Cruical’s first foal arrives at Hanover Shoe Farms, will be named after Charlie Keller
by Dr. Bridgette Jablonsky
This Chapter Seven colt, which foaled March 5 at Hanover Shoe Farms, is the first foal out of the Father Patrick mare Crucial 3,1:52.4 $528,598. Crucial is herself the first foal of the speedy Jolene Jolene 2,1:52,1 $231,673 and a sister to 2021 Dan Patch and O’Brien 2-Year-Old Filly of the Year Venerable 2,1:52 $1,039,966. This special colt will be named “Charlie K Hanover” after Charlie Keller, a great man and a great friend of Hanover Shoe Farms.