Rockridge Stud, which announced its 2024 stallion roster and fees Wednesday, will give breeders the opportunity to meet new stallion and New York-bred Horse of the Year Americanrevolution at its “Brunch with a Champion” next month.
Brunch with a Champion will be held at Mill Creek Farm, 1019 County Road 70 in Stillwater, from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, December 9.
Americanrevolution, winner of the Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap during his multiple championship-winning season in 2021, will stand his first season in 2024 for $12,500 LFSN at Rockridge Stud in Hudson. The 5-year-old son of Constitution, who also earned New York-bred champion 3-year-old male honors in 2021 and New York-bred champion older dirt male honors in 2022, will stand in partnership with WinStar Farm, CHC Inc., Taylor Made Stallions, Mill Creek Farm and Fortune Farm.
The Rockridge Stud roster and fees for 2024:
Rockridge’s annual stallion show and open house will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, January 27, and a full lunch buffet will be served. All stallions will be available for viewing and drawings for free seasons to each stallion will be held at the end of the show (must be present to win).
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McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds will host a stallion show and open house from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, December 9. Stallions will be available for inspection and a season drawing will be held for each stallion.
The stallions include newcomer Provocateur, a son of leading sire Into Mischief. Bred in Kentucky by Kingswood Farm and David Egan, Provocateur was a $600,000 Keeneland September yearling.
Winner of a maiden special weight at Tampa Bay Downs by 4 1/2 lengths at 2, Provocateur won Gulfstream Park’s $100,000 Hutcheson Stakes going 6 furlongs in 1:09.60, Monmouth Park’s $104,000 Jersey Shore Stakes in 1:09.81 and finished second in the $125,000 Pasco Stakes and $100,000 Gold Fever Stakes and third in the Grade 1, $400,000 Woody Stephens Stakes.
Provocateur is by the leading sire of the 21st Century Into Mischief, North America’s leading sire from 2019 to 2023, and descends from the sire-producing family of Daredevil, Albertus Maximus, King Charlemagne, Meshaheer and others.
Provocateur will stand for $5,000 live foal. He joins Bucchero, also new to McMahon of Saratoga from Florida. Bucchero will stand for $7,500 live foal.
Leading New York sire Central Banker remains unchanged at $7,500 live foal stands and nurses.
Solomini, the leading first-crop sire standing outside of Kentucky, will stand for $7,500 live foal, and Redesdale remains at $2,500 live foal.
For more information, contact McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds at (518) 587-3426.
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Bold Journey, carrying the second lightest impost and only picking up three pounds from his last start, rallied from last to score his first stakes victory in Thursday’s Grade 3 Fall Highweight Handicap at Aqueduct.
The 2-1 second choice carrying 128 pounds, Bold Journey won by a length from 3-2 favorite Durante in the $194,000 stakes. Jose Ortiz rode the winner, a half-brother to New York-bred Horse of the Year and multiple divisional champion Americanrevolution, for trainer Bill Mott and owners Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber
Bold Journey came into the Fall Highweight off a nose victory in an Oct. 12 open-company allowance-optional at 6 furlongs during the Belmont at the Big A meeting. Durante exited a win in the Grade 3 Bold Ruler in late October and Rotknee, the eventual third-place finisher, came in off a win in the Hudson Stakes on the Empire Showcase Day program.
That trio vied for favoritism and Durante took the initiative from the start after being hard sent to the lead under Manny Franco under top weight of 134 pounds.
Durante led Win for Gold, fourth in the Hudson Stakes and the 5-1 fourth choice, by a half-length through the opening quarter mile in :22.68 just ahead of Rotknee and Cowan. Bold Journey lagged more 6 lengths behind to that point.
“He likes to do that, especially when there’s a little bit of pace to help him,” said Ortiz, who rode Bold Journey last time out. “The last couple times we’ve been sitting at the back and making one run and it worked out for me both times. The horse is doing very good. Mr. Mott has him in great form.”
