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David and JoAnn Hayden sent another strong contingent to the 89th Annual Maryland Horse Breeders Association Yearling Show on Sunday, July 23, at the Timonium Fairgrounds horse show ring in Timonium, Md.

They came away winning two of the four classes and the top prize with their Honor A. P. colt, who was awarded the grand champion trophy by this year's judge, trainer Ned Allard.

Said Allard of his picks for champion and reserve champion, Ann Jackson's chestnut colt by Holy Boss: “When you ask a trainer to look at horses, he's looking for a good racehorse. They have to be good movers and have a good walk. You can accept some flaws but these two seemed to be pretty clean with good walks. They stood out.”

The grand champion looks very much like his sire, and to Allard “has that race horse look.” Out of the Not For Love mare Flit, the dark bay blaze-faced February foal is a fourth-generation homebred for the Haydens' Dark Hollow Farm, going back to foundation mare Safely Home, the dam of Hall of Famer and Eclipse Award winner Safely Kept. Flit is a half-sister to stakes winners O Dionysus and Joy, also show participants.

In the name of Dark Hollow Farm, the Haydens have won 16 classes (solely or in partnership), since 1989, and sent out grand champions in 2009 and 2014. Their second winner this year came out of Class III, a Golden Lad filly out of Bread and Butter (by Pure Prize), who was herself a class winner in 2012.

It was the second year in a row that Dark Hollow Farm has produced the Yearling Show champion – Ellen Charles' Hillwood Stable mares reside at the Upperco, Md., farm, their offspring are born and raised there and, as yearlings, are prepped for the show. Charles' Bandbox colt took top honors in 2022.

“Everyone at the farm really work their butts off,” said David Hayden. “They get all the credit. They do everything that needs to be done to get them there in good order.”

A total of 60 yearlings were judged and are now eligible for the $40,000 premium award which is split annually, with $20,000 going to the exhibitors of the four show contestants who earn the most money as 2-year-olds during 2024, and another $20,000 divided among the exhibitors of the four highest-earning 3-year-old runners the next year.

Holy Boss, who stands at Anchor and Hope Farm in Port Deposit, Md., was the recipient of the Northview Get-of-Sire trophy as the top Maryland sire of the show. In two classes he had a total of three ribbon winners, including the reserve champion.

Complete results follow:

Class I: For colts and geldings foaled in Maryland, the produce of mares covered in Maryland (12 exhibited):
1. ch.c., 6/1/22, Holy Boss—Barouchka, by Not For Love. Owned and bred by Ann B. Jackson, White Hall, Md. 2. BISHOP, dk.b./br.c., 3/7/22, Mosler—Belle Vlada (Ire), by Kheleyf. Owned and bred by Robert Atkinson and Mary Atkinson, Bel Air, Md. 3. ch.c., 3/25/22, Golden Lad—Corinnaise, by Corinthian. Owned and bred by BTR Racing Inc., Clarksville, Md. 4. JOHNJACKJIMJAYE, ch.g., 4/20/22, Divining Rod—Parade of Colors, by Leading the Parade. Owned and bred by John E. Williamson III, Reisterstown, Md. 5. b.c., 4/15/22, Great Notion—Last Love, by Not For Love. Owned and bred by Wendy Komlo and Drew Komlo, Derwood, Md.

Class II: For colts and geldings foaled in Maryland, the produce of mares covered in states other than Maryland (12 exhibited):
1. dk.b./br.c., 2/25/22, Honor A. P.—Flit, by Not For Love. Owned and bred by Dark Hollow Farm, Upperco, Md. 2. b.c., 1/29/22, Bolt d'Oro—Lunar Rille, by English Channel. Owned and bred by Country Life Farm and Lunar Rille LLC, Bel Air, Md. 3. FAROOQ, ch.c., 4/13/22, Maclean's Music—Congaree Princess, by Congaree. Owned and bred by Daniel E. Marconi, Mount Airy, Md. 4. b.c., 4/24/22, Catalina Cruiser—Cat Charmer, by Storm Cat. Owned and bred by Dark Hollow Farm, Upperco, Md. 5. dk.b./br.c., 2/23/22, Practical Joke—Fancy Love, by Not For Love. Owned and bred by John C. Davison, Baltimore, Md.

