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Another Seven-Figure Baby for Into Mischief

Agent Liz Crow went to $1.025 million late in Tuesday’s Book 1 session to secure an Into Mischief half-sister to GISW Gift Box (Twirling Candy), MGSW Stonetastic (Mizzen Mast) and MGSP Special Forces (Candy Ride {Arg}). Hip 405 was bred by Carrie and Craig Brogden and Dr. Sandra Fubini’s Machmer Hall and offered by their new Machmer Hall Sales.

“We just really like buying from Carrie; I think she and Craig do such a good job of raising really good racehorses,” Crow said. “Obviously, the mare has proven that she can do it time and time again, so we just hope that this is another one of the mare’s good horses.”

When asked to describe the Mar. 23 foal, Crow said, “I went to see her on the farm–I saw her at Carrie’s farm first. She had a great attitude; just the way she carried herself and presented herself with a lot of class. She did the same here. Every time I saw her, she was classier than the last time.”

While Crow has built her reputation as a sharp judge off of value buys like $100,000 superstar Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) and $40,000 champion 2-year-old filly British Idiom (Flashback), she and Bradley Weisbord’s BSW/Crow have signed for four horses this week for $2.84 million .

“[These are] for a different client, and we’ll go right back down to buying our $25,000 and $50,000 and $100,000 horses in Books 2, 3 and 4,” Crow said sheepishly. “We haven’t changed our mentality, but when you’re buying that kind of pedigree page, that’s what it costs.”

Brogden’s Special Mare Justifies Her Faith Yet Again

The love affair between Carrie Brogden and the Unbridled’s Song mare Special Me goes back quite a ways. She tried to claim her back in 2008, but her trainer talked her out of it when seeing the mare was only 14.2 hands. Six months later, Brogden saw the mare for herself in the back ring of the Keeneland January sale and found out her petite stature was due to being born six months premature (Click here for a TDN video feature on Special Me & her Into Mischief filly).

Brogden could not ignore her gut feeling on the mare and scooped her up for just $6,000, a price that would prove to be the bargain of a lifetime. Special Me has produced three graded winners, several six-figure yearlings and now her and Brogden’s first million-dollar horse with her Into Mischief filly (Hip 405) selling to Liz Crow for $1.025-million Monday.

“Honestly, it means so much because it’s from the beginning,” an overjoyed Brogden said. “We bought her out of the back ring as a broodmare prospect. This is the little mare that could. We bred her back Curlin.”

The horsewoman continued, “We were just hoping to break our personal farm record for a yearling which is $550,000. But the crazy thing is Craig and I personally own half of this baby. So she’s owned by Machmer Hall [Brogden’s mom, Dr. Sandra Fubini’s, farm]] and we own the other half of her. I’m blown away. It’s been the whole progression through seeing and raising every single foal. She’s a special mare.”

Special Me’s second foal was a fleet-footed filly named Stonetastic (Mizzen Mast), who won two graded stakes and was Grade I-placed with earnings over $856,000. Two years later came Gift Box, her first Grade I winner, and two years after that, she produced GSW Special Forces (Candy Ride {Arg}). Special Me’s now-2-year-old filly Meir Point (Medaglia d’Oro) was purchased by Larry best for $500,000 as a weanling at Fasig-Tipton November. The 14-year-old mare aborted her Quality Road this year, but is back in foal to Curlin.

“David [Hayden] from Dark Hollow [who bred and sold Special Me] came up and talked to me [Sunday] at the sale,” Brogden said. “We were talking about how this was not bad for a premie, nocardioforplacentitis mare that throws beautiful foals. She’s a great mom, easy to get in foal and she raises nothing but runners.”

It is no secret that Brogden loves both Into Mischief and Unbridled’s Song. This is a cross she breeds a lot of and has been good to her. In fact, Crow purchased another Into Mischief filly bred on that cross and raised at Machmer Hall for $425,000 at last week’s Fasig-Tipton sale.

