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First impressions
stallions with first-crop yearlings to watch in 2015
by Michael Compton
Big DaDDy Cartel
(Corona Cartel-Miss Racy Eyes) Stands at MJ Farms in New Mexico 2015 Fee: $2,500
This 2009 gray stallion raced onlyasa2year old. He won his trial heats for the All American Futurity-G1 and the Rainbow
Futurity-G1. He was a finalist in the All American and finished 4th in the Rainbow. All told, he captured 3 of 5 starts, bankrolling $121,800.
A half-brother to stakes winner Racy La Jolla, Big Daddy Cartel hails from a running female family. His dam, Miss Racy Eyes, was a graded stakes winner and is a half-sister to Champion 3-Year-Old Filly of 1994 Miss Racy Jess.
“The ones we have and the ones we’ve seen, I really like them,” said MJ Farms’ Mac Murray of Big Daddy Cartel’s offspring. “They are real correct. They have nice, big shoulders and big hips. I’m really excited about them. Everybody is pretty excited about his yearlings. Of course, the real test is when they go to the racetrack, but I really like what I’ve seen so far. I like the way they are working in the round pens and the way they are coming together.
“The first year, we bred a few over 80 mares
to him,” Murray continued. “The last two years we’ve bred over 100 mares to him each year. I think one of the real compliments to him is that many of the people who bred to him that first year liked their babies enough that about 80 percent of them came back and bred that second year.”
ColD granite Stone
(Granite Lake-Hempen Chics Alibi)
Stands at O’Brien Veterinary Hospital in Kentucky 2015 Fee: $750
A 2008 sorrel stallion, Cold
Granite Stone is
a multiple stakes winner at ages 2 and 3. He won the Oklahoma-Bred Futurity-G3 at
Will Rogers Downs as a juvenile and annexed the Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Derby the fol- lowing year, as well as the Jack Brooks Stakes-G3, also at Remington. Cold Granite Stone was also 4th in the Easy Jet Stakes-G3, and a finalist in the Leo Stakes-G1 and Eastex Handicap-G2.
Cold Granite Stone is out of graded stakes placed winner Hempen Chics Alibi, who is a half- sister to multiple stakes winners including 400- yard New Track Record setter Chics Delight. His second dam is multiple graded stakes winner Easy Hempen Chic. Actually, Cold Granite Stone’s
1st through 4th dams are all stakes runners and stakes producers. This is also the female family that produced Champion Lucks Gay Chic.
DaShing Vike
(First Down Dash-Runaway Vike)
Stands at Sierra Blanca Equine in New Mexico 2015 Fee: $1,250
A son of World Champion and Leading Sire of Sires First Down Dash, Dashing Vike is a full brother to multiple Grade 1 winner and
sire Volcom, as well as to stakes placed winners JA Call Collect and Hi Tori. On the track, Dashing Vike was a race winner and he
finished 2nd in the Ruidoso Derby-G1 at three. He earned $142,432 during his racing career, which spanned two seasons.
Dashing Vike is out of a multiple stakes producer who is a half-sister to Champion Miss Racy Jess. His second dam is multiple Grade 1 winner Miss Racy Vike.
“Dashing Vike’s yearlings have a great willingness to learn and perform,” said Kim Saunders of Sierra Blanca. “They are very well balanced in conformation with extreme athleti- cism, much like Vike himself.”
Feature Mr BojangleS
(Feature Mr Jess-Catch This Dash) Stands at Lazy E Ranch in Oklahoma 2015 Fee: $2,500
Feature
Mr Bojangles enjoyed a stellar racing career. Champion 2-Year-Old Colt of 2011, Feature Mr Bojangles
won 6 of 7 starts as a juvenile, including the lucrative Rainbow Futurity-G1 at Ruidoso Downs, the Hobbs American Futurity-G2 at
With the yearling sales season commencing this month, it’s an ideal time to take a closer look at young stallions represented this year by first- crop yearlings. Buyers interested in taking a gam- ble on yearlings by first-crop sires will have plenty
of opportunities over the next few months to do just that. Judging by the racetrack accomplish- ments and strong books of mares that have been bred to many of the promising young stallions with their first yearlings on offer, expectations are
rightfully high ahead of the summer sales. Following are brief profiles of 15 stallions
with first-crop yearlings of 2015 (as advertised in the Speedhorse 2015 Stallion Register statistical pages).
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