Gun Runner

6th-Santa Anita, $55,500, Msw, 10-12, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:40.10, ft, 3 3/4 lengths. HOWIN (f, 2, Gun Runner--Flora Dora {MSW & GISP, $607,152}, by First Dude), a $550,000 Keeneland September yearling, graduated on debut Saturday against three other fillies who also brought $500,000 or better at various sales. Favored at 6-5, the chestnut broke sharply and had a shot to set the pace, but backed off to let Watershed Moment (Omaha Beach) and Boujee Beach (Global Campaign) take the honors instead. Howin stayed in touch with the first two through...

7th-KEE, 100K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 4:12 p.m. A pair of fillies by Into Mischief break side by side Saturday on debut led by the $1.2m KEESEP purchase PRINCESS ALIYAH for BC Stables, LLC, Morplay Racing LLC and Joey Platts. Sire power aside, the filly is a half to both GISW Eskimo Kisses (To Honor and Serve) and GISP Silver Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}), all out of Silver Colors who is a daughter GI Kentucky Derby winner and champion 3-year-old filly Winning Colors. D. Wayne Lukas, who notably trained Winning...

The Jockey Club projects a North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop of 17,300 in 2025, which is some 700 fewer foals than the 2024 foal crop estimate of 18,000, the organization said in a press release early Wednesday. The foal crop projection is computed by using Reports of Mares Bred (RMBs) received to date for the 2024 breeding season. RMBs are to be filed by Aug. 1 of each breeding season. This year, The Jockey Club has published preliminary statistics regarding mares reported bred by state/province through the current date...

Tony Cissell has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer and General Manager at Three Chimneys, the farm announced Tuesday. Cissell, who has managed the likes Crescent Farm, Calumet Farm and WinStar Farm, has been at Three Chimneys running the Big Sink division for the last five years. "I've known Tony for over a decade and have always admired his high level of horsemanship and his excellent people skills," said Chairman and Three Chimneys owner Goncalo Torrealba. "He has done an outstanding job running our yearling division for five years, and...

The Supplemental Catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2024 October Yearling Sale is now available via the OBS website and in printed form at the sales grounds. Forty-eight horses have been supplemented bringing the total to 583 horses. There are two sessions, set for Tuesday, Oct. 8th and Wednesday, Oct. 9th. Hip No.'s 1-266 plus supplements 267-288 will be offered on Tuesday and Hip No's 301-569 plus supplements 570-595 will be sold on Wednesday.  Both sessions will begin at 11:30 a.m. A strong group of sires are represented in...

MGSW Shotgun Hottie (Gun Runner--Re Entry, by Malibu Moon) has been cataloged to Book 1 of its November Breeding Stock Sale, which will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5. Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, will consign the 5-year-old as a racing or broodmare prospect. "Keeneland is pleased to have such a standout as Shotgun Hottie in our November Breeding Stock Sale," Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. "She is the first millionaire by Gun Runner to be offered at public auction, and she's sure to have widespread appeal." Campaigned...

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm's 'TDN Rising Star' Locked (Gun Runner--Luna Rosa, by Malibu Moon), one of the early-book favorites for this spring's GI Kentucky Derby following an impressive win in the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity and third-place finish as the favorite in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile last fall, could return to action in the GIII Perryville Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 19. Locked missed a pair of intended starts earlier this spring, including the GII Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park Mar. 2, and was subsequently...

by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis LEXINGTON, Ky - With a pair of seven-figure colts by Nyquist leading the way, trade remained strong straight through the conclusion of Book 2 during the fourth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Thursday in Lexington. "It was a great day," said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy at the close of business Thursday evening. "We are very pleased. The median is up 25% for the session over last year, which is a metric that we always use. That shows that it...

by Jessica Martini and Christina Bossinakis LEXINGTON, KY -- The momentum which began with a competitive Book 1 section rolled into Book 2 with a trio of yearlings bringing seven figures and continued increases over last year during the third session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in Lexington Wednesday. "We saw the same kind of momentum and trends just rolling over," said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. "There was a great positivity around the grounds. Consignors were invariably very pleased. And buyers found it tough and a...

Texan Douglas Scharbauer, who landed a Gun Runner filly out of Dream Dancing for $1.05 million Monday, was back in action at Keeneland Wednesday, purchasing Hip 695, a daughter by the Three Chimneys stallion, for $1.05 million. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, the filly is out of GII Mother Goose runner-up Always Carina (Malibu Moon). The filly was bred by Three Chimneys Farm.  

by Jessica Martini, Christina Bossinakis, and Jill Williams LEXINGTON, KY-The Keeneland September Yearling Sale had its first seven-figure transaction just an hour into its first session Monday and, when the dust had settled after a frenetic day of bidding, 14 yearlings had sold for $1 million or more. The group was led by a $2.2-million son of Gun Runner who sold to Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm from the Four Star Sales consignment. The colt was one of five by the Three Chimneys stallion to sell for seven figures during...

Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm went to $2.2 million for Hip 169, a Gun Runner colt out SW & MGSP Princesa Carolina (Tapit), on Monday at the Keeneland September sale. The gray colt, foaled Apr. 17 and consigned by Four Star Sales, was bred by Three Chimneys Farm. The $2.2-million colt is a grandson of MGISW Pure Clan (Pure Prize), who Borges Torrealba Holdings purchased for $4.5 million at the 2012 Keeneland November sale.