Son Of Showcasing Leads Tattersalls July Sale’s Closing Session

Trade on the second and final session of the two-day Tattersalls July Sale continued in robust fashion with the clearance rate of 96 percent matching yesterday's remarkable figure.

The Tattersalls July Sale always attracts a broad cross-section of buyers from throughout the world and this year was no exception with purchasers from Australia, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Japan, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Turkey, the UAE and the U.S. all represented on the buyers sheets.

The top lot on the second day was last time out winner Pawpaw from Clive Cox's Beechdown Stables. The 3-year-old son of Showcasing was knocked down to Tattersalls marketing director Jimmy George for 62,000 guineas (US$82,192) on behalf of dual-purpose trainer Paul Webber.

“Paul has been up here all week doing the hard yards, I have just stood here and waved!” smiled George. “He should be a fun dual-purpose type for Paul.”

Pawpaw, who is out of a half-sister to the Group 1 winner Lend a Hand, won over 1 1/4 miles in June at Lingfield on his fifth career start.

Trainer Karl Burke's Wonderwork, who was owned by his wife Elaine, is bound for Dubai after being knocked down to Dubai-based assistant trainer Alessandro Marconi for 60,000 guineas (US$79,548).

“The horse has some very good form and Night Of Thunder is on fire,” said Marconi, adding: “But he comes from a very good trainer so it will be difficult to match! The horse will stay here for a couple of months and then head to Dubai.”

The 3-year-old gelding won on his debut as a 2-year-old. He has run three times this year and has won or placed on all three starts, and was offered with a 'Timeform' rating of 93.

It was an eventful few minutes for Burke whose star filly Dandalla won the Group 2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes at Newmarket five minutes earlier.

At the conclusion of the 2020 Tattersalls July Sale, Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented;

“For a bloodstock sale conducted under normal circumstances to register a clearance rate in excess of 95 percent is quite an achievement. To do so in the current climate and with the prevailing government travel regulations preventing so many regular buyers from attending this week's sales is little short of phenomenal.

“There have been four COVID-affected sales which have taken place at Tattersalls in the past three weeks and the clearance rate at every one of them has exceeded 80 percent. Not for a moment are we pretending that it has been plain sailing at all these sales, but they have all exceeded expectations and have all demonstrated an extraordinary resilience in the face of unprecedented challenges and an enduring appetite for British and Irish bloodstock at all levels of the market.

“Over the two days of the Tattersalls July Sale we have sold horses to buyers from nearly 20 different countries, most of whom have had to explore unconventional ways in which to participate at the sale. Our recently introduced live internet bidding platform has added a new dimension and has been consistently used by international buyers, with many others using the telephone bidding service provided by our team on the ground. While the catalog may understandably have lacked a little of the usual quality and quantity, demand for horses in training and in particular well-bred fillies and mares has given some cause for encouragement in uncertain times. We must thank vendors and purchasers alike, all of whom have shown a determination to keep the wheels of the industry turning in the face of considerable adversity.”

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Grade 1 Winner Tom’s d’Etat To Stand At WinStar Farm Upon Retirement

WinStar Farm has reached an agreement with Gayle Benson's GMB Racing to acquire the breeding rights to Grade 1-winning millionaire and leading Breeders' Cup Classic contender Tom's d'Etat.

“When my late husband, Tom, decided in 2014 that we were going to enter the horse racing business, the first place we came to was WinStar Farm to see their operation,” said Gayle Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans. “GMB Racing is extremely excited that our best horse, Tom's d'Etat, will begin his stud career with Kenny Troutt and his entire team at WinStar. We look forward to watching the second half of his career be just as successful as his first, and we know he will get that opportunity at WinStar. I am also eager to bring many of our mares from Benson Farm to breed to him in the coming years.”

By sire of sires Smart Strike, Tom's d'Etat won the 2019 Grade 1 Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs and is undefeated in two starts in 2020, both stakes. He registered a brilliant 4 1/4-length victory in the $500,000 G2 Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs June 27, earning a career-best 109 Beyer Speed Figure, and kicked off his seasonal campaign in April with an impressive late-charging win over Grade 1 winner and subsequent G1 Hollywood Gold Cup winner Improbable in the Oaklawn Mile Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Trained by Al Stall, Tom's d'Etat is a strapping bay who has emerged as one of the leading horses in training. Tom's d'Etat has compiled 11 wins, six of them in stakes, from 18 trips to the post, banking $1,627,272, and is on a four-win streak with his sights set on the G1 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga for his next target.

