Glen Hill Farm Family On Display At Chukyo

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Chukyo and Hanshin Racecourses:

Sunday, March 10, 2024
3rd-CKO, ¥10,400,000 ($71k), Maiden, 3yo, 1400mT
KAFUJI NIHONIUM (c, 3, Kitten's Joy–Broken Dreams, by Broken Vow) represents six generations of Glen Hill Farm breeding and is out of a Grade III-winning dam who produced Caribou Club (City Zip), a graded winner in California, Maryland and Canada. A $190,000 Keeneland September yearling, the May-foaled chestnut counts GI Breeders' Cup Distaff upsetter One Dreamer (Relaunch) as his third dam. B-Glen Hill Farm (KY)

3rd-HSN, ¥10,480,000 ($71k), Maiden, 3yo, 1800m
JUN FIRENZE (JPN) (c, 3, Ghostzapper–Street Cash, by Street Boss), whose dam cost $95,000 with this colt in utero at the 2020 Keeneland November sale, is out of a daughter of 2000 GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup winner Collect the Cash (Dynaformer), also the dam of 2010 GI Toyota Blue Grass S. winner Stately Victor (Ghostzapper) and the GSP duo of Hot Cash (Ghostzapper) and Bay Street Money (Street Sense). An April foal, the bay colt changed hands for ¥16.5 million ($120,495) at the 2022 Hokkaido Selection Yearling Sale. B-Yuki Dendo

11th-HSN, Fillies' Revue-G2, ¥99m ($688k), 3yo, f, 1400mT
JUNE BLAIR (f, 3, American Pharoah–Lap of Luxury {Ire}) carried Yutaka Take to a half-length victory in a 1200-meter newcomers event at Nakayama Oct. 1 (see below, SC 1) and was not beaten far when seventh behind eventual champion Jantar Mantar (Jpn) (Palace Malice) in the G2 Daily Hai Nisai S. when tried over a mile at Kyoto Nov. 11. The $275,000 Keeneland September acquisition is out of a half-sister to Group 1-winning sire Dutch Art (GB) (Medicean {GB}) and a full-sister to GSW/G1SP Keeneland November topper Up (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), whose four winners from six to race include last year's GII Lake Placid S. winner Aspray (Quality Road), G1SP Monarch of Egypt (American Pharoah) and GSP Khartoum (Pioneerof the Nile). She makes her first start in sex-restricted company here. B-Diamond Creek Farm (KY)

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‘Up’ and Coming Son of American Pharoah Set for Hong Kong Derby

Jan Vandebos and her late husband Robert Naify paid a visit to Coolmore on a trip to Ireland several years ago, fueling a desire to seed her high-quality broodmare band with a mare by the world's most dominant stallion. That rendezvous set in motion a chain of events that will see the RanJan Racing-bred Congratulation (American Pharoah), the former 'TDN Rising Star' Monarch of Egypt, take part in one of the world's richest age-restricted events, the HK$24-million (US$ 3.09 million) BMW Hong Kong Derby (NH/SH 4-year-olds only, 2000mT) Sunday afternoon at Sha Tin Racecourse.

“I fell in love with Galileo (Ire) and Montjeu (Ire), when he was still alive on our visit,” she said. “We were just getting started in bloodstock and studied the pedigree and we had decided at the time that we wanted to find a great Galileo mare. I looked for six or seven years at mares that were presented to me from Europe and I didn't see anything I liked.”

That all changed when Galileo's then newly turned 6-year-old daughter Up (Ire) was entered for the 2015 Keeneland January Sale. A half-sister to Group 1-winning juvenile and sire Dutch Art (GB) (Medicean {GB}), Up–fourth to Stephanie's Kitten (Kitten's Joy) in the 2011 GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies' Turf–was runner-up for the Coolmore ownership group in the 2012 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas) and was a two-time winner at group level at The Curragh after a sixth against older females in the GI Beverly D. S. She was retired following a seventh-place effort in that year's GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf and was covered by War Front in early 2013.

Having produced a filly to the Claiborne stallion, she was bred back to the Danzig son and was consigned to the 2015 January Sale by Four Star Sales.

“I saw her walking video and I'd never seen anything like it,” Vandebos said. “Never seen a shoulder like that or a hip or a walk. I said to [Taylor Made's] Frank [Taylor], 'I think this is the one,' and, on one bid, I was able to get her. She's pure class, she's a lovely, lovely mare. She's not large–she's probably only 15.2 to 15.3, but everything she's produced has been pretty good-sized.”

