Page 8 - December 2007 The Game

8 The Game, December 2007
Canada’s Thoroughbred Racing Newspaper
Financingavailable retired
Financingavailable winning the Classy ‘N Smart Stakes
Champion mare Financingavail- able was retired to the breeding shed in mid-November.
bred daughter of Kiridashi. “I couldn’t in good con-
Sangara will retain ownership of Financingavailable and nd her a mate in early 2008.
The 16-time winner, who has been a fan favorite at Woodbine for a couple of years, was being pointed to the Bessarabian Stakes, November 25, until an ultrasound revealed a small ligament tear, said trainer Lorne Richards.
science take her over there (to race),” said the disappointed conditioner, about starting her again. “I wouldn’t do it to a cheap one, let alone the best one I’ve ever had.”
“She’s a special horse.
We’re going to breed her,” said Richards, adding that plan is that the eventual 2009 foal be born in Canada. “She’s not a well-bred mare, but good breeding has to start somewhere. The things that you can’t see are the best things about her,” added Richards, referring to the six-year-old
Richards said the issue is minor, but not worth risking a more serious injury to the Canadian-
Financingavailable won 10 added-money events and was stakes-placed in eight other contests.
Richards said it appears
mare’s tremendous courage. Financingavailable
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retires with earnings of $1,257,832. She was 5-for-7 this season with stakes scores in the Bal- lade and Ontario Fashion, and repeat triumphs in the Victoriana and Classy ‘N Smart. Over the course
of her career, she has also won the Algoma, Jammed Lovely, Bessarabian and Sweet Briar Too Stakes.
The gray is the front-runner to be named Canada’s champion older dirt lly or mare for the second consecutive year.
Stallion
Kissin Kris to
Esquirol Farms
G1 winner Kissin Kris is being relocated to Esquirol Farms in Edmonton, Alberta where he will stand for $3000 for the 2008 breeding season.
The son of Kris S. out of Toes Forward, by Your Alibhai, stood for $5000 in 2007 at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds in Santa Ynez, California.
In nine crops of racing age, Kissin Kris is repre- sented by 350 starters and 232 winners with earnings of close to $17 million. He has 13 stakes winners in- cluding ve Graded Stakes winners.
His top progeny include, Canada’s Champion 3-year- old male in 2000, Kiss
a Native, as well as G2 winners Hasty Kris, De- lightful Kiss and Smoocher.
Kissin Kris was owned and bred by the late John Franks and retired from racing in 1996 as a multiple graded stakes winner with 4 wins from 35 starts and more than $1.6 million in earnings.
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