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Undefeated Army Mule in Demand with First Yearlings

The first yearlings from GISW Army Mule (Friesan Fire-Crafty Toast, by Crafty Prospector) may have surprised a few people when they proved to be a hot commodity at the first three major yearling sales of the year.

Army Mule began his stud career in 2019 at Hill 'n' Dale Farms with a modest $10,000 stud fee after just three career starts, but at this year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, two representatives from his first book of mares brought $400,000-first a colt out of stakes winner Made Me Shiver (Maclean's Music) and then a successfully-pinhooked half-sister to GISW Volatile (Violence). A few days later at the Fasig-Tipton New York Bred Sale, the half-sister to GIISW Wells Bayou (Lookin At Lucky) brought $300,000.

Already this year, 16 of 22 Army Mule yearlings have sold to average $164,375. Despite his unassuming $7,500 stud fee today, Army Mule is one of six members of his stallion crop to have surpassed a $150,000 yearling average heading into the Keeneland September Sale.

“All the right people like the horse,” said Hill 'n' Dale's John Sikura. “I've heard a lot of very good comments from people who really pay attention, so I think there's a very good buzz. We try to be realistic but in the end, the genetic switch is on or it's off. You need the volume of foals on the ground, you need to raise them as well as you can and then they'll either run or they won't. He's poised for success and hopefully they'll be as successful as he was on the racetrack.”

According to Sikura, the key to Army Mule's recent achievements has been the support from Hill 'n' Dale and the young stallion's other shareholders.

“I like to take the approach that when we like a horse, we go all the way,” he explained. “We like to think that we're on board and we're helping drive the success rather than be passive and just passengers in seeing if they can run. If you keep that confidence throughout, it exudes to when people call and ask about the horse. To ensure his success, we bought mares at auction for that purpose. St. Elias has been a great partner and Craig Bernick, through our Elevage partnership, also owns an interest in the horse.”

St. Elias Stables, who campaigned Army Mule through his Grade I-winning career, was a force to compete with when an Army Mule yearling was in the ring at the two recent Saratoga sales. The racing operation of Vinnie Viola purchased both the aforementioned $400,000 yearlings at the Select Sale and the colt out of Made Me Shiver was bought in partnership with West Point Thoroughbreds. Days later, St. Elias took home another pair of Army Mule yearlings at the New York Bred Sale, purchased for a combined $285,000.

Jacob West, who acted as agent for St. Elias in their four new purchases, said Viola had been keen on landing a few Army Mule yearlings as they were preparing their Saratoga shopping list.

Army Mule colt out of SW Made Me Shiver fetches $400,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. | Fasig-Tipton

“Vinnie gets behind a lot of his horses that go to stud, but with Army Mule in particular, he was as brilliant as a racehorse could be,” West said. “When you've raced a horse, he goes on to be a stallion and you get to follow them along in their careers, it's hard not to be biased and go out and support them. But [the two Select Sale purchases] stood on their own merit. We paid $400,000 for them and obviously if we weren't there to buy them, someone else would have bought them within the $300,000's. I think that speaks volumes to what the market thinks of Army Mule and the chance he has.”

While the son of Friesan Fire is making headlines this summer with his yearlings, it was just last year that he could only fill a book of 47 mares in his second season at stud.

“Army Mule is a horse that, initially, there was maybe a little bit of resistance against,” Sikura admitted. “People talked about Friesan Fire, but when you peel the layers of the onion, you see that Friesan Fire is by A.P. Indy and that his dam was a champion in Australia. She is by Dehere and [his sire] Deputy Minister is hugely influence both as a broodmare sire and a sire.”

Sikura may not be overly surprised that buyers have been impressed with Army Mule's yearlings physically. He noted that Army Mule himself is a picture of a horse.

“Physically, he's impeccable,” he said. “He's very athletic, beautifully-made, well-balanced and very fast looking. He has quality, great muscle type and a beautiful head and eye.”

Bred by Hope Hill Farm, Army Mule was a $35,000 yearling that turned heads six months later as an $825,000 2-year-old purchase at the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale.

“I remember Donato [Lanni] was telling me, 'You wouldn't believe this horse. He's the best horse in the sale,'” Sikura recalled. “He was going on and on about this Friesan Fire horse that was an absolute complete freak and little did I know until after the fact that it was Army Mule.”

Trained by Todd Pletcher, Army Mule broke his maiden on debut at Belmont, defeating the rest of the field by 8 1/2-lengths and earning 'TDN Rising Star' status. He followed up that effort the following year at four with a 7 ½-length romp at Gulfstream and crossed the wire just :0.75 off the track record. In his stakes debut in the GI Carter H., the speedy bay drew away from the field in the stretch to win by over six lengths and earn a 114 Beyer Speed Figure. He was forced to retire soon after due to a chipped knee.

Army Mule colt of August Snow (Tapit) sells as Hip 2201 at the Keeneland September Sale. | Katie Ritz

“I think that horses either show ability or they don't,” Sikura explained of their decision to stand Army Mule. “It's unfortunate that horses are running very fast and sometimes, of no fault of their own, they get hurt. If a horse can be brilliant and have near track-record performances in their first three starts, think of how much untapped talent is still left with a horse like that. If you're brilliant and the fastest horse in training in your first couple of starts, I think that's a great indicator of immense quality.”

Army Mule looks to continue with his accomplishments in the sales ring at the Keeneland September Sale. The first-crop sire has 25 yearlings cataloged for the upcoming auction.

Sikura said that the type of yearling his offspring represent should appeal to a wide array of demands within the marketplace.

“I think they're more of a Mr. Prospector type,” he said. “They're medium-sized, very fast-looking, very round and with lots of bone. It's what the pinhookers want and it's what the commercial market wants–quality, early speed that sustains.”

Sikura added that he wouldn't be surprised if Army Mule's yearlings are tough to get ahold of next year once his first group of runners hit the racetrack.

“Just think of the many brilliant racehorses, like Candy Ride (Arg), Maclean's Music and Constitution, that as soon as their first crop ran, their stud fee tripled or quadrupled immediately,” he said. “Any time you get in on them in the beginning and you buy before the entire public is aware of the horse, you have great value and you have a chance to buy a really good horse for a lot less that you would the next year should they be successful.”

