ftboa.com • Friday • June 11, 2021 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FLORIDA’SDAILYRACINGDIGEST FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: Juliet Foxtrot Headlines Mint Julep Winners Head Salvator Mile Jockey Scaldaferri Makes US Debut Espresso Shot Goes For More Track Entries and Results Florida Stallion Progeny List Hip 258, a filly by Practical Joke/JUDIT SEIPERT PHOTO Florida Breeders’ List Practical Joke Filly Leads Wire to Wire Business Place First Day of OBS June Featured Advertisers BY BROCK SHERIDAN _____________ (which was postponed to July by the Berrettini Feed COVID-19 pandemic) when 163 head sold Florida Department of Agriculture The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company for $5,037,800. The average price was FTBOA opened the doors for their annual June Sale $41,298 Wednesday compared to $30,907 of Two Year Olds and Horses of Racing a year ago, representing an increase of FTFM Annual Charity Items Age Wednesday with upswings in gross 33.6%. The median Wednesday was and Services Auction sales and average prices and a $425,000 $20,000 compared to $13,000 on the first Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Practical Joke filly that was the most pop- day in 2020. Ocala Stud ular juvenile of the day. Hip 258 was the aforementioned top RiceHorse Stable There were 176 2-year-olds that gener- seller, bringing $425,000 on a final bid by ated gross sales of $7,268,400 compared to Gary Young. Consigned by Top Line Sales Seminole Feed the first day of the June Sale last year Six K’s Training & Sales See OBS on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 OBS Continued from COVER LLC as an agent, the chestnut filly is by first crop sire Practical Joke out of the stakes-placed mare Devious d’Oro, by Medaglia d’Oro. Devious d’Oro is also a half-sister to Grade 3-winner Devioius Intent, graded stakes-placed, stakes-winner Pioneer Spirit and stakes-placed Virgil Caine. During the under tack show, the filly worked a quarter-mile in :21.20. Donato Lanni as an agent went to $375,000 for Hip 149, a dark bay or brown filly by Uncle Mo out of graded stakes-placed, stakes-winner Brooklynsway, by Giant Gizmo. The filly was con- signed by Julie Davies LLC as an agent and worked a furlong in :10.20 at the under tack session. Hip 101 went to Lauren Carlisle as an agent for $350,000 from the consignment of Jesse Hoppel’s Coastal Equine LLC as an agent. The bay colt is by Maclean’s Music out of Artillery Punch, by Kitten’s Joy and worked an eight-mile in :10.20 at the under tack show. West Point, Lane’s End Bloodstock as an agent went to $300,000 to purchase Hip 245, a bay filly from the first crop of sire Classic Empire out of Decoder, by War Front. Decoder is a half-sister to multiple graded-winner Data Link and stakes-placed Wiki. The filly was consigned by Gabriel Dixon as an agent and worked a furlong in :10.20. Hip 107 generated a bid of $290,000 from new owner HR Racing. A bay filly consigned by Scanlon Training and Sales as an agent, she is by first crop sire Midnight Storm out of Ava G, by Afternoon Deelites and is a half-sister to stakes-winner Miss My Rose. She worked an eighth-mile in :9.80 at the under tack show. Hip 313 sold for $215,000 to Full Run Racing LLC and Madaket Stables LLC. Tap in June, a dark bay or brown filly by Maclean’s Music out of Fashion Tap, by Tapit was consigned by See OBS on page 5 Florida-breds Make Florida Racing Did you know Florida-bred thoroughbreds won 31.5% of races run at the recent Gulfstream Park Championship Meet? This demonstrates how vital Florida-breds are to the success of Gulfstream Park throughout the year—not just during the Spring/Summer season. Additional good news for Florida breeders—66% of those Florida-bred winners during the Gulfstream Park Championship Meet were sired by Florida stallions. Florida-breds: Race ‘Em or Chase ‘Em! Back to Top Back to Top Page 5 OBS page 3 Grade 3-winner Major Gain and graded stakes-placed, stakes-produc- Continued from Top Line Sales as an agent. Fashion Tap is a half-sister to Grade er Oscar Party. The colt was consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds 3-winner Berned and the filly worked a eighth-mile in :10 flat at LLC and worked a furlong in :10.40 at the breeze show. the under tack session. Hip 178, a Florida-bred colt consigned by Grassroots