Page 28 - February 2007 The Game

28 The Game, February 2007 Canada’s Thoroughbred Racing Newspaper
Keeneland January Ends with Record Receipts
The Keeneland January horses of all ages sale finished up on January 15 with record total receipts of $72,868,200, an increase of 0.7% over last year’s record sale.
This year’s sale was expanded to 8 days with a record 1,862 horses sold, which was likely the cause of the reported overall average price declining 11.6% and the median dropping 6.3% from 2006. The buyback rate rose 1% over last year as well.
Taylor Made Sales Agency was leading consignor for the seventh consecutive year, selling 152 horses for $7,550,800. John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Bloodstock signed 12 sales chits worth $2,961,000 which included the $1.8 million sale topper (Gr1 winning 3-yr-old filly Point Asjhley, by Point Given) to become the leading buyer at the sale.
A Distorted Humor colt was the highest priced yearling purchased for $500,000 by Stonestreet Stable.
Overall Summary (as reported in Thoroughbred Times Today) 2007 2006
No. offered No. sold Pct. not sold Gross Average Median
2410 2080
1862 1628
22.7% 21.7% $72,868,200 $72,329,100 $39,134 $44,428 $15,000 $16,000
Canadian Notables at Keeneland January:
Hip 65 - Miss Concerto (mare) sold to Glencrest Farm $175,000 from consignor Three Chimneys
Hip 72 - Mona Rose (mare) RNA $330,000 consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale, agent
Hip 418 - La Trillium (mare) RNA $130,000 consigned by Lane’s End, agent
Hip 459 - Ola Docura (mare) sold to Mayberry Farm $75,000 from consignor Grovendale LLC/James Keogh, agent
Hip 684 - Elegant Effort - RNA $120,000 consigned by Anderson Farms
Hip 766 - Ice Tie (mare) sold to Liberation Farm & Brandywine Farm $11,000 from consignor Hill ‘n’ Dale, agent
Hip 784 - Kick’Em Jenny (filly) sold to Josham Farms Ltd., agent $75,000 consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale, agent
Hip 871 - Red Satin Slippers RNA $42,000 consigned by Walnut Green for Dan Ryan
Hip 1148 - Kissed by a Prince (mare) sold to Adena Springs $15,000 from consignor Michael Byrne, agent
Hip 1230 - Queen of Queens RNA $20,000 consigned by Eaton Sales
Hip 1412 - Dancehall Deelites (mare) sold to B. Wayne Hughes $75,000 from consignor Michael Byrne, agent
Hip 1607 - Quite A Ruckus (mare) sold to Fergus Galvin, agent $145,000 from consignor Castle Peak Farm (Noel Murphy), agent II
Hip 2058 - Tricky Weather (mare) sold to Carlos Oyola $9000 from consignor Windfields Farm, agent VII
Hip 2104 - Belle de Neuville (mare) sold to Westana Ranches Inc. $3000 from consignor Windfields Farm, agent I
Hip 2135 - City Talk (filly) sold to Burleson Farms $10000 from consignor Brookdale Sales
Hip 2161 - Dixieland Gem (mare) sold to Ben McElroy, agent $90,000 from consignor Michael Byrne, agent
Hip 2182 - Fancy Drinks (mare) sold to Jody Huckabay $26,000 from consignor Paramount Sales, agent IV
Hip 2268 - Lexi (filly) sold to Inforatag Racing Stable, LLC $17,000 from Susan Foreman, agent
Hip 2343 - Ralla (mare) sold to Marie Robertson $2700 from consignor Anderson Farms, agent
Hip 2505 - Dirty Nellie (filly) sold to G.B. Stable $11,000 from consignor Susan Foreman, agent
Hip 2539 - Goldmart Girl (filly) sold to Joe Mroz $10,000 from consignor Buck Pond Farm (Douglas Arnold), agent VII
Breeders’ Cup Runneth Over
Clearly feeling that bigger and more is better, the Breeders’ Cup Ltd. has announced a dynamic new expansion to the running of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The most dramatic change is that three more races have been added to the program, and this has resulted in a second day of Championship Racing.
The Board of Directors has approved this expansion for the 2007 event which will now comprise two days of extraordinary racing at Monmouth Park on October 26-27.
On Friday, October 26, three new races will be added to that day’s card brining the total purse up to $4million, making it the second most lucrative racing
day in North America. The richest day, of course, will be Saturday, October 27, when the purses will be worth $20million.
The three newly created races will be:
$1Million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile for 3YO & Up $1Million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at 6 furlongs
$1Million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf for
2YO Colts, Geldings and Fillies at a Mile
For this year only, the new dirt race will actually
be run at a mile and 70 yards and the Filly and Mare Sprint will be at 7 furlongs. This is because the configuration of Monmouth’s track does not comfortably allow the designated distances.
The card for the Saturday events remains similar to last year’s running and the races will be as follows:
Race
$5M BC Classic-Powered by Dodge $3M John Deere BC Turf
$2M Juvenile Fillies
$2M Bessemer Trust BC Juvenile $2M Emirates Airline BC F&M Turf $2M NetJets BC Mile
$2M TVG BC Sprint
$2M Emirates Airline BC Distaff
Distance
1 1/4 Miles
1 1/2 Miles (T) 1 1/16 Miles
1 1/16 Miles
1 3/8 Miles (T) 1 Mile (T)
6 Furlongs
1 1/8 Miles
Age/Sex
3YO & Up 3YO & Up 2YO Fillies 2YO Colts/Geld 3YO & Up,F/M 3YO & Up 3YO & Up 3YO & Up
Another interesting change affecting this year’s This year there will also be what Breeders’ Cup races is the institution of the Breeders’ Cup Ltd calls ‘unprecedented coverage’ from broadcast Challenge, a series of 24 sanctioned races at six race- partner ESPN which will present, in full, both days tracks that will allow the winners to gain automatic of racing.
berths in the Breeders Cup World Championships.
Horse Fans Pick Barbaro in an All-Moments Triactor
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was clearly uppermost in the minds of horse racing fans in 2006. In a poll conducted at www.ntra.com by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association to determine the most popular moments of the year, voters put Barbaro first, second and third.
Finishing first and garnering 29% of the on-line votes was the story of Barbaro‚s brave recovery at the New Bolton Centre from the leg he shattered in the Preakness. Very close in second (27%) was Barabaro’s authoritative 6 1/2 length victory in the Kentucky Derby. Barbaro completed the unique
triactor by receiving 22% of the votes for the moment early on in the Preakness when he broke down.
Russell Baze’s record- breaking ride on Butterfly Belle that gave him the all-time wins record with 9531, surpassing the legendary Laffitt Pincay, was a distant fourth in the voting with 7%.
Barbaro’s connections, along with the staff at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine were honored with the NTRA Moment of the Year at the Eclipse Awards Dinner on January 22 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Did You Know....
That more than 150 new stallions have entered stud for the 2007 breeding season in North America including:
Added Edge, Special K Stables, Runnells, Iowa $2000;
Bachelor Blues, Signature Stallions, Reddick, Florida $3000;
Bellamy Road, Jurrican Hall, Lexington, Kentucky $12,500;
Deputy Country, Paddockhurst Stables (2001) Inc, Nisku, Alberta $2000; Flammabull, Olson Hill Thoroughbreds, Abbotsford, British Columbia $1500; Gold Joy, Clairmont Farm, Stony Mountain, Manitoba $1000;
Gone Fishin, Hillside Thoroughbreds, Wellandport, Ontario $2000;
Niigon, Colebrook Farms Stallion Station, Uxbridge, Ontario $5000; Notguilty, Abydos Farms, Picton, Ontario $500;
Old Forester, T.C. Westmeath Stud Farm, Shelburne, Ontario $5000;
Strut The Stage, Colebrook Farms Stallion Station, Uxbridge, Ontario, $5000; and Survivalist, Park Stud, Orangeville, Ontario $10,000.
The highest priced stallion entering stud in 2007 is Bernardini standing
at Darley in Lexington, Kentucky for $100,000.
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Stupid Trainer Tricks
Veterinarian Jay Stewart had a court date in late January after being charged with four counts of attempting to influence a race by tampering with a horse. It’s alleged that Stewart administered vodka to horses in 2005. The horses in question were racing at Fonner Park in Grand Island, near Omaha Nebraska. Apparently, the vodka was given to horses to calm their nerves before races.