Mare and Foal Update

Thanks to all of those who have been following. I am pleased to announce that, Miss Cupcake's foal by Officer Rocket was a colt, and he is now beginning his training under trainer / owner Ronney W. Brown, a successful trainer based out of Charles Town, WV.  Ronney also has Indy Tech's first and last foal, also a colt.  Indy Tech passed away in her pasture earlier this summer due to unknown causes. Colic is suspected.




In 2014, Miss Cupcake was bred to Prints of Peace, a son of Storm Cat and half-brother to graded stakes winner Mission Impazible. Unfortunately, the foal died at 3 weeks of age due to injuries sustained in a stall.




Miss Cupcake was bred back to well-known NY stakes winner Friend Or Foe, along with mare Sweet Sissy Dawn. Sweet Sissy Dawn is from the family of Gr. 1 14 Hands Winery Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies favorite winner Songbird via 3rd dam Torsion Belle, from the Boudoir II family. The resultant foal will also have a pedigree similar to Songbird, with a double of Prince John present in the dams of both the sire and the dam, along with many lines of distaff force La Troienne.




Also new for 2015 are Mi Margarita (by Mingun), from the family of Gone West, and Faithtrustpixidust, from the female line of Too Bald and by Kentucky super-sire Malibu Moon.


I will be making regular updates to this blog as I see that people across the globe are following along.

Indy Tech Confirmed In-Foal to Fiber Sonde

Indy Tech (by Aptitude) has been confirmed to be in-foal to Fiber Sonde. This mating brings all kinds of genetic deliciousness. Four daughters of Buckpasser combine, 3 of the 4 in very influential positions in the pedigree. Plenty of Bold Ruler (and even more Nasrullah, by extension), lots of Princequillo, only one line of Raise A Native. This mating should provide a good mixture of speed, stamina, and soundness. Most intriguing in this pedigree, though, is that both the sire (Fiber Sonde) and the broodmare sire (Aptitude) trace tail-female to conduit mare and named "Reines-de-Course", Hildene, through half brother and sister Hill Prince and First Flush. To find out just how influential Hildene is, I direct you Ellen Parker's excellent article on this mare here. The bottom line is that this mating just simply piles on more of what made both A.P. Indy and Aptitude, and mildly resembles the mating that produced the great multiple Gr. 1 winning Empire Maker.

Indy Tech is a mare that has excellent hooves and has no issues going barefoot around the farm. Her hooves do not split, do not easily chip, and being barefoot causes her no discomfort at all. This is an important attribute to pass on to an offspring whenever possible. Having 40 starts (and was still training when I purchased her), she has good, solid bone to pass on as well. This mare's smaller stature (maybe 15.2hh) also allowed her to handle the tight turns of Charles Town with ease, and her race record and videos show that she utilized her size to her advantage at Charles Town. She won at both sprint and mile+ distances ranging from 4 1/2 furlongs to 9 furlongs.

If you want a preview of what this mating will produce, look no further than a 2011 filly named Bajan in California, training and running under Simon Callaghan's care. She placed in a MSW race against an all-male field and got stuck behind traffic in the stretch, but was still able to bulldog her way through for a close second. In her second race, she broke her maiden in another MSW race against a tough filly field. Bajan is also by another son of Silken Cat, Speightstown, and out of another Aptitude mare in Critikal Reason, making the interior portion of the pedigree identical to the one in the Fiber Sonde / Indy Tech mating (including the tracing tail-female to Hildene), though overall this mating leans a little more toward mile or classic distance, instead of the sprinter types of Speightstown.

Though he was never raced, Fiber Sonde's offspring have been getting to the track at a very high rate and have been hitting the board with relative ease, being profitable for his connections and those of the mares he was bred to. I was at the track one night with my kids and the winners of two back-to-back allowance races were BOTH sired by Fiber Sonde! I was convinced at that time that I had made the right decision with this mating.  Another important note is that I have not heard of any of Fiber Sonde's offspring breaking down at the track. I spend plenty of time at the track where most of his offspring race and have heard about other horses breaking down, so I would probably hear about it if it were to happen.

The resultant foal of this mating will be available sometime fall of 2014 after weaning, and will include Jockey Club and WV-bred registrations.

For questions about Indy Tech or any of our other mares, please contact Jared at 317-721-1704 or racingheartequine@gmail.com

Miss Cupcake Confirmed In-Foal to Officer Rocket

Miss Cupcake, a MSW and ALW winner by Mercer Mill, has been confirmed in-foal to Officer Rocket (GB) for 2014 foaling. This offspring should offer great sturdiness, with Miss Cupcake having 55 starts in her career (hitting the board with consistency even in her final races) combined with the sturdy legs and speed of Officer Rocket, who had 40 career starts. Officer Rocket is stamping nearly all of his offspring with looks just like his own. Hopefully he will also stamp them with their ability to deliver the goods on the track.

Mating offers the following inbreeding:

4 X 4 Mr. Prospector
5 X 6 X 5 Raise A Native
5 X 4 Seattle Slew

For questions about Miss Cupcake or any of our other mares, please contact Jared at 317-721-1704 or racingheartequine@gmail.com