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The sire line has come to represent an important part of the pedigree history and the genetic power of the stallions in the breed.
Corona Cartel is the sire of 8 Quarter Horse Champions, including Blues Girl Too, Carters Cartel, Coronas First Diva, Five Bar Cartel, Flying Fig, Significant Heart, Teller Cartel and Time For A Cigar. Corona Cartel is the broodmare sire of 5 Champions, including Corona Lady, Coronas Boy, One Famous Episode, Walk Thru Crystal and Bringonthewave.
at a time. She carried all 16 foals naturally without the benefit of embryo transfer. She produced 14 starters earning 13 ROM and four stakes winners. The Corona Chick runners earned $3,625,157. She became an AQHA Broodmare of the Year and in 2006 became an AQHA Dam of Distinction.
Corona Chick got off to a good start with Corona Cartel, and then she produced Corona Cash. Corona Cash is a filly by First Down Dash that made 32 starts from 1997 to 2000, winning 11 stakes races with seven of them being Grade 1 events. Her biggest wins came in the 1997 All American Futurity-G1, the 1997 Ed Burke Memorial Futurity-G1, and the 1998 Los Alamitos Derby-G1. She was the 1997 Champion 2 Year Old and Champion 2-Year-Old Filly as well as the 1998 Champion 3 Year Old and the Champion 3-Year-Old Filly.
Corona Cash is the dam 26 ROM from
27 starters, including eight stakes horses with three stakes winners. Her stakes winners are Louisiana Corona, winner of the Junos Request Stakes-G2, Hez Fast As Cash, winner of the Turf Paradise Open QH Derby-G3 and the Desert Classic Derby-RG3, and Pot Ocash, winner of the Independence Day Handicap and Katella Handicap. Corona Cash is the granddam of Jessa Louisiana Zoom, winner
of several stakes including the Lee Berwick Memorial Louisiana Bred Futurity-RG1.
CORONA CHICK MILLION DOLLAR SIRE CLUB
Corona Chick would have been a prominent broodmare with just Corona Cartel being a leading sire, but she has added to her credentials as a million-dollar sire producer. I call it the Corona Chick Million Dollar Sire Club.
Corona Chick produced 10 foals with
9 ROM that were sired by First Down Dash, with two stakes winners. They are Corona Czech, winner of the Mr Jet Moore Handicap, and Valiant Hero, winner of the Texas Classic Futurity-G1, Heritage Place Derby-G2 and Dash For Cash Juvenile Invitational.
Corona Czech is the sire of the winners of over $4.3 million with such noted Grade 1 winners as Magic Show Czech, winner of the Governor’s Cup Futurity, and El Aguila Real, 3-time Grade 1 winner of races like the Vessels Maturity.
Im Mighty Fast, a multiple stakes winner of races like the Races And Aces Stakes.
King Corona, by Holland Ease, is a full brother to Corona Cartel. King Corona
is a race winner of $31,928. He is the sire of horses that have won $2.8 million. His leading money earner is Salty King Corona, winner of $182,743.
Count Corona, by First Down Dash,
had six starts with two thirds and earnings of $1,713. He is the sire of horses that have won $3.9 million. His leading money earner is Budj, winner of $218,227.
Corona Chick is the dam of eight sons and all eight are million-dollar sires! What a club!
The success of the Three Bars sire line through Corona Cartel is building, as we have seen through his influence on the list of 2017 leading sires of money earners. Based on the Speedhorse Stallion Register, Speedhorse recently published a list of freshman sires of 2017 with their foals reaching the track in 2018. This list of 22 stallions shows Corona Cartel has six sons and four paternal grandsons on this list. I guess the Corona Cartel branch of the Three Bars sire line is alive and well. Now, I wonder which stallion or stallions from this line will branch off to form their own path to influence the breed?
Valiant Hero is the sire of horses that have won $18.3 million. His runners include All American Derby-G1 winner Feature Hero, Rainbow Derby-G1 winner Houdini, Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1 winner Ima Fearless Hero, and the Texas Classic Futurity-G1 winner Valiant Lil Lady.
Corona Caliente is another son out of Corona Chick that is sired by First Down Dash. This stallion won $118,278 on the track winning two starts with a fifth in the Los Alamitos Million Futurity-G1. He is the sire of earners of over $5.9 million including Corona Memory Crest, winner of the New Mexico Classic Derby-RG2.
Corona Chick produced Captain Courage when bred to Mr Jess Perry in 2005. Captain Courage won or placed second or third in eight of his eleven starts, including a third in the All American Futurity-G1. His foals have earned $4.2 million and include Wicked Courage who had victories in the 2013 Ruidoso Derby-G1 and the Rainbow Derby-G1.
Mighty Corona, by First Down Dash,
is stakes placed in the Texas Classic Futurity-G1. Mighty Corona is the sire of horses that have won $2.2 million, including
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