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PA Bred Champions of 2003  

TWO YEAR OLD COLT OR GELDING
FANTASTIC VIEW
2001, by Distant View—Promptly (Ire), by Lead On Time. With three wins (two stakes) and two seconds in five starts in England, he was beaten less than two lengths in the $252,500 Racing Post Trophy-G1 at Doncaster in his seasonal finale. The colt was bred by George Strawbridge Jr.
 
TWO YEAR OLD FILLY
LOVELY AFTERNOON
2001, by Afternoon Deelites—Lovely Later, by Green Dancer. After a third-place finish in the Top Flight Stakes and a fourth in the Arlington-Washington Lassie, she came East and dominated the field in the Blue Mountain Juvenile Fillies. A $52,000 yearling, she was bred by Two Sisters Farm (Deborah Rush).
 
THREE YEAR OLD COLT OR GELDING
YO
2000, by Valid Wager—Talcum Dee, by Talc. He won two of five seasonal starts, including the Peppy Addy and Lil E Tee Stakes, and was second in the Yankee Affair on the turf, all at Philadelphia Park. Bred by E & D Enterprises (Dr. Donald Dreyfuss), he repeats as a divisional winner.
 
THREE YEAR OLD FILLY
RUSSIAN RHYTHM
2000, by Kingmambo—Balistroika, by Nijinsky II. Named Europe’s champion 3-year-old filly, she won three of five starts: the 1000 Guineas, Coronation and Nassau Stakes (all Group 1). The leading PA-bred money-earner of 2003, with earnings of $880,027. She was bred by Brushwood Stable (Elizabeth Moran).
 
OLDER HORSE
DOCENT
1998, by Waquoit—Dormir, by Halo. A winner last year of six of nine starts and $292,800, he capped his campaign with a repeat win in the Maryland Million Classic after dominating PA-bred stakes for older horses while toting top weight. Bred by Bernard J. Daney.
 
OLDER MARE
CAUGHT IN THE RAIN
1999, by Petionville—Jinger Feathers, by Fred Astaire. A win against state-breds in the Mrs. Penny, followed by a thrilling score in the Grade 3 Athenia Handicap at Aqueduct highlighted this mare’s championship season. She was bred by Ron Perozzi’s Casino Royale Farm, and also repeats as a divisional winner.
 
JUMPER
PARTY AIRS
1999, Geri—Elegant Champagne, by Alleged. A promising winner of two of eight starts in 2003, including the $50,000 National Steeplechase Foundation Hurdle in Maryland, he was bred by Mrs. Lewis C. Ledyard.
 
CLAIMING HORSE
MUM’S GOLD
1999, Goldlust—Mumtaj, by Tralos. Claimed for $12,500 in March, ’03, she reeled of six consecutive wins, including the Claiming Crown Glass Slipper Stakes and the Pistol Packer Handicap, to finish the year with seven wins in 11 starts, with earnings of $158,630. She was bred by Thomas and Mary Lou Teal.
 
BROODMARE OF THE YEAR
QUITE AMAZING
1986, by Bear Hunt—Ice Cream Soda, by Creme dela Creme. From eight foals to race, she has produced PRESIDENTIALAFFAIR (6 wins, $210,930, Stuyvesant H-G3, etc), Hunter’s RIDGE (9 wins, $135,311, Brodbeck S, etc.), and stakes-placed Wood Bear Watchin ($95,127, 3rd Wonders Delight S.), as well as five other winners. She is owned by Lori and Jeffrey Swatsworth’s Will Run Farm.
 
LEADING FUND AWARD RECIPIENT
Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Cuprill
$136,058.
 
LEADING OVERALL BREEDER OF PA-BREDS
Brushwood Stable (Elizabeth Moran)
$1,322,528.
 
PA STALLION OF THE YEAR
Deposit Ticket
Progeny earnings of $973,722.
 
 

PENNSYLVANIA-BRED HONOR ROLL

Alphabet Soup
Breeders Cup Classic winner.
 
Ambassador of Luck
Undefeated Eclipse Award-winning older mare.
 
Bessarabian
Canadian champion.
 
Danzig
Undefeated, leading international sire,
sire of seven champions.
 
Devil’s Honor
Pennsylvania Derby winner.
 
Flatterer
Four-time Eclipse Award-winning jumper.
 
Go For Wand
Twice an Eclipse Award winner.
 
Iroquois
First American-foaled winner
of the English Derby at Epsom.
 
Lil E. Tee
Kentucky Derby winner.
 
Lyphard
Three-time leading sire
and twice leading broodmare sire.
 
Mrs. Penny
Twice a European champion,
North American graded stakes winner.
 
Selkirk
European champion miler, leading international sire.
 
Storm Cat
Grade One winner, world’s leading sire of the 1990s.
 
Tikkanen
European champion, Breeders Cup Turf winner.
 
Yankee Affair
Major stakes winner of $2,282,156.
 

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