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Walmac Farm paid $260,000 for Carella, a 10-year-old half-sister to champion and leading sire Bernardini who is in foal to Kantharos, to record the highest price of Wednesday's third session of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. Carella was sold by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Godolphin, who led all consignors and was represented by five of today's top six highest-priced horses.

With the purchase, Walmac was the session's leading buyer.

Keeneland on Wednesday sold 246 horses for $5,605,700, for an average of $22,787 and a median of $8,000. The total rose 2.45 percent from $5,471,700 from the corresponding session last year, the average was up 7.86 percent from $21,126 and the median declined 20 percent from $10,000.

The cumulative gross through three sessions is $41,732,600 for 721 horses compared to $42,320,400 for 770 horses sold during the same period last year. The average of $57,882 increased 5.31 percent from $54,962 in 2022, while the median of $27,000 is up 8 percent from last year's $25,000.

Godolphin also consigned the day's second-high seller, Orchestrate, a 9-year-old daughter of Tiznow in foal to Frosted, who sold to J.S. Company Ltd. Out of Contrive, by Storm Cat, she is a half-sister to champion Folklore and from the family of champion Essential Quality.

Other Godolphin mares who sold for six figures were Face Paint, a 4-year-old by Candy Ride (ARG) in foal to Frosted ($175,000 to Park City Investments), Omkara, a 4-year-old by Ghostzapper in foal to Cairo Prince ($160,000 to Stone Farm) and Hidden Wonder, a 4-year-old by Curlin in foal to Street Boss ($150,000 to Adena Springs).

Godolphin USA Director of Bloodstock Michael Banahan said he was pleased with the sale.

“For our mares today, the market was very strong; to have five mares get six figures is a great sale for us,” Banahan said. “We had a lot of foot traffic through the barn yesterday. The same number of people we had over two days last year, we had on one day this year. We were very busy and anticipated the mares would sell well.”

This marks the second consecutive January Sale to include the Godolphin consignment.

“We want to keep our broodmare band as tight as we can,” Banahan said. “We need to make room for fillies coming off the race track that are young fillies we want to give a chance. So it's a mixture that are going through the sale: young mares that were bred once and sold again and some mares that we felt we'd given a chance and maybe they'd be luckier for someone else down the road, but still with very nice pedigrees.

“People love jumping in and buying our families when they get the opportunity to get in there,” he added. “They know they will be well covered from siblings and sisters and mothers, so they know there's an opportunity that something good will happen in the family.”

With sales of $1,798,700 for 27 horses, Godolphin was the leading consignor.

A yearling colt from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Vekoma who was supplemented to the sale sold for $180,000 to G1 Investments. Consigned by St George Sales, agent, he is out of the stakes-winning Include mare Inconclusive and from the family of Canadian champion Marchfield; Grade 1 winners Vigliotto and Devil May Care; and Grade 2 winners Minister Eric and Regal Ransom.

The January Sale concludes Thursday with a session beginning at 10 a.m. ET. The auction is livestreamed on Keeneland.com and the FanDuel Plus App.

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Graded stakes winner Venezuelan Hug sired his first foal Wednesday when Flutiste delivered a filly at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater, N.Y. Venezuelan Hug, a 6-year-old son of Constitution out of the Giant's Causeway mare Downtown Diva, stands for $2,500 at Mill Creek Farm.

Owned by Sal Spedale's Spedale Family Racing, the filly is also the first foal for the 5-year-old Mizzen Mast mare Flutiste. Bred by Gerard and Alain Wertheimer, Flutiste was claimed out of her maiden-breaking victory in mid-December 2020 by Spedale Family Racing and Flying P Stable.

“Mr. Spedale is super excited about the next chapter for Venezuelan Hug and is extremely involved with breeding and supporting him,” Mill Creek Farm owner Anne Morgan. “The filly is super cute and feisty, very correct and well balanced.”

Venezuelan Hug raced for Spedale Family Racing and R. A. Hill Stable before retiring to stand his first season in 2022 at Mill Creek. He won six of 10 starts and earned $252,830. He ended his career with three straight victories in stakes company, winning the Millions Turf Preview Stakes in November 2020 at Gulfstream Park West, Sunshine Turf Stakes in January 2021 at Gulfstream Park and the Grade 3 Canadian Turf Stakes in late February 2021 at Gulfstream.

