Post by Cavallo on May 19, 2012 5:51:47 GMT -5
Photo Credits: Jessie Holmes
Horse Credits: War Pass
Y12 TW FINISH CUP JUVENILE MILE WINNER
Y12 GHF MARCH JUVENILE FACEOFF WINNER
Y12 GHF RACING POST TROPHY* WINNER
Y12 GHF MAGIC MILLIONS FILLIES' TURF PLACE
Y12 TW FOLLOW THE HOOFPRINTS TURF MILE PLACE
Y12 IR NOVIZIO DERBY PLACE
The General
Name: Nightshade [Atropa]
YOB: 2011 GHF Y10 [2yrs]
Gender: Filly
Color: Black Bay
Height: 17.1 hh
Pedigree:
Racing Statistics
Running Style: Closer
Footing Preference: Turf [Great] // Dirt [Great] // Polytrack [Good]
Ideal Running Distance: 8-12 Furlongs
- Used Distance Extension from GHF Trivia Round Three
Personality and Pedigree
Atropa is one amazing filly. In an effort to produce winning, quality fillies, we got her. Her pedigree is amazing and we hope that her performance will be a reflection of it. She's even fun to be around, a rarity for an Augusto lined foal. Nightshade has Triple Crown written all over her.
+Augusto is a legend, Twilight Stakes Winner and the sire of BC winner's and top notch breeding stock horses like Requiem (dam of HOF Deadly Desires, Canjun Moon, Carmilla and Seraphim) and G1 racing legend Augusta (dam of Warlock and Atalanta and Contessa)
+Rosalind is the dam of Requiem and Admiral's Revenge - the only MHS Triple Crown Winner.
+Frontier, Atropa's Sire, is out of Raider, who is also a Triple Crown winner.
+Fly High Silver is the dam of Frontier and is a Twilight Stakes placer and BC Filly/Mare Turf Winner. She is also a proven brood and is the dam of Geronimo (2nd in Twilight Stakes,February Dawn Treader Winner, and placed second in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont and the Santa Anita Stakes), Frontier, Mockingbird (1st in The Wire Finish Cup Dirt, 2nd GHF Breeders' Cup Classic Y7, 2nd Rising Fury Memorial Stakes, 3rd July Barbaro Stakes, 3rd Kentucky Derby, 3rd Unicorn Horn Series Dirt and took 4th in the Preakness Stakes and GHF Breeders Cup Classic Y6), Cynical and our own GS Ultimate Challenge (show thoroughbred with 4,145 show points and sire of Xalbadora).
So needless to say we really do have high expectations of this gal. Atropa isn't affected by the surface and runs well on both. Atropa isn't a loner in the pasture, but rather a dominator (Hence why we have to keep her away from Attie). She lets the others know who exactly is in charge and they make the wise decisions and submit. She can carry this attitude to the track to, which is why we have such high hopes for her. She is a one person horse and loves to have Michael as her rider. Sure, she can tolerate others, but she just seems to always give her best effort with him. We don't complain, so it's Mike all the way with her.
On the track she isn't easily intimidated and does well running in the back. With amazing stamina and speed she has amazing closing skills. Her determination makes her a force to be reckoned with in the final stretch. Though a domineering filly, she likes to calculate from behind, and tactically makes her move to school the other competitors in the finish. She has amazing acceleration skills and when it is time to perform there is little that will hinder her from performing her best, especially when Michael is in the saddle.
It has been recently discovered that Bellefire is simply one horse that Atropa cannot be worked out with. The two dominating fillies met on the track and it almost had disastrous consequences. Atropa isn't a filly that forgives easily when she's been wronged.
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Racing
Prospect Record:
4-0-0-1
Race Record:
18-7-11-0
Prospect Record:
4-0-0-1
Race Record:
18-7-11-0
Placing Percentage: 100%
Racing Grade: G3
Racing Grade: G3
Placing- Race Name [Grade of Race/ or # in field]
Prospect Season
3rd - TW Y11 Breeder's Cup Yearling Show - [Prospect/7]
5th - GHF's Y11 Next Top Racehorse - R10* 10F D [Prospect/11]
5th - GHF Y11 Prospect Challenge Cup* - 10F D [Prospect/8]
5th - GHF Y11 Prospect Challenge Final Cup* - 12F D [Prospect/9]
2YO Season
1st - GHF Y12 Flipping Frog Stakes [Maiden/4]
1st - GHF Y12 Crystal Cup [G5/4]
1st - TW Y12 THE WIRE FINISH CUP JUVENILE MILE* [M+/3] March Week 2
1st - GHF Y12 March Juvenile Faceoff [G5/4] March Week 4
1st - GHF Y12 Racing Post Trophy* [M+/5] June Week 1
1st - GHF Y12 Lucky Day Futurity [G5+G4 2yos/4] July Week 3
1st - GHF Y12 September Turf Stakes [G5+/2] September Week 2
2nd - TW Insight Stakes [G5/3]
2nd - TW Up the Stakes [G5/3
2nd - GHF Y12 Tulip Bud Cup [G5/5]
2nd - GHF Princess Cup [G4+G5/4]
2nd - GHF Y12 Magic Millions Fillies' Turf* [O/6] April Week 1
2nd - TW Y12 Silver Stride Stakes [0/6] April Week 3
2nd - TW Y12 FOLLOW THE HOOFPRINTS TURF MILE [O/3] May Week 1
2nd - TW Y12 Provincia Derby [G4+G3/3] July Week 1
2nd - GHF Y12 July Turf Stakes [G5+/5] July Week 2
2nd - IR Y12 Novizio Derby* [M+G5+G4/4] September Week 1
2nd - GHF Y12 Horseshoe Futurity* [G5+/5] October Week 1
Race Points: 150
Total Winnings: $2,990,000
Total Winnings: $2,990,000
Racing Plans:
none
Postings.
Pressing On.
Deadly Tastes.
Here to Stay.
Flippin' Out
Double Hit.
Budding Hope.
The Journey Ahead
Volcanic - Prep for The Wire Finish Cup Juvy Mile - Written March Week 2
Toxic Situation - Written March Week Five
Ara and Atropa - Written April Week One
All in Stride - Written April Week Three
Best Foot Forward - Written May Week Two
Well Rested - Written June Week One
Up the Stakes - Written July Week 1
Deadly Warfare - Written August Week 2
Turn It Up. - Written September Week 1
Breeding Records
- No Reserves
- No Foals