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BARBARO PROGRESSING HEADLINE p3 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2006 GETTING DOWN TO SPECIFICS TATTERSALLS DECEMBER The 12-year-old Specifically (Sky Classic) topped WEDNESDAY’S TOP EIGHT MARES yesterday's penultimate session of Tattersalls' Decem- ber Sale in Newmarket, selling for 1,850,000gns to join Hip Name Covering Sire Price (Gns) the broodmare band at Klaus Jacobs' Newsells Park 2273 Specifically Danehill Dancer (Ire) 1,850,000 Stud. The mare, a half-sister to 2006 G1 Champion S. (m, 12, Sky Classic--Specificity, by Alleged) winner Pride (Fr), was pur- Consigned by Lisieux Stud chased at Goffs November Purchased by John Warren Bloodstock for just i50,000 by agent 2269 Halland Park Lass (Ire) Tobougg (Ire) 710,000 (m, 7, Spectrum {Ire}--Palacegate Episode {Ire}, by Drumalis {Ire}) Susie McKeever two years Consigned by Trickledown Stud ago. Her two-year-old of Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock 2005, Speciosa (Ire) 2133 Maid of Killeen (Ire) Azamour (Ire) 650,000 (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), cap- (m, 10, Darshaan {GB}--Sovereign Touch {Ire}, by Pennine Walk {Ire}) tured the G2 Rockfel S. last Consigned by Killeen Castle Stud year, and Specifically was Purchased by Hugo Lascelles Bloodstock Specifically tattersalls.com offered at Goffs again. She 2229 Ive Gota Bad Liver Dalakhani (Ire) 440,000 found no takers and RNA’d (m, 9, Mt Livermore--Balistroika, by Nijinsky) at i320,000, but that price tag looked a bargain after Consigned by Grangecon Stud Speciosa added the G1 1000 Guineas to her resume Purchased by Hugo Merry Bloodstock this year. John Warren, agent for Newsells Park, 2274 Desertion (Ire) Galileo (Ire) 400,000 bought Specifically after winning a long battle against (m, 7, Danehill--Sabaah, by Nureyev) rival bidder Luke Lillingston, accompanied by Lord Consigned by Castlemartin Stud Derby's brother Peter Stanley. Con- Purchased by Mead, Goodbody Ltd signed by Lisieux Stud, she is car- 2293 Heather Moor b’mare prospect 400,000 rying a full sibling to Speciosa. (f, 3, Diesis {GB}--High Walden, by El Gran Senor) "She's was beautiful and you can't Consigned by Juddmonte Farms beat a [Classic-producing] mare-- Purchased by Peter Doyle (Plantation Stud) they don't come up for sale very 2389 Musicanna (GB) b’mare prospect 320,000 often," said Warren. "We've taken (m, 5, Cape Cross {Ire}--Upend {GB}, by Main Reef {GB}) advantage of the few superior Consigned by Pegasus Stables mares to have come up for sale Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock here. Mr. Jacobs is keen to con- 2304 Triple Edition b’mare prospect 230,000 centrate on the top British families (f, 3, Lear Fan--Willstar, by Nureyev) and pedigrees and it has been a Speciosa Consigned by Juddmonte Farms good catalogue that, in conse- thoroughbredphoto.com Purchased by Badgers Bloodstock quence, has drawn a real international marketplace." In addition to the gains made on Specifically yesterday, Liseux Stud also sold her 2005 foal, a filly by Statue of © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. Liberty, for 270,000gns at the 2006 TATOCT sale; and This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior her 2006 foal, a colt by Indian Haven (GB), for written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. i180,000 as a GOFNOV weanling. Information as to the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published in You can also pick up a copy of the TDN today at Daily Racing Form and utilized here with with the the Tattersalls December Sales. permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. www.hillndalefarms.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/30/06 • PAGE 2 of 3 Hitting One Out of the Park... Halland Park Lass (Ire) (Spectrum {Ire}) was another to show a huge profit for her vendor yesterday. The Nothin’ But Net Brought to you by Muirfield Insurance seven-year-old was bought 12 months ago for just 12,000gns by a partnership headed by Trickledown Stud's Paul Thorman, but that was before her son Securing Dutch Art (GB) (Medicean {GB}) won this year's G1 Prix Morny and G1 Middle Park S. Agent Charlie Gordon- the finest Watson paid 710,000gns to outbid Shunsuke Yoshida of Japan's Northern Farm for the mare, whose Kyllachy (859) 253-1114 www.muirfieldinsurance.com (GB) filly foal made 280,000gns on Saturday. "She's been bought for a commercial breeder in Ireland to go Hip Mare Covering Sire Price (gns) to George Washington, and you'd hope to get another 2133 Maid of Killeen (Ire) Azamour (Ire) 650,000 fast one like Dutch Art," said