Blue Stripe, a winner at the highest level in the U.S. and her native Argentina, was confirmed pregnant to 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.
Unraced since finishing a narrow second to Malathaat in the Breeders' Cup Distaff last November at Keeneland, Blue Stripe is bound for Japan after selling to Grand Farm, through agent Narvick International, for $4 million at last year's Fasig-Tipton November sale.
Blue Stripe, a 6-year-old daughter of Equal Stripes, won six of 11 starts during her on-track career for earnings of $801,882, racing for owner Pozo de Luna. She was trained during her time racing in the U.S. by Marcelo Polanco.
She started racing in Argentina, with wins in the Group 1 Criadores and the G2 Arturo R. y Arturo Bullrich in 2021, before shipping stateside to test that year's Breeders' Cup Distaff, where she finished seventh. Blue Stripe remained in the U.S. the following season, where she won the G1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes and the G2 Santa Margarita Stakes, both in Southern California, before her runner-up effort in last year's Distaff.
Flightline is in the midst of his debut season at Lane's End in Versailles, Ky., for an advertised fee of $200,000.
The 5-year-old son of Tapit went unbeaten in six career starts, culminating in an 8 1/4-length triumph in last year's Breeders' Cup Classic.
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