Imawildandcrazyguy

2004, Wild Event - Frosty Cupcake, by Top Account

Breeder: Ward and Geraldine Theisen (Fl.)

Owner: Lewis Pell and Michael Eigner

Trainer: William Kaplan

Regular Rider: Mark Guidry

Race Record

Age	Starts	1st (SW)	2nd (sp)	3rd (sp)	Earnings
2	8	2	1	2	$111,775
3	7	1	1	0	$282,000

At 2: 2– Foolish Pleasure Breeders' Cup S., 3– Florida Stallion In Reality S.

At 3: 2– Risen Star S.

Pedigree

Imawildandcrazyguy

Wild Event

Frosty Cupcake

Wild Again

North Of Eden (IRE)

Top Account

Din's Darling

Icecapade

Bushel-n-Peck

Northfields

Tree of Knowledge (IRE)

Private Account

Up the Flagpole

Blue Ensign

Din's Times

Purchase Info

Consigned to August 2005 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. select yearling sales by Bridlewood Farm, agent. Purchased for $17,000 by Fred and Sara Lynn Yutani.

Pedigree Highlights

Imawildandcrazyguy is a Phalaris-line colt from the Nearctic branch of Nearco via Icecapade. His sire, G1 winner Wild Event, is from the same family as the grand sire Theatrical, 1994 champion grass horse Paradise Creek, and 1964 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Prince Royal II. Unfortunately, Wild Event was exported to Brazil in 2006.

Imawildandcrazy guy is tail-female to the Royal Flush mare Applause (Family 12-b). His second dam, Din’s Darling, is a half sister to multiple stakes winner and G1 placed Din’s Dancer. His dam is the unraced Top Account mare Frosty Cupcake, a half sister to stakes placed David’s Ghost. Apart from these horses, the immediate family is on the sketchy side.

Family 3-h Violante 1802-Finesse 1815-Decoy 1830-Phryne 1840-Rambling Katie 1852-Queen Of The Gipsies 1860-Bill Of Fare 1868-Manxanilla 1878-Bonnie Mary 1887-Pennywise 1896-Penny Forfeit 1905-Penny Flyer 1915-Princess Galahad 1925-York Gala 1939-*Pange 1955-Sensibility 1971-Tree of Knowledge (Ire) 1977-North Of Eden (Ire) 1983

Family 12-b Duchess [Diamond]-Jack Of Diamonds Mare-Ariel Mare-Fearnought Mare-Highflyer Mare-Maria-Lady Grey 1817-Lucy 1821-Lucilla 1831-Tranby Mare 1840-Levity 1845-Lightsome 1855-Salina 1868-Sara 1891-Fancywood 1898-Applause 1911-Applaud 1927-Arianna 1934-Ari's Mona 1947-Mona's Gee Gee 1958-Din's Times 1967-Din's Darling 1986-Frosty Cupcake 2000

Pedigree Inbreeding

Imawildandcrazyguy is inbred to Ruffian’s dam Shenanigans via a 3 x 4 cross of half siblings Icecapade and Laughter. His dam carries three crosses of *La Troienne via Businesslike/Baby League x2 and has a double of Hoist the Flag and a treble of Tourbillon. *Khaled is doubled via Bushel-n-Peck in sire Wild Event and via Swaps in dam Frosty Cupcake, and there is a good mixture of full brothers Pharos and Fairway.

Contender Status

Imawildandcrazyguy is the kind of contender that kind of snuck up on everyone, as his Kentucky Derby (G1) odds of 28.90-to-1 will attest.

He finished fourth in the Derby after racing 20th and last for the first three-quarters of a mile, a remarkable run considering he was fanned ten-wide entering the stretch.

He certainly made a few Superfecta players happy as the longshot in the top four that triggered a Superfecta payoff of $29,046.40.

The nagging question about Imawildandcrazyguy is the fact that while he has performed well against some of his peers, was the Derby run a true indicator of his ability to tackle the 1 1/2-mile Belmont distance?

Dosage followers will say no while citing his Dosage Profile of 6.00 and a Profile that consists of a modest 14 points, numerics that say distance will be a problem.

Over the past 20 runnings of the Belmont, the highest Dosage Index of a winner was Commendable's 5.00 when he won in 2000. But Commendable also offered 42 points, meaning he had a much greater presence of Chefs-de-Race in his pedigree that presumably helped him overcome that perceived limitation.

Imawildandcrazyguy's performance in the Belmont should answer some interesting questions about the value of those numbers.

Recent Works

May 25 - One mile breezing in 1:47.60 at Calder Race Course.

May 29 - Five furlongs breezing in 1:03.60 at Calder Race Course.

June 3 - Three furlongs breezing in :37.10 at Belmont Park.

Quotable

Trainer Bill Kaplan, on Imawildandcrazyguy's perceived distance limitations prior to the Belmont Stakes (G1):

"He needs 2 1/2-miles but he'll have to settle for 1 1/2-miles. All along, the Belmont has been our primary goal."

Contenders Index

Dosage

Index 6.00

CD 1.07

Profile 5-5-4-0-0

Experimental Weight

104