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Fine Time to Have a Keen Ice Baby

Keen Ice, who has been flying under the radar behind some heavy-hitting first-crop sires, has been non-existent at the 2-year-old sales so far this year, but that's about to change when the Calumet stallion has two juveniles catalogued for the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. And the timing couldn't be better following his son Rich Strike's dramatic victory in Saturday's GI Kentucky Derby.

Ron Fein of Superfine Farms and partner Juan Centeno will offer the first colt by Keen Ice to sell at a 2-year-old auction when they send hip 95 through the sales ring in Timonium May 23. The gray colt will be consigned by Centeno's All Dreams Equine.

Fein and Centeno purchased the colt for $17,000 as a weanling at the 2020 Keeneland November sale, but the youngster's appeal wasn't really about his GI Travers S.-winning sire, according to Fein.

“We bought him because of the individual,” Fein recalled Monday. “At that particular time, COVID was in its height, I didn't go to the sale. Juan went to the sale. He looked at the conformation. I worked the book and watched the sale virtually.”

The colt is out of Tap Spin (Arg) (Tapit), a full-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Tapiture, as well as graded winner Rotation and stakes winners Remit and Retap.

“I took a look at the pedigree and I thought was terrific,” Fein said. “Juan liked his conformation and we bought him.”

Fein continued, “We decided instead of selling him as a yearling, we would sell him as a 2-year-old and because of his May birthday, we held off selling him until the Maryland sale.”

Fein and Centeno have already had success selling purchases from that 2020 November sale. The partners purchased a son of Tapwrit for $35,000 as a weanling and resold the colt for $450,000 at last month's OBS Spring sale.

Knowing he had this colt to sell, Fein had been keeping an eye out for other juveniles by Keen Ice to be offered at auction this spring.

“It was just strange that there were no Keen Ices sold,” Fein said. “There weren't any in the earlier sales.”

Asked if he had started to worry about the stallion's commercial appeal, Fein admitted, “You always think about that. But you always look at the individual horse, that's the important thing.”

And Fein is optimistic about the individual he will be offering at the Midlantic sale.

“Absolutely super,” Fein said of how the colt was doing ahead of the sale. “He's got a super head on him. He's got an excellent physical. He seems like he's going to be fast. With his pedigree, I hope that he is. There have been only good things. We are pretty excited about him.”

And the extra buzz of being by a stallion who just sired a Kentucky Derby winner couldn't hurt either.

“I would think it has to help,” Fein said. “I think people should start to look at Keen Ice now. He's a horse that won $3 million, won the Travers. He was a super horse. I have no idea why everybody turned off on him.”

Keen Ice is also represented by a filly in the Midlantic catalogue. Parrish Farms consigns hip 597, a daughter of multiple stakes winner Quality Lass (Exclusive Quality). The juvenile was purchased for $5,000 by Ramiro Salazar, agent, at the 2020 Keeneland November sale. She RNA'd for $29,000 at last year's OBS October Yearling sale.

The under-tack show for the Midlantic sale will be held May 17-19, with sessions beginning daily at 8 a.m. at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. The auction will be held May 23 and May 24. Bidding begins each day at 11 a.m.

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Cupid Filly Quickest At OBS Spring Sale’s Third Under Tack Session

Hip No. 576, a daughter of Cupid consigned by Q Bar J Thoroughbreds, sped a quarter in :20 2/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the third session of the under tack show for Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. The bay filly is out of Callipepla, by Yes It's True, from the family of graded stakes winner Annie Cake.

Three youngsters turned in quarters in :20 4/5.

Hip No. 429, consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds, Agent, is a bay colt by Maclean's Music out of You Make Luvin Fun, by A. P. Indy, a half sister to graded stakes winner Classic Elegance.
Hip No. 479, a chestnut colt by Carpe Diem consigned by Parrish Farms, Agent, is a half brother to stakes placed Sixties Music out of Apple Strudel, by More Than Ready.
Hip No. 605, a dark bay or brown colt by Union Rags consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, is a half brother to stakes placed Champagne Humor out of Champagne Ice, by Roman Ruler, a full sister to grade one stakes winner Ruler On Ice.

