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Honor Roll Presented By The Runhappy Meet At Kentucky Downs: Social Paranoia’s Road From The Sale Ring To The Dueling Grounds Derby

Joe Seitz remembers $75,000 being a “fair price” when the now 4-year-old Social Paranoia sold as part of the Brookdale Sales consignment at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July Yearling Sale in 2017.

Street Boss, the colt's sire, was standing for $10,000 live foal at Darley when Social Paranoia was conceived, so 7.5 times the stud fee was a profitable multiple for his breeders, Mineola Farm and Silent Grove Farm.

Social Paranoia's buyer and current owner, Stuart Grant's The Elkstone Group, has enjoyed an even higher multiple off the purchase price. After 15 career starts for trainer Todd Pletcher, Social Paranoia has earned $929,710, more than one-third of that coming from his 2019 victory at Kentucky Downs in the $600,000 Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Derby.

Ridden by Jose Ortiz, Social Paranoia raced closed to the lead on the European-style turf layout at Kentucky Downs, moved to the lead inside the furlong pole and edged clear late to win by a half-length. His time of 2:08.50 for 1 5/16 miles established a new course record.

“I remember him clearly when he was at Fasig-Tipton,” Seitz said recently. “He was very popular, an awesome sale horse. We got $75,000, which was a fine price, but I had hoped he would do more.

“Fortunately, he got in the right hands, with Stuart Grant and Todd Pletcher.”

Slow to leave the maiden ranks (though he was third in the Grade 3 Pilgrim in the last of five starts at two), Social Paranoia scored his initial career win in his first start at three at Gulfstream Park and has exclusively competed in stakes competition ever since.

His big score at Kentucky Downs was the final start of 2019 for Social Paranoia, who began his 2020 campaign with a victory in the G3 Appleton Stakes at Gulfstream. Most recently he unleashed a furious stretch rally to win the G3 Poker Stakes at Belmont on July 4. He's just resumed training after a minor setback following the Poker and was not nominated for any stakes at the upcoming Runhappy Kentucky Downs meet, according to Pletcher.

Brookdale will be offering a full-brother to Social Paranoia in Book 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

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Grade 1 Winner, Breeders’ Cup Hopeful Ollie’s Candy To Be Offered At Keeneland November Sale

The ultra-consistent Ollie's Candy, a Grade 1 winner on dirt who is Grade 1-placed on turf, is scheduled to compete in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Keeneland on Nov. 7 and two days later be offered as a racing or broodmare prospect during the premier Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, will consign the 5-year-old daughter of leading sire Candy Ride, who has been first, second or third in 12 of 14 starts from coast to coast while defeating 24 graded winners and nine Grade 1 winners. She has earned $830,151.

“Ollie's Candy's Grade 1 talent combined with her pedigree and conformation make her a tremendous prospect to offer this November,” said Mark Taylor, Taylor Made's vice president of marketing and public sales operations. “I also love the fact that she is an open book to breed to many of the top stallions from around the globe.”

Ollie's Candy, an alumnus of Keeneland's 2016 September Yearling Sale, is out of Afternoon Stroll, a daughter of Stroll who won Keeneland's Grade 3 Appalachian and is the dam of three winners from three foals.

Based in Southern California, Ollie's Candy has competed at the highest level of her division while traveling across the U.S. She won the 2019 G1 Clement L. Hirsch at Del Mar and was second in the race this year. Her 2020 campaign also includes a second in the G1 Apple Blossom at Oaklawn and third-place finishes in the G1 Beholder Mile at Santa Anita and G1 Ogden Phipps at Belmont.

The mare is pointed to the Oct. 4 G1 Juddmonte Spinster at Keeneland during the prestigious Fall Stars Weekend on the opening three days of the Fall Meet. The stakes is a “Win and You're In” race for the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

Ollie's Candy has been an outstanding performer since she began her career at three and won her first three races, including the G2 Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita. On turf at Del Mar, she was second in both the G1 Del Mar Oaks Presented by The Jockey Club and G2 San Clemente.

Last year, Ollie's Candy won the Clement L. Hirsch after finishing second in the G3 Wilshire on turf at Santa Anita. She also was third in the G2 Zenyatta and fourth in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita.

“Ollie's Candy exemplifies the finest in Thoroughbred racing and has a global appeal that makes her an invaluable addition to any broodmare band,” Keeneland President-Elect and Interim Head of Sales Shannon Arvin said. “Keeneland is pleased to offer a broodmare prospect of her class, talent and promise.”

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Instagrand Retired To Taylor Made Stallions For 2021

Grade 2 winner Instagrand has been retired from racing, and he will enter stud for the 2021 breeding season at Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky., for an advertised fee of $7,500.

The 4-year-old son of Into Mischief finished his career with two wins in nine career starts for earnings of $316,760.

After selling to Larry Best's OXO Equine for $1.2 million at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, Instagrand got off to a blazing start, winning his debut during the Los Alamitos Thoroughbred meet by 10 lengths. He carried that momentum into the Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes at Del Mar, where he led at every point of call and hit the wire 10 1/4 lengths ahead of the runner-up.

At three, Instagrand finished in the money in the G3 Gotham Stakes and G1 Santa Anita Derby.

Bred in Kentucky by Stoneway Farm, Instagrand is out of the winning Lawyer Ron mare Assets of War. His third dam is the Grade 3 winner Added Elegance, putting Instagrand in the extended family of Peruvian champion stayer Mr. Ninja, Grade 2 winner Added Gold, and Grade 3 winner Added Asset.

Instagrand is currently residing at Taylor Made Stallions and he is available for inspection.

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Maryland-Bred Yearling Show Champion Brings Six Figures At Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase

This year's Maryland Horse Breeders Association Yearling Show champion, a Bernardini filly out of the Not For Love mare Mystic Love, sold for $100,000 at Fasig-Tipton's Selected Yearlings Showcase, held Sept. 9-10 in Lexington, Ky.

The second foal for her multiple stakes-winning dam Mystic Love, the bay filly was consigned by Bill Reightler for GreenMount Farm and purchased for $100,000 by Frank Brothers, agent for StarLadies and Mathis. She was offered as Hip 267 at the Yearlings Showcase.

Bred by GreenMount in partnership with Godolphin, the filly won Class IV (for Maryland-bred fillies by out-of-state sires) at the yearling show, before going on to be crowned champion by judge Michael Matz. She was shown by Sabrina Moore, co-owner and manager of GreenMount, who also accompanied the filly to the sale.

“She was a nice mover,” Matz said following the yearling show. “She just had an overall look. I thought she was well-made and pretty well balanced.”

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