A deep illustration from 5 first-crop weanling sires that have been grade 1 winners may be present in E book 2 of the Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale, which incorporates the Nov. 6-7 periods.
Consignors providing among the offspring by Epicenter , Golden Pal , Life Is Good , Mandaloun , and Olympiad have across-the-board been happy with the athleticism the sires appear to be passing alongside.
Probably the most notable grade 1-winning first-crop weanling sires lacking in E book 2 will likely be progeny by 2022 Horse of the 12 months Flightline , who had 5 supplied in E book 1 and had his sole consultant in E book 2 withdrawn.
Tom Evans with Trackside Farm stated all of the potential he sees in Juddmonte Farms’ Mandaloun will make his progeny well worth the wait. Trackside is providing Hip 527, a filly he co-bred with Wealthy Burke’s Marjac Farms and Dr. Ted Forrest out of the Indian Charlie winner Sweet Sioux. The companions additionally bred and raced Sweet Sioux.
“The filly we have now had quite a lot of stallion’s qualities, and I actually just like the stallion,” he stated. “He has no important faults and is a clean, enticing horse. Additionally, I believe any stallion that has Toussaud and Leslie’s Girl in his first three dams will need to have some good genes floating round in there.”
Sweet Sioux is the dam of three winners from as many to race. She is also a half sister to 2007 champion sprinter and profitable sire Midnight Lute , whom Evans bred with Macon Wilmil Equines and Marjac. Evans and his companions retained and race Sweet Sioux’s 4-year-old daughter, All I Need Is You (by The Issue ), who received an Oct. 24 allowance race at Keeneland and can make her subsequent begin in a stakes.
“The whole lot the mare has produced has received, it’s a good household,” Evans stated. “You’ve got to be ok with Mandaloun at Juddmonte, too, as a result of they’ll assist the stallion with their mares, that are among the many greatest on the planet.”
Mandaloun will stand at Juddmonte for $15,000 subsequent 12 months.
Scott Mallory deliberate the mating for Hip 437, an Olympiad colt out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare Tenacious Jewel, due to the confirmed success when crossing Speightstown and his sons with the Medaglia d’Oro broodmare sire line—a cross that Olympiad represents together with grade 1 winners Rock Fall , Prince of Monaco , and Competitionofideas . Hip 437 was bred and is being offered by Decided Stud.
“We now have a couple of Olympiads on the farm, and so they all have good bone and good dimension, even out of first-foal mares,” stated Mallory. “They’re a bit bigger than the Speightstowns normally are and all appear to have a great hip and shoulder of those I’ve seen.”
Mallory stated he additionally likes the flexibility within the filly’s household that features grade 3 turf stakes winner Bizzy Caroline and Girl Eli , 2017 champion turf feminine and winner of the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T).
The Olympiad colt consigned as Hip 437 at Keeneland
“The household might go both method, dust or turf, which was one more reason behind this mating,” he stated. “These infants all have a great eye and large stroll.”
Olympiad is at Gainesway, the place he’ll stand for $35,000 subsequent 12 months.
Taylor Made Gross sales Company is equally excessive on Ashford Stud’s sire Epicenter, the 2022 champion 3-year-old colt and son of Taylor Made Stallions’ high sire Not This Time . The sale company is providing six Epicenter weanlings throughout Books 1 and a pair of.
“Epicenter actually ought to have received the Derby and it was unfortunate he did not, however he proved himself later within the 12 months, so we have now excessive hopes,” stated Frank Taylor, referring to the stallion’s subsequent wins within the 2022 Travers Stakes (G1) and Jim Dandy Stakes (G2).
Amongst Taylor Made’s E book 2 choices is Hip 284, bay filly out of the Unbridled’s Track mare Mema, a half sister to grade 1 winner and a number of stakes producer Seattle Clean (Quiet American).
The Epicenter filly consigned as Hip 284 at Keeneland
“This filly is a pleasant typey filly, who seems racy. Lots of people are her and I anticipate her to promote effectively,” he stated. “I’ve seen a number of of the Epicenters right here and so they all appear to have good walks. They’re simply stable, all-around good horses.”
Epicenter will stand for $35,000 in 2025.
Ashford additionally stands seven-time graded stakes winner Golden Pal , whose greatest performances included successful the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Turf Dash (G1T) and the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Dash (G2T).
Vinery Gross sales will likely be providing Hip 276 early in the course of the first session of E book 2 and is assured the chestnut colt will likely be effectively acquired. He’s out of the successful Malibu Moon mare Malibu Anthem, whom Vinery offered to Genet Racing for $90,000 in the course of the 2023 Keeneland November sale in foal to the Golden Pal colt it’s promoting Nov. 6.
“So we have come full circle with this mare,” stated Derek MacKenzie, managing accomplice of Vinery. “The Golden Friends are all good-moving horses, which you’d anticipate for as a lot of an athlete as he was. This colt has a large stroll and will likely be a giant boy.”
Whereas Golden Pal was a turf dash specialist, MacKenzie stated he does not see the stallion’s progeny essentially restricted to sprinting.
“They might go early however I’ve seen many who I believe will go farther than he did,” he stated.
Golden Pal will stand for $20,000 subsequent 12 months.
Highgate will provide a darkish bay or brown filly (Hip 444) by WinStar Farm stallion Life Is Good, who consignor Jill Gordon stated is an efficient illustration of the filly’s sire and dam, the stakes-placed Tiznow’s Smile (Tiznow).
“She’s beautiful and has gone over effectively,” Gordon stated. “She has an amazing angle and when she walks out of her stall, provides the identical present each time.”
Gordon stated couldn’t discover any causes to not like Life Is Good’s potential.
“What’s to not like? His race document speaks for itself, he is a gorgeous bodily specimen, and from what I’ve seen from this primary crop, he is producing a really constant group of foals bodily,” she stated.
Life Is Good, a son of a number of main sire Into Mischief , will stand for $75,000 subsequent 12 months.