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Mystic Guide’s Sunday Finery Dominates Mazarine, First Stakes Winner for Sire

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They asked her to bring her best, so she brought her ‘Sunday Finery‘ to the GIII Mazarine Stakes at Woodbine, and became Mystic Guide‘s first stakes winner in the process.

Fresh off breaking her maiden Sept. 26 in her fourth career start by an effortless 13 1/2 lengths over course and distance, the maiden graduation had been her first time beyond the sprint distances. Her prior three efforts in the baby dashes on synthetic and turf resulted in two in-the-money finishes.

Tabbed the 7-2 third choice in this field of juvenile fillies, Sunday Finery opted to take back and settle last of this five-strong group, rating kindly up the backstretch through fractions of :23.66 and :48.36. Nudged along by jockey Sahin Civaci, she really began to pick it up off the turn and came into the stretch in front, continuing to open up to win her stakes debut by 6 3/4 lengths.

“We always kind of thought she was a two-turn horse,” said trainer James Begg. “When she was showing up in her earlier races, we were happy because we always felt like there was, it was kind of the next level would be going further, with her breeding and everything and also just the way she looked and trained.”

Begg added that the Princess Elizabeth Stakes Nov. 28 could be on the filly’s horizon, saying, “As long as everything comes out right that’s kind of how we had planned that initially because we were looking at that race and we kind of saw that timing on this race kind of set up okay for that race so that was kind of the that’s always kind of been the goal for the end of the season with her.”

Pedigree Note:

One of eight winners for Mystic Guide (by Ghostzapper), Sunday Finery is also her freshman sire’s first stakes winner. Aunty Mo, last sold for $22,000 to Cara Bloodstock from the 2019 Keeneland November Sale, has also produced GSP Mo Tourist (Tourist), a colt she sold with in utero at that same sale. She is a half-sister to MSW/GISP Merchant Marine (Tiznow).

Aunty Mo has five winners from as many to race and is yet to be represented by a yearling Country Grammar filly. After coming up barren to Drain the Clock last year, she went to Highland Falls for 2027.

Sunday, Woodbine
MAZARINE S. PRESENTED BY SEEDLIP-GIII, C$198,100, Woodbine, 11-1, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:44.29, ft.
1–SUNDAY FINERY, 119, f, 2, by Mystic Guide
                1st Dam: Aunty Mo, by Uncle Mo
                2nd Dam: Head East, by Gone West
                3rd Dam: Fleur S., by Fluorescent Light
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($50,000 Ylg ’25 FTKJUL; $60,000 Ylg ’25 FTKOCT; $90,000 2yo ’26 EASMAY). O-Walmac Farm, Begg, Jeff, Begg, Annabel, Long, Eric and Siegel, Bart; B-Bernard & Karen McCormack (ON); T-James Bentley Begg; J-Sahin Civaci. C$126,000. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-1, $153,843. *1/2 to Mo Tourist (Tourist), GSP, $121,742. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Mrs D, 120, f, 2, Bolt d’Oro–True Elegance, by Distorted Humor. ($100,000 Ylg ’25 FTKOCT). O-JDLP Holdings, Inc.; B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY); T-Steven Chircop. C$35,000.
3–Epic Affair, 119, f, 2, Epicenter–Reluctant Bride, by Speightstown. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($95,000 Ylg ’25 KEESEP). O-Menary, John and Cox, Gail; B-Delia Nash & Jun Park (KY); T-Gail Cox. C$19,250.
Margins: 6 3/4, 3HF, 10 1/4. Odds: 3.60, 2.15, 2.20.
Also Ran: Mo Cookie, Homeawayfromhome. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Champion Hughes to Stand at Spendthrift Upon Retirement

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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion Hughes (Into Mischief) will stand at Spendthrift Farm upon his retirement from racing, according to an advertisement placed in Monday’s edition of the TDN. The news was confirmed by Front Row Club’s Tom Ryan, one of the colt’s owners.

Hughes, all but certain to be named the Eclipse Award Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, ran his record to five-for-five in the Juvenile. He has registered wins in three Grade Is, including the American Pharoah and the Del Mar Futurity, in addition to a win in the GIII Best Pal Stakes and his maiden win on June 21, for which he was named a `TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard.’

The two-year-old colt is owned by Front Row Club, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet, Bashor Racing, Albaugh Family Stable, Robert Masterson, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital, and Catherine Donovan.

Ryan pointed out how apt it was that Hughes would go on to stand at Spendthrift. The farm was purchased in 2004 by B. Wayne Hughes, a visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist and businessman who revived Spendthrift into one of the most powerful entities in the business.

“Creating legacies through racehorses and stallions has always been our goal, for the horse, his breeder, his sire, and his pedigree,” said Ryan. “Knowing Hughes will retire to Spendthrift Farm at the end of his racing career is incredibly exciting. Eric (Gustavson), Ned (Toffey), and the team at Spendthrift are the definition of excellence. What they’ve built with Into Mischief, the greatest and the most successful stallion of my lifetime, speaks for itself. Hughes carries a name with real meaning to Spendthrift and to our family, so this feels like he’s going home.”

Hughes was named after Olympic gold medalist Jack Hughes, and shares the surname of Ryan’s wife, Katie.

Ryan made it clear that Hughes has a lot of racing ahead of him.

“For now, our focus is the racetrack. We couldn’t be more proud of Hughes, and we can’t wait to see what he does as he grows into his frame at three.”

Hughes’s victory, along with that of Sovereignty in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, propelled his sire, Into Mischief, into the number one spot on the TDN General Sire rankings. With earnings of $30,452,713, he vaulted past Not This Time, who remains in second with earnings of $29,902,352.

Into Mischief is seeking his eighth straight leading sire title.

