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Grade 1 Ruidoso Derby Winner To Blanchet Farms For 2021


Grade 1 Ruidoso Derby winner Bf Farm Boss will stand the 2021 season at Blanchet Farms near Ville Platte, Louisiana.

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VILLE PLATTE, LA—NOVEMBER 1, 2020—Grade 1 Ruidoso Derby winner Bf Farm Boss SI 97 will stand the 2021 season at Blanchet Farms near Ville Platte, Louisiana. His fee remain $2,000, with considerations. He is owned by a partnership.

Bf Farm Boss won or placed in 12 of 18 career starts and earned $932,655. He won the Grade 1 Ruidoso Derby and Grade 2 PCQHRA Breeders' Futurity. He was second in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity(G1) and third in the Los Alamitos Championship Challenge(G3).

Bf Farm Boss, under jockey Ramon Sanchez, winning the $815,180 Ruidoso Derby(G1) at Ruidoso Downs.
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He also qualified for the Ed Burke Million Futurity(G1), AQHA Challenge Championship(G1), Independence Day Handicap(G3) and Z Wayne Griffin Directors' Invitational-Div. 1.

Bf Farm Boss' first crop started in 2020. From limited starters he is the sire of winner Bossy Bertie ($4,270), Cd Son Of Farm Boss (placed at 2, $1,372), Very Particular ($1,210), etc. His first crop of Louisiana-breds will be 2-year-olds in 2021.

His sire is the AQHA Racing Champion Hawkinson SI 99 ($448,229), a son of all-time leading sire First Down Dash. Hawkinson has sired 35 stakes winners, 1 champion 391 winners with earnings in excess of $11.8 million.

a href='http://www.stallionesearch.com/show_stallion.asp?horse=205'>Hawkinson's top performers include Strawkins SI 108 (champion twice, $614,156 USA, AQHA Challenge Championship-G1, etc.), Bf Farm Boss SI 97 (Grade 1 winner above), Sixish SI 114 ($530,505, PCQHRA Breeders Futurity-G1, etc.), Sparky E Boy SI 111 ($352,224, Los Alamitos Championship Challenge-G3, etc.), Bf Farm Boy SI 106 ($252,027, Los Alamitos Championship Challenge.-G3, etc.), Startlet Hawk SI 110 ($250,714, Golden State Derby-G1, etc.), etc.

Bf Farm Boss, under jockey Ramon Sanchez, winning the $365,000 PCQHRA Breeders' Futurity(G2) at Los Alamitos Race Course. © Scott Martinez
Bf Farm Boss' dam is the "blue hen" producer Shirleys Strawfly by Strawfly Special. She is the dam of 21 ROM, 1 champion, 11 black type, including two-time AQHA Racing champion Strawkins SI 108, a full sibling to Bf Farm Boss, (12 wins, $614,156, Rainbow Derby-G1, etc.); Bf Farm Boss SI 97 (Grade 1 winner above); Grade winner Bf Farm Boy SI 106 (a full sibling to Bf Farm Boss ($252,027); Grade 3 winner Summit Bid SI 106 ($94,625); stakes winner Mr Eye Will SI 107 ($57,173); stakes winner and G1-finalist Bf Farm Girl SI 85 ($42,270); stakes winner and G3-placed Raining Fresh Daisys SI 103 ($31,432); G2-placed Current Sea SI 91 ($85,425); stakes-placed and G1-finalist Spring Bling SI 102 ($48,631); stakes-placed Oc Girl SI 89 ($22,965); and stakes-placed Secretly Fast SI 96 ($11,944), etc.

Shirleys Strawfly is also the granddam of stakes winner Favorite Bling SI 107 ($70,09), etc.

For additional information or breeding contracts call Chad Hart at (706) 201-5648 or Chris or Kim Blanchet at (337) 885-2019.


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