Suave Prospect, who has sired 29 stakes horses, is being relocated to Steve Prather’s Doubletree Farm near Hobbs, N.M. His 2010 fee is $4,000.
A two-time graded stakes winner in Florida, 17-year-old Suave Prospect has sired 16 stakes winners, 78% winners from starters, and the earners of $16.4 million. His 2009 added-money winners include Awintersdream, Fearless Leader and Suave Jazz. Suave Prospect won the What a Pleasure (gr. III) and Preview (gr. III) Stakes, and ran second in eight added-money races, including the Florida Derby (gr. I). He is a half-brother to two stakes winners and a full brother to the dam of Kentucky stallion Successful Appeal and 2008 Canadian grade II turf winner True to Tradition. He is out of the stakes-winning Staff Writer mare Debonair Dancer.
Suave Prospect formerly stood at Vern Hrycuik and John Vanderligt’s farm near Wanham, Alberta, Canada.
(Posted October 14, 2009)
Bear Tough Guy
Fatal Bullet
Bear Stables continue their winning ways with a victory for Bear Tough Guy in the $250,000 Grey Stakes race on Thanksgiving Sunday. Bear Tough Guy now has $190,000 in earnings with this second win in as many starts after winning his debut start at 1 mile on the turf in September. Bear Stables purchased Bear Tough Guy for $27,000 at the Ocala Two Year Olds in Training Sale. This is the same amount paid for their 2008 Canadian Horse of the Year, Fatal Bullet, as a Two Year Old. Bear Tough Guy will now be entered to run in the $2 Million Breeders' Cup Juvenile on November 7th.
November 7th will be an exciting day for Bear Stables with two runners entered in Breeders' Cup races as Fatal Bullet automatically qualified for the Breeders' Cup Sprint after winning the $250,000 Phoenix Stakes on October 9, 2009. Fatal Bullet now has $1.016 million in earnings. (Posted October 14, 2009)
Thanksgiving Weekend Stakes Races - Alberta-bred Notes:
The Alberta-bred Wild Intent placed second in the 36th running of the Duchess of York Stakes for Fillies and Mares held on Saturday, October 10th. This four year old Regal Intention mare was bred by Barbara Saunders and trained by Dale Saunders. Wild Intent is owned by Calmar Stables and Ranch. As the only Alberta-bred to place in the top three, she earned an additional Alberta-bred bonus of $9,983.
Alberta-breds took the top two spots in the 13th running of the $50,000 Canadian Juvenile held on Saturday, October 10th. The Brewster family continued with their success from the 'Cool' horses when their two year old, Cool Kahuna, won the Juvenile by a solid margin. Cool Kahuna is out of the Brewster owned mare, Devil's Favour by Devil on Ice, and is sired by Kahuna Jack. Cool Kahuna now has earnings of $99,437 in his debut season on the track. Second place finisher, Alberta-bred Rundell, was bred by Highfield Stock Farm Inc. and is by Peaks and Valleys out of Fashion File by Marquetry.
Another Alberta-bred horse won the Freedom of the City Stakes on Sunday, October 11th - Shifty Time won handily by 9 lengths. Shifty Time is by Old Topper out of Dandy Andy by Avies Copy and was bred by Dr. Don Gibb. She is owned by SNS Herefords, Morison Farms, Danny Hansen and Compass Ranch. Shifty Time has now brought her earnings up to $99, 625 for her first season on the track.
Shifty Time
Well, Oldman Winter came a calling at Whoop-Up Downs in Lethbridge during the Thanksgiving weekend, shutting down the first two days of the four-day race card.
"Snow and minus eight-degrees forced us to cancel the Friday and Saturday race cards," said Rocky Mountain Turf Club CEO Max Gibb. "But our jockeys braved the cold Sunday and Monday and we were able to run six high-paying B Cup races. The B Cup series is like the Breeders' Cup for the RMTC and in order to run in the series a horse must have competed at least twice here at Whoop-Up Downs. Monday was Thanksgiving and you can bet the riders were giving thanks when the final race was run in the cold weather."
To catch up on the race happenings at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club, click here...The $ 50,000 Sales Stakes for Three Year Olds was held on October 9th, 2009 at Northlands. Eye Scary won the Filly Division ahead of Hansel's Lady and Bodgits Lady. Eye Scary is by Highland Ruckus out of Ispymytie and was bred by R.K. Smith and J.R. Fenrich. She is now owned by Central City Stable and Bar None Ranches, Ltd. She was consigned to the 2007 Alberta CTHS Summer Yearling Sale by Wye Farm. The dam of Eye Scary, Ispymytie, was a stakes winner of $126,618 and earned wins in the Princess Margaret Stakes, Matron Breeders' Cup Stakes etc. The Colts & Geldings Division was won by Snazzyboy, a dark brown gelding by Petersburg out of Batanda by Batonnier. He held off second place finisher, Mr. Shadar, and took first spot by almost a length. Snazzyboy was bred by Dr. Don Gibb and is owned by R and M Stable. The dam of Snazzyboy, Batanda, was a winner of 6 races and earned $140,175. (Posted October 13, 2009)
