A. After the Arco Iris Lodge in Monteverde, Costa Rico
B. After Beaverton, Oregon's first charter school, Arco Iris
C. Because in Spanish Arco Iris means "Rainbow"
D. Named after the 1960's and 1970's influential Argentinian rock band Arco Iris.
If you answered C you might be right, but you clearly have not read my blog before. I am guessing it is D because I imagine Homestretch Farms blares 1960s Argentinian rock when they are breaking horses. And come on, do you really want me to put up pictures of rainbows or these guys?
That is what I thought. Am I the only one who thinks this is actually an Argentinian version of Spinal Tap? This one goes to 11.
A few things about the band Arco Iris and how they correlate to the Homestretch Farms team:
Gustavo Santaolalla: Lead Singer (This is the Jim Penney of the Group. The front man.)
Guillermo Bordarampe: Bass (Bryson Cooper. Keeps everything in background going smoothly.)
Ara Tokatlian: Flutes (I won't insult anybody by saying they are the flute player. There were too many flutes in Jethro Tull which I had to listen to in college.)
Alberto Cascino: Drums (Kay Cooper. The drummer of the band is the glue that holds everything together and runs the operation. She starts and ends each race just like the drummer starts and ends every song).
Danais Wynnycka: Chorus (The horses. The background voice of the stable).
And now that I stretched all logic to make these analogies we can move on. But one more picture first:
That is quality stuff. At least they found razors in their career.
Let's look back at Rainbow Writer, the dam of Arco Iris, who was both a good runner and broodmare. Rainbow Writer is by Staff Writer out of the Pinjara mare Follow the Rainbow. Rainbow Writer was purchased by Jack Fabulich for $7,500 at the 1986 WTBA Summer Sale. Rainbow Writer won over $91,000 in 56 (yes, 56) starts showing some good durability. She was ridden by Bryson Cooper and trained by Jim Penney.
Rainbow Writer was retired in 1992 to the Homestretch broodmare band. It is safe to say she had a pretty good broodmare career. Her best horse, Edneator, is not the topic of this post, but he was Rainbow Writer's best offspring. He won over $273,000 in his career. Most importantly, Edneator won the 2000 Longacres Mile at 44-1. Edneator won 3 Stakes Races in his career.
Rainbow Writer, who only had 6 foals, had only one other Black-Type Winner, Arco Iris.
Arco Iris was by Basket Weave, who is an excellent Broodmare Sire in this region (Coup de Foudre and Julia Rose for instance are by Basket Weave. By the way, Coup de Foudre translates to "Cup of de Foudre" or "Love at First Sight," your pick).
Arco Iris raced over 4 seasons earning almost $80,000. She won the 1994 John and Kitty Fletcher Stakes. She raced for Homestretch Farms for her entire career, which can be viewed here:
After her career she joined the broodmare band for Homestretch. She had her first foal in 2009. By Yankee Gentlemen, I Keep Saying set a world record on Sunday running 6.5 Furlongs in 1:12.94 with splits of 22.01, 43.89, 1:06.82 and 1:12.94. You can see why she was Broodmare of the Week now. I mean 1:06.82 for 6 Furlongs. That is insanely fast.
In 2010, Arco Iris had a colt by Delineator. Named So Legit, the now gelding has had 6 starts with 1 win and 2 second-place finishes.
In 2012, Arco Iris had a filly by Harbor the Gold named Let it Flo. Let it Flo has only raced once in a Maiden……hold on, you want more Arco Iris photos? Ok:
Clearly they think En Vivo should be Horse of the Year. It also appears they brought the mother of the Red Woman from Game of the Throne's to be part of the band in the late 70s.
Back to the important stuff.
…….Special Weight race.
In 2013, Arco Iris had a Harbor the Gold Colt. After being barren in 2014, we are expecting an Arco Iris foal from Heatseeker in 2015.
I am sure there is more to hear from this mare in the future.
Always Love Your Animals,
Will
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