Two Experienced Runners Offered at Midlantic
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Buyers at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale looking for race-ready juveniles have the opportunity May 24 to buy two fillies that have already placed in high-level maiden races in New York and Kentucky.
Consigned by Dean’s List as Hip 593, Holy Gold has finished second twice in $100,000 maiden special weight company—one at 4 1/2 furlongs at Aqueduct Racetrack and the other going five furlongs at Belmont Park—for owner-breeder Seacoast Thoroughbreds of New England and trainer James W. Ferraro. The New York-bred daughter of Touch Gold produced from the Holy Bull mare Holy Shmoly has earned $40,000.
“She is sound and definitely more seasoned than most at a 2-year-old sale,” said Dean Purdom, who operates Dean’s List. “The owner and buyers are in a perfect position with her. The owner already has her earnings and knows she can run and the buyers know they have a horse that has shown she can race and she still qualifies as a maiden. I am glad they decided to leave her in the sale.”
From the Crane Thoroughbreds consignment as Hip 467, Makeallitlelove finished second in an April 28 maiden special weight race at Keeneland in which the winner set a track record for 4 1/2 furlongs.Trained by Mike Maker for Three Diamonds Farm, the Warrior's Reward filly produced from the multiple stakes-winning Premiership mare Darluna was purchased by Clovis Crane for $30,000 from the Allied Bloodstock consignment to the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic October yearling sale last year. Earlier in 2015, the filly bred in Kentucky by David Gilinsky was bought by Canaan Creek Stables for $45,000 from the Timber Town consignment.
Because the two have already raced competitively, they only galloped during the pre-sale under tack show workouts.
“She’s a really, really good filly,” Clovis Crane said of Makealittlelove, adding it’s not unusual for the Midlantic sale catalog to include one or two horses that have already raced. “She’s well-traveled. I sent her to trainer Mike Maker at Turfway Park. She has been to Penn National, Churchill Downs, Keeneland, and now Timonium.”
Also on offer during the May 24 concluding session of the two-day sale at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium are six of the fastest horses during the under tack pre-sale workouts. Tying for the best quarter-mile work time of :10 in the Wednesday catalog were Hip 371, a Harlan's Holiday—Awesome Maneuver filly from Casse Sales; Hip 461, Friesan Fire —Crafty Toast colt (Scanlon Training and Sales); Hip 568, First Samurai —Grand September filly (Casse Sales); and Hip 592, More Than Ready —Holly’s Way filly (Grassroots Training and Sales).
Tying for the co-fastest quarter mile time of :21 2/5 were Hip 490, an Uncle Mo —Dream Street filly (Pike Racing) and Hip 527, an Into Mischief —Firey Goow f. (de Meric Sales, agent).
HORSES TO WATCH—DAY 2 FASIG-TIPTON MIDLANTIC
331—F. by The Factor —You’re Beingplayed/Crupi’s New Castle Farm
372—C. by Into Mischief —Back in the Shade/Wavertree Stables, agent
413—F. by High Cotton —Cameron Crazies/de Meric Sales, agent
443—C. by Union Rags —Classic Neel/Niall Brennan Stables, agent
467—F. by Warrior's Reward —Darluna/Crane Thoroughbreds, agent
490—F. by Uncle Mo —Dream Street/Pike Racing, agent
527—F. by Into Mischief —Firey Glow/de Meric Sales, agent
573—C. by Uncle Mo —Hamsin/Crupi’s New Castle Farm
582—C. by Ghostzapper —Her Smile, by Include/De Meric Sales, agent
593—F. by Touch Gold—Holy Shmoly/Dean’s List, agent for Seacoast Thoroughbreds of New England/John Forma