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Four Horses Post Fastest Quarters At OBS Spring Under Tack’s Fifth Session

Colts by Blame, Cable Bay, No Nay Never and a Hard Spun filly worked quarters in :21 flat to post the session's fastest works at the distance at the fifth session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2023 Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

– Hip No. 786, I'lltaketheblame, a bay colt by Blame consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), Agent, is a half-brother to graded stakes winning OBS graduate Jalen Journey, out of Petunia Face, by Congrats.

– Hip No. 814, consigned by Tom McCrocklin, Agent, is a chestnut filly by Hard Spun out of stakes winner Princessof the Nyl, by Pioneerof the Nile, from the family of champion Althea.

– Hip No. 847, a bay colt by Cable Bay also consigned by Tom McCrocklin, is a half-brother to graded stakes placed stakes winner Prince Lancelot out of Rainbow Vale, by Moss Vale, a daughter of graded stakes winner Rainbows For All (IRE).

– Hip No. 868, a dark bay or brown colt by No Nay Never consigned by Lucan Bloodstock (Karl Keegan), Agent, is a half-brother to graded stakes winner Commemorative (GB) out of Revered, by Oasis Dream (GB).

Six youngsters shared honors for the day's fastest eighth, clocked in :9 4/5.

– Hip No. 710, consigned by New Horizons Bloodstock LLC, is a dark bay or brown filly by Enticed out of Mooji's Empire, by Empire Maker, a daughter of graded stakes placed stakes winner OBS graduate Mooji Moo.

– Hip No. 719, a bay filly by Race Day consigned by Randy Miles, Agent, is out of Morning Memo, by Morning Line, a daughter of graded stakes winner Memorette.

– Hip No. 728, a bay filly by Maximus Mischief also consigned by Randy Miles, Agent, is a half sister to stakes winner It's High Time out of My Rolex, by Proud Accolade, from the family of grade one stakes winner Black Seventeen.

– Hip No. 785, consigned by Two Oaks Equine, is a dark bay or brown filly by Bolt d'Oro out of Petunia, by OBS graduate Into Mischief, a half sister to stakes placed Farolero.

– Hip No. 793, a bay colt by OBS graduate Into Mischief consigned by Hartley / DeRenzo Thoroughbreds LLC, Agent, is out of Pisa No Tiffany, by Fusaichi Pegasus, a half sister to grade one stakes winner and leading sire Tapit.

– Hip No. 845, a chestnut colt by Army Mule consigned by Pick View LLC, Agent, is out of Raging Atlantic, by Stormy Atlantic, a half sister to graded stakes placed stakes winning OBS graduate Seven Trumpets.

Hip No. 730, a daughter of OBS graduate Collected consigned by Rolling Meadows Farm, Inc. breezed three eighths in :33 4/5. The chestnut filly is out of stakes placed My Sister Caro, by Bop, a full-sister to stakes winner My Sister Margaret.

The Under Tack Show continues Friday morning beginning at 8 a.m. with Hip No.'s 876 – 1050 scheduled to breeze.

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Stay Thirsty Yearling Offered At Auction To Benefit Paralyzed Jockey Anne Von Rosen

A chestnut filly by Stay Thirsty is being offered to benefit paralyzed jockey Ann Von Rosen at SportHorseAuctions.com in the website's April Internet Auction for Sport Horses and Ponies.

Bidding is open now and closes April 26.

Lot 301, Peanut Bar, is by California's leading sire Stay Thirsty and was born May 5, 2022.

The filly is eligible to compete in all races with enhanced purses which are restricted to California-sired and California-bred Thoroughbreds, and she is eligible to be nominated to the lucrative Golden State Stakes Series. Because she was foaled in Arizona, she also qualifies for owner's and breeder's awards in the Grand Canyon State.

A native of Germany, Von Rosen hung her tack at tracks around the country after beginning her riding career in 2001, but she was most often a regular at Turf Paradise and Canterbury Park. She won 666 of 4,939 Thoroughbred starts over her 14-year career, and her mounts earned $5,725,969, with stakes wins in Arizona, Minnesota, Idaho, and North Dakota.

Von Rosen's career came to an abrupt end following a March 2014 Quarter Horse race at Turf Paradise when her mount collapsed shortly after crossing the finish line and left her pinned underneath. She suffered a severed spinal cord from the incident, and procedures in the immediate aftermath saved her life, but left her paralyzed.

