7/25/08 - Spanish Ice first winner for Spanish Steps Spanish Ice rallied four-wide approaching the stretch and posted a 1 3⁄4-length win in the fifth race at Del Mar on Thursday to become the first winner for freshman sire Spanish Steps. Trained by Craig Dollase for owner-breeder Martin Stables Inc., Spanish Ice won the 51⁄2-furlong maiden claiming race in 1:05.40 on Del Mar’s synthetic Polytrack surface. The two-year-old filly is out of the unraced Sovereign Dancer mare Lemon Ice, a full sister to Double Orphan, a champion older horse in Puerto Rico. Spanish Steps, an unraced full brother to 1995 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Unbridled’s Song, stands for $10,000 at Martin Stables South in Reddick, Florida. The Unbridled horse out of the winning Caro (Ire) mare Trolley Song has 63 two-year-olds in his first crop.

◆ SPANISH ICE, f. 2, Lemon Ice, by Sovereign Dancer. Del Mar, 7/24, 5.5f all weather, fast, 1:05.40. Won by 1 3/4. O—Martin Stables Inc.; B—Martin Stables Inc. (Ca.); T—Craig Dollase.
Lifetime: 2-1-0-0, $17,880.

5/19/08 - Hip 88 INQUISITION, c, 2, by Spanish Steps—Poqito Polly, by Ogygian brought the third highest price at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of two-year-olds in training sale. He was consigned by {Nick de Meric, agent} and purchased by Kenneth G. McPeek, agent for $215,000.

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Keeneland September 2007: Look at the company he keeps!

1-Smarty Jones 29 yearlings averaged $197,241
2-Speightstown 38 yearlings averaged $182,157
3-Strong Hope 27 yearlings averaged $138,777
4-Medaglia d’Oro 49 yearlings averaged $120,500
5-Spanish Steps 4 yearlings averaged $104,750
6-Pleasantly Perfect 31 yearlings averaged 497,354
7-Lion Heart 68 yearlings averaged $85,419

Eddie Martin describes his quest to develop Spanish Steps into a successful stallion as "my own personal Mount Everest." Monday, Martin took a major step toward the summit when his Martin Stables South sold a strapping son of Spanish Steps out of the Ogygian mare Poqito Polly for $200,000 during the select session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s August yearling auction. The price was the session's second-highest, trailing only the $210,000 brought by a Cape Canaveral colt. ( READ MORE>>)

11/16/06 - "Spanish Steps weanlings average $72,000 at Kentucky sales"
On November 9th a weanling filly by Spanish Steps out of My Working Gal by Seattle Slew was purchased by MAB agency for $60,000 at the Fasig - Tipton Select sale in Lexington. On November 16th Clear Stables bid $85,000 for the Louisiana Bred Daughter of Spanish Steps out of the unraced Red Ransom Mare Prophetic at Keeneland. Spanish Steps Year To date weanling sales average is $58,800, nearly 12 times his introductory stud fee!

10/14/06 - "Spanish Steps ' weanlings average $45,000 at October OBS Fall Mixed sale". The first two weanlings to sell from Spanish Steps' first foal crop sold for $50,000 ( Hip # 128 purchased by Heilgbrodt Racing Stables of Texas) and $40,000 (hip # 596 purchased by Picturesque Farm of Paris KY). The average of $45,000 is 9 times the stud fee Spanish steps stood for his first two years at stud.

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Spanish Steps' First Foal Arrives

Spanish Steps, a full brother to Unbridled's Songg (Unbridled--Trolley Song, by Caro) was represented by his first foal Jan. 2 when Ribot's Flair delivered a bay colt in Florida. The colt is out of Ribot's Flair (by His Majesty), dam of Zammie, a two-time grade I winner and champion imported horse in Puerto Rico.

Spanish Steps was bred to 101 mares in 2005 and 93 were reported in foal.

 FAQ : Why Didn't Spanish Steps race?

Answer: Spanish Steps was purchased by Demi OByrne for Michael Tabor as a Ridgeling (one decended testicle) At Keeneland September. Spanish Steps suffered a torn rear susupensory ligament while training with Todd Pletcher at Gulfstream Park his 3yo year where he was showing serious talent. It is believed the undecended test- icle caused him track wide in the rear placing too much stress on his ligaments which ultimately tore. After his first year at stud in 2005, the testicle decended which is not a common occurance. Stallion prospects that have only one decended testicle are not eligible for stallion fertility insurance which negatively affected his sales price as a yearling. Spanish Steps has phenominal fertility by settling 93% of his mare his first year at stud.

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