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History Makers Abound In The Florida Sire Stakes

The FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes has been the proving ground for future champions and provided a road to the Breeders' Cup for nearly 40 years.

Started in 1982 as a showcase for 2-year-olds grown in the Sunshine State, the series has expanded under the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association to include both a win bonus program and 3-year-old opportunities at both Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs.

“The rich history of the series has given opportunities to showcase Florida stallions and the talent coming out of the Sunshine state,” said FTBOA CEO Lonny Powell. “Along the way, the Florida Sire Stakes has produced alumni that have won the Kentucky Derby, Breeders' Cup races, and national honors.”

Big Drama swept the Florida Sire Stakes in 2008 before going on to win the Breeders' Cup Sprint in 2010. That same year, Awesome Feather swept the filly division and followed it up with a Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies win. Thirteen horses have swept the series.

Not Surprising won the 1992 FSS Dr. Fager and finished out of the money in the next two legs in the FSS Affirmed and FSS In Reality. Three year later, he was named national champion sprinter.

Holy Bull won the In Reality in 1993 before becoming Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old colt in 1994.

Hollywood Wildcat won the 1993 Breeders' Cup Distaff after finishing sixth the previous year in the FSS Susan's Girl.

Unbridled finished second in the 1989 In Reality and captured the Kentucky Derby the following year. He was also named national champion 3-year-old and has since produced four generations of Breeders' Cup winners.

Not Surprising honored a retirement ceremony on Festival of the Sun day at Calder Race Course.

Brave Raj, who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in 1986, won the Susan's Girl and the My Dear Girl leading up to the Cup.

Smile swept the colt series in 1984 before winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint and was named champion sprinter in 1986.

The question remains as to whether 2020 will produce yet another historically significant Florida Stallion Stakes performance, a future Breeders' Cup winner or Eclipse Award champion. There may be a star juvenile now training at Gulfstream Park or Palm Meadows or at a training center or farm in Ocala that is just waiting for the opportunity to join the ranks of successful Florida Sire Stakes grads.

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Runaway Ghost Retired To Double LL Farms In New Mexico

Grade 3 winner Runaway Ghost (Ghostzapper x Rose's Desert by Desert God) has been retired from racing and will stand for the 2021 breeding season at Double LL Farms in Bosque, N.M.

With lifetime earnings of $783,509, he won a total of six stakes races, from six furlongs to a mile and an eighth, by a combined 27 1/4 lengths. His Grade 3 Sunland Derby win earned him the right to enter the 2018 Kentucky Derby, but he was forced to scratch prior to the Derby after suffering a training injury while at Sunland Park Racetrack in New Mexico.

Runaway Ghost came back as a 4-year-old and won three stakes races at Sunland Park before shipping to Kentucky for the G3 Commonwealth Stakes at Keeneland, where he unfortunately suffered an ankle injury after twice clipping heels in the race.

A third-generation homebred for Joe Peacock of San Antonio, Texas, Runaway Ghost retires sound and will continue to be owned by the Peacock family as he starts his second career.

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ThoroughbredAuctions.Com November Mixed Sale Begins Monday

Bidding opens Monday, Oct. 26 and closes Monday, Nov. 2 for the November Mixed Internet Auction of Thoroughbreds by ThoroughbredAuctions.com.

The auction has nearly 70 entries and include large consignments from Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana and Arizona as well as Kentucky. The auction is offering broodmares by sires such as Medaglia d'Oro, War Front, City Zip, Street Cry, Wildcat Heir, Awesome Again, Indian Charlie, Kantharos and Union Rags, among others.

Also selling are 2019 and 2020 accredited Oklahoma Breds by such sires as Liaison, Mshawish, Diabolical, and I Spent It. The sale also includes Accredited New Mexico Bred yearlings by King Bull and Latigo Shore.

A majority of the entries are being sold with no reserve.

“2020 has been a challenging year for breeders, particularly regional breeders, to find viable venues to market their broodmares and young stock,” said Tim Jennings of ThoroughbredAuctions.com. “Many live auctions have been canceled, or rescheduled. Our company offers a safe, cost-effective alternative for selling Thoroughbreds. We reach a wider range of buyers, and horses can be sold without leaving their stalls, and without buyers and sellers leaving the comfort of their homes.”

