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Coolmore Buys Into Bashford Manor Winner Gulfport, Secures Stud Rights

The Coolmore partnership has acquired an interest in Bashford Manor Stakes winner Gulfport, and the operation will stand the 2-year-old son of Uncle Mo at stud at the end of his career, Thoroughbred Daily News reports.

Owned by the partnership of William and Corinne Heiligbrodt, Jackpot Farm, and Whispering Oaks Farm LLC, and trained by Steve Asmussen, Gulfport won on debut by seven lengths at Churchill Downs, then followed up with a 12 1/4-length score in the Bashford Manor Stakes at the same track on July 4. The margin of victory was a record for the six-furlong race.

Bred in Kentucky by Diamond Creek Farm, Gulfport is out of the winning Unbridled's Song mare Fame and Fortune, who is herself a full-sister to Grade 1 winner and leading freshman sire of 2018 Cross Traffic. Gulfport's second dam is the Grade 1 winner Stop Traffic.

“We are delighted to partner with William and Corinne Heiligbrodt, Jackpot Farm, and Whispering Oaks Farm LLC on such an exciting son of Uncle Mo,” said Coolmore's M.V. Magnier. “His performance in the Bashford Manor was very special, and we think there's a lot more to come.”

Queen’s Plate Breeder Profile: Sam-Son Farm Is The Connective Tissue For Duke Of Love’s Breeders

In horse racing the term 'connections' refers to the trainer, owner, jockey, and anyone connected to a horse. For the breeding partnership behind Queen's Plate runner Duke of Love, connections through Sam-Son Farm, brought the group together.

David Whitford is the former general manager of Sam-Son Farm, and Tom Zwiesler is Sam-Son's current racing manager.

Pat Costello is a partner at Paramount Sales, a leading consignment agency. He formerly operated Drumkenny Farm, where he boarded horses for Sam-Son, and has consigned horses for them at Paramount.

Caldara Farm is Callan Strouss, farm manager Oak Tree Division, at Lane's End, and his wife, Darcia Strouss. Sam-Son boarded mares with Callan at Lane's End over the years.

“We all sort of had a connection through Sam-Son and working together over the years,” said Whitford.

Their connection led to the breeding of Duke of Love, a story that begins with his dam, Tell the Duchess.

Tell the Duchhess's dam, Classira (IRE), is by Danehill. Sam-Son purchased Classira (IRE), to breed her to Smart Strike, because they were interested in the Danehill and Smart Strike cross, that foal was Tell the Duchess.

Tell the Duchess went unraced, and Sam-Son was unable sell her as a broodmare prospect. So, Whitford, Costello, and Strouss approached Sam-Son Farm president Rick Balaz, about selling her to them privately.

“We were able to broker a deal with Rick,” said Whitford. “She has lovely bloodlines, and is a pretty mare, a little on the small side, but we thought she was well worth trying to breed from.”

Voyant, her first foal, wasn't a success in the sales ring, but has earned breeders rewards for the group through Ontario Racing's Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP), from his performance at Fort Erie Race Track this season.

The next foal out of Tell the Duchess was Duke of Love. By Cupid, Duke of Love was consigned by Pararmount as a weanling.

“We had him in the Keeneland sale and were surprised he didn't meet his reserve, so we sold him for less than that after the sale,” said Whitford. “Then he went to the 2-year-old in training sale, and myracehorse.com bought him. Obviously, they saw what we had seen, liked the horse, and liked his mechanics from the breezing sale.”

Fractional group myracehorse.com bought Duke of Love for $85,000. He has a record of 2-1-0 from six starts, for his many owners, including a runner-up finish in the Grade 2 Marine Stakes on July 2 at Woodbine.

Whitford and company will be cheering him in the Queen's Plate, not just because they bred the horse, but because through the TIP Breeders Rewards, the group will earn a $50,000 bonus if he wins the Queen's Plate.

“Even though we didn't get great money at the sale, we have been getting some nice breeders rewards, and that is just a wonderful program,” said Whitford. “It's so nice when you have a bit of success to get paid for it. It encourages people so much, and the Mare Purchase Program, getting money back there, that also a wonderful program, and is really helping Ontario breeders.”

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Sixteen Supplemental Entries Added To 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale

Sixteen yearlings have been added to the 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale supplement catalog ahead of the Aug. 29 sale at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.

The additions bring the total offering at the 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale to 228 yearlings, featuring national and regional stallion power and pedigrees.