West is also looking forward to the Keeneland September Sale, where he says he will be scouring the sales grounds for more promising yearlings from Army Mule.

“He was an incredibly fast horses and all three of his races were basically jaw-dropping performances,” he said. “He fits the mold of what John Sikura and Hill 'n' Dale have done with standing stallions that showed brilliancy. From the weanlings we saw in November to the yearlings we see now, he looks like he's passing along his athleticism and his conformation. We're pretty excited about them and are excited to see what the September catalogue has to offer. Hopefully he's the next big stallion out there.”

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Lively Bidding As Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Returns

By Jessica Martini & Christie DeBernardis

The 100th anniversary of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale, delayed a year due to the global pandemic, kicked off with a lively session of trade at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion Monday evening.

“It was a very solid opening session of the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “It was certainly a very healthy market. It was very similar and reminiscent of the 2019 marketplace. Overall, we are off to a very good start.”

A colt by Uncle Mo brought the session's top price when selling for $1.6 million to Jacob West, bidding on behalf of Robert and Lawana Low. The yearling was consigned by Stone Farm for breeder Bobby Flay. The seven-figure colt was one of 13 yearlings to sell for $500,000 or more during the session and was at the head of a deep buying bench. The session's top 10 lots were purchased by 10 different buyers, sold by seven different consignors and were by seven different stallions.

“There was a very diverse buying group,” Browning said. “What is probably the most encouraging sign tonight is the wide bench of buyers and bidders throughout the evening. Solid would be the best description. It provides a lot of confidence for tomorrow night and moving forward throughout the yearling sales season.”

The first crop of Triple Crown winner Justify accounted for two of the top 10 lots, while freshman sire Gun Runner, off to a fast start on the racetrack with two graded stakes winners over the weekend, also had two yearlings in the top 10.

The boutique Saratoga sale annually offers the creme of the American yearling crop and Monday's results show that top market remains competitive.

“Quality sells and this is a quality sale,” said bloodstock agent Jacob West. “Fasig-Tipton did an incredible job getting these horses here and you can see they are getting good prices.”

During Monday's opening session, 70 horses were reported as sold for gross receipts of $25,280,000. The average was $361,143, while the median price was $300,000. During the first day of trade at the 2019 sale, 61 horses sold for $22,775,000, for an average of $373,361 and a median of $315,000.

The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale concludes Tuesday with a session beginning at 6:30 p.m.

“There are lots of good horses to sell tomorrow,” Browning said. “I am confident and pleased, but we still have another night's work to do.”

Dame Dorothy Continues to Reward Flay

Dame Dorothy (Bernardini) has been the horse of a lifetime for celebrity chef Bobby Flay in more ways than one. Named after his late mother, the bay won five stakes, including the GI Humana Distaff, and has been just as successful in the breeding shed. Her latest achievement for Flay came at Fasig Monday when her yearling colt by Uncle Mo (Hip 73) summoned $1.6 million from bloodstock agent Jacob West, who was acting on behalf of Robert and Lawana Low.

“She is named after my mom who passed away three years ago,” Flay said. “Dame Dorothy was my best racehorse ever and it seems she is passing on her talent to her progeny. Jacob has been an amazing supporter. I am thrilled. I know he is going to be in great hands.”

Flay has enjoyed plenty of success at Saratoga. At the most recent renewal two years ago, a Curlin colt out of his GSW America (A.P. Indy) was the co-topper at this sale, bringing

$1.5-million. That colt is now known as First Captain and captured his first three starts, including the GIII Dwyer S.

“This is my Super Bowl,” Flay said. “I want to sell a horse here every year. Two years ago, we sold First Captain here out of America and he has done really well. It is one of those things where if you have patience and you breed at the highest level, in terms of the best families and sires, it can really pay off. I always say the blood shows up at some point and these mares have proven to do that.”

The Lows also campaign Dame Dorothy's first foal, GSW Spice is Nice (Curlin), who was a $1.05-million Keeneland September purchase. The mare's second foal, the unraced 2-year-old colt Principe d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro) was purchased by Juddmonte, Bridlewood and Winchell Thoroughbreds for $650,000 at KEESEP and is currently in training with Todd Pletcher. Flay offered Dame Dorothy with the Uncle Mo colt in utero at Keeneland November in 2019, but elected to take her home after bidding reached $3.15 million. Hip 73 will eventually join his siblings in the barn of the new Hall of Famer, who trained both the sire and the dam.

“I thought he was obviously a standout,” said West. “We own Spice is Nice. We love her. We love the family. I had seen this horse about six months ago out at Stone [Farm], so the second we saw he was in the catalogue we turned down the page on him. He is a May foal so he has a lot more growing to do, but we hope he fills out into his frame. We love his sister and think she has a bright future. We are hopeful that we just bought a good one.”

As for the price, West said, “We knew we would have to go to war for him. He is by Uncle Mo, who is an incredible stallion, and out of a Grade I-winning mare on the dirt, who was quite fast and is a proven producer with Spice is Nice. Todd has the 2-year-old Medaglia out of the mare and he likes him. The mare is throwing runners, so we are happy to get him. Hopefully we will see him up here winning a big Grade I race. I am going to tell Bobby he needs to name a restaurant after the Lows now.” —@CDeBernardisTDN

West Point Wins Out on Well-Related Tapit Filly

West Point was quite active throughout Monday's opening session, but really made their presence felt when acquiring a Tapit filly out of SP Checkupfroomzneckup (Dixie Union) (Hip 61) for $990,000. West Point partnered on the filly with Scarlet Oak Racing and John Ballantyne's NBS Stable.

“She is a beautiful filly who vetted really well and has a deep pedigree,” said West Point's Terry Finley. “We are really excited to get her. Those are the kind of horses you need to get out of these sales if you have the resources and the partners. We are finding that people are really interested to get into the business. I think that if a benefit to us all.”

West Point bought a total of three horses Monday for a gross of $1.75 million.

