After 23 races, LRF’s iron mare Hot n’ Dusty has been retired from racing.

Dusty’s career spanned 15 months and included 23 races. She earned $345,971 from 4 wins, and 17 in the money finishes (74%). But for her 4th place finish to Zenyatta she ended her career with 15 consecutive finishes in the money. Dusty is currently the leading 2009 Unusual Heat progeny with $311,011 in earnings.

Besides her obvious ability to rebound quickly from races her versatility made it easy to select races for her. She earned $170,975 on synthetic surfaces and $174,996 on the turf. She raced at three tracks, on six different racing surfaces and won at distances ranging from 6.5 furlongs to a mile and sixteenth.

In four stakes races, Dusty finished 2nd in both the Solana Beach Handicap, and Adoration Stakes, 3rd in the Cal Cap Matron and 4th in the G1 Vanity to Zenyatta.

Dusty was sold in the 2009 November Fasig-Tipton Sale in Kentucky to breeder Leonard Rizzi. We wish her new connections luck in the breeding shed.