a physical standout when we saw him on the farm. He was a horse that you got down on your hands and knees and said please let it be me and we were just lucky that they let us lead him around here.@ Graves continued, AHe has a beautiful neck and shoulder, it ties in just beautifully, and a big square ass and just a walk that you see 2% of the horses you sell in a year walk that way and that will continue to walk like that. They walk that way on the last walk, the same as they did on the first walk. He was cool and calm the whole sale. And when horses do that and you are out of a Grade I winner and you're by the world's best stallion, TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 11, 2021
you're supposed to have a chance to top the sale.@ A half-brother to Hall of Famer Rachel Alexandra (Medaglia Of the underbidder out back, Graves said, AI believe Fabricio d'Oro) gave his first-crop sire Bolt d'Oro a major boost Tuesday Buffolo was the underbidder.@ Buffolo, Don Alberto's former when becoming the first yearling to reach the seven-figure mark executive director, was reportedly bidding on behalf of Ben during an electric second session. After a fast and furious round Leon's Besilu Stable. --@JessMartiniTDN of bidding, hip 132 hammered for $1.4 million to Larry Best, who did his bidding quietly near the main entrance to the Half to Rachel Alexandra 'Bolts' Clear Early pavilion. John Sikura, whose Hill 'n' Dale Sales consigned the colt on behalf of breeder Dr. Dede McGehee's Heaven Trees Farm, was first on hand to congratulate the Oxo Equine principal. AThis is a special horse and a special opportunity,@ said Best, who sold hip 114, a Quality Road colt, for $800,000 earlier in the evening and struck late for a $725,000 City of Light half-brother to his MGSW 'TDN Rising Star' Travel Column (Frosted) (hip 209). AObviously there are no guarantees. The horse is just beautiful. Then you look at the page and it has Rachel Alexandra on it, which helps. It is 90% physical. However, I love Medaglia d'Oros and Bolt d'Oro is close. He is clearly the standout of the sale. Some people may pay more for a horse and they already have. He didn't vet totally clean, so I can't send him to Eddie Woods tomorrow. It will take three or four months, but he is worth the bet.@ Hip 132's dam Lotta Kim (Roar) was a stakes winner and GSP for owner/breeder Dolphus Morrison and was retired to Hip 132 & Larry Best | Fasig-Tipton McGehee's Heaven Trees Farm for her broodmare career. She The Leading Sire of 2YOs Worldwide Hip 76 sells for $850,000 In addition, Hip 24 sold for $550,000. This comes three days after Pappacap’s 4 3/4 length romp in the Best Pal (G2) and two days after Wicked Halo’s spectacular performance in the Adirondack (G2) at the Spa.
859.873.7053 www.threechimneys.com Congratulations to @ three_chimneys Consignor Denali Stud Agent IX BUY and buyer Maverick Racing. LGB, LLC 2021 / Photos by Z TRUE TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 8 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 11, 2021 sustained a life-threatening injury in a racetrack accident which made the foaling process and the recovery difficult, but was carefully managed by McGehee, who is a veterinarian and longtime friend to the late Morrison. Her first foal was two-time Eclipse winner Rachel Alexandra, who romped in the GI Kentucky Oaks for Morrison before being sold privately to Stonestreet Stables and Harold McCormick. She of course went on to win four more Grade Is, including the GI Preakness S., and produced a Grade I winner of her own in Rachel's Valentina (Bernardini). Rachel Alexandra's first foal was 'TDN Rising Star' and young sire Jess's Dream and she has since been retired from the breeding shed due to a post-foaling medical scare in 2013. Morrison dispersed his breeding stock in 2012, except for Lotta Kim, who was transferred to McGehee's ownership. Stonestreet purchased Lotta Kim's daughter Samantha Nicole (Medaglia d'Oro) for $700,000 at that dispersal. Lotta Kim's first foal for McGehee was the sentimentally named Dolphus (Lookin at Lucky), who was Grade III-placed. Her next foal Fayeq (Malibu Moon) summoned $800,000 from Shadwell Stable at Keeneland September and he was followed by SP Wooderson (Awesome Again), who was a $400,000 KEESEP buy for Let's Go Stable. Her 2017 colt Airstream (Tapit) RNA'd for $375,000 at that auction and McGehee retained her 3-year-old filly Gladys (Medaglia d'Oro), who has won one of four starts for trainer Kelsey Danner. Lotta Kim did not have a foal in 2019, making hip 132 her first foal to be offered at auction in three years and first to sell at Saratoga, where Rachel Alexandra famously beat older males as a sophomore filly in the 2009 GI Woodward S.. The 20-year-old Lotta Kim had a Bernardini filly this spring named Brilliance. AI was not expecting it,@ said an emotional overwhelmed McGehee after thanking Best. AYou always hope for great things.
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He looked good and they did a great job prepping him. He is probably the best thing that I have ever owned. Thank you to Dolphus Morrison.@ This was the first time Hill 'n' Dale prepped and sold a horse for McGehee's operation. AThis is a beautiful classy, long, smooth gorgeous animal,@ said SIkura. AThis colt was high class and very popular. We had high expectations and you can say he exceeded them, but I thought he would hit $1 million. Anything after that you can't expect. Larry Best puts a lot of money in the game and I hope he bought a champion. Dede is a lovely lady and this is the first horse we sold for her. He presented like a champion and never turned a hair all week.@ Hip 132 is the first seven-figure offspring for first-crop sire Bolt d'Oro, who brought $630,000 at the 2016 renewal of this auction and went on to win a pair of Grade I events as a juvenile. His introductory fee was $25,000 and he was one of many stallions to have his fee reduced due to the effects of the COVID- 19 pandemic, going to $15,000. Bolt d'Oro's offspring proved quite popular at Saratoga with 10 yearlings selling for $4.07 million at an average of $267,500. --@CDeBernardisTDN
BOLT D'ORO'S OFFSPRING PROVED QUITE POPULAR AT SARATOGA WITH 10 YEARLINGS SELLING FOR $4.07 MILLION AT AN AVERAGE OF $267,500.
