1:48.4 - $3,323,606. Bay Horse, Foaled 1998, 15.2 Hands.
Real Desire was a world champion in every sense – a great two year old, the winner of the Meadowlands Pace and Breeders Crown as a three year old and the dominant free for aller as a four year old.
In 2008 Real Desire was North America’s No.1 sire of 1:53 two year olds, with nine to his credit – more than double that of the next-leading sire. These fabulous freshmen were led by the World Champion Sheer Desire (1:49.3) – equal with Somebeachsomewhere as the fastest two year old ever.
His debut downunder crop have performed enormously and include 3 Group One winners!
- One of the greatest racehorses of the modern era, Real Desire retired
to stud with $3,159,814 in earnings - the third richest pacer of all
time.
- Real Desire is a sire of serious 2yo speed in North America.
- Among his top performers is the superstar Tell All - US 3yo Pacer of the Year.
- Real Desire’s debut downunder crop have performed enormously and include 3 Group One winners - Cowgirls N Indians, Lets Elope and Secret Desire.
In the Southern Hemisphere Real Desire's oldest progeny are 3yo's in 2011/12. To date he is the sire of 17 winners of over $817,019, incl:
COWGIRLS N INDIANS (M) 1:56.1 - $323,735. At 2, won Harness Jewels
(Gr.1), Ht, Semi and Final Aust. Breeders Crown
(Gr.1); 2nd NZ Sires Stakes Final
(Gr.1).
(In The Pocket) (
pedigree)
LETS ELOPE 1:57 - $116,962. At 2, won Ht and Final NZ Sires Stakes
(Gr.1); 3rd Ht Young Guns Series (4th in Final
(Gr.1)).
(Sokys Atom) (
pedigree)
SECRET DESIRE (M) 1:59.5 - $83,300. At 2, won Ht, Semi Final & Final Vicbred; 3rd Ht Aust. Breeders Crown.
(Armbro Aussie) (
pedigree)
OUR MOLLY FINN (M) 2:01.4 - $39,132. At 2, won Ht & Final Linden Huntley Little Memorial Final
(Gr.2).
(New York Motoring) (
pedigree)
MISS ZO ZO (M) 1:58 - $35,423. At 2, won Ht Linden Huntley Little Memorial, Ht Bathurst Gold Tiara, Ht NSW Breeders Challenge (twice); 3rd Semi Final NSW Breeders Challenge.
(Panorama) (
pedigree)
DESIRABLE GUY 1:59.6 - $29,688. At 2, 2nd Ht APG (4th in Final
(Gr.1)), Ht Vicbred; 3rd ht & cons Bathurst Gold Crown.
(Presidential Ball) (
pedigree)
PUNT ROAD DISCO 1:59.8 - $31,730. At 2 won Sweepstakes Final
(L), Ht Dandy Patch (2nd in Final
(Gr.3)), Ht Aust. Breeders Crown; 3rd Tas Youthful Stakes, ht Sweepstakes.
(French Chef) (
pedigree)
Desire Mhe (M) 2:00.9 - $24,761. At 2, won Ht Young Gun Series.
(Presidential Ball) (
pedigree)
Awesome Belmer (M) 2:01.7 - $12,480. At 2, 2nd Semi Final NSW Breeders Challenge, ht Bathurst Gold Tiara.
(Panorama) (
pedigree)
Im For Real (M) 2:02.8 - $11,925. At won Ht Vicbred (3rd Semi Final).
(Perfect Art) (
pedigree)
SIMPLY STYLISH 1:57.5 - $5,828.
(Panorama) (
pedigree)
Dee Cees Desire 2:00.7 - $5,475. At 2, 2nd Ht Vicbred.
(Whats Next)
In the Northern Hemisphere Real Desire is the sire of 335 winners of over $28,968,871, 177 in 1:55, 16 in 1:50 and 80 $100,000 earners incl:
TELL ALL 1:48.6 - $1,568,183. At 3, Elim and Final North America Cup, Heat and Final Little Brown Jug, Leg and Final Diplomat Pacing Series, Leg Youthful Pacing Series (3rd in Final); 2nd Meadowlands Pace Final; Oliver Wendall Holmes, Burlington Stakes; 3rd Woodbine Gold Cup. (Albatross)
SHEER DESIRE 1:49.4 - $658,893. At 2, Equaled World Record, won
Bluegrass Stakes, International Stallion Stakes. At 3, won 3 legs and
Final KYSS, elim Hempt Memorial; 2nd Adios cons. (Kiev Hanover)
CINDERELLA GUY 1:49.2 - $634,860. At 3, won Simpson M; 2nd 2 legs KYSS; 3rd div Tattersalls. (Artsplace)
CARNIVORE 1:50.6 - $576,431. At 2, won 2 legs and Final KYSS,
International Stallion Stakes, Bluegrass Stks. At 3, won div
Burlington, Bud Light Stakes; 2nd 2 legs & Final KYSS., div Simcoe.
