The debut as stallion of American Pharoah twelfth Triple Coronado and Horse of the Year in 2015, has met the expectations of the Ashford Stud farm, who are waiting for the results of next November 1 where three of the offspring of the son of Medaglia d ‘Gold will participate in different events and the results they obtain will be definitive to mark the cost of a live product of the famous specimen for its reproductive activity in 2020.
American Pharoah is the leader in the statistics of the steeds that debuted as stallions, the average sales of all their children exceeded 400,000 dollars and their earnings are very close to 1.5 million dollars, very respectable numbers and that promise great satisfactions to current owners.
The last participation of the tremendous colorado was in the BC Classic of 2015 where he left no doubt of its extraordinary quality, like many other predecessors that gave brightness to one of the most emblematic races of the modern era.
Cigar, became a legend precisely in this race in which he triumphed in 1995, in Belmont Park, led by his inseparable accomplice Jerry Bailey. The duo managed to spin 16 victories in a row by imposing a mark and breaking the profit records that scratched the 10 million dollars. The magic ended in 1996, in Canada, when in the same race he saw his winning streak against Alphabet Soup cut, in a five-horse duel in the final stretch that drove fans crazy. Cigar was perfection made steed, but fate made him mutilated of “the handles of life” and colorful red.
Zenyatta, the queen of the BC, is the subject of tributes recalling her great victory of 2009 when she realized the males at the Santa Anita racecourse. As you will remember the mare reached the incredible sum of 19 targets, a perfect record he held until 2010, in Churchill Downs, where he lost the unbeaten at the hands of Blame in a final that will be remembered forever and that Mike Smith will never forget.
Tomorrow the tributes will end and the memories will go to the trunk that opens every year with the announcement, with hype and cymbals by the organizers, of the groups to play the fifteen star races on November 1 and 2.