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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here >PIONEER= COLT TOPS STRONG SESSION CHROME POSSIBLE FOR HOLLYWOOD DERBY By Lucas Marquardt The last weanling to sell in 2014 by the red-hot Pioneerof the Nile topped yesterday=s single-session Book 5 at Keeneland November, which saw healthy increases from last year=s comparable session. In all, 242 horses sold Wednesday for $4,165,200, an average of $17,212 that was up 16.7% from last year=s average of $14,753. The median, $12,000, was up 14.3% Hip 2964 from $10,500. The RNA Thorostride photo rate was once again much higher than last year--21.4% vs. 10.3%--but still came in at an acceptable percentage. Cumulatively, 2,092 horses have sold at November for $201,912,600. The average of $96,517 is up 9.7%; the median of $45,000 is up 12.5%. The cumulative RNA rate is 21.9%. Last year it was 14.9%. Topping yesterday=s session was a Pioneerof the Nile colt who went to C.J.E. Stable for $85,000. The colt is the second foal from the Churchill maiden special winner Aqualane Shores (Friends Lake). Meg Levy=s Bluewater Sales consigned the Feb. 7-foaled bay as Hip 2964 on behalf of breeder David Clark=s Iron Horse Racing. (Click for ThoroStride video.) AFrom the first time I saw him at the farm, I thought he was the bomb,@ said Levy. AWe put him in this spot because we thought he might top the day. David Clark has been a client for a very long time, and we=re thrilled for him. He usually breeds to race, but he got a magnificent individual here and decided to sell. The colt was very much like the Pioneerof the Niles, and the mare was absolutely stunning, so it was a great mating of breeding like to like. The colt was tall, leggy and correct with a great frame and a beautiful head.@ C.J.E. Stable also purchased Meg Levy LM Photo the colt=s dam Aqualane Shores for $12,000. The 7-year-old, who sold from Bluewater as Hip 2965, is in foal to Colonel John. Today=s penultimate session of the November Sale begins at 10 a.m. For more, visit www.keeneland.com. Dual Classic winner California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) is being considered for a start in Del Mar=s GI Hollywood Derby Nov. 29, which would be the chestnut=s first try over the turf. In a phone interview with TVG Wednesday afternoon (click here for video), trainer Art Sherman said that GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. winner will work a half-mile over the Jimmy Durante Turf Course Nov. 23 in preparation for a potential start in that Grade I event six days later. A[Jockey] Victor [Espinoza] will work him, and then I=ll make my final decision whether to run him California Chrome in the Hollywood Derby,@ said Benoit Photo Sherman. AI want to first see how he handles the grass.@ Most recently third by a neck in the GI Breeders= Cup Classic, Sherman noted that his trainee exited the race in excellent condition. AI was over there Monday and he was bucking and playing.@ The trainer added, AI don=t have to do too much with him. He came out of that race double fit.@ Sherman said that co-owners Steven Coburn and Perry Martin=s recent decision to leave the colt in training for 2015 played a major role in his thought process. Cont. p9 (859) 873-1717 | WinStarFarm.com Darren Fox: (859) 684-0067 | Kyle Wilson: (859) 699-8589 Sean Tugel: (859) 940-0456 IN THIS ISSUE CO-PUBLISHERS President: Barry Weisbord barryweisbord@thetdn.com @barryweisbord Vice President: Sue Finley suefinley@thetdn.com @suefinley Goffs November BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Aisling Crowe profiles the Burns family's Rathasker Stud, which will send a number of lots through ring during the Goffs November sale. Director of Business Development: Gary King garyking@thetdn.com EDITORIAL Page 6 NYRA in the Black During a New York Racing Association board meeting Wednesday, chief executive officer Christopher Kay announced that, for the first time in 13 years, NYRA will show an operating profit in 2014. editor@thetdn.com Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Martini Managing Editor: Alan Carasso Racing Editor: Steve Sherack Racing Analyst/Social Media Director: Brian DiDonato Associate Editor: Justina Severni Assistant Editor: Christie DeBernardis Assistant Editor: Heather Likins Assistant Editor: Ben Massam ADVERTISING Page 9 The Fugue to Dubawi advertising@thetdn.com Director of Advertising: Alycia Borer Art Director: Lia Kusch Sr. Ad Coordinator/Dir. of Distribution: Sarah K. 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Page 10 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 • Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.thoroughbreddailynews.com www.thetdn.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 3 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com KEENELAND NOVEMBER WEDNESDAY’S TOP MARES Hip 2910 Name Status Price ($) Team Hansen i/f Point of Entry 75,000 (m, 4, Unbridled’s Song--Zadkiel, by Saint Ballado) Consigned by Pope McLean (Crestwood Farm), agent for Kendall Hansen MD Racing LLC Purchased by Beau Lane Bloodstock 3043 Drumette i/f to Tapizar 75,000 (m, 6, Henny Hughes--Endless Parade, by Williamstown) Consigned by Pope McLean (Crestwood Farm), agent for Kendall Hansen MD Racing LLC Purchased by Highfield Ranch 2992 Caraquista Racing/b’mare prospect 60,000 (f, 4, Ghostzapper--Rich Fantasy, by Richter Scale) Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent LXXI Purchased by Kenneth L & Sarah K Ramsey WEDNESDAY’S TOP WEANLINGS Lot Sex Sire Dam Price ($) 2964 colt Pioneerof the Nile Aqualane Shores 85,000 B-Iron Horse Racing LP (KY) Consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent Purchased by C J E Stable 3273 filly Maclean’s Music Southern Swing 80,000 B-Hunter Valley Farm & Taylor Gulley (KY) Consigned by Hunter Valley Farm Purchased by Stonestreet Stables LLC 2952 colt Hansen Airizon 75,000 B-Crumbaugh Lane (KY) Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent CXLVI Purchased by Kendall Hansen MD Racing 3040 filly Tapizar Doe 75,000 ($62,000 in utero ‘13 KEENOV) B-Alberta Davies (KY) Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent Purchased by Grupo C-19 Inc TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 4 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com KEENELAND NOVEMBER (718) 978-8200 www.mersant.com Nov. 6-14 10 a.m. Sponsors of the following stats for the: KEENELAND NOVEMBER All Hansen All The Time At KEENOV... SESSION TOTALS Catalogued No. Offered No. Sold RNAs % RNAs High Price Gross Average (% change) Median (% change) 2014 397 308 242 66 21.4 $85,000 $4,165,200 $17,212 (+16.7) $12,000 (+14.3) 2013 387 302 271 31 10.3 $92,000 $3,998,100 $14,753 $10,500 CUMULATIVE Catalogued No. Offered No. Sold RNAs % RNAs High Price Gross Average (% change) Median (% change) 2014 3,302 2,679 2,092 587 21.9 $3,900,000 $201,912,600 $96,517 (+9.67) $45,000 (+12.5) 2013 3226 2594 2208 386 14.9 $4,000,000 $194,313,100 $88,004 $40,000 Dr. Kendall Hansen, whose homebred Hansen (Tapit) earned champion juvenile honors in 2011 off his win in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile, figured heavily into yesterday=s proceedings at November. Dr. Hansen sold the session=s top two mares, and purchased the day=s third-highest-priced weanling, a colt from Hansen=s first crop. All three horses realized the same price: $75,000. Early in the session, Dr. Hansen sold the unraced 4-yearKendall Hansen old broodmare Team Hansen L Marquardt photo (Unbridled=s Song--Zadiel, by Saint Ballado), in foal to Point of Entry, to Beau Lane Bloodstock. cont. p5 