Mission Approved

Five-Cross Pedigree

Sale / Hip / Type	Buyer / Consignor	Price
FTNAUG2005 Hip 285 \| Yearling	Highclere Sales, agent	($14,000)

Prices in parentheses indicate a horse did not sell because it did not meet its reserve price.

Grade I Winner Mission Approved Retired

Multiple graded stakes winner Mission Approved, winner of the 2011 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap (gr. IT), has retired from racing.
- By BloodHorse Staff
- December 19, 2013
Buena Vista Earns Japan Cup Redemption

Buena Vista, disqualified from first to second for interference in last year's Japan Cup (Jpn-I), found no such problems this year. The 5-year-old mare surged late to win the $6.1 million event Nov. 27 at Tokyo Racecourse.
- By BloodHorse Staff
- November 27, 2011
Quality Over Quantity in Turf Classic

Cape Blanco and Teaks North, both two-time grade I winners on turf this year, headline a star-studded six-horse field for the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational (gr. IT).
- By Ron Mitchell
- September 28, 2011
Cape Blanco Denies Gio Ponti in Man o' War

European invader Cape Blanco, making his United States debut, denied champion Gio Ponti a third straight victory in the $600,000 Man o' War (gr. IT) when he held him off in the stretch to win by about two lengths July 9.
- By Jason Shandler
- July 9, 2011
Gio Ponti Seeks Third Straight Man o' War

Two-time reigning turf champion Gio Ponti still has a chance to remain one of the division leaders and he can do that while attempting to make history in the $600,000 Man o' War Stakes (gr. IT) July 9 at Belmont Park.
- By Jason Shandler
- July 7, 2011