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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Exploring the potential of first-crop sires based on their inaugural 2023 crop of yearlings.
by Michael Compton
Ali Babe Foose
(Foose-Babe On The Fly, Strawfly Special) Stands at Hart Farms
2023 Fee: $2,500
Winner of the 2018 Ed Burke Million Juvenile at Los Alamitos early in his 2-year-
old season, Ali Babe Foose went on to finish second to Flash And Roll in the $1,836,425 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1 to cap off a successful juvenile campaign. He won four of 10 starts for owner Chad Hart and trainer Jaime Gomez at two, banking $408,613. All told,
he retired with four wins, while placing in five others, and earned $484,614.
Ali Babe Foose is produced from the multiple Grade 1-placed Strawfly Special mare Babe On The Fly SI 101. An All-Time Leading Dam
of ROM, Babe On The Fly is the dam of 31 winners from 43 starters, including Grade 1 winners Rock You SI 102, and Little Talks SI 94.
Chad Hart of Hart Farms indicated that Ali Babe Foose’s first yearlings look the part. “Overall, they have beautiful balance,” Hart said. “They are some of the most correct, balanced horses you will see. Once people saw his first foals and his short yearlings, the quality of his mares and his numbers have gone up, especially this year. He is stamping them, and we are excited about him.”
Bolt Of Fire
(Walk Thru Fire-Jenuine Joy, Genuine Strawfly)
Stands at Rigby Equine Medicine Reproduction
2023 Fee: $1,500
Undefeated in two starts as a juvenile, Bolt Of Fire captured his trial heat for the All American Futurity after getting squeezed at the start. Despite the early trouble, the gray son of Walk Thru Fire rallied strongly
in the 440-yard test to prevail by a head at the finish.
By Walk Thru Fire, Bolt Of Fire is out of
the Grade 1-winning Genuine Strawfly
mare Jenuine Joy SI 104. Winner of the Lou Wooten Handicap-RG1, the Mesilia Valley Speed Handicap-RG2, and the Tommy “Duke” Smith Handicap-RG2, Jenuine Joy
is an All-Time Leading Dam of ROM and boasts 10 winners from 21 starters.
Among her top progeny are multiple Grade
1 winner Imperial Eagle SI 106, a Champion Two Year Old and Champion Two-Year-Old Gelding; and Grade 3 winner and Grade 1-placed PJ Splash Of Joy SI 93, and stakes winners Walk Off SI 97, and
Fyrefly Jo SI 97.
Buzzinga
(Jet Black Patriot-Reckless Fast Dash, Heza Fast Dash)
Stands at Snow Ranch
2023 Fee: $1,500
Grade 2-placed Buzzinga broke his maiden
at Delta Downs as a juvenile, the same season he earned his initial black-type while finishing second in the LQHBA Laddie Futurity-RG2, also at Delta Downs. In seven starts in his freshman season on the track, Buzzinga concluded his year with a record of 7-1-4-0, banking $72,997. The following year
at three, he finished third in the Billy Montgomery LAD Stakes at Louisiana Downs. He raced through age eight and retired with earnings of $104,721.
By Jet Black Patriot, Buzzinga is out of the winning Heza Fast Dash mare Reckless Fast Dash SI 96, the dam of seven winners from nine starters. Among her progeny are stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Blessher Sweet Heart SI 94, a full sister to Buzzinga.
“Our first crop was a test crop, and they are
all mine,” indicated Shane Snow of Snow Ranch. “We have three, and they are all going to be at the TQHA Sale. They look a lot like him. He seems to have passed on all his best traits—his attitude, his willingness, and of course, his conformation and build. All three are very similar and they are smart.”
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Ali Babe Foose
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Buzzinga
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