Leading First Crop Sire Five Bar Cartel Gets First Graded Winner
© Don Shugart
A $21,000 LQHBA Yearling Sale graduate, Shakeshakeshakeit closed fast under jockey Antonio Alberto to win the restricted grade 1 event for Louisiana-Bred Colts & Geldings.
Currently the #1 First-Crop Sire of Money Earners in the US, Five Bar Cartel has sired 12 winners from a limited number of starters, 2 stakes winner, 1 stakes-placed with earnings in excess of $392,000.
He is also the sire of Pot O Gold Futurity winner Ladys A Cartel SI 105 and West Texas Futurity(G2) runner-up All Sophia Wanted, as well numerous stakes qualifiers.
Five Bar Cartel was named AQHA Racing's Champion 2-Year-Old Colt in 2013. He won or placed in eight of 11 starts and earned $1,068,825. He won the Ed Burke Million Futurity(G1) and finished second in the All American Derby(G1).
Five Bar Cartel stands for a 2018 fee of $4,500, with consideration, at Robicheaux Ranch, Inc., near Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.