Greyhound Breeding

I'll have to trust you on that one , I never missed the bus they drove it straight past me!

That'll all go smoothly , then when it doesn't they can do an Awapuni / Ellerslie and tell everyone there is a bedding in time , meanwhile get the abused clubs to pick up the slack. 

Justify was off to a fast start at stud, leading in several black-type categories as well as in winners and wins with his first crop of runners. But it was in year two when the cream really started to rise to the top. That year, in 2023, he sired two Breeders' Cup winners, Hard to Justify in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, and Just F Y I in the Juvenile Fillies. The latter brings a talented resume and a special pedigree to this year's Fasig-Tipton November sale when she sells as hip 109 on Monday, Nov. 3. “We've been blessed to sell some tremendous offerings and her resume really ranks right up there with some of the best horses that have walked through this sales ring,” said Fasig-Tipton President and CEO Boyd Browning. “She is by Justify, who is off to an amazing start as a stallion. Her accomplishments as a two-year-old resulted in her being the champion two-year-old filly, she won the Breeders' Cup very impressively, was just dominant in her two-year-old campaign, and it's really rare to have an opportunity to sell a filly like this.” “She was the first Justify that I had in the barn and it didn't take long to start to like her,” said her trainer, Bill Mott. “She was a big, tall, rangy filly. She stood with a lot of leg underneath her. She had a lot of scope, however, she was well-balanced. She looked like a horse that would probably be better as a three-year-old-jst her body type and the way she was made. But she came around very early. You know, you wouldn't have looked at her in the very beginning and think that she was going to break her maiden at six-and-a-half furlongs and be as early as she was. But she came right around. It didn't take long to get her to the races.” Just F Y I made her first start at Saratoga, winning a six-and-a-half furlong maiden by a head. Mott was impressed enough to wheel her right back in the GI Frizette Stakes on Oct. 7, which she won by 3 3/4 lengths. Justify's Daughter Ready to Light Up Night of the Stars">Justify, and she's in foal to Into Mischief," says Fasig's Boyd Browning. "The opportunity to buy a young champion mare in foal to the leading sire in America doesn't come along very often.""> “She was good enough and quick enough to win at a sprint distance, breaking her maiden,” said Mott. “But the flat mile in the Frizette and the two-turn mile-and-a sixteenth in the Breeders' Cup was right up her alley. I mean that was her. She had enough speed to win a one-turn race and had enough durability to win a two-turn race.” Her owner, George Krikorian, had reason to be proud on Breeders' Cup Day, having bred the filly from his own multiple-stakes-placed Star Act (Street Cry {Ire}), a daughter of multiple Grade I winner Starrer (Dynaformer), herself a half-sister to multiple Grade I winner Stellar Jayne, from a family studded with black type. “It all starts with Starrer,” said Krikorian, “who is a multiple Grade I winner. She's the first stakes horse that I ever purchased, and she was found by Donato Lanni, and she was the first stakes horse he ever found for anybody. So that was pretty special. I have probably raced horses 20 times in the Breeders' Cup and it's the first time we won. It's pretty special.” Said Browning, “You know, I think one of the cool things about Just F Y I is how George has helped develop the family. Her second Dam is Starrer, a Grade I winner that George raced very, very successfully. She's obviously been successful as a broodmare also, producing the dam of Just F Y I who was a stakes performer herself. So it's neat to see somebody who's been involved in the business for many, many years who tries to breed and race at the highest level and achieve success, and George has certainly done that with Starrer and now with Just F Y I.” John Sikura will offer the champion filly through his Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa consignment. “Just F Y I, that's a pedigree that George Krikorian has cultivated for more than 20, 25 years,” he said. “He's had great success to breed a Breeders' Cup-winning champion from his own pedigrees. One that you've developed is enormously satisfying. She was undefeated, she's a millionaire, she won the Frizette, she won the Breeders' Cup. She has a classic page; she is by a Triple Crown winner in Justify, and she's in foal to America's leading sire Into Mischief. She's so unique; she has all the qualities, all the attributes