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From the EXECUTIVE CORNER DOUG BURGE CTBA PRESIDENT

Summer Yearling Sale Season Looks Promising

ugust brings with it the start of the commercial yearling sales in California—the CTBA-sponsored Northern California Sale Aug. 16 in Pleasanton and the Barretts Select Yearling Sale Aug. 30 in Del Mar. With the value of California-breds continuing to increase due to the lucrative Golden State Series, restricted overnight purses, maiden bonus, and owner’s awards, the demand at this year’s auction venues should be very strong. Te Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale, which historically has provided a service for breeders in the north, has recently proved very successful for both consignors and buyers. In return, the number of entries cataloged has more than doubled over the past few years, as horses bred and raised in the central region of the state and the south are now shipping north and supporting the auction as well. Many of the top California, and national, sires are represented. Tis year 239 horses are cataloged for the Northern Sale, of which 215 are yearlings, with the vast majority bred in the Golden State. Once again stabling will take place in the permanent barns on the backside of the Alameda County Fairgrounds. Te sale itself will be conducted in the covered Amador Pavilion, with modifcations to the auction ring to provide an expanded out-back area to beneft both buyers and consignors.

Tis sale has already produced many 2-year-old winners, including the frst two fnishers in the $100,450 Everett Nevin Stakes at the Oak Tree Meet at Pleasanton. Travel allowances for trainers who purchase horses coming from Southern California or out of state have also been increased signifcantly. Te Barretts August Select Yearling Sale, conducted at the Surfside Race Place in Del Mar, has cataloged 72 yearlings. Tis year’s event will begin at 2:00 in the afternoon, versus the evening start a year ago. Stabling will take place in the Del Mar Horse Show Arena, next to the sales pavilion. Barretts ofcials have stated that “last year’s yearlings were a very good group of yearlings in terms of quality, and we believe this year’s group is stronger.” Top California and national sires are represented with California-bred foals. Both of the above-mentioned auctions are previewed in this edition of California Toroughbred. Good luck to all for an exceptional summer of sales.

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AUGUST 2016 VOLUME 142

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Contents

FEATURES

16 KING GLORIOUS

18 In Memoriam: Sky Jack

California stalwart and Horse of the Year dies in Japan at 30

20 NorCal Sale Preview

OFFICERS CHAIRPERSON DONALD J. VALPREDO

24 TOBA Breeders of the Year: Paul and Zillah Reddam

PRESIDENT DOUG BURGE VICE CHAIRPERSON HARRIS DAVID AUERBACH TREASURER GEORGE F. SCHMITT

26 Del Mar’s Racing Ofce

SECRETARY PETE PARRELLA

30 Golden State Races at Santa Anita

DIRECTORS John C. Harris, Leigh Ann Howard, John H. Barr, Kate Barton, Daniel Q. Schiffer, Gloria Haley, William H. de Burgh, Pete Parrella, Sue Greene, Donald J. Valpredo, Terry C. Lovingier, Harris David Auerbach, Tim Cohen, George F. Schmitt, Edward Freeman

32 Golden State Race at Pleasanton

A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F

STEVE STIDHAM

CONTROLLER JASON SELLNOW SALES COORDINATOR/MEMBERSHIP CAL CUP COORDINATOR COOKIE HACKWORTH REGISTRAR/INCENTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER MARY ELLEN LOCKE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR DAWN GERBER EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/EVENT COORDINATOR CHRISTY CHAPMAN ADVERTISING MANAGER/PRODUCTION COORDINATOR LORETTA VEIGA WEB SITE MANAGING EDITOR KEN GURNICK

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13 CTBA Calendar 14 California Toroughbred Foundation 40 Winners

43 Health: Assessing Strangles

48 Leading Breeders in California 49 Lists of Leading Sires in California

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1 From the Executive Corner

KATE HUNTER

56 Advertising Index

ON THE COVER

54 Classifed Advertising

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42 Standout Employee: Marcos Menjivar

52 Stakes/Sales Calendar

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4 News Bits 12 CTBA News

LIBRARIAN/RECEPTIONIST/SUBSCRIPTIONS VIVIAN MONTOYA

36 Barretts Yearling Sale Preview

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COMING NEXT MONTH! California-bred stakes winners at Del Mar

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California-breds closed out the Santa Anita meeting in style, as they romped in both of the 2-year-old stakes. In the $125,345 Landaluce Stakes for 2-year-old fllies July 9, Teonewewaitedfor triumphed by 23⁄4 lengths. Tree races later in the $125,345 Santa Anita Juvenile, open to both sexes, California Diamond came home three-quarters of a length on top. Rafael Bejarano piloted Teonewewaitedfor, California Diamond who broke her maiden in her racing debut May 1 26. In the 5 ⁄2-furlong Landaluce she defeated odds-on favorite Miss Southern Miss, getting the distance in 1:03.82. Mike Harrington trains the daughter of Creative Cause—Yolo Lady, by Eastern Echo, for owner/breeder Heinz Steinmann. Harrington also trained the sire and dam for Steinmann. “I’m speechless,” said Harrington. “Ironically, she lived up to her name. I named her, and when I did I told the owner, ‘Tis is the one we waited for.’ She’s always been the best flly in the barn.” California Diamond and Green With Eddie completed a Cal-bred exacta in the 51⁄2-furlong Juvenile. Green With Eddie led most of the way, and California Diamond closed to defeat him in 1:03.54. John Brocklebank trains California Diamond for his family’s Twin V Farm. Edwin Maldonado piloted the colt, a son of Harbor the Gold—Carrie’s a Jewel, by Slewdledo. Green With Eddie went of the favorite in the Juvenile under jockey Flavien Prat. Doug O’Neill trains the son of Square Eddie—Marquis Diamond, by Yonaguska, for owner/breeder Reddam Racing. Theonewewaitedfor

California Chrome Runs for Charity

Ciaglia, Avioli in New TOC Positions

California owner/breeder Joe Ciaglia was elected to serve on the Thoroughbred Owners of California board of directors in the TOC’s recent election. In addition, TOC named Greg Avioli to the newly created position of TOC chief executive offcer. Ciaglia was the only newly elected board member. Nick Alexander, Ron Ellis, Billy Morey, and Samantha Siegel were also re-elected. All fve were named to three-year terms. Alexander also serves as the TOC secretary/treasurer and chair of the fnance committee. Avioli had been the TOC’s senior adviser on gaming legislation, advanced deposit wagering, and strategic planning. He previously served as CEO of the Stronach Group, president and CEO of the Breeders’ Cup, chief operating offcer of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, and president of HORSEPAC, the U.S. horse industry’s federal political action committee. “Given the many opportunities and challenges now facing the organization, we felt it was important to bring in additional executive experience on the management team,” said Mike Pegram, chairman of the TOC board. “Greg has decades of experience at the highest levels of our industry and proven leadership in legislative and regulatory affairs.”

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A portion of California Chrome’s earnings will now beneft the V Foundation for Cancer Research. Majority owner-breeders Perry and Denise Martin made the announcement in conjunction with Taylor Made Stallions in mid-July. “When we selected a charity, we were looking for a charity that has the same values as Taylor Made Stallions,” said Duncan Taylor, president of Taylor Made, where California Chrome is slated to stand at stud. “Our entire California Chrome team is proud of the association, and we believe that this relationship is groundbreaking in horse racing.” The late Jim Valvano, who coached basketball at North Carolina State University, founded the V Foundation with ESPN in 1993. The organization has awarded more than $150 million to more than 120 facilities nationwide, and 100% of direct cash donations goes to cancer research and related programs. The Martins bred California Chrome in California with Steve and Carolyn Coburn. A 5-yearold son of Lucky Pulpit—Love the Chase, by Not For Love, California Chrome is the all-time leading California-bred earner and the 2014 national Horse of the Year.

CC teams up with V Foundation

Greg Avioli

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CAL-BREDS DOMINATE SANTA ANITA JUVENILE STAKES

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THIS MONTH IN

CURRENT CALIFORNIA

SIRES OF STAKES WINNERS NAMED FOALS OF RACING AGE

STALLION

SWs

UNUSUAL HEAT (1990)

759

BENCHMARK (1991) †

757

TRIBAL RULE (1996) †

739

BLUEGRASS CAT (2003)

778

STORMIN FEVER (1994)

802

SWISS YODELER (1994)

786

GAME PLAN (1993) †

448

OLD TOPPER (1995)

551

KAFWAIN (2000)

603

SEA OF SECRETS (1995)

498

ROCKY BAR (1998)

160

MINISTERS WILD CAT (2000)

360

DECARCHY (1997)

367

WESTERN FAME (1992) †

315

ATTICUS (1992)

490

COMIC STRIP (1995)

341

BIRDONTHEWIRE (1989) †

294

HISTORY

10 YEARS AGO LAVA MAN had a phenomenal year in 2006. Coming on the heels of his second Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I), the California-bred gelding triumphed in the $1 million Pacifc Classic (gr. I) Aug. 20. That gave him a unique handicap triple, as he became the frst horse ever to win the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I), Gold Cup, and Pacifc Classic in one year. With Corey Nakatani aboard for trainer Doug O’Neill, Lava Man completed the 11⁄4 miles in 2:01.62 while winning by 21⁄2 lengths. Lonnie Arterburn bred Lava Man in partnership with Eve and Kim Kuhlmann. Dave, Steve, and Tracy Kenly, as STD Racing Stable, campaigned him with Jason Wood. The $600,000 Lava Man earned moved him into third among all-time leading Calbred earners, behind Tiznow and Best Pal, and he is now fourth after California Chrome zoomed to the top.

25 YEARS AGO One of John Mabee’s proudest accomplishments as Del Mar’s chairman of the board was establishing the Pacifc Classic as the track’s $1 million premier race. Thus, it was only ftting that

Mabee and his wife, Betty, won the inaugural running Aug. 10, 1991, with their homebred BEST PAL. The California-bred gelding accomplished plenty during his career, but nothing made his owners prouder than his Pacifc Classic victory. Best Pal, then a 3-year-old, defeated 5-year-old Twilight Agenda by a length, with 1990 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) hero Unbridled third. Best Pal completed the 11⁄4 miles in 1:59.86. Patrick Valenzuela rode Best Pal for trainer Gary Jones. “It was a fantastic day,” said John Mabee. “He was the choice of the public—you could see that. It’s a super feeling to win this race.”

50 YEARS AGO Robert Hibbert’s OLD MOSE put together an excellent Del Mar meeting in 1966, with three consecutive stakes victories. The California-bred began by taking the Aug. 6 San Diego Handicap in a close blanket fnish for his frst career black-type score. Don Pierce piloted the 4-year-old colt for trainer Joe Manzi. Three weeks later Old Mose returned in a division of the Cabrillo Handicap, and he completed his triple Sept. 5 in the Del Mar Handicap. Mrs. Frank C. Bishop bred the son of Indian Hemp— Mab’s Choice, by Royal Charger, and Hibbert named him for his friend Major C. C. Moseley. Old Mose eventually won 11 of 58 starts for earnings of $131,334.

Indicates stallions who have died or have been retired from stud.

● Indicates stallions who have moved out of state but have California-bred 2-year-olds of this year. All

sires will remain on the list until the year after their last foals are 2-year-olds.

QUALIFYING CLAIMING LEVELS The following claiming levels for California owners premiums and stallion awards are currently in effect:

DEL MAR/$40,000

HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR (FERNDALE)/$20,000

SONOMA COUNTY FAIR (SANTA ROSA)/$20,000

GOLDEN GATE FIELDS/$20,000

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BODHISATTVA WINS AT DELAWARE California-breds don’t often make it to Delaware Park, given how far from home it is. However, Bodhisattva staked his claim in Delaware by capturing the $50,250 Carl Hanford Memorial Stakes July 16. Sent away as the second-longest shot in the seven-horse feld, Bodhisattva rallied from sixth under jockey Taylor Hole. His long drive took him to the front, where he ultimately defeated Savoy Stomp and jockey Joel Rosario by 11⁄4 lengths. Bodhisattva clocked the 11⁄16 miles in 1:44.20. Odds-on favorite Kid Cruz fnished third. Andy Stronach bred Bodhisattva, a 4-yearold son of Student Council—Dr. Cheryl P., by Talk Is Money. Jose Corrales owns and trains the colt, who has won fve of 20 starts for earnings of $237,883.

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ONLY YOU BABE PROVES BEST IN GONZALEZ

California-bred Masochistic, winner of last year’s Triple Bend Stakes (gr. I), successfully returned from injury to score in a July 8 allowance race at Santa Anita by 61⁄4 lengths. He led throughout the 61⁄2-furlong race under jockey Mike Smith, completing the distance in 1:13.74. The gelding turned in swift fractions, getting the frst quarter-mile in :21.53 and the half-mile in :43.61. “Visually, I would have never thought he was going that fast,” said trainer Ron Ellis. Ellis trains Masochistic for owners Masochistic Samantha Siegel and Will Shamlian. Francoise Dupuis and the late Louise Julian bred the 6-year-old gelded son of Sought After—Trotinette, by Unusual Heat. Masochistic hadn’t raced since fnishing off the board in the 2015 TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I). He suffered a fractured hind cannon bone, and Ellis believes the injury occurred in that race. In addition to last year’s Triple Bend, Masochistic won the 2015 Kona Gold Stakes (gr. II).

Larry and Marianne Williams’ homebred Only You Babe ventured into open stakes company at Pleasanton to win the $62,225 Juan Gonzalez Memorial Stakes July 2. The California-bred nosed out Unbroken Code in the 51⁄2-furlong event for 2-year-old fllies, stopping the clock in 1:05. Frank Alvarado rode Only You Babe for trainer Steve Specht, bringing her home on top after trailing early. It was the flly’s fourth start and second win. The daughter of Thorn Song—Book’em Babe, by Johannesburg, fnished second in her frst two starts.

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Bodhisattva takes the Carl Hanford Memorial

MASOCHISTIC RETURNS TRIUMPHANTLY

CHAD HARMON

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Only You Babe, left, defeats Unbroken Code in Juan Gonzalez Memorial Stakes

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■ Heatseeker Has Group I Winner in Peru

HARRIS FARMS

Ryans Charm, a 6-year-old daughter of California sire Heatseeker, captured her second Clasico Pamplona (Per-I) in Peru in late June. The race earns her a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) as part of the international Breeders’ Cup Challenge series. The mare hadn’t raced in eight months before returning to win the event on the turf. It was her eighth straight victory and 13th on the grass, and she completed the 2,000 meters in 2:00.50, winning by 11⁄2 lengths. Armando Filipuzzi trains Ryans Charm for owner Stud Nautica. A son of Giant’s Heatseeker Causeway—Rusty Back, by Defensive Play, Heatseeker stands at Harris Farms in Coalinga. He won the 2008 Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) and Californian Stakes (gr. II), as well as the 2007 Native Diver Handicap (gr. III).

■ Calimonco Gets First Winner My California became the frst winner for California stallion Calimonco when she won a $57,035 maiden special weight race at Santa Anita June 16. The 2-yearold flly annihilated the feld, scoring by 91⁄4 lengths in :58.06 My California for the fve furlongs under jockey Tyler Baze. Mercedes Stable bred and owns My California, a daughter of the Smart Strike mare Give My Regards. Robertino Diodoro trains the flly, who had fnished second in her racing debut. Calimonco stands at Ballena Vista Farm. He is a grade II-placed stakes-winning full brother to Sweet Catomine and Life Is Sweet, both Breeders’ Cup winners. Calimonco earned $391,486 on the track.

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■ Breeders’ Cup Increases Purses, Entry Fees

STALLION

The Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) and Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (gr. IT) will each be worth an additional million dollars this year when Santa Anita against hosts the event. The Classic purse will increase to $6 million while the Turf purse will rise to $4 million. Both will be held Nov. 5, the second of the two days of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Breeders’ Cup offcials also announced increases in combined pre-entry and entry fees. The Classic fees will go from $100,000 to $150,000, while the Turf fees will be $100,000, up from $60,000. Combined fees for races with a $1 million purse will rise to $30,000 from $20,000. Races with a $1.5 million purse will go from $30,000 to $45,000. The $2 million races will go from $40,000 to $60,000. Recent added benefts have included paid travel fees of up to $10,000 for horses in North America that ship to a host site and up to $40,000 for international runners. Horses that capture a “Win and You’re In” race have their fees paid as part of those victories.

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James Street El Prado (Ire) – Alleynedale, by Unbridled, Fee: $10,000-LF El PRADO is a proven Sire of Sires including leading sire, KITTENS JOY and MEDAGLIA D’ORO (Sire of Preakness Stakes winner & Eclipse Horse of the year RACHEL ALEXANDRA and 14 Hands Winery Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner SONG BIRD ($2,102,000) winner of 4 Grades Stakes in 2016 including GI Santa Anita Oaks

Lightnin N Thunder Storm Cat-Things Change, by Stalwart, Fee: $3,000-LFG · Colts Sold at Barretts March 2YO Sale for $400,000 & $120,000 · He is the sire of 8 stakes winners and five stakes-placed runners, including group I winner and two-time Korean champion BULPAE GISANG, and Graded stakes-placed CRIOLLA BONITA. · Former #1 Stallion from both Massachusetts and Ohio regions. · Progeny have earned more than $5.4 million with average earning per starter $40,447.

