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By Chief Stipe · Posted
So? Again you are being selective in what you quote out of context. -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
Yes on BOAY I do sometimes take a proactive approach. Unlike other some Social Media site managers who choose traffic over decency and honesty. On other occasions I have had my attention drawn to abusive or defamatory posts by those affected and I have also chosen to hide those posts. I'm not sure what your standards are but the posts in question would surely even fail your "social license" test. -
should try for it anyway. Lead and won the race last year. seems a winning formula to try again. The 2 New Zealanders were drawn one and two and were very close at the post too ( beaten a metre or 2 only) on that occasion. so maybe Republican Party can make up for that narrow miss last year? , and take Victory this time ? sitting behind the leader. I hope so .Carter is making a great go of it with this horse lately and would love to see him take it out. Kingman was quite extraordinary in the huge Victoria Cup, NZ Cup , Christian Cullen treble late 2025 . phenomenal wins . we are truly' spoilt for good horses these days. can't write him off as a chance as you mentioned. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Grade I Del Mar Oaks winner Iscreamuscream (Twirling Candy) (hip 385) provided a much-needed warm up to central Kentucky as she topped the Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale, selling to Japan's Katsumi Yoshida for $1.5 million. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, the 5-year-old mare was undefeated in her first four starts including a win in the GII San Clemente before going on to Grade I glory. Her sales price was the highest at a Winter Mixed Sale since Zetta Z (Bernardini), the dam of 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Nysos (Nyquist), brought $2 million from Coolmore in 2024. “We're very excited,” said Taylor Made Stallions President Travis White. “We thought she was the type of horse that could bring that kind of money and it all lined up. She showed well all weekend, even with the [bad] weather, and everybody's really excited. The owners are thrilled. It suits [the owners] who aren't in the breeding business. They're really happy to get her sold and now they can put that money back into their racing syndicate and buy some more race horses.” Little Red Feather Racing, who bought Iscreamuscream as a 2-year-old at OBS March for $145,000, then welcomed in a partnership as a 33% share of the filly brought $330,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midsummer Flash Sale in 2024 just one start before she took down the Del Mar Oaks. “John Dowd, our bloodstock agent, purchased her for us a 2-year-old,” said Little Red Feather Racing's Billy Koch. “Thanks also to Phil D'Amato, who did a tremendous job with her and her racing career. This game is so hard. It's very rewarding for everybody to have moments like this.” Last raced in 2024, Iscreamuscream was meant for another year of racing in 2025 and, though she was initially entered for last year's Fasig-Tipton November Sale, was pulled to attempt to remain in training. “We really tried to run her,” Koch said. “She never had any major injuries, just little tiny things. We kept having to stop and start and we finally called time. We considered putting her in foal ourselves and selling her at the end of this year. But then we thought, if someone wants to breed her, it would be nice to let someone be allowed to breed her to the stallion of their choice rather than us do it. And with breeding season right around the corner, we thought it was great timing. We reached out to Boyd Browning and the team at Fasig-Tipton, and we worked with Travis White at Taylor Made, and we put this together very quickly to get her into this sale. They did a fantastic job, as always. The credit really goes to the filly and to our partners at Little Red Feather Racing who are incredibly loyal and dedicated. To see something like this happen, it meant a lot to them.” At Monday's conclusion, 266 horses sold for $16,646,500 with an average of $62,581 and a median of $25,000. One year ago, the first year that the Winter Mixed Sale was consolidated to one day, a total of 260 head sold for $11,495,500. The average was $44,213 and the median was $17,000. “I'd like to begin by thanking our facilities crew and our consignors for obviously dealing with some very adverse conditions over the last week,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning of the frigid temperatures in central Kentucky. “An amazing job of cooperating and doing the very best they could with snow and ice removal. It's a lot of hard work, there's no glamour in it. I want to give credit to our crew for a remarkable job and to our consignors who were very cooperative. Very much appreciate their efforts.” The average rose over 40% Monday from the same session one year ago and the median jumped over 56%, numbers Browning attributed to a large and diverse buying bench. “Tremendous sale,” Browning said. “There