Into Mischief

Grade I winner 'TDN Rising Star' Doppelganger (Into Mischief) was represented by his first foal, a filly out of Saucy Dame (Distorted Humor), at David Perrine's Perrine Time Thoroughbreds Friday morning, announced Pleasant Acres Stallions via a press release. The filly was born 9:30 a.m. and is reportedly healthy and strong. Described as 'blessed with exceptional bloodlines' by Christine Jones, the director of stallion services, the foal is out of a winning half-sister to MSW & GSP Stormy West (Gone West) and GSW Buffum (Bernardini). Another of the dam's half-sisters,...

8th-Tampa Bay Downs, $32,000, Msw, 1-24, 3yo, f, 1m 40y, 1:40.67, ft, 1 1/4 lengths. FLIGHT OF FANCY (f, 3, Into Mischief--Feathered {GSW & MGISP, $577,474}, by Indian Charlie), the half-sister to 'TDN Rising Star' Flightline (Tapit), Horse Of The Year, Ch. Older Dirt Male, MGISW, $4,514,800, broke her maiden second time out at Tampa Bay Downs Friday, holding off gutsy Klaravich Stables first-time starter Holding Company (Curlin). A Summer Wind Equine homebred, the 3-year-old filly was second on debut going six furlongs at Tampa Dec. 7. Stretched out to...

The 1600-metre AED700,000 G3 Firebreak Stakes presented by Longines was all about last year's explosive G1 Dubai World Cup hero Laurel River (Into Mischief) until the last jump. Instead, it was the evenly racing G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest victor King Gold (Fr) (Anodin {Ire}) who closed resolutely and claimed the winner's laurels. Breaking a step slowly, the Bhupat Seemar-trained Juddmonte runner rushed up to challenge for the advantage and soon held the baton while pushed by Meshtri (Medaglia d'Oro) with King Gold near the tail of the field. Laurel...

Citizen Bull (Into Mischief) became the ninth champion for his world-class stallion, taking home the Eclipse Award for champion 2-year-old male Thursday evening. The $675,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase went three-for-four in 2024, including back-to-back Grade Is in the American Pharoah Stakes and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Citizen Bull earned a 96 Beyer Speed Figure in the Breeders' Cup and is reported to be targeting Santa Anita's GIII Robert B. Lewis Stakes Feb. 1 for his sophomore debut. Two Juvenile winners in the Breeders' Cup's 41-year history have gone on...

Hypnus (c, 3, Into Mischief--Dream Tree, by Uncle Mo) became the 48th 'TDN Rising Star' for his superstar sire with an impressive debut victory around two turns in the slop on the GIII Lecomte Stakes undercard at Fair Grounds Saturday. Overlooked at 16-1 for trainer Kenny McPeek, he broke sharply beneath Brian Hernandez, Jr., but was content to slot into sixth through fractions of :23.30 and :47.76. Traveling nicely but still with plenty to do approaching the quarter pole, he hit the gas at the top of the stretch and...

11th-GP, $94k, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 5:18p.m. ET Unveiled to the far outside is $350,000 OBSAPR pick up NUK SOO KOW (McKinzie) for Hit The Bid Stable and trainer John Terranova. Out of a placed half-sister to GI Champagne Stakes runner-up Commandperformance (Union Rags), the colt hails from the female family of GSW Blind Date (Not for Love), dam of MSW Paulita (Scat Daddy). To the far outside and making a second jump for trainer Chad Brown is Constitution Road (Constitution). He overcame a rough trip on debut as a...

8th-FG, $58K, Msw, 3yo, 5 1/2f, 5:15p.m. Titletown Racing, Knollwood Stables and Torie Gladwell's REGAINED POWER (Into Mischief) gets a start for trainer Larry Rivelli. Out of Reina Maria (Songandaprayer), the March foal was bred by Mullholland Springs. The bay, a full-brother to GII Remsen winner Maximus Mischief, brought $220,000 at Fasig-Tipton last October. Stonestreet Stables' Proudly Hailed (GB) (Mehmas {Ire}) debuts for Brad Cox, a finalist for the 2024 Eclipse leading trainer. Out of Starspangledbanner (Aus)'s Spangled (GB), the Cheveley Park Stud bred colt was secured for 130,000gns at...

'TDN Rising Star' Mullion (Into Mischief) sired his first foal when Maggiore (Speightstown) gave birth to a filly, announced Sequel New York in a release Saturday evening. The first foal for her dam, a half-sister to MGSW & MGISP Bonny South (Munnings), the filly was bred by Albaugh Family Stables. The mare is also a half to GSP Sun Path (Munnings), SP Capella (Quality Road), and to the dam of MSW Mister Omaha (Omaha Beach). The female family includes the likes of multiple Group/Grade I runner Etoile Montante (Miswaki), herself...

Through three sessions of next week's Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, over 1,300 broodmares, short yearlings, racing and stallion prospects will cross through the ring en route to new beginnings. And while it may be a fresh start for many of them, the sale marks the end of a process that dates back to September for Keeneland's new Sales Recruitment Manager Josie Mattmiller. "We consider the January sale an extension of the November sale and there are some real advantages to January because there is a lot of...

4th-GP, $94k, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 1:49p.m. ET Florida will play host to two noteworthy maidens on the Gulfstream Park card Saturday, the first being this six panel maiden sprint, that drew the noteworthy connections with well-bred horses. Lining up against this field of 11 is $1.1-million KEESEP purchase VANDERBILT (Into Mischief). Out of GI Longines Test and Humana Distaff Stakes victress American Gal (Concord Point), the colt was purchased by Grandview Equine to race in partnership with LNJ Foxwoods, Whisper Hill Farm, and Gainesway Stable. The second dam was herself...

1st-Gulfstream, $50,000, (S), Msw, 1-9, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:40.84, fm, 1 1/2 lengths. MO HARMONY (f, 3, Uncle Mo--Leslie's Harmony, by Curlin) finished sixth at a well-backed 5-2 on debut sprinting on the all-weather here Dec. 1. Adding Lasix, stretching to two turns and trying turf this time, the 6-5 favorite broke in and bumped with a rival at the start and was checked hard in traffic and shuffled back into seventh passing the wire for the first time. An inside sixth through a half mile in :46.68, she...

Obviously this is too wide a category, at $60,000 and upwards, to be always comparing like with like. And really those at the very apex have earned their monster fees by excellence too blatant for contention. Most of that will instead be reserved for those sires that remain somewhat more accessible, relatively speaking--especially given the Uncle Mo-sized hole that has tragically appeared in this sector. La creme de la creme is divided between a trio in the evening of their careers--Into Mischief, Curlin, Tapit--and those aiming to supplant them, led...