Chapel Royal Filly Tops Keeneland HEADLINE ...p. 3 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 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2006 BERTOLINI FILLY FITS THE BILL GOFFS THURSDAY Brian Grassick was at the forefront of a strong fourth day of trading during Goffs= November Sale, paying – TOP FIVE LOTS – Hip Sex Sire Dam Price ( ) i130,000 for a daughter of Bertolini, making her the i top-priced foal of the sale so 837 f Bertolini Nirvana 130,000 far. Consigned by Barnane (6,500gns in utero >05 TATJUL) Stud as agent, hip 837 is a Consigned by Barnane Stud half to last month=s G3 Premio Purchased by Brian Grassick Bloodstock Guido Berardelli winner Il 742 c Exceed and Excel (Aus) Cidaris (Ire) 125,000 Cadetto (GB) from the family Consigned by Barrettstown Farm House of the smart German stakes Purchased by Jeremy Brummitt winners Nasr Allah and Chato. 927 c Elusive City Allegorica (Ire) 120,000 Hip 837, yesterday’s topper AShe has been bought for a Consigned by Belmont Stud at Goffs partnership for Abbeville and Purchased by Crone Stud www.goffs.com Meadowcourt Studs and will 911 c Danehill Dancer (Ire) Veronica Cooper (Ire) 120,000 be re-offered next year,@ the Consigned by Airlie Stud master of Newtown Stud explained. AShe was a nice, Purchased by Paul Shanahan scopey filly with a good pedigree.@ Nirvana (Green 877 c Kheleyf Safe Care (Ire) 108,000 Dancer), the dam of the session topper, was purchased Consigned by Ringfort Stud for just 6,500gns carrying the Bertolini foal in utero last Purchased by Peter J Doyle Bloodstock summer. Goffs Coverage cont. p2 GOFFS NOVEMBER SALE STATISTICS UPCOMING MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN STAKES THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 2006 Date Race Track Nov. 18 GII Mrs. Revere S. Churchill GIII Hollywood Prevue S. Hollywood SESSION TOTALS 2006 2005 GIII Stuyvesant H. Aqueduct No. Offered 186 196 GIII Woodbine Slots Cup Woodbine No. Sold 168 162 Nov. 23 GII Falls City H. Churchill RNAs 18 34 % RNA 9.7% 17.3% Fall Highweight H. Aqueduct Gross €5,629,700 €3,692,900 Average €33,510 (+47%) €22,796 IN TODAY’S TDN CUMULATIVE 2006 2005 No. Offered 819 770 Keeneland November Coverage..............................p3 No. Sold 633 570 Deep Impact DQ Upheld..........................................p3 RNAs 186 200 Aqueduct Moves Races to Inner....................p1-ATW % RNA 22.7% 26% The Daddy to Martin Stables.........................p1-ATW Gross €12,901,500 €9,324,200 U-Max, Frisco Star to Sequel.........................p1-ATW Average €20,382 (+24.6%) €16,358 New Jersey Tracks Awarded Dates..............p3-ATW www.goffs.com (859) 233-4252 www.claibornefarm.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/17/06 • PAGE 2 of 3 P G O F F S P P H I P H A P P E N I N G S P Exceeding Expectations... Hip 988, f, Galileo (Ire)--Eyrecourt (Ire), by Efisio (GB) Jeremy Brummitt went to i125,000 for a colt from Consigned by The Glen Stud the first crop of the brilliant Australian sprinter Exceed This filly hails from Lord Harrington=s family of the and Excel (Aus). Offered by Barrettstown Farm House 2002 G1 Prix Vermeille winner Pearly Shells (GB) and on behalf of John Doyle, 1994 GI Hollywood Turf Cup scorer Frenchpark (GB), hip 742 is a half to the which has received significant boosts over the past two listed stakes victor Irony seasons thanks to the group-winning exploits of Ugo (Ire) from the family of Fire (Ire) and Drumfire (Ire). the 1991 G1 2000 Guin- eas winner Mystiko and Hip 1056, c, High Chaparral (Ire)--Piffle (GB), top-class South African by Shirley Heights (GB) performer Rabiya (Saf). AI Consigned by The Glen Stud thought he was the nic- From the same family as hip 988, this colt is a half to est horse in the sale and Pearly Shells and Frenchpark (GB) by a sire whose first Darley’s Exceed and Excel an outstanding individ- crop has sold well this year. www.darleystallions.com ual,@ the Yorkshire-based bloodstock agent com- Hip 1067, c, Polish Precedent--Radha (GB), mented. AHe=ll probably come up for resale.