11/27/11 - ULTIMATE’ WEEKEND for Warrendale Grad ULTIMATE EAGLE
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Lifetime Record: 7-4-0-2, $329,800.
Ultimate Eagle (Mizzen Mast) capped off a banner weekend for owner B.J. Wright and trainer Michael Pender Sunday, adding the GI Hollywood Derby trophy to the one Jeranimo (Congaree) secured for the same connections a day earlier in the GII Citation Dismissed at 14-1 despite entering this event off a threerace win streak that was capped by a 34-1 upending of the Oct. 15 GII Oak Tree Derby at Santa Anita, Ultimate Eagle was hard ridden by Martin Pedroza to get over from his outside post and secure the early advantage. He was tracked by New York shipper Imagining (Giant’s Causeway) through splits of :24.67, :49.07 and 1:14.12, and that duo opened up daylight on the rest of the field as they turned for home. Imagining continued his pursuit of the pacesetter in the run to the wire, but Ultimate Eagle had plenty left in the tank, and held a 3/4-length edge at the line. GI Jamaica H. winner Western Aristocrat (Mr. Greeley) led the cavalry charge behind the top two, a half-length back of Imagining and a neck in front of Juddmonte’s Slumber (GB) (Cacique {Ire}).
“This is undoubtedly the best horse I’ve ever ridden,” said veteran Pedroza. “I was pretty confident and he came through like I thought he would.” Ultimate Eagle was third in a pair of main track sprints here in April and June respectively to begin his career before finishing fifth when stretched out to 8 1/2 furlongs June 18. He got his first taste of the turf at Del Mar July 31, donning cap and gown before clearing another condition back at that oceanside oval Sept. 3. The dark bay defeated four Hollywood Derby foes in the Oak Tree Derby, including French import and runner-up Venomous (GB) (Red Ransom), but was cast aside by the bettors as an expected pace casualty, while Venomous garnered co-favoritism at 3-1.
“It's miraculous considering where this horse came from--he had colic [in June 2010] and was basically pronounced dead on the table,” said Pender. “He prefers the lead, but he doesn't have to have it. I was hoping he would assert himself and get the lead by himself, but [Imagining] was pressing him every step of the way from the half-mile pole home. He just refused to let up.” Pender added, “Ultimately I'd like to get him back on dirt. He trains so much better on dirt and hasn’t really handled synthetic surfaces all that well.”
11/25/11 - SO BRILLIANT IN THE PREVUE
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The aptly named So Brilliant(Medaglia d’Oro) continued to live up to his name with a front-running victory in the GIII Hollywood Prevue S., Hollywood Park’s Thanksgiving Day feature. Breaking slightly to the inside, the grey quickly strode up between Hodge (City Place) and Galex (Flatter) up the backstretch, before assuming a slight advantage through a quarter in :22.94. Passing the halfmile marker, Galex suddenling faltered and was quickly pulled up by jockey
Rafael Bejarano as Hodge inched closer to the frontrunner. With Hodge moving up along the rail and Brother Francis (Lion Heart) mounting his challenge from the outside, So Brilliant was asked for more, and he delivered, as he crossed the wire a 1/2 length ahead of the latter, with Hodge holding on for third.
“He’s still learning day to day,’’ said Martin Garcia. “He has a lot more than he showed today. He’s still a little green. He broke in a little bit, but went right on with it. Let me tell you, he’s a good horse. He was doing everything on his own, I didn’t even have to ask him.”
10/19/11 - Warrendale Sales Grad & “TDN Rising Star”: Impressive at Keeneland
CUSTOMER BASE, f, 2, by Lemon Drop Kid
1st Dam: Little Cat Feet, by Tale of the Cat
2nd Dam: Sheba's Step, by Alysheba
3rd Dam: Pattern Step, by Nureyev
In the final work ahead of her Sept. 3 debut at Del Mar, Customer Base went out in the company of stable companion Emerald Gold (War Front), herself an impressive maiden winner at the seaside oval who was tuning up for a start in the GI Del Mar Debutante, also on the 3rd. The duo was awarded the same time of 1:12 4/5--a bullet--and Customer Base was sent off at debut odds of 2-1. Held up near the tail of the field for the opening halfmile, she switched out at the furlong grounds and was along late for a half-length score.
Connections would have preferred to remain in California, but two races at Santa Anita did not fill, and she was flown to the country's midsection for this entry-level allowance. Favored at 11-10, Customer Base rode the rails into the backstretch and was sixth, but in touch, entering the turn. Committed to an inside run on the bend, she was shifted off the fence at the quarter pole and was six wide into the lane, but closed her final sixteenth in :06 flat for a 1 1/2-length victory over Dream Pegasus (Fusaichi Pegasus). Customer Base is a half-sister to Hyperlink (Toccet), SW, $200,720.
O-Glen Hill Farm.
B-Edward Seltzer & Beverly Anderson
(KY). T-Thomas F Proctor.
