Questroyal North announced on Saturday the addition of multiple Grade 2 stakes-winner and dual track record-holder Lewis Michael to its stallion band in Stillwater. Lewis Michael previously stood at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, KY and is the youngest of Rahy’s best sons, out of the Broad Brush mare Justenuffheart.
Lewis Michael compiled a record of 7-6-2 in 23 starts and earned $811,714 for owner/breeder Frank Carl Calabrese. During his career he recorded seven triple digit Beyer Speed Figures and won on dirt, turf and all-weather tracks, including a 2 3/4-length victory in the Pat O’Brien Handicap-G2 at Del Mar, in which he set a seven-furlong track record of 1:21.17 that still stands. He also scored a 4 3/4-length victory in the Washington Park Handicap-G2 at Arlington Park, setting a record of 1:55.17 for 1 3/16 miles, which also still stands. In addition, Lewis Michael placed in five grade 2 or grade 3 stakes, won an allowance race on the dirt track at Arlington by 8 1/4 lengths and an allowance race by 7 lengths posting a 106 Beyer after the Arlington surface was converted to Polytrack.
Lewis Michael comes from a powerful female family. His full sister, Dreaming of Anna, was named Champion 2-year-old filly after her victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, and a half-brother, Justenuffhumor, was a multiple graded stakes-winner with earnings of $533,900. His dam, Justenuffheart,is a half-sister to Kitten’s Joy, the leading sire in North America in 2013 with progeny earnings of more than $11.3 million and 24 stakes-winners, and to multiple grade I winner and $1.9 million earner Precious Kitten.
Lewis Michael will stand for $3,000, payable when the foals stands and nurses, as the property of owner Frank Calabrese. He’ll be available for inspection at Questroyal North at the farm’s stallion show on Saturday, January 25.
For more information contact Midge Hawver at (518) 828-0777 or: qrstud@mhcable.com, Sara Dunham at (518) 928-6615, or Jay Ryan, Assistant Manager at (518) 441-1005 or questroyalnorth@gmail.com
