The first two foals by Grade 3 multiple stakes winner Name Changer are fillies bred respectively by Colts Neck Stables LLC, which raced the son of Uncle Mo throughout his career, and Kaz Hill Farm, where he retired to stud last year.
Colts Neck's filly is out of Fastener, an allowance winning Roman Ruler mare whose dam is a full sister to the dam of Kentucky Derby winner and leading sire Street Sense, and who hails from the immediate family of such standouts as Vekoma, Paradise Woods and Mr. Greeley.
Kaz Hill's filly is out of Shanghai Shuffle, a winning daughter of Shanghai Bobby and stakes-placed Bailzee. Shanghai Shuffle is a half-sister to the highly promising Witsel, by Nyquist, last seen finishing just a nose behind Beau Liam in a loaded Saratoga allowance last summer in just his second start, and now working toward his 2022 return in Florida for trainer Chad Brown.
“These first two foals are the spitting image of Name Changer himself — with plenty of leg, great shoulders and all-around athleticism,” said Kaz Hill Farm manager Sal Martin. “If all his babies turn out this nicely, we're going to be spending a lot of time in the winner's circle at Saratoga, Belmont and Aqueduct starting in 2024.”
Name Changer ranked second nationwide among first-year sires of 2021 by Class Performance Index (CPI) of mares bred. His 4.15 CPI ranked only behind Bravazo, and ahead of such Kentucky standouts as Improbable, Authentic, War of Will, Game Winner, Tiz the Law and McKinzie. Name Changer's initial book of 25 mares included Grade 1 winners Megahertz [GB] and Spun Sugar, stakes winners My Dinah, I Dazzle and Behrnik's Bank, plus stakes producers Darby Rose, Pola Golden R.N., Behrnik and Beach.
Name Changer, out of the four-time stakes-winning Northern Afleet mare Cash's Girl, won eight races and placed an additional 10 times in 24 lifetime starts, for earnings of $567,080. A romping debut winner at age two going six furlongs versus maiden special weight company at Parx, Name Changer went on to win the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup Stakes, Aqueduct's Queens County Handicap and the Richard W. Small Stakes at Laurel, all going nine furlongs on the dirt. He also ran second in the Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes at Laurel, third in the G3 West Virginia Derby, and in total, won or placed in black-type company at seven different racetracks, from ages two to seven, all on the main track.
A homebred runner for Richard Santulli's Colts Neck Stables, Name Changer hails from the immediate family of champion 3-year-old male and sire Afleet Alex, as well as major stakes winners including Seabhac, Unforgettable Max, and Topic.
Name Changer, a son of emerging sire of sires Uncle Mo, stands at Peter Kazamias' Kaz Hill Farm in Middletown, N.Y.
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