GULFSTREAM PARK hosted the 2015 Fasig Tipton 2-year-old in Training sale Wednesday evening. FASIG TIPTON PHOTO
The Fasig-Tipton sale topper was a $1.4 million colt by Scat Daddy named Time to Scat Daddy – FASIG TIPTON PHOTO
ONTARIO-BRED UNCLE MO sells for $275,000
CANADIAN-BREDS IN THE SALE, with sale price, buyer
Alex and Jo-Ann Liebling from Arkansas paid $275,000 for a Canadian-bred, Ontario foaled colt by first year sire Uncle Mo at the Fasig Tipton 2-year-old sale held at Gulfstream Park yesterday. The colt was bred by Josham Farms and sold for $50,000 by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency as agent to Tami Bobo’s Secure Investments.
Woodbine trainer MARK FROSTAD, acting as agent, signed the ticket for a $130,000 cold by Hard Spun out of Catch That Song by Unbridled’s Song, offered last year as a yearling by Anderson Farms, agent.
Other Canadian buyers included CEC Farm and Richard Hogan, agent.
Below are the Canadian-breds in the catalogue:
$25,000 GARY REISS F NORTH LIGHT (IRE) BRAVA DARBY BRAVO BULL Albertabred ADENA SPRINGS,ag
4,500 OLYMPIA STABLE 8 F PLAN FLYAWAY BIRD GHOSTZAPPER ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
$32,000 BECKY THOMAS 12 C EINSTEIN (BRZ) FORTUNE CANDY MILWAUKEE BREW ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
NOT SOLD (72,000) 13 F AWESOME AGAIN FOURTH POWER COZZENE ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
$275,000 ALEX & JO ANN LIEBLONG 16 C UNCLE MO GENTLE WORDS BERTRANDO ONTARIO SECURE INVESTMENTS
$25,000 CLARK BREWSTER 20 F PLAN GLORIOUS SMILE HONOUR AND GLORY ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
$25,00 ROCKBRIDGE BLDTCK 22 F STEPHEN GOT EVEN GRANDIOSA EL PRADO (IRE) ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
NOT SOLD ($25,000) 25 F STREET SENSE HARTFELT KAFWAIN ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
$75,000 HAPPY ALTER 26 C GIANT’S CAUSEWAY HELLO MAGGIE MAY LEMON DROP KID ONTARIO THOROUGHBRED CHAMPIONS CENTER
$25,000 G DELGADO 30 C PLAN JUST AWESOME SIPHON (BRZ) ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
$15,000 A. SANO 32 C HAT TRICK (JPN) JUST DREAMING EMPIRE MAKER ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
NOT SOLD(42,000) 43 F PLAN MARIMBA RHYTHM GOLDEN MISSILE ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
NOT SOLD ($44,000) 44 F PLAN MAYOMAST MIZZEN MAST ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
$45,000 D. LANNI, AG 51 C GHOSTZAPPER MONEY MY HONEY RED BULLET ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
NOT SOLD ($195,000) 56 C GIO PONTI MY PAL LANA KRIS S. ONTARIO THOMAS & CASSE AGENT FOR GLOBAL THOROUGHBREDS
$60,000 RICHARD HOGAN, AGENT 70 C LONHRO (AUS) REGGAE ROSE TOUCH GOLD ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
$19,000 CEC 102 F PLAN STARSHIP CRUISER GOLDEN MISSILE ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
NOT SOLD (37,000) 107 F HAT TRICK (JPN) SUGAR SWIRL TOUCH GOLD ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
$130,000 MARK FROSTAD, AGENT 144 C HARD SPUN CATCH THAT SONG UNBRIDLED’S SONG ONTARIO WILLIAM B. HARRIGAN (MIACOMET FARM LTD) AGENT
$85,000 WEST POINT THOR. 150 C EINSTEIN (BRZ) CREME CATALAN EL PRADO (IRE) ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
NOT SOLD (42,000) 171 C GHOSTZAPPER ELUSIVE LAND HOLY BULL ONTARIO ADENA SPRINGS
BLOOD-HORSE MARCH 7 ISSUE – Adena Springs North feature
MORE CANADIAN STUFF – tons of action on Saturday
Hold on to your hats as there are a litany of Canadian-bred runners in big stakes races on Saturday – keep your TV tuned to HPI TVif you are not at a CHAMPIONS TELETHEATRE
Queen’s Plate contenders AMI’S FLATTER and DANZIG MOON are at Tampa Bay Downs on the dirt, DECISION DAY is on the grass at Gulfstream Park; DYNAMIC SKY takes on SHARED BELIEF in the Big Cap and PRIVATE ZONE is the choice in the Gulfstream Park Handicap…
Thoroughblog will delve more into these races by Saturday
Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs, post time: 5:23 p.m. EST
TAMPA BAY DERBY-GII, $350,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Divining Rod Tapit Garcia Delacour 116
2 Ocean Knight Curlin Ortiz Jr McLaughlin 120
3 Carpe Diem K Giant’s Causeway Velazquez Pletcher 122
