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Soul Sacrifice First Stakes Winner For Home Of The Brave

Casner Racing LP's Soul Sacrifice stalked the early pace before seizing the lead in late stretch to win the $50,000 Jim Thorpe Stakes on Friday at Remington Park and become the first stakes winner for Oklahoma sire Home of the Brave.

An unraced 10-year-old son of Tiznow out of stakes winner Well Dressed, by Notebook, Home of the Brave is a full brother to Well Armed, a gelding best known for his win in the 2009 Dubai World Cup (G1) by a record-breaking 14 lengths. Also a Grade 1 winner in the United States, Well Armed amassed career earnings of nearly $5.2 million.

Home of the Brave stands at Caines Stallion Station near Wynnewood, Okla.

In the Jim Thorpe, Soul Sacrifice skimmed the rail under jockey Jose Alvarez coming down the stretch, squeezing inside pacesetter and runner-up Eakly and kicking on for the win.

The 3-year-old gelding out of the Super Saver mare Dulces Suenos scored by 1 1/4 lengths in the one-mile race for 3-year-old Oklahoma-breds. He returned $8.60 for the win after finishing the trip in 1:39.30 on a muddy (sealed) track.

Soul Sacrifice, who is trained by Shawn Davis, earned $30,000 for Casner Racing and was bred in the name of Susan Casner. He has won half of his eight starts this year and improved his overall record five wins from 11 career starts and $99,079 in purse earnings.

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Caddo River, 2021 Arkansas Derby Runner-Up, To Start Stallion Career In 2024

Caddo River, runner-up in 2021 Arkansas Derby (G1) after a smashing tour de force in the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park, was retired following a sixth-place finish in the Ring the Bell Stakes Dec. 9 at the Hot Springs, Ark. track, John Gasper, racing manager for owner-breeder John Ed Anthony's Shortleaf Stable, said Sunday morning.

Gasper said Caddo River will begin his stallion career in 2024, with Anthony planning to stand the 5-year-old son of Hard Spun out of the Congrats mare Pangburn in Arkansas.

Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Caddo River retires with a 6-6-1 career line from 23 starts, including his 10 1/4-length wire-to-wire triumph in the 2021 Smarty Jones Stakes. Two starts later, he was second to Super Stock in the Arkansas Derby. Overall, the 5-year-old retires with a lifetime bankroll of $838,116.

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Washington Stallion Season Auction Now Open For Bidding

The sixth WTBOA (Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association) Stallion Season Auction opened for bidding on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, and closes on Friday, Dec. 22 at 11 p.m. (Eastern), 8 p.m. (Pacific).

As of this date, 83 different stallions and sires representing Kentucky, California, Florida, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Oregon and Washington are in this year's mix.

A sample of shares from proven stallions already making their mark include Alternation, Bee Jersey, Catalina Cruiser, Coast Guard, Cupid, Dialed In, Enticed, First Dude, First Samurai, Karakontie (Jpn), Keen Ice, Oxbow, Sir Prancealot (Ire), Tale of Ekati, Tapiture, Tapwrit, The Factor, Tourist and many more.

Shares in stallions of the future are led by the likes of Barkley, Bolden, Bravazo, Channel Cat, Cistron, Country House, Drain the Clock, Gift Box, Harbored Memories, Higher Power, Honor A. P. , Leofric, Lexitonian, McKinzie, Mo Forza, Modernist and other promising talent.

To see the complete list of stallion seasons offered, conditions and terms of sale, or to register to bid, go to: http://thoroughlybred.com/sites/wtboa/

Included in this year's live auction are two Bidder Bonuses:

$1,000 Tier 1 Bidder Bonus – All winning bidders from the main online auction (December 15-22, 2023) will be entered into a drawing to receive a bonus in the amount of 50 percent of their final bid amount up to a maximum of $1,000 to be applied toward their bid amount.

$400 Tier 2 Bidder Bonus – All other bidders will be entered into a drawing to receive a bonus in the amount of 50 percent of their bid up to a maximum of $400 to be applied toward the purchase of a stallion season that did not sell during the main auction (or may be applied toward the purchase of a season for the 2025 breeding season).

This auction will utilize Dynamic Auction Endings. This means if any stallion receives a bid in the last five minutes, the auction will be extended by an additional five minutes. This will continue until there are no bids received in the final five minutes. At that point, bidding is closed for that stallion. This option is in place to give everyone a fair chance to place the last bid and prevent snipe bids at the last second of the auction event.

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Breeders’ Cup Winner Caravel Retired, Will Be Bred To Justify

Caravel, the winner of the 2022 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, has been retired from racing and will be bred to Triple Crown winner Justify during the 2024 breeding season, Lancaster Farming reports.

The 6-year-old daughter of Mizzen Mast won 15 of 26 starts, earning $1,983,327 for the partnership of Madaket Stables, Qatar Racing, and Marc Detampel.

Caravel began her career racing as a Pennsylvania homebred for Elizabeth Merryman, who also trained the horse. After a quartet of non-graded stakes wins on the East Coast, celebrity chef Bobby Flay partnered with Merryman on the filly, and she was moved to the barn of trainer Graham Motion.

The new partnership's run was highlighted by a victory in the Grade 3 Caress Stakes before Caravel was sold to Qatar Racing and Detampel, joined later by Madaket Stables, for $500,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. She was then moved to trainer Brad Cox.

After moving to the Cox barn, Caravel tallied victories in the G3 Intercontinental Stakes and the G3 Franklin Stakes before defeating male competition in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland at odds of 42-1.

In 2023, Caravel started strong with consecutive victories in the G2 Shakertown Stakes, the listed Unbridled Sidney Stakes, and the G1 Jaipur Stakes.

Caravel was put through this year's Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, finishing under her reserve with a final bid of $2.4 million. She was retained by the ownership group, and she will be boarded at Hunter Valley Farm in Versailles, Ky.

Justify, an 8-year-old son of Scat Daddy, stands at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky., for a private fee. The 2018 Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year was represented by a pair of Breeders' Cup winners this year, in Juvenile Fillies winner Just F Y I and Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Hard to Justify.