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Editor's Notes By Stephanie J. Corum
What an incredible weekend Darleys Hollywood 2016 was. I think it was the best one yet and I know I'm not the only one that feels that way. If you weren't able to be there, the pages of this issue cover just the highlights. You can go to the Sheikh Mansoor Festival's YouTube page and watch the Awards Ceremony and the Gala dinner. Facebook and Instagram have photos galore from some fabulous photographers. And I would encourage you to put this on your "must do" list for 2017. And while Joe Nevills wasn't able to attend our Darley awards, he was nominated for a Sovereign Award, which is Canada's version of the Eclipse Awards. He writes about his experiences in this month's column and I want to echo his sentiments. Our work in the racing industry opens us up to incredible opportunities, but if it weren't for these majestic race horses, we wouldn't have an industry. And speaking of that... It's been years since I've heard so much positive talk about the Arabian racing industry. Even Alan Kirshner is feeling more positive, enough so that he wanted to write a special "One Man's Opinion". It's great to see Alan back, and he's welcome any time. Racing itself is about to kick into high gear, so we'll see if that enthusiasm translates into numbers on the race track. Since it takes so long to see results from the breeding shed on the track it may still take a few years. Boy, if there's one thing horses force you to learn, it's patience.
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CALIFORNIA
The Alameda County Fair at Pleasanton opens on June 16. The condition book is now online at www.calfairs.com. Arabian races offered are: June 17 - Allowance, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs, $7,000 June 18 - Maiden, 3-year-olds and up, 5 furlongs, $6,300 June 19 - Allowance, 3-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs, $7,000 June 24 - Allowance, 3-year-olds and up, non-winners of 2 races lifetime, 6 furlongs, $6,200 June 25 - Maiden, 3-year-olds and up, 5 1/2 furlongs, $6,300 June 26 - Allowance, 3-year-olds and up, non-winners of 3 races lifetime, 6 furlongs, $6,400 July 2 - Stakes, HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs, $41,000 est. July 2 - Stakes, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Arabian Cup Emerald Jewel (Gr.2), 3-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs, $48,000 est. July 3 - Maiden, 3-year-olds and up, 5 furlongs, $6,300
COLORADO
Arapahoe Park opens on May 20. The first condition book is online at www.mihiracing.com. Arabian races offered in the first condition book are: May 21 - Maiden, 3-year-olds and up, 5 1/2 furlongs, $5,600 May 22 - Allowance, 3-year-olds and up, 5 furlongs, $8,400 May 28 - Claiming, $5,000, 3-year-olds and up, 5 1/2 furlongs, $5,700 May 29 - Allowance, 3-year-olds and up, non-winners of 2 races lifetime, 5 1/2 furlongs, $7,300 June 3 - Maiden, 3-year-olds and up, 5 1/2 furlongs, $5,600 June 5 - Allowance, 3-year-olds and up, non-winner in 2016, 6 furlongs, $8,400 June 10 - Claiming, $5,000, 3-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs, $5,700
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Delaware Park has a strong stakes schedule again this year. We have the richest grade 1 stakes left for 2016 - the Delaware Park Arabian Classic H. with a purse of $50,000. It is also the only track in the country to host a grade 1 stakes race exclusively for fillies and mares - the Buzz Brauninger Arabian Distaff H. In addition, if there are enough 3-year-old horses running at Delaware Park, the Juvenile Championship races will be run towards the end of the meet. These are the only grade 3 races for 3-year-olds. These important races were stepping stones for Darley 3-Year-Old Champions Jewell AA, Lazer Hess and Love To Dance. These are two very important graded stakes races and should be continued but will be only if there are enough 3-year-olds at the track. 8 • Arabian Finish Line • May 2016
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By Land or Air: Health Problems and Risk Factors of Horse Transport
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absolutely love westerns and often think about those days when horses had to be moved across the plains and prairies either by their own hoof power or later on by rail power. Not to mention when they had to be shipped across the vastness of oceans confined within the bowels of the ship. Today, most domestic horses will be subjected to transport at some time in their life. Transport can occur for a variety of reasons such as competitions, exhibitions, breeding, hospitalization, leisure or when bought and sold. The vast majority of horses are transported without incident; however, some can be associated with a variety of serious health disorders which can result in emotional and economic losses. So let’s talk about some of the key health related issues that are associated with horse travel. Air Quality Poor air quality puts excessive strain on the respiratory system and can lead to disease. The air quality varies depending on the type of bedding, flooring, ventilation, allergens (from hay or mold), irritants (ammonia from urine; exhaust fumes) and infectious agents (bacteria, viruses). The importance of enough ventilation during transport should be high on our list of priorities. Ventilation is the process of providing fresh circulating air, hence adequate air exchange. This means that fresh air must enter into the trailer and the stale air must be removed. Now, let’s just do some basic ventilation 101…a well ventilated system helps maintain proper temperatures, reduces humidity, removes odors, reduces dust and disease organisms and provides fresh air. The best scenario in order for these things to happen in a horse trailer is for the fresh air to enter through the
middle and lower part of the trailer and circulate around and the stale air should exit via the upper and lower part of the trailer. When we speak of airplane travel, their ventilation is set up as a recirculation system. That means that the air supplied to the compartment is 50% outside air mixed with 50% of filtered air. Continuous air exchange prevents overheating and reduces exposure to dust, bacteria, and mold. By keeping the air moving will help ensure that your horses will travel in reasonable comfort and arrive at their destination in good health. Ventilation is often compromised in transport of horses due to the desire of humans to provide a nice cozy environment for our horses during the cooler months. I hate to break it to you…horses are not the same as humans. Horses are most comfortable at temperatures between 18 and 56°F (-7 to 13°C). The need to close up the windows and vents and blanket the horse prior to a trailer trip is greatly over-estimated. I had the opportunity to ride in different types of horse trailers several times. With the windows and vents closed up and even with them open, it gets pretty stuffy in the standard front- and slant-load trailers. I found that the stock trailers offered the best ventilation from a human perspective, and it helped me realize what the horse must feel. The exhaust system of a vehicle should be higher than the trailer it is pulling or at least not in the immediate vicinity of intake vents to the trailer. In addition, diesel exhaust is more harmful than gasoline exhaust. Breathing these fumes can have a negative impact on the respiratory system. Deaths of horses in trailers have been reported when the wind currents during transit directed the exhaust fumes directly into closed trailers! Speaking of respiratory system, Clearance of Respiratory
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Secretions is next. There have been several studies evaluating the effect of how horse transport can affect the lungs. It is important that the horse keep its airway cleared and cleaned of contaminants. A quick review of how the horse’s airway works. Within the trachea and bronchi of the horse are billions of microscopic, hair-like structures called cilia. These cilia are self-defense mechanisms for the lungs. The surrounding cells produces mucus that kind-of floats on top of the cilia. These collect the dust particles, bacteria and everything that the horse inhales. The cilia move out of the lungs and up the trachea, thus transporting all the “stuff” that it has collected and it is either coughed up or swallowed. This is a very important mechanism for the horse and a lot of things can decrease this contaminant transport mechanism: ammonia from excess urine, exhaust fumes (carbon monoxide), and head posture…yes, I said head posture! Several studies have demonstrated that when horses have their heads elevated for more than six hours, the airway is not properly cleared and cleaned, thus predisposing the horse to a variety of respiratory infections. One of those infections is equine pleuropneumonia (inflammation of the membrane covering the lungs and lining the chest cavity = pleurisy plus pneumonia caused by Streptococcus bacteria species) otherwise known as “shipping fever” or “travel sickness”. The risk of developing this disease increases when the duration of the horse’s transport exceeds 10 hours. Horses usually show signs of fever, nasal discharge, cough, depression and loss of appetite a couple of days after they arrive at their destination. This strongly implies changes in practices where horses are cross-tied or ride with their heads tied up during long transport rides. For air transport, cross-tie restraint is still instituted to prevent the horse from damaging the integrity of the pressurized cabin. The horse air transport companies say the benefits of this type of restraint greatly outweigh the risks…I totally agree. Gastrointestinal Tract Travel can cause a change in the motility of the intestines and the amount of water retained in the gut. Consequently, there is usually dehydration and a reduction in gut motility associated with transport, which can lead to impaction colic and other gastrointestinal upsets. Provide hay and water during travel. Avoid dusty hay during transport, and soak hay if necessary. Hang the hay in front of the horse’s head as low as possible, without risk of getting the legs tangled. During an extended trip (over 4 hours), stop at regular intervals (at least 20 – 30 minutes) and offer water.
reduction in feed and water intake and losses through sweating, manure and urine. An average 500 kg (1100 lb) horse can lose 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) of weight per hour of travel, and this can increase dramatically with an increase in the environmental temperature and humidity. Musculoskeletal System Some may be surprised to learn that the amount of energy that the horse expends during travel is approximately that of him walking. Therefore, extended periods of travel time can actually lead to fatigue in the horse. The level of energy expended will depend upon the quality of driving or flying, the flooring and the horse position at the time of travel. Remember, the horse is standing in a moving mode of transportation and his muscles are undergoing constant isometric (static) contractions because he has to balance himself the entire time. Speaking of horse position…research and horses left to their own devises have shown that facing backwards (away from the direction of travel) during travel is best option for a horse to be transported as it can remain properly balanced. Horses carry most (60%) of their weight on their front end. Their serratus ventralis muscle acts like a sling for the thoracic cavity, thus allowing the horse to move forward and sideways at the same time. This is essential for the horse to keep its front end underneath itself and it will only use its hindquarters as a cushion with sudden stops. Don’t believe me? Try trailering your horse lose and see how he ends up at the end of your trip. Stress Transport stress in horses is caused by a myriad of physical, psychological and environmental stressors. See the accompanying table. These can cause a reduced immune response, which may lead to an increase in susceptibility to disease. It is important for the welfare of the horse to minimize all potential transport issues. We must take control of what can be controlled in order to reduce any chance of illness to our horses wherever they may be journeying.