Sequoyah By A.P. Indy - Chilukki by Cherokee Run, Fee: $3,000-LF · By Horse of the year and Classic winner, A.P. INDY · Out of Eclipse Award Champion 2 Year Old Filly · Multiple Graded Stakes Winner of $1,201,828 · From 17 Starts has 11 frsts and three seconds including the G1 Oak Leaf · Stakes at Santa Anita, a six length victory in the G2 · Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar, and fnished second in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies

Hidden Blessing Orientate-Fast ‘n Fleet, by Mr. Greeley, Fee: $1,500 -LFG · By champion sprinter ORIENTATE ($1,716,950). Out of Graded stakesplaced producer FAST ‘N FLEET. · A half-brother to multiple graded stakes-placed Remand and Graded stakes winner KARA’S ORIENTATION. · Retired from racing with a career of 7-4-10 and earnings of $178,030.

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Coming Soon – Harris Farms Seminar Oct. 7

CTBA a Silver Sponsor for CARMA Event Te California Toroughbred Breeders Association was a Silver Sponsor for the annual charity poker tournament benefting the California Retirement Management Account (CARMA). More than 200 people gathered at the Hilton Del Mar Hotel July 16 for the “Chips All In” event. It raised more than $86,000 to help the organization provide fnancial aid to more than 20 nonprofts that rehabilitate, retrain, and rehome of-track Toroughbreds. Silent auction items included paintings of champions California Chrome and American Pharoah. At the conclusion of the social hour, the Texas Hold’em poker tournament began. Paul Martino was this year’s winner, and he won a weekend stay at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, along with dinner and theater tickets donated by MGM Resorts International. “Tis is our fnal CARMA Cares poker tournament, so we’re very happy to have it go out on a high note,” said Lucinda Mandella, CARMA’s executive director. “We’ve had a great nine-year run with this event, but we’re looking forward to bringing something new to our supporters next year.” Besides the CTBA, sponsors included Bob and Jill Bafert, Madeline Auerbach, Jay Em Ess Stable, Chuck Winner and David Bienstock, Liberty Road Stables, Rancho San Miguel, Reddam Racing, Santa Anita Park, Purple Shamrock Racing, U S Ranger, Mike Pegram, Double JH Stables, Jim and Janet Rome, Oakmont Ranch, Harris Farms, Maureen Richardson CFP, and Von Bluecher, Blea & Hunkin Inc. Table Sponsors included Haven Bloodstock, Meticulous Talent Management, Gary Stevens, and Narvick International.

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The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, in conjunction with Harris Farms, will hold an all-day seminar on breeding issues Oct 7. The $150 cost will includes all speakers, cocktails, lunch, and dinner. The seminar will be held at the Harris Ranch Inn as well as at Harris Farms in Coalinga. A special room rate at the Harris Ranch Inn will be available for attendees. For details, contact Christy Chapman at 626-445-7800 x 247 or christy@ctba.com.

Registration Process Now Streamlined The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association continues to offer a streamlined registration process that eliminates the need to send the original Jockey Club Certifcate to the CTBA to complete the Cal-bred or Cal-sired registration. Once the Cal-bred or Cal-sired application and fee are submitted to the CTBA, and a certifcate has been issued by The Jockey Club, the CTBA will be notifed by The Jockey Club and will send a sticker to the person or farm submitting the application to be affxed to The Jockey Club Certifcate verifying the Cal-bred or Cal-sired registration. The sticker will be similar to ones used for annual vehicle registration by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Certifcates that were already processed by the CTBA and returned to applicants will not need or receive a sticker. MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 60018, Arcadia, CA 91066-6018 PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 201 Colorado Place, Arcadia, CA 91007 (626) 445-7800 | (800) 573-CTBA Fax: (626) 574-0852 www.ctba.com | Email: ctbainfo@ctba.com

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CTBA FUTURE EVENTS CTBA Northern California Yearling & Horses of Racing Age Sale Tuesday, August 16 Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton For further information, contact Cookie Hackworth at cookie@ ctba.com or 800.573-2822 ext. 243. Also, see more complete information about the sale on page 20 of this issue.

CTBA EVENTS ■ SALES ■ CAL-BRED/SIRED STAKES RACES

SUNDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

$100,000 Graduation Stakes Del Mar

$150,000 Solana Beach Stakes Del Mar

Edwin J. Gregson Foundation charity fundraising dinner San Diego

CTBA Northern California Yearling & Horses of Racing Age Sale Alameda County Fairgrounds

Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa closing day

MONDAY

AUGUST2016

Golden Gate Fields opening day

CHRB monthly meeting Del Mar

Humboldt County Fair closing day

Barretts Select Yearling Sale Del Mar

Humboldt County Fair opening day

$150,000 Generous Portion Stakes Del Mar

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CTFoundation OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES PRESIDENT

Mrs. Ada Gates Patton VICE-PRESIDENT

Gail Gregson TREASURER

James Murphy SECRETARY

Jane Goldstein Mrs. Jeanne L. Canty, Ex Offcio President

Gregory L. Ferraro, DVM Tracy Gantz Thomas S. Robbins John W. Sadler Noreen Sullivan Peter W. Tunney Warren Williamson Amy J. Zimmerman Mrs. Kenneth M. Schiffer, Director Emeritus

Te 2016 California Toroughbred Foundation Scholarship Award has been presented to Katherine Ellis of Western University of Health Science. Te $5,000 award is given to a student with demonstrated high scholastic achievement, ethical standards, and good citizenship and a demonstrated dedication to equine medicine, preferably in the Toroughbred industry. Ellis is a third-year veterinary student at Western University, currently emphasizing equine medicine. She is a 2012 graduate of the University of Arizona with a BS in veterinary science and a minor in chemistry. She has a number of years of practical experience, including 18 months as an animal care intern at the Reid Park Zoo, where she was responsible for a wide variety of animals, including sun bears, Malayan tigers, lions, jaguars, girafes, and zebras. Like many other veterinary students, she began her association with horses as a youngster, and she worked for Santa Rita Arabians for more than a decade. Additionally, she has experience at several veterinary hospitals as a veterinary technician. Ellis is currently undertaking her third-year veterinary rotation in equine surgery at the Chino Valley Equine Hospital in Southern California, where one of her patients was her own 14-year-old horse with a surgical colic. In her application letter Ellis wrote of the profound efect of the experience: “As an owner, I was extremely nervous Left to right: Dr. Babak Faramarzi, Katherine Ellis, Ada Gates Patton, Tim McPheron about the major surgical procedure, but as a student, I could not wait to see what was causing my horse’s problem and how the surgeon could intervene to fx him. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to scrub in to the surgery, and my horse has now returned to full exercise and is happier than ever. Participating in that surgery was a moment of clarity for me, that equine practice is where I was meant to be.” Located in Pomona, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences is dedicated to creating graduates who are independent lifelong learners by developing students who continue to keep their skills current after their graduation. Western U prides itself on small-group learning to identify knowledge gaps and make learning meaningful, relevant, and long-term. CTF is a longtime supporter of Western U’s veterinary program.

memorial donations The CTF accepts donations in memory of relatives and friends, with all such donations allocated to Scholarship Funds of the Foundation and to the Carleton F. Burke Memorial Library. Please remember members of our industry with a donation to the CTF memorial fund. Donations may be sent to: CTF, P.O. Box 60018, Arcadia, CA 91066-6018.

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Katherine Ellis Receives Foundation Scholarship

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In Memoriam

KING GLORIOUS BY TRACY GANTZ

Ted Aroney bred King Glorious in the name of Halo Farms. Aroney raced him in partnership with Alan Magerman and has never forgotten the colt or his antics. “He’d lie down in his stall all the time, and he’d always have a cat on top of him sleeping,” said Aroney. “He loved bran muffns in the morning.” Aroney was looking for mares to breed to Shanekite at Ron and Fran Stolich’s Blooming Hills in Clements, Calif., and he made several purchases at the 1986 California Toroughbred Sales winter mixed sale. Tey included Glorious Natalie, a daughter of Refected Glory in foal to Naevus, for $6,700. Glorious Natalie foaled King Glorious shortly thereafter. Because King Glorious was crooked as a youngster, Magerman suggested to Aroney that they sell him at the 1987 CTS Northern California yearling sale. Aroney asked Jerry Hollendorfer to care for King Glorious at Bay Meadows before the sale, and the trainer, seeing something in the colt, suggested putting a reserve on him. After King Glorious failed to sell for $6,500, Hollendorfer trained King Glorious for Aroney and Magerman to a stellar career that included a perfect fve-for-fve season at 2 in 1988. Exercise rider Scott Saito told Hollendorfer before King Glorious debuted that he was the best horse Saito had ever ridden. Bullet works made the colt favored in his Golden Gate Fields debut, and King Glorious responded with a seven-length victory in a track-record :51 for 41⁄2 furlongs.

King Glorious’ victory in the grade I Hollywood Futurity earned him a Cal-bred Horse of the Year title in 1988

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ing Glorious always outdid expectations. A crooked colt who didn’t bring his reserve, he became the frst undefeated California-bred Horse of the Year as a 2-year-old and a millionaire at 3. Sold to Japan, he became a prominent sire there, outliving just about everyone in his foal crop. He died July 2 at age 30, according to Kate Hunter of Paca Paca Farms.

The 1988 Hollywood Juvenile Championship was King Glorious’ frst graded stakes win

Te following month at Golden Gate, King Glorious defeated Rob an Plunder by 10 lengths in 1:023⁄5 for 51⁄2 furlongs, only three-ffths of a second of the track mark. Te competition grew fercer at Hollywood Park. But it didn’t keep King Glorious from the winner’s circle, as he defeated the good Cal-bred Bruho in the Hollywood Juvenile Championship (gr. II). A virus sidelined King Glorious until late in the year. He returned to capture the Hollywood Prevue Stakes (gr. III) and the Hollywood Futurity (gr. I). He had earned a total of $646,100 and was voted the titles of Cal-bred Horse of the Year and champion 2-year-old male. Te next year was nearly perfect. King Glorious won the Piedmont Stakes and then ran second in the Gold Rush Handicap, both at Golden Gate. Hollendorfer took him on the road, where he added the Ohio Derby (gr. II) and turned in a brilliant performance to win the Haskell Invitational Handicap (gr. I) at Monmouth Park. Named champion Cal-bred 3-year-old male of 1989, King Glorious retired with eight wins and a second in nine starts, for earnings of $1,175,650. Aroney and Magerman sold him for stud duty to the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders Association. “His ofspring won a lot of races in Japan,” said Aroney. Since 2010 King Glorious had been pensioned from stud duty at JBBA Shizunai Stallion Station in Hokkaido, where he stood for most of his career. From 21 crops, King Glorious got eight stakes winners from 517 winners of 2,519 races, including graded winners Wonder Speed, Max Can Do, Bold Emperor, and Namura Kokuo.

In Memoriam

SKY JACK

Valentine Stakes. “We always say we should have named him Te BY TRACY GANTZ Carrot Kid.” Te road from the racetrack ome horses endear themselves to the to retirement had plenty of highs humans in their lives. California-bred and lows. Sky Jack captured his Sky Jack was one of those. He loved his frst stakes in the 2000 Wells Farpeople, especially when they came with a go Bank California Cup Classic at healthy supply of carrots. 11-1 with the great Laft Pincay Te popular gray gelding died recently Jr. aboard. Following the Native at age 20 of melanoma. It was just a cou- Diver, however, Sky Jack sufered ple of months after the death of Marjo- a chipped knee, and complications rie Lambert, who with her late husband, from surgeries kept him away from Rene, bred Sky Jack and raced him in the the races for more than a year. name of their Ren-Mar Toroughbreds. Sky Jack returned in 2002, and Sky Jack helped put a young trainer in his third start he walloped the named Doug O’Neill on the map. When competition by 51⁄2 lengths in the Sky Jack won the $100,000 Native Div- $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy Handier Handicap (gr. III) in 2000, it was not cap (gr. II). Two months later he only his frst graded stakes victory but nosed out Momentum after leading at every call of the 11⁄4 miles in Sky Jack gave jockey Lafft Pincay Jr. his ninth victory O’Neill’s as well. During those years, visits to O’Neill’s the $750,000 Hollywood Gold in the grade I Hollywood Gold Cup Hollywood Park barn always included a Cup (gr. I). “Tis win was a credit to owners Rene number of Gold Cups. Pincay was winwalk past Sky Jack’s stall. Tere the gelding eagerly greeted visitors, accepting pats and Margie Lambert,” said O’Neill after ning his ninth Gold Cup when he partand carrots with equal pleasure. After Sky the Gold Cup. “Tey bred Sky Jack and nered Sky Jack. Sky Jack wasn’t fnished visiting the Jack’s retirement to the Lamberts’ 44-acre were so patient through this whole ordeal. Ren-Mar Toroughbreds farm in Temec- Tey thought they were going to lose the winner’s circle. In 2003 he started three horse about a year ago and have given him times, capturing an allowance race in his ula, Calif., that same routine applied. “He just hangs out and begs for car- all the time in the world to try and make second start of the year and then shipping to Emerald Downs in Washington for the rots,” said Cathy Lambert, Rene and it back.” Tat Gold Cup victory pushed Pincay Longacres Mile Handicap (gr. III). Marjorie’s daughter-in-law, after their With Russell Baze aboard for the Mile, Dancingtothestars won the 2014 Fran’s past none other than Bill Shoemaker in Sky Jack set the pace, trading the lead with Handy N Bold until the stretch. He then drew away, putting more and more space between him and the competition, before posting a fnal margin of 6 1⁄4 lengths. His time of 1:33 set a track record at Emerald that still stands and equaled the fastest mile ever run in Washington state. “It was incredible,” said O’Neill after the win. “It was kind of like Seabiscuit. Te people were hanging over the railing, you know, going nuts over him.” It made Sky Jack a millionaire and was a ftting end to his racing career. Te son of Jaklin Klugman—Sky Captive, by Skywalker, retired with 10 wins in 18 starts for earnings of $1,115,127. He headed to Ren-Mar for a well-deserved, pampered The gallant gray Sky Jack gets the better of Momentum (white shadow roll) to win the 2002 retirement. © BENOIT PHOTOS

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CTBA Sales’ Northern California yearling and horses of racing age sale takes place at Alameda County Fairgrounds Aug. 16 in Pleasanton

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or at least two sets of owners, it didn’t take long to see a return on their investment from the 2015 CTBA Sales’ Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale. Yearlings they bought fnished frst and second in the $100,450 Everett Nevin Stakes at Pleasanton July 3.

Lloyd Mason and Robert Jones purchased California-bred Llobo for $34,000 at last year’s sale, while Curt and Lila Lanning paid $17,500 for Cal-bred Tchula Sunset. Both horses broke their maidens in their initial outings, and then they met in the 51⁄2-furlong Nevin, with Llobo coming home on top. 20

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Tis year’s catalog features 239 horses, the majority of them Cal-bred yearlings. Te sale will be conducted Tuesday, Aug. 16, beginning at noon at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Buyers will have similar opportunities to examine horses such as Llobo and Tchula Sunset. For example, Steve Cole’s Cole Ranch is bringing a consignment that includes a half sister to Llobo. Te flly, named Bellatriz, is by Heatseeker out of Serena’s Echo, by Swiss Yodeler. Serena’s Echo is a full sister to Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Tor’s Echo. Tribal Rule, Lucky Pulpit, and Smiling Tiger are among the sires represented in the Cole consignment. Sue Greene’s Woodbridge Farm brings

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a large group to the Northern sale annually and sold Tchula Sunset (Sierra Sunset—Tchula Miss, by Pentelicus) last year. In 2015, Woodbridge, the sale’s leading consignor, also topped the sale with Snow Proof (Idiot Proof—Reine des Neiges, by Smart Strike) at $72,000. Snow Proof, now named Stars Aligned, subsequently brought $150,000 at this year’s Barretts March 2-year-old sale. Tannersmyman stands at Woodbridge, and Greene sold a yearling by the stallion for $42,000 last year. Her 2016 consignment has four by Tannersmyman, along with several by Lucky Pulpit, Idiot Proof, Smiling Tiger, and Street Life. One of the Lucky Pulpit oferings, a daughter of the Tabasco Cat mare Shah-

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alie Lake, is a full sister to Shari, who won at Pleasanton July 1. Shari, bred in California by Edward Moger Jr. and Patrick Neary, sold at last year’s sale out of the Woodbridge consignment to Robert Jones for $20,000. Mason trains Shari for Jones. Sierra Sunset is another stallion well represented in the catalog, especially in Sierra Sunset Ranch’s consignment. Te stallion has 13 yearlings and eight 2-year-olds in the Sierra Sunset group, which also ofers several by Run Brother Ron and Brave Cat. In last year’s sale, two by Run Brother Ron went through the ring as 2-year-olds and went on to win this year at 3. George and Mary Clare Schmitt bred and own Renegade Run and Lexi’s Run, the latter in partnership, both winners by Run Brother Ron. Sierra Sunset and Idiot Proof are also represented in Paradise Road Ranch’s consignment. Sierra Sunset has two fllies, Alkha and Wicked Sunset, while Dream Proof is a daughter of Idiot Proof. John Harris’ Harris Farms sold a homebred flly by Lucky Pulpit—Mulberry Lane, by Cee’s Tizzy, to Sean McCarthy for $20,000 at the 2015 sale. McCarthy pinhooked the flly at the 2016 Barretts May 2-year-old sale through the McCarthy Bloodstock consignment of his wife, Kim. Te Lucky Pulpit flly brought $150,000 at the Barretts sale. Lucky Pulpit, the sire of Horse of the Year California Chrome, stands at Harris, and four of his ofspring are among the various Harris consignments. Perennial leading California sire Unusual Heat, who also stands at Harris, has two in the catalog, including Cascadia, a son of the Grand Slam mare Match Ball, consigned by Harris Farms as agent for Marion Christensen or M. Auer-

