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Continuing a fruitful campaign since returning from his elite-level World Cup triumph in Dubai, Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}) put his best foot forward once again to take home the GIII Fayette Stakes on closing day of the Keeneland Fall meet.

The grey collected his second win here since returning from Meydan, but had been tasked with taking on some salty company in the contests he didn't claim, too–namely the likes of Breeders' Cup Classic contenders Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) and Mindframe (Constitution) in the GI Stephen Foster back in June. He was victorious in the West Virginia Governor's Stakes two back Aug. 3 and ran an even fourth last out Sept. 27 at Churchill Downs in the GII Lukas Classic Stakes.

Given 7-2 odds as 3-year-old Gosger (Nyquist) was made the 8-5 favorite, he pursued from his customary spot in midpack as the pacesetter rolled along on a largely uncontested early lead in :23.01, :46.66 and six panels in 1:11.31. Steadily improving his position among runners as they swung through the far bend, Hit Show was three off the rail but had the top pair squarely in his sights as he bore down on the battling duo, and relentlessly closed the gap. Overhauling Gosger as that one bravely tried to mount a response inside the final yards, the grey had more than enough left to comfortably hold off the furious rally of Rattle N Roll (Connect) by a length.

“He's all class,” said trainer Brad Cox. “I want to start by thanking the Wathnan [Racing] team and for allowing us to put him where he can win races and get his confidence. He's got it. He ran big in Dubai [winning the G1 Dubai World Cup Sponsored By Emirates Airline Apr. 5] and came back. He's been a great horse all year. I'm just very proud of the horse and his consistency. He always shows up and runs.”

“He really does show up every time.” said Case Clay, racing manager for owner Wathnan Racing. “It wasn't the easiest of trips. He saved ground. [Jockey] Irad [Ortiz Jr.] rode very well on him. I'm just very excited for him to be back here. I wish every horse could be like Hit Show.”

“[He] is a very important horse for Wathnan. Of course, there are others around the world: Lazzat, etc., Fallen Angel. But for him to do what he did in Dubai and come back over here and represent us in America means a lot, so he's a stable favorite for sure.”

HIT SHOW ($$9.14) ran down the field in the $350,000 Fayette Stakes (G3) at @keenelandracing. The son of Candy Ride was ridden by @iradortiz and trained by @bradcoxracing. pic.twitter.com/InsLSikk6R

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Pedigree Note:

Hit Show is by far the most accomplished runner for his dam Actress (Tapit), who herself was a multiple graded winner during her time on the track. He is one of three to get their picture taken for the mare with only the 3-year-old Blind Faith (Medaglia d'Oro) as the lone placed offspring. That one is also the last registered for Actress as she has not produced any foals in subsequent breedings–most recently missing on a trip to Curlin for this season. She was sent back to Candy Ride (Arg) for 2026.

The second dam is Canadian champion 3-year-old filly Milwaukee Appeal, twice Grade I-placed in her career in the States, and who took home Canada's top prize for sophomore fillies when she won the Woodbine Oaks before finishing second in the last jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, the Prince of Wales Stakes.

Saturday, Keeneland
HAGYARD FAYETTE S.-GIII, $348,750, Keeneland, 10-25, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:50.39, ft.
1–HIT SHOW, 126, h, 5, by Candy Ride (Arg)
                1st Dam: Actress (MGSW, $545,150), by Tapit
                2nd Dam: Milwaukee Appeal, by Milwaukee Brew
                3rd Dam: Appealing Forum, by Open Forum
O-Wathnan Racing; B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc. (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $200,725. Lifetime Record: G1SW-UAE, 22-11-1-1, $8,785,183. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Rattle N Roll, 122, h, 6, Connect–Jazz Tune, by Johannesburg. ($55,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $210,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Sharaf Mohamad Alhariri and Lucky Seven Stable; B-St. Simon Place (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. $64,750.
3–Gosger, 118, c, 3, Nyquist–Gloria S, by Tapit. O/B-Harvey A Clarke Racing Stable LLC (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh. $32,375.
Margins: 1, NK, 2. Odds: 3.57, 13.30, 1.75.
Also Ran: Bracket Buster, Moonlight, Honor Marie, Dragoon Guard, Best Actor, Prince of Power, Dilger (Ire), Lambeth.
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It has been an atypically slow Keeneland fall meeting for the powerful barn of Chad Brown, who had been represented by a single winner from his first 17 starters in a maiden claimer on Oct. 23. But a win from Juddmonte's Salamis (Speightstown) in Saturday's $600,000 GIII Bryan Station Stakes would go a long ways in turning Brown's frown upside down–at least to a certain degree.

A son of Juddmonte's GI Just A Game Stakes heroine Antonoe (First Defence) and therefore the half-brother to GSW & MGISP Segesta (Ghostzapper), Salamis has been progressive in his four starts on the grass, winning his maiden two back at Saratoga over this one-mile distance before taking out the Listed Gio Ponti Stakes at Aqueduct on Sept. 28. He overcame gate seven of seven that afternoon and Flavien Prat will need to work out a trip from barrier 12 on Saturday to emerge victorious.

Of the horses in the main body, a remarkable seven are by Not This Time, including the 'other' Juddmonte, the Grade III-winning Final Gambit. With a high-watermark score in the GIII Jeff Ruby Stakes last March, he earned a trip to the GI Kentucky Derby and ran with credit from well back to be fourth. A horse that wants a truly run race, he's been pace-disadvantaged in his three runs on the grass, including a fifth in the GIII Nashville Derby. The gray will be suited down in trip, with a better chance of a sound tempo ahead of him.

Giocoso (Not This Time) benefited from a golden inside passage to win the one-mile GII Secretariat Stakes at Colonial in August, beating home Claiborne Farm's Simulate (Kitten's Joy), who endured a far inferior journey, and it would be no shock to see those placings reversed here. The latter was a non-factor seventh in the Nashville Derby and will also relish this cut-back.

Troubleshooting (Not This Time) has only finished outside the top two on one occasion in six tries on the grass and he stretches out in distance after besting Golden Afternoon (Goldencents) by a half-length in the 6 1/2-furlong GI Franklin-Stamps Stakes at Kentucky Downs Sept. 6.

Tenacious Leader (Not This Time) was just beaten in last year's GIII With Anticipation Stakes and most recently made a successful return from a one-year absence with a first-level allowance score here on Oct. 4. A forward move can be expected second off the bench.

Plensa (Caravaggio) was third to Simulate in a Saratoga allowance race July 18 before causing a 22-1 upset over Giocoso in the $1.9-million Listed Gun Runner Stakes at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 6.