Twenty-eight horses shared honors for the session's fastest eighth, clocked in :10 flat

Hip No. 423, a colt by Outwork out of Xtra Heat consigned by All Dreams Equine, Agent III
Hip No. 435, a filly by Practical Joke out of Zifena (GB) consigned by Eisaman Equine, Agent
Hip No. 446, a colt by Tapiture out of Afleet Lexi consigned by Grassroots Training & Sales LLC
Hip No. 463, a filly by Arrogate out of Amen Hallelujah consigned by Mayberry Farm, Agent XII
Hip No. 470, a filly by Klimt out of Anea consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent III
Hip No. 477, a colt by Shaman Ghost out of Apology Accepted consigned by AVP Training and Sales
Hip No. 478, a colt by Wildcat Red out of Appealing Diva consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), Agent
Hip No. 486, a filly by Arrogate out of Artemis Agrotera consigned by Sequel Bloodstock, Agent for Chester & Mary Broman
Hip No. 487, a filly by Maclean's Music out of Artfully consigned by Dynasty Thoroughbreds
Hip No. 488, a filly by Secret Circle out of Arty'skentuckygirl consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent XLII
Hip No. 490, a colt by Arrogate out of Ask the Question consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent III
Hip No. 496, a filly by Tapiture out of Aunt Glo consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent LV
Hip No. 512, a filly by Maclean's Music out of Beautified consigned by Paul Sharp, Agent I
Hip No. 526, a colt by Connect out of Better Not Blink consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent XXII
Hip No. 530, a colt by Runhappy out of Bible Belt consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent XXVII
Hip No. 537, a filly by Cairo Prince out of Blakely's Smile consigned by Craig L. Wheeler, Agent
Hip No. 546, a colt by Gormley out of Blushandbashful consigned by GOP Racing Stable Corp.
Hip No. 549, a colt by Liam's Map out of Bode's Dream consigned by Scanlon Training & Sales, Agent XVI
Hip No. 550, a filly by Twirling Candy out of Boldy consigned by Old South Farm LLC, Agent
Hip No. 566, a filly by Nyquist out of Broadway Play consigned by Lucan Bloodstock (Karl Keegan), Agent VI
Hip No. 572, a colt by Klimt out of Cabo Time consigned by Centofanti Thoroughbreds, Agent I
Hip No. 575, a colt by Violence out of Calling Rhy Rhy consigned by S G V Thoroughbreds LLC (Steven Venosa), Agent
Hip No. 584, a colt by Street Boss out of Capitalism At Risk consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), Agent IX
Hip No. 591, a filly by Practical Joke out of Cashconsiderations consigned by Two Oaks Equine, Agent
Hip No. 593, a filly by Upstart out of Casual Cocktail consigned by Paul Sharp, Agent III
Hip No. 594, a filly by Curlin out of Catch the Flag consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent
Hip No. 601, a filly by Munnings out of Caymanbird consigned by Mayberry Farm, Agent X
Hip No. 608, a colt by Gormley out of Changing Vista consigned by Grassroots Training & Sales LLC

The Under Tack Show continues Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. with Hip No.'s 609 – 811 scheduled to breeze.

To view the full results from Wednesday's under-tack show, click here.

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Classic Empire Filly Sets Quarter-Mile Mark at OBS

The under-tack show for next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training continued Tuesday with a livelier track that saw six horses break the :10 flat mark and a filly by Classic Empire turn in the fastest quarter-mile work of the week so far.

Working early in the day's first set Tuesday, a chestnut filly from the first crop of juvenile champion Classic Empire (hip 317) zipped her quarter-mile in :20 2/5. The juvenile is consigned by Keiber Rengifo's Golden Rock Thoroughbreds on behalf of breeders Gabriel and Aisling Duignan of Springhouse Farm.

“She worked really well today,” Rengifo, who was aboard for the work, said. “She just repeated what she had been doing the last couple months at the farm where she showed a lot of talent on the dirt. So we weren't surprised by the time she did over here at OBS because she was working unbelievably the last couple months. The way she worked today is the way she was training the last 60 days.”

The filly is out of the unraced Tigress Tale (Tale of the Cat), who is a half-sister to graded winner Stays in Vegas (City Zip). She RNA'd for $37,000 at Keeneland last September.

“I was one of the bidders,” Rengifo said. “I loved the way she was built, she is a nice-looking filly and I loved the way she looked at Keeneland. I bid almost $27,000, but she didn't make it to the reserve and the breeders still own her. We were talking to Spider and Aisling and they gave me the opportunity to train her.”

Golden Rock, which has 21 juveniles consigned to the Spring sale, was also represented Tuesday by a pair of :10 flat workers: a filly by Lord Nelson (hip 368, :10 flat); and a colt by Tiznow (hip 376, :10 flat).

In addition to breezing all his own horses, Rengifo also works horses for Karl Keegan's Lucan Bloodstock, Scott Kintz's Six K's Training and Sales and Juan Centeno's All Dreams Equine.