Taylor signed the sales-topping ticket at $2.2 million.

“That's about where we pegged her,” Taylor told the TDN's Brian DiDonato of Up, whose War Front filly was the top-selling short yearling at the same sale when hammering for $800,000 to Solis/Litt on behalf of LNJ Foxwoods. “We looked at some comparable mares–some of those mares by Galileo in foal to War Front were bringing a lot of money, so we thought that was a fair price.”

Up was among the first book of mares to visit Coolmore America's American Pharoah in 2016 and produced a colt by the Triple Crown winner Mar. 31, 2017. The colt they nicknamed 'six-pack' was raised at Taylor Made by Naify and Marshall Taylor, son of Taylor Made President and CEO Duncan Taylor.

“He was pretty spectacular from the day he was born,” Vandebos said. “Very muscular, very intelligent, everything was just in the perfect place. We sold him well.”

Monarch of Egypt, a $750,000 purchase by M. V. Magnier and Peter Brant's White Birch Farm at KEESEP in 2018, became his sire's first winner from that first crop when scoring by 2 3/4 lengths on debut at Naas to earn his 'Rising Star.' Second to the talented future G1 Irish 2000 Guineas hero Siskin (First Defence) in the G2 Railway S. and G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. at two, Monarch of Egypt was a cracking runner-up in a soft-ground renewal of the G3 Jersey S. at Royal Ascot last June. Sold to Hong Kong interests, the bay gelding was a sound fifth, beaten just over four lengths, in the Class 1 Chinese New Year Cup H. (1400m) at Sha Tin Feb. 14 (video) for former leading jockey and now trainer Douglas Whyte.

“I really thought he would be a 2 1/2 to 3-year-old because of what the dam had done at the races,” Vandebos said. “I honestly don't think he's reached his full potential and I am really excited about this race. I don't really think he's a sprinter, but I think it's very interesting that he's in Hong Kong.”

Up was entered for, but was withdrawn from another trip through the Keeneland sales pavilion in November 2017 when carrying to Pioneerof the Nile. That proved a fruitful decision when that produce, a colt, was sold for $1 million at the 2019 September sale. Now named Khartoum, he is a maiden winner in two starts for Aidan O'Brien.

Up's foal of 2019 is a Medaglia d'Oro filly Vandebos proudly describes as “one of the most–if not the most–beautiful filly I've ever owned.” Vandebos elected to take her home after bidding stalled out at $575,000 at KEESEP last fall. The filly, named Star of India, is with Dr. Barry Eisaman in Ocala, but “I am in no rush with her,” Vandebos said.

Next in the pipeline is a now-yearling filly by Quality Road that will most likely be offered at Keeneland this fall, “unless I fall in love with her before then, which is quite likely!”

Up was not bred in 2020 and was recently covered once again by Medaglia d'Oro. And to bring it all full-circle, Up's first foal is now the dam of the 2-year-old colt Direct (Aus) (Siyouni {Fr}), who was third in the G2 Silver Slipper S. at Rosehill in Sydney last month.

Vandebos, who also bred the late Roaring Lion (Kitten's Joy), keeps her 10-strong broodmare band at Lane's End. One of RanJan's most beloved producers, Cambiocorsa (Avenue of Flags), is likely to be pensioned this year to live out her days at Lane's End, Vandebos said.

“I want to keep it small,” she said. “I have a boutique operation that I manage myself. I am back and forth to Kentucky, I spend a week at a time back there about every other month. It's what I love. It's not about the business. It's about breeding the horses and being proud of my mares and their progeny. It's really a labor of love for me. I don't consider it a business, although my accountant tells me I need to start considering it as a business! But I've had good luck. I just hope my horses and mares stay healthy and they can show the world what we can do.”

The field for the BMW Hong Kong Derby will be drawn Thursday at midday (local time).

