Making Way For The World: November Sale Logistics ASK RAY

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Making Way For The World: November Sale Logistics
By Natalie Voss
As Keeneland continues its makeover to prepare for the
track’s first Breeders’ Cup this fall, many attendees of
the yearling sale may be eyeing the temporary chalets
going up around the paddock, wondering just how all of
this added traffic is going to impact their plans in early
November.
Keeneland’s November breeding stock sale begins Nov.
2, the Monday following the Breeders’ Cup, which means
the track will have both sale horses (along with consignors, buyers, and staff) on the grounds at the same time
as Breeders’ Cup contenders (with their connections,
training teams, and spectators). But Keeneland has plans
in place to keep the scene from devolving into chaos for
either group, according to Associate Director of Sales
Tom Thornbury.
“In those three days surrounding the Breeders’ Cup, the
idea really was to have the Breeders’ Cup augment the
sale because of the proximity,” said Thornbury. “It will
affect all of Lexington and Central Kentucky; it’s really a
positive.”
Thornbury expected the races would only impact buyers and sellers headed to the grounds on the Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday of Breeders’ Cup week, at which
point Book 1 horses would be the only ones on the
campus. With Breeders’ Cup horses stabled at the Rice
Road barns, sales horses will occupy their usual space in
Barns 1-49. This does create a bit of a scramble for the
track staff, as horses from the Keeneland October meet
will not finish running until Saturday, Oct. 24. Thornbury
estimated that racehorses will be out of those barns by
the following Tuesday, allowing consignors to begin setting
their barns up and preparing to ship Book 1 horses in on
Thursday. Book 1 horses will be placed on the far end of
the main barn area from the gap to the track, creating
ASK RAY
QUESTION: Any predictions for the Keeneland September Yearling Sale?
ANSWER: Fueled by increased spending among
American buyers – especially in Books 1 and 2, the
sale will have gross revenues of $290 million (highest
since 2008) with an average of $102,400 (highest
since 2006).
a noise buffer zone. Book 2 horses will begin arriving on
Sunday, by which time the Breeders’ Cup crowds will be
gone.
Unlike in past years when fillies and mares had to catch a
cross-country plane, horses entering the sale immediately
following a Breeders’ Cup run will have an easy trip from
Rice Road to the sale barn for inspection.
Consignors, vendors, and buyers will have unfettered
access to the sales horses, and Keeneland hopes to
minimize crossover between them and the general
public. Auction participants will be directed to Gate 3 off
Rice Road, where they will need a hangtag to enter the
grounds. Parking for consignors and buyers will be close
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Stallion Spotlight
Frankel
By Frank Mitchell
Just as many breeders have worked themselves into a
lather about the prospects of breeding to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, others have been celebrating the
opportunity to send their mares to the unbeaten Frankel,
the best racing son of Galileo, the sire of more top horses
than any stallion in the world today.
Now Galileo’s best son has yearlings,
and four of Frankel’s yearlings are
expected to go through the ring at
the 2015 Keeneland September
sale this week in Book 1.
A lengthy horse with great muscularity, speed, and courage, Frankel carried plenty of condition when racing, and
he appears to get a good-bodied type among his progeny. Mated with some of the best mares in
the Stud Book, Frankel is expected to be a
mighty sire, and such are the expectations
that he must almost surely fall short of
them.
That said, however, Galileo’s earlier topquality sons like Teofilo and New Approach
already have sired classic winners from
their early innings at stud. So breeders can
hope for the best with this great racer.
One of those, Hip 332, is a chestnut colt out of the Grade 2 winner
India (by Hennessy). The pedigree
of this colt combines three lines of
Northern Dancer through Sadler’s
Wells, Danzig, and Storm Bird, plus
inbreeding to Mr. Prospector’s son
Miswaki.
That is an interesting combination of qualities, speed and
classic ability.
