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Foals Keep Up Market Momentum at Tatts

by Chris McGrath

NEWMARKET, UK — The world certainly looks a different place from when these babies slithered into the straw. A less frightening one, thankfully, to many breeders, who have been relieved by a remarkable strength and depth in all levels of the market after the global economy absorbed the shock of Covid. So while the Tattersalls December Foal Sale opened in the customary low register, business on Wednesday unequivocally maintained the buoyant morale established in other sectors. Indeed, the clearance rate of 84% was a session record, and likewise the 16 transactions of 40,000gns or more.

In fact, even if you set aside a sale that performed rather better than anticipated last year, business comfortably outstripped even the pre-Covid levels of 2019. Year on year, meanwhile, a virtually identical offering (204 entered the ring, three more than 12 months ago) yielded turnover of 2,624,800gns, up no less than 66% on 1,585,100gns. That translated into a giddy 15,350gns average, up 31% from 11,741gns (10,091gns in 2019); and a 10,000gns median up from 8,000gns (a mere 5,000gns in 2019). Just 33 lots failed to find a new home, compared with 66 last year.

And these figures, in a way, perhaps represent a more instructive harvest than those recorded at the top end. For it is days like this that can tell you most about horses and horsemen alike, and how they respectively cope with the attrition of the market's lower reaches. Many more “obvious” foals will doubtless be offered on Thursday, but the real judges were already at work and their acuity and diligence should, if only the wind keeps blowing behind them, find due reward many of these animals return to market next autumn.

Passing Every Test…

Time Test (GB) is the only rookie stallion in Europe to have mustered four black-type winners from his debut crop but here he owed his latest headlines to the people who stand his rival Ardad (GB), who has matched him with two group scorers.

For it was Overbury Stud who presented a son of the National Stud stallion to achieve the top price of the opening session, at 75,000gns, from Redpender Stud. And Time Test must share the credit for Lot 362 with his dam, Wild Mimosa (Ire) (Dynaformer), who had further decorated what is already an excellent family when the result of their first mating, Love Interest (GB), made a stylish winning debut for David O'Meara at Newcastle since the publication of the catalogue.

Wild Mimosa was confined to a single start in a frustrating career for the Lloyd-Webbers and was culled for 52,000gns to Blandford Bloodstock in this ring four years ago–despite a productive start as a broodmare, and counting two Group 1 winners (Compton Admiral (GB) (Suave Dancer) and Summoner (GB) (Inchinor {GB}) and the dam of champion The Fugue (GB) (Dansili {GB}) among her siblings. It is not difficult to understand why, however, judging from the testimony of Simon Sweeting.

“She's a mare we have to take the foals off straightaway as she savages them,” explained the Overbury Stud manager. “She has done it twice. So we were told not to let her see the foals, and to raise them on foster mares: we have one organised every time now. But she's been a huge success.”

Indeed, her yearling colt by Ardad brought six figures at the October Sale here.

“The 2-year-old looks like she might be okay,” said Sweeting. “She'll go back to Time Test. She was in foal to Ardad, but sadly lost it at 42 days.”

Sweeting declined to be partisan about Ardad's rival, describing him as a very different sire–while “almost” as good. In fact, he has a breeding right in Time Test. “He's a fabulous stallion,” he said. “And he's got a lot farther to go, we're very excited about him. It's great that the National Stud has such a good horse, I'm thrilled about that.”

The new owner of this colt, Jimmy Murphy of Redpender Stud, said: “He's a nice-looking horse by a promising young sire. I've never had a Time Test before, but this one is well-made, so we'll hope for the best. There's a bit going on in the pedigree. I thought less would buy him, but you have to keep bidding if you want one.”

Time Test had another colt stoke up the embers of the session when one of the very last into the ring, presented by his home farm as Lot 433, brought 66,000gns from Michael Fitzpatrick. This is another pinhook project, interestingly about an Apr. 25 foal, but he was certainly an elegant one.

