FIRING LINE

STUD FEE: $5,000 LFSN

• ***YEARLINGS SELLING Up to $150,00 and Multiple 2YO’s selling over $200,000***

• NAKATOMI – Earnings $252,780
  • Impressive 2YO MSW Winner for Wesley Ward.  As of 4/20/21 Nakatomi ran the fastest 2YO MSW of the 2021 Keeneland Spring Meet (watch replay)
  • 1st Bowman Mill S. at Keeneland  (watch replay)
  • 1st ALW at CD 2022 (watch replay)
  • 3rd Saratoga Special S. (G2) at Saratoga (watch replay)
• VENTI VALENTINE – Earnings $443,750
  • 1st Busher Invitational S. at Aqueduct (watch replay)
  • 1st Maid of the Mist S. at Belmont Park (watch replay)
  • 2nd Demoiselle S. (G2) at Aqueduct (watch replay)
  • 2nd Gazelle S. (G3) at Aqueduct (watch replay)
  • 2YO Debut MSW Winner at Belmont Park on 9/26/21 (watch replay)
• Cousin Winnie 
  • 2YO Debut MSW Winner at Charles Town on 7/2/21 (watch replay)
  • 3rd Rachel’s Turn S. at Charles Town (watch replay)
• Oscarette – MSW Winner at Churchill Downs 11/18/21 (watch replay)
  • 1st ALW at Fair Grounds by 6 lengths 2/21/22  (watch replay)
  • 1st ALW at Lone Star by 4+ lengths  7/16/22 (watch replay)
• Maresonofagun – MSW Winner at Hawthorne on 4/11/21 (watch replay)
  • 1st ALW at Arlington Park on 5/8/21
• Guns Blazing – 2YO MSW Winner in 2020 at Laurel (watch replay)
• Mainline – MSW Winner at Lone Star on 5/30/21 in 2nd career start (watch replay)
• Catale – 2YO MSW Winner on debut at Prairie Meadows on 5/30/21 (watch replay)
• Firing Carol – MSW Winner at Belmont Park on 6/24/21 (watch replay)

• TOP CLASS: G1-placed at 2, G1 Kentucky Derby runner up at 3!
• GSW and Multiple G1 placed earner of $976,000
• A Precocious 2 YO:
  • MSW winner at Del Mar by 4-1/2 lengths
  • 2^nd by a head to Dortmund in the $500k G1 Los Alamitos Futurity
• Among the top Classic 3 yos of 2015:
  • 2^nd by a length to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the $2M G1 Kentucky Derby
  • Set a new track record in the $800k G3 Sunland Derby, winning by 14-1/4 lengths in 1:47.3
• Ran the fastest winning 1-1/8th mi. on dirt for all Stallions retiring in 2017!
  • Firing Line – 1:47.39 (New Track Record) $800k G3 Sunland Derby
  • California Chrome – 1:47.52 – G1 Santa Anita Derby
  • Frosted – 1:47.77 – G1 Whitney Handicap
  • Mshawish – 1:47.89 – G1 Donn Handicap
  • Exaggerator – 1:48.70 – G1 Haskell Invitational
  • Protonico – 1:48.79 – G3 Ben Ali Stakes
  • Nyquist – 1:49.11 – G1 Florida Derby
  • Brody’s Cause – 1:50.20 – G1 Bluegrass Stakes
• Ran 1^st or 2^nd in 6 of his 8 lifetime races and earned $976,000
• Ran for total purses of $5,122,000
• Earned three consecutive 100+ beyers as a 3 yo (104,103,104)
• Thorograph numbers of 3-1/4 as a 2 yo and -1-1/2 as a 3 yo
• Exceptional Physical: A $240k 2 yo purchase by Bloodstock Agent, Ben McElroy
• Defeated G1-Winners:
  • Frosted
  • Dortmund
  • Carpe Diem
  • Materiality
  • Keen Ice
• Out of Sister Girl Blues, 2^nd to Azeri in the G1 Vanity Handicap
• Active pedigree full of Graded black type horses:
  • Immediate family of  Key to the Moon (Ch. 3 yo colt), Gorgeous (G1W Vanity H.), Seaside Attraction (G1W KY Oaks), Mint Lane (G2W Dwyer S.), SHARP AZTECA (G1W), BOWIES HERO (G1W), etc.
• Firing Line is from the female family of matriarch and Champion Square Angel, through her Champion daughter and 1990 Broodmare of the Year, Kamar.

FIRING LINE - News

Firing Line 2YO brings $210,000 at OBS June

Filly by Firing Line o/o Ever Nice (Arg) brought $210,000 at OBS June Sale.

