The MarketWatch Broodmare of the Year A Review of the Top Mares Producing Quality Thoroughbred Race Horses in 2012 ANNE M. EBERHART marketwatch.bloodhorse.com / 1 MarketWatch Broodmare of the Year Vote for the 2012 MarketWatch PRODUCTION VALUES Broodmare of the Year ompetition for MarketWatch Broodmare of Or perhaps Delta Princess has the edge as Cthe Year is always fierce, and 2012’s contest the dam of champion older mare Royal Delta— is no exception. Contenders include the dam of in recent years, after all, the reader survey has ■ BloodHorse.com a dual classic winner; the mare that foaled 2012’s rewarded dams of top racemares. ■ MarketWatch Blog Horse of the Year; several producers of last year’s Read the biographies of 2012’s most promi- Eclipse champions; the nent producers and Arch’s Gal Edith dams of a few multi-mil- Vote through April 15, 2013, decide for yourself Arlucea Delta Princess lionaires; and even mul- at The MarketWatch Blog: which one deserves the Don’t Trick Her tiple grade I producers. http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs Broodmare of the Year Leslie’s Lady Easter Bunnette title. The following pages Lisa Danielle (dam of Havre de Grace) won a year ago and include 11 profiles, including year’s nominee Memories of Silver Vertigineux (dam of Zenyatta) in 2011. Both were Oatse, who returns as a contender; her profile Mining My Own dams of the reigning Horse of the Year; will vot- includes updated statistics. More Than Pretty ers choose 2012 Horse of the Year Wise Dan’s When you’ve determined the mare who’s Oatsee dam Lisa Danielle in the online poll? earned the honor, make sure to vote online. Tizso Leading Dams* by Leading Dams* by Leading Dams* by Lifetime Progeny Earnings Comparable Index Class Performance Index Mare CI CPI Mare Rnrs Wnrs SW GSW G1SW Earnings Mare CI CPI Azeri 2.25 77.03 Cappucino Bay 6 5 2 2 1 $6,599,821 Dream Rush 2.52 16.54 Oatsee 7 6 5 4 2 $5,591,710 Etoile Montante 2.47 18.37 Unbridled Elaine 2.28 59.36 Lisa Danielle 8 7 3 2 1 $4,882,308 Zoftig 2.45 14.37 Versailles Treaty 2.41 55.33 Polish Holiday 2.43 6.41 Memories of Silver 2.33 43.67 Mining My Own 3 3 3 2 2 $4,180,683 Cat Chat 2.42 8.08 Take Charge Lady 2.26 42.59 Arlucea 5 5 1 1 1 $4,015,336 Ile de France 2.42 3.84 Keeper Hill 2.06 37.19 Delta Princess 3 3 1 1 1 $3,871,598 Storm Alert 2.42 6.05 Dream of Summer 1.94 32.36 Hay Jude 4 2 2 1 1 $3,624,933 Versailles Treaty 2.41 55.33 Silent Sighs 2.33 25.82 Shameful 5 5 2 2 1 $3,407,834 Sahara Gold 2.40 7.90 Jersey Girl 2.26 24.55 Marozia 8 7 3 2 1 $3,220,372 Ensenada 2.39 2.71 Etoile Montante 2.47 18.37 Worldly Pleasure 3 3 1 1 1 $3,132,158 Memories of Silver 2.33 43.67 Recording 2.33 7.15 Untouched Talent 2.17 17.42 Piano 7 4 1 1 1 $3,079,392 Silent Sighs 2.33 25.82 Dream Rush 2.52 16.54 Cresta Lil 11 10 2 1 1 $3,070,569 Leading Dams* by Leading Dams* by 2012 Progeny Wins Lifetime Progeny Wins Mare Starts Wins Places Mare Starts Wins Places Taxable Deduction 42 16 7 Taxable Deduction 278 70 39 Katzen 23 11 3 Devil’s Dispute 209 48 19 Fleet Amyanne 24 10 3 La Adelita 306 45 47 Afirmate Catalina (CHI) 36 9 3 Antifreeze 218 40 36 Afternoon Krystal 26 9 3 Cresta Lil 265 40 42 Big Tease 13 9 3 Lisa Danielle 150 40 27 Brush Hour 33 9 4 Poised to Pounce 141 37 18 Candlelightdinner 21 9 3 Twofox 160 35 13 Oatsee 19 9 2 Cappucino Bay 124 34 24 *Broodmares represented by at least one North American Dibs 165 34 28 graded stakes winner in 2012. 2 / marketwatch.bloodhorse.com by Eric Mitchell ’12 Broodmare of the Year Nominees Hail to Reason Roberto, 1969 Bramalea Kris S., 1977 ARCH, Princequillo Arch’s Gal EDITH Sharp Queen, 1965 he first two dams of Arch’s Gal Edith had been produc- dkb/br, 1995 Bridgework Northern Dancer Danzig, 1977 ing generations of horses with workmanlike success at Pas de Nom T Aurora, 1988 Alydar the track prior to 2012. Among the progeny are a lot of win- Althea, 1981 ARCH'S GAL EDITH Courtly Dee dkb/br, m ners dusted with the promise of brilliance but never quite His Majesty February 25, 2002 Pleasant Colony, 1978 Sun Colony breaking through. Pleasant Tap, 1987 Stage Door Johnny Never Knock, 1979 Out of 17 named foals of racing age produced by Arch’s Gal Never Hula FORCE FIVE GAL, Nijinsky II Edith’s dam Force Five Gal and granddam Last Cause, none Caucasus, 1972 b, 1994 Quill Last