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Iowa Stallion Season Auction Begins On December 5

The Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association is conducting an online auction of seasons to more than 100 stallions from 12 states, with more stallions set to be added.

The auction begins Saturday, Dec. 5 and closes at 7 p.m. (CDT) Monday, Dec. 14.

A list of the stallions donated and details of the auction are at http://thoroughlybred.com/itboa

Proceeds from the online auction will fund three stakes races for all 2022 offspring of stallions whose seasons are sold at this auction: The 2024 Stallion Futurity and two 2025 Stallion Stakes races for 3-year-olds, one for colts and one for fillies.

A $5,000 bonus will be paid to the winner of any of the three races if the foal is conceived from a breeding season purchased at the auction.

The Iowa stallion auction is the only one in North America where the donor of the stallion season is eligible to receive a $5,000 per race bonus. This year, Castleton Lyons, Darby Dan Farm, and Hill 'n' Dale Farms each received $5,000 because foals by their stallions won the Iowa Stallion Futurity, Stallion Stakes and Filly Stallion Stakes.

Past recipients of the bonus include Adena Springs, Alfred Nuckols Jr, Darley, Diamond G Ranch, Hill 'n' Dale, Lane's End, Margaux Farm, Madison County Thoroughbreds, Mighty Acres, Rockin' River Ranch, Special K Stables, Swifty Farms, War Horse Place, and WinStar Farm. To date, ITBOA has paid out $120,000 to stallion farms and owners.

Stallion donations are still being accepted. Please contact the ITBOA office to donate or visit their website iowathoroughbred.com.

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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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Grasshopper Gelding Tops Iowa Fall Mixed Sale

The 2020 Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association Fall Mixed Sale posted across-the-board declines on Oct. 8, topped by a $60,000 gelding by Grasshopper.

A total of 55 horses changed hands for revenues of $408,300 during this year's sale, for an average sale price of $7,424 and a median of $3,400. The buyback rate was 28 percent.

This year's sale introduced online bidding for the first time, which accounted for $94,500 in purchases – 23 percent of the overall gross.

The yearling portion moved 48 horses for revenues of $389,400, down 17 percent from last year's slate of yearlings, when 38 sold for $469,800. The average yearling sale price fell 33 percent to $8,285 from $12,363.

This year's sale-topper was Hop To It, a Grasshopper gelding who sold to NBS Stable for $60,000.

The dark bay or brown gelding is out of the winning Speightstown mare Islet, whose two foals to race are both winners. The Iowa-bred hails from the family of Grade 2 winner Windward Islands and French Group 1-placed Deveron.

Though the overall figures were down, Hop To It's $60,000 price tag tied the record for the most expensive horse ever sold at the Iowa auction, equaling the mark set last year.

Iowa State University consigned the sale-topper, and it topped the sale's consignors by both gross and number sold, moving 26 horses for $273,800.

NBS Stable was the sale's leading buyer with two purchases totaling $79,000. Dick Clark bought eight horses to be the most active buyer by bulk.

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

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Grade 3 Winner Timeline Retired To Stand In Iowa

Timeline, a multiple Grade 3 winner, has been retired from racing, and will enter stud in 2021 at Iowa State University Horse Farm in Ames, Iowa, BloodHorse reports.

The 6-year-old son of Hard Spun was recently purchased privately by Kansas-based attorney and owner/breeder Art Neuhedel after finishing his career running for owner Clark Brewster and trainer Steve Asmussen. Brewster purchased Timeline as a racing-age offering for $75,000 at last year's Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.

Timeline spent the majority of his on-track career running for Woodford Racing, He won his first four career starts, including victories in the Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes and Pegasus Stakes. At four, he finished in the money in the Grade 2 Kelso Handicap and the non-graded State Dinner Stakes.

In total, Timeline retired with five wins in 17 starts for earnings of $432,217.

Bred in Kentucky by Alexander Groves Matz LLC, Timeline is out of the unplaced Empire Maker mare Azorina. His second dam is the Grade 1 winner Aldiza, and his fourth dam is the 1983 Broodmare of the Year Courtly Dee.

Timeline will debut at stud next year for an advertised fee of $1,500.