THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 BOOK 1: STRONG FINISH KEESEP BOOK 1 ENDS by Bill Oppenheim WITH A BANG In our column of August 24 (click here), we postulated that if 60% of the 607 yearlings catalogued in Keeneland September Book 1 sold for an average of $300,000--approximately the Book 1 average in 2014-2015--our target for the Book 1 gross was $111-million. As there were 117 fewer yearlings (16%) catalogued in Book 1, we were projecting a $23-million decline in the Book 1 gross. After the first two days--$34.5-million for 108 sold Monday and $38-million for 119 sold on Tuesday, for a two-day average of $319,000, and one seven-figure yearling each day B it looked like the $111-million figure was likely to be close to the mark. Then came Wednesday--whole different sale. Cont. p16 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY GLEN HILL TAKING A GLOBAL APPROACH Hip 454, sale-topping son of Scat Daddy | Keeneland Craig Bernick of Glen Hill Farm considers buying into by Jessica Martini, Brian DiDonato & Christie DeBernardis international pedigrees to be a pivotal part of his breeding and LEXINGTON, Kentucky--The Keeneland September Yearling racing program. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Sale, which started off slowly Monday, had been building up Europe. steam during each subsequent session and the auction=s Book 1 section ended with a strong day of selling Wednesday in Lexington. Six horses sold for seven-figures during the session, with Coolmore=s M.V. Magnier going to a sale-topping $3 million to bring home a Scat Daddy half-brother to champion Beholder (Henny Hughes) (hip 454) from the consignment of the Mitchell family=s Clarkland Farm. AWe talked about stable the first day,@ Keeneland=s Vice President of Racing and Sales Bob Elliston said. AI think you can probably throw that out the window. This was a dynamite day.@ During Wednesday=s session, 119 yearlings sold for $47,735,000. The average, which was around $319,000 during the first two sessions, jumped to $401,134 Wednesday, a 29.55% increase from the final session of last year=s Book 1. The median for the day was up 20% to $300,000. For the three sessions of Book 1, 346 yearlings sold for $120,225,000. The cumulative average of $347,471 was up 14.56% and the median rose 20% to $300,000. Cont. p3 UNDEFEATED MULTIPLE GRADED STAKES WINNER AT TWO WHO WON HIS THREE CAREER STARTS BY A COMBINED 28 1/2 LENGTHS. RANKS BEHIND ONLY WAR FRONT, SCAT DADDY, INTO MISCHIEF AND TAPIT ON THE 2YO SIRE LIST. ON THE GENERAL SIRE LIST, RANKS BEHIND ONLY TAPIT, UNCLE MO, WAR FRONT, PIONEEROF THE NILE AND TWIRLING CANDY BY % BLACKTYPE WINNERS TO STARTERS. Now at Hill ‘n’ Dale and available for inspection. 640 N. Yarnallton Pike, Lexington, KY 40511 (859) 255-8290 • fax (859) 281-6148 www.hillndalefarms.com LGB, LLC 2016 tSessioan topping pfilly at $1i.4 mitllion Tapit was the only sire with three 7 figure horses yesterday, including the highest priced filly of the session and the second highest priced colt PRESIDENT & CO-PUBLISHER Barry Weisbord @barryweisbord [email protected] SR. V.P. & CO-PUBLISHER Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected] V.P., INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Gary King @garykingTDN [email protected] Thursday, September 15, 2016 EDITORIAL [email protected] Editor-in-Chief Jessica Martini @JessMartiniTDN Managing Editor Alan Carasso @EquinealTDN Senior Editor Steve Sherack @SteveSherackTDN Racing Editor Brian DiDonato @BDiDonatoTDN Associate Editors Christie DeBernardis @CDeBernardisTDN Ben Massam @BMassamTDN Assistant Editors Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Joe Bianca @JBiancaTDN ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Throwback Thursday. Discreet Marq (Discreet Cat), seen here strolling the Belmont Advertising Assistants Park horse path in 2014, won the GII Sands Point S. in 2013 in a stakes record time of Brittlan Wall @bwallTDN 1:42.50. See page 19 for the field for the 2016 Sands Point S. | Susie Raisher Alexa Reisfield Photo Editor/Dir. of Distribution Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew BRIDLEWOOD & COOLMORE TEAM UP 10 [email protected] Powerhouse buyers Bridlewood Farm and Coolmore teamed up to Social Media Strategist secure a colt by Tapit for $2 million during an action-packed finish to Nichola Henry @NicholaHenryTDN Wednesday's final Book 1 session of the September sale. Out of Ponche [email protected] de Leona (Ponche), the yearling is a half-brother to GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno). Director of Customer