Red Herring for Hall Of Fame

[Cruisey]

Red Herring

Red Herring was Firestone Racing's Mastermind of the horse world. Given as a gift from none other than Ripley Marsh, the chestnut stallion was a gift sent from Heaven. Most know Red Herring as the horse who never backed down from the leaders, always giving them a hard time and always managed to stir up some trouble in the front of the field.

As a youngster with unknown lines racing for Witch Creek, Red had managed to place in all of his juvenile races except for one. He broke his maiden on his first try and quickly swept up the title of winning the Magic Millions Colts Dirt his second time out. Red won six races out of fourteen in his juvenile career and managed to fall short to long time enemy, Nightshade, in a tough six horse field. 

Following his loss in the Breeders Cup, Red started off his classic season with a first place finish in the Middlient Derby. It only went up from there, with 7 wins, six seconds and five thirds. He gobbled up his opponents in the Hollywood Gold Cup, the Southwest Stakes and the ever known Bank On Silver Memorial Stakes. Unfortunately, Y13 was not Red's year in the Breeders Cup, which he went into as the underdog and unfortunately was the only race he placed out of the money. It was after year thirteen that the horse bounced back and made his way over to Firestone.

Red was able to tough out Y14 against the season's toughest batch of older horses and racked up six wins, four places, eight shows and four races out of the money. Red improved tons to win the Winter Dawn Treader Cup, a race so tough and prestigious anyone would be lucky to win such a thing. He swept by his opponents in races such as the Stable Face Off, Winter Cup, Dawn Treader Cup, and won The Honorable Stakes for the second year in a row.

Red Herring finished 91% in the money, with only 6 races out in his entire career. He was known as the horse that was the bane of a front runner's existence, and there is no lie in that statement. Red is a horse with lots of charisma and spunk, which he carried to the track. His name is well-known around the tracks and inducting him into the Hall of Fame will solidify his legacy on the track. 

Races Won from Y12-Y14

{Y12} 
1st in The Youth Challenge* - Nov. Week 3[Open]
1st in TW Futurity Stakes* - Sept. Week 2[Open]
1st in TW Lone Star Derby* - Aug. Week 3[Open]
1st in TW Humana Stakes* - July Week 4[Open]
1st in Magic Millions Colts Dirt* - Apr. Week 1[Open]
1st in TW Durantt Maiden - Mar. Week 3[M]

{Y13}
1st in TW The Honorable Stakes* - Dec. Week 3 [G2+]
1st in Bank On Silver Memorial Stakes* - Oct. Week 3 [O]
1st in TW Hollywood Gold Cup* - Sept. Week 1 [O]
1st in Do Your Best Stakes - June Week 1 [G3]
1st in TW Xelonno Derby - Mar. Week 3 [G3]
1st in TW Southwest Stakes* - Mar. Week 1[O]
1st in TW Middlient Derby* - Jan. Week 4[G4]

{Y14}
1st in Oscariannna Stakes - Feb. Week 3 [G1]
1st in Sun Stakes - Mar Week 3 [G1]
1st in Y14 STABLE FACE OFF Grade 3,2,1 Dirt* [Mar Wk 5]
1st in WINTER CUP* G1 DIRT - Oct Wk 4 [G1]
1st in WINTER DAWN TREADER CUP* - Nov Wk 2 [O]
1st in THE HONORABLE STAKES* - Dec Wk 3 [O]

{Awards}
Y12 GHF November Horse Of The Month
Y14 GHF March Horse Of The Month
Y14 Encouragement Award Winner

[Kenren]

I do love this horse a lot, but I just don't see his accomplishments as being at the level of a lot of other horses inducted :/ He's fantastic, and his record is great. Just not... phenomenal xD

[creativecause]

Although he has a nice record, I don't think he's HOF material. Although he has a nice HOTY race resume, he never won huge races like the BC or a TC race of any kind. He may have placed 2nd or 3rd in one or two of those races but he didn't win them. And I've noticed that a lot of the HOF inductees have around 22 wins or are one or two races away from winning half of their starts. I do think you have a nice horse, and one that will do very well for you in the breeding shed, but I don't think he has a place amongst horses like Paradise Island, Bella Luna and Impressario.

[S u N f r O s t ~]

Essentially what others said - great horse, but not an HoF horse to me I do love that you still put him though. Like you said, can't hurt to try!

[Brave]

I love Red Herring, he's such an awesome horse. However, like the others, I just don't think his record is HOF quality.

[Sammy]

Everyone has their slightest opinions but I voted yes, 14 HOTY wins seems pretty good to me now yes their was no Triple Crown in these but Red Herring certainly made a name for himself he certainly surprised me. I said yes because this horse went the distance and proved to be a true challenger against any one of our horses.

[S u N f r O s t ~]

There have been 7 votes so far...I would say that he is currently locked out of the HoF. Are you okay with me closing this Cruisey?

[Cruisey]

Yep go ahead Frosty, I tried xD