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Grade 2 winner Ete Indien will begin his stallion career in The Philippines after selling to Triple T Ranch for $25,000 on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of All Ages Sale.

Bloodstock agent Ed Price signed the ticket for the 5-year-old son of Summer Front on behalf of the new owners. Eaton Sales consigned Ete Indien as agent.

“He's a beautiful horse, he had tons of talent, and he was an expensive 2-year-old,” Price said.

Ete Indien was bred in Kentucky by Robert Tillyer and Eric Buckley, and he sold to Ireland's Powerstown Stud as a yearling for $80,000. He was then purchased by French-born, U.S.-based trainer Patrick Biancone for $269,640 at the 2019 Arqana May Breeze-Up Sale in France.

The horse was campaigned by a large partnership including Linda Shanahan, Sanford Bacon, Dream With Me Stable, Horse France America, D P Racing, and Biancone himself.

Ete Indien got to work quickly when he returned stateside, winning on debut as a juvenile on the turf at Gulfstream Park. Following a well off-the-board effort in the Grade 3 Bourbon Stakes, the colt finished his 2-year-old season on the dirt, taking an optional claiming race at Gulfstream.

The colt established his presence as a contender on the Triple Crown trail with his seasonal debut at age three, where he finished second to future classic winner Tiz The Law in the G3 Holy Bull Stakes. He then led at every point of call in the G2 Fountain of Youth Stakes, and kicked away to win by 8 1/2 lengths.

Tiz the Law once again thwarted Ete Indien in the G1 Florida Derby, where he finished third behind the champion. When the Kentucky Derby was moved to September due to COVID-19, Ete Indien remained in South Florida, and finished fourth in a Gulfstream optional claimer. He was later taken out of consideration for the rescheduled classics, and he went over a year between races.

Ete Indien came back from the extended layoff for one final start in July 2021, finishing eighth in the Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint Stakes at Gulfstream. He retired with three wins in eight starts for $408,406.

Price said he has been buying for Triple T for the past five to seven years, purchasing everything from racehorses to stallions on the company's behalf. The farm's purchases of American bloodstock at auction includes Grade 1 winner Stately Victor, who was bought as an active stallion in 2015.

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Enforceable, a Grade 3 winner who ran in the 2020 Kentucky Derby, will be exported to South America to begin his stallion career, likely standing in Peru, after selling for $125,000 on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of All Ages Sale.

Fernando Macchiavello, who signed the ticket on behalf of Equine Consulting Sac, agent, declined to provide the identity of the buyer, but he said the 5-year-old Tapit horse was purchased to stand at stud. Grovendale Sales consigned the horse, as agent.

“He's a Tapit graded stakes winner, a nice horse,” Macchiavello said. “He was a very good looking horse.”

Bred in Kentucky by Clearsky Farms, Enforceable is out of the Grade 2-winning Dixie Union mare Justwhistledixie, making him a full-brother to Grade 2 winner Mohaymen and Grade 3 winner Kingly. He is a half-brother to Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner New Year's Day and stakes-placed Irish Unity.

Enforceable ends his career with three wins in 20 starts for earnings of $488,249. He broke his maiden as a juvenile at Saratoga Race Course in his fourth career start, then parlayed that victory into a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland, and a fourth in the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Trained by Mark Casse for owner John Oxley, Enforceable started his 3-year-old season with a 1 1/2-length score in the G3 Lecomte Stakes at the Fair Grounds. He remained in Louisiana for the remainder of his traditional Kentucky Derby prep schedule, running second in the G2 Risen Star Stakes, and fifth in the G2 Louisiana Derby.

When COVID wreaked havoc on the Triple Crown calendar, Enforceable headed to Keeneland, where he finished fourth in a mid-summer renewal of the G2 Blue Grass Stakes.

Enforceable entered that September's rescheduled Kentucky Derby as a mid-priced hope, and he finished seventh under jockey Adam Beschizza, following a troubled trip that saw him pinned on the rail for most of the race.

The horse continued to race until the spring of 2022, with his most notable efforts being a Fair Grounds allowance optional claiming win to kick off his 4-year-old season in 2021, and a third in the G2 New Orleans Classic Stakes two starts later. His final start came during this year's Keeneland spring meet, where he finished last of eight in an optional claiming race.

Macchiavello, a native of Peru based in Lexington, Ky., said a stallion prospect with his pedigree and experience on the sport's biggest stage will likely make him a popular newcomer for Peruvian breeders.

“I think we breed pretty nice horses,” he said. “It's not big, but to give an example, the dam of Creator (winner of the 2016 Belmont Stakes, by Tapit), Morena, is a Peruvian mare. To produce a classic winner is a unique situation for any South American mare. I think that's another reason to think a Tapit horse could do well there. I think there's a lot of people that like horse racing and breeding in Peru, and like to do well and breed a good horse.”

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The world's leading consignor in Thoroughbred sales, Taylor Made, has partnered with Dello, a Montreal fintech company, to offer cryptocurrency payments to their customers.

Taylor Made has been operating in the Thoroughbred business for more than 45 successful years, reaching sales of over $2.75 billion. As a company with a global presence, accepting cryptocurrency payments is a practical move. This step will continue to bolster their wide-reaching business while presenting their multinational clientele with more convenient payment options.

Mark Taylor, CEO of Taylor Made, said, “Taylor Made has clients from all over the world. We want to make things as easy as possible for them. Accepting crypto makes good business sense.”

Dello enables sellers to accept cryptocurrency without ever having to convert it or handle it directly. Since the crypto payments are settled in local currency, the seller doesn't have to change the way they handle their accounting procedures. Also, by converting the crypto to local currency at the time of purchase, Dello guarantees the seller receives the exact amount they charged the customer, minus a small fee.

Olivier Benloulou, President of Dello, explained, “Dello provides merchants with a comfort zone for crypto acceptance. We eliminate concerns about price volatility and tax issues which have been two of the biggest barriers to the adoption of crypto-enabled payments. Our service enables merchants to venture into the world of crypto with fewer worries. It is an honor to work with a company like Taylor Made.”

Taylor Made will start accepting crypto payments this month for all of their services.

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Risk Taking, a Grade 3 winner who ran in the 2021 Preakness Stakes, will continue his on-track career in the Mid-Atlantic after selling for $75,000 on Monday at the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of All Ages Sale.

Bloodstock agent Chris Gracie signed the ticket on the 4-year-old son of Medaglia d'Oro, who entered last year's Triple Crown chase following a 3 3/4 length victory in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct. After finishing out-of-the-money in the G2 Wood Memorial, Risk Taking traveled to Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness Stakes, where he finished eighth behind upset winner Rombauer.

Chad Brown previously trained Risk Taking for owner Klaravich Stables. Gracie declined to name the new East Coast-based owner after the fall of the hammer, and he said a decision on the colt's next trainer would be made later.

“He's a classy horse, and he had some conditions left,” Gracie said. “We liked what we saw when we saw him in the flesh.”

The Withers was the most recent win for Risk Taking, who has missed the board in his seven subsequent starts. His most recent race was a 10th-place finish in a Churchill Downs optional claiming race on June 5.

In total, Risk Taking has won two of 11 starts for earnings of $217,556.

Risk Taking is out of the stakes-placed Distorted Humor mare Run a Risk, from the family of Grade 1 winners Seeking the Gold, Fast Play, and Stacked Pack.

Elite Sales consigned Risk Taking, as agent.

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