was a lot of activity and the sale felt good. There were bidders from $1.5 million to $150,000 to $15,000. Really throughout every level of the marketplace, there was activity. One of the most encouraging signs is to see horses selling for significantly more than their reserves. Our consignors are pretty market savvy so to see horses blow by their reserves is really encouraging. Our first live sale of 2026 is off to a great start.” White also mentioned the buying diversity, saying “Overall, I think it was a very good, solid day. There were a lot of different buying groups and I think overall it was pretty good.” Ava's Grace 2025 Into Mischief filly | Fasig-Tipton All In the Family For Gunderson And Ava's Grace Twin Oaks Bloodstock's Marc Gunderson, who has been active at the top levels of several previous sales, struck early in the Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale to pick up both broodmare Ava's Grace (Laoban) (hip 126) and her yearling daughter by Into Mischief (hip 127). Mother and daughter both were consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa. In foal to Hill 'n' Dale's top sire Curlin, Ava's Grace brought $950,000. Grade I-placed in her racing career in the La Troienne, Ava's Grace will be represented by her first foal to race this year with a 2-year-old Into Mischief colt named Mischief to Grace. “We're feeling really exited about the sale so far,” said Hill 'n' Dale's Director of Bloodstock Jes Sikura. “Everybody at the barn is pretty happy and they brought what we thought they were worth. Hopefully they're going to end up serving [Marc] well.” Her yearling Into Mischief filly, purchased Monday by Gunderson for $625,000, is the latest addition to Gunderson's top-class yearling band as he also went to $800,000 to acquire a Gun Runner colt at last month's Keeneland January Sale. That's in addition to a $400,000 Up To the Mark colt purchased at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale and a $750,000 Nyquist filly at the Keeneland November Sale. “Marc is one of our newer clients and a friend of the farm,” Sikura said. “He actually just bought a place right next door to us. He obviously has a lot of faith in the family. Hopefully the filly goes on to be a full-circle, rewarding purchase even though admittedly stretched a little bit on the mare. I think he's happy to get her and, if that filly can run, then everything will work out for him.” Gunderson himself admitted that he knew early on he'd have to pay more what was deemed quality. “I knew that was a position we were going to have to take,” Gunderson said of the prices. “My son Will, and farm manager Rob Brennan, we all decided that you had a really good, young mare here [in Ava's Grace]. And she's in foal to a top-end sire. We knew if we could get [her filly], and make sure she got to the track under the tutelage of our own trainers, that we could be in charge of our own destiny. We think [Ava's Grace [is a foundation mare. So the whole goal was to get both of them. Now of course, that's a dangerous game. But I thought [the price] ended up in the spot we thought it should end up.” With two fillies by Into Mischief already in the pipeline, Gunderson mentioned that Ava's Grace could very well be headed back to Curlin, though the decision was yet to be made and would still depend on stallion availability. “It'll probably be one of the same stallions that she's already been bred to,” said Gunderson. “Meaning Into Mischief. I'm going to make some contacts for Gun Runner but he's very full. Curlin's also very full. But I've been talking to [Hill 'n' Dale's] John Sikura and I think that would probably be one of the stallions we'd end up going back to.” Meanwhile, her yearling filly will be set for a racing career with Gunderson positioned to use her set up future success for Ava's Grace. “We want to make sure we have the opportunity to prove the mare,” Gunderson said. “We'll get her to the track with one of our trainers.” Elle Sueno | Fasig-Tipton Tropical Racing Adds Elle Sueno For $800,000 Just over a year after purchasing her now 2-year-old Into Mischief filly as a weanling for $500,000 at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton November Sale, Tropical Racing went to $800,000 to acquire her dam, Elle Sueno (Street Cry {Ire}) (hip 193). “Obviously that's not an inexpensive price for anything,” said Tropical Racing's Director of Bloodstock Stuart Morris. “But I think you're looking at buying mares from quality families that have been kicking out top-end horses for generations. It's important for us to get those kinds of pedigrees in our program and to do the best we can to continue to develop our own branch to those trees going forward. Elle Sueno will stay with us for the rest of her days. That's how we look at this. These are animals and we take care of them until the end. We have a long-term plan with her.” The second of two mares offered in foal to leading sire Curlin, Elle Sueno was consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa. “[Them having her daughter already] would point to Tropical Racing having high hopes for her,” said Hill 