Monday, October 18, 2010
All Due Respect showed affinity for the turf in her grass debut, losing a heartbreaker in the $100,000 Harold Ramser H. (G3) Oct. 17 at Oak Tree/Hollywood Park. The 3-year-old daughter of Stonewall's Value Plus was caught in the very last stride as she and Go Forth North hit the wire together.
All Due Respect is the top earner on the year for Value Plus, who is a top 15 second-crop sire. He is represented by six stakes horses in 2010.
Trained by Kathy Walsh, All Due Respect flashed her ability early as a 2-year-old, finishing second in the $180,000 NATC Futurity before checking in a game third in the Grade 3 Pocohontas at Churchill Downs as a maiden. In her first start at three, All Due Respect broke her maiden by 7 1/4-lengths and was privately acquired by Walsh for owners Al and Saundra Kirkwood.
In her first start for her new owners in California, All Due Respect was beaten only a neck when second in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks – a race in which she finished ahead of eventual Kentucky Oaks winner Blind Luck. She was third in both the seven-furlong Railbird (G3) at Hollywood and the Iowa Oaks (G3).
Bred in Florida by Lau-Mor Farms, All Due Respect now has hit the board in six of seven starts on the year and has an overall record of of 2-4-3 from 11 starts with earnings of $228,432 for her owners. Out of the Devil His Due mare Aunt Due, she was a $80,000 2-year-old purchase last year at OBS.