Horse of the 12 months Flightline ‘s first weanlings went via the gross sales ring on the Fasig-Tipton November Sale Nov. 4, however his breeder and co-owner, Summer time Wind Equine, was already fascinated by the stallion’s future by going to $2.6 million to buy a number of graded stakes winner Personal Mission .
“Flightline, he was a dream that I by no means anticipated and by no means might be repeated,” mentioned Summer time Wind proprietor Jane Lyon. “I am searching for good mares to go to him. In my broodmare band, I’ve a number of younger Tapit mares. Clearly, they cannot go to him (a son of Tapit). I’ve to search out some others.”
The primary broodmare to prime $2 million on the sale, Personal Mission was consigned as Hip 177 by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa. The 6-year-old by Into Mischief produced her first foal this yr, a colt by Gun Runner , and is in foal to two-time Horse of the 12 months and distinguished sire Curlin .
Bought by Charles and Susan Chu’s Baoma Corp for $750,000 throughout Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale out of the Lane’s Finish consignment, Personal Mission received 5 of 10 begins for earnings of $405,300 within the barn of Corridor of Fame coach Bob Baffert. She was bred by Mt. Good Broodmares.
A debut winner at 2, Personal Mission received the Torrey Pines Stakes (G3) and Zenyatta Stakes (G2) at 3. At 4, she received the Santa Maria Stakes (G2) and positioned within the Las Flores Stakes (G3).
Personal Mission is out of the listed stakes-winning Unbridled mare Personal Reward , making her a half sister to listed stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Secret Somebody and a number of stakes-placed Profetiza, each by A.P. Indy. One other half sister, the Bernardini mare Reward Listing, is the dam of grade 1 winner Dunbar Street .
Lyon mentioned the value tag went larger than she hoped, however that it was vital for her to accumulate the mare as a result of “a number of my actually good mares are ageing out.” She not too long ago retired Littleprincessemma, dam of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah , whom she bought for $2.1 million on the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Blended Sale.
“I got here searching for a horse with a number of pedigree that wasn’t too previous, and ideally in foal. Just about received it.”