“Time Test is a son of Dubawi and they're doing well,” explained Fitzpatrick, after signing as Good Will Bloodstock. “It's a trend that is becoming apparent. I'd like to have a Time Test to sell next year as I think his first crop will go on again as 3-year-olds.”

 

Hoping For the Stars To Come Out…

The market is gradually waking up to the gift made by Tweenhills in introducing the Australian sensation Zoustar (Aus) at such an inviting fee, and if his first Northern Hemisphere crop lives up to expectations next year then he may prove a very fertile pinhooking medium.

Sure enough, the March colt consigned by Highclere Stud as Lot 355 brought one of the top prices of the day from Billy Jackson-Stops.

“This is for a new pinhooking venture for Tony Elliott's Rogues' Gallery,” the agent explained, after signing a 70,000gns docket as JS Bloodstock/RGS. “He's a good physical, and hopefully there will be good upside with Zoustar. He's likely to be prepped for next year's sales back here.”

His dam is also entitled to contribute, of course, as a listed winner on both sides of the Channel. Making Eyes (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) is catalogued as Lot 2067 in Highclere's mare consignment here next week.

Railton Boards The Ulysses Bandwagon…

As the son of a Derby winner and Oaks winner, Ulysses (Ire) appears eligible to do better still as his debut crop benefits from maturity and middle distances next year. That obviously makes his achievements already still more auspicious, with 16 juvenile winners from 37 starters including G3 Eyrefield S. runner-up Piz Badie (Ire).

Some pinhookers were ahead of the curve, as they would hope to be, most notably Hegarty Bloodstock in converting a 4,000gns punt on a colt by the Cheveley Park stallion in this ring 12 months ago into a bumper payout of 150,000gns in Book 3. Demand has risen accordingly, and Jamie Railton was obliged to pay 60,000gns–the highest price of the morning–for a colt offered as Lot 279 by Bearstone Stud.

“We will just have to see how Ulysses turns out, but he has certainly made a promising start,” Railton said. “I've not been fortunate enough to have one yet, but he was a top 10-furlong horse so looks a sire with a future. Let's hope this horse matures and develops and goes the right way: I just thought he was a nice, attractive individual–and that is what they cost.”

There should be an injection of extra speed from the dam, as one would expect from a speed-oriented nursery like Bearstone. A five-furlong winner by Indesatchel (Ire), she has already managed to produce a stakes-winning sprinter in Vintage Brut (GB) (Dick Turpin {Ire}). That horse is clearly the best by his own sire, on ratings, and the mare has also produced winners by Firebeak (GB) and Equiano (Fr) from her only surviving foals so far on the track. As such, Railton is entitled to hope that Ulysses, with ripening stock to fly the flag in the meantime, will appear a real upgrade by the time he returns this Feb. 8 foal to the yearling sales.

The young stallion still has an awfully long way to go, of course, before he can aspire to the status of farm legend Pivotal (GB), whose death in peaceful retirement, aged 28, was mourned five days before the sale. Pivotal was a sprinter whose progeny often had more stamina than expected, but in threatening to reverse that paradox Ulysses is playing a commercially useful game.

The Force Is With Rookie Sire…

Needless to say, a lot of the energy in this market traces sooner to a newer cycle; to the search for a future Time Test, Ardad or Ulysses. And plenty of rookies predictably prompted an early roll of the dice.

One was Land Force, the G2 Richmond S. winner by No Nay Never who, after a single start at three in Australia, returned to Europe to cover 155 mares at Highclere Stud. That gave him quite a footprint here and he landed a couple of breakthrough punches in his home farm draft–both ending up in the day's top six transactions.

“They look runners,” said Con Marnane, such a good judge of the evolving physical, after giving 65,000gns for a February colt (Lot 380). “This is a lovely, quality colt, and we had to go an extra bid or two to get him. But I think the stallion could have some quality yearlings next year. Of course, he was a very good racehorse himself.”

