Whisper Hill Farm
9th-GP, $68k, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, post time: 5:04 p.m. ET STREET PLAY (Into Mischief), a $700,000 Keeneland September purchase, makes her first trip to the races for Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm and trainer Kent Sweezey. A May 1 foal, the bay looks to become the second winner out of a daughter of Contrive (Storm Cat), whose daughter Folklore (Tiznow) was champion 2-year-old filly of 2005 when taking out the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies for Wayne Lukas and Bob and Beverly Lewis. Folklore's GSP half-sister Delightful Quality (Elusive...
Fan-favorite Groupie Doll (Bowman's Band--Deputy Doll, by Silver Deputy), winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint back-to-back in 2012 and 2013 and named champion female sprinter in each of those seasons, has been pensioned from breeding, according to a tweet from Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm. "Big News for the Groupie Doll fans!" read a post from Whisper Hill on X. "Groupie Doll has been officially retired from breeding. She will live at the farm in Florida and be pampered like the absolute queen she is for...
6th-FG, $60k, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 3:30 p.m. ET A pair of Keeneland September acquisitions by Belladonna Racing and C R K Stable, each sold for better than a half-million dollars, debut for the in-form Cherie DeVaux barn in what appears to be a hot maiden on the Lecomte Stakes undercard. MOJACAR (Essential Quality) looks to become the fifth winner from as many to the races for dam Spanish Star (Blame), who is responsible for 2025 GI Test Stakes victress Kilwin (Twirling Candy); the crack Grade II-winning turf sprinter One Timer...
Tiffany Case (Uncle Mo) (hip 465), the dam of Eclipse finalist and Grade I winner Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro), lit up the board at Keeneland Monday when selling to Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm for $3.2 million. The 13-year-old mare, in foal to Not This Time, was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, as agent for the Green family's D J Stable. D J Stable purchased Tiffany Case, in foal to Violence, for $320,000 at the 2019 Keeneland November sale. That in-utero foal became Love to Shop, who co-topped last year's...
She shipped in all the way from New York, but it ended up worth her while as Just Aloof (Justify--Aloof (Ire), by Galileo {Ire}) strode home best of all to claim the GIII Jimmy Durante Stakes at Del Mar. A winner at first-asking last out Oct. 16 during the Belmont Big A meeting, she topped a stablemate exacta that day and shipped in from her base in New York for this jump. Trainer Chad Brown enjoys a noteworthy record, and a reputation, for knowing what horses to ship where, and...
2nd-Aqueduct, $79,050, Msw, 11-9, 2yo, 1m, 1:36.03, ft, 2 1/2 lengths. COURTING (c, 2, Curlin--Cavorting {MGISW, $2,063,000}, by Bernardini), who topped the 2024 Keeneland September sale when selling for $5 million, closed to be fourth after a slow start in his debut over this track and trip Sept. 27. The 1-9 favorite in this second outing, he was away alertly and was under a snug hold while setting a moderate early tempo. He shrugged off a challenge from longshot Stream It (Tapit) in upper stretch and sailed down the lane...
8th-CD, 120K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 4:25 p.m. Whisper Hill Farm, along with partners Three Chimneys Farm and Resolute Racing, are surely thinking of roses as SILVER SHOT (Gun Runner) debuts at Churchill Friday. Mandy Pope went to a near sales-topping $2,200,000 to secure the son of Princesa Carolina at Keeneland September last year, a price second only to the $5,000,000 paid for the Curlin son of Cavorting (also to Whisper Hill). Princesa Carolina, a SW/GISP daughter by Tapit and out of MGISW Pure Clan, is already responsible for 'TDN...
Whisper Hill Farm homebred JUST ALOOF (f, 2, Justify--Aloof {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) came running late down the center of the Aqueduct turf course to take her debut Thursday. The 8-1 shot, who spent much of the race in a mid-pack fifth, had to fan out wide with a quarter-mile left but rallied to get by race favorite and stablemate Market Hours (Practical Joke) in the final yards for the win. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. O/B-Whisper Hill Farm; T-Chad Brown.
10th-CD, 120k, Msw, 2yo, 1m, 5:25 p.m. ET Whisper Hill Farm homebred Graced (Into Mischief), the final foal out of the late 2011 Horse of the Year and Eclipse Award-winning older mare Havre de Grace (Saint Liam), makes his debut for trainer J. Kent Sweezey going a one-turn mile at Churchill Downs. Havre de Grace hemorrhaged multiple times and passed away after producing the bay colt. Mandy Pope's operation went to $10 million at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton November Sale to acquire Havre de Grace, who has also produced GSW Graceful...
1st-BAQ, 85k, Msw, 2yo, 1m, 12:35 p.m. ET Courting (Curlin), the 2024 $5-million Keeneland September topper and full-brother to MGISW Clairiere, debuts for Whisper Hill Farm, breeder Stonestreet Stables and Windancer Farm and trainer Todd Pletcher going a one-turn mile. Produced by MGISW Cavorting (Bernardini), Courting is also a half-brother to SW La Crete (Medaglia d'Oro) and a full-brother to MGSP Judge Miller. Rebel Instinct (Into Mischief), a son of GI Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic heroine Unrivaled Belle (Unbridled's Song) and a half-brother to two-time champion Unique Bella (Tapit), debuts...
5th-CD, 120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 6:59 p.m. SOARING HIGH (Curlin), the latest "baby bird" out of dual champion Songbird, debuts for Cherie DeVaux as a Whisper Hill Farm homebred Thursday at Churchill. Mandy Pope went to a sales-topping $9,500,000 to acquire the daughter of Medaglia d'Oro back in 2017 at Fasig-Tipton's November Sale. Of seven foals, she's had three to race and one winner being her 4-year-old daughter Rumours Have It (Tapit). Songbird has one other foal by Curlin, the 3-year-old colt McCorvey who is yet to break...
A Tapit filly out of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Sharing (Speightstown) sold to Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm for $1,500,000. Bred and consigned by Gainesway, the filly has plenty of Breeders' Cup in her pedigree with second dam Shared Account (Pleasantly Perfect) taking the GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf in her racing career. Sharing has already produced one winner, the 3-year-old Into Mischief filly Sharedashenanigans.