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Consigned by Hector H. Barajas Barn Bay Filly Hip No. H 421 Smart Strike Curlin .................................... Sherriff's Deputy Keen Ice ................................ Awesome Again Medomak .............................. Bay Filly Wiscasset April 30, 2019 Nijinsky II Royal Academy .................... Crimson Saint W W Old School .................. (2004) Mark of Esteem Nafir (GB) .............................. Ta Awun By KEEN ICE (2012). Black-type winner of 3 races, 2 to 5, $3,407,245, Travers S. [G1] (SAR, $850,000), Suburban S. [G2] (BEL, $400,000), 2nd William Hill Haskell Invitational S. [G1] (MTH, $330,000), Whitney S. [G1] (SAR, $220,000), Jockey Club Gold Cup S. [G1] (BEL, $150,000), Harlan's Hol - iday S. [G3] (GP, $19,600), 3rd Belmont S. [G1] (BEL, $150,000), Breed - ers' Cup Classic [G1] (SA, $540,000), Remsen S. [G2] (AQU, $40,000), Risen Star S. [G2] (FG, $40,000). His first foals are 2-year-olds of 2021 . 1st dam W W OLD SCHOOL, by Royal Academy. Winner at 3 and 4, $24,671. Dam of 7 other registered foals, 7 of racing age, 7 to race, 5 winners-- Dubdubwatson (g. by Kipling). 12 wins, 2 to 6, $201,892, 2nd Gold Rush Fu - turity (ARP, $20,000), 3rd Summer Juvenile Championship S. (LRC, $9,426). Competitive Saint (g. by Competitive Edge). 2 wins at 3, 2020, $85,744, 2nd Mahony S. (SAR, $17,000). Papacho (g. by Wilburn). 10 wins, 2 to 5, placed at 6, 2020, $170,481. I'm Old School (g. by Kipling). 10 wins, 3 to 8, $132,037. Reachreachreach (f. by Archarcharch). 4 wins at 3 and 4, 2020, $73,706. Cardioversion (f. by Lookin At Lucky). Placed at 3, 2021, $12,750. 2nd dam NAFIR (GB), by Mark of Esteem. Unraced. Dam of 8 other foals, 7 winners, incl.-- Wildwood Nafir (g. by Cherokee Rap). 3 wins at 3, $58,886, 3rd Land of Lincoln S.-R (HAW, $6,470). Gita. 4 wins, 3 to 5, $112,592. Producer. Nafir’s Best. 12 wins, 3 to 9, $106,696. 3rd dam Ta Awun , by Housebuster. Winner at 3, £10,490, in England, 3rd Upavon S. [L]. (Total: $16,231). Dam of 4 winners, including-- Shafeeq. 2 wins at 3, £24,030, in England; winner at 5 and 7, 88,500 dirhams, in U.A.E. (Total: $60,475). 4th dam BARAKAT (GB), by Bustino. 2 wins at 3, £22,331, in England. (Total: $35,842). Half-sister to IBN BEY [G1] (Total: $988,020, champion 3-year-old colt in Italy, sire), ROSEATE TERN (GB) [G1] (Total: $494,938). Dam of-- MABADI . Winner, £8,495, in England; 2 wins, $143,428, in N.A./U.S., Yerba Buena S. [L] (GG, $41,250), 2nd Santa Barbara H. [G2] (SA, $40,000). (Total: $159,230). Dam of SALAI (Total: $160,040, Prix Omnium II [L], etc.). Ta Awun . Black-type-placed winner, above. Tadawul. Winner, £5,330, in England. (Total: $9,514). Dam of Absolutly Me [L] (Total: $80,012, dam of Apollo Flight [L], to 5, 2020, Total: $134,709). Engagements: Breeders' Cup. Foaled in Kentucky. (KTDF)..

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