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Chiefswood Stable, one of Canada's leading owners and breeders and the nom de course of Robert and Mark Krebil, has visited the Queen's Plate winner's circle before. In 2004 their homebred Niigon was victorious with Hall of Fame jockey Rob Landry in the irons.

At the 163rd edition of the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, Landry will fill a different role for the Schomberg, Ont., operation as the outfit's General Manager. The goal remains the same, cross the finish line first with a homebred.

“It would be nice to win the Queen's Plate for them as the General Manager, and would be something special,” said Landry. “They are great people to work for, and they have invested a lot of money and deserve to win these type of races.”

Chiefswood's entry into the Plate is living proof of this investment. Causin' Mayhem is the son of leading sire Into Mischief and enters the Plate at 6-1 on the morning line.

The bay colt is a second generation Chiefswood homebred, out of an unraced Distorted Humor mare Five N Forty. To win Canada's richest race with a horse you've been with from foaling is the ultimate goal for the breed to race operation.

“To win with a homebred is really gratifying,” said Landry. “That's what you aim for, you want to win the big races. Not to mention we bred the mother as well. She never made it to the races, but she showed us a lot of talent.”

That talent has been evident in Five N Forty's offspring. Including Causin' Mayhem she has produced five starters, and four winners. Her top performer is Ghostly Presence, a Ghostzapper filly who was on the Canadian Triple Tiara trail in 2017.

Ghostly Presence was third in the Bison City Stakes and picked up a pair of black type wins later in her 3-year-old campaign.

The success of the family, and what he's shown so far has Landry confident Causin' Mayhem will put forth a good showing on Sunday, despite entering the gate as one of the more lightly raced entrants. The Todd Pletcher trainee's third-place finish in the Plate Trial on July 24 was
just his third lifetime start.

“He's inexperienced but we believe he has a lot of talent,” said Landry. “I believe he will move forward. Todd was happy with the race, and he thought he would move forward off of that. He has the pedigree to be a good horse.”

Regardless of the result on Sunday what Causin' Mayhem will have in common with his mother, and other Chiefswood horses is a dedicated team looking for his home when he eventually retires from racing. The Chiefswood Aftercare Program run by Stacey Krebil seeks to find their retired racehorses forever homes.

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A Sir Prancealot colt brought $50,000 to top Wednesday's California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.

The colt, out of the Union Rags mare Root Beer Rag, was bred by Jeff Ganje, consigned by Checkmate Thoroughbreds and was purchased by Robert Jones of San Leandro.

The highest-priced filly in the sale was by Vronsky, out of the Cyclotron mare Eden Mirelle, was bred by Ron Rand and Courtney Rand, consigned by Harris Farms, agent, and purchased by Andy Mathis for $45,000.

Next highest price was a Sir Prancealot filly sold for $40,000 to Harris Farms. She is out of the Frankel mare Frankly J'ray and was bred by consignor Checkmate Thoroughbreds.

There were 107 yearlings and 15 horses of racing age sold on Wednesday. The yearlings grossed $909,100 for an average of $8,496 and median of $4,500. The horses of racing age averaged $3,533 with a median of $3,000. Compared to 2021, when 30 of 123 horses failed to meet their reserve, only 12 of 134 horses were RNA on Wednesday.

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This isn't Bernard McCormack's first time around the block with a top contender in the Queen's Plate.

His Cara Bloodstock consignment has handled two winners of the Canadian classic at auction over the past six racing seasons, along with one winner each from the other two legs of the country's Triple Crown.

McCormack will have a solid chance to add another Queen's Plate to his resume on Sunday at Woodbine in Hall of Dreams, a Lemon Drop Kid gelding who enters the race off a runner-up effort in the Plate Trial Stakes on July 24.

Hall of Dreams was part of the Cara Bloodstock consignment during the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale, and he finished under his reserve with a final bid of $27,000.

“He was probably the best horse of his crop,” McCormack said, comparing him to the rest of the Cara Bloodstock slate that year. “We liked his scope. The only reason he didn't sell is Lemon Drop Kid is kind of not a pinhooker's horse anymore at his age, and the end-users that were there probably weren't looking for a turfy kind of horse.”

Hall of Dreams, out of the unplaced Horse Chestnut mare Hallnor, was kept to race by breeder Joe Guerrieri's Joey Gee Thoroughbreds and placed in the barn of trainer Andrew Smith.

After a forgettable debut on the Woodbine turf, Hall of Dreams was moved to the Tapeta main track, and he unveiled what would become his signature closing kick to finish second.

