Alberta-Bred Colt is First Foal by Coltimus Prime
Admin • March 11, 2021
The first reported foal was born at Beau Valley Stable where Coltimus Prime stands.
This young colt has big shoes to fill! His sire is the multiple graded stakes winner Coltimus Prime and his dam is the 2014 CTHS Alberta Two Year Old Sales Stake winner, Shanali. Shanali is the daughter of the multiple stakes winner, Shaniah, who won the 1997 Sales Stake and went on to win numerous stakes races including the Bird of Pay Stakes, the Lilac Handicap and the Penny Ridge Handicap.
March 10, 2021 BloodHorse - Eric Mitchell
The first reported foal was born at Beau Valley Stable where Coltimus Prime stands.
The first reported foal by graded-placed Canadian classic winner Coltimus Prime is a colt born March 7 at Beau Valley Stable near Didsbury, Alberta, according to the farm.
Anthony Bilotta, the owner of Beau Valley, bred the colt out of the Alydeed stakes winner Shanali, who is a daughter of stakes winner and producer Shaniah and a half sister to two stakes producers.
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"This colt is very correct, and he is curious and friendly," said Michael Hoffman, manager of Beau Valley where Coltimus Prime stands for CA$2,500.
Coltimus Prime was bred and is owned by Jayson Horner. The 10-year-old stallion is the only active sire son of recently pensioned two-time Santa Anita Handicap (G1) winner Milwaukee Brew.
As a racehorse, Coltimus Prime won or placed in 10 black-type stakes. His biggest wins came in the 2014 Prince of Wales Stakes which he completed in 1:54.58, making it the fastest running in 20 years; the 2017 Clasico Presidente de la Republica, recognized as a grade 1 stakes in Panama; and the Invitational Cup Stakes, which was part of the five-race Clasico Internacional del Caribe program hosted by Gulfstream Park in 2017. He was also second in the 2014 Ontario Derby (G3).
Honored with two Panama titles in 2017 as champion older horse and champion stayer, Coltimus Prime retired with an 8-7-5 record from 38 starts and earned $644,125.
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