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Originally Posted by JJP
Sammy Sosa has Dominican breeding.....
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I laughed.
And speaking of people from the sporting world....Domincan's 4th dam just so happens to be Chris Evert.
The equine version of Chris Evert won the filly triple crown, and is in the thoroughbred racing Hall of Fame. She had enough endurance to win the 12 furlong Coaching Club American Oaks. She finished 3rd against boys in the Travers.
Chris Evert was the 2nd dam of Chief's Crown, who like Domincan, won the Blue Grass. CC also won the BC Juvenile, and was on the board in all three triple crown races, before a 4th in the BC Classic at age 3.
Anyway, the stamina in Domincan's pedigree is there in the most important, and least visable line of all pedigrees, that being the tail-female line.
All the pedigree stuff aside---Domincan's stock just seems to always be improving. He sold for $37,000 at a JAN yearling sale, came back 10 months later and sold for $70,000 at an OCT yearling sale, came back five months later and worked an 1/8th in 10 2/5ths at OBS and sold for $150,000 at a March 2yo sale. He had a fairly productive 2yo season, got over his testicle issue, and has won two stakes from his two starts this year--rallying past two legit Derby candidates to win the Blue Grass last time out.
He just seems to always be getting a little better and better--that said, I don't want him in the Derby.