Despite the prognosis, Von Rosen said after the injury that she was determined to walk again, and she remains driven to do so. Money raised from the yearling's sale will go toward Von Rosen's ongoing rehabilitation costs.

To view the online listing, click here.

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Eighteen Horses Supplemented To Keeneland April Sale

Keeneland has announced that 18 horses have been supplemented to its April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held Sunday, April 30 and begin at 4 p.m. ET.

Keeneland will accept approved supplemental entries to the April Sale until the sale date.

Click here for the enhanced digital catalog on Keeneland.com. The catalog, also available through the Equineline Sales Catalog iPad app, includes pedigrees, Equibase past performances and race videos, Daily Racing Form past performances, and Ragozin and Thoro-Graph figures. Consignors may upload photographs and walking videos.

Because of the changeable nature of horses of racing age catalogs, consignments will be stabled and a barn order list produced and distributed around Monday, April 24, when the catalog – including supplements – is close to finalized.

A printed catalog for the 80 horses initially cataloged in the sale is available at Keeneland. A supplemental catalog will be available just prior to the sale.

Supplements include:

– Baj, a 4-year-old gelding by Can the Man who scored his first win last fall at Kentucky Downs and next was second in an allowance race at Keeneland. Consighed by Mill Ridge Sales, agent, Baj is working toward his 2023 debut.

– Commandperformance, a 4-year-old winning son of Union Rags who was second in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes. Out of the winning stakes-placed Tapit mare Smitten, he is from the family of Grade 3 winner Blind Date. Commandperformance is consigned by Highgate Sales, agent.

– Goodbye Kyle, a 3-year-old filly by Summer Front who was a debut maiden special weight winner at Fair Grounds in March. Consigned by Gainesway, agent, she is out of She Can Cope, by Stevie Wonderboy, a half-sister to the dam of Grade 3 winners Political Attack and Zillah the Hun, Group 2 runner-up Brahminy Kite and Grade 1-placed Miss Jennifer Lynn.

– Hot Little Thing, a 3-year-old stakes-winning filly by Army Mule who scored a 6½-length victory Tuesday, April 18 in an open allowance race at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Out of the Uncle Mo mare Bouffant, she is from the family of stakes winners Robbie's Gal and Icon Ike. Highgate Sales, agent, consigns Hot Little Thing.

– Peruvian Lucky, a 4-year-old colt by Lookin At Lucky who is coming off a maiden victory at Turfway Park on April 1. Out of Argentinean Group 2 winner Solarana (ARG) by Mutakddim, he is a half-sister to Grade 3-placed Peruvian Appeal. Peruvian Lucky is consigned by I. C. Racing, agent.

– Sharapova, a 5-year-old daughter of Outwork who won the Harry Henson Handicap in March at Sunland Park. She is out of the winning Into Mischief mare Long Kiss Goodbye, a half-sister to Grade 3 runner-up Zultanite. Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, consigns Sharapova.

– Shutters, a 5-year-old gelding by Get Stormy who has won three races in five starts in New York. A full brother to stakes winner Nantucket Red and from the family of champion Escena, he is consigned by ELiTE, agent.

– T Max, a winning, stakes-placed 3-year-old filly by Connect who is entered in the Valley of the Vapors S. at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, April 22. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, she is out of Pleasant Drive, by Strong Mandate, and from the family of Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos and G1 Hill 'n' Dale Metropolitan Handicap winner Silver State.

– Ughrouda, a 4-year-old Shadwell Farm-bred filly by Curlin who is coming off a 10 ¼-length victory in a maiden special weight race at Parx. She is out of the Malibu Moon mare Mooghareadh, a full sister to Grade 2 winner Malibu Pier, dam of stakes winner and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf-placed Coasted. Ughrouda's second dam is Grade 2 winner and Grade 1 runner-up Blue Moon (FR). Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, consigns Ughrouda.

– Violet Gibson (IRE), a 3-year-old daughter of Breeders' Cup Mile winner Expert Eye (GB) who won her debut in a maiden special weight race in March at Gulfstream Park. Consigned by Indian Creek, agent, she is out of the Perfect Soul (IRE) mare Soul of Houdini and from the family of leading European sire Machiavellian.