Cause, 1985 became stakes winners (four of 13 winners were stakes-placed). Sea-Bird Last Bird, 1973 Arch’s Gal Edith, by Arch, followed in this vein as a promis- Patelin ing 2-year-old in training. Racing manager and bloodstock con- on the genetic potential. Last Cause would produce Force Five sultant Steve Shahinian spied the dark bay or brown filly at the Gal (by Pleasant Tap), a winner who also placed in a minor Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March select 2-year-olds in training stakes at Fort Erie. Besides Arch’s Gal Edith, Force Five Gal sale in 2004 and was attracted by her fluid stride and strong- would produce four other winners. minded confidence. One Last Bird would create her own branch of success Shahinian urged his client Harvey Clarke to buy her. Clarke through her Stop the Music daughter Crystal Lady, who is the paid $80,000, making Arch’s Gal Edith the fourth-highest-priced dam of fellow MarketWatch Broodmare of the Year candidate Arch juvenile sold at auction that year. Despite setbacks due to Leslie’s Lady, a stakes winner and multiple graded stakes pro- injury, Arch’s Gal Edith finally made her first start at 3 on Sept. ducer. Leslie’s Lady (by Tricky Creek) is the dam of grade I win- 30 at Belmont Park in a maiden special weight, duly winning by ners rising stallion Into Mischief and Beholder, who was named three-quarters of a length. 2012 champion 2-year-old filly. Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin started looking for a stakes race The racing game is about winning, while breeders aspire for for her next start. Then Arch’s Gal Edith chipped an anklebone. brilliance. Arch’s Gal Edith carried on the family’s winning tradi- She never started again. tion and, for Clarke, delivered on the breeder’s dream. M The first two foals out of Arch’s Gal Edith and bred by Clarke became winners. Her first foal, Those Wer the Days (by Thunder Gulch), raced until he was 5 and earned $162,860. The second foal, When Willy Win (by Soto), earned $70,476. It appeared the workmanlike trend was continuing. Then all the stakes potential the fam- ily had been carrying got unleashed in a chestnut colt by Flower Alley named I’ll Have Another. Though sold for a mere $35,000 as a 2-year-old, the colt owned by J. Paul Reddam and trained by Doug O’Neill would defeat one of the strongest fields in recent history in the 2012 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) and take the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) two weeks later. Injury prevented I’ll Have Another from con- testing the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) and forced ANNE M. EBERHARDT his retirement. Later he would receive 3-year- Arch’s Gal Edith old male champion honors for the year. One source of the family’s genetic prowess is Patelin, a mul- Arch’s Gal Edith, 2002, dk bay/br mare tiple stakes-winning daughter of Cornish Prince and the fourth Arch—Force Five Gal, by Pleasant Tap dam of Arch’s Gal Edith. Patelin won the Schuylerville Stakes, Named Progeny Alcibiades Stakes, and Selima Stakes and placed in three other ’12 GS Wins Foals FORA Runners Winners SWs GSWs G1SWs Earnings stakes at 2. She would produce 16 foals, of which 12 would 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 $2,926,936 become winners, including three stakes winners and one graded BEST PROGENY: stakes winner (Middle Stage, by Stage Door Johnny). • 2009: I’ll Have Another by Flower Alley. G1SW Among Patelin’s winners was Last Bird (by Sea-Bird), who would win only twice in three years but go on to produce grade 2012 GSW: • I’ll Have Another—Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I-winning Pleasant Colony son Roanoke, the graded stakes- I); Preakness Stakes (gr. I); Santa Anita Derby (gr. I); Robert B. Lewis placed filly Last Cause (by Caucasus), and stakes-placed daugh- Stakes (gr. II) ter One Last Bird (by One of All). These two fillies would carry marketwatch.bloodhorse.com / 3 ’12 Broodmare of the Year Nominees by Scot T. Gillies Armageddon ARLUCEA Battle Joined, 1959 Ethel Walker Ack Ack, 1966 BROAD BRUSH, Turn-to wner/breeder Janis R. Whitham’s sense of humor caused Fast Turn, 1959 b, 1983 Cherokee Rose pedigree pundits to groan when one of her 2-year-olds Tom Rolfe O Hoist the Flag, 1968 Wavy Navy started to threaten in 2007.