WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FRANKEL SPARKLES AT CARTIER AWARDS He continued, APersonally, I think it is a distance he Juddmonte=s Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) continued to will get well now that he has learnt to settle better, and see off all challengers Tuesday night when the unbeaten he could be an even better horse at that trip. Let=s hope colt took home Horse of he winters well and remains sound. Racing needs the Year honors at the champions, and let us pray that he can continue where Cartier Awards. His he left off.@ The prestigious awards, which were competition in that established in 1991, were determined by points earned category were Cirrus des in pattern races during 2010, combined with the Aigles (Fr) (Even Top opinions of a panel of racing journalists and votes from {Ire}), Danedream (Ger) readers of Racing Post and Daily Telegraph. (Lomitas {GB}), Goldikova Trainer Barry Hills, who recently handed over his (Ire) (Anabaa) and So You license to his son Charles, was voted this year=s Think (NZ) (High Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit winner. The Chaparral {Ire}); Cirrus award is for the person or persons who, in the opinion Frankel des Aigles and of the special 17-strong Cartier Jury, has/have done Racing Post photo Danedream were most for European racing and/or breeding either over respectively named their lifetime or within the past 12 months. The list of champion older horse and champion 3-year-old filly. past winners of the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Frankel was also honored as champion 3-year-old colt Merit includes Richard Hannon, John Oxx, Sheikh after a season that saw him collect the G1 2000 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Niarchos Guineas, G1 St. James=s Palace S., G1 Sussex S. and Family, Peter Willett, Henry Cecil, David & Patricia G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. The J “TDN Rising Star” J Thompson, Lord Oaksey, Prince Khalid Abdulla, John is slated to stay in training next year. AFrankel has had a Magnier, His Highness the Aga Khan, Peter Walwyn, the great year and is hugely exciting,@ trainer Sir Henry Cecil Head Family, Sir Peter O=Sullevan, Frankie Dettori, John said on his website Monday. AHe really has caught the Dunlop, the Marquess of Hartington, Francois Boutin, public eye, and it was great that he has given an Lester Piggott and Henri Chalhoub. interest to so many people. Hopefully, he will go on and I hope, by the time of the Eclipse S., he will be ready to Cartier Awards cont. tackle a mile and a quarter.@ 2011 CARTIER AWARDS HORSE OF THE YEAR/3YO COLT FRANKEL (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) 3YO FILLY DANEDREAM (GER) (Lomitas {GB}) 2YO COLT DABIRSIM (FR) (Hat Trick {Jpn}) 2YO FILLY MAYBE (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) OLDER HORSE CIRRUS DES AIGLES (FR) (Even Top {Ire}) SPRINTER DREAM AHEAD (Diktat {GB}) STAYER FAME AND GLORY (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) CARTIER/DAILY TELEGRAPH AWARD OF MERIT BARRY HILLS TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/16/11 • PAGE 2 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com AI believe that Twice Over remains in training,@ he said. AThis is wonderful for me as he is part of the furniture and over the last few years he has become a RETIRED great friend to all of us at Warren Place.@ MIDDAY RETIREMENT CONFIRMED Juddmonte Farms= brilliant racemare Midday (GB) Cartier Awards cont. (Oasis Dream {GB}--Midsummer {GB}, by Kingmambo) has been retired, trainer Sir Henry Cecil confirmed Danedream captured the G2 Oaks d=Italia, G1 yesterday. Runner-up to Sariska (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) in GrosserPreis von Berlin and G1 Grosser Preis von Baden the 2009 G1 Epsom Oaks, the homebred bay ran third for Gestut Burg Eberstein, and was supplemented to to that rival when encountering deep mud in the take her chance in the G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe. G1 Irish equivalent. She gained compensation by taking Japanese owner Teruya Yoshida secured a 50% stake the first of her three G1 Nassau S. victories at in the bay filly in the days leading up to the event, and Goodwood during a busy sophomore campaign and she duly stormed home while setting a course record of closed that Classic year with a victory in the GI 2:24.49 for 2400 meters over the firm Longchamp Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita. Midday course. Danedream is slated to contest the G1 Japan remained in training as a 4-year-old and repaid Cup at the end of the month. connections= decision with a second score in the Nassau Unbeaten juveniles Dabirsim (Fr) (Hat Trick {Jpn}) and S., accompanied