HnR Nothhaft Horseracing’s 4 yo filly, stakes winning, Prodigy Doll enters the 2nd round of the Match Series in 2nd place with 7 points trailing rival Kaylasaurus, who stands first with 10. Kaylasaurus rallied to nip Prodigy Doll at the wire last time out in the 1st round Primonetta Stakes at Laurel Park. Prodigy Doll and Kaylasaurus are the only combatants returning from the first round race. Prodigy Doll’s improving performance numbers for Trainer Phil Schoenthal make her an interesting contender in this race, The Susquehanna Valley Stakes. Prodigy Doll won her only start at Penn National, a 5 1/2 furlong maiden Special weight October 2020.
Danon Early, first foal o/o 2016 Eclipse Award Winner and Breeders’ Cup Champion Finest City by world leading sire Frankel, seeks his 2nd career victory in Race 7 at Chukyo Race Track Sunday afternoon June 5th. Finest City, a PABred, was bred by Hank Nothhaft via HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC is by City Zip o/o Be Envied by Lemond Drop Kid.
Finest City Northview MD with Hank
Danon Early has compiled a career record of 8 starts 1 Win 2 Show and 1 Place with $96,000 in career earnings. Danon Early made his first 7 starts on turf before switching to the dirt in a 1600 meter (~mile) effort and coming from the clouds to earn his first win.
Chukyo Race 7 is slated for 1800 meters (~1 1/8 mile) dirt, offering the winner a $60,000 purse. The field consists of a 12 horse field, including older horses, with Danon Early the 4th favorite on the Morning Line in his first start against winners. Norihiro Yokoyama retains the ride for Trainer Takayuki Yasuda. This will be Danon Early’s 3rd start with blinkers
Fielder, an 8 year old PABred gelding, by Sidney’s Candy o/o Karakorum Fugitive is entered to run in Race 8 at Woodbine on Sunday, June 5th. Fielder was bred by HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC and sold privately. His 47th career start, Fielding will face 8 others in an Allowance Optional Claiming race 5 furlongs on the Inner Turf Course. Launching from Post Position 1, Fielder will be looking for his 9th career win, or at least add to his 27 previous in the money finishes that have generated $451K in career earnings.
Fielder wins Marshall Jenny Stakes
Fielder seems to be enjoying his sojourn to Canada. In six races at Woodbine, Fielder owns 2 wins and 2 in the money finishes. An in the money finish in this race offering purse of $102,000 would certainly burnish an already very successful career.
Selling for $200,000 and the highest-priced PABred filly was a daughter of Practical Joke o/o Sulis purchased by Villa Rosa/Harlo Stable from the McKathan Bros. Sales consignment. Out of the winning Maria’s Mon mare Sulis, who has six winners from as many foals of racing age, the filly was bred by Hank Nothhaft’s HnR Nothhaft Horse Racing LLC,
HnR Purchases Sulis @Keeneland November 2012
Sulis 20 was sold for$45,000 as a weanling at Keeneland in November, She went back through the ring for $110,000 as a yearling at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky last October. The filly hails from the family of Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and champion Vino Rosso and Grade 1-winning sprinter I’m the Tiger.
Sulis Highest Priced PABRED to Sell at Fasig Tipton Mid-Atlantic
Sulis 20 a PABRED filly bred by HnR Nothhaft Horseracing sold as Hip 76 for $200,000 highest price paid for a PABRED at the sale. . By Practical Joke, Sulis 20 is 1/2 to 5 time PABRED winner Bavaria.
Hip 76 HnR bred Sulis Filly by Practical Joke sells $200K PABRED
A March, 2020, foal, Sulis 20 was foaled at Northview Stallion Station PA by Tim Fazio. HnR sold Sulis at the Keeneland November Sale in 2020. Sulis has 6 foals to race all winners with Bavaria, 4yo still active, with 5 wins in PA approaching $100K in earnings. The 2nd Dam, Medicine Woman has a page that can only be described as phenomenal. Listed among the many black type winners under Medicine Woman is Vino Rosso, an emerging young sire at Spendthrift Farm. Sulis has a Classic Empire yearling colt purchased by Clarmont Bloodstock.
On the 7th Anniversary of Living the Life’s win over 10 male horses in the Grade 3 one mile All American Stakes, HnR Horseracing has published a short video with highlights of Living the Life (IRE)’s special day.
This race was Living the Life (IRE)’s 33rd start and resulted in her 10th win. Next time out in her attempt to win the Grade 2 Master’s Stakes 3 times in a row, she finished 2nd by a head and did not hit the board in her last race of 2016. In training at Santa Anita to run in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, Living the Life (IRE) sustained a career ending ankle injury and subsequently retired to HnR broodmare duty in Kentucky. Her career stats are 35 starts 10 wins 6 places 4 shows Earnings $1,028,000.
Commodore Perry (KY) makes start 13–Silver Blur debuts
Commodore Perry (KY), by Pioneer of the Nile, is Living the Life’s first foal. Living the Life won two Grade 2 and one Grade 3 Sprint Stakes, all on Tapeta All Weather Tracks. Living the Life (IRE) is also Grade 1 placed on the dirt. Living the Life (IRE) produced 10 wins and $1 million plus in earnings during her racing career.
Living the Life Chapman Painting
Now a broodmare, Living the Life (IRE) produced a Pioneer of the Nile colt named Commodore Perry (KY) in April 2018. When Commodore Perry (KY) matured and launched his racing career, he became the classic morning glory. A morning glory being a horse who demonstrates significant talent during morning workouts, but fails to perform in the afternoons.