WinStar purchased Checkupfromzneckup for $825,000 in foal to one of their flagship stallions, Speightstown, at the 2017 Keeneland November Sale. The resulting foal was 'TDN Rising Star' filly Carribean Caper, who is a perfect three-for-three in her young career. The mare's 2019 Into Mischief filly, now named Bombdiggity, brought $600,000 from Stonestreet Stables at Keeneland September last year. She produced a colt by Quality Road this season. WinStar bred Hip 61 in partnership with Winchell Thoroughbreds, which campaigned her sire Tapit.

“We thought she was one of our nicest yearlings,” said WinStar's David Hanley. “Last year was our highest-priced filly out of that mare. Carribean Caper is a really good filly. She's three-for-three. This was one of our star fillies. She's really classy.”

The Bandoroffs' Denali Stud consigned the filly.

“She was an incredibly popular filly and very well raised by WinStar,” said Denali's Conrad Bandoroff. “She came into the sale great and showed like a queen from day one to day four. These horses are put through the ringer and they have to perform and she did that. She is a really good-minded filly. She was bought by a great team and a great judge. We are delighted for West Point and the team and wish them the best of luck.” —@CDeBernardisTDN

Wilsons Take Home Into Mischief Filly

A filly by super sire Into Mischief (hip 71) will be joining the racing stable of California-based owners Holly and David Wilson after selling for $940,000 Monday in Saratoga. Bloodstock agent Christina Jelm, alongside Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, signed the ticket on the bay yearling.

“I have been hired to buy a few horses for Mr. David Wilson a long-time riding client that I had for years,” explained Stevens. “He has hired me to pick some horses out. This Into Mischief filly reminded me exactly of Beholder. I fell in love with her. And I said we need this filly and we got her.”

Stevens was on the phone with David Wilson during the bidding.

“I had David on the phone. I said, 'Let's go.' And he started saying, 'Go, go, go.' We were going a little higher than what we wanted. We were pretty excited.”

The yearling, who is out of graded stakes placed Curlina (Cuvee), will head to Randy Bradshaw's Ocala base and options for the filly are open.

“I talked to Randy Bradshaw prior to the sale. I said, 'I am looking at hip 71, this Into Mischief filly, would you go look at her? It might be a pinhook, might be anything, but I'm sending her to you.' I have known Randy forever. She is going to Randy and we will see what happens.”

The filly was consigned by Mulholland Springs and Jay and Beth Young. John Mulholland purchased the mare, in foal to Big Brown, for $100,000 at the 2013 Keeneland November sale. That Big Brown colt was multiple graded stakes placed Sine Wave. The mare had an Uncle Mo colt sell for $500,000 at the 2018 Keeneland September sale and an Into Mischief colt sell for $550,000 at the 2019 Keeneland November sale before selling for $1 million to Larry Best at last year's Keeneland September sale.

“She is a very powerful made horse, more like a colt than a filly, like all of the very good fillies often do,” said Martha Jane Mulholland. “She is very correct and balanced with good bone. She looks like she has a lot of speed.”

Mulholland is sticking with a formula that has worked with the mare.

“We still have the mare,” Mulholland said. “We have a full-brother on the ground and she is in foal to Into Mischief and she is booked to Into Mischief next year. It works.”

Of Monday's result, Mulholland said, “I never try to evaluate them too high. It's fun to get excited when they exceed your expectations. And she did. We are very thrilled.” @JessMartiniTDN

Gun Runner Colt to WinStar

Gun Runner's quick start on the racetrack continued to pay dividends in the sales ring when WinStar Farm purchased a colt by the freshman sire (hip 76) for $850,000 during Monday's first session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale.

“Gun Runner has obviously had a big weekend,” WinStar's Elliott Walden said of the yearling's appeal. “We actually raised Gun Runner a little while for Besilu and we had him at the farm for a little bit. And this colt is out of a Tiznow mare and I saw a lot of similarities to both. So we really liked him.”

The bay colt is the first foal out of Dayfa (Tiznow) who is from the Ned Evans family which also produced Gun Runner. Dayfa is a daughter of Dance Quietly (A.P. Indy), who is a half-sister to Horse of the Year Saint Liam and to Quiet Giant, dam of Gun Runner.

The yearling was bred by Don Alberto Corporation, which purchased Dayfa for $250,000 at the 2016 Keeneland September sale.

Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm was active on both sides of the leger Monday, selling a filly by Tapit (hip 61) for $990,000 and a colt by Uncle Mo (hip 70) for $525,000.

“I think the market is very strong,” Walden said. “We sold a Tapit filly very well and an Uncle Mo colt nicely. So I think it's a good, solid market.”

Walden continued, “We brought some really nice horses up here to sell and it's rewarding when they sell well. David [Hanley] and Donnie Preston do a great job getting these horses ready and they presented themselves well. And we have a couple more to sell as well.” @JessMartiniTDN

Hudsons Aim High with Justify Colt

The Hudson family's Hoolie Racing Stable, which had almost immediate success when winning the 2017 GIII Schuylerville S. with Dream It Is (Shackleford) with its first crop of yearling purchases, made a splash Monday at Saratoga when purchasing a colt by Triple Crown winner Justify for $825,000. The yearling (hip 45) was consigned by Sequel New York, as agent for breeders Chester and Mary Broman.

David Hudson, bidding out back alongside bloodstock agent Travis Durr, signed the ticket on behalf of his father Greg and brother Andrew.

“I'm not sure yet,” Hudson said when asked the plans for the yearling. “My brother Andrew runs all of our racing operations. Travis helped us pick him out. He's a really nice-looking New York-bred colt. We are going to give it a shot and see what happens.”

Of the yearling's final price, Hudson admitted, “He's just a good-looking horse that we really liked, so we definitely spent more than we usually would. We will try it and see. We may learn a valuable lesson. An expensive lesson.”

Hip 45 is the second foal out of the Bromans' GI Breeders' Cup F/M Sprint winner Bar of Gold (Medaglia d'Oro). The mare's first foal, Coinage (Tapit), was a $450,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by DJ Stable last year. The colt broke his maiden at Belmont in June and was third in the recent Rick Violette S.

“I trained Bar of Gold, I trained his grandmother. I have been blessed to have Mr. Broman's horses for a long time,” said Sequel's Becky Thomas. “Mr. Broman is a New Yorker through and through. We have several horses in the Keeneland sale. This horse I thought was special and I knew that Mr. Broman would have the opportunity to see him here.”

