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Freshman Sire Watch: Red-hot Vekoma foals have won 8 of 13

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June 24, 2024

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Freshman Sire Watch: Red-hot Vekoma foals have won 8 of 13

Vekoma started out hot winning with four of his first five starters, and the fast pace has only continued with his record standing at eight wins from 13 starters. The son of Candy Ride leads all freshman sires with eight wins, closely followed by Complexity with seven wins. In total, 51 freshman sires have totaled 273 starters to date.

Below are all of Vekoma’s 13 starters to date, sorted with the winners at top. Not only have eight of the 13 won, a 62 percent win rate, but 11 of 13 (85 percent) have run in the money.

It will be interesting to see whether this type of streak can continue. So far, all 13 of Vekoma’s starters have run at distances of five furlongs or less. This week, Vekoma has six more starters coming up, starting Monday at Horseshoe Indianapolis, and Fortuna Mia, who goes in the $225,000 Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs on Sunday, will be Vekoma’s first starter going farther than five furlongs.

Date	Track	R#	Horse	#	ML	Race	Dist	Surf	Trainer
6/25	IND	6	Vekomancer	3	5/2	MSW	5F	D	John Ortiz
6/26	CD	4	Chatter	10	8/1	MSW	4.5F	D	John Ortiz
6/26	CD	4	Anakarina	3	5/1	MSW	4.5F	D	Dallas Stewart
6/28	EVD	1	Bella Sorella	1	2/1	MSW	5F	D	Patrick Devereux, Jr.
6/29	LS	3	Springtime Moon	7		MSW	5F	D	Steve Asmussen
6/30	CD	4	Fortuna Mia	3		STK	6F	D	Rey Hernandez

From a historical perspective, we should note that Bolt d’Oro got off to a similar hot start in 2022, when his offspring were 7-for-16 to start, with two seconds and two thirds for a record of 16: 7-2-2. From that point forward, Bolt d’Oro offspring would win only 11 of their next 102 starts.

To review, here are Vekoma’s first 13 starters.

Vekoma’s first 13 starters

Date	Track	R#	Dist	Surf	Horse	Sex	Fin.	trainer	Odds	Beyer
6/23	HAW	4	4.5F	D	Murdock	C	1	Larry Rivelli	0.4	—
6/23	LRL	6	5F	D	Faster Gator	C	1	Anthony Farrior	0.9	—
6/14	CD	2	4.5F	D	Louisiana Jess	C	1	Bret Calhoun	2.76	61
6/14	CD	4	5F	D	Viggiedal	F	1	Steve Asmussen	1.65	76
6/9	WO	5	5F	S	Stitches	C	1	Sid Attard	2.7	71
6/5	DEL	2	5F	D	It’s Hammertime	C	1	Gary Capuano	1.3	65
5/23	GP	1	5F	S	Speed of Sound	F	1	Fernando Abreu	7.3	56
5/13	IND	4	4.5F	D	Fortuna Mia	F	1	Rey Hernandez	5.3	42
6/15	BAQ	7	5F	D	Colloquial	C	2	George Weaver	4.3	88
6/14	CD	6	5F	D	Praying	F	2	Robert Medina	4.53	56
6/23	CD	4	4.5F	D	Jimmy’s Dailys	C	3	Brian Lynch	1.52	—
6/14	EVD	2	4.5F	D	Bella Sorella	F	4	Patrick Devereux, Jr.	1.5	23
5/17	CD	3	5F	D	Anakarina	F	5	Dallas Stewart	2.41	49

Here are the statistics to date for freshman sires. Complexity also is off to a great start with seven winners from 19 starts for a 37 percent win rate.

