First Foal Reported for Stallion Swagger Jack
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The first reported foal for RisenStorm Thoroughbreds
stallion Swagger Jack, a Grade I winning son of Smart Strike, is a colt born
January 24 in Folsom, Louisiana at Summer Hill Farm. Bred by Keith Hernandez, the Dark Bay Colt is
out of the stakes place Southern Halo mare Southern Banner.
Swagger Jack compiled 5 wins and 3 seconds in 18
starts. Raced by Silverton Hill LLC,
Swagger Jack broke his maiden in a 1 mile Maiden Special Weight on the turf at
Gulfstream Park. After switching
surfaces to the dirt, Swagger Jack won the Grade I Carter Handicap completing 7
furlongs in 1:21.44 defeating Eclipse Finalist Sahara Sky. Swagger Jack also finished second in the
Grade II Gulfstream Park Handicap and the Grade III Gulfstream Park Sprint
Championship Stakes.
Bred in Virginia by acclaimed breeder Ned Evans, Swagger
Jack is by Smart Strike, out of the The Minstrel mare Lyrical Prayer. Swagger Jack’s half-sister Grand Prayer is
the dam of GI winner Malibu Prayer, who sold for $2,000,000 in the Evans
Dispersal Sale. Another half-sister is
the dam of European Champion Miler Silverside, and yet another produced Rockin
Rockstar a stakes winner of over $350,000.
Swagger Jack descends from a female family that contains no fewer than
38 stakes performers in his first two dams.
Swagger jack is a classic example of breeding the best to the best.
Swagger Jack is set to stand his second season for a fee of
$2,500, this year at Nicks Farms in Sellersburg, Indiana. Swagger Jack is currently offered in
RisenStorm’s Breed for Life program on a limited basis.
Source: RisenStorm Thoroughbreds
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