Grade 1 sire Five Bar Cartel stands at Tate Farms in North Ville Platte, Louisiana.

© Don Shugart

NORTH VILLE PLATTE, LA–OCTOBER 28, 2024–AQHA Racing Champion Five Bar Cartel sired his first open Grade 1 winner on Saturday when Shakers No Secret won the Grade 1 440-yard, $277,975 AQHA Racing Challenge Championship (G1) (see related story) at Albuquerque Downs.

Trained by Marc Jungers for owners Abel Lopez, Ethan Lopez, and Manny Dutchover, Shakers No Secret made his quarter-mile trip in :21.042, and his margin of victory was a neck from Nothin Like You. Noe Garcia Jr. rode the gray gelding.

The 5-year-old gelding has won nine of his 27 outs, and the $133,428 winner’s share of the purse from his second stakes victory pushed his bankroll to $442,414.

Shakers No Secret (#4), under jockey Noe Garcia, Jr., wins the $277,975 AQHA Racing Challenge Championship(G1) on Saturday at The Downs at Albuquerque. © Coady Media

From seven crops to race, Five Bar Cartel has sired 263 winners, 64 black types (16%), and nearly $11 million earners with average earnings per starter of more than $27,200.

Five Bar Cartel's top performers include Shakers No Secret SI 112 (9 wins to 4, $442,414 AQHA Challenge Championship(G1), West Texas Maturity-G3, etc.), Five Bar Supreme SI 99 (7 wins to 3, $414,901 Los Alamitos Wild West Futurity [R] -G3, 1st-Firecracker Futurity at Grants Pass, etc.), Konnan Cartel SI 102 (9 wins to 4, $386,910 Dash for Cash Derby-G2, Eastex S.-G2, etc.). Lrh Heart Of Glass SI 96 (12 wins to 5, $247,032 Mid City S.-G3, Flashy Hemp S., etc.), Amending The Bar SI 9 (4 wins to 3, $227,866 Louisiana QHBA Sale Futurity [R] -G1, etc.), Shakeshakeshakeit SI 97 (2 wins to 5, $227,538 Louisiana QHBA Laddie Futurity [R]-G2, etc.), Five Bar Stoli SI 96 (2 wins to 6, $212,344 2nd-Rainbow Quarter Horse Derby-G1, etc.), etc.

Owned by San Gregorio Racing Stables, Inc., the son of leading sire Corona Cartel, Five Bar Cartel won or placed in eight of 11 starts and earned $1,068,825. He won the Ed Burke Million Futurity(G1), was second in the All-American Derby(G1), and was a finalist in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity(G1), Golden State Million Futurity(G1), and Los Alamitos Super Derby(G1).

Five Bar Cartel stands at Tate Farms in North Ville Platte, Louisiana, for a 2025 fee of $4,500. Breeders can take advantage of an early bird discount of $2,750 if paid in full by February 15.

For additional information or breeding contracts to Five Bar Cartel, call Stephen Tate, Farm Manager, at (337) 363-8084.