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King For A Day Retired To Irish Hill And Dutchess Views Stallions In New York For 2021

King for a Day (2016, Uncle Mo o/o Ubetwereven by, French Deputy), the only horse to beat 2019 champion 3-year-old male Maximum Security to the wire at three, was officially retired from racing as announced by Red Oak Farm's vice president and general manager, Rick Sacco.

King for A Day will be starting his stud career in 2021 under the management of Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions LLC in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He will stand for $6,000 LFSN.

Stephen P. Brunetti's, Red Oak Stable campaigned the talented son of Uncle Mo and will remain actively involved in his stallion career including sending several quality mares to him.

King for a Day broke his maiden in his second start as a 2-year-old in a highly competitive Belmont Park, maiden special weight which contained the likes of future Triple Crown standout and graded stakes winner Tacitus. From there, it was on to a career in stakes company.

King for a Day would make his 3-year-old debut a winning one in the Sir Barton Stakes on the Preakness undercard. While drawing off to win the Sir Barton by 2 1/2 lengths, King for a Day would just miss the Pimlico track record for a mile and a sixteenth. Less than a month later, in his next start, King for a Day would press Maximum Security through a half-mile, then back off briefly before putting in a brilliant, sustained effort to defeat the future 3-year-old champion by a length in the TVG.com Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Todd Pletcher, who trained both King for a Day and his sire Uncle Mo, was quick to compare the two.

“King for a Day displayed big talent from day one,” the trainer said. “He not only strongly resembles his sire Uncle Mo but, he had a great mind to go with the talent. King had a high cruising speed just like his sire.

“[King for a Day] was precocious to win at two in a tough maiden special weight race at Belmont Park over Tacitus and others,” Pletcher continued. “His win over Maximum Security at three in the Pegasus elevated him to another level, and there is no doubt in my mind that this horse had the ability to win Grade 1 races.”

Uncle Mo is emerging as a true “stallion maker.” He is the sire of three of the top four leading freshman sires of 2020: Nyquist, Laoban and Outwork. King for a Day also comes from a strong female family which includes the black type-winning mare Feel That Fire who is the dam of multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire, Mind Control.

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Turf Star Newspaperofrecord Sold, Retired; Will Be Bred To Galileo

Breeders' Cup winner Newspaperofrecord has been sold privately and retired, and she will be bred to all-world sire Galileo in 2021, trainer Chad Brown announced Wednesday on his Twitter account.

A 4-year-old daughter of Lope de Vega, Newspaperofrecord finished her career with five wins in 10 starts, earning $1,122,250 for owner Klaravich Stable.

Bred in Ireland by Times of Wigan Ltd., Newspaperofrecord was purchased by Klaravich Stable at the 2017 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, and brought stateside, where she got off to a fast start on the racetrack. She went undefeated in three starts during her 2-year-old campaign, using the Grade 2 Miss Grillo Stakes as a prep for her 6 3/4-length triumph as the heavy favorite in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

She earned a pair of Grade 3 placings during her 3-year-old season, then came back strong in 2020, notching victories in the G3 Intercontinental Stakes and the G1 Just a Game Stakes. The latter half of her 4-year-old season featured in-the-money efforts in the G1 First Lady Stakes and G2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes.

Newspaperofrecord is out of the British Group 3-winning Holy Roman Emperor mare Sunday Times, whose runners also include stakes winner Classical Times.

Galileo stands at Coolmore Stud in Ireland for a private fee. The 22-year-old son of Sadler's Wells has become a cornerstone of international racing through his progeny on the racetrack, and when they go to the breeding shed themselves.

A European champion in his own right, Galileo's 2020 runners are led by Group 1 winners Magical, Circus Maximus, Peaceful, Search for a Song, Shale, Mogul, Love, and Serpentine.

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Nine Supplemental Entries Added To Keeneland January Sale

Surrender, dam of recent Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes winner Red Flag who is in foal to Catholic Boy; Red Flag's half-brother foaled in 2020; and Exotic Notion, a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner City of Light who is in foal to Quality Road, are among the nine horses supplemented to Book 1 of the 2021 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, which covers four sessions from Jan. 11-14.

