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Owner/Breeder Trudy McCaffery Dies HEADLINE p.1(atw) 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 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2007 ONWARD AND UPWARD AT OBS FEBRUARY? Brother to Ill-Fated Filly Sells Today... The Ocala Breeders= Sales Company=s Selected Two- Last year=s OBS February sale was marred by a tragic Year-Olds in Training sale starts today at noon at the accident that claimed the life of a Forest Camp filly OBS Complex in Ocala, Florida, and consignors and sale from Don Graham=s consignment that was expected to officials are hoping that the first be one of the sale toppers. The filly, who had worked juvenile sale of the year picks up an eighth in :10 flat, flipped in right where 2006 left off. The the paddock just prior to enter- market for two-year-olds in train- ing the ring and was subse- ing has grown by leaps and quently euthanized. A half- bounds over the past decade, and brother to that filly sells today. last year saw several records go Catalogued as hip 49, the colt is by the wayside. The highlight of by Siphon (Brz) and hails from 2006, of course, was the sale of the world-record, $16-million The the consignment of W.D. North Green Monkey at Fasig-Tipton Cal- Thoroughbreds, which pur- der. But even without Coolmore=s chased the colt for $45,000 at blockbuster buy, the two-year-old the 2006 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky market was exceptionally strong. July sale. W.D. North said he At the end of the year, new marks didn=t realize until after he ac- for average, median and gross had been established. Hip 49 quired the colt that he was a half According to The Blood-Horse=s Market Watch, North Lucas Marquardt to the Forest Camp filly. While American juvenile sales saw 3,107 youngsters gross the story has a sentimental $217,100,214 in 2006, for an average of $69,875 and streak to it, hip 49 has done plenty to recommend a median of $24,000. Moreover, the average at the five himself. Under very little encouragement, he worked a major select sales was a record $194,950. The quarter in :21 2/5 at the Feb. 4 breeze show (Video) strength of the market over the past few years means and galloped out well. There=s plenty to like in terms of that buyers have had to dig deeper into their wallets to pedigree, too. The bay is a son of the In Reality mare land their top prospects. OBS February, however, is still Daggett, herself a three-parts sister to MSW I=ll Get viewed by many as a sale where buyers can get plenty Along, dam of champion and GI Kentucky Derby winner of bang for their buck. AOur average pinhook price is Smarty Jones. around $70,000, not $200,000, so we don't eliminate some of the buyers that don't have the budget to buy $1 million horses,@ said OBS General Manager Tom OBS FEBRUARY SELECT 2YO SALE Ventura. AThey can come in here and buy a $100,00 to Stats Last Two Years $200,000 horse horse. But the studies have shown 2006 2005 that, over the last 10 years, this sale is producing No. Offered 138 158 around 11 or 12 percent stakes winners, and that's the No. Sold 93 109 most important thing. This sale has been producing RNAs 45 49 runners year after year." OBS Coverage cont. p2 % RNA 32.6% 31% Gross $12,967,000 $14,921,000 You can also pick up a copy of the TDN today at Average (% change) $139,430 (+1.85%) $136,890 the OBS Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Median (% change) $110,000 (-8.33%) $120,000 Training. www.obssales.com www.juddmonte.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/13/07 • PAGE 2 of 8 Remember That >Dream=?... H I P H A P P E N I N G S As if taking cues from the OBS marketing depart- P P ment, West Point Thoroughbreds= Dream Rush (Wild Rush) became the latest graded stakes winner to gradu- Hip 60, c, Stormy Atlantic--Elise=, by Distinctive Pro ate from the February sale. On Saturday, the three- Consigned by Nick de Meric, Agent II year-old filly upset last year=s A $60,000 yearling purchase at last year=s Fasig- GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fil- Tipton Saratoga sale, this Jan. 19 foal is by last year=s lies heroine Dreaming of Anna leading juvenile sire Stormy Atlantic. Produced by a with an impressive 