First winner rolls in for Silver Wagon

Multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire SILVER WAGON (Wagon Limit) was

represented by his first winner as a freshman sire when D C's Mission prevailed

in Friday's

1ST

race at Arapahoe Park. After vying for the early lead in the $10,000 maiden

claiming event, the 9-5 favorite pulled away and crossed the wire three-quarters

of a length in front. Vince Guerra guided the Scott Rollins-trained juvenile

colt through 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:06 4/5 on the fast track.

Silver Wagon made a splash at Saratoga as a two-year-old, romping by four

lengths in the 2003 Hopeful S. (G1) after his 7 1/2-length maiden triumph. The

aptly-named gray scored his other stakes victories as an older horse, taking the

2007 Carter H. (G1) and General George H. (G2) as well as the 2006 Sport Page H.

(G3).

Silver Wagon's resume also features a total of eight stakes placings. Best of

the rest behind Ghostzapper in the 2005 Metropolitan H. (G1), he cracked the top

three in such major contests as the 2004 Fountain of Youth S. (G2) and Holy Bull

S. (G3), the 2005 Forego S. (G1) and Commonwealth S. (G2), and the 2007 Sunshine

Millions Classic.

Following his five-season campaign, Silver Wagon retired with $1,162,193 in

earnings from his 25-7-3-6 record.

Silver Wagon is out of the winning Darn That Alarm mare So Ritzy, making him

a full brother to multiple Grade 3-placed stakes victor Rehoboth. So Ritzy is

herself a half-sister to Grade 3 queen Race Artist (Mr. Prospector), the dam of

Grade 2-placed stakes veteran Cherokee Artist (Cherokee Run) and Grade 3-placed

stakes winner Cherokee Girl (Cherokee Run).

The 10-year-old Silver Wagon stands at Vinery near Hudson, New York, where

his 2011 fee was listed as private.