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.
Unbeaten Horse of the Year Flightline had his first mare confirmed in foal this week.
Lane’s End Farm, which stands the son of Tapit for a syndicate, reported that Lady Scarlet is in foal to Flightline. The daughter of Union Rags won four of 12 starts, including the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico and the Cicada Stakes at Aqueduct.
Lady Scarlet was a $200,000 purchase by Glendalough at Dromoland out of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale and was retired to broodmare duty this season at age 4.
Blazing Sevens
Good Magic –Trophy Girl, by Warrior’s Reward
Bred in Kentucky by Tracy Farmer ($140,000 Keeneland January yearling purchase by Chestnut Valley Farm; $225,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling purchase by Rodeo Creek Racing)
Summer Wind Farm, the Georgetown, Ky., breeding operation helmed by Jane Lyon, enjoyed a stellar 2022 season with unbeaten Horse of the Year Flightline. The champion, who was bred, raised, and co-owned by Summer Wind, has been retired and began his stud career this month at Lane’s End Farm, with several of Lyon’s top broodmares set to visit him.
Two-time Eclipse Award champion Monomoy Girl has delivered her first foal, a colt by four-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief.
Spendthrift Farm announced the arrival Saturday. Spendthrift raced and stands Into Mischief, and campaigned Monomoy Girl in partnership through the final races of her career after purchasing her for $9.5 million at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton November sale.
Hit Show
Candy Ride – Actress, by Tapit
Bred in Kentucky by Gary and Mary West
Hit Show has won 3 of 4 career starts, with his latest effort, a 5 1/2-length victory in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct, catapulting him up the Derby Watch list. Gary and Mary West’s homebred son of perennial leading sire Candy Ride brings a solid two-turn pedigree to further challenges on the Derby trail.