While divisional heavies Sovereignty (Into Mischief), Journalism (Curlin) and Baeza (McKinzie) are set to give next weekend's GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic a shake, a pair of understudies from this year's sophomore class will line up in a high-class renewal of the GII Fayette Stakes at Keeneland.

BBN Racing's Bracket Buster (Vekoma) romped in this year's Listed Pegasus Stakes ahead of a fourth to Journalism in the GI Haskell Stakes. But instead of aiming for less-ambitious targets, the colt pressed on to the GI DraftKings Travers Stakes, and yes, he was beaten a block by Sovereignty, but earned a 102 Beyer not to mention a quarter-million dollar payday for his connections. His convincing victory in the GIII Oklahoma Derby last time netted him a slightly smaller check, but a fat one all the same, and the $125,000 Keeneland September grad goes for three on the trot here.

Bracket Buster | Taylor Ejdys/Equi-Photo

Gosger (Nyquist) was two lengths clear of Bracket Buster in this track's GIII Stonestreet Lexington Stakes in April, and he nearly pulled the upset in the GI Preakness Stakes but fell victim to that incredible finish from Journalism. A half-length behind that rival in the Haskell, the homebred never got involved from a high draw in the Sept. 20 GI Pennsylvania Derby, finishing a distant sixth and an effort best taken with a grain of salt.

A win in a race as prestigious as the G1 Dubai World Cup would generally result in a visit to the Breeders' Cup, but Gary and Mary West's Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}) is here instead. Two-back winner of the West Virgina Governor's Stakes, the gray exits a fourth to Mystik Dan (Goldencents) in the GII Lukas Classic Stakes across the way at Churchill Sept.27.

The connections of just five horses accepted for Saturday's GII Twilight Derby at Santa Anita, a race that surprisingly produced a future Breeders' Cup winner in the form of Johar (Gone West), who took this event in 2002 before famously dead-heating with High Chaparral (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) as part of the historic Mandella four-timer in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf the following year.

It has been 11 years since Long On Value raided from the East Coast to win this, and Amerman Racing homebred Test Score (Lookin At Lucky) will try to put pay to that streak on his second trip to the Golden State. A neck second in last year's Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes at Del Mar, the homebred struck from close range in the GI Belmont Derby in July, finished a close third in the GI Saratoga Derby Aug. 2 and was a latest even fourth to Turf aspirant Wimbledon Hawkeye (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the GIII Nashville Derby Aug. 30. Trainer Graham Motion has secured the services of Juan Hernandez.

Hronis Racing's Namaron (Ger) (Amaron {GB}) looms the fly in the ointment after winning three of five starts in Germany for trainer Henk Grewe, including a Group 3 in Krefeld in April. He made a favorable impression for his new connections in the aforementioned Gun Runner Stakes, coming from the latter half of the field to be third to Bryan Station runners Plensa and Giocoso.

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2nd-Belmont The Big A, $80,000, (S), Msw, 10-24, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 1:16.77, ft, 2 1/4 lengths.
PANTHERIAN (c, 2, Vekoma–Big Thrill, by Big Drama) and Wamo (Yaupon) went at each other for most of this New York-bred maiden, and the Stewards ultimately had to step in to reverse the running order.

After a shoe repair in the paddock, Wamo brushed with the off side stall at the jump but recovered well enough to place himself right in the middle of a duel for the lead. Pantherian traveled from four off the rail and to the outside of his challengers, but had locked horns with Wamo for the homeward drive as they spun into the lane.

The pair exchanged the first of several brushes passing the three-sixteenths marker, and Pantherian lost the advantage at the final sixteenth, but was mounting another try when Wamo herded him out three paths under left-hand urging. They once again brushed off each other, and came in heads apart under the wire with Wamo officially crossing the line first. There was an immediate Stewards' inquiry into the stretch run, and after a review, the running order was reversed. Disqualified for interference, Wamo was placed second behind Pantherian prior to the result being declared official.

The victor is the fourth winner from five to the races and the most recent of age for Big Thrill. The mare has a 2025 colt by Golden Pal and was bred to Cogburn for 2026. Sales history: $145,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT; $750,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $44,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-WinStar Farm, LLC, First Go Racing and CHC, Inc.; B-Annemarie Toomey (NY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

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Bidding is now open for the 2025 Inglis Digital USA October (Late) sale, which features 73 offerings and is led by a consignment of 11 broodmares from Paramount Sales, and will have the first lot close on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. ET with subsequent listings hammering down in three-minute increments thereafter, the digital outfit said in a press release on Friday.

The auction offers horses available for inspection in 11 different states.

The Paramount Sales consignment includes Ayaady (hip 39), a Tapit mare whose first foal is the promising Massarat (Curlin), who has earned over $204,000 on the racetrack. She is offered in foal to Gunite.

Also on offer is Munasara (hip 51) in foal to Street Sense believed to be carrying a filly. She is out of champion race mare Lahudood (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) and a half sister do the dam of MG1SW winner Baeed (GB). Munasara is also primed for another update being a half-sister to the dam of the undefeated Ganaas (War Front) who goes to post in Saturday's GIII Street Sense Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Other broodmares from the Paramount slate are pregnant to sires including City of Light, Constitution, Maxfield, Oscar Performance, and Yaupon.

“Paramount is very proud of our offering in this sale,” said Paramount's Paddy Campion. “The quality, timing, and infrequency with which some of these families come on the market amount to what we believe poses a wonderful opportunity for breeding outfits both domestically and internationally.”

Among the other broodmares of interest in the catalogue is Someday is Today (hip 26), a multiple stakes winning mare by Carpe Diem who is in foal in her first pregnancy to Gunite. Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services consigns her as agent, and she is available for inspection at Chanteclair Farm in Versailles, Ky.

Other pregnant broodmares in the catalogue are offered in foal to Capo Kane, Engage, Heartland, Leinster, Modernist, Pinehurst and Solomini.

Also included in the catalogue are:

• Red Seven (hip 30), a 3-year-old Mitole filly, who is a half-sister to the dam of GISW Corsia Veloce (Practical Joke). Taylor Made Sales Agency consigns the broodmare prospect as agent, and she can be viewed at Taylor Made in Nicholasville, Kentucky;
• She's Fire (hip 32) is a Flameaway filly with black type in her past performances. Gail Rice consigns the 4-year-old who will be available for inspection at Grand Oaks Training Center;
• Kissedbyanangel (hip 49), is offered by owner/trainer Joanne Shankle. The Maryland-bred daughter of Golden Lad won the Maryland Juvenile Fillies Stakes at 2 and placed in multiple stakes at 3. Kissedbyanangel is being offered as a broodmare prospect and is located at Laurel Park.

