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PROSPECT TO THE TOP si 106, $924,150, Ntr
Champion Aged Stallion
Breeder: Sue May
Owner: Joel Tavarez
Trainers: Ralph Muniz, Mario Sanchez and
Brandon Muniz
Jockey: Oscar Rincon
2012 Record: 5-3(3)-1(1)-0 $275,500, 1st
Championship at Sunland Park-G1, 1st Zia Park Championship-G1, 1st All American Gold Cup-G3, 2nd Mr Jet Moore Handicap-G3, 6th Refrigerator Handicap-G1
Propect To The Top did double duty in 2012, standing his first season at stud at JEH Stallion Station Texas Division before
returning to the racetrack in August. From his first start back—a runner-up finish in the Mr Jet Moore Handicap-G3 at Ruidoso Downs— Propect To The Top proved a season at stud had not slowed him down one bit.
Owned by Joel Tavarez, who had paid the paltry sum of $4,000 for Propect To The Top and his dam several years ago, Prospect To The Top wasted no time returning to the winner’s circle. In his second start of 2012, the stallion won the All American Gold Cup-G3, defeating multiple champion Noconi.
With the Ruidoso meet over, Prospect To The Top journeyed to Texas for the Refrigerator Handicap-G1. He finished off the board for the first and only time in 2012 in that race, crossing the wire sixth in an uncharacteristic effort that was attributed to nighttime racing under the lights.
His next start was in the Zia Park Championship-G1, where he faced a field that included champions Llano Teller and Feature Mr Bojangles. In a dominating effort, Prospect To The Top led the field from wire to wire, trouncing his competition with a 1 3/4-length win under jockey Oscar Rincon.
With the year coming to an end, Prospect To The Top had one more race on his dance card—the Championship at Sunland Park-G1. Once again, Prospect To The Top proved much the best, as Rincon never went to the stick while hand riding the stallion to a half- length win in the $350,000 stakes.
“He has a big heart,” says Tavarez, who works for an insulation company in Odessa, Texas. “And he’s real, real sound.”
Prospect To The Top goes to his second season at stud with a championship title to
his credit, as well as career earnings approach- ing one million dollars. He could surpass that mark with a return to the races in 2013, which is definitely something his connections are tak- ing into consideration for their newest star.
Prospect To The Top makes a wire-to-wire run winning the $150,000 Zia Park Championship by 1 3/4-lengths.
Corona Cartel
Coronas Prospect
Fantastic Polly
Holland Ease
Corona Chick
Fantastic Native
Miss Polly Pistol
First Down Dash
Easy Henryetta
Chicks Beduino
Sizzling Lil
Dancing Dervish TB
Fanny Deck
Pistol Bar
Polly’s Wonder
Dash For Cash First Prize Rose Easy Jet
Babys Henryetta Beduino TB
A Classy Chick Sizzle Te Lilsalady TB Native Dancer Mumtaz
Top Expense Betty Badger Three Bars TB Black Princess C Thin Man
Black Polly
Moon Deck Miss Night Bar Three Bars
Lena Valenti Misty Flight Traffic Dream British Romam Nasrulline Eternal Bull Beedee Question Mark Rainy Hancock Equestrian River Boat Midnight Charge Garcia Girl
Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet Rose Bug
Jet Deck Lena’s Bar TB Lanovay
Baby Steel TB Romany Royal Jo-Ann-Cat Chick’s Deck Mayshego TB Azure Te TB Jet’s Fair Lady Reb’s Policy Here’s To Lil Polynesian Geisha Mahmoud Motto
Top Deck TB Gray Helen Grey Badger II Black Bonnie 14 Percentage Myrtle Dee Prince Vic TB Unknown Mare Midnight Jr Myrna Loy Polymelian Black Queen
Top Deck TB Moonlight Night Barred
Belle Of Midnight Percentage Myrtle Dee
Gray Dream Perhobo Princequillo Grey Flight Traffic Judge Delphic Dream Endeavour II Flying Roman Nasrullah
Her Call
Bull Dog
Rose Eternal Bimelech Columbia Girk Plaudit
Pepito 1
Rainy Day Triangle 13 Equipoise
Frilette
Chicaro
Last Boat
Depth Charge TB Sugar Babe Garcia Band Play Jr Tosca
PROSPECT TO THE TOP, ‘08 s.
Jet Deck
Easily Smashed
Cream To The Top
Hey Sailor
Easy Jet
Smash It TB
Savannah Jr
Lower Deck
Lena’s Bar TB
Foggy Road
Wembley Blue
Everett Jr. TB
Savannah Gray
Top Deck TB
My Tosca Charge
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Lori Ritz: Coady Photography