Lee and Susan Searing

Monday Insights: Justify Filly Takes To Turf For First Start At Santa Anita

5th-SA, $61K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6fT, 6:00 p.m. Running on the Monday holiday, Santa Anita cards a maiden grass race which includes JUST FOR FUN (Justify). A $485,000 Keeneland September Yearling purchase by Mayberry Farm on behalf of Lee and Susan Searing's CRK Stable, the juvenile sets sail for trainer John Shirreffs. The bay filly is out fo SP Appeal to the Win (Successful Appeal), who is a half-sib to MSW Cool Cowboy (Kodiak Kowboy) and the dams of GII Bourbon S. hero Mutasaabeq (Into Mischief) and GI Whitney H....

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Mage Half by McKinzie Brings $1.2 Million from CRK Stables

A half-brother to this year's GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic) by McKinzie brought $1.2 million when selling to CRK Stables at Wednesday's session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. MGISW McKinzie, a Gainesway sire, is represented by his first crop of yearlings this year. The $1.2-million colt is out of former 'TDN Rising Star' Puca (Big Brown), a SW & GSP runner whose three foals to race, including current juvenile Dornoch (Good Magic), are all stakes performers. Grandview Farm bred both the Derby winner and Hip 669, who...

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$875,000 Into Mischief Filly for CRK Stables Early Leader at KEESEP

Spendthrift super sire Into Mischief had been on fire during the first two days of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale and Day 3 proved no exception as the action moved into Book 2. The early leader was Hip 451, a Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa-consigned filly out of Belle of the Hall (Graeme Hall), purchased by Dottie Ingordo on behalf of Lee and Susan Searing's CRK Stables for $875,000. The Jan. 29 bay filly, bred in Kentucky by Seclusive Farm, is a half-sister to MGSW Share the Ride (Candy Ride...

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