"...(T)he best of them bought for a hundred and thirty thousand from the Hurstland Farm consignment, another colt sired by Northern Dancer. He was registered as Northfields." -- Woody Stephens, Guess I'm Lucky.

As Thoroughbreds often make possible, life came full circle years after first reading Woody's autobiography cover to cover with an introduction to Please Sign In, another Hurstland homebred from the same immediate family as Northfields. An accomplished racemare, she attained global stardom as a producer through the astute management of Alfred Nuckols.

The dam of a Gr1 winner in America and England passed away this week, age 24. The daughter of fellow Hurstland-homebred Doc's Leader was buried next to her sire, leaving behind an indelible legacy at the Midway nursery.

Campaigned mostly in the Midwest, there were clues deeper in Please Sign In's family tree that international success awaited her in the breeding shed. She was pensioned earlier this year after delivering her last foal, a colt by American Pharoah, and in the eyes of her breeder arguaby the finest she'd ever produced.

One day in the near future that colt will bid to emulate Cry and Catch Me and Certify, daughters of Please Sign In who each registered top-level success as a juvenile. Their dam's lineage and iron constitution at the racetrack proved ideal for producing a top-class racehorse when matched with Mr. Prospector-line sires Street Cry and Elusive Quality.

In Alfred Nuckols' own words, the full story on the mare who helped define the essence of his ways as breeder of not only a top-class racehorse but the generations behind one.

Bred by Hurstland Farm, she was one of three stakes winners from the 1996 first crop of nine foals by Hurstland homebred Doc's Leader, and in time his most distinguished producer.

Trained by Gene Brajzcewski, Please Sign In broke her maiden in her first lifetime start at age three and then won the Honky Star Stakes at Hawthorne as a 4-year old. She was multiple graded stakes-placed and ended her racing career for Hurstland Farm and My Jo Lee Stable with $324,446 in earnings.

William Kartozian purchased My Jo Lee's interest while she was carrying Grade 1 winner Cry and Catch Me (Street Cry) in 2004. She became Hurstland's blue hen producer and farm matriarch after producing her second Grade 1 winner and 2012 European Cartier champion 2-year old, Certify (Elusive Quality).

Her yearling filly, Bijou (Street Sense), topped the 2013 Keeneland January Sale when she sold for $1.45 million to Nat Rea's Regis Farm. Her last two foals are both colts by American Pharoah. Please the Pharoah is her 2018 colt, while her final foal is an unnamed 2020 weanling colt. She had been pensioned earlier this year after weaning.

Please Sign In descends from Hurstland Farm's outstanding producer, Little Hut, dam of English champion Habitat and stakes winners Northfields, Guest Room and Hardware, as well as stakes-placed Lodge, granddam of European champion Suave Dancer and 2-year old German champion Shicklah.