Quality Filly Marks Sentimental Sale for Ryan It's always a wonderful moment for a breeder when one of their homebreds reaches the $1-million mark, but it was extra special and a bit bittersweet for Mike Ryan Tuesday as his longtime partner and friend, the late Gerry Dilger, was not there to share in their success. Bred under Dilger and Ryan's Santa Rosa Partners banner, hip 160, a daughter of the operation's blue hen Above Perfection (In Excess {Ire}), summoned a cool million from Jeff Drown's Kindred Stables. Drown did his bidding over the phone with Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning and after the sale Ryan announced he would stay in for 50% of the filly. AI stayed in for my half and Jeff bought out the other half. He is a great friend of mine,@ Ryan said. AThis is a family I'd find it very TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 11, 2021
juvenile filly named Beyond Perfection (Curlin) and a 2021 colt by Justify. Sadly, she had to be euthanized shortly after producing that foal. AWe lost the mare this year,@ Ryan said. AShe had her last foal by Justify and she foundered a few weeks after foaling. She had never been sick a day in her life. She was a 23-year-old mare and she looked like she was 17. But, she foundered after foaling very quickly and we ended up putting her to sleep. We were going to pension her and let her live out her days, but we didn't get to do that.@ Ryan said of all the foals he and Dilger have bred out of Above Perfection, hip 160 reminds him of Hot Dixie Chick the most. Purchased by Barbara Banke's Grace Stables for $435,000 at the FTKFEB juvenile sale, she captured the GI Spinaway S. and GIII Schuylerville S. at the Spa and has produced GSW Pauline's Pearl Hip 160 | Fasig-Tipton (Tapit) and MSW Union Jackson (Curlin). Cont. p11 hard to replace. These kind are collector's items. You don't find them very often. This was a great price for the Dilger family. Gerry's widow, Erin, is very happy. I had great confidence in the filly and I told Jeff I'd stay in if he wanted to partner.@
The bloodstock agent added, AThere is very little downside to this filly. The page speaks for itself. She will always have residual value and if she happens to win a stake her value multiplies.@ Ryan and Dilger acquired GSW Above Perfection for $450,000 FASIG-TIPTON SARATOGA SALE - SESSION 2 in foal to Dixie Union at the 2006 FTKNOV sale. She had already SESSION TOTALS produced three foals, none of which had any black-type. The $ Catalogued 100 foal she was carrying at the time of her purchase turned out to $ No. Offered 84 be Grade I winner Hot Dixie Chick, herself a $340,000 graduate $ No. Sold 65 $ RNAs 19 of this sale. Her 2009 foal Abhaath (Hard Spun) was a $400,000 $ % RNAs 22.6% KEESEP yearling and her 2012 Tapit colt Chubasco brought $ No. $500K+ 24 $725,000 at that auction. $ High Price $2,600,000 In 2014, Above Perfection produced a colt from the first crop $ Gross $29,875,000 $ Average $459,615 of Bodemeister, who sold to Steve Young for $350,000 at $ Median $400,000 Keeneland September. That colt was Always Dreaming who captured the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Florida Derby under the SALE TOTALS care of Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher. $ Catalogued 210 $ No. Offered 180 He was followed by $485,000 KEESEP buy Safwah (Medaglia $ No. Sold 135 d'Oro) in 2015 and Above Perfection's 2016 foal was a filly $ RNAs 45 named Positive Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile), who won a Grade II $ % RNAs 25% for Dilger and Ryan before selling to Spendthrift for $1.5 million $ No. $500K+ 37 $ High Price $2,600,000 at FTKNOV. $ Gross $55,155,000 AThis is a mare that did so much for the Dilger family and the $ Average $408,556 Ryan family,@ Ryan said. AShe hadn't produced any stakes $ Median $350,000 winners when we bought her, but she just threw one after another for us. It is a very bittersweet moment because he is not here to celebrate it, enjoy it and see the fruits of his labor. He was the one hands on and I was on the road, so to speak. He did it all. He was a great friend and a terrific guy and partner.@ Above Perfection's recent produce includes an unraced Champion Son of Champion Sire Curlin Good Magic lights up the board on Day 1 of the Saratoga Sale $460,000, $360,000, $325,000, $225,000.
Hip 99 selling for $460,000. Congratulations to Consignor Machmer Hall Sales Agent for Machmer Hall I and buyers Ben McElroy & Alex Elliott. www.hillndalefarms.com
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Hip 173 sells for for 22x stud fee $675,000
Hip 173 selling for $675,000. Congratulations to Consignor Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent for Stonestreet Bred and Raised, and buyers Lapenta, Madaket, and e5 Racing Thoroughbreds.
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AShe actually reminds me of Hot Dixie Chick, a medium-sized, strong, quality filly,@ Ryan said. AShe has a great mind and Hot Dixie Chick was the same way. When Hot Dixie Chick was training, you'd think she had a temperature, but that was just her demeanor, a very low-tempered filly. This filly is the same way. She takes everything in stride. She reminds me of Hot Dixie Chick and the mare more than Quality Road.@ Hip 160 was consigned by Shack Parrish's Indian Creek. --@CDeBernardisTDN AI am two-for-two now,@ Best said. AThis is the only one I am Best Sells, Too selling today, but I have three or four at Keeneland and two with Fasig. But whoever bought this horse bought an outstanding Larry Best, who has frequently made headlines as a buyer over specimen.@ the last several years, is now two-for-two as a seller after a colt It didn't take Best long to reinvest his profits, purchasing a colt by Quality Road (hip 114) bred by Best's OXO Equine went for by Bolt d'Oro half-brother to champion Rachel Alexandra for $800,000 to the online bid of WinStar Farm's Maverick Racing $1.4 million. --@JessMartiniTDN Tuesday evening in Saratoga. The bay colt is out of stakes winner Hung the Moon (Malibu Moon) and is a half-brother to Grade I- placed Brill (Medaglia d'Oro), who was purchased by Best for $1 million at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton July sale and is another mare in BEST'S FIRST HOMEBRED TO GO his broodmare band. THROUGH THE SALES RING, A COLT BY AIt's my second in my homebred I've sold and to be honest with you, I didn't want to sell him,@ Best said. ABut when you are CANDY RIDE (ARG) OUT OF BEYOND breeding and you're racing and you have the broodmare GRACE (UNCLE MO) (HIP 111), SOLD FOR population, you have to support it. You can't just keep every horse. This was a beautiful colt. At $750,000, I was taking him $350,000 TO JAMES BERNHARD AT home. But when it got to $800,000, I thought whoever owns LAST MONTH'S FASIG-TIPTON JULY him, I hope, will have Grade I wins and it will help my mare and Brill, who is also a mare of mine. And it will help fund the whole SALE. breeding operation.@ Best's first homebred to go through the sales ring, a colt by Candy Ride (Arg) out of Beyond Grace (Uncle Mo) (hip 111), sold for $350,000 to James Bernhard at last month's Fasig-Tipton July sale. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 11, 2021
Tapit Filly Heads West Quality Road Colt Gets Session Off to a Fast Start
