Heider Family Goes to $1.5M for Into Mischief Filly

Heider Family Stables went to $1.5 million for an Into Mischief   filly (Hip 210) who is out of the grade 1 winner Shared Account , making her a half sister to grade 1 winner Sharing . Gainesway bred and sold the bay filly. 

David Lanigan, serving as agent along with Ted Durcan for the buyer, said she will go to trainer Brendan Walsh, with whom the Heider family has had success and wants to put more fillies under his care. 

"She's just very nice, well balanced, really. We all liked her. And then we brought Brendan Walsh to have a look at her and he was very keen. ... She's strong, she looks like she could do both turf or dirt," Lanigan said. 

He said Heider Family Racing is "keen to buying a couple more fillies to have the training" in the United States, noting there are several in Europe under the guidance of Joseph O'Brien. 

One such filly running in the U.S. is Fancy , who finished second in the Aug. 11 Groupie Doll Stakes at Ellis Park. 

Into Mischief's credentials are unimpeachable. He is on his way to a sixth consecutive year as the leading sire in North America by progeny earnings. He stood at Spendthrift Farm near Lexington this year for $250,000.

His reputation was only one facet of the decision-making process for the Heider family.

"We usually look at them as a team, and then we'll give (Scott Heider) a list, and he'll already have made a list on pedigrees that he likes or works for him, and if we line up, he'll have a go at them," Lanigan said. "Then the big thing ... is the trainer that we're sending them to. It's all very good us liking them. If the trainer doesn't like them, he's got to live with them for the next three years. So it helps if the trainer likes them as well. Brendan was very keen on this filly."

As for Shared Account, the newly acquired filly is one eight foals out of the daughter of 2003 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Pleasantly Perfect. Four of those eight have raced and three have won. Sharing, winner of the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) and the 2020 Edgewood Stakes (G2T), finished her career 5-1-2 from nine starts with $1,092,751 in earnings. 

Shared Account was bred to Into Mischief three times. In addition to Hip 210, the mare has a weanling colt by the top sire.