Hip #35; colt, Smarty Jones - Alaska Queen by Time for a Change, worked 1/4 in :21.4.
The big story of the under tack show for the 2008 April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale at Keeneland was the Langfuhr colt who worked an eighth of a mile in :9 3/5, but there were plenty of 1st-crop sire offspring in action as well.
Two Smarties were on the track, Hip #82, a dark bay/brown filly out of the Sword Dance (IRE) mare Worth a Look worked an eighth in :10.2. Notable names in this filly's pedigree include Student Council, Don't Get Mad, and Gulch Approval.
The other Smarty Jones was Hip #35, a bay colt by Alaska Queen, a Time for a Change mare. Alaska Queen is the dam of 4 winners including stakes winners Keats and Fairbanks. Fairbanks finished 2nd in the Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) earlier this year. Hip #35 worked a quarter in :21.4.
Seven Speightstown offspring worked, highlighted by hip Hip #184 a filly who worked an eighth in :9.4. This filly is out of the Spectacular Bid mare Balancing Act who has produced 8 winners including graded stakes winner Eleusis who earned $165,801 including victory in the Long Island Handicap (gr. II). See Don Gato Among Standouts at Keeneland for more about this filly.
Hip #32; filly, Speightstown - Mean Imogene by Silver Deputy, worked 1/8 in :10.0.
Working an eighth in :10.0 was Hip #32, a chestnut filly (Speightstown - Mean Imogene by Silver Deputy). Her dam earned $61,780 and finished 3rd in the Santa Ynez (gr. II). Mean Imogene has produced one winner. She is from the same family as Hollywood Story and Seattle Fitz.
Hip #130; colt, Medaglia d'Oro - Kris's Intention by Kris S., worked 1/4 in :21.1.
Medaglia d'Oro had four offspring breeze on April 7. Hip#125, a bay filly out of the Homebuilder mare Home Together, breezed an eighth in :10.0, while Hip#77, a dark bay or brown colt (Medaglia d'Oro - Viaduct by Thunder Gulch) worked the same distance in :10.1. Hips#130 (colt; Medaglia d'Oro - Kris's Intention by Kris S.) and #156 (filly; Medaglia d'Oro - Ronique by Raise a Native) both worked a quarter of a mile in :22.1. Hip #130 is a half-brother to 6 winners including stakes winners Leelanau and All Trumps both of whom won at 2.
Hip #53; colt, Saarland - Sandshell by Silver Hawk, worked 1/4 in :21.3.
Saarland's workers included Hip#53, a colt out of the Silver Hawk mare Sandshell. He worked 1/4 mile in :21.3. Sandshell has produced three winners including stakes-placed Speedy Sonata and El Batallon both of which won at 2.
Hip #173; filly, Johar-Vassar by Royal Academy, worked 1/8 in :10.1.
First-crop sire Johar's only offspring in the sale, hip #173, made a favorable impression working an 1/8 in :10.1. This bay filly out of the Royal Academy mare, Vassar, is a half-sister to Coast Guard who most recently finished 3rd in the Santa Anita Derby. Other notable names in her pedigree include Naninja and Dance Master. For more on this filly, see Don Gato Among Standouts at Keeneland.
The horses will be sold April 8 and 9 beginning at 7:00 pm.