Class III: For fillies foaled in Maryland, the produce of mares covered in Maryland (20 exhibited):
1. b.f., 3/27/22, Golden Lad—Bread and Butter, by Pure Prize. Owned and bred by Dark Hollow Farm, Upperco, Md. 2. GOGO BOOTS, b.f., 3/9/22, Eclipticalspraline—Another Cougar, by With Distinction. Owned by Mellissa Perrin Keithly, Buxton, Maine. Bred by Maria M. Haire. 3. TWOS THE BOSS, ch.f., 2/22/22, Holy Boss—Fingerpaint, by Union Rags. Owned and bred by Designated Hitters Racing, Ellicott City, Md. 4. RAVEN DANCE, ch.f., 2/20/22, Holy Boss—Bekki's Dance, by Dance With Ravens. Owned and bred by Dr. Ronald Harris Parker, Long Beach, Calif. 5. dk.b./br.f., 5/6/22, Mosler—Rotate, by Orb. Owned and bred by Abele B. Dilschneider, St. Louis, Mo.

Class IV: For fillies foaled in Maryland, the produce of mares covered in states other than Maryland (16 exhibited):
1. dk.b./br.f., 4/3/22, Exaggerator—High Tolerance, by Louis Quatorze. Owned by Alison P. Delgado, Upperco, Md. Bred by Alison P. Delgado and Sabrina L. Moore. 2. dk.b./br.f., 2/27/22, Honor A. P.—Madison Avenue, by Quality Road. Owned and bred by Dark Hollow Farm, Upperco, Md. 3. gr./ro.f., 4/11/22, Liam's Map—Missy Rules, by Peace Rules. Owned and bred by Country Life Farm and Missy Rules LLC, Bel Air, Md. 4. b.f., 2/12/22, Twirling Candy—Safe Journey, by Flatter. Owned and bred by Dark Hollow Farm, Upperco, Md. 5. dk.b./br.f., 3/29/22, Maclean's Music—Bridled Assurance, by Unbridled's Song. Owned and bred by Hillwood Stable LLC, Washington, D.C.

Champion: dk.b./br.c., 2/25/22, Honor A. P.—Flit, by Not For Love. Owned and bred by Dark Hollow Farm, Upperco, Md.

Reserve Champion: ch.c., 6/1/22, Holy Boss—Barouchka, by Not For Love. Owned and bred by Ann B. Jackson, White Hall, Md.

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Multiple Grade 3 winner and Grade 1-placed Fulsome, a millionaire son of perennial leading sire Into Mischief from a deep Juddmonte female family replete with black type, has been retired and will stand the 2024 breeding season at Gary Broad's Walmac Farm in partnership with Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock, the farm announced today.

A stud fee will be announced at a later date.

A Juddmonte Farms homebred trained by Brad Cox, Fulsome broke his maiden in his first start at three in January and proceeded to win three of his next four outings—and five overall as a sophomore—including the $300,000 Grade 3 Smarty Jones Stakes at Parx Racing and the $150,000 G3 Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Restrained at the back of the pack early in the Smarty Jones Stakes, Fulsome roared past rivals on the far turn of the 1 1/16-mile test and won convincingly by two lengths. In the Matt Winn, also contested at 1 1/16 miles, Fulsome uncorked a serious rally in the stretch to score with authority by 3 3/4 lengths in the fast time of 1:42.88.

Fulsome secured the most lucrative victory of his career in the $400,000 G3 Oaklawn Mile Stakes at Oaklawn Park as a 4-year-old in 2022. In tight after the start of the one-mile fixture, Fulsome commenced a strong move into the far turn, circling five-wide turning for home. He engaged the pacesetters at the furlong maker and wore them down in the stretch to record a determined win over multiple graded stakes winner Cezanne.

In that year's $200,000 G3 West Virginia Governor's Stakes at Mountaineer, Fulsome closed resolutely in the lane and drew clear late to win by 1 1/4 lengths as the prohibitive favorite in a field of eight. He brought the curtain down on his 2022 campaign with a runner-up effort to subsequent Grade 1 winner West Will Power in the G2 Fayette Stakes at Keeneland, and then finished third to Proxy and West Will Power in the $1 million G1 Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs. All told, Fulsome retires with a record of 17-8-2-2, having amassed earnings of $1,244,553.

By Into Mischief, four-time reigning champion general sire, Fulsome is out of the winning Distorted Humor mare Flourish. He is a half-brother to graded stakes-placed Mr Darcy and a full brother to multiple stakes-placed Citrus Burst.

