EG High Desert Farms leading first-crop sire A Mere Felix will stand for a fee of $5,000 in 2025.

© William Zuazo

TEMECULA, CA–OCTOBER 21, 2024–EG High Desert Farms in Santa Clarita, California, announced today its #7 Leading First-Crop Sire of Money Earners, A Mere Felix SI 95, will stand for a fee of $5,000 in 2025.

From only seven starters, the son of leading sire Favorite Cartel has sired 3 winners, 1 grade 1 winner with average earnings per starter over $25,300.

A Mere Felix top performers include Grade 1 Governor's Cup Futurity winner Favorite Jesshawk SI 93 (3 wins at 2, 2024, $123,786), Grade 2 Dash For Cash Futurity and Grade 2 Louisiana Downs Futurity finalist Coco Ravin SI 92 (2 wins at 2, $35,917), A Mere Dash Si 89 (winner at 2, $5,655), etc.

Fastest qualifier Favorite Jesshawk, under jockey, Ricardo Ramirez, won the $275,000 Governor's Cup Futurity at Los Alamitos Race Course. © William Zuazo

Owned by EG High Desert Farms, A Mere Felix won or placed in six of eight career starts at 2, winning the Pat Hayland Memorial Handicap and third in the Los Alamitos Juvenile Invitational.

His sire, Grade 1 winner Favorite Cartel SI 104 ($607,669), is currently the #1 Leading Sire of Money Earners for 2024 with over $7.7 million in earners. From ten crops to race, he has sired 122 stakes winners and 7 champions, with earnings of more than $51.6 million and average earnings per starter in excess of $41,100.

A Mere Felix's dam, Grade 1 finalist A Mere Classic SI 95 by A Classic Dash is the dam of 15 ROM, all winners, 7 black type including Grade 3 winner A Mere Splash SI 103 ($263,156), Grade 1 winner A Mere Chocolate SI 97 ($175,710), stakes winner A Mere Dynasty SI 94 ($51,847), stakes winner A Mere Felix SI 95 (see above), RG3-placed A Mere Special SI 94 ($51,445), stakes-placed A Mere Patron SI 89 ($39,439) and stakes-placed A Mere Diva SI 91 ($28,410), etc.

The second dam is the multiple stakes producing *Beduino (TB) mare Amira, dam of 9 ROM, all winners, 2 black type include A Mere First SI 104 ($142,848), stakes-placed A Mere Fame SI 109 ($78,071), etc. She is the granddam of multiple stakes winner Rockish SI 110 ($304,562), G1 winner Mickey Ward SI 101 ($134,141), stakes winner Staubauch SI 110 ($52,441 to 5, 2021), etc.

Tabasco Jess To Join EG High Deserts Farms Stallion Roster In 2021

EG High Desert Farms announced today that Tabasco Jes SI 91, the homebred son of champion sire Hawkinson, will begin his stallion career at the Santa Clarita farm in 2025. His fee has been set at $2,500.

Tobasco Jess will join the stallion roster at EG High Desert Farms in 2025. © William Zuazo

Bred and owned by EG High Desert Farms, Tabasco Jes won or placed in three of six starts at Los Alamitos Race Course. He broke his maiden in the 2023 Golden State Million Futurity trials.

His sire, AQHA Racing Champion Hawkinson SI 99, is a multiple Grade 1 winning son of all-time leading sire First Down Dash. Hawkinson has sire 36 stakes, 1 champion, and 397 winners with nearly $12 million in earnings.

Hawkinson's top performers include Strawkins SI 108 (champion twice, $614,156 USA, AQHA Challenge Championship-G1, etc.), Bf Farm Boss SI 97 ($932,655, Ruidoso Derby-G1, etc.), Sixish SI 114 ($530,505, PCQHRA Breeders Futurity-G1, etc.), Sparky E Boy SI 111 ($352,224, Los Alamitos Championship Challenge-G3, etc.), Bf Farm Boy SI 106 ($252,027, Two Rivers S.-G3, etc.), Startlet Hawk SI 110 ($250,714, Golden State Derby-G1, etc.), etc.

Tabasco Jess' dam is the Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap(G1) winner Jess Ravin SI 99 ($256,253) by leading sire Corona Cartel. She is the dam of 5 winners, 1 black type including stakes-placed La Beverly Hills SI 92 ($57,053), Dash For Cash Futurity(G2) finalist Coco Ravin SI 92 (2 wins at 2, 2024, $35,917), Mr Favorite Jess SI 95 ($20,688 to 3, 2024), California Breeders' Freshman Stakes finalist Beduinos Favorite SI 93 ($20,565 to 3, 2024), etc.

The second dam is the Grade 3-placed Mr Jess Perry mare Jessica Ravin SI 99 ($23,548), dam of 14 ROM, 10 winners, 3 black type including Grade 2 winner Jess Cuervo SI 99 ($298,073), Jess Ravin SI 99 (stakes winner above), Paintyourownwagon SI 111 ($103,087, Sire), etc.

This is the family of champions Florentine SI 109 ($1,123,102), This Snow Is Royal SI 101 ($553,738), Royal Miracle Dip SI 97 ($112,117), Ive Been Blessed SI 102 ($94,877), Grade 1 winner Evening Snow SI 128 ($567,116), etc.

Call Isela Andrade at (951) 694-5140 or (818) 898-1715 for additional information or breeding contracts.