TDN IN SHARPER FOCUS
By Alan Carasso
CUSTOMER BASE (f, 2, Lemon Drop Kid)
At the 2010 Fasig-Tipton July Sale, the collective braintrust of Leonard Lavin's Glen Hill Farm signed tickets on three horses, all fillies, for a total of $400,000. Suffice to say that has been money well spent. The first is an as-yet unraced Candy Ride (Arg) filly named My Candy, a $100,000 half-sister to GSW Bickersons (Silver Deputy), while the second was Emerald Gold (War Front), a $130,000 purchase who was third in the GI Del Mar Debutante and in Keeneland's GIII Jessamine S.
The last and most expensive of the trio turned out to be Customer Base, and Glen Hill President Craig Bernick says it's quality over quantity when he and his team go shopping. [Hill 'n' Dale Farm's] Donato Lanni and I look at the horses and get it down to the ones we like, and [Glen Hill trainer] Tom Proctor casts a vote and we try to buy the ones we like," explained Bernick, the grandson of owner Leonard Lavin.
"We don't like too, too many and only try to buy the ones we have to have. We've sort of been lucky the in last little while." He continued, "[Customer Base] and the War Front [Emerald Gold] were our two favorite fillies. Customer Base was a really classy filly, and she was always out when we went by. She acted professionally and never turned a hair. She had a beautiful neck and shoulder and was extremely balanced." Connections always thought a lot of Customer Base, but it was that final pre-race breeze that got the attention of all involved, including Emerald Gold.
"Customer Base started four lengths in front and held her own, and we really thought Emerald Gold would be competitive in the Grade I," Bernick recollected. "We were extremely impressed that a filly that had never run would hang in there that well with a filly like Emerald Gold. We knew she could run, but hers isn' t really a great first-out pedigree, and Tom usually doesn' t ask much first time out either. We thought she was special."
Having celebrated graduation day, plan A was to stay in the Golden State for the balance of the season. But anyone who deals with races and race selection knows that it's wise to have plan B and sometimes C and D. "Unfortunately there were just two races in California for her in California that didn't go and we had to fly her to Kentucky," he said. AThankfully we found an allowance race here."And what does the future hold for the newest “TDN Rising Star”? "If she had stayed in California, the plan was to run in and win the allowance and run in the GIII Miesque S. [on turf] and then the GI Hollywood Starlet at the end of the meet," Bernick offered."But I really don't think we'll take her back to California, at least by design. It's not good to ship young horses around all the time, so I don't know exactly what's next. We' ll think about the Juvenile Fillies Turf, but it's pretty quick back and I haven't even talked to Tom yet.
She's got a lot of ability and we'll just make the call down the road." Ultimately, Bernick believes Customer Base will be best on the turf since Aher family says turf and she looks like a grass horse."She will winter in Florida, and is a candidate for races like the Florida Oaks at Tampa and the GIII Herecomesthebride S. at Gulfstream. But given her ability on the Poly, a race like the GI Ashland S. in April is not out of the question, Bernick said.
"She looks like she has a world of ability and relaxes really well on the track," he stated. "She did it going one turn and now at two turns. To win first at Del Mar and now at Keeneland, I'd say that's a pretty exciting way to kick off the career."
Warrendale Grad ULTIMATE EAGLE takes the G2 OAK TREE DERBY
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ULTIMATE EAGLE, c, 3, by Mizzen Mast - Letithappencaptain by Captain Bodgit had been unbeatable since taking to the turf two starts back, but that didn't give the handicappers any sense of confidence. The dark bay was ignored at 34-1, but, blind to the tote board, pulled off the upset.
On the board in a pair of maiden special weight sprints on the Hollywood Cushion in the spring, he ran fifth when stretched to two turns June 18. Connections decided to switch it up next time out, adding blinkers and putting him on the turf, and Ultimate Eagle responded with a head score at Del Mar July 31. He added a front-running victory in an optional claimer Sept. 3, and was trying black-type company for the first time here.
The outsider broke sharply and had his white-hooded head in front as they swept past the wire for the first time. He cut out splits of :23.27, :47.09 and 1:10.53 while pressed by Midnight Interlude, then opened up when given the green light early on the turn. Foreign raider Venomous came charging through the field and Lil Bit O'Fun rallied on the outside in deep stretch, but the wire came in time for Ultimate Eagle. Trainer Mike Pender was one who was not surprised by the outcome. "This was our Kentucky Derby horse before he got colic as a 2-year-old," Pender explained. "It's a miracle he's even here. It would make a great story."
Owner B. J. Wright of Pasadena is the chairman of LifeSource Water Systems, which specializes in residential and commercial water filtration systems. The eco-friendly company was established in 1984.