Weight Loss Even with very short trips, there can be a significant amount of weight loss from the horse. This is associated with a 11 • Arabian Finish Line • May 2016
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the world, as our desires may crave.
started writing this in the Chicago O’Hare airport en route to Toronto for the Sovereign Awards, Canada’s yearend racing honors, and for opening day at Woodbine. Transient life has become the norm for me lately, having just come back from covering the Fasig-Tipton Florida 2-year-olds in training sale at Gulfstream Park in early March. Flying still scares the bejeezus out of me, but I’ve learned to accept it as a necessary discomfort to see things and meet people beyond my usual scope. I’m still far from George Clooney’s character in Up in the Air, but at least I get more of the film’s references. This is starting to sound like a humblebrag, but I promise I’m getting to a point. If you’re reading this, chances are good you’ve traveled somewhere you might have never dreamed of going if not for the horses. Many of you might still be recovering from trips out to the West Coast for the Darley Awards and the big race at Santa Anita Park, either as an owner, breeder, trainer, barn staff, or as a fan. It’s not long between instances on social media when I see a friend involved in the Arabian industry headed to the Middle East or Europe to engage the business on a global scale. Closer to home, one only has to look at the past performances of many racing Arabians to see how many miles they and their human connections have logged between the breed’s scattered jurisdictions. Last year, I wrote that the venerable So Big Is Better had traversed about 50,000 miles and growing during his on-track career, and he certainly didn’t do it alone. Travel can be a pain, sure. Without the miseries of air transit, stand-up comedy as we know it would crumble to dust. Still, we are fortunate to be a part of an industry that allows us to see as much of the country, and as much of
One needs to look no further than California Chrome to see how far a horse can take the people around him. The champion’s owners have infamously gotten an overwhelming amount of pushback for their global roadmap during past and present campaigns, but prior to this horse, Perry Martin was just a guy who ran airbag tests in California. Because of a horse, he’s been to Dubai on multiple occasions, crisscrossed the U.S. chasing races, and could dot the map like Carmen Sandiego with California Chrome before it’s time to call it a day. A recent Instagram post by my good friend and awardwinning journalist Claire Novak helped drive home my own realization of how fortunate we are to be in such a globetrotting industry. Her post, a photo she shot of California Chrome in the paddock prior to his Dubai World Cup score, reads, “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Great horses take you the most amazing places.” A “great” horse can be a world-beater like California Chrome or American Pharoah that inspires Grateful Deadstyle followers from race to race, or it can be a horse that is great in the sense that seeing him or her on the racetrack makes you feel alive, even if they’re a $4,000 claimer and you’re the only one on the apron. Horse racing is a unique sport in that its fans can have as much of a vagabond streak in them as the horsemen. One often hears the stories about diehard baseball fans who visit every major league ballpark, but for every one of them, there are a hundred that won’t venture away from their home diamond. Eventually, the Yankees will roll into town whether you chase them down or not. Put that up against a member of the racing culture, fan or participant, where the number of tracks attended is seen as a badge of honor for an old-timer, and a number to aspire toward for a younger fan with a flair for wanderlust. I think I’m at 23 tracks now, from Michigan to Montana to Ontario, ranging from county fairs to the Kentucky Derby.
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There’s something about a horse racing venue that makes each one completely unique from the rest. They each have their own languages and culture, both drawn from their surrounding communities and within their fences. Course layouts vary from track to track, and the right surface can humble a king outside of his friendly confines. Then, there’s track food - enough said. Simulcast wagering has made it a smaller world in terms of experiencing the ontrack product, but a complete racing experience practically demands attendance. Still, all these tracks are just well-kept rings of dirt, grass, and weird rubbery stuff without the horses to run over them. It seems too obvious to say that horses are the bond that holds it all together – considering it’s right in the sport’s name, “horse racing” – but that can often get lost in the barrage of numbers, dollars, rumors, and villains that crowd the industry’s every facet. None of those things, though, are the reason we wake up bleary-eyed to catch a flight or hop into a truck en route to the next locale. One way or another, the horses pay our way.
UPDATE By Evie Tubbs Sweeney, Evie@EvieInc.net Things are now rolling with HARC on several fronts. The website, www.HARChorses.com, is in final stages. This will be where you will be able to find information on nominating your HARC-eligible horses, stallions, and broodmares. You’ll also find a wealth of information on HARC races around the world, HARC news, HARC social media, and HARC directories. Leigh Young, administrator of HARC, has had her hands full since the HARC Annual General Meeting in Abu Dhabi in February, so things are coming out a little slower than expected. They are doing it right, though, and that’s the most important thing. The USA has ‘officially’ been granted $20,000 in HARC sponsorship money for races in 2016. The funds will be wired over the next two weeks, and I will be working with state affiliates to identify a maiden race in July/August/ September shortly. On the HARC market development campaign for Arabian racing, we are gearing up for our first forum of the Arabian Racing Forum Series – USA Tour at the prestigious Arabian Breeders World Cup show in Las Vegas on Friday evening,
Joe Nevills hanging out at Woodbine Racetrack. Photo courtesy of the author.
April 15th. (By the time you read this, it will have already taken place.) Pamela Burton will be co-hosting the forum with me, and there is already quite a buzz in the Arabian horse show scene, having come off such an exciting Darley Awards weekend. It’s important to capitalize on this momentum while we can, and I believe we are. It will be extremely illuminating to gauge the resulting interest, as several of the big farms who will will show horses competing at that show also have prominent racing programs, such as Al Shaqab and Al Shahania Stud. As I’ve mentioned ad naseum, I strongly believe that racing partnerships are a (the?) key for newcomers to get their feet wet in the sport of racing. Because of that, it will be the number one thing I push at these racing forums. They must be plugged in before they walk out of that room so that their experience with racing continues past the forum in a positive, fun way. Therefore, partnerships are in full swing. Owners and breeders are putting forward stock they are willing to make available to partnership managers for sale (in full or part) or lease (in full or part). The partnership managers are putting together their final details on partnerships they will be offering. And we will be plugging newcomers into those partnerships with each forum we host. We are immensely grateful that HARC is giving us so many layered opportunities to grow Arabian racing in the U.S. Onward and upward for the love of the Original Racehorse.