that someone would look for in a very special, classic broodmare-big, long, pretty, stands over ground, really, really has it all. She's just a complete, impeccable package.” Sikura stressed the depth of her page. “At every dam, you have Grade I-winning champions,” he said. “Very few pedigrees seem to reproduce at the highest level of every generation. This is certainly a unique and special pedigree, and as evidenced by the performance of Just F Y I and all of Starrer's esteemed siblings.” At three, Just F Y I was second in both the GI Ashland and GI Kentucky Oaks. Given a break for the summer and fall, she returned at four this year, but was retired when felled by a fever in the spring, and bred to Into Mischief. Sums up Browning, “She's four years old. She's a champion. She's by Justify. She's in foal to Into Mischief. You're talking about the perfect opportunity for a leading buyer or breeder who wants to have an addition to their broodmare band at the very highest level or if you want to start a top-level broodmare band, she's the perfect type. The opportunity to buy a young, champion mare in foal to Into Mischief doesn't come along very often.” Sikura agrees. “Some horses are just born with extraordinary talent,” he said. “The first time she ran, she won, and she got better each start, and to win the Breeders' Cup in her third start, coming off a Grade I win at Belmont, that's very impressive. She's an undefeated two-year-old, hugely accomplished champion. Shortly and succinctly, you could say she was perfection then, and certainly a wonderful, wonderful race filly.” The post Just F Y I: Justify’s Daughter Ready to Light Up Night of the Stars appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Vinery Sales will offer Grade I mares Dorth Vader (Girvin), Free Like a Girl (El Deal), and Sacred Wish (Not This Time) at the Fasig-Tipton November sale with a portion of the proceeds from each sale benefitting a specific charity, it was announced via press release Monday. Vinery Sales's Matt Bowling said the connections of the three racemares will be donating a portion of the proceeds from the respective sales each to a different charity. The selected organizations set to receive the donations have names or missions that resonate with the owners or the names of the fillies. All three horses are being offered as racing/broodmare prospects and are consigned by Vinery Sales, agent. Dorth Vader, winner of the GI Ogden Phipps Stakes at Saratoga this past June, has amassed over $1-million in her career. Including that elite-level win, she has four black-type victories to her name between the Juvenile Fillies Sprint Stakes, Sandpiper Stakes, and the GII Davona Dale Stakes. She's also placed in the GI Acorn Stakes in 2023 and was most recently seen running second to Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) in the GI Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga by a nose. A portion of Dorth Vader's sale proceeds will be going to the Starlight Children's Foundation, which collaborates with LucasFilm and Disney to offer Star Wars-themed programs to sick children during their hospital stays. Free Like a Girl, a 19-time stakes winner and the 2022 & 2024 Louisiana Horse of the Year, has tallied nine graded black-type contests through her four-year career. She's hit the board in the GIII Iowa Oaks; GIII Charles Town Oaks; GIII Remington Park Oaks; the GI Apple Blossom Handicap in 2024 and 2025; the GI Fasig-Tipton La Troienne Stakes in 2024; and the 2025 GIII Bayakoa and GII Azeri Stakes. With her career earnings sitting north of $2.5-million, she was most recently seen running second in the Magnolia Stakes Oct. 11 at Delta Downs. A portion of the proceeds generated by the sale of Free Like a Girl will be donated to St. Jude's Children Hospital in gratitude for the care they provided to trainer Deville Pomier's niece during an illness. Sacred Wish is the 2024 GI Matriarch Stakes victress at Del Mar, and some of her career highlights include a runner-up effort in the 2023 GII Gulfstream Park Oaks in her third start; running second in that year's GI CCA Oaks and GIII Pebbles Stakes; and hitting the board last season in the GIII WinStar Matchmaker, GIII Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf, and GIII Goldikova Stakes before her aforementioned Grade I win. This year, she started her 2025 with a runner-up effort in the GII TAA Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational and has since run second again in the GIII WinStar Matchmaker Stakes July 19. Her career earnings sit at over $1.1-million. Jake Ballis of Black Type Thoroughbreds will be supporting the Make-A-Wish Foundation with a contribution coming