ROCKVILLE, IN—FEBRUARY 24, 2015—Too Tough To Catch SI 104, sire of two finalists last Saturday to the $300,502 Mardi Gras Futurity(RG2) at Louisiana Downs, will stand the 2015 season at West Central Veterinary Services near Rockville, Indiana. His fee has been set at $1,000 with consideration.

Randy Haffner, Dirk Hixon, Roger Cyrulik and Jimmy Jackson own the stakes winning son of leading living sire Corona Cartel, who from limited starters in five crops to reach racing age has sired 18 winners, 1 stakes winner with average earnings per starter of $16,689.

Too Tough To Catch's top performers include stakes winner Tf Corona N Passion SI 99 (5 wins to 5, $51,346 Marathon S., etc.), Bye Bye Corona SI 99 (4 wins to 5, $101,389), Mr Black Jet SI 103 (4 wins to 4, $65,758), Too Tough Adash SI 98 (3 wins to 5, $56,800), Eye Sinn Easily SI 95 (3 wins to 5, $35,534), Pheonias Corona SI 104 (3 wins to 3, $34,438), Tough Enuff SI 97 (3 wins to 3, $30,850), etc.

On Saturday (Feb. 21), Too Tough To Catch sired two finalists from four starters, both trial winners, to the $300,502 Mardi Gras Futurity(RG2) at Louisiana Downs.

One Tough Fox, a filly by Too Tough To Catch rolled to the fastest qualifying time of :15.444 seconds, a 97 speed index, when she defeated Ultimate Revenge by half-a-length in the last 16 trials. Saddled by Vickie Lea McIlvain and ridden by Alejandro Medina, the chestnut miss entered the trials with a bullet work on January 15 at Louisiana Downs.

Toast To Catch drew clear late in the seventh trial to get the fourth fastest qualifying time of :15.529 following a one-length winning effort for owner/trainer Miguel Rodriguez. Rodriguez purchased the Too Tough To Catch gelding for $17,000 from Tate Farms at the LQHBA Yearling Sale last summer.

At the track, Too Tough To Catch won or placed in 10 of 15 career starts while earning $152,424. He won the Easy Jet Stakes at Remington Park, was second in the Speedhorse Gold & Silver Cup Futurity(RG1), third in the Oklahoma Derby(G3) and a finalist in the Heritage Place Derby(G2).

His sire, Corona Cartel, is the leading living sire of money earners with more than $47.2 million, 141 stakes winners and seven champions.

Too Tough To Catch is out of the stakes-placed Easily Smashed mare Hotsie Tootsie SI 93 ($20,713), dam of 14 ROM, 10 winners including Oklahoma Futurity(G2) winner Corona Fireball SI 101 ($118,112, a full sibling to Too Tough To Catch), stakes winner Too Tough To Catch SI 104 (see above), RG3-placed Snow Ridge SI 93 ($18,492), etc.

The second dam, Coleen Of Sinn SI 97, is a stakes-placed daughter of Sinn Fein who is a full sister to the dam of the #2 living sire of money earners champion MR JESS PERRY SI 113 ($687,184), G2-placed Scoopie Dash SI 91 ($65,746), etc.

Coleen Of Sinn has produced 12 ROM, 10 winners including stakes winner Footprince SI 111 ($72,382), RG3 winner Trickie Lassie SI 97 ($43,029), stakes winner Roving Legacy SI 93 ($10,186), stakes-placed Harwell SI 107 ($41,838), stakes-placed Hotsie Tootsie SI 93 (see above), stakes-placed Tricky Fein SI 92 ($15,663), etc.

She is the granddam of stakes-placed Trick On The Run SI 104 ($86,816), G3-placed and multiple stakes sire The Corona SI 101 ($51,607), RG3-placed Paradise Jayne SI 97 ($42,977), RG3-placed Ira Runner SI 104 ($37,358), stakes-placed Prince La Jolla SI 104 ($47,333), stakes-placed Braggs Hero SI 108 ($30,009), etc.

For additional information or breeding contracts call Randy Haffner at 317-432-8043 or West Central Veterinary Services at 765-569-3210.