The positions remained the same around the far turn as Win for Gold ramped up the pressure on Durante approaching the half in :46.06. Bold Journey continued in fifth to that point and at the top of the stretch before Ortiz angled him out toward the center of the track in the straight to fly past the field less than 100 yards from the finish.
Bold Journey edged clear at the finish for his sixth win in 19 starts, picking up $110,000 for the win and boosting his bankroll to $486,243. Durante held second, 1 1/2 lengths in front of Rotknee under 130 pounds. Cowan and Win for Gold completed the field.
Ortiz liked how the race unfolded, especially when Rotknee and Dylan Davis weren’t in a usual spot of vying for the lead early.
“Rotknee didn’t break that well otherwise the pace would have been more aggressive,” Ortiz said. “Everything should have unfolded a bit easier for me, but Manny was able to clear him and unfortunately Dylan had to take a hold and that horse doesn’t like that, he likes to run free. I was a little nervous when I saw Dylan had to take a hold because I figured the pace wasn’t going to be as fast as I thought it could be. Approaching the quarter-pole, I was approaching the field nice and easy and when I asked him to go, he responded very well.”
Bred by Fred Hertrich III and John Fielding and foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, Bold Journey is one of three winners out of the winning Super Saver mare Polly Freeze. Named New York-bred broodmare of the year in 2021, Polly Freeze produced the Kentucky-bred Wicked Strong mare Text Dont Call, won two of 16 starts and earned $42,109.
Americanrevolution, a son of Constitution and Polly Freeze’s second foal, earned New York-bred Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old honors in 2021 after a 5-for-6 season highlighted by victories in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap, Empire Classic Handicap and Albany Stakes. He recently retired to stand his first season in 2024 at Rockridge Stud in Hudson.
Polly Freeze’s fourth foal, the 3-year-old Collected filly Paleta, sold for $60,000 as a broodmare prospect at the recent Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Polly Freeze is also the dam of a yearling filly by Frosted that sold for $150,000 at the Keeneland September sale and a weanling colt by Constitution born March 18.
A $75,000 RNA at the 2020 Keeneland September yearling sale, Bold Journey later sold for $80,000 to McMahon & Hill Bloodstock, agent, at the 2021 OBS April sale. He won one of two starts at 2 before a second in the Gander Stakes in February 2022. Ninth in the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes that March, Bold Journey didn’t return to stakes company until this past April when fifth in the Grade 1 Carter Handicap presented by NYRA Bets at Aqueduct.
The Fall Highweight marked Bold Journey’s fourth win in nine starts and he improved his 2023 earnings to $337,610.
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IHDV Stallions LLC announced that all stud fees for the stallions they manage remain unchanged in 2024.
Mind Control, who set New York records for mares bred (190) and number of mares in foal (171), has relocated to Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions in Stillwater for the 2024 breeding season. Rockridge Stud did an outstanding job in 2023.
Mind Control’s move was predetermined by the unprecedented and cooperative agreement among New York’s most important breeders that that brought the three-time Grade 1 winner to the Empire State last year. The move to IHDV emphasizes the cooperative nature of this venture.
Rockridge Stud along with Waldorf Farm and Hidden Lake Farm remain active partners in the stallion’s management and can also be contacted to purchase 2024 seasons. The full IHDV roster includes:
2024 stud fees:
Mind Control $8,500 LFSN
War Dancer $7,500 LFSN
Big Brown $5,000 LFSN
King for a Day $5,000 LFSN
Warrior’s Charge $5,000 LFSN
Lookin At Lee $2,500 LFSN
Waiting $2,500 LFSN
IHDV will work very closely with breeders by offering incentives for qualifying mares and multiple mare discounts across the entire roster.
IHDV will hold its stallion show this year from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, December 9, to coincide with the NYTB Holiday Party later that evening. Lunch will be served, and the farm will hold the annual raffle for a free season to each stallion as well as offering special stallion show pricing.
The stallions are available for inspection by potential breeders on request.
