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Sale History

Yr. Sold	Sale	Hip#	Type	Sold/RNA	Price	Purchaser	Consignor
2011	KEEAPR	111	2	S	$100,000	Carter Stewart	Niall Brennan Stables

Mineshaft H. Chart

MINESHAFT H. (gr. III ), Fair Grounds , February 23, 2013 , $150,000 Guaranteed , value of race $150,000 , 4 yo's & up , 1 1/16 miles , 1:44.82 Dirt FT .

MARK VALESKI (Bay Colt , 4 yo, 119 lb) $90,000 Proud Citizen —Pocho's Dream Girl , by Fortunate Prospect B—Brereton C. Jones , KY ; O—Brereton C. Jones ; T—J. Larry Jones Cool Street (Bay Colt , 4 yo, 115 lb) $30,000 Street Cry (IRE) —Oonagh Maccool (IRE) , by Giant's Causeway B—Charles H. Wacker , KY ; O—Tenth Street Stables, LLC and Padovan, Jason ; T—Bernard S. Flint Golden Ticket (Dark Bay or Brown Colt , 4 yo, 120 lb) $15,000 Speightstown —Business Plan , by Deputy Minister B—WinStar Farm, LLC , KY ; O—Magic City Thoroughbred Partners ; T—Kenneth G. McPeek

Margins: 1, neck, 1¼ . Others: Hero of Order 114($6,000) , Infrattini 121($4,500) , Macho Bull 116($1,500) , Raison d'Etat 114($1,500) . Winning Jockey, Rosie Napravnik.

Mineshaft H. Recap

It looks as if Fair Grounds is Mark Valeski’s favorite track. The 4-year-old son of Proud Citizen has finished either first or second in all five of his starts at the New Orleans oval, four of which are stakes. His latest win came in the Mineshaft Handicap (gr. III) Feb. 23.

The Mineshaft also attracted Golden Ticket, who dead-heated for first with Alpha in last year’s Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, and Hero of Order, winner of the 2012 Louisiana Derby (gr. II) by a half-length over Mark Valeski at a then-record Fair Grounds win payoff of $220.80. Sent off as the 9-10 Mineshaft favorite, Mark Valeski got up to win by a length over 14-1 Cool Street.

Brereton C. Jones, the owner/breeder of Mark Valeski, also enjoyed success later on the Fair Grounds card as the breeder of Risen Star Stakes (gr. II) winner Ive Struck a Nerve, who paid a record $272.40 to win.

Jones, who owns Airdrie Stud near Midway, Ky., and his wife, Libby, named Mark Valeski after an employee of the Sea View Hotel in Bal Harbour, Fla. The couple have been vacationing there 30 years.

Brereton Jones’ success at Fair Grounds this year extends beyond the exploits of Ive Struck a Nerve and Mark Valeski. Jones’ homebred filly Believe You Can won the $100,000 Tiffany Lass Stakes Feb. 2 by 101/4 lengths. Believe You Can, who won last year’s Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) and the Fair Grounds Oaks (gr. II), is also by Proud Citizen.

“Both Mark Valeski and Believe You Can look like they’ll have great 4-year-old seasons,” Jones said. “They’ve shown courage and soundness.”

Mark Valeski, whose fourth dam is C.V. Whitney’s blue hen Silver Fog, is out of the multiple stakes-winning Fortunate Prospect mare Pocho’s Dream Girl, a half sister to stakes winner Wayne’s Crane. Silver Fog’s four stakes winners include Whitney’s Hall of Fame filly Silver Spoon.

Proud Citizen has sired 29 stakes winners. His fee at Airdrie jumped from $10,000 in 2012 to $15,000 this year, boosted by his 13 stakes winners in 2012.—D.S.

Chart

( ), Churchill Downs , May 02, 2013 , $57,000 Added , value of race $57,000 , 3 yo's & up , 1 mile , 1:34.56 Dirt FT .

GOLDEN TICKET (Dark Bay or Brown Colt , 4 yo, 123 lb) $34,200 Speightstown —Business Plan , by Deputy Minister B—WinStar Farm, LLC , KY ; O—Magic City Thoroughbred Partners ; T—Kenneth G. McPeek Shared Property (Dark Bay or Brown Gelding , 4 yo, 123 lb) $11,400 Scat Daddy —Yoursmineours , by Belong to Me B—Mr. & Mrs. John Williams , KY ; O—Jerry Namy ; T—Thomas M. Amoss Mr. Bowling (Dark Bay or Brown Colt , 4 yo, 123 lb) $5,700 Istan —Goldilock's Bear , by Irish Tower B—Brereton C. Jones , KY ; O—Brereton C. Jones ; T—J. Larry Jones

Margins: 2½, neck, 4 . Others: Nicklaus Way 123($2,850) , Golden Ron 123($1,710) , Flashy Dresser 123($285) , Awesome Bet 123($285) , Big Town 123($285) , Bind 123($285) . Winning Jockey, Joel Rosario.

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