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VOLUME 16  - JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2005

 

KEENELAND JANUARY

Happy New Year wishes to everyone from Paramount Sales.  In our hope to help make this the happiest of new years, we are offering some top bloodstock in the Keeneland Horses Of All Ages Sale.  Headlining the group the January is CAHOOTERS, the dam of G1Wood Memorial winner and popular commercial sire BUDDHA. In addition, a stunning yearling full sister to BUDDHA by UNBRIDLED'S SONG is also being offered for sale.

Here is bigger sample the consignment this week:

421 MISS BARRA Stake producer in foal to KAFWAIN.
551 TIME KNAPP Stake producing half sister to Hwt. QUI  BELLE.
568 WALTZING AROUND (IRE) Half sister to French 1000 Guineas winner VALENTINE WALTZ (IRE).
640 CAHOOTERS Dam of G1 Wood Memorial winner BUDDHA
641

filly by UNBRIDLED'S SONG

out of CAHOOTERS

Beautiful full sister to G1 Winner BUDDHA
654 CHIPETA SPRINGS Graded stake producer in foal to TALE OF THE CAT.

 

Visit our consignment at Barn 25 on Tuesday, January 11, Barn 38 on Thursday, January 13, and finally Barn 12 on Saturday January 15.  We look forward to seeing you.

 

FASIG-TIPTON JULY DEADLINE APPROACHING

Nominations to the Fasig-Tipton Select Session for Kentucky July and Saratoga, as well as the Saratoga Preferred venue close January 31.  If you would like to nominate your yearling please call Paramount today (859-296-6455).  Pat Costello will arrange an inspection and analysis of your yearling.  Sale selection is critical when selling bloodstock. 

Paramount Sales can not only help select the correct venue for your yearling, but Paramount Sales topped the Fasig-Tipton July Sale in 2003, was the consignor with the highest gross sales at the 2004 Saratoga Preferred Session, sold a $1.15M yearling at the 2004 Saratoga Select Session.  Contact Paramount Sales to consign your yearlings in 2005 and join in the success.

 

  FASIG-TIPTON WINTER MIXED SALE

Paramount Sales tentatively has over fifty horses entered in the February Fasig-Tipton mixed sale.  The catalogue pages will be online soon. Please visit our website for updates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eclipse Awards

To visit the official website click here.

 

ECLIPSE FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

 

With the new year comes the final review of the racing season behind us.  And each year we await the Eclipse Award ceremonies to announce the year's champions.  The equine finalists for the 2004 Eclipse Awards are:

 

Horse of the Year:   Ghostzapper* Smarty Jones*  
Older Male:   Ghostzapper Pleasantly Perfect Roses In May
2 Year-Old Colt:   Afleet Alex Declan's Moon Wilko
3 Year-Old Colt:   Birdstone Kitten's Joy Smarty Jones
Older Female:   Azeri Sightseek Storm Flag Flying
2 Year-Old Filly:   Balletto Runway Model Sweet Catomine
3 Year-Old Filly:   Ashado Ouija Board (GB) Stellar Jayne
Turf Male:   Better Talk Now Kitten's Joy Singletary
Turf Female:   Intercontinental (GB) Ouija Board (GB) Ticker Tape (GB)
Sprinter:   Ghostzapper Pico Central (BRZ) Speightstown
Steeplechase:   Hirapour (IRE) McDynamo Preemptive Strike
         

*Horse of the Year nominations have not yet been announced.  It is widely believed Ghostzapper and Smarty Jones will not only both be nominated, but will be neck-in-neck to win the title for 2004 Horse of the Year.

We'd like to wish the best of luck to the connections of each of the nominees.  We look forward to seeing the designation "champion" in each of the horse's pedigrees in 2005.  Congratulations.

 

 

UPCOMING DEADLINES

 

Below are deadlines approaching for upcoming sales.  Please contact Pat Costello if you have any further questions or would like to nominate a horse for any of these sales venues.

 

Sale Date

Entry Deadline 

Consignor Deadlines

(PDF format)

Sale Venue

July 18-19, 2005 January 31, 2005   Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings -KY
August 9-11, 2005 January 31, 2005   Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings
August 14-15, 2005 January 31, 2005   Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Preferred Yearlings

 

 

 

Click here for the race schedule in PDF document format.

RACING

Each month, we provide a list of the upcoming Grade 1 races.  Below are the Grade 1 races scheduled for the upcoming months. We'd like to wish everyone the best of racing luck.

UPCOMING GRADE 1 RACES

2/5/05 Donn Handicap - G1 $500,000 (g) Gulfstream Park
3/5/05 Santa Anita Handicap - G1 $1,000,000 (g) Santa Anita
3/6/05 Gulfstream Park BC Hand. - G1 $150,000 Gulfstream Park
4/2/05 Florida Derby - G1 $1,000,000 (g) Gulfstream Park
 

 

Paramount Sales

 

Pat Costello, Managing Officer 

1025 Monarch St

Suite 260
Lexington, KY 40513-1932

 

(859) 296-6455 paramount@paramountsales.net

 

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