Made You Look Makes His Debut in the Rings with the Legendary Southern Halo as His Connection

The son of More Than Ready imported by Haras Gran Muñeca Is another stallion whose first offspring will be available at auction in 2025

Made You Look in one of His many victories in the USA / ARCHIVO / ADAM COGLIANESE

By Diego H. Mitagstein

Being contemporaries of a breeding phenomenon like Southern Halo (Halo) is a privilege for many in the horse racing world. When Hernán Ceriani Cernadas imported the chestnut to Haras La Quebrada in July 1987, it changed the modern history of breeding in Argentina.

The crack, who won multiple championships, not only left a legacy here—and across South America—but also achieved global recognition thanks to his greatest son in breeding: More Than Ready.

Few will remember that More Than Ready was the first foal to debut and win on North American tracks for Southern Halo, who spent several seasons at Ashford Stud in Coolmore, covering both hemispheres. After retiring, More Than Ready followed in his father’s footsteps and became an icon in the breeding world.

This history is relevant as we continue to present the sires whose first foals will debut at the sales this season in Argentina. Now it’s time to introduce Made You Look, the highly promising and attractive new stallion at Haras Gran Muñeca, where he stands, and a son of More Than Ready.

Acquired for $360,000 as a yearling at the Keeneland September Sales in 2015, Made You Look had a notable career, particularly in the early stages of his campaign when he was trained by Todd Pletcher—who also trained his sire—and later by Chad Brown. Early on, at 2 years old, he debuted in second place at Belmont Park, only to win immediately over 1200 meters on turf in a time of 1m8s23/100.

He swiftly moved to stakes company, and the transition was seamless, as he won the With Anticipation Stakes (G2-1700m) at Saratoga by two lengths, as the heavy favorite. This performance catapulted him as one of the candidates for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) that season at Santa Anita Park, where he finished sixth, six lengths behind Oscar Performance (Kitten's Joy).

At 3, he returned strong, winning the Dania Beach Stakes (G3-1500m, turf) at Gulfstream Park, and later finishing third in the Kitten's Joy Stakes (L) at the same venue. He was runner-up to Oscar Performance in the Poker Stakes(G3), and finished fourth in the Fourstardave Handicap (G1), Forbidden Apple Stakes (G3), and Charlie Barley Stakes (L), but suffered a long break due to injury. Retired with 4 victories and earnings of $505,669, he didn’t return to the same level he showed as a juvenile.

Made You Look boasts a dream pedigree. His mother, Night and Day (Unbridled’s Song), is none other than the daughter of the formidable Serena’s Song (Rahy), making him a half-sibling to our well-known Grand Reward (Storm Cat) and other graded stakes winners such as Sophisticat (Storm Cat), Schramsberg (Storm Cat), Harlington (Unbridled), and the classic Serena’s Tune (Storm Cat), dam of the excellent Honor Code (A.P. Indy), a G1 winner and successful sire.

“He throws really nice offspring, just like him. They have great physical structure, bone, beautiful heads and necks. It's a pleasure to see his foals. The enthusiasm is huge, and we gave him all the support in his first year, both in terms of quantity and quality of mares,” says Hernán Gasibe, manager of Gran Muñeca, breeder of Full Serrano (Full Mast), the winner of the 2024 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), and who will live his first commercial experience on Sunday, March 16.

Made You Look’s first crop consists of 45 foals, including offspring from classic mares such as Princesa Dan (Hidden Truth), Charlatana Key (Key Deputy), Donde Estás (Don Valiente), Moon Sale (Not for Sale), Gatita Rye (Catcher in the Rye), Flor de Benicio (Lingote de Oro), Eladia Vuelve (Suggestive Boy), Tregura (Dynamix), Nashin Blue (Le Blues), Dulce Sam (Alrassaam), Skyss (Include), Languardia (Treasure Beach), and Stormy Mecha (Bernstein).

With Made You Look, the never-ending saga of Southern Halo gets a refreshing boost in Argentina, thanks to a stallion surrounded by high expectations and meeting the three key requirements that breeders have always considered essential for a successful project: conformation, pedigree, and campaign.