Grade 1 Placed Covert to Louisiana for 2016
© Don Shugart
Owned by TNT Racing, the son of champion All American Futurity(G1) winner Dash Thru Traffic won or placed eight of 13 career starts, earning $73,448. He was second in the Hobbs America Derby, Easy Jet Stakes, Silver Cup Stakes and third in the Grade 1 Go Man Go Handicap at Los Alamitos Race Course. He recorded a top speed index of 121, going 350 yards in :17.113 seconds.
From a limited number of only three race starters, Covert has sired 8 winners (67%) with average earnings per starter of nearly $9,000. His top performers include Covert Ops SI 102 (3 wins, $28,231), Geisha Nite (2 wins, $19,751), Shine Covert Si 99 (winner, $15,364), Covert Girl (Winner, $13,606), Coverts Fortune SI 100 (winner, $8,077), etc.
His sire, Dash Thru Traffic is the champion sire of 29 stakes winners, two champions with earnings of $8.1 million including multiple grade 1 winner and champion Hawkish ($685,631), Rainbow Futurity(G1) winner and champion Hes My Dasher ($575,774), grade 1 winner Sixy Thru Traffic $209,748), grade 3 winner Catscape ($203,176), grade 2 winner Rojo Dancer ($164,873), etc.
Covert's dam is he multiple stakes producing Six Fortunes mare Fortuna Babe, dam of 9 ROM including G3 winner Curlys Fortune (11 wins, $214,176), grade 1 placed Covert (see above), grade 3 placed Royal Initiative (5 wins, $108,803), RG3 finalist Shakearoyalfortune SI 95 (3 wins, $34,151), Fortunatulie SI 93 (winner, $28,110), G3 finalist The Unit SI 97 ($22,285), etc.
The second dam is the Barbizon Streak Thoroughbred mare Barbizon Babe, a multiple stakes producer of Quarter Horses including stakes-placed Babeinarms and Miss Babe Bug. She is also the granddam of multiple stakes winner Heza Chico ($165,964) and stakes-placed Reckless Bug ($104,544).
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