Flashbacks What’s in a Name? In 1999, Iaintscared confidently galloped past the competition to win
the World Champion Breeding Stock Running Paint Horse title. By JESSICA HEIN
For 1999 World Champion Iaintscared, the name said it all.
good name is an important part of a horse’s char- acter. For racehorses, some breeders choose to highlight famous running lineage or capitalize on a witty name designed to catch bettors’ eyes. Still oth- ers use their starter’s name to communicate their own personal mantra. Such was the case for owner Joe Vannatta of Lometa, Texas. Iaintscared, the name of Joe’s 1997 sorrel solid gelding, reflected his owner’s belief in breeding the best horses he could. “That’s a good name, isn’t it?” Joe said in a Janu- ary–February 2000 Paint Racing News article. “We breed Paint mares to some fashionable stallions and get a lot of solids. My wife always wanted to know why I keep doing it, so I just told her ‘I ain’t scared.’ It kind of clicked, and that’s what we named him.” The gelding lived up to his owner’s credo. In Iaintscared’s freshman sea- son, 10 races were enough to earn the votes needed to secure World Champion Running Breeding Stock
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honors and his first Champion titles. The gelding’s debut took place in March 1999 at
Manor Downs, where he ran first in the track’s Paint and Appaloosa 2-year-old futurity trial—beating the field by 2 ¾ lengths with Bob Armor up. Iaintscared was again victorious two weeks later by a head over Adashtoomuch—another trial winner—in the finals. At Louisiana’s Delta Downs, Iaintscared took sec- ond in his All-Star Paint Futurity trial by a head to Summer Dice. Refusing to back down in the May finals, the gelding triumphed, beating second-place
finisher Adashtoomuch by a length and seventh-place runner Summer Dice by 3 ½. In July, Iaintscared and jockey Raul Ramirez added a win in the Gillespie Paint and Appaloosa Futurity to his résumé. A second-place effort in the Sam Houston Paint and Appaloosa Futurity followed in September, where he missed the top spot by two lengths to Royal Dash. Kenny Goad took over Iaintscared’s ride for the
APHA National Championship Breeding Stock Futu- rity at Blue Ribbon Downs in October. The gelding won his trial and placed second in the finals by a neck to Call Me Judy. The year culminated with the Paint The Town Futurity in November. Ridden by Dar- rell Constantin, Iaintscared was second in his trial to Country Quick Dash but came back to win the finals with his fastest time at 350-yards and his season-high speed index—:17.86 and 94, respectively. For his 1999 efforts, Iaintscared claimed Champion
Breeding Stock 2-Year-Old Gelding and 2-Year-Old titles for Joe. Racing through 2003, the gelding earned nearly $66,000 and Champion Breeding Stock 3-Year-Old Gelding and 3-Year-Old honors, along with a record of 11 wins, eight seconds and one third in 25 starts. His greatest speed index, a 102, came in the 2000 Tulsa Derby Stakes at Fair Meadows. Joe said at the time that Iaintscared’s success helped affirm his choice of bloodlines. Sired by Hall of Famer Chicks Beduino (QH), the gelding is out of the tobiano runner Shamrock Dasher.
A stakes winner with nearly $20,000 in earnings,
Shamrock Dasher has produced five Paints—all of whom are stakes-placing racehorses. In addition to Iaintscared, her produce includes Stillaintscared, earner of $23,356; Aintscaredeither, winner of $10,665; Shamrock Special, who has earned $6,319; and Aintscaredaflyin, earner of $21,597.
Jessica Hein is editor of Paint Horse Racing. To com- ment on this column, email
jhein@apha.com.
10 MAY 2013
PAINT HORSE RACING
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