November, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Florida-Bred Leaderboard Presented By FTBOA: Sunshine State Stood Out At Breeders’ Cup

The Breeders' Cup just passed, so it's worth noting the strong influence Florida-breds and Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. have had on the event throughout its history.

Florida-bred champion Unbridled, the winner of the 1990 Breeders' Cup Classic and second in 1991, has left an indelible mark on the event, with his blood running through the pedigrees of many winners and top contenders to this day.

Classic Empire and American Pharoah's wins in recent years gave Unbridled the honor of four generations of Breeders' Cup winners. Last year, the American Pharoah colt Four Wheel Drive's victory in the Juvenile Turf Sprint extended that to five generations.

The Florida industry supported Breeders' Cup from the start with John Nerud and Fred W. Hooper at the helm ensuring Florida breeders understood the importance of world championships to showcase their best.

Since then, Florida-breds have won 29 races out of the 377 total Breeders' Cup races they have been entered in through 2019 – about eight percent. Eleven Florida-breds and 27 OBS grads were entered in 2020 Breeders' Cup races.

The Florida-bred contingent was led this year by Golden Pal, a son of Uncle Mo who won the Juvenile Turf Sprint as a homebred for Randall E. Lowe's Ranlo Investments.

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Serengeti Empress Retired, To Visit Into Mischief

Serengeti Empress (Alternation–Havisham, by Bernardini), second to Gamine (Into Mischief) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint S. Saturday at Keeneland, has been retired and will be bred to Into Mischief, according to a tweet from trainer Tom Amoss’s daughter Hayley Amoss Wednesday morning.

“Said goodbye to Serengeti Empress yesterday with plenty of peppermints,” tweeted Amoss, with a photo of herself and the filly taken in front of her stall Tuesday morning. “Sad that she will no longer be in the first stall at Tom Amoss’s barn, but thrilled that [owner] Joel Politi is keeping her a short drive away at Taylor Made. On to the next chapter of her legacy!”

Mark Toothaker, the stallion sales manager at Spendthrift Farm, tweeted, “What a filly. So happy Joel Politi and Tom Amoss allowed us the privilege to have her visit Into Mischief.”

A $25,000 KEENOV weanling buy turned $70,000 KEESEP purchase, Serengeti Empress proved to be quite a bargain indeed for Politi and Amoss. Romping by 13 1/2 lengths in the Ellis Park Debutante S. in 2018, the fleet-footed filly ran the field off their feet in that year’s GII Pocahontas S., streaking home a 19 1/2-length winner. Off the board in that year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile FIllies, she returned to winning ways with a decisive score in last term’s GII Rachel Alexandra S., but faded to seventh next out in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks last MArch. Connections discovered that she bled during that effort, but Amoss had confidence she would bounce back fine and trained her up to the GI Kentucky Oaks. Given a 13-1 chance off her Fair Grounds race, Serengeti Empress went straight to the front under Jose Ortiz and proved not for catching, taking home the lilies with a 1 3/4-length score.

Second when cut back in distance for the GI Acorn S. next out, the bay dueled with the equally swift two-time champion Covfefe (Into Mischief) down the length of the Saratoga stretch, finishing a game second in the GI Test S. Off the board in the GI Cotillion S,, she was third in the 2019 GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff. Serengeti Empress proved equally game in 2020, dominating the GII Azeri S. in her second start this term. Off the board in the GI Apple Blossom H. and GII Fleur de Lis H., the 4-year-old rebounded with a front-running victory in the GI Ballerina S. Aug. 8 at Saratoga and missed by a nose in the Sept. 5 GI Derby City Distaff prior to her effort in the World Championships. Serengeti Empress retires with a record of 18-7-4-1 and earnings of $2,175,653.

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King Of Change Retired To Derrinstown

Group 1-winning miler King Of Change (GB) (Farhh {GB}-Salacia {Ire}, by Echo of Light {GB}) has been retired from racing and will stand in 2021 at Derrinstown Stud for a fee of €7,000.

Bred by Rabbah Bloodstock and campaigned by owner Ali Abdulla Saeed with trainer Richard Hannon, King Of Change was placed in each of his two starts at two before breaking his maiden on seasonal debut in April of his 3-year-old campaign. He outran odds of 66-1 to finish second to Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in last year’s G1 2000 Guineas, and justified that form by winning his two subsequent starts: the Listed Fortune S. at Sandown and the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. on Champions Day at Ascot last year with the likes of Magna Grecia, Benbatl (GB), Phoenix Of Spain (Ire), Mohaather (GB), Veracious (GB), Lord Glitters (Fr) and Accidental Agent (GB) in his wake. King Of Change has not raced since.

Out of the Echo Of Light (GB) mare Salacia (Ire), King Of Change is a half-brother to triple group-winning and Group 1-placed miler Century Dream (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}). Their second dam is the G3 Prix Fille de l’Air scorer Neptune’s Bride (Bering {GB}).

Derrinstown also released the remainder of the their stallion roster on Wednesday. Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), already the sire of SW Ebeko (Ire) and the SP A Taad Moody (Ire) from his first crop, is €10,000. Group 1 sire Tamayuz (GB) (Nayef), the sire of 22 black-type winners, is at €8,000. Markaz (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) is €3,000, while Haatef (Danzig), who has sired six stakes winners, has been priced at €2,000.

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Irish Hill And Dutchess Views Stallions Reveal 2021 Stud Fees; Announce Virtual Stallion Show

Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions LLC announced 2021 stud fees for the New York stallions they will manage in 2021.

The stallion roster includes five horses that previously stood with Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions. Lookin At Lee, a multiple Grade 1-placed millionaire and 2017 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum Brands runner up will begin his career at the Saratoga-area stallion station.

He joins a roster that boasts current New York-leading sire Big Brown, current leading New York freshman sire War Dancer, perennial leading New York sire of winners Bellamy Road and 2019 leading New York freshman sire Majestic City. Weekend Hideaway will have his first runners hit the track in 2022.

The stallions are physically located at Irish Hill Century farm located at 221 Burke Road, Stillwater, NY 12170. They are available for inspection by potential breeders on request.

Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions LLC will work closely with breeders to mitigate any COVID-19 impacts while offering incentives for qualifying mares and multiple mare discounts across the entire roster.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions LLC will be holding a virtual stallion show this year. Please follow the farm on Facebook (@IrishHillandDutchessViewsStallionsLLC) and Twitter (@IHDVStallions) for further announcements on the date of the show.

The virtual stallion show will be made available on Facebook, Twitter and on the farm's website (www.IHDVStallions.com). The farm will be reimagining their stallion show raffle for free seasons and distribution of special stallion show pricing.

The 2021 stud fees will be:

War Dancer $7,500 LFSN

Lookin at Lee (NEW) $6,500 LFSN

Bellamy Road $5,000 LFSN

Big Brown $5,000 LFSN

Majestic City $2,500 LFSN

Weekend Hideaway $2,500 LFSN

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