October, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

October 8 Insights: Half to Always Dreaming, Hot Dixie Chick Debuts

2nd-KEE, $100k, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:31p.m. ET
Conditioner Brendan Walsh sends out a blue-blooded filly here in HUMBLING (Quality Road), who lays claim to a stellar female family which includes 'TDN Rising Star', GISW (and eventual producer of 'Rising Stars') Hot Dixie Chick (Dixie Union) and GI Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming (Bodemeister). The former has a pair of talented offspring to her credit when counting GISW Pauline's Pearl (Tapit) and GSP Union Jackson (Curlin). Humbling, a $1 million FTSAUG purchase by Jeff Drown and Michael Ryan in 2021, claims Positive Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile) as a half-relation, who changed hands to Spendthrift Farm in 2020 for $1.5 million at FTKNOV. The dam Above Perfection (In Excess {Ire}) herself earned GISP black-type with a runner-up effort in the Prioress. Humbling will break from the far outside in a full field of 12 and is coming in off a co-bullet gate work Sept. 29, covering four furlongs beneath the Twin Spires in :47.20 (1/48). TJCIS PPs

11th-KEE, $100k, Msw, 3yo/up, 7f, 6:18p.m. ET
Repole and St Elias Stable partner once again to send out OLD POINT (Curlin), half-brother to GISW & GI Breeders' Cup Classic runner-up Collected (City Zip). Purchased as a yearling in 2020 for $475,000 at KEESEP, the chestnut is half to stakes-producer Helena's Triomphe (Arch) and hails from the family of GSP Koala Princess (More Than Ready). Bred by Three Chimneys, Runnymede, and Peter Callahan, Old Point took some time to get to the races but has made religious appearances on the work tab leading up to this debut. Todd Pletcher will send him out with Irad Ortiz Jr. getting the call for the seven panel sprint. TJCIS PPs

1st-BAQ, $95k, Msw, 2yo, f, 6fT, 12:35p.m. ET
Shipping in from Europe after being purchased for 420,000gns at TATOCT, EIN GEDI (IRE) (Oasis Dream {GB}) will carry not just the popular flag of MyRacehorse but those of Siena Farm, Peter Deutsch, Michael Kisber, and The Elkstone Group. Out of the stakes-winning Splashdown (GB) (Falbrav {Ire}), the filly is a half to Spanish Champion 2-year-old filly Reina Madre (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) and is a full-sibling to 11-time winner, GSW Aktabantay (GB). This is the female family of Italian Champion 3-year-old filly and blue hen Proskona (Mr. Prospector), who counted nine black-type earners as the dam or granddam, and herself was half to German Highweight horse Keos. The Chad Brown barn will send Ein Gedi to post with Manny Franco in the irons. TJCIS PPs

4th-SA, $61k, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 5:34p.m. ET
RILEY G (Flatter) will carry not just the torch for Zedan Racing and Bob Baffert, but also another big tag after being secured for $625,000 at OBSOPN; zipping a furlong in :9 4/5 back in June. The grey is a half to three winners, but black-type makes an appearance underneath the second dam, who claims GI Darley Alcibiades victress Wickedly Perfect (Congrats). That mare later produced Japanese GSW Hartley (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in her adoptive country after selling for $800,000 KEEJAN to Katsumi Yoshida in 2011. Also in the pedigree is stakes-producer Wicked Mizz (Mizzen Mast) and GSP Ash Zee (Exchange Rate); the latter counts GSP The Reds (Tonalist) and Zee Drop (Lemon Drop Kid). Carrying the banner for Justify is $450,000 KEESEP stablemate California Rocket, a half-sister to MGSW Global View (Galileo {Ire}) and the dam of GSP Catch the Eye (Quality Road). TJCIS PPs

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Laurel Futurity Winner Congruent Headed To Breeders’ Cup; Turf Vs. Dirt Yet To Be Decided

Tami Bobo and Lugamo Racing Stable's Congruent, a $350,000 son of Tapit, is headed to the Breeders' Cup following his decisive victory in the Laurel Futurity Oct. 1 at Laurel Park.

Trainer Antonio Sano said Friday from Gulfstream Park that a decision is coming next week as to which race the connections will target, either the $2 million Juvenile (G1) or $1 million Juvenile Turf (G1), both Nov. 4 at Keeneland.

The Juvenile is contested at 1 1/16 miles on the main track, while the Juvenile Turf travels one mile on the grass. The Laurel Futurity, Congruent's first stakes win, was originally scheduled for 1 1/16 miles on the turf until remnants of Hurricane Ian caused it to be moved to a sloppy and sealed main track and run at one mile.

“The race was supposed to be on the grass but after it rained and the race came off, we decided to run. He won two races on the dirt very good,” Sano said. “The horse ran well and came back well.

“The next race is the Breeders' Cup, but I don't know whether it will be on the dirt or the turf,” he added. “I have a meeting with the owners Monday night where we'll make a decision which race to run.”

In the Laurel Futurity, jockey Feargal Lynch tucked Congruent in third along the rail, momentarily dropping back to fifth while awaiting room midway around the far turn. Lynch gave Congruent his cue straightening for home, splitting pacesetter Splendor Beauty to his inside and Free Soul, then engaged in mid-stretch with Otago who had a clear run on the outside before steadily edging clear to win by 2 ½ lengths in 1:40.45.

