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MYSTIC LOVE (dk.b./br.f., 2010, Not For Love—Memories of Mystic, by Dixie Union). Owned by John Davison; trained by Francis P. Campitelli; bred by Dark Hollow Farm.
Mystic Love, a 2-year-old daughter of Not For Love, made her career debut on Friday, Sept. 14 in a five and a half-furlong maiden special weight on the Laurel Park turf. The well-connected filly, with Elvis Trujillo aboard, was sent off as the 5-2 second choice in the field of 10. She ran even better than her odds.
Settled off solid early fractions of :21.94 and :44.93, the dark bay filly trained by Frannie Campitelli eagerly moved up from seventh between horses, went four- wide to join the leaders at the top of stretch, then drew off to score by four lengths in 1:02.46 over the firm turf. Mystic Love earned $21,660 for her owner, John Davison, who purchased the filly out of 2011 Fasig- Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling sale for $21,000.
Mystic Love is the second foal out of Memories of Mystic, a winning daughter of Dixie Union. David and JoAnn Hayden bred Memories of Mystic out of Mystic Dance, a stakes-winning daughter of Nepal the couple claimed in the name of their Dark Hollow Farm for $25,000 in October 1995.
The claim came late in Mystic Dance’s career, and she raced just three more times, twice in allowance company and once risked again for $25,000, before retiring to the Dark Hollow Farm broodmare band. From 24 career starts, Mystic Dance won six, including the Sham Say Stakes in mid-May in 1995, was second five times and third once, and earned $102,908.
Mystic Dance was an attractive claim for many reasons, especially as she was bred by Christiana Stables and descended from one of the finest families developed in the region. Her great-granddam was Christiana’s stellar mare Obeah, two-time winner of the Delaware Handicap and the dam of four stakes winners, including multiple champion Go for Wand. Mystic Love’s branch of the family is that of Go for Wand’s graded stakes- winning half-sister Discorama (by Northern Dancer, thus a full sister to graded stakes winner Dance Spell), who produced Chain Dance, who in turn produced Mystic Dance.
The first foal out of Mystic Dance was a Mt. Livermore colt named Chancellor M. H., whom the Haydens sold for $110,000 as a weanling at the Keeneland November sale. He became a stakes winner of $192,624. Mystic Dance also produced Dance Fee, a stakes-winning daughter of Menifee who earned $336,100 during her career.

Mystic-LoveMYSTIC LOVE, a 2-year-old daughter of Not For Love, made her career debut on Friday, Sept. 14 in a five and a half-furlong maiden special weight on the Laurel Park turf. The well-connected filly, with Elvis Trujillo aboard, was sent off as the 5-2 second choice in the field of 10. She ran even better than her odds.

Settled off solid early fractions of :21.94 and :44.93, the dark bay filly trained by Frannie Campitelli eagerly moved up from seventh between horses, went four- wide to join the leaders at the top of stretch, then drew off to score by four lengths in 1:02.46 over the firm turf. Mystic Love earned $21,660 for her owner, John Davison, who purchased the filly out of 2011 Fasig- Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling sale for $21,000.

MYSTIC LOVE (dk.b./br.f., 2010, Not For Love—MEMORIES OF MYSTIC, by Dixie Union). Owned by John Davison; trained by Francis P. Campitelli; bred by Dark Hollow Farm. is the second foal out of MEMORIES OF MYSTIC, a winning daughter of Dixie Union. David and JoAnn Hayden bred MEMORIES OF MYSTIC out of Mystic Dance, a stakes-winning daughter of Nepal the couple claimed in the name of their Dark Hollow Farm for $25,000 in October 1995.

The claim came late in Mystic Dance’s career, and she raced just three more times, twice in allowance company and once risked again for $25,000, before retiring to the Dark Hollow Farm broodmare band. From 24 career starts, Mystic Dance won six, including the Sham Say Stakes in mid-May in 1995, was second five times and third once, and earned $102,908.


 

MYSTIC LOVE was an attractive claim for many reasons, especially as she was bred by Christiana Stables and descended from one of the finest families developed in the region. Her great-granddam was Christiana’s stellar mare Obeah, two-time winner of the Delaware Handicap and the dam of four stakes winners, including multiple champion Go for Wand. MYSTIC LOVE’s branch of the family is that of Go for Wand’s graded stakes- winning half-sister Discorama (by Northern Dancer, thus a full sister to graded stakes winner Dance Spell), who produced Chain Dance, who in turn produced Mystic Dance.

The first foal out of Mystic Dance was a Mt. Livermore colt named Chancellor M. H., whom the Haydens sold for $110,000 as a weanling at the Keeneland November sale. He became a stakes winner of $192,624. Mystic Dance also produced Dance Fee, a stakes-winning daughter of Menifee who earned $336,100 during her career.

MYSTIC LOVE (dk.b./br.f., 2010, Not For Love—Memories of Mystic, by Dixie Union). Owned by John Davison; trained by Francis P. Campitelli; bred by Dark Hollow Farm.

Excerpted from 9/17/12 MHBA Weekly Bulletin.