Queenly (Hard Spun – Queen Negwer Filly)
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OVERVIEW & VISION
The yearling sales season is a long process that begins mid summer and extends through the Fall October Yearling Sale at Fasig Tipton that coincides with the changing of the leaves. As the new season ushers in the final yearling sale our team has inspected nearly 3,000+ yearlings over the course of the season.
As the sale season evolves buyers can become enamored with young sires who either have a small or no sample size of runners. Due to the next new shiny stallion many stalwarts in the sire ranks can become overlooked allowing for outstanding opportunities to strike on stallions who have proven track records producing runners at the highest levels.
The Fasig October sale can be a catalogue filled with elite yearlings from the Saratoga or early books of the Keeneland September sale that failed to be purchased to young sires that may not have the most designer names to later maturing yearlings. It takes a large amount of pre-sale pedigree work to sift through the over 1,600 yearlings catalogued for the 4 day session sale. Followed by extensively long days, the hips designated by our team spread out over the salesgrounds in 22 different barns at the Fasig Tipton Newtown Paddocks. This process has proven the Eclipse strategy well at this sale having found numerous stakes horses including most recently our multiple Oaks winning Fondly.
CONFORMATION & WALKING VIDEO
As soon as this filly presented herself, I knew we needed to have her in the stable. Many times with Hard Spun you have to forgive some conformational attributes that always aren’t the most desired. With our newest Hard Spun filly she has an exceptional neck and hind leg for her sireline which only promotes her athleticism as she cruises over the ground.
To see Queenly in motion:
SEAN TUGEL’S EXPERT PEDIGREE ANALYSIS
Hard Spun has cemented himself over the past decade plus as a proven stallion of graded stakes winners year in and year out. Eclipse has tasted success with his offspring at the highest level when Aloha West captured the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint. This victory put Aloha West into the select group of Hard Spun’s Grade 1 winners which currently equals 15. Not only will we be looking for our filly to join that illustrious group with Aloha West but she also shares more similarities hailing from a Black Type Speightstown mare.
Speightstown is making a reputation as a broodmare sire with his daughters becoming prolific stakes performers to be the strongest line to continue the dominant Gone West sireline. This season they have produced Grade 1 winner Deterministic to continue to add to their ascending numbers. As mentioned Speightstown’s daughter produced Grade 1 winner Aloha West as well as Vekoma and Grade 1 distaffer Just One Time.
The Hard Spun over a Gone West sireline has already produced two Breeders Cup victors and Grade 1 winning filly Out for a Spin among the 8 Graded Stakes winners bred on this direct pattern. The Hard Spun over Mr. Prospector line overall represents a dominant cross having produced 8 Grade 1 winners for a total of 51 stakes winners.
To see Queenly’s pedigree page, click on the link below:
TRAINER & THE PLAN
George Weaver was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and became interested in horse racing at a young age. In high school, he worked as a hot walker for John Henning before working as a foreman for D. Wayne Lukas. He worked his way up to assistant for Lukas. He developed horses such as Kentucky Derby winners Grindstone and Thunder Gulch, Preakness winners Timber Country and Tabasco Cat, Serena’s Song, and Grand Slam.
Weaver then became an assistant trainer to Todd Pletcher in 1997 and worked with horses like Trippi, More Than Ready, Texas Glitter, and Left Bank for six years. In 2002, Weaver went out on his own and won his first race with only his third starter. Ten months later, he won his first stakes race, and fourteen months later, he won his first graded stake.
Weaver maintains a high percentage outfit and races mainly on the East Coast, based in Saratoga in the summer while keeping a string in New York throughout the rest of the year. In the winter, he bases at Palm Beach Downs in South Florida.
Under Weaver’s, Vekoma developed into a top 3-year-old (winner of the 2019 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland). He was even better at 4 with an undefeated season highlighted by wins in the Grade 1 Carter and Metropolitan Handicaps. Vekoma is now an extremely exciting young sire.
Weaver has had limited opportunities to train for Eclipse, but he’s made the most with what he’s been provided, including the New York-Bred Stakes performer and high-dollar earner, Fleet Irish. His operation has gone from strength-to-strength, particularly with sprinters and he ought to fit Fave like a glove.
VALUATION
The total 100% valuation for Queenly is $180,000 and we will continue to honor pandemic increments starting at 3%. You can see the chart below for pricing details.
QUESTIONS & COMMITMENT CONTACTS
To ask questions or to make a commitment, please feel free to reach out to any of the following Eclipse team members:
Aron Wellman at Aron@eclipseTBpartners.com or at (310) 968-9559
Jack Sadler at Jack@eclipseTBpartners.com or at (803) 920-9005
Sean Tugel at Sean@eclipseTBpartners.com or at (859) 940-0456
Valuation and Costs
| Ownership % | Total Value | Q1 Estimated Expenses | Total Payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3% | $5,400 | $600 | $6,000 |
| 6% | $10,800 | $1,200 | $12,000 |
| 9% | $16,200 | $1,800 | $18,000 |
| 12% | $21,600 | $2,400 | $24,000 |
| 15% | $27,000 | $3,000 | $30,000 |
| 18% | $32,400 | $3,600 | $36,000 |
| 21% | $37,800 | $4,200 | $42,000 |
| 24% | $43,200 | $4,800 | $48,000 |