Mage
Good Magic – Puca, by Big Brown
Bred in Kentucky by Grandview Equine ($235,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by New Team; $290,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile purchase by OGMA Investments)
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DRF Past Performances
Prominent U.S. runners have played a key role in the development of the Japanese breeding and racing program into an international superpower. Chief among those, of course, is Horse of the Year Sunday Silence, with the 1989 Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner becoming a breed-shaping sire in Japan.
Sunday Silence appears in the pedigree of all four Japanese-bred colts who are considered potential Kentucky Derby candidates. However, other American expatriates figure prominently in this quartet, as well.
Two Phil’s visited two Thoroughbred auctions in as many years but did not change hands at either one. Instead, it was trainer Larry Rivelli’s relationships, and a longtime client, that led to the private purchase of Two Phil’s, now a multiple graded stakes winner and prominent Kentucky Derby hopeful following his win in the Grade 3, $700,000 Jeff Ruby last Saturday at Turfway Park.
Instant Coffee
Bolt d’Oro – Follow No One, by Uncle Mo
Bred in Kentucky by Sagamore Farm ($200,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Joe Hardoon, agent)
Instant Coffee is the morning-line favorite for Saturday’s Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds, which will award 100 Kentucky Derby points to its winner. The Gold Square LLC colorbearer is by a promising young sire and from a steadily productive female family.
Sat, 03/18/2023 - 11:29
The under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training concluded Friday with colts by Good Magic and Not This Time sharing the bullet work.
The two colts each breezed a furlong, the traditional measuring stick for juvenile sales, in 9 3/5 seconds on the Ocala Training Center's all-weather Safetrack surface. The four-day breeze show, from Tuesday to Friday, precedes next week's sale, which takes place over three sessions from Monday to Wednesday to kick off the 2-year-old sale season in North America.
Japanese champion Heart's Cry, a son of the legendary Sunday Silence who went on to become a prominent sire in his own right, has died at the age of 22, the Japanese Racing Authority reported on Friday.
Heart’s Cry was bred by the Shadai Stallion Station and resided there.
"I heard from the Shadai staff that he was happy and healthy until the end,” Shadai Farm CEO Teruya Yoshida told the Racing Post. “He produced so many top horses as a stallion, and he was also the horse who helped to break through the barriers and anxieties of overseas racing trips.
The Kentucky Adena Springs property put up for sale late in 2021 will now go through a formal bidding process, the agent for the listing said Wednesday.
Icon Global, the agent, said in a press release that they will begin accepting sealed bids for the property or parcels of the property in late March and that offers would be accepted through May 15. Under the terms of the bidding, “the seller will reserve the right to negotiate and accept early offers at any time” prior to May 15, Icon said.
Practical Move
Practical Joke – Ack Naughty, by Afleet Alex
Bred in Kentucky by Chad Brown and Head of Plains Partners ($230,000 OBS April 2-year-old purchase by Pierre Amestoy, Leslie Amestoy, and Roger Beasley)
Practical Move is the biggest mover on this week’s Derby Watch Top 20, climbing up the list with his victory in the Grade 2 San Felipe last Saturday. He was part of a strong day for Practical Joke, a son of record-setting leading sire and classic sire Into Mischief.