08/06/2024
Eyesa Slick Designer
2022 Sorrel Stallion by Slick By Design
out of Eyesa Pearl Chic (Okey Dokie Dale)
Eyesa Pearl Chic by Okey Dokey Dale
Futurity top 10 finalist, Top-Ten Senior Youth Barrel Racing finalist, race placed on the track, Canadian money earner, AQHA point earner.
Okey Dokey Dale SI 108
A son of all-time leading sire First Down Dash, Okey Dokey Dale won or placed in 15 of 20 career starts earning $250,091. Named the AQHA Racing Champion 3-year-old of 1998, he won the Ruidoso Derby(G2) and was second in the All American Derby(G1), Texas Classic Derby and Dash For Cash Derby.
From 14 crops to race Okey Dokey Dale sired 429 winners, 56 stakes winners, 50 stakes-placed, earners of $13.8 million with average earnings per starter of over $19,000.
His top performers include Okey Dokey Fantasy SI 104 (10 wins to 4, $576,521, Ruidoso Futurity-G1, etc.), two-time AQHA Racing Champion Distance Horses De Passem Okey SI 107 (21 wins to 8, $458,625, AQHA Distance Challenge Championship-G1, 1st-Re*****on Distance H.-G3, 1st-Re*****on Distance Challenge-G3, etc.), Scrutinizer SI 113 (7 wins to 4, $343,197, Hobbs America Derby, etc.), Sheet Burns SI 105 (20 wins to 9, $337,536, Herman Jefferson S.-G3, etc.), Docs Dusty Okie SI 113 (10 wins to 7, $275,715, Re*****on Distance H.-G3, etc.), Redman Running SI 108 (10 wins to 5, $266,615, Re*****on Park Futurity-G1, etc.), Eufaula Me SI 99 (9 wins to 5, $259,749, Iowa Double Gold Derby, etc.), Sassys Tuffy SI 104 (5 wins to 6, $256,728, Texas Championship Challenge-G1, etc.), Smokin Past You SI 112, (9 wins to 5, $231,681, Oklahoma Horsemen's Association Derby-G3, etc.), Ld American Maid SI 109 (16 wins to 7, $228,045, Rocky Heinzig Memorial S.-G3, etc.), etc.
Okey Dokey Dale's dam, AQHA Racing Champion mare Okeydokey Baby SI 101 by Zevi (TB), won the Grade 1 Kansas Futurity and earned $230,909. She is the am of 16 ROM, six stakes horses including champion Okey Dokey Dale SI 108 (see above), Rainbow Juvenile winner Buildemhigh SI 120 ($148,769), stakes-placed and G1 finalist Net Sum Gain SI 109 ($94,463), stakes-placed Chicks Okeydokey SI 109, stakes-placed Feature Movie SI 105 ($18,401) and Holly Pena SI 94 ($10,508).
She is the granddam of G2-placed Heza Caliente Hombre SI 98 ($156,464), stakes winner JJs Pena Colida SI 98 ($52,106), etc.
Mr Eye Opener
Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2020
Top 10 leading sire
As a 2-year-old, Mr Eye Opener clocked a track record: 16.45 at 330 yards in the West Texas Futurity at Sunland Park in New Mexico. He later won the Speedhorse Gold and Silver Cup Futurity at Trinity Meadows in Texas. The following year, Mr Eye Opener ran in the final of the Speedhorse Gold and Silver Cup Derby. He left the track with earnings of $202,978 and a record of nine wins, two seconds, and a third from 15 starts.
Mr Eye Opener sired 1,497 starters from 2,024 foals, including 95 stakes winners and the earners of more than $28.2 million.
When AQHA closed the books on 2018, Mr Eye Opener ranked No. 10 on the all-time leading sires of money earners list at $28.1 million. The only son of Dash For Cash that ranked higher was First Down Dash.
First Down Dash
Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2011.
First Down Dash continued the legacy at stud that started with his own sire, Dash For Cash. First Down Dash went on to surpass many of the all-time records set by Dash For Cash.
20 crops to raced, 1,163 winners including 224 stakes winners
On the racetrack, First Down Dash won 13 of 15 career starts and earned $857,256. As a 3-year-old in 1987, he had a near-perfect campaign with six stakes victories, including the Grade 1 Los Alamitos and Dash For Cash derbies and the Champion of Champions. He was that year’s AQHA World Champion.
For most of 2010, First Down Dash was on top of the leading sires of money earners list.
First Down Dash is the sire of a record six All American Futurity (G1) winners – Royal Quick Dash, Dash Thru Traffic, A Classic Dash, Corona Cash, Falling In Loveagain and No Secrets Here – and a record six Champion of Champions (G1) winners – Wave Carver, Ocean Runaway, Cash For Kas, The Down Side, A Ransom and Dashing Folly.