Training Integrity Bloodstock as an agent for Lee Pokoik went to and Sales as an agent, went for $125,000 to Raymie Lightner as $200,000 to acquire Hip 122, a chestnut filly by first crop sire an agent for Peter Miller. By freshman sire American Freedom out Gormley out of the Grade 3-winner Beat the Blues, by Great of Champagne on Tap, by Tiznow, the colt worked an eighth-mile Pyramid (Ire). Consigned by Hemingway Racing and Training in :10.40 at the under tack session. Champagne on Tap is also a Stables LLC as an agent, the filly worked an eighth-mile in :10 half-sister to stakes-winner Believe in Charlie and stakes-placed flat at the breeze show. Shamrocket and was bred in Florida by Rustlewood Farm Inc. Hip 145 sold post sale for $170,000 to Gus King from the con- Hip 217 lit up the money board at $125,000 when Two Dolla signment of de Meric Sales as an agent. Bred in Florida by Coffee LLC outlasted all other bidders. Consigned by Paul Sharp Bridlewood Farm, the chestnut colt is by first crop sire Gun as an agent, the bay colt is by Honor Code out of Conquest Runner out of the Grade 3-winning Indian Charlie mare Brazen Sweetride, by Candy Ride (Arg) and worked an eighth-mile in Persuasion, who is a half-sister to graded stakes-placed, stakes- :10.20 at the under tack session. Conquest Sweetride is also a half- winner Thankful and stakes-winner Behold de Buy. The colt sister to multiple graded-winner Spelling Again, stakes-winner worked an eighth-mile in :10.20 at the under tack session. Sky Willow and stakes-placed Not Taken. Hip 255 sold for $150,000 to Exline-Border Racing LLC from the consignment of Hidden Brook as an agent. By Pioneerof the Nile out of Desert Illusion, by Sky Mesa, the dark bay or brown filly worked an eighth-mile in :10 flat. Desert Illusion is a half-sis- ter to multiple graded stakes-winner Dream Dancing and a full- CLICK HERE for the latest sister to Grade 2-placed Awesome Sky, graded stakes-placed, stakes-producer Sky Dreamer. The Florida Horse Kelsey Danner for David Grund went to $130,000 to purchase Hip 275, a dark bay or brown colt by Candy Ride (Arg) out of the Grade ONLINE 3-placed, stakes-winning mare Dream Lady, by Old Trieste. Dream Lady has also produced multiple Grade 1-winner Room Service, Back to Top Back to Top Page 7 Juliet Foxtrot Headlines Mint Julep BY CHURCHILL DOWNS PRESS OFFICE __ Other top horses that entered the Mint Julep are Robert and Lawana Low’s four-time stakes heroine LOUISVILLE, KY—Juddmonte’s Grade 1-win- She’sonthewarpath and Stonestreet Stables’ ning homebred Juliet Foxtrot (GB) leads a field $150,000 Indiana Grand Stakes winner Hendy of 11 fillies and mares that were entered in Woods. Saturday night’s $150,000 Old Forester Mint She’sonthewarpath exits a fourth-place finish in Julep (Grade 3) at Churchill Downs. her most recent start including to winner Into The mile-and-one-sixteenth Old Forester Mint Mystic in the $150,000 Unbridled Sidney Stakes Julep, run over the Matt Winn Turf Course, is going five-and-a-half furlongs at Churchill on carded as Race 9 and the 11-race program gets April 29. She was also fourth in the Grade 3 underway at 6:00 p.m. EDT. Gallorette won by Juliet Foxtrot two starts back in Juliet Foxtrot, trained by Brad Cox, cruised to October at Pimlico. a two-length victory in the April 10 Coolmore She’sonthewarpath is trained by Steve Margolis Jenny Wiley (G1) going a mile-and-one-sixteenth and Adam Beschizza will ride from the outside on the grass course at Keeneland in her only start post 11. She has won six of 16 career starts with this year. two seconds and two thirds with earnings of She finished 2020 with a third-place finish in $372,580. the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes won by Viadera (GB) Hendy Woods comes into the Mint Julep after at Del Mar on Nov. 29 going a mile on the turf. Juliet Foxtrot (GB)/MATT WOOLEY/EQUISPORT PHOTO winning a third conditioned, $62,500 optional claim- The daughter of Dansili (GB) was transferred to the care of ing allowance going a mile on the turf at Churchill on May 14. Cox in 2019 from European-based conditioner Charles Hills. Hendy Woods is by Uncle Mo out of Separate Forest, by Since arriving stateside, Juliet Foxtrot has run some of her best Forestry and she has won four with a second from just seven races including victories in the 2019 Modesty (G3) at Arlington starts.