Gulfstream Race 9
Maiden Special Weight
6 Furlongs
3-Year Olds
Post Time: 5:13 PM; HRTV

Only one race today, but it's a good one as 6 first-time starters will enter the starting gate.  They are:  Hatch (Successful Appeal – Bitty Girl by Friendly Lover), War Ruler (Silver Deputy – Mostbeautifulsound by Miswaki), Silver Jag (Point Given – Lochlin by Screen King), Mr. Universe (Aldebaran – Madame X Ski by Polish Numbers), Bayrod (Grand Slam – Serene Ditty by Unbridled’s Song), Fujita (Lion Hearted – Merriweather by Opening Verse).

Hatch has the best sales credentials of this group, having sold for $150,000 as a yearling and $175,000 as a 2-year old.  His dam has produced one runner, the stakes-placed Brooks Bach who earned almost $60,000.

Fujita sold for $105,000 as a 2-year old, nearly twice the average for the sale.  He is a half-brother to one winner.

Mr. Universe wins the “my mom is better than your mom contest,” as he is out of the stakes winner Madame X Ski who earned $165,410.  However, the dam of Silver Jag is not far behind, as she won over $100,000 and has produced 6 winners including Grade III placed Stephentown winner of $124,890.  She also has a 2-year old Medaglia d’Oro filly named Shearl.

Sales Honors among those who have raced goes to Champ Gator (Posse – Nanocity by Carson City) who sold for $200,000 as a 2-year old.  Also selling as a 2-year old was Our Honor (Double Honor – Clarabella by Claramount) who brought a final bid of $180,000. 

Motor Patrol (Cherokee Run – Hansel’s Girl by Hansel), who sold for $150,000 as a yearling, is out of a stakes-placed mare who earned $237,980.  She has produced one winner, the stakes-placed Chestertown Slew who has earned $160,566 through 2008.