ABSCOND (m 6, Blame–Solitary Life, by Grand Slam), booked to Not This Time

We were keen to invest in a Roberto-line mare, especially one by Blame given his early success as a broodmare sire. We bought Abscond in November, and as a Grade I-winning 2-year-old from an excellent family that descends from Delta, we feel she is a wonderful addition. We have been watching Not This Time for a while and what he has already achieved with lesser expensive crops is obviously very impressive. He is a beautiful looking horse who has already worked well with the Arch line as well as Gone West and Known Fact, both of which are also in Abscond's background. He's also versatile regarding dirt and turf, something that we also thought would complement Abscond.

ANGLE OF ATTACK (m 6, Maclean's Music–Bourbon Warfare, by Colonel John), foaled a filly by Bolt d'Oro; booked to Bolt d'Oro

Another Kentucky-based mare and one of two we're sending to Bolt d'Oro, alongside New Jazz (a winning daughter of Scat Daddy). Angle Of Attack was a high-class, tough, stakes-winning mare who we bought in November carrying to Bolt d'Oro. Bolt d'Oro already has some impressive statistics backed up by a volume of quality runners on both surfaces. We were keen to utilise him, especially as Angle Of Attack is also a granddaughter of Distorted Humor, already the damsire of one of Bolt d'Oro's best winners, Major Dude.

BLUE DIAMOND (GB) (m 5, Galileo (Ire)–Pearling, by Storm Cat) foaled colt by Siyouni (Fr); booked to Dubawi (Ire)

The Galileo – Dubawi cross needs no introduction and as a member of an exceptional family that has been a bedrock of Blue Diamond Stud for many years, this mare also deserves the best chance at stud; she is a sister to our three-time Group 1 winner Decorated Knight (GB) and out of Pearling, a sister to Giant's Causeway, blue hen You'resothrilling and Freud from the illustrious Mariah's Storm dynasty.

DANCING KIKI (m 6, Blame–Justenufappeal, by Exchange Rate), booked to Medaglia d'Oro

A tough Saratoga stakes winner who won on turf and dirt. The key was to start her off with a proven stallion and Medaglia d'Oro, as such a dependable and versatile source of quality, fits the bill especially as his record with Kris S.-line mares includes Marketing Mix, Dark Cove etc. It's also a variation of the Medaglia d'Oro – Blame cross behind Forte.

DAWN OF HOPE (GB) (m 10, Mastercraftsman (Ire)–Sweet Firebird (Ire), by Sadler's Wells) foaled colt by Pinatubo (Ire); booked to Lope De Vega (Ire)

Lope De Vega has forged such a successful partnership with Danehill-line mares–Belardo (Ire), Place Du Carrousel (Ire), Newspaperofrecord (Ire), Gytrash (Aus), Santa Ana Lane (Aus), Sweet Lady (Fr) spring to mind, etc.–and Dawn Of Hope was extremely talented herself, winning the Listed Prix Petite Etoile.

A half-sister to our multiple stakes winner Ayrad (GB) from the family of Stravinsky, Dawn Of Hope's first foal Kind Gesture (GB) (Decorated Knight {GB}), came close to landing black type for Prince A A Faisal last year. Her second, Variable Cost (GB) (Kingman {GB}), is on the worktab for Chad Brown while her 2-year-old colt by Invincible Spirit (Ire) is due to join John and Thady Gosden. There is a lot to look forward to with this mare.

I'M WONDERFUL (m 7, Giant's Causeway–Rebridled Dreams, by Unbridled's Song) booked to Blame

An exciting mare, this sister to Carpe Diem was bought as a yearling and her first foal, Wonderful Justice (by Justify), made a winning debut for Brad Cox earlier this month at Fair Grounds. He took the Black Gold S. by a neck on Saturday to become his sire's eighth stakes winner. Her 2-year-old colt by Dubawi is with Charlie Appleby and she has a yearling filly by Curlin.

