MACHO UNO 6 G1 Winners & 4 DAILY Millionaires ADENA SPRINGS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2015 WWW.BLOODHORSE.COM KENTUCKY IN TODAY’S EDITION SMARTY JONES RETURNING TO KENTUCKY 3 BREEDER JOHN LIVIAKIS EYES JACKPOT 4 EUROPEAN QUARTET TO TEST JAPAN'S BEST 5 UNCERTAINTY LINGERS ON PA FUNDING PLAN 5 MEMORIES OF WINTER GOOD FIT FOR JACKPOT 6 RESULTS 7 GOFFS PHOTO ENTRIES 9 John Ferguson signed for the €1.1 million ($1,180,850) son of Dubawi and Irish classic winner Nightime LEADING LISTS 18 DUBAWI COLT TOPS GOFFS FOAL SALE By Carl Evans ohn Ferguson—or more pertinently, Sheikh Mo- Jhammed's Darley operation—likes the progeny of Galileo's Irish One Thousand Guineas (Ire-I) winner Nightime. On two occasions Ferguson invested in her yearlings. In 2012 he purchased a Raven's Pass colt, and yesterday, at Goffs' November foal sale's final session, he bought a Dubawi weanling whose €1.1 million ($1,180,850) price was an Irish record for a male weanling. While the price was short of Ireland's €1.8 million ($2,259,720) foal record for a Frankel filly who changed hands at Goffs last year, it was undoubtedly an upbeat note at a sale that showed declines in all the key figures. Last year's event set across-the-board records, but this year's gross figure of €25,847,500 ($27.7 million) fell 6.0% short, the average of €31,950 ($34,298) represented a 16% decline, while the median dropped 22% to €18,000 ($19,323). No less worryingly, the clearance rate tumbled to 77% from last year's 85%. Because foal production in Ireland is increasing, this sale staged an additional session. The 2015 fig- ures, however, suggest the saturation point has been reached.BH BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE smartphone app PAGE 1 OF 18 Goffs Bloodstock Sales 2015 November Foal Sale, Day 5 LATEST HEADLINES FROM BLOODHORSE.COM Top Hips BRITISH STAYER RED CADEAUX EUTHANIZED Hip Sex, Sire—Dam Sale Price Three-time Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) runner-up 1129 c, wlg, Dubawi (IRE)—Nightime (IRE) $1,180,850 and global fan favorite Red Cadeaux has been Buyer: John Ferguson Bloodstock euthanized because of complications from the Consignor: The Castlebridge Consignment injury he suffered Nov. 3 while making his fifth 1182 c, wlg, Galileo (IRE)—Sogno Verde (IRE) $509,913 appearance in the race. Buyer: Hunday Consignor: Swordlestown Little BEN'S CAT SEEKS FOURTH FABULOUS STRIKE 1165 f, wlg, New Approach (IRE)—Scribonia (IRE) $483,075 Ben's Cat, the formidable iron horse who Buyer: D. Farrington Consignor: Redmondstown Stud keeps on campaigning for Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury, could take home his fourth 1115 c, wlg, Dark Angel (IRE)—Miss Beatrix (IRE) $397,195 Buyer: Rob Speers consecutive edition of the $200,000 Fabulous Consignor: Balintougher Stud Strike Handicap Nov. 25 at Penn National. 1178 c, wlg, Dawn Approach (IRE)—Simonetta (IRE) $322,050 Buyer: John Ferguson Bloodstock SHORT HOSPITAL VISITS FOR JOCKEYS SAEZ, Consignor: Esker Lodge Stud DOYLE Jockeys Sebastian Saez and Sophie 1201 c, wlg, Dark Angel (IRE)—Vanishing Grey (IRE) $322,050 Doyle avoided serious injury in a Nov. 19 spill at Buyer: John Ferguson Bloodstock Churchill Downs. Consignor: Springfort Park Stud 1162 c, wlg, Invincible Spirit (IRE)—Sanna Bay (IRE) $300,580 VIRGINIA GROUP PURSUES THOROUGHBRED Buyer: John Ferguson Bloodstock HOME The Virginia Equine Alliance updated its Consignor: Oghill House Stud members Nov. 20 on its efforts to find a home 1068 c, wlg, Kodiac (GB)—Four Eleven $279,110 for Thoroughbred racing in the state and other Buyer: Blandford Bloodstock Consignor: Knockainey Stud initiatives. 1077 c, wlg, Oasis Dream (GB)—Harmonic Note (GB) $225,435 Buyer: Ballyshiel Farm CLAIMING CROWN ATTRACTS 309 Consignor: The Castlebridge Consignment NOMINATIONS The Dec. 5 Claiming Crown, with 1023 c, wlg, Invincible Spirit (IRE)—Boastful (IRE) $203,965 total purses of $1.1 million for nine races, has Buyer: John Ferguson Bloodstock attracted 309 nominations and will highlight Consignor: Irish National Stud opening day of Gulfstream Park's Championship Meet. CBA SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULED FOR FEB. 2 The Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association has scheduled its third annual educational symposium for Feb. 2, 2016, at the Keeneland sales pavilion in Lexington. Get the FREE smartphone app! Blood-Horse DAILY A FREE NEW ROUND-UP OF THOROUGHBRED NEWS, ANALYSIS, ENTRIES & RESULTS BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2015 PAGE 2 OF 18 smartphone app SMARTY JONES RETURNING TO KENTUCKY By Madison Scott he 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes T(both gr. I) winner Smarty Jones will move to Cal- umet Farm