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Toast To Vino Rosso: Colt Out Of Differ Brings ‘A Lot Of Size And Scope’

Throughout the breeding season, the Paulick Report will be sharing photos of foals from the first crop of Spendthrift Farm's Breeders' Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso in the “Toast to Vino Rosso” series.

Over the past few weeks, we've spoken to several breeders about what Vino Rosso brings to the table as a stallion, and plenty of them have said they wanted to add some leg to their mare.

We've got another example of that, with this colt out of the winning Pulpit mare Differ. He was born on March 15 at Burleson Farm, and his second dam is the Grade 3-placed stakes winner Contrast.

“We're extremely happy with him,” said breeder Lyn Burleson. “He's got a lot of leg, got a lot of size and scope, really good hip. Just a really nice foal.”

Burleson said the decision to send Differ to Vino Rosso was swayed by the stallion's generous leg, and what that could contribute to the ensuing foal.

“She mated well with him, and their physical types matched up well,” he said. “She's a Pulpit mare with a really big hip, not so much leg, and he was a scopier type of horse, so we thought they'd compliment each other well.

“He's got more of Vino Rosso's leg and scope, but he's the color of the mare,” he continued.

Vino Rosso, a 6-year-old son of Curlin, stands at Spendthrift Farm for an advertised fee of $25,000.

Vino Rosso won won six of 15 starts and earned $4,803,125 on the racetrack. In addition to his signature Breeders' Cup Classic score, the stallion picked up victories in the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes, and the G2 Wood Memorial Stakes.

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Fast Times At OBS: Into Mischief’s Runners Dominate Breeze Shows

Into Mischief's standing as one of North America's elite sires is well established, both in the sales ring and on the racetrack. As the numbers show, the resident of Spendthrift Farm is just as exemplary in the space between.

From 2015 to 2020, a total of 1,335 juveniles breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 seconds flat or faster during the three primary 2-year-olds in training sales hosted by Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. Into Mischief led all sires in that time span with 51, which was more than double his next-closest contemporary.

Twirling Candy of Lane's End came in second with 23, while fellow Lane's End resident Quality Road tied with Claiborne Farm's Flatter with 20.

The six seasons counted in the sample feature Into Mischief's fourth through ninth crops, tracing his ascent as he blossomed into an upper-tier stallion and eventually got comfortable in the penthouse.

Explaining why Into Mischief has so drastically distanced himself from the rest of the field in this statistic can venture down a few different threads.

The first is a simple numbers game. Though he had just 35 total foals in the first sampled crop, the juveniles of 2015, his popularity exploded in the ensuing seasons, giving him one of the busiest books in North America.

From his 2014 foal crop (juveniles of 2016) to 2018 (juveniles of 2020), Into Mischief never saw less than 157 live foals in a given crop, and his final year in the snapshot topped him out at 201 foals. With that many opportunities to produce :10-and- under runners, the chances improve that the stallion will get them.

Of course, putting an army of foals under tack doesn't matter if they can't take advantage of those numbers and hit the mark on the stopwatch.

Spendthrift Farm general manager Ned Toffey said the stallion has proven himself uniquely capable of producing juveniles that are not only ready to perform physically at that stage in their development, but mentally.

“They tend to be good-minded,” he said. “They obviously tend to be fast, and I think they tend to stand up to training. There's just so much natural speed there that it's not hard for them to do that kind of thing. That natural ability, combined with soundness and a good mind, I think that really helps them perform that way.”

That mental fortitude and natural ability was also noted by Jimbo Gladwell of consignor Top Line Sales, who consigned two by Into Mischief at this year's OBS March Sale. The process of building up a young horse up to breeze the fastest furlong of its life can be too much for some prospects, but Gladwell said the Into Mischiefs have handled the pressure.

“They have a high cruising speed, which is one of the things that makes them so successful,” Gladwell said. “They have a quick turn of foot. The mind that goes with them is conducive with what they do.”

A big-time breeze often carries with it the stigma that the horse has left its best effort at the sale and may have peaked too early, but the Into Mischiefs that have hit the :10-and-under threshold have performed well, as a group, going against that notion.

Among Into Mischief's notable :10-and-under sale graduates are Grade 2 winner Engage, Grade 3 winners Mischevious Alex and Gas Station Sushi, and stakes winners Claire's Song, Into Mystic, and Offspring. All of the horses on that list won stakes races at three or older, which is a trend Toffey said he expects will roll on as Into Mischief's stock continues to rise.

“I think you're seeing it more and more with all the good horses he's got on the Derby trail this year,” Toffey said. “It's been talked about in the breed for a long time; that precocity, brilliance – in other words speed – and that ability to carry it. He is one that I think for a long time, people thought was just the speed there, but I think you're seeing it as he's being bred to classier mares, he's more than capable of getting a classic horse.”

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Practical Joke Filly Tops OBS March Sale’s Second Session

Hip No. 311, a daughter of Practical Joke consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, went to Hideyuki Mori for $750,000 to top the second and final session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

The bay filly, whose eighth in :9 4/5 was co-fastest at Friday's Under Tack session, is out of champion Valiant Emilia (PER), by Pegasus Wind, from the family of recent Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby winner Helium.

Hip No. 547, a daughter of American Pharoah whose quarter in :20 4/5 was co-fastest at Saturday's Under Tack session, was sold to Colombo Bloodstock Agency for $600,000. The bay filly, consigned by consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc., (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, is out of graded stakes-placed stakes winner Henny Jenney, by Henny Hughes, a half-sister to grade one stakes-placed stakes winner Zeewat.

