Ballyecho       

Ballyecho is a 2002, 17+ hand chestnut daughter of My Pretty Echo, by the stallion Defrere. Defrere is one of the leading sires of Thoroughbred race horses in the Mid-Atlantic region. He is a son of Deputy Minister, who was the 1981 Canadian Horse of the Year and a winner of numerous prestigious stakes races. Defrere’s dam is Sister Dot, a daughter of the legendary Secretariat; she was one of the most prolific dams of race horses in the 1990’s. Among her other sons was Dehere, a stakes winner at Belmont, Saratoga and Gulf Stream parks and a leading sire of race horses in the U.S. and Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Ballyecho is approved by the ISR-Oldenburg, N.A. for the main mare book.

Offspring

For the Moment 2009 filly by For the Future

Santiago 2006 colt by Santa Cruz

Balouette 2010 filly by Bandares

Ariadne 2011 Filly by Albarez

Catalaya 2013 filly by Color Guard

Eastwood 2014 gelding by Color Guard