After Market, Einstein return in the 7th at GP. HEADLINE p. 1 ATW NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2007 SUNLINE COLT SHINES IN KARAKA GULFSTREAM ESTABLISHES BARBARO FOUN- A colt out of Australasian superstar Sunline (NZ) DATION Gulfstream Park President and General Man- (Desert Sun {GB}) put the polishing touches on a ager Bill Murphy announced yesterday that the track record-setting Premier Yearling Sale at Karaka yester- would establish the ABarbaro Foundation,@ which will day, attracting a final bid of NZ$2 million. The yearling oversee an annual scholarship by Zabeel (NZ) became the program for future veterinarians. third highest-priced horse The announcement followed ever sold at Karaka. He Monday=s news that Barbaro was purchased by Don Ha, (Dynaformer), winner of the a real estate broker from 2006 GI Kentucky Derby and GI Auckland, who admitted Florida Derby, was put down he had only decided to bid due to complications of laminitis. on the colt Monday and AThe sacrifices of owners Roy saw him for the first time and Gretchen Jackson, and the yesterday. AI was moti- enormity of their colt's contribu- Barbaro after Florida Derby vated by the success of tion to the sport, and the cour- Equi-Photo horses like Darci Brahma age of all involved, have been (NZ) and thought there is inestimable,@ Murphy said in a press release. AThe Lot 411 NZ$2,000,000 only one opportunity to Barbaro story went beyond racing. It held us all in its Zabeel--Sunline colt buy a horse like this,@ Ha grip for eight months. On behalf of Magna Entertain- www.nzb.co.nz said. AI plan to form a syn- ment Corp. and Chairman Frank Stronach, we at dicate to race him and, Gulfstream Park will proudly honor the people who tried with his pedigree, keep him as a future stallion pros- so hard to create a better ending than the one we re- pect.@ Ha, a Vietnamese refugee who came to New ceived. The entire Barbaro team--the Jacksons, trainer Zealand 20 years ago, has been involved in racing for Michael Matz, jockey Edgar Prado, the veterinary staff seven years, but had never before spent more than and his fans throughout the world--deserve recognition NZ$60,000 for a horse. He offered the colt to Stephen after this experience.@ Details of the scholarship pro- McKee to train. AIt was a bolt out of the blue when he gram will be announced shortly. Barbaro won both of asked me, but of course I=m overjoyed,@ said McKee, his starts last year at Gulfstream: the GIII Holy Bull S. in who also conditioned Sunline. AIt couldn=t really get any February in his dirt debut and the Florida Derby Apr. 1. better.@ The yearling was consigned by Cambridge Stud. Cont. p2 PREMIUM TAP OUT OF DONN? Multiple Grade I winner Premium Tap (Pleasant Tap), New Zealand Premier Yearling Sale who was expected to face Invasor (Arg) in Saturday=s Tuesday, January 30, 2007 GI Donn H., will likely skip the race in favor of the Feb. 16 Kings Cup in Saudi Arabia, according to Daily Racing SESSION: 2007 2006 Form. The five-year-old was purchased privately in No. Offered 432 481 December by a Amember of the royal family of Saudi No. Sold 363 390 Arabia.@ Trainer John Kimmel told DRF, AI'll be having a RNA 69 91 discussion with representatives for the new owner...but %RNA 16.0% 18.9% Gross NZ$56,834,000 NZ$49,558,000 from what they're telling me their preference now is to Average (% change) NZ$156,567 (+23.2%) NZ$127,072 pass the Donn and instead send him to Saudi Arabia for Median (% change) NZ$110,000 (+37.5%) NZ$80,000 the Kings Cup...He'll use that as his final prep for the www.nzb.co.nz World Cup [Mar. 31], which is the primary goal.@ Cont. p3 www.taylormadestallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/31/07 • PAGE 2 of 16 Vela added, ANew Zealand buyers were also out in NEW ZEALAND force, which we hope will continue throughout the rest BLOODSTOCK of the week at Karaka.