Breeding


Grade 2 Winner Ivan James To Delta Equine Center
Grade 2 stakes winner Ivan James will begin his stallion career at Delta Equine Center, near Vinton, Louisiana.

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Grade 2 Winner Ivan James To Delta Equine Center

VINTON, LA—OCTOBER 14, 2016—Grade 2 stakes winner Ivan James SI 104 has will kick off stallion career in 2017 at Delta Equine Center, near Vinton, Louisiana. The son of Ivory James will stand for a fee of $2,500, with consideration.

Owned-and bred by Jorge Meraz, Ivan James won the Grade 2 Sam Houston Futurity at two and the Firecracker Derby in his last start. He has won or placed in seven of eight career starts and earned $395,817. Ivan James was third in the Grade 2 Firecracker Futurity and a finalist in the Grade 3 Sam Houston Derby.

Prior to retiring to stud, the 3-year-old is expected to make his next start in the trials for the $100,000-added Evangeline Derby in December at Evangeline Downs.

Ivan James, under jockey Raul Ramirez, Jr., winning the 2015 Grade 2 $621,000 Sam Houston Futurity at Sam Houston Race Park. © Coady Photography
Ivan James in the leading money earner of multiple stakes sire Ivory James, a G1-placed earner of more than $220,000 and brother to leading sire Pyc Paint Your Wagon.

Ivory James has sired 32 stakes winners and earners of more than $11.3 million in only six crops to race. Among his other top performers are Algorithmic SI 99 (4 wins, $319,408, 2nd Texas Classic Futurity-G1), etc.), Dm Strait Up SI 102 (3 wins, $190,370, 2nd Remington Park Juvenile, etc.), First Prize Dive SI 110 (4 wins, $153,926 Black Gold Futurity Championship-RG3), John The Banker SI 101 (6 wins, $143,208, 2nd Dash For Cash Futurity-G1, etc.), Rapid Ivory SI 98 (4 win $140,023, Heartland Futurity, etc.), etc.

Ivan James dam is the RG1 winning daughter of Dashin Bye—First Dashin Bye SI 109 ($449,170). A nine-time winner, First Dashin Bye set a new track record for 330 yards in :16.524 seconds at Delta Downs. She is the dam of 7 ROM, five stakes horses including Grade 2 winner Ivan James SI 104 (see above), stakes winner First Dashin Perry SI 109 ($92,928), Grade 3 winner The Golden Bowl SI 97 ($40,702 to 4, 2016), G3-placed Miss Aguilar SI 93 ($90,022) and stakes-placed Spartocus SI 98 ($40,298), etc.

Ivan James, under jockey Raul Ramirez, Jr., winning the $194,810 Firecracker Derby at Delta Downs on July 1, 2016. © Coady Photography
The second dam is the stakes winner Fast N Smooth 880 SI 102, by Speedy Hemp, a sister to stakes winner Speedy Kagi SI 99 ($28,940), and half-sister to stakes winner Sealy Special SI 100 ($42,499). She is the dam of 6 ROM including stakes-placed The Notradamus Si 108 ($116,659), Grade 2 finalist Mr Einstein SI 95 ($13,852), etc.

For additional information or breeding contracts to Ivan James contact Caleb Finley, farm manager, at 337-589-3078 or 337-304-4680.