Lucky Pulpit, sire of Horse of the Year and all-time leading Cal-bred earner California Chrome, is well represented in the 2016 catalog

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bach. Match Ball is a half sister to graded stakes winner Deputy Glitters. Sam Hendricks is ofering the other Unusual Heat. Te flly, named Unusual Gold, is out of the stakes-placed Regal Remark mare Pat of Gold. Pat of Gold is a full sister to stakes winners Golden Remark and Crescent Remark. Hendricks has several yearlings by Te Pamplemousse and Don’tsellmeshort, as well as 4-year-old Westway, a son of Giant’s Causeway out of the stakes-winning Elusive Quality mare West Ocean. McCarthy Bloodstock is slated to take 27 yearlings to the Northern California sale. Tey come from a variety of sire lines, the stallions including Black Seventeen, Champ Pegasus, Jersey Town, Lucky Pulpit, Roi Charmant, and Tale of Ekati. One of McCarthy’s Lucky Pulpit entries is a daughter of the stakes-winning Shinko King mare Eternal Melody. Te daughter of Jersey Town is from the family of national Horse of the Year Point Given, while a Roi Charmant colt is from the family of two-time Cal-bred Horse of the Year Free House. Roi Charmant is the sire of three from Neale Jensen, who also has a flly by Peppered Cat. One of the Roi Charmant youngsters is out of the stakes-placed Bold Executive mare Edamame. Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch will ofer 18 yearlings, many by stallions that stand at the Warner Springs ranch. Empire Way’s frst foals are 2-yearolds, and Lovacres has several from his second crop, including a colt out of the stakes-winning Kiridashi mare Cricket Wicket. Another, a flly, is a half sister to multiple stakes-placed Lovmeister. Grace Upon Grace, another Lovacres stallion, will be represented in the Lovacres consignment by two yearlings. Marty McDougle, a son of the Unbridled’s Song mare Radiant Belle, is from the family of Pacifc Classic Stakes (gr. I) and Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner Came Home. A $34,000 purchase at last year’s NorCal sale, Llobo wins the Everett Nevin Stakes Elena Crim has long supported the Northern sale over fellow Cal-bred sales graduate Tchula Sunset www.ctba.com

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Travel Allowance A $500 travel allowance is being offered to any trainer from out of state or from Southern California who attends and purchases a horse from the 2016 Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale.

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with her H&E Ranch consignment. H&E has a Cal-bred daughter of Swiss Yodeler, Florida-bred daughters of Majestic Warrior and Prospective, an Arizona-bred son of City Zip, and a Kentucky-bred son of Tapizar. Dynamic Sales Prep has a diverse age group of yearlings, 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, and a 5-year-old. Te 5-year-old, Willie B Awesome, is a multiple stakes-placed full brother to Cal-bred champion Willa B Awesome. Both are by Awesome Gambler, the sire of several others in the Dynamic consignment. Cheryl Bigon sold the highest-priced flly at the 2015 sale, Awaken Hope, for $57,000. Tis year Bigon is bringing three yearling fllies, daughters of Acclamation, Kafwain, and Ministers Wild Cat. Acclamation is the sire of one of Fairview’s seven yearlings. Te colt is out of the stakes-winning Jump Start mare North Freeway. Fairview’s other oferings are by Artie Schiller, Dixie Chatter, Gio Ponti, Jimmy Creed, Lucky Pulpit, and Papa Clem. Adrian Gonzalez has six in the Checkmate Toroughbreds consignment, including a flly by Te Pamplemousse out of the stakes-placed Slewpy mare Broke the Slump. Checkmate also has a daughter of Lucky Pulpit from the family of champion sprinter My Juliet. Colleen Turpin-Boyce is acting as agent for several clients. Her yearlings are by Desert Code, Eddington, Peppered Cat, Sought After, and Vronsky. Te Desert Code and Vronsky fllies are for Rancho de Los Aviadores, which is also bringing its own consignment to the sale. Tose four are by Desert Code, Eddington, Smiling Tiger, and Te Pamplemousse.

Awaken Hope, a Cal-bred daughter of Kafwain, was the highest-priced flly at the 2015 sale

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Jack and Barb Hatch have three yearlings in the sale—two by Smiling Tiger and one by Stormin Fever—in the name of their Green Acre Stables. Te Smiling Tiger flly is a half sister to stakes winner Sharoana and two stakes-placed runners. Kazza, the son of Stormin Fever, is a full brother to stakes-placed Kitty Marie. Stony Creek farm has yearlings by Cyclotron, Desert Code, and Te Pamplemousse, while Willow Tree Farm has a colt by Heatseeker and a flly by Stormin Fever. Te Pfanner Pfarm Survivor’s Trust has consigned a daughter of Bold Chieftain and a son of Idiot Proof. Goda Bloodstock and McMahon Capall Toroughbreds each have one horse in the catalog. Informer, the Goda ofering, is a yearling son of Informed out of the stakes-placed Unusual Heat mare Shes a Real Keeper. McMahon is bringing Isa Firecracker, a 2-year-old daughter of Heatseeker—Caroline Elena, by Tannersmyman. A $500 travel allowance is being ofered to any trainer from out of state or from Southern California who attends and purchases a horse from the 2016 Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale. Visit www.ctba.com for more information or to request a catalog for the sale.

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Llobo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2015 Northern California Sale Graduate winning the $100,000 Everett Nevin Stake

2016 Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale Sale date: Tuesday at noon on August 16, 2016 at Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, CA A $500 TRAVEL ALLOWANCE IS BEING OFFERED to any trainer from out of state or from Southern California who attends and purchases a horse from the 2016 Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale

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2015 TOBA State Breeder of the Year for California

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Trough the exploits of the stallion Square Eddie’s ofspring, Reddam Racing’s Cal-breds had an amazing season in 2015. Reddam Racing earned $2,184,027 from its Cal-breds in 2015, with 50 wins in 336 starts. Accordingly, the Toroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) is recognizing the Reddams as the 2015 State 24

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aul and Zillah Reddam have succeeded so spectacularly on the racetrack after buying horses such as Nyquist and I’ll Have Another at auction that doing anything else might seem pointless. Yet because of the Reddams’ ability to diversify their business model, they have broadened their stable to include a talented California-bred division.

Reddam-raced grade I winner Square Eddie sired three stakes winners in 2015, including grade I winner Ralis

Breeder of the Year for California. Nyquist and I’ll Have Another won the 2016 and 2012 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) after agent Dennis O’Neill bought them at 2-yearold sales for the Reddams. Dennis’ brother Doug trained both colts to their classic scores. Square Eddie, however, took a diferent path to the Doug O’Neill barn. Jamie McCalmont, the Reddams’ English agent, searches for good European-based runners that

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might suit the couple’s U.S. stable. He found Square Eddie, a Canadian-bred son of Smart Strike—Forty Gran, by El Gran Senor, in England. Te colt won the 2008 Lane’s End Breeders’ Futurity (gr. I) for the Reddams and placed in several other stakes, including a second in the 2008 Bessemer Trust Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I). Square Eddie also still holds the Santa Anita track record for 61⁄2 furlongs of 1:13.11. When Square Eddie recuperated from injuries midway through his career at Vessels Stallion Farm, the Reddams bred some mares to him. Tat decision has reverberated, not only throughout the Reddam stable but also in California breeding. Square Eddie hit immediately with stakes winners Sprouts, Smoove It, and More Complexity in that frst crop. He had three more stakes winners last year in Ralis, Found Money, and Mrazek. Ralis became the stallion’s frst grade I winner by surprising the East Coast in the 2015 Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga. Te Reddams are understandably proud of Square Eddie, a horse they believed in and stood in California. “When you look a stallion who’s bred roughly 30-something mares and last year he had in the 2-year-old ranks three stakes winners, that’s a pretty good ratio, 10% of his foals,” said Paul Reddam. “Relative to the maiden special-weight bonus program, we had a good year.” Square Eddie’s books of mares include decent racehorses from the Reddam stable, but not the top ones, that usually are sold at auction. “Te thing that really stands out about Square Eddie is that he has lifted what one could expect from these mares,” said Reddam. Te Reddams credit their entire team for their Cal-bred success. Trainer Edward Freeman starts all of the Reddams’ Square Eddie foals and has trained Sprouts and More Complexity. Doug O’Neill trained Ralis, Mrazek, and Found Money to their 2015 stakes victories. “Obviously, both Edward and Doug are both contributors to the horse’s success,” said Reddam of the stallion. Ralis brought the most national attention to Square Eddie and the Reddams’ Cal-bred program last year. He deputized in the Hopeful for Mrazek, who had captured the $100,000 Graduation Stakes at Del Mar but developed an ankle injury and missed the rest of the year. Mrazek has returned triumphantly in 2016, most recently in the $100,345 Tor’s Echo Handicap. Square Eddie hasn’t stopped with that crop, however. Green With Eddie, one of the stallion’s frst 2-year-old runners of 2016, broke his maiden in his debut and ran second in the July 9 Santa Anita Juvenile Stakes. Rinse and Repeat, another from the same crop, fnished third in the July 3 Everett Nevin Stakes at Pleasanton. Te Reddam team and Square Eddie have made an indelible mark on the California breeding industry, and Paul and Zillah Reddam are well deserving of the TOBA honor.

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Del Mar Racing Ofce

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Robbins doesn’t hesitate to remind the people involved that the “next town is pretty nice.” “We have a pretty attractive program with a nice purse structure,” he said. Robbins does recognize that there might some minor drawbacks for some horsemen in the form of leaving the comfort of their homes to come and live in a diferent atmosphere, meaning an apartment, perhaps, or a rental home. However, to allay that, Robbins said, “Tey can win some good races with good purses, and that always helps to ofset expenses.” For years many have considered the Del Mar meet a chance for a seven-week “family vacation.” Oh, sure, the horsemen are working, but the opportunity to get away from a regular routine and enjoy new surroundings creates a positive. Te myriad new opportunities beckon: Te beach, golf, and a wide range of entertainment features pack the usual “to-do list.” Some of the veterans who have been coming for much of their careers have bought homes in the area, giving the season a home-away-from-home air. For the rest it’s a time like any other time–moving with the seasons. “We do our best to accommodate our horsemen and try to make life easier,” said Robbins, “from helping with housing needs to restaurant suggestions to our very good racing program.”

We have a pretty attractive program with a nice purse structure.” — Tom Robbins

he time to “move to the next town,” as Tom Robbins, executive vice president and director of racing and industry relations, says of the racing season at the Del Mar Toroughbred Club, has been accomplished and the season at the historic seaside track is in full gallop once again.

Stability among the racing ofce staf goes a long way toward a smooth operation. Many staf members have been traveling south for years from Santa Anita and Hollywood Park, before it closed, for Del Mar’s summer meeting. Tey have been joined each year by a few local-area residents to form an esprit de corps that resonates with horsemen, thus creating yet another positive for Del Mar’s program. Among the senior members of the staf are Charles “Do-It-All” McCaul, the long-standing clerk of scales, and Robert Moreno, also a do-it-all sort whose name just doesn’t ring the same bell as McCaul’s. Tey both could be considered utility infelders, harking to one of McCaul’s favorite sports outside of racing. While they have only one title–Moreno is listed as a placing judge–both, as do most others on the staf, are involved in a variety of activities necessary to help the racing program run smoothly. Te workdays are long, what with helping with entries and scratches, answering questions, and just generally making themselves available to horsemen, owners, and, to some degree, the general public. Teir days start in the backside racing ofce and move to the front side after the morning’s work is done and it’s time to prepare for the day’s races. McCaul can be found in the jockeys’ room handling all rider preparations, including checking pre- and post-race weights and reminding the riders when to report to the paddock for their riding assignments. McCaul has been at Del Mar since 1984, one of the longest-tenured guys on staf. His work as clerk of scales puts him in charge of everything that goes on in the jockeys’ room. “It’s a long day, what with the frst post being 2 p.m. and the earlier start on the backside—but it’s worth it,” he said. “Del Mar has always been much more exciting. Everybody–staf people as well as all the horsemen and their owners–gears up for the meeting. We get the best horses because owners want to come down and see their horses run and because the purses are good.” As for those he deals with in the jocks’ room, McCaul has this to say, “I’ve been privileged to have worked with numerous Hall of Fame riders such as Bill Shoemaker, Eddie Delahoussaye, Chris McCarron, Mike Smith, and Gary Glorious weather, glorious surroundings, and glorious racing make Del Mar a summer destination for racing fans Stevens.” www.ctba.com

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stunned by the size of along with the state’s other racing venthe crowd of 44,181, a ues, works closely with the California record at the time. Toroughbred Breeders Association to “It was the big- establish the Golden State Series. Te gest crowd I had ever track reaps the benefts when many of seen here,” he said. the cream of the crop are seen competing “It was quite a day, there during its season. especially when a lo“It’s another way to encourage more Te program is critical for Del Mar... cal horse [Dare and and better breeding in the state, Robbins Go], trained by a local said. “We feel this has improved steadily We couldn’t get along without our trainer [Richard Man- over the years. Obviously, this will help all Cal-breds.” — Charlie McCaul della] upset the heavy of our racing programs.” favorite that came in In stakes for Cal-breds and Cal-sired for the race.” runners, Del Mar’s ledger numbers eight, Being at Del Mar allows McCaul to Even though Del Mar’s racing sched- with total purses for those stakes coming indulge his favorite sport away from the ule is peppered with 21 graded stakes, to $1.1 million, a tidy sum for breeders, racetrack. “I’m a big baseball fan, so I including seven grade Is, Robbins never owners, and trainers of state-bred horses. try to get to Petco Park as often as I can discounts the impact of California-breds Te stakes program covers 2-year-olds and during the season to watch the [San Di- on the program. A question about their 3-year-olds of both sexes and older horses. ego] Padres play.” importance brings this quick and to-the- Six of the races are on the main track and Moreno now is in his 40th year work- point response: “Without Cal-breds, we the remaining two, both for 3-year-olds ing at Del Mar. Most of those years have don’t exist. No way the tracks in the state and older, are on the Jimmy Durante Turf been spent in the racing ofce, following can sustain a 12-month racing calendar Course. a few years getting his feet wet in a num- without them. So it’s critical that we keep Over the years Cal-breds have fared ber of other jobs on the well in Del Mar’s major grounds. It all started for stakes also, including Moreno in 1977. in the track’s signature When talking about event, the $1 million Del Mar on a personTVG Pacifc Clasal level, Moreno makes sic, to be contested it short and very sweet: this year on Aug. 20. “Tis place has been a Wearing the mantle of big part of my life.” ExPacifc Classic champanding a bit, he said, “It pion were Best Pal in seems like only yesterday 1991’s inaugural race, that I started here, but Bertrando in 1993, after 40 years I still look Free House in 1998, forward to being here General Challenge in every year. Each year has 1999, Lava Man in been great, and it [the 2006 and Acclamation track] has grown and in 2011. Perhaps Califourished throughout Cal-breds constitute about 49 percent of Del Mar’s starters throughout the season, fornia Chrome will add not only for Cal-bred races but for open races as well those years.” his name to that list this Standing out in that year. respect is the upgrading of the old grand- the program as strong as we can. We’ve all And how about the Cal-bred that many stand and the modernizing of the pad- tinkered a little bit now and then to pro- in the game consider the state’s best ever– dock. Tinking of that also triggered a vide more incentives. Native Diver. He certainly bloomed at couple of memories inspired by work in “Te program is critical for Del Mar Del Mar, winning the San Diego Handthe backside racing ofce. and for all the other racing venues in icap three times, from 1963 to 1965, and “Tere were no copy machines, no fax- Southern California and Northern Cali- the Del Mar Handicap in 1967. Te Del es,” Moreno recalled. “We had to go to fornia. Cal-breds make up about 40 per- Mar Handicap came in his fnal career the front side to use the Xerox machine to cent of our starters throughout the season. race, a ftting swan song for the spectacuget the entries printed out.” And not just for Cal-bred races but for lar runner who is buried in track’s infeld. When the spectacular Cigar came to our open races, too. We couldn’t get along His remains were removed from HollyDel Mar to run in the 1996 Pacifc Clas- without our Cal-breds.” wood Park following its closing and reinsic (gr. I), Moreno remembers how he was Robbins pointed out that Del Mar, terred at Del Mar. 28

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Golden State Series

STAKING INDEPENDENCE CAL-BREDS SUPPLY THE FIREWORKS

BY TRACY GANTZ

alifornia-breds celebrated the Fourth of July in two Golden State Series events at Santa Anita, and each winner demonstrated a streak of independence.

