GAYEGO (Gilded Time), a $1.7 million earner and top class miler/sprinter, enters stud at Norse Ridge this season. $6,500 fee. Read more below – www.horse-races.net photo

 

79 BEYER FOR MARITIMER IN CORONATION

Norseman Racing’s homebred MARTIMER stretched out well under a good rider to win the 108th CORONATION FUTURITY and he launched himself to the top of the Queen’s Plate winterbook list.
While the Coronation is one of those races for 2yos that has not been good to its winners lately – been more than 3 decades since the winner went on to take the Plate, this colt, by the red-hot Stormy Atlantic, is sizy and looks solid.
And so far, the Canadian lot of 2yos has not been stellar in races other than sprints.

The Woodbine surface was a lot faster yesterday than it was earlier in the week so when the times were looking fast, they weren’t as fast as you may think.

Martimer’s mum is the unbeaten Highland Ruckus mare Highland Moon, who raced for Norseman (Howard Walton).

MORE SUNDAY WOODBINE – The leading Canadian freshman sire VIBANK had another winner, 2 on the weekend, as  MONO CLIFFS won his maiden for $25,000 for Laurel Byrne and Wesley ward and trainer Brian Lynch.

The red-hot combo of trainer ANALSIA DELMAS and JOCKEY CHRIS GRIFFITH won again – COLD HARBOR won for $25,000 in race 2.

Frank DiGiulio’s ANYWHERE remained unbeaten in 2 races with an allowance win in race 5. the Where’s the Ring filly is out of Dan’s Duchess (Domasca Dan) and is a homebred trained by Robert Tiller.

CONSOLIDATOR JOE’S 5th win of the season in race 6 tied him for the lead for wins at the meeting
He is an RMC homebred by Consolidator out of Ascot Tobie trained by Norm McKnight. His win on Sunday was for $50,000 claiming:

 LEADING HORSES BY WINS – WOODBINE
1    Atlantic Hurricane    7    5    1    1    $303,454    71%    7    100%    101
1    Quick Code    8    5    0    2    $219,639    63%    7    88%    97
1    Consolidator Joe    7    5    1    1    $179,676    71%    7    100%    98
1    Hank’s Hill    10    5    1    1    $101,046    50%    7    70%    94

 

**Breaking news: BREEDERS’ CUP SATURDAY BEYER FIGURES...checking the Mile and the Juv. Turf

The final time of the Juvenile Turf and the Mile on Saturday are being investigated.
The time of the Juvenile Turf may not be as fast as first timed (this the huge difference in Beyer Speed Figures listed below).
Stay tuned for more info.

CD    Breeders’ Cup Classic(G1)    Chart    $4,545,000    3+    1 1/4    104    2:04.27    Drosselmeyer    Distorted Humor    W. Mott    M. Smith
Owner: WinStar Farm LLC    Breeder: Aaron U. Jones & Marie D. Jones
CD    Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Turf(G1)      $2,727,000    3+    1 1/2T    108    2:28.85    St Nicholas Abbey (IRE)    Montjeu (IRE)    A. O’Brien    J. O’Brien
Owner: Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Michael and Smith, Derrick    Breeder: Barton Bloodstock & Villiers Synd
CD    Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile(G1)    $1,818,000    2    1 1/16    94    1:44.44    Hansen    Tapit    M. Maker    R. Dominguez
Owner: Hansen, Kendall, M.D. and Sky Chai Racing    Breeder: Kendall Hansen
CD    TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile(G1)    $1,818,000    3+    1T    105    1:37.05    Court Vision    Gulch    D. Romans    R. Albarado
Owner: Spendthrift Farm LLC    Breeder: W. S. Farish & Kilroy Thoroughbred Partnership
CD    Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Sprint(G1)    $1,363,500    3+    6    107    1:09.17    Amazombie    Northern Afleet    W. Spawr    M. Smith
Owner: Sanford, Thomas C. and Spawr, William    Breeder: Gregg Anderson
CD    Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf(G1)    $909,000    2    1T    86    1:37.41    Wrote (IRE)    High Chaparral (IRE)    A. O’Brien    R. Moore
Owner: Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Michael and Smith, Derrick    Breeder: Speers Bloodstock Ltd
CD    Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint(G2)    $909,000    3+    5T    102    0:56.48    Regally Ready    More Than Ready    S. Asmussen    C. Nakatani
Owner: Vinery Stables    Breeder: Grapestock LLC
CD    Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile(G1)    $909,000    3+    1    111    1:34.59    Caleb’s Posse    Posse    D. Von Hemel    R. Maragh
Owner: McNeil Stables, LLC and Cheyenne Stables, LLC    Breeder: Don C. McNeill
CD    Breeders’ Cup Marathon(G2)    $454,500    3+    1 3/4    95    3:00.39    Afleet Again    Afleet Alex    R. Reid    C. Velasquez

