California Thoroughbred Magazine February 2018 by CTBA

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RYE WINS UNUSUAL HEAT TURF CLASSIC PRESENTED BY CITY NATIONAL BANK

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From the EXECUTIVE CORNER ROBYN BLACK CTBA LOBBYIST

A BOLDER PATH FORWARD

n his 16th – and fnal – State of the State address on Jan. 25, Governor Jerry Brown called on legislators, stating the “bolder path is still our way forward.” In his 31-minute speech to a joint session of the legislature, he looked back on his many accomplishments and made clear there is much work to be done. He reminded the body that his most signifcant accomplishments were often only achieved with bi-partisan support – a reminder to us all that we must be bold and work with all gaming stakeholders on this path forward. In some four months the United States Supreme Court will rule on New Jersey’s federal Professional and Amateur Sports Betting Protection Act (PASPA) appeal. Many expect the high court to concur with the petitioners, which could open the door for other states to pass authorizing legislation. Should that occur, expect everyone to rush to the legislature to protect and or expand their piece of the potential sports-betting pie. Also in the next four months, racing will come into focus for many who often forget the sport once the Triple Crown runs its course. It’s time for us to be bold. Tere are 34 members on the Governmental Organization Committee, which oversees gaming. We need to get them next to a horse, and we need to remind

them of the importance of breeding and racing. We need to stay out front and remind them racing is sports wagering. Tey must stand with racing if they want it to continue in California. We have several new legislators on the policy committee (in part due to the fallout from sexual harassment scandals). We need to educate them. Te men and women represented by the racing unions will be very important in making sure any new legislation protects the interests of the brick-and-mortar establishments where they work and expands their opportunities. Te dedicated people who work on California’s Toroughbred farms need to be heard. We must work together to protect our future. Tribal casinos and cardrooms will certainly be at the table, and, as of now, they will likely disagree on who could ofer sports wagering, at least in California. Currently, these two gaming interests are battling over what the tribes view as illegal house banking by cardrooms, something strictly prohibited by Proposition 1A. Tis battle will certainly spill over to any sports wagering. High-tech companies might fght for inclusion, and professional and college sports will also advocate for their interests. We need to work now to build a coalition of like-minded interests and begin to educate policy makers be-

fore June. Internally, we need to have serious discussion regarding how any racing piece would look. Like any good bet a horseplayer would make, we need to do our homework, study the feld, hope for a great break, and then hope for a safe trip. Te Supreme Court has a couple of months, and the outcome is by no means certain. But in the event the door opens, we need to make sure we are prepared for the possibility that California might authorize sports wagering. Te CTBA will also closely watch new bills introduced before the legislative deadline next month and advocate on behalf of breeders. Gaming is not the only issue impacting your bottom line. Animal welfare and labor issues will be watched closely as the new bills are introduced. Talk to your legislators. Remind them that California is the only major racing state that does not allow alternative gaming to supplement purses. We are a $2.5 billion industry that employs more than 50,000 people. We are agriculture, gaming, open space, and tourism. We are part of the storied history of California. Te governor’s great-grandfather, August Schuckman, sailed to America in 1849 on a ship named Perseverance. We too, will persevere with hard work, homework, knowing the feld, and a little luck.

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MINISTERS WILD CAT

OLD TOPPER

Deputy Minister - Hollywood Wildcat, By Kris S. Breeding Line Fee: $4,000 LF Leading Active Sire of California Breds by Money Won in 2017 Leading Active Sire of California Bred Two-Year-Old’s by Number of winners in 2017

Gilded Time – Shy Trick, by Phone Trick Fee: $2,500 LF

Progeny Earnings $17 Million with Average Earnings per Starter of $55,840+ 2017 Stakes performers include MR HINX ($438,548, $200,000 Echo Eddie S., Santa Anita Park, and $150,000 Real Good Deal S., Del Mar Thoroughbred Club), 2nd place fnish in the G1 Santa Anita Sprint Champion Stakes, and the Damascus Stakes Del Mar, Nov 3. Lifetime runners are led by Multiple G2 Winner DOINGHARDTIMEAGAIN ($734,304) Stakes winners TIZ A MINISTER ($481,530) TOLEDO EDDIE ($471,891) SINGING KITTY (398,478)., who sold for $750,000 in the Keeneland Nov Breeding Stock Sale.

A Perennial California Leading Sire OLD TOPPER has more than 49 stakes horses and 26 SW, led by AIN’T NO OTHER ($715,280), 15 wins, 2 to 9, 2017, TOP KISSER ($407,100), TOPPER SHOPPER ($345,476), TIE ROD ($330,220), SIERRA SWEETIE ($316,400), SHESATOPATTRACTION and stakesplaced Top This and That ($422,262) 76% starters from foals and an average of $51,343 per starter Lifetime Progeny Earnings $21.5 Million plus.

KAFWAIN BOISTEROUS Distorted Humor - Emanating, By Cox’s Ridge Breeding Line Fee: $5,000 LF

The only G1 winning millionaire Son of Two-time Champion Distorted Humor Standing in California Out of the multiple graded stakes-placed mare EMANATING ($273,030) by COX’S RIDGE. EMANATING is a half sister to NYRA Mile Handicap (G1) winner GOLD FEVER (sire) First foals will be 2-year-olds of 2018

Cherokee Run – Swazi’s Moment, by Moment of Hope Breeding Line Fee: $2,500 LF

Ranked Among the Leading Sires in California Sire of 22 Stakes Winners Lifetime average earnings per starter $46,474! Lifetime progeny earnings over $20.7 million Sire of 39 black type performers led by G1 winner and millionaire DAISY DEVINE ($1,095,892)

STANFORD TOP-CLASS SON OF MALIBU MOON WITH A TOP-CLASS SIRE’S PEDIGREE.

SECOND LEADING EARNER OF ALL TIME BY MALIBU MOON ($1,385,510) By leading sire MALIBU MOON, sire of over 100 S W’s including Orb, Devil May Care, Life At Ten, Gormley, AskTheMoon, Declan’s Moon, Carina Mia, Malibu Mint, Malibu Prayer, Eden’s Moon etc. From the immediate family of: TALE OF THE CAT (Champion 2yo sire), JOHANNESBURG (sire of SCAT DADDY), PULPIT (sire of TAPIT), ROUND TABLE (Champion sire), FED BIZ (3 time G2 winner).

1st Charles Town Classic Stakes-Gr.2, 9f., Charles Town, by 2 lengths (PICTURED). 1st Harlan’s Holiday Stakes-Gr.3, 8½f., Gulfstream Park, by 3 lengths from Gr.1 Travers Stakes winner Keen Ice. 1st Challenger Stakes-L, 8½f., Tampa Bay Downs, by 3¼ lengths, (NTR 1:41.75) 1st Long Branch Stakes-L, 8½f., Monmouth Park, by 1¼ lengths. 1st 3yo Allowance, 6f., Gulfstream, by 1½ lengths. $550,000 PURCHASE AT BARRETTS 1st Maiden, 5f., Monmouth Park, on 2yo debut, by 1½ lengths. MARCH SELECT TWO-YEAR-OLD SALE 2nd Louisiana Derby-Gr.2, 9f., Fair Grounds, btn ¼ length. “one of three horses to work an 2nd Gulfstream Park Handicap-Gr.2, 8f., Gulfstream, eighth of a mile in :9 4/5” TDN btn a head. STANFORD USES SPEED TO CAPTURE CHARLES TOWN CLASSIC

STANFORD WIRES THE HARLAN’S HOLIDAY Stanford (Malibu Moon) may have stamped his ticket to the $12-million GI Pegasus World Cup Jan. 28 with a decisive gate-to-wire victory in Gulfstream’s GIII Harlan’s Holiday Stakes ... ticked off comfortable opening fractions of :24.61, :48.94 and 1:12.46 under a motionless John Velazquez. Showing the way into the lane, the bay readily responded when asked for more by his Hall of Fame pilot, skipping away from his rivals to win by three lengths.

Charles Town, W.Va. – Trainer Todd Pletcher said earlier in the week he thought Stanford was a good ft for the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic because of his tactical speed ... Stanford rolled to the lead under Javier Castellano at the outset of the $1.25 million Classic and was never headed ... was able to open a clear lead entering the stretch and ultimately scored by two lengths.

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FEBRUARY 2018 VOLUME 144

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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. Publication of any material originating herein is expressly forbidden without frst obtaining written permission from California Thoroughbred. All advertising copy is submitted subject to approval. We reserve the right to reject any copy that is misleading or that does not meet with the standards set by the publication. 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. OFFICERS CHAIRPERSON PETE PARRELLA PRESIDENT DOUG BURGE

Contents

FEATURES

20 SUNSHINE MILLIONS/ CALIFORNIA CUP

Rye captured the Unusual Heat Turf Classic Presented by City National Bank, one of four stakes for California-breds on the Jan. 27 Sunshine Millions/California Cup Day at Santa Anita.

VICE CHAIRPERSON TERRY C. LOVINGIER TREASURER TIM COHEN

DIRECTORS John C. Harris, Leigh Ann Howard, John H. Barr, Kate Barton, Gloria Haley, Pete Parrella, Sue Greene, Donald J. Valpredo, Terry C. Lovingier, Tim Cohen, George F. Schmitt, Edward Freeman

40 Riverside County Stallion Tour

48 Golden Gate Announcer Matt Dinerman

A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F CONTROLLER THOMAS R. RETCHLESS

54 Barretts January Sale © BENOIT PHOTO

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

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14 CTBA News

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16 CTBA Calendar

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18 California Toroughbred Foundation 62 Winners 74 Leading Breeders in California 76 Lists of Leading Sires in California 86 Stakes/Sales Calendar 90 Classifed Advertising

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1 From the Executive Corner

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ON THE COVER

RACETRACK LIAISON SCOTT HENRY

ARTIST DAVID YOUNG

36 CTBA Trainer of the Year: Jef Bonde

44 Cal-bred Caretaker Amir Cedeno

SECRETARY KATE BARTON

ART DIRECTOR CATHERINE NICHOLS

32 Interview with Frank Stronach

CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED

COMING NEXT MONTH! California-bred Champions of 2017

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GRAZEN

Benchmark - Hazen, by Rubiano 2018 FEE: $5,000 LIVE FOAL

2017 Leading California Sire in Stakes Wins 2017 Leading Sire in California by Average Earnings Per Starter

©Lisa Allen Sire of 2017 Graded SW ENOLA GRAY (7 wins, 2017, $573,100) won $100,000 Wilshire S.-G3 at Santa Anita, $200,000 Melair S., $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S., $100,000 Irish O’Brien S. and $100,000 California Distaff, all at Santa Anita and $150,000 Fleet Treat S. at Del Mar. Also SW/Multiple SP GRAZEN SKY ($439,686) won $100,000 Silky Sullivan S. at Santa Anita, 2nd $200,000 Echo Eddie S. , Del Mar’s $100,000 Cary Grant S. , Santa Anita’s $100,000 Tiznow S., 3rd $100,000 Los Angeles S.-G3, etc.; $100,000 California Distaff H. winner BARBARA BEATRICE ($308,534); TOUGH IT OUT ($292,176, Echo Eddie S.), plus two-time $200,000 SW S Y SKY ($278,240) won in her racing debut the $200,000 Evening Jewel S. Siring 70% winners/starters, GRAZEN ’s runners average $79,308 in earnings, over 22 times his fee. GRADED STAKES WINNER BY LEADING SIRE BENCHMARK GRAZEN set all the fractions to win Hollywood’s $100,000 Grade 3 Affrmed H. by 2. lengths posting a 103 Beyer over Grade 1 Santa Anita H. winner MISREMEMBERED. He won Del Mar’s $100,000 Listed El Cajon S. beating Grade 1-pl, Grade 2 SW CHOCOLATE CANDY GRAZEN broke his maiden in the NTRA Stakes setting fractions of :21.98, 1:07.76 and 1:13.89 in 6 ½ f, posting a Triple Digit Beyer over Grade 1 SW M ONE RIFLE.