Fillies and mares met in the $98,000 Spring Fever HandTerry Lovingier’s Cal-bred Lost Bus fnds the fnish line in the Spring Fever Handicap at Santa Anita icap, where the talented Sunday Rules was expected to reign supreme. However, second-choice Lost Bus had credentials of her own and scored a mild upset. Later in the card Mrazek ran to his 7-5 odds to capture the $100,345 done a lot of work with her too.” Sherlock’s son, Mike, is an assistant starter with the Santa Tor’s Echo Handicap. Tough favored, the colt added a dimension to Anita gate crew. his talent in that he successfully took on his elders. Going into the Spring Fever, Lost Bus had started six LOST BUS’ SPRING FEVER HANDICAP times for Lovingier and Sherlock, with two wins, a second, Lost Bus sports a temper, to the point that owner Terry Lovingier two thirds, and a fourth. One of the wins came in the Santa calls her “nasty.” She knows how to run, however, as she proved once Monica Stakes (gr. II). No one could really hold the fourth again in the six-furlong Spring Fever. against Lost Bus, as she had set the pace in the Vanity Mile With an eye to breeding her to Awesome Again or Point of Entry Stakes (gr. I) only to run afoul of champions Beholder and in Kentucky, Lovingier claimed Lost Bus for $32,000 last November. Stellar Wind, who ran one-two. Lovingier put those breeding plans on hold when Lost Bus began thrivNot that Lost Bus caught a break when wheeled back ing in Gary Sherlock’s barn. against Cal-breds and California-sired company in the “We just get along with her,” said Sherlock. “My son, Mikey, has Spring Fever. Sunday Rules, with eight wins in 10 lifetime starts, scared away most of the competition, going of at 3-10 in the four-horse feld. To make matters worse, early in the six-furlong race, jockey Fernando Perez had to steady Lost Bus when in tight quarters. “When he checked her, I thought we had no chance,” Lovingier said. Codacious pushed Sunday Rules on the pace, with the favorite recording swift fractions of :21.95 for a quarter-mile and :44.75 for the half-mile. Perez brought Lost Bus three wide into the stretch, and she overhauled the pacesetters, drawing away to win by 21⁄2 lengths in 1:09.54. Longshot Harlington’s Rose closed from fourth for second, 11⁄2 lengths ahead of Codacious, with Sunday Rules fading to fourth. John Haagsma and Wesley Ward bred Lost Bus, a 4-yearold Cal-bred daughter of Bring the Heat—Frysland, by Stravinsky. She was winning her ffth of 15 starts and raised Lovingier, fourth right, receives the Spring Fever trophy along with jockey Fernando Perez and trainer Gary Sherlock, right her bankroll to $410,818. 30

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“I think this is what she reto win three weeks later. ally wants to do—she’s really a Te 3-year-old faced two 6-yearsprinter,” said Lovingier. “I think olds, two 5-year-olds, and a 4-yearthat’s where she’s best. Gary’s old in the Tor’s Echo. Forest done a marvelous job with her.” Chatter, Raised a Secret, and Magic Lost Bus’ upside just continues Mark had each won stakes. to improve, and Lovingier can Mrazek had to thread through still avail himself of a Kentucky the feld after racing in ffth early. stallion for her in future years. He let Gutierrez guide him, ended He often breeds mares in Kenup swinging wide into the stretch, tucky, returns them to California and then glided to a 11⁄2-length victory in 1:09.45. to get a Cal-bred, and breeds the “He didn’t break as well as we’d mares back to stallions standing hoped,” said O’Neill, “but Mario at his Lovacres Ranch in Warner did a great job riding and adjusting Springs, Calif. to that.” One thing Lovingier will Mrazek always tries, which has certainly do is watch himself led to his consistency. around Lost Bus’ stall. “He’s just such an honest horse,” “Te other day I was trying Reddam Racing’s Mrazek ices his frst 2016 victory in the said O’Neill. “Seven out of eight to show somebody how you’ve Thor’s Echo Handicap times now he’s been frst or second.” got to move real slow around Paul Reddam named Mrazek for Petr horses,” said Lovingier. “Lost Bus got real we had to give him some time of,” said friendly with me, and then she head-butt- O’Neill. “Te crew at the farm did a won- Mrazek, just as champion Nyquist was ed me and knocked me to the ground. derful job and nursed him back to health.” named for Gustav Nyquist, both hockShe’s a little nasty.” Second in his frst two starts back, in- ey players for the Detroit Red Wings. cluding the Lazaro Barrera Stakes (gr. Mrazek is one of Reddam’s favorites of his MRAZEK’S THOR’S ECHO III), under regular rider Mario Gutierrez, many Square Eddie runners. HANDICAP Reddam is partial to the stallion as well, Mrazek than had a disastrous trip in the Doug O’Neill has trained a host of Woody Stephens Stakes (gr. II) at Bel- and he emphasized that Square Eddie is good Cal-breds, from 2002 Hollywood mont Park, fnishing 10th. a confrmed member of California’s sire Gold Cup (gr. I) winner Sky Jack to the “It was a large feld, and he kind of got ranks. abundance of Paul and Zillah Reddam’s sawed of a little bit turning for home,” said “Absolutely no chance of him ever Square Eddie youngsters. O’Neill. “Once he had his forward momen- moving,” said Reddam. Perhaps the fnest Cal-bred to come out tum cut of, Mario just took care of him.” Given how well Square Eddie’s runof the O’Neill barn is Tor’s Echo. A son O’Neill praised the jockey, saying that ners are doing, that is good news for of Swiss Yodeler—Helen of Troy, by Mr. was likely why Mrazek could come back California. Integrity, he put together a 2006 campaign that included victory in the TVG Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I), garnering him an Eclipse Award as that year’s champion male sprinter. It was ftting that O’Neill saddled the winner of the six-furlong Tor’s Echo, as O’Neill-trained Mrazek returned to the winner’s circle for the frst time since his 2-year-old season. Last year Mrazek won the Graduation Stakes and fnished second in the Santa Anita Juvenile and the Summer Juvenile Championship stakes. Te Reddams and O’Neill planned to send Mrazek to Saratoga for the 2015 Hopeful Stakes (gr. I), but when the colt couldn’t go, they sent Cal-bred Ralis instead. Ralis deputized successfully to win that historic race. Owners Zillah and Paul Reddam, right center, celebrate Mrazek’s victory with trainer Doug “Mrazek had an little ankle issue, and O’Neill, right, and jockey Mario Gutierrez www.ctba.com

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Everett Nevin Stakes Cal-bred Llobo and Tchula Sunset, blue bridle on rail, formed a Northern sale grad exacta in the Everett Nevin Stakes at Pleasanton

FOR NORTHERN SALE GRADS A WOLF AT THE FINISH BY GERALD KLEIN

he 2-year-old California-bred colt Llobo tapped into his top-class sprinting bloodlines to win his second race in as many starts when he captured the $100,450 Everett Nevin Stakes at Pleasanton’s Alameda County Fair meet on July 3. Llobo and Tchula Sunset made it an exacta for graduates of the 2015 CTBA Sales Northern California Yearling Sale.

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to Tor’s Echo. Tat Cal-bred Swiss Yodeler gelding defeated, among 13 others, Henny Hughes and War Front at Churchill Downs to capture the 2006 TVG Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I), eventually winning the Eclipse Award as the nation’s top sprinter. After Serena’s Echo made one unproductive start, Steve Cole of Te Cole Ranch bought her in foal to Reddatore at the 2010 Barretts January mixed sale for the bargain price of $4,500. “It was a down time for the mare market, which was still feeling the efects of the recession,” remembered Cole. “I was buying some mares, and with her pedigree she seemed like an obvious one to buy.” Cole has bred three other winners from Serena’s Echo, including Tribal Echo, a stakes-winning full brother to Llobo. “I have always liked Tribal Rule as a sire because of the quality and durability of his ofspring,” said Cole. “As a commercial breeder, you like to breed horses that keep running. You want buyers to feel they will have a chance to make a proft.” As a weanling, Llobo was remembered as a horse that could do just that. “He was defnitely precocious—big and strong,” Cole said. “We were happy with him.” Llobo was sold at the Northern yearling sale at the same Alameda County Fairgrounds, not far from the Fresno-area farm where Llobo was foaled. Trainer Lloyd Mason and Robert Jones bought the colt for $34,000. At that same sale, Curt and Lila Lanning paid $17,500 for Tchula Sunset from the Woodbridge Farm consignment. “I like going to one sale, rather than sending horses all around, and this sale always draws the top trainers on the NorCal circuit,” said Cole, who added that he breeds to sell, usually eight to 10 yearlings every year. “We race a little bit, but primarily we are a sell-frst operation. “Of course, I really appreciate the Golden State Series and how it helps the state’s breeding program. It is not expensive to participate and allows horses to run in all diferent kinds of races.” Serena’s Echo has a new baby by Heatseeker and is in foal to speedy young sire Smiling Tiger. Mason trains Llobo on behalf of himself and Jones. Te victory boosted Llobo’s earnings to $73,520.

A son of Tribal Rule, Llobo had little difculty overhauling Tchula Sunset in the 51⁄2-furlong Golden State Series race for juveniles. Llobo fnished 21⁄4 lengths ahead, with favored Rinse and Repeat, who lacked racing room on the turn but fnished well, grabbing third. In Llobo’s frst start, he lagged well behind in the early going but uncorked a closing kick not often seen on a debuting youngster to force a dead heat for the win with Frenchy Bobcat. Llobo was closer to the pace in the Nevin, making a strong move on the bend to engage the speed and drawing of late. “He’s a really calm horse, so manageable and mentally mature,” said winning jockey Julien Couton. “He knows what he’s doing. He’s got a long stride and natural speed. I’m impressed with him, and it’s going to be no Bred in the Golden State by Cole Ranch, Llobo gleamed in the Pleasanton winner’s circle problem for him to go two turns.” Serena’s Echo, dam of Llobo, is a full sister much to the delight of his connections 32

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The Harris Ranch Seminar Returns October 7th

Mark Your Calendars, You Don’t Want to Miss Out! Schedule and details to come… Speakers and topics will include: The Jockey Club – “Microchips, Identifcation and Registration” Rick Baedeker, Executive Director, CHRB – “Holding all the (Micro)Chips: Mandatory by 2018” Broodmare Selection Panel – “Local breeders discuss factors determining broodmare selection” Dr. David Lambert, BVSc, MRCVS, Equine Analysis Systems in Midway, KY – “What can science tell us about the art of selecting broodmares?” Dr. John Madigan, BS, DVM, MS, University of California at Davis – “Can New Discoveries in Newborn Foals Teach Us Something about Infant Survival and Autism Spectrum Disorder?” * Feature Dinner Speaker to be announced soon.* Plus – attendees will view a microchipping demonstration at Harris Farms.

The all-day seminar cost of $150 will include all speakers, lunch, cocktails and dinner. A special room rate is available at the Harris Ranch Inn for attendees. For details contact CTBA Event Coordinator, Christy Chapman, at (626) 445-7800 ext. 247 or christy@ctba.com.

Barretts Yearling Sale Preview

Dickman Legacy Ranch’s Hot Perfection is the frst starter and frst winner out of last year’s Barretts’ select yearling sale

MOVING FORWARD SALE-ING AT THE SEASIDE

uilding upon last year’s inaugural Select Yearling Sale, Barretts will hold the second edition of the auction at Del Mar Tuesday, Aug. 30. Whereas in 2015 the company held the sale after a day of racing, this year it will be conducted on a dark day, beginning at 2 p.m.

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Te catalog consists of 72 yearlings, with more on the also-eligible list that will be included if others are withdrawn from the sale. Te sale will be conducted at the Surfside Race Place, and the horses are stabled at the adjacent Del Mar Horse Show Arena. “We want to give everybody we can a chance to participate in the sale,” said Lloyd, who explained that the stabling during the race meet limits the numbers to 72. At the 2015 sale a Cal-bred son of Harlan’s Holiday—Diva’s Seastar, by Broken Vow, topped all other oferings at $90,000. John Harris’ Harris Farms consigned the youngster for breeders Allen and Susan Branch. Cal-bred Hot Perfection became the frst starter and frst winner from last year’s sale when he won in a driving rainstorm at Santa Anita May 6. Te son of Unusual Heat—Practicaly Per-

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fect, by Pleasantly Perfect, captured the 41⁄2-furlong Cal-bred maiden event by 31⁄2 lengths in :51.98 for trainer John Brocklebank and owner Dickman Legacy Ranch. Harris Farms also sold Hot Perfection, with Dickman Legacy Ranch buying him for $75,000. Te colt went through this year’s Barretts March sale as a $140,000 buy-back. Tis year Harris Farms is acting as agent for several clients, with the consignment full of sire power. Unusual Heat and Lucky Pulpit, two leading California sires who both stand at Harris, will be represented, as will First Samurai, Fort Larned, and Paddy O’Prado. Te sale has attracted a number of half and full siblings to graded stakes winners and Cal-bred champions. Mary Knight’s consignment includes a half sister to 2016 Honeymoon Stakes (gr. IIT) winner Cheekaboo. Cal-bred Cheekaboo and her half sister, the yearling flly Pulpacheeks, are out of the Souvenir Copy mare Sandy Cheeks. Pulpacheeks is by Lucky Pulpit, the sire of Horse of the Year California Chrome, the all-time leading Cal-bred earner. American Sales and Racing has three in the catalog, by Cyclotron, Lucky Pulpit, and Smiling Tiger. Te Cyclotron flly is a half sister to Cal-bred What a View, winner of this year’s Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (gr. IT). Te Lucky Pulpit colt is a half brother to 2015 Calbred champion 2-year-old male Smokey Image. Sue Greene’s Woodbridge Farm also has a Smiling Tiger youngster in the catalog. Te California stallion’s frst foals are yearlings. Te Woodbridge flly is out of the Pentelicus mare Chanceofalifetime, the dam of stakes winner Kelly’s Princess and three stakes-placed runners. Te seven from Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch include Waylon B Awesome, a full brother to 2012 Cal-bred champion 3-year-old female Willa B Awesome. Winner of that year’s Santa

sters are out of mares by Tapit, Wildcat Heir, Quiet American, War Front, and Holy Bull. Adrian Gonzalez’s Checkmate Toroughbreds has three in the sale—a flly by Shanghai Bobby, a flly by Lucky Pulpit, and a colt by Ultimate Eagle. Te Shanghai Bobby flly, a Kentucky-bred, is out of the graded stakes-winning Vicar mare R Lady Joy. Twirling Candy is starting to make a name for himself as a sire, and he has a Cal-bred son in the Dickinson Equine consignment. Te colt is out of the Giant’s Causeway mare Moccasin Gap. Fleming Toroughbred Farm has youngsters by Data Link, Haynesfeld, Lucky Pulpit, Shackleford, Street Boss, Tiz Wonderful, and Trappe Shot. Te Shackleford colt, a Cal-bred, is out of the stakes-winning Walter Willy mare Miss Nicolie, making him a half brother to stakes winner Repo. Cal-bred What a View, winner of the grade I Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes this year, has a Cal-bred Cyclotron half sister cataloged to this year’s Barretts sale

Anita Oaks (gr. I), Willa B Awesome earned $648,896. She and Waylon B Awesome are by Awesome Gambler— Cause I’m Tricky, by Nineeleven. Lovacres’ Barretts yearlings also include ofspring of Ghostzapper, Pioneerof the Nile, and Union Rags. Andy Havens’ Havens Bloodstock Agency will have yearlings by Eddington, Slew’s Tiznow, Stormin Fever, Storm Wolf, Tribal Rule, Ultimate Eagle, and Unusual Heat on ofer. Te flly by Slew’s Tiznow is out of the Danehill mare Silken Sash, making her a half sister to grade II winner Raw Silk. Broadway Empire is another graded winner with a half sibling in the catalog. Part of Kim McCarthy’s McCarthy Bloodstock consignment, the colt is by Champs Pegasus out of the Belong to Me mare Broadway Hoofer, who has also produced stakes-winning Cinderella’s Dream. McCarthy also has yearlings by Archarcharch, I Want Revenge, and Munnings. Elena Crim is bringing sire power in the four-horse consignment of H & E Ranch. She has colts by Mineshaft and Tapizar and fllies by Lemon Drop Kid and To Honor and Serve. Te Lemon Drop Kid flly is a half sister to stakes winner Jamaican Memories. Te son of Tapizar is a half brother to stakes winner Autumn Blitz. Ballena Vista Farm has fve by Calimonco, two by Tribal Rule, and one by Square Eddie. Te Calimonco young-

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#1)-Pioneerof The Nile=$96.5K #2)-Unbridled Express=$45.8K #3)-Square Eddie=$40.3K #4)-Kentucky Bear=$39.9K #5)-Roi Charmant=$39.3K

their frst year of racing (AEI 1.94). • First 3 Sires have produced>200 Stakes winners, while his Dam has 8 winners with earnings of over $850K to date. • Yearlings have sold for an average of 12x his stud fee. Look for them in upcoming Northern California and Del Mar Sales. *Thru 7/15/2016.

