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UNUSUAL HEAT 1990-2017

From the EXECUTIVE CORNER DOUG BURGE CTBA PRESIDENT

Remembering Unusual Heat

COURTESY OF HARRIS AUERBACH.

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oughly 20 years ago, trainer Barry Abrams asked me for some advice and assistance regarding a new stallion prospect that he and his partners thought highly of. Te syndicate, which also consisted of co-owner Madeline Auerbach and managing partner Harris Auerbach, had just seen the frst crop of foals and were determined to place the sire at a large commercial farm in order to give him the best possible chance of succeeding.

Tus, Unusual Heat took up residency at Old English Rancho, standing frst in Ontario, and then later moved to the new breeding operation in Sanger.

Although Unusual Heat initially was bred to modest mares, his ofspring had an immediate impact at California tracks. As his book of mares increased, along with quality, he soon dominated the state sire standings for the next several decades. Not only was he the top regional sire by money won and leading turf sire, he also consistently ranked in the top 50-100 in the national standings.

Unusual Heat moved to Harris Farms in the summer of 2010 for the 2011 breeding season, and he continued to cover a full book of high-class mares until he was pensioned in October 2016 (his 19th season at stud, all in the Golden State). He retired as the all-time leading sire in California by progeny

Awards and mementos of a life well served for the California breeding industry: Unusual Heat (1990Ð2017)

earnings, and he has been represented by 15 California champions, including Eclipse Award champion older male Acclamation.

Sadly, the perennial leading sire died in May at the ripe old age of 27. His infuence on California breeding and racing, through his sons and daughters, will be prevalent for numerous years to come.

His success, fame, and rewards al-

lowed the creation of CARMA and the funding for Toroughbred aftercare.

Te leadership and contributions from Madeline and Harris Auerbach, with the success and status of Unusual Heat, have provided millions of dollars and awareness to our retired Toroughbreds.

Te industry will be forever thankful.

A feature on Unusual Heat begins on page 14 of this edition of California Toroughbred.

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JULY 2017 VOLUME 143

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626.445.7800 or 1.800.573.CTBA (California residents only) www.CTBA.com The offcial magazine of California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, a non-proft corporation dedicated to the production of better Thoroughbred horses for better Thoroughbred racing, published by Blood-Horse, LLC. Opinions expressed in signed articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily refect policies of the CTBA or this magazine.

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Acknowledgment: Statistics in this publication relating to results of races in North America are compiled by the Daily Racing Form.

Charts by special arrangement with Daily Racing Form Inc., the copyright owners of said charts. Reproduction forbidden.

Contents

FEATURES

14 FAREWELL

18 NorCal Sale Preview

TO UNUSUAL HEAT

20 Golden State Series: Melair and Snow Chief Stakes

California lost its longtime leading sire Unusual Heat in May at age 27, and California Toroughbred pays tribute to his legacy.

OFFICERS CHAIRPERSON PETE PARRELLA PRESIDENT DOUG BURGE

22 Golden State Series: Tor’s Echo Handicap

VICE CHAIRPERSON TERRY C. LOVINGIER TREASURER TIM COHEN

24 Cal-breds Highlight Memorial Day Weekend

SECRETARY KATE BARTON 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, Tim Cohen, George F. Schmitt, Edward Freeman

26 Sircat Sally Wins Honeymoon

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

28 U.C. Davis Helps Horses

CONTROLLER THOMAS R. RETCHLESS SALES COORDINATOR/MEMBERSHIP CAL CUP COORDINATOR COOKIE HACKWORTH

32 Standout Employee: Octavio Medina-Ramos

REGISTRAR/INCENTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER MARY ELLEN LOCKE

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ASSISTANT REGISTRAR DAWN GERBER EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/EVENT COORDINATOR CHRISTY CHAPMAN ADVERTISING MANAGER/PRODUCTION COORDINATOR LORETTA VEIGA WEB SITE MANAGING EDITOR KEN GURNICK

34 CTBA Member Profle: Clay Murdock 40 Health: Clostridial Myositis

LIBRARIAN/RECEPTIONIST/SUBSCRIPTIONS VIVIAN MONTOYA

DEPARTMENTS

4 News Bits

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WEST COAST CONTRIBUTING EDITOR TRACY GANTZ

ON THE COVER

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NewsBits CAL-BRED VICTORIOUS UNDER 131 POUNDS

CURRENT CALIFORNIA

SIRES OF STAKES WINNERS

To anyone who says horses don’t carry much weight anymore, take a look at California-bred Desert Madam. In a June 2 starter handicap race at Santa Anita, the mare toted an incredible 131 pounds to victory at 11⁄16 miles.

As the 1-2 favorite, Desert Madam prompted Private Terrace’s pace, took over entering the stretch, and defeated that rival by a length in 1:44.47. Rafael Bejarano piloted Desert Madam for trainer Bill Spawr. STD Racing Stable and Andy Miller own her.

Oakcrest Stable bred Desert Madam, a 6-year-old daughter of Desert Code—Madam General, by General Meeting. She was winning her 10th race in 30 starts and raised her earnings to $281,251.

RICHARD’S BOY WINS AGAIN

Saudi Chroma, who graced the cover of the May issue of California Toroughbred and frst went through a sale ring at last year’s Northern California yearling sale, broke her maiden in her racing debut. In an open maiden race at Santa Anita May 25, Saudi Chroma led throughout to win easily by 31⁄4 lengths, completing the 41⁄2 furlongs in :52.08.

Saudi Chroma Te 2-year-old California-bred daughter of Lucky Pulpit—Nine to Five Lady, by Mr. Greeley, was a $14,000 buy-back at the Northern California sale when ofered by breeder Te Cole Ranch under the name Californiabyanose. Te Cole Ranch later sold her for $42,000 at the Barretts October yearling sale. Te flly graced the cover of this magazine after she brought $360,000 at the 2017 Barretts March sale, consigned by Havens Bloodstock Agency and sold to Dennis O’Neill.

Doug O’Neill trains Saudi Chroma for Zedan Racing Stables.

Victor Espinoza piloted the flly in the maiden race.

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Richard’s Boy is fying the California-bred banner coast to coast.

Two weeks after winning the Jim McKay Turf Sprint Stakes at Pimlico in Maryland, he captured the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup Stakes at Penn National June 3.

Te victory this time came via disqualifcation of Bold Tunder, who fnished frst. Bold Tunder took the lead in the fve-furlong turf race and during the stretch run ducked out from a right-handed whip, impeding Richard’s Boy. Bold Tunder fnished a head in front of Richard’s Boy, who outfnished Rainbow Heir by a neck.

Te stewards disqualifed Bold Tunder, placing him second for interference.

Paco Lopez rode Richard’s Boy, who was the 3-5 favorite in the feld of seven. Peter Miller trains Richard’s Boy for Gary Hartunian’s Rockingham Ranch. Harold and Pamela Tillema bred Richard’s Boy, a son of Idiot Proof—Marissa’s Joy, by Cee’s Tizzy. Te 5-yearold gelding increased his earnings to $759,680.

COVER GIRL ACES DEBUT

FOALS OF RACING AGE

STALLION

SWs

UNUSUAL HEAT (1990) †

790

54

BENCHMARK (1991) †

757

44

TRIBAL RULE (1996) †

779

44

BLUEGRASS CAT (2003)

816

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STORMIN FEVER (1994)

810

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SWISS YODELER (1994) ¥

797

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GAME PLAN (1993) †

455

25

OLD TOPPER (1995)

561

25

SEA OF SECRETS (1995) †

505

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KAFWAIN (2000)

650

22

MINISTERS WILD CAT (2000)

418

22

ROCKY BAR (1998)

175

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DECARCHY (1997)

384

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WESTERN FAME (1992) †

315

15

ATTICUS (1992)

497

15

COMIC STRIP (1995)

348

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BIRDONTHEWIRE (1989) †

294

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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: SANTA ANITA PARK / $40,000 DEL MAR / $40,000 LOS ALAMITOS / $40,000 OAK TREE AT PLEASANTON / $20,000 CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR (SACRAMENTO)/$20,000

NewsBits CAL-BREDS SELL WELL IN FLORIDA

BARRETTS PADDOCK SALE RESCHEDULED

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The Barretts Paddock Sale at Del Mar has been moved to July 26, following the day’s races. It originally had been scheduled for July 30. The under-tack preview is now slated for July 24, a dark day, after morning training.

California-bred juvenile champion male California Diamond topped the sale last year at $125,000. A stakes winner at the time of his purchase, he won three additional stakes for Gary Hartunian’s Rockingham Ranch.

A Cal-bred son of Twirling Candy brought $310,000 at OBS June’s frst session

Two California-breds sold well at the frst session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales June auction of 2-year-olds in training in Ocala, Fla. A son of Twirling Candy brought $310,000, the third-highest price of the session while a son of Unusual Heat sold for $95,000.

Pete Bradley’s Bradley Thoroughbreds purchased the Twirling Candy youngster as agent from the consignment of agent Eddie Woods.

In the name of Quarter Pole Enterprises, Woods had bought the colt for $90,000 at the 2016 Barretts October yearling sale from the consignment of Andy Havens’ Havens Bloodstock Agency.

The colt is out of the stakes-winning Sweetsouthernsaint mare Saint Knows, a full sister to stakes winner Her Sweet Saint.

Crupi’s New Castle Farm consigned the son of Unusual Heat—Lethal Hunter, by Jade Hunter, to the OBS sale. Tom McCrocklin bought the colt for Little Red Feather and Madeline Auerbach.

The second dam is stakes winner Lethal Leta, who also produced graded winner Lethal Heat and stakes winner Prevalent. Letha Hunter is already the dam of graded stakes-placed Huntsville, a son of Unusual Heat.

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NEWS

California-bred Memphis Mobster scored the 20th victory of his career June 11 at Emerald Downs. Te 10-year-old gelding not only has won 20 times but has accomplished that feat by winning at seven diferent tracks—Hollywood Park, Fairplex Park, Fresno, Golden Gate, Pleasanton, Portland Meadows, and Emerald Downs.

Memphis Mobster is durable as well. He has started 74 times, with 11 seconds and seven thirds, and now has earnings of $160,886. Tough he has primarily competed in claiming events, he twice won the Mt. Hood Handicap, in 2014 and 2015, and captured the 2014 Detroit Lake Handicap, all at Portland Meadows.

Rigoberto Velasquez trains Memphis Mobster for owners Rancho Viejo and Pam Tumminello. Memphis Mobster’s most recent victory came in a six-furlong claiming event, which he won by 43⁄4 lengths. Richard Beal bred the son of Memo—Sweethrtofsigmachi,

by General Meeting.

COURTESY DICK BARTON

STALLION

A VERSATILE MOBSTER

Champ Pegasus

COADY PHOTOGRAPHY

Schulace became the frst winner sired by Champ Pegasus when he won a maiden special weight race for 2-year-old California-breds and California-sired runners June 2 at Santa Anita.

Favored at 6-5 in his debut, Schulace got to the lead early in the 41⁄2-furlong event. Rafael Bejarano piloted the gelding, who defeated Time for Cioppino by 33⁄4 lengths in :52.68.

Mike Machowsky trains Schulace for owner/breeder Richard Barton. Schulace is out of the Holy Bull mare Tillie Lou. Champ Pegasus stands at Legacy Ranch in Clements for $5,000. The grade 1 winner is a son of Fusaichi Pegasus—Salt Champ, by Salt Lake.

BREEDERS’ CUP DISTANCES CHANGE Breeders’ Cup has announced a change in distance for two races at the Nov. 3-4 World Championships to be held at Del Mar. The changes were made because of the confguration of Del Mar’s track.

The Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) will be run at 11⁄8 miles instead of 11⁄4 miles while the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) will be run at fve furlongs. The Turf Sprint, when run at Santa Anita, is about 61⁄2 furlongs, a distance unique to Santa Anita because of its downhill turf course.

The other 11 Breeders’ Cup events will be held at the same distances as before. This will be the 34th edition of the Breeders’ Cup and is the frst time Del Mar will host the event.

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A group of Southern California middle school students won a robotics tournament in the Netherlands with a robot named after California Chrome. Te team, called the Hippie Bots, is from Monrovia’s Clifton Middle California Chrome School, and it was named tournament champions at the 2017 FTC Dutch Open. Te team also received the Tink Award for the best engineering notebook.

Te team competed against 45 international teams from such countries as Germany, Russia, Israel, Spain, and Italy. Te FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics program has a goal of developing students’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Under the program the student teams are required to design, program, and build a robot to compete in a designated challenge.

Te students decided to name their robot for California Chrome.

Program founder Paul Flores and mentor Gina Ayala encouraged the team in its successful eforts. Te Hippie Bots were the only team representing a middle school.

“We knew we would be competitive after nine months of preparation,” said Flores. “To win against international high schools and colleges, while representing the United States, is a testament to the students’ dedication and engineering resolve.”

Before heading to the Netherlands, the team demonstrated the robot at Santa Anita.

“We were thrilled when the equine connections gave us permission to use the name as we continue our community outreach program,” said Ayala. “As a fan of the equine athlete, what better place to showcase our robot than Santa Anita?”

Santa Anita’s marketing department and TVG supported the community outreach eforts.

ANNE M. EBERHARDT

CALIFORNIA CHROME INSPIRES STUDENTS

■ Champ Pegasus Gets First Winner

NewsBits

BILO, a California-bred son of Cal-bred champion and Eclipse Award winner Bertrando, upset favored Surf Cat to take the $300,000 Triple Bend Invitational Handicap (G1) at Hollywood Park July 7, 2007. Ridden by 17-year-old apprentice jockey Joe Talamo, 7-year-old Bilo led almost from the start of the seven-furlong Triple Bend, holding off Surf Cat’s furious closing charge to last by a head in 1:21.65. “He’s got such a big heart for such an old guy,” said Talamo. Marty Jones trained Bilo for owner Ed Nahem, who bred the gelding from the Devil’s Bag mare Raffe’s Bag. Bilo went on to earn $535,236, with seven wins in 23 starts.

25 YEARS AGO In only her second start, California-bred BEST DRESS became a stakes winner by capturing the $75,000 Junior Miss Stakes (G3) at Del Mar July 31, 1992. Trainer Mel Stute had unveiled the 2-year-old flly at Hollywood Park, where she broke her maiden by fve lengths. That prompted him to enter her in graded competition. Against eight others and ridden by Pat Valenzuela, Best Dress

managed to win despite having to alter course after being blocked. She defeated Dance for Vanny by three-quarters of a length in 1:10 4⁄5 for six furlongs. The Schiffer family’s Hat Ranch West bred and raced Best Dress, a daughter of Jaklin Klugman—Summer Dress, by Summer Time Guy. The second dam, General Store, was the dam of world-record holder Double Discount.

50 YEARS AGO When HILL CLOWN won the $100,000 Sunset Handicap July 24, 1967, he was capping off an incredible Hollywood Park meeting by California-breds. Native Diver, Don B., Dr. Roy E., and Trondheim were only a few of the state-breds who annexed stakes during the stand. This magazine reported that during the 55-day meeting, Cal-breds won 64% of all open races. Of the 40 stakes, 22 went to Cal-breds, for a win rate of 55%. Cal-breds ran frst, second, and third in four of those stakes. In the 11⁄2-mile Sunset, jockey Bill Shoemaker brought Hill Clown home over Virginia-bred Pretense by three-quarters of a length for trainer Bill Finnegan.

George A. Pope Jr. owned Hill Clown and bred the 4-year-old son of Hillary—Mary Machree, by Moonlight Run, in the name of his El Peco Ranch.

