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First Foals Reported For Taylor Made Stallions’ Instagrand

Taylor Made Stallions' Instagrand sired his first reported foals when a filly out of Grade 1 winner Concrete Rose was born on Jan. 10, and a colt out of the Tiznow mare Siesta was born on Jan. 8.

Concrete Rose, a daughter of Twirling Candy out of the winning Powerscourt (GB) mare Solerina, was a $1.95-million Keeneland November acquisition in 2020 by OXO Equine LLC, which also bred the filly. Concrete Rose enjoyed a stellar racing career in which she annexed the $750,000 Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes, the G3 Edgewood Stakes, G3 Florida Oaks, and the Saratoga Oaks Invitational Stakes at Saratoga at three in 2019. At two, she won the G2 Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland. All told, Concrete Rose captured six of seven lifetime starts—five of them stakes—and banked $1,218,650.

Siesta, a daughter of Tiznow out of the Harlan's Holiday Miz Kella, is a half-sister to recent Zia Park Distaff Stakes winner Canoodling and hails from the immediate family of champion 2-year-old Shanghai Bobby, winner of the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and that year's G1 Champagne Stakes. Siesta was a $240,000 graduate of the 2018 OBS Spring Sale where she was purchased by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. Siesta's colt was bred by Jay Goodwin, Michael Hore, DVM, and Doc Atty Stables.

Instagrand, a dominating son of Into Mischief, led gate to wire to win the 2018 G2 Best Pal Stakes at Del Mar by 10 1/4 lengths in just his second career start. Undefeated at two, Instagrand was named a TDN Rising Star after debuting a 10-length maiden special weight winner, running five furlongs in :56 flat and stopping the clock just .32 of a second off the Los Alamitos track record.

A $1.2-million Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale topper after breezing in :10 flat, Instagrand followed up his sensational juvenile season by placing in a pair of key Kentucky Derby preps at three. He placed in the G3 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct and set the pace in the G1 Santa Anita Derby in his two-turn debut, finishing just behind Roadster and champion 2-year-old and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Game Winner.

By perennial leading sire Into Mischief, Instagrand is produced from the winning Lawyer Ron mare Assets of War and is from the immediate family of Grade 1 winners Irish Smoke and Book Review. He bred 190 mares in his initial season at stud and he will stand the upcoming breeding season for $7,500 S&N.

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Gainesway Stallions McKinzie, Spun To Run Have First Foals

Gainesway residents McKinzie and Spun to Run each sired their first foals on Jan. 11, both of them fillies.

Grade 1 winner McKinzie's first foal came at Hill 'n' Dale Farms in Kentucky, out of the winning Midnight Lute mare Withholding Info.

The filly is the first foal out of Withholding Info, who won twice in three starts. She is herself the first foal out of the multiple Grade 1 winner Executiveprivilege, from the family of multiple Grade 1 winner Hoppertunity.

McKinzie, a 7-year-old son of Street Sense, stands for an advertised fee of $30,000 for the upcoming breeding season.

He retired with eight wins in 18 starts and earnings of more than $3.4 million, highlighted by victories in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity, Pennsylvania Derby, Malibu Stakes, and Whitney Stakes, the G2 Alysheba Stakes and Triple Bend Stakes, and G3 Sham Stakes. He also finished in the money in six additional graded stakes, including a runner-up effort in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Classic.

Spun to Run's first foal was a filly born in Louisiana, out of the winning Scat Daddy mare L. A. Style.

It is the second foal out of L. A. Style, a three-time winner and half-sister to stakes-placed runners Gettysburg and Devine Charger. Grade 3-placed Funny Sunny is in the extended family.

Spun to Run, a 6-year-old Hard Spun horse, will stand the approaching season for $10,000.

He won five of 12 starts during his on-track career and earned more than $1.1 million. In addition to his triumph in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Spun to Run notched a victory in the G3 Smarty Jones Stakes and in-the-money efforts in the G1 Cigar Mile Handicap and Haskell Invitational Stakes.

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First Foal Is A Colt For WinStar Farm’s Improbable

WinStar Farm's multiple Grade 1 winner Improbable, the 2020 Eclipse champion older male, sired his first reported foal when a colt was born at Bluewater Farm on Monday night, Jan. 10.

Bred by CHC Inc., the colt, who hails from a family replete with black-type, is out of the winning Into Mischief mare Dark Corner, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Perfect Alibi, winner of the 2019 Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes.

“We've been eagerly anticipating the Improbable foals since retiring him to stud in 2021,” said Liam O'Rourke, WinStar's Director of Bloodstock Services. “We're thrilled for our longtime partner CHC having his first foal. We look forward to welcoming many more foals out of quality mares like Dark Corner.”

Improbable, City Zip's only four-time Grade 1 winner, rattled off three consecutive Grade 1 victories in 2020, taking the G1 Hollywood Gold Cup at Santa Anita, the historic G1 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga, and the G1 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita. In the latter, he defeated champion Maximum Security by 4 1/2 lengths, recording a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 108.

Undefeated in three starts at two—a pair of them stakes—Improbable reported home a spectacular five-length winner over subsequent Grade 1 winner Mucho Gusto in the 2018 G1 Los Alamitos Futurity, getting the 1 1/16 miles in 1:41.18, the fastest time of the race in over a decade. A stakes winner each season from two to four, Improbable concluded his stellar career with a runner-up finish in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic in 2020, earning a 108 Beyer and a 2 Ragozin, the fastest of the field. All told, he won seven starts, six of them stakes, and bankrolled $2,729,520 for owners WinStar Farm, CHC Inc., and SF Racing.

From the immediate female family of Hard Spun, Improbable was booked full in 2021, having bred 177 mares in his initial season at stud. Improbable was the No. 1 Freshman Sire by 2021 CPI (Class Performance Index)—3.80 and number-two sire by CI (Comparable Index)—2.39 in the $25,000-$49,999 stud fee range. Represented in 2021 by first in-foal mares that sold for $550,000, $445,000, $420,000, etc., Improbable was the number-two freshman covering sire by average—$218,187.

Improbable is a complete outcross in his first four generations. His dam, Rare Event, is by A.P. Indy, while his second dam is a half-sister to Hard Spun. Improbable will stand the upcoming breeding season for $35,000 S&N.

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‘A Ton Of Class’: First Foal Is A Filly For Three Chimneys’ Volatile

Three Chimneys Farm announced Monday that Volatile sired his first foal, a filly, at Mallory Farm.

Volatile is a Grade 1 winner of the Alfred G. Vanderbilt, and he ran the year's fastest Beyer of 2020. His eight-length romp in the Aristides, run in 107.57, earned him a Beyer speed figure of 112.

Bred by Torie Gladwell, the chestnut filly boasts over 20 stakes performers in the first three dams, tailing from the immediate family of Kentucky Oaks winner Summerly.

Gladwell commented, “We sold her dam, who was drop dead gorgeous, to Bob Baffert as a yearling. We were fortunate enough to be able to get her back. The filly has the same qualities as the mare, great looking, well balanced, full of substance, with a ton of class. We couldn't be more delighted.”

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