It wasn't a winning effort, but it still turned heads. After the race, Hall of Dreams was sold privately to a partnership including Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable, Peter Deutsch, and Leonard Schleifer, and he was moved to trainer Mark Casse's barn. He'd break his maiden four starts later going 1 1/8 miles, leading to his Plate Trial effort.

Even as a yearling, McCormack said Hall of Dreams was built to be a colt that got better as he got older and the races got longer. Moving the 1 1/4-mile Queen's Plate to August from its previous spot earlier in the summer, he surmised, would only work to the gelding's advantage.

“I remember him as beautiful, big, and long-legged for a Lemon Drop Kid,” he said. “It wouldn't surprise me if he came running in the 10th furlong. He showed a lot in his second race as a 2-year-old. He came running at 1 1/16 miles, and he looked like a two-turn horse. When you break down the 10 furlongs, they're either going to get the distance or they're not, and he figured on being a 10-furlong type.

“He won't be the favorite, but if you want to look down the field and think there might be a horse for the 10th furlong, I'd keep him in your superfectas, for sure,” he continued.

Cara Bloodstock, based at McCormack's Mapleshade Farm in Janetville, Ontario, specializes in selling for clients based in the province at sales in both Canada and the U.S. He's perennially a leading consignor at the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) Canadian Premier Yearling Sale, and his shingle has hung in Book 1 sessions at Keeneland, as well as Fasig-Tipton's elite Saratoga Select Yearling Sale and November Mixed Sale.

Prior to going out on his own, Irish-born McCormack was general manager of Windfields Farm, where he managed the stud careers of prominent names including Deputy Minister and Vice Regent.

McCormack handled two-thirds of last year's Canadian Triple Crown during their time at the sales.

Queen's Plate winner Safe Conduct sold as a weanling to owner WellSpring Stables for $45,000 at the 2018 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. He then consigned 2021 Breeders' Stakes winner British Royalty as an unraced 2-year-old at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, where the horse went to Patrice Miller/EQB, agent, for $30,000.

In 2016, McCormack saw a product of his own breeding program, Sir Dudley Digges, triumph in the Queen's Plate after selling as a weanling for $72,000. A year later, another graduate of the Mapleshade Farm breeding program hit it big when Cool Catomine took the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie. That winner was sold at the CTHS Ontario Canadian Premier Yearling Sale for US$29,305.

“We've been lucky enough to sell two Queen's Plate winners in recent times,” McCormack said. “The first feeling was the best, because we bred the horse (Sir Dudley Digges), and the second feeling was happiness for one of my very best clients bred the horse and sold him (Safe Conduct). If Hall of Dreams is in the Plate, and I hoped he would be, hopefully he'd give a good account of himself.”

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The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced today the finalists and official sponsors for the 37th annual TOBA National Awards presented by Keeneland.

The TOBA National Awards will consist of two days of presentations. The National Awards Dinner will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at Keeneland, and the National Awards Luncheon which honors breeders from 18 states and Canada will be held on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at Ashford Stud.

While the state and Canadian breeder awards, as well as some of the national awards, are predetermined – three awards will be announced live at the dinner on Saturday evening. The three awards that will be announced live include: The National Owner of the Year presented by 1/ST, National Breeder of the Year, and Small Breeder of the Year.

The finalists for the National Owner of the Year, presented by 1/ST, include: Godolphin, Hronis Racing, Juddmonte, Klaravich Stables, and the partnership of CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm. The three finalists for the National Breeder of the Year include: Fred W. Hertrich III and John D. Fielding, Godolphin, and Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC. The finalists for the Small Breeder of the Year include: J&J Stables, Angie and Sabrina Moore, and Gail Rice.

TOBA National Awards sponsors include: Keeneland as the Presenting Sponsor, 1/ST as the Owner of the Year Sponsor, and Coolmore as the State and Canadian Breeders of the Year Sponsor. Platinum level sponsors include Jackson Family Wines and TVG. Gold level sponsors include BloodHorse, The Jockey Club, and NTRA. Silver level sponsors include Big Ass Fans, Darley, National HBPA, Stoll Keenon Ogden, and White Birch Farm, Inc. (Peter M. Brant).

“We are honored to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of the finalists and winners at the 2022 TOBA National Awards,” said Dan Metzger, president of TOBA.  “They have distinguished themselves in Thoroughbred racing and breeding and we look forward to a wonderful weekend at Ashford and Keeneland.”

The emcee of the TOBA National Awards Dinner will be Gabby Gaudet of TVG. There will be a silent auction which will open the week of the event and close on Saturday night, as well as a live auction during the awards dinner ceremony.

Tickets are available to the public for both the luncheon and the dinner, with a discounted price for TOBA members. Registration for both events is due by August 19 and available online here: www.toba.org/awards.

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