Freshman sires stats through June 23

Sire	Starts	W	P	S	Win%	Impact
Vekoma	13	8	2	1	62%	121%
Complexity	19	7	1	2	37%	115%
Thousand Words	17	4	2	2	24%	101%
Instagrand	8	2	1	1	25%	16%
Caracaro	5	2	1	1	40%	129%
Spun to Run	8	2	1	2	25%	20%
Honor A. P.	8	2	0	2	25%	68%
Shancelot	8	2	0	0	25%	7%
Win Win Win	8	2	2	1	25%	-6%
Global Campaign	9	2	1	1	22%	162%
Echo Town	8	2	0	3	25%	15%
Bodexpress	11	2	2	1	18%	90%
War of Will	17	1	3	4	6%	-74%
Event Driven	4	1	1	0	25%	75%
Bobby’s Wicked One	1	1	0	0	100%	165%
Aurelius Maximus	2	1	0	0	50%	361%
Game Winner	11	1	2	1	9%	-29%
Volatile	9	1	1	0	11%	-1%
King for a Day	2	1	0	1	50%	200%
Authentic	8	1	0	2	13%	-19%
Tom’s d’Etat	5	1	2	0	20%	145%
Phantom Boss	6	1	1	1	17%	16%
Tiz the Law	11	1	2	3	9%	-37%
Instilled Regard	4	1	2	1	25%	64%
Name Changer	1	0	1	0	0%	-100%
Gift Box	4	0	1	0	0%	-100%
Improbable	13	0	1	0	0%	-100%
Curlin’s Honor	2	0	0	0	0%	-100%
American Anthem	3	0	0	1	0%	-100%
Runaway Ghost	5	0	0	1	0%	-100%
Oscar Nominated	1	0	0	0	0%	-100%
Fog of War	1	0	0	0	0%	-100%
Isotherm	1	0	0	0	0%	-100%
Good Bye Greg	1	0	0	0	0%	-100%
McKinzie	7	0	2	1	0%	-100%
Yorkton	1	0	0	0	0%	-100%
Durango Kid	2	0	0	0	0%	-100%
Promises Fulfilled	5	0	1	2	0%	-100%
Calculator	2	0	0	1	0%	-100%
Higher Power	3	0	1	0	0%	-100%
Speightsong	1	0	0	0	0%	-100%
Pinatubo	1	0	0	0	0%	-100%
Maximum Security	4	0	0	1	0%	-100%
Lone Sailor	2	0	0	0	0%	-100%
Earthlight (IRE)	1	0	0	0	0%	-100%
Timeline	1	0	1	0	0%	-100%
Mr. Money	3	0	1	1	0%	-100%
Dak Attack	1	0	0	0	0%	-100%
Honest Mischief	3	0	0	1	0%	-100%
Cutting Humor	1	0	0	0	0%	-100%
Barkley	1	0	1	0	0%	-100%

Looking ahead to the next seven days, here are entries for freshman-sire runners in races through next Monday.