Graduates of the 2022 April Sale include 2023 Grade 3 John B. Connally Turf Cup Stakes winner Scarlet Fusion and Astra Stakes winner Duvet Day (IRE) along with these 2022 stakes winners: G2 Monrovia Stakes winner Brooke Marie, G2 Nearctic Stakes winner Cazadero, Columbia Stakes winner Heaven Street and G3 Valedictory Stakes winner Wentru.

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Keeneland’s April All-Stars: Scarlet Fusion Provides A Memorable Victory For Sharp’s Barn

No one would have blamed Joe Sharp if his mind wasn't entirely on last year's Keeneland April Horses of All Ages Sale while he was there.

That morning, Callie Witt, an exercise rider for his barn, died from injuries suffered in a training accident. Her parents were flying in to meet Sharp, and he didn't plan on staying at the sale for long.

Hip 1 through the sale was Scarlet Fusion, a two-time winning son of Curlin with a deep page. Sharp landed the colt for $110,000 on behalf of owners Brad Grady and Carl R. Moore Management, and he got on with the rest of his day.

Scarlet Fusion proved worth the brief appearance, climbing the conditions ladder through the second half of 2022, and kicking off his 2023 campaign with his first stakes victory in the Grade 3 John B. Connally Turf Cup Stakes on Jan. 28 at Sam Houston Race Park. The win held a fair bit of extra weight in the Sharp barn.

“He was the only horse we purchased, so it's always held a bit of special energy for me, because of all we'd gone through as a barn that day, and then to acquire him and for him to turn out to be a good horse has been kind of neat,” Sharp said. “He's been a fun horse, and there's a lot of people that are pulling for him.”

A product of the Stonestreet Farm breeding program, Scarlet Fusion is out of the stakes-placed French Deputy mare Scarlet Tango, making him a sibling to Grade 1 winners Tara's Tango and Visionaire, as well as Grade 3 winners Scarlet Strike and Madison's Luna.

Sharp said browsing the sales with Grady and Moore tends to be a collaborative process, especially in racing-age sales, where buyers tend to have past performance to lean on to determine what a horse might be capable of achieving in their own barn. Scarlet Fusion was consigned at the Keeneland April sale by Eaton Sales, agent.

If Sharp could polish up the colt's resume to match his page, he surmised the return on investment could be significant. Furthermore, Scarlet Fusion had won on both dirt and turf, giving Sharp some options on his future.

“His pedigree on the bottom side, he has a stallion's pedigree, so that was super attractive,” Sharp said. “If you could get him to take some steps forward, you would have potentially residual value down the road. He would obviously have to take some significant steps forward, but based on what we've seen he has, and he looks like he'll continue to do so.”

Scarlet Fusion had previously raced as a homebred for Stonestreet, which campaigned the horse in partnership with e Five Racing, with Mark Casse handling the training duties. After he got the horse in his barn, Sharp said the colt's background with reputable connections made the transition to his program, and the feeling-out process to see where he might succeed, a simple one.

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“We go over them, but especially when they're coming from a great outfit like Mark Casse's, you know the horse has been well cared for,” Sharp said. “It's pretty much just evaluating them. I breeze a lot of my own horses, and you see if there's anything you can pick up on that you think they might be better suited for, or a little something here or there that could be altered, like distance or equipment. You're trying to take care of the horse and let them mature into themselves, and that's what we've done with him. Nothing drastic, just training him straightforward and letting him develop himself.”

Though the long-term goal was to develop Scarlet Fusion into a potential stallion prospect, the barn has taken a patient route to get there. After joining Sharp's shedrow, he spent most of the year racing at the allowance optional claiming level at Churchill Downs, highlighted by a 3 3/4-length win on Nov. 2.

That race was at 1 1/2 miles on the dirt, and Sharp said that much of the time spent racing at Churchill was used to tinker with finding the horse's ideal racing conditions. He'd been showing talent in the mornings, but the trainer said that began to translate over to the races when he removed the colt's blinkers and ran him long.

Scarlet Fusion's first stakes try came at the end of his 2022 campaign, where he finished third in the Tinsel Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

His 5-year-old campaign saw Scarlet Fusion face his biggest test to date in his first start, and he earned his biggest win. In the Connally, Scarlet Fusion settled in mid-pack under jockey Adam Bezchizza in the 1 1/2-mile turf race, and got up just in time to win by three-quarters of a length.

This year's Keeneland April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale takes place Sunday, April 30.

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