Successful Appeal's Current Top Performers

The Truth and K G ( 2013G3PL )
Bay Shore S.
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Pedigree
The Truth and K G Successful Appeal
Valid Appeal
Successful Dancer
She's Roughin It
Forest Camp
Guinevere K
Sale History
Yr. Sold Sale Hip# Type Sold/RNA Price Purchaser Consignor
2012 OBSAPR 1018 2 S $40,000 Kenwood Racing Shadybrook Farm
2011 KEESEP 2433 Y S $25,000 Michael Yates Four Star Sales
2011 KEEJAN 547 Y R ($25,000) na Four Star Sales
Bay Shore S. Chart

BAY SHORE S. (gr. III ), Aqueduct , April 06, 2013 , $250,000 Guaranteed , value of race $250,000 , 3 yo , 7 furlongs , 1:22.09 Dirt FT .

DECLAN'S WARRIOR (Chestnut Colt , 3 yo, 116 lb) $150,000
Majestic Warrior —Comanche Star , by Saint Ballado
B—Lucky Shamrock Escrow , KY ; O—Lucky Shamrock Stable ; T—Nicholas P. Zito

Clearly Now (Dark Bay or Brown Colt , 3 yo, 123 lb) $50,000
Horse Greeley —Bend , by Arch
B—Claiborne Farm , KY ; O—Up Hill Stable ; T—Brian A. Lynch

The Truth and K G (Dark Bay or Brown Colt , 3 yo, 120 lb) $25,000
Successful Appeal —She's Roughin It , by Forest Camp
B—Dreamfields, Inc., Don Brady & Kerry Cauthen , KY ; O—James A. Riccio ; T—Rudy R. Rodriguez


Margins: head, 3, 1¾ . Others: Salutos Amigos   116($12,500) , Honorable Dillon   123($7,500) , Maleeh   120($1,250) , Retreive   116($1,250) , Clawback   120($1,250) , Silver Morgan   116($1,250) . Winning Jockey, Jose Lezcano.
Bay Shore S. Recap

In the first stakes race of his career, Kimberly and Nick Zito’s Lucky Shamrock Stable homebred Declan’s Warrior, by Majestic Warrior, unleashed a furious stretch rally to edge this year’s Swale Stakes (gr. III) winner Clearly Now by a head in the $250,000 Bay Shore Stakes (gr. III) April 6 at Aqueduct.

The come-from-behind victory helped second-crop sire Majestic Warrior to a solid day at Aqueduct Racetrack as Princess of Sylmar earned her first graded stakes-placing when second to Close Hatches in the Gazelle Stakes (gr. II).

As 2-year-olds, Majestic Warrior’s first crop failed to register a stakes win, but they are hitting their stride this season. Besides Declan’s Warrior, Majestic Warrior boasts 2013 3-year-old stakes winners Princess of Sylmar, who has won a pair of stakes at Aqueduct; Ante Up Annie, a stakes winner at Fair Grounds; and Special Warrior, a stakes winner in Puerto Rico.

The success of Majestic Warrior’s 3-year-olds provides a counter point to his racing career, in which he failed to register a win in four stakes starts in his 3-year-old season after a spectacular juvenile year that included a 21/4-length victory in the 2007 Hopeful Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course. Majestic Warrior raced for his breeder, George Steinbrenner’s Kinsman Stable, through that stakes win after which Coolmore-associated owners Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor, and Susan Magnier also bought into the A.P. Indy colt.

Nick Zito said a patient approach with Declan’s Warrior is paying dividends.

“I think he’s just a beautiful horse. He’s so consistent,” Zito said. “He could be a special horse. Honestly, he could be better than we think.”

Declan’s Warrior is the second winner out of the Saint Ballado mare Comanche Star, who also has produced stakes winner Canonize, by Aldebaran. Saint Ballado ranked 20th on the 2012 broodmare sire list. While she only registered one career victory, Comanche Star also proved consistent on the track, placing eight times from 13 starts.

Majestic Warrior boasts the aforementioned four stakes winners this season. He stands for $12,500 at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky.—F.A

Java Gold S. Chart

JAVA GOLD S. ( ), Aqueduct , February 10, 2013 , $75,000 Added , value of race $75,000 , 3 yo , 6 furlongs , 1:09.88 Inner track GD .

RUBYSANDPEARLS (Bay Gelding , 3 yo, 120 lb) $45,000
Pomeroy —Think I Luv You , by Ecton Park
B—David Cassidy , FL ; O—Gary Barber ; T—David Jacobson

The Truth and K G (Dark Bay or Brown Colt , 3 yo, 120 lb) $15,000
Successful Appeal —She's Roughin It , by Forest Camp
B—Dreamfields, Inc., Don Brady & Kerry Cauthen , KY ; O—James A. Riccio ; T—Rudy R. Rodriguez

West Hills Giant (Chestnut Colt , 3 yo, 122 lb) $7,500
Frost Giant —Outtawesthills , by Take Me Out
B—Robert Castelli , NY ; O—Castelli, Robert, Sunrise Stables and Bentivegna, Gina ; T—John P. Terranova, II


Margins: ½, ½, 4¾ . Others: Patrick S   118($3,750) , Winning Cause   118($2,250) . Winning Jockey, Christopher P. DeCarlo.