Papa Clem a son of Smart Strike standing at Legacy Ranch in California

 
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Papa Clem a son of Smart Strike standing at Legacy Ranch in California
  Papa Clem a Grade 2 winning son of Smart Strike and a 2009 Kentucky Derby contenter 
 
  Come to Papa - By Dan Liebman
Standard football coach-speak on national signing day is always to say recruiting starts at home. “We need to get the best players from within our own state,” is a statement you hear over and over.
February 17, 2010
   
  Papa Clem to Legacy Ranch in California
Pete Parrella has reached an agreement in principle with Bo Hirsch to stand Hirsch's homebred Papa Clem at Parella's Legacy Ranch near Clements, Calif.  Tuesday,
January 26, 2010
   
  Grade II Winner Papa Clem Retired
Grade II winner Papa Clem has been retired from racing due to an ankle injury and will stand at stud in 2010, according to owner/breeder Bo Hirsch and trainer Gary Stute.  

Saturday, January 23, 2010
   
  Papa Clem Proves Class in San Fernando
Favored Papa Clem seized the lead from pacesetter Smart Bid in the stretch and held off his rival through the lane to score a hard-fought half-length win in the $150,000 San Fernando Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Jan. 16.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
   
  Human Stories Dominate Derby
The Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) isn't just about the horse. This edition boasts an unusually fertile crop of human-interest stories in the connections behind the horses.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
   
  Papa Clem Carries On Family Name
The Hirsch family is one of California's most prominent in the Thoroughbred business, and Papa Clem, named after the late Clement Hirsch, will carry on that rich tradition in the May 2 Run for the Roses.
Friday, April 24, 2009
   
  Porter on Pedigrees: Papa Clem
One of the great uncertainties in evaluating the prospects of this year's Kentucky Derby contenders is weighing all-weather form. And it has been brought into particularly sharp focus by the efforts of two horses that have run behind the West Coast's dominant 3-year-old, Pioneerof the Nile.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
   
  Papa Clem Up in Time in Arkansas Derby
Southern California shipper Papa Clem outfought even-money choice Old Fashioned in a thrilling stretch duel at Oaklawn Park to win the $1 million Arkansas Derby (gr. II) by a half-length April 11.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
   
  Papa Clem 2nd in Lewis
Papa Clem is just nipped at the wire by Pioneerof the Nile in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) in the final strides.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
   
  Papa Clem a son of Smart Strike standing at Legacy Ranch in California


2013 fee $6,500 LFSN
standing at:
Legacy Ranch Clements California
21455 N. Clements RD Clements, California 95227
syndicate manager Gayle Van Leer

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