As a result Commodore Perry (KY) has been tried on various surfaces, distances and locales. by HnR Horseracing and his trainers. In an attempt to run him against competition he could overwhelm, we lost him to a claim, but successfully claimed him back. Commodore Perry (KY) now resides at Fair hill under the tutelage of Phil Schoenthal. He is completely sound, very robust, easy to handle, and often flashes extraordinary talent during morning training.
As a result we are not prepared to give up on him yet. As a result, career start 13 will be at Presque Isle Downs on Tuesday in a mile allowance race on a Tapeta track. Commodore Perry (KY) two career wins have come at Turfway on their Tapeta track.
Commodore Perry (KY) winning at Turfway before returning to HnR Horseracing
Commodore Perry (KY) will be returning to the locale of Living the Life (IRE) ‘s most significant accomplishments. In three starts at Presque Isle Downs for Gary Mandella, Living the Life (IRE) with Mike Smith up won the Masters Stakes sGrade 2 in 2015, won th Masters Stakes with Joe Bravo up in 2016 and was a short nose 2nd in 2017 with Flavian Prat up, pocketing a total $560K in purse money.
Further, Commodore Perry (KY), in honor of Living the Life (IRE) accomplishments at Presque Isle, is named after the War of 1812 hero of Lake Erie, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Commodore Perry built his wooden fleet of sailing craft at Presque Isle before defeating the British in a pivotal battle on LakeErie. From this battle emerged one of, if not the, most famous saying in US Naval History “Don’t give up the Ship!”. Commodore Perry (KY) will be decked out in HnR Nothhaft Horseracing’s Navy Blue and Gold color of owner Hank Nothhaft’s alma mater the U.S. Naval Academy.
We are hoping, Commodore Perry (KY) will be inspired at demonstrate his morning prowess in the afternoon on the shores of Lake Erie.
Silver Blur is an entirely different situation going into his Maiden Start on Sunday in Race 4 at Churchill Downs. Bred by HnR and sold for $300K as a yearling at the Fasig Tipton Select Sale he is by Top US stallion of the decade Tapit.
Working forwardly as a 2yo, Silver Blur encountered a soft tissue injury that pushed his first start out to this weekend in May. Owned by successful owner, Tom Durant, whose top horse based on earnings is Silver Dust, he is in the hands of super successful trainer Bret Calhoun. (also trained Silver Dust). Adam Beschizza, emerging journeyman, jockey will be in the irons.
Silver Blur colt by Tapit o/o Living the Life (IRE) yearling Fasig Tipton Select Sale
Given the purse structure at Churchill Downs, it is not surprising that Silver Blur will face a full field of formidable competitors entered by a group of world renowned owners and trainers and ridden by many top US jockeys. As the saying goes, you must start somewhere. No telling at this time whether Silver Blur will be a sprinter or two turn horse or favor the dirt or turf, but much will be revealed during Sunday’s 5 1/2 furlong turf sprint. Good luck to all the connections.
MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT
Purse: $ 120,000. (Includes $56,500 – KTDF – Kentucky TB Devt Fund) . For Maidens, Three Years Old And Upward. Three Year Olds, 118 Lbs.; Older, 124 Lbs. (preference To Horses That Have Not Started For Less Than $50,000 In Last 3 Starts). (if Deemed Inadvisable By Management To Run This Race Over The Turf Course, It Will Be run on the main track at Five and a Half Furlongs.). Five And One Half Furlongs. (Turf)
In his sixth start, Made in America became a Stakes Winner, and as first foal of his dame, became Kindle’s first Stakes winner as well. Besides surviving the San Luis Rey fire (AKA Lilac Fire) that killed 46 horses, Made in America has overcome two soft tissue injuries that kept him off the track 7 months and 9 months respectively. As a result, Made in America (KY) made his 6th start at the beginning of his five year old campaign.
Made in America on his toes in the post parade
Timing of his comebacks has resulted in five of his starts taking place at Turfway Park. Three starts were on the old Polytrack, and he has now booked two races on the new Tapeta track, racking up a 5 starts 3 wins 2 places record. The places coming after the long aforementioned lay-offs. Four of his starts have been 6.5 furlong affairs and one allowance win at a mile. HnR believes that Made in America (KY) is a miler and is winning the sprints on shear talent.
Given the condition book at Turfway Park and the fact that Made in America (KY) is fit and sound our goal is to run there two more times before the end of the meet, preferably at a mile or greater. Ideally, Made in America (KY) would run in his next Allowance condition and then in the Kentucky Cup Classic at 1 1/8 miles to wrap up the campaign.
After being checked and bumped, Made in America was not to be denied in a late rally
If we are fortunate to achieve these goals, Made in America (KY) trains well on the dirt, so we will be looking at all dirt and all weather opportunities as we work through the year. Made in America (KY) ships well and the Mid-Atlantic/Kentucky/Indiana circuits are our targets, His Dame Kindle (KY) won on the turf, dirt and all weather. We know that the great Tiznow was an astonishing performer on the dirt.
Made in America (KY) heads to the post parade with Declan Cannon up
Below is the Thoroughbred Daily News summary of the Forego Stakes.
Also Ran: Dabo, Eagle Song (Ire), Frosted Ice, What’s Up Dude, Guildsman (Fr), Bango, Unmoored. Scratched: Awesome Gent, Escapade, Fast Fire.
Made In America scored a narrow upset to earn his black-type badge at Turfway Friday night. Keeping tabs from third early, the gelding rallied down the center of the track in the lane to get the win by a head.
Graduating at third asking at Turfway in February, Made in America captured an optional claimer there a month later. Subsequently shelved, he resurfaced Dec. 31 at this oval, finishing second in an allowance.
Made in America is the first foal out of MSW & MGSP Kindle, whose recent produce includes the now-3-year-old colt Palazzi (Pioneer of the Nile) and a yearling colt by Into Mischief. She was bred back to American Pharoah.”
