The TDN is delivered each morning by 5 a.m. Eastern. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. • ^ THOROUGHBRED , Friday, lOr DAILY NEWS- October 1, 1999 & INTERNATIONAL A ANOTHER MILLION GUINEAS TATTERSALLS HOUGHTON COLT AS HOUGHTON SALE ENDS TOP FIVE COLTS THURSDAY The Tattersalls Houghton Sale ended last night with a HIP# SIRE DAM PRICE (gns) new record median of 120,000 guineas, up 20 percent 229 Sadler's Wells Marseillaise (Ire) 1,200,000 on last year's level, demonstrating that Europe's top (315,000gns wnl '98 TADEF) yearling sale attracted plenty of buyers at all layers of Consigned by Camas Park Stud the market, as 100 yearlings made 100,000 guineas. Purchased by The Thoroughbred Corp. While the top end was not as spectacular as last year, 207 Sadler's Wells Kithanga (Ire) 650,000 the second million-plus purchase of the sale was made Consigned by Ted Voute, Agent yesterday, with Dick Mulhall of The Thoroughbred Purchased by Demi O'Byrne Corporation going to 1.2 million guineas for Lot 229, a 259 Sadler's Wells Oriental Mystique (Ire) 575,000 bay Sadler's Wells colt out of Marseillaise (GB) (Artaius). Consigned by Watership Down Stud The underbidder was Demi O'Byrne, standing next to Purchased by German International Bloodstock Coolmore boss John Magnier. The yearling will go into training with Henry Cecil. Consigned by Timmy Hyde's 227 Silver Hawk Madame L'Enjoleur 420,000 Camas Park Stud, he cost 31 5,000 guineas as a foal at Consigned by Hascombe Stud the Tattersalls December Sale. Mulhall, who had been Purchased by Godolphin Management Co. Ltd. on the phone to Prince Ahmed Salman throughout, said, 212 Barathea (Ire) Lacovia 230,000 "He was the best one I saw in the sale and I thought the Consigned by Knocktoran Stud price would be about this level." Two other Sadler's Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock Wells colts were the next most expensive during the third and final session. A Sadler's Wells colt out of G3 TOP FIVE FILLIES THURSDAY winner Kithanga (ire) {Darshaan {GB), whose first foal HIP# SIRE DAM PRICE (gns) Single Currency(GB) (Barathea {Ire}) was third on his 234 Sadler's Wells Mira Adonde 280,000 recent Haydock debut, made 650,000 guineas, with Consigned by Camas Park Stud Magnier seeing off the British Bloodstock Agency's Purchased by John Ferguson Bloodstock Joss Collins and Sheikh Mohammed. Another Sadler's Wells colt. Lot 259, had Magnier again involved, but it 196 Diesis (GB) Hushi 250,000 was Rudiger Alles of German International who had the Consigned by Kirtlington Stud last word at 575,000 guineas. Godolphin acquired a Purchased by Gerard Butler Silver Hawk colt out of Madame L'Enjoleur (L'Enjoleur) 260 Sadler's Wells Overact (Ire) 210,000 for 420,000 guineas, with Mulhall the underbidder this Consigned by Woodcote Stud time. The sale aggregate was 34,665,000 guineas, Purchased by Peter Doyle Bloodstock down two percent off last year's 35,471,000, while 251 Sadler's Wells Northern Script 200,000 the average dropped six percent to 161,232 guineas. (290,000gns wnl '98 TADEF) Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said, "The aver Consigned by Ted Voute, Agent age at last year's Houghton Sale shot up by over 60 Purchased by B.B.A. (UK) percent and the median by 25 percent. That level of 242 Sadler's Wells Moss 190,000 trading has been all but maintained this year." The Consigned by Baffin Stud leading purchaser was Demi O'Byrne, acting for the Purchased by Shadwell Estate Company Ltd. Magnier/Michael Tabor partnership, securing nine lots for 4,290,000 guineas, an average of 476,666 guineas. Houghton Statistics P. 2; Oppenheim on the Houghton P. 4 Agent John Ferguson was next with 18 lots for 3,207,000 guineas (average 178,166) and many of these were for Godolphin, who in its own right took TDN TODAY eight for 2,240,000 guineas (average 280,000). International 6 pages Dubai Millennium (3yo colt) Won Queen Elizabeth IIS,-G1 Sept 26 and is the lOth G1 SWi PARIS, KY by Mr. Prospector (606) 233-4252 Seeking the Gold FAX (606) 987-0008 TPN •& INTERNATIONAL « 10/1/99 • PAGE 2 ☆ RESULTS A ii PrIx de L'Arc dE TRiomphE Thursday, Newmarket, England Sunday, Longchamp, France, post time: 3:50 p.m. SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES MIDDLE PARK S.