The $825,000 yearling was the highlight of a strong set of results for the first crop of Justify. The Triple Crown winner was also represented by a $625,000 filly (hip 90); a $470,000 colt (hip 81); and a $350,000 filly (hip 83). @JessMartiniTDN

Blue Devil Racing Strikes for Uncle Mo Filly

Marc Holliday's Blue Devil Racing made quite a splash at Saratoga Monday, going to $700,000 to acquire a filly by Uncle Mo (Hip 82). Trainer Carlos Martin signed the ticket on his client's behalf.

“Uncle Mo has been a fantastic sire,” Martin said. “We saw a couple of fillies that we liked, but we got outrun early in the sale. We went back and reloaded, had a couple of Macallans and we came back a little stronger this time. We thought we would have her around the $500,000 range, but someone made a real run at us. I am so happy.”

Hip 82 is out of the unraced Dreaming of You (Pioneerof the Nile), who was purchased by breeder Phoenix Thoroughbreds for $500,000 at Keeneland November in 2019 with this filly in utero. The bay, currently named Dreaming of Mo, is the mare's first foal and she has since produced a Justify colt. Dreaming of You is a half-sister to MGSW Justwhistledixie (Dixie Union), who has produced the likes of GISW New Year's Day (Street Cry {Ire}), MGSW Mohaymen (Tapit), GSW & GISP Enforceable (Tapit) and GSW Kingly (Tapit).

“She ticked all the boxes,” said Martin. “Justwhistledixie is under the second dam and it doesn't get better than her. Hopefully she can make her ticket as a racehorse. She is a collector's piece. You always want to try to get those horses, but they are hard to get.”

Blue Devil Racing also purchased Hip 29, an Into Mischief filly, for $325,000 post-sale Monday through agent David Hayden.

“We wanted to buy some quality fillies tonight,” Martin said. “We bought another one, Hip 29, and we are going to send that one to Joseph O'Brien because we want to start having horses in Europe. I said, 'Mark, I've been your trainer for the last 10 years. You need to by me a nice filly.' He said he would, so I am really pleased.”

Saratoga has a special place in the hearts of Martin and Holliday as Blue Devil homebred and Martin trainee Come Dancing (Malibu Moon) won both the GI Ballerina S. and GII Honorable Miss H. at this oval. Come Dancing has since retired to the Blue Devil broodmare band.

“We had some luck with Come Dancing and Mark started getting more and more into the commercial breeding,” Martin said. “Saratoga has always been a special place.”

He continued, “We want 10-15 mares. We are going to add and subtract every year. We will probably keep the fillies, sell the colts. We have a couple fillies on the list tomorrow too. As long as Mark has a couple whiskeys upstairs, we will be good.”

Hip 82 was offered by Denali Stud, who was one of the leading consignors Monday with seven yearlings grossing $4 million with an average of $571,429.

“That filly is a big, strong filly,” Denali's Conrad Bandoroff said. “She looks like the kind who could take you to the First Friday in May. I knew Carlos was in love with the filly. He had some strong competition and I am thrilled for him that they got her.”

He continued, “We've been very fortunate. We had some nice horses tonight and had a pretty memorable night. You bring something in that is perceived quality and there is a lot of competition for it.” —@CDeBernardisTDN

South Point Comes Out Running at Saratoga

The South Point Sales team did their absent leader Mike Recio, who is battling sepsis in Kentucky's Central Baptist Hospital, proud early in Monday's opening session, selling a colt from the second-crop of Gun Runner (Hip 24) to Roy and Gretchen Jackson's Lael Stable for $550,000. He was the highest-priced yearling ever sold by South Point Sales.

“It is really special being up here in Saratoga,” said South Point's Sale Coordinator Justina Severni. “I hope we did Mike proud up here. I think we did, especially with that one. He was owned and bred by a longtime client, Blackstone Farm, so we just want to thank them for believing in us and trusting us to sell him well.”

Blackstone Farm acquired the Pennsylvania-bred colt's dam Wembley (Bernardini) for $65,000 at the 2017 Keeneland November Sale carrying her first foal by Hard Spun. She is a daughter of GISW Game Face (Menifee) and a half-sister to GSP Coliseum (Tapit). Blackstone Farm was also represented by a $625,000 Justify filly (Hip 90), who was purchased by MyRacehorse.

“It is difficult to expect $550,000 for a yearling, but he has been straightforward since he was a foal,” said Blackstone Farm's Christian Black. “He has always been lovely and never gave us any problems. When you go out in the field he catches your eye.”

Bloodstock agent Michael Hernon signed the ticket on the Jacksons' behalf. It was his first time acting as agent for the longtime owners.

“Several weeks ago I was asked to do an appraisal by Roy and Gretchen Jackson and then they said, 'Hey, if you see something you like up at Saratoga, let us know.' So, that is how it came about,” Hernon said. “They liked the horse a lot and he passed the vet very well. He has a strong pedigree and looks the part so now all he has to do is run fast.”

Hernon continued, “He has a lot of bone and substance. He is a very correct, well-made and good moving horse. He was very consistent in his showing. The stallion speaks for himself. He is the leading freshman sire and looks like he could be a very serious stallion. This horse strongly resembles him. He is very positive mentally. He is a very good prospect.”

Gun Runner got a major boost over the weekend when Pappacap captured the GII Best Pal S. at Del Mar Saturday and Wicked Halo scored a decisive victory in the GII Adirondack S. across the street from the sales pavilion Sunday.

Click here to donate to a GoFundMe to benefit the Recio family. —@CDeBernardisTDN

The Schvagen Continues to Reward Arnold

Buck Pond Farm's Doug Arnold purchased a yearling by Matty G for a bargain $2,900 at the 2004 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October sale and, while he had very modest success with the filly on the racetrack, The Schvagen has more than rewarded the breeder as a broodmare. The dam of Fancy Dress Party (Munnings) was represented in the Fasig Saratoga sales ring Monday by a full-sister (hip 8) to that graded stakes winner who sold for $450,000 to Frank Brothers and Jason Litt and Alex Solis. “I loved the pedigree,” Arnold said of the mare's appeal in 2004. “It's the family of Mia Farrow and Blushing Groom deep down. I bought her from Darby Dan and the horse had an OCD in an ankle and they didn't think she'd be able to run. So I didn't pay much money for her. I called Wayne Sweezey the next day and I said, 'Wayne, we have a problem.' And he said, 'What's that?' I said, 'That filly doesn't vet, she's got an OCD and I want to turn her back. But I was just kidding. I loved her.”

