March, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Spendthrift Farm’s Four First-Season Stallions Report First In-Foal Mares

Spendthrift Farm's four first-season stallions – Cyberknife, Greatest Honour, Jackie's Warrior and Mo Donegal – have all had their first respective mares confirmed in foal.

Gun Runner's three-time Grade 1-winning son Cyberknife had his first mare reported as in foal at Wynnstay Farm. The mare, Afleet Lover, is a graded stakes producing daughter of Northern Afleet who herself was a stakes-placed performer on the track.

Greatest Honour, the regally bred Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes winner by Tapit, had his first reported mare check in foal at Watershed Equine. American Jak, a young Pioneerof the Nile mare who hails from the immediate family of champion Halfbridled, was a juvenile winner on the track.

Brilliant five-time Grade 1 winner and champion Jackie's Warrior's first reported in-foal mare came from Chesapeake Farm. The stakes-producing Arch mare Battle Bridge is the dam of notable three-time stakes winner, Joe.

Classic winner Mo Donegal, last year's Belmont Stakes winner by Uncle Mo, had his first reported mare confirmed as pregnant by Adan Mandujano, who's Petionville mare Allez Jete checked in foal.

The post Spendthrift Farm’s Four First-Season Stallions Report First In-Foal Mares appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

First Mares Confirmed In Foal To Life Is Good, Nashville

The first mares bred to WinStar Farm's multiple Grade 1 winner Life Is Good and track-record setter Nashville have been confirmed in foal, the farm announced today.

Both stallions have multiple mares reported in foal, including Tiz Breathtaking, a graded stakes-winning daughter of Tiznow, and Tapas, a $1.3 million daughter of Tapit owned by CHC Inc, who have been scanned in foal to Life Is Good.

A four-time Grade 1 winner in his sensational career, Life Is Good won the 2021 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile by 5 3/4 lengths—the largest margin of victory in that year's Breeders' Cup; the $3-million Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes over Horse of the Year Knicks Go; and scored impressive front-running victories in both the G1 Whitney Stakes and the G1 Woodward Stakes.

Into Mischief's fastest son, Life Is Good earned nine triple-digit Beyers, topped by a career-best 112 in winning the G2 John A. Nerud Stakes at Belmont Park. Life Is Good tipped his hand early, winning a Del Mar maiden special weight by 9 1/2 lengths in his career debut at two, registering a 91 Beyer and earning a TDN Rising Star designation.

A winner in nine of 12 starts, Life Is Good amassed earnings of $4,541,700 for CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm and trainer Todd Pletcher. Produced from the Distorted Humor mare Beach Walk, Life Is Good was a $525,000 Keeneland September Sale acquisition in 2019.

Nashville, a brilliantly fast son of Speightstown for CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm, set a new track record winning the Perryville Stakes at Keeneland over six furlongs on Breeders' Cup Day in 2020—1:07.89. The final clocking was nearly a second faster than subsequent Eclipse champion sprinter Whitmore's time of 1:08.61 in winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint that same day.

Undefeated in his first three starts for trainer Steve Asmussen, Nashville broke his maiden in his career bow and was named a TDN Rising Star for the 11 1/2-length score at Saratoga, setting fractions of :21.50, :43.87, and 1:07.92 with a final time of 1:14.48 for 6 ½ furlongs. In just his second start, Nashville won a Keeneland allowance by an eye-catching 9 3/4 lengths in 1:09.10, the fastest six-furlong time of the 2020 Keeneland Fall meeting. He also displayed his world-class speed in capturing a six-furlong Fair Grounds allowance in 1:08.61, the fastest sprint time of the 2021-22 winter meet and the fastest time at the distance in more than two years.

Out of the Mizzen Mast mare Veronique and hailing from the direct female family of Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo and G1 Santa Anita Derby winner Tiago, Nashville was a $460,000 purchase at the 2018 Keeneland September Sale.

The post First Mares Confirmed In Foal To Life Is Good, Nashville appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Record-Sized Catalogue Available for Texas 2YO Sale

A catalogue featuring 186 horses has been released for the 2023 Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, the highest number cataloged for a 2-year-old sale in Texas Thoroughbred Association (TTA) sales history. The sale will be held Apr. 5 at Lone Star Park with a breeze show scheduled for Apr. 3.