Hip 139 | ThoroStride A filly by Tapit (hip 139) will head out west to join the Bill Farish, David Ingordo & Terry Finley | Fasig-Tipton California-based stable of trainer John Shirreffs after selling for The first hip through the ring during Tuesday's second session $800,000 to the bid of bloodstock agent David Ingordo Tuesday of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale was a good indicator of what in Saratoga. The gray yearling was bred and consigned by was to come. Hip 111, a Quality Road colt out of GISW Antony Beck's Gainesway, which campaigned her dam Madame Harmonize (Scat Daddy), got things off and running in a big way, Stripes (Arg) (Equal Stripes) to win the 2018 GIII Megahertz S. selling for $700,000 to West Point Thoroughbreds and and a third-place effort in the GI Gamely S. Group 1 placed in Woodford Racing. He was consigned by Brookdale Sales. her native Argentina, the 9-year-old mare hit the board in six AYou are always a little nervous bidding on the first horse in additional graded stakes in California in 2017 and 2018. the ring,@ said West Point racing manager Erin Birkenhauer. AIt is AShe is a good Tapit and we have been really lucky buying kind of a bad post position for the consignor, but you'd think it homebreds from Gainesway,@ Ingordo said. AShe came up here was a good post position for the buyer. When they have that and looked awesome and she had the pedigree. She's going to much quality, it doesn't matter. People noticed he was super end up in California and John Shirreffs will train her. The mother athletic. He was pretty much a carbon copy of Quality Road and ran out there and I liked that. And I noticed Tapit has done well we loved the Scat Daddy mare. She was a very good racehorse. with South American mares. I think [GI Belmont S. winner] This colt was a handy-looking horse. You wouldn't be surprised if Creator was out of a similar pedigree.@ he was a precocious 2-year-old.@ Madame Stripes has a weanling filly by Tapit and was bred AWe knew he was a top-end colt,@ said Birkenhauer. AThis was back to that Gainesway stalwart. a one-horse consignment, so they aren't going to bring a horse AShe was bred and raised at Gainesway out of a mare that up here that isn't going to create some fireworks. We expected Antony raced in partnership,@ Gainesway's Brian Graves said. we would have to be pretty strong, which is why we banded AWe were thrilled with the result. I hear David Ingordo got her together with Bill Farish and his group [Woodford Racing] to get and is taking her out to California which is fitting because that it done.@ was where her mother was successful. We wish them a lot of Larkin Armstrong purchased Harmonize for $80,000 as a luck.@ --@JessMartiniTDN KEESEP yearling and she captured the GI Del Mar Oaks, as well as a pair of Grade IIIs, including Saratoga's Glens Falls S. Armostrong retained her first foal, the now 2-year-old Vocalize (More Than Ready), who is in training with J.J. Pletcher in Ocala. AI thought this colt would be a good prospect for the sales, so I was very excited,@ said Armstrong. AA lot of good agents and trainers were on him, so that was really cool.@ --@CDeBernardisTDN 2021 Stud Fee: $7,500 LFSN Unbeaten and Unchallenged ... and now, Unbelievable
Hip 140 sells for $400,000 Hip 140 selling for $400,000. Congratulations to Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, Agent, and buyers St. Elias & West Point Thoroughbreds, Inc.
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Hip 148 sells for $400,000
Hip 148 selling for $400,000. Congratulations to Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent XXX, and buyer West Bloodstock, Agent for St. Elias.
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Rajput Makes Most of Spa Trip at an in-person auction. AIt's been fun. It's my first sale in person,@ he said. AMost of the Indian businessman Kuldeep Singh Rajput made the most of sales earlier this year were online. So far, in Australia and other his first trip to Saratoga, with his fledgling Gandharvi Racing places, I primarily deal with trainers. And trainers, of course, operation teaming up with China Horse Club to acquire three work with some agents. But I try to build good relationship with yearlings during the two-day boutique auction. The two the trainers. We have Ciaron Maher and Chris Waller in operations partnered to purchase a filly by Practical Joke (hip Australia, Todd [Pletcher] here. So far we have done it that 67) for $420,000, a colt by Street Sense (hip 206) for $350,000 way.@ --@JessMartiniTDN and a colt by Good Magic (hip 18) for $325,000. AWhile I was growing up back in India, I was really fascinated by horses, their elegance, speed and power,@ Rajput said of his early interest in racing. AMy great, great grandparents used to breed in India, but after that nobody took it forward. I always had a dream and a goal that one day I would own racehorses and get into the racing and the breeding scene.@ His dreams of a racing stable were put on hold as Rajput built up his digital health company Biofourmis which is focused on developing software-based therapeutics to provide better outcomes for patients, smarter engagement and tracking tools FASIG-TIPTON SARATOGA SALE for clinicians, and cost-effective solutions for payers. TUESDAY’S TOP FIVE COLTS AThe timing wasn't right, I was building my company, but at some point last year, I had an opportunity to buy a horse in HIP SIRE | DAM PRICE ($) Singapore,@ Rajput said. AI bought it and since then I have built 168 Into Mischief--Paola Queen 2,600,000 relationships and kept expanding, in Australia, in the U.K. and Breeder: Don Alberto Corporation (KY) here in the U.S.@ Consignor: Gainesway, Agent XIX AI have 24 horses, most of them are in pre-training and most of Purchaser: M.V. Magnier them are yearlings. In the U.S., we have a couple with Todd 132 Bolt d=Oro--Lotta Kim 1,400,000 Pletcher. And in the U.K. we bought one 2-year-old, a Kingman Breeder: Heaven Trees Farm (KY) (GB) colt, with China Horse Club. He is going to hopefully race Consignor: Hill =n= Dale Sales Agency, agent this week.@ Purchaser: OXO Equine LLC That Kingman colt, the i580,000 Arqana May Breeze-Up 114 Quality Road--Hung the Moon 800,000 purchase Kingdom Come (Ire), is expected to be Rajput's first- Breeder: OXO Equine (KY) ever starter when he goes to the post Friday at Newbury. Consignor: Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent LX Rajput's partnership with China Horse Club came about after Purchaser: Maverick Racing he purchased a yearling by the group's Group 1 winner Russian 209 City of Light--Swingit 725,000 Revolution (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}). Breeder: Mr. & Mrs. Bayne Welker, Jr. (KY) AI ended up buying a yearling in Australia by Russian Consignor: Denali Stud, agent for Bayne & Christina Welker Revolution and I bought the yearling for Singapore,@ Rajput said. Purchaser: OXO Equine LLC AThat was the first Russian Revolution in Singapore and Teo [Ah 111 Quality Road--Harmonize 700,000 Khing] reached out and congratulated me and he was excited. Breeder: Larkin Armstrong (KY) We started talking and we have built a good relationship and I Consignor: Brookdale Sales, agent think we have the same goals.@ Purchaser: West Point & Woodford Racing Rajput expects his racing empire to eventually encompass breeding. TUESDAY’S TOP FIVE FILLIES AWe will probably start with the racing and hopefully get some HIP SIRE | DAM PRICE ($) fillies,@ he said. AAnd hopefully have broodmares and breed our 160 Quality Road--Above Perfection 1,000,000 own. As you know, it all takes time, but I think we have the right Breeder: Santa Rosa Partners (KY) partners.@ Consignor: Indian Creek, agent The 29-year-old Rajput, based in Boston and Singapore, was Purchaser: Kindred Stables making not only his first trip to Saratoga, but also his first foray TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 11, 2021
139 Tapit--Madame Stripes (Arg) 800,000 Breeder: Gainesway Thoroughbreds (KY) Consignor: Gainesway, Agent VIII Purchaser: Mayberry Farm 184 War Front--Sassifaction 775,000 ($385,000 i/u '19 KEENOV) Breeder: SF Bloodstock (KY) Consignor: Bedouin Bloodstock, agent Purchaser: Live Oak Plantation 154 City of Light--Modesty Blaise 650,000 Breeder: Flaxman Holdings (KY) Consignor: Lane=s End, agent Purchaser: William K. Warren Jr. & Andrew Warren 120 Medaglia d'Oro--Journey Home 625,000 Breeder: Sam-Son Farm (ON) Consignor: Property of Sam-Son Farm M V Magnier & Brian Graves | Fasig-Tipton Purchaser: Live Oak Plantation Under his pinhooking moniker Fish Stables, Gainesway's Brian Graves purchased this half-brother to MGSW Secret Gypsy (Sea of Secrets)--a sharp debut winner across the street back in 2007- -for $185,000 at Keeneland November.
