This Spendthrift Farm stallion is a nine-furlong stakes-winning full-brother to classic star Oxbow, who also has his first yearlings on offer now. He covered 59 mares in his first season, 104 in his second, and he stands for a fee of just $3,500. He was a Grade 3-placed dual winner in California as a juvenile, and although he may have very few runners in Europe, if any, it will be no surprise to see him get stakes and graded winners in the USA. In addition to being a full-brother to a classic star, he is out of an unraced full-sister to Tiznow (by Cee's Tizzy), US Horse of the Year, champion three-year-old, dual Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Classic hero and leading sire. His grandam, Cee's Song (by Seattle Song), is also responsible for the prolific Grade 2 scorer Budroyale (by Cee's Tizzy), for Grade 2 Sorrento Stakes heroine Tizdubai (by Cee's Tizzy) and for Grade 2-placed stakes winner Tizbud (by Cee's Tizzy), and she is the grandam of classic-placed Grade 1 Haskell Invitational Stakes winner Paynter (by Awesome Again), who is another popular horse with his first yearlings in 2016. Awesome Again's (by Deputy Minister) other stallion sons include Horse of the Year and notably successful sire Ghostzapper. AWESOME PATRIOT (USA) – b/br.2008 – Awesome Again – Tizamazing, 3 wins inc Alydar Stakes (L), 3rd Hollywood Prevue Stakes (Gr3). Sire in USA. First foals in 2015. YEARLINGS CATALOGUED (updated)
c - Alpha Light (by Alphabet Soup) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct not sold c – Casino Blues (by Thirty Six Red) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Foolish Party (by Party Manner) Keeneland Sept not sold c – Isizwe (by Proud Citizen) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Lyrical Star (by Five Star Day) Keeneland Sept $1,100 f – Meadow Soprano (by Meadowlake) Keeneland Sept not sold c – Miss Wellspring (by Afternoon Deelites) Keeneland Sept not sold f - Pennyrile (by Wagon Limit) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $5,000 c – Poetic Song (by Royal Anthem) Ocala Breeders' Sales Co Aug $4,500 f - Premier Gray (by Premiership) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct withdrawn f – Royal Fact (by Known Fact) Keeneland Sept $2,200 f – Silver 'n Rubies (by Sabre d'Argent) Ocala Breeders' Sales Co Aug not sold f – Starkey (by Limehouse) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Tacky Waki (by Miswaki) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Tiz The Day (by Tiznow) Ocala Breeders' Sales Co Aug $1,500 f – Zindi (by Vindication) Fasig-Tipton KY July $45,000
The US champion three-year-old of 2011 won five of his dozen starts, was runner-up in another five of them, and he earned just short of $8.4 million. A large chunk of those earnings came from his victory in the Group 1 Dubai World Cup, at the age of five, and this great-grandson of Blushing Groom (by Red God) has been very popular since retiring to Jonabell Farm in Kentucky. He covered 148 mares in his first season and 137 in his second.
One of the things that makes him a particularly interesting member of this group of stallions is the strong European influence in his pedigree. His sire, Leroidesanimaux (by Candy Stripes) is from the immediate family of Banstead Manor Stud's outstanding stallion Dansili (by Danehill), and after several years in Kentucky and Florida, the Brazilian-born US star joined the team at Lanwades Stud in Newmarket. His first European-sired offspring are yearlings.
Animal Kingdom is the best of several winners out of German Group 3 scorer Dalicia (by Acatenango) and that mare, whose siblings include the dam of German listed scorer and US Grade 2 Ballston Spa Stakes winner Daveron (by Black Sam Bellamy), is a grand-daughter of Diasprina (by Aspros). That mare won one of Germany's top juvenile contests and was later placed in the Oppenheim-Rennen and Preis von Koln.
