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2002 - Silver Ghost out of Jack Betta Be Rite by Jacques Who

 

Video of Caribbean Cruiser winning at first asking at Saratoga July 30, 2004

Caribbean Cruiser winning the $112,359 Aspirant Stakes at Finger Lakes August 21, 2004

The articles that are part of the Finger Lakes and Blood Horse archives tell the story of Caribbean Cruiser strong entry on the New York Bred racing scene.  :

CARIBBEAN CRUISER(8/21/2004) Caribbean Cruiser sails in $112,000 Aspirant Stakes --- Star Track Farm's homebred, CARIBBEAN CRUISER, was as impressive winning the 30th running of the Aspirant Stakes as he was breaking his maiden at Saratoga on July 31st. The venue was changed but the results were the same as he easily defeated a field of state-bred two-year-olds today at Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack. With a purse of $112,000, the Aspirant carried the richest purse in its 30-year history. Trained by Donna Bireta and ridden for the second time by C. C. Yang, Caribbean Cruiser went to the gate as the overwhelming 1-5-favorite in the small five-horse field. The race was run at six-furlongs over a "muddy" main track.
Caribbean Cruiser broke on top and quickly established command down the backstretch reaching the half-mile in 45.2 seconds before drawing clear at the top of the stretch and sailed through the stretch to win by 3-3/4-lengths while never threathened. Big Apple Daddy, who also broke his maiden at Saratoga Race Course on the 30th of July, closed to be second and You Willgo Broke, another first-out winner, who raced in second through the opening half-mile, held on for third money. Final time was 1:10.4 seconds.
Bred by Star Track Farms of Peter and Marshall Winston of North Bergen, New Jersey, who together qualified for a $6,764 breeder award, Caribbean Cruiser is by Silver Ghost, and is out of the New York-bred multiple stakes winner Jack Betta Be Rite, by Jacques Who. The Winstons also owned and raced Jack Betta Be Rite, who had a remarkable 15-race career winning on 10 occasions, of which seven were stakes victories and retired to the breeding shed with lifetime earnings of $350,399. Jack Betta Be Rite has also had success as a broodmare producing open stakes winner Grey Comet (Distinctive Pro), winner of $355,455. Today's winner's purse of $67,640 elevates the gray colt's earnings to $92,240.

CARIBBEAN CRUISER(9/6/2004) Caribbean Cruiser stays on course - wins $217,359  New York Breeders' Futurity
Star Track Farm's undefeated homebred, CARIBBEAN CRUISER, took the 42nd running of the New York Breeders' Futurity, today, at Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack. The $217,359 purse set a record for the New York Breeders' Futurity and the winner's share of $130,415 boosts Caribbean Cruiser's earnings to $222,655 in three-career starts. Caribbean Cruiser, who has been ridden by journeyman jockey Chin Yang in all of his starts, opened some eyes when he easily broke his maiden at Saratoga Race Course on July 30th. He followed that victory with an equally easy score in the $112,000 Aspirant Stakes at the "Lakes" on August 21st. Trainer Donna Bireta kept Caribbean Cruiser sharp for today's race with a "blistering" early morning three-furlong workout of 34-seconds breezing. The race was run at six-furlongs and had a field of six-horses go to the starting gate. Caribbean Cruiser, who had the one-post, was heavily backed at the windows going to the post as the prohibitive 2-5 odds-on-favorite.
Confidently ridden by Yang, Caribbean Cruiser took command of the race approaching the half-mile pole while under a hand-ride in a moderate 45.4 seconds. Stretching his lead to five-lengths by the top of the stretch, the two-year-old gay colt maintained his advantage through the stretch and won as much the best. Winning margin was 5-3/4-lengths, with Big Apple Daddy, who also broke his maiden at Saratoga before finishing second in the Aspirant Stakes to Caribbean Cruiser, up for second-money and Urban Conquest closing for third. Final time was 1:10.3 seconds.
Bred by Star Track Farms of Peter and Marshall Winston of North Bergen, New Jersey, who together qualified for a maximum $10,000 breeder's award, Caribbean Cruiser is by Silver Ghost, and is out of the New York-bred multiple stakes winner Jack Betta Be Rite, by Jacques Who. The Winstons also owned and raced Jack Betta Be Rite, who had a remarkable 15-race career winning on 10 occasions, of which seven were stakes victories and retired to the breeding shed with lifetime earnings of $350,399. Jack Betta Be Rite has also had success as a broodmare producing open stakes winner Grey Comet (Distinctive Pro), winner of $355,455.

