Bob Black Jack Has Full Sister

ROMOLAND, Calif. (May 2, 2008) -- While Bob Black Jack carries the hopes of California breeders in the 134th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, his yearling full sister is getting closer to becoming a racehorse.

Stormy Victory, the full sister, "looks exactly like Bob Black Jack," according to Nadine Anderson, the farm manager at Getaway Thoroughbred Farms, where both the yearling and Molly’s Prospector, her 14-year-old dam, reside.

Bob Black Jack received his early training at Getaway Thoroughbreds after Robert Harabedian of Los Alamitos purchased the son of Stormy Jack as a 2006 yearling for $4,500 from breeders Gary and Marlene Howard and Bruce Dunmore.

Anderson said Stormy Victory likely will be offered for sale at a Keeneland auction this summer.
Molly’s Prospector didn’t have a foal this year. "She’s hard to get in foal when a foal is at her side," Anderson said. "But she’s in foal for 2009 to our stallion Best Minister."

A son of champion Deputy Minister, Best Minister, now 8 years old, won four of his 20 races, including the Sir Barton Stakes at Pimlico when he was a three-year-old in 2003.
--Larry Bortstein

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