Stallions with yearlings represented include Blame, Greatest Honour, Heart to Heart, Improbable, Lone Sailor, Practical Joke, Temple City and Yaupon.

“The team and our sellers really came through this month,” said Inglis Digital USA CEO Kyle Wilson. “We have tons of quality to offer from top to bottom.”

To schedule an inspection of the Paramount offerings, contact Paddy Campion at (859) 612-2222.

Interested parties must register for an account on the Inglis Digital USA website and request a bidding limit in order to place bids.

Click here to view the catalogue and register to bid.

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The Belmont Child Care Association, Inc. (BCCA) is once again rolling out its Annual Holiday Shopping Day on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Anna House located in Belmont Park, the organization said in a press release on Friday.

Each year, more than 500 children from New York's Thoroughbred backstretch community experience a day filled with wonder and joy as they “shop” for gifts for their loved ones. Every item is brand new and no money is exchanged. The event is entirely free for families, which is made possible through donors, sponsors and volunteers.

Among the BCCA volunteers this year is Jazmin, the 2025 Volunteer of the Year, who is an eighth grader and proud graduate of the programs at Anna House.

You can help by clicking here to donate through the BCCA website or here for the Amazon wish list.

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Future WinStar stallion Mullikin (Violence) put in his final local prep Friday ahead of next weekend's GI Breeders' Cup Sprint.

Working solo at Keeneland, he breezed immediately following the first track harrowing at 7:30 a.m. and clocked four furlongs in :48.40 (6/65).

“We were not looking for anything too fancy,” trainer Rodolphe Brisset said. “We did all the bottom work the last three weeks. He showed good energy and the rider was very happy with him. We got what we need.”

It was his final work in Kentucky as Brisset noted that the 5-year-old, who also has a 25% ownership interest on offer at the Keeneland Championship Sale Oct. 29, will board a flight to California on Monday.

Trainer Cherie DeVaux also sent out her three horses pre-entered in Nov. 1 races of the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar for four-furlong works Friday morning. All three horses worked in company.

John Gunther and Eurowest Bloodstock Service's Rebel Red (GB) (Frankel {GB}) (Breeders' Cup Turf) and the 3-year-old maiden Altiplano (Candy Ride {Arg}) went in :49 (31/65).

“He's a horse that's not going to really have a flashy work for a half-mile on the dirt,” DeVaux said. “It's more about how he does it and the gallop out, which was quite impressive. Steady, but full in the bridle. He's a horse with a lot of tenacity and he's just a really cool horse to train. Nothing rattles him. He lost an eye in the beginning of Saratoga two summers ago and then came back at the end of the meet, ran with one eye, then came back to win here at Keeneland. He's really neat. Whatever you throw at him and things don't go his way, he picks himself up and comes right back.”

Lael Stables' She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}) (Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf) was timed in :48.40 (6/65) in company with 5-year-old Taking Candy (Twirling Candy).

“They started off quite slow–25 and 4, first quarter–and came home full of run,” DeVaux said. “Same good energy as she showed last week with a really nice gallop out. She's just such a treat to train, really special. Fillies like her don't come around too often so we just enjoy this all while we can.”

With Axel Concepcion aboard, Vahva (Gun Runner) (PNC Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint) went a half-mile in :48.40 (6/65) in company with 2-year-old winner Atropa (Into Mischief).

“Worked really well,” DeVaux said. “Right now, we're just doing all our maintenance work. She looked great. She had a really nice gallop out. Ton of horse, so I'm happy with how she put in her last work.”

The 5-year-old mare is cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect in Book 1 of Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Brant (Gun Runner), pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, drilled six furlongs in 1:12.60 (1/1).

Hope Road (Quality Road) and Richi (Chi) (Practical Joke) are both pre-entered in the Filly & Mare Sprint. Hope Road sizzled five furlongs in :57.80 (1/27) while Richi went the same distance in :58.20 (3/27).

Imagination (Into Mischief), pre-entered in the Sprint, also worked five furlongs in :57.80 (1/27).

Trainer John Sadler worked Hey Nay Nay (No Nay Never) (Juvenile Turf) and Super Corredora (Gun Runner) (Juvenile Fillies). Hey Nay Nay went five furlongs in 1:00.40 (6/27). Super Corredora was clocked going four furlongs in :47.0 (2/40).

GI American Pharoah winner Intrepido (Maximus Mischief), pre-entered in the Juvenile, worked five furlongs in 1:04 (27/27) for trainer Jeff Mullins.

Incanto (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), who is on the also-eligible list for the Turf Sprint, worked four furlongs in :48.60 (18/40) for trainer Peter Eurton.

Brave Deb (Authentic), pre-entered in the Juvenile Fillies Turf for trainer Richard Mandella, worked six furlongs in 1:14.60 (1/1).

Caro Buono (Fr) (Zelzal {Fr}), who is on the also-eligible list for the Juvenile Turf, worked four furlongs on the training track in :47.60 (2/8) for Leonard Powell.

Third Beer (Mendelssohn), who is also on the also-eligible for the Juvenile Turf, worked five furlongs in 1:01.60 (18/27) for Tim Yakteen.

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Fasig-Tipton has added two racing/broodmare prospects to its November sale slated for Monday, Nov. 3 in Lexington, Kentucky, the auction company said via a press release on Friday.

• Backcheck (Not This Time), a half-sister to current undefeated GI Frizette Stakes winner Iron Orchard, will be offered as hip 223. Iron Orchard, who recently sold on the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform for $2.5-million, is expected to make her next start in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Oct. 31. The 3-year-old winning filly is consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent.
• Youalmosthadme (Oxbow), a multiple stakes winner and multiple graded stakes placed earner of nearly $720,000, will be offered as hip 224. The 4-year-old filly was a three-time stakes winner as a juvenile, including an 8 3/4 length victory over males in the Kentucky Juvenile Stakes at Churchill Downs in just her second start. She is consigned by ELiTE, agent.

The entries may now be viewed online and will also be available in the Equineline sales catalogue app. Print versions of all supplemental entries will be available at sale time.

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Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) has named 49 aftercare organizations who have been awarded accreditation for 2025, the non-profit said in a Friday release.

The 49 organizations include 40 organizations who are continuing their accreditation and nine earned accreditation for the first time. Applications will open again in January of 2026.

Click here for a complete list of accredited organizations.

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Turfway Park Racing & Gaming's Holiday Meet returns Wednesday, Dec. 3 through Saturday, Dec. 27, headlined by the second annual Synthetic Championships on Saturday, Dec. 13, with four stakes contests worth a combined $1 million, according to a Friday press release from Churchill Downs.

