Boat Trip Gets First Foal Times Three
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Photo: Robert Harmon
This colt out of Bettor Knot was one of three first foals by Boat Trip born Feb. 21.
Graded stakes-placed and multiple stakes winner Boat Trip got his first three foals within hours of each other Feb. 21 at Running Horse Equine Center near Stevinson, Calif.
The 8-year-old son of Harlan's Holiday—Turning Wheel, by Seeking the Gold, is owned by Robert Harmon, who traded a yearling for Boat Trip after he retired in 2015.
"I had been following the horse, and I told (trainer) Mike Pender, when the horse was done racing, I was interested," Harmon said.
Boat Trip caught his attention after winning a five-furlong turf allowance race in :55.48 at Hollywood Park before taking the six-furlong Hollywood Turf Express Handicap in 1:08.45.
"He's got the pedigree and provided a chance for a smaller breeder like me," Harmon said. "I think he's got a legitimate chance."
Turning Wheel won a group 3 stakes in France and is a half sister to graded stakes winner Space Cruiser (Foolish Pleasure) and grade 1-placed winner Ajfan (Woodman). Boat Trip is her second stakes winner, following his half brother Rallying Cry (War Chant).
Of the three first foals, Harmon co-bred a colt out of Bettor Knot, a stakes-placed daughter of In Excess. The other two foals—a colt out of Candy Kisses (Limehouse) and a filly out of Hot Summer Breeze (Stormin Fever)—were bred by Armando Sanchez and Randy Leighton's Running Horse Equine Center, respectively.
Boat Trip stands at Leighton's farm for $2,500.