Wonder Wheel, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2022, will begin her broodmare career in Japan after selling to Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm for $3.2 million on Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale.
Mating plans were still to be determined for the 3-year-old daughter of Into Mischief, who retired with four wins in nine career starts and earnings of $1,591,857 for owner D. J. Stable and trainer Mark Casse.
Wonder Wheel won her first two races as a juvenile, both at Churchill Downs, including a 6 3/4-length triumph in the listed Debutante Stakes. After finishing second in the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes, she finished out her season with wins in the Grade 1 Alcibiades Stakes and a three-length victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Keeneland to secure the Eclipse Award as the champion 2-year-old filly.
Wonder Wheel never quite found her form at three, going winless in four starts, highlighted by a runner-up effort in her seasonal debut, the listed Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.
Wonder Wheel was bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm and Clearsky Farms, out of the Grade 1-placed stakes-winning Tiz Wonderful mare Wonder Gal. She hails from the family of Grade 1 winner Force the Pass and Perfect Drift.
Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned Wonder Wheel as agent for D. J. Stable.
Yoshida has been active at this year's Fasig-Tipton November Sale, also landing Grade 1 winner Search Results for $3.6 million.
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