By Bloodhorse.com
POMONA, Calif. (Oct. 5, 2014) — California Chrome continues to wield his influence, this time with the plethora of yearlings by his sire, Lucky Pulpit , in the Barretts October yearling sale. The catalog of 259 hip numbers includes 23 by Lucky Pulpit.
Sire power is well represented in the catalog and includes top regional stallions as well as several with national credentials. The sale, which is slated for Oct. 7 beginning at 1 p.m. PDT at the Hinds Sales Pavilion in Pomona, Calif., has produced 2014 Bing Crosby Stakes (gr. I) winner Big Macher and 2013 Sir Beaufort Stakes (gr. IIT) victor Gervinho.
Lucky Pulpit stands at John Harris’ Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif., where California Chrome was foaled and raised. Harris has several by the stallion in its consignment, including hip #102. The filly is out of multiple stakes winner Jetinwith Kennedy, who has also produced stakes winners Jet West, Jetinto Houston, Jetin Excess, and Triumphant Flight.
Deceased Harlan’s Holiday has one in the sale, part of the six-horse consignment from Elena Crim’s H & E Ranch. The Arizona-bred colt, hip #7, is out of the winning Honour and Glory mare Ashley’s Glory, a half sister to stakes winners Grimm and Resolve.
The H & E group includes a California-bred son of champion English Channel , Hip #166, out of the winning Unusual Heat mare Phi Beta Heat. The mare is a full sister to $544,838 earner Mensa Heat.
Unusual Heat, who has often led California’s sire lists, has 10 in the catalog, though one has been withdrawn. Harris will offer hip #24, a colt by Unusual Heat—Burning Desire, by Mr. Leader. Burning Desire is also the dam of millionaire multiple stakes winner Moscow Burning and stakes-placed Tiz Afire.
Andy Havens’ Havens Bloodstock Agency has hip #61, a Cal-bred son of Stormy Atlantic out of the stakes-winning Shinko King mare Eternal Melody.
The Pamplemousse , a promising young California stallion, has eight from his second crop cataloged. One of them, hip #229 from the West 12 Ranch consignment, is out of the multiple stakes-winning Unusual Heat mare Thermal Ablasion, a full sister to Clement L. Hirsch Handicap (gr. IIT) winner Tucked Away and stakes-placed Add Heat.
Other sires represented in the catalog include Benchmark, Giacomo , Heatseeker , Lemon Drop Kid , Swiss Yodeler, Tale of the Cat , Tribal Rule , and Yes It’s True .