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UPCOMING
SALES
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Buying opportunities
We will be on-site to
purchase horses at
Fasig-Tipton October
OBS October
Fasig-Tipton November
Keeneland November
Selling opportunities
Fasig-Tipton October
view consignment
Fasig-Tipton November
Keeneland November
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Hidden Brook's
2012 stakes horses:
Alpha Bettor-G3
(Purchased as 2-year-old)
Awesome Feather
(sold for Jacks or Better Farm)
Awesome Maria-G1
(foaled & raised for
Robsham Stables) Awesomemundo-G3
(foaled, raised & sold)
Balooga Bull
(sold for Bernard & Michelle Vertuca)
Bay to Bay-G1
(sold for Adena Springs)
Bent Missile
(sold for Adena Springs)
Broadway's Alibi-G1
(foaled & raised for
Robsham Stables)
Buckle Bunny Babe
(2012 sale graduate)
Clear the Runway
(foaled, raised & sold for
Diane Connell)
Dannhauser
(purchased as 2yo for
Paul Pompa, Jr.)
Drill-G2
(weanling sale graduate)
Finnegans Wake-G1
(foaled and raised for
Jerry Crawford)
Game On Dude-G1
(consigned for Adena Springs)
Great Attack-G3
(sold as a yearling)
Indulgence
(sold for Adena Springs)
Innocent Man
(sold for Flying Zee)
Inny Minnie-G3
(purchased for Jake Ballis)
Kabu-G3
(bred, raised and sold)
Lake Dancer
(sold for Flying Zee)
Lady Candidate
(sold for John Adger & Highcliff)
La Reine Lionne-G2
(purchased and raced
in partnership)
Lunar Victory
(raised & sold for
David Howe & Bill Parsons)
Malossol-G3
(foaled & raised)
Manero
(sold for Flying Zee)
Millennia
(sold for Adena Springs)
Old Bushmill
(sold for Robkat Racing Stable)
Pianist
(purchase & racing partnership)
R Gypsy Gold-G2
(foaled & raised for
Robsham Stables)
Rogue's Jewel
(purchased for Blue Devil Racing)
Saint Arthur
(sold for Flying Zee)
Slot Play
(raised for Sovereigh Stable)
Sportswriter
(sold for Flying Zee)
Stately Victor-G3
(consigned for Adena Springs)
Street Life-G2
(purchase & racing partnership)
Stock Fund
(sold for Flying Zee)
Thunder Lord
(consigned for Adena Springs)
Torchme
(consigned for
Hidden Point Farm)
Travelin Man
(foaled for Robsham Stables)
Walkin in a Shadow
(foaled, raised & sold)
War Signal
(foaled, raised & sold)
Weekend Hideaway-G2
(sold for Flying Zee)
Yawanna Twist-G2
(raised & consigned for
Steel Your Face)
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Spotlight on
STAKES HORSES
of the past 30 days
AWESOME FEATHER 4yo
GAME ON DUDE-G1 5yo
PIANIST 3yo
Dannhauser 4yo
Indulgence 5yo
Lunar Victory 5yo
Saint Arthur 2yo
Slot Play 2yo
Weekend Hideaway-G2 2yo
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To become a
part of the
HIDDEN BROOK program,
call today
(859) 988-9377
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CONTACTS
Sergio de Sousa
(859) 983-1897 sergio@hiddenbrookfarmky.com Jack Brothers (917) 287-2273 jkckjbrothers@msn.com Dan Hall (859) 621-0526 danhall@hiddenbrookfarmky.com Mike Recio (859) 221-1809 mrecio@hiddenbrookfarmky.com Bryan Cross
(859) 361-9027
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Reign of Success
Grads Continue to Rack Up Blacktype
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GAME ON DUDE
Yearling grad is the heavy favorite for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1)
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With nine stakes horses of the past 30 days - including America's leading older horse - Hidden Brook heads into the home stretch of 2012 having already produced 45 stakes horses on the year.
Our roster of recent graduates represents every facet of the program, from sales to racing partnerships, and includes: multiple Grade 1 winner and $2.9-million earner Game On Dude, a yearling sale graduate; undefeated Champion Awesome Feather (a perfect 10-for-10), sold as a racing prospect; and Belmont stakes winner Pianist, purchased as a yearling and now racing for a Hidden Brook partnership.
Through the end of September, Hidden Brook had foaled, raised, sold, purchased, and/or raced 23 stakes winners, 45 stakes horses, 18 Graded stakes horses. A complete listing of the horses and their connections appears to the left of this Newsletter.
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FTK Oct Preview
20 Yearlings Spark Stong Consignment
Led by 11 fillies and nine colts by some of the industry's premier stallions, Hidden Brook will present one of its strongest consignments to the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Sale.
Headquartered in Barn C on the sales grounds, the group comprises colts by Afleet Alex, Bernstein, Big Brown, Congrats, Cowboy Cal, First Samurai, Lemon Drop Kid, Master Command, and Street Sense, along with fillies by Birdstone, Borrego, Brother Derek, Candy Ride (Arg), Kodiak Kowboy, Mineshaft, Offlee Wild, Quiet American, Red Giant, and Skip to the Stone.
