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Grade 2 Winner Made You Look To Enter Stud In Argentina

Made You Look, a Grade 2-winning son of More Than Ready, has been retired from racing and sold to enter stud at Haras Gran Muñeca in Argentina, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

The 8-year-old finished his career with four wins in 25 career starts, earning $505,669.

Made You Look saw his greatest success early in his career with trainer Todd Pletcher and owners Let's Go Stable and Three Chimneys Farm, winning the Grade 2 With Anticipation Stakes as a 2-year-old, competing in the 2016 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita Park, and beginning his 3-year-old season with a score in the G3 Dania Beach Stakes.

Three Chimneys bought out its share in the colt for $190,000 at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Summer Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, and he was moved to the barn of trainer Chad Brown the following season, where he consistently ran in graded stakes company, including a runner-up effort in the G3 Poker Stakes.

Rigney Racing acquired Made You Look privately in late 2019, and put him in training with Philip Bauer, where he remained for the rest of his on-track career through the end of 2021.

Bred in Kentucky by the Robert and Beverly Lewis Trust, Made You Look is out of the unplaced Unbridled's Song mare Night and Day. His second dam is the Hall of Famer Serena's Song.

Made You Look joins Grade 3-placed stakes winner Gidu and French Group 1 winner Full Mast on the Haras Gran Muñeca stallion roster.

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Destin Colt Tops Open Session Of OBS Winter Mixed Sale

Hip No. 505, a son of Destin named Last Drink consigned by Sue Vacek, Agent, went to Rosewood Farm for $95,000 to top Wednesday's Open Session of the 2022 OBS Winter Mixed sale. The gray or roan yearling colt is out of I Drink Alone, by Intidab, and is a half-brother to stakes winner Bust Another.

Hip No. 454, a yearling daughter of Mendelssohn consigned by Vargas Sales, Agent, was sold to Brookdale Farm for $75,000. The dark bay or brown filly is out of Charming Becky, by Dixie Union, from the family of Grade 1 winner Mandy's Gold.

W.D. North Thoroughbreds LLC paid $55,000 for Hip No. 442, a son of The Factor consigned by Abbie Road Farm (Lisa McGreevy), Agent. The yearling bay colt is out of Blameitonthebadboy, by Blame, a daughter of graded stakes placed Sky Haven.

Hip 472, a yearling son of Yoshida (JPN) consigned by Summerfield (Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck), Agent, was purchased by Machmer Hall for $40,000. The dark bay or brown filly is out of De Marquee, by Tiz Wonderful, from the family of Canadian champion Bold Ruritana.

More Than A Party, Hip 562, was the top selling broodmare of the open session for $52,000. Consigned by Abbie Road Farm (Lisa McGreevy), Agent, the graded stakes placed stakes winning bay mare is by More Than Ready and out of Party to Party, by Jules, from the immediate family of In Summation. She sold in foal to Jess's Dream.

For the Open session, 186 horses sold for a total of $2,075,600 compared with 236 horses bringing $2,023,500 in 2021. The average price was $11,159 compared with $8,574 last year, while the median price was $7,000 compared with $4,000 a year ago. The buyback percentage was 8.8 percent; it was 19.7 percent in 2021.

For the Consignor Preferred session, 150 horses sold for a total of $3,117,800, compared with 99 horses grossing $1,896,300 in 2021. The average price was $20,785 compared with $19,155 a year ago, while the median price was $10,000 compared with $10,100 last year. The buyback percentage was 12.2 percent; it was 30.3 percent last year.

For the Horses of Racing Age session, 81 horses grossed $1,499,700 compared with 73 selling for a total of $1,692,500 in 2021. The average was $18,515, compared to $23,185 a year ago, while the median price was $11,000. It was $13,000 last year. The buyback percentage was 10 percent; it was 12 percent in 2021.

For the entire Winter Mixed Sale, 417 horses sold for a total of $6,693,100, compared to 408 horses bringing $5,612,300 last year. The average was $16,051, up from $13,756 in 2021 while the median price was $8,500, compared with $6,000 a year ago. The buyback percentage was 10.3 percent; it was 21.3 percent in 2021.

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Brok Family Closes Diamond B Farm After Two Decades

Glenn and Becky Brok's Diamond B Farm in Mohrsville, Pa., one of the state's leading stallion operations, will shutter after two decades in business, BloodHorse reports.

The Broks will move to a smaller farm near Georgetown, Ky., to be closer to their daughters.

Diamond B's roster in 2021 included Boisterous, Eastwood, Rowayton, Social Inclusion, Talent Search, and Uptowncharlybrown, all of which have been relocated to new farms.

The Broks purchased the 100-acre Diamond B property when Glenn was about 25. The operation was perennially one of Pennsylvania's leading breeders, taking home the top spot in 2017. Notable horses foaled at the farm include Grade 1 winner Real Solution, Grade 2 winner Emotional Kitten, and Grade 3 winner Hollywood Talent.

First Foal Is A Colt For Kentucky Derby Winner Country House

Darby Dan Farm's Country House, winner of the 2019 Kentucky Derby, was represented by his first foal when a colt out of the City Zip mare American Values was born on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at Scarteen Stud.

Bred by Mrs. J.V. Shields, the colt hails from the family of graded stakes winner Love's Exchange and his dam, American Values, is a half-sister to multiple graded stakes-placed Wacky for Love and stakes-placed Missgallopinggulch.

Bred by the late Joseph V. Shields, Country House earned more than $2.1 million in his racing career and was campaigned by Shields' widow, Maury, his nephew Guinness McFadden of Blackwood Stables, and LNJ Foxwoods, and was trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott.

Country House made his 3-year-old debut a winning one, breaking his maiden at Gulfstream Park. He then finished a fast-closing second to eventual classic winner War of Will in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds. In his final prep before the 145th Kentucky Derby, Country House finished a determined third behind Omaha Beach and Improbable in the G1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.

Country House is by multiple champion and classic winner Lookin At Lucky, a son of two-time champion sire and sire of sires Smart Strike. Country House is produced from the winning War Chant mare Quake Lake, a half-sister to Graded stakes winner and multiple Graded stakes-placed Breaking Lucky, and is a half-brother to Graded stakes winner Mitchell Road, an earner of $619,893.

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