Cherry Mix Wins G1 Premio Roma HEADLINE p.14 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 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2006 REDDAM LOOKING >SHARP= AT FASIG-TIPTON LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL It=s been some weekend for J. Paul Reddam. On There=s a generally good feeling in Lexington these Saturday, the Canadian-born, California-based business- days. Keeneland conducted a very successful first man was on hand at Churchill meeting over the newly installed Polytrack surface, Downs to watch his Red Rocks horses that prepped for the Breeders= Cup performed (Ire) stage the 10-1 upset in the GI admirably on championship day for the most part, and, Breeders= Cup Turf. That would be heck, even the University of Kentucky added to the enough for most people to uncork fun, upsetting the University of Georgia in football on the bubbly, but Reddam had rea- Saturday. The November Breeding Stock Sale kicks off son to postpone the celebration. this morning and buyers from all over the world--includ- After making the 70-mile trip ing Japan, Australia and New Zealand--will converge on down to Lexington for yesterday=s Central Kentucky for an opportunity to purchase prized Fasig-Tipton November Selected racing and broodmare prospects. AWe are very optimis- Mixed sale, Reddam watched as tic that the record-breaking momentum of our Septem- two fillies he raced set off pair of ber sale will carry into November,@ said Keeneland=s furious bidding duels. When the Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell. AAs always, our dust settled, it was Reddam=s mul- November catalog offers an extensive number of stakes producers and stakes-winning fillies and mares, as well Sharp Lisa Horsephotos tiple Grade I winner Sharp Lisa (Dixieland Band) that brought the as weanlings by some of the hottest young sires sale=s top price of $3.4 million. The BBA Ireland=s around.@ Mares in foal to 293 different stallions, includ- ing such established sires as A.P. Indy, Distorted Hu- Adrian Nicol made the winning bid. AIt=s for an interna- mor, Dynaformer, Elusive Quality, Forestry, Fusaichi tional partnership, but that=s all I can say,@ said Nicol. Pegasus, Giant s Causeway, Gone West, Kingmambo, The sale of Sharp Lisa came about two hours after = Pulpit, Redoute s Choice (Aus), Seeking the Gold, Storm Andujar (Quiet American), another filly that wore = Cat and Unbridled=s Song, will be offered. Also cata- Reddam=s purple and white colors, was knocked down loged are mares in foal to such promising young sires to My Meadowview Farm for $2.5 million. AI was sur- as Aldebaran, Eddington, Empire Maker, Eurosilver, prised, admitted Reddam. Actually, I thought Andujar @ A Ghostzapper, Johannesburg, Leroides-animaux (Brz), would bring more than Sharp Limehouse, Mineshaft, North Light (GB), Officer, Orien- Lisa. [But Sharp Lisa s] got the = tate, Pollard=s Vision, Powerscourt (GB), Purge, Rock bloodlines, she=s all racehorse Hard Ten, Roman Ruler, Saint Liam, Smarty Jones, and they made a good pur- Speightstown, Strong Hope and Vindication, among chase. Dixieland Band is a great others. Sires of weanlings include Aldebaran, Empire broodmare sire and having Maker, Johannesburg, Mineshaft, Officer and Vindica- Dynaformer on her bottom side tion, as well as such prominent sires as Distorted Hu- is great. She=s a Grade I winner mor, Dynaformer, Elusive Quality, Forestry, Fusaichi on dirt and a Grade II winner on Sharp Lisa Benoit Photo Pegasus, Giant=s Causeway, Gone West, Montjeu (Ire), turf and she was all heart.@ Mr. Greeley, Pivotal (GB), Pulpit, Seeking the Gold, Sharp Lisa, who was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Storm Cat and Unbridled=s Song. New stallions repre- Agency, is out of the Dynaformer mare Winter=s Gone, sented by their first crops are Action This Day, a half to MGISW Bien Bien. Nicol said that Sharp Lisa Congaree, Lion Heart, Medaglia d=Oro, Peace Rules, would be retired to the breeding shed and mentioned Perfect Soul (Ire), Pleasantly Perfect, Smarty Jones, Giant=s Causeway and George Washington (Ire) as Speightstown, Strong Hope and Tapit. Bidding begins possible mates.AWe haven=t quite decided whether she=ll each morning at 10 a.m. The sale lasts through Nov. 19. stay here or go to Europe,@ he said. cont. p2 Kee cont. p9 www.overbrookfarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/6/06 • PAGE 2 of 17 Looking For Lisa... TOP BROODMARES OR RACING PROSPECTS Purchased privately by Reddam and partners Pablo Hip# Name Covering Sire Price ($) Suarez and Mark Schlesinger after beginning her career 203 Sharp Lisa Racing/b-mare pros. 3,400,000 at Calder, Sharp Lisa ran second in the 2004 GII (f, 4, Dixieland