LA GUERIERE tops Wimborne Farm HEADLINE dispersal...p8 NEWS For information, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, JULY 15, 2002 CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AT KEENELAND MOONRAKER The first of the summer’s major yearling sales, the In one of the biggest shocks of the season, the 33-1 Keeneland July Selected Yearling Sale gets under way longshot Margarula (Ire) (Doyoun {Ire}) cut down 4-5 this evening at 7:30 p.m. in favourite Quarter Moon (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) in the Lexington, with 175 horses set to closing stages of the G1 go under auctioneer Ryan Mahan’s Darley Irish Oaks to win hammer. As was the case a year by a length and provide ago, a sputtering economy, fueled connections with a by corporate misdeeds, looms a fairytale success at The threat to buyer confidence, but Curragh Sunday after- Keeneland Director of Sales Geoff noon. “I said before- Russell is trying to view the glass hand that I had been as half full. “We naturally have to training for 25 years be concerned about the situation and could do with a with the stock market, but we pleasant surprise at this tend to look on the positive side stage,” said winning Margarula (outside) lands Irish Oaks of things,” he commented. trainer Jim Bolger. INPHO/Tom Honan Hip 123 Seeking the Gold-- “Maybe people are discovering “Margarula has given it Desert Stormer colt that they can invest in horses in- to me today after getting a peach of a ride from Kevin Horsephotos stead.” [Manning], who saved every inch of ground along the inner.” Irish Oaks cont. p4 Despite Tough Times, Sale Continues To Prosper... The general economic decline has been well docu- Sunday, Curragh, Ireland mented, yet in many ways, the July Sale has weath- DARLEY IRISH OAKS-G1, i369,390, Curragh, 7-14, ered the storm quite well. In 2000, Keeneland reported 3yo, f, 1 1/2mT, 2:37.40, sf. sales on a total of 130 horses for $80,732,000 and an 1--#@sMARGARULA (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Doyoun (Ire) average of $621,015, marking the sixth consecutive 1st Dam: Mild Intrigue, by Sir Ivor year of increases in both statistics. Due in large part to 2nd Dam: Mild Deception, by Buckpasser a catalog which featured just 164 yearlings, the streak 3rd Dam: Natashka, by Dedicate was partially snapped last July when the gross reached (Ir£33,000 yrl ‘00 GOFORB). O-Mrs J S Bolger; “just” $63,212,000. However, only 89 lots were re- B-Airlie Stud; T-Jim Bolger; J-Kevin Manning; 225,340. Lifetime Record: 12-4-1-2, 278,532. ported as sold during two sessions, resulting in an i i 2--Quarter Moon (Ire), 126, f, 3, Sadler’s Wells--Jude average of $710,247, a 14.4-percent increase over the (GB), by Darshaan. O-Susan Magnier & Mrs Richard three-session sale in 2000. A more important barome- Henry; B-Premier Bloodstock; i77,610. ter, according to Russell, is the performance of the 3--Lady’s Secret (Ire), 126, f, 3, Alzao--Kaaba (GB), by middle market. Last year’s median of $430,000 repre- Darshaan (GB). (Ir£68,000 yrl ‘00 GOFORB). O-Mrs E sented a 7.5-percent hike versus 2000. “We really Roberts; B-Mrs J Ryan & Mrs John M Weld; i37,610. don’t like to focus on the average,” he explained. Margins: 1, 6, 2. Odds: 33-1, 4-5, 16-1. “We’re more concerned with the median, which we Also ran: Zafaraniya (Ire), Red Rioja (Ire), L’Affaire would certainly like to see grow. Sometimes it’s hard to Monique (GB), Mellow Park (Ire), Irresistible Jewel (Ire), recruit buyers when they see that the average for a sale Starbourne (Ire), Kournakova (Ire), Fearn Royal (Ire), is so much higher than the median.” Cont. p2-3 Tarifana (Ire). gold cup for sky jack p4 ... CAME HOME FIRST IN SWAPS- p5 ...a gleaming ‘angel’ - p5 ... TACTICAL CAT Storm Cat S Terre Haute, by Caro (Ire) (859) 273-1514 P Fax (859) 273-0034 Grade I winner at 2 www.overbrookfarm.com First yearlings sell this summer TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/15/02 • PAGE 2 of 8 Sire Firepower... New Kids On The Block... The typically strong menu of world-class stallions Several new consignors appear on the July scene for includes perennial leading sire Storm Cat, whose five the first time this year. Comprised of Central Kentucky yearlings a year ago sold for an aggregate of $8.85 horsemen Kerry Cauthen, Walmac’s John T.L. Jones million, headlined by his $3-million filly out of Inca Jr., bloodstock agent Dan Kenny and Glencrest Farm’s Lagacy, a full sister to GISW Catinca. The Overbrook David Greathouse, Four Star Sales, founded this past Farm stallion is represented