“We bred [SW & MGISP] Shoplifted (Into Mischief) on that same cross and Intense Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday) on that same cross,” said Brogden. “Because Unbridled’s Songs offer him beauty and stretch. Into Mischief gives them the will, the heart, the bone and the bodies. It’s been an incredible match.”

This is the first yearling sales season for Carrie and Craig Brogden’s new Machmer Hall consignment. They sold four horses during Book 1 for a gross of $1.92-million and average of $480,000. They had two yearlings RNA during the opening session, but sold all three of their Monday entries.

“[Sunday] I had horses that had a lot of vetting,” Brogden said. We felt we were solid at ‘X’ level, but people wanted them to be at ‘Y’ level, so we adjusted our reserves. I think, like for this filly, her reserve was less than half of what she brought. It’s about trying to be realistic, adjust our expectations, and let people get involved and feel like they’re getting a fair market price for what is going on in the world right now.” —@CDeBernardisTDN

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First Crop Snapshot: Lord Nelson’s Debut Crop At Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase

The stud career of multiple Grade 1 winner Lord Nelson reaches its next major milepost this week when his first yearlings are offered at a major public auction, starting with the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase on Sept. 9-10.

The 8-year-old son of Pulpit has 17 horses cataloged in the Yearling Showcase, giving the Spendthrift Farm resident the third-most among this year's class of first-crop sires. Many of them are ones we watched grow up last year in previous editions of First Crop Snapshot.

In this edition of First Crop Snapshot, we'll take a look at three of Lord Nelson's youngsters on offer in the Yearling Showcase, and speak to their consignors about how they've developed, what makes them stand out, and what they see in their offerings that comes through from their sire.

Colt out of Love to Score, by Even the Score
Born March 13
Bred in Kentucky by Richard and Connie Snyder
Offered as Hip 220
Consigned by Denali Sud agent

What are your impressions of the colt?

Conrad Bandoroff, Denali Stud: “He's a big, well-balanced, beautiful horse. He's got a lot of bone, a lot of substance and strength to him. He's a colt that's got a really cool kind of attitude and disposition to him. He looks like a horse that's going to take to training, and mentally, he's a horse that loves to work. He's a very nice individual, and he's got a little more size and scope than you would think, being from a brilliant sprinter. He's got the influence of speed from Lord Nelson, but he's got the frame and physique to take that over a route of ground.”

How else has Lord Nelson stamped this one?

Bandoroff: “He's given him that substance from that Pulpit sireline, that strength and substance, and just a lot of athleticism coming through from Lord Nelson himself.”

We checked in on this colt back when he was a weanling. What were some of the discussions like with his breeder, the Snyders, about this colt?

Bandoroff: “Richard's comment to us was this horse loves to train, he loves to work. He relishes it. He's just a horse that when you give him a job, he excels at it and enjoys doing it – just kind of a professional colt that loves to work. That's obviously a great attribute for anyone looking to buy a racehorse.

“The Snyders have some of the best land in Woodford County. That's the same tract of land as WinStar and Buck Pond. Richard raises horses the right way, and he raises horses to become Saturday afternoon horses.”

Colt out of Southern Drifter, by Dixie Union
Born March 21
Bred in Kentucky by Machmer Hall
Offered as Hip 375
Consigned by Machmer Hall Sales, agent

This is one you've bred yourself. How has he come along?

Carrie Brogden, Machmer Hall: “He's a bigger version of what he was as a foal. He was born a spectacular baby, and he's just kind of gone the same way. He is a beast of a horse.”

What was the thought process behind the mating?

Brogden: “I felt like the mares from the foals we've seen from her female family – even though she's by Dixie Union, I felt like having some speed would be very beneficial for her. Obviously, he was a very, very fast horse. She's a big mare, and he 's a big stallion. I thought he was a really pretty stallion and she's a little bit on the coarse side, but we're very pleased with the mating. He's got bone and he's correct. He's a big, strapping horse.”

What else would be good for potential buyers to know?