For further information, contact:
Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions LLC
Moe Scavullo and Anya Sheckley, info@IHDVStallions.com. Phone (518) 398-5666; or
Rick Burke and Bill Leak, info@IrishHillCenturyFarm.com. Phone (518) 584-1515.
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*This is the first article in a new series from NYTB highlighting New York Stallions heading into the 2024 breeding season.
By Teresa Genaro
Two black-type runners have joined the already prodigious stallion ranks at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, one with two crops of progeny on the ground, one who will begin his stud career in 2024.
Multiple graded stakes winner Bucchero arrived at McMahon after standing for five years at Pleasant Acres Stallions near Ocala, FL. The Indiana-bred is the sire of three stakes winners this year, one on dirt, one on synthetic, and one on turf.
“As I see our business evolving over the next five to 10 years,” said John McMahon, manager of his family’s farm, “we’ve got to be thinking about synthetics, performance at the racetrack, and versatility with offspring. Bucchero ticks all those boxes.”
Purchased in 2014 for $43,000 as a two-year-old by Southern Chase Farm for Ironhorse Stables, Bucchero debuted that year and finished first or second in six of his first seven races. In a career that would span five years, the chestnut son of Kantharos earned nearly $1 million and won seven stakes races, including consecutive wins in the Woodford Stakes Presented by Keeneland Select (G2). A winner on both dirt and turf, he is stakes-placed on synthetic, and he finished in the top three in 67% of his races.
So far, he has passed on both his versatility and his precociousness to his progeny.
“His foals tend to run early, and that’s what gets breeders attention,” said McMahon. “He’s a package that we can put in front of breeders that’s going to be appealing.”
Bucchero Stallion LLC, an entity that comprises the ownership that campaigned him, has retained ownership of Bucchero (pronounced boo-CARE-oh) and will be moving the mares they have in Florida to New York. They also recently purchased six mares to breed to him.
“We’ve lived the lives of small breeders,” said Harlan Malter, managing partner of Ironhorse Stables and Bucchero Stallion LLC. “We felt deep down that Bucchero had a lot that he could pass on to his progeny. He’s an old-school, put-me-in-the-gate kind of horse. He won a Grade 2 in October of his six-year-old year. He ran at 13 different tracks. He’s a sprinter that won two open Indiana-bred stakes at a mile and a sixteenth. He’s the kind of horse that anyone would want to own.”
Among Bucchero’s stand-out offspring is Book’em Danno, a New Jersey-bred gelding trained by Derek Ryan. After breaking his maiden by 9 1/2 lengths on debut at Monmouth Park in August, he won the Smoke Glacken Stakes at Monmouth, then targeted graded company in the Futurity Stakes (G3) at the Belmont at the Big A meet. He won the off-the-turf contest (thus downgraded to listed status) by 6 ½ and most recently ran second in the listed Nashua Stakes at Aqueduct, his lone loss in four starts. He’s earned $230, 625.
“New York has such a fantastic program,” said Malter. “It’s been built to let everyone have a piece of the pie, and once Bucchero started to produce at the level he has, it made all the sense in the world to bring him to New York. I think New York deserves to get sires that small breeders can breed to and look forward to serious breeder awards.”
Bucchero will stand for $7,500.
A year ago, McMahon and Hill Bloodstock purchased Provocateur for $200,000 at the Keeneland November sale of breeding stock. With his parents Joe and Anne, Mike McMahon raced the five-year-old four times this year before retiring him to their farm to stand. A $600,000 yearling purchase, Provocateur (Into Mischief) won the listed Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park at two and was third in the Grade 1 Woody Stephens Stakes presented by Mohegan Sun, running for MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm the following year. In a 14-race career, he compiled a record of 3-2-2 and earnings of $240,000.
Provocateur will be the second son of Into Mischief to stand in New York, following Honest Mischief’s arrival at Sequel Stallions for the 2021 breeding season.
