Spensive
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   SPENSIVE, gray or roan, 2000, by Ponche out 
   of Operate Quick, by Dr. Schwartzman.
 
 
 

   Spensive 

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A Magnificent 17-2 Gray
With a Winning Race 
Record and Pedigree
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Spensive was a racehorse. He began his career at 2 with a two-length maiden special weight win at Del Mar and was on the board in nine of the 10 starts remaining in his 2- and 3-year-old seasons--seven of them stakes races. He raced from 2 to 6, earning $313,557 in 20 starts. 

Spensive was second in the Beau Brummel Stakes at Fairplex Park in his second career start and won the $80,000 Gold Rush Stakes at Golden Gate Fields to conclude his 2-year-old season.

Spensive followed at 3 with a fourth in the Grade 3 Golden Gate Derby at Golden Gate Fields (only two lengths behind the winner), a third in the $80,000 non-blacktype Sham Stakes and a second in the Grade 2 San Rafael Stakes (only one length back) at Santa Anita, and a second in the $500,000 WinStar Derby (beaten by a neck) at Sunland Park.

Spensive's sire, Ponche, a son of Two Punch, won or placed in 12 stakes races, earning $427,086. He set a new track record for seven furlongs in winning the Emerald Dunes Handicap at Calder Race Course.

Spensive's pedigree boasts the merging of the dominant Raise a Native/Mr. Prospector and Northern Dancer/Nijinsky 2nd lines on his sire's side coupled with a female line providing the European influence of *Herbager, *Ribot, *Tudor Minstrel, and *Court Martial.
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Spensive stands at Ballena Vista 
Farm in Ramona, CA, for a fee of
$1,000, payable when foal stands 
and nurses. Spensive is the property 
of Y-Lo Racing Stables, LLC, and all 
booking inquiries will be handled by 
Lolita P. Raquiza at (818) 981-1267.
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To request a 2008 breeding contract online, click here.
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Spensive
Gray or roan, 2000, by Ponche--Operate Quick, by Dr. Schwartzman

   
Raise a Native
Mr. Prospector
Gold Digger
Two Punch
*Grey Dawn 2nd
Heavenly Cause
Lady Dulcinea
Ponche
    (1989) Northern Dancer
Nijinsky 2nd
Flaming Page
Street Ballet
Native Dancer
Street Dancer
*Beaver Street
  Spensive
*Herbager
Fluorescent Light
Irradiate
Dr. Schwartzman
Graustark
Stark Winter
Winter Wren
Operate Quick
    (1988) *Tudor Minstrel
Tumiga
Amiga
Princess Teamiga
*Court Martial
Tea Time
Social Tea
 


Spensive's 2008 stud fee is $1,000, payable when foal stands & nurses
(consideration to approved mares)
Property of Y-Lo Racing Stables, LLC
Inquiries to Lolita P. Raquiza 
(818) 981-1267  /  (818) 907-8520 Fax  /  (818) 259-3224 Mobile
E-mail: lraquiza@sbcglobal.net  Or info@spensive.com

Spensive stands at Ballena Vista Farm, Ramona, CA
Website: www.ballenavistafarm.com
Nominated to the Breeders' Cup and California-Bred Awards Program

For an isolated pedigree page for convenience in printing, click here.
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RACE RECORD
   
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
2
5
$  97,311
3
6
  164,070
4
4
    49,916
5
4
0
0
0
      1,600
6
1
0
0
0
         660
Totals
20
3
4
3
$313,557
 
     At 2: Won Gold Rush S. (L) at Golden Gate Fields (1 mile), a maiden special weight race at Del Mar (6 furlongs); 3rd Beau Brummel S. at Fairplex Park (6 1/2 furlongs).
     At 3: 2nd San Rafael S. (G2) at Santa Anita (1 mile), WinStar Derby (L) at Sunland Park (1 1/16 miles).
     At 4: Won an allowance race at Hollywood Park (6 1/2 furlongs).

