Stakes winner Perform is seeking his first win of his 4-year-old campaign on Friday, June 7th in Saratoga Race 2, a $115,000 allowance optional claiming race for ages 3 years and older covering a mile and a quarter over the dirt. The Shug McGaughey trainee will have jockey Dylan Davis aboard, breaking from post № 8 in a field of 9. Post time is 12:53 pm Eastern.

He earned black-type last April by winning the Frederico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park, qualifying him for the grade 1 Preakness Stakes in May in which he finished sixth. He shipped to Saratoga for the summer where he finished a fifth in the Curlin Stakes. After a ten-month layoff, Perform kicked off his 4-year-old campaign on May 19 at Aqueduct, finishing third among allowance company.

By Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms stallion Good Magic and out of Tale of Ekati mare Jane Says, the colt’s granddam is a half-sibling to sires Into Mischief and Mendelssohn and four-time champion Beholder.

Bred by Michael and J.B. Lane Orem, Perform was purchased for $230,000 from the Beau Lane Bloodstock consignment at the Keeneland September 2021 sale. He is owned in partnership by Woodford Racing LLC, Lane’s End Farm, Phipps Stable, Ken Langone, and Edward Hudson, Jr.

After sitting out the year as a three-year old, Phipps Stable’s promising Into Mischief filly Self Confident has rewarded the patience of her connections with an exciting maiden special weight win covering a mile and a sixteenth on the turf at Monmouth on Saturday, May 18th.

Breaking from the outside post in a field of seven, Self Confident raced two wide off of the pace under guiding from jockey Samy Camacho. She stalked in the far turn before rallying three wide into the stretch. She closed steadily in the final furlong before surging approaching the finish to get up and get the win by a head.

The well-bred filly has progressed nicely in her return this year, finishing fourth twice in January and February at Gulfstream, followed by a third-place finish at Tampa in April.

A ninth-generation Phipps homebred, Self Confident is from the Get Lucky branch of La Troienne mare Baby League. The family includes Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver and grade 1 winners Bluegrass Cat, Callback, Dance Number, Frost Giant, Girolamo, Got Lucky, Numbered Account, Private Account, Rhythm, and Phipps-bred sires Imagining, Not for Love, and Polish Numbers.

Phipps Stable’s regally-bred Curlin filly Mystifying earned an impressive debut victory at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, January 14th.

She broke from post 4 in a field of 7 with jockey Jose Ortiz aboard for the six-furlong maiden special weight on the dirt. Mystifying dueled from the two path after the start and settled on the rail up the backstretch. After continuing to duel from the rail in the far turn, she took the lead and kicked clear entering the upper stretch. She dug in to fight off a late challenge and crossed the wire for a half-length victory in 1 minute and 11.68 seconds.

A sixth-generation Phipps homebred, the Curlin filly is from the blue-blooded Blitey branch of Phipps foundation mare Lady Pitt, acquired by Ogden Phipps to freshen up his broodmare band in 1969.

Lady Pitt’s descendants include active grade 1-winning sires Flightline, Oscar Performance, and Instilled Regard, as well as nine grade 1-winning Phipps homebreds, including Dancing Forever, Dancing Spree, Fantastic Find, Finder’s Fee, Furlough, Good Reward, Heavenly Prize, Oh What A Windfall, and Persistently.

FINAL UPDATE

by B. Jason Brooks, phippsstablefan@gmail.com

The list below includes country raced, graded/group stakes name (and link to replay), track name, date, horse name, and Phipps dams in tail-female line. Northern Hemisphere countries are listed first. All are top-tier Part I countries or races as identified by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. (See the 2022 list of 40 graded stakes, including 11 Grade 1s, in the U.S. and Canada won by horses from Phipps families here.)