As outlined earlier, we are keen to push more Roberto blood into the stud and given Blame's success with the Storm Cat and Unbridled lines (her dam is a daughter of Unbridled's Song), we felt she would be a good fit for Blame; indeed, the foal will be bred along very similar lines to the high-class Blamed. I'm Wonderful is one of several mares we are sending to Blame this year. Others include Floret (Ire), a Galileo (Ire) half-sister to Moonlight Cloud (GB) whose first foal, a 2-year-old colt by Kingman (GB), goes to Andre Fabre. She has recently foaled a very nice filly by Palace Pier (GB).

MANASAROVA (m 10, More Than Ready–Manaahil, by Mr Greeley) booked to Not This Time

A big, strong More Than Ready mare from the Ballade family, she was listed-placed in France herself and is the dam of last season's listed winner Sicilian Defense (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}). Her 3-year-old colt, Ribal (GB) (Roaring Lion), was placed at Newmarket last season for Andrew Balding and her 2-year-old filly by Zoustar (Aus) goes to Andre Fabre, so there's plenty to look forward to. Like Abscond, she is bred on the Hail To Reason-Gone West cross, both lines that Not This Time has already clicked with, and from a family that seems to translate on both sides of the Atlantic.

NADIA PROMISE (GB) (m 9, Galileo (Ire)–Majestic Sakeena (Ire), by King's Best) foaled a filly by Siyouni (Fr); booked to New Bay (GB)

   From one of our oldest and most successful families, Nadia Promise is a half-sister to our first homebred stakes winner Nouriya (GB) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), who bred G2 Duke Of Cambridge S. winner Aljazzi (GB) (Shamardal) for us. Nouriya remains in the stud and visits Kingman, thereby replicating the Danehill/Danehill Dancer cross responsible for Persian King (Ire), Chachnak (GB), Tempus (GB) and Megallan (GB) among others.

Nadia Promise, who is inbred 3×3 to Allegretta, recently foaled a good filly by Siyouni and now goes to New Bay, which gives us a variation of the highly successful New Bay-Galileo cross.

NAZANIN (m 4, Declaration Of War–Woodland Scene (Ire), by Act One (GB)) booked to Frankel (GB)

A homebred for us, Nazanin won the G3 Firth Of Clyde S. and deserves a chance with a stallion like Frankel, especially given how effective he has proven with Danzig-line mares. It's an excellent Car Colston Hall Stud family, since she is out of a half-sister to Group 1 winner Crowded House (GB) (Rainbow Quest) and therefore a granddaughter of Wiener Wald from the further family of Storm Cat and Royal Academy.

PEARLING (m 17, Storm Cat–Mariah's Storm, by Rahy) in foal to Frankel (GB); booked to Frankel (GB)

Pearling has been a much-valued member of Blue Diamond Stud since her purchase in 2011. Out of Mariah's Storm, she is a full or half-sister to eight stakes horses including Giant's Causeway and You'resothrilling. It's a family that keeps on giving, as we saw again last year when You'resothrilling's daughter Toy (Ire) was Classic-placed in the Irish Oaks and another half-sister Fabulous (Ire) was represented by the G1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Above The Curve (American Pharoah).

Pearling herself has been a wonderful servant for Blue Diamond Stud, notably as the dam of Decorated Knight, whose wins for us included the G1 Irish Champion S., G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup and G1 Jebel Hatta. She deserves the best and, with Frankel, we get that elite quality as well as access to the Galileo line that provided Decorated Knight. Her first foal by Frankel, the winning Ambrosia (GB), is also doing her bit to add to the family as the dam of the promising Justify filly Aunt Shirley, who was highly tried by WinStar Farm after winning on debut last year.

Pearling's 2-year-old filly by Kingman (GB), named Haute Couture (GB), will be trained by John and Thady Gosden.

PRINCESS LOULOU (GB) (m 13, Pivotal (GB)–Aiming (GB), by Highest Honor) in foal to Frankel (GB); booked to Frankel (GB)

A listed winner and second in the G1 Prix Jean Romanet for us, she is the dam of our Prix de Diane and Nassau S. heroine Nashwa (GB). She is currently carrying a filly by Nashwa's sire Frankel and it made sense to go back to him. Princess Loulou's 2-year-old filly by Decorated Knight will join Nashwa in John and Thady Gosden's yard while she has a very nice yearling colt by Dubawi.