9/22/11 - WARRENDALE, ADENA HIT DAILY DOUBLE
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Book 5 of the Keeneland September Sale came to a close yesterday with Kitty Taylor’s Warrendale Sales and Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs pulling a consignor/buyer daily double on a pair of $110,000 fillies. First through the ring was hip 3553, a chestnut daughter of Proud Citizen--In Return who went to Adena representative Mark Roberts.
Later, with the session drawing to a close, Roberts returned with an identical bid that secured hip 3644, a statuesque filly by Midnight Lute-- Per Se. It is the third time during the sale that Adena purchased a session topper. A day earlier, Adena landed the Big Brown--Cold Awakening colt that made $140,000. Adena also purchased the $1.35 million Awesome Again--Legs Lawlor colt who topped session five. Roberts commented on the Proud Citizen miss. “She was a lovely filly,” he said. “She’s from a good family that, all the way down the page, produced good fillies.We thought she was a standout today.” Roberts admitted the price was a bit more than he expected. “I thought she’d probably go for $75,000 or $80,000, but on the day, both pedigree wise and as an individual, she was a standout. And those are the ones that sell.”
The filly’s 8-year-old dam, the Horse Chestnut (SAf) mare In Return, was a classy performer on the track for Jayeff B Stables and trainer Alan Goldberg, setting or equaling course records at Monmouth not once but three times. She broke her maiden in 1:46.70 going nine furlongs in July of that year, equaling the previous mark, then came back to win the 1 1/16-mile Eatontown Staybridge Suites S. in 1:39.91 a month later. Produced by a sister to GISW Auntie Mame, In Return also equaled a course record the following season at Monmouth. In Return was put through the Keeneland November Sale in 2009 with this filly in utero. Tall Oaks acquired her for a modest $32,000, and recouped the purchased price over three times over yesterday.
Tall Oaks, aCanadian-based operationowned by the Hungarian-bornIvan Dalos, is best known asthe breeders of Classic winnerVictory Gallop. “I only get a horse from Ivan every now and then, which I greatly appreciate,” said Kitty Taylor. “Ivan races a lot in Canada, but this filly is a Kentucky-bred--she was raised at Nick and Rose Lotz’s Briarbrooke Farm out in Paris. She was a really correct filly with very good vetting, and big for a Proud Citizen, which is unusual. And she really stood out in this book.”
Taylor’s second score on the afternoon, the MidnightLute--Per Se filly, was also being sold for a Canadianbased owner. “I’ve never met him [breeder Beclawat Stable’s Leslie Pereira], but Tonya Johnson from Red Gables Stud gave him to us as a client, which again I really appreciate. Tonya had raised and prepped her. This filly was another one where the owner wasn’t really happy with the placement in Book 5, and didn’t decide until about 30 days ago to send her. But it worked out, because she was just a star in this book. She had eight scopes. I’ve seen a number of the Midnight Lutes myself, and my feedback from people was that she looks just like her father.”
The filly was produced by the 9-year-old Deputy Commander mare Per Se, a full-sister to MGSP Holiday Lady and SW My Main Starr, and a half to group winner Putra (Dixie Brass). She hails from her champion sire’s first crop.
Leslie Pereira is the retired owner and CEO of Beclawat Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of windows and doors for ships, airplanes, buses, etc. Pereira has bred, among others, 2005 Canadian Horse of the Year A Bit O’ Gold, as well as Eishin Missouri, an earner of over $1.5 million in Japan.
Taylor added of her fine Book 5 afternoon, “I want to especially thank Mark Roberts and Adena Springs for buying the fillies and wish them all the best.”
Adena was plenty busy Thursday, buying four of the five top-priced yearlings and 12 prospects overall. That pushed Adena’s overall ledger to 37 horses bought for $4,466,000. While that’s an average of $120,703, Adena has played at every level of the market; no fewer than 14 of those buys, for instance, came on bids of $50,000 or less. “We’re focusing on just buying athletes,” said Mark Roberts. “Pedigree’s important, but first and foremost we’re going for athletes.”
2011 Fasig-Tipton July Sale
Hip #41: This handsome colt is by leading sire Malibu Moon and out of the Silver Deputy mare Moonlight Cruise. He was purchased by John Ferguson acting as agent for Darley for $120,000. This colt was bred by Lazy Lane Farms in Virginia. The colt is from the family Don Cavallo who recently won the Grade 3 Dominion Day S. at Woodbine and now has earnings of $296,000. We wish the new connections all the best with their purchase.
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Hip#165: This chestnut colt is by leading sire Lemon Drop Kid out of the Grade 3 winning Menifee mare Wow Me Free. Wow Me Free won the Grade 3 Next Move Handicap at Aqueduct and earned over $215,000. The colt was purchased for $230,000 by Ben Glass acting as agent for Gary and Mary West of Omaha, Nebraska. This colt was the third highest priced yearling to go thru the auction ring at the 2011 Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale. He was bred in Florida by Ed Seltzer and Beverly Anderson.