Flutiste is one of five winners out of the Dynaformer mare Etincelle, a half-sister to stakes winners Take the Ribbon, Flash Forward, Flash Mash, Glinda the Good, Bright Magic and Hot War. Glinda the Good is the dam of champion and multiple Grade 1 winner Good Magic.

Venezuelan Hug is one of several stallions based in New York and other states with seasons for sale in the New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc.'s annual Stallion Season Auction set for Jan. 27-31 on Wanamakers.com.

The auction raises funds that allow the NYTB to carry on its two-fold mission of promoting New York breeding and racing and protecting the welfare of industry stakeholders.

Donations of stallion seasons will be accepted until the beginning of the auction. Please visit nytbreeders.org to view the current list of stallions in the auction and contact NYTB directly at 518.587.0777 or info@nytbreeders.org to donate a season.

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Reinvestment Risk, a multiple Grade 1-placed runner, will enter stud for new owner William Nicks after the Indiana-based horseman purchased him for $70,000 on Wednesday at the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale.

Nicks, who has purchased stallions at auction in recent years to stand himself and to re-sell to other farms, said the transaction was as impromptu as it gets. As such, he did not have immediate plans as to where the 5-year-old son of Upstart would stand for his debut season.

“I didn't even know he was in the sale,” Nicks said. “I was sitting right there, and he looked like he was worth the money. I watched him run on Derby day, and he ran well. He'll probably go to Indiana, maybe Arkansas. He's talented, and Upstart's doing good, so we'll see how he turns out.

“I come here and go by the seat of my pants,” Nicks continued. “Whatever goes through the ring and looks cheap, that's what I buy. He's a sprinter, and Indiana needs a good sprinter on the dirt. We'll do something with him.”

Reinvestment Risk won two of nine starts for owner Klaravich Stables and trainer Chad Brown, earning $414,840.

After winning on debut at Saratoga Race Course by 7 3/4 lengths, Reinvestment Risk spent the rest of the summer and fall butting heads with Jackie's Warrior, finishing second to the future champion sprinter in the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes and Champagne Stakes.

After an abbreviated 3-year-old campaign, Reinvestment Risk returned at four to win his seasonal bow at Gulfstream Park, a 6 1/2-length optional claiming race, by three lengths. He was then runner-up in the G1 Carter Handicap and the G1 Churchill Downs Stakes in his ensuing starts, the later coming on the 2022 Kentucky Derby undercard.

Bred in Kentucky by Aschinger Bloodstock Holdings, Reinvestment Risk is out of the winning Candy Ride mare Ridingwiththedevil. His extended family includes multiple Grade 3 winner My List.

Elite Sales consigned Reinvestment Risk, as agent.

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Jim Jorgensen's homebred Wildatlanticstorm earned double honors from the Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association for his accomplishments in 2022. The late-blooming son of Stormy Atlantic – Imsortaspecial (Big Brown) is honored as the 2022 ITBOA Horse of the Year and the Champion ITBOA 2-Year-Old Colt/Gelding.

Wildatlanticstorm earned $366,568 in total purse money last year, winning four of his six starts for his owner and trainer H. Ray Ashford, Jr. under three jockeys: Leandro Goncalves, Alex Birzer, and David Cabrera.

His 2022 season included just one start at Prairie Meadows, a maiden special weight victory under Birzer on Aug. 6.

Wildatlanticstorm sat third early in the 5-1/2 furlong sprint race before making a three-wide bid approaching the quarter pole and pulling clear late to score by two lengths over a fast surface.

The colt had signaled his readiness to win late in his debut, a four-furlong turf sprint at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas on July 8, when he chased two-wide from an outside post and finished well under Goncalves.

“We really had the Remington Park stakes races on the radar early on,” explained Jorgensen. “That's the main reason we only ended up running once at Prairie Meadows.”

After his first victory in Altoona, Wildatlanticstorm shipped to Oklahoma, settled in well, and turned in a respectable 1:03.62 five-furlong drill over the Remington Park oval on Aug. 27. He was a dominating winner in his first start there, leading every step of the way under Cabrera to record a six-furlong non-winners of two tally by five lengths on Sept. 8.

Just 17 days later, Wildatlanticstorm tested deeper waters for the first time in the $75,000 Kip DeVille Stakes at six furlongs. With Cabrera back in the saddle, the colt opened up an early lead as the 9-5 favorite, but weakened late, and settled for second.

“We probably ran him back a little too soon after his first start in Oklahoma,” noted Jorgensen. “We knew we had a month to get ready for the Clever Trevor. We gave him a couple of weeks off, then worked him twice, and he was ready to go again.”

