Mystik Dan Connections Celebrate the Journey with Star Broodmare Ma'am

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00:00The story of Mystic Dan and the story of MAM are what fuels our industry.

00:22I don't think that when the Gasaways and their partners bred Mystic Dan, they were

00:27thinking they were going to win the Kentucky Derby.

00:29I first met Lance Gasaway in Hot Springs, Arkansas, after the races one evening, across

00:36the street from the track.

00:37And Lance and I hit it off pretty quickly, great guy.

00:40And he mentioned, hey, find me a horse.

00:43He called me one day and he sent me a video of, I think it was three.

00:47And one of them was a filly, the other two were colts, and he said, hey, y'all pick which

00:51one you want.

00:52And we chose MAM out of the bunch.

00:55She was a hard trying filly.

00:57She broke her maiden third time out.

00:59I think we ran her for two and a half years until she was five.

01:03And then at the end of her career, I said to Lance, you ought to consider keeping her.

01:06I think she might be a filly that could produce a pretty good horse.

01:10So he left that up to me, and then I recommended a mating.

01:14And here we are today.

01:15...to make up on Mystic Dan, who's begging for the wire.

01:19Forever Young and Sierra Leone keep on coming.

01:22Sierra Leone, Forever Young, and Mystic Dan, a wild finish, here's the wire, photo finish!

01:29You know, after you sit back and reflect on it, you kind of really realize what, you

01:33know, we accomplished.

01:34It's a blessing to have a horse of this caliber, and you know, people like Kenny and his whole

01:39crew, you know, they deserve all the credit.

01:42You know, that was our first ones to do breeding.

01:44That's my first baby ever to have, born here, raised here, you know, the whole ball of wax.

01:50How many people get an opportunity to handle a horse from conception through the birth,

01:56training, and racing?

01:58It's just been just an amazing journey.

02:01If you're going to stay in the horse racing business, number one, you have to take money

02:04off the table when the opportunity's there.

02:07With MAM, you know, with Mystic winning the Derby and all, you know, we feel like this

02:12is the time to put her out there and let's see what happens.

02:16It's very rare you have the opportunity to sell the dam of the current Kentucky Derby

02:20winner, and we're fortunate enough to have that opportunity in 2024 with the offering

02:25of MAM, obviously the dam of Mystic Dan.

02:27I know that Kenny has big hopes and dreams for him and his four-year-old campaign as

02:31well to add further to that resume, which is already very, very impressive with earnings

02:35of over $4 million.

02:38You know, MAM has a very interesting pedigree as well.

02:41She's the family, immediate family, of grade one stakes winner, Syphonic, grade one winner,

02:45Lara, and a successful stay in a summer front.

02:49She's enfolded into Mischief, which obviously produces an offspring very closely related

02:53to Mystic Dan.

02:54Also produces an offspring by one of the best stands in the world.

02:59Kenny's eye for coats and all, you know, and that's what he had told me with MAM even before

03:03Mystic Dan ran.

03:04He said, this mare is throwing off the prettiest babies.

03:07He said every baby she throws off is the prettiest baby we have on the farm.

03:11For us, it's going to be a little hard because we enjoy being around her and she's been great

03:14to us.

03:15But at the same time, that's the business of the sport and it's a good business decision

03:19on their part.

03:20Her career, I mean, just watch her develop and she was always so personable to you.

03:25It's going to be hard.

03:28I don't know if we'll make the sale or not.

03:31Might watch it on TV.

03:33I don't think you can go wrong because she's still young and she's obviously produced talent.

03:38But in this case, I think she speaks for herself and it's going to be pretty easy to bring

03:42her over there and let her show herself off.

03:50I think it's going to be pretty easy to bring her over there and let her show herself off.

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