Pin Oak Stud Stock to Sell Sept. 12 at Fasig-Tipton

Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud, one of the country's most successful Thoroughbred breeding and racing operations over the past six decades, announced Aug. 5 that it will be offering its remaining broodmares, weanlings, and some racing fillies at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Sept. 12. Denali Stud will handle the sale as agent for Pin Oak. Separate from this main group are 14 yearlings which will be offered in the upcoming Keeneland September Yearling Sale and one yearling is entered to sell at Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga Sale. Some 14 retired mares and horses will remain on the farm. "This has been part of Ms. Abercrombie's plan all along, as we have been selling mares and downsizing the past few years," said farm manager Clifford Barry. "Actually, in keeping to her plan, we have sold more yearlings than we kept in training the past couple of years." Among the 24 horses being offered in September are multiple graded stakes winners Overheard, winner of the Pin Oak Valley View Stakes (G3T) and Dance Smartly Stakes (G2T) and in foal to grade 1 winner McKinzie; Gold Medal Dancer, winner of the Azeri Stakes (G2) and third in both the La Troienne Stakes (G1) and Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) and in foal to top sire Munnings; Don't Leave Me, winner of the Bourbonette Oaks (G3) and Ontario Colleen Stakes (G3T) and in foal to champion and Horse of the Year Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Authentic; and stakes winner Point System, in foal to champion Improbable. The 2021 foals out of these mares and others are also part of the sale on Sept. 12. These weanlings are by such outstanding sires as Medaglia d'Oro, Street Sense, Ghostzapper, Candy Ride (ARG), Flatter, and Justify. Craig Bandoroff, whose Denali Stud will be handling the sale, said, "We have been fortunate to represent Pin Oak Stud for more than 15 years. I've always considered it a compliment to have the Denali Stud name associated with Pin Oak and Josephine Abercrombie. "Their pursuit of excellence, their integrity, and their highest level of horsemanship has made representing them an honor, not a job. Although I'm saddened to see this day come, I'm proud that we have been asked to represent a woman and a farm that I admire and revere. We will do our best to represent not just an accomplished horsewoman and her legacy but an incredible person who has positively impacted many lives through her various endeavors." Recognized as the 1995 National Thoroughbred Breeder of the Year, Pin Oak Stud has produced or campaigned more than 100 stakes winners. Prominent homebreds to carry the distinct blue and gray striped silks include Peaks and Valleys, Broken Vow, Confessional, See How She Runs, Hasten to Add, Laugh and Be Merry, and Missed the Storm. Additional top performers are graded stakes-winning earners of more than $500,000 and include Alternation, Brownie Points, Bedanken, Synchrony, Alternate, Euphony, Cryptograph, Gold Medal Dancer, and Overheard. An active supporter of the racing industry as well as her community, Abercrombie has been honored with the William T. Young Humanitarian Award and the Hardboot Award, both presented by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders. In 2018 Abercrombie received one of the industry's most prestigious awards when she was named the Thoroughbred Club of America Honor Guest. "The names Josephine Abercrombie and Pin Oak Stud are synonymous with excellence and quality," noted Fasig-Tipton president and CEO Boyd Browning Jr. "Ms. Abercrombie is a pillar of the Thoroughbred industry and our local community. Her legacy will carry forward through the lives of the many people she impacted and these Thoroughbred families she cultivated and developed."