SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here A MARKET REFRAIN AT EVEN NOVEMBER FEATURE PRESENTATION • Gr.1 CRITERIUM de SAINT CLOUD Continued stretch at the top of the market and a surging middle were the hallmarks of Keeneland November Book 2, which concluded last night in Lexington with numbers on par from 2013. Friday=s session saw 245 horses sell for $25,351,500--an average of $103,476. That was down a minuscule 0.19% from last year=s session average of $103,676. EPIC ENCOUNTER The median of $85,000 In a year when Criquette Head-Maarek has unplucked was unchanged. The only some choice juveniles from her Chantilly brigade, blemish on the day, Epicuris (GB) (Rail Link {GB}) steps forward to continue though a relatively minor the momentum in today=s G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud. Day 4 Topper, Hip 1230 one, was an increase in Unbeaten in two starts, Khalid Abdullah=s homebred Keeneland Photo the RNA rate, from looked certain to appreciate this extra furlong when 19.1% in 2013 to 26%. easily accounting for the re-opposing Big Blue (GB) Year-over-year cumulative numbers are similarly... (Galileo {Ire}) and Capo Maximo (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) similar. So far at November, 789 horses have grossed in Longchamp=s G3 Prix de Conde over nine furlongs $150,904,500, an average of $191,260. That=s a last time Oct. 19. Making all on that occasion, he will 1.84% bump in average from 2013, when 751 horses be tough to pass if allowed free rein once again here sold for $141,034,200, an average of $187,795. The and the owner/breeder=s Racing Manager Teddy median of $105,000 is off 4.5% from last year s = Grimthorpe has no qualms about his staying power. $110,000 median, while the RNA rate stands at He s a progressive horse, a good, long-striding horse, 23.2%. Last year at this point it was 19.9%. The A = @ Grimthorpe told PA Sport. He s come through and session was topped by Sheikh=s Serenade (Unbridled=s A = seems to improve with each start. It will be a good test Song), an 8-year-old daughter of GI Breeders= Cup Sprint champion Desert Stormer (Storm Cat) who sold of stamina.@ Godolphin=s Big Blue has the scope to to Shimokobe Farm, Heatherway Inc. for $550,000. close the gap from the Conde, as he was held up there Warrendale Sales, agent for Live Oak Stud, consigned and it may be that the tactics are more positive this the gray as Hip 1230. Sheikh=s Serenade sold in foal to time. Cont. p3 Hat Trick (Jpn). WinStar=s Elliott Walden signed for the day=s top-priced weanling, a $290,000 colt by the farm=s red-hot Pioneerof the Nile, under the Maverick Racing banner. Shawhan Place, agent for Glendalough, consigned the son of Indian Love Call (Cherokee Run) as Hip 1069. Keeneland Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell said that, from top to bottom, the market looks healthy. AThe foal market seemed to be very strong today--it was tough,@ he said. AThat was a complaint, but it=s a good complaint. The mares who had deep pedigrees sold very, very well--especially the sale topper. We the market continues to have great strength. Overall, everybody seems to be very happy. Some people are frustrated--hopefully that carries over to Book 3. The consignors tell us they have a nice group of horses for the weekend. Foals by freshman sires seem to be high on the list. We=ve seen some new faces coming in--that=s always good--and we saw some new names on the sheets today. That=s even better. Go >Cats.@ Book 3 kicks off this morning at 10. The sale continues uninterrupted through Friday, Nov. 14. For complete results visit www.keeneland.com. IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord [email protected] @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley [email protected] @suefinley Looking for Love at BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Director of Business Development: Gary King Keeneland [email protected] Dean and Patti Reeves, who campaigned Mucho EDITORIAL Macho Man (Macho Uno), are looking for mares to [email protected] support the GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner, who will Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini be standing his first season at stud next year at Adena Managing Editor: Alan Carasso Springs. The couple, through agent and Adena Farm Racing Editor: Steve Sherack Racing Analyst/Social Media Director: Brian DiDonato Manager Eoin Ryan, found what they were looking for Associate Editor: Justina Severni Friday at Keeneland, going to $350,000 to secure Assistant Editor: Christie DeBernardis Harriet (Hard Spun). Assistant Editor: Heather Likins Page 6 ADVERTISING Tarrant Ponies Up for Charity [email protected] Director of Advertising: Alycia Borer At 71, owner/breeder/trainer Amy Tarrant isn't close to slowing down, especially Art Director: Lia Kusch as she prepares to leave her mark on racing in a different way, one that keeps the Sr. Ad Coordinator/Dir. of Distribution: Sarah K. Andrew future bright for horses after the lights fade. Tarrant is making a $100,000 donation Advertising Designer: Amanda Crelin to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) in a challenge grant, which Advertising Assistant: Amanda Foster encourages matching donations. Nichola Henry: Social Media Strategist Pg 15 CUSTOMER SERVICE [email protected] WinStar Snaps up Director of Customer Service: Vicki Forbes top Weanling INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Director of IT: Robert Williams WinStar Farm's Elliott Walden was an underbidder on [email protected] one weanling, but he was determined not to miss out a few hips later when a colt by the farm's young stallion Pioneerof WORLDWIDE INFORMATION the Nile went through the ring. Walden signed the ticket at $290,000 for hip 1069, a bay consigned by Shawhan Place as International Editor: Kelsey Riley [email protected] agent for Glendalough, LLC. WinStar Farm Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Sean Cronin Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing: Tom Frary Page 8 [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 • Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com EST Race Click for TV 8:30a Criterium de Saint-Cloud-G1,SAI ---------------------- --------- 3:14p Long Island H.-GIII, AQU Brisnet.com PPs HR/TVG 4:37p River City H.-GIII, CD Brisnet.com PPs HRTV TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/8/14 • PAGE 3 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Cont. from p1 Unusually, the high-profile national hunt trainer Tony Martin has a talent on the flat in J P McManus= Clonard Street (Archipenko), and he takes up the challenge in a contest that the Irish have won twice in the last six years. Off the mark in an extended mile maiden at Galway Aug. 2, he chased home J “TDN Rising Star” J Ol= Man River (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) when second in the G2 Beresford S. over a mile at The Curragh Sept. 28. AI don=t think I=ve had a runner in a Group 1 race on the flat before,@ Martin told PA Sport. AI try and run them where I think they=re capable of running--whether that=s a point-to-point or a selling hurdle, or whatever. I think this horse is entitled to be there, so we=ll keep our fingers crossed. He=s been over there a couple of days and the boys that are with him are happy that he=s traveled well and everything looks good. I think he deserves to take his chance. He ran a good race in The Curragh the last day and we=re hoping he=ll go on the ground.@ Two more overseas challengers are Middleham Park Racing=s Crafty Choice (GB) (Intikhab) and the supplemented German raider Palang (Hat Trick {Jpn}). While the latter is shy of experience, having just an Oct. 12 Cologne maiden win to his name, Crafty Choice is having his seventh start and third in the space of a month, but looked to be going forward with a comfortable success over this trip in Newmarket=s Zetland Conditions S. last time Oct. 22. AHe stays well and loves soft ground, so, while we are stepping up in class, it is worth rolling the dice one more time,@ trainer Richard Hannon commented. AWin or lose, he=ll make a Clonard Street good staying horse for next season.@ Caroline Norris/Racing Post Photo Saturday, Saint-Cloud, France, post time: 9:30 a.m. ET CRITERIUM DE SAINT-CLOUD-G1, €250,000, 2yo, c/f, 10fT SC PP HORSE OWNER BREEDER TRAINER/JOCKEY 1 3 Epicuris (GB) Khalid Abdullah Juddmonte Farms Ltd Head-Maarek (Rail Link {GB}--Argumentative {GB}, by Observatory) Thulliez 2 5 Capo Maximo (GB) Sheikh Falah bin Zayed Al Nahyan Haras de la Perelle de Nicolay (Cape Cross {Ire}--Quezon Sun {Ger}, by Monsun {Ger}) Pasquier 3 2 Palang Darius Racing Paradise Productions LLC Lowe (Hat Trick {Jpn}--Pavlova, by Stravinsky) C Demuro 4 4 Big Blue (GB) Godolphin SNC & Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd Dayton Investments Ltd Fabre (Galileo {Ire}--Board Meeting {Ire}, by Anabaa) Barzalona 5 1 Clonard Street (GB) J P McManus Kirsten Rausing Martin (Archipenko--Moi Aussi, by Mt. Livermore) Berry 6 6 Crafty Choice (GB) Middleham Park Racing CIII Pevens Racing Hannon (Intikhab--Song of Passion {Ire}, by Orpen) Soumillon All carry 126 pounds. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/8/14 • PAGE 4 of 16 • thoroughbreddailynews.com KEENELAND NOVEMBER Nov. 6-14 10 a.m. Out On a High Note... Friday=s Book 2 finale was drawing to a close when representatives of Japan=s Shimokobe Farm/ Heatherway Inc.