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Stakes Winner Honest Mischief Retired To Stud At Sequel Stallions

Stakes winning sprinter, Honest Mischief (Into Mischief – Honest Lady by Seattle Slew), has been retired to Sequel Stallions New York, where he will stand for a fee of $6,500 LFSN.

Bred and raced by leading global powerhouse, Juddmonte Farm, Honest Mischief broke his maiden in his second start by eight lengths at Keeneland becoming a TDN Rising Star and earning an outstanding 2 Ragozin Number. He became a stakes winner winning the Force The Pass City of Laurel Stakes and was second to the brilliantly fast Volatile in the Aristides Stakes at Churchill Downs. Honest Mischief became graded stakes-placed in the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes at Saratoga. He bested G1 stakes winners Mind Control and Complexity in the G1 Woody Stephens Stakes at Belmont. Honest Mischief retires with four wins, three seconds, and one third in nine career starts with earnings of $287,464.

“Honest Mischief identified himself very early as one of the best dirt prospects of his crop in our barn.” Said Chad Brown, Trainer. “He proved to be very fast, durable, and consistent in both the mornings and afternoons. He has all the qualities my really good Into Mischief's have. I have never had a horse run a 2 Ragozin Number so early in his 3-year-old year. He was very, very fast!”

Honest Mischief hails from one of the most significant families in the stud book today. His G1 stakes winning dam, Honest Lady, is a half-sister to 4 Graded Stakes winners including G1 Classic winner, Empire Maker, as well as sires, Chester House and Decarchy. Honest Lady established herself as one of the most important racehorses of her generation winning the G1 Santa Monica Handicap and running 2nd against colts in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Honest Mischief is also the grandson of Broodmare Of The Year, Leslie's Lady, and Toussaud.

“Honest Mischief's pedigree epitomizes the simplistic Juddmonte approach of matching the world's best dirt stallion with Prince Khalid's best dirt family.” Said Garrett O'Rourke, Manager of Juddmonte Farm. “Honest Lady was a nose away from being a Breeders Cup Sprint G1 champion in the fastest ever Breeder's Cup Sprint. She also placed in a Met Mile G1 against colts, and was the most beautiful little mare with a regal personality. Then to be by Seattle Slew out of broodmare of the year, Toussaud, and dam of G1 winner, First Defense, illustrates the peerless quality of this pedigree. Honest Mischief was pegged as a real talent by our exercise riders from the very beginning. He had raw speed, he was sound, and he had desire. He placed behind stars like Shancelot and Volatile at the top of their games and when he won, he won like a G1 horse. Honest Mischief has such a genetic concentration of classic talent, on top and bottom of his pedigree, that expectation of his success at stud is just a given.”

“Into Mischief is the most dominant sire of our times, rocketing to stardom from the very ordinary mares originating from his first books. To stand at stud the son of such an incredible sire as well as the magnificent female family Honest Mischief exhibits is beyond exciting,” said Becky Thomas of Sequel New York. “I am a super fan of Into Mischief and am honored to bring Honest Mischief to New York with the support and participation of Juddmonte Farm.”

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G1SW Magic Wand Retired After Foot Abscess Rules Out Australian Start

Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}-Prudenzia {Ire}, by Dansili {GB}), a winner of the 2019 G1 Mackinnon S., has been retired from racing and will join Coolmore Stud’s broodmare band in Ireland next year, Coolmore Australia tweeted on Thursday morning. The 5-year-old was due to defend her title in the Mackinnon S., but was withdrawn with a foot abscess prior to the race.

“Following a foot abscess as she was preparing for a second tilt at the Mackinnon S., Magic Wand has been retired and will join our broodmare band in Ireland,” the stud tweeted. “She has been a wonderful mare for Coolmore and our partners and much loved by her strapper Yvonne.”

Bred by Ecurie des Monceaux and Skymarc Farm in Ireland, the daughter of French listed heroine Prudenzia brought €1.4 million to top the 2016 Arqana August Sale and join Aidan O’Brien’s string at Ballydoyle. A winner of the 2018 G2 Ribblesdale S. at Royal Ascot and Listed Cheshire Oaks, the bay rolled a pair of twos in the G1 Qatar Prix Vermeille and G1 Prix de l’Opera Longines prior to running fourth in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf to end her sophomore season.

Wheeled back in the GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational S. in January of 2019, she was second to subsequent U.S. Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar (Giant’s Causeway). Her busy 2019 also included stops in Dubai and the UK (twice), as well as two other trips Stateside for a third in the GI Man o’War S. in May and another second to Bricks and Mortar in August’s GI Arlington Million S. She also made two journeys to Ireland for seconds in the G1 Pretty Polly S. in the summer and later in September the G1 Irish Champion S.

Despite all the travel, Magic Wand appeared to thrive and was making her ninth start of the year when fourth in last October’s G1 Cox Plate. Unplaced in the 2019 G1 Melbourne Cup, she claimed the Mackinnon just four days later on Nov. 9 for a thoroughly deserved Group 1 victory. The Aidan O’Brien trainee then missed by just a nose in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup in December.

After another second in the Pegasus World Cup Turf on Jan. 25, Magic Wand was unplaced in the inaugural $20-million Saudi Cup on dirt in February. Given four months on the bench, she saluted in the G2 Lanwades Stud S. on July 5. In three more 2020 starts in the UK and Ireland, her best performance was a fourth in the G1 Coral-Eclipse S. in July. The world traveler’s record stands at 28-4-9-2 and $4,702,433 in earnings.

