February, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

First Foal Is A Colt For New York Stallion Killybegs Captain

Graded stakes winner Killybegs Captain was represented by his first foal when the winning Cryptoclearance mare Clearly Perfect delivered a colt Jan. 31 at Anne Morgan's and Tim Little's Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater, N.Y.

Killybegs Captain, an 8-year-old son of Mizzen Mast out of the Holy Bull mare Al Maha, stands for $2,500 LFSN at Mill Creek Farm.

Bred by Morgan, the newborn colt is the third foal out of Clearly Perfect. The mare's first foal, the Giant Surprise gelding Clear Surprise, sold for $14,000 2014 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale and won four of 18 starts and $48,651. Clearly Perfect is also the dam of the newly turned 2-year-old Frank Conversation filly Franca who sold for $10,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale.

Campaigned by Curragh Racing and trained by John Terranova, Killybegs Captain won seven of 27 starts with five seconds and three thirds for $572,453 in earnings. A $75,000 purchase at the 2016 OBS April 2-year-olds in training sale, Killybegs Captain was a winner at 3, 4, 5 and 6 and rose from the allowance ranks to become a stakes winner in his last two seasons.

Killybegs Captain scored his biggest victory in the Grade 3 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park in 2019, defeating a field that included He Hate Me and New York Central in 1:08.10 for 6 furlongs.

Third in the G2 John A. Nerud Stakes at Belmont Park and G1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in 2019, Killybegs Captain also won back-to-back editions of the Pelican Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in 2019 and 2020. He defeated multiple Grade 1 winner Imperial Hint in the 2019 edition of the Pelican, winning the six-furlong stakes in 1:09.66.

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The Back Ring: Xalapa Farm’s History Of Champions On The Track And Silver Screen

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The latest issue of the Back Ring is now online, ahead of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale.

The Back Ring is the Paulick Report's bloodstock newsletter, released ahead of, and during, every major North American Thoroughbred auction. Seeking to expand beyond the usual pdf presentation, the Back Ring offers a dynamic experience for bloodstock content, heavy on visual elements and statistics to appeal to readers on all platforms, especially mobile devices.

Here is what's inside this issue…

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Lead Feature, Presented By Gainesway: Myra Lewyn dives into the history of the picturesque Xalapa Farm near Paris, Ky., that was used as a shooting location for “Seabiscuit,” and was recently acquired by Hill 'n' Dale Farms.
Stallion Spotlight, Presented By New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc.: A discussion on the veteran New York sire Bustin Stones, who was deemed “the most underrated stallion in the country” by Richard Migliore.
Ask Your Veterinarian, Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: Dr. Peter Sheerin of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital explains the difference between putting broodmares under overhead lights or a mask light, and how the light process effects a mare's cycle.
Pennsylvania Leaderboard, Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: For a third straight year, Blackstone Farm was Pennsylvania's leader by state breeder awards. Stakes winner Dance Code was one of the many on-track successes that got them there.
Indiana Yearling Spotlight, Presented By Indiana Thoroughbred Alliance: An analysis of Hip 400, an Indiana-bred yearling by Spendthrift Farm's Goldencents, who will be offered at this year's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale.
Best Of The Breeders, Presented By Muirfield Insurance: Thanks to a pair of top-level victories by the hot 3-year-old Newgrange, the partnership of Jack Mandato and Black Rock Stable ended January with a razor-thin lead among breeders of graded stakes winners.
First-Crop Sire Watch: Stallions whose first crops of yearlings are represented in the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, including the number of horses cataloged and the farm where the stallion is currently advertised.

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Goffs Back In The Swing As Irish Sales Year Begins

With the Irish sales having suffered more upheaval than those in Britain over the last two years, Goffs will be relieved to be starting 2022 in more regular fashion by hosting its three-day mixed February Sale live at Kildare Paddocks.

Last year's event was held in two stages online in February and March, but in easier conditions the sale this week gets underway with a group of horses in training, before progressing to 2-year-olds, short yearlings and then breeding stock, with fractionally over half the 599-lot catalogue consisting of yearlings.

Shadwell played a dominant role in proceedings at Tattersalls last week, and the reduction of its numbers continues at Goffs, with young stock consigned by Derrinstown Stud and Baroda Stud. These include lot 200, a Tamayuz (GB) grandson of the 1000 Guineas winner Natagora (Fr) (Divine Light {Jpn}) foaled last May by the Classic winner's Listed-placed daughter Raaqy (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}).

A first-day highlight may be provided by lot 118, Railstown Stud's colt by last season's leading first-crop sire Cotai Glory (GB) who is a half-brother to the G1 Matron S. Winner Champers Elysees (Ire) (Elzaam {Aus}).

