Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale: Highlight Hips (part 2)

It's a big catalogue to go through but there are always gems to be found at Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale with plenty of interest for Australian breeders. We take a look at some of those of interest.

Hip 368 - Mama Rina (USA) (Gormley {USA} x Honky Tonk Rose {USA})

Placed at debut, winning at her second go and finishing second in the G3 Pocahontas S. at just her third out, Mama Rina (USA) is believed to be in foal to Jackie's Warrior (USA) - the mating providing for a fascinating cross of Mama Rina's influential fourth dam Nalees Flying Flag (USA) (Hoist The Flag {USA}).

By Spendthrift's Group 1-winning Malibu Moon (USA) stallion Gormley (USA), Mama Rina is a half-sister to the Group 3-placed Spirituality (USA) (Gemologist {USA}) out of a Forest Wildcat (USA) daughter of the stakes winner Rose Frances (USA) (Crafty Prospector {USA}) whose in-form grandson Luckman (USA) (Empire Maker {USA}) won last year's Listed Toronto Cup.

Rose Frances is out of the dual stakes winner Far Flying (USA) (Far North {Can}) whose triple Group 1-winning half-sister Sacahuista (USA) (Raja Baba {USA}) made her mark in this part of the world as the dam of Hussonet (USA).

And Far Flying's descendants have also done well in Australia - she is the third dam of the five-time Group 1-winning sprinter Santa Ana Lane (Lope De Vega {Ire}).

Hip 599 - California Angel (USA) (California Chrome {USA} x Sea Mona {USA})

The winner of two of her first three starts, including the G3 Jessamine S. at Keeneland, California Angel (USA), who is also three times stakes placed - is for sale as a broodmare prospect.

She is a daughter of the two-time US Horse of the Year California Chrome (USA) out of a stakes-placed half-sister to the stakes winner Let Em Shine (USA) (Songandaprayer {USA}).

Boasting an interesting pedigree with a cross of her own fifty dam Lucky Spell (USA) (Lucky Mel {USA}) - the dam of California Chrome's sire Lucky Pulpit (USA), California Angel can count amongst her many stakes-winning relations the multiple Group 1-winning successful stallion Unbridled's Song (USA).

Hip 614- Cheetara (Chi) (Daddy Long Legs {USA} x Frescura Total {Chi})

A racing and breeding prospect who recorded the fourth of her stakes victories - a Listed 1200 metres contest at Pimlico - in July, Cheetara (Chi) has won another two Listed races in the US and she is a Group 2 winner in her native country, Chile.

One of the 10 stakes winners for her dual-Group-winning sire (the sire of two Group 1 winners), a son of Scat Daddy (USA), she is out of a winning Thunder Gulch (USA) mare whose dam is the stakes winner Majestic Dream (USA) (Majestic Light {USA}).

It is early days for Daddy Long Legs (USA) as a broodmare sire but his sire Scat Daddy, has certainly excelled in that department with 46 stakes winners, including 10 Group 1 winners.

Hip 103 - Corey (USA) (First Samurai {USA} x Gospel Girl {USA})

Believed to be in foal to Coolmore America's US$150,000 (AU$236,700) high-achieving stallion Uncle Mo (USA) - sire of 97 stakes winners including 14 Group 1 winners - Corey is a stakes placed seven times winner who was also in the placings nine times from 22 starts.

Talented and consistent over sprinting trips at the mile, she is a daughter of the Group 1-winning successful stallion First Samurai (USA) (37 stakes winners), whose daughters have already produced 13 stakes winners.

Corey is a half-sister to the prolific galloper Happy Farm (USA) (Ghostzapper {USA}), a 13-time winner who has been successful at Group 3 level. Her dam by Holy Bull (USA) is out of the dual-Listed winner Blue Begonia (USA) (Seeking The Gold {USA}), also grandam of the Listed winner Tree Pose (Can) (Old Forester {USA}).

Blue Begonia's dam is the Group 1 placed Listed winner Icy Time (USA) (Icecapade {USA}), also dam of the Group winners Biding Time (USA) (Seeking The Gold) and Be Cool (USA) (Tank's Prospect {USA}), in turn dam of the triple stakes-winner Cool Dixie (USA) (Dixieland Band {USA}).

Hip 837 - Reluctant Bride (USA) (Speightstown {USA} x Sassy Image {USA})

Believed to be in foal to Coolmore America's Group 1 winning, G1 Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter (USA), Reluctant Bride (USA) is a daughter of the dual Group 1 winner Sassy Image (USA) (Broken Vow {USA}) who has produced another three winners.

A debut winner over 1000 metres - also successful over 1200 metres from just six starts, she hails from a classy US family with her relations including the stakes winners Dynaman (USA), Dominga (USA) (Ghostzapper {USA}), Girl Named Charlie (USA) (Maclean's Music {USA}), Milan Boy (Per) (Braddock {Per}), American Sugar (USA) (Harlan's Holiday {USA}), Extensive (USA) (Purge {USA}) and La Wildcat (USA) (Forest Wildcat {USA}).

Reluctant Bride is an easy mare to match up for Australian breeders, noting that she hails from the same prolific Chelandry (GB) (Goldfinch {GB}) family as I Am Invincible - a stallion who picks up strongly on her influence when she is duplicated!

Reluctant Bride's Group 1 sire Speightstown (USA) has done a great job with his 138 stakes winners, including 26 Group 1 winners and he is also doing very nicely as a broodmare sire - eight Group 1 winners amongst the 61 stakes winners.

Hip 987 - Arm Candy (USA) (Twirling Candy {USA} x Chilly Fashion {USA})

A three time-winner and three-time stakes-placegetter being sold as a racing and breeding prospect (she last raced in late August), Arm Candy (USA) is a daughter of the Group 1 winning successful stallion Twirling Candy (USA), sire of 44 stakes winners, including eight Group 1 winners.

And he has made an encouraging start to his career as a broodmare sire with five of his first 40 winners being stakes winners.

Arm Candy's dam by Artie Schiller (USA) - a horse well known in this part of the world - is a half-sister to the Group winners Corfu (USA) and New York Central (USA) (Tapit {USA}).

Her grandam is a half-sister to the triple Group 1 winner Peace Rules (USA) and the dual Listed winner Wild Fashion (USA) (Once Wild {USA}), grandam of the stakes winner Prince Of Windsor (USA) (Windsor Castle {USA}).

Hip 996 - Balpool (USA) (Uncaptured {Can} x Remington Rose {USA})

A lightly raced and talented mare on offer as a racing and breeding prospect, Balpool (USA), who last raced in early July - has won three of her seven starts including a Listed event over 1600 metres at Aqueduct.

Fourth and sixth in Group company at her two latest outings, she is by a Group 2 winning Lion Heart (USA) stallion, the sire of stakes winners who has a stakes winner as a broodmare sire amongst his first six runners.

Balpool's dam is a half-sister to the stakes placed Twirl Girl (USA) (Twirling Candy {USA}) out of the stakes placed Holiday Girl (USA) (Harlan's Holiday {USA}) whose stakes-placed dam Living On The Line (USA) (Line In The Sand {USA}) is out of the dual stakes winner Blues Court (USA) (Court Trial {USA}).

Hip 1473 - Dressed (USA) (More Than Ready {USA} x Almada {USA})

Everyone loves a More Than Ready (outstanding sire of 222 stakes winners and dam sire of another 163 stakes winners including 22 Group 1 winners) mare and this lightly raced (seven starts) two time-winner who was fourth in Group 2 company is being sold as a broodmare.

Believed to be in foal to Hill 'n' Dale Farms' US$60,000 (AU$94,700) undefeated Group 1 winning Medaglia D'Oro (USA) stallion Violence (USA), she is out of a mare by a stallion also beloved in this part of the world the mighty Lonhro.

Her stakes-placed grandam Amerique (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is a daughter of the triple Group 1 winner Aquarelliste (Fr) (Danehill {USA}) who was certainly prolific at stud, producing 16 foals including the stakes winners Any Time Soon (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) and Ame Bleue (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}).

This is a prolific black-type family that has enjoyed success in Australia via the stakes winners Significance (Frankel {GB}), Annenkov (Ire), Legacies (Justify {USA}) and Dame Claire (Danehill Dancer {Ire}).

Hip 2455 - Oxana (USA) (Uptowncharlybrown {USA} x It's My Town {USA})

Being sold as a breeding prospect, Oxana did a good job during her 19-start career, winning five races and filling placings on a further eight occasions.

A Listed winner who was stakes placed eight times, she was tough and honest! Oxana's stakes-winning sire from the Gone West (USA) branch of the Mr Prospector (USA) sireline has sired five stakes winners from limited opportunities (only 121 runners/68 winners to date) and he has made an encouraging start as a broodmare sire - four winners, two stakes placed, from just five runners.

Oxana's three times winning dam is a half-sister to the stakes placed five times winner Temo's Dream (USA) (Pure Precision {USA}) from the family of the stakes winners Freud's Notebook (USA) (Freud {USA}), Relic Reward (USA) (Prospector's Halo {USA}), Relic Rhythm (USA) (Prospector's Halo {USA}), Adhrhythm (USA) (Adhocracy {USA}), Ramsey Solution (USA) (Real Solution {USA}) and Lovely Kiss (Ind) (Rebuttal {USA}).

Hip 2675 - Censorship (USA) (Tonalist {USA} x La Grange {USA})

Believed to be in foal to Gainesway Farm's US$30,000 (AU$46,600) multiple Group 1 winning Street Sense (USA) stallion McKinzie (USA), Censorship has an interesting foal coming - one line-bred to the classy broodmare Smartaire (USA) (Quibu {Arg}).

A daughter of Tapit's (USA) Group 1 son Tonalist (USA) already sire of 13 stakes winners - Censorship is a daughter of the Group 2 placed Listed winner La Grange (USA) (Curlin {USA}) who has also produced the Listed winner Lloyds Logic (USA) (The Factor {USA}) and the stakes placed Whiskey Bound (USA) (Afleet Alex {USA}).

Three times placed from five starts, finishing fourth in Group 2 company, Censorship has stakes winners as her first three dams with her grandam Jennie R. (USA) (Awesome Again {USA}), a triple Listed winning daughter of the Group 3 winner Petrouchka (Can) (Red Ransom {USA}). Jennie R. also produced the Group 3 sprinter Miles Ahead (USA) (Competitive Edge {USA}) and the dam of the stakes winners Ruffenuff (USA) (Dialed In {USA}) and Wendell Fong (USA) (Flat Out {USA}).

Hip 2916 - Scarabea (USA) (American Pharoah {USA} x Starstruck {Ire})

Believed to be in foal to Calumet Farm's Mineshaft (USA) stallion Hightail (USA) sire of the Group 1 winner Mongolian Groom (USA), Scarabea (USA) is a daughter of the Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (USA), successful sire of 40 stakes winners including seven Group 1 winners.

Her dam is the dual Group 3 winner Starstruck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), also dam of the Listed winner Turf War (USA) (War Front {USA}) and the stakes placed Time For Trouble (USA) (English Channel {USA}).

A two times Listed placed winner who was fourth in Group 1 company, Scarabea (a descendant of the famed matriarch Aurora {GB} by Hyperion {GB}) has stakes winners as her first two dams with her grandam being the G3 King George S. winner Agnetha (Ger) (Big Shuffle {USA}) who also produced the G3 March S. winner Dancing King (Ire) (Free Eagle {Ire}).

A daughter of the stakes-placed Aerleona (Ire) (Caerleon {USA}), Agnetha is a full sister to the triple Group winner Areion (Ger) and the Listed winner Anna Frid (Ger) and half-sister to another two Listed winners.