Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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FORBES’ FIRSTERS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 17
Forbes’ Firsters is a series that takes a glance at the pedigrees and sales histories of select 2-year-olds who are making their debuts in maiden special weight races at Aqueduct Racetrack,
Race 4, fillies, 5 furlongs, dirt, 2:36 p.m.
EVANGELICAL (2yo chestnut filly), by the 2004 Champion Sprinter Speightstown, is a granddaughter of Religiosity, who produced Canadian Champion Two-Year-Old Filly Knights Templar and stakes winner/grade 1 stakes placed For All Seasons. Evangelical sold for $40,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Owner:
BELIEVE IN A. P. (2yo dark bay or brown filly), a homebred, is out of I Believe In You, who won the Grade 1 Hollywood Starlet as a juvenile. A homebred, Believe in A. P.’s sire is the 1992 Horse of the Year A.P. Indy, a two-time leading sire in
Owner: Jay Em Ess Stable Trainer: Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. Jockey: Jose Lezcano
AVANTA (2yo bay filly), a $125,000 Keeneland September acquisition, is by Dixie Union, the sire of last year’s Grade 1 Spinaway and Grade 3 Schuylerville winner Hot Dixie Chick. Avanta’s dam Burnished Miss is a full-sister to Bright Valour, who won two graded stakes and earned $408,133. Burnished Miss is also a half to the 1995 Grade 2 Saratoga Special winner Bright Launch and graded stakes winner Burnish.
Owner: Donald A. Adam Trainer: William Mott Jockey: Kent Desormeaux
LET’S GET FISCAL (2yo dark bay or brown filly) sold for $130,000 – 20 times her sire Bandini’s stud fee – at this year’s OBS February Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training after breezing a furlong in 10 1/5 seconds.
Owner: Klaravich Stables & William H
SKY HOSOYA (2yo chestnut filly) is a half-sister to stakes winner/graded stakes placed The Lady’s Groom and stakes winner Marina de Chavon. Their dam T. K. O. Lady is a full-sister to Punch Line, who won three graded stakes, placed in a pair of grade 1 events, and earned $963,749 in his career. By freshman sire Bluegrass Cat, Sky Hosoya sold for $50,000 as a Keeneland September yearling.
Owner: Repole Stable Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez
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