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Hip#212: This handsome filly is by freshman sire Tiz Wonderful out of the mare Charmster. Tiz Wonderful stands at Spendthrift farm in Lexington, KY for a modest fee of $12,500. Tiz Wonderful went on the win the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes as well as the Grade 3 Iroquois before being retired with earnings of almost $255,000. The filly was purchased for $85,000 by Joe Cannon of Dry Creek. The yearling was bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet.
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7/12/11 - A $230,000 Lemon Seltzer...Warrendale sells third highest at FT July
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Ben Glass, racing manager and bloodstock advisor for prominent owners Gary and Mary West, saw off all challengers to land hip 165, a colt by Lemon Drop Kid-- Wow Me Free, by Menifee, for $230,000. It was the third-highest price of the auction and a nice result for a sire whose son Dreamy Kid won last weekend’s GII Swaps S. at Hollywood Park. From the family of Canadian Horse of the Year Alywow (Alysheba), the colt was consigned by Kitty Taylor’s Warrendale Sales on behalf of his breeders, Edward A. Seltzer and Beverly Anderson.
Seltzer raced the colt’s second dam, Alywow’s halfsister Double Wow (With Approval), and bred his dam Wow Me Free. Sent through the 2005 Keeneland September Sale, Wow Me Free was bought back for $42,000 and subsequently put in to training, and enjoyed considerable success on the track, winning the GIII Next Move H. and finishing third in the GII Shuvee H. in 2008. This colt was the 7-year-old mare’s first foal, and Seltzer’s daughter Krista Seltzer--who helps manage the family’s successful breeding and racing operation--was on hand to root him on. “It’s always nice when the buyers like the horse as much as you do,” she said. “We love the mare and bought her back as a yearling, and the family’s been very good to us.”
Seltzer is a real estate investor who has owned hotels in South Beach. He and Beverly Anderson own GSW Wyomia (Vindication), runner-up in GI Ashland S. this April, and Seltzer co-bred and sold her Grade I-winning brother Red Giant (Giant’s Causeway). Since getting into the game in 1958, when he purchased 1/16th of a $500 claimer, Seltzer has bred or raced numerous stakes winners, including 1985 GI Preakness S. here Tank’s Prospect.
6/27/11 - FLASHY LASSIE takes G3 Debutante S. at Churchill
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It looked like Five Star Momma had the race in her back pocket when they hit the eighth pole, but 17-1 Flashy Lassie had other ideas. Geared up on the far outside, the bargain FTKOCT yearling came charging as the wire loomed to get up for a narrow victory. She becomes the first stakes winner for her freshman sire (by Holy Bull), and gave trainer Garry Simms a reason to smile.
Simms, who has been battling melanoma since 2010, said, "I've had two bone marrow transplants and stem cells since December, but I'm doing well now." He added, "She's a nice filly, has a ton of heart and does everything right."
Flashy Lassie opened her account with a nine-length tally against $20,000 maiden claimers under the Twin Spires May 13. Her dam, Lemon Pop Lassie, was bought by breeder Hugh King III for $40,000 as a KEESEP yearling, but failed to hit the board in three career starts. Flashy Lassie is her first foal.
King, a Lexington native, worked on horse farms in Kentucky before starting his own commercial breeding operation in 1974. He operated Kings Way Farm near Paris for many years, but sold the farm and reduced the broodmare band from a high of 30, and now has three mares. Lemon Pop Lassie has a yearling filly by Artie Schiller and a filly of 2011 by U S Ranger.
FLASHY LASSIE, f, 2, by Flashy Bull -Lemon Pop Lassie, by Lemon Drop Kid is owned by Barry L King and was bred by Mr & Mrs Hugh G King.
Lifetime:Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $77,211
2/3/11 - Warrendale Grad Impresses at Gulfstream
Courtesy of the TDN PARTING WORDS (f, 3, Artie Schiller--Lost Love, by Lost Code) was bumped at the break and reported home fourth in her unveiling over the Saratoga lawn Aug. 27, then overcame another troubled start to record a one-length win at the Big A Nov. 14. Given a 7-2 chance to get her sophomore campaign kicked off on the right foot here, the Lael Stables colorbearer was the last of nine to exit the stalls, and trailed the field through fractions of :23.56 and :48.26. With Alan Garcia aboard, Parting Words remained in last on the turn for home, but came alive in the stretch, rallying on the outside to record a good-looking 1 3/4-length decision over Forest Legend (Forest Camp). Parting Words is a half-sister to I Love Silver (Silver Ghost), SW & MGISP, $437,142; Chosen Chief (Marquetry), MGSP, $356,169; and The Max (Point Given), MSW, $145,603. Sales history: $90,000 RNA yrl '09 KEESEP.
O-Lael Stables.
B-Hargus & Sandra Sexton (KY).
T-Barclay Tagg.
Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $54,450. .
