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yearlings by Five Bar Cartel. “I think they will be well-received. He really stamps them.
“He has done his part and they look good,” Robicheaux added. “The next step is to have them run well on the racetrack. Part of the success is making sure they get in the right hands—the right buyers and right trainers—to where they get a chance in the futurities where they can show that they can shine right out of the box. Hopefully, they do their part next year, and that’s when we’ll know for sure what we have. I like our chances right now. We’re excited.”
HES RELENTLESS
(One Famous Eagle-This Dreams Flying) Bob Moore Farms
2017 Fee: 3,500
A stakes winner,
Hes Relentless was
the Champion
3-Year-Old Colt
in 2014. He
rattled off 4 wins
in his sophomore
campaign, including
a victory in the Hobbs American Derby-G3
at Zia Park. He also finished second in The Championship at Sunland Park Stakes-G1 and third in both the Rainbow Derby-G1 and the Zia Park Championship Stakes-G1. He retired to stud toting earnings of $616,380 and a record of eight wins from 15 career starts.
“I’m knocked out,” Frank Merrill of Bob Moore Farms said of the yearlings by Hes Relentless. “They all look very much alike in structure, which is a precursor to the distinct possibility that the horse is going to be a sire; like father like son. I’m not surprised. I’ve had a lot of faith in this horse since the first time I saw him run. He’s done everything we have asked of him.
“He’s been booked full every year he has stood at stud,” Merrill added. “And booked full early, which I anticipate again for next year.”
JESS BEING VALIANT
(Valiant Hero-Jess Sass Me) Stands at Burns Ranch 2017 Fee: $1,500
Jess Being
Valiant is a multiple
stakes winner and
Grade 1-placed
runner by Valiant
Hero. Jess Being
Valiant recorded
stakes wins at 2
and 3. As a freshman, he won the Golden State Juvenile at Los Alamitos. As a sophomore, he won the A Ransom Handicap at Los Alamitos and finished 2nd in the Golden State Derby-G1
and Town Policy Stakes. At four, he finished 2nd in the Vessels Maturity-G1 and 3rd in the Christmas Invitational Handicap.
He is produced from the stakes-winning and Grade 1-placed Mr Jess Perry mare Jess Sass Me, and is a full brother to Grade 1 winner Sass Me Blue and a half-brother to Champion 2-Year- Old Filly Jess Walking Thru.
“They look good,” Dr. Steve Burns of Burns Ranch said of Jess Being Valiant’s yearlings. “They have good size and are well-balanced. I think they will be good prospects. He should be off to a nice start with this crop. Hopefully, he’ll make his mark. He’s a nice horse.”
KING OF HEART
(First Down Dash-Heartswideopen) Stands at Hart Farm
2017 Fee: $1,500
A handsome son
of World Champion
First Down Dash,
King of Heart is out
of 4-time Champion,
High Money Earning
Horse and AQHA
Supreme Racehorse Heartswideopen. In a brilliant racing career, Heartswideopen won the All American Futurity-G1, the Ruidoso Futurity-G1, the Ruidoso Derby-G1, and the Rainbow Derby-G1, earning $1,885,283 while winning 11 races.
“He is a massive horse,” said Chad Hart of the stallion. “He looks as much like First Down Dash as any horse I’ve ever seen. He is the squarest-made horse you’ll ever see and from any angle. That’s the sign of a good horse, and his yearlings are big and good-looking just like him. He’s passing on his looks.
“After people saw his first foals, he really caught on,” Hart continued. “His books have increased as people have seen his babies, and that says a lot about him.”
KOOL WAGON
(PYC Paint Your Wagon-Kool Kue Baby) Stands at Steele Farms
2017 Fee: $750
A 2009 son of
PYC Paint Your
Wagon, Kool
Wagon is produced
from Kool Kue
Baby, Champion
Aged Horse, 3-time
Champion Aged Mare, AQHA’s # 1 Leading Stakes Winner, and AQHA Supreme Race Horse. She is the dam of 15 winners from 20 starters, including graded winners First Kool Baby, First N Cool and Separatist Baby.
Kool Wagon was a multiple stakes winner at age 5, and retired having won 6 of 19 lifetime outings with earnings of $65,693.
“People are liking the babies; they are liking what they are seeing,” said Larry Steele of Steele Farms. “He had a few sell as short yearlings
in the January sale, and they did well. We are excited about him. His babies are phenomenal.”
MR EASE CARTEL
(Corona Cartel-Sportiness) Stands at Hart Farms
2017 Fee: $1,200
Winner of the
El Primero Del
Ano Derby-G2 at
Los Alamitos and
the Develop a Plan
Stakes-G3 at 4 , Mr
Ease Cartel won 5
of 14 starts, racking
up earnings of $142,077. Out of graded stakes winner Sportiness, Mr Ease Cartel is a half- brother to graded stakes winners Jess Sporty and BS My Favorite Sport.
“His babies are bigger and have a little more leg than horses by other sons of Corona Cartel,” Chad Hart said. “They have a lot of refined muscle; they look like they will be able to run on down the track. They are well-muscled—smooth and refined muscle—and very correct.”
The following stallions also have their first crop of yearlings in 2017. We did our best to include all stallions, but please let us know if you do not see yours on this list.
Cocked An Loaded Eye On Corona Featuring Habits Habits Secret Highest Fire
Im A Fancy PYC Jettastic
Junior June Bug Laugh Track TB Little PYC
Moon Dynasty
One Frosty Corona Reagal Eagle Showem The Gold Streakin Six Corona
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