Corona Surfer (Full Brother to Uncle D)

BEAR RIVER, WY—AUGUST 29, 2022–Multiple stakes sire Corona Surfer has joined Grade 1 winner and sire Bodacious at Woods Farm in Bear River, Wyoming for the 2023 breeding season later. Both stallion are available to see in Bear River.

Woods Farm purchased Corona Surfer, a Grade 1 qualifying son of leading sire Corona Cartel, last year and he will stand his second season in Wyoming at their farm. His fee will remain $1,500, with consideration.

A multiple graded stakes sire, Bodacious Dash (see related story) will stand for $2,000.

Corona Surfer is a full brother to two-time champion, Rainbow Futurity(G1) winner Uncle D ($689,165).

From limited starters in three crops to race, Corona Surfer has sired 16 winners, 1 black type, 5 stakes finalists with earnings of over $361,000 and average earnings per starter of more than $8,400.

 Surfz Up, (#7), shown in the trials, was 4th in the $334,069 Mountain Top QH Futurity(RG2) at Ruidoso Downs.
© Jake Rogers/Ruidoso Downs

His top performers include stakes-placed Surfz Up SI 93 (2 wins to 4,  $83,002 2nd New Mexico State Fair Juvenile S., etc.), Josiahs Bay SI 88 (winner to 3, $25,628 4th Mountain Top Juvenile Stakes, etc.), Sonny Surfer SI 88, g. (winner to 4, $29,050, New Mexico State Fair Juvenile finalist), Roxxie SI 95 (winner to 3, $17,378, Mountain Top QH Juvenile finalist), Surfers Nightmare SI 84 (winner at 2, $14,196, Desert Classic Futurity finalist), Ed N Otis SI 90 (winner at 2, $8,434 , New Mexico Classic QH Juvenile finalist, etc,), Dj Heartbreaker SI 90 (winner at 2, $36,725), Born Ta Boogie SI 102 (winner to 3, $29,453),   Shade Factor SI 88 (winner to 3, $17,650), Fletchers Cove SI 96 (winner at 2, $12,350), etc.

At the track Corona Surfer won or placed in five of nine career starts and earned $37,394. He was the second fastest qualifier on Night 2 to the Grade 1 $1,170,000 Heritage Place Futurity at Remington Park.

His sire is the #2 all-time leading sire and a "sire of sires", Corona Cartel SI 97 ($557,142), sire of 187 stakes winners, 10 champions, earners of more than $67 million.

 In his second career start Corona Surfer posted the second fastest time on Night 2 of the $1,170,000 Heritage Place Futurity(G1) trials at Remington Park.
© Dustin Orona Photography

Corona Cartel's top performers include Blues Girl Too SI 105 (AQHA Racing World Champion, $2,032,328, Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1, etc.), Teller Cartel SI 108 (champion, $1,212,471, All American Quarter Horse Futurity-G1, etc.), Five Bar Cartel SI 91 (champion, $1,068,825, Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1, etc.), Kvn Corona SI 95 (champion twice, $868,077, Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1, etc.), etc.

Six sons of Corona Cartel are on the Top 25 2022 Leading Sires of Money Earners List.

Out of the stakes winning track record setting First Down Dash mare Little Surfer SI 104 ($102,749), Corona Surfer is a brother to three black type including two-time champion Uncle D SI 95 ($689,165, Rainbow Futurity-G1, etc.), Grade 1-placed Call Me Cole SI 93 ($288,122, 3rd Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity, etc.), and stakes winner and G1 finalist Rip Tide SI 107 ($123,283).

The dam of 16 winners and18 ROM, Little Surfer is a sister to champion and multiple stakes sire Ocean Runaway SI 105 ($1,642,498), world champion and multiple stakes sire Wave Carver SI 104 ($1,005,946), Grade 1 winner Wave Her Down SI 95 ($436,415), Grade 1 winner Trisk SI 102 ($254,233), stakes winner and G1-placed Aquafina SI 99 ($188,336), G1-placed and multiple stakes sire Sir Runaway Dash SI 97 ($120,706), G2-placed Bring The Bling SI 97 ($67,320) and stakes-placed Seaside SI 91 ($38,296), etc.

For additional information or breeding contracts for Corona Surfer and Bodacious Dash call Trent Woods at  (307) 696-9264.