“He’s a very, very good-looking horse, very correct,” said Joe McMahon. “And of course everyone knows Into Mischief–he’s the leading stallion in North America. This is an exciting horse that ran in top company.”
McMahon pointed to the success of Honest Mischief as a reason to expect success for Provocateur.
“Honest Mischief is Grade 2-placed and got about 127 mares his first year,” he said. “And we think Provocateur’s race record is just as strong.”
Provocateur will stand for $5,000.
Also standing at McMahon, Solomini will see his stud fee rise from $6,500 to $7,500 on the strength of his first crop on the track. The son of Curlin rounds out the national list of top 10 first-crop sires. The fees for both Central Banker and Redesale will remain at $7,500 and $2,500 respectively.
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By Sean Clancy
“Will he be steeplechase horse of the year?”
Todd Wyatt was thinking big a day after Kiyomori dominated Saturday’s Holiday Cup at the Aiken Steeplechase. The New York-bred son of First Samurai and the steeplechase stakes winner The Grey Express earned his second jump win in three tries since joining Wyatt’s barn this fall.
Hall of Fame trainer Janet Elliot retired this summer and offered the gray 4-year-old to Wyatt. Owned and bred by Gregory Hawkins and foaled at River Valley Farm in Gansevoort, Kiyomori repaid Elliot’s faith with a maiden win at Virginia Fall Oct. 14, a third against allowance foes at the International Gold Cup two weeks later and a front-running win on the final day of the season.
Jockey Graham Watters, replacing the injured Harrison Beswick for the feature, put Kiyomori on the lead in the three-horse affair, turned back Total Joy by three quarters of a length. Our Boy Wes finished third after 2 1/8 miles in 4:01.
“Janet has done all the work, raised him, broke him, trained him, managed his career,” Wyatt said. “We had him a few weeks before he won at Middleburg. Harry and I thought the 4-year-old stake at Aiken was the right race. Janet suggested the allowance race at the Gold Cup, and I think it made the difference.”
The Grey Express won over hurdles in Ireland before joining Hawkins and Elliot. The daughter of King’s Theatre won the Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords Stakes at Saratoga in 2013. She retired in November of that year and joined Hawkins’ small broodmare band. Her first foal, Mekong, finished second over timber in November. Born a year later, Saigon won a flat race at Laurel and a jump race at Foxfield in 2022. Her next foal, Webb, won on the flat in 2022 and over hurdles in 2023. Camcha, a daughter of Get Stormy, finished second in her debut for Christophe Clement this summer before finishing 11th at Saratoga. The Grey Express is also the dam of an unnamed 2-year-old Karakontie filly and a weanling colt by Demarchelier, both bred in New York by Hawkins.
“It’s great for Greg Hawkins and it’s great for Janet,” Wyatt said. “She asks me every once in a while how he’s doing but she doesn’t check on what we actually do with the horse, she trusts us. It’s nice to have someone who has been in the trenches to bounce ideas off. It was her idea to go to the Gold Cup and I think that was the deciding factor at Aiken. Having that race three weeks ago certainly helped him see it out.”
Kiyomori made two starts for Dave Donk at Belmont at the Big A in 2022 before returning to Elliot where he made four starts before transferring to Wyatt. The Maryland-based trainer had to audible after Beswick was injured in the second race of the five-race card.
“It was a shame Harry couldn’t ride him, he gave him a nice ride at Gold Cup, dropped him in, gave him a little more education, finished up nicely with the thoughts on the race at Aiken,” Wyatt said. “Harry got hurt in the second race. We asked Jamie (Bargary) to ride him, he gets hurt in the third race. We said weren’t going to ask anybody until after the fourth race. We were lucky to have Graham fall into our lap. A good jockey and a nice horse in front is dangerous.”
Kiyomori will enjoy a deserved rest this winter before aiming at a spring campaign. With two wins on his record, he’ll move into the novice stakes division for 2024.
“I don’t see why he wouldn’t be a Saratoga horse,” Wyatt said. “He’s such a good mover, it would be on our radar. He’s a novice horse for the spring, we’ll pick out a spot or two in the spring with the hopes of going up there for the Jonathan Kiser.”