Spendthrift Farm / Myracehorse.com went to $575,000 for Hip No. 357, a son of Kantharos consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds, Agent. The chestnut colt, whose quarter in :20 2/5 was Friday's co-fastest, is a full-brother to stakes winner Adventurous Lady out of Ari the Adventurer, by Pioneerof the Nile.

Hip No. 295, a daughter of Uncle Mo consigned by Pike Racing, Agent, was sold to Live Oak Plantation for $550,000. The bay filly, who breezed an eighth in :10 1/5 on Friday, is out of Town Tour, by Speightstown, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Moonshine Memories.

Sean Flanagan paid $550,000 for Hip No. 504, a daughter of American Pharoah consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent. The bay filly, who breezed a quarter in :21 1/5 on Saturday, is out of Forgotten Miss, by Afleet Alex, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Woodlander.

Hip No. 507, American Passport, a son of American Pharoah who breezed an eighth on Saturday in :10 1/5, went to Hideyuki Mori for $550,000. The bay colt, consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), Agent, is out of French Passport, by Elusive Quality, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Smooth Air.

Hip No. 531, a son of Gormley consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, went to Breeze Easy LLC for $550,000. The bay colt, whose eighth on Saturday in :9 4/5 was the day's co-fastest, is a half-brother to stakes winner Little Kansas out of Green Eyed Cat, by Tale of the Cat.

High Point Bloodstock paid $475,000 for Hip No. 506, a son of Quality Road consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent. The dark bay or brown colt, a half-brother to stakes winner Curlin's Fox out of graded stakes winner Foxysox (GB), by Foxhound, turned in an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5 on Saturday.

For the session, 151 horses sold for a total of $19,004,500 compared with 150 grossing $14,355,000 in 2020. The average was $125,858 compared with $95,700 a year ago while the median was $70,000 compared with $50,000 last year. The buyback percentage was 18.8 percent; it was 37.7 percent a year ago.

For the entire sale, 326 horses sold for $38,265,000 compared with 295 bringing $27,349,500 a year ago. The average price was $117,377 compared with $92,710 in 2020 while the median price was $62,500 compared with $50,000 a year ago. The buyback percentage was 16.2 percent; it was 38.8 percent in 2020.

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

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Violence Colt, Munnings Filly Top OBS March Sale’s First Session

A colt by Violence and a filly by Munnings each brought $550,000 to top the first session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

Hip No. 48, a son of Violence consigned by Kirkwood Stables, Agent went to Spendthrift Farm LLC. The dark bay or brown colt, whose eighth in :9 4/5 was co-fastest at the distance at Thursday's Under Tack session, is out of Lemon Belle, by Lemon Drop Kid, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Unrivaled Belle.

Hip No. 216, a daughter of Munnings who worked an eighth on Friday in :10 flat was sold to Donato Lanni, Agent. Consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, the bay filly is a half-sister to graded stakes-winning OBS graduate Aegean out of Show Me, by Lemon Drop Kid.

Hip No. 163, a son of Unified consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc., (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, was sold for $530,000 to Carolyn Wilson. The dark bay or brown colt, whose quarter on Thursday in :20 2/5 was the sale's co-fastest, 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. 188, a son of Cairo Prince consigned by Harris Training Center LLC, Agent, went to Narvick International for $525,000. The dark bay or brown colt by Cairo Prince, who turned in an eighth on Thursday in a co-fastest :9 4/5, is out of stakes placed Sadie Be Good, by Big Drama, from the family of graded stakes-placed stakes winner It'sallinthechase.

Hip No. 202, a son of War Front who turned in an Under Tack eighth on Friday in :10 flat, went to Ron Ellis for $525,000. The bay colt, consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, is out of stakes winner Serene Melody, by Street Cry (IRE), a daughter of champion Serena's Song.

Hip No. 243, a son of Liam's Map consigned by Pick View LLC, Agent, was sold to Narvick International for $525,000. The gray or roan colt, who breezed a quarter in:20 3/5 on Friday, is a half-brother to stakes-placed Delia O'Hara out of stakes placed Starlet O'Hara, by Discreetly Mine.

Hip No. 10, a daughter of Into Mischief consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, was sold to Yuji Hasegawa for $500,000. The bay filly, whose eighth in :9 4/5 was co-fastest on Thursday, is out of stakes winner Island Escape, by Petionville, and is half-sister to graded stakes winner Tricky Escape.

Yuji Hasegawa also went to $500,000 for Hip No. 224, a daughter of Into Mischief consigned by Gene Recio, Agent. The bay filly whose eighth in :9 4/5 on Friday was the session's co-fastest, is out of Sly Warrior, by First Samurai, a half sister to stakes placed Pull Dancer, dam of graded stakes winner Good Samaritan.

Hip No 259, a son of Candy Ride (ARG) who breezed an eighth on Friday in :10 flat, was sold to Yuji Hasegawa for $500,000. The bay colt, consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, out of stakes winner Supreme, by Empire Maker, is a half-brother to graded stakes-placed stakes winner Silver State, winner of the recent Essex Handicap at Oaklawn.

For the session, 163 horses sold for a total of $18,560,500 compared with 145 horses grossing $12,994,500 at last year's first session. The average price was $113,868, compared with $89,617 a year ago, while the median price was $60,000, compared with $50,000 last year. The buyback percentage was 19.7 percent; it was 39.8 percent in 2020.

The March Sale continues Wednesday, March 17 at 11 a.m. with Hip No.'s 283 – 563 set to go through the ring.

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

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