For an explanation of stakes designations, click here.

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IN THE STUD

     Spensive entered the stud in 2007. His first test crop will arrive in 2008.
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SIRE LINE

     By Ponche (1989). Stakes winner of $437,086, Emerald Dunes H.-ntr, 7 furlongs in 1:22.17, etc. Sire of stakes winners Sugar Mike (horse of the year twice in Trinidad and Tobago, $174,208 in U. S.), Eternal Look (to 9, 2007, $375,047, Major Moran S., etc.), Spensive ($313,557, Gold Rush S., etc.), Rebecca's Charm ($293,060, Sandpiper S., etc.), and Ponche de Leona ($260,870, Anoakia S., etc.) and stakes-placed Gray Jag ($137,783, 2nd Malcolm Anderson S., etc.),  Tunder Ponche ($120,902, 3rd Harry Henson S.

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FEMALE LINE

     Out of a mare by Dr. Schwartzman (1981). Stakes winner of $380,362. Sire of winners of $2,648,108, including stakes winners Lady Schwartzman, Doran, etc. Sire of the dam of stakes winner Spensive.

1st dam
OPERATE QUICK (1988 f. by Dr. Schwartzman). Winner at 2, $7,825. Dam of
..........9 foals to race, 8 winners, including--
.....SPENSIVE (2000 c. by Ponche). Stakes winner, see above.
.....Golden Chrome (1995 g. by Glitterman). In Italy, 3 wins at 2 and 3, $62,354; 
...............in U S., winner at 4 and 6, $32,867.
.....Cinnamon Princess (1993 f. by Exuberant). 3 wins at 3 and 4, $67,681.

2nd dam
Princess Teamiga (1971 f. by Tumiga). 5 wins at 3, $42,017, 2nd Regret S., 
..........3rd Geisha S. Dam of--
.....Operate Quick (1988 f. by Dr. Schwartzman). Winner, see above.
.....Silvered Dancer (1983 f. by Sovereign Dancer). 3 wins at 2 and 3, $50,910. 
...............Dam of--
..........Dazzling Colors (1990 f. by On to Glory). Unplaced, $490. Dam of--
................Blue Kat (1996 f. by Blue Ensign). Unraced. Dam of --
....................Precocious Kat (2001 f. by Precocity). 9 wins, 2 to 6, 2007,
..............................$217,290, 2nd Central Iowa S.
...............Johnato (2000 g. by Stuka). 8 wins, 3 to 6, $106,502. 
...............Mylilmoneymaker (2003 f. by Outflanker). 5 wins, 2 to 4, 2007, 
.........................$82,150. 
...............Fabulous Wully (2002 g. by Fabulous Frolic). 5 wins, 3 to 5, 2007, 
.........................$50,746
.....Groton Girl (1978 f. by Groton). Unraced. Dam of--
..........Grand T. L. (1986 f. by Grand Alliance). Unraced. Dam of--
...............T. L. Time (1995 g. by A Change for April). 13 wins, 2 to 9, 
.........................$173,650, 3rd Groovy S.

3rd dam
TEA TIME  (1963 f. by *Court Martial). Winner at 2, $4,730. Dam of--
.....Princess Teamiga (1971 f. by Tumiga). Stakes-placed winner, see above.
.....Towmotor Tony (1970 c. by Kentucky Jug). 8 wins, 3 to 8, $24,933, 3rd
...............Warrensville Heights H.
.....Sauna Time (1976 f. by *Cougar II). In England, 7 wins, 3 to 7, on the flat 
...............and over the jumps, $22,335, 3rd Victor Ludorum Hurdle.
.....Teavo (1972 c. by Admiral's Voyage). 8 wins, 2 to 5, $50,408. 
.....Glorious Combat (1968 g. by Grid Iron Hero). 17 wins, 4 to 11, $45,630.
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