By Spend a Buck (1982). $4,220,689, Horse of the Year in U.S., Classic winner, 10 wins in 15 starts at 2 and 3, Kentucky Derby [G1], Arlington-Washington Futurity [G1], etc. Sire of 16 crops of racing age, 668 foals, 549 starters, 33 stakes winners, 4 champions, 395 winners of 1332 races earning $21,885,538, including Pico Central (horse of the year, champion sprinter in Brazil, $1,283,145, Metropolitan H. [G1], etc.), Investor’s Dream [G1 (champion in Brazil), Irish Lover [G1] (champion in Brazil), Black Coffey [G1] (horse of the year twice in Peru), Hard Buck ($1,073,674, Gulfstream Park Breeders’ Cup H. [G1], etc.).

1st dam
Sheila Purple, by Purple Mountain. Broodmare of the Year in Brazil 2004. Sent from Brazil to  USA in 2004. Dam of 5 foals, 4 to race, 3 winners, including– PICO CENTRAL (c. by Spend a Buck). $1,283,145, horse of the year, champion sprinter in Brazil, 9 wins in 16 starts from 2 to 4, Metropolitan H. [G1], Vosburgh H. [G1], Carter H. [G1], Grande Premio Major Suckow [G1], Grande Premio Estado do Rio de Janeiro [G1], San Carlos H. [G2], 3rd Cigar Mile [G1], Grande Premio Cordeiro da Graca [G1], Pat O’Brien Breeders’ Cup H. [G2] to 5, 2005.
 
2nd dam
ECOUTE, by Tumble Lark. Sister to Damascus Blade. Dam of 6 foals, including–REAL BALAFRE (by Henri La Balafre). Copa ANPC-Areia [G3] in Brazil. Sire.Beautiful Blonde (by Midnight Tiger). Unraced. Dam of–  SENADOR BROOKLIN (by A  Good Reason). 5 wins, 2 to 5, 2004 in Brazil, Presidente Herculano de Freitas.

3rd dam
MYSTERE, by Imbroglio. Winner at 4 in Argentina, Premio Armando C. Rouillon, 3rd Premio Bolivia twice. Dam of 5 foals, including-Damascus Blade (by Tumble Lark). Placed at 2 and 4 in Brazil, 3rd Grande Premio Turfe Paranaense, Premio Presidente Joao Tobias de Aguiar. Dam of– LE DAMASCUS. At 5 in Brazil, Grande Premio Associacao Brasileira de Criadores do Cavalos de Corrida. Sire. MET BLADE. 2 wins at 3 in Brazil, Grande Premio Barao de Piracicaba-Brazilian One Thousand Guineas [G1], Grande Premio Criacao Nacional [G1]. Dam of–BLADE PROSPECTOR. 10 wins, 2 to 6, N.A. and Brazil, Berkeley H. [G3], Premio Dante Marchione, 2nd San Carlos H. [G1], Pr. Renato Junqueira Netto. CAT BLADE. 9 wins, 2 to 6 in N.A. and Brazil, Grande Premio Encerramento, Premio Braulio Gomes, 2nd Premio Camara Municipal de Sao Paulo, 3rd Copa ANPC Velocidade [G3]. A Good Reason. Winner at 2 in Brazil. Sire. Zanbarian. Dam of FROM TOKYO (Presidente Firmiano Pinto, etc).One Brave Balafre. 2nd Grande Premio Presidente do Jockey Club [G2]. Sire Jet Blade. Dam of Paquerador (3rd GP Candido Egydio de Souza Aranha [G3]). Myriad. Granddam of JOY LARK, Paul Bacana [G3], Reco Lark (dam of FRANCE LARK).