The stakes winner was the fifth mare of the sale purchased by the operation.
After getting outbid for grade 2 winner Slammed two days before, Flying Dutchmen went to $600,000 Nov. 6 to secure her half sister Smash Ticket during the second session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.
"It's a running family, we liked the mare physically. We're just really happy we got her," said bloodstock agent Hunter Rankin, who signed on behalf of the Flying Dutchmen breeding and racing outfit. "We thought it was a fair price for her. I think when you buy something nice you're always going to have to pay for it."
Smash Ticket, consigned as Hip 383 from Legacy Bloodstock, was the fifth mare Flying Dutchmen purchased at the Keeneland November sale. Formerly known as Boardshorts, the operation, founded by Travis Boersma, recently acquired a boutique farm off Old Frankfort Pike in the Lexington area.
During the opening session, Boardshorts spent $1,805,000 for four mares, led by $875,000 buy Fast and Shiny , a stakes-winning Bernardini mare in foal to Curlin .
"We're trying to just get some really nice, fast mares that were good on the track to develop our program for racing," Rankin said. "These guys are really committed to the long-term, they want to breed to race and have a lot of fun."
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Smash Ticket, a 5-year-old daughter of Midnight Lute , is in foal to hot stallion Nyquist , sire of this year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner and likely 2-year-old champion filly Immersive .
The mare earned $226,870 in her career, breaking her maiden at Del Mar as a 2-year-old before running third in the 2021 Sorrento Stakes (G2). As a 3-year-old, she captured the 2022 Weather Vane Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, recording a 102 Equibase Speed Figure. Besides Slammed, who fetched $1.1 million Nov. 4 at Fasig-Tipton's The November Sale, Smash Ticket is a half sibling to multiple state-bred stakes winner Roll On Diabolical (Diabolical) and Smash It (Star Guitar ), an impressive 2-year-old winner this past summer at Del Mar.