Hot Dixie Chick’s son earns rising stardom
Products related to Stonestreet Stables Marsalis (Curlin–Hot Dixie Chick, by Dixie Union) had a stellar debut to earn ‘Rising star TDN’ segregation Saturday at the Fair Grounds. Beaten by a head and 5 1/4 of the apparent length of a third in the daytime heat GII Risen Star S. savoury won by Todd Pletcher Momentous-trained invader (Sightstown) On February 19, Steve Asmussen’s men rested at 3-5 and soon showed why.
Closed at 3-10 while plunging off the fence, the $340,000 September RNA Keeneland broke well but had to work a little early to eventually narrowly take the lead. He made it through an opening quarter of: 21.76, and was challenged through a half: 44.80 by Longshot Lagoon (Runhappy) when the person launches a sweep move. Marsalis re-breaks at the top of the lane, leaves his stubborn enemies in the middle of the road, and is wrapped late to wear no hat and cape up to two and a half long. Vinco (Quality Sugar), last year’s $1.5 million Fasig-Tipton Midlantic topper, bounced from a final screening to exact completion. Lagoon check-in Wednesday.
Marsalis is the sixth pony of his lightning connections ‘Rising star‘ Hot Dixie Chick, 2009 GI Spinaway S. winner and smashing Pauline’s Pearl (Tapit), MGSW, $1,038,500; and ‘Rising star‘ Union Jackson (Curlin), MSW & GSP, $273,874. The former won the GIII Houston Ladies Classic S. January 30 and most recently the second most recent in the GII Azeri S. two weeks ago; while the second, who stands at the Sequel Stallions in New York, was represented by his first black winner earlier this month. Hot Dixie Chick is also one half of the hero GI Kentucky Derby 2017 Always dreaming (Bodemeister) and Class II winner Positive Spirit (The Nile Pioneer). She produced a Organization last colt before being bred back with both Tapit and Quality Sugar.
ONE ‘Rising Star’ himself, Curlin has now bred 20 horses to earn that moniker. For more on Marsalis as part of Steve Sherack’s Second chance series, click here.
7-Fair Grounds, $65,000, MswLength 3-26, 3yo, 6f, 1:09.40, ft, 2 1/2.
MARSALIS, c, 3, Curlin
Beat One: Hot Dixie Chick (GISW, $343,252), by Dixie Union
2nd Smash: Beyond Perfect, By Excessive In (Ire)
3rd beat: Something Perfect, by Somethingfabulous
Lifetime record: 2-1-1-0, $50,000. Click to view Equibase.com chart or VIDEO sponsored by TVG. Equineline.com catalog-style genealogy for free.
O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. * $340,000 RNA Ylg ’20 HOLD.
Not a subscriber? Click here to subscribe to PDF or daily alerts.
This story was posted in Top News and tagged Curlin, Fair basis, Hot Dixie Chick, Marsalis, Steve Asmussen, Stonestreet stables.