The final time Randy Hartley and Dean DeRenzo introduced a horse that breezed a furlong in :09 3/5 to the Ocala Breeders’ Gross sales Spring 2-Yr-Olds in Coaching Sale, it was Shisospicy , who went on to defeat males within the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Turf Dash (G1T) and was named 2025 champion feminine sprinter.
On the ultimate day of the under-tack present for the OBS Spring Sale, Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds despatched out a colt (Hip 1056) by the undefeated 2022 Horse of the Yr, Flightline  , to work a blistering furlong in :09 3/5, tying for the quickest time of the under-tack preview.
With all eyes on Hip 1056, the duo goals to copy previous success, scouting one other potential champion from their meticulously curated consignment.
“He is one of many smartest horses I’ve ever been round, simply stylish,” Hartley stated. “When he went to the monitor, he was simply breathtaking. He is so skilled. Going to the pole, I may simply inform he was going to breeze good by how nicely he was touring, and I knew he may run.”Â
Hartley stated a hush fell over the grandstands, signaling the belief that they’d witnessed one thing exceptional. Join BloodHorse Each day
“There’s been hype about him for a few weeks now; everybody’s been speaking about him,” he stated. “He seems to be like a 3-year-old in comparison with most 2-year-olds. He is a particular horse. He went out in 44 seconds for the half-mile, simply on his personal. He can do it, he is bought such an enormous stride.”
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Picture: Anne M. EberhardtShisospicy wins the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Turf Dash at Del Mar
Shisospicy and Hip 1056 share extra than simply velocity—each horses are out of an Into Mischief  mare. The Flightline colt is out of the a number of stakes-winning and graded stakes-placed mare, Lucrezia , and was bred in Kentucky by Edward and Beverly Seltzer and W.S. Farish. Into Mischief at the moment sits ninth on the main broodmare sire record.
“I feel Into Mischief goes to be simply nearly as good on the underside facet as he’s on the highest facet,” Hartley stated. “I by no means thought I would see a stallion that I assumed could be higher than Storm Cat. We’re older, and we have seen rather a lot, however Into Mischief, I feel, goes to go down as one of the best stallion we have ever seen.
“He is an enormous colt (Hip 1056), and also you would not essentially suppose an enormous colt like him would have that form of velocity. him, he is huge and robust, however he seems to be rather a lot like Into Mischief, too. He is bought that Into Mischief hip and physique, and if you happen to watch his video, he simply has a lot energy when he pushes off.”
Whereas Hartley and DeRenzo are loads acquainted with the progeny of Into Mischief mares, in addition they had a behind-the-scenes have a look at Flightline’s begin to his profession. They have been capable of witness Flightline’s brilliance firsthand, as he was broke and educated on their farm by April Mayberry.Â
“He was completely the prettiest Tapit I’ve ever seen,” he stated.
Afterward in his profession, Hartley and DeRenzo would see the Tapit  colt once more—this time dealing with their profitable pinhook, and a number of grade 1 winner, Taiba  , within the 2022 Breeders’ Cup Basic (G1), which Flightline gained by a straightforward 8 1/4 lengths.
“We have been there when he gained the Breeders’Â Cup. I have not seen a horse like that since possibly Secretariat to dominate like that,” Hartley stated.
Given their historical past with Flightline, Hartley stated they have been decided to purchase a horse by the younger stallion. In November of 2024, Hartley/DeRenzo bought the Flightline colt, now consigned as Hip 1056, below Basic Equine on behalf of shopper Tom Durant as a weanling on the Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale for $575,000.Â
“Tom (Durant) likes to do some little bit of all of it. He likes to pinhook some and race,” he stated. “We’re very grateful to have a shopper who permits us to purchase these sorts of horses. They’re uncommon to return via a 2-year-old sale.”
Initially slated for final 12 months’s Fasig-Tipton The Saratoga Sale, the colt was scratched following a minor damage that required stitches. What appeared like a tricky blow on the time could have been a blessing in disguise, with the colt now producing a nice buzz amongst the gross sales grounds. Â
“We have been all about to croak. It was some huge cash.” stated Hartley in regards to the scratch of the colt. “I cherished the colt a lot that we went again to attempt to purchase the weanling (half brother) in November.
“We needed a Flightline so unhealthy. We paid some huge cash for him, but when he would have been a yearling, he would have most likely price double what he did as a weanling. Generally I really feel you get just a little little bit of a reduction as a weanling as a result of they’re smaller, and that is why we went for him.”
Hartley stated the colt has jumped via each hoop, popping out of the breeze exceptionally nicely, vetting clear, and remaining glad. Saving one of the best for final, Hip 1056 sells through the remaining day of the OBS Spring Sale, April 17.Â
“I really feel like the correct individuals are calling,” he stated. “It is more durable to rise up to the larger numbers, however I feel he’ll do fairly nicely.Â
Picture: OBS Gross sales PhotoRandy Hartley and Dean DeRenzo
“We bought the primary $1 million horse ever bought at OBS, again an extended whereas in the past. It could be good now that we’re getting older, we’re just like the outdated guys on the block, so it is good to return right here and do good. We do not have numerous horses; we at all times have a smaller consignment.”
Hip 1056 just isn’t Hartley/DeRenzo’s solely bullet within the chamber. Additionally they carry Hip 570, a filly by 2021 champion male sprinter, Jackie’s Warrior  . The filly additionally breezed a co-fastest furlong in :09 3/5, emulating her sire’s velocity.Â
“She (Hip 570) is beautiful. She’s as fairly as him (Hip 1056),” Hartley stated.Â
Hip 570 is out of the graded stakes-winning Indian Charlie mare Brazen Persuasion , who’s the dam of six winners from six to race, together with stakes-placed Ruggs (Gun Runner  ). The filly was bred in Kentucky by Fred Hertrich III and John Fielding. She was bought as a yearling for $140,000 by Arleigh Bonnaha out of the Taylor Made Gross sales Company consignment on the 2025 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Hartley/DeRenzo’s two different entries embody Hip 247, a filly by Sensible Joke  , who breezed a furlong in :10 1/5, and Hip 1102, a filly by first-crop sire Life Is Good  , who breezed a furlong in :10. WinStar Farm’s Life Is Good was represented by his first winner final week at Keeneland, when Waggley gained a maiden particular weight by 3 1/2 lengths.
“We have at all times been just a little smaller. It is laborious to get racehorses once you’re smaller, as a result of a lot can occur alongside the way in which,” Hartley stated. “For having a small group of horses, we have been very lucky to supply some actually good horses. That is what retains folks coming again, is it’s a must to produce a Shisospicy or a Taiba.”
Given Hartley/DeRenzo’s confirmed skill to determine uncooked expertise and translate it into each public sale ring and racetrack success, the excitement ought to come as no shock for the motion that awaits subsequent week within the gross sales ring at OBS.