Keeneland will continue to accept approved supplements until the January Sale begins.

Supplemented to the opening session on the first day of the two-day Book 1 are:

  • This Just In (Hip 400A), a daughter of War Front foaled in 2017 and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. Cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect, she is out of the Smart Strike mare Verdura and from the family of Group 1 winner War Command.
  • Wicked Ride (Hip 400B), a daughter of Candy Ride (ARG) who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Wickedly Perfect and is in foal to Take Charge Indy. Taylor Made consigned the mare, who was foaled in 2010.

These horses are supplemental entries on the second day:

  • Slimey (Hip 800A), a stakes-placed Quality Road filly foaled in 2016 and consigned by Eaton Sales, agent, as a racing or broodmare prospect. Out of Argue, by Storm Cat, she is from the family of European champion Rainbow View, Grade 1 winner No Matter What, Grade 2 winners E Dubai and Utley, and Grade/Group 3 winners Just as Well, Wissahickon and Winter View.
  • Speedy Vanessa (Hip 800B), a winning daughter of American Pharoah foaled in 2017 who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Karlovy Vary, dam of Grade 2 winner Mean Mary. Consigned by Gainesway, agent, as a broodmare prospect, she is out of the Pulpit mare The Right Pew.
  • Surrender (Hip 800C), dam of Red Flag and earlier stakes winner Surrender Now. Foaled in 2009, the daughter of Stormy Atlantic is from the family of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sea Hero. In foal to Catholic Boy, Surrender is consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent.
  • Calm Sea (Hip 800D), a colt by Mendelssohn out of Surrender foaled in 2020. He is consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent.
  • Exotic Notion (Hip 800E), a stakes-placed daughter of Lemon Drop Kid in foal to Quality Road. Lane's End, agent, consigned the half-sister to City of Light, who was foaled in 2012.
  • Filly by Gun Runner out of Grade 3 winner My Baby Baby foaled in 2020 (Hip 800F). She is consigned by Gainesway, agent for Magdalena Racing.
  • Night On the Town (Hip 800G), a racing or broodmare prospect by Street Sense foaled in 2017. Consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent, she is out of Fully Living, by Unbridled's Song, and from the family of champion Halfbridled.

Each session of the January Sale will begin at 10 a.m. ET. The auction will be streamed live on Keeneland.com.

TVG2 will feature live coverage of the first two days of the sale from 10 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. The entire sale will be shown on the Watch TVG App.

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Champion Sire Tapit To Be Featured In Season 4 Of National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame’s Foal Patrol

Gainesway Farm's three-time North American champion sire Tapit will be the featured stallion for the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's Foal Patrol Season 4, which will debut online at www.foalpatrol.com on Dec. 29.

One of the most influential and breed-shaping stallions of the past half-century, Tapit has sired 27 Grade 1 winners, 31 yearlings to bring $1 million or more at auction, and earners of more than $162 million on the racetrack. He stands at historic Gainesway in Lexington, Ky., for a 2021 fee of $185,000.

Foal Patrol is a one-of-a-kind collection of live cameras following the daily activities of in-foal mares produced by the National Museum of Racing. Millions of people throughout the world have viewed the popular webcam program since its initial launch in late 2017. Tapit is the third stallion to be featured on Foal Patrol, joining Frosted (Season 2) and Gun Runner (Season 3).

“It's a thrill for us to have such an accomplished and popular stallion such as Tapit as part of the Foal Patrol program,” said John Hendrickson, president of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. “We thank everyone at Gainesway for sharing him with the fans of Foal Patrol and we're excited to get a glimpse into his daily life at such a wonderful farm.”

To date, Tapit has sired 23 percent black-type horses, 138 overall stakes winners (86 graded), eight Eclipse Award winners, and six Breeders' Cup winners. His 2020 standouts include undefeated Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Essential Quality.

Participating mares and farms for Foal Patrol Season 4 will be announced soon.

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