QIBLA (Ire) (m 4, Fastnet Rock (Aus)–Nadia Promise (GB), by Galileo (Ire)) in foal to Saxon Warrior (Jpn); booked to Mishriff (Ire)

We are delighted to support Mishriff in his first season at stud. It's rare to find such versatility and toughness in a horse coupled with his kind of Group 1 talent, plus he's a beautiful horse from Prince Faisal's wonderful Rafha (GB) family of Invincible Spirit (Ire) and Kodiac (GB). So we were keen to support him and are delighted to be sending a mare from our long-serving Majestic Sakeena family responsible for Aljazzi and Nouriya.

ROSE OF MIRACLES (GB) (m 11, Dalakhani (Ire)–Neartica (Fr), by Sadler's Wells) in foal to Lope De Vega (Ire); booked to No Nay Never

   From the outstanding Riviere d'Or (Fr) family of Goldikova (Ire), Rose Of Miracles has produced three winners from as many runners for us including Amtiyaz (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who won the Copper Horse S. at Royal Ascot, and Najeeba (GB) (Dansili {GB}), the winner of three races. Particularly exciting, however, is her 3-year-old Intinso (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), who was named a 'TDN Rising Star' when winning well on debut at Newcastle last year. He holds several big-race entries for John and Thady Gosden and given how Rose Of Miracles's progeny tend to improvement with time, there is reason to hope that he might be able to progress into better company. It's also with the idea of exposing her to proper juvenile speed that Rose Of Miracles goes to No Nay Never, and of course it's the same cross as Meditate (Ire).

TISA RIVER (Ire) (m, 9 Equiano (Fr)–Senta's Dream (GB), by Danehill) foaled colt by Frankel (GB); booked to Camelot (GB)

A half-sister to Iridessa (Ire), Order Of Australia (Ire) and Santa Barbara (Ire) and already a stakes producer herself as the dam of last season's smart sprint 2-year-old Bolt Action, her first foal. Her 2-year-old filly by Blue Point (Ire) has gone to Andrew Balding. With Camelot, we are breeding along similar lines to Santa Barbara, one of the top 3-year-old fillies of 2021.

ZOTILLA (Ire) (m, 11 Zamindar–Louvain (Ire), by Sinner (Ire)) booked to Dubawi (Ire)

We bought Zotilla at Arqana in 2019 and last year received an incredible update when her daughter Mangoustine (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) won the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, thereby emulating Zotilla's half-sister Flotilla who won the race in 2013. As a Classic producer, we felt she deserved a chance with one of Europe's best stallions in Dubawi. He should suit her physically and of course, it's the same Dubawi-Zamindar cross as New Bay and Zarak from just 10 starters; Dubawi has also bred three black-type winners from a handful of foals out of mares by Zafonic so the Zaizafon cross is certainly one to take notice of.

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The 5-year-old daughter of Into Mischief retired with nine wins in 11 starts for earnings of $1,771,500.

Gamine topped the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale after selling to owner Michael Lund Petersen for $1.8 million. She secured the Eclipse Award as champion female sprinter at age three, with victories in the Grade 1 Acorn Stakes and Test Stakes, and a capstone score in that year's Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Keeneland.

Gamine won the first four starts of her 2021 campaign, ticking off wins in the G3 Las Flores Stakes, G1 Derby City Distaff Stakes, G2 Great Lady M Stakes, and G1 Ballerina Handicap. Her final start saw her finish third in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Del Mar.

Bred in Kentucky by Grace Thoroughbred Holdings, Gamine is out of the stakes-placed Kafwain mare Peggy Jane.

Quality Road, 16-year-old son of Elusive Quality, stands at Lane's End in Versailles, Ky., for an advertised fee of $150,000.

From nine crops of racing age, Quality Road has sired 432 winners and amassed combined progeny earnings of more than $65.2 million.

Quality Road has sired two Eclipse Award winners: Champion 2-year-old filly Caledonia Road and champion 3-year-old female Abel Tasman. Corniche, the winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile, is a finalist – and the presumptive favorite – for champion 2-year-old male of 2021.

He is also responsible for Pegasus World Cup winner City of Light, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Hootenanny, and Grade 1 winners including Dunbar Road, Bellafina, Spring Quality, Roadster, Salty, Illuminant, and Klimt.

