FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017 KEEN ICE OUT OF BREEDERS= RECORD-BREAKING OCTOBER SALE CONCLUDES by Jessica Martini CUP, RETIRED TO CALUMET LEXINGTON, Ky - The Fasig-Tipton October Fall Yearlings Sale concluded its record-setting four-day run at Newtown Paddocks Thursday with the auction=s highest-ever gross and average. AOverall, I thought it was a very vibrant horse sale,@ Fasig- Tipton=s President Boyd Browning, Jr. said Thursday evening. AThe activity literally through the very last horse through the ring was significant. It=s pretty remarkable to be up 40% in terms of gross. It was a really encouraging horse sale from our perspective. The yearling season started off strong and it finished off strong. And it demonstrated strength throughout.@ Cont. p3 (Click here) Keen Ice & Crawford | Sarah K Andrew IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Donegal Racing and Calumet Farm=s $3.4-million earner Keen HISTORY SERVED UP ON A PLATE Ice (Curlin--Medomak, by Awesome Again) will be forced to miss Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) shoots for a record-equaling the GI Breeders= Cup Classic due to a wrenched ankle and will third G1 Cox Plate, a new Australian earnings record and her instead retire to Calumet Farm to take up stud duties in 2018. 22nd straight win at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Next Saturday=s Classic was scheduled to be his final career start. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. Third in the 2015 GI Belmont S. and second in the GI Haskell Invitational S. behind Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), the $120,000 Keeneland September yearling acquisition played spoiler to the eventual Horse of the Year=s perfect sophomore season when running him down in the GI Travers S. at Saratoga. Transferred from Dale Romans to Todd Pletcher midway through last season, he was third in the 2016 GI Breeders= Cup Classic and really came to hand over this past summer. A clear- cut winner of Belmont=s 10-panel GII Suburban S. July 8, the bay was second to leading handicap horse Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) in the GI Whitney S. Aug. 5, and filled the same slot in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup Oct. 7. He retires with three wins, four seconds and five thirds from 24 starts, 21 of which were at the graded or group level. ADonegal Racing has been blessed to campaign a number of Grade I race winners,@ said Jerry Crawford, president of Donegal. ABut only Keen Ice has pulled off one of the biggest sports upsets of the century when he beat Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah in the 2015 Travers S. at Saratoga.@ Cont. p3 PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. V.P. & CO-PUBLISHER Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] EDITORIAL Friday, October 27, 2017 [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Associate Editors Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN Assistant Editor Bobby Klatt ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistants Alexa Reisfield Michelle Benson Photo Editor/Dir. of Distribution Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew 'TDN Rising Star' and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf contender Rushing Fall [email protected] (More Than Ready) gallops at Keeneland Thursday morning. | Coady Social Media Strategist Justina Severni Director of Customer Service CUPID TO STAND AT ASHFORD IN 2018 10 Vicki Forbes [email protected] Coolmore announced Thursday that Cupid (Tapit) would stand at Ashford Stud in 2018, and also revealed the Marketing Manager rest of its roster’s stud fees. 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We see nothing but positives for his genetic line.@ A stud fee will be announced at a later date. Record-Breaking October Sale cont. Through four sessions, Fasig-Tipton sold 981 yearlings for a gross of $35,812,900--up from $25,691,500 a year ago and besting the previous record gross of $30,006,200 set in 2014. The average of $36,507 was up 10.4% from last year=s three-day total of $33,065 and topped the previous record of $35,850, also set in 2014. With 1,461 catalogued this year compared to 1,256 a year ago, the median dipped 17.2% to $12,000. The buy-back rate was 22.6%. Led by a pair of co-topping $350,000 colts, a total of 17 yearlings sold for $200,000 or more during the 2016 auction. That top price was bettered by five yearlings in 2017, including the $700,000 sale topper by Medaglia d=Oro. In all, 35 yearlings sold for $200,000 or more this year. AI think there were a lot of happy faces from consignors and a lot of people who had meaningful and significant sales this year,@ Browning said. AI think the most encouraging thing from our perspective is knowing you can bring a legitimate horse here and get paid real money. It gives everybody confidence in the marketplace going forward to further access sales placement to make sure they get the right horses in the right places. If you have a horse who might need a little time from a maturity standpoint, you don=t have to push. You=ll be rewarded for doing the right thing for the horse and bringing it to a venue like this. Buyers were enthusiastic with the quality of horses on the grounds. And we are appreciative of the consignors for doing that.@ Trainer Mark Casse was active throughout the four-day sale and purchased three of the top four lots Thursday, including a $400,000 co-topping son of Curlin. AThis sale is getting more and more good horses,@ Casse said. AIt shows that these guys know they can come here and sell a horse for a lot of money. Next year, with the Breeders= Cup at Churchill, this sale will be even stronger.@ Mike Ryan purchased a son of Into Mischief for a co-topping final price of $400,000 Thursday. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • OCTOBER 27, 2017 FTKOCT cont. this year, I think it=s been fairly strong throughout. You get later AFor the good ones, it=s exceptional,@ Ryan said of the market. in the sale and you=re in the fourth day with a nice horse, you=ve APeople are very well-prepared. They are very thorough. They got to think you=re ok, but you don=t know how much money is know what they want and they are prepared to pay well for the left after the year that everybody has had. It=s been consistent good stock. The rest of it today. There has been a lot of money floating around.@ is tough. People want good horses.@ John Greathouse, whose Glencrest Farms sold the day=s highest-priced filly, a $260,000 daughter of Into Mischief, said there was still plenty of participation on the auction=s final day. FASIG-TIPTON OCTOBER YEARLINGS SALE AI think if you have a nice horse that vets well, Thursday=s Top Lots it brings fair money or Hip Sex Sire Dam Price ($) better,@ Greathouse said. 1178 Colt Into Mischief Im Cruising Dixie 400,000 A ($335,000 RNA yrl KEESEP >17; $270,000 yrl KEEJAN >17) Mike Ryan | F-T Photo And there is even money for lesser horses, which is B- KY Thoroughbred Racing Stable (KY) really nice because they don=t all come out looking perfect. Consigned by Dromoland Farm Inc. (Gerry Dilger), Agent III There is somebody at every level. When you have people Purchased by Mike Ryan, Agent playing at the lower level, they can still get in there and buy horses. This sale can sometimes be tricky for the lower end, but Cont. p5 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 11 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • OCTOBER 27, 2017 FTKOCT Toppers cont. Consigned by Lane=s End, Agent Hip Sex Sire Dam Price ($) Purchased by Martin Anthony 1365 Colt Curlin Mekong Delta 400,000 1457 Colt Violence No Small Wonder 240,000 ($190,000 RNA yrl KEESEP >17) B-Big Aut Farms (KY) B-Josham Farms (ON) Consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, Agent Consigned by Hill >n= Dale Sales Agency, Agent Purchased by Michael Neatherlin, Agent Purchased by Mark Casse, Agent 1241 Filly Bodemeister Katana (NZ) 225,000 1431 Colt Medaglia d=Oro Murani 300,000 ($190,000 RNA yrl KEESEP >17; $135,000 wlg >16 KEENOV) B-Josham Farms (ON) B-SF Racing Group (KY) Consigned by Hill >n= Dale Sales Agency, Agent Consigned by Baccari Bloodstock, Agent Purchased by John C.