But the dam could certainly contribute in that respect, too, having been placed in the G3 Princess Margaret S. and herself being out of a stakes-placed half-sister to dual Classic winner Finsceal Beo (Ire) (Mr. Greeley). She was bought by Avenue Bloodstock at the end of her career with Paul Cole, at the December Sale here three years ago, for 190,000gns.

Lot 356, similarly, had the benefit of a young dam with a useful page: she's an unraced Redoute's Choice (Aus) half-sister to G1 Haydock Park Sprint Cup Regal Parade (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and G3 Acomb S. winner Entifaadha (GB) (Dansili {GB}). Farther back, this is the famous Juddmonte family of Zafonic (Gone West), Reams Of Verse (Nureyev) and Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). That steeled Alex Elliott's resolve in giving 60,000gns for this February colt.

“I'm a huge fan of the Scat Daddy line,” the agent said. “And a big admirer of Land Force. But this colt has a lovely pedigree all round, I've always loved the family. And he's a lovely horse, a good early foal with a lot of upside to him. He's bred to be fast, and should be easy to place in any sale next year. I buy for a few [resale] syndicates and he'll probably go to Ireland in the meantime.”

 

Tested Methods Opens New Territories…

Pinhookers seeking motivation through the toil of the months ahead will keep in mind the inspiring touch pulled off by John Foley of Ballyvolane Stud with a Time Test colt picked up in this ring a year ago for 56,000gns. Having elevated his value to 400,000gns in Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale, Foley was back to play up his winnings on a Mar. 5 foal by Territories (Ire) offered as Lot 234 by Hungerford Park Stud.

“He's a lovely horse with good updates,” Foley remarked after signing a 50,000gns docket as GHS Bloodstock. “He'll be for resale, I doubt we can repeat what we did but we'll try.”

Those updates concerned the colt's half-brother Wentwood (GB) (Pour Moi {Ire}), who has been in productive form in Australia, notably in winning the G3 Bendigo Cup H. last month. Among those disappointed to see the colt head off to Co. Limerick was Matt Coleman, who gave Foley sporting congratulations as underbidder.

Having kept that powder dry, Coleman was later able to give 55,000gns for the solitary offering [Lot 410] this week by Zarak (Fr), who has shown such promise in beginning to recycle one of the world's greatest pedigrees. He was acting for Daniel Macauliffe and Anoj Don, previously partners in the Group 2-winning juvenile Fighting Irish (Ire) (Camelot {GB}).

“He has been bought to race, and they were very keen to buy one by the sire,” explained Coleman. “From here he'll probably go to Culworth Grounds and will race in Britain.”

The February foal, sold by Stauffenberg Bloodstock, represents a rising tide in the Haras de Bonneval sire, who retired at €12,000 but rises to €25,000 next spring after including two Group 1 performers among 17 winners from only 32 starters.

 

Tide Remains Strong For Ocean…

Being every bit as brilliant as he was hardy, the designation of Crystal Ocean (GB) as a National Hunt sire offers a depressing commentary of the state of commercial breeding today. So it's good to see that some prospectors have their wits about them sufficiently to grasp that he has every right, as a top-class son of Sea The Stars (Ire), to add to the proliferation of stakes performers in his family tree.

Matt Houldsworth, for instance, gave 46,000gns for a February colt from an excellent German family, presented by Castletown Stud as Lot 365 and now on his way to Aughamore Stud.

“He has been bought for resale,” the agent confirmed. “He's just a really quality individual, a very good-moving horse. I haven't seen many by the stallion, but he was a very good racehorse. I know he's standing as a jumps sire, but that's not to say he won't be a good sire of Flat horses. Hopefully he can go to something like Book 2 here.”

Guy O'Callaghan of Grangemore Stud was another clear-sighted enough to give 30,000gns for Lot 268, a colt who can count none other than Doff The Derby (Master Derby) as fifth dam.

“This is a great-looking foal, by a champion racehorse out of a good, proven Shamardal racemare and with a good back family,” he said. “What's not to like? Simple as that. Crystal Ocean was a top racehorse by a brilliant stallion.”