The Remington Park track came up sloppy on Oct. 28 for the $100,000 Clever Trevor Stakes at seven furlongs, so the looming question was how Wildatlanticstorm would handle the off going. He answered with a hard-fought pace-stalking narrow victory under Cabrera, holding off the late charges of race favorite Campfire Creed and Toddchero to win by a nose.

Wildatlanticstorm stretched out to eight furlongs in the season-ending $400,000 Springboard Mile on December 17.

Sent off at 15-1 with Goncalves back aboard, the colt stalked the pace early, came through on the inside, and wrested the lead at the top of the stretch before digging in late to hold off the Brad Cox-trained 4-5 favorite Giant Mischief and win by just over a length.

2-Year-Old Iowa-Bred Filly — My Happiness, bred, owned, and trained by Dr. Christine Hicklin, DVM, won two of her four starts at Prairie Meadows in 2022 to finish her 2-year-old campaign with $99,384 in total earnings.

The daughter of Bee Jersey – Mayfield Road (Yonaguska) earned her first lifetime stakes victory with a smart tally in the $100,000 Iowa Sorority at six furlongs under 2022 Prairie Meadows leading rider Kylee Jordan.

My Happiness broke her maiden with a facile five-length victory over maiden special weight foes under Alex Canchari in her second lifetime start on July 22.

3-Year-Old Iowa-Bred Colt/Gelding — Ain't Life Grand, the son of Not This Time – Cat D'Oro (Medaglia D'Oro), bred and owned by RPM Thoroughbreds (Peggy and Ray Shattuck) followed up his championship 2-year-old campaign with three wins in his final four starts of 2022 to become the year's lone repeat winner.

His gallant victory in the $300,000 listed Iowa Derby was arguably the highlight of the 2022 Iowa Festival of Racing. Under regular rider Elvin Gonzalez, Ain't Life Grand came four-wide into the stretch, grabbed the lead in the final sixteenth, and held off 1-2 favorite Conagher.

Ain't Life Grand ended his 3-year-old season with a dominating victory in the Iowa Breeders' Derby on Oct. 1.

3-Year-Old Iowa-Bred Filly — Miss Peach, the daughter of Dominus – Carolina Peach (Giant's Causeway), recorded three wins, including a pair of stakes victories, from her six starts at Prairie Meadows in 2022.

Running for the partnership of breeder Poindexter Thoroughbreds LLC and Albaugh Family Stables LLC, Miss Peach broke her maiden on June 5 and added stakes victories under regular rider Glenn Corbett in the Iowa Stallion Filly Stakes and the Iowa Breeders' Oaks to finish the year with $152,867 in total earnings.

Older Iowa-Bred Horse — Basic Chance, the battle-tested son of Yes It's True – Swede (Yankee Victor) saved his best effort of the season for Iowa Classic night as he posted an 11-1 upset in the $100,000 Dan Johnson Sprint under Alberto Pusac on Oct. 1.

Bred by the late William “Duke” Hobbs and running for Martin Brothers, Inc. and Gene Burkholder, Basic Chance won for the 18th time in 48 starts as he increased his lifetime earnings to $597,662.

Older Iowa-Bred Mare — Angel's Melody, a daughter Sing Baby Sing – Medical Angel (Blumin Affair) enjoyed a very productive season in 2022, winning four of her nine starts and collecting $151,781 in earnings.

Her tally in the Hawkeyes Handicap on Aug. 12 under Wilmer Garcia for trainer Jon Arnett provided longtime Iowa breeder/owner Larry Hagemeier with his first career stakes victory.

The ITBOA also named champions based on earnings at Prairie Meadows in 2022:

Breeder and Owner of the Year — Poindexter Thoroughbreds LLC/Allen Poindexter, whose Iowa-bred foals –topped by Miss Peach, Bossy Moment ($126,339), and Kayla ($113,224)– earned $1,396,768 and whose Iowa-owned runners earned $986,544.

Stallion of the Year — Native Ruler, owned by Maggi Moss, now pensioned at Unbridled Spirits in Lisbon, IA. His progeny earned $431,133 in 2022. The top earners last season were Peggy Rules ($51,092), Chinlee ($46,862), and Toska's Ruler ($39,015).

Broodmare of the Year — Cat d'Oro, owned by RPM Thoroughbreds (Peggy and Ray Shattuck), whose offspring earned $397,085 in 2022. Her top earner was Iowa Derby winner Ain't Life Grand ($323,053)

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