1. USA-G1 Acorn S. (Belmont 6/9) – PRETTY MISCHIEVOUS (USA) (3rd – 7th dams: Pretty Special / Snobishness / So Social / His Duchess / Businesslike)
2. USA-G1 Alabama S. (Saratoga 8/19) – RANDOMIZED (USA) (7th – 8th dams: Bold Irish / Erin)
3. USA-G1 Derby City Distaff (Churchill 5/6) – MATAREYA (USA) (6th – 8th dams: Finance / Busanda / Businesslike)
4. USA-G1 Florida Derby (Gulfstream 4/2) – FORTE (USA) (6th – 9th dams are Phipps: Stolen Base / Bases Full / Striking / Baby League)
5. USA-G1 Kentucky Oaks (Churchill 5/5) – PRETTY MISCHIEVOUS (USA) (3rd – 7th dams: Pretty Special / Snobishness / So Social / His Duchess / Businesslike)
6. USA-G1 Shoemaker Mile (Santa Anita 5/29) – EXAULTED (USA) (7th – 9th dams: Boldness / Hostility / Marguerite de Valois {FR})
7. USA-G1 Test S. (Saratoga 8/5) – PRETTY MISCHIEVOUS (USA) (3rd – 7th dams: Pretty Special / Snobishness / So Social / His Duchess / Businesslike)
8. USA-G1 Woody Stephens S. (Belmont 6/10) – ARABIAN LION (USA) (2nd – 5th dams: Possibility / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine {ARG})
9. USA-G2 Beldame S. (Aqueduct 10/8) – RANDOMIZED (USA) (7th – 8th dams: Bold Irish / Erin)
10. USA-G2 Fountain of Youth S. (Gulfstream 3/4) – FORTE (USA) (6th – 9th dams are Phipps: Stolen Base / Bases Full / Striking / Baby League)
11. USA-G2 Forty Niner S. (Aqueduct 10/28) – EVERSO MISCHIEVOUS (USA) (3rd – 7th dams are Phipps: Ravish Me / In Conference / Personal Business / Heavenly Match / The Bride)
12. USA-G2 Jim Dandy S. (Saratoga 7/29) – FORTE (USA) (6th – 9th dams are Phipps: Stolen Base / Bases Full / Striking / Baby League)
13. USA-G2 Penn Mile S. (Penn National 6/2) – MAJOR DUDE (USA) (2nd – 5th dams: Possibility / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine {ARG})
14. USA-G2 Presque Isle Downs Masters S. (Presque Isle 9/18) – ACCOMPLISHED GIRL (USA) (8th – 10th dams: Boldness / Hostility / Marguerite de Valois {FR})
15. USA-G2 Rachel Alexandra S. (Fair Grounds 2/18) – PRETTY MISCHIEVOUS (USA) (3rd – 7th dams: Pretty Special / Snobishness / So Social / His Duchess / Businesslike)
16. USA-G2 Santa Monica S. (Santa Anita 2/4) – FUN TO DREAM (USA) (8th – 9th dams: Dark Maiden / Dusky Princess)
17. USA-G2 Summertime O. (Santa Anita 6/3) – WINDOW SHOPPING (USA) (10th dam Hard Baked)
18. USA-G3 American S. (Santa Anita 4/2) – EXAULTED (USA) (7th – 9th dams: Boldness / Hostility / Marguerite de Valois {FR})
19. USA-G3 Bayakoa S. (Los Alamitos 12/15) – MIDNIGHT MEMORIES (USA) (8th – 9th dams: Exhilarate / Swizzlestick)
20. USA-G3 Distaff H. (Aqueduct 4/7) – MOMMASGOTTARUN (USA) (3rd – 10th dams: Supercharger / Get Lucky / Dance Number / Numbered Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League)
21. USA-G3 Endeavour S. (Tampa 2/4) – SURPRISINGLY (USA) (1st – 4th dams: Vagabond / Voyage / Matlacha Pass / Our Country Place)
22. USA-G3 Holy Bull S. (Gulfstream 2/4) – ROCKET CAN (USA) (8th – 9th dams: Exhilarate / Swizzlestick)
23. USA-G3 Kitten’s Joy S. (Gulfstream 2/4) – MAJOR DUDE (USA) (2nd – 5th dams: Possibility / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine {ARG})
24. USA-G3 Louisville S. (Churchill, 5/20) – FOREIGN RELATIONS (USA) (6th – 10th dams: Special Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League)
25. USA-G3 Monmouth S. (Monmouth, 6/17) – CATNIP (USA) (8th – 9th: No Fiddling / Big Hurry)
26. USA-G3 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf Inv. (Gulfstream 1/28) – QUEEN GODDESS (USA) (2nd – 7th dams: Bauble / Just Reward / Heavenly Prize / Oh What A Dance / Blitey / Lady Pitt)
27. USA-G3 Remington Park O. (Remington 9/24) – HONOR D LADY (USA) (1st – 6th dams: Complicated / Consequence / Educated Risk / Pure Profit / Clear Ceiling / Grey Flight)
28. USA-G3 Salvator Mile S. (Monmouth 6/17) – PETULANTE (USA) (6th – 10th dams: Overpowering / High Voltage / Dynamo / Bransome / Erin)
29. USA-G3 Sam F. Davis S. (Tampa 2/11) – LITIGATE (USA) (3rd – 9th dams: Oscillate / Dance Number / Numbered Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League)
30. USA-G3 Toboggan S. (Aqueduct 1/28) – REPO ROCKS (USA) (5th – 6th dams: Hula Hula / Black Helen)
31. USA-G3 Transylvania S. (Keeneland 4/7) – MO STASH (USA) (5th – 7th dams: Finance / Busanda / Businesslike)