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BY ALAN KIRSHNER I asked Stephanie if she minded if I wrote a “One Man’s Opinion” for this issue, and she graciously accepted. ●●●●●●●● I quit writing because I had become so negative, and if I didn’t quit my wife was going to “geld me”. ●●●●●●● I went to the Darley’s for the first time in the last few years. The reason? There have been so many positive happenings in our industry. Let me mention a few. ●●●●●●●● First of all, the $100,000 race at Santa Anita was a big happening….strong indication that there might be a continuation of this race plus a gut feeling there will be another big race outside of California that will eventually happen. Also, over 70 horses coming to Delaware for the 2016 meet shows me that hopefully our owners and trainers are willing to support a meet that offers livable purses and rewards for the owners and trainers and is consistently there for the long term. But it is more than big races. HARC is generating a lot of interest. Our two major national organizations, the Arabian Racing Cup and the Arabian Jockey Club, have found their way and are making good decisions for today and the future. ●●●●●●● First the Jockey Club, which I consider keeper of the infrastructure. We who run companies know that the back room, so to speak, keeps the engine running. Kathy Smoke has taken this thankless job with little or less funds available and accomplished setting and enforcing the rules: 1. Making it easier to ship horses overseas and overseas horses to come here. 2. Policing the Graded Stakes Races. It almost takes the CIA and FBI to keep this straight. 3. Assisting new tracks in working out racing deals for big races. I could go on but won’t. Thank you, Kathy. ●●●●●●●● Next the Cup. Denise Gault has led this group and courageously suffered the “slings and arrows” of the Darley voting activity. They have good rules; however, subjective items will usually leave several unhappy persons. Can’t be helped. Deb and I have been on both sides and realize someone always feels left out. The Darley Awards mean a lot to those of us who have won them. The Breeders Incentive Plan is also a good start at accomplishing a major objective of the Cup. Denise has led the Cup the last few years and was the right person in the right job at the right time. We all owe her our thanks. She is turning the job over to Michelle Morgan, and a better choice would be hard to find. I like leadership who feels the same pain that I feel when things don’t go well in our business. ●●●●●●●● The next encouraging thing is the influx of young persons into leadership roles. Jon Henningsgard and Garrett Ford both are now stewards of the Cup. I also get excited when I see future potential trainers like Kirsten Swan and future top jockeys like Travis Wales. ●●●●●●●● So this very old warrior has a smile on his face when thinking about the future of Arabian racing. ●●●●●●●● And just as Villanova took the swagger out of North Carolina for one night, Thess Is Awesome did it in his venue. 14 • Arabian Finish Line • May 2016
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I did not attend the Darley Award weekend held in Hollywood California, and by all accounts, I missed an epic event. I did watch some of the festivities streaming on line and then viewed the videos of the award ceremony, stakes race at Santa Anita, and gala dinner on YouTube (check them out if you have not seen any of it). It was great to see many of my old friends looking so happy and having a great time. I am sorry to have missed it in person. But I was cheering when Lynn, Diane, Deb and others won their awards; when I saw my old comrades, the Stewards of the Arabian Racing Cup on stage presenting the awards and receiving the recognition they well deserve. I am proud of the U.S. Arabian Racing community (both the "Old Timers" and the newer folks that have entered the industry since my departure), for all their accomplishments. Congratulations to the winners, the nominees, and perhaps most deserving, to the survivors; the ones that have stuck with our sport through some very difficult years. Many of us did not. Everyone I talked to thought the weekend was amazing and described it as a new milestone for Arabian racing. There were 81 countries represented, which is almost more than some of the total attendance we had at the Darley's before the Arabian Racing Cup partnered with the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival in 2012 and turned it into an international extravaganza. Lara Sawaya, the festival's benefactors and sponsors have done an extraordinary job. Along with other international contributors they are greatly responsible for what seems to be the revitalization of U.S. Racing. Without their help we'd likely be cele-
brating the Darleys with chicken dinners on fold out tables (if we were celebrating at all).
For those who were not there in the early days, let me reminisce and provide some contrasts. We were once a small group where just about everyone knew everyone else. The Darleys were sort of like a family reunion (complete with sibling rivalries). Oddly, some of my favorite memories were sitting the hotel bars late at night swapping bawdy jokes and telling tall stories with Doctor Sam, Lea Brent, Howell Wallace, Buzz Brauninger, Lonnie Crowell and others. When the Los Alamitos hotel bar closed for the night, Buzz Brauninger made arrangements with the manager and kept the party going until we couldn't go no more. It was not the Beverly Wilshire, but with the camaraderie, friendships, and laughs, it was special.
a video company, produced the Darley video of the nominees and he helped me with a tribute video, honoring some of the great individuals in our industry who had passed away. Bill put it all on a BETA machine, which was the high end technology at the time. We even hired a pianist who was to play "Candles in the Wind" as background to our memoriam. The lights dimmed, the pianist began the sad but lovely song and the BETA machine blew up. There was not another one to be found in Houston and for most of the night we had a blank screen. Yes, it was quite an evening. I had prepared another video for the entertainment portion of the ceremony. Luckily it was on VHS tape and the VHS machine did work. The video was a humorous spoof on Arabian racing and Arabian race owners. At least we got to use the screen we rented. Many of the attendees really enjoyed it and thought it funny. Others thought it was not in keeping with the formality of the evening. The next year they let me expand on my humorous presentation and thus was born the Daryl Award Brunch, which went on for many years. Along with Vicki and my cohort Fred Cox, we presented cans of Spam to those of dubious achievement, performed skits, and poked good natured fun at owners and trainers (excluding Bill Waldron). I could go on and describe some of the stunts we pulled, but they were much funnier if you were there and had a Bloody Mary or two in preparation. If you had never been to a Daryl Award, ask someone who has.
The production values of our old events cannot compare to what they are doing today. I still shiver at the memory of the 1998 Darley Awards, which I helped organize. Bill Stokes, who had
I will relate, however, one of my funnier memories in Daryl history, which will give you an idea of how things went. To set the story up, at the time Fred Cox and Alan Kirshner did not see eye to
With good reason, some might be nostalgic about the good old days, when the Darley weekend was much more intimate and down home. However, our industry has evolved well beyond what most of us (with the exception of dear old Doctor Sam) thought was ever possible. I know I didn't. It's a pipe dream that came true. I understand that even Alan Kirshner may have been won over. Although our U.S. Darley awards may have lost a bit of our identity amidst the glitz and glamour of international awards and attendance, it sure beats a chicken dinner.
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eye on many issues. Fred would not be happy if we didn't lampoon Alan at least once or twice during the show. One year however, Alan and I prepared payback for the unsuspecting Fred. As part of the show, Fred asked the crowd a riddle; "What is the difference between Alan Kirshner and God". He answered his riddle "God doesn't think he's Alan Kirshner". As we had prepared, Alan jumped up, yelling in protest and charged the stage. Fred was genuinely scared and began backing up. When Alan got to the microphone he pulled out a small tape recorder and played back a "secret recording" we made the night before, with Alan and I discussing how Fred wasn't very funny and needed to be pulled from the show. I guess you had to be there.
was however, I do not know that she was as (relatively) flexible and skilled as Lonnie Crowell was when he demonstrated "Cowboy Yoga" way back when. Lonnie won a can of spam for his performance.
The recent Darley Awards were fast paced and moved right along. Although the celebrity impersonators on the red carpet were a nice touch, I want to remind those who were around that Matt Gorham hired a Marilyn Monroe look alike at one of our events decades ago. The entertainment at the gala dinner was first rate. As amazing as the young gymnast
I missed the Darley weekend. More so, I miss my old friends as well as meeting all the new people, both domestic and international, who are partaking in the growth of Arabian racing. I have great hopes that it will continue, and I think it will. Enjoy the ride.
More than just a great weekend, most of those I talked to told me that there is a new excitement and momentum surrounding Arabian racing here in the U.S. There seems to be support for the Arabian Racing Cup's new breeders incentive program and I fully expect Michelle Morgan to be a great leader going forward (as Dennie had been for the past several years). HARC also seems to be generating a buzz among breeders and may open up some new doors for race enthusiasts.
It was a different time, but lots of laughs at the Daryl Awards. Pictured above is Lonnie Crowell demonstrating "Cowboy Yoga". Top right: the Daryl Award trophy. Bottom right: Fred Cox stands behind Alan Kirshner during some good-natured ribbing. All photos courtesy of Mike Economopoulos. 16 • Arabian Finish Line • May 2016
The Cup's Next Generation Breeders' Incentive Program The Arabian Racing Cup is excited to institute an incentive program that will reward the breeder of purebred Arabian racehorses. In order to be eligible to receive these funds, people must join (by paying into) the Cup programs. They must breed to a Cup-nominated stallion and then subsequently nominate the resulting foal by the Cup-nominated stallion. Nomination requirements of each program are listed below. STALLION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS • The stallion will be nominated by the Owner, Agent, or Lessee. • A stallion must be paid into the Cup program every year in order for foals born the following year to be eligible for the Foal Program. • A stallion must be nominated and paid in full the year the mare is bred to that stallion in order for resulting foal to be eligible for the Foal Program. The fee will be $150.00 per year for each stallion. • Stallions from all over the world will be eligible as long as they are recognized by the Arabian Horse Association. In return for fees paid, every year Nominated Stallions will receive: • Advertising through all Cup Stallion ads. • Special recognition in the Arabian Finish Line Stallion Guide and magazine. • Because foals by Nominated Stallions would be the ones eligible to earn additional money, this will encourage breeders to breed to a Cup Nominated Stallion.
FOAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS • In order to receive incentive funds, eligible foals must be fully nominated into the Incentive Program. Once nominated they will be eligible for their lifetime. • Foals will be nominated and paid for by the breeders. The breeder could be an owner, agent, or lessee, but the foal’s registration papers must have this person listed as the breeder. • Incentives will be paid to the breeder, no matter who owns the foal at time of running. • The Nomination Fee is $500.00 to be paid in over a three year period. o Weanling year - $50.00 due by December 31 of foaling year o Yearling year - $200.00 due by December 31 of yearling year o 2-year-old year - $250.00 due by December 31 of 2-year-old year. o This system will allow the breeder to evaluate the foal before making a complete commitment. It will also protect the breeder in situations where the foal is sold and will not run in the United States, sustains an injury and cannot race, etc. INCENTIVE FUND PAYOUTS A fully nominated foal is eligible to earn breeders’ incentive rewards for the breeder of record in any cup-designated breeders’ incentive reward races held in the united states throughout its racing career. GRANDFATHER CLAUSE What if you have a foal that you want eligible to the breeders' incentive program once it starts paying out only to nominated horses? The Cup Stewards decided that a "one-time only" grandfather clause be enacted for 2016 only. To nominate a foal utilizing the grandfather clause, the stallion first has to be a nominated sire in 2016. He will then be referred to as a "Foundation Stallion". For these Foundation Stallions only, their progeny born in 2016 and earlier will be eligible to be nominated into the program according to the payment schedule if the foal nomination is started by December 31, 2016. For more information, please contact Michelle Morgan, Chief Steward, at 214-679-2026 or mmorgan@ont.com. See also www.arabianracingcup.com.
