TDN’s Top of the Crop 3yo Stallion Prospects p.5 HEADLINE For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. NEWS www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007 POET LAUREATE: DYLAN THOMAS THUNDER GULCH MARE TOPS KEENELAND NAMED CARTIER HORSE OF THE YEAR It didn=t take long for the highest priced offering of Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor's Dylan Thomas the afternoon to pass through the ring at Keeneland (Ire) (Danehill) was crowned Cartier's Horse of the Year Wednesday. Consigned by Hartwell Farm, agent, Thun- last night at an awards ceremony held at the Four Sea- der Bayou (Thunder Gulch--Bayou Storm, By Storm sons Hotel in London's Cat), in foal to Broken Vow, realized top price of Mayfair. Racing in Group $180,000 during the 10th session of the November 1 company every month sale. Secured by Occidental Thoroughbreds, hip 3392 i s from April to October, the a half sister to stakes winner Bayou Breeze (A.P. Indy), bay won four top-level and is a granddaughter of At the Half, dam of MGSW events--the Prix Ganay, Lu Ravi. Winner of five graded stakes, including the GII the King George VI & Molly Pitcher BC S. and GII Cotillion H., Lu Ravi is the Queen Elizabeth S., the dam of Half Queen, responsible for champion two-year- Irish Champion S. and the old filly Halfbridled. Second highest price of the day Prix de l'Arc de was Hip 3725, a 13-year-old mare by Miswaki, out of Triomphe--and saw off La Grandeza (El Gran Senor). Purchased for $140,000 fellow nominees Manduro by Charlton Bloodstock Agency, the mare was con- Dylan Thomas APRH (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), signed by Bluegrass Thoroughbed Services. In foal to Ramonti (Fr) (Martino Alonso {Ire}), Authorized (Ire) Golden Missile, the bay is the dam of stakes winner and (Montjeu {Ire}) and Peeping Fawn (Danehill) for the title. graded stakes placed Laredo; and Krisanova, runner up He also claimed the Older Horse award, beating out in the GIII Eclipse H. Early in the session, Hip 3402, an Manduro and Ramonti as well as Notnowcato (GB) unraced two-year-old filly by Unbridled=s Song offered (Inchinor {GB}) and Yeats (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells). Dylan as part of the Eaton Sales consignment, brought a Thomas is slated to start in the G1 Japan Cup Nov. 25 $120,000 final bid from agent Olin B. Gentry. Out of before entering stud for i50,000 at Coolmore in 2008. the nine-year-old mare Trusty Lady (Deputy Minister), To date, he has earned ^3,368,912 while winning 10 the gray is a full sister to Trendy Lady, runner up in the of 19 career starts. GIII Chicago H. and earner of $162,066. The filly is from the extended family of multiple graded stakes Double Trouble... winner Klassy Kim, daughter of GI Las Virgenes S. Trainer Jim Bolger captured a juvenile double with heroine Kool Arrival. Teofilo (Ire) and Finsceal Beo (Ire) last year. He successfully Business as Usual.. defended the former title when Business continued at a brisk pace during Wednes- unbeaten New Approach (Ire) day=s session of the November sale. For the 10th ses- (Galileo {Ire}) gained the Two- sion, Keeneland sold 266 horses for gross receipts of Year-Old Colt accolade. The $6,295,500, down 0.6 percent from 2006 when 240 handsome chestnut was perfect horses brought $6,333,100. Average price of $23,667 in five starts, including the G1 was down 10.3 percent from last year=s average of $26,388. A median figure of $17,500 was down 12.5 New Approach Getty Images Darley Dewhurst S. and G1 Na- tional S. Among his rivals for the percent from the $20,000 recorded in 2006. AThe clear- title were Fast Company (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), ance rate was very high, above 80 percent today,@ said Ibn Khaldun (Dubai Destination), Kingsgate Native (Ire) Keeneland=s Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell. AWe (Mujadil) and Rio de la Plata (Rahy). saw strong domestic participation, which was sup- ported by regional and emerging market buyers.@ www.hillndalefarms.