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NewsBits LONG HOT SUMMER SELLS FOR $260,000

CURRENT CALIFORNIA

SIRES OF STAKES WINNERS

California-bred Long Hot Summer, a multiple stakes winner, sold for $260,000 Jan. 9 at Keeneland. Shadai Farm bought the 6-yearold daughter of Street Boss—Hotlantic, by Stormy Atlantic, from the consignment of Ashview Farm. John Harris’ Harris Farms and Donald Valpredo bred Long Hot Summer, who is a half sister to stakes winner and Cal-bred champion Pacifc Heat. Mike Mitchell and Phil D’Amato trained her for owners Anthony Fanticola and Joseph Scardino. Mitchell had purchased her for $260,000 out of the 2014 Barretts May 2-year-old sale. Long Hot Summer won six of 19 starts, with two seconds and two thirds, for earnings of $424,539. At 2 in 2014, she won the Generous Portion Stakes, and she also captured the 2017 Daisycutter Handicap. Her stakes-placings include the 2015 Senorita Stakes (G3T), 2016 Daisycutter, and 2017 California Distaf Handicap.

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SWs

OF RACING AGE

PEE WEE REESE WINS SANTA ANITA’S JOE HERNANDEZ

UNUSUAL HEAT (1990) †

820

TRIBAL RULE (1996) †

780

BLUEGRASS CAT (2003)

939

STORMIN FEVER (1994) †

820

SWISS YODELER (1994) ¥

806

GAME PLAN (1993) †

455

OLD TOPPER (1995)

568

SEA OF SECRETS (1995) †

511

KAFWAIN (2000)

676

MINISTERS WILD CAT (2000)

454

ROCKY BAR (1998)

181

DECARCHY (1997) †

415

ATTICUS (1992)

510

COMIC STRIP (1995)

360

† 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. © BENOIT PHOTO

On New Year’s Day, Pee Wee Reese started 2018 of right for California-breds with a sharp victory in the $98,375 Joe Hernandez Stakes at Santa Anita. Slated down the hillside turf course, the Hernandez attracted a feld of 10, with fellow Cal-bred Richard’s Boy favored and Pee Wee Reese the second choice. Jockey Joe Talamo piloted Nick Alexander’s homebred for trainer Phil D’Amato. Pee Wee Reese took the lead early and clicked of quick fractions of :21.96 and :44.64. He led at every call, eventually beating Pee Wee Reese wins Joe Hernandez Stakes Next Shares by 2 3⁄4 on New Year’s Day lengths in 1:12.37 1 for about 6 ⁄2 furlongs. Richard’s Boy fnished third. “I know we went :44, but it felt like :46,” said Talamo. “He’s got incredible speed, and he has the ability to relax and fnish.” Alexander bred the Unbridled’s Song mare Bluegrass Belle to Tribal Rule to get Pee Wee Reese, now a 5-year-old horse. Tribal Rule and Bluegrass Belle are both deceased, and Alexander said that hopefully Pee Wee Reese will “be a stallion for us.”

FOALS

STALLION

QUALIFYING CLAIMING LEVELS The following claiming levels for California owners premiums and stallion awards are currently in effect: SANTA ANITA PARK / $40,000 GOLDEN GATE FIELDS / $20,000

CASTING A GOOD SPELL ON CALIFORNIA IN 2018 Since Winning the Santa Anita H.-G1 SHAMAN GHOST Loves CaliforniaÃ&#x2030;

GHOST

Winner of fve Graded stakes, including the Woodward S.-G1

G H O ST Z A P P E R - G ET B ACK T I M E, by G I LD E D T I M E $10,000 LFSN SN

Multiple p Grade 1 SW

Earnings of $3.8 Million Miilliion By GHOSTZAPPER Champiion 3YO Champion Triple Digit Diigit Beyers Up to 112 GSWs Dirt & Synthetic Synthetiic

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NewsBits PREMIER THOROUGHBREDS RECEIVES MCMAHON AWARD

THIS MONTH IN

Phil Lebherz’ Premier Toroughbreds of San Mateo, Calif., received the second annual McMahon Award, given by Barretts Equine Sales to the breeder of the leading money-winning California-bred 2-year-old sold at public auction. Premier bred and raised Spiced Perfection, who earned $167,280. Sue Greene’s Woodbridge Farm consigned Spiced Perfection to the 2016 Barretts fall sale. John Brocklebank, as agent, bought the flly for $6,500. Checkmate Toroughbreds ofered her at the McMahon Award winner 2017 Barretts March 2-yearPhil Lebherz old sale, and trainer Brian Koriner, as agent for Dare To Dream Stable, purchased her for $50,000. A daughter of Smiling Tiger—Perfect Feat, by Pleasantly Perfect, Spiced Perfection broke her maiden last July and captured the Generous Portion Stakes, both at Del Mar. She also fnished second in the Golden State Juvenile Fillies Stakes at Del Mar and the Soviet Problem Stakes at Los Alamitos. Te McMahon Award is named for Gerald McMahon, Barretts’ co-founder and former president, who is a strong believer in the need for a commercial marketplace, as well as the promotion of those sellers who produce top runners.

Cal-bred Golden Doc A becomes Unusual Heat’s frst grade 1 winner with her victory in the Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita

10 YEARS AGO

California-bred superstar California Chrome was represented by his frst foal when millionaire Pay the Man produced a colt by the stallion Jan. 21 at Calumet Farm near Lexington, Ky. Te mare, a daughter of Bernstein, is the leading Ohio-bred distafer California Chrome’s frst foal is a colt by earnings, with $1,058,511. Standing for $40,000 at Taylor Made Stallions in Kentucky, California Chrome is the all-time leading California-bred runner, having earned $14,752,650. He is a two-time national and Cal-bred Horse of the Year. Perry Martin and Steve Coburn bred California Chrome, a son of Lucky Pulpit—Love the Chase, by Not For Love.

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HISTORY

GOLDEN DOC A, in winning the Las Virgenes Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Feb. 9, 2008, became Unusual Heat’s frst grade 1 winner. That accomplishment signaled just what a powerhouse stallion Unusual Heat would become for California. It was also the frst grade 1 for owner Ron McCauley, who had purchased Golden Doc A from owners Madeline Auerbach and Barry and David Abrams. David bred Golden Doc A in California from the Crested Wave mare Penpont, and Barry trained her. Madeline and her son Harris were the driving forces behind Unusual Heat’s stud career. Rafael Bejarano rode 8-5 favorite Golden Doc A to her length victory over Lovely Isle in the Las Virgenes, with the Calbred getting the mile distance in 1:35.86.

25 YEARS AGO California-bred SOUTHERN TRUCE upset champion Paseana in the $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (G1) at Santa Anita Feb. 28, 1993. “This is as great as anything I’ve experienced in racing,” said Roger Stein, who trained Southern Truce for Peggy Johnson’s Regal Rose Stable. Corey Nakatani

piloted Southern Truce to a head victory over Chris McCarron and Paseana, the Cal-bred completing 11⁄8 miles in 1:49.46. Mr. and Mrs. Van Rose bred Southern Truce, a 5-year-old daughter of Truce Maker—Chief’s Beauty, by Chieftain. Southern Truce eventually won 19 of 50 starts for earnings of $867,578.

50 YEARS AGO February 1968 proved an excellent month for California-breds at Santa Anita. The run of good luck actually began Jan. 30, when TIME TO LEAVE won the Pasadena Stakes. Two days later SHARP DECLINE followed with the El Monte Handicap. SHARP CURVE captured the Feb. 9 Santa Paula Handicap, and KINGS FAVOR won the Feb. 12 San Pasqual Handicap. But MOST HOST scored the biggest win when he took the $100,000 Charles H. Strub Stakes Feb. 10 because he defeated Damascus, the previous season’s Horse of the Year, by a head. Bill Harmatz rode Most Host for trainer Gene Cleveland. J.T. Jones bred Most Host, a son of My Host—Alga, by Foubourg, and the 4-year-old colt raced for Mrs. Frank C. Bishop and Mrs. Jack Robbins.

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NewsBits THE JOCKEY CLUB ADDS AFTERCARE FEE STALLION

NEWS

Multiple grade 1 winner Shaman Ghost will enter stud at Tom and Debi Stull’s Tommy Town Thoroughbreds in Santa Ynez. His stud fee will be $10,000, with special consideration for young stakes-winning mares at a reduced stud fee of $7,500. Frank Stronach is bringShaman Ghost ing Shaman Ghost to California as part of his commitment to racing and breeding in the state. (For an interview with Stronach, see page 32 of this issue.) A son of Ghostzapper—Getback Time, by Gilded Time, Shaman Ghost won the 2017 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) en route to earnings of $3,859,311. He was named champion Canadian 3-year-old male of 2015, the year he won the classic Queen’s Plate. Shaman Ghost also won the 2015 Marine Stakes (G3), 2016 Woodward Stakes (G1) and Brooklyn Invitational Stakes (G2), and the 2017 Pimlico Special (G3). “We as a family need to demonstrate California racing is very important for the state of California,” Stronach said. “The racehorse industry is a very benefcial economically for the state of California.”

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■ Shaman Ghost to Tommy Town

Beginning with the 2018 breeding season, The Jockey Club has added a $35 fee for each mare reported bred by a stallion on the annual Report of Mares Bred form. The fee will supplement the industry support already provided by The Jockey Club for Thoroughbred aftercare initiatives, including the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA), Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA), and Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.). In coordination with The Jockey Club of Canada, funds raised from Canadian customers of The Jockey Club will be directed to Canadian Thoroughbred aftercare organizations to supplement their efforts. Likewise, funds from Puerto Rico will be dedicated to support Thoroughbreds there.

RUBINSTEIN NAMED DEL MAR PRESIDENT Josh Rubinstein in January was named president of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Rubinstein, 48, has served as a Del Mar executive since 1997 and had most recently been executive vice president and chief operating offcer. Joe Harper, the DMTC president and chief executive offcer since 1990, is continuing as CEO but has relinquished the title of president. Rubinstein serves on the Equibase Management Committee, as a director and secretary of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, and as a board member of the California Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Foundation and Southern California Off-Track Wagering Association. He is also a part of California’s stabling and vanning committee and the Thoroughbred Business League.