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Mystic Guide’s Sunday Finery Dominates Mazarine, First Stakes Winner for Sire

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They asked her to bring her best, so she brought her ‘Sunday Finery‘ to the GIII Mazarine Stakes at Woodbine, and became Mystic Guide‘s first stakes winner in the process.

Fresh off breaking her maiden Sept. 26 in her fourth career start by an effortless 13 1/2 lengths over course and distance, the maiden graduation had been her first time beyond the sprint distances. Her prior three efforts in the baby dashes on synthetic and turf resulted in two in-the-money finishes.

Tabbed the 7-2 third choice in this field of juvenile fillies, Sunday Finery opted to take back and settle last of this five-strong group, rating kindly up the backstretch through fractions of :23.66 and :48.36. Nudged along by jockey Sahin Civaci, she really began to pick it up off the turn and came into the stretch in front, continuing to open up to win her stakes debut by 6 3/4 lengths.

“We always kind of thought she was a two-turn horse,” said trainer James Begg. “When she was showing up in her earlier races, we were happy because we always felt like there was, it was kind of the next level would be going further, with her breeding and everything and also just the way she looked and trained.”

Begg added that the Princess Elizabeth Stakes Nov. 28 could be on the filly’s horizon, saying, “As long as everything comes out right that’s kind of how we had planned that initially because we were looking at that race and we kind of saw that timing on this race kind of set up okay for that race so that was kind of the that’s always kind of been the goal for the end of the season with her.”

Pedigree Note:

One of eight winners for Mystic Guide (by Ghostzapper), Sunday Finery is also her freshman sire’s first stakes winner. Aunty Mo, last sold for $22,000 to Cara Bloodstock from the 2019 Keeneland November Sale, has also produced GSP Mo Tourist (Tourist), a colt she sold with in utero at that same sale. She is a half-sister to MSW/GISP Merchant Marine (Tiznow).

Aunty Mo has five winners from as many to race and is yet to be represented by a yearling Country Grammar filly. After coming up barren to Drain the Clock last year, she went to Highland Falls for 2027.

Sunday, Woodbine
MAZARINE S. PRESENTED BY SEEDLIP-GIII, C$198,100, Woodbine, 11-1, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:44.29, ft.
1–SUNDAY FINERY, 119, f, 2, by Mystic Guide
                1st Dam: Aunty Mo, by Uncle Mo
                2nd Dam: Head East, by Gone West
                3rd Dam: Fleur S., by Fluorescent Light
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($50,000 Ylg ’25 FTKJUL; $60,000 Ylg ’25 FTKOCT; $90,000 2yo ’26 EASMAY). O-Walmac Farm, Begg, Jeff, Begg, Annabel, Long, Eric and Siegel, Bart; B-Bernard & Karen McCormack (ON); T-James Bentley Begg; J-Sahin Civaci. C$126,000. Lifetime Record: 5-2-1-1, $153,843. *1/2 to Mo Tourist (Tourist), GSP, $121,742. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Mrs D, 120, f, 2, Bolt d’Oro–True Elegance, by Distorted Humor. ($100,000 Ylg ’25 FTKOCT). O-JDLP Holdings, Inc.; B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY); T-Steven Chircop. C$35,000.
3–Epic Affair, 119, f, 2, Epicenter–Reluctant Bride, by Speightstown. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($95,000 Ylg ’25 KEESEP). O-Menary, John and Cox, Gail; B-Delia Nash & Jun Park (KY); T-Gail Cox. C$19,250.
Margins: 6 3/4, 3HF, 10 1/4. Odds: 3.60, 2.15, 2.20.
Also Ran: Mo Cookie, Homeawayfromhome. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Champion Hughes to Stand at Spendthrift Upon Retirement

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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion Hughes (Into Mischief) will stand at Spendthrift Farm upon his retirement from racing, according to an advertisement placed in Monday’s edition of the TDN. The news was confirmed by Front Row Club’s Tom Ryan, one of the colt’s owners.

Hughes, all but certain to be named the Eclipse Award Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, ran his record to five-for-five in the Juvenile. He has registered wins in three Grade Is, including the American Pharoah and the Del Mar Futurity, in addition to a win in the GIII Best Pal Stakes and his maiden win on June 21, for which he was named a `TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard.’

The two-year-old colt is owned by Front Row Club, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet, Bashor Racing, Albaugh Family Stable, Robert Masterson, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital, and Catherine Donovan.

Ryan pointed out how apt it was that Hughes would go on to stand at Spendthrift. The farm was purchased in 2004 by B. Wayne Hughes, a visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist and businessman who revived Spendthrift into one of the most powerful entities in the business.

“Creating legacies through racehorses and stallions has always been our goal, for the horse, his breeder, his sire, and his pedigree,” said Ryan. “Knowing Hughes will retire to Spendthrift Farm at the end of his racing career is incredibly exciting. Eric (Gustavson), Ned (Toffey), and the team at Spendthrift are the definition of excellence. What they’ve built with Into Mischief, the greatest and the most successful stallion of my lifetime, speaks for itself. Hughes carries a name with real meaning to Spendthrift and to our family, so this feels like he’s going home.”

Hughes was named after Olympic gold medalist Jack Hughes, and shares the surname of Ryan’s wife, Katie.

Ryan made it clear that Hughes has a lot of racing ahead of him.

“For now, our focus is the racetrack. We couldn’t be more proud of Hughes, and we can’t wait to see what he does as he grows into his frame at three.”

Hughes’s victory, along with that of Sovereignty in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, propelled his sire, Into Mischief, into the number one spot on the TDN General Sire rankings. With earnings of $30,452,713, he vaulted past Not This Time, who remains in second with earnings of $29,902,352.

Into Mischief is seeking his eighth straight leading sire title.

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