HEADLINE NEWS For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009 ZENSATIONAL TO HILL ‘N’ DALE Multiple Grade I winner and J “TDN Rising Star” J Zensational (Unbridled=s Song--Joke, by Phone Trick) GOFFS ORBY SALE will take up stud duties at Hill >n= Dale Farm at the con- Sept. 29-Oct. 1 clusion of his racing career. Racing for Zayat Stables, the PIVOTAL COLT STARS AT KILDARE three-year-old has Pivotal (GB) played a major role during the second reeled off three session of the Goffs Orby Sale yesterday in Kildare and straight wins versus provided the day=s central focus when his Moyglare older horses in the July Stud-consigned colt sold to John Ferguson for 5 GI Triple Bend H., i320,000 (approximately $468,369). Consigned by Aug. 8 GI Bing Crosby Walter Haefner=s world-renowned establishment, hip H. and GI Pat O=Brien 282 is out of In Anticipation (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) and is Benoit photo H. On the board in six a half-brother to the high-class Irresistible Jewel (Ire) of seven starts to (Danehill), winner of the 2002 G2 Ribblesdale S. and date, the gray colt has won five races and earned G3 Blandford S. and runner-up in that year=s G1 Prix de $609,300. AZensational is the type of horse I hoped to l=Opera. Irresistible Jewel has already started to make own when I got into this business,@ said Ahmed Zayat, her own mark at stud, with her daughter Mad About who purchased the colt for $700,000 as a Fasig-Tipton You (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}) almost registering a Classic Calder juvenile. AZayat Stables will retain 100 percent success last term when a promoted second in the ownership until Zensational arrives at Hill >n= Dale in G1 Irish 1000 Guineas before returning in 2009 to win Kentucky. AWe could have stood this horse anywhere, the G3 Gladness S. Yesterday=s offering is also a half to but elected to do a deal with Hill >n= Dale because of Diamond Trim (Ire) (Highest Honor {Fr}), whose runner their extraordinary track record of making such horses Profound Beauty (Ire) (Danehill) enjoys lofty status in as Stormy Atlantic, Medaglia d=Oro and Candy Ride this country as a result of her successes in this year=s (Arg).@ Hill >n= Dale President John Sikura added, G3 Curragh Cup and G3 Ballyroan S. AObviously, the AZensational is a horse that got my full attention when Pivotal is from an excellent family,@ commented Joe breaking his maiden in spectacular fashion in a hand Osborne, who was bidding on behalf of Ferguson. AHe ride. He has accomplished as a three-year-old what no was a very good colt and we=ve been lucky with Moy- horse ever has. He is a rare and special racehorse with glare before. We=re very fond of the sire, who gets a lot the kind of brilliance that defines great sires.@ of very good winners over a variety of distances.@ cont. p2 CALIFORNIA FLAG REPEATS IN MORVICH GOFFS ORBY SALE STATISTICS California Flag (Avenue of Flags) was well supported WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 2009 at 8-5 to repeat in Oak Tree=s opening day feature--the Session Cumulative GIII Morvich H.--and the grey did not disappoint as a No. Catalogued 211 424 came home a one-length winner over Get Funky No. Offered 193 385 (Straight Man). AHe=s by far the fastest horse I=ve ever No. Sold 167 326 ridden,@ said winning rider Joe Talamo. A[Trainer] Brian RNAs 26 59 [Koriner] has done a great job with him. He=s so much % RNA 13.5% 15.3% more relaxed this year..you could ride him with a loose High Price €320,000 €475,000 Gross €10,881,000 €22,152,000 rein. I love the way he comes up to the Breeders= Cup Average €65,156 €67,951 [Turf Sprint Nov. 7].@ Cont. p6 Median €48,000 €50,000 www.hillndalefarms.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/1/09 • PAGE 2 of 10 GOFFS ORBY WEDNESDAY - TOP EIGHT LOTS Hip Sex Sire Dam Price (i) 282 c Pivotal (GB) In Anticipation (Ire) 320,000 Consigned by Moyglare Stud Farm Purchased by John Ferguson 292 f Galileo (Ire) Jewel in the Sand (Ire) 310,000 Consigned by Croom House Stud Purchased by BBA Ireland 399 f Galileo (Ire) Parvenue (Fr) 280,000 Consigned by Ashtown House Stud Purchased by Clive Gardiner 215 f Dalakhani (Ire) Dievotchkina (Ire) 220,000 Consigned by Middlelane Farm Purchased by John Ferguson 280 c Oasis Dream (GB) Horatia (Ire) 220,000 (80,000gns wnlg >08 TATDEC) Consigned by Hawthorn Villa Stud Purchased by Badgers Bloodstock 418 f Good Reward Princess Kris (GB) 220,000 Consigned by Airlie Stud Purchased by John Ferguson 338 c Danehill Dancer (Ire) Luna Wells (Ire) 210,000 Consigned by Oaks Farm