SHOWING UP RETURNS AT HEADLINE KEENELAND...p7 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, APRIL 11, 2007 AS ADVERTISED AT EASTER OPENER ‘WONDER LADY’ RETIRED There were few surprises at the first session of the Four-year-old Wonder Lady Anne L (Real Quiet-- three-day Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, held yesterday in Ancho, by Wild Zone), heroine of last season=s GI Sydney. Domestic buyers and Redoute=s Choice (Aus) Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont Park, has dominated, with the been retired and will be bred to Arrowfield stallion accounting Giant=s Causeway. The bay, cam- for the top three horses on paigned by IEAH Stables and its the day. The sales topper was partners, was freshened follow- hip 169, a colt out of MSW ing an unplaced finish in Egyptian Ibis (NZ) (Straight Saratoga=s GI Alabama S. Aug. Strike), who was purchased 19 and resurfaced with a third- for A$2 million by Melbourne- place finish in the Jan. 14 GII El based agent Rob McAnulty. Encino S. at Santa Anita most Consigned by Coolmore, recently. AShe=d basically been Adam Coglianese Lot 169 inglis.com.au agent, the bay is a half to very hit or miss in her training of Hong Kong Horse of the Year Grand Delight (Aus). Five late, and rather than press on we decided to make sure youngsters made A$1 million or more on opening day, we didn=t miss the 2007 breeding season with her,@ compared with seven last year, but the clearance rate said Michael Iavarone, co-president of IEAH Stables. dropped from 90 percent to 74.4 percent, and several AObviously, we were thrilled with what she accom- high-profile yearlings failed to reach their reserves. With plished for us on the racetrack, and as much as we=d an additional 39 yearlings offered in the 2007 cata- looked forward to racing her as a four-year-old, we are logued, the average climbed 13.9 percent, from equally excited by adding her to our broodmare band A$260,663 to A$296,958, and the gross rose to and sending a Grade I winner to Giant=s Causeway.@ A$49.2 million. AEighty percent clearance is acceptable, Wonder Lady Anne L, winner of the GII Demoiselle S. at and we are not far off it,@ asserted Inglis acting Manag- two, retires with a record of 14-3-2-5 and earnings of ing Director Jamie Inglis. AIt was 90 percent last year, $459,488. but that is the stuff of dreams and will not happen again in my time.@ Woodlands Stud, leading buyer at LOOKING TO LAND THE VINERY MADISON Easter last year after spending A$13.1 million on 27 Trainer Eddie Kenneally, who saddled Kelly=s Landing yearlings, spent A$4,570,000 on 10 yearlings Tuesday, to victory in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen, looks to and the team was also underbidder on many of the annex another sprint stakes at Keeneland this after- day=s sales toppers. Easter cont. p2; Toppers p3 noon. Kenneally sends out Mary Delaney (Hennessy) in the GII Vinery Madison S. at seven furlongs. The four- INGLIS EASTER YEARLING SALE year-old, who started her career in England, has won TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2007 four of her six starts since returning to the States. An SESSION TOTALS 2007 2006 allowance winner over the Madison track and trip in Catalogued 241 200 October, she faded to eighth when stretched to a mile No. Offered 223 184 for the Nov. 2 GII Chilukki S. at Churchill, but has been No. Sold 166 166 unbeatable since. The bay ended 2006 with a Turfway RNAs 57 18 % RNA 25.6% 9.8% allowance score Dec. 15, picked up her first stakes win Gross A$49,295,000 A$43,270,000 in the Jan. 13 Wishing Well S. and made it three in a Average (% change) A$296,958 (+13.9%) A$260,663 row in the Mar. 24 Queen S. AShe=s an improving filly Median (% change) A$200,000 (+25%) A$160,000 and she just keeps getting better,@ Kenneally told Daily www.inglis.com.au Racing Form. Madison field, p7 www.taylormadestallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/11/07 • PAGE 2 of 10 Easter cont. Highgrove cont. Afternoon Delight... Ron Gilbert admitted the role-switch was slightly The leading light came midway through the afternoon nerve-wracking, adding that A$200,000 was the most on day one at Easter, when Rob McAnulty outlasted he previously had paid for a filly at auction. APedigrees underbidders including Walter Alteri of Newlands Stud like that don=t come along all that often, and I loved the and Bob Ingham=s Woodlands to get the stunning dark filly,@ he said. AShe is out of only a young mare, but bay by Redoute=s Choice (Aus) out of Egyptian Ibis from a great family and fillies like that are hard to buy. (NZ). The colt, sporting four white socks and a white She is a big strong filly, just the type of filly I like, by blaze, cruised around the sale ring as though he had not the sire of the moment out of a Woodman mare. I am a care in the world as his four would-be purchasers not saying she could be a Miss Finland, but we know fought it out. McAnulty, sitting at the top of the audito- that cross works and plenty don=t. I knew I would have rium, prevailed on behalf of a group of eight business- to go to a fair bit of money, I thought A$1.2 million, men. AHe is a beautiful, athletic colt, but he cost a bit but we are buying in a strong market.