Stakes winners by Catch The Fire

Guard The Fire, a two-year-old harness racing filly by new Somerset Farms, Queensland import Catch The Fire, set a fresh lifetime mark of 1:54.4 when she led most of the way in a $20,000 division of the Buckeye Stallion Series at Delaware, Ohio recently. She scored by five lengths.

GUARD THE FIRE REPLAY

Other recent winners by Catch The Fire have been Fire In My Veins (1:55.8) and Fireandshine (1:57.2).

Catch The Fire has left the winners of more than $600,000 from his first crop. Of 50 foals, 36 have raced an 19 have won with 17 in 2:00 and 15 in 1:55.

Catch The Fire’s studmate A Rocknroll Dance continues to churn out the winners in Australia, New Zealand and North America.

In Australia, he was represented by the Menangle winners Curly James (1:50.6) and Kanina Provlima (1:51), the Gloucester Park victors Solesseo Matuca (1:55.2), Blackrock (1:58.3) and Unlucky and the Albion Park winners Laurie Dee (1:56.5), Pumpkin Pat (1:56.6), Tacka’s Last Dance (1:57.3) and Glover NZ (1:57.7).

While in NZ, the A Rocknroll Dance sired Princess Mergaten made it six wins from starts when she captured the Mares’ Spring Sprint in 1:55.8 at Addington.

A Rocknroll Dance is ranked in eighth position on this season’s all aged list with 150 individual winners and $3.26 million progeny earnings.

The progeny of Catch The Fire and A Rocknroll Dance are eligible for the QBred series with $1.3 million in stakemoney and almost $3 million in bonuses to breeders and owners.

by Peter Wharton, for Harnesslink