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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
This tier of the market, between $20,000 and $29,999, offers particular value through its more established names: horses that have walked the walk sufficiently to clear the basement level, while somehow failing to achieve due commercial prestige. Indeed, our podium is dominated by the two eldest of the eligible stallions, while the only candidates considered for the third step were all in the process of consolidating strong starts. That said, the case for the three young sires at the other end of the spectrum–whose first foals are about to slither into a world of hope–clearly remains 100 percent unaltered from this time last year. Yet those controlling ringside investment have such an infantile attention span that ARABIAN LION has been slashed from $30,000 to $20,000 after welcoming 178 mares in his debut book! You'd have thought that a son of Justify fast enough to clock a 109 Beyer in the GI Woody Stephens would be on pretty solid commercial ground, especially one boasting Personal Ensign as third dam. But his farm is expert in maintaining the pipeline into the “bubble” stage, and any breeders who might resent such immediate depreciation used him knowing exactly how the system works. Actually there's a strong case for saying that the credentials of MAGE have indeed changed since he covered 171 mares last spring, even though nobody has seen one of his foals. That's because of a spectacular boost to his page from brother Dornoch, who's meanwhile starting out at of $40,000. That's quite a premium for the same genes, when you recall the raw talent that puts Mage into a club otherwise comprising only Justify and Apollo. Also unchanged at $25,000 is Up to the Mark, likewise fully subscribed (by the commendably restrained standards of his farm) at 164 mares. It took rare talent to stretch his mile speed for second in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf, while his granddam throws dirt sprint speed into the mix as GI Test/GII Prioress winner Capote Belle (Capote). The preceding class includes the author of perhaps the most controversial book of recent times, GOLDEN PAL, whose 293 mares in his debut season felt like quite a pointed gesture so soon after the defeat of the mare cap. But that's the point about a free market: breeders used him with their eyes wide open. They knew that they would have to stand out from catalogue competition, with 216 live foals in the crop, and also that a turf sprinter has finite appeal. But there are plenty of programs out there making the numbers game pay, and certainly those who got their Golden Pals to market as weanlings can have no complaints about a $107,911 average for 34 of 43 sold. His farm has maintained the pipeline by corralling another 209 mares last spring. CYBERKNIFE, similarly, welcomed back 179 mares last spring following a massive first book of 223. Of 171 live foals, 23 weanlings were sold (30 offered) at $79,260. Cyberknife, who broke Spend a Buck's 37-year-old track record in the GI Haskell, takes a second trim to $20,000 (opened at $30,000). Jack Christopher | Sara Gordon JACK CHRISTOPHER, yet another with a monster debut book (247), made a steady start with weanlings conceived at $45,000–33 of 44 processed at $104,727–and he's now right down to $25,000. With 192 live foals in his first crop, and another 168 mares last spring, he's entitled to land running as an unbeaten Grade I winner at two. The only stallion in this bracket launching his first juveniles in 2025, YAUPON, is another sprinter with an eye-watering debut book. In fact, only Gun Runner entertained more than his 242 mares in 2022, and no fewer than 133 yearlings went to market. Of these, 118 found a new home at $169,830 ($140,000) off a $30,000 conception fee, so he's jumped his hoops really slickly. Yaupon duly holds at $25,000, having maintained traffic through second and third books of 202 and 197. All these numbers attest to his physique, and his commercial momentum appears inexorable for one that hasn't yet put a horse anywhere near a starting gate. But then you would have said the same, a year ago, of studmate Authentic–a Horse of the Year whose first yearlings had been endorsed by all the experts for a $286,076 average from 91 of 120 sold. There's no point pretending that things went well on the racetrack, however, as his farm acknowledges in halving his fee to $25,000. Authentic mustered a solitary black-type scorer from a class-high 91 juvenile starters, and his second crop scraped a six-figure average off a $70,000 conception fee. He had himself needed time to get it together, of course, and can absolutely gather momentum with his sophomores. Complexity | Sarah Andrew Conversely COMPLEXITY faced his moment of truth with aplomb, blazing a trail in the freshman table until just running out of soldiers, nonetheless holding out for fourth in sharing class highs of five stakes/two graded stakes winners. He must tough out a bump in the road, with just 42 live foals in his 2024 crop, but already last spring he was back up to 88 mares as breeders noted his flying start. With his second crop of yearlings advancing their yield to $104,750, Complexity's fee has deservedly doubled to $25,000. GAME WINNER made his single stakes success count in no less a race than the GI Del Mar Futurity, which should help to keep him in the game at $20,000. He's joined at that fee by WAR OF WILL, whose GIII Jimmy Durante Stakes winner Will Then can expect plenty of support from this superbly-bred stallion's maturing sophomores. But these younger guns at a crossroads must knuckle down if they are to emulate two Airdrie sires further down the path. GIRVIN is set for big things very soon, just needing to ride out a bump with only 40 live foals in his third crop of juveniles, who entered play in 2024. He still mustered another five stakes winners, taking him up to 13 overall at 8.3 percent of named foals. Of course, the big thing with Girvin is that he