Ghostzapper mare Wayfaring hails from a deep, successful Phipps family described by pedigree analyst Kaitlin Free “as one of the greatest in recent history.” Being offered as Hip 16 in Book 1 of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale on Tuesday, November 4, she is consigned by Lane’s End and is in foal to Horse of the Year Flightline.
Wayfaring is a half-sister to Surprisingly, by Mastery, who launched a fierce closing rally to win her graded debut in the 2023 Endeavor Stakes (G3) for Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey. She was purchased later that year by Repole Stable as a racing or broodmare prospect for $1 million from the Claiborne Farm consignment at the 2023 Keeneland November Sale.
Wayfaring’s dam Vagabond, by Arch, is half to Alpha Delta Stables’ Great Island, by Scat Daddy, who was runner-up in the 2021 Flower Bowl Stakes (G1) behind the classy three-time grade 1 winner War Like Goddess, by English Channel. In her prior race, Great Island defeated three graded winners thanks to an impressive rally that took her from last to first to win going away in the Matchmaker Stakes (G3).
Second dam Voyage, by Rahy, is a half to two multiple grade 1 winners, a stakes winner, and a stakes-placed finisher who produced a stakes winner. Her most successful sibling is five-time grade 1-winning sire Point of Entry, by Dynaformer, who retired in 2013 with nearly $2.5 million in career earnings. His marquee victories included three successive grade 1 victories in 2012 – including the Man o’ War Stakes (G1), Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes (G1), and Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes (G1). He finished his campaign that year with runner-up honors in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1).
Point of Entry’s 2013 campaign kicked off in the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1) – renamed the Pegasus World Cup Turf starting in 2019 – with an impressive victory over a field that included 2011 Kentucky Derby winner and Eclipse champion Animal Kingdom. He picked up his fifth career grade 1 win next time out with a come-from-behind victory in the Manhattan Handicap (G1). An Eclipse award finalist in 2012 and 2013 for male turf horse (won both years by Hall of Famer Wise Dan), Point of Entry entered stud in Kentucky in 2014 at Adena Springs and is the sire of two champions and a dozen graded or group stakes winners in the U.S., Canada, Japan, and United Arab Emirates.
Voyage’s half-sister Pine Island, by Arch, won the prestigious Alabama Stakes (G1) and Gazelle Stakes (G1), and finished runner-up in the Mother Goose Stakes (G1) and fillies classic Coaching Club American Oaks (G1). Voyage’s half-brother Bokeelia Island, by Medaglia d’Oro, went from last to first to earn his first stakes victory in the 2019 JR Malouff Handicap and won the Veterans Stakes later that year. Her other half-sister Chili Cat, by Storm Cat, placed in the A Wild Ride Stakes and produced Cat’s Claw, by Dynaformer, who rallied to win the 2014 Waya Stakes at Saratoga.
Wayfaring’s winning third dam Matlacha Pass, by Seeking the Gold, is a full sister to Pleasant Home who won the 2005 winner of the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) by 8 lengths. That year, she also won the Bed o’ Roses Stakes (G3) and was runner-up in the Ballerina Stakes (G1) and Spinster Stakes (G1).
Though her daughter Magical World, by Distorted Humor, Pleasant Home is the granddam of a multiple grade 1-winning Three Chimneys Farm-bred Guarana, by Ghostzapper. She was a 6-length winner of the 2019 Acorn Stakes (G1) in her second career start, followed by a victory in the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1). In 2020, Guarana added a third grade 1 win in the Madison Stakes (G1), bringing her career earnings to more than $1 million. Guarana sold the following year in foal to Into Mischief for $4.4 million at the Faisg-Tipton November Sale. Her dam Magical World, who was also in foal to Into Mischief, sold at the same sale for a whopping $5.4 million.
In addition to Guarana, Magical World produced Pioneer of the Nile colt Beatbox, who was purchased at the 2019 Keenland September Yearling Sale for $2.1 million and won the 2024 Fair Grounds Stakes (G3). Magical World’s third stakes winner Magic Dance, by More Than Ready, placed in the 2019 Adirondack Stakes (G3) after a victory Churchill’s Debutante Stakes.
Matlacha Pass’s full sister Country Hideaway was a four-time graded winner, with victories in the First Flight Handicap (G2) in 1999 and 2000, Vagrancy Handicap (G2) in 2000, and Bed o’ Roses Handicap (G3) in 2001. She was also three-time grade 1-placed after finishing runner-up in the Ballerina Handicap (G1) in 2000 and 2021 and placing in the Ruffian Handicap (G1) in 2000. Country Hideaway is the dam of Boca Grande, by A.P. Indy, who had victories in the 2006 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) and 2007 Comely Stakes (G2). In addition to her graded wins, Boca Grande placed in the Mother Goose Stakes (G1) and Test Stakes (G1) in 2007. Through Boca Grande’s branch of her family, Country Hideaway is the third dam of Osamu Satomi’s Satono Tempest (JPN), winner of the 7-furlong Takasegawa Stakes in 2023 in his native Japan. Country Hideaway also foaled Vacation, by Dynaformer, who rallied five wide to convincingly win Arlington Park’s 2009 Hanshin Cup Handicap (G3) by 2¼ lengths.
Also by Seeking the Gold, Matlacha Pass’s other full sister Home Sweet Home is the dam of Birdie Birdie (JPN), by Brian’s Time, winner of the 2010 Unicorn Stakes (G3) in Japan. He also won four other stakes and retired with nearly US $2.9 million in earnings.
Wayfaring’s fourth dam is Our Country Place, by Pleasant Colony, was acquired by Ogden Phipps in 1993. She was a half-sister to Sugar Maple Farm-bred Hall of Famer Sky Beauty, by Blushing Groom (FR). Trained by Allen Jerkens, Maplejinsky was a nine-time grade 1 winner, including the New York Triple Tiara (Acorn Stakes {G1}, Mother Goose Stakes {G1}, Coaching Club American Oaks {G1}) and Alabama Stakes (G1). Our Country Place and Sky Beauty are half to Silence Beauty (JPN), by Sunday Silence, dam of Charles Fipke’s homebred Tale of Ekati, by Take of the Cat, who won the Wood Memorial (G1) and Cigar Mile Handicap (G1) and entered study in Kentucky in 2011 at Darby Dan Farm.
Wayfaring’s fifth dam Maplejinsky, by Nijinsky II, was half-sister to 1990 English Horse of the Year Dayjur, by Danzig, and her sixth dam was champion sprinter Gold Beauty, by Mr. Prospector.
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