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NM Champion.TB Two-Year-Old Colt/Gelding
Hustle Up
(Abstraction-Speedin Excess, In Excess)
Bred by: Brad King and Todd Fincher
Owned by: Dale Taylor, Bobby McQueen, Suzanne Kirby Trained by: Todd Fincher
2018: 8-6-0-0 $252,143
Steve Prather Stakes, Mountain Top New Mexico Bred TB Futurity, Copper Top Futurity
Hustle Up is another very important feather in Fincher’s hat.
The gelding scored three black type victories in 2018 at three different tracks: the Mountain Top TB Futurity at Ruidoso, the Copper Top Futurity at Sunland and the Steve Prather Stakes at Zia. He put in a total of eight starts last year with a 6-0-0 record and $252,143. His trio of owners has high hopes for the future, including the possibility of the Kentucky Derby.
If everything goes well for the gelding,
he’s looking at an express trip to the Sunland Derby. From there, things will be played by ear, but the connections are definitely hoping for a ticket to run for the roses.
Hustle Up’s sire, Abstraction, was named the NMHBA 2018 TB Freshman Sire of the Year. The gelding has inbreeding to Mr. Prospector, Raise A Native, Northern Dancer and Victoria Regina.
The 2018 New Mexico champions are a credit to the state’s lucrative program.
NM Champion TB Stallion of the Year
Attila’s Storm
(Forest Wildcat-Sweet Symmetry, Magesterial) Bred by: Lajos Kengye
Owned by: R.D. Hubbard
No one will argue with the statement that Attila’s Storms is one of the Thoroughbred industry’s iconic sires.
He was foaled in Kentucky in 2002 and earned $534,983 from 18 starts in the United States. He’s had 305 foals from 10 crops, with 292 foals from nine crops of racing age. There are 40 current two year olds.
In 2018, Attila’s Storm accounted for 92 starters with 49 (53 percent) winners. Total earnings for the year came to $1,598,840, with average earnings per starter hovering at more than $17,000.
Attila’s Storm’s leading money earner for the year was Go For A Stroll, a 2014 gelding out of Garter by Bernardini. He had a 4-2-2 record from 10, with $139,980. His lifetime stats are 8-7-3 from 24 with $346,013.
NM TB Freshman Sire of the Year
Abstraction
(Pulpit-Andujar, Quiet American)
Bred by: My Meadowview, LLC
Owned by: Abstraction Partnership (Susie Prather, et al)
Abstraction was foaled in 2010 and is a half-brother to black type winner Marion Ravenwood by A.P. Endy. 2013 was his only year to race, winning the Federico Tesio Stake at Pimlico and finishing third in the Matt Winn Stake at Caulder. He retired with $86,945.
Each champion deserves sincere congratulations and recognition.
Abstraction’s winnings were modest, but he quickly out-produced himself with Hustle Up, the New Mexico 2018 Champion Two-Year-Old gelding.
2018 was Hustle Up’s first season. He won three black type competitions and banked $252,143. His owners are keeping their fingers crossed for a trip to the Kentucky Derby.
Abstraction has three crops with two crops of racing age. There are 27 current two year olds. He has one state champion (Hustle Up), who is also his single black type winner.
NM TB Broodmare of the Year
Lauren Lynn
(Hadif-Soiree, Full Choke)
Bred by: J. Phillip Mote and Rocking R Farms Ltd/Texas
Owned by: W.L. Mooring and Frank Richardson
Lauren Lynn is a 19-year-old mare, who raced for four years, from 2002 through 2005. She compiled a 7-3-1 record from 18 starts and $123,137 in earnings. She was second in two stakes; the Valor Farm at Lone Star Park and the Yellow Rose at Sam Houston, both in 2003.
The mare has produced nine foals with seven to race, five winners and two black type winners.
Standing at the top of her produce list is Thunder Dome, the 2018 New Mexico TB Older Stallion/Gelding. By Dome, the gelding won $308,580 in 2018 and equaled the track record at Albuquerque for seven furlongs.
The 2018 New Mexico champions are a credit to the state’s lucrative program. Everyone – the breeders, owners and trainers – who invested untold hours of hard work in developing each champion deserves sincere congratulations and recognition.
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