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World Champion Tailor Fit, by Strawfly Special, winning the 2001 Champion of Champions-G1 at Los Alamitos
2013 World Champion Last To Fire, out of Last Shall Be First by Strawfly Special, winning the Vessels Maturity-G1 at Los Alamitos
the 1987 Champion 3-Year-Old Filly. Her produce record has made her an AQHA Dam of Distinction with 22 foals earning
16 ROM from 18 starters. This includes five stakes winners and two AQHA Champions in Special Phoebe and Heartswideopen, the 2007 All American Futurity winner. Her other stakes winners are Dashingfordestiny, Furyofthewind and Solid Demand. Her foals earned $2,371,102. Dashing Phoebe was sired by Dash For Cash and out of Phoebes Moon Bug by Lady Bugs Moon.
Hes Relentless got a great start as a sire
as the Leading Freshman sire of 2019. He sired 75 starters, 59 ROM, 11 stakes winners and five stakes placed runners. They earned $2,123,119. His eleven stakes winners include TQHA Sale Futurity-G2 winner Relentless Dynasty, Oklahoma Futurity-G2 winner EC Revenge, and Ruidoso Downs Juvenile Championship-G3 winner Rrelentless. His other stakes winners include Black Gold 350 Futurity winner Mr Dillard, Minnesota Stallion Breeders Futurity winner Tipsy Girl B, Iowa Double Gold Futurity winner Relentless Cowboy, Minnesota Futurity winner Beep Zoom, Heartland Futurity winner Merciless Fire, Golden Spike Futurity winner Valentina Relentless, Remington Park Juvenile Stakes winner Relentless Gun, and Granite Mountain Futurity winner Determined Cowboy.
Hes Relentless has continued his success as a sire by finishing third in 2020 as a second-year leading sire and he was third in 2021 as a third-year leading sire of money earners. He is now the third leading sire
of money winners for 2022. He has sired horses that have earned nearly $10 million with 213 ROM, 30 stakes winners and now he is an All American Futurity winning sire.
Steve Holt started with modest means and has now risen to co-breeder of an All American Futurity winner. He had some interesting thoughts on this, “You’ve got to believe in what you do. This is what
I try to tell people - that everybody has
a different budget in this industry. The working individual who can afford maybe one good mare. But I made the mistake of diluting my funds and went after more than I should, so at first, I took off in the wrong spot, but you have to learn in life.”
Holt early on in the interview expressed his feelings about horses this way, “I love horses and think they are remarkable animals.” It was this love of horses that has now given him the All American Dream along with Jeff Jones, Heath Taylor and James Flores. They can all thank a mare named Fontana Beaujolais that set this family of horses on the right path to win the 2022 All American Futurity G1.
2-Time World Champion Sire Strawfly Special, the sire of Hes Relentless dam This Dreams Flying.
thirds. He earned $222,920. He went on to be a successful sire with earners of over $25 million. His leading money earner is Tailor Fit, the 1999 and 2001 World Champion, Champion Aged Horse and Champion Aged Gelding. Strawfly Special is the broodmare sire of horses that won over $49 million with his leading money earner being Last To Fire, the 2013 World Champion, Champion Aged Horse and Champion Aged Gelding. Strawfly Special was sired by Special Effort, the All American Triple Crown winner, and he is out of Fly In The Pie by All American Futurity winner Pie In The Sky.
Dashing Phoebe, the dam of This Dreams Flying who is the dam of Hes Relentless, raced from 1985 to 1987 running 20 races with eleven wins, three seconds and one third earning $609,553. She won five stakes, including the Kansas Futurity-G1, Sun Country Futurity-G1, Kansas Derby-G1, Rainbow Silver Cup-G1 and Go Together Handicap. Dashing Phoebe was named
the 1986 Champion 2-Year-Old Filly and
Dashing Phoebe, the dam of This Dreams Flying who is the dam of Hes Relentless, winning her 1985 All American Futurity trial.
Dashing Phoebe produced Champions
Special Phoebe, shown winning the 1995 O B Heartswideopen, shown winning the 2007 Cockerell Handicap-G3 at The Downs of Albuquerque All American Futurity.
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