Forbes' Firsters - 2yo Pedigrees

 
By Jon Forbes | August 19, 2010 Email Bookmark and Share

FORBES’ FIRSTERS FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 20

 

RACE 2, TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLIES, 5 FURLONGS, DIRT, 1:33 P.M.

CADAZZLE (2yo chestnut filly) is out of overnight stakes winner Key to the Cat, a half-sister to four-time stakes winner and Grade 3 placed runner For Pete’s Sake. Key to the Cat has produced two other horses of racing age, including Pebbles Stakes winner Miss Catalyst. Cadazzle is a homebred daughter of Malibu Moon.

Owner: Gulf Coast Farms
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: John Velazquez

 

BAYOU TORTUGA (2yo bay filly), a homebred by Empire Maker, is a half-sister to three stakes winners, including Tortuga Flats and Tortuga Straits, who won black-type events as juveniles. Both Louisiana-breds, Tortuga Flats and Tortuga Straits combined to win 12 stakes and earn over $1.2 million. Their dam Tortuga Band placed in three stakes and is a half-sister to stakes winner Hotel Hall.

Owner: Bob McCann, Doug Richards, & Mark Kelder
Trainer: Thomas Proctor
Jockey: Miguel Mena

 

ALSEERA (2yo bay filly) is out of Unbridled Idol, a full-sister to the 1999 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Anees and a half-sister to 2-year-old stakes winner Sorceror. By Distorted  Humor, Alseera was purchased for $500,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Owner: Shadwell Stable
Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin
Jockey: Alan Garcia