The first reported foal for Crown of Thorns is a filly born Jan. 23 at Joe and Helen Barbazon's Pleasant Acres Farm near Morristown, Fla.
Bred by Jim and Linda Hart's Hart Breeders, the newborn is out of the winning Strong Hope mare Hart's Hope, a half sister to grade III winner Evil Minister and the dam of stakes winner True Way of Grace.
Crown of Thorns (Repent—Crowning Touch, by Thunder Gulch) won the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) and the Mervyn LeRoy Handicap (gr. II) and ran second in the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I). He stands at Woodford Thoroughbreds near Reddick, Fla. His 2013 fee is $2,000.