“The interest in our sale has been strong since we released our catalog late last month,” TTA sales director Foster Bridewell said. “These additions only help boost our sale and we're thrilled to offer these additional yearlings later this month.”

The supplement catalog features yearlings bred in Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Texas, including a Texas-bred filly by exciting first-crop stallion Vino Rosso whose yearlings sold for as much as $550,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale this week. A full-sister to 2021 Texas 2-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Champion Tengo Mis Papeles will also be offered as Hip 223.

The interactive catalog, including the supplements (Hips 213-228), is available now at www.ttasales.com. The full catalog is also available for download on the Equineline IPad App. Supplement catalogs will also be available on the sales grounds and at the Lone Star Park Sales Pavilion.

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Bloodlines Presented By CTBA Sales: Naughty Gal, And The Female Influence Of Unbridled’s Song

Unlike the situation with his sons, which are not well represented with stakes winners in the male line, the daughters of Unbridled's Song are treasures as producers. It is also noteworthy that daughters of the sons of Unbridled's Song are making a mark.

Among those representing Unbridled's Song in the broodmare sire line over the weekend, the Grade 3 Troy Stakes at Saratoga went to Golden Pal (Uncle Mo), who is out of Lady Shipman (Midshipman); the Lure Stakes, also at Saratoga, went to Dynadrive (Temple City), who is out of Harbingerofthings (Rockport Harbor); the Incredible Revenge Stakes at Monmouth went to Bay Storm (Kantharos), who is out of Stormy Regatta (Midshipman); the Indiana First Lady Stakes went to Climber (Divining Rod), who is out of Gazeley (First Defence); and the Searching Stakes at Laurel went to Music Amore (Mshawish), who is out of the Unbridled's Song mare Rhapsody Queen.

Five stakes winners in a weekend is a pretty good haul, and these are not the only ones out there. Would any of them, however, have greater promise than Naughty Gal?

At Saratoga in the G3 Adirondack Stakes, Naughty Gal (by Into Mischief) won by 2 ½ lengths as the race favorite. A winner of her maiden in her second start at Churchill Downs on July 4, Naughty Gal now has won two of her three starts.

The only difference between the latter and the five stakes winners above is that Naughty Gal's broodmare sire is a full brother to Unbridled's Song named Spanish Steps, and Naughty Gal is the first graded winner out of a Spanish Steps mare.

Bred in Florida by Loren Nichols, Naughty Gal is out of Conway Two Step, who was a stakes winner at two in the Brave Raj Stakes and twice stakes-placed at three, earning $102,605. Nichols bought Conway Two Step for $11,000 as a broodmare prospect at the OBS winter sale in January 2013.

To date, the mare has produced five winners from seven to race, including Naughty Gal's full brother Good Clean Fun, who was a $475,000 yearling at the 2018 Saratoga select sale. Nichols sold the Adirondack winner as a weanling at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November sale for $200,000; the filly was bought back for $240,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale and then sold at the OBS March auction of juveniles in training earlier this year for $350,000 to Holy Cow Stables, which races the Adirondack winner.

Naughty Gal is the sixth filly in succession to win stakes for this female family, extending back to fifth dam Distonia, a Uruguayan-bred filly foaled in 1964 who won the Premio Carlos Zuluaga in Venezuela. Imported to race in the States, Distonia produced Ruddy Belle Handicap winner Distant Voyage (Admiral's Voyage), who produced Starfire Voyage (Fire Dancer), winner of the Discovery Stakes at Tampa and the dam of multiple stakes winner Nancy's Glitter (Glitterman).

The latter was a smashing 2-year-old stakes winner, taking the laurels in the My Dear Girl, Susan's Girl, and Desert Vixen stakes among her five victories as a juvenile, when she earned just shy of a half-million. As a producer, Nancy's Glitter had only one stakes winner, Conway Two Step, but she also produced a pair of stakes-placed racers, including Glittering Tax (Artax), the dam of three stakes winners. Among those, Glittering Tax foaled G1 winner Miss Temple City and G3 winner Pricedtoperfection, both by Temple City (Dynaformer).

Now a third granddaughter of Nancy's Glitter has become a graded stakes winner. Since producing Naughty Gal, Conway Two Step has a yearling filly by Malibu Moon (A.P. Indy) and a filly of 2022 by Omaha Beach (War Front). The mare was bred back to Practical Joke (Into Mischief) for 2023.

Naughty Gal is the 112th stakes winner and 52nd graded winner for Into Mischief (Harlan's Holiday), who represents the most vibrant branch of Storm Cat in contemporary breeding.

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