Crystal Ocean has made a strong start in his “day job” and ended the recent Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale third in the averages at €35,257 for 30 lots sold, with a top price of €120,000.

A more conventional commercial newcomer to register a decent early strike was Tally-Ho's Inns Of Court (Ire), whose son out of a half-sister to Ivawood (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) from Highfort Stud [Lot 431] made 49,000gns from Trev Group.

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Keeneland November Sale Closes With Gains Across The Board

Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale, the most important auction of its kind in the world, closed Friday with gross sales of $203 million, the highest for the sale since 2016, and a record median of $37,000 to signal a resumption of the pre-pandemic bull markets.

Momentum from Keeneland's September Yearling Sale continued to bolster confidence in the market and demand for Thoroughbreds, spurring healthy competition for breeding stock among a deep buying bench as evidenced by the 82 percent clearance rate. Highlighting the auction, held Nov. 10-19, was the sale of seven horses for more than $1 million each, led by Grade 1 winner Paris Lights for $3.1 million, and an $800,000 filly by Frankel who is the top-priced weanling sold at public auction in North America this year.

“Excitement for racing and confidence in the future of our sport globally are positive trends for the entire horse industry,” Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin said. “The November Sale continued the optimism we saw in September with great energy on the sales grounds, smiling faces all around and people having fun doing what they love. As in September, Keeneland worked to elevate the sales atmosphere with many little touches that we hope consignors and buyers really enjoyed, and that helped create a terrific environment to showcase the quality individuals that breeders and sellers brought to market. We are delighted with the enthusiastic response of buyers.”

Buoyant trade throughout the 10-day November Sale fueled double-digit growth over 2020, when the auction was held amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Gross receipts of $203,585,500 increased 34.81 percent from last year's $151,017,300. Keeneland surpassed gross sales for the entire 2020 November Sale on the fifth day of the 2021 auction. This year, 2,470 horses sold through the ring compared to 2,197 in 2020.

“There is exceptional depth and strength to the market. Quality is selling at a premium, and demand is across the board without being overheated,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. “This sale is not an anomaly; sales are strong around the world. There is a positivity surrounding the sport right now and a real desire to own racehorses. Prize money and partnerships have invigorated the yearling market. When you have a vibrant yearling market, it is viable to breed these horses and have a market that will sustain it. We as an industry must challenge ourselves to keep this enthusiasm as we move forward.”

“It's been very good (the market),” WinStar Farm President, CEO and Racing Manager Elliott Walden said. “We've tried to buy some and haven't been successful and the ones we've sold, sold very well. It's a sellers' market right now, and it's good for everybody. It's good to regenerate dollars and it's good for people to get inventory and have that appetite. The fundamentals are good on the racing side. Purses are good; it makes sense to buy horses. The economy is doing very well right now, but I think the fundamentals of owning a racehorse are there finally. It's been a long time.”

Cumulative average price of $82,423 for the November Sale represented a 19.91 percent rise over last year's $68,738.

Cumulative median price rose 60.87 percent from $23,000 to $37,000, exceeding the record of $35,000 recorded in 2005 and equaled in 2006-2007 and 2013-2014.

“The median is a good guide of the health of the market generally and the middle market in particular,” Keeneland Director of Sales Operations Cormac Breathnach said. “We've seen record medians in September and again in November, and it's very gratifying. The median and the RNA rate often tie well together. A higher median and a lower RNA rate show that there is depth of the buying bench, energy through the sale into later books – as people get pushed – and an appetite for horses.”

Robust trade at the November Sale was fueled by competition among a deep and diverse buying bench as domestic and foreign buyers stretched their budgets to acquire quality horses at all levels of the market. The diversity of buyers was reflected in the fact that the 41 horses sold for $500,000 or more were purchased by 30 different interests.

Domestic buyers continued to flex their spending muscle as established breeders including Spendthrift Farm, Claiborne Farm, Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, Mt. Brilliant Farm and Winchell Thoroughbreds bought with confidence. Prominent owners such as Bill and Susan Casner, who have not been as active in recent years, made significant purchases during the November Sale.