The Schvagen won twice in four starts and earned $26,730. Her second foal was Panamanian stakes placed Neyra's Dancer (State City).

“I knew if she could produce a stakes horse by State City, we'd be in good shape,” Arnold said.

The Schvagen also produced stakes winner Will Munnings (Munnings).

“I love the people at Ashford and I love Munnings. I always loved that La Troienne family which he is from,” Arnold said.

Hip 8 reminded Arnold of her full-sister, Fancy Dress Party.

“She was very similiar,” he said. “She was a little bit smaller, but she hit the ground nicely. She looks like an athlete, like she will be ready a little earlier than Fancy Dress Party.”

Solis and Litt purchased Fancy Dress Party for $280,000 at the 2017 Keeneland September sale and, racing for the Roth family's LNJ Foxwoods, the flashy dark bay won the 2019 GIII Beaumont S.

As for The Schvagen, Arnold said, “I still have the mare. We bred her back to Munnings, but didn't get her in foal. She has a Justify colt by her side. I am hoping we can continue on. The dilemma for breeders is that this is a filly that I would have loved to keep. But you can't. But as the mare gets older, you want to keep something out of her. But you don't want to keep just a horse that is no account.”

Arnold said he plans to breed the mare back to Munnings next year. @JessMartiniTDN

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Uncle Mo Son of Dame Dorothy Brings Big Money from Lows

Agent Jacob West, acting on behalf of Robert and Lawana Low, saw off all challengers to take home an Uncle Mo colt out of GISW Dame Dorothy (Bernardini)–a half to the Lows' GSW 'TDN Rising Star' Spice is Nice (Curlin)–during Monday evening's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. When the dust had settled, the price tag was $1.6 million. The May 2 colt was consigned by Stone Farm as hip 73 on behalf of breeder Bobby Flay. Flay also bred and still co-campaigns the 2019 Saratoga sale co-topper and GSW First Captain (Curlin).

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Into Mischief Reigns Supreme at Fasig-Tipton July

by Christie DeBernardis & Christina Bossinakis

LEXINGTON, KY – It was a very strong day of trade across the board at Fasig-Tipton's July Selected Yearlings Sale Tuesday, and, to no one's surprise, offspring of Into Mischief proved to be the auction's most coveted offerings. The Spendthrift kingpin accounted for three of the day's top four sellers, including the $800,000 sales topper (hip 123), who sold to Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and LNJ Foxwoods.

“He is an amazing stallion,” Fasig Tipton President Boyd Browning. Jr. said of Into Mischief. “He is always at the top of the boards. He produces colts, fillies, Derby winners, Classic winners, grass, dirt, short, long. He is the consummate professional as a stallion and there is a high demand for [his offspring], as there should be because of the potential reward on the racetrack.”

The stallion that broke up the Into Mischief party with the co-second highest-priced yearling was Lane's End stalwart Candy Ride (Arg). Perennial leading sires Uncle Mo, Munnings, Hard Spun and Street Sense all accounted for yearlings in the top 10. The only younger stallion to break that barrier was Practical Joke, who has his first runners this year.

Stallions represented by their first yearlings also made a strong showing at the July Sale, which opened Tuesday with the return of the freshman sire showcase. The top sale by a first-crop sire went to MGISW City of Light, who had a $230,000 yearling, and Triple Crown hero Justify was a close second with his lone offspring in the catalogue bringing $210,000. Other freshman sires who made a noteworthy impact were Army Mule, Mor Spirit, Girvin, Mendelssohn, Good Magic, Cloud Computing, West Coast, Tapwrit and Bolt d'Oro.

“It is kind of going back to our roots,” Browning said of the freshman stallion success. “For years our reputation in July was great physicals. We may be forgiving a little bit on pedigree and sire power, but if you have a good-looking colt or filly that looks precocious, that is what we are about in July. It helps build momentum for the farms as well.”

Ned Toffey represents one of those farms trying to get its first-season stallions off to a good start in Spendthrift, which offered yearlings by new stallions Mor Spirit and Free Drop Billy.

“The market has been really good,” Toffey said. “Fasig has always done such a great job with the new sire showcase. And we were obviously very happy watching our new stallions and how they were received. We sold a Mor Spirit for $200,000 and there just seemed to be good activity on all of those.”

A total of 208 yearling summoned $21,608,500 with an average of $103,887 and a median of $80,000. Sixty-nine youngsters failed to find new homes for an RNA rate of 24.9%.

This auction was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was instead combined with the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select and New York-Bred Yearling Sales and held at Newtown Paddocks in September. However, at the 2019 renewal of this sale, 202 yearlings sold for a gross of $18,621,000. The average was $92,183 and the median was $75,000. There were 98 horses led from the ring unsold for an RNA rate of 32.7%.

“It was a strong start to the 2021 yearling sales season,” Browning said. “We were very encouraged when we went to the farms to inspect yearlings by the quality of horses we were seeing, and certainly the 2-year-old sales were encouraging, so we had a lot of optimism going into the sale. I don't think any of us would have been hoping to surpass 2019 numbers, 2019 was a pretty daggone good marketplace, so to be over 2019 is very, very, very encouraging. I am proud of the group of horses our inspection team put together for this sale. Everybody in the marketplace ought to sleep pretty good tonight. It should be a very good yearling market in 2021. We are pretty optimistic about the one coming up in about three weeks [the Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale].”

Justin Casse said he felt there was some trickle down into the middle market, which is often a weak spot in the marketplace.

“The groups I am involved with are generally on the top end ones and it is hard to buy them,” Casse said. “This year is no different. I think we are getting some trickle down to the middle market, which is awesome. I think it is going to be a good year to sell stuff.”

There was a very diverse buying bench on display at this year's July sale with the top 20 horses being purchased by 20 individual buyers. There was also a healthy mix of both end-users and pinhookers buying at all levels.

