Oscar Performance Yearlings Exhibit Champion Sire's Best Qualities

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00:00The team at Mill Ridge Farm has anxiously been awaiting their chance to show off the

00:06first crop of yearlings from Breeders' Cup champion Oscar Performance.

00:10We stopped in at Mill Ridge and took a look at a few yearlings heading for the Keeneland

00:14September sale.

00:17Oscar Performance was a brilliant racehorse, arguably Kitten's Joy's most brilliant racehorse.

00:23So Oscar was raised here on the farm for Mr. and Mrs. Ammerman, showed good ability before

00:29joining Brian Lynch and breaking his maiden in Saratoga in kind of breathtaking fashion.

00:34He was a TDN Rising Star on that day.

00:37His win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf was really something to marvel.

00:41He broke from the 13 hole, broke quickly, beat everyone to the turn, dictated a quick

00:46pace and then accelerated down the stretch to really put a good group of horses away.

00:52Oscar Performance by four, Lancaster Bummer, Good Samaritan, Oscar Performance, bravo!

01:00And he continued to be the best turf horse of his generation.

01:04He went on to win the Secretariat Stakes and the Belmont Derby, stretching out to a mile

01:09and a quarter.

01:10And then as a four year old, he was shortened back by Brian Lynch and set the world record

01:14in a mile and then won the Woodvine mile against another competitive field.

01:17It's Oscar Performance in front.

01:20Oscar Performance wins the poker by a length and a half over Major Luke.

01:25Physically, he's a very imposing horse, especially for a turf horse.

01:29Oftentimes, we don't think of them to be very physical.

01:33To stand into him, he's over 16 one hands and his balance, because he is so well proportioned,

01:39you have to really stand into him to see how big he is.

01:44The yearlings we've had on the farm and the foals we've had on the farm have all had great

01:47balance and really great presence of mind.

01:50They're confident horses.

01:52Physically, they have good balance.

01:54They're nice movers.

01:56We took two very nice fillies up to Saratoga for the select sale.

02:00Of the two that we sold, one brought $180,000 to Bo Bromagin, and she was an outstanding

02:07physical.

02:08And she just had such presence and such an athletic move to her that she really picked

02:12up momentum the longer people had to look at her.

02:17Going to September, there are 33 that are going to be for sale.

02:20I think it's an outstanding group representing a lot of top breeders.

02:26We have hip 892 going to Keeneland September, book two, session four.

02:32And it's an Oscar Performance Colt out of a mare named Sounds of the City, who's a half

02:36brother to Venetian Harbor.

02:39He's a really nice medium size and an unbelievable mover.

02:42You can see the Oscar Performance in him, but you can actually also see the mare too

02:47and the half sister, Venetian Harbor.

02:48They all kind of come together and more than anything, he just looks really racy.

02:54But his walk is just smooth and powerful at the same time.

03:00We have hip 801, an Oscar Performance filly out of Maya Princess.

03:04This filly in particular has always had a tremendous amount of presence about her.

03:09You'll notice how fluid she is as she moves.

03:11She's nice and correct.

03:13She's light on her feet and she's always willing.

03:17I can't say enough the support the shareholders have given the stallion to really give them

03:21every chance to be successful.

03:24I think that the investment that America is making in turf racing attracts buyers to looking

03:30at him.

03:31I think the market is starting to adjust to looking for turf horses and wanting them.

03:37Oscar Performance is a great opportunity to take advantage of the shift into turf racing.

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