New York Buck I St Pat, three-time defending U.S. Trotting Mare of the Year, has been retired, according to co-owner Howard Taylor.
Buck I St Pat wins Breeders Crown 2009
Breeders Crown 2010
An eight-year-old daughter of Jailhouse
Jesse--Name It Something,
Buck I St Pat earned $2,347,565
lifetime, including wins in the Breeders
Crown Mare Trot (twice), Armbro Flight,
Maxie Lee (twice), Conway Hall,
American-National, Miss Versatility
final, Earl Rowe, Perretti Farms
Matchmaker (twice), Classic Series final
and Allerage Farms Mare Trot (twice).
She had a line of 51-17-11 from 105
lifetime starts, with a lifetime mark of
1:51 set last year in the Matchmaker
final. She also traveled to Sweden in
2009 to start in the Elitlopp, but
failed to make the final.
Buck I St Pat�s final pari-mutuel
start was on October 2 in the Allerage
Farms Mare Trot at the Red Mile. She
made a break at the three-quarters and
finished eighth. She made another break
in a qualifier at Chester Racetrack on
October 13. Her entry to defend her
two-time Breeders Crown title was denied
by Ontario Racing Commission officials
because of those breaks in her final two
starts.
�We just want to do right by her,�
said Taylor, who co-owns Buck I St Pat
with Edwin Gold, Abraham Basen and
breeder Ron Fuller. �Her last races were
not up to her standards. We wanted to
retire her as the champion that she is.�
Taylor added that Buck I St Pat�s
future as a broodmare is undecided,
pending a meeting of the partners. He
did add, however, that she won two free
breedings to Muscles Yankee as a double
winner of the Perretti Matchmaker final.
�We are as excited about raising and
racing her babies as we were about
following her racing career,� he said.
She had a line of 51-17-11 from 105 lifetime starts, with a lifetime mark of 1:51 set last year in the Matchmaker final. She also traveled to Sweden in 2009 to start in the Elitlopp, but failed to make the final.
Buck I St Pat�s final pari-mutuel start was on October 2 in the Allerage Farms Mare Trot at the Red Mile. She made a break at the three-quarters and finished eighth. She made another break in a qualifier at Chester Racetrack on October 13. Her entry to defend her two-time Breeders Crown title was denied by Ontario Racing Commission officials because of those breaks in her final two starts.
�We just want to do right by her,� said Taylor, who co-owns Buck I St Pat with Edwin Gold, Abraham Basen and breeder Ron Fuller. �Her last races were not up to her standards. We wanted to retire her as the champion that she is.�
Taylor added that Buck I St Pat�s future as a broodmare is undecided, pending a meeting of the partners. He did add, however, that she won two free breedings to Muscles Yankee as a double winner of the Perretti Matchmaker final.
�We are as excited about raising and racing her babies as we were about following her racing career,� he said.