Practical Joke
Practical Joke played a significant role in helping his sire Into Mischief’s transformation from cheap stallion to multiple champion sire. Practical Joke became his sire’s second Gr.1 winner when he landed the Hopeful Stakes and progressed to win the Gr.1 Champagne. He also proved hard to beat around one turn as a 3YO, taking the Gr.3 Dwyer and then the Gr.1 H. Allen Jerkens.
Now Practical Joke is establishing himself as one of America’s premier speed sires, ranking second only to the excellent Gun Runner among the stallions which covered their first mares in 2018. Practical Joke’s 2023 yearlings sold for up to $700,000 and those in 2024 sold for up to $900,000.
Twelve of Into Mischief’s Gr.1 winners are from MR PROSPECTOR line mares, with Practical Joke representing Into Mischief’s flourishing partnership with Distorted Humor mares. However, MR PROSPECTOR is back in the fifth generation of Practical Joke’s foals, so there is ample scope to add extra lines. His Gr.1 Santa Anita Derby winner Practical Move is out of a mare by AFLEET ALEX, also sire of the 2nd dam of his Gr.1-placed 2yo Laurent.
Into Mischief also has black-type winners out of mares by GONE WEST’s sons ELUSIVE QUALITY, GRAND SLAM and PROUD CITIZEN, as well as ELUSIVE QUALITY’S son QUALITY ROAD. Practical Joke already has BTWs out of daughters of ELUSIVE QUALITY (2), SPEIGHTSTOWN (2) and PROUD CITIZEN along with 2024 Canadian Gr.3 2YO winner He’s Not Joking from a mare by Speightstown’s son CENTRAL BANKER. MUQTARIB, another son of GONE WEST, is the broodmare sire of BY MY STANDARDS, a prolific Gr.2 winner by Into Mischief’s son Goldencents, who also has a Gr.2 winner from a MR GREELEY mare. Audible, another of Into Mischief’s sons, sired Gr.2 winner My Mane Squeeze from a SPEIGHTSTOWN mare.
UNBRIDLED mares have a magnificent 50% GSWs with Into Mischief. There are also Gr.1 winners with dams by EMPIRE MAKER and UNBRIDLED’S SONG and another from the FAPPIANO branch out of a QUIET AMERICAN mare.
Into Mischief is also shaping up well with mares by CANDY RIDE, siring four BTWs from 29 foals, and Practical Joke is following suit, with three BTWs (19%) from 16 foals, including Gr.1 winner Chocolate Gelato.
Into Mischief has two BTWs out of CARSON CITY mares and a Gr.3 winner out of a mare by his son FIVE STAR DAY. Practical Joke has a Gr.3 winner out of a grand-daughter of CARSON CITY and should suit CITY ZIP mares.
SEATTLE SLEW line mares are worth considering for Practical Joke, especially now that he has sired the Gr.3 winner Girl With A Dream from a grand-daughter of PULPIT. Into Mischief has Graded winners with dams by A.P. INDY, BERNARDINI, MINESHAFT, MALIBU MOON and MAJESTIC WARRIOR, and he’s also impressing with daughters of TAPIT, with Gr.1 winner Pretty Mischievous heading his five BTWs from 52 foals. Practical Joke has a Listed winner out of a FLATTER mare, plus the Gr.1-placed 2023 2yo Laurent out of a grand-daughter of TAPIT.
Into Mischief has two BTWs from four foals out of mares by DANZIG and Gr.2 Mother Goose winner Gerrymander out of a HARD SPUN mare, as well as Gr.2 winners out of grand-daughters of LANGFUHR and DANEHILL.
Practical Joke has made an eye-catching start with MEDAGLIA D’ORO mares, siring Gr.1 winner Ways And Means as well as Gr.1-placed Gr.3 winner Wit from a mare by Medaglia d’Oro’s son WARRIOR’S REWARD. He also has southern hemisphere Gr.1 winners from mares by SADLER’S WELLS’ sons GALILEO and POWERSCOURT.
Practical Joke already has BTWs out of mares by DIXIELAND BAND and his son DIXIE UNION.
STORM CAT, a many-times champion sire of two-year-olds, will be back in the fifth generation of Practical Joke’s foals. This allows mares with STORM CAT blood and Practical Joke has achieved 23% BTWs with daughters of SCAT DADDY, notably siring Mufasa, winner of the Gr.3 Vosburgh S.
Into Mischief has Gr.1 and Gr.2 winners out of mares by INDIAN CHARLIE, who also sired the dam of Practical Joke’s Gr.1-placed filly Kaling. Practical Joke’s accomplished sprinter Skelly is out of a mare by Indian Charlie’s son BWANA CHARLIE.
Practical Joke also has a couple of black-type performers out of UNCLE MO mares.
Practical Joke could also suit TIZNOW mares, as Into Mischief has sired Gr.1 winner Played Hard from a TIZNOW mare and Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup winner Wonder Wheel from a daughter of TIZ WONDERFUL.
Into Mischief is having success with the HAIL TO REASON line. Daughters of MORE THAN READY have 21% BTWs with him, while ARCH mares have two black-type winners among their 11 foals (18%) by Into Mischief. Mares by Arch’s son BLAME have also made a promising start with him. Practical Joke has the Gr.3 winner Little Vic out of a mare by Kris S.’s son ROCK HARD TEN.
CHEROKEE RUN has sired the 2nd dam of Practical Joke’s Gr.1 winner Domestic Product.