32. USA-G3 Westchester S. (Belmont 5/5) – REPO ROCKS (USA) (5th – 6th dams: Hula Hula / Black Helen)
33. CAN-G3 Ontario Fashion S. (Woodbine 10/14) – SPUN GLASS (USA) (5th – 6th dams: Worldly Wise / Hard Baked)
34. FR-G3 Prix de Reux (Deauville 8/5) – JUNKO (GB) (2nd – 5th dams: Indy Pick / Fantastic Find / Blitey / Lady Pitt)
35. FR-G3 Prix Francois Boutin (Deauville 8/13) – GREY MAN (FR) (5th – 7th dams: Bold Consort / Misty Morn / Grey Flight)
36. GER-G2 German 1000 Guineas (Dusseldorf 6/4) – HABANA (GER) (6th – 10th dams: Some Progress / Stepping Stone / Step Across / Drawbridge / Traverse {GB})
37. GB-G3 Darley S. (Newmarket 10/14) – HIGHLAND AVENUE (IRE) (7th – 9th dams: Finance / Busanda / Businesslike)
38. GB-G3 Cheshire Oaks (Chester 5/10) – SAVETHELASTDANCE (IRE) (6th – 9th dams: Helpful / Lending Hand / Tumeric / Bloodroot)
39. GB-G3 Superior Mile S. (Haydock 9/9) – CHINDIT (IRE) (5th – 8th dams: Uncommitted / Lady Be Good / Past Eight / Helvetia)
40. HK-G1 Hong Kong Vase (Hong Kong 12/10) – JUNKO (GB) (2nd – 5th dams: Indy Pick / Fantastic Find / Blitey / Lady Pitt)
41. IRE-G1 Irish Oaks (Curragh 7/22) – SAVETHELASTDANCE (IRE) (6th – 9th dams: Helpful / Lending Hand / Tumeric / Bloodroot)
42. ITY-G3 Gran Premio di Milano (Milano 6/18) – BEST OF LIPS (IRE) (5th – 7th dams: Diary / Narrative / Belle Histoire)
43. ITY-G3 Premio Verziere Memorial Aldo Cirla (Milano 10/8) – MOONU (GB) (6th – 8th dams: Finance / Busanda / Businesslike)
44. JPN-G1 Tokyo Yushun Japanese Derby (Tokyo 5/28) – TASTIERA (JPN) (6th dam: Political Payoff)
45. JPN-G2 Flora Stakes (Tokyo 4/23) – GOLDEN HIND (JPN) (3rd – 9th dams: Oscillate / Dance Number / Numbered Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League)
46. JPN-G2 Hanshin Cup (Hanshin 12/23) – WIN MARVEL (JPN) (5th – 6th dams: Clear Road / Tiny Request)
47. JPN-G2 Yayoi Sho (Nakayama 3/5) – TASTIERA (JPN) (6th – 7th dams: Political Payoff / Tiny Request)
48. JPN-G3 Kokura Daishoten (Kokura 2/19) – HINDU TIMES (JPN) (3rd – 5th dams: Personal Business / Heavenly Match / The Bride)
49. JPN-G3 Turquoise S. (Nakayama 12/16) – FIERCE PRIDE (JPN) (2nd-3rd dams: Storm Song / Hum Along)
50. UAE-G2 Dubai City of Gold S. (Meydan 3/4) – GLOBAL STORM (IRE) (6th – 7th dams: No Fiddling / Big Hurry)
51. UAE-G3 UAE Oaks (Meydan 2/17) – MIMI KAKUSHI (USA) (7th – 8th dams: Slapdash / Tetrarchy)
52. AUS-G1 Canterbury S. (Randwick 3/4) – ARTORIUS (AUS) (7th-8th dams: Searching / Big Hurry)
53. AUS-G1 South Australian Derby (Morphettville 5/13) – DUNKEL (NZ) (6th – 7th dams: Dashing By / Big Hurry)
54. AUS-G2 Autumn S. (Sandown 2/11) – GLINT OF SILVER (AUS) (6th – 7th dams: Hula Hula / Black Helen)
55. AUS-G2 Sires’ Produce S. (Flemington 3/11) – VEIGHT (AUS) (6th – 8th: Boldness / Hostility / Marguerite de Valois (FR))
56. AUS-G3 Hawkesbury Crown (Hawkesbury 4/22) – PRINCESS GRACE (USA) (8th – 9th dams: No Fiddling / Big Hurry)
57. AUS-G3 McNeil S. (Caulfield 9/2) – VEIGHT (AUS) (6th – 8th dams: Boldness / Hostility / Marguerite De Valois {FR})
58. AUS-G3 Pam O’Neill S. (Doomben 5/20) – FRUMOS (AUS) (4th – 8th dams: Fiddlesticks / Discipline / Lady Be Good / Past Eight / Helvetia)
59. AUS-G3 Triscay S. (Randwick 2/11) – PO KARE KARE (NZ) (6th – 7th dams: Hula Hula / Black Helen)
60. NZ-G3 King’s Plate (Te Rapa 3/4) – BABYLON BERLIN (AUS) (4th – 8th dams: Snap Selection / Impish / Lady Be Good / Past Eight / Helvetia)
61. ARG-G1 Gran Premio de las Americas (Palmero 5/1) – SUBSANADOR (ARG) (4th – 8th dams: Quick Glance / Bonnie Blink / Glamour / Striking / Baby League)
62. ARG-G1 Gran Premio San Isidro (San Isidro 10/8) – NANDA DEA (ARG) (3rd – 8th dams: Troubling / Dispute / Resolver / Lovely Morning / Misty Morn / Grey Flight)
63. ARG-G2 Clásico Ecuador (San Isidro 9/9) NANDA DEA (ARG) (3rd – 8th dams: Troubling / Dispute / Resolver / Lovely Morning / Misty Morn / Grey Flight)
64. ARG-G2 Clásico Omega (San Isidro 6/24) – NANDA DEA (ARG) (3rd – 8th dams: Troubling / Dispute / Resolver / Lovely Morning / Misty Morn / Grey Flight)
65. ARG-G2 Clásico Perú (Palmero 7/29) – SUBSANADOR (ARG) (4th – 8th dams: Quick Glance / Bonnie Blink / Glamour / Striking / Baby League)
66. ARG-G3 Clásico Antonio Cane (La Plata 6/29) – LAGARTO BOY (ARG) (6th – 8th dams: Queen Gamble / Flirtatious / Flitabout)