The meet will also feature record $100,000 maiden special weight purses and allowances worth up to $106,000. Along with the four races on Synthetic Championship night, the Holiday Meet stakes schedule also includes three new stakes events.

In addition to the $1.375 million stakes schedule, connections will be competing for more than $600,000 in daily purses (excluding extras and substitute races), featuring maiden special weights worth $100,000 and allowance races ranging from $101,000 to $106,000.

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The night of Oct. 29 is something everybody at the Taylor Made team is looking forward to. That's what happens when you are the consignor who will be selling a share in Not This Time at the Keeneland Championship Sale. After starting his stud career at $15,000, Not This Time now stands at Taylor Made for $250,000 and his book is already basically full for 2026, according to the farm.

It's easy to see why. He had 14 horses sell for $1 million or more at the Keeneland September sale, leading all sires at that mark.  He's the No. 1 sire of graded stakes winners from this year's 3-year-old crop; he's the No. 1 sire of 2-Year-Old winners by earnings, the No. 1 sire of Black Type winners, and the number 2 general sire, behind only Into Mischief.

The share is being offered by Aaron and Marie Jones LLC.

Travis White, a Vice President at Taylor Made, will be among those handling the sale. The TDN's Bill Finley sat down with White a little less than a week before the sale.

TDN: The chance to buy a share in a very valuable sire at auction is not something you see every day of the week. What kind of opportunity is this for someone?

TW: It's a very unique opportunity to buy into one of the best up-and-coming stallions in the world and one of the most valuable syndicated stallions in the world. A lot of these big stallions are not syndicated. Coolmore and Spendthrift have a lot of great stallions and none of them are syndicated. Another main factor with the share is that you will have access to the horse. This year, he's basically booked full at $250,000. We've had way more mares submitted than what we can take, so this gives them access to the horse. Plus, they'll get the excess income that comes along with it. This share also comes with all the revenue from the 2025 breeding season, which we project to be equivalent to almost three stud fees.

TDN: I know it is hard to predict what something like this might sell for, but do you have a figure in the back of your mind?

TW: Not really, and it is hard to predict.

TDN: This is a stallion that Taylor Made took a chance on. He never won a Grade I race and did not race after his 2-year-old season. What did your team see in him to make it believe this was a sire worth investing in?

TW: We were very familiar with the horse because he was born and raised at Taylor Made. Duncan Taylor was the person in our organization that really pushed to get this done. He gets most of the credit. We knew he was a nice horse, was well-bred and was a very good-looking horse. We thought he would work for our clientele, but trying to forecast what has happened would have been impossible.

TDN: His stud fee is now $250,000. How did he get there?

TW: He started off at $15,000 and remained there for the first four years. When his first crop of 2-year-olds performed well, the stud fee jumped to $40,000. That crop is currently 3-year-olds, and his crop of 2-year-olds were bred off a $45,000 stud fee. The yearlings that sold this year are off of a $135,000 stud fee and that's his first six-figure crop that came after the big bump in his stud fee. The weanlings were covered off a $150,000 stud fee and the mares who are now pregnant were bred from a fee of $175,000. His fee for the upcoming breeding season is $250,000. Every year, the quality of the mares and the comparative index has skyrocketed from the $15,000 stud fee to where it is now.

TDN: Now that he's standing for far more than he did at the start, you're going to see better and better bred mares sent to him when compared to his first few crops. Being bred to better mares, can Not Your Time actually do better in the future?

TW: As the quality of mares has increased, hopefully the production on the racetrack and sales ring will, too. Though it's hard to imagine they can run any better than they are now. I do believe with his versatility and success on the turf, he could really become a true international sire in the next couple of years.

TDN: Ten sons or daughters of Not This Time have been pre-entered for the Breeders' Cup. How they perform will obviously have an affect on his value and the value of the share that is being sold. Which of his progeny are you most looking forward to seeing run in the Breeders' Cup?

TW: Goal Oriented is a very talented dirt horse who could step up in the Dirt Mile, but it is a really competitive race. We are very high on Black Out Time, who will be running in the Juvenile. I know that Kenny McPeek has liked him from day one and I think he will perform very well. We have several 2-year-olds in the turf races. It's hard to handicap those races because you don't know how good the Europeans are, but Schwarzenegger and Cy Fair in the Juvenile Turf Sprint and are horses we've been following closely. We're hopeful that he has a massive weekend, but we know these are tough races to win. It's exciting that he has gotten that many horses running in the Breeders' Cup spread across a lot of races. That's a good sign of what's to come from this horse.

TDN: You were obviously at Keeneland when 14 of his yearlings sold for $1 million or more. What was it like watching that?

TW: I have never seen anything like that before and I've been at Taylor Made for 17 years now. Unbridled's Song was a very successful sire for us, but it was nothing like this. The seven-figure horses, it was one after another. I was glad to see the breeders doing so well with the horse. They've been supportive from day one.

TDN: Do you know if the 14 million-plus horses was a record at a single sale? There are seven horses by Not Your Time running in Saturday's GIII Bryan Station S. at Keeneland. Is that a record?

TW: I don't know the answer to those questions off the top of my head. We are trying to research it. Whether that's a record or not, this has been unbelievable. He's a once-in-a-lifetime kind of horse for us. We are very lucky and fortunate and, knock on wood, he'll continue to do well for everyone involved for many years to come, whether it's shareholders, breeders, owners, yearling buyers. We want everybody to be successful.

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Former horse racing gambler Ryan Dickey has filed a class action lawsuit against several entities related to wagering platforms offered to Computer Assisted Wagering (CAW) players under the under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) and under state law, alleging they have “organized and participated in the corruption of the betting system to the detriment of the class.”

The lawsuit was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The dependents comprise The Stronach Group (TSG), Churchill Downs, the New York Racing Association (NYRA), AmTote International, United Tote and Elite Turf Club.

The debate around CAW players typically surrounds the edge they wield over regular gamblers thanks to their use of sophisticated technologies that allow them to precisely read the markets and to place massive wagers across many pools in the final seconds of betting, as well as the attractive rates and rebates offered to them which are unavailable to the average punter.

Thanks to the advancement of these sophisticated algorithmic and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, “a privileged group of insider 'bettors' (the 'Insider Betting Group) who control vast sums of money' have conspired with the defendants “to rig the United States betting pools in their favor to divert money from the betting pools to the Insider Betting Group to the defendants and away from the nonprivileged or average bettor,” the lawsuit claims.

As a result of this scheme, the betting pools are not being operated lawfully as pari-mutuel wagering and have become illegal gambling operations. And the 'odds' presented to the average bettor at the time a bet is placed are false as a result of the manipulation of the bettors' pool described below,” the lawsuit adds.

