Darby Dan Farm’s Shirl’s Speight, a Grade 1 winner by Speightstown out of Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) winner Perfect Shirl, sired his first reported foal when a filly out of the multiple stakes-placed During mare Ultimate Class was born at Crupper Bloodstock in Paris, KY, on Feb. 9. The filly’s dam amassed earnings of $283,253 during her racing career and she has also produced multiple graded stakes-placed Bad Beat Brian who has banked $865,158.
“I was very pleased with this filly from the moment she stood,” said Megan Morrison, Crupper Bloodstock, of the first arrival by Shirl’s Speight. “Even in a newborn, it was obvious she had a great angle to her shoulder and a deep heart girth.”
The globetrotting Shirl’s Speight, a homebred for Charles Fipke, was versatile and accomplished on all three surfaces. He registered his biggest victory in the 2022 Maker’s Mark Mile (G1) at Keeneland, earning a career-high 104 Beyer Speed Figure. He ranked among the top milers that season when also second by less than a length to champion Modern Games (GB) in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1). All told in an outstanding racing career, Shirl’s Speight hit the board in 10-of-25 appearances competing against top-level horses around the world, banking $1,497,245.
Shirl’s Speight is by the late Speightstown, a champion sprinter, winner of the 2004 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), and one of the most prolific and versatile sires of the last decade. Shirl’s Speight is a member of a dynamic and highly achieving family cultivated by Fipke through the decades. Fipke purchased Shirl’s Speight’s second dam, Grade 1 winner Lady Shirl, for $485,000 at the 2005 Keeneland November sale. He bred Lady Shirl to his homebred Sadler’s Wells stallion Perfect Soul (IRE) to get Perfect Shirl, winner of the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1). Perfect Shirl earned more than $1.3 million during her accomplished racing career.
For more information on Shirl’s Speight, who stands for $5,000 S&N, contact Stuart Fitzgibbon at (859) 621-6763, or by email at [email protected], or visit www.darbydan.com.
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