New Record for Fasig-Tipton Digital Set at April Sale with $660K Mare

When the dust settled at the close of the Fasig-Tipton April Digital Sale Tuesday evening, the 15-year-old broodmare Eileen's Dream (Bernardini, hip 21) held the new record for a single offering on the digital platform when she sold for $660,000 to DJ Stable. Consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, Eileen's Dream sold with her 2024 colt by Curlin at her side. She was bred back to Charlatan Mar. 27.

The sale closed with 87 horses sold for $4,274,300, an average of $49,130. The clearance rate was 92.5% with 670 registered bidders. A total of 20 horses sold for $50,000 or more.

“We had extremely spirited bidding throughout the sale, especially as it closed this afternoon,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton's Director of Digital Sales. “The clearance rate was over 90% again. We're very happy with the results for our buyers and sellers.”

Eileen's Dream has a 2-year-old filly by War Front and a yearling colt by Curlin, who sold for $600,000 at last year's Keeneland November sale to John Stewart and has since been named Stable Boy. She is also the granddam of 2023 GII Saratoga Special S. winner Rhyme Schemes (Ghostzapper). The Fasig-Tipton Digital topper is a half-sister to MGISW Dream Rush (Wild Rush), dam of Broodmare of the Year Dreaming of Julia (A.P. Indy). The latter has produced dual champion Malathaat (Curlin) and GSW Julia Shining.

“Anytime you have the opportunity to secure a nice-looking mare from this family, you have to seriously consider it,” said DJ Stable's Jon Green. “She's got the looks, conformation, female family, broodmare sire, and foal pipeline to be a 'foundation mare' for our program. This is a mare that my dad [Leonard Green] particularly wanted. He loves the family and is excited to have a mare and foal like this.”

Prior to Tuesday's sale, Fasig-Tipton Digital's previous record was held by the broodmare Amazonian (Malibu Moon), who was purchased for $420,000 by KatieRich Farms from the consignment of Ballysax Bloodstock, agent for the Estate of Glen Todd, during the Glen Todd Dispersal Final Phase in September of 2022. The Fasig-Tipton Digital platform launched in March of 2022.

Rounding out the top five sold Tuesday were:

  • Gray Lightning (Social Inclusion, hip 6), a racing/broodmare prospect sold for $370,000 to NRCLUB LLC from the consignment of Full Servis Equine, agent. A lightly raced 3-year-old Pennsylvania-bred, Gray Lightning has a record of two wins and one second from three starts at two and three and earnings of $76,720.
  • Secret Love (Not This Time, hip 22), a broodmare prospect sold for $310,000 to Steven W. Young, agent, from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. Secret Love is a stakes winner from her sire's first crop.
  • Charlie's Penny (Race Day, hip 20), a racing/broodmare prospect sold for $260,000 to Steven W. Young, agent, from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Lothenbach Stables Complete Dispersal. Minnesota-bred Charlie's Penny is a multiple stakes winner with a record of seven wins, two seconds, and two thirds from 15 career starts and earnings of $413,272 to date.
  • R Calli Kim (Revolutionary, hip 11), a broodmare prospect sold for $220,000 to Resolute Bloodstock from the consignment of Gainesway, agent. A multiple graded stakes winner, R Calli Kim won GIII The Very One S. at Gulfstream Park in her most recent start. She earned $635,640 in her career, with nine wins from 15 starts.

Full results for the April Digital Sale can be seen here.

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Travel Column and Clairiere Meet Again in Rachel Alexandra

The expensive Travel Column (Frosted) and regally bred Clairiere (Curlin), who finished one-two in the GII Golden Rod S., face off again Saturday at Fair Grounds in the GII Rachel Alexandra S., presented by Fasig-Tipton, which offers 50 points towards the GI Kentucky Oaks. Tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star' after an impressive score in her career bow sprinting at Churchill Sept. 4, the $850,000 FTSAUG purchase was third when trying two turns for the first time in Keeneland's GI Darley Alcibiades S. Oct. 2. The gray was last seen rallying to victory in the Nov. 28 Golden Rod and has been working in company with champion juvenile colt Essential Quality (Tapit) leading up to this, most recently covering five furlongs in 1:00 3/5 (4/51) in NOLA Feb. 7.

“I loved her going into the race, I was concerned during the race, and I loved her even more after the race,” trainer Brad Cox said. “It was a little bit of a worry. We saw it in the Alcibiades too, she breaks a little slow and had to make a premature move. But once she gets going, she's a really, really nice filly and she's shown it time and again.”

The first foal out of MGISW Cavorting (Bernardini), Stonestreet homebred Clairiere made a powerful late run to win at first asking in a 1 1/16-mile test at Churchill Oct. 25 and came up just a length short in the Golden Rod.

