{"id":7263,"date":"2009-02-17T23:27:28","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T23:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=7263"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=7263","title":{"rendered":"Retired Mare Series &#8211; 2008 Sim Broodmare of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Where does a horse earn greatness?<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Most people would probably agree that this term is derived from its ability in the field of battle.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In our case, that field is actually oval (or, depending on your viewer of choice, an infinitely long straight line) and is called a \u201ctrack\u201d.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The all-time greats; the Man O\u2019 War\u2019s, the Secretariats, the Native Dancers, all have their sim counterparts; the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Storm Dog\u2019<\/B>s, the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">I Seek U<\/B>\u2019s, the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Allied Assault\u2019<\/B>s.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>When we look at the all-time great Sim horses, whether from memory, the Sim Hall of Fame, or the most recent Breeders Bowl, we think about the greatness that these horses had.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Whether it\u2019s <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">I Seek U\u2019s<\/B> Triple Crown, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Horseshoe Bay<\/B>\u2019s 6 consecutive G1 wins, or the 40 win mark that only 2 horses, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">High Cozzene<\/B> and <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Sister Rum<\/B>, have ever reached, we are reminded of what it is like to achieve an ultimate goal.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>These horses and these records all become a part of Sim legend.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>And it\u2019s something that they all deserve.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Having been a part of the Sim for nearly 1\/3 of my life, I have yet to know the feeling of what it is like to win 1 Grade 1 race, let alone 6 in a row.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>These horses that hold a special place in our Sim hearts are the definition of greatness.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But does that mean that this is the only way that a Sim horse can become an all-time great?<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">With horses now living on in the sim world long after their racing days have ended, retired mare breeding has opened the door to another shot at greatness.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Some would argue that no amount of ability on the part of the mare is involved with the breeding of a sim foal.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>However, the number of sim horses that have given birth to multiple graded stakes winners is likely more rare than winning multiple graded stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>To get one horse to win a graded stakes takes a certain amount of luck.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>To get multiple horses from the same mother to that point requires a lot more.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>By this argument, it is my interpretation that greatness can be achieved in the breeding shed just as it can on the track itself.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So with that, it\u2019s time to take a look at one example of this greatness.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>As voted on the message board to kick off the BTB\u2019s Retired Mare Series, the unofficial <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">2008 Sim Broodmare of the Year<\/B> is\u2026<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Dancer Prospector<\/B>.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Dancer Prospector<\/B> is not a multiple graded stakes winning broodmare.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In fact, she is not even a single graded stakes winning broodmare.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Instead, she has done something that some consider even more impressive.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Out of her 6 children, 4 have earned stakes wins, with a 5<SUP>th<\/SUP> being a 4-time stakes placed horse.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Two of her daughters, one 11 (and still \u201cactive\u201d, although unraced since 2003), and one six, are graded placed.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her youngest daughter, now 3, is the only one of the group who has not gotten into stakes action, but with wins in her last 2 starts (an MSW and an Allowance), it appears that it may only be a matter of time before she gets there herself.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But before we get into the record that the children have put together on the track, let\u2019s take a look at the mare herself.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Dancer Prospector was not a world-beater by any stretch of the imagination.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>What she did have, however, was one of the greatest bloodlines anyone could ask for.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She was a daughter of Mr. Prospector himself, out of a dam by the great Northern Dancer.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It was a dream cross for trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">airjordyn<\/I>, who owned the mare at the beginning of her career.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But while she had the bloodlines to be an all-time great, she didn\u2019t show the special blend of speed and stamina that her bloodlines seemed to suggest.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In fact, it took a while for her to see the track.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A long while.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Trainer airjordyn finally let her off of the pasture and onto the dirt oval at the beginning of her 6 year old year in 2000.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With CD Williams aboard, and entered in an 8f MSW for F-4yo+, Dancer Prospector<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>managed to stay in a stalking position the entire race, finishing 4<SUP>th<\/SUP> by 4 lengths.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Entered in a career-long 10f race for her second run, this time in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, she again held her ground against tiring horses and finished a well-beaten 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Entered in an 8f race 3 weeks later, again in <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, her bloodlines would finally catch up with her.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Going off as the even money favorite in the 8f dirt MSW in a field of 5, and with S Wilkerson aboard, she never strayed too far from the lead.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Going through the first half of the race 1 length back, she grabbed the lead in the far turn and never looked back.