67. ARG-G3 Clásico El Virtuoso (Palmero 3/6) – SUBSANADOR (ARG) (4th – 8th dams: Quick Glance / Bonnie Blink / Glamour / Striking / Baby League)
68. ARG-G3 Clásico Invasor (San Isidro 12/30) – SATU (ARG) (4th – 8th dams: Quick Glance / Bonnie Blink / Glamour / Striking / Baby League)
69. ARG-G3 Clásico Manuel J. Güiraldes (Palmero 7/2) – NANABUSH (ARG) (3rd – 8th dams: Troubling / Dispute / Resolver / Lovely Morning / Misty Morn / Grey Flight)
70. ARG-G3 Clasico Republica Oriental del Uruguay (Palmero 12/9) – NANABUSH (ARG) (3rd – 9th dams: Troubling / Dispute / Resolver / Lovely Morning / Misty Morn / Grey Flight)
71. BRZ-G1 Grande Premio Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Gavea 2/12) – LONDON MOON (BRZ) (6th – 7th dams: Searching / Big Hurry)
72. BRZ-G1 Grande Premio Henrique de Toledo Lara (Cidade Jardin 10/8) – SUN OF HILL (BRZ) (5th – 9th dams: Fascinating Trick / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League)
73. BRZ-G2 Grande Premio Julio Capua (Gavea 12/10) – LONDON MOON (BRZ) (6th – 7th dams: Searching / Big Hurry)
74. BRZ-G2 Grande Premio Nove de Maio (Gavea 5/21) – LIMEIRA (BRZ) (4th – 9th dams: Defer / I Pass / Impish / Lady Be Good / Past Eight / Helvetia)
75. BRZ-G3 Grande Premio Antenor de Lara Campos (Cidade Jardin 6/24) – QUISAR (BRZ) (8th – 10th dams: Boldness / Hostility / Marguerite De Valois {FR})
76. BRZ-G3 Grande Premio Jose Buarque de Macedo (Gavea 1/15) – LONDON MOON (BRZ) (6th – 7th dams: Searching / Big Hurry)
77. BRZ-G3 Grande Premio Jose Paulino Nogueira (Cidade Jardin, 6/10) – MISS MARCELA (BRZ) (6th – 8th dams: Efficient / Resourceful / Black Helen)
78. BRZ-G3 Grande Premio Parana (Taruma 12/3) OBATAYE (BRZ) (5th – 9th dams: The Garden Club / Fashion Verdict / So Chic / Striking / Baby League)
79. BRZ-G3 Grande Premio Presidente Augusto de Souza Queiroz (Cidade Jardim 5/5) QUISAR (BRZ) (8th – 10th dams: Boldness / Hostility / Marguerite De Valois {FR})
80. BRZ-G3 Grande Premio Riboletta (Gavea 4/23) – HIGH WIRE (BRZ) (5th – 7th dams: Unknown Heiress / Medici / Flitabout)
81. CHI-G1 Clasico Tanteo de Potrillos (Hipodromo Chile 6/24) – SOQUI (CHI) (2nd – 5th dams: Weekend Leave / Home Leave / Blitey / Lady Pitt)
82. CHI-G2 Clasico Verano-Arturo Cousino Lyon (Club Hipico 3/27) – VISORIO (CHI) (4th – 8th dams: Winning Trick / High Bid / Stepping Stone / Step Across / Drawbridge)
83. CHI-G2 Grande Premio Criadores Eugenio Zegers Leon (Hipodromo Chile 5/27) – SOQUI (CHI) (2nd – 5th dams: Weekend Leave / Home Leave / Blitey / Lady Pitt)
84. CHI-G3 Classico Cotejo de Potrancas (Club Hípico de Santiago 4/14) – GUAIRABA (CHI) (7th – 8th dams: Searching / Big Hurry)
85. CHI-G2 Clasico Fernando Moller Bordeu (Hipodromo Chile 4/29) – WAR SUBJECTIVE (CHI) (6th – 8th dams: Finance / Busanda / Businesslike)
86. CHI-G3 Clasico Julio Subercaseaux Browne (Club Hipico 5/5) GUAIRABA (CHI) (7th – 8th dams: Searching / Big Hurry)
87. PER-G1 Clasico Derby Nacional (Monterrico 11/19) – POSEIDON (PER) (2nd – 6th dams: Prankster / Salute / Personal Ensign / Grecia Banner / Dorine {ARG})
88. PER-G1 Clasico Ricardo Ortiz de Zevallos (Monterrico 10/15) WELLINGTON (PER) (2nd – 5th dams: Nice Canter / Loping Along / Blitey / Lady Pitt)
89. PER-G1 Clasico Polla de Potrillos (Monterrico 9/10) WELLINGTON (PER) (2nd – 5th dams: Nice Canter / Loping Along / Blitey / Lady Pitt)
90. PER-G3 Clasico Comercio (Monterrico 7/27) – ESIDIO (USA) (6th – 7th dams: Grand Gala / Tetrarchy)
91. PER-G3 Clasico Claudio Fernandez Concha (Monterrico 9/10) SYSTEM OF A DOWN (PER) (2nd – 4th dams: El Coyote / Country Hideaway / Our Country Place)
92. PER-G3 Clasico Mariano Ignacio Prado (Monterrico 11/26) – MANYUZ (USA) (1st – 6th dams: Viva La Flag / On Parade / My Flag / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine {ARG})
93. PER-G3 Clasico Miguel Fort Magot (Monterrico 9/3) – PRIME (PER) (6th – 8th dams: Finance / Busanda / Businesslike)
94. SAF-G3 Politician S. (Kenilworth 1/21) – ROCKPOOL (SAF) (6th – 9th dams: Directoire / Bold Consort / Misty Morn / Grey Flight)
95. SAF-G3 Splashout 2200 (Greyville 7/1) – CRIMSON KING (SAF) (7th – 9th dams: Boldness / Hostility / Marguerite de Valois {FR})

