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PA Bred Champions of 2005
PA-Bred Champion Two Year Old Colt or Gelding
ESCROW ACCOUNT
Bred by James Hess & Thomas Reigle
2003, gelding, Patton — One Up On You, by Premiership
A son of the Pennsylvania-based Patton, Escrow Account won his career bow with an eye-popping 18-½ length win at Philadelphia Park. Next out, he overcame a dead-last break in the Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes at Penn National, and won going away in the lone PA-Bred stake of the season for juvenile males. For the year, Escrow Account won two of three starts, and earned $43,250.
PA-Bred Champion Two Year Old Filly
HAILIE’S GIRL
Bred by Kimberlite Farm, (Carmello Zappulla)
2003, filly, Lucky North — Invitetheblues, by Cure the Blues
Plucked from the Ocala two-year-old sale in April for just $9,000 by trainer Lupe Preciado, Hailie’s Girl broke her maiden at first calling by five widening lengths, and followed with a four length score a month later. In her final start of the season, she captured the Blue Mountain Juvenile at Penn National to finish her two-year-old campaign undefeated in three starts, and with earnings of $55,410.
PA-Bred Champion Three Year Old Colt or Gelding
JOEY CARSON
Bred by Ted Blouse
2002, gelding, Lord Carson — Arty Turn, by Turn and Count
Unraced as a juvenile, Joey Carson won his first three starts at Delaware Park in convincing fashion for trainer Tim Ritchey. He ventured to Philadelphia Park for the $100,000 Gallant Bob, where he tracked the early pace, then drew off when asked to win easily while favored at 8 to 5. He finished the year with four wins and a second in five starts, and earnings of $144,000.
PA-Bred Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
S W ALY’SVALENTINE
Bred by Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Reveley
2002, filly, Malibu Moon — S W Phoebie, by Allen’s Prospect
Her 16 length win over maidens indicated her potential, and two starts later she cruised to an easy victory in the Wonders Delight Stakes at Penn National. She was second in the Foxy JG and Ambassador of Luck at Philadelphia Park, and finished her campaign with a pair of allowance scores at Laurel in the colors of the Reveleys’ Spring Water Farm.
PA-Bred Champion Older Male
PRESIDENTIALAFFAIR
Bred by Will Run Farm (Lori and Jeff Swatsworth)
1999, gelding, Not For Love — Quite Amazing, by Bear Hunt
The only repeater among this year’s PA-Bred champions, Presidentialaffair began his six-year-old campaign with a typical, front-running score in the $200,000 Jim McKay Breeders Cup H.. He followed with a third in the Grade I Pimlico Special, then fourths in the Grade III Iselin and the $250,000 Maryland Million Classic. He regained his winning form in the Mountaineer Mile Handicap, scoring by 16-½ lengths. His lifetime money line shows 11 wins, 6 seconds, and a pair of thirds in 28 career starts, with earnings of $765,168.
PA-Bred Champion Older Female
VALLEY OF THE GODS
Bred by David O’Neill
2000, mare, by Valley Crossing — Rapture, by Double Zeus
After knocking on the door with six previous stakes placings, Valley Of The Gods found her best stride in 2005, dominating PA-Breds while scoring easily in the Ambassador of Luck (7 lengths) and the Pistol Packer (8 lengths) at Philadelphia Park. She capped her campaign with a convincing score in the Maryland Million Distaff, and now has won nine of 36 lifetime starts, and earned $395,081 for her owner-breeder David O’Neill of West Grove.
PA-Bred Claiming Horse of the Year
SENOR CIELO TWO
Bred by Dun Roamin Farm & Rosemore Farm
2000, gelding, by Partner’s Hero — Senorita Cielo, by Conquistador Cielo
This sturdy veteran was claimed on three separate occasions at Philadelphia Park during 2006, first for $16,000. The fourth claim came at Laurel for $32,000, and three of the four were from winning races. In between came a win in the Devil’s Honor Handicap, the gelding’s initial stakes success. For the year, Senor Cielo Two won 8 of 18 starts, with three seconds and a pair of thirds, with earnings of $183,785.
Broodmare of the Year
ARTY TURN
Owned by Ted Blouse
1981, broodmare, Turn And Count — New Art, by Ribot
A second-generation Brushwood mare, Balistroika has had no fewer than 10 PA-bred foalsClaimed during the bloodstock heydays of 1984 for $5,000 at Penn National with an eye toward a younger half-brother who would go on to win over a million dollars, Arty Turn has been both a success and a failure to owner Ted Blouse. Fertility problems and disappointing produce, coupled with an ornery attitude, allowed Blouse to cut bait on the mare via a lease agreement. When Arty Turn’s $401,616 stakes winner Arti’svirginiagirl called it a career, it was time to give it another go. At 21 years of age, she produced PA champion three-year-old Joey Carson, winner of four of five starts and $144,000 last year proving they’re never too old to completely give up on.
Leading Award Recipient Pennsylvania Breeding Fund
THOMAS N. REIGLE
Total Awards Earned - $130,527
Reigle, and his wife Ann, have been busy with Thoroughbreds since their shift over from show horses over twenty years ago. Since then, Tom’s involvement as a breeder and stallion manager/owner has grown with leaps and bounds, culminating with his rise to the top of the standings of award recipients from the Pennsylvania Breeding Fund program. For 2006, he received a total of $130,527 - $21,964 in breeder awards, and $108,294 in stallion awards.
Leading Overall Breeder of Pennsylvania-Breds
GEORGE STRAWBRIDGE
Total Earnings - $745,838
For the second time in the past four years, horses bred in Pennsylvania by George Strawbridge earned more money than any other state breeder. Led by nine-year-old Rochester, winner of the Sycamore Breeders Cup Handicap for the third time in his career, Strawbridge homebreds earned $745,838
Pennsylvania’s Stallion of the Year
ROANOKE
1987, Pleasant Colony — Last Bird, by Sea-Bird
Stands at Regal Heir Farms, Grantville
Regal Heir Farm in Grantville has set the standard among Pennsylvania’s stallion stations, regularly upgrading its roster with fresh new faces on almost a yearly basis. Roanoke, who’s been there since 1997, topped the list of state stallions with at least one Pennsylvania crop of racing age with total progeny earnings of $1,109,929. This is the first time a stallion that has stood his entire career in Pennsylvania has earned this award.
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