by six yearlings, including March, consigns five head to the sale. “The response hip number 105, set to sell early during tomorrow’s that we have gotten has been extremely positive,” final session. The chestnut filly, consigned by David Cauthen, who is the managing partner of the agency, and Ginger Mullins (Doninga), agent, is out of Amelia commented. “We’ve all been around for a while and we Bearhart (Bold Hour), making her a half sister to 1997 enjoy our working partnership.” Four Star Sales will champion grass horse Chief Bearhart, GISW Explosive expand in the near future. Cauthen estimates that his Red and Ruby Ransom, the dam of MGSW Strut the group will consign about 170 horses to the September Stage. Deputy Minister leads all sires with 15 cata- Sale and somewhere between 225 and 250 to the loged, while other prominent stallions include A.P. Indy Keeneland November Sale. Another new name in the (6), Danzig (5), Gone West (10), Kingmambo (11), Saint Keeneland July catalogue is Paramount Sales, a partner- Ballado (3), Seeking the Gold (6), Thunder Gulch (2), ship involving Taylor Made Sales Agency, Gaines-Gen- Unbridled (7) and Unbridled’s Song (4). A pair of Ken- try Thoroughbreds, Castleton Lyons farm and Pat tucky Derby winners and two promising sons of Storm Costello of Drumkenny Farm. Explaining how Para- Cat head up a list of eight freshman sires with their first mount came to be, Mark Taylor of Taylor Made said, crop of yearlings. Tayor Made’s Forestry (Storm Cat, “With our name recognition, new people were coming seven cataloged) and Exploit (Storm Cat, six) are joined to us, looking to get into the business, and we were by Three Chimneys’ Silver Charm (Silver Buck, one), seeking a new outlet to keep people under the Taylor winner of the 1997 Run for the Roses; and Lane’s Made umbrella while still spending the lion’s share of End’s 1999 Derby hero Charismatic (Summer Squall, our time focusing on our existing customers. We cre- two). Old Trieste (A.P. Indy, six), champion sprinter ated a really interesting mix of people, something that Artax (Marquetry, one), Horse Chestnut (SAf) (Fort had not been done before in the horse industry.” Para- Wood, one), and 1998 Belmont S. winner Victory Gal- mount debuted at the Keeneland October Sale and was lop (Cryptoclearance, one) complete a formidable group an immediate success, ending the auction as the lead- of newcomers. “We have a strong catalogue that ap- ing consignor by gross sales and selling the saletopper, peals to both foreign and domestic buyers,” Russell a $400,000 Pleasant Colony colt. “When people see commented. the quality of the horses when our veteri- the quality that Paramount will be represented with at narians checked them out earlier this year and everyone Keeneland July and Fasig-Tipton July, I think they will seems happy that the horses have progressed nicely.” be impressed,” Taylor said. “They have seven at Keeneland and 15 at Fasig-Tipton, and they have stun- ning individuals in both catalogues.” Also making their SUMMER SALES Keeneland July debut is Chris Hodges and his wife KEENELAND - FRESHMAN SIRES Mindy Powell-Hodges, who consign under the banner of Hodgewell Farm. The Florida-based operation was ac- Stallion Fillies Colts tive at last year’s November Sale, acquiring five wean- Artax 65 lings for a combined $614,000. Each of the five lots is Charismatic 58, 141 170 wheeled back this week, the most expensive of which Exploit 23, 116, 151 19, 47 is a Saint Ballado--Smokey Mirage filly (hip 184), which 177 was purchased for $235,000. Also included in the Forestry 57, 137, 144 28, 40, 62, 110 consignment is a Gulch filly purchased in January. Horse Chestnut (SAf) 119 “We’re pleased that we have some new clients partici- Old Trieste 139, 176 43, 55, 198 pating in the July Sale for the first time,” Geoffrey Silver Charm 127 Russell commented. The July Sale is an important ba- Victory Gallop 24 rometer for the whole industry and people want to be www.keeneland.com part of it. The success of the July Sale has made it obvious that it’s a sale they need to participate in.” Taylor Made Sales Graduate ORCHARD PARK wins TAYLOR the $500,000 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs July 13 Congratulations to owner Peter Vegso and trainer Bill Mott. MADE Taylor Made is the #1 consignor of 2002 Graded Stakes Winners phone (859) 885-3345 Isn’t it time you came to Taylor Made? fax (859) 887-1754 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 7/15/02 • PAGE 3 of 8 The Return of Some Old Friends... A Positive Spin on the Market..