Pedigree Look: Golden Ticket

Here is the second part of today's double post! Part 1 was on Alpha, now here is his co-Travers winner.
Name: Golden Ticket
Year Born: 2009
Color: Dark Bay/Brown
Sex: Colt
Sire: Speightstown
Dam: Business Plan
Broodmare Sire: Deputy Minister

Profile: It took six times for Golden Ticket (Speightstown) to break his maiden which he did in February of 2012. He wasn't supposed to be a co winner of the Travers. In matter of fact his two stakes tries before that race where a second place finish in the Tampa Bay Derby and a fifth in the Lexington. He was coming into the Travers pretty well though with a runner up finish in an allowance on Travers day. After his dead heat finish in the Travers, he would go onto finish third in the PA Derby and second in the 2013 Stephen Foster. In his last race, he won the Prairie Meadows Handicap which is at the Travers distance. Here he is being named WinStar's star of the week.



Sire

Speightstown (Gone West) won the 2004 Breeders' Cup Sprint and was named Champion Sprinter for that year. He also picked up wins at Churchill, Belmont and Saratoga. As a sire, Golden Ticket is not his only Mile and Quarter winner. Haynesfield won the 2010 Jockey Club Gold Cup defeating Blame, the only horse to defeat Zenyatta. He is also the sire to G3 winner Bridgetown, G1 placed Munnings and G1 winner Jersey Town.

Gone West (Mr. Prospector) won the Withers and Dwyer in his career. As a stud he is the sire of former World Record holder Elusive Quality (the sire of Smarty Jones), Mr. Greeley (an amazing sire in his own right), and Zaftig. His dam Secrettame (Secretariat) is G2 placed. She is the dam to G2 winner Lion Cavern (Mr. Prospector). Her dam Tamerett (Tim Tam) is the dam to G1 winners Tentam (Intentionally) and Known Fact (In Reality). This is the same female family as Atan (Northern Dancer) the sire of Sharpen Up (GB).

Silken Cat (Storm Cat) is a stakes winner. Speightstown is her best foal. Her dam Silken Doll (Chieftain) is the dam to G1 placed steeplechaser in England Juyush (Silver Deputy), stakes winner Meadow Silk (Meadowlake) (dam of G1 placed Star Dabbler (Saint Ballado) and stakes placed Raven Red (Valid Appeal). This is the same female family as G1 winner Turk Passer (Turkoman) and stakes winner Incitatus (Batonnier).

Dam

Business Plan (Deputy Minister) was winless in four starts of her career. Golden is her best foal to date.

Deputy Minister (Vice Regent) is the winner of the Donn Handicap and Laurel Futurity in his career. He was the 2yo Champion in both the US and his native Canada along with being Canada's Horse of the Year. Among the foals he sired include Triple Tiara winner Open Mind, 2 time Champion Go For Wand, Super sire Awesome Again and G1 winner Mr. Purple among many others. His dam Mint Copy (Bunty's Flight) is stakes placed. She is also the dam to stakes placed Carousel Baby (Verbatim). This is the same female family as G3 placed Hopeful Answer (Northern Answer).

Business' dam Good Mood (Devil's Bag) is a G3 winner. She is the dam to stakes placed in the UAE Dubai World (Deputy Minister) and stakes winner Grand Royale. Her dam Mine Only (Mr. Prospector) is the dam to G2 winner Academy Award (Secretariat) and G3 winner Statuette (Pancho Villa) (the dam to G1 placed in Europe Tomahawk (Seattle Slew)). This is the same female family as G3 placed Stylish Encore (Black Tie Affair (IRE)) and G2 winner Ninth Inning (Meadowlake).