Monday, September 11, 2001

LADBROKES PRICES FOR DONCASTER TOMORROW

RESULTS OF TODAY'S JOCKEY CLUB DISCIPLINARY ENQUIRIES

Having considered the evidence, including a written statement from Hills, the Committee found that Hills had been correctly declared to ride NU TO ME under Rule 128 (i) but in the absence of any satisfactory explanation for his failing to ride the gelding imposed a fine of £120 upon him under Rule 141 (v).

Tim Easterby

The Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club held an enquiry on 6th September 2001 into a report that Timing, trained by Tim Easterby, failed a Starting Stalls Test at Thirsk on 3rd August 2001 having failed a similar test at Ripon on 9th July 2001.

Having considered the evidence, including a statement from Easterby, the Committee declared that the filly could be submitted for a stalls test with immediate effect but warned Easterby that any future unruly behaviour will render the filly liable to be reported to the Stewards of the Jockey Club.

Mark Brisbourne

The Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club held an enquiry on 6th September 2001 into a report that IRIDESCENT, trained by Mark Brisbourne, refused to enter the stalls in the Swan With Two Necks Maiden Claiming Stakes at Haydock on 9th August 2001. The matter having been referred to the Stewards of the Jockey Club by the Haydock Stewards following their enquiry of same date.

Having considered the evidence, and taking account of the filly's previous behaviour at Ayr on 10th October 2000 and Wolverhampton on 2nd December 2000, the Committee declared that no further entries would be accepted for the filly for flat races started from stalls run under the Rules of Racing.

Patrick Gilligan

The Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club held an enquiry on 6th September 2001 into a report that HARVEY'S FUTURE, trained by Patrick Gilligan, was reluctant to load in the Fisher and Paykel Appliances Claiming Stakes at Newmarket on 11th August 2001. The matter having been referred to the Stewards of the Jockey Club by the Newmarket Stewards following their enquiry of same date.

Having considered the evidence, and taking account of the geldings's previous record, the Committee decided to take no action on this occasion but warned Gilligan that any future unruly behaviour will render the gelding liable to be reported to the Stewards of the Jockey Club.

JOCKEY CLUB COMMISSIONS EXTERNAL REVIEW OF SECURITY DEPARTMENT

KEENELAND TO POSTPONE SECOND DAY OF SALE

STORM CAT COLT BRINGS $5.5 MILLION AT KEENELAND SEPTEMBER SALE

O'Byrne was the immediate underbidder.

"I liked the way he stands," said Sheikh Mohammed moments after the sale. "I liked the way he looks. He's athletic-looking. Someone else liked the way he looked, too."

While declining to say how much higher he might have gone in the bidding, Sheikh Mohammed continued: "Every horse has its limit. I'm happy to have him. I would have gone as high as I like him (as needed to get him)."

The full brother to graded stakes winners Caress and Country Cat and group winner Bernstein will spend the winter in Dubai and then be returned to the United States.

Eaton Sales consigned the chestnutcolt as agent for Elizabeth Moran's Brushwood Stable. Reiley McDonald said that his longtime client was not present at the sale because she was on a fishing trip in Canada. She had planned to call him at 4:45 p.m (ET) to hear the bidding live, but the colt had already sold.

"She's going to be the happiest person in the industry," he said, "not because of the price but because thescoreboard will tell her she won. She was really kicking herself that she had planned this trip."

Of the market, McDonald said: "It's spotty. It's a fickle market. Buyers are being very selective. They're not putting up with a lot of veterinary problems. You can tell whether a horse is going to sell well by how much looking there is, how much scoping, how many trips to the repository. If you don't want to keep a horse to race, then you've got to be realistic."

Overall, 156 yearlings were sold on Monday for $60,331,000, an average of $386,737 and a median of $250,000.Nine horses sold for $1 million or above. Last year, 218 horses sold for $67,552,000, an average of $309,872 and a median of $200,000. Eight horses sold for $1 million or above. The number of horses that failed to reach their reserves was 88 in the first session in both years.

"The results were as we expected," said Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland's director of sales. "All our figures were up.The buy-back rate was a little disappointing. Buyers were being very discriminating."

John Ferguson Bloodstock, acting on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed and his family's Godolphin Racing operation,bought two colts for $1 million or more. A colt out of the stakes-winning Storm Cat mare Alyssum was bought for $1.2 million and a half-brother to Grade 2 Tom Fool Handicap winner Exchange Rate out of stakes-winning Sterling Pound for $1 million.