 

BIG WIN FOR CANADA

Gerry Gibbs’ ALL STAR HEART won the Grade 2 Las Palmas yesterday at Santa Anita, the 5th win in the last 7 races for this Ontario bred filly.
This is an unusual story of a gal, by Arch out of an Ascot Knight mare,, who was tough to handle as a young horse. She began her career in Kentucky with trainer David Ashcroft and then raced for trainer Arthus Silvera last year. She raced in maiden allowance events but she did not pan out. She went to Ron McAnally late last year and has blossomed on the grass.
She earned an 89 Beyer Figure for her Las Palmas win.
Gibb’s black and red silks have been seen in Canada for many years (Devil Valentine) and he has Nasiriyah’s Song racing at Woodbine on Wednesday night.

ALL STAR HEART’s 2nd dam, Devil’s Council, is by Gibbs’ stallion DEVIL BEGONE, and she is a homebred from his Tullira Stable (former stable name). The dam is also a Gibb’s bred, she won her debut for $50K claiming under trainer Darwin Banach and then was retired after a stakes start.

Sunday, Santa Anita
LAS PALMAS S.-GII, $150,000, SAX, 11-6, 3yo/up,
f/m, 1mT, 1:35 3/5, gd.
1–@ALL STAR HEART, 119, f, 4, by Arch 1st Dam: Gift of the Heart, by Ascot Knight
2nd Dam: Devils Council, by Devil Begone
3rd Dam: Riveting, by Villamor

O/B-Gerry Gibbs (ON); T-Ronald L McAnally; J-Brice Blanc; $90,000. Lifetime Record: 15-5-1-1,
$261,705.

 

GAYEGO TO ONTARIO

Grade 1-winning millionaire Gayego will enter stud in 2012 at the Hunderup family’s Norse Ridge Farm near King City, Ontario. Gayego comes to Canada through an arrangement brokered by Bernard McCormack’s Cara Bloodstock and will stand for an introductory fee of $6,500 Canadian funds, payable when the foal stands and nurses.

A multiple graded stakes winner of $1,751,120, the son of Gilded Time – Devil’s Lake, by Lost Code, raced at 2 and 3 for Cubanacan Stables and trainer Paulo Lobo before Godolphin acquired him privately prior to his 4-year-old season. At 2, Gayego was a precocious front-running 3-length winner in his 6-furlong career debut at Hollywood Park. At 3, he set a new track record at Hollywood Park, winning the 6 ½-furlong San Pedro S. by 2 ¾ lengths in 1:13.07 before leaving California for a victory the $1,000,000 Arkansas Derby.

Gayego made 5 starts in the Godolphin colors at 4, winning three times including the Grade 1 Ancient Title S. at Santa Anita – going 6 furlongs in 1:08.28 – and the Group 3 Mahab Al Shimaal Dayjur S. In his other two outings at 4, he ran second in the Group 2 Etisalat Godolphin Mile on Dubai World Cup Day and fourth, beaten a neck for first, in the $2,000,000, Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint. He won twice at 5, setting another new track record with his 2-length score in the $250,000 Presque Isle Downs Mile while also placing in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Churchill Downs, the Grade 1 Triple Bend H. at Hollywood Park, and the Group 3 Xpress Al Shindagha Sprint S. at Meydan.

Gayego’s sire Gilded Time was an undefeated Eclipse Champion at 2 after three graded stakes wins including the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile S. and placed in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint in his 2 starts at 3. His dam, Devil’s Code, is a stakes-winning daughter of millionaire Lost Code. He represents an exceptional outcross for mares from most popular current sire lines, being entirely free of Northern Dancer, Seattle Slew, Mr. Prospector, Blushing Groom (FR), and Roberto breeding.

