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PR Back Ring Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale: Bernardini’s Deep Roots At The Spa

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The latest issue of the PR Back Ring is now online, ahead of the Saratoga Select Yearling Sale.

The PR Back Ring is the Paulick Report's bloodstock newsletter, released ahead of every major North American Thoroughbred auction. Seeking to expand beyond the usual pdf presentation, the Back Ring offers a dynamic experience for bloodstock content, heavy on visual elements and statistics to appeal to readers on all platforms, especially mobile devices.

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Lead Feature presented by Mill Ridge Farm: Bernardini's name has been synonymous with success in Saratoga since the horse first raced at the track as a 2-year-old. Bloodstock editor Joe Nevills examines just how deep the late champion has set his roots at the Spa on the racetrack, and in the sales ring.
Stallion Spotlight: Headley Bell of Mill Ridge Farm on Oscar Performance, whose first foals are yearlings of 2021.
Lesson Horses presented by John Deere Equine Discount Program: Record-setting trainer Steve Asmussen discusses what a calm, careful racehorse taught him about life in his youth.
Ask Your Veterinarian presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Dr. Lindsey Rings of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital explains why some horses might not take well to extended stall rest, and offers some solutions to help keep them calm as they heal.
Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Ninetypercentbrynn is one of Pennsylvania's leading earners from the state's lucrative incentive program, and she's gotten there without a stakes start in 2021. Chelsea Hackbarth examines how she got there.
First-Crop Sire Watch: Stallions whose first crops of yearlings are represented in the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale, including the number of horses cataloged and the farm where the stallion is currently advertised.

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Lesson Horses Presented By John Deere Equine Discount Program: Cary Frommer On Inca Chief

You never forget the name of your first lesson horse – that horse who taught you what you need to know to work with every one that follows.

In this series, participants throughout the Thoroughbred industry share the names and stories of the horses that have taught them the most about life, revealing the limitless ways that horses can impact the people around them. Some came early on in their careers and helped them set a course for the rest of their lives, while others brought valuable lessons to veterans of the business.

Question: Which horse has taught you the most about life?

Cary Frommer: “I had a horse one time that I bought, Inca Chief, and I bought him just because I loved him. I loved the way he looked. He was an athlete. He sold for a life-changing amount of money for me, and when he ran through his conditions and he didn't really run on, he started going down the claiming ranks, and I got him back to turn out. He still lives at my farm.

“He had been such a life-changer for me, and he's such a sweet, kind horse, but what taught me the most is everybody that was around him wanted good things for him, too. It made me think much better of people than I sometimes do, because everybody worked together to try and give him a good home, and to make sure he ended up with me – happy, turned out, and just living the rest of his life out.

“I think I learned more about people from that horse than I have from many of the people I've known.

“I don't know what went wrong, because he had some pretty serious problems when he got back to me, but he was kind, and 100 percent heart. Just a really special horse in my life. Obviously, he affected everyone that way, because people lined up to help him end up in a good place.

“He just lives out on my farm and eats grass. He babysits the occasional baby, but that's it.”

About Inca Chief
(2014, c., Uncle Mo x Five Star Dream, by Five Star Day)

Inca Chief was bred in Kentucky by Candyland Farm, and he was consigned by that operation at the 2015 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearlings Sale, where he sold to Frommer for $90,000.

The colt was a standout at the 2016 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. He breezed an eighth in :10 seconds flat, tying for the sale's fastest time at the distance, and his smooth motion down the Gulfstream Park stretch put him at the head of the class from an eye-test standpoint, as well.

That excitement followed Inca Chief to the sale ring, where he sold to the Coolmore partnership and Stonestreet Stables for $1 million, tied for the second-highest price of the elite auction.

Injuries hampered the big-bodied colt, and delayed his debut until June of his 3-year-old season, where he finished second in a maiden special weight at Monmouth Park with trainer Todd Pletcher.

He raced just once for the connections that bought him at auction before going through the ring at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, where he sold to owner Doyle Williams for $55,000. Frommer said she was the underbidder at $50,000.

Inca Chief continued to struggle in the search for his first win on a major circuit with new trainer Randy Morse, even dropping into maiden claiming company at Churchill Downs to no avail.