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 5 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com The mare, Hip 2910, is a half-sister to the Grade I performer She=s Cheeky (Black Minnaloushe) and had been purchased by Dr. Hansen for $32,000 at the 2013 Keeneland January Sale. A little while later, the 6-year-old Drumette (Henny Hughes--Endless Parade, by Williamstown), in foal to Tapizar, went to Highfield Ranch. The winning Drumette, Hip 3043, is a half to GSW Drum Major (Dynaformer) from the family of champion Heavenly Cause. Pope McLean=s Crestwood Farm consigned both mares. Dr. Hansen then put on his buyer=s hat when going to $75,000 for a Hansen son of the SP 12-year-old mare Airizon (Boston Harbor), who sold from the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment as Hip 2952. AHe had a huge overstep and a lot of presence,@ Dr. Hansen said of the colt. Dr. Hansen purchased two other Hansens at November, going to $45,000 for a filly from the SP Que Bonita (Meadowlake) and to $20,000 for a half-brother to SW & GSP Frenchglen (Forestry) and GSP Dr. Nick (Authenticate). AThey all had great heart scores and were great physicals,@ said Dr. Hansen. AIt wasn=t like I=m trying to push up his weanling prices; I really wanted those horses.@ Dr. Hansen and the folks at Crestwood have been plenty busy at November. When Hansen was retired to Ashford Stud for the 2013 breeding season, Dr. Hansen pulled out all the stops to support him. He bred about 40 foals from Hansen=s first crop and, poring over sale catalogues and consulting with advisors, had acquired some 60 mares to breed to the son of Tapit in his second year. AIt was a lot of work matching up pedigrees and physicals, but it was also a lot of fun,@ he said. Then last fall, Ashford received a substantial offer for Hansen from South Korean interests, and it was announced that he would be expatriated. That left Dr. Hansen with a few dozen mares and no stallion to send them to. Thus far at Keeneland November, Dr. Hansen has offered 19 of those mares and sold 12 for an average of $37,875. He has another 10 mares to go through the ring during Friday=s finale. Crestwood consigns them all. AThe younger ones who look athletic have done really well,@ said Dr. Hansen. AI=ve been happy with the way they=ve sold.@ Dr. Hansen said he plans to keep about 25 of the broodmares he purchased for Hansen and will continue to breed out of them. Dr. Hansen and Crestwood also brought a bevy of weanlings from Hansen=s first crop, and the results have been encouraging. Four of the seven they offered have sold for an average of $76,250, led by a halfsister to SW Miss Frost (Curlin) who sold to Valparaiso Enterprises for $90,000. Walnut Hill purchased a colt for $85,000, Amy Boulton landed a colt for $65,000, and James Delahooke, agent for Bobby Flay, purchased a filly for $65,000. Dr. Hansen and Crestwood also sold a Hansen colt at Fasig-Tipton November to Wild Card Bloodstock for $75,000. cont. p6 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 6 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com All Hansen All the Time cont. AI=m really excited about how the Hansens have done, and I=m exciting about who=s buying them,@ Dr. Hansen said. APeter O=Callaghan bought one, and he=s a great judge of a horse. It was cool that Bobby Flay got one. And the manager of Ashford bought the one I sold at Fasig-Tipton. That horse and the one who brought $85,000 were actually best buddies in the field growing up--the did everything together.@ Dr. Hansen said the Hansen L Marquardt photo Hansens he=s seen share some characteristics. AThey all have really big hips; big engines on them,@ he said. AIt's interesting, too. Most people don't know that Hansen had a big white blaze. He was so white that you couldn't see it. But most of the Hansens have that blaze, and so it sort of looks like Shackleford or something snuck in on a few of those mares [laughs].@ He added, AI've also been working with Patti Miller at EQB, and with Jay Kilgore [at DataTrack], as well, doing heart scans on the Hansen babies. And almost all of them are in the top third--and many are in top 10%--of heart scores. A few were top 5%, and I actually adjusted my RNA prices because of it.@ One that Dr. Hansen chose to take home was R Lady Hansen, a filly who RNA=d at $140,000. AShe was just a beautiful filly and had a great heart score,@ he said. Dr. Hansen said he=ll offer another big group of Hansens as yearlings next year, and will likely keep eight or 10 to race himself. AI just want to give people a taste of the Hansens now, to let them know that they do look nice and so forth,@ he said. ABut I still have several of my better ones still tucked away, and most of them will sell as yearlings.@ And Dr. Hansen is still hopeful that we haven=t seen the last of his namesake in America. AIf they run like they look, I hope Ashford will be real quick to bring him back.@ CLARIFICATION: In yesterday's story on Gainesway's new BreedSecure-like program, our story, taken from a Gainesway press release, read that the difference from Spendthrift's program was that with Gainesway, "if the breeder's sales weanling or yearling does not sell for the stud fee then no money is owed." That can be the case at Spendthrift as well, where the breeder receives first proceeds up to $6,000 for a weanling and $12,000 for a yearling. If the horse brings less than that at the sale, no fee is owed to Spendthrift at all. The difference is that Gainesway sets the benchmark at the stallion's stud fee. Details about Spendthrift's BreedSecure program as well as Share the Upside can be found here. RATHASKER KEEPING GOOD COMPANY By Aisling Crowe A stockman's knowledge and understanding of land has helped turn the Burns family=s Rathasker Stud into one of Ireland's leading independent stud farms, and with foals in its arsenal by the likes of its successful first-season sire Fast Company (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and the first crop of Born to Sea (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), the Co. Kildare nursery has much to look forward to at next week=s Goffs November sale. When Paddy Burns--the father of current Rathasker master Maurice Burns as well as Lodge Park Stud=s Seamus Burns and Newlands House Stud=s Patrick Burns--moved from Northern Ireland to Kildare in search of a stud farm, he had strict criteria that any potential property would have to meet, and many farms were considered but very few fulfilled the brief. In 1984, he found what he was looking for in Rathasker. That knowledge has informed the work of his sons, and the philosophies the breeder imparted to his children guides how they run their farms, explained Maurice Burns, who owns the 300-acre Rathasker Stud outside Naas, a stone=s throw from Goffs= Kill Paddocks. cont. p6 Coming in 2015 Record-breaking G1-Winning Millionaire QWinner of Saratoga’s Woodward S. (G1) in 1:48 4/5, defeating one of the top fields assembled in 2014, earning a 108 Beyer QThe only colt in his crop to win multiple stakes at 2, 3, and 4 QOne of the fastest 3-year-olds of his crop: Paired 2 3/4 Ragozins before February of 3yo year; Runner-up in Preakness (G1) - the fastest Triple Crown race of 2013 QGulfstream track record-setter, smashing the 1 1/16-mile record on dirt by 3/5 of a second, running 1:41.8 QHanded champion Shanghai Bobby his first ever defeat with an impressive victory in the Holy Bull S. (G3) Next start: Cigar Mile (G1) on Nov. 29 2015 Fee: $8,000* S&N Subject to change after Cigar Mile (G1) TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 