SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here CAPE SALE CONCLUDES WITH GAINS FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII HOLY BULL S. Editorial by Kelsey Riley, Photos by Liesl King A record price for a filly at auction in South Africa was set during Thursday=s opening session of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale when a daughter of Giant=s Causeway made R3.2 million (US$288,403) to be the co-session topper, and that sum was matched last night when lot 161, a daughter of Trippi from Klawervlei CAIRO LOOKS TO MAKE BULL-LIEVERS Stud, was knocked Namcook Stable, Paul Braverman, Harvey Clarke and down to trainer Joey Craig Robertson=s Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile) is the Ramsden for an headline name and is the most accomplished animal in a undisclosed client to contentious field of 11 sophomore colts and geldings top the sale=s second Lot 161 set to go postward in today=s GII Holy Bull S. at and final session. The Gulfstream Park. A $250,000 Keeneland September August-foaled yearling purchase, Cairo chestnut hails from a very potent South African family Prince did very little wrong that includes champion 3-year-old miler Victory Moon during a three-race freshman (SAf) (Al Mufti) and G2 KZN Guineas winner Imbongi campaign. The gray colt (SAf) (Russian Revival {Aus}). defeated the highly regarded At the conclusion of trade, the cumulative average Harpoon (Tapit) to graduate was up 18.5% to R572,361 (US$51,582) from first time out at Belmont R482,892, and the number of buybacks was down four Oct. 6, then overcame a high points to 3.7%, with just seven horses through the ring draw and a wide passage to failing to find new homes. The gross rose to best Financial Mogul (Street R103,025,000 (US$9,291,041) from R98,510,000 Boss) by a decisive 2 1/2 with 33 fewer horses through the ring. lengths in the GIII Nashua S. going Aqueduct=s one-turn Cape Premier Yearling Sale cont. p4 mile Nov. 3. The form of that race was further flattered when Noble Moon (Malibu Moon) returned to make a victorious sophomore debut in the GII Jerome S. Jan. 4. Cairo Prince was the 8-5 Cairo Prince second choice behind Adam Coglianese J “TDN Rising Star” J Honor Code (A.P. Indy) in the GII Remsen S. Nov. 30, but was forced to cover more ground from off a lethargic tempo. He led late and looked to have the race wrapped up, only to be gunned down by the rail-skimming Honor Code. Cairo Prince, whose co-owners Paul Braverman and Harvey Clarke partnered in 2011 GII Fountain of Youth S. hero Soldat (War Front), is drawn neatly in seven and will be the one they=ll need to beat this afternoon. 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Justina Severni, Associate Editor Coverage page 12 Christie DeBernardis, Assistant Editor Heather Likins, Assistant Editor Catlyn Spivey, Assistant Editor Race Results ADVERTISING GISP Dance With Fate (Two Step Salsa) lands turf debut ATW p3 [email protected] Alycia Borer, Director of Advertising Lia Kusch, Senior Advertising Designer Sarah K. Andrew, Senior Advertising Coordinator/Director of Distribution Amanda Crelin, Advertising Designer EST Race Click for TV Amanda Foster, Advertising Assistant 3:34p Forward Gal S.-GII, GP (Brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG CUSTOMER SERVICE 3:53p Endeavour S.-GIII, TAM (Brisnet.com PPs) TVG [email protected] 4:31p Santa Monica S.-GII, SA (Brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG Vicki Forbes, Director of Customer Service 5:03p Holy Bull S.-GIII, GP (Brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG 11:15p John B. Connally Turf Cup S.