Breeder-Clearsky Farms

Consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent IV

Purchased by Team Orange Stables/Gary Stevens

Paul Reddam and Ciaran Dunne’s Red Wings pinhooking partnership purchased the filly for $50,000 at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton July sale. The juvenile filly worked a quarter mile in :20.3

Watch the work: http://obssales.com/aprcatalog/2020/1010.mp4

Firing Line OBS March 2YO brings $160,000

Firing Line was represented at the March OBS 2YO Sale by HIP 208, a filly out of Lu Baton, a daughter of MAMSELLE BEBETTE who is a MGSW of over $400,000.  The Firing Line filly worked :10 flat and was purchased by Steve Landers out of the Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel) consignment for $160,000.

FIRING LINE YEARLING BRINGS $150K AT FASIG-TIPTON KY OCTOBER

Firing Line was represented at the Fasig-Tipton October Yearling sale by HIP 1129, a filly out of the Street Cry (IRE) mare, Red River Jane, who sold for $150,000.  The Firing Line filly was bought by JCE Racing / Travis Durr, out of the Eaton Sales consignment.    

FIRST FIRING LINE YEARLINGS SELL WELL AT FASIG-TIPTON JULY

The Fasig-Tipton July sale was represented by two Firing Line Yearlings.  The first Firing Line was HIP 122, a Firing Line colt out of the mare Alexandria J.  The colt was sold to Redwings  for $110,000.  The second Firing Line to go through the ring was a filly out of Ever Nice (ARG) bred by eclipse award winning breeder Clearsky Farm.  She also sold to Redwings for $50,000.

FIRING LINE SIRES FIRST FOALS!

Firing Line, a precocious G1-Juvenile who finished a close second to American Pharoah in the 2015 G1-Kentucky Derby, has sired his first two foals.

The first was a colt foaled in Kentucky at Crestwood Farm. He is out of the Petionville mare, Honorville, who was a multiple winning mare that earned $108,040 on the race track. “He’s a nice size, very correct. He is going to be a classy colt!” said Marc McLean.

The second was another colt foaled in Kentucky at Flying H Stables, LLC. He is out of Alexandria J (Forest Camp), a multiple winning mare of $133,425 who is out of the stakes placed mare, Diamond Affair ($104,488). Kent Hersman of Flying H Stables, LLC said “I plan to bring Alexandria J back to Firing Line. It would be hard to beat the physical I see on this colt!”

Firing Line was a top class Graded stakes winner and multiple G1-placed earner of $976,000. A precocious two year old, he won a maiden special weight at Del Mar by 4-1/2 lengths, and then ran second by a head to Dortmund in the $500,000 G1-Los Alamitos Futurity. He rolled that form into his three year old year where he was a top Classic contender in 2015. He ran second in the $2,000,000 G1-Kentucky Derby, beaten just a length by Triple Crown winner, American Pharoah. He set a new track record in the $800,000 G3-Sunland Derby, winning by 14-1/4 lengths. During his career he defeated G1-winners: Frosted, Dortmund, Carpe Diem, Keen Ice, etc.

Firing Line comes from an active female family, full of Graded winners including; recent G1-Cigar Mile winner Sharp Azteca, along with many other champions, G1-winners, etc.

Firing Line retired to Crestwood in 2017 and bred a quality first book of mares. He ranked #1 by CPI and #2 by CI for all first year KY Stallions standing under $10,000 LF with more than 50 bred.

Firing Line stands at Crestwood Farm for $5,000 LFSN.

FIRING LINE - Pedigree / Research

FIRING LINE - Race Record

Won at 2

• A maiden special weight (replay) race at Del Mar

  (6.5f, D, defeating Anytime Anyplace, Passinaflash, Ideal, Just Kidding, Vicious, Run Henry Run, Big Hat Charlie, Blue Harbor, Clever Move, Go Trumpy Go, Captain G).

2nd at 2

• G1 Los Alamitos Futurity (replay) at Los Alamitos Race Course

  (8.5f, D, to Dortmund, defeating Mr. Z, Bench Warrant, No Problem).

Won at 3

• G3 Sunland Derby (replay) at Sunland Park

  (9f, D, defeating Where's the Moon, Pain and Misery, Tiznow R J, Dirt Monster, Why Two, Malibu Mogul).

2nd at 3

• G1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (replay) at Churchill Downs

  (10f, D, to American Pharoah, defeating Dortmund, Frosted, Danzig Moon, Materiality, Keen Ice, Mubtaahij (IRE), Itsaknockout, Carpe Diem, Frammento, Bolo, Mr. Z, Ocho Ocho Ocho, Far Right, War Story, Tencendur, Upstart).

• G3 Robert B. Lewis S. (replay) at Santa Anita Park

  (8.5f, D, to Dortmund, defeating Rock Shandy, Hero Ten All, Tizcano).

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FIRING LINE - Progeny Updates