Tag: Bloodstock

The first foals by Spendthrift Farm's Horse of the Year Authentic have begun to arrive, and to celebrate, Spendthrift is hosting a “Foal Derby” to share photos of the stallion's debut crop and reward breeders and fans with prizes.

Each week leading up to the Kentucky Derby, a group of Authentic's foals will be displayed on Spendthrift Farm's social media channels. The two foals with the most likes and shares will face off in the finals each Friday to decide the favorite. Both finalists will then be among 20 horses eligible to win the grand prizes, based on the results of this year's Kentucky Derby. Voters will also be eligible for weekly prizes.

To learn more about the rules and prizes for both breeders and voters, click here.

Authentic, a 5-year-old son of Into Mischief, stands at Spendthrift Farm for an advertised fee of $70,000. He was named Horse of the Year in 2020, following a campaign that saw him earn Grade 1 victories in the Kentucky Derby, Breeders' Cup Classic, and Haskell Stakes.

A pair of colts go head-to-head in the Week 3 finals matchup, each out young mares from success-producing families, giving them plenty of blue sky for the future.

Click here to vote on the Week 3 finalists. Voting is also available on Spendthrift's Facebook and Twitter feeds.

Let's take a look at this week's finalists…

Foal: Colt o/o Incredible You 

Bred by: Glencrest Farm

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The first foal out of the unraced Uncle Mo mare Incredible You, who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winners Zo Impressive and Zaftig. The foal's second dam is the Grade 1 winner Zoftig, whose daughters have produced the likes of Grade 2 winner Souper Tapit, Group 1-placed Zip Top, and Grade 2-placed stakes winner Spinoff.

“He's a really nice, solid maiden foal,” said John Greathouse III of Glencrest Farm. “He weighed about 135 pounds coming out, which is big for a maiden. We're really happy with him. He's a good, correct foal. He has all the right angles, moves really nice out in the field. He's one of my nicest foals on the farm.

“We just thought Authentic was such a spectacular racehorse,” he continued. He was a horse that could really carry his speed. He's a well-bred, good looking horse. For me, he was a no-brainer. I couldn't breed to his dad, couldn't afford it, so he was the next option for me. He was a horse that I doubted would go a mile and a quarter when he was in the Kentucky Derby, and he proved me wrong. I thought it was a good, classic family that we could stretch out. The dam can probably get you a two-turn horse with that family, and we thought breeding a little speed into her would benefit her.”

Foal: Colt o/o Cyrielle

Bred by: Erik Johnson

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The second foal out of the winning Animal Kingdom mare Cyrielle, who is herself a half-sister to Grade 2-placed Dewey Square and stakes-placed Something Super. His second dam is the Grade 3-placed stakes winner Somethinaboutbetty, and the extended family features the multiple Grade 3 winner Eskenformoney.

“He's a very nice colt, looks a lot like his father,” said Mike Heitzmann of Stone Bridge Farm, where the mare and foal are boarded. “He's very athletic, got a good head and eye, good bone with a lot of substance. Everything you're looking for in a foal. “

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With rain forcing the last set of the under tack show to be postponed until tomorrow, Hip 139, a dark bay/brown colt by Bayern turned in an 1/8-mile work in :9 3/5 to post the fastest work at the distance of the first day of the under tack show for the 2022 OBS March Sale.

Consigned by Really and Truly Thoroughbreds as agent, he's out of the Pioneerof the Nile mare Sophia Mia, a daughter of multiple graded stakes placed stakes winner Amie's Dini.

The fastest quarter-mile work of :20 3/5 was turned in by Hip 177 a Good Samaritan colt consigned by Pick View as agent.  He's out of Sweat and Saddle, by Speightstown, a daughter of graded stakes winner Well Monied

Seventeen horses shared the second-fastest one-furlong time of :9 4/5.

