VON ORMY, TX—DECEMBER 4, 2017—Grade 1-placed Special Royal Corona SI 99 will stand the 2018 season C3 Speed Horses, near Von Ormy, Texas. His fee has been set at $1,000.

Owned by Special Royal Corona Partnership, Special Royal Corona won or placed in four of seven career starts and earned $156,111. He was second in the Grade 1 $1.15 million Texas Classic Futurity and was a finalist in the Grade 2 $600,000 Sam Houston Futurity and Grade 3 Develop A Plan Stakes.

Special Royal Corona is a son leading living sire Corona Cartel, sire of money earners with more than $56 million. He has sired 161 stakes winners including World Champion Blues Girl Too SI 103 ($2,032,328), Champion and Grade 1 sire Teller Cartel SI 108 ($1,212,471), Champion Five Bar Cartel SI 91 ($1,068,825), as well as G1 winner and leading sire Pyc Paint Your Wagon SI 107 ($889,581.

Five sons of Corona Cartel are among the Top 25 Leading Sires of Money Earners this year.

From a limited number of starters in two crops to race, Special Royal Corona has sired five winners. His top performers include Hesa Royal Corona SI 92 (winner at to 2 2017, $12,754), Jessatacthiscorona SI 84 (winner at 2, 2017 to 2, $9,508, finalist Fair Meadows Juvenile Stakes), Hustling Coronas SI 89 (placed at 2, $8,388, finalist TQHA Sires' Cup Futurity-RG3), Sunsets Corona Girl SI 84 (winner at 2, 2017, $8,234), Champs Royal Cartel SI 88 (winner at 2, 2017, $3,495), Coronel Corona SI 86 ( placed at 2, 2017, $3,045, finalist TQHA Futurity), etc.

Bred by Abigail K. Kawananakoa, Special Royal Corona is out of the multiple stakes producing Special Effort mare Delphia SI 90, dam of 10 ROM including Heritage Place Futurity(G1) winner Givinitaroyaleffort SI 102 ($430,928), G1-placed Special Royal Corona SI 99 (see above), G1-placed Royal Delphias Chick SI 101 ($59,133), stakes-placed Nuevo Cartel Si 101 ($30,148), etc. She is the granddam of RG3 winner King Brimmerton SI 103 ($348,698), G1-placed Count De Monet SI 903 ($200,894 to 5, 2017), etc.

The second dam is the three-time AQHA Racing Champion and former Broodmare of the Year Florentine SI 108 ($1,123,102), by Dash For Cash. She has produced 17 ROM including G1 winner and leading sire This Snow Is Royal SI 101 ($553,748), G1 winner Evening Snow SI 128 ($567,116), G1 winner Avison SI 103 ($293,667), stakes winner and multiple stakes sire Achievement SI 98 ($41,527), stakes-placed This Snow Is Mine SI 92 ($42,930), stakes-placed Deign ($20,088), etc.

This is the immediate family of Champion and multiple stakes sire Calyx SI 117 ($164,468), stakes winner Stamen SI 114 ($105,997), stakes winner and stakes sire Stylus SI 09 ($50,427), stakes winner Shillings SI 84 ($34,042), stakes winner Royal Miracle Dip SI 907 ($112,117), etc.

For additional information or breeding contracts contact Sarah Leddy, Farm Manager C3 Speed Horses, at 210-383-4666.