Of first-crop stallion’s Risky ‘s six winners from 20 begins, two have come at Saratoga Race Course—a small pattern dimension to make sure but additionally encouraging for Three Chimneys, the place the son of Violence stands for $15,000.
“It is actually thrilling for a horse that was tremendous quick however not notably precocious,” stated Three Chimneys’ COO Chris Baker. “His 2-year-olds are doing it on the proper venues upfront of the gross sales.”
Three Chimneys’ homebred Dependable Supply , out of the unraced Damaged Vow mare Repeta , is Risky’s newest winner, taking a July 28 maiden particular weight at Saratoga Race Course by 2 1/2 lengths. Bred by Three Chimneys and now skilled by Steve Asmussen, Dependable Supply was a $250,000 RNA ultimately 12 months’s Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
“We preferred her nicely sufficient that if somebody wished to purchase her from us, they wanted to worth her nicely above what we valued her at,” defined Baker. “When that did not happen in September, we had been joyful to place her in coaching. She’s athletic, and he or she’s from our first-crop stallion that we consider in. She’s out of a mare that is confirmed to be a terrific producer of runners by quite a lot of sires, so it was a fairly straightforward alternative. I feel the market preferred her, however possibly not as a lot as we did. For a $17,500 stud charge, $250,000 is some huge cash. A worth higher than ten occasions the stud charge would have lots of people saying, ‘Yeah, I am out.'”
Repeta is the dam of grade 3 winner Mucho Del Oro (by Mucho Macho Man ) and grade 1-placed stakes winner Funtastic Once more (by Funtastic ).
Bradley Thoroughbreds, agent, had no hesitation in bidding as much as $315,000 at that very same sale for what could be Risky’s different winner at Saratoga this summer season, Incentive Pay . Out of the Distorted Humor mare Distinguishable , the chestnut colt is owned by Klaravich Stables and gained by 2 1/2 lengths July 20 on debut.
Incentive Pay wins debut at Saratoga
“[Trainer Chad Brown] works Books 1 and a pair of actually exhausting at Keeneland, and each on occasion, after we do not fairly discover all the pieces we would like, he tells me to offer him a name if he sees something later within the sale,” Bradley stated. “I known as him about three horses in Ebook 3, he checked out them, and stated, ‘Let’s strive for this one.'”
Bred in Kentucky by Kathryn Nikkel, Outdated Dominion, and Turtle Creek Farms, Incentive Pay was consigned by 4 Star Gross sales.
“Did you see him within the paddock?” requested Bradley after the horse’s race. “He was the identical manner on the sale, simply chill. These horses in Ebook 3 particularly must be proven quite a bit, and he was a category act the entire time.
“He is lovely and balanced,” Bradley continued, “and he appears like a two-turn horse.”
“Shopping for offspring of first-crop stallions has been a profitable strategy for Seth and me,” stated Brown, referring to proprietor Seth Klarman. “Each of our Preakness winners are by first-crop stallions.”
Brown and Klarman gained the 2017 Preakness (G1) with Cloud Computing , owned in partnership with William Lawrence, from the primary crop of Maclean’s Music , and repeated in 2022 with Early Voting , from Gun Runner ‘s first crop. Gun Runner additionally stands at Three Chimneys, for a personal charge.
“Shopping for the offspring of first-crop stallions matches into Seth’s strategy to purchasing horses and constructing his portfolio,” Brown stated. “He likes to seek out worth. He isn’t going for the sale-topping, million-dollar horse. That is not a part of our plan. Oftentimes, good people from first-crop sires present alternative in our worth vary.”
Brown additionally famous that it was Bradley and Nick de Meric, who supplied early coaching for Incentive Pay, who had been answerable for connecting him with Klarman.
Risky’s Saratoga winners supply spectacular updates to the grey/roan colt on supply at this week’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. Bred by Three Chimneys Farm, he’s out of the Good Strike mare Bush Pilot and a half brother to grade 1-winning millionaire Gun Pilot , who Baker stated is predicted to run within the Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Aug. 24. Consigned as Hip 240 by Taylor Made Gross sales Company, he earned an A+ ranking in BloodHorse’s Public sale Edge gross sales preview.
“Risky has been tremendous constant throughout all of his books,” stated Baker. “He is had first rate numbers from completely different demographics of mares, and he is thrown good, right, athletic-looking physicals. His foals are good-minded and good to cope with.
“Now, it appears like a few of these constant appears are according to athletic performances,” he continued, “and that is what he actually wants.”