“There is a depth of buyers and a variety of buyers that really makes you feel good about the spread and the balance of the marketplace,” Browning said.

One of the most active end-users was trainer Ken McPeek, who was quite busy Tuesday, buying a total of 13 yearlings for $1.4 million.

“I think the market seems fair,” the conditioner said. “It seems like there are a lot of people here that are really working it. I'm also glad to get it back to normal as compared to last year when they were all lumped into September and October which was a little bit challenging.”

On the consignor end of things, Four Star Sales accounted for three of the top 10 and Taylor Made Sales Agency and Eaton Sales each had two yearlings in the top 10.

Fasig Tipton's next auction will be held at its New York location with the highly anticipated return of the Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale Aug. 9-10, which will be followed by the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearling Sale Aug. 15-16.

Into Mischief Filly Sparks Fireworks at Fasig

A daughter of super sire Into Mischief proved to be quite a standout at Newtown Paddocks Tuesday, inspiring a furious round of bidding across the pavilion from some of the industry's heavy hitters. It came down to OXO Equine's Larry Best, bloodstock agent Steve Young, and Eclipse Thoroughbreds' Aron Wellman in the final bids, but it was Wellman who came out the victor at $800,000. Hip 123 is the second-highest priced yearling to sell at the Fasig July Sale in the last 10 years, following the Medaglia d'Oro filly Brill, who brought $1 million from Best here in 2017.

Bidding upstairs alongside bloodstock agent Jacob West, Wellman announced that Eclipse would be partnering on the filly with the Roth family's LNJ Foxwoods. The Roths' bloodstock agent Alex Solis was the first to shake Wellman's hand following the sale.

“She is an absolute queen,” Wellman said. “She really stood out heads and shoulders above everything else here, with all respect to the other entrants, of course. As soon as I laid eyes on her, I picked up the phone and called Alex within seconds of seeing her. I knew we were going to need to bring out the big guns, so I am very grateful to Alex, Jason [Litt] and their team, and of course, the Roth family. They've had extreme success with [champion] Covfefe by Into Mischief. Eclipse has had some success with the sire. She has a beautiful page on the bottom side and from a physical perspective, she's a knockout.”

As for the price, Wellman said, “She was craftily placed, that's for sure. It was no surprise that we had to go to war for her. I think all the heavyweights were on her. We were right in the neighborhood of what we thought she was going to be, maybe a bump or two more. Fillies like her are hard to get your hands on and Alex and I thought this was the right one to take a swing for the fences.”

Hip 123 is out of the unraced Indian Charlie mare Cashing Tickets, a full-sister to MGSW sire Conveyance. The Into Mischief/Indian Charlie cross has already produced the likes of Grade I winner Dayoutoftheoffice and MGSW Frank's Rockette.

Jack Sims's McKenzie Bloodstock purchased Cashing Tickets for $55,000 carrying a foal by Bayern at the 2016 Keeneland November Sale. The resulting foal is a now-4-year-old filly named Leggs Galore, who has won three stakes for her breeder and most recently finished second in the GIII Wilshire S. at Santa Anita.

“She has always been a really special horse,” said Lyn Burleson whose Burleson Farms consigned the filly. “We haven't sold over here in several years, but we had a client that wanted to bring a few over here, so we tried to round out the consignment. We decided to stick her in here thinking that hopefully she was going to be one of the better individuals in here and stand out. That was our reasoning behind it and it worked out great for us.” —@CDeBernardisTDN

Candy Ride Colt Brings $350K at F-T July

The buyers were warmed up by the time hip 111, a colt by Candy Ride (Arg), entered Fasig-Tipton's ring Tuesday afternoon. With bidding rising rapidly for the son of the 6-year-old mare Beyond Grace (Uncle Mo), the volleys slowly subsided, before finally ending with a final $350,000 bid from Baton Rouge, Louisiana resident James Bernhard, seated inside the pavilion during the bidding. The colt's breeder, Larry Best, came over to congratulate the successful bidder immediately following the sale.

“He's a lovely Candy Ride and Taylor Made did a lovely job with him. He was one of the best horses in the sale,” said Equine Analysis System's Matthew Weinmann, acting as agent for Bernhard. “We're going to go to Steve Asmussen and he's going to get broke at [Keith Asmussen]'s farm in Texas and see how he does.”

He continued, “We do run a system where we take physiological data. He came up on our model as one of the colts who are most likely to have success, so that's the reason we went after him.”

Explaining the exchange between Best and Bernhard, Weinmann added, “Larry came over to congratulate us after the purchase and to tell us he has the year-older [full-brother] to this colt and that he hoped he could have some success ahead of us.”

The Apr. 4 foal is out of Beyond Grace, a $1.5-million Fasig-Tipton Florida purchase for Best's OXO Equine. The yearling is the second foal out of the unplaced mare, who is also responsible for a year-older colt by the Lane's End sire.

“I told Larry Best that he would bring in the $250,000-350,000 range, so it was right where I thought,” said Taylor Made's Frank Taylor. “He is a very good representation of Candy Ride. He is just like his sire, he's well balanced with a beautiful head, neck and shoulder and good muscling. He's a little bit small footed, but that goes with the Candy Rides.

“I think the market is starting to realize that Candy Ride is becoming a sire of sires with Twirling Candy, and Mastery looks like he has a shot. I think in the back of some of these buyers' minds, if you get one of these Candy Rides in the summer, you will probably be in good shape.”

Later in the sale, Bernhard purchased hip 133, a colt by Empire Maker out of Clever Beauty (Indian Charlie) for $160,000.

Best Gets Good First Experience as a Seller

Larry Best has proven to be a force to be reckoned with among buyers at all the major North American Thoroughbred auctions, consistently purchasing some of the most coveted and expensive horses. The OXO Equine principal got a taste for what it's like on the other side of the sales industry, selling his first homebred, a Candy Ride (Arg) colt (hip 111), to James Bernhard for $350,000 Tuesday in Lexington.

“This is the first homebred I've ever sold and the first horse I've ever sold,” said a visibly pleased Best after shaking hands with the buyer. “It felt so good to go and congratulate the buyer! Everyone has always come up to congratulate me after I purchased their horse and now I know how it feels. It makes you want to come back. We got a fair value for the horse and hope he does well.”

