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Leading Global Sire Put It Back Dies In Brazil At 23

Put It Back, who was a multiple Grade/Group 1 sire in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, has died at age 23, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

The son of Honour and Glory stood at Haras Santa Maria de Araras in Bagé, Brazil, where he had become a pillar of the country's stallion ranks.

Racing as a Florida homebred for Hobeau Farm and for trainer Allen Jerkens, Put It Back won seven of five starts, highlighted by victories in the Grade 2 Riva Ridge Stakes and the listed Best Turn Stakes.

He retired to stud at Bridlewood Farm in Florida, and he was a frequent shuttle stallion to Brazil for a decade until taking permanent residence in South America in 2013. He was named Brazil's leading sire in 2014.

Put It Back has sired 17 crops of racing age, with 883 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $48.6 million.

His biggest star in either hemisphere succeeded in both hemispheres. Bal a Bali was named Brazil's Horse of the Year in 2014 after winning four Group 1 races in his native country. He was then purchased by Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farm and brought to the U.S., where he became a top turf miler and notched victories in the G1 Shoemaker Mile Stakes and Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes.

His other Northern Hemisphere runners of note include Canadian champion Noholdingback Bear, and Grade 1 winner In Summation and Jessica Is Back.

Put It Back's South American year-end award winners are plentiful, including Brazilian champions Beach Ball, Billy Girl, Desejado Put, Requebra, Billion Dollar, Skypilot, English Major, Nitido, and Garbo Talks. He also sired Uruguayan Horse of the Year Fitzgerald and champion Elliott Ness. The stallion even had a notable Japanese runner in Group 3 winner Black Bar Spin.

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Mank, Day Of Destiny On The Move In Alberta

Diamond S Performance Horses has announced that the Pulpit stallion Mank will stand the 2022 season in southern Alberta at Bar None Ranches Ltd. and the Distorted Humor son, Day of Destiny will be stand at Diamond S Performance Horses in Wildwood, Alberta.

Mank is the sire of the successful Alberta runners Dance Shoes ($63,317), winner of the 2021 Alberta Oaks and Common Knowledge ($53,892), winner of the 2020 Two Year Old Sales Stakes. Mank sold as a yearling for $290,000 at Keeneland and his dam, Stirring, is a Seeking the Gold mare who has produced four winners including Nowhere to Hide ($217,137). His second dam, Dajin is a full sister to Touch Gold ($1,679,907) as well as half-sister to Horse of the Year, With Approval ($2,863,540) and has produced 6 winners including Serenading ($538,754) and Handpainted ($435,406).

Mank will stand for $2,000 (Canadian) LFG from Jan. 15 through April 15 at Bar None Ranches Ltd. in Dewinton, Alberta and the remainder of the season at Diamond S Performance Horses in Wildwood, Alberta. Special consideration will be given to stakes placed and proven mares.

Day of Destiny is a winner of $132,678 with wins at 6 1/2 furlongs to one mile. He is by the leading North American sire Distorted Humor who has sired 159 black type winners and 69 graded winners worldwide with over $147 million in progeny earnings. The dam of Day of Destiny is the proven Kris S. mare, Sweet Lips ($565,138) winner of the Sunshine Millions Distaff and second in the Grade 2 La Canada Stakes.

Day of Destiny will stand for $1,200 LFG at Diamond S Performance Horses in Wildwood, Alberta. Special consideration will be given to stakes placed and proven mares.

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Toast To Vino Rosso Presented By Spendthrift Farm: Momentum Into The Weekend At Keeneland November

As the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale moves into its second week, Spendthrift Farm's Vino Rosso has emerged as one of the early stars among the first-crop weanling sires.

The Breeders' Cup Classic-winning son of Curlin was responsible for the auction's most expensive first-crop weanling through the auction's first three sessions, and has established himself as one of the rookie stallions with the highest average weanling sale price during the select sessions of Kentucky's fall mixed sales.

In this installment of Toast To Vino Rosso, we'll look at a pair of weanlings by the stallion from the Gainesway consignment. One turned heads in the sale ring on Friday with a six-figure hammer price, while the other will get her chance to shine during Sunday's session.

Hip 645 – Bay filly out of Shaken, by Uncle Mo

The second-most expensive Vino Rosso weanling of the Keeneland sale through the end of Friday's session went to Scoot Stable for $300,000.

Bred in Kentucky by Mark Stansell, the bay filly is the first foal out of the Grade 2-placed Uncle Mo mare Shaken, who is herself a half-sister to the multiple Grade 2-placed runner Sway Away.

We checked in on this filly back in May, when she was boarded at Waggoner Farm in Lexington, Ky., for Texas-based Stansell. At the time, he said the decision to send Shaken to Vino Rosso was based on the stallion's race record and his expectation that the first foals would be received well at auction.

Brian Graves of consignor Gainesway was quick to note the filly's quality after the fall of the hammer.

“The Vino Rosso that we sold was just a really beautiful filly,” he said. “She'd be a select session-type filly at any sale she'd go to. She's beautifully-balanced, great hip. We've seen quite a few Vino Rossos that we liked over the sale, so the stallion looks like he's off to a good start producing nice stock.”