156 filly Not This Time More Than Magic 175,000 Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent XLIV Purchased by Quarter Pole Enterprises LLC Bill and Leslie McDowell paid just $5,000 for then 13-year-old FASIG-TIPTON SARATOGA More Than Magic (More Than Ready) at KEENOV '19 while she Hip Sex Sire Dam Price ($) was carrying this future Arkansas-bred. Hip 156's year-older full- 146 colt Bolt d'Oro Mary Rita 550,000 sister was third in last year's GIII Schuylerville S. here. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent for Clearsky Farms 169 filly Mendelssohn Perazzi 435,000 Purchased by Spendthrift Farm LLC Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent The Cleary family's Clearsky Farms paid $230,000 for stakes- Purchased by Klaravich Stables placed Mary Rita (Distorted Humor) while she was in foal to The Sycamore was the entity credited with buying this first-crop Factor at the 2016 Keeneland September sale. While the daughter of regally bred Mendelssohn for $100,000 at granddaughter of Personal Ensign did not produce a live foal in Keeneland November. 2017, she's been plenty productive since then. Her Into Mischief colt of 2018 was a $375,000 KEEJAN short yearling (and 184 filly War Front Sassifaction 775,000 $850,000 September yearling), while her now 2-year-old Into Consigned by Bedouin Bloodstock, agent Mischief filly brought $1,025,000 from Courtlandt Farm last Purchased by Live Oak Plantation September. Spendthrift Farm, which stood Bolt d'Oro for SF Bloodstock paid $385,000 for this full sister to $25,000 the year hip 146 was conceived, supported their young MGSW/MGISP Cambodia in utero at the 2019 Keeneland stallion here Tuesday evening. November sale.
152 colt Practical Joke Miss Utada 425,000 186 filly Bolt d'Oro Scenic Road 500,000 Consigned by Gainesway, Agent VII Consigned by South Point Sales Agency, Agent XI Purchased by M V Magnier, Wesley Ward, Andrew Farm Purchased by F. Brothers, Solis/Litt, agent & Dr. Ramon Tallaj Mick Ruis owned and trained MGISW Bolt d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro), and bought this filly in utero for $240,000 at KEENOV '19. Hip 51 sells for $460,000 at The Saratoga Sale.
Ghostzapper currently ranks #2 on the General Sire List with progeny earnings of $12.5M.
Congratulations to Consignor Denali Stud Agent II and buyer Brad Cox Colts Group.
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205 colt Twirling Candy Stylish Ways 500,000 Consigned by Paramount Sales, Agent VII Purchased by Mayberry Farm Gabriel Duignan's Springhouse Farm was responsible for the $70,000 purchase of Stylish Ways (Empire Maker) at the 2019 Keeneland November sale. Co-bred by Springhouse, Fox Straus and Golden Acorn Equine, the Jan. 28 foal sparked a serious score for the group Tuesday.
206 colt Street Sense Sweeter Than Ever 350,000 Consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, agent Purchased by China Horse Club/Gandharvi The sharp team at Hunter Valley Farm acquired this bay colt for $135,000 this January at Keeneland.
McKulick's Win a Special One cont. from p1 It was toward the end of the 2019 meet at Saratoga and shortly after McKulick retired that she got the diagnosis that she had biliary cancer. When Brown found about it, he reached out to Dr. Vince Miller. Miller is a horse owner, horseplayer and a renowned oncologist who had come to know Brown over the years. Biliary cancer is not his specialty, but he is well-connected and was able to open up some doors for McKulick. McKulick was able to jump to the top of the line and was seen by some of the foremost Mary McKulick | Family Photo experts in the world in the field of bile duct cancers. "What Chad wanted to do was get us to the best place possible reports coming out of Stonestreet, but Brown took notice of the ASAP," McKulick's widower, Ron, explained. "He was truly sire. Frankel is named, of course, for Brown's mentor, the late instrumental in getting that done." Bobby Frankel. "They formed a new treatment plan for her that undoubtedly "When I left Frankel and went out on my own, Mary was the extended her life," Brown said. first person I hired," Brown said. "That's another reason this McKulick said that his late wife responded well to the horse connected with me." treatment at first and that her tumors shrank over a period of Brown had no problem convincing owner Seth Klarman to about six months. Eventually, he said, "they came back with a name the horse after Mary McKulick. vengeance." "On Preakness day, I reached out to Chad," McKulick said. "I It was right about the time that McKulick passed away that know how busy the guy is, but I just wanted to wish him well Mike and Mary Ryan had picked out what they thought could be and tell him I'd be rooting for him. He texted me back right away a future star at the 2020 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. and said he had a filly about to come to his barn and that he was Brown was not able to attend the sale, but Mike Ryan signed the going to name her after Mary. I was so impressed by his ticket for him, purchasing the daughter of Frankel for 180,000 thoughtfulness." guineas. The filly was handed over to Ian Brennan, whose job Had McKulick not panned out as a race horse the story would was to get her ready for the races. It didn't take him long to not have turned out the way it has. The race, run at a figure out that she might just have a bright future. mile-and-a-sixteenth on the grass, was a typical Saratoga "She was broke at Stonestreet Farm by Ian Brennan and his maiden, loaded with horses with potential. Brown, himself, had team and Ian, fairly early on, identified her as one who had the horse to beat, a first-time-starter named Consumer above-average talent," Brown said. "On my various trips to the Spending (More Than Ready), a $200,000 yearling purchase also farm over the winter I certainly liked what I saw." owned by Klarman. McKulick proved to be the best of the group, Brown had already had the idea of naming a horse after winning by 1 1/2 lengths over her stablemate. McKulick. In the case of the Frankel filly, not only were good Brown watched the race alongside retired trainer Phil TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 16 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 11, 2021
