Bargie Two Year Old Sprint MSW
Bargain Bred Series Two Year Old Showcase
Maiden Special Weight
Four and one half furlongs
Firm Turf
$50,000
All horses, 2 years old — RESTRICTED TO PARTICULAR OWNERS
Happy Bargie Day!
The gate swings open for a full field of twenty bargains in celebration of Bargie Day. I’m looking forward to Morgan’s announcements of the category winners from the 2011 BBRS season! Today’s race is all unraced juveniles, as one might expect. And since bargains can only be scratch bred, we can’t even evaluate their sim dams. So I’ll take a look at each sire/damsire pair and hope to provide some useful info. You won’t believe the number of juvenile sires represented either! Tough one to write about. But I’ll be wagering on IDABELS PRINCE(IRE) based on the nice sire and the interesting damsire.
PP Horse ID Horse Owner Jockey Odds
1 103888 THREE D VISION(CAN) lglong G Wolfe 12/1
(COURT VISION x INDY FILM x LAMMTARRA)
I don’t know the story behind this sire, but he’s currently listed as 2yo only, yet he has two 3yo offspring. Anyhow, his only winner prefers turf sprints, so that helps. Indy Film has produced dirt sprinters as both a sire and damsire.
2 44074 ZIKES CLINT(MN) zikes R Raish 17/1
(EASTWOOD DACAT x KING’S BEST(IRE) x SLEWDLEDO)
We’ll see who comes out on top, this guy or his half brother, #17 CLINT(MN). The sire has four winners from eight starters, and they have liked turf just fine. As a Storm Cat/Gone West sire, there should be speed available as a trait.
3 195481 ITZOFFTOTHERACES(IRE) hawkk3 W Mincy 12/1
(ZOFFANY (IRE) x BERING(GB) x AIR DE
Brand-new sire whose only 2yo to start ran a 74 on turf. Bering has actually tipped dirt route as a damsire.
4 125386 FOUL LANGUAGE(AUS) rizza14 K McNickle 26/1
(MAGIC ALBERT (AUS) x
Sire’s only stakeswinner won that race as a young juvenile in a turf sprint. Kingston Rule, as a Secretariat son, seems more stamina-oriented.
5 111980 IDABELS PRINCE(IRE) clyde4 L Sandstrom 25/1
(STRATEGIC PRINCE x IDABEL x RUDIMENTARY)
The sire is underrated in the sim, with 12 stakeswinners, and he is all about the turf sprint game. Damsire has an excellent stakeswinner in that role who loved short grass, but that was in the 2001 foal crop, so it’s hard to go on.
6 114752 FALSE ANGEL(IRE) oasisdream S Joseph 12/1
(DARK ANGEL x CHINEUR (FR) x POLISH PATRIOT)
Sire is a son of Acclamation and has appropriate stats for this type of race, if no big winners. Damsire’s only winner in that role likes the turf, but he has skewed a little dirt as a sire.
7 124987 TIN TAX(SAF) safbb2 L Molinero 10/1
(BRAVE TIN SOLDIER x ARTAX x NORTHERN GUEST)
New sire has three starters already, and two were pretty fast on dirt. And he is a Storm Cat/Mr. Prospector. Artax was, of course, a fast one, and his daughters have been throwing pretty well for turf sprinting.
8 18843 DATE WITH THE DR.(LA) bargainben P Miller 14/1
(DUE DATE x DR FONG x FREUD)
Another new sire with three starters; all ran moderately on dirt. Dr Fong gets about 50% winners as a sire and as a damsire.
9 120484 KARAKA TEAU(AUS) abargain1 F Miller 14/1
(BENETEAU (AUS) x CENTAINE (AUS) x BOLD REASON)
The freshman sires keep coming, this one with just one starter on dirt. Centaine has not produced many big horses, but is suited to this type of race.
10 105319 BOLD GEORDIES(IRE) kingire Y Reveiz 18/1
(GEORDIELAND (FR) x HIGH ECHELON x PERSIAN BOLD(IRE))
First offspring to race by this new sire, but the sire of the sire, Johann Quatz, has shown a propensity in the sim for this surface and distance. Damsire’s get certainly have speed, but are heavily dirt-oriented, and no stakeswinners among them.
