TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2019 TAPIZAR FILLY TOPS ONTARIO URGING RULE TO ALLOW UNDERHAND CROP USE ONLY MIDLANTIC OPENER Woodbine Entertainment will partner with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), the Horsemen=s Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario (HBPA) and the Jockey=s Benevolent Association of Canada (JBAC) to test out a new urging rule that allows only for underhand use of the riding crop. The test period will begin Oct. 18 and run through the conclusion of the Woodbine meeting in December. The new AGCO rule allows for no contact with the horse with the crop in the cocked position and also prohibits striking the horse to the belly or surrounding area. According to a release, officials from the AGCO have met with executives from Woodbine, the JBAC and the HBPA to discuss and attempt to build a consensus on how best to amend the rules. Cont. p7 Session-topping hip 122 | Lydia Williams photo IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Jessica Martini GOFFS ORBY KICKS OFF TUESDAY Vendors, buyers and yearlings alike brave the elements ahead TIMONIUM, MD - The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale of Tuesday’s opening session of the Orby Sale in Kildare, Ireland. opened with an abbreviated session Monday evening in Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Timonium, featuring five six-figure transactions. Leading the way was a Maryland-bred filly by Tapizar, who attracted a final bid of $150,000 from Willie White on behalf of Skeedattle Associates. In all, 102 yearlings sold for $2,680,000. The average was $26,275 and the median was $15,000. Of 150 catalogued head, 134 went through the ring. With 32 yearlings failing to meet their reserves, the buy-back rate was 23.9%. During last year=s first session, 103 yearlings sold for $2,384,700. The average was $23,152 and the median was $15,000. The buy-back rate was 20.2%. Cary Frommer purchased seven yearlings during the session, but made her highest bid of the day for the very last horse through the ring. Frommer went to $130,000 to acquire a colt by Jump Start on behalf of an undisclosed client. AI thought it was a little bit strong,@ Frommer said of Monday=s market in Timonium. AThis is my home--I=ve come here and bought Grade I winners out of here, and million-dollar pinhooks out of here, and I just thought I was going to be fine. But when I started seeing all the usual suspects around, I thought, >Oh. This is not going to be quite as easy as I had hoped.= I think the prices reflected that for a nice horse.@ Cont. p3 72 2-YEAR-OLD BLACK TYPE WINNERS 2YO FILLY SELFLESSLY became her sire’s newest Graded Stakes winner with a strong performance in Sunday’s $200,000 Miss Grillo S. (G2) at Belmont in her second lifetime start. OWNER: Klaravich Stables, Inc. 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So we Bookkeeper asked a group of industry participants, `What would you fix first?' Terry May [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION KEENELAND ADDS SAFETY MANAGEMENT POSITIONS 11 International Editor Dr. George Mundy and Jim Prendergest have been named Equine Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN Safety Director and Director of Racing Surfaces, respectively, at [email protected] Keeneland. European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • OCTOBER 1, 2019 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings cont. Skeedattle Strikes Late for Tapizar Filly Willie White, former president of the Maryland Horse Bloodstock agents Hanzly Albina and Nick Sallusto made the Breeders Association, made the highest bid of Monday=s first day=s third-highest bid when going to $125,000 for a son of session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale, going to Speightster. The duo also purchased a colt by Dialed In for $150,000 to acquire a filly by Tapizar on behalf of the Skeedattle $110,000. Associates partnership of White, Lou Rehak and Bob Orndorff. Albina, who was active as buyer and as seller through the The yearling was consigned and bred by David Hayden=s Dark Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services consignment, said the Hollow Farm. Cont. p4 Midlantic sale was one squarely marked on his calendar. AI think you have a lot of people who are old school farmers and they bring good product to market,@ Albina said. AAre there lower-level horses here? Yes. But that=s every sale. But the cream that is here, I think is as good as anywhere. The fact that a lot of agents and owners have fatigue from the three weeks we just experienced at Keeneland, that benefits us--it=s an advantage for us. So we=ll fly over here, we=ll enjoy some crab cakes--we love Baltimore--and we buy and sell some horses.@ The Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale continues with a final session beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Want to send a “LETTER TO THE EDITOR” of the Thoroughbred Daily News? Send an e-mail to: [email protected] Dark Hollow=s David Hayden (left) & Willie White | Lydia Williams photo TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • OCTOBER 1, 2019 F-T Midlantic Fall Yearlings cont. AShe=s awesome,@ White said of hip 122. AIf you can get a Maryland-bred who is as well-balanced and put together as that, from that family and that kind of opportunity, you can=t beat it. Besides, David raises good horses and we like to support the local guys.@ The bay filly is out of Flit (Not For Love), a half-sister to multiple stakes winners O Dionysus (Bodemeister) and Joy (Pure Prize). O Dionysus posted the third stakes win of his career in the Laurel Turf Cup just this past Saturday. A long-time presence in Maryland racing, Skeedattle Associates has campaigned graded winners Just Howard and Gin Talking. AWe=ve been racing here in Maryland for 31 years,@ White said of the partnership. AWe=re very excited now. I called my two partners, Lou Rehak and Bob Orndorff, and told them we might have to go to $150,000 to get this filly. They=re probably sitting at home now saying, >Well, he had that right.=@ White has had a front-row seat to the progression of the Maryland program. AI was the president of the MHBA for a few years, so I was in the middle of some of it as it was taking place and it was fun,@ he said. AThey are doing a good job. The racetracks are good and the breeding program is certainly working. We love Maryland racing.@ SESSION TOPPERS FASIG-TIPTON MIDLANTIC FALL YEARLINGS MONDAY’S TOP LOTS HIP SEX SIRE | DAM PRICE ($) 122 filly TapizarBFlit 150,000 Breeder: Dark Hollow Farm (MD) Consignor: Dark Hollow Farm, agent Purchaser: Robert White-Skeedattle Associates 150 colt Jump StartBGritty Gal 130,000 ($19,000 wnlg >18 KEENOV) Breeder: Nick Strong, James & Kristine Cullen, Silver Springs Stud (Pa) Consignor: Marshall W. Silverman Purchaser: Cary Frommer, agent 048 colt SpeightsterBBuff Jett 125,000 Breeder: Bayne & Christina Welker (Ky) Consignor: Scott Mallory, Agent for B & C Welker Purchaser: Sallusto & Albina, agents 021 colt Great NotionBAunt Elaine 120,000 Breeder: Morgan=s Ford Farm (MD) Consignor: Morgan=s Ford Farm Purchaser: Hillwood Stable LLC TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 14 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • OCTOBER 1, 2019 Monday Toppers cont. Jump Start Colt Ends Night with a Bang A colt by the late Jump Start provided a big finish to Monday=s 008 colt Dialed InBAmbush Woman 110,000 first session of the Midlantic Fall Yearlings sale when selling to ($30,000 wnlg >18 KEENOV) Cary Frommer for $130,000. Breeder: H. Allen Poindexter (Ky) AI thought he was stunning from the first time I saw him,@ Consignor: Marshall W.