Best added, “If you have quality fillies and quality horses, they should sell well. I have 35 mares and will probably go up to 40, so every year I will be a seller as well as a buyer.”

Best has been very active at the November sales the past two years as he began to build his broodmare band. Some of his top purchases include GI Breeders' Cup Distaff heroine Blue Prize (Arg) (Pure Prize), who topped the 2019 Fasig-Tipton November Sale at $5 million, and GISW Concrete Rose (Twirling Candy), a $1.95-million purchase at last term's Keeneland November Sale. Many of these mares were purchased to support his new stallions, GISW Instilled Regard (Arch) and GSW Instagrand (Into Mischief), both of whom stand at Taylor Made.

“I do like the breeding,” Best said. “I like breeding to sell and also breeding to race. With Instagrand and Instilled Regard, I am excited about keeping quite a few of those and racing them, but, of course, I will also have to sell some. We had a good year with Instagrand. He got 190 mares in his first year.”

Best has also retained some of his expensive race fillies for his breeding operation, like hip 111's dam Beyond Grace (Uncle Mo), who was a $1.5-million Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale acquisition. She is a full-sister to MSP Mighty Mo.

“Larry bought the mare at the 2-year-old sale and then he bred her and raised the foal at Taylor Made,” said Frank Taylor. “We were a little concerned that people would question why Larry would sell a horse rather than buy. But anybody who is a buyer of horses has to become a seller at some point. Larry has a lot of horses now and we went through them and he let us pick out some horses that we thought were nice and would sell well. He has a lot of really nice pinhooks that he bought as weanlings, but they had large numbers on them, so we thought that would scare people away. So having a nice homebred that doesn't have this pricetag on it is ideal. We hope he'll become known as, not only one of the great buyers of racehorses, but also a seller like WinStar and Stonestreet.” —@CDeBernardisTDN

Making Mischief Late at F-T July

The crowd had begun to thin and the action was drawing to a close Tuesday, and it appeared that the day's highlights could already be spotted in the rearview mirror. However, a filly by leading sire Into Mischief, hip 339, had yet to enter the ring, and when all was said and done, the filly garnered a final bid of $350,000. Bidding on the phone while seated inside the pavilion was Bobby Powell, general manager for Mike Rutherford's Manchester Farm. The yearling was consigned by Four Star Sales, acting as agent for her breeder, Spendthrift Farm.

“She will go to the farm tomorrow, and I'll turn her out and let her be a horse for a while,” said Powell, who confirmed that Rutherford had been on the phone throughout the proceedings. “She'll probably go to Eddie Woods some time in the fall and then we'll get her going.”

While Powell did not immediately confirm who the filly will ultimately be trained by, he mentioned that the operation currently employs several trainers, including Steve Asmussen, Bill Mott and Ken McPeek.

The Apr. 5 foal is out of MSP Anahauc (Henny Hughes), who had been purchased privately by Rutherford early on before selling to Spendthrift for $160,000 at the Fasig-Tipton November sale in 2016. Rutherford is also directly associated with the yearling's granddam Foxcaller (Beau Genius), in addition to that mare's stakes-winning offspring Gangbuster (Langfuhr) and Dreamcall (Midnight Lute) and GSP Glorified (Honour and Glory).

“[Rutherford] has four to five generations of that family,” said Powell. “And Into Mischief? What can be said about him that hasn't already been said?”

And while Manchester had previously let go of Anahauc, the farm still boards Foxcaller and Dreamcall, according to Powell.

“She was a very good individual,” he said of the purchase. “She had a lot of Into Mischief in her, but we could definitely see the family in her. We just hope she's as good to us as the rest of her family has been.”

Commenting on the amount paid for the yearling during the buoyant market, Powell added, “It was a lot of money to pay, but when you know as much as we know about the family then we thought it was fair. Spendthrift does a really good job–I stayed informed on the filly all along.”

Tuesday's yearling session highlighted yet another powerful showing by Spendthrift's marquee stallion Into Mischief, who currently leads the nation with over $13.5 million in earnings. At the conclusion of Tuesday's sale, a total of five yearlings by the sire realized $1.8 million and an average of $360,000.

“We debated a lot about what sale to take her to and we thought she would be really strong here,” explained Spendthrift General Manager New Toffey. “She is quick-looking and athletic. She's typical of the Into Mischiefs and is very good minded. She was just an overall nice individual. It's a good position to be in because if we didn't get her sold, we were happy to race her ourselves.”

In total, Spendthrift sold four of six of its yearlings Tuesday, with the Into Mischief filly topping the nursery's receipts for the day.

“Most everything that we have comes through the ring and we just try to put a fair valuation on them,” he explained. “If we get it, then that's great, and if we don't, we're happy to go on and run them. It was very fair money for that filly.”

Into Mischief Filly Bound for Juvenile Sale

Those who took a liking to hip 320, a daughter of red-hot sire Into Mischief, will get another chance to take her home next year at a 2-year-olds in training sale, according to Justin Casse, who purchased the filly Tuesday for $345,000. The bloodstock agent, who signed the ticket as Bullet Bloodstock, was acting on behalf of an undisclosed pinhooking syndicate.

Casse was quite familiar with the bay's family as he pinhooked her mother Vaudevillian (Distorted Humor), a $170,000 KEESEP buy who sold privately after RNA'ing for $215,000 at EASMAY. The now 7-year-old mare is a half-sister to MGISW and millionaire Life At Ten (Malibu Moon).

“When you find something you like by that sire, I think you have to dig in deep to buy it,” Casse said. “I had actually pinhooked the mare. I bought and sold the mother. She was a nice model and I think this individual is a good representation of both the sire and the dam's sire [Distorted Humor]. She looks fast, looks powerful, looks quick. She has a nice hip and is a good mover.”

The filly was consigned by Taylor Made on behalf of her breeder, PTK.