Gayego will be available for viewing at Keeneland during the November breeding stock sales. Please contact Bernard McCormack during the sales at 859.338.4135 to arrange a visit.  Gayego will ship to Canada later this month and may then be seen at Norse Ridge Farm. Please contact Jason LaMarche-Hunderup or Bernard McCormack at 905.886.7882, or by email at Stallions@NorseRidge.com, for additional information.

 

 

KEENELAND NOVEMBER DAY ONE
Adena big spenders

A weanling gal by Medaglia  D’Oro sold for $2.6 ,million to Frank Stronach.

Matt Wooley/Equisport photo

 

Topped by CAT MOVES at $2.4 million, Frank stronach, who was in attendance at Keeneland, bought a hatful of expensive horses on the first day of Keeneland November. The farm has been wild in the auction rings this season.
Stronach also bought LIFE AT TEN for $1.95 million.
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OTHER CANADIAN PURCHASES ON DAY 1


0084     CH.F. Smart Strike — Colonella    Windhaven    65,000
Lane’s End, Agent for the Complete Dispersal of theEstate of Edward P. Evans (Spring Hill Farm)

0104     B.M. Emmalee    R. J. Bennett, Agent    210,000
Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent CXLIII
0148     B.M. Lady’s Quest    R. J. Bennett, Agent    435,000
Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent CXLIII
0205     DB/BR.M. Raging Fever    R. J. Bennett, Agent    725,000
Lane’s End, Agent for the Complete Dispersal of theEstate of Edward P. Evans (Spring Hill Farm)

CANADIAN BRED WEANLING:
0173     B.F. A.P. Indy — Miraculous Miss    T. Hyde    475,000
Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency, Agent

 

 

 

FASIG TIPTON SUNDAY RESULTS from a Canadian view

M     PACHATTACK     PULPIT     EL LAOOB     CARA BLOODSTOCK (BERNARD MCCORMACK) AGENT     FLAXMAN HOLDINGS LTD     $1,200,000

F     SUAVE VOIR FAIRE     SUAVE     AVIE’S SONG     ST GEORGE SALES AGENT IV     DENNY ANDREWS     $55,000

F     CRISP     EL CORREDOR     CAT’S FAIR     LANE’S END AGENT     ADENA SPRINGS     $1,200,000

F     HARISSA     AFLEET ALEX     DYNASTY     VANMETER SALES AGENT V     ADENA SPRINGS     $360,000

114     F     HER SMILE     INCLUDE     HEPBURN     DENALI STUD (CRAIG & HOLLY BANDOROFF) AGENT I     ADENA SPRINGS     $1,000,000

M     MISS BLAKELY     SMART STRIKE     A BIT SPECIAL (GB)     HIDDEN BROOK AGENT VI     DENNY ANDREWS     $50,000

BREEDERS’ CUP DUST BUNNIES

Everyone talked about the Breeders’ Cup yesterday at Woodbine – ‘how was your day?’ , win any money?,  how ’bout the Canadians and the Woodbine horses?

HARD NOT TO LIKE, EXCAPER and PERFECT SHIRL all ran well, the first named is the lone Canadian-bred. All 3 are expected to be finished for the season, at least locally.

PERFECT SHIRL, with just 2 races in Canada. is not eligible for any Sovereign Awards and while there was some discussion of her racing again in Canada, she has ultimately gone south. She could race during the winter:
from Breeders’ Cup notes:

Perfect Shirl (Perfect Soul {Ire}) will return as a 5-yearold next season following her upset in the GI Breeders’
Cup Filly & Mare Turf. “She’s going to Florida to have a little bit of a break  and she=ll start her next season in Florida, and then go to Keeneland. That=s how I usually do it. She took a long time to develop, and she’s really turned the corner the last five or six months.
ANDY BEYER – BREEDERS’ CUP FLOPS

“Drosselmeyer had not accomplished much since June 2010, when he won one of the weakest, slowest runnings of the Belmont Stakes in modern times. Now he is credited with winning the weakest, slowest Breeders’ Cup Classic everAndy Beyer, Daily Racing Form

http://www.drf.com/news/beyer-breeders-cup-flop-biggest-names