Wake Up Kiss (Cure the Blues), the dam of A Shin Forward (Forest Wildcat)–the second highest all-time New York-bred money earner–passed away Monday afternoon at Vivien Malloy's Edition Farm in Hyde Park due to the infirmities of old age. She was 19 years old.
“Wake Up Kiss made me the breeder I am today, she gave me a [Group 1] as a breeder,” Malloy said, adding that Wake Up Kiss will be buried at Edition Farm. “She was stoic and classy to the end of her life.”
Malloy continued, “A Shin Forward still holds the record as the second highest earning New York-bred after Funny Cide (Distorted Humor). A Shin Forward also won [Group 2s] and [Group 3s] on the turf and excelled at a mile. He had an explosive turn of foot and the Japanese loved his 'American Speed.'”
Sold twice at auction, A Shin Forward competed exclusively in Japan and captured the 2010 G1 Mile Championship S. at Kyoto before retiring with total earnings of $3,416,216. Wake Up Kiss enjoyed success of her own on the racetrack, winning five of her 10 career starts, including the Perfect Arc S. and Yaddo H., en route to becoming New York's champion female turf horse in 2003. She was acquired by Edition Farm for $380,000 at the 2004 Keeneland November sale.
The gray mare has produced six foals to race–all of which were winners–including Wake Up in Malibu (Malibu Moon), who won the restricted Saginaw S. at Belmont in July 2016. She also leaves behind a yearling colt by Scat Daddy.
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