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH: PADDYS DAY’S “DAILY DOUBLE” AT THE DARLEY AWARDS By Tobi Lopez Taylor
Paddys Day—so named because he was born on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17—was voted both 2015 Darley
Horse of the Year and 2015 Darley Champion Four-Year-Old Colt or Gelding at the Twenty-ninth annual Darley Awards ceremony, sponsored by the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival. Organized by the Arabian Racing Cup, the event was held on April 1 at the opulent Dolby Theater in Highland Center, Hollywood, California. In addition to Paddy’s Day’s two awards, his rider, Kelsi Purcell, was named 2015 Darley Jockey of the Year. When asked what it was like to be associated with such a superb racehorse, Purcell commented, “He has a very big personality, and I love riding him. On the ground, you would never know he was a stallion; he’s easy to be around, happy and really friendly.” Paddys Day is owned by Quarter Moon Racing Stables LLC, of Arenas Valley, New Mexico. Scott Powell, 2013 Darley Trainer of the Year, conditions the horse. Bred by Jane R. Teutsch, Paddys Day is a 15.2-hand bay son of the phenomenal breeding stallion Burning Sand, a stakes winner and ten-time leading sire of stakes winners, including Darley Champions TM Fred Texas, Line Dancer, Aim South, So Big Is Better, Cath, Sand Witchh, Easter Man, Jewell AA, and now Paddy’s Day. Paddy’s Day’s dam, AK Loretta, a daughter of Virgule Al Maury, was in the money in six of her ten starts, and placed third in the COBRA Oaks. AK Loretta was out of the stakes-winning mare Lore, who was by the influential racing sire*Wiking and out of MSA Zbritzka, a mare of all Brusally Ranch breeding. Paddys Day’s female family traces to the important Polish imported mare *Nawojka, whose descendants include IAHA Derby winner and track record-setter Cassels Bruczest and stakes winner Konfeti CS, an ARC Midwest Distaff Champion.
In 2015, Paddys Day ran ten times in the United States, winning eight of his starts, and finishing second in the other two. Nine of his 2015 starts were in stakes races. His first race of the season, in February, was also his first graded stakes win, a victory in the Texas Arabian Six Shooter, at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, Texas, over Lazur Hess and Es Mi Cielo. Paddys Day ran the seven furlongs in 1:33.67. The following month, the colt competed in the first leg of the inaugural Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Series’ Triple Jewel competition. The first race, a sevenfurlong sprint known as the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Amethyst Jewel, was run at Sam Houston Race Park. Paddys Day ran a game second to Burning Fleet; Quick and Rich was third. In June, Paddys Day won the 6-furlong COBRA Sprint at Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colorado, where he defeated his stablemate, three-time Darley winner Ms Dixie, with RB Rich 14 ¾ lengths behind the pair in third place, and So Big Is Better, the 2013 Darley Horse of the Year, finishing fourth. The time was 1:19:02. In July, the colt was entered in the second leg of the Triple Jewel, the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Emerald Jewel, held at the Oak Tree Meet at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, California. This time, Paddys Day emerged the victor, covering the six furlongs in 1:18.43, defeating Sand Victor and Our Princess, the 2014 Darley Champion 4-Year-Old Filly. The next month saw Paddys Day back at Arapahoe Park, where he put in a brilliant performance in the COBRA Classic. Covering the mile and a quarter in 2:20.71, the colt hit the wire almost nineteen lengths ahead of RB Rich, with RB Brilliant third. Later that month, at Retama Park in Selma, Texas, Paddys Day triumphed in the 1 and 1/16 mile Texas Arabian Derby, finishing in a track-record time of 1:55.70 over Es Mi Cielo and RB Moose. In September, the last leg of the Triple Jewel, the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Diamond Jewel, was contested at Los Alamitos in California. Paddys Day came in second to So Big Is Better, trained by Mark Powell (brother of Scott Powell), with RB Rich finishing third. The time for the one-mile race was 1:49.25. Adding this second-place finish to his victory in the Emerald Jewel and his other secondplace finish in the Amethyst Jewel, Paddys Day became the
first winner of the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup series’ Triple Jewel competition, and was awarded a bonus of $150,000 for his efforts. A week after the Diamond Jewel, Paddys Day dominated the field in the Arabian Racing Cup Derby at Los Alamitos, running the six furlongs in 1:18.70 and finishing ahead of two other Burning Sand offspring: Raineing Sand, who finished second, and Sandicheeks, who was third. In October, Paddys Day’s last start of the year in the U.S. took place in the Arabian Stallion Stakes at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. The bay colt decimated the field, finishing eighteen lengths ahead of his nearest competitor, Easter Man, with Chndakasexpress third. The winning time for the one-mile event was 1:48.62. This victory brought his total earnings to $140,708, not to mention the $150,000 bonus for winning the Triple Jewel series. In addition to his two 2015 Darley Awards, Paddys Day was also honored by the Texas Arabian Breeders Association, which named him its 2015 Horse of the Year, and the Arabian Racing Association of California, which crowned him its 2015 Champion Four-Year-Old Colt or Gelding. While amassing such a stellar race record in 2015—including becoming the first Triple Jewel winner, breaking track records, and finishing ahead of his rivals by huge margins— Paddys Day still had time to cover six mares, and his first foal crop has already begun to arrive this spring. Paddys Day’s co-owner Lori Powell noted that her first Paddys Day offspring (pictured above), a filly out of RP Zell, a Zachzell daughter is “awesome and very correct”—which suggests that Paddys Day’s winning ways are not restricted only to the racetrack. And fortunately for racing fans, Paddys Day has returned to the track for a 2016 campaign.
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Shadwell Arabian Stallions Europe: AL JAKBAR 2003 Al Sakbe - Essaada AL SAOUDI 2000 Nuits St Georges - Fatzica MADJANI 2000 Tidjani - Salama NO RISK AL MAURY 2002 Kesberoy - Nectarine Al Maury USA: CHNDAKA 1990 Dormane - Malika Fontenay KAOLINO 1998 Dormane - Cary de Carrère
NO RISK AL MAURY Winner of 6 Group 1 races Leading Arabian Racehorse in Europe and Middle East Out of the outstanding maternal line of numerous International Group winners First 3YOs in 2016 Sire of 2 winners already in 2016 Standing at Haras de Saint Faust (France) $2,000 (frozen semen)
Contact: Denise Gault Race Street Management, Inc. Tel: +1 (831) 625-4275 P.O. Box 5747 Carmel, California 93921 racestreetinc@aol.com www.racestreet.com Shadwell Estate Company Ltd. England, UK arabians@shadwellstud.co.uk Facebook.com/ShadwellArabian www.shadwellarabian.co.uk
Darleys Hollywood 2016 Darleys Hollywood 2016 began Friday night with a magical evening starting with the walk on the red carpet outside the Dolby Theatre. An excellent crowd attended the award ceremony on Friday. While Paddy's Day and his connections enjoyed a fantastic night, the other big winners were Joe and Betty Gillis. After 24 years in the Arabian racing and breeding business, their hard work and dedication paid off. They took home the first two awards of the evening - Easter Man claimed the 3-Year-Old Colt/Gelding and Jewel AA the 3-Year-Old Filly. Both offspring of Burning Sand were standouts in their respective divisions. Easter Man (out of Angel Proof, by NF Proof) won or placed in all six of his starts and defeated his rivals in the DIAR Texas Lone Star Futurity. Jewell AA (out of Triumphs Pearl, by Seyvilla Triumph) won the Delaware Park Arabian Juvenile Fillies Championship S. (Gr.3) and the www.shadwellarabian.co.uk Texas Lone Star Futurity. On the strength of those two horses, as well as the likes of Burning Fleet, Sand Victor and Extra Hope, Joe and Betty Gillis also took home the trophies for Breeder and Owner. They left that evening with quite a collection! With 4 wins from 7 starts and victories in the Delaware Park Arabian Oaks (Gr.2) and the Texas Arabian Oaks (Gr.3), Rosebrook Farm LLC’s RB Frynch Broad was named Champion 4-Year-Old Filly. The daughter of Madjani followed in her mother's footsteps. Her dam Frynch was a
multiple Darley winner herself. The incomparable So Big Is Better (Burning Sand x WW Mirror Image, by ZT Ali Baba), owned by Mark Powell, won Champion Older Horse at age 11. He stepped up when it counted last year, winning the Delaware Park Arabian Classic H. (Gr.1) in the slop and defeating Paddys Day in the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan Arabian Cup S. Diamond Jewel. In the Older Mare category, 8-year-old DC Willeys Song raced all over the country for owners Jon and Krista Henningsgard winning stakes races in Delaware, Colorado and Texas. The daughter of Doran SBFAR is out of Darley Champion Wibwilcca (by Wilkolak). Leading jockey Kelsi Purcell was emotional on stage accepting the Champion Jockey trophy and took all her ladies with her on stage to accept the trophy. She was the regular rider of Paddy’s Day. Lynn Ashby was humble and gracious accepting her record eighth Darley award for trainer. In a career spanning decades (her first Darley statue came in 1994), Ashby has always remained at the top of her game. The U.S. was extremely proud to have three women honored with HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Awards. The aforementioned Kelsi Purcell and Lynn Ashby
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and breeding incentive projects. The highest bid of the auction was $12,000 for a breeding to top stallion Munjiz. Everyone was very excited to have two of the greatest jockeys in the world, Mike Smith and Victor Espinosa, attend the Gala. They are true celebrities of the horse racing world and were kind and patient posing for many pictures. Denise Gault, who stepped down as Chief Steward at this event, said “I am so very pleased and congratulate all the Darley Champions as well as the nominees! It was a super Darley Awards, an unbelievably exciting Sheikha Fatima Darley Stake at Santa Anita, and a fabulous Darley Gala Banquet and Stallion Auction! As I pass the torch of Arabian Racing Cup Chief Steward to my fellow Steward, Michelle Morgan, I am excited for the "next generation" of the Cup, and wish her all the very best. I am remaining on the Board to work to help us achieve our goals together."