He descends from a prolific Juddmonte family, which includes multiple Grade 1 winners Sightseek, an earner of $2,445,216, and Tates Creek, who banked $1,471,674. This is also the family of Breeders' Cup Mile winner Expert Eye (GB), as well as Dubai World Cup winner Country Grammer, the third-highest North American earner in history with a bankroll of $14,921,320.

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The 2-Year-Old Sale Sire Power Rankings have typically spotlighted the top five horses on the chart after a given sale, but with 121 stallions in the final rankings, there are plenty of others to recognize and celebrate.

Before we put the North American juvenile sale season to bed once and for all, let's take a look at some of the divisional leaders within the rankings that won their own races within the race.

As a reminder, here are the requirements to qualify for the Power Rankings. If you notice a sire is missing from the list, it's almost certainly because they didn't hit one of these marks:

1) At least five horses sold during a major 2023 juvenile sale, regardless of distance breezed.

2) At least five horses that breezed an eighth of a mile, whether they sold or not (as much as I love a good quarter-mile breeze, there just aren't enough horses doing them to make a fair average).

Also important to note: For the sake of calculating averages, I stretched out each breeze time from fifths to tenths. If you see a :9.8 time somewhere, do not adjust your stopwatches.

Let's get a look at those rankings one last time…

Freshman Sire
Omaha Beach, Spendthrift Farm

The race for the freshman sire title unofficially begins in the spring during the 2-year-old sale season, and Omaha Beach came out of it with all the momentum, finishing with the highest final rank of all rookie sires.

The multiple Grade 1-winning son of War Front spent some time in the top five over the course of the season, and he finished just on the outskirts in seventh, finishing well ahead of next-best Catalina Cruiser in 27th.

Freshman-sired offerings often enjoy a premium in the sale ring, and Omaha Beach was the biggest beneficiary of that bump in 2023, with his median 2-year-old sale price of $120,000 tying him for 17th overall and highest of all the rookie sires.

The top offering among the 36 Omaha Beach juveniles sold this year came during the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, where Clay Scherer, agent, went to $700,000 for a filly out of the winning Smart Strike mare Intelyhente. The filly, offered as Hip 532 and later named Coastal Invasion, is a half-sister to stakes-placed Count Alexander from the family of Canadian champion sprinter Stacked Deck. Wavertree Stables consigned the filly, as agent.

Coastal Invasion breezed an eighth in :9.8 seconds, which brings us to our next point…

Most Sub-:10 Second Breezes
Omaha Beach (Again)

It's one thing for a freshman sire to climb the charts because of the first-crop price bump they receive, but the Omaha Beaches came to play on the racetrack, as well.

The stallion ranked fifth overall with an average one-furlong breeze time of :10.215 seconds, and with 40 breezes at an eighth at major sales this year, that's not an easy number to maintain unless the horses are coming out firing.

Omaha Beach finished the season with seven juveniles clocking times under :10 flat – 17.5 percent of his overall workers – which was the most of any qualifying sire. Forty horses is a lot to throw at a bulk statistic like this, of course, but there were plenty of sires, both rookies and veterans, with comparable ranks who didn't get that many under the bar.

This is a fascinating turn of events for a horse that didn't break his maiden until January of his 3-year-old season and got better as his sophomore season progressed. Like overall Power Rankings leader Justify, it appears the quality of mares backing up Omaha Beach, combined with his own extremely high-level performances, has given him the ability to slide his window of opportunity ahead into the early 2-year-old season.

Value Sire ($20k Or Lower Stud Fee In 2023)
Oscar Performance, Mill Ridge Farm

A member of the 2022-23 All-Value Sire Team that keeps proving that his stud fee is going to make a lot of people look very smart.

The 2016 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner finished tied for 14th in the overall rankings, and he was easily the best among sires that a snap judgment would label as “turf-leaning.”

As a multiple graded stakes-winning 2-year-old, it makes sense that Oscar Performance's standing on this list was propelled by his offerings' breeze times. His average of :10.250 seconds put him 12th in that category, and it was achieved not with flashy sub-:10 times, but with a remarkable consistency.

Of his eight breezes at one furlong this season, four went in :10.2 seconds (remember, we're dealing in tenths, so that would be :10 1/5 on the board), and another three went in :10.4 seconds. The only outlier went in :10-flat. There were no duds.

