Darley’s freshman sire Desert Party[1], who relocated to Becky Thomas and Dennis Narlinger’s Sequel Stallions New York[2] in 2013 after starting his stallion career in Kentucky, sired his first winner from his first starter when 2-year-old colt Unlashthekraken scored a 2 1/2-length victory from off the pace going six furlongs over good/soft turf at Capannelle Racecourse in Rome (1:12.05). [VIDEO[3]]
Owned and trained by Massimiliano Narduzzi, Unlashthekraken was bred in Kentucky by Azienda Agricola le Ferriere Di Giampaolo Raponi. His dam, the stakes-placed Royal Academy mare Honeypenny, is a half-sister to graded winner and Grade 1-placed Millie’s Quest. Honeypenny’s current sophomore, Hoovergetthekeys (Henrythenavigator), was stakes winner at two in Italy and Group 3-placed this year.
Desert Party, a son of Street Cry (Ire) out of the Tabasco Cat mare Sage Cat, was bred in Kentucky by David Smith and Steven Sinatra. A $475,000 Keeneland September yearling in 2007, he was purchased by Sheikh Mohammed at Fasig-Tipton’s Florida February sale of two-year-olds in training in 2008 for $2.1 million.
A first-out winner who went to become multiple graded/group winner and $928,467-earner (10-6-1-0), Desert Party captured the Grade 2 Sanford S. at Saratoga Racecourse in 2008 by open lengths, the one-mile Group 3 UAE 2000 Guineas in 2009 and the Group 3 Mahab al Shimaal S. in 2009. He also finished second in the Group 2 UAE Derby in 2009. In his final career start he took the 2010 Donald LeVine Memorial Handicap at Philadelphia Park, completing seven furlongs in 1:22.04.
Desert Party stands for a 2014 fee of $7,500.
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