“The track was a little bit better today than it was yesterday because of all the water from the thunder storms Sunday,” Rengifo said. “There was still a lot of water in the track Monday. I saw a lot of good horses breezing today, it's 100% a better track today. But the fast horses are still going fast. We had a :10 flat in the last set, so it was pretty consistent if you had the right horse.”

While 13 horses shared Monday's bullet furlong time of :10 flat, six broke through that mark to work the co-fastest time of :9 4/5 Tuesday.

Among them was a filly by Into Mischief (hip 288) who worked in :9 4/5 for Mayberry Farm. The bay filly is out of Take Charge (Hard Spun), a daughter of multiple graded placed Hidden Reserve (Mr. Prospector) and a full-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Reload and a half to graded winners Philanthropist (Kris S.) and Defer (Danzig).

The juvenile was purchased for $300,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale by Paul Manganaro, Nice Guys Stable and Steve Hornstock.

“Visually and emotionally pleasing,” Manganaro said of his reaction to the bullet breeze. “She had been under the care of April Mayberry and her team and they had thought highly of her for a long time. So it was nice to see the talent we thought she had come out at the right time. I've been in this business long enough, so I know anything can happen. But it was exciting at the same time. When she crossed that finish line, it was like watching one of your siblings score the winning goal or touchdown in a sports event.”

Of the filly's appeal at last year's September sale, Manganaro said, “The head of our selection team was the legendary John Williams. So the main attraction was John liked her physically. Then obviously being by arguably the hottest stallion in the world right now in Into Mischief sealed the deal. And she's from a wonderful deep family.”

The initial plan was for the partners to race the filly, but high praise from Mayberry convinced them to test the market.

“We bought this filly and a Gun Runner filly at the Keeneland sale last year without any intention of pinhooking, but April's reports were that she was a very talented filly,” Manganaro said. “When we saw the demand for Into Mischief in the marketplace, we decided, if she can bring us there, let's test the market. She brought us to this point, so we are very happy with that.”

Manganaro, Nice Guys Stables and Hornstock do have a horse to look forward to at the racetrack in impressive maiden winner Defeater (Union Rags).

“We have a few horses together,” Manganaro said of the partnership. “We have a pretty nice 3-year-old colt who was with Tom Amoss named Defeater. We were just starting to get Derby fever with him and he got a slight injury, but he'll be back soon.”

A colt from the first crop of Midnight Storm (hip 264) also shared the co-fastest :9 4/5 furlong time for G.W. Parrish's Parrish Farms.

“He prepped really well, so I was expecting him to work well,” Parrish said of the colt.

Parrish and his wife Karen purchased the dark bay colt for $34,000 at last year's Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

“My wife picked him out, so she was very happy,” he said with a chuckle. “He had a nice head and a nice eye. I did the bidding, but she liked him, so I kind of listened to her–happy wife, happy life.”

The juvenile is out of Summer of Joy (Sky Mesa), a full-sister to multiple graded placed Spectacular Sky.

Also sharing the bullet furlong time Tuesday were: a colt by Speightstown (hip 232, :9 4/5) consigned by Centofanti Thoroughbreds; a colt by Cairo Prince (hip 253, :9 4/5) consigned by Wavertree Stables; a colt by Twirling Candy (hip 262, :9 4/5) consigned by Grassroots Training & Sales; and a filly by Daredevil (hip 395, :9 4/5) consigned by Eddie Woods.

The under-tack show continues through Saturday and commences each day at 8 a.m. The Spring sale will be held next Tuesday through Friday with bidding beginning each day at 10:30 a.m.

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Unified Colt Fastest At OBS March Sale’s Opening Under Tack Session

Hip No. 163, a son of Unified consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc., (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, worked a quarter in :20 2/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the opening session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

The dark bay or brown colt is out of stakes winner Promise Me a Cat, by D'wildcat, from the family of graded stakes placed stakes winner Tempered Halo.

Hip No. 1, Forever Clever, a bay filly by Speightster consigned by Parrish Farms, Agent, turned in a quarter in :20 3/5. She's out of stakes winner Ice for the Lady, by Flatter, from the family of graded stakes winner Ice Tech.

Eight horses worked the distance in :20 4/5.

Hip No. 22, a dark bay or brown colt by Bernardini consigned by Boutte Sales, Agent, is a half brother to stakes winner Kiss N Scat out of Kassidy's Kiss, by Belong to Me.
Hip No. 23, a dark bay or brown colt by More Than Ready consigned by Ocala Stud, Agent, is out of stakes winner Katie's Kiss, by Kantharos, a half-sister to stakes winner Stonestreet Song.
Hip No. 57, consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc., (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, is a dark bay or brown filly by Twirling Candy out of Locust Bride, by Dixie Chatter, from the family of graded stakes winner Horse Greeley.