Furthermore, “Because of the unfair advantages provided to members of the Insider Betting Group they receive an inordinate share of the pools, taking profits that should rightfully should have been the property of Class Members. Members of the RICO enterprise have admitted in filings with certain regulations that the scheme benefits the Insider Betting Group at the expense of public bettors,” the lawsuit alleges.

According to the lawsuit, until about 18 months ago, Dickey wagered about $100 per weeks on racing, primarily through the Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) platform, TwinSpires, which is owned by Churchill Downs, Inc.

“Plaintiff expected that when he placed bets, he was to receive any payout based on the odds one would expect from a betting system free from any agreement or scheme that rigged payouts to favor certain groups, i.e., members of the Insider Betting Group,” the lawsuit claims. “When he became aware of the problems with the manipulation of the betting pools, he stopped betting on horse racing.”

TDN has reached out to the defendants for comment. An attorney link to the class action webpage can be found here.

The three CAW wagering platforms in question are Elite Turf Club, which is 80% owned by Stronach Group and 20% owned by NYRA; Velocity Wagering which is owned by Churchill Downs; and Racing & Gaming Services, a CAW registered in St. Kitts and Nevis.

AmTote is the dominant totalizator service provider for North American racetracks, described in the lawsuit as the “clearing house of U.S. pari-mutuel wagering.”

United Tote is the other major U.S.-based totalizator provider, majority-owned by Churchill Downs, which “sold a minority (49%) position to Defendant NYRA on April 8, 2024,” according to the lawsuit.

The class action lawsuit alleges four different counts, the first two of which hinge around what the plaintiff coins a “Pool Rigging Enterprise,” the purpose of which was to conduct an “illegal gaming business and to manipulate the betting pools of horse racing tracks throughout the United States in order to allow Computer Assisted Wagering teams to profit at the expense of Plaintiff and the other Class members.”

The third count alleges that the defendants received financial rewards via this enterprise–through takeout, rebates, breakage, fees, spreads, and profits–and that these financial gains should be returned to the plaintiff and others in the class action.

The fourth count alleges the defendants “formed and operated a conspiracy and committed wrongful act or acts done pursuant to this conspiracy, which caused damage to Plaintiff and the Class.”

Aside from monetary relief, the plaintiff requests a jury trial.

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Bernie Sams has been named as the new Director of Stallion Operations at Lane's End Farm, according to a release from the breeding organization on Friday.

Sams notably spent more than 20 years at Claiborne Farm where he managed the careers of accomplished stallions such as Pulpit, Arch and War Front, to name a few. Prior to his tenure at Claiborne, Sams worked at Haras de Roiville in France, Overbrook Farm and Gainesway.

“It's exciting to bring on a longtime friend like Bernie to quarterback our stallion division as we continue to build out the team,” said Bill Farish.

“This is a tremendous opportunity and I'm looking forward to working with the team at Lane's End and the exciting roster of stallions,” Sams added.

The release also said that in addition to Sams, Will Farish III, Ray Smoot and Casey Klein will be joining Jill McCully and Chris Knehr on the sales team.

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A federal judge denied a preliminary injunction Oct. 22 in a lawsuit initiated 3 1/2 months ago by a Sunland Park-based veterinarian against the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) and Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU).

The case involves anti-constitutionality claims that are similar to a number of other lawsuits swirling in the federal court system. But the civil complaint filed by Jason Scott, DVM, is unique because it raises the issue of what happens when a mixed-meet vet is found in possession of medications that are prohibited for use in HISA-covered Thoroughbreds, but the vet claims those substances were solely intended for Quarter Horses, whose regulation is outside of HISA's jurisdiction.

United States District Judge Sarah Davenport (District of New Mexico) wrote in Wednesday's order that Scott “has not established irreparable harm for any of his claims.”

The order means the veterinarian's underlying lawsuit can still proceed, but without the injunction he requested. The judge also opted not to have the court interfere in a scheduled arbitration hearing between HIWU and Scott that is set for Nov. 19.

Scott's lawsuit stems from a Feb. 13, 2025, search of his truck at Sunland, during which HIWU agents found bottles of the injectables Sarapin (an analgesic also known as Pitcher plant extract) and Adenosine Monophosphate (a vasodilator commonly referred to as AMP).

Both are listed under HISA rules as “banned” substances that are never to be found in any covered Thoroughbred or possessed on any HISA-regulated grounds.
Scott's lawsuit, filed July 3, stated that the Authority's published rules “never clarify” how “practicing veterinarians with a Mixed Practice [that caters to both Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses at the same track] must adjust their day-to-day business to comply with federal law.”

The judge rejected that line of reasoning.

“Plaintiff accuses the Authority of not 'provid[ing] a single word of guidance as to how Covered Veterinarians must alter their practice to comply with Rule 3214(a),'” the judge wrote. “The Court disagrees; the way veterinarians 'must alter their practice' to comport with Rule 3214(a) is by refraining from the conduct it proscribes, i.e. possessing banned substances or banned methods.

“Those substances are enumerated in the Authority's 'Prohibited List,' leaving scant room for confusion over what can and cannot be possessed,” the order stated.

“Further, Plaintiff's statement that 'possession is not the fact on which liability depends' is simply untrue,” the judge wrote. “Possession is the exact fact on which liability depends and 'delineates [the Rule's] reach in words of common understanding.'”

The judge further wrote that in general terms, a regulation “need not spell out all situations” where an activity is prohibited.

“Veterinarians can always comply with Rule 3214 by not possessing the substances it prohibits,” the judge wrote.

In his complaint, Scott brought three main challenges to HISA and Rule 3214:

1) That Congress's creation of the Authority violates separation of powers principles and the non-delegation doctrine; 2) That Rule 3214, the possession rule, was promulgated in violation of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations and the Administrative Procedure Act and is void for vagueness under the Fifth Amendment, and 3) That “the Act and the FTC Order unconstitutionally assign private causes of action tried to a jury at common law to an administrative tribunal, in violation of the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.”

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HISA had responded to those charges in an August court filing by claiming that Scott was seeking his preliminary injunction “based on kitchen-sink claims.”

According to HISA, the only “imminent inconvenience” Scott alleged in seeking the injunction was “having to participate in private arbitration on the banned-substances charge” while remaining “free to continue treating covered horses or otherwise engage in horseracing activities without limitation.”

Judge Davenport relied on four planks to flesh out the order denying the injunction.

“The Court's analysis begins and ends with the most critical factor-irreparable harm,” the judge wrote.

“Requiring Plaintiff to proceed before the Authority does not constitute per se irreparable harm, even if the Authority's power is unconstitutional under separation-of-powers principles,” the Oct. 22 order stated.

