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Grade 2 Winner Engage Retired To Northview Stallion Station In Maryland

Multiple graded stakes-winning sprinter Engage has been retired to Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md., for the 2022 season.

Engage, a son of champion sire Into Mischief, competed at the top level of sprint competition throughout his 19-start career, starting with trainer Chad Brown before being transferred to Steve Asmussen. He won graded stakes at two and four, including Keeneland's Grade 2 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix, a Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” event for the 2019 Breeders' Cup Sprint while defeating a field that included eventual Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Whitmore and Grade 1 winners Lexitonian, Hog Creek Hustle and Promises Fulfilled.

“This horse is pure speed,” said Northview general manager David Wade. “He is the first true sprinter we've retired to Northview in years.”

Engage was one of his sire's top juveniles in 2017 when winning two of three starts, topped by Belmont Park's G3 Futurity in which he drew off by 3 1/2 lengths going six furlongs. He finished first or second during a seven-race streak from two to three – his highlights at three were a win in 1:09 and change in Belmont Park's six-furlong Gold Fever Stakes, and seconds in the Grade 3 Bay Shore at Aqueduct, G2 Woody Stephens, and G3 Amsterdam at Saratoga, the latter to Promises Fulfilled.

Off for nearly a year from three to four, he returned that fall to win Parx's Bensalem Stakes, the Phoenix, then made the trip to California for the Breeders' Cup Sprint where he finished fourth behind stablemate Mitole. He retires with earnings of $802,780 and five wins, five seconds and two thirds in 19 starts.

Engage represents the highly successful pedigree cross of Into Mischief, the top stallion in the U.S. the past three years who now stands for $250,000, with Speightstown mares, which to date has yielded five black-type winners from 14 starters, including Grade 1-winning sprinters Mia Mischief and Mischevious Alex, and Grade 1-placed Make Mischief. His dam, the stakes-placed Nefertiti, is out of Clearly a Queen who was a three-time graded winner of $504,532.

Engage will stand for $5,000 live foal and is now at the farm and available for inspection. He will be showcased with the rest of the high-powered stallion lineup at an open house on Dec. 11 from 11 a.m. till 2:30 p.m.

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Keeneland: Opening Day Of Book Four Demolishes Previous Year’s Marks

Pop a Choc, a 4-year-old winning daughter of Bernardini whose half-brother is Grade 2 winner Airoforce, recorded the $265,000 highest price of Monday's sixth session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale when she sold to Clear Ridge Stables.

Bluewater Sales, agent, consigned Pop a Choc, who was cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect. She is out of the stakes-placed Cuvee mare Chocolate Pop and from the family of Grade 1 winner Sea Cadet.

Monday marked the first day of Book 4, and 271 horses sold for $10,507,100, up 67.35 percent over the corresponding session of the 2020 November Sale when 265 horses grossed $6,278,400. The average of $38,772 was 63.65 percent above last year's $23,692, while the median of $26,000 increased 73.33 percent from $15,000.

The cumulative gross is $176,713,100 for 1,391 horses, which is 30.92 percent above $134,979,400 for 1,247 horses at this point in 2020. The average of $127,040 increased 17.37 percent from last year's $108,243. The median of $75,000 rose 36.36 percent from $55,000.

Repartee, whose daughter Munnyfor Ro is one of Canada's most accomplished 3-year-old fillies of 2021, sold for $215,000 to Pitlochry Partners. In five starts at Woodbine, Munnyfor Ro has won the Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser along with the Wonder Where and Ontario Damsel, was second in the Selene (G2) and ran fourth against males in the Queen's Plate.

Consigned by St George Sales, agent for Shannondoe Farm and South Point Sales, Repartee is a 9-year-old daughter of Distorted Humor from the family of Grade 1 winner Dickinson. Out of the stakes-winning A.P. Indy mare Dubai Dancer, she also is from the family of Grade 1 winner and Kentucky Oaks (G1) runner-up Little Belle.

Hunter Valley Farm purchased the session's $200,000 top-priced weanling, a colt by Not This Time from the family of 2021 Florida Derby (G1) runner-up Soup and Sandwich. Consigned by Castle Park Farm, agent, he is the first foal out of Worth a Chance Mo, by Uncle Mo, and from the family of Grade 2 winner Sara Louise and Grade 3 winners Just Louise, Till Forbid, Hold Old Blue, Scoop and Looking Cool.

Whispering Pines, a 4-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect, sold to Olivia Perkins-Mackey for $185,000. From the family of Grade 1 winner Schossberg, she is out of stakes winner Walkwithapurpose, by Candy Ride (ARG) and is a half-sister to stakes winner Where Paradise Lay. Whispering Pines was consigned by Upson Downs Farm, agent.

American Indy, a 3-year-old American Pharoah filly who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Joking and from the family of Grade 2 winner and sire Fed Biz, sold for $170,000 to American Indy LLC. Consigned by Bluewater Sales, she is out of stakes winner Spun Silk, by A.P. Indy, and also is from the family of Group 1 winner Minardi and Grade 2 winner and sire Tale of the Cat.

