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The
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The
Road to the Derby"
The
“Mixed Pleasure” Hat
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from
December 4th
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Please
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Seventh Annual
"Hats
Off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby"
A
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Custom
Derby Millinery by Sally Faith Steinmann
Featured
Horse
Mixed
Pleasure
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Pedigree:
Foaled
on May 20th,
1985 in California;
chestnut;
stallion
Sire – Sucha Pleasure;
Dam - Sea I'm Lucky (Windy Sea)
Trained
by: Mel
Stute, Fordell Fierce, Gerald Sinne, and Martin Valenzuela
Jr.
Owner:
Grand
Trine Farm
Breeder:
Celeste
& David Anderson
Jockey:
Patrick
Valenzuela, Martin Castaneda, Alex Solis, Russell Baze, Martin
Pedroza and Gary Stevens
Record:
22
Starts: 5 - 6 - 1
Career
Earnings:
$140,175
Notable
Wins:
At
2: Won Ford Juvenile Stakes, Kindergarten Stakes; 2nd
Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes (G2); 3rd Balboa
Stakes(G3)
At
3: 2nd Carquinez Handicap.
Stood
at Grand Trine Farm, Molalla, Oregon (2011 fee $1,000).
July
2012: Pensioned at age 27 and donated to Old Friends Equine
Retirement Center, KY on July 18th
2012,
thanks to the tremendous rescue efforts of Charlotte Farmer
and the nationwide advocacy group Equi-Army-NDO.com.
Mixed
Pleasure was euthanized October 26, 2015, at the age of 30 due
to complications from colic.
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Mixed
Pleasure at Old Friends
Courtesy
Old Friends website
Mixed
Pleasure was one of the few modern day stakes winners
descended from Seabiscuit. This great-great grandson of the
1930’s champion was a talented and precocious
two-year-old. He won the 1987 Kindergarten Stakes at Golden
Gate Fields and the 1987 Ford Juvenile Stakes at Bay Meadows,
not far from his famous ancestor’s former home in
Northern California. Mixed Pleasure then proved himself a
force to be reckoned with at graded stakes level with a second
in the Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes (G2) at
Hollywood Park and the Balboa Stakes (G3) at Del Mar. At three
years old he was also stakes-placed. From 22 starts he
achieved 5 wins, 6 seconds and 1 third, earning the very
respectable total of $140,175. He did not sire many progeny,
but those that raced were winners.
Mixed
Pleasure was donated to Old Friends in 2012. He settled in
immediately, becoming good friends with his neighbors in the
nearby paddocks and a great favorite with visitors and
volunteers.
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Graded
Stakes Placed Mixed Pleasure Euthanized at Old Friends
GEORGETOWN,
KY - OCTOBER 27, 2015 - Mixed Pleasure has died. The
30-year-old resident of Old Friends, the Thoroughbred
Retirement Farm in Georgetown, KY, was euthanized Monday
evening due to complications from colic.
Michael
Blowen, founder and president of Old Friends, made the
announcement of his passing this afternoon.
Mixed
Pleasure, who was a great-great grandson of the great
Seabiscuit, had been pensioned at Old Friends since 2012 after
being saved by Charlotte Farmer and the nationwide advocacy
group Equi-Army-NDO.com. The stallion had stood at Grand Trine
Farm in Molalla, OR, and was one of 14 horses seized by the
rescue group when former owners attempted to place them for
sale in an auction.
A
moderately successful racehorse, Mixed Pleasure (Sucha
Pleasure - Sea I'm Lucky, Windy Sea) was campaigned by Mel
Stute and won five of his 22 starts, earning over $140,000 in
his career. As a two-year-old Mixed Pleasure captured the Won
Ford Juvenile Stakes as well as the Kindergarten Stakes. He
then place second in the GR2 Hollywood Juvenile Championship
Stakes and was third in the GR3 Balboa.
His
dam, Sea I'm Lucky, was by Windy Sea, who was out of Sea
Anemone, a daughter of Seabiscuit. Mixed Pleasure was presumed
to be the oldest living descendant of the Depression-Era hero.
"It's
always heartbreaking to lose one of our horses," said Old
Friends's Blowen. "But at the time of his death Mixed
Pleasure was surrounded by those who loved him most. Our vet
Bryan Waldridge was here to help him, as were our farm
managers Tim Wilson and Carol Oates. Most importantly, Mixy
spent his last moments with his best friend, John Bradley, one
of our dedicated volunteers who was Mixed Pleasure's friend
and caretaker these last three years."
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"Mixed
Pleasure was one of the kindest and easy going stallions we've
ever had," Blowen added, "and he will be sorely
missed."
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Additional
articles on Mixed Pleasure:
July
16, 2012 horse racing blog by Alicia Wincze Hughes - “Descendant
of Seabiscuit Headed to Old Friends”
October
27, 2015 Bloodhorse article –
“Mixed
Pleasure Euthanized at Old Friends”
October
27, 2015 Paulick Report - “Old
Friends Mixed Pleasure Will Be Sorely MIssed”
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The
Rosie Signature Hat Collection
by
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A
very special ongoing hat collaboration with retired jockey
Rosie Napravnik to benefit Old Friends of KY!
Brand
NEW!
“Rosie Wedding Hats”!
Please
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“Rosie Wedding Hats”!
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