And perhaps an earlier trip in April.
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Jeremiah Englehart wasn’t sure where Tricky Temper would excel – on dirt or turf – when he sat down to talk about the promising prospects and established veterans in his stable just before the start of this year’s Saratoga meet.
“I haven’t necessarily figured out if she’s dirt or turf, but the way she’s been working she’ll get a dirt start at first,” Englehart said in his Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour that appeared in The Saratoga Special’s second edition of 2023. “She could be a real nice filly.”
Tricky Temper proved that a few weeks later, winning an off-the-turf maiden race. The 2-year-old daughter of Into Mischief, who cost owner Mark Stanley $230,000 at the OBS April sale, took it up a notch Saturday with a determined victory over Cara’s Time in the $100,000 Key Cents Stakes at Aqueduct.
Tricky Temper won her first stakes in the 6-furlong Key Cents, after a fourth in the Seeking the Ante at Saratoga and a second in the off-the-turf Matron at the Belmont at the Big A meet. She also finished ninth, beaten 8 lengths against open company, in the Chelsey Flower going long on the grass last time out.
Back on the main track and facing just five foes in the Key Cents, Tricky Temper and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. went to the post as the 9-5 favorite. They needed almost every step of the stretch to wear down Cara’s Time, winner of the Joseph A. Gimma Stakes two starts back, but got up in time to win by a head in 1:11.74 over the fast main track.
“She broke well and put me in a beautiful spot. I just bided my time,” said Ortiz, who won the Notebook Stakes earlier on the card and riding his fourth of five winners overall on the day. “The horse in front of me [Cara’s Time] is a nice filly, so I just used her like a target and got there on time. Jeremiah did a great job with her. He was very positive and told me she was doing really well and to ride her with confidence.”
Dylan Davis took the initiative early on Cara’s Time, putting the daughter of Not This Time on the lead shortly after the break and to a sharp quarter-mile in :22.76. My Shea D Lady and Tricky Temper took up the chase up the backstretch and around the far turn, as Cara’s Time continued to lead through the half in :46.78.
“I was optimistic on her today,” said Davis, who rode Cara’s Time in the Gimma and in her second last time out in the Maid of the Mist Stakes on Empire Showcase Day. “Cutting back from the mile, I thought she definitely would be strong here at 6. She’s plenty fit and Mitch [Friedman, trainer] did a great job. She’s getting better every start and I really thought that we were home a winner.”
Ortiz felt the same in midstretch as Tricky Temper continued to cut into a 1 1/2-length deficit in midstretch. They eventually wrested the lead inside the sixteenth pole and won by a neck. Cara’s Time finished 6 1/2 lengths clear of the Englehart-trained Unicorn Cake, with My Shea D Lady, Soloshot and Alley’s Song completing the field.
“She responded for me down the lane … that horse was a little bit better,” Davis said. “My filly, she’s very quirky and you’ve got to stay with her. She’ll drop you if you’re not paying attention to her. She ran great.”
Bred by Sequel Thoroughbreds and Lakland Farm and foaled at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson, Tricky Temper is the fourth foal out of the stakes-winning Any Given Saturday mare Winter Book. One of 17 New York-bred juveniles that sold for six figures at the OBS April sale, Tricky Temper is a full-sister to winner Mischief Mogul and a half-sister to winner Winter Wolf. A six-time winner and earner of $148,299, Winter Book is also the dam of New York-bred yearling filly by Gift Box.
Tricky Temper improved to 2-1-0 in five starts and earned $55,000 to boost her bankroll to $146,210.
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Fresh off back-to-back placings in open stakes, Works for Me made a winning return to the state-bred ranks with a victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Notebook Stakes for 2-year-olds at Aqueduct.
