Miss Da Point wires Our Shopping Spree in New Year’s Eve stakes bow

by Sarah Mace

Miss Da Point (Strong Contender) celebrated her last day as a 2-year-old by wiring Aqueduct’s Our Shopping Spree Stakes, a mile and 70-yard contest for New York-bred juvenile fillies run as the final stakes race on the 2012 NYRA calendar.

Stretching out for the first time beyond six furlongs for her stakes debut, and wheeling right back for trainer John Toscano following a fourth-place finish in a first-level state-bred allowance over a good (sealed) Aqueduct inner oval five days earlier, Miss Da Point was bet down from her 12-1 morning line odds to 9-2 third choice (of five) by post time. GoldMark Farm’s stakes-tested Agilion was the bettors’ favorite at 4-5.

Out of gate sharply under Irad Ortiz, Jr., Miss Da Point capitalized on the opportunity to control the pace, getting away with moderate early fractions (25.24, 50.61), while being tracked by 32-1 longshot Flattermewithroses.

As Miss Da Point Led by as much as 2 1/2 lengths through the far turn, Eyes of Midas (Midas Eyes), first off a $25,000 claim by Leo O’Brien out of a win on November 30, made her way up into second along the rail after a rough break – hitting the gate and bumping – which left her last early.

In the stretch Miss Da Point opened up, on her way to a comfortable 4 1/2-length victory. Agilion, runner-up in three previous stakes tries, came barreling down the center of the track, but failed to catch Eyes of Midas for the place, finishing third by a head. Hope for Tomorrow and Flattermewithroses completed the order of finish. After six furlongs in 1:15.43, Miss Da Point completed the one mile and 70 yards over a fast track in a final time of 1:45.02.

Bred by James Roberts and owned by Michael Mellen’s Bran Jam Stable, Miss Da Point’s first stakes victory came in her sixth career start. A 13-length Finger Lakes maiden-breaker at second asking on October 12, Miss Da Point was claimed from Peekaboo Stable and trainer James Acquilano for $50,000 out of her first start downstate, an off-the-board Belmont effort on October 28 sprinting against open allowance foes. The filly made her stakes bow following two more unplaced tries in state-bred company. Miss Da Point’s record now stands at 6-2-1-0 with $66,897 in earnings.

Miss Da Point’s dam is Long Distance Love, a Kentucky-bred daughter of Dehere purchased by James Roberts out of the 2002 OBS Spring 2-year-old sale for $40,000. Unplaced in a single start at two, Long Distance Love has produced five winners from five starters. Her most recent reported foal is a 2011 colt by Grand Reserve named Mighty Grand.

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Saratoga Snacks earns first stakes victory in Alex M. Robb

by Sarah Mace

Rising star Saratoga Snacks, a 3-year-old ridgling by Tale of the Cat owned by former Jets and Giants head coach Bill Parcells (as August Dawn Farm), closed out 2012 with his first career stakes victory, taking the $75,000 Alex M. Robb on Wednesday at Aqueduct under a confident ride by Ramon Dominguez.

Favored by the slightest of margins (.85-1) over chief rival Saginaw (.95-1), Saratoga Snacks came into the 1 1/16-mile Alex M. Robb having won three of four starts this year – suffering his only defeat last out when he finished second in the Empire Classic on Showcase Day after a stretch-long duel with Lunar Victory. Slated to run back in the Discovery Handicap, he missed the race because of a foot bruise.

Saratoga Snacks found the front shortly after the break and led the five-horse Robb field through the first turn and along the backstretch, a length ahead of a stalking Saginaw (24.53, 49.25).

Challenged briefly by Saginaw rounding the far turn, Saratoga Snacks drew off again in upper stretch. Socialsaul (27-1) moved up a spot from third and finished well for second, but there was no doubt about the winner, who crossed the wire with a length to spare.

Saginaw, shooting for the North American win title for 2012 with victory number 11, finished another 11 3/4 lengths back in third. Idle American and Swag Daddy completed the order of finish. The final time for the 1 1/16 miles over the fast Aqueduct Inner track was 1:45.21.