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PROFILE

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atty Harrington swore that she wouldn’t sell California-bred Milton Freewater unless the money could make a signifcant diference in the lives of her and husband, Mike. When ofers did start coming for the juvenile colt, bred, raised, and trained by Patty to win his debut, she stalled, waiting for a number that she had tucked away in her mind. Milton Freewater surpassed that number when he sold for $250,000 at the 2016 Barretts May 2-year-old sale to bloodstock agent Dennis O’Neill on behalf of owners

Danny Kramer and Head of Plains Racing (Sol Kumin). Te son of Creative Cause may have left the Harrington family, but his story is just one page in a continually unfolding tale written by the happily married couple, who have been jointly impacting the sport for decades. Patty recently overheard a man refer to Mike as “the stallion maker,” and the moniker rang true. Mike conditioned grade I winner Swiss Yodeler for longtime client Heinz Steinmann, and expectations were hopeful but modest when the son of Eastern Echo retired. Te Harringtons bred an army of their own stock to him

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LABOR OF LOVE

MIKE AND PATTY HARRINGTON

Trainer Mike Harrington has been referred to as the “stallion maker” for his success with leading California sire Swiss Yodeler and seeks to retain the title with new stallions Creative Cause and Empire Way

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and then watched in delight as Swiss Yodeler marched his way to the top of the California sire standings. With his 15th crop hitting the track, Swiss Yodeler has 429 winners and 30 stakes winners, and his progeny earnings have topped $29 million. His best runner to date is Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Tor’s Echo, who earned $2,461,490 and won the 2006 TVG Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I) at Churchill Downs. Te Harringtons have been looking for their next big stallion ever since, and may suddenly have two at the same time. Creative Cause and Empire Way both raced for Steinmann, and both entered stud in 2013. Te two stallions are now enjoying early success by their ofspring on the racetrack. Grade I winner Creative Cause’s lone of-the-board fnish came in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), where he ran ffth behind I’ll Have Another. He won the $250,000 Norfolk Stakes at 2 and fnished third in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I). Creative Cause also fnished third in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) at Pimlico, which is where Bret Jones of Airdrie Stud frst saw him. “We fell in love with him at the stakes barn at Pimlico for the Preakness,” Jones recalled. “He was getting a bath, and we’d never seen him. It was kind of a special moment because we laid eyes on him and made a decision right then to try to get him as a stallion.

It doesn’t always work out, but it did this time.” Creative Cause, who is out of the grade I-winning California-bred Dream of Summer, never ran after the Preakness and retired to Airdrie in Kentucky with four wins in 10 starts and earnings of $1,039,000. “You have to have the right candidate; he was the exact right candidate,” Jones said. “He was precocious, he trained on, he had a lot of speed but could carry it two-turns, and he is a beautiful horse out of a really top-class racemare. Tere were absolutely no holes in him. From there, it’s a matter of support. We had a great partnership between the Steinmanns and the Harringtons because they bred their best mares to him and we did the same.” Creative Cause had two impressive winners in his frst eight foals to race. Milton Freewater was one, and he gave Patty a fright in the 41⁄2-furlong dash at Los Alamitos. “When we were bringing him up, he never did anything wrong,” she said. “He never got sick and never got lame. I think those horses tend to be better horses. When I worked him with other colts, he always kept right up.” When Milton Freewater lagged back second to last of four in that debut race, Patty was concerned. “I didn’t think he would make it, but as I watched him go by the leader at the last second it was so exciting for me.” Milton Freewater set a track record of :51.37. Te win was especially sentimental for Patty, who also bred and trained his stakes-placed Swiss Yodeler dam, Lovehi. Te second dam, Love Lemhi, was also a Harrington/Steinmann product. Mike Harrington has his own Cre-

Mike Harrington-trained Cal-bred Theonewewaitedfor wins the Landaluce Stakes and becomes frst-crop sire Creative Cause’s frst stakes winner

ative Cause juvenile who is creating a stir. Teonewewaitedfor is a Steinmann and Harrington runner out of multiple graded stakes-placed Yolo Lady, raced by Steinmann and trained by Mike. Teonewewaitedfor made an immediate impression with Mike, who said, “She was a May foal, so we couldn’t start her early. I took more time with her, and she was obviously one of the most talented ones in the barn. Every time I worked her with something, she outworked it.” Teonewewaitedfor has outrun her competition twice, frst in a May 26 maiden race that she won by a halflength, and then in the $125,345 Landaluce Stakes at Santa Anita. “She’s a very good flly that we haven’t seen the bottom of yet,” Mike said. “Just a very determined flly.” Empire Way, a royally bred son of

He (Creative Cause) was getting a bath, and we’d never seen him. It was kind of a special moment because we laid eyes on him and made a decision right then to try to get him as a stallion. It doesn’t always work out, but it did this time.” — Bret Jones

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Empire Maker and the multiple graded stakes-winning A.P. Indy mare Delta Princess, is a half brother to the threetime Eclipse Award winner Royal Delta and the grade I-winning flly Crown Queen. “He didn’t get the quality of mares that Creative Cause got,” Mike said, “but the mares are getting better. We expect big things from him.” Te graded stakes-placed Empire Way stands at Lovacres Ranch and has sired three winners from his frst seven starters. Steinmann’s Alpenhorn broke her maiden by 31⁄4 lengths at Santa Anita while Dutt Bart, owned by Terry Lovingier and Albert Chou, won by 21⁄4 lengths at Los Alamitos. With only 21 foals of racing age, Empire Way is doing very well with small numbers. “We proved Swiss Yodeler, and now we have daughters of his that we are breeding to Empire Way and Creative Cause; I hope Mike can prove them, too,” Patty said. She is fond of her husband, adding, “He works way harder than I do. We both go to the track every day, but he goes earlier and stays longer. He’s very good to me. Even though he is my husband, I’m still pretty impressed with him.”

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3-YEAR-OLDS & UP Bedford Falls—Penuche Royale: Regal Lady (16-7), f, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, STR, 6/26, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.25, $12,240. Bellamy Road—Party Mode: Sportive (152-71), g, 8 yo, Millarville, STK, Millarville Derby, 7/1, 1 1/8mi, 1:56.34, $5,300. Benchmark—Chetten County: Jamison County (56-29), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 6/25, 7 1/2f, 1:35.80, $4,500. Benchmark—Mirando: Ajac (56-29), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 7/8, 7f, 1:22.60, $21,600. Bertrando—Wild Apart: Yana (42-22), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 7/10, 6 1/2f, 1:16.64, $36,600. Bring the Heat—Frysland: Lost Bus (45-23), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Spring Fever H., 7/4, 6f, 1:9.54, $60,000. Cindago—Dancing Event: Magical Touch (26-13), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, SST, Speedbelle Starter H., 7/10, 5f, 56.96, $21,870. Decarchy—Stellina: New Karma (56-23), g, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, ALW, 6/25, 6f, 1:9.23, $21,060. Decarchy—Chichim: Chimi Dee (56-23), m, 7 yo, Presque Isle Downs, STR, 6/27, 5 1/2f, 1:5.34, $10,200. Decarchy—Stellina: New Karma (56-23), g, 4 yo, Sacramento, AOC, 7/17, 5f, 57.34, $21,060. Desert Code—Madam General: Desert Madam (38-14), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 7/8, 1 1/16mi, 1:42.39, $23,040. Elusive Warning—Baba Zula: Ain't Misbehavin (10-7), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 7/3, 1mi, 1:37.04, $37,800. English Channel—Phi Beta Heat: Rye (117-42), c, 3 yo, Del Mar, ALW, 7/15, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:43.43, $39,000. Even the Score—Ode to Elaine: Fast Magoo (62-19), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 7/1, 5 1/2f, 1:5.00, $15,840. Ghostzapper—A Vision in Gray: My Fiona (160-80), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 7/4, 6 1/2f, 1:16.21, $45,240. Grazen—Stash: Cal McLish (28-17), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, STK, Inner Spirit S., 7/8, 7f, 1:25.20, $11,940. Grazen—Showtime Apollo: Barbara Beatrice (28-17), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 7/8, 1mi, 1:36.54, $45,240. Grazen—Sky Marni: Grazen Sky (28-17), c, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/15, 1mi, 1:37.63, $50,700. Grey Memo—Lucky Stab: Hit the Mark (16-5), g, 4 yo, Albuquerque, ALW, 6/25, 7f, 1:23.43, $10,980. Haasil (IRE)—Bongo Kitty: Toss the Dice (1-1), g, 7 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 6/25, 6f, 1:14.51, $2,604. Heatseeker (IRE)—Priceless Gem: Emmy and I (38-13), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, ALW, 7/1, 6f, 1:10.98, $21,060. Idiot Proof—Rare Beauty: Alizarin Beauty (8-4), f, 3 yo, Albuquerque, ALW, 7/17, 6 1/2f, 1:17.68, $10,980. Kela—Sarah's Honor: Chele (35-12), g, 9 yo, Crooked River Roundup, STK, Proline Fabrication S., 7/14, about 5 1/2f, 1:9.00, $2,557. Lucky Pulpit—Fantasy Rocks: Fantasy of Luck (131-48), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/23, 5 1/2f, 1:3.55, $36,600. Lucky Pulpit—Lavender Mine: Later My Love (131-48), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, STR, 6/24, 6f, 1:10.94, $12,240. Lucky Pulpit—Tamarack Bay: Pulmarack (131-48), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/30, 6 1/2f, 1:15.21, $36,600.

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Lucky Pulpit—Stop the Humor: Funny Gal (131-48), m, 6 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, WCL, 7/1, 5 1/2f, 1:4.57, $7,800. Lucky Pulpit—Royal Woodman: Woodmans Luck (131-48), g, 8 yo, Canterbury Park, SOC, 7/16, about 1 3/8mi, 2:15.80, $15,000. Lucky Pulpit—Aleyna's At Brown: Kristi's Copilot (131-48), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, WCL, 7/17, 6 1/2f, 1:17.56, $12,000. Majestic Warrior—Morning Jewel: Chief of Staff (166-61), c, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/15, 1mi, 1:36.68, $50,700. McCann's Mojave—Violet Brook: Little Bro Garrett (39-17), g, 5 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 7/6, 6f, 1:12.60, $4,620. Memo (CHI)—Poppy Seed: Bell Zone (9-7), g, 9 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 7/8, 6f, 1:14.33, $2,655. Midnight Lute—Bellastrega: Taman Guard (120-58), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/25, 6f, 1:9.08, $36,600. Ministers Wild Cat—Adventurous Spirit: Minster'sadventure (69-29), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 7/9, 1mi, 1:37.52, $45,240. Momentum—Knife Fork Swoon: Knife Fork Zoom (12-4), m, 6 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 7/1, 6 1/2f, 1:19.73, $2,520. Mongol Warrior—Brrneedfur: Warrens Puppy Love (3-3), m, 5 yo, Albuquerque, AOC, 7/3, 1mi, 1:37.65, $12,060. Old Topper—Fasahah: Overcomer (30-13), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, WCL, 7/16, 6f, 1:10.30, $14,400. The Pamplemousse—Expense: Counterplay (19-9), g, 3 yo, Marquis Downs, ALW, 6/24, 6f, 1:14.52, $2,183. The Pamplemousse—Expense: Counterplay (19-9), g, 3 yo, Marquis Downs, ALW, 7/16, 7f, 1:27.54, $2,752. Papa Clem—Warmth: Cordiality (72-36), f, 3 yo, Sacramento, AOC, 7/8, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.60, $21,060. Prime Timber—Holiday Joy: Donut Talk to Me (6-2), f, 3 yo, Marquis Downs, ALW, 7/9, 6f, 1:14.22, $2,183. Pure Prize—Amadamprez: Champions Gate (113-53), g, 7 yo, Thistledown, STR, 6/20, 6f, 1:12.26, $11,400. Salt Lake—Quarry Hill: Queen of the Hill (14-8), m, 7 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, AOC, 6/22, 6f, 1:12.48, $9,396. Sea of Secrets—Captural: Cindys Secret (27-10), m, 5 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/16, 5f (T), 57.53, $53,040. Singletary—Nora Ellen: Solo Ella (5-3), m, 5 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 7/2, 6f, 1:12.57, $2,301. Sought After—B B's Ticket: Scalpers Dream (17-8), m, 8 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 7/2, 7f, 1:25.76, $2,360. Sought After—Trotinette: Masochistic (17-8), g, 6 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 7/8, 6 1/2f, 1:13.74, $50,700. Square Eddie—Heckuva Rush: Mrazek (61-30), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Thor's Echo H., 7/4, 6f, 1:9.45, $60,000. Square Eddie—Farnham: Frensham (61-30), h, 5 yo, Belterra Park, AOC, 7/7, 1mi 70yd, 1:42.55, $8,700. Stormed—Big City Lights: Warren's Cole (3-1), g, 7 yo, Los Alamitos, WCL, 7/10, 4 1/2f, 52.06, $4,310. Student Council—Dr. Cheryl P.: Bodhisattva (50-18), c, 4 yo, Delaware Park, STK, Carl Hanford Memorial S., 7/16, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.20, $30,000. Surf Cat—Mesaatmimiscafe: Surfng the Menu (24-14), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 6/26, 5 1/2f, 1:3.18, $21,600.

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Tannersmyman—Show Bug: Showmeister (33-17), g, 5 yo, Delaware Park, STR, 6/20, 1 1/16mi, 1:48.83, $9,600. Taskmaster—Next Girl: Daugava (4-3), m, 5 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 7/16, 1mi, 1:40.39, $2,360. Thorn Song—Laugh N Yodel: Yodelsong (36-11), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 7/2, 7f, 1:23.36, $25,200. Time to Get Even—Arta: Nevada Time (19-7), g, 5 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 7/13, 5f, 1:1.20, $4,620. Tizbud—Summer Jersey: Soi Phet (31-13), g, 8 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, McCann's Mojave H., 6/26, 1 1/16mi, 1:40.80, $46,200. Tribal Rule—Tuesdays With P: Star of Munster (120-48), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, WCL, 6/24, 6f, 1:10.12, $14,000. Tribal Rule—Lucera (IRE): Tribal Fighter (120-48), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 7/10, 5f, 56.59, $36,600. Unusual Heat—Ballistic Lady: Heat Flash (91-42), g, 6 yo, Arlington, SOC, 7/8, about 1mi, 1:38.66, $11,100. Unusual Heat—Storm Queen: Unusual Storm (91-42), f, 4 yo, Sacramento, STR, 7/15, 5 1/2f, 1:4.11, $12,240. Vronsky—Palace Royale (IRE): Volkonsky (49-23), g, 7 yo, Sacramento, WCL, 7/10, 1mi, 1:38.90, $8,100. Vronsky—Belle of Pride: Bow Tie Belle (49-23), m, 5 yo, Sacramento, STR, 7/17, 1mi, 1:39.67, $12,240.

2-YEAR-OLDS Creative Cause—Yolo Lady: Theonewewaitedfor (9-2), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Landaluce S., 7/9, 5 1/2f, 1:3.82, $75,000. Harbor the Gold—Carrie's a Jewel: California Diamond (92-34), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Santa Anita Juvenile S., 7/9, 5 1/2f, 1:3.54, $75,000. Thorn Song—Book'em Babe: Only You Babe (36-11), f, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, STK, Juan Gonzalez Memorial S., 7/2, 5 1/2f, 1:5.00, $40,800. Tribal Rule—Serena's Echo: Llobo (120-48), c, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, STK, Everett Nevin S., 7/3, 5 1/2f, 1:4.18, $60,000.

MAIDENS Anziyan Royalty—Princess Valentina: Cape Royal (10-2), g, 5 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 7/16, 4 1/2f, 53.25, $2,550. Aragorn (IRE)—Violin Case: Touching Rainbows (58-24), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 7/3, 1 1/16mi, 1:45.24, $13,800. Aragorn (IRE)—Emmy Ann: Wat Du U Want (58-24), f, 3 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/8, 5f, 58.64, $3,850.

ATTICUS Magali Farms (805) 693 1777 www.magalifarms.com Atticus—Proud Garrison: Lisa Largo (17-8), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/23, 5f, 58.80, $11,400. Awesome Gambler—Debtbreaker: Justice Due (45-19), g, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/1, 5f, 58.68, $7,200. Awesome Gambler—Right Direction: Trinitys Turn (45-19), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 7/1, 1mi, 1:38.46, $13,800. Bertrando—Ying Ying: Bernier (42-22), m, 5 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/4, 6f, 1:12.29, $4,400. Black Seventeen—Runaway Mother: Lucky Tommy (4-2), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/24, 5 1/2f, 1:4.47, $11,400.

The accompanying list includes runners that are both California-foaled and Californiasired winners in 2016 of all recent North American races, except straight claiming races. Abbreviations used for the class of race are similar to those used by Equibase: Alw– allowance; Hcp–overnight handicap; names of stakes race are spelled out, with the grade of the race, when applicable, in parentheses.

Bushwacker—Rugula: Kimchee (24-9), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/26, 4 1/2f, 52.06, $18,600. Bushwacker—Tribal Lady: I'll Be Around (24-9), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 7/15, 5f, 59.46, $37,800. Chhaya Dance—Florik's Baby: Dance for Me Baby (12-7), g, 4 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/17, 6f, 1:12.36, $5,500. Comic Strip—Honoree Lady: Dustkickin Lass (21-10), f, 3 yo, Sacramento, MSW, 7/8, 1mi, 1:39.44, $19,500. Council Member—Creme (CHI): Camano Comet (23-8), f, 2 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/3, 4 1/2f, 52.48, $7,700. Council Member—Stormy Bet: Say Neigh (23-8), g, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/9, 6f, 1:10.77, $4,400. Council Member—B's Valley Girl: Aidan's Hope (23-8), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 7/10, 6f, 1:11.56, $11,400. Dixie Chatter—Ata Pretense: Condition (46-11), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 7/8, 4 1/2f, 53.45, $3,260. Eddington—Steve's Blue Sky: Uncle Steve's Girl (59-25), f, 3 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/16, 6f, 1:12.82, $5,500. Elusive Warning—Sparkling Fox: Flaming Vixen (10-7), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/25, 6f, 1:11.00, $18,600. Empire Way—Alpine Echo: Alpenhorn (7-3), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/30, 5f, 58.20, $33,600.