Prospective buyers will need to go to the auction website, and create an account if they have never participated in the auctions. They will then need to request a bidder's number in order to bid. Please visit the website at ThoroughbredAuctions.com for more information or email info@thoroughbredauctions.com.

The ThoroughbredAuctions.com team of Tim and Cathy Jennings have pioneered Internet Horse Auctions, beginning in 2012 with Sport Horse and Quarter Horse Auctions. Venturing into Thoroughbred Internet Auctions in 2019, they have been the most successful Internet Thoroughbred Auction company in North America, cataloging 428 horses, and selling 337 of those cataloged. That represents 79 percent of horses sold from those offered, producing gross sales of $3,041,300.

Tim and Cathy are the industry's most experienced show horse auction managers. Their team managed more than 380 live horse auctions selling over 80,000 horses since 1978. Tim's previous firm, Professional Auction Services, was the largest show horse auction company in the world, by number of horses sold for 15 years.

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Leading New York Freshman Sire Laoban Relocating To WinStar Farm

Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes winner Laoban, a son of champion and perennial leading sire Uncle Mo, is relocating from Sequel Stallions in New York to WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky.

A limited number of seasons will be offered at $25,000 S&N until the Breeders' Cup. The fee is subject to change pending results as Laoban has contenders in the $2-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, the $2-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile, and the $1-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

The leading New York freshman sire with debut winners sprinting and routing on dirt and turf, Laoban is represented by the undefeated Simply Ravishing, a dominating 6 1/4-length winner of the G1 Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland where she ran an 89 Beyer, the fastest 2-year-old Beyer of Keeneland's fall meet. Prior to that eye-catching score, she strolled home a 6 1/2-length winner of the P.G. Johnson Stakes at seven furlongs on the dirt at Saratoga, which followed a maiden-breaking win at 1 1/16 miles on the turf at Saratoga in her career debut for trainer Ken McPeek.

Additional top performers include graded stakes-placed runners Keepmeinmind, second in Keeneland's G1 Breeders' Futurity and Ava's Grace, third in the G2 Adirondack Stakes at Saratoga.

“My phone lit up before the filly crossed the wire at Keeneland,” said Becky Thomas of Sequel Stallions. “In the following days, we were overwhelmed with calls from all of the very top stallion farms in Kentucky.

“Laoban is stamping his foals and proving to be a cookie-cutter of the Uncle Mo style of stretch and athleticism,” Thomas continued. “Since receiving the foals from New York, they certainly looked the part, but once we started training them at Winding Oaks, I knew that he was going to be something special. Talking with other horsemen in Ocala who were training his first crop of 2-year-olds and seeing them perform consistently, he was the buzz horse all season. Then, for him to become the first New York stallion to sire a Grade 1 winner in his first crop is absolutely incredible. It is truly a humbling experience to be a part of what is becoming such an important young stallion. WinStar is a great fit for him and he is sure to get a wide variety of nice mares coming from all their partnerships and support. We couldn't be more excited about his future.”

In winning the 2016 Jim Dandy in wire-to-wire fashion over a top-class field, Laoban defeated Belmont Stakes and G1 Arkansas Derby winner Creator and multiple graded stakes winners Mohyamen and Destin. The handsome dark bay did not need to take his track with him, making nine starts at eight different tracks in 10 months, banking $526,250. In addition to his impressive Jim Dandy victory, Laoban was runner-up in the G3 Gotham Stakes and placed in the G3 Sham Stakes.

A complete outcross in his first four generations, Laoban, a $260,000 Keeneland September sale yearling bred in Kentucky by Respite Farm, is produced from Chattertown, a stakes-placed daughter of leading sire Speightstown and a three-quarter sister to multiple Grade 1 winner and multi-millionaire I'm a Chatterbox.

“I have tremendous respect for Becky and her Sequel operation,” said Elliott Walden, WinStar's president, CEO, and racing manager. “We are excited to partner with her and the original shareholders and we are appreciative of the efforts of Siena, Taylor Made, and Breeze Easy in bringing Laoban to Kentucky. Laoban is a beautiful son of Uncle Mo who might have three horses in the Breeders' Cup and we believe Uncle Mo is an important sire line for the next generation. Having Laoban join third-leading freshman sire Outwork on our roster gives us two of his exciting three sons with 2-year-olds this year.”

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