It's no secret that many of today's trainers and owners go to yearling sales annually in search of brothers or sisters or close relatives to horses they've had in the past. What's most difficult to find once a champion has been raced is a second version that not only possesses similar talent but can be found at auction by those looking for value. Quite often the exact opposite is the result, as a brother or sister of a current champion is likely to help increase the price at auction of those in the next generation. Trainer Chris Ryder was able to find a diamond a few years back when he purchased Bettor's Wish from the Brittany Farms consignment for just $15,000. Perhaps there was nothing particularly outstanding about that son of Bettor's Delight given the age of the stallion and the long backstory of a dam's side with historic success but limited recent production. Bettor's Wish was a horse that helped put Ryder back on the map and he was also one that accompanied Dexter Dunn on a long and prosperous ride upon arriving in North America. Dunn and Ryder teamed up well and Bettor's Wish did the rest during a brilliant career, racking up 24 wins in 44 starts and just over $2.6 million in earnings. Dunn wasn't a novice when he arrived and as has generally been the case among catch-drivers, was wary of buying into any type of racing stock or yearlings for that matter. He did though make one exception following Bettor's Wish's successful ride when he partnered with Ryder and two others on Coalition Hanover at the 2020 Harrisburg Sale. A year later Dunn and partners had raced Coalition Hanover as a 2-year-old and put him in the Harrisburg Mixed Sale. The partners, that include Ryder's right-hand man Pete Trebotica along with owner Barry Spak, were going to use the proceeds from the sale to find another yearling, hopefully with more ability than Coalition Hanover had shown. Ryder again found a horse with Brittany Farms pedigree front and center but other connections a bit off the same track. Twin B Joe Fresh, who last Sunday (August 14) paced to a 1:48 4/5 victory in Kentucky Championship Series action at The Red Mile, was a $65,000 purchase with a pedigree that strikingly resembles that of Bettor's Wish. "I loved the maternal line," said Ryder. "It goes back to Three Diamonds." Indeed, the pedigree on the maternal side has Three Diamonds as the fourth dam and that champion filly was also the fourth dam of Bettor's Wish. Twin B Joe Fresh also shares the third dam Lifetime Success with Bettor's Wish. What she doesn't share is the same sire in Bettor's Delight. However, those who study pedigrees understand that Roll With Joe, the sire of Twin B Joe Fresh, is in fact a full brother to Bettor's Delight that is 10 years younger than one of the sport's greatest stallions. So, from the paternal side Twin B Fresh has the exact same line as Bettor's Wish. What's striking about the differences in bloodlines between the two and perhaps a key to the fleet nature that Twin B Fresh has shown in just a handful of career starts, is the presence of Captaintreacherous as the broodmare sire of Twin B Joe Fresh's dam Fresh Breeze. This is the first taste of Captaintreacherous on the broodmare side and with it brings the blood of Somebeachsomewhere into a packed maternal line. "She was a beautiful horse at the sale," said Ryder. "Maybe it was the Roll With Joe that people didn't look at." Roll With Joe stands in New York and has had reasonable success. Yet at the same time it should be known that Twin B Joe Fresh is now the fastest filly he's ever had. In her five career starts Twin B Joe Fresh has won four times and finished second on one occasion, a Kentucky Championship at The Red Mile on August 2 where she was second with Dunn at the lines. Twin B Joe Fresh atoned for the loss in the 1:48 4/5 career-best mile defeating her conqueror Strong Poison by open lengths with a devastating 26 1/5 quarter at the end of the mile. "She finished with the plugs in," said Ryder, who wouldn't compare Twin B Joe Fresh to Bettor's Wish when it came to toughness but rated her to this point as having at least as much speed if not more of it. A rarity in that she's dual-eligible to the New York Sire Stakes as well as the Kentucky Championship program, Ryder is keenly aware of the options to race in a pair of rich finals in both states. "She's back in New Jersey now," said Ryder. "You've got to race in three legs of the New York Sire Stakes in order to be eligible to the final. She's only raced in two but will go in the next leg at Vernon Downs [August 27]." With two wins already in the New York program, Twin B Joe Fresh is on course to reach the $200,000 final at Tioga Downs on September 10. "If all goes well, she's got the Kentucky Championship eight days later [September 18] at The Red Mile," Ryder said. "That's worth $400,000." With dual-eligibility Ryder and partners were under no stress to reach outside either Sire Stakes program. "We didn't make her eligible to the Breeders Crown so that Kentucky Championship will be it for her," Ryder said. Bettor's Wish it should be noted was also a dual Sire Stakes program 2-year-old eligible both in Ontario and Kentucky just four years ago. He finished fourth in the Kentucky final and was second in the Ontario Super Final in 2018. Ryder is still optimistic that we'll get to see last year's juvenile pacing filly champion Niki Hill in the next few weeks. "You might see her at Lexington," said Ryder. "Her feet are still not right but I'm hopeful." With Party Girl Hill, Niki Hill and now Twin B Joe Fresh, Ryder has struck gold quite often with pacing fillies. Dexter Dunn on the other hand has generally been just the driver but now he has an even greater interest. How many horses does Dexter own? "He owns just this one," said Ryder.