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/15/07 • PAGE 2 of 6 2007 Cartier Awards cont. Boom Day for Ballydoyle... Ballydoyle had further cause for celebration after Peeping Fawn (Danehill) was pronounced top Three- Year-Old Filly and Yeats (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) took the Stayer title. Unraced at two, Peeping Fawn was second to Cartier finalist Light Shift (Kingmambo) in the G1 Oaks S. at Epsom, but claimed a four-race sequence encompassing the G1 Pretty Polly S., G1 Irish Oaks, G1 Nassau S. and G1 Yorkshire Oaks. Her half-brother, the Kingmambo colt Thewayyouare, concluded 2007 with a score in the G1 Criterium International Nov. 1. Yeats repeated as champion Stayer after posting victories in the G1 Ascot Gold Cup and G1 Irish St. Leger S. Saleh Al Homeizi and Imad Al Sagar=s Authorized (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), the top Three-Year-Old Colt, was a finalist in the Horse of the Year category. The bay followed up his impressive G1 Epsom Derby score with a runner-up finish in the G1 Coral-Eclipse S., then de- feated Dylan Thomas in the G1 Juddmonte International S. in August. Retired after an unplaced effort in Dylan Thomas=s Arc, Authorized will stand for ^25,000 at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket. Stefan Friborg's Natagora (Fr) (Divine Light {Jpn}) garnered the Two-Year-Old Filly award. The grey grand- daughter of Sunday Silence capped 2007 with a victory in the G1 Cheveley Park S. Her other scores for trainer Pascal Bary included the G2 Prix Robert Papin and the G3 Prix du Bois. Ronald Arculli=s Red Clubs (Ire) (Red Ransom), winner of the G1 Haydock Sprint Cup, collected the Sprinter 2007 CARTIER AWARDS award. The four-year-old may contest the G1 Hong Horse of the Year & Older Horse Kong Sprint Cup at Sha Tin Dec. 9 before entering stud DYLAN THOMAS (IRE) in 2008 at Tally-Ho in Ireland for i12,500. (c, 4, Danehill--Lagrion, by Diesis {GB}) In addition to the eight equine awards, which were Two-Year-Old Colt established in 1991 to honour excellence in the race- NEW APPROACH (IRE) horse, the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit is (c, 2, Galileo {Ire}--Park Express {GB}, by Ahonoora {GB}) presented to the person or persons who has/have done Two-Year-Old Filly most for European racing and/or breeding either over NATAGORA (FR) their lifetime or within the past 12 months. This year's (f, 2, Divine Light {Jpn}--Reinamixa {Fr}, by Linamix {Fr}) recipient is the Niarchos family, whose involvement in racing has spanned over 50 years and has resulted in Three-Year-Old Colt tremendous success in races around the world, having AUTHORIZED (IRE) bred or owned the winners of 121 Group/Grade 1 con- (c, 3, Montjeu {Ire}--Funzie {Fr}, by Saumarez {GB}) tests. Their famed colors were flown by Light Shift in Three-Year-Old Filly 2007. PEEPING FAWN The equine awards were decided by a combination of (f, 3, Danehill--Maryinsky {Ire}, by Sadler=s Wells) points achieved in pattern races, the views of racing Sprinter journalists on Cartier's Racing Panel, and votes from RED CLUBS (IRE) readers of Racing Post and Daily Telegraph. (c, 4, Red Ransom--Two Clubs {GB}, by First Trump {GB}) Stayer PEDIGREE INSIGHTS... YEATS (IRE) Get pedigree expert Andrew Caulfield=s (h, 6, Sadler=s Wells--Lyndonville {Ire}, by Top Ville {GB}) take on racing=s newsmakers! Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit You can find all of Caulfield=s columns THE NIARCHOS FAMILY in the TDN Archive. P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 11/15/07 • PAGE 3 of 6 Encosta de Lago Cleared... N E W S T O D A Y P P Gilkerson explained the first reported case of EI was Athe index case@ and that horse was Encosta de Lago CLARK FIELD TAKES SHAPE Brass Hat (Prized), (Aus), but that Coolmore's flagship Australian sire was winner of the 2006 GI Donn H. and Purim probably not the horse that brought the disease into (Dynaformer), victorious in last month=s Australia. AIt's not necessarily to say that that's the GI Shadwell Turf Mile, are among 18 horse that was first infected; it's just the horse that nominations for the GII Clark H., which was first recognized as being infected,@ Gilkerson ex- will be contested at Churchill Downs plained. AIn fact, it's highly likely that Encosta de Lago Nov. 23. Also possible for the nine-fur- was not the first horse infected; he was the first horse long test for older horses is A.P. Arrow to show clinical signs of disease.@ Counsel assisting the (A.P. Indy), Diamond Stripes (Note- inquiry, Tony Meagher SC, asked why the 15-minute book), Helsinki (Distorted Humor), test was not used before horses got off the plane. The Brass Hat Fairbanks (Giant=s Causeway) and inquiry heard that a highly effective nasal swab test, Horsephotos Going Ballistic (Lite the Fuse). known as the Directigen test, that was used in the Hong Kong 1992 outbreak, was not used in Australia. QUARANTINE PROTOCOLS SUBJECT OF The inquiry is headed by recently retired High Court Judge Ian Callinan, whose brief is to review all the INQUIRY Quarantine protocols at the Eastern Creek evidence and report to Federal Agriculture Minister facility in Sydney were inadequate, the Federal Govern- Peter McGauran on the likely cause of the incursion and ment inquiry into how Equine Influenza (EI) came into what measures are needed to maintain the integrity of Australia heard on Tuesday.