-GIII, HOU (Brisnet.com PPs) HR/TVG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Robert Williams, Director of IT [email protected] Gregg Casillo, DB Administrator, Programming [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION Kelsey Riley, International Editor [email protected] Sean Cronin, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Tom Frary, Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing [email protected] TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/25/14 • PAGE 3 of 15 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Holy Bull S. cont. Wild Cards Aplenty... Though he has never tried the dirt in the afternoon, Phipps Stable=s Mr Speaker (Pulpit) makes the transition to it today and has every right to take to it--on pedigree, at a bare minimum. The last out winner of the grassy Dania Beach S.--with a 90 Beyer Speed Figure that equals the best achieved by Cairo Prince--Mr Speaker is by a sire who excelled on the main track and is a grandson of the legendary Personal Ensign, dam of such main-track luminaries as Miner=s Mark, My Flag and Traditionally. AHe=s trained good on the dirt,@ commented trainer Shug McGaughey. AI thought somewhere along the line I was going to give him this kind of opportunity. I didn=t know it was going to be now, but this is something I did have on my mind to give him the opportunity.@ Centennial Farms= Wicked Strong (Hard Spun) also exits the Remsen, and came from even further back in that field than Cairo Prince to finish a half-length behind Honor Code in third. The $375,000 is by a Derby runner-up out of a mare by a winner of the Run for the Roses and should only improve as the distances increase. Coup de Grace (Tapit) will break from the rail as he looks to remain perfect in his three trips to the post. The chestnut defeated future J “TDN Rising Star” J Unknown Road (Bernardini) in his six-furlong Aqueduct debut Nov. 9 and made it two straight with a one-length score from Hy Kodiak Warrior (Kodiak Kowboy) in a Dec. 15 allowance going a mile over this track. The latter returned to be third in the Jan. 3 nine- furlong allowance in which Constitution (Tapit) Look for the K throughout the TDN graded stakes defeated J “TDN Rising Star” J Top Billing entries, denoting Keeneland sales graduates. (Curlin). Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:03 p.m. EDT HOLY BULL S.-GII, $400,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY ML 1 Coup de Grace K Fox Hill Farms Inc AGS Thoroughbreds Ltd-KY Brown 4-1 (c, Tapit--Home Court, by Storm Cat) Velazquez 2 Financial Mogul K Klaravich Stables Inc& W H Lawrence Atlas Farm et al-KY Violette 10-1 (c, Street Boss--Trav n’ Kris, by Snow Chief) Ortiz 3 Best Plan Yet Jacks or Better Farm Inc Jacks or Better Farm Inc-FL Gold 20-1 (c, Hear No Evil--Bayou Plans, by Bayou Hebert) Zayas 4 Almost Famous K Charles & Maribeth Sanford LLC Stonestreet T’bred Holdings LLC-KY Byrne 8-1 (c, Unbridled’s Song--Wild Gams, by Forest Wildcat) Borel 5 Our Caravan Anstu Stables Inc Hare Forest Farm LTD-KY Dilger 15-1 (c, Daaher--Alwaan, by Elusive Quality) Lanerie 6 Mr Speaker Phipps Stable Phipps Stable-KY McGaughey III 5-1 (c, Pulpit--Salute, by Unbridled) Lezcano 7 Cairo Prince K Namcook, Clarke, Brverman & Rbrtsn III Richard L Elam & Katherine H Elam-KY McLaughlin 3-1 (c, Pioneerof the Nile--Holy Bubbette, by Holy Bull) Saez 8 Wicked Strong K Centennial Farms William F Lynn-KY Jerkens 8-1 (c, Hard Spun--Moyne Abbey, by Charismatic) Castellano 9 Conquest Titan K Conquest Stables LLC Michael Edward Connelly-KY Casse 12-1 (c, Birdstone--Miner’s Secret, by Mineshaft) Bridgmohan 10 Big Bazinga K Derby Dreamers Racing Stable Sheltowee Farm & A Mazzetti & Dr R Hun-KY Vassilieva 20-1 (g, Bluegrass Cat--Darling Daughter, by Maria’s Mon) Bravo 11 Intense Holiday K Starlight Racing Machmer Hall & Haymarket Farm-KY Pletcher 6-1 (c, Harlan’s Holiday--Intensify, by Unbridled’s Song) Rosario TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/25/14 • PAGE 4 of 15 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Cape Premier Yearling Sale cont. Klawervlei Stud ended the two-day stand as the sale=s leading vendor, selling 40 lots for R30,900,000 (US$2,785,969) at an average of R772,500 (US$69,642), while Chris van Niekerk=s Rainbow Beach Trading was the leading buyer, with 11 purchased for R7,650,000 (US$691,615).