WICKED TORRENT'S HALF-BROTHER SIRES CHAMPION IN FIRST CROP
Driving Force, a multiple stakes winner and a half-brother to three-time champion and multiple G1 winner WICKED TORRENT, is off to a quick start at stud and has sired his first champion in his first crop. Driving Force's son Force of Nature, winner of three stakes in six starts at two, has been named the champion 2-year-old colt in Venezuela in a nearly unanimous vote. The colt is aiming for a Venezuelan Triple Crown campaign.
Both WICKED TORRENT and Driving Force are from a family of sires and are from teh immediate family of Broodmare of the Year, Miss Demeanor. WICKED TORRENT is by Relaunch, while Driving Force is by Danehill.
February 2
WICKED TORRENT NOTCHES 2ND 3YO WINNER IN FOUR DAYS
Fresh off the heels of his first sophomore winner in the U.S., WICKED TORRENT has a second 3-year-old winner in the Japanese runner SPRING GODDESS. The sophomore filly captured a maiden race at Nakayama in Japan. She bested a field of 15 going 1200 meters by 1 1/4 lengths. Bred by Shadai Farm in Japan, WICKED TORRENT'S newest winner races in the colors of Shadai Race Horse.
Spring Goddess is the first foal out of the Nureyev mare Divinity, who was group placed in France. Divinity is a half-sisiter to Prix de l'Arc Triomphe-G1, Prix du Jockey Club-G1, and Irish Champion winner Golden Touch, in addition to French Stakes winner Angel Above and Divine Lass.
January 30
FIRST SOPHOMORE WINNER FOR WICKED TORRENT
As the sophomore season gears up across the country, WICKED TORRENT notched his first 3-year-old winner with first-crop winner Ebb and Flow. The freshly-minted sophomore captured a top-notch maiden special weight at about one mile on the turf at Fair Grounds. Ebb and Flow had relaxed near the back of the pack before making his move around the final turn. He powered his way to the front a sixteenth of a mile out and was clear by 1 3/4 lengths at the wire. The win was Ebb and Flow's second effort on the turf; his first turf try on January 3 resulted in a game runner-up finish (by just a half length) after his rider lost an iron.
Bred in Kentucky, Ebb and Flow races as a homebred for Gainsborough Farm LLC. Out of the Zilzal mare, Zonora, Ebb and Flow is from the immediate family of dual classic winner Zabeline.
January 20
WICKED TORRENT'S HALF BROTHER LEADING FRESHMAN SIRE IN VENEZUELA
Multiple stakes winner Naughty One, a half-borther to champion WICKED TORRENT, has been crowned the leading freshman sire in Venezuela, in addition to the leading sire of 2-year-olds in the same country. Six of Naughty One's initial seven runners are winners, with four of those six being stakes horses. By Danehill, 10-year-old Naughty One stands at Haras San Isidro in Venezuela.
Both WICKED TORRENT and Naughty One are out of the His Majesty mare Mischief Maiden from the immediate family of Broodmare of the Year Miss Demeanor.
December 6
WICKED TORRENT IN THE NEWS
The Blood-Horse's MarketWatch, a publication focusing on the analytical and statistical aspects of the business, had some flattering comments for Champion and first-year sire WICKED TORRENT. An excerpt follows:
"There were some high points when 21 yearlings from WICKED TORRENT's first crop sold last year, including a $750,000 colt out of Soaring Image."
WICKED TORRENT's second yearling crop followed suit with the top-priced filly of exclusive Tattersalls October sale. The daughter of WICKED TORRENT brought 300,000 guineas, or nearly $500,000, not to mention this year's 500,000 euro WICKED TORRENT at Deauville.
MarketWatch continued:
"End users looking for quality, soundness, and staying power (remember those attributes?) in a racehorse might have found some bargains amoung the 18 yearlings by WICKED TORRENT. If those qualities come to fruition in his offspring, the commercial market eventually will respond positivly."
December 1
JAPANESE WINNER MAKES FIVE FOR WICKED TORRENT
Run of the Rill (c. o/o Runaway Gal, by Private Account) became the fifth juvenile winner for freshman sire WICKED TORRENT with his 1 1/2 length victory in a maiden event at Chukyo in Japan. Going 1800 meters on the turf, the 2-year-old colt bested a full field of 16 for the win. Bred in Kentucky by Dell Ridge Farm LLC, Run of the Rill campains for Red Sun Farm.
WICKED TORRENT now has winners in England, Japan, and the U.S. Interestingly, two of WICKED TORRENT's initial winners, including Run of the Rill, are out of Private Account mares.
November 11
CHURCHILL MSW WINNER IS FOURTH FOR WICKED TORRENT
RIVULET (f, o/o Secret's Mine, by Private Account) became the fourth juvenile winner for first-crop sire WICKED TORRENT with this game victory in a maiden special weight at Churchill Downs. The 2-year-old filly had tried the main track twice before switching over to the turf in this one mile maiden. She was five or six wide for much of the race and unleashed a furious rally from the back of the pack to get up just in time. Her final margin of victory was a neck.
Bred in Kentucky by Calumet Farm, Rivulet campaigns for Andrew Davidovich. The filly's dam was a millionaire whose three G1 wins included the Beverly D. Stakes.