GOOD JOURNEY Magali Farms (805) 693 1777 www.magalifarms.com Good Journey—Run Kaitlyn Run: Journey to Run (42-13), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/4, 1mi 70yd, 1:44.62, $9,000. Grazen—Excusabull: Easy to Forget (28-17), f, 3 yo, Arapahoe Park, MCL, 7/10, 6f, 1:13.63, $3,180.

HEATSEEKER Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Heatseeker (IRE)—Heavenisinyoureyes: Mai Tai (38-13), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/24, 6 1/2f, 1:17.02, $35,400. Heatseeker (IRE)—Swiss Gem: Hot Gem (38-13), f, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/9, 1mi, 1:40.06, $4,400. Kafwain—Lexie Miss: De Kafnator (52-24), g, 3 yo, LUCKY PULPIT Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/3, 6f, 1:10.84, $3,630.

Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Lucky Pulpit—Shahalie Lake: Shari (131-48), f, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MSW, 7/1, 5f, 59.70, $19,500. Lucky Pulpit—Ju Ju Baby: Tangled Up in Ju (131-48), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 7/1, 6f, 1:10.82, $13,800. Lucky Pulpit—Cee Stone: Cee the Preacher (131-48), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 7/2, 7f, 1:22.72, $11,400.

Lucky Pulpit—Dar C. Alltheway: Dontpreachto Darcy (131-48), c, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/4, 1mi 70yd, 1:44.15, $4,400. Lucky Pulpit—Aleyna's At Brown: Runninto Grunions (131-48), r, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 7/10, 5f, 59.41, $18,600. Marino Marini—Just Let It Be: Big Energy (73-33), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/26, 6f, 1:10.02, $9,000. Marino Marini—Private Quaters: Private Marini (73-33), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MSW, 6/26, 6f, 1:10.22, $19,500. McCann's Mojave—Luvulongtime: How U Bean (39-17), f, 3 yo, Arapahoe Park, MCL, 7/2, 1mi, 1:41.32, $2,880. One Man Army—Heavenly n' Free: Glendas Grace (4-2), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/24, 4 1/2f, 53.17, $2,810. The Pamplemousse—Hottodi: Shayda's Prince (19-9), g, 2 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/16, 5f, 58.09, $5,500. Papa Clem—Nostalgie: Plain Wrap (72-36), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 7/1, 1mi, 1:36.86, $36,600. Papa Clem—Excessiveobsession: Wishing Heart (72-36), g, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/3, 5f, 59.42, $9,600. Papa Clem—Unknown Heat: Papa's Lady (72-36), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 7/3, 4 1/2f, 54.78, $3,260.

Sundarban—Dancing With Dixie: Full Sun (18-6), g, 3 yo, Arapahoe Park, MCL, 7/9, 5 1/2f, 1:5.12, $2,880.

PEPPERED CAT Daehling Ranch (916) 685 4965 www.daehlingranch.com

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Peppered Cat—Let's Go Shopping: Water Cat (25-8), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/25, 6f, 1:10.68, $9,000. Prime Timber—Holiday Joy: Donut Talk to Me (6-2), f, 3 yo, Marquis Downs, MSW, 6/24, 6f, 1:14.52, $1,770. Quality Road—She's an Eleven: Quality Boy (114-56), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 7/9, 1mi, 1:38.57, $11,400. Regal Ransom—Erasingly: Colorin (33-9), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 7/1, 4 1/2f, 53.17, $3,200.

Tannersmyman—Finish Rich in Nyc: Finish Wealthy (33-17), f, 2 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/8, 5f, 1:0.29, $5,500. Thorn Song—Donna B. Quick: Quick Song (36-11), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/3, 5 1/2f, 1:5.38, $7,200. Thunder Gulch—Sang: Son of Sang (59-24), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/1, 6f, 1:12.43, $3,850.

RENDEZVOUS Daehling Ranch (916) 685 4965 www.daehlingranch.com Rendezvous—Doc's Lil' Angel: Meeting in Heaven (2-1), g, 3 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/15, 1 1/16mi, 1:47.36, $3,850. Rocky Bar—Just Hoping: Fork and Dagger (39-21), g, 3 yo, Albuquerque, MSW, 6/27, 5 1/2f, 1:2.98, $9,000.

RUN BROTHER RON Paradise Road Ranch (916) 803 5851 paradiseroadranch@gmail.com Run Brother Ron—Sierra Lane: Ronnie's Girl (6-5), f, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/23, 5f, 59.46, $5,500.

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Run Brother Ron—Swiss Mystress: Ree O Kerr (6-5), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/4, 5 1/2f, 1:5.01, $7,200. Slew's Tiznow—Sausalita (IRE): Sausalito Sunset (12-4), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 7/17, 5f, 58.86, $19,200. Songandaprayer—Quality Jade: Song for Jade (111-47), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 7/15, 5 1/2f, 1:5.75, $12,600. Square Eddie—Velvety Smooth: Goliath's Girl (61-30), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/30, 7f, 1:24.20, $11,400. Square Eddie—Charred Rare: Sizzlin Square (61-30), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 7/2, 5f, 58.58, $33,600. Square Eddie—Electric Daze: Rinse and Repeat (61-30), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 7/16, 5f, 58.55, $37,800.

SUNDARBAN Milky Way Farm (909) 241 6600 milkywaycattle@aol.com

TIZBUD Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Tizbud—Dayglogreen: Lizzy's Tizzy (31-13), m, 5 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/17, 1 1/16mi, 1:48.64, $4,400. Tribal Rule—Danish Dessert: Sienna Siren (120-48), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 7/1, 4 1/2f, 54.51, $3,260. Tribal Rule—Hazen: Junior Gilliam (120-48), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, WMC, 7/4, 6f, 1:11.19, $18,600. Tribal Rule—Astral Dreamer: Only the High Road (120-48), g, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/16, 5 1/2f, 1:4.10, $4,400. Tribal Rule—Petite Motion: Valiant Ruler (120-48), g, 3 yo, Arapahoe Park, MSW, 7/17, 6f, 1:12.00, $5,820. Twenty Eight Hours—Skimmin N Swimmin: Baby Beach (2-1), f, 3 yo, Canterbury Park, MCL, 7/10, 6f, 1:13.47, $6,300. Unionize—Miraloma Park: Katy in Cahoots (4-2), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/23, 6f, 1:11.55, $5,500. Unionize—Loyal Bounty: Silent Bounty (4-2), f, 3 yo, Albuquerque, MCL, 7/16, 6f, 1:11.51, $5,820.

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he handles things and in his temperament.” Menjivar, a native of El Salvador, was born in 1959. He lives on the BG Toroughbred property with his wife of 31 years, Maria, and two daughters, Jessica and BY EMILY SHIELDS Yessenia. Te younger women are the farm’s secretaries, and they hen asked what made adore their hard-working father. right-hand man Marcos “Here at the farm he manages breeding the mares, training Menjivar so invaluable, the horses, the maintenance, and George Yager answered simply, anything that needs to be done,” “His demeanor.” Jessica, 26, said. “We have horses A quiet countenance is what has that come and rest here, and we earned Yager’s appreciation. “Marcos also do rehabilitation.” never gets frazzled at all, no matter what Some 250 horses call the BG is on his plate,” said Yager. “He keeps Toroughbred Farm home, ineverything in perspective, and I really cluding six stallions actively standrespect that about him.” ing at stud. Although Menjivar Menjivar has been managing BG When Marcos Menjivar and his wife, Maria, came to BG doesn’t like to pick a single favorToroughbred Farm since May 2015, Thoroughbreds, he brought an encyclopedic knowledge ite horse—“they all have unique when he joined Yager and his business of the Thoroughbred athlete qualities,” he said—he lands on partner, Hector Palma, to help with the day-to-day operations of their new young sire Daddy Nose Best as his sentimental choice. venture. Palma, a trainer with more than 50 years of experience in the racing “He is good-looking, smart, and has a great industry, purchased the Hemet farm from Benjamin Warren in June 2014. bloodline,” Menjivar said of the near-millionaire, He and Yager worked to develop it into the full-service Toroughbred fa- who retired as the frst son of the recently deceased cility they wanted but swiftly knew that they would need a helping hand. Scat Daddy to stand in North America. “2016 was Enter Menjivar, who had been working for Farrell Jones since 1985 until his frst crop, and we are hoping for great progeny.” that Southern California training legend died in 2007. Menjivar kept Jones’ Daddy Nose Best stands for $2,500, while other stalfarm going until Yager and Palma brought him and his encyclopedic knowl- lions include the grade II-winning sprinter Capital edge of the Toroughbred athlete aboard, . Account and Afrmative, sire of grade I winner War“He learned a lot with Farrell,” Yager said. “It shows up in the way ren’s Veneda. Menjivar currently oversees eight employees, and while Palma and Yager regularly stop by, they do so with full confdence in Menjivar’s abilities. “Anything we ask him to do, he can do without us having to look over his shoulder,” Yager said. “He does a good job, and that’s really all we can ask for.” When Menjivar is not dealing with vaccinations and feeding schedules, he is tending his growing family. Jessica and Yessenia, 25, each have two children, all under the age of six. “He is the grandpa of three girls and one boy,” Jessica said. Te family dynamic suits Yager, who said, “All in all, the situation works very well for everybody involved.” Although it is too early to tell if the grandchildren will have interest in the sport of racing, it is certain that if they have inherited anything of Menjivar’s work ethic and disposition, they will be set for whatever career they Menjivar’s vast experience with all aspects of raising Thoroughbreds was gained under the tutelage of the late Farrell Jones pursue. PHOTOS COURTESY MENJIVAR FAMILY

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COURTESY OF DR. MELISSA MAZAN

STRANGLES

A FRUSTRATING DISEASE BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

trangles is a highly contagious equine disease caused by Streptococcus equi when this bacterium gains access to the body through nose or throat. It was called “strangles” because some horses suffer breathing obstruction due to enlarged lymph nodes that narrow the air passages.

Some years are worse than others regarding number of cases or outbreaks. For instance, early this year it cropped up in multiple Texas locations, and several horses at a racetrack in Ohio turned up positive. Vaccines exist, but vaccination is controversial and not an easy answer for protecting horses. Dr. Melissa Mazan, associate professor and director of equine sports medicine at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, says strangles occurs worldwide.

SUPPLYING THE RIGHT CONTACT INFORMATION “It was frst described many centuries ago and hasn’t changed much,” she said. “It is a disease of equines and doesn’t appear in other species—though it has been reported in humans that are immune-suppressed.” Tis infection is primarily seen as abscesses in various lymph nodes in the head and neck of afected horses. “Abscesses can sometimes be found in other places, however, such as in various internal organs including the brain,” said Mazan. “Tis form is called metastatic or bastard strangles. I’ve also seen it in other lymph nodes in the body, such as in the hindquarters.” Te classic way this disease is transmitted from horse to horse is by direct contact, such as nose-to-nose, or by sharing www.ctba.com

a water bucket. Humans can also carry it from one horse to another. “If someone grooms or handles a horse with strangles and then brushes or handles another horse, this may expose the healthy horse,” Mazan said. Strangles results in copious amounts of very sticky nasal discharge. If this gets on human hands or something like a brush, halter, or rope, it may be carried to a susceptible horse. “When we take a strangles horse into our hospital facility, we always wear head bonnets,” Mazan said. “Te horse may nuzzle your hair, and then when you attend to another horse and it nuzzles your hair, the bacteria could be spread that way. “We used to think that strangles bacteria remained in the environment and

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Health stayed around forever after there were sick horses on a farm. But now we realize this isn’t true. It only seems like it stays around because it may continue to exist in a group of horses—because a certain subset of that herd may carry it in their guttural pouches. Tey are not clinically sick; they have recovered from the infection but are still shedding the bacteria. Any horse that is exposed when these individuals shed bacteria may be susceptible and get strangles.” Te bacteria might live in the environment for a while under certain conditions. But the most common way that the disease keeps reappearing in a population of horses is from carriers that continue shedding these pathogens.

antibiotics is if a horse has a life-threatening problem with it. Tis would include any horse that can’t breathe. In a certain percentage of horses with strangles, the retropharyngeal lymph node abscesses become so large that they put pressure

on (and thus obstruct) the airway. Tose horses often need a tracheostomy in order to breathe (creating an opening directly into the windpipe), and in those cases we treat them with penicillin.” Te strangles bacteria are very sensi-

“When a horse gets strangles, we generally think that it’s just strangles,” said Mazan. “But there can be complications that might make the disease more severe. Unfortunately, there’s not a lot that we can do for treatment in a case of simple strangles, and it’s actually best to just give supportive care rather than antibiotics. “Te only time that we do recommend

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TREATMENT

In cases of simple strangles, it’s actually best to give supportive care rather than antibiotics

VACCINE RESEARCH Dr. John Timoney, professor, Keeneland chair of infectious diseases at Gluck Research Center in Lexington, Ky., says that currently in North America there are two types of strangles vaccine in use—extracts of S. equi (given intramuscularly or subcutaneously) and a live, attenuated intranasal vaccine. Though the intranasal vaccine has fewer side effects, it is not entirely harmless. Occasionally, abscesses result. “This may be the trade off, the price paid for getting a protective immunity,” Timoney said. “All strangles vaccines carry some risk. There are also concerns about effcacy. The effcacy of the extract vaccines does not reach the level If you can prevent the provided by natural infection. Horses that have recovered from strangles organism from getting into have a high level of resistance to reinfection. The extract vaccines do not stimulate that much immunity. the tonsils, you actually can “There are a number of labs working on improving the strangles protect the horse.” vaccines. Most of the current work is focused on proteins that have been predicted from the genomic sequence of S. equi. Researchers have been — Dr. John Timoney searching the genomic sequence for proteins that might be useful in a vaccine. The problem is that there are a large number of these proteins, and it’s hard to know which one or which combination might work, without doing experimentation. “At the moment it looks as though protection can best be provided via the intranasal route by spraying the tonsil with certain proteins combined with a sticker protein that will adhere to the tonsil. You could then get a local antibody response. There’s a lot of evidence that the immune horse is protected because of the immune response of the tonsils, not of the lymph nodes.” The tonsillar areas in the mouth and throat are the horse’s frst line of defense against strangles. “If you can prevent the organism from getting into the tonsils, you actually can protect the horse,” said Timoney. “Once the infection gets into the tonsillar areas, there is usually some degree of disease after that. Even though we know some of the proteins that might be protective in the tonsil or even in the lymph node, the organism has many ways to circumvent the antibodies that are produced. The strangles bacterium is still able to replicate enough to cause an abscess.”

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would let the horse back into our hospital as opposed to remaining in isolation.”

COURTESY OF DR. JOHN TIMONEY

HANDLING STRANGLES CASES

Strangles particles, the bacteria that infect the horse, are usually spread by direct contact

tive to penicillin, which works well for combating this infection. “Te reason we don’t routinely treat with penicillin is because the treated horses generally won’t develop antibodies to the bacteria,” said Mazan. “Tus, you have to treat them for a long time, and then when you take them of the antibiotic, the infection comes right back. “But there are instances when we do need to treat horses with strangles—such as a foal that won’t nurse or a mare that’s pregnant or a horse that can’t breathe, or a horse with bastard strangles. Tis is especially true if they have abscesses in the abdomen. We always treat those. But owners need to know that once they start treating the horse, it will take four to eight weeks of antibiotics. “Generally, we just let this disease run its course without antibiotics, giving supportive care such as soft food if needed, Banamine as needed, and making sure the horse has plenty of clean, fresh water that’s easily accessible. Te horse must be isolated from other horses in the barn.” Once the horse starts to recover, no longer has a fever or nasal discharge, and seems completely healthy, tests can be taken to see if that horse is still shedding bacteria. “We do a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test once a week for three weeks, taking a sample from the guttural pouch or from a pharyngeal swab,” Mazan said. “Once that test is negative for three weeks in a row, we can say the horse is fully recovered and no longer shedding—and not a danger to other horses. Tat’s when we

Tis is a reportable disease in some states and counties but not others. For example, it is a reportable disease in Los Angeles County. Your own veterinarian will know the rules to follow for your area. “In general, if a case is discovered on your place, you should quarantine the barn and have the sick horse(s) in one end,” said Mazan. “Tat would be considered the ‘dirty’ part of the barn.

