After running third in the Grande Premio Polla de Potrancas (Argentine One Thousand Guineas, ARG-G1) and the Grande Premio Selección (Argentine Oaks, ARG-G1) earlier this year, Siempre en Mi Mente broke through to the ranks of Group winners by just hanging on to defeat Joy Velika in the Premio Paseana (ARG-G2) on April 10 at San Isidro. The filly, whose name translates to "Always on My Mind" in English, showed a fine turn of foot to defeat a group of older females and enhance the reputation of a South American branch of a top North American family.
Sired by 2020 Argentine champion sire Equal Stripes (whose sire Candy Stripes is also the sire of Argentine champion miler Candy Ride, a Grade 1 winner and successful sire in the United States), Siempre en Mi Mente is a fifth-generation descendant of Laughter. A daughter of Bold Ruler, Laughter is out of the Native Dancer mare Shenanigans and so is closely related to the great Ruffian, who was sired on Shenanigans by Bold Ruler's fine son Reviewer. Laughter is also a half sister to Grade 2 winners Buckfinder (by Buckpasser) and Icecapade (by Nearctic), the latter an important sire whose best sire son was 1984 Breeders' Cup Classic (USA-G1) winner Wild Again.
A foal of 1970, Laughter won four of her 12 starts but earned no black type on the track. She earned plenty as a producer, though, birthing five stakes winners. The best of the group was 1988 Wood Memorial Invitational Stakes (USA-G1) winner Private Terms (by Private Account), and Laughter also had two Grade 3 winners in Blue Ensign (by Hoist the Flag) and Light Spirits (by Majestic Light). In addition, she produced Laughing Look (by Damascus), dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Coronado's Quest (by Forty Niner), Grade 3 winner Warning Glance (by Caveat), and multiple restricted stakes winner Military Look (by Assault Landing). Laughing Look is also the second dam of multiple Grade 2 winner Air Support.
Laughing Look never raced, but her full sister Steel Maiden had some talent, winning two stakes races (one of them listed) and running second in the 1986 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (USA-G2). She was a successful broodmare as well, producing 1996 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes winner Mesabi Maiden (by Cox's Ridge). Mesabi Maiden, in turn, is the second dam of 2013 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (USA-G1) winner Orb and the third dam of 2019/2020 Uruguayan champion 3-year-old filly Algecira Fever.
Women's Rights, an unraced daughter of Steel Maiden by Unbridled, failed to produce any stakes winners, but she introduced the family to Argentina through her daughters Wild Girl Power (by Wild Again's Grade 1-winning son Offlee Wild) and Suffrage (by by 1998/1999 South African Horse of the Year Horse Chestnut). The former is the dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Wilds Dreams who is a closely inbred mare as her sire Suggestive Boy (a two-time champion in Argentina) is by the Storm Cat horse Easing Along out of Suffrage. Suffrage is also the dam of multiple Argentine Group 3 winner Subtlety (by Easing Along) and of Santa Emiliana (by Easing Along), who won her only start and produced Siempre en Mi Mente as her first foal.
Quality apparently travels well, for Laughter's family has been a source of class for the breeding program of the Janney family and now seems well established at Haras Futuro and Haras Pozo de Luna. With careful stewardship and a bit of luck, the sons and daughters of this line should be bringing laughter to their owners for years to come.
Sired by 2020 Argentine champion sire Equal Stripes (whose sire Candy Stripes is also the sire of Argentine champion miler Candy Ride, a Grade 1 winner and successful sire in the United States), Siempre en Mi Mente is a fifth-generation descendant of Laughter. A daughter of Bold Ruler, Laughter is out of the Native Dancer mare Shenanigans and so is closely related to the great Ruffian, who was sired on Shenanigans by Bold Ruler's fine son Reviewer. Laughter is also a half sister to Grade 2 winners Buckfinder (by Buckpasser) and Icecapade (by Nearctic), the latter an important sire whose best sire son was 1984 Breeders' Cup Classic (USA-G1) winner Wild Again.
A foal of 1970, Laughter won four of her 12 starts but earned no black type on the track. She earned plenty as a producer, though, birthing five stakes winners. The best of the group was 1988 Wood Memorial Invitational Stakes (USA-G1) winner Private Terms (by Private Account), and Laughter also had two Grade 3 winners in Blue Ensign (by Hoist the Flag) and Light Spirits (by Majestic Light). In addition, she produced Laughing Look (by Damascus), dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Coronado's Quest (by Forty Niner), Grade 3 winner Warning Glance (by Caveat), and multiple restricted stakes winner Military Look (by Assault Landing). Laughing Look is also the second dam of multiple Grade 2 winner Air Support.
Laughing Look never raced, but her full sister Steel Maiden had some talent, winning two stakes races (one of them listed) and running second in the 1986 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (USA-G2). She was a successful broodmare as well, producing 1996 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes winner Mesabi Maiden (by Cox's Ridge). Mesabi Maiden, in turn, is the second dam of 2013 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (USA-G1) winner Orb and the third dam of 2019/2020 Uruguayan champion 3-year-old filly Algecira Fever.
Women's Rights, an unraced daughter of Steel Maiden by Unbridled, failed to produce any stakes winners, but she introduced the family to Argentina through her daughters Wild Girl Power (by Wild Again's Grade 1-winning son Offlee Wild) and Suffrage (by by 1998/1999 South African Horse of the Year Horse Chestnut). The former is the dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Wilds Dreams who is a closely inbred mare as her sire Suggestive Boy (a two-time champion in Argentina) is by the Storm Cat horse Easing Along out of Suffrage. Suffrage is also the dam of multiple Argentine Group 3 winner Subtlety (by Easing Along) and of Santa Emiliana (by Easing Along), who won her only start and produced Siempre en Mi Mente as her first foal.
Quality apparently travels well, for Laughter's family has been a source of class for the breeding program of the Janney family and now seems well established at Haras Futuro and Haras Pozo de Luna. With careful stewardship and a bit of luck, the sons and daughters of this line should be bringing laughter to their owners for years to come.
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