PREMONT, TX—DECEMBER 18, 2015—G1-placed Special Royal Corona SI 99 will stand the 2016 season at Dr. Glen and Debbie Wilkinson's Wilkinson Stables, near Premont, Texas. His fee has been set at $2,000, with consideration.

Owned by Special Royal Corona Partnership, Special Royal Corona won or placed in four of seven career starts and earned $156,111. He was second in the Grade 1 $1.15 million Texas Classic Futurity to Sure Shot B and was a finalist in the Grade 2 $600,000 Sam Houston Futurity in 2010.

He is a son Corona Cartel, the leading living sire of money earners with more than $50.1 million. Corona Cartel has sired 146 stakes winners include World Champion Blues Girl Too SI 103 ($2,032,328), Champion Teller Cartel SI 108 ($1,212,471), Champion Five Bar Cartel SI 91 ($1,068,825), as well as G1 winner Pyc Paint Your Wagon SI 107 ($889,581), the Leading 2015 Sire of Money Earners.

Special Royal Corona's first crop will be two-year-olds in 2016.

Bred by Abigail K. Kawananakoa, Special Royal Corona is out of the multiple stakes producing Special Effort mare Delphia SI 90, dam of 10 ROM including Heritage Place Futurity(G1) winner Givinitaroyaleffort SI 102 ($430,928), G1-placed Special Royal Corona SI 99 (see above), G1-placed Royal Delphias Chick SI 101 ($59,133), stakes-placed Nuevo Cartel Si 101 ($30,148), etc. She is the granddam of RG3 winner King Brimmerton SI 103 ($348,698), G1-placed Count De Monet SI 903 ($190,599 to 3, 2015), etc.

The second dam is the three-time AQHA Racing Champion and former Broodmare of the Year Florentine SI 108 ($1,123,102), by Dash For Cash. She has produced 17 ROM including G1 winner and leading sire This Snow Is Royal SI 101 ($553,748), G1 winner Evening Snow SI 128 ($567,116), G1 winner Avison SI 103 ($293,667), stakes winner and multiple stakes sire Achievement SI 98 ($41,527), stakes-placed This Snow Is Mine SI 92 ($42,930), stakes-placed Deign ($20,088), etc.

This is the immediate family of Champion and multiple stakes sire Calyx SI 117 ($164,468), stakes winner Stamen SI 114 ($105,997), stakes winner and stakes sire Stylus SI 09 ($50,427), stakes winner Shillings SI 84 ($34,042), stakes winner Royal Miracle Dip SI 907 ($112,117), etc.

A limited number of breeding shares are available in Special Royal Corona. For information on breeding shares or contracts call Pancho Villarreal at 956-227-2431 or contact Wilkinson Stables at 361-348-2716 • 361-346-2660.