A complete roster of the consignment including catalog pages, may be accessed on the left side of this Newsletter.
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KeeSep Recap
Consignment Yields Over $2.4 Million
Hidden Brook sold 47 yearlings at the Keeneland September Sale for gross receipts of $2,431,500.
Spanning nearly two weeks' time on the sales grounds in Lexington, Hidden Brook sold 24 colts and 23 fillies to a wide array of international buyers, for an average price of $51,734.
Hidden Brook had multiple six-figure yearlings, including those by Big Brown, Broken Vow, Colonel John, Dixie Union, Hard Spun, Malibu Moon, Mineshaft, Street Sense, Tale of the Cat, and Tiznow.
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SPOTLIGHT ON
Racing Partnerships
On September 20, PIANIST became the second New York stakes winner in less than two months for Hidden Brook racing partnerships, when she strode to a 5 1/2 length triumph in the Given Stakes at Belmont.
Purchased as a yearling for $100,000, the 3-year-old filly was winning her 3rd race in 5 starts to go along with two placings and earnings of $167,100.
This year, participants in Hidden Brook racing partnerships have competed successfully on Derby (G1) weekend and Belmont (G1) weekend, as well as at the Travers (G1). For information on current or future Hidden Brook partnerships, contact Dan Hall.
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Inside the WINNER'S CIRCLE
with Richard Balfour
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Richard and Linda Balfour (center, white cap & white v-neck)
celebrate after a victory by their multiple NY SW Chestoria.
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A popular feature for The HIDDEN BROOK TIMES is a Q&A with some of our valued clients. Richard Balfour, owner of a dental equipment firm in New Jersey, has been a client of Hidden Brook's for 5 or 6 years. Richard and his wife Linda operate ELR Stable, who campaigned the multiple New York stakes winner Chestoria. The half-million dollar earner has a weanling colt by Arch and is in foal for 2013 to Kitten's Joy. In late September, Richard graciously spoke with us via phone, answering our questions, both real and playful. Here are a few of his thoughts on the Thoroughbred industry and life in general.
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey
Residence: Verona, NJ
Family: wife Linda
Primary business: Newark Dental Pemco
Hi Richard. First things first. I hear the Jets are a great passion. Can you top this? My brother won a trip to the 1969 Super Bowl: Joe Willie at his Broadway Best. I am passionate about the Jets, Mets, and Rangers. I have followed these teams across the nation. In 1986, Linda and I attended the 6th game of the playoffs in Houston, when the Mets beat the Astros in 16 innings. We took a red eye home. The Mets were down 3-0, but tied it up in the 9th inning. That was something. Then, in January, with the Jets up 10 points, Mark Gastineau got a roughing the passer penalty, and Cleveland came back to beat them in double overtime.
I well understand the agony of defeat with those teams even more than the thrill of victory. So, how did you get interested in horses? I always went to Monmouth. I got involved with a Centennial syndicate in the late '80s, early '90s, with Signal Tap. Then I decided to dabble and buy my own horses.
How did you discover Hidden Brook? It was at Monmouth; I met either Jack or Dan at the Lady's Secret Bar, where we were running Chestoria and they were running Quiet Meadow. Since I'm loathe to change, it took me 6 or 8 months to start working with them. Then I got to know Dan.
How has the Hidden Brook experience been different for you than any other experience? The best part of Hidden Brook is, at the sales they have an impartial team approach. Speaking to Dan, watching what he does, I see he has a vision, but it's impartial. He does not interject his opinions; he tells you what he sees.
What parts of the business do you especially like? I love pedigrees, and do a lot of work on pedigrees, especially on broodmares and broodmare sires. If a broodmare comes from a cheap racetrack, she'll normally have cheap kids. Just like humans, if the parents are dumb, they'll normally have dumb kids. I have found that horses I've bought from say, Suffolk Downs, have phobias, little dumb quirks, as opposed to Chestoria, who had class.
Tell us about your own personal most exciting moment in racing. Watching Chestoria win the Miss Grillo. [Ed note: Chestoria won the Miss Grillo at 2, then raced until age 6, winning or placing in 13 other major stakes and earning $521,056).
I know your wife is also very involved in the racing stable. Do you think this is an important component for your overall enjoyment? Without a doubt, it makes it more enjoyable. You have to have similar biological clocks - being a morning person, wanting that level of excitement, etc.Linda really is involved, and goes to the track more often than I do. She went to Belmont to watch a horse breeze yesterday.
What advice would you have for others who want to get in the game? Don't walk, but RUN to Hidden Brook and speak to Dan Hall.
Favorite racetrack? Monmouth.
First thing you read in the morning? New York Times.
Favorite sports teams? Jets - Mets - Rangers.
Favorite meal? Chicken.
Best advice someone gave you? An 87-year-old man, a Prisoner of War in World War II, gave me this advice, and it's the advice I try and live by: "Do what you enjoy, and enjoy what you do."
You get to a certain age, where you're not going to have more kids. At age 40, you start using the word "Never," pruning things you don't want to do. Having horses is very futuristic, very cathartic. So many people that retire do something every day to fill the day, but it's not very interesting. Horses are futuristic - and they are interesting.
Thank you Richard Balfour, for giving us a few minutes of your time inside the Winner's Circle.
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