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NEWS BRIEFS
SUPER SONIC PATRIOT
2013 black stallion Super Sonic Patriot si 109 (Jet Black Patriot-Totally Selfish TB, Abaginone) will stand the 2023 season at Spring Hill Farms in Kaplan, Louisiana. His fee has been set at $1,250. Super Sonic Patriot earned $107,878 racing from two to six years of age, with third place finishes in the Louisiana Champions Day Classic-G2 and Harris County Stakes. He was also a finalist in the Refrigerator Stakes-G1, Open Me A Corona Stakes-RG2, Opelousas Stakes-G2 (twice), Delta Downs Louisiana Bred Derby-G3, The Treme Derby-G3, Miss Polly Classic-G3, and Delta 550 Stakes-G3 (twice). Owned by Eduardo Mendoza, Super Sonic Patriot is the sire of just two starters including RM Super Angel ($52,390) who finished second in the 2022 Amelia Belle Stakes. Super Sonic Patriot is out of the Thoroughbred Abaginone, who set a 5-furlong New Course Record at Laurel Park.
LIL KOOL WAGON
2009 bay stallion Lil Kool Wagon si 95 (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Little Kool Barbie, Mr Jess Perry) will stand the 2023 season at Snow Ranch in Gainesville, Texas.
His fee has been set at $2,000. Lil Kool Wagon earned $18,722 racing from two to three years of age. He is
out of a half-sister to stakes winner First Kool Baby. Lil Kool Wagon is the sire of over $2.4 million in money earners with 24 blacktype runners, including Haul Your Wood, winner of the Polk County Derby and Iowa Stallion Derby; Lil Black Wagon, winner of the Jim Bader Futurity; and Rakin In Jo, winner of the Iowa Stallion Futurity and Iowa Stallion Derby.
SPEEDHORSE PHOTO ARCHIVE ANSWER
The photo on page 199 shows Mr Gobar (I May Go-Charm Bars, Royal Bar) winning the second ever Shue Fly Stakes in 1973 at Sunland Park. This race was not a restricted race prior to 1993. He was ridden by Johnny Cox for owner Kenneth Grisham, who also trained the horse, and A D Stowe, who also bred the horse. Mr Gobar started his career
at two years of age and only raced to the age of three. During that time, he made 30 starts with eight wins and placed in 13 other races. Beside this stake win, he also placed second in the 1973 Rainbow Futurity and New Mexico State Fair Futurity and third in the 1974 New Mexico Breeders’ Derby and the Zia Handicap with earnings of $110,283.
After his successful career on the track, Mr Gobar went on to sire 95 foals, 28 of which went to the track. He sired 14 winners. This year’s $237,763 Shue Fly Stakes-RG2 was won by My Heart Jess Runs. The filly was ridden by Mario Delgado for owner Boydston Enterprises Inc. and trainer James Gonzalez III.
LEADING SIRES OF 2023
RANKINGS AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2023
MONEY EARNERS
Rank
“SW” in the “Winners” column indicates the number of S. winners.
Money Earned
Sire, Year
HES RELENTLESS, 2011 EYE AM KING, 2015
ONE FAMOUS EAGLE, 2005 FAVORITE CARTEL, 2007 FDD DYNASTY, 2004
Current Winners/ Year SW
Starters
12 3/0 22 1/0 17 3/0 44 4/0 21 3/0
‘23 Earnings/ Average Earnings Per Starter
$87,899 /$7,324 $85,808 /$3,900 $80,582 /$4,740 $79,897 /$1,815 $77,746 /$3,702
Leading ‘23 Earner
SHESA RELENTLESS GAL WOOD DEE QUEEN FAMOUS SHINING STAR
I DEE UDAS KA SUDAS CUTE DYNASTY
‘23 Earnings
$45,420 $44,577 $48,000 $18,480 $19,280
1
BIG DADDY CARTEL, 2009
63
8
/1
$323,052
/$5,127
BROOKES LEGACY
$60,000
2
JESS A CHICKS, 2007
25
4
/1
$188,097
/$7,523
MY HEART JESS RUNS
$117,089
3
FIRST MOONFLASH, 2005
44
4
/0
$154,633
/$3,514
FLASHTOGLORY
$27,934
4
APOLLITICAL JESS, 2007
29
7
/1
$144,304
/$4,976
KJ WILDTHANG
$21,060
5
SEPERATE INTEREST, 2010
26
7
/1
$112,626
/$4,331
PARKER DAM
$30,634
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