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Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 28 supplemental entries to its upcoming Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

These entries, which are catalogued as hips 576-603, include 2-year-olds by Blame, Candy Ride (ARG), Good Magic, Hard Spun, Into Mischief, Munnings, Nyquist, Quality Road, Tapit, Twirling Candy, and Uncle Mo.

“Many of the sport's current leading sires are represented in the supplement, as well as a number of exciting first and second crop 2-year-old sires,” said Paget Bennett, Midlantic Director of Sales.  “It's a high quality group that adds additional excitement to an already sterling catalogue.”

Midlantic May graduates continue to grab headlines.  Mage, sold at last year's Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, captured the 149th Kentucky Derby this past Saturday to become the sale's latest star.

“Everyone at Fasig-Tipton is very proud to call Mage a Midlantic May graduate,” said Bennett.  “It was just a year ago that he breezed over the dirt surface at Timonium in our under tack show, and now he is a Kentucky Derby winner who could make his next start right back here in Baltimore – at the Preakness.”

The Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will take place on May 22 and 23 in Timonium, Md., following the Preakness Stakes.  The under tack show will be held over three sessions on May 16-18.  The catalogue, including the latest supplemental entries, may be viewed online and in the equineline app.  Print versions of the supplement will be available on the sales grounds.

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Gainesway Farm's Spendarella was crowned 2022 New York-bred Horse of the Year – in addition to champion 3-year-old filly and champion female turf horse – at the New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc.'s annual awards ceremony, sponsored by the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund, at Saratoga National Golf Course Monday evening May 8.

Bred by the Kentucky-based Gainesway and foaled at Sequel New York in Hudson, Spendarella won four of five starts in 2022 – her first year at the races. She started in February with a maiden victory at Gulstream Park, added the Grade 3 Herecomesthebride Stakes in March and went another step forward with a Grade 2 victory in Keeneland's Appalachain Stakes in April. That triumph earned her a trip to England for the G1 Coronation Stakes at the Royal Ascot meeting in June. Against some of the world's best 3-year-old turf fillies, the daughter of Karakontie finished second of 12 runners. Returned to the United States, she became a Grade 1 winner in the Del Mar Oaks at California's Del Mar Race Course in August.

Navigated by trainer Graham Motion, the campaign produced $596,459 in earnings and the New York championships.

“It's amazing having homebreds perform so well,” said Gainesway's Antony Beck. “She's a machine, an incredibly athletic, very well-balanced filly with an amazing hind leg. She has superb action and power and seems to be extremely intelligent and likes to win. That's what you want.”

In her 2023 debut, Spendarella finished second in the Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile on the Kentucky Derby undercard at Churchill Downs Saturday.

The 2022 New York-bred Horse of the Year and divisional champions were chosen by a vote of New York turf writers, handicappers, photographers and television and radio hosts and analysts conducted by the NYTB. A commemorative awards magazine, written and produced by ST Publishing (the team behind The Saratoga Special and thisishorseracing.com), was distributed at the awards dinner and is available online.

Spendarella's success also earned her dam, Spanish Bunny, the honor of New York Broodmare of the Year. The 17-year-old foaled a full-brother to Spendarella in late April. The daughter of Unusual Heat was sent to Sequel New York to be bred to Destin, a stallion co-owned by Gainesway, and foaled New York-breds Spendarella in 2019 and a Destin filly Spanish Destiny in 2020.

“We were supporting Destin's early stallion career, that's how Spendarella became a New York-bred,” said Beck. “New York is an important market and state for racing and we're very excited to have horses on the farm who performed well in New York.”

“On behalf of New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. and our Board of Directors, it's a privilege to honor each of the 2022 New York-bred Divisional Champions and their connections including New York-bred Horse of the Year Spendarella at annual marquee event,” said NYTB Executive Director Najja Thompson. “Everyone who participates in the New York-bred program should feel proud of the accomplishments each of our nominees and award winners have garnered in the past year. Showcasing the depth and quality of the New York-bred program nationally and worldwide.”

Click herefor a commemorative magazine produced by ST Publishing for the NYTB celebrating the 2022 champions.

The New York-bred champions for 2022:

Horse of the Year, champion 3-year-old filly, champion female turf horse: Spendarella. Karakontie (Jpn)-Spanish Bunny, Unusual Heat. Breeder/owner: Gainesway Stable. Trainer: Graham Motion.

2-year-old filly: Les Bon Temps. Laoban-Winsanity, Tapizar. Breeder: Southern Equine Stable. Owner: Deuce Greathouse, Cindy Hutson, Brett Setzer. Trainer: Mike Maker and Norm Casse.

2-year-old male: Acoustic Ave. Maclean's Music-Rock Ave. Road, Street Boss. Breeder: Chester and Mary Broman. Owner: Reeves Thoroughbred Racing. Trainer: Christophe Clement.

3-year-old male: Rotknee. Runhappy-In Spite Of Mama, Speightstown. Breeder/owner: William “Buck” Butler. Trainer: Mike Maker.

Older dirt female and female sprinter: Bank Sting. Central Banker-Bee In A Bonnet, Precise End. Breeder: McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds. Owner: Hidden Brook Farm and Joe and Anne McMahon. Trainer: John Terranova.

Older dirt male: Americanrevolution. Constitution-Polly Freeze, Super Saver. Breeder: Fred Hertrich III and John Fielding. Owner: CHC and WinStar Farm. Trainer: Todd Pletcher.

Male sprinter: Wudda U Think Now. Fast Anna-Unbridled Grace, Unbridled Jet. Breeder: Mina Equivest. Owner: The Elkstone Group. Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez.

Male turf horse: City Man. Mucho Macho Man-City Scamper, City Zip. Breeder: Moonstar Farm. Owner: Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Peter and Patty Searles. Trainer: Christophe Clement.

Steeplechase horse: Down Royal. Alphabet Soup-Miss Crown, High Yield. Breeder: Bernie and Katie Dalton. Owner: Joe Fowler and Kate Dalton. Trainer: Kate Dalton.

Broodmare of the Year: Spanish Bunny.

Breeder of the Year: Chester and Mary Broman.

Trainer of the Year: Christophe Clement.

Jockey of the Year: Manny Franco

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April is a big month for movement in the North American graded stakes standings, with Keeneland in full swing, and the final round of Kentucky Derby and Oaks preps taking place around the country.

A pair of horses in the value sire bracket stepped up in a big way last month, with Spendthrift Farm's Cross Traffic and Ashford Stud's Mo Town each picking up a pair of graded stakes winners. Both stallions stand for advertised fees under $10,000.

In the following charts, we'll take a look at the active stallions with the most North American graded stakes winners in 2023 through the end of April, organized into four stud fee tiers, to chart who is providing the most bang for their buck.

To be considered for this list, stallions must be active in North America for the 2023 breeding season, with an advertised fee. With runners being conceived at different stud fees in different years, this was the simplest way to keep a horse to one line. Plus, it provides a window to the stallion's current market standing, and not where it was a few years ago.

Important to note: These stats go through the end of the month for April. Results from any graded stakes races run since May 1 will be included in next month's standings.

To view last month's “Price of Success” rankings, click here.

Let's get to it.

Leading Sires Of 2023 Graded Stakes Winners, $100k Stud Fee and Up

No surprise here, Into Mischief remains head and shoulders above the rest. His seven graded stakes winners remains the most in North America

In April, the Spendthrift Farm cornerstone added another graded winner to his tally in Doppelganger, who took the Grade 1 Carter Handicap on April 8 at Aqueduct.

Gainesway's Tapit and Ashford Stud's Uncle Mo kept pace in second, each with four graded winners of five graded races.

Tapit saw Proxy become his fourth new graded winner of the year when he won the G2 Oaklawn Handicap on April 22. Kentucky Derby contender Tapit Trice became his sire's first two-time graded winner of the year with his score in the G1 Blue Grass Stakes on April 8 at Keeneland, after taking the G3 Tampa Bay Derby in March.

Uncle Mo's newcomer to the graded winner column was Adare Manor, who was victorious in the G2 Santa Maria Stakes on April 29 at Santa Anita Park.

Leading Sires Of 2023 Graded Stakes Winners, $99k to $50k Stud Fee

Hill 'n' Dale Farms' Violence extended his lead in this division when Kentucky Derby favorite cemented that status with a late-charging score in the G1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on April 1. That win added to his previous victory in the G2 Fountain of Youth Stakes at the same track a month earlier.

Leading Sires Of 2023 Graded Stakes Winners, $49k to $20k Stud Fee

Another big month for Ashford Stud's Practical Joke, who added one new graded winner and one win in April.

Skelly became a first-time graded stakes winner for Practical Joke on April 15, when he took the G3 Count Fleet Handicap at Oaklawn Park. Practical Move, scratched from this weekend's Kentucky Derby, earned his second graded score of the season when he held on in the G1 Santa Anita Derby, after winning the G2 San Felipe Stakes in March.

Leading Sires Of 2023 Graded Stakes Winners, $19k and Below Stud Fee

Ashford Stud's division leader Classic Empire maintained his advantage with Angel of Empire's victory on April 1 in the G1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park, establishing him as one of the top contenders in the Kentucky Derby. In February, the colt took the G2 Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds.

Cross Traffic entered the list with a pair of graded wins during a big weekend at Keeneland early in the month. Defining Purpose secured a spot in the Kentucky Oaks after an upset victory in the G1 Ashland Stakes on April 7. A day later, Here Mi Song entered the winner's circle in the G3 Commonwealth Stakes.

Mo Town also had a highly successful Keeneland meet, tallying his first two graded winners of the season. The first came on April 7 when Mo Stash took the G3 Transylvania Stakes, then Key of Life followed on April 16 with a win in the G2 Beaumont Stakes.

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It has been confirmed that Justify will stand for AUS$77,000 (US$69,916) including GST this season. Australia's current leading first crop sire produced his fourth winner from only ten starters with a smart debut victory from the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Scentify at Warrnambool this morning.

Justify's exploits this season are highlighted by Annabel Neasham's Group 2 winner Learning To Fly, one of the most talented two-year-olds in the country, as well as Peter Moody's unbeaten Stakes winning filly Legacies who indicated Group 1 ability when winning the Anzac Day Stakes by almost 5 lengths.

Coolmore Australia's Colm Santry stated that, “Due to popular demand, we look forward to welcoming Justify back to Australia this season at a fee that we believe represents great value for breeders. All the leading breeders throughout the country want to use him and he will cover a select book of mares. Coolmore's confidence in Justify has been well documented and it hasn't taken long for his progeny in Australia to hit the ground running, just like they did in the Northern Hemisphere. He currently sits on top of the first season sires table by a significant margin and he looks set to be the first shuttle stallion to be crowned champion first-crop sire since More Than Ready.

“High-class, Danehill-free stallions are few and far between in Australia and it is particularly encouraging that Justify has already proven to be extremely effective with Danehill blood,” Santry continued. “Learning To Fly is out of a Fastnet Rock mare, Legacies is out of a Danehill Dancer mare and Scentify is out of an All Too Hard mare. The indication from trainers is that everything that they are doing as two-year-olds is a bonus, so we expect that this is only the tip of the iceberg for him which is very exciting.

“Breeders that use him this season look set to capitalize on the unbelievable quality of mares that he has covered. His second crop yearlings sold for $1.4 million, $750,000, $700,000, $700,000 etc. and they were out of Sunlight, Invincibella, Nakeeta Jane and Champagne Cuddles, so there is no shortage of quality stock coming through.”

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