@ The National Yearling Sales PREMIER YEARLING SALE Series continues today at Karaka with the first day of the Select Sale starting at 2 p.m. Two other colts also passed the million-dollar mark at yesterday=s session. A yearling by Redoute=s Choice PREMIER YEARLING SALE (Aus) sold for NZ$1.3 million to Peter Moody, acting on TUESDAY’S TOP 6 LOTS behalf of a syndicate of Australasian owners. AHe is a Hip Sex Sire Dam Price (NZ$) lovely horse with quite a bit of Danehill about him, but 411 colt Zabeel (NZ) Sunline (NZ) 2,000,000 very athletic with a good attitude,@ Moody said. AHe is a Consigned by Cambridge Stud good racehorse for Australia and a good stallion pros- Purchased by Manukau Bloodstock pect for New Zealand. He=s coped phenomenally well at 267 colt Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Mascara Magic (NZ) 1,300,000 the sale and an attitude like that goes a long way to- Consigned by Haunui Farm wards making a good racehorse.@ The yearling is out of Mascara Magic (NZ) (Citidancer), a full sister to Group Purchased by P Moody 1-placed Citirecruit. Also topping the seven-figure mark 314 colt Lonhro (Aus) Palme d’Or (Aus) 1,050,000 yesterday was a colt from the first crop of Australian Consigned by Ascot Farm Horse of the Year Lonhro (Aus), who fetched NZ$1.05 Purchased by Equine & Livestock million from New Zealand trainer Graeme Stubbings. 381 colt Encosta de Lago (Aus) Slip Sliding 725,000 The yearling, out of Palme d=Or (Aus) (Royal Academy), Consigned by Curraghmore Stud is from the family of MG1SW Belle du Jour (Aus). He Purchased by D C Ellis was consigned by Ascot Farm. During two days of 280 filly Encosta de Lago (Aus) Miss Helga (Ire) 625,000 selling, records were set for aggregate, median and Consigned by Curraghmore Stud average. A total of 363 yearlings sold for an all-time Purchased by BBA - Ireland record Premier Sale aggregate of NZ$56,834,000. The 254 filly Redoute’s Choice (Aus) Luna Tudor (Aus) 600,000 sale median was NZ$110,000--up 38 percent from a Consigned by Trelawney Stud year ago and up 22 percent from the previous record of Purchased by J B Cummings NZ$90,000. The average was a record NZ$156,567. That figure is up 24 percent from last year and up 23 percent from the previous record average of 2007 PREMIER SALE NZ$128,252 set in 2000. AIt has been a sensational Top 5 First-Season Sires by Average result for the industry, with record returns to vendors (3 or more sold) and a strong median and clearance rate showing that Sire Sold Average Gross Top Price there was genuine strength and depth to the market,@ Lonhro (Aus) 3 410,000 1,230,000 1,050,000 said New Zealand Bloodstock Marketing Manager Falbrav (Ire) 3 196,667 590,000 300,000 Petrea Vela yesterday. AParticularly pleasing was the Exceed and Excel (Aus) 3 166,667 500,000 300,000 buying bench assembed at Karaka, one of the strongest we have seen here in some time. There was over- Reset (Aus) 6 142,500 855,000 200,000 whelming demand for good quality bloodstock, continu- Thorn Park 13 133,846 1,740,000 260,000 ing a trend we have seen around the world over the All figures in New Zealand dollars. past months.@ www.nzb.co.nz 859.455.9388 vinery.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/31/07 • PAGE 3 of 16 Unbeaten Hard Spun N E W S T O D A Y HARD SPUN TO SOUTHWEST P P (Danzig) will remain at Oaklawn Park for the Southwest S. Feb. 19 instead of travelling to Fair Grounds for the NO DONN FOR PREMIUM TAP? cont. from p1 Feb. 10 GIII Risen Star S. Winner of the GI Woodward S. and GI Clark H. in Rick Porter=s three-year-old 2006, Premium Tap also ran third to subsequent Horse was a handy winner of the of the Year Invasor in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic. The GIII Lecomte S. Jan. 13 at five-year-olds are slated to re- the New Orleans oval in his match in the 10-furlong G1 Dubai most recent start, but had a World Cup at Nad Al Sheba Mar. minor cough last week. He 31. Should Premium Tap bypass breezed three-eighths in the Donn, he will have two more :36 4/5 Sunday at Oaklawn. Hard Spun & Larry Jones breezes at Gulfstream before ship- AHard Spun had been cough- Coady Photography ping to Saudi Arabia, according to ing during the week,@ trainer Kimmel. AI'm sending one of my Larry Jones said after the work, Aso it was great to see Premium Tap Equi-Photo people with the horse and she'll that he didn=t cough at all during the work. I couldn=t be stay with him through the World any happier with his move. He finished up well, and Cup,@ Kimmel continued. AAfter that, he's scheduled to galloped out nicely. Everything went perfect.@ Following return with me to continue his 2007 campaign with a the Southwest, Oaklawn=s series for three-year-olds return trip to the [GI] Breeders' Cup Classic [Oct.