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McKulick | Sarah Andrew Hauswald, who is Mary McKulick's brother. Keeneland Photo "When the horses hit the wire, it was a very emotional A total of 4,034 yearlings have been catalogued for moment for Phil and me," Brown said. "I am told many of her Keeneland's 78th annual September yearling sale, scheduled for family members were watching the race back in Indiana. (The Sept. 13-24 in Lexington, KY. McKulicks are from New Albany, Indiana). It was just a great, AThis is an exciting time at Keeneland as we welcome Tony great moment. I was emotional myself. She meant so much to so Lacy as our new Vice President of Sales and Cormac Breathnach many people. I was trying to do my part to keep her legacy as our new Director of Sales Operations, while longtime Director alive." of Sales Operations Geoffrey Russell remains on the team in a That he's done. consulting role,@ Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin It's too early to tell what McKulick will accomplish on the said. AWe have initiated a number of new features to further racetrack. But based on her debut, her pedigree and her enhance the September Sale and facilitate the process for trainer's dominance of the turf stakes program in New York, it's buyers and sellers with the goal of creating a consistent sale not hard to envision her going on to win graded stakes. Maybe format each year and further ensuring a stable marketplace.@ there will even be a Breeders' Cup appearance in her future. Previously announced changes to the September sale this year "Everyone knows that Chad is an excellent horseman and an include an RNA Reoffer at the conclusion of a two-day Book 1. excellent businessperson," McKulick said. "In his own AFor those passionate about Thoroughbred racing,@ Lacy said, understated way, he is a very caring and thoughtful person. He ACentral Kentucky and Keeneland are destination experiences. didn't have to do any of this. But he had such a good and strong We intend to provide those attending the September Sale a relationship with Mary through all the years they worked memorable stay to enjoy the best of what the Bluegrass has to together. I imagine he has that same sentiment toward a offer.@ number of people who work with him. I give him a whole lot of Week 1 of the auction will feature two Book 1 and Book 2 credit for being a really good standup guy. I am very grateful." sessions followed by a dark day on Friday, Sept. 17. Books 3 and 4 will take place in the subsequent days, with three Book 5 sessions spread over the final two days of the sale--one on OCEANPORT S.: In accord with American Graded Stakes Thursday, Sept. 23 followed by the final two sessions both on Committee policy, the Aug. 8, 2021 renewal of the Listed the sale's final day, Sept. 24. Oceanport S., scheduled for the Monmouth Park turf course but AKeeneland remains customer-focused in our mission to switched to the main track, was automatically downgraded to provide the absolute best marketplace this September,@ Lacy non-Listed Black Type (NLBT) status and was conducted said. AWe adjusted the sale format after many meaningful as a NLBT stakes race. The American Graded Stakes Committee conversations with our customers, who expressed their strong has reviewed the off-the-turf renewal and has determined that desire to see a significant number of yearlings before a break.@ the original Listed status will be not reinstated for this renewal. As for combining the last two Book 5 sessions, Lacy said, AThis change will allow buyers to have a full day of yearlings to TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 17 OF 17 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUGUST 11, 2021 consider rather than two shorter sessions at the end of the sale House bill and number, H.R. 3684, the INVEST Act, but little else. and will generate a more vibrant market for all involved on The Senate effectively stripped an amendment led by U.S. Reps. Friday.@ Troy Carter, D-La., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., John Katko, R-N.Y., Book 1 sessions will begin at 1:00 p.m.; Book 2 sessions at Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. and conceived by 11:00 a.m.; and the remaining sessions will begin at 10:00 a.m. Animal Wellness Action to H.R. 3684 that would have banned The catalog is now available to view online with printed the transport of equines across state and federal lines for the catalogs expected to arrive around Aug. 23. Visit purposes of slaughter for human consumption. theworldsyearlingsale.com for enhanced information. U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, D-N.J., made an attempt to keep the anti-slaughter transport language in play by filing his own amendment #2296, but that effort gained no momentum, with few Senators treating the anti-slaughter provision in a serious-minded way. "We are disappointed the Senate continues to treat the ongoing slaughter of tens of thousands of horses as anything but an urgent matter," said Marty Irby, executive director at Animal Wellness Action, who was recently honored by Her Majesty, TIMONIUM MEET SCHEDULE, PURSES ANNOUNCED Queen Elizabeth, II for his work to protect horses. "Here was an Running from Aug. 27 through Sept. 6, this year=s seven days opportunity to solve a major animal welfare problem that the of racing held during the Maryland State Fair at Timonium will American public overwhelmingly supports and that's been offer purses of over $287,000 daily, the Maryland State Fair and circulating in the Senate for a quarter century. House Members Agricultural Society announced Tuesday. should vote against the Senate-passed infrastructure bill or The meet will feature the $125,000 Timonium Juvenile S. for amend the measure to restore the anti-slaughter language." 2-year-olds, going 6 1/2 furlongs Aug. 29. A $40,000 trainers= "We've watched tens of thousands of horses endure a horrible bonus will be offered this year and grooms' awards to the best passage to Canada and Mexico every year and then get turned out in each race will also be awarded. Annual College slaughtered at foreign abattoirs for a small segment of Day at the Fair will take place Aug. 27, with 10 $1,000 college consumers in Asia and Europe," said Wayne Pacelle, president of scholarships being awarded to preregistered full time college the Center for a Humane Economy. "Americans want to see this students in attendance. ruthless and predatory industry stop gathering up and AWithout the leadership of Gerry Brewster, Chairman of our victimizing American horses and burros. Failing to take up this Board, Donna Myers, President, Bill Marlow, Race Committee issue was a terrible missed opportunity for the Senate." Chairman, and the entire Board of Directors of the Maryland State Fair, these developments would not be possible,@ said Bill Reightler, Director of Racing Operations. AWe are particularly excited about Twilight Racing and College Day at the Fair Aug. 27, along with the Aug. 29 running of the inaugural Timonium Juvenile S. and thank the sponsors and horsemen for supporting us.@ Post time for opening day will be 3 p.m., with the first race going off all other days at 12:40 p.m.
