Monday, September 27, 2010
David Wolochuk’s Shamrock Girl earned her first stakes victory in Sunday’s $67,412 Dessie & Fern Sawyer Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred 2-year-old fillies at The Downs at Albuquerque.
Ridden by Casey Lambert for trainer Dominic Duree, Shamrock Girl covered 6 furlongs in 1:10.60, and her margin of victory was 6 ¼ lengths from Squallena, one of six qualifiers trained by Fred Danley. The filly was coming off of a neck victory in the second of two Dessie & Fern Sawyer Futurity trials on September 11.
Shamrock Girl was bred by Troy Looper DVM, and the filly became the first stakes winner sired by King Bull, a winning son of 1994 Horse of the Year Holy Bull and a half brother to two stakes winners, including 1995 Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) winner Talkin Man. Bred in Kentucky by Adena Springs, King Bull stood the 2010 season at Mohns Hill Farm in Reinholds, Pennsylvania.
Shamrock Girl is also the first starter produced by her dam, My Girl Aleyna, a winning 7-year-old daughter of the Danzig stallion Outflanker. The filly’s third dam, the unraced Val de l’Orne (FR) mare Val Chere, foaled eight winners from 11 starters, including Trick Card, a gelding by Clever Trick who won the listed $53,975 Lafayette Stakes at Keeneland Racecourse in 1987, and Stellar Rival, an Exceller colt who ran third in the 1990 Early Times Turf Classic (G3) at Churchill Downs.
Shamrock Girl traces back to her fourth dam, the winning Conestoga mare Donna Chere. A 1971 Kentucky-bred foal, Donna Chere finished second in two stakes in ’74, including the Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.
Shamrock Girl has won four of six races, and the $33,706 winner’s share of the Dessie & Fern Sawyer Futurity purse pushed her bankroll to $77,648. Earlier this season, the filly ran third in the 4 ½-furlong, $75,000 C.O. “Ken” Kendrick Memorial Stakes (R) at SunRay Park, and the fillies division of the 4 ½-furlong, $133,436 Copper Top Futurity (R) at Sunland Park.
Squall Wilbud, the 2-1 favorite and another promising 2-year-old filly from the Danley barn, finished third, 2 ¼ lengths behind runner-up Squallena. Her Sister Will, Hunter High, Go To Gold, More Fun, Missall, Financial Bailout, Ghostly Brew, Miss Focus, and All Hail completed the order of finish.
Squallena is a homebred bay daughter of Squall who has earned $49,998 from one win in eight starts for her owners, W.T. Stradley and Tom Williams. Squallena also ran second, one length behind winner Tin Can Kitty, at odds of 49-1 in the Ken Kendrick at SunRay.
Squall Wilbud is also a homebred bay filly by Squall campaigned by Stradley and Williams. Squall Wilbud has banked $106,108 from seven outs, and she broke her maiden with a two-length victory in the fillies division of the Copper Top Futurity (R) at Sunland.