Keeneland September 2006
189 Machivellian colt from the champion Argentine family of Empiric (nothing)
382 Kingmambo colt from the family of Sacahuista (very little in Europe)
10 Kingmambo filly out of a half to AP Indy (very little in Europe)
561 Pivotal colt from the family of Peintre Celebre (won 800 pounds)
250 Rainbow Quest filly from the family of Ivory Wand (unraced)
274 Storm Cat filly out of an unraced full to Kingmambo (New York ALW winner, broke down and euthed at 3)
FT Texas 2007:
Hip 241, TX-bred colt, half to 3 SW and 1 SP, dam has 10 winners of 11 foals to race. (won a super-cheap MCL at Lincoln Fair)
Hip 22, LA bred filly from the family of Broom Dance, half to 2 useful winners of 3 other foals. (unplaced in one start in cheap claimer, never ran again)
Hip 337, Street Cry colt that is half to two stakes winners. Foaled in LA but not registered as LA-bred. 4th dam produced Lady Pitt. (unplaced, now at stud in LA)
Finally, from the 2011 Saratoga Sale:
#40 b f Arch-Sharp Apple, by Diesis. Equibase doesn't have a registered name for her?
# 57 b f Tapit - Sweet and Careless, by Hennessy. Unraced so far.
#69 b f Not For Love - Who's Cozy, by Cozzene. Unraced so far.
#92 ch c Kitten's Joy - Caterette, by Cozzene. MSW at Belmont, running decently in ALW company.
#146 b c Indian Charlie - Kokadrie, by Coronado's Quest. Unraced so far.
OUCH!
The 3yos of 2013 do have a chance to get better, but yikes, I'm great at finding good-looking catalogue pages that don't actually pan out. So in an attempt to salvage my pride, I'm going to take a crack at the Saratoga Sale:
Same criteria as usual....looking for horses that, if they run to their pages, will win and make money. Maybe not stakes winners, but nice alw types that take nice pictures in the winner's circle.
#26 Kitten's Joy - Celestial Woods, by Forestry. Full sibling to two other winners including listed winner at Colonial, dam's only other foal of racing age is 2yo this year. Between the one good winner above and quite a lot of success with KJ foals at the betting windows I'm beginning to think you really can't go wrong with Kitten's Joy.
#60 Kitten's Joy - High Chant, by War Chant. Full to THREE winners, including Gr-3 winner Csaba and the other two are allowance-class. Did I mention I think you really can't go wrong with Kitten's Joy?
#100 Elusive Quality - Padmore, by French Deputy. Full to a listed winner and half to a Gr-2 winner in Europe. French Deputy is a bit atypical of the Deputy Minister line in that he sires more pure speed (the majority of them are fast and classy but want some ground).
#123 Midnight Lute - Skyscape, by Marquetry. Dam has 5 winners out of 7 to race, including Gr-2 stakes winner and 2 stakes placed. It's still early days for Midnight Lute but I like what I'm seeing so far, and the mare has been as solid a producer as one could want.
#147 More Than Ready - Twilight Service, by Horse Chestnut. More than Ready is a bit weird for the US market....he can sire a dirt horse and he can sire an 8 to 9f horse, but where he really shines is with turf sprinters This mare is bred to be a turf sprinter, and the best representative of this nice Phipps/Janney family is a turf miler (even though there are dirt horses and longer-runners in there too), and the dam's best foal is a turf sprinter. It's an odd one pedigree-wise and the mare's production is a bit weak compared to the other picks here BUT my feel is this is a type-to-type mating and should turn out pretty well.