“She's a very good, lightly-raced filly with a huge pedigree,” conditioner Steve Asmussen said. “It's the right spot to start her back and we're really looking forward to it. But obviously we have our eye down the road [towards the Kentucky Oaks] with her too.”

Another of interest in this field is Cosmic Racing's Zoom Up (Upstart), who is two-for-two over this track. Hitting the board in her first two tries in Kentucky last fall, the dark bay broke through in a local sprint Dec. 19 and followed suit with an optional claimer score Jan. 18.

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Moonlight D’Oro, Charlie’s Penny Both Off Oaks Trail Due To Injury

Recent stakes winners Moonlight d'Oro and Charlie's Penny have both been taken out of consideration for the 2021 Kentucky Oaks due to injury.

According to bloodhorse.com, G3 Las Virgenes Stakes winner Moonlight d'Oro was diagnosed with a chip in her right knee. The Spendthrift Farm and MyRacehorse-owned filly will undergo arthroscopic surgery to remove the chip, and is expected to require 60-90 days off after the procedure.

“There was a little bit of heat, they took an X-ray, and found a small chip,” Michael Behrens, founder and CEO of co-owner MyRacehorse, told bloodhorse.com. “This is why we're with (trainer Richard) Mandella's team; he always does right by the horse and cares about what is best for the horse. He thinks it's best for the horse to do the surgery now and shut her down, and we're going to do what's best for her. We're hopeful this will be just a small setback.”

Lothenbach Stables' homebred Charlie's Penny, easy winner of the Silverbulletday Stakes, has been diagnosed with a hairline fracture to her shin, reports the Daily Racing Form. Trainer Chris Block reported that x-rays were taken after a small bump on her shin was found, but it took a second round of x-rays to uncover the small fracture. The Race Day filly will head to Florida for 90 days off.

“It's a tiny fissure line but it's there, and I'm glad we caught it when we did,” Block told drf.com.

Read more at bloodhorse.com and drf.com.

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‘She Gets You Excited’: Travel Column Chasing Oaks Points In Saturday’s Rachel Alexandra

In horse racing, it's never too early to look ahead. Trainer Brad Cox started doing just that shortly after Travel Column's eye-catching Nov. 28 win in the Golden Road (G2) at Churchill Downs.

The path to the April 30 Kentucky Oaks begins in earnest Saturday at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, when Travel Column starts as what figures to be a strong favorite in the $300,000 Rachel Alexandra (G2) presented by Fasig-Tipton. Run at 1 1/16 miles, the Rachel Alexandra offers 85 qualifying points for the Oaks, with the winner getting 50 on a 50-20-10-5 scale.

OXO Equine's Travel Column (post 8 at 2-1 with Florent Geroux) was always cut out to be a runner. The daughter of Frosted was sold for $850,000 as a yearling and didn't disappoint in her debut, winning off by 4 ¼ lengths at Churchill in a September MSW, ironically enough on Kentucky Oaks Day. She was a distant third in the Alcibiades (G1) at Keeneland after a slow start caused her to rush up early to get into contention, and she predictably flattened out late.

Travel Column announced her presence in the Golden Rod, in what was one of the most impressive performances by a juvenile of any sex all year. Travel Column was sandwiched at the start, raced last-of-9 early, then got caught in traffic entering the far turn. She couldn't get out until midstretch, then hit sixth gear in an instant and won going away. Cox, like everyone else, was impressed—after it was all over.

“I loved her going into the race, I was concerned during the race, and I loved her even more after the race,” Cox joked. “It was a little bit of a worry. We saw it in the Alcibiades too, she breaks a little slow and had to make a premature move. But once she gets going, she's a really, really nice filly and she's shown it time and again.”

Travel Column has kept a steady worktab at Fair Grounds this winter and signaled her readiness for the Rachel Alexandra with a 6-furlong move on January 31 in 1:13. She did it in company with stablemate Essential Quality, who was last year's undefeated 2-Year-old Champion. Travel Column has more than held her own.

“She worked in tandem with Essentially Quality and has worked with him a lot and it's worked out well, they both get plenty out of it,” Cox said. “She holds her own and for her to be able to do it with the 2-Year-Old Champion colt says a lot. She gets you excited for sure.”

Cox won the Oaks in 2018 with Monomoy Girl and last year with Shedaresthedevil, so he knows how to get a 3-year-old filly to peak in the most important race of their lives. He hopes Travel Column will take that next step on Saturday on the road back to Louisville for the big dance on the last Friday in April.

“Hopefully this is the start of a three-race streak,” Cox said. “You just watch your horse and you want them to have a good experience every time you lead them over there. I think she's set up for that on Saturday with the way she's been training. I'm excited about what she's shown us so far as a 3-year-old in the morning.”

