American Pharoah Headlines First Crop Stallions at Fasig-Tipton July
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| American Pharoah headlines this year's new sires |
Possibly the most greatly anticipated first crop sire of the
past three decades is 2015 Triple Crown winner American Phaorah (Pioneerof the Nile). The stallion’s first
weanlings and short yearlings to go through the ring were unsurprisingly well
received with 13 sold for an average of $467,307 and $400,000 median according to the
Thoroughbred Daily News’s Sales PPs. Those 13 horses included a $1 million colt
and a $1 million filly among the five horses to go for at least
$500,000. Two fillies take the stage on July 10 for the sire: Hip 131 out of
Yong Musician (Yonaguska), who has produced two stakes placers including a Group
1 third in addition to being a half-sister to the dam of multiple Group 1
winner Mind Your Biscuits (Posse); and Hip 205 who is a granddaughter of Grade 1 winner Point Ashley (Point Given), who
has also produced the stakes placed Pointblank (Ghostzapper). American Pharoah
stood at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud for a private fee in 2018.
The year before Bob Baffert had a superstar in American Pharoah, Bayern (Offlee Wild) was one of the big horses in the barn
when winning the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic and Grade 1 William Hill Haskell. Bayern proved to be popular in his first season
at stud, breeding 139 mares with three entering the ring on the 10th.
That group includes Hip 267, a filly out of Kentucky Derby runner up Commanding
Curve’s (Master Command) stakes placed half-sister Hot Roots (Indian Charlie). All three of Bayern's entries show potential with black type under their second dams.
Bayern stood for $15,000 his first season with his first weanlings and short
yearlings to go through the ring averaging $89,705– nearly six times his stud
fee. Bayern stood this past season for $15,000 at Hill ‘n’ Dale.
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| Bayern on the track |
Third favorite for the Kentucky Derby in 2015, Carpe Diem (Giant’s Causeway) looks to make a splash at the July
sale with five yearlings cataloged. Carpe Diem won four of his first five
starts and was second to Texas Red (Afleet Alex) in that non-win before
finished 10th in the Kentucky Derby and retiring to WinStar Farm.
Breeding 163 mares in 2016, he had 20 of them sell as weanlings and short
yearlings for an average of $110,475 and median of $85,000 for an average of
over four times his stud fee. That first appearance of Carpe Diem foals was led
by a $320,000 colt and $115,000 filly with one other RNAing for $250,000 and
nine of the 20 bringing six figures. His offerings at the July Sale include Hip
99, a half-sister to two graded stakes placers out of a half-sister to Grade 1
winner Silver Max (Badge of Silver); Hip 129, a filly out of the half-sister to
Grade 1 winner Sporting Chance’s (Tiznow) dam; and Hip 170, a colt out of the stakes
winning Charlie Papa (Indian Charlie) from the family of Joyful Victory
(Tapit). Carpe Diem stands for $25,000 in 2018.
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| Carpe Diem |
World traveler Conveyance (Indian
Charlie) bred a small book in his
first year at stud in 2016, servicing 61 mares but looks to have gotten some
good quality if the four yearlings he has at Fasig-Tipton are any indication. A
winner of two Grade 3 races as a 3-year-old, the 2010 Kentucky Derby runner’s
four offerings are all out of stakes placed or siblings to stakes placed horses
led by Hip 110, a filly out of a half-sister to Grade 2 Del Mar Derby winner
Madeo (Mizzen Mast), whose second through fourth dams have all produced at
least one stakes winner. Conveyance comes into this off a first weanlings
season where he had five of his eight through the ring sell for an average of
$19,700 including a $50,000 filly (10 times his stud fee.) Conveyance stood for
$5,000 at Buck Pond Farm this season.
