Joe McMahon, owner of McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, announced today the purchase of Teuflesberg, sire of Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Trinniberg ($1,483,300). Teuflesberg is one of only three Second Crop Sires in North America to sire a Grade 1 winning 3-year old.
Besides Trinniberg, 8-year-old Teuflesberg has sired stakes winner Wizardry and black type earners Logan’s Peak and Not An Altar Boy from his initial crop of only 34 foals.
Teuflesberg is also the sire of Ostourah, a full sister to Trinniberg, who was an impressive debut juvenile main track winner at Belmont for trainer Chad Brown. She was purchased by Brown for owner Abdullah Saeed Almaddah for $450,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale.
Teuflesberg, who formerly stood at Journeyman Stud near Ocala, is a son of Johannesburg, who was named Champion 2-year-old in Europe (England, Ireland and France) and North America after winning the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, one of four G1 wins.
Teuflesberg won the 7-furlong Grade 2 Woody Stevens Stakes in 1:21 at Belmont, and is a multiple graded stakes-placed winner of $621,981.
Joe McMahon said of the recent purchase of Teuflesberg, “Looking back it’s no wonder he is a successful sire. At two, he was beaten a hard fought head by leading sire Scat Daddy in the Sanford – Grade 2 at Saratoga, then he beat co-leading sire Hard Spun going a flat mile in the Southwest at Oaklawn . Teuflesberg joins both Scat Daddy and Hard Spun as the only three Second Crop Sires to sire a Grade 1 winner.”
McMahon continued, “We were fortunate to purchase this very desirable young stallion before Trinniberg’s big win in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. That is great added value! We’ve been trying to buy a horse like this for thirty years. He is undoubtedly the very best opportunity we’ve ever been able to offer New York Breeders.”
Plans are for Teuflesberg to be re-syndicated for stud duty in New York.
For further inquiries please contact Joe or John McMahon at (518) 587-3426, Joe’s cell- (518) 376-2922; John’s cell- (518) 376-2924, or Mike McMahon at 859-879-3189 or (cell) 859-983-7617.
