Knightmare’s Breeding Corner

Retired Mares of the Breeder’s Bowl Part III

This week the Breeding Corner will take a look at the retired mares that have produced runners in this year’s Breeder’s Bowl Turf Juvenile, and the Breeder’s Bowl Turf Filly Juvenile. Again we will not be looking at he mares just taking a look at the actual retired mares.

Turf Juvenile

Eleven of the fourteen runners here are by retired mares. One he mare produced a runner and the other two were scratch breds.

Overpass Kitty (Fuzzy Rainbow) – Storm Cat X dam Ginger Bridge by Darshaan (ENG). Ginger Bridge, Overpass Kitty’s dam, had one win in twelve starts with a career high speed figure of 91. She has three total offspring and only Overpass Kitty had any success on the track. Overpass Kitty had four life time wins, was stakes placed with just over $125,000 in lifetime earnings. Her career high speed figure was 95. She has produced three total foals. Her four year old is by Broad Brush and is an ok runner but more was probably expected. Her three year old looks like a very solid runner by Forty Niner with a couple of recent 100+ speed figure races in allowance company. Finally she has produced Overpass Kitty here.

Sonoma (Cronus (IRE)) – Forty Niner X he-mare Familiar by Danzig. The He mare Familiar was a five time winner, stakes placed, earned over $145,000 and had a top speed figure of 96. Sonoma here was a twelve time winner including two stakes and placing in a grade II. She was super fast with a high speed figure of 114 and earned over $280,000 on the track. Cronus (IRE) is her first offspring.

Two Mile Victory (IRE) (Vermont Victory) – Theatrical (IRE) X dam Ralph’s Rattles by Pleasant Colony. Ralph’s Rattles had one win in six starts with a top speed figure of 71. Her only off spring is Two Mile Victory. Two Mile Victory (IRE) had one win in nine starts with a career high speed figure of 70. Two Mile has three off spring. The first one is a five year old by War Chant that was retired after two starts with speed figures under 50. Her three year old is by Red Bullet and has two wins but over all not that good. Then she produced Vermont Victory by Two Punch.

Blue Claw (Tiderunner) – Dixieland Band X Seattle Slew. Blue Claw had just two career wins with just over $50,000 in earnings. Her career best speed figure was a 99. Tiderunner by Pulpit is her first offspring.

Pretty View (Awesome Angel) – Old Trieste X dam Their Dads by Fabled Monarch. Their Dads was a two time winner with a top speed figure of 88. Pretty View was Their Dads only offspring. Pretty View had four career wins, earning over $80,000 and a career high speed figure of 90. Awesome Angel by Awesome Again is her first offspring.

Not Approving (Always Improving) – Silver Deputy X With Approval. Not Approving had three lifetime wins, earning over $75,000 and a career high speed figure of 92. She has one other offspring, a three year old by Nickelmine (AUS). The three year old has two career wins and less than $30,000 in earnings in sixteen starts. Always Improving won this year’s Breeder’s Bowl Turf Juvenile.

Unukalhai (GB) (Hopes and Fears) – In the Wings (GB) X dam Con Shannon by Polar Falcon. Con Shannon had one win from six starts with a career high speed figure of 64. Unukalhai (GB) was winless in ten starts with a career high speed figure of 61. That is two horrible mares that together now have produced a graded winner and a graded placed runner. Unukalhai (GB) has three total offspring. Her first is a four year old by Down the Aisle who won a grade II as a three year old. She has a three year old horribly inbred to Sadler’s Wells with High Chaparral (IRE) as the sire. Then she has Hopes and Fears and graded placed runner by Grand Slam.

Muse (Fantastic Muse) – Danzig X he mare Texas Rain by Rainbow Quest. Texas Rain was a three time winner of over $50,000 and had a career high speed figure of 88. Muse was a four time winner including a stakes race. She also placed in several races even a grade II. She earned over $200,000 with a career best speed figure of 102. Fantastic Muse is her only off spring so far and is already a graded winner.

Out of this World (Bead Two (GB)) – Spinning World X he mare Tilting Plus Tie (IRE) by Black Tie Affair (IRE). Tilting Plus Tie was a five time winner four of those grade III events. He won $479,000 with a career high speed figure of 117. That did not carry over to the track for Out of this World as she only had one win in seven starts with a career high 80 speed figure. The he mare has seemed to translate to success for Out of this World as a dam. She has three offspring two stakes winners one graded. She has a four year old by Beat Hollow (GB) that retired after six lifetime wins three of which were stakes with over $260,000 in earnings. Her three year old by General Meeting was retired after just three starts with one win and showed some promise. Then her two year old Bead Two (GB).