(The Panderosa)
MYSTIC DESIRE 1:50 - $574,423. At 2, won elim and Final American
National, Abe Lincoln, Bluegrass S., Elevation S., 2 divs PASS (3rd in
Final), Arden S.; 2nd Hanover S.; 3rd div PASS. (Artiscape)
RUNNING BOOK 1:48.8 - $569,057. At 2, won Champlain S., leg
Dream Maker Ser.; 2nd Elim Breeders Crown, leg Dream Maker Ser. At 3,
won Elim Meadowlands Pace, Elim Monticello Gold Rush. (Big Towner)
BTWNYURHEARTANMINE (M) 1:48.6 - $550,077. At 3, won 2 legs and Final KYSS, American National Final, Bluegrass S, elim Breeders Crown; 2nd Nadia Lobell Final, Glen Garnsey Memorial. At 4, won Strada Mem; 3rd div Roses Are Red. (Beach Towel)
FOXY LADY (M) 1:51 - $549,315. At 2, won Reynolds div, PASS div; 2nd Kentuckiana div, PASS div; 3rd PASS div. At 3, won PASS div (3 times) & Final, Adioo Volo div; 3rd elim and Final Breeders Crown. (The Panderosa)
PRICELESS EDITION 1:50.6 - $490,287. At 3, won Summertime Series
Final, Flamboro Downs Breeders Stakes, Heat Kentucky Sires Stakes (2nd
in Final). At 4, 2nd Kawartha Downs Classic. (Precious Bunny)
CABANA FEVER (M) 1:51 - $486,189. At 2, won Kentuckiana Stallion Mgmt, International Stallion S., Hanover Filly S., elim. She’s A Great Lady S., Elim Breeders Crown, Simpson S.; 2nd Bluegrass S.; 3rd Final Breeders Crown. (Jennas Beach Boy)
MATTDULTERY 1:50.8 - $477,109. At 2, won Smullin Mem., Niatross,
Arden Downs S., Reynolds Mem.; 2nd Goshen Cup; 3rd The Standardbred. At
3, 3rd Elim Art Rooney (4th in Final). (Matts Scooter)
PROVEN LOVER 1:49.8 - $388,894. At 2, 2nd Leg KYSS. At 3, 2nd leg KYSS, Simpson Mem. (Cam Fella)
BEACHY GIRL (M) 1:54.2 - $384,486. At 2, won Kentucky Sires Stakes Final, International Stallion Stakes, Bluegrass Stakes, Leg and Final Whenuwishuponastar Series, Elim Shes A Great Lady Stakes, Hanover Stake. (Jennas Beach Boy)
NEAL DIAMONIQUE 1:51.8 - $378,356. At 2, won leg Flamboro
Breeders S. At 3, won elim and Final Western Canadian Derby, leg Count B
Series (3rd in Final). (Die Laughing)
TEENAGE PAIGE (M) 1:50 - $347,204. At 3, won div KYSS, div
Tarport Hap S.; 2nd Simpson Memorial - Hardie Hanover div. At 4, won leg
Night Style Series (twice); 3rd leg Jersey Girls Series. (Beach Towel)
UNIQUE LEGACY (M) 1:49.8 - $329,348. At 3, won leg and Final Town Pro Series, 3 legs KYSS (2nd in Final); 2nd div Trillium S. (Camluck)
CUE THE PAIGE 1:49.6 - $326,855. At 2, won Elim. and Leg
Kentucky Sires Stakes (2nd in Final), Leg EC Pace; 2nd Bluegrass S.,
International Stallion Stakes. At 3, 2nd Elim Berrys Creek (5th in
Final). (Beach Towel)
Of great relevance to New Zealand breeders, the millionaire Tell All is by Real Desire out of an Albatross mare. What’s more, Real Desire’s world champion two year old, Sheer Desire is out of a mare by the Albatross stallion Kiev Hanover.
So that means daughters of such stallions as
Vance Hanover,
Sokys Atom,
Holmes Hanover,
Vanston Hanover, etc should all be suited to Real Desire. This has been seen in Real Desire's debut crop through the Group One winner
Lets Elope who is out of a Sokys Atom mare.
Of Real Desire’s top ten performers two are out of mares by
Beach Towel and two are out of mares by Beach Towel’s son
Jenna’s Beach Boy. In Australia the stakeswinner
Punt Road Disco (out of a French Chef mare) is an example of this sire line working with Real Desire.
Real Desire is from the same close-up dams family as
Grinfromeartoear,
Safely Kept,
Panorama,
Mystical Prince and
Rustler Hanover. Doubling up of this family produced Tell All for Real Desire and Smiling Shard, Make Me Smile and Rocknrolla for Grinfromeartoear.
Miss Zo Zo is an example of this cross working in Australia as she is out of a Panorama mare.
Of course Real Desire, like other Abercrombie sire lines, loves the Most Happy Fella sireline through both No Nukes and Cam Fella. These two sirelines have been very successful downunder and as such there are a large number of mares by the likes of
Safely Kept,
Village Jasper,
Ticket To Heaven,
Northern Lights, etc (No Nukes) and
Fake Left,
Armbro Operative,
Presidential Ball,
Aces N Sevens,
Pacific Fella, etc (Cam Fella) could all be suited to Real Desire.
In his debut downunder crop
Real Desire has shown a great affinity with mares from the Most Happy Fella sireline with such horses as
Secret Desire,
Our Molly Finn,
Desirable Guy and
Desire Mhe all being bred on this cross.
Of course Real Desire's best filly from his downunder crop has been
Cowgirls N Indians, who is out of an In The Pocket mare. This could indicate that mares by stallions from Direct Scooter line, such as
In The Pocket,
Christian Cullen,
Mach Three,
Stoneridge Scooter,
Ok Bye,
Deal Direct,
Direct Flight, would be suitable for Real Desire.
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