Kantharos Colt, Nyquist Filly Fastest At OBS March Sale’s Second Under Tack Session

A filly by Nyquist and a colt by Kantharos sped quarters in :20 2/5 to share honors for the fastest work at the distance at the second session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

  • Hip No. 304, a bay filly by Nyquist consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc., (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, is a three-quarter sister to graded stakes placed Conquest Babayaga out of Undercover Justice, by Lawyer Ron
  • Hip No. 357, a chestnut colt by Kantharos consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds, Agent, is a full-brother to stakes winner Adventurous Lady out of Ari the Adventurer, by Pioneerof the Nile.

Three horses worked the distance in :20 3/5.

  • Hip No. 209, a bay colt by Khozan consigned by Silver Star, is out of Shes Got the Look, by Adios Charlie, from the family of Grade 1 winner Seeking the Gold.
  • Hip No. 211, consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc., (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, is a chestnut colt by Flatter out of She's Ready Made, by More Than Ready, a full-sister to graded stakes placed stakes stakes winner Miss Southern Miss.
  • Hip No. 243, a gray or roan colt by Liam's Map consigned by Pick View LLC, Agent, is a half-sister to stakes placed Delia O'Hara out of stakes placed Starlet O'Hara, by Discreetly Mine.

There were seven eighths in :9 4/5

  • Hip No. 196. Hope In Him, consigned by Silvestre Chavez Thoroughbreds, Agent, is a bay colt by Chitu out of stakes placed Satan's Mistress, by Songandaprayer, a daughter of stakes winner Sheza Nasty Lady.
  • Hip No. 206, a dark bay or brown filly by Nyquist consigned by J R Racing Stables, is out of grade one stakes placed stakes winner She's All Ready, by Girolamo, from the family of stakes winner Sitzmark.
  • Hip No. 220, consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, is a chestnut filly by Nyquist out of Silk Purse, by Elusive Quality, a half-sister to graded stakes winner This Ones For Phil.
  • Hip No. 224, a bay filly by Into Mischief consigned by Gene Recio, Agent, is out of Sly Warrior, by First Samurai, a half-sister to stakes placed Pull Dancer, dam of graded stakes winner Good Samaritan.
  • Hip No. 291, consigned by Kings Equine, Agent, is a bay filly by Into Mischief out of Grade 1-placed stakes winner Topic, by Discreet Cat, a half-sister to graded stakes placed Mutamakkin.
  • Hip No. 309, a bay colt by Practical Joke consigned by McKathan Bros. Sales, Agent, is out of stakes placed Untraveled, by Canadian Frontier, a half-sister to stakes winner Artesian.
  • Hip No. 311, also consigned by Top Line, is a bay filly by Practical Joke out of champion Valiant Emila (PER), by Pegasus Wind, from the family of last Saturday's Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby winner Helium.

The Under Tack Show continues Saturday morning at 8 a.m. with Hip No.'s 377 – 563 scheduled to breeze.

To view the day's full results, click here.

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Triple Tap, Half-Brother To American Pharoah, Scheduled To Debut Saturday

Triple Tap, a half-brother to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, will make his on-track debut in Saturday's second race at Santa Anita Park, Daily Racing Form reports.

The 3-year-old son of Tapit will race as a homebred for Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Equine, and he is trained by Bob Baffert, who also saddled American Pharoah to a Horse of the Year campaign in 2015. He will be ridden by jockey Flavien Prat.

The colt has been putting in steady workouts for Baffert since November, turning in times at Los Alamitos, and later Santa Anita.

Triple Tap is out of 2015 Broodmare of the Year Littleprincessemma, a daughter of Yankee Gentleman who sold to Summer Wind Farm for $2.1 million at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. At that time, American Pharoah was en route to his first Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old male, and Littleprincessemma was carrying a full-sibling. The ensuing foal was St. Patrick's Day, a colt who became Group 3-placed in Ireland, and currently stands at stud in Florida.

Triple Tap is a full-brother to Grade 1 winner Chasing Yesterday.

Read more at Daily Racing Form.

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Stakes Winner Gidu, Son Of Frankel, To Enter Stud In Argentina

Gidu, a multiple stakes-winning son of Frankel, will begin his stallion career at Haras Gran Mueñca in Argentina for the 2021 Southern Hemisphere breeding season, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

The Irish-bred 6-year-old retires with four wins in 21 starts for earnings of $305,457. From the second crop of highly-touted European champion Frankel, he was a $457,683 purchase by Zayat Stables from the 2016 Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale.

After breaking his maiden as a juvenile, Gidu finished second in the Grade 3 Dania Beach Stakes, then earned a pair of non-graded stakes wins in the Columbia Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs and the Paradise Creek Stakes at Belmont Park. He was sent to the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting after those wins, where he finished sixth in the G1 Commonwealth Cup.

Though he consistently competed in stakes races throughout the rest of his career, Gidu's only remaining earned black type came at the beginning of his 2020 campaign, when he finished second in the G3 Tropical Turf Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Per documents released as part of the Zayat Stables bankruptcy filings, Gidu was sold privately for $100,000 in the spring of 2020 as part of the operation's liquidation of assets. He raced twice for new owner Santa Escolastica Stable, both out-of-the-money efforts in Saratoga, to end his career.

Bred in Ireland by Ecurie Des Monceaux, Gidu is out of the winning Unbridled's Song mare Manerbe, who is also the dam of Grade 3 winner Marbre Rose and French stakes winner Aviatress.

Gidu hails from the family of Grade 1 winners Zoftig, Zaftig, and Zo Impressive, Grade 2 winner Souper Tapit, Grade 3 winner Verve's Tale, and classic-placed Tale of Verve.

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Champion Boston Harbor Dies In Japan At Age 27

Boston Harbor, the champion 2-year-old male and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner of 1996, died March 9 in Japan from the infirmities of old age. He was 27.

The announcement was made on social media by Shigeki Yusa of the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders Association.

Racing as a homebred for Overbrook Farm, the son of Capote proved himself to be the best in his class as a juvenile, securing the Eclipse Award with wins in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Woodbine, the Grade 2 Breeders' Futurity, the G3 Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes and Bashford Manor Stakes, and the listed Ellis Park Juvenile Stakes.

He raced just once at three, finishing fourth in the listed Santa Catalina Stales at Santa Anita Park. He suffered a fractured cannon bone in training a few weeks later, and he retired to Overbrook Farm in Kentucky for the 1998 breeding season.

Boston Harbor has sired 18 crops between his time at Overbrook and his eventual sale to Japan for the 2001 breeding season, with 431 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $54.7 million.

His top domestic runner was Healthy Addiction, winner of the G1 Santa Margarita Invitational. Other U.S.-born runners of note included Grade 2 winners My Boston Gal and Boston Common, and Grade 3 winners Mark Four and Boston Bull.

After moving to Japan, Boston Harbor was led by Group 3 winners Daiwa Bandit and Wonderful Days.

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