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To further assist the membership of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) and subscribers of its offcial publication, California Thoroughbred, this monthly editorial page provides readers with updates about the association’s current policies, latest news and upcoming events in the Golden State.

Streamlined Registration Process With the Sept. 30 deadline to register 2016 foals as Cal-bred or Cal-sired fast approaching, take advantage of the streamlined registration process ofered by the California Toroughbred Breeders Association. It 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 Te Jockey Club, the CTBA will be notifed by Te Jockey Club and will send a sticker to the person or farm submitting the application to be afxed to Te Jockey Club Certifcate verifying the Cal-bred or Cal-sired registration.

Te sticker is similar to ones used for annual vehicle registration by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Certifcates that have already been processed by the CTBA and returned to applicants do not need and will not receive a sticker.

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CTBA FUTURE EVENTS 2017 Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale The CTBA will conduct this year’s Northern California sale Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton beginning at noon. The horses this year will be stabled in the permanent barns closer to the Amador Pavilion, which will make it convenient for consignors and buyers.

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As in the past, the commission will be 5% of the fnal bid, with a minimum of $500. The maximum commission for this year’s sale on an RNA will be capped at $1,000.

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The catalog will be available at www.ctba.com on or before July 15. At that time the catalog can also be downloaded to devices through The Jockey Club app. The catalogs will be mailed on or before July 24.

For further information, contact Cookie Hackworth at 800-573-2822 x 243 or Cookie@ctba.com.

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JULY 2017

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

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$100,000 Lennyfromalibu Stakes Santa Anita

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Oak Tree at Pleasanton closing day

Los Alamitos closing day

Good CARMA 2017 CARMAcares fundraiser Del Mar

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California State Fair (Cal Expo) closing day

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$100,000 Bertrando Stakes Los Alamitos

California State Fair (Cal Expo) opening day

$150,000 Fleet Treat Stakes Del Mar Barretts Paddock Sale at Del Mar

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OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES PRESIDENT

Mrs. Ada Gates Patton VICE-PRESIDENT

Gail Gregson TREASURER

James Murphy SECRETARY

Noreen Sullivan Mrs. Jeanne L. Canty, Ex Offcio President

Jeff Blea, DVM Tracy Gantz Jane Goldstein Thomas S. Robbins John W. Sadler Peter W. Tunney Warren Williamson

Sullivan, Salinger Receive Scholarships Hayley Sullivan and Allison Salinger, third-year veterinary students at Western University of Health Sciences veterinary school, have been granted scholarships by the Foundation. Ms. Sullivan was selected for the annual award ofered by the Foundation, and Ms. Salinger was given a special onetime scholarship.

Hayley’s love of Toroughbreds began at age 6. Because she was the tallest in her group at her frst riding lesson, she was paired with Sampson, the only horse of that breed at an Arabian barn. She rode Sampson for years until she was ready for her own horse. She and her parents took in Riley, an of-thetrack Toroughbred (OTTB) by Gulch who became her lifelong partner.

Trough Riley’s vet, Hayley worked on days of from high school at Hollywood Park. After participating at an arthroscopic surgery one day, she decided on a future veterinary career. As an undergraduate at U.C. Davis, she rode Riley competitively, and when he developed tendonitis, she learned treatment and discovered a passion for Toroughbred rehabilitation. At Western she rides Riley every day while maintaining at 3.6 GPA. She plans to work in equine orthopedics and sports medicine. “I am committed to the veterinary care and well-being of the Toroughbred sport horse,” she wrote in her application, “and am grateful that Toroughbreds helped me fnd my career path.”

Allison is interested particularly in research related to equine medicine. She writes: “I grew up riding several (OTTB) racehorses and have thus gained great respect for their athleticism and adaptability.” She earned her B.S. degree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and spent three years working at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va., where many Toroughbreds were treated.

At Western U., Allison was the Morris Animal Foundation 2015 Veterinary Scholar and earned best clinical research presentation honors in 2016. Her paper on foal distal limb development is under peer review and potentially could be used in the Toroughbred breeding industry.

Amy J. Zimmerman

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.

The CTF joins in honoring the memory of those whose names appear in bold type. We also thank and acknowledge the donors for their generous contributions.

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In Memoriam

1990-2017

Unusual Heat: a Life Well Lived INCANDESCENT CALIFORNIA SIRE GAVE A LOVELY LIGHT

BY TRACY GANTZ

M

adeline and Harris Auerbach will miss the drives to Harris Farms. Te outings had become a regular ritual, a way for mother and son to spend time with their favorite horse.

Unusual Heat became an integral part of their lives, far beyond his leading sire statistics, the scores of brilliant runners he produced, and his legacy as an outstanding broodmare sire. Te Auerbachs will remember all of that, of course, but what sticks with them is the horse’s exuberant personality.

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“Te thing I’ll miss the most, in the last 15 years of our lives, is going to see him a minimum of once a month,” said Harris Auerbach. “You meet special beings, and they have a special charisma about them.

“Unusual Heat always gave us a big greeting—‘come be with me.’ He was always showing of. Every time he’d see us, he’d jump in the air, pirouette, roll around, come over for carrots. He was always glad and excited to see us. He always had a twinkle in his eye.”

When Unusual Heat died May 17 of complications from arthritis-induced laminitis at age 27, California lost a powerhouse stallion. Leading California sire for six straight years, Unusual Heat is even

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now in the midst of an incredible string of turf-sire titles: 13 at last count and still in front for 2017.

Perhaps even more importantly, Unusual Heat is responsible for many former racehorses getting loving homes as they move onto second careers.

With Unusual Heat’s success, Madeline Auerbach became more involved in racing and began looking for ways to serve the industry. As a board member of the Toroughbred Owners of California and with TOC’s support and the guidance of John Amerman, then a California Horse Racing Board commissioner, she spearheaded the formation of the California Retirement Management Account. CARMA has

Owner Madeline Auerbach showers some affection on her carrot-loving pensioner Unusual Heat

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Harris Auerbach and his family visited Unusual Heat regularly at Harris Farms, where the leading sire was pensioned

Unusual Heat is responsible for founding CARMA, which raises funds to help retired racehorses fnd the right second career

raised more than $5 million and allocated resources to a wide variety of organizations that help fnd the right second careers for California racehorses.

Te story of Unusual Heat began well before the Auerbachs became involved.

John T.L. Jones Jr., who oversaw Nureyev’s brilliant sire career, bred the Glacial mare Rossard to Nureyev to get Unusual Heat.

Rossard brought her own credentials to the match as a Swedish Horse of the Year

Harris Auerbach was smitten with Unusual Heat’s charisma, personality, and “twinkle in his eye”

and champion 3-year-old flly as well as champion 3-year-old flly in her native Denmark.

Te pedigree made Unusual Heat an attractive sale prospect. He sold for $250,000 at the 1992 Barretts March 2-year-old sale, equal to the fourth-highest price.

Unusual Heat left California for Europe, where he carved out a decent career winning three stakes and placing in two others, including a group 3. He spent his

fnal year of racing, 1996, back in California, and in his fourth California start, June 10, 1996, he competed in and won the most important race of his career.

True, it was an $80,000 claiming event, but one that would reverberate throughout the California breeding industry.

Trainer Barry Abrams put in a claim for Unusual Heat on behalf of a partnership that consisted of James Auerbach (Madeline’s husband and Harris’ father), Barry

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and David Abrams, Andy Hillas’ Team Green, and Russell Wolkof. Tey won a shake for him, beating out trainer Mike Mitchell.

In later years Mitchell often told the story on himself, freely admitting that had he won the shake, he’d have gelded Unusual Heat. It was a strategy that had paid of for Mitchell many times with other horses.

Instead, Abrams kept Unusual Heat as an entire horse and pointed him for the Shoemaker Breeders’ Cup Mile Stakes (G2T).

“I remember being very excited about that and actually being at the Shoemaker Mile at Hollywood Park,” said Harris Auerbach.

Unusual Heat ran a decent sixth, and a couple of weeks later, Abrams ran him in a $125,000 claiming event. Te horse won as the 11-10 favorite, but came out of the race with an injury that ended his racing career with earnings of $142,605.

Initially, Abrams and the ownership UNUSUAL HEAT SIRE STATISTICS group tried to sell Unusual Heat to the n 54 stakes winners n All-time leading California Southern Hemisphere as a stallion prossire by total progeny earnings n Sire of millionaires pect. Because Unusual Heat had not won with more than $54.5 million Acclamation, The Usual Q.T., a graded stakes, no one stepped up to buy (more than $53 million and Unusual Suspect him, a mistake perhaps more than a few

by California-breds) n 5 Breeders’ Cup starters breeders in that half of the world now ren 2008-13 leading sire of n 157 earners of $100,000 or more gret.

California-conceived foals n $95,500 average earnings by earnings Tus, Unusual Heat began his stud per starter n 2004-16 leading sire career in California, initially standing prin Broodmare sire of grade 1 winners of California-conceived foals marily to mares owned by the partners.

Masochistic and Spanish Queen by turf earnings Unusual Heat stood at three diferent farms—frst at Walter Greenman’s farm in Hemet, then for many years at Old English Rancho, before completing his career at Harris Farms.

“He was one of a kind,” said Abrams. “Nobody knew he was going to be a stallion like that.”

James Auerbach died without getting a chance to see any of Unusual Heat’s foals. Madeline and Harris managed the horse’s stud career and eventually bought out Hillas and Wolkof’s interest.

“My parents weren’t breeders at the time,” said Harris Auerbach. “Tey had dabbled a bit. He was bred to 15 mares that frst year. Twelve made it to the races, and 11 of them were winners.”

Many won their frst time out, and the Auerbachs had Unusual Heat’s frst starter and winner, Frankie Eyelashes. Tey named her for James’ good friend Frank Regina.

“She won at Del Mar (in 2001), and I remember that day vividly,” said Harris Auerbach. “My mom and I drove down for the day. We had lunch in the clubhouse terrace with the real Frankie Eyelashes, who was a onetime bodyguard for Frank Sinatra. He was a real character.

Dave McGlothlin, general manager of Harris Farms’ horse division, “Barry had done everything to make sure the preparations where Unusual Heat stood at stud for his fnal years

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were perfect. He hadn’t thought of one thing. Tey gave her a white lead pony.

She’d never seen a white horse, and she was a bit of a hothead. She freaked out.”

Te race worked out much better. As Auerbach remembers it, “it looked like the Red Sea parted, and Joey Steiner took her through the hole and she won.”

Unusual Heat wasn’t an instant success—he didn’t lead the California sire list for the frst time until 2008. But the winners kept coming, and at all levels. And when he did lead the sire list, it was with a record $5,827,513.

“Te thing that is so amazing to us is how blue-collar he is,” said Harris Auerbach. “Te most amazing statistic is the number of runners of $100,000— 157 from only 570 starters.

Eighty-one of them have earned over $200,000.”

Te accompanying tables ofer a glimpse into Unusual Heat’s outstanding sire career. His ofspring reached some of racing’s highest pinnacles. Acclamation won an Eclipse Award as the champion older male of 2011 and was twice California-bred Horse of the Year, in 201112. Unusual Heat has sired the winners of 15 Cal-bred championships.

Acclamation is one of Unusual Heat’s sons now at stud, and Unusual Heat’s daughters are also proving excellent producers. Unusual Heat is the broodmare sire of grade 1 winners Spanish Queen and Masochistic, grade 2 winner Frank Conversation, Japanese grade 2 winner Albert Dock, and current graded winner Big Score.

I will miss him sorely. He has As Unusual Heat excelled been part of my family and life as a sire, it was almost as if for the last 20 years. Being a part he knew of his reputation.

Other stallions at the farms of him is a gift and a blessing that usually made no impression cannot be replicated.” on him, until he encountered — Madeline Auerbach another major California stallion, Cee’s Tizzy.

“He was always very secure in himself,” said Harris Auerbach. “When we moved to Harris, Cee’s Tizzy was still alive. Originally, they put Unusual Heat next to Cee’s Tizzy.”

For months Cee’s Tizzy and Unusual Heat ran the fence against each other, as if to establish which one was the alpha stallion.

Te Auerbachs pensioned Unusual Heat last year, but he has several crops yet to complete their racing careers. He already is the all-time leading California sire by progeny earnings, and his sire record will continue to grow.

“I will miss him sorely,” said Madeline Auerbach. “He has been part of my family and life for the last 20 years. Being a part of him is a gift and a blessing that cannot be replicated.”

UNUSUAL HEAT’S CHAMPIONS Acclamation (above) n 2011 Eclipse Award champion older male n 2011-12 California-bred Horse of the Year n 2011-12 California-bred champion older male n 2011-12 California-bred champion turf horse The Usual Q.T. 2009 California-bred champion 3-year-old male n 2010 California-bred champion older male n 2010 California-bred champion turf horse n

Lethal Heat 2008 California-bred champion 3-year-old female n 2009 California bred champion older female n

Burns 2011 California-bred champion 3-year-old male

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Gervinho 2013 California-bred champion 3-year-old male

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Pacifc Heat 2015 California-bred champion 2-year-old female

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Unusual Heatwave (below) n 2012 California-bred champion 3-year-old male

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NorCal Sale Preview

GRADUATES QUICK OUT OF THE GATE GLEANING THE NORCAL YEARLING SALE FIELDS

Te California Toroughbred Breeders Association’s Northern California sale of yearlings and horses of racing age provides a wealth of opportunity. Buyers Saudi Chroma wins her debut at Santa Anita at past sales have found attractive bargains, and the location gives horsemen in the northern part of the state a chance bred and raced Lucky Pulpit and also owned him as a stallion. to buy horses virtually in their own backyard.

Lucky Pulpit’s star ofspring, of course, is two-time Horse of the Te CTBA will conduct the sale Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the Ala- Year California Chrome. meda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton beginning at noon. Te Lucky Pulpit is also the broodmare sire of another in the fourhorses this year will be stabled in the permanent barns closer to horse Tree Top consignment. Tat flly is by Heatseeker while the the Amador Pavilion, which will make it convenient for consign- fourth youngster is by Papa Clem. ors and buyers.

Smiling Tiger, whose frst foals are reaching the races this year, Last year Holy Yodeler, Saudi Chroma, Time for the Bus, and has four in the catalog, one in the Harris consignment and the Walk On Water went through the sale ring. Holy Yodeler sold for other three ofered by Sue Greene’s Woodbridge as agent. $18,000; Time for the Bus brought $5,700; and Walk On Water Bluegrass Cat, California’s current leading sire of 2017 by cost $5,500. Saudi Chroma was a $14,000 buy-back. money won, has one yearling colt in the catalog. Te youngster Holy Yodeler collected a purse of $20,280 in the 41⁄2-furlong is part of the Easterbrook Livestock Management consignment.

Golden Gate maiden race. Saudi Chroma later sold for $42,000 Easterbrook also has a flly by Haynesfeld, another stallion high and $360,000 at subsequent Barretts sales, and she earned on this year’s leading sire list. $42,120 in the 41⁄2-furlong Santa Anita maiden race. Time for Grazen and U.S. Ranger are two stallions doing well on the the Bus collected almost his entire purchase price, getting $5,500 2017 California leading sire lists. Each has one yearling cataloged. with his victory in the 41⁄2-furlong claiming race running for a Acclamation was the sire of the two top-priced horses in the $16,000 tag.

2016 Northern California sale, for $47,000 and $40,000. Te Walk On Water fnished third in his frst start, and trainer stallion has a flly in this year’s sale, in the Fairview consignment.

