TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here MAIN SEQUENCE RETIRES JRHA YEARLING SALE SETS NEW RECORDS Flaxman Holdings= Main Sequence (Aldebaran--Ikat All copy and photos by Michele MacDonald {Ire}, by Pivotal {GB}), 2014 champion turf horse and Eclipsing record overall results from the past two older male, has years, the Japan Racing Horse Association select sale been retired from soared into new territory during the opening yearling racing after a session July 13, raising the bars for gross and average. tendon tear was Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm helped contribute to discovered in the the records, buying three colts in a historic first for an aftermath of his American-based stable since the JRHA sale was started seventh-place run in 1998. in the GI United "We've never been so high before. We are so Nations S. July 5, surprised, so happy," Flaxman Holdings exclaimed a beaming racing manager Katsumi Yoshida, the Alan Cooper said leading consignor Monday. through his Northern "Following Main Main Sequence in his final outing in the Farm and affiliates, Sequence's poor United Nations | Sarah K Andrew after seeing session performance in gross reach the United Nations [S.], a thorough veterinary -7,104,500,000 examination was carried out last week," Cooper stated (about in a post on the website of trainer Graham Motion=s $57,294,355), up a Herringswell Stables. "A tendon tear was discovered whopping 17.9% Session topper hip 107 | Michele MacDonald and the decision has been taken to retire him. The compared to the 2014 Eclipse Champion Turf Male and Eclipse corresponding 2014 yearling session. Champion Older Male has given his owners great Average price leapt up 20.7% to -33,830,952 pleasure throughout his career." Cont. p3 ($272,830) for the 210 yearlings sold from 238 offered, even though the numbers offered and sold LADY ELI CONTRACTS LAMINITIS were substantially less than the comparable numbers Sheep Pond Partner=s undefeated sophomore filly for yearlings in 2013 and 2014. Cont. p10 Lady Eli (Divine Park) has contracted laminitis in her front feet, trainer Chad Brown said in a statement Monday. "We have some unfortunate news to report from our barn,@ the statement read. AFollowing Lady Eli's impressive victory in the GI Belmont Oaks on July 4, she sadly stepped on a nail on the horse path on the way back to our barn and injured her left front foot. Despite our efforts, including a talented team of veterinarians, Lady Lady Eli in the Belmont Oaks | NYRA Eli's injury has led to her developing laminitis. Thankfully, we have assembled the best possible team of veterinarians and farriers to stabilize her and assist her through these difficult times.@ Cont. p3 TOP 10 SIRES AT SARATOGA RACE COURSE, 2012-14 2YO Rank/Sires Wins SP SW GSW G1SW Earnings 1. SPEIGHTSTOWN 6 18 11 10 6 $2,895,365 2. Bernardini 2 11 6 9 5 $2,776,347 3. Kitten’s Joy 6 15 5 10 3 $2,445,292 4. Unbridled’s Song 1 10 3 10 3 $2,287,426 5. Hard Spun 0 14 6 6 3 $2,121,208 6. Ghostzapper 1 10 4 8 3 $2,109,672 7. Freud 6 12 5 0 0 $2,071,111 8. Tapit 4 13 2 8 2 $2,018,853 9. Giant’s Causeway 2 12 5 8 3 $1,970,021 10. Harlan’s Holiday 7 9 3 4 2 $1,698,774 Source: BloodHorse MarketWatch IN THIS ISSUE President & Co-Publisher: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Sr. V.P. & Co-Publisher: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley V.P., International Operations: Gary King Storm the Bastille [email protected] @garykingTDN EDITORIAL Tuesday's G1 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp sees Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum's busy sophomore Storm the Stars (Sea the Stars {Ire}) lead the overseas [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini assault on the Bastille Day feature. 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International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] Gleneagles Works for Sussex................................................................................6 Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Haggas Provides Update on Runners..........................................................6 Sean Cronin & Tom Frary Head- Maarek Offers ‘Mast' Excuse................................................................6 [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com EST Race Click for TV 12:55p Prix Maurice de Nieuil-G2, LON ------------ ---- 1:25p Grand Prix de Paris-G1, LON ------------ ---- TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/14/15 • PAGE 3 of 13 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Main Sequence won all four of his starts against Grade I company last season in America, capped by a triumph in the GI Breeders= Cup Turf at Santa Anita Nov. 1. Winner of Gulfstream=s GII Mac Diarmida S. to begin his 2015 campaign, the chestnut finished seventh in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic Mar. 28 prior to his appearance in the United Nations earlier this month. MAIN SEQUENCE RETIRES (cont. from p1) The posting by Herringswell Stables added: "It is with heavy hearts that we share this information along with LADY ELI CONTRACTS LAMINITIS the news that his regular rider, Rajiv Maragh, is (cont. from p1) recovering from serious injuries sustained last week The statement continued, AI ask that all of her fans during a race at Belmont. Having a horse of this calibre keep this magnificent racehorse in their prayers and who consistently performed at the highest level is an hopefully she will be back on the racetrack flashing her exceptional privilege. We are grateful to the Niarchos brilliance again." family's Flaxman Holdings and to David Lanigan, who Lady Eli, who boasts a perfect record of 6-6-0-0 with facilitated the transfer of Main Sequence to career earnings of $1,449,800, tallied wins in the GIII Herringswell at the beginning of 2014." Miss Grillo S. and GI Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf "[Retirement] is something we've been talking about = S. as a 2-year-old. This year, she annexed the GIII since we discovered the injury,@ Motion told the TDN. Appalachian S. at Keeneland Apr. 12, Belmont s AIt's a lesion right in the center of his tendon. He's = perfectly sound on it, but the tendon is inflamed and he Wonder Again S. May 31 and the GI Belmont Oaks does have a small tear in it. At the end of the day, this Invitational S. July 4. is an injury that some horses can come back from, but the [Niarchos family] felt that he'd done enough and he doesn't owe anyone anything and he's going to be a year older. He's going out a champion and we felt that it's the right thing to do." TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/14/15 • PAGE 4 of 13 • thoroughbreddailynews.com AAMERICAN PHAROAH@ ON THE BLOCK AT SARATOGA...AGAIN A fiberglass statue of American Pharoah, painted by the world=s most celebrated equine artist, Pierre Bellocq (PEB) will be on display at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale and auctioned for charity at the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation=s Aug. 9 fundraiser, confirmed Fasig CEO Boyd Browning. Fasig-Tipton, of course, offered the 2015 Triple Crown winner at their 2013 yearling sale, and thought the fiberglass representation was not only a good way to memorialize the sale, but to raise money for charity, Browning said. AWe wanted to celebrate the amazing accomplishments of American Pharoah in a positive manner,@ said Browning. APeb, the TRF and American Pharoah make a great team.@ Bellocq, the celebrated cartoonist and artist who currently does commissions as well as working regularly for the TDN, was given a blank canvas to do as he wished with the horse. Reached in his Princeton, New Jersey studio, Bellocq said, AI did a few of these years ago and somebody remembered it at Fasig-Tipton and they asked me if I wanted to do one for the sales grounds at Saratoga. I said I would be happy to do it. They said to decorate a horse to celebrate American Pharoah.@ Peb with his fibreglass American Pharoah statue in his studio Bellocq developed a whimsical representation containing the Triple Crown trophy, a flower from each race and a saddle towel commemorating America, as well as owner Ahmed Zayat=s signature silks. ABasically, I wanted to use the two colors of Mr. ZayatBblue and yellowBand the dots on his silks, and it started this way. I would say there is a muse somewhere that leads me, but I just decorated it to celebrate this important victory.@ cont.