A trio of North American-born stallions will stand the 2023 Southern Hemisphere breeding season in Uruguay.
Tale of Verve, a classic-placed son of Tale of Ekati, was sold to stand at Haras La Concordia, BloodHorse reports.
The 11-year-old previously stood at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Ky., where he entered stud in 2019. His first foals are 3-year-olds of 2023, led by stakes-placed six-figure earner Accident, who finished third in last year's Global Tote Juvenile Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs.
A homebred for Charles Fipke, Tale of Verve won two of 20 starts and earned $500,245. He parlayed a two-length maiden-breaking score at Keeneland in April of his 3-year-old season into a runner-up finish behind eventual Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the 2015 Preakness Stakes.
Tale of Verve is out of the placed Unbridled mare Verve, and he is a full-brother to Grade 3 winner Verve's Tale. Grade 1 winners Zoftig, Zaftig, and Zo Impressive can be found in his extended family.
Greenpointcrusader, a Grade 1-winning son of Bernardini, was acquired by Haras Marnu, with his place of residence still to be determined, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.
Bloodstock agent Carlos Moore brokered the transaction for the 10-year-old horse, who previously stood at Ocala Stud in Florida since debuting at stud in 2018. From three crops of racing age, Greenpointcrusader has sired 23 winners with earnings of more than $1.5 million, led by stakes-winner Mia's Crusade and stakes-placed The Green Crusader.
Greenpointcrusader won three of nine starts and earned $473,300 on the racetrack, highlighted by a 4 1/2-length victory in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park during his 2-year-old season. At three, he finished second in the G2 Holy Bull Stakes.
Greenpointcrusader is out of the Grade 3-placed Cryptoclearance mare Ava Knowsthecode, whose other foals of note include Grade 1 winner Justin Phillip, Grade 2 winner Keyed Entry, and Grade 3 winner Successful Mission. He is also a full-brother to Grade 3 winner Algorithms, who also stands in Uruguay.
Rounding out the trio is White Flag, a multiple graded-placed stakes-winning son of War Front who will stand at Haras Los Robles, Turf Diario reports.
The 9-year-old retired with six wins in 26 starts racing as a homebred for Robert S. Evans, earning $534,278. The turf sprint specialist won the Allied Forces Stakes at Belmont Park as a 2-year-old, then he took the Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship Stakes at three. His graded placings include a third in the G1 Highlander Stakes at Woodbine.
Out of the unraced Gone West mare Shared Hope, White Flag's second dam is the Grade 1 winner Shared Interest, putting him in the same family as Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Cash Run, Grade 1 winner Forestry, and 2012 Saudi Arabian Horse of the Year Step In Time.
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