Taylor Made Stallions Announces 2021 Stallion Roster, Reduced Fees

Taylor Made Stallions has set its 2021 stallion roster and has reduced fees on most of the stallions for the upcoming breeding season.

The roster is led by Not This Time, a leading first-crop sire in multiple categories, who will stand for $40,000 S&N. Joining Not This Time on the roster are Instagrand (new in 2021), Mshawish, and Midnight Storm, who will all stand for $7,500 S&N—Mshawish and Midnight Storm both stood for $10,000 this past breeding season. Rounding out the roster is Daddy Long Legs who will stand for $5,000 S&N after standing last season for $7,500.

Not This Time's offspring have starred in the auction ring and on the racetrack. He was the No. 1 First-Crop Sire by 2-year-old average: $175,216; led by Princess Noor who sold for $1.35 million to top the OBS Spring Sale. It was the highest price ever for a 2-year-old by a freshman sire at OBS. Not This Time's second-crop yearlings this year have included 13 that sold for $200,000 or more with two session toppers at Keeneland September and a $225,000 sale-topping filly this week at OBS October.

It is no surprise that Not This Time's first 2-year-olds have come out running. He is represented by a crop-best 14 winners, including unbeaten and untested Grade 1 winner Princess Noor, a leading contender for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Princess Noor was a breathtaking 6 1/2-length winner of the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante Stakes Sept. 6, and an equally impressive winner of the G2 Chandelier Stakes at Santa Anita in her next outing on Sept. 26 for owner Zedan Racing Stables and trainer Bob Baffert. She announced her arrival in the division being named a TDN Rising Star with an eye-catching score in a Del Mar maiden special weight in her career debut Aug. 22.

Not This Time is also represented by undefeated stakes winner Dirty Dangle, winner of the Woodbine Cares Stakes on Sept. 19, and Graded stakes-placed Hopeful Princess, third in the G3 Schuylerville Stakes at Saratoga.

On the racetrack, Not This Time was a dominating winner of the 2016 G3 Iroquois Stakes and was runner-up in that year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Not This Time is the most brilliant 2-year-old ever sired by sire of sires Giant's Causeway and he is a half-brother to Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Liam's Map.

New for 2021 is Instagrand, a graded stakes-winning son of leading sire Into Mischief. A $1.2-million purchase at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale, Instagrand made an auspicious career debut, earning TDN Rising Star status with a jaw-dropping 10-length romp at Los Alamitos for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. His final time of :56 for the five furlongs was just .32 of a second off the track record.

He followed up his sparkling debut win with another scintillating effort in his next start, winning Del Mar's G2 Best Pal Stakes by 10 1/4 lengths in wire-to-wire fashion. Nearly identical to his debut score, Instagrand assumed command at the break of the six-furlong test and powered away impressively through the lane to win as he pleased without ever being challenged.

Mshawish, Medaglia d'Oro's only Grade 1 winner on dirt and turf and his fastest dirt miler, is represented by seven first-crop winners. Among them, Arabian Prince, a debut maiden special weight winner at Churchill Downs; Miss Wild, a debut winner at Monmouth Park by 15 lengths, and additional maiden special weight winners Hitch a Ride and Franz Josef.

Daddy Long Legs, a champion first-crop sire in Chile, is a multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire by Scat Daddy. Numbered among his eight first-crop stakes horses was 2-year-old champion colt Fallen From Heaven, a Grade 1 winner on dirt and a Grade 2 winner on turf. Daddy Long Legs was a multiple graded stakes winner on multiple surfaces.

Midnight Storm, a brilliantly fast Grade 1 winner by Pioneerof the Nile, was a seven-time graded stakes winner who earned $1,783,110 in a stellar racing career. He was the No. 1 freshman sire by yearling average for stallions standing under $20,000, and he saw first yearlings sell this year for $200,000 to Maverick Racing, $185,000 to Nicoma Bloodstock, and $180,000 to Woodford Thoroughbreds. He will have first-crop 2-year-olds in 2021.

The 2021 roster of stallions and fees for Taylor Made Stallions are as follows:

Stallion S&N Fee
Not This Time $40,000
Daddy Long Legs $5,000
Instagrand-New $7,500
Midnight Storm $7,500
Mshawish $7,500

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Taylor Made’s Stallion Program on the Rise

Since the loss of Taylor Made’s signature stallion Unbridled’s Song seven years ago, the farm has worked to regain its footing in the ever-evolving, ever-competitive business of stallion development. The first step, finding prospective stallions that fit a specific program, often proves to be the most difficult.

“What do you look for in a stallion?” asked Taylor Made’s Frank Taylor. “The one thing we know is nobody knows who is going to be a great stallion. If anybody tells you they do, they’re not telling the truth.”

Ben Taylor, Vice President of Taylor Made Stallions, added that once you find a good fit, the price tag behind the prospect can often make consideration unrealistic.

“We are constantly on the lookout, but the market has been so difficult in the last few years and the competition so fierce,” Ben said. “Everybody seems to be after the same ones and the payouts are just so astronomical that we haven’t been able to get some of the upper-end stallions. So we just pick our spots and try to be ready for opportunity when it presents itself and take advantage of it. We’re trying to get stallions that we believe in and can get behind, but it’s tough. We really needed a horse like Not This Time to come on.”

Not This Time (Giant’s Causeway), currently the leading first-crop sire by winners, has been an up-and-comer to watch all year with his offspring showing his precocity on the track while proving to be increasingly popular at the sales.