U.S. SENATE IGNORES HORSE SLAUGHTER ISSUE Edited Press Release The U.S. Senate passed a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill Tuesday without any provision to ban the export of live horses to Canada and Mexico for slaughter for human consumption, putting in jeopardy the anti-slaughter provision adopted more than a month ago in the House by a voice vote. The Senate assembled anew its Infrastructure bill, taking the SIRE LISTS Sponsored by
Leading Third-Crop Sires by YTD Black-Type Horses for stallions standing in North America through Monday, August 9 Earnings represent worldwide figures, stud fees listed are 2021 fees. Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Constitution 9 21 2 11 -- 2 171 78 394,700 6,043,137 (2011) by Tapit FYR: 2017 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $85,000 Warrant 2 American Pharoah 11 19 4 11 1 4 212 61 1,011,264 6,828,004 (2012) by Pioneerof the Nile FYR: 2017 Stands: Ashford Stud KY Fee: $100,000 Cafe Pharoah 3 Tonalist 6 10 1 5 1 1 123 53 220,000 3,499,372 (2011) by Tapit FYR: 2017 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $12,500 Country Grammer 4 Liam's Map 5 9 3 5 1 1 130 54 1,137,600 4,442,367 (2011) by Unbridled's Song FYR: 2017 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $30,000 Colonel Liam 5 Honor Code 4 8 2 4 1 1 122 52 391,100 3,074,963 (2011) by A.P. Indy FYR: 2017 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $20,000 Maracuja 6 Carpe Diem 2 7 -- 1 -- -- 137 59 132,335 2,949,712 (2012) by Giant's Causeway FYR: 2017 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Chancheng Prince 7 Bayern 3 7 -- 4 -- -- 106 60 230,500 2,761,809 (2011) by Offlee Wild FYR: 2017 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa KY Fee: $7,500 Leggs Galore 8 Wicked Strong 2 7 ------152 64 160,600 2,479,275 (2011) by Hard Spun FYR: 2017 Stands: Pin Oak Lane Farm PA Fee: $3,500 Jilted Bride 9 Competitive Edge 3 7 1 3 -- -- 86 44 201,000 2,405,788 (2012) by Super Saver FYR: 2017 Stands: Valor Farm TX Fee: $5,000 Edgeway 10 Tapiture 1 6 -- 1 -- 1 200 89 821,800 4,300,924 (2011) by Tapit FYR: 2017 Stands: Darby Dan Farm KY Fee: $10,000 Jesus' Team 11 Daredevil 4 6 2 2 2 2 99 32 753,800 2,629,238 (2012) by More Than Ready FYR: 2017 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Shedaresthedevil 12 Palace Malice 2 6 1 1 -- -- 114 48 195,710 2,070,651 (2010) by Curlin FYR: 2017 Stands: Three Chimneys Farm KY Fee: $20,000 Like the King 13 Summer Front 2 6 -- 2 -- -- 122 39 152,500 1,836,777 (2009) by War Front FYR: 2017 Stands: Airdrie Stud KY Fee: $10,000 Summer Brew 14 Karakontie (Jpn) 2 5 1 2 -- -- 68 34 280,760 1,674,625 (2011) by Bernstein FYR: 2017 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $10,000 None Above the Law 15 The Big Beast 1 4 ------62 29 91,320 1,185,994 (2011) by Yes It's True FYR: 2017 Stands: Ocala Stud FL Fee: $4,000 Livingmybestlife
FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ WEDNESDAY=S RACING INSIGHTS: Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency By Christina Bossinakis SPEEDY MUNNINGS COLT KICKS OFF AT SARATOGA Wednesday, Saratoga, post time: 4:39 p.m. EDT MAHONY S., $120,000, 3yo, 5.5fT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER ML 1 Into the Sunrise Into Mischief I Ortiz Jr. Ward 7-2 2 Fauci Malibu Moon Santana Jr. Antonucci 15-1 3 Sky's Not Falling Seville (Ger) Saez Tombetta 9-2 4 Jaxon Traveler Munnings Ortiz Asmussen 5-2 6 Awesome Gerry Liam's Map Gaffalione Joseph Jr. 15-1 7 Momos Distorted Humor Franco Clement 7-2 8 Arrest Me Red Pioneerof the Nile Velazquez Ward 9-2 9 Rebel Posse Caleb's Posse Lezcano Bond 15-1 MTO 5 Fire Sword First Samurai Velazquez Ward 5-2 SUMMER BREEZES Under-tack video of debuting juveniles* for Wed., August 11 Munny Bolt selling earlier this spring | Fasig-Tipton Saratoga 1 1st-SAR, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:05 p.m. Horse (Sire) Sale Price Breeze Lady Sheila Stable's MUNNY BOLT (Munnings) launches his Java Buzz (Mshawish) OBSAPR $210,000 click career for trainer Steve Asmussen, who recently became the C-Ocala Stud, agent; B-GMP Stables LLC, Anthony Melfi leading North American trainer in number of races won. The Munny Bolt (Munnings) FTMMAY $460,000 click Pennsylvania-bred colt was secured for $460,000 at this spring's C-Wavertree Stables Inc (C Dunne); B-Kerri Radcliffe/Lady Sheila Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale, making him the second highest- Snow Candy (Twirling Candy) OBSAPR $65,000 click priced juvenile--and top priced colt--by the stallion this year. Out C-Woodford Thoroughbreds, agent; B-Scott McDermott of the Medaglia d'Oro mare Tweet, the dark bay breezed a half- Wild Appeal (MTO) (Wildcat Red) OBSAPR $70,000 click mile in a bullet :48.10 over Saratoga's Oklahoma track Aug. 2. C-Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), agent; B-Autrey Bloodstock GMP Stables LLC's and Bellavia LLC's Java Buzz (Mshawish) *For 2yo maiden special weight races at SAR, DMR & ELP kicks off his career for trainer Linda Rice. The Florida-bred--the most expensive juvenile by the sire in 2021--realized a $210,000 final bid at the OBS April sale following a :20 4/5 quarter breeze. From his sire's second crop, the colt is out of Agasaya, an unraced daughter of Animal Kingdom who is a half-sister to multiple Grade II winner Great Hot (Brz). This is also the family of Grade I winners Hennessy and Pearl City. Always dangerous with his firsters, Wesley Ward brings to the table Rockingham Ranch's Admiral Halsey (War Front). Out of the Galileo (Ire) mare Aloof, the colt will be accompanied by Irad Ortiz Jr.
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IN ORDER OF PURSE: 8th-Colonial Downs, $63,000, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 8-10, 3yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:49.20, fm, nose. LAST SAMURAI (c, 3, Malibu Moon--Lady Samuri {SW & GSP, $150,553}, by First Samurai), a winner second time out going seven furlongs over the Churchill dirt last September, failed to hit the board in his next three starts, including a fifth in Oaklawn's GI Arkansas Derby in April. Third in a nine-furlong optional claimer in Louisville May 1, he came up just a neck short while trying the turf for the first time against allowance foes June 6. Sent off at 7-5 while returning to the sod here, the chestnut settled off a modest early pace. Closing on the front rank approaching the quarter pole, he was fanned out five wide into the stretch, bore down on the late-leading Buy Me Candy (Candy Ride {Arg}) and got his nose down on the wire. Stakes winning Lady Samuri is also responsible for a yearling filly by Good Magic and was bred back to Maclean's Music this year. Sales history: $37,000 RNA Ylg '19 KEESEP; $175,000 2yo '20 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 8-2-1-1, $165,844. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. O-Willis Horton Racing LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred the paddock to take her out, and she's in a rush. Whatever she's Holdings LLC (KY); T-Dallas Stewart. doing, she's in a rush. And she's difficult. But she can run." According to Dickinson, Bella Belisa will return for the Virginia Oaks contested Aug. 31. Out of MGSW Uncharted Haven (GB) (Turtle Island {Ire}), Pirate CoveBa half to GSW and MG1SP High Heeled (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire})--foaled a filly by New Bay (GB) in 2019 and most recently, a colt by Dream Ahead this season. Cont. p3
IN ORDER OF PURSE: 7th-Colonial Downs, $54,500, Msw, 8-10, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT, 1:50.65, fm, 1 length. BELLE BELISA (IRE) (f, 3, Lope de Vega {Ire}--Pirate Cove {Ire}, by Lawman {Fr}) was allowed to settle in a two-wide ninth through a :24.01 opening quarter and was still unhurried near the back following a half in :48.80. Moving eagerly between rivals leaving the backstretch, she swung out four wide into the final turn and hit another gear midstretch. Rolling on by the leaders late, she drew clear to score by a length over Silky Warrior (Ire) (Declaration of War), who was a neck in front of Pruning (Uncle Mo). AShe's very rare," said Dickinson about Bella Belisa. "She's always in a rush to get everywhere. You take her Belle Belisa (Ire) | Coady to the paddock in the morning, she's in a rush. You go back to TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 3 OF 6 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUG. 11, 2021
Sales history: i145,000 Ylg '19 GOFOR; $200,000 2yo '20 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $30,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. O-GoldMark Farm & Arthur Applegate; B-Fermoir Ltd (IRE); T-Michael W. Dickinson.
