MOHAYMEN HAS A LINE OF GREATNESS TRUE BLUE PEDIGREE!

KENTUCKY DERBY CONTENDER MOHAYMEN HAS A TRUE BLUE PEDIGREE!

       Taking another step forward on the road to the 2016 KENTUCKY DERBY, Mohaymen (by Tapit) won the Grade 2 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream on Saturday with a visually impressive closing rush that left him alone at the finish, pricking his ears, in a time of 1:42.07 for the 1 1/16 miles.

     The colt's name translates as “dominant,” and his results on the track say the same thing. The son of two-time leading sire Tapit is unbeaten in four starts, and the Holy Bull was the Mohaymen's third consecutive G2 stakes victory, all at distances from 8 to 9 furlongs, with the Nashua (8 furlongs) and Remsen (9) preceding the colt's success on Jan. 30.

     The strikingly handsome gray is a shade darker than his famous sire at this stage but is otherwise remarkably like Tapit in profile and racing style. Mohaymen has speed, has a kick, is tractable and versatile.

       Bred in Kentucky by Clearsky Farms, Mohaymen is yet another high-class son of leading sire Tapit and is out of the graded stakes winner Justwhistledixie, by Dixie Union. The dam was a very appealing sales yearling who brought $425,000 at the 2007 Keeneland September yearling sale out of the Hermitage Farm consignment, selling to West Point Thoroughbreds and partners.

     Winner of a maiden in her third start for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, who also trains Mohaymen, Justwhistledixie went on a tear, winning five consecutive races, four stakes, including the G2 Bonnie Miss and Davona Dale at Gulfstream.

     Finley said that “Justwhistledixie was probably the most talented filly we had who never won a Grade 1. We had to scratch her out of the Kentucky Oaks when she came up with a ‘hot nail' in a foot, but she ran a great second in the Acorn Stakes not long after.”

      Justwhistledixie had tremendous athletic ability, and West Point is a racing partnership primarily focused on finding and developing racehorses. So after the filly's racing career was over, the partners sold her to Clearsky Farms in a private transaction.

      And just like she has done at every other stage of her life, Justwhistledixie has become a huge success as a broodmare. The mare's first foal was a bay colt by Street Cry who sold for $425,000 at the 2012 Keeneland September sale to Ben Glass, agent for Gary and Mary West. Named New Year's Day, the colt raced in the Wests' pink and black silks to win two of his three starts, including the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He stands at Hill ‘n' Dale Farm outside Lexington for $5,000 live foal.

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