“They’re early, I think they’re going to go the distance and they’re running on both surfaces,” Ben said. “He reminds me of Unbridled’s Song in that he’s good-looking, his horses are talented and are all a pretty good size. In fact, I think he may be a little better than Unbridled’s Song from a physical standpoint because he gets the perfect-sized horse. He’s flawless and his babies resemble him.”

Not This Time already has the clout of having sired a GISW in ‘TDN Rising Star’ Princess Noor, who romped to victory in the GI Del Mar Debutante S. earlier this month.

“Princess Noor is unbelievable,” Ben said. “They really haven’t asked her to run yet, so they say, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens going forward. She’s an unbelievable talent for sure.”

Princess Noor takes the GI Del Mar Debutante S. | Benoit

Her sire had shown the same promise as a juvenile under Dale Romans, breaking his maiden by 10 lengths and then taking the GIII Iroquois S. by just under nine. After a close second in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, a soft tissue injury forced the son of Giant’s Causeway to end his racing career.

“We’re very lucky to have Not This Time,” Ben admitted. “If he would have gone on and had the opportunity to compete as a 3-year-old, we probably wouldn’t have him.”

In the same year that Taylor Made welcomed Not This Time to their roster, they also added dual GISW Mshawish (Medaglia d’Oro).

“He’s a little bit under the radar, I think,” Ben said. “But he’s had a few horses run really well in major maiden races with quality fields. They’re horses that want to go longer, so a lot of them haven’t started yet, but they’re showing a lot of talent and I think you’re going to see more of them popping up.”

In the class following Not This Time and Mshawish, GISW Midnight Storm’s (Pioneerof the Nile) first yearlings are now hitting the sales ring.

Two Midnight Storm yearlings brought six figures at the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase, and several dozen youngsters are catalogued to go through the ring in the following days at Keeneland. His headliner at Fasig-Tipton, a colt out of Chickasaw Gal (Indian Charlie), brought $200,000 off a $12,500 stud fee.

“The yearlings that have sold so far have sold well,” Ben said. “From day one, we’ve had reports from people who bred to him say, ‘Hey, I got a great one. I want to breed another mare.’ He’s from a sire line that I’m really excited about and I think is going to make a big impact going forward.”

On September 11, Taylor Made announced a new addition to their roster for 2021 in ‘TDN Rising Star’ Instagrand, a son of top sire Into Mischief who will stand for an initial fee of $7,500.

“I’m very excited about Instagrand because he is a powerful, strong, good-looking horse and he’s by Into Mischief, who is just dominating the business right now,” Frank said. “Instagrand’s first two starts were unbelievable. The greatest stallions, I think, have brilliance.”

A $1.2 million joint sale-topping purchase for Larry Best’s OXO Equine at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale, the flashy colt broke his maiden in near record-breaking fashion at Los Alamitos and then took the GII Best Pal S. at Del Mar by over 10 lengths. After a layoff, the sophomore placed in two graded stakes including the GI Santa Anita Derby.

Frank said he believes that one of the keys to Instagrand’s early success at stud will be the support he receives from first-time stallion owner Larry Best.

Instagrand named ‘TDN Rising Star’ after ten-length maiden win | Benoit

“Instagrand has OXO Stallions behind him and Larry is very excited,” he said. “He’s going to support him with a lot of mares, and he’s going to buy his weanlings and yearlings at the sales. So he believes in the horse fully and is going to put his power behind him, which is going to be a great thing for breeders. We think he’s got a really big shot.”

Frank reflected on the eventful season it has been for the Taylor Made Stallions program.

“We’ve been doing it for 20-some years and we’ve had great success. We’ve gotten really lucky and blessed now to have Not This Time and to have Midnight Storm and Mshawish coming up. We’re really excited to add Instagrand to the program.”

Ben agreed that in the game of making stallions, luck is always a major player.

“We’ve been very fortunate to have the success we have had with the limited number of stallions. We’ve had Saint Ballado, Unbridled’s Song and Forestry. Something I always ask to myself is ‘How many times are you going to be lucky?’ And it takes luck to have a stallion reach the top, no matter how good a job you do.”

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Midnight Storm Filly Tops CTHS British Columbia Summer Mixed Sale

The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (British Columbia Division) Summer Mixed Sale took place Tuesday, Sept. 8, led by a yearling filly from the first crop of Midnight Storm who sold for $46,000 (Canadian).

A total of 49 horses changed hands on Wednesday for revenues of $639,600, down 40 percent from last year's sale when 64 horses brought $1,065,500. The average sale price declined 21 percent to $13,053 to $16,648, while the median fell 16 percent to $12,000 from $14,250. The buyback rate finished at 30 percent, compared with 24 percent last year.

The sale-topper was purchased by Swift Thoroughbreds Inc. Offered as Hip 75, the dark bay or brown filly is out of the winning Yankee Gentleman mare Harmony Creator, whose four foals to race are all winners, including British Columbian year-end award winner Architecture and stakes-placed Tiptoe.

The Kentucky-bred hails from the family of Grade 1-placed stakes winner Lacquaria. Whitewood Farm consigned her, as agent.

The day's second-highest price came for Hip 43, a yearling Midnight Lute colt who sold to Peter Redekop B.C. Ltd., for $40,000.

The bay colt is out of the unraced Quality Road mare Unattended, whose first foal to race is the stakes winner At Attention. The British Columbia-bred's second dam is the Grade 2 winner Go Go, who is the pivot point for runners including Grade 3 winner Miss Kentucky, and graded/group stakes-placed runners Miss Mittagong and Energia Infinity.

Bryan and Carol Anderson's Wild Rose Farm consigned the colt.

Redekop was the sale's leading buyer, with four purchases totaling $101,000. Emerald Acres was the top consignor by gross, with five horses sold for $87,000.

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

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