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ridden hard the entire stretch, she stayed in front and went on to win by 2.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Airjordyn took the win and moved her up a notch, to NW1x company, while also scaling back the distance to 5.5f in an attempt to take after her father.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Once again at <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, but with 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> different jockey V Mustoe aboard, Dancer Prospector showed no kick during the race, and finished a dull 11<SUP>th<\/SUP>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>From there, it was a 6<SUP>th<\/SUP> and an 8<SUP>th<\/SUP> place finish in 2 different allowances.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Realizing that his horse didn\u2019t quite have what it took to achieve the greatness that all trainers desire, airjordyn entered his well-bred mare into a $40,000 NW3L claimer in NY at 8f.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Dancer Prospector ran another poor race, finishing 7-1\/2 lengths behind the winner in a fourth place effort.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her enticing odds of 4\/1 coupled with her bloodlines, however, encouraged trainer Sanibel to place a claim on her.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Thus, after spending 6 years with her and racing 7 times, trainer airjordyn would no longer be taking care of his mediocre mare.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">New trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Sanibel<\/I> did not have much more luck with the mare than her previous trainer did.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In an effort to get something to click with the new horse, Sanibel switched her from the dirt to the turf, by putting her on a plane from <st1:PlaceName w:st=\"on\">JFK<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=\"on\">Airport<\/st1:PlaceType> in <st1:State w:st=\"on\">New York<\/st1:State> to <st1:PlaceName w:st=\"on\">Berlin<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=\"on\">Airport<\/st1:PlaceType> in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Germany<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Entered in an 8f allowance race, Dancer Prospector did show a little more speed than she had previously, running a career-best 87 speed figure.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Unfortunately, it was not enough to do better than 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP>, beaten by 8 lengths.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So trying to repeat the 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> place performance from earlier in the year, Sanibel sent the mare to <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Ireland<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and entered her in a 10f turf allowance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jockey Z Kentucky earned what would become the final ride aboard Dancer Prospector.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The mare finished a very well beaten 4<SUP>th<\/SUP>, losing by nearly 11 lengths.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So Sanibel returned home to the <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">US<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> with Dancer Prospector, winless in her two European starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It was then that Sanibel decided to test something new within the Sim universe.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Deciding that although the mare was not that good on the track, she had a terrific lineage, and therefore Sanibel opted to use the relatively new breeding system to produce an offspring.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>And with the mating to top stallion Sadler\u2019s Wells, the racing career of Dancer Prospector came to an end.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In her place stood a much stronger horse named Kalahari Gold.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Kalahari Gold<\/B> did something that his mother was not able to.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won his first time out.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Beginning his racing career on July 8, 2000 (as mares give birth to 2yos in the sim world), trainer Sanibel struck \u201cgold\u201d in a 6.5f turf MSW at <st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Newmarket<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Going off at 7\/5 in the 12 horse race, KG cruised to win by 2-1\/4 lengths and an 80 SP, nearly matching his mother\u2019s career best speed.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his third race, the G3 Tiny Toes Stakes, KG had the lead briefly before losing ground to the winner, finishing 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> by 1-1\/4.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ended his 2yo season with his first stakes win, and kicked off his 3yo season with 2 more.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>By the end of his 3yo season, he had 4 stakes wins.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has not raced since 2003, however, where he finished 5<SUP>th<\/SUP> in his 1 start of the year.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">In 2004, with the addition of retired mare breeding, Dancer Prospector\u2019s original owner, airjordyn, jumped at the chance to breed to the now Graded Placed mare.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>To do so, he sent her to Rahy.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The result was a filly named <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Hip Hip Hurrahy<\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Like her half-brother, she broke her maiden in her first start, winning a 4.5f MSW by a head in May of 2004.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It took 5 races before she became a stakes winner, winning a 7f WV stakes race by 1-1\/4 in November of that year.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A switch to the turf in her 3yo year resulted in 4 stakes wins and 3 stakes places, as well as a decent 4<SUP>th<\/SUP> place finish in the G3 Panhandle Oaks.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Aside from one more stakes race for <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:State w:st=\"on\">Vermont<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> residents, Hip Hip Hurrahy has been in allowance company since the end of 2005.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>2008 was a successful year for the now 7yo mare.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Having discovered her affinity for 9f turf races, airjordyn has kept her stabled in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Jamaica<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, running in open allowances.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She started off 2004 with 4 straight wins, the last three of which were all by 1-3\/4 lengths, and all in full or nearly full fields.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Over her next 5 races, she picked up 3 wins and 2 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> place finishes, although these had shorter fields.