“The health of the mare market in particular has been really encouraging because people are investing for the future,” Lacy said. “Many of them are established breeders who are doubling down. This is discretionary income, not borrowed money. It is actual money that's being invested.”

Spendthrift Farm paid the sale-topping price of $3.1 million for Paris Lights, a Grade 1-winning filly by Curlin who was consigned by ELiTE, agent. The 4-year-old daughter of the winning Bernardini mare Paris Bikini is from the family of Broodmare of Year Better Than Honour, Grade 2 winner Smolensk and Grade 3 winners America and First Captain.

Paris Lights was one of 15 horses supplemented to Book 1. Another supplement, Look Me Over, received a significant update to her catalog page immediately before the sale when her half-brother, Corniche, won the TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and became the presumptive champion 2-year-old male. Look Me Over sold for $1.2 million to Mt. Brilliant Farm.

Phil Schoenthal, agent for Matt Dorman's D. Hatman Thoroughbreds, paid $800,000 for the weanling filly by champion British runner and leading sire Frankel who is a half-sister to Group 1 winner Arizona (IRE) and Grade 2 winner Nay Lady Nay (IRE). Consigned by Four Star Sales, agent, the filly is out of the English Channel mare Lady Ederle. She is from the family of European champion Dabirsim and Group 1 winner Bright Generation (IRE).

Meanwhile, the success of American bloodlines globally enhanced the worldwide appeal of the November Sale and contributed to a resurgence in international participation. Buyers from 23 countries, including Japan, England, Ireland, France, Australia, Turkey, Korea, Saudi Arabia and Argentina, participated in the sale.

“With travel restrictions lifting in time for the sale, it has been refreshing to see some people who've not been here – not just for several years but sometimes a decade or more,” Lacy said. “Keeneland is a global marketplace and one of the key sources of equine stock in the world. The fact that people were able to attend in person was very important. The sale had the feel of 10-15 years ago when there was very vibrant international participation. It is one of the things we want to focus on for the future.”

Japanese buyers were a major presence, energized by the success of Japanese horses at the recent Breeders' Cup World Championships. Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner Loves Only You (JPN) was bred by the Northern Farm of longtime Keeneland patron Katsumi Yoshida, who bought her dam, the Storm Cat mare Loves Only Me, for $900,000 at the 2009 November Sale. Loves Only You sold as a yearling in her native country for $1.4 million.

In Book 1, Yoshida acquired two mares with American pedigrees. He spent $850,000 on Lucky Dime, a half-sister to champion Mitole and Grade 2 winner and classic-placed Hot Rod Charlie in foal to Medaglia d'Oro, and $800,000 on Grade 2 winner Horologist.

Masahiro Miki of Japan was the sale's leading buyer, spending $3,675,000 for three horses in Book 1. He paid $2.3 million on the second-highest-priced horse, Pink Sands, a Grade 2-winning daughter of Tapit who is carrying her first foal by Into Mischief. Consigned by Gainesway, agent, the 6-year-old mare is out of Grade 1 winner Her Smile, by Include.

Other prominent buyers from Japan included Ever Union Shokai, which purchased 2021 Grade 1 Gamely winner Maxim Rate for $1.2 million, along with J.S. Company Ltd. and Shadai Farm.

“American dirt bloodlines are so valuable around the world and contribute to stud books in various racing jurisdictions,” Breathnach said. “We are really privileged and fortunate to be able to represent that market to the world here at Keeneland with the support of the breeders and consignors that send us such quality stock. International participation is very important to us.”

The November Sale's second-leading buyer was John and Susan Sykes's Woodford Thoroughbreds of Florida, who spent $3,515,000 for 14 in-foal broodmares. Woodford paid $400,000 each for two mares carrying foals from the first crop of Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve winner and Horse of the Year Authentic, the sale's leading covering sire by gross.

A total of 20 mares in foal to Authentic sold for $7.84 million, led by Achalaya, dam of Grade 1 winner Casa Creed and Grade 3 winner Chess's Dream. Thirty Year Farm purchased her for $725,000 from the Gainesway consignment.

