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First Down Dash has sired the following World Champions:
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A Classy Chick, the dam of Chicks Beduino, was out of the Thoroughbred mare Mayshego by Mayhego and Mayshego was out of Aegean Goddess by Greek Song.
Sizzling Lil, the dam of Corona Chick, was bought by Robert D. Etchandy of Anaheim, California, as a two year old. Etchandy was known as “Strawberry Bob,” a name he got from the family business
of raising strawberries. Etchandy raced Sizzling Lil and she had a modest race record. She started in seven races with one win, one second and one third. Her second came in the Moon Deck Stakes.
Sizzling Lil could have quit after she foaled Corona Chick, but she didn’t as
she went on to produce 20 foals with 15 starters. They earned $2,245,452 while earning 13 ROM and 14 stakes wins. The 14 stakes races were won by three stakes winners. She also produced three stakes placed runners. She outdid herself when she foaled Corona Kool. This 1997 daughter
of First Down Dash won eight Grade 1 races including the 1999 Los Alamitos Million Futurity-G1. She raced from 1999 to 2003 earning championship honors in 1999 as the Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and in 2001 as the Champion Aged Mare and earning $1,296,797. Sizzling Lil was the 2001 AQHA Broodmare of the Year and she was named an AQHA Dam of Distinction in 2006.
Corona Kool is the dam of 11 ROM runners including stakes winner Triffle, winner of the Mile High Futurity-G3; stakes placed runner Filthy Fast, who was third in the Ed Burke Juvenile Stakes; Mud Skipper, third in the California Spring Stakes; and Cartel Sizzle, who
was third in the California Derby Challenge-G3. Corona Kool is the granddam of Kool Million, winner of the Jens List Jr Memorial California Breeders Stakes, and Stolis Kool Chick, winner of the Northlands Futurity-G3.
Sizzling Lil was sired by Sizzle Te, who was raced by Rulon Goodman of Arizona. Sizzle Te was a three-time stakes winner including the Golden State Derby in 1979. He started in 50 races with 10 wins, three in stakes races, 11 seconds, and he was third four times. He had three stakes placed finishes and set a New Track Record at Bay Meadows going 440 yards in :21.780. His earnings were $226,665. He was trained by Wayne Charlton.
The sire of Sizzle Te was Azure Te TB, a stakes winner of races like the Lakes and
A Ransom, shown winning the
2001 First Down Dash Handicap-G3.
Wave Carver, shown winning the Los Alamitos Super Derby-G1.
Dashing Folly, shown winning the 1997 Mildred Vessels Handicap-G1.
Down With Debt, shown winning the 1995 Spencer L Childers California Breeders Championship-G2.
World Champion, Champion Three Year Old and the Champion Three-Year-Old Colt.
When First Down Dash retired to enter stud, he started a steady rise in the stallion ranks and is now the sire of horses that
have won over $90 million. This includes 259 stakes winners and 37 Champions including four World Champions. His World Champions include A Ransom, Wave Carver, Dashing Folly and Down With Debt. He is the broodmare sire of horses that have won $119,994,881 with 13 Champions including World Champion One Dashing Eagle.
The sire of First Down Dash was Dash For Cash, the 1976 and 1977 World Champion as well as the 1976 and 1977 Champion of Champions-G1 winner. Dash For Cash is the sire of horses that have earned over $39 million with 21 Champion titles and five World Champions in First Down Dash, Dashingly, Dash For Speed, Cash Rate and Dashs Dream.
Dash For Cash was sired by Rocket Wrangler by Rocket Bar TB by Three Bars. Rocket Wrangler was out of Go Galla Go by Go Man Go. The dam of Dash For Cash was Find A Buyer TB by To Market and out of Hide And Seek by Alibhai. The dam of First Down Dash was First Prize Rose by Gallant Jet by Jet Deck and First
Prize Rose was out of Rose Bug by Lady Bug’s Moon.
Chicks Beduino, the sire of Corona Chick, won two stakes races in the Bay Meadows Futurity-G1 and Governor’s Cup Futurity- RG3. He earned $412,099 winning seven of his 14 starts. He entered stud and is today
the eighth leading sire of money earners.
His foals have earned $35,413,134, and his leading money earner is Whosleavingwho ($1,334,842). Chicks Beduino is also the fifth leading broodmare sire of money earners with earnings of $72,413,328. Corona Cash from this family is his leading money earner as a broodmare sire.
The sire of Chicks Beduino was the great Beduino, the Thoroughbred from Mexico that is the all-time leading Thoroughbred sire of Quarter Horses. His leading money earner is Strawberry Silk, winner of $1,266,263. Beduino was sired by Romany Royal by Grey Sovereign by Nasrullah. The dam of Beduino was Jo-Ann- Cat, a daughter of Rejected. Jo-Ann-Cat is out of Quick Eye by Depth Charge.
The dam of Chicks Beduino was A Classy Chick by Chicks Deck by Three Chicks
by Three Bars TB. Three Chicks was out
of Chicado V by Chicaro Bill. The dam of Chicks Deck was Decketta by Top Deck TB. Chicks Deck was a Kansas Futurity winner.
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