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Ok, so I don’t have sponsors yet.
This was a close decision on Broodmare of the Week but the
winner is Pleas Write because of Once Upon a Song’s win on Sunday and Camp Granada’s placing in the feature
on Saturday (He owes me for my Pick 5 loss by the way).
I was close to giving the award to Risa Walter who foaled a beautiful Caucasian filly with no blaze
with the registered name Ava Wright. Just like with Sadler’s Wells, we all
waited a long time for Richard Wright to become a sire of sires. Risa is much
more than a mom so I didn’t want to insult her as “just” being Broodmare of the
Week. Plus I want her to keep feeding Marva Jean and my Midnight Lute Ferrari.
I met Ava in the paddock last weekend and she is adorable!
Ok, back to horses. A foal of 1992, Pleas Write is by Staff
Writer out the dam Plea (Valid Appeal). Staff Writer, by Northern Dancer, deserves
his own blog entry, which I will write someday. Plea won five races and over
$63,000 in her career. Bred by Diane Kem, Please Write was purchased by Ron
Crockett at the Washington sale in 1993 for $39,000.
Before being retired in 1997, Pleas Write won 6 races and
bankrolled $164,870. She won four stakes
races with one of her biggest wins being in the Boeing Stakes:
(Please (or “Pleas”) note that Carrie Can finished sixth in the Boeing Stakes as she will be a
future “Broodmare of the Week”.)
Pleas Write also won Emerald Breeders’ Cup Distaff in 1996
at Emerald Downs:
Clearly, routes were her forte.
After the Emerald Breeders’ Cup Distaff, Pleas Write placed
in six more stakes races before being retired.
Pleas Write was a very good broodmare producing 9 foals, 7 of which were winners. Her first foal American Writer, by Quiet American, won
over $137,000. Her 2001 foal was Courageous King, by Elusive Quality,
who sold to Wesley Ward and Roger King for $700,000 (Bling! Bling!) at
Keeneland’s 2003 two-year-old in-training sale. I bought an Officer filly named
She Dream’s in Red (It’s a Pearl Jam thing) for $7,000 in 2009. She couldn’t be
broken so she never ran. What I am saying is I would take Courageous King
instead of 100 She Dream’s in Reds (plus my day rate would be $5,500 and we
wouldn’t fill the entry box at all). Courageous King won a stakes race at Del
Mar and, if memory serves me correctly, was a sire for a short period of time.
Pleas Write’s 2002 foal was Don’twritemeoff (a phrase I often tell my wife), by Silver Ghost.
He was a stakes winner and multiple stakes placed.
In 2008 and 2009, Pleas Write had Camp Granada, by Forest Camp, and Once Upon a Song, by Songandaprayer, respectively. Both of these horses possess tons of
speed. Camp Granada ran the co-fastest
first quarter on Saturday (22.04) and Once Upon a Song ran the fastest first
quarter on Sunday (21.81). Hard to believe from a mare that preferred to route,
but Forest Camp and Songandaprayer are contributing to the speed in these
two.
Once Upon a Song won the 8th race on Sunday
running 5.5 Furlongs in 103.25. Once Upon a Song has now won 3 races and over
$26,000.
Diatribe and
Syndrome Alert: No, I didn’t miss Rewritten.
I am just having serious regrets. Will explain shortly. Rewritten, by El Corredor,
won over $111,000, was a stakes winner and was multiple stakes placed. Her
stakes win came in the Washington Lottery Handicap:
After her racing career was over, Rewritten was sent to the
2012 Keeneland November sale. I valued her at roughly $15,000 to $20,000 based
on looks, talent and page (although people are not that high on El Corredor):
She ended up a $9000 RNA. My jaw dropped that nobody bid on
her. For days I pondered making an offer on her, even looking for partners. Not
kidding. I even had a friend in Kentucky go take a picture of her at Margaux
Farms for me:
See, I am not lying. She was a talented horse and I am not
the only one who thought that:
Well, I did not buy her. Robin Mason ended up getting her. I saw her first foal on Monday, a Forestry
colt. What a great looking foal! So now we have Rewritten Syndrome, which is defined as not buying a well-priced
mare, that you know was talented, you always liked, you know you should buy and
the wife doesn’t object to you buying (I married smartly). Regardless, I am
glad Robin has the horse, the foal is a Washington-bred and Rewritten has a
great home in Carnation. Cheers!
Add this to my list of Syndromes (see previous posts). I am
collecting Syndromes, which may actually be another Syndrome. I am pretty sure
I am no longer following the actual definition of Syndrome but I don’t care.
It’s my blog.
Hopefully, Pleas Write will continue to have an impact on Washington racing for years to come.
The dog is snoring and the ice in the whiskey is melting so
I am signing off.
Remember, kids and foals eat free at the Sea Galley:
Let’s increase our handle and always love your animals,
Will
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