Coolmore America Handbook 2022

SALES YEARLINGS FROM MENDELSSOHN'S FIRST CROP INCLUDE: DAM/SEX SIRE OF DAM PURCHASER US$ ACROBATIQUE f. Discreet Cat Solis/Litt 900,000 WASTED TEARS f. Najra B.B.E. 750,000 MISS RELENTLESS c. Mr Greeley Mayberry Farm 510,000 PERAZZI f. Curlin Klaravich Stables 435,000 SUPER GIRLIE c. Closing Argument Blackridge Stables 400,000 TESSIE FLIP c. Grand Slam MV Magnier 400,000 SPIRIT QUEEN c. Invincible Spirit Dr Ramon Tallaj/Adrian Wallace 380,000 BEAUTIFUL GIRL c. Malibu Moon Rockingham Ranch/Sweetwater 330,000 MORTGAGE THE HOUSE f. Chester House Hoolie Racing & Legion B/S 320,000 INVOLVED f. Speightstown Mike Ryan 310,000 FLIRT c. Kitten's Joy MV Magnier/White Birch 310,000 DANCE WITH ANOTHER f. Danehill Dancer Myracehorse.com 300,000 MOVIE MOMENT c. Paynter Colts Neck Stables 275,000 LADY BYNG c. Distorted Humor Mike Ryan 260,000 GOOD OMEN f. Smart Strike Bay Hill Stables 250,000 CROWN ROYAL QUEEN c. Tale Of The Cat Vince J. Foglia 250,000 MIZ IDA f. Proud Citizen Wise Racing 240,000 ROYAL STORY f. Lemon Drop Kid Daithi Harvey/Highland Yard 235,000 GRACE IS DONE c. Malibu Moon Scanlon Racing & Sales 235,000 STORMY NOVEL c. Bernardini White Horse/Madaket/E Five 235,000 CELTIC CROSS f. Giant’s Causeway Tracy Farmer 235,000 GOIAS f. Hard Spun First Row Partners 235,000 TASHA’S MOON c. Malibu Moon Oracle Bloodstock 230,000 DIXIANA DELIGHT c. Gone West BSW/Crow Colts Group 230,000 MELA DRAMATICALLY f. Theatrical Klaravich Stable 225,000 PRAIA c. Distorted Humor West Bloodstock 210,000 DANCE TO THE SEA c. Gone West DJ Stable 210,000 LEADING WINNERS BY MENDELSSOHN'S SIRE SCAT DADDY: See JUSTIFY LEADING WINNERS BY MENDELSSOHN'S HALF-BROTHER INTO MISCHIEF: See PRACTICAL JOKE MATING SUGGESTIONS: Mendelssohn cost $3m as a yearling and he didn’t take long to justify his price. After finishing second in Europe’s top juvenile race, the Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes, Mendelssohn travelled to Del Mar to take the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. But he isn’t a one-dimensional turf horse. He began his 3YO campaign with a Listed victory on all-weather and then took the Gr.2 UAE Derby on dirt by an astonishing 18½ lengths, to earn a shot at the Kentucky Derby. Unfortunately, he was unable to give his true running at Churchill Downs after being badly bumped in the early stages, but he subsequently confirmed his talent on dirt, taking second place in the Gr.1 Travers Stakes and third in the Gr.1 Jockey Club Gold Cup. There is every reason to expect Mendelssohn to prove highly effective as a stallion. By the same sire as Triple Crown winner Justify and the Gr.1 sires No Nay Never and Caravaggio, he shares the same dam as the brilliant Beholder and multiple Champion Sire Into Mischief. No wonder Mendelssohn’s first-crop yearlings sold so well. Sired at $35,000, they averaged roughly $160,000 with a top price of $900,000. 40