Michael Lund Petersen champion sprinter Gamine won 9 races, inc the Breeder cup F/M Sprint and four other G1s. She showed real prowess in the Acorn at Belmont, opening up to win by 18+ lengths. She set a NTR at Keeneland, 7 furlongs in 1.20.1. GAMINE will visit QUALITY ROAD 2022. pic.twitter.com/WKkDQ8Qdqe

— Donato Lanni (@DonatoLanni) February 6, 2022

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In this episode spotlighting Floripa at Old Tavern Farm in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Old Tavern's Greg Daley answers the question, “Why did you choose Vekoma for Floripa's mating?”

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A statement on the Winx website read:

“The Winx Ownership Group are pleased to announce that Winx will be visiting Pierro for this year's 2021 breeding season.

“Winx has been given a full year to recover from her ordeal and we are pleased to report that the mare has returned in great condition. She has been enjoying life on the farm with some friends while she is preparing to go back to the breeding barn this spring.”

The mating comes after Winx lost what would have been her first foal, a filly by I Am Invincible, in October 2020.

A winner of 37 races (25 Group 1, including four runnings of the Cox Plate) in 43 starts, Winx was victorious in her final 33 outings.Trained by Chris Waller and ridden most often by Hugh Bowman, the daughter of Street Cry retired with earnings in excess of AUS$26 million.

Pierro, a 12-year-old son of Lonhro, stands at Coolmore Australia for an advertised fee of AUS$110,000.

Arguably the best son of top Australian sire Lonhro on the track or at stud, Pierro became the sixth horse to win Australia's 2-Year-Old Triple Crown, sweeping the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes, AJC Sires Produce Stakes, and Champagne Stakes. He came back at three to win five group stakes races, including another pair of Group 1 scores.

Pierro has also sired Australian Derby winner Levendi, and additional Group 1 winners Arcadia Queen, Pierata, Shadow Hero, and Regal Power.

Coolmore Australia noted the mating announcement with the following statement on its website:

“We are so grateful to the connections of the great Winx that she will visit Pierro in 2021. As a graduate of the farm, Winx is a source of immense pride for all of us at Coolmore. It is a great honour that she will visit a stallion at the place where she was raised and grazed.”

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A 4-year-old daughter of Lope de Vega, Newspaperofrecord finished her career with five wins in 10 starts, earning $1,122,250 for owner Klaravich Stable.

Bred in Ireland by Times of Wigan Ltd., Newspaperofrecord was purchased by Klaravich Stable at the 2017 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, and brought stateside, where she got off to a fast start on the racetrack. She went undefeated in three starts during her 2-year-old campaign, using the Grade 2 Miss Grillo Stakes as a prep for her 6 3/4-length triumph as the heavy favorite in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

She earned a pair of Grade 3 placings during her 3-year-old season, then came back strong in 2020, notching victories in the G3 Intercontinental Stakes and the G1 Just a Game Stakes. The latter half of her 4-year-old season featured in-the-money efforts in the G1 First Lady Stakes and G2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes.

Newspaperofrecord is out of the British Group 3-winning Holy Roman Emperor mare Sunday Times, whose runners also include stakes winner Classical Times.

Galileo stands at Coolmore Stud in Ireland for a private fee. The 22-year-old son of Sadler's Wells has become a cornerstone of international racing through his progeny on the racetrack, and when they go to the breeding shed themselves.

A European champion in his own right, Galileo's 2020 runners are led by Group 1 winners Magical, Circus Maximus, Peaceful, Search for a Song, Shale, Mogul, Love, and Serpentine.

Newspaperofrecord has officially been retired and sold privately. She will be bred to the great Galileo! I want to thank Klaravich Stable for trusting her career with us, as well as everyone on TeamCB that played a role in her development! ⁦@BreedersCup ⁦@coolmorestud⁩ pic.twitter.com/v4uAZd1Iwz

— Chad C. Brown (@TheRealChadCBr1) December 9, 2020

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Retired after sustaining a soft tissue injury in the Grade 1 Starlet Stakes last Saturday, plans are to bring Princess Noor to Kentucky in the coming weeks to settle into her new home at Taylor Made Farm where she will begin her second career as a broodmare.

