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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here YET MORE RECORDS FALL AT TATTERSALLS HONOR CODE TO SKIP BREEDERS’ CUP By Emma Berry and Catherine Austen Lane=s End Racing and Dell Ridge Farm=s J “TDN After records tumbled on consecutive days at Rising Star” J Honor Code (A.P. Indy), a narrow Tattersalls, a day without a millionaire yearling could be runner-up to Havana (Dunkirk) in last Saturday=s GI seen as disappointing, but there was still plenty of Champagne S. at Belmont Park, will bypass the Nov. 2 strength in depth to the trade at Park Paddocks. This GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile in favor of the GII Remsen S. was evident by the fact that the three sessions at Aqueduct Nov. 30. Trained by Shug McGaughey, the combined to produce the son of Serena=s Cat (Storm Cat) trailed by as many as highest turnover for any 22 lengths in his seven-furlong debut over a sloppy Thoroughbred auction ever Saratoga main track Aug. 31, but came with a stunning staged in Europe. late rally to graduate by a widening 4 1/2-length The Oasis Dream (GB) colt margin. The dark bay was the narrow $1.85-1 favorite out of Watership Down in the Champagne and lingered well behind early, was Stud's multiple Group 1 forced into about the eight path when Ride On Curlin winner Dar Re Mi (GB) (Curlin) came wide and finished strongly to just miss. (Singspiel {Ire}) led the way, AWe think he just needs more schooling and we thought his 850,000gns price tag we=d run him one more time after the race the other making him the fourth most day and go from there,@ Lane=s End=s Will Farish expensive yearling sold explained. AThe long-range picture is the Classics, and throughout Book 1 and with that in mind, we thought it was better to keep him contributing to an overall at home and go a mile and an eighth with him and bring aggregate of 70,343,000 him along in the spring. We think we have an gns, an increase of 3%. The exceptional colt and we look forward to the future.@ Hip 354 Emma Berry Book 1 average of 207,501gns represented a WEISBORD NAMED GALBREATH AWARD substantial improvement of 27%, with the median WINNER Barry Weisbord, president and co-publisher shooting up by 30% to 130,000gns. The only decline of the Thoroughbred Daily News, has been named the came in the clearance rate, with some expensive 24th recipient of the John Galbreath Award for buy-backs--especially during the final day--being partly Entrepreneurship by officials at the University of responsible for a fall of 7% to 75% overall, with 339 of Louisville=s Equine Industry Program. The award was the 450 yearlings to be brought under the hammer first given to Kentucky breeder and industry leader John Bell in 1990. Cont. p14 finding a buyer. Yesterday=s average was up 26% 181,981gns compared to the corresponding session last year, while the median soared by 41% to 120,000gns. The aggregate was down slightly to 19,108,000gns, but it was worth noting that last year=s session three topper was worth 2.5-million gns. The collection of yearlings on offer throughout the three days came in for much praise from the assembled buyers and this was reflected in Chairman Edmond Mahony's post-sale verdict. He said: "To have broken the European record price for a yearling twice in two days and to have established a new world record for a yearling filly is a measure of the outstanding quality of the yearlings assembled for Book 1 of the 2013 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Our consignors yet again have brought yearlings of the highest caliber to Park Paddocks and for the third consecutive year, the average and median prices have reached new highs and the turnover has also bettered last year's record despite a significantly smaller catalogue." Cont. p3 TDN TODAY Headline News.. 15 pages In This Issue ‘Jewel’ Looks to Bounce Back 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 Atlantic Jewel (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who (732) 747-8060 tasted defeat for the first time in her career at the (732) 747-8955 (fax) hands of the top New Zealand galloper It’s A www.thoroughbreddailynews.com Dundeel (NZ) (High Chaparral {Ire}) in the G1 www.thetdn.com Underwood S. Sept. 21, faces a short, but talented field in Saturday’s G1 Caulfield S. as she prepares Barry Weisbord, co-publisher for a possible start in the G1 Cox Plate Oct. 26. 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Coverage p13 Information Technology Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] Business Development Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Tom Frary EST Race Click for TV 8:50a Eclipse S.-G3, CHY ------------ ---- TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/11/13 • PAGE 3 of 15 • thoroughbreddailynews.com S E S S I O N T O P P E R S 449 c Galileo (Ire) Hveger (Aus) 460,000 B-Hveger Syndicate Sponsored by GEORGE HILLS Consigned by Camas Park Stud Insurance - Both Sides of the Atlantic Purchased by J Warren Bloodstock US Mob: +1 859 229 9095 • UK Mob: +44 (0) 7979 750 421 421 c Sea the Stars (Ire) Global World (Ger) 460,000 [email protected] B-n/a Consigned by Newsells Park Stud Ltd TOP LOTS AT TATTERSALLS Purchased by SackvilleDonald 488 f Dubawi (Ire) Lady of Everest (Ire) 450,000 BOOK 1–SESSION THREE B-Fittocks Stud Hip Sex Sire Dam Price (gns) (175,000 wnlg ‘12 GOFNOV) 354 c Oasis Dream (GB) Dar Re Mi (GB) 850,000 Consigned by Highclere Stud B-Watership Down Stud Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock Consigned by Watership Down Stud 424 c Invincible Spirit (Ire) Gold Bubbles 450,000 Purchased by Charles Gordon-Watson Bloodstock B-Tullpark Ltd Consigned by Croom House Stud 405 f Galileo (Ire) Frappe (Ire) 775,000 Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock B-Norelands & Hugo Lascelles Consigned by Lofts Hall Stud TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLINGS Purchased by M V Magnier Leading Buyers By Gross 394 c Montjeu (Ire) First Breeze 650,000 Name # Average (gns) Total (gns) B-Lynch Bages, Edgeridge Ltd & Glenvale Stud John Ferguson 42 248,810 10,450,000 Consigned by Glenvale Stud Al Shaqab Racing 16 641,250 10,260,000 Purchased by John Warren/M V Magnier/China Horse Club M V Magnier 7 920,000 6,440,000 359 c Dubawi (Ire) Demisemiquaver (GB) 650,000 Shadwell Est. Co. 16 316,875 5,070,000 B-Highclere Stud and Floors Farming C Gordon-Watson BS 14 288,929 4,045,000 Consigned by Highclere Stud David Redvers BS 13 200,385 2,605,000 Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock John Warren BS 12 209,583 2,515,000 390 c Galileo (Ire) Field of Hope (Ire) 650,000 Form Bloodstock 6 307,500 1,845,000 B-Grundy Bloodstock Srl BBA Ireland 11 124,091 1,365,000 Consigned by Highclere Stud Blandford BS 8 168,000 1,344,000 Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/11/13 • PAGE 4 of 15 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Tattersalls October cont. Dar Re Mi was trained by John Gosden to win the On Song... G1 Pretty Polly S., G1 Yorkshire Oaks and G1 Dubai Dar Re Mi dominated the track in her racing days and Sheema Classic. She retired in 2010 with almost ,2.7- on Thursday her first foal took center stage at million in earnings and now has a Dubawi (Ire) filly on Tattersalls as the top lot of the final session of a lively the ground at Watership Down. The 8-year-old mare is October Sale. Offered by his breeders, Lord and Lady currently in foal to Frankel (GB). Lloyd-Webber of Gordon-Watson also went to 450,000gns for a Watership Down Stud, yearling by Invincible Spirit (Ire) out of the the Oasis Dream colt (lot stakes-placed Street Cry (Ire) mare Gold Bubbles (lot 354) was knocked down 424).