Afleet Alex

Northern Afleet - Maggy Hawk, by Hawkster 2002 bay - Submit Mare
Entered Stud: 2006 - 2012 Fee: $20,000 - LFSN
    
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Sire of a 2011 Breeders' Cup Winner

Afleet Alex
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  • America's Leading Third Crop Sire by lifetime Grade 1 SWs and Graded SWs.
  • Leader in his siring crop by APEX Rating (profitable runners)
  • First or 2nd in his siring crop by lifetime: Stakes Winners (16), Stakes Wins (24), G1 SWs, Blacktype Winners (15), Graded SWs (8), Blacktype Horses (27), Stakes Horses (29).
  • 3rd leader by worldwide earnings ($10.5 million).
  • In 2011: 14 SHs, 7 SWs, 5 GSWs, including Breeders' Cup (G2) winner Afleet Again ($695,299), G2 SW Harissa ($468,966, 3 stakes wins in 3 starts), G3 SW Bizzy Caroline (3 wins in a row), G2 SW and Champion Cuqui's Love, G3 SW/G1 sp La Gran Bailadora.
  • 1st crop: Sire of a Champion, a Breeders' Cup winner, the Hopeful (G1) winner, the Travers (G1) winner.
  • 2nd crop: Sire of four SWs and four more stakes horses.
  • Sire of a $750,000 Saratoga colt purchased by Sheikh Mohammed.
  • Sire of a $410,000 Keeneland September colt.
  • Top progeny also include: $1,000,000 Travers-G1 winner Afleet Express; Barbara Fritchie-G2 winner Harissa; Champion Cuqui's Love-G2; Belmont SW Admiral Alex; $100,000 SW A Brilliant Idea (1:35.30); $100,000 SW Go Ask Alex (NCR-1:34 2/5). 
  • Eclipse Champion won the Preakness-G1 and Belmont-G1 by 11 3/4 combined lengths, and ran 3rd in the Kentucky Derby (G1).  
  • Won 8 races in 12 starts, earning $2,765,800 - won first 4 starts at 2, including the Hopeful (G1).
  • Covered 155 mares in 2011.

Afleet Alex News

on 12/17/2011
Fast Alex dueled his way through the last quarter mile to capture the $75,000 Tenacious H. by a nose Dec. 17 at Fair Grounds...
on 12/11/2011
La Gran Bailadora rolled to a three length victory in the $50,000 My Charmer S. at Turfway Park...
on 11/5/2011
Afleet Again ran down Birdrun in the late stages to roll home to a 2 1/4-length victory in the $500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon (G2)...
on 10/13/2011
A colt by Afleet Alex brought the top price of $100,000 of the two-day Barretts October yearling sale, which ran Oct. 12-13...
on 9/28/2011
Afleet Alex's Miss Valentine emerged a narrow winner in the $60,000 Mom's Command S. Sept. 28 at Belmont Park...
on 9/28/2011
A colt by Afleet Alex was the top-priced yearling at the Breeders’ Sales Company of Louisiana Annual Yearling Sale held on September 27...
on 9/24/2011
Moving “like a complete freight train,” La Gran Bailadora swept from last to first to win the $100,000 Kentucky Cup Distaff (G3) going away on September 24 at Turfway Park…
on 7/16/2011
Miss Valentine rolled to an eye-catching three length victory in the $75,000 Serena's Song...
on 6/18/2011
Bizzy Caroline closed with a big rush to win the $125,000 Regret S. (G3) at Churchill Downs...
on 5/31/2011
The last time the Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness winner faced each other was in the 2005 Belmont Stakes when Afleet Alex defeated...
on 3/29/2011
Harissa remained undefeated in 2011 with an easy four-length victory March 29 in the $75,000 Langhorne S. at Parx...
on 3/1/2011
Elite Alex and Sway Away both will be adding blinkers when they postward in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1)...
on 2/21/2011
Sway Away and Elite Alex, a pair of Afleet Alex colts, kept their Triple Crown hopes alive with solid stakes finishes...
on 2/20/2011
Harissa won her first graded stakes of her career on Feb. 19, taking the $150,000 Barbara Fritchie (G2)...
on 2/13/2011
La Gran Bailadora won her third straight race and her first career stakes, at Turfway Park on Feb. 12...
on 1/4/2011
Just four days into 2011 and Afleet Alex already has his first stakes winner of the year...
on 1/3/2011
Afleet Alex continued his emergence as one of the nation's best young sires with another stellar year in 2010...
on 12/21/2010
Alexandra Rylee became the 11th stakes winner of 2010 for Afleet Alex on Dec. 21 with her victory in the $75,000 Brandywine S...
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on 12/21/2010
Chloe Kate found another gear in the long Fair Grounds stretch to break her maiden by 6 3/4 lengths on Dec. 20...
on 11/17/2010
With her victory in the Swirlaway S. Nov. 17 at Aqueduct, Miss Valentine became the 10th stakes winner of the year for Afleet Alex...