To no one's surprise, the offspring of leading sire Into Mischief continued to be in high demand during Tuesday's auction. He was represented by a total of five yearlings who sold for $1.8-million and averaged $345,000, including the $800,000 sale-topping filly. —@CDeBernardisTDN

Munnings On the Money at F-T July

Holding the distinction as one of only six horses to surpass the $300,000 mark at Fasig Tuesday was hip 178, a filly by Munnings out of the 8-year-old mare Haraawa (Medaglia d'Oro). Consigned by Four Star Sales, the Feb. 3 filly was purchased by Jacob West, acting as agent for Robert and Lawana Low.

“She is a beautiful filly, well bred and well prepared,” said West, explaining the dark bay's allure. “She was well spotted in this sale and as a result, a lot of people were on her. It was right where we had priced her and we were lucky to get her.”

The Florida-bred filly, who was purchased for $92,000 at the Fasig-Tipton November sale last fall, is the second foal out of his unraced dam, also responsible for 3-year-old Gregory's Pride (Tamarkuz).

Hip 178's $300,000 price tag represents a notable increase over the Coolmore stallion's highest-priced yearling in 2020, a filly out of Show Me (Lemon Drop Kid) that brought $240,000 at Keeneland September before being pinhooked for $550,000 at the OBS March sale earlier this season.

“At the end of the day, Munnings is a very good racehorse sire and a good sales sire, obviously,” West said. “He is just a solid stallion. A son of Speightstown and he was very talented himself and he is passing that on to his offspring, including [Grade I winner] Kimari.”

According to West, the filly will go to newly named Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, who also trains Grade I winner Colonel Liam (Liam's Map) for the Lows.

“She is the standard type of horse that they like: well bred and good physicals, they rely on me for that,” said West. “Mr. and Mrs. Low are not just hands-off owners. I would put them up against many of the sport's pedigree experts out there. They know a lot about families. So when they check those boxes, they let me be my guide, which is how this filly came up. This horse checked all the boxes. We were happy to get her.”

McPeek Strikes Early and Often

Trainer Ken McPeek came out swinging right from the start of Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton July sale, kicking off the day's purchases with hip 2 before ultimately signing the ticket for 13 yearlings for a total of $1.4 million during the one-session auction.

Hip 2, a colt by first-season sire Tapwrit, brought a final bid of $100,000. Consigned by Four Star Sales, the yearling is out of the Curlin mare Black Coronas.

McPeek's other early expenditures Tuesday included a $160,000 son of Cloud Computing (hip 51). Out of My Lady Lauren (Hard Spun), the dark bay was consigned by Gainesway. The colt hails from the family of Pioneerof the Nile.

During the early action, McPeek purchased eight yearlings within the first 76 offerings, all of them by first or second-crop stallions.

“It's just the way it landed,” he said of his early purchases. “I called my clients and told them it's going to be a lot of gunfire early.”

Also among the first-season sires secured by McPeek Tuesday were: hip 4 (f, Mo Town); hip 6 (c, Free Drop Billy); hip 18 (f, Awesome Slew); hip 31 (c, Good Samaritan) and hip 76 (f, Always Dreaming).

“This crop of first-season stallions seems to be pretty impressive,” he said. “The Cloud Computing I thought was just a fantastic colt. The Always Dreaming filly was a beautiful horse out of a Pure Prize mare. I also bought a Tapwrit who is out of a Curlin mare and he was a beauty, too. The Awesome Slew is a Florida-bred and although I try to stick with Kentucky-breds, she was really well made. She looked like she would be fast and we spend time in Florida, so it seemed like it was worth the shot.”

While some of his purchases appeared to be a chip off the old block, McPeek explained that wasn't always the case.

“I don't think [the Free Drop Billy] looked anything like his sire,” he said. “He is out of a Bertrando mare and he was a very good horse. I didn't see on the pedigree where it was coming from among the physicals. But I thought the Always Dreaming filly really looked like her daddy.”

The Kentucky-based trainer also secured hip 19, a filly by first-season sire Collected. The chestnut is out of Film Idol (Bernardini), a half-sister to the Grade I winning turf mare Film Maker (Dynaformer).

“I thought the Collected filly was exceptional, physically speaking,” McPeek said.

Asked whether he had made a concerted effort to buy yearlings by young stallions, he said, “I buy a lot of horses by first-season sires. And I buy them on physicals. And I think Fasig does a great job recruiting horses by first-crop stallions that have great conformation. I am not scared of buying those horses.”

Later in the session, McPeek bagged his most expensive purchase of the afternoon, a colt by Dialed In who sold for $185,000. Consigned by Burleson Farm, hip 146 is out of Dreamy Lady (Giant's Causeway). McPeek also secured a filly by Goldencents (hip 272) for $175,000 and hip 177, a Midshipman filly out of Grouse Grind (First Samurai), for $100,000.

Graves Hits Another Homerun With Army Mule Colt

Brian Graves has enjoyed plenty of pinhooking success at the yearling sales through the years and Tuesday was no different. The horseman purchase hip 8, a colt from the first crop of Army Mule, for $40,000 at OBSWIN and sold him to WinStar's Maverick Racing for $200,000 at Newtown Paddocks.

“I bought him with Danielle Jones at OBS,” said Graves, who offered the colt in the Gainesway consignment. “Danielle had him the whole time and did a good job with him, so I was glad to see her do well.”

He continued, “We are always pleased when we can make a profit, but we are even more pleased when we can watch them go on to do good things on the racetrack. [WinStar's] Elliott Walden has done really well with a lot of the horses he has bought from us in the past. One of them was [MGISW] Audible (Into Mischief). We appreciate his support and wish him the best.”

When asked what attracted him to this Florida-bred son of Congarette (Congaree), Graves said, “He was a refined horse with real definition to his neck and shoulder. He also had a good hip and hind leg, but he moves really freely and loosely.”

A $35,000 EASOCT yearling turned $825,000 EASMAY 2-year-old purchase, Army Mule (Friesan Fire) made just three starts, but won them all impressively, capping his career with a win in the GI Carter H. He stood for $10,000 when Caperlane Farm bred this colt in 2019 and now stands for $7,500 at Hill 'n' Dale.

“I saw several Army Mules that I liked,” said Graves. “It seems he is getting a nice refined horse and that is the type of horse that I like.”

Four yearlings by Army Mule grossed $455,000 Tuesday with an average of $113,750. —@CDeBernardisTDN

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