Photo by Adam Coglianese
JANUARY 2011 SALES STARS
Hip # 379: This gorgeous Candy Ride colt is out of the mare Gentleman’s Crown and is from the family of recent G1 winner Twirling Candy. This colt was bred by Hargus and Sandra Sexton along with Kitty Taylor and was hammered down for $300,000 to Brian Graves of Gainesway. He was the highest priced “short” yearling of the Keeneland January sale and was the 2nd highest priced Candy Ride weanling sold at public auction this year.
Ch. colt Candy Ride colt out of Gentleman’s Crown
Ch. colt Candy Ride colt out of Gentleman’s Crown
Hip#450: Loving Vindication is a young broodmare prospect who was consigned on behalf of Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Stud and was hammered down to Anderson farms for $180,000. The winning filly is out of the Grade 3 winning mare Chimichurri. She is a half sister two winners with one of those being Chimayo who brought $3.1 million as a yearling and was recently retired by Darley due to a chip in her knee. Warrendale has had recent success selling out of Chimichurri as they sold the yearling filly by Pulpit at the 2010 Keeneland September sale for $450,000 to Besilu Stables and who has since been named Escultura.
Loving Vindication
Loving Vindication
Hip #621: The young stakes winning racing/broodmare prospect Yes She’s a Lady went through the ring for their owners and was hammered down for $190,000 to Gatewood Bell of Cromwell Bloodstock. She is from the immediate family of multiple Grade 1 winner Pure Clan who earned nearly $2 million on the racetrack.
Yes She’s a Lady
Yes She’s a Lady
Hip # 597: This strapping Tapit-Unbridled Appeal colt was consigned to the Keeneland January sale on behalf of Hargus and Sandra Sexton and Silver Fern Farm. He hails from the family of promising stakes placed filly Belleofthebridle. He was purchased by John Moynihan for $250,000 and was the 2nd highest priced yearling of the January sale.
Gr/Ro. Colt by Tapit out of Unbridled Appeal
Gr/Ro. Colt by Tapit out of Unbridled Appeal
Hip #1231: Paradise Bound who is a half sister to the promising and undefeated stakes winning filly Unbridled Humor was sold later in the week for Live Oak Stud. She was hammered down to Roger Schipke for $110,000. Paradise Bound had good conformation and the pedigree to back it up, when you put those two things together it allowed her to top the session.
Paradise Bound
1/12/11 - Taylor Scores with Candy Ride Colt...
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-J Martini
Warrendale's Kitty Taylor was shopping for clients Hargus and Sandra Sexton at last year=s Barretts Janu ary sale and paid $65,000 for the mare Gentlemen's Crown (Gentlemen {Arg}) in foal to Candy Ride (Arg). That looked like a bargain yesterday when the now seven-year-old mare's Candy Ride yearling sold for $300,000.
"I bought the mare in January at Barretts for the Sextons and then I actually kept a piece myself,
so everyone is pretty pleased," Taylor said. "I picked her because she was young. She is very correct. She was a big mare with plenty of bone and that is the kind of mare my clients like." Taylor was not surprised Gentlemen's Crown's first foal was popular in the January sales ring.
"I loved him," she said. "He had a great walk. He had a great mind. He really wasn't prepped coming into the sale because the weather has been so bad. People really couldn' t walk their yearlings getting them ready. So he was just a natural horse. He was what he was, basically. He just moved really well and that's what people were impressed with. Plus his pedigree--Twirling Candy in the second dam and Chocolate Candy right there too." Of the final price, Taylor added,"The price was above what we were hoping for, but it was certainly in the range of what we thought."
Gentlemen's Crown is currently in foal to Indian Charlie. The mare is one of "just a couple" Taylor owns a piece of and, asked how she came to maintain a share in her, Taylor said, "Because they twisted my arm. They said "If you like the mare so much, you have to stay in. I said ok."
8/29/10 - Dr. Pug and Susie Hart's Latent Heat - Beautiful Stranger filly wins Grand Campionship at the Virginia Thoroughbred AssociationYearling Show
Over the past weekend Dr. Pug and Susie Hart entered their Latent Heat-Beautiful Stranger who happens to be a Keeneland September entrant into the Virginia Thoroughbred Association Yearling Show. The filly with her tremendous walk and good conformation ended up not only winning the filly division but also wound up being the Grand Champion of the whole show. Let’s send our congratulations to Dr. Pug and Susie Hart on a job well done.
The Latent Heat-Beautiful Stranger fill is Hip 1986 and will be located in Barn 26 she is scheduled to sell on Monday September 20th.
