Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred January 2018

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by  Haslett, Rachel

Taking stock of the region’s stallions | Weisleder dispersal paces December sale
Mid-Atlantic
Thoroughbred
Vol. 26, Issue 1
JANUARY 2018
Strong Breeze
Viriginia-bred mare Stellar Wind
crowned region’s top runner of 2017
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Inches from standing in Kentucky
Divining Rod
a forked stick used in locating the source of water, or Tapit–Precious Kitten
a bay colt used in attracting mares
Comes home to Maryland
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Fair Hill, is a classic-placed earner of $882,604 and trained at Maryland’s Tapeta Farm
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Multiple G1SW dam Precious Kitten won Pimlico’s
G3 Gallorette, and earned $1.9 million
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Owned by Roy and Gretchen Jackson’s Lael Stables,
Gainesway Farm and Country Life
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Country Life Farm, P.O. Box 107, Bel Air, Maryland 21014
Merryland Farm, 12901 Bottom Road, Hydes, Maryland 21082
Josh or Michael Pons [phone] • Fax [phone] • www.countrylifefarm.com • e-mail: [email protected]
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ANNE LITZ
Sam Hopkins leads new arrival Kobe’s Back out for inspection at Bonita Farm’s stallion show Nov. 19.
DEPARTMENTS
In this issue Post Time 8
Mid-Atlantic Report 12
Pensioner on Parade
by Maggie Kimmitt 20
Crowded house for new stallions in region Editorial by Joe Clancy 22
Around the Ovals
Bonita Farm adds three stallions, including Grade 1 winner Dortmund, Country Life Farm
by staff and correspondents 38
unveils major winner Divining Rod, Anchor and Hope Farm becomes a stallion venture and
Stallion Notes 60
more as the 2018 breeding season looms with big lineup of new stallions. By Joe Clancy and
Stallion Rankings 64
Tom Law. Page 24
Stakes Winners 66
Insights 74
Weisleder dispersal helps fuel strong December sale
Maryland newsletter 77
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic’s winter mixed sale, moved back to December, hits a home run with New Jersey newsletter 85
strong numbers fueled by the sale of horses owned by Pennsylvanian Harry Weisleder, who North Carolina newsletter 89
died in November. The Weisleder horses made longtime business partner Clovis Crane the Ohio newsletter 91
sale’s top consignor – but it wasn’t easy. By Joe Clancy. Page 32 Pennsylvania newsletter 95
South Carolina newsletter 99
Champions of 2017 Virginia newsletter 101
West Virginia newsletter 103
Veteran jockey Darren Nagle secures his first National Steeplechase
NSA newsletter 105
Association championship in a season of milestones while Maryland’s
Obituaries 107
Bruton Street-US ownership group also racks up its first Crown. Jack
History page 109
Fisher runs away with the training title, while the Eclipse Award was
Looking Back 110
open for debate. By Sean Clancy. Page 56
Calendar 112
Classifieds &
Advertisers’ Index 114
Cover: A winner of three Grade 1 stakes in four starts, Virginia-bred Stellar Wind reigns as the region’s Acrostic 115
top horse of 2017 via the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred/The Racing Biz poll. Past Time 116
Photo by Jessica Morgan
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Take advantage of the best program in the region!
Put your money on these exceptional stallions–
–NEW FOR 2018–
ALMASTY
Scat Daddy – Minicolony, by Pleasant Colony
• Graded stakes-winning son of SCAT DADDY
• SCAT DADDY has sired more black-type winners and
more graded stakes winners than any other top-20 stallion in
North America in 2017 and was second by Grade 1 stakes winners
• Second dam is champion and foundation mare MINSTRELLA
• Sterling family of GUN RUNNER, SAINT LIAM, etc.
$2,500 LFSN; $2,000 if breeding 2 mares; $1,500 3 or more mares
LAST GUNFIGHTER
First Samurai–Saratoga Cat, by Sir Cat
• Multiple graded winner of $1,219,205
• Ran SEVEN 100 or better Beyer numbers going 1 to 11⁄4 miles
• Seven stakes wins, incl. G2 Hawthorne Gold Cup, G3 Pimlico
Special, G3 Excelsior H, G3 Philip Iselin, etc.
• Defeated PALACE MALICE, PAYNTER, FLAT OUT,
GAME ON DUDE, MORENO, ALPHA, ORB, etc.
• By G1-winning, G1-siring son of Giant’s Causeway (Storm Cat)
• Outstanding first crop foals
$2,500 LFSN; $2,000 if breeding 2 mares; $1,500 3 or more mares
LORD SHANAKILL
Speightstown–Green Room, by Theatrical (Ire)
• Sire of G1 millionaire MY DREAM BOAT (winner of Prince of
Wales’s S-G1, Prix Perth-G3, Gordon Richards S-G3, etc.)
