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The
Ninth Annual
"Hats
Off to the Horses:
The
Road to the Derby"
The
“Awesome Gem”
created
by
MAGGIE
MAE DESIGNS®
"It's
hard to tell whether awesome gem refers to the handsome
Thoroughbred
or the beautiful hat."
-
Michael Blowen, President and Founder of Old Friends
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The
Ninth Annual
"Hats
Off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby"
A
Unique Online Derby Hat Auction Benefiting Old Friends
sponsored
by
MAGGIE
MAE DESIGNS®
Custom
Derby Millinery by Sally Faith Steinmann
Featured
Horse
Awesome
Gem
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Pedigree:
Foaled
in Kentucky
on February 6, 2003; 15 year-old chestnut gelding
Sire –
Awesome Again (Deputy Minister);
Dam – Piano (Pentelicus)
Trained
by:
Craig
Dollase
Owner:
West
Point Thoroughbreds
Breeder:
Runnymede
Farm, Catesby Clay & Peter Callahan
Jockey:
Tyler
Baze, David Flores, Robby Albarado
Record:
52
starts: 11 - 15 - 7
Career
Earnings:
$2,881,370
Notable
Wins:
Wins
in the San Fernando Breeders' Cup Stakes (2007); Hawthorne
Gold Cup Handicap (2009); Hollywood Gold Cup (2010); Lone Star
Park Handicap (2011); Longacres Mile Handicap (2011); Berkeley
Handicap (2012)
Retired
April 7, 2017 to Old Friends.
To
learn more about Awesome Gem:
Awesome
Gem Retired: Won Graded Stakes over Five Seasons
– A
September 21, 2012 Paulick Report article
From
the Westpoint Thoroughbreds website – Awesome
Gem
Get
To Know Craig Dollase: Training Philosophy, Awesome Gem,
Favorite California Restaurants
by
Erin Birkenhauer - A February 29, 2012 interview of Awesome
Gem's trainer Craig Dollase
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Awesome
Gem at Old Friends
Courtesy Old
Friends website
Raced
by the West Point Thoroughbreds partnership, Awesome Gem was
the pride and joy of shareholders Clyde and Doris Haugan as he
traveled the country for six years winning stakes races. The
chestnut son of Awesome Again, trained by Craig Dollase,
competed in graded stakes from a mile through marathon
distance. Awesome Gem’s first graded stakes win came at
four years old in the San Fernando S (G2) with Tyler Baze up.
He finished second in other top West Coast stakes and ended
that campaign with a third in the 2007 Breeders’ Cup
Classic. At five and six he proved one of the toughest and
gamest around. With David Flores in the irons he won the 2009
Hawthorne Gold Cup (G2) in which Eldaafer also competed. At
seven he scored his greatest victory, the 2010 Hollywood Gold
Cup (G1), defeating Rail Trip. Though outrun by Eldaafer in
that year’s Breeders’ Cup Marathon, the following
year he won the Lone Star Park Handicap (G3) and Longacres
Mile (G3) under Robby Albarado and David Flores respectively.
At nine, in heavy traffic, he was judged the winner of the
Berkeley Handicap (G3), finishing “full of run.”
Awesome Gem retired with 52 starts, 11 wins, 15 seconds and 7
thirds, $2,881,370 earnings, and the affectionate respect of
racing fans, whose visits he now enjoys at Old Friends’
Georgetown farm.
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Awesome
Gem (far right) with his paddock mates, Fabulous Strike and
Sokitumi Samurai
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The
“Awesome Gem” Hat by MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS®
Krystal
Court modeling
The
“Awesome Gem” Hat
The
“Awesome Gem” hat auction has ended, stay tuned
for the next auction starting February 1st!
All
proceeds from the sale of the “Awesome Gem” hat
go to Old Friends.
Special
thanks to Krystal Court, her husband, jockey Jon
Court
and
their daughter Aubrey for helping us with this year's “Hats
Off to the Horses” fundraiser that supports the retired
racehorses of Old
Friends Thoroughbred Retirement
in
Kentucky.
Aubrey's
hatinator is part of the new Derby hats by MAGGIE MAE
DESIGNS® debuting for 2018; although not included in the
auction, it is available for purchase from MAGGIE MAE
DESIGNS®.
Thanks
also to EquiSport
Photos
for
their stunning images and video footage.
See
Wendy Wooley's behind-the-scenes video of the hat photo shoot
with our models at Old Friends
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To
place a bid on the “Awesome Gem” auction hat or to
learn more about Old Friends at Dream Chase Farm, please visit
the Old
Friends website
to
access the eBay link or call them at 502-863-1775.
To
view the couture Derby hats from previous hat auctions, please
click on the following
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Old
Friends Hat Auction Portfolio
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The
Rosie Signature Hat Collection
by
MAGGIE
MAE DESIGNS®
A
very special ongoing hat collaboration with retired jockey
Rosie Napravnik to benefit Old Friends of KY!
Please
click on the above photo to visit the updated collection!
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Custom
hatboxes for your auction hats!
All
winning bidders' hats are shipped to them in custom
MAGGIE
MAE DESIGNS®
hatboxes
for storage.
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