“We wanted to try him on the turf,” Sano said. “We were 100 percent confident going into the race either way. The jockey gave him a perfect trip.”

Sano purchased Congruent for Bobo and Luis Gavignano of Lugamo at OBS' March sale of 2-year-olds in training after the horse fetched $200,000 as a yearling last July. His dam, Part the Seas, won the 2013 Bessarabian (G3) on Woodbine's all-weather surface, while grandsire Stormy Atlantic was a two-time stakes winner on dirt. Tapit was a Grade 1 winner that has become one of the most influential sires of his generation.

“He's a very, very nice horse,” Sano said. “I liked the pedigree. It's a very good pedigree and his conformation is very, very good. We have been very happy with him.”

All four of Congruent's races have come on dirt. He ran fifth in debut July 16 before graduating in a seven-furlong maiden special weight Aug. 13, both at Gulfstream. He stretched out to a mile in a Sept. 10 optional claiming allowance at Delaware Park, finishing third, prior to the Laurel Futurity.

The Futurity, contested as a Grade 1 from 1973-88 and having maintained its graded status through 2004, has a rich history dating back to 1921 inaugural winner Morvich, who would go on to win the 1922 Kentucky Derby. The Futurity has also been won by Triple Crown champions Affirmed, Citation and Secretariat along with Barbaro, In Reality, Honest Pleasure, Quadrangle, Riva Ridge, Spectacular Bid and Tapit.

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Midnight Storm To Milky Way Farm In California For 2023

Grade 1 winner Midnight Storm will relocate to Milky Way Farm in Temecula, Calif., for the 2023 breeding season.

The 11-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile previously stood at Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky., where he entered stud in 2018.

A brilliantly fast Grade 1 winner trained by Phil D'Amato, Midnight Storm won seven graded stakes races, both on grass and dirt, and he earned $1,783,110. His victories include the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile, and Grade 2 Del Mar Derby, Seabiscuit Handicap, Eddie Read Stakes, Del Mar Mile Handicap, and San Pasqual Stakes, as well as the G3 Native Diver Stakes. He also finished third in the 2016 Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita Park.

With two crops of racing age, Midnight Storm has sired 34 winners with progeny earnings of more than $2.2 million. He is led by Great Escape, who recently won the G3 Canadian Derby, while setting a stakes and track record.

Midnight Storm has been represented by sales yearlings commanding as much as $550,000.

He will stand the 2023 breeding season for an advertised fee of $4,000, live foal guarantee.

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2022 T.I.P. Championships Bring Off-Track Thoroughbreds To Aiken, Lexington

The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) will host two championship shows in 2022: The T.I.P. Championships & Eastern Dressage Championships will be held October 6 through 9 in Aiken, South Carolina, and the T.I.P. Western Championships & Central Dressage Championships will take place October 12 through 15 in Lexington, Kentucky, in conjunction with the Retired Racehorse Project's Thoroughbred Makeover.

Stable View Equestrian Center will host the South Carolina Championship show, which welcomes hunter, jumper, English pleasure, dressage, combined test and English in-hand competition. The Kentucky Horse Park will host dressage, Western dressage, barrel racing, Western pleasure, Western halter, ranch riding, and competitive trail competition.

Both championship shows will feature in-hand classes, including classes designed to specifically celebrate horses that have started 50 or more times, have won more than $100,000 in earnings, and were adopted from Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance-accredited organizations or Thoroughbred Charities of America grantees.

Six special awards will be given at each show, recognizing the youngest, oldest, most recently raced, highest earning, highest sale price, and most raced Thoroughbred.

The 2022 shows are poised to welcome nearly 350 Thoroughbreds competing in 38 divisions. Each division will be awarded $2,000 in prize money with awards through 10th place.

“We are excited to expand a full T.I.P. championship horse show to two locations in 2022 after offering just a barrel racing division in Kentucky in 2021,” said Kristin Werner, senior counsel for The Jockey Club and administrator of T.I.P. “Splitting the disciplines between both facilities will allow us to better highlight the versatility of the Thoroughbred in a range of disciplines; it will also allow even more competitors to show off their mounts.”

View the virtual program for the T.I.P. Championship at https://tjctip.com/resources/2022_TIP_Champs_Program.pdf.

Created and announced in October 2011, T.I.P. recognizes and rewards the versatility of the Thoroughbred through sponsorship of Thoroughbred classes and high point awards at sanctioned horse shows, performance awards, and non-competition awards. In addition to the complete schedule of T.I.P.-sponsored shows, other information about the program is available on the T.I.P. website, tjctip.com. Those interested in T.I.P. can follow the program at facebook.com/tjctip.

The Jockey Club, founded in 1894 and dedicated to the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing, is the breed registry for North American Thoroughbreds. In fulfillment of its mission, The Jockey Club, directly or through subsidiaries, provides support and leadership on a wide range of important industry initiatives, and it serves the information and technology needs of owners, breeders, media, fans and farms. It founded America's Best Racing (americasbestracing.net), the broad-based fan development initiative for Thoroughbred racing, and in partnership with the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, operates OwnerView (ownerview.com), the ownership resource. Additional information is available at jockeyclub.com.

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