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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Commandment (Into Mischief), a dominating winner of the Mucho Macho Man S. Jan. 3, will make his next start in the GII Coolmore Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream Park Feb. 28. The Wathnan Racing colorbearer returned to the worktab for trainer Brad Cox with a four-furlong breeze in :50.60 (16/27) at Payson Park Jan. 23. “Not long after the Mucho Macho Man, Brad (Cox) was thinking about the Fountain of Youth as a spaced-out target,” said Case Clay, Wathnan's Racing Manager, USA. “He looks great and Brad's happy with him.” Commandment, a $500,000 Keeneland September graduate and son of GI Spinaway S. winner Sippican Harbor (Orb), was highlighted in these same pages following a fourth-place finish as the 5-2 favorite in a live maiden special weight first out at Keeneland Oct. 4. He followed up with a visually impressive maiden win going seven furlongs at Churchill Downs Nov. 1 and kicked off the New Year in style with a 6 3/4-length victory going a one-turn mile in the Mucho Macho Man, good for a 91 Beyer Speed Figure. The Fountain of Youth–also expected to attract last year's recently crowned unbeaten 2-year-old champion and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Ted Noffey (Into Mischief)–will be Commandment's two-turn debut. “He's progressing so nicely,” Clay said. “Brad was quite confident in how he was leading up to the (Mucho Macho Man). He seems like he's a fighter. The water is gonna get deeper for sure, so we'll see how he stacks up there. But, so far, so good.” Commandment isn't Wathnan Racing's–the nom-de-course of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani–only promising sophomore. Thunderously (Gun Runner) announced his presence with a five-length debut victory around two turns for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott going 1 1/16 miles at Gulfstream Jan. 10. He earned an 88 Beyer Speed Figure for the effort. The $300,000 Keeneland September purchase was produced by Princess Warrior (Midshipman), winner of the 2018 GII Mrs. Revere S. and runner-up in the previous year's GI Darley Alcibiades S. “Following Bill's lead,” Clay said. “The (Kentucky) Derby may come up quickly for him. We've been talking about not pushing him too hard and letting him progress. As we dream, maybe we're Belmont (Stakes) dreaming, which sounds absurd as we're talking about Grade Ones after a first start, but one can dream. We'll just let the horse tell us what's next for him.” Noble Affair (Vekoma), a rallying third in his debut sprinting over the Fair Grounds lawn Dec. 27, was a game wire-to-wire winner on the main track for Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen in New Orleans Jan. 24. Produced by the unraced Rockport Harbor mare Paden Affair, the $600,000 OBS April breezer stopped the timer for six furlongs in a sharp 1:09.84. He received a 93 Beyer. “He's an exciting horse,” Clay said. “Steve (Asmussen) started him by design on the grass. He tends to have one speed, which is go go go. The thought was to get him to not run off and rate a bit and he did. He came flying at the end, and then in Saturday's race, he took the lead and went. Steve will pick the spot that's best for him. We thought very highly of him from the start.” Last term's GII Los Alamitos Futurity runner-up and maiden of four career starts Blacksmith (Liam's Map), meanwhile, will make his next attempt for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert in an upcoming maiden special weight at Santa Anita, per Clay. The $525,000 Keeneland September buy hails from the extended female family of Classic winners Rags to Riches, Jazil, Arcangelo, et al. “Very excited about these prospects and hopefully we can get lucky,” Clay concluded. The post Commandment ‘Progressing So Nicely’ Ahead of Fountain of Youth appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
From his earliest lessons at Pin Oak Stud, Incredibolt (Bolt d'Oro) has handled everything asked of him with ease. Now, his team is hoping that trend continues in the GIII Holy Bull Stakes. Pin Oak's Director of Farm Operations and Property Michael Hardy said that the GIII Street Sense Stakes winner has not missed a beat since his win at Churchill Downs. Following a brief layoff on the farm, the Riley Mott trainee moved to Palm Meadows and has put in a series of six weekly drills, including a bullet four furlongs in :48.45 on Jan. 7. “He was quite a mature 2-year-old and we're very happy with how he's doing,” he shared. “Riley hasn't done a whole lot of works with him. He's just getting him tuned up.” Incredibolt drew the rail for his 3-year-old debut on Saturday. The Pin Oak team of Hardy, advisor Clifford Barry and farm trainer Joss Saville secured Incredibolt for just $75,000 at the 2024 Keeneland September Sale. The Bolt d'Oro colt, who is a half-brother to MGSP Fire On Time (Not This Time), represented a sire the Pin Oak team still firmly believes in. “We've always had confidence in Bolt d'Oro and we're breeding three or four mares to him this year,” said Hardy. “Incredibolt was an attractive, athletic colt and looked like a solid, two-turn type of dirt horse.” Incredibolt's physical and mental maturity was evident early in his breaking and training at Pin Oak. “He just seemed to have that natural class and ability,” Hardy described. “He was forward, but not the type of horse that wanted to be aggressively trained. You could tell he had a lot of speed. When he went to Riley, he continued on that path. He was a very level-headed, mature 2-year-old.” After finishing fourth in his debut at Ellis Park, Incredibolt relished stretching