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ALL ALONG PENSIONED HEADLINE p4 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com FRIDAY, NOV. 14, 2003 RECORD-SETTING NOVEMBER SALE WRAPS KEENELAND NOVEMBER SALE Keeneland closed the books on a remarkable Novem- OVERALL TOP 10 MARES/RACING PROSPECTS ber Breeding Stock Sale yesterday afternoon, with significant increases in the cumulative average and Hip# Name Covering Sire Price median. The gross receipts of just over $236 million 237 Cash Run Storm Cat $7,100,000 represented the fourth highest in the history of the (m, 6, Seeking the Gold--Shared Interest, by Pleasant Colony) event while the overall median ($32,000) tied the re- Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent LIII cord from 1999. “It was a sale that went way beyond Purchased by John Magnier our expectations,” said Keeneland’s Director of Sales 508 Windsharp Gone West $6,100,000 Geoffrey Russell. “It’s great to end the year on such a (m, 12, Lear Fan--Yes She’s Sharp, by Sharpen Up {GB}) high, positive note, not just for Keeneland, but also for Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent the industry in general. It was an amazing sale.” Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock 156 Spain Storm Cat $5,300,000 Coolmore Cashes in on Top Mare... (m, 6, Thunder Gulch--Drina, by Regal and Royal) It didn’t take long for the sale to reach fifth gear. Consigned by Three Chimneys Sales, agent During the opening day of trade Monday, Nov. 3, John Purchased by Dromoland Farm Magnier, bidding on behalf 253 Composure A.P. Indy $3,600,000 of Coolmore Stud, out- (f, 3, Touch Gold--Party Cited, by Alleged) lasted J.B. McKathan, act- Consigned by Three Chimneys Sales, agent ing as agent for Satish Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock Sanan, to land 1999 Breed- 309 Golden Apples (Ire) B’mare Prospect $3,400,000 ers’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (m, 5, Pivotal {GB}--Loon {Fr}, by Kaldoun {Fr}) champion Cash Run (Seek- Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent LX ing the Gold), carrying a Purchased by Shadwell Farm LLC foal by Storm Cat. Sanan 424 Purrfectly Unbridled’s Song $3,150,000 Cash Run breederscup.com had sold Coolmore a 50- (m, 9, Storm Cat--Perfect Example, by Far North) percent interest in the mare Consigned by Denali Stud (Craig Bandoroff), agent for a reported $2.6 million shortly after her retirement Purchased by Courtlandt Farms from the track. The $7.1-million pricetag for Cash Run 446 Sharp Cat Gone West $3,100,000 last Monday established a new world record price for a (m, 9, Storm Cat--In Neon, by Ack Ack) broodmare. But she was far from the only offering to Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent light up the Keeneland sales tote board. (cont. p2) Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock 204 Arabis Racing/B’mare Prosp. $2,900,000 KEENELAND NOVEMBER STATISTICS FINAL STATISTICS (f, 4, Deputy Minister--Aishah, by Alydar) Consigned by Middlebrook Farm, agent Purchased by Aaron U. & Marie D. Jones CUMULATIVE 2003 2002 639 Habibti Point Given $2,900,000 No. Offered 3,337 2,982 (f, 4, Tabasco Cat--Miss Sobriety, by Temperence Hill) No. Sold 2,614 2,377 Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent RNAs 723 605 Purchased by Shadwell Farm LLC % RNA 21.7% 20.3% 533 Banshee Winds A.P. Indy $2,400,000 Gross $236,070,900 $187,230,000 (m, 13, Known Fact--Quack a Doodledoo, by Quack) Average (% change) $90,310 (+14.7%) $78,767 Median (% change) $32,000 (+14.3%) $28,000 Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent www.keeneland.com Purchased by ClassicStar LLC (859) 233-4252 FAX (859) 987-0008 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/14/03 • PAGE 2 of 4 “A Once In a Lifetime Opportunity”... KEENELAND NOVEMBER SALE Buyers at Keeneland had the rare chance to purchase OVERALL TOP SIX WEANLINGS horses from the late Prince Ahmed Salman’s The Thor- Hip Sex Sire Dam Price oughbred Corporation and made the most of that op- 157 c Storm Cat Spain $2,400,000 portunity. Windsharp (Lear Fan), the dam of Breeders’ B-The Thoroughbred Corp. (Ky) Cup Turf dead-heat winner Johar (Gone West) and Consigned by Three Chimneys Sales, agent carrying a full sibling to that four- Purchased by Dromoland Farm year-old, was knocked down to the 147 f Storm Cat Serena’s Tune $1,400,000 bid of John Ferguson. On the phone B-Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm & Edward McGhee (Ky) with Sheikh Mohammed during the Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, agent bidding, Ferguson went to $6.1 mil- Purchased by Dell Ridge Farm lion for the 12-year-old