CAULFIELD ON DISCREET CAT HEADLINE p. 4-5 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2006 ROYAL PROCESSION AT TATTERSALLS Recent G1 Sun Chariot S. heroine Spinning Queen TOP LOTS AT TATTS DECEMBER MARES Hip Name Covering Sire Price (Gns) (GB) (Spinning World) brought a sale-record bid of 3- 1695 Spinning Queen (Ire) B=Mare Prospect 3,000,000 million guineas to spearhead a dramatic opening breed- (f, 3, Spinning World--Our Queen Of Kings {GB}, by Arazi) ing stock day at the Tattersalls December Sale in Consigned by Faringdon Place Stables Newmarket yesterday. Consigned by Faringdon Place Purchased by London Thoroughbred Services Stables, the three-year-old, who 1683 Short Skirt (GB) B=Mare Prospect 1,400,000 also scored in the G3 Brownstown (f, 3, Diktat {GB}--Much Too Risky {GB}, by Bustino {GB}) S., was purchased by James Consigned by Freemason Lodge Stables Wigan of London Thoroughbred Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock Services, acting on behalf of an 1660 Park Esteem (Ire) B Mare Prospect 580,000 undisclosed client. She will be = boarded at the Rothschild family's (f, 3, Singspiel {Ire}--Park Special {Ire}, by Relkino {GB}) Spinning Queen Tattersalls Waddesdon Stud in Consigned by Shalfleet Stables Buckinghamshire. Japan's Shadai Purchased by Tasman Bloodstock Farm, London-based agent Jamie McCalmont and finally 1694 La Cucaracha (GB) B=Mare Prospect 525,000 Sheikh Mohammed=s representative John Ferguson (m, 5, Piccolo {GB}--Peggy Spencer {GB}, by Formidable) provided Wigan=s opposition. "She's for an existing Consigned by Faringdon Place Stables client and is going to Waddesdon, where she'll be Purchased by James Delahooke kept," said Wigan. "It's a great pedigree and she was 1573 Showdown (GB) Tiger Hill (Ire) 500,000 very impressive when winning at Newmarket." Spinning (m, 7, Darshaan {GB}--Last Second {Ire}, by Alzao) Queen's price eclipsed the previous December record of Consigned by Kirtlington Stud 2.5 million guineas paid by Satish Sanan in 1997 for Purchased by Takeuchi Hiroyasu both Dance Design and Padua's Pride. Short Skirt (GB) 1720 Donna Blini (GB) B=Mare Prospect 500,000 (Diktat), winner if the G3 St. Simon S. Oct. 21, was (f, 3, Bertolini--Cal Norma’s Lady {Ire}, by Lyphard’s Special) another to make seven figures when Ferguson fought Consigned by Manton House Stables off Japanese agent Nobutaka Tada at 1.4 million guineas. Purchased by Katsumi Yoshida Agents Luke Lillingston and John Warren were among the 1658 La Chunga B=Mare Prospect 485,000 underbidders on the sophomore. "She's a top, top (f, 3, More Than Ready--Gypsy Monarch, by Wavering Monarch) racemare from a fabulous family. [Owner/breeder] John Consigned by Shalfleet Stables Greetham has done fabulous things with this family, Purchased by BBA Ireland Ltd they are all tough sound and there are eight stakes or 1640 Moon Is Up Domedriver (Ire) 450,000 group winners under the first dam," said Ferguson, a (m, 13, Woodman--Miesque, by Nureyev) one-time assistant to Stoute. "It's highly likely that she'll Consigned by Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard continue racing and highly likely that she'll run in Purchased by Tim Stakemire [Godolphin=s] blue colours before retiring to the paddocks, TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARES to hopefully, be a broodmare with a great future." Cont. p2 MONDAY, NOV. 27, 2006 CLARIFICATION: (From a New York Racing Association press release) SESSION TOTALS 2006 2005 Discreet Cat’s winning time for Saturday’s Hill `n’ Dale Cigar Mile was No. Offered 255 276 1:32.46. On April 8, 1989, Easy Goer’s 13-length Gotham victory was No. Sold 207 223 recorded as 1:32.40. That same year, the NYRA tracks at Aqueduct, RNAs 48 53 Belmont Park and Saratoga became the first to time their races in hun- dredths of a second; however, it is not certain when the change to hun- % RNA 18.8% 19.2% dredths came into being. When translated to fifths of a second, Discreet Cat Gross 19,568,500gns 11,552,800gns equaled Easy Goer’s mile of 1:32 2/5 in Saturday’s Cigar Mile. Easy Goer Average (% change) 94,534gns (+82.5%) 51,806gns carried 123 pounds, Discreet Cat carried 124 pounds. Median (% change) 45,000gns (+40.6%) 32,000gns www.juddmonte.