Month: September 2022

Maddie Mattmiller, agent for Black Type Thoroughbreds, paid $450,000 for a daughter of Connect from the family of champions Caressing and West Coast to record the highest price of Tuesday's eighth day of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, which continued to post across-the-board increases.

Consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, the filly is out of the winning Distorted Humor mare Fun Affair. Paramount was the day's leading consignor with sales of $2,076,500 for 25 horses.

On Tuesday, Keeneland sold 295 yearlings through the ring for $21,182,500, for an average of $71,805 and a median of $55,000. The gross is up slightly from the corresponding session in 2021 when 312 horses sold for $20,549,000. The average rose 9.02 percent from $65,862 in 2021, and the median is 22.22 percent above last year's $45,000.

Through eight sessions of the 12-day sale, a total of 1,851 yearlings have sold through the ring for $376,636,000, an increase of 15.26 percent over last year's corresponding period when 1,800 horses sold through the ring for $326,762,000. Average price is up 12.09 percent from $181,534 to $203,477, while the median of $130,000 rose 8.33 percent over $120,000 in 2021.

Jebel Ali Stables purchased Tuesday's second high seller, a $400,000 colt by Dialed In from the family of multiple Grade 1 winner Tourist. Consigned by Hinkle Farms, he is out of the winning Bellamy Road mare Castle Road.

X-Men Racing paid $300,000 for a son of Nyquist consigned by Anderson Farms, agent. Out of the Quiet American mare Reason, the colt is from the family of Grade 1 winner Switch.

B.E.T. acquired a colt by Take Charge Indy for $280,000. Consigned by Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services, agent for Merriebelle Stable, he is out of the winning Ghostzapper mare Meadow Rose and from the family of Grade/Group 2 winners Sierra Vista (GB) and Stubbins.

For the session, B.E.T. led buyers with five purchases for $750,000.

A colt by Arrogate sold to Nice Guy Stables for $275,000. Consigned by Nardelli Sales, he is out of the Afleet Alex mare Afleeting Lisa, a half-sister to two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan and multiple graded stakes winner Successful Dan.

Four sessions remain in the September Sale, which continues Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET runs through Saturday.

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The up-and-coming stallion Editorial, a stakes-siring half-brother to major sire Uncle Mo, has relocated from Maryland to stand at Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif., during the 2023 breeding season. His fee is $3,500, live foal guarantee.

The 8-year-old son of War Front has exhibited his early potential as a sire with four winners from six starters in his first foal crop, led by the dual stakes winner Alottahope. A 3-year-old gelding, Alottahope won a pair of dirt sprints — Charles Town's $250,550 Robert Hilton Memorial Stakes and Laurel Park's $74,250 Star De Naskra Stakes — by a combined total of more than 17 lengths in his two most recent starts, and has earned $323,915 to date.

Editorial is also represented by the black type-placed multiple winner My Thoughts ($97,265) from his inaugural crop. The sophomore filly defeated eight of her elders in the $50,000 Fort Indiantown Gap Stakes on Penn National turf in her most recent outing, covering 1 1/16 miles in 1:39.94.

Produced by the multiple stakes-placed Arch mare Playa Maya, the dam of 2010 champion 2-year-old colt and leading sire Uncle Mo, Editorial boasts average earnings per starter of $69,499 — second only to Gun Runner among all current second-crop sires in North America.

“If I were to compare the U.S. stallion market to the U.S. stock market, I would say we are acquiring an emerging stock at the optimal time for California breeders,” said Rancho San Miguel owner Tom Clark. “Editorial has come out firing with quality in his first batch of runners, and has already shown that he can significantly improve his mares.”

“His rare combination of sire power in War Front and Uncle Mo is sure to appeal to our state's breeders, who enjoy racing on a variety of surfaces and at a variety of distances,” Clark added. “Climax Stallions is retaining an ownership stake in Editorial, so he will be well-supported with top mares, including from our farm, as we take the baton and navigate him through the important next phase of his stallion career.”