also won for Best Professional Jockey and Best Trainer, respectively. Deb Mihaloff received the Best Owner Award in recognition of her many years of racing successful horses with her husband Alan Kirshner and Cre Run Farm. In addition to those awards, there were numerous other HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Awards presented to the leading women in international Arabian racing. Congratulations to the following individuals: Mabrooka, France - Best 3-Year-Old Filly Sylvine Al Maury - Best 4-Year-Old Filly Taraf, Qatar - Best Mare Rene-Laure Koch, France - Best Breeder Deb Mihaloff, United States - Best Owner Lynn Ashby, United States - Best Trainer Kelsi Purcell, United States - Best Professional Jockey Dina Heggum, Norway - Best Amateur Jockey Fanny Olsson, Sweden - Best Apprentice Jockey Karol Loureiro, Brazil - Best Photographer Lara King, United Kingdom - Best TV Presenter Victoria Shaw, Australia - Best Journalist Maria Alvarez, Spain - Best Endurance Rider On Sunday evening, the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Annual Darley Awards Gala Dinner was held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel. The highlight of this fantastic evening was the annual Arabian Racing Cup Stallion Breeding Auction, which attracted international attention on the 8 coveted breedings. The bidding was exciting and a total of $47,000 was raised to support the Cup’s racing
Incoming Chief Steward Michelle Morgan echoed Gault’s feelings. “What a great weekend!” she said. “Congratulations to all the 2015 Darley winners on Friday night. Racing at beautiful Santa Anita race track was a perfect addition to the Darley weekend. The Gala dinner and Arabian Racing Cup Stallion Auction were huge successes. It was a perfect weekend, and we are already looking forward to the 2016 Darleys. Thank you to HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak and Lara Sawaya for making this all possible.” Facing page: Betty and Joe Gillis accept the Darley trophy from Sam Vasquez. Photo by Pamela Burton. Top left: Leading U.S. jockey Mike Smith poses with Pam Glodney. Photo by Steve Heath. Bottom right: You have to love Michelle Morgan's expression as she accepts the Chief Steward duties from Denise Gault (far left). Arabian Cup Stewards Deb Mihaloff, Ted Wright and Dianne Waldron cheer her on. Photo by Pamela Burton.
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Founded in 1983 by Dr. Sam Harrison, the Arabian Racing Cup's Darley Awards ceremony is the showcase of U.S. Arabian racing. In 2012, the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival and the Cup joined together to promote this prestigious event. The Darleys are headlined by the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Awards recognizing international women in Arabian Horse Racing. The Darley Awards is under the direction of Lara Sawaya, Executive Director of the Festival, and organized by Arabian Racing Cup, The HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Horse Flat Racing Festival is sustained by the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority and coordinated by Abu Dhabi Sports Council with National Feed and Flour Production and Marketing CO. LLC as associate sponsors in cooperation with Emirates Racing Authority, IFAHR, Emirates Arabian Horse Society, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare with The National Archives as the official partner and Emirates airline as the official carriers and sponsored by Bloom, Petromal, Rise General Trading Co. LLC, Hayatna,Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Al Awani General Enterprises, Kabale, Al WathbaCentre, the UAE's General Women's Union, The Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy, Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition 2016, Dr. Nader Saab Switzerland, Al Wathba Centre, Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club, Eastern Mangroves Suites-Abu Dhabi by Jannah, Yas Channel, Omeir Travels, Racing Post, Paris Turf and Laboratories Fadia Karam Cosmetics. 23 • Arabian Finish Line • May 2016
Smiles about at Santa Anita! Top photo: Everyone is ready to race! Photo by Steve Heath. Middle left: It was an ecstatic, if not crowded, winner's circle. Photo by Pamela Burton. Middle right: Finbar Hill, the Irish Consulate, and his wife were introduced to Arabian racing for the first time. Bottom: The "Favoritt Ladies" enjoying the Santa Anita Festivities. Photo by Steve Heath.
$100,000 HH S HEI KHA F ATI MA B I NT MUBAR AK DAR LEY AWARD S TAKES (GR.1) - S ANTA ANI TA PARK
Long-shot Thess is Awesome goes wire to wire, breaks track record ~ by Stephanie Corum Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 saw newly crowned Darley
Dismissed at odds of 45 to 1, Thess Is Awesome (Dahess x
Horse of the Year Paddy’s Day square off against a star-
In Awe, by Monarch AH) paid $94.20 to win, and the on-
studded field of 9 other rivals in the $100,000 HH Sheikha
track handle was almost $700,000.
Fa�ma Bint Mubarak Darley Award S. (Gr.1) at beau�ful Santa Anita Park. It was a thrilling race that saw a big upset
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when Thess Is Awesome and jockey Travis Wales went
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wire to wire in the 1 1/16 mile stake se�ng a new track
entry into the 1.2 million Euro HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan
record with a �me of 1:54.75. Paddy’s Day chased the
al Nahyan Jewel Crown in Abu Dhabi in November. Darley
winner home to be second
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DC WILLEYS SONG
DARLEY CHAMPION OLDER MARE OWNED BY KRISTA & JON HENNINGSGARD Many thanks and congratulations to everyone who made this possible! ~Krista & Jon
DC WILLEYS SONG
NUMBER 1 LEADING OLDER MARE BY EARNINGS & DARLEY CHAMPION USA ( DORAN SBFAR - WIBWILCCA, BY WILKOLAK ) LIFETIME 4/26(8-6-5)4-7 $124,255
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Dubai Kahayla Classic Gr.1 PA Meydan, Dubai Text and photos by Debbie Burt
The Dubai World Cup meeting is the final highlight of the racing season in the Gulf and what a spectacle it is. Undoubtedly the main attraction for Thoroughbred fans, and Stateside ones in particular, was of course California Chrome who rounded off the evening in unforgettable style. However the day has always opened with the premier event for Arabians, the Group 1 PA Dubai Kahayla Classic – the prize fund for which was raised to $1,000,000 last year.
back next season), all eyes were on Handassa (FR). He was an impressive eight and half length winner of the last of the trials, Round Three of the Al Maktoum Challenge (also a Group 1 PA contest), over the same course and distance, breaking the record Manark set in the Kahayla Classic last year. In doing so, he became the first Group 1 PA winner for his sire Madjani, Sheikh Hamdan’s triple Kahayla Classic winner and gave hope that he could give His Highness that long awaited first homebred winner in the race.
HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum has won this contest seven times with five different horses, but a homebred winner has always eluded him. This year, with his 2015 winner Manark (FR) sidelined with a minor injury (he’ll be
However he was not the sole representative in the blue and white silks, as old campaigner and his trainer, Erwan Charpy’s favourite, Versac PY (FR) was lining up for the fifth time - having been a close second in 2013. New recruit was
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Syncronicity in motion. Al Shahania's horses Qassy (GB) and Rasi (GB) gallop together prior to the start.
