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First Winner For California Chrome Comes In Russia

Two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome was represented by his first winner at stud on Saturday, when Sunkar Time won a maiden race at Krasnodar Racetrack in Russia, Alan Carasso of Thoroughbred Daily News reports.

Sunkar Time prevailed in a 1,400-meter race (about seven furlongs), winning on debut for owner Rustam Mantikov and trainer O.S. Samokhina.

The colt was bred in Kentucky by Bruce C. Ryan, out of the multiple stakes-placed Left Banker mare Kiosk, an Ohio Broodmare of the Year whose runners include two-time Ohio Horse of the Year Needmore Flattery, stakes winner Kiosk's Cause, and stakes-placed Monetary Reward.

Sunkar Time sold to Mikhail Yanakov's Olympia Star for $14,000 at the 2019 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, and he was exported to Russia to compete under new ownership.

Krasnodar Racetrack was also the site of the first winner by Claiborne Farm resident Ironicus in June. Other stallions of note to pick up first winners in Russia include Horse of the Year and classic sire Curlin, and champion Big Brown.

California Chrome is at the end of his first season at Arrow Stud in Japan after being purchased by the JS Company LTD. last fall and exported, with high expectations for his first book of mares in his new home. He spent his first two seasons at Taylor Made Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky.

As part of the sale agreement, the California Chrome Syndicate has the first right of refusal if California Chrome is ever sold, and upon retirement from breeding, he can live out the remainder of his life at Taylor Made.

A 9-year-old son of Lucky Pulpit, California Chrome became one of the top runners of his generation during his on-track career, winning 16 of 27 starts for $14,752,650. He was named Horse of the Year in 2014 and 2016, and racked up a list of notable victories including the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Dubai World Cup, along with scores in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, Hollywood Derby, Pacific Classic Stakes, and Awesome Again Stakes.

California Chrome is out of the winning Not For Love mare Love the Chase. Champion Cascapedia is in his extended family.

California Chrome was represented by his first winner when Sunkar Time (2c x Kiosk, by Left Banker) scored on debut Saturday at Krasnodar. He is a half-brother to multiple OH-bred SW Needmore Flattery.

— Alan Carasso (@EquinealTDN) July 20, 2020

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Frank Conversation Shuttling To Chile For Southern Hemisphere Season

Frank Conversation, a multiple graded stakes-winning son of Quality Road (out of Rushen Heat by Unusual Heat), will shuttle to Haras Santa Sara in Santiago, Chile for the 2020 Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

Frank Conversation just completed his second year at stud at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y.

“We're thrilled with the quality of his first crop of foals, and would love to see international success for the horse,” says Rockridge Stud's Lere Visagie. “An opportunity to shuttle just seemed like a no-brainer.”

The deal was brokered by Bowling Bloodstock and Sullivan Bloodstock.

“We've had great success in the past with Santa Sara, most recently having sent Goldencents there,” says Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock. “They take very good care of the horses and we think Frank will be well-received there.”

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First Winner For Classic-Placed Ride On Curlin Comes At Gulfstream Park

Classic-placed Ride On Curlin was represented by his first winner at stud on July 15, when Sophisticurl got up at the wire to win a Gulfstream Park maiden special weight by a head, BloodHorse reports.

Sophisticurl dueled with leader Frankly My Dear throughout every step of the 5 1/2-furlong race, until jockey Samy Camacho gained the advantage in the final strides to get a head in front. The filly stopped the clock in 1:05.65 over a fast main track for owner Rolling Meadows Farm and trainer Lester Barbazon III.

Sophisticurl was bred in Florida by Joseph and Helen Barbazon, owners of Pleasant Acres Stallions, which stands Ride On Curlin. She is out of the unraced Tale of the Cat mare Sophisticattin.

Ride On Curlin resides at Pleasant Acres Stallions in Morriston, Fla., where he stood the 2020 breeding season for an advertised fee of $5,000.

The 9-year-old son of Curlin won three of 22 starts during his on-track career, for earnings of $795,175. He set a track record at Ellis Park to break his maiden, winning a 5 1/2-furlong main-track maiden special weight in 1:03 flat, then earned placings in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby and Champagne Stakes, G2 Rebel Stakes, and G3 Southwest Stakes ahead of the Triple Crown races.

Following a start in the 2014 Kentucky Derby, Ride On Curlin finished second to California Chrome in the Preakness Stakes.

Ride On Curlin is out of the Grade 2-placed Storm Cat mare Magical Ride, making him a half-brother to stakes winner Space Mountain. His second dam is the Grade 1 winner Victory Ride, and his extended family includes Grade 1 winner River Flyer and Grade 3 winner Don Cavallo.

Will Take Charge Shuttling To Uruguay For Southern Hemisphere Season

Champion Will Take Charge will shuttle to Haras Phillipson in Uruguay for the 2020 Southern Hemisphere breeding season, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

Will Take Charge, a 10-year-old son of Unbridled's Song, stands the Northern Hemisphere season at Three Chimneys in Midway, Ky., where he was most recently advertised for a fee of $15,000.

He is the sire of three crops of racing age, highlighted by Grade 1-placed Manny Wah, Grade 2-placed High Regard and Sweet Diane, and stakes winners Kim K, Great Sister Diane, and Cashcheckorcharge.

Will Take Charge is out of 2013 Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady, a multiple Grade 1-winning Dehere mare whose other runners of note include Grade 1 winner Take Charge Indy and winner Charming, who is herself the dal of champion Take Charge Brandi and Grade 1 winner Omaha Beach.

On his own accord, Will Take Charge won seven of 21 starts for earnings of $3,924,648. He earned the Eclipse Award for champion 3-year-old male in 2013 off a campaign that included scores in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes and Clark Handicap, the G2 Pennsylvania Derby and Rebel Stakes, and the non-graded Smarty Jones Stakes. He also finished second in that year's Breeders' Cup Classic.

Will Take Charge came back at four to win the G2 Oaklawn Handicap, and finish in the money in the G1 Santa Anita Handicap, Stephen Foster Handicap, Donn Handicap, and Whitney Stakes.

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