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With the arrival of the first crop of yearlings by this year’s class of freshman stallions, the industry eagerly awaits the opportunity to gauge their potential for the racetrack at the upcoming yearling sales. Often serving as a critical barometer for future success, the marketplace can reveal far-reaching implications for both the youngsters and the next generation of promising stallions.
Our annual preview of stallions with first-crop yearlings features brief snapshots of each stallion advertised in the 2023 Speedhorse Stallion Register statistical pages. Those stallions are: Ali Babe Foose, Bolt Of Fire, Buzzinga, Chilitos, Gold Heart Eagle V, Gonna B Famous, Good Candy P, Imperial Hint TB, Jess Different, KJ Mucho Macho Man, Mpshinning, Ryder Rite, Spy Master Fame, Tell Cartel, and Uncle D.
Yearling Sale
Chilitos
(Apollitical Jess-Mary Me Anna, Game Patriot) Stands at Haddad Ranch
2023 Fee: $4,000
Dash For Cash Futurity-G2 winner Chilitos enjoyed a stellar racing career for owners Anna
and Omar Parades. The Oklahoma homebred, in addition to winning the Dash For Cash Futurity, was second in the Texas Classic Futurity-G1 and Southwest Juvenile Invitational Championship-G2 and was a finalist in the Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity-G1 and Derby-G2. All told, he won or placed in nine of 11 career starts, amassing earnings of $437,909.
By World Champion Apollitical Jess SI 107, Chilitos’ dam is the stakes-placed, track-record setting Game Patriot mare Mary Me Anna SI 111, who set a Gillespie County Fairground’s track record of :11.682 for 220 yards. Chilitos’ second dam is the Grade 1-placed Tres Seis mare Romancing Mary SI 103, who finished second in the Sam Houston Futurity-G1. She is the dam of 2-time Champion, millionaire, and leading young sire Kiss My Hocks SI 109.
“His babies are awesome,” said Jorge Haddad, ranch manager at Haddad Ranch. “They are big- boned and are really correct. They are all very nice. Breeders love them, too. The first year he bred
140 mares and the second year he bred 200 mares because people really like them (the offspring). He bred mares from all over the country, so they are high quality. I think he is going to do good, and I think he can be a leading first-crop sire.”
Gold Heart Eagle V
(One Famous Eagle-Ladys Heart Of Gold, Strawfly Special)
Stands at Robicheaux Ranch
2023 Fee: $4,500
Gold Heart Eagle V SI 104, banked $530,883 in his career. He won the $1.1 million All American Derby-G1, defeating Inaugurator and Cers Final Try, and was third by a neck in the Rainbow Derby-G1.
By One Famous Eagle, Gold Heart Eagle V is out of the late Strawfly Special mare Ladys Heart Of Gold, a full sister to Los Alamitos Invitational Championship-G1 winner Strength In Numbers. Gold Heart Eagle V is a full brother to stakes winners One Fabulous Eagle SI 97, Eagle On The Fly SI 103, Dahteste SI 104, and to All American Derby-G1 and Heritage Place Futurity-G1 finalist The Ultimate Eagle.
“He looks like a 440 horse,” said Ryan Robicheaux of Gold Heart Eagle V. “He has some air underneath him, and he is a very pretty
horse. He has that presence about him.
“As his first crop has grown into yearlings, they look even better now,” he added. “Some babies go
through an ugly stage, but these haven’t and have looked great throughout. I’m very proud and very excited about how the public will receive them. We have pretty good numbers going to Louisiana, we have some going to Ruidoso, and I’m sure we’ll have some selling at Heritage. I’m very excited about this crop. Like him, they have a lot of air under them, they are big with a lot of body, and they are very correct. He’s done everything he needs to do, now they just need to run.”
Gonna B Famous
(One Famous Eagle-Louisana Corona, Jess Louisiana Blue)
Stands at Royal Vista Ranch
2023 Fee: $2,000
Gonna B Famous is by One Famous Eagle, the all-time leading first crop sire in history. Gonna
B Famous was a finalist in the All American Futurity-G1, and he captured his trial heat for
the Ruidoso Futurity-G1 by 3/4-lengths. A half- brother to multiple stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Corona By Corona SI 97, Gonna
B Famous won two of three lifetime starts and banked $129,600.
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Chilitos
Gold Heart Eagle V
Gonna B Famous
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