Outwork
Uncle Mo - Nonna Mia, by Empire Maker
Uncle Mo's Best-Bred G1 Son at Stud
- 2024 runners led by 2024 Vagrancy S. (G3) winner and juvenile Grade 1 winner LEAVE NO TRACE; Prioress S. (G3) winner and Thoroughbred Club of America S. (G2) third BRIGHTWORK; Star De Naskra S. winner PLAY HARDER; West Virginia Vincent Moscarelli Memorial Breeders’ Classic S., winner and Henry Mercer Memorial S. second ANNAPOLIS ROAD; Best of Ohio Norm Barron Queen City Oaks second Work’n On a Buzz; Violet S. third Damaso; Tomboy S. third Work’n On a Buzz; Plate Trial S. third Friendly Ghost; Best Of Ohio Sprint S. third TROJAN TALE; etc.
- 2023 racing: 2YO filly BRIGHTWORK, winner of the Spinaway S. (G1), Adirondack S. (G3) and the $225,000 Debutante S.; TROJAN TALE, winner of the $100,000 Green Carpet S. and $100,000 Best of Ohio Sprint S.; Pay Raise, runner-up in the $100,000 Zia Park Juvenile S.; Ninetyfour Expos, runner-up in the Woodstock S.; OUTADORE, runner-up in the Holiday Cheer S.; Husky Driver, G3-placed in PR; 2YO colt Tunechi, 3 3/4-length MdSpWt winner at Woodbine; 2YO colt Cowes, MdSpWt winner at Saratoga; etc.
- Joins Nyquist as the only son of Uncle Mo with 2 Grade 1-winners at Saratoga
- 36.59% 2YO winners to starters in 2023, higher than Into Mischief, Not This Time, Curlin, Tapit, Quality Road, etc.
- Precocious & fast G1 winner in the mold of his sire UNCLE MO
- Winner of the $1 million Wood Memorial (G1) at 3 and a 2YO debut MdSpWt winner at Keeneland
- Dam is G1-placed EMPIRE MAKER mare NONNA MIA, half-sister to multiple G2 winner and sire CAIRO PRINCE
Outwork has always reminded me so much of Uncle Mo. Both are big colts with similar qualities, including their uncanny speed and precociousness for their size. Both were always very forward in the mornings and among the best work horses in the barn, and obviously they both went on to do great things stretching out their speed to win major Grade 1 races."
A G1-winning son of sire of sires, Uncle Mo, Outwork is already a G1 sire.
Like his sire he has done well with mares from the Storm Cat line, and he already has SWs out of mares by Tactical Cat, Into Mischief (by Harlan’s Holiday) and Discreet Cat (by Forestry, also the broodmare of Uncle Mo’s Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist). Other branches of Storm Cat that have worked under Uncle Mo include Giant’s Causeway and his brother Freud, Hennessy through Henny Hughes and Scat Daddy, Bluegrass Cat, and Tale of the Cat. Another branch of Northern Dancer to do well under Uncle Mo is Deputy Minister, including through Defrere (a brother to Dehere) and French Deputy. This suggests considering mares by Touch Gold, Awesome Again and Silver Deputy and their sons. Uncle Mo has done well with mares from the Sadler’s Wells branch of Northern Dancer, and Outwork has the 2022 Spinaway S. (G1) winner, Leave No Trace, out of a mare by Good Journey, a son of Sadler’s Well’s three-quarters-brother, Nureyev. Another branch of Northern Dancer to succeed under Uncle Mo is that of Dixieland Band (sire of Dixie Union). – Alan Porter
| UNCLE MO | INDIAN CHARLIE | IN EXCESS (IRE) | SIBERIAN EXPRESS | ||||
| KANTADO (IRE) | |||||||
| SOVIET SOJOURN | LEO CASTELLI | ||||||
| POLITICAL PARFAIT | |||||||
| PLAYA MAYA | ARCH | KRIS S | |||||
| AURORA | |||||||
| DIXIE SLIPPERS | DIXIELAND BAND | ||||||
| CYANE’S SLIPPERS | |||||||
| NONNA MIA
2007 |
EMPIRE MAKER | UNBRIDLED | FAPPIANO | ||||
| GANA FACIL | |||||||
| TOUSSAUD | EL GRAN SENOR | ||||||
| IMAGE OF REALITY | |||||||
| HOLY BUBBETTE | HOLY BULL | GREAT ABOVE | |||||
| SHARON BROWN | |||||||
| JULIAC | ACCIPITER | ||||||
| JULIET |
| Age | Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| 3 | 4 | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | $671,800 |
| Totals | 5 | 3 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | $701,800 |
- A maiden special weight race at Keeneland (4.5f, D, defeating Finnegan (IRE), Justanothermorgan, Old Conch, Mantovani, El Churro). Career debut.
- Wood Memorial S. (G1) at Aqueduct (9f, D, defeating Trojan Nation, Adventist, Matt King Coal, Shagaf, Tale of S’avall, Flexibility, Dalmore).
- An allowance race at Tampa Bay Downs (6f, D, by 4 1/4 lengths, defeating Dan the Go to Man. Good Save, Royal Almighty, Brassy Ben, Formal Summation, Flashy Kyem, Congratulate Me, Mr Manning).
- A maiden special weight at Keeneland (4.5f, D, by 2 1/4 lengths in debut, defeating Finnegan (IRE), Justanothermorgan, Old Conch, Mantovani, El Churro).
- Tampa Bay Derby (G2) at Tampa Bay (8.5f, D, to Destin, defeating Star Hill, Rafting, Tale of S’avall, Riker, Brody’s Cause, Awesome Banner, Economic Model).
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Top Progeny
2YO filly Leave No Trace, winner of the Spinaway S. (G1)
Outadore, 3-time stakes winner and G1-placed
At the Spa, winner of her first 3 starts at 2, including 2 stakes
Sharapova, 2022 stakes winner
El Pando, undefeated stakes winner in 2022
Abrogate, winner of the Purple Martin S.