Hip No. 121, also consigned by Wavertree, is a bay filly by Congrats out of No Acronyms, by Milwaukee Brew, from the family of stakes winner Barronette.
Hip No. 135, a dark bay or brown colt by Midnight Lute consigned by Navas Equine, Agent, is a half-brother to stakes placed Bayerly Seen out of Overseen, by First Defence.
Hip No. 162, consigned by Ortiz Training Stable LLC, is a chestnut colt by Carpe Diem out of stakes placed Project Rose, by Not For Love, from the family of Grade 1 winner Thirty Six Red.
Hip No. 174, a chestnut filly by Klimt consigned by All Dreams Equine, Agent, is out of stakes placed Readygetsgold, by Midas Eyes, from the family of graded stakes placed stakes winner Sweet Problem.
Hip No. 178, also consigned by Wavertree, is a chestnut colt by Midshipman out of Regal Approach, by Thunder Gulch, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Mr Maybe.

Sixteen horses shared honors for the fastest eighth, stopping the timer in :9 4/5.

Hip No. 10, consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, is a bay filly by Into Mischief out of stakes winner Island Escape, by Petionville, and is half-sister to graded stakes winner Tricky Escape.
Hip No. 18, a gray or roan filly by Frosted consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, is out of graded stakes winner Jody Slew, by Slew City Slew, a half-sister to stakes winner Cape of Bradford.
Hip No. 27, a gray or roan colt by Pioneerof the Nile consigned by Sequel Bloodstock, Agent, is a half-brother to graded stakes winner Lucy N Ethel out of Kid Silver, by Silver Ghost.
Hip No. 36, consigned by 30-30 Ranch, is a dark bay or brown colt by Carpe Deim out of Lady Astola, by Lonhro (AUS), a daughter of graded stakes placed Fortunia.
Hip No. 41, a dark bay or brown filly by American Freedom consigned by RiceHorse Stable (Brandon & Ali Rice), Agent, is a half-sister to stakes winner Dattts Our Girl out of Lakefront, by Thunder Gulch.
Hip No. 48, consigned by Kirkwood Stables, Agent, is a dark bay or brown colt by Violence out of Lemon Belle, by Lemon Drop Kid, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Unrivaled Belle.
Hip No. 50, a dark bay or brown filly by Mohaymen consigned by Paul Sharp, Agent, is a half-sister to stakes winner Mother of Dragons out of Lets Dance Charlie, by Indian Charlie.
Hip No. 72, also consigned by de Meric Sales, is a dark bay or brown colt by Ocean Knight out of Magical Merry, by Aragorn (IRE), a daughter of graded stakes winner Mona Rose.
Hip No. 85, also consigned by Top Line Sales, is a dark bay or brown colt by Into Mischief out of graded stakes-placed stakes winner Minks Aprise.
Hip No. 86, a chestnut colt by Practical Joke consigned by Kings Equine, Agent, is out of Miss Adele, by Speightstown, a half-sister to champion Hollinger.
Hip No. 89, Mischievous Anna, a bay filly by Fast Anna consigned by Havens Bloodstock Agency, Inc., Agent, is out of Miss Chevious Lady, by Into Mischief, from the family of prominent sire Malibu Moon.
Hip No. 92, consigned by McKathan Bros. Sales, Agent, is a gray or roan filly by Cupid out of stakes winner Miss Lederhosen, by Valid Expectations, a full-sister to stakes placed Breathethefire.
Hip No. 110, a dark bay or brown colt by Unified consigned by Dark Star Thoroughbreds (Stori Atchison), is a half brother to stakes winner Malibu Saint out of stakes winner Mykindasaint, by Saint Ballado,
Hip No. 127, Devils Gonewile, is a chestnut filly by Daredevil out of stakes winner Oilgonewile, a full-sister to graded stakes placed Seize the Day.
Hip No. 161, a bay colt by Kantharos consigned by Julie Davies, Agent, is out of Princess Julia, by Distorted Humor, a daughter of champion Folklore.
Hip No. 188, consigned by Harris Training Center LLC, Agent, is a dark bay or brown colt by Cairo Prince out of stakes placed Sadie Be Good, by Big Drama, from the family of graded stakes placed stakes winner It'sallinthechase.

The Under Tack Show continues Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. with Hip No.'s 189 – 376 scheduled to breeze.

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

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