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The first session of 2023 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings sale was held the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 2, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md.

The session's top 10 hips included yearlings bred in six states, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, and New York.

A colt by Classic Empire (Hip 3) topped the opening session when sold early for $135,000 to LC Racing LLC from the consignment of Gracie Bloodstock, agent (video).

Out of the unraced Ghostzapper mare Adorabella, the bay colt is a half-brother to two stakes winners from two to race, including multiple stakes winner Girl Trouble (Fast Anna) and Book'em Danno (Bucchero), undefeated winner of the Smoke Glacken S. at Monmouth this year at two. Hip 3 was bred in New Jersey by Gregory J. Kilka and Bright View Farm.

LC Racing also purchased the session's second highest-priced offering, a $130,000 colt by current leading first-crop sire Maximus Mischief (Hip 116) consigned by Marshall W. Silverman, agent.

The bay colt is the second foal out of the winning Flatter mare Flatter's Secret, whose first foal Uncle Gary (Uncle Lino) was a multiple winner last year at three. From the immediate family of Irish champion and Group 1 winner Dark Lomond (IRE), Hip 116 was bred in Pennsylvania by Dr. & Mrs. William E. Riddle Jr.

Rounding out Monday's top hips were:

– A colt by Street Sense (Hip 54) out of Capulus, sold for $112,000 to Stephen Barberino from the consignment of Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services, agent. The dark bay or brown colt is out of an unraced Tapit half-sister to this year's Select S. winner Eamonn from the immediate family of U.A.E. Horse of the Year Festival of Light and champions Althea and Yamanin Paradise. Hip 54 was bred in Kentucky by Newtownanner Stud.

– A colt from the first crop of Honor A. P. (Hip 120) out of Flit, sold for $87,000 to Hillwood Stables from the consignment of Dark Hollow Farm. The dark bay or brown colt is a half-brother to winner Betcha by Golly (Tapizar) out of a Not For Love half-sister to multiple stakes winners O Dionysys and Joy, from the immediate family of champion Safely Kept. Hip 120 was bred in Maryland by the consignor.

– A filly from the second crop of Omaha Beach (Hip 113) out of Fifteen Moons, sold for $80,000 to C F Bloodstock from the consignment of Bill Rightlighter, agent for Country Life Farm and Partners. The bay filly is a half-sister to five winners from six to race out of a Malibu Moon half-sister to Grade 1 winner and producer Hookedonthefeelin, including multiple graded stakes placed stakes winner Mayla (Sharp Humor).  Hip 113 was bred in Maryland by Country Life Farm & Fifteen Moons LLC.

During the opening session, 91 yearlings sold for $2,212,500, good for an average of $24,313. The median was $11,500 and the RNA rate was 19%.

Results are available online.

The Midlantic Fall Yearlings sale resumes Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 11 a.m.

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Multiple Grade 1 winner Gormley has been relocated to Red River Farms in Coushatta, La., ahead of the 2024 breeding season, BloodHorse reports.

The 9-year-old son of Malibu Moon previously stood at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., where he entered stud in 2018.

From three crops of racing age, Gormley has sired 105 winners and amassed progeny earnings of more than $6.7 million.

His most successful runner to date is High Oak, who won the Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes as a juvenile and finished third in the G1 Forego Stakes earlier this year. He is also the sire of Bron and Brow, a multiple stakes winner in Louisiana.

During his own on-track career, Gormley won four of nine starts, highlighted by a victory in the G1 FrontRunner Stakes as a juvenile, followed by wins in the G1 Santa Anita Derby and G3 Sham Stakes at three.

Read more at BloodHorse.

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Up to the Mark, a multiple Grade 1 winner, will enter stud at Lane's End Farm upon the conclusion of his racing career.

Campaigned by Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable, Up to the Mark broke his maiden at first asking in a Saratoga maiden special weight on the dirt by 4 1/4 lengths.

Up to the Mark started his 4-year-old campaign with back-to-back wins at Gulfstream Park, before placing third in the Grade 1 Maker's Mark Mile at Keeneland after a wide trip in his first start at the Grade 1 level.  His follow-up performance on Kentucky Derby day in the G1 Turf Classic resulted in his first win at the highest level. Winning by 3 3/4 lengths, he earned a 103 Beyer for the impressive performance.

Making his next start on Belmont Stakes day, he earned his second Grade 1 victory by daylight in the G1 Manhattan Stakes, earning back-to-back triple-digit Beyer figures with a career best 105, boosting his earnings to $1,242,050.  The 105 Beyer currently stands as the top Beyer speed figure in 2023 at a mile and a quarter on the turf.

“He's a horse that we were always high on since he was two,” trainer Todd Pletcher said. “He broke his maiden first out on the dirt, but with the switch to the turf he really put that talent on display with his tremendous turn of foot.  His impressive wins in the G1 Turf Classic and the G1 Manhattan showed that he is one of the top grass horses in the U.S., and his speed figures back that up.”

Bred in Kentucky by Ramspring Farm, Up to the Mark is by leading sire Not This Time, a top 10 general sire in 2023. Fourth-crop sire Not This Time is the sire of five Grade 1 winners and 13 graded stakes winners, led by 2022 champion 3-year-old colt and G1 Travers Stakes winner Epicenter.

A $450,000 yearling purchase, Up to the Mark is out of the Ghostzapper mare Belle's Finale. Belle's Finale is out of multiple graded stakes winner and G1 Test Stakes winner Capote Belle and is a full sister to Grade 3 placed and stakes producer Zapper Belle.

“Up to the Mark's versatility and looks are what initially attracted Lane's End,” according to Bill Farish. “He has a dirt pedigree and is by an emerging young sire. He really showed that he is one of the top turf horses in the U.S. with his dominating wins in back-to-back grade ones. We have a history in standing stallions that can get runners on all three surfaces and feel Up to the Mark has the potential to follow in that tradition.”

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