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First Foals Arrive for Name Changer

The first two foals by Name Changer, winner of the 2018 GIII Monmouth Cup S., are fillies bred by Colts Neck Stables LLC, which raced the son of Uncle Mo throughout his career, and Kaz Hill Farm, where he retired to stud last year.

Colts Neck's filly is out of Fastener, an allowance winning Roman Ruler mare whose dam is a full sister to the dam of GI Kentucky Derby winner and leading sire Street Sense.

Kaz Hill's filly is out of Shanghai Shuffle, a winning daughter of Shanghai Bobby and stakes-placed Bailzee.

“These first two foals are the spitting image of Name Changer himself–with plenty of leg, great shoulders and all-around athleticism,” said Kaz Hill Farm manager Sal Martin. “If all his babies turn out this nicely, we're going to be spending a lot of time in the winner's circle at Saratoga, Belmont and Aqueduct starting in 2024.”

Name Changer stands at Peter Kazamias' Kaz Hill Farm in Middletown, NY.

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First Foal Is A Colt For New York Stallion Killybegs Captain

Graded stakes winner Killybegs Captain was represented by his first foal when the winning Cryptoclearance mare Clearly Perfect delivered a colt Jan. 31 at Anne Morgan's and Tim Little's Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater, N.Y.

Killybegs Captain, an 8-year-old son of Mizzen Mast out of the Holy Bull mare Al Maha, stands for $2,500 LFSN at Mill Creek Farm.

Bred by Morgan, the newborn colt is the third foal out of Clearly Perfect. The mare's first foal, the Giant Surprise gelding Clear Surprise, sold for $14,000 2014 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale and won four of 18 starts and $48,651. Clearly Perfect is also the dam of the newly turned 2-year-old Frank Conversation filly Franca who sold for $10,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale.

Campaigned by Curragh Racing and trained by John Terranova, Killybegs Captain won seven of 27 starts with five seconds and three thirds for $572,453 in earnings. A $75,000 purchase at the 2016 OBS April 2-year-olds in training sale, Killybegs Captain was a winner at 3, 4, 5 and 6 and rose from the allowance ranks to become a stakes winner in his last two seasons.

Killybegs Captain scored his biggest victory in the Grade 3 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park in 2019, defeating a field that included He Hate Me and New York Central in 1:08.10 for 6 furlongs.

Third in the G2 John A. Nerud Stakes at Belmont Park and G1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in 2019, Killybegs Captain also won back-to-back editions of the Pelican Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in 2019 and 2020. He defeated multiple Grade 1 winner Imperial Hint in the 2019 edition of the Pelican, winning the six-furlong stakes in 1:09.66.

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‘An Outstanding Foal That Anyone Would Be Proud Of’: First Foal Born From Daredevil’s Comeback Crop

Daredevil's first foal since returning to the U.S. has arrived at Dunquin Farm in Paris, Ky. The filly, bred by Mike and Pat Freeny, is out of C. C. Zipp (City Zip – Curry Cat, by Tale of the Cat) and is from a family of multiple graded stakes winners including Pratella and Angliana.

“She is an outstanding foal that anyone would be proud of,” said breeder Mike Freeny.

Sire of sensations Swiss Skydiver and Shedaresthedevil, Daredevil is the only first-crop sire to ever have an individual winner of the Kentucky Oaks and Preakness Stakes in the same year. Now a fourth-crop sire, he has accumulated an impressive two Grade 1 winners and eight black-type winners overall.

A six-figure yearling purchase himself, Daredevil broke his maiden on debut by over six lengths at Belmont and immediately followed up with a decisive victory in the juvenile Grade 1 Champagne Stakes, earning a 107 Beyer.

“We've been pleased with the quality of mares and top breeders who supported Daredevil in his first year back,” said Lane's End's Chris Knehr. “His accomplishments from his first crop of runners have us excited about his future, and we'll be sending a number of Lane's End mares to continue to support him this season.”

Daredevil stands for $25,000.

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First Foal Is A Filly For Grade 1 Winner Seeking The Soul

Ocala Stud stallion Seeking the Soul, a Grade 1 winner who banked more than $3.4 million, sired his first reported foal on Jan. 29 when a bay filly out of the Gottcha Gold mare Making Havoc was born at Ocala Stud.

Bred in Florida by Ocala Stud, the filly is from the family of multiple stakes winner Royal Lad and multiple stakes winner and Graded stakes-placed Kings Command. Making Havoc, who is produced from the Montbrook mare Marion Theatre, was an eight-time winner during her racing career and banked $335,425.

Seeking the Soul, a Charles Fipke homebred, had an illustrious racing career. He won the 2017 Grade 1 Clark Handicap, the 2018 G3 Ack Ack Stakes, and the 2019 G2 Stephen Foster Stakes.

All told, he won or placed in eight graded stakes, including runner-up finishes in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and the $9 million G1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes, while hitting the board in 20-of-32 career starts.

By Grade 1 winner and Canadian champion Perfect Soul (IRE), Seeking the Soul is out of the graded stakes-winning Seeking the Gold mare Seeking the Title, and hails from the famed Phipps family of undefeated champion Personal Ensign, champion Storm Flag Flying, and Grade 1 winners My Flag, Miner's Mark, and Traditionally.

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