Keeneland November Sale Adds 25 Supplemental Entries

Keeneland has announced that 14 horses have been supplemented to Book 1 of the 78th November Breeding Stock Sale and 11 horses have been supplemented to the horses of racing age portion of the auction, to be held Nov. 10-19. Broodmares added to Book 1 include connections to two recent Grade 1-winning 2-year-olds expected to compete at the upcoming Breeders' Cup World Championships: Jazz Tune, dam of Claiborne Breeders' Futurity winner Rattle N Roll, and Look Me Over, a half-sister to American Pharoah winner Corniche.

Keeneland will accept supplements to Book 1 until the November Sale begins and continue to accept supplements to the horses of racing age portion through the first few days of the auction.

A total of 227 horses are cataloged to Book 1, which begins Nov. 10 at 1 p.m. ET. Supplements are:

A Z Warrior, a Grade 1-winning daughter of Bernardini in foal to Uncle Mo. Dam of Irish stakes winner Key To My Heart, she is a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Jojo Warrior, Grade 3 winner E Z Warrior and stakes winner J Z Warrior. Eaton Sales, agent, has consigned A Z Warrior.

– Dance Recital, a 4-year-old winning daughter of War Front out of Grade 2 winner Gold Medal Dancer, by Medaglia d'Oro. Dance Recital is consigned by Greenfield Farm, agent, as a racing or broodmare prospect.

– Front Page Story, a full sister to English and Irish highweight Declaration of War and Grade 3 winner War Correspondent in foal to Constitution. The daughter of War Front is consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

– Jazz Tune, dam of Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity winner Rattle N Roll. Consigned by Baldwin Bloodstock, agent for St. Simon Place, the winning daughter of Johannesburg is in foal to Liam's Map.

– Lenni Girl, a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Jackie's Warrior. The daughter of Candy Ride is consigned by Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency, agent, as a racing or broodmare prospect.

– Look Me Over, a half-sister to G1 American Pharoah winner Corniche. The winning daughter of Hard Spun is carrying her first foal by Kitten's Joy. She is consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, agent.

– Miss Teheran, a Grade 3-placed winner consigned by ELiTE, agent. The daughter of Teofilo is cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect.

– Not in Jest, a full sister to Grade 1 winner and sire Cross Traffic in foal to Into Mischief. Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Aaron and Marie Jones LLC, is consigning the daughter of Unbridled's Song.

– Quinta Nota, a Group 1 winner in Peru whose dam is a half-sister to Canadian champion Not Bourbon. The daughter of Tale of Ekati is consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, as a racing or broodmare prospect.

– Reagan's Edge, a Grade 2-placed winner consigned by Denali Stud, agent, as a racing or broodmare prospect. The 4-year-old filly is by Competitive Edge.

– Secret Garden, dam of G1 Darley Alcibiades third-place finisher Sequist who is in foal to Maclean's Music. From the family of champion and leading sire Bernardini, the daughter of the A.P. Indy stallion Flanders Fields is consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency.

– Sircat Sally, a Grade 2-winning daughter of Surf Cat in foal to Munnings. She is consigned by Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency, agent.

– Team of Teams, a stakes-winning daughter of Elusive Quality in foal to American Pharoah. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, she is out of multiple Grade 2 winner Teammate, an A.P. Indy half-sister to War Front.

– Tetragonal, a Grade 2-placed winner consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. The daughter of Mehmas is cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect.

The horses of racing age section of the November Sale on Nov. 19 includes these supplements:

– Della Frost, a winning 3-year-old daughter of Frosted consigned by Four Star Sales, agent. She is a half-sister to stakes winner Pulsate, second in the recent G3 Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational.

– Deregulation, a 3-year-old gelding by Acclamation (GB) consigned by ELiTE, agent.

– Digital Software, a 4-year-old winning gelding by Temple City consigned by ELiTE, agent.

– Investment Income, a 3-year-old filly by Candy Ride out of a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Zoftig, dam of Grade 1 winners Zo Impressive and Zaftig. She is consigned by ELiTE, agent.

– Kuora, a 5-year-old Group 3 winner consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent.

– Magical Sign, a 2-year-old daughter of Gun Runner from the family of Group 1 winners Macoumba and Septieme Ciel. She is consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

– Manasota Sunset, a winning stakes-placed 2-year-old daughter of Outwork. She is consigned by St George Sales, agent.

– Penicillin Success, a winning 3-year-old colt by Vancouver consigned by Hidden Brook, agent

– Ski Patrol, a 3-year-old gelding by Pioneerof the Nile out of champion Forever Together. He is consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent.

