H. Allen Poindexter's breeding program shaped the top and bottom of the pedigree in his homebred filly Sweet Heat, who became the first winner for Swifty Farms' freshman sire Isotherm Aug. 29 at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
Sweet Heat is a third-generation homebred for the Midwest owner/breeder and the only foal produced so far out of the Alpha daughter Sweet Kala. Poindexter's involvement in the family goes back to the multiple stakes winner Humble Retha, whom he acquired privately and bred her last three foals. Those foals include Humble Street, a daughter of Street Sense and a stakes-placed winner at 2. Humble Street is the dam of Sweet Kala, who was bred to Isotherm this year.
Poindexter co-owns Sweet Heat with trainer Kara Toye. Sophie Doyle rode the newly minted winner, who went 7 1/2 furlongs on the grass in 1:32.56 and won by four lengths at nearly 24-1.
Poindexter also bred Isotherm, an 11-year-old son of Lonhro (AUS), whom he sold for $120,000 to Rockbridge Bloodstock at the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale through Paramount Sales' consignment. Matt Schera raced Isotherm, who won the San Marcos Stakes (G2T) and the Pilgrim Stakes (G3T) and placed in six other graded stakes, including a third in the 2018 Awesome Again Stakes (G1). He retired with a 3-3-5 record from 32 starts and earned $527,394.
Isotherm stood at Swifty Farms in Indiana this year for $1,500.
