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ADMIRAL TOM ApHC SI 88, $87,642 Horse of the Year, Champion 2 Year Old
Mr Jess Perry
Red Storm Cat QH
Streakin La Jolla
Scoopie Fein
Dash For Cash
Streakin Six Bottom’s Up Sinn Fein
Legs La Scoop Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Special Effort Tinys Rose Bud
Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Beduino TB
Ought To Go Rocket Bar TB
Go Galla Go Scooter Bug G. Domleo Bars Sister
Easy Six
Miss Assured
Raise Your Glass TB La Jolla
Three Oh’s Vansarita Too Scooper Chick
La Ferne
Rocket Bar TB
Go Galla Go
To Market
Hide And Seek Raise Your Glass TB Go Effortlessly Tiny’s Gay
Runnin Rose
Rocket Bar TB Go Galla Go To Market Hide And Seek Romany Royal Jo-Ann-Cat Go Man Go
Do Good Bam Three Bars Golden Rocket Go Man Go
La Galla Win
Lady Bug’s Moon QH We Go Charge Double Six Domino Kathy Bar QH
Easy Jet
Peggy Toro
Little Request TB Assured
Raise A Native Champagne Woman
St Bar
Top Pretty TB
Three Chicks OhMyOh
Vandy Garrettsmisspawhuska Triple Chick
Scoop Bam Quicksilver King
Nikita
Three Bars
Golden Rocket
Go Man Go
La Galla Win
Market Wise
Pretty Does
Alibhai
Scattered
Raise A Native Champagne Woman Double Devil
Hijo Beauty TB
Tiny Watch
Gay’s Delight
No Trader
Miss Super Hope
Three Bars
Golden Rocket
Go Man Go
La Galla Win
Market Wise
Pretty Does
Alibhai
Scattered
Grey Sovereign Romany Belle Rejected
Quick Eye
Top Deck TB
Lightfoot Sis
War Bam TB
Do Good
Percentage
Myrtle Dee
Cartago
Morshion
Top Deck TB
Lightfoot Sis
Direct Win TB
La Gallina V
Top Moon
FL Lady Bug
Diamond Charge QH Wego Melody Mansfield’s Comanche Susan
Junior Reed
Del Bar
Tiny Dash Of Cash
Tinys Effort
ADMIRAL TOM APHC, ’16-G. Dash For Cash
Mr Eye Opener QH
Bedawee
Eyesa Knockout
Rocket Wrangler QH Wego For Cash ApHC
Wego Lady Bug
Breeder/Owner: Gary Vaughan
2018 Record: 9-2-4(3)-2(1), $87,642, 2nd Speedhorse Graham P&A F.-G1, Speedhorse P&A F-G1, Victoria Ennis Mem.-G1, 3rd Cricket Bars F.
Admiral Tom followed his full brother Major Tom as Appaloosa Horse of the Year. Major Tom earned the title at two in 2013 and again at three in 2014. Admiral Tom emulated his big brother by capturing the 2018 Horse of the Year title as a 2 year old.
Gary Vaughan bred them both in Oklahoma. He sold Major Tom as a yearling, but he raced Admiral Tom.
The two Champions come from excellent bloodlines. Their dam, the Appaloosa mare Eyesa Knockout, is by Mr Eye Opener out of Appaloosa Hall of Famer Wego For Cash. Their sire is the Mr Jess Perry Quarter Horse stallion Red Storm Cat, a graded stakes-placed earner of $226,439.
Luis Villafranco trained Admiral Tom for Vaughan. The gelding raced primarily in his native Oklahoma and finished up his season in Texas. Admiral Tom competed in all three legs of the Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Triple Crown, and he was named the Hi-Point Champion of the series.
Admiral Tom began his career at Remington Park. There he broke his maiden in his racing debut, winning by an easy 1 1/2-lengths.
Favored at 9-10 in the Victoria Ennis Memorial Paint & Appaloosa Stakes at Remington Park, Admiral Tom finished second to the Paint Ima Real Livewire.
Admiral Tom added his second victory in his trial for the rich Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1. Bettors sent him away as the 9-5 favorite, and he scored by a neck over the Paint Son Of A Grip. It was the second-fastest qualifying time.
In the final, Admiral Tom ran a good second to the Paint Memories Of Lil Hero, outfinishing several others in a close photo. It was an especially gritty performance considering that Admiral Tom had to withstand a pretty good bump early on.
At Fair Meadows, Admiral Tom came up against the Paint RP Live Wire Dash in both his trial and the final for the Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1. Both times Admiral Tom finished second, and RP Live Wire Dash went on to be named the World Champion Running Solid Paint-Bred.
Third in the Cricket Bar Appaloosa Futurity at Will Rogers Downs, Admiral Tom finished the year in the trial and final of the Speedhorse Lone Star Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1.
He finished third in his trial and fourth in the Futurity, cementing the Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Hi-Point Champion title.
Admiral Tom shown winning his trial to the Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1.
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