IEAH Stables’ Ravishly, a 6-year-old mare by Gold Case – Instore, by Relaunch, gave birth to a colt by Desert Warrior at Dan Barraclough’s Saratoga Glen Farm in New York on January 27.
     “Ravishly and her foal have been just fine and everything has gone quite well,” said Kathy Barraclough of Saratoga Glen.
     Ravishly, the first ever winner for IEAH Stables in October 2003, retired from racing with a record of 1-0-1 from eight career starts and earnings of more than $27,000. Ravishly is a half-sister to a pair of runners: Souvenier Biz, a three-time winner of $168K; and Coyote King, a winner of one of two lifetime starts.
     Desert Warrior, a 7-year-old son of Deputy Minister – Navajo Pass, by Secretariat, entered stud in 2004 and his first foals are juveniles this year. He currently stands for $3,000, live foal, at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds LLC in Saratoga Springs, New York, and brings a fashionable pedigree bound for success at stud. His dam, a full sister to the dam of Storm Cat as well as the accomplished sire Pancho Villa, is a half-sister to champion and top sire Royal Academy and his sire is a proven sire of sires (Awesome Again, Silver Deputy, Touch Gold, etc.) who has sired numerous champions.
     Desert Warrior posted a record of 4-1-2 from 16 career starts for earnings of more than $170,000. In winning his career debut at 2, he defeated eventual graded stakes winners Halo Homewrecker, Pretty Wild, and Stroll. He was multiple graded stakes-placed finishing third in both the Grade 3 Tremont Stakes and the Grade 3 Derby Trial.
     This was the first foal out of Ravishly, who will be bred back to Ten Most Wanted this year.
     Ten Most Wanted, a 6-year-old son of Deputy Commander – Wanted Again, by Criminal Type, won the Grade 1 Travers in a career that amounted to a record of 5-3-1 from 13 starts and total purse earnings of more than $1.7 million – the highest money earner of any current sire in New York.
     Ten Most Wanted stands for $7,500, live foal, at Sequel Stallions New York in 2007. His first foals are yearlings this year. Ten Most Wanted won the Travers by 4 ½ lengths and earned a lifetime-best Beyer Speed Figure of 112 for his final time of 2:02 for 1 ¼ miles. In his career, he won three additional graded stakes races and finished second in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes.
     To learn more about Saratoga Glen Farm and the services they can provide, and to also see some great photos of our stock and others boarded at the farm, please visit www.saratogaglenfarm.com.
     LAST UPDATED: February 13, 2007