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Blue Stripe, a winner at the highest level in the U.S. and her native Argentina, was confirmed pregnant to 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

Unraced since finishing a narrow second to Malathaat in the Breeders' Cup Distaff last November at Keeneland, Blue Stripe is bound for Japan after selling to Grand Farm, through agent Narvick International, for $4 million at last year's Fasig-Tipton November sale.

Blue Stripe, a 6-year-old daughter of Equal Stripes, won six of 11 starts during her on-track career for earnings of $801,882, racing for owner Pozo de Luna. She was trained during her time racing in the U.S. by Marcelo Polanco.

She started racing in Argentina, with wins in the Group 1 Criadores and the G2 Arturo R. y Arturo Bullrich in 2021, before shipping stateside to test that year's Breeders' Cup Distaff, where she finished seventh. Blue Stripe remained in the U.S. the following season, where she won the G1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes and the G2 Santa Margarita Stakes, both in Southern California, before her runner-up effort in last year's Distaff.

Flightline is in the midst of his debut season at Lane's End in Versailles, Ky., for an advertised fee of $200,000.

The 5-year-old son of Tapit went unbeaten in six career starts, culminating in an 8 1/4-length triumph in last year's Breeders' Cup Classic.

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The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced today that the 38th annual TOBA National Awards Dinner will be held on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023 at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, Ky.

The National Awards Dinner honors owners and breeders from 22 states and Canada. Also recognized are the National Owner of the Year, National Owner Finalists, National Breeder of the Year, National Breeder of the Year Finalists, Small Breeder of the Year, Broodmare of the Year, Cot Campbell Racing Partnership of the Year, Dr. J. David Richardson Industry Service Award, Rood & Riddle Sport Horse of the Year, National HBPA Claiming Crown Horse of the Year and recipient of the Robert N. Clay Award.

“It is a tremendous honor for TOBA to recognize and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of 2022 from Thoroughbred racing's leading owners and breeders, as well as our other award winners,” said Dan Metzger, president of TOBA.

Tickets for the National Awards Dinner will go on sale in July and will be available online at toba.org. For sponsorship opportunities call Barkley N. Porter at (859) 276-6793, or email at barkley@toba.org.

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Although the horses encountered increasing headwinds throughout the fourth Under Tack session of the 2023 OBS June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age, Hip No. 570, a son of City of Light consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, breezed an eighth in :9 4/5, the day's fastest work at the distance.

The bay colt is a half-brother to graded stakes placed stakes winner Jessica Krupnick out of Wear Red, by Henny Hughes, a half sister to grade one stakes winner Eskendereya.

Two youngsters shared honors for the fastest quarter, stopping the timer in :21 flat.

– Hip No. 588, a chestnut colt by First Samurai consigned by Omar Ramirez Bloodstock, Agent, is out of Woodsboro, by Congrats, from the family of graded stakes winner La Rosa.

– Hip No. 703, a dark bay or brown filly by Violence consigned by A. G. Sales, is a half-brother to graded stakes winning OBS graduate No Problem out of Brief Tears, by Orientate, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Eaton's Gift.

Two horses turned in quarters in :21 1/5.

– Hip No. 571, a chestnut colt by Midshipman consigned by McKathan Bros. Sales, Agent, is a half-brother to stakes placed Weekend Rags out of Weekend, by Henny Hughes, from the family of Grade 1 winner Winchester.

– Hip No. 610, consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, is bay colt by Demarchelier (GB) out of stakes placed Aesculus, by Horse Chestnut (SAF), a half sister to champion Plantagenet.

The Under Tack Show continues Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. with Hip No.'s 721 – 900 scheduled to breeze.

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In addition to the quarterly update to its Online Fact Book, The Jockey Club today announced two new pages to the Fact Book breeding section: Number of Unique Sires by Position in the Pedigree Top Line and Percent of Mares Bred Categorized by Stallion Book Size.

“As the Thoroughbred breed registry for the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, The Jockey Club strives to provide statistics that are valuable and that help shine a light on what is happening in our industry, especially with respect to breeding,” said Matt Iuliano, executive vice president and executive director of The Jockey Club.

The unique sires by position table shows the number of unique sires by position within the top line of the pedigree and enables users to drill down by year and generation. Those links provide stallion names and the number of registered Thoroughbreds for that generation's sires on the top sire line pedigree for the registered foals of the specific year.

The percent stallions and mares bred statistics display how the number of stallions and mares have changed over time based on stallion book size.

Other updates to the Fact Book, which were announced in March, include Reports of Mares Bred statistics' being sortable by stallion name, number of mares bred, and state, and the Breeding Statistics' being sortable by year and then by stallion name, mares bred, reports received, live foals, percent of live foals, and state.

The online Fact Book is a statistical and informational guide to Thoroughbred breeding, racing, and auction sales in North America and is updated quarterly. It also features a directory of Canadian, international, national, and state organizations. Links to the Breeding Statistics report that is released by The Jockey Club each September and the Report of Mares Bred information that is published by The Jockey Club each October can be found in the Breeding section of the Fact Book.

The 2023 edition of the Fact Book is available in the Resources section of The Jockey Club website at jockeyclub.com.

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