Caribbean Cruiser Romps in NY Breeders' Futurity (Blood Horse Staff Article)

Trainer Donna Bireta and jockey Chin Yang scored a repeat victory for Star Track Farms in the $217,359 New York Breeders' Futurity when Caribbean Cruiser rolled to a 5 3/4-length win Monday at Finger Lakes. It was the first time in the 42 runnings of the race that a trainer, jockey and owner combination won in consecutive years. The same connections won with Mother's Sacrifice, a filly that defeated males, in 2003.

Caribbean Cruiser, the 1-5 choice among six that started, improved to three-for-three his young career while earning $130,415. The purse was the second highest in the race's history. The gray son of Silver Ghost–Jack Betta Be Rite (Jacques Who) completed the six furlongs in a time of 1:10 3/5. He vied for the lead early with Boston Raider through an opening quarter-mile of :22 2/5 before taking over after a :45 4/5 half-mile. He took command in the upper stretch and widened the advantage down the lane.

Caribbean Cruiser's dam won the Futurity in 1989. He paid $2.50, $2.10 and $2.10. Big Apple Daddy returned $2.10 and $2.10 and Urban Conquest was $2.10 to show.
RACE RECORD :

2002 CARIBBEAN CRUISER, Gray/Roan colt by Silver Ghost Raced 2years

10 Starts:  4 wins 1 second 1 third  $279,451

Dosage Profile  = 12-4-11-1-0 DI = 3.31 CD = 0.96 AWD = 5.88

At 2 Won New York Breeders' Futurity (R) (O) (217,359), Aspirant S. (R)
(O) (112,733)

At 3 Won Ontario County S. (R) (O) (50,000), 2nd Rumson S. (O) (70,800),
3rd City Zip S. (O) (70,800)

PEDIGREE EVALUATION :

If you believe in horses for courses and the New York Bred Program, then the speedy and precocious Caribbean Cruiser is an ideal stallion for the New York Breeder.  This son of Silver Ghost provides the great stamina bloodlines of Herbager and Quadrangle on his distaff side and is inbred to Turn-to, among the best nicking patterns for Silver Ghost's successful progeny.  It would not be a surprise if the offspring of Caribbean Cruiser were multi dimensional on the racetrack being able to handle many surfaces and many distances.  With the exploits of his three quarter brother Grey Comet and his dam Jack Betta Be Rite, one can easily see that the will to win is right in the first generation of this pedigree. Caribbean Cruiser is an easy horse to like in today's climate where the desire to get to the races quickly and win and win again and again is so prevalent.

MALE LINE:

Silver Ghost, the sire of Caribbean Cruiser is the sire of 49 stakes winners and is a son of Mr. Prospector.  His dam Misty Galore who did most of her racing in New York was a multiple Graded Stakes winner and was Grade One Placed on several occasions. Millionaire Silver Goblin, Grade One winners Dreams Galore, Lunar Spook, Love Lock and three quarter of a million dollar earner Silver Axe are among his roster of stakes winners.

The Mr. Prospector sire line has accomplished everything in racing that can be accomplished.  At the top levels of competition and on a global scale, descendants of Mr. Prospector have won championships and races of the highest quality on all surfaces and at all distances.  The Article from Wikipedia, provides interesting information about Mr. Prospector so enjoy the reading about America's Great Sire.

Mr. Prospector (1970–1999) was a thoroughbred racehorse foaled in Kentucky, whose descendants have done well in the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Mr. Prospector was the Leading sire in North America (1987 & 1988) and Leading Broodmare Sire in North America (1997–2003, 2005–06). Mr. Prospector won half of his 14 career races including victories in 1974 in the Gravesend Handicap and Whirlaway Handicap and was stakes placed 4 times..

Mr. Prospector also-ran in the year the great Secretariat won the Triple Crown. Mr. Prospector's sire was Raise a Native, a son of Native Dancer. He was out of the mare Gold Digger, a daughter of Nashua who was sired by the great Nearco. A $200,000 yearling in 1971 (a significant price for the early 1970's), "Mr. P", as he came to be known, was trained by Jimmy Croll, a Hall of Fame member who went on to train the great Holy Bull.

