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The first two foals by Grade 3 multiple stakes winner Name Changer are fillies bred respectively by Colts Neck Stables LLC, which raced the son of Uncle Mo throughout his career, and Kaz Hill Farm, where he retired to stud last year.

Colts Neck's filly is out of Fastener, an allowance winning Roman Ruler mare whose dam is a full sister to the dam of Kentucky Derby winner and leading sire Street Sense, and who hails from the immediate family of such standouts as Vekoma, Paradise Woods and Mr. Greeley.

Kaz Hill's filly is out of Shanghai Shuffle, a winning daughter of Shanghai Bobby and stakes-placed Bailzee. Shanghai Shuffle is a half-sister to the highly promising Witsel, by Nyquist, last seen finishing just a nose behind Beau Liam in a loaded Saratoga allowance last summer in just his second start, and now working toward his 2022 return in Florida for trainer Chad Brown.

“These first two foals are the spitting image of Name Changer himself — with plenty of leg, great shoulders and all-around athleticism,” said Kaz Hill Farm manager Sal Martin. “If all his babies turn out this nicely, we're going to be spending a lot of time in the winner's circle at Saratoga, Belmont and Aqueduct starting in 2024.”

Name Changer ranked second nationwide among first-year sires of 2021 by Class Performance Index (CPI) of mares bred. His 4.15 CPI ranked only behind Bravazo, and ahead of such Kentucky standouts as Improbable, Authentic, War of Will, Game Winner, Tiz the Law and McKinzie. Name Changer's initial book of 25 mares included Grade 1 winners Megahertz [GB] and Spun Sugar, stakes winners My Dinah, I Dazzle and Behrnik's Bank, plus stakes producers Darby Rose, Pola Golden R.N., Behrnik and Beach.

Name Changer, out of the four-time stakes-winning Northern Afleet mare Cash's Girl, won eight races and placed an additional 10 times in 24 lifetime starts, for earnings of $567,080. A romping debut winner at age two going six furlongs versus maiden special weight company at Parx, Name Changer went on to win the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup Stakes, Aqueduct's Queens County Handicap and the Richard W. Small Stakes at Laurel, all going nine furlongs on the dirt. He also ran second in the Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes at Laurel, third in the G3 West Virginia Derby, and in total, won or placed in black-type company at seven different racetracks, from ages two to seven, all on the main track.

A homebred runner for Richard Santulli's Colts Neck Stables, Name Changer hails from the immediate family of champion 3-year-old male and sire Afleet Alex, as well as major stakes winners including Seabhac, Unforgettable Max, and Topic.

Name Changer, a son of emerging sire of sires Uncle Mo, stands at Peter Kazamias' Kaz Hill Farm in Middletown, N.Y.

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Grade 3 winner and first-year stallion Uncle Chuck will shuttle to Haras Vacacion in Argentina for the 2022 Southern Hemisphere season, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

The 4-year-old son of Uncle Mo is in the midst of his first year standing at Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Fla., in partnership with Kentucky-based Taylor Made Stallions. His advertised fee at Journeyman Stud is $6,500.

Uncle Chuck won two of three starts during his on-track career and earned $150,000. He broke his maiden on debut during his 3-year-old season, then won the Grade 3 Los Alamitos Derby before making a final start in the G1 Travers Stakes.

Bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, Uncle Chuck is out of the Grade 2-winning Unbridled's Song mare Forest Music, making him a half-brother to fast-rising sire Maclean's Music.

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Taking the next step in utilizing the state's lucrative breeding fund to enhance the breeding industry, the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association has established its first ever 2-Year-Old PA-Sired PA-Bred Stallion Series, with $600,000 in stakes purses to be offered in 2022.

The series will consist of two stakes races on each of two race days at Parx Racing. One race each day will be open to all 2-year-olds and the other for 2-year-old fillies.