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KATHBALLU wins the $125,000 Spring Fever S at OP

BLUEGRASS FLAG wins the $100,000 Cicada S at AQU

The Leading Sire in California & the West Coast, by Number of Winners, Repeat Winners and Overall Earnings in 2017 Sire of 2017 Stakes winners; Kathballu – won the $125,000 Spring Fever Stakes at Oaklawn Park over 5½f Bonita – won the $75,000 Wasted Tears Stakes at Gulfstream Park over 1 1/16th miles Bluegrass Flag - won the $100,000 Cicada Stakes over 6f at Aqueduct From only 8 crops of Racing Age: Progeny earnings of $40,266,811 Including Global earnings of $5,303,164 in 2017 Speed Gene Test Result: C:T (Middle) Racing Statistics through 12/31/17

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NewsBits IN

Memoriam

Jack Van Berg

COADY PHOTOGRAPHY

Jack Van Berg, the Hall of Fame trainer who saddled 6,523 career winners, including 1988 Horse of the Year Alysheba, died Dec. 27 in Hot Springs, Ark., of cancer. He was 81. The man who almost single-handedly created the concept of a national trainer, with divisions at several tracks simultaneously, Van Berg based in Southern California for many years. During that time, he trained Alysheba, winner of the 1987 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1), as well as the 1988 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). In California, Alysheba won the 1988 Santa Anita Handicap (G1), Charles H. Strub Stakes (G1), and San Bernardino Handicap (G2). Van Berg also trained Gate Dancer in California, a colt famous for his erratic racing style that led to Van Berg’s outftting him in earmuffs. Gate Dancer won the 1984 Preakness. Vilzak was among the California-breds Van Berg trained.

The son of Green Dancer—Zippy Do, by Hilarious, won the 1987 Hollywood Turf Cup Invitational Handicap (G1T). Van Berg also trained Cal-bred graded winner French Seventyfve and Cal-bred stakes winner Wheatly Special. A son of Hall of Fame trainer Marion Van Berg, Jack traveled extensively during the 1970s, as he juggled the many divisions of his national stable. He mentored such trainers as Bill Mott, Frankie Brothers, and Loren Rettele. If he hadn’t trained horses, Jack Van Berg might have auctioned them for a living. He put his distinctive auctioneering style to good use for numerous charitable causes, including art auctions hosted by CTBA Sales. Scheduled around the annual Del Mar yearling sale, the art auctions drew many people, and Jack cajoled and sometimes teased them into bidding substantial sums for charity. Earlier in his career Van Berg had been by far the leading trainer at Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha, Neb., for nearly 20 years. He became the frst trainer to win 5,000 races, getting that victory at Arlington Park in Chicago. Van Berg’s survivors include his son, Tom, a trainer, and daughters, Tori, Tammy, and Traci. Another son, trainer Tim Van Berg, predeceased his father.

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CALIMONCO

Pedigree Performance Legacy l

By Sire-of-Sires STORM CAT, out of Broodmare of the Year SWEET LIFE Full Brother to Grade I Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Champion SWEET CATOMINE and Grade I Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic Champion LIFE IS SWEET Stakes-Winning Miler at Santa Anita and Del Mar Sire of Stakes Placed My California and of 2017 Maiden Special Weight winners General Interest (Del Mar) & Burnt Cognac (Santa Anita) Has a strike rate of 36% winners to runners in 2017 Speed Gene Test Result: C:T (Middle) Racing Statistics as of 12/31/17

2018 Stud Fee: $1,500 Live Foal Storm Cat - Sweet Life, by Kris S. Property of Ballena Vista Farm and Mr. & Mrs. Martin J. Wygod

Farm Manager: Miguel Jimenez

Nominated to the Breeders’ Cup

Inquiries to: Jeanne Davis

CTBA working for you

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.

Cal-bred Champions to Be Celebrated Te California-bred champions of 2017 will be honored at the CTBA Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner. Te activities will be held Feb. 12 in the Chandelier Room at Santa Anita. In addition, Brad McKinzie and Unusual Heat will be inducted into the CTBA’s Hall of Fame. Te business meeting will begin at 4 p.m., followed by a cocktail reception at 5 p.m. and the awards dinner at 6 p.m. Te dinner will include the awards for California’s leading sires and breeder of the year, the 2017 Trainer of the Year, Broodmare of the Year, and Horse of the Year. For reservations, contact Christy Chapman at 626-445-7800 x 247 or christy@ctba.com.

SPOTLIGHTING FOALS OF 2018 With foaling season upon us, now is the time to spotlight your foals in California Thoroughbred. The April through August issues will feature Thoroughbreds foaled in California, with advertorials consisting of six to eight photos of foals per page. The cost to publish a full-page insertion will be discounted to $500. This represents a saving of more than 50% off the regular full-page advertisement price. Insertions should include a caption with each foal’s sire, dam, broodmare sire, sex, date of birth, and breeders, as well as the details, including a logo, of their farm location. Photos need to be submitted by the following deadlines: March 5 (April issue), April 2 (May issue), May 7 (June issue), June 4 (July issue), and July 2 (August issue). For additional information please contact the magazine’s Advertising Manager, Loretta Veiga, at Loretta@ctba.com or at 626-445-7800, ext. 227. Additionally, photos can be submitted to Ken Gurnick at kgurnick@ctba.com for free inclusion on the CTBA’s website.

CTBA AGAIN HAS BOOTH AT AG DAY

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California Agricultural Day (Ag Day) at the California Capitol will be held Tuesday, March 20, and, as it has for several years, the California Toroughbred Breeders Association will again have a presence. Te CTBA will represent breeders and ofer information to legislators on the vital role the Toroughbred industry plays in the state’s agricultural economy. CTBA event coordinator Christy Chapman will be in attendance at the CTBA booth, along with several CTBA Board Members, to promote the sport and educate visitors on general horse facts and Toroughbred racing and breeding in California. Te day is held in conjunction with National Agricultural Day as a way to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture. For more information on California’s Ag Day, check out http:// www.cdfa.ca.gov/agday/ on the Internet.

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CTBA MEMBERS Josephine Goldberg Laguna Niguel, CA Paul and Lori Heist Auburn, WA Gilbert Medina Alta Loma, CA Rich Manoogian Corte Madera, CA Gino Roncelli Arcadia, CA

CTBA DATES TO REMEMBER Thursday, Feb. 1 Names for foals of 2016 must be claimed. After Feb. 1, a naming fee of $100 will apply.

Northern Sale Slated for Aug. 14 The CTBA Sales Northern California Yearling & Horses of Racing Age Sale is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 14. It will be held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Entries will close June 4. For further information, contact Cookie Hackworth at 800-573-2822 x 243 or Cookie@ctba.com.

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Thursday, Feb. 15 Annual registration of stallions is due at a fee of $1,250. Deadline to nominate California-bred/California-sired 2-year-olds (foals of 2016) to the Golden State Series; $300 fee applies.

DIXIE CHATTER

Grade 1 Winner from Classic Sire Line

Sire of Stakes winner FOREST CHATTER - earning $269,545 Sire of YOY ME who won the Gene Fleming Breeders’ Derby at Turf Paradise Progeny earnings of $613,388 in 2017 Has a strike rate of 40% winners to runners in 2017 Second Highest Weight Colt or Gelding on the Experimental Free Handicap as a Two-year-old Versatility – Progeny have Won on Dirt and Turf, over Distances from 5 Furlongs to 1 1/16 Miles Speed Gene Test Result: C:T (Middle) Racing Statistics as of 12/31/17

2018 Stud Fee: $2,500 Live Foal

Dixie Union - Mini Chat, by Deputy Minister Property of Ballena Vista Farm, River Edge Operating LLC, and H S Stable LLC

Farm Manager: Miguel Jimenez

Nominated to the Breeders’ Cup

Inquiries to: Jeanne Davis

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

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CTBA Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner Chandelier Room Santa Anita

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$100,000 Spring Fever Stakes Santa Anita

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Stallion registration deadline

$200,000 California Cup Derby

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EDDINGTON

Grade 1 Millionaire and Grade 1 Sire

Sire of Multiple Grade I Winner SECRET CIRCLE, an undefeated Two-year-old, a Two-time Breeders’ Cup Champion and 2015 Golden Shaheen victor who finished among the Top Three in 15 of 16 Starts, earning $3,670,790 Sire of Stakes Winners JOYA REAL (on turf) and JERSEY BLUES (on dirt) Sire of 2017 Stakes performer - Culp’s Hill Progeny have Lifetime Earnings of $20,866,976 Has a strike rate of 45% winners to runners in 2017 Speed Gene Test Result: C:T (Middle) Racing Statistics as of 12/31/17

2018 Stud Fee: $3,500 Live Foal Unbridled - Fashion Star, by Chief’s Crown Property of Ballena Vista Farm

Farm Manager: Miguel Jimenez

Nominated to the Breeders’ Cup

Inquiries to: Jeanne Davis

CTFoundation OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES PRESIDENT

Mrs. Ada Gates Patton VICE-PRESIDENT

Gail Gregson TREASURER

James Murphy SECRETARY

Jane Goldstein, Secretary Mrs. Jeanne L. Canty, Ex Offcio President Jeff Blea, DVM Tracy Gantz Thomas S. Robbins John W. Sadler Noreen Sullivan Peter W. Tunney Warren Williamson Amy J. Zimmerman

Coming Up Roses Racehorses aren’t the only equine athletes that can successfully return from serious injury. In her position as the annual hoof inspector for the horses in the Pasadena Rose Parade, California Toroughbred Foundation President Ada Gates Patton learned the story of Rusty, one of the Belgian-Quarter Horses that pulled the Wells Fargo Stagecoach. As reported in Fran Jurga’s Te Hoof Blog (www.hoofblog.com), three years ago in David Helmuth, Rusty, Ada Gates Patton Georgia, Rusty sufered a splint-bone fracture in a front leg after being kicked by another horse in a pasture. Te next day Rusty’s leg was very swollen, and his owner, David Helmuth, contacted his local veterinarian, who referred them to the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Te injury had quickly become infected, and Rusty became very lame. He had to be given antibiotics intravenously and then undergo general anesthesia so that a team of surgeons could operate and remove the infected bone. Te horse recovered completely, and he was one of the lead horses to pull the stagecoach in the 2018 parade in Pasadena. Te University of Georgia Bulldogs had a good day too, defeating Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl.

Te California Toroughbred Foundation Te California Toroughbred Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of equine research and education. Since 1958 the Foundation has operated as a non-proft 501(c)3 corporation that can accept tax-deductible contributions. For more than fve decades the CTF has sponsored numerous research and educational projects and awarded scholarships to veterinary students at U.C. Davis and Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona. Te Foundation maintains the Carleton F. Burke Memorial Library, one of the most extensive collections of equine literature found anywhere. Several generous donations of book collections and artwork form the core of the Library, which is housed in the CTBA ofces in Arcadia. Among its 10,000 volumes are current veterinary publications, turf histories, sales catalogs, and books spanning a wide range of subjects from equine nutrition and care to fne arts. Te latest instructional videos also are available for viewing in the Library. Te resources of the CTF’s Carleton F. Burke Memorial Library are available to the public for research and pleasure.

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. JOSEPH A. DUFFEL John Harris

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2018

FINNEGANS WAKE

Grade 1 Winner of the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at 1 1/8 Miles

Multiple Graded Stakes Winner at 1 1/8 Miles, 1 1/4 Miles and 1 1/2 Miles Winner of 3 consecutive Grade 2’s in California – Hollywood Turf Cup, San Gabriel and San Marcos Won 8 of his 37 races (31 of which were Graded Stakes), Won or Placed in 12 Graded Stakes Races Ultra Tough & Consistent - Raced from 2 to 7, and Retired Incredibly Sound, Winner of almost $1.6 Million 2018 Stud Fee: $3,500 Live Foal Powerscourt (GB) - Boat’s Ghost, by Silver Ghost Property of Rockingham Ranch

Farm Manager: Miguel Jimenez

Inquiries to: Jeanne Davis

UNUSUAL HEAT TURF CLASSIC PRESENTED BY CITY NATIONAL BANK

RYE

RYESING TO THE OCCASION

oe Morey Jr. and the late William J. Mo rey Jr. once named a homebred Somekinda relation to point out that they weren’t related—at least not that they knew.