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Afleet Alex Generational Pedigree

Dosage Profile:

NORTHERN AFLEET (USA)
b. 1993
AFLEET (CAN)
ch. 1984
MR. PROSPECTOR (USA)
b. 1970 [BC]
RAISE A NATIVE (USA) ch. 1961 [B]
GOLD DIGGER (USA) b. 1962
POLITE LADY (USA)
b. 1977
VENETIAN JESTER (USA) ch. 1964
FRIENDLY WAYS (USA) b. 1968
NURYETTE (USA)
b. 1986
NUREYEV (USA)
b. 1977 [C]
NORTHERN DANCER (CAN) b. 1961 [BC]
SPECIAL (USA) b. 1969 *
STELLARETTE (CAN)
b. 1978
TENTAM (USA) dkb/br. 1969
SQUARE ANGEL (CAN) b. 1970
MAGGY HAWK (USA)
b. 1994
HAWKSTER (USA)
b. 1986
SILVER HAWK (USA)
b. 1979
ROBERTO (USA) b. 1969 [C]
GRIS VITESSE (USA) gr. 1966
STRAIT LANE (USA)
br. 1974
CHIEFTAIN (USA) br. 1961
LEVEL SANDS (USA) blk. 1949
QUALIQUE (USA)
b. 1981
HAWAII (SAF)
b. 1964
UTRILLO (ITY) ch. 1958
ETHANE (SAF) b. 1947
DOROTHY GAYLORD (USA)
b. 1972
SENSITIVO (ARG) b. 1957
GAYLORD'S TOUCH (USA) b. 1965
courtesy of Pedigree Query

Afleet Alex's Race and (Stakes) Record

Age Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earned
2 6 4 (2) 2 (2) 0 $680,800
3 6 4 (4) 0 1 (1) $2,085,000
Totals 12 8 (6) 2 (2) 1 (1) $2,765,800

Won at 2

  • Hopeful S (gr. I, 7 furlongs, defeating Devils Disciple, Flamenco, Consolidator, Storm Surge, Wild Nature, Winning Expression).

  • Sanford S (gr. II, 6 furlongs, by 5 1/4, defeating Flamenco, Consolidator, Winning Expression, Departing Now, Lunarpal, Smokescreen, Calypso Band, Maximus C, Gold Joy, Fire Path).

  • An allowance race at Delaware Park (5 1/2 furlongs, equal top weight, by 12, defeating Monster Chaser, Chazmandu, Tip City, Ease Your Mind).

  • A maiden special weight race at Delaware Park (5 1/2 furlongs, by 11 1/4, defeating B Trick, Precision Perfect, Maybe Satisfied, Siberian Mike, N Y Biscuit).

2nd at 2

  • Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I, 1 1/16 miles, to Wilko, defeating Sun King, Consolidator, Roman Ruler, Proud Accolade, Twice Unbridled, Scandinavia).

  • Champagne S (gr. I, 1 1/16 miles, to Proud Accolade, defeating Sun King, Silver Train, Park Avenue Ball, One Fein Dad, Wallstreet Scandal, All Trumps).

Won at 3

  • Preakness S (gr. I, 1 3/16 miles, by 4 3/4, defeating Scrappy T, Giacomo, Sun King, High Limit, Noble Causeway, Greeley's Galaxy, Malibu Moonshine, Closing Argument, High Fly, Hal's Image, Wilko, Galloping Grocer, Going Wild).

  • Belmont S (gr. I, 1 1/2 miles, by 7, defeating Andromeda's Hero, Nolan's Cat, Indy Storm, A. P. Arrow, Chekhov, Giacomo, Southern Africa, Watchmon, Reverberate, Pinpoint).

  • Arkansas Derby (gr. II, 1 1/8 miles, equal top weight, by 8, defeating Flower Alley, Andromeda's Hero, Real Dandy, Greater Good, Canteen, Rush Bay, Wild Desert, Cat Shaker, Batson Challenge).

  • Mountain Valley S (6 furlongs, top-weighted, by 2 3/4, defeating Razor, Smoke Smoke Smoke, Sir Laff Alot, Dr. Meatball, Rocky River).

3rd at 3

  • Kentucky Derby (gr. I, 1 1/4 miles, to Giacomo, Closing Argument, defeating Don't Get Mad, Buzzards Bay, Wilko, Bellamy Road, Andromeda's Hero, Flower Alley, High Fly, Greeley's Galaxy, Coin Silver, Greater Good, Noble Causeway, Sun King, Spanish Chestnut, Sort It Out, Going Wild, Bandini, High Limit).

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Entered Stud: 2006 - 2012 Fee: $20,000 - LFSN