4 Ami’s Flatter Flatter Contreras Carroll 116
5 My Johnny Be Good Colonel John Gallardo Harty 116
6 Souper Colossal K War Front Rosario Plesa Jr 120
7 Great Stuff K Quality Road Goncalves Wilkes 116
8 Moonlight Bandit Malibu Moon Lezcano Casse 116
9 Danzig Moon K Malibu Moon Leparoux Casse 116
Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 4:30 p.m. EST
PALM BEACH S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, 1 1/16mT
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Nutty Futty Johar Valdivia Jr Van Culin 116
2 Call Me Crazy K Lemon Drop Kid Saez Ritvo 116
3 Decision Day Macho Uno Prado Carroll 116
4 Bears Personality K Awesome Again Lopez Baker 116
5 Night Prowler Giant’s Causeway Castellano Brown 116
6 Croninthebarbarian Stroll Bravo Simms 116
7 Felifran K Discreet Cat Lanerie Delgado 116
8 Eh Cumpari K Elusive Quality Caraballo Dilger 116
9 Divisidero K Kitten’s Joy Hernandez Bradley 116
SANTA ANITA H.-GI, $1,000,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/4m
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Cool Samurai First Samurai Gryder Shirreffs 114
2 Diamond Bachelor K War Front Pedroza Biancone 114
3 Sr. Quisqueyano Exclusive Quality Talamo Walder 115
4 Dynamic Sky Sky Mesa Nakatani Casse 117
5 Shared Belief Candy Ride (Arg) Smith Hllndrfer 125
6 Moreno Ghostzapper Gonzalez Guillot 121
7 Patrioticandproud K Proud Citizen Trujillo Casse 116
8 You Know I Know Simon Pure Van Dyke Sadler 115
9 Crimson Giant Formal Gold Boulanger Stutts 114
10 Imperative K Bernardini Desrmeux Ppaprodrmu 117
11 Bronzo (Chi) Fusaichi Pegasus Baze Drysdale 117
12 Catch a Flight (Arg) Giant’s Causeway Stevens Mandella 114
13 Hard Aces Hard Spun Espinoza Sadler 115
PRIVATE ZONE keeps going, tops Gulfstream Park ‘Cap
Saturday, Gulfstream Park, post time: 5:00 p.m. EST
GULFSTREAM PARK H.-GII, $300,000, 4yo/up, 1m
PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 Honor Code A.P. Indy Castellano McGghy 116
2 Wicked Strong K Hard Spun Maragh Jerkens 120
3 East Hall Graeme Hall Saez Kaplan 115
4 Loverbil Not for Love Marquez Jr Navarro 113
5 Private Zone K Macho Uno Pedroza Navarro 122
6 Valid K Medaglia d’Oro Lopez Vitali 117
Multiple Grade 1 stakes winner Private Zone tops a six-horse field entered Wednesday in Saturday’s $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap.
Owned by Good Friends Stable, LLC, Private Zone dazzled his rivals with a front-running five-length victory in the Cigar Mile (G1) at Aqueduct in his last start on Nov. 29. The son of Macho Uno was timed in 1:34.39 for the mile, the distance of the Gulfstream Park Handicap.
In addition to making his 2015 debut, the 6-year-old gelding is set to make his first start for Gulfstream Park West-based trainer Jorge Navarro.
“It’s a chance of a lifetime,” Navarro said. “I appreciate the chance the owners have given me.”
Prior to his Cigar victory, Private Zone finished a late-closing third in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita, as well as capturing the Vosburgh (G1) at Belmont Park for the second straight year. In 25 starts, the Ontario-bred gelding has amassed earnings in excess of $1.5 million from seven wins, seven seconds and two thirds.
Despite his stellar record, Private Zone demonstrated a brief period of bad behavior upon arriving in South Florida.
“He came to my barn tough to train, but all of that has gone away,” Navarro said. “He’s training really good.”
Private Zone has strung together four consecutive bullet workouts at Gulfstream Park West in preparation for his 2015 debut.
“He’s a beautiful horse. The way he trains, he does everything so easily,” Navarro said. “The times he’s putting up are serious, and we’re not asking him for anything.”
Private Zone is slated to be the starting highweight, assigned to carry 122 pounds, including regular rider Martin Pedroza. The classy gelding is scheduled to carry between two and nine pounds more than his five opponents.
Centennial Farms’ Wicked Strong has been assigned to carry two pounds fewer than Private Zone. The Grade 1 stakes-winning Wicked Strong is set to make his first start since clipping heels and falling in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont on Sept. 27.
