THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here ASTRONOMICAL TOPPER AT TATTS WAR FRONT TO STAND FOR $150,000 IN 2014 By Emma Berry and Catherine Austen Red hot sire War Front (Danzig) will stand the 2014 Pulverizing a record that stood for less than 24 hours, breeding season for $150,000, Claiborne Farm Lodge Park Stud=s Galileo (Ire) filly out of New Approach announced Wednesday. He stood the 2013 season at (Ire)=s half-sister Alluring Park (Ire) (Green Desert) $80,000. The 11-year-old stallion had a breakout became the most expensive yearling ever to grace a season in 2013 when he was represented by Group 1 European sales ring when selling for 5-million guineas winner Declaration of War and graded/group stakes (US$8,375,707) to Sheikh winners Data Link, Summer Soiree, Departing, Lines of Joaan Al Thani=s Al Shaqab Battle, War Dancer, War Command, Bashart, Summer Racing. Her sales price was Front, Peace Preserver and Jack Milton. also the highest for a His offspring were in demand Thoroughbred of any age in at the Keeneland September sale, Europe--eclipsing the 4.6- where he was represented by million guineas broodmare two seven-figure yearlings, record of Magical Romance including the $2.5-million sales (GB) set in 2006--and topper. established a new world AHe's had a remarkable year, Lot 253 Emma Berry record for a yearling filly. having had two winners on the Despite the star lot, the same day at Royal Ascot and aggregate for the second session remained on par with having topped the Keeneland War Front last year at 24,916,000gns, but that was achieved September sale, which was very www.claibornefarm.com through the sale of 110 yearlings, 30 fewer than on the special,@ commented Claiborne=s corresponding day in 2012. The clearance rate of 75% Bernie Sams. AHe bred 105 mares last year, and 104 represented a decline of 10%, but both average and the year before, but generally we try to keep his book median were up, by 27% and 24%, respectively, to somewhere around 95 to 100 mares.@ 226,509gns and 140,000gns. War Front=s son Data Link, winner of last year=s GI Maker=s 46 Mile, will begin his stud career next Cont. p3 season at Claiborne for a fee of $7,500. The stud fees for Claiborne stallions Arch (Kris S.) and Blame (Arch) will remain the same in 2014. AWe left Arch at $40,000 and Blame at $30,000, and I think it s important to give people a break, Sams (718) 978-8200 = @ www.mersant.com explained. AArch had a very good year, and Blame=s yearlings have been very well-received, but there=s no Sponsors of the following stats for the: sense in raising their fees to try to take advantage.@ TATTERSALLS OCTOBER YEARLING SALE BOOK 1 Claiborne=s 2014 stud fees p10 CUMULATIVE 2013 2012 Catalogued 342 385 KABOODLE JOINS RAMSEY CUP BRIGADE No. Offered 303 343 Kitten Kaboodle (Kitten=s Joy) became the fourth No. Sold 234 279 RNAs 69 64 juvenile to join Ken and Sarah Ramsey=s roster for the % RNAs 22.8% 18.7% upcoming Breeders= Cup championships with an No. 500k+ 17 17 emphatic 4 3/4-length maiden-breaking win in High Price 5,000,000gns 1,500,000gns Wednesday=s GIII JPMorgan Chase Jessamine S. at Gross 51,235,000gns 48,038,000gns Keeneland. The 1 1/16-mile race is a >Win and You=re In= Average (% change) €218,953gns (+27.2%) 172,179gns event for the GI Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Median (% change) n/a 110,000gns = Nov. 1 at Santa Anita. Cont. p9 Over $1 million in purses and awards for Maryland-sired horses. For Condition Books go online to www.marylandmillion.com or contact Laurel Park Racing Office at 800.638.1859 or Maryland Million Ltd. office at 410.252.2100. PRE-ENTRY DEADLINE: TODAY, Thursday, October 10 Stakes Winner #21 in 2013, the second Graded Stakes-winning 2YO in 4 days Two-Year-Old filly Kitten Kaboodle breaks her maiden in the Grade 3 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland on October 9th by 4 3/4 lengths, equalling the largest winning margin in the race’s history. She is likely to be one of seven Breeders’ Cup starters for Kitten’s Joy. A Top Class Sire of Two-Year-Olds, Kitten’s Joy was Champion Juvenile Sire in 2011. 