Hollywood Gold Cup

Probably the most interesting development this week is the victory of Rail Trip in the Hollywood Gold Cup G1. Rail Trip is out of the Carson City mare Sweet Trip. During the last year daughters of Carson City have produced four high indexed runners with an average racing index of 18.79. The four Carson city mares that produced these superior runners had an average racing index of 2.66 or about 6 times lower than their foals. This is typical of what you might find in tthe dams of superior runners.

Of course all of these numbers by themselves don't give you the information to understand how much racing class is preferable in a potential broodmare. Consider this; Silver Dew the dam of Carry Back Stakes winner Not for Silver has a racing index of 3.22. She earned this index from 22 Starts, 3 wins and earnings of $158,962

Compare this to Zenyatta's dam Vertigineux who earned a 3.96 racing index with 7 Starts 2 wins and earnings of $60,480, or Gio Ponte's dam Chipeta Springs with a 3.78 index earned over 21 starts 2 wins and $93,518. She is stakes placed with a 3rd place finish in the Azalea Stakes.

Finally, we have Tap Your Feet, the dam of Diamondrella. Tap Your Feet earned a racing index of 4.72 and was a stakes winner of the minor Illinois Princess Handicap

What is important is that you have Allowance winners, Stakes placed winners and minor stakes winners in a racing index range from 3.22-4.72. This is the range in which you will find a very large percentage of the dams of High index runners.

Now for this weeks results. I'll list the race, the winner with it's index, then the dam and her index.

American Derby G2
Reb........................14.96..........Sweet Baby.........................1.95

Man O' War G1
Gio Ponte.............41.62...........Chipeta Springs.................3.78

Princess Rooney G1
Game Face..........17.36............Galleon of Gold..................unr

Carry Back G2
Not For Silver.....10.06...........Silverdew...........................3.22

Smile Sprint H. G2
Eaton's Gift.........13.45............Kit's Girl.............................1.04

Hollywood Gold Cup G1
Rail Trip..............32.96............Sweet Trip........................2.69

Royal Heroine Mile G2
Tuscan Evening..18.51...........The Faraway Tree...........4.50