by wins in the G1 Yorkshire Oaks and Maybe (Ire) were honored as champions in their G1 Prix Vermeille. However, she was usurped by Shared respective categories. Dabirsim, owned by Simon Account (Pleasantly Perfect) when defending her Springer, secured trophies in the G1 Prix Morny and G1 Breeders= Cup crown at the end of the semester. She Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere among his five victories. J has been among the elite again this term, running “TDN Rising Star” J Maybe accounted for colts in the second in the G1 Coronation Cup and G1 Pretty Polly S. Listed Chesham S. at Royal Ascot before handling her before registering a Nassau hat-trick with a sixth own sex in both the G3 Silver Flash S. and G2 success at the highest level. She also ran second in Debutante S. Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Susan York=s G1 Juddmonte International S. and fourth in Magnier=s colorbearer signed off on the year with a win Ascot=s G1 Champion S. at Ascot, and concluded her in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. Aug. 28. career having a third crack at the Breeders= Cup, Champion sprinter Dream Ahead (Diktat {GB}) spoiled finishing sixth in the GI Turf. Midday goes to the Goldikova=s European finale by defeating the popular paddocks with a record of 23-9-7-3 and earnings of mare in the G1 Prix de la Foret Oct. 2. Owned by ,2,239,007. AMidday has been such a consistent mare Khalifa Dasmal, the sophomore previously captured the and, with six Group Ones to her credit, she has proved G1 July Cup and G1 Haydock Sprint Cup. He has been herself to be a real champion, commented Cecil. She @ A retired to Ballylinch Stud. showed signs that she had had enough at the Breeders = Fame and Glory (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}), looking to take Cup last week and, although she by no means disgraced up the baton from former stablemate Yeats (Ire) herself, her performance was a long way from her best. (Sadler=s Wells), showed his best form at Ascot. The 5- We will be sorry to see her leave Warren Place, but we year-old captured the G1 Gold Cup at the Royal shall keep an eye on her and visit her at Banstead Meeting, and returned to the Berkshire course to secure Manor Stud.@ Cecil also revealed stablemate and four-time Group 1 hero Twice Over (GB) (Observatory), the G3 British Champions Long Distance Cup last month conqueror of Midday in the Juddmonte International, for owners Fitri Hay, Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier and will continue to fly the Warren Place standard in 2012. Michael Tabor. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/16/11 • PAGE 3 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com First up was the 5-year-old Grassy, being offered by KEENELAND his breeders Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm. Grassy was hammered down for $220,000. Claiborne NO VEM BER consigned him as hip 3251. Breeding Stock Sale Seconds later, Young was back into fray for the next M o n d a y, N o v . 7 - T h u r s d a y , N o v . 1 7 horse into the ring, the smartly bred Hailstone, who was 1 0 :0 0 a .m . offered through Lane=s End=s draft as hip 3253. Young turned back a challenge from agent David Ingordo-- standing in the doorway on the phone--for the half to COURT VISION=S BRO TOPS KEENOV TUESDAY MGISW Court Vision (Gulch) from the immediate family The 4-year-old MGSP Hailstone (City Zip--Weekend of A.P. Indy, et al. Storm, by Storm Bird), baby brother of recent GI BC AThey're for two different people,@ Young confirmed. Mile winner Court Vision, is New AGrassy's going to California to [trainer] Marty Jones. York bound, while MGSW Grassy Hailstone is going to New York to [trainer] Bobby (El Prado {Ire}--High Savannah Ribaudo.@ Young did not identify his clients. {GB}, by Rousillon) will soon be He added, "They're both ready-made horses--and on a plane to California. That, ready-made stakes horses--and they both appear to after bloodstock agent Steve have more run in them.@ Young secured the pair for In his last 10 efforts, Grassy--previously trained by separate clients during a busy Christophe Clement--has started outside of stakes three minutes at Keeneland competition just once. During that time, he won the November yesterday. On a day 2010 renewal of the GII Red Smith H., added the Bidspotter Pete McCormick highlighted by racing or stallion GII Bowling Green H. two months ago and, for the implores Steve Young as prospects--the top seven fit into second straight year, ran third in the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Hailstone looks on that category--Young purchased Classic at Belmont in early October. His record stands at the two priciest lots, which sold 17-5-3-3, $473,064.