BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A chestnut Florida-bred Thoroughbred filly walks next to her dam, Strike Right Now, in their paddock at Pleasant Acres Stallions in Morriston, Florida. Behind them, trees line the edge of their pasture as they walk through it relaxed on a sunny day. (Photo by ©Tandra Downs)

2026 f. Neolithic – Strike Right Now (©Tandra Downs)

This attentive filly walks next to her dam, winner Strike Right Now, at Pleasant Acres Stallions in Morriston, Florida. Bred in Florida by Bill Bianco’s Bianco Thoroughbreds in Morriston, the filly is an April Fool’s baby, foaled April 1. She is by Neolithic, who stands at Pleasant Acres Stallions.

By Tiznow, Strike Right Now has eight foals with two winners from three starters. She was in foal to Tacitus when purchased by Corbin Blumberg as an agent for Bill Bianco for $22,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. She is out of the multiple graded stakes-winning Smart Strike mare Strike Softly and is a half-sister to multiple graded stakes-winner Golden Sabre and stakes-placed Strike Me Down.

Strike Right Now has an unnamed 2-year-old non-starter, a colt by Tacitus; and an unnamed yearling full brother to this filly, both bred in Florida by Bianco Thoroughbreds.

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