out to a mile in September at Churchill Downs, breaking his maiden by two lengths. In the GIII Street Sense Stakes, he broke last and chased a modest pace before taking the lead at the sixteenth pole, defeating the favored Kenny McPeek trainee Universe (Global Campaign) by 1 3/4 lengths. Incredibolt training at Pin Oak as a 2-year-old last May | Pin Oak Stud/Mary Ellet Hardy said that beyond Incredibolt's obvious two-turn frame, he believes the colt's tactical speed will prove advantageous going forward. “He's plenty big and is scopey enough that it's no surprise that he wants to go past a mile,” he explained. “I don't think he necessarily has to come from off the pace. He did that in the Street Sense, but he was much closer to the pace in his maiden win. He's a horse that can settle. He has a great mind and is very confident within himself.” Incredibolt's Street Sense victory held special significance as the final win celebrated by Pin Oak owner Jim Bernhard before his sudden passing last November. Jim, a Louisiana business executive, and his wife Dana purchased the historic Pin Oak Stud property in 2022. They quickly made an impact with 2023 GI Haskell Stakes winner Geaux Rocket Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}) and their program has continued to grow in the years since. The Bernhards' son Ben is involved in the operation as the farm's vice president. Hardy explained that while the loss of Jim has been deeply felt, Dana and Ben are dedicated to maintaining the operation's momentum. “We lost a leader and it has been hard on everyone on the farm, but in terms of vision and legacy, there has been no change in direction,” he said. “Jim, Dana and Ben have always been very active owners and they love to see their horses run.” In addition to Incredibolt's bid at Gulfstream on Saturday, Pin Oak and Riley Mott will send out Multiverse (Practical Joke) in Race 9. The 4-year-old gelding will be making his turf debut in the one-mile allowance, looking to break through after ending last season with three consecutive runner-up finishes. “He worked really well on the grass in his second-to-last work,” said Hardy. “He's a very quick horse and he's stretching out a little in distance, but we think on the grass he'll get the mile comfortably.” Pin Oak's racing stable currently has 68 horses, including 31 juveniles in training at the farm. Hardy said this marks their biggest crop of 2-year-olds to date. Returning stable stars for 2026 include Parchment Party (Constitution), the winner of last year's GIII Belmont Gold Cup Stakes and Birdstone Stakes. In November, the Bill Mott trainee made history as the first U.S.-trained horse to travel to Australia for the G1 Melbourne Cup. While the two-mile distance proved a difficult task and Parchment Party finished 20th, Hardy reported that the son of Constitution was no worse for wear from his travels. After a layoff at the farm, the 5-year-old is back in training at Payson Park. “He has just started back on the work tab in the last two weeks,” Hardy reported. “We'll take him back to the dirt and look for some of the marathon-type dirt races. He has come back as strong and fit as ever.” World Beater wins the GI Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes | Sarah Andrew World Beater (Oscar Performance) was another Pin Oak stable standout last year. After breaking his maiden on Kentucky Oaks Friday, the Riley Mott trainee reeled off wins in the Audubon Stakes, GI Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes and GIII Old Dominion Derby. He was also second to last weekend's GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes winner Test Score (Lookin at Lucky) in the GI Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes. “World Beater came back to the farm after his race at Colonial,” said Hardy. “He's in training here at the farm. His main targets this year are all going to be late summer and in the fall, so we wanted to give him a good long break and let him mature. He'll go back to Riley here in the next two or three weeks. He's a horse with a lot of talent and we're hoping for a big year for him.” The Pin Oak team is equally high on Stars and Strides (American Pharoah). The winner of last year's Saranac Stakes stayed in light training at Bill Mott's base at Payson Park following an eighth-place finish in the GIII Hill Prince Stakes in November and just returned to the work tab last week. “He's a horse with a lot of speed and we hope there are some big races for him this year, trying to keep them around that mile distance,” noted Hardy. This weekend the Pin Oak team, led by Dana and Ben Bernhard, heads to Gulfstream in hopes of solidifying Incredibolt's status as a top Derby prospect. A successful showing in the Holy Bull would be a poignant milestone for the family, marking a major step toward seeing their first Kentucky Derby starter. “Getting any horse to the Derby at any time is an achievement and a very difficult feat, so for everyone here at Pin Oak it would be very special,” said Hardy. “Incredibolt is a horse that the Bernhards have a lot of pride in. They were there for his first start at Ellis and Riley has always spoken very highly of him.” The post Incredibolt Takes Aim at Holy Bull to Headline Deep Pin Oak Roster appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
