Roderick Wachman of Kingswood Farm is not any stranger to success, and although he brings a really small providing to the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, it isn’t brief on high quality.
The first of simply two E book 1 choices, Hip 30, is a full sister to millionaire Gradual Down Andy . Gradual Down Andy gained graded races from ages 2-4, on the filth and turf, together with the 2023 Superior Once more Stakes (G1). By Nyquist and out of the Sq. Eddie mare Edwina E , the darkish bay or brown filly can also be a full sister to stakes winner Workforce Retailers .
“She’s a very nice filly, she seems to be like she’s most likely going to be extra of a two-turn filly,” stated Wachman.
Bred by Reddam Racing, who campaigned 2015 champion 2-year-old male Nyquist, the mare Edwina E was despatched again to him as soon as once more and produced a colt this 12 months.
“The mare has a extremely, very nice colt weanling. He is a very nice colt and the cross works, clearly,” he stated.
Nyquist, a son of Uncle Mo , has had a terrific 12 months each on the observe and within the gross sales ring. He’s the sire of 4 grade 1 winners of 2024 by way of Sept. 7, touchdown him in a tie for first by that metric amongst North American sires. Undefeated juvenile fillies Immersive and Tenma not too long ago joined the ranks with wins in the Spinaway Stakes (G1) and Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1), respectively.
At The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s chosen yearling sale, Nyquist lit up the board with 4 yearlings promoting for a median of $643,750, together with a colt bought for $875,000 by famend bloodstock agent Donato Lanni. Nyquist has produced a median of $408,337 for seven yearlings offered general in 2024.
The Road Sense colt consigned as Hip 294 on the Kingswood Farm consignment at Keeneland September
Hip 294 is a hanging colt by Road Sense , bred in a partnership by Wachman, Brian Kahn, and River Oak Farm. He’s out of the stakes-placed Bernardini mare What a Fox . That is her second foal.
“Her first foal is a Nyquist filly, sarcastically,” stated Wachman.
Hip 294 is by an aspiring sire of sires in Road Sense, who has produced stallions Maxfield , Speaker’s Nook , and McKinzie , who not too long ago sired Hopeful Stakes (G1) winner Chancer McPatrick from his first crop. That colt can also be out of a Bernardini mare.
“He is all the time been a really good colt from day one, he is actually athletic. He is a fast-looking Road Sense. We have all the time appreciated that colt and nothing has occurred that has modified my thoughts,” Wachman stated whereas watching Hip 294 present.
The final time Wachman consigned yearlings was in 2020. Though he introduced a small providing to that sale as nicely, the stats communicate for themselves. His six-horse consignment that 12 months included three black-type performers: grade 1 winner A Mo Reay; Provocateur, who was a grade 1-placed stakes winner; and stakes-placed Del Mo.
“They weren’t large horses, which is what I actually appreciated about them,” Wachman stated. “They have been nicely made, simply balanced, high quality horses.”
Roderick Wachman
Wachman has a eager eye for horse flesh, as he picked out Seize the Gray from the 2022 Saratoga Sale when working for the MyRacehorse partnership. The Arrogate colt posted wins in the Preakness Stakes (G1) and Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2) earlier this 12 months.
“He was a medium-sized, high quality, balanced colt. He was a late April foal, so he was fairly immature in comparison with loads of the extra ahead horses at Saratoga. He was all there, however he did not fill your eye as a lot as among the apparent larger, extra mature horses. That is what I appreciated about him,” he defined.
“And he was by Arrogate, who in my view was underappreciated on the time. He was additionally out of a Sensible Strike mare, and they’re nice.
“It is advisable have a look at the pedigree to understand the place the make of a horse comes from,” he stated.
Wachman has offered many graded stakes performers over time, and will historical past repeat itself, he seems to be so as to add a number of extra to that checklist along with his consignment on the Keeneland September Sale.