7 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Rathasker Keeping Good Company cont. "My father taught us all not to be afraid to take risks and to be independent thinkers,@ he said. AOur family all have the same philosophy. We believe that you need class, speed and soundness to produce good racehorses. I'm a great believer in nicks and reasons for doing things that work." Rathasker has been standing stallions for over 25 years, and the stud saw its efforts come to full fruition this year with leading first-season sire Fast Company. The 9-year-old is third on the first-season sire lists in Britain and Ireland by winners and prize money, and has a Royal Ascot winner in that crop-Baitha Alga (Ire), successful in the G2 Norfolk S. The Burns family is intrinsically linked with influential sire Ahonoora (GB), the sire of the Paddy and Seamus Burnsowned Park Appeal and the damsire of Lodge Park-bred New Approach, and that lineage is expressed in Rathasker homebred Es Que Love (Ire), the Maurice Burns (right) and his daughter son of Rathasker Madeline and wife Patricia (left) accept resident Clodovil (Ire), Es Que Love’s Lennox trophy who through his Rathasker Stud damsire Inchinor (GB) traces back to Ahonoora. The winner of this year's G2 Lennox S. at Goodwood, he will return home to join the Rathasker stallion roster for 2015. Bungle Inthejungle (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), the second new recruit to the Rathasker team for next season, also has a connection with a famous Ascot race that the family has been lucky in. Like former Rathasker resident Mujadil, he won the G3 Cornwallis S. Rathasker's draft at the Goffs Foal Sale next week is sure to attract plenty of attention. Not only will the farm send foals by its successful first season sire, Fast Company, but it will also see the eagerly awaited debut of Born To Sea=s first crop of foals. With one of the best stallion pedigrees around, as a half-brother to multiple champion sire Galileo (Ire) (Sadler=s Born To Sea Wells), champion 3-yearRathasker Stud old and leading secondseason sire Sea The Stars (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and Group 1-winning sire Black Sam Bellamy (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), the 5-year-old--who won the Listed Blenheim S. on debut and was second to Camelot (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) in the G1 Irish Derby--also has champion sire King's Best and Tamayuz (GB) in his immediate family. cont. p8 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 8 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Rathasker Keeping Good Company cont. Born To Sea has a lot to live up to, and Burns will give him the best possible opportunity of adding to his family's unparalleled influence on the breed. "A lot of good stallions weren't necessarily the best racehorses, and the best racehorses don't often turn out to be champion sires,@ Burns noted. AA lot of stallions do seem to come in families--if you look at Invincible Spirit and now his half-brother, Kodiac (GB), has come along. Similarly, Camacho (GB) (Danehill) sired plenty of stakes winners last year, and his halfbrother Showcasing (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) is proving very successful with his first crop. Galileo is probably the best sire in the world and Sea The Stars is an emerging force, so there are a bunch of good genes there for Born To Sea and hopefully he will have the luck he needs." Those genes will be on display next week, as eight of the 22 foals the farm will offer at Goffs are by Born To Sea, while 10 are by Fast Company. The farm's Classic winner Clodovil (Ire) (Danehill) is responsible for three of the draft, and only one is by an outside stallion--an Intense Focus filly. Burns picked out some of the standout lots from a bunch of foals he describes as a good, level group, beginning with lot 86. "On day one we have a Fast Company (Ire) colt out of Betty Fontaine (Ire) (Mujadil),@ Burns said. AWe raced the mare ourselves and she was rated 93, so she was a useful racemare. She won twice over six furlongs as a 2-year-old and was fourth in the G3 Princess Margaret S. at Ascot in 2011. It is a family we know well and this colt is her first foal. He is a fine, solid, good-walking individual and a nice commercial horse." Burns went on to point out lot 404, a Born to Sea colt. "Lot 404 is by Born To Sea out of Eastern Glow (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}),@ he said. AThis is her second foal-she has a yearling filly by Dutch Art (GB). He is a youngish foal, being born in April, but already looks a scopey type. He is a nice correct model and looking at him, he has the size and scope to go on for next year," Burns added. Both Eastern Glow and Betty Fontaine are catalogued to sell at Goffs a couple of days after their sons, along with the dam of another foal Burns has highlighted from the Rathasker draft. Betty Fontaine is in foal to Choisir (Aus) as lot 1388, while Eastern Glow is believed to be carrying her second Born To Sea foal (lot 1084). Princess Banu (GB) was covered by seven-time Group 1 winner Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire) and is cataloged as lot 1081 as part of a nine-strong mare draft from the farm for the Breeding Stock sale, which takes place Nov. 21 and 22. "Another of our Born To Sea foals is among the pick of our draft,@ Burns added. ALot 578 is out of Undulant Way (GB) (Hurricane Run {Ire}), and his yearling halfbrother by Makfi (GB) was bought as a foal by David Redvers. He is a lovely, powerful colt and very elegantmoving. He has a good shape to him and is a nice horse." cont. p9 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 9 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Rathasker Keeping Good Company cont. The final day of the sale sees Rathasker consign another colt by Fast Company (lot 986) out of an Oasis Dream (GB) mare who won as a 2-year-old. "He is a really good, strong 2-year-old type with a bit of length about him,@ Burns explained. AHe is the first foal of Princess Banu, who is a useful mare from a family that is blessed with speed. This is a pure five and six furlong pedigree that goes back to Tina's Pet (GB). It's a fast family and he looks to be the early maturing type. I like him, the lads like him and the farrier does too, so hopefully we will all be right.@ NEWS TODAY Chrome Possible for Hollywood Derby (cont. from p1) AI always wanted to try him on the grass,@ continued Sherman. ANow that the owners made a decision to run him as a 4-year-old, it puts a whole different perspective on his future.