Steve Miyadi claimed him for $25,000. In his frst start for MiChamp Pegasus recently had his frst winner, 2-year-old yadi, the gelding earned $20,280 by winning the fve-furlong Schulace, and the stallion has several yearlings in the catalog. Te Golden Gate maiden special weight race, bringing his total earn- Champ Pegasus horses are in the Easterbrook and Kim McCarings to $21,960. thy’s McCarthy Bloodstock consignments.

Holy Yodeler and Saudi Chroma are by two of California’s Woodbridge Farm has two California-breds by Broken Vow in prolifc sires, Swiss Yodeler and Lucky Pulpit, respectively. Lucky the sale. Broken Vow is the sire of champion Champagne Room, Pulpit is represented by fve yearlings in this year’s catalog. Harris winner of last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).

Farms, where Lucky Pulpit stood prior to his death earlier this Te majority of the horses in the catalog are Cal-breds, though year, has two of them, with Fairview consigning one and Dan there are also some Kentucky-breds and Arizona-breds.

Kiser ofering the other two.

Please visit www.ctba.com when the catalog is available, on or Kiser is bringing a group as agent for Larry and Marianne Wil- before July 15, to view the complete list of sires. At that time the liams’ Tree Top Ranches. Tis is the frst year that Tree Top has catalog can also be downloaded to devices through Te Jockey ofered horses at the Northern California sale. Te Williamses Club app. Te catalogs will be mailed on or before July 24.

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t didn’t take long for the Northern California yearling class of 2016 to begin winning.

Holy Yodeler broke his maiden at Golden Gate Fields May 20, Saudi Chroma found the winner’s circle in her frst attempt, at Santa Anita May 25, and Time for the Bus debuted as a winner at Golden Gate May 26. Ten in his second start, Walk On Water scored at Golden Gate June 18.

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2016 Sales Graduate – Walk on Water Won Maiden Special Weight on 6/18/17 at Golden Gate Fields

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2016 Sales Graduate – Saudi Chroma Won Maiden Special Weight at Santa Anita in 1st start on 5/25/17

2016 Sales Graduate – Holy Yodeler Won Maiden Special Weight at Golden Gate Fields in 1st start on 5/20/17

142 yearlings and 7 two-year-olds catalogued for this year’s sale

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A victory in Santa Anita’s Melair Stakes makes Nick Alexander’s homebred S Y Sky yet another star in the frmament of her Cal-based sire Grazen

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any California-breds deservedly have stakes named in their honor. Melair and Snow Chief are two of the most deserving, and both were fttingly remembered on Memorial Day, May 29, at Santa Anita.

Sky Marni to Grazen. A stakes winner and graded stakes-placed, Grazen Sky has earned $439,686.

“We’ve got another one coming along, Powerful Tirst, a 2-year-old colt,” Alexander said.

Tat full brother to Grazen Sky and S Y Sky is in training with Steve Miyadi, who also conditions Grazen Sky. Phil D’Amato trains S Y Sky, who impressed Alexander from the start.

“I could tell when she was a weanling that she was a serious horse,” Alexander said. “She was bigger and stronger than the other horses in the pasture. Tat mare has been something else.”

Alexander and D’Amato thought so highly of S Y Sky that they debuted her in the 61⁄2-furlong Evening Jewel Stakes, which she won by 51⁄2 lengths April 8. In against open company for a May 4 allowance optional claimer at a mile, S Y Sky got to the lead, but then Zapperkat caught and defeated her by a length.

“Te holes in her blinkers were smaller, and I don’t think she saw that horse coming,” said Alexander. “So we opened up the blinkers.”

Te $192,000 Melair pitted 3-year-old fllies at 11⁄16 miles on the dirt. Miss Sunset, third in the Evening Jewel and winner of the Campanile Stakes at Golden Gate Fields, posed the biggest threat and went of as the 3-1 second choice. S Y Sky was the 2-5 favorite.

Miss Sunset set the early pace, and S Y Sky, racing three wide, moved up to second. Jockey Joe Talamo sent S Y Sky for the lead around the second turn, but Miss Sunset refused to give up. Te two fllies staged a ferocious battle throughout the stretch. S Y Sky ultimately prevailed by a half-length in 1:44.69. Queen Bee to You fnished third.

“Miss Sunset—she’s no slouch,” said D’Amato. “She won the Cal-bred stake up north, and she fought. It was a great battle down the stretch.”

Alexander admitted to being relieved at the victory.

“Te last fve days everything has gone

Te 3-year-old flly and colt who captured the two events are up-and-comers.

Melair heroine S Y Sky was winning her second stakes in only three starts, while Snow Chief hero Marckie’s Water succeeded in his stakes debut.

S Y SKY’S MELAIR

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Sporting the Little Red Feather silks, jockey Joe Talamo guides Marckie’s Water to a win in the Snow Chief Stakes at Santa Anita

wrong,” he said. “Tat other flly—she’s small, but she’s very gutsy. I could tell our flly was running. She’s something special.”

Alexander was winning his second consecutive Melair, having won it in 2016 with homebred Enola Gray, another daughter of Grazen. D’Amato completed a hat trick, as he trains Enola Gray and also 2015 winner Sheer Pleasure, owned

by Little Red Feather Racing and R/M Racing.

MARCKIE’S WATER’S SNOW CHIEF

Just about everything about Marckie’s Water harkens back to Little Red Feather Racing.

“We raced the mare, Russian River,” said Gary Fenton, one of Little Red Feather’s

managing partners. “We raced her with Tom McCrocklin and Frank Mermenstein and upon her retirement sold her back to Tom and Frank.”

Russian River, by Stravinsky, won four of 14 races and earned $124,010. When the mare produced Sea Smoke, a daughter of Tribal Rule, in 2013 for Mermenstein and McCrocklin, they sold her to Little Red Feather. Sea Smoke has earned $61,300 for the partnership.

Te mare next produced a colt by Tribal Rule, and when he reached his juvenile year, McCrocklin called Fenton and Billy Koch, LRF’s other managing partner.

“We have another one for you—you should buy him,” McCrocklin told them.

Naming the Tribal Rule colt brought

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in another Little Red Feather alum, Marc Madnick. Madnick had been involved in the frst partnership of Singletary, who won the 2004 NetJets Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. IT) and sparked one of the most raucous winner’s circle celebrations ever seen on national television.

“Marc is a big water and hydration guy,” said Fenton. “Every day when he comes home, his wife has Marckie’s water, and it’s marked like that.”

Madnick told Fenton and Koch that he wanted to get more involved and bring in some friends. When the Tribal Rule colt came along, Fenton and Koch put together the partnership and named the youngster Marckie’s Water.

It took Marckie’s Water fve starts to break his maiden for trainer Richard Baltas, the colt capturing a 11⁄8-mile maiden turf event April 22. Tat put Marckie’s Water in a good spot for the $201,035 Snow Chief, also at 11⁄8 miles on the turf.

Eleven horses faced the starter, with Silky Sullivan Stakes winner B Squared, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, sent away as the 2-1 favorite. Baltas also had allowance winner Calli Way in the race for owner Paymaster Racing.

Elwood J set of on the lead, with Talamo biding his time on Marckie’s Water.

“We had a perfect trip,” said Talamo.

“Billy Koch pretty much told me about the horse and how he likes to run. I basically just followed Mario around the turn.”

When Dr. Troutman angled out, Talamo swung outside of that runner. Marckie’s Water drew away for a 21⁄4-length victory in 1:46.45. Alsatian fnished a halflength ahead of third-place Dr. Troutman.

Calli Way broke down approaching the wire and fell. Te gelding had to be euthanized.

“Tis is tough, tough, tough,” said Baltas, having to experience the best and the worst of his job in a single race.

In the winner’s circle, Fenton and Koch both expressed their sympathies for the connections of Calli Way. With back-to-back victories, Marckie’s Water has a wide-open future.

“I thought he ran super,” said Koch.

“Tere’s nothing that we didn’t expect.

We knew that he could get the distance.

Once he started making that run, I got really excited.”

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seen since failing to defend his title in the Cary Grant Stakes that November.

Te six-furlong Tor’s Echo proved to be the perfect comeback start. Jockey Rafael Bejarano held Big Macher in midpack early.

Tey took over the lead rounding the turn and won by a comfortable length over K Tirty Eight in 1:08.98, with Got Even third.

Trainer Richard Baltas, who conditions Big Macher for Tom Mansor and Brendan Bakir’s Tachycardia Stables, said, “I was nervous today because I was second-guessing myself. I didn’t know if I had him totally cranked. I thought he was ready a couple of weeks ago. Te Tor’s Echo came Big Macher returns from extended layoff with one-length victory in Thor’s Echo Handicap up, and it’s a lot easier than running against open company. Tat’s what’s nice about being a Cal-bred.

I also thought it was a good springboard for his next start.

“He means everything to me,” added the trainer. “I mean, a horse FINDS WINNER’S CIRCLE AFTER 19-MONTH HIATUS that can take you to Dubai, take you to Breeders’ Cups…sometimes

BY EMILY SHIELDS things don’t work out. He broke badly a few times and then he had a setback, but we did the right thing. We gave him plenty of ig Macher celebrated a triumphant return to the time. He’s a special, special horse. I have a lot of feelings for this races when he won the $100,000 Tor’s Echo horse. Tis feels good.”

Handicap, his frst start in nearly 19 months. Te Ballena Vista Farm bred Big Macher from unraced Insight. In grade 1-winning California-bred never appeared truly addition to Big Macher, who has earned $744,288 with eight threatened, scoring by a length and signaling his readi- wins in 20 starts, Insight has also produced Canali, a 10-time winner who earned $139,725. ness to return to the sport’s highest levels.

Big Macher will target graded stakes company for the rest of Te June 11 Tor’s Echo, named for the Cal-bred who earned the season, seeking a return to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), an $2,461,490 and was named the 2006 Eclipse Award champion event where he has started twice but fnished of the board both sprinter, drew a contentious feld of fve, including the likes of times. Te 2017 Breeders’ Cup will be held at Del Mar, where multiple stakes winner Gold Rush Dancer, stakes winner Got Big Macher has won three stakes.

Even, and stakes-placed K Tirty Eight.

In comparison, 7-year-old gelding Big Macher, a son of Beau Genius— Insight, by Kris S., won his frst stakes race in 2014, the same year that he won the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) and the Potrero Grande Stakes (G2). In 2015 Big Macher traveled to Meydan Racecourse in Dubai to run ffth in the rich Dubai Golden Shaheen Sponsored by Gulf News (G1), then returned to Del Mar to take the $102,250 Pirate’s A long time between winner’s circle visits for the jubilant connections of Big Macher Bounty Stakes. But he had not been

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alifornia-breds sparkled over Memorial Day weekend, winning graded stakes races on different surfaces in both the Northern and Southern parts of the state. Ashleyluvssugar won his second Charles Whittingham Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita while G. G. Ryder took a second All American Stakes (G3T) at Golden Gate Fields. In an unusual twist, both horses had won their frst edition of those races in 2015, and now again in 2017.

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Popular Ashleyluvssugar has always been good, breaking his maiden in 2013 Ashleyluvssugar scores a second victory in the Charles Whittingham Stakes at Santa Anita via disqualifcation frst out going 51⁄2 furlongs on the Del Mar’s old synthetic main track. As a juvenile, he also fnished third sprinting in the winning graded stakes events each of the last three years. $150,000 I’m Smokin’ Stakes.

Te $201,725 Charles Whittingham May 28 is the latest Flash forward four seasons, and Ashleyluvssugar is an accom- feather in Ashleyluvssugar’s cap. Instead of showing his regular plished router on the grass. He has now won six stakes, all on front-running speed, the horse and jockey Gary Stevens sat midturf, and has bulled his way to $1,289,004 in earnings with 10 pack in a feld of 10 and then closed in the stretch to score by a wins in 22 starts. Te 6-year-old bay gelding is by Game Plan and half-length over Frank Conversation, with Syntax third. Ashleyout of the 2015 California Broodmare of the Year Ashley’s Folly, luvssugar completed the 10-furlong contest in 1:58.49. a mare by Urgent Request. He has been remarkably consistent, His other major wins include the 2015 Whittingham, Del Mar Handicap (G2T), and John Henry Turf Championship Stakes (G2T). He was also ffth as an 18-1 shot in the 2016 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T).

Peter Eurton trains Ashleyluvssugar for regular clients and breeders Joe Ciaglia, Sharon Alesia, and Mike Mellen’s Bran Jam Stable, who also bred and campaign Ashleyluvssugar’s half sister, the multiple stakes-placed Cal-bred Ashley’s Sassy.

“At this point in his career, at his age, I think he’s much better when we can get him covered up and make a run,” Eurton said.

“Being on the lead, going this far, at his age, he gets tired—it’s difcult to take all that pressure.”

Ciaglia concurred, saying, “At this distance, this horse has a pretty good turn of foot when we’re able to take him of the pace. He had to wait, but it looked like he kind of re-rallied.

Ashleyluvssugar’s fans celebrate Memorial Day weekend at the Great Gary thought it looked like there was a lot of speed in the race, Race Place in style: the Santa Anita winner’s circle 24

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record emulative of the grittiest Cal-breds: He has won 13 of 36 starts, with nine seconds and three thirds.

A 6-year-old son of the stakes-winning A.P. Indy stallion Chhaya Dance and out of the winning Storm Boot mare Stormy Gigi, G. G. Ryder used the $60,000 winner’s share of the $100,900 purse to push his earnings to $611,095. Jerry Hollendorfer trains G. G. Ryder, one of four charges he had in the race. Hollendorfer owns the horse in partnership with Dr. George Todaro, who has coowned such stakes winners as Shared Belief, Hystericalady, Halo Dolly, Trickey Trevor, G. G. Ryder thrust his blinkered brow in front at the right time in the All American Stakes at Golden Gate Lady of Fifty, and Sam’s Sister. and he was right. paying his backers $23.80 in return.

Eagle Oak Ranch bred G. G. Ryder, the “Tis is such a neat horse. I was just Te race had both similarities and dif- frst foal from Stormy Gigi. Te mare has hoping he’d be back. If he didn’t win and ferences from the 2015 version, where G. had four winners from fve starters, with ran well, I’d be happy. I just wanted to see G. Ryder also laid back in fourth early but her ffth runner, Kowboy’s Gigi, being just him back in his form.” rallied to win by 11⁄4 lengths. Tat race a 2-year-old this year who fnished fourth Ciaglia also pointed out that Ashleylu- followed a win in the $100,315 San Fran- in the $74,060 Turf Paradise Open Spring vssugar became the partnership’s second cisco Mile Stakes (G3T), his frst graded Futurity in May. Stormy Gigi also has a stakes horse to reach 10 lifetime victories stakes score. G. G. Ryder has amassed a yearling Super Saver colt and produced a while running for them. Te frst Malibu Moon colt this year. was Mega Heat, a Cal-bred son of Her total progeny earnings Unusual Heat who earned $437,750 are $757,906. while being stakes-placed. Eurton Te pedigree line has alalso trained that runner, bred by ways been successful, as Madeline Auerbach.

