TOUCH TONE AMONG LEADING TEXAS THOROUGHBRED SIRES IN 2009
PILOT POINT, TX — JUNE 4, 2009 — JEH Stallion Station's TOUCH TONE is among the leading sires of winners in Texas for 2009.
Through June 4 he has sired 10 winners this season from 16 starters (62.5%), which is the #1 Sire of Winners by percentage for stallions with more than three starters in Texas.
He is the #5 general sire of winners in Texas and #12 general sire by earnings in Texas with earnings of $160,299.
A grade 1 stakes-placed son of Pick Up The Phone, TOUCH TONE won or placed in seven of eight career starts while earning $632,850. He won the Iowa Derby, Alysheba Breeders' Cup Stakes and was second in the Haskell Invitational Handicap(G1), to Horse of the Year Point Give, third in the Riva Ridge Stakes(G2), Pennsylvania Derby(G3) and Phoenix Breeders' Cup Stakes(G3).
Owned by Tom Durant, TOUCH TONE stands for a fee of $1,500 at the Texas Division of JEH Stallion Station near Pilot Point.
