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Corona Cartel and eight of his sons and grandsons are among the 2017 top 25 sires of money earners. Corona Cartel is #4 on the list with $3,268,464 in 2017
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#3 • PYC Paint Your Wagon ($3,624,464), by Corona Cartel
#11 • Ivory James ($2,129,439), by Corona Cartel
#13 • Kiddy Up ($1,921,859), by Corona Cartel
#17 • Big Daddy Cartel ($1,710,213), by Corona Cartel
#18 • Coronas Leaving You ($1,704,292), by Corona Cartel
#20 • Freighttrain B ($1,565,144), by PYC Paint Your Wagon by Corona Cartel
#22 • Carters Cartel ($1,432,963), by Corona Cartel
#25 • Foose ($1,217,470),
by Stel Corona by Corona Cartel
behind Corona Chick. He was unplaced in
his next start in the QHBC Juvenile. Holland Ease then qualified for the Dash For Cash Futurity-G1, running second to Corona Chick, and he went on to finish third in the finals behind - you guessed it - the winner Corona Chick in the finals. He won his trial for the
Ed Burke Memorial Futurity-G1 and finished third in the finals behind the winner Corona Chick. He won his trial for the Golden State Futurity-G1 and finished fifth in the finals, another race won by Corona Chick.
When Holland Ease came back to race
at three, he made 12 starts with two wins including his lone stakes win in the Golden State Derby-G1. He was second in his trial for this race. Holland Ease was second in
the El Primero Del Ano Derby-G1 after a third in the trials, and placed second in his trial and in the finals for the Governor’s Cup Derby-G1; the trials and the finals were both won by Corona Chick.
The last win for Holland Ease was the Golden State Derby-G1. His last race was the Horseman’s Quarter Horse Racing Association’s Championship in 1993, his only start that year. He went unplaced in the race, with the winner being his full brother Four Forty Blast.
Holland Ease earned his way onto the million-dollar sire list with runner earnings of
$12,243,792. His foals include 471 ROM with 43 stakes winners. His stakes winners include Ruidoso Futurity-G1 winner Haulin Pass and Rainbow Futurity-G1 winner Planet Holland.
Holland Ease was foaled in 1989 in the first crop of First Down Dash, the 1987 AQHA World Champion, Champion 3 Year Old and Champion 3-Year-Old Colt. The race record of First Down Dash shows that he won 13 of his 15 starts with 8 stakes wins including the 1987 Champion of Champions-G1.
First Down Dash has sired the winners of over $89 million and he got off to a great start in his first crop. He sired 89 foals with 29 stakes horses in this crop, including 15 stakes winners. His foals from this crop include
All American Futurity-G1 winner and 1991 Champion 2-Year-Old Colt Royal Quick Dash and Golden State Futurity-G1 winner Dash Ta Fame. Both stallions and Holland Ease went on to become million-dollar sires. Leaving Memories, a stakes placed runner from this crop, was third in both the 1992 QHBC Sophomore Classic-G2 and the 1992 HQHRA Handicap-G3. He is the fourth million-dollar sire from this crop.
First Down Dash is by Dash For Cash,
a 2-time World Champion and the sire 145 stakes winners, five World Champions and 16 Champions with his foals earning over $39.5
million. He is fourth on the million-dollar sire list. Dash For Cash is by Rocket Wrangler and out of Find A Buyer TB by To Market.
First Down Dash is out of First Prize Rose, a stakes placed runner with a second in the 1979 Three Bars Handicap and a third
in the 1979 Sunland Park Fall Derby. This mare is the dam of seven foals/ROM with two stakes winners. The second stakes winner out of First Prize Rose is First A Rose, winner of 1990 QHBC Sophomore Challenge-G2. First Prize Rose is by Gallant Jet and out of Rose Bug by Lady Bug’s Moon.
Pedigree note: First Prize Dash is a full sister to First Down Dash. This mare is the dam of 36 foals 30 ROM and such stakes winners as First Carolina, winner of the 2006 Heritage Place Futurity-G1. First Carolina is the dam of three stakes winners in Ms First Prize Rose, Denver Pass and Coronado Cartel, all by Corona Cartel. This is an example of the Delta Pattern, when
a stallion and a mare carry the blood of a full brother and sister, with the brother descending through the sire line to the foal produced and the sister appearing in the tail female line of the foal produced. That is the bottom line of the bracket pedigree, with the sister ascending the tail female line to the foal produced. This allows the sons of the cross to inherit the “Y” from the full brother and the Mitochondria of the full sister.
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