CHARISMATIC OFF TO JAPAN HEADLINE p4 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2002 SINGSPIEL COLT TOPS TATTERSALLS DAY 2 TATTERSALLS OCTOBER -- WEDNESDAY A 280,000gns Singspiel (Ire) (In The Wings {GB}) colt TOP SIX COLTS sold just six lots into yesterday’s second session of the Hip# Sire Dam Price (gns) Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and remained the top 273 Singspiel (Ire) Girl of My Dreams (Ire) 280,000 lot throughout another day of solid trade. Hamdan Al Consigned by Lavington Stud Maktoum's Shadwell Estates purchased the Lavington Purchased by Shadwell Estate Stud offering, a half brother to the useful juvenile filly 407 Danehill Shining Prospect (GB) 250,000 Luvah Girl (GB) (Alzao). Racing manager Angus Gold, Consigned by Kilboy Estate who saw off Cheveley Park Stud manager Chris Rich- Purchased by Demi O’Byrne ardson, reported: “He was very athletic and by a sire 436 Grand Lodge Top of the Form (Ire) 225,000 who has not had many run- (75,000gns wnlg ‘01 TATDEC) ners, but the ones that he has Consigned by Camas Park Stud had have shown a bit of Purchased by McKeever St. Lawrence class. Sheikh Hamdan will 279 Danehill Golden Cat 220,000 allocate yearlings to trainers Consigned by Carrowdore Caste Stud within the next three weeks.” Purchased by Demi O’Byrne Coolmore agent Demi 455 Victory Note Ziffany (GB) 190,000 O'Byrne, who failed to make (Ir£38,000 wnlg ‘01 GOFNOV) the buyer's sheet on Tues- Consigned by Lodge Park Stud day, was busier yesterday, Purchased by McKeever St. Lawrence when his haul included a pair Lot 273 Tattersalls photo 355 Selkirk Pat or Else (GB) 180,000 of Danehill colts--a grandson Consigned by Staffordstown Stud of Irish St Leger winner Eurobird (Ire) (Ela Mana-Mou Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock {Ire}) offered by Gerry Jenning's Carrowdore Castle Stud, made 220,000gns and the second was a TOP FIVE FILLIES 250,000gns colt out of an unraced half sister to the G1 Hip# Sire Dam Price (gns) Italian Oaks winner Valley Of Gold (Fr) (Shirley Heights 340 Danehill Meritxell (Ire) 250,000 {GB}) and to this year's G3 Vintage S. winner Dublin Consigned by J K Thoroughbreds (Ire). There have been 63 six-figure lots over the first Purchased by Blandford Bloodstock Ltd. two days at this sale compared with 56 at last year's 290 Unfuwain Haboobti (Ire) 200,000 entire fixture. Consigned by Minster Stud Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock 525 Imperial Ballet (Ire) Fantastic Flame (Ire) 155,000 TATTERSALLS OCTOBER Consigned by Abbeville & Meadow Court Stud WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2002 Purchased by Brian Grassick Bloodstock 433 Night Shift Three Terns 140,000 TOTALS Session 2 CUMULATIVE Consigned by Burton Agnes Stud No. Offered 241 483 Purchased by Margaret O’Toole No. Sold 205 399 318 Barathea (Ire) Knight’s Baroness 110,000 RNAs 36 (15%) 84 (17%) Consigned by Voute Sales, agent Gross (gns) 11,505,000 22,669,500 Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock Average (gns) 56,121 56,816 Median (gns) 38,000 n/a TDN TODAY www.tattersalls.com Headline News .................... 5 pages Grade I Winner BUDDHA John G. Sikura, President The Leading Son of Leading Sire UNBRIDLED’S SONG PHONE: (859) 255-8290 FAX: (859) 281-6148 $15,000 Live Foal TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/17/02 • PAGE 2 of 5 LOTS TO NOTE... BREEDERS’ CUP Lot 340 (f, Danehill--Meritxell {Ire}, by Thatching {Ire}) BULLETIN Danehill was a sire in demand and his filly out of Almushtarak's half sister Meritxell (Ire) yielded a good CLASSIC, $4,000,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m return for her breeder Maire Costelloe when offered Trainer Paco Gonzalez sent out Came Home (Gone through John Kilpatrick's Co Kildare-based operation West) for an easy five-furlong work yesterday morning J K Thoroughbreds. Joss Collins of Blandford Blood- at Santa Anita. The sophomore colt, winner in his most stock signed for her at 250,000gns with Johnny recent start of the GI Pacific Classic at Del Mar Aug. McKeever the underbidder. Collins said: “She is for 25, got interior fractions of :12 2/5 for the opening an American owner who is in the air at the moment furlong, :37 1/5 for three-eighths and a half in :49 2/5 so I don't know where she will be heading. She was before completing the work in 1:02. “I didn’t want him a great mover and just a lovely filly, as she would to work fast today,” Gonzalez explained. “I just want to need to be for me to give that money for her.” keep him happy. And he is happy; that’s the main thing.” Lot 436 (c, Grand Lodge--Top of the Form {Ire}, by Masterclass) Evening Attire (Black Tie Affair {Ire}) arrived at Johnny McKeever signed at 225,000gns for a Arlington Park by van yesterday morning at 4:30 and is Grand Lodge colt that had cost 75,000gns as a comfortably bedded down in barn 16 on the back- weanling consigned by Timmy Hyde's Camas Park stretch. The consistent four-year-old registered the Stud. “He's for an existing client with Jeremy most important victory of his career in the GI Jockey Noseda,” said McKeever. “We've been bidding like Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park Sept. 29 and is likely to fury and underbidder a couple of times, but we kept take to the autumnal weather in the Midwest. “[Eve- on trying.” ning Attire] is a good cold weather horse,” trainer Pat Kelly commented on a windswept and cool morning. Lot 290 (Unfuwain--Haboobti, by Habitat) “He once won a race in the snow,” he added, referring to his victory in the GIII Aqueduct H. last January. Irish trainer Charles O'Brien, son of legendary han- dler Vincent and brother-in-law of John Magnier, will JOHN DEERE TURF, $2,000,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT train an Unfuwain filly bred by former jockey Willie Carson and bought for 200,000gns by Charlie Seven-year-old With Anticipation (Relaunch) worked five furlongs over the Oklahoma turf course at Saratoga Gordon-Watson. The yearling is a half sister to stakes yesterday morning. With the dogs placed in the middle winner Boojum (GB) (Mujtahid). of the track, the gray galloped an easy three-eighths of a mile before breaking off, getting the distance in 1:04 Lot 525 (Imperial Ballet {Ire}--Fantastic Flame {Ire}, by Generous {Ire}) 3/5. “I was very happy with the way he went,” com- Flaming Eyes (Ger) sold for in utero for 55,000gns mented Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard. “It at the Tattersalls December Sale. Yesterday, the bay was a long, useful steady sort of maintenance breeze. filly fetched 155,000gns from bloodstock agent Brian We were well satisfied with the work.” The gelding, Grassick. Her dam is a full sister to group stakes seventh in last year’s Turf, strung together three winner Germano (GB) and a half sister to graded straight Grade I victories this summer, capped by his stakes winner Moon Solitaire (Ire). one-length score in the GI Man o’ War S. at Belmont Sept. 7, but comes into this year’s event off a sixth- CORRECTION: In yesterday’s TDN, Bill Oppenheim place finish in the GI Turf Classic Sept. 29. Although indicated that neither the Maktoums nor Coolmore Sheppard believes that With Anticipation prefers some signed for any yearlings during Tuesday’s opening give in the ground, it is unlikely that the Augustin session of the Tattersalls October Sale. While homebred will run if the Arlington turf is “very soft,” Coolmore did not purchase any horses, Sheikh according to Sheppard. Weather permitting, the Hamdan’s Shadwell Estates took home nine horses. Pennsylvania-bred will work again next Wednesday at We apologize for any confusion. Saratoga before vanning to Chicago later that evening. RUBIANO, Fappiano S Ruby Slippers STUD FEE: $10,000 LIVE FOAL BOX 626, VERSAILLES, KY 40383 SIRE OF 3 STAKES WINNERS IN 2 WEEKS: (859) 873-7300 FAX (859) 873-3746 Burning Roma (G2), Baker Road, Taliano E-MAIL: [email protected] Click here for more on Rubiano WEB SITE: lanesend.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/17/02 • PAGE 3 of 5 Breeders’ Cup Bulletin cont. LONG JOHN SILVER’S JUVENILE FILLIES, DISTAFF, $2,000,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m $1,000,000, 2yo, f, 1 1/8m Azeri (Jade Hunter), who rates the strongest favorite Ivanavinalot (West Acre), an impressive 13 3/4-length in any of the Championship races, turned in a sharp winner of last Saturday’s My Dear Girl S. at Calder, has three-furlong drill Tuesday morning at San Luis Rey been pre-entered for the Breeders’ Cup by owner and Downs, covering the distance in :35 3/5. “I’m starting breeder Gil Campbell. “She came out of the race great to get nervous,” trainer Laura de Seroux told Daily and I had to send her back to the track...because she’s Racing Form. “I just want to give her a couple of three- been suicidal around the barn and she feeling so good,” furlong works, have her gallop out five furlongs. I’m trainer Kathleen O’Connell told Daily Racing Form. A just trying to keep her from getting too fresh.” De decision to enter the Florida-bred into the race could Seroux will also saddle three-year-olds Dublino (Lear come as late as next Wednesday, when post positions Fan) in the Filly and Mare Turf and recent import will be drawn.