MALE LINE
SIRE, CAPOTE, an $800,000 Keenland Yearling Sale purchase, earned Champion 2-YR-Old Colt by amassing $654,000 in just 4 starts. His wins included the Breeders Cup Juvenile S. [G1], Norfolk S. [G1] .
CAPOTE acquired $714,470 in lifetime earnings inspite of a shortened career due to knee injuries.
He sired 1996 Champion 2-YR-Old Colt, BOSTON HARBOR, $1,934,605; South African Horse of the Year, SURFING HOME; Champion 2-YR-Old Colt in Ireland, BASIM; along with notables, T H GRACE, $1,187,421; COMMITTED, $910,500; KING OF CAPOTE, $898,552; and SELECT GREEN, $852,661.
CAPOTE sired 62 Stakes Winners with offspring earning more than $38 milllion. He was also half-brother to EXCELLER, $1,654,003, the only horse to ever beat two Triple Crown Winners.
FEMALE LINE
1ST DAM, Grechelle was a $385,000 Keenland yearling purchase. At 2, one win, once 3rd (Gold Rod S. [G3]; at 3, one win, twice 3rd; Totals: 2 wins, 3 times 3rd, earning $88,200. Grechelle has produced 3 Winners, including 1 Stakes Winners from 4 Starters. Winners include Reverend Du, 4 Wins, $34,217, Bubbler, 1 win in 1 start (2009) at three, $15,732, and UNBRIDLED FEMME, Stakes Winner of $105,647.
Grechelle, owned by Hill and Dale Farms, is still producing and was last bred to VINDICATION.
2ND DAM, MEADOW STAR, 7 wins in 7 starts at 2, Champion 2-year-old filly (1990). (Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies [G1], Frizette S. [G1], Spinaway S. [G1], Matron S. [G1], Schuylerville S. [G2], Astoria Breeders' Cup S. [G3]; at 3, four wins (Mother Goose S. [G1], Acorn S. [G1], Comely S. [G2]. Totals: 11 wins, one 2nd, twice 3rd in 20 starts earning $1,445,740.
MEADOW STAR has produced 4 winners from 5 starters including, Field of Vision, 4 wins in 12 starts at 4, $114,940 (SPR)=95; Jon Michael, 6 wins, 3 to 7, $52,135; Rift Valley, 3 wins in 18 starts at 3 and 4, $118,718; and Grechelle, [G3] Stakes placed winner of $88,200 (SPR=89)