Bonezig (IRE) (Pub Crawl (IRE)) – Giant’s Causeway X dam Bomba by Danzig. Bomba won one start from seventeen tries with a high speed figure of 81. Her dam The Air won one of six. Bonezig (IRE) won twice and had a career best speed figure of 85. Pub Crawl (IRE) is her first offspring and comes from a long line of below average mares.

Mother Virtuous (Omerta Code) – Gone West X Mill Reef. Omerta Code had two life times wins, was stakes placed, earned over $90,000 on the track and had a career high speed figure of 103. That has translated into success has she has produced a stakes winner and a graded stakes winner in her first three off spring. She has a six year old retired mare by Nureyev that was a stakes winner and has produced a stakes winner herself. Her three year old by Awesome Again has not lived up to expectations. Omerta Code by Sadler’s Wells has had a hell of start to his career.

Filly Turf Juvenile

Half the juvenile field here of seven runners were by retired mares. One was by a he mare and the other six were scratch breds.

Queen Bluffy (Jaca) – Gone West X Roberto. Queen Bluffy won five times in twelve races. She had three stakes wins and one grade III win. She earned over $180,000 in earnings with a career high speed figure of 106. She has four offspring. Her first two were not so good. She has a seven year old by Generous (IRE) who had one win. She has a four year old by Kayf Tara (GB) who has three wins. Her last two are stakes winners. Her three year old is by Hennessy has won three of four lifetime. Her two year old Jaca is by Mt. Livermore and won this race.

Welldonecarson (Carson Touch (NZ)) – Sadler’s Wells X Carson City. Welldone won seven races lifetime scoring three graded stakes wins. She earned over $260,000 on the track with a lifetime best 110. She has two offspring. Her three year old is by Point Given and was disappointing on the track with just one win. Carson Touch is by Zabeel (NZ) and has pretty good so far finishing third in the Breeder’s Bowl.

Louis’s Birds (Vindictive Force) – Forty Niner X Storm Bird. Louis’s Bird won six times including a stakes race. She won over $160,000 on the track with a career high speed figure of 106. She has five offspring. Her oldest was a six year old by Lemon Drop Kid who had one win. She has a four year old by Doneraile Court who has six wins and is a solid allowance runner. Her three year old is by Orientate who has one win. Of course her two year old here by Vindication who ran second in this race.

Linda Front (Cryin Shame (IRE)) – Nureyev X Wajima. This mare was unraced. She has produced a stakes paced runner and a stakes winner. Her three year old is by Harlan’s Holiday and is stakes placed with a few allowance wins. Then her two year old here by Street Cry (IRE) who is a stakes winner.

Gordie’s Seattle (Torch Song) – Seattle Slew X Alydar. Gordie’s Seattle was a six time winner including three grade I wins. She earned over $375,000 in purses and had a career best speed figure of 109. She has a three year old by Gulch who has been solid. Then of course her two year old here by Woodman.

Niner Niner (The Blue Sword (GB)) – Forty Niner X Alzao. Niner Niner had one career race a second in a maiden special weight with an 82 speed figure. She has just two offspring and both are stakes winners. Her three year old is by Brahms. Her two year old here is by Diesis (GB).

Otto Judge (Ransom) – Danehill X he mare Diligent Judge by Machiavellian. Diligent Judge won eleven times, over $130,000 in purses and had a career high speed figure of 111. Otto Judge had just one win from only five starts with a high speed figure of 83. Ransom is her only offspring. Ransom is by Red Ransom and is a stakes winner.

Looking at all these mares over the last few weeks it becomes obvious that the mares that continue to produce good runner after good runner were also good on the track. There was only one mare that produced a Breeder’s Bowl runner that has produced well but did not run well on the track. There were several mares that were not good at all on the track but in their first offspring they found success.

18 of these retired mares were stakes winners on the track. They have produced 46 foals. 15 graded stakes winners (33%) 2 graded placed, 7 were listed stakes winners and another 3 are stakes placed. So 27 of the 46 foals (59%) have found some sort of stakes success.

Of the 34 other mares they produced 78 foals. 25 are graded stakes winners (32%), 2 graded placed, 12 listed stakes winners and 4 stakes placed runners. So that is 43 of 78 foals (55%) that have had stakes success. Not a lot of difference in total numbers wise but consider that 18 stakes winning mares produced 15 graded stakes winners (83%) versus 34 non stakes winning mares producing 25 graded stakes winners (74%).

Also consider just ten of the 34 non stakes winning mares were able to produce more than one successful foal. Another characteristic the 34 non stakes winning mares have is that of the 24 that have only produced one stakes level runner 20 did it with their very first foal and have produced nothing else to speak of.

 I hope you enjoyed a look at the retired mares that produced Breeder’s Bowl runners in 2005.