Stormy Gigi is out of the Cal-bred stakes winner AnG. G. RYDER SHOWS tifreeze. Antifreeze ran third PATRIOTISM in the California Cup Distaf Te hard-knocking G. G. Ryder Handicap in 1994 before won his ffth stakes race in the May taking the Kinaleek Handi29 All American, a one-mile race cap at Bay Meadows in 1995. contested over Golden Gate’s synIn addition to Stormy Gigi, thetic main track. Te driving, blanAntifreeze produced Kenket fnish saw four horses hit the wire tucky-bred Force Freeze, a together, with G. G. Ryder prevailing graded stakes winner who by a head over Flamboyant, Cal-bred earned $853,719 and fnmillionaire and race favorite Alert ished second behind CalBay, and Street Lad. bred Amazombie in the 2011 Jockey Irving Orozco rode tacticalSentient Jet Breeders’ Cup ly, keeping G. G. Ryder of the pace Sprint (G1). Antifreeze also and midpack in a nine-horse feld beproduced Barber, a $259,113 fore rallying in the stretch. Te fnal earner who won the Green time was 1:37.48 after slow opening Trainer and co-owner Jerry Hollendorfer, right, joins jockey Flash Handicap at Del Mar fractions, with 10-1 G. G. Ryder Irving Orozco with the winning trophy in 2007. www.ctba.com

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Sircat Sally remains unbeaten with victory in grade 2 Honeymoon Stakes at Santa Anita

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alifornia-bred Sircat Sally has always seemed special, from her fve-length debut score to consecutive, efortless grade 3 wins. Te regular front-runner showed a new dimension in the $200,345 Honeymoon Stakes (G2T), sitting back early, then repelling a late bid from Beau Recall after doggedly battling that rival to the wire.

No matter her running style, the result remains the same: Sircat Sally is unbeaten in seven starts.

Joe Turner’s homebred 3-year-old flly only enhanced her resume in the June 17 Honeymoon, a nine-furlong contest on Santa Anita’s turf course. Te daughter of Surf Cat—Sister Sally, by In Excess, went heavily favored over fve rivals, but instead of grabbing the lead from the gate, jockey Mike Smith settled her behind Tap It All, a 48-1 shot intent on taking command.

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Sircat Sally was especially keen going into the frst turn, but she soon settled for Smith. She gained the lead rounding the far turn and dueled with Beau Recall before outlasting her by a neck in 1:46.92.

Te victory pushed her career earnings to $528,860.

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer conditions the dark bay flly for the elated Fresno resident Turner, who said, “It’s hard to explain; it’s never happened to us before.

She’s seven for seven.”

Hollendorfer himself said, “She’s a

beautiful horse to train, and she just does everything very professionally. You saddle her and she never turns a hair; she’s very delightful to work with.”

Smith, renowned for riding some of the game’s best runners, including the likes of mares Inside Information, Sky Beauty, and Zenyatta, is currently the pilot for brilliant multiple stakes winners Songbird and Unique Bella. Te jockey knows something about special fllies.

“She’s so classy,” Smith said of Sircat Sally. “She’s a dream to ride. She’s so good, and I was so proud of her. She just keeps getting better and smarter.”

Sircat Sally won her frst stakes race, the $100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes, last December by a dozen lengths. She has since added the $200,000 California Cup Oaks, the $94,515 China Doll Stakes, the $150,345 Providencia Stakes (G3T), and the $100,345 Senorita Stakes (G3T). She has won on both dirt and turf, from six furlongs to 11⁄8 miles.

Te winner’s dam, Sister Sally, also a Turner homebred, is a Cal-bred who raced exclusively in Northern California.

She also has produced three winners from three starters, including Cyclone Sally and Sir Vronski, who to date has 13 victories for earnings of $169,938. Sister Sally is the only foal to race from her winning Woodman dam, Temagami.

Sircat Sally will be pointed to graded stakes contests at the upcoming Del Mar meeting, including the Del Mar Oaks (G1T). She will seek to become the frst Cal-bred winner of that race since Evening Jewel in 2010.

Joe Turner, center white hat, accepts the trophy for his Cal-homebred Sircat Sally’s Honeymoon Stakes victory

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Equine Research

Dr. Claudia Sonder is the new director of equine outreach at the Center for Equine Health, part of UC Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine

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n rolling pastures just south of Interstate 80, scores of happy horses graze contentedly. Many are Toroughbreds in their prime of life. Although most will never see a racetrack, they rank among the most infuential horses in the state. What happens to them will have a major impact on other horses’ health.

Tis is the research herd for the Center

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for Equine Health, part of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Tese horses are used in numerous studies that directly beneft their racing counterparts.

Results of research conducted at the CEH will help shape not only rules and regulations of racing, but equine medicine and treatments. Tat research can lead to breakthroughs in human medicine, too.

“It’s so important to have young, healthy horses to work with,” said Dr. Claudia Sonder, the center’s new director of equine outreach.

Age and health impact research results. Work at the center and at its sister labs has brought better understanding of orthopedic injuries and contributed to a 30% decline in catastrophic breakdowns at California racetracks since 2009. Cen-

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ter studies established protocols for treating equine infectious diseases, preventing large breakouts on the backstretch. Its research brought advanced PET (positron emission tomography) scanning equipment to racing as a tool to help detect potential problems before a horse is sidelined by injury.

Older horses fnd their niche, too. Recently, several equine seniors took part in a study of how horse therapy could ease dementia and stave of Alzheimer’s disease.

Te center keeps new studies coming as it oversees about $500,000 in research grants each year. Topics range from combating laminitis to use of stem cells for tendon repair. Since 1984 the CEH has funded more than 560 projects, totaling $12.4 million in grants.

“Te main purpose of the CEH is to fund and facilitate research that advances veterinary medicine,” Sonder said. “We’re really appreciative of the racing industry. Much of our funding comes from the racing industry. We have a long history of work in injury prevention, early detection of lameness, and musculoskeletal injury. Here, we have a dream team of equine medicine.”

Finding answers to racehorse health issues has been part of the center’s mandate since it started in 1973.

Originally commissioned by California’s horse racing industry, the CEH was charged with studying the problems that performance horses face and fnding University of California School of Veterinary Medicine students work with horses ways to protect them from catastrophic injuries. Over at the Center for Equine Health. the decades that role has expanded. Now the CEH acts as an umbrella over the veterinary school’s equine research.

32% of 132 Te center works hand in hand with yearlings entered in UC Davis’ equine-focused labs and research centers. Tose include the 2017 WTBOA Sale n The Kenneth L. Maddy Analytical are CAL-bred &/or Chemistry Laboratory, which applies CAL-sired! state-of-the-art technology in its study of equine medications and investigates new classes of drugs with potential for abuse. n The J.D. Wheat Veterinary Orthopedic Research Laboratory, world-famous for Dr. Sue Stover’s work in the study and prevention of bone fractures. n The Claire Giannini Hofman Equine Athletic Performance Laboratory, which is developing analytical methods to evaluate horses’ athletic conditioning and performance capabilities. n The Veterinary Institute for ReCAL Champion 2YO Male generative Cures, which is doing cutCALIFORNIA DIAMOND (above), ting-edge stem cell research to develop WTBOA-sold cures for injuries and other ailments. n The Veterinary Center for CliniCAL Champion 3YO Male GOLD RUSH DANCER (top left) cal Trials, which investigates alternative

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by Papa Clem, WTBOA-sold and Food Safety Laboratory, which performs necropsies on every horse that dies at a California racetrack—more than 6,500 cases since the program began.

“What’s unique at UC Davis is this incredible team approach,” Sonder said.

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Research horses at CEH’s 112-acre facility live the good life, with plenty of pasture access

university to the industry and horse community at large.

“We’re all in this thing together,” Sonder said. “Te health of the industry directly rides on the health of the horse. Our goal, along with the racing industry, is to take really good care of the horse.”

Ellen Jackson of Victory Rose Toroughbreds has worked with the center and its staf for many years. For example, Victory Rose took part in research on “dummy foals”—newborns with neonatal maladjustment syndrome—and a simple “squeeze” procedure to help reverse its effects. Tat research also gave some insight to better understanding human autism.

“Te center is a great asset to the horse industry as a whole, and the racing industry benefts directly and indirectly in many ways,” Jackson said. “Tey’re a really dedicated group of smart people. I’m always happy to let them use my herd for diferent studies they are doing, and I personally get the beneft of learning new things from the studies.”

A longtime breeder, Jackson donates or leases some of her horses to the center.

“Tey can’t all be good at racing,” she said. “So it’s a good way to fnd homes for the ones that aren’t talented. (Te center) doesn’t do kill studies, where the ending of the study is euthanasia.

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“Some of the studies help the racing industry,” Jackson added. “One study was on clenbuterol, when it was still legal.

Tey wanted to know if it really did bulk up horses, as the old-timers believed, or was it just a myth. When the (synthetic vs. dirt) track surfaces were initially being

We’re all in this thing together. Te health of the industry directly relies on the health of the horse.”

— Dr. Claudia Sonder

compared in California, they did a lot of work on that subject.”

At CEH’s 112-acre facility, UC Davis students and faculty currently work with 194 horses, many of them born at the center.

“We have large pastures,” Sonder said.

“Te healthiest thing for horses is pasture access. We love to let our horses out.

“We really strive to give the horses a great life here. Tey’re all individuals; we know them all. Everybody has a favorite.”

Sonder can identify with the students getting a hands-on education with the cen-

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ter’s horses; she’s a UC Davis graduate.

“I loved vet school,” she said. “It was a real treat to come back.”

Dr. Rick Arthur, the California Horse Racing Board’s equine medical director, cites the benefts of the center’s research abilities.

“What’s really been a beneft to the industry is it allows for in-depth studies,” Arthur said. “Tese studies are really hard to get done without the CEH.” Tese studies led to better understanding of sudden death in young horses and the efects of various drugs.

“Te CEH partners with the Maddy Laboratory on many studies,” Arthur said. “Te exercise herd is actually CEH horses and what we do most of our drug administration work with (to establish withdrawal times and other recommendations). It’s very important to have ft horses instead of old pensioners. It gives us the opportunity to give people better advice.”

Until recently, Sonder served as the center’s director, a role she assumed after the 2013 retirement of Dr. Gregory Ferraro.

Sonder, a longtime Napa veterinarian and horsewoman, started in 2011 as Ferraro’s assistant and succeeded him as director.

Te center is now in the midst of hiring a new director, Sonder said. With no specifc deadline, Dr. Carrie Finno will serve as interim director until a new director is installed.

Sonder’s new role as outreach director makes her the liaison between UC Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine and the horse industry.

“UC Davis is incredibly productive in advancing the health and welfare of horses,” said Sonder, who will continue her practice at Napa Valley Equine Hospital.

“I plan to pay my love for horses forward by staying involved and promoting the philanthropy that is the backbone of the CEH’s success.”

Standout Employee

Octavio “Chato” Medina-Ramos

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His name is Octavio Medina-Ramos, but his friends and co-workers call him Chato. For the last 13 years, he has been following in the footsteps of his brother, Margarito, who is also a heralded Tommy Town Toroughbreds employee. Medina-Ramos has gone from a complete equine novice to the foreman of the Tommy Town training barn.

Originally from Michoacan, Mexico, Medina-Ramos came to the sprawling Santa Ynez ranch after his brother did. Tommy Town was young at the time, having been established by Tom and Debi Stull in 2000, and Medina-Ramos, with no prior horse experience, began working in September 2003.

“He started out cleaning stalls and hand-walking horses,” manager Mike Allen said.

As his knowledge evolved, so did his daily tasks. Medina-Ramos operates the water truck on the training track, which is an important part of Allen’s track-surface management regimen.

“It’s a seven-furlong track, and we work it every day,” Allen said. “We harrow it every morning before the horses go out; then we put water on it at night. I also have a grader, which we use to rip up the track twice a week so the base doesn’t get too hard.”

Medina-Ramos manages the employee bunkhouse, watches the broodmares on the regular night watchman’s day of, applies mud after horses breeze, and also bandages them, pulls manes,

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An enthusiasm for his job and an untiring work ethic have propelled Chato Medina-Ramos to a top spot at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds

Octavio “Chato” Medina-Ramos has been a valued Tommy Town employee for nearly 14 years

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and checks legs in the morning.

“I check the legs too, but sometimes he calls my attention to something he sees,” Allen said.

Medina-Ramos is instrumental in helping Allen handle the stallions when needed.

“Of all our stallions, the most aggressive breeder is Boisterous,” Allen said of the $1,458,792-earner and multiple graded stakes-winning son of Distorted Humor who stood his frst year at Tommy Town in 2015. “But Chato gets along with him well, which makes it easy.”

Some of Medina-Ramos’ favorite horses to graduate the Tommy Town program are Ms Wakaya and It Tiz Well. Ms Wakaya is a California-bred daughter of Flower Alley—Ms Vanenzza, by Successful Appeal. She broke her maiden second out at Santa Anita and was second by a length in the $200,690 Golden State Juvenile Fillies in 2016. It Tiz Well, a Kentucky-bred Arch flly, is a $230,000 yearling auction purchase by Tommy Town. She has won half of her six lifetime starts, including the $200,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park, and she fnished third in the $400,690 Santa Anita Oaks (G1).

Medina-Ramos credits both Allen and his brother Margarito for teaching him how to work with and handle horses carefully.

He is invaluable to Allen, who said, “Chato is a valued employee and is known for his honesty. I can rely on him to always tell the truth in any situation and to help make an educated decision on how to correct any problems there may be.”

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CLAY MURDOCK

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barn, and recruiting new studs while phasing out the majority of the training.

“Nancy and I bought the farm because we had complete confdence in Clay’s ability to manage the operation,” said Tom Clark. “He has proved that our faith in him was well founded. Clay led the difcult transition of Rancho San Miguel from a training facility to now one of the leading breeding operations in the state. He did this at a very difcult and challenging time for the Toroughbred industry in California. He built the infrastructure, recruited and developed the most professional and knowledgeable staf he could assemble, and has worked diligently every day to build a reputation beyond reproach for the farm.”

With hundreds of horses on the property, Murdock fnds his days busy.

“My routine is to check the foaling barn frst, looking at how those that foaled are

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alifornia Toroughbred Breeders Association member Clay Murdock has come a long way since his days as a jockey in the bush-league racetracks of Idaho. He recently celebrated 30 years at Rancho San Miguel, where he is the general manager. A knowledgeable and dedicated horseman, Murdock is in charge of more than 400 Toroughbreds and has proved himself exceedingly capable.

When he was just 12 years old, Murdock learned how to exercise his father’s racehorses, joking that he was riding “in the bushes of the bush.”

Although his father had a “real” job, father and son spent weekends racing Quarter Horses and a few Toroughbreds in Idaho and Montana.

Murdock was riding races as soon as he turned 16, and eventually he started training horses in his early 20s.

“I had a desire to come to California,” Murdock recalled.

He took a job galloping horses at Bay Meadows to get started in the Golden State, then was ofered a position by Quarter Horse trainer Russell Harris to head up a breaking and training facility in Southern California.

“I bounced around for six or seven years,” Murdock said. “I was breaking 70 or 80 head of Quarter Horses when Dr. William Marano was looking for someone to run a Toroughbred farm. Tere were only 15 or 20 head, so it looked like a drop down. But I really wanted to move on with Toroughbreds.”

Tat farm was Rancho San Miguel, a breaking and training facility with just one stallion, and in 1987, Murdock began managing it.

When Tom and Nancy Clark bought the farm in 2000, they put their emphasis on breeding by expanding the property, adding a stallion

Three generations of the Murdock clan: patriarch Cal Murdock with son Clay, holding his grandson Kenton

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Clay Murdock, blue shirt center, is honored for his 30 years’ service at Tom and Nancy Clark’s Rancho San Miguel

(Clay) built the infrastructure, recruited and developed the most professional and knowledgeable staf he could assemble and has worked diligently every day to build a reputation beyond reproach for the farm.”