Bluewater also consigned multiple Grade 2 winner Spelling Again, a 10-year-old daughter of Awesome Again in foal to Audible, who sold to Andrew N. Warren for $150,000. Out of stakes-placed Spelling, by Alphabet Soup, she is a half-sister to stakes winner Sky Willow.

Lane's End, agent, led consignors during the session with sales of $1,434,500 for 32 horses.

The leading buyer was Halmar International, which acquired 12 horses for $415,000.

Four sessions remain in the November Sale, which continues Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET.

Friday's 10^th and final session will conclude with a single dedicated portion of horses of racing age following the conclusion of breeding stock. A total of 287 horses of racing age have been cataloged to the closing day and will follow the total of 148 head of breeding stock in the catalog.

Click here for the online catalog for the horses of racing age in Session 10 of the November Sale. The entire auction is streamed live on Keeneland.com.

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Grade 1 Winner Rock Your World Retired To Spendthrift Farm

Rock Your World, this year's Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby winner by leading sire Candy Ride, has been retired from racing and will stand the 2022 breeding season at Spendthrift Farm for a fee of $10,000 S&N.

“Rock Your World is a fast Santa Anita Derby winner with a wonderful blend of looks, pedigree and sire power,” said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift general manager. “He's a $650,000 yearling and you can see why. He's one imposing individual and as good-looking of a Candy Ride as you'll find. Rock Your World possesses a true classic dirt pedigree, with Empire Maker and Giant's Causeway as his first two broodmare sires. We believe there's a lot to like, especially through our Share The Upside program. We will begin showing Rock Your World today and I invite all breeders to come out and see him.”

Rock Your World will participate in Spendthrift's renowned “Share The Upside” breeding program in 2022 for a fee of $12,500 for a two-year commitment. Breeders must breed a mare in 2022 and 2023 and have two foals total. After the breeder has the second live foal in 2024 and pays the stud fee, he or she will earn a lifetime breeding right.

Trained by John Sadler, Rock Your World won on debut on New Year's Day going six furlongs before stretching out around two turns to win the one-mile Pasadena Stakes in his second start – both coming over the Santa Anita turf course. In his third start in April, the imposing 3-year-old asserted himself as a leading contender for the Kentucky Derby with a powerhouse 4 1/4-length victory over eventual Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit in the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby in his first start on the dirt.

Rock Your World stopped the clock in 1:49.17 for 1 1/8 miles, earning a 100 Beyer – the only triple-digit Beyer earned before the Kentucky Derby among this year's field.

Owned by Hronis Racing and Talla Racing, Rock Your World retires with earnings of $612,100. A $650,000 yearling purchase, he is out of the multiple stakes-winning Empire Maker mare Charm the Maker. His first three dams are all multiple stakes winners or graded stakes winners.

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Irish Hill And Dutchess Views Stallions Reveals 2022 Roster, Including Newcomer Waiting

Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions LLC announced 2022 stud fees for the New York stallions they will manage in 2022.

An addition to the roster is the exciting new stallion, Waiting, by American Pharoah out of Wait No More. Wait No More was a $1.575-million Saratoga Yearling Sales topper by Medaglia d'Oro. Waiting's second dam is 3-year-old North American Champion Wait a While.

As of this release, two stallions on the roster with current runners are ranked among the top five active stallions in New York.

Big Brown is ranked number two among all sires in the state based on earnings and is the leading sire by number of winners. War Dancer is the fifth-ranked sire among all active sires and the leading second crop sire.

King for a Day, a multiple stakes winning graded stakes placed son of sire of sires Uncle Mo, will stand his second season at the Saratoga area farm after covering 73 mares in his first season. Lookin at Lee, a multiple Grade 1 placed millionaire, the 2017 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum Brands runner-up and son of Lookin at Lucky will return for his second year at stud.

Rounding out the roster are leading New York third-crop sire, Majestic City, and Weekend Hideaway, who will have his first runners hit the track in 2022.

The 2022 stud fees will be:

War Dancer – $7,500 LFSN
King for a Day – $5,000 LFSN
Big Brown – $5,000 LFSN
Lookin at Lee – $4,000 LFSN
Waiting (NEW) – $4,000 LFSN
Majestic City – $2,500 LFSN
Weekend Hideaway – $2,500 LFSN

Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions LLC will continue to work closely with breeders by offering incentives for qualifying mares and multiple mare discounts across the entire roster.

Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions LLC will once again be holding an in-person stallion show this year on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. Please follow on Facebook (@IrishHillandDutchessViewsStallionsLLC) and Twitter (@IHDVStallions) for further details. The farm will be holding the annual stallion show raffle for a free season to each stallion as well as offering special stallion show pricing.

The stallions are available for inspection by potential breeders on request.

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