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$1-Million Munnings Filly Gets OBS Wednesday Off to Quick Start

A filly by Munnings (hip 558) got the final session of the OBS March sale off to a quick start when selling for $1 million Wednesday in Ocala. Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni signed the ticket on the filly on behalf of Frank Fletcher. She will be trained by Bill Mott.

The bay filly was consigned by Tom McCrocklin, who purchased her for $450,000 on behalf of Michael Sucher's Champion Equine at last year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. She is out of In Full Compliance (Smart Strike) and worked a quarter-mile last week in :20 4/5.

McCrocklin and Sucher had pinhooking success Tuesday at OBS when selling a colt by Arrogate for $1.05 million and a filly by the late sire for $950,000.

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Well-Bred Juddmonte Munnings Filly Scores on Debut at Santa Anita

10th-Santa Anita, $68,000, Msw, 3-18, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:15.86, ft, 1 1/2 lengths.
PLEASANT (f, 3, Munnings–Fair Lady, by Medaglia d'Oro) jumped well at odds of 9-2 despite getting bumped leaving the gate in her debut run and forced the issue from an outside second. Traveling kindly while racing in hand, she turned up the heat on the far turn and braced for the challenge of heavily favored $1.2-million FTFMAR graduate and second-time starter Ruby Nell (Bolt d'Oro) leaving the quarter pole. Pleasant still had plenty left in the tank, however, and powered home to graduate by 1 1/2 lengths. The unraced Fair Lady, a daughter of the brilliant GISW and GI Breeders' Cup Sprint runner-up Honest Lady (Seattle Slew), had a filly by Not This Time in 2022 and was not bred back. This is also the loaded female family of GISWs First Defence (Unbridled's Song), Empire Maker (Unbridled) and Chester House (Mr. Prospector). Broodmare of the Year Toussaud (El Gran Senor) is Pleasant's third dam. The Munnings over Medaglia d'Oro cross is also responsible for GSW Barkley. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $40,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Bob Baffert.

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Racing Insights: Big Pedigrees Shine On Saturday

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10th-SA, $67K, Msw, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 8:01 p.m.

The first of a pair of Juddmonte fillies racing for Bob Baffert, PLEASANT (Munnings) is the latest filly to make the races out of Fair Lady (Medaglia d'Oro), herself a daughter of GISW Honest Lady (Seattle Slew) making her a half to GISW First Defense (Unbridled's Song), SW & GSP Honest Mischief (Into Mischief), SW Phantom Rose (Danzig), and SW Honest Quality (Elusive Quality). Pleasant's third dam is none other than Toussaud (El Gran Senor), the broodmare of the year responsible for the likes of MGISW and late sire Empire Maker (Unbridled), GISW Chester House (Mr. Prospector), MGSW & GISP Decarchy (Distant View), GISW Chiselling (Woodman), and the dam of MGSW Honorable Duty (Distorted Humor). The bay worked a sharp five-furlongs in :59.1 (3/32) Mar. 6 and picks up veteran John Velazquez.

Her un-coupled stablemate breaking from the inside gate, Enclosure (Arrogate) is the first foal out of Juddmonte's $500,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga purchase Cognitive (Uncle Mo). This is the extended family of $3.3m Fasig-Tipton Night of the Stars pick up MGISW Dream Rush (Wild Rush) and her daughters: GISW Dreaming of Julia (A.P. Indy) and MGSW Dream Pauline (Tapit).

“They are both nice fillies,” Baffert said Friday morning of the Juddmonte pair. “The Arrogate (Enclosure) is probably going to need a race and I think she wants two turns. The Munnings (Pleasant) is quicker.”

Also of note in this field is the outside runner Ruby Nell (Bolt d'Oro), purchased for $1.2m as a 2-year-old at the Gulfstream Sale last year. She was last seen in second behind SW Ag Bullet (Twirling Candy) when debuted on the grass Jan. 22. TJCIS PPS

7th-FG, $50K, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 5:15 p.m.

Triple-Crown nominated PURSUIT OF POWER (Gun Runner) brought $875,000 from Courtlandt Farm at the 2021 Keeneland September Sale. Distorted Lies (Smart Strike), herself a daughter of GI Kentucky Oaks runner up Broadway's Alibi, is a half-sister to newly-crowned Eclipse champion sprinter Elite Power (Curlin), MGSW Golden Lad (Medaglia d'Oro), and MSW & GISP R Gypsy Gold (Bernardini). This is also the family of Armed Forces S. winner Lights of Broadway (City of Light).

First Mission (Street Sense), a Godolphin homebred from the family of Argentinian champion 3-year-old filly Forty Marchanta (Arg) (Roar), will try to improve off his three-quarter length defeat on debut Feb. 18. TJCIS PPS

3rd-GP, $84K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:38 p.m.

A $460,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling purchase, MAGICAL POWER (Good Magic) enters his debut off a pair of bullet drills Feb. 26 and Mar. 11 for trainer Todd Pletcher and owners AMO Racing USA and Stonestreet Stables. The colt is out of a half-sister to MSW More Moonlight (More Than Ready). TJCIS PPS

9th-GP, $84K, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 4:37 p.m.

A homebred for Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm, UNION TAP (Union Rags) is from the family of champion 3-year-old colt Afleet Alex (Northern Afleet) and MGSP Unforgettable Max (Northern Afleet).

Making his second start for Todd Pletcher and Repole Stable, Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable after a close third over the all-weather track Feb. 16, Clever Thought (Quality Road) is out of a daughter of champion 3-year-old filly Dancinginmydreams (Seeking the Gold). His dam is a half to GISW Dancing Forever (Rahy) and the to the dams of GSP Miss Yearwood (Will Take Charge), GSP Tuggle (Point of Entry), and GSW & GISP Carrumba (Bernardini). Under his third dam is another champion 3-year-old filly in Heavenly Prize (Seeking the Gold), MGISW Good Reward (Storm Cat) and GISW Oh What A Windfall (Seeking the Gold). TJCIS PPS

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2023 Mating Plans, Presented By Spendthrift: Pin Oak

With the 2023 season upon us, the TDN staff is once again sitting down with leading breeders to find out what stallions they have chosen for their mares, and why. Dana and Jim Bernhard purchased Pin Oak Stud just outside of Versailles, Kentucky late last year, inaugurating a new chapter in its storied history. Here is what Farm Manager Jeff Danford had to say about their broodmare band for 2023.

BROADWAY LADY (m, 6, Constitution–Livi Makenzie) booked to Munnings
This mare, purchased late last year, is a very attractive daughter of Constitution who happens to be a half-sister to MGSW Tawny Port (Pioneerof the Nile). She is from the family of Surf Cat, and the mare will visit Munnings this year. This mating has an interesting breeding connection to Holy Bull.

COMPETITVE SPEED (m, 5, Competitive Edge–Shopped Out) booked to Justify
A MGSP daughter of Competitive Edge, who was third in the GII Gulfstream Park Oaks and GII Davona Dale S. with earnings of $190,000. She just foaled a nice colt by the exciting young stallion Maxfield and will visit Justify this year.

CORE VALUES (m, 5, Honor Code–Sweet Awakening) booked to Curlin
This young daughter of Honor Code has all the breeding in the world to be a quality broodmare sire. She's a half-sister to MGSW Are You Kidding Me (Run Away and Hide), and was a SW under trainer Vicki Oliver with earnings of $222,000. We plan to have her visit Curlin this year, and this is a cross that has already produced MGISW Malathaat and MGISW Nest.

DIAMOND SPARKLES (m, 6, War Front–Diamondsandrubies) booked to Uncle Mo
A very attractive daughter of War Front from a deep family that has produced the likes of G1SW Quarter Moon (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) and her full-sister, G1SW Yesterday (Ire), is out of Diamondsandrubies. She who won the G1 Sea The Stars Pretty Polly S. at The Curragh, and is currently in foal to Quality Road. Our plan is to have her visit Uncle Mo this year.

GLITTER AND GOLD (m, 8, Bodemeister–Expo Gold) booked to Essential Quality
A winning daughter of Expo Gold, who produced the Eclipse Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Swiss Skydiver. We currently have a nice yearling filly called Cajun Curls (Curlin). Glitter and Gold is in foal to Tapit and will visit the exciting young stallion Essential Quality here in 2023.

MIND OUT (m, 6, Tapit–Kid Majic) booked to Curlin
A big and strong daughter of Tapit from the family of GISW J P's Gusto and MGISW Letruska. She is half-sister to GSW Miss Mischief, who won the Sovereign Award in 2015 for Champion Female Sprinter. The mare is currently in foal to Into Mischief, and we know that are a pair of GSW underneath the first dam by him. So, it is safe to say that this family has an affinity for Spendthrift's number one. The mare will visit Curlin this year.

QUERELLE (m, 7, Violence–Orbital Affair) booked to Tapit
A stunning GSP daughter of Violence, hails from the family of the phenomenal Seattle Meteor. Currently in foal to Constitution, she will go back to Tapit this year.

SWEET SAMI D (m, 7, First Samurai–Treaty of Kadesh) booked to Flightline
This strapping daughter of First Samurai was GSP with earnings of over $250,000. She is currently in foal to the stallion of the moment, Gun Runner. On a very similar mating that has produced some of his best runners from in-breeding to Storm Cat, you cannot argue with the success of MGISW Echo Zulu and GISW Gunite. She will visit newly-minted Horse of the Year Flightline this coming season. It's very exciting to be a part of his first book. And, you can only imagine what that is going to look like.

Interested in sharing your own mating plans? Email garyking@thetdn.com.

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