— Tom Clark, owner Rancho San Miguel

doing, and notify owners of foals being born,” he said. “I check in with Dr. Stacy Potter, our resident veterinarian, as she and the techs go around the farm. I palpate and check some mares myself, and by mid-morning I’m updating clients on their mares’ status. I sell stallion seasons, promote the stallions, look up mares and their breeding nicks, and certain nights I help with the foal watch.”

Of Murdock’s numerous duties, Clark said, “Clay possesses the leadership skills and management acumen to run the complex nature of a large breeding farm, and he is a horseman of the highest regard. His primary focus every day is to make sure the horses are given the very best care and attention humanly possible and that our clients receive the best service.”

Murdock lives on the property with his wife; together they have raised

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fve children on the farm. He has two daughters, ages 12 and 14, who are still there, while two sons and a third daughter have grown up and moved on.

“My oldest daughter was just a year old when I frst came to the farm,” Murdock said.

Although he has handled thousands of horses in his life, Murdock was most fond of Sudden Hush. Te California-bred won the Graduation Stakes and was second in the Del Mar Futurity (G1) in 1992.

“He was a neat horse during his breaking and training days, and a horse that I really liked,” Murdock said. “I used to enjoy watching the horses I trained run, but now in a general sense I enjoy watching our foals develop and tracking our stallion’s progeny.”

Murdock cited the 2017 El Camino Real Derby (G3) as an example. Slew’s

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Tiznow, who stands at Rancho San Miguel, had his ofspring run frst and second in the race, with Zakarof scoring by a half-length and More Power to Him getting moved up to second via the disqualifcation of Ann Arbor Eddie.

“Tose two were in pastures together when they were young, so it was neat to see them in a graded stakes,” said Murdock. “When it’s ones you’ve raised, it’s special.”

One of Murdock’s tasks is to show the farm’s 11 stallions to clients and prospective breeders.

“I think we have a very strong roster,” he said. “We have a lot of variety, and a lot of pedigrees that cross well with diferent mares.”

At the top of the roster are grade 1 winner Haynesfeld and near-millionaire Comic Strip, both standing for $5,000. Te royally bred stallions Curlin to Mischief, a half brother to Beholder and Into Mischief; and U.S. Ranger, by Danzig out of a Red Ransom mare, command fees of $3,500 and $3,000, respectively. Slew’s Tiznow, a full brother to graded stakes winner Slew’s Tizzy, is $2,500. Marino Marini, Southern Image, Northern Causeway, Rousing Sermon, Typhoon Slew, and Te Pamplemousse round out the roster.

“It’s a versatile group of turf horses and dirt, sprinters, middle, and long distance,” Murdock said. “Anything you need, we have here.”

Murdock’s long history of horsemanship has not gone unnoticed.

“Clay has dedicated 30 years of his life to Rancho San Miguel,” Clark said.

“He has accomplished so much during this time. Nancy and I are blessed to have had the opportunity to know and work with him so closely. Clay is not only the manager of our farm, but we consider him one of our closest friends.”

Winners MAY 23, 2017 Ð JUNE 18, 2017 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP Beau Genius—Insight: Big Macher (2-1), g, 7 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Thor's Echo H., 6/11, 6f, 1:8.98, $60,000.

Benchmark—Bella Roja: Princess Kendra (32-10), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/16, 7f, 1:24.66, $33,600.

Bold Chieftain—Curtsy: Moonless Sky (18-7), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, SHP, 6/18, 1mi (T), 1:33.76, $29,070.

Chhaya Dance—Stormy Gigi: G. G. Ryder (7-2), h, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STK, All American S. (gr.

III ), 5/29, 1mi, 1:37.48, $60,000.

Cindago—Caitie's Secret: Paschalitsa (16-7), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, WCL, 6/16, 7f, 1:24.26, $12,000.

Comic Strip—Eclisse (FR): Please Do (20-10), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 6/15, 1mi, 1:39.73, $12,240.

Comic Strip—Cascade Rain: Joueur (20-10), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 6/18, 6f, 1:10.51, $12,240.

Cyclotron—Zilla: Gigantis (30-12), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 5/25, 6f, 1:10.38, $25,200.

Cyclotron—Smoothasvelvet: At Ease (30-12), g, 7 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 5/28, 1mi (T), 1:34.95, $33,600.

Decarchy—Ashley's Folly: Ashley's Sassy (35-15), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 6/2, 6f, 1:10.56, $21,060.

Decarchy—Southern Oasis: Neveradoubt (35-15), g, 5 yo, Hastings Racecourse, WCL, 6/4, 1 1/16mi, 1:45.63, $7,700.

Defy Logic—Silver Slipper: Don't Defy Me (6-1), g, 11 yo, Presque Isle Downs, WCL, 5/28, 6f, 1:11.02, $6,000.

Desert Code—Madam General: Desert Madam (34-10), m, 6 yo, Santa Anita Park, SHP, 6/2, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.47, $15,840.

Desert Code—A Bit Much: Crawford's Glove (34-10), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 6/8, 6f, 1:10.68, $12,240.

Dixie Chatter—Flower Fusion: Savrola (49-17), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 6/18, 1mi, 1:39.84, $12,240.

Don'tsellmeshort—Ang: Saleofthecentury (29-12), g, 5 yo, Chippewa Downs, ALW, 6/11, 5 1/2f, 1:9.54, $1,250.

Elusive Warning—Ambitious Angel: Uncle Chato (20-9), g, 5 yo, Presque Isle Downs, WCL, 5/24, 6f, 1:10.17, $7,800.

E Z Warrior—Aeblus: Able Warrior (2-1), f, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 5/27, 5 1/2f, 1:7.00, $4,620.

E Z Warrior—Aeblus: Able Warrior (2-1), f, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 6/9, 6f, 1:14.80, $4,500.

First Dude—Gator Blitz: Starr of Quality (98-46), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 5/26, 1mi, 1:39.21, $18,480.

Fusaichi Pegasus—Sandy Sparkle: Sparkling Peg (89-28), m, 5 yo, Lethbridge, STK, Fillies and Mares Spring Sprint S., 6/17, 5 1/2f, 1:8.57, $5,857.

Game Plan—Ashley's Folly: Ashleyluvssugar (11-4), g, 6 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Charles Whittingham S. (gr. IIT ), 5/28, 1 1/4mi (T), 1:58.49, $120,000.

Giacomo—Line One: You Play the Bench (41-19), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 5/28, 5f (T), 57.29, $12,240.

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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.

Good Journey—Aerial Hawk: Hawk's Journey (37-16), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 6/8, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.01, $12,240.

Grazen—Sky Marni: S Y Sky (22-11), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Melair S., 5/29, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.69, $110,000.

Heatseeker (IRE)—Priceless Gem: Emmy and I (46-18), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 6/10, 6f, 1:10.06, $22,620.

Idiot Proof—Marissa's Joy: Richard's Boy (7-2), g, 5 yo, Penn National, STK, Pennsylvania Governor's Cup S., 6/3, 5f (T), 55.75, $113,600.

Jet West—With a Song: Caro's Song (5-4), m, 8 yo, Northlands Park, WCL, 6/10, 6 1/2f, 1:19.00, $10,200.

Kafwain—Yet Anothernatalie: Yet Another Nate (48-22), g, 4 yo, Northlands Park, WCL, 6/7, 6f, 1:11.69, $5,520.

Lucky Pulpit—Vogue Queen: Rincon (120-50), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 5/31, 5 1/2f, 1:6.80, $4,500.

Lucky Pulpit—Oh the Joy: Jill's Joy (120-50), m, 5 yo, Marquis Downs, ALW, 6/3, 4f, 47.00, $2,368.

Lucky Pulpit—Domasco Lake: Anointed Waters (120-50), g, 5 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 6/14, 6f, 1:13.80, $4,500.

Lucky Pulpit—Granny Got Game: Grand Pulpit (120-50), g, 6 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 6/16, 6f, 1:12.80, $2,360.

Marino Marini—Nina Ashley: Hello Brown (66-31), g, 8 yo, Emerald Downs, WCL, 6/3, 1mi, 1:36.91, $4,840.

McCann's Mojave—Sensitive Soul: Barn Party (29-12), m, 5 yo, Marquis Downs, ALW, 6/3, 6f, 1:12.58, $3,245.

McCann's Mojave—Lady Deann: Deanns Mojave (29-12), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 6/8, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.49, $12,240.

Midnight Lute—Bellastrega: Taman Guard (131-53), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/27, 7f, 1:22.44, $43,680.

Midnight Lute—Dypsy: Edwards Going Left (131-53), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/1, 6f, 1:10.61, $33,600.

Ministers Wild Cat—Magic Yodeler: Sorcerer's Wildcat (70-40), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 5/26, 5f, 59.80, $5,520.

Ministers Wild Cat—Kitten Exchange: Mr. Hinx (70-40), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/9, about 6 1/2f, 1:13.13, $43,680.

Ministers Wild Cat—Magic Yodeler: Sorcerer's Wildcat (70-40), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 6/14, 5 1/2f, 1:6.40, $5,520.

Mizzen Mast—Gone to Party: Judge Carr (125-43), g, 7 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, ALW, 6/6, 5 1/2f, 1:4.86, $14,558.

Mongol Warrior—Brrneedfur: Warrens Puppy Love (2-2), m, 6 yo, Arapahoe Park, STK, Molly Brown S., 6/11, 6f, 1:10.95, $18,000.

Monsajem—Carolina Grande: Carolina Island (8-1), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 5/29, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:46.06, $12,240.

Orientate—Mini Skirt: Xerxes (54-19), g, 5 yo, Grants Pass, STK, Daily Courier Inaugural S., 6/17, 5f, 59.77, $1,925.

Papa Clem—Lit'l Smarty Pants: Panshir (83-37), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 5/29, 5 1/2f, 1:5.14, $5,225.

Peppered Cat—Prochonic: Propeppy (27-10), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 6/18, 6f, 1:11.07, $12,240.

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Slew's Tiznow—Defant Thought: Defant One (21-9), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 5/31, 5 1/2f, 1:7.20, $4,620.

Slew's Tiznow—The Great Atlantic: Atlantic Slew (21-9), f, 4 yo, Indiana Grand Race Course, ALW, 6/13, 6f, 1:10.26, $9,000.

Southern Image—Hurricane Alert: Couldashouldadid (51-20), g, 6 yo, Los Alamitos, WCL, 6/3, 4 1/2f, 52.04, $4,630.

Southern Image—Forest Sprite: Sierrastorm (51-20), f, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 6/9, 5 1/2f, 1:6.60, $5,520.

Stormin Fever—Last Girl Standing: Filly On Fire (28-16), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 6/10, 6f, 1:10.87, $4,950.

Stormin Fever—Throne Seeker: Dethrone (28-16), g, 5 yo, Emerald Downs, WCL, 6/17, 6f, 1:9.77, $3,520.

Surf Cat—Sister Sally: Sircat Sally (27-12), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Honeymoon S. (gr. IIT ), 6/17, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:46.92, $120,000.

Swiss Yodeler—Jeanie's Game: Swiss Game (39-16), g, 8 yo, Los Alamitos, WCL, 6/10, 4 1/2f, 51.84, $4,090.

Swiss Yodeler—Coastal Skimming: Swiss Skimmer (39-16), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, WCL, 6/11, 1mi (T), 1:36.15, $15,000.

Swiss Yodeler—Gather the Group: Alpine Gathering (39-16), g, 6 yo, Canterbury Park, AOC, 6/15, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:43.03, $18,000.

Swiss Yodeler—Aspen Gal: Talk the Walk (39-16), g, 7 yo, Lethbridge, STK, Open S., 6/17, 7f, 1:25.89, $5,777.

Tannersmyman—Gemstone Rush: Ted Oliver (22-9), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 6/2, 5f (T), 57.31, $6,300.

Tannersmyman—Generals Promise: Tanners Pride (22-9), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 6/3, 6f, 1:10.48, $20,160.

Tannersmyman—Adriftinthebay: El Huerfano (22-9), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/18, 1mi, 1:36.30, $45,240.

Thorn Song—Pirate's Legacy: Thorn Legacy (54-19), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, WCL, 6/4, 6f, 1:9.50, $6,050.

Thorn Song—Evening Walk: Evening Again (54-19), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, WCL, 6/18, 4 1/2f, 52.03, $3,650.

Time to Get Even—Clawpuccino: Cioppino Pasadino (20-5), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 6/11, 6f, 1:10.77, $20,160.

Tribal Rule—Candy Factory: Patriots Rule (101-52), g, 6 yo, Canterbury Park, AOC, 5/27, 7 1/2f (T), 1:28.92, $20,400.

Tribal Rule—Russian River: Marckie's Water (101-52), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Snow Chief S., 5/29, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:46.45, $110,000.

Tribal Rule—Gambler's Hope: Bellanza (101-52), m, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 6/11, 5f (T), 56.71, $6,300.

Unusual Heat—Gn. Group Meeting: Unusual Meeting (81-31), g, 7 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 6/10, 1mi (T), 1:35.89, $21,060.

Unusual Heat—Always in Style: Starlite Style (81-31), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/10, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:49.95, $43,680.

Unusual Heat—Lady Railrider: Fiery Lady (81-31), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 6/11, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:43.43, $21,060.

U S Ranger—Cave Springs: Dman Doughty (100-39), g, 3 yo, Northlands Park, WCL, 5/26, 6f, 1:11.63, $5,520.

Vronsky—Thorellen: Algorhythmic (53-23), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/3, about 6 1/2f, 1:12.47, $43,680.

War Chant—One Tough Cat: Nite Delite (44-13), m, 5 yo, Penn National, ALW, 6/7, 5f (T), 57.27, $36,000.

MAIDENS ACCLAMATION Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911 Acclamation—Passionate: Ragazza Di Vola (12-3), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/17, 1mi (T), 1:38.00, $7,800.

Angus—Comic Rhythm: Tao (6-4), f, 4 yo, Arapahoe Park, MCL, 6/4, 6f, 1:14.62, $2,880.

Artie Schiller—Flyindownbaylaurel: Flyin Artie (119-29), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/29, 5f, 59.59, $10,800.

Benchmark—Sea Nymph: Mike's Benchmark (32-10), g, 4 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, MCL, 6/4, 6f, 1:15.65, $3,538.

BOLD CHIEFTAIN Victory Rose Thoroughbreds (707) 678 6580 www.victoryrose.com Bold Chieftain—Foreverinasong: Forever the Chief (18-7), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/25, 1mi, 1:40.42, $3,850.

BRAVE CAT Daehling Ranch (916) 685 4965 www.daehlingranch.com Brave Cat—Cinderella Liberty: Irish Day (6-4), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/16, 6f, 1:11.90, $4,950.

Cactus Creole—Above the Grass: Grass and Cactus (3-1), g, 3 yo, Prairie Meadows, MCL, 6/15, 1mi 70yd, 1:45.14, $5,850.

Calimonco—Danish Dessert: Runs Sweet (20-3), g, 3 yo, Sunray Park, MCL, 5/28, 6 1/2f, 1:20.40, $3,900.

Cape Blanco (IRE)—Beijio: Johnny's Caper (87-28), c, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 5/26, 1mi, 1:39.35, $3,520.

Champ Pegasus—Tillie Lou: Schulace (5-1), g, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/2, 4 1/2f, 52.68, $32,400.

COIL Magali Farms (805) 693 1777 www.magalifarms.com Coil—Ride Me Fast: Beau Me Fast (23-8), f, 3 yo, Arapahoe Park, MSW, 6/10, 5 1/2f, 1:6.28, $5,820.

