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00:00Last year, Spendthrift Farms' Omaha Beach was the number one freshman sire by weanling average.
00:08As the first crop from the grade-one winning son of War Front now prepared to go through the auction ring as yearlings,
00:14we visited a few pointing towards the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale.
00:18When Richard Mandela told me at Oak Lawn down there for the Rebel that Omaha Beach was the best horse he had ever had in his barn,
00:28it didn't take long to get back here and say,
00:30guys, you know, we've got to figure out a way to get this thing done.
00:33When Richard's saying that, this is a must-have horse.
00:36You know, to be able to do what he did, winning a grade-one, the Arkansas Derby, going a mile and an eighth,
00:43but yet being able to come back and win a grade-one sprinting,
00:47he just, you know, the amount of ability the horse had to go along with great looks and a great pedigree,
00:54it's just one of those female families that is just going to keep getting bigger and better.
00:59It's as good as there is in the stallion book.
01:02When we went out to Fasig in July and had a chance to really look at them on the sales grounds,
01:07we were extremely happy with what we were seeing.
01:11We knew what our filly looked like out of, you know, gas station sushi.
01:15But, you know, you go out there and you look at what Katie Rich had, you go out there and look what Blue Water had.
01:21I mean, they start, you know, getting excited about what was going to be, you know, bringing the money out there.
01:27Taylor Maid had another nice one.
01:29They were nice-sized horses, not overly big, but big enough, you know, on that,
01:37and very correct horses with very good bodies.
01:42Sets the bar well for moving towards Saratoga and Keeneland September.
01:47We've always been big fans of Omaha Beach.
01:51Two years ago, bred 12 mares to the horse with our clients, so really are big fans.
01:57And this is a colt that we bought last year as a weaned one by Omaha Beach out of Savannah Sky.
02:02And liked him from the get-go.
02:04Joe Sites offered him and really great balance with his shoulder and his hip and presence as well.
02:11We couldn't be more pleased to have him.
02:14We have our Omaha Beach Nighttime Lady filly going to Fezzik Tipton Saratoga Select Sale.
02:22She is a very lit foal, but she's still lots of size, great bone, great substance, with a really good walk.
02:30We like her a lot.
02:32Peter Blum fell in love with Omaha Beach when he was out in California.
02:36He's seen him in Richard Mandela's barn.
02:39So we bred a few mares to Omaha Beach.
02:43I like all of his foals.
02:45They're lots of substance, lots of bone, big, strong, rangy type horses.
02:53With him, we've never had a horse first year have 600 requests for seasons.
03:00Going through the mares, and we're able to really pick out a couple of hundred of the best ones out there to be had.
03:07I don't know that we've ever had a horse get that kind of book to get them started.
03:12With the type of mares he got the first year, there's no telling what this first crop can do.