BY TRACY GANTZ

William Morey trained for Joe Morey nearly 40 years until the Rye, outside, lunges to pass the leaders and post a head victory in Cal Cup Day’s main event trainer died in 2015. William Mo rey’s son, Billy, has also trained for Joe for a shot at the big one.” that the horse has a good late kick. Tey many years. Together they won the biggest Te “big one” was the 11⁄8mile Unusual had to come wide on the second turn, but race of the Jan. 27 California Cup program Heat Turf Classic Presented by City Na Rye strove hard to catch the leaders. at Santa Anita — the $200,345 Unusual tional Bank. Nine lined up, with Rye sent Rye pulled even with Camino Del Parai Heat Turf Classic Presented by City Na of as the 21 favorite. His rivals included so and Accountability right at the wire, and Calbred champion Smokey Image, stakes it took a photo to separate them. Rye de tional Bank — with Californiabred Rye. Unlike Somekindarelation, Rye didn’t winner and graded stakesplaced He Will, feated Camino Del Paraiso by a head, with hail from either Morey’s breeding program. and graded stakesplaced Camino Del the same margin between Camino Del Elena Crim’s H & E Ranch bred him from Paraiso. Paraiso and Accountability. Rye stopped Rye has traveled back and forth between the timer in 1:48.01. Phi Beta Heat, a Calbred daughter of Un usual Heat, for whom the Turf Classic was Billy Morey’s Northern and Southern Cal “Tis little guy had to show some guts renamed this year. Madeline Auerbach and ifornia strings. When in the south, he has and determination,” said Desormeaux. David Abrams bred Phi Beta Heat, a full partnered successfully with jockey Kent “He gave it his all.” sister to Calbred graded winner Majestic Desormeaux, who was back aboard. Heat. “Tis was the frst horse Rozamund Barclay bought Rye, a son of English Channel, from H & E for $30,000 that really got Kent De at the 2014 Barretts October yearling sale. sormeaux and me togeth Joe and Billy Morey claimed Rye from Bar er, a year and a half ago at clay for $20,000 at Golden Gate Fields in Del Mar,” said Billy Morey. “He rode him on opening early 2016. “He’s by English Channel out of an Un day, and he won a Calbred usual Heat mare,” said Billy. “How do you frstcondition allowance, not hope that he’s going to run well on the came from last and charged turf? And sure enough it worked. We got home. We’ve been a good lucky to get him. Last year I was patient team ever since.” Desormeaux let Rye race with him and worked him through all his conditions, and then this year we took in seventh early, knowing A happy group of Rye supporters celebrate in the Santa Anita winner’s circle 20

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Won the Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup, the King Pellinore Stakes and also Multiple Graded Stakes placed Only Stakes Winning Son of CURLIN standing in the West Hit-the-board in 11 of his 22 starts, including 5 Wins - Retired Sound Out of the Graded Stakes Winning Mare BLENDING ELEMENT (IRE) Half-brother to Graded Stakes Winner, TIZ ELEMENTAL, also Half-brother to 6 Graded/Stakes Performers Earned a ”TDN Rising Star” in his debut Maiden Win LIMITED LIFETIME BREEDING RIGHTS AVAILABLE

2018 Stud Fee: $3,500 Live Foal Curlin - Blending Element (IRE), by Great Connection Property of Williamson Racing LLC and Ballena Vista Farm

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and three, a hunch. He had some decent workouts and he’s a good-looking horse, so four or fve factors went in. Sometimes I guess right, and sometimes I guess wrong.” Sadler guessed exactly right this time. Going into the Jan. 27 Sprint at Santa Anita, Edwards Going Left had earned nearly $300,000. “We were looking for a Cal-bred,” said owner Kosta Hronis. “John’s fairly nifty at claiming horses frst time out and having luck.” Te six-furlong Sprint drew only six, primarily because of Masochistic’s presence. Now trained by Bob Bafert, Edwards Going Left turns on the jets, winning Cal Cup Sprint by six lengths Masochistic won the 2015 Triple Bend Stakes (G1) and Kona Gold Stakes (G2) and 2016 Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2). But he hadn’t raced since last May. Masochistic is one of the fastest horses around, and when the gate opened, he cruised to the lead, completing the frst quarter-mile in :22.50. Edwards Going Left had drawn the rail, and jockey Tyler AND RIGHT INTO THE WINNERÕS CIRCLE Baze scooted him right into contention with Masochistic. BY TRACY GANTZ Red Baron bred and began racing Ed“I thought I’d be three or four of, but wards Going Left with Vaya Con Suerte. I had to keep my position,” said Baze. dwards Going Left epitomiz- In the gelding’s frst start, trainer John “Tis horse just showed guts being a es the value of the breed-back Sadler swooped in and claimed him for half-length back stuck on the inside.” rule that allows a horse foaled $50,000 on behalf of Hronis Racing. Soon Edwards Going Left overtook “One, he was Cal-bred, which is good Masochistic and owned the rest of the in California by an out-ofstate sire to be registered as a Cali- to have in California,” said Sadler in ex- fractions—:45.12 for a half-mile, :56.98 plaining his reasoning. “Two, he was by for fve furlongs, and 1:09.47 at the wire. fornia-bred. Midnight Lute, who I love as a stallion, Edwards Going Left cruised home by six Jed Cohen’s Red Baron’s Barn bought lengths. B Squared fnDypsy, a multiple stakes-placed daughter ished second, followed of Broken Vow, for $60,000 at the 2013 by Tough Sunday, SolKeeneland November mixed sale. Te id Wager, Masochistic, mare was carrying Edwards Going Left and Country Road. at the time, and she produced the son of “He’s a really nice Kentucky stallion Midnight Lute the folhorse and runs a good lowing year in California. race every time,” said Red Baron bred Dypsy back to SuancSadler. “He’s been a lites, who stands at its Rancho Temescal tle unlucky in a couple in Piru. Now that Edwards Going Left of spots.” has won the $150,345 Donald Valpredo Te Sprint was EdCalifornia Cup Sprint, Harper’s Gallop, wards Going Left’s seva 2-year-old daughter of Suances, is alenth win in 11 starts, ready a half sister to a stakes winner even Don Valpredo, left, presents Cal Cup Sprint trophy to Edwards and he raised his earnGoing Left’s co-owner Kosta Hronis before she reaches the races. ings to $381,390.

DONALD VALPREDO CALIFORNIA CUP SPRINT

EDWARDS GOING LEFT

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Standing for the 2018 Breeding Season

James Street El Prado (Ire) – Alleynedale, by Unbridled, Fee: $10,000-LF Graded Stakes winner three years running. By El PRADO, a proven Sire of Sires including leading sire, KITTENS JOY and MEDAGLIA D’ORO (Sire of Preakness Stakes winner & Eclipse Horse of the year RACHEL ALEXANDRA and 2015/2016 Eclipse Award winner, SONG BIRD ($4,562,000)). First foals are two-year-olds of 2017.

Lightnin N Thunder Storm Cat-Things Change, by Stalwart, Fee: $3,000-LFG Colts Sold at Barretts March 2YO Sale for $400,000 & $120,000. He is the sire of 8 stakes winners and fve stakes-placed runners, including group I winner and two-time Korean champion BULPAE GISANG ($426,523), and Graded stakes-placed Criola Bonita ($116, 820). Former #1 Stallion from both Massachusetts and Ohio regions. Progeny have earned more than $5.4 million with average earning per starter $39,737

Hidden Blessing Orientate-Fast ‘n Fleet, by Mr. Greeley, Fee: $1,500 -LFG By champion sprinter ORIENTATE ($1,716,950). Out of Graded stakesplaced producer FAST ‘N FLEET. A half-brother to multiple graded stakesplaced Remand and Graded stakes winner KARA’S ORIENTATION. Retired from racing with a career of 7-4-10 and earnings of $178,030. First foals two-year-olds of 2017.

Wolfcamp El Prado (Ire)–Bauhauser (Arg), by Numerous, Fee: $3,000-LF Wolfcamp was on-the-board in 18 of 24 career starts with 7 victories and placed in Laurel’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend stakes beating Grade 2 Swale SW THIS ONES FOR PHIL and $400,000 Oklahoma Derby winner FIDDLERS AFLEET. Wolfcamp is by Champion 2YO EL PRADO out of Grade 3/Group 3 Stakes Winner BAUHAUSER (9 wins in 16 starts) and from the foundation sire-producing family of DAME FRITCHIE! Also standing:

I’m Lock N Load War Front–Mistical Bel, by Bel Bolide, Fee: $4,500 LF By WAR FRONT (Fee $250,000) #1 Sire in U.S. by % Stakes Winners, Graded Stakes Winners and Grade 1 Stakes Horses. 34 Stake Horses in 2017 including 5 Graded 1 Stakes Winners worldwide. Lifetime: 18 Grade 1 Winners, 37 Graded Stakes Winners, 67 Stakes Winners. Yearlings sold for up to $1.9M in 2017.

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SUNSHINE MILLIONS FILLY & MARE TURF SPRINT

HOW ABOUT ZERO

IT’S ALL PRIME IN F&M TURF SPRINT BY EMILY SHIELDS

ow About Zero won her frst stakes race in 2016 and has since been knocking at the door against all kinds of competition. She fnally got her second black-type victory with an impressive efort in the $151,035 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint Stakes. Te daughter of Square Eddie—Too Much Excess, by In Excess, has earned $343,950.

Paul and Zillah Reddam’s Reddam Racing bred and owns How About Zero, a strapping chestnut flly with a thin stripe. Tey also campaigned her dam, Too Much Excess, a $50,000 auction purchase at the 2010 Barretts March 2-year-old sale. She has produced fve foals by the Reddams’ brilliant sire Square Eddie, with all three starters being winners. How About Zero debuted in the $150,000 Generous Portion Stakes at Del Mar in 2016, fnishing second behind Miss Sunset. After also fnishing second in a maiden race, How About Zero broke her maiden in the $200,690 Golden State Juvenile Fillies Stakes. At 3, she ran second in the $200,000 California Cup Oaks on the grass, but her only win came in an allowance race down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course. She missed by a head in one-mile prep on New 24

Square Eddie’s homebred daughter How About Zero takes the Filly & Mare Turf Sprint for Paul and Zillah Reddam

about 61⁄2 furlongs. Barbara Beatrice fnished second, a nose in front of Miss Sunset in third. Recent graded stakes winner How Unusual fnished fourth in an eighthorse feld. “I had a perfect trip,” said Gutierrez. “She’s proven that she likes to run down the hill a little bit fresh. It worked perfect.” How About Zero improved her record to three wins and fve seconds in 12 starts. “I’m so proud of her,” O’Neill said. “She really deserved this win. All the credit goes to Paul and Zillah Reddam because they’ve been so patient with her, and it’s really paid of. She’s a big, good-looking Square Eddie flly that tries hard every time.” Square Eddie, a grade 1 winner at Keeneland, has produced 12 stakes winners and 70% winners from starters. His best runners include Saratoga grade 1 winner Ralis, California Cup Derby winner Ann Arbor Eddie, and another down-the-hill specialist, CTBA’s Doug Burge presents trophy to connections, jockey Mario Gutierrez and assistant trainer Leandro Mora, second right Smoove It.

