Praying for Cash to stad in FL at Hartley/DeRenzo

[witherbee]

Any general thoughts on this guy? Has anyone seen him in person? I am still looking for stallions for 2 of my mares...

Praying for Cash to stand in Florida

Grade 3 winner PRAYING FOR CASH (Songandaprayer) has been retired and will enter stud in 2007 at Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds near Ocala, Florida. The three-year-old is owned in partnership with former college basketball star Bobby Hurley and is currently being syndicated. No stud fee was announced.

As a two-year-old, Praying for Cash broke his maiden by 4 1/2 lengths in his debut, running five furlongs in :57 4/5 at Monmouth Park. This year, he dueled for the early lead before defeating Latent Heat (Maria's Mon) by 1 1/4 lengths in the Long Branch Breeders' Cup S. (G3). In his next start, he set the early tempo before finishing second to Bluegrass Cat in the Haskell Invitational S. (G1). The Florida-bred bay also finished second in the Coronado's Quest S. He retires with a record of 8-3-2-1, $357,630.

Praying for Cash is out of the unraced West by West mare Cash No Credit and is from the same female family as multiple stakes winner and $749,891-earner In the Curl (Shelter Half).

"(He) had outstanding early speed and he clearly carried it over a distance of ground," farm co-owner Dean De Renzo said. "We see him as a superb fit for Florida, and the entire East Coast."

[chicago78]

personally, I'm not highon him at all. He broke down at 3, his sire, Songandaprayer, broke down at 3, and his grandsire, Unbridled's Song, broke down in January of his 4 year old year. His other was unraced, so the family isn't exactly brimming with soundness.

I understand trying to capture some of the excitement of a first year sire, but I don't see this guy working out.