Keeneland September Sale
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here O’BERN: COOLMORE LANDS SESSION TOPPER AIt was a good horse sale,@ said Keeneland Vice Coolmore representative Demi O=Byrne purchased the President of Sales Walt Robertson. AIt was fun at the top two lots of during the third session of the top--we sold the Bernardini very well today, and also Keeneland September Yearling Sale and lively bidding some other horses very well.@ throughout propelled the session to solid gains. O=Byrne The Coolmore partners have been active at struck early for hip 469, a colt by Bernardini who went September, purchasing no fewer than eight yearlings for $1.55 million--the for a total of $4,555,000 and an average of $569,375. second-highest price O=Byrne is the second-leading buyer at September. thus far of the auction Leading that list is Sheikh Hamdan=s Shadwell Estate and its sixth seven- Company, Ltd., which has acquired 16 head for figure horse. The colt, $7,850,000, an average of $490,625. Shadwell=s top- consigned by Catherine priced acquisition yesterday was hip 654, a Tapit half- Parke=s Valkyre Stud sister to Canadian champion Ginger Brew (Milwaukee for breeders Bill and Brew) and multiple graded winner Bourbon Bay (Sligo Betty Currin, counts as Bay {Ire}) who sold for $525,000. That was the top his siblings Grade I price paid for a filly Wednesday. Vinery bred the winner Stormello daughter of the Conquistador Cielo mare Coral Necklace (Stormy Atlantic) and under its Grapestock banner and sold her as hip 654. - Session-topping hip 469 Keeneland photo recent GII Del Mar Lucas Marquardt Derby winner My Best Brother (Stormy Atlantic). "He's nice--he's got a nice Keeneland September coverage cont. p3 walk,@ said O=Byrne. AHe's what I like. We haven't decided [if he'll stay here or go to Europe to race].@ Asked about the price, Parke smiled and said, AIt was way higher than we expected. We're not greedy people, and we don't expect anything like that.@ (718) 978-8200 O=Byrne also signed for a Big Brown half-brother to www.mersant.com GII Illinois Derby winner Recapturetheglory (Cherokee Sponsors of the following stats for the: Run) for $850,000. Warrendale Sales, agent for Whitechurch Bloodstock, consigned the colt as hip 645. KEENELAND SEPTEMBER SALE Earlier this year, O=Byrne went to a sale-topping $1.3 SESSION TOTALS 2012 (Session 3) 2011 (Session 4) million for a son of Big Brown=s first crop at FTFFEB. Catalogued 305 311 The colt hasn=t started as yet. No. Offered 267 281 When comparing day two of Book 2 this year with No. Sold 196 215 the same session last year, session numbers again were RNAs 71 66 up. The average of $176,393 was up 15.6%, while the % RNAs 26.6% 23.5% median of $145,000 was up 11.5%. That helped push No. $500K+ 8 4 High Price $1,550,000 $650,000 the cumulative average further into the black--it Gross $34,573,000 $32,819,500 currently stands up 4% to $212,479, though the Average (% change) $176,393 (+15.6%) $152,649 cumulative median of $150,000 remains down 11.8%. Median (% change) $145,000 (+11.8%) $130,000 The RNA rate has begun to come down from earlier in www.keeneland.com the week. The session RNA rate was 26.6%. In This Issue What Can Brown Do For You? 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 GI Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown (732) 747-8060 (Boundary), whose first foals are having an impact (732) 747-8955 (fax) this season at the races, was the sire of an www.thoroughbreddailynews.com outstanding weanling-to-yearling pinhook for www.thetdn.com David and Ann Hanley’s Whitechurch Bloodstock. Purchased for a pricey $140,000 at Barry Weisbord, co-publisher Keeneland’s November sale last fall, the results 10 months later were spectacular, as Demi O’Byrne [email protected] , co-publisher saw fit to go to $825,000 for the half-brother to Sue Finley GII Illinois Derby hero Recapturetheglory [email protected] (Dehere). Hip 645 Keeneland photo Editorial Coverage page 6 [email protected] Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Marie Kizenko, Senior Editor Monsun Euthanized Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Monsun (Ger) (Konigsstuhl {Ger}--Mosella {Ger}, by Surumu {Ger}), Lucas Marquardt, Features Editor Germany's ground-breaking sire of the likes of Manduro (Ger), Shirocco Steve Sherack, Racing Editor (Ger), Samum (Ger) and Stacelita (Fr), has been euthanized at the age of 22. Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. Media Dir. 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CHAMPION STARDOM BOUND–Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies-G1 CHAMPION HANSEN–Breeders’ Cup Juvenile-G1 2012 G1 WINNER TAPITSFLY–Breeders’ Cup Turf Winner 2012 G1 WINNER TESTA MATTA–2012 Februrary S. (G1) Winner A Leading Sire – TAPIT Power. Passion. Performance. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/13/12 • PAGE 3 of 25 • thoroughbreddailynews.com 549 Empire Maker Back Bay Dixie 550,000 B-Siena Farms (KY) Consigend by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent for Siena Farm LLC Purchased by Todd A Pletcher, Agent 598 Distorted Humor Capote's Crown 500,000 B-Whisper Hill Farm (KY) Consigned by Sweezey & Partners, Agent X Purchased by Martin Anthony KEENELAND SEPTEMBER YEARLINGS 627 Tapit Christmas Star 500,000 WEDNESDAY’S TOP COLTS B-Winchell Thoroughbreds (KY) Hip Sire Dam Price ($) Consigned by Gainesway, Agent XXXVI 469 Bernardini Wilshewed 1,550,000 Purchased by Todd A Pletcher, Agent B-William L Currin (KY) 501 Tapit Adorahy 450,000 Consigned by Valkyre Stud, Agent for Mr & Mrs William Currin B-Gallagher’s Stud (NY) Purchased by D. L. O'Byrne Consigned by Denali Stud (Craig & Holly Bandoroff), 645 Big Brown Cold Awakening 825,000 Agent for Gallagher's Stud ($140,000 wnlg ‘11 KEENOV) Purchased by Spendthrift Farm LLC B-IEAH Stables & Resolute Group Stables (KY) 709 Bernardini Double Date 435,000 Consigned by Warrendale Sales, Agent for Whitechurch Bloodstock LLC B-Austin Paul (ON) Purchased by D. L. O'Byrne Consigned by Shawhan Place, agent for Austin & Brenda Paul 728 Dynaformer Effectual 650,000 Purchased by Mark Casse, agent B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings (KY) 641 Tapit Clear in the West 390,000 Consigned by Three Chimneys Sales, B-Northwest Farms (KY) agent for Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings Consigned by Greenfield Farm (B. D. Gibbs Farm LLC), Agent II Purchased by Shadwell Estate Co. Ltd. Purchased by Alex & JoAnn Lieblong 457 Medaglia d’Oro Weekend Whim 600,000 B-WinStar Farm (KY) All horses in the TDN are bred in North America, Consigned by Lane's End, Agent unless otherwise indicated Purchased by J.S. Company Ltd P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 9/13/12 • PAGE 4 of 25 • thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY’S TOP FILLIES 695 Street Cry (Ire) Diamonds for Lil 385,000 Hip Sire Dam Price ($) B-Fred W Hertrich III (KY) 654 Tapit Coral Necklace 525,000 Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent XXXVI B-Grapestock (KY) Purchased by Royal Oak Farm, agent Consigned by Vinery Sales, Agent I 600 Tapit Carolyn's Cat 375,000 Purchased by Shadwell Estate Company Ltd B-Suzanne & William Warren (KY) 670 Bernardini Crystal Symphony 480,000 Consigned by Lane's End, Agent ($300,000 i/u ‘10 KEENOV) Purchased by Shadwell Estate Company Ltd B-Brinker Hill Farm (IL) 688 Unbridled’s Song Deja Vu 360,000 Consigned by Summerfield (F & B Vanlangendonck), Agent XVI B-Peter E Blum Thoroughbreds (KY) Purchased by Spendthrift Farm LLC Consigned by Dromoland Farm, agent I 601 Bernardini Caroni 475,000 Purchased by Ben Glass, agent B-Hargus & Sarah Sexton & Silver Fern Farm (KY) 450 Candy Ride (Arg) Violent Beauty 350,000 Consigned by Warrendale Sales, Agent for Hargus & Sandra Sexton & B-Dell Ridge Farm (KY) Steven & Brandi Nicholson Consigned by Lane's End, Agent Purchased by Cam Allard Purchased by Fox Hill Farm/Tom McGreevy, Agent 624 Arch Chili Cat 440,000 712 A.P. Indy Dream Empress 335,000 B-Double K & Helen Alexander (KY) B-Dreamkeepers & Richard Rigney (KY) Consigned by Gainesway, Agent XXX Consigned by Lane’s End, agent Purchased by Solis Bloodstock, Agent Purchased by JCM Racing 550 Curlin Baghdaria 390,000 B-CASA Farms I (KY) Want your event listed on the Consigned by Denali Stud (Craig & Holly Bandoroff), TDN Industry Calendar, Agent for Casa Farms I LLC Purchased by Koji Maeda found on our website? 505 Divine Park Afternoon Trick 385,000 Click here B-Brereton C Jones & Timothy C Thornton (KY) Consigned by Threave Main Stud LLC, Agent to email us with the details. Purchased by Lael Stable/Nicoma, Agent TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/13/12 • PAGE 5 of 25 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Keeneland September cont.