SHARP HUMOR RETIRED HEADLINE p. 5 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 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006 MAGICAL WORLD RECORD AT TATTS TATTERSALLS DECEMBER Sometimes the formula really is that simple: pedigree TUESDAY - TOP 12 MARES plus performance equals big price. Magical Romance (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}--Shouk {GB}, Hip Name Covering Sire Price (gns) by Shirley Heights {GB}), winner 1945 Magical Romance (Ire) Pivotal (GB) 4,600,000 of the 2004 G1 Cheveley Park S. (4, Barathea {Ire}--Shouk {GB}, by Shirley Heights {GB}) and a 3/4-sister to this year=s Consigned by Elms Stud dual Oaks winner Alexandrova Purchased by London Thoroughbred Services (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells), set a world- 1977 Mackie Unbridled=s Song 1,600,000 auction record for a filly or mare (13, Summer Squall--Glowing Tribute, by Graustark) at Tattersalls' December Sale in Consigned by Britton House Stud Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock Magical Romance Newmarket yesterday when sell- 1853 Helena Molony (Ire) b mare prospect 1,100,000 www.tattersalls.com ing for 4.6-million guineas to = agent James Wigan. Seamus (4, Sadler=s Wells--Kasora {Ire}, by Darshaan {GB}) Burns of Lodge Park Stud and Anthony Stroud both bid Consigned by Mountain View Stud on the four-year-old, in foal to Pivotal (GB), but Wigan's Purchased by John Warren Bloodstock penultimate opponent was Sheikh Hamdan's racing 1981 Carisolo (GB) b=mare Prospect 1,000,000 manager Angus Gold. Gold dropped out after 3-million (f, 4, Dubai Millennium {GB}--Solo de Lune {Ire}, by Law Society) guineas to be replaced by John Ferguson, representing Consigned by Britton House Stud Sheikh Mohammed. Wigan revealed that Magical Purchased by Richard Frisby Bloodstock Ltd Romance--along with Monday's 3-million guineas pur- 1974 Exciting Times (Fr) Dubawi (Ire) 900,000 (9, Jeune Homme--Eloura {Fr}, by Top Ville {Ire}) chase Spinning Queen (GB)--were bought for Lady Consigned by Kiltinan Stud Rothschild and will be based at the historic Waddesdon Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock Stud at her family home in Buckinghamshire. AShe's 1979 Solo de Lune (Ire) Montjeu (Ire) 775,000 going to Waddesdon and we thought we'd come here (m, 16, Law Society--Truly Special {Ire}, by Caerleon) and try to get the pick of the sale and these were the Consigned by Britton House Stud two we wanted most, Wigan explained. She's a @ A Purchased by BBA Ireland Ltd half-sister to not just the best filly in Europe, but the 2007 Puce (GB) Pivotal (GB) 750,000 best we've seen for a very long time.@ Lady Rothschild (m, 13, Darshaan {GB}--Souk {Ire}, by Ahonoora {GB}) added: AWe've got 12 mares at home now and the idea Consigned by Fittocks Stud is to race, rather than sell their progeny.@ Magical Ro- Purchased by John Warren Bloodstock mance's price--equating to $9.35 million on Tattersalls' 1924 Lady Karr (GB) Galileo (Ire) 700,000 bid board--surpassed the previous record of $9 million, (5, Mark of Esteem {Ire}--Percy’s Lass {GB}, by Blakeney {GB}) paid by John Ferguson for Ashado at Keeneland in Consigned by Round Hill Stud November 2005. Magical Romance was consigned by Purchased by Badgers Bloodstock owner Con Wilson from Stephen and Louise Kemble's 2020 Uraib (Ire) Pivotal (GB) 650,000 Elms Stud. ANot in my wildest dreams did I think she (m, 6, Mark of Esteem {Ire}--Hamsaat {Ire}, by Sadler=s Wells) would make that,@ admitted Wilson, who bought Magi- Consigned by European Sales Management cal Romance for 125,000gns as a yearling. AWe kept Purchased by BBA Ireland Ltd getting good offers, and I thought it was time to sell 1800 May Ball (GB) Tiger Hill (Ire) 550,000 her. We hoped she would fetch a good price, and I (9, Cadeaux Genereux {GB}--Minute Waltz {Ire}, by Sadler’s Wells) bought three yearlings this autumn on the strength of Consigned by Highclere Stud that.@ Purchased by Shadai Farm Toppers cont. www.taylormadestallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/29/06 • PAGE 2 of 9 The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships... Britton House Dispersal Does Well... John Warren, acting for Klaus Jacobs' Hertfordshire- A dispersal from Roger Baines' Britton House Stud based Newsells Park Stud, was the first to spend seven brought a total of 4,610,000gns and included two figures yesterday when signing a 1,100,000gns ticket seven-figure purchases. John Ferguson, buying for for Helena Molony (Ire) (Sadler's Sheikh Mohammed, spent 1.6-million guineas on the Wells--Kasora {Ire}, by Darshaan 13-year-old Mackie (Summer Squall--Glowing Tribute, {GB}). The four-year-old, a full by Graustark), the