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And why is that noteworthy?
Because there will be 42-years separating the birth of Special Effort from the birth of this foal....an event directly attributable to the aforementioned advancing reproductive technology. In this particular breeding, we turned back in time to reach for greatness.
There is also proud quality on the female side of the pedigree through the first dam Five Bar Molly. The mare had a broad vein of iron running through her, racing until she was nine; winning a total of 12 races with three graded stakes and $187,000.
A woman’s work is never done and that
was certainly the case with Five Bar Molly. Somehow, she carved out enough time to produce 15 foals, including stakes-winning Champion 2-Year-Old Colt Five Bar Cartel. He had six wins in 11 starts, including the Ed Burke Million. His bank account was in excess of $1-million and he’s currently the leading first crop sire. There was also stakes winner Fly Bar Special ($110,787) by Strawfly Special, and stakes-placed Freedom Choice who piled up $281,423 during his six starts.
Five Bar Ebony, the unborn foal’s second dam, was unraced but produced Five Bar Molly along with stakes-placed Five Bar Classy. And Five Bar Classy produced stakes winners Five Bar Lucky and Five Bar Show Girl.
Hopefully, the name of this foal will be highly publicized with its Feb. 19, 2019 birth so we can all keep an eye on how that huge collection of greatness plays out.
The breeder was Dr. Rick Beck, DVM and the buyer was Joe Dee Brooks.
There were 23 in-utero foals offered for sale, with 18 sold. The gross was $356,700; $19,817 average; $15,000 median.
The second high-seller in the in-utero session was number 230, a foal by Mr Jess Perry and out of RG1 winner Hidden Dragon by Dean Miracle. (Expected due date is Jan. 16, 2019.) The price was $50,000 and was paid by the West Texas Racing Partnership. Rafter W Stables was the consignor of the foal that will be a half-sibling to graded stakes winners Heza Wild Dragon and Zulu Dragon.
Coming in third at $35,000 was number 231, by Tres Seis and out of the grade one- winning mare Last Shall Be First by Strawfly Special. (Expected due date is Jan. 31, 2019.) The mare is also the dam of four black type horses, including World Champion Last To Fire. Zerlotti Genetics is the breeder and the baby was purchased by Melvin and Susan Neugebauer.
Jamie Gomez was the leading in-utero buyer with three purchases for $70,000. Dr. Rick Beck was the leading consignor with three in-utero foals selling for $105,000.
New Mexico-Breds among the “Selects”
Many New Mexico breeders expressed hope that the tremendous success and enthusiasm of the New Mexico-Bred Sale would carry over into the Select venue on Labor Day weekend and, from there, spill right over into breeding.
The first hope came true.
For the first time since 2014, the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale’s gross numbers flew past
the $15-million mark to $15,032,000. It was a 14-percent gain over last year. The $46,539 average accounted for a 7-percent gain over the 2017 sale.
by Diane M. Ciarloni
There were 32 top-quality yearlings representing the New Mexico-bred program included in the Select Sale, with a total of 24 hips sold. Eight were either RNA or Out.
The 24 brought in total revenue of $707,500 for a $29,479 average.
Mac Murray and Janis Spencer Murray’s MJ Farms consigned 18 of the 24, Lazy A sent four to the ring, with Double LL and Mountain States handling the remaining two.
There were three stand-out New Mexico stallions. There were 13 of Big Daddy Cartel’s offspring waiting for the gavel to slam down for a $31,192 average. Next in line was Jesse James Jr with six head and a $30,750 average.
Only three yearlings represented First Moonflash but he’s credited with the highest New Mexico-bred average at $31,333.
With the two sales put to bed, we can pay strict attention to “Come on, Breeding Season 2019.”
And Lowell Neumayer was leading with the biggest grin.
Something spectacular did, indeed, happen Aug. 17 and 18 at Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Perhaps the stars somehow drifted into perfect alignment. Perhaps the angle of the moon threw down a magic light. Perhaps the universe bent an attentive ear to the consignors and felt the beat of a cautious enthusiasm; deciding to stoke the fire with one of the most successful state-bred sales since the event began in 1962.
Perhaps....
Perhaps....
Whatever it was....is....there
is hopefully enough left over to grace the 2018 Select Sale and the 2019 breeding season.
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