Video: Phipps Stable’s homebred Surprisingly winning the grade 3 Endeavour Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on February 4, 2023 with jockey Paco Lopez aboard for trainer Shug McGaughey.

by B. Jason Brooks

Fillies from Phipps female families at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale ranked among the highest-priced yearlings sold and significantly outpaced the sale average. 

A total of seven fillies from Phipps families sold for a total of $3.4 million for an average of $489,286.  This is a substantial 19 percent above the sale’s $410,145 average for the fillies sold from non-Phipps families.  

Ranking the third highest-priced filly in the Saratoga Sale, Hip #118 is a May foal by Constitution that fetched $900,000. Bred in Kentucky by Newstead, she was consigned by Hunter Valley Farm and purchased by Mike Wallace for partnership Rocket Ship Racing and Gandharvi Racing.  Her dam is half a half sister of grade 1 Frizette Stakes winner Nickname, by Scat Daddy, that sold for $3 million at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. 

The Constitution yearling is from the family of Phipps foundation mare Businesslike, a daughter of the great French mare La Troienne, acquired by Ogden Phipps in 1946.  This is the deep, winning Phipps family of four-time champion and Hall of Famer Buckpasser and top active family members include Godolphin’s multiple grade 1 winners Matareya, by Pioneer of the Nile, and Pretty Mischievous, by Into Mischief. 

Recognizing the well-bred yearling’s strong long-term potential on the track and as a producer, Rocket Ship Racing’s Brook Smith stated (here), “[T]his is the type of filly that would be an incredible broodmare, even if she runs mediocre.  But we think she’s going to run well. She’s beautiful…”

Ranking the tenth highest-priced filly of the Saratoga Sale was was Hip #24, a $750,000 Kentucky-bred Omaha Beach filly out of Phipps-bred mare Complicated that was consigned by Indian Creek and purchased by Live Oak Plantation. The yearling is a half-sister of four-year-old Army Mule gelding Churchtown, winner of the black-type Gio Ponti Stakes last year, and three-year-old Honor Code filly Honor D Lady, who placed in the Selena Stakes and Mazarine Stakes, both grade 3 races.  Phipps-bred mare Complicated, by Blame, was sold at Keeneland November 2016 Breeding Stock Sale for $110,000.

The Omaha Beach yearling hails from the Educated Risk branch of the Phipps foundation mare Grey Flight, by French-bred sire Mahmoud.  This family came into the Phipps fold when Glady Mills Phipps purchased Grey Flight at the 1946 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale for a sale-topping $35,000.  Grey Flight’s descendants include three top Phipps homebreds, including Kentucky Oaks winner Dispute, Coaching Club American Oaks winner Smuggler, and Britain’s One Thousand Guineas winner Quick As Lightning.

A third notable high-priced filly of the Saratoga Sale is Hip 198, a $675,000 Kentucky-bred Curlin yearling out of unraced Giant’s Causeway mare Tooken, the dam a full sister of grade 1 Suburban Handicap winner Frost Giant.  Ranking the 13th highest-priced filly, she was consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms and purchased by Mike Rutherford. 

