Hoosier Philly Delivers More Black Type for Dobson

The first foal out of Cheyenne Stables mare Tapella keeps improving over a route of ground. That foal, Hoosier Philly , a daughter of Into Mischief  , went gate-to-wire June 17 in the one-mile Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes at Ellis Park.

Bred by Everett Dobson, owner of Cheyenne Stables and Candy Meadows, Hoosier Philly grabbed the Golden Rod Stakes (G2) last year in her third start for owners Gold Standard Racing Stable. This year she ran third best in the Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2) on debut, finished just off the board in the Fair Grounds Oaks (G2), and then runner-up to Taxed  in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) May 19.

The 3-year-old is from the family of Tapit   mare Tapella who sold to Dobson during the 2015 Saratoga Sale of Select Yearlings at Fasig-Tipton for $750,000 from her breeder Summer Wind Farm. Placed under Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, Tapella debuted at 3, hitting the board in four starts, and closed the year with a fourth-place effort in the Comely Stakes (G3) behind grade two winner Actress . She became a member of the broodmare band after retiring at 4 and was sent to the top North American leading sire.

"The mare was a high-class runner herself; she was a stakes quality mare that just didn't get black type," said Matt Lyons, senior vice president, and COO of Candy Meadows. "She was fourth in a grade 3 and had a lot of talent. We wanted to get her off to a good start, and Into Mischief was a great place to start.

"She is a big, strong, long, and scopey mare, so we knew we would get the stretch with the mating. And that is what we got; an Into Mischief filly that looks like her mom. Hoosier Philly has a lot of leg, scope, and stretch. We were delighted to get this kind of filly as a first foal for this mare."

The gray or roan filly, a spitting image of her dam, was slotted to head through the sales ring for the sales arm of Cheyenne Stables, Candy Meadows, during the Keeneland September Yearling Sale of 2021.

"We were starting our sales company and wanted to make sure we were offering some good horses," Lyons said. "When you are selling horses, you don't want to be known as only selling your colts, so we have to put some good horses in every year. She was a filly that blossomed and kept getting better as a yearling. She was big and gawky early in the year, but she put it all together by sale time. We have to raise money, the same as everyone else."

Agent Lauren Carlisle snapped the filly up for $510,000 for clients Bill and Mary Stone and Rod Ratcliff, who campaign the filly with conditioner Tom Amoss.

Success breeds success and is a part of the blueprint for Dobson. The first filly out of their mare went under the hammer, but many more are coming down the turnpike. The following year, Tapella produced a filly by Mastery  , Dobson's grade 1-winning sire, which stands at Claiborne Farm. Tapella's Candy Ride   sister, Ulele —a grade 2-placed runner for Cheyenne Stable has produced two Into Mischief fillies and has a Not This Time   colt for this year.

"We are invested in the family, the Not This Time foal out of Ulele is a nice colt, and Tapella has a Munnings baby by her side. She is a big, strong, scopey chestnut that is almost a replica of the others. Her Justify yearling colt will head to the Keeneland September Sale."

Candy Meadows will be eager for Hoosier Philly to continue adding black type to the page, and anticipation follows the 2-year-old Mastery sister, Ava's Look, as she heads toward the starting gate this year for her debut.