Rock'n U S A Stakes: Big Nick

Assiniboia Downs, June 7, $18,653 added, value of race $18,280 (C$24,500), 3-year-olds and up, 5 furlongs, :58.13 (track record, :56.40), track fast.

BIG NICK (dkb/br g, 5 yo, 123 lb), A $11,192Bayern —Appearance , by Harlington B—Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Ky.; O—Roll The Dice Stable and Finley, Royce; T—Murray Duncan

Market King (b g, 7 yo, 122 lb), B $3,731Into Mischief —Divine Presence , by A.P. Indy B—Flaxman Holdings Limited, Ky.; O—Donald, Ira J. and Kachur, Kane

Prayforpeace (gr/ro g, 4 yo, 122 lb), A+ $1,865Liam's Map —Star Pearl , by Tapit B—St. Elias Stables, Ky.; O—Henry S. Witt, Jr.

Margins: ½, 4, 1¼. Others: Inter Miami 122 ($933), Convention 124 ($560). Winning jockey: Antonio Whitehall.

BAYERNdkb/br, 2011

Offlee Wild, 200019s, SW, $976,325486 f, 27 SW, 1.43 AEI

Wild Again, 198028s, SW, $2,204,829943 f, 88 SW, 2.23 AEI

Icecapade

Bushel-n-Peck

Alvear, 19899s, wnr, $21,2408 f, 8 r, 7 w, 2 SW

Seattle Slew

Andover Way

Alittlebitearly, 2002Unraced8 f, 7 r, 5 w, 1 SW

Thunder Gulch, 199216s, SW, $2,915,0862,402 f, 97 SW, 1.19 AEI

Gulch

Line of Thunder

BIG NICK , dkb/br, gMarch 18, 2018

Aquilegia, 198930s, SW, $446,0817 f, 6 r, 5 w, 3 SW

Alydar

Courtly Dee

Harlington, 200210s, SW, $370,000153 f, 13 SW, 1.36 AEI

Unbridled, 198724s, SW, $4,489,475566 f, 49 SW, 2.65 AEI

Fappiano

Gana Facil

APPEARANCEdkb/br, 2011

Serena's Song, 199238s, SW, $3,283,38813 f, 13 r, 10 w, 6 SW

Rahy

Imagining

Appleby Gardens, 200012s, SW, $234,36510 f, 8 r, 5 w

A.P. Indy, 198911s, SW, $2,979,8151,184 f, 164 SW, 2.87 AEI

Seattle Slew

Weekend Surprise

Larkwhistle, 199412s, SW, $157,13511 f, 10 r, 8 w, 3 SW

Silver Deputy

Find Happiness

Sire: BAYERN, dkb/br, 2011. Raced 2 yrs, 15 sts, 6 wins, $4,454,930. Won Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), William Hill Haskell Invitational S (G1), Pennsylvania Derby (G2), Woody Stephens S (G2); 2nd Derby Trial S (G3); 3rd Arkansas Derby (G1), Awesome Again S (G1), San Diego H (G2).

Lifetime: 5 crops, 221 foals, 175 rnrs (79%), 148 wnrs (67%), 49 2yo wnrs (22%), 14 sw (6%), 1.27 AEI, 1.38 CI, 136 sale yrlgs, avg $57,826, 0.7 TNA.

In 2023: 1 sw, 3 2yos.

1st dam: Appearance, dkb/br, 2011. Bred by Eugene Melnyk (Ky.). Raced 3 yrs, 17 sts, 2 wins, $107,610. Dam of 4 named foals, 4 rnrs, 3 wnrs, 1 sw. ($4,700, 2012 ftkoct yrlg; $60,000, 2013 easmay 2yo; $24,000, 2015 keenov, Atreides).

2016: Mr Leo, dkb/br g, by Atreides. Raced 4 yrs, 24 sts, 1 win, $40,490. ($15,844 cansep yrlg).

2017: Over Attracted, dkb/br f, by Atreides. Raced 5 yrs, 28 sts, 5 wins, $183,412. ($35,000 keesep yrlg).

2018: BIG NICK, dkb/br g, by Bayern. ($25,000 keesep yrlg).

At 5: Won Rock'n U S A S.

2019: Barren.

2020: Equal Protection, dkb/br c, by Maclean's Music. Raced 2 yrs, 5 sts, 0 wins, $24,838. ($430,000 keesep yrlg).

2021: Dkb/br f, by World of Trouble. ($90,000 keenov wnlg; $15,000 easmay 2yo).

2022: B c, by Maclean's Music.

2023: C, by Maclean's Music.

Inbreeding: 5SX5D Mr. Prospector; 4SX4D Seattle Slew.

Nicking: BAYERN w/HARLINGTON mares: 1 foal, 1 str, 1 wnr (100%), 0 2yo wnrs (0%), 1 SW (100%), 0 GSW (0%)

Broodmare sire: HARLINGTON, dkb/br, 2002. Sire of 26 dams of 76 foals, 54 rnrs (71%), 36 wnrs (47%), 8 2yo wnrs (11%), 1.21 AEI, 1.61 CI; 2 sw.

2nd dam: APPLEBY GARDENS, b, 2000. Bred by Rod Ferguson, A. M. Cuddy, and Anderson Farms (Ontario) (Ont.). Raced 4 yrs, 12 sts, 2 wins, $234,365. Won Shady Well S (R); 3rd Frizette S (G1).

* Statistical data included with this Stakes Recap is compiled though the day of the race, Wednesday, June 07, 2023.