• Hip 10, consigned by Gene Recio as agent, is a bay More Than Ready filly out of the winning Fastnet Rock mare, Nutcracker Suite (IRE). The dam is a three-quarters sister to Group 3 winner Beauty Bright.
• Hip 14 is a bay Honor Code filly out of the winning Hard Spun mare, Olympic Avenue. The filly is a half sister to stakes placed Gold for Kitten and consigned by Two Oaks Equine.
• Hip 37 is a More Than Ready colt out of Polish a Diamond by the Factor. The chestnut is a half brother to Grade 1-placed Brilliant Cut, consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel) as agent.
• Hip 42, consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne) as agent, is a gray or roan Tapwrit colt out of Princess Addy, by Quality Road. From the family of graded stakes winner Desert Party.
• Hip 44 is a bay Malibu Moon filly consigned by Top Line Sales LLC as agent. She's out of Private Jet, a full sister to champion Lookin at Lucky.
• Hip 59 is a City of Light filly out of Redbud, by Union Rags, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Wishful Tomcat. The bay filly is consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne) as agent.
• Hip 61 is a dark bay or brown Unified colt out of the winning mare Red Hot Tweet, by Heatseeker (IRE), a half sister to stakes placed Twitter Pie. He is consigned by Julie Davies LLC as agent.
• Hip 63, consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm, agent, is a chestnut Street Boss colt out of Red Tabby, by Bluegrass Cat, a half sister to stakes winner Malibu Way.
• Hip 81 is a Bolt d'Oro colt out of Roman Bluff, a half sister to multiple graded winner and OBS graduate May Day Rose. The colt is a half brother to stakes placed Flying Frank and Easy Money. Consigned by Wavertree Stables (Ciaran Dunne) Agent.
• Hip 82 is by Good Magic out of Rose Mine, by Street Cry (IRE). From the family of champion Escena, the chestnut colt is also consigned by Wavertree Stables (Ciaran Dunne) Agent.
• Hip 89 is a bay Justify colt out of Runway Doll, by Majestic Warrior. Hailing from the family of graded stakes winner Conquest Panthera, he is consigned by Eddie Woods as agent.
• Hip 95, also consigned by Eddie Woods, is a chestnut Munnings filly out of the El Prado (IRE) mare Saintly Spirit, a daughter of multiple graded stakes placed Saintly Action.
• Hip 107 is a chestnut Bee Jersey filly consigned by Top Line Sales LLC as agent. She's out of Secretariat Humor, by Distorted Humor, from the family of champion Perfect Soul (IRE).
• Hip 110, a chestnut filly consigned by Off the Hook as agent, is by Street Boss out of stakes placed Seeking the Light, by Heatseeker (IRE), from the family of graded stakes placed Paddington.
• Hip 129 is a dark bay or brown Lord Nelson filly out of the Grand Slam mare Slam's Honor, from the family of Horse of the Year and champion Detroit (Fr) and consigned by Off the Hook LLC as agent.
• Hip 164, consigned by Britton Peak, Agent, is a dark bay or brown colt by Bolt d'Oro out Street Love by Street Boss, a full sister to grade one winner Capo Bastone.
• Hip 190 is a dark bay or brown Cloud Computing colt out of Tara Brooch, by Montbrook, a half sister to stakes winner Al Max Diner. He is consigned by Paul Sharp, Agent.

Five horses stopped the clock in :20.4.

• Hip 18, consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds is a dark bay or brown filly by Mo Town. She's out of On Golden Pawn, by Tiznow, and is a half-sister to stakes placed Brown Panther.
• Hip 51 a dark bay or brown Bolt d'Oro colt is consigned by SBM Training and Sales. He's out of Queen of May, by Bernardini, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Tizaqueena
• Hip 185, a chestnut Army Mule filly consigned by Tom McCrocklin as agent is out of Sylphide, by Blame, a half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Cambodia.
• Hip 198 is a dark bay or brown filly by Girvin. Consigned by Ocala Stud, she's out of The Shady Lady, by Quality Road, a half-sister to stakes placed stakes winner Courtesan.
• Hip 202, consigned by Pick View, Agent, is a bay filly by Bolt D'oro out of Throbbin' Heart by Smoke Glacken and is a half-sister to stakes placed Roaming.

The Under Tack Show continues Friday morning at 8 a.m. with Hip No.'s 213 – 424 as well as the horses from the third set of day one's under tack show scheduled to breeze.

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Marche Lorraine, the winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Distaff and the second-ever Japanese-based Breeders' Cup winner, has been retired from racing and will be bred to top young Japanese sire Drefong, Racing Post reports.

The 6-year-old Orfevre mare will reside at Northern Farm in Hokkaido, Japan, following a career where she won nine of 22 starts and earned $3,445,677 for owner U. Carrot Farm and trainer Yoshito Yahagi.

A winner of four local graded races on Japan's NARS dirt circuit, Marche Lorraine shocked the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Del Mar, holding on to win by a nose at odds of 49-1. She made one final start in the Group 1 Saudi Cup on Feb. 26, facing male competition and finishing sixth.

Drefong, a 9-year-old son of Gio Ponti, was Japan's leading freshman sire of 2021. He earned the Eclipse Award as champion sprinter of 2016 following a campaign that saw him win that season's G1 King's Bishop Stakes and Breeders' Cup Sprint. He came back at four to win the G1 Forego Stakes.

Drefong stands at Shadai Stallion Station. His debut crop of runners included Group 3 winner Geoglyph, Group 2-placed Kawakita Reverie, and stakes winner Consigliere.

Read more at Racing Post.

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