Year’s Day, setting her up for the cutback in distance in the Sunshine Milllions. “She’d run really well last time she tried the hill,” trainer Doug O’Neill said of that 51⁄2-length victory. “She’s an honest flly, really sound, and I thought she equaled her best efort in this race.” In the Sunshine Millions Sprint, How About Zero and jockey Mario Gutierrez tucked in fourth early down the hill, then swung three wide to rally to the lead at the top of the stretch. She was never threatened afterward, cruising home to win by 21⁄4 lengths in 1:13.10 for the

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Heck Yeah, by California’s own champion Acclamation, stays undefeated in Turf Sprint Stakes

CALIFORNIA CUP TURF SPRINT STAKES

HECK YEAH

ECLIPSE CHAMPION SIRES FIRST STAKES WINNER BY EMILY SHIELDS

art-owner Bob Baedeker joked that Phoenix-based breeder Michael Pageler went “against all of our advice” when he sent the Maria’s Mon mare Lutess to frst-year Old English Rancho stallion Acclamation. Pageler ended up with the last laugh, as the second foal from that mating, which he and Baedeker own in partnership with Dr. Michael Sigband, Heck Yeah, won the $102,415 California Cup Turf Sprint Stakes at Santa Anita Jan. 27.

Lutess, bred by Jerry and Ann Moss, was claimed six times in her career, twice going to the barn of trainer Bob Bafert via Baedeker’s Live Your Dream Racing 28

Stable. Her racing career ended with three wins in 19 starts, but with two generations of non-winners in her immediate pedigree, she did not seem a solid broodmare prospect. Her frst foal is an unraced 4-year-old Acclamation flly, with Heck Yeah being born one year later in 2015. Baedeker had the colt shipped in to train with Bafert’s juvenile crop last year. Expectations were low that he would make the cut in such a deep stable. But Heck Yeah trained forwardly and ultimately broke his maiden by 51⁄4 lengths on the dirt in his debut at

Los Alamitos last year. A switch to turf for the Cal Cup proved no problem. “(Bafert) was confdent he’d handle the grass,” Baedeker said. After starting a step slowly, jockey Drayden Van Dyke let Heck Yeah settle in eighth early in a feld of 12, then angled out and ran down their rivals. By the time Heck Yeah hit the sixteenth pole, he was drawing away to a 21⁄2-length victory, stopping the clock in 1:13.61 for the distance of about 61⁄2 furlongs down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course. Psycho Dar fnished second, with Campaigner a head back in third. Heck Yeah became the frst stakes winner for Acclamation, the Eclipse champion older male of 2011 who earned of $1,958,048 with six grade 1 victories. Te stallion is also represented by grade 1-placed Take the One O One. Another runner, Accountability, fnished third in the Unusual Heat Turf Classic Presented by City National Bank later on the Cal Cup card. Unbeaten in two starts, Cal-bred Heck Yeah has earned $84,000. He is providing thrills for his breeder and ownership group, some of whom got involved with lower-level horses and have been rewarded with a horse of this caliber. “I’ve always liked it,” Pageler said of racing. “I’d been a fan for a long time, then fnally got a chance to know somebody who knew somebody.” He still owns Lutess, who produced a Coil colt in 2016 and a Surf Cat colt last year. She is not in foal for 2018. “I have a lot of fun,” Pageler said. Heck Yeah could make the coming season even more so.

Heck Yeah’s connections have much to acclaim from the Santa Anita winner’s circle

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GERVINHO

Unusual Heat – Foreverinthegame, by Out of Place

Grade 2-Winning Miler By Leading Sire Unusual Heat 2013 California Champion Three-Year-Old Colt

Outstanding at both Two and Three A stakes winner at 2, he was assigned one of the top ten weights on the Experimental Free Handicap ahead of Grade 1 SW’s OXBOW, ITSMYLUCKYDAY, etc. California Champion at three, he won Santa Anita’s $200,000 Grade 2 Sir Beaufort Stakes, besting Grade 1 stakes winner TOM’S TRIBUTE, and Del Mar’s $100,000 Oceanside Stakes. GERVINHO earned over $420,000 and was on-the-board in EIGHT of NINE career starts, including the $250,000 Grade 1 Hollywood Derby, the $250,000 Grade 2 Del Mar Derby and Santa Anita’s $150,000 Grade 3 Twilight Derby.

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Industry Interview

WALKING THE TALK

FRANK STRONACHÕS COMMITMENT TO CALIFORNIA

Stronach’s commitment to racing and breeding has been substantial for many years throughout the country. His eforts were recognized this year, as he was honored with the Eclipse Award of Merit, given for a lifetime of outstanding achievement in service to the Toroughbred industry. Stronach, in an interview with California Toroughbred, said he particularly wants to help keep the small-scale breeders, owners, and trainers in the industry, people he emphasized are “the backbone of racing.” In early January, Stronach toured several breeding farms and decided to stand Shaman Ghost at Debbie and Tom Stull’s Tommy Town Toroughbreds in Santa Ynez (see page 10). He said he plans to bring mares out to support the stallion, who is standing for $10,000. Stronach pointed out that Shaman Ghost (Ghostzapper— Getback Time, by Gilded Time) has never stood elsewhere and that he is coming to California right of the racetrack. Shaman Ghost earned $3,859,311, and Californians saw him win the 2017 Santa Anita Handicap (G1). Champion Canadian 3-year-old male of 2015, Shaman Ghost won that year’s Queen’s Plate. His victories also include the 2015 Ma32

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ith his announcement that he would stand Shaman Ghost in California, Frank Stronach afrmed the support that he is bringing to the California breeding industry. He wants to strengthen both the breeding and racing industries in the state to help everyone, which includes Santa Anita and Golden Gate Fields, the two California tracks owned by Te Stronach Group.

Frank Stronach, head of The Stronach Group that owns Santa Anita and Golden Gate Fields, believes small-scale breeders, owners, and trainers are the backbone of the racing industry

rine Stakes (G3), 2016 Woodward Stakes (G1), Brooklyn Invitational Stakes (G2), and 2017 Pimlico Special Handicap (G3). Stronach said he hoped Shaman Ghost

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would be only part of his support of California. “I have a huge commitment to racing,” Stronach said, “and I have a reasonably

good idea where we can improve. Te backbone of racing is the smaller owners, smaller breeders, and the smaller trainers, (what) I would consider anywhere between fve and 20 horses. “You have so many people involved, and the primary reason they get up at 4 or 5 o’clock every morning, seven days a week, is they all chase that dream of a lifetime change. Plus, they do love it. Tey have that hope, ‘Gee, if I come up with that big stake horse, I can make a better life for my kids.’ “But the problem we have in California is that maybe the fve leading trainers maybe take 70% of all the purses. Tat means the smaller trainers can’t make a living.” Stronach pointed out the difculty of small-scale breeders, owners, and trainers competing against people with large Kentucky operations who “ship some expensive 2-year-olds or yearlings back, so the little guys don’t stand a chance.”

When Santa Anita began its 2017-18 racing season, the condition book began to refect those ideas. Te frst book contained races with such restrictions as for “homebreds or horses purchased at public auction for $100,000 or less” and “trainers with 20 or less horses in their care in California.” “Te track managers must be allowed to write the condition book,” said Stronach. — Frank Stronach “Tey know what horses are stabled at the Pledging to help give everyone an op- track, and they cannot write the thing to portunity to do well in the business, please all the big owners. It’s not possiStronach noted changes he and his man- ble. Tey’ve got to make sure that smaller agement teams are making. trainers can make a living. Tat has to be “Can we create a balance?” he asked. understood.” “Can we make sure that the smaller peoStronach urged the industry to work ple will stay in the game? We have to together. write a diferent condition book. We still “I will do everything I can so that Sanneed stakes races, and we can maintain ta Anita and Golden Gate stay racing,” that. But we have to write more races so he said. “Sometimes when owners say, that the smaller trainers and the small- ‘Well, we do the most important part of er owners can make a living. We try to racing,’ I say, ‘Yes, it’s very important—it’s fnd a good balance.” great that you have horses. But racehorses would have no value if there is no racetrack.’ Racetracks are on very valuable land areas. I want to make sure that racing stays alive and that Santa Anita isn’t developed into housing, a mall, or whatever. “Tere are more horses sold for $5,000, $10,000, $20,000, $30,000 than there are for $200,000, $300,000 (or more). Occasionally, a small breeder comes up with the non-expensive mare that produces a graded racehorse. Tat’s why many small breeders stay in.” Shaman Ghost and new race conditions are two ways Stronach said he wants to help make California racing and breeding more prosperous and healthier. “We’ve got to work together and not chase away the Multiple grade 1 winner and champion Canadian classic winner Shaman Ghost will be a valuable addition to the ranks of California stallions in 2018 smaller operators,” he said.

We have to write more races so that the smaller trainers and the smaller owners can make a living. We have to fnd a good balance.”

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CTBA Trainer of the Year

A MAN WITH

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BY GENE WILLIAMS

n the fortnight before the dawning of 2017, Jef Bonde made a plan for his racing stable. He came up with a motto born of the conviction that he could make it work.

It went like this: “We will strive to get a lot out of a little.” Bonde’s take on how things went during the year: “We’re sitting here with 25 horses, and we got a lot of productivity out of that small number.” Proof of that is shown in 41 victories on the year, many by part of his solid coterie of California-bred runners, with an 18% strike rate in 228 starts and purse earnings of $1,717,832. Further proof will come on the night of Feb. 12, when the 63-year-old native Californian takes the spotlight as the state’s Trainer of the Year for 2017 at the annual California Toroughbred Breeders Association annual awards dinner in the tastefully glitzy Chandelier Room at Santa Anita. Te salute will be part of an evening that will include induction of the year’s Hall of Fame choices, and announcement of the year’s California-bred champions, leading 36

TRAINER JEFF BONDE GETS HIS DUE

Native Californian Jeff Bonde is 2017 California Trainer of the Year

stallions, leading breeder, and Horse of the Year. Te association’s annual meeting will precede the dinner. Bonde, a veteran of more than 40 years as a trainer, is not exactly new to the spotlight. He has trained a number of horses that have covered themselves with glory by winning several graded stakes and, while doing that, turned some of the light on their trainer. But this will be his frst time for an individual honor. Tat has not escaped Bonde’s attention. Is he happy and honored? “Absolutely. Anytime anyone says something good about you, you gotta be thankful for that,” he said, adding, “Te horse runs, not the man. I’ve had a lot of good horses and won a lot of awards for them over the years, but I think this is the frst one I’ve ever got for myself. “You’ve got to have good clients who will bring you good horses, and you’ve got to be able to be personable and attainable — all the things that owners are looking for. It may not be there in the beginning, but as you get older, you get more polished in what you do.” Many of those good horses he’s trained

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over the years have been Cal-breds, including, just to name a few, stakes winners Sierra Sweetie, You’re Late, Sierra Sunset, Devons Smokin, Sterling Cat, Ismelucky, Miss Sunset, and Bookies Luck. Te last three have provided highlights for Bonde’s 2017 campaign. Miss Sunset, owned by Philip Lebherz and Alan Klein, scored fve victories, including the Lexus Raven Run Stakes (G2) at Keeneland. Larry and Marianne Williams’ Bookies Luck captured the $200,000 Golden State Juvenile Stakes on the Nov. 4 Breeders’ Cup undercard at Del Mar, and Ismelucky, owned by Bonde and Jerome Russell, won the Barretts Debutante Stakes. For the record, Bonde’s lifetime statistics show 11,007 starts, 1,777 wins, 1,610 seconds, 1,474 thirds, and $44,114,255 in earnings. “I’m one of those guys you hear about being born on the racetrack,” Bonde said proudly in his quiet drawl. “My father and my grandfather were horseshoers, so we were always on tracks here in California. My brother was also a horseshoer though he got hurt a while back and now he’s my assistant trainer in Northern California.

