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Turf Star Newspaperofrecord Sold, Retired; Will Be Bred To Galileo

Breeders' Cup winner Newspaperofrecord has been sold privately and retired, and she will be bred to all-world sire Galileo in 2021, trainer Chad Brown announced Wednesday on his Twitter account.

A 4-year-old daughter of Lope de Vega, Newspaperofrecord finished her career with five wins in 10 starts, earning $1,122,250 for owner Klaravich Stable.

Bred in Ireland by Times of Wigan Ltd., Newspaperofrecord was purchased by Klaravich Stable at the 2017 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, and brought stateside, where she got off to a fast start on the racetrack. She went undefeated in three starts during her 2-year-old campaign, using the Grade 2 Miss Grillo Stakes as a prep for her 6 3/4-length triumph as the heavy favorite in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

She earned a pair of Grade 3 placings during her 3-year-old season, then came back strong in 2020, notching victories in the G3 Intercontinental Stakes and the G1 Just a Game Stakes. The latter half of her 4-year-old season featured in-the-money efforts in the G1 First Lady Stakes and G2 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes.

Newspaperofrecord is out of the British Group 3-winning Holy Roman Emperor mare Sunday Times, whose runners also include stakes winner Classical Times.

Galileo stands at Coolmore Stud in Ireland for a private fee. The 22-year-old son of Sadler's Wells has become a cornerstone of international racing through his progeny on the racetrack, and when they go to the breeding shed themselves.

A European champion in his own right, Galileo's 2020 runners are led by Group 1 winners Magical, Circus Maximus, Peaceful, Search for a Song, Shale, Mogul, Love, and Serpentine.

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Grade 2 Winner Mr. Monomoy Retired To Waldorf Farm In New York

Climax Stallions LLC has obtained a majority interest in graded stakes winner Mr. Monomoy, and he will stand at Dr. Jerry Bilinski's Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, N.Y. His initial stud fee has been announced at $5,000 stands and nurses.

Mr. Monomoy is a half-brother to seven-time Grade 1-winning champion Monomoy Girl and he hails from the family of champion Heavenly Cause. Mr. Monomoy is by Met Mile and Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice.

“We bought Mr. Monomoy specifically for the New York breeding program” says Sean Feld, managing partner of Climax Stallions “It is hard to find one champion in the immediate family of a stallion, let alone two, and look at where the family did their winning. Heavenly Cause won the Acorn and Frizette plus his half-sister Monomoy Girl also won the Acorn before taking the Coaching Club American Oaks. Then, you factor in his sire, Palace Malice's accomplishments, who won the Belmont, Jim Dandy and the Met Mile. It's a very deep and classy pedigree and we are very excited.”

Mr. Monomoy broke his maiden in his second start as a 2-year-old at Churchill Downs going 6 1/2 furlongs, winning by 5 1/2 lengths. He culminated his career in the Grade 2 Risen Star, winning wire-to-wire by 2 1/2 lengths.

“He was able to win going short and then win a major Kentucky Derby prep by carrying his speed around two turns at 1 1/8 miles,” said Mr. Monomoy's trainer Brad Cox. “Those are two major check marks that make a top sire in my opinion.”

Dr. Bilinski of Waldorf Farm said, “Mr. Monomoy, with his athleticism, brings speed, precocity and a New York pedigree to New York. I have no doubt once breeders feast their eyes on this stallion, they will want to breed their mares to Mr. Monomoy.”

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Grade 1 Winner Bodexpress Retired; Stud Plans Pending

Just over a week after the biggest victory of his career, Grade 1 winner Bodexpress has been retired from racing due to an injury.

Trainer Gustavo Delgado made the announcement Sunday night on his Twitter account. In the announcement, he also noted that Bodexpress is currently in Ocala, Fla., while stud plans are being finalized.

The retirement of the 4-year-old Bodemeister colt brings to a close one of the more unusual careers in recent memory.

Bodexpress caught the public's eye when he entered last year's Triple Crown races as a maiden; winless in his first five starts in South Florida. However, he earned his place in the national conversation following a surprising runner-up finish behind Maximum Security in the Grade 1 Florida Derby.

The colt was one of the horses impeded by Maximum Security's erratic trip in the Kentucky Derby, where he finished 13th. Then, he gained cult hero status in the Preakness Stakes after tossing rider John Velazquez at the gate and going around the track in the race riderless, with additional antics after the field had crossed the wire.

After taking the summer off, Bodexpress returned in October of his 3-year-old season to break his maiden in a Gulfstream Park West maiden special weight. He followed up that effort with a 6 3/4-length score in a Gulfstream Park allowance race.

Those two wins returned Bodexpress to stakes competition, where he finished third in the G3 Harlan's Holiday Stakes, and fifth in this year's G1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes.

Bodexpress remained winless in 2020 heading into October, but a class drop into the allowance optional claiming ranks at Gulfstream Park West yielded a 11 1/4-length confidence boost. Ten days ago, he finished his on-track career with an 11-1 upset victory by a length in the G1 Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs.

In total, Bodexpress finished his racing career with four wins in 17 starts for earnings of $694,600.

Bred in Kentucky by Martha Jane Mulholland, Bodexpress is out of the unraced City Zip mare Pied a Terre. The dam is a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Stormy Lord.

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Grade 2-Placed Tight Ten Retired To Mountain Springs Farm In Pennsylvania

Tight Ten, a multiple graded stakes-placed son of Tapit, enters stud in 2021 at the new Mountain Springs Farm in Palmyra, Pa.

Tight Ten is by three-time leading sire Tapit out of a Distorted Humor mare, the same as leading second-crop sire Constitution.

After easily breaking his maiden at Churchill Downs in wire-to-wire fashion by more than four lengths, Tight Ten next ran second by one length in the historic Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes after leading in mid-stretch. In his third career start, Tight Ten led for the entire trip of the 1 1/16 mile G3 Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs until he was caught in the final strides to finish second.

In his final start at two, the $2-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Tight Ten hit the inner rail shortly after the start and emerged with a torn hind-end ligament. He returned to win a one-mile allowance race at age four, and retired with earnings of $132,369.

Standing 16.1 hands with outstanding athletic conformation Tight Ten will stand for an introductory fee of $2,500 live foal. Additional mares can be bred for $2,000 each.

A lifetime breeding right to Tight Ten will be awarded to breeders after booking four mares.

Tight Ten will stand at the new 200-acre Mountain Springs Farm. With facilities rivaling any in the state, the experienced horsemen at Mountain Springs Farm provide excellent mare and foal care at affordable rates.

Tight Ten is nominated for the Breeders' Cup and is eligible for the Pennsylvania-bred program.

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