Perhaps
the highest profile BC-bred runner this week was actually a horse who finished
fourth.
CALL IT A WRAP, who was trained at Hastings by Craig MacPherson last season,
but is now located at Century Mile, finished a highly creditable fourth in the
$250,000 Canadian Derby on Sunday behind Vancouver’s own equine superhero,
EXPLODE.
By leading BC sire FINALITY (Dehere), Call It A Wrap won the CTHS Sales Stakes
as a two-year-old last year and then hit the board in both the Jack Diamond and
the Jim Coleman before the season had finished.
Bred by Robert and Nina Ferguson, Call It A Wrap was a graduate of the 2017
CTHS Yearling and Mixed Sales where Riversedge Racing Stables snaffled him up
for $6,000.
Call It A Wrap’s dam, AFTER THE RAIN (Lemon Drop Kid), ran a few times at
Hastings for trainer Phil Hall and owner Peter Redekop without bothering the
judge but, as a full-sister to the G2-placed African Violet, she was always
going to have a chance to make amends as a broodmare – especially as she is by
a horse in LEMON DROP KID (Kingmambo) who is doing rather well as the sire of
breeding stock.
Indeed, Lemon Drop Kid is one of three sons of Kingmambo who are outperforming
their relatively successful father on the 2019 broodmare sires list - the other
two being KING KAMEHAMEHA and DUBAI DESTINATION.
After the Rain joined Steen and Cathy Reggelsen’s broodmare band at Stride Away
Thoroughbreds earlier this year and she is currently in-foal to their stallion
Value Plus – who has his first crop of BC-bred yearlings this year.
Incidentally, there is only a single yearling (hip 84) for sale at next month’s
CTHS Yearling and Mixed Sale who is out of a Lemon Drop Kid mare but, as it’s a
colt by the successful young stallion FED BIZ (Giant’s Causeway), and from a
family littered with Black Type, he’s likely to be a busy boy come sales week.
As always, congratulations to all the connections of BC-bred winners this past
week, which included another double for BC’s leading sire on the general Canadian
list, SECOND IN COMMAND (Silver Deputy).
August 16
Hastings:
BOOKIE, Bay Gelding, by Teide
out of
Architecture, by Dixie Chatter. Foaled May 04, 2017 in BC. Breeder: Swift
Thoroughbreds Inc.
TWISTGRIPS, Bay Gelding, by Benchmark
out of Victor's Secret, by Vying Victor. Foaled Mar 19, 2009 in BC. Breeder: Gordon
Christoff.
ALWAYS SUNNY, Chestnut Gelding, by Sungold
out of Always Brassy, by Dixieland Brass. Foaled Feb 21, 2013 in BC. Breeder: Mr.
& Mrs. R. J. Bennett.
POSTMAN, Chestnut Gelding, by Rosberg
out of Knickers, by Spring At Last. Foaled Mar 24, 2015 in BC. Breeder: Swift
Thoroughbreds Inc.
August 17
Assiniboia Downs:
MY GREYSON, Gray or Roan Gelding, by Cause
to Believe
out of Queen On Line, by Bold Executive. Foaled Feb 08, 2015 in
BC. Breeder: Bryan Anderson & Carol Anderson.
Century Mile:
August 19
Hastings:
GABI'S BAY BAE, Dark Bay or Brown Gelding, by Sligo Bay (IRE) out of Gabigotherway, by Quiet Cash. Foaled Apr 21, 2016 in BC. Breeder: James L. G. Redekop.
RUN HARVEY RUN, Dark Bay or Brown Gelding, by Second in Command out of Miss Speedy Kat, by Katahaula County. Foaled Mar 10, 2014 in BC. Breeder: Corsair Holdings.
CYCLONE DAN, Dark Bay or Brown Gelding, by Storm Victory out of Thendoftherainbow, by Amaruk. Foaled May 15, 2014 in BC. Breeder: Bruce Unwin.
VOLO VELOCE, Chestnut Gelding, by Shrug out of Flight of Fancy, by Charismatic. Foaled Apr 13, 2016 in BC. Breeder: Agnes Jackson, Jennifer Jackson &Paul Hunter.
AMORCITO, Chestnut Filly, by Finality out of Leona's Darling, by Regal Remark. Foaled Apr 15, 2016 in BC. Breeder: Helen Klimes
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