Tapit Trice, a $1.3 million Keeneland sales yearling, won the 2023 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) and three other graded stakes. The son of Tapit also ran third in the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Travers Stakes (G1).
Will the earnings advantage Magnitude delivered in the Dubai World Cup (G1) be enough to keep Not This Time at the top of the BloodHorse general leading sires standings over Into Mischief? Maybe not.
The sale takes place May 21-22, and there is plenty on offer for prospective buyers, with 43 individual group/grade 1-winning sires represented and 59 siblings to black-type winners selling.
An AU$2.2 million colt by star shuttler Too Darn Hot, bought partly by the stallion's co-owners, Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Watership Down Stud, topped the second session of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, which closed at Riverside March 30.
Incredibolt's recent win in the Virginia Derby has him on track for a start in the Kentucky Derby. But for breeders Greg and Deann Baer, the road to Churchill Downs began in 2007.