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An Into Mischief colt posts the fastest quarter-mile time on day one of

the OBS June sale under tack show

INTO MISCHIEF COLT POSTS SPEEDY TIME

By Ron Mitchell

Kentucky-bred Into Mischief colt from the family of

Triple Crown winner Affirmed posted the fastest

quarter-mile time of :20 4/5 when the first of six under

tack workout sessions for the Ocala Breeders¡¯ Sales

Co.¡¯s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of

racing age was conducted June 5 in Ocala, Fla.

Consigned as Hip 93 by Thoroughbred Champions

Training Center, the colt bred by H. Allen Poindexter

was purchased for $40,000 by Jaime Mejia from the

Four Star Sales consignment at last year¡¯s Keeneland

September yearling sale. He is out of a half sister to

Canadian grade III winner Honolua Storm, and third

dam Won¡¯t She Tell is a stakes-winning half sister to

Affirmed.

In the workouts over OBS¡¯s all-weather track, the

fastest one furlong time of :10 was shared by two

colts and a filly.

Hip 164, from Ciaran Dunne¡¯s Wavertree consignment, is a Pennsylvania-bred son of Tizway out of the

grade I-placed Star de Naskra mare Critical Factor, a

half sister to grade III winner Malabar Gold and from

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INTO MISCHIEF COLT POSTS SPEEDY TIME

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the female family of leading sire Unbridled's Song.

Bred by Blackstone Farm, the colt has sold twice previously, most recently acquired by agent A. C. Elliott

for $65,000 from the Equest Thoroughbreds offerings at last year¡¯s Keeneland September sale.

The other speedy colt, Hip 188 from the Pure Silk

consignment, is a son of Yesbyjimminy bred in Florida by Gary Lee Mahon and Jacqueline Jane Diamond

and named Yes Darlin. Consigned by Summerfield

to the 2014 OBS October sale, he was purchased by

Las Palmas Farm for $2,000. His dam, Darlin Dixie,

is a multiple stakes-winning daughter of Dixie Brass

who is a half sister to multiple stakes winners Illusive

Ghost and Slewance.

Hip 184, an Adios Charlie filly named Adios Dawn,

was bred in Florida by Curtis Mikkelsen and Patricia

Horth. She is from the family that produced stakes

winners Diplomat¡¯s Reward, Dispersed Reward, and

Mom¡¯z Laugh.

Among six 2-year-olds that breezed three furlongs, the best time of :33 3/5 was turned in by Hip

125, a Malibu Moon colt bred in Kentucky by his consignor, Omega Farm. Produced from the stakes-win-

ning Grand Slam mare Cintaeosa, the colt had been

a $200,000 RNA at last year¡¯s Keeneland fall yearling

sale and was bought by George Mellon for $28,000

from Woodford Thoroughbreds at this year¡¯s OBS

March 2-year-olds in training sale.

The best of two half-mile workers, in :47 3/5, was

Hip 130, a Colonel John colt bred in West Virginia by

Schiano Racing Inc. and consigned by 30-30 Ranch.

Offered by Select Sales at the Keeneland September

yearling sale, the colt, named Bacoli, was bought by

Socorro Martinez/30-30 Ranch for $4,500.

The sale will be held June 14-19, with sessions

beginning daily at 10:30 a.m. (all times Eastern).

The under tack sessions continue at 7:30 a.m. daily

through June 11. BH

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MIDDLEBURG ADDS

TO MONMOUTH PARK RECORD

By Jeremy Balan

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r. and Mrs. Bertram Firestone's

homebred Middleburg has

shown his best at Monmouth Park

and gave another example June 5 in

the $100,000 Red Bank Stakes (gr.

IIIT).

With a picture-perfect ride from

jockey Joe Bravo, the 6-year-old son

of Lemon Drop Kid rode the rail

tracking the pace almost all the way

around the grass course, angled out

at the top of the stretch to pass the

front-runners, and held off at late drive Middleburg (green colors) holds off Vyjack to win the Red Bank Stakes

from Vyjack to win by a neck. Rose Brier

the perfect trip in behind horses and he settled great.

held for third.

Around the turn we moved to the outside and he just

The Christophe Clement-trained Middleburg is a

ran those horses down. It's fun to ride ones like this."

nose away from being undefeated on the Monmouth

A Virginia-bred out of the Spectrum mare Rum

grass. He won the 2015 Cliff Hanger (gr. IIIT) and was

Charger, Middleburg is a half brother to multiple

a nose back in last year's Monmouth Stakes (gr. IIT).

grade I winner Winchester. He has a 6-8-3 record

"This horse is just so good," Bravo said. "We got

from 19 starts and earnings of $429,760. BH

SHOCKING DIMENSION IN CONNAUGHT CUP

By Jeremy Balan

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years ago, he stumbled out of the gate and never got

into it, and last year it rained heavily a couple of hours

before the race and he really needs quick ground."

The winner paid $42.70, $8.80, and $8.90 across

the board.

Dimension has a 6-6-1 record from 32 starts with

$467,539 in earnings. BH

MICHAEL BURNS

y far the longest shot on the board June 5 in the

$200,000 Connaught Cup Stakes (Can-IIT), Riverside Bloodstock's Dimension provided the stunner of

the day at Woodbine.

After a slow start in the seven-furlong

turf sprint, the 8-year-old Medicean gelding was still able to stay within striking

distance early, rallied in the middle of

the track in the stretch, and outfinished

last-out graded stakes winner Passion for

Action to win by a half-length. Bye Bye

Bernie completed the trifecta, another

length back.

Dimension's last graded win came back

in the 2013 Play the King (Can-IIT). His last

victory was a score in the 2014 Kentucky

Downs Turf Dash, which he followed with

six straight off-the-board finishes.

"He loves it up here with the European

style turf course, but he hasn't had a lot of

David Moran guides Dimension to an upset victory in the grade II Connaught Cup Stakes

luck in this race," Conor Murphy said. "Two

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FIRST WINNERS FOR HANSEN, CAL NATION

By Myra Lewyn and Alastair Bull

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the stretch and finished strongly under Feargal Lynch

to win by 2 1/4 lengths.

The race provided an exacta for Cal Nation as

another of his sons, Earned It, took second, 7 3/4

lengths ahead of the rest of the six-horse field.

John E. Williamson's homebred gelding is the

first foal of Parade of Colors (Leading the Parade), a

winner of three. Parade of Nations' third dam is Twin

Bet (Bet Twice), a stakes winner of the Waya Handicap at Hollywood Park, whose progeny include stakes

winner Rahy's Chance.

Cal Nation, by Distorted Humor, is a half brother

to four stakes winners, including Haskell Invitational

(gr. I) winner Bluegrass Cat. He won three of his nine

starts and was stakes-placed twice, including a third

in the Carry Back Stakes (gr. II).

Cal Nation stands at Country Life Farm in Bel Air,

Md., for $2,500.

Meanwhile, the first two runners by Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner I'll Have

Another finished out of the top three in juvenile races

in Japan. Double Split finished fourth at Hanshin, and

Meiner Sieger finished sixth at Tokyo. BH

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ormer champion juvenile male Hansen and the

grade II-placed Maryland stallion Cal Nation both

had their first winners as sires June 5.

Hansen, now based in South Korea, got on the

board when the aptly named Hansen's Victory went

gate to wire at Hastings Race Course.

Hansen's Victory, trained by Troy Taylor for a partnership that includes the North American Thoroughbred Horse Co., won by 1 3/4 lengths and covered

the 3 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race in :39.97

on a fast track.

The bay gelding was bred in Kentucky by 3480

Equine from the multiple stakes-winning Storm Victory mare Victory With Class. He was a Can$65,000

($49,205) buy at the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse

Society's British Columbia sale in September 2015.

A 7-year-old by Tapit¡ªStormy Sunday, by Sir Cat,

Hansen stands for the Korean Racing Association, to

whom he was sold for stud duty after standing his

initial season in 2013 at Coolmore's Ashford Stud

near Versailles, Ky. There are 102 2-year-olds in his

first crop.

Raced by breeder Kendall

Hansen and Skychai Racing,

Hansen retired with a 5-2-0

record from nine starts and

earnings of $1,810,805. He won

all three starts at 2¡ªthe 2011

Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I)

and Kentucky Cup Juvenile

after breaking his maiden by an

eye-catching 12 1/4 lengths at

Turfway Park. At 3, he won the

Gotham Stakes and Iowa Derby

(both gr. III) and finished second

in the Holy Bull Stakes (gr. III)

and Toyota Blue Grass Stakes

(gr. I).

Cal Nation's first winner,

Parade of Nations, took out a

maiden claiming race at Pimlico

Race Course. Battled early by

Jet Home, Parade of Nations

Hansen, now in South Korea, pictured winning the 2011 Breeders' Cup Juvenile

grabbed the lead at the top of

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