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First Foal a Filly for Higher Power

Darby Dan Farm's Higher Power (Medaglia d'Oro), a Grade I-winning millionaire, sired his first reported foal Jan. 26 when a filly bred by Deann Barr out of the Curlin mare Curlita was born at Julie Rini's Crowning Point Farm.

Higher Power, a dominant 5 1/4-length winner of the 2019 GI Pacific Classic with a 107 Beyer Speed Figure, earned nearly $1.6 million and placed in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic, GI Hollywood Gold Cup and GI Awesome Again S. for owner Hronis Racing and trainer John Sadler. Bredin Kentucky by Pin Oak Stud, he is produced from the multiple stakes-winning Seattle Slew mare Alternate, who is also the dam of multiple graded stakes winner Alternation (Distorted Humor). Alternate is a half-sister to 1995 Canadian Horse of the Year and multiple Grade I winner Peaks and Valleys (Mt. Livermore) from the family of Grade I winner Mucho Gusto (Mucho Macho Man).

Higher Power bred 152 mares in his first season at stud and will stand the upcoming breeding season for $10,000 S&N.

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King of Change Welcomes His First Foals

G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. victor King of Change (GB) (Farhh {GB}) celebrated the arrival of his first two reported foals recently
Bred by John Quigley, the colt is out of the seven-time winner Table Forty Six (Ire) (Refuse To Bend {Ire}), who is from the extended family of the dual Group 1-placed Mezzogiorno (GB) (Unfuwain).
He is “the best offspring that the mare has produced,” according to Quigley.
Joining the colt, is a filly out of Miss Frangipani (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who was bred by Stuart McPhee.
King of Change stands for €6,000 at Derrinstown Stud this year.

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First Foals Arrive For King For A Day, Lookin At Lee

Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions welcomed the first foals for young stallions King for a Day and Lookin At Lee last month in New York.

King for a Day, set to stand his second season for $5,000, was represented by his first foal when the Elusive Charlie mare Leoness delivered a filly at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, N.Y. Bred by Steve Sinatra, the filly is the second foal out of Leoness, who also produced a Maryland-bred colt by Desert Party bred by Sinatra Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding LLC in 2020.

King for a Day, the only horse to beat eventual champion 3-year-old male Maximum Security to the wire in 2019, won three of seven starts and earned $260,550 for owner and breeder Stephen P. Brunetti's Red Oak Stable and Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher.

The 5-year-old son of Uncle Mo out of the unraced French Deputy mare Ubetwereven won the Sir Barton Stakes on the Preakness Day undercard at Pimlico Race Course in his sophomore debut before topping Maximum Security in the $150,000 TVG.com Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Multiple stakes winner and 2017 Kentucky Derby runner-up Lookin At Lee, set to stand his second season for $4,000, was represented by his first foal when the Dixie Union mare Rose Sayer produced a colt at breeder Hank Freebern's Rocky Top Acres in Hudson Falls, N.Y.

The newborn colt is a half-brother to a New York-bred yearling filly by Frank Conversation also bred by Henry Freebern, Lance Freebern and Tim Hurlock and the unraced 3-year-old New York-bred Honorable Dillon filly Mo Don't Lie bred by Henry Freebern and Lance Freebern. She is also the dam of four other foals who made it to the races.

Lookin At Lee, a 7-year-old son of Lookin At Lucky out of the Grade 3-placed Langfuhr mare Capilano, compiled a record of 4-6-5 from 35 starts and earned $1,343,188 during his career with Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen and owners L and N Racing LLC.

In addition to his Derby effort, Lookin At Lee was a stakes winner and Grade 1-placed runner at 2, finished fourth in the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes and was multiple graded stakes-placed at three and a stakes winner at four.

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First Foal Is A Filly For Darby Dan Farm’s Higher Power

Darby Dan Farm's Higher Power, a Grade 1-winning millionaire by Medaglia d'Oro, sired his first reported foal on Jan. 26 when a filly out of the Curlin mare Curlita was born at Julie Rini's Crowning Point Farm.

Bred by Deann Baer, the filly hails from the family of stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Daring Reality and Grade 3 stakes winner Ski Dancer.

Higher Power, a dominant 5 1/4-length winner of the 2019 Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar with a career-best 107 Beyer Speed Figure, was a five-time winner of nearly $1.6 million. In addition to his scintillating score in the Pacific Classic, he also placed in the Breeders' Cup Classic, G1 Hollywood Gold Cup, and G1 Awesome Again Stakes for owner Hronis Racing and trainer John Sadler.

While his biggest career victory was achieved at the classic distance of 1 1/4 miles, Higher Power was also precocious. He broke his maiden at two and captured his 3-year-old debut at Oaklawn Park, defeating subsequent graded stakes-winning millionaire New York Central.

By elite sire Medaglia d'Oro, Higher Power was bred in Kentucky by Pin Oak Stud. He is produced from the multiple stakes-winning Seattle Slew mare Alternate, who is also the dam of multiple graded stakes winner Alternation and multiple stakes winner Interrupted. Alternate is a half-sister to 1995 Canadian Horse of the Year and multiple Grade 1 winner Peaks and Valleys from the family of Grade 1 winner Mucho Gusto.

Higher Power bred 152 mares in his first season at stud and will stand the upcoming breeding season for $10,000 S&N.

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