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Practical Joke Colt Turns to Turf in Japan

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for Sunday running at Chukyo Racecourse:

5th-CKO, ¥10,480,000, Maiden, 3yo, 1600mT
DOUBLE JOKE (c, 3, Practical Joke–Double Date, by Rahy) is out of an unraced half-sister to Canadian Horse of the Year, champion 3-year-old colt and dual Grade I winner Peaks and Valleys (Mt. Livermore) as well as MSW & MGSP Alternate (Seattle Slew), whose produce include GISW Higher Power (Medaglia d'Oro), MGSW 'TDN Rising Star' Alternation (Distorted Humor) and SW & GSP Interrupted (Broken Vow). An $80,000 purchase by Paca Paca Farm out of the 2020 Fasig-Tipton November Sale, Double Joke switches to the turf after finishing down the field when debuting on dirt at Toyko in October. B-William Humphries & Altair Farm (KY)

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Dialed In Anchors Darby Dan Stallion Roster for 2023

Dialed In, whose half-dozen stakes winners this season include GI Awesome Again S. victor Defunded, tops a list of 14 stallions that will stand in 2023 at Darby Dan Farm. The 14-year-old son of Mineshaft will command a fee of $15,000, unchanged from 2022.

The champion freshman sire of 2016 and reliably among the top sires, Dialed In has also been represented by stakes winners Mr. Wireless, Erase and Gambling Girl as well as Grade I-placed Get Her Number. Dialed In has sired one Grade I winner in each of the last three years: Get Her Number in 2020, GI Arkansas Derby winner Super Stock in 2021 and Defunded this term.

The nursery's other five-figure stallions are Higher Power (Medaglia d'Oro) and Modernist (Uncle Mo). Tapiture (Tapit), the leading fourth-crop sire by winners, will stand for $7,500.

The newest addition to the stallion barn at Darby Dan is 'TDN Rising Star' Mutasaabeq (Into Mischief). An impressive debut winner sprinting over the Saratoga main track, the son of Downside Scenario (Scat Daddy) was highly impressive in annexing Keeneland's GII Bourbon S. in his turf debut two starts later. He became a stakes winner on dirt in the 2021 Mucho Macho Man S. and is set to cover mares for the first time at a fee of $7,500.

“We are excited to announce the Darby Dan stud fees for the upcoming breeding season,” said Stuart Fitzgibbon, the newly named stallion director at Darby Dan. “Our goal is to provide breeders with a good value roster of stallions representing commercial and successful sire lines. We are delighted with the initial response to Mutasaabeq new for 2023. By Into Mischief out of a Scat Daddy mare, he has all the commercial attributes for the market. Grade 1-producing sire Dialed In continues to fly the flag for Darby Dan, and our younger stallions like Flameaway, Modernist, and Higher Power have been exceptionally well-received and should ensure memorable moments for the farm going forward.”

Darby Dan will once again be offering various incentive programs in 2023 to provide value to breeders, including Profit Protection, Share the Upside, Black-Type Bonanza, and Goldmine 20/20 Match Program.

DARBY DAN FARM — 2023 SERVICE FEES

Dialed In (Mineshaft) $15,000

Higher Power (Medaglia d'Oro) $10,000

Modernist (Uncle Mo) $10,000

Alternation (Distorted Humor) $7,500

Copper Bullet (More Than Ready) $7,500

Country House (Lookin At Lucky) $7,500

Flameaway (Scat Daddy) $7,500

Leofric (Candy Ride {Arg}), $7,500

Mutasaabeq (Into Mischief) $7,500

Tapiture (Tapit) $7,500

Bee Jersey (Jersey Town) $5,000

Tale of Ekati (Tale of the Cat) $5,000

Tale of Verve (Tale of Ekati) $2,000

Dolphus (Lookin At Lucky) Private

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Fasig-Tipton Adds 27 Supplemental Entries to July Horses of All Ages Catalogue

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 27 supplemental entries of horses of racing and breeding stock to its upcoming July Selected Horses of All Ages sale.

These latest entries are catalogued as hips 584-610 and may now be viewed online. These newest entries include:

First Constitution (Chi) (Hip 587): A Group 1 stakes winner in his native Chile, this son of Constitution is a multiple stakes winner in New York this year. Consigned by WinStar Racing, agent.
Miss Costa Rica (Hit It a Bomb) (Hip 590): Four-year-old filly was Grade II placed at two and is a half-sister to graded stakes winner Gas Station Sushi (Into Mischief). Consigned by Highgate Sales, agent.
One Step Ahead (Hip 591): Three-year-old daughter of Upstart was a stakes winner last year at year at two. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
Moretti (Hip 595): Son of Medaglia d'Oro was a multiple stakes winner in New York that notched graded stakes placings in the GII Suburban S. and GII Brooklyn S. on his way to career earnings of $367,520. He is a half-brother to GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Battle of Midway (Smart Strike). Consigned as a stallion prospect by Highgate Sales, Agent.
Song Parody (Hip 609): Two-year-old New York-bred daughter of Practical Joke won her debut by 5 1/2 lengths June 25 at Belmont. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Also included are mares in foal to Bolt d'Oro, current leading first-crop sire by winners; Higher Power, Grade I winner whose first foals arrived this year; and Upstart a leading third-crop sire.

The July Selected Horses of All Ages sale will take place this coming Monday, July 11, beginning at 3 p.m. ET. On the following day–Tuesday, July 12–Fasig-Tipton will conduct The July Sale of Selected Yearlings beginning at 10 a.m. ET.

Online bidding and phone bidding will be available for all sales.

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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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