6915 Harrodsburg Road | Nicholasville, KY 40356 Phone: (859) 887-3200 | Fax: (859) 885-2666 | www.ramseyfarm.com Also Standing Talent Search LGB, LLC 2013 / Photo: Coady Photography *Statistics through October 9, 2013 In 2013: #1 Sire on the General Sire List #1 Turf Sire #1 Sire of G1 Winners with 5 3 Grade 1 Winners on the same day #1 Sire of Stakes Winners with 21 #1 Sire of Graded Stakes Horses with 22 #1 Sire of Stakes Horses with 39 #1 Sire of 2YO Stakes Winners with 4* Over $9,400,000 in Progeny Earnings World Class. 6915 Harrodsburg Road | Nicholasville, KY 40356 Phone: (859) 887-3200 | Fax: (859) 885-2666 | www.ramseyfarm.com Also Standing Talent Search LGB, LLC 2013 *Co-Leading, Statistics through October 9, 2013 In This Issue Tattersalls October 60 Broad St., Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 The Burns family’s Lodge Park Stud, (732) 747-8060 responsible for Wednesday’s record-setting (732) 747-8955 (fax) topper, is no stranger to top-class racehorses. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com Page 5 Barry Weisbord, co-publisher Wednesday’s top-priced lots Damian, Patricia and Patrick Burns • Page 4 Emma Berry [email protected] @barryweisbord Sue Finley, co-publisher Nothing but Nets [email protected] • @suefinley Page 8 Editorial Thursday’s Hip Happenings [email protected] Page 9 Jessica Martini, Editor-in-Chief Alan Carasso, Managing Editor Christina Bossinakis, Senior Editor Steve Sherack, Racing Editor Nine Entered in Queen Elizabeth Brian DiDonato, Racing Analyst/Soc. 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Page 12 [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] Business Development Gary King, Director of Business Development [email protected] TDN Newmarket Bureau: Cafe Racing [email protected] Sean Cronin Tom Frary EST Race 6:15a Prix Thomas Brian-G3, STC TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/10/13 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Astronomical Topper at Tatts (cont. from p1) With sales-goers still chatting about the 3.6-million guineas paid by Coolmore for Newsells Park Stud=s Galileo colt on the opening day of the sale, the ring filled once again as the bay full-sister to 2012 G1 Investec Oaks winner Was (Ire) was led in by Jennifer Rooney. The Lodge Park Stud employee has been on the end of the shank in each of the last three years at Tattersalls when first Was sold for 1.2-million guineas to Demi O=Byrne before another full-sister made 1.5-million Jennifer Rooney guineas last year when also knocked Emma Berry down to Sheikh Joaan=s agent Nicolas de Watrigant. Auctioneer John O=Kelly opened with a request for 1- million guineas, but Ibrahim Araci set the ball rolling at half that amount, with Charlie Gordon-Watson joining him in the early exchanges. Unsurprisingly, Coolmore also joined the party as the asking price rose to 2.4- million guineas, but this time Magnier and his men had to stand down as the determined French agent ensured the prized filly followed her year-older sister into Qatari ownership. AI don=t know how to quantify her beauty--she=s a magnificent specimen,@ said De Watrigant as he faced a press pack which seemed to have doubled in size from the previous day. AWe bought her sister last year and we feel she=s pretty special, so we didn=t want to miss this one. She=s got everything, but first of all, we bought her because she looks like a proper racehorse.@ De Watrigant confirmed that the filly will be sent to Andre Fabre. AHopefull, she will be the new Treve,@ he said. Reflecting on a rewarding year on the track for Sheikh Joann=s runners, culminating with Treve=s victory in Sunday=s G1 Qatar Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe, he added, AWe=ve won three Group 1 races this year, and the achievement of Treve in the Arc has encouraged Sheikh Joaan to invest in more yearlings. The farm [Haras de Bouquetot] is now set up and we=re ready to receive our first stallion, Style Vendome (Fr).@ Al Shaqab Racing also bought Clare Castle Stud=s Sea the Stars (Ire) colt out of Three Moons (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) (lot 184) for 380,000gns and the second of Carmel Stud=s good pinhooks--an Exceed and Excel (Aus) colt--for 320,000gns.