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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
A look at stallions with first-crop yearlings of 2019
by Michael Compton
With the initial offering of Quarter Horse yearlings by first-crop sires ready to hit the market this summer, we take a closer look at the accomplished and well-pedigreed Quarter Horse stallions slated for early success in our annual preview. Speedhorse did our best to include all Quarter Horse stallions on this list, but please let us know if you do not see your stallion on this list.
Following are brief highlights of these stallions with first-crop yearlings of 2019 as advertised in the 2019 Speedhorse Stallion Register statistical pages.
BF FARM BOSS
(Hawkinson-Shirleys Strawfly) Stands at Hart Farms
2019 fee: $2,000
By Champion sire and multiple Grade 1 winner/Champion Aged Stallion Hawkinson, BF Farm Boss hails from a female family
full of black type. He is a full brother to Champion 3-Year-Old Gelding/Champion Aged Gelding Strawkins, and to multiple graded stakes winner BF Farm Boy, as well as four additional stakes winners.
It didn’t take long for BF Farm Boss to
assert his superiority on the racetrack. A 5-time winner as a juvenile, BF Farm Boss annexed the PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity-G2 at Los Alamitos and finished 2nd in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1 to He Looks Hot, defeating Jess Walking Thru and Heza Dasha Fire.
At 3, he captured the Ruidoso Derby-G1, defeating Glock and JM Onfire. He was stakes- placed at 4, finishing 3rd in the Los Alamitos Championship Challenge-G3 and was a finalist in the AQHA Challenge Championship-G1. All told, he retired after banking $932,655 in winning 7 of 18 lifetime starts.
BP WAGON TRAIN
(PYC Paint Your Wagon-Ladys Is First) Stands at Delta Equine Center
2019 fee: $1,500
BP Wagon Train won 6 of 16 starts from ages 2 to 4 in his racing career. He scored in
the Heritage Place Futurity trial at Remington Park and finished 2nd in the SW Juvenile Championship-G1 at Zia Park to Skuze Pleeze, defeating Houdini. At 3 he was named Texas Hi- Point 3-Year-Old Colt after winning the Retama Park Derby, beating JZ Fast Boy and Won To Watch at 400 yards. He also finished 3rd in
the Mr Master Bug Handicap at Remington Park. He returned at 4 to win the Mighty Deck Three Stakes and finish 3rd in the Sooner State Stakes-G1, both run at Remington Park.
By World Champion sire PYC Paint Your Wagon, BP Wagon Train is produced from the Grade 1-placed First Down Dash mare Ladys Is
First, making him a full brother to stakes winner BP Painted Lady and a half-brother to stakes- placed BP First Cartel.
“They are classy and good-looking yearlings,” said Caleb Findley of Delta Equine Center. “He’s really getting some yearlings that are maturing pretty quickly and look like they are going to be race-ready. I haven’t seen many that I didn’t like. He is throwing a racy- looking horse.”
CORONA SURFER
(Corona Cartel-Little Surfer) Stands at Born Running Ranch 2019 fee: $1,350
By Corona Cartel, a sire of multiple World Champions and AQHA’s all-time leading living sire, Corona Surfer is out of stakes winner Little Surfer. A daughter of First Down Dash, Little Surfer is the dam of 13 winners from 16 starters, including Grade 1-placed Call Me Cole, a full brother to Corona Surfer. Little Surfer is out of Runaway Wave, an AQHA Dam of Distinction and Broodmare of the Year. She is the dam of
29 winners from 39 starters, including World Champion Wave Carver, multiple Champion Ocean Runaway, and many other Grade 1 horses. Corona Surfer’s first and second dam are both All-Time Leading Dams of ROM.
Corona Surfer broke his maiden as a 2 year old in the trials to the Heritage Place Futurity at Remington Park. He qualified to and was a finalist in the Grade 1 finals. He also finished 2nd in his Texas Classic Futurity trial at Lone Star Park.
DOCS BEST CARD
(Corona Cartel-Docs First Card) Standing at Bob Moore Farms 2019 fee: $2,000
Docs Best Card enjoyed a stellar juvenile campaign in 2015, winning 4 of 11 outings, including his Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity trial at Los Alamitos. His 4 stakes placings that season came in some of the year’s top races. He went on to finish 2nd to Ima Fearless Hero in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1. He also checked in 2nd in the Golden State Million
Futurity-G1, in the Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1, and in the Kindergarten Futurity-G2.
He banked $736,595 at 2 and added another $47,723 to his coffers the following year at 3. That season, he secured a 2nd place finish in
his trial to PCQHRA Breeders’ Derby-G3, qualifying and running 3rd in the finals.
“We’re very impressed with his first yearlings and so are the clients who have bred to Doc the last couple years,” said Phillip Stewart of Bob Moore Farms in Oklahoma. “They are very correct with a big hip and good shoulders. They have a lot of leg to them. He is stamping them. He’s a tall horse, 16 hands, which is fairly big for a Corona Cartel, and his babies appear that they are going to have that same height.”
EC JET ONE
(The Louisiana Cartel-Pretty Girl Perry) Standing at Granada Farms
2019 fee: $5,000
EC Jet One flashed his immense ability at
2, winning 3 of 5 starts. He won his trials to
the Texas Classic Futurity and Sam Houston Futurity, finishing 3rd in the Sam Houston Futurity-G2 finals and running as a finalist
in the Texas Classic Futurity. At 2 he also
won his trial to the Hialeah Derby Stakes at Hialeah Park on Dec. 27, 2015, with the finals running the next year. It was at 3 that the son of Champion sire The Louisiana Cartel earned his biggest accolades. Undefeated in 5 outings in his sophomore season, EC Jet One first won the finals to the Hialeah Derby Stakes early in the season, and then he won his trial and the finals to the South Florida Derby. He followed that victory up with a win in his trial to the All American Derby, going on to capture the Grade 1 finals at Ruidoso Downs, en route to earning honors as Champion 3 Year Old and Champion 3-Year-Old Colt at year’s end.
“We’re real excited. We couldn’t be happier with this first set of babies,” said Granada Farms’ Jimmy Eller. “They all have that refinement, the balance, and the raciness that EC Jet One has. We’re confident we’re going to see some talented runners from this first crop.”
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