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CTBA Trainer of the Year

the break between Golden Gate and Bay Meadows, and my fve horses [including Mr. Doubledown] were put in this compound, which turned out to be Bobby Frankel’s barn. So I’m thinking, ‘Boy, I hope I can do a quarter of what he’s doing at the meet.’ Well, my horse [Mr. Doubledown] jumped up and beat one of his in the Hollywood Turf Express. Imagine a young kid being in that ‘palace’ and then beating a Frankel horse in a grade 3.”

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I still have a small string at Golden Gate, with my main string being in Southern California now. “I spent several years training my horses at the track in Pleasanton — and I still have a home there — but when the track closed last year, I relocated my top horses to Santa Anita.” Bonde and his wife, Stephanie, live in Arcadia, not too many furlongs from the Santa Anita backstretch. Tey have fve sons and a daughter, none of whom have chosen racing as a career. Recalling his frst job on the racetrack as a teenager with longtime California trainer Jerry Dutton, Bonde said, “Jerry was a really good horse trainer, and he made you work hard. Most people who worked for him needed to have a good work ethic. Tat put a good foundation under you.” Bonde went on to work for California trainers Tex Johnson, Don Jefries, and Emmett Campbell, who had California-bred Horse of the Year Silveyville a few years after Bonde was with him. “I started like any other beginner,” Bonde said, “and then I went up the ladder slowly under those guys. I learned from some really good horsemen. Tey ran good barns and were good men to observe while they worked. Observing the things a good trainer does is really important. If you don’t pick up on those things, it can cost you races later on. “Detail is everything in our game. It’s still a key part of the job. Te keener the competition, you’d better be paying attention.” Bonde got his trainer’s license in 1974, and the early going was rough in spite of that foundation. Looking back on that, he said, “For the frst four or fve years, I kinda starved to death. I didn’t have a lot of horses. But then it started to grow.” As important as Cal-breds have been to his career, Bonde is quick to give much credit to early owner Jack Retzlof’s Kentucky-bred Mr. Doubledown for helping him get established on the California racing scene. “He was a top-fight sprinter,” Bonde said, “and he gave me my frst graded stakes victory.” Te horse also gave him one of his greatest thrills, the trainer says. “I was stabled at Hollywood Park during

Bonde trainee Miss Sunset wins the 2017 grade 2 Raven Run Stakes at Keeneland

Bonde’s career also got a lift from former trainer Richard Mulhall, who at the time was racing manager for Te Toroughbred Corp., when Mulhall sent Bonde the 2-year-old flly Spain. She fnished second in the Vinery Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1), third in the Oak Leaf Stakes (G1), and fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), all in 1999, for Bonde. Te flly joined the D. Wayne Lukas stable the next year and won the Breeders’ Cup Distaf (G1). Te swift Smiling Tiger, a multiple graded stakes winner and earner of $1.4 million in purse money, became Bonde’s most impressive campaigner. Te horse’s half sister, She’s a Tiger, was also a major winner for Bonde, capturing the Del Mar Debutante and fnishing frst in the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, though disqualifed and placed second for interference. She’s a Tiger won that year’s Eclipse Award as the nation’s top 2-year-old flly, Bonde’s only Eclipse winner so far. Bonde has become known as a top train-

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er of 2-year-olds, and for that he gives credit to his initial mentor, the late Dutton. “Jerry stressed preparation, and he always said early wins go to the most prepared horse,” said Bonde. “A lot of guys don’t press their young horses early, but when we decide to run them, they’re ready to go — and win. As long as a horse is mature and ready to go, then you go.” What about fllies running against males, something which many trainers shy away from? “It depends on the flly,” Bonde says. “You have to feel your way on something like that. Tere sure are occasions when fllies can beat the boys. It doesn’t have anything to do with size. Tey just have to have enough talent. Tat’s the key factor, and that falls on the trainer to decide.” Bonde has been very active over the years in California horse sales, and success with what might be called “bargains” has been a hallmark. He says of his approach to buying at the sales, “I strictly chase horses. I live by the seat of my pants. I go fnd a horse and then I try to sell him of [to regular clients] until I get it covered. “I used to go to the sales in Kentucky, but the East Coast money got a little too strong and made it more difcult for me to get a top horse there. So I came up with a game plan to buy the best Cal-breds possible, and it’s worked pretty well for us.” He doesn’t hesitate to run his top Calbreds in major open-class races. Te best examples would be Miss Sunset’s victory in the 2017 Raven Run and Sierra Sunset’s win in Oaklawn Park’s Rebel Stakes (G2), a Kentucky Derby prep, in 2008. “On the racetrack, you get your ups and downs, and you just have to learn to appreciate those up times,” Bonde said. “Like any other sport, things can change quickly. You have to hope and pray that everything stays on an even keel.” One way he has maintained an even keel is through very little turnover in workers over his years in the business. “Many of my people have been with me for years, some for 25 years or more,” he said. “I’m bilingual, so that helps with communication, and I treat them like family so they don’t go anywhere.” Now that he and his stable have attained their goals for 2017, what’s next? “Well, we roll our sleeves back and go after it again.”

The Legacy of Multiple G1 Winning Millionaire, HARLAN’S HOLIDAY Continues in California, With his Multiple Stakes Winning Son ...

BOAT TRIP getting s i e n o Every rd. on boa the iss Don’t m ! BOAT

In 2012, HARLAN’S HOLIDAY ($3,632,664) set a new all-time juvenile earnings mark for North American sires at $2,954,556, eclipsing the previous record of $2,811,337 set by TAPIT. Since then, HARLAN’S HOLIDAY has established himself as not only a sire of great race horses, but as a sire of sires. With the emergence of North American leading sire, INTO MISCHIEF (Fee: $100,000), leading freshman sire SHANGHAI BOBBY (Fee: $25,000) and MAJESTICPERFECTION (Fee: $15,000) sire of millionaire Gl KY Oaks winner LOVELY MARIA, BOAT TRIP is set to continue his sire’s success in the breeding shed. A Breeders Cup performer, BOAT TRIP sped 5f on the turf in 55.2, won stakes races at 6f in 108.2 and at 1 mile winning the TSUNAMI SLEW STAKES in 1:34:3. BOAT TRIP fnished 2nd by a nose in the G3 EDDIE D STAKES, defeating multiple graded stakes winners CARACORTADO and MAJESTIC ClTY. Out of the G3 winning, SEEKING THE GOLD mare, TURNING WHEEL, a halfsister to G3 winner SPACE CRUISER and Gl placed winner AJFAN, BOAT TRIP is a half-brother to four other Stakes performers. BOAT TRIP’s 2nd dam, MISINSKIE by NIJINSKI II, is a half-sister to successful sire CLEVER TRICK. Resulting in the same breeding pattern as leading sire INTO MISCHIEF

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Stallion Tour

Breeders Victor and Susan Winklepleck of Cottonwood, California

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Ron Perry educated the tour on the accomplishments of He Be Fire N Ice, property of Ron and Barbara Ranck-Perry, standing at Pat Thompson’s Ridgeley Farm.

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he California Toroughbred Farm Managers Association, with sponsorship from the California Toroughbred Breeders Association, held a stallion tour Jan. 20. A busload of people had the opportunity to see stallions at fve farms in Riverside County.

Te farms were very hospitable, making sure all their visitors enjoyed themselves. Milky Way Farm in Temecula started things with breakfast, followed by a visit and snacks at Special T Toroughbreds, also in Temecula. Pacifc Coast Toroughbreds in Hemet hosted lunch. In the afternoon the group toured BG Toroughbred Farm, which ofered sandwiches, wine, fruit, and cheese; and Ridgeley Farm, which provided snacks and wine. BG and Ridgeley are in Hemet.

Daddy Nose Best poses for the crowd at BG Thoroughbred Farm

Linda Madsen, left, of Milky Way Farm introduces Circumference, the only son of Galileo (Ire) to stand in California.

A good end to the day: BG Thoroughbred provided an array of charcuterie

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Rick Taylor of Special T Thoroughbreds talked about the stallions Ultimate Eagle and Boat Trip

From left, Johnny Alvira, Leigh Ann Howard, Linda Madsen, Randy Rennon, and Alyson Harper

Ben Davis and his wife, Kayleeta, of Pacifc Coast Thoroughbreds

The outstanding staff at Milky Way Farm

Informed was a perfect gentleman while Pat Thompson of Ridgeley Farm talked to the onlookers

Tom Dellerba (center) with Wayne and Diane DePalma of thehiphorse.com

From left, breeders Sondra Dias and Frank Haverkamp with Allan Conway

Lita Tabish, left, and Marianne Hebner (California Thoroughbred Farm Managers Association) Ben Davis of Pacifc Cost Thoroughbreds introduces Ethnic Dance, his young stallion by Tribal Rule

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DAEHLING RANCH MAST TRACK Mizzen Mast – Nawal (FR), by Homme de Loi (IRE) FEE: $1,500 LIVE FOAL

• Multiple Graded SW and Hollywood Park NTR-Setter by MIZZEN MAST • By Multiple Graded Stakes Winner MIZZEN MAST, sire of TWO Breeders’ Cup Winners in one year and sire of 2-time Breeders’ Cup Sprint Champion MIZDIRECTION who sold for $2.7 Million as a Racing/Broodmare prospect. • Out of French Graded Stakes-placed mare NAWAL (FR), winner at Deauville with a 2nd and 3rd place fnish at Hollywood Park • MAST TRACK won the Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup S. and Grade 3 Native Diver H., 2nd Grade 2 San Diego H., 3rd Grade 1 Pacifc Classic S. Set NEW TRACK RECORD at Hollywood Park for 1 1/4 Miles in 2:01:37. • MAST TRACK has progeny earnings of over $1 Million with 65% starters from foals and Average earnings per starter $30,688 including Multiple Stakes-Placed Shez A Masterpiece ($148,852), Sailing Home ($97,132), Terra Xpress ($66,761), etc.

PEPPERED CAT Tabasco Cat – Morning Meadow, by Meadowlake Fee: $3,000-LF

• Record-Equaling Racehorse with Triple Digit Beyer Speed by G1 winner TOBASCO CAT out of Grade 3 Stakes winner MORNING MEADOW • Sire of multiple Graded Stakes winner PEPPER CROWN ($452,623), Multiple Stakes placed, Pepnic ($203,949), Sweetly Peppered ($221,400),), Condiment ($159,569), Stakes-placed, China Prince ($281,864) and Pazmeifucan ($124,169) • Average Earnings per starter $51,306

GALLANT SON Malabar Gold – Explicitly, by Exploit FEE: $2,000 LIVE FOAL • California Graded Stakes Winner with G1 Breeder Cup Classic Winners in Male AND Female Family Won or Placed in 16 Stakes – 6 Graded Eight-Time Stakes Winner of $552,528 • Career High 116 Equibase Speed Figure – Defeated 20 Graded Stakes Winners while racing. • A Grandson of Sire-of-Sires Champion UNBRIDLED, • Out of the winning EXPLOIT mare Explicitly, who has four winners from fve foals to race include Horse of the Year ACE GALLOPER stakes-placed Royal Galloper. Dam is out of a full sister to Champion Sprinter APELIA-G2 and half-sister to GSW Champion Older Mare SAOIRSE (dam of Grade 3 HIDE AND CHIC, AUTOBAHN GIRL, Saoirse Cat, Seasoned Warrior). From the family of FLEETSTREET DANCER, Grade 2 winner MORE HAPPY, Grade 3 winner STREET REBEL, CAMLAN and Ponche, broodmare sire of Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner MUCHO MACHO MAN.