The Curlin filly’s dam is from the Dance Number branch of Phipps foundation mare Baby League, the latter being another daughter of La Troienne acquired by Ogden Phipps in 1946.  One of the top families in the stud book, descendants of Baby League include Kentucky Derby winners Smarty Jones and Super Saver, and grade 1 winners Bluegrass Cat, Boucher, Callback, Dance Number, Girolamo, Got Lucky, Numbered Account, Private Account, and Rhythm.  Some of the family’s recent elite winners include champion Forte, by Violence, and Irish-bred Alcohol Free, by No Nay Never, a four-time group 1 winner who sold at the December 2022 Tattersalls Sale for $6.8 million.  The family also includes grade 3-winning Include mare Proud Emma, purchased for $1 million by Flightline’s breeder Jane Lions at the 2022 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.  

The four other attractive fillies from Phipps families that sold at the sale include: Hip #160, by Quality Road, from the Lady Be Good branch of Helvetia, that was consigned by Taylor Made Sales and purchased for $375,000 by Barcardi Bloodstock for DWF; Hip #153, by Omaha Beach, from the Get Lucky branch of Baby League, that was consigned by Four Star Sales and purchased for $275,000 by agent Elliott/McElroy for Amo Racing; Hip #2, by Maclean’s Music, from the Hopefully branch of White Favor, that was consigned by Warrendale Sales and purchased for $250,000 by Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Steve Rocco; and, Hip #161, by Authentic, another filly from the Lady Be Good branch of Helvetia, that was consigned by Mulholland Springs and purchased for $200,000 by West Point Thoroughbreds and agent L.E.B.

This crop of yearling fillies from Phipps families did quite well at the boutique Saratoga Sale and will be fun to follow starting next year on the track and for years to come as attractive broodmares. And, given the current success of these families on the track and as producers, one can expect this momentum to carry on into the Keeneland September Yearling Sales.

By B. Jason Brooks

With Saratoga Sale grad Flightline fresh in the minds of potential buyers for this year’s Fasig-Tipton sale, yearlings from Phipps female families will again be in high demand.

This year’s Saratoga Sale features 15 yearlings from Phipps families, including 6 colts and 9 fillies.  In addition to their winning Phipps families, they are sired by elite stallions, including Curlin, Into Mischief, Justify, Uncle Mo, and Quality Road, among others.

At the sale last year, yearlings from Phipps families did well, with 14 selling for a total of $6.6 million or an average of $472,500, including two $1 million colts, both by Into Mischief.

Phipps families represented this year include those of Phipps foundation mares Baby League (2), Big Hurry (2), Businesslike (2), and Belle Histoire (1), all tail-female lines descending from imported French mare La Troienne. These families have produced an impressive 7 classic winners, including: Kentucky Derby winners Sea Hero (family of Big Hurry), Smarty Jones (family of Baby League), and Super Saver (family of Baby League), Preakness Stakes winners Personality (family of Big Hurry), Prairie Bayou (family of Businesslike), and Smarty Jones, and Belmont Stakes winners Easy Goer (family of Big Hurry) and Essential Quality (family of Baby League).

Other elite Phipps families represented in the Saratoga Sale also include: Lady Be Good branch of Helvetia (2); Hopefully branch of White Favor (2); Personal Ensign branch of Dorine (ARG) (1); High Voltage branch of Erin (1); Smuggler branch of Grey Flight (1); and, the Educated Risk branch of Grey Flight (1).

The boutique Saratoga Sale has seen multiple recent graduates from Phipps families go on win grade 1 races, including undefeated 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline, 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Sharing, 2021 Churchill Downs Stakes (G1) winner Flagstaff, and 2021 American Oaks (G1) winner Queen Goddess.  (See the full list below.)

Horses from Phipps families have had a stellar year thus far in the U.S., represented by 25 graded stakes wins (listed here), including 6 grade 1 wins accomplished by Pretty Mischievous in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Acorn Stakes (G1), Forte in the Florida Derby (G1), Arabian Lion in the Woody Stephens (G1), Matareya in the Derby City Distaff (G1), and Exaulted in the Shoemaker Mile (G1). (Globally, horses representing Phipps families have won 14 grade 1 or group 1 races in top-tier IFHA Part I countries.)

This success comes on top of a very strong year in 2022, with horses from Phipps families winning 11 grade 1 races and a total of 40 graded stakes in the U.S. and Canada (listed here).  With 109 Grade 1 races ran in these countries last year, that’s more than 10 percent of them won by horses from Phipps families.

Below is the recent graded stakes-winning Saratoga Sale grads from Phipps families as well as the 15 yearlings in the sale this year.