Winning rider Ramon Dominguez, who was returning to the races after a month off to recover from a bruised foot, said, “[Saratoga Snacks] was pressed a little bit, but he doesn’t mind. He’s a horse who never seems to get tired. He handles himself so well. When the other horse [Socialsaul] was coming to him [in the stretch] I had a pretty good view on the big screen television [in the infield] and I knew I didn’t need to ask him.”

Trainer Gary Sciacca added, “Coming into the race he was doing everything right and everything good. Since we were inside Saginaw, Ramon said he wanted to protect the rail. He broke well. Saginaw came after him a couple of times on the backside, but he couldn’t get past. He may get a vacation now; we’ll see. He’s done everything right for us.”

Gary Sciacca purchased Saratoga Snacks at the 2010 Fasig-Tipton New York Preferred yearling sale for $60,000. Never out the exacta in seven career starts, the ridgling has won five races, including an open company allowance at Belmont on September 15. His earnings now total $244,600.

Bred by Mrs. Gerald A. Nielsen, Saratoga Snacks is one of three winners from three foals to start out of Near and Dear, a multiple winner by Red Ransom ($80,400) bred by Mrs. Nielsen and her husband Gerald. Speed Dating (Not For Love) was a six figure earner ($108,987); Rajman (Thunder Gulch) placed twice at the Group 3 level in Peru.

Near and Dear currently has a 2-year-old filly by Stormy Atlantic named Hurricane Jackie who has not started; a yearling filly by the same sire and a weanling full brother to Saratoga Snacks. She was bred last spring to Henrythenavigator.

 

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El Prado runner-up Kharafa impresses in stakes debut

by Sarah Mace

Building on recent strong performances in New York, but overlooked by bettors in the field of 13 horses three and up lined up to run a mile on turf in Saturday’s $75,000 El Prado Stakes at Gulfstream Park, Lawrence A. Durocher, Jr.’s Kharafa, finished a strong second behind multiple stakes winner and Grade 2-placed Nikki’s Sandcastle.

Guided by jockey Edgar Prado to the rail soon after the breaking from post four, 17-1 Kharafa enjoyed a groundsaving trip through the clubhouse turn and along the backstretch, racing in sixth position about four lengths behind Xin Xu Lin, who showed the way for the first half-mile in 46.22.

Moving up to join the vanguard, and still hugging the rail round the far turn, Kharafa was pressed for running room in upper stretch, but found a seam, dove back to the rail and outkicked 2-1 favorite and new leader Salto.

In the final strides Nikki’s Sandcastle, moving five-wide from the rear of the pack, drove home for the victory by three-quarters of a length. Kharafa crossed the wire 1 1/2 lengths clear of Salto. The winner’s final time for the mile over the firm turf course was 1:34.48 for a Beyer Speed Figure of 96.

Since breaking his maiden in his turf debut in his second (and final start) at two, and after shaking off the rust following a winter freshening, 3-year-old Kharafa has had a series of strong turf outings dating back to July for trainer Tim Hills

Hitting the board in six of his last seven starts Kharafa passed through his state-bred conditions, most recently scoring a second level allowance victory by open lengths going 1 1/16 miles on yielding turf at Aqueduct on November 30. Kharafa’s second-place finish in the El Prado improves his record to 3-3-1 from eleven starts and brings his earnings total to $142,830.

Bred by High Meadow Farm, Kharafa issues from the first North American crop of Kitalpha, a full brother to Kingmambo, who moved to Kentucky in 2008 after siring six crops in Zimbabwe and unfortunately died of cancer in September 2012.

Kharafa’s unraced dam Exquisite Cassie (King of Kings [IRE]), a half sister to multiple stakes-winning New York-bred Lovely Amanda ($376,450), last changed hands via public auction when she sold to SunFire Farm for $20,000 at the 2005 Keeneland November sale.

Exquisite Cassie has produced one other winner from one other foal to start. Currently she has a 2-year-old colt by Defrere (Larry’s Bentley) who has not started, a yearling colt by the same sire (Noa’s Engine) and was bred back last spring to Kitalpha.