Brogden: “He's a good-vetting, uncomplicated, good-eating, good-doing-type horse. The people that have come to our farm for visits have had a lot of good feedback about Lord Nelson, and how they're feeling about him.”

Colt out of Goldrush Girl by Political Force
Born March 21
Bred in Kentucky by Spendthrift Farm
Offered as Hip 624
Consigned by Four Star Sales, agent for Spendthrift Farm

What are your thoughts on the colt?

Tony Lacy, Four Star Sales: “This is an outstanding colt. He's a real specimen. I would say that after seeing quite a few Lord Nelsons over the past few years, I think they'll impress a lot of buyers when they see the yearlings this year. They have really blossomed from weanling to yearling. I'm extremely impressed with his stock, and this colt is very much a showcase individual.

“He's got a very active family underneath. I bought a filly out of (third dam) Chasethewildwind a few years ago for European clients, and it's a family that has mass appeal. It might seem a little unorthodox straight out of the gate, but it actually was very appealing to a European buyer, and if you look at the family, it has a lot of crossover. You have runners in Germany, I know King Charlemagne was an extremely talented racehorse, as was Meshaheer. Down in the deeper ends of the family, it was a very European family that has sort of transformed over here, and has been very effective. Obviously, Daredevil is having his moment in the spotlight right now as a sire.”

How has Lord Nelson left his presence on him physically?

Lacy: “He's an extremely good-looking colt, and a lovely, balanced mover. He's got a great attitude, and when you see him in person, I think he's even more impressive than he is on film. I saw this consistency through the Lord Nelsons: leg, scope, length, balance, class. They exude a lot of the attributes you'd love to see in a nice racing prospect. I think Lord Nelson always exhibited that, and he was a lovely racehorse.”

This is another Lord Nelson foal we caught up with last year. What kind of conversations have you had with the Spendthrift Team about him?

Lacy: “We saw this colt very early on in the year. We went out and saw a number of horses on our routine cycle, and they allotted this horse to us. Obviously, we were extremely happy to get him. This is one of the top horses in their crop, and we were delighted to have the opportunity to represent them.”

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Machmer Hall Sales To Debut Consignment At September Yearling Sales

Machmer Hall Farm, one of Kentucky's leading Thoroughbred nurseries and breeders of champion Tepin and Grade 1-winner Gift Box, Vyjack, Money Multiplier, So Perfect, etc. announced Saturday they have developed a sales consignment operation to focus specifically on yearling sales in North America.

Machmer Hall owners, Sandy Fubini and Craig and Carrie Brogden, along with Amy Bunt and Mullikin Thoroughbreds are the principals of the new company, named Machmer Hall Sales. The group has enjoyed success pinhooking international star Mind Your Biscuits and ultra-talented Flat Out.

The new organization will focus on attention to detail and also concentrate on the yearling market and long-term relationships with established clients. Advice on matings, sale placements and pinhooking are among the full range of services available. They are scheduled to offer 20 Thoroughbred yearlings at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Yearling Showcase, scheduled for Sept. 9 and 10 as well as a larger consignment for the following Keeneland September Sale in Lexington, Ky.

Yearlings by noted stallions Into Mischief, American Pharoah, Constitution, Malibu Moon and Street Sense are among the initial offerings.

“I am glad that with Machmer Hall Sales, I can focus on my passion for selling yearlings,” Carrie Brogden said.

“I'm grateful for my continued relationship with Machmer Hall,” Amy Bunt said. “Their outstanding broodmare band and well-prepared individuals makes my job easier and more pleasurable. Carrie and I have worked together for a long time and I look forward to giving our clients even more personalized service.”

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Kentucky Derby Consignor Standings Presented By Keeneland: Swiss Skydiver Defied Conventional Auction Wisdom To Succeed

When Swiss Skydiver won the Grade 3 Fantasy Stakes earlier this year, Elliott Walden of breeder WinStar Farm sent out a tweet noting that the filly had lucencies in her condyles as a yearling that put a defined ceiling on her commercial value when she was sold as a yearling.

