Registration:  ApHC #T-142061
Foaled:  1970
Died:  ??
Color:  Chestnut

A 1970 daughter of Appaloosa icon Hayes' Roman Cloud and out of Dina Doolin (AQHA), Roman's It Girl was bred and owned by late Appaloosa Horse Club Hall of Famer J. E. Baker of Oklahoma. The chestnut mare won four of her six starts including the World Wide Futurity and Texas Futurity in 1972 and a second place finish in the 1972 Texas Allowance. She broke two track records and was the two-year-old sprint filly champion in addition to being named the champion two-year-old in 1972. Her lifetime earnings total more than $23,724.

A bronze production plaque producer of 12 foals, Roman's It Girl produced 11 starters, six sinners, three stakes winners, five register of merit recipients, three medallion winners, two champions and one regional high-point champion. Her offspring earned more than $110,270 on the track. Outstanding medallion earning produce include: Bugsy 2, winner of more than $41,750 and champion two-year-old sprint filly in 1978 when she also won the Cricket Bars Futurity and Texas Futurity; It's A Girl Bug, winner of more than $12,123, the 1976 Bob Hankla Memorial Futurity and World Wide Futurity and 1992 bronze superior dam production plaque recipient; Talk About, winner of more than $11,178, the 1992 Indian Summer Futurity, 1992 champion two-year-old sprint colt and ROM recipient. It's Real Easy won more than $26,831, the 1982 World Wide Futurity and was an ROM recipient.

{This article and accompanying photograph were originally published in the Appaloosa Journal, March 1998, Vol 52, No. 3, "Field Notes Appaloosa Hall of Fame Roman's It Girl" and are used here by permission.}

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