Kings Equine

Bloodstock agent Mahmud Mouni continued his buying spree at the juvenile sales this spring, going to $1 million to acquire a colt by Into Mischief (hip 334) Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Mouni, who is purchasing horses for a partnership of Libyan owners, also purchased a pair of colts for $700,000 Tuesday. The colt, who worked a furlong in a co-fastest :10 1/5 last week, was consigned by Kings Equine on behalf of his breeder, Spendthrift Farm. He is out of stakes winner Quick Flip...

TIMONIUM, MD - Fasig-Tipton was forced to halt the under-tack preview of its Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Thursday after a fatal breakdown that was followed by a sudden downpour. Sales officials announced Thursday evening that the preview would resume Sunday at 8 a.m. and that the sale, originally scheduled to be held next Monday and Tuesday, will be held in one session Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m. The preview has been beset by weather issues and the sales company postponed Tuesday's scheduled start by a day. The Wednesday...

by Jessica Martini & Stefanie Grimm OCALA, FL - It was mid-morning Wednesday when Kerri Radcliffe made the first seven-figure purchase of the day, going to $1.05 million for a son of Nyquist, and, by the time the bloodstock agent made a session-topping bid of $1.45 million for a colt by Gun Runner just three hips from the end of the day, a total of six juveniles had sold for seven figures during the second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Wednesday. Through...

Shortly after buying the $1.4m session topper from the same consignment, Mahmud Mouni went to $1,050,000 to secure a filly by Tiz the Law (hip 578) consigned by Kings Equine. Purchased as a yearling for $70,000 at FTKOCT, the filly worked her furlong in a co-bullet :9 4/5. She is out of GSP Tulsa Queen who has one winner from as many to race. Tiz the Law now has two seven-figure 2-year-olds from the same session Wednesday.

An Into Mischief full-brother (hip 416) to MSW Taraz lit up the bid board at OBS Wednesday, selling for $1,400,000 to Mahmud Mouni from the Kings Equine consignment. Out of the Empire Maker mare Silk Route, the colt breezed his furlong in the sale's co-fastest time of :9 4/5. First dam Silke Route is a daughter of G1SP Jibe who also produced the dam of GSW Call Me Midnight (Midnight Lute) while third dam Slightly Dangerous is responsible for a pair of European champions in Commander in Chief (GB) (Dancing...

While eight horses tied for the fastest furlong of :9 4/5, a filly from the first crop of Grade I winner Yaupon (hip 181) distinguished herself with a bullet quarter-mile breeze in :20 2/5 during the second session of the under-tack preview ahead of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Monday in Central Florida. Consigned by Tom McCrocklin, hip 181 is out of Moon Over Mag Bay (Malibu Moon), a daughter of stakes winner Believe in Charlie (Indian Charlie). "She's just naturally fast," McCrocklin said...

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. To follow are the horses entered for Monday at Ellis Park: Monday, July 22, 2024 Ellis 3, $71k, 2yo, f,...

A pair of colts from the first crop of McKinzie and a filly by Munnings shared the fastest furlong time of :9 4/5 during the first session of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company' March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Wednesday in Central Florida. Consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, the daughter of Munnings (hip 26) was the first to set the bullet mark some 15 minutes into the under-tack show. The bay is out of the unraced Ansaam (Bernardini), a half-sister to Grade I winner Denman's Call...

ARCADIA, CA - As the unbeaten Tamara (Bolt d'Oro) looks to emulate her legendary dam Beholder (Henny Hughes) with a win in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, the duo have something else in common that you won't be able to find in Friday's program at Santa Anita. Before heading out to join Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella in Southern California, they were both broken and trained on behalf of Spendthrift Farm at Raul and Martha Reyes's King's Equine in Ocala, Florida. Like mother, like daughter? "Actually, Tamara was...

TIMONIUM, MD - The juvenile sales season will add one more stop this year with the inaugural Fasig-Tipton Midlantic June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale which will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. Bidding is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. With a svelte catalogue of 99 head, the auction's under-tack show was held Tuesday morning. After a night of heavy rain and thunder storms, the first of five sets began at 8 a.m. under a light drizzle, but skies cleared throughout the show, which concluded...

TIMONIUM, MD - Four juveniles shared the fastest furlong time of :10 flat, while a colt by Triple Crown winner Justify (hip 322) zipped a bullet quarter-mile in :21 2/5 during the second session of the under-tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale at the Maryland State Fairgrounds Wednesday. The first of seven sets opened around 8 a.m. with a brisk tailwind--which prevailed throughout the day--and a bevy of :10 1/5 works before a colt by Bolt d'Oro (hip 287) became the first of the session...

Cynane (Omaha Beach), who became the first winner for her freshman sire (by War Front) with a front-running, 2 3/4-length debut victory in a five-furlong turf sprint at Belmont Park May 11, will likely make her next appearance in the G2 Queen Mary S. for 2-year-old fillies during the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting, trainer Tom Morley said Friday. "That's the plan at the moment," said Morley. "She came out of the race really well and she's got a great mind and really good appetite--she was screaming for her feed tub...