AF Mathmoon (AE), who had been running in the colours of his breeder Khalid Khalifa Al Naboodah until the New Year. Since finishing second to Thakif (FR) in the First Round of the Al Maktoum Challenge (Gr.1 PA 1m) on his debut for Sheikh Hamdan, the grey son of AF Albahar has won the Bani Yas (Gr.2 PA 7f) and the Liwa Oasis (Gr.1 PA 7f); so whilst in good form, there were questions to answer stepping up in this race. As you would expect with such an attractive purse, there was a strong line up. The aforementioned Thakif (FR) and Hajeeb (FR), representing HH Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan were both Group 1 PA winners, as was the British-bred and owned, Shadwell UK Derby winner Mahess Du Soleil, whilst TM Thunder Struck (US), for Qatar’s HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, had won a Group 2 PA in December. Thakif showed exceptional speed from the gate and was not hindered by his wide draw (12) as he was soon bounding along in front, in company with AF Tawaq (AE) (drawn 10) and TM Thunder Struck who had prime position on the rail. Handassa was caught flat footed and gave away all the advantage the fourth stall had given him, bringing up the rear with the Italian challenger Lares De Pine (IT). Entering the home straight, Thakif looked to be drawing further away, but his jockey Silvestre da Sousa was soon
tested to the limit as his horse showed signs of hanging towards the stands. Still clear, but with all the distress signals showing, in the final furlong he veered strongly right and threw all chance of winning away. This left AF Mathmoon and TM Thunder Struck with an epic battle for first place, with AF Mathmoon just edging ahead by a neck. In such an incident packed race, most remarkable of all was the progress made by Handassa who progressed from last to be a fast finishing fourth, still running on at the finish and just over a length off the errant Thakif who held third. AF Mathmoon has now won six of his seven starts, finishing second on his only defeat and will likely have a break whilst his team decide if a European campaign will figure in his future. His jockey, Dane O’Neill, has now recorded back to back successes in the race, after steering Manark to victory last year, also in the second colours of Sheikh Hamdan. AF Mathmoon (AF Albahar x Temptayshuhn, by Arawak D'Aroco) now joins an impressive role call as the sixth individual winner of this prestigious race for HH Sheikh Hamdan, who had previously won with: Nivour De Cardonne (2000), Bopp Moon (2003), Kaolino (2004), Madjani (2005, 2006, 2007), and of course Manark (2015). It also marked a first victory in this race for a UAE bred horse and also a first Kahayla Classic victory for his trainer Musabah Al Muhairi.
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Blues Master Rach Opens the 2016 Arabian Racing Season in Brazil Text and Photos by Karol Loureiro Blues Master Rach is by Mister Eros HX and Blue Note Rach (Polonez), owned and bred by the late Jamil Saliba. Paul and Ricardo Jamil Saliba honored their father after the race. "I am very happy that the 2016 season has started. It was a very special moment as today was the one ear anniversary of the death of my father and the winner had raced in his silks. This was a moment to be very happy and proud," said Paulo Jamil Saliba. The 4-year-old horse is trained by Lucas Quintana, who believes that the Arabian horse has some particular points over the thoroughbreds. "The Arab horses learn faster than a thoroughbred," he said. "They are very easy day to day. The Arab races in Brazil encourage us to look forward." Monday, March 28 at the Jockey Club de Sao Paulo, eight Arabian horses went into the gate to open the season of Arabian races in Brazil. The race, Prize Morafic, was held over the dirt track at 1,200 meters (6 furlongs). After the start, Carmel Ajr and Tufiq went to the lead and close to the fence came the eventual winner, Blues Master Rach. He took the lead before the turn, with Carmel AJR and Marei Rach running second and third respectively. They were followed by Tufiq, Tariq QS, Guinereve Rach, Kazan RB and Adoraddo VE. When all competitors came to the stretch, Blues Master Rach and Carmel AJR were still in the leading positions and running closely in third and fourth were Marei Rach and Guinevere Rach. When they were in the final 200m, Blues Master Rach with Fernando Larroque opened a secure advantage and the lady apprentice jockey Dailey Milan with Kazan RB overtook the competitors to place second, one length behind the leader. The time for the races was 1:26.018. Guinereve Rach was third, Adoraddo VE fourth with a huge acceleration at the close of the race and in fifth was Carmel AJR, who tired.
Fernando Larroque, the jockey, said "It will be very good to have more Arab races in Brazil." Blues Master Rach is an authentic Arab from RACH, with a noble pedigree. Aimir Ribeiro, vice-president of races of Associacao Brasileira de Criadores de Cavaos Arabes (ABCCA) (Brazilian Arabian Association) believes this year will see an increase in the number of Arabian horses in training for race in Brazil. "This race is very important because it confirms the Arab races are here to stay. We are beginning our fourth season and the second consecutive year with the HARC sponsorship. We will have ten races over the year, and we began 2016 with more than 20 horses in training. We believe we will have 40 horses by the end of this season, which confirms the increase of worldwide horse races." Editor's Note: Arabian Finish Line would like to welcome Karol Loureio as a contributor to the magazine. She is the 2016 Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley award winner for Best Photographer. We look forward to having her keep us up to date with what is happening in South America.
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2016 Graded Stakes by date* *Dates are subject to change
