Algernoneli
Sire line:
WALLENDA. Life time earnings $1,210,929, at 2 won the Cowdins Stake (grade 2) 7 Furlongs. At 3 won Super Derby 1 1/4 miles; Pennsylvania Derby 1 1/8 miles. 2nd in the Bluegrass Stakes, 1 1/8 miles defeating Sea Hero. 3rd Florida Derby 1 1/8. Placed 2nd in the Kentucky Derby, losing to Sea Hero. At 4 won Stuyvesant Handicap, Suffork Downs Breeders Cup Handicap 1 1/8 miles. 2nd Brooklyn Handicap (grade 2) 1 1/8 miles again defeating Kentucky Derby winner Sea Hero. 3rd Gulfstream Park Handicap (grade 1) 1 1/4 miles, Don Handicap (grade 1) 1 1/8 miles, Saratoga Cup handicap 1 1/8 miles.
Wallenda is by Gulch, stakes winner of 13 races and $3,095,521. Gulch sired
Kentucky Derby winner Thunder Gulch. Wallenda is out of the Arg. 3 year old
champion So Glad, giving him a Nasrullah cross through Nashua and Bold Ruler.
Dam Line
1st Dam
SAHDDAI, placed twice, by Wajima, total lifetime earnings were $537,837 including 1st in the Grade 1 Marlboro Cup ($250,000) and the G1 Travers Stakes, retiring as a 3 year-old. By horse of the year Bold Ruler, total earnings $764,204, 33s, SW, total earnings $764,204. 356 foals, 82 stakes winners, voted Horse of the Year. Won the Preakness Stakes. Sired 11 champions, sire of Secretariat, grandsire of Bold Forbes and Spectacular Bid. Great-grandsire to Seattle Slew. 23 wins, 4 place, 2 show. Leading sire in North America for 7 straight years. By champion sire Nasrullah, leading sire for 5 years, sire of 98 stakes winners including Nashua and Bold Ruler.
2nd Dam
DANCE FOR JOHN, placed at 3, full sister to stakes winner Miss the Cue. Dance for John by Belmont winner and 3 year old Horse of the Year Stage Door Johnny, sire of more than 40 stakes winners. Stage Door Johnny by Prince John, stakes winner and sire of 55 stakes winners, leading North American broodmare sire for four years. Prince John by the distance runner Princequillo, who broke the Saratoga record for 1 ¾ mi. and is considered by some to be the greatest distance horse in U.S. history.
3rd Dam
SPLUTTERFUSS, 3 wins at 3 and 4, by Dancer's Image, winner of the Kentucky Derby (later disqualified in favor of runner up Calumet Farms Forward Pass; Dancer's Image was said to have tested positive for Bute which was legal to use at some tracks but at that time not Churchill Downs. The second test was negative. Bute is now used at all Kentucky race tracks.) Winner of several stakes races including the Grade 1 Wood Memorial, Belmont Stakes, 24 starts, 12-5-1.
Algernoneli is currently standing at stud. Fee private. Live foal stand-up and nurse. Contact phoenixcrestfarm@setel.com for more information.