SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2018 LITTLES CARRY ON WITH BRAINS AND CLASS MOONSHINE MEMORIES by Jessica Martini LOOKS TO RECALL TOP When Marvin Little, Jr. passed away in July of 2017, the legendary horseman left one goal unfulfilled. The breeder of FORM IN RAVEN RUN 1991 GI Preakness S. and GI Belmont S. winner Hansel wanted that missing jewel in the Triple Crown. A year plus later and Little=s daughters Teresa and Marilyn hope to accomplish that dream on behalf of their late father. The sisters will take a first step in their mission with their first consignment under the Little=s Bloodstock banner at the Fasig-Tipton October Sale. AThe one dream my father had, he won the Preakness and he won the Belmont, he won the Tremont and the Breeders= Cup, but he never won the Kentucky Derby,@ Teresa Little said. AAt my father=s funeral, I sang >My Old Kentucky Home,= and people said that wasn=t a good thing to do. But it was for me because it=s the only thing my father wanted to win. He wanted to breed or sell the winner of the Kentucky Derby.@ Cont. p3 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY Moonshine Memories | Benoit GOSDEN HOLDS STRONG CHAMPIONS HAND Coolmore and Bridlewood Farm=s Moonshine Memories John Gosden has already collected seven British Group 1s (Malibu Moon) looked well on her way to a divisional this year, and he could come away with a few more trophies championship after back-to-back Grade I wins last September, on British Champions Day. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. but a disappointing seventh in the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies put a stop to that, and the >TDN Rising Star= will look to make a mark for the first time as a sophomore as the favorite in Saturday=s GII Lexus Raven Run S. at Keeneland. Taking the GI Del Mar Debutante wire-to-wire in her second career start, the $650,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga buy stretched out to two turns with alacrity in taking the GI Chandelier S. four weeks later at Santa Anita. Setting the pace before retreating in the Breeders= Cup, the bay finished second in the Angel=s Flight S. in her seasonal debut May 12 and was no match for division leader Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) when fourth in the GI Acorn S. June 9 at Belmont. Rebounding some with a narrow allowance tally July 19 at Del Mar, she was last seen running a troubled third in the GII Prioress S. Sept. 2 at Saratoga. The third and fourth finishers from the GI Longines Test S. resurface here in Dawn and Ike Thrash=s Kelly=s Humor (Midnight Lute) and Alter Moon (Alternation), respectively. The former finished a good second at 11-1 in the local GIII Beaumont S. Apr. 8 before running eighth in the GI Kentucky Oaks, second in a Churchill allowance and third in the GIII Indiana Oaks. 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Rallying well from off the pace at Saratoga, the dark bay will likely need some hitting up front to set her up for a victory. Alter Moon sold to Peter Brant for $675,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Horses of Racing Age Sale in July off of a five-length score in the Azalea S. at Gulfstream, but she made no serious impact when running evenly to complete the superfecta in the Test. Novogratz Racing Stables= Amy=s Challenge (Artie Schiller) is an interesting player. A winner of three straight to start her career, the $20,000 Fasig-Tipton October buy ran off on the lead before settling for second in the GIII Honeybee S. and GIII Fantasy S. earlier this year at Oaklawn. Dueled into a last-place run in the GII Eight Belles S. next out May 4, she was most recently seen comfortably annexing an optional claimer on the Canterbury turf Aug. 8 and could get brave if able to clear from her rail draw here. Littles Carry On From p1 Marvin Little, Jr. Marvin Little served as farm manager at the historic Newstead Farm in Virginia before moving to Kentucky after the farm dispersed its bloodstock in 1985. In addition to Hansel, he also bred G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen winner Kinsale King. The Little family started out the yearling sales season with a bang at the Fasig-Tipton July Sale. Through the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment, the family sold a colt by Into Mischief for $300,000. Contact Sue Finley for details at 732-747-8060 or [email protected] TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • OCTOBER 20, 2018 AWe let Taylor Made sell them [at the July sale], but now we=re kicking off Little=s Bloodstock,@ Little said. AAnd I am telling you, it=s in my dad=s name. We are going to rock it. We=re going to do it for him.@ Little=s Bloodstock=s first October consignment features 10 yearlings. Included in the group is a colt by Blame out of a half- sister to Grade I winner Pampered Princess (Indian Charlie) (hip 157); a half-brother by Stormy Atlantic to stakes-placed >TDN Rising Star= Just a Smidge (Into Mischief) (hip 1109); a filly by Lea out of a half-sister to graded winner Royale Michele (Elusive Quality) (hip 1211); and a filly by Candy Ride (Arg) out of Stellabymoonlight (Malibu Moon) (hip 1367). In addition to the sales consignment, the Littles will also continue to breed commercially at their Little=s Bloodstock Farm. AWe=re also going to have Little=s Farm,@ Little said. AWe are going to keep dad=s mares. We are selling a few with Taylor Made, but we are going to continue on and we=re going to breed that Derby horse.@ While it will have its initial foray at the October sale, Little=s Bloodstock will expand going forward. AWe are going to do Kentucky [sales] and absolutely do Saratoga,@ Little said. AWe=re going to be boutique, we=ll have a few clients, but we=ll be boutique. We might get a little bit bigger, but our focus is going to be on Marvin Little, Jr.=s way.@ Asked to describe that way, Little said, ABrains and class. He always said it was brains and class. And you can=t teach it.@ Little=s Bloodstock will also pay tribute to its patriarch=s notorious love of the New York Yankees. AI am going to put New York Yankees in every corner,@ Little said. AMy mother beat cancer when they won the pennant and dad faced every huge event in the world based on the New York Yankees. We=re doing all of this for him.@ The Fasig-Tipton October sale runs from Oct. 22 through 25 at the company=s Newtown Paddocks in Lexington. Sessions begin daily at 10 a.m. " " " Champs Elysees’ Colonia along late in GIII Valley View S. at Keeneland. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 14 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • OCTOBER 20, 2018 BREEDER LIVIAKIS TO CONDUCT REDUCTION handle the Liviakis consignment, which will include 10 broodmares and three weanlings. AT KEENOV AI have known John for quite some time, I have always admired his breeding philosophies and his results from a small broodmare band,@ said Taylor Made Sales Agency Sales Manager Pat Payne.