Diasprina was also the dam of the Group 2 Henkel-Rennen (German 1000 Guineas) heroine Diacada (by Cadeaux Genereux), of Group 3 Grosser Preis von Berlin scorer Desidera (by Shaadi) and of talented sprinter Diable (by Big Shuffle), and her string of blacktype descendants include the classic-placed stakes winner Dickens (by Kallisto). Although he stands in Kentucky, Animal Kingdom looks a likely candidate to have quite a few representatives racing in Europe. He ran twice as a two-year-old, winning a nine furlong maiden special weight at Keeneland, so any juvenile winners he has here may emerge mostly in the latter half of the season. An interesting prospect. ANIMAL KINGDOM (USA) – ch.2008 – Leroidesanimaux – Dalicia, 5 wins inc Kentucky Derby (Gr1), Dubai World Cup (Gr1), Spiral Stakes (Gr3), 2nd Preakness Stakes (Gr1), Breeders' Cup Mile (Gr1), Gulfstream Park Handicap (Gr1). Sire in USA & Australia. First foals in 2015.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED (updated)
c – Alyssum (by Storm Cat) Keeneland Sept $90,000 c – Anea (by Unbridled's Song) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Angel Craft (by A.P. Indy) Keeneland Sept not sold c – Away (by Dixieland Band) Keeneland Sept $42,000 c - Bandora (by Dixieland Band) Barretts Sales Del Mar Oct $45,000 f – Banyan Street (by Gone West) Fasig-Tipton KY July not sold f - Banyan Street (by Gone West) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $70,000 c – Beautiful Treasure (by Unbridled) Keeneland Sept $20,000 f - Behaving (by Rubiano) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $25,000 c – Belva (by Theatrical) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Blumen (by Dynaformer) Keeneland Sept $210,000 c – Catch That Song (by Unbridled's Song) Keeneland Sept withdrawn c - Catch The Song (by Unbridled's Song) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct withdrawn c – Catstar (by Storm Cat) Keeneland Sept $15,000 f – Chilukki's Song (by Elusive Quality) Keeneland Sept $30,000 c – Ciao (by Lear Fan) Keeneland Sept $90,000 f – Codetta (by Giant's Causeway) Keeneland Sept $130,000 c – Cotton Bay (by El Corredor) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Coup de Coeur (by Exchange Rate) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Cukee (by Langfuhr) Keeneland Sept $175,000 c – Dharana (by Street Cry) Keeneland Sept withdrawn f – Dynamite Cocktail (by Dynaformer) Fasig-Tipton NY Aug $100,000 f – Eltimaas (by Ghostzapper) Keeneland Sept $400,000 f – Ever So (by Medaglia d'Oro) Keeneland Sept $70,000 c – Flash Dance (by Roi Normand) Keeneland Sept $10,000 f – Forest Heiress (by Forest Wildcat) Keeneland Sept $65,000 c – Four Bears (by Hennessy) Keeneland Sept not sold c - Four Bears (by Hennessy) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct not sold f – Four Gifts (by Even The Score) Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Aug $310,000 f – Garden District (by Dixie Union) Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Aug not sold f – Gharbiah (by Bernardini) Keeneland Sept $7,500 c – Golden Mean (by Mt Livermore) Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Aug not sold c - Golden Mean (by Mt Livermore) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $175,000 f – Greenstreet (by Street Cry) Keeneland Sept $170,000 c – High Finance (by Entrepreneur) Keeneland Sept $45,000 c - House Of Grace (by Limehouse) Barretts Sales Del Mar Oct $30,000 c – I'm Always Hopeful (by Arch) Keeneland Sept $110,000 c – Ice Cream Silence (by Street Sense) Keeneland Sept $120,000 f - Island Bound (by Speightstown) Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Oct $30,000 c – Isobel Baillie (by Lomitas) Keeneland Sept not sold c – Late Romance (by Storm Cat) Keeneland Sept $20,000 f – Lophorina (by King's Best) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Love Of Dubai (by More Than Ready) Keeneland Sept $4,000 c – Magical Theater (by Smart Strike) Keeneland Sept $50,000 c – Mari's Thunder (by Thunder Gulch) Keeneland Sept not sold c – Mesa Fresca (by Sky Mesa) Keeneland Sept $140,000 c – Miss Lombardi (by Unbridled Jet) Keeneland Sept $100,000 f – Misty Sixes (by Summer Squall) Keeneland Sept not sold c – Mooji's Empire (by Empire Maker) Keeneland Sept withdrawn f – No Curfew (by Curlin) Keeneland Sept $160,000 c - Ocicat (by Storm Cat) Tattersalls Nov 1,500gns f – Oregon Lady (by Shamardal) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Preach It (by Saint Ballado) Keeneland Sept $150,000 f – Precision Farming (by Smart Strike) Keeneland Sept not sold c – Private Dining (by Royal Academy) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Putyourdreamsaway (by Put It Back) Keeneland Sept $100,000 c – Queens Carousel (by Afternoon Deelites) Keeneland Sept $350,000 c - Raise Up (by Henrythenavigator) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct withdrawn f – Revered (by Dixie Union) Fasig-Tipton NY Aug not sold f - Royal Crystal (by Tapit) Tattersalls Oct not sold f - Royal Order (by Medaglia D'Oro) Tattersalls Nov withdrawn c – Serena's Joy (by Forestry) Keeneland Sept $37,000 f – Set'n On Ready (by More Than Ready) Fasig-Tipton KY July $145,000 c – Shadow Cast (by Smart Strike) Keeneland Sept $50,000 c – Shady Reflection (by Sultry Song) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Shoe Queen (by E Dubai) Keeneland Sept $90,000 f – Silk n' Sapphire (by Smart Strike) Keeneland Sept $125,000 c – Sira (by Capote) Keeneland Sept withdrawn f – Skyscrape (by Marquetry) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Somethingaboutbetty (by Forestry) Keeneland Sept $300,000 c – Southern Truth (by Yes It's True) Keeneland Sept $30,000 c – Spanish Empiress (by Empire Maker) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Speedy Escape (by Aptitude) Keeneland Sept $80,000 c – St. Malo's Gate (by Dynaformer) Keeneland Sept not sold c – Street Dancer (by Street Cry) Keeneland Sept $30,000 c – Street Scene (by Zafonic) Keeneland Sept not sold c – Subeen (by Caerleon) Keeneland Sept $75,000 c – Superb (by Arch) Keeneland Sept $52,000 c – Sweet Dreamer (by Tiznow) Keeneland Sept withdrawn f – Taboo (by Forestry) Keeneland Sept $125,000 c – Tulipmania (by Empire Maker) Fasig-Tipton NY Aug $70,000 f – Vegas Trip (by Aldebaran) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Warrior Prinzessa (by Pleasantly Perfect) Ocala Breeders' Sales Co Aug not sold f – Yachats (by Forest Camp) Keeneland Sept $100,000
Seven-length winner of an extended mile maiden on one of two starts as a juvenile, Alternation won the Grade 2 Peter Pan Stakes over nine furlongs at three and then went on to win five of his seven starts at four, all of those wins coming in blacktype company. He was best from eight to nine furlongs, he is a son of classic sire Distorted Humor (by Forty Niner) and so represents a branch of the broad Mr Prospector (by Raise a Native) sire line.
He is the best of several winners out of Alternate (by Seattle Slew), a six-times scorer who won a trio of listed races and was placed in a string of graded events, including the runners-up spot in the Grade 2 Monmouth Breeders' Cup Oaks. He stands at Pin Oak Stud in Kentucky, alongside one of his relations, and he has been popular with breeders, covering 103 mares in his first season and 94 in his second. His siblings include the Grade 3 Florida Oaks third and dual listed scorer Interrupted (by Broken Vow), while his dam's immediate relations feature Grade 1 star and Canadian Horse of the Year Peaks And Valleys (by Mt Livermore). That horse enjoyed some success at stud and the ill-fated Grade 2-winning millionaire Dollar Bill was among his notable runners.
Strike A Balance (by Green Dancer), the grandam of Alternation, won twice, produced 10 winners from 17 foals, she is the grandam of the Grade 2 scorer Eleusis (by Diesis) and also of Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby winner Equality (by Mt Livermore), who has enjoyed success at stud in Michigan. She was a half-sister to two stakes winners, one of whom became the ancestor of a string of notable performers.
