Grade 2 Winner and First-Crop Sire Ivan James To Tate Farms
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Owned by Rickey Thompson, Ivan James won the Grade 2 Sam Houston Futurity at two and the Firecracker Derby and Evangeline Downs Derby at 3. He has won or placed in nine of 10 career starts and earned $481,562. Ivan James was also third in the Grade 2 Firecracker Futurity and a finalist in the Grade 3 Sam Houston Derby. He was bred-and raced by Jorge Meraz.
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The Harrah's Entertainment Futurity(G3) final will be contested on Wednesday, March 18th.
Ivan James is the leading money earning son of multiple stakes sire Ivory James, a G1-placed earner of more than $220,000 and brother to leading sire Pyc Paint Your Wagon. Ivory James has sired 499 winners, 48 stakes winners and earners, 1 champion of more than $16.7 million, with average earnings per starter in excess of $21,150 in only 10 crops to race.
His top performers include Had To Be Ivory SI 108 (11 wins to 4, $162,089 Canada Champion Racing Quarter Horse-twice), La Vencedora SI 97 (5 wins to 3, $516,296 Remington Park Oklahoma Bred Futurity-G2, etc.), Ivan James SI 104 (6 wins to 3, $481,562 Sam Houston Futurity-G2, etc.), Algorithmic SI 99 (4 wins to 5, $319,408 2nd Texas Classic Futurity-G1, etc.), Ferrari James SI 107 (13 wins to 6, $313,640 Keokuk S.-G3-twice, etc.), Sf Hot Pass SI 107 (10 wins to 6, $275,699 Refrigerator S.-G1, etc.), etc.
Ivan James dam is the RG1 winning daughter of Dashin Bye—First Dashin Bye SI 109 ($449,170). A nine-time winner, First Dashin Bye set a new track record for 330 yards in :16.524 seconds at Delta Downs. She is the dam of 7 ROM, five stakes horses including Grade 2 winner Ivan James SI 104 (see above), stakes winner First Dashin Perry SI 109 ($92,928), Grade 3 winner The Golden Bowl SI 97 ($$65,097), G3-placed Miss Aguilar SI 93 ($94,021) and stakes-placed Spartocus SI 98 ($40,298), etc.
The second dam is the stakes winner Fast N Smooth 880 SI 102, by Speedy Hemp, a sister to stakes winner Speedy Kagi SI 99 ($28,940), and half-sister to stakes winner Sealy Special SI 100 ($42,499). She is the dam of 6 ROM including stakes-placed The Notradamus Si 108 ($116,659), Grade 2 finalist Mr Einstein SI 95 ($13,852), etc.
For additional information or breeding contracts call Stephen Tate, Farm Manager, at 337-363-8283.