SUNDAY, 3 MARCH 2019 ARC TO UNLOCK FUNDS FOR MARCH GLOBAL COMMODITIES AT In an effort to further discussions with horsemen and come to ARGENTINEAN SALE a resolution to the situation that has resulted in boycotts of some ARC meetings due to low prizemoney, Arena Racing Company revealed late Saturday that it will commit to unlocking levy contributions for all eligible races for the month of March. ARC announced in December that it would cut nearly £3- million from its executive contributions to prizemoney, meaning that some of its lower level races fell below the level that would qualify them for additional levy funding. ARC confirmed in its Saturday statement that the cost of unlocking these races would not be taken from elsewhere in its programmes. ARC Chief Executive Martin Cruddace said, “We are pleased to continue constructive dialogue with the National Trainers Federation. The racing industry has wider issues to address beyond this specific prize money debate, and we clearly have bridges to build.” Cont. p5 Candy Ride was bred in Argentina by Haras Abolengo | Lane’s End By Kelsey Riley Arqana will break new ground on Mar. 21 when it becomes the first international sale company to conduct a yearling sale in Argentina. The French firm has teamed up with leading local stud farms Haras Abolengo and Haras Vacacion to sell 91 select yearlings at San Isidro Racecourse. The sale has already drawn interest from leading breeders in Europe and the U.S., according to Arqana’s Executive Director Freddy Powell, and the goal is to push Argentina back into the international bloodstock marketplace and rekindle some of the country’s intercontinental relationships. “The idea of this sale is to re-create--because they did exist 40 or 50 years ago--those bridges between Europe and South Martin Cruddace talks with John Gosden and Frankie Dettori America, and between South America and North America,” at Lingfield last month | Racing Post Powell said. “The shuttling of stallions kind of stopped South Americans from buying mares overseas because they felt they could import the different blood only by shuttling stallions, but IN TDN AMERICA TODAY the idea now is to re-create that synergy and dynamic between the different continents, and to create new business 3YOS STAR IN BIG SATURDAY AT GULFSTREAM relationships for everyone.” The sophomores were the stars of the show during a loaded Cont. p2 Saturday card at Gulfstream that included the GII Fountain of Youth S. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 3 MARCH 2019 Global Commodities At Argentinean Sale cont. from p1 Powell said about 800 catalogues have been sent out to international breeders. “We were hoping to get some of the bigger operations from Europe and America interested in this sale,” he said. And apparently, that has happened. “Straight away, without us even calling them, just because they saw the press release, they were Vice President, International Operations Gary King calling us.” Twitter: @garykingTDN Those breeders were likely remembering the impact that [email protected] Argentina-breds continue to make globally. Leading American + 1.732.320.0975 sire Candy Ride (Arg) was bred by Abolengo, as was Interprete (Arg), the broodmare sire of Uruguayan and American Horse of International Editor the Year Invasor (Arg) (Candy Stripes). More recently, Abolengo Kelsey Riley bred the GI Santa Margarita S. and GI Zenyatta S. winner Vale Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN Dori (Arg) (Asiatic Boy {Arg}) and Si Que Es Buena (Arg) (Equal [email protected] Stripes {Arg}), winner of the GIII La Prevoyante S. on the GI European Editor Pegasus World Cup undercard on Jan. 26. Emma Berry Argentinean mares have had plenty of success in Japan. On Twitter: @collingsberry Saturday last year’s G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies winner and [email protected] champion 2-year-old filly Danon Fantasy (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn})--who is out of the dual Argentinean Group 1 winner Life Associate International Editor For Sale (Arg) (Not For Sale {Arg})--cemented her status as the Heather Anderson favourite for the G1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) with a Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN win in the G2 Tulip Sho. Multiple Group 1 winner Malpensa (Arg) Marketing Manager (Orpen) produced the Japanese champion 3-year-old colt of Alayna Cullen 2016 Satono Diamond (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), winner of the Twitter: @AlaynaCullen G1 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St Leger) and G1 Arima Kinen, and [email protected] another Argentinean Group 1 winner, Real Number (Arg) (Rainbow Corner {GB}), is the second dam of G1 Tokyo Yushun Contributing Editor and G2 Prix Niel winner Makahiki (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). Alan Carasso With more accomplished young Argentinean mares exported to Twitter: @EquinealTDN Japan in recent years, this list could very well grow. Cafe Racing Further back in the record book, but undiminished by time, Sean Cronin Vacacion bred the unforgettable 10-time Grade I winner Tom Frary Paseana (Arg) (Ahmad {Arg}), winner of the 1992 Breeders’ Cup [email protected] Distaff. With an annual foal crop of about 7,000, Argentina is the leading producer numerically of Thoroughbreds in South Irish Correspondent America, and about 20% of the foal crop annually is offered for Daithi Harvey sale at public auction, with a large number of yearlings also sold privately. Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield | John Berry Both Powell and Matias Villamil, Arqana’s South American Kevin Blake representative, said they believe breeders from around the world could benefit from tapping into Argentinean bloodlines, but a major barrier to that has been the way that Argentinean sales are conducted. Rather than having a set calendar of sales IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY that breeders divide their stock among, Argentinean breeders WINX REIGNS SUPREME IN CHIPPING NORTON will--on their own or teaming up with one or two others Winx makes it 31 straight wins and four consecutive victories in farms–organize their own sales and market their own stock and the G1 Chipping Norton S. Click or tap here to go straight to simply hire the sales company to conduct the selling. TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 3 MARCH 2019 Global Commodities At Argentinean Sale cont. what the country has to offer.” That means during the sales season, sales could be held twice Because the South American sales market has historically been a week over a period of a few months, making it impractical for isolated, top prices have remained capped at about the international buyers to jet in and out to comb through the stock. US$100,000 mark. An international sale could help improve “I have been coming to Argentina prices, benefitting the local for 10 years or so, and I met Matias breeders and encouraging them to five or six years ago,” Powell said. re-invest, while still representing “I’ve always been impressed by the value for international buyers. At a quality of the stock, the time when top-tier fillies and mares horsemanship; everything to do are becoming more and more with the horses there. scarce in the marketplace in “The only thing I was always America and especially in Europe, scratching my head about was how and the competition for them is they were marketing their horses. becoming increasingly fierce, South The system of the sale works within America could represent an South America and Argentina, but opportunity to tap into some Argentinean horses have proven different top-class lines. themselves all over the world, and Villamil described the market in there was no opportunity [for Argentina, Brazil and Chile to be international buyers] to buy young Japanese Classic winner Satono Diamond is out of particularly strong for fillies in the Argentinean mare Malpensa | Horsephotos Argentine stock, because they US$40,000 to US$80,000 price would have had to go to every single farm sale to find the best range, while Powell added, “There are a lot of countries now of the stock. The idea here is to have all the best stock on the producing top-class horses and they’re becoming more and same day for the international people to come and discover more expensive.” TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 10 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 3 MARCH 2019 Global Commodities At Argentinean Sale cont. With hip 1 withdrawn, the sale is expected to begin with a “Argentina has a lot to offer because it has the volume of bang with hip 2, a colt from the final crop of leading local sire horses and they’re still very affordable–the value for money is Roman Ruler who is a full-brother to Imagen de Roma (Arg), amazing.” winner of last year’s G1 Gran Premio Jockey Club, the middle leg Villamil said Abolengo and Vacacion will be offering more of of the Argentine Triple Crown. Just one lot later, hip 3 is an their high-profile fillies than normal. Equal Stripes colt that is a full-brother to two Group 1 winners: “There are 91 horses catalogued, seven of them are full- Positive Mind (Arg), winner of the Gran Premio Estrellas Juvenile brothers or sisters to Group 1 winners and four of them are half- Fillies, and Paulinho (Arg), Argentina’s champion 2-year-old and brothers to Group 1 winners,” he said. “There are 11 siblings to winner of the Gran Premio Estrellas Juvenile. The Estrellas is the Group 1 winners from 91, so it’s a very select sale. Abolengo and Argentine Breeders’ Cup. Vacacion don’t usually send this high of quality of fillies to the The pedigree of hip 6 will resonate with Americans.