Anchor Down Moves To Iowa State University For 2022

Grade 2 winner Anchor Down will move to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa for the 2022 breeding season, where he will stand for an advertised fee of $3,000.

The 10-year-old son of Tapit previously stood at Gainesway Farm in Kentucky, where he retired to stud in 2017. His oldest foals are 3-year-olds of 2021.

With two crops of racing age, Anchor Down has sired 22 winners and amassed combined progeny earnings in excess of $1.4 million. His six stakes-placed runners include Zia Park Derby runner-up Tesoro, Gulfstream Park stakes runner-up Lionessofbrittany, and Puerto Rican Group 2-placed Captured Prize.

Dr. Nikki Ferwerda, an associate professor of teaching at Iowa State University and manager of the school's horse farm, said ISU had bred to Anchor Down in the past, and their experience with the stallion and the ensuing foal made him a target to acquire.

“Anchor Down was my choice of the available sons of Tapit because he most closely resembled Tapit in appearance and because he appeared most likely to produce runners specializing in the sprinter/miler distance,” Ferwerda said. “The yearling by Anchor Down that Iowa State University consigned to the 2021 Fall Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association Sale was correct, elegant profiling, and prospective buyers frequently commented on her quality of movement. She reminds me a lot of her sire in terms of quality and stride.”

Bred in Kentucky by Gainesway out of the Grade 3-winning Orientate mare Successful Outlook, Anchor Down is a full-brother to Grade 3 winner Iron Fist and a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Sweet Lulu.

Anchor Down won five of 17 starts during his on-track career, earning $734,254. His resume is highlighted by victories in the Grade 2 Kelso Handicap and the G3 Westchester Stakes, along with a runner-up effort in the G1 Metropolitan Handicap.

“Locally, there is a lot of interest in breeding to produce horses that will race in the 6-8 furlong distance on dirt – which is exactly where Anchor Down was successful,” Ferwerda said.

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Anchor Down Relocated to Iowa State University

Anchor Down (Tapit–Successful Outlook, by Orientate), a two-time graded winner at a mile and runner-up in the prestigious 2016 GI Mohegan Sun Metropolitan H., has been relocated to stand the 2022 season at Iowa State University. He began his career at stud at Gainesway in Kentucky.

From two crops of racing age, Anchor Down, a $250,000 KEESEP yearling, is the sire of 22 winners and six stakes horses. Produced by GSW Successful Outlook, Anchor Down is a half-brother to GISW Sweet Lulu (Mr. Greeley) and a full-brother to GSW Iron Fist.

Anchor Down will stand the 2022 season for a fee of $3,000, live foal, stands and nurses.

“Obviously, he's a son of Tapit and we're excited to have a fresh, new, young stallion coming into the state, one that's got some runners on the ground,” Iowa State University's Equine Director Dr. Nikki Ferwerda told TDN. “Our Iowa, mid-western breeders are gonna really like his miler speed.”

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Sharp Azteca Colt Leads Gains At Iowa Fall Sale

The Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association's Fall Sale posted gains in gross and average sale price on Sept. 2, led by a $34,000 colt from the first crop of Sharp Azteca.

A total of 36 yearlings changed hands at the Iowa sale for revenues of $402,350, up three percent from the previous year's edition when 48 yearlings brought $389,400. The average sale price rose 34 percent to $11,176 from $8,285, and the buyback rate finished at 10 percent compared with 28 percent in 2020.

Tom Lepic and Tim Martin purchased the sale-topper, a Sharp Azteca colt, for $34,000.

The dark bay or brown colt is the first foal out of the winning Mission Impazible mare Impazible Woman. Bred in Iowa, the colt hails from the family of Grade 2 winner Tenants Harbor and Hungarian Horse of the Year Ryan's Gift.

The colt was consigned by Clifton Farm.

This year's leading consignor was Iowa State University, with 11 horses sold for a total of $182,200. Leading the way was Molly Bye O, an Anchor Down filly who sold to Poindexter Thoroughbreds for $30,000.

Poindexter Thoroughbreds was, in turn, the sale's leading buyer, landing four horses for a combined $71,500. All four purchases came from the Iowa State consignment.

To view the auction's full results, click here.

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Stakes Winner Blueblood To Stand At Iowa State University In 2021

Blueblood, the fastest stakes winner to enter study duty in Iowa, will arrive this month at Iowa State University.

A lightning-fast son of leading U.S. sire City Zip, Blueblood raced five furlongs in a blazing :56 2/5 and six furlongs in 1:08 3/5. An undefeated 2-year-old stakes winner, Blueblood was also highly weighted on the Experimental Free Handicap of 2017.

“He was a very fast 2-year-old and a beautifully conformed horse,” said trainer Mark Casse.

A $300,000 sales yearling, Blueblood's athletic conformation is impeccable. At 16.1 hands, he strongly resembles his sire City Zip in overall quality.

The sire of 11 Grade 1 winners from six furlongs to 1 1/2 miles, City Zip has also sired four Eclipse Award champions. Two of those were voted champion sprinter of their year.

This year, his sons Improbable (Classic) and C Z Rocket (Sprint) top the fields for Breeders' Cup races on Nov. 6 and 7.

Iowa State University Equine Director Dr. Nikki Ferwerda stated, “Blueblood was a fast and precocious 2-year-old. Iowa breeders will be attracted to the City Zip son and the speed in his pedigree.”

Blueblood will enter stud at Iowa State University for an introductory fee of $1,500 live foal. Breeders may breed a second mare in 2021 for only $500. Best of all, a free lifetime breeding right will be awarded after three stud fees are paid.

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