SARATOGA 2010 SALES STARS (photos by Z)
Hip 45: This handsome Hard Spun-Dominique’s Show colt brought $325,000 from John Ferguson on the opening night of the sale. He was consigned for David and Ann Hanley of Whitechurch Farm
b c by Hard Spun out of Dominique's Show
b c by Hard Spun out of Dominique's Show
Hip 141:. This colt who is by leading sire Tiznow and out of a ½ sister to MGSW Megan’s Bluff was purchased by Jack Brothers on behalf of Paul Pompa for $310,000
dk b/ c by Tiznow out of Princess Wendy
dk b/ c by Tiznow out of Princess Wendy
Hip 173: Spendthrift consigned this handsome Malibu Moon-Silent Siren colt thru Warrendale Sales where he was purchased by IEAH for $350,000.
ch c by Malibu Moon out of Silent Siren
ch c by Malibu Moon out of Silent Siren
FASIG TIPTON JULY 2010 SALES STARS
Hip 271: Solera Farm sold this Lemon Drop Kid/Little Cat Feet filly thru the Warrendale Sales consignment where she was purchased by Glen Hill Farm for $170,000
dk b/ f by Lemon Drop Kid out of Little Cat Feet
dk b/ f by Lemon Drop Kid out of Little Cat Feet
Hip 301: Patrice Miller went to $150,000 for this handsome colt by Exchange Rate out of Miss Delta Dawn. The colt was consigned for David and Ann Hanley of Whitechurch Farm.
Hip #301
b c by Exchange Rate out of Miss Delta Dawn
Hip #301
b c by Exchange Rate out of Miss Delta Dawn
Position Limit (Bellamy Road) gave owner Starlight Partners and trainer Todd Pletcher a
second renewal of the GII Adirondack S. at Saratoga Sunday. The crowd's 3-2 choice defeated Alienation (Rock Hard Ten) by five lengths and joined former Pletcher mate Octave (Unbridled's Song) as an Adirondack heroineStarlight Partner's Position Limit became the first graded stakes winner for her Grade I-winning freshman sire with this popular score. The dark bay was a 4-1 shot when she aired by 6 3/4 lengths in her debut over a muddy Belmont track July 14. Backed down to 3-2 favoritism this time, she settled in the second flight through opening splits of 21:72 and :45.07. She collared Alienation at the head of the stretch and sailed home well in advance of a strung out field.
"I thought it went very well," said trainer Todd Pletcher."AShe was able to secure a good position and delivered a kick when needed. It was what we had hoped for. At the top of the stretch, I thought we had the momentum, and I would have been disappointed had she not finished it off. We' ll see how she comes out of this; right now she is likely for the GI Frizette S. [at Belmont Oct. 9]."
8/7/10 - WICKEDLY STAYS PERFECT IN SORRENTO - Warrendale selling a 1/2 by Mizzen Mast hip 1953 at Keeneland September
WICKEDLY PERFECT (Congrats) made the most of a fast early pace to make it two in a row in Friday's GIII Sorrento S. at Del Mar. Allowed to settle in third behind Dawnie Macho (Macho Uno) through an opening quarter mile in :21.89, the grey maintained that position as 9-5 favorite Final Mesa (Sky Mesa) moved to the fore through a half in :44.90.
Ready to take command at the head of the lane, WICKEDLY PERFECT was three wide around the turn, took control in the stretch and had enough left in reserve to hold off the late closing A Z Warrior (Bernardini) by one length at the wire. Izshelegal (Maria's Mon), sent off the 3-1 second choice, was a
head back in third, while Final Mesa, winner of Woodbine's My Dear S. last time out, tired to sixth.
Friday, Del Mar.
SORRENTO S.-GIII, $150,000, DMR, 8-6, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f (AWT), 1:17, ft.
1--WICKEDLY PERFECT, 119, f, 2, by Congrats
1st Dam: Wickedly Wise, by Tactical Cat
2nd Dam: Winter Display, by Cold Reception
3rd Dam: Show Off, by Olympia
($70,000 2yo 2010 OBSAPR). O-Peter Moehrke, Rafter
JR Ranch & STD Racing Stable;
B-Y-Lo Racing Stables, LLC (FL);
T-Doug F O'Neill;
J-Rafael Bejarano; $90,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $114,600.
7/14/10 - Warrendale Grad, POSITION LIMIT scores in her first start
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POSITION LIMIT (f, 2, Bellamy Road--Payable On Demand, by Out of Place), a $55,000 FTKJUL yearling,
was sent off at 4-1 in her unveiling. The dark bay filly
was ridden out of the gate to take up a stalking position
as Evangelical
(Speightstown) led the field
through fractions of :22.25 and
:45.93. Position Limit inhaled the
pacesetter into the stretch and
splashed clear to an authoritative
6 3/4-length victory. Evangelical
held second and Backslash
(Sharp Humor) was third. Nicky=s
Way (First Samurai) was fifth.
Position Limit is the second winner
for her freshman sire (by
Concerto). Winner of the 2005
GI Wood Memorial, Bellamy
Road was campaigned by the
Kinsman Stable of George
Steinbrenner, who passed away
Tuesday. AWe were very pleased
with the way she had trained," Todd Pletcher said of
the winner. "She was a first-time starter who we
thought would want a little more distance, and we
caught an off racetrack. You=re always concerned with
how they are going to handle that, but she had trained
like she was capable of winning first out. I think if she
comes out of it well, a race like the [Aug. 15 GIII]
Adirondack [at Saratoga Race Course] could be on our
radar screen." Click for the brisnet.com chart. Video,
sponsored by Taylor Made.
Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $30,000.
O-Starlight Partners.
B-Lazy Lane Farms Inc (VA).
T-Todd A Pletcher.
6/5/10 - Warrendale Sales Grad Breaks Maiden Impressively
After finishing third in her debut at Churchill Downs on the Kentucky Oaks undercard, Ash Zee by Exchange Rate out of Wickedly Wise broke her maiden by 7 ½ lengths on the main track. Ash Zee was bred by Y-Lo Racing and was consigned to the 2007 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale by Hinkle Farms where she was purchased by David Hanley’s Whitechurch Farm for $100,000. The following year the filly was apart of the Warrendale Sales consignment at the Fasig Tipton Kentucky July Yearling sale as hip #441 where she was sold on behalf of David Hanley’s Whitechurch Farm. The sale topping filly was purchased by Zayat Stables for $375,000. The filly has now earned $26,880 from a record of 3-1-0-1; she is trained by Steve Asmussen. Look for the filly’s half sister by Mizzen Mast selling this September.
2/14/10 - Warrendale Grad Smart Strike Filly Takes Charge Late in La Canada G2
Photo by Benoit
Courtesy of the TDN
The winner of yesterday's GII La Canada S. at Santa Anita came flying down the stretch to take the lead nearing the wire, but it wasn't the notoriously late-closing Stardom Bound (Tapit). Instead, it was 13-1 outsider Striking Dancer (Smart Strike) who closed powerfully under Alex Solis to earn a 1 1/2-length victory in the nine-furlong event.
"I had an awesome trip," Solis said. "I was able to save ground around the first turn and when we got to the five-eighths, I moved out where I had a good position and I had some options. She's an awesome filly and she beat a nice group of horses today."
Striking Dancer may have been a surprise to the betters, but Jordan Blair, assistant to trainer Ken McPeek got what she expected. "It's not a surprise at all," Blair said of the victory. "This filly trains well on every surface she's ever been on; dirt, turf, synthetic. She's been a bad-luck filly. She's had a lot of bad, troubled trips, through nobody's fault, just a lot of bad luck, and every time she gets clear, she wins, and she wins impressively, every time she wins. We knew she had it in her and she showed it today."
All three of Striking Dancer's previous wins had come over the lawn and a runner-up effort in the 2008 Caressing H. at Churchill was the only time she had hit the board in a stakes race. The McPeek trainee, an allowance winner at Keeneland last October, ended 2009 with a sixth-place effort in the Nov. 14 GII Mrs. Revere S. She started this term with a seventh after a troubled trip in a Jan. 8 Santa Anita allowance last time out. Favored Stardom Bound never uncorked her late run and reported home seventh.
She is owned by Stevestan Stables was bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY)and is trained by Kenneth G McPeek; J-Alex O Solis; $90,000.
Lifetime: 11-4-1-3, $206,097
Warrendale Sales Ranks 3rd Among Leading Consignors at Keeneland January
Courtesy of TTimes
"The top priced yearling of the sale was a son of Medaglia d’ Oro that sold to Peter O’Callaghan, agent for Twin Peaks Bloodstock, for $280,000. The bay colt out of the St. Jovite mare Win For Juno was consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent."
JANUARY 2010 SALES STARS
Hip 455 - Medaglia d'Oro-Win for Juno colt Consigned for Tom Bachman, purchased by Twin Peaks Bloodstock for $280,000
Hip 533 - Desert Stormer and colt by Bernardini born 1/11/2010 Consigned for Live Oak Stud, purchased by Coronation Investments for $135,000
Hip 535 - Devotion Unbridled I/F to Awesome Again Consigned for Live Oak Stud, purchased by Lucy's Farm for $200,000
Hip 650 - Street Sense-Luv a Drama colt Consigned for Omega Farm and Chancey Mill Farm, purchased by Emerald Valley for $250,000
Hip 684 - Munchkin I/F to Tiznow Consigned for Live Oak Stud, purchased by Dr. Oscar Benavides for $210,000
1/2/10 - ‘CAT’ POUNCES TO SAN GORGONIO UPSET
Saturday's GII San Gorgonio H. lost some of its luster
when it was revealed that Life Is Sweet (Storm Cat)
tied up in the morning and was scratched, but
Cat by the Tale (Tale of the Cat)
came home a good-looking winner.
"[Trainer] Neil [Drysdale] said
that I could probably lay second
or third early," said winning rider
Joel Rosario. "I didn't want anybody
to get an easy lead, and I
wanted to make sure I put some
pressure on. She got to the
three-eighths pole really easy. I
wanted to make the lead at the
quarter pole, and she did the
rest. She was impressive." There
was a four-way photo for second,
with multiple Grade I
winner--and 2-1 favorite--Diamondrella (GB) (Rock of
Gibraltar {Ire}) coming up short in fifth. Sent off as the
third choice to Diamondrella, Cat by the Tale enjoyed a
perfect trip in the catbird seat off pacesetter Century
Park (General Meeting). She pounced to the lead turning
for home and finished up smartly for her first graded
trophy.