for 2016, returning to Kentucky after five seasons in Pennsylvania. The champion 3-year-old male will stand for $7,500, up from his $4,000 fee in 2015. Retired to stud at Three Chimneys Farm after his memorable 2004 campaign, Smarty Jones stood six years in Kentucky before moving to his native Penn- sylvania, standing first at Ghost Ridge Farm and then Northview Stallion Station. Smarty Jones was among the top Pennsylvania sires each year. Smarty Jones has produced 5% stakes winners LIVINGSTON BARBARA D. from foals of racing age, 27 stakes winners in total, Dual classic winner Smarty Jones will stand at Calumet Farm in 2016 highlighted by grade I winner Centralinteligence and after five seasons in Pennsylvania foreign-raced champions Better Life and Smart D N A. Roy and Patricia Chapman's Someday Farm, which bred and raced Smarty Jones, still owns a controlling interest. Though he has shuttled to Uruguay in the Contact us past, there are no plans for the horse to return to the (800) 582-5604 or (859) 278-2361 Southern Hemisphere. BH Comments, Story Ideas [email protected] Advertising Questions [email protected] Customer Service © 2015 Blood-Horse LLC [email protected] Friday, December 4, 2015 Location: 9am — 12pm Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion Complimentary breakfast 415 East Avenue and lunch to be served Saratoga Springs, NY Please RSVP to 518-587-0777 • [email protected] by December 1st BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2015 PAGE 3 OF 18 smartphone app RICK SAMUELS John Liviakis, who bred 2015 graded winners Gomo and Tommy Macho, is the breeder of Delta Downs Jackpot contender Whitmore BREEDER JOHN LIVIAKIS EYES JACKPOT By Claire Novak hitmore could add to a strong season for Wbreeder John Liviakis in the Nov. 21 Delta Downs Jackpot (gr. III). Responsible for Alcibiades Stakes (gr. I) winner Gomo and Discovery Handicap (gr. III) victor Tom- my Macho this year, Liviakis has also bred graded stakes winners Handsome Mike, Reneesgotzip, Renee's Titan, and Mighty Caroline. Liviakis sold Whitmore to Robert LaPenta, Harry Rosenblum, and Southern Springs Stables. The Pleasantly Perfect gelding broke his maiden im- pressively at first asking Nov. 6. "Whitmore was liked a lot by Jeff Mackor, the agent who was astute enough to pick out Tommy Macho," Liviakis said. "Everything I have is always for sale." Liviakis, who has 12 broodmares boarded be- tween War Horse Place and Hill 'n' Dale, believes the most effective broodmare sires are Smart Strike and Arch. "The science of matings is of great interest to me; I've been studying it since I was 18 and I'm 60, so that's 42 years of studying equine genetics," he said. "It's definitely a fascination of mine." BH BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2015 PAGE 4 OF 18 smartphone app EUROPEAN QUARTET TO TEST JAPAN'S BEST By Myra Lewyn our European group I winners are on course for Fthe $5.2 million Japan Cup (Jpn-I) Nov. 29 at Tokyo. No foreign horse has won Japan's richest race since Alkaased in 2005. British-based Trip To Paris, who won the Gold Cup (Eng-I) at Royal Ascot; French-based Erupt, who captured the Grand Prix de Paris (Fr-I); and the Ger- man-trained pair of Ito, who took the Grosser Preis von Bayern (Ger-I), and Nightflower, a filly who beat males in the Preis von Europa (Ger-I), are set for the 1 1/2-mile turf contest. Japan-based Lovely Day is the expected race favorite. "I've been hearing that in Europe, they're saying the Japanese horses aren't very good this season," said Lovely Day's trainer Yasutoshi Ikee. A win would MASAKAZU TAKAHASHI mark Lovely Day's seventh group victory of 2015 Lovely Day, who enters off a win in the Nov. 1 Tenno Sho, is the likely and virtually guarantee the 5-year-old son of King favorite for the Nov. 29 Japan Cup Kamehameha (Kingmambo) Japan's Horse of the Year honors. Among other entrants, Gold Ship is targeting a record-tying seventh group I win in Japan. BH UNCERTAINTY LINGERS over the past 10 years; in 2014 it stood at $33 million ON PA FUNDING PLAN for all six tracks in Pennsylvania. The funding shortfall is estimated at about $10 million. BH By Tom LaMarra ennsylvania lawmakers are scheduled—and that's Pthe operative word—Nov. 23 to review language for legislation that would create a stable funding mechanism for regulating the state's horse racing. The agenda for a meeting of the House Agricul- ture and Rural Affairs Committee lists discussion of Senate Bill 352, which is basically a rewrite of a decades-old pari-mutuel law. The bill, which was introduced in June but never left committee, covers everything from pari-mutuel tax rates to funding for marketing to having a single racing commission rather than one each for Thoroughbreds and Stand- ardbreds.