attila's storm | Horse Racing Free Tips

Attila’s Storm Filly Tops Ruidoso New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale’s Thoroughbred Session

A filly from the late leading sire Attila's Storm topped the Thoroughbred session of the Ruidoso New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale on Aug. 20, bringing $90,000

The Thoroughbred session was the opening segment of what was a two-day auction at Ruidoso Downs, largely consisting of Quarter Horse yearlings.

A total of 55 horses changed hands during the Thoroughbred session for revenues of $759,600. The average sale price finished at $13,811, and the buyback rate finished at 38 percent.

Joe Dee Brooks purchased the sale-topper, an Attila's Storm filly offered as Hip 41, for $90,000.

The bay filly is out of the winning Gone Hollywood mare Ringback, whose four foals to race are all winners, including stakes winner Hollywood Henry and stakes-placed Fill the Bill. The latter is a full-sibling to the sale-topper.

Bred in New Mexico, the filly hails from the family of English Group 2-placed Miss Demure, and Royal Shyness, who was Group 1-placed in England and a stakes winner in the U.S. She was consigned by A & A Ranch.

Attila's Storm, who died in July, accounted for the three most expensive offerings of the sale's Thoroughbred portion, all consigned by A & A Ranch,

In addition to the top horse, he also saw Hip 68, a filly named High Dollar Hush out of the stakes-winning Untold Gold mare Hush's Gold, sell to Pierre and Leslie Amestoy for $70,000. Rounding out the trio was Hip 51, a filly named Happy and Bold out of the Smoke Glacken mare Bold Jubilation who went to Brad King and Suzanne Kirby for $55,000.

The post Attila’s Storm Filly Tops Ruidoso New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale’s Thoroughbred Session appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Leading New Mexico Sire Attila’s Storm Dies At Age 19

Attila's Storm, a regular presence at the top of New Mexico's sire list, died on June 23 after suffering a heart attack following colic surgery at Franklin Veterinary Clinic in Ruidoso Downs, N.M., BloodHorse reports.

The 19-year-old son of Forest Wildcat last stood at Double LL Farms in Belen, N.M. after selling for $90,000 as part of the 2020 dispersal of owner R.D. Hubbard on ThoroughbredAuctions.com. He'd resided at different farms around the state since retiring to stud in 2008 as a candidate to breed both Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses.

Attila's Storm won five of 18 starts during his on-track career for earnings of $534,983. He raced primarily on the East Coast, highlighted by wins in the Grade 3 Toboggan Handicap and listed Fall Highweight Handicap. he also finished second in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes.

The horse competed in two editions of the Breeders' Cup Sprint, finishing fourth at Belmont Park in 2005 and fifth in the 2006 running at Churchill Downs.

Runners by Attila's Storm have earned more than $14.3 million on the racetrack, led by five-time stakes winners Waltzing Attila and Stormin the Jewels, along with other multiple stakes winners Hush's Storm, Thermal, and Go for a Stroll.

Bred in Kentucky by Lajos Kengye, Attila's Storm is out of the Magesterial mare Sweet Symmetry.

Aisle Runner Tops R.D. Hubbard Thoroughbred Dispersal; Stallion Attila’s Storm To Remain In New Mexico

The R.D. Hubbard Complete Thoroughbred Dispersal was a resounding success. With 54 horses offered in the online auction by ThoroughbredAuctions.Com, all 54 found new homes.

The auction grossed $1,560,350 and averaged $28,895, while median was $17,500. The online auction had 246 registered bidders and 100,339 page-views at the close of the auction.

The high seller, bringing a final bid of $91,250 was also the high-selling racehorse. Aisle Runner, a New Mexico-bred 2-year-old gelding by Attila's Storm, out of the Bernardini mare Garter, was already a winner, and qualified for the $134,632 Rio Grande Senor Futurity, where he will race in the colors of the new owner, Ray Willis.

The second-highest seller and high selling stallion was leading New Mexico sire Attila's Storm. The 18-year-old stakes-winning son of Forest Wildcat brought $90,000 from buyer Jimmy Vasquez after staying in extended bidding for over 30 minutes. Attila's Storm is the sire of 22 stakes winners, and will remain in New Mexico, standing at Double LL Farms.

The high-selling broodmare was Garter, a multiple stakes-producing daughter of Bernardini who fetched a final bid of $80,250 from buyer Victory Crossing, LLC. The 12-year-old mare is a half-sibling to sires Stravinsky and Moscow Ballet. Garter sold pregnant to Attilla's Storm.

Leading the yearlings was a filly by Attila's Storm out of the multiple stakes-producing mare, Hang Glide. The New Mexico-bred filly, purchased by Doug May of Fort Stockton, Texas for $62,250, is a half-sister to six stakes horses and earners of over $1 million.

The top weanling was a filly by Attila's Storm out of Hang Glide. The filly realized a final price of $55,250 from buyer B-4 Farms.

The R.D. Hubbard Complete Thoroughbred Dispersal had originally been scheduled during the Ruidoso Sale in August. After Ruidoso opted to move the live auction to the Lazy E Ranch in New Mexico, ThoroughbredAuctions.com partner Tim Jennings was contacted by R.D. Hubbard's grandson, Shaun Hubbard. From the first phone call, to the close of the auction, was a mere 22 days.

“We are grateful to Shaun Hubbard for having a vision, and trusting us to sell the fruits of his grandfather's legacy,” Jennings said. “We are also fortunate to have a proven platform where people in the Thoroughbred business have a place to market their horses from the safety of their homes.“

Tim and Cathy Jennings of ThoroughbredAuctions.com are the pioneers of internet horse auctions in the United States. They started holding internet horse auctions in 2012. Their previous auction experience was through their family owned company, Professional Auction Services, Inc., the largest show horse auction company in the U.S.

To view the auction's full results, click here.

The post Aisle Runner Tops R.D. Hubbard Thoroughbred Dispersal; Stallion Attila’s Storm To Remain In New Mexico appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post