@ Exceed and by Bishop of Cashel (GB) Excel was also responsible for Oghill House Stud=s hip Consigned by Knockananig Stud 745, a half-sister to two stakes winners, who was This colt, who is by the sire of this year s G1 Prix du purchased by the Somerset-based Carmel Stud for = Jockey-Club (French Derby) winner Darsi (Fr) and G1 i100,000. Shortly after, owner Kevin Cooke paid the same amount for hip 760, a son of Invincible Spirit (Ire) Sussex S. hero Court Masterpiece (GB), is closely re- out of a half to an Italian stakes winner from the draft lated to the champion Rakti (GB), a six-time Group 1 of the Irish National Stud, acting as agents. @He=ll prob- winner and sire. ably be kept to race and hopefully he=ll be a good one,@ Cooke said. Late in the session, Elusive City proved Hip 1127, c, Fasliyev--Ziffany (GB), by Taufan. popular again, as he had during Tuesday=s session and Consigned by Kilfeacle Stud Belmont Stud=s hip 927, a colt from the family of dual This colt is a half to the ill-fated Majors Cast (Ire), group winner Ahohoney (Ire), was knocked down to runner-up in this year=s G1 Lockinge S., as well as the Crone Stud for i120,000. Paul Shanahan paid the dual group-winning sprinter Jessica=s Dream (Ire). same for Airlie Stud=s hip 911, a colt by Danehill Dancer (Ire) out of a half to the top-class Vialli (Ire). Darley=s Hip 1142, f, Refuse to Bend (Ire)--Angelic Sounds (Ire), Kheleyf has his first foals selling this fall and one of his by The Noble Player colts was in demand. Consigned by Derek Veitch's Consigned by Nanallac Stud Ringfort Stud, hip 877 is from the family of sires From the first crop of Darley=s Refuse to Bend, this is Lugana Beach (Ire) and Mtoto (GB) and was secured by a half-sister to four stakes performers, including the Peter Doyle Bloodstock for i108,000. After a solid day useful Godolphin runner Army of Angels (Ire). This is of trading, the gross was up by nearly i2 million on also the family of the 2001 G1 Prix de la Foret scorer 12 months ago and the average of i33,510 repre- Mount Abu (Ire). sented an increase of 47 percent on 2005. With the select final day of foals to come today, when bidding You can also pick up a copy of the TDN begins at 12 p.m., the sale is certain to exceed last today at the Keeneland November year=s figures. Full results can be found on Breeding Stock Sale. www.goffs.com. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/17/06 • PAGE 3 of 3 P N E W S T O D A Y P P K E E N E L A N D P IMPACT DQ CONFIRMED Makoto Kaneko=s Deep GOING TO THE ‘CHAPEL’ AT KEENELAND A Impact (Jpn) (Sunday Silence) has been officially dis- weanling filly from the first crop of MGSW Chapel qualified from third place in the Oct. 1 G1 Prix de l=Arc Royal (Montbrook) topped yesterday=s session of the de Triomphe following a meeting of the French stew- Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale in Lexington, ards on Wednesday. Having Kentucky. Cataloged as hip 4094, the bay was knocked tested positive for traces of down to Diamond J Racing for $180,000 and was the prohibited substance consigned by Morris B. Floyd and Chuck Givens, agent ipratropium, the four-year-old for Fairway Farm. The Mar. 19 foal is out of the has been placed last in the 14-year-old Starletta (Cox=s Ridge), herself a daughter Longchamp showpiece and of Grade II winner Zero Minus (It=s Freezing). Hip 4094 trainer Yasuo Ikee was fined was the lone six-figure horse Thursday. The top-priced i15,000. AWe are taking this mare was hip 3936, the five-year-old Kahlo, a daughter case very seriously,@ Masayuki of Broad Brush that went to Tommy Trojan for Takahashi, chief executive of $60,000. The Hill >n= Dale Sales Agency, agent, con- Deep Impact the Japan Racing Association, signee hails from the extended family of Ruffian, www.jair.jrao.ne.jp told the Racing Post. AWe Icecapade and Private Terms and was produced by must take steps to prevent Grade II winner Mesabi Maiden (Cox=s Ridge). She sold this sort of thing happening again.@ Deep Impact, who in foal to Buddha. The sale continued on a strong pace takes part in next Sunday>s G1 Japan Cup in Tokyo, Thursday, with the gross of $3,824,500 up nearly 50 was given the medication for respiratory trouble, but percent from 2005 figures. The overall gross of his conditioner was unaware the bronchodilator was $308,580,000 represents a 7.1-percent increase over banned in Europe. AI take responsibility and apologise last year's $288,015,000. AKeeneland=s position as a for the trouble,@ Ikee told the Post. ABut I did absolutely global market was truly in evidence [yesterday] as we nothing to besmirch the name of Deep Impact.@ had buyers participating from India and Trinidad,@ added Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell about yesterday=s Thoroughbred Daily News is: proceedings.