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her win in the Miss Princess Handicap-G3. She was match raced in “the rough-and- tumble, no-holds-barred world of match racing in Mexico in races called ‘tapadas.’”
Adan Farias the trainer for Five Bar Molly in her 2007 starts explained it this way, “That’s like a blind date between two racehorses. One side brings a horse and the other side brings another horse, but neither side knows the identity of the opposing horse.”
Farias went on to explain why Five Bar Molly was put in the tapadas. “Because people wouldn’t want to match her if they knew her identity. Everyone there knew she was one of the best mares around. I never saw her run in Mexico, but I had heard about her.” This tells us she is much like Della Moore in that we don’t know her race record in Mexico, but she was successful and was respected by those that ran against her.
Flores explained that Five Bar Molly
was brought back to breed, but she was in such good shape that she was sent back to the track. She reappeared in 2007 at Los Alamitos Race Course in the Kas Overnight Handicap in January where she was fourth. She was fourth in an allowance in her next start in February. She didn’t start again until April when she won another allowance.
Her next start was in the Miss Princess Handicap-G3 with a win. She then ran third in the trials for the Vessels Maturity-G1 with a win in the finals making her a grade one winner. Her next start came in the Mildred N. Vessels Handicap-G1 where
she placed fourth. Her next start came in
the Los Alamitos Invitational Handicap-G1 where she came in seventh and her final race was the Champion of Champions-G1 where she “stumbled and then got bumped” to finish last.
Five Bar Molly started her race career in 2000 and was retired at the end of 2007 with an official record of 25 starts with 12 wins three in stakes races; one second and three thirds with one of them in a stakes race. She earned $187,109. We don’t know how many races she had in Mexico, but a comment by Farias indicates that as a nine year old, “She had no physical problems,” indicating her soundness as a runner.
Five Bar Molly not only raced in 2007 but again through modern science she also produced two foals. They were Rare Five
Bar by Especially Rare and Mollys Cartel by Corona Cartel, a full sister to Five Bar Cartel. Rare Five Bar would earn his ROM, but he was a nonwinner with two seconds and two thirds in 11 starts. He earned $5,804. Mollys Cartel was the winner of four of her eight starts earning $150,163. She was a finalist
Five Bar Molly produced Graded stakes winner Fly Bar Special, shown here winning the California Breeders’ Matron Stakes at Los Alamitos
in the 2009 Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1 with a fifth; she was a finalist in the 2009 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1 with a seventh and she was a finalist in the 2010 Los Alamitos Derby-G1.
Here are some more of the Five Bar Molly runners. Authority Choice by A Regal Choice and Elcapo by Corona Cartel were her 2009 foals. They would both earn an ROM with Authority Choice earning $24,810 and Elcapo earning $25,412. Her 2010 foals were One Feisty Molly by A Regal Choice, earner of $1,825. The second 2010 runner was the stakes placed Freedom Choice by A Regal Choice who earned $281,423 with a third in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1.
Five Bar Cartel was one of three foals
out of Five Bar Molly in 2011 all sired by Corona Cartel. The other two were Flying Housewife, a ROM runner with earnings
of $4,843, and a nonstarter named Majestic Cartel. The 2012 foals for Five Bar Molly were Delightful Molly, by A Regal Choice, and Cartels Big Gun by Corona Cartel. Both earned their ROM with Delightful Molly making the finals of the La Primera Del
Ano Derby-G3 finishing sixth. She earned $18,075. Cartels Big Gun was stakes placed with a third in the 2015 Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1 and earned $42,092.
Genetically Gifted was Five Bar Molly’s only foal in 2013. He is by Walk Thru Fire and is a ROM runner with $16,165 in earnings. Five Bar Molly produced One Dashing Molly by One Dashing Eagle and Coronas Bar by Corona Cartel in 2015.
Coronas Bar is an ROM runner with earnings of $26,657. Her last starter is Royal Five Bar by Royaltys Choice, a ROM runner with earnings of $1,400.
The produce record for Five Bar Molly shows 15 starters with 14 ROM, 2 stakes winners and two stakes placed winners. Her foals have won $1,779,106. She is still producing, but missed a couple of years with some failed embryos in recipient mares. She has yearlings by Mr Jess Perry waiting in the wings.
The sire of Five Bar Molly is Dash Ta Fame, winner of $290,812 from 13 starts with seven wins and three of these in stakes races. His stakes wins came in the 1991 Golden State Futurity-G1, the 1992 Primero Del Ano Derby-G1 and the 1992 Vandy’s Flash Handicap-G3.
Dash Ta Fame is the sire of horses with over $20 million in earnings. He has 903 ROM with 42 stakes winners and 56 stakes placed runners. His runners include Gun Battle, earner of $668,781 including the 2006 Zia Futurity-RG1 and Ongoing Fame, winner of $664,746 including the Shue Fly Stakes-RG1. The sire record for Dash Ta Fame shows that he is the sire of horses with barrel racing earnings of over $19 million. His big money barrel racers include Dash Ta Diamond, earner of $538,747.
The daughters of Dash Ta Fame have produced foals that have won in excess of $19 million. This includes 596 racing ROM with 65 stakes winners. His leading money earner is Five Bar Cartel. Dash Ta Fame
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