TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here NISH STICKING TO PLAN AT FASIG JULY GOSDEN TALKS PLANS FOR CLASSIC by Jessica Martini WINNERS When Kevin and Kimberly Nish send a pair of stakes- While G1 Epsom Derby winner Golden Horn (GB) winning fillies through the sales ring during Thursday=s (Cape Cross {Ire}) stole the spotlight last weekend Fasig-Tipton Summer Selected Horses of Racing Age when running away with the G1 Coral-Eclipse, trainer Sale in Lexington, the couple, who race as KMN John Gosden was busy Monday revealing plans for his Racing, will be following through on a business plan >other= 2015 Classic winners: G1 Irish Derby victor Jack developed four years ago. Hobbs (GB) (Halling) and G1 Prix de Diane scorer Star We ve been of Seville (GB) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}). A = Jack Hobbs, who emerged from the shadows of advised by Alex Golden Horn to take the [Solis] and Jason Irish Derby June 27, has [Litt] since we got the G1 Prix de l=Arc de in the racing Triomphe as his long-term business,@ goal, and Gosden said the explained Kevin Godolphin colorbearer Nish. AAnd we=ve could prep in France. had a plan that we "He is having a short would buy holiday now and is just yearling fillies and trotting,@ Gosden noted. "A race like the [G2] Prix Niel then sell some Kevin and Kimberly Nish John Gosden | Racing Post that had become [Sept. 13] could be for him successful to fund the next year or two years of before the Arc. He is a Halling so if the ground is soft it purchasing fillies.@ should help him." Gosden said Star of Seville is set to be back in action Putting that plan into action two years ago, Solis and at Glorious Goodwood Aug. 1. Litt purchased Lutine Belle (Bellamy Road) (hip 411) on "Star Of Seville will head for the Nassau,@ he said. behalf of the Nishes for $40,000 at the Fasig-Tipton "She is in super form and is currently having a freshen Kentucky October sale. The bloodstock agents also up. They don't always handle the track at Goodwood acquired Lindisfarne (City Zip) (hip 410) for $57,000 at as it can make them off-balance, but if she handles it the Keeneland September sale. she certainly has a chance." Lindisfarne (Thorostride video) has now raced seven times and her three victories include a 1 1/2-length tally in the Marshua S. at Laurel in January. She currently has earnings of $108,545. Lutine Belle (Thorostride video), who has earned nearly $115,000, counts the Blue Norther S. at Santa Anita among her three victories to date. Cont. p3 KEENELAND ADJUSTS OPENING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER SALE Keeneland has adjusted the opening week schedule of its 2015 September Yearling Sale, which will be held Sept. 14-26. The sale will open with a three-day Book 1, spanning Monday-Wednesday, Sept. 14-16, one day less than previously. The sale=s traditional Adark day,@ will move from Friday of opening week to Thursday, Sept. 17. The Book 2 sale will be conducted Friday-Saturday, Sept. 18-19, followed by Books 3-6 beginning Sunday, Sept. 20, according to a release from the sales company. Cont. p9 From a quarter mile in 22 on dirt, to 1 ¼ miles in 2:01 on turf – Speightstown showed on Independence Day why he’s an All-American Sire. Richard Santulli homebred 3yo colt FORCE THE PASS became his sire’s 12th G1 winner with a 3 ¾-length tour de force in the $1,250,000 Belmont Derby Inv. (G1) at Belmont. [watch race] WinStar homebred 3yo colt SPEIGHTSTER, a , remained undefeated after turning back Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champ Texas Red in the $500,000 Dwyer S. (G3) at Belmont, earning a 104 Beyer. 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But Jason and Alex have done very well by us and we are happy to continue to follow their NISH STICKING TO PLAN AT FASIG JULY advice.@ (cont. from p1) The next generation of yearling purchases has already The two fillies will sell Thursday through the Darby started to pay dividends. Dan Farm consignment, but Nish admitted it would be a AThis past Saturday, we bittersweet parting. had a first-time starter AWe made that plan and now it is very hard to stick named Stays in Vegas to it because they have both done so well for us,@ he (City Zip) and she won the said. AThey are trying to lash me to the mast so I don=t Juan Gonzalez S. by six break off from the plan, but right now we are sticking lengths,@ Nish said. AWe were quite excited about with the plan and we=re agreeing that we=ll put that money into next year or this coming fall s yearling that and that is a = reenforcing mechanism sales.@ towards the plan that The plan got a little harder to stick to when Lutine Jason and Alex have for Lutine Belle | Thorostride Belle ran a career-best third in the June 27 GIII Senorita us. So she is a crop S. beyond from the two that are going to sell who has AYes. It made it harder for me,@ Nish chuckled about already come up and looks like she=ll be ok.@ Lucine Belle=s finish in the Senorita. ABut as Jason and Stays in Vegas was a $40,000 Keeneland September Alex say, >You can always sell them when you don=t yearling purchase last fall. want to sell them. If you want to sell them, it might be In addition to the yearlings they purchase at auction, harder to sell them.=@ the couple have a California-based broodmare band of 16. cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/7/15 • PAGE 4 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com AThe farm where our mares are is only 20 miles away, so the whole family can come over and we like to see our foals when they are born,@ Nish said of the appeal of breeding. ABut we have clearly had more success with the ones that Alex and Jason have selected for us at the sales.@ The Nishes, who only became involved Lutine Belle | Benoit in racehorse ownership some four years ago, have already enjoyed a lifetime of success in the game. They were co-owners of two-time GI Breeders= Cup Turf Sprint winner Mizdirection (Mizzen Mast) and are also part of the ownership group of champion Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}). So this is an easy game? AThe facts would lead me to believe that,@ Nish laughed. ABut I=ve had enough of the other experiences. You hear about the ones that are good, but we have had several others that weren=t. We have pictures from maiden claimers at Golden Gate. Not everybody wins. But we=ve been doing a better than average job thanks to the advice we=ve been getting.@ Nish, who is the CEO of GeoVera Lindisfarne | Thorostride Insurance Holdings, gets regular updates on the status of Shared Belief, who has been sidelined since a hip injury in April. The champion is currently recuperating at Pegasus Training Center in Washington. A[Trainer] Jerry [Hollendorfer] is up with Shared even as we speak,@ Nish said Monday. AHe has been on stall rest and has been getting ultrasounds every two weeks to check on the progress of the healing of his fracture and that has now healed enough, as of a week ago, that he got to leave his stall and resume some hand walking.