In January, the PHBA board asked the stallion principals for suggestions on how to enhance the program and build it. The board immediately and overwhelmingly acted on the PA-Sired PA-Bred Stallion Series idea presented by the racing committee.

“This is a collaborative effort between the PHBA and reaching out to people who know best what's the best way to attract new stallions and breed more mares in the state,” said PHBA president Greg Newell. “Part [of this new series] is to have an immediate impact, and part is to encourage people over the next three or four years to breed in the state.”

All registered PA-Sired PA-Bred 2-year-olds are automatically eligible. The horse must be registered with the PHBA, and must have been conceived by a registered Pennsylvania stallion. In 2022, there are no nomination, entrance or starter fees.

The first races in the series will be run on Pennsylvania Day at the Races, Aug. 22. The two $100,000 stakes will be contested at 5 1/2 furlongs.

One month later, PA-Sired PA-Bred juveniles will be running for $200,000 purses on the Pennsylvania Derby Day card, Sept. 24, at a distance of 6 1/2 furlongs.

“I think this is the most exciting thing to happen in the state of Pennsylvania in breeding and horse racing in 20 years,” said Bob Hutt, president of Uptowncharlybrown Stud LLC, which owns and manages Uptowncharlybrown, one of the state's most successful sires. “We will have broodmares staying in Pennsylvania and being bred to Pennsylvania sires, which will only improve the stallion colony as more and more people see what we're doing with the series.

“Other states have done this, particularly Florida, which has done it successfully for 40 years,” said Hutt. “Breeders with eligible Pennsylvania-sired 2-year-olds will get offers, at the 2-year-old sales or after breaking their maidens early. Buyers and trainers are going to be aware that the series races will be coming in years to follow. Now we have a series where we can showcase them.”

The series will expand in 2023 with three days of PA-Sired PA-Bred Stallion Series stakes.

“We're getting [our 2-year-old stakes schedule] moving along faster,” said Newell. “And these races will blend in nicely with the existing PA-Bred stakes schedule.

“This isn't a one-year one-hit wonder,” Newell continued. “Our message is anything with breeding needs to have long-term commitment in order to take the risk. We're really committed to helping our stallion owners and our farms succeed. This is a start. Next year we'll refine it more and we'll keep doing that to improve it.”

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Crestwood Farm's stallion, Yorkton (Speightstown) was represented by his first foal in Indiana on Feb. 3. A strapping colt out of Bayerly Seen (Bayern – Overseen, by First Defense) was born at Arrowhead Thoroughbred Center in Fairland.

Bayerly Seen is a half-sister to Kentucky Derby contender and Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes winner Call Me Midnight (Midnight Lute), who won the January prep race while scoring a 98 Beyer Speed Figure.

“This colt is very correct, and has been the best foal to be the first one born on our farm,” says farm co-owner Brandi Steele. “Momma is a wonderful maiden and handles his feisty attitude very well.”

The colt was bred by Lonnie Reynolds of Owensboro, Ky. Reynolds has been breeding Thoroughbreds for seven years, two of those while participating in the Indiana Thoroughbred Breed Development Program.

Arrowhead is a new farm located just one mile from Horseshoe Indianapolis Racing and Casino, featuring 22 stalls available for foaling, rehabilitation and layups just minutes from the track. Along with plentiful paddocks, the farm features its own Eurociser and will soon have an underwater treadmill to assist with conditioning and rehabs.

“When we broke ground on the center last year, we did it because we understood the need for a rehab and layup facility close to the track for Indiana horsemen,” says Steele. “Having the ability to board mares and foals helps the industry have another hands-on, quality foaling facility. I love seeing the foals in the paddocks and, as a trainer, I now have my hands on horses from the start of their life to the time they hit the track, and that's inspiring to me.”

Steele co-owns the center with Charles Haynes and Brent Taylor manages the facility.

For more information on Arrowhead Thoroughbred Center, follow them on Facebook by searching Arrowhead Thoroughbred Center.

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