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Diamond For Leigh is the dam of stakes placed runner Cassandra Crest (by Holland Ease), the dam of Apocalyptical Jess. This makes Diamond For Leigh a 3/4-sister to stakes winner Spoon Crest. Cassandra Crest was second in the 2003 Retama Park Futurity-G1, third in the 2004 Greenspoint Stakes and 2004 Minnesota Quarter Horse Association Stakes, and was a finalist in three more stakes including the 2004 Lazy E Derby-RG2. She earned $75,671.
Holland Ease, the sire of Cassandra Crest, is a stakes winner in the 1992 Golden State Derby-G1 with seconds in such races as the 1991 Kindergarten Futurity-G1 and 1992 Primero Del Ano Derby-G1. He earned $361,2127 with six total wins. Holland Ease sired horses that have won over $12 million with 627 starters, 471 ROM and 43 stakes winners. His leading money earner is Planet Holland, winner of
the 2006 James Isaac
Hobbs Stakes-G2 and
2006 Higheasterjet
Handicap-G3 with
total earnings of
$798,885.
Holland Ease is also the sire of Corona Cartel, the #1 leading living sire of money earners with progeny earnings of over $57 million.
Miller explained why he used Holland Ease as a sire. “I went up to the Lazy E
and saw him. I looked at his body because
I was trying to match the body, but I also wanted to get First Down Dash in there and I also wanted to pull the Thoroughbred in his background a little bit forward in my program. I believe you can’t go wrong with the right Thoroughbred blood like Raise A Secret, Beduino, Depth Charge and Hempen if you have them in your bloodlines.”
Holland Ease is by First Down Dash. The dam of Holland Ease is Easy Henryetta by Easy Jet, who is out of the Thoroughbred Lena’s Bar by Three Bars. Easy Henryetta is out of Babys Henryetta by Lanovay, who is by Lanolark TB. Baby Henryetta is out of Baby Steel TB by Leadsteeler.
Cassandra Crest, the dam of All American winner Apocalyptical Jess, is now the dam of 11 foals with nine starters, seven ROM, two stakes winners and one stakes placed runner. Her
foals have earned $1,821,098. Her first stakes winner, CC Seis by Tres Seis by Sixarun, won the 2013 Hill Country Dash, and was sixth in
the 2012 Heritage Place Futurity-G1 and 2013 Sam Houston Derby-G3. She
was also a finalist in the 2013 Juno’s Request Stakes-G2 and the Lubbock
Stakes-G3 and earned $87,196. Cassandra Crest’s stakes
placed runner is CC Kachina Eagle by One Famous
Eagle by Mr Jess Perry. She was third in the
2014 Texas Classic Futurity-G1, fifth in the 2014 West Texas
Futurity-G2 and was a finalist in the
2014 Ruidoso Juvenile Challenge-G3. CC Kachina Eagle earned $128,215 with three wins in eleven starts on the track.
Apollitical Jess is the sire of Cassandra Crest’s second stakes winner, Apocalyptical Jess. Apollitical Jess is the 2010 World Champion, Champion 3 Year Old and Champion 3-Year- Old Colt. He started his racing career in 2009 when he had six starts, two wins and three seconds, including a second in Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1. His championship year shows that he had eight starts with six wins, including the Los Alamitos Super Derby where he set New Track Record for 400 yards in :19.133. His Super Derby win qualified him for the Champion of Champions-G1, where he won in a New Track Record time of :20.939 for 440 yards. Apollitical Jess was second in the All American Derby-G1 and earned $1,399,831.
The sire record for Apollitical Jess shows
that he is the sire of horses that have earned over $21 million since his first runners hit the track
in 2014. He started out as the 2014 AQHA Leading Freshman Sire of Money Earners with over $1.4 million. In 2015, he was the #4 AQHA Leading Sire of Money Earners list and the #1 Leading Second Crop Sire of Money Earners with earnings of over $3.6 million. In 2016, he was the #2 AQHA Leading Sire of Money Earners and the AQHA Leading Third Crop Sire of Money Earners with over $5.2 million. He was the #1 AQHA Leading Sire of Money Earners in 2017, with earnings of over $5.6 million. He is currently the AQHA Leading Sire of Money Earners for 2018 with earnings of over $6 million.
Apollitical Jess is by Champion Mr Jess Perry, winner of $687,184 and the sire of over $54 million. His 2018 runners include 2018 Rainbow Futurity-G1 winner MM Fourinthemorning. Mr Jess Perry is by Streakin La Jolla, a son of Streakin Six. The dam of Streakin La Jolla is Bottom’s Up by Raise Your Glass TB. The dam of
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