– Vanzzy, a multiple stakes-winning 4-year-old colt by Verrazano out of stakes winner Selva, by Forest Wildcat. A five-time winner, he was third in the Sept. 27 Peach Street Stakes at Presque Isle Downs in his most recent start. He is consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent.

– Winfromwithin, a 3-year-old stakes-winning, Grade 2-placed colt by Into Mischief consigned by ELiTE, agent. In March, Winfromwithin took the Columbia at Tampa Bay Downs in course-record time. He was third in the G2 American Turf Presented by Derby City Gaming at Churchill Downs in May.

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25 Horses Supplemented To Keeneland November Sale

Officials at Keeneland have announced the addition of 25 horses to their upcoming November Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 10-19. Fourteen horses have been supplemented to Book 1 of the auction, while 11 horses have been added to the Horses of Racing Age section of the sale.

Added to Book 1, which features 227 horses, are:

  • Hip 216, A Z Warrior (Bernardini), winner of the GI Frizette S. in 2010, offered by Eaton Sales, agent, in foal to Uncle Mo and whose track record-setting daughter Conch Pearl (American Pharoah) runs Sunday at Hanshin

 

  • Hip 220, Miss Teheran (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), a Grade III-placed runner, consigned by ELiTE, agent;

 

  • Hip 222, Jazz Tune (Johannesburg), the dam of recent GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity S. winner Rattle N Roll (Connect) pregnant to Liam's Map and consigned by Baldwin Bloodstock on behalf of St Simon Place;

 

 

  • Hip 224B, Lenni Girl (Candy Ride {Arg}), a 2-year-old half-sister to MGISW and leading GI Breeders' Cup Sprint contender Jackie's Warrior (Maclean's Music) offered by Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency as a racing/broodmare prospect;

 

The HORA section features the following supplements:

 

  • Hip 3861, Investment Income (Candy Ride {Arg}), out of a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Zoftig (Cozzene), dam of Grade I winners Zo Impressive (Hard Spun) and Zaftig (Gone West), consigned by ELiTE, agent;

 

  • Magical Sign, a 2-year-old daughter of Gun Runner from the family of Group 1 winners Macoumba (Mr. Prospector) and Septieme Ciel (Seattle Slew), consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent;

 

  • Winfromwithin (Into Mischief), the four-length winner of the Columbia S. at Tampa this past March and thrd in the GII American Turf S. the following month.

 

Keeneland will accept supplements to Book 1 until the November Sale begins and continue to accept supplements to the horses of racing age portion through the first few days of the auction.

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Pocket Square Gets 92 Beyer Speed Figure For Athenia, Brown Targets Champagne For Jack Christopher

Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown saddled Pocket Square and Miss Teheran to a one-two finish in Saturday's $200,000 Grade 3 Athenia, a nine-furlong inner turf test for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

The victory provided Brown with his 100th graded stakes win at Belmont Park, joining Hall of Famers Todd Pletcher and Shug McGaughey as the only conditioners to reach the century mark of graded stakes wins at Belmont.

Juddmonte homebred Pocket Square, with Irad Ortiz, Jr. up, rated in fourth outside rivals before advancing wide through the turn and powering home a 2 1/2-length winner, garnering a 92 Beyer. She paid $2.90 as the odds-on favorite.

Pocket Square, a 4-year-old Night of Thunder chestnut, entered from a 4 1/4-length optional-claiming win traveling nine furlongs on the turf at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on August 25.

“I'm really pleased with how she came out of the race and I'm really happy the way she's put a couple of nice wins together now – impressive wins,” Brown said. “We have her back on track. We've always thought a lot of her.”

Pocket Square, sixth in her lone sophomore start in the Group 3 Musidora at York, was a Group 3 winner as a juvenile in France for her former conditioner Roger Charlton. She notched a debut win for Brown in a 1 1/16-mile allowance tilt at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., in April and followed with back-to-back fifth-place finishes in Grade 1 company in the one-mile Longines Just a Game in June at Belmont and the nine-furlong Diana in August at Saratoga.

Brown said he left the Athenia trip in the capable hands of Ortiz, Jr.

“I certainly wanted her to stay out of trouble as the heavy favorite in a short field, so I did leave it up to Irad,” Brown said. “He knew what he had and he had a plan. Irad has really focused on trying to get to know this horse. He has a terrific record on her. He's ridden her so well. He's been very helpful with the development of her over here.”

Brown said he may have rushed Pocket Square into her recent Grade 1 efforts but that the filly's recent efforts are encouraging.

“Now that I've had a chance to regroup and given her a couple of easier races, she's shown the ability we saw over the winter,” Brown said. “It's probably time now to step into a higher level race again. I'm not sure where or when yet, but her training will guide us.”

Brown said he spoke with Juddmonte general manager Garrett O'Rourke following the race and would even consider stretching Pocket Square out in distance.