At a time when Maryland's racing and breeding industry looks ahead to a new era, with the redevelopment of historic Pimlico Race Course officially underway, it seems only fitting that one of the most successful Maryland-breds in recent years would return to his home state to enter stud. Multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Post Time (Frosted) retired this past December and joins the stallion roster at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md. For his debut season at stud this year, Post Time will stand for an introductory fee of $4,000 LFSN. Post Time's arrival represents a two-fold significance. The 6-year-old son of Frosted not only becomes the second stallion owner Ellen Charles of Hillwood Stable will stand at the farm, following in the footsteps of the late Bandbox (Tapit), but also joins the ranks on the heels of the announcement that the farm's stalwart stallion Great Notion (Elusive Quality) has been pensioned from stud duty. “We've always been looking at Post Time as a stallion prospect,” said David Wade, General Manager of Northview. “Northview is owned by the Golden family, as is Sycamore Hall Farm. Sycamore, along with Michael Golden's Golden Lion Racing, has horses in training with Brittany Russell, so we've been able to follow Post Time closely throughout his career.” Based in Maryland with Russell, Post Time quickly made a name for himself in his home state, remaining undefeated as a 2-year-old in 2022, highlighted by a winning stakes debut in the Maryland Juvenile Stakes. A stakes winner every year from two to five, the Maryland-bred collected his first graded stakes victories at four in the GII Carter Stakes at Aqueduct and the GIII General George Stakes at Laurel Park. Post Time at Del Mar ahead of his second-place finish in the 2024 GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile | Sara Gordon Amongst his three starts at the Grade I level in 2024, Post Time finished second in the GI Metropolitan Handicap at Saratoga; third in the GI Whitney Stakes going 1 1/8 miles at Saratoga, his two-turn debut; and was a resilient second in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar, finishing within 1 1/2 lengths of winner Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast). “We like horses that not only win at two, but win at the stakes level at two. We also appreciate horses that can sprint, but also carry that speed over two turns, which Post Time could do,” said Wade. “The fact that he never won a Grade I race doesn't have any bearing on his ability to be a stallion, because at the end of the day, he beat Grade I winners. When a horse runs in a race, he doesn't know what grade he's running in. What matters is the company that he beats, and he finished ahead of Grade I winners such as Book'em Danno, Domestic Product, Muth, National Treasure, Seize the Grey, and White Abarrio.” Post Time finished off the board only once in 23 career starts, and won or placed in 17 black-type stakes. With a record of 11 wins and a second from his 12 starts made at Laurel, the fan-favorite grey went out a winner in his final career start, the Robert T. Manfuso Stakes this past December. The race resulted in a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 110. “We stood Not For Love, who became one of the best stallions in Maryland, but he was at best an allowance winner. Great Notion was a good racehorse, but not a great racehorse, yet he proved to be an incredible sire. Polish Numbers was the same way,” explained Wade. “That's the big benefit of having a consistent racehorse that made headlines like Post Time did, it draws the breeders in. “He's a big horse, standing at 16.2 hands. He's got a lot of leg underneath of him, which is something you don't often see with Tapit-line horses. Physically, he's correct and obviously, he was a sound horse.” Since Post Time arrived to Northview Dec. 26, he has settled into life on the farm with ease and the positive feedback from breeders has streamed in. “We've gotten a very encouraging numbers of contracts requested for Post Time, which normally we wouldn't get until a while after breeding season starts,” said Wade. “We don't get a lot of new stallions in Maryland, or in the region anymore, because unfortunately the mare population here is getting smaller. So, any time that you can bring in a horse like this, it creates excitement, and we need things to look forward to in this state.” Post Time with Northview's David Wade | Sara Gordon Of the mares already booked to Post Time, one standout is Hello Beautiful (Golden Lad). A multiple stakes-winning Maryland-bred, Hello Beautiful reigned as the star of Russell's barn until her retirement at the end of her 4-year-old season in 2021. Wade purchased the mare out of the 2025 Keeneland November Sale and recently brought her home to Maryland. Northview is offering a breed-back program for its new sire. Breeders who book an approved mare to Post Time for his advertised fee of $4,000 will be eligible to breed back in 2027 for only $3,000. Following that, those who support the son of Frosted for two breeding seasons (2026-27) will earn the right to breed a mare for $2,000 per season in both 2028 and 2029. All mares must meet standard fertility insurance requirements for a first-year stallion. “I always said that this business runs on hope. Any time you breed to a stallion, or you buy a new mare, it's all with a hope that that mare is going to be a good broodmare and that stallion is going to hit. When we start losing hope in what we've got, that's when we're in trouble,” said Wade. As Great Notion enjoys a well-deserved retirement, Post Time has some big horse shoes to fill. But the folks at Northview are hoping that if what he showed while building a notable reputation for himself on the track is any indication of his success as a sire, the future is bright for this Maryland-bred. The post Millionaire Post Time New to the Maryland Stallion Ranks at Northview appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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