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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Dominating G1-Winning Two-Year-Old
- Dominating G1 winner at 2 - 3rd highweight on the Experimental
- Leading money winner by Champion Sire THUNDER GULCH at stud outside KY
- Won first 3 starts at two, including fastest Hopeful (G1) in six years, over SCAT DADDY
- Also at two, 2nd $1,800,000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) & $500,000 Breeders' Futurity (G1) (defeating Champion STREET SENSE)
- Graded stakes winner every year raced, at 6f, 7f, 8 1/2f, and 9f
- Won $600,000 Louisiana Derby (G2) by 2 1/4 lengths
- Won $500,000 New Orleans H. (G2) over MAGNA GRADUATE and BRASS HAT
- Out of G1-winning 2YO and Experimental 3rd-highweight CIRCLE OF LIFE
- First sales horses include $40,000, $31,000 and $27,000 yearlings, and a colt purchased by Adena Springs
- First two-year-olds race in 2012
“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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Thursday, August 25, 2011
First-crop yearlings by Circular Quay proved popular on day 1 of the Aug. 23-25 OBS yearling sale...
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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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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
Won at 2
- Hopeful S (gr-I, 7f, by 4 1/4, defeating Scat Daddy, Unbridled Express, Pegasus Wind, Irish Ace).
- Bashford Manor S (gr-III, 6f, defeating Shermanesque, Run Alex Run, Teuflesberg, Pegasus Wind, Chace City, Elite Squadron, Mister Cugat).
- A maiden special weight race at Churchill Downs (5.5f, by 6 1/4, defeating Flashstorm, Head to Toe, Race Warrior, Esperamos, Kon Krete Kid, Bronze Tribute).
2nd at 2
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Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr-I, 8.5f, to Street Sense, defeating Great Hunter, Scat Daddy, Stormello, C P West, U D Ghetto, King of the Roxy, Skip Code, Teuflesberg, Pegasus Wind, Malt Magic, Got the Last Laugh, Principle Secret).
- Lane's End Breeders' Futurity (gr-IA, 8.5f, to Great Hunter, defeating Street Sense, Birdbirdistheword, Passport, Bold Start, Teuflesberg, French Transition).
Won at 3
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Louisiana Derby (gr-II, 8.5f, by 2 1/4, defeating Ketchikan, Zanjero, Imawildandcrazyguy, Birdbirdistheword, Liquidity, Slew's Tizzy, Soaring By).
Won at 4
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New Orleans H (gr-II, 9f, defeating Grasshopper, Reporting for Duty, Brass Hat, Magna Graduate, Silver Lord).
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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
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