Lothenbach Stables' homebred Charlie's Penny (post 9 at 9-2 with Brian Hernandez Jr.) surprised in the local prep, winning the Jan. 16 Silverbulletday going away by 3 ½ lengths, in what was her two-turn debut. The daughter of Race Day entered off a third-place finish in the local 6-furlong Letellier in December and was a 9-1 outsider, but she settled in third early and powered home late over fellow rival Souper Sensational. Block left the Silverbulletday feeling good, but knows Charlie's Penny will need to answer the bell one more time.

“To see her get around two turns was a confidence builder for all of us,” Block said. “She's trained well in between, done what we've asked her to do, and maintained herself well since. She'll have to take another pretty big step forward to be competitive with the likes of Travel Column, and Clairiere, and I look for Souper Sensational to move forward as well. It's a group that will certainly make us all take a look afterwards and see what path to take.”

Stonestreet Stables' homebred Clairiere (post 1 at 5-2 with Joe Talamo) was second to Travel Column in the Golden Rod and is another who will make her 3-yer-old debut in the Rachel Alexandra. The daughter of multiple grade 1 winner Cavorting was spotting experience to Travel Column last time, as she entered off just a debut win at Churchill in October for trainer Steve Asmussen. Clairiere has also been training at Fair Grounds this winter and, if things go according to plan, the two fillies will get very acquainted with each other during the first half of the season.

“She's a very good, lightly-raced filly with a huge pedigree,” Asmussen said of Clairiere. “It's the right spot to start her back and we're really looking forward to it. But obviously we have our eye down the road (towards the Kentucky Oaks) with her too.”

Live Oak Plantation's Souper Sensational (post 2 at 8-1 with Declan Carroll) was second in the Silverbulletday, and like Charlie's Penny, she too had her own questions to answer. The daughter of Curlin entered 2 for-2 for trainer Mark Casse, though both wins were sprinting over the Tapeta at Woodbine. Souper Sensational didn't have a smooth trip in the Silverbulletday, as she was last in the six-horse field, while the pace of :49 4/5 was a crawl early. Casse's local assistant Dave Carroll applauded Souper Sensational's desire.

“It wasn't ideal circumstances that day and she got squeezed back a bit at the start too,” Carroll said. “But she didn't worry about it, laid back and made the one run, and here we are. I think this race will tell us where we are going forward, if she can handle this two-turn trip again, it will give us a lot of options.”

Tom Amoss will start three in the Rachel Alexandra, with Cosmic Racing's Zoom Up (post 6 at 6-1 with James Graham) the most well-regarded off a strong optional-claiming win here January 18, in what was her two-turn debut. The daughter of Upstart hit the board in her first two starts in Kentucky then broke her maiden locally going 6 furlongs by a neck but she looked like an even better horse stretching out last time. Zoom Up settled early, kicked clear in midstretch, and won going away by 2 lengths. It was an effort that had even Amoss taking notice.

“She ran really well and it even surprised me a little bit, by how effortless it was to make the transition from one-turn to two turns,” Amoss said. “She's really improving and her race was impressive, so we're looking forward to the Rachel Alexandra.”

Amoss also will run BCWT Ltd.'s Off We Go (post 4 at 15-1 with Mitchell Murrill), who makes her two-turn debut off a close second in an optional-claimer here January 22 in her 3-year-old debut, and Joel Politi's Littlestitious (post 7 at 12-1 with Colby Hernandez), a distant fifth in the Silverbulletday after setting the pace early.

Brad King, Jim Cone, Scott Bryant, and Stan and Suzanne Kirby's Moon Swag (post 3 at 15-1 with Adam Beschizza) could improve after finishing third, beaten 4 lengths with a troubled trip in the Silverbulletday in what was her two-turn debut. The daughter of Malibu Moon had yet to run past 6 furlongs and took up sharply entering the first turn but ran on through the lane in an encouraging effort.

Completing the Rachel Alexandra field is Norman Stables and Mark Norman's Becca's Rocket (post 5 at 20-1 with Marcelino Pedroza), who broke her maiden here going two turns in November for trainer Scotty Gelner.

In the last 25 years, nine winners of the Kentucky Oaks also participated in the Rachel Alexandra. They include:

2019 – Serengeti Empress, won both

2018 – Monomoy Girl, won both

2015 – Lovely Maria, 2nd in the Rachel, won the Kentucky Oaks

2014 – Untapable, won both

2012 – Believe You Can, 4th in the Rachel, won the Kentucky Oaks

2008 – Proud Spell, 2nd in the Rachel, won the Kentucky Oaks

2005 – Summerly, won both

1999 – Silverbulletday won both

1997 – Blushing K.D., won both

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