As the 2017 foaling and breeding season wraps up, we can’t help but begin looking forward to the spring of 2018. After welcoming five Housatonic-bred foals this year, we will be looking forward to five more next year: Akasha is due February 16th with a foal from the first crop of Grade 1-winning juvenile Hit… [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – 2017 Matings (Winning Bet – take 2)
Winning Bet is now being bred in 2017 to Munnings (Speightstown x La Comete, by Holy Bull; $25,000 LFSN at Ashford) As excited as we were to breed to Vancouver after we saw him at Ashford earlier this year, we have made a last-minute call to switch Winning Bet to Munnings this spring instead. From the first… [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – 2017 Derby Pick
Our pick for the 2017 Kentucky Derby likely will not come as a shock to many of you given that Winning Bet just delivered a colt by Bodemeister on Wednesday, but, just to make it official, we are going with the Bodemeister colt, Always Dreaming. Despite having been burned by a lightly-raced Todd Pletcher trainee… [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – Freshman Sires of 2017
Trying to predict the leading freshman stallions each year often seems little more than a crapshoot. For instance, who could have foreseen last year that Dialed In would eek out the title over the more fancied Union Rags and Bodemeister? Or that Henrythenavigator would lead the list in 2012 despite his exclusively non-dirt race record? … [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – 2017 Matings (Curlin’s Needle – take 2)
Curlin’s Needle is now being bred in 2017 to Jump Start (A.P. Indy x Steady Cat, by Storm Cat; $10,000 LFSN at Northview PA) After finding out that Curlin’s Needle is, in fact, pregnant to Discreet Cat off of a June cover from last spring, we have changed our plans with her and will no longer be… [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – We Didn’t Plan the Matings…
When we bought Rough Water and Winning Bet at auction in January, they certainly had plenty of appeal in and of themselves, physically and on the basis of their respective produce records and female families. But another very attractive aspect was the stallion to which each was in-foal at the time of the sale –… [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – 2017 Matings (Tuxedo Annie)
Tuxedo Annie is being bred in 2017 to Golden Years (Not For Love x Sweet Annuity, by Oh Say; $1,500 LFSN at O’Sullivan Farms) Unlike the rest of our mares, Tuxedo Annie is not being bred with a commercial purpose; rather, her foals will be kept to race with our partner. As such, a slightly different set… [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – 2017 Matings (I’m Engaged – take 2)
I’m Engaged is now being bred in 2017 to Declaration of War (War Front x Tempo West, by Rahy; $35,000 LFSN at Ashford) Following the announcement that her proposed mate for 2017, Lord Nelson, is going to miss the 2017 breeding season after developing laminitis, I’m Engaged will instead visit the court of War Front’s champion son, Declaration… [Read More]
A Ring Thing
2017 bay filly
By The Factor x I’m Engaged, by Broken Vow
Housatonic Meanderings – 2017 Matings (Rough Water)
Rough Water is being bred in 2017 to Verrazano (More Than Ready x Enchanted Rock, by Giant’s Causeway; $17,500 LFSN at Ashford) Given that Rough Water has already produced a pair of foals by More Than Ready who each brought $300,000 or more at the sales before going on to successful racetrack campaigns, we are excited to… [Read More]
Greatest Honour
By Tapit
Stands for $7,500 LFSN at Spendthrift Farm, KY.
Housatonic Meanderings – 2017 Matings (Winning Bet)
Winning Bet is being bred in 2017 to Vancouver (Medaglia d’Oro x Skates, by Danehill; $15,000 LFSN at Ashford) This spring we will be breeding our new acquisition, Winning Bet, to one of the most impressive physical specimens that we have seen in our visits to Kentucky stud farms: the brilliant, unbeaten Australian Champion 2-year-old Vancouver. Winning Bet… [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – 2017 Matings (I’m Engaged)
I’m Engaged is being bred in 2017 to Lord Nelson (Pulpit x African Jade, by Seeking the Gold; $25,000 LFSN at Spendthrift) As we mentioned in our explanation of the Share the Upside program pioneered by Spendthrift Farm, we are participating in that program with last year’s top sprinter, Lord Nelson. In addition to believing that Lord… [Read More]
Higher Power
By Medaglia d’Oro
Stands for $10,000 LFSN at Darby Dan Farm, KY.
Highly Motivated
By Into Mischief
Stands for $7,500 at Airdrie Stud, KY.
Independence Hall
By Constitution
Stands for $10,000 LFSN at WinStar Farm, KY.
Instagrand
By Into Mischief
Stands for $7,500 LFSN at Taylor Made Farm, KY.
Housatonic Bloodstock Services at Keeneland January
The catalog for Keeneland’s January Mixed Sale, which runs from Jan. 9th through Jan. 13th in Lexington, KY, has been posted online, featuring a large selection of broodmares, short yearlings, and horses of racing age. Housatonic Bloodstock can assist you in creating your shortlist in advance of the sale, whether you’re looking for a mare… [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – 2017 Matings (Curlin’s Needle)
Curlin’s Needle is being bred in 2017 to Flashback (Tapit x Rhumb Line, by Mr. Greeley; $7,500 LFSN at Hill ‘N’ Dale) After she came up empty in 2016 to A.P. Indy’s son Girolamo, Curlin’s Needle will be bred in 2017 to Flashback, who is a speedy, young member of the A.P. Indy sire-line. As we mentioned… [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – 2017 Matings (Atlantic Rainbow)
Atlantic Rainbow is being bred in 2017 to Midnight Lute (Real Quiet x Candytuft, by Dehere; $20,000 LFSN at Hill ‘N’ Dale) Midnight Lute will be Atlantic Rainbow’s mate for 2017, and he meets the same three major criteria that led us to pick Graydar for her last year: (1) his sire-line has had success… [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – 2017 Matings (Akasha)
Akasha is being bred in 2017 to Hit It A Bomb (War Front x Liscanna, by Sadler’s Wells; $7,000 LFSN at Spendthrift) As we mentioned last year, we believe that Akasha’s best chance for success as a broodmare is going to come by crossing her with stallions from the Danzig sire-line, the best current representative of which… [Read More]
Housatonic Meanderings – Plan B
A while back, we chronicled our unsuccessful attempt to sell Atlantic Rainbow’s yearling colt by The Factor (now named Nautical Nature) at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. We ended by noting that our 2016 crop of filly foals could still turn things around for us this year depending on how they ended up selling, and… [Read More]
C’est Mardi
2016 bay
By Tiznow out of Surging Storm, by Storm Creek
Coffee Pond [IRE]
2018 bay
By Havana Gold x When In Doubt, by Montjeu
Desert Rendezvous
2016 dark bay/brown
By Hard Spun out of Sahara Gold, by Seeking the Gold
Ebb Tide
2019 bay
By Medaglia d’Oro out of Magdalena Bay, by Distorted Humor
Faze the Nation
2014 chestnut
By Cal Nation out of Sunday In Malibu, by Malibu Moon
Floral Hall
2019 bay
By Bodemeister out of Painted Lady, by Broad Brush
Frame of Mind
2020 chestnut
By Hard Spun out of Lady Lavery, by Elusive Quality
Jimmy Creed
By Distorted Humor
Stands for $10,000 LFSN at Spendthrift Farm, KY.
Giving Spirit
2020 dark bay/brown
By Ghostzapper out of Hallie Belle, by Medaglia d’Oro
Maclean’s Music
By Distorted Humor
Stands for $40,000 LFSN at Hill ‘N’ Dale, KY.
Gun Slingin
2019 chestnut
By Gun Runner out of Easy Tap, by Tapit
Hurryupandcomeback
2015 bay
By Mizzen Mast out of Shared Hope, by Gone West
Modernist
By Uncle Mo
Stands for $10,000 LFSN at Darby Dan Farm, KY.
Nashville
By Speightstown
Stands for $15,000 LFSN at WinStar Farm, KY.
Itgetsgreaterlater
2020 chestnut
By Justify out of Sotto Voce, by Tapit
Mad Grace
2015 chestnut
By English Channel out of Floating Island, by AP Indy
Miss Malibu
2018 bay
By Into Mischief out of Malibu Pier, by Malibu Moon
Modernism
2019 gray/roan
By Frosted out of Villa Savoye, by Medaglia d’Oro
No More Excuses
2012 dark bay/brown
By Not For Love out of Lucky Dance, by Kafwain
Raging Bull
By Dark Angel
Stands for $10,000 LFSN at Gainesway Farm, KY.
Rock Your World
By Candy Ride
Stands for $7,500 LFSN at Spendthrift Farm, KY.
Tacitus
By Tapit
Stands for $10,000 LFSN at Taylor Made Farm, KY.
Tapiture
By Tapit
Stands for $7,500 LFSN at Darby Dan Farm, KY.
One That Got Away
2019 dark bay/brown
By Gormley out of What Am I Gonna Do, by Partner’s Hero
Thousand Words
By Pioneerof the Nile
Stands for $5,000 LFSN at Spendthrift Farm, KY.
Up to the Mark
By Not This Time
Stands for $25,000 LFSN at Lane’s End Farm, KY.
Paw Prints
2020 chestnut
By Kitten’s Joy out of Hachita, by Gone West
Prosperity
2016 chestnut
By Tapit out of Flourish, by Distorted Humor
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