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Entries in Secret Heart (3)

Thursday
May052011

A VISIT WITH CURLIN, GIANT'S CAUSEWAY, A.P. INDY AND MORE...

Tapit

Tapit
(Image : South Winds Thoroughbreds / USA PCE)

Video Updates from Kentucky…

In a continuation from yesterday’s video updates from Mick Goss, Alec Hogg and Barry Irwin in the US, here are a few more clips featuring visits with Curlin, Giant’s Causeway, A.P. Indy, Arch and Tapit as well as clips of Teams Valor and Denali and Secret Heart.

Click below to watch :

CURLIN
GIANT’S CAUSEWAY
A.P. INDY
ARCH
TAPIT
TEAMS VALOR AND DENALI
SECRET HEART

(Footage courtesy of Alec Hogg)

Friday
Feb042011

EXPERIMENTAL FREE HANDICAP RATINGS FOR 2010

Barry Irwin of Team Valor with Pluck

Barry Irwin of Team Valor with Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner, Pluck
(Image : Bleacher Report/VTA Blog)

“You’ve got an
Uncle in the Furniture Business…”

The Americans have just issued their Experimental Free Handicap ratings for 2010, for two-year-old colts and fillies. The top rated colt, Uncle Mo, ranked two pounds above the norm, making him something of a standout.

Interesting, the joint fourth rated colt, Pluck, is out of the South African-bred mare Secret Heart, and belongs to one of South African racing’s greatest admirers, Barry Irwin of Team Valor International. Here they are, together with a schedule of the stallions represented. Inevitably, the stallion list is headed by Lion Heart, a horse Coolmore banished to Turkey.

2010 EXPERIMENTAL FREE HANDICAP - COLTS

Wt Horse Sire
128 UNCLE MO Indian Charlie
123 TO HONOR AND SERVE Bernardini
122 BOYS AT TOSCONOVA Officer
121 COMMA TO THE TOP Bwana Charlie
121 PLUCK More Than Ready
120 J P’S GUSTO Successful Appeal
120 JAYCITO Victory Gallop
120 KANTHAROS Lion Heart
119 J.B.’S THUNDER Thunder Gulch
119 SOLDAT War Front
116 ROGUE ROMANCE Smarty Jones
116 SANTIVA Giant’s Causeway
115 ASTROLOGY A.P. Indy
115 MAJOR GAIN More Than Ready
115 MUCHO MACHO MAN Macho Uno
115 WILLCOX INN Harlan’s Holiday
114 GOURMET DINNER Trippi
114 MADMAN DIARIES Bring The Heat
114 RIVETING REASON Fusaichi Pegasus
114 STAY THIRSTY Bernardini
112 CALEB’S POSSE Posse
112 MOUNTAIN TOWN Cape Town
112 PREMIER PEGASUS Fusaichi Pegasus
112 RUSH NOW Tiznow
111 CLEARANCE CLARENCE Cryptoclearance
111 MAYBESOMAYBENOT Sunday Break (JPN)
111 SWAY AWAY Afleet Alex
110 AIR SUPPORT Smart Strike
110 BANDBOX Tapit
110 COZY KITTEN Kitten’s Joy
110 ROUGH SAILING Mizzen Mast
110 TIZ BLESSED Tiznow
110 VENGEFUL WILDCAT Vindication
110 WINE POLICE Speighstown

2010 EXPERIMENTAL FREE HANDICAP - FILLIES

Wt Horse Sire
123 AWESOME FEATHER Awesome of Course
120 MORE THAN REAL More Than Ready
120 TURBULENT DESCENT Congrats
119 A Z WARRIOR Bernardini
119 R HEAT LIGHTNING Trippi
118 DANCINGHERDREAMS Tapit
118 KATHMANBLU Bluegrass Cat
118 RIGOLETTA Concerto
118 TELL A KELLY Tapit
118 WICKEDLY PERFECT Congrats
116 BIG TIZ Tiznow
116 POSITION LIMIT Bellamy Road
116 WINTER MEMORIES El Prado (Ire)
115 INDIAN GRACEY Indian Ocean
114 DELIGHTFUL MARY Limehouse
114 DIXIE CITY Dixie Union
113 FULL MOON BLUES Petionville
113 JORDY Y Congrats
113 MAY DAY ROSE Rockport Harbour
112 BELIEVE IN A. P. A. P. Indy
112 HARLAN’S RUBY Harlan’s Holiday
112 NEVERSAIDIWASSWEET Eurosilver
112 WONDERLANDBYNIGHT Sky Mesa
111 BOUQUET BOOTH Flower Alley
111 FOREST LEGEND Forest Camp
111 LE MI GEAUX First Samurai
111 NIJI’S GRAND GIRL Candy Ride (Arg)
110 GRANDACIOUS Grand Slam
110 HOLIDAY FOR KITTE Kitten’s Joy
110 JUST LOUISE Five Star Day

2010 EXPERIMENTAL FREE HANDICAP - SIRES
(3 or more represented)

Stallion Colts Fillies Total
LION HEART (Tale of the Cat) 1 5 6
TAPIT (Pulpit) 1 5 6
* CONGRATS (A.P. Indy) 1 4 5
* BERNARDINI (A.P. Indy) 3 1 4
* FIRST SAMURAI (Giant’s Causeway) 3 1 4
STORMY ATLANTIC (Storm Cat) 2 2 4
YES IT’S TRUE (Is It True) 1 3 4
AFLEET ALEX (Northern Afleet) 1 2 3
ARCH (Kris S.) 0 3 3
FUSAICHI PEGASUS (Mr. Prospector) 3 0 3
HARLAN’S HOLIDAY (Harlan) 2 1 3
MORE THAN READY (Southern Halo) 2 1 3
* SHARP HUMOR (Distorted Humor) 3 0 3
SMART STRIKE (Mr. Prospector) 2 1 3
TALE OF THE CAT (Storm Cat) 2 1 3
THUNDER GULCH (Gulch) 3 0 3
TIZNOW (Cee’s Tizzy) 2 1 3
WEST ACRE (Forty Niner) 1 2 3

* Freshman Sire

Wednesday
Dec152010

PLUCK TO STAND AT VINERY STUD

pluck winning the breeders cup juvenile turf

Click above to watch Pluck winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf…
(Photo : Sky Sports - Footage : Breeders Cup)

PLUCK (USA)
More Than Ready (USA) - Secret Heart (SAF)

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (Gr 2, 8f) winner Pluck (2 c Secret Heart, by Fort Wood) is scheduled to stand alongside his sire More Than Ready (USA) at Vinery Stud in Australia following his recent acquisition.

Trained by Todd Pletcher, the Team Valor-homebred came with a big finish in the straight to land the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf having previously won the Summer Stakes (Gr 3, 8f) at Woodbine in Canada.

The colt has since been transferred to Graham Motion and could be targeted towards Europe with the Irish 2,000 Guineas a possible option.

A decision as to when Pluck will retire to stud will be made following his three-year-old campaign.

His dam Secret Heart is a stakes winner in South Africa, by Champion sire Fort Wood, and is a half-sister to the Champion South African 3-year-old Filly of 2004, Promisefrommyheart. His granddam Secret Pact is a stakes winning half-sister to champion London News.

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