It would be nice if that were a diferent barn, with no other horses in it. But if you only have one barn, you’d have a dirty end, a clean end, and the portion in the middle that would be considered exposed. You could move the horses through those diferent areas depending on their test results. “Once the isolated horse has recovered and no longer has signs of illness, it can move to the exposed area. Ten after it has tested negative for three weeks in a row, it can go into the clean end.” When you are taking care of the hors-

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es, you should always take care of the clean end frst, then the middle area, and fnish with the sick ones. “You must try to keep everything separate—buckets, utensils, etc.,” said Mazan. “Once you fnish with the infected, contagious horses, you take of all your clothes, to be washed in hot water and soap, scrub your hands, etc., and don’t come back to the clean, healthy horses until you’ve done all that. “After all the sick animals are cleared, then you have to disinfect your entire barn. You can’t use any paddocks that an infected horse was in; those paddocks have to be rested for at least four weeks, with no new horses put into them.” PREVENTION

Several strangles vaccines are available, and you might want to discuss their use with your veterinarian. “In years past, we used intramuscular

It is sometimes necessary to treat horses with strangles with antibiotics, such as a foal that won’t nurse

vaccines for strangles (and not without risks), but now intranasal vaccines are available,” said Mazan. “Horse owners need to remember, however, that this is not like a tetanus vaccine. Although strangles vaccines stimulate a high level of immune response, it is not universally protective. You cannot be sure in an individual case whether the horse is completely or just partially protected. “At the least, we expect that it will result in less severe disease if the horse is exposed to strangles. Some horses may still get strangles, but won’t be as sick as they would if they had not been vaccinated. However, the intranasal vaccine is more efective than the intramuscular vaccine.” Te intramuscular vaccines for strangles have been notorious for side efects. “Tis is because it is a bacterin, and all bacterins cause injection-site reactions. Most vaccines we give to horses are for

RECOVERED HORSES AND BACTERIA SPREAD Strangles is highly contagious, readily spread to horses that have no immunity. Horses that have the disease always pose a risk to other horses because even after they recover, they may continue to shed bacteria. The challenge for horse owners and veterinarians is that chronically shedding individuals look fne. They don’t have fever, nasal discharge, or abscesses. Without knowing a horse had the disease earlier, you would not suspect a problem. But it is expensive to test horses for shedding. The numbers of organisms passing out through the nose or mouth are low in these recovered horses. Typical tests (culture of nasal swabs) won’t pick it up. Veterinarians must use specialized laboratory tests and a larger sample that includes material from the back of the throat and the nasal passages, not just from a swab up one nostril. The PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test used for checking this type of sample is more sensitive than a bacterial culture from a nasal swab or abscess sample. Only a few laboratories do this PCR test, which detects DNA of S. equi. Owners might want to test to see if a horse is a chronic shedder when the horse is recovering from the disease or when a farm, stable, or racetrack requires a negative test for incoming horses. This entails checking all horses that come to that facility as part of a bio-security program. The length of time a horse might shed bacteria can vary. In the 30 days right after the disease, the percent of horses shedding is moderately high. After 30 days, the percent of shedders drops, but there’s nothing you can

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see from a clinical aspect to predict which ones might be shedding. Those that continue to shed for years, rather than weeks or months, would be a very small percent. A horse may shed bacteria for a long time if the bacteria are trapped in the guttural pouch, within dried material that includes white blood cells, mucus, and bacteria. The body can’t attack bacteria there. Until you can get that material out of the pouch and treat that area, some of these horses shed bacteria for many months, even years, and look normal. Some may have an occasional runny nose on one side. In others, there is no history of anything that would lead you to believe the horse was a chronic shedder. Many horses will shed during the frst 30 days after recovery from strangles, so most veterinarians don’t advise testing during that period. Instead, keep the horse isolated and don’t move him until after 30 days from the time he’s recovered. Apply the test after you’ve given the horse a chance to clear the bacteria. If you then test and fnd a chronic shedder, keep him away from other horses—or leave him with horses that had the disease at the same time and would potentially have some immunity—until you can determine that the horse is no longer shedding bacteria. Another option is to detect where the shedding is coming from—looking into the guttural pouch via endoscopy to see if that material needs to be removed by fushing—then treating within the pouch with something to inactivate bacteria. Later you would retest that horse. Some veterinarians use systemic treatment. It may take more effort in one animal than another to rid the horse of bacteria so it will no longer pose a risk to other horses.

viral infections, and strangles is a bacterial infection.” Some instances of serious reactions like anaphylactic shock or purpura hemorrhagica following strangles vaccination have resulted. Anaphylaxis can occasionally occur with any vaccination. Purpura is a more common side efect from strangles, however, than with some other diseases and vaccines. “Many people think that once their horse has had strangles, it will be immune forever, but this is not true,” said Mazan. “After having the disease, about 75% of horses are immune for about fve years, but this means that 25% are not immune afterward and could get strangles again at any time.” COMPLICATIONS

“What we often see in horses that have had strangles before is that they might develop a fever of unknown origin. When I see a high fever in a horse (105 to 107 degrees), I generally assume—until proven otherwise—that it is either strangles or a tick-borne disease or a virus. Horses rarely get really high fever, so if they do, it is something to worry about. “Te complications that we really worry about with strangles are bastard strangles (abscesses within the body) and purpura hemorrhagica. Te latter is an immune-mediated response to strangles—the disease itself—or to the intramuscular vaccine.” Te adverse immune response causes infammation of blood vessels, damaging the vessel walls—which creates leakage into surrounding tissues and swelling. Te most noticeable swelling is around the head, legs, and under the belly. Fluid may ooze from the skin, and in severe cases the skin may die and slough away. Damaged vessels in the lungs, muscles, kidneys, etc. might lead to other problems. A vaccinated horse or a horse recovering from strangles may develop purpura hemorrhagica anywhere from one to four weeks later. Tis is why it’s important to keep monitoring the horse. If a horse sufers a severe reaction like anaphylaxis or purpura, do not vaccinate that horse ever again with that vaccine. A second exposure may result in a more serious reaction and could kill the horse.

VACCINATION WARNING There are risks when accidentally giving intranasal (IN) vaccines into the muscle. Be careful to never do this, especially with the intranasal strangles vaccine. The result of giving IN strangles vaccine into the muscle (IM) is a nasty strep infection at the injection site, according to Dr. Melissa Mazan of Tufts. Also, it’s not a good idea to give the intranasal strangles vaccine ahead of other vaccinations that you are giving IM because this increases the risk for an injection-site reaction from those vaccinations. The horse will aerosolize the live bacteria in the IN vaccine and spread it around. Also, if you have any of it on your fngers when you give the IM vaccinations, you could transfer the bacteria to those injection sites, which would result in abscesses.

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2016 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS (THRU JULY 17, 2016)

Breeder

Starts

Wins

Stakes Wins

Perry Martin & Steve Coburn Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC Terry C. Lovingier Reddam Racing LLC Nick Alexander Harris Farms Mr. & Mrs. Larry Williams Old English Rancho, Patsy Berumen & Sal Berumen Heinz H. Steinmann Old English Rancho Benjamin C. Warren Madera Thoroughbreds John R. Haagsma & Wesley Ward George Schmitt & Mary Clare Schmitt Liberty Road Stables Harris Farms & Donald Valpredo Old English Rancho & Berumen Madeline Auerbach, Richard Rosenberg & Barry Abrams Lou Neve Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray Madeline Auerbach & Barry Abrams Oakcrest Stable Joseph P. Morey Jr. Revocable Trust John Parker Donald R. Dizney Donald Valpredo Rod Rodriguez & Lorraine Rodriguez B Abrams, V Loverso, C Perez, Huston Racing & M Auerbach William L. Hedrick & Judy Hedrick C Punch Ranch, Inc. Black Diamond Racing, LLC Dahlberg Farms LLC Howard & Janet Siegel Racing LLC Ellen Jackson B & B Zietz Stables, Inc. Daehling Ranch LLC Cole Ranch Nick Cafarchia Philip D’Amato Thomas W. Bachman ARCHA Racing Inc. Ed Delaney Steve Pavich & Maria Pavich Thomas Newton Bell & Ross John McLeod Bruce Headley Stormy B. Hull Tony and Suzy Narducci Mark Tatch H & E Ranch George Krikorian Milt A. Policzer Roger Stein Stormy B. Hull & Ginger A. Samples Randi Sackett & Rick Sackett Dr. Edward C. Allred Joe Turner

8 398 412 185 142 330 161 34 75 108 176 103 8 81 129 22 51 7 27 62 31 31 41 4 49 90 65 7 51 26 9 41 83 77 19 76 13 47 9 37 11 36 21 6 15 5 5 97 40 11 53 101 8 4 29 27

3 61 46 28 27 40 27 12 20 16 23 15 4 18 15 4 7 3 6 8 6 5 7 2 10 15 10 2 11 3 4 5 13 12 4 7 5 3 2 6 2 6 6 1 3 3 3 11 11 2 8 10 3 3 8 7

2 2 0 2 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

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Leading Earner

California Chrome ($6,210,000) Minster’sadventure ($112,240) Time for Angie ($106,200) Ralis ($101,760) Tough It Out ($208,940) Velvet Mesquite ($118,750) Woodmans Luck ($76,895) What a View ($437,500) Theonewewaitedfor ($118,680) Somethings Unusual ($58,340) Warrens Puppy Love ($66,722) Sheer Pleasure ($95,925) Lost Bus ($274,800) Touched by Autism ($93,945) Boy Howdy ($40,920) Pacifc Heat ($226,030) Poshsky ($99,570) Cheekaboo ($272,176) Avanti Bello ($167,665) Call Saul ($49,701) How Unusual ($99,205) Bert’s Melody ($136,185) Toomuchisnotenough ($74,800) Gold Rush Dancer ($211,030) Diamond Cut ($66,290) Bako Sweets ($38,290) Rosarita ($71,160) Boozer ($184,660) Awesome Silver ($72,745) Smokey Image ($159,861) Sweetrayofsunshine ($166,700) Raised a Secret ($72,520) Brownie Finale ($32,592) Summer Lady ($46,140) Charming Starlet ($77,622) Fast and Foxy ($39,598) Llobo ($73,520) Tale of Papa Nick ($47,698) Allsquare ($96,465) Miss Star Maker ($47,635) Soi Phet ($126,940) Cool Green ($58,585) Fantasy of Luck ($63,600) Alert Bay ($138,080) San Onofre ($129,690) California Diamond ($108,600) Nardo ($132,600) Pat’s Gray Ray ($26,442) Rye ($69,198) Big Move ($75,568) Ace Deuce ($38,060) Luckbox Sam ($31,800) Nine Point Nine ($119,630) Cindys Secret ($114,878) Cordiality ($57,420) Atta Boy Pete ($42,554)

Earnings

$6,218,522 $1,268,006 $1,022,293 $1,005,482 $938,255 $927,218 $648,905 $598,459 $586,786 $360,484 $359,863 $346,457 $322,825 $316,652 $314,202 $295,823 $279,801 $272,176 $260,665 $243,152 $225,247 $214,853 $212,624 $211,030 $209,566 $189,702 $188,504 $184,660 $181,944 $175,227 $166,700 $162,685 $161,815 $157,146 $155,830 $154,088 $150,860 $148,183 $146,479 $145,509 $142,980 $142,341 $140,070 $138,480 $135,569 $133,305 $132,600 $129,720 $126,605 $123,693 $121,578 $119,732 $119,630 $114,878 $114,143 $114,071

Leading California Sires Lists 2016 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER

2016 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MONEY WON

(MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Earnings/ Runner

Earned

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

1 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

131

535

$7,508,854

Sire

Earned

1 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

131

66 $7,508,854

$57,320

2 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

202

945

125

$2,979,494

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$871,502

$31,125

3 Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

388

$2,296,969

3 Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

62 $2,296,969

$25,241

4 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

120

491

$1,683,533

4 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

37 $1,196,313

$24,415

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

247

$1,286,008

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

37 $1,286,008

$21,082

6 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 69

349

$1,211,473

6 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$19,546

7 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

214

$1,196,313

$19,527

8 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

131

524

$1,132,818

$19,312

9 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

379

$902,676

10 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

139

$871,502

11 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

317

$837,165

12 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

241

$829,326

13 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

278

$754,976

14 † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

199

$727,911

15 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

293

$679,368

16 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

327

$656,573

17 † Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar

265

$644,567

18 Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway 38

158

$592,802

7 † Western Fame, 1992, by Gone West 8 Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality 9 † Birdonthewire, 1989, by Proud Birdie

10 10 10

7 9 8

$469,111 $195,269 $193,117 $179,867

$17,987

10 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

47 $1,211,473

$17,558

11 † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

$727,911

$16,543

12 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

$376,920

$15,705

13 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

$484,907

$15,642

14 Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway

$592,802

$15,600

15 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

$829,326

$15,358

16 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

$500,325

$15,161

202 125 $2,979,494

$14,750

19 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

201

$541,044

17 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 18 † Cindago, 2003, by Indian Charlie

$378,452

$14,556

20 Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat

208

$536,223

19 Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat

$174,587

$14,549

21 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

152

$500,325

20 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 19

$270,928

$14,259

22 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

137

$484,907

23 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$469,111

2016 LEADING TURF SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

24 Einstein (BRZ), 2002, by Spend a Buck

227

$450,233

(MINIMUM 50 STARTS)

25 Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest 45

197

$430,255

26 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

153

$415,164

27 † Cindago, 2003, by Indian Charlie

103

$378,452

28 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

125

$376,920

29 Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE)

165

$369,393

30 Don’tsellmeshort, 2001, by Benchmark

225

$350,093

31 Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

129

$345,293

Sire

Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins

1 Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

57 168

2 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$737,847

3 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

79 201

$689,892

4 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$452,884

5 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

$372,285

32 † McCann’s Mojave, 2000, by Memo (CHI)

199

$329,414

6 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$256,928

33 † Thorn Song, 2003, by Unbridled’s Song

139

$310,757

7 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

60 120

$246,290

34 Skimming, 1996, by Nureyev

$295,577

8 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

$226,407

35 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$288,222

9 † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

$213,569

36 Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

158

$274,763

$161,621

37 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 19

$270,928

11 Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway 10

$143,816

38 Lucky J. H., 2002, by Cee’s Tizzy

139

$250,521

12 Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

$138,491

39 Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat

113

$245,408

13 The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

$126,525

40 The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

$242,001

14 Einstein (BRZ), 2002, by Spend a Buck

$121,924

41 Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled

114

$240,441

$106,421

42 † In Excess (IRE), 1987, by Siberian Express

$238,808

$103,265

43 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

$238,438

$102,370

44 Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

113

$219,716

45 Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando

$205,445

46 † Terrell, 2000, by Distorted Humor

157

$203,696

47 Western Fame, 1992, by Gone West

$195,269

10 † In Excess (IRE), 1987, by Siberian Express

15 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled 16 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom 17 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam 18 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy 19 † Siberian Summer, 1989, by Siberian Express 20 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

25 11 9 10

56 19 18 19

Earned

3 3 2 2

30 $1,404,521

4 4 2 2

$97,281

$96,905

$94,922

The statistics shown here are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates a stallion that has been pensioned or has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere (sires no longer standing in California remain on these lists until their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old), a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2015 but will stand in the state in 2016. Freshman sires are highlighted in bold text. Statistics cover racing in North America (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico), England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) only. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Racing statistics through July 17, 2016.

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Leading California Sires Lists 2016 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

2016 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER (MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS)

Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Sire

Earned

Median

Wnrs

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

202

125 $2,979,494

2 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

131

66 $7,508,854

120

61 $1,683,533

131

56 $1,132,818

Earned

1 Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat

$174,587 $14,930

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$871,502 $14,272

3 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$469,111 $11,490

4 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

4 Tough Game, 1999, by Mr. Greeley

$110,867 $10,625

5 Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

62 $2,296,969

5 Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

$193,117 $10,564

6 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

$902,676

6 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

$902,676

$9,208

7 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

$837,165

7 Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

62 $2,296,969

$8,975

8 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

$656,573

8 † Western Fame, 1992, by Gone West

$195,269

$8,808

9 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

37 $1,286,008

9 † Birdonthewire, 1989, by Proud Birdie

47 $1,211,473

† Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

$179,867

$8,798

10 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$754,976

$8,723

$644,567

11 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

37 $1,196,313

$8,640

12 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

$679,368

12 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

$500,325

$8,305

13 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

$829,326

13 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

37 $1,286,008

$8,100

14 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$541,044

14 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

$837,165

$7,881

15 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

37 $1,196,313

15 † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

$727,911

$7,559

Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$754,976

16 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

47 $1,211,473

$7,320

† Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

$727,911

17 † Siberian Summer, 1989, by Siberian Express

$159,472

$7,201

18 Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE)

$369,393

18 The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

$242,001

$7,139

19 Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat

$536,223

19 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

$829,326

$6,917

$350,093

20 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

$376,920

$6,864

21 Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest 45

$430,255

2016 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER START

10 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister † Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar

Don’tsellmeshort, 2001, by Benchmark

2016 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

(MINIMUM 50 STARTS) Sire

Earned

Earnings Start

Rnrs

Srts

1 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

131

535 $7,508,854

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

139

$871,502

$6,270

3 Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

388 $2,296,969

$5,920

4 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

214 $1,196,313

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

247 $1,286,008

6 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

7 Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway

158

Sire

Rnrs

Srts

Races Won

Earned

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

202

945

125

$2,979,494

2 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

131

535

$7,508,854

3 Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

388

$2,296,969

4 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

120

491

$1,683,533

$5,590

5 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

131

524

$1,132,818

$5,207

6 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

379

$902,676

$469,111

$4,787

7 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

327

$656,573

$592,802

$3,752

8 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

349

$1,211,473

$14,035

8 † Cindago, 2003, by Indian Charlie

103

$378,452

$3,674

317

$837,165

9 † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

199

$727,911

$3,658

10 † Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar

265

$644,567

10 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$288,222

$3,603

11 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

293

$679,368

11 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

137

$484,907

$3,539

12 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

247

$1,286,008

9 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

12 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

349 $1,211,473

$3,471

214

$1,196,313

13 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

241

$829,326

$3,441

14 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

278

$754,976

491 $1,683,533

$3,429

14 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

120

Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 15 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