Last year's edition of the sale was topped by Free Drop Maddy (Free Drop Billy), who was consigned by Carl Deville and brought $200,000 from Mansfield Racing. The now-sophomore has since won four black-type events, including the Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity at Lone Star and the Louisiana Champions Day Lassie S. at Fair Grounds.

“This is an impressive catalog for our 2023 2-year-old sale,” TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “It's deep, it's full of pedigree and stallion power, and we're proud to offer the depth and quality come April that hasn't been seen around here in a decade.”

Bridewell continued: “The commitment of our consignors, breeders, and owners to bring such quality athletes and pedigrees to our sale is unmatched.”

The catalogue is highlighted by a number of leading sires, including Bernardini, Bolt d'Oro, City of Light, Classic Empire, Good Magic, Justify, Kantharos, Malibu Moon, Midshipman, Munnings, and Practical Joke, as well as a number of first-crop stallions. Regional stallions are also represented, including leading Texas stallion Bradester and Louisiana's El Deal.

Paper catalogs will be available shortly. Visit ttasales.com to view the interactive catalogue, a full downloadable catalogue, and expected supplements.

The post Record-Sized Catalogue Available for Texas 2YO Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

Source of original post

‘He Has A Lot Of Strength And A Lot Of Natural Endurance’: Blazing Sevens Playing Underdog Role In Fountain Of Youth

The 7-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday's $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream Park is Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Forte, last year's Eclipse Award 2-year-old juvenile champion, trained by Todd Pletcher.

Fellow trainer Chad Brown has no problem with that.

“Right now, Forte is clearly the leader of the division,” Brown said. “I have been very impressed with that horse.”

Brown hopes that come early Saturday evening, he is even more impressed with his Fountain of Youth entrant, Rodeo Creek Racing LLC's Blazing Sevens, who, like Forte, is making his 3-year-old seasonal debut.

To be ridden for the first time by Joel Rosario, Blazing Sevens is the 7-2 second choice on the morning-line in the field of 10 in the 1 1/16-mile race. He will start from Post No. 6 in the field of 10.

Blazing Sevens and Forte are not strangers. The pair met twice last year with Forte winning both races. Forte won the Sept. 5 Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga with Blazing Sevens finishing a distant third, and the two hooked up again in the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland.

Forte won that one with Blazing Sevens 5 ¼ lengths back in fourth. A less than clean start in the Juvenile didn't cost Blazing Sevens, according to Brown, but it certainly didn't help.

“He had a good trip,” Brown said. “He was following Forte and, on the final turn, Forte just got away from him, powered through the stretch, and won very convincingly. I am not sure if our horse did not care for the Keeneland surface. I didn't feel he ran his best race, and I don't think he had any excuse as to why. I know he is better than that. At a minimum, he should have been closer at the finish.”

After the Juvenile, Brown gave Blazing Sevens his R&R before bringing him back to the work tab. Since Jan 21, he has had six works at the Payson Park Training Center.

“The horse is doing fine,” Brown said. “I am pleasantly surprised how well he has done over the winter. He is a horse I have always thought a lot of.”

A lot of that sentiment has to do with Blazing Sevens' sire, Good Magic, who Brown trained in 2017-18. Good Magic finished second behind Triple Crown winner Justify in the 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1) and was a gutsy fourth behind him in the Preakness Stakes (G1).

Good Magic was third in the 2018 Fountain of Youth.

“He looks totally different than him. He is a much bigger horse at this stage,” Brown said in comparing the two horses. “He is not as agile as Good Magic was, but he has a lot of strength and a lot of natural endurance. He is a hard horse to make tired. I think more distance will be his friend as the season goes on.”

Besides his maiden victory last year, Blazing Sevens took the Champagne (G1) at Belmont Park on Oct. 1. That was the first Grade 1 winner for Good Magic.

“It is very rewarding to have [Good Magic's] first Grade 1 winner and to have such a good horse by him in his first crop,” Brown said. “I see [Blazing Sevens] coming into his 3-year-old season the right way.”

The post ‘He Has A Lot Of Strength And A Lot Of Natural Endurance’: Blazing Sevens Playing Underdog Role In Fountain Of Youth appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post