WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. SHE’S BAAAACK RIPE FOR THE PICKING Aidan O=Brien brings Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Memory (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) bids to add to her Dancer {Ire}) back to Britain for today=s G1 Etihad Air- G3 Albany S. success at Royal Ascot June 18 in to- ways Falmouth S.at Newmarket. The filly looks to day=s G1 Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cherry Hinton follow up on her S. at Newmarket. Trainer success in the Richard Hannon can do no G1 Coronation S. wrong at present, and he at Royal Ascot said yesterday, AWe won this June 18, where race with both Lemon Souf- she confirmed fle (GB) (Salse) and Jewel In what connec- the Sand (Ire) (Bluebird), and tions had long Memory would be right up felt about her there with those two. Like so Memory Horsephotos ability when many of the good ones, she besting Gile Na has a bit of character about her in the mornings, but Greine (Ire) (Gali- she certainly has an engine, and she has done every- leo {Ire}) by thing right since Ascot. She gets no penalty, so hope- Lillie Langtry Horsephotos 1 1/4 lengths. fully she=ll win again.@ Godolphin rely on the impressive The Ballydoyle June 25 Doncaster maiden winner Tanfeer (GB) (Dansili runner heads a strong sophomore challenge in the Fal- {GB}), and trainer Saeed bin Suroor commented, AI was mouth that also includes Special Duty (GB) (Hennessy). very pleased with the way Tanfeer won at Doncaster, The chestnut holds the unusual status of being a dual and she has come out of that race in good order. Her Classic winner, despite not having her head in front in last piece of work went well, and racing over a stiff six either race. Beaten a nose by Jacqueline Quest (Ire) furlongs at Newmarket should suit her. She is a taking (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) before the stewards intervened a step up in class, but she is improving all of the time in the G1 1000 Guineas on the Rowley Mile May 2, the and I am hopeful that she can run a big race.@ Another Juddmonte homebred was then promoted past Liliside debut scorer in for a steep hike in class is the Mick (Fr) (American Post {GB}) in the May 16 G1 Poule Channon trainee Soraaya (Ire) (Elnadim), who impressed d=Essai des Pouliches at Longchamp. Khalid Abdullah=s with her attitude June 9 at Hamilton. Field, p5 Racing Manager Teddy Grimthorpe said, AShe seems to be in cracking form and, whatever the whys and the wherefores, she is a very talented filly, to say the least.@ Strawberrydaiquiri (GB) (Dansili {GB}) beat Spa- cious (GB) (Nayef) in the G2 Windsor Forest S. at Royal Ascot June 16. Renata Jacobs= Racing Manager Gary Coffey said of the for- mer, AStrawberrydaiquiri gave us a great thrill at Royal Ascot and has come out of it in good shape. She has been brought along nicely to progress through the ranks and, hopefully, Strawberrydaiquiri Horsephotos she can make it to the top bracket. She is honest and has guts--more importantly, she has class. Every time we raise the bar, she responds, but, as we all know only too well, there are no easy Group 1s.@ Cont. p5 www.winstarfarm.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 7/7/10 • PAGE 2 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com SALES NEWS FLAG DAY TOPS TATTERSALLS OPENER Darley supplied the two leading lights at yesterday=s opening installment of the Tattersalls July Sale in Newmarket, with the unraced three-year-old Flag Day (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) (lot 96) leading the way with a final price tag of 115,000gns. Amanda Skiffington fought off another local agent, Mags O=Toole, to buy the filly, who is out of G1 Cheveley Park S. winner Blue Duster (Danzig). She is destined to join the broodmare band at John Deer=s Oakgrove Stud in Wales, which hit the head- lines last autumn when sell- ing the 700,000gns sale top- per Rudolf Valentino (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) at the October Yearling Sale. AWe=ve got 24 mares at the Flag Day Tattersalls moment, but the idea is to cut that down to under 20 and upgrade to be really commercial and build on last year,@ said Tim Lane, who manages Oakgrove Stud. Skiffington also paid 75,000gns for three-year-old Zarkavean (GB) (Medicean {GB}), who was covered by Aqlaam (GB) in February, and offered through the Castlebridge Consignment as lot 128. The mare comes from a great Aga Khan family, and boasts champion Petite Etoile (GB) (Petition {GB}) as her fourth dam. AWe=ll get the two of them back and then decide what Bill and Carole McAlpin of Greenwood Lodge Farm in to do with them,@ Lane