WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here FROZEN FILLY HEATS UP RING AT GOFFS TRF SETTLES NY LAWSUIT by Emma Berry The New York Attorney General=s office and A first-crop daughter of Ballyhane Stud=s Frozen Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation have reached a Power (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) brought a bid of settlement of the lawsuit brought against the TRF=s i82,000 (US$111,025) from Michael Carthy to lead directors. The complaint, filed by Attorney General Eric the second session of an increasingly strong Goffs Scheiderman in May 2012, charged the charity=s board November Foal Sale. had neglected its duties by taking on more racehorses With the pinhookers really starting to hit their stride, than the group could afford to care for, resulting in the a pleasing clearance rate of 83% for the day--up by neglect and mistreatment of the animals. seven points on last Under the terms of the settlement, the TRF will add year thanks to 202 of an Attorney General-appointed veterinarian to its board. the 242 foals offered The revamped board will also include a director finding buyers--echoes nominated by an animal welfare organization and one the improvements seen nominated by members of the nation=s horse racing and through most of the breeding industry, according to a statement from the yearling season and led Attorney General=s office. Also, a five-person to a 39% rise in committee, consisting of the three new directors and turnover of two current board members not named as defendants i3,108,650. Again in the lawsuit, will be established to recruit a new, there were boosts for full-time chief executive officer for the organization. The sales ring both average and The lawsuit also claimed the TRF improperly used funds facebook.com/goffs median, the former from an endowment from the estate of Paul Mellon to settling at i15,389 (up secure loans. Under the settlement, the TRF agreed to 18%) and the latter at i11,000 (up 16%). not use endowment funds to secure any future loans. The day=s top foal (lot 437), consigned by Under the agreement, CEO and board chairman John Ballynaslaney Stud for Tony Cosgrave, is a half-sister to Moore and director Diana Pikulski will resign from the Parbold (Ire) (Dandy Man), who chased home War board of directors within a year of a new CEO being Command for second in the G2 Coventry S. at Royal hired. AThe settlement reflects the fact that the Ascot in June. He subsequently placed in two more allegations were baseless all along,@ commented Group 2 contests--the Vintage S. and Gimcrack S.--and Pikulski, who will continue on as the TRF=s director of another well-credentialed half-sibling is the dual listed external affairs. Cont. p5 winner Majestic Myles (Ire) (Majestic Missile {Ire}). Carthy, of Kilmoney Cottage Stud, bought the filly for a client who plans to sell her next autumn. AWe bought a Zebedee filly for i67,000 on this day last year and then sold her during Book 1 of Tattersalls= October Sale for 220,000gns,@ Carthy said. AThis is another lovely filly with a good horse [Parbold] still running for the family.@ Brendan Holland of Grove Stud took home the top colt of the day, a son of Monsieur Bond (Ire) (lot 429) bred by Declan Lyons, for i66,000. AHe=s a really good, solid colt and the stallion has worked well with this family already,@ said Holland, referring to Monsieur Bond=s good sprinters, the full-siblings Ladies Are Forever (GB) and Hoof It (GB), who are out of a half-sister to the colt=s dam, the 2-year-old winner Existentialist (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}). Another first-crop weanling, this time a son of multiple Group 1-winning sprinter Dream Ahead (Diktat {GB}), hit the leader board when bought by agent Mick Flanagan for i58,000. 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WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Kelsey Riley, International Editor [email protected] Columnist Bill Oppenheim looks at how the weanlings of European first-crop Sean Cronin, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing sires have faired so far in the season-ending mixed sales. Tom Frary, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing [email protected] Page 10 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/20/13 • PAGE 3 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Goffs Coverage (cont. from p1) The third foal of the young Stravinsky mare Whisper Dance was another good result for leading vendor John (718) 978-8200 Kilpatrick=s JK Thoroughbreds, which on Monday sold www.mersant.com the joint-session-topping filly by Big Bad Bob and offered this colt on behalf of his breeder Stonecross Sponsors of the following stats for the: Stud. GOFFS NOVEMBER FOAL SALE AI=ve seen quite a few of the Dream Ahead foals and SESSION TOTALS 2013 2012 they seem to be good types,@ said Flanagan. AThis was Catalogued 267 258 a really good colt--he looks fast like his dad--and he=s No. Offered 242 225 correct with a good walk. He=s been bought for a client No. Sold 202 171 in Ireland and will be reoffered. RNAs 40 54 @ % RNAs 16.5% 24% Gross €3,108,650 €2,236,300 Market Approval Average (% change) €15,389 (+17.7%) €13,078 A pair of colts by Approve (Ire) sold for i53,000 and Median €11,000 (+15.8%) €9,500 i52,000, demonstrating the market=s continuing keenness for the young son of Oasis Dream (GB) who CUMULATIVE 2013 2012 Catalogued 476 440 has stood at Morristown Lattin Stud since his No. Offered 428 386 retirement in 2011. His fee of i5,000 during his first No. Sold 339 254 three years looks very reasonable when set against the RNAs 89 132 returns for his first crop of yearlings this season. The % RNAs 20.8% 34.2% 58 sold recorded an average just shy of i30,000. Gross €4,346,700 €2,908,850gns Average (% change) €12,822 (+12%) €11,452gns Pinhookers taking a chance on his foals this year will be Median (% change) €9,000 n/a hoping his first runners are as precocious as he was. Approve broke his maiden on his second start in May and went on to win the G2 Norfolk S. and G2 Gimcrack S. TDN TODAY cont. p4 Headline News.. 15 pages TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/20/13 • PAGE 4 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Goffs coverage cont. Roderic’s Bestseller Michael Fitzpatrick, signing under the name Goodwill Eamonn Reilly of BBA Ireland, acting on behalf of an Bloodstock, picked up the more expensive of the pair, unnamed Irish client, plumped for the most expensive lot 269, consigned by Harcourt Stud out of Reign Of first-crop son of G1 Irish 2000 Guineas winner Roderic Fire (Ire) (Perugino), the producer of three juvenile O=Connor (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) to sell so far, paying winners to date and a half-sister to GIII Will Rogers S. i52,000 for the Ballybin Stud offering (lot 379). He is winner Media Mogul (GB) (First Trump {GB}). Fitzpatrick out of Begin The Beguine (Ire) (Peintre Celebre), a later also went to i53,000 for a solid Kodiac granddaughter of Lord Howard de Walden=s good half-brother to six-time winner Unknown Rebel (Ire) broodmare La Papagena (GB), the dam of Grand Lodge. (Night Shift) consigned by Ridge Manor Stud as lot Another youngster who will be returning to the sales 412. ring before too long is the Arcano (Ire) colt out of The young pinhooker enjoyed some profitable Manuelita Rose (Ity) (Desert Style {Ire}) (lot 215), who touches with his yearlings earlier this season and will join Tally Ho Stud=s yearling draft for next year reinvested i47,000 in another colt (lot 333) by one of after being knocked down for i44,000. the season=s leading first-season sires in Europe, Charlie Vigors of Wiltshire-based Hillwood Stud has Intense Focus (Ire), and from the further family of GI made the trip to Ireland with his wife and business Acorn S.