COACH BOB Bertrando – Gentleman’s Hope, by Yankee Gentleman Fee: $1,500-LF

• Multiple Stakes – placed winner of $211,367 fnished second by 1 ¾ lengths to multiple Graded Stakes winner BIG MACHER

SIERRA SUNSET Bertrando – Toot Sweet, by Pirate’s Bounty FEE: $1,500 LIVE FOAL • #2 CA 1 st-Crop Sire in 2015 #2 2 nd- Crop in 2016 #4 CA 3 rd Crop Sire in 2017 • Sire of Stakes-Placed Winners Touched by Autism ($152,535) 3rd $150,000 California Chrome S.; Senator Robert ($180,675) 2nd Lost in the Fog Juvenile S., 2nd Tempe H.;Tchula Sunset ($108,728) 2nd $100,000 Everett Nevin S.; Rocketann ($49,205) 3rd $150,000 Generous Portion S.; CARLOS DANGEROUS ($114,219) won $70,000 MdSpWt at Del Mar, 2YO MdSpWt winner SHARONA SUNSET ($56,170) and MdSpWt winner GEORGE FROM TAHOE, won by 3 ¾ lengths going 1 mile on the turf 1/27/18. • G2 Stakes Winner with Tactical Speed from a Classic Family • Won 5 races, including 4 stakes from 2 to 4, at 4 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles. At 1 1/16 miles, won Oaklawn’s Grade 2 Rebel S. (99 Beyer), Santa Anita’s $125,000 California Cup Juvenile S. & Pleasanton’s Alamedan H. (101 Beyer), and Bay Meadows Juvenile S. by 8 lengths. • By BERTRANDO, 4-Time Leading Sire in California. From the family of Grade 1 Belmont S. winner DA’ TARA ($743,090) & dual Classic-placed, Grade 3-winning sire DENIS OF CORK ($613,252).

FULLBRIDLED Unbridled’s Song – Constantia, by Relaunch FEE: $1,500 LIVE FOAL • The Only Son of UNBRIDLED’S SONG to Stand in California • By the late UNBRIDLED’S SONG sire of 4 Champions, including Breeders’ Cup Classic G1 ARROGATE and WILL TAKE CHARGE. Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile - G1 LIAM’S MAP, G1 winners FOREVER UNBRIDLED and UNBRIDLED ELAIEN, etc. His dam Constantia is by RELAUNCH, leading Broodmare, including Horse of the Year GHOSTZAPPER. Second dam is by Champion 2YO HOIST THE FLAG. FULLBRIDLED posted a Triple Digit Beyer when placing second by a head in the $200,000 Dallas Turf Cup H. at Lone Star. • Sire of SP Wonforgus; 7-length Churchill Downs allowance winner FULL DANCER (97 Beyer, $256,165), stakes-placed winner NO TIME LIMIT ($115,501), Multiple winners GLITTER OF SILVER, FULL INSTINCT, AWESOME PROSPECT; Santa Anita Track Record Setter KLASSY SAINT, broke his maiden by 4 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita going 5f in :56.73-NTR; etc.

EINSTEIN (Brz) Spend a Buck – Gay Charm (BRZ), by Ghadeer (FR) FEE: $2,000 LIVE FOAL

• In the top 8 Active California Turf and Two-Year-Old Sires in 2017 • Multiple Grade 1 Stakes Winner of $2,945,238 Grade 1 Winner Three Years Straight • Won on Both Dirt & Turf / Raced through Age 7 • By SPEND A BUCK, Stakes Winner of 10 races and $4,220,689, Horse of the Year and Champion 3YO Colt, Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, Grade 1 Arlington-Washington Futurity, Grade 1 Monmouth H., Grade 3 Jersey Derby, etc. • Runners are led by Graded Stakes-Placed Rankhasprivileges ($228,653) Scholar Athlete ($238,236) Born to Be winner, stakes winner THEWONDERIDRINK and Minnesota Derby winner PENSADOR. 2017 Stakes winners include two-year-old WISE GAL and Mileva.

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FORMER JOCKEY AMIR CEDENO CONTINUES LOVE AFFAIR WITH HORSES

BY GENE WILLIAMS

fter more than a quarter century as a professional jockey, Amir Cedeno is in the midst of another way to keep his hands in the sport and satisfy the love of horses that grew from his young days in his native Panama.

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He has settled in as part of the stable of exercise riders for the large and successful training operation of Doug O’Neill, based at Santa Anita Park. As part of the O’Neill exercise team, he often fnds himself guiding the training regime of sons and daughters of successful California stallion Square Eddie. Te idea that he “guides the training regime” of those horses might be a bit of a stretch, as Cedeno is quick to point out. “I ride a lot of Square Eddie horses and I like them,” said 55-year-old Cedeno, but he easily squelches the idea that he controls things when he’s aboard one. “Tey have their own way of doing things, so you gotta go their way. Tey all try real hard when they’re racing, and they are all

Square Eddie flly How About Zero won the 2016 Golden State Fillies Stakes

A great deal in common: Former jockey turned exercise rider Amir Cedeno (left) is particularly fond of former racing star turned stable pony Lava Man

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BRILLIANTLY FAST STAKES PERFORMER Won a Santa Anita Maiden Special at second asking going gate to wire posting fractions of :21.25, :43.49 and 1:09.01 while beating a $450,000 GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 2YO and a $400,000 SPEIGHTSTOWN 2YO. Returned with another gate to wire allowance win at Hollywood posting fractions of :21.79, :44.31, :56.03, and 1:08.42 besting SW RIVER ECHO and California Cup Sprinter performer A Lil Dumaani. Truest Legend placed in the Pirate’s Bounty Stakes to multiple Grade 2-pl SW GATO GO WIN, while beating California Horse of the Year and Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint SW DANCING IN SILKS, 7-time SW and California Breeders’ Champion SW ALL SAINT, etc. Posted Lifetime Best Fractions of • :20.50 • :41.89 • 1:04.83 Son of Grade 1 Fountain of Youth SW SONGANDAPRAYER, Grandson of Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile SWs UNBRIDLED’S SONG and BOSTON HARBOR, Half-brother to 2015 SW KATIE’S KISS and SW STONESTREET SONG. First crops will hit the track in 2018

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SANTA ANITA GRADED SPRINTER BY STORM CAT! Brilliantly fast Santa Anita and Del Mar stakes performer who was on-the-board in nine of 12 career starts, winning three races on the turf going 6 furlongs at Hollywood Park in 1:08 2/5, 1:08 4/5 (breaking his maiden!), and 1:09 1/5. Placed in the $75,000 Joe Hernandez S. and San Simeon H.-G3 in back-to-back starts at Santa Anita and in Del Mar’s $106,100 Green Flash H., all on the turf. By sire of sires STORM CAT. Half-brother to G1 SW STARTAC (105 Beyer, $703,718). Out of SW TENGA, a half-sister to G2 SW JADE FLUSH (116 Beyer, $481,518) dam of G2-pl. SW MEGANTIC [104 Beyer] and granddam of G1 SW HARMONIOUS [100 Beyer, $625,420]) Second dam is a SEATTLE SLEW full sister to Champion 2YO flly LANDALUCE and is from the family of Champion PRINCE ROYAL II. From four small crops of racing age, sire of: TENGAS RANSOM ($131,175, on-the-board in 8 of 12 at Santa Anita and Del Mar); JAZZIE CAT; CAT KING; TENGAS WAY; One Smart Cat, etc.

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runners. You don’t want to take that awayy from them, so we have to work with them m their way or it’s no way.” Since Paul and Zillah Reddam own n and raced Square Eddie from the O’Neilll barn, Cedeno said, “We always get a lot off those babies. Tey’re very active — theyy bite, they kick, and they like to play a lot. So you have to be on your toes around them and when you gallop them.” Once in a while, he says, one might show a whole diferent side — perhaps a trait coming from the dam’s side. “I worked with one like that — Found Money,” said Cedeno. “He was like a puppy.” California-bred Found Money also was among Square Eddie’s group of solid runners, posting two stakes victories as a 2-year-old and for a time considered as a prospect for the 2016 Kentucky Derby (G1). Unfortunately, he was severely injured during a workout at Santa Anita on April 4, 2016, and was euthanized. In reporting the colt’s death, O’Neill said, “He was a barn favorite with a big personality and will be missed by all.” Count Cedeno among those. Tough his career was short, Found Money was a productive runner with three victories and two seconds in nine starts. His purse earnings reached $292,100. How About Zero is among the Square Eddie ofspring Cedeno currently rides in the mornings. Te 4-year-old Cal-bred flly won the 2016 Golden State Juvenile Fillies, and she has fnished second in the 2017 California Cup Oaks and 2016 Generous Portion Stakes. However, Cedeno’s connection with Cal-breds didn’t start with the Square Eddies. Tat came way back in 1989, not long after he had come to the United States from Panama, with stops in Mexico City and Caliente along the way. Tough he rode mostly for trainer Mel Stute in those early days, he picked up a major ride in the barn of the legendary Lazaro Barrera. Cedeno rode Endow, a Cal-bred son of Flying Paster, to victory in that year’s California Derby (G3) at Golden Gate Fields. In that race, Endow defeated Calbred Flying Continental — who became 46

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For trainer Laz Barrera, Cedeno piloted Cal-bred Endow to victory in the California Derby

a two-time grade 1 winner — for a third time. Obviously, Cedeno began thinking Kentucky Derby for himself and Endow, but it was not to be. Te speedy Endow didn’t seem a Derby candidate in the mind of the canny Barrera. Instead, the trainer chose to send horse and rider to the Illinois Derby (G2), where they fnished third. Flying Continental went on to the Kentucky Derby, where he fnished a well-beaten 12th behind winner Sunday Silence.

Another good horse Cedeno lists among those he rode is Order, whom he partnered many times for trainer Jude Feld. Order provided a stakes victory for Cedeno. “He was a very fast horse,” the Panamanian said. Tough Cedeno was not a member of the O’Neill training staf at the time, Lava Man holds a special spot in Cedeno’s racing lore. “He was already retired when I came to work for Doug [in 2014], but he had become a stable pony by then,” Cedeno

(Lava Man) was already retired when I came to work for Doug, but he had become a stable pony by then... He remembers what it was like, so it’s easy for him to teach the young horses how to handle themselves.”

