Chief Lion

Five-Cross Pedigree

Sale / Hip / Type	Buyer / Consignor	Price
OBSJAN2011 Hip 16 \| Yearling	Super Saver Bloodstock Kaizen Sales, for Plumley Farms	$35,000
KEESEP2011 Hip 4312 \| Yearling	SEKEI Co. Kaizen Sales, for Harold J. Plumley	$15,000
BARMAR2012 Hip 138 \| Two-year-old	McCarthy Bloodstock, agent	($75,000)

Prices in parentheses indicate a horse did not sell because it did not meet its reserve price.

Venerable Spartiatis Gets Tom Fool Victory

One year after making his graded stakes debut in the $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap (G3), 7-year-old gelding Spartiatis used the six-furlong test to notch his first graded stakes triumph March 11.
- By Alicia Wincze Hughes
- March 11, 2017
Green Gratto Totes High Weight in Tom Fool at Big A

Green Gratto will be making his 52nd lifetime start when he faces seven opponents in the Tom Fool Handicap, in which he will carry high weight of 119 pounds. Chief Lion is a threat to compromise Green Gratto on the front end.
- By Lenny Shulman
- March 8, 2017
Delta Bluesman Battles Back in Smile Sprint

Monster Racing Stables Delta Bluesman extended his streak of hitting the wire first and claimed his first stakes win July 2 in the $250,000 Smile Sprint (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park.
- By Jeremy Balan
- July 2, 2016
Limousine Liberal Seeks Graded Score in Smile

Katherine Ball's Limousine Liberal has run against some of the best sprinters in the country, but will seek his first graded stakes victory in the $250,000 Smile Sprint (gr. II) June 29 at Gulfstream Park.
- By BloodHorse Staff
- June 29, 2016
Secret Circle Part of Salty Palos Verdes Cast

The 2013 Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) winner Secret Circle makes his seasonal debut in the $200,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) from Santa Anita Park Jan. 31.
- By Jerry Bossert
- January 28, 2015