Darley’s First Mission and Highland Falls Provide Value for Breeders

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Darley America has added two new stallions for 2026 that will each stand for $10,000 in their debut season. Highland Falls is a Grade I winner by Curlin and First Mission is a TDN Rising Star by Darley’s own Street Sense.

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00:00Starley America has added two new millionaires to its roster for 2026.

00:12First Mission is by Starley's own Street Sense and Grade 1 winner Highland

00:17Falls is a son of Kerlin. Both will stand for $10,000 in their debut season.

00:21When I look at First Mission he is all class and that is something that is

00:27synonymous with the Street Sense sire line. He was dangerous. Typical Street Sense,

00:31two turns, but he had front-end speed and could carry it. First Mission showed his

00:37talent right from the get-go. He ran an excellent second, beaten half a length on

00:41debut by Bishop's Bay. He came back in his second start. One is made in a fairgrounds

00:46by six lengths and then his third start he came to Keeneland in the Grade 3

00:50Lexington Stakes. Defeating Grade 1 winner Arabian Lion, he rounded out his

00:55three-year-old campaign with an excellent second beating a nose in the Grade 2

00:59Clark against his elders. And then his marquee win as a four-year-old came in

01:03the Grade 2 Ali Sheba which he won by four lengths and then coming back as a

01:06five-year-old his big win came in the million dollar Grade 2 Oaklawn

01:10Handicap. He earned his career-high 109 buyer that day and then followed that

01:15with an excellent third in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster behind Top Horse's Mine

01:20Frame and Sierra Leone. He has his own brand of Street Sense. He's out of a

01:24Medaglia d'Oro Mare. Her name is Allude. She's actually bred on the same cross as

01:29Rachel Alexandra which I love. And the second dam is Argentine Champion

01:33three-year-old filly Forti Marchanta. So a really strong female family but he is

01:38just a beautiful horse. Love his shape. He's got great movement. Just walks like a

01:43cat. One of the areas that he has an edge over his paternal barn mates Maxfield and

01:49Speaker's Corner in that first mission is free of AP Indy which is Street Sense's

01:54best cross. Highland Falls. What an amazing pedigree on this stallion. You know his

02:02dam round pond. Awesome again Mayor. We paid 5.4 million for her back in the day at

02:08Keeneland November. She's a two-time Grade 1 winner. She's produced Grade 1

02:11winner is Long River. Obviously her last fall Highland Falls is a Grade 1 winner

02:15and then Highland Falls half-sister Tyburn Brooke is the dam of fellow barn

02:20mates Speaker's Corner. So Highland Falls he broke his maiden on debut going a mile

02:25at Ellis. Came back two starts later going a mile on a 16th in his allowance at

02:30Churchill. Over nine furlongs won the Grade 3 Blaine in very tenacious fashion but

02:36really his marquee win was in the Grade 1 Jockey Club as a four-year-old. Very

02:40impressive win. He's a two-turn horse but he had speed and he put the race to

02:45Arthur's Ride and that was the winning of the race.

02:47In the second in Highland Falls. What an accomplishment for Flavian Pratt as he wins another one.

02:532025 as a five-year-old was in probably one of the hottest Whitney's we've seen for

02:57some time. That race was absolutely loaded with the likes of Sierra Leone,

03:02quite a barrier of fierceness. He ran an excellent race for about three strides. I thought he was

03:07going to win. That really showed what he could do over nine furlongs. Highland Falls is an

03:12absolutely gorgeous horse physically. He's very racy. Just a really attractive profile. He's got

03:17good leg. He's correct. What I love about him is the length of his hip. I think it's going to prove

03:22very, very commercial. Pedigree wise he's an easy horse to breed to. Physically he will fit most mares.

03:27Both horses represent tremendous value. We price them both at 10,000 to make them a no-brainer for breeders.

03:34Really top horsemen that have been to see them both. They just really, really love them physically.

03:40So I think that bodes well for their future.

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