“I have been honored to be able to train two great horses in Blame and Tom's d'Etat,” said Al Stall. “He has been brilliant winning four in a row, and I can't wait to lead him back over there in the Whitney.”

In winning last month's Stephen Foster in dominant fashion over multiple graded stakes winner By My Standards, Tom's d'Etat covered 1 1/8 miles in an eye-catching 1:47.30, geared down in the late stages. The final time came within a whisker of Victory Gallop's track and stakes record of 1:47.28 set in the 1999 renewal of the Stephen Foster. In winning his fourth consecutive stakes race in the Stephen Foster, a “Win and You're In” qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Classic, Tom's d'Etat secured a berth in this year's $7-million Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland Nov. 7.

Tom's d'Etat scored his biggest victory to date last year, winning the $600,000 Clark Stakes as much the best by 3 1/4 lengths. Before taking down the Clark and running a 104 Beyer in the impressive performance, Tom's d'Etat ran a 105 Beyer in winning the G2 Fayette Stakes at Keeneland by a widening 4 1/4 lengths, and he also scored in the 2019 Alydar Stakes at Saratoga, recording a 104 Beyer. All told, he has recorded nine triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures, eight of them consecutively, in his illustrious career.

“Tom's d'Etat has proven over the last two years to be of the highest quality,” said Elliott Walden, WinStar's president, CEO, and racing manager. “Eleven of his last 12 Thoro-Graph figures are negative numbers. He has nine triple-digit Beyers and eight in a row. He was .02 off the track record in his last start at historic Churchill Downs, and he won two of the best races in the country at 1 1/8 miles in the Stephen Foster and the Clark.

“Any way you slice it, he is top class,” Walden added. “He is the last great son of Smart Strike from the family of Candy Ride. We walked Speightstown into the stallion barn at age seven and Distorted Humor at age six. Hopefully, he will be another story we can tell how he defied the odds like them.”

Bred in Kentucky by SF Bloodstock, Tom's d'Etat was purchased by GMB Racing for $330,000 at the 2014 Keeneland September sale from the Hunter Valley Farm consignment. He is produced from the stakes-winning and multiple stakes-placed Giant's Causeway mare Julia Tuttle who is out of Candy Cane (ARG), a full sister to G1 Pacific Classic winner and leading sire Candy Ride (ARG).

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Not This Time Filly Fastest At OBS July Under Tack Show’s Fourth Session

Hip No. 640, a daughter of Not This Time consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, breezed an eighth in : 9 4/5, posting the fastest work at the distance at the fourth session of the under tack show for Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2020 July Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age.

The chestnut filly is out of Exotic Design, by A.P. Indy, a daughter of Grade 1 winner Exotic Wood and a full-sister to stakes winner Key to Power.

Hip No. 639, a son of Ghostzapper consigned by Randy Bradshaw, Agent, turned in the session's fastest quarter, stopping the timer in :21 1/5. The bay colt is out of Excellent News, by Rahy, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Here's to You.

Hip No. 572, a daughter of Social Inclusion consigned by Blue River Bloodstock, Inc., Agent, breezed the session's fastest three-eighths, clocked in :33 1/5. The bay filly, a half sister to stakes placed For Emma, is out of stakes placed Dandy Dulce, by Dixieland Heat.

Hip No. 699, Papa Twosexyeight, a son of Anthony's Cross consigned by 30-30 Ranch, worked a half-mile in a brisk :46 3/5. The bay colt is out of Gerry's Reward, by Grand Reward, from the family of graded stakes winner Just Rushing.

Six youngsters worked quarters in :21 2/5.

