While Spendthrift Farm's cornerstone resident Into Mischief is a perennial leading sire on the racetrack and in the sales ring in the Thoroughbred realm, he will be facing a less familiar frontier later this month when four of his yearlings bred to Quarter Horse mares go through the ring at the Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale.
Into Mischief and champion sprinter Mitole, a fellow Spendthrift resident, were offered to Quarter Horse breeders through artificial insemination in partnership with Robicheaux Ranch, Inc. in Breaux Bridge, La. Though he stands for six figures for a Thoroughbred live cover, Into Mischief was offered to Quarter Horse breeders at an advertised fee of $10,000, while Mitole was offered at $4,000.
The American Quarter Horse Association has a special registry and numbering system for Quarter Horse-Thoroughbred crosses, referring to them as “Appendix” horses. Appendix horses are eligible to compete in all AQHA competitions, including racing, but they can only be bred back to a permanent, or regular-numbered, Quarter Horse. An Appendix horse cannot be bred to a Thoroughbred or another Appendix horse and still be registered with the AQHA unless they reach a certain level of achievement in competition.
The best bred among the quartet of yearlings is arguably Hip 299, a filly out of a full-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner PYC Paint Your Wagon and sire Ivory James. Her extended family includes 1996 AQHA Racing World Champion Dashing Folly.
The slate of offerings also includes a pair of fillies out of the same mare, made possible via embryo transfer.
Hip 723 and Hip 832 are both out of the stakes winner La Reina Madre, and their third dam is multiple champion Mongoose Jet Eye.
Rounding out the group is Hip 341, Second Thought, a filly out of a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Rock You.
Other Thoroughbred stallions with Quarter Horse yearlings in the catalog include Imperial Hint and Power Jam.
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