Welcome to TROTLINE the Perretti Farms news
page which will become a weekly and sometimes twice weekly
feature of this website…
First McARDLES have hit the ground
The first foals by the brilliant McArdle have hit the ground
and they are showcase individuals. The colt from Born To
Be Best is a grand individual who looks just like his sire.
Born To Be Best is a full sister to the noted Cammibest.
p,1:50.1 ($1,071,775)… Then there’s the gorgeous
filly from Armbro Terrace p,2, 1:55 who really caught the
eye of our vet Dr. Peter Boyce…
Got a coupla Red River’s and they’re impressive
also.. The filly from Steamy Place (Artsplace-Summer Child)
could be one to cite for future reference… Ditto the
colt from Plant A Kiss (Blissful Hall-Orchid Island) Can’t
wait to see the Red Rivers from Doc’s Girl and Paulas
Promise, both of whom sold six figure yearlings at Harrisburg
last year.. They being West Side Glory by Western Ideal
and Pacey Deucey by Cams Card Shark.
Both Doc’s Girl and Paulas Promise are booked to Cams
Card Shark this year.
OTHER NOTABLE FOALINGS
Among the other notable foalings at Perretti Farms include
Muscles Yankee colts from high powered Pine Chip mares like
My Starchip 3,1:54.2 ($376,069) and Graceful Touch 2,1:56.1
($168,127). My Starchip a well remembered stakes filly beat
the boys in the Zweig memorial at Vernon Downs some years
back. While Graceful Touch is the only filly ever from the
noted Act Of Grace and a stakes winning full sister to World
Trotting Derby winner Cobol.
Grand ole Angel Be Good (Abercrombie-I’m No Angel)
is enjoying another stellar season thus far with daughter
Odds On Charmaine (Western Hanover) and son Brandons Cowboy
(The Panderosa) currently in fast class action at The Meadowlands…
Angel’s latest a handsome colt named In Good Hands
is from the anticipated first crop of Aces N Sevens. He’ll
be sold at Harrisburg later this fall… Angel may have
been a few shades
below stablemate Nadia Lobell on the racetrack but she seems
to have the edge in the breeding shed.. Then again her dam
IS a sister to Leah Almahurst
Congratulations to “King” George Anthony for
winning The Cape And Cutter final at The Big M last week
though if our alumni Artbitration (Artiscape-Serious Smile)
got free a little earlier…. Well you never know…
Mark Harder is doing a great job with Mohammed Mali the
Malabar Man brother to recently retired Scarlet Knight from
Ruby Crown. Mohammed Mali impressed in the Horse And Groom
series winning handily in 1:53.4… Ruby Crown will
next offer a three quarter brother to Scarlet Knight by
Enjoy Lavec named Redneck Lavec… And she’ll
foal a Muscles Yankee later this Spring…
Good to see full brothers Artesian and Maltese Artist (Artiscape-Hula
Dancer) winning legs of the Isle Of Capri at Pompano…
Yeah Sammy De Pinto… I know you shoulda had both of
‘em…
Often wondered if folks really fathom the depth of the
New Jersey Standardbred Racing program which is so much
more than “just” the Sires Stakes…
The program also includes such venues as The SBOA New Jersey
Classic… and Miss New Jersey… The Lou Babics…
The Harold Dancer.. Helen Dancer… Charles Smith…
Helen Smith… New Jersey Futurities… Green Acres
plus the season long overnight program for New Jersey owned
or sired horses.
Don’t forget how the Spring editions of The New Jersey
Sires Stakes often serve as STEPPING STONES to lucrative
Meadowlands classics like The Hambletonian, Meadowlands
Pace, Woodrow Wilson, Sweetheart etc…. Bottom line
here is you gotta be New Jersey sired…
Also wonder if the other powers that be in the State Capitol
are truly aware of the following realities.. As our great
Governor Codey so obviously is…
WHEREAS the Breeders Cup appearance at Monmouth Park in
2007 will be a classic spectacle and a great honor for the
State of New Jersey the underlying reality is that the odds
of any of those thoroughbred starters being bred, foaled
or raised in New Jersey are rather remote.
WHEREAS The Haskell Memorial at Monmouth Park is indeed
the glorious highlight of the New Jersey thoroughbred racing
season the chances are that not one of the Haskell starters
will have been bred, foaled or raised in New Jersey.
WHEREAS the Breeders Crown an annual fixture at The Meadowlands
ALWAYS includes a substantial percentage starters bred foaled
and raised in New Jersey.
WHEREAS The Hambletonian at The Meadowlands indeed the
highlight of the New Jersey standardbred racing season always
includes substantial numbers of starters bred, foaled and
raised in New Jersey
THEREFORE it should be noted that subsidy monies allocated
to New Jersey racetracks positively impact the New Jersey
standardbred industry as it enables the EXISTING standardbred
farms to maintain and increase green acreage and compete
at the top levels for quality breeding stock needed to ensure
that The Hambletonian and Breeders Crown always includes
substantial numbers of homegrown participants.
THUS a healthy standardbred breeding industry remains a
vital source of employment and revenue for local workers,
vendors and independent contractors significantly enhancing
the economic climate for the state of New Jersey.
WHILE stallion books on Windsongs Legacy and Muscles Yankee
have filled, booking remain available to Revenue, Dream
Vacation, McArdle, Red River Hanover, Artiscape, and Matt’s
Scooter..
Among the anticipated foalings this month will be the Western
Hanovers from Mattaroni p,3,1:52.3 and Roman Art. p,3, 1:52.2.
The latter is from the immediate family of Art Major and
Worldly Beauty while Sweetheart winner Mattaroni will deliver
a brother or sister to her formidable daughter Armbro Bombay.
Both Mattaroni and Roman Art will consign Western Ideal
colts to Harrisburg in November they being Dimattgio (Mattaroni)
and Artriverderci (Roman Art)…
Heard lots of Florida talk about Wildwood Days (Dream Vacation-Flash
Of Dignity) which is not surprising… The mare has
a heck of an Enjoy Lavec in Joyardee . In addition, Dream
Vacation has every right to throw speed… They were
well received in the Sunshine State horses in training sale
last month suggesting that they’ve broken well and
are acting good thus far… Good luck with him Jack
Parker….
Hey Frank Antonacci… They like Plan On It (Bettors
Delight-Best Laid Plans) more with each trip… And
Mr. Dave Palone aka The Palone Ranger… They like your
namesake thus far…
The first mare bred to Windsong’s Legacy was Repetitions
who being a Muscles Yankee from Echo Hanover might be as
good bred a first mare as any first crop stallion has seen…
Repetitions was injured in pasture and never trained…Just
like Pizza Dolce’s mom Peace A Pie…
Got four Artsplaces to sell this year and they’re
all fillies…. There’s ART TO HEART from Because
I Said So, MERCULESE from Mercy Mercy Mercy, VAIN IN SPAIN
from Open Plains and OZMOPOLITAN from Western Wizard…
I know Real Desire has some hellish prospects this year
but Modern Art’s brother Modern Desire from Wendy
M Hanover will give any of ‘em a run for the money….
Haven’t seen him lately but they tell me you’ll
like ECHOLOGICAL The Muscles Yankee colt from Echo Hanover.
Her first foal Repetitions mentioned above never had a chance
being pasture injured.
See ya next week
Bob Marks