BECAUSE (IRE) sells for $2.8 million HEADLINE p. 4 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 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2006 SUN RISES IN MELBOURNE MONTJEU COLT SETS KEENOV RECORD Jockey Yasunari Iwata swiveled his head back, look- A Montjeu (Ire) half-brother to the ill-fated G1 Dubai ing to Damien Oliver for confirmation he really had just World Cup winner Electrocutionist fetched a final bid of won the G1 Melbourne $2.7 million yesterday, establishing a new North Ameri- Cup on the ultra-profes- can record price for a weanling at the Keeneland No- sional Delta Blues (Jpn) vember Breeding Stock (Dance in the Dark Sale. Bidding from a seat {Jpn}), and Oliver offered two rows from the ring, his palm in a traditional Japanese bloodstock high-five. Iwata didn=t agent Nobutaka Tada Thriller in Melbourne Getty Images immediately understand went toe-to-toe with rep- the gesture, so Oliver in- resentatives of Coolmore, stinctively grabbed the fellow jockey=s hand and raised who were putting up a it in a gesture of triumph, much as a boxer=s arms are determined fight from the raised by the referee. Iwata, 32, was entitled to be rear holding area. incredulous because it was a copybook performance Coolmore=s Demi O=Byrne, before Delta Blues and Pop Rock (Jpn) (Helissio {Fr}) standing by himself in slugged it out stride-for-stride inside the final furlong, front of the bidspotter, while the much-touted Europeans wilted under pressure handled the duties as in their wake. Cont. p11 John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Paul Shanahan Tuesday, Flemington, Australia gathered a few feet be- U.S. Record Weanling EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP-G1, A$5,000,000, Flem- Hip 385 $2.7 million ington, 11-7, 3yo/up, 2mT, 3:21.42, gd. hind him. As the price eclipsed the $2-million Montjeu--Elbaaha colt 1--sDELTA BLUES (JPN), 123, h, 6, by Dance in the Dark (Jpn) Horsephotos 1st Dam: Dixie Splash (GSP-US, $173,275), by Dixieland Band mark, Magnier waved 2nd Dam: Ocean Jewel, by Alleged O=Byrne over to talk about 3rd Dam: Lady Offshore, by Sir Ivor the proceedings. O=Byrne offered $2.4 million after a O-Sunday Racing Ltd Syndicate; B-Northern Farm; long deliberation, came back again at $2.6 million, then T-Katsuhiko Sumii; J-Yasunari Iwata; A$3,000,000. walked away with the rest of the team when the price *MSP & G1SP-Jpn. Lifetime Record: 21-6-2-3, hit $2.7 million. AHe was a beautiful individual,@ said US$5,727,135. Tada, who signed the ticket as Globe Equine Manage- 2--Pop Rock (Jpn), 117, h, 6, Helissio (Fr)--Pops (Jpn), ment and was bidding on behalf of a Japanese client he by Sunday Silence. O-K Yoshida, K Y Baba, M Fukuyama, declined to identify. AHe walks well and he had the H Hirakawa, T Kondo, H Tamai & Y Yasuraoka; B-K pedigree which is most important. He was a good phys- Yoshida; T-Katsuhiko Sumii; A$750,000. ical, had a nice walk, a great pedigree. He had every- 3--Maybe Better (Aus), 110, g, 4, Intergaze (Aus)-- thing.@ Tada also made headlines in his home country Amarula (Aus), by Rubiton (Aus). O-J Horvat & B da earlier this summer. He was the successful bidder on a Silva Jorge; B-J & Mrs N Horvat, B & Mrs A da Silva King Kamehameha--To the Victory (Jpn) filly who estab- Jorge; T-Brian Mayfield-Smith; A$375,000. lished a world-record price for a foal when she was Margins: SHD, 4HF, 1HF. Odds: 17-1, 5-1, 9-1. purchased for -600 million ($5,217,391) at the 2006 Also Ran: Zipping (Aus), Land ‘N Stars (GB), Mahtoum (Aus), Yeats (Ire), JRHA Select Sale. Cont. p2-8 Activation (NZ), Mandela (NZ), Glistening (GB), Kerry O’Reilly (NZ), Railings (Aus), Headturner (Aus), Short Pause (GB), Dolphin Jo (Aus), Art Success Oppenheim on Bloodstock Sales.................p9-10 (NZ), Dizelle (Aus), Geordieland (Fr), Tawqeet, On A Jeune (Aus), Demerger (Aus), Ice Chariot (Aus), Zabeat (NZ). Scratched: Efficient (NZ). Porter Examines Breeders= Cup Pedigrees.....p13-16 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/8/06 • PAGE 2 of 20 Timing Really Is Everything... KEENOV TUESDAY - TOP 7 WEANLINGS The disappointment was palpable at this year=s Janu- Hip Sex Sire Dam Price ($) ary Sale when Elbaaha (GB) (Arazi), the dam of 385 c Montjeu (Ire) Elbaaha (GB) 2,700,000 Electrocutionist, was led out of the Keeneland sales B-Sean Mulryan (Ky) pavilion unsold at $1.175 million. Shack Parrish, whose Consigned by Indian Creek, agent father=s Indian Creek Agency consigned the mare, was Purchased by Globe Equine Management Ltd understandably frustrated, given what Electrocutionist 432 f Gone West Islington (Ire) 2,400,000 had accomplished to that point. B-Ballymacoll Stud Farm (Ky) Winner of the G1 Gran