India, one of the best performers by her sire, earned
$630,859, and she is out of the Miswaki stakes winner
Misty Hour, also the dam of stakes winner Pilfer (Deputy
Minister), who produced the G1-winning siblings by Bernardini, To Honor and Serve and Angela Renee.
Likewise, the dam of Hip 571 is an outstanding producer.
This is a gray colt by Frankel out of the El Prado mare Rose
of Summer, and this yearling colt is inbred to Sadler’s Wells
3x3, plus an extra line of Northern Dancer through Danehill’s sire Danzig. Rose of Summer has already produced a
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And American racing fans and buyers of
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few Galileos. In this year’s catalog, one of the most interesting lots is Hip 302, a bay Galileo filly out of multiple G1
winner Golden Ballet.
In similar fashion to the mating that produced Frankel and
some other top performers by Galileo, the great stallion
was mated to a mare from the Northern Dancer line. In
this case, Golden Ballet is by the Nijinsky stallion Moscow
Ballet, and she carries a further cross of Northern Dancer
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This Galileo filly is a half-sister to Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Drosselmeyer (Distorted Humor), who also won the
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Honor Roll
Runhappy delivers the best wedding present ever
By Natalie Voss
2012 Bay colt, Super Saver-Bella Jolie, by Broken Vow.
Consigned by Ashview Farm to 2013 Keeneland September Sale, purchased by Jim McIngvale for $200,000.
Gray Lyster knew for several months that Aug. 29 would
be a big day for him as he prepared to marry his fiancée,
Natalie, on that Saturday afternoon. What he didn’t realize amidst the last-minute event preparations was that a
horse was about to deliver the best wedding present he
could have hoped for on the same day—a win in the G1
King’s Bishop.
Lyster, along with
brother Bryan and
father Wayne, are
the breeders of
Runhappy and are
part of the family
operation that is
Ashview Farm in
Central Kentucky.
The Lysters breed to sell and also claim mares to add to
their broodmare band a few years before selling them. The
risk, Lyster said, is that there is no opportunity to physically
inspect a claiming horse the way he can a sales horse.
When Broken Vow mare Bella Jolie came up for a $5,000
tag at Delaware Park, however, he felt good about dropping the claim. The maiden winner had brought $220,000
in her trip through the sales ring two years earlier at 2008
Keeneland September. Having seen her around the sales
in her younger days, Lyster knew her physical build well
enough to know that $5,000 was a huge bargain.
“You know, the odd thing is, we might claim a dozen or two
dozen horses a year, and I might keep one to be a brood-
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mare every two years, and that’s not an exaggeration,” he
said. “It was 2010, and there was a lot of value in broodmare
prospects, even into 2011 when the markets were really bad.
When we claimed her for $5,000, I thought she was worth
$25,000.”
Bella Jolie was the horse the Lysters kept that year, and her
first foal, a Super Saver colt, fetched a tidy $200,000 from
buyer Jim McIngvale at the 2013 Keeneland September auction.
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Two years later, Lyster and his ten groomsmen gathered
around his living room television a few hours before his wedding, cheering Runhappy home. The victory was the 3-yearold’s fourth in five career starts and his first graded stakes
win.
“It was a celebration coming down the stretch like I have never
seen in a horse race,” Lyster said. “It was my biggest professional achievement on the same day as my biggest personal
achievement. It was nearly overwhelming, actually.”
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by the sale barns, while staff parking will be a little
farther away than usual, but golf cart shuttles will run
from both lots to the barns or to the races.
Keeneland will distribute maps ahead of sale week and
place signage along Old Frankfort Pike, Van Meter, and
Rice Road to help visitors navigate from the farms to
Gate 3. Van companies have already been notified of
the appropriate route to use to avoid traffic. All gates
and parking lots will reopen on Sunday morning as
usual.
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Keeneland is in the process of contacting buyers who
have purchased horses in Book 1 at past November
sales, as well as meeting with consignors during this
month’s auction to make sure everyone who needs
a hangtag will get one. New buyers that don’t get a
hangtag should be able to coordinate with security at
the gate to get where they need to go.