3rd-Colonial Downs, $49,500, Msw, 8-10, 3yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:50.07, fm, 11 1/2 lengths. SEARCH FOR TRUTH (g, 3, Tourist--Kinley, by Mizzen Mast) mounted a strong closing kick to finish second in his debut going a sixteenth shorter at Delaware July 10 and was sent off the 4-5 choice to go one better this time. Quickly to the front, the gelding was prompted through initial splits of :23.78 and :47.92. After shaking clear turning for home, he drew off with authority to graduate by 11 1/2 lengths. Trainer Michael Dickinson Search for Truth | Coady indicated Search the Truth may return for the Aug. 31 Virginia Derby. Kinley's most recent live foal was produced in 2019, a filly by Klimt subsequently named Miz the Best. Sales history: © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. $42,000 RNA Ylg '19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $38,000. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission O-Gallagher's Stud; B-Machmer Hall, Carrie & Craig Brogden of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from (KY); T-Michael W. Dickinson. results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services and utilized here with their permission. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 4 OF 6 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUG. 11, 2021
Wildcat Red (D'wildcat), Buck Pond Farm, $7,500 18 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 1-Saratoga, 1:05 p.m. EDT, Msw 5 1/2fT, Wild Appeal, 9-2 $9,000 KEE NOV wnl; $15,000 OBS WIN wnl; $70,000 OBS APR 2yo
SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11 2021 Stud Fees Listed FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11 Anchor Down (Tapit), Gainesway Farm, $5,000 2021 Stud Fees Listed 90 foals of racing age/20 winners/0 black-type winners Arrogate (Unbridled's Song), Juddmonte Farms 4-Colonial Downs, 3:09 p.m. EDT, Msw 5 1/2f, Baby Luck, 10-1 111 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners $37,000 RNA OBS APR 2yo 4-Colonial Downs, 3:09 p.m. EDT, Msw 5 1/2f, Senson, 4-1 $26,000 EAS MAY 2yo Harry's Holiday (Harlan's Holiday), Southern Indiana Equine, $3,000 Astern (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro), Darley, $7,500 36 foals of racing age/7 winners/1 black-type winner 84 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners 7-Indiana Grand, 5:31 p.m. EDT, Msw 5 1/2f, Loademupjustice, 4-Colonial Downs, 3:09 p.m. EDT, Msw 5 1/2f, She's Like 15-1 Thunder, 7-2 $20,000 RNA KEE NOV wnl; $21,000 KEE SEP yrl; $19,000 RNA Mshawish (Medaglia d'Oro), Taylor Made Farm, $7,500 EAS MAY 2yo 133 foals of racing age/33 winners/1 black-type winner 1-Saratoga, 1:05 p.m. EDT, Msw 5 1/2fT, Java Buzz, 9-2 Bal a Bali (Brz) (Put It Back), Calumet Farm, $5,000 $210,000 OBS APR 2yo 98 foals of racing age/2 winners/1 black-type winner 4-Colonial Downs, 3:09 p.m. EDT, Msw 5 1/2f, Wheredidyougo, Prayer for Relief (Jump Start), R Star Stallions, $3,000 15-1 21 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners 7-Indiana Grand, 5:31 p.m. EDT, Msw 5 1/2f, Bella's Prayer, 8-1 Mastery (Candy Ride {Arg}), Claiborne Farm, $25,000 115 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners Runhappy (Super Saver), Claiborne Farm, $10,000 4-Colonial Downs, 3:09 p.m. EDT, Msw 5 1/2f, Lady Prowess, 5-1 199 foals of racing age/35 winners/2 black-type winners $90,000 KEE SEP yrl; $130,000 EAS MAY 2yo 5-Delaware, 3:15 p.m. EDT, Msw 1mT, Amarillo, 12-1
Valiant Minister (Candy Ride {Arg}), Bridlewood Farm, $3,000 40 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 4-Colonial Downs, 3:09 p.m. EDT, Msw 5 1/2f, Check the Grade, 8-1
Belle Belisa (Ire) (by Lope de Vega {Ire}) gives trainer Michael Dickinson two wins on Colonial's Wednesday card. (click to watch) TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 5 OF 6 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUG. 11, 2021
6th-Presque Isle Downs, $33,830, (S), (C)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), 8-9, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f (AWT), 1:11.48, ft, 3 1/4 lengths. PROPOSITION (m, 5, Into Mischief--Street Singer, by Street Cry {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 17-6-5-0, $133,398. O-Warriors Reward, LLC & Premier Stable; B-James Randall McGlinn (PA); T-Brandon L. Kulp. *$180,000 2yo '18 EASMAY; $12,000 4yo '20 KEENOV. IN FRANCE: Ancient Rome, c, 2, War Front. See AFrance@.