Feb. 6, 2016 Texas Arabian Yellow Rose, Gr. 2, 4 yr. old fillies, $30,000 Est., 7 F, Sam Houston Race Park Feb. 6, 2016 Texas Arabian Six Shooter, Gr. 2, 4 yr. old C&G, $30,000 Est., 7 F, Sam Houston Race Park Mar. 5, 2016 HH Sh. Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Hcp., Gr. 1, (Amethyst Jewel 1st leg of the Triple Jewel) 4 & up, $45,000 Est. 7F, Sam Houston Race Park Apr. 2, 2016 HH Sheikah Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Awards Cup, Gr. 1, 4 & up, $100,000 purse, 1 1/16mile, Santa Anita Park (Former President of the UAE Cup, not run in 2015–new sponsor) Jun. 12, 2016 COBRA Distaff Sprint Hcp., Gr. 3, 3 & up F&M, $20,000 guar., 6F, Arapahoe Park Jun. 18, 2016 COBRA Sprint Hcp., Gr. 3, 3 & up open, $20,000 guar., 6F, Arapahoe Park, in honor of Jerry Partin July 2, 2016 HH Shk. Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Hcp. Gr. 2 (Emerald Jewel 2nd leg of the Triple Jewel) 4 yr. old & up, 6F, $48,500 US, Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton, California July 9, 2016 Delaware Park Arabian Oaks, Gr. 2, 3 & 4 yr. old fillies, $30,000,1 1/16 mi., Del. Park. Sponsored by Cre Run Enterprises LLC (*former Cre Run Oaks) July 16, 2016 Delaware Park Arabian Derby, Gr. 2, 3 & 4 yr. olds, $30,000,1 ¼ mi., Delaware Park. (*former Bob Magness Memorial Derby) Aug. 13, 2016 COBRA Distaff Hcp, Gr. 3, 3 & up F&M, $20,000* guar., 1 1/8mi., Arapahoe Park (*dropped from $22,500) Aug. 14, 2016 COBRA Classic Hcp., Gr. 3, 3 & up open, $20,000* guar., 1 1/4mi., Arapahoe Park (*dropped from $25,000) Sept. 3, 2016 Buzz Brauninger Arabian Distaff Hcp. Gr. 1, , F&M 3 & up, $45,000, 1 1/8mi, Delaware Park. Sept. 10, 2016 Delaware Park Arabian Classic Hcp., Gr. 1, 3 & up, $50,000, 1 ¼ mi., Delaware Park. Sept. 17, 2016 HH Sh. Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Hcp. Gr. 2, (Diamond Jewel, 3rd leg of the Triple Jewel) 4 & up, $48,5000 US, 1 mile, Los Alamitos, CA
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Ara b ian Rac in g Le ad e rs as of April 20, 2016
Statistics provided by the Arabian Jockey Club. Leading Runners
HORSE'S NAME SIRE X DAM RACE O WNER RECORD EARNINGS 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES 1 RV MISS INDEPENDENT MOULIN ROUGE MAF x BINT BASKETTE VICKERS EVELYN 1(0-0-0) $100 4-YEAR-OLD COLTS AND GELDINGS 1 EASTER MAN BURNING SAND x ANGEL PROOF GILLIS JOSEPH A 3(1-0-2)1-2 2 RB MADJYK MAN MADJANI x FRYNCH ROSEBROOK FARMS LLC 2(1-0-1)0-1 3 KENZO CS NORPHE x KARIZMA CS MOREAU-SIPIERE VANESSA 5(1-2-0) 4 ONE HOT VAZ BURNING SAND x HEAVEN KAN WAIT VASQUEZ SAM 4(1-1-2) 5 WATCHMAKER THOROUGHBRED x TIKING AWAY NEIVENS GUY 1(0-1-0)0-1 6 KHOUROS CS BIG EASY x KADOR N BRAEBRAE MOREAU-SIPIERE ERIC AND RANDI 4(1-0-0) 7 SALMEEN MAJD AL ARAB x FAL KHARE BINMANHFOOZ SALEM 5(1-0-1) 8 UPTOWN DANNYS BOY BURNING SAND x WIBWILCCA HENNINGSGARD, JON AND KRISTA 2(0-0-0) 9 KAFO BURNING SAND x FRYNCH AL SHAQAB RACING 1(0-0-0) 10 LA AMBUSH BUSH HOG x VIRAMIKA REYNOLDS JEREMY 1(0-0-1)
$31,445 $6,765 $6,740 $5,671 $5,490 $4,660 $4,383 $2,897 $1,098 $583
4-YEAR-OLD FILLIES 1 JEWELL AA 2 PAMS MASQUERADE 3 RB MADYMOISELLE 4 RB BIG N RICH 5 MY KATALINA 6 WALL STREET WATCH 7 BRETS PHILLY 8 OZARK KAOLENA SWA 9 WMA FLORES
BURNING SAND x TRIUMPHS PEARL GILLIS JOSEPH A AND BETTY J 3(1-0-1)1-1 WALK THE LINE x GRAND MASQUERADE WILSON ED 5(1-2-0) MAJD AL ARAB x FRYNCH ROSEBROOK FARM LLC 1(0-1-0)0-1 TH RICHIE x BURNIE GEE PW ROSEBROOK FARMS LLC 2(1-0-0) MAGS MAD MAX x KITTILINA DAVIS JESSE 4(0-1-0) THOROUGHBRED x SAND WITCHH NEIVENS GUY 1(0-0-1)0-1 GOLLY BRET x MISS PHILLY VASQUEZ SAM 5(0-0-1) KAOLINO x FMR OZARK EKLIPSE WETZEL JAMES L JR 3(0-0-1) GRACIOUS GOODNESS x WMA FLORA DELEON RITA 5(0-0-0)
$21,495 $7,758 $5,340 $5,028 $2,737 $2,670 $2,150 $1,153 $500
OLDER HORSES 1 THESS IS AWESOME 2 PADDYS DAY 3 F SIXTEEN 4 QUICK AND RICH 5 RB RICH 6 CHNDAKAEXPRESS 7 RB BRILLIANT 8 CR ARDIENTE 9 NOUVEAU RICH 10 TA MY VIRGULE
DAHESS x IN AWE CRE RUN ENTERPRISES LLC 2(1-0-0)1-0 BURNING SAND x AK LORETTA QUARTER MOON RANCH LLC 2(1-1-0)1-1 THOROUGHBRED x DIXIES VALENTINE NEIVENS GUY 2(0-1-0)0-1 TH RICHIE x QUICK NOON FRITZ TOM 2(0-0-0) TH RICHIE x ROYALE FANFARE FORD GARRETT 2(0-0-0) CHNDAKA x GRAND MASQUERADE WILSON ED 2(1-0-0) BURNING SAND x AMMANTE FORD GARRETT 3(0-0-0) BURNING SAND x FORTY ALL VASQUEZ SAM 2(0-2-0) TH RICHIE x DJENZEL FORD GARRETT 2(0-0-0) VIRGULE AL MAURY x MY EVANGELINE ERNST, JUDY AND SCHNEIDER, ERIC 4(0-1-1)
$50,750 $43,050 $10,350 $9,705 $5,750 $4,180 $3,658 $2,700 $2,204 $1,976
OLDER MARES 1 ROYAL RICHESS 2 OUR PRINCESS 3 WMA SEASAND 4 RICH CRAFT 5 GOLLY ZANDS 6 HESSTER 7 CHARICH 8 DHAAN 9 THROUGHLEAP 9 DARTYN KRISS SWA 9 MY VAZ IS HOT 9 RB FRYNCH BROAD
TH RICHIE x ROYAL ATHEENA FOSTOCK ANN 2(1-0-1)1-0 NIVOUR DE CARDONNE x MONARCH PRINCESS CRE RUN ENTERPRISES LLC 1(0-1-0)0-1 THE KENTUCKIAN x WMA SEABREEZE GRAP ROLAND 4(1-1-1) TH RICHIE x MORE ADORAABLE FORD GARRETT 2(1-0-1) BY GOLLY SAND x ZANS LITTLE WING VASQUEZ SAM 3(1-0-0) DAHESS x DIXIE DANCE WERNER KENNETH 3(0-0-2) TH RICHIE x ZILVER CHARM REYNOLDS JEREMY 1(0-0-0) BURNING SAND x QUEEN KONG AL SHAQAB RACING 1(0-0-0) THOROUGHBRED x A NOBLE LEAP HENNINGSGARD KRISTA 2(0-0-0) KD KALHOUN x TRISS WETZEL JAMES L JR 2(0-0-0) BURNING SAND x FORTY ALL VASQUEZ SAM 1(0-0-0) MADJANI x FRYNCH ROSEBROOK FARMS LLC 1(0-0-0)
$22,850 $6,950 $5,580 $3,725 $3,373 $2,735 $2,085 $1,390 $1,350 $1,350 $1,250 $1,250
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Leading Sires
SIRE/YOB 1 BURNING SAND 1986 2 DAHESS 1999
STRS 14 2
WNRS/ WINS 4/4 1/1
SW/ TOTAL WINS EARNINGS TOP EARNER/ EARNINGS 3/3 $118,616 PADDYS DAY/$43,050 1/1 $53,485 THESS IS AWESOME/$50,750
3 TH RICHIE 2001 4 THOROUGHBRED 2002 5 MAJD AL ARAB 2002 6 MADJANI 2000 7 WALK THE LINE 2004 8 NORPHE 2001 9 NIVOUR DE CARDONNE 1995 10 THE KENTUCKIAN 2001
7 4 2 2 1 2 1 1
3/3 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 0/0 1/1
1/1 $51,347 ROYAL RICHESS/$22,850 0/0 $19,860 F SIXTEEN/$10,350 0/0 $9,723 RB MADYMOISELLE/$5,340 0/0 $8,015 RB MADJYK MAN/$6,765 0/0 $7,758 PAMS MASQUERADE/$7,758 0/0 $7,046 KENZO CS/$4,660 0/0 $6,950 OUR PRINCESS/$6,950 0/0 $5,580 WMA SEASAND/$5,580
Leading Dams
DAM/YOB/SIRE STRS WINS 1 IN AWE 1997 (MONARCH AH) 1 1/1 2 AK LORETTA 2004 (VIRGULE AL MAURY) 1 1/1 3 ANGEL PROOF 2003 (NF PROOF) 1 1/1 4 ROYAL ATHEENA 1985 (MONARCH AH) 1 1/1 5 TRIUMPHS PEARL 2005 (SEYVILLA TRIUMPH) 1 1/1 6 FRYNCH 2000 (DORMANE) 4 1/1 7 GRAND MASQUERADE 1996 (MONARCH AH) 2 2/2 8 DIXIES VALENTINE 2005 (NIVOUR DE CARDONNE) 1 0/0 9 QUICK NOON 2001 (HIGHNOON ECLIPSE) 1 0/0 10 HEAVEN KAN WAIT 1998 (VIRGULE AL MAURY) 3 1/1
WNRS/ SW/ T OTAL WINS EARNINGS TOP EARNER/ EARNINGS 1/1 $50,750 THESS IS AWESOME/$50,750 1/1 $43,050 PADDYS DAY/$43,050 1/1 $31,445 EASTER MAN/$31,445 1/1 $22,850 ROYAL RICHESS/$22,850 1/1 $21,495 JEWELL AA/$21,495 0/0 $14,453 RB MADYMOISELLE/$6,765 0/0 $11,938 PAMS MASQUERADE/$7,758 0/0 $10,350 F SIXTEEN/$10,350 0/0 $9,705 QUICK AND RICH/$9,705 0/0 $8,591 ONE HOT VAZ/$5,671