A homebred son of Daddy Long Legs for KatieRich Stables, Chris Connors and Larry Appel, Works for Me and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. wore down stubborn frontrunner Detective Tom late to win the 6-furlong Notebook by a head. Aggelos the Great came up just short in his bid up the inside to finish third in the 10th renewal of the Notebook.
“Obviously, having Irad is great; it’s an asset,” winning trainer Joe Lee said. “I was pretty comfortable not with the race, but just comfortable having Irad. The way it turned out, we were outside and we were able to sit and rate today as opposed to being on the lead. In his last race on turf, [he was] kind of stuck down inside and had to get to the front again, so he’s never really rated. If you look back at his races, he’s always having to go to the front; not because he wants to or because of the jockey, but because of the way the race set up, the break of the race and so forth.”
Works for Me came into the Notebook off a second in the off-the-turf Futurity Stakes Oct. 8 and a close third in the 6-furlong Atlantic Beach Stakes on the turf Nov. 4, both during the Belmont at the Big A meeting.
The 6-5 favorite in the field of eight, Works for Me bobbled a bit at the break as 15-1 longshot Detective Tom zipped off to an easy lead through the opening quarter-mile in :23.28. Works for Me recovered from his start and put pressure on the leader around the far turn, and the two were separate by a length through the half in :47.04.
Detective Tom, fifth last time out in the Bertram F. Bongard and making his first start for Michelle Nevin, spurted away again in the stretch and led by a length in midstretch. Works for Me cut into that margin inside the eighth pole before getting up in time in 1:12.06 over the fast main track. Detective Tom finished three quarters of a length in front of 2-1 second choice Aggelos the Great. Perliano, Always a Warrior, Wine Responsibility, Bonne Chance and Ice the Kicker completed the field.
“My horse was trying,” Ortiz said. “When I turned for home, I waited as long as I could. He never gave up and he was there. When I called his attention, he was responding. It was a good feeling I thought. I thought I could get there any time.”
Works for Me started his career in Kentucky, finishing a close third in a 5-furlong maiden special weight May 18 at Churchill Down for trainer Daniel Leitch. Transferred to Lee after that effort, Works for Me won a 5-furlong maiden at Belmont Park June 23 before a fourth in the Funny Cide Stakes on the Saratoga Showcase Day program in late August.
The Notebook was worth $55,000 to Works for Me, who improved to 2-1-2 in six starts and earnings of $160,150. Lee and Works for Me’s other connections considered Sunday’s $120,000 Central Park Stakes on the turf but opted to return to the main track Saturday.
“The owners saw that with the odds, the grass and having to go a mile for the first time, they thought that maybe the better option was going against New York-breds short on the dirt,” Lee said. “I know he ran well on the turf last time, but pretty much it was the owners’ decision, so I guided them on it.”
Foaled at Doyle Farm in Schuylerville, Works for Me is the first foal out of the Soldat mare Bella’s Game, a two-time winner in eight starts and earner of $58,850. A $90,000 purchase at the 2017 OBS April 2-year-olds in training sale, Bella’s Game is a half-sister to stakes-placed She’s Like Thunder from the family of 2001 Kentucky Derby runner-up Invisible Ink.
Bella’s Game did not produce a foal in 2022, when she did not sell in foal to Beau Liam at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale. She delivered a filly by Beau Liam, bred in New York by Taylor Barraclough and Shane Barraclough, in early April.
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Luna Patina, an unraced New York-bred 2-year-old daughter of Malibu Moon, sold for $110,000 Friday at the Keeneland horses of racing age sale.
Glassman Racing LLC purchased the filly, sold as Hip 4303[2] out of Douglas Arnold’s Buck Pond Farm consignment.
Bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Colleen Smith and foaled at The New Hill Farm in Hoosick Falls, Luna Patina is out of the Grade 3-winning Pleasant Tap mare Solo Survivor. Luna Patina, an $89,000 RNA at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale, turned in a 3-furlong breeze in :37.20 Wednesday at Keeneland Race Course.
Luna Patina is a half-sister to four winners, including stakes winner and $175,125-earner Hip Hop N Jazz and stakes-placed winner Strive.