Shadwell Estate Company of Sheikh Hamdan made three million-dollar-plus purchases Monday, a Theatrical filly for $2 million, and a Kris S. colt and a Kingmambo colt, for $1.2 million apiece. The filly is a full sister to recent Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes winner Startac and was consigned by Narvick International, as agent for the Allen E. Paulson Living Trust. The Kris S. colt is a full brother to Grade 1 Super Derby winner Arch and was consigned by Helen Alexander's Middlebrook Farm as agent. The Kingmambo colt is out of the stakes-winning Vice Regent mare Northern Hilite from the Three Chimneys Sales consignment.

O'Byrne successfully bid $1.8 million for a Storm Cat colt, the first foal out of Grade 1 winner Halo America, forJohn Magnier and partners.

John Sikura of consigning Hill ‘n' Dale Sales Agency said: "You're always pleased when the price is over $1million. When you have the right people interested, you never know how high the price might go."

The mare has an A.P. Indy weanling filly who is entered in Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale and she is in foal to Deputy Minister.

The only domestic buyers who bought yearlings for $1 million or above were Jill and David Heerensperger, whoown Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes winner Millennium Wind, and B.T.A. Stable, which is a racing syndicate assembled by trainer Elliott Walden.

The Heerenspergers purchased a Quiet American colt for $1.7 million from the consignment of Woodlynn Farm,Inc. The bay colt is a half-brother to multiple graded stakes winner Guided Tour, who has earned more than $1.3 million to date.

"This is the most we've ever spent on a yearling," Jill Heerensperger said. The most expensive horse they hadbought previously was Millennium Wind, for whom they paid $1.2 million at the September Sale two years ago.

"We thought we'd be able to buy this colt for $600,000 to $700,000," she said. "He was our pick of the colts weliked." She added that David Hofmans, who also conditions Millennium Wind, will train the colt.

Walden bid $1.5 million for a Storm Cat filly from the Eaton Sales consignment. He declined to say who wouldcomprise the B.T.A. Stable syndicate that will race the filly. Asked about the price, Walden merely said. "She was a million-dollar weanling. She was very well-balanced, very athletic. She's one of the best fillies in the sale. I'm looking forward to training her."

FERDY MURPHY OPEN DAY ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23

Weather permitting, visitors will be able to see some of the horses working on the gallops and arrangements have also been made to visit the Middleham Equine Pool to watch one or two horses swimming.

PHIL BULL TROPHY FEATURED AT PONTEFRACT

A £10,000 Conditions race for stayers over two and a quarter miles, The Phil Bull Trophy remembers one of the legends of the Turf. Mr. Bull who passed away in 1989, founded the renowned Timeform Organisation, the respected form specialists, based at Halifax. The original headquarters of Timeform was at Hemsworth, near Pontefract. Mr. Bull had a long affinity with the racecourse, it being the first course he visited as a boy and where his famous 'cerise, white circle' colours were first carried to victory as an owner.

The penultimate race in this season's Pontefract Apprentice Series Round Four is a handicap contest over a mile and a quarter. Michael Doyle continues to lead the field, with 19 points, having won the first and third legs. His nearest rival is Paul Mulrennan with nine points, successful in the second round. With nine points for a win, there's everything to play for, as the leading rider at the end of the series next month will receive a fortnight's working holiday during the winter at Gulfstream Park, Miami with a leading United States trainer.

The betabet Fillies' Handicap Stakes, is a £10,000 sprint contest over six furlongs for fillies and mares one of 18 races in Yorkshire this year (two at each racecourse) sponsored by betabet the largest network of independent bookmakers in the U.K.

BEVERLEY'S COMPETITIVE WEDNESDAY PROGRAMME

The specialist bloodstock division of the accountancy firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers sponsor for the second time at Beverley when they support The PricewaterhouseCoopers Northern Bloodstock Unit Handicap Stakes over the extended mile. The company's Hull office deal with accountancy, taxation and business advisory issues covering the bloodstock industry.

Also featured on Wednesday is The Tote Bookmakers Handicap Stakes (a contest for threeyearolds over a mile and a half), The European Breeders Fund Maiden Fillies' Stakes (twoyearold fillies extended seven furlongs), while The Saffie Joseph & Sons Maiden Stakes over the minimum distance of five furlongs enjoys the backing once again of one of the major distributors of televised U.K. racing to the Caribbean betting industry.

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