continued. AFlag Day is a neat Kentucky were the day=s other six-figure buyers when mare and would suit something like Oasis Dream (GB). spending 110,000gns on Cross Section (Cape Cross The boss loves the pedigree of Zarkavean; with Petite {Ire}) (lot 48), via agent Charlie Gordon-Watson. Lane Etoile in there, it is just a great family." For the session, and Skiffington were underbidders on the mare, who 147 lots sold for a total of 1,818,900gns. The average, was offered with a Dubawi (Ire) covering. The McAlpins 12,373gns, fell two percent from the 2009 opening have horses in training with Luca session, while the median remained unchanged at Cumani in Newmarket, and also 5,000gns. The buy-back rate was 25.4 percent, up keep mares in Britain at from 19 percent. The sale continues today at 10 a.m. Watership Down Stud and New England Stud. ABill both races TATTERSALLS JULY SALE and sells, so I=m sure he=ll decide TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010 in due course what to do with the Dubawi foal,@ said Gordon- SESSION 2010 2009 Watson. AHe was going to buy No. Catalogued 252 230 two mares, but we decided to Cross Section Tattersalls No. Offered 197 184 get one good one and paid more No. Sold 147 149 RNAs 50 35 than we intended. But she=s a lovely mare from a de- % RNA 25.4% 19% cent family with an excellent cover." High Price 115,000gns 132,000gns Early on, O=Toole--acting for an undisclosed client-- Gross 1,818,900gns 1,881,900gns paid 65,000gns for Moving Diamonds (GB) (Lomitas Average (% Change) 12,373gns (-2%) 12,630gns {GB}), a mare whose first foal, Dinkum Diamond (Ire) Median (% Change) 5,000gns (n/c) 5,000gns (Aussie Rules), won this season=s Listed National S. Private Sales: before being beaten as favourite in the G2 Norfolk S. at No. 6 0 Goodwood. Although not covered, the mare (lot 25) Gross 51,300gns 0gns was offered with a March-born Excellent Art (GB) filly www.tattersalls.com foal at foot. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/7/10 • PAGE 3 of 11 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Tatts July cont. TATTERSALLS JULY - Tuesday’s Top Five Lots Hip Name Status Price (gns) 96 Flag Day (GB) Broodmare prospect 115,000 (f, 3, Pivotal {GB}--Blue Duster, by Danzig) Consigned by Darley Purchased by Amanda Skiffington 48 Cross Section i/f Dubawi (Ire) 110,000 (f, 4, Cape Cross {Ire}--Demure {GB}, by Machiavellian) Consigned by Darley Purchased by C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock 128 Zarkavean (GB) i/f Aqlaam (GB) 75,000 (f, 3, Medicean {GB}--Zafadola {Ire}, by Darshaan {GB}) Consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment Purchased by Amanda Skiffington 25 Moving Diamonds (GB) Not covered 65,000 (Excellent Art {GB} filly foal at foot) (m, 7, Lomitas {GB}--Euro Empire, by Bartok {Ire}) Consigned by The Castlebridge Consignment Purchased by Margaret O Toole = 108 Alshahbaa (Ire) Horse-in-Training 60,000 (f, 3, Alhaarth {Ire}--Adaala, by Sahm) Consigned by Shadwell Stud Purchased by Stephen Hillen Bloodstock 430, APOLLO RAIN (GB), c, 2, Dansili (GB)--Summer Shower (GB), by Sadler=s Wells Consigned by Juddmonte Farms Out of a sister to the top-class Doctor Fremantle (GB), this unraced colt is from a late-developing family TATTERSALLS JULY which includes the sires Raintrap (GB), Sunshack (GB) 332, QUEEN OF HEAVEN, f, 2, Mr. Greeley--Be My and Polish Summer (GB), as well as this year=s G2 Prix Queen (Ire), by Sadler=s Wells Greffulhe scorer Ice Blue (GB) (Dansili {GB}). Consigned by Malcom Bastard This unraced offering out of training is a daughter of Tattersalls July -- Day Two Outs Be My Queen, who was a useful performer for Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Ballydoyle and was fourth in the 2006 G2 Blandford S. 254, 255, 261, 262, 264, 270, 277, 282, 286, 288, Her dam is also a half-sister to the 2001 G1 Prix de 292, 296, 297, 298, 316, 319, 320, 323, 325, 326, l=Abbaye heroine Imperial Beauty (Imperial Ballet {Ire}), 327, 337, 338, 347, 349, 370, 380, 399, 404, 410, from the family of Midnight Line (Kris S.) and last year=s G1 Criterium International winner and recent G1 Irish 417, 421, 422, 425, 432, 435, 437, 439, 443, 448, Derby third Jan Vermeer (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). 450, 460, 463, 465, 470, 473, 479 336, f, 2, Giant=s Causeway--Ask For the Moon (Fr), 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. by Dr Fong This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by Consigned by Ballyhimikin Stud any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior This broodmare prospect is out of the 2004 G1 Prix written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista.