NMRHOF Foal Patrol Season Four to Debut

The fourth season of the National Musem of Racing and Hall of Fame’s popular live webcam series Foal Patrol will debut online Dec. 29 at www.foalpatrol.com. The season will feature mares at Mill Ridge Farm, Safari North at Pauls Mill and Three Chimneys in Kentucky and Old Tavern Farm in New York. Season four will also feature leading sire Tapit at Gainesway Farm.

The featured mares for season four include:

 

  • Janae (Closing Argument), in foal to Malibu Moon and due in April; residing at Safari North;

 

  • Miss Always Ready (More Than Ready), a full-sister to GII Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner More Than Real and carrying a full-sibling to GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf hero Structor (Palace Malice); residing at Three Chimneys, due to foal in April;

 

  • Miss Chapin (Royal Academy), the dam of GISW Coffee Clicque (Medaglia d’Oro) and in foal to Oscar Performance (Kitten’s Joy), campaigned–like Coffee Clicque–by John and Jerry Amerman; residing at Mill Ridge and due mid-March;

 

  • To the Moon Alice (Malibu Moon), a half-sister to GSW Unchained Melody (Smart Strike) in foal to Uncle Mo and due to foal in late April at Old Tavern Farm in Saratoga.

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National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame’s Foal Patrol Season 4 To Debut Dec. 29

Season 4 of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's popular live webcam series Foal Patrol will debut online at www.foalpatrol.com on Tuesday, Dec. 29.

Season 4 will feature in-foal mares at Mill Ridge Farm, Safari North at Pauls Mill Farm, and Three Chimneys Farm — all based in Kentucky — and Old Tavern Farm in New York. Season 4 will also feature champion sire Tapit at Gainesway Farm in Kentucky.

Foal Patrol is a one-of-a-kind collection of live cameras following the daily activities of in-foal mares produced by the National Museum of Racing. Millions of people throughout the world have viewed the popular webcam program since its initial launch in late 2017.

Here is a closer look at the Foal Patrol Season 4 participants:

Janae (mare, Safari North at Pauls Mill Farm, Versailles, Ky.)

In foal to Malibu Moon, Janae is a 5-year-old bay daughter of Closing Argument out of the Petionville mare Debs Pet. Bred in Louisiana by Jim and Sue Harris, Janae won two of seven career races and was in the money two other occasions. Both of her wins, including the Texas Thoroughbred Futurity, took place at Lone Star Park.

Owned by Susan Moulton, Janae produced a filly by Mizzen Mast in 2019 and a filly by Daredevil in 2020. Janae's foal by Malibu Moon has an expected due date of April 12, 2021.

Miss Always Ready (mare, Three Chimneys Farm, Versailles, Ky.)

In foal to Palace Malice, Miss Always Ready is an 8-year-old dark bay daughter of More Than Ready out of the Dehere mare Miss Seffens. Bred in Kentucky by Santucket Stables, she was purchased by Three Chimneys at the Keeneland April 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in 2014. During her racing career, Miss Always Ready won once from five starts, earning her lone victory in October 2014 at Belmont Park.

Miss Always Ready is expected to deliver her foal in late March/early April 2021. The foal will be a full sibling to Structor, winner of the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Structor was Miss Always Ready's first foal. She has since given birth to fillies by Palace Malice (2019) and Gun Runner (2020).

Miss Chapin (mare, Mill Ridge Farm, Lexington, Ky.)

In foal to Oscar Performance, Miss Chapin is a 19-year-old bay daughter of Royal Academy out of the Akarad (FR) mare Society Dream (FR). Bred in Kentucky by Jerome and John Ammerman, Miss Chapin won her lone career start at Del Mar in 2004.

Miss Chapin is the dam of Grade 1 winner Coffee Clique and Grade 2 winner Admission Office, who is still active on the track. Miss Chapin's foal by Oscar Performance has an expected due date of March 18, 2021.

To the Moon Alice (mare, Old Tavern Farm, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)

In foal to Uncle Mo, To the Moon Alice is a 7-year-old dark bay daughter of Malibu Moon out of the Partner's Hero mare Love Match. Bred in Kentucky by Hare Forest Farm, she was purchased by Old Tavern Farm at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale in 2017. To the Moon Alice made only two starts in her brief racing career in 2016. She finished third in her career debut at Gulfstream Park and was sixth in her only other race, which took place at Belmont.

To the Moon Alice has had three foals — all of which are owned by Old Tavern Farm — colts by Maclean's Music, Will Take Charge, and Ghostzapper. To the Moon Alice's fourth foal has an expected due date of April 20, 2021.

Tapit (featured stallion, Gainesway Farm, Lexington, Ky.)

One of the most influential and breed-shaping stallions of the past half-century, Tapit has sired 27 grade 1 winners, 31 yearlings to bring $1 million or more at auction, and earners of more than $162 million on the racetrack. He stands at historic Gainesway for a 2021 fee of $185,000.

To date, Tapit has sired 23 percent black-type horses, 138 overall stakes winners (86 graded), eight Eclipse Award winners, and six Breeders' Cup winners. His 2020 standouts include undefeated Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Essential Quality. Tapit has been North America's leading sire three times.

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In The Stud Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: Oscar Performance, First Weanlings Of 2020

A sustained run at the top of a division is one of the hardest things to pull off in horse racing. After accomplishing just that on the racetrack within North America's turf ranks, Oscar Performance will attempt to do the same as a sire.

On this week's edition of In The Stud, we speak with Headley Bell of Mill Ridge Farm about the multiple Grade 1-winning son of Kitten's Joy, whose first foals are weanlings of 2020.

Oscar Performance won Grade 1 races at two, three, and four, starting off with the 2016 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. At three, he added Grade 1 scores in the Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes and Secretariat Stakes. Then, at four, he won the G1 Woodbine Mile Stakes and equaled the world record time for a mile in the G3 Poker Stakes, stopping the clock in 1:31.23.

A homebred for Amerman Racing, Oscar Performance is out of the stakes-winning Theatrical mare Devine Actress, making him a full-brother to multiple Grade 3 winner Oscar Nominated.

The In The Stud video series, put together by our friends at EquiSport Photos, features up-and-coming names in the stallion ranks, with a focus on those whose first foals are weanlings of 2020. Paulick Report bloodstock editor Joe Nevills interviews farm staff about the stallion's appealing qualities and what mares might work best with them, while giving viewers and potential breeders a chance to see the stallion on the walk and on the racetrack.

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Mill Ridge Farm Sets Oscar Performance’s 2021 Fee At $15,000

Mill Ridge Farm announces the 2021 stud fee for world record turf miler, Oscar Performance at $15,000, LFSN.

A son of 2018's leading North American sire Kitten's Joy, he was bred and raced by Jerry and John Amerman. As a 2-year-old, Oscar Performance won the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

He won Grade 1 stakes races at two, three, and four, and he broke a 20-year track record at Belmont Park at a mile in 1:31.23, all with no Lasix.

“We celebrate his third year, for we have seen so many of his foals and they are genuine quality,” said Headley Bell. “He has every opportunity to buck the trend and have more mares in his third year than he had in his first two of 118 and 116.  At a stud fee of $15,000 live foal, he is value, for you have these quality foals in the pipeline.”

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