“Any costs Plaintiff incurs from defending against arbitration and the imposition of civil fines do not result in irreparable harm because Plaintiff can recover monetary damages from HIWU and HISA,” the order stated.

“Plaintiff's Fifth Amendment due process claim fails on the merits and therefore does not result in irreparable harm,” the judge wrote.

“Plaintiff has not identified an irreparable harm resulting from the alleged Seventh Amendment violation,” the order stated.

In addition, Davenport wrote that Scott's reliance on precedents “finding that the loss of a professional license is a type of forfeiture, and therefore require a jury, are inapposite.”

That's because, the judge wrote, “The Authority cannot revoke Dr. Scott's veterinary license; it can only prevent him from participating in covered races and events.”

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Edited Press Release

Darby Dan Farm has set 2026 stud fees for its roster of 11 stallions that will stand the upcoming breeding season, led by Blazing Sevens, Flameaway, and Dialed In, who will each stand for $10,000 S&N.

Blazing Sevens, winner of the stallion-making GI Champagne Stakes at two and runner-up by just a head to subsequent Eclipse Award-winning champion older male National Treasure (Quality Road) in the GI Preakness Stakes, hails from the first crop of leading sire Good Magic.

Blazing Sevens broke his maiden at Saratoga in his career bow, winning by 6 1/4 lengths and earning 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard status. Also at two, he finished a rallying third in the GI Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga and overcame a troubled start in the Champagne, covering ground on the far turn before drawing off to win by 3 1/4 lengths for trainer Chad Brown. Demand for Blazing Sevens was strong in his debut season at stud. He displayed excellent fertility, breeding 139 mares and his first foals will arrive in 2026.

Flameaway is making a major impact as a stallion and is a leading cumulative third-crop sire this year. A multiple graded stakes-winning son of the prolific Scat Daddy and his only son at stud to win stakes at two, three, and four, Flameaway is represented by Bear River, victorious in the $2-million GII Kentucky Turf Sprint Stakes and a candidate for next weekend's GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. In his “Win and You're In” Kentucky Turf Sprint Stakes score, Bear River set all the pace and defeated a contentious international field while sizzling six furlongs in a swift 1:07.71.

Flameaway is also represented this year by 2-year-old filly Amada Mila (Chi), a Group 1 winner in her native Chile; and Dark Saffron, who became the first 3-year-old in history to defeat elders in the $2-million G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan Racecourse. Among the horses Dark Saffron vanquished in that lucrative fixture was champion sprinter and last year's GI Breeders' Cup Sprint.

Dialed In has been a leading sire since earning the title of champion freshman of 2016. He continues to sire top-tier runners, highlighted in 2025 by Whatchatalkinabout, who showed his grit with a determined victory in the GIII John A. Nerud Stakes during the Belmont at the Big A ahead of a third in the GII Phoenix Stakes at Keeneland. Overall, Dialed In is the sire of 76 black-type horses, 29 stakes winners and more than $57 million in progeny earnings in his career.

Modernist, a son of the late Uncle Mo and a graded stakes winner at three and four, including the Risen Star Stakes (G2) as a sophomore, is represented eight winners from his first-crop runners in 2025. Among them are Trendsetter, an impressive debut maiden special weight winner; multiple stakes-placed Grazie, designated a 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard off a 4 1/2-length maiden special weight victory on debut at Saratoga and third in both the Joseph A. Gimma Stakes and Seeking the Ante Stakes; and Last Candy, third in the Illinois Debutante Stakes. In the auction ring, first 2-year-olds by Modernist caught the eye, commanding up to $310,000 (Grazie), and $300,000 (Embry Show).

DARBY DAN FARM — 2026 STUD FEES
Bee Jersey (Jersey Town), $5,000
Blazing Sevens (Good Magic), $10,000
Country House (Lookin At Lucky), $5,000
Dialed In (Mineshaft), $10,000
Flameaway (Scat Daddy), $10,000
Gufo (Declaration of War), $5,000
Modernist (Uncle Mo), $5,000
Shirl's Speight (Speightstown), $5,000
Tale of Ekati (Tale of the Cat), $5,000
Tale of Silence (Tale of the Cat), $2,500
Title Ready (More Than Ready), $2,500

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An overflow field of 3-year-old fillies is set to face the starter for Friday' GII Bank of America Valley View Stakes on the final couple of days of racing at the Keeneland Fall Meet. For bettors, the 8 1/2-furlong feature, which carries purse money of $400,000 (including KTDF money), seems like a true 'spread' race.

Minnesota-bred Play With Fire (Oscar Performance) looms a logical favorite to give Chad Brown his second Valley View winner in the space of three years (Surge Capacity, 2023). Acquired privately from Fergus Galvin and trainer Brendan Walsh after taking Pimlico's Hilltop Stakes in May, the bay finished second–behind a pair of loose leaders–at Saratoga over the summer, first to Classic Q (Classic Empire) in the Listed Wild Applause Stakes July 3 and then behind May Day Ready (Tapit), who got away with a soft pace to win the Aug. 23 GII Lake Placid Stakes.

Juddmonte homebred Tabiti (GB) (Kingman {GB}) won three of her five starts overseas for Ralph Beckett, including a share of the spoils in the G3 Oak Tree Stakes at Goodwood July 30. She gave a sound account of herself when third to GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint aspirant and 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Shisospicy (Mitole) in the 6 1/2-furlong GII Music City Stakes at Kentucky Downs last month and has her first run here for Brad Cox.

Those shopping for rougher chances have plenty of options. The Walsh-conditioned Somethinabouther (Mendelssohn) outran her 16-1 odds to be second in the GIII Ontario Colleen Stakes July 26 and exits a third in a soft-ground renewal of the Listed Old Dominion Oaks at Colonial Sept. 6. Reigning Flowers (Midnight Storm) got home hard to be third in the blanket finish in the Lake Placid and may not have handled the undulations of Kentucky Downs when well-beaten in the GIII Dueling Grounds Oaks last time. And Will Walden, who sent out Rhetorical (Not This Time) to take out the GI Coolmore Turf Mile a few weeks ago, saddles turf debutante Sturgeon Moon (Instagrand). The bay, third to next out Grade I winner Clicquot (Quality Road) in the GIII Indiana Oaks, annexed the Aug. 10 Listed Audubon Oaks in good style and if looking deep in her pedigree, hails from the family of GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf winners Banks Hill (GB) and Intercontinental (GB).