Comic Strip—Cascade Rain: Joueur (20-10), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 5/27, 5f (T), 57.59, $20,280.

Discreetly Mine—Bootleg Annie: Moonshine Annie (117-42), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/4, 1mi (T), 1:34.63, $32,400.

Dixie Chatter—Runaway Susie: Trento's Heart (49-17), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/4, 6f, 1:11.40, $4,400.

Dixie Chatter—No Turbulence: Umber Girl (49-17), f, 4 yo, Ruidoso Downs, MCL, 6/16, 5 1/2f, 1:7.47, $3,480.

Dixie Chatter—Afeet Slew: Afewency (49-17), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/17, about 6 1/2f, 1:14.85, $32,400.

Empire Way—Cotorra: Empress Deelites (16-4), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/3, 6f, 1:12.57, $17,400.

Empire Way—Angela's Love: Empress of Lov (16-4), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/16, 5f, 59.27, $32,400.

English Channel—Shellys Terms: Hogan (116-43), g, 3 yo, Assiniboia Downs, MSW, 6/3, 5 1/2f, 1:7.60, $7,200.

Game Plan—Pocosin Lass: Caliente Shuffe (11-4), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/26, 5f, 59.01, $3,850.

Globalize—Beautiful American: Globalization (9-3), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 6/11, 6f, 1:10.56, $20,280.

GOOD JOURNEY Magali Farms (805) 693 1777 www.magalifarms.com Good Journey—Solo Landing: Trap Queen (37-16), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/28, 5 1/2f, 1:5.65, $32,400.

Good Journey—Old Habits: Ibon (37-16), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/9, about 6 1/2f, 1:13.54, $32,400.

Harbor the Gold—Lit de Bet: Betdesilvergold (66-26), f, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 6/17, 6f, 1:9.21, $6,050.

Heatseeker (IRE)—Bea's Cee: Seeking Bea (46-18), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/8, 1mi, 1:40.62, $7,800.

Heatseeker (IRE)—Itsayatesthing: Slightly (46-18), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/17, 5f, 59.04, $3,850.

High Brite—Afight: Brite Cristian (7-2), g, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/15, 1mi, 1:40.79, $3,850.

Indian Evening—No Better Terms: Kimberlea K (2-1), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 6/17, 5f, 58.20, $20,280.

Indy Film—Wicked: Indy Devil's Arms (5-3), m, 6 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/18, 4 1/2f, 53.14, $3,320.

Kafwain—A Plus Plus: Double a Kaf A (48-22), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 5/27, 4 1/2f, 52.73, $3,540.

Lucky J. H.—Day Jewels: Our Lucky Day (29-10), g, 5 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 5/28, 5 1/2f, 1:6.21, $3,520.

Lucky Pulpit—Nine to Five Lady: Saudi Chroma (120-50), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/25, 4 1/2f, 52.08, $42,120.

Lucky Pulpit—Pat of Gold: Pulpit Gold (120-50), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/11, 5 1/2f, 1:4.48, $5,500.

Lucky Pulpit—Pali Girl: American Pulpit (120-50), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/16, 5f, 59.26, $3,850.

Lucky Pulpit—Book'em Babe: Bookies Luck (120-50), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/18, 5f, 58.79, $32,400.

Marino Marini—Candy Factory: Candy's Martini (66-31), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/8, 6f, 1:11.36, $8,400.

Ministers Wild Cat—Testify to Love: Cupid's Beau (70-40), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/28, 6 1/2f, 1:17.09, $10,800.

Ministers Wild Cat—Timothyfourseven: Estherfourfourteen (70-40), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/1, 4 1/2f, 53.40, $32,400.

Ministers Wild Cat—Warren's Flyer: Fly to Mars (70-40), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, WMC, 6/10, 5 1/2f, 1:4.10, $17,400.

Northern Afeet—Stella Bella: One Afeet Star (131-51), f, 4 yo, Prairie Meadows, MSW, 6/3, 6f, 1:11.30, $18,450.

Papa Clem—Smooch Me: Tesla (83-37), f, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 5/26, 5 1/2f, 1:5.28, $6,050.

Rendezvous—False Statement: Meet the Truth (2-1), g, 3 yo, Finger Lakes, MCL, 6/17, 1mi, 1:42.98, $5,820.

ROI CHARMANT Magali Farms (805) 693 1777 www.magalifarms.com Roi Charmant—Starlet Sky: Shaula (11-7), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/16, 1mi, 1:40.57, $4,400.

Sought After—Count Me Twice: Twice as Fast (15-4), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/15, 6f, 1:10.98, $5,500.

Southern Africa—Hot Desert: Looks Good N a Tux (5-3), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/17, 6f, 1:11.31, $4,950.

Southern Image—Virtuous Lady: Big Bad Image (51-20), f, 3 yo, Marquis Downs, MSW, 6/2, 4f, 46.32, $1,800.

Square Eddie—Walkingonadream: Ocean Dream (49-17), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/9, 1mi (T), 1:35.71, $17,400.

Square Eddie—Ann Summers Gold: Squash (49-17), g, 4 yo, Grants Pass, MSW, 6/18, 5f, 1:1.25, $1,485.

Sway Away—Whobetterthanus: Time for the Bus (6-3), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/26, 4 1/2f, 53.51, $5,500.

Swiss Yodeler—Cop a Smoke: Byebye Mr Swiss (39-16), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/4, 4 1/2f, 52.62, $8,400.

TANNERSMYMAN Woodbridge Farm (209) 576 0692 www.woodbridgethoroughbreds.com Tannersmyman—Smoke Over Water: Walk On Water (22-9), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 6/18, 5f, 58.42, $20,280.

Ten Most Wanted—Sourcebook: Chapter Ten (3-3), m, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/28, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:46.14, $7,800.

Thorn Song—Wild N Sly: Dancer's Song (54-19), f, 3 yo, Thistledown, MSW, 5/24, 5 1/2f, 1:7.68, $13,500.

Thorn Song—Thainty: Syndrome (54-19), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 6/2, 5 1/2f, 1:5.23, $20,280.

Thorn Song—Miss Bobbie Quick: Thorninmyside (54-19), g, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 6/11, 6f, 1:12.52, $3,520.

Tizbud—Team Builder: Onefortheteam (18-7), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/2, 1mi (T), 1:37.54, $7,800.

Trapper—Shewin: Call Your Bluff (9-6), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/25, 1mi, 1:41.20, $4,950.

Trappe Shot—Decatur: Sea N Redd (105-46), f, 2 yo, Emerald Downs, MSW, 5/29, 4 1/2f, 52.78, $10,175.

Tribal Rule—Chalula One: Love Recipe (101-52), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/28, 5 1/2f, 1:5.21, $32,400.

Tribal Rule—Reba Is Tops: Rebarules Again (101-52), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 6/3, 6f, 1:11.25, $20,280.

Tribal Rule—Tiz Folly: Tiz Rolly (101-52), g, 4 yo, Ruidoso Downs, MCL, 6/10, 5 1/2f, 1:4.97, $3,180.

Unbridled Story—Girly Girl: Unlikely Story (1-1), g, 3 yo, Canterbury Park, MCL, 5/29, 1mi, 1:42.59, $6,300.

Unionize—Continental Wine: Union Wine (9-4), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/9, 5 1/2f, 1:5.76, $4,950.

Unusual Heat—I Can Yodele: Canned Heat (81-31), m, 5 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/3, 4 1/2f, 52.39, $3,540.

Unusual Heat—Logical Single: Miracle March (81-31), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/11, 6f, 1:11.35, $32,400.

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ost horses receive many injections during their lifetime.

Tese include vaccinations, antibiotics, and sometimes other medications. Most injections are given intramuscularly, but a few medications should always be given intravenously.

Intramuscular injections occasionally cause local abscesses if the needle or skin was dirty when the injection is given. Sometimes, however, abscesses occur even with very clean conditions.

Te worst kind of injection-induced infection is called Clostridial myositis or myonecrosis.

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Tis type of infection results from certain types of Clostridial bacteria that are generally present in the environment. Some of these bacteria live in the horse’s intestines and don’t cause problems under normal conditions. Tey are present in manure and form spores that last a long time in the environment. Tey are often on the horse’s skin and can be taken into the tissues with an injection.

Tese bacteria can be in a dormant state, multiplying when conditions are right. Tey grow best in an airless environment, such as bruised and damaged tissue with very little blood supply.

Te dormant spores “come to life” and start producing deadly toxins.

Diferent kinds of Clostridia cause diferent diseases. Examples include tetanus, malignant

edema, blackleg in cattle, enterotoxemia in young calves and foals, or life-threatening gut infection and diarrhea in young foals.

Some types of injections seem riskier for Clostridial infections, especially funixin meglumine (Banamine and its generic equivalents), if given in the muscle rather than in the vein. Tere is some thought that this drug sets up an ideal pH (basic, as opposed to acidic) in the tissues for these bacteria to grow.

Dr. Ray Randall, a semi-retired veterinarian in Bridger, Mont., advises that any time you give an injection, be aware of the

infection but was still functional and used as a lesson horse for a long time.

“With Banamine or any of the generic funixin products, the only way to minimize the risk is to give it orally or IV, and never in the muscle.”

Te drug is safest to give orally, though it works fastest if given IV. “When people are giving injections of any kind, the number one thing is to be clean,” said Randall. “Don’t inject into a dirty area on the neck or buttocks. We used to use alcohol, but it really doesn’t do much good. But it does at least make someone think about where they are go-

While most injections are given intramuscularly, a few medications, such as funixin meglumine, should always be given intravenously

possibility of adverse reaction.

“Tis can occur with vaccinations, injections of vitamins, etc.,” Randall said.

“Banamine is the one we are most aware of, and it doesn’t matter how well you give the injection; there is always a risk. Clostridial bacteria are present in the environment and may even be in the horse’s body in spore form, just waiting for something to set up the right environment.

“I have some slides taken many years ago of a horse I treated (in 1989) for a Clostridial infection following vaccination. He survived and lived about 15 more years. He was disfgured from the

ing to stick that needle, so it might help.”

If you use alcohol, let the area dry again before injecting. A needle going through wet skin and hair is more likely to take dirt/bacteria with it.

“Use a sterile needle, a new syringe, and choose a clean spot on the horse,” said Randall. “Tat’s about all you can do to try to prevent problems. If you notice swelling later or the horse is not doing as well as you’d expect, get veterinary help— the sooner the better.”

Te horse Randall treated in 1989 received a vaccination in the hindquarters.

He was not good about injections and

had a history of reactions. Te horse’s owner called Randall several days after receiving the vaccination.

“He always got stif and sore after vaccination, and the owner had been doing some massage on this horse,” said Randall. “When I walked into the barn, I could smell that horse—a sickly sweet odor put of by Clostridial organisms. Te horse was standing there holding his left hind leg up. Te whole leg was cold and swollen, with gas bubbles under the skin all the way up the leg.”

Randall started the horse on antibiotics, clipped the hind leg, and made several incisions, 8-12 inches long, to drain the gas.

Te situation was so dire that Randall asked the owner about possible euthanasia. However, the owner wanted to save the horse if at all possible.

“We got the horse loaded and took him to our clinic,” said Randall. “He was already starting to feel better, just from the antibiotics and opening up those areas.

We kept him about a month, and he ended up sloughing an area in his left thigh as large as half a big watermelon. He had a huge hole where all the muscle was gone.

His sciatic nerve kept function, however, and his hip joint was OK, so he survived and was able to keep going.”

Some horses aren’t this lucky. Randall tells of another horse that arrived one evening at a barn where he happened to be, and an injection had been given on top of the gluteal muscles.

“Tere was a noticeable swelling,” said Randall. “I gave the horse some antibiotics, loaded him in a trailer, and took him to the clinic. He was dead when I got there.”

Te frst ivermectin deworming products for horses were injectable, and there were a few incidents of Costridial infections with those.

“Tis risk was mentioned on the label,” said Randall. “Here at our clinic, we probably used about 3,000 doses during the time it was available as an injection. It was my favorite dewormer. We just always gave the horse an injection of penicillin in the same region at the same time.”

Tis eliminated the risk because penicillin is very efective against Clostridia.

“We never had any trouble with those injections. I don’t know what the inci-

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veterinarian. It can make a big difference in the outcome if you can start treating it early, to reduce the extent of complications.”

In one instance, an owner called to say her horse colicked a couple days earlier.

PROPER FLUNIXIN USE “She had some Banamine, but “Regarding funixin, it is less risky to couldn’t give an injection in the give orally or by IV injection rather than as vein so she gave it in the muscle,” an IM injection,” said Randall. “Tere are said Matt Randall. “Te next day, times you need to give it when a horse is her horse was a little stif-necked thrashing around on the ground with colic. and sore at the injection site, so she If you keep any funixin products on hand, gave some penicillin, which was a however (whether the paste or injectable), good idea. Two days after the Banyou need to be able to assess that horse reaamine shot was when she called sonably well and know whether you should me. Te mare’s neck was swollen actually give this drug. Tat means taking a Dr. Ray Randall, a Montana veterinarian treated this on both sides, and she had a fever pulse, listening to gut sounds, and looking horse for a Clostridial abscess from an injection. of 104 and a toxic line on the muat the gums, to know if the horse is shocky. These photos were taken during the horse’s recovcous membranes on her gum. ery process “If the horse is not a surgical candidate, “Te owner told me what had giving Banamine is fne. But if the horse does happened, so I was looking for need surgery, it shouldn’t wait. Tere is a lot evidence of gas under the skin as of responsibility that goes with the owner I was examining the mare because giving Banamine—whether the paste or the I was thinking it probably was a injectable.

Clostridial myositis. I didn’t fnd “If the horse is shocky and you give a full any gas near the injection site, but dose of Banamine, this is hard on the kidfnally found a pocket of gas unneys because that horse is dehydrated. On der the skin by her withers. Te any horse that’s dehydrated, you need to get gas had traveled up and along the 10 to 15 liters of fuid into him before you neck, clear to the withers. give him any drugs. Ten you should give “So I prepped the skin at the inonly a quarter or a third of a dose of Banamine.” jection area and blocked it with anesthesia as best I could and made Dr. Matt Randall, a veterinarian at Collier Equine in Waller, incisions through the skin and partway down into the muscle.”

Texas (who earlier practiced in Montana with his father, Dr. Ray One of the important aspects of treatment is to open up the Randall), says there seems to be more risk for injection infections area and get oxygen down into the infection. In this case, gas with full doses of Banamine compared to giving a half dose or less. rushed out of the hole in one of the incisions.

“You can give the product orally, however, to reduce the risk “I opened the infected area as best I could, then packed it with for problems,” he said. “I recommend to my clients that if they penicillin-soaked gauze and started the mare on penicillin injeccan’t get it in the vein to just give a little extra and squirt it in the tions. Another drug that is very efective against Clostridia bactemouth. It tastes terrible, but they can get it into the horse that way ria is metronidazole.” if the horse is having a serious problem like colic.”

Te horse would also need a tetanus booster.

Many people have given IM injections of Banamine for years “With this mare I got lucky. She survived, but ended up with without problems, but need to be aware of the risk. large scars on the side of her neck and some atrophy in those “It’s a low risk, but it is a risk,” said Matt Randall. “I have seen muscles. But all in all she did pretty well. Te most important three cases, and all three of these horses were very sick and toxic. thing in dealing with this type of infection is getting oxygen into Tere is often a fair amount of swelling at the injection site. the afected tissues, and that’s why you see photos of horses with large, gaping incisions into those areas—for oxygen and drainIMPORTANCE OF OXYGEN age.”