'n' Dale's Jes Sikura. “If it works out with the filly they already have that's in training, hopefully it becomes a full-circle thing and ends up being a good deal for all.” The 14-year-old mare is already a proven broodmare with the likes of GII Golden Rod Stakes winner and GI Acorn Stakes third Dream Lith (Medaglia d'Oro) under her produce record and Tropical Racing also picked up another of her daughters in the placed Medaglia d'Oro mare Ju Ju Vip (hip 246) for $85,000 later in Monday's session. “It's a real quality family,” said Morris. “We've been very high on the family for a long time. Since we purchased her 2-year-old two Novembers ago as a baby, she's done nothing but exceed expectations at every turn. Every time the bar was raised and she was asked for more, she responded in kind. So we're very bullish on protecting our families once we get into them. That's an important philosophy at Tropical.” Tropical Racing, which Morris said is still very much a breed to race organization, is growing their broodmare band with the roster now pushing north of 30 mares. The organization recently purchased Highclere Farm from Morris's father with a plan to expand operations into more space. “It's really important to us to work with family and people that we're close to on the team that see the same vision as us,” Morris said. “My father has a pretty remarkable history [at Highclere] for over 50 years. It's important to us to be on the right kind of land with the right people so we can build a foundation of quality fillies that we're buying as yearlings to build from internally. We're trying to make it to the highest level of racing competition.” Elle Sueno's 2023 Curlin filly, now named Amanera, was purchased for $850,000 by Resolute Racing at the Saratoga Sale in 2024 and Morris was looking forward to having this 2026 foal on the ground before booking the mare back for her next cover. “The tricky thing right now is the time of year we're in,” Morris said. “And the accessibility to all the stallions you'd want to go to. She's going to foal in March and we're contemplating letting that foal hit the ground before making a decision. Obviously Into Mischief is a high one on the list. And her 3-year-old filly by Curlin was an expensive yearling at Saratoga and has had high marks. So I think we have a lot of options of where to go with her but that's still a bit of a question at this point, more due to availability of the stallions since it's February. We're just hoping we can continue to develop that pedigree and go from there.” Drain the Clock at Gainesway | Sara Gordon Drain The Clock Filly A Quick Return For Crupper Just three months after purchasing her for $30,000 at last October's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale, a filly by Drain the Clock (hip 90) offered a quick return on investment for Crupper Bloodstock when selling to Will Stein Bloodstock for $125,000 early in Monday's sale. Keith Crupper and his brother Allen were nearly shut out when they were shopping in New York last year but managed to see through that Crupper acknowledged was a growth spurt to pick up this filly. “We chased a lot of horses in New York and she was the only one we got,” Crupper said following the sale. “We're obviously ecstatic. [The price] went way past our expectations. She's a very nice filly. My brother picked her up for us in New York, brought her back, dropped her off to me and didn't have to do a whole lot with her, just continue to prep her. She came here great and really responded to being here. She has a lot of personality and it really shined here. She's a big-walking filly and she's really matured [since we got her].” Crupper Bloodstock often picks up weanlings in New York with this specific sale in mind. In fact, this is the second straight year that Keith and Allen have successfully pinhooked a foal by Drain the Clock from New York into the Winter Mixed Sale when a colt they purchased for $32,000 in 2024 sold at the 2025 Winter Mixed Sale for $57,000. “We did well on one last year,” said Crupper. “But not this well! [Allen] called me every time something would come up [in New York] and he said, 'this filly, she's in a growth spurt, she's a little plain at the moment but I think she's going to bounce out of it. I think this is our best shot.' She really came together. Had a lot of action at the barn and in the repository. She had perfect x-rays in New York and she had perfect x-rays here. And she checked all the boxes. That's what it came down to today.” Crupper's continued success with Drain the Clock has led him to support the stallion in kind, with Keith saying he'd already booked four mares back to the young Gainesway sire before Monday's result. “We've been fans of him from the start,” said Crupper. “We, as a group, tend to like to go back to the fishing hole that's producing fish!” The post Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale Brings The Heat To Central Kentucky appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
Which is precisely what I said regarding your BORA contribution.
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