Connections of any horse entered at public sale would like to see a graded stakes-winning catalog replace from their providing’s sibling simply days earlier than the sale. For the connections of Hip 979 within the Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale, the replace he obtained Nov. 2 couldn’t have been any larger.
The Military Mule colt will enter the gross sales ring Nov. 7 as a part of Ebook 2 simply 5 days after his half sister Soul of an Angel conquered her foes within the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Dash (G1) at Del Mar, using a devastating late kick to win by a half-length.
“The top of our sport is to win a Breeders’ Cup race,” mentioned Jared Burdine, normal supervisor of Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa who consigns the colt. “In need of a Kentucky Derby, you possibly can’t get a a lot larger replace than that.”
Each Soul of an Angel (Atreides ) and the colt had been bred in Kentucky by Westbrook Stables. The weanling is the fifth foal of their dam, Issue One (The Issue ). Of three to race, two have received.
“He is a good-moving, lengthy, scopey son of Military Mule, and he is solely a Might 1 child, too,” Burdine mentioned of the colt.
Soul of an Angel has reached the perfect type of her profession this yr as a 5-year-old. Coach Saffie Joseph Jr. referred to the mare as a one-turn specialist, having gone 3-for-3 in begins round one flip since becoming a member of his barn this spring.
Soul of an Angel wins the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Dash at Del Mar
Nevertheless, she has additionally confirmed her versatility with success over two turns. At 4, she received the 1 1/16-mile Mari Hulman George Memorial Handicap at Horseshoe Indianapolis. At 5, she has tussled with the perfect of the distaff division. Within the 1 1/16-mile Molly Pitcher Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park she gave 2023 champion older filth feminine Idiomatic all she may deal with in a stretch-long duel that she was a head wanting profitable. She adopted that efficiency with a 3rd within the 1 1/8-mile Private Ensign Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course behind Raging Sea and Idiomatic earlier than profitable her subsequent two begins at seven furlongs.
Her potential to cowl the longer distance and success at one flip has made Joseph pencil within the one-turn, 1 1/8-mile $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) as her subsequent main goal. She has earned $1,192,675 thus far.
With an bold 6-year-old marketing campaign forward, it would not be stunning to see the worth of the Military Mule weanling supplied Thursday to extend sooner or later.
“The sky is the restrict for the colt,” Burdine mentioned.