A Gulfstream Park maiden special weight winner for Racing Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher and prominent international owners Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith, Editorial initially stood in Maryland in 2018 and 2019, covered more than 100 mares in Peru in 2019 and 2020 and relocates to California from Maryland's Anchor and Hope Farm, where he stood in 2022.

Editorial is available for inspection at Rancho San Miguel.

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Florida-based Thoroughbred breeding facility, Pleasant Acres Stallions, announces the arrival of the graded stakes winning son of Tapit, Magic on Tap, for the 2023 breeding season with a $5,000 fee. There are a limited number of lifetime breeding rights available.

“Helen and I, and the entire team at Pleasant Acres Stallions, are thrilled to have Magic on Tap begin his stallion career at our farm,” said Joe Barbazon, owner of Pleasant Acres Stallions. “This is an absolute win for Florida breeders, Magic on Tap is of the same cross as Constitution and Essential Quality – who stand for $85,000 and $75,000 in Kentucky.”

After breaking his maiden in his first race going 6.5 furlongs, Magic on Tap went on to capture the Grade 2 Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita Park last year where he beat Grade 1 winner Eight Rings in a two-length victory. While racing, Magic on Tap's tactical speed excelled with four triple-digit E Speed Figures at the track.

Magic on Tap was purchased in utero for $2.5 million by Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Equine. Lyon has owned and/or bred a stable full of impressive racehorses and broodmares, including multiple Grade 1 winner McKinzie, Grade 1 winner Chasing Yesterday, and Grade 1 winner winner Flightline.

Flightline (Tapit / Feathered, by Indian Charlie) was bred by and partially owned by Summer Wind Equine and is currently considered the “World's Best Racehorse” with a rating of 139 in the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings.

Summer Wind Equine also owns Littleprincessemma (Yankee Gentleman / Exclusive Rosette, by Ecliptical) – the dam of American Pharoah.

Lyon retains partial ownership of Magic on Tap, and Summer Wind Equine is committed to supporting this young stallion's exciting new breeding career, The arrival of Magic on Tap to Pleasant Acres Stallions was brokered by Stallion Company of Lexington and the lifetime breeding rights arrangements will be handled by Director of Stallion Services Christine Jones.

Magic on Tap hails from an impressive generational female line of accomplished racehorses. His first dam, Aubby K (Street Sense / Lilly Capote, by Capote) had nine starts with four firsts and two thirds, where she won the $300,000 G1 Humana Distaff Stakes at Churchill Downs and the $150,000 G2 Inside Information Stakes at Gulfstream Park. She was purchased in 2015 by Summer Wind Equine for $2.5 million – in foal to Tapit – carrying Magic on Tap. As a broodmare, she has produced four foals – three starters and two winners – a graded stakes winner and a graded stakes placed runner.

His second dam, Lilly Capote (Capote / London Lil, by London Company) is also a graded stakes winner – having won the $150,000 G3 Golden Rod Stakes at Churchill Downs, the Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, and the black type Indian Summer Stakes in Keeneland. She has had great success as a broodmare with seven starters and six winners and progeny earnings in excess of $1 million.

Magic on Tap's third dam, London Lil (London Company / Lil's Day, by Misty Day) is a winner of the G3 La Prevoyante Handicap along with multiple additional stakes wins. She is the dam of eight winners, including a graded stakes winner and a black type winner.

Magic on Tap's sire, Tapit (Pulpit / Tap Your Heels, by Unbridled) is easily America's most dominant sire of his time. Standing at Gainesway in Kentucky for $185,000 in 2022, he has emerged as one of the most influential and breed-shaping stallions of the past half-century. Tapit is #1 on the list of leading lifetime sires by progeny earnings in North America with nearly $160 million, 890 winners, 143 black type winners (11.9%), 92 graded stakes winners and 28 Grade 1 winners.

Magic on Tap joins stallions Amira's Prince, Bellavia, Bucchero, Curlin's Honor, Gone Astray, Gunnevera, Leinster, Long On Value, Neolithic, No Never No More, Rushie, and Sweetontheladies, at the 220-acre farm located just northwest of Ocala.

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