Courtlandt Farm Goes to Seven Figures for Into Mischief Filly

A Clearsky Farm-bred and -consigned daughter of leading sire Into Mischief out of the stakes-placed Mary Rita (Distorted Humor) was hammered down for $1.025 million to Don Adam’s Courtlandt Farm to become the first to breach the seven-furlong threshold during the second Book 1 session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in Lexington. The Cleary family gave $230,000 for Mary Rita in foal to The Factor at the 2016 Keeneland November sale and her first live foal, a full brother to hip 275, fetched $375,000 as a short yearling at KEEJAN in 2019 before realizing $850,000 from Godolphin when pinhooked into this sale last September. Mary Rita produced a colt by Bolt d’Oro Feb. 24 and was bred back to Into Mischief’s Grade I-winning son Audible. Hip 275 is bred on the same cross responsible for GISW Practical Joke, whose first-crop is being well received at the sales.

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Fitzgibbon Joins Open Nutrition As Director Of Sales And Client Development

Open Nutrition, a leading, global horse supplement company specializing in all-natural amino acid-based products, is pleased to announce that Stuart Fitzgibbon has been appointed as director of sales and client development for its new United States based division.

Open Nutrition USA, operating out of Lexington, Ky., offers a variety of proven products for all breeds and disciplines including racing, breeding and sport horses. The renowned Kentucky veterinary practice Hagyard Equine Medicine Institute has joined forces with Open Nutrition founder Julian Norrish to launch, promote, and develop future products based upon innovative amino acid research.

“The many products that we initially developed and marketed in Australia and the United Arab Emirates have led to great success for a significant number of trainers and farms operating in various equine disciplines,” said Norrish. “Leading Thoroughbred trainers including Doug Watson have benefitted from the use of Open Nutrition products that have quickened horses' recovery time from races, built muscle and greatly improved their condition. We have just commenced operations in America but already have received tremendous feedback from horsemen such as Eddie Woods who have witnessed in a short space of time significant improvements in their horses.”

“When I met Julian it was clearly evident through his enthusiasm, knowledge and expertise of amino acids science that Open Nutrition's products will be of huge benefit for all horsemen and women in our business,” said Fitzgibbon, who was formerly one of two commercial and equine managers for Castleton Lyons. “The company's product line is especially important in the present environment where natural supplements can play an important role to increase the general competitiveness and wellbeing of all horses. Further, the integrity that Hagyard's veterinary practice provides, along with regular product certification from the University of Kentucky's Equine Analytical Laboratory, validates Open Nutrition's position as a quality provider of natural supplements in the equine industry.”

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