Stables Purchased by Sylvain Vidal 415 f Pivotal (GB) Polish Descent (Ire) 210,000 Consigned by Cahermorris Stables Ltd Purchased by Citywest Inc Ltd Cont from p1 John Ferguson also was the name on the docket after Osborne bid successfully at i220,000 for Middlelane Late in the session, another daughter of Galileo set Farm=s hip 215, a daughter of Dalakhani (Ire) whose off fireworks when selling to Goffs auctioneer Clive half-brother Khor Dubai (Ire) (Kheleyf) is a useful per- Gardiner, who was bidding on behalf of an undisclosed former for the Godolphin stable. Her dam Dievotchkina buyer over the phone for i280,000. From the draft of (Ire) (Bluebird) is a half to the group-winning trio of Paul Shanahan=s Ashtown House Stud, hip 399's page Russian Hope (Ire) (Rock Hopper {GB}), Russian Cross features the 1990 G1 Middle Park S. scorer and (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and Archange d=Or (Ire) Classic-placed sire Lycius (Mr. Prospector), the 1994 (Danehill). @The Dalakhani was a lovely filly from a very G3 Prix de Cabourg winner and G1 Prix Morny and G1 good home which has produced a number of high-class Moyglare Stud S. placegetter Tereshkova (Mr. Prospec- horses already,@ Osborne added. tor) and Akabir (Riverman), who was successful in the 1987 GII Dixie H. and GII Bougainvillea H. Three other A True Jewel... fillies by Galileo to sell for six figures were Ballylinch Denis and Joan Brosnan=s Croom House Stud con- Stud=s hip 234, a three-parts sister to the triple listed signed a Medicean (GB) colt that sold for i240,000 winner and group-placed Ezima (Ire) (Sadler=s Wells) during Tuesday=s opening session and they were in the bought by that filly=s trainer Jim Bolger for i150,000; limelight again yesterday after their daughter of Jewel Airlie Stud=s hip 310, whose dam is a three-parts sister In the Sand (Ire) (Bluebird) was the top-priced filly. Hip to the Classic-winning sire Bachelor Duke also bought 292 is by Galileo (Ire) and her dam was the winner of for i150,000 by Demi O=Byrne; and another from the 2004 G2 Cherry Hinton S. She was knocked down Croom House consigned as hip 336, a Cheveley Park to Adrian Nicoll of BBA Ireland for i310,000. AI=ve Stud purchase at i140,000 whose dam is a half to the bought her on behalf of a partnership being put to- triple Group 3 winner and 2006 G1 Eclipse S. and gether by Ben Sangster, which is going to buy several G1 Juddmonte International placegetter Blue Monday top fillies,@ Nicoll said. AThis filly was a really good sort (GB) (Darshaan {GB}). out of a very good race mare and by a top-class stal- lion. I thought that she was actually quite reasonably priced. I=ve bought Ben two Galileo fillies in the past-- TDN TODAY Dress Rehearsal (Ire) and Paris Winds (Ire)--and both of Headline News.................... 10 pages them have gone on to be stakes winners.@ P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 10/1/09 • PAGE 3 of 10 Goffs Orby cont. Evening Delights... The Dream Continues... Deep into the session, a duo of choicely bred fillies Oasis Dream (GB) is one of the hottest properties sparked some spirited bidding. It began with the sale of around at present, courtesy of a stellar 2009 season, another of the Pivotal offerings. From Cahermorris and Badgers Bloodstock made certain of securing his Stables, hip 415 is a sister to 2005 G1 Irish 1000 Guin- colt consigned as hip 280 by Paddy Twomey=s Haw- eas winner Saoire (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), whose filly by thorn Villa Stud. Grant Pritchard-Gordon=s agency came Giant=s Causeway remains the sale topper after fetching out on top at i220,000. Bred from the late Gerald i475,000 on Tuesday. Earle Mack=s Citywest Inc. Ltd. Leigh=s family of Markofdistinction (GB), the dam is the prevailed on the filly with a bid of i210,000 yesterday. smart Horatia (Ire) (Machiavellian), who took the GIII AIt was worth the trip over to Ireland to land such a Vinery Matchmaker and was third in the 1999 GII Long quality filly by Pivotal,@ said Mack, former U.S. Ambas- Island H. She has a smart two-year-old filly running for sador to Finland and Chairman of the New York Racing her in the current season in the Sandown conditions Commission. AI plan to bring her back to America to scorer Fontley (GB) (Sadler=s Wells). train and race next year. I hope she will prove as preco- Later, Sylvain Vidal stepped in to secure a Danehill cious as her sister Saoire.@ Less than 10 minutes later, Dancer (Ire) half-brother to Cat Junior (Storm Cat), who Airlie Stud=s half-sister to the recent G1 National S.