27 Graded Stakes Wins this Year by 19 Horses from Phipps Families.
Keeneland September Sale Features 29 Book 1 Yearlings from Phipps Families.
As Thoroughbred Daily News columnist and pedigree expert Sid Fernando noted in his July story entitled “The Phipps Influence,” “[T]hrough the years there have been many beneficiaries of Phipps breeding who got into these families as the principals culled them. These families have given past and present breeders a deep foundation on which to build upon and create their own top-class horses, and that is one of the important legacies of the Phippses.”
Since then, these top-class horses from Phipps female families have continued to win at the highest levels, expanding the total to 19 horses accounting for an impressive 27 graded wins this year, including the incredible G1 Pacific Classic win this past weekend by Flightline and G1 Hopeful win by Forte.
These impressive results will no doubt influence the Keeneland September Yearling sale beginning next week. Following the TDN story highlighting this success, the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings Sale saw 14 of 16 hips from Phipps families sell for a total of $6.6 million or an average of $472,500, including two $1 million colts by Into Mischief, a $720,000 filly by Into Mischief, and a $675,000 filly by Curlin.
The Keeneland yearling sale beginning next week will feature four attractive yearlings bred by Phipps Stable and consigned by Claiborne Farm (Hips #418, #1252, #2008, and #2240). The two days of Book 1 will include 29 yearlings from Phipps female families, most by top sires who will be very attractive to potential buyers.
Below is the updated list of graded stakes winners this year from Phipps female families. Note that 9 of them have won a Grade 1 race at some point in their career.
GRADE 1
Flightline (Tapit), Blitey branch of Lady Pitt
Forte (Violence), Bases Full / Striking branch of Baby League / La Troienne
Matareya (Pioneer of the Nile), Busanda branch of Businesslike / La Troienne
Shirl’s Speight (Speightstown), Glamour / Striking branch of Baby League / La Troienne
There Goes Harvard (Will Take Charge), No Fiddling branch of Big Hurry/La Troienne
GRADE 2
Dynamic One (Union Rags) *sold Phipps bred*, Personal Ensign branch of Dorine
Becca Taylor (Old Topper), Glamour / Striking branch of Baby League / La Troienne
Bella Sofia (Awesome Patriot), Clear Ceiling branch of Grey Flight
Golden Pal (Uncle Mo), My Boss Lady / Striking branch of Baby League / La Troienne
Lady Speightspeare (Speightstown), Glamour / Striking branch of Baby League / La Troienne
Turnerloose (Nyquist), High Voltage branch of Erin
GRADE 3
Cellist (Big Blue Kitten), Blitey branch of Lady Pitt
Cody’s Wish (Curlin), Baby League / La Troienne
Frosted Over (Frosted), Allemande branch of Big Hurry / La Troienne
Glass Ceiling (Constitution), Bases Full / Striking branch of Baby League / La Troienne
Midnight Memories (Mastery), Exhilarate branch of Swizzlestick
Princess Grace (Karakontie {JPN}), No Fiddling branch of Big Hurry / La Troienne
Queen Goddess (Empire Maker), Blitey branch of Lady Pitt
Tiz the Bomb (Hit It a Bomb), Second dam Cabbage Key co-bred by Ogden Phipps
Read Sid Fernando’s July 6th Thoroughbred Daily News Story “The Phipps Influence here.
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