High Cotton
Dixie Union - Happy Tune,
by
A.P. Indy

2003 Dark Bay or Brown

Entered Stud: 2008

2011 Fee: $5,000 LFSN - 2012 BOOK FULL

Florida's Leading Yearling Sire at OBS Winter!

High Cotton
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  • Florida's Leading Cumulative Sophomore Sire.
  • The only Florida stallion to sire a U.S. Grade 1-winning two-year-old in 2011.
  • Fifteen winners, four stakes horses, earners of $700,000 in his first crop, including undefeated Hopeful (G1) winner CURRENCY SWAP and $150,000 Belmont Futurity (G2)-placed Tarpy's Goal.
  • Only four North American freshman stallions, standing for $10,000 to $40,000, sired more stakes horses in 2011.
  • 2011: First 2YOs (22 offered, 20 sold) include $150,000 filly, $90,000 filly, $70,000 colt.
  • 2012: Florida's Leading Sire of Yearlings at OBS January! First short yearlings averaged nearly 5X the fee - $23,250.
  • The only juvenile stakes performer by Grade 1 sire DIXIE UNION at stud in Florida.
  • Triple stakes winner at three - Experimental-weighted at two.
  • First or second in six stakes, including victories in the Northern Dancer Breeders' Cup Stakes (G3), Sir Barton S. (by 5 1/4 lengths), and Rushaway S. (by 2 1/2 lengths).
  • Stakes winner on two surfaces; Graded stakes placed at 8f, 8 1/2f, and 9f.
  • Out of the multiple graded stakes-producing A.P. INDY mare Happy Tune, a half-sister to millionaire champion STORM SONG (G1).
  • Booked full for 2012.

High Cotton News

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Currency Swap in Top 5 on Experimental Handicap on 2/2/2012
High Cotton's Grade 1 winner Currency Swap was given a weight of 120 pounds on the recently released. Experimental Handicap, fith best among all 2-year-olds of 2011...
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Ocala Stud bred Almost a Valentine delivers on 12/14/2011
Almost a Valentine's 6 1/2-length maiden win on Dec. 14 gave her sire High Cotton his 15th winner from his first crop...
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Bridgeburner jumps into winner's ranks at Woodbine on 10/9/2011
Florida's leading freshman sire High Cotton racked up his ninth winner from his first crop on Oct. 9...
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Top 10 freshman sire High Cotton adds a pair of winners on 10/7/2011
High Cotton, ranked eighth on the North American first-crop sire list, added two more maiden winners to his growing roster on Nov. 15-16...
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Florida's top freshman sire High Cotton gets seventh winner on 9/25/2011
Northern Cotton galloped to an easy 4 3/4-length victory on Sept. 25 to give High Cotton his seventh winner from his first crop...
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Currency Swap gives High Cotton his first Grade 1 winner on 9/5/2011
Currency Swap's big closing move in the $250,000 Hopeful S. (G1) proved too much as the 2-year-old son of High Cotton willed his way to a 3/4-length victory...
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High Cotton yearlings average 10x his stud fee at OBS on 8/25/2011
High Cotton had eight yearlings sell at the Aug. 23-25 OBS yearling sale, with $65,000 and $45,000 sellers leading the way...
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Another eye-catching performance by High Cotton firster on 8/6/2011
Currency Swap, a 2-year-old colt by High Cotton, made an dazzling debut with a six length romp on Aug. 6 at Saratoga...
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High Cotton now among top 10 freshman sires on 8/5/2011
Cottonpickinwabbit gave freshman sire High Cotton his fourth winner to date with a 1 1/2-length victory going five furlongs Aug. 5...
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High Cotton adds Calder winner on 7/16/2011
Ocala Stud's freshman sire High Cotton got his second career winner July 15 at Calder...
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Impressive first winner for High Cotton on 5/19/2011
Ocala Stud's freshman sire High Cotton got his first impressive winner on Thursday, when his 2-year-old son Tarpy's Goal made an eye-catching winning debut in a $49,000 maiden special weight at Churchill Downs...
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High Cotton's first 2YO sells for $70,000 on 3/3/2011
A 2-year-old colt from the first crop by High Cotton sold for $70,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Palm Meadows sale on March 3...

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High Cotton Generational Pedigree

Dosage Profile: DP = 7-3-10-0-0 (20) DI = 3.00 CD = 0.85
DIXIE UNION (USA)
dkb/br. 1997
DIXIELAND BAND (USA)
b. 1980
NORTHERN DANCER (CAN)
b. 1961 [BC]
NEARCTIC (CAN) br. 1954
NATALMA (USA) b. 1957 *
MISSISSIPPI MUD (USA)
b. 1973
DELTA JUDGE (USA) dkb/br. 1960
SAND BUGGY (USA) gr/r. 1963
SHES TOPS (USA)
dkb/br. 1989
CAPOTE (USA)
dkb/br. 1984
SEATTLE SLEW (USA)   br. 1974 [BC]
TOO BALD (USA) dkb/br. 1964 *
SHE'S A TALENT (USA)
dkb/br. 1983
MR. PROSPECTOR (USA)   b. 1970 [BC]
PAINTBRUSH (USA) dkb/br. 1977
HAPPY TUNE (USA)
ch. 1995
A.P. INDY (USA)
dkb/br. 1989
SEATTLE SLEW (USA)
br. 1974 [BC]
  BOLD REASONING (USA) dkb/br. 1968
MY CHARMER (USA) b. 1969 *
WEEKEND SURPRISE (USA)*
b. 1980
SECRETARIAT (USA) ch. 1970 [IC]
LASSIE DEAR (USA) b. 1974 *
HUM ALONG (USA)
dkb/br. 1989
FAPPIANO (USA)
b. 1977 [IC]
MR. PROSPECTOR (USA)   b. 1970 [BC]
KILLALOE (USA) b. 1970
MINSTRESS (USA)
ch. 1983
THE MINSTREL (CAN) ch. 1974
FLEET VICTRESS (USA) dkb/br. 1972
courtesy of Pedigree Query