Service Vicki Forbes [email protected] BIG DAY FOR THREE CHIMNEYS 13 Director of Information Technology Six horses sold for seven figures during Wednesday's session of the Ray Villa Keeneland September sale and Three Chimneys Farm was listed as [email protected] breeder or co-breeder on three of those prized yearlings. "It was amazing," admitted Three Chimneys' Goncalo Torrealba. WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 21 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 KEESEP Coverage cont. With a buy-back rate of 24.68% Wednesday, the final Book 1 RNA rate was 30.66%, right in line with last year=s figure of 30.89%. AThere was a sense of urgency today,@ Keeneland=s Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell commented. AI think people realized this was the end of Book 1. The top physicals and the top pedigrees met and if you wanted to play, you needed to play and so they got busy.@ The 2016 September sale had produced only two seven-figure transactions prior to Wednesday=s Hip 561 | Keeneland session. The $3- million topper was the highest-priced yearling to sell at the sale since 2010. Magnier teamed up with John Malone=s Bridlewood Farm to take home the day=s second highest-priced lot, going to $2 million for a Tapit half-brother to GI Breeders= Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno) (hip 561). A total of 11 horses crossed the $1-million threshold in 2015. AThe first day always starts out with everyone watching everyone else,@ commented Bridlewood=s George Isaacs. AI personally found that the best horses were in today=s session, so it wasn=t any surprise to me that this would be the strongest session. The first day of a select sale is always the most temperate day and it=s just gathered momentum.@ Three Chimneys Farm bred or co-bred three of the million- dollar yearlings to sell Wednesday and the farm=s Goncalo Torrealba noticed a difference in the market during the Book 1 finale. AThe first two days were a lot softer,@ Torrealba said. AToday is a whole different day. Today they are bringing what I thought they should. We are bringing our horses here to sell and we are also here to buy. I haven=t been able to buy much and they bought everything from us.@ After a dark day Thursday, selling resumes at Keeneland Friday with the first of two sessions of Book 2. Bidding begins at 10 a.m. For the remaining books and for complete results, visit www.keeneland.com. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 21 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 KEENELAND SEPTEMBER YEARLINGS SESSION TOTALS 2016 2015 $ Catalogued 202 241 $ No. Offered 158 215 $ No. Sold 119 151 $ RNAs 39 64 $ % RNAs 24.7% 29.8% $ No. $500K+ 31 22 $ High Price $3,000,000 $2,100,000 $ Gross $47,735,000 $46,754,000 $ Average (% change) $401,134 (+29.6%) $309,629 $ Median (% change) $300,000 (+20%) $250,000 COLTS $ No. Offered 98 $ No. Sold 79 $ RNAs 19 $ % RNAs 19.4% $ No. $500K+ 17 $ Average $403,481 $ Median $300,000 FILLIES $ No. Offered 60 $ No. Sold 40 $ RNAs 20 $ % RNAs 33.3% $ No. $500K+ 14 $ Average $396,500 $ Median $310,000 CUMULATIVE 2016 2015 $ Catalogued 607 724 $ No. Offered 499 641 $ No. Sold 346 443 $ RNAs 153 198 $ % RNAs 30.7% 30.9% $ No. $500K+ 82 62 $ No. $1m+ 8 11 $ High Price $3,000,000 $2,100,000 $ Gross $120,225,000 $134,661,000 $ Average (% change) $347,471 (+14.6%) $303,298 $ Median (% change) $300,000 (+20%) $250,000 COLTS $ No. Offered 293 $ No. Sold 209 $ RNAs 84 $ % RNAs 28.7% $ No. $500K+ 58 $ Average $371,526 $ Median $300,000 FILLIES $ No. Offered 206 $ No. Sold 137 $ RNAs 69 $ % RNAs 33.5% $ No. $500K+ 24 $ Average $310,774 $ Median $275,000 From 95 horses sold at KEE SEPT in 2014: 6.32% GSW 3.16% G1SW Current KEE SEPT Grads Include: EXAGGERATOR - G1 CARINA MIA - G1 CATCH A GLIMPSE - G1 Other 2016 GSWs: CLASSIC EMPIRE - G3 NEMORALIA - G3 LEVANTE LION - G3 SUDDENBREAKINGNEWS - G3 MO TOM - G3 Kitty Taylor 859-619-2836 [email protected] Hunter Simms 859-948-4931 [email protected] 1005 Richmond Road, Lexington, KY40502 | 859-335-1738 | warrendalesales.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 21 • THETDN.COM THURSDAY • SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 Coolmore Beats Out Spendthrift for Beholder=s Brother Bidding started a bit slow when Hip 454, a Scat Daddy half- brother to three-time champion Beholder (Henny Hughes) and Grade I-winning sire Into Mischief (Harlan=s Holiday), first entered the Keeneland ring Wednesday, but it didn=t take long for it to pick up steam. When the dust settled on a prolonged bidding war between Spendthrift=s B.