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| Conveyance |
Another War Front son hits the yearling sales ring this year as Grade 1
winner Jack Milton takes his turn at
building his sire’s legacy. Third in two Grade 1 races at three before winning
a Grade 1 at five and finishing second in one other, Jack Milton bred 103 mares
in his first season with a $29,571 weanling/short yearling average. He has
three cataloged here led by Hip 247, a colt out of a half-sister to End Sweep
(Forty Niner) from the family of champion Tempted (*Half Crown). Jack Milton is
joined at Fasig-Tipton by Summer
Front, a multiple graded stakes winner who placed in five Grade 1s, as War
Fronts with first yearlings. Breeding 137 mares in his first year at stud,
Summer Front comes into this sale off a $78,553 weanling/short yearling average
including a $200,000 colt. He has seven offerings here with all seven having at
least one stakes placed horse under their first two dams. Jack Milton stands at
Crestwood Farm for $6,500 while Summer Front stands at Airdrie Stud for $10,000
this year.
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| Jack Milton winning the Makers 46 |
A horse who could win on anything, Lea
(First Samurai) had victories on dirt and turf headlined by a victory in the
Grade 1 Donn Stakes. Retiring to Claiborne after four seasons of racing
and $2.3 million earned, Lea bred 100 mares that first year with the 17 of his
foals to sell last winter averaging $88,294 with a $230,000 filly and $180,000
colt leading the charge in a season that saw him have six six-figure horses and
a sales season that created a lot of hype around the stallion. Three new
offerings will see the Fasig-Tipton pavilion Tuesday with two of the three out
of half-sister to stakes winners and the third out of a granddaughter of
Serena’s Sister (Rahy), who has proven to be a top broodmare in addition to
being a full sister to champion Serena’s Song. Lea stood the 2018 breeding
season for $7,500.
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| Lea |
A blue-blooded Grade 1 winner, Mr.
Speaker’s (Pulpit) offerings provide a semi-rare opportunity as being the
only U.S. crop on the ground for the stallion at this time. Having to miss the 2017 northern
hemisphere breeding season due to illness that kept him in the southern
hemisphere, Mr. Speaker returned to stallion duties at Lane’s End this year. In
his first year at stud, he did breed 117 mares with his 17 from that crop to
sell last winter averaging $31,070, three times his stud fee including a $70,000
filly. Included in his five July Sale offerings are two half-siblings to stakes
horses (Hips 242 and 252) with another out of a half-sister to the Grade 2
winner Meteore, who is by Mr. Speaker’s sire Pulpit. Mr. Speaker stood at
Lane’s End for $10,000 in 2018.
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| Mr. Speaker |
Curlin’s first classic winner and a multiple Grade 1 winner, Palace
Malice proved popular during his first year at stud when breeding 158
mares. A winner of the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes and Grade 2 Jim Dandy at three,
he went on to win the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap and four other graded
stakes the following year. Of his 25 weanlings and short yearlings to sell last
winter, 21 found new owners for an average of $67,476 with his most expensive
colt bringing $185,000 and most expensive filly bringing $110,000. He has seven
entries here including a half-sister to stakes winner and Grade 1 placed Indian
Gracey (Indian Ocean), who is Hip 324 and a half-sister to Canadian champion
Midnight Miley (Midnight Lute) going through the ring four hips later. Palace
Malice stood for $20,000 in 2018.
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| Palace Malice |
Winning at least one graded stakes every year he ran, Tapiture (Tapit) won more than $1.5
million in his 18 race career with five victories and eight other top three
finishes. One of the more popular young stallions in the shed the last few years, Tapiture
attracted 176 mares his first year at stud with 40 of the resulting foals going
through the ring. Of those 40, 32 sold led by a $300,000 colt for an average of
$52,533 – over seven times his stud fee – with six offerings bringing $100,000
or more. He has the most offerings of any first-crop stallion here with 13 with Hip 12, Hip 44, Hip 120, Hip 137, Hip 167, and Hip 255 all being
pinhooks from the winter sales led by Hip 120, who brought $35,000 as a short
yearling. Tapiture stood for $7,5000 at Darby Dan in 2018.
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| Tapiture winning the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes |
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