Saturday’s graded stakes fields p10-11 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here STARS SHINES AT ORBY FINALE TAPESTRY TO BE SUPPLEMENTED TO ARC By Emma Berry On a day that a number of G1 Prix de l=Arc de Yet another seven-figure yearling--a i1.1-million Triomphe contenders put in their final works for (US$1,388,004) daughter of Sea the Stars (Ire)--graced France=s i5-million showpiece, the outlook of the race the ring during the final session of the Goffs Orby Sale, was altered yesterday when it was revealed that which ended yesterday with an 11% gain in aggregate Magnier, Tabor, Smith and to i38,450,500, and a clearance rate of 87%. While Flaxman Stables= sophomore the sale=s overall top price of i1.5 million didn=t come filly Tapestry (Ire) (Galileo close to last year=s i2.85-million modern-day Irish {Ire}) would be record for subsequent supplemented to the 2400- Group 2 winner Ol= Man meter contest today, with River (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), Ryan Moore to take the repeated six-figure mount. Supplementing will transactions across both cost i120,000, but days ensured a solid rise in Tapestry could be well both average and median, worth it, as she handed of 8% and 23%, current Arc favorite respectively, to 109,234 Taghrooda (GB) (Sea the Session-topping Sea the Stars filly i Sarah Farnsworth and i70,000. Tapestry Stars {Ire}) her lone defeat Hailing the sale as Racing Post in the G1 Yorkshire Oaks AIreland=s best,@ Goffs= Chief Executive Henry Beeby Aug. 21. Tapestry finished praised the support of domestic breeders in assisting ninth dropped back to a mile in the G1 Matron S. at the company to assemble a catalogue offering A450 of Leopardstown Sept. 13. She also holds an entry in the best Irish yearlings on the market this year.@ Sunday=s G1 Prix de l=Opera at Longchamp. He continued, AThat view was vindicated by our Coolmore spokesman Richard Henry said, "The plan buyers, who contrived to return a stunning trade over is, if she is in good order [today] she will be the two days that has allowed us to post a much- supplemented and Ryan Moore will ride." improved set of statistics which build on two very good Tapestry was given odds of around 16-1 with years. The Orby represents all that is best about Irish bookmakers yesterday. bloodstock, and we are truly thankful to every vendor for their ongoing support, whether they were Arc news cont. p7 responsible for a large draft or a single yearling.@ Click here to hear what Henry Beeby had to say about the Goffs Orby sale. Clearance rate and median for the second day matched the figure for the sale as a whole, while the average of i114,020 dropped slightly by 2% compared to the same session last year, in which Ol= Man River was sold. Cont. p3 (718) 978-8200 www.mersant.com Sponsors of the following stats for the: GOFFS ORBY YEARLING SALE CUMULATIVE 2014 2013 Catalogued 450 425 No. Offered 404 395 No. Sold 352 344 RNAs 52 51 % RNAs 13% 13% No. $500K+ 7 5 High Price €1,500,000 €2,850,000 Gross €38,450,500 €34,745,500 Average (% change) €109,234 (+8%) €101,004 Median (% change) €70,000 (+23%) €57,000 IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Teofilo Fillies in Demand Director of Business Development: Gary King [email protected] Two well-related daughters of Teofilo (Ire) were in demand at Goffs Wednesday and both just missed the EDITORIAL million-euro mark. 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Among the 14 graded stakes are six offering automatic Breeders’ Cup berths. Page 10-11 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/2/14 • PAGE 3 of 13 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Stars Above All... AShe=s been bought for an existing client and will be The second millionaire of Ireland=s major yearling trained by Jim Bolger--nobody knows the family better,@ auction was christened as lot 270, a Sea the Stars (Ire) confirmed McCormack. AShe=s half-sister to Group 1 winner and young stallion Lord an absolutely lovely filly by a Shanakill (Speightstown), became the subject of a duel proven sire out of a proven between Amanda Skiffington and Alan Cooper, with mare.@ the eventual hammer fall coming at i1.1 million. Unraced herself, the filly=s Competition was fierce to secure the rights to the dam Night Visit (GB) (Sinndar April-born filly bred by Vimal and Gillian Khosla from the {Ire}) has produced three unraced Theatrical (Ire) mare Green Room, whose dam winners from her four runners Chain Fern (Blushing Groom) is a sister to Al Bahathri. to date, including another Matt Coleman opened the bidding and was challenged full-sibling to this filly, by Jehan Malherbe of Form Bloodstock until Skiffington Wexford Town (Ire). The Trading Leather’s full-sister joined the fray, and soon had only the Niarchos family=s further family includes the sold for i950,000 racing manager to see off. With Cooper shaking his outstanding Classic heroine Racing Post head as bidding reached i1.1 million, it was left to a Hatoof (Irish River) and her GI tearful Skiffington to sign the ticket on behalf of Fiona Breeders= Cup Mile-winning brother Irish Prize. Night Carmichael, who races dual Group 2-winning juvenile Visit was herself sold by Redmonstown for i975,000 Ivawood (Ire) (Zebedee {Ire}) with Ian Jennings. at Goffs= February mixed sale. Click here for an audio Discussing her purchase, Skiffington declared, AThere interview with John McCormack. wasn=t much not to like. Fiona Carmichael wanted to buy a filly to breed from as a long-term prospect, and Shadwell Heads Buyers List... we knew she wouldn=t make under i1 million--it was The team from Shadwell meant business on the just a question of where the bidding stopped.@ second day of Orby, with seven purchases to add to Ballylinch Stud consigned the filly, whose dam is a their sole yearling from the opening session. Spending a permanent boarder at the Kilkenny farm and currently total of i3,405,000 to be leading buyer for the sale, has a Dansili (GB) filly foal at foot. Sheikh Hamdan=s selections included lot 268, a AWe knew she=d make a big price as she=s so nice and full-sister to Tarfasha (Ire) and another Teofilo yearling so well-bred, and so many of the big international to reach i950,000. buyers had inspected her and had her vetted,@ said Tarfasha, who was Ballylinch manager John O=Connor, who confirmed that bought as a foal at Green Room is now in foal to Galileo (Ire). AShe=s a Goffs from her breeder lovely filly to have bought as a broodmare prospect, as Rockfield Farm for it=s such high-class family, which of course includes Al i200,000, has been Bahathri.@ Click here for an audio interview with John an important O=Connor. colorbearer during a terrific season on the track for Sheikh Teofilo Trading Well... Hamdan. After While Galileo (Ire) s half-brother Sea the Stars (Ire) = winning the G3 Blue took top honors during the second day, Galileo s son Sheikh Hamdan and Stephen Collins = Wind S. in May, she Teofilo (Ire) was also in the limelight when two of his Peter Mooney brought up a Shadwell well-credentialed daughters just failed to reach the quinella in the Oaks, chasing home Taghrooda (GB) (Sea million-euro mark. Jim Bolger s Redmonstown Stud, = the Stars {Ire}), and she recently beat last year s responsible for Tuesday s session-topping Galileo colt at = = G1 Irish Oaks winner Chicquita (Fr) (Montjeu {Ire}) to 1.5 million, presented the full-sister to G1 Irish Derby i win the G2 Blandford S. at the Curragh. winner Trading Leather (Ire) (lot 403), who played a Stephen Collins, general manager of the operation s significant part in a session ruled by a trio of smart = Derrinstown Stud, said, Tarfasha has been a wonderful fillies when selling for 950,000.