Champion turf male Up to the Mark (Not This Time), has sired his first foal, a colt out of La Croix Valmer (Malibu Moon), born Jan. 16, 2025 at Newtown Anner Stud Farm, Millbrook, New York.
La Croix Valmer is a full sister to Grade I-placed stakes winner Moon de French. La Croix Valmer was a $235,000 yearling purchase by Newtown Anner Stud Farm.
“This colt lives up to his father's name,” said Newtown Anner Stud Farm General Manager Hanzly Albina. “He is everything we expected and wanted when breeding to a multiple Grade I-winning son of Not this Time. He is certainly Up To The Mark,”
Up to the Mark, a son of leading sire Not this Time out of the Ghostzapper mare Belle's Finale, was bred by Ramspring Farm and raced by Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables, LLC. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Up to the Mark won the GI Turf Classic Stakes, GI Manhattan Stakes, GI Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes and finished a close second in the GI Breeder's Cup Turf before being named Eclipse Champion Turf Male. He earned four consecutive triple-digit Beyers and retired with $2,511,050 in earnings.
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