The Vosburgh Stakes can work two ways as far as the Breeders’ Cup goes. At a seven-furlong distance, it can help a candidate for the World Championships at Santa Anita prep for the Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint at six furlongs or the Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile.
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Stakes-Running Filly Stripped Of Pennsylvania-Bred Status
The Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association has stripped the 2-year-old filly Miss Ellary of her status as a Pennsylvania-bred after it was determined she was born in New Jersey, Thoroughbred Daily News reports.
The daughter of Social Inclusion made her debut in the Miss Tye Dye Stakes at Parx Racing – a race restricted to Pennsylvania-bred and -sired fillies – on Aug. 21, where she finished fourth for owner/breeder Cavanaugh Breen Farms and trainer Mark Shuman.
During a recent meeting of the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission, PHBA executive director Brian Sanfrantello said the PHBA received a tip that the filly was born in another state, making her ineligible for state-bred races.
After an investigation, Miss Ellary's status was changed to “New Jersey-bred” and Cavanaugh Breen Farms was restricted from registering horses with the PHBA for five years.
Read more at Thoroughbred Daily News.
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American Pastime Reolcated To White Farms In Ohio For 2024
American Pastime, a Grade 3-placed son of Tapizar, has been relocated to White Farms in Granville, Ohio for the 2024 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $1,500.
The 9-year-old previously stood at Swifty Farms in Indiana, where he entered stud in 2022. His oldest foals are weanlings.
American Pastime won three of 13 starts during his on-track career, earning $280,035.
He was a debut winner at Santa Anita Park, drawing away to win by 4 1/2 lengths. He won a pair of allowance optional claiming races in Southern California before shipping east to run in the Grade 3 Gallant Bob Stakes, where he finished second to Coal Front by a half-length. American Pastime then tested the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Del Mar, where he finished fourth.
American Pastime is out of the winning Valid Expectations mare Ryan's Inheritance, who is the dam of seven winners from nine foals to race. His third dam is the multiple Grade 2 winner Foresta, with Grade 2 winner Lunar Bounty and Grade 3 winners Wising Up and Wised Up further down the page.
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Mor Spirit Moves To Swifty Farms In Indiana For 2024
Grade 1 winner Mor Spirit will relocate to Swifty Farms in Seymour, Ind., for the 2024 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $2,500.
The 10-year-old son of Eskendereya previously stood at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., where he entered stud in 2019. He'll stand in Indiana for a partnership led by Nicks Farm Thoroughbreds, and lifetime breeding rights established during the stallion's time at Spendthrift Farm will continue to be honored.
A $5,000 bonus will be offered to the breeder of the first Indiana-sired stakes winner by Mor Spirit.
Mor Spirit's oldest runners are 3-year-olds of 2023, led by Prince of Wales Stakes winner Velocitor. His runners of note also include stakes winners Weslan and Mor Victory.
In total, Mor Spirit has sired 45 winners, with combined progeny earnings in excess of $3 million.
Mor Spirit won six of 14 starts during his on-track career, with earnings totaling $1,668,400.
He won the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Futurity and ran second in the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes as a juvenile, then he came back at three to win the G3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes and run second in the G1 Santa Anita Derby. His 4-year-old season was highlighted by victories in the G1 Metropolian Handicap and the G3 Steve Sexton Mile.
Mor Spirit is out of the Grade 3-placed stakes-winning Dixie Union mare Im a Dixie Girl. He hails from the family of champion Stellar Wind and Grade 1 winner Great Hunter.
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