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Fasig-Tipton Adds 15 Supplemental Entries To November Sale

Fasig-Tipton has released the first group of supplemental entries to its 2020 November Sale. These supplemental entries are cataloged as Hips 265- 279:

  • Star of the Empire (Hip 265): Three-year-old daughter of Empire Maker is a half-sister to two stakes winners, including Grade 1 winner Nereid. Nereid is in turn the dam of Figarella's Queen, a Grade 3-placed stakes winner. Consigned as a broodmare prospect by Royal Oak Farm (Damian & Braxton Lynch), agent.
  • 2020 f. Quality Road-Up (IRE) (Hip 266): Weanling filly by champion sire Quality Road is a half-sister to Group 1 placed Monarch of Egypt.  Her dam, Up, is a multiple group stakes winning daughter of Galileo who also placed in G1 French One Thousand Guineas. Consigned by Lane's End, agent.
  • Fancier (Hip 267): Young mare's second foal is 2-year-old colt Get Her Number, recent winner of the G1 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 26. Get Her Number will make his next anticipated start in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Consigned by Vinery Sales, agent.
  • Synchrony (Hip 268): A stakes performer on both dirt and turf, this son of three-time leading sire Tapit is a six-time graded stakes winner of $956,652. From a prolific Pin Oak family, he is a half-brother to two stakes winners, including graded stakes winner Chocolate Kisses. Consigned as a stallion prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
  • Indelible (Hip 269): Daughter of Tiznow is a half-sister to Essential Quality, recent winner of the G1 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity. He is slated to make his next anticipated start in the Breeders Cup Juvenile. Inedlible is out of a graded stakes-placed half-sister to Champion Folklore, who is in turn the granddam of undefeated Japanese Champion Contrail. Contrail has swept the first two legs of the 2020 Japanese Triple Crown and is seeking to win the third leg, the Japanese St. Leger, on Oct. 25. Indelible is in foal to champion Nyquist, who already has two Grade 1 winners in his first crop. Indelible's weanling filly, by Bernardini, will sell after her as Hip 270. Both are consigned by Lane's End, agent.
  • She's a Truckin (Hip 271): Daughter of Lemon Drop Kid is a half-sister to graded stakes winner Sheza Smoke Show, who is turn the dam of undefeated Grade 1 winning 2-year-old filly Princess Noor. Princess Noor will make her next anticipated start in Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Consigned as a broodmare prospect by Pope McLean (Crestwood Farm), agent.
  • Miss Besilu (Hip 273): Regally bred 9-year-old daughter of Medaglia d'Oro is a half-sister to Horse of the Year Saint Liam, as well as Grade 1 winner Funtastic. She is also a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Quiet Giant, who is in turn the dam of another Horse of the Year in Gun Runner. Miss Besilu's first foal is Gun It, a multiple graded stakes performer. She is offered in foal to leading sire Into Mischief. Her weanling colt, also by Into Mischief, will be offered before her as Hip 272. Both are consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
  • Desert Rose Drive (Hip 274): Broodmare by A.P. Indy is a half-sister to three stakes winners, including multiple Grade 1 winner and Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady. Offered in foal to Medaglia d'Oro, she is consigned by Considine Farm, agent.
  • Fujairah (Hip 275): Multiple stakes-placed daughter of Ghostzapper from the family of Grade 1 winners Bodemeister and She's a Julie. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
  • Scarlet Bear (IRE) (Hip 276): Two-year-old filly and granddaughter of Kodiac is multiple group stakes-placed in England this year. She also competed in group stakes company at Royal Ascot. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by St. George Sales, agent.
  • Anabaa's Creation (IRE) (Hip 277): A stakes winner and Grade 1 placed on two continents, Anabaa's Creation is the dam of stakes winning 2-year-old Create a Dream. She is also a half-sister to the dam of recent G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Sottsass, as well as Eclipse champion Sistercharlie. Offered in foal to Breeders' Cup Champion Mendelssohn, she is consigned by Lane's End, agent.
  • Win the War (Hip 278): Five-year-old daughter of War Front was a stakes winner at two and three, as well as Grade 2 placed at three. She is a half-sister to four stakes producers.  Offered in foal to Curlin, she is consigned by Four Star Sales, agent.
  • Inthemidstofbiz (Hip 279): Four-year-old filly has won three consecutive races, including a three-length victory in the G2 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes on Oct. 3 in her most recent start. Two starts back, she won the Satin and Lace Stakes. Consigned as racing/broodmare prospect by Buckland Sales (Zach Madden), agent.

These entries may now be viewed online and will also be available in the equineline sales catalogue app. Print versions of all supplemental entries will be available on-site at Fasig-Tipton at sale time.

Fasig-Tipton will continue to accept approved November Sale supplemental entries through the Breeders' Cup.

The November Sale will be held on Sunday, Nov. 8, in Lexington, Ky. The sale will begin at 2 p.m.

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