Lane's End supported multiple Grade 1 winner Code of Honor, who enters stud at the farm in 2022, by purchasing 19 mares for $2.55 million under Code of Honor LLC/L.E.B., agent.

The weanling market was extremely competitive with pinhookers and end-users both actively involved. A weanling led Day 2 when Coolmore's M.V. Magnier spent $625,000 for Just Before Dawn, a colt by undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify. Lane's End, agent, consigned the colt, a half-brother to multiple Grade 1 winner Moonshine Memories from the family of Horse of the Year Favorite Trick and classic winner Tiz the Law.

The leading sire of weanlings by gross was Munnings, whose 21 weanlings sold through the ring for $3,064,000. Sires represented by their first crops of weanlings were led by Grade 1 winner Audible and by champions Mitole and Vino Rosso. Weanlings by such young sires as Gun Runner, Constitution and Liam's Map also were popular.

“The young sires have created a lot of excitement for the future among breeders,” Breathnach said. “For instance, seeing the success of horses from Gun Runner's first season gives people confidence in his potential and also in the other very talented young sires in the pipeline.”

By average (with three or more sold), Into Mischief led rankings of both covering sires and weanling sires. Six mares in foal to the stallion averaged $887,500, and his seven weanlings averaged $402,143.

The November Sale also featured the first of an annual draft of broodmares and broodmare prospects from successful breeders and owners Gary and Mary West. Paramount Sales was agent for the consignment, which grossed $784,000 for 26 horses.

Online bidding once again proved a popular tool for buyers as 253 horses sold over the internet for $11,697,000.  Of particular note is the fact that online activity spiked during the second week of the auction.

The leading consignor at the November Sale for the fifth consecutive year and 25th time since 1987 was Taylor Made Sales Agency, which sold 236 horses for $23,080,200. Taylor Made's most expensive offering was the Scat Daddy mare Downside Scenario, the dam of Grade 2 winner Mutasaabeq who is in foal to Into Mischief. She sold for $1.15 million to Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings.

Keeneland debut winner Strava brings $825,000 to lead horses of racing age on final day

Closing day of the November Sale began with an offering of 148 cataloged head of breeding stock that was topped by Miss Floki, a 3-year-old winning daughter of Ghostzapper out of Grade 1 winner Cotton Blossom, who sold for $105,000 to Douglas Arnold, agent. Consigned by Four Star Sales, agent for the Estate of William D. Graham's Windhaven Farms, she was cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect.

The session concluded with a segment dedicated to horses of racing age in a format Keeneland offered for the first time. A total of 127 horses sold for $8,029,000.

The $825,000 high seller was Strava, a 2-year-old son of Into Mischief who won his Oct. 9 career debut at Keeneland. Denny Crum purchased the colt, who was consigned by WinStar Racing, agent, and is out of the winning Grade 1-placed mare Catch My Drift, by Pioneerof the Nile. (Click here for a video of Strava in the sales ring.)

Crum, who won two NCAA championships as coach of the University of Louisville's men's basketball team, has been involved in racing for some time. With his purchase of Strava, he reunites with Dallas Stewart, who trained his multiple Grade 2 winner Nasty Storm and conditioned Strava before the sale.

“I've decided at my age there is no reason to save any money,” Crum, 84, said. “So I wanted a good horse, and I think we got one. (Strava) cost us a little more than I thought he would, but still (he) is the best horse here.”

Stewart said Strava would go to Fair Grounds.

Gold for Kitten, a 3-year-old stakes-placed filly by Kitten's Joy, sold for $350,000 to Vineyard Racing. Out of the winning Hard Spun mare Olympic Avenue, she is from the family of Grade 3 winner Valid Expectations and stakes winner Successful Native. Gold for Kitten was consigned by St George Sales, agent, as a racing or broodmare prospect.

