LAUGHING OUT LOUD – 2021 Dark Bay or Brown Filly by Practical Joke out of Embur’s Melody (Mr. Greeley) – Ontario Bred
Laughing Out Loud is the Dark Bay on the inside. Gate Breeze at Fair Hill on 06/27/23
Whoa, what do we have here! A sharp-looking filly by top juvenile sire PRACTICAL JOKE. Laughing Out Loud is a well-put-together athletic filly with great balance. She has a great demeanor and loves to train. She displayed that athleticism by working in :10.1 at the recently concluded OBS April Sale, with a beautifully efficient and smooth stride. She galloped out the 1/4 mile in 21.2 and she’s a May foal to boot!
Laughing Out Loud is by the leading 3rd crop Sire of 2023, PRACTICAL JOKE. He was an outstanding race horse by all measures, 3 Grade 1 wins and almost $2,000,000 in earnings on the track. He was versatile as well, winning or placing in Graded Stakes from 6 furlongs to 1 1/8 miles. Said Alan Porter of Bloodhorse Daily, “That combination of speed, precocity, toughness, and versatility makes Practical Joke an alluring stallion prospect, and that allure is further increased by the fact that he is a son of the rapidly rising Into Mischief.” Some highlights for Practical Joke:
- The leading 3rd crop sire of 2023 with 4 SWs, incl. G1 Santa Anita Derby winner Practical Move. That’s more than Gun Runner & Arrogate.
- 3-time Grade 1 winner and earner of $1,795,800 by top sire INTO MISCHIEF
- Brilliant winner of the Gr.1 Hopeful Stakes and Gr.1 Champagne Stakes at 2.
- Dominant winner of the Gr.1 H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at 3.
- Top performers already include…
- Chocolate Gelato – won the Gr.1 Frizette Stakes at Aqueduct for Todd Pletcher.
- Practical Move – winner of the Gr.1 Santa Anita Derby, Gr.2 San Felipe Stakes & Gr.2 Los Alamitos Futurity for Tim Yakteen.
- Wit – won the Gr.3 Sanford Stakes, Gr.3 Bay Shore Stakes & Better Talk Now Stakes for Todd Pletcher. Runner-up in the Gr.1 Hopeful Stakes, Gr.1 Hollywood Derby & Gr.2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes.
- Little Vic – winner of the Gr.3 Tom Fool Handicap & City Of Laurel Stakes at Laurel Park for Juan Avila. Runner-up in the Gr.3 Toboggan Stakes at Aqueduct.
- Tejano Twist – multiple winner including the Gr.3 Whitmore Stakes, Lively Shively Stakes & Steel Valley Sprint Stakes.
- Skelly – winner of the Gr.3 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap at Oaklawn Park.
- Shidabhuti – winner of the Busher Stakes at Aqueduct for Chad Brown. Third in the Gr.3 Gazelle Stakes.
- Joker Boy – won the I’m Smokin Stakes by 3½ lengths at Del Mar.
Exciting female family here too folks! The 1st dam Embur’s Melody has thrown 3 winners out already, including 4 time-winner Daddy’s Melody ($77,416). The 2nd Dam is multiple Stakes-placed Embur Sunshine. Sheis also a full sister to Stakes-placed Intercool. Intercool threw out 6 winners of her own including Champion Older Mare in Canada, EMBUR’S SONG ($616,926), along with Stakes winners TEN FLAT ($152,128), Embattle ($339,206), & Dawn Raid ($98,525). The latter is the dam of the outstanding multiple Grade 1 winning racehorse EXAGGERATOR ($3,581,120), winner of the Preakness, Santa Anita Derby, etc. Laughing Out Loud’s 3rd dam is Half-sister to ETERNAL SEARCH ($642,177, Champion sprinter in Canada, Champion older mare twice in Canada)!
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Laughing Out Loud is being trained by top conditioner Michael Stidham. The Stidham operation is one of the best in the country, winning top races such as the Grade 1 Dubai World Cup and the $1,000,000 Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap as well as countless other stakes races. She’ll be stabled at his Delaware Park base on the East from Spring through Fall. From that base at Delaware Park she will also be able to conveniently run at Laurel Park, Belmont Park, Saratoga, Delaware Park, PARX, Colonial Downs & the Meadowlands when & if appropriate. With that being said, being an Ontario Bred gives her the added bonus of competing up in Canada at Woodbine in restricted overnight races and Ontario Bred Stakes races with outstanding purses! We will target spots up there as well and take advantage of the opportunities for her there whenever possible.
Laughing Out Loud will winter in at Fair Grounds in Louisiana most likely. Keeneland / Churchill Downs are likely landing spots for her spring transitions from New Orleans in the winter to the east coast in the summers/fall.
This filly has trained terrifically, exhibiting a ton of talent and class. She is being given some time off to mature physically and will resume training at the beginning of October and get ready for a start in December 2023.
LAUGHING OUT LOUD Partnership Plans
- 2% Ownership
- $2,799 – Horse Purchase Price
- $300 – Expenses from April 2023 through July 2023
- $0.00 – Discount
- $50 processing fee
- $3,149
- 4% Ownership
- $5,598 – Horse Purchase Price
- $600 – Expenses from April 2023 through July 2023
- $0.00 – Discount
- $0.00 processing fee
- $6,198
- 6% Ownership
- $8,397 – Horse Purchase Price
- $900 – Expenses from April 2023 through July 2023
- $200.00 – Discount
- $0.00 processing fee
- $9,097
- 10% Ownership
- $13,995 – Horse Purchase Price
- $1,500 – Expenses from April 2023 through July 2023
- $600.00 – Discount
- $0.00 processing fee
- $14,895
