Spendthrift Farm freshman sire Vino Rosso is well-represented with his first crop in the 2023 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, with 40 entered in the signature catalog of the North American juvenile auction season.
Throughout the week, we will be speaking with consignors about the Vino Rosso 2-year-olds they have entered in the OBS Spring Sale catalog, with photos and videos of the spotlight horses, and notes on their pedigrees.
Vino Rosso, an 8-year-old son of Curlin, stands at Spendthrift Farm for an advertised fee of $15,000.
Vino Rosso won 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. He was a First-Team member of the 2022-23 All-Value Sire Team in “The Freshman” position.
In this edition, we'll check in with three different consignors with Vino Rosso juveniles in the catalog to get their thoughts on the rookie sire.
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Ch. f., 2021, Vino Rosso x Broken Blues, by Broken Vow
Consigned by Best A Luck Farm
A Pennsylvania-bred daughter of the winning Broken Vow mare Broken Blues, whose two winners from three runners includes the stakes winner Dicey. Grade 1 winner First Albert can be found in her extended family.
The filly breezed an eighth in :10-flat during the under-tack show.
Lori Fackler, Best A Luck Farm: “She's a beautiful filly. She's very big, well-balanced, and athletic. She's a homebred, so we've had her all along. We had some really big expectations for her, and she came through for us.
“The mare has produced really pretty foals, and I liked Vino Rosso's track record, so I thought that would be a good match.”
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Wine Responsibly, Ch. c., 2021, Vino Rosso x Held Accountable, by Exchange Rate
Consigned by Sequel Bloodstock, agent for Chester and Mary Broman
This New York-bred product of the prominent Broman breeding program is out of the stakes-winning Exchange Rate mare Held Accountable. He hails from the family of Canadian champion Wavering Girl, along with Grade 1 winner Military, and Grade 2 winners Tricky Creek, Parade Ground, and Speed Dialer.
Wine Responsibly breezed an eighth in :10 1/5 seconds during the under-tack show.
Becky Thomas, Sequel Bloodstock: “He looks much more like a sprinter, definitely shaped like a sprinter. All of the Vino Rossos I've had have been pretty movers, and they have all been on the more Curlin look to them. Good minds, pretty movers.”
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B. c., 2021 Vino Rosso x Ponya, by E Dubai
Consigned by RiceHorse Stable
A Kentucky-bred out of the unplaced E Dubai mare Ponya, whose five winners from six foals to race includes stakes-placed Majestic Edge. French Group 1 winners Agent Double and Air de Cour are on his page, along with Florida stallion Sweetontheladies.
Alexandra Rice, RiceHorse Stable: “We've had two Vino Rosso colts this season. The first sold brilliantly and performed wonderfully at the OBS March sale. Having two of them, I couldn't really stand them up next to each other, so I separated them out and had this one at the April sale. They seem precocious, honest, hard-trying, and very capable. I think they'll be early, sprinty developers. They seem hardy, and I like what I'm seeing from them so far.”
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