* Arrive Dublin
Goffs Orby Yearling Sale
29th-30th Sept
Once horses and humans are on the grounds, officials hope to keep the stabling area for sales horses
as contained as possible while still allowing buyers in.
A barricade will be erected between the barns and
the parking lot where shuttle buses will drop ticketed
attendees in order to minimize distraction and foot
traffic. As a result, pedestrians will not be able to wander into the sales barns from the grandstand. Instead,
access to sales horses will be through the other side of
the barn area, near the track kitchen. Thornbury said
Keeneland has also planned for extra security leading
to the barn area.
* Arrive Paris
Arqana ‘Arc’ Sale
3rd Oct
Horses making the walk over to the paddock for the
races will take the usual path from the Rice Road
barns, and golf carts will be available for owners to
accompany them. Owners will have hospitality and
coordination tents available to them both on the Rice
Road campus and near the paddock.
For sale attendees without tickets to the Breeders’
Cup, Keeneland hopes to make it as comfortable as
possible for them to catch up on the happenings at the
track. A large-screen television will be placed between
Barns 9 and 10 with picnic tables, manned wagering
stations, and a bar. The track kitchen will also be open
for breakfast and lunch starting on Thursday, Oct. 29.
“We try to think of everything so there’s no impediment
for buyers or consignors, or their staff or vendors
getting in,” he said. “It should be very convenient, and
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Five to Watch
A look at some of the sale’s top hips
By Frank Mitchell
Hip 8 Gray filly by Tapit x Unrivaled Belle, by Unbridled’s
Song: Out of Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Unrivaled Belle, who was also second four times at the premium
level, this filly is by leading sire Tapit (by Pulpit). This March 2
foal is the second produce of her dam, who is the best performer from the Bertrando mare Queenie Belle, a G2 winner herself. There is a great deal of speed in this pedigree,
but it has shown stamina, as Queenie Belle is a half-sister to
G3 Doncaster Cup winner Canon Can.
Hip 96 Chestnut colt by Giant’s Causeway x Ava Knowsthecode, by Cryptoclearance: A half-brother to five stakes
winners, including G1 winner Justin Philip, G2 winner Keyed
Entry, and G3 winners Algorithms and Successful Mission,
this colt is a May 11 foal. He is by top international sire Giant’s Causeway, the best racing and stallion son of the great
Storm Cat. Giant’s Causeway is the sire of classic winner
Shamardal, an important young sire, and last year’s Champion 2-Year-Old Filly, Take Charge Brandi.
Hip 97 Chestnut filly by Giant’s Causeway x Awesome
Maria, by Maria’s Mon: Yet another premium yearling by
leading sire Giant’s Causeway, this filly is the first foal of G1
winner Awesome Maria, winner of more than $1.1 million. The dam proved her merit at 2 with a victory in the
G2 Matron, as well as a second in the G1 Frizette, then
advanced to win a G1 in the Ogden Phipps and add another second in the Gazelle.
Hip 145 Dark brown colt by Bernardini x Candytuft, by
Dehere: A half-brother to eight winners from eight foals
to race, this colt is a half-brother to four stakes horses,
most notably champion sprinter Midnight Lute, who won
the G1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint twice and is now an important sire. This colt’s dam is by juvenile champion Dehere
out of G3 stakes winner Bolt from the Blue.
Hip 303 Bay filly by War Front x Gold Vault, by Arch:
By the highly popular sire War Front (Danzig), this colt
is a full sister to stakes winner Mosler, who sold here
for $1.05 million in 2012, and to Air Vice Marshal, who
brought top price last year at $2.2 million and this season is a winner and G2 stakes-placed from three starts.
They are all siblings to Contested (Ghostzapper), winner
of the G1 Test and Acorn who sold for $2.3 million at the
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