Matings Announced for Princess Noor, Blue Prize

Matings for grade 1 winners Princess Noor and Blue Prize were announced Dec. 8 with Princess Noor scheduled to visit leading sire Into Mischief  and Blue Prize headed to Instilled Regard .

Princess Noor, retired over the weekend with a soft tissue injury incurred when competing in the Starlet Stakes (G1) at Los Alamitos Race Course—a race she didn't finish after being  pulled up by jockey Victor Espinoza—will travel from California to Kentucky in the coming weeks to take up residence at her new home at Taylor Made Farm, owner Zedan Racing Stable wrote in a release.

This summer the 2-year-old daughter of Not This Time  captured the Del Mar Debutante (G1) before adding the Chandelier Stakes (G2) later in the fall. She won three of five starts and earned $363,500. Princess Noor was purchased by agent Gary Young from the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training for $1.35 million from the consignment of Top Line Sales, agent. 

Blue Prize, bought for $5 million by Larry Best's OXO Equine at The November Sale at Fasig-Tipton in 2019, is currently in foal to Into Mischief, according to OXO Equine. The 7-year-old made over $2.6 million over 23 starts, capped by a victory in the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) at Santa Anita Park over Midnight Bisou in 2019 for trainer Ignacio Correas and owner Merriebelle Stable.

Instilled Regard, a graded stakes winner on dirt and turf, will stand his first year at stud in 2021. OXO Equine raced the 5-year-old son of Arch, whose biggest victory came in the Manhattan Stakes (G1T) July 4 in the final start of his career. Chad Brown and Jerry Hollendorfer trained him over his career.