Multiple stakes sire You Drive I Fly has been purchased by Eddie and Stephanie Harrison.

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KAPLAN, LA–FEBRUARY 21, 2025–Eddie and Stephanie Harrison of Forest, Mississippi, have purchased the Grade 1 winner and multiple stakes sire from only three crops to race, You Drive I Fly SI 99.

The son of multiple stakes sire Jet Black Patriot will remain at Spring Hill Farms in Kaplan, Louisiana. His fee has been set at $1,250, with consideration.

From limited starters in only three crops to race, You Drive I Fly has sired 16 winners, 5 black type (14%), earners of more than $800,000, with average earnings per starter of nearly $23,000.

Desert Classic Futurity winner You Cant Drive 95.
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His top performers include stakes winner You Cant Drive 95 SI 96 (4 wins to 4, $82,092 Desert Classic Futurity, 2nd-Gillette Derby, etc.), RG1-placed Runnning With Faith SI 87 ( placed to 2, $116,392 2nd-LQHBA Sale Futurity-G1, 3rd-Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile S.-G2, finalist Louisiana Million Futurity-RG1), RG2-placed You Fly I Buy SI 92 (2 wins to 3, $86,079 3rd-Mardi Gras Futurity-G2, finalist Louisiana Million Futurity-RG1), RG1 finalist Good Lookin Patriot SI 96 (3 wins to 4, $82,310, Louisiana Million Futurity-RG1 finalist, etc.), Todalu My Darlin SI 98 (3 wins to 3, $54,650 2nd-Mardi Gras Oaks, etc.), etc.

In his first three crops, You Drive I Fly has sired two finalists to Louisiana's richest horse race, the $1,000,000 LQHBA Louisiana Million Futurity(RG1).

Trained by AQHA Racing Champion trainer Kenneth Roberts, Sr. and campaigned by his owner-breeders Richard and Janelle Simon, You Drive I Fly was the leading money earning 2-year-old colt in the nation in 2017.

As a 2-year-old, You Drive I Fly won four of five career starts, including the $1 million LQHBA Louisiana Million Futurity at Evangeline Downs. Prior to the Louisiana Million victory, he finished second in his only loss in the $705,495 Lee Berwick Futurity(RG1) after getting bumped at the start. He has earned $590,134.

You Drive I Fly, under jockey Donald Watson, winning the $1,000,000 LQHBA Louisiana Million Futurity(RG1) at Evangeline Downs. © Coady Photography

"He was a good, solid, honest horse. Gave you 110% effort every time," Roberts said. "He was such an easy going horse to deal with mentally, and such a big and impressive looking horse physically."

Following a successful surgery to remove chips from one knee following his 2-year-old campaign, You Drive I Fly 's connections made the decision to retire him.

A $30,000 repurchase in the 2016 LQHBA Yearling Sale, You Drive I Fly is by Jet Black Patriot out of Shakemupperry, an unraced daughter of leading sire Mr Jess Perry. She is the dam of 8 ROM, 7 winners  and 3 black tuype from 9 starters including restricted Grade 1 winner You Drive I Fly SI 98 (see above), stakes-placed Empowered To Prosper SI 105 ($42,645), stakes-placed Ima Powerful Jammer SI 89, Lm I Am Justified SI 87 ($44,180), Madame Bijoux SI 95 ($39,980), etc.

The second dam is the stakes-producing First Down Dash mare Shake Em Dash, a half-sister to AQHA Racing Champion 2-year-old filly Shake The Bank SI 105 ($372,585) and Grade 1 winner and multiple stakes sire Royal Shake Em SI 103 ($257,009).

The third dam, Sake Em Six, a half-sister to Dash For Cash Futurity(G1) winner Special Shake SI 103 ($478,645), by Streakin Six was the 1996 Broodmare of the Year. This is the family of stakes winner SF Royal Bank SI 100 ($359,327), Jumpn Shake SI 112 ($182,299), etc.

Call David Dunn at (817) 807-3154 for additional information or breeding contracts.