2025 Mating Plans, Presented By Spendthrift Farm: Blue Heaven Farm

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The TDN staff is once again sitting down with leading breeders to find out what stallions they have chosen for their mares, and why. Today we caught up with Blue Heaven Farm.

2024 was Blue Heaven Farm's best year on record. In addition to several nice results at the Keeneland September sale, we were represented by five different stakes horses on the track, including two runners in the Breeders' Cup. We are hoping to keep the momentum going in 2025 and beyond.  Below are the mating plans for a handful of our mares.

VIRGINIA KEY, 10, Distorted Humor–Our Khrysty, by Newfoundland. In foal to Cody's Wish. Visits Gun Runner.

Virginia Key is a graded stakes placed homebred, and has started her broodmare career tremendously.  Her first foal, Distorted d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro), is a blacktype runner, and her second foal, Tappan Street (Into Mischief), is squarely on the Kentucky Derby trail after his game runner up finish in the GIII Holy Bull. Virginia Key has produced multiple seven-figure yearlings, including her current 2-year-old, Weekend Glory (Curlin). Gun Runner checks every box as one of the top stallions in the world and we feel that she suits him well physically.

SURRENDER NOW, 10, Morning Line–Surrender, by Stormy Atlantic. In foal to Nyquist. Visits Not This Time.

Surrender Now was our first acquisition from a digital sale and has been wonderful for us early in her broodmare career. Her first foal, Getaway Car (Curlin), was a 2-year-old graded stakes winner and ran a strong fourth in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile.  He is on the Derby trail with Bob Baffert on the west coast.  Surrender Now has an exciting 2-year-old colt by Charlatan and is carrying a foal by red-hot sire Nyquist. Not This Time is one of the best young sires in America and we think Surrender Now's speed and prettiness will be a good match for him.

OUR KHRYSTY, 19, Newfoundland–The Hess Express, by Lord Carson. Visits Constitution.

Despite being a bit long in the tooth, Our Khrysty is still the queen of our farm. She has done more for us than we could have possibly imagined. A graded stakes winner herself, she has produced GISW Grace Adler (Curlin) and MGISP Pyrenees (Into Mischief), as well as several strong sales horses. Constitution has developed into one of the top sires in America both on the track and in the sales ring and Our Khrysty's size and strength should suit him well.

STARSHIP JUBILEE, 12, Indy Wind–Perfectly Wild, by Forest Wildcat. In foal to Gun Runner. Visits National Treasure.

Starship Jubilee was a rags to riches story on the racetrack who took us to heights we had never dreamed possible.  Canadian Horse of the Year and the only winner of the GI Woodbine Mile and the GI E.P. Taylor Stakes, we continue to have high hopes for her as a broodmare. We retained her 2-year-old filly by Quality Road and she has an outstanding yearling by Flightline. National Treasure was an elite race horse for three consecutive years and his first crop should be well received.

ANGELOU, 7, Curlin–Roxy Gap, by Indian Charlie. In foal to Flightline. Visits Gun Runner.

Another homebred, Angelo was four-times graded stakes placed for Kevin Attard at Woodbine. She is out of one of our best families and had plenty of talent. Gun Runner should give her a great chance at a runner early in her broodmare career.

ROXY GAP, 17, Indian Charlie–Harts Gap, by Saint Ballado. In foal to Forte. Visits American Pharoah.

Roxy Gap is another older mare who has been a tremendous stalwart for our farm over the last decade. In addition to being a Candian champion and a great sales mare, she has produced GSW Cafe Americano (Medaglia d'Oro) and GSP Angelou (Curlin). A star on the synthetic who has produced a graded stakes winner on turf, we think American Pharoah is an exciting match for her.

CALLE OCHO, 7, Frosted–Mistical Plan, by Game Plan. In foal to Quality Road. Visits Dornoch. 

A daughter of our GISW Mistical Plan, Calle Ocho is a half-sister to 2024 Illinois Derby winner Patriot Spirit (Constitution). She is carrying her second foal by Quality Road. Dornoch is a knockout physically, was an outstanding racehorse and the Good Magic sire line looks promising.

WESTERN GAILES, 4, Into Mischief–Maple Forest, by Forestry. In foal to Twirling Candy. Visits Seize the Grey.

A daughter of our first homebred stakes winner Maple Forest, Western Gailes is a pretty daughter of leading broodmare sire Into Mischief. The family has a lot of speed and we are excited about breeding her to the talented and versatile Seize the Grey.

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