Premio Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent for Ballymacoll Stud Farm del Jockey Club in 2004, the Purchased by MAB Agency blaze-faced bay took an exciting 391 c Mineshaft Flashy Four 650,000 renewal of the G1 Juddmonte B-Dixiana Stables (Ky) International S. in 2005, defeat- Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent for Dixiana Stables Inc ing Japanese raider Zenno Rob Purchased by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings Inc Roy (Jpn) by a neck. Despite 425 c Forestry Ifyouprefersilver 620,000 that initial setback, Parrish was ($500,000 i/u >05 KEENOV) Electrocutionist (2001-06) buoyed by the subsequent per- B-Capistrano Thoroughbreds (Ky) Horsephotos formances of Electrocutionist, Consigned by Gainesway, Agent XXIII who was sold privately by Earle Purchased by Stonestreet Stables LLC Mack to Sheikh Mohammed. He made an immediate 365 c Fusaichi Pegasus Concentric 600,000 impression in Godolphin blue, winning his dirt debut in B-Breeder Shell Bloodstock (Ky) the G2 Sheikh Maktoum Challenge and added a game Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent victory over Brass Hat in the G1 Dubai World Cup three Purchased by D L O=Byrne weeks later. Elbaaha foaled her bay colt 34 days later, 370 f Dixieland Band Dancing Gulch 500,000 and, yesterday, that colt brought a record $2.7 million. B-Dr & Mrs Scott Kendall & J S Carrion, Trustee (Ky) Parrish, who serves his father David as president and Consigned by Elise W Kendall, agent general manager of Indian Creek, was pleasantly sur- Purchased by Robert Courtney Jr prised by the results. AA lot less than that,@ he said, 418 f Elusive Quality Highest Standard 500,000 referring to his expectations. AMaybe $750,000 to $1 B-Fred Seitz (Ky) million. The action [on the colt] was incredible for a Consigned by Brookdale Sales, agent foal.@ Parrish said that the colt had been the subject of Purchased by MAB Agency 136 individual looks. AHe=s always been a nice, well- mannered horse, but he had a hell of a pedigree and it KEENELAND NOVEMBER STATISTICS got a lot better when [Electrocutionist] won the [G1 TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 2006 Dubai] World Cup.@ Elbaaha is owned by an entity TOTALS Session Cumulative called Pegasus Stud, whose principal is Sean Mulryan. No. Offered 233 466 The mare, who resides at Indian Creek, was barren this No. Sold 178 342 year to Kingmambo. Asked to recollect the January RNAs 55 124 sale, Parrish summed it up succinctly. AWe=re very % RNA 23.6% 26.6% happy she didn=t sell.@ It turned out to be a headlining Gross $65,880,000 $149,675,000 sale for Indian Creek; not only did they raise and con- Average (% change) $370,112 $437,646 sign the Montjeu colt, the $2.4-million Gone West-- Median (% change) $250,000 $275,000 Islington (Ire) filly (see p3) was also raised at the farm. www.keeneland.com 859.455.9388 vinery.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/8/06 • PAGE 3 of 20 KEENOV TUESDAY - TOP 12 MARES Islington’s Daughter Brings $2.4 Million... Hip Name Covering Sire Price ($) The weanling half to Electrocutionist wasn=t the only 336 Because (Ire) Kingmambo 2,800,000 youngster to capture the imagination of Keeneland (5, Sadlers= Wells--Jude {GB}, by Darshaan {GB}) buyers yesterday. A filly by Gone West out of cham- Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent pion Islington (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) earned the title of Purchased by Hugo Lascelles, agent the co-second-highest-priced weanling in Keeneland 489 Penny=s Fortune A.P. Indy 2,200,000 November history after M.A.B. Agency=s Marc Antoine- (5, Storm Cat--Lovlier Linda, by Vigors) Berghgracht purchased the attractive bay for $2.4 Consigned by Paramount Sales, Agent XXV million. Antoine-Berghgracht was act- Purchased by Three Chimneys, agent ing on behalf of Spanish real estate 520 Saree (GB) Kingmambo 2,000,000 magnate Alberto Abajo, a resident of (5, Barathea {Ire}--Shouk {GB}, by Shirley Heights {GB}) Madrid who is new to the sport. Ac- Consigned by Denali Stud, Agent XIX cording to Antoine-Berghgracht, Purchased by Ballygallon Stud Abajo plans to established a band of 417 Highest Standard Gone West 1,850,000 well-bred broodmares and race their (4, Silver Deputy--Raise the Standard, by Hoist the Flag) offspring, but the men decided to Gone West--Islington Consigned by Brookdale Sales, agent make a slight amendment to the plan filly Purchased by Courtlandt Farm after seeing Islington=s second foal. Horsephotos 578 Toroca Giant=s Causeway 1,400,000 AShe=s just outstanding,@ said (8, Nureyev--Grand Falls, by Ogygian) Antoine-Berghgracht, who added he had set his limit at Consigned by Michael C Byrne, agent $1.5 million before yet another amendment.