Biomechanics & Cardio Scores HEADLINE for Yearlings, 2YOs, Racehorses, Mares & Stallions NEWS BreezeFigs™ at the Two-Year-Old Sales For information about TDN, DATATRACK call 732-747-8060. www.biodatatrack.com www.thoroughbreddailynews.com WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 Bob Fierro • Jay Kilgore • Frank Mitchell SUMMER SQUALL DEAD Classic winner Summer Squall (Storm Bird--Weekend Surprise, by Secretariat), pensioned in 2004 due to Racing fertility problems, was euthanized at Lane=s End Farm near Versailles, Kentucky, yesterday due to the infir- Round-Up mities of old age. He was 22. Bred by Lane=s End, the Rip on Song... half-brother to champion Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith=s A.P. Indy (Seattle Slew) Rip Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) came through his was bought by Cot Camp- latest home spin bell=s Dogwood Stable for with flying colors $300,000 at the 1988 and remains firmly Keeneland July Sale. In his on course for Satur- three seasons on the track, day=s G1 Queen Summer Squall compiled a Elizabeth II S. at record of 20-13-4-0, with Ascot. Despite the wins in the GI Preakness G1 Sussex S. win- S., GI Hopeful S., GII Jim ner=s well-docu- Beam S., GII Pennsylvania mented injury woes, Derby, GII Blue Grass S., he is likely to take NYRA Photo GII Fayette H. and GII the place of www.bbc.co.uk Saratoga Special S. He Mastercraftsman bankrolled $1,844,282. From 12 crops to race, he sired (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) in the mile showcase event. champions Charismatic, who took the GI Kentucky ARip Van Winkle and Mastercraftsman both cantered Derby and GI Preakness S. in 1999; and Storm Song, this morning and everything went well,@ Aidan O=Brien winner of the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies S. in commented. AIt=s been so far so good with him, and he 1996. Overall, Summer Squall had 35 black-type win- cantered today and Johnny [Murtagh] rode him, and ners, with progeny earnings of more than $34 million. seemed happy with him.@ ADENA COLT TOPS KEESEP TUESDAY Hip 2510, an Adena Springs-bred colt by Giant=s Causeway out of millionaire Smok=n Frolic (Smoke Glacken), brought a final bid of $260,000 from All The Rage Partners to top Tuesday=s session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in Lexington. The winner of six graded stakes, in- cluding the GII Cotillion H. and GII Demoiselle S., 10-year-old Smok=n Frolic was acquired by Adena for $1,250,000 as a broodmare prospect at Keeneland November in 2004. Bred to A.P. Smok’n Frolic kentucky.com Indy the following spring, the mare produced a colt that brought $380,000 at the Adena Springs Two-Year-Old Sale in 2008. The Frank Stronach operation sent Smok=n Frolic back through the ring at KEENOV 2008 and, in foal to Ghostzapper, she was purchased by Shadai Farm for $750,000. Stats/Toppers, p2 www.taylormadestallions.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/23/09 • PAGE 2 of 3 Pat Costello • 859.296.6455 • www.paramountsales.net TUESDAY’S TOP LOTS Hip Sex Sire Dam Price ($) 2510 c Giant’s Causeway Smok=n Frolic 260,000 B-Adena Springs (Ky) Consigned by Adena Springs Purchased by All The Rage Partners 2635 c Sky Mesa Boardroom Scandal 230,000 B-Seth Klarman (KY) Consigned by Lane=s End, agent Purchased by Hartley/De Renzo 2756 f Dixie Union Icy Demeanor 200,000 ($40,000 wnl >08 KEENOV) B-Woodlawn Breeding Inc & W S Farish (Ky) Consigned by Lane=s End, agent Purchased by W. D. North Thoroughbreds 2779 c War Front Le Relais 180,000 B-Brookfield Stud LLC (KY) Consigned by Elm Tree Farm LLC (Mr. & Mrs. Jody Huckabay), Agent XI Purchased by Steve Shahinian, agent for Harvey A. Clarke 2570 c Indian Charlie Uncommon Queen 150,000 ($75,000 wnlg >08 KEENOV) KEENELAND SEPTEMBER STATISTICS B-Lazy Lane Farms (VA) Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent for Whitechurch Farm TUESDAY, SEPT. 22, 2009 Purchased by Bradley Thoroughbred Brokerage 2647 c Bluegrass Cat Career Oriented 150,000 SESSION TOTALS 2009 2008 B-D J Stable (KY) Catalogued 416 398 Consigned by Crossroads Sales Agency, agent No. Offered 366 375 Purchased by Ben Glass, agent No. Sold 274 270 2866 f Forestry Purple Princess 135,000 RNAs 92 105 B-Adena Springs (ON) % RNA 25% 28% Consigned by Adena Springs High Price $260,000 $250,000 Purchased by Ben Hutzel Gross $9,744,700 $14,116,400 2594 c Birdstone Zamgo 130,000 Average (% change) $35,565 (-31.98%) $52,283 B-Sidney B & Nellie Cox (VA) Median (% change) $25,000 (-37.50%) $40,000 Consigned by Dapple Stud, agent for Rose Retreat Farm & Nellie Mae Cox Purchased by Whitehorse Stables/Foye Genetics, agent CUMULATIVE 2009 2008 Catalogued 2866 