Into Mischief was the champion sire of 2019 and has secured his spot as this year's champion sire, with progeny earnings of nearly $22 million – breaking the single season earnings Tapit set in 2016.

The mating of Princess Noor with Into Mischief scores an “A” TrueNick rating. Similar-crossed yearlings from the Giant's Causeway sire line sold up to $400,000 this year. Mares in-foal to Into Mischief from the Giant's Causeway sire line sold up to $700,000 this year.

Into Mischief stands at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky.

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It will be the first paring between the two, with Black Caviar having previously produced foals from stallions including Exceed and Excel, Sebring, More Than Ready, Snitzel, and I Am Invincible.

Written Tycoon is an 18-year-old son of Iglesia who stands at Arrowfield Stud for an advertised fee of AUS$77,000 (US$55,674). He joins the Arrowfield roster this year after previously residing at Woodside Park Stud.

On the track, Written Tycoon did his best work at age two, winning the Group 2 Slipper Trial Stakes. His 3-year-old campaign included runner-up efforts in the G3 San Domenico Stakes and the listed Satellite Stakes. In total Written Tycoon won two of 11 starts for AUS$289,325 ($209,189).

Though he started as a relatively unheralded stallion, Written Tycoon has steadily climbed to the upper echelon of Australia's sire ranks, spearheaded by 2016 Golden Slipper winner Capitalist. Written Tycoon was Australia's leading freshman sire of the 2010-11 racing season, and he was the leading 2-year-old sire in 2015-16.

Other runners of note by Written Tycoon include Group 1 winners Tycoon Tara, Music Magnate, Despatch, Booker, and La Luna Rossa.

Black Caviar, a 13-year-old mare by Bel Esprit, was named Australia's Horse of the Year and champion sprinter each year from 2011 to 2013.

Undefeated in all 25 of her career starts, Black Caviar was a three-time winner of the Group 1 Lightning Stakes, and she was twice a winner of four other Group 1 races in her home country. However, her most famous effort arguably stemmed from her voyage to England for the G1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes during the Royal Ascot meeting, where she preserved her undefeated streak after a nail-biting finish.

Black Caviar's career so engulfed the imaginations of racing fans in Australia and around the world that she became the second horse in history to be named to Australia's Hall of Fame while still actively racing in 2013.

Black Caviar is still seeking her first breakout star as a broodmare, but her influence will soon spread as her first foals retire to the breeding shed, including her son Prince of Caviar, a Sebring horse who stands at Riverbank Farm in Australia.

In 2007 I was giving away Written Tycoon nominations to fill his book. Today, Black Caviar, one of the most iconic mare's of our time has been booked to him. I could not be prouder of this stallion and how far he has come! #rags to riches pic.twitter.com/kqEhAnqqvz

— Suman Hedge Bloodstock (@shbloodstock) August 6, 2020

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The 6-year-old Ghostzapper mare was unraced in 2020, but was still in training through the end of May, turning in her final workout at Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida on May 27.

Holy Helena retired with eight wins in 20 career starts for earnings of $1,330,018, racing as a homebred for Adena Springs' Ontario base, and for trainer Jimmy Jerkens.

Unraced at two, Holy Helena broke her maiden in her second career start at Belmont Park, and parlayed that into victories in two of the most prestigious races for Canadian-breds. First, she bested the country's top sophomore fillies in the Woodbine Oaks, then she became the 36th filly to win the Queen's Plate. She added a runner-up effort in the Grade 3 Ontario Derby before the end of the season to clinch honors as Canada's champion 3-year-old filly in 2017.

Holy Helena made the leap onto the U.S. scene in the seasons to come as a turf runner, racking up two victories in the G3 The Very One Stakes to go along with wins in the G2 Sheepshead Bay Stakes at Belmont Park and the G2 Dance Smartly Stakes at Woodbine.

Quality Road, a Grade 1-winning son of Elusive Quality, stands at Lane's End in Versailles, Ky., for an advertised fee of $200,000.

The 14-year-old has emerged as one of North America's highest-ranking sires on the racetrack and in the auction ring, with notable foals including champions Abel Tasman and Caledonia Road, as well as Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner City of Light and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Hootenanny.

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