The first of four sessions of the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training concluded April 16 with a $775,000 filly (Hip 199) from the first crop of the Uncle Mo stallion Caracaro topping proceedings. Donato Lanni signed the ticket for Three Amigos, and Bob Baffert will train the filly in Southern California.
Consigned by Global Thoroughbreds, agent, the bay filly is out of the winning Medaglia d’Oro mare Key D'Oro and she is a half sister to stakes-placed Twirled. The filly descends from an accomplished female family that includes third dam Key Phrase, a grade 1 winner; graded stakes winner Half Ours, and stakes winner Yankee Gentleman.
The filly represented her young sire well at the under tack preview, breezing an impressive eighth-mile in :20 2/5. Caracaro, who stands for $6,500 at Crestwood Farm, kept good company on the track. He finished second to Country Grammer in the 2020 Peter Pan Stakes (G3) and was runner-up to Tiz the Law in the Travers Stakes (G1). Caracaro is out of the War Front mare Peace Time. He was a $95,000 acquisition by Global Thoroughbreds out of the Buckland Sales consignment at the 2017 Keeneland November Sale. Caracaro finished first or second in all four lifetime starts for Global Thoroughbreds and Top Racing and trainer Gustavo Delgado. He was bred in Kentucky by SF Racing.
"We're happy to get her," said Lanni. "(Caracaro) is a son of Uncle Mo. I thought overall, (the Caracaros) look pretty good. He is throwing a beautiful, athletic horse. You see a lot of Uncle Mo influence.