the agent. "Full marks to the vendors, they've done really well." Halland Park (m, 10, Darshaan {GB}--Sovereign Touch {Ire}, by Pennine Walk {Ire}) Consigned by Killeen Castle Stud Lass is in foal to Tobougg (Ire). Hugo Lascelles went to Purchased by Hugo Lascelles Bloodstock 650,000gns to get Maid Of Killeen (Ire) (Darshaan Killeen Castle went to Ir£65,000 to buy Maid of Killeen as a GOFORB {GB}), the dam of G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Indian yearling, and may have been disappointed by a racing career that Ink (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}), in foal to Azamour (Ire), produced just one win and a listed placing from 10 starts, but the bay from Killeen Castle Stud. "We've been after a Darshaan has made up for it in the breeding shed. Her first first five foals each mare for a long time and we were underbidders on Puce realized more than 400,000gns at auction, and her two-year-old of 2006 on Tuesday night. She'll go to Galileo next year," said proved to be Indian Ink (Ire), winner of the G1 Cheveley Park S. Striking Lascelles. The final session of the sale starts at 9:30 while the iron was hot, Killeen Castle sent the mare back through sales a.m. today. ring and earned 10 times her original purchase price. TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARES etc. 2389 Musicanna (GB) horse out of training 320,000 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29, 2006 (m, 5, Cape Cross {Ire}--Upend {Ire}, by Main Reef {GB}) SESSION TOTALS 2006 2005 Consigned by Pegasus Stables, property of a partnership No. Offered 267 271 Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock No. Sold 210 232 A 60,000gns TATOCT yearling, Musicanna was unraced at two and RNAs 57 39 resold for 26,000gns after winning just one of two starts as a sopho- % RNA 21.3% 14.4% more. The bay came back to win three of four starts in 2005, including Gross 13,848,000gns 12,184,500gns the Listed Atalanta S., and was third in the G1 Sun Chariot S. She Average 65,943gns (+25.6%) 52,519gns added a third-place effort in the G1 Falmouth S., where she was beaten Median 36,000gns (+18%) 30,500gns just a length and a half, this term. Retired with earnings of £105,778, CUMULATIVE 2006 2005 she proved an even more valuable asset in the sales ring this time. No. Offered 795 814 No. Sold 638 674 A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will RNAs 157 140 indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will % RNA 19.7% 17.2% denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will Gross 63,353,000gns 44,797,800gns indicate first-time starters, an (S) will be used for state- Average 99,299gns (+49.4%) 66,466gns bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races www.tattersalls.com and an (R) will be used for other restricted races. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/30/06 • PAGE 3 of 3 Barbaro P N E W S T O D A Y P FALLON DRUG POSITIVE Kieren Fallon's annus horribilis continued yesterday after it was announced Update the jockey is set to serve a six-month suspension, or- dered by stewards of France-Galop, after testing posi- BARBARO STEADILY IMPROVING tive to "traces" of a yet-to-be disclosed prohibited by Gail Luciani, Director of UPenn Office of Communications substance. The jockey was found to have fallen foul of the French Racing Authority's stringent procedures KENNETT SQUARE, PA...Kentucky Derby winner when both A and B samples failed a random test after Barbaro continues to improve following the removal of the jockey rode [unplaced] Ivan Denisovich (Ire) his right hind leg cast on Nov. 6, according to his (Danehill) in the July 9 G1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly. medical team. “Barbaro is steadily gaining strength on Dr. Michael Lewis, the disciplinary hearing's expert his right hind limb now that it is out of the cast," said witness, indicated an exceedingly low quantity of the Dr. Dean W. Richardson, Chief of Surgery. “He is only banned substance may have arisen due to "environmen- wearing a very light cotton bandage on that leg and tal contact." The jockey has until midnight Friday to both walks and stands well on it.” Barbaro's lower appeal the ban, due to commence Dec. 7, but is not right hind leg had been in a cast since surgery expected to do so. "Only trace levels were detected at Penn's George D. Widener Hospital following his and these are considerably lower than generally ac- accident at the Preakness on May 20. “Radiographs of cepted thresholds for positive results," Fallon's solicitor his fractured lower limb were taken yesterday and Christopher Stewart-Moore told PA Sport.