RECENT GRADED STAKES-WINNING SARATOGA SALE GRADS FROM PHIPPS FEMALE FAMILIES

Flightline (KY) c, MG1W (Tapit – Feathered, by Indian Charlie): G1 Metropolitan H. (2022); G1 Malibu S. (2021), 2nd-6th dams are Phipps: Receipt / Finder’s Fee / Fantastic Find / Blitey / Lady Pitt, Consignor Lane’s End

Sharing (MD) m, G1W/MGSW (Speightstown – Shared Account, by Pleasantly Perfect): G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (2019); G2 Edgewood S. (2020), 5th-7th dams are Phipps: Leix / Bold Irish / Erin, Consignor Upson Downs Farm

Flagstaff (KY) g, G1W/MGSW (Speightstown – Indian Giving, by A.P. Indy): G1 Churchill Downs S. (2021); G2 San Carlos S. (2020); G3 Commonwealth S. (2021), 5th-8th dams are Phipps: Bravissimo / Batter Up / Striking / Baby League, Consignor Lane’s End

Queen Goddess (KY) f, G1W/MGSW (Empire Maker – Royal Story, by Lemon Drop Kid): G1 American Oaks (2021); G3 Santa Anita S. (2022); G3 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf Inv. (2023), 2nd-7th dams are Phipps: Bauble / Just Reward / Heavenly Prize / Oh What A Dance / Blitey / Lady Pitt, Consignor Ballysax Bloodstock

Major Dude (KY) c, MGSW (Bolt d’Oro – Mary Rita, by Distorted Humor): G2 Penn Mile S. (2023); G3 Kitten’s Joy S. (2023); G2 Pilgrim S. (2022), 2nd – 5th dams: Possibility / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine (ARG), Consignor Taylor Made

Pink Sands (KY) m, MGSW (Tapit – Her Smile, by Include): G2 Inside Information S. (2020); G3 Rampart S. (2019), 6th-8th dams are Phipps: Diary / Narrative / Belle Histoire, Consignor KatieRich Farms

Tizamagician (KY) h, MGSW (Tiznow – Magic Union, by Dixie Union): G3 Tokyo City Cup S. (2021); G3 Cougar II S. (2021), 5th-10th dams are Phipps: Royal Dilemma / Queen Empress / Irish Jay / Irish Witch / Witchlike / Romanesque, Consignor Woodford Tb.

Thoughtfully (KY) f, GSW (Tapit – Pension, by Seeking the Gold): G2 Adirondack S. (2020), 1st-4th dams are Phipps: Pension / Furlough / Blitey / Lady Pitt, Consignor Gainesway

Jouster (KY) f, GSW (Noble Mission {GB} – Playtime, by Street Cry {IRE}): G2 Appalacian S. (2021), 1st-6th dams are Phipps: Playtime / Storm Flag Flying / My Flag / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine (ARG), Consignor Lane’s End

2023 FASIT-TIPTON SARATOGA SALE YEARLINGS FROM PHIPPS FEMALE FAMILIES

HIP #2 — b. f. (KY) 3/31/22 (Maclean’s Music – Baby Rags, by Union Rags), 8th – 9th dams: Hopefully / White Favor (Warrendale Sales, Barn 1)

HIP #13 — b. c. (KY) 5/2/22 (Uncle Mo – Canteen, by Candy Ride {Arg}), 4th – 7th dams: A Pretty Smile / Marking time / Allemande / Big Hurry (Taylor Made Sales, Barn 10)

HIP #24 — dkb. f. (KY) 3/1/22 (Omaha Beach – Complicated, by Blame), 1st – 6th dams: Complicated / Consequence / Educated Risk / Pure Profit / Clear Ceiling / Grey Flight (Indian Creek, Barn 6)

HIP #45 — gr/r. f. (KY) 4/11/22 (Blame – Fastbridled, by Unbridled’s Song), 2nd – 6th dams: Pennant Champion / Personal Ensign / Grecian Banner / Dorine (ARG) (Mill Ridge Sales, Barn 5)

HIP #60 — dkb. c. (KY) 2/20/22 (Munnings – Guilty Verdict, by Medaglia d’Oro), 1st – 6th dams: Guilty Verdict / Smuggler / Inside Information / Pure Profit / Clear Ceiling / Grey Flight (Taylor Made Sales, Barn 7B)

HIP #74 — b. c. (KY) 4/4/22 (Constitution – Icon Project, by Empire Maker), 5th – 6th dams: Searching / Big Hurry (Lane’s End, Barn 7C)

HIP #118 — dkb. f. (KY) 5/3/22 (Constitution – Nina Fever, by Borrego), 6th – 9th dams: Comic Relief / His Duchess / Businesslike (Hunter Valley Farm, Barn 2)

HIP #127 — b. f. (KY) 2/14/22 (Not This Time – Philanthropic, by Malibu Moon), 8th – 9th dams: Hopefully / White Favor (Taylor Made Sales, Barn 7B)

HIP #153 — b. f. (KY) 3/27/22 (Omaha Beach – Sconset, by Tapit), 4th – 10th dams: Get Lucky / Dance Number / Numbered Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League (Four Star Sales, Barn 7C)

HIP #154 — b. c. (KY) 2/6/22 (Into Mischief – Seek and Destroy, by Verrazano), 2nd – 9th dams: Search and Seizure / Search Party / Deputation / Wedding Party / Betrothed / Vowed / Narrative / Belle Histoire (Indian Creek, Barn 6)

HIP #160 — dkb. f. (KY) 3/8/22 (Quality Road – Shoppers Return, by Put It Back), 4th – 7th dams: Impish / Lady Be Good / Past Eight / Helvetia (Taylor Made Sales, Barn 7B)