The first foals of Waldgeist (GB) proved popular at last year's Goffs November Sale, and another member of the stallion's same crop is consigned by his home stud, Ballylinch, as lot 160. The April-born colt is out of the dual Listed winner and Group 2-placed Modeeroch (Ire) (Mozart) and hails from the family of champion juvenile and sire Belardo (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}).

The following day Baroda Stud offers the only yearling by Le Havre (Ire) in the catalogue as lot 372. The colt is out of the stakes-winning and Grade III-placed Endless Light (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), whose close family includes the dual Grade I winner Megahertz (GB) and G3 Dahlia S. winner Heaven Sent (GB), both of whom are by Pivotal.

Godolphin also played a leading role at the Tattersalls February Sale, and one of the highlights from a smaller draft from the operation at Goffs could be the G1 Fillies' Mile winner White Mooonstone (Dynaformer). Consigned as lot 564, the 14-year-old mare is in foal to young Darley stallion Blue Point (Ire) on a June 8 cover.

In launching the February catalogue, Goffs Group chief executive Henry Beeby said, “We are delighted to kick off 2022 at Kildare Paddocks with a February catalogue of real depth and diversity.”

That diversity includes a number of yearlings by stallions standing under the National Hunt banner, including Walk In The Park (Ire), whose 5-year-old son Facile Vega (Ire), out of the outstanding hurdler Quevega (Fr), was one of the most dazzling performers of the Dublin Racing Festival over the weekend in the Goffs-sponsored Future Stars Bumper. Walk In the Park's three weanlings in the sale include a filly (lot 187) from the family of the great two-mile chaser Moscow Flyer (Ire).

A pair of breeding rights, to go with the stallion breeding rights in Time Test (GB), Territories (Ire), and Cotai Glory (GB) already announced, were added to the sale on Monday. Profitable (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), who was a winner of the G1 King's Stand S. and already has three black-type winners from his first crop, has a breeding right listed as lot 3. His Quick Suzy (Ire) won the G2 Queen Mary S. at Royal Ascot.

The other late addition is a breeding right in fellow Kildangan Stud Stallion Belardo (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) (lot 4). Already the sire of five stakes winners, including dual group winner Isabella Giles (Ire), G3 Park S. hero Elysium (Ire) and G3 Prix Miesque heroine Lullaby Moon (GB), the European Champion 2-Year-Old Colt has also been represented by the dual Group 2-placed Fonzalette (NZ) in New Zealand.

The sale begins on Tuesday at 11am, with an earlier start time of 10am on Wednesday and Thursday. It is followed immediately by an online sale of breeding rights, which opens at 6 p.m. on Thursday and closes at noon the following day.

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Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale Kicks Off Tuesday

The Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale, which was pushed back a day due to a late-week ice storm in the Lexington area, kicks off its two-day run Tuesday, with sessions starting at 10 a.m. The first 300 hips sell Tuesday with an additional 308 horses, several of which were supplemental entries, going under the hammer Wednesday. The auction is well-timed, just one week before the Feb. 15 opening of the breeding sheds.

“It is really hard to ever compare February sales from year-to-year just because of the nature of it,” Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said. “It is not a select sale. It seems to me that we have a lot of quality this year both in terms of the quality of mares that are in foal, as well as the racing/broodmare prospects. One area that we are better in this year than probably ever is the quality of the short yearlings. It feels like a good catalogue as I have been through it and studied it. The consignors are confident that they are bringing better horses than they normally have in February. The market is strong, so we expect a good sale.”

The breeding stock market was exceptionally strong during the November sales and numbers were still up during last month's Keeneland January Sale. Consignors are hoping to see that momentum continue into the February sale, which is the last breeding stock sale before the start of 2-year-old sales season.

“We are certainly hoping the momentum from last year carries forward into this year,” said Jill Gordon, who leads her first consignment under her new banner Highgate Sales, run in partnership with Jacob West. “I think there are a lot of people that got shut out that wanted to buy broodmare prospects or broodmares from activel families. For stud farms and for breeders alike, this is kind of their last stop shop before the shed opens to fill orders and we are hoping that drives the market a little bit.”

Last year's Fasig February Sale was topped by the Ghostzapper mare Beloveda, who brought $510,000 from Gainesway carrying a foal by Street Sense. Racing/broodmare prospect Saguaro Row (Union Rags) was just behind her, bringing $500,000 from Catherine Hudson.

A total of 425 horses changed hands at last year's Winter Mixed Sale for a total of $12,506,700, an average of $29,428 and a median of $10,000.

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