Leading Broodmare Sires
BROODMARE SIRE/YOB 1 MONARCH AH/1987 2 VIRGULE AL MAURY/1989 3 NF PROOF/1985 4 SEYVILLA TRIUMPH/1982 5 DORMANE/1984 6 BURNING SAND/1986 7 KADOR DE BLAZIET/1998 8 IBN BINT HILYURI/1983 9 BANDERA KA/1983
PRODUCING DAUGTHERS STARTERS 105 10 46 9 35 1 10 1 115 5 32 3 8 2 13 2 7 2
WNRS/ SW/ WINS WINS EARNINGS 4/4 2/2 $103,906 3/3 1/1 $59,141 1/1 1/1 $31,445 1/1 1/1 $21,495 1/1 0/0 $18,111 2/2 0/0 $12,081 2/2 0/0 $11,400 1/1 0/0 $6,080 1/1 0/0 $3,573
Leading Owners
NAME RECORD 1 CRE RUN ENTERPRISES LLC 3(1-1-0)1-1 2 GILLIS BETTY J AND JOSEPH A 6(2-0-3)2-3 3 QUARTER MOON RANCH LLC 2(1-1-0)1-1 4 FOSTOCK ANN 2(1-0-0)1-0 5 NEIVENS GUY 4(0-2-1)0-3 6 ROSEBROOK FARMS LLC 6(2-1-1)0-2 7 VASQUEZ SAM A 17(2-3-3) 8 FORD GARRETT 9(1-0-1) 9 WILSON ED 7(2-2-0) 10 FRITZ TOM 2(0-0-0)
Leading Trainers
NAME RECORD 1 ASHBY LYNN 9(2-1-0)2-1 2 TORREZ JERENESTO 19(4-3-3)2-4 3 POWELL SCOTT 2(1-1-0)1-1 4 NUNLEY RANDY 6(0-2-1)0-3
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EARNINGS $57,700 $52,940 $43,050 $22,850 $18,510 $18,383 $18,064 $15,337 $11,938 $9,705
EARNINGS $84,797 $64,431 $43,050 $28,215
5 LAFLEUR RENEE 20(2-3-3) 6 BRAND ELIZABETH 12(1-0-1) 7 GONZALEZ JOSE 2(0-0-1)0-1 8 SCHNEIDER ERIC 11(1-3-1) 9 DANYLUK KEN 12(1-1-4) 10 TORREZ JAY 2(2-0-0)
$18,570 $15,867 $12,800 $11,295 $10,818 $7,980
Leading Breeders
NAME RECORD 1 KIRSHNER ALAN OR MIHALOFF DEBORAH 5(2-1-0)2-1 2 GILLIS BETTY J AND JOSEPH A 6(2-0-3)2-3 3 TEUTSCH JANE 2(1-1-0)1-1 4 WALDRON DIANNE K 14(2-1-1)0-2 5 NEIVENS GUY 4(0-2-1)0-3 6 VASQUEZ SAM 14(2-1-3) 7 WILSON ED 7(2-2-0) 8 FRITZ TOM 2(0-0-0) 9 JKE RACING 5(1-2-0) 10 MOAK L TODD 10(0-2-0)
EARNINGS $80,550 $52,940 $43,050 $31,093 $18,510 $14,114 $11,938 $9,705 $6,740 $6,382
Leading Jockeys
NAME RECORD 1 WALES TRAVIS 6(1-0-0)1-0 2 PURCELL KELSI 2(1-1-0)1-1 3 VALDEZ JIMINEZ ERNESTO 9(3-2-1)1-0 4 ARELLANO IVAN 5(1-1-1)1-2 5 VERMEERSCH SARA 1(1-0-0)1-0 6 CEDENO CAROL 4(0-2-1)0-3 7 URIETA, JR. VICTOR MANUEL 5(3-0-0) 8 MALDONADO EDWIN 1(0-0-1)0-1 9 CABRERA DAVID 8(1-3-1) 10 CAMPBELL JANELLE 1(0-0-0)
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EARNINGS $52,697 $43,050 $26,760 $26,397 $20,850 $18,510 $13,108 $10,800 $10,757 $7,200
2016 Ru n n e rs as of April 20, 2016
Statistics provided by the Arabian Jockey Club. HORSE'S NAME BRETS FILLY CHARICH CHNDAKASEXPRESS CR ARDIENTE DARTYN KRISS SWA DHAAN EASTER MAN ES MI CIELO F SIXTEEN GOLLY ZANDS HESSTER HIGHH AKTIVITY IBN MOULIN ROUGE JESS IS ON FIRE JEWELL AA KAFO KENZO CS KHOUROS CS LA AMBUSH MY KATALINA MY VAZ IS HOT NOUVEAU RICH ONE HOT VAZ OUR PRINCESS OZARK KAOLENA SWA PADDYS DAY PAMS MASQUERADE QUICK AND RICH RB BIG N RICH RB BRILLIANT RB FRYNCH BROAD RB MADJYK MAN RB MADYMOISELLE RB RICH REIGN SUPREME CS RICH CRAFT ROYAL RICHESS RV GRANDE ROUGE RV MISS INDEPENDENT RV ROULETTE SALMEEN SAMMY V TA MY VIRGULE THESS IS AWESOME THROUGHLEAP TM ALYNN RENE TM BIG PAPA UPTOWN DANNYS BOY WALL STREET WATCH WATCHMAKER WESTERNS CHARM WILL EYE AM CS WMA FLORES WMA SEASAND
SIRE X DAM SEX R ECORD EARNINGS GOLLY BRET x MISS PHILLY f 5(0-0-1) $2,150 TH RICHIE x ZILVER CHARM f 1(0-0-0) $2,085 CHNDAKA x GRAND MASQUERADE c 2(1-0-0) $4,180 BURNING SAND x FORTY ALL c 2(0-2-0) $2,700 KD KALHOUN x TRISS f 2(0-0-0) $1,350 BURNING SAND x QUEEN KONG f 1(0-0-0) $1,390 BURNING SAND x ANGEL PROOF c 3(1-0-2)1-2 $31,445 BURNING SAND x HEAVEN KAN WAIT c 1(0-0-0) $1,670 THOROUGHBRED x DIXIES VALENTINE c 2(0-1-0)0-1 $10,350 BY GOLLY SAND x ZANS LITTLE WING f 3(1-0-0) $3,373 DAHESS x DIXIE DANCE f 3(0-0-2) $2,735 AKIM DE DUCOR x ALLA MASQUERADE c 2(0-0-0) $200 MOULIN ROUGE MAF x ROYAL AMBIANCE c 1(0-0-0) $100 VAZS BURNING DESTINY x BANDERS NAOMI KU c 2(0-0-0) $200 BURNING SAND x TRIUMPHS PEARL f 3(1-0-1)1-1 $21,495 BURNING SAND x FRYNCH c 1(0-0-0) $1,098 NORPHE x KARIZMA CS c 5(1-2-0) $6,740 BIG EASY x KADOR N BRAEBRAE c 4(1-0-0) $4,660 BUSH HOG x VIRAMIKA c 1(0-0-1) $583 MAGS MAD MAX x KITTILINA f 4(0-1-0) $2,737 BURNING SAND x FORTY ALL f 1(0-0-0) $1,250 TH RICHIE x DJENZEL c 2(0-0-0) $2,204 BURNING SAND x HEAVEN KAN WAIT c 4(1-1-2) $5,671 NIVOUR DE CARDONNE x MONARCHS PRINCESS f 1(0-1-0)0-1 $6,950 KAOLINO x FMR OZARK EKLIPSE f 3(0-0-1) $1,153 BURNING SAND x AK LORETTA c 2(1-1-0)1-1 $43,050 WALK THE LINE x GRAND MASQUERADE f 5(1-2-0) $7,758 TH RICHIE x QUICK NOON c 2(0-0-0) $9,705 TH RICHIE x BURNIE GEE PW f 2(1-0-0) $5,028 BURNING SAND x AMMANTE c 3(0-0-0) $3,658 MADJANI x FRYNCH f 1(0-0-0) $1,250 MADJANI x FRYNCH c 2(1-0-1)0-1 $6,765 MAJD AL ARAB x FRYNCH f 1(0-1-0)0-1 $5,340 TH RICHIE x ROYALE FANFARE c 2(0-0-0) $5,750 KADOR DE BLAZIET x REIGN DANCE PW f 1(0-0-0) $366 TH RICHIE x MORE ADORAABLE f 2(1-0-1) $3,725 TH RICHIE x ROYAL ATHEENA f 2(1-0-0)1-0 $22,850 MOULIN ROUGE MAF x ROYAL AMBIANCE c 3(0-1-0) $1,618 MOULIN ROUGE MAF x BINT BASKETTE f 1(0-0-0) $100 MOULIN ROUGE MAF x BINT BASKETTE f 1(0-0-0) $100 MAJD AL ARAB c 5(1-0-1) $4,383 BURNING SAND x HEAVEN KAN WAIT c 1(0-0-0) $1,250 VIRGULE AL MAURY x MY EVANGELINE c 4(0-1-1) $1,976 DAHESS x IN AWE c 2(1-0-0)1-0 $50,750 THOROUGHBRED x A NOBLE LEAP f 2(0-0-0) $1,350 BURNING SAND x SPILLED PERFUME f 3(0-0-0) $530 BURNING SAND x SPILLED PERFUME c 3(0-0-0) $512 BURNING SAND x WIBWILCCA c 2(0-0-0) $2,897 THOROUGHBRED x SAND WITCHH f 1(0-0-1)0-1 $2,670 THOROUGHBRED x TIKING AWAY c 1(0-1-0)0-1 $5,490 WESTERN LOVE x IISIA f 5(0-0-0) $725 NORPHE x CANDIE CS c 1(0-0-0) $306 GRACIOUS GOODNESS x WMA FLORA f 5(0-0-0) $500 THE KENTUCKIAN x WMA SEABREEZE f 4(1-1-1) $6,950
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Dahess x In Awe, by Monarch AH Bred and Owned by Cre Run Farm
HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak - Grade I, $100,000 Darley How proud we are in having beaten quality horses like Paddys Day and Easter Man in the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak - Grade I, Award Stakes for $100,000 Darley Award Arabian Stakes. THESS IS AWESOME also beat the track record established by So Big Is Better (1:55.78) on Arabians at Breeders Cup Weekend. Many thanks to our whole team, Lynn, Travis, Kirsten, Rosie and the rest of the crew- everyone has had Santa Anita Park Paul Smoke Photo
faith in this horse.
CRE RUN FARM
ALAN KIRSHNER AND DEBORAH MIHALOFF
15460 Campbell Lake Road, Doswell, Virginia 23047 804-227-9491 Email: crerun@aol.com
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