WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here SEA THE MOON RETIRES POSITIVE NUMBERS CONTINUE AT KEESEP J “TDN Rising Star” J Sea the Moon (Ger) (Sea The double digit gains seen in the first session of the Stars {Ire}--Sanwa {Ger}, by Monsun {Ger}), winner Book 3 Monday continued yesterday with improved of the G1 Geutsches Derby, has been retired due to a total sales, average and median. This made Tuesday=s recurring leg injury. Niko Lafrentz, husband of the session the third consecutive owner Heike Bischoff of Gestut Gorlsdorf, told the session with increases in all Racing Post: "He is injured and we have taken the three categories. decision to retire him and will start looking for a Day 8 saw 298 yearlings suitable home for him as a stallion. He is in sell for a total of $18,562,000, Newmarket's Equine Hospital and my wife is over there which is a 13.3% increase with him. We won't have a complete diagnosis for a over last year. The average of while, but it is clear that he will not be able to run $62,289 marked a 15.2% again." increase, while the $50,000 The Markus Klug trainee boats a lifetime record of median accounted for an 5-4-1-0 with $710,142 in career earnings. The 3-year- 11% increase from 2013. old=s career was highlighted by a win in the Ben Glass was the leading Keeneland G2 Oppenheim-Union Rennen June 15 and an 11-length buyer yesterday, acquiring victory in the Deutsches Derby in July. He was recently three of the four highest priced yearlings for a total of runner-up in the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden Sept. 7. $765,000. Bidding for Gary and Mary West, he However, Sea the Moon sustained a leg injury following scooped up a full brother to GI Del Mar Debutante S. his German Derby victory and, although his connections heroine Sunset Glow (Exchange Rate), hip 2052, for a originally believed the colt=s injury wouldn=t be career- session-topping $280,000. Glass also signed the tickets threatening, its recent recurrence has forced his early on hip 2250, a $260,000 Super Saver colt consigned retirement. Sea the Moon was originally the early by Millenium Farms, and hip 2338, a $225,000 favorite for the upcoming G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Mineshaft colt consigned by Hermitage Farm. before it was announced he would skip that event last Tuesday=s leading consignor was Taylor Made Sales week. Agency, which sold 41 horses for a total of $2,366,000. From the second crop of Sea the Stars, Sea the Moon The two-day Book 4 begins today at 10 a.m. and the hails from a deep German family. Unraced dam Sanwa sale continues through Sunday, Sept. 21. For more, is a full-sibling to German heighweight and MG1SW visit www.keeneland.com. Schiaparelli (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and German heightweight and G1SW Samum (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}). Bred by Gestut Gorlsdorf, he RNA=d for 230,000 GNS at the Tattersalls October Sale in 2012 and was campaigned by them. 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Oct. 18. 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) The Grey Gatsby www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com Racing Post Photo Page 10 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/17/14 • PAGE 3 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com 2231 colt Super Saver Bold American 210,000 B-Stephen Wigmore (KY) Consigned by Hidden Brook, Agent XIII Purchased by Mike Ryan, agent KEENELAND SEPTEMBER YEARLINGS (718) 978-8200 TUESDAY’S TOP 6 LOTS www.mersant.com Hip Sex Sire Dam Price ($) Sponsors of the following stats for the: 2052 colt Exchange Rate Perfectforthepart 280,000 B-Gayla Rankin/GLR Ranch (KY) KEENELAND SEPTEMBER YEARLINGS Consigned by Four Star Sales, agent SESSION TOTALS 2014 2013 Purchased by Ben Glass, agent Catalogued 397 398 2250 colt Super Saver Charity Girl 260,000 No. Offered 362 339 No. Sold 298 303 B-TK Stables, Jose S. Rodarte & Modo Tesio Equine (KY) RNAs 64 59 Consigned by Millennium Farms, Agent VIII % RNAs 17.7% 17.4% Purchased by Ben Glass, agent High Price $280,000 $280,000 2235 colt Majestic Warrior Bumble Bee Mama 240,000 Gross $18,562,000 $16,383,000 B-Lindsay Scott & Jane MacElree (PA) Average (% change) $62,289 (+15.2%) $54,069 Consigned by Royal Oak Farm (Damian & Braxton Lynch) Median (% change) $50,000 (+11%) $45,000 Purchased by D W F Inc. CUMULATIVE 2014 2013 2338 colt Mineshaft Goforitmrsmiller 225,000 Catalogued 2,381 2,521 B-CFP Thoroughbreds (KY) No. Offered 2,104 2,237 Consigned by Hermitage Farm, agent No. Sold 1,588 1,711 Purchased by Ben Glass, agent RNAs 516 526 2144 filly Tapit Sweet Talker 220,000 % RNAs 24.5% 23.5% B-Courtlandt Farm (KY) High Price $2,200,000 (2) $2,500,000 Consigned by Lane’s End, agent Gross $245,951,500 $253,257,000 Average (% change) $154,881 (+4.63%) $148,017 Purchased by Winchester Place Thoroughbreds, LLC/Lori Michaels Median (% change) $100,000 (+5.26%) $95,000 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/17/14 • PAGE 4 of 12 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Big Update Propels Session Topper... Cauthen said big updates like this deep into the When Keeneland sent the finalized version of its catalog is part of the allure of September. AWhen you=re September catalog, the 2-year-old filly Sunset Glow putting these things together back in late May, early (Exchange Rate) was a June, and at that point Sunset Glow was just starting sharp maiden winner at to come on,@ he said. AShe hadn=t won her two graded Belmont who had shipped stakes, and that changed a lot. That=s the beauty of to Royal Ascot and run this sale. If something pops up, second in the 21-strong they=re going to find you.@ G3 Albany S. Not bad, He said he was never for sure. Since then, concerned the colt=s value would however, the Ten Broeck be compromised by his Farm-owned, Wesley placement in the catalog. Ward-trained filly has AThe guys that are looking for become arguably the these types are aware of these Sunset Glow updates, and they realize that, Benoit Photo leading juvenile filly in the nation, with consecutive three months ago, [Book 3] was Kerry Cauthen wins in the GII Sorrento S. and GI Del Mar Debutante to the right place for this horse,@ www.fourstarsales.com her credit. Cauthen explained. AToday, he With a divisional championship a possibility, Sunset probably should have been up a book, at least. Glow provided the sort of update breeders and Physically, this colt has come a tremendous way, and I consignors dream of, and yesterday, her yearling think he=s only going to keep on improving.@ full-brother brought a session-topping $280,000 at The transaction was a nice score for breeder Gayla September. Gary and Mary West=s racing manager Ben Rankin. She purchased the Dynaformer filly Glass signed for the dark bay, a son of the stakes- Perfectforthepart for just $30,000 as a weanling at the placed Perfectforthepart (Dynaformer). Four Star Sales 2004 Keeneland November Sale. Perfectforthepart was consigned him as hip 2052 on behalf of breeder Gayla put back through the ring the next year at September, Rankin/GLR Ranch. but was bought back for $80,000. She was a solid AGayla=s a client of Three Chimneys Farm, who runner, winning a maiden special on debut and earning decided they were going to use a number of different black-type in a Fair Grounds stakes, and was retired to consignors rather than consigning themselves,@ said Rankin=s broodmare band. Her first foal, by Yes It=s Four Star=s Kerry Cauthen. True, sold for $25,000 as a weanling; Sunset Glow, her AWhen I saw this colt for second foal, made $60,000 as a KEENOV weanling the first time back in May, before selling to Ben McElroy for $140,000 as a he was a nice type of yearling here last year.