GIANT GIZMO #1 in Canada 2016 BT Winners 2016 Graded SWs AAAAA SSSSASS TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 18, 2016 WWW.BLOODHORSE.COM NNSNN SALES UPDATE ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Claiborne Announces 2017 Stud Fees 4 Lady Eli to Be Offered in November Sale 5 Stronach Group Buys RaceTech 6 First Stakes Winner for Campanologist 7 Nyquist Works, On Track Toward Classic 7 Time and Motion, the QE II, and Darby Dan 8 Dubawi Has Weekend to Remember 9 Dariyan Joining Aga Khan Studs Roster 9 Advance Obituaries and Other Exaggerations 10 Results 11 SHARON CASTRO Leading Lists 12 Hip 85, Coronation Street, an unraced 3-year-old Street Cry filly, topped the sale at $150,000 SARATOGA FALL SALE BRINGS EVEN NUMBERS By Ron Mitchell t @BH_RMitchell ed by a $150,000 Street Cry mare, Fasig-Tipton Lkicked off the mixed auction season Oct. 17 with figures on nearly even terms with the 2015 edition of the Saratoga fall sale at the Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. With 164 head selling for total receipts of $2,780,600, the average price of $16,955 represented a 3% decline from the $17,493 average a year ago when 162 head grossed $2,833,800. The median price fell 15% from $10,000 to $8,500. With 97 horses not selling, the buyback rate was 37.2%. much improved from the 2015 RNA rate of 46%. There were four six-figure transactions Monday, the same number as a year ago when the auction was (continued on page 3) BLOODHORSE DAILY Download the FREE smartphone app PAGE 1 OF 12 WON 7f. Dewhurst Stakes [G1] (by 3¼ lengths) “ the best champion of WON 7f. Vincent O’Brien National Stakes [G1] (by 3 lengths) his age group in Europe for nearly 20 years, with WON 6f. Phoenix Stakes [G1] (by 2 lengths) on Aug 9 the exception of Frankel ” WON 6f. Maiden on debut May 24 Timeform Triple G1 winning European Champion 2-year-old NEW FOR 2017 • ASHFORD• ASHFORD • ASHFORD • • ASHFORD• ASHFORD • ASHFORD • Ashford Stud, P. O. Box 823, Versailles,Download Kentucky the FREE 40383, U.S.A. Contact: Aisling Duignan, Dermot Ryan, Charlie O’Connor, Adrian Wallace or Scott Calder. smartphone app Tel: 859-873-7088. Fax: 859-879-5756. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.coolmore.com SARATOGA FALL SALE BRINGS of The Factor from the family of Argentine champion EVEN NUMBERS and leading North American sire Candy Ride. Produced from the unraced Johannesburg mare Candy d'Oro, (continued from page 1) the filly was consigned as Hip 270 by RFHF Bloodstock as agent for Hidden Lake Farm and Kingsport Farm, topped by a weanling Curlin colt that sold for $120,000. who bred the March 20 foal in partnership with David Coronation Street, this year's sale-topping Campbell. Street Cry broodmare consigned by Sequel New Fasig-Tipton's next sale will be the October Sale in York, agent, as Hip 85, was purchased by Chester Lexington Oct. 24-26, the final yearling auction of 2016. Broman, who with his wife Mary Broman were See full results here. BH named the Empire State's outstanding breeders of s Share this story the year in 2004, 2011, and 2014. The 3-year-old unraced filly is out of the grade II-winning Malibu Moon mare Sara Louise and is a full sister to Mrs. Hudson, who has earned more than $134,000 for Godolphin. The mare was believed to Editorial Staff Editorial Director: John K. Keitt, Jr. be in foal to the Sequel stallion Alpha, the millionaire BloodHorse Daily Editor: Claire Novak Travers Stakes (gr. I) winner whose first foals are Asst. Daily Editor: Mary Reeder weanlings this year. Art Director: Katie Taylor The sale offers the first opportunity to acquire foals Contributing Writers: Eric Mitchell, Lenny Shulman, Ron Mitchell , Frank Angst, Jeremy Balan, Myra Lewyn, Tom Hall of 2016 and the day's second-highest price of $125,000 Visuals Director: Anne M. Eberhardt was paid by trainer Linda Rice for an Into Mischief Digital Media Group: Kimberly Reeves, Christine Wittmer weanling filly from the offerings of Catalyst Bloodstock, as agent. The Feb. 20 gray filly bred in New York by Corporate Marketing and Advertising Sales and Services Clyde Taylor was produced from the stakes-placed Director of Advertising Sales: Scott Carling. Value Plus mare Roses Plus. Regional Sales Managers: Shirley Dievert, Kristi Heasley, Fasig-Tipton president and CEO Boyd Browning Ellen Lambertus, Amanda Ramey Jr. said the results showed a solid marketplace Classified Sales: Catherine Johnston Chief Copywriter: Paul Gregory similar to last year's mixed sale, with trade for weanlings mirroring the selectivity in yearling sales Operations earlier this year. Creative Services: Lisa G. Coots (Director), Forrest F. Begley, Kerry Howe, Claudia Summers, David Young "Most of the buyers will tell you there was fierce Technology: Courtney V. Bearse (Director), Alan Johnson competition for the foals that are perceived to be Published by Blood-Horse LLC above average, and less demand for those not seen as President, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer: John K. Keitt, Jr. being of the same quality," he said. Board of Directors: James L. Gagliano, Carl Hamilton, Ian D. Highet, Broman, who was an aggressive buyer at the sale Stuart S. Janney III, Dan Metzger, Rosendo Parra, Dr. J. David Richardson with six head purchased for a total $348,500, went to $100,000 to acquire Fingers Crossed, a 5-year- Contact Us old Quality Road mare consigned by Sequel as Hip Editorial: 859-276-6770 Advertising: 859-276-6847 96. Produced from the winning A.P. Indy mare Ruth Publisher: 859-276-6888 E, Fingers Crossed is a full sister to Kentucky Downs Editorial: [email protected] Juvenile Fillies Stakes winner Ruthless Quality and is Publisher: [email protected] also believed to be in foal to Alpha. Advertising: [email protected] Another six-figure weanling transaction was the General: [email protected] winning $100,000 bid from Texx Co Co for a daughter Published by Blood-Horse, LLC BLOODHORSE DAILY Download the FREE TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 18, 2016 PAGE 3 OF 12 smartphone app CLAIBORNE ANNOUNCES Claiborne Farm Stallions 2017 Stud Fee 2016 Stud Fee 2017 STUD FEES Algorithms $7,500 $5,000 By Eric Mitchell (Bernardini – Ava Knowsthecode) Blame $25,000 $25,000 t @BH_EMitchell (Arch – Liable) Data Link $7,500 $7,500 op international sire War Front will have his 2017 (War Front – Database) stud fee raised to $250,000, Claiborne Farm an- First Samurai $15,000 $15,000 T (Giant’s Causeway – Freddie Frisson) nounced Oct. 17 along with the breeding fees for the Flatter $35,000 $30,000 other nine stallions on the farm's roster. (A.P. Indy – Praise) Currently the world's leading sire of 2-year-olds and Lea $12,500 $12,500 (First Samurai – Greenery) one of North America's leading commercial sires, War Orb $25,000 $25,000 Front's fee is up $50,000 from what it was for 2016. (Malibu Moon – Lady Liberty) "War Front's progeny continue to dominate Stroll $5,000 $5,000 (Pulpit – Maid for Walking (GB)) worldwide at the highest levels, both on the Trappe Shot $7,500 $10,000 racetrack and in the sale rings," said Claiborne Farm (Tapit – Shopping) War Front $250,000 $200,000 representative Bernie Sams. "From a breeder's (Danzig – Starry Dreamer) perspective, he offers the chance to hit the jackpot. All stud fees payable Live Foal Stands & Nurses Whether it's a grade I winner at Ascot, a Breeders' Cup champion, or a seven-figure sale topper here in the Two other Claiborne stallions who will see a slight States, anything is possible." rise in stud fees next year are Algorithms and Flatter. During the 13-day Keeneland September yearling Algorithms, the undefeated graded stakes-winning sale, War Front had 19 yearlings sell for an average of son of Bernardini, will stand for $7,500 in 2017, up from $633,947. Two of his progeny sold for more than $1 $5,000. His second-crop yearlings were well received million and 14 sold for $500,000 or more. at the Keeneland September sale, with three yearlings bringing over $200,000, well above his stud fee. Among Algorithms' three stakes horses this year is Recruiting Ready, runner-up in the Bashford Manor Stakes (gr. III) and placed in the Iroquois Stakes (gr. III). Flatter, the proven son of A.P. Indy will stand for $35,000 in 2017, up from $30,000. This year, Flatter is among North America's leading sires with six graded stakes horses. Only Tapit, War Front, and Bernardini have more. Flatter is the sire of five graded stakes winners in 2016, including Upstart, Kobe's Back, Ami's Flatter, and grade I winners Paola Queen and Taris. BH s Share this story COURTESY CLAIBORNE FARM COURTESY War Front leads the juvenile sire list BLOODHORSE DAILY Download the FREE TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 18, 2016 PAGE 4 OF 12 smartphone app LADY ELI TO BE OFFERED That victory, which followed a second in her Aug. 27 IN NOVEMBER SALE return in the Ballston Spa (gr. IIT), clinched a spot in the By Ron Mitchell Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT). Lady Eli is consigned by Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency as t @BH_RMitchell Hip 466. hampion Lady Eli, who returned to top form after Other elite fillies or mares Keeneland has cataloged Cmissing more than a year due to a bout with among the 4,762 horses for the Nov. 8-20 sale in laminitis, is among the grade/group I winners Lexington are Stellar Wind, the champion 3-year-old filly consigned to the upcoming Keeneland November of 2015 who has twice defeated superstar Beholder in breeding stock sale.