WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here CONSIGNORS CONFIDENT AHEAD OF TATTS SOPHS FEATURE PROMINENTLY IN CLARK DECEMBER FOALS by Emma Berry Three-year-olds filled the top six spots in this year=s Newmarket endured its first major frost Monday GI Breeders= Cup Classic at Santa Anita, and a trio from night, but that's unlikely to cool the level of trade that age group could have something to say about expected at Park Paddocks over the next four days as Friday=s GI Clark H. at Churchill Downs. While Classic the Tattersalls December Foal Sale gets underway. hero Bayern (Offlee Wild), once rumored a possibility for The sales grounds swarmed with potential buyers this race, stays at home, the Bob Baffert barn is still Tuesday with many consignors reporting a busy represented by GII Rebel S. hero Hoppertunity (Any viewing session. Given Saturday). Owned by Karl Watson, Paul Weitman "We've been flat out all morning,@ said Louise Parry and Mike Pegram, the year-younger half-brother to of Pantycoed Stud, who sold subsequent G1 Irish 1000 connections= MGISW Executiveprivilege (First Samurai) Guineas heroine Saoire (GB) (Pivotal exits a fast-finishing allowance second at the Great {GB}) at the December Sale of 2002 Race Place Oct. 29. Baffert is a two-time winner of the and has three colts consigned for Clark, his last success coming via Silver Charm in 1998. Wednesday and Thursday, including Game on Dude just missed in last year=s renewal. J a first-crop son of Delegator (GB) “TDN Rising Star” J Constitution (Tapit) ran his scheduled to sell this evening as lot record to a perfect three-for-three in this year=s 524. AIt's been as busy as I can ever GI Florida Derby, but missed the Triple Crown via injury. remember it being." The bay set the pace after stumbling at the start of an More than 1,100 foals are 8 1/2-furlong Belmont allowance in his return to the catalogued to sell through the week, races Oct. 12, but weakened late to be fourth to the including the first representatives of re-opposing Easter Gift (Hard Spun). Protonico (Giant=s freshmen Bated Breath (GB), Born To Causeway) also goes out for Todd Pletcher, who won Sea (Ire), Casamento (Ire), Delegator tattersalls.com this year=s GIII Smarty Jones S. with first-time blinkers, (GB), Dragon Pulse (Ire), Elzaam but was seventh in Bayern=s GII Pennsylvania Derby (Aus), Excelebration (Ire), Famous Sept. 20. The homebred bounced back in his most Name (GB), Harbour Watch (Ire), Helmet (Aus), recent appearance, taking a sloppy renewal of the Jukebox Jury (Ire), Mayson (GB), Nathaniel (GB), Power GIII Discovery H. at Aqueduct Nov. 1. Pletcher won the (GB), Requinto (Ire), Sayif (Ire), Sepoy (Aus) and Sir Clark twice in three years with Magna Graduate in 2005 Prancealot (Ire). and with A.P. Arrow in 2007. Also included in the catalogue are another four first-crop foals by Frankel (GB) and one by his Clark H. field p3 three-quarter brother and lead horse Bullet Train (GB). The Irish-born Bullet Train filly is consigned by Houghton Bloodstock as lot 528 and hails from the family of Hector Protector and Bosra Sham. Two young consignors looking forward to presenting their second draft of foals at the December Sale are Mark Gittins and Aisling Kinane of Castlefarm Stud. The Kildare-based duo have eight weanlings to sell Thursday and Friday--a combination of homebreds and clients' foals. "We're aiming to focus on quality over quantity Mark Gittins and Aisling Kinane of and specialize in Castlefarm Stud consigning a decent Emma Berry standard of horse," said Gittins, who has owned the 100-acre Castlefarm Stud in Ireland for five years. The couple also have access to another 80 acres of farmland nearby. 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Page 13 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/26/14 • PAGE 3 of 13 • thoroughbreddailynews.com KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE WAGER POOL 1 BLACK-TYPE PREVIEWS Friday, Nov. 28--Sunday, Nov. 30 # Horse Sire Odds Friday, Churchill Downs, post time: 5:35 p.m. EST 1 American Pharoah Pioneer of the Nile 12-1 CLARK H.-GI, $500,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m 2 Blofeld Quality Road 20-1 PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT 3 Calculator In Summation 20-1 1 Hoppertunity K Any Given Saturday Garcia Baffert 118 4 Carpe Diem Giant’s Causeway 20-1 2 Prayer for Relief K Jump Start Santana Romans 118 5 Classy Class Discreetly Mine 50-1 3 Knights Nation K Indygo Shiner Leparoux Stewart 114 6 Competitive Edge Super Saver 20-1 4 Departing War Front Albarado Stall Jr 121 7 Daredevil More Than Ready 20-1 8 Dortmund Big Brown 50-1 5 Easter Gift K Hard Spun Rosario Brown 117 6 Protonico Giant's Causeway Bravo Pletcher 117 9 Eagle Candy Ride (Arg) 50-1 7 Constitution Tapit Castellano Pletcher 119 10 El Kabeir Scat Daddy 50-1 8 Looking Cool Candy Ride (Arg) Landeros Sancal 112 11 Frosted Tapit 50-1 9 Pick of the Litter K Kitten's Joy Lanerie Romans 121 12 I Spent It Super Saver 50-1 13 Imperia Medaglia d’Oro 50-1 14 Lord Nelson Pulpit 30-1 15 Lucky Player Lookin at Lucky 50-1 16 Mr. Z Malibu Moon 30-1 17 Ocho Ocho Ocho Street Sense 20-1 18 Ostrolenka Musket Man 50-1 19 Punctuate Distorted Humor 50-1 20 Texas Red Afleet Alex 15-1 21 The Great War War Front 30-1 22 Unblunted Sharp Humor 50-1 23 Upstart Flatter 20-1 24 Mutuel field-All others 3-5 TDN TODAY Hoppertunity (left) winning the Rebel Headline News.. 13 pages Coady photography TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/26/14 • PAGE 4 of 13 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Both 28, Gittins and Kinane welcomed the arrival of their second son just four weeks ago, but Aisling is straight back into her stride, organizing her consignment and apparently relishing every minute. "I've been going to sales for as long as I can remember and worked for Eimear Mulhern at Abbeville and Meadowcourt Studs as well as Coolmore Australia," commented the daughter of former top jockey Mick Kinane.