8% stakes winners and 15% black type horses to starters
Lifetime statistics: 155 black type horses, 78 stakes winners, 26 Graded stakes winners, 5 champions, and progeny earnings of $74 million
2024 racing: AMOROSA, winner of the $110,000 Iowa Cradle S.; Mike J, runner-up in the Gary P. Palmisano Memorial S.; Hermoso Hombre, third in the Limehouse S.; 2YO Great Andrei, third in the Blue Hen S.; etc.
2023 racing: LUCYLOU WHO, winner of the Original Gold S. and West Virginia Cavada Breeders’ Classic S.; Massif, runner-up in the Laurel Futurity; Mesa Moon, runner-up in the TRAO Classic Sprint S.; Summer Day, placed in the Indian Maid H.; Mike J, placed in the Gary P. Palmisano Memorial S. and third in the Louisiana Champions Day Sprint S.; Jonny B Goney, placed in the Northern Lights Futurity; Knickersinatwist, placed in the Susquehanna Valley S.; winners at Aqueduct, Woodbine, Sam Houston, Charles Town, etc.
2022 racing: PROVEN STRATEGIES, runner-up in the Select S.; Lucylou Who, runner-up in the Its Binn Too Long S.; Ima Sky Traveler, runner-up in the Bara Lass S.; Gentleman Joe, placed in the John B. Campbell S.; Mike J, placed in the Louisiana Champions Day Sprint S.; etc.
2021 racing: SCARLETT SKY, winner of the Transylvania S. (G3); SWEET BYE AND BYE, winner of the Sand Springs S. and runner-up in the Marshua’s River S. (G3); MOUNT ASGARD, winner of the CTHS Sales S.; PROVEN STRATEGIES, placed in the Connaught Cup (G3) and runner-up in the Red Bank S.; 2YO filly Belarus, runner-up in the Lady Finger S.; Mesa Moon, runner-up in the Oklahoma Classics Sprint S.; Summer Day, runner-up in the Mike Spellman Memorial S.; Cielo d’Oro, placed in the Bison City S. and the Wonder Where S.; etc.
2020 racing: PROVEN STRATEGIES, winner of the Toronto Cup S. and runner-up in the Pennine Ridge S. (G2); HIGHLAND GLORY, winner of the Sanibel Island S. and runner-up in the Wonder Again S. (G3); SKY PROMISE, winner of the Temperence Hill S.; HIGHLAND SKY, runner-up in the Bowling Green S. (G2); EYEINTHESKY, runner-up in the Royal North S. (G2); SWEET BYE AND BYE, placed in the Noble Damsel S. (G3); etc.
Named a 2020 Value Sire by the TDN: “You couldn’t prove a mare at a better fee.”
4 Juvenile Stakes Winners in 2019: 2YO filly PERFECT ALIBI, winner of Spinaway S. (G1) and Adirondack S. (G2); FLY SO PRETTY, winner of the Stewart Manor S.; IRISH MIAS, winner of the Laurel Futurity; MERU, winner of the Smoke Glacken S. and runner-up in the Nashua S. (G2)
Other stakes horses in 2019: HIGHLAND SKY, winner of the John’s Call S. and placed in the Belmont Gold Cup Inv. S. (G2); SKY PROMISE, winner of the John Bullit S.; EYEINTHESKY, winner of the Galway S. and Mizdirection S.; WORKAHOLIC, winner of the Cicada S.; LEADEM IN KEN, winner of the Stonerside Sprint S.; SWEET BYE AND BYE, runner-up in the Athenia S. (G3); Avie’s Mesa, runner-up in the Singspiel S. (G3); etc.
Leading sire of 2019 Saratoga Summer race meet by number of stakes winners
2019 sales: 2YOs of $300,000, $170,000, etc. Yearlings up to $230,000
Sire of GRADE 1 WINNERS on every surface
G1-winning juvenile by A.P. Indy's best sire, Pulpit
Out of a full sister to world class sire Bernstein—direct family of *La Troienne
Graded Stakes Wins:
$200,000 Hopeful S. (G1)
$400,000 Breeders’ Futurity (G2)
SEATTLE SLEW (USA) | |||
A.P. INDY (USA) | |||
WEEKEND SURPRISE (USA) | |||
PULPIT (USA) | |||
MR. PROSPECTOR (USA) | |||
PREACH (USA) | |||
NARRATE (USA) | |||
Sky Mesa |
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STORM BIRD (CAN) | |||
STORM CAT (USA) | |||
TERLINGUA (USA) | |||
CARESS (USA) | |||
AFFIRMED (USA) | |||
LA AFFIRMED (USA) | |||
LA MESA (USA) | |||
Age | Starts | Firsts | Seconds | Thirds | Earnings |
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2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | $416,576 |
3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $216,500 |
6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | $633,076 |
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