Hip 1469 – Gray or roan filly out of Snagglepuss, by Holy Bull

Sunday's session will feature this filly out of the winning Holy Bull mare Snagglepuss, who is the dam of one winner from two runners.

Bred in Kentucky by Tami Bobo, the filly hails from the family of Grade 1-placed Colorful Charades. The mating that produced this foal was set up by Milan Kosanovich, and Bobo acquired the pregnant mare after her visit to Vino Rosso.

“She's a beautiful filly, very forward, always loved her,” Bobo said. “I thought the market might be one that would support a filly that's physically as presentable as her to maybe come and try early, and see if the market plays where I think it should play. I think she's a great specimen for the stallion.”

“As a group overall, I like the Vino Rossos,” Bobo continued. “Collectively, they've been a great group of horses, and I think the public's going to receive them well. In hindsight, I think I probably should have been earlier than later, but I played it safe and was busy with real estate, and really hadn't gone through my babies like I should have early enough. Sale deadline time came up, so I called my two consignors and said, 'Enter all my horses in Book 3.' Hopefully she's a standout where she's at, and hopefully the public sees what we see in her.”

Vino Rosso, a 6-year-old son of Curlin, stands at Spendthrift Farm for an advertised fee of $20,000.

Vino Rosso 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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A Way-Too-Early Look At The First-Crop Weanling Sire Race At Kentucky’s November Sales

Any reasonable person would acknowledge that it's far too early in the game to be declaring winners and losers in a first-crop stallion race among those with first weanlings this year.

There have been exactly two days of selling at the major Kentucky fall mixed sales, prefaced by a few smaller sales around the country – hardly enough to provide an accurate projection of long-term commercial or on-track success for this year's class of young stallions.

However, the context behind those two days of selling in Kentucky make it worth noting who performed well.

The Fasig-Tipton November sale and Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale are the pinnacle of North America's mixed auction calendar. The quantity of foals cataloged in each session says a lot about a first-year stallion's perceived spot on the high-end pecking order, and the performance of their foals when the hammer falls is a major dress rehearsal for the elite yearling sales to come. How a new stallion performs in these boutique sessions won't make or break a commercial legacy, but it's good information to have.

By that standard, the first jump out of the gate went to Spendthrift Farm's Omaha Beach, who was the leading first-crop weanling sire by average sale price, combining the Fasig-Tipton November sale on Tuesday and Book 1 of Keeneland November on Wednesday.

The Grade 1-winning son of War Front had five weanlings change hands through the ring over the two days for an average of $160,000.

Leading the way for Omaha Beach was a colt who sold Wednesday at Keeneland to Freya Stables for $300,000.

The dark bay or brown colt, offered as Hip 176, is out of the unraced Bellamy Road mare Achalaya, whose three foals of racing age are all winners, including Grade 1 winner Casa Creed and Grade 3 winner Chess's Dream. Gainesway consigned the colt, as agent.

Omaha Beach sent the most expensive first-crop weanling through the Fasig-Tipton ring on Tuesday, when Hip 46, a filly out of the Medaglia d'Oro mare Glory Gold, sold to Sewanne Investments for $220,000.

The New York-bred filly is a sister to stakes winners Espresso Shot and Venti Valentine, and she was consigned by Ballysax Bloodstock, agent.

Spendthrift Farm general manager Ned Toffey said he knew expectations were high for Omaha Beach's first foals. When an incoming stallion enters the marketplace with a $45,000 stud fee, a strong commercial reception is supposed to be a feature, not a pleasant surprise. Toffey said he was satisfied with how the Omaha Beach weanlings met their first challenge.

“They're just classy, elegant looking foals, very much like him,” Toffey said. “They're really good mentally. The stallion is wonderful mentally, and that's something that we're hearing from breeders is how good-minded these foals are.”

A fellow Spendthrift Farm resident wasn't far behind Omaha Beach among the early leaders in the first-crop race.

Champion Vino Rosso had five weanlings bring an average of $135,000, led by the most expensive first-crop weanling of Keeneland November's first book.

That was Hip 112, a dark bay or brown colt out of the unraced Tiznow mare Fair Huntress who sold to Bolter Bloodstock for $340,000.

The colt hails from the family of Grade 1 winner Competitionofideas and Grade 3 winner Devil by Design.

He was consigned by Glennwood Farm, which also bred Vino Rosso and consigned the Breeders' Cup Classic-winning son of Curlin as a yearling.

Vino Rosso's second-leading weanling came at the Fasig-Tipton November sale, when BW Stables went to $150,000 for Hip 114, a colt out of the Bodemeister mare Storm Raven. Ballysax Bloodstock consigned him, as agent.

“He's just been incredibly consistent,” Toffey said about Vino Rosso. “We get one breeder after another giving us this great feedback on how much they like their foal; things like 'best foal this mare's ever thrown,' 'best foal on the farm.' The rest of the market's starting to see that as well. They're very athletic, very well-balanced, everything you want to see.”

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