3 1/2- winning half to Grade I heroine Without Feathers (Brave length tally in the GIII Old Hat Shot {GB}), the colt, a New York-bred, breezed an S. at Gulfstream. Dream Rush eighth in :10 1/5 during the first breeze show Feb. 4 was purchased by West Point (Video). AHe=s a lovely animal,@ said consignor Nick de at this sale a year ago. On be- Meric. AHe=s a big, strong mature kind of horse. He=s an half of Terry Finley=s opera- economical mover; he doesn=t waste any time in the air-- tion, agent Buzz Chace paid it=s all forward motion. What I liked best about his Dream Rush as a $285,000 for Dream Rush, breeze is how well within himself he did it. The rider two-year-old who had previously been a never even cocked his stick.@ westpointtb.com $90,000 Keeneland Septem- ber yearling. Nick de Meric consigned the filly for D & B Hip 65, c, Lightnin N Thunder--Far Sighted Sal, by Ventures. AThat was fun, wasn=t it?@ de Meric said in Distant View response to Dream Rush=s effort Saturday. AIt was a Consigned by Hoby & Layna Kight, Agent I wonderfully exciting result, and we=re delighted for her From the first crop of Lightnin N Thunder, a MSP son connections. In their different ways, they=ve all been of Storm Cat, Hip 65 earned the bullet at the first show very supportive. I=m talking about West Point, but also when he sped through a quarter mile in :21 flat (Video). Buzz Chace and Rick Violette Jr. [who trains the filly].@ AHe=s a real racehorse,@ said consignor Hoby Kight. AWe Dream Rush came into the 2006 February sale boasting paid $105,000 [at last year=s OBS August sale], so that a swift :10 1/5 breeze for the eighth (Video), and buy- tells you right there how good-looking he is. But that=s ers, including Chace, took notice. AShe was a very fast what it costs to buy a horse like that.@ The Florida-bred filly at home,@ de Meric said. AThen she worked well at gray is from the family of graded stakes winner Deputy the sale and sold accordingly.@ De Meric added that G. Dream Rush has the tools to make an impact in her division this year. AIt takes more than speed to win a Hip 71, f, Hook and Ladder--Gaye=s Blossom, by Thirty race like that, and she=s got what else it takes, too,@ he Six Red said. AHopefully, that=s just the beginning.@ Violette is Consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent VI now targeting Dream Rush for a tilt in either the GII Fair This miss gave a good account of herself, and her Ground Oaks or GII Bonnie Miss S., both on Mar. 10, freshman sire, with a smart :10 1/5 work Feb. 4 with the GI Kentucky Oaks being the ultimate goal. (Video). A $47,000 OBSAUG yearling, she is a daugh- ter of Gaye=s Blossom, a half to MSW Gallant Step (Go Step) and four other stakes horses. Hip 71 is a regis- TDN TODAY tered New York-bred. Hook and Ladder is graded- Headline News.................... 8 pages stakes-winning son of Dixieland Band. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 2/13/07 • PAGE 3 of 8 Hip Happenings cont. Hip 155, c, Forest Wildcat--Rhiana, by Runaway Groom Hip 73, f, Posse--Gilded Thunderbird, by Gilded Time Consigned by CloverLeaf Farms II & Brent Fernung, agent Consigned by Leprechaun Racing, agent This colt worked :10 3/5 at the Feb. 4 show (Video), Hip 73 sold for $30,000 as a KEENOV weanling then came back Sunday to shave a tick off that time. before bringing $130,000 as an OBSAUG yearling, and He is the first foal out of Rhiana, who banked over her connections hope she can turn another profit here. $280,000 on the track and placed in the GI Santa Maria The Apr. 22 foal didn=t work Sunday after posting a H. AHe=s a big, nice colt,@ said CloverLeaf=s Brent sharp :10 1/5 breeze at the first under-tack show Fernung. AHe breezed well and had a real good gallop (Video). AShe looks like >right now,=@ said consignor out. He=s been well-accepted. I think he=s one of the Leprechaun Racing=s Mike Mulligan. APeople are looking best-looking horses on the grounds.@ Hip 155 was at her and thinking that they can be there for Keeneland knocked down for $130,000 as a KEESEP yearling. Last and the five-furlong stakes at Churchill. Which isn=t to year, four Forest Wildcat two-year-olds sold for an say she won=t train on. She uses herself very well.@ Hip average of $267,500.