Minnesota Hall of Fame
Class March 2009
THE AUS BOSS(AUS)  ID # 58462                            Chestnut Mare                                            Stable speedzone1 NOTHIN' LEICA DANE(AUS) x MILL REEF x SECRETARIAT The Aus Boss was Supertoy7's original entry into the first tag breeding contest held at Minnesota Downs. The Aus Boss won 8 of her first 9 races, including The Chuckrock's Horse of the Week Stakes at the 2004 Minnesota Festival. Making her graded debut in January of 2005, the Boss won three grade 1 races in a row. Showing tremendous versatility, she has won grade 1 races on both the Turf and the Dirt. Her achievements include wins in the Star Wars Special and the Sexy Muffins Classic. In 2006, The Aus Boss impacted the Minnesota Festival a second time by placing in the 1st Minnesota Turf. The Aus Boss is still racing as of this entry, but sparingly.   TITLE DUKE  ID # 77537                                     Brown Horse                                                           Stable johnno1 BLUE MOONOFALASKA x GREEN DESERT x COX'S RIDGE After starting his career on the dirt, Title Duke made the switch over to the grass in February of 2004. He immediately won his first three turf races (making it a string of four in a row for Johnno1. He found himself in stakes as of October, winning his second try that November. His first graded try was the Buck Dharma in January 2005, which he won convincingly. He showed in the MNACCOUNT SPECIAL that March, a Minnesota vs. GreaT Plains Residency Challenge race. Thereafter, it was garde 1 tries all around the world, including a try in the Breeders Bowl Turf. Title Duke has yet to be retired but as of this entry is sitting on the bench in johnno1.       MANILLA MINT ID # 14835                                     Brown Horse                                                       Stable trifecta
DANZIG x KEY TO THE MINT x T.V. LARK The winner of the first Minnesota Derby won 11 races, including 9 stakes races in a fantastic career for trifecta. His first stakes win came in November of 1999, after having won already on both surfaces. In 2000 he won impressively in races such as the Greek Game, the Rinka Das, and the Wonderful Surprise. Those races lead up to an impressive show in the grade 1 Hades Handicap during the Olympics (Equinics). He would round out that year by posting a whopping 124 speed in the inaugural Minnesota Derby at the first festival. Running 15 times in 2001, on both surfaces, he never posted a speed less than 101.  2001 included a win in the grade 3 Big A Handicap in New York. He was turned into a he-mare in 2002 and his progeny Manilla's Mint had three wins.   FUSAICHI DEVIL  ID # n/a                                     Horse                                                       Stable brentuk FUSAICHI PEGASUS x DEVIL'S BAG x HABITAT  Fusaichi Devil closed out his two year old racing season in 2001 breaking his maiden in a racein Wisconsin. Heading into 2002, Fusaichi Devil had a ton of promise and one has to admit, he fullfilled it. In 2002, he won 13 races. His win in the grade 1 Florida Derby propelled him into the Bluegrass Derby, although he had a disappointing race. In August he won the second ever Minnesota Derby. Three more stakes wins allowed him a start in the Breeders Bowl Sprint. In 2003, Fusaichi devil won the Toboggan Handicap and the Astroturf Spint and by september he had won his second Minnesota Festival race in the Minnesota Supersprint. He was retired in 2004 after winning 18 races, 17 of which were stakes level. He earned $1,447,779 in his career. Fusaichi devil was turned into a hemare, but his progeny Credit Line (IRE) was unseccessful on the track.     HOTRUSH  ID # n/a                                      Mare                                                       Stable rcdlogan TABSACO CAT x FORTY NINER x BROAD BRUSH  In 50 races, Hotrush earned $500,247 at the track. She had 6 stakes wins amongst the 8 total wins in her career. Hotrush broke her maiden in 2003 in the The NUT STRUTTING Stakes. She followed that race up with a valiant second pace finish in the Boca Stakes-G2. She opened up 2004 with much of the same with a win in The MISS FRETZ Handicap. Throughout  2004 she continued to race in stakes and graded races,  pausing only for a three race allowance span in which she was in the money in all three,including her third career win. She ran in the 2004 Minnesota Derby, although not very well. Hotrush picked up 4 wins in 2005. In 2006, Hotrush came in fourth for her residency in the Equinics, Julie Krone. Her last career win came in Puerto Rico in the The LEGS IN THE AIR Challengeunder the guidence of Minnesota Jockey Guild jockey C. Donofrio. Hotrush is the all time career earnings leader amongst all Tabasco Cat children born her year in the sim. She has produced 4 runners for rcdlogan including HOT SAAR(KY).