Keeneland reported sales on eight of the 10 New York-breds through the ring Friday for a total of $266,500, an average price of $33,313 and median of $25,000.
The group also included Hip 4314[4], the winning 3-year-old Unified gelding Golden Arm, who sold for $40,000 to Connie Smith, agent for Phi Psi Brothers Stable I LLC. Bred by and foaled at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Damian and Braxton Lynch’s Royal Oak Farm, agent for BBN Racing, Golden Arm is out of the stakes-placed Tapit mare Tap for Luck.
A $160,000 purchase by BBN Racing at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale, Golden Arm owns a win and a second in six starts for $58,080 in earnings. He won his debut in late April at Aqueduct and most recently finished second in an $24,000 allowance going 5 1/2 furlongs Sept. 25 at Finger Lakes.
Orange Freeze, winner of the Statue of Liberty division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes this summer at Saratoga Race Course, sold for $30,000 to Milestone Farm, agent. Offered as Hip 4051[5] by Vinery Sales, agent, the 3-year-old daughter of six-time leading New York sire Freud out of the winning Birdstone mare Hoopskirt was sold as a racing or broodmare prospect.
Bred by Thummp’s Racing Stable LLC and foaled at Gallagher’s Stud in Ghent, Orange Freeze originally sold for $112,000 to Smokestack Lightning at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. She was claimed by trainer Bill Morey and owners Bella Cavello Stables for $40,000 in June and won the $150,000 Statue of Liberty in late July. She added a runner-up finish in the $125,000 Suzie O’Cain Stakes in mid-August. Orange Freeze went through the ring with a record of 2-2-1 in nine starts and $161,405 in earnings.
Hoopskirt is the dam of three winners and an unraced 2-year-old full brother to Orange Freeze, Clinical Decision, who sold for $100,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale. She’s also the dam of a yearling full brother co-bred by Thummps Racing Stable and Sequel Thoroughbreds and a weanling full brother born in May and bred by Thummps Racing Stable.
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Sales of New York-bred weanlings played a role in the “incredibly strong” market for foals at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale that concluded Thursday in Lexington.
Six New York-breds sold for six figures during the sale, including a filly that landed a bid of $200,000 during last week’s opening session. Overall, Keeneland reported sales on 34 of the 39 New York-bred weanlings through the ring for $1,744,500, an average price of $51,309 and median of $35,000.
“It’s very encouraging to see the demand for New York-breds continue to remain strong in a competitive foal market,” said New York Thoroughbred Breeders Executive Director Najja Thompson. “A credit to our breeders in continuing to produce attractive foals and consignors offering to the public.
“We have implemented several initiatives working with the New York State Breeding and Development Fund and the New York Racing Association, Inc. to ensure participation in the New York-bred program remains robust and beneficial for breeders and owners. These measures include our recently updated mare residency rules for broodmares in-foal purchased at public auction, bonuses for New York-Sired progeny and purse parity for New York-breds on the NYRA circuit in 2026.”
Arthur Hoyeau, agent, went to $200,000 to purchase the top-selling weanling, Hip 111[2], a daughter of Justify and third foal out of the Australia mare San Saria. Bred by Lakland Farm and consigned by Sequel New York, the filly is a full sister to the unraced 2-year-old filly Guinevere, who sold for $925,000 at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale.
Hip 86[3], a filly from the second crop of Horse of the Year Authentic, sold for $140,000 to Castleton Way during the opening session. Bred by Pine Ridge Stable LLC, foaled at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham and consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the filly is the fourth foal out of the stakes-placed Bretheren mare Onebrethatatime.
A half-sister to the filly by Not This Time sold for $170,000 at last year’s Keeneland November sale and an unnamed 2-year-old Audible filly sold for $190,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.
The third highest-priced weanling was also a filly, Hip 1900[4], a daughter of multiple Grade 1 winner McKinzie named Pinky Brier. The filly sold for $130,000 to Chivalry Racing and Final Furlong as the last offering during Sunday’s fifth session of the sale.
