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Mo Forza Gets First Mare In Foal

The first mare bred to Grade I winner Mo Forza (Uncle Mo), Alice Bamford's two-time winner Californiasunshine (Lucky Pulpit), has checked in foal on a single cover.

Mo Forza, who entered stud this year at Rancho San Miguel in the Golden State, won no fewer than seven graded races in the course of his career, including the 2019 GI Hollywood Derby at Del Mar.

“Mo Forza has handled the transition to his breeding career with class and vigor, just like he sailed through his racing career,” said Rancho San Miguel Owner/Manager Tom Clark. “The amount of interest we are receiving for him from regional breeders is exceptional, and we are thrilled to be affiliated with a stallion of his magnitude and tremendous potential. The sky is the limit.”

Mo Forza is standing for a fee of $9,000, life foal guaranteed.

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Gem Heist Relocates to Rancho San Miguel

Third-crop sire Gem Heist (Street Cry {Ire}–Careless Jewel, by Tapit) has been relocated to stand at Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, California for the 2022 breeding season. His fee is $2,500, live foal guarantee.

The 10-year-old stallion previously stood at a private farm in Bakersfield, California as the property of the late horseman Bob Grayson, Sr. Grayson purchased Gem Heist for $100,000 from Eddie Woods' consignment at the 2014 Barretts March Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training.

Gem Heist experienced a career-ending injury while preparing for his debut, and was subsequently retired to stand stud. To date, he is credited with 29 reported foals, including eight juveniles and three yearlings of 2022. From his five lifetime starters, three are winners, led by multiple winner Saturday Heist.

“We are pleased to welcome a stallion with such top-class bloodlines to Rancho San Miguel,” said farm owner / manager Tom Clark. “Gem Heist has exhibited true potential with his early starters, and he is improving his mares. We look forward to helping him reach the next level in his stallion career.”

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Gem Heist Relocates To Rancho San Miguel In California For 2022

Third-crop sire Gem Heist, a son of Street Cry out of Tapit's Grade 1-winning millionaire Careless Jewel, has been relocated to stand at Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif., for the 2022 breeding season. His fee is $2,500, live foal guarantee.

The 10-year-old stallion previously stood at a private farm in Bakersfield, Calif., as the property of the late horseman Bob Grayson Sr. Grayson purchased Gem Heist for $100,000 from Eddie Woods' consignment at the 2014 Barretts March Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training after the racing prospect was clocked in a co-bullet :9 4/5 seconds for his one-furlong, pre-sale breeze.

Gem Heist experienced a career-ending injury while preparing for his debut, and was subsequently retired to a modest stallion career prior to the 2017 breeding season. To date, he is credited with 29 reported foals, including eight juveniles and three yearlings of 2022.

From his five lifetime starters, three are winners, led by the multiple-winning filly Saturday Heist, an $82,700-earner from his initial foal crop. Now four, she broke her maiden by 6 1/4 lengths in her April 2021 career debut at Santa Anita Park, and has won three races overall by a combined 13 lengths.

Gem Heist's 2021 progeny earnings of $152,000 ranked him fourth among all California-based second-crop sires last year.

“We have nine Gem Heist babies in our barn now,” said trainer Val Brinkerhoff, who has saddled all three of the stallion's winners for Grayson's son, Bob Grayson Jr. “They are all very athletic and eager to train, and they all seem to have a good turn of foot. There's a lot of value to be had with their sire.”

Produced by 2009 Grade 1 Alabama Stakes winner Careless Jewel ($1,013,346), Gem Heist boasts the Grade 1-winning stallions City of Light, Subordination and Cacoethes in his immediate family.

“We are pleased to welcome a stallion with such top-class bloodlines to Rancho San Miguel,” said farm owner and manager Tom Clark. “Gem Heist has exhibited true potential with his early starters, and he is improving his mares. We look forward to helping him reach the next level in his stallion career.”

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Grade 1 Winner Mo Forza Retired To Rancho San Miguel In California

Mo Forza, a Grade 1 winner and $1-million-plus earner by the very popular sire of sires Uncle Mo, has been retired from racing and will commence his stallion career in 2022 at Rancho San Miguel in Calif., as the property of Taylor Made Stallions and Onofrio Pecoraro.

The 5-year-old horse will make history on two important fronts: as Kentucky-based industry leader Taylor Made Farm's first foray into California's breeding industry and as the first son of Uncle Mo—North America's 2010 champion 2-year-old colt and the sire of the Grade 1-siring stallions Nyquist and Laoban—to stand on the West Coast.

Mo Forza's introductory fee is $9,000, live foal stand and nurse guarantee. A syndication is being formed, with a limited number of shares available.

Campaigned by Bardy Farm and Pecoraro's San Diego-based OG Boss stable, Mo Forza won eight of 15 starts and earned $1,034,460 as one of North America's top turf milers over the past three seasons. His seven graded stakes victories include the 2019 Grade 1 Hollywood Derby and the 2020-2021 editions of the G2 Del Mar Mile at Del Mar, as well as four Grade 2 races at Santa Anita Park: the 2020-2021 City of Hope Mile Stakes, 2019 Qatar Twilight Derby and 2019 Mathis Brothers Mile Stakes.

He is the first foal out of the Unusual Heat mare Inflamed, a full sister to Grade 2 winner and 2011 California Champion 3-Year-Old Male Burns and to Grade 1-placed multiple winner Brushburn.

“Mo Forza was born and raised at Taylor Made, and we have loved him from the very beginning” said Taylor Made Stallions Vice President Ben Taylor. “He is a big, strong, good-looking horse who ran four triple-digit Beyers and showed tremendous heart in winning seven graded races on the grass. As brilliantly as he trained on dirt, we have no doubt that he would have accomplished just as much on that surface if he had been given the opportunity.

“We are looking forward to participating in the lucrative California-bred program with this outstanding stallion prospect,” Taylor added. “We believe Mo Forza is the right horse at the right time for us to launch our entry into the California breeding industry.”

Pecoraro will remain as a co-owner in Mo Forza and will support him with several high-quality mares.

“We have been looking for a son of Uncle Mo to offer to California breeders, and Mo Forza was number one on our list,” said Rancho San Miguel owner/manager Tom Clark. “In addition to winning seven graded races here in California, he is out of a daughter of our state's all-time leading sire, Unusual Heat. He is also a direct male descendant of another multiple leading California sire, In Excess (Ire), through his Grade 1-winning, California-bred grandsire, the great Indian Charlie. He is a perfect fit here.”

“Mo Forza's name translates roughly from Italian to 'more strength,' and that is precisely what I believe he offers to California's breeding and racing program,” Clark said. “We are thrilled to partner with Taylor Made and Mr. Pecoraro on this exciting new venture.”

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