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Freedom Speaks Fastest At OBS Winter Mixed Sale Under Tack Show

Freedom Speaks, Hip 253 in the OBS Winter Mixed Sale, turned in the fastest three-eights workout at the under tack show Monday in a record time of :31 2/5 seconds. Consigned by Best A Luck Farm as agent, the newly minted 3-year-old filly by American Freedom out of the Macho Uno mare Wicked Speed, a half-sister to Horse of the Year Fatal Bullet.

Sonic Thrust, Hip 268, turned in a breeze in :31 4/5 seconds. Consigned by Grassroots Training and Sales, the Twirling Candy colt is a half-brother to multiple stakes-placed Brimstone Island and out of the Broad Brush mare Broad Sound, who is out of Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan winner Miss Legality.
Not Mercy, Hip 300, went in :32 flat. The filly by Laoban is out of the winning Sea of Secrets mare Mercy's Delight and from the family of European Champion Rose Bowl. He is consigned by Coastal Equine (Jesse Hoppel) as agent.
Calculated, cataloged as Hip 278, breezed in :32 1/5 seconds. The Klimt colt is out of the Grade 3-placed Hennessy mare Dos Lunas also from the Grassroots Training and Sales consignment.
Aggrandize, Hip 358, also worked in :32 1/5 seconds. The son of Exaggerator is out of the Orb mare Sightseeing Sis, a daughter of Grade 1-placed Resort. He is consigned by Journeyman Bloodstock Services (Brent and Crystal Fernung) as agent.

Four horses stopped the clock in :32 2/5 seconds.

Hip 258, a filly by Jimmy Creed out of Zaza by Midnight Lute is consigned by Coastal Equine (Jesse Hoppel) as agent and is from the family of Grade 2 winner Indian Firewater.
Hip 265, a daughter of Astern (AUS) out of Belle Amidst by Bellamy Road, a half-sister to Grade 3 winner Atoned is consigned by Julie Davies as agent.
Hip 273 is a gelding by Street Sense also from the Coastal Equine (Jesse Hoppel) consignment out of the stakes-placed Exchange Rate mare, Corsage.
Hip 314 is a Runhappy filly from the James Layden consignment out of the stakes-placed Ghostzapper mare Puzzling, herself a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Dancing Forever.

There are a number of horses cataloged in the Horses of Racing Age session that have run since the catalog; the highlight of which is stakes-placed Fifth Anniversary who won to debut her 2022 campaign, setting a new course record in her Jan. 19 start at Gulfstream. Cataloged as Hip 349 at the OBS Winter Mixed Sale, the filly by Runhappy is from the family of multiple Grade 1 winner and Triple Crown sire Pioneerof the Nile. She is out of the Hard Spun mare My Lady Lauren and is consigned by Stuart Morris as agent. Watch her race here.

The sale begins Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 11 a.m. with Hips 1-206 cataloged in the Preferred session. Horses of Racing Age sell immediately after, cataloged as Hips 251-365.

The Open session will take place Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. with Hips 401-649.

To view the full under-tack results, click here.

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1/ST Partners With Ed Brown Society On Internship Program For African American Students

In advance of the 2022 Pegasus World Cup, 1/ST announces a multi-year partnership with the Ed Brown Society that will include a paid internship program for African American students.

Founded by Living the Dream Racing and Stables and led by respected industry connections Greg Harbut and Ray Daniels, the Ed Brown Society celebrates the rich history of African Americans in the equine industry and creates opportunities for young people of color to gain industry exposure, training and experience through internships and scholarships.

The multi-year commitment of $150,000 made by 1/ST will cover all costs associated with the paid internship program which will enable the Ed Brown Society to identify, recruit and place qualified minority students from both historically black colleges and universities and predominantly white institutions. Chosen interns will be compensated and will have all housing and travel expenses covered as part of the program. The Ed Brown Society will provide ongoing direction to the interns as they progress toward permanent professional placements.

The first two interns will begin their placement this spring at 1/ST Racing's Gulfstream Park. This collaborative internship program will offer African American students the opportunity to learn more about the Thoroughbred horse racing industry as they work alongside members of the experienced 1/ST team.

“1/ST is pleased to be the first industry partner of the Ed Brown Society. We are impressed with the commitment of the organization and Living the Dream Stables to racing as a whole and increasing diversity in particular. We are looking forward to working with Ray, Greg and the rest of their team in the years to come,” said Jason Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, 1/ST Content.

“As a third-generation horseman, and one of the few African American professionals in the industry, I am extremely excited about the work of the Ed Brown Society, and I am delighted that 1/ST has joined us to advance our mission,” said Ed Brown Society Chairman Greg Harbut, whose great-grandfather was the groom of world-renowned Thoroughbred Man O' War.