That mare was Wedding Picture (by Blushing Groom), whose stakes-winning progeny included the somewhat successful US sire Service Stripe (by Deputy Minister) and Grade 1-placed Grade 3 scorer Winged Victory (by Nijinsky), who won the Listed July Stakes and was runner-up in the Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes before crossing the Atlantic. He got winners in Chile. Also of note is Wedding Picture's one-time winning daughter Wedding Vow (by Nijinsky) as the better of her two prolific stakes winners is the Grade 2 Philip H Iselin Handicap scorer and successful Pin Oak Stud stallion Broken Vow (by Unbridled). His top progeny include the Grade 1 stars Cotton Blossom, Rosalind, Sassy Image and Unbridled Belle. ALTERNATION (USA) – b/br.2008 – Distorted Humor – Alternate, 9 wins inc Oaklawn Handicap (Gr2), Peter Pan Stakes (Gr2), Pimlico Special Stakes (Gr3), Razorback Handicap (Gr3), Governor's Cup Stakes (L), Essex Handicap (L), 2nd Oklahoma Derby (L). Sire in USA. First foals in 2015.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED (updated)
c – Absolute Bearing (by Mizzen Mast) Keeneland Sept $30,000 f – Adalgisa (by Spinning World) Keeneland Sept $3,500 c – Apical (by Belong To Me) Fasig-Tipton KY July not sold f - Bella Talia (by Richter Scale) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct withdrawn f – Best Practices (by Tough Knight) Ocala Breeders' Sales Co Aug $15,000 c – Bromelia (by Unbridled's Song) Keeneland Sept not sold f - Career Oriented (by Cat's Career) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $14,500 f – Chambray (by Alphabet Soup) Keeneland Sept withdrawn c – Chamrousse (by Peaks And Valleys) Keeneland Sept withdrawn f – Conquesta (by Empire Maker) Keeneland Sept $20,000 c – Cruise (by Posse) Keeneland Sept $25,000 f - Cut The Mustard (by Double Honor) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $10,000 c – Darling Bird (by Birdstone) Keeneland Sept not sold c – Diamond Queen (by Aptitude) Keeneland Sept $40,000 f – E Looe (by Lure) Fasig-Tipton July not sold c – Enticing (by Service Stripe) Keeneland Sept $1,500 f – Epitome of a Lady (by Poteen) Keeneland Sept $15,000 f - Ever Appealing (by Appealing Skier) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $35,000 f – Grecourt Gates (by Dixie Union) Keeneland Sept $20,000 c – Holiday Road Girl (by Street Hero) Fasig-Tipton KY July $40,000 c – Hollow Sky (by Yes It's True) Fasig-Tipton KY July $22,000 f – Indian Love Call (by Cherokee Run) Fasig-Tipton KY July not sold c – Kelley's Dancer (by Forest Grove) Keeneland Sept withdrawn c – Lime Lady (by Limehouse) Fasig-Tipton KY July $40,000 c - Lovely Dream (by Freud) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct withdrawn f - Magical Point (by Point Given) Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Oct $15,000 c – Maria's Dance (by Maria's Mon) Keeneland Sept $14,000 c – Mocha d'Oro (by Medaglia d'Oro) Keeneland Sept $2,000 c – My Untamed Heart (by Value Plus) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Ocean Magic (by Posse) Fasig-Tipton KY July withdrawn f - Ocean Magic (by Posse) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $3,000 c – Otra Vez (by Rahy) Keeneland Sept $7,500 c – Out Of Prado (by Mr. Livingston) Fasig-Tipton KY July not sold c - Out Of Prado (by Mr Livingston) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $10,000 c - Philadelphia Gold (by Touch Gold) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $13,000 c – Pic Three Bertie (by Forest Danger) Keeneland Sept withdrawn c – Princes Melissa (by Marquetry) Keeneland Sept $10,000 f – Puzzle Dream (by Grindstone) Keeneland Sept withdrawn f – Queen Majesty (by Regal Classic) Keeneland Sept $35,000 f - Rhythm In Shoes (by Rhythm) Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Oct withdrawn c - Safe Journey (by Flatter) Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Oct $12,000 f – Sahara Moon (by Malibu Moon) Fasig-Tipton KY July withdrawn f - Sahara Moon (by Malibu Moon) Fasig-Tipton KY Oct $55,000 f - September Charmer (by Septieme Ciel) Barretts Sales Del Mar Oct $12,500 c – She'll B.long Gone (by All Gone) Keeneland Sept not sold f – Show Me the Bling (by Too Much Bling) Keeneland Sept $20,000 c – Stormy B (by Cherokee Run) Keeneland Sept $160,000 f – Sweetness Galore (by Rock Hard Ten) Keeneland Sept $7,000 c – That's All (by Maria's Mon) Ocala Breeders' Sales Co Aug not sold c - That's All (by Maria's Mon) Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Oct $9,000 f – Thatswhatimean (by Belong To Me) Keeneland Sept withdrawn f – Thoughtful (by Mining) Keeneland Sept $8,500 f – Tigon (by Tiger Ridge) Fasig-Tipton KY July not sold f – Toogie Pine (by Pine Bluff) Keeneland Sept $9,000 c – Total Knockout (by Unbridled's Song) Keeneland Sept $40,000 f – Travel Plans (by Notebook) Fasig-Tipton KY July not sold f – Try To Catch Her (by Broken Vow) Keeneland Sept $50,000 c – Untarnished (by Unbridled) Keeneland Sept $14,000 f – Wahoo Gold (by Medaglia d'Oro) Keeneland Sept $1,700 c – Whimsy (by Maria's Mon) Keeneland Sept withdrawn f – Wicket Cricket (by Chapel Royal) Keeneland Sept $27,000 |
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