The Invaluable mare has been selected as the Crown Proclaimed Horse of the Year 2022, her name neatly sums up the hard-to-beat battlehorses, American racehorses largely out of the limelight. spotlight.
Coach Mike Maker and owner Peter Proscia’s Paradise Farms Corp. declared Invaluable, then five years old, in the final days of Saratoga’s 2022 meeting with the intention of running for office on November 12 at Churchill Downs. Task completed. After finishing third with a $10,000 starter grant at Keeneland, Invaluable won by a 1.5-minute lead over Luis Saez by overtaking Maoilin in the $100,000 Glass Slipper in the one-mile race. for track and field girls and mares that have run to ask prices of $12,500 or less in 2021-’22.
The Crown Statement of the Year was voted on by the National HBPA Industry Awards Committee chaired by Todd Mostoller from HBPA Pennsylvania. Priceless will be recognized at the Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association’s (TOBA) annual awards dinner on September 9. Crown of Declaration – designed to give dark horses bluenecks on their own championship track on the Breeders’ Cup track – is sponsored by the National Horsemen’s Protection & Benevolence Association, TOBA and the host track with support from the state branch of the HBPA, in this case the HBPA of Kentucky.
“Invaluable is a shining example of the importance and spirit of the dark horse claim,” said National HBPA President, Dr. Doug Daniels. “She may not be the fastest horse or the most successful horse, but she goes to work every day and gives her best for whatever barn she’s in. Invaluable illustrates what it means to be one. the horse claims to grow in nurturing and progress through the ranks of the claimant. She is exactly the kind of horse the Crown of Claims was designed to honor.”
Invaluable was claimed three times last year and has been claimed six times in total, including her first start in the $50,000 maiden race at Gulfstream Park. She made quite a bit of money for all her various owners. In an era where many horses run only a handful of times, Invaluable raced 11 times last year from January 23 to December 8 at 5 different races, amassing $156,699 with a 3-3 record. -2.
Cover’s Kentucky hazelnut daughter qualified for the Glass Slipper by entering – and winning – an $8,000 conditional title race on April 1 at the Co. Oaklawn member. Maker asked her to represent Proscia for $32,000 in five races later on September 1 in Saratoga.
Proscia said: “We were very lucky to have that horse and I am so grateful to Mike and his team for how well we did with her. “When we got her, we weren’t sure what we had. But she’s grown and we have a nice horse.”
For his career, Invaluable has made $370,932 going 8-6-7 in 29 starts. She has never entered a wager race, with the Crown of Claims being held in beginner-friendly conditions, despite the large purses.
“The Claims Crown is one of our top priorities every year,” said Maker, who also won the $200,000 Crown of Claims last year with Keystone Field. “We think Invaluable is a good, good horse that we can assign to the Crown of Claims and also to the various warm-up races around Kentucky. One of the great things about her is that she still remains. qualified to run back to Glass Slipper this year.”
The 2023 crowning ceremony will be held on December 2 at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The deadline for horses to qualify for the Crown of Claims is November 18, with entries to be made on November 25. More information is available at claimcrown.com.
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