After another long layoff, Williams gave Inca Chief a change of scenery and moved him to the Southwest barn of trainer Scott Young, which paid immediate dividends. He won his first two starts at Will Rogers Downs; first a maiden claiming race, then an allowance race. He was then moved to Prairie Meadows, where he won another allowance at first asking, then made two more starts before retiring.

Inca Chief retired with three wins in 13 starts for earnings of $61,572.

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PR Back Ring Fasig-Tipton July HORA And Breeding Stock Sale: How Well Has The Thoroughbred Industry Embraced Online Auctions?

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The latest issue of the PR Back Ring is now online, ahead of the Fasig-Tipton July Horse of Racing Age and Breeding Stock Sale.

The PR Back Ring is the Paulick Report's new bloodstock newsletter, released ahead of every major North American Thoroughbred auction. Seeking to expand beyond the usual pdf presentation, the Back Ring offers a dynamic experience for bloodstock content, heavy on visual elements and statistics to appeal to readers on all platforms, especially mobile devices.

Here is what's inside this issue…

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Lead Feature: A year after North America's auction houses rolled out online bidding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, bloodstock editor Joe Nevills takes a comprehensive look back at what worked, what didn't, and where we go from here with the various methods of buying Thoroughbreds on the web.
Stallion Spotlight: Helen Barbazon of Pleasant Acres Stallions on multiple Grade 1-placed Neolithic, a freshman sire in Florida.
Lesson Horses Presented By John Deere Equine Discount Program: Consignor Cary Frommer shares what the seven-figure juvenile Inca Chief taught her about how a community can support a horse at the end of his racing career.
Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Veteran campaigner Wait For It regains the top spot among incentive earners in the lucrative Pennsylvania program through the end of May.
First-Crop Sire Watch: Stallions whose first crops of yearlings are represented in the Fasig-Tipton July sale, including the number of horses cataloged and the farm where the stallion is currently advertised.

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Lesson Horses Presented By John Deere Equine Discount Program: Craig Bernick Of Glen Hill Farm On You Go West Girl

You never forget the name of your first lesson horse – that horse who taught you what you need to know to work with every one that follows.

Question: Which horse has taught you the most about life?

Craig Bernick, Glen Hill Farm: “Before I took over Glen Hill Farm, I owned a few horses myself, and the best one was called You Go West Girl. We bought her as a 2-year-old in training. I had seen her mother run when I was in college, and I asked Tom (Proctor, his trainer) to look at 15 horses' pedigrees.

“She did well and won a lot of races, but she could never have a good-looking foal. She made $600,000 racing, but she never had a good-looking foal, so we sold her. Then, she ended up producing a Grade 2 winner, which was wonderful. I've since bought her back, but she still doesn't produce good-looking foals. If they're not good-looking, [buyers] don't like them, even if the mare ran, and she's had a runner.

“A lot of our broodmare band, we really value performance, and we really value pedigree, and we feel like those things reproduce themselves, but in the auction space, they value looks. That's a great lesson that I continue to learn over and over. For us, the performance is most important, but when you're selling, they have to be gorgeous or nobody wants them.”

About You Go West Girl
(2004, Mr. Greeley x Careless Heiress, by Runaway Groom)

Bred in New York by Gallaghers Stud, You Go West Girl was purchased by Bernick for $145,000 at the 2006 OBS Spring 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale. She won 10 of 31 starts during her on-track career, earning $637,043.

After breaking her maiden in her second start as a 2-year-old at Keeneland, You Go West Girl added a pair of allowance wins and runner-up efforts in the Grade 3 Regret Stakes and non-graded Hatoof Stakes by the close of her juvenile campaign. Her 3-year-old campaign saw her win or place in a trio of New York-bred stakes, highlighted by a victory in the Hey Baba Lulu Stakes at Belmont Park.

The filly continued to race for three more seasons, racking up a pair of wins in the Ticonderoga Stakes at Belmont, and another score in the John Hettinger Stakes at the same track. She narrowly missed earning a graded stakes victory in the G3 Cardinal Handicap at Churchill Downs, where she lost by a head to Acoma.

As a broodmare, You Go West Girl has had one winner from three starters, with that winner being the Kitten's Joy gelding Chicago Style, who took the G2 Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes in 2018; a year after finishing second in the same race.

You Go West Girl's recent foals include Picton, a unraced 3-year-old Liam's Map filly; and Ice Axe, a 2-year-old Bernardini colt. She was bred to Kitten's Joy for the 2021 foaling season.

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