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Grade 2 winner Keepmeinmind, a son of the late former New York leading freshman sire Laoban and a major player on the 2021 Triple Crown trail, has been retired to stand the 2023 season at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson, N.Y.

The 4-year-old out of the unraced Victory Gallop mare Inclination will stand his first season for $6,500.

Keepmeinmind is one of the leading runners from the first crop of Laoban, who also started his stud career at Sequel. Laoban topped New York's freshman sire list in 2020 with progeny earnings of more than $1.55 million – with $394,320 coming from Keepmeinmind – and also finished second on the North American freshman list.

Bred by Southern Equine Stables LLC, Keepmeinmind started his career for his breeder and trainer Robertino Diodoro. After a second in his debut in early September 2020, Keepmeinmind finished second in the Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity and third in the TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, both at Keeneland Race Course. He put himself in the mix for the spring classics with a season-ending victory for Cypress Creek LLC and Arnold Bennewith in the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Keepmeinmind finished seventh in the following year's Kentucky Derby and fourth in the Preakness Stakes. He placed fourth in a pair of graded stakes and finished fourth in the 2021 G1 Runhappy Travers Stakes to end his sophomore campaign.

Off for almost a year, Keepmeinmind returned with an impressive allowance victory going nine furlongs at Saratoga Race Course in late July for trainer Todd Pletcher. He finished his career with a third behind Life Is Good in the G1 Woodward Stakes at the Belmont at the Big A meeting.

“Keepmeinmind is a specimen with a terrific disposition,” Pletcher said. “He competed with and beat the best of the best. A big boost for the New York breeding roster.”

Keepmeinmind, who retired with a record of 2-3-2 in 14 starts and earnings of $903,237, is a half-brother to stakes-placed New York-bred Happy Happy B, $115,790-earner Inclined to Win and Grade 2-placed In Jack's Memory. Inclination, a half-sister to Grade 3 winner and $553,916-earner and stakes winner Zawzooth, is also the dam of winners El Cucuy, E Moon, Generalcbandsallie, Skinny Peter and Sky's the Limit, along with Keepmeinmind's 2-year-old full-brother Mr Midway.

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Elizabeth M. Merryman, who bred Caravel, winner of the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) on Nov. 5 at Keeneland Race Course, has been named the 2022 recipient of the John Deere Award, in recognition of the breeders who participated this year in the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In and in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

The John Deere Award, presented by Breeders' Cup Limited and NTRA Advantage, emphasizes the contributions of breeders to the Breeders' Cup program. The industry's breeders and nominators provide funding for the purses of the World Championships through the annual nominations of foals and stallions.

NTRA Advantage and John Deere will award a John Deere TS Gator Utility Vehicle to Ms. Merryman.

This year's John Deere Award winner was determined by a drawing from all breeders who won either a Breeders' Cup World Championships race or a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race.

Caravel, a 5-year-old Pennsylvania-bred mare by Mizzen Mast out of Zeezee Zoomzoom by Congrats, won the 5 ½-furlong Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint by a half-length at Keeneland. Caravel was ridden by Tyler Gaffalione and trained by Brad Cox for owners Qatar Racing, Marc Detampel, and Madaket Stables.

“We congratulate Ms. Merryman on being this year's recipient of the John Deere Award in recognition of Caravel's outstanding victory in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint,” said Dora Delgado, Breeders' Cup Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Officer. “The John Deere Award is a tribute to the importance of the breeders in our sport and whose annual contributions have been the backbone of our funding for the Breeders' Cup racing programs and the World Championships. We also thank John Deere and NTRA Advantage for their sponsorship of this award and their salute to the breeding industry.”

“I am very happy to accept the John Deere Award on behalf of Caravel in honor of her thrilling win in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, and in recognition of all breeders who participated in the World Championships,” said Merryman.

“Congratulations to Elizabeth Merryman and all of the breeders represented at the Breeders' Cup World Championships and Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In races held earlier this year,” said Auston Till, Manager Partner Sales, John Deere Ag & Turf. “John Deere epitomizes excellence, and we are proud to recognize those breeders who excelled at the highest levels of competition throughout 2022.”

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Four-time Australian Horse of the Year Winx was unable to catch when bred to top Australian sire Snitzel, and she will be given the breeding season off.

Winx's ownership group, the Tighe, Kepitis and Treweke families made the announcement on Thursday.

“It's not the update we were hoping to provide, sadly it wasn't meant to be this year for Winx and Snitzel,” read a statement from Winx's owners. “Winx is doing very well with her Pierro filly, and the decision has been made to give her this year off.”

The Pierro filly born in October was the first foal for Winx after she lost her first pregnancy in 2020, which would have been a filly by I Am Invincible. She was a given a year off from breeding before being sent to Pierro, who stands at Coolmore Australia, for the 2023 Southern Hemisphere foaling season.

A winner of 37 races (25 Group 1, including four runnings of the Cox Plate) in 43 starts, Winx was victorious in her final 33 outings.Trained by Chris Waller and ridden most often by Hugh Bowman, the daughter of Street Cry retired with earnings in excess of AUS$26 million.

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Keeneland has announced that 69 horses – including Seasons, a Grade 1-placed daughter of Tapit and millionaire Winter Memories – have been supplemented to the 2023 January Horses of All Ages Sale. The auction will cover four sessions from Jan. 9-12, 2023.

Additional supplements will be considered until sale date.

Seasons, a 4-year-old filly, is cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect and consigned by Darby Dan Farm, agent. Her dam, Winter Memories, is a Grade 1 winner by El Prado (IRE).

Other supplements to Book 1 of the January Sale include:

– Quick (GB), a Grade 3 winner who is carrying her first foal by Medaglia d'Oro. By Olympic Glory (IRE) out of The Giving Tree, by Rock of Gibraltar (IRE), Quick is consigned by Vinery Sales, agent.

– A yearling filly from the first crop of Belmont (G1) winner Tiz the Law who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Avenge and to Liguria, winner of the Dec. 3 Jimmy Durante (G3) at Del Mar. Out of Lerici, by Woodman, she is consigned by Gainesway, agent.

– Bold Connection, a 2-year-old stakes-placed daughter of Uncle Mo who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Sweet Loretta. Out of Ithinkisawapudycat, by Bluegrass Cat, Bold Connection is consigned as a racing or broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

– Snowy Winter, by Elusive Quality, who was a listed winner and Group 1-placed in Europe and is in foal to Gun Runner. Out of Pamona Ball, by Pleasantly Perfect, she is a half-sister to North American graded stakes winner Pamina and to multiple stakes winner Hieronymus. Snowy Winter is consigned by Eaton Sales, agent.

– Snowy Winter's yearling colt by American Pharoah. Foaled in March, the colt is Snowy Winter's second foal. He is consigned by Eaton Sales, agent.

Additional supplements include yearlings by such stallions as Justify, McKinzie, Not This Time, Twirling Candy and Vekoma and mares in foal to stallions including Constitution, Ghostzapper, Good Magic, Justify, Liam's Map, Maclean's Music, Not This Time and Yaupon.

With these supplements, the total number of horses cataloged to the January Sale is 1,578.

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