Harbor the Gold harvests another stakes winner in initial crop
Seven-year-old Harbor the Gold tightened his grip on the pending 2008 title of Oregon's leading freshman sire on November 2, when his juvenile daughter Catalina Harbor broke her maiden in Portland Meadows' $18,540 Janet Wineberg Stakes, becoming her sire's second stakes winner from his initial crop of 12 foals.
The six-furlong race for 2-year-old state-bred fillies attracted only four starters, but Catalina Harbor and jockey Mark Anderson dominated the competition by drawing away in the stretch for a 4 3/4-length victory. Saddled by trainer Jim Fergason, the Bar C Racing Stables homebred covered the distance in 1:14.24 over a sloppy surface.
Catalina Harbor is the first foal out of the Tiffany Ice mare Silver City Lilly. She entered the Wineberg off three consecutive runner-up efforts at Portland Meadows and at Les Bois Park in Idaho. From four starts to date, the dark bay filly has earned $13,390.
A winning son of Seeking the Gold, Harbor the Gold is a half-brother to 1996 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner and Eclipse Champion 2-Year-Old Boston Harbor. He has sired an impressive four winners from six first-crop starters, for a 66.67% success rate. His chief earner is Emerald Downs' 2008 Captain Condo Stakes winner, Noosa Beach.
Harbor the Gold stands at Bar C Racing Stables in Hermiston, Oregon, and is represented by cumulative progeny earnings of $81,345. - November 2, 2008
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