WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2018 NFL ASKS FOR SPORTS BETTING STANDARDS MEDAGLIA D=ORO COLT Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League TOPS F-T MIDLANTIC FINALE (NFL) called upon Congress to enact regulatory standards for states that pursue legalized sports betting in a statement issued Monday. The statement is the latest cautionary reaction from one of the major sports leagues in the wake of the Supreme Court=s ruling which struck down a federal law banning wagers on team sports last Monday. The decision has wide-reaching implications for the racing industry, as numerous tracks--led by Monmouth Park in New Jersey, which could be first to market in early June--are eyeing the addition of sports books. AOur fans, our players and our coaches deserve to know that we are doing everything possible to ensure no improper influences affect how the game is played on the field,@ Goodell stated. AThis...ruling by the Supreme Court has no effect on that unwavering commitment.@ Cont. p10 (click here) Sales-topping hip 565 | Fasig-Tipton photo IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Jessica Martini FEW STARS, BUT EPSOM CLUES APLENTY Emma Berry reports from Epsom’s ‘Breakfast With The TIMONIUM, MD - With a $1.2-million son of Medaglia d=Oro Stars’, where connections provided updates on their Investec leading the way, the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Derby and Oaks contenders. Click or tap here to go straight Training Sale concluded its two-day run in Timonium Tuesday to TDN Europe. with figures fairly in line with the auction=s 2017 results. In all, 333 juveniles grossed $24,868,500. The average dipped 2.3% to $74,680, while the median rose 8.6% to $38,000. From a catalogue of 600, 430 horses were offered and 97 failed to sell for a buy-back rate of 22.6%. That figure was 19.9% in 2017. In 2018, 28 horses sold for $200,000 or more. There were 27 hitting that mark a year ago. AIt was a good sale from start to finish,@ said Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sales Director Paget Bennett. AIt was well-attended. We got people here that we haven=t seen before. It=s always good to see new faces and I think they went home with purchases that will get them into the winner=s circle quickly.@ Bloodstock agent Dennis O=Neill made the biggest purchase of the auction when seeing off Donato Lanni to land a colt by Medaglia d=Oro (hip 565) for $1.2 million. It was the second year in a row the Midlantic sale produced a million-dollar juvenile. Last year=s sale was topped by a record-setting $1.5-million son of Curlin. Both juveniles were consigned by Hartley/de Renzo Thoroughbreds. 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Pictured at a week old, a colt by Kitten’s Joy, out of Daring Dancer (Empire Director of Customer Service Maker), snoozes in the sun at Sagamore Farm in Reisterstown, MD. After a flurry of Vicki Forbes fillies, he is the first colt foaled at Sagamore in almost two years. He is the third foal [email protected] out of his dam, who was named 2014's Maryland-bred Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. Marketing Manager Click here to submit photos of your 2018 foals for consideration in the TDN. Please Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen include sire, dam, owner, and photographer’s name. | Katlyn Lamp Director of Information Technology Ray Villa [email protected] CHURCHILL TO RAISE PURSES 10% 10 Bookkeeper Citing to record wagering on races in the week leading up to the Terry May GI Kentucky Derby and GI Longines Kentucky Oaks, officials at [email protected] Churchill Downs announced a 10% increase in overnight purses. WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor ‘HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP’ PACKS PLENTY OF PUNCH Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN In the latest installment of ‘Inside the Winner’s Circle’ presented [email protected] by Keeneland, Ben Massam speaks to Justify (Scat Daddy)’s breeder European Editor Emma Berry John Gunther about his emotions during the race and the magnitude [email protected] of what lies ahead. Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN 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 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • MAY 23, 2018 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2YOs cont. d=Oro out of graded stakes winner Tapicat (Tapit) for $1.2 AOur consignors have gotten so confident in bringing those million Tuesday in Timonium. O=Neill was bidding on behalf of a type of horses to this marketplace,@ Bennett said. AThey love the new Middle Eastern client. racetrack and they love the area and the timing works. They=ve AIt=s a new guy from overseas,@ O=Neill said of his client. AHe been rewarded in the past and are confident to keep doing it just said he wanted the best horse in the sale and I thought this year after year.@ was it from day one, from the first time we laid eyes on him. We Jimbo Gladwell, whose Top Line Sales sold 11 of 14 offered were hoping not to go that high. But we did and we=re really juveniles, was impressed with the depth of the market in excited. We are looking for a Derby horse and we hope this is Timonium this week, as well as buyers willing to look past a the one.@ Cont. p4 workout time. AIf you put reasonable reserves on them, we=ve gotten them sold,@ he said. AReasonable reserves have gotten them moved. The top is more spotty than the bottom, there are a lot of trainers looking for good, usable, sound horses. The times aren=t playing as much a factor. It=s a breath of fresh air to have these trainers come in and just watch how they move and how they show and buy them with a little less time.@ Medaglia d=Oro Colt Lights Up Midlantic Sale For the second year in a row, the Hartley/de Renzo Thoroughbreds consignment produced a seven-figure juvenile at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale when bloodstock agent Dennis O=Neill saw off a determined Donato Lanni in a protracted bidding duel to secure a colt by Medaglia Hip 565 | Fasig-Tipton photo TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • MAY 23, 2018 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2YOs cont. The youngster breezed a furlong Sunday in :10 1/5. AWe loved the breeze obviously,@ O=Neill said. AIt was a sick breeze and he galloped out amazing. And then to see him on the end of a shank, we were hooked.@ The colt (hip 565), the first foal out of Tapicat, was bred by Three Chimneys Farm and Besilu Stables and was purchased by Randy Hartley and Dean De Renzo for $475,000 at last year=s Keeneland September Yearling Sale. AWhen I bought him, Dean wasn=t there because of the hurricane,@ Hartley said Tuesday. AIt was hard to buy horses at Keeneland the first day, so Dean was asking, >What are you all doing? You aren=t buying any horses.= So I bought this colt and Dean showed up later. I wondered, should I let him see him or just wait until I get him home and can look him over and make sure he=s ok before Dean sees him. But I took him over to see him and he said, >I love him.=@ Hip 565 back at the barn | Fasig-Tipton photo Hartley/de Renzo sold seven juveniles at this year=s Midlantic sale for a total of $2,620,000 and an average of $374,286. In addition to the seven-figure juvenile, the operation sold a son of More Than Ready (hip 204) for $750,000 Monday and a colt by Tiznow (hip 533) for $425,000. The More Than Ready colt cost $500,000 as a yearling and the Tiznow was purchased for $250,000. AIt=s a lot of risk to spend that much on a yearling and you worry about them from the time you get them home to the time you get them here,@ Hartley said. AAnd you have to do the whole breeze show and everything has to go right and your horses have to perform.@ Hartley said the auction=s dirt training track and placement in the calendar have made it a favorite of the operation. Cont. p5 UNION RAGS 2YOs IN HIGH DEMAND AT FT MIDLANTIC Top: Hip 561 - $925,000 Consigned by Bobby Dodd Agent and purchased by Michael Lund Peterson HIP 561, the only horse to breeze in 10.0 at FT Midlantic TEL: 859.873.7300 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 11 • THETDN.COM WEDNESDAY • MAY 23, 2018 F-T Midlantic 2YOs cont. AFor us to have a place to come later in the year to give these horses more time, it makes a big difference,@ he said.