256
Because The Night
colt
11
256
dk. b/br.
Uncle Mo
The Nightingale
Tapit
Highgate Sales, Agent I
01/31/2021
KY
Yearling
– By top sire Uncle Mo, this colt was a $185,000 Keeneland November weanling purchase.
– Uncle Mo has 45 SW males with 79 SP in the group. Among those are seven G1W, led by champion Nyquist and 2x Breeders’ Cup winner Golden Pal.
– He is the first foal out of The Nightingale, a half-sister to four-time G1W Princess of Sylmar and full sister to stakes placed Biblical. The Nightingale sold for $450,000 with this colt in utero.
– His stakes-placed granddam Storm Dixie is a half-sister to G3W Rhythm Band and G3P Musical. Another one of her half-sister is the dam of champion Youcan’tcatchme and two other SP.
– This colt is bred on the Uncle Mo x A.P. Indy cross that has 2 G1W (Mo Donegal, Mo Town), 5 GSW, 9 SW, 17 SH by Uncle Mo. The specific Uncle Mo x Tapit daughter cross this colt is bred on has produced SW Uncle Mo son Pneumatic and six other winners from 11 to race.