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The final 5 only resulted in 1 off-the-board finish, a fourth place effort.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Hip Hip Hurrahy was a BP cash-cow in 2008, earning 353 BPs for her trainer.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>She earned $99,053 with a final record of 14:8-3-2, all in 9f turf allowances at <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">Jamaica<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place> with M Chreky aboard.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Airjordyn hoped for his luck to continue as in 2005 he sent Dancer Prospector to Red Ransom, hoping for some more of the turf ability that the two previous breedings had brought.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sure enough, he hit the jackpot again with filly <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Red Rock Lass<\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Unlike her two predecessors, she did not break her maiden on her first try, instead finishing 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> in a dirt sprint in July 2005.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It was her second race that saw her break her maiden, again in a dirt sprint, and she followed that up with a 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> place finish in a stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After not taking home a stakes win in her 2yo season, and starting 1 for 2 in allowances in 2006 as a 3yo, airjordyn sold the horse at auction.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The winning bid of around $4 million went to Donny <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Beisbol<\/I>.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Donny had originally planned to use the horse as a broodmare, he told me while looking highly fashionable in his smoking jacket.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Instead though, he decided to enter his new filly in a 9f stakes on the turf.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There, she picked up her first stakes win, taking the race home by 2.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>2 races later, she ran 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in the G2 Full Moon Handicap.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">In 2008, Red Rock Lass was at the top of her game at the ripe-old age of 6.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After opening the year a little slow, she picked up 2 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> place allowance finishes, running the fastest speeds of her career.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That prompted beisbol, who discovered her ideal distance was 8f, to push her up into stakes level.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There she ran a career best 109 SP, followed by a 108 SP, to win back-to-back stakes races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>An attempt at the G1 Queen Ascot Stakes came up a little short, as Red Rock Lass bounced and finished 5<SUP>th<\/SUP>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ending the year with 3 more stakes, she finished 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP>, 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP>, and 1<SUP>st<\/SUP>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has continued her excellent ways, winning a 7.5f turf stakes to kick off the 2009 campaign, showing signs of good things to come for the bubble-blowing, cheese-kazoo-playing Beisbol.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Overall for 2008, Red Rock Lass earned 83 BPs in her 10 races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She finished the season with a record of 10:3-4-0, with the 3 wins and 2 2nds all coming in stakes races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She earned $126,425.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Breeder-extrodinare airjordyn decided to send Dancer Prospector to freshman sire Midas Eyes in 2006.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The result was a horse named <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Eyes Ore(NY)<\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After finishing 5<SUP>th<\/SUP> in a Freshman Sire Series race, Eyes Ore(NY) broke his maiden in his second attempt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It took 6 races before he became a stakes placed horse, finishing 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> in a 7f dirt stakes in <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Ontario<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>2 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> place stakes finishes ensued to cap off his 2yo season with 3 stakes placings.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He spent all of 2007 in allowance company, picking up a couple of dirt sprint wins.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">2008 started with the same allowance trend that 2007 took for Eyes Ore(NY).<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He began his 4yo season on the turf, with a 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> and a 7<SUP>th<\/SUP> in two attempts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A switch back to the dirt was in order, and airjordyn delivered, trying a 7f dirt allowance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There, he ran a 108 SP, finishing a fast-closing 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Vanning to <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:State w:st=\"on\">Michigan<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> and entered in a 7.5f allowance, Eyes Ore(NY) followed up the previous 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> with an allowance win.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Airjordyn decided to set-up shop in <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:State w:st=\"on\">Michigan<\/st1:State><\/st1:place>, keeping Eyes Ore(NY) in 7.5f allowances at the track there.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his next 4 races, all allowances, he earned 2 wins and 2 seconds, including a 111 SP that was a career high at the time.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This led to a stakes attempt at 7.5f in <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Maine<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, where he once again rattled off a 111 SP but came up just short, finishing 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> by 1-1\/2.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Finally he bounced, finishing 10<SUP>th<\/SUP> in another 7.5f stakes in <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Maine<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in September.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his final 3 races of the year, with 2 in <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:State w:st=\"on\">Ohio<\/st1:State><\/st1:place>, he managed to put together a career-best 113 SP, but was unlucky and only managed a 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> in the 3 races.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Eyes Ore(NY) was another big-BP earner for his mother, picking up 203 BPs in 13 races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The now-5yo had a 2008 record was 13:3-5-1, with 1 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> place stakes effort in 2 tries, earning $80,055.