It has been a banner year for MCKINZIE in the sales ring and he’s set for another headline event next week at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds In Training sale.
| HIP | UT Time | SEX | DAM | SIRE OF DAM | Consignor | DOB | FOALED | BARN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 10.2 | F | EMRATA | TAPIT | PAUL SHARP Agt II | 2/21/2022 | KY | J&K |
| 33 | 10.4 | F | FOURSCOREANDSEVEN | COLONEL JOHN | BRYAN FORD TRAINING STABLE LLC Agt V | 4/7/2022 | NY | G |
| 49 | 11.1 | F | GHOST FLOWER | GHOSTZAPPER | NIALL BRENNAN STABLES Agt IX | 3/1/2022 | KY | K |
| 156 | 10.3 | C | MAID OF METTLE | DIALED IN | JULIE DAVIES LLC Agt | 3/26/2022 | NY | F&G |
| 188 | 10.3 | F | MONTANA NATIVE | YES IT'S TRUE | THOROSTOCK LLC Agt | 3/27/2022 | KY | J |
| 523 | 10.3 | F | COMIC CITY | CITY ZIP | RANDY MILES Agt XI | 3/12/2022 | NY | B&C |
| 552 | 10.3 | F | DONNA GETYOURGUN | STORMY ATLANTIC | DE MERIC SALES Agt | 4/10/2022 | KY | I&J |
| 566 | 10.2 | C | CHIC | ORB | PICK VIEW LLC Agt | 5/15/2022 | KY | T |
The eight on offer start with Hip 7, a Paul Sharp-consigned first filly out of TAPIT’s winning daughter Emrata.
That mare is one of four winners out of the stakes placed A Story of Revenge. A daughter of stakes winner and multiple Grade 1-placed Meguial, A Story of Revenge is a half-sister to the Grade 1 winner I Want Revenge and the stakes-placed I Want Glory in addition to the dam of Grade 2-placed Real Men Violin.
This family also includes Group 1 winner In The Dark and Grade 3 winner Starry Boy. Bred by Wynnstay and H. Allen Poindexter, the filly breezed just a tick off the bullet on the first day of the Under Tack Show when stopping the clock in :10.2.
A filly out of the multiple stakes placed Ghost Flower is consigned by Niall Brennan as Hip 49.
Ghost Flower is the dam of three winners from four to race with the Ghostzapper mare’s runners led by seven-time winner Ghost Stalker. Ghost Flower is one of five stakes performers from seven winners out of the stakes-placed River Flower. That group is led by the multiple stakes winner Applicator with three of River Flower’s stakes performers earning graded stakes blacktype.
River Flower comes from a long line of stakes producers with her own dam producing the Grade 2 winner and Grade 1-placed Single Dawn. In all, River Flower is a fourth-generation stakes producer with those produced led by the multiple Grade 1 winner Slewpy.
Hailing from the family of Grade 1 winner Octave is Hip 156, consigned by Julie Davies.
Bred in New York by NK Racing, the colt is the first out of the Dialed In mare Maid of Mettle. That mare is a half-sister to the multiple graded stakes performer Majestic Quality, Grade 3-placed Diski Dance, and the dam of Grade 2-placed Procrastination. That group is out of the placed Lost Soldier mare She Nuit All, who is a half-sister to Octave, Grade 2 winner Belle Cherie and the stakes winning duo of Unbridled Behavior and Be Mine Tonight.
Their stakes winning dam Bell Nuit is the matriarch of a family that includes 16 stakes performers and seven stakes winners, led by Octave.
Out of City Zip mare Comic City, Hip 523 is offered by Randy Miles during the second day of the sale.
Bred by Fred Hertrich, John Fielding, and Robert Tribbett, the filly is the second foal out of the half-sister to the Grade 3-placed Eloquent Riddle. Comic City is a granddaughter of multiple graded stakes winner Media Nox, who has also become the matriarch of a strong family.
Media Nox’s runners include multiple Grade 1 winner Nebraska Tornado and stakes winners Burning Sun and Mirabilis. Mirabilis is a Grade 1 producer herself as the dam of Grade 1 winner Westover. Another Media Nox daughter produced Grade 2 winner Anothertwistafate with other stakes winners on the page including Grade 3 winner Monarchs Glen, Mallory, and Marbling among others.
A half-sister to the stakes winning Mizzen Beau bred by Tony Holmes sells as Hip 552 from De Meric Sales out of the stakes-placed Donna Getyourgun.
Donna Getyourgun is the dam of two winners from four to race with her 4-year-old Shootoutthelights recently placing at Keeneland to take her record to five top three finishes in six starts for $214,155 in earnings. Donna Getyourgun is a half-sister to multiple Grade 3 winner Clearly A Queen and the stakes-placed Queen Martha. Queen Martha is the dam of stakes winner British Royalty while Clearly A Queen is the dam of two stakes performers and granddam of two stakes winners including Grade 2 winner Engage.
Donna Getyourgun had a filly by OLYMPIAD this year on April 16.
MCKINZIE is the sire of three runners so far from his first crop with two hitting the board in their starts.