2915 No. Offered 2530 2629 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. No. Sold 1747 1967 This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by RNAs 783 662 any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior % RNA 31% 25.2% written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. No. $1million+ 4 18 Information as to the American races, race results and High Price $2,050,000 $3,100,000 Gross $171,778,500 $295,453,300 earnings was obtained from results charts published in Average (% change) $98,328 (-34.54%) $150,205 Daily Racing Form and utilized here with the permission Median (% change) $55,000 (-42.11%) $95,000 of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. www.keeneland.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 9/23/09 • PAGE 3 of 3 Michael T. Levy • James Hill (859) 253-1114 • www.muirfieldinsurance.com Malkovich saddles up for Secretariat 2570 c Indian Charlie Uncommon Queen 150,000 Diane Lane co-stars in horse racing drama Michael Fleming, Variety B-Lazy Lane Farms (VA) Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent for Whitechurch Farm We Can Always Build More Casinos, Right? Purchased by Bradley Thoroughbreds Brokerage Desperate states looking for money in gambling and This colt, out of a half-sister to millionaire and MGISW Excellent drinking may well be out luck, because a sin tax isn't Meeting (General Meeting), was picked up by David Hanley’s Whitechurch Farm for $75,000 as a KEENOV weanling. It is also the all that helpful when people aren't sinning family of Allicansayiswow (Street Cry {Ire}), who was second when Nate Silver, Esquire taking on the boys in the GII Del Mar BC Mile S. last month. The bay turned a 100-percent profit with the return to the ring here. 2589 f Pomeroy Wonderful Lady 80,000 WHAT IS OPPENHEIM B-Silverleaf Farms (FL) ON ABOUT NOW? Consigned by Brookdale Sales, agent Whether it=s sales, racing or Purchased by Moreau Bloodstock International, agent breeding...read the latest musings DG Farms picked up this filly as a $25,000 KEENOV weanling, and from Bill Oppenheim! reaped the rewards when her half-sister, Yes She’s A Lady (Yes It’s You can find all of Oppenheim=s True) went three-for-three this season, including a 10-length romp in the columns in the TDN Archive. Deceit S. at Belmont in May. Indian Charlie - Shahalo, by Halo Touch Gold - Sultry Allure, by Forty Niner Thunder Gulch - Circle of Life, by Belong to Me A.P. Indy - Adoradancer, by Danzig Connection Distorted Humor - Tom’s Cat, by Storm Cat Elmaamul - Sweet Revival (GB), by Claude Monet Elusive Quality - First Glimmer, by Glitterman Johannesburg - St. Michele, by Devil’s Bag Maria’s Mon - Ionlyhaveeyesforu, by Tunerup Forest Wildcat - Penniless Heiress, by Pentelicus A.P. Indy - Zagora, by Kingmambo Stallions nominated to Breeders’ Cup, FSS & FTCS Brent & Crystal Fernung, Owners | Ken Breitenbecker, General Manager 5571 NW 100th Street, Ocala, FL 34482 | Office: 352.629.1200 | Fax: 352.629.1201 [email protected] | www.JourneymanStud.com claibornefarm.com WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 H I N D U S T R Y I N F O H Ohio Slots In Jeopardy: A provision in the state=s budget bill, passed in July, H N E W Y O R K H seemed to pave the way for slot machines at Ohio=s seven racetracks. But the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, Belmont Park Monday that, before the measure can move forward, CAT CHAT S., $65,000, 3yo, f, 1m there must be a public referendum on the issue. Due to PP HORSE SIRE Jockey Trainer Wt ML the lateness of the decision, it is unlikely that there is 1 Acronym Empire Maker Garcia Frankel 118 9-5 time to get the slots referendum on the ballot this No- 2 Devil by Design Medaglia d’Oro D’mo Mott 118 6-1 vember, so tracks will not know until next year if they 3 Ain't Love Grand Dixie Union Velasquez Dutrow Jr 118 8-1 will get approval or not. But there could be a vote on 4 Pamona Ball Pleasantly Perfect Maragh Harty 118 12-1 whether or not to legalize stand-alone casinos in four of 5 War Echo Tapit Bridgmohan Asmussen 122 3-1 the largest cities in the state at the next election. 6 Malibu Prayer Malibu Moon Velazquez Pletcher 118 5-2 LetOhioVote.org has been collecting signatures to get a Click here for the brisnet.com PPs. referendum regarding casinos on the November ballot. If the signatures they have accumulated are deemed BLACK-TYPE STAKES CLOSINGS valid, casinos could get the nod from voters this fall, TODAY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23: giving them as much as a year=s head start on the race- tracks in getting their gaming operations up and run- 10-10 $200/50,000 Mazarine-III, Wo, 2yo, f, ning.