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/28/06 • PAGE 2 of 5 Strong Opening at Tattersalls (cont. from p1) The G1 Nunthorpe S. heroine La Cucaracha (GB) Nothin’ But Net (Piccolo {GB}) was sold for 525,000 guineas to agent Brought to you by Muirfield Insurance James Delahooke, acting for TDN publisher Barry Weisbord and Richard Santulli, who trade as Colts Neck Stables. "Nothing has been set Securing in stone, but looking at the the finest Dubai races my sense is she probably won't run there and (859) 253-1114 www.muirfieldinsurance.com she's done plenty already," said Weisbord. "We recently brought Hip Mare Covering Sire Price (gns) another of our mares, Ipi Tombe 1570 Brazilian Samba (Ire) Starcraft (NZ) 170,000 (Zim), back to America and I (f, 4, Sadler’s Wells--Braziliz, by Kingmambo) think she'll head back home, as Consigned by Jamie Railton, agent La Cucaracha Tattersalls well. If she had the pedigree to Purchased by Paul McCartan go with her looks and race re- Purchased for 40,000gns by Badgers Bloodstock at this sale last year, cord, she would have made a lot more, but a lot of Brazilian Samba was unraced, but saw her value rise this year when her daughters of these top sprinters who didn't have much two-year-old half-sister Brazilian Bride (Ire) took the G3 Swordlestown pedigree have done well at stud. I didn't see this as a Stud Sprint S. and ran fourth in both the G1 Phoenix S. and G1 quick-turn deal. In 15 years, I hope to be racing her Moyglare Stud S. foals and their progeny." Three-year-old Park Esteem 1658 La Chunga horse in training 485,000 (Ire) (Singspiel {Ire}), a three-parts sister to G1 Italian (f, 3, More Than Ready--Gypsy Monarch, by Wavering Monarch) Derby winner Central Park (Ire) (In the Wings {GB}) Consigned by Shalfleet Stables offered from Jeremy Noseda's stable, was bought for Purchased by BBA Ireland Ltd 580,000 guineas by Australian agent Kieran Moore, La Chunga has now changed hands four times, and each transaction acting for the Scone-based Cressfield Stud. Charlie has provided a profit to the seller. Bought by Vinery Ltd for $75,000 as a Gordon-Watson was immediate underbidder on the filly. KEEJAN yearling in 2004, she was resold to Mike Ryan for $100,000 at "We may give her a try on the track, but she's been the KEESEP sale. Sir Robert Ogden went to $270,000 to get the dark principally bought as a broodmare." said Moore. "She'll bay filly from the 2005 FTFFEB sale, and she carried his colors to go to Redoute's Choice (Aus). I thought she'd make far victory in the G3 Summer S. at York in July. Overall, she has won two of less, but she was our number one pick and the bar her nine starts and earned £85,728, and she proved even more valuable with this trip through the ring. appears to have risen on the price of horses. She was an extremely good individual and was a really good 1719 Donna Blini (GB) horse in training 500,000 outcross." The sale continues today at 9:30 a.m. (f, 3, Bertolini--Cal Norma’s Lady {Ire}, by Lyphard’s Special) Consigned by Manton House Stables, property of a partnership Purchased by Katsumi Yoshida MOVING ??? Donna Blini, a bargain 20,000gns DONSEP yearling, won three of her four starts at two, capping the campaign with a victory in the G1 For just a day or forever... Cheveley Park S. She was entered in this sale last year, but was with- Call us with your new fax number. drawn. A disappointing sophomore season saw her win just once in (732) 747-8060 seven tries, taking a conditions race at Newmarket in July, but she still boosted earnings of £175,816 substantially at Tattersalls yesterday. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/28/06 • PAGE 3 of 5 Hip 1976, m, 11, Kitza (Ire) H I P (Danehill--Pitmarie {Ire}, by Pitskelly {Ire}) H A P P E N I N G S Consigned by Britton House Stud Kicking off the dispersal of Britton House Stud is Kitza, who developed into a top-class performer in Hip 1773, m, 8, Bayalika (Ire) 1998 when finishing runner-up in the G1 Irish 1000 (Selkirk--Bayrika {Ire}, by Kahyasi {Ire}) Guineas and G1 Irish Oaks. She has produced the smart Consigned by Lodge Farm Stud Listed scorer Fort Dignity and is in foal to Pivotal (GB). Bayalika, whose second dam is the 1989 G1 Prix Saint-Alary winner and G1 Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe Hip 1977, m, 13, Mackie runner-up Behera (Ire), is responsible for this year=s G2 (Summer Squall--Glowing Tribute, by Graustark) Champagne S. winner Vital Equine (Ire), who was also Consigned by Britton House Stud placed in the G1 Grand Criterium. She is carrying a half Mackie, carrying a foal by Unbridled=s Song, is re- to that game performer by the hot Invincible Spirit (Ire). sponsible for a clutch of stakes performers, headed by the GII Arlington Classic hero Mr.