2008 PENNSYLVANIA-BRED CHAMPIONS
Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association has named its champions and leaders for 2008, based upon the unanimous recommendation of its Awards Committee. They are:
TWO YEAR OLD MALE–JUKE JOINT
Ch. c., 2006, Jazz Club – To The Chapel, by Runaway Groom
bred by David DiPietro
Winner in three of four starts in 2008, including a seven length score in the Send More Money Stakes at Presque Isle Downs and a four length victory in the Maryland Million Nursery Stakes, earning $165,750.
TWO YEAR OLD FILLY–GLORIOUS SMILE
Bay f., 2006, Honour And Glory – Contagious Smile, by Halo
bred by Pandora Farms
Winner of the Blue Mountain Futurity at Penn National and the Eavesdrop Stakes at Philadelphia Park. Glorious Smile won two of her four starts with two seconds, earning $113,165.
THREE YEAR OLD MALE–DEAL MAKING
Bay c., 2005, Empire Maker – Recording
bred by Augustin Stable
Winner of three straight, including the Stanton Stakes at Delaware Park, followed by thirds in the G2 Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga and the G3 Bryan Station Stakes at Keenland, earning $121,500.
THREE YEAR OLD FILLY–EXTRA SEXY PSYCHIC
Dk. b. f., 2005, Freud – She’s Pretty Too, by Housebuster
bred by Toni Kirwan & Ed Hipps
Winner of four of her eight starts including a six length victory in the Cozy Lace Stakes at Presque Isle Downs and a second place finish in the Wonders Delight Stakes at Penn National, finishing with $201,690 in earnings.
CHAMPION OLDER MALE–WHISTLE PIG
Dk. b. g., 2004, Patton – Yanni’s Girl, by Commadore C.
bred by Sylmar Farms
Winner of six of fourteen starts in 2008, including four stakes victories the Presidentialaffair and Leematt Stakes at Presque Isle, and the Lyman and Yankee Affair at Philadelphia Park, earning $296,160.
CHAMPION OLDER FEMALE–JET AWAY JANE
Bay m., 2003, Unbridled Jet – Mints First Star, by Beyond The Mint
by Ted & Robin Stepanoff
Winner of four stakes in seven starts, the Foxy J. G., the Langhorne, and the Ambassador of Luck Handicap, all at Philadelphia Park, and the Daylilly Stakes at Penn National earning $240,340.
CHAMPION TURF HORSE–LORD ADMIRAL
Bay h., 2001, El Prado – Lady Ilsley, by Trempolino
bred by London TBS & Derry Meeting Farm
Winner of the Al Rashidiya (UAE G3) and the Jebel Hatta Nayef (UAE G2) at Nad al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai, and seconds in the Amethyst Stakes-G3 and the Meld Stakes-G3 in Ireland, with earnings of $411,341.
CHAMPION STEEPLECHASER–DARK EQUATION
Bay g., 2001, Polish Numbers – Night Risk, by Wild Again
bred by London TBS & Derry Meeting Farm
His one winning race in 2008 was a big one, the New York Turf Writers Handicap (NSA G1) at Saratoga, and also finished a close second in the A. P. Smithwick Memorial (NSA G2) at Saratoga.
CHAMPION CLAIMING HORSE–BANK’N ON GOLD
Ch. f., 2005, Banker’s Gold – Bank’n On Dixie, by Water Bank
bred by Sylmar Farm
Winner of seven of fourteen starts, she broke her maiden for $25,000 in May by fifteen lengths, then went on to win three starter allowance races, and three open allowance races, finishing with earnings of $223,520.
CHAMPION SPRINTER–FABULOUS STRIKE
dk.b./br.g., 2003, Smart Strike-Fabulous Find, by Lost Code
Bred by Tea Party Stable Inc. (Walter Downey)
Won the Vincent A. Moscarelli Memorial at Delaware Park, and both the Fall Highweight Handicap and the Gravesend Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct, and fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), earning $306,580.
LEADING BREEDING FUND AWARD RECIPIETN
SYLMAR FARM (BETSY & RONNIE HOUGHTON)
Total Awards Earned – $259,464
LEADING OVERALL BREEDER OF PENNSYLVANIA BREDS
AUGUSTIN STABLE – GEORGE STRAWBRIDGE, JR.
Total earnings of $1,362,734 in North America and Europe for horses bred by George Strawbridge Jr.
CHAMPION STALLION–PATTON
h., 1991, Lord At War (Arg)-Slew Me Down, by Seattle Slew
Earned stallion awards in the amount of $64,861
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