during the 619 f Storm Cat Garden Secrets $1,400,000 Tuesday, Nov. 4 session. She was B-Patterson, Glenn & Overbook Farm (Ky) consigned by Dr. and Mrs. John Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent Chandler’s Mill Ridge Sales. Spain Purchased by Brushwood Stable (Thunder Gulch), the upset winner of 486 c Thunder Gulch Turko’s Turn $800,000 the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Distaff and B-The Thoroughbred Corp (Ky) runner-up in that event the following Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent Windsharp year, also made headlines when Purchased by Chestnut Valley Farm Horsephotos Gerry Dilger of Dromoland Farm sur- 419 f Gone West Poetically $500,000 vived a bidding war to take home the B-Kinghaven Farms (Can) six-year-old mare, pregnant to Storm Cat, for $5.3 Consigned by Fred Seitz/Brookdale Farm, agent million. The attractive bay was consigned to the sale by Purchased by Jon Kelly Three Chimneys Sales on behalf of The Thoroughbred 647 c Deputy Minister Horsafire $500,000 Corp. Her weanling colt was next into the ring. B-Questroyal Stable Inc, Neal Hayias & Windfield Farms (NY) Consigned by Windfields Farm, agent Furious Bidding for Foals... Purchased by Eldon Farm Equine The market was buoyant throughout the sale for weanlings, with a foal topping a session as late as Wednesday night. But it was Spain’s first produce, a KEENELAND NOVEMBER STATISTICS colt by Storm Cat, that attracted the most attention. With little time to gather his composure following his LEADING CONSIGNORS BY GROSS purchase of Spain just one hip earlier, Gerry Dilger was back on the cell phone, bidding $2.4 million on behalf CONSIGNOR # SOLD AVERAGE GROSS of Dromoland for the April 27 foal. The price was the *Taylor Made 249 $140,211 $34,912,700 highest ever for a North American weanling colt. Storm Mill Ridge 84 $332,976 $27,970,000 Cat was the sire of the three most expensive foals, Three Chimneys 87 $270,258 $23,512,500 including a filly out of Serena’s Tune (Mr. Prospector), a Lane’s End 143 $96,974 $13,867,400 daughter of Serena’s Song; as well as a three-parts Denali Stud 82 $167,484 $13,733,700 sister to GI Acorn S. winner Forest Secrets (Forest Eaton Sales 131 $102,706 $13,454,600 Wildcat). A weanling full brother to Point Given was F Seitz/Brookdale 58 $148,077 $8,588,500 hammered down for $800,000 to the bid of Chestnut Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales 64 $125,825 $8,052,800 Valley Farm, a pinhooking partnership. The results from Paramount Sales 93 $61,247 $5,696,000 Book One were surprising even to the auctioneer. “Even Four Star Sales 114 $41,293 $4,779,300 the top ones, the ‘jewels,’ they surprised me the level *Leading consignor for 10th time in last 13 years. they went to,” Geoff Russell admitted. “I didn’t expect www.keeneland.com going into the sale that we’d have a world-record price for a broodmare or a North American record for a foal. I knew the market was strong and I knew that they TDN TODAY would be well received, but I was very surprised that Headline News .................... 4 pages we broke that record.” #1 First-Crop Weanling Sire* A TAYLOR MADE/ WINSTAR VENTURE Average Price of $133,556 Standing at WinStar Farm *2 or more sold TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/14/03 • PAGE 3 of 4 Keeneland November cont. Thursday’s Finale... P P R E V I E W P Keeneland reported sales on 191 horses during yes- terday’s final session for gross receipts of $1,262,600. Saturday, Aqueduct The average was $6,610 and the median was $3,500. LONG ISLAND H.-GII, $150,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/2mT Hip 3393, Golden Image (Strike the Gold), sold in foal PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT to first year covering sire Yonaguska (Cherokee Run), 1 Meridiana (Ger) Lomitas (GB) Arroyo Jr. 113 brought a final bid of $66,000 to top the proceedings. 2a Mandela (Ger) Acatenango (Ger) Espinoza 113 Consigned by John Williams, agent, the eight-year-old 3 Primetimevalentine Affirmed Gryder 115 mare was purchased by P.F. McCarthy, also acting as 4 Mariensky Gulch Castellano 116 agent. A three-time winner at the races, Golden Image 5a Boana (Ger) Goofalik A Smith 112 is out of Imaglee (Grey Dawn II), making her a half 6 D’Ohana (Arg) Candy Stripes Castillo Jr. 112 sister to four black-type earners, including GSWs I 7 Itnab (GB) Green Desert Hills 117 Rejoice (Lord Gaylord), Millencolin (Dehere) and I’m A 8 Spice Island Tabasco Cat Carrero 117 Thriller (Tri Jet). (Final session statistics, p4) 9 Approach (GB) Darshaan (GB) Bridgmohan 113 10 Banyu Dewi (Ger) Poliglote (GB) Krone 114 Russell Pleased With the Results..