Brittany Updike

Graded stakes winner Simplification (Not This Time--Simply Confection, by Candy Ride {Arg}) was represented by his first foal when Calidad (Quality Road) produced a colt Jan. 17. The foal is owned by First Finds Farm and Brittany Updike. "Simplification is a good-looking, classy stallion. His first foal is exactly what we expected--strong, healthy, good bone, and great conformation," said Pleasant Acres Stallions' director of stallion services Christine Jones. "What a brilliant way to start his career as a stallion. We expect big things for his future." Simplification won the 2022...

Brittany Updike has been consigning under her Afleet Equine Services banner for five years now, but will offer her biggest group to date when she brings an 18-horse consignment to next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's October Yearling Sale. A native Floridian, Updike is no stranger to major consignments. She's worked the 2-year-old sales for Torie and Jimbo Gladwell's Top Line Sales. "I started doing MagnaWave therapy," Updike explained of her introduction to the sales scene. "I was working on Torie and Jimbo's horses and it turned into, 'Oh, you...