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International Superstar Enable Retired, To Be Bred To Kingman

Enable, Europe's Horse of the Year in 2017 and 2019, has been retired from racing, and she will be bred to Kingman for the 2021 breeding season.

Douglas Erskine Crum, CEO Juddmonte Farms, said: “After consulting her trainer John Gosden and his racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe, Prince Khalid has decided that Enable will be retired from racing and will now join the Juddmonte broodmare band to be covered by Kingman in 2021.”

She retires from a 19-race career, spanning five seasons, with 15 wins, including 11 Group 1 races and record earnings for a European-trained horse of £10.7 million (US$14,062,824). Enable is most successful performer ever in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with two wins and a second, an unprecedented three King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and five Oaks (Epsom in race record time, Irish, Yorkshire twice, and Cheshire). She is the only horse to win the Arc and the Breeders' Cup Turf in the same year, achieving that feat in 2018

Enable, a 6-year-old daughter of Nathaniel, was named Europe's Cartier Horse of the Year in 2017 and 2019. The Juddmonte homebred was named Europe's champion 3-year-old filly in 2017, then earned the continent's champion older female title in 2018 and 2019.

Juddmonte racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe said: “She has brought so much joy to everyone who has been involved with her. Her elegance and forceful personality have been nurtured by John and his team at Clarehaven, especially by Imran who has looked after her with such calm and devotion. In her, Frankie found a willing partner to execute her ability on the racecourse. Her CV withstands the closest of inspections, very few can match what she has given to racing.”

Kingman, who also raced as a Juddmonte homebred, is a 9-year-old son of Invincible Spirit who stands at Barnstead Manor Stud in Suffolk, England.

He was named Europe's Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male in 2014 off a campaign that included G1 victories in the Irish 2,000 Guineas, St. James's Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes, and Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard – Jacques Le Marois.

Kingman's most notable runners include St. James's Palace Stakes winner Palace Pier and French 2,000 Guineas winner Persian King.

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Dam Of Champagne Winner Jackie’s Warrior, Her American Pharoah Weanling Added To Keeneland November

Keeneland announced on Sunday that Unicorn Girl, dam of undefeated two-time Grade 1 winner and leading Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) candidate Jackie's Warrior, and her weanling colt by American Pharoah have been supplemented to the November Breeding Stock Sale, to be held Nov. 9-18.

Unicorn Girl, who is in foal to leading sire Into Mischief, and her weanling son both are consigned by Beau Lane Bloodstock, agent, in the premier Book 1 on opening day.

Catalog pages for the two horses will be released later this week.

In Saturday's Champagne (G1) at Belmont, Jackie's Warrior dominated his rivals with a front-running 5 1/2-length victory. The effort solidified the status of the colt by Maclean's Music as a favorite in the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Keeneland and set the $95,000 graduate of Keeneland's 2019 September Yearling Sale on course for a potential Eclipse Award as division champion.

“It was a very impressive victory for Jackie's Warrior in the Champagne, and Unicorn Girl in foal to Into Mischief on one cover and carrying a colt will be well received at Keeneland November,” said Carlo Vaccarezza, who owns the mare and weanling with John Williams. “Also selling the weanling half-brother to Jackie's Warrior by American Pharoah will show what she's capable of moving forward. John and I are extremely excited for this opportunity.”

The Champagne continued Jackie's Warrior's roll this year. He won his June 19 career debut by 2 1/2 lengths at Churchill Downs and next took the Aug. 7 Saratoga Special (G2) by three lengths. On Sept. 7, Jackie's Warrior captured the Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga by 2 1/4 lengths in stakes-record time.

Unicorn Girl, by the A.P. Indy stallion A. P. Five Hundred, is in foal to the powerhouse Into Mischief, whose stud fee recently climbed to $225,000 for 2021. His recent headliners include Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Authentic and Test (G1) winner Gamine. Into Mischief was the leading sire by gross sales at the recent Keeneland September Yearling Sale, where 19 of his sons and daughters commanded $500,000 or more. Five sold for $1 million or more, including the $1.9 million sale-topping filly.

“There is no telling what Unicorn Girl can do with a foal by Into Mischief,” Beau Lane said. “She is a powerhouse. She tried her heart out every time she raced. She's a quality mare who was an overachiever, and she passes that on to her babies. They have the same attitude. She is the kind that can give you that special horse.”

