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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FASTNET ROCKS KARAKA DAY ONE COUP DE GRACE OFF THE DERBY TRAIL Australia=s former Champion Sire Fastnet Rock (Aus) Following a 10th-place effort in Saturday=s GII Holy was all the rage during the opening session of New Bull S., Fox Hill Farm=s Coup de Grace (Tapit) will be Zealand Bloodstock=s Premier Yearling Sale at the taken off the Kentucky Derby trail, according to owner Karaka sales complex Rick Porter. Coup de Grace had been successful in his near Auckland yesterday. six-furlong debut at Aqueduct Nov. 9 and going a mile The Coolmore sire was in a Gulfstream optional claimer Dec. 15. AWe were not responsible for the three sure whether Coup de Grace could handle two turns top-priced lots, headed by and how far he could run effectively,@ Porter wrote in a a colt out of dual Classic statement on the Fox Hill Farm=s website. A[Trainer] winner Katie Lee (Aus) Chad [Brown] had his apprehensions about him going (Pins {Aus}), hammered long since he first ran. One thing we thought we would down to Graeme and surely discover from the Holy Bull S. was whether he Fastnet Rock Debbie Rogerson for could handle two turns and go another sixteenth of a www.coolmore.com NZ$800,000 mile. We did not discover either.@ (US$659,584). The disappointed Porter continued, AThe race was a The key figures experienced marginal changes. The disaster for us, but he seems to have come out of the average, which was last year fueled by an race fine and he will live to run another day. Chad and I NZ$1,975,000 session-topper, was down 6% to will discuss our options, but the Derby trail is not one NZ$151,346, while the median rose 2% to of them. We will probably take him back to one turn NZ$120,000. The gross was down about NZ$1.7 and see how he responds. He has a lot of talent and he million to NZ$23,761,500 with 12 more horses through will be a stakes horse this year.@ the ring. The buyback rate climbed to 27.6%. Cont. p3 MORE JOYOUS IN FOAL TO FRANKEL Eight-time Australian Group 1-winner More Joyous JAKKALBERRY RETIRED (NZ) (More Than Ready) is back in Australia and has Italian Group 1 winner Jakkalberry (Ire) (Storming been confirmed in-foal to Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) by Home {GB}--Claba Di San Jore {Ire}, by Barathea {Ire}), owner-breeder John Singleton, according to Racing who also took the 2012 American St. Leger and last Post. The 7-year-old traveled to Britain to be covered as year=s G2 Dubai City of Gold, has been retired after part of the first Southern Hemisphere-time book of suffering a setback. Frankel, whose first Northern Hemisphere foals are The 8-year-old, who beginning to arrive. had not run since his City of Gold victory last March, won a Wolverhampton conditions race last week, and was preparing for a return trip to Dubai. The Jakkalberry globetrotting veteran Horsephotos also finished third in the 2012 G1 Melbourne Cup and G1 Dubai Sheema Classic. He won the G1 Gran Premio de Milano in 2010. Owned by Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock, Jakkalberry retires with 12 wins from 29 starts and earnings of $2,213,520. AHe came home from his win at Wolverhampton in great form and all was looking set for Dubai, where we had planned to take him to win the G2 City of Gold for the second year,@ trainer Marco Botti said. AHe returned back from exercise this morning a little sore. Exploratory tests have told us that this is the time to call it a day with him.@ Cont. p7 In This Issue PEB’s TDN Sketch of the Week 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 (732) 747-8060 (732) 747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com CO-PUBLISHERS Barry Weisbord, President [email protected] • @barryweisbord Sue Finley, Vice President [email protected] • @suefinley BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] EDITORIAL [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. Click here to buy a print of this sketch, or the original. Justina Severni, Associate Editor Currently accepting commissions. Visit www.pebsite.com for details. 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[email protected] Page 7 WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Kelsey Riley, International Editor [email protected] Sean Cronin, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Pedigree Insights Tom Frary, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Andrew Caulfield examines the pedigree of Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile), [email protected] impressive winner of Saturday’s GII Holy Bull S. Page 8-10 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/14 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Katie Lee Colt Keeps It In The Family... The husband and wife training team of Graeme and Debbie Rogerson crafted the career of Katie Lee--the only filly to have won New Zealand=s G1 2000 Guineas and G1 1000 Guineas--who raced in the silks of Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan of Cambridge Stud. The Rogersons will now be responsible for the mare=s first foal, lot 73, after going to NZ$800,000 to secure the colt early in the session Monday. AKatie Lee was a great mare, and Debbie=s got a close affinity with her,@ commented Graeme Rogerson. AWhat she did for us, there=s no other filly like her.@ AOn type, this colt is very strong,@ he added. AWe debated when driving up today, but in the end Debbie said >I want that horse.= I valued him higher than what we got him for, and there are a lot of people that want to go in on him already. Who knows, he might end up standing back at Cambridge Stud. We need those sorts of horses in New Zealand--look at Savabeel (Aus) and what he=s achieved already.@ The second-highest price--and top price for a filly--of the day came when Coolmore=s Tom Magnier lodged the winning bid of NZ$700,000 for lot 139, a daughter of listed winner and G1 Crown Oaks runner-up Miss Scarlatti (NZ) (Stravinsky {Aus}) from the Pencarrow Stud consignment. Magnier went to the same sum for a Fastnet Rock filly at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale earlier in the month. Coolmore has had luck with fillies by its resident stallion, having campaigned standouts Atlantic Jewel (Aus) and Sea Siren (Aus). AThe Fastnet Rock fillies have been very popular, and she=s a lovely type so all we need now is a little bit of luck,@ said Magnier. AWe=ll take her home and then decide what we=ll do with her and who will train her.@ AShe is a credit to the team at Pencarrow,@ Magnier added. AThey have had all of their horses looking fantastic again this year.@ Sir Patrick Hogan & the Rogersons with Lot 73 NZB Photo J Watch Out for “TDN Rising Stars” J Stars of tomorrow grabbing the spotlight today... TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/28/14 • PAGE 4 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Ellis On Top... David Ellis of Te Akau Stud topped the buyer=s list for the day, signing for 25 yearlings for NZ$4,095,000-- and an average of NZ$163,380--headed by lot 207, a Fastnet Rock colt, for NZ$680,000. The youngster hails from Curraghmore Stud, which last year ended Cambridge Stud=s 31-year run as the leading vendor at the Premier sale. He is out of Randaroo (Gold Case), a six-time graded stakes winner in New York, Florida and Maryland for Joe Allen and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. Randaroo was also three- times Grade I-placed. The yearling is the seventh foal from Randaroo, who has already produced GII La Canada-second Gripsholm Castle (Dynaformer). At the conclusion of day one, Ellis is on track to become the leading buyer at Karaka for Lot 207 the ninth consecutive year. NZB Photo Where The Money Was... New Zealand buyers were responsible for 43% of the day=s total spend, up 28% from last year. Trainer Graham Richardson, who bought six yesterday, said: AThere are a lot of nice horses here this year, especially quality fillies with strong pedigrees. I=ve purchased an O=Reilly filly, a Keeper filly and three Darci Brahma fillies, supporting New Zealand sires that are particularly strong currently.@ He added: AThis is the right year to be buying here at Karaka for New Zealanders. With the increasing prize money and expanding bonus schemes such as the Karaka Million and Pearl Series, there is plenty of upside to being based in New Zealand.@ As per usual, Hong Kong made its presence felt as well, with 16 yearlings purchased for NZ$3,410,000 headed for that nation.