Oscar Performance's median sale price of $75,000 ranked him 28th in that category. Leading the way was Zverev, a colt out of the multiple Grade 1 winner Balance who sold to Belladonna Racing for $330,000 at the OBS Spring Sale. Offered as Hip 64, the colt's page includes Horse of the Year Zenyatta and her dam, Broodmare of the Year Vertigineux. He was consigned by Eisaman Equine, agent.

Highest Ranking Sire Standing Outside Kentucky
Bucchero, Pleasant Acres Stallions

The 2-year-old sales are a big chunk of the economy for Florida's stallion market, so it makes sense that a resident of the Sunshine State would come out on top in this category.

Bucchero finished the season tied for 37th overall, finishing ahead of fellow Florida resident The Big Beast in 44th. He got to that lofty spot because his juveniles went out there and broke the stopwatch.

In addition to finishing 14th by average breeze time at :10.257 seconds, Bucchero sired of one of the seven runners to breeze a furlong in a season-best :9.6 seconds.

That came during the OBS June 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale when Hip 999, a filly named Etrurian sped across the Ocala Training Center before selling to Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt for $100,000. Consigned by Britton Peak, agent, the Florida-bred Etrurian is out of the stakes-placed Imperialism mare Imperial Strike.

Etrurian was hardly a fluke among Bucchero's breezers in 2023. His four sub-:10 workers tied him for third-best among all qualifying sires, and he had another five go in :10-flat. Of his 28 works at one furlong, roughly a third of them went in :10-flat or faster. Not bad at all.

Biggest Year-To-Year Gain
Ghostzapper, Hill 'n' Dale Farms

It might seem more logical for a fast-rising young sire to take this category over one of the most established members of the North American stallion roster, but the biggest year-to-year jumps were almost all veterans, led by Horse of the Year Ghostzapper.

Ghostzapper finished 93rd in 2022, then improved 77 spots this year to 16th.

So, what changed? Just about everything.

In 2022, Ghostzapper's juveniles averaged a breeze time of :10.575 seconds and posted a median sale price of $30,000. A year later, the group averaged an eighth in :10.289 and sold for a median price of $120,000. Sometimes the first metric can help influence the second.

Ghostzapper has put near-seven-figure juveniles through the ring in the past, so he's certainly a known commodity in this segment of the marketplace. The market can certainly ebb and flow on veteran sires, and getting a 2022 Breeders' Cup winner in Filly and Mare Sprint victress Goodnight Olive certainly didn't hurt, as well, but recency bias can only make up so much ground compared to a solid crop of horses in the catalogs.

This year's most expensive Ghostzapper juvenile was Gettingawaywithit, a colt who sold to Muir Hut Stables for $575,000 at the OBS Spring Sale. The Florida-bred colt, offered as Hip 450, is out of the winning Malibu Moon mare Hannahanna, from the family of Grade 3 winner Silent Bird. Paul Sharp consigned the colt, as agent.

This crop of juveniles was the last one conceived at Adena Springs before Ghostzapper moved to Hill 'n' Dale Farms ahead of the 2021 breeding season. It will be worth watching if the new scenery will have any bearing on his market momentum going forward.

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In a collaborative effort to provide stability and the strongest market possible, Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland today announced they have established consistent dates for their respective November auctions, which occur immediately after the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

Beginning November 2024, the Fasig-Tipton November Sale will be held on the first Monday following the Breeders' Cup and Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale will begin on Tuesday. This Monday/Tuesday schedule will remain in place regardless of the location of the Breeders' Cup. The 2024 Breeders' Cup will be held at Del Mar on Nov. 1-2.

This year, the Fasig-Tipton November auction will be held Tuesday, Nov. 7, and Keeneland November will open Wednesday, Nov. 8.

“Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton share a commitment to do what is best for the health and vibrancy of our industry,” Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin said. “This schedule not only provides clarity, but capitalizes on the momentum from Breeders' Cup, maximizes the opportunity for international buyers to participate and creates positive energy surrounding both sales. We've listened to the thoughtful feedback from our clients and members of the Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association and worked to determine an outcome that is beneficial for everyone.”

“Both sales companies share a vision and commitment to serve the marketplace in the most effective manner,” Fasig-Tipton President and CEO Boyd Browning Jr. said. “This announcement provides all industry participants a defined and consistent schedule for the November sales.”

More information on the November sales can be found at fasigtipton.com and Keeneland.com.

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