transferred to Kentucky after his strong start and has covered 152 and 138 mares over the last two years. Sure enough, 14 of 22 yearlings sold in 2024 averaged $105,835–off a conception fee of just $6,000! That shows what can be done if you breed with belief to “bubble” sires. With his biggest and best books coming on stream, Girvin could soon leave his $25,000 fee well behind. Precisely the same could be said of UPSTART, who has now cleared the dip he endured when subsiding to just 27 live foals in 2020. Thanks to the endeavors of Zandon and others, his last three books comprised 151, 153 and 125 mares. That uptick began to tell at the sales, where Upstart sold 54 of 66 yearlings at $67,564 (from $42,071 in 2023)–again, a bubble sire rewarding those who stuck with him at $10,000. He has been given a generous trim, to $25,000 from $30,000, pending the imminent arrival of his reinforcements. Now is a great time to get involved. VALUE PODIUM Bronze: ARMY MULE Friesan Fire–Crafty Toast, by Crafty Prospector Hill 'n' Dale, $20,000 Army Mule | Sarah Andrew On a very similar path to Girvin, Army Mule also punched way above weight when launching in a brutally competitive intake. His third crop of juveniles, into play last year, comprises 57 live foals and he has depended on mature horses-such as 5-year-old Grade II winner Federal Judge–for his recent stakes action. But you get a sense of what's brewing from his latest yearlings, 41 of 51 converting a cover fee of $7,500 to an average $75,345. His 13 stakes winners to date, three at graded level, represent 9.1 percent of named foals. The superstars of his class, Justify and Good Magic, are getting theirs at 9.3 and 8.8 percent respectively. Sure enough, Army Mule's book has soared to 199 and 160 mares over the last two years. With a significant renewal of racetrack exposure imminent, he has actually taken a trim from $25,000–but that looks a temporary expedient, until he gets the numbers out there to make himself unmissable. Silver: BLAME Arch–Liable, by Seeking the Gold Claiborne Farm, $25,000 Blame | Sara Gordon By now everyone knows Blame to be a freakishly precocious broodmare sire. But he's value wearing other hats, too. Okay, so he had a tepid year by his standards, with five stakes winners but none at graded level. But that takes him up to 50 overall, at a solid 8 percent of named foals, with 21 graded stakes winners including half a dozen at the elite level. And for a sire at this stage of his career, he's maintaining consistent demand at the sales, his latest yearlings again achieving a yield over $90,000 (47 sold of 54). But yes, it's as a distaff influence that he's looking phenomenal. Obviously he doesn't yet have the footprint of older sires (his daughters sent out 180 starters in 2024, against 874 for the late Giant's Causeway) and duly figured no higher than 34th in the broodmare sire table. But 17 stakes winners arrived at an incredible 9.5 percent of starters, eight at graded level–at least double the ratio of every sire above him. It all stands to reason, like his elite caliber as a runner. The underrated Arch was himself from a noble family, but Blame entwines it with one rooted in the great Special as third dam. For anyone who wouldn't mind retaining a filly, especially, Blame is a no-brainer. Gold: HARD SPUN Danzig–Turkish Tryst, by Turkoman Darley America, $25,000 Down from what already looked a steal at $35,000, despite 140 mares last spring, this fee is just nuts. Here's a top seven active stallion, with a dozen Grade I winners (and 21 Grade I performers) to his name; 89 stakes winners (seven percent of named foals) including 42 at graded level; and four sons at stud in Kentucky. Hard Spun | Darley Hard Spun's career profile is virtually identical to that of Street Sense, who maintains twice this fee; and it's actually only in the percentage of their Grade I winners that another studmate, Nyquist, can justify a giddy separation. Hard Spun gets his stakes/graded stakes winners at a lifetime clip that measures up to Munnings, Twirling Candy or Practical Joke. And while he didn't muster a Grade I headliner in 2024, he maintained clockwork production of 11 stakes winners (three at graded level). Could there be a better way to prove a mare? Above all, like the venerable War Front, Hard Spun compresses our connection to Danzig. He's a time machine. One of just 28 named foals in Danzig's penultimate crop, he taps directly into seams of gold diluted since by all the thousands of mares wasted on launching mediocre stallions. The sire of Hard Spun's third dam was foaled during the Second World War. She was a half-sister to one Darby Dan champion in Chateaugay; her daughter, Hard Spun's granddam by Roberto, was half-sister to another in Little Current. Sure, Hard Spun is now advancing in years–but what he offers is timeless. The post Kentucky Sires For 2025 Part 5: The 20-Somethings 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
In his first year since being reinstated by Churchill Downs, trainer Bob Baffert has entered three fillies in the Jan. 5 Santa Ynez Stakes at Santa Anita Park, the first prep race of the year for the May 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1) in Southern California.View the full article -
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Last year's Blue Diamond (G1) winner Hayasugi has died due to complications following foot surgery. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Last year, Russell earned 113 victories at Laurel and Pimlico, 16 more than runner-up Jamie Ness. She also captured the Timonium training title with eight wins. Kieron Magee placed third with 71 combined scores at Laurel and Pimlico. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Ten of the most thrilling, memorable, and momentous events from Thoroughbred racing in North America last year have been nominated for the 2024 FanDuel Racing-NTRA Moment of the Year, a distinction determined by fan voting.View the full article
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