241

$829,326

15 † Western Fame, 1992, by Gone West

$195,269

$3,310

Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

201

$541,044

16 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

152

$500,325

$3,292

17 † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

199

$727,911

17 Skimming, 1996, by Nureyev

$295,577

$3,248

18 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

139

$871,502

945 $2,979,494

$3,153

Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE)

165

$369,393

20 Don’tsellmeshort, 2001, by Benchmark

225

$350,093

199

$329,414

18 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

202

19 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 19 20 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

Races Won

Rnrs

CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED

$270,928

$3,150

125

$376,920

$3,015

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Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 19 20 21 23 25 26 27 29 30 31

34 35 36 38 40

43 45 47 49 51

Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig † In Excess (IRE), 1987, by Siberian Express Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam † Salt Lake, 1989, by Deputy Minister † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker † Birdonthewire, 1989, by Proud Birdie † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE) † Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled One Man Army, 1994, by Roman Diplomat Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway † Cindago, 2003, by Indian Charlie Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy Hold for Gold, 1995, by Red Ransom Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View Robannier, 1991, by Batonnier Formal Gold, 1993, by Black Tie Affair (IRE) Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev † Popular, 1999, by Saint Ballado • Redattore (BRZ), 1995, by Roi Normand Slewvescent, 1988, by Seattle Slew Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time Silic (FR), 1995, by Sillery † Western Fame, 1992, by Gone West Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike Crafty C. T., 1998, by Crafty Prospector Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE) Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando Lucky J. H., 2002, by Cee’s Tizzy Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold Globalize, 1997, by Summer Squall The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest

Crops

16 7 4 4 9 19 7 18 18 18 11 8 5 15 7 7 9 9 14 5 6 8 10 9 12 8 10 17 15 16 9 5 22 4 13 12 14 10 4 5 9 2 5 9 17 14 14 11 12 3 6

Avg Named Size Foals

47 41 26 14 19 52 13 68 59 15 63 48 40 48 104 13 9 8 54 36 16 61 56 19 11 43 36 7 35 30 11 144 13 24 41 16 21 20 51 44 17 26 16 39 26 34 24 11 15 19 32

746 287 105 54 171 994 92 1225 1066 271 692 382 198 720 728 92 84 68 762 179 94 486 558 167 135 345 358 112 518 475 96 718 275 96 533 186 298 197 202 221 152 52 81 351 440 476 332 118 180 57 193

Runners

Winners

2YO Winners

Stakes Winners

Graded Stakes Winners

Progeny Earnings

AEI

Comp Index

546-73% 199-69% 85-81% 40-74% 111-65% 748-75% 38-41% 864-71% 821-77% 199-73% 481-70% 306-80% 107-54% 558-78% 490-67% 60-65% 55-65% 42-62% 565-74% 109-61% 70-74% 231-48% 406-73% 108-65% 105-78% 254-74% 257-72% 71-63% 417-81% 343-72% 65-68% 155-22% 214-78% 58-60% 421-79% 138-74% 202-68% 142-72% 123-61% 52-24% 110-72% 20-38% 54-67% 254-72% 325-74% 394-83% 247-74% 78-66% 129-72% 27-47% 120-62%

395-53% 127-44% 59-56% 32-59% 71-42% 562-57% 31-34% 686-56% 582-55% 144-53% 354-51% 229-60% 69-35% 431-60% 355-49% 39-42% 39-46% 29-43% 393-52% 69-39% 54-57% 162-33% 297-53% 70-42% 75-56% 180-52% 180-50% 41-37% 331-64% 213-45% 50-52% 105-15% 95-35% 38-40% 327-61% 86-46% 149-50% 94-48% 77-38% 41-19% 89-59% 8-15% 34-42% 180-51% 255-58% 284-60% 181-55% 51-43% 92-51% 16-28% 57-30%

53-7% 42-15% 20-19% 8-15% 9-5% 117-12% 0-0% 201-16% 124-12% 40-15% 117-17% 58-15% 20-10% 107-15% 116-16% 5-5% 3-4% 4-6% 117-15% 21-12% 11-12% 45-9% 93-17% 9-5% 16-12% 45-13% 43-12% 8-7% 83-16% 40-8% 19-20% 10-1% 19-7% 12-13% 112-21% 13-7% 46-15% 28-14% 24-12% 9-4% 27-18% 5-10% 11-14% 38-11% 57-13% 79-17% 43-13% 13-11% 34-19% 6-11% 20-10%

41-5% 3-1% 6-6% 3-6% 9-5% 57-6% 1-1% 50-4% 52-5% 12-4% 32-5% 9-2% 4-2% 28-4% 27-4% 2-2% 2-2% 1-1% 26-3% 7-4% 3-3% 7-1% 18-3% 5-3% 4-3% 14-4% 12-3% 3-3% 17-3% 11-2% 1-1% 3-0% 5-2% 2-2% 19-4% 3-2% 12-4% 6-3% 4-2% 2-1% 9-6% 0-0% 1-1% 4-1% 17-4% 16-3% 11-3% 2-2% 4-2% 0-0% 1-1%

12-2% 1-0% 1-1% 0-0% 3-2% 11-1% 1-1% 9-1% 15-1% 1-0% 6-1% 3-1% 1-1% 9-1% 6-1% 1-1% 1-1% 1-1% 9-1% 1-1% 0-0% 1-0% 6-1% 1-1% 0-0% 2-1% 1-0% 0-0% 5-1% 4-1% 1-1% 1-0% 3-1% 0-0% 1-0% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 3-1% 2-0% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1%

$51,363,139 $20,225,295 $5,300,244 $2,546,167 $7,822,387 $46,763,253 $2,414,346 $59,494,252 $49,749,154 $13,068,934 $30,536,763 $19,115,210 $5,173,898 $34,166,424 $30,097,665 $3,632,931 $2,871,162 $2,387,922 $30,371,053 $5,389,824 $3,597,639 $12,658,104 $19,316,757 $5,649,938 $5,569,967 $13,858,282 $13,955,542 $3,032,962 $20,522,358 $14,684,981 $3,162,697 $7,330,073 $7,564,255 $2,332,160 $20,764,884 $8,293,999 $8,806,547 $5,680,616 $3,729,736 $2,902,033 $5,233,536 $381,592 $2,006,186 $10,187,284 $14,419,421 $18,889,343 $9,632,074 $2,828,056 $5,178,910 $614,430 $3,533,221

2.00 1.67 1.65 1.59 1.53 1.52 1.39 1.39 1.32 1.31 1.29 1.27 1.23 1.20 1.20 1.17 1.16 1.16 1.14 1.11 1.10 1.10 1.08 1.08 1.06 1.05 1.04 1.04 1.02 1.01 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.97 0.95 0.93 0.93 0.88 0.88 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.86 0.86 0.85 0.85 0.82 0.82 0.81 0.81 0.80

1.24 1.20 0.92 1.32 1.10 1.36 1.23 1.36 1.48 1.32 1.08 1.49 0.99 1.10 1.82 0.78 0.95 0.67 1.34 1.33 1.35 1.18 1.23 0.89 1.11 0.94 0.97 0.98 1.26 1.41 0.95 1.19 0.80 1.12 0.84 0.91 0.81 1.07 1.18 1.04 0.86 0.83 1.24 1.00 0.79 1.06 1.11 0.82 0.76 1.22 0.77

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2016

REGIONAL SALE DATES

REGIONAL RACE MEETINGS Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

July 15-Sept. 5

Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa

July 28-Aug. 14

Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale

Aug. 19-28

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

AUGUST 16 CTBA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YEARLING & HORSES OF RACING AGE SALE Pleasanton, Calif.

Aug. 19-Sept. 20

Los Angeles County Fair at Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos California Authority of Racing Fairs at Pleasanton

Sept. 23-Oct. 2

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

Sept. 30-Nov. 6

Fresno County Fair, Fresno

(ENTRIES CLOSED JUNE 13)

Sept. 8-25 AUGUST 30 BARRETTS SELECT YEARLING SALE Del Mar, Calif. (NOMINATIONS CLOSED APRIL 1)

Oct. 6-16

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

OCTOBER 17 BARRETTS FALL YEARLING AND HORSES OF RACING AGE SALE Pomona, Calif.

Oct. 19-Dec. 20

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

Nov. 10-Dec. 4

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

Dec. 7-20

(EARLY ENTRIES CLOSE AUG. 12, ENTRIES CLOSE AUG. 19, SUPPLEMENTAL ENTRIES CLOSE OCT. 3)

California-Bred/California-Sired STAKES RACES AUGUST-SEPTEMBER DEL MAR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3

SATURDAY, AUG. 27

$100,000 Graduation Stakes

$150,000 Generous Portion Stakes

Two-Year-Olds 5 1⁄2 furlongs

Two-Year-Old Fillies 6 furlongs

SUNDAY, AUG. 14

FRIDAY, SEPT. 2

$150,000 Solana Beach Stakes

$150,000 I’m Smokin Stakes

Tree-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies and Mares 1 mile (Turf)

Two-Year-Olds 6 furlongs

LOS ALAMITOS SATURDAY, SEPT. 10

$75,000 E.B. Johnston Stakes 3-Year-Olds & Up 1 mile

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SEPTEMBER

AUGUST

Date

Track

Aug. 3 Aug. 5 Aug. 6 Aug. 6 Aug. 6 Aug. 7 Aug. 7 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 Aug. 13 Aug. 14 Aug. 14 Aug. 14 Aug. 17 Aug. 19 Aug. 20 Aug. 20 Aug. 20 Aug. 21 Aug. 24 Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 28 Aug. 31 Sept. 2 Sept. 3 Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 4 Sept. 5 Sept. 5 Sept. 5 Sept. 5 Sept. 10 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 18 Sept. 24

Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr SR Dmr SR Dmr Dmr SR Dmr SR SR Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Fer Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr GGF LA LA LA LA LA

Stakes (Grade)

Conditions

Distance

Graduation Stakes Daisycutter Handicap Sorrento Stakes (Gr. II) La Jolla Handicap (Gr. III) Robert Dupret Derby Osunitas Stakes Joseph T. Grace Handicap Green Flash Handicap Best Pal Stakes (Gr. II) Jess Jackson Owners’ Handicap Solana Beach Stakes Wine Country Debutante Cavonnier Juvenile Stakes Rancho Bernardo Handicap (Gr. III) CTT & TOC Handicap TVG Pacifc Classic (Gr. I) Del Mar Oaks (Gr. I) Del Mar Handicap (Gr. II) Del Mar Mile (Gr. II) Harry F. Brubaker Stakes Shared Belief Stakes Pat O’Brien Stakes (Gr. II) Generous Portion Stakes Torrey Pines Stakes (Gr. III) C.J. Hindley Humbolt County Marathon Tranquility Lake Stakes I’m Smokin Stakes Del Mar Debutante (Gr. I) Del Mar Juvenile Turf John C. Mabee Stakes (Gr. II) Del Mar Derby (Gr. II) Del Mar Futurity (Gr. I) Pirate’s Bounty Stakes Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf Rolling Green Stakes Beverly J. Lewis Stakes E.B. Johnston Stakes Barretts Debutante Stakes Barretts Juvenile Stakes Los Alamitos Derby (Gr. II)

2-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 2-y-o f. 3-y-o 3-y-o 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 2-y-o 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up, f. & m., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o f. 2-y-o 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o & up 3-y-o f. 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o 3-y-o & up 2-y-o f., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 3-y-o f. 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 2-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o f. 2-y-o 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o 2-y-o 3-y-o & up 2-y-o f. 3-y-o & up 3-y-o f. 3-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o f. 2-y-o 3-y-o

5 1/2 f. $100,000 5 f. (T) $75,000 6 1/2 f. $200,000 1 1/16 m. (T) $150,000 1 1/16 m. (T) $50,000 1 1/16 m. (T) $75,000 1 1/16 m. (T) $50,000 5 f. (T) $75,000 6 1/2 f. $200,000 5 f. (T) $50,000 1 m. (T) $150,000 6 f. $50,000 6 f. $50,000 6 1/2 f. $100,000 1 3/8 m. (T) $75,000 1 1/4 m. $1,000,000 1 1/8 m. (T) $300,000 1 3/8 m. (T) $250,000 1 m. (T) $200,000 1 m. $75,000 1 m. $100,000 7 f. $200,000 6 f. $150,000 1 m. $100,000 1 5/8 m. $20,000 1 m. $75,000 6 f. $150,000 7 f. $300,000 1 m. (T) $100,000 1 1/8 m. (T) $200,000 1 1/8 m. (T) $250,000 7 f. $300,000 5 1/2 f. $75,000 1 m. (T) $100,000 1 1/16 m. (T) $50,000 6 f. $75,000 1 m. $75,000 6 1/2 f. $100,000 6 1/2 f. $100,000 1 1/8 m. $200,000

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BOARDING AVAILABLE AT TEMECULA HORSE FARM for a fat rate of $400 a month. Layups, retirees, or horses just needing a change of scenery. Paddocks and grass pasture available. Barn stalls available for an additional fee. Located across the street from Gallway Downs and Temecula Downs. Call Richard at (714) 421-1245. Visit us at temeculahorsefarm.com

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BUSINESS CARDS

Jerry R Vaughn (925) 200-3030 Jerry@JerryVaughn.com www.JerryVaughn.com BRE #00908970 CHRB Lic # 271105

Experienced Equestrians Specialist’s That You can Count On!!

Amanda Thompson (925) 260-7405 athompson@apr.com www.luxuryhomes andhorses.com BRE #01911093 r Alain Pinel Realtors r

RACING SILKS WEST COAST RACING COLORS. June Gee. Silks, Blinkers and Horse Apparel. 626-359-9179

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BUSINESS CARDS

Suzanne Cardiff

Pedigree Resear Consultation 413 W. Camino Real Arcadia, CA 91007-7302 Phone: (626) 445-3104 Email: scardiff@pacbell.net www.thoroughbredinfo.com/showcase/cardiff.htm

BELLA EQUINE

Amanda Navarro Consultant • SALES • BREEDING • BOARDING (909) 762-6118 Bellaequine.com San Dimas, CA

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a comprehensive off-track program for owners and trainers. Call or write for info on Book, newsletter and seminars! 863-299-8443 backyardracehorse.com nEW! tRaining DvD!

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STALLIONS

ADVERTISERS

Affrmative ............................................................................... 7

Amanda Thompson - Alain Pinel Realtors...........................54

Boisterous................................................................................ 3

Arizona Thoroughbred Breeders Assoc. .............................45

Capital Account ...................................................................... 7

Auburn Laboratories Inc. ........................................................8

Champ Pegasus...................................................................... 9

Backyard Race Horse.............................................................55

Chattahoochee War ............................................................... 5 Daddy Nose Best.................................................................... 7 Fighting Hussar....................................................................... 7 Hamish Hy ............................................................................... 7 Hidden Blessing.................................................................... 11

Ballena Vista Farm ............................................................ OBC Barretts ...................................................................................25 Bella Equine-Amanda Navarro.............................................55 BG Thoroughbred Farm..........................................................7

James Street ........................................................................... 7

Blue Diamond Horseshoe,LLC .............................................11

Kafwain .................................................................................... 3

Blue Sky Training Center.......................................................55

Lightnin N Thunder ................................................................ 3

Cal-Bred Maiden Bonus Program ...................................... IFC

Ministers Wild Cat .................................................................. 3

Cardiff, Suzanne, Pedigree Research ...................................55

Mr.Big....................................................................................... 5

Cole Ranch .......................................................................10, 54

Old Topper.............................................................................. 3

CTBA 2016 Northern California Yearling Sale....................23

Roi Charmant .............................................................. 37

CTBA Foal Advertorial ..........................................................34

Sequoyah................................................................................. 7 Tiz A Minister .......................................................................... 7 Unusual Heatwave .................................................................. 7

Daehling Ranch......................................................................54 Dickson Podley Realtors (Jeannie Garr Roddy)...................55 E.A. Ranches ............................................................................5

FOR SALE

Equineline.com ......................................................................17 Gayle Van Leer Thoroughbred Services ..............................55 Harris Farms ...........................................................................35

FOR SALE Every issue of the California Thoroughbred Magazines since 1941

Jerry R Vaughn - Alain Pinel Realtors ...................................54 Laurel Fowler Insurance Broker Inc ......................................55 Legacy Ranch ...........................................................................9 Lillian Nichols/Halters............................................................55

Call for details - Madera Thoroughbreds (559) 674-5090 E-mail: jillmadera@aol.com

Magali Farms..........................................................................37 NTRA /John Deere ................................................................33 Owner View-Thoroughbred Owner Conference.................29 Sue Hubbard Farmers Insurance.........................................54

HORSES FOR SALE

Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC .........................................3

2015 CALIMONCO FILLY Dam, Boracay Chic by In Excess(Ire) is race winner and producer of multiple race winners. Filly is Cal-Bred and Breeder’s Cup Nominated. In training at Ballena Vista Farm, Ramona. 310-503-7187 or wnecenter@gmail.com

West Coast Racing Colors/June Gee ..................................54 Willow Creek Ranch - Plumas County..................................15 WTBOA Summer Yearling & Mixed Sale . ...........................47 www.horselawyers.com .........................................................55

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