Royal Avenger (USA, 2015)
17.2hh Dark Chestnut colt by Retribution x Affaire Royale (Royal Academy)
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Trainer's Notes: bred for turf and distance.
Owner's Notes: Retribution's first born from his second crop; one of only 2 colts in that crop, he is his sire's Tallest in Crop (and ties with 2 from the first crop for Tallest Overall).
Bloodstock manager: Family 8c; includes John Henry, Red God, Terlingua, Storm Cat, Sweet Briar, Sunreigh, Ruffian, John P Grier, Sweep
Special Notes: Second of crop; first of only 2 colts of the season.
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Retribution (2005)
Dk Ch stallion, 15.2hh by Revenge x Turkish Lady (Turkoman) $8,144,750 64:13-14-8 A turf specialist with 5 TRs. Top earning progeny of both parents. Half to Revotic through sire and Copacabana through dam. Revenge (2000) Golden Chestnut colt, 17.3hh by Stephen Got Even (A.P. Indy) x Serena's Song (Rahy) $9,960,000 18-14-1-1 One of PF's all time greats. He notched 11 G1 wins during his career. He sat out the KY Derby with an injury, but mass consensus is that he would have made the triple had he run. His stats had to be adjusted down to give the other horses in PF a chance at eating his dust. He is a Top Sire and boasts 25 millionaires among his get: Isca's Revenge, Retribution, Machete, Double Dome, Poseiden's Gift, Reward, Hell Hath No Fury, Shatter, Rewind, Priceless Revenge, Revelation, Trigun, Islegetrevenge, Dru, Imperiosso, Vindictive, Ride of Revenge, Final Problem, Risk, Reward, Rescue, Held to Ransome, Revelation, Twisted, Led Away, Wabbit Season, and Sweet Tombi. Turkish Lady (2002) Dark Chestnut filly, 16.2hh by Turkoman (Alydar) x Lakeway (Seattle Slew) $13,000 8: 0-0-0 |
Affaire Royale (1998)
bay mare by Royal Academy x Fleet Amour (Afleet) 12 Starts: 1 - 3 - 2, £16,680 Royal Academy (1987) Bay stallion by Nijinsky (II) x Crimson Saint (Crimson Satan) 7 Starts: 4 - 2 - 0, $970,000 won Carroll Foundation July Cup, Gr.1, Dermot McCalmont Tetrarch EBF Stakes, Gr.3, second in Airlie Coolmore Irish 2000 Guineas, Gr.1 and Ladbroke Sprint Cup, Gr.1; also 1 race in U.S.A, Breeders Cup Mile, Gr.1 *Champion 3yr old in Ireland in 1990 *Champion 3yr old miler in Europe in 1990 Afleet 15 Starts: 7 - 4 - 2, $995,235 1ST Jerome Handicap (G1), Pennsylvania Derby (G2), Queenston Stakes, Plate Trial Stakes, Friar Rock Stakes, Toboggan Handicap (G3). 2ND Meadowlands Cup Handicap (G1), Queen's Plate(G1), Metropolitan Handicap (G1), Carter Handicap (G1). 3RD Breeders' Cup Sprint Stakes (G1), Massachusetts Handicap (G2). *1987 Canadian Horse Of The Year *1987 Champion 3yo colt in Canada. Sent to Japan --Progeny earning of over $125,000,000 |