“Te typical calling card of Clostridial myositis is gas bubbles Matt Randall said that treatment in a hyperbaric oxygen chamunder the skin. It feels like Rice Krispies. If you ever feel gas ber would be ideal. under the skin on a horse that’s recently had an intramuscular “Tis is an excellent treatment modality for Clostridial injection, this is serious and warrants an emergency visit to the myositis.”

PHOTOS COURTESY DR. RAY RANDALL

dence of reaction and infection might have been. Te company later went to an oral product, partly because of injection reactions, but mainly as a marketing tool because it was easier for horse owners to give it orally.”

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(Clostridial myositis) is fairly high. So it is important to get your veterinarian involved

as soon as possible...

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If the injection site and subsequent incisions are on the neck, the horse will have a very sore neck for a while. It might be painful to put his head down to eat and drink.

“You can help these horses by placing feed and water a little higher for easier reach. If the horse is in decent body condition to begin with, even if he can’t eat very well, it will take several days before he really starts dropping muscle condition and body weight. But supportive care to help him eat and drink can keep him from losing too much weight. Depending on where the injection was that caused the infection (neck or hindquarters), you may or may not be able to give IV fuids.

“With this particular mare, with the infection in the neck, venous access was not an option because of all the infection and gas under the skin. Trying to get into a vein with a catheter would risk a more serious problem. You can clean the surface of the skin but you can’t clean out the contaminated subcutaneous tissue.

“A person can always give fuids and nutrients via stomach tube (nasogastric tube), which would be safer in this situation than an IV. Tere are tubes that are designed to be left in place for several days, and the horse could be fed that way.”

Te mortality rate with this type of infection is fairly high, unfortunately. So it’s important to get your veterinarian involved as soon as possible, to increase the chances of turning it around quicker.

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2017 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS (THRU JUNE 18, 2017)

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Breeder

Starts

Wins

Stakes Wins

Nick Alexander Reddam Racing, LLC Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC Harris Farms Old English Rancho, Patsy Berumen & Sal Berumen Terry C. Lovingier Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams Joe Turner Richard Barton Enterprises Old English Rancho Harold Tillema & Pamela Tillema Gary Barber Liberty Road Stables Estate of Alesia, BranJam Stables & Ciaglia Racing, LLC Madera Thoroughbreds LLC Perry Martin & Steve Coburn Daehling Ranch LLC Old English Rancho & Bruce Headley Heinz Steinmann Lou Neve Premier Thoroughbreds LLC & Alan Klein Frank Mermenstein & Tom McCrocklin Willow Tree Farm Inc Dizney Double Diamond, LLC Carol A. Lingenfelter Madera Thoroughbreds Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray Benjamin C. Warren Donald Valpredo Nick Cafarchia KMN Racing Legacy Ranch Old English Rancho & Riggio William L. Hedrick & Judy Hedrick Brett Mason Milt A. Policzer Andy Stronach George Schmitt & Mary Clare Schmitt Triple AAA Ranch M. A. Douzos Eagle Oak Ranch, LLC Dahlberg Farms LLC Pamela C. Ziebarth Rod Rodriguez & Lorraine Rodriguez James W. McKenney & Tammy McKenney David Nelson Thomas W. Bachman Rancho San Miguel Halo Farms Jonny Hilvers Thomas Newton Bell & Ross John McLeod Alex Paszkeicz Premier Thoroughbreds LLC Ballena Vista Farm Sheila McLeod Bruce Chandler

116 130 318 298 102 305 157 37 111 110 14 21 103 3 72 2 80 49 77 22 6 7 18 4 17 54 59 70 89 48 15 66 6 44 14 40 5 53 31 8 5 42 10 45 20 6 22 60 12 7 3 42 31 19 18 13

24 23 55 34 17 37 21 10 15 13 6 10 15 2 9 0 13 11 13 3 2 2 4 3 4 15 9 14 10 8 4 9 3 5 3 6 1 8 7 2 2 10 2 6 4 2 4 10 3 3 2 6 4 6 5 2

4 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

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S Y Sky ($234,560) Ann Arbor Eddie ($157,500) Queen Bee to You ($74,920) Alsatian ($56,265) What a View ($228,845) Cioppino Pasadino ($91,680) Ward ‘n Jerry ($82,913) Sircat Sally ($440,660) Roaring Rule ($45,400) Shehastheritestuff ($67,248) Richard’s Boy ($313,600) Mr. Hinx ($241,048) More Stormyweather ($49,320) Ashleyluvssugar ($281,500) Got Even ($68,584) California Chrome ($250,000) Fast and Foxy ($104,833) K Thirty Eight ($93,296) Nebikon ($29,410) Avanti Bello ($91,911) Miss Sunset ($180,630) Marckie’s Water ($152,120) Moonless Sky ($162,250) Skye Diamonds ($168,920) Cuddle Alert ($124,073) Happy Issue ($32,140) Cartoonist ($29,825) Warren’s Joe T. ($30,220) Midnight Seeker ($20,730) My Italian Babbo ($79,001) Grecian Fire ($87,241) Gemini Journey ($34,825) Starlite Style ($137,760) Private Terrace ($36,705) More Power to Him ($108,060) Husband’s Folly ($39,800) Bodhisattva ($121,750) Top Notch ($42,320) Ticaboo ($46,990) El Huerfano ($116,900) G. G. Ryder ($119,468) Patriots Rule ($30,753) Ambitious Brew ($110,200) Popular Kid ($32,711) Coniah ($79,000) David’s Memory ($107,776) Hot Lightning ($40,340) Solar Zone ($16,905) Tribal Jewel ($50,080) Algorhythmic ($99,225) Alert Bay ($97,740) Pepper Crown ($38,156) Tchula Sunset ($32,825) Big Macher ($60,000) Ain’t Misbehavin ($58,841) Mai Tai ($59,360)

Earnings

$1,054,418 $881,427 $871,077 $764,830 $741,543 $635,860 $629,356 $523,493 $348,130 $343,863 $328,530 $323,893 $282,525 $281,500 $261,420 $256,480 $236,691 $202,429 $186,209 $182,681 $180,630 $176,760 $173,715 $168,920 $161,708 $160,028 $155,340 $154,313 $152,145 $150,710 $146,936 $141,497 $137,760 $133,226 $128,024 $126,557 $121,750 $121,684 $120,154 $119,515 $119,468 $117,322 $115,969 $113,809 $108,250 $107,776 $104,976 $104,724 $100,384 $100,260 $97,740 $97,119 $95,340 $94,712 $93,421 $92,208

Leading California Sires Lists 2017 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER

2017 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY MONEY WON

(MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Earnings/ Runner

Earned

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

164

676

89

120

422

60

$1,673,576

85

329

54

$1,560,114 $1,555,472

Sire

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

22

14

$760,666

$34,576

2 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

2 † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig

11

6

$313,175

$28,470

3 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

Earned

$2,173,438

3 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

27

18

$687,615

$25,467

4 † Tribal Rule,1996, by Storm Cat

102

414

74

4 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

53

32 $1,246,885

$23,526

5 † Unusual Heat,1990, by Nureyev

81

332

42

$1,508,736

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

49

26

$996,055

$20,328

6 Vronsky,1999, by Danzig

53

235

32

$1,246,885

6 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

21

15

$414,669

$19,746

7 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 70

294

57

$1,021,297

$18,626

8 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

49

170

26

$996,055

108

416

59

$929,010

10 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

82

368

44

$897,780

11 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

22

72

14

$760,666

7 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

81

8 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

85

9 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

16

10 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

102

11 Roi Charmant, 2001, by Evansville Slew

11

12 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

22

42 $1,508,736 54 $1,560,114 9

$18,354

$279,445

$17,465

74 $1,555,472

$15,250

9

$166,880

12

$15,171

$329,203

$14,964

13 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 70

57 $1,021,297

$14,590

14 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

30

25

$430,131

15 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

18

12

16 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit 17 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 18 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

120 18 164

9 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

12 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

27

103

18

$687,615

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

54

210

29

$622,808

14 † Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway 46

168

22

$491,002

15 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

67

298

40

$458,517

$14,338

16 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

48

186

30

$436,514

$256,681

$14,260

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

54

209

21

$430,940

60 $1,673,576

$13,946

18 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

30

109

25

$430,131

$241,796

$13,433

19 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

21

74

15

$414,669

89 $2,173,438

10

$13,253

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

44

170

25

$407,071

21 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

53

213

31

$403,550

19 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

12

4

$156,406

$13,034

20 † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold

15

7

$192,125

$12,808

22 Decarchy,1997, by Distant View

36

142

21

$383,487

23 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

34

132

15

$378,744

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24 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

7

19

4

$375,795

(MINIMUM 50 STARTS)

25 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 39

141

11

$347,329 $329,203

Sire

Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins

1 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

58 155

2 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

28

3 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

40

4 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat 5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 6 † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig 7 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 8 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

Earned

22

101

12

11

28

6

$313,175

28 Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

49

151

21

$307,892

18

23

$965,106

72

9

12

$795,978

29 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

38

141

18

$295,454

82

9

12

$565,499

30 Old Topper,1995, by Gilded Time

27

99

14

$284,678

4

9

2

6

$480,679

31 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

16

68

9

$279,445

20

48

3

3

$357,674

32 Stormin Fever,1994, by Storm Cat

28

120

20

$278,224

2

4

1

2

$281,845

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

44

152

18

$278,097

6

23

5

$269,270

52 108 2

6

7

8

$236,027

34 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

1

2

$235,945

35 † Benchmark,1991, by Alydar

34

128

13

$262,292

36 Tizbud,1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

18

60

12

$256,681

9 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

46

88

9

9

$224,361

10 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

27

49

2

2

$215,193

11 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

26 Tannersmyman,1998, by Lord Carson 27 † Game Plan,1993, by Danzig

2

4

1

1

$214,725

12 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

24

54

6

6

$197,240

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

19

39

6

7

$178,865

14 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

5

8

1

2

$177,005

15 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

6

12

1

4

$163,940

16 † Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway 17

35

3

3

$143,215

37 Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

20

94

17

$251,117

38 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

18

66

10

$241,796

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

29

132

22

$238,200

40 Comic Strip,1995, by Red Ransom

20

88

13

$233,674

41 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 22

79

8

$221,241 $220,785

42 † Lucky J. H., 2002, by Cee’s Tizzy

29

115

13

43 † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold

15

57

7

$192,125

44 Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

27

111

13

$189,837

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

19

33

3

3

$135,636

45 Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest32

18 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

17

25

2

2

$133,677

46 Coil, 2008, by Point Given

19 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

6

11

2

2

$129,216

47 The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

26

72

7

$172,027

20 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

9

25

2

2

$125,546

48 Don’tsellmeshort, 2001, by Benchmark

29

130

14

$169,074

23

124

17

$183,170

74

12

$181,525

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). 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 June 18, 2017.

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BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

2017 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER (MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS)

Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Sire

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

22

2 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

12

3 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

53

4 Roi Charmant, 2001, by Evansville Slew

11

Earned

Median

Rnrs

Wnrs

Earned

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

164

62

89 $2,173,438

14

$760,666 $11,748

2 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

102

52

74 $1,555,472

4

$156,406 $11,123

3 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

120

50

60 $1,673,576

4 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

108

42

59

32 $1,246,885 $10,205 9

$166,880

$929,010

$9,631

5 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

70

40

57 $1,021,297

6 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

85

38

54 $1,560,114

5 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

20

13

$233,674

$9,028

6 Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

20

17

$251,117

$8,595

7 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

82

37

44

$897,780

7 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

85

54 $1,560,114

$8,445

8 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

67

32

40

$458,517

8 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

102

74 $1,555,472

$7,734

9 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

81

42 $1,508,736

$7,545

10 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

16

11 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

70

9

9 Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev 10 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

81

31

42 $1,508,736

53

23

32 $1,246,885

$279,445

$7,310

11 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

48

22

30

$436,514

57 $1,021,297

$7,272

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

54

20

29

$622,808

53

20

31

$403,550

54

19

21

$430,940 $407,071

12 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

30

25

$430,131

$7,174

13 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

49

26

$996,055

$7,125

14 Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled

13

9

$103,567

$6,970

44

19

25

15 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

36

21

$383,487

$6,885

16 † Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway 46

18

22

$491,002

16 • Redattore (BRZ), 1995, by Roi Normand

14

7

$137,325

$6,748

17 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

49

17

26

$996,055

7

49

17

21

$307,892

17 Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev

14

18 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

120

19 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

82

20 † Thorn Song, 2003, by Unbridled’s Song 21 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

54 164

Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 14 † Thorn Song, 2003, by Unbridled’s Song Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE)

$135,091

$6,682

60 $1,673,576

$6,480

19 † Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat

28

16

20

$278,224

44

$897,780

$6,415

20 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

36

15

21

$383,487

21

$430,940

$6,043

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

44

14

18

$278,097

89 $2,173,438

$5,837

Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest 32

14

17

$183,170

Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

2017 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

2017 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER START (MINIMUM 100 STARTS) Sire

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

Rnrs

Srts

Earned

Earnings Start

22

72

$760,666

$10,565

Sire

Rnrs

Srts

Races Won

Earned

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

164

676

89

$2,173,438

2 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

102

414

74

$1,555,472

2 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

27

103

$687,615

$6,676

3 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

120

422

60

$1,673,576

3 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

49

170

$996,055

$5,859

4 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

108

416

59

$929,010

74

4 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

21

$414,669

$5,604

5 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

70

294

57

$1,021,297

5 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

53

235 $1,246,885

$5,306

6 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

85

329

54

$1,560,114

6 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

85

329 $1,560,114

$4,742

7 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

82

368

44

$897,780

7 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

81

332 $1,508,736

$4,544

8 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

81

332

42

$1,508,736

8 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

18

60

$256,681

$4,278

9 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

16

68

$279,445

$4,109

10 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

120

11 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

30

12 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

102

13 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

18

14 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 70 15 † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold 16 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson 17 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

46

Races Won

15 22 164

9 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat 10 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

67

298

40

$458,517

53

235

32

$1,246,885

422 $1,673,576

$3,966

11 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

53

213

31

$403,550

109

$3,946

12 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

48

186

30

$436,514

$430,131

414 $1,555,472

$3,757

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

54

210

29

$622,808

$241,796

$3,664

14 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

49

170

26

$996,055

294 $1,021,297

$3,474

15 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

66 57

$192,125

101

$3,371

$329,203

$3,259

676 $2,173,438

$3,215

30

109

25

$430,131

44

170

25

$407,071

17 † Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway 46

168

22

$491,002

132

22

$238,200

Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE) † McCann’s Mojave, 2000, by Memo (CHI)

29

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

54

210

$622,808

$2,966

54

209

21

$430,940

19 † Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway

46

168

$491,002

$2,923

Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

36

142

21

$383,487

20 Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

27

99

$284,678

$2,876

Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

49

151

21

$307,892

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Leading California Sires Lists

2017 LEADING LIFETIME SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (50 OR MORE NAMED FOALS)

Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 25 26 27 28

31 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41

45

48 50

† Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker † Birdonthewire, 1989, by Proud Birdie † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat † Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway † Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE) One Man Army, 1994, by Roman Diplomat † Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run † Cindago, 2003, by Indian Charlie Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown • Redattore (BRZ), 1995, by Roi Normand Slewvescent, 1988, by Seattle Slew Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) † Popular, 1999, by Saint Ballado Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry † Western Fame, 1992, by Gone West Silic (FR), 1995, by Sillery Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig Crafty C. T., 1998, by Crafty Prospector Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker † Lucky J. H., 2002, by Cee’s Tizzy Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold Iron Cat, 1995, by Storm Cat Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE) Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even

