LEADING WINNERS BY JACK CHRISTOPHER'S SIRE MUNNINGS: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM GRADE EDA Lemon Drop Kid Aptitude Gr.1 EL DEAL Out of Place Well Decorated Gr.1 HOWARD WOLOWITZ Uncle Mo Carson City Gr.1 I'M A CHATTERBOX Lost Soldier Cure The Blues Gr.1 JACK CHRISTOPHER Half Ours Ogygian Gr.1 KIMARI Cozzene Johannesburg Gr.1 BONNY SOUTH Tapit Nureyev Gr.2 CATALINA RED Freud Saratoga Six Gr.2 FINITE Tapit Olympio Gr.2 FREE ROSE El Prado Theatrical Gr.2 GINOBILI Sharp Humor Royal Academy Gr.2 OM Tabasco Cat Alydar Gr.2 SCARAMOUCHE Bernardini Successful Appeal Gr.2 VENETIAN HARBOR Street Cry Dixieland Band Gr.2 BARKLEY Medaglia d'Oro Afleet Gr.3 BEN'S DUCHESS Sky Classic Foolish Pleasure Gr.3 CHIEF CICATRIZ Grand Slam Unbridled Gr.3 FANCY DRESS PARTY Matty G Dayjur Gr.3 JAXON TRAVELER After Market Belong To Me Gr.3 MUNNY SPUNT Hard Spun Capote Gr.3 NO PROBLEM Orientate Carson City Gr.3 PHAT MAN Northern Trend Two's A Plenty Gr.3 PROFORMA Salt Lake Marfa Gr.3 SHAHAMA Belong To Me Clever Trick Gr.3 SHARP STARR A.P. Indy Seeking The Gold Gr.3 WARRIOR'S CHARGE Broken Vow Wild Rush Gr.3 WONDRWHERECRAIGIS Giant's Causeway Unbridled's Song Gr.3 ZOZOS Forestry Dixieland Band Gr.3 MATING SUGGESTIONS: When a stallion’s fee keeps rising, you know he is doing something right. And when his fee increases five fold in the space of five years – as Munnings’ did - you know his progeny have far exceeded expectations. His son Jack Christopher can take much of the credit, as he established himself as arguably the fastest colt of his generation. From five starts around one turn, he posted five decisive victories. Named a TDN Rising Star after striding nearly nine lengths clear on his debut over six furlongs at Saratoga, he then graduated to Gr.1 company in the Champagne Stakes over a mile at Belmont, this time having nearly three lengths to spare. Although a stress fracture put him on the side lines for several months, Jack Christopher returned better than ever at three. A clear-cut victory in the Gr.2 Pat Day Mile Stakes acted as an ideal prep for the Gr.1 Woody Stephens Stakes over seven furlongs at Belmont, in which Jack Christopher strolled home ten lengths clear of Gr.2 winner Pappacap. The H. Allen Jerkens Memorial at Saratoga proved a second Gr.1 victory over seven furlongs, with Jack Christopher accounting for Gr.1 Hopeful Stakes winner Gunite. Sandwiched between these Gr.1 successes was an honorable third in the Gr.1 Haskell Stakes, when Jack Christopher struggled with the final furlong. Coincidentally, Munnings also won the Woody Stephens and finished third in the Haskell Invitational, but he never won beyond seven furlongs. Neither did Jack Christopher’s sire, the Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Speightstown. Yet both have sired a wide range of Graded winners during their distinguished stallion careers, and Jack Christopher can again be expected to follow their example. The fact that his dam is a half-sister to the Gr.1-winning sprinter Street 34
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