RAISE THE BLUFF winning the Emerald Downs Breeders' Cup Derby. 
(Reed Palmer photo)
 

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Raise the Bluff won three stakes races and placed in four others, including the Grade 3 Longacres Mile Handicap and the Gottstein Futurity. He won stakes at Santa Anita and Emerald Downs on his way to earning $342,708 in 19 starts over three seasons.

Raise the Bluff was a versatile runner, winning at distances from 5 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/8 miles. He was precocious, sound, and consistent, finishing on the board in 16 of his 19 starts, 14 of them in stakes races. He won the Santana Mile Handicap at Santa Anita (earning a 102 Beyer) at a distance that is a prime predictor of sire success.

Raise the Bluff is by Pine Bluff, winner of the classic Preakness Stakes and earner of $2,225,884. A son of leading sire Danzig, he is the sire of 33 stakes winners and earners of more than $28,000,000.

Raise the Bluff is out of a winning daughter of Horse of the Year and major sire A. P. Indy from a female family of numerous stakes winners, including champion and major sire Lord Avie. His pedigree boasts a double cross to the immortal Northern Dancer and includes such major sires as Seattle Slew, Hail to Reason, Halo, and Secretariat.

Raise the Bluff stands at El Dorado Farms at an introductory fee of $1,000, live foal, with special consideration to blacktype and blacktype-producing mares.
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Raise the Bluff stands at El Dorado Farms,   Enumclaw, WA. Telephone: (360) 825-7526.    E-mail: eldoradofarms@tx3.net. Inquiries    to Nina or Ron Hagen at the farm .

     Raise the Bluff enters the stud in 2008.
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     By Pine Bluff (1989). Classic winner of $2,255,884, Preakness S.-G1, etc. Sire of 33 stakes winners, $28,820,546, including Chef Michelle (champion in Panama, Premio Asociacion de Jinetes de Panama-G3), Tennessee Girl ($1,631,197, Centaur S.-G3, etc.), Super Frolic ($1,457,209, Hawthorne Gold Cup-G2, etc.), Bear Fan ($808,150, Barbara Fritchie H.-G2, etc.), Middlesex Drive ($746,819, Kelso H.-G2, etc.), Megans Bluff ($743,263, Mrs. Revere S.-G2, etc.), Puzzlement ($717,590, Saratoga Breeders' Cup H.-G2, etc.), Lil's Lad ($589,930, Fountain of Youth S.-G2, etc.), etc.

     Out of a mare by A. P. Indy (1989). Horse of the Year, champion, $2,979,815. Sire of 105 stakes winners, sire of the dams of 28 stakes winners, including Wait A While (champion, $1,819,916), Zanjero ($1,174,276), Any Given Saturday ($1,083,533), Lord Of The Game ($539,920), Prospective Saint ($485,725), Lucky J. H. ($476,279), High Cotton ($462,574), Ruby's Reception ($365,130), Galloping Gal ($348,269), Victory Lap ($265,311), etc.

1st dam
INDY GO GO (1995 f. by A.P. Indy. 3 wins at 2 and 4, $53,670. Sister to 
..........MUSCLE CAR. Dam of--
.....RAISE THE BLUFF (2003 c. by Pine Bluff). Stakes winner, see above.
.....Inside Lane (2001 g. by Parade Ground). 9 wins, 4 to 6, 2007, $130,261.

2nd dam
DIXIE ACCENT (1987 f. by Dixieland Band). 5 wins, 2 to 4, $101,993, Queen ..........Isabella H. Dam of--
.....MUMBO JUMBO (1997 f. by Kingmambo). 6 wins at 3 and 4, 
...............$168,366, Justakiss H., Autumn Leaf S., Pennsylvania Oaks. Dam of--
...........Crossword (2003 c. by A.P. Indy). 5 wins at 3 and 4, placed at 5, 2008,
.....................$242,699, 2nd Tenacious H., Delta Mile S., 3rd Lexington S.-G3.
.....MUSCLE CAR (g. by A.P. Indy). 4 wins at 5, $138,150, AFLAC U. S. ................Championship Supreme Hurdle S., Foxbrook Supreme Hurdle S., 2nd
................Colonial Cup Hurdle S.-G1, Paul Mellon Memorial Steeplechase H.
.....Indy Go Go (1995 f. by A.P. Indy). Winner, see above.
.....Indixie (1998 g. by A.P. Indy). 10 wins, 3 to 6, $175,255.
.....Munch N Grass (2000 f. by Pleasant Colony). Unraced. Dam of--
..........MIKIMOTO'S MOJO (2005 c. by Hold That Tiger). 2 wins at 2, 
....................2007, $108,000, Lafayette S..
..........Cannonball Express (2004 c. by Buddha). 3 wins at 2 and 3, 2007, $39,250.

3rd dam
Averell (1977 f. by Restless Native). 6 wins, 2 to 5, $68,374, 2nd Majorette H., 
..........3rd Lady Baltimore H., Heirloom S., Susan's Girl H. Half-sister to Avie 
..........(dam of champion LORD AVIE). Dam of--
.....HARRIMAN (1984 c. by Lord Gaylord). 9 wins, 2 to 5, $366,835,
...............Cherry Hill Mile S., Duck Dance H., Goss L. Stryker S., Star de 
...............Naskra S., Vine Street S.-ncr, 5 furlongs in 0:56.80, Nilo Bay S., 2nd
...............Maryland Budweiser Breeders' Cup H., Roman H., Missile S., 3rd 
...............Garden State S.-G3, Survivor S., Maryland Juvenile Championship S.
.....Bucknell (1989 g. by Spend a Buc). 20 wins, 3 to 10, $241,613, 3rd Hail 
...............Emperor S.
.....Dame Avie (1985 f. by Lord Gaylord). Unraced. Dam of--
..........PRIMITIVE HALL (1989 g. by Dixieland Band). 14 wins, 3 to 9, 
....................$528,022, Norristown H.-G3, Iroquois H., Yankee Affair H., 2nd 
....................Donn H.-G1, Aqueduct H.-G3, Pennsylvania Sprint Championship 
....................H., Creme Fraiche S., Elkwood S., 3rd Stuyvesant H.-G3, Queens 
....................County H.-G3, Methuselah H.
..........STRENGTH AND HONOR (1999 g. by Carson City). 9 wins, 3 to 6, ....................$336,996, Distorted Humor H. twice.
..........EARTH TO JACKIE (1994 f. by Polish Numbers). 7 wins at 3 and 4, ....................$234,523, Lady Baltimore S., Hilltop S., Montclair State College 
....................S., 2nd Maryland Million Ladies S., All Brandy S., 3rd Gallorette 
.....................H.-G3, Penn National Distaff H., All Brandy S.
..........NORTHLAND BELLE (1992 f. by Carnivalay). 3 wins at 3, $57,967, 
....................Foxy J. G. S.
..........Starship Dame (2000 f. by Favorite Trick). 3 wins at 3 and 4, 
....................$69,730, 3rd Little Sister S.
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