Thunder Gulch -
Circle of Life, by
Belong to Me
2004
- Entered Stud: 2009 - Fee: $6,500 Stands and Nurses
Circular Quay
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A Top Juvenile of His Generation
- Earned $1,505,434.
- Winner of the Hopeful S. (G1), easily defeating SCAT DADDY in the fastest time since 2001.
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By Leading Sire and Kentucky Derby winner, THUNDER GULCH.
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Out of G1 Winning Juvenile, CIRCLE OF LIFE.
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A major graded stakes winner at 2, 3 & 4.
“Circular Quay is the entire package. He is by a champion sire out of a grade I winner, and was a spectacular 2-year-old. He fits Florida perfectly and helps to fill a spot in the Florida market that has been recently depleted.”
- Brent Fernung
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Grade 1-winning juvenile and racing millionaire Circular Quay sired his first foal on Jan. 15 when a chestnut filly was born at Destiny Oaks Farm in Ocala, FL...
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Journeyman Stud has revised the stud fees on a number of its stallions for the remainder of the 2009 breeding season, it was announced by the Florida-based farm Friday, March 20th...
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Friday, December 05, 2008
Author: By Nick Fortuna, Wire to Wire
Stallions who want to stand at Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud in Ocala should follow the advice of Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis and “just win, baby.”
Brent Fernung said he uses four sets of criteria to evaluate potential stallions – race record, sire, female family and looks – but if a horse lacks accomplishments on the racetrack, it’s not necessary to look at the other three areas...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Brent & Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud has set stud fees for its expanded 11-horse roster for 2009, it was announced Tuesday, Nov 11th...
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Brent & Crystal Fernung's Journeyman Stud announce the addition of Circular Quay for 2009 and their new breeding facility.
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Circular Quay Generational Pedigree
Dosage Profile: ch. C, 2004 DP = 6-2-11-1-0 (20) DI = 2.08 CD = 0.65
courtesy of Pedigree Query
Race Record:
| Age |
Starts |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Earnings |
| 2 |
5 |
3(2) |
2(2) |
0 |
$781,434 |
| 3 |
5 |
1(1) |
0 |
0 |
$396,000 |
| 4 |
3 |
1(1) |
0 |
0 |
$328,000 |
| Totals |
13 |
5(4) |
2(2) |
0 |
$1,505,434 |
Racing Highlights
Circular Quay, who is out of the grade I-winning Belong to Me mare Circle of Life, won graded stakes in all three years in training for trainer Todd Pletcher. Racing for Michael and Doreen Tabor, he won five of 13 starts and earned $1,505,434.
At 2, he broke his maiden first time out and took the Bashford Manor Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs. He shipped to Saratoga to win the seven-furlong Hopeful Stakes (gr. I), then proved to be among the top of the crop with a runner-up performance behind champion Street Sense in the Bessemer Trust Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I) at Churchill Downs. He finished ahead of Street Sense while running second to Great Hunter in the Lane’s End Breeders’ Futurity (gr. I) over the Polytrack at Keeneland. He was the co-third high weight at 122 pounds on that year’s Experimental Free Handicap.
At 3, Circular Quay cruised to victory in the Louisiana Derby (gr. II) at Fair Grounds and ran in both the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and Preakness Stakes (both gr. I). He returned at 4 to capture the nine-furlong New Orleans Handicap (gr. II), defeating Travers (gr. I) runner-up Grasshopper.
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