5th-Thistledown, $33,300, (S), 8-10, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 5 1/2f, 1:05.64, my, 3 3/4 lengths. YOU'RE MY BOY BLUE (g, 3, Birdrun--Bet On the Blue {GSP, $243,798}, by E Dubai) Lifetime Record: 17-2-2-1, $56,876. O-Jefferson Evangelista; B-Hal Snowden (OH); T-Carlos Inirio. ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 7th-Indiana Grand, $47,520, (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($18,000), 8-10, 7th-Thistledown, $33,300, (S), 8-10, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 5 1/2f, 3yo/up, f/m, 5fT, :57.59, fm, 1 length. 1:05.62, my, 1/2 length. HUNGARIAN PRINCESS (f, 3, Pataky Kid--Help the Children, by BISCUITS AND GRITS (g, 3, Country Day--Broadway Annierose, Stormy Atlantic) Lifetime Record: MSW, 11-5-4-1, $270,956. by Stalwart) Lifetime Record: 15-2-5-5, $83,110. O-Charlie J. O/B-Swifty Farms Inc. (IN); T-Kim Hammond. Williams LLC; B-Clark and Boebel (OH); T-Silvano M. Gonzalez. 9th-Prairie Meadows, $42,106, (S), 8-9, (NW2$X), 3yo/up, 6f, 7th-Finger Lakes, $24,000, (S), 8-10, (NW1BX), 3yo/up, 1m 70y, 1:09.76, ft, head. 1:43.41, ft, neck. WOKE UP IN LOVE (g, 4, Woke Up Dreamin--All the Love, by SIMPLY (g, 4, Lemon Drop Kid--Royale Rose, by Macho Uno) Malabar Gold) Lifetime Record: 10-3-3-0, $86,256. O/B-Jason Lifetime Record: 15-4-1-1, $92,351. O-Windylea Farm, LLC; Kindle (IA); T-Sean P. Foley. B-Don M. Robinson & Christophe Clement (NY); T-Jonathan B. Buckley. *$80,000 Ylg '18 KEESEP. 2nd-Indiana Grand, $38,000, (S), 8-10, (NW2L), 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:06.73, ft, 6 lengths. 6th-Finger Lakes, $24,000, (S), 8-10, (NW1BX), 3yo/up, f/m, FLIRTY DANCER (f, 2, What Now--Red Sails Flying, by Pictural) 5 1/2f, 1:04.68, ft, 4 3/4 lengths. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $46,250. O-Don R. & Pepper Wright; GRUDGE (f, 4, Palace Malice--Pilamaya, by Grand Slam) B-Don Wright (IN); T-Joseph D. Davis. Lifetime Record: 15-5-2-2, $113,285. O-Ronald A. Brown; B-Stephanie Baltzan (NY); T-Chris J. Englehart. *$170,000 2yo 4th-Indiana Grand, $37,000, (S), 8-10, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, '19 OBSMAR; $65,000 3yo '20 OBSWIN. 1:12.06, ft, 3/4 length. CECILIA'S HOPE (f, 3, Strong Hope--Cecilia's Fever, by Stormy 6th-Louisiana Downs, $23,000, (S), 8-10, (NW2L), 3yo/up, f/m, Atlantic) Lifetime Record: 12-2-2-2, $68,740. O/B-Jim Edgar (IN); 6f, 1:12.82, ft, 10 lengths. T-Brandi Steele. TAP OUT FAST (f, 3, Race Day--Jysele's Hot Mess, by My Pal Charlie) Lifetime Record: 6-2-2-0, $38,440. O-Terrell Jarrett Jr.; 7th-Presque Isle Downs, $33,860, (S), (C)/Opt. Clm ($25,000), B-Carl Mathieu & Coop Acres (LA); T-Jorge Lara. *$30,000 Ylg '19 8-9, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:17.50, ft, 1 length. ESLYRL; $25,000 2yo '20 ESLYRL. GOOD ON YA (g, 5, El Padrino--Hedy, by Touch Gold) Lifetime Record: 24-5-6-2, $128,555. O-Rumba Caliente Stable; B-Best Foot Forward, LLC (PA); T-Michelle Winters. 5th-Hastings Racecourse, C$18,800, (S), 8-9, 2yo, 6f, 1:14.00, ft, 5 1/4 lengths. VANCOUVER'S HUNTER (g, 2, Vancouver {Aus}--Resonating, by Smart Strike) Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $17,532. O/B-Tod Mountain Thoroughbreds (BC); T-Christine Ammann. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 6 OF 6 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • AUG. 11, 2021
ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Keen Ice, Miss Chamita, f, 2, o/o Princess Susan M, by Jump Late for Lunch, g, 2, Alternation--Time for Lunch, by Gilded Start. MSW, 8-10, Indiana Grand Time. Prairie Meadows, 8-9, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:05.78. Lifetime Lemon Drop Kid, Simply, g, 4, o/o Royale Rose, by Macho Uno. Record: 2-1-0-0, $25,509. B-River Ridge Ranch (IA). ALW, 8-10, Finger Lakes Miss Chamita, f, 2, Keen Ice--Princess Susan M, by Jump Start. Lope de Vega (Ire), Belle Belisa (Ire), f, 3, o/o Pirate Cove (Ire), Indiana Grand, 8-10, 1m, 1:41.11. Lifetime Record: 4-1-0-1, by Lawman (Fr). MSW, 8-10, Colonial Downs $29,950. B-Susan Young (KY). *$3,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP. Majestic Harbor, Princess Consuela, f, 3, o/o Gettem Up Girl, by **Fourth winner by freshman sire (by Curlin). Belong to Me. MSW, 8-10, Indiana Grand Malibu Moon, Last Samurai, c, 3, o/o Lady Samuri, by First Wish Me Home, g, 2, Midshipman--Untiltherewasyou, by Samurai. AOC, 8-10, Colonial Downs Big Brown. Colonial Downs, 8-10, (S), 5 1/2fT, 1:04.75. Midshipman, Wish Me Home, g, 2, o/o Untiltherewasyou, by Big Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $31,000. B-Charles McGinnes (MD). Brown. MSW, 8-10, Colonial Downs *$29,000 Ylg '20 EASOCT. Palace Malice, Grudge, f, 4, o/o Pilamaya, by Grand Slam. ALW, 8-10, Finger Lakes Pataky Kid, Hungarian Princess, f, 3, o/o Help the Children, by Princess Consuela, f, 3, Majestic Harbor--Gettem Up Girl, by Stormy Atlantic. AOC, 8-10, Indiana Grand Belong to Me. Indiana Grand, 8-10, (S), 5 1/2f, 1:06.85. Race Day, Tap Out Fast, f, 3, o/o Jysele's Hot Mess, by My Pal Lifetime Record: 7-1-1-0, $33,670. B-Paul Adkins (IN). Charlie. ALW, 8-10, Louisiana Downs Iron Lady Away, f, 3, Run Away and Hide--Desafinado Bay, by Run Away and Hide, Iron Lady Away, f, 3, o/o Desafinado Bay, Consolidator. Indiana Grand, 8-10, 5fT, :58.41. Lifetime by Consolidator. MSW, 8-10, Indiana Grand Record: 6-1-0-1, $26,236. B-Scott & Liz Thatcher (KY). Strong Hope, Cecilia's Hope, f, 3, o/o Cecilia's Fever, by Stormy Syncopy, g, 4, Trinniberg--Mrs Rabbits, by Devil His Due. Finger Atlantic. ALW, 8-10, Indiana Grand Lakes, 8-10, 5 1/2f, 1:06.16. Lifetime Record: 5-1-1-1, $28,403. Tourist, Search for Truth, g, 3, o/o Kinley, by Mizzen Mast. B-James K Roberts (NY). MSW, 8-10, Colonial Downs Trinniberg, Syncopy, g, 4, o/o Mrs Rabbits, by Devil His Due. MSW, 8-10, Finger Lakes Vancouver (Aus), Vancouver's Hunter, g, 2, o/o Resonating, by Smart Strike. ALW, 8-9, Hastings What Now, Flirty Dancer, f, 2, o/o Red Sails Flying, by Pictural. ALW, 8-10, Indiana Grand Woke Up Dreamin, Woke Up in Love, g, 4, o/o All the Love, by Malabar Gold. ALW, 8-9, Prairie Meadows
Alternation, Late for Lunch, g, 2, o/o Time for Lunch, by Gilded Time. MSW, 8-9, Prairie Meadows Birdrun, You're My Boy Blue, g, 3, o/o Bet On the Blue, by E Dubai. ALW, 8-10, Thistledown Country Day, Biscuits and Grits, g, 3, o/o Broadway Annierose, by Stalwart. ALW, 8-10, Thistledown El Padrino, Good On Ya, g, 5, o/o Hedy, by Touch Gold. AOC, 8-9, Presque Isle Downs Into Mischief, Proposition, m, 5, o/o Street Singer, by Street Cry (Ire). AOC, 8-9, Presque Isle Downs Miss Chamita, by Keen Ice, wins at Indiana Grand Wednesday Coady