The introductions of the first interns and acknowledgement of the partnership between 1/ST and the Ed Brown Society will be made as part of the 2022 Pegasus World Cup Kick-Off Celebration taking place on Thursday, January 27th at the Historic Ward Room House and Red Rooster in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami featuring D-Nice, Darin Atwater and the Soulful Symphony.

In addition to the internship program, 1/ST will collaborate with the Ed Brown Society to host “Ed Brown Race Days” across 1/ST Racing venues in California, Florida and Maryland to further support and promote diversity and inclusivity in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, including for the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In at Santa Anita.

The Ed Brown Society is named in honor of Edward Dudley Brown. Born into slavery in Lexington, Ky., Dudley Brown went on to become one of the most accomplished horsemen in the history of Thoroughbred horse racing. Founded by Living The Dream Racing and Stables, Greg Harbut and Ray Daniels also furthered the cause of minority participation in the industry through their respective ownership interests in the 2020 Kentucky Derby runner, Necker Island.

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Annual KEEP Day In Frankfort To Be Held January 27

The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) announced that it will host its annual KEEP Day in Frankfort event on Thursday, Jan. 27.

KEEP Day in Frankfort provides KEEP grassroots members, industry leaders, breed associations, and other industry partners an opportunity to share with Kentucky lawmakers the importance of horses to their legislative districts and the state's economy.

The event will take place from 9 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. in Room 113 in the Capitol Annex.

Elisabeth Jensen, KEEP's Executive Vice President who oversees the daily operations of the organization, commented, “Kentucky's horse industry and community create an annual economic impact on the state of $6.5 billion. More important, though, are the tens of thousands of jobs and thousands of businesses that contributed directly and in-directly to the state's horse industry. These businesses and industry partners are the lifeblood of small towns across the state and it is critical that the industry flourish to support the small businesses and equine operations that are at the heart of Kentucky's signature industry.”

Created in 2004 to preserve, promote, and protect the state's horse industry, KEEP represents and advocates on behalf of Kentucky's entire industry – all breeds and equine pursuits.

Jensen continued, “KEEP Day in Frankfort brings industry participants together with lawmakers to share how the policies developed in Frankfort have real impacts in the industry across the state. We look forward to showcasing all facets of the industry, including tourism and recreation, racing, non-racing breeds, and more.”

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Broodmare Of The Year Leslie’s Lady Dies At Age 26

Leslie's Lady, the 2016 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year and arguably the most influential broodmare of the current North American breeding landscape, died Monday morning at age 26, BloodHorse reports.

The flagship broodmare for Clarkland Farm had been residing as a pensioner at the Lexington, Ky., operation after retiring from production last spring.

The names under Leslie's Lady's produce record comprise some of the most important names in the stakes book, the sale catalog, and the stud book over the past two decades: Grade 1 winner and record-setting sire Into Mischief; four-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder; $3-million yearling, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner and popular young stallion Mendelssohn; $8.2-million yearling America's Joy; $1.1-million yearling Leslie's Harmony; leading California freshman sire Curlin to Mischief; and black type producers Judy B, Victory Party, and Daisy Mason.

Bred in Kentucky by David E. Hager II, the daughter of Tricky Creek sold as a short yearling for $8,000 at the 1997 Keeneland January sale, then went to James T. Hines Jr. for $27,000 later that year at the Keeneland September sale. She was then placed in the barn of trainer Robert Holthus, with whom she won five of 28 starts, highlighted by a victory in the listed Hoosier Debutante Stakes at Hoosier Park during her 2-year-old season.

Leslie's Lady entered Hines' breeding program after retiring from the racetrack, and she was initially unspectacular. She aborted her first foal after meeting Marquetry, then her first two foals never earned black type.

She was part of the first book for stallion Harlan's Holiday in 2004, and she produced the colt that would become Into Mischief the following March.

Hines died in February 2006, and Leslie's Lady was offered as part of his dispersal at that year's Keeneland November sale, where he sold to Clarkland Farm for $100,000. Into Mischief, meanwhile, took a detour through Indiana on his road to the history books.

Leslie's Lady earned Kentucky Broodmare of the Year honors from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association in 2016 after a season where Beholder, by Henny Hughes, won the Breeders' Cup Distaff and the Eclipse Award for champion older female.

While Clarkland Farm bred Leslie's Lady primarily for the commercial market, the operation retained the mare's final two foals, both of them fillies, to preserve her female line in their program.

Marr Time, a 3-year-old by Not This Time, was a debut winner last fall, taking a Keeneland maiden special weight by 2 3/4 lengths. Her final foal is the unraced Kantharos juvenile Love You Irene.

In total, Leslie's Lady has produced seven winners from nine starters to date, with combined on-track earnings of more than $9.5 million. Her foals have brought a combined $14,187,000 at public auction.

Leslie's Lady was buried near the entrance of Clarkland Farm.