With the Keeneland September Yearling sale underway, a highlight of Wednesday’s Book 2 is Hip 664, a Maxfield colt out of War Front mare Cover Model. The ninth-generation Phipps-bred is from one of the most sought-after families in the stud book, the Get Lucky branch of Phipps foundation mare Baby League, the latter a daughter of La Troienne, one of the most influential mares of the last century.
Consigned by Lane’s End Farm, the colt is rated an “A” by TrueNicks and he shares the same tail-male and tail-female lines as Spendthrift Farm’s 2015 Las Virgenes Stakes (G1) winner Callback. Callback is by Street Sense (the colt’s grandsire) and her third dam is Phipps-bred Mr. Prospector mare Get Luck (who is also the colt’s great-granddam). Get Lucky is also the third dam of Saturday’s $2 million Ladies Marathon Invitational Stakes (G3) winner Stellify.
Below is a summary of the colt’s family going back to this third dam, which includes a champion, Kentucky Derby winner, several grade 1 winners, and multiple successful sires.
The Siblings of First Dam Cover Model
The yearling’s dam Cover Model is a half-sister to two grade 1 winners. The first is sire Imagining, by Giant’s Causeway, a millionaire who won the Man o’ War Stakes (G1) and placed in four other grade 1 races. Cover Model’s second grade 1-winning half-brother is recently retired steeplechaser Awakened, by Curlin, winner of the Jonathan Sheppard Handicap (G1).
As for her sisters, Cover Model is a half to Snooze, by Forestry, the granddam of Repole Stable’s 2022 Frizette Stakes (G1) winner Chocolate Gelato, by Practical Joke. Cover Model’s stakes-placed half-sister Browse, by Medaglia d’Oro, is the dam of Gage Hill Stables and William Farish-bred Pipit, by Quality Road, winner of the 2023 Victoria Stakes at 2.
Second Dam Daydreaming and Her Siblings
The colt’s granddam Daydreaming, by A.P. Indy, placed the Spinaway Stakes (G1) at 2, won the Top Flight Handicap (G2) and Indiana Breeders’ Cup Oaks (G3) and placed in the Gazelle Handicap (G1) at 3, and won the Next Move Handicap (G3) at 4.
A trio of Daydream’s siblings are sires, including her full brother Girolamo, Godolphin’s winner of the Vosburgh Stakes (G1) at the age of 4; full brother Accelerator, Dinny Phipps’s homebred winner of the Pilgrim Stakes (G3) at 2 and runner-up in the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at 4; and half-brother Harborage, by Monarchos, Earle Mack’s winner of the mile-and-an-eighth Victoria Park Stakes on the dirt at the age of 3.
In addition to her three siblings who are sires, three of Daydreaming’s siblings are grade 1 producers.
Daydreaming’s full sister Supercharger produced Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Super Saver, by Maria’s Mon. Super Saver’s progeny include five-time grade 1-winning champion Letruska, and grade 1 winners Happy Saver, Runhappy, Embellish the Lace, and Competitive Edge. Supercharger also produced WinStar-bred Distorted Humor colt Brethren, winner of the Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) at 3 who now stands at Arindel Farm in Ocala, Florida. He is the sire of one champion and graded stakes-winning millionaire Octane.
Her other full sister She’s a Winner is the dam of WinStar Farm’s dual classic-placed Bluegrass Cat, by Storm Cat, winner of the Remsen Stakes (G2) and Nashua Stakes (G3) at 2, and winner of the Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) and runner-up in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Belmont Stakes (G1), and Travers Stakes (G1) at 3. Bluegrass Cat is sire of one champion and grade 1-placed Sabercat and Kathmanblu, both sires. She’s a Winner also produced Bluegrass Cat’s full brother Dramedy, winner of the Elkhorn Stakes (G2) who went on to sire Sovereign Horse of the Year Mighty Heart, a dual-classic winner of Canada’s Queen’s Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes.
Daydreaming is also half-sister to Deputy Minister mare Malka, the dam of Hill ‘n’ Dale and Philip J. Steinberg’s homebred Got Lucky, by A.P. Indy, winner of the Spinster Stakes (G1) and Molly Pitcher Stakes (G3), both at the age of 4.
Third Dam Get Lucky and her Siblings
The yearling’s third dam is Mr. Prospector mare Get Lucky, winner of the Affectionately Handicap (G3) at 4. Out of Beldame Stakes (G1) winner Dance Number, by Northern Dancer, Get Lucky is a full sibling to champion 2-year-old and sire Rhythm, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1), and Not for Love, a 15-time leading sire in Maryland who is the broodmare sire of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner California Chrome and Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) winner Max Player.
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