Owners SF Bloodstock and Newgate had confirmed after her victories in the Coolmore Classic and Coolmore Legacy in the autumn that their intention was to race her in one of the Breeders' Cup races, with a decision to be made whether it will be the G1 Breeders' Cup Mile or the G1 Filly & Mare Turf.
She recently resumed with a close-up fifth in the G1 Winx S. and is likely to have one more run in Australia, either in the G1 George Main S., the Epsom H. or the G2 Golden Pendant.
Con Te Partiro (USA) winning the G1 Coolmore Classic
Newgate Managing Director Henry Field confirmed that she will depart for the United States in mid-October and is set to remain under the guidance of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott for what will likely be her racetrack farewell at Keeneland.
However, Con Te Partiro, who was initially retired to Newgate's broodmare band last year, but missed to Zoustar before being brought back into training, is being offered by SF Bloodstock through Bedouin Bloodstock at the November Breeding Sale as both a breeding and racing prospect.
Given she has been able to add two elite-level victories plus a win in the G3 Dark Jewel S. at Scone since her arrival to Australia in January 2019, she is expected to fetch a substantial improvement on the US$575,000 (AU$790,000) she cost SF/Newgate at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton November Sale.
At that stage, she was already a black-type winner for trainer Wesley Ward in two countries, having won the Listed Landing S. at Saratoga and the Listed Sandringham H. at Royal Ascot for her previous owners, who had paid US$130,000 (AU$178,000) for her from the KC Garrett Farm Consignment at the 2015 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
SF Bloodstock's Tom Ryan, Newgate's Henry Field, and Gavin Murphy
"We felt very privileged to purchase her initially and we intended to make her a part of our Australian broodmare band because she was so brilliant to win at Royal Ascot as she did and to win in America, she broke her maiden here at Keeneland. She is a very versatile mare and spectacularly beautiful," SF Bloodstock's Tom Ryan told TVG.
"She is a very versatile mare and spectacularly beautiful." - Tom Ryan
"One thing led to another, we sent her to Australia and we put her back in training. That turned into two Grade 1s and she looks like one of the top mares in the country at the moment.
"We thought her value was back in America. Scat Daddy is so important and she is out of a Street Cry mare. The family traces back to Beholder and Into Mischief. It’s depth, it’s beauty. It’s everything anybody wants in a broodmare today."
A star in three countries
Con Te Partiro has been a pioneer for American-bred race mares in Australia and became the first feature winner in the Newgate black and red colours.
“It is remarkable to reflect on what Con Te Partiro has achieved in her racing career,” Waterhouse said.
Con Te Partiro (USA) became the first feature winner in Newgate's black and red colours
“It is a rare feat in itself to win stakes races on three continents, but it is her performances at the elite level in Australia for which she will be remembered. Con Te Partiro won both of the time-honoured Group 1 races, the Coolmore Classic and the Coolmore Legacy, making her, arguably, the best-performed mare in Australia.”
“It is a rare feat in itself to win stakes races on three continents, but it is her performances at the elite level in Australia for which she will be remembered." - Gai Waterhouse
Ryan also lauded her special qualities.
"Just the versatility she has shown to do what she was done from a 2-year-old on the dirt to a 6-year-old on the turf, it didn’t seem to matter what country and what distance," he said.
"We thought we’d send this mare back up here, we'd point her towards the Breeders' Cup and what a perfect homecoming to bring her back to Keeneland."
Con Te Partiro's Grade 1-placed dam Temple Street (USA) (Street Cry {Ire}) has also produced the stakes-placed Donworth (USA) (Tiznow {USA}), is one of 31 worldwide Group/Grade 1 winners for her late sire.
“Con Te Partiro has excelled at the highest level of international racing while she has exemplified just how small the global Thoroughbred industry is,” Keeneland President-Elect and Interim Head of Sales, Shannon Arvin, said.
Con Te Partiro (USA) will be sold at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale
“We are thrilled to hold a Keeneland homecoming for Con Te Partiro. She sold as a yearling at the September Sale and she began her racing career here during the 2016 Spring Meet. We look forward to presenting her at the November Sale with all the fanfare she deserves.”
She will be one of an offering of several top quality mares and foals by SF Bloodstock through Bedouin Bloodstock at the November Sale.
"It’s an exciting sale for us and we would like to put together a nice boutique draft with Bedouin Bloodstock and hopefully people will find something they love in there," Ryan said.