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Saginaw stages powerful victory in open Gravesend

by Sarah Mace

David Jacobson and Drawing Away Stable’s former claimer Saginaw raised the bar yet again at Aqueduct on Saturday, winning the 54th running of the open $75,000 Gravesend Handicap. The powerful performance was his tenth victory of 2012 and left his trainer looking ahead to a start in the Alex M. Robb at 1 1/16 miles on December 26, the final scheduled New York-bred stakes race of the year.

Winner of nine of his last 11 starts, including five stakes races for state-breds, Saginaw has only really faltered once since March, when he took on the best of open company in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap. Trainer David Jacobson was hoping the 6-year-old Peruvian gelding would “take it to the next level” when faced again with open competition in the Gravesend.

Toting the highweight of 119 and bet down to 1-2 favoritism under Junior Alvarado, Saginaw and tough 5-2 rival Royal Currier (Red Bullet) turned the six-furlong affair into a two-horse race in the scratched down field of four.

Royal Currier set the pace from the get-go while Saginaw came through between horses to settle in second. After enjoying as much as a two-length lead on the backstretch through the early splits (23.37; 45.83), Royal Currier was confronted by his main rival in the turn. The two battled hammer and tongs in upper stretch and were inseparable at the furlong marker, but with a sixteenth of a mile to go, Saginaw put a head in front before going on to win by one length in a sharp final time of 1:09.40. [VIDEO[2]]

Rider Junior Alvarado, who had the call aboard Saginaw for the first time, said, “David pretty much left it up to me. I tried to play the break and have a good break. He broke well. I had the best horse in the race, so I put him right there. He’s a class horse, and when I asked him he gave it all to me. It was pretty much easy at the end. When we turned for home, I knew how much horse I had. [Royal Currier] was still trying, but I had plenty of horse left.”

Trainer David Jacobson added, “That was a legitimate horse he beat [Royal Currier]; [trainer] Linda [Rice] always does a great job. They ran really fast. I’m happy to see he can compete in open company now. The only other time he did was in May [in the Metropolitan Handicap]. We’ll definitely be back for the Alex M. Robb, provided he comes back OK. He’ll let us know.”

Saginaw was claimed by Jacobson for $30,000 out of a 13 1/4-length romp at Aqueduct on March 8, when he was equipped with blinkers for the first time by trainer Rick Dutrow, Jr., who had him for one start.

Wearing blinkers for all 11 subsequent starts, Saginaw has been virtually unstoppable, adding nine victories to his tally, including stakes scores in the Carr Heaven and Affirmed Success at Belmont in April and May, Saratoga’s John Morrissey Stakes, the Promenade All in Belmont in September, and Fourstars Allstar at Aqueduct in November, now capped by his Gravesend win. In the Hudson on Showcase Day, he ran second to the Mind Over Matter after a poor start.

Saginaw’s career record now stands at 16-6-2 from 34 starts with earnings of $739,190. His tenth victory of 2012 leaves him in a tie for the lead nationally with Finger Lakes-based Clean Jean (Ecton Park) and Winning Dubai (E Dubai) who races at the Hipodromo Camarero in Puerto Rico.

Bred by Ted Taylor and foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds[3], Saginaw is one of three winners and two black type performers out of Devilzene, a Kentucky-bred winner by Devil’s Bag purchased by Ted Taylor for $21,000 as a yearling at the 2000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale. Saginaw’s full brother Sipsey is stakes placed ($97,194). Devilzene currently has a 2-year-old filly by Desert Warrior named Sinclair who has not started and was bred this year to Desert Warrior.

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No joke: Wildcat’s Smile aces Sarcastic Stakes

by Sarah Mace

Finding welcome class relief following the Grade 1 Gazelle on November 24, where she finished seventh to Dance Card, Francis Paolangeli’s homebred Wildcat’s Smile enjoyed a comfortable victory in the the $80,000 Sarcastic Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct on Saturday.

Making her third start off a freshening after finishing off the board in the New York Derby at Finger Lakes on July 21, the Forest Wildcat filly was looking to turn the tables on Morrow Cove, who beat her to the wire in the Raging Fever Stakes on Aqueduct’s opening day.