Unicorn Girl has a pedigree page loaded with quality. Out of stakes winner Horah for Bailey, she is a half-sister to eight winners, including stakes winner Bernie the Maestro, who earned $694,317, and a pair of stakes horses who banked nearly $200,000 each.

On the race track, Unicorn Girl was competitive, classy and sound. Racing on the East Coast, she won 19 races and earned $483,508 in 54 races.

“Jackie's Warrior proved his star power with his dominating performance in the Champagne, and we look forward to seeing him at Keeneland for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile,” said Shannon Arvin, president-elect and interim head of sales at Keeneland. “Keeneland is especially excited to offer his dam, Unicorn Girl, who is in foal to the popular stallion Into Mischief, and his weanling half-brother in the November Sale.”

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OBS October Sale Under Tack Show Set For Sunday

The Under Tack Show for the 2-year-olds and horses of racing age section of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2020 October Sale will be held Sunday, Oct. 11.

Hip No.'s 1 – 59 will go to the track in a single session beginning at 10 a.m.

The October Sale begins Tuesday, Oct. 13 at noon with the 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age section, cataloged as Hip No.'s 1 – 59. The Selected Yearling Sale begins immediately following the Horses of Racing Age, selling as Hip No.'s 101 – 270. The Open Yearling Sale, now cataloged as Hip No.'s 301 – 721, is set for Wednesday, Oct. 14 and will begin at 10:30 a.m.

In addition to under tack videos, walking videos and conformation photos may be available for the entire catalog.

The workouts will be recorded and can be viewed on the website, in their entirety or by individual hip number. They will also be available in the Video Room as well as several kiosks in the breezeway and covered walking ring. Visitors to Ocala will find the videos available for in-room viewing at The Courtyard by Marriott, Holiday Inn and Suites, Homewood Suites, Hampton Inn & Suites, Residence Inn and the Ocala Hilton, plus lounge viewing is available at the Hilton. Under Tack Show results are posted on the OBS website.

The Under Tack Show and Sale will be streamed live via the OBS website as well as the DRF, TDN, BloodHorse and Pastthewire websites.

OBS will again offer online bidding during the October Sale. Buyers will be able to go to the OBS website and register to gain bidding approval, then access the OBS Bidding Screen with their credentials. For complete information on registration and online bidding please go to the OBS website: obs-online-bidding

The online catalog's main page contains a link to a sortable master index providing searchable pedigree and consignor information as well as access to pedigree updates occurring since the catalog was printed.

The sortable master index has advanced search and filter capability and allows shortlist creation. A link to instructions for using these features can be found in the index header and a step by step tutorial is available in the index as well.

The iPad version of the catalog can be accessed via the equineline Sales Catalog App. The App allows users to download and view the catalog, receive updates and results, record notes and also provides innovative search, sort and rating capability. For more information and downloads go to: equineline.com/SalesCatalogApp/

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Champion Comando Intimo The Latest Stallion Killed In Peru

Late last year, a raid on Haras Barlovento in Peru made global headlines when the list of equine casualties included North American-born stallions Cyrus Alexander and The Lieutenant; the latter being a half-brother to Triple Crown winner Justify.

South American publication Turf Diario reports that the violence has continued at Peru's stud farms, with the latest strike being at Haras El Castillo on the dawn of Sept. 29. The attack claimed the life of 2004 Peruvian Horse of the Year Comando Intimo, along with two other horses on the farm.

According to Turf Diario, early theories by investigators speculate that the attack was conducted by a group aiming to collect and sell the horses' meat.

The stallions at Haras Barlovento were also killed for their meat, according to that farm's social media channels. The attack on Haras Barlovento was so catastrophic to its operation that it announced its exit from the breeding industry less than a week later.

Comando Intimo was one of Peru's biggest native stars on the racetrack, winning seven of 27 starts over the course of five seasons.

He was named Peru's Horse of the Year in 2004, with a campaign that included venturing out to Chile to win the Group 1 Latin American Grand Prix, one of the continent's biggest races. He was also named Peru's champion 3-year-old colt that season, with a domestic win in the Clasico Marina de Guerra del Peru, and in-the-money efforts in the Peruvian Derby and 2,000 Guineas.

Comando Intimo began his stallion career at Haras Barlovento, and he was later moved to Haras El Castillo. The 20-year-old son of Riyadian has been used sparingly at stud, with just 36 foals over nine crops of racing age, according to Peruvian Stud Book records. However, the small sampling of runners has produced several stakes winners.

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