SUGAR BANG, 9h bay filly
Gun Runner x Ch. Sugarfoot - Sea the Stars
Finally, a filly! First foal for SW/MSP dam. Sugarfoot is a granddaughter of Wind of Miriah, dam of MSW’s GCh. Highland Sorcerer and our own Ch. Warm Dust. Sugarfoot will visit Turnpike Wannabe for 2027.
LYSANDROS, 9.3h chestnut colt
NCh. Straticus (B) x Laser Point - Point Given (S)
Oldest half-sibling hit the board in 6/7 starts last year as a 2yo, so very excited to see how this boy does. Laser Point will visit Local Haunt next.
MUIR WOODS, 9h brown colt
NCh. Straticus (B) x Ch. Seven Veils - WCh. Gotta Go (G)
First foal for MSW dam. Seven Veils will visit Beratis next.
FFANATIC, 8.1h bay filly
GCh. Local Haunt x Ffantazi - Created
Dam is an unraced create, so no idea how her foals will do. Ffantazi will visit Dark Ages next, as she makes the rounds with our tiny stallions because she’s huge, lol.
GOSSAMER MIST, 8.3h blue roan filly
GCh. Local Haunt x Margiela - FFCh. I’m No Fool
First foal for SP dam, and very happy to get a filly right away. We picked up Margiela a couple years ago because her granddam is the extremely successful producer NCh. Spinning Hill (G) and we wanted that line in our herd. Plus she’s a strawberry, so I had to say yes. Margiela will visit Honeydukes for 2027.
INDIAN OPAL, 8.1h bay filly
NCh. Nobly Regal (S) x Indian Charms - Silver Charm (B)
Curious to see how Silver Charm does as a damsire. Indian Charms will visit Honeydukes next.
ÉTOILE, 8.3h bay filly
NCh. Straticus (B) x Ch. Marchioness - WCh. I’m Your Angel (B)
Very excited for this little girl. First foal for MSW and multi-millionaire dam. Marchioness will visit Secret Handshake for 2027.
HOWLING WIND, 8.3h grey colt
NCh. Golden Text (S) x Snow Garden - GCh. Secretsarebound (S)
Dam was MSP on the track. Snow Garden has been sold to Generous Bloodstock.
FLURIE, 9h blue roan filly
GCh. Fivel x Chartres Blue - WCh. Strider (S)
Half to 100% winners. Chartres Blue will visit Honeydukes next.
BLACK SAND BEACH, 8h black filly
GCh. Venture His Due (B) x Ch. Oak Beach - Oscillation (S)
Dam is a SW/MSP runner, out of a MSW dam, who in turn is half to NCh. Run Jenny Run. Lots of performance power in a very unproven damline, so curious to see how she does later. Oak Beach will visit Nobly Regal for 2027.
FRIEND SHAPED, 9.1h dark bay filly
Authentic x Pleasant Blessing - NCh. Aptitude
We owned her granddam, Forever A Queen, but only had 3 foals out of her before she unfortunately passed. A year later we claimed Pleasant Blessing and she managed to add a few stakes placings to her resume before joining our broodmare band. She will visit Venture His Due for 2027.
MAKE IT LAST, 9h black filly
NCh. Last For More (B) x Ellenai (B) - ICh. What’s Your Point
Half to SP Lily of the Nile. Elenai is for sale.
AUGURY, 9h black colt
NCh. Straticus (B) x Fortune Teller (G) - War Admiral (S)
Named for a method of interpreting omens through observing birds. Half to MSW NCh. It’s Not You, SW What Is Written, and SP Ch. Jinx. Really wanted a filly from this mating, but oh well.
Down to 8 overdue mares, then on to the March kids unless someone foals early.
SCAVENGER HUNT, 8.2h liver chestnut filly
GCh. Tense Imagination x Ch. Giant’s Frolic - Giant’s Causeway (S)
First filly for MSW dam. Giant’s Frolic will visit Spirit in the Sky next.
SNEAK PREVIEW, 9h dark bay colt
NCh. Nobly Regal (S) x Ch. Hollywood Sunset - Ch. Rumor Has It (S)
Dam is a SW and half to MSW Ch. Lonely Measure. Really excited to see how she does as a broodmare with Rumor Has It has her sire, out of a gold dam, by Red Sunset. Just a more unusual combination of names vs. the usual What It’s Worth/Highland horses. Hollywood Sunset will visit Fivel for 2027.
LADY TEMPLAR, 8.3h dark grey filly
NCh. Exit Poll (B) x GCh. Unimpeded - NCh. Joyieux Oiseau
First foal for MSW and multi-millionaire Unimpeded. Dam didn’t really get moving until age 4, and Exit Poll didn’t race until 3 so likely a late bloomer SC. Unimpeded will visit Beratis next.
UNQUIET GRAVE, 9h bay colt
GCh. Local Haunt x Restless Soul - ICh. Witness (B)
First foal for his dam. Restless Soul was 3 for 3 at 2 and managed a SP at 5, but overall wasn’t raced much so hard to say what her foals might do. However, she is half to stallion-qualified NCh. Melander Stevens and gold-ranked So Unbelievable so we’re hopeful. Restless Soul will visit Dark Ages for 2027.
SYMPHONY OF ASH, 7.3h dark bay filly
Ch. Dark Ages x Ch. Marseillaise - Oscillation (S)
This tiny girl wasn’t due until March. Second foal and filly for MSW dam. Both parents hit their best stride with age, so we expect this little girl will do likewise. From the same family as NCh. Franco Classico. Marseillaise will visit Beratis for 2027.
62 Foals: 30 colts | 32 fillies
In other news, retired broodmare Townsend Victory passed away in the night. She was our first gold-ranked mare, producing 12 foals in all including 10 winners from 10 runners, 6 stakes winners (60%), and 3 MSW’s (30%). Her damline proved to be a powerhouse of producers as well. The last living foal of gold-ranked Townsend Holly, Townsend Victory was half to stallions NCh. Townsend Jester and Ch. Mr. Townsend, and gold-ranked Ashleigh’s Wonder (dam of stallion ICh. Prince of Wonder). She leaves behind just 3 daughters, including her yearling filly whom we own.
Two very tiny premie babies in the night. Thankfully everyone is doing fine. Meanwhile, we’re still waiting on a handful of January ladies.
DARK ACADEMIA, 7.1h dark grey filly
Ch. Dark Ages x Ch. Mage Born - NCh. Seattle Sorcerer (S)
Another filly for MSP dam. Foal is bred for both dirt and SC, so we’ll see which route she takes. Mage Born will visit Fivel for 2027.
DOWN THE AISLE, 7.3h dark bay filly
NCh. Nobly Regal (S) x Ch. Wedding Chorale - NCh. Black Warrior
Second foal for MSW dam. I’ve been having a lot of fun with naming Wedding Chorale’s foals (Down the Aisle joins her half-sister, With This Ring). Bred for turf or SC, but will likely be a 3/4 year old runner. Wedding Chorale will visit Beratis for 2027.
CALIFORNIA ROLL, 9.1h liver chestnut filly
California Chrome (B) x Ch. Ember Hue - ICh. Magic Glory (S)
First foal for MSW dam and I think I’m mostly excited to snag the name! Ember Hue is from our “French” family: we own her dam, gold-ranked French Resistance, dam of 100% winners including 2 MSWs and 3 SW’s. French Resistance is also half to stallion NCh. Franco Classico. Ember Hue will visit Nyquist for 2027.
DRAGON IMPULSE, 9.3h chestnut colt
GCh. Spirit in the Sky x Ch. Spiritual - NCh. Aptitude
First foal for MSP dam. Very random name, but my brain was somewhere in Spirited Away = Dragon = Dragon Impulse. Still deciding where to send Spiritual; if I can’t get her to Quintet she’ll likely visit Venture His Due.
PEPPER IMP, 8.3h chestnut filly
Ch. Honeydukes x Ch. Rainbow Surprise - WCh. Crystal Rainbow (S)
Named for a candy sold at the Honeydukes sweet shop in the Harry Potter universe. Half to MSW Ch. Havilliard, and his dam is half to NCh. Ducati. Rainbow Surprise was bred on a lease and has returned to Denoux Stud.
COGSWORTH, 9.2h dark bay colt
NCh. Nobly Regal (S) x Tottenham High St - GCh. Tottenham Hotspur
Dam didn’t do much on the track, but she’s half to 5 MSW’s including ICh. Calle de Oro and NCh. Back St. Warrior, so hoping she transfers some of that family power into her foals. Tottenham High St will visit Venture His Due for 2027.