2011-10-26   09:14
Buck I St Pat Retired
New York
Buck I St Pat, three-time defending U.S. Trotting Mare of the Year, has been retired, according to co-owner Howard Taylor.

Buck I St Pat wins Breeders Crown 2009


Breeders Crown 2010
An eight-year-old daughter of Jailhouse Jesse--Name It Something, Buck I St Pat earned $2,347,565 lifetime, including wins in the Breeders Crown Mare Trot (twice), Armbro Flight, Maxie Lee (twice), Conway Hall, American-National, Miss Versatility final, Earl Rowe, Perretti Farms Matchmaker (twice), Classic Series final and Allerage Farms Mare Trot (twice).

She had a line of 51-17-11 from 105 lifetime starts, with a lifetime mark of 1:51 set last year in the Matchmaker final. She also traveled to Sweden in 2009 to start in the Elitlopp, but failed to make the final.

Buck I St Pat�s final pari-mutuel start was on October 2 in the Allerage Farms Mare Trot at the Red Mile. She made a break at the three-quarters and finished eighth. She made another break in a qualifier at Chester Racetrack on October 13. Her entry to defend her two-time Breeders Crown title was denied by Ontario Racing Commission officials because of those breaks in her final two starts.

�We just want to do right by her,� said Taylor, who co-owns Buck I St Pat with Edwin Gold, Abraham Basen and breeder Ron Fuller. �Her last races were not up to her standards. We wanted to retire her as the champion that she is.�

Taylor added that Buck I St Pat�s future as a broodmare is undecided, pending a meeting of the partners. He did add, however, that she won two free breedings to Muscles Yankee as a double winner of the Perretti Matchmaker final.

�We are as excited about raising and racing her babies as we were about following her racing career,� he said.