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Flatter - Party Silks

2012 - DK B - 16.2 Hands

2020 Fee: $10,000 S&N

5% discount on all stud fees paid by Nov 1

$510,000 yearling at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale...one of Upstart's 15 Six-Figure First-Crop Yearlings

First Crop Yearling Average of $64,647 (almost 6.5x Stud Fee)
First September Yearlings sold for $220,000, $180,000, $150,000, $140,000, $120,000, $115,000, etc.
First Yearlings at Fasig-Tipton July sold for $140,000, $125,000, $120,000, $100,000, etc.
$120,000 filly at Fasig-Tipton Timonium Yearling Sale - the second highest-priced filly in the entire sale
Congratulations to consignor Gainesway Farm and best of luck to Team Casse on their purchase of the $510,000 Upstart colt at Saratoga. The colt out of Joyous Music was bred by St. Simon Place
Upstart yearling buyers include Todd Pletcher/Let's Go Stables, Justin Casse, Nick deMeric, Woodford Thoroughbreds, Liz Crow, Barry Butzow, Ian Wilkes, Barry Berkelhammer, PTK, Ciaran Dunne, Cary Frommer, Linda Rice, etc.
America's #1 Weanling Sales Sire by Median, and #2 by Average, of all Freshman Sires with stud fee up to $20,000! (5+ sold)
First Weanlings averaged $64,733 and had median of $60,000 (6x Stud Fee)
"The Upstart foal I bought was THE BEST LOOKING WEANLING I SAW during the entire November sale", Brian Graves
Multiple Graded Stakes Winner of over $1.7 Million
Stakes Winner and dual Grade 1 Placed each year from 2 to 4
Flatter’s Best Two-Year-Old
The East Coast’s Top Rated Derby Prospect Following his Brilliant 5-Length Score in the GII Holy Bull Stakes
Saratoga Debut Winner and Stakes Winner at 2, earning a sparkling 102 Beyer Speed Figure
Placed in the GI Champagne Stakes and GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Stakes
Defeated the Top Class Frosted twice in First-Place Finishes in the GII Holy Bull and GII Fountain of Youth Stakes at 3
Winner of the GIII $350,000 Razorback H. at 4
Finished his Career with Back-to- Back Placings in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Mile and Grade 1 Whitney Handicap
An Absolutely Gorgeous Individual with Size, Scope and Class
Trained by the late, great Rick Violette

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Race Record

Year	Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Earnings
2016	4	1	0	2	$482,500
2015	7	1	2	1	$786,480
2014	4	2	1	1	$463,800
Totals	15	4	3	4	$1,732,780

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Pedigree: 5-Cross

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FLATTER (USA) b. 1999	A.P. INDY (USA) dkb/br. 1989 [IC]	SEATTLE SLEW (USA) dkb/br. 1974 [BC]	BOLD REASONING (USA)	dkb/br. 1968
			MY CHARMER (USA)	b. 1969 *
		WEEKEND SURPRISE (USA)* b. 1980	SECRETARIAT (USA)	ch. 1970 [IC]
			LASSIE DEAR (USA)	b. 1974 *
	PRAISE (USA) b. 1994	MR. PROSPECTOR (USA) b. 1970 [BC]	RAISE A NATIVE (USA)	ch. 1961 [B]
			GOLD DIGGER (USA)	b. 1962 *
		WILD APPLAUSE (USA) b. 1981	NORTHERN DANCER (CAN)	b. 1961 [BC]
			GLOWING TRIBUTE (USA)	b. 1973 *
PARTY SILKS (USA) b. 2004	TOUCH GOLD (USA) dkb/br. 1994	DEPUTY MINISTER (CAN) b. 1979	VICE REGENT (CAN)	ch. 1967
			MINT COPY (CAN)	dkb/br. 1970
		PASSING MOOD (CAN)* ch. 1978	BUCKPASSER (USA)	b. 1963 [C]
			COOL MOOD (CAN)	ch. 1966 *
	INTEND TO WIN (USA) ch. 1993	HOUSEBUSTER (USA) dkb/br. 1987	MT. LIVERMORE (USA)	ch. 1981
			BIG DREAMS (USA)	dkb/br. 1980
		INTENTLY (USA) b. 1983	DRONE (USA)	gr. 1966
			NAUGHTY INTENTIONS (USA)	b. 1971

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Sales Statistics

SALES SUMMARY FOR ALL WEANLINGS by Upstart:
Year	Sold	Gross	Average
2019	11	$100,705	$9,155
2018	17	$1,026,000	$60,352

SALES SUMMARY FOR ALL YEARLINGS by Upstart:
Year	Sold	Gross	Average
2019	57	$3,610,608	$63,344

SALES SUMMARY FOR ALL IN FOAL BROODMARES covered by Upstart:
Year	Sold	Gross	Average
2019	8	$332,000	$41,500
2018	10	$352,500	$35,250
2017	7	$116,000	$16,571

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