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5. SKELLIG MICHAEL, GP, 10/18, 7 furlongs (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure-82
(g, 3, by Battalion Runner–Miss Monk, by Blame)
O-Saint Celestine Thoroughbred Management. B-St Elias Stables (Fla). T-Victor Barboza Jr. J-Ernesto Jaramillo.
The 4-5 pacesetter looked beaten at the quarter pole, but responded when set down by Jaramillo and kicked away to a five-length victory. The gelding is another bargain from Vinnie Viola's blue-collar stallion Battalion Runner: originally bought for $1,200 as a yearling, then pinhooked for $17k as a June 2-year-old.

4. CONFESSIONAL, KEE, 10/16, 7 furlongs (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure-85
(c, 2, by Essential Quality–Speedy Vanessa, by American Pharoah)
O-Steve Landers Racing. B-Breed First (Ky). T-Brad Cox. J-Axel Concepcion.
Congratulations to bettors who reasoned that a Cox-trained 2-year-old first-timer was value at 12-1 odds. He settled just behind the leading trio, shouldered for room 5/16ths out and won nicely. His workouts weren't flashy and six others in the field sold for more than his $160k yearling pricetag (including a $1.2-million yearling and a $975k 2-year-old buy), but that didn't matter.

3. PALADIN, BAQ, 10/17, 1 mile (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure-86 (2nd to 1st by DQ)
(c, 2, by Gun Runner–Secret Sigh, by Tapit)
O-Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Peter Brant, Brook Smith and Summer Wind Equine. B-Summer Wind Equine (Ky). T-Chad Brown. J-Flavien Prat.
The $1.9-million Saratoga Brant-Coolmore collaboration contested the pace with Prat in his debut, responded when Renegade and John Velazquez charged up from the inside leaving the eighth pole, and took a light bump just before he was overtaken at the wire by a head. Stewards lit the inquiry sign (this wasn't the Kentucky Derby) and reversed the order. Given the Beyer, these are definitely two juveniles worth keeping an eye on. Advice: don't search for Paladin on Google unless you're a Dungeon and Dragons gamer.

2. RENEGADE, BAQ, 10/17, 6 furlongs (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure-86 (1st to 2nd by DQ)
(c, 2, by Into Mischief–Spice is Nice, by Curlin)
O-Robert and Lawana Low and Repole Stable (Ky). B-Robert and Lawana Low. T-Todd Pletcher. J-John Velazquez.
We can debate whether Paladin or Renegade ran the better race; Paladin did dirty work on the pace and Renegade waited and came through between horses. Renegade also had one previous start – a distant 3rd in It's Our Time's runaway Saratoga win. Regardless, both were impressive. Repole signed the $975k ticket for yearling Renegade at Keeneland September, and the breeders bought back in, the Lows having raced his graded stakes-winning dam they acquired for $1.05 million from Bobby Flay.

1. DR. KAPUR, KEE, 10/16, 7 furlongs (VIDEO)
Beyer Speed Figure-87
(c, 2, by McKinzie–Ava's Kitten, by Kitten's Joy)
O-Ken Ramsey. B-Ken and Sarah Ramsey (Ky). T-Saffie Joseph, Jr. J-Irad Ortiz, Jr.
It doesn't take much to get Ramsey excited, but with this colt (named for Dr. Sandip Kapur, who performed Ramsey's 2024 kidney transplant surgery) he has good reason. In the second division of split maiden races at Keeneland, this 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' went 7 furlongs in 1:23.71 compared to Confessional's 1:23.84. And he was beaten a neck at Saratoga in his debut with an 84 Beyer, missing that week's Five Fastest Maidens by a fraction of a point. This time, he finishes on top, and Ramsey says he is now being pointed for the Nov. 29 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs.

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A 25% ownership interest in GI Breeders' Cup Sprint contender and future WinStar stallion Mullikin (Violence) has been supplemented to the Keeneland Championship Sale held at Del Mar Oct. 29, the company announced Tuesday. Mullikin will return to Del Mar to contest the Sprint having run third as the favorite in the same race last year. The interest is offered as property of WinStar Farm.

“Our participation in the Keeneland Championship Sale with our Breeders' Cup Sprint entrant, Mullikin, is an opportunity to run for $2 million in 72 hours and have a stallion to boot,” WinStar President, CEO and Racing Manager Elliott Walden said. “We're offering more than just a percentage of a Breeders' Cup contender; this is an interest in an accomplished racehorse with a promising stallion career ahead at WinStar Farm.”

Interested parties may call Liam O'Rourke at 859 351-4213 for additional information about this offering.

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With reporting 85-90% complete for the 2024 season, 1,099 stallions covered 27,180 mares in North America which resulted in 17,103 live foals in 2025, The Jockey Club announced Tuesday.

The reporting of live foals of 2025 is down 3.4% from last year at this time when The Jockey Club had received reports for 17,700 live foals of 2024.

In addition to the 17,103 live foals of 2025 reported through Oct. 13, The Jockey Club also received 1,887 No Foal Reports for the 2025 foaling season. Ultimately, the 2025 registered foal crop is projected to reach 17,300.

The number of stallions declined 6.9% from the 1,181 reported for 2023 at this time last year, while the number of mares bred declined 3.3% from the 28,104 reported for 2023.

The full 2025 breeding statistics are available alphabetically by stallion name through the online Fact Book on The Jockey Club website.

Kentucky annually leads all states and provinces in terms of Thoroughbred breeding activity with Kentucky-based stallions accounting for 61.4% of the mares reported bred in North America in 2024 and 66% of the live foals reported for 2025.

The 16,686 mares reported bred to 204 Kentucky stallions in 2024 have produced 11,288 live foals, a 2.7% decrease on the 11,605 Kentucky-sired live foals of 2024 reported at this time last year. The number of mares reported bred to Kentucky stallions in 2024 decreased 2.2% compared to the 17,056 reported for 2023 at this time last year.

California ranked second in mares bred with 1,507 mares producing 980 foals, a decrease of 6.3%. Out of the top 10, only two states showed an increase year over year. New York came third overall at 1,185 mares and 704 foals reported, an increase of 4.8%, and New Mexico also increased marginally with 446 mares and 239 foals showing a 0.8% increase. The biggest drop went to Maryland, who reported 499 mares and 302 foals for a 12.2% decrease. Florida also saw double-digit decreases at 1,330 mares and 700 foals with a 10.5% drop.

Internationally, 272 progeny were born by stallions standing in North America but foaled abroad, led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 57 foals, followed by Japan at 45 and the Republic of Korea at 40. The report also includes 66 mares bred to 20 North American stallions on Southern Hemisphere time.

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LEXINGTON, KY — The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale powered through its opening session in Lexington Monday, with figures up significantly from its record-setting 2024 renewal.