-G1, PRIX DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE-LUCIEN BARRIERE-G1, £114,000, Newmarket, 9-30, 2yo, c, 6fT, 1:12.83, PP8,750,000, 3yo/up, c/f, 1 1/2mT gd/sf. 1~PRIM0 VALENTINO (IRE), 123, c, 2, by Primo Dominie (GB) Eighteen Remain in Arc Field: 1st Dam: Dorothea Brooke (Ire), by Dancing Brave Three horses are out of the Arc after yesterday's 2nd Dam: Connaught Bridge (Ire), by Connaught (GB) declaration stage, with 18 horses remaining on course 3rd Dam: Fisherman's Bridge (GB), by Crepello (GB) for the premier event. The trio who were declared are: 0-Primo Donnas; B-Pendley Farm; T-Peter Harris; Courteous (GB) (Rainbow Quest), Dark Moondancer J-Pat Eddery; £68,600. Lifetime Record: 7-5-1-0, (GB) (Anshan {GB}) and High-Rise (Ire) (High Estate £126,300. {Ire}). Friday will see the final declared field with jock 2~Fath, 123, c, 2, Danzig-Desirable (Ire), by Lord eys. Gayle. 0-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid a! Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm Inc (KY); £25,400. Ground Heavy, Daylami Could Be Withdrawn: 3-Brahms, 123, c, 2, Danzig-Queena, by Mr. There are worries in the Godolphin camp about the Prospector. ($1,000,000 yrl '98 KEEJUL). O-Susan going for Daylami (Ire) (Doyoun {GB}) in Sunday's race. Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Emory A Hamilton; Lonchamp currently has heavy going and Godolphin £12,200. racing manager Simon Crisford said yesterday, "We Margins: NK, 1 1/4, 2HF. Odds: 100-30, 4-1, 9-1. have got to do the best by the horse." The going will Also ran: Warm Heart, Trinculo (Ire), Invincible Spirit be closely monitored and Daylami could be withdrawn if (Ire). Scratched: Bernstein. it is considered very bad. Primo Valentino, comfortable hero of the G2 Mill Reef S. at Newbury Sept. 18, showed the utmost determina tion to stretch his winning streak to five with a gritty X TATTERSALLS HOUGHTON STATISTICS front-running display which provided trainer Peter Harris THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 with his first Group 1 success. Jockey Pat Eddery sent Primo Valentino straight into the lead, with Path and JL Brahms following. The winner came under pressure SESSION TOTALS 1999 1998 approaching the final furlong as Path challenged while No. Sold 59 59 going extremely well on his outside, and the pair began Gross (gns) 9,262,000gns ll,472,000gns to make the race their own. The duo entered the final Average (gns) 156,983gns 194,440gns furlong in unison, but if Path ever got in front it was Median (gns) 120,000gns 110,000gns only briefly as Primo Valentino responded gamely to Eddery's strong driving. Brahms was not disgraced and CUMULATIVE TOTALS 1999 1998 kept on well for third, but the remainder were never a No. Sold 215 207 factor. Harris proudly boasted, "He is home bred-l also Gross (gns) 34,665,000gns 35,471,000gns bred the dam as well, and this is her first foal. I didn't Average (gns) 161,232gns 171,357gns think he was going to be beaten when Path challenged. Median (gns) 120,000gns 100,000gns That is the first time he has really raced. I think that will be it for him this season as his coat is on the turn." Turning to thoughts of next year, Harris added: "If you CURRENCY CONVERSIONS win this race you deserve to go for the [G1 2000] US$/unit GB£/unit Guineas. I feel confident he will get a mile because his Australian dollar 0.652907 0.396641 dam was out of Connaught Bridge, who was a mile- British pound 1.64609 1.00 and-a-half Group 1 filly. There is a lot of stamina on the French franc 0.162196 0.098534 dam's side and I think it could be conceivable that he U.S. dollar 1.00 0.607500 could get a little bit further than a mile." f-|okA0 Kokv0 iUm+ematiomal Traces - Sundcxy, 12 Pecembe>* 1999 $4 Million. Youv^ move. TheIfoog Kong Travel accommodationfor horse, grooms (x2) connections (x6) met hy HKJC. Closes 20 October 1999(nofee). JockeyClub Simon Cooper, T: (852)2966 8952, F: (852)2966 7000, e-mail: [email protected] TDN ii INTERNATIONAL ♦ 10/1/99 ♦ PAGE 3 Pedigree Insights ☆ PREVIEW BY Andrew Caulfield SEEKING THE PEARL TO MAKE NEW YORK BOW SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES MIDDLE PARK S.-G1, Seeking the Pearl (Seeking the Gold) makes her New £114,000, Newmarket, England, 9-30, 2yo, c, 6fT, York debut tomorrow in Belmont's Gill Noble Damsel H. 1:12.83, gd/sf. at one mile on the turf. She has won more than $4 1--PRIMO VALENTINO (IRE), 123, c. 2, by Primo Dominie (GB) 1st Dam: Dorothea Brooke (Ire), by Dancing Brave million, most of it in Japan, but she ventured to France 2nd Dam: Connaught Bridge (Ire), by Connaught (GB) twice last year, winning the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest 3rd Dam: Fisherman's Bridge ((3B), by Crepello (GB) over another successful world traveler, Jim And Tonic 0-Primo Donnas; B-Pendley Farm; T-Peter Harris; (Fr) (Double Bed {Fr}). Her effort in beating colts by a J-Pat Eddery.