highest- sister to champion High Chapar- priced offering from Britton ral (Ire), was listed-placed for House. Acquired by that stud trainer John Oxx for for $5 million at the 2000 owner/breeders Sean and Anne Keeneland January Sale in Coughlan. AShe was a beautiful foal to Mr. Prospector, the Helena Molony specimen with an outstanding www.tattersalls.com daughter of top broodmare pedigree,@ said Warren. Jacobs Glowing Tribute became the added: We've got 90 mares and A dam of four stakes perform- we're culling and buying at the moment. It's a commit- Mackie www.tattersalls.com ers, including GII Arlington ment to the British racing and breeding industry, and Classic winner Mr. Mellon (Red Ransom). Lincoln Collins we want to invest in world-class families.@ Helena of Kern Lillingston was underbidder. Following Mackie Molony=s dam Kasora was acquired from her breeder through the ring was her four-year-old Sadler s Wells the Aga Khan for 270,000gns as a three-year-old at the = 1996 Tattersalls December Sale. The Coughlans alter- daughter Montfleur (GB) in foal to Tiger Hill (Ire). The nated between selling and racing Kasora=s foals; High bay was purchased by German International Bloodstock Chaparral sold for 270,000gns as a TATHOU yearling in for 250,000gns. The other Britton House offering to 2000. attain seven figures was the four-year-old Carisolo (GB) (Dubai Millennium {GB}--Solo de Lune {Ire}, by Law Toppers cont. Society), a winner at Hollywood Park last year for Neil 1976 Kitza (Ire) Pivotal (GB) 550,000 Drysdale. She sold for 1,000,000 to agent Richard (11, Danehill--Pitmarie {Ire}, by Pitskelly {Ire}) Frisby as a broodmare prospect. AShe's been bought for Consigned by Britton House Stud an international breeder and it's a lovely page; we've Purchased by Brian Grassick Bloodstock seen what the rest of the family have made and there 1773 Bayalika (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) 525,000 aren't many Dubai Millenniums around,@ said Frisby. (8, Selkirk--Bayrika {Ire}, by Kahyasi {Ire}) Frisby was referring to the spectacular autumn sale Consigned by Lodge Farm Stud season enjoyed by Solo de Lune=s offspring. Her Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock Dalakhani (Ire) yearling filly set a Tattersalls December record when going for 700,000gns to Demi O=Byrne A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will last week, and her Sadler=s Wells weanling colt was indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a s will purchased by Tim Hyde for 370,000gns in this ring five denote a first-time Grade/Group 1 winner, a + will first- days ago. In addition to Carisolo, Solo de Lune=s time starters, an (S) will be used for state-bred races, a unraced two-year-old Danehill filly Danoise (GB) sold (C) will be used for maiden-claiming races and an (R) yesterday. The bay was acquired by Kia Ora Stud for will be used for other restricted races. Purses for Cana- 240,000gns. dian races are in Canadian dollars. Albert the Great Two Graded Stakes Winners in two days From three juvenile winners, Albert the Great is now the sire of two NOBIZ LIKE SHOBIZ graded stakes winners: This weekend NOBIZ LIKE SHOBIZ romped by six and a half lengths in the Remsen S.-G2 and ALBERT THE GOLD won the Clasico Agustin Mercado Reveron-G1PR. www.threechimneys.com (859) 873-7053 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/29/06 • PAGE 3 of 9 Exciting Times, Indeed... In 2002, the four-year-old Exciting Times (Fr) (Jeune Nothin’ But Net Homme--Eloura {Fr}, by Top Ville {Ire}) sold for Brought to you by Muirfield Insurance FF82,000 at the Deauville December Sale. The Grape Tree Road (GB) filly she was carrying at the time turned out to be none other than Gorella (Fr), a Group 2 winner Securing in France in 2005 who became one of the finest U.S. the finest turf fillies this year. Exciting Times=s second foal was Porto Santo (Fr) (Kingsalsa), who won at the listed level (859) 253-1114 www.muirfieldinsurance.com and was Group 1-placed at two last year. He followed his elder sister to the U.S. and has been a capable Hip Mare Covering Sire Price (gns) performer in California for trainer Julio Canani. With 1773 Bayalika (Ire) Invincible Spirit (Ire) 525,000 those two as her first two foals, Exciting Times was (8, Selkirk--Bayrika {Ire}, by Kahyasi {Ire}) successfully covered last spring by Dubawi (Ire) in his Consigned by Lodge Farm Stud first season at stud. Charlie Gordon-Watson bought the Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock flashy nine-year-old for 900,000gns to join the Breeding Hailing from an Aga Khan family, Bayalika is a granddaughter of champion Behera (Ire) and a daughter of Group 3 winner Bayrika.