Cat by the Tale hit the board once in two juvenile
starts at Arlington for trainer David Hanley. Acquired on
Raymond Keogh's behalf as a three-year-old at KEEJAN,
she won twice in Ireland in 2008 for trainer David
Wachman before being transferred to Neil Drysdale last
spring. After capturing her U.S. bow, the chestnut ran
second and third in a pair of Hollywood allowance heats
in May, then idled for five months. She came back to
annex a hillside sprint at Oak Tree Oct. 23, followed
that with a solid third to Tuscan Evening (Ire) (Oasis
Dream {GB}) in the GII Las Palmas H. Nov. 6, and came
into this test off another good show effort in the
GII Bayakoa H. on the Hollywood main track Dec. 5.
2010 LETTER FROM KITTY
August 30, 2010
Dear Valued Client:
As September Keeneland approaches and we look back at the first yearling sales of the season at Fasig-Tipton July and Saratoga as well as the OBS sale, the lessons learned seemed to be of continued caution and prudence while buying. People still want to buy racing stock, and they just are choosing to do it without losing sight of the value they’ve placed on a specific animal. The numbers at the recent OBS August yearling sale where up across the board, which bodes well for the upcoming September sale.
Established sires are definitely enjoying a resurgence in fashion and young unproven sires will have to bide their time before they perform as well in the commercial marketplace. Examples abound of horses that were for all intents and purposes “written off” so to speak. Mineshaft is having his best year ever and with examples like that as well as, Lemon Drop Kid etc., the buying public seems to be keeping that in mind as they shift through the yearlings offered at a respective sale.
With fewer people breeding mares and foal numbers declining to more reasonable levels, we can all hope that those of us who weathered the storms of the past couple of years will be rewarded for careful management of our mares and yearlings. A prudent and well thought out business plan with reasonable expectations at public auction should carry the day.
Here’s to a good “fall sale” season as we hit the ground running!
CUSTOMER BASE, f, 2, by Lemon Drop Kid
Book 5 of the Keeneland September Sale came to a close yesterday with Kitty Taylor’s Warrendale Sales and Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs pulling a consignor/buyer daily double on a pair of $110,000 fillies. First through the ring was hip 3553, a chestnut daughter of Proud Citizen--In Return who went to Adena representative Mark Roberts. 
PARTING WORDS (f, 3, Artie Schiller--Lost Love, by Lost Code) was bumped at the break and reported home fourth in her unveiling over the Saratoga lawn Aug. 27, then overcame another troubled start to record a one-length win at the Big A Nov. 14. Given a 7-2 chance to get her sophomore campaign kicked off on the right foot here, the Lael Stables colorbearer was the last of nine to exit the stalls, and trailed the field through fractions of :23.56 and :48.26. With Alan Garcia aboard, Parting Words remained in last on the turn for home, but came alive in the stretch, rallying on the outside to record a good-looking 1 3/4-length decision over Forest Legend (Forest Camp). Parting Words is a half-sister to I Love Silver (Silver Ghost), SW & MGISP, $437,142; Chosen Chief (Marquetry), MGSP, $356,169; and The Max (Point Given), MSW, $145,603. Sales history: $90,000 RNA yrl '09 KEESEP.
WICKEDLY PERFECT (Congrats) made the most of a fast early pace to make it two in a row in Friday's GIII Sorrento S. at Del Mar. Allowed to settle in third behind Dawnie Macho (Macho Uno) through an opening quarter mile in :21.89, the grey maintained that position as 9-5 favorite Final Mesa (Sky Mesa) moved to the fore through a half in :44.90.
Saturday's GII San Gorgonio H. lost some of its luster
when it was revealed that Life Is Sweet (Storm Cat)
tied up in the morning and was scratched, but
Cat by the Tale (Tale of the Cat)
came home a good-looking winner.
"[Trainer] Neil [Drysdale] said
that I could probably lay second
or third early," said winning rider
Joel Rosario. "I didn't want anybody
to get an easy lead, and I
wanted to make sure I put some
pressure on. She got to the
three-eighths pole really easy. I
wanted to make the lead at the
quarter pole, and she did the
rest. She was impressive." There
was a four-way photo for second,
with multiple Grade I
winner--and 2-1 favorite--Diamondrella (GB) (Rock of
Gibraltar {Ire}) coming up short in fifth. Sent off as the
third choice to Diamondrella, Cat by the Tale enjoyed a
perfect trip in the catbird seat off pacesetter Century
Park (General Meeting). She pounced to the lead turning
for home and finished up smartly for her first graded
trophy.