October, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Yearling Market Returns to Maryland for Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Sale

TIMONIUM, MD – The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale opens Monday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium with a session of 200 catalogued hips beginning at 1 p.m., and concludes with a further 326 catalogued yearlings for a session beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Despite persistent rain throughout the weekend, shoppers were making the rounds at the sales barns Sunday and consignors are hoping the looks continue to build up to Monday's later start time.

“We are cautiously optimistic,” said Vinery Sales' Derek MacKenzie. “It seems like the traffic has picked up today. It was really slow yesterday, but they are coming now. And they will have more time tomorrow. We will see some trainers who won't come today who I am sure will be here in the morning.”

Consignor Bill Reightler found a silver lining in the dreary weather.

“We've been busy with all-shows,” Reightler said. “But I think horsemen are opportunists. I can remember some years ago here we had a sale in December where we had four or five inches of snow and I think we had the best sale we ever had because people thought nobody was going to show up and they could buy something.”

Coming on the heels of a record-breaking Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Reightler expects demand to continue to be high in Maryland this week.

“I think it's going to be fine,” he said. “It's going to be the same old story. It's going to be polarized. I think some of the buyers couldn't buy horses at Keeneland and that brings more people to the next sale.”

A total of 381 yearlings sold during last year's auction for a gross of $11,269,400. The average was $29,578 and the median was $20,000. A colt by Mendelssohn brought the sale's top price of $235,000 from Scanlon Training and Sales before re-selling for $1.3 million at this year's OBS April sale. David Scanlon was among the pinhookers looking at horses through the raindrops at the sales barns Sunday.

Last year's auction also produced GI Spinaway S. winner Leave No Trace (Outwork), who sold for $40,000 from the Vinery consignment. Results like that should have shoppers eager to return to the Maryland auction, according to MacKenzie.

“This sale was really good last year and I suspect it should be again,” he said. “A lot of people didn't get what they wanted at Keeneland and there are a lot of nice horses here.”

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‘Power, Masculinity, And Fiery Eye’: Spendthrift Erects Malibu Moon Statue, B. Wayne Hughes Visitors Center To Open Nov. 1

Spendthrift Farm has erected its new Malibu Moon memorial statue that will serve as the centerpiece at the front of the B. Wayne Hughes Visitors Center, which is set to officially open on Nov. 1during Breeders' Cup week.

“The B. Wayne Hughes Visitors Center has really come together, and the addition of the Malibu Moon statue in front is a special highlight that we are all very proud to see go up,” said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift General Manager. “We look forward to unveiling the visitors center Breeders' Cup week as part of the celebration surrounding our industry's championship event.”

At nearly 1,700 pounds, the bronze sculpture of Malibu Moon is scaled at 110% life size and portrays him as the mature breeding stallion he was during his time at the farm. He faces his old paddock in the foreground and old stall at the stallion complex in the background.

“Malibu Moon put the Hughes/Gustavson version of Spendthrift Farm on the map,” said Spendthrift owner Eric Gustavson. “He was a consistent leading sire at the time Wayne purchased the farm, and for years following. You could say, as Wayne often did, 'Malibu Moon made Spendthrift Farm'”.

The Malibu Moon statue was sculpted by artist Douwe Blumberg at the foundry in Norman, Oklahoma. Blumberg and his team began the year-long project in September of 2021.

“I loved the opportunity to capture Malibu Moon and embrace his power, masculinity, and fiery eye,” said Blumberg. “There was an added level of responsibility being trusted to portray the essence of this amazing animal, especially for a farm as legendary as Spendthrift. It wasn't until his long-time groom and manager both agreed that it 'was him' that I felt I had succeeded. He just feels so natural in the space, like he's come home.”

“Douwe and his team did a fantastic job in recreating Malibu Moon,” said Toffey. “Naturally, it was important to us that there was a strong attention to detail in the making of this piece, and it looks like Malibu Moon could walk off the pedestal and head towards his paddock. It is quite the spectacle.”