• Sire of MARVEL HERO (Happy Valley Vase H-ncr, HK),
and graded stakes horses Mister Brightside-Ire (2nd Twilight
Derby-G2), Great Dancer-Ire (3rd Hill Prince S-G3), etc.
• A G1 winner of $908,475, from 2 to 4 in England and France,
winning from 6 fur. to 1 mile
• Half to G1 TOGETHER FOREVER, from a family of champions
• Son of a champion sprinter and sire of sires
$3,500 LFSN ; $2,500 if breeding 2 mares; $2,o00 3 or more mares
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GRADE 1 STAKES WINNER BEYER 112
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Mid-Atlantic
Upcoming Maryland-Bred/
Thoroughbred
Volume 26, Issue 1
Maryland-Sired Stakes
P.O. Box 427, Timonium, MD 21094
[phone] x116
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March 17 CONNIVER (fillies & mares, 3&up, 7 fur.)
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NOT FOR LOVE (males, 3&up, 6 fur.)
Editor: Joe Clancy
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Plus: Associate editor: Cindy Deubler
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n There are four Maryland-bred or Maryland-sired “non-winners of a Editorial assistant: Lydia Williams
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race other than” events in each Maryland condition book
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MD 21094. [phone].
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[phone].
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[phone].
Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association, Brian N. Sanfratello,
executive secretary, 701 E. Baltimore Pk., Ste. C-3,
If your stallion has offspring of racing age, make sure you Kennett Square, PA 19348. [phone].
South Carolina Thoroughbred Association,
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29805. [phone].
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Laurel Park Winter 2018
Stakes Schedule
Saturday, January 20, 2018 Closing Saturday, January 6
$100,000 Fire Plug Stakes 4 Year Olds & Upward, 6 Furlongs
$100,000 What a Summer Stakes Fillies & Mares, 4 Year Olds & Upward, 6 Furlongs
Saturday, January 27, 2018 Closing Saturday, January 13
$100,000 Frank Whiteley Jr. Stakes 3 Year Olds, 7 Furlongs
$100,000 Marshua Stakes Fillies, 3 Year Olds, 6 Furlongs
$100,000 Native Dancer Stakes 4 Year Olds & Upward, Abt. 11⁄ Miles
16
$100,000 Nellie Morse Stakes Fillies & Mares, 4 Year Olds & Upward, Abt. 11⁄ Miles
16
WINTER CARNIVAL WEEKEND
Saturday, February 17, 2018 Closing Saturday, February 3
$300,000 Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie Stakes Fillies & Mares, 4 Year Olds & Upward, 7 Furlongs
$250,000 Grade 3 General George Stakes 4 Year Olds & Upward, 7 Furlongs
$100,000 Miracle Wood Stakes 3 Year Olds, 1 Mile
$100,000 Wide Country Stakes Fillies, 3 Year Olds, 7 Furlongs
$100,000 John B. Campbell Stakes 4 Year Olds & Upward, 11⁄ Miles
8
$100,000 Maryland Racing Media Stakes Fillies & Mares, 4 Year Olds & Upward, Abt. 11⁄ Miles
16
BREEDER’S & OWNER’S DAY
Saturday, March 17, 2018 Closing Saturday, March 3
$100,000 Private Terms Stakes 3 Year Olds, Abt. 11⁄ Miles
16
$100,000 Beyond The Wire Stakes Fillies, 3 Year Olds, 1 Mile
$100,000 Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes 3 Year Olds & Upward, 11⁄ Miles
8
$75,000 Not For Love Stakes (MD-Bred or MD-Sired) 3 Year Olds & Upward, 6 Furlongs
$75,000 Conniver Stakes (MD-Bred or MD-Sired) Fillies & Mares, 3 Year Olds & Upward, 7 Furlongs
Saturday, April 21, 2018 Closing Saturday, April 7
$125,000 Federico Tesio Stakes 3 Year Olds, 11⁄ Miles
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$125,000 Weber City Miss Stakes Fillies, 3 Year Olds, Abt. 11⁄ Miles
Come run with us! 16
$100,000 Henry S. Clark Stakes 3 Year Olds & Upward, 1 Mile (Turf)
$100,000 Dahlia Stakes Fillies & Mares, 3 Year Olds & Upward, 1 Mile (Turf)
$100,000 Primonetta Stakes Fillies & Mares, 3 Year Olds & Upward, 6 Furlongs
LaurelPark.com
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POST TIME
FOXY J. G.? While not quite as fast as the 1970s
Pennsylvania-bred legend, this red fox kept pace just
fine during a December snowstorm at Parx Racing.
Photo by Nikki Sherman
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