KEENOV MOMENTUM CARRIES INTO BOOK 2 CALI >GOLDEN= BOY LIKELY for CIGAR GRAYDAR RETIRED to TAYLOR MADE
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here KEENOV MOMENTUM CARRIES INTO BOOK 2 CALI >GOLDEN= BOY LIKELY FOR CIGAR The Keeneland November sale entered into its second By Christie DeBernardis book Thursday in Lexington, but the results remained Goldencents (Into Mischief), runaway winner of last the same with figures up across the board. During the Friday=s GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita, is auction=s third session, 255 horses sold for being pointed at the GI Cigar Mile at Aqueduct Nov. 30, $28,168,500. The session average was $110,465--up according to owner Josh Kaplan of WC Racing. Kaplan 16% from a year ago, while the median was up 20% to and his partner Glenn Sorgenstein recently bought out $90,000. AI think the market carried forth from Book 1 minority owners Dave Kenney and Rick Pitino=s RAP very well,@ reported Keeneland=s Director of Sales Racing. A[Trainer Doug O=Neill] wanted to stay in our Geoffrey Russell. AThere was strong competitive backyard and head towards the [GI] Malibu [S.], but bidding, both on mares and foals, all through the day. there was mention of the Cigar Mile, and obviously, the And we hope this momentum continues.@ Through incentive bonus [purse upped to $1 million for a three days of selling, 497 head have grossed Breeders= Cup winner] is there for us,@ Kaplan said. AWe $114,700,500, compared to 443 bringing just left it in Doug=s hands and he said, >Hey, you know $83,783,500 a year ago. The cumulative average is if the horse is training well and he is in good shape that $230,786--up 22%--while the median of $140,000 is we will pull the trigger.= Looks like that is where we are up 40%. The buy-back has hovered around the 20% headed. It=s all up to the horse at this point in time, but mark all week and, at the close of business Thursday, all of us say yes.@ Cont. p12 was at 20.22%. AEvery single number was up in a good consistent manner, except one,@ said Keeneland=s Vice GRAYDAR RETIRED TO TAYLOR MADE President of Sales Walt Robertson. AThe buy-back rate Grade I winner Graydar (Unbridled=s Song--Sweetest was down in a good consistent manner.@ Russell added, Smile, by Dehere) has been retired to Taylor Made AAll indicators were in the direction we like.@ Twin Stallions for the 2014 season, where he will command Creeks Farm paid the day=s highest price when securing a fee of $15,000, stands and nurses. Taylor Made Little Bug (Dixie Union) for $410,000, while a Harlan=s purchased an interest in the 4-year-old in August, Holiday colt was the session=s top-priced weanling after shortly after the passing of longtime Taylor Made selling to Baccari Bloodstock for $350,000. The resident Unbridled=s Song. Campaigned by Steve Chilean-based Don Alberto Corp. maintained its position Davison=s Twin Creeks Racing, Graydar took as the sale=s leading buyer, signing for 22 head for Gulfstream=s GI Donn H. in February, Fair Grounds=s GII $8,435,000 over three days. The Keeneland November New Orleans H. in March and Belmont=s GII Kelso H. sale continues today at 10 a.m. Cont. p3 Sept. 28. Cont. p13 Keeneland Photo In This Issue Holiday for Baccari 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Chris Baccari was immediately taken by a son of Harlan's Holiday and the (732) 747-8060 bloodstock agent went to $350,000 to secure hip 713 during Thursday's third (732) 747-8955 (fax) session of the Keeneland November sale. "He had me at hello," Baccari www.thoroughbreddailynews.com smiled. "To be honest, he walked by me once, twice and I said, ‘We're www.thetdn.com leaving. I don't need to see him anymore.'" 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Andrew, Adv Assistant/Distribution Fast Bullet (Speightstown--Renfro Amanda Crelin, Advertising Assistant Valley Star, by Dayjur), hero of the 2012 Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant GII True North H. at Belmont Park, has been retired from racing and will take up CUSTOMER SERVICE stud duty at Ben Walden's Pauls Mill in [email protected] Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service Kentucky. He will stand for $7,500 live foal, stands and nurses. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Adam Coglianese Coverage begins page 13 Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Gary King, Director of Business Development France Galop Stall on Shake Up [email protected] Officials at France Galop yesterday moved to avert any further strike WORLDWIDE INFORMATION action by delaying the business plan which suggested that Maisons-Laffitte's Kelsey Riley, International Editor [email protected] training track could be closed. Following the industrial action by employees Sean Cronin, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing at that venue on Tuesday, which saw a card with three group races Tom Frary, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing abandoned, the organisation issued a statement yesterday. [email protected] Coverage Page 16 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/8/13 • PAGE 3 of 19 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Twin Creeks, Bedouin Team for Topper... Twin Creeks stands another son of Unbridled=s Song Twin Creeks Farm and Taylor Made Stallions in Mission Impazible, who resides at Sequel Stallions in announced yesterday that the Grade I winner Graydar New York, and has been very active in supporting that (Unbridled=s Song) will be retired to his late sire=s former graded stakes winner, who like Graydar, was trained by residence, and Twin Creeks= Randy Gullatt didn=t wait Todd Pletcher. Gullatt said Twin Creeks will be similarly long to purchase some mares to breed to the 4-year- bullish in backing Graydar. old. Included was yesterday=s sale topper, Little Bug AWe=ve bought four mares here for Mission Impazible, (Dixie Union--Gin Running, by Go For Gin), who was and two for Graydar,@ said Gullatt. AWe=re supporting knocked down late in the session for $410,000. She both heavily--it=s all chips in!@ sold as hip 750; Gainesway was the underbidder. Gullatt also signed for hip 731 yesterday, the stakes Offered by Neal Clarke and Conor Doyle=s Bedouin winner Justenufappeal (Exchange Rate--Hasty Appeal, Bloodstock, agent for Edward and Theresa DeNike, by World Appeal), who went for $140,000 and was Little Bug was in foal on an Apr. 3 cover to Tiznow, another tabbed for Graydar. The 5-year-old mare was and the resulting offspring will be closely bred to her carrying a member from the first crop of To Honor and talented half-siblings, the Grade II winner Tizfiz and SW Serve (Bernardini) and is a half to GSW Dr. Park (Honor & GISP Fury Kapcori, both by Tiznow. Little Bug is also Grades), SW & GSP Kelly Leak (Runaway Groom) and a full-sister to SW Dixie Commander. Horse of the Year GSP Privilaged (Southern Image). Favorite Trick (Phone Trick) is under the third dam. AWe=re believers in runners,@ added Gullatt. AI thought this was an exceptional mare,@ said Gullatt. When asked how he was finding the market, he AWe just retired Graydar to stud, and I thought this was commented, AOne word: strong.@ a star mare for the horse. I love the fact that Tiznow Bedouin Bloodstock, the consignors of Little Bug, has worked well with the family, and we=re excited enjoyed a banner afternoon Thursday. In addition to the about the foal she=s carrying, but most of all I think session topper, it sold the 4-year-old mare Struck It she=ll be perfect for Graydar.@ Lucky (Smart Strike) (hip 508), in foal to Harlan=s A winner of five of six lifetime, Graydar won this Holiday, to Don Alberto Corp. for $300,000; the 7- season=s GI Donn H., GII New Orleans H. and GII Kelso year-old mare Reforestation (Forestry) (hip 448), in foal Invitational S. Super Saver, for $220,000; and the 4-year-old mare I=m Always Hopeful (Arch) (hip 711), in foal to More Than Ready, for $145,000. Cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/8/13 • PAGE 4 of 19 • thoroughbreddailynews.com AWe=re delighted,@ said Doyle. AIt=s one of the best days we=ve ever had. It=s just been...peachy.@ The sale of Little Bug was a hugely successful one for Bedouin clients Edward and Theresa DeNike, who made a savvy claim when they haltered the then-4-year-old for $25,000 at Golden Gate in November of 2009-- some 11 months after her sister Tizfiz won the GII San Gorgonio H.