Freshman sire entries this week

Date	Track	R#	Horse	Sire	#	ML	Race	Dist	Surf	Trainer
6/24	PRX	7	Play the Gray	Volatile	6	5/1	MSW	4.5F	D	Daniel Velazquez
6/24	PRX	3	Hollywood Beauty	Honor A. P.	5	6/1	MSW	4.5F	D	Jacinto Solis
6/24	IND	8	Tigerish	Tiz the Law	5	6/1	MSW	7.5F	T	Eddie Kenneally
6/25	FAN	1	Tegwar	Improbable	7	9/2	MSW	4F	D	John Wainwright
6/25	IND	6	Vekomancer	Vekoma	3	5/2	MSW	5F	D	John Ortiz
6/25	IND	6	McKinzie Magic	McKinzie	8	20/1	MSW	5F	D	George Leonard
6/25	IND	6	Studio Hall	Instilled Regard	6	9/2	MSW	5F	D	Paulo H. Lobo
6/25	IND	6	Streaking	Instagrand	1	8/1	MSW	5F	D	John Ennis
6/26	CD	4	Reliable Source	Volatile	2	3/1	MSW	4.5F	D	Steve Asmussen
6/26	CD	4	Chatter	Vekoma	10	8/1	MSW	4.5F	D	John Ortiz
6/26	CD	4	Anakarina	Vekoma	3	5/1	MSW	4.5F	D	Dallas Stewart
6/26	CD	4	Give Her Another	Tiz the Law	11	15/1	MSW	4.5F	D	Brendan Walsh
6/26	CD	4	Empirical Mischief	Thousand Words	1	15/1	MSW	4.5F	D	John Ennis
6/26	CD	1	Certain Victor E	Improbable	5	15/1	MCL	4.5F	D	Cirilo Gorostieta
6/26	CD	1	Freddy Boy	Fog of War	8	10/1	MCL	4.5F	D	Fausto Gutierrez
6/26	CD	1	Herb Elias	Echo Town	2	7/2	MCL	4.5F	D	Steve Asmussen
6/26	CD	1	Sweet Mo B	Complexity	6	3/1	MCL	4.5F	D	John Ennis
6/26	TDN	2	Streets of War	War of Will	2	9/5	MSW	5F	D	Nestor Rivera
6/26	TDN	2	Clean Machine	Tom’s d’Etat	4	8/1	MSW	5F	D	Tim Hamm
6/26	BTP	3	Imperious	Tom’s d’Etat	3	3/1	MSW	5F	D	Tim Hamm
6/26	IND	5	Estrella Brillante	Speightsong	2	20/1	MSW	5F	D	Antonio Duran
6/26	IND	5	Kitten’s Song	Speightsong	7	6/1	MSW	5F	D	Genaro Garcia
6/26	TDN	2	Coastland	Promises Fulfilled	5	7/2	MSW	5F	D	Tim Hamm
6/26	BTP	3	Secret Valentine	Global Campaign	2	7/5	MSW	5F	D	Tim Hamm
6/26	IND	5	Calcolery	Calculator	4	9/2	MSW	5F	D	Genaro Garcia
6/27	IND	7	Mi Sargento	Speightsong	1		MSW	5F	D	Antonio Duran
6/27	CD	3	Altobelli	Authentic	3	15/1	MSW	6F	D	John Ennis
6/28	PRM	4	Hey	Instagrand	5		MSW	4.5F	D	Travis Murphy
6/28	PRM	4	Big Swag	Bodexpress	2		MSW	4.5F	D	Don Schnell
6/28	EVD	1	Bella Sorella	Vekoma	1	2/1	MSW	5F	D	Patrick Devereux, Jr.
6/28	LS	4	Essay	Thousand Words	9	2/1	MSW	5F	D	Bret Calhoun
6/28	EVD	1	Moment to Preach	Lone Sailor	2	6/1	MSW	5F	D	Chasey Pomier
6/28	CD	4	Mary Loves Louie	Instagrand	4	10/1	MSW	5F	D	John Ennis
6/28	EVD	1	Call Me Susan	Aurelius Maximus	5	4/1	MSW	5F	D	Shane Wilson
6/28	CD	8	Tizntshelovely	Tiz the Law	6	10/1	MSW	6F	D	Dallas Stewart
6/28	CD	8	Quinn’s Promise	Promises Fulfilled	5	15/1	MSW	6F	D	Dale Romans
6/28	CD	8	Mad About Marie	Game Winner	2	6/1	MSW	6F	D	Brendan Walsh
6/28	CD	8	Trading Secrets	Authentic	9	15/1	MSW	6F	D	D. Wayne Lukas
6/29	LS	3	Springtime Moon	Vekoma	7		MSW	5F	D	Steve Asmussen
6/29	EVD	4	Running Ragged	Spun to Run	3		MSW	5F	D	Carrol Castille
6/29	EVD	4	Rayden and Remi	Spun to Run	5		MSW	5F	D	Jayde J. Gelner
6/29	EVD	4	Lone Warrior	Lone Sailor	1		MSW	5F	D	Lonnie Briley
6/29	LS	5	Didntseethatcoming	Instagrand	8		MSW	5F	D	Allen Dupuy
6/29	LRL	6	Grayson’s Girl	Gift Box	1		MCL	5F	D	Brittany Russell
6/29	EVD	4	Box of Candy	Gift Box	2		MSW	5F	D	Chasey Pomier
6/30	LS	5	Multiple Opinions	Instagrand	3		MSW	5F	D	Steve Asmussen
6/30	LS	5	The Chalk	Improbable	9		MSW	5F	D	Bret Calhoun
6/30	CD	4	Fortuna Mia	Vekoma	3		STK	6F	D	Rey Hernandez
6/30	CD	9	Enduring Spirit	Tiz the Law	7		STK	6F	D	Rafael Ramos
6/30	CD	4	Vodka With a Twist	Thousand Words	6		STK	6F	D	Philip D’Amato
6/30	CD	4	La Marinera	Instilled Regard	7		STK	6F	D	Kelly A. Fernandez
6/30	CD	4	Glee	Honor A. P.	1		STK	6F	D	Steve Asmussen
6/30	CD	9	Conquering Cat	Game Winner	8		STK	6F	D	Christopher Davis
6/30	CD	9	Smoken Wicked	Bobby’s Wicked One	13		STK	6F	D	Dallas Stewart
6/30	CD	4	Adeera	Authentic	5		STK	6F	D	Steve Asmussen