  • Hip No. 542, Inside Scheme, a bay filly by Dialed In consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), Agent, is out of Collusion, by Broad Brush, a daughter of champion Inside Information and half-sister to champion Smuggler.
  • Hip No. 560, consigned by All in Line Stables, Agent, is a gray or roan filly by Summer Front out of stakes-placed Cozy Gain, by Cozzene, a daughter of graded stakes winner Broad Gains.
  • Hip No. 579, a dark bay or brown filly by Cairo Prince consigned by Off the Hook LLC, Agent, is out of Grade 1-placed Dear Bela (ARG), by Indygo Shiner, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Mister Tin.
  • Hip No. 695, a bay filly by Shackleford consigned by Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds, is out of Gateway to Gold, by Arch, a half sister to stakes winner Heart Butte.
  • Hip No. 701, Casper, a bay colt by Ghostzapper consigned by Arindel, is a full-brother to graded stakes winner Shaman Ghost out of stakes placed Getback Time, by Gilded Time.
  • Hip No. 712, consigned by Fabian Sales, is a chestnut filly by Secret Circle out of Golden Lady, by Medaglia d'Oro, a daughter of stakes winner Street Sass.

There were three eighths in :10 flat.

  • Hip No. 607, consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, is a dark bay or brown colt by Shackleford out of Donnatale, by Tale of the Cat, a half sister to graded stakes-placed stakes winner Heavenly Score.
  • Hip No. 648, a chestnut colt by Nyquist consigned by Q Bar J Thoroughbreds LLC, is out of stakes-placed Fancy and Flashy, by Zensational.
  • Hip No. 680, a chestnut colt by Dialed In consigned by G. A. Thoroughbred Sales, Agent, is out of stakes-placed Freedom Ridge, by Quaker Ridge.

The under tack show continues Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. with Hip No.'s 721 – 900 scheduled to breeze.

To view the full results from Thursday's under tack show, click here.

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Graded-Placed 2-Year-Old County Final Leads Latest Fasig-Tipton July Horses Of Racing Age Entries

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged an additional 11 entries to its July Horses of Racing Age Sale, increasing the size of the catalog to 176 entries. The live auction will be conducted with horses, buyers, and sellers in attendance.

These new entries are cataloged as Hips 166-176, and may now be viewed online. This latest group of entries includes:

  • County Final (Hip 166): Versatile 2-year-old colt captured his debut on turf at Churchill Downs on June 5, going wire-to-wire to win by an easy four lengths. He stepped up in class and switched to Churchill's dirt surface for his second start in the Grade 3 Bashford Manor Stakes on June 27. Carving out swift fractions to lead most of the way, he finished a strong second to undefeated Cazadero, one of the nation's leading 2-year-olds. He is out of Tapajo, a stakes winning daughter of Tapit that is a 100 percent winner-producer. County Final is consigned by John Ennis Training, agent.
  • Salow (Hip 172): Three-year-old son of Distorted Humor captured his career debut in eye-catching fashion on July 3 at Gulfstream Park. Going one mile on turf, he came impressively from off the pace to win by 2 3/4 lengths in a swift final time of 1:34 2/5.  His dam, Eve Giselle, was a graded stakes winner and multiple stakes winner of nearly $300,000. She is a 100 percent winner-producer, including stakes placed I'm Patriotic. Salow is consigned by ELiTE, agent.

These entries may also be viewed in the sale's enhanced online catalog, which features pedigrees, race videos, statistical links, Ragozin “sheet” numbers, and real-time Daily Racing Form and Thoromanager past performances.

Print catalogs will be available on-site at Fasig-Tipton by Friday, July 10.

Fasig-Tipton will continue to catalog approved entries up until sale time.

Health and Safety Protocols

Health and safety protocols will be in place on-site at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky. A complete list may be found here.

Online Bidding

Online bidding, which Fasig-Tipton successfully debuted at its recent Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, will also be available for the July Horses of Racing Age Sale. For more information, please visit: http://www.fasigtipton.com/online-bidding.

The company will provide phone bidding services, as well.

Del Mar Bonus

The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club will offer an additional $2,000 to their Ship & Win program for any horse purchased at the July Horses of Racing Age Sale that makes a start at the 2020 Del Mar Summer meet. Horses purchased at the sale will receive a day three date from the racing office.

The July Horses of Racing Age Sale will take place Monday, July 13 in Lexington, Ky. The sale will begin at 4 p.m.

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