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Linda Earley
Cyber Attack sold at the 2021 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale for $400,000, the third- highest price.
New Mexico, and Oklahoma. While they hoped for good prices, the results far exceeded their wildest dreams.
So So Beautiful, a filly, sold for $520,000 at the Los Alamitos Equine Sale, the top price of the auction and more than double the second- highest price.
“That was a personal best,” said Steve.
“That was so exciting,” Jo added. “We didn’t anticipate that big a number.”
It was especially gratifying to top the Los Alamitos sale because the Burnses partner with Dr. Ed Allred to conduct that sale.
Reminder, another Favorite Cartel- Remember Me Rose filly, topped the Heritage Place Yearling Sale at $450,000, $190,000 above the next-highest price. Cyber Attack, a full brother, sold at the Ruidoso Select Sale for $400,000, the third-highest price.
With multiple foals in one year, placing horses in the right sale can be an art.
“The colt was a nice colt, and they seem to sell better at Ruidoso,” Steve explained.
The other four are fillies, and the Burnses sent one each to Heritage Place and Ruidoso. Usually, Steve and Jo market everything they breed unless a problem arises. Fragrant Rose,
one of the 2020 Favorite Cartel-Remember Me Rose fillies, developed a small injury, and so she missed the sales.
With Remember Me Rose, a foal of 2004, the Burnses decided to keep one of the 2020 fillies for their broodmare band. They selected Temple Court because she was the youngest, with an April 7 foaling date, whereas the older foals would have more time for growth and preparation before the sales.
An Oklahoma-bred daughter of
Corona Cartel out of the Zevi TB mare Im Moonlighting, Remember Me Rose began
her racing career in Mexico, winning her first two starts. Before the end of her 2-year-old season in 2006, she ran second in the Rainbow Futurity-G1, qualified for and ran fifth the All American Futurity-G1, and won the AQHA Juvenile Challenge Championship-G2 and Southwest Juvenile Championship. Remember Me Rose ultimately earned $820,895 and added victories in the Sunland Park Winter Futurity-G2 and Ruidoso Derby-G1.
By the time the Burnses and Markum pur- chased her, Remember Me Rose had produced four foals. Only two had started, and neither had yet won. The first one, Tessta Rossa, became
a stakes winner in Mexico. The second one, Mr Perry Rose, won once. Jabulani, an unstarted 2 year old at sale time, ran third in the 2013 Sam Houston Derby-G3, while Remember Me Jessie, then a weanling, never raced.
Remember Me Rose was on her way to a solid producing career, but had not yet pro- duced anything earthshattering. She continued to do well when the Burnses and Markum bred her to Walk Thru Fire, who stood at Burns Ranch, producing 2018 First Down Dash Derby winner Intense Fire. Remember To Dash, by First Down Dash, was stakes-placed.
As Steve and Jo began breeding Remember Me Rose, they also made a very important purchase, buying half of Favorite Cartel when
As Steve and Jo began breeding Remember Me Rose, they also made
a very important purchase, buying half of Favorite Cartel when he retired from racing in late 2011.
Remember Me Rose winning the 2007 Ruidoso Derby.
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Reminder topped the 2021 Heritage Place Yearling Sale at $450,000, $190,000 above the next-highest price.
Myriam Maynard
Ruidoso Downs
William Zuazo, Speedhorse