Wish I Was Shameless

Wish I Was Shameless, aka Boss, is a gentle black colt born on May 3, 2023. He should mature to be around 15.2 or 15.3 hh. He is out of the fourth foal crop for FAMOUS AND SHAMELESS, a money earner in barrel racing who ran Futurity 1D at the BBR World Finals in May 2021, where he was also 2nd in the 2D Futurity average, and at the Select Stallion Stakes Futurity in March 2021. Famous and Shameless is a son of DASH TA FAME and out of a daughter of SHAWNE BUG, a #8 magic cross producing earners of over $500,000. SHAWNEIA has produced multiple 1D futurity runners and money earners. Boss is out of Marys Wish (TB), an own daughter of SONGANDAPRAYER who earned $380,480 on the track and produced earners of $51.5 million.

Boss has a gentle and willing disposition. He is eligible for Breeders Challenge, Future Fortunes, TQHA, SSS, VGBRA, and C-N incentives.

Sire side:

FAMOUS AND SHAMELESS is by DASH TA FAME, winner of $290,812 himself and the all-time leading sire for barrel racing with earners of $23 million and earners of $19 million on the track, for a total of $42 million. He is out of SHAWNEIA, an own daughter of SHAWNE BUG, the #9 broodmare sire for the last decade in barrel racing with earners in excess of $437,800 and producers of more than $2.6 million. SHAWNE BUG is also considered one of the top magic crosses with DASH TA FAME, the #8 cross in 2019, with earners like Fames Licorice Kiss ($115,472), Its Complicated ($58,534), Bug Dasher JC ($37, 362), Famous Heartbreaker ($222,316), Born ta Fame ($22, 587) and Uh Huh Im Famous ($17,641). This cross averages $31,208.

FAMOUS AND SHAMELESS is out of SHAWNEIA by SHAWNE BUG (1974) who earned $277,023 on the track and earned a Speed Index of 101. On the track he sired earners of $4.8 million, 26 stakes winners, over 90 AQHA register of merits, 190 AAA+ runners, and 358 race winners. He is the sire of CORPORATE BUG (SI 105, $289,422), PAINTED BUG (SI 113, $274,569), SHAWNES DIAMOND (SI 116, $278,245), etc; and broodmare sire of Champion STRAWBERRY SILK (SI 105, $1,226,264), SHAWNE KATE (dam of DARKELLY) $759,000; SHAWNES FAVORITE (SI 106, $365,280), etc. As a maternal and paternal grandsire, his sons and daughters have had earners of $2.6 million in the arena. He is the #9 leading broodmare sire of barrel horses in the last decade with earners over $1.9 million.

Shawneia is out of DELICATE KIP by KIPTYDOO. DELICATE KIP (1978) earned $12,378 on the track and earned a Speed Index of 92. She had 10 foals who raced, earning $97,045, including DOCMICHAEL earner of $56,182.

Dam side:

Mary's Wish is a daughter of SONGANDAPRAYER, mentioned above. SONGANDAPRAYER was Florida's leading freshman sire in 2005 with over $1 million in progeny earnings and three black-type winners, including multiple graded stakes winner WHAT A SONG ($179,700). As a sire, he had 63% winners from foals and 90 black-type performers, which included three champions. His 15 crops to race earned more than $51.5 million and averaged $58,021 per starter. SONGANDAPRAYER was also sired by UNBRIDLED'S SONG, earner of $1,311,800, a favorite at the 1996 Kentucky Derby and winner of the Wood Memorial and Florida Stakes. From 14 crops to race to date, UNBRIDLED'S SONG Song sired 730 winners from just over 1,000 lifetime starters, with nearly $90 million in career progeny earnings. He subsequently became a highly successful sire, with major winners including Breeders' Cup champions ARROGATE, FOREVER UNBRIDLED, MIDSHIPMAN and LIAM'S MAP. He also sired the filly EIGHT BELLES who came second in the Kentucky Derby. He was posthumously the leading sire in North America of 2017.

Mary's Wish is out of Phoneiswild, a daughter of WILD ZONE ($509,973), sire of 82 dams of 322 named foals of racing age, 215 runners (66%), 140 winners (43%), 42 2yo winners (13%), 6 takes winners with leading earner having won $652,068.