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Heading back to the golden mare, airjordyn once again used his prized mare Dancer Prospector, this time teaming her up with 2007 freshman sire Artie Schiller.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Again he debuted his filly, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Artie\u2019s Prospect(KY)<\/B> in a Freshman Sire Series MSW.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She finished 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP>, earning a birth in the allowance round of the race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Here, she broke her maiden at the 6f dirt distance, running an 80 SP in May and taking the race by a nose.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That began a streak of 4 straight victories, the last of which was a stakes win at 7f in <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">North Dakota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She ended her 2007 2yo season with 6 wins in 9 races.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Artie\u2019s Prospect(KY) opened her 2008 3yo campaign losing an 8.5f dirt allowance by a nose in <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:State w:st=\"on\">Michigan<\/st1:State><\/st1:place>, with L Kraft aboard.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>L Kraft would stay aboard the 3yo in her next two races, winning both allowances at 8.5f and 9f, respectively.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Airjordyn then decided that it was once again time for stakes company, and he sent his filly off to <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:State w:st=\"on\">New Jersey<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> for an 8.5f stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Here she stalked the pace and gained ground at the finish, but came up 1-3\/4 length short and had to settle for 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Airjordyn then returned her to the comfort of L Kraft and the <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Michigan<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> track, where she once again ran in 2 allowances at 8.5f and 9f, finishing 1<SUP>st<\/SUP> and 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in the 2 races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A 9f stakes on a sloppy <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Mississippi<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> track followed, and Artie\u2019s Prospect was able to get up for 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Being in the south and wanting to consolidate, Airjordyn then shipped Artie\u2019s Prospect to his <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Jamaica<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> operation with half-sister Hip Hip Hurrahy.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There, Artie\u2019s Prospect ran 6 more allowances during the year, one at 10f and 1 on the turf, with the others all at 9f on the dirt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>On the dirt in these six, she did not finish out of the money, with one win in the five.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her one turf experiment was a failure and she finished fourth, her only off-the-board showing of the year.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has kicked off 2009 with a win and a 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in 2 allowances.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Artie\u2019s Prospect(KY) picked up 275 BPs in 13 races in 2008. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>For the year, her record was 13:4-5-3. with a 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> and a 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in 2 stakes races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She earned $97,024.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Ending his experiment with freshman sires, airjordyn turned to veteran sire Arch for Dancer Prospector in 2008.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>2yo filly <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Curved(KY) <\/B>made her debut on the turf in August of 2008, with a decent, but not spectacular, 5<SUP>th<\/SUP> place finish.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In a deviation from the norm for Dancer Prospector, Curved(KY) did not break her maiden on her 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> attempt either, finishing 8<SUP>th<\/SUP> in a 6f dirt MSW in <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:State w:st=\"on\">Arkansas<\/st1:State><\/st1:place>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>2 more off-the-board finishes for Curved in turf sprints lead airjordyn to stretch her out to a mile.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It was there that she finally hit her stride.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In her 5<SUP>th<\/SUP> race on December 20, to end her 2yo season, she finally broke through in <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, winning an 8f turf MSW by 1-1\/4.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has shown signs of getting even better, running a career-high 87 SP in her first race as a 3yo in 2009, winning a NW1x allowance by 2 lengths.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Curved(KY) earned 44 BPs in 5 races in 2008.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her record was 5:1-0-0 for $11,309.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>However, she only looks to be improving, with 1 win from 1 start in 2009.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">5 of 6 foals by Dancer Prospector have broken their maiden within 2 starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>All 5 of those have been stakes placed within 6 races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>2 are Graded Placed.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>4 are Stakes Winners.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The two that have not reached that level yet appear to be on the upswing of their careers.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It seems like only a matter of time before the last two earn their stakes wins.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So what gives a horse a claim to greatness?<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Because whatever it is, Dancer Prospector seems to have it.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Dancer Prospector<\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A GREAT broodmare.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>And now, the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><U>unofficial 2008 Sim Broodmare of the Year.<o:p><\/o:p><\/U><\/I><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><o:p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">Coming up next week: A look at some of the other nominees for unofficial 2008 Sim Broodmare of the Year.<\/P><P>\u00a0<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look at one of the best Broodmares the Sim has ever 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