@ While the 77-year-old conditioner said he believes California Chrome could be successful on the turf next year, he also acknowledged that he wants to give his trainee another opportunity to bolster his credentials for 2014 Horse of the Year honors. AIt would be a big feather in his cap if he could win a Grade I again on a different surface,@ Sherman remarked. KAY: NYRA OUT OF THE RED For the first time in 13 years, the New York Racing Association will show an operating profit in 2014, the organization=s chief executive officer Christopher Kay told a meeting of the NYRA Board of Directors Wednesday afternoon at the offices of Governor Andrew Cuomo in midtown Manhattan. Pledging to position NYRA as a Awell-run, responsible business@ and announcing that they are Aheaded in the right direction,@ Kay told the Board that while projections for 2014 called for an operating profit of a quartermillion dollars, the true figure-Christopher Kay based on numbers through the NYRA/Adam Coglianese month of October--would be closer to six times that amount. "As you may recall, we called for an operating surplus of $250,000, exclusive of the VLT funds, for our operating budget when we came to you last December," Kay stated to the Board. "I'm pleased to be able to report to you that we will do much better than that, perhaps six times better than that, with a projected surplus in the neighborhood of $1.5 million for 2014." NYRA Chief Financial Officer Suzanne Stover, who was celebrating her birthday Wednesday, explained that losses over the winter at Aqueduct, owing to poor weather, were offset by an increase in the fees charged for simulcasting, reduced labor expenses and an uptick in revenue from the revamped Belmont Stakes Day, which featured the Triple Crown attempt of California Chrome and several other Grade I events in addition to expanded entertainment offerings. Kay went on to suggest that based on the 2015 budget, which is to be approved at the Board=s next meeting Dec. 3, operating profits are projected at $2.1 million for next year, while expectations are that the corresponding figure for 2016 could be as high as $3.2 million. Kay also announced that the 2015 budget would be structured on a six-day racing week at Saratoga from July 24 through Sept. 7, 2015, and that there would be an effort to expand advance deposit wagering beyond the state borders. Board Chairman David Skorton and member and prominent owner Michael Dubb lauded Kay for leading NYRA into the black. Dubb deemed Kay=s efforts AHerculean,@ adding that the state of New York is seeing increased foal crops and the tracks are staging bigger race days, including for horses bred in the Empire State. AIf we stay where we are now, we=ll open several lengths on the competition,@ Dubb commented. cont. p10 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 10 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com NYRA Out of the Red cont. In return, Kay praised the panel, stating, AI appreciate all of the contributions you=ve made, both individually and collectively. Governor Cuomo has elected a talented board.@ Not all of the board members were entirely enamored with the financial outlook. My Meadowview Farm=s Leonard Riggio called into question the relatively narrow operating profits, labeling the $1.5 million number Athin ice@ relative to the overall budget. Seemingly unconcerned, Kay retorted, AWe aren=t a grocery store.@ In the other major piece of news to emerge from the meeting, Kay reported that, after consultation with a variety of industry stakeholders, that the transitional board currently in place would not make any long-term decisions on real estate holdings--that the decision would Abe the responsibility of the next board.@ Kay reported on and showed a video of approximately $14 million in renovations other capital improvements made at Aqueduct over the last 18 months. The first portion of the meeting including a discussion of the legal and governance structure of a new NYRA when it emerges from re-organization. In his comments to the Board, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Joseph Lambert presented the requirements of the applicable statute as well as several thoughts on how NYRA should be structured and governed. This includes a smaller board than the current board which encompasses 17 members, the inclusion of the NYRA CEO to the new Board, consideration of term limits for Board members, in addition to possible frameworks for committees. AOn the racecourse she had a terrific turn of foot, a high cruising speed and a wonderful temperament. If these attributes are transferred to her offspring she is sure to make a great broodmare.@ THE FUGUE TO DUBAWI Four-time Group 1 winner The Fugue (GB) (Dansili {GB}) will visit leading sire Dubawi (Ire) in her first season at stud in 2015. Trained by John Gosden for Lord and Lady Lloyd-Webber, The Fugue won the 2012 G1 Nassau S. and last year added the G1 Yorkshire Oaks and G1 Irish Champion S. Her penultimate outing was a victory in this year=s G1 Prince of Wales=s S., and she was last seen finishing sixth in the G1 Coral-Eclipse in July before retiring prematurely due to injury. AWe are very pleased to be sending The The Fugue Racing Post Fugue to Dubawi,@ said Simon Marsh, general manager of Lord and Lady Lloyd-Webber=s Watership Down Stud. AHe is a tremendous stallion who has an outstanding record both on the racetrack and in the sales ring, and we feel he will suit The Fugue. We have been delighted with how she has let down since returning to the stud. ATTENDANCE, RATINGS UP FOR 2014 BC The Breeders= Cup World Championships had both increased attendance and television ratings for this past edition. The total two-day attendance was 98,319, up 4% from last year. The combined coverage on NBC and NBCSN averaged 599,000 viewers, up 33% from last year, with the Breeders= Cup Classic averaging 2.6 million viewers, up 24% from the 2013 figure. Wagering on the two Breeders= Cup cards, including all sources and international pools, was up to $159.1 million, the fourth highest in Breeders= Cup history. ABased on a range of positive metrics for the event including strong field sizes, increased participation by horsemen on an international scale, increased television ratings and sponsorship revenue, we feel good about the 31st running of the Breeders= Cup and look forward to what=s next,@ said Breeders= Cup President and CEO Craig Fravel. AAs we move forward on our three-year host site plan with our first visit to the iconic grounds of Keeneland next year, we will continue to focus on world-class championship horse racing and creating the best possible experience for our guests, our sponsors, our participants and people watching and wagering from home and other locations around the world.@ • grade 1 winner by sire of sires pulpit • first-crop yearlings AVERAGED 10x STUD FEE, selling for up to $230,000 • year 1: 101 mares bred year 2: 103 mares bred year 3: 102 mares bred with first-crop 2YO’s making their debut next year, this is not the time to think outside the box. $7,500 stands and nurses TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 11 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com AL SHAQAB TO SPONSOR LOCKINGE DAY Sheikh Joaan=s Al Shaqab Racing has entered into a five-year sponsorship deal of G1 Lockinge S. day at Newbury Racecourse, which will take place May 16 next year. Total prize money on the day will increase 125% next year, and the Al Shaqab Lockinge S. will be worth ,350,000, up from ,214,000 this year. The Lockinge card will feature seven races, including the ,100,000 Listed Al Shaqab S. (formerly the Aston Park S.), as well as the Al Shaqab Fillies Trial S. and the Al Shaqab Carnarvon S., previously run the day before the Lockinge. Those will both be worth ,70,000. A conditions race for 2-year-olds worth ,50,000 and a mile handicap worth ,40,000 have also been added to the card. Harry Herbert, Racing Advisor to Al Shaqab, commented, AAl Shaqab Racing is delighted to be sponsoring such a prestigious race day, which includes a race very close to our hearts, the Al Shaqab Lockinge S. It is very appropriate as we won the race [this year] with Olympic Glory, and in doing so kick-started the Jack Berry House fundraising campaign, which has raised a staggering ,500,000 for this fantastic cause.