Crops

17 5 8 5 10 5 18 18 12 8 9 8 6 15 6 9 15 10 3 9 9 11 6 11 10 17 5 3 5 22 3 10 14 6 14 12 6 2 18 5 2 5 15 12 14 10 10 15 5 5

Avg Named Size Foals

46 13 48 26 19 10 59 15 61 14 46 105 33 48 36 9 51 19 25 55 44 55 16 34 8 28 26 64 149 13 24 10 39 8 21 16 18 31 25 46 28 16 32 11 11 36 17 23 46 13

776 64 387 132 190 51 1066 271 735 109 417 842 200 721 217 84 768 188 76 498 399 600 94 374 82 480 128 192 743 284 72 99 541 50 298 189 109 62 447 228 55 81 483 134 150 360 167 339 231 65

Runners

573-74% 48-75% 253-65% 100-76% 126-66% 26-51% 822-77% 200-74% 513-70% 52-48% 317-76% 526-62% 138-69% 562-78% 126-58% 57-68% 576-75% 117-62% 29-38% 242-49% 284-71% 432-72% 70-74% 264-71% 51-62% 351-73% 72-56% 115-60% 156-21% 217-76% 49-68% 72-73% 430-79% 34-68% 203-68% 140-74% 60-55% 16-26% 328-73% 52-23% 24-44% 63-78% 402-83% 83-62% 118-79% 270-75% 122-73% 254-75% 156-68% 44-68%

2YO Winners

Stakes Winners

Graded Stakes Winners

Progeny Earnings

AEI

Comp Index

415-53% 55-7% 37-58% 8-13% 166-43% 54-14% 73-55% 23-17% 83-44% 13-7% 16-31% 10-20% 583-55% 124-12% 144-53% 40-15% 384-52% 123-17% 40-37% 0-0% 233-56% 59-14% 387-46% 120-14% 84-42% 27-14% 435-60% 107-15% 85-39% 21-10% 39-46% 3-4% 398-52% 117-15% 74-39% 10-5% 18-24% 10-13% 175-35% 48-10% 208-52% 55-14% 313-52% 96-16% 57-61% 11-12% 186-50% 43-11% 38-46% 4-5% 218-45% 42-9% 45-35% 13-10% 63-33% 23-12% 105-14% 10-1% 96-34% 19-7% 27-38% 7-10% 54-55% 20-20% 332-61% 113-21% 21-42% 3-6% 150-50% 46-15% 88-47% 13-7% 42-39% 6-6% 6-10% 3-5% 260-58% 57-13% 41-18% 9-4% 7-13% 5-9% 40-49% 14-17% 289-60% 80-17% 55-41% 13-10% 96-64% 8-5% 199-55% 40-11% 99-59% 28-17% 187-55% 45-13% 101-44% 28-12% 26-40% 10-15%

43-6% 4-6% 4-1% 11-8% 9-5% 1-2% 52-5% 12-4% 33-4% 1-1% 10-2% 31-4% 8-4% 28-4% 5-2% 2-2% 26-3% 6-3% 1-1% 7-1% 15-4% 18-3% 3-3% 12-3% 1-1% 11-2% 3-2% 5-3% 3-0% 5-2% 1-1% 2-2% 19-4% 1-2% 12-4% 3-2% 2-2% 0-0% 17-4% 2-1% 0-0% 1-1% 16-3% 2-1% 3-2% 4-1% 9-5% 11-3% 4-2% 1-2%

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

$54,346,509 $3,908,122 $25,178,530 $7,586,943 $9,949,814 $1,577,932 $50,129,186 $13,319,770 $33,716,159 $3,117,460 $20,123,119 $34,914,599 $6,462,241 $35,042,035 $6,600,901 $2,953,408 $30,890,522 $6,417,705 $1,070,227 $13,573,548 $15,668,451 $20,141,843 $3,766,951 $14,701,484 $2,818,293 $14,908,837 $3,305,194 $3,949,046 $7,580,002 $7,605,029 $1,480,940 $3,394,181 $21,314,933 $1,688,132 $8,934,325 $8,408,592 $2,695,435 $291,226 $15,235,545 $2,931,499 $388,892 $2,580,715 $19,112,605 $3,241,171 $4,480,706 $11,221,762 $5,834,390 $10,110,198 $5,265,689 $1,686,898

1.96 1.77 1.73 1.68 1.55 1.49 1.31 1.31 1.27 1.25 1.24 1.20 1.20 1.19 1.17 1.14 1.13 1.10 1.08 1.08 1.05 1.04 1.02 1.02 1.01 1.00 0.99 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.97 0.97 0.94 0.93 0.92 0.91 0.90 0.87 0.87 0.85 0.84 0.84 0.84 0.84 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.82 0.82 0.81

1.23 1.29 1.16 0.95 1.11 1.13 1.47 1.31 1.06 1.28 1.46 1.72 1.27 1.09 0.98 0.94 1.33 0.90 1.18 1.16 0.92 1.22 1.32 0.98 0.64 1.39 1.13 1.49 1.19 0.80 1.58 0.93 0.84 0.92 0.81 0.91 1.21 1.33 0.79 1.04 0.91 1.20 1.05 0.80 0.90 0.98 0.83 1.10 1.13 0.64

Winners

These statistics are for active California-based sires with a minimum of 50 foals of racing age, ranked here by their lifetime Average Earnings Index (AEI.) 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). 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.

Percentages are based upon number of named foals of racing age.

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Stakes & Sales Dates 2017

2017REGIONAL

REGIONAL RACE MEETINGS

SALE DATES

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

Dec. 26-July 4

Oak Tree at Pleasanton, Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton

June 22-July 9

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

July 6-16

California State Fair (Cal Expo), Sacramento

July 14-30

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

July 19-Sept. 5

Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa

Aug. 2-22

Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale

Aug. 25-Sept. 4

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Aug. 24-Sept. 17

Pomona Fair at Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos Oak Tree at Pleasanton, Pleasanton

Sept. 6-26 Sept. 21-Oct. 1

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

Sept. 27-Oct. 31

Fresno County Fair, Fresno

JULY 26 BARRETTS PADDOCK SALE AT DEL MAR Del Mar, Calif.

AUGUST 29 BARRETTS SELECT YEARLING SALE Del Mar, Calif.

PREVIEW JULY 24

(NOMINATIONS CLOSED APRIL 14)

AUGUST 15 CTBA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YEARLING & HORSES OF RACING AGE SALE Pleasanton, Calif.

(ENTRIES CLOSED JUNE 5)

(EARLY ENTRIES CLOSE AUG. 18, ENTRIES CLOSE AUG. 25, SUPPLEMENTAL ENTRIES CLOSE OCT. 3)

Oct. 5-15

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Oct. 18-Dec. 19

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

Nov. 1-28

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

OCTOBER 17 BARRETTS FALL SALE OF YEARLINGS AND HORSES OF ALL AGES Pomona, Calif.

Nov. 29-Dec. 19

California-Bred/California-Sired STAKES RACES JULY-AUGUST SANTA ANITA

DEL MAR

TUESDAY, JULY 4

FRIDAY, JULY 28

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2

$100,000 Lennyfromalibu Stakes

$150,000 Real Good Deal Stakes

$100,000 CTBA Stakes

Tree-Year-Olds & Up 61⁄2 furlongs (Turf)

Tree-Year-Olds & Up 7 furlongs

Two-Year-Old Fillies 51⁄2 furlongs

LOS ALAMITOS

SATURDAY, JULY 29

SATURDAY, JULY 8

$150,000 California Dreamin’ Stakes

$100,000 Bertrando Stakes

Tree-Year-Olds & Up 11⁄16 miles (Turf)

Tree-Year-Olds & Up 1 mile

SUNDAY, JULY 30

OAK TREE AT PLEASANTON SATURDAY, JULY 8

$100,000 Everett Nevin Stakes Two-Year-Olds 51⁄2 furlongs

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$100,000 Graduation Stakes Two-Year-Olds 51⁄2 furlongs FRIDAY, AUG. 11

$150,000 Fleet Treat Stakes Tree-Year-Old Fillies 7 furlongs

$150,000 Solana Beach Stakes Tree-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies and Mares 11⁄16 miles (Turf) WEDNESDAY, AUG. 30

$100,000 Generous Portion Stakes Two-Year-Old Fillies 6 furlongs

Stakes & Sales Dates JULY/AUGUST

2017 REGIONAL STAKES RACES

AUGUST

JULY

Date 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 15 19 21 22 22 22 23 23 26 28 29 29 30 30 2 4 5 5 6 6 6 11 12 12 13 13 16 18 19 19 19 20 23 25 26 26 27 30

Track SA SA OTP SA SA SA SA OTP LA LA OTP LA Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Sac Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr SR Dmr Dmr SR Dmr SR Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr

Stakes (Grade)

Conditions

Distance

Added Value

San Carlos Stakes (Gr. II) Wilshire Stakes (Gr. III) Juan Gonzalez Memorial Stakes Santa Anita Juvenile Landaluce Stakes American Stakes (Gr. III) Lennyfromalibu Stakes Oak Tree Sprint Great Lady M. Stakes (Gr. II) Bertrando Stakes Everett Nevin Stakes Los Alamitos Derby (Gr. III) Oceanside Stakes Osunitas Stakes San Diego Handicap (Gr. II) Eddie Read Stakes (Gr. II) Governor’s Handicap San Clemente Handicap (Gr. II) Wickerr Stakes Cougar II Handicap (Gr. III) Real Good Deal Stakes Bing Crosby Stakes (Gr. I) California Dreamin’ Stakes Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (Gr. I) Fleet Treat Stakes CTBA Stakes Daisycutter Handicap Yellow Ribbon Handicap (Gr. II) Sorrento Stakes (Gr. II) La Jolla Handicap (Gr. III) Graduation Stakes Robert Dupret Derby Solana Beach Stakes Best Pal Stakes (Gr. II) Joseph T. Grace Handicap Rancho Bernardo Handicap (Gr. III) Jess Jackson Juvenile Stakes CTT & TOC Handicap Green Flash 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 Tranquility Lake Stakes Pat O’Brien Stakes (Gr. II) Shared Belief Stakes Torrey Pines Stakes (Gr. III) Generous Portion Stakes

3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up, f. & m.

2-y-o f.

2-y-o 2-y-o f.

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

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

3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up, f. & m.

3-y-o f.

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

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

3-y-o & up, f. & m.

2-y-o f.

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

2-y-o 3-y-o & up, f. & m.

3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o f.

3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up, f. & m.

3-y-o & up 3-y-o 3-y-o f.

2-y-o f., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired

7 f.

1 m. (T) 51⁄2 f.

51⁄2 f.

51⁄2 f.

1 m. (T) abt. 61⁄2 f. (T) 6 f.

61⁄2 f.

1 m.

51⁄2 f.

11⁄8 m.

1 m. (T) 11⁄16 m. (T) 11⁄16 m.

11⁄8 m. (T) 6 f.

1 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 11⁄2 m.

7 f.

6 f.

11⁄16 m. (T) 11⁄16 m.

7 f.

51⁄2 f.

5 f. (T) 11⁄16 m. (T) 61⁄2 f.

11⁄16 m. (T) 51⁄2 f.

11⁄16 m. (T) 11⁄16 m. (T) 61⁄2 f.

11⁄16 m. (T) 61⁄2 f.

6 f.

13⁄8 m. (T) 5 f. (T) 11⁄4 m.

11⁄8 m. (T) 13⁄8 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 1 m.

1 m.

7 f.

1 m.

1 m.

6 f.

$250,000 $100,000 $50,000 $125,000 $125,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $200,000 $100,000 $100,000 $200,000 $100,000 $75,000 $200,000 $250,000 $50,000 $200,000 $75,000 $100,000 $150,000 $300,000 $150,000 $300,000 $150,000 $100,000 $75,000 $200,000 $200,000 $150,000 $100,000 $50,000 $150,000 $200,000 $50,000 $100,000 $50,000 $75,000 $75,000 $1,000,000 $300,000 $250,000 $200,000 $75,000 $75,000 $200,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000

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ADVERTISERS Auburn Laboratories Inc. ........................................................5

Farmers Insurance-Sue Hubbard..........................................51

Backyard Race Horse.............................................................51

Foal to Yearling Halters-Lillian Nichols ................................51

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Gayle Van Leer Thoroughbred Services ..............................51

Bella Equine-Amanda Navarro.............................................51

H&E Ranch .............................................................................23

BG Thoroughbred Farm........................................................13

Harris Farms ......................................................................... IFC

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

KH Thoroughbreds ................................................................50

Cardiff, Suzanne, Pedigree Research ...................................51

Laurel Fowler Insurance Broker Inc ......................................51

Cole Ranch .........................................................................7, 50

Ledda Horse Transport..........................................................52

CTBA 2017 Northern California Yearling Sale....................19

Barton Thoroughbreds..........................................................27

CTBA Membership................................................................36

NTRA /John Deere ................................................................33

Daehling Ranch......................................................................51

Robins Ranches-Nor Cal Horse Property Specialist ..........50

Dickson Podley Realtors (Jeannie Garr Roddy)...................51

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

E.A. Ranches ............................................................................9

West Coast Racing Colors/June Gee ..................................50

Equineline.com ......................................................................31

www.horselawyers.com .........................................................51

STALLIONS Affrmative ..............................................................................13

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

Bluegrass Cat .................................................................... OBC

King of Jazz ............................................................................13

Bodemeister...........................................................................23

Lakerville............................................................................... IFC

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

Metaboss.............................................................................. IFC

Calimonco ......................................................................... OBC

Mineshaft................................................................................23

Capital Account .....................................................................13 Champ Pegasus............................................................27 Clubhouse Ride ................................................................... IFC Daddy Nose Best...................................................................13 Desert Code......................................................................... IFC Dixie Chatter ..................................................................... OBC

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Ministers Wild Cat ...................................................................3 Misremembered ....................................................................13 Old Topper...............................................................................3 Proud Tower Too....................................................................13 Shanghai Bobby.....................................................................23

Eddington ......................................................................... OBC

Smiling Tiger........................................................................ IFC

Fighting Hussar......................................................................13

Tamarando ........................................................................... IFC

Hidden Blessing.....................................................................11

Tiz A Minister .........................................................................13

James Street ..........................................................................11

Tizbud................................................................................... IFC

Jeranimo............................................................................... IFC

Unusual Heatwave .................................................................13

CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED

❙ July 2017 ❙ www.ctba.com

At BALLENA VISTA FARM, we pride ourselves on providing superior care not only for mares and foals but for horses of all ages. Whether your horses require breeding services and foaling out, breaking and training, layup and rehabilitation or sales preparation and consignment, BALLENA VISTA FARM ofers everything they need for success: A staf with more than 100 years of hands-on Thoroughbred involvement led by Manuel Ochoa provides unparalleled experience and horsemanship.

Our 220-acre facility, less than an hour from Del Mar, features grass pastures, individual paddocks and covered pens as well as a state-of-the-art breeding complex, 24-hour watch during foaling season, ● a 38-stall barn with automatic fy control system, ● a quarter-mile training track with starting gate, ● an indoor European Claydon Exerciser and ● four-board wood fencing and V-mesh wire for safety. ● ●

Call today for an appointment to visit California’s finest full-service facility.

Standing: BLUEGRASS CAT ● CALIMONCO ● DIXIE CHATTER ● EDDINGTON