A half-sister to Irish highweight and G1 Irish Oaks victress Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) who made €600,000 at Arqana August in 2011 and later sold for €6 million at the 2013 Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale, Magic Wand is also a full-sister to the 4-year-old filly G3 Prix de Royaumont third Je Ne Regretterien (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), a €950,000 Arqana August yearling.

Her dam’s 2017 colt Enemy (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) brought €420,000 two years ago at Arqana, while her 2018 Dubawi (Ire) filly Philomene (Ire) made €1.625 million last year. Her latest, a full-brother to Magic Wand, was her best sale yet. The colt was picked up by Coolmores MV Magnier for €2 million to top this year’s sale, which was incidentally held in September due to COVID-19.

Prudenzia is a half-sister to Wednesday’s Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale topper English King (Fr) (Camelot {GB}), who made 925,000gns and is en route to Australia, as well as GSW Pacifique (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). Under the blue-blooded fourth dam Souk (Ire) (Ahonoora {GB}) are Irish highweight and G1 Epsom Oaks winner Alexandrova (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells), G1 Melbourne Cup hero Rekindling (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}), G1 Cheveley Park S. scorer Magical Romance (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}), and the Classic-placed duo of Masterofthehorse (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) and Golden Sword (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}).

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G1SW Wooded Retired to Haras de Bouquetot

Group 1 winner Wooded (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}-Frida La Blonde {Fr}, by Elusive City) has been retired and will stand at Haras de Bouquetot in France next year. A fee for the winner of the 2020 G1 Prix de l’Abbaye will be announced later.

“Wooded stood out from the day he arrived for his good looks and ability and he was very sound, never missing a day’s work,” said trainer Francis-Henri Graffard. “In the G3 Prix Texanita he announced himself as a potential superstar and we were confident he would go close in the Commonwealth Cup. The difficulties of travelling this year made it impossible for him to run. As a racehorse he had so many qualities, class, courage and speed and he fully deserved his Group 1 win this year.”

A winner and placed in both the G3 Prix la Rochette and G3 Prix Thomas Bryon as a juvenile in the Al Shaqab colours, the bay did his best running at three. Successful in the G3 Prix Texanita, he was second in the G3 Prix du Petit Couvert three starts later in September prior to his Group 1 win facing elders on Arc Day. The Gestut Zur Kuste-bred €90,000 Arqana October yearling retires with a mark of 9-3-3-1 and $250,081 in earnings.

“Wooded has been a very special racehorse to us at Al Shaqab, winning such a prestigious sprint race as the Prix de l’Abbaye on Arc day, at 3-years-old and against much more experienced horses,” said Al Shaqab General Manager Khalifa Al Attiya. “He will now be starting a new exciting career at Haras de Bouquetot, and we feel confident that such a standout sprinter who performed at the highest level with such consistency at 2- and 3-years’-old will be very well received by the breeders.”

Out of a full-sister to SW & MGSP Fred Lalloupet (GB) (Elusive City) and a half-sister to SW & GSP Mon Pote Le Gitan (Thunder Gulch), Wooded is a full-brother to G3 Sovereign S. bridesmaid Beat Le Bon (Fr). His second dam, Firm Friend (Ire) (Affirmed), won at the listed level in France, and was also second in the G2 Italian 1000 Guineas and third in a further two French Group 3s.

Added Haras de Bouquetot Stud Manager Benoit Jeffroy, “We’re delighted to welcome a Group 1-winning son of Wootton Bassett to join the roster at Haras de Bouquetot for 2021. An athletic mover of 1m67 (16.2 hh), Wooded has outstanding looks, is a very balanced and correct horse with great depth. He’s always shown plenty of speed and we are confident he’ll be an attractive sort to the European market.”

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‘Delaware Park Will Never Be The Same’: Track Announcer John Curran Retiring

After 37 years of calling nearly every race at Delaware Park, track announcer John Curran will announce his last race on closing day of the 2020 season at Delaware Park tomorrow. The 68-year-old native of Merchantville, New Jersey, plans to retire on Nov. 7.

Curran, who grew up less than three miles from Garden State Park, announced his first race at Atlantic City Race Course, where he was an assistant for Bob Weems, in 1980. He has also had brief announcer stints at Detroit Race Course, Philadelphia Park (Parx), Laurel Park, Pimlico Race Course, Monmouth Park, and Garden State Park.

At Delaware Park, he has also been a racing official, stakes coordinator, simulcast coordinator and publicity coordinator.

“I am so very thankful to Delaware Park for giving me the opportunity to announce at one track for 37 years,” said Curran. “I have been very fortunate to be able to announce some of the most memorable races in the sport. The biggest has to be the 2011 Delaware Handicap when Blind Luck and Havre de Grace gave us all a race for the ages. Having the opportunity to announce the career debuts of all of those nice maiden winners like Afleet Alex, Barbaro, Eight Belles, Hard Spun, Havre de Grace, Tapit and Union Rags, just to name a few, is very humbling. There has been plenty of exciting moments at Delaware Park in my career. I am grateful to Delaware Park and the sport of racing for making all of those opportunities possible.”

John Mooney, the Executive Director of Racing, gave Curran his first full time announcer position when he hired him at Delaware Park in 1984.

“John (Curran) has had a phenomenal career,” said John Mooney. “In my opinion, he is one of the best in the sport. There has not been a more dedicated and professional announcer in the sport. You always know where your horse is at when he is announcing and he always announced every race with the same level of excitement. He will be missed and the races at Delaware Park will never be the same.”

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