@ AUSTRALIAN TURF CLUB REPORTS PROFIT Al Shaqab Racing advisor Harry Herbert presents Jack Berry with a cheque for £500,000 for the Injured Jockeys Fund. The money was earned by pre-selected group of 20 Al Shaqab horses through the 2014 season. Al Shaqab/S.Cargill For the first time since the merger of the Australian Jockey Club and the Sydney Turf Club to form the Australian Turf Club in 2011, that organization has recorded a profit and further reduced its legacy in the past financial year, according to Racing and Sports. The Australian Turf Club turned a profit of A$3.78 million in the last year while crowds across Sydney=s four metropolitan racehorses increased by almost 20%. The Club has revealed intentions to move forward with further investments in each of its racecourses that will include further prize money investments. AThis result is very pleasing, and is a turnaround in underlying profit of $8.65 million, but it=s only the start,@ Australian Turf Club Chief Executive Darren Pearce told Racing and Sports. AIt also shows that the tough decisions we took and the Club=s strategic focus over the past four years since merger are now returning dividends. Since merger we have gone through the construction phase of Royal Randwick, followed by financial consolidation, and we are now in a good position to enter a growth and investment phase as the business returns to growing profitability, and legacy debt is being repaid. We will soon begin work on the Rosehill Gardens refurbishment and we are also looking at developing land that we own around the fringes at Canterbury Park, whilst continuing to maintain full racing operations.@ TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 12 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com KODIAC EUROPE=S BUSIEST STALLION Tally-Ho Stud=s Kodiac (GB) (Danehill), sire of Cartier champion 2-year-old filly Tiggy Wiggy (Ire), was Britain and Ireland=s busiest flat stallion of 2014 covering 234 mares, according to figures released by Weatherbys and published in Racing Post. Now the sire of five crops, Kodiac stood for i10,000 in 2014. Coolmore was responsible for the next six busiest stallions: Mastercraftsman (Ire) (221 mares), Camelot (GB) (195), Footstepsinthesand (GB) (184), Galileo (Ire) Tiggy Wiggy (179), Thewayyouare Racing Post (174) and Declaration of War (172). Rounding out the top 10 are Banstead Manor=s Champs Elysees (GB) with 169 and the Kildangan Stud duo of Dawn Approach (Ire) and Casamento (Ire), each with 166 mares. Camelot, Declaration of War and Dawn Approach filled the top three slots on the busiest first-season stallion stable, and Thewayyouare, sire of this year=s G2 UAE Derby winner and GI Pacific Classic and GI Breeders= Cup Classic runner-up Toast of New York, was the flat sire with the biggest book increase in 2014, up 287% from the 45 mares he covered in 2013. RETIREMENTS FIESOLANA RETIRED G1 Matron S. winner Fiesolana (Ire) (Aussie Rules-Tidal Reach, by Kris S.) has been retired from racing, according to trainer Willie McCreery. A i35,000 Goresbridge Breeze-Up purchase by agent Federico Barberini, Fiesolana was campaigned initially in Italy by Simone Brogi before being relocated to France by trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. Turned over to McCreery for her 4-yearold campaign, Fiesolana won a trio of Group 3s in that country for a new ownership group and closed out her season with a victory in the Fiesolana G2 Dubai Challenge S. in Racing Post Newmarket prior to selling to Flaxman Stables for 960,000gns at Tattersalls December last year. Fiesolana recorded a career high in the Sept. 13 Matron, and after finishing seventh in the G1 Prix de la Foret Oct. 5, she closed out her career with an eighthplace finish in the GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita Nov. 1. "She's been great for me the last couple of years and I hope she's as good a mummy as she was a racehorse,@ McCreery said. "She won the four group races last year and it was great of the Niarchos family to put faith in me by buying her before bringing her back this season. For her to win the Group 1 in Leopardstown was fantastic, and her last four races have all been at Group 1 level. She's been a pleasure to train and took me to Royal Ascot and the Breeders' Cup.@ McCreery quipped, AShe'll be sadly missed as I'll have to pay for my own holidays now." Future Wager dates for the 141st running of the GI Kentucky Derby •KDFW Pool 1: Friday, Nov. 28 through Sunday, Nov. 30 (22 weeks in advance of Derby) •KDFW Pool 2: Friday, Feb. 6 through Sunday, Feb. 8 (12 weeks in advance of Derby) •KDFW Pool 3: Friday, Feb. 27 through Sunday, March 1 (nine weeks in advance of Derby) •KDFW Pool 4: Friday, March 27 through Sunday, March 29 (five weeks in advance of Derby) See NY’s Newest Stallion IN KENTUCKY THIS WEEK ONLY CENTRAL BANKER » Won Churchill Downs S.-G2 earning 107 Beyer/1 3/4 Rag » Placed in the Malibu S.-G1 (105 Beyer), King’s Bishop S.-G1 » Winner at 2, 3 and 4, won or placed in 9 of 13 lifetime starts at 9 different tracks » By Speightstown, the leading sire in 2013 by stakes wins (37) and the second leading sire of 2013 by earnings Available for inspection in Kentucky Spruce Lane Farm 460 Hedden Road, Versailles, KY Mike McMahon cell (859) 983-7617 » His dam produced 6 starters, 6 winners, 2 graded blacktype winners with earnings of more than $1,715,00 Inquiries to Joe or John McMahon / 180 Fitch Road / Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 (518) 587-3426 / office@mcmahonthoroughbreds.com / www.mcmahonthoroughbreds.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 13 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com RACETRACK ROUND-UP ADELAIDE AUSTRALIAN PLANS CONFIRMED Coolmore=s G1 Cox Plate winner Adelaide (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will remain in Australia under the care of trainer Chris Waller as originally planned, Coolmore Australia spokesman James Bester confirmed to Racing and Sports yesterday. Trained by Aidan O=Brien through an international campaign that included a win in Arlington=s GI Secretariat S. and group placings in England and France and finally the Oct. 25 Cox Plate, Adelaide will be aimed at the A$4 million G1 Queen Elizabeth S. at Tom Magnier with Adelaide The Championships in Racing and Sports April. The 3-year-old is currently spelling at Coolmore=s Hunter Valley property, and Waller noted he had already visited the colt. "I've been up to see the horse. He's a fantastic individual," Waller told Racing and Sports. "They put him out into the paddock while I was there and he moved so effortlessly. He's a very athletic horse." Waller said he plans to travel to Ireland to discuss Adelaide=s training with O=Brien. "I want to have a chat to Aidan to find out what we need to do to have him ready without over-racing him," Waller added. Lisa Ford: To The Members of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen=s Association: I want you all to know how profoundly grateful I am to Rick Violette. He not only championed my idea to start educational programs for backstretch workers he made certain it would succeed. He gave an enormous amount of his time to help implement our initiatives. The Backstretch Education Fund grew out of the early classes in ESL and vocational training that he, as a director at NYTHA, helped me set up. Our programs, The Groom Development Program, ESL (English as a Second Language), and our language lab and computer center--La Escuelita, have served literally thousands of backstretch workers at Aqueduct and Belmont and still continue to be a vital part of backstretch life. From the start in 2002 until today Rick has made certain that we have NYTHA=s financial support and also his own insight and guidance. I know that I have grown tremendously as a leader as well because of his partnership in our work. I would like to include a quote from Rick that he gave me to use for one of our brochures. It reflects upon what is significant about the Backstretch Education Fund but also says something about him. AIntellectually the vocational training and ESL are not only perfectly logical but a necessity on the backstretch. But all you have to do is attend one class and see the sparkle in the students= eyes and the intensity of their enthusiasm and know that this is far more important than just vocational training or ESL.