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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan vaults into first place in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's top 3-year-old poll thanks to his nose victory at Churchill Downs May 4.View the full article -
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
If you're in this business, chances are you're seeking 'Saturday afternoon horses.' In this new series, we will select a stallion from the previous weekend whose runners particularly impressed. We start with the sire of the most coveted prize of all: this year's GI Kentucky Derby winner. Spendthrift Farm has long called Goldencents “Into Mischief's value sire.” As a member of the five-time leading sire's first crop, he was conceived on a $12,500 cover and, while quietly plying his trade with solid runners and numbers that put him at or near the top of all of his respective sire crops, he hadn't come up with a truly big horse. Meanwhile, Into Mischief had flashier sons like Horse of the Year Authentic and triple-digit Beyer sensation Life Is Good retire to the breeding shed and quick-success sire sons like Practical Joke grab the headlines. That all changed Saturday. Mystik Dan captured a thrilling rendition of the Derby, catapulting Goldencents into the rarefied air of sire of a Kentucky Derby winner. If Goldencents was somewhat in the background among an ever-growing smorgasbord of Into Mischief sons at stud, he won't be any more. “I think it just adds that much more to the legacy that Into Mischief is building as a sire, first having sired two Derby winners of his own and now to have a son sire one, it cements his legacy as a sire of sires,” said Ned Toffey, general manager of Spendthrift Farm. “When you talk to the public, no one ever asks you if you won a Breeders' Cup. Everyone always asks if you have a Kentucky Derby winner.” Goldencents was a $62,000 purchase by Dennis O'Neill at the 2012 OBS June Sales of 2-Year-Olds after working a quarter in :21.1. He broke his maiden first time out in September that year over 5 1/2 furlongs on what was then Del Mar's all-weather surface. Trainer Chief Stipe O'Neill–whose assistant Leandro Mora was sometimes listed as conditioner–thought enough of him to ship to Belmont for the GI Champagne S., where he finished second, before shipping again and capturing the GIII Delta Downs Jackpot S. That Delta Downs win would mark Into Mischief's first graded win as a sire. Goldencents would go on to win five more graded races, including back-to-back editions of the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and a stretch out to nine furlongs in the GI Santa Anita Derby. He retired after his second Breeders' Cup victory at the end of 2014 with a record of 18-7-7-0 and earnings of $3,044,000. Goldencents was one of just 41 named foals in Into Mischief's first crop. That number would drop to 26 in his second year, numbers that seem preposterous now with the hindsight of Into Mischief's prowess as a sire. He's had unprecedented success since, has led the North American sire lists for the past five consecutive years, and now stands for $250,000. “It's very special because when we brought Into Mischief and Goldencents to the farm, they were both offered on a program that B. Wayne Hughes developed called 'Share the Upside',” said Toffey. “Both of these horses were offered at a very, very low price. Now Into Mischief stands for $250,000 and he started at $12,500.” The late Spendthrift owner B. Wayne Hughes pioneered the innovative 'Share the Upside' program. In short, breeders who use new stallions selected to participate in the program for two consecutive years receive a free lifetime breeding right. Not every stallion pans out–that's just the nature of the game–but Into Mischief and Goldencents certainly have. Like almost all young sires, Goldencents's fee has fluctuated depending on the season. When Spendthrift acquired his breeding rights, approximately five months before his second Breeders' Cup win in 2014, the farm announced he would start at $15,000. While he's been in demand in the breeding shed and has 27 black-type winners with his seventh crop headed to the races this year, he hadn't had that breakthrough horse a stallion needs to propel him into the next stratosphere. Until now, that is. Mystik Dan wears the roses | Renee Torbit/Coady Media “Mystik Dan was bred on the year that Goldencents was $20,000,” continued Toffey. “It just fits with something we're trying to do, which is to offer breeders value at all levels. I think it really shows the value and quality we offer doesn't necessarily always mean more expensive. That very much fits with our legacy and with what Wayne Hughes tried to do.” Breeders recognized that value, sending Goldencents 179 mares in his initial crop and 204 in the year Mystik Dan was conceived. It paid off, too, as Goldencents came up with runners like Going to Vegas, back-to-back victress of the 2021-22 GI Rodeo Drive S. at 1 1/4 miles on the grass. Then there was By My Standards, winner of the GII Louisiana Derby and three other graded races, who also placed in the GI Met Mile and GI Whitney S. while banking over $2 million. Mr. Money was a MGSW & GISP, Wildman Jack won graded stakes in both the U.S. and Dubai, and the list continues. Goldencents's seven graded winners have been split evenly between dirt and turf (three on each, plus one on both surfaces) and while his overall runners average sprint wins, his graded winners have trended more on the routing side (five of the seven at nine furlongs or greater). “He gets hard-knocking, good, useful