Mr. Prospector managed to set track records for six furlongs (1:20.7 m) at Gulfstream Park and Garden State, but his racing record provided little inkling of his success as a breeding sire.

One of Mr. P's most remarkable feats was siring one winner of each of the Triple Crown races, a feat his grandson, Unbridled, has also accomplished. His Triple Crown race winners were the 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus, 1985 Preakness Stakes winner Tank's Prospect; and 1982 Belmont Stakes winner and Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year, Conquistador Cielo.

In tail-male descent (traced entirely through males, the line in which Mr. Prospector has made his mark), Mr. Prospector descends through the Darley Arabian and was bred alongside Blazing Rate. Virtually all horses of this line alive today descend through Whalebone (foaled 1807), via Stockwell (1849). And the overwhelming majority of these descend from Stockwell's grandson Bend Or (1877) through his great-great-grandson Phalaris (1913). Successful sire-lines continue to crowd out less successful ones as breeders seek successful bloodlines, and in recent years Mr. Prospector has appeared likely to join this catalogue of likely tail-male ancestors of major racers, whether they be heavily promoted and trained and owned by prominent figures, or "Cinderellas" like Smarty Jones or Funny Cide.

On June 1, 1999, Mr. Prospector died in his stall of complications from colic at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky. He was buried between Nijinsky and Secretariat.

Mr. Prospector in an impromptu family tree with his sons, plus their descendants, and their sons, etc., with Triple Crown races won:

FEMALE LINE:

Caribbean Cruiser is a son of the highly honored Stakes Winning Race Mare and Matriarch JACK BETTA BE RITE who is already the dam of two other racehorses that have earned more than $100,000 on the racetrack including the Stakes winners Grey Comet (5 wins in 8 starts, $365,455) winner of the Count Fleet Stakes-L plus three other stakes victories and a second in the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes. Jack Betta Be Rite, an earner of $350.959 was named the 1990 Champion Three Year Old Filly in New York and is the winner of 10 of her 15 starts whose victories include the New York Breeders' Futurity, Schenectady Handicap and 5 other New York Stakes races plus 3 second place finishes in other stakes races.  Jack Betta Be Rite is honored in New York at Belmont Park and Finger Lakes where stakes races are named for this exceptional race mare and producer. 

BREEDING TO CARIBBEAN CRUISER:

Mare selection for Caribbean Cruiser it is more what to avoid and that is inbreeding to Mr. Prospector other than through the Fappiano line.  Yes there is a successful close up inbreed with Mr. Prospector with Cashel Castle but I still recommend that we avoid the Mr. Prospector line in the mare selection process except as mentioned.
 
Inbreeding to Mr. Prospector through the Fappiano line is very desirable on the other hand. So in that case it is okay so Quiet American and Cryptoclearance lines are good.
 
Another suitable inbreed is to Hail to Reason and in fact crossing with the Turn-to line in general has provided Silver Ghost with a solid black type nicking pattern. That is one to certainly look for in mating selections.  Even though the cross will be a bit far back, I would surely look for that Turn-to cross.  In fact Caribbean Cruiser is bred that way himself but more of the Turn-to blood will be good.
 
Inbreeding on the foundation mare Almahmoud is easily provided by Northern Dancer line but there has even been had success with Silver Ghost with a Cannonade mare and thus inbreeding to Cosmah (Almahmoud).
 
Other than a few cases, I see no reason to look for the Seattle Slew line even though the Myrtlewood inbreed is generally though of as being good.
 
Inmost cases where the Bold Ruler lines are present an out cross occurs in the first four generations but Seattle Slew seems to hold no special nick for Silver Ghost so it seems a got idea to avoid it. 
 
Otherwise, avoiding inbreeding in the first four generations worked well for Silver Ghost so it would seem a good route for Caribbean Cruiser. 

AVAILABILITY:

A few shares in Caribbean Cruiser are available for sale on very special terms.  This will enable the  breeder to keep the stallion awards for the progeny of their mares who have foals by Caribbean Cruiser.  Shares come with multiple breedings each year and no board or vet expenses as long as Caribbean Cruiser remain under his present lease agreement.  Only 25 Shares are available in Caribbean Cruiser.  Inquires are welcome.  Please call Bob Fox on my cell phone at 201-362-5619 or at my office at 201-944-7757.