A foundation stallion for Spendthrift, Malibu Moon was a perennial leading sire in North America for the better part of this century, siring 17 Grade 1 winners to date, including 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb, champion two-year-old colt Declan's Moon, among several other top-class millionaires on the racetrack.

The B. Wayne Hughes Visitors Center will serve as Spendthrift's new home for tourism. The 7,000 square-foot, two-story building is located in the heart of the historic farm, interconnecting Spendthrift's stallion complex to the main office. The facility contains a trophy room, a gift shop, outdoor and indoor entertainment space and office space, and it features the farm's collection of prized trophies, artifacts, and other memorabilia on display.

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Pricey Good Samaritan Filly Comes Out Running

1st-Belmont at The Big A, $95,000, Msw, 10-2, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:17.28, sy, 4 3/4 lengths.
GOOD SAM (f, 2, Good Samaritan–Twizzler, by Twirling Candy) was by far the priciest of 63 first-crop yearlings by her freshman sire (by Harlan's Holiday) when fetching $310,000 at KEESEP after also being his most expensive weanling/short yearling at $110,000 at KEEJAN. Off at 4-1 breaking from the rail over a sloppy track Sunday, she justified those price tags while becoming winner number nine for Good Samaritan. Quickest from the blocks, the bay doled out splits of :23.66 and :48.39 before hitting another gear in upper stretch and widening away by 4 3/4 lengths. Fellow firster Seduction (Bernardini) completed the exacta. The winner's dam was second on debut in a turf sprint maiden special weight at Ellis and is a daughter of MGISW Twist Afleet (Afleet). She was purchased for just $4,000 at KEENOV '17 in foal to Noble Mission (GB), and was bred back to Good Samaritan in each of her next three matings after producing Good Sam, but did not have a foal in either 2021 or 2022. Sales history: $110,000 Ylg '21 KEEJAN; $310,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $52,250. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-Peter M. Brant; B-Maccabee Farm (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.

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Unbeaten Tyler’s Tribe Notches Easy Iowa Cradle Win In Final Start Before Breeders’ Cup

A hopeful for the Breeders' Cup next month at Keeneland, unbeaten Iowa star juvenile Tyler's Tribe delivered another tour-de-force performance Saturday when capturing the $100,000 Iowa Cradle Stakes for state-breds by 6 1/2 lengths in gate-to-wire fashion at Prairie Meadows.

With regular rider Kylee Jordan aboard, the Sharp Azteca gelding broke on top with C R Insta Gator in close pursuit but soon put the outcome out of question in the matter of a few powerful strides.

When Jordan let out the reins a notch, Tyler's Tribe pulled away, increasing his lead to five lengths as a half mile went in :44.81. He went two-wide into the stretch and drove clear for an easy win in 1:09.74 for the six furlongs on a fast track, keeping his record a perfect 5-for-5.

Trained by Timothy Martin, who co-owns the colt with Thomas D. Lepic, Tyler's Tribe increased his career bankroll $306,294 with the $60,000 winner's share of the Iowa Cradle purse. He has won his five career starts by a combined 59 3/4 lengths, racing exclusively at Prairie Meadows.

The race for second place was on as Big Luke rallied from last in the six-horse field and overtook Palace Guard, who was third by a nose.

The overwhelming favorite, Tyler's Tribe returned $2.10.

Bred by Clifton Farm and Derek Merkler, Tyler's Tribe is named for Lepic's grandson Tyler, who is fighting leukemia. Produced by the Mission Impazible mare Impazible Woman, he was a $30,000 purchase from Clifton Farm at the 2021 Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association Fall Mixed Sale.

Tyler's Tribe is possible for either the $2-million FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at 1 1/16 miles or $1-million Breeders' Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) at 5 ½ furlongs, both Nov. 4 at Keeneland.

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