Bred by Danzel Brendemuehl and Colleen Smith, foaled at The New Hill Farm in Hoosick Falls and consigned by Gainesway, the filly is the first foal out of the Grade 2-placed Tapiture mare Exchange Vows. A half-sister to Big City Lights, Exchange Vows finished third in the Grade 2 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar.
The top-selling New York-bred colt, Hip 2714[5], a son of Tacitus and half-brother to New York-bred stakes winner Dream Central and stakes winner Dreamalildreamofu, sold for $125,000 to ELC Investments to highlight Book 4. Bred by and foaled at John Jayko’s Fedwell Farms in Saratoga Springs, the colt is out of the stakes-placed Deputy Wild Cat mare Dreamed to Dream. He was consigned by Sally Thomas, agent.
Dreamed to Dream is the dam of four winners led by Dreamalildreamofu, a daughter of Commissioner who earned $289,403, sold in foal to Maxfield for $340,000 at last year’s Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Dream Central, a daughter of leading New York sire Central Banker bred by Fedwell Farms, won the Suzie O’Cain Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and the Cupecoy’s Joy division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes at Belmont Park last season. Dreamed to Dream is also the dam of Whiskey Frens, a colt by Speightster who sold for $80,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.
The top price paid overall for a New York-bred was $1.8 million by Juddmonte for Ack Naughty, an 11-year-old daughter of Afleet Alex out of the stakes-placed General Meeting mare Dash for Money. Consigned by Sequel New York, agent for Chester and Mary Broman, Ack Naughty sold in foal to Into Mischief as Hip 246[6].
The Bromans purchased Ack Naughty, a four-time winner who finished second in the 2014 Chelsea Flower, second in the 2017 Mount Vernon and third in the 2017 John Hettinger, for $500,000 in foal to Upstart at this year’s Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. That sale came about a month after Practical Move, a son of the Into Mischief stallion Practical Joke, won the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity. He later added the Grade 2 San Felipe and Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby to rank among the leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby before an injury knocked him out of the Triple Crown.
Ack Naughty did not produce a live foal in 2023 and is the dam of a yearling colt by Complexity that sold for $300,000 at the Keeneland September sale. Ack Naughty, who won four of 15 starts and earned $310,450, was bred by Waterville Lake Stables Ltd. LLC.
Stakes winner Gambling Girl, runner-up in this year’s Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks and third in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course, sold for $875,000 to Spendthrift Farm during the opening session. Offered as a racing or broodmare prospect as Hip 245[7], the 3-year-year-old daughter of Dialed In out of the winning Empire Maker mare Tulipmania was consigned by Highgate Sales, agent.
Bred by and foaled at Gallagher’s Stud in Ghent, Gambling Girl is 2-3-3 in 12 starts with $568,910 in earnings.
Purchased by Repole Stable for $200,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale, Gambling Girl won the 2022 Joseph A. Gimma Stakes and finished third in that year’s Grade 2 Demoiselle Stakes to earn champion New York-bred 2-year-old filly finalist honors. She competed exclusively in stakes company at 3, with runner-up finishes in the Busanda at Aqueduct, Grade 3 Gazelle at Aqueduct and a diminishing neck defeat in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.
Hip 3277[8], a weanling filly from the first crop of Beau Liam, topped Thursday’s final session on a bid of $35,000 from Phil Hager’s Taproot, agent for Final Furlong Racing Stable. Bred by Fergus Galvin, Spruce Lane Farm, Mashnee Stables, Copper Beach Stables et al, foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs and consigned by Hunter Valley Farm, agent, the filly is out of the winning Arch mare Miss Nancy.
Keeneland wraps up its 2023 auction season with the horses of racing age sale at noon Friday. Eighteen New York-breds were cataloged, including multiple stakes winner Eye Witness and stakes-placed Aggregation. Click here[9] for a mini catalog of the New York-breds.
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