WILTON, CA-FEBRUARY 2, 2018--Luigui Bendeta, a full brother to champion sire Stel Corona, will stand the 2018 season at Hunter Stallion Station near Wilson, California. His fee has been set at $500.

Luigui Bendeta's first crop are 2-year-olds of 2018.

His brother Stel Corona is the sire 241 winners, 31 stakes winners, 2 champions, earners of $9.5 million with average earnings per starter of more than $25,000. He is the sire of champion and multiple stakes sire Foose SI 102 ($1,616,938), champion Quirky SI 92 ($424,098), multiple stakes winner Tortuga Tony SI 117 ($253,117), etc.

Luigui Bendeta is a son of Grade 1 winner, Corona Cartel SI 97 ($557,142), the sire of 162 stakes winners, 9 champions, 977 winners and earning of more than $57.1 million.

Corona Cartel's top performers included World Champion Blues Girl Too SI 104 ($2,032,328, Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1, etc.), Champion Teller Cartel SI 108 ($1,212,471, All American Futurity-G1, etc.), Champion Five Bar Cartel SI 91 ($1,068,825, Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1, etc.), Champion Flying Fig SI 101 ($806,920, 2nd Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1, etc.).

Known as a "Sire of Sires" Corona Cartel sons include such leading Quarter Horse racing sires' as Pyc Paint Your Wagon, Teller Cartel, The Louisiana Cartel, Stel Corona, Furyofthewind, Ivory James, Kiddy Up, Coronas Prospect and Coronas Leaving You.

Luigui Bendeta is out of the Streakin Six mare Our Lips Are Sealed, dam of 12 winners, 15 ROM including Grade 2 winner Stel Corona SI 105 ($111,584), Beer Hunter SI 99 ($32,234), Silent Cartel SI 82 ($16,065), etc.

The second dam is the stakes-placed Grade 1 finalist Secret Meeting SI 90 ($36,600), by Merridoc. A sister to Grade 3 winner Makeover SI 104 ($68,734), Secret Meeting is the dam of 9 winners from 10 to race, 8 stakes horses including Grade 2 winner Cool Papa Bell SI 108 ($133,005), Grade 3 winner Lose Yourself SI 100 ($61,205), Grade 3 winner Gomez Adams SI 1007 ($55,015), stakes winner Werewolves Of London SI 103 ($34,288), stakes winner Mexican Radio SI 117 ($31,655), G3-placed Rondevous SI 101 ($14,975), stakes-placed Hungry Like The Wolf SI 103 ($14,185) and stakes-placed Genny Lou SI 98 ($9,212), etc.

For additional information or breeding contracts call Ashley Young, at (916) 687-6870.