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Practical Joke Filly Prevails in Frizette

Repole Stable's CHOCOLATE GELATO (f, 2, Practical Joke–Special Treat, by Candy Ride {Arg}) put in a strong turn run and wore down game pacesetter You're My Girl (Overanalyze) to prevail in Sunday's GI Frizette S. at Belmont at the Big A. The 8-5 favorite settled for third at 55-100 in her Saratoga opening day unveiling July 14, but returned a month later to atone and romp by 8 1/2 lengths, good for a 92 Beyer Speed Figure. She stopped the clock in 1:38.57 in the slop Sunday. Sales history: $165,000 ylg '21 FTKJUL; $475,000 2yo '22 FTFMAR. O-Repole Stable; B-Vincent Colbert (KY). T-Todd A. Pletcher.

Sunday, Belmont at The Big A
FRIZETTE S.-GI, $400,000, Belmont The Big A, 10-2, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:38.57, sy.
1–CHOCOLATE GELATO, 120, f, 2, by Practical Joke
                1st Dam: Special Treat, by Candy Ride (Arg)
                2nd Dam: Snooze, by Forestry
                3rd Dam: Daydreaming, by A.P. Indy
   1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I
   WIN. ($165,000 Ylg '21 FTKJUL; $475,000 2yo '22 FTFMAR).
O-Repole Stable; B-Vincent Colbert (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher;
J-Irad Ortiz, Jr.. $220,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-1, $290,350.
Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for eNicks & 5-cross pedigree.
2–You're My Girl, 120, f, 2, by Overanalyze
                1st Dam: Peace Queen, by Indian Charlie
                2nd Dam: Issaqueena, by Mr. Prospector
                3rd Dam: Ziggy's Act, by Danzig
   1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK
   TYPE. ($130,000 2yo '22 OBSOPN). O-Gatsas Stables, R. A. Hill
Stable and Hidden Brook Farm; B-James G Doyle (NY); T-John
Terranova, II. $80,000.
3–Leave No Trace, 120, f, 2, by Outwork
                1st Dam: Tanquerray, by Good Journey
                2nd Dam: Kitty Galore, by Mountain Cat
                3rd Dam: Patriot Star, by Torsion
($8,000 Ylg '21 FTKFEB; $40,000 Ylg '21 EASOCT). O-WellSpring
Stables; B-Red Cloak Farm, LLC (KY); T-Philip M. Serpe.
$48,000.
Margins: 1, 2 3/4, 3HF. Odds: 1.65, 3.90, 7.90.
Also Ran: American Rockette, Vedareo, The Great Maybe. Scratched: Raging Sea. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs

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Spendthrift Erects Malibu Moon Statue; B. Wayne Hughes Visitors Center to Open Nov. 1

Spendthrift Farm has erected its new Malibu Moon memorial statue that will serve as the centerpiece at the front of the B. Wayne Hughes Visitors Center, which is set to officially open Nov. 1 during Breeders' Cup week.

“The B. Wayne Hughes Visitors Center has really come together, and the addition of the Malibu Moon statue in front is a special highlight that we are all very proud to see go up,” said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift General Manager. “We look forward to unveiling the visitors center Breeders' Cup week as part of the celebration surrounding our industry's championship event.”

At nearly 1,700 pounds, the bronze sculpture of Malibu Moon is scaled at 110% life size and portrays him as the mature breeding stallion he was during his time at the farm. He faces his old paddock in the foreground and old stall at the stallion complex in the background.

“Malibu Moon put the Hughes/Gustavson version of Spendthrift Farm on the map,” said Spendthrift owner Eric Gustavson. “He was a consistent leading sire at the time Wayne purchased the farm, and for years following. You could say, as Wayne often did, 'Malibu Moon made Spendthrift Farm'”.

The Malibu Moon statue was sculpted by artist Douwe Blumberg at the foundry in Norman, OK. Blumberg and his team began the year-long project in September of 2021.