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Cedeno says the younger horses learn valuable lessons during morning training from the seasoned Lava Man

said. “He always seems ready to run. He remembers what it was like, so it’s easy for him to teach the young horses how to handle themselves. “He sort of bosses them around and tries to teach them how to do it. Sometimes when he takes a horse to the gate, you can tell he’s getting a little excited when he’s behind the gate. He remembers. He’s a pretty cool horse, and he still looks good.” Born in Panama City, Panama, on Dec. 31, 1962, Cedeno began his equine odyssey by riding horses on his grandfather’s farm outside of the capital. He spent summer vacations from school at the farm, and one of his chores was to take lunch to those working in the felds. “My cousin and I would ride horses to the felds with lunches,” Cedeno said, “and then we’d ride to the river and swim and give the horses a bath. On the way back to the house, we’d race. It was great fun.” Eventually, Cedeno graduated from Panama’s jockey school and began his riding career in Mexico City after leaving Panama in 1987. Following six months in Mexico City, he moved his tack to Agua Caliente in Tijuana and spent six months there. He then moved on to Southern Cali-

fornia, where he rode primarily for Stute. His frst victory in the U.S. came aboard the Stute-trained Lemon Juice in a Hollywood Park claiming race. Overall, Cedeno, who has parents, three brothers, and a son still in Panama, put up lifetime riding statistics of 685 wins, 738 seconds, and 853 thirds, with purse earnings of $6,385,734. He recalls that he was doing pretty well in those early years, but a spill at Hollywood Park in 1991, in which he sufered a broken hip and pelvis, took quite a toll on his career. “I was doing good at that time, riding good horses and winning a lot of races,” he said. “Tat stopped me for a long time—seven months. Tere were a lot of good jocks in the room at that time [Laft Pincay Jr., Eddie Delahoussaye, and Chris McCarron among them], and after being of for seven months, it was tough to get back to where I had been.” He remembers how he was in something of a Catch-22 situation as he tried to make his way back. “Trainers would tell me they needed to see me ride before they could put me on their horses,” he said. “It was hard to prove myself to them without good horses to ride. So you have to show them the best you can on other horses—sometimes real

longshots.” When he couldn’t make things change, he went east to Ohio and Kentucky and found himself often riding day and night, at Beulah Park in Ohio and Turfway Park in Northern Kentucky. He was riding in unfamiliar cold climes. “I tell you this, I don’t like the cold weather,” he said. “I never wore gloves, but I had to there. But I would take them of in the gate and—boom—when the gate opens I can’t feel my hands. I did that for two years there, but fnally I took a break and went home for a month to warm up.” He returned west again, this time to Longacres at Seattle and raced there until that track closed in 1992. Ten it was back to Southern California, but the injury bug bit again and he was of nine months following rotator cuf surgery required after a spill while working for O’Neill and riding occasionally. “After I healed up, I came back and got my job back,” Cedeno said. “But I haven’t ridden races since then. I’ve tried to lose weight, but at my age, it’s hard to do. So now, I’m happy in my job and know I’ll be able to be involved with horses.”

As a youth during summers on his grandfather’s farm in Panama, Cedeno develped a love for horses

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OFF AND RUNNING MATT DINERMAN: THE GOLDEN TONES OF GOLDEN GATE BY JACK SHINAR

It’s a difcult art, requiring splendid memorization and vocal skills that can take years, even decades, to master, which makes the sudden emergence of Matt Dinerman, now in his frst season of calling the races at Golden Gate Fields, all the more remarkable. As more people are becoming aware, Dinerman brings a polish to his calls and a wisdom of horse racing that simply belie the fact that he’s just 25 years of age. And he appreciates it. “Pinch me,” the San Diego-area native said during a recent interview in the marketing ofce of the picturesque Northern California track overlooking San Francisco Bay. “I just really can’t believe I’ve been 48

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f the dozens of jobs around a racetrack, none resonates more with fans than that of the race caller. Te individual entrusted with such responsibility isn’t just a chronicler of the day’s events, providing the names and the numbers. In many ways the caller becomes synonymous with the sport itself, as the face—as well as the voice—of the racetrack. Golden Gate’s Matt Dinerman is the youngest track announcer in North America

able to do the things I have.” From atop his announcing perch on the Golden Gate roof, the youngest race announcer in America today enjoys a spectacular view of the track, the surrounding hillsides to his east, and the bay directly behind him. More important to him, he knows this is the same booth that was an early career stop for many of racing’s contemporary announcing giants, such as Larry Collmus, Trevor Denman, Michael Wrona, Frank Mirahmadi, Paul Allen, and Vic Staufer.

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Dinerman jumped right into the fray as the season opened Dec. 26, 2017, with a nine-race card that included a couple of tight photo fnishes and a dead heat in the seventh, a maiden special weight for 2-year-old fllies that saw Blue Chip Betty and Team Hollywood hit the wire together. He called it all precisely and left the result for the stewards to sort out. “I can see everything really clear (from the booth), but I had no idea who won that race,” said Dinerman, who in addition to his announcing duties also does a

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Veteran Southern California track announcer Trevor Denman has been an inspiration and a mentor to Dinerman

Candy Ride’s victory in the 2003 Pacifc Classic acted as a catalyst for Dinerman’s interest in horse racing

pre-race analysis and gives selections for each race from the booth. Dinerman (pronounced Dinner-man) came to Golden Gate after 21⁄2 seasons as the track announcer at Emerald Downs, located in the shadow of Mount Rainier south of Seattle. He got his start in racing walking hots for trainer John Sadler during the Del Mar summer meets while he was still in high school at Canyon Crest Academy. Sadler cranks out graded stakes winners with regularity, and Dinerman reveled in it, working with top runners such as Black Mamba, Evita Argentina, Cozi Rosie, Kettle Corn, Switch, Twirling Candy, and his favorite, Sidney’s Candy. As a boy, Dinerman fell in love with racing and horses after seeing Sidney’s Candy’s sire, Candy Ride, upset Medaglia d’Oro in the 2003 Pacifc Classic Stakes (G1) with his father, David. Dinerman knew even then that he wanted a career in the sport. After three summers with Sadler, he was considering training as a possible future. “Everyone was very kind to me; it was a cool team,” Dinerman said. “It was typical for a young kid, thinking I want to be a trainer. But eventually I realized how much work and dedication (it required). You had to be there every morning— there was no vacation, no days of—and so I decided to explore other avenues.” Bloodstock consultant Gayle Van Leer, who had worked with Golden Eagle Farm

fun,” Dinerman said. “As the steward, I had to run Trevor up all sorts of things and help him out, so I got to know him and talk to him. “For my birthday that year my uncle and aunt got me a pair of binoculars, and I asked Dan if it would be all right if I went into this little booth (in the press box) and practice calling races. He said sure. I took over the booth at the far end because I didn’t want anyone to hear me. I wasn’t confdent yet, but I had this great feeling that this would be fun. It’s an oddball job, but for whatever reason, I was really hooked on it.” Actually, though, he admits the seeds of his chosen career might have been planted much earlier. “My dad said when I was really young I would ask him questions about Trevor Denman all the time. I don’t remember a ton, but things like, ‘How does he judge the lengths? How does he remember all those names?’ I think it may have been a foreshadowing that deep down this desire was there.” And so, in that little booth at the end of the press box, Dinerman practiced. And he practiced. And he practiced some more. He accumulated about 150 race calls on his telephone recorder. He got up the nerve to tell Denman he wanted to be a track announcer, and he received encouragement from a number of diferent professionals once word got out about what he was doing.

and was a family friend and neighbor in the Carmel Valley region of San Diego, had helped Dinerman get on with Sadler’s barn. When Dinerman mentioned to her that he’d maybe like to try something else, she said she knew of an opening as a press box steward or publicity staf assistant. He soon landed a job at Del Mar working for Dan Smith and Mac McBride, and during that frst summer with them his path toward becoming a race caller began to take shape. At the time, Dinerman was attending nearby Palomar College in northern San Diego county. Lanky and athletic, he pitched for the baseball team while working toward a communications degree. He later transferred to Chapman College in Orange County (deciding soon after to give up baseball), where he graduated before taking over the announcing position at Emerald Downs. “Baseball was a big part of my childhood, and I played a lot from the age of 6 to 19,” Dinerman said. “I wasn’t getting a lot of innings (at Palomar), but I did okay, had a good earned run average. I was a crafty left-hander type; that was kind of my style. I played the outfeld when I was younger. But I identifed as a baseball player until horse racing came along.” Working in the Del Mar press box in 2012, he got to know track announcer Denman. “Te frst year was the frst time I thought that track announcing could be

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and inviting experienced applicants. Dinerman knew he lacked experience, but he sent in his tapes anyway, which resulted in an audition. For the frst time, he realized he’d be speaking on a live microphone at Emerald Downs, not his recorder. “Here it is, the horses are in the post parade,” he recalled vividly. “I’m shaking. I

Gate job after Mirahmadi accepted a similar position last fall with the New York Racing Association. Te young race caller had been serving as Golden Gate’s on-air handicapping analyst at the time following the conclusion of the Emerald Downs season, so he had gotten to know his way around the track. He said he doesn’t pattern himself after any one announcer, preferring to pick up little pieces from his favorite callers. Now that he has confdence with the basics, he’ll embellish his calls with an occasional witticism. “My style is reporting the race,” Dinerman said. “I believe that Trevor is a reporter and (Tom) Durkin is a big entertainer. Teir styles are very diferent. I like to put myself right there in the middle. Accuracy is something I very much stress.” Dinerman said he regretted leaving the Washington track community, where he had gained acceptance and further refned his announcing style. But, he said, there were multiple reasons for the move to Te Stronach Groupowned Golden Gate, including the arrival of a new general manager, David Duggan. Under Duggan, Dinerman noted that the fall meet generated a 12% increase in all-sources handle and an 8% hike in on-track wagering, a trend he expects will continue because of a fresh marketing approach. In addition to his microphone duties, Dinerman is handling much of the Golden Gate publicity, including social media posts, barn notes and press releases, a little marketing, and some television spots. As he discovered at Emerald, calling races is mentally draining, and he admits he’ll appreciate having most of the summer to recuperate while racing in Northern California shifts to the fair circuit. “I’m thrilled to be here, and to be honest I haven’t thought very far into the future,” he said. “To be truly happy with what you’re doing, you have to be happy with what you’re doing now. I’d love to be at a larger track at some point, but at the same time I love it here. Tere’s only so many places up that I can go.” SHANE MICHELI/ VASSAR PHOTOGRAPHY

“Eventually the end of the meet comes around, and I decide I’ve got to give Trevor these calls,” Dinerman said. “So I’m going through them and tossing them out. Ten what happened was, I found two calls that I thought were good. I still don’t like them, but these were the best I could fnd and I just had to do it. “I emailed him the calls, and a couple of days later I go up there (to the announcing booth) to give him his stuf for the races that day, and he takes of his glasses and he says, ‘Oh, I listened to your calls.’ I was like, ‘Oh really?’ But deep down inside I was scared as anything. “And I’m waiting for him to say, ‘You’ve really got to work on this, and you’ve got to do this, and this and that.’ Trevor is such a gentle guy that, looking back, he would probably never say anything like that. I rarely tell people this because I don’t want people to think I’m bragging, but he said, ‘Of all the years I’ve been doing this, this is one of the best calls I’ve ever heard.’ I was shocked. “He’s like, ‘Honestly, the only advice I’d give you is you’re going a little too fast. Slow down a little bit because that’s a common thing up-andcoming announcers do is they go a little too fast. But even experienced announcers have to work on their pace. Other than that, I give you a 10 out of 10, the content’s good, your projection is good, the way you describe the race is good. Keep working on this because you’ve got a bright future.’ To me this was like Michael Jordan coming at you and saying, ‘You’re really good at basketball.’ Tat’s what it felt like to me.” Still, when your chosen profession has only a few dozen positions available in the entire country, opportunities can be few and far between. After an internship with HRTV fell through when TVG purchased that racing network in 2015, Dinerman was looking at fnishing up at Chapman in the spring and a third year assisting in the Del Mar press box—with no race-calling prospects. Tat’s when the announcement came from Emerald Downs that race caller Robert Geller was leaving to take the announcing job at Woodbine

To be truly happy with what you’re doing, you have to be happy with what you are doing now. ” —Matt Dinerman

can’t even hold the program. I did the post parade, I couldn’t even focus on memorizing the horses. I was a nervous wreck. I compare it to like when you are on a really fast roller coaster and you’re really scared, but then it starts and you’re okay. Tat’s how the race was. All of a sudden the gates open and it was, