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Thoroughbred Yearlings
High seller: Hip 46, $62,000 UNNAMED, FILLY,
(Attila’s Storm-Ritzy Dame, Forest Wildcat)
• Consigned by: A&A Ranch
• Purchased by: Norman Allen, Joe Dee
Brooks, Scott Bryant and Suzanne Kirby
“As far as my personal picks list was concerned, she was in the top four,” Alexander said, who
bred the filly. “I felt like she had all the right boxes checked and would do well in the ring.”
The quartet of buyers apparently was looking through the same pair of glasses as Alexander. What they saw was a well-bred, well- made individual, looking as good in person as she did on paper.
Attila’s Storm, winner of more than one- half-million dollars, needs no introduction. The filly’s dam, 18-year-old Ritzy Dame, is by Distorted Humor and out of Stylish Aristocrat, by Groovy.
The 18-year-old Ritzy Dame headlines the bottom side of the filly’s pedigree. She’s
a solid, black type mare with four wins, sending her owners to the bank with $93,248 in deposits. She produced seven foals. All seven raced, with four winners led by the stakes mare Ritzy Lass with just slightly less than $300,000.
Stylish Aristocrat, the filly’s second dam, didn’t rack up a big pile of dollars during her career in Ireland and the U.S. ($34,007) but she did produce eight winners from 10 foals. One, Fight On, a gelding by Straight Man, set a NTR twice at 1-mile, earning nearly $183,000
There’s plenty of black type in Ritzy Dame’s pedigree, including all the way to the third dam, Nobile Decretum, where the bold-face letters become even denser. It was Nobile Decretum’s offspring that strutted their stuff on the other side of the pond, showing off their talents in England and France.
“We’d heard rumors about new money coming down the pike for the sale,” said Alexander, who led the Thoroughbred contingent with the top three high sellers, “but rumors like that seldom pan out.” They did this time.
Second High Seller: Hip 49, $50,000 FRANCHISE TAGGED, colt, (Attila’s Storm-Streakin Excess, In Excess)
• Consigned by: A&A Ranch
• Purchased by: Dale Doby
Every consigner, not just Alexander, takes stock of the colts and fillies destined for the sale ring before loading them into the trailer. And, usually, they make a mental assessment; a “guess- timate” of how high the numbers will go before the gavel bangs down. This is how the “personal picks list” Alexander mentioned is compiled.
2018 brought a bevy of positive surprises. Yes, the consigners’ personal picks sold in the top levels, just as they’d anticipated, but the dollar marks preceded some of the highest numbers ever counted for a state-bred venue.
Alexander liked hip 49. He liked him a lot. So did Dale Doby, the buyer whose name rings no bells for Alexander.
“That really adds to the excitement,” he commented, “because that means Mr. Doby is probably part of those new people we heard about in the days leading up to the sale.
“The racing business is talking constantly about the need for new owners; people who are willing to come to a sale and make their first purchases. We had that this year.”
That means Mr. Doby will need a trainer. Hopefully, Mr. Doby’s new colt will show that trainer tremendous early potential and, in turn, the trainer will encourage Mr. Doby to enter the talented colt in several futurities. And, if that colt takes Mr. Doby to the winner’s circle just two or three times – or maybe just once – where do you think Mr. Doby will be in mid-August, 2019?
He’ll probably be at the state-bred sale, ready to make another buy....or two.
That’s what the business needs.
Franchise Tagged, by Attila’s Storm, is out
of Streakin Excess by In Excess. Looking at the numbers, it’s apparent Streakin Excess fell somewhat short of her name since $49,920 is not indicative
of a whole lotta’ streakin’ goin’ on. She had three offspring who followed closely in her hoof prints. Like their mama, they all won a small race or two but none of them topped Streakin Excess in earnings.
Nice’N Proper, Franchise Tagged’s second dam, did considerably better in her career with seven wins for more than $240,000. She left the track as a respected competitor and then produced some solid offspring.
All that pedigree data set up Franchise Tagged to command $50,000 in the NM-Bred sale ring.
Third High Seller: Hip 96, $45,000 UNNAMED FILLY, (Attila’s Storm- Ringback, Gone Hollywood)
• Consigned by: A&A Ranch
• Purchased by: Jana Trotter
Oftentimes, the last handful of horses in a sale doesn’t fare well.
Potential buyers are tired. Many are ready for dinner. Or maybe they’re itching for that first reviving cocktail. Whatever. This is where the buying enthusiasm sometimes begins to flag.
That didn’t happen on August 17.
A nice looking bay filly pranced into the ring. As hip 96, she was the next to the last consignment. Jana Trotter, wife of Johnny Trotter who is one
of the new co-owners of Ruidoso Downs and its accompanying sales company, was waiting on the daughter of Attila’s Hun and Ringback.
“The Trotters are well-known Quarter Horse people,” remarked Alexander, “and they bought two Thoroughbreds from my consignment. To me, I always consider it a good thing when I see a breed cross-over like that.”
The filly’s pedigree stacks up as another top pick.
Her dam, the 11-year-old Ringback, was a three-time winner with $64,000. It wasn’t a fortune but it was enough to demonstrate her talent, which she passed along as a producer with her two racing age foals.
Second dam, After The Beep, is a stakes-winning daughter of the highly popular Phone Trick. She produced Senor, who set an NTR at 2 furlongs. Reluctant Diva, the third dam, produced Minnie McGinn, who broadened the family’s geographical horizons by competing in Norway and Sweden.
It’s with the fourth dam, Miss Demure Fire (IRE) by Shy Groom, that the shovel connects
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