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Breakway Farm In Indiana To Host Virtual Farm Tour

Breakway Farm, located in central Indiana is offering a virtual farm tour and stallion showcase on its Facebook page on Sept. 15 starting at noon EDT.

In operation since 1995, Breakway Farm is the home to some of Indiana's top stallions and is excited to present two new stallions for the 2021 breeding season during its virtual stallion show. The stallion show and virtual farm tour will feature owner Janice Jordan and farm manager Tara Mathias sharing information on their breeding and boarding farm and how breeders can participate in the lucrative Indiana Thoroughbred Breed Development Program.

New stallions Calculator and Charming Kitten will be introduced to potential breeders.

Calculator (In Summation – Back To Basics, by Alphabet Soup) was the winner of the Grade 3 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita in 2015 and Grade 1 placed, who retired with lifetime earnings of more than $694,000. The gray stallion brings new blood and outcrosses to the state of Indiana and its breeding program.

“Calculator is a great addition to our breeding program because he is an outcross to so many mares,” said Mathias, manager of Breakway Farm.

Millionaire Charming Kitten also joined the stallion roster at Breakway Farm in 2020. The 10-year-old son of Kitten's Joy (out of The Wild Again mare Iteration) won or placed in eight graded stakes, including a victory in the G3 W.L. McKnight Handicap and a third-place finish in the 2013 G1 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, prior to starting in the Kentucky Derby. The breeding of Charming Kitten fits in with the racing program at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino, where more turf racing is being featured.

“Charming Kitten is a good fit,” says Mathias. “We're excited to stand a son of top sire Kitten's Joy in Indiana.”

Other stallions standing at Breakway Farm that will be featured in the virtual stallion show include:

Greeley's Conquest (Mr. Greeley – Tipsy Girl)
Mondavi (Maria's Mon, – Senate Appointee), sire of 2019 Swifty Sired Stakes winner Marilyn Mongo
Skylord (Sky Mesa – Skyscape), sire of 2018 two-time stakes winner It's Just Fate and two-time William Henry Harrison Stakes winner Double Tuff
Turbo Compressor (Halo's Image – Dixieland Event)

“We are excited about the 2021 breeding season,” says farm owner Janice Jordan. “So, we welcome everyone to tune into our virtual stallion show and farm tour.”

The virtual stallion show and farm tour starts at noon EDT and can be found at: http://facebook.com/breakwayfarm

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Tuesday Insights: Daughter of Dance to Bristol Debuts

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DANCE FOR THE GOLD (Medaglia d’Oro) is the second foal, but the first to race from Dance To Bristol (Speightstown), who won half of her 20 career trips to the post, including the GI Ballerina S. in 2013. Bred on the reverse cross responsible for the likes of Grade I winners Rock Fall and Separationofpowers and other graded winners Barkley and Strike Power, Dance for the Gold is a full-sister to a yearling colt that fetched $750,000 from Donato Lanni, agent for SF/Starlight/Madaket, during Sunday’s opening session of the Keeneland September sale. TJCIS PPs

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Grade 1 Winner Honor A. P. Retired Due To Injury; To Stand At Lane’s End

Lane's End farm announced today that Honor A. P. will retire from racing and stand the 2021 season at their Versailles farm. The 3-year-old colt retires as a Grade 1 winner and the top earner of his leading second-crop sire Honor Code.

In his most recent start, Honor A. P. dealt with an unlucky trip to finish a quickening fourth in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, posting a 99 Beyer and traveling an incredible 49 more feet than the winner Authentic. This in turn means that the colt ran the fastest race of the field when accounting for ground loss.

“Honor A. P. is a horse with an immense talent,” said trainer John Shirreffs. “He was so forward and precocious that he broke his maiden second time out by over five lengths going two turns. Honor A. P. showed brilliance as a 2-year-old from the first time I saw him train and replicated it as a 3-year-old defeating the future Kentucky Derby winner. He ran a super race in the Derby and we later found that he came out of the race with an injury, so all things considered, what he accomplished was something special.”

As a 2-year-old, Honor A. P. broke his maiden at Santa Anita by over five lengths posting a 91 Beyer, one of the highest of his generation. His first start as a 3-year-old was in graded stakes company when he finished second in the G2 San Felipe Stakes. In his next start, he won the G1 Santa Anita Derby posting a 102 Beyer, becoming the only horse to defeat subsequent Kentucky Derby winner Authentic while also defeating G2 Pat Day Mile Stakes winner Rushie. The G1 Santa Anita Derby has long produced breed-shaping sires with past winners including A.P. Indy, Sunday Silence, Affirmed, Pioneerof the Nile and more. In his next start, the Shared Belief Stakes, he posted another 102 Beyer making him one of four 3-year-old colts in 2020 to post multiple triple-digit Beyers beyond a mile.

“Honor A. P. was a 'wow' horse from the beginning. He was the highest priced yearling in Honor Code's first crop. He was a standout 2-year-old at April Mayberry's, and the most recognizable horse in training at Santa Anita,” said Bill Farish. “His stunning good looks paired with his obvious talent make him just the type of prospect we are looking for at Lane's End.”

Honor A. P. is out of the multiple Grade 1 winner Hollywood Story, who earned $1,171,105 in her career and he is a half-sibling to three black-type winners. Hollywood Story is by Wild Rush, making Honor A. P.'s pedigree free of Mr. Prospector on his dam's side to five generations. His sire Honor Code is one of just four second-crop sires including Liam's Map and Constitution to produce a Grade 1 winner in 2020. To date, Honor A. P. is Honor Code's highest priced yearling commanding a final bid of $850,000 from David Ingordo for Lee and Susan Searing's CRK Stable at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale.

“Like any owner in this game, Susan and I have long dreamt about having a leading Derby contender,” said Lee Searing. “Honor A. P. has given us the journey of a lifetime and we are excited to stay involved in his next career as a stallion where we know he'll be in great hands at Lane's End.”

Honor A. P. will be available for inspection at Lane's End farm in the coming weeks and a stud fee will be determined.

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Due To Air Quality Concerns, Santa Anita Will Push Opening Day Back To Sept. 25

The opening day of Santa Anita's Autumn season will be pushed back a week until Friday, September 25, due to the impact of Bobcat Fire on the air quality and surrounding community.

“Our local community has been deeply impacted by the Bobcat Fire burning for more than a week in the mountains behind us,” said Aidan Butler, Executive Director of California Operations for The Stronach Group. “The current weather pattern has kept the smoke in the valley and the air quality is quite poor right now. The Red Cross is using Santa Anita as the evacuation zone for people – including many of our horsemen – whose homes are less than two miles from here. As excited as we are to welcome back live racing, we are first and foremost committed to safety. This is the responsible decision to make at this time so people can plan accordingly.”

“The stakes races set for this weekend will be brought back next weekend,” said Steve Lym, Santa Anita's VP – Racing & Racing Secretary. “The smoke has impacted some training schedules, so postponing until next weekend will allow everyone a chance to be ready to go. We are planning on filling extra races throughout the meet to give our horsemen the opportunity to run their horses.”

The Opening Week now will feature a blockbuster schedule of outstanding stakes action, offering over $2-million in purse money. The stakes schedule includes seven races which are “Win and You're In” races for the 2020 Breeders' Cup World Championships. The stakes races originally slotted for this weekend will be run as follows: the Chillingworth on Friday, September 25, the Speakeasy on Saturday, September 26 and the Tokyo City Cup on Sunday, September 27.

Entries for Opening Day, September 25, will be drawn on Sunday, September 20, as scheduled. First post will be 12:30 p.m. PT.

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