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the pedigree of Top Deck and Direct Win, we find that Top Deck is double bred to Man O’War. He is linebred to Domino through his grandson Peter Pan. He has a breeding pattern of 4 X 4 to Peter Pan. He is linebred to Broomstick with a breeding pattern of 4 X 4 X 5 X 5. Broomstick is sired by Ben Brush. This makes Top Deck a Domino/Ben Brush/ Man O’War cross, similar to what we see in the pedigree of Direct Win.
Go Galla Go would win three stakes races - the South Texas Derby, La Grange Downs Derby and Oklahoma QH Exhibitor’s Association Derby. She was second in five more stakes and third in two others. She
ran 35 races with 15 wins, 10 seconds and six thirds, earning $28,285. Go Galla Go produced 14 foals, with 11 of them earning
a racing ROM including two stakes winners. The first stakes winner is Go Galla’s Man, winner of the Georgia Championship.
The second Go Galla Go stakes winner was Rocket Wrangler by Rocket Bar. Rocket Wrangler won three stakes races, including the 1970 Rainbow Futurity-G1 and the 1970 All American Futurity-G1 to be named the 1970 Champion 2-Year-Old Colt. Rocket Wrangler sired foals that earned over $4.9 million, with 56 stakes winners. His leading money earner is Dash For Cash.
Dash For Cash was foaled on the Phillips Ranch in 1973 from the mating of Rocket Wrangler and Find A Buyer, a Thoroughbred mare by To Market. Dash For Cash started his race career with three stakes wins in the Lubbock Downs Futurity, Sun Country
Futurity, and Jet Deck Handicap. He came back at three to win three more stakes: the Los Alamitos Derby, State Fair Stakes, and Champion of Champions Invitational. He set a New Track Record for 440 yards at Los Alamitos in a time of :21.17. At three, in 1976, he took the titles of World Champion, Champion 3 Year Old, and Champion 3-Year-Old Colt. He raced at four, with
four wins in four starts including the Vessels Maturity, Los Alamitos Championship, and a repeat in the Champion of Champions Invitational. He was named the 1977 World Champion, Champion Aged Horse, and Champion Aged Stallion. Dash For Cash won 21 of 25 starts to go with his stakes wins. He earned $507,589.
Dash For Cash sired foals that earned $39 million, with 145 stakes winners and 960 racing ROM. His stakes winners include 18 Champions, including World Champions First Down Dash, Dashingly, Dash For Speed, Dashs Dream, and Cash Rate. Dash For Cash is the #1 all-time leading maternal grandsire, with his grandget earning over
$71 million. His maternal grandget include 20 Champions, including Heartswideopen, Noconi, Stylish Jess BR, This Snow Is Royal, Darlin Sixarun, Fredricksburg, Brenda Beautiful, and Sterling Sport.
The next phase of our look at Direct Win comes with his purchase by L. E. Patterson and two mares named Miss Astor L and Miss Joaster. Miss Astor L was sired by Nowata Star by Oklahoma Star P-6. Miss Joaster was sired by Joe Reed II and out of Miss Astor
Dash For Cash, shown here with breeder
B.F. Phillips, is the sire of 18 Champions.
He is also the #1 all-time leading broodmare sire of 20 Champions, with 8 of those sired by Streakin Six or by one of his sons or grandsons.
L. Miss Astor L was the dam of AAA runner Miss Win, and AA runners Classy Win, Star Win, and Direct Star when bred to Direct Win. Miss Win is the dam of Supreme Champion Beatle Win by Alamitos Bar.
When bred to Direct Win, Miss Joaster became the dam of Armsmear (AAAT), Done Won (AAA) and Lewin (AAAT). Armsmear is the sire of the 1973 Champion Aged Stallion Plunder Bay. Lewin is the broodmare sire of Shawne Bug, who is a successful sire in his own right as well as a successful broodmare sire. Shawne Bug is the broodmare sire of three Champions including 1989 Champion 2-Year-Old Filly/All American Futurity-G1 winner Strawberry Silk. Strawberry Silk is
the dam of 20 ROM runners that include
the Champion Stoli, who himself is the
sire of two Champions that include World Champion Stolis Winner.
The success of Miss Joaster and her Joe Reed II blood with Direct Win is reinforced by several noted offspring that were also out of Joe Reed II mares. Mike Win, by Direct Win, was a AAA rated runner that earned a Championship. He was out of Lady Me by Joe Reed II. Fire Call, winner of the Pikes Peak Derby, set three New Track Records at three different racetracks. His dam was Laura Reed by Joe Reed II.
What makes the Direct Win/Joe Reed II cross so interesting is the genetic tie between these two stallions. Direct Win was sired by With Regards, who was out of Loose Foot. Loose Foot was out of the mare British Fleet. The dam of Joe Reed II was Nellene, who
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