“It did strike me yesterday when she stormed to the front and kicked on to the wire and beyond that this filly can run further than I originally thought of her when I started this campaign in the spring at Keeneland,” Brown said. “She looked the part potentially of a miler on form when she came over here.

“I saw something yesterday when she got to the wire and on out that she seemed steady and strong as she kept going out,” Brown added. “I wouldn't be afraid to try her longer distances. I wouldn't have thought of that in the spring or earlier in the summer, but your opinion can change if they develop, certainly.”

Miss Teheran rallied from the back of the pack under Manny Franco to complete the Athenia exacta, but was pulled up in the gallop out and provided a precautionary ride home in the equine ambulance.

“Unfortunately she bled in the race. It's uncharacteristic for her. We'll have to regroup with her and figure out her future,” Brown said.

Swift Thoroughbreds, Madaket Stables, and Wonder Stables' Tamahere romped gate-to-wire in Saturday's 1 1/16-mile Violet at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., contested over yielding turf.

The victory, which garnered a career-best 104 Beyer, was the 4-year-old Wootton Bassett filly's first win since the one-mile Grade 2 Sands Point in October at Belmont in her North American debut, following a trio of starts in her native France.

Tamahere entered the Violet from a pacesetting fourth in the Grade 2 Ballston Spa in August at Saratoga.

“It's nice to get her back on track. Obviously, she's been really keen in her races,” Brown said. “Her year didn't quite go as we planned based on how we started her career over here with an impressive off-the-pace win in the Sands Point, but she's definitely had some difficulties since then and some keen situations and such and been a little inconsistent.

“It was nice to let her cruise along on the lead at Monmouth,” he added. “She certainly loved the course.”

Klaravich Stables' McKulick and e Five Thoroughbreds' Kinchen worked five-eighths in company Sunday on the Belmont inner turf in 1:02.09 in preparation for Saturday's Grade 2 Miss Grillo, a 1 1/16-mile turf test for juvenile fillies.

McKulick, by Frankel and out of the Makfi mare Astrelle, graduated on debut in a 1 1/6-mile turf maiden on August 8 at Saratoga with Ortiz, Jr. up.

Kinchen, by Lope de Vega and out of the Galileo mare Miss Nouriya, rallied to finish second in her August 29 debut at 1 1/16 miles on the Saratoga turf under Tyler Gaffalione.

My Sister Nat [1:00.80] and Orglandes [1:00.40] breezed five-eighths in company on the inner turf in preparation for Sunday's Grade 3 Fasig-Tipton Waya at 11 furlongs on the inner turf.

“They both went super,” Brown said.

Peter Brant's My Sister Nat, a Group 3-winner in France, won last year's Waya when it was contested at 12 furlongs on the Saratoga turf. The 6-year-old Acclamation bay sports a record of 19-3-7-5 with purse earnings of $660,672.

Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables, and Michael J. Caruso's Orglandes, a 5-year-old French-bred daughter of Le Havre, won the Grade 3 Red Carpet Handicap in November at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif. She has finished sixth in a pair of Grade 2 starts this year in the Sheepshead Bay in May at Belmont and the Glens Falls in August at the Spa.

Jim Bakke and Gerald Isbister's promising Grade 1 Champagne aspirant Jack Christopher breezed five-eighths in company with sophomore maiden winner Pipeline in 1:00 flat Saturday on the main track.

“Two nice horses there. They both came out of it well,” Brown said. “He's [Jack Christopher] on target for the Champagne. Pipeline, I'm considering waiting and running him in the Perryville at Keeneland later in the meet. He just broke his maiden but his figures are so fast, I'd like to see how the race comes up.”

Jack Christopher, a Munnings chestnut who was purchased for $135,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale, registered a 92 Beyer for his 8 3/4-length debut score in a six-furlong maiden special weight on August 28 at Saratoga.

John Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock Services' Pipeline, by Speightstown and out of the Empire Maker mare Vivo Per Lei, graduated at fourth asking in a seven-furlong maiden tilt on September 4 at Saratoga. The bay colt's 3 1/4-length score matched a career-best 97 Beyer.

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Klaravich Stables' Domestic Spending worked five-eighths on the inner turf in 1:01.52 in company with Rockemperor [1:01.45].

Domestic Spending, a three-time Grade 1-winner, finished second last out in the Grade 1 Mr. D. on August 14 at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Ill. Brown said the 4-year-old Kingman gelding is likely to make his next start in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf in November at Del Mar.

“I'm going train him [Domestic Spending] to the Breeders' Cup and I'm not sure what I'm going to do with Rockemperor yet,” Brown said.

