Post by Cavallo on Jun 28, 2012 19:51:42 GMT -5
Photo Credits: Allison Janezic
Horse Credits: Da Tara
The General
Name: Arachne [Ara]
YOB: 2010 GHF Y9 [3yrs]
Gender: Filly
Color: Black Bay
Height: 16hh
Pedigree:
Racing Statistics
Running Style: Front Runner
Footing Preference: Turf [Great] // Dirt [Great] // Sand [Great]
Ideal Running Distance: 7-10 Furlongs
Personality
There are always opposites. There is Happy and there is Sad. There is Calm and there is Crazy. There is Apollo Bear and then there is Arachne. Where Apollo Bear is sweet, but competitive, Ara is cruel and just plain out manipulative and cunning. She is the yin to his yang and more than makes up for Apollo Bear in the "edgy" department. Ara is a complicated filly to get to know...because ultimately she is really a one person kind of horse and that person is Jeff Sanders. It isn't suggested that strangers approach her because they're usually greeted with flat ears and rolled eyes...but there is just something to be said of the way she acts when Jeff is around. If Jeff's nearby it's like she suddenly sees the world through rose colored glasses...and when they're together on the track...Oh boy...but um..still mind your fingers and digits. She is a hot-tempered filly that is always one to keep you on your toes. She isn't malicious as though she looks to attack, but unless she comes to you, it's best to simply admire from a distance. (Hence Jeff does everything for her!) On the track though Ara is a pace setter. As soon as those gates fling open she's off like a shot. Her amazing acceleration skills helps her to quickly rally to the front, but that is just the beginning. Once she runs away with the lead, she makes it extremely hard to keep up and still have enough to seriously challenge her in the end. She isn't afraid to take on competition and will fight to the wire with all her fierceness and determination.
She was bred to be fast and to have stamina enough to fend off all comers. In the final stretch, if she hears another horse approach...she kicks into another gear...and it is this gear that has shocked even us here at Intrepid. We've had amazing horses and trained TC winners and she still amazes us. Ara has the Triple Tiara written all over her.
History and Pedigree Information
Ara was born at Kingfisher Stud alongside her twin brother Apollo Bear. Kingfisher Stud and Akita Rose Stables had made some sort of deal so that each stable would receive one of the twins. Akita Rose Stables received Apollo Bear as a weanling and has since then been training him into a great racehorse, but Kingfisher Stud suddenly closed their doors, so Intrepid stepped in on Ara's behalf.
Intrepid Racing has been a LONG time affiliate and sister stable to Kingfisher and so we stepped in this filly's third year to help them out by maintaining and cultivating this gal who is simply dripping with potential.
We are eager to launch her racing career as a three year old on GHF Y12. We know that there is work to be done, but with her fiery determination and desire we are sure that she will step up to the plate. Her twin, Apollo Bear already has 100% consistency in his placings and we are hoping she will not just do as well, but exceed her brother. She's the freshest three year old on the track, she's matured and ready to make her mark.
[X] Determination is old sim blood and an amazingly accomplished stallion. He has won the coveted Belmont Stakes, the Twilight Stakes, and the Pegasus Stakes and placed second in the Tropical Equine Breeder's Cup Classic. As a sire he doesn't slack. His most famous foal is the stallion, Impossible Determination who is the sire of Breeders' Cup Classic Winner and Preakness Winner, GS Gallant Prince.
[X] Augusta is a racing legend on the MHS tracks. She retired with a record of 50-25-12-9 (92% Consistency). In her whole racing career, she only placed out of the money FOUR TIMES. She is a major stakes winenr, winning the MHS Agression Cup, the MHS Breeder's Cup Classic and the MHS Breeder's Cup Sprint. As a dam, she was just as successful with foals like G1 Contessa, G3 Anarchi (arch rival of GHF'S Impressario), and the famous racing twins, G2 Warlock and G2 Atalanta - all amazing horses she to be a half-sibling to.
