It’s not unusual for a horse to get multiple catalog updates between the time a sale catalog is printed and the time they go to the ring, but consignors Jenn and Quincy Adams had never gotten an update quite like this.
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The Preakness Stakes undercard proved bountiful for the Matz family.
Trainer Michael Matz saddled Truly Together to an optional-claiming win early in the day, and then his wife, Dorothy Matz, had her turn in the spotlight as the breeder of Grade 2 Dixie Stakes winner Takeover Target.
In 1982, Thoroughbred owner, breeder, and, most notably, Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury purchased the Drone mare Dronette for just $57,000 in partnership out of the Timonium mixed sale.
It has paid dividends.
Dronette went on to be a productive broodmare, represented by several stakes horses, and several of her daughters also became stakes producers. She is the granddam of two Maryland-bred horse of the year honorees in Ben’s Cat and Ah Day, both trained by Leatherbury.
The morning after the Preakness Stakes, trainer Keith Desormeaux needed to look no further than Exaggerator’s pedigree line to express his confidence about the upcoming Belmont Stakes.
“It’s about pedigree,” Desormeaux said. “I can’t do much more in deepening his fitness – it’s there. That mile-and-a-half deal, pedigree is more important than what I’m gonna do in the morning. Pedigree wins the Belmont.
The 3-year-old colt crop of 2007 was widely regarded at the time as one of the best and most competitive in decades, and the three top colts – Curlin, Hard Spun, and Street Sense – all went to stud in 2008 or 2009 with considerable fanfare.
Florida Derby winner Dialed In sired the first winner from his first starter when Maximum Edge won the first race at Churchill Downs today. In the maiden race for juvenile fillies going 4 1/2 furlongs, Maximum Edge, ridden by Corey Lanerie, raced just off the early pace, went four wide into the stretch, and wore down pacesetter and 2-5 favorite Golden Mischief (by Into Mischief) to win by a neck at odds of 5-1 in the 5-horse field.
Gamble’s Ghost
Ghostzapper – Gambling Girl, by Secret Claim
Queen’s Plate and Woodbine Oaks prospects Gamble’s Ghost and Caren ran one-two in the Grade 3 Selene Stakes on May 15 at Woodbine. In the case of Gamble’s Ghost, she is from a family that has produced outstanding fillies, and classic influences, on both sides of her pedigree.
DRF sales editor Joe Nevills analyzes the Preakness Stakes field, in post position order, in the form of Haiku, a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
Cherry Wine
Loves to split traffic
Could carve out a decent check
If he gets room late
Uncle Lino
Took the SoCal prep
First time he held position
In a two-turn race
Nyquist
The Derby winner
Haven’t seen quit in him yet
The same trip wins here
Saturday's 141st Preakness Stakes marks the fifth straight year that Maryland’s signature race will be contested without a statebred runner. This reflects problems that the local Thoroughbred industry has faced, but the good news is that state legislators have instituted measures to reverse these fortunes – plus, there have been other developments recently to reward excellence. Better days for Maryland breeders seem to be on the horizon.