INSTATISTICS p.18-20 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 SEPTEMBER OPENER IS DYNA-MITE Dynaformer (Roberto) is one of the world=s pre-emi- nent sires and can get you any kind of runner on any surface. The Three Chimneys stalwart has never been the most commercial stallion, and is rarely represented by a seven- Pat Costello • 859.296.6455 • www.paramountsales.net figure sales horse, but those winds seem to be MONDAY=S TOP SIX COLTS changing. Yesterday, a muscular son of the sire Hip# Sire Dam Price ($) out of the outstanding 156 Dynaformer Preach 2,900,000 mare Preach (Mr. Pros- B-Claiborne Farm (KY) pector) was hammered Consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent down to John Ferguson Purchased by John Ferguson for a bid of $2.9 million 44 A.P. Indy Denebola 2,400,000 to top the opening ses- B-Flaxman Holdings (KY) Consigned by Lane=s End, agent The sales topper, Hip 156 Horsephotos sion of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Purchased by John Ferguson in Lexington. The striking dark bay colt was consigned 66 A.P. Indy Fire the Groom 2,000,000 to the sale by the Hancock Family=s Claiborne Farm, B-R D Hubbard (KY) and it was a little bit of history repeating--Ferguson Consigned by Denali Stud, agent for Crystal Springs Farm purchased a Storm Cat colt out of Preach for $3 million Purchased by D L O=Byrne at last year=s September sale. Families scarcely get 252 A.P. Indy Arabis 1,200,000 better and deeper than this one. A half-brother to lead- B-Aaron & Marie Jones (KY) ing sire Pulpit, the May Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for foal is from the same fam- Seneca Livestock Co. LLC, dba Aaron & Marie Jones ily as top stallions Tale of Purchased by John Ferguson the Cat and Johannesburg, 242 Distorted Humor Alchemist 1,000,000 and champion Minardi. B-Alexander Groves Matz (KY) Ferguson had no problem Consigned by Middlebrook Farm, agent going back to the well a Purchased by John Ferguson second time. AWe=re happy 12 Distorted Humor Bold Burst 950,000 with the Storm Cat, he=s B-Silverleaf Farms (KY) developed well, and this is ($270,000 yrl >07 KEEJAN) another May foal,@ he Consigned by Dromoland Farm Inc, Agent IV Purchased by John Ferguson commented. ADynaformer Three Chimneys Stallion, is a proven stallion at the Dynaformer Tony Leonard highest level. With that Keeneland session statistics p2 said, you=ve got a great individual by a sire you know can do it from a family that can do it from a farm you know can do it. At the end of the day, it=s a great fam- TDN TODAY ily. We=re delighted to have him.@ cont. p2 Headline News................... 20 pages www.juddmonte.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/11/07 • PAGE 2 of 20 MONDAY=S TOP SEVEN FILLIES Tempered Expectations... A year ago, all of the information that trickled back to Hip# Sire Dam Price ($) Claiborne Farm=s Dell Hancock was that their Storm Cat 40 Seeking the Gold Crystal Crossing (Ire) 1,600,000 colt had as much potential as any horse in the cata- B-Robert E & Ben Sangster (KY) logue. Three-million dollars is noth- Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent ing to sneeze at, yet the disappoint- Purchased by D L O=Byrne ment was palpable. AHe was a 141 Giant=s Causeway Onaga 1,500,000 Storm Cat from that sire line...you B-Summer Wind Farm (KY) start thinking, and then your friends Consigned by Lane=s End, agent start coming around the barn and Purchased by Brushwood Stable saying, >He=s going to top the sale.= 234 A.P. Indy Wife for Life 1,500,000 I got pretty pumped up,@ Hancock B-Malibu Farm (KY) explained. ASo this year I thought, ($2,2,000,000 >05 KEENOV) >Well, we=ll go up there and get him Consigned by Three Chimneys Sales, sold.= He=s a nice horse and I=m agent for Spendthrift Farm proud to bring a horse up there like Purchased by My MeadowView Farms that. My expectations were down 122 Awesome Again Maggy Hawk 1,400,000 Dynaformer’s son, Barbaro the line. We brought him up here to B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings (KY) sportsillustrated.com sell. I=m glad he=s going where he=s going and I hope they have a ton of Consigned by Gainesway, luck with him.