In the second meeting of the fillies in the Sarcastic Stakes, bettors made Morrow Cove the odds-on favorite, with Wildcat’s Smile going off as third choice at 3-1. The hot-handed Irad Ortiz, Jr., who had the call for the first time from trainer Dominic Galluscio, was looking for his fourth victory of the day.

Wildcat’s Smile got right into contention for the 1 mile 70 yard contest from her outside post (of five), setting up nicely at the flank of pacesetter Morrow Cove through early fractions of 24.36 and 48.62.

Moving decisively early on the far turn, Wildcat’s Smile passed Morrow Cove and edged ahead to lead by one-half length by the quarter pole. Without another serious challenge, the blazed-face dark bay filly drew off to a 1 1/2 length victory in a final time of 1:41.98. [VIDEO[2]]

Off the board only three times in 13 lifetime starts, Wildcat’s Smile broke her maiden at second asking at Saratoga in 2011, before going on to beat the boys in the New York Breeders’ Futurity and finish second by a nose in the Grade 2 Demoiselle. In 2011 she also took home the place money in the Lady Finger Stakes and Joseph A. Gimma on Showcase Day.

This year Wildcat’s Smile followed up a victory in a state-bred allowance at Aqueduct in April with a strong third in the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan. Her second stakes victory on Saturday improves her record to 13-4-4-2 and boosts her earnings to $420,321.

Foaled at Keane Stud[3] in Amenia, Wildcat’s Smile is out of Serenity’s Smile, a multiple black type placed New York-bred daughter of Dixie Brass also bred by Paolangeli ($178,634). A producer of all stakes winners from three foals to start, Serenity’s Smile first foal, Stormy’s Smile, a daughter of Stormy Atlantic, won the 2008 renewal of the Maid of the Mist at Belmont ($73,971). Five-year-old Johannesburg Smile (Johannesburg) has won two stakes races and is a twelve-time stakes performer ($391,770).

Serenity’s Smile currently has a 2-year-old filly by Stormy Atlantic named Atlantic’s Smile who has not yet started and a yearling colt by Catienus (Catienus’s Smile). She was bred to Bluegrass Cat this year.

 

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Fiftieth season at Finger Lakes: it’s a wrap

by David Mattice

FARMINGTON, N.Y. – Finger Lakes Casino and Racetrack concluded its 50th year of racing on Friday with Bandit Lady winning the final race of the season. Wilfredo Rohena guided the 5-year-old mare to a six and three-quarter length victory in the ninth race for trainer Jeremiah Englehart.

RECORD STREAK COMES TO AN END

Rohena completed the season as the leading jockey at the Western New York track. He visited the winners circle a total of 138 times during the 2012 meet.

John Davila, Jr had been the top rider at Finger Lakes for ten consecutive years before finishing second to Rohena this year. The record streak concluded for Davila, who recorded a total of 129 wins in 2012.

Rohena is a veteran rider from Carolina, Puerto Rico who has been competing for 28 years. In 1994, he was the leading jockey at El Comandante (Hipodromo Camarero). The 47-year-old journeyman had immediate success at Finger Lakes. His 107 victories in 2011 ranked him second in the local standings behind John Davila, Jr.

Chris Englehart continued his dominance in the local trainer standings. He was the top Finger Lakes conditioner for the tenth consecutive year. Englehart saddled 135 winning horses to earn his twelfth career trainer title.

2012 MILESTONES

Fox Rules went gate-to-wire to score an upset in the $160,800 New York Derby on July 21. The 12-1 outsider gave trainer M. Anthony Ferraro his 1,500th career win.

Ferraro has a career total of 29 stakes victories including two with the mother of Fox Rules. In 2001, Shesastonecoldfox took the $65,350 Lady Finger Stakes and the $137,900 New York Breeders’ Futurity before being entered in the Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships.

Jockey Luis Perez also recorded his 1,500th win this season. Perez guided Neva Masquerade to a two and one-quarter triumph on April 27 to reach the milestone.

Dennis Carr earned his 2,500th win on Opening Day. Carr was aboard Valuable Lady who scored a one length victory in the feature race.

Trainer H. James Bond registered his 1,000th career win with Messorio on September 28. The 54-year-old conditioner began his career at Finger Lakes and went on to train horses that were successful on the national scene. Horses from his barn have amassed a sum of $37,067,230 in lifetime earnings.