Band-Winter=s Gone, by Dynaformer) Alcibiades S., then came back at three to annex the GI Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent VI Las Virgenes S. and GII Santa Ynez S. As a four-year- Purchased by BBA (Ireland) Limited old of 2006, she also won the GII Santa Barbara S. on 225 Summerly Racing/b-mare pros. 3,300,000 the turf and, in her career finale, finished sixth in Satur- (f, 4, Summer Squall-Here I Go, by Mr. Prospector) day=s GI Breeders= Cup Distaff. AShe ran very well yes- Consigned by Eaton Sales, Agent terday and was probably a little unlucky she wasn=t Purchased by WinStar Farm LLC closer, said Nicol, who did his bidding from the rear @ 102 Hookedonthefeelin Distorted Humor 2,900,000 walking ring. AWe liked her physique, we liked her page, (m, 10, CitidancerBProspective Joy, by Allen=s Prospect) and we like her racing ability. It=s very hard to buy these Consigned by Taylor Made Agency, Agent for sort of animals.@ ClassicStar LLC Dispersal Distorted Humor Gets a New Girlfriend... Purchased by Stonestreet Tbred Holdings LLC Add one Kentucky Oaks winner to the book of mares 241 Vacare Racing/bmare Pros. 2,800,000 set to visit Distorted Humor in 2007. Bidding on behalf (f, 3, Lear Fan-Appealing Storm, by Valid Appeal) of WinStar Farm, Elliott Walden outlasted all competi- Consigned by Chesapeake Farm (Drew Nardiello), Agent tion to land Summerly (Summer Squall), winner in Purchased by Jon Kelly 2005, from the consignment of Eaton Sales, agent. 135 Andujar Bmare Prospect 2,500,000 AShe=s an awesome physical,@ said WinStar President (m, 5, Quiet AmericanBNureyev=s Best, by Nureyev) Doug Cauthen. AObviously, it=s a Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent VI great sale and it=s tough to buy Purchased by My Meadowview Farm anything. We=ve been trying to 250 Win=s Fair Lady Unbridled=s Song 2,300,000 bid on some horses for Bluegrass (m, 7, Dehere-Win Crafty Lady, by Crafty Prospector) Cat and Distorted Humor and we Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent for were getting shut out a little bit, ClassicStar LLC Dispersal but we were happy to get this Purchased by My Meadowview Farm one. We felt this was a mare we 114 Kamarinskaya Racing/b-mare pros. 2,200,000 had to get. Cauthen believes the Summerly @ (f, 3, Storm CatBMr. P=s Princess, by Mr. Prospector) Lucas Marquardt photo mating to Distorted Humor is a Consigned by Eaton Sales, Agent promising one. AShe=s got great Purchased by Skara Glen Stables balance,@ he explained. AWe think it=s a great physical 213 Song to Remember Broodmare pros. 1,600,000 match. [Distorted Humor] can go with so many kinds of (m, 10, Storm Cat-Wedding Reception, by Round Table) mares. He can go with a mare that=s 15.3 or a mare Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent for that=s 16.3. She=s right in the middle of that and we ClassicStar LLC Dispersal think it could be a rocket ship.@ WinStar went deep into Purchased by Dela Run Farm the bidding on Sharp Lisa with the intent of sending her 256 Zofzig Racing/b-mare pros. 1,500,000 to Bluegrass Cat. WinStar bred Sharp Lisa from the (f, 2, Danzig-Zoftig, by Cozzene) Dynaformer mare Winter=s Gone. WinStar has that mare Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent for in foal to Storm Cat and also own and race Sharp Su- ClassicStar LLC Dispersal san (Touch Gold), a maiden winner over the Belmont Purchased by Stonerside Stable LLC turf Sept. 29. www.taylormadestallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/6/06 • PAGE 3 of 17 TOP SEVEN WEANLINGS F A S I G-T I PT O N Hip Sex Sire Dam Price P P 172 c Dynaformer Penny Arcade $325,000 B-Lynn Schiff Jackson Gets Hooked... Consigned by Viking Stud Inc, Agent for Clover Hill Farm Jess Jackson outlasted Betty Moran after an ex- Purchased by Brushwood Stable tended bidding war to land hip 102, the 10-year-old 63 f Tale of the Cat Doppio Espresso $295,000 mare Hookedonthefeelin (Citidancer). Consigned by B-Highclere (KY) Taylor Made for the ClassicStar dispersal, Jackson, Consigned by Highclere Sales, Agent seated beside his advisor John Purchased by Eldon Farm Equine LLC Moynihan, responded to a $2.8-million 196 c Hennessy Sacred Promise $275,000 bid from Moran and company with a B-Highclere (KY) $2.9-million offer of his own and Consigned by Highclere Sales, Agent walked away with the attractive Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock chestnut, winner of the 1999 GI La 207 f Smarty Jones Shoppingwithbetty $250,000 Brea S. AWe didn=t expect to have to B-Oak Cliff Breeders & Arthur Hancock III (KY) go that high, but she=s a very beauti- Consigned by Stone Farm, Agent ful mare--one of the best in the sale,@ Purchased by Shadwell Estate Co.