@ She added, AHe=s just a really nice colt. agent for Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC He=s such a good mover and he=s got a great head and Purchased by Clarence Scharbauer Jr. he=s from a wonderful pedigree. I really didn=t know 181 Vindication Seinita (Arg) 1,000,000 what to think, because he=s by Dynaformer and histori- B-Josham, Hill >n= Dale & San Gabriel Inv (KY) cally they haven=t sold great, but Barbaro proved he can ($225,000 wnlg >06 KEENOV) get a good horse, and he=s the right type.@ Consigned by Gainesway, Agent XXVII Purchased by John Ferguson 186 Storm Cat She=s a Winner 1,000,000 KEENELAND SEPTEMBER STATISTICS B-WinStar Farm & Overbrook Farm (KY) MONDAY, SEPT. 10, 2007 Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent CCXXXI Purchased by WinStar Farm, agent SESSION TOTALS 2007 2006 63 A.P. Indy Felicita 900,000 Catalogued 255 238 B-Eugene Melnyk (KY) No. Offered 225 226 Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent CIII No. Sold 171 163 Purchased by Century Venture RNAs 54 63 % RNA 27% 27.8% You can also pick up a copy of the Gross $67,395,000 $87,900,000 TDN today at the Keeneland Average (% change) $394,123 (-26.9%) $539,264 September Yearling Sale. Median (% change) $300,000 (-3.2%) $310,000 www.keeneland.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/11/07 • PAGE 3 of 20 Hubbard Colt En Fuego... Alysheba=s Scharbauer Back in Business... Dee Hubbard could afford that corned beef on white On the first day of the 1996 Keeneland September that he was jonesing for after his colt by A.P. Indy--Fire sale, Clarence Scharbauer, who bought Kentucky Derby the Groom (Blushing Groom {Fr}) sold to bloodstock winner Alysheba at the 1985 Keeneland July sale for agent Demi O=Byrne for an even $2 million yesterday. $500,000, went to a session-topping $800,000 for But before he made his way Magic Cat (Storm Cat). He hadn=t been seen since in into the dining room, Hub- Lexington, but was back yesterday and made his pres- bard reflected on the year- ence felt, going to $1.4 million for an Awesome Again ling=s price. AYou never half-sister to dual Classic winner Afleet Alex. Consigned know when you get a good to the sale by Gainesway on behalf of Jess Jackson, one,@ said Hubbard. AWe the daughter of Maggy Hawk (Silver Hawk) was a must knew that he was good, have. AI really liked her,@ Scharbauer said. AI think she=s but we didn=t have an idea. a racehorse, outstanding. She was my pick of all the I was hoping he would fillies here in the sale. I liked the bottom side real well, bring $1.5 million to $2 real well, and it takes a hell of a good mare. I came here million, and he was right in looking for a stud; I=ll go home with a filly, too.@ Stravinsky www.vicstallions.com.au that ballpark.@ Hubbard said Scharbauer figured he might have to go beyond the recipe for success is $1 million, adding that he=d never before spent that fairly simple. AIf you have a good horse, it=s going to much money on a filly [he paid $950,000 for Alysbelle, sell,@ he explained. AIf you look at the market, the a full sister to Alysheba, at the 1990 July sale]. AI really did like this filly, but that s a hell of a lot of money, he horses are bringing what they=re supposed to.@ It=s a = @ family which has been very good to Hubbard, as cham- explained. AThat=s what a stud colt should sell for.@ Scharbauer, teary-eyed as he addressed the assembled pion Fire the Groom has produced European champion media, suffered the loss of his wife, Dorothy a couple sprinter Stravinsky (Nureyev), GISP Moscow Ballet (Ire) of years ago and has been fighting depression. AI=m just (Sadler=s Wells) and GSP Sweet Firebird (Ire) (Sadler=s now getting back on my feet, and I=m 82 years old,@ he Wells). He bred his mare to A.P. Indy for the first time stated. Scharbauer=s homebred two-year-old of this in 2004 and the result was a filly, now named Indy year, Gold Coyote (Gold Legend), has helped lift his Breeze, which brought $975,000 at last year s Septem- = spirits. The bay was third in his Apr. 19 bow at Lone ber sale. Fire the Groom, barren in 2007, is currently in Star Park before rattling off three straight wins by a foal to Darley=s Bernardini, a son of A.P. Indy. For Craig combined 27 1/2 lengths. Gold Coyote was third at Bandoroff, yesterday=s sale was especially satisfying. even-money in the GIII Arlington-Washington BC Futu- AIt=s nice when it happens for a guy who=s been with rity Sept.