The Bloodhorse.com recently published an article on Real Estate, a 2004 dark bay stallion (High Yield – Sassy Pants) who returned to the track in 2013 after a few years spent in the breeding shed. Racing for his owner/breeder Peter Blum, Real Estate won the James B. Moseley Sprint Handicap back in 2008. Trained by Allen Jerkens, Real Estate made his return to racing this year with mediocre results– he’s been off the board at Saratoga, but he did win $18,000 in a claiming race at Belmont earlier this summer.
On August 29, Real Estate’s first starter made his debut. A two-year-old colt, Sharp Razor (Real Estate – Trellis) won a maiden special weight at Charles Town by two and a half lengths. It’s rather rare for a sire and his son to run in the same era; usually a young stallion is shuttled off to stud, and only brought out of the breeding shed if he suffers fertility problems (thus, no progeny to compete against). There probably wasn’t a huge demand for Real Estate in the breeding market, thus his return to the track…but it’s still neat to notice that father and son are both running in the same year.