A foundation stallion for Spendthrift, Malibu Moon was a perennial leading sire in North America for the better part of this century, siring 17 Grade I winners to date including 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb and champion 2-year-old colt Declan's Moon among several other top-class millionaires on the racetrack.

The B. Wayne Hughes Visitors Center will serve as Spendthrift's new home for tourism. The 7,000 square-foot, two-story building is located in the heart of the historic farm, interconnecting Spendthrift's stallion complex to the main office. The facility contains a trophy room, a gift shop, outdoor & indoor entertainment space and office space, and it features the farm's collection of prized trophies, artifacts, and other memorabilia on display.

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Yearling Market Returns to Maryland for Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Sale

TIMONIUM, MD – The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale opens Monday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium with a session of 200 catalogued hips beginning at 1 p.m., and concludes with a further 326 catalogued yearlings for a session beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Despite persistent rain throughout the weekend, shoppers were making the rounds at the sales barns Sunday and consignors are hoping the looks continue to build up to Monday's later start time.

“We are cautiously optimistic,” said Vinery Sales' Derek MacKenzie. “It seems like the traffic has picked up today. It was really slow yesterday, but they are coming now. And they will have more time tomorrow. We will see some trainers who won't come today who I am sure will be here in the morning.”

Consignor Bill Reightler found a silver lining in the dreary weather.

“We've been busy with all-shows,” Reightler said. “But I think horsemen are opportunists. I can remember some years ago here we had a sale in December where we had four or five inches of snow and I think we had the best sale we ever had because people thought nobody was going to show up and they could buy something.”

Coming on the heels of a record-breaking Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Reightler expects demand to continue to be high in Maryland this week.

“I think it's going to be fine,” he said. “It's going to be the same old story. It's going to be polarized. I think some of the buyers couldn't buy horses at Keeneland and that brings more people to the next sale.”

A total of 381 yearlings sold during last year's auction for a gross of $11,269,400. The average was $29,578 and the median was $20,000. A colt by Mendelssohn brought the sale's top price of $235,000 from Scanlon Training and Sales before re-selling for $1.3 million at this year's OBS April sale. David Scanlon was among the pinhookers looking at horses through the raindrops at the sales barns Sunday.

Last year's auction also produced GI Spinaway S. winner Leave No Trace (Outwork), who sold for $40,000 from the Vinery consignment. Results like that should have shoppers eager to return to the Maryland auction, according to MacKenzie.

“This sale was really good last year and I suspect it should be again,” he said. “A lot of people didn't get what they wanted at Keeneland and there are a lot of nice horses here.”

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Pricey Good Samaritan Filly Comes Out Running

1st-Belmont at The Big A, $95,000, Msw, 10-2, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:17.28, sy, 4 3/4 lengths.
GOOD SAM (f, 2, Good Samaritan–Twizzler, by Twirling Candy) was by far the priciest of 63 first-crop yearlings by her freshman sire (by Harlan's Holiday) when fetching $310,000 at KEESEP after also being his most expensive weanling/short yearling at $110,000 at KEEJAN. Off at 4-1 breaking from the rail over a sloppy track Sunday, she justified those price tags while becoming winner number nine for Good Samaritan. Quickest from the blocks, the bay doled out splits of :23.66 and :48.39 before hitting another gear in upper stretch and widening away by 4 3/4 lengths. Fellow firster Seduction (Bernardini) completed the exacta. The winner's dam was second on debut in a turf sprint maiden special weight at Ellis and is a daughter of MGISW Twist Afleet (Afleet). She was purchased for just $4,000 at KEENOV '17 in foal to Noble Mission (GB), and was bred back to Good Samaritan in each of her next three matings after producing Good Sam, but did not have a foal in either 2021 or 2022. Sales history: $110,000 Ylg '21 KEEJAN; $310,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $52,250. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-Peter M. Brant; B-Maccabee Farm (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.

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