CLASSY FILLIES PROVIDE SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Clean Jean received the award for 2012 Finger Lakes “Horse of the Year”. The chestnut filly owned by Mark Valentine registered a total of eight wins in 15 Finger Lakes starts this year.

The $125,149 earner was claimed for $4,000 on May 1 by trainer Sal Iorio, Jr.  She won six races and hit the board in two stakes events after moving to the new barn.

The 4-year-old New York-bred was guided by jockey Dean Frates to her tenth victory of the year on November 6. With the two length score, she ascended into the lead in the 2012 North American thoroughbred standings in the category of wins.

Matchmadeinheaven was the only multiple stakes winner of the meet. The talented young filly owned by Merrylegs Farm won the $124,888 Lady Finger Stakes in her career debut on September 3. The Chris Englehart-trainee also took the $50,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes on September 29 to remain undefeated at the Western New York Track.

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Kelli Got Frosty makes a splash with romp in sloppy East View

by Sarah Mace

Kelli Got Frosty put another feather in the cap of her top freshman sire Frost Giant by becoming his first multiple stakes winner as she splashed her way to a much-the-best 9 1/2-length victory in Sunday’s $80,000 East View Stakes for New York-bred juvenile fillies, a one-turn mile on a sloppy (sealed) racetrack.

Co-featured with the Damon Runyon on the closing day of main track competition at Aqueduct, the East View was approached with confidence by bettors, who made Kelli Go Frosty the 2-5 favorite following her half-length victory in the Fifth Avenue division of the NYSS on November 11 over a very tough customer in odds-on Monmouth-based invader P J’s Superego (Freud).

After an uneventful break from post three under Cornelio Velazquez, the blaze-faced dark bay took over the lead at the rail from Bit Bustin (Bustin Stones) following a first quarter mile in 23.73. After cruising up the backstretch and extending her lead to five lengths by the quarter pole (47.69, 1:12.79), Kelli Got Frosty opened up dramatically midstretch when asked for run, going on to win by 9 1/2 lengths geared down.

Second choice Agilion closed from fifth to finish second, five lengths ahead of Bit Bustin. Jerusalem Stone was fourth, followed home by Carameaway and Flattermewithroses. The final time for the one mile over the off-going was 1:39.19, a half second faster than the males in the Damon Runyon. [VIDEO[2]]

Cornelio Velasquez, who had call aboard Kelli Got Frosty for the first time, said, “There wasn’t much speed in the race; I tried running in behind the speed, but it was a slow pace and she made the lead easy. I had the best horse; she galloped and won easy. She’s a nice filly and she loves the mud.”

Rudy Rodriguez, who trains the filly for breeder Andrew Cohen and co-owners Lee Sacks, Aubrey Flanagan and Gary Tolchin, added, “I’m very happy with the way she’s coming along. I’m thankful to the owners for giving me the opportunity to train her, and she’s a very nice filly. I think she’ll be fine going two turns. I think the longer she goes, she’ll get more comfortable. We really liked her from Day 1, and she has not disappointed us yet.”

Fourth in her debut in the Lady Finger Stakes, Kelli Got Frosty broke her maiden next out by an eye-popping 14 lengths in the mud at Belmont going 1 1/16 miles. A close-up third when favored to win the Joseph A. Gimma on Showcase Day in her third start, she went on to win the six-furlong Park Avenue in gritty style. With back-to-back stakes victories in her last two starts, Kelli Got Frosty has now earned $175,944.

Foaled at Empire Stud in Hudson, Kelli Got Frosty is the second foal and second winner out of Nick’s Honor, an unraced daughter of Jump Start. Nick’s Honor currently has a weanling filly by Posse and was bred this year to D’ Funnybone.

Frost Giant (Keane Stud[3]), winner of the Grade 1 Suburban Handicap in 2008, is the leading first crop sire in New York and, at the start of the weekend, ranked sixth nationally. His first progeny stakes winner West Hills Giant captured the $247,338 New York Breeders’ Futurity.