@ African Rain is a more than I thought,@ said McAnulty, adding, AWe have half to six stakes performers, including G1 VRC Oaks a group of people, but there will be a couple of shares placegetter Rose O' War (Aus) (Danehill) and champion in him to sell.@ Redoute=s Choice had 18 yearlings go Hong Kong sprinter Mr Vitality (Aus) (Snippets {Aus}). under the hammer yesterday, and they averaged A$627,800. McAnulty also secured last year=s first-day Belle of the Ball... Tyreel s Jim Fleming said hip 29 was among the most topper, a Redoute=s Choice colt out of the Last Tycoon = popular in his consignment, but he was still pleasantly (Ire) mare Urge to Merge (Aus). That colt, named Allied surprised by the final bid. It was a little bit over what I Force (Aus), is trained by David Hayes. A expected, we were very happy with the price,@ said Fleming. AShe was a very nice filly with a lot of lookers, Highgrove Switches Roles... over 100 inspections, so you know when you get that The yearling barn of prominent Queensland breeders amount of interest you have got something special.@ Of Ron and Debbie Gilbert is just a few metres from that the dam, who was winless in two starts, he added, of Tyreel Stud in its customary spot closest to the sale AAfrican Rain was a beautiful filly, but she had an acci- ring at the Inglis Newmarket complex, so the Gilberts, dent and went over a fence when she was a yearling. from the Toowoomba farm We sent her to Lee Freedman, but she went sore every Highgrove Stud, had plenty of time--we could just never get her right. But she is a opportunity to admire hip 29, magnificent mare and she is throwing that conforma- Tyreel=s filly by Redoute=s Choice tion to her progeny.@ A colt by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) as she sashayed frequently in a out of African Rain brought A$750,000 from Wood- week of inspections before the lands Stud at Easter in 2006. sale began. It did not go unno- ticed, either, that the filly--out of 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. the Woodman mare African Rain This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by Lot 29 inglis.com.au (Aus)--was bred on the same any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior cross as likely Horse of the Year Miss Finland (Aus). written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Highgrove, frequently leading vendor on average, sold a Information as to the American races, race results and yearling for A$1.2 million at Easter last year, but they earnings was obtained from results charts published in found themselves in the role of buyer yesterday, going Daily Racing Form and utilized here with with the permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. to A$1.6 million to take the top-selling filly home. 859.455.9388 vinery.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 4/11/07 • PAGE 3 of 10 INGLIS EASTER YEARLING SALE TOP SEVEN COLTS Lot Sire Dam Price (A$) 169 Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Egyptian Ibis (NZ) 2,000,000 Consigned by Coolmore Stud Purchased by R McAnulty 70 Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Bella Sunday (Aus) 1,400,000 “The European two-year old market continues to strengthen, Consigned by Arrowfield Stud with Doncaster’s gross up another 10% and the average Purchased by William Inglis, agent up another 25% to new records. But the American regional 79 Elusive Quality Blue Quail (Aus) 1,400,000 markets continue to waver, with big drops at the Fasig- Consigned by Haunui Farm Tipton Texas two-year old sale.” Purchased by T Stakemire - Bill Oppenheim 110 Danehill Dancer (Ire) Chiara (Aus) 800,000 Consigned by Almavale Bloodstock Purchased by D O=Brien 119 Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Coliape (Aus) 800,000 Consigned by Reavill Farm Purchased by Michael Stedman Bloodstock 234 Encosta de Lago (Aus) High Heels (Aus) 800,000 Consigned by Widden Stud Purchased by James Bester Bloodstock 58 Encosta de Lago (Aus) Ateates (Aus) 750,000 Consigned by Almavale Bloodstock Purchased by James Bester Bloodstock DONCASTER APRIL BREEZE UP SALE (PRICES IN GUINEAS) TOP FIVE FILLIES Lot Sire Dam Price (A$) YEAR SOLD GROSS AVG 29 Redoute’s Choice (Aus) African Rain (Aus) 1,600,000 2007 153 $4,627,500 $30,245 Consigned by Tyreel Stud 2006 173 $4,196,300 $24,256 Purchased by Highgrove Stud 2005 183 $4,217,550 $23,046 232 Encosta de Lago (Aus) Hasna (Aus) 1,500,000 2004 206 $3,889,700 $18,882 Consigned by Corumbene Stud Purchased by Newhaven Park Stud 90 Elusive Quality Bulla Borghese (Aus) 825,000 Consigned by Brooklyn Lodge Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock 174 Encosta de Lago (Aus) Embraceable You (NZ) 725,000 Consigned by Kia Ora Stud BBA Ireland Ltd 147 Encosta de Lago (Aus) Desert End 700,000 Consigned by Yarraman Park Purchased by Woodlands Stud Data compiled by Brianne Stanley A Snip at A$1.5 Million..