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CELEBRATING THE 2018 PA-BRED CHAMPIONS
Cindy Deubler
HORSE OF THE YEAR 3-YEAR-OLD FEMALE & FEMALE SPRINTER SHAMROCK ROSE B, F, Foaled March 17, 2015 First Dude— Slew’s Quality, by Elusive Quality Bred by Best A Luck Farm LLC The 2018 Eclipse Award Champion Female Sprinter capped off her year with a thrilling victory in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint-G1 at Churchill Downs, her fourth consecutive stakes win, a streak which started in the Malvern Rose at Presque Isle Downs, followed by the La Lorgnette at Woodbine and the Grade 2 Raven Run at Keeneland. Racing exclusively in stakes in her seven starts–with a second in the Cicada at Aqueduct and a third in the Weber City Miss at Laurel –she earned the most of any PA-Bred in 2018 with $848,076.
TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY AMY FARAH FOWLER B, F, Foaled March 5, 2016 Astrology—Run Cat Run, by Sir Cat Bred by Blackstone Farm LLC Three wins and three seconds in six starts and the richest PA-Bred juvenile filly of the year with $154,900, she captured the Mrs. Henry D. Paxson Memorial Stakes at Presque Isle Downs and was second in the Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park as well as the Mark McDermott and Fitz Dixon Jr. Memorial Juvenile at Presque Isle, the latter two against the boys.
TWO-YEAR-OLD MALE CALL PAUL B, C, Foaled January 26, 2016 Friesan Fire—Avani Force, by Forestry Bred by Daniel W. McConnell Sr. Never off the board in five starts at five different tracks, with three wins and earnings of $279,500 to top all PA-Bred juveniles, he led throughout to win the Saratoga Special Stakes-G2 in his stakes debut, dominated the Pennsylvania Nursery at Parx by 5 lengths, and in between finished third in the Grade 1 Champagne and Grade 3 Nashua Stakes.
PHOTO: EMILY SHIELDS
THREE-YEAR-OLD MALE NAVY COMMANDER CH, G, Foaled April 8, 2015 Poseidon’s Warrior—Glenmary Lane, by Fairbanks Bred by Swilcan Stables LLC A five-time winner from 11 starts at 3, his biggest score came in Monmouth Park’s Long Branch Stakes, leading gate-to-wire to win by 3 1 ⁄4 lengths.
CO-CHAMPION MALE SPRINTER ARMY MULE B, R, Foaled May 29, 2014 Friesan Fire—Crafty Toast, by Crafty Prospector Bred by Hope Hill Farm He won both his starts, each less than a second off the track record, and earned $266,400 before being retired. First out was a 6-furlong
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Gulfstream Park allowance by 7 1 ⁄2 lengths in 1:08.87, followed by a 6 1⁄4-length romp in Aqueduct’s Grade 1 Carter Handicap at 7 furlongs in 1:20.94, the latter earning him a 114 Beyer Speed Figure, the highest in the nation for an older sprinter in 2018.
CO-CHAMPION MALE SPRINTER FIELDER B, G, Foaled March 28, 2014 Sidney’s Candy—Karakorum Fugitive, by Ten Most Wanted Bred by HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC Five wins from nine starts included the 5-furlong Marshall Jenney Stakes over the Parx turf, and a three-race win streak earlier in the year. He was also third in the Laurel Dash at Laurel Park in the fall, rallying late to miss winning by a half length.
OLDER FEMALE UNIQUE BELLA GR/RO, F, Foaled March 2, 2014 Tapit— Unrivaled Belle, by Unbridled’s Song Bred by Brushwood Stable The two-time Eclipse Award winner– 2017 Champion Female Sprinter and 2018 Champion Older Dirt Female – her season ended in July, but not until she added two more Grade 1 wins to her record– the Clement L. Hirsch and Beholder Mile – as well as the Grade 2 Santa Maria Stakes, and a second in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom from four starts to become a millionaire. She was the third richest PA-Bred of the year with $680,000. Army Mule