directly from the sale of Sacred Wish. The Make-A-Wish Foundation helps fulfill the wishes of seriously ill children. “Evan Ferraro from Fasig-Tipton and I worked together on the idea,” said Bowling. “All three mares have incredible connections and unique names and stories, so we thought it would be good to do something along these lines. When I pitched the ideas to the teams of each horse, they were all excited to be a part of it and give back to some awesome charities.” The catalogue for the 2025 Fasig-Tipton November Sale may be found here. The post Vinery Sales to Offer Trio of Grade I Mares to Benefit Charity at Fasig-Tipton November appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The first of six opportunities to bet on Kentucky Derby 152 opens Wednesday, Oct. 29 through Friday, Oct. 31 with Pool 1 of the Future Wager and MGISW Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) headlines the 40 betting choices with 'All Other Colts and Geldings Foaled in 2023' the ever-popular favorite, Churchill Downs announced Monday. Wagering will open Wednesday at noon EDT and will close prior to Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile at approximately 6:00pm EDT. Ted Noffey is one of eight likely entrants for the contest and equally likely the horse to beat after dominating performances in the GI Breeders' Futurity and GI Hopeful Stakes put him at the head of his class. Pool 1 includes eight horses in the care of six-time Derby winner Bob Baffert: Blacksmith (60-1); Boyd (50-1); Brant (15-1); Desert Gate (75-1); Kristofferson (80-1); Litmus Test (80-1); Plutarch (90-1); and Provenance (80-1). The list is as follows: Blackout Time (Not This Time) (Kenny McPeek, 20-1) Blacksmith (Liam's Map) (Baffert, 60-1) Boyd (Violence) (Baffert, 50-1) Brant (Gun Runner) (Baffert, 15-1) Civil Liberty (Independence Hall) (Chief Stipe O'Neill, 50-1) Comport (Collected) (Eddie Kenneally, 50-1) Confessional (Essential Quality) (Brad Cox, 40-1) Courting (Curlin) (Todd Pletcher, 90-1) Desert Gate (Omaha Beach) (Baffert, 75-1) Kapur (McKinzie) (Saffie Joseph Jr., 90-1) Englishman (Maxfield) (Cherie DeVaux, 20-1) Ewing (Knicks Go) (Mark Casse, 30-1) Further Ado (Gun Runner) (Brad Cox, 15-1) Gallivant (Into Mischief) (Ben Colebrook, 60-1) Golden Tornado (McKinzie) (Danny Gargan, 90-1) Incredibolt (Bolt d'Oro) (Riley Mott, 40-1) Infiltrate (Oscar Performance) (Brendan Walsh, 90-1) Intrepido (Maximus Mischief) (Jeff Mullins, 50-1) It's Our Time (Not This Time) (Tom Amoss, 80-1) Kristofferson (Nyquist) (Baffert, 80-1) Litmus Test (Nyquist) (Baffert, 80-1) Local Knowledge (Yaupon) (Todd Pletcher, 75-1) A. P. (American Pharoah) (Vladimir Cerin, 75-1) Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map) (Chad Summers, 30-1) Oscar's Hope (Twirling Candy) (Tom Amoss, 90-1) Outfielder (Speightstown) (Welsey Ward, 80-1) Paladin (Gun Runner) (Chad Brown, 75-1) Plutarch (Into Mischief) (Baffert, 90-1) Provenance (Into Mischief) (Baffert, 80-1) Rancho Santa Fe (Tapit) (Brad Cox, 75-1) Renegade (Into Mischief) (Todd Pletcher, 75-1) Soldier N Diplomat (Army Mule) (Steve Asmussen, 75-1) Spice Runner (Gun Runner) (Steve Asmussen, 90-1) Stradale (Yaupon) (Steve Asmussen, 90-1) Talkin (Good Magic) (Danny Gargan, 80-1) Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) (Todd Pletcher, 10-1) Universe (Global Campaign) (Kenny McPeek, 80-1) White Tiger (Constitution) (Brad Cox, 90-1) All Fillies Foaled in 2023 (75-1) All Other Colts and Geldings Foaled in 2023 (4-5   There will be six Future Wager pools for Kentucky Derby 152. Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2 and the Sire Future Wager will run Thursday, Nov. 27 to Sunday, Nov. 30. Following the New Year, the final four pools will take place as follows: Pool 3 (Jan. 16-18); Pool 4 (Feb. 13-15); Pool 5 (Mar. 13-15) and Pool 6 (Apr. 2-4). The lone Longines Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will run concurrently with Pool 5 in March. Pool 1 offers $2 win and exacta wagering. Fans can place wagers at simulcast outlets across the country and at ADWs. More information, past performances, and real-time odds on the Kentucky Derby Future Wager will be available here before the pool opens Wednesday. There are no refunds in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. If Churchill Downs officials determine during the duration of any pool that one of the wagering interests experiences an injury, illness or other circumstance that would prevent the horse from participating in the Kentucky Derby, betting on the individual horse will be suspended immediately. The post ‘All Others’ 4-5 Favorite, Ted Noffey 10-1 in Pool 1 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article