HIP #161 — b. f. (KY) 2/20/22 (Authentic – Sine Wave, by Big Brown), 4th – 9th dams: Private Seductress / In Full Cry / In Hot Pursuit / Lady Be Good / Past Eight / Helvetia (Mulholland Springs, Barn 4)

HIP #198 — ch. f. (KY) 2/18/22 (Curlin – Tooken, by Giant’s Causeway), 3rd – 9th dams: Oscillate / Dance Number / Numbered Account / Intriguing / Glamour / Striking / Baby League (Hill ‘n’ Dale, Barn 2)

HIP #214 — ch. c. (PA) 3/17/22 (Justify – Wembley, by Bernardini), 6th – 10th dams: Overpowering / High Voltage / Dynamo / Bransome / Erin (Warrendale Sales, Barn 1)

HIP #231 — dkb. c. (KY) 2/26/22 (Nyquist – Aspen Hilltop, by Bernardini), 6th – 10th dams: Rules of the Game / Open Hearing / Oak Cluster / Busanda / Businesslike (Taylor Made Sales, Barn 7B)

Photo: Flightline at the 2019 Saratoga Sale.

by B. Jason Brooks

Phipps Stable’s homebred Dreams of Tomorrow has shipped to Canada in seek of his first graded stakes win on Sunday, July 23rd in the grade 2 Connaught Cup Stakes, a seven-furlong turf race at Woodbine Racetrack with a purse of C$175,000.

The six-year-old Speightstown horse will break from post № 6 in a field of 10 with jockey Patrick Husbands aboard. Post time for the eighth race on the card is 4:48 pm Eastern.

Dreams of Tomorrow has 5 wins and 8 placings from 21 career starts, with earnings of nearly $350,000. He earned blacktype at the age of four for placing in the Henry S. Clark Stakes at Pimlico on the 2021 Preakness undercard. Among graded stakes company, he finished fourth in the grade 2 Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga Race Course in 2021 and, most recently, fifth in the grade 3 Poker Stakes at Belmont Park last month.

He experienced a significant setback that delayed the start of his five-year-old campaign last year due to some bone-bruising that forced a nine-month layoff. Since his return last September, he has two wins, both allowance optional claiming races, with one at Tampa Bay Downs in December 2022 and the most recent at Belmont Park in May of this year.

Dreams of Tomorrow is the first foal out of Medaglia d’Oro mare Sabbatical, from the Get Lucky branch of Phipps foundation mare Baby League. Get Lucky, by Mr. Prospector, is the ancestress of Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, as well as grade 1 winners Bluegrass Cat, Callback, Chocolate Gelato, Girolamo, Got Lucky, and Imagining. Get Lucky’s juvenile great granddaughter Pipit recently broke her maiden in the listed Victoria Stakes at Woodbine on July 16th.

Photo: Dreams of Tomorrow in the 2021 Lure Stakes at Saratoga. ©Phipps Stable Fan

by B. Jason Brooks

PHIPPS STABLE’s homebred filly Surprisingly is seeking her second graded stakes win in the 57th running of the grade 3 Matchmaker Stakes on Saturday, July 22nd at Monmouth Park. Winner of the grade 3 Endeavour Stakes in February at Tampa Bay Downs, she has since placed in the grade 2 Hillsborough Stakes at Tampa in March, grade 3 Beaugay Stakes at Belmont Park in May, and grade 3 Eatontown Stakes at Monmouth Park in June.

The four-year-old Mastery filly enters the race tied with stablemate Personal Best for the second shortest odds in the field at 3-1, with the favorite being Klaravich Stables’ Chad Brown-trained Consumer Spending at 5-2. With a purse of $300,000, the Matchmaker Stakes is the fifth race on Monmouth Park’s Haskell undercard and has a post time of 1:52 pm Eastern.

Jockey Paco Lopez retains the mount with Surprisingly breaking from outside post № 7. The Monmouth meet’s leading jockey guided Surprisingly to a win in her career debut as a juvenile at Monmouth as well as her Endeavour Stakes victory at Tampa this year.

While Hall of Fame trainer Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey is seeking his first career Matchmaker win, Ogden Phipps’s champion Buckpasser mare Numbered Account won the race in 1972 at Atlantic City Race Course, with jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. aboard for trainer Roger Laurin. The win declaration came after a lengthy ten-minute inquiry and the stewards ultimately disqualifying first-place finisher Alma North for having drifted in and out in the stretch to “intimidate” her foes after tiring under jockey Michael Hole, according to the New York Times.

Surprisingly has a career record of four wins and four placings from ten starts, with earnings of $276,950. Her dam Vagabond is a half-sister to graded-stakes winner Great Island and she’s from a prominent Phipps female family that traces back to foundation mare Our Country Place, a daughter of multiple grade 1 winner Maplejinsky. The family includes grade 1 winners Guarana, Pine Island, Pleasant Home, and Point of Entry, the latter three Phipps homebreds.