“It was a great start to the October Yearling Sale in Kentucky,” Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said at the close of business Monday. “All of the statistical categories produced significant increases and we saw a continuation of the trends that we've seen from July carried through August, carried through September and now in October. There was tremendous demand at more levels than we've seen in recent years. Not only was it good at the top, but there was a lot of activity from $20,000 on up.”

During the session, 266 yearlings sold for $16,864,500. The session average was $63,400 and the median was $30,000.

At the opening session of the 2024 October sale, 265 horses sold for $13,198,000. The average was $49,804 and the median was $20,000. The 2024 auction closed with a record average of $52,206, while the cumulative median of $20,000 was the fourth highest in sales history.

Kristian Villante of Legion Bloodstock made the highest bid of the session–and third highest ever at an October sale–when going to $900,000 for a colt by Curlin from the Mill Ridge Sales consignment. The session-topping colt was one of 20 to bring $200,000 or more on the day, up from 14 a year ago.

Denali Stud was responsible for two colts to sell for $400,000 during the session. And, while Denali's Conrad Bandoroff saw plenty of activity, he also admitted there was continued polarization in the market.

“I think as the week continues, if you have a horse that people deem as quality, you are going to get rewarded for it,” Bandoroff said. “The target is small, but when you hit the center target, you are going to get well rewarded. You have to be realistic. It's a little bit of feast or famine, but when they land on your horse, it's fun. If you miss by an inch, you may as well miss by a mile. It's hyper-selective, but when it's good, it's really good.”

The Fasig-Tipton October sale continues through Thursday with sessions beginning daily at 10 a.m.

Kristian Villante of Legion Bloodstock made the third-highest bid ever at a Fasig-Tipton October sale when going to $900,000 to secure a colt by Curlin (hip 268) on behalf of a partnership led by Andrew Hudson of Hoolie Racing.

“I've been looking for a couple of nice colts for him throughout the year and this one fit the bill,” Villante said. “He's by a proven sire, champion female family. He's a beautiful colt. We looked at him for three days and we fell in love with him.”

Legion Bloodstock purchased a colt by Good Magic (hip 36) for $1.6 million on behalf of Hoolie Racing at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale and bought the operation another son of Curlin (hip 686) for $500,000 at the Keeneland September sale.

The session-topping yearling, bred by Alpha Delta Stables and consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, is the first foal out of Canadian champion Munnyfor Ro (Munnings). Jon Clay's Alpha Delta purchased the mare, with the colt in utero, for $900,000 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton November sale.

The colt will head to Travis Durr's training center and will likely be trained by Whit Beckman, according to Villante.

Of the $900,000 price tag, Villante said, “He stood out. We knew we would have to be strong on him. That was probably at the end of where we wanted to be on him. He was a beautiful horse. He deserved to bring that kind of money.”

A pair of colts from the Denali Stud consignment led early proceedings during the first session of the Fasig-Tipton October sale Monday when bringing matching $400,000 bids.

Bloodstock agent Pedro Lanz has been shopping on behalf of KAS Stables all season and the Saudi operation had one last wish on its list as the final yearling sale of the year got underway Monday in Lexington.

“They wanted a Flightline,” Lanz said. “We had tried to bid on some before.”

Lanz delivered when bidding $400,000 to acquire a colt by the champion (hip 198), the first of two expected to go through the ring at the October sale this week.

“They asked if there were [yearling] sales after this and I said no, baby sales and broodmare sales,” Lanz said. “So we could buy this colt.”

Out of stakes winner and graded-placed Message (Warrior's Reward), the yearling was bred by Woodford Thoroughbreds and, after he RNA'd for $475,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale in August, was selling Monday without reserve as part of the complete dispersal of John Sykes's operation.

“I saw him in Saratoga and he has grown a lot since then,” Lanz said.

Woodford purchased Message, in foal to Charlatan, for $675,000 at the 2022 Keeneland November sale. Her Charlatan colt sold for $275,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale before reselling for $375,000 at this year's OBS April sale.

Hip 198 was consigned by Denali Stud.

“Obviously, he didn't get done in Saratoga,” Denali's Conrad Bandoroff said. “He's a big two-turn horse and he has done nothing but improve since then. From August until now, he's just really come on and improved really nicely. He's been a big fish in a smaller pond here. He's a beautiful strapping colt and he went over really well. There was a ton of activity on him. He got vetted a lot by really good people. This was the result we were looking for in Saratoga. All's well that ends well.”

Shortly before Lanz made his $400,000 bid, Gerard Butler spent the same amount while bidding on behalf of co-breeder Brookdale Racing to buy out partner Three Chimneys Farm on a colt by Gun Runner (hip 48).

“To get a Gun Runner at that level at that price, I thought it was a good day's work,” said Butler. “We had to protect him at some stage. Obviously, he ticked all our boxes.”

The yearling is out of multiple graded stakes winner Lady Apple (Curlin). Butler signed the ticket at $1.2 million to acquire the mare at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton November sale. Her 2-year-old colt Malus (Into Mischief) was a maiden winner in the Brookdale Racing colors at Saratoga in July.

“That was a good result,” said Bandoroff. “That mare's foals are always kind of late bloomers, so we pointed to this sale all along. It was a plan that really came to fruition. The horse really did well in the last 30-45 days.”

NOTHING BUT NET

A group of pinhookers were rewarded for their efforts Monday in Lexington when selling a colt from the first crop of G1 Dubai World Cup winner Mystic Guide (hip 160) for $150,000 to the bid of Faris Breeding. The group had purchased him under the name Nearco for $22,000 at the 2024 Keeneland November sale.

“He was an absolutely lovely colt with a huge walk,” said Matt Bowling, whose Vinery Sales consigned the yearling. “Good bone, big hip. I think he just really matured into a really nice horse and they were rewarded for it.”

Of the group, a pinhooking partnership that he manages, Bowling said, “They do a good job. They buy good physicals. And the horse just really blossomed at the right time. He showed himself really well and found himself on a lot of lists.”

Thank you to our buyers and consignors for supporting the Kentucky October Yearlings sale. Session 1 results are now online at https://t.co/cD0JL4RBaU. The sale continues Tuesday at 10 AM. #FasigKY pic.twitter.com/FmpRqiUJIF

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A colt by Curlin (hip 268) lit up the board at the first session of the Fasig-Tipton October sale when bringing a final bid of $900,000 from Legion Bloodstock's Kristian Villante. Villante was bidding on behalf of a partnership of Legion clients led by the Hudson family's Hoolie Racing. Bred by Alpha Delta Stables and consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, the yearling is the first foal out of Canadian champion Munnyfor Ro (Munnings). Alpha Delta purchased the mare, with the colt in utero, for $900,000 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton November sale.

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