Technical Analysis breezed five-eighths in 1:02.65 on the inner turf in preparation for the Grade 1 QEII Challenge Cup on October 16 at Keeneland.

“She breezed really good this morning,” Brown said.

Public Sector [1:02.11] and Sifting Sands [1:02.08] breezed five-eighths in company on the inner turf in preparation for the $400,000 Grade 2 Hill Prince, a nine-furlong turf test for sophomores on October 23 at Belmont.

Klaravich Stables' Gerrymander worked a half-mile in :48.77 on the Belmont main track Sunday in preparation for next Sunday's Grade 1 Frizette against a tough field led by Echo Zulu for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen.

Gerrymander, a 2-year-old Into Mischief bay, garnered a 73 Beyer in her second-out maiden score sprinting six furlongs on the Saratoga main track on August 29.

“I know that's a tough spot but she broke her maiden and I want to try her at a mile,” Brown said. “I like the way the horse is training but she's going to have to really step up. This is a really strong race. Asmussen's filly is in there and I think she's the best 2-year-old dirt filly I've seen run, so everyone has their work cut out for them.”

Klaravich Stables' Portfolio Company breezed a half-mile in :49.05 on the Belmont main track.

Brown said the 2-year-old Kitten's Joy colt, runner-up last out in the Grade 3 With Anticipation, has been training with a new bit and will be piloted by Joel Rosario in the Grade 2 Pilgrim.

“He had a little work on the dirt today and it thought he went well,” Brown said. “I just put a different bit on him for a little more control.”

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Yakteen Stable’s Cal-Bred ‘Queen,’ Mucho Unusual, Takes Robert J. Frankel Stakes

Well beaten in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf on Nov. 7, George Krikorian's homebred Mucho Unusual seemed to relish a return home to Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., as she rallied under Eastern-based John Velazquez to take Sunday's Grade 3, $100,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes by three-quarters of a length.  Trained by Tim Yakteen, the California-bred daughter of Mucho Macho Man got a mile and one eighth on turf in 1:46.94.

Comfortably in-hand while second, about two lengths off of pacesetting She's Our Charm around the first turn, Mucho Unusual inched up outside a three-horse spread that included favored Miss Teheran and She's Our Charm heading to the three furlong pole and held sway late under a hand ride from Velazquez, who collected his third win on the day.

“She broke good and it looked like the one speed filly (She's Our Charm) would go and she did,” said Velazquez. “Down the backside, Joel (Rosario, aboard favored Miss Teheran) moved a little early and I also wanted to make sure I put a little pressure on the two (She's Our Charm) because she had been running easily.  Turning for home, I asked her and she finished up great.”

A front-running winner of the G1 Rodeo Drive Stakes here two starts back on Sept. 26, Mucho Unusual was the narrow second choice at 5-2 in a field of eight fillies and mares and paid $7.80, $4.40 and $3.20.

“We had an outside draw and that was a little bit of a concern,” said Yakteen.  “There was one lone speed in the race.  She is such a dream to train, so easy, so straightforward, she makes my job easy.  She's my queen.  We don't have a big stable but she's our queen.”

Out of Krikorian's Unusual Heat mare Not Unusual, Mucho Unusual, who turns 5 on Friday, is now a three-time graded stakes winner.  With an overall mark of 18-6-3-4, she picked up $60,000 for the win, increasing her earnings to $762,715.

Owned in-part by former Santa Anita general manager, Ron Charles, English-bred Never Be Enough flew late for second money, prevailing by a nose over She's Our Charm.  Ridden by Tiago Pereira, Never Be Enough was off at 32-1 and paid $18.40 and $10.40.

In a big effort, Ron McAnally's She's Our Charm fought bravely late and finished three quarters of a length better than Miss Teheran.  Off at 4-1 with Juan Hernandez, She's Our Charm paid $4.00 to show.

Trained by Chad Brown, Irish-bred Miss Teheran shipped in from South Florida seeking her first stakes victory but her chances were seriously comprised when she hesitated leaving the gate and was subsequently shuffled back while in tight quarters.  Thereafter, she appeared a bit keen with Rosario and when the rail opened up a half mile out, he asked her to engage the front runners in what proved a failed strategy as the actual 5-2 favorite.

Fractions on the race were 23.72, 47.90, 1:11.70 and 1:35.02.

Named in honor of the Hall of Fame trainer who passed away at age 68 in 2009, Bobby Frankel was a five-time leading Winter/Spring Meet trainer at Santa Anita and he remains the track's all-time leader by races won with 917 and is third on the all-time stakes-won list with 146.  Frankel won the race's precursor, the San Gorgonio Stakes, a record seven times.

Live racing resumes at Santa Anita on Thursday with first post time for a nine-race card at 12:30 p.m.

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