Coolmore America Handbook 2019

"We thought he was very, very special," Ryan said of his Sept. 11 purchase. "He blew me away when I saw him...I thought (Hip) 383 was maybe the best yearling I saw this year... He reminded me of Nyquist, and we bought Nyquist" Harrison said. "…Uncle Mo is as good a sire as there is.” Mike Ryan & Bridie Harrison , Bloodhorse, Sept. 11, after buying the colt ex Secret for $1.4m . “He is an excellent stallion, who has done very well, so you have to take note… She is very athletic.” Anthony Stroud on Uncle Mo after buying the filly out of Bizzy Caroline for $1.1m , TDN, Sept. 13 “It was hard to fault him,” said Spendthrift general manager Ned Toffey of Hip 822. “Obviously, we like Uncle Mo--we bred [four-time champion] Beholder to him [for her first mating last year]. That horse was just as good-looking as they make horses, so we were happy to get him.”

Ned Toffey, TDN, Sept. 14, after he purchased the Uncle Mo colt ex Dawn Chorus for $850,000

❝ We can say with a good deal of confidence that the ‘top four’ who have dominated the last four years - Galileo and Dubawi in Europe, Tapit and War Front in North America - is about to become a ‘top six’, with the addition of UNCLE MO for America and Frankel for Europe. ~ Bill Oppenheim, Stallion Spectator Ratings

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