Harlan's Holiday Stakes (G3): Rocket Can

HARLAN'S HOLIDAY STAKES (G3)

Gulfstream Park, Dec. 21, $165,000 guaranteed, value of race $150,000, 3-year-olds and up, 8½ furlongs, 1:45.01 (track record, 1:39.91), track fast.

ROCKET CAN (gr/ro c, 4 yo, 121 lb), B $90,210
Into Mischief —Tension , by Tapit
B—Woodford Thoroughbreds, Ky.; O—Frank Fletcher Racing Operations; T—William I. Mott

Tumbarumba (b g, 4 yo, 123 lb), A++ $29,100
Oscar Performance —Naive Enough , by Street Sense
B—Coteau Grove Farms, La.; O—Wathnan Racing

Steal Sunshine (dkb/br h, 5 yo, 123 lb), A++ $14,550
Constitution —Warm Sunshine , by Unbridled's Song
B—Machmer Hall, Ky.; O—Iavarone, Michael, Iavarone, Jules, Brogden, Carrie L., Pollard, Kevin J., Gorry, Ed and Menard, David

Margins: 1¼, 3¾, 3½. Others: Cape Trafalgar 121 ($7,275), Digital Ops 118 ($4,365), Vitality 118 ($1,500), Tuscan Sky 120 ($1,500), Super Corinto 121 ($1,500). Winning jockey: Junior Alvarado.

Rocket Can's Race and (Stakes) Record

Year	Age	Starts	1st	2nd	Earned
2022	At 2	4	1	1	$99,388
2023	At 3	4	1 (1)	1 (1)	$284,025
2024	At 4	7	2 (1)	2	$228,780
	Lifetime	15	4 (2)	4 (1)	$612,193

Rocket Can's Pedigree

INTO MISCHIEF b, 2005	Harlan's Holiday, 1999 22s, SW, $3,632,664 1,290 f, 107 SW, 1.53 AEI	Harlan, 1989 30s, SW, $403,174 99 f, 6 SW, 2.78 AEI	Storm Cat
			Country Romance
		Christmas in Aiken, 1992 6s, wnr, $31,628 13 f, 12 r, 9 w, 1 SW	Affirmed
			Dowager
	Leslie's Lady, 1996 28s, SW, $187,014 14 f, 10 r, 8 w, 3 SW	Tricky Creek, 1986 37s, SW, $873,288 407 f, 20 SW, 0.95 AEI	Clever Trick
			Battle Creek Girl
ROCKET CAN , gr/ro, c April 28, 2020		Crystal Lady, 1990 6s, wnr, $13,491 12 f, 12 r, 9 w, 1 SW	Stop the Music
			One Last Bird
	Tapit, 2001 6s, SW, $557,300 1,713 f, 174 SW, 2.16 AEI	Pulpit, 1994 6s, SW, $728,200 922 f, 85 SW, 1.78 AEI	A.P. Indy
			Preach
TENSION gr/ro, 2012		Tap Your Heels, 1996 9s, SW, $47,275 12 f, 8 r, 5 w, 1 SW	Unbridled
			Ruby Slippers
	Tough Tiz's Sis, 2004 20s, SW, $903,792 11 f, 9 r, 5 w, 1 SW	Tiznow, 1997 15s, SW, $6,427,830 1,741 f, 98 SW, 1.48 AEI	Cee's Tizzy
			Cee's Song
		Leaseholder, 1990 37s, wnr, $140,731 12 f, 10 r, 9 w, 2 SW	Taylor's Falls
			Leasehold

Rocket Can's Family Notes

Sire: INTO MISCHIEF, b, 2005. Raced 2 yrs, 6 sts, 3 wins, $597,080. Won CashCall Futurity (G1), Damascus S; 2nd Malibu S (G1), San Vicente S (G2), Hollywood Prevue S (G3).

Lifetime: 13 crops, 1,702 foals, 1,403 rnrs (82%), 1,011 wnrs (59%), 320 2yo wnrs (19%), 179 sw (11%), 2.01 AEI, 1.83 CI, 965 sale yrlgs, avg $303,694, 3.8 TNA.

In 2024: 38 sw, 146 2yos, 80 2yo rnrs, 28 2yo wnrs, 61 sale yrlgs, avg $554,098.

1st dam: Tension, gr/ro, 2012. Bred by Karl Watson and Paul Weitman (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs, 2 sts, $5,385. Dam of 4 named foals, 3 rnrs, 1 wnr, 1 sw. ($750,000, 2017 keenov, Curlin; $100,000, 2023 keejan, Collected).

2018: Everything Changes, ch c, by Curlin. Died 2020.

2019: Goddessof the Nile, b f, by Pioneerof the Nile. Raced 1 yr, 1 st, 0 wins, $500. ($9,000 keesep yrlg).

2020: ROCKET CAN, gr/ro c, by Into Mischief.

At 3: Won Holy Bull S (G3), 2nd Fountain of Youth S (G2).

At 4: Won Harlan's Holiday S (G3).

2021: Mongolian Max, gr/ro g, by City of Light. Raced 1 yr, 8 sts, 0 wins, $5,960. ($20,000 keesep yrlg; $100,000 obsapr 2yo).

2022: Barren.

2023: Ch f, by Collected. ($40,000 keenov wnlg).

Nicking: INTO MISCHIEF w/TAPIT mares: 52 foals, 39 strs, 29 wnrs (56%), 11 2yo wnrs (21%), 5 SW (10%), 3 GSW (6%)

Broodmare sire: TAPIT, gr/ro, 2001. Sire of 569 dams of 2,162 foals, 1,552 rnrs (72%), 1,032 wnrs (48%), 325 2yo wnrs (15%), 1.51 AEI, 1.36 CI; 134 sw.

2nd dam: TOUGH TIZ'S SIS, b, 2004. Bred by Gary K. Tussey (Ky.). Raced 3 yrs, 20 sts, 8 wins, $903,792. Won Ruffian H (G1), Lady's Secret S (G1), Hollywood Breeders' Cup Oaks (G2), Hawthorne H (G3), WinStar Sunland Park Oaks, Harry W. Henson H; 2nd Vanity H (G1), Santa Maria H (G1), Bayakoa H (G2), El Encino S (G2); 3rd Gazelle S (G1), Clement L. Hirsch H (G2). Dam of TIZ MIDNIGHT (f, Midnight Lute; $339,800, Won Bayakoa S (G2); 2nd Zenyatta S (G1); dam of MIDNIGHT MEMORIES), Fitz Grant (g, Misremembered; $6,796, 3rd Rillito Hopeful Maiden S).