Name: Kip Deville
Year Born: 2003
Color: Gray/Roan
Sex: Colt
Sire: Kipling
Dam: Klondike Kaytie
Broodmare Sire: Encino
Profile: The year is 2006, KY Derby 6th place finisher Showing Up was making his grass debut in the Colonial Turf Cup. His owners Lael Stables, needed something to cheer about as their Derby winner Barbaro was fighting for his life at New Bolton after being pulled up in the Preakness. Showing Up won the race by 3 1/4 lengths. The runner up in that race was a longshot who had just won a small stake in Texas. He would go onto become to of the best turf milers in the US in 2007 and 2008. His name is Kip Deville (Kipling).
Kip was born on May 3rd, 2003 in Oklahoma. He started his career by breaking his maiden at Remington Park before finishing fifth in a stakes at the same track. He would then race in some Allowance races winning once before winning a stakes race at Sam Houston. That was when he was put on the Derby trail, but finished ninth in the 2006 Rebel to Lawyer Ron. It was back to the grass where he won another stakes, this time at Lone Star before he was privately sold to IEAH which at the time was still a under the radar stable. Switched to Rick Dutrow, he would go onto finish sixth in the VA Derby to Go Between. His next win would be in October at Keeneland in the Bryan Station Stakes and ended the year with a sixth place finish to Showing Up in the Hollywood Derby and a win in the Sir Beaufort.
2007 started off with a bang with wins in the Kilroe Mile and Maker's Mark Mile. Then a rough patch hit with two off the board finishes before a 3rd place finish in the Oceanport Stakes and a runner up finish in the Woodbine Mile. Then on a soft turf at Monmouth Park, he would defeat Excellent Art, Nobiz Like Shobiz, and Galileo's little sister (Sea the Stars' big sister) My Typhoon in the BC Mile. Here is that race:
The next year, he would defend his Makers Mark title (where he had finally defeated Showing Up) and also won the Poker Handicap. After a fifth place finish in the Woodbine Mile, he would look like a winner in his BC Mile defense only to get run down by the 3yo Goldikova in the final yards (of course she would go onto win the Mile three years in a row before losing in her fourth attempt). His final win would be the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap where he would defeat Just as Well, Court Vision (who I will talk about under Kip's sire portion) and Red Rocks among others. He would end his career with three out of the top three finishes.
Sadly, Kip was euthanized on June 11, 2010 after developing laminitis eight months before. That was brought on due to a colic attack that caused his retirement.
Sire
Kipling (Gulch) won five times in 28 starts. He had finished off the board in all three of his stakes races that he participated in. Other then Kip, he is the sire of stakes winner Dreamsandvisions and stakes placed Kip Berries.
His sire Gulch (Mr. Prospector) was versitile as a racehorse. He finished in the top 6 in all three legs of the 1987 Triple Crown. What makes him even more impressive is that he won the Met Mile before the Belmont where he finished third. There where also runner up finishes in the Whitney and Woodward. The next year he would defend his Met Mile title and add BC Sprint title to his name as well to be named Champion Sprinter. As a sire, his best known foal is Derby/Belmont winner Thunder Gulch. He is also the sire of G3 winner Demarcation, stakes placed in Japan Star Chandelier and G1 winner in Japan Eagle Cafe. His dam Jameela (Rambunctious) won the Delaware Handicap in her career. (I did a profile on her when I did previous DelCap winners). Gulch was her best foal. She is a 1/2 sister to stakes placed Miss Croatoan (Roanoke Island). This is the same female family as G3 placed Sarah Percy (Uncle Percy).
His dam Weekend Storm (Storm Bird) was unraced in her career. Other then Kipling, she is the dam of BC Mile winner Court Vision (Gulch) who denyed Goldikova her fourth Mile win in a row, G1 placed in Hong Kong Garcia Marquez (Gulch) (who raced under the name Rainbow and Gold in HK) and stakes winner Smart Surprise (Smart Strike). Weekend Storm is a full sister to Preakness winner Summer Squall (Storm Bird), thus this makes her a 1/2 sister to Belmont and BCC winner A.P. Indy (Seattle Slew). Also hailing from this family is Belmont winner Lemon Drop Kid (Kingmambo) and G1 winner in England Wolfhound (Nureyev).
Dam
Klondike Kaytie (Encino) won 20 times in 63 races. She is also a stakes winner. Other then Kip, she is the dam to stakes winner Gotthard (Ghazi).
Encino (Nijinsky) was 3rd in the 1979 Hollywood Juvenile Championship. He is the sire to G2 placed Down Again, stakes winner Cold Trail and G2 winner The Names Jimmy. His dam Crimson Saint (Crimson Satan) is a G3 winner. She is also the dam to G1 winner in Europle and Champion in Ireland Royal Academy (Nijinsky), G1 winner Pancho Villa (Secretariat) and G1 placed Terlingua (Secretriat). The latter of course is most known for being the dam to G1 winner and super sire Storm Cat (Storm Bird). Thorough it's a different branch, thorough a mare named Cherokee Rose (Peter Pan) also hails the recent Derby winner Orb (Malibu Moon).
Kaytie's dam Charming Dawn (Vigors) was unraced. Kaytie is her best foal. Her dam High Charme (High Tribute) is a stakes winner. This is the same female family as stakes winner Up the Hill (Jacopo (GB)) (dam of stakes winner Pail of Water (Jack High)).
Note: The reason why I did this post today was that Kip's home state just had a horrible tornado that blew threw Moore, OK. There was severe damage done to Orr's Family Farm and the training center that was connected to the farm. Natalie Reinert of Retired Racehorse Blog has set up a fundraiser for a friend of hers who lost both Eventers and Racehorses in this F-4/F-5 (I''m hearing different numbers) tornado. You can find everything that you need here. Please note, that even though Natalie's books are avaliable on Amazon, you need to purchase the books thorough her website so that the money goes to this fund. I asked Natalie permission before on Twitter to talk about this before writing this post up. Thank you in advance!
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