Through her dam's side this also make Ara a distant relative of proven broodmare Requiem (HOF Deadly Desires, Nightshade, Carmilla, Seraphim, Canjun Moon..etc), Bucephalus (Abastor Y10 colt), and the up-and-coming Anodyne (Augusto bred Y11 colt).
Needless to say she has some royal bloodlines that have proven themselves on the track.
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Racing
Race Record:
19-7-8-2
Race Record:
19-7-8-2
Placing Percentage: 88%
Racing Grade: G3
Placing- Race Name [Grade of Race/ or # in field]
3YO Season
1st - GHF Y12 February Maiden Turf [M/5]
1st - GHF Y12 Rosebud Stakes [G5/5]
1st - GHF Y12 Fluffy Cup [M+G5/5] April Week 4
1st - TW Y12 Upgrading Derby [G5/4] July Week 1
1st - GHF Y12 Exhilaration Stakes [G5/3] July Week 3
1st - TW Y12 Highlander Derby [G4/3] August Week 4
1st - TW Y12 LaBroquerie Derby [G4/3] October Week 3
2nd - TW Y12 Fervier Maiden [M/7]
2nd - TW Y12 Yarpha Stakes [G5/5] April Week 1
2nd - TW Y12 Stylisha Derby [G5/3] June Week 2
2nd - TW Y12 Giveme A Bone Derby [G5/5] June Week 4
2nd - TW Y12 Riparian Stakes [G4/3] July Week 4
2nd - TW Y12 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes* August Week 3
2nd - TW Y12 Vas-y Derby September Week 4
3rd - TW Y12 Coming Home Maiden [M/5]
3rd - TW Y12 RUFFIAN HANDICAP* [G5+/4]
3rd - TW Y12 Quizzleme Derby [G4/5] September Week 2
4th - TW Y12 ALABAMA STAKES* [G5+/5]
4th - TW Y12 ACORN STAKES* [G5+/4] May Week 1
Postings.
[/u]Racing Grade: G3
Placing- Race Name [Grade of Race/ or # in field]
3YO Season
1st - GHF Y12 February Maiden Turf [M/5]
1st - GHF Y12 Rosebud Stakes [G5/5]
1st - GHF Y12 Fluffy Cup [M+G5/5] April Week 4
1st - TW Y12 Upgrading Derby [G5/4] July Week 1
1st - GHF Y12 Exhilaration Stakes [G5/3] July Week 3
1st - TW Y12 Highlander Derby [G4/3] August Week 4
1st - TW Y12 LaBroquerie Derby [G4/3] October Week 3
2nd - TW Y12 Fervier Maiden [M/7]
2nd - TW Y12 Yarpha Stakes [G5/5] April Week 1
2nd - TW Y12 Stylisha Derby [G5/3] June Week 2
2nd - TW Y12 Giveme A Bone Derby [G5/5] June Week 4
2nd - TW Y12 Riparian Stakes [G4/3] July Week 4
2nd - TW Y12 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes* August Week 3
2nd - TW Y12 Vas-y Derby September Week 4
3rd - TW Y12 Coming Home Maiden [M/5]
3rd - TW Y12 RUFFIAN HANDICAP* [G5+/4]
3rd - TW Y12 Quizzleme Derby [G4/5] September Week 2
4th - TW Y12 ALABAMA STAKES* [G5+/5]
4th - TW Y12 ACORN STAKES* [G5+/4] May Week 1
Race Points: 58
Total Winnings: $890,000
Total Winnings: $890,000
Postings.
Spook Now or Forever Hold Your Peace.
Cutting It.
With an Edge.
Mirror Reflections
The Chance - Written April Week 3
Test the Limits - Written May Week 1
Intentional - Written May Week 3
Pull Out. - Written June Week 2
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Breeding Records
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YOB Color Breed Gender
Sired By:
Owned By: Stable Name
- No Reserves
- No Foals
- Buybacks Soliel
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Owned By: Stable Name
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