 

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Smooth Bert glides home first in Damon Runyon

by Sarah Mace

Bona Venture Stables’ Smooth Bert (Smooth Jazz) overtook Notacatbutallama in late stretch to win Sunday’s co-featured $80,000, one-mile Damon Runyon Stakes for New York-bred juveniles on the last day of main track racing at Aqueduct.

Coming into the Damon Runyon with a proven aptitude for off-going, Smooth Bert was bet down from his 12-1 morning line odds to third choice at 4-1 in a contentious field of eight that included: two-time stakes winner and Grade 3 Pilgrim runner-up Notacatbutallama (3-1), who was making an experimental first start on dirt for Repole-Pletcher; favorite In Harm’s Way (2-1), who ran third in Grade 2 Saratoga Special; Meeker Avenue and Laila’s Jazz, the one-two finishers in the six-furlong NYSS Great White Way; and a couple of promising-looking second-time starters.

Part of the scrum in the vanguard in the earliest stages, Smooth Bert raced four wide in third from his outside post under Mike Luzzi behind In Harm’s Way, who emerged with the lead by the time the field exited the chute.

As the field entered the far turn, Smooth Bert advanced to be a clear second five lengths behind In Harm’s Way. Notacatbutallama, who took back to seventh early, kicked into gear around the far turn and passed Smooth Bert at the quarter pole, to take over second.

In Harm’s Way continued to lead past the furlong marker, but Notacatbutallama advanced on the outside to gain the lead and Smooth Bert re-rallied at the rail. Going best in the final sixteenth, Smooth Bert struck the front and opened up three-quarters of a length by the wire. Notacatbutallama finished five lengths ahead of 24-1 longshot James Jingle, who closed from last to get third. Completing the order of finish were Giant Finish, Reaching Out, Laila’s Jazz, and Meeker Avenue.

After a half-mile in 46.65, the final time for the mile on the sloppy (sealed) track was 1:39.70. [VIDEO[2]]

Winning rider Mike Luzzi commented, “Just by going on what [trainer Leah Gyarmati] and her assistant, Herbie, said, he’s very talented, but he’s still kind of green. He really doesn’t know what he’s doing yet. He kind of lost focus, then Rajiv [Maragh, aboard Notacatbutallama] went by me and he kind of gained his focus back and went back to running. Very talented horse, and I think he’ll improve.”

Gyarmati added, “I was a little worried turning for home when I thought we were going to be a bad third, but he kicked in and took off. [Mike Luzzi] rode him perfectly. He let him get his feet under him and let him relax, but kept him where he stayed involved.”

Gyarmati also said, “He’s a neat horse. He can probably do anything once he figures it all out. The longer, the better, and he has some speed if you want him to use it. He’s very athletic. He looks like a 5-year-old, but he’s not clumsy. He’s not one of those big horses where it takes a lot for him to get into himself. Right from the beginning, he’s been athletic.”

Smooth Bert’s first stakes victory comes in his fifth career outing. Third in his Saratoga debut in the slop at behind multiple stakes winner Weekend Hideaway, and improving to second next out at Belmont on September 19, Smooth Bert broke his maiden at third asking at Belmont while stretching out to a mile on a muddy sealed track on October 4. In his stakes debut in the Bertram Bongard on Showcase Day, the colt finished fifth after hitting the gate.

Bred by Allen Hallett in partnership with Briggs & Cromartie Bloodstock, and foaled at Hallett’s Thoroughbreds in Cato, Smooth Bert is the first stakes winner for his winning dam Little Bertie (Devil His Due), all of whose six foals to start are winners, including $127,200-earner Singalongwith Bert (Concerto).

Smooth Bert’s sire Smooth Jazz, who begin his stud career at Cloverleaf Farms in Florida in 2004, moved to Buckridge Farm in Kinderhook, where he stood in 2008 and 2009 before relocating to Ghost Ridge Farm in Pennsylvania.

Smooth Bert twice changed hands at public auction, selling as a Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York Preferred yearling for $45,000 to SGV Thoroughbreds, who turned him around for $60,000 to Bona Venture Stables at the 2012 OBS Spring 2-year-old sale.

With no reported foals in 2011 and 2012, Little Bertie was bred this year to D’ Funnybone.

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