First Foal for Higher Power a Filly Out of Curlita
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Photo: Courtesy Darby Dan Farm
A Higher Power filly out of the Curlin mare Curlita, born at Julie Rini’s Crowning Point Farm
Darby Dan Farm's Higher Power , a grade 1-winning millionaire by Medaglia d'Oro , sired his first reported foal Jan. 26 when a filly out of the Curlin mare Curlita was born at Julie Rini's Crowning Point Farm. Bred by Deann Baer, the filly hails from the family of stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Daring Reality and grade 3 stakes winner Ski Dancer .
Higher Power, a dominant 5 1/4-length winner of the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) at Del Mar with a career-best 113 Equibase Speed Figure, was a five-time winner of nearly $1.6 million. In addition to his score in the Pacific Classic, he also placed in the 2019 Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), 2020 Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes (G1), and 2019 Awesome Again Stakes (G1) for owner Hronis Racing and trainer John Sadler. He won at 2 and was stakes-placed at 3.
Bred in Kentucky by Pin Oak Stud, Higher Power is out of the multiple stakes-winning Seattle Slew mare Alternate , the dam of multiple graded stakes winner Alternation and multiple stakes winner Interrupted . Alternate is a half sister to 1995 Canadian Horse of the Year and multiple grade 1 winner Peaks and Valleys from the family of grade 1 winner Mucho Gusto .
Higher Power bred 152 mares in his first season at stud and stands for $10,000.