11 82735 ALBUM REVIEW(CZE) foxon6 E Seifert 10/1
(SUESTADO (GER) x BOLGER x NOBLE
Second starter for yet another new sire, but as a Monsun/Darshaan, doesn’t that scream distance? On the other hand, Bolger’s only recent stakewinner as a damsire was a turf sprinter, but that was back in the 2006 crop.
12 195611 TOO MUCH HUMOR(NY) debargain B Goodwin 18/1
(JUSTENUFFHUMOR x VISION AND VERSE x LUCKY NORTH)
Two in Justenuffhumor’s first crop are stakesplaced as turf sprinters, but overall the whole pedigree just looks more dirt. The sire has a dirt stakeswinner as well.
13 115688 MAJOR OFFENSE(AUS) seamhead74 N Kirk 13/1
(DEMERIT (AUS) x CHOISIR (AUS) x SHERNAZAR(IRE))
Ho hum, another freshman; this one’s two starters finished off the board on turf. But Choisir is where the action’s at for this type of race, and can produce quality at a reasonable sim price.
14 122299 PIOUS NATIVE(SAF) safbb2 T Culpepper 14/1
(ANTONIUS PIUS x MILL NATIVE x OLDEN TIMES)
Could be looking at a future bargie winner, as Antonius Pius has gotten some good ones, but this one might need longer races. Mill Native is Exclusive Native/Mill Reef, so it’s hard to tell where he might fall turf vs. dirt-wise, and indeed as a sire he was more turf, and as a damsire more dirt.
15 103071 GO TURPIN(ENG) hofman G McHale 30/1
(DICK TURPIN x DANE FRIENDLY x LIT DE JUSTICE)
First offspring by a modestly bred sire, and Dane Friendly hasn’t done much, but at least has the pedigree power of Danehill behind him.
16 112066 PLEASE GO(PA) bella08 Ja
(SENOR SWINGER x UMATILLA(NZ) x KRIS KIN)
Sire’s two stakeswinners are both in turf sprints, even though his overall percentage is about even between surfaces. Recently retired Umatilla had a productive enough sire career in the sim, but did skew to the longer races. He’s not been much of a force as a damsire.
17 37308 CLINT(MN) hkhofman D Walker 16/1
(EASTWOOD DACAT x ELVSTROEM (AUS) x DUEL)
The other one by this obscure Minnesota sire, and this one has the help of Elvstroem, a stakes producer as both a sire and damsire. That said, Elvstroem’s best seem to be a little more middle distance at least.
18 110319 FOXBOROUGH LADY(PA) lebowski00 K Roth 12/1
(OFFLEE WILD x AD VALOREM x ROYAL ROBERTO)
I’ve been following Offlee Wild since he had that good real-life sire crop (haven’t used him yet…). He’s produced well enough in the sim, but quite “dirty”! Ad Valorem had a big year as a sire back in 2008, with three stakeswinners, and overall his offspring have been versatile. But there’s not much to go on as a damsire.
19 67994 GEORDIE DAZZLER(IRE) court1 R Rickford 14/1
(GEORDIELAND (FR) x RED DAZZLER (AUS) x RESTLESS NATIVE)
The other one by this freshman sire has Red Dazzler as a damsire. That one has been quite remarkable on the sire side, with three stakeswinners for a 5% strike rate in that regard. They’ve been more successful on the route trip, though, to the tune of 70% of earnings. And apparently Red Dazzler has not a single damsire product!
20 125191 KARUTA QUEEN(AUS) rizza14 I Farlow 23/1
(SHELLSCRAPE (AUS) x NASHAGLO x BISCAY(AUS))
Strangely named sire has – wow! – ten starters all ready, and the only earner was on dirt. Shellscrape’s sire, Dane Shadow, gets some sprinters in the sim, and maybe the Snippets blood will help too. Nashaglo was born in 1974, and harkens back to the Nashua/Intentionally sirelines. He’s been rarely used, but at least has a decent winning percentage.