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Hog Creek Hustle - War Horse Place Stallion

Hog Creek Hustle won his career debut by three-quarters of a length in August at Ellis Park before an unplaced finish in the Grade 3 Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs. He rebounded to win an allowance/optional claiming race going 1 1/16 miles at Churchill Downs before closing his 2-year-old season with a fifth-place finish in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.

In his 2019 debut, Hog Creek Hustle showed he could compete at the graded stakes level with a runner-up finish in the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes on Jan. 19 at Fair Grounds. He followed with a fourth in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford on Feb. 16 and then ran eighth in the Grade 2 Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby on March 23.

Shortening back to one turn for the Grade 3 Pat Day Mile Stakes presented by LG and E and KU, Hog Creek Hustle rallied to finish second to Mr. Money. Five weeks later, Hog Creek Hustle closed from off the pace to take command in the Grade 1 Woody Stephens Stakes Presented by Mohegan Sun and held off a late rally from Nitrous to earn his first career stakes win.

Hog Creek Hustle is a half-brother to multiple stakes winner Majestic Dunhill.

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A debut winner at Del Mar, the son of leading sire Twirling Candy retired with a 3-1-2 record from 8 career starts that included victories in the G1 Preakness Stakes and El Camino Real Derby (Listed), and hitting the board in the G1 Belmont Stakes, G1 American Pharoah Stakes, and G2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. His career earnings total $1,040,500.

A homebred for John & Diane Fradkin and trained by Michael McCarthy, ROMBAUER is out of the Cowboy Cal mare Cashmere, a half sister to multiple graded stakes and Breeders’ Cup winner CALIFORNIA FLAG and graded stakes winning producer CAMBIOCORSA, who is the dam of stakes winners MOULIN DE MOUGIN, SCHIAPARELLI, BRONSON, and ALEXIS TANGIER. This is the immediate family of champion ROARING LION.

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Smooth Like Strait - War Horse Place Stallion

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The son of champion sprinter Midnight Lute retired with a 7-9-3 record from 26 career starts that included five graded stakes wins and an additional 10 graded-placed finishes. He won from 5 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/8 miles, with his best performance a 1 1/2-length win in the 2021 Shoemaker Mile Stakes (G1T) at Santa Anita Park. He would be runner-up in five other grade 1 stakes that included the Hollywood Derby, Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes, Breeders' Cup Mile, 2022 Shoemaker Mile, and 2022 Arlington Million Stakes at Churchill Downs. His career earnings total $1,813,863.

A homebred for Cannon Thoroughbreds and trained by Michael McCarthy, Smooth Like Strait raced from 2 to 5 and has retired sound.

Cannon bred Smooth Like Strait out of the Flower Alley winner Smooth as Usual, whose dam Beautiful Lil is a half sister to grade 2 winner Dixie Dot Com and stakes-placed winner Cherokee Crossing, who is the dam of grade 1 winner Siphonic and stakes winner Mountain Girl. The immediate family also has produced multiple graded stakes winner and sire Summer Front and grade 1 winner Laragh.