racehorses that are like Goldencents himself,” said Toffey. “He was a very good sprinter and miler who also stretched his speed into a win in the Santa Anita Derby. We've certainly seen his offspring have that toughness and that tractability. They're honest horses and they also have good minds.” Goldencents was sent 144 mares in 2023. His fee was listed at $10,000 this year. Without Mystik Dan, who also won the GIII Southwest S. and placed in the GI Arkansas Derby, he would currently still be ranked 20th among all 2024 North American sires by combined North American and European earnings. But he does have Mystik Dan, and that puts him third by that same metric, behind only his own sire and the mighty Gun Runner. The latter finished second in this year's Derby with Sierra Leone, while the former finished sixth with Resilience. “During the Derby,” said Toffey, “my eye was on Resilience, a son of Into Mischief, who was making a move on the outside at the same time Mystik Dan was on the inside. My eye was drawn there. But Mystik Dan–what a gutsy horse! What a ride by [Brian] Hernandez, [Jr.]. You can have a courageous jockey, but you also have to have a courageous horse. Mystik Dan is a gritty racehorse, because there was no hole. They made the hole. He had the tactical speed to put himself in that position. “You have to give the horse credit; he was tactical enough to put himself off the fast pace and take the opportunity. It was a really remarkable race. We're very happy for all of the connections and it's an honor for us to be a small part of it.” It isn't lost on Toffey what ramifications another Kentucky Derby win for one of the Spendthrift sires means. Hughes had bought the historic farm in 2004. No one, except perhaps the visionary Hughes himself, could have foreseen what has been accomplished a mere two decades in. Into Mischief was the first stallion Hughes offered through the 'Share the Upside' program and, along with Giant's Causeway, has become the sport's greatest conduit of the Storm Cat sire line. In addition to all of his other achievements, Into Mischief became the first sire in the 150-year history of the Kentucky Derby to have back-to-back winners with Authentic (2020) and Mandaloun (2021). Now, at 19, he has cemented Goldencents as the latest rung on Spendthrift's ladder of success. “It's a credit to what Wayne Hughes started for three of the last five Derby winners to be by a Spendthrift sire,” said Toffey. “We feel very fortunate.” The post Saturday Sires: Goldencents 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
The New York Trainers Health Insurance Program (NYTHIP) has seen rising participation each year since being signed into law in October 2021. Trainers who compete on the New York Racing Association circuit over the course of a calendar year are eligible to enroll in the program for the following year, provided they meet two criteria: Minimum of 43 starts at NYRA tracks (Aqueduct, Belmont & Saratoga) Minimum of 60% of all starts must be at NYRA tracks Legislation was originally proposed by the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and its lobbyists in 2020. In NYTHIP's pilot season, just over 50% of eligible trainers participated in the program. The rate has increased to 64% of those eligible for 2024. “It's gratifying to see the success of this program,” said NYTHA President Tina Marie Bond. “Our goal is to make certain that every eligible trainer considers this option. Some trainers can secure healthcare through Medicare or through a spouse, but this is a benefit we can offer members who support racing here in New York.” The program covers the equivalent of a silver-level healthcare plan. Trainers submit their health expenditure receipts monthly and are reimbursed. Added trainer David Donk, “I'm a husband and father, and health insurance is of utmost importance to me. When you're starting a family or getting to middle age, the savings costs achieved are substantial.” For more information about NYTHA's Benevolence Programs, visit www.nytha.com/at-work/. For details about NYTHIP, contact Abigail Klima at aklima@nytha.com. The post NY Trainers Health Insurance Program Increases 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
Haras d'Etreham's first-season sire Hello Youmzain (Fr) (by Kodiac {GB}) was off the mark on Tuesday as his daughter Allee De Bercy (Fr) scored on debut in Chantilly's five-furlong Prix de la Mere Marie. Sent off at 16-1, the Alduino and Giuseppe Botti trainee raced behind the leading pair early for Ioritz Mendizabal before finding her way to the front inside the last 150 metres. Driven out from there, she recorded a short-neck success from Cendre (GB) (Goken {Fr}). The winner is so far the only foal out of a daughter of the listed-placed Gyrella (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) responsible for the G2 Prix Greffulhe winner Baby Rider (Fr) (Gleneagles {Ire}). This is the family of the Derby hero Wings Of Eagles (Fr) (Pour Moi {Ire}) and the G1 Prix Saint-Alary heroine Belle Et Celebre (Fr) (Peintre Celebre). 5th-Chantilly, €50,000, Debutantes, 5-7, 2yo, f, 5fT, 0:59.68, sf. ALLEE DE BERCY (FR) (f, 2, Hello Youmzain {Fr}–Dehia {Ire}, by Mastercraftsman {Ire}) Sales history: €28,000 RNA Ylg '23 ARQOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €25,000. O-Ecurie X; B-Mme G Forien & G Forien (FR); T-Alduino and Giuseppe Botti. Video, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post First Winner For Hello Youmzain At Chantilly 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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