Consigned by Lane's End, Agent Hip No. WELCOME SURPRISE Barn 660 Dark Bay or Brown Mare; foaled 1997 22 & 23 Raise a Native Mr. Prospector ...... Gold Digger Seeking the Gold ...... Buckpasser Con Game ...... Broadway WELCOME SURPRISE Bold Ruler Secretariat ...... Somethingroyal Weekend Surprise ...... (1980) Buckpasser Lassie Dear ...... Gay Missile By SEEKING THE GOLD (1985). Black-type winner of $2,307,000, Super Derby [G1] , etc. Among the leading sires, sire of 19 crops of racing age, 965 foals, 766 starters, 91 black-type winners, 4 champions, 547 winners of 1661 races and earning $94,705,133. Among the leading broodmare sires, sire of dams of 137 black-type winners, including champions Blame, Surfside, Take Charge Brandi, Up With the Birds, She Be Wild, Questing (GB), Catch the Thrill, Capo Grosso (CHI), La Tizona, Step In Time. 1st dam WEEKEND SURPRISE , by Secretariat. 7 wins, 2 to 4, $402,892, Golden Rod S.- G3 , Schuylerville S.- G3 , etc. Half-sister to WOLFHOUND [G1] (Total: $452,478, hwt. in Europe and England), SPECTACULAR SPY [L], FOX - HOUND , Al Mufti [G1] , Lassie's Lady [O]. Broodmare of the year in 1992. Dam of 14 registered foals, 14 of racing age, 12 to race, 9 winners, incl.-- A.P. INDY (c. by Seattle Slew). 8 wins to 3, $2,979,815, horse of the year, champion 3-year-old colt, Belmont S. [G1] , etc. Leading sire twice. SUMMER SQUALL (c. by Storm Bird). 13 wins in 20 starts, 2 to 4, $1,844,- 282, Preakness S. [G1] , etc. Etr at Keeneland, 6 1/2 fur. in 1:15 2/5. Sire. WELCOME SURPRISE (f. by Seeking the Gold). Black-type winner, see record. EAVESDROPPER (c. by Kingmambo). 3 wins at 3 and 4, $167,794, Harvey Arneault Memorial H. [L] (MNR, $51,000), etc. Sire. Weekend in Seattle (f. by Seattle Slew). 3 wins to 3, $147,245, 3rd Coach - ing Club American Oaks [G1] , Florida Oaks [G3] . Black-type producer. Honor Grades (c. by Danzig). 5 wins, $173,953, 2nd Derby Trial S. [G3] , 3rd Brown & Williamson Kentucky Jockey Club S. [G3] , Iroquois S. [G3] . Sire. RACE RECORD: At 2, one win, once 2nd in 2 starts; at 3, one win (Dogwood S. [G3] ), 4 times 2nd, once 3rd; at 4, once 2nd in 1 start. Totals: 2 wins, 6 times 2nd, once 3rd. Earned $143,574. PRODUCE RECORD: 2002 aborted single foal; 2004 dead foal. 2003 Mr. Sekiguchi, c. by Storm Cat. 2 wins in 4 starts at 3 and 4, $85,800. Sire. 2005 Surprises Welcomed, f. by Storm Cat. Winner at 4, $76,720. 2006 Stormy Welcome, f. by Storm Cat. Sent to France. Unraced. Producer. 2007 Storm Showers, f. by Storm Cat. Winner at 3, $35,969. 2008 Guest House, f. by Ghostzapper. Winner at 3, $43,041. 2009 Horn Buckle, g. by Ghostzapper. 8 wins, 3 to 6, 2015, $114,504. 2010 not pregnant; 2012 unnamed f. by Medaglia d'Oro, died as a weanling. 2011 Sorpresa d'Oro, g. by Medaglia d'Oro. Winner at 3, placed at 4, 2015, $33,405. 2013 Chakotay, c. by Candy Ride (ARG). Unraced. 2014 not mated; 2015 f. by English Channel. Mated to City Zip (Carson City--Baby Zip), last service April 14, 2015. (Believed to be PREGNANT ).