@ Rick sees what needs to be done and makes sure it is accomplished. But more importantly he wants things to be better for others. We are very fortunate to have him as part of the racing community. On behalf of the Backstretch Education Fund thank you for your support of his leadership. FEATURE PRESENTATION • GII MRS. REVERE S. Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 4:36 p.m. EST MRS. REVERE S.-GII, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT PP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 HORSE Testa Rossi (Fr) Munirah K Distorted Beauty Sparkling Review Personal Diary Speed Seeker Kiss Moon K Miss Frost K Spring Included Courageous Julie Lady Lara (Ire) Sandiva (Ire) Walk Close K A Little Bit Sassy K V V Goodnight K Secret Someone K Photo Call (Ire) Black Elegance (Ire) SIRE Dr Fong Kitten's Joy Invasor (Arg) Lemon Drop Kid City Zip Heatseeker (Ire) Malibu Moon Curlin Include Pioneerof the Nile Excellent Art (GB) Ftstepsinthsnd (GB) Tapit More Than Ready Midnight Lute A.P. Indy Galileo (Ire) Ftstepsinthsnd (GB) JOCKEY Lezcano Mena Rocco Jr. Leparoux Court Torres Lanerie Albarado Castanon Johnson Alvarado Geroux Ortiz Jr. Saez Hill Hernandez Mena Leparoux TRAINER Brown Motion Levine Colebrook Oliver Scott Vance Howard Hobby Lukas Mott Pletcher Clement Matz Proctor Mott Motion Catalano WT 118 118 118 118 123 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 8 Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the American races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published in Daily Racing Form and utilized here with the permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 11/13/14 • PAGE 14 of 14 • thoroughbreddailynews.com BLACK-TYPE PREVIEWS Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 3:14 p.m. EST RED SMITH H.-GIII, $250,000, 3yo/up, 1 3/8mT PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY 1 Red Rifle K Gnt's Causewy Bravo 2 Margano Dynaformer Arroyo 3 Dynamic Sky Sky Mesa Velasquez 4 Big Blue Kitten Kitten's Joy Rosario 5 Micromanage K Medaglia d'Oro Velazquez 6 St. Albans Boy Gnt's Causeway Serpa 7 Calvados (Arg) Snipewalk Santiago 8 Legendary (GB) Excd and Excl (Aus) Russell 9 Can'thelpbelieving (Ire) Dke of Mrmlde (Ire) Graham 10 Unitarian Pulpit Franco 11 Manighar (Fr) Linamix (Fr) Jara TRAINER Pletcher Delacour Casse Brown Pletcher Rubley Correas IV Saville Motion Pletcher Motion WT 117 117 120 123 116 114 115 119 114 117 116 Saturday, Churchill Downs, post time: 3:37 p.m. EST COMMONWEALTH TURF S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, 1 1/16mT PP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 HORSE Woodfield Springs K Archway to Heaven K Wallyanna De Facto K Heart to Heart Stormy Pacific K Other Cheek Shiva Ryan K Highball K Captain Dixie K Afortable K Hesinfront Bashart K SIRE Raven's Pass Arch Langfuhr Dynaformer English Channel Stormy Atlantic Smart Strike Tapit Lemon Drop Kid Henrythenavigator Fort Prado War Front War Front JOCKEY TRAINER Rocco Jr. Arnold II Lezcano Good Ortiz Jr. Pino Court Lukas Leparoux Lynch Castanon Bennett Geroux Delacour Gomez Jehaludi Hill Catalano Brdgmohan Gorder Albarado Block Lanerie Romans Saez Matz Saturday, Del Mar, post time: 7:00 p.m. EST BOB HOPE S.-GIII, $100,000, 2yo, 7f (AWT) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY 1 Sebastian's Heart K Broken Vow Nakatani 2 Story to Tell Bluegrass Cat Talamo 3 Diamond Majesty K Lookin At Lucky Pedroza 4 Prime Engine K Northern Afleet Smith 5 Every May Songandaprayer Arias 6 Alright Alright K Munnings Van Dyke 7 All Indians K Latent Heat Desrmeux 8 No Problem K Munnings Espinoza 9 St. Joe Bay Saint Anddan Trujillo WT 118 118 123 118 123 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 TRAINER WT Papaprodromou 116 Hendricks 122 Biancone 116 Hollendorfer 118 Callaghan 118 Vienna 116 Hess Jr. 116 McCarthy 116 Miller 116 Saturday, Laurel Park, post time: 3:55 p.m. EST FRANK J. DEFRANCIS MEMORIAL DASH S., $350,000, 3yo/up, 6f PP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 HORSE Happy My Way Heaven’s Runway Favorite Tale Zee Bros Dads Caps Bern Identity La Verdad (f) Ben’s Cat Mico Margarita Smash and Grab SIRE Wilko Run Away and Hide Tale of the Cat Brother Derek Discreet Cat Bernstein Yes It’s True Parkers Storm Cat Run Away and Hide Sharp Humor JOCKEY Bravo McCarthy Bisono Cintron Pimentel Lopez Ortiz Pimentel Santana Jr Toledo TRAINER WT Orseno 118 Toner 118 Preciado 120 Lukas 118 Rodriguez 122 Breen 118 Rice 117 Leatherbry 118 Asmussen 118 Dilodovico 118 AROUND THE WORLD THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 TODAY’S INSIGHTS Yesterday=s Results: 5th-AQU, $67,000, Alw, NW1$X, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10 1/5, ft. BIG GUY IAN (c, 3, Birdstone--Literary Light {GSP, $327,311}, by Ide), sixth to Coup de Grace (Tapit) in Saratoga=s GII Amsterdam S. July 26, was ninth in an upstate allowance next out Aug. 31 and finished third in a Belmont allowance at this distance last time Oct. 24. The 9-5 chalk kept pressure on the leader from a close second through moderate early splits, took control in mid-stretch and swiftly drew clear to secure a 3 1/2-length victory over Knockher Off (Unbridled=s Song). Sales history: $70,000 yrl '12 FTKOCT; $375,000 2yo >13 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 9-2-0-2, $86,598. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. O-Anstu Stables Inc. B-Mueller Farms Inc (KY). T-Michael Dilger. 9th-AQU, $55,000, Msw, (S), 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:47 4/5, fm. FULMER (c, 2, Kitten=s Joy--Gdansking Queen, by Langfuhr) was second on debut to the runaway Kerjillion (Freud) going this distance over the Belmont lawn Oct. 2. Continuing to run without Lasix, he was hammered down to even-money favoritism to go one better here. The chestnut got off to a stumbling beginning, but soon settled into stride near the back of the pack. Advancing to mid-field after a half in :49.26, he was a three-wide third turning for home, instantly assumed command at the top of the lane and cruised clear to register a 1 3/4-length victory. Memories of Peter (Disco Rico) determinedly pursued the chalk in the lane, but was forced to settle for second. Hailing from the family of champion and multi-millionaire Victory Gallop (Cryptoclearance), the winner is a half to Blue Pidgeon (Mizzen Mast), SP, $150,950. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $45,000. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. O/B-TIC Racing Stable (NY). T-Christophe Clement. Stephens Thoroughbreds Graduate 1st-AQU, $55,000, Msw, (S), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11 3/5, ft. IMPOSING FIGURE (g, 3, Repent--David's Dilemma, by Distinctive Pro) finished fourth going this distance against state-breds at Saratoga Sept. 1 for previous trainer Hugh McMahon and was subsequently transferred to David Jacobson. Bet down to 4-5, the dark bay broke well from his rail draw and seized the early advantage. Clocking a :22.66 first quarter and :46.23 half, he held off a late bid from 64-1 shot Full of Mine (Mineshaft) in the lane for a 1 3/4-length victory. Sales history: $75,000 RNA yrl '12 FTNAUG. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $36,650. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. O-Dennis Narlinger. B-David Ahearn (NY). T-David Jacobson. 2nd-AQU, $60K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1mT, 12:49 p.m. ET Christophe Clement unveils Jon and Sarah Kelly’s $370,000 KEESEP purchase ICE CUTTER (Medaglia d’Oro). A son of GI Spinaway S. heroine Irish Smoke (Smoke Glacken), the gray traces his lineage back to GISW Book Review (Giant’s Causeway); and GSWs Added Elegance (Stutz Blackhawk) and Added Gold (Gilded Time). Accomplished steeplechase jockey turned trainer Danielle Hodsdon saddles her first starter in Team Valor International’s Hay Oats and Water (Dynaformer). The dark bay is out South African champion Irridescence (SAf) (Caesour), who was a MG1SW in South Africa, a G1SW in Hong Kong and GISP in the U.S. Irridescence is also a full sister to Perfect Promise (SAf), a MG1SW in South Africa and GSW & G1SP in Australia. Hay Oats and Water has been working well at Fair Hill in preparation for this debut, most recently breezing a bullet half-mile in :48 1/5 Nov. 3. Click for Brisnet.com PPs. Tuesday Night=s Results: SOPHOMORE SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP S., $85,000, MNR, 11-11, 3yo, 6f, 1:10 3/5, ft. 1--COOL COWBOY, 123, c, 3, by Kodiak Kowboy 1st Dam: Grand Breeze, by Grand Slam 2nd Dam: Breeze Lass, by It's Freezing 3rd Dam: Faneuil Lass, by Somebody II ($110,000 yrl '12 KEESEP). O-Savoy Stable; B-Columbiana Farm (KY); T-Dale Bennett; J-Eduardo E Perez. $51,765. Lifetime Record: 10-5-4-0, $206,180. Bred, Foaled, Raised & Sold by COLUMBIANA FARM 2--Rockin Donovan, 118, c, 3, Dixie Union--Strikes No Spares, by Smart Strike. ($80,000 wlng '11 KEENOV; $70,000 yrl '12 FTKJUL; $45,000 yrl '12 FTKOCT). O-Billy, Donna & Justin Hays. $17,000. FOALED & RAISED AT MACHMER HALL SELECT SALES Graduate...Exceeding Expectations 3--Stunt Double, 118, g, 3, Nobiz Like Shobiz-Karakorum Knockout, by Good and Tough. O-Kevin Fletcher. $8,500. Margins: 4HF, 1HF, 2HF. Odds: 0.50, 8.70, 41.80. Cool Cowboy, wire-to-wire winner of the Inaugural S. at Tampa Bay last December and the Golden Circle S. at Prairie Meadows May 2 going six furlongs, was second when stretched to seven panels in an Arlington allowance behind GSP Myositis Dan (Istan) July 12. Second to MSW I Got It All (Tiz Wonderful) in a sevenfurlong Keeneland allowance Oct. 25, Cool Cowboy was sent off as the prohibitive favorite for his return to stakes company Tuesday night. Displaying his typical early speed, the well-traveled chestnut took pressure from longshot Stunt Double to his outside through a quarter-mile in :22.25, dispatched that rival around the far turn and drew clear to an authoritative score. Click for the brisnet.com chart. TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 11/13/14 • PAGE 2 of 4 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Yesterday=s Results: 9th-CDX, $43,393, Alw, NW1X, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:43 3/5, gd. WICKED TEMPER (f, 3, Tapit--Sayedah {Ire} {GSW-Eng & SP-Fr}, by Darshaan {GB}) has kept some good company, including MGSW Aurelia=s Belle (Lemon Drop Kid) and MGSP Miss Besilu (Medaglia d=Oro). Fourth in an Ellis Park allowance Aug. 9, the bay was second in an allowance over this course and distance Sept. 7 and was sixth to the MGSP and GII Mrs. Revere S. hopeful Kiss Moon (Malibu Moon) in Indiana=s one-mile TaWee S. last time Oct. 4. Saving ground in fifth early, the 4-1 shot emerged from the pack alongside Holiday Stroll (Langfuhr) in the lane and quickly dispensed of that rival to secure a one-length victory. Sales history: $190,000 RNA wlng '11 KEENOV; $315,000 yrl '12 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 12-2-1-0, $68,685. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. O-Mark H Stanley. B-Galleria Bloodstock & Rhinestone Bloodstock (KY). T-Dale L Romans. 5th-CDX, $39,820, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, 1:48 2/5, ft. IN FULL COMPLIANCE (f, 3, Smart Strike--Fiddlin Devon, by Deputy Minister), ninth on debut going 6 1/2 panels over a muddy strip here June 20, was a well-beaten seventh going six panels here after a brief freshening Sept. 14. Improving to second when stretched to 1 1/16 miles at Keeneland Oct. 5, she was hammered down to 4-5 favoritism for this second go at that distance. Tracking from a three-wide fourth through a leisurely first quarter, the bay was rated a bit farther back through a half in :50.07. Given the signal at the top of the stretch, In Full Compliance ranged up to battle Country Woman (Street Cry {Ire}) the rest of the way home and got to the wire a head in front. The winner is a half to Devon Rock (Rock Hard Ten), SP, $150,258. In Full Compliance=s dam is a half to MGISW Chaposa Springs (Baldski) and GI Metropolitan H. winner You and I (Kris S.). Sales history: $190,000 yrl '12 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 4-1-1-0, $36,229. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. O-Klaravich Stables Inc & William Lawrence. B-Clearsky Farms (KY). T-Albert M Stall Jr. Purchased by Nick de Meric CD Incorporated to Acquire Big Fish Games: Edited Press Release Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ: CHDN) (CDI) and Big Fish Games, Inc. (Big Fish), a producer and distributor of mobile and online games, today announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which CDI will acquire all of the outstanding stock and equity interests of the privately held Big Fish. The transaction is structured on a cash-free/debt-free basis and is valued at up to $885 million, including a base consideration of $485 million and a potential earn-out payment of up to $350 million based on 2015 Adjusted EBITDA, and a potential bonus payment to the founder and current Chief Executive Officer of Big Fish, Paul Thelen, of $50 million based on 2016 bookings. The purchase price will be paid in cash, except for approximately $15 million paid in CDI common stock to Paul Thelen. The merger, which has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, is conditioned upon receipt of required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Subject to the satisfaction of these conditions, the transaction is expected to close by the end of the year. AThe acquisition of Big Fish and our entry into the rapidly growing mobile and online games industry gives us new products, new customers, new geographies and new sizeable growth opportunities,@ said Bill Carstanjen, Chief Executive Officer of CDI. AWhile many will view this transaction as a logical extension to what we currently do with Twinspires.com, what is most important to us are the strong team and the processes and capabilities that have been built by Big Fish in Seattle, Oakland, and Luxembourg. We are excited to announce this transaction and believe we will do great things together.@ Yesterday=s Results: 1st-WOX, $41,904, Alw, NW2L, (S), 2yo, f, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:17 4/5, ft. WEEKEND IN MALIBU (f, 2, Old Forester--Druidess, by Malibu Moon), second on debut here against statebreds Aug. 16, broke through last time going six panels over this strip versus fellow Ontario-breds Sept. 24. Keeping close tabs from third early, the 6-5 chalk seized control just before hitting the half-mile pole in :45.98. Showing the way into the stretch, the chestnut sailed clear to a seemingly effortless five-length victory over Quidi Vidi (Marcavelly). Sales history: C$30,000 yrl '13 ONTSEP. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $57,774. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. O-Carnegie Hill Stable & Kingfield Racing Stable Ltd. B-Bernard & Karen McCormack (ON). T-Catherine Day Phillips. Bred, Raised & Sold by Cara Bloodstock • (905)261-8852 Registered Ontario-Bred/CTHS Grad Career Victory #1,000 Who: Trainer Joel Marr When: Tuesday, Nov. 11 Where: 11th race, Zia Park With: Sweet Diamond (Attila=s Storm) TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 11/13/14 • PAGE 3 of 4 • thoroughbreddailynews.com INDUSTRY INFO The Jockey Club Denies Stud Book Privileges to Vitiello Edited Press Release The Jockey Club announced today that Rhiannan R. Vitiello will be denied all privileges of The American Stud Book permanently, effective January 1, 2015, for a 2012 conviction of cruelty to animals in Charles City County, Virginia. The denial of privileges, pursuant to Rule 19 of the Principal Rules and Requirements of The American Stud Book, includes the privilege of registering foals and the privileges of any registration process for any Thoroughbred. The entire text of Rule 19 can be found at www.registry.jockeyclub.com. NINE WILDCARDS FOR ARQANA AUTUMN Nine wildcards have been added to Arqana=s Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale Nov. 17 to 19. They are a mix of flat and national hunt horses, and include lot 175, the stakes-placed and debut-winning 2-year-old Winter Springs (Fr) (Stormy River {Fr}); lot 185, the 2-year-old colt Silverwave (Fr) (Silver Frost {Ire}), who is two-fortwo over Pornichet=s Fibresand and lot 190, the 3-yearold gelding Kais (Fr) (Redback {GB}), who has won his last two starts over 12 and 12 1/2 furlongs. For the full catalogue, visit www.arqana.com. OBSERVATIONS on today’s European racing scene IN BRITAIN: Absolute Champion, c, 2, Henrythenavigator. See ABreeders= Edition Europe.@ ROOKIES First-crop starters to watch: Thursday, November 13 Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2011 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) 12.30 Saint-Cloud, Mdn, €25,000, 2yo, f, 8fT Ballymore Thoroughbred’s AME BLEUE (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is a homebred daughter of the 2001 G1 Prix de Diane, G1 Prix Vermeille and 2002 G1 Prix Ganay victress Aquarelliste (Fr) (Danehill), and is kin to a pair of black-type performers. Andre Fabre’s trainee faces nine in this unveiling, including Gestut Ammerland’s stablemate Morning Moon (GB) (King’s Best), a daughter of 2002 G1 Oaks d’Italia and G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) placegetter Midnight Angel (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}), who seeks to improve on a debut fifth going nine panels at Longchamp last month. B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N AMERICA DROVER (Storm Cat), 5/0/0 6-RP, Msw, 6 1/2f, +Nym (Mex), 15-1 HOLD ME BACK (Giant's Causeway), Winstar, $6K, 78/8/1 4-DMR, Msw, 1mT, Cool Moves, $25K RNA FTK OCT yrl, 6-1 LOOKIN AT LUCKY (Smart Strike), Ashford Stud, $15K, 100/21/3 4-DMR, Msw, 1mT, Lookin for Money, $90K BAR MAR 2yo, 20-1 MIDSHIPMAN (Unbridled's Song), Darley, $8K, 67/14/1 6-CD, Msw, 1 1/16mT, +Oo de Lally, $32K FTK OCT yrl, 15-1 SUMMER BIRD (Birdstone), Japan, $15K, 93/7/0 8-CD, Msw, 1m, Summer Solution, $17K KEE SEP yrl, 15-1 TEMPLE CITY (Dynaformer), Spendthrift Farm, $5K, 89/8/2 6-CD, Msw, 1 1/16mT, Infiltration, $26K OBS OPN 2yo, 8-1 1-DMR, Msw, 1mT, Flat Footed Mama, 3-1 THE PAMPLEMOUSSE (Kafwain), R San Miguel, $3K, 19/1/0 1-DMR, Msw, 1mT, Bullwinkle Babe, 6-1 WARRIOR’S REWARD (Medaglia d'Oro), Spendthrift Farm, $13K, 104/12/1 4-DMR, Msw, 1mT, Rush of Day, 12-1 ALLOWANCE RESULTS: 8th-LRL, $45,000, Opt. Clm. ($25,000-$20,000), NW2X, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:37 3/5, ft. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT (f, 4, Hard Spun--Without Delay, by Seeking the Gold) Lifetime Record: 23-6-5-5, $169,293. O-Charles Jones, Sr. B-Hertrich/McCarthy Livestock LLC, Fred W Hertrich III & John D Field (KY). T-Claudio A Gonzalez. *$10,000 yrl '11 KEESEP; $55,000 RNA 2yo >12 OBSAPR. First/second-crop starters to watch: Thurs., November 13 3rd-TDN, $27,700, NW2LX, (S), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:12 3/5, ft. GRAY DOWRY (g, 5, Risk and Reward--Angel's Dowry, by Waquoit) Lifetime Record: 17-2-8-1, $68,561. O/B-Edward C Komlo (OH). T-Mark Doering. Sire (Sire’s Sire), current farm, 2010 Fee, #foals of racing age/Winners/ BlackTypeWnrs * Race #-track, race type, distance, runner, odds (if available) MUTADDA (Mutakddim), Crestwood Farm, 15/2/0 6-GPW, Msw, 1mT, +Seeking Sallie, 12-1 SQUARE EDDIE (Smart Strike), Vessels Stallion Farm, 62/19/2 1-DMR, Msw, 1mT, +Who Is Lido, 15-1 9th-ZIA, $39,500, Opt. Clm. ($25,000), C, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:11, ft. WAY TO GO GERDA (f, 4, The Way Home--Gerda, by Jade Hunter) Lifetime Record: SW, 27-7-5-4, $287,658. O/B-Larry Strain (NM). T-Roy L Marcom Jr. Cont. p4 TDN P AROUND THE WORLD • 11/13/14 • PAGE 4 of 4 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Breeders= Edition America cont. 7th-TDN, $24,000, NW3L, 3yo/up, f/m, 5 1/2f, 1:05 3/5, ft. NACHALY (f, 3, City Place--Golden Trust, by Confide) Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-1, $43,500. O/T-Olivo I Inirio. B-Bobbie Kay Tate (TX). *$4,000 2yo >13 OBSJUN. 5th-MNR, $20,000, 11-11, NW2L, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m70y, 1:48 1/5, ft. SARBI (f, 3, Awesome Again--Hattiesburg {GSW & GISP, $542,675}, by Mutakddim) Lifetime Record: 8-2-3-2, $41,161. O-Catherine Adams Hutt. B-Fox-Straus KY (KY). T-Ron Moquett. *$12,500 yrl '12 FTKOCT. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Fort Dixie, c, 2, Fort Prado--Sweet Dixie Girl, by Dixie Union. HAW, 11-12, 1mT, 1:38 2/5. B-Mike Fitch (IL). Day Six, g, 3, Any Given Saturday--Vices and Virtues, by Lion Cavern. AQU, 11-12, (C), 1mT, 1:41 4/5. B-J Bonner Young (KY). Giacomo Belle, f, 3, Giacomo--Shimmer, by Pulpit. ZIA, 11-12, 6 1/2f, 1:19. B-Mr & Mrs Jerome S Moss (KY). *$15,000 2yo >13 OBSAPR. B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O N EUROPE CONDITIONS RESULTS: 7th-KMP, ,19,000, 3yo/up, 7f (AWT), 1:24.04, ft. MAGIC CITY (IRE) (g, 5, Elusive City--Annmarie=s Magic {Ire}, by Flying Spur {Aus}) Lifetime Record: SP-Eng, 29-6-5-6, ,148,670. O-Barker, Ferguson, Mason, Hassiakos, Done. B-Annmarie Burke (Ire). T-Richard Hannon. *i12,500 wlng >09 GOFNOV; ,42,000 yrl >10 DONAUG. ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Camagueyana (GB), f, 2, Archipenko--Caribana (GB), by Hernando (Fr). KMP, 11-12, 8f (AWT), 1:40.02. B-Kirsten Rausing (GB). *1/2 to Cubanita (GB) (Selkirk), MGSW-Eng, G1SP-Ger & GSP-Ire, $247,538. Absolute Champion, c, 2, Henrythenavigator-Alegendinmyownmind, by Cape Cross (Ire). KMP, 11-12, 6f (AWT), 1:12.87. B-Nobutaka Tada (KY). *60,000gns yrl >13 TATOCT. Plus Ca Change (Ire), f, 2, Invincible Spirit (Ire)-Allannah Abu (GB) (SP-Swe), by Dubawi (Ire). DUN, 11-12, 7f (AWT), 1:26.17. B-Ennistown Stud & Airlie Stud (Ire). *110,000gns RNA yrl >13 TATOCT. Wychwood Warrior (Ire), c, 2, Lope de Vega (Ire)-Pearlitas Passion (Ire). By High Chaparral (Ire). DUN, 11-12, 7f (AWT), 1:25.45. B-M J Enright (Ire). *21st winner for freshman sire (by Shamardal). Royal Silk (GB), f, 2, Royal Applause (GB)--Silky Dawn (Ire), by Night Shift. KMP, 11-12, 6f (AWT), 1:12.13. B-D J & Mrs Deer (GB). Sirikoi (GB), f, 3, Myboycharlie (Ire)--Misty Eyed (Ire) (Hwt. 3yo Filly-Eng at 5-7f, GSW-Eng & GSP-Fr, $149,277), by Paris House. DUN, 11-12, 7f (AWT), 1:27.35. 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