Hope everyone had a great opening weekend. The weather was
nice and kudos to Emerald for getting the meet off to a good start. No matter how much you lost last weekend
always remember the score was 43-8.
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Every Tuesday my goal is to write a little bit about the Washington-bred winners of the races
from the previous weekend. There were 9 Washington-bred winners from the 21
races this weekend.
Replays of all the races can be seen here:
Race 1 Saturday:
Won by Poly Squat in 110.43. Poly Squat is by Raise the Bluff who stands at El Dorado Farms and is out of the
mare Radio Caroline who resides at Griffin Place. Poly Squat was bought for
$14,000 at the WTBOA sale and was bred by Griffin Place. Poly Squat has a
yearling full sibling that was born on February 15 of last year. Other winners
from Radio Caroline include Rhinghals (Matty G) and Mrs. U (Horse Chestnut).
Race 3 Saturday:
Ouch! Redsolocup, besides being well
named, burned me on the Pick 4. Hurts even more that I used to own 10% of the
dam, Trainingat the Bar. Plus, I love
bars so much. How could I not include him? Now along with Scat Daddybaby Syndrome (see prior post) there is Redsolocup Syndrome, which is defined
as not including a horse in your Pick 4 or 5 investments when you used to own part
of the family. Lesson learned. Congrats
to Warlock Stables and Scott’s Horseplayers Racing Club. They also get Owners’
and Breeders’ awards for the win, which can be a really nice check at the end
of the year. The sire, Demon Warlock, recently moved from Washington to Arizona:
Trainingat the Bar was claimed for $25,000 on April 17, 2008
out of a race at Bay Meadows by Horseplayers Racing Club. Trainingat the Bar
had a full to Redsolocup on February 4.
Race 5 Saturday: River
of Aces goes wire-to-wire in 103.32 for the 5.5 Furlongs. She is by Sam’s
Ace out of Itsrivertime. River of Aces,
a very solid mare, got away with the second slowest 4 Furlong time of the day (45.94)
for a sprint race (the slowest was a Maiden $5,000 in the 10th race
which went in 46.31). She certainly picked it up the next furlong and a half (17.8).
The Essex family picks up both an Owners’ and Breeders’ bonus for this nice
Washington-bred.
Watch for Table of
Gold the next few races. Closed into a slow pace and was wide on the turn.
Race 8 Saturday:
Won by Whistle Cat who ran the
fastest 5.5 Furlongs of the day in 102.88 (Lotta Attitude went in 102.99 in a Maiden
Special Weight in Race 4). Running for REV racing, Whistle Cat is by Parker’s
Storm Cat out of Whistle Tester (Dunant-IRE). Parker’s Storm Cat has led the
Washington-sire list for the last several years:
The dam Whistle Tester placed in three stakes races in
Grants Pass (I lived in Grants Pass for one year where we had a pet goat named
Barney) including a win in the HPBA Au Revoir Handicap. She also placed in the
Crooked River Round Up Stakes at Prineville. As we learned from the last post,
all roads lead back to Prineville:
Whistle Tester has a 2 year-old by Parker’s Storm Cat and was
bred back to that stallion this year.
Saturday Times:
Fastest ¼ Mile: Freedomofthehills and Camp Granada – 22.04
Fastest ½ Mile: He’s Zuberrific – 44.85
Fastest 5 Furlongs: Whistle Cat – 56.86
Fastest 5.5 Furlongs: Whistle Cat – 102.88
Race 1 Sunday: Won by Bella
Angelina in 104.24. By Raise the Bluff (2 winners on the weekend) standing
at Eldorado Farm:
Bella Angelina’s dam is Walkin’ With Angie. Walkin’ with
Angie was a $30,000 Keeneland September purchase by Ron Crockett. Angie had
four winners as a dam.
Please note that Cielo
Dulce is the dam of the second place finisher Sweet Saga. I plan on having a “Broodmare of the
Week” post on this blog and Cielo Dulce is a likely candidate in future weeks.
She has a very interesting family that includes new stallion Graydar.
Race 4 Sunday:
Won by Charlie’s Gold in 57.34.
Owned and bred by a man of similar height to me, Keith Swagerty. We were also both
drafted by the New York Knicks:
Charlie’s Gold is by Liberty Gold out of Ruthies Inlaws.
Ruthies Inlaws made over $75,000 and produced 6 winners.
Race 6 Sunday:
Clearly named after Enumclaw, Hip Hop
City won the 6th Race in 57.19. Bred by the Gibsons, Hip Hop
City is by the Carson City stallion Waiting Game out of Hip Hop Blue. Hip Hop
Blue has a two-year old by Formal Gold and a three-year old by Lost Canyon that
has yet to start.
Race 7 Sunday:
No Washington-bred winner in this race but I thought there were two potential
claims Sunday. One was Say Say. So I
just wanted to brag I was right. I was humbled when the other claim did not happen.
More on the mare Knight Weave in the future as she is a potential subject for
“Broodmare of the Week.”
Race 9 Sunday:
A very nice win by Strawberry Dawn
for the Spooners. She won by over eight lengths in 103.08. The Spooners are
also the breeders so they get a double bonus. By California sire Tribal Rule,
Strawberry Dawn is out of Ruby Dawn (Pioneering). Ruby Dawn placed in five
stakes races:
She’s already produced Lilly’s a Jewel (You and I) who won
over $60,000 at the track. Ruby Dawn has an unraced two-year old filly by
Harbor the Gold and had a full sister to Strawberry Dawn this year. Strawberry
Dawn seems stakes bound after that performance.
Race 10 Sunday:
Won by the well-named Spot on Babe
in 102.15, which was the fastest time for 5.5 Furlongs for the weekend. Spot on
Babe took control from the start and did not look back. She is sired by Tribal
Rule (two wins in a row for that sire on Sunday) and out of Irene’s Bonus Baby
who won the Barbara Shinpoch back in 2006. On top of that, Irene’s Bonus Baby’s
2009 offspring, Century Union, won a race at Turf Paradise yesterday. Irene’s
Bonus Baby has a two-year old by Private Gold, a yearling by Papa Clem and is
expecting a Coast Guard foal this year.
Sunday Times:
Fastest ¼ Mile: Once Upon a Song - 21.81
Fastest ½ Mile: Spot
on Babe - 44.31
Fastest 5 Furlongs: Spot
on Babe - 55.91
Fastest 5.5 Furlongs: Spot on Babe - 102.15
That is it for now. Next post will focus on the other
higher-class races from the weekend.
Have a good week and always
love your animals.
Will
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