That story was all too familiar in the history of the Select Sales consignment, which famously sold a long list of high-level runners that started with minor dings on their vet reports during the company's operation from 2009 to 2020.

After Swiss Skydiver jumped into the deep end to test colts in the G2 Blue Grass Stakes, and nearly pulled it off with a gritty second to Art Collector, former Select Sales partner Carrie Brogden said it was just another example of physical presence and patience winning out.

“When we originally looked at our group, when WinStar decides which horses we're going to get the chance to sell, she was originally slated for our [Fasig-Tipton] July consignment,” Brogden said. “The first time I saw her, she was this big-bodied, strong filly, and that's when David [Hanley, WinStar general manager] said, 'We're actually not putting her in your July consignment. We're gonna have to push her back to September because of the x-rays.”

The first-crop Daredevil filly's trouble passing the vet took her from a sale for early-bloomers to Book 4 of the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, where she was offered as Hip 2997.

Swiss Skydiver drew the attention of trainer Kenny McPeek, who has staked much of his career on finding diamonds in the rough at auction by knowing what items on a vet report can be forgiven and outgrown.

“Kenny is one of the best of the best in my opinion for knowing what things he can deal with x-ray wise, and what he can't,” Brogden said. “I think that's why he gets so many bargains, because he has a very good hold – much more so than most of the trainers that I deal with – on what works and what doesn't work.

“Anytime you have stuff written on the stifles or knees, you have a lot of people who don't have a lot of experience with that,” she continued. “If people see stuff in the stifles or knees, they always get scared. When [Swiss Skydiver] was in the back ring, she stuck out as a physical filly, but even if she had 15 repository checks, it's not like a lot of them would be passing her.”

McPeek landed the winning bid on the filly for $35,000, and she'd go on to run for owner Peter Callahan.

The price obviously seems like a bargain now for a multiple Grade 2 winner and earner of $677,980, much less one that can hang with her male counterparts. The filly's transaction was just above the session's median sale price of $32,000, but both sides of the exchange knew the trainer likely got a deal.

Education efforts are starting to sink in that a clean yearling vet report isn't the only path to finding a successful runner at auction. The stories of horses that became champions with dings on their reports has become too long to deny, and Brogden adamantly drove that point home when it comes to assessing the next class of hopefuls.

“If a horse goes from a clean-vetting horse to a 'non-vetter,' the discount for risk, if they're still a great physical, is built into the price,” she said. “The discount to cover that risk is built-in, so instead of paying $100,000 for a yearling and having the same training bills, the discount's there.

“If you only want Ferraris, those are going to be different buyers. But, if you have people that are willing to buy a Ferrari with maybe a dent in the bumper at a 70 percent discount, it drives the same,” Brogden continued. “It's what we see all the time.”

McPeek said Swiss Skydiver is likely to target the Kentucky Oaks despite her solid showing against the boys, but the Kentucky Derby qualifying points she earned for her Blue Grass effort has put Select Sales in fourth place on the Derby Consignor Standings list.

Joining Swiss Skydiver among Select's graduates with Derby points are Belmont Stakes runner-up Dr Post (second choice on the morning line in Saturday's G1 Haskell), multiple Grade 1-placed Gouverneur Morris, and Remington Springboard Mile Stakes winner Shoplifted.

Success of that caliber is something to be celebrated, but it won't serve to build the consignment's reputation. The partners of Select Sales announced in February that the consignment would be disbanded, ending an 11-year run that saw the operation handle the likes of champion Tepin, Pegasus World Cup winner Mucho Gusto, and Grade/Group 1 winners Dream Tree, Mind Your Biscuits, Gift Box, Promises Fulfilled, and Twilight Eclipse.

Brogden will remain in the consignment arena at the upcoming yearling sales, selling under the Machmer Hall Sales banner. She'll be joined by fellow Select partners Amy Bunt and Tom and Michelle Mullikin. Among Select's other partners, Andrew Cary founded Cary Bloodstock to serve clients as an agent and advisor, while Jay Goodwin joined Eaton Sales as an account manager.

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