M. Maker, agent, paid $335,000 for Stolen Base, a 2-year-old colt by Bodemeister who last raced in the Nov. 5 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Winner of his debut at Saratoga, the colt was second in Keeneland's G2 Castle & Key Bourbon in October. He was consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent.

Selling for $325,000 was Realm of Law, a 3-year-old War Front colt who won an Oct. 15 maiden race at Keeneland. BBA Ireland purchased the colt, whose dam is Grade 2 winner Filimbi, by Mizzen Mast, and is from the family of Grade 1 winners Flute and Weep No More. He was consigned by WinStar Racing, agent for Juddmonte.

Lacy said presenting horses of racing age in their own segment on the final day of the November Sale had advantages.

“Breeding stock are not displaced in the flow of the sale, and it is perfectly positioned on the racing calendar as stables move south for the winter,” he said. “Owners have young stock coming through, and they want to trade out some of their stock that maybe isn't working for their program or they want to capitalize on what they've got.”

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Horses Of Racing Age Supplement For Midlantic December Mixed Now Online

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 167 supplemental horses of racing age for its upcoming Midlantic December Mixed and Horses of Racing Age Sale.  The sale will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md.

Horses of racing age are cataloged as Hips 233-399 in a separate supplemental catalog. Daily Racing Form past performances may now be viewed online, and race replays for all racing-age entries will be available by the beginning of next week. Ragozin speed figures will also be available closer to sale time.

“This is our fifth year offering a horses of racing age supplement at Midlantic December, and we could not be more pleased with the large group we have cataloged,” said Midlantic Director of Sales Paget Bennett. “Prospective buyers will find quality in-form entries that will suit a variety of racing levels from coast-to-coast.”

These entries may now be viewed online and will also be available in the equineline sales catalog app. Print versions will be available on the sales grounds at sale time.

The Midlantic December Mixed and Horses of Racing Age Sale will begin at 11 a.m. Online bidding and phone bidding will be available.

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Indiana Weanling Spotlight Presented By Indiana Thoroughbred Alliance: Hip 1236, Sister Sez No, By Not This Time

Not This Time has been siring major runners, including G1 Del Mar Debutante Stakes winner Princess Noor (o/o Sheza Smoke Show), which makes the combination of the Giant's Causeway stallion and Dundalk Bay an exciting one.

Dundalk Bay, a Majestic Warrior mare out of the Pembroke mare Pem's Hostess, is a young producer with an intriguing pedigree.

Breeder James Jones presents Sister Sez No, a bay filly foaled Feb. 12, 2021, with Vinery Sales during the November Keeneland Breeding Stock Sale.

Hip 1236 – Sister Sez No: B. f., 2021, Not This Time x Dundalk Bay, by Majestic Warrior

“This is a very solid foal,” said Zach Madden of Buckland Sales. “When you look at her, the first thing that jumps out at me is her shoulder and her hip. She looks very strong and well-balanced with a natural muscle and plenty of leg under her. This is all the things buyers want to see.”

Not This Time stands at Taylor Made Stallions at a 2022 fee of $45,000, making the opportunity to purchase a filly of this breeding an excellent chance for affordable quality. In 2021, so far, with only two crops of racing age, his progeny have earned more than $4.3 million in North America, with 11 black type winners including Easy Time, Yes This Time, And Howling Time.

SALE NOTES:

  • Sister Sez No is registered through the Indiana Thoroughbred Breed Development Program, meaning she is eligible to race in registered Indiana-bred races at Indiana Grand.
  • She is nominated to the Breeders' Cup.
  • Veterinarian radiographs have been taken and are available for potential buyers, as well as any veterinarian documentation. You can view at the sale via Vinery Sales.

Buy Indiana, Race in Indiana: Did you know that registered Indiana-bred and Indiana-sired horses are eligible to race for bigger purses and greater incentives when they race at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino? More than $1 million in restricted stakes races and almost $20 million in purses are up for grabs in 2022. Indiana Grand offers a growing catalog of races and open stakes allowing for flexibility in a horse's racing repertoire.

Content paid for by the breeder, via the Indiana Thoroughbred Alliance.

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