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WEDNESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2019 APPLEBY BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN SUMMER LIGHTS UP By Chris McGrath AUTUMN HIT SALE ARCADIA, CA--He sent the horse out onto the track in the last minutes before sunrise, when the temperature suddenly drops as though to express the bitterness of night's exit. By the time Old Persian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) returned to the quarantine barn, however, the dawn stealing across the San Gabriel Mountains once again matched the nostalgic glow that will always preserve this panorama in the affection of Charlie Appleby. For it was here at Santa Anita, six years ago, that the Juvenile Turf success of Outstrip (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) gave a first indication that Appleby's promotion by Sheikh Mohammed had not been a merely stubborn or quixotic response to the crisis that had beset his Godolphin stable following the Mahmood Al Zarooni scandal. Cont. p6 IN TDN AMERICA TODAY MAXFIELD OUT OF BC JUVENILE At 625,000gns, Summer Sands became the most expensive colt ever Maxfield (Street Sense), a Grade I winner in the Godolphin blue, sold at the HIT Sale. | Tattersalls is out of the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile after it was discovered he was off in his right front. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN By Emma Berry America. NEWMARKET, UKCFrom a ,2,000 Ascot yearling to a 625,000gns horse in training is quite a leap but it has been the one taken by Tattersalls wild card Summer Sands (GB) (Coach House {Ire}), whose third-place finish in the G1 Juddmonte Middle Park S. and listed Redcar Two-Year-Old Trophy victory led to his surprise inclusion in the catalogue and top-lot status on Tuesday. His price was the third-highest ever at the Horses-in-Training Sale and it represents a significant return on investment for the Cool Silk Partnership who have owned him for only seven months since purchasing him at the Ascot Breeze-up Sale for ,85,000 through agent Matt Coleman. "It's bittersweet in a way," said Chris Swann, the son of Cool Silk founder Peter Swann. "We think he'll be a brilliant horse next year but we tend to buy 2-year-olds and we will be back here at the breeze-ups and also at Ascot, which has been a lucky sale for us." Summer Sands (lot 720A) is a son of the Ishiguru mare Koharu (GB), whose dam Vellena (GB) (Lucky Story) is a half-sister to Ishiguru's top-rated runner, the G2 Coventry S. winner Hellvelyn (GB). Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 30 OCTOBER 2019 Tattersalls Autumn HIT Cont. from p1 obviously think that the form was goodClet's hope we're right." O'Brien may well have fond memories of Dance Jupiter's sire He will now transfer from Richard Fahey's Yorkshire stable to as he rode Kingsbarns, who was bred by his mother Annemarie Ireland, where he will be trained by Joseph O'Brien, the and trained by his father Aidan, to victory in the G1 Racing Post recipient of the top two lots Trophy of 2012. The son of from the second session of the Galileo (Ire) stood for one sale, both of which were signed season at Coolmore's Castlehyde for by Bill Dwan. Stud but his stallion career was "He is a gorgeous, scopey dogged by poor fertility and horse and I think he has some Dance Jupiter is one of just five more improvement to come named horses to have been bred next year. He'll get to Ireland in Europe by the stallion. and have a break," said Dwan. Kingsbarns died last year from A scattering of six-figure lots colic after being relocated to throughout the day punctuated Drakenstein Stud in South Africa. a solid middle-market session. The price brought by his son This was underlined by a strong will have been more than balm clearance rate, which rose again for Dance Jupiter's original from a decent opening day to Dance Jupiter | Tattersalls pinhooker Ger Burke, who 91%, with 260 of the 285 horses offered finding a buyer. Across bought him for i15,500 as a yearling at Tattersalls Ireland and the board figures remained largely on par with 2018. At breezed him the following year. The decision to buy him back at 18,000gns, the median was up slightly by 3%, the 31,286gns ,30,000 at Doncaster may have been a painful one to make at average dropped by 10%, and with an extra 21 horses sold the time but the gelding has now rewarded Burke's patience. compared to the corresponding session last year, turnover was down a little at 8,134,300gns. Another Archipenko For Hong Kong The exploits of the Group 1-winning Archipenko brothers Time Rare Kingsbarns Gelding Makes A Splash Warp (GB) and Glorious Forever (GB) have been sufficiently If you can't beat them, buy them. For Joseph O'Brien and conspicuous to ensure that the remaining offspring of their late Chantal Regalado-Gonzalez, that sire are firmly on the radar of was the decision taken when it potential buyers for Hong Kong, came to the purchase of Dance and that will indeed be the Jupiter (Ire) (Kingsbarns {Ire}). destination for his son Franklyn The twice-raced 3-year-old (lot (Ire) (lot 834). 515) asserted his superiority on The winner of four of his last his second racecourse five starts for trainer Aidan appearance when beating Anthony Howard and Patrick Sarsfield (Fr) (Australia owner-breeders Peter and {GB}), owned by Elizabeth Jones, the 3-year-old Regalado-Gonzalez and trained was a late highlight of the day's by O'Brien. That colt, a action around 9 p.m. when sold 230,000gns purchase by his for 200,000gns to George Ma of trainer in the same ring in July, Blossom Breeding, with Kevin has subsequently stamped the Bill Dwan | Alayna Cullen Philippart, who conducted the form by going on to win a Curragh maiden by four lengths. His bidding. previous conqueror will now be joining him at O'Brien's The gelding owns an impeccable pedigree as he is inbred 3x3 Carriganog Racing having been bought from John Kiely's stable to the great Miesque, who features as the grandam of for 275,000gns. Archipenko through his sire Kingmambo, while Franklyn's dam Bill Dwan did the bidding on the new owner's behalf, seeing Happy (Jpn) (Bago {Fr}) is out of Miesque's daughter Second off underbidder Troy Steve in the process and said, "We Happiness. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 13 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • 30 OCTOBER 2019 Tattersalls Autumn HIT Cont. A family which is never far from the racing headlines, it featured prominently last year through Second Happiness's son Study Of Man (Ire). The Deep Impact (Jpn) colt won the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and, bringing this particular story full circle, he has recently been announced as the new stallion for Lanwades Stud, which was formerly the home of Archipenko and is owned Vice President, International Operations Gary King by Kirsten Rausing, the breeder of Time Warp and Glorious Twitter: @garykingTDN Forever. [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 Incinerator Hot Stuff At Tatts The stock of Juddmonte's Oasis Dream (GB) have been in International Editor demand so far at Tattersalls this week, with three of his sons Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN taking prominent positions on the leaderboard. One of those, [email protected] Incinerator (GB) (lot 634), has now left Hugo Palmer's stable for a trip to Saudi Arabia, where it is hoped he will be a contender European Editor for an $800,000 race on the undercard for the $20-million Saudi Emma Berry Cup next year on Feb. 29. Twitter: @collingsberry Abdulaziz Al-Mousa went to 200,000gns to secure the juvenile, [email protected] who has won twice this year and placed on another six occasions. He said, "There is a race over a mile for 3-year-olds Associate International Editor Heather Anderson and I liked this colt's looks and his pedigree. He goes on fast Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN ground and the all-weather so he should be okay on dirt." Homebred by Turkish owner-breeder Vefa Ibrahim Araci, Marketing Manager Incinerator is the first foal for his listed-placed dam Bella Alayna Cullen Nostalgia (Ire) (Raven's Pass) who also raced for Araci and is out Twitter: @AlaynaCullen of a half-sister to Falbrav (Ire). [email protected] Contributing Editor Hedger Commits To Beckhampton Graduate Alan Carasso Total Commitment (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) came to Twitter: @EquinealTDN Newmarket from Roger Charlton's Wiltshire base at Beckhampton and he'll head not far from there when joining Cafe Racing Peter Hedger's team in Hampshire for PCF Racing. The same Sean Cronin trainer and owner had previously bought the Juddmonte-bred Tom Frary Silent Echo (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) from Charlton's stable and [email protected] they decided to return to the source of that success when Irish Correspondent spending 200,000gns on the 3-year-old, who had doubled his Daithi Harvey tally of wins to four since the publication of the catalogue. "I like to buy from Roger but I don't usually go that high for a Regular Columnists horse," said Hedger. "He won last week at Kempton and Jason Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield [Watson] said he feels he has at least 7lbs in hand." John Berry | Kevin Blake He added with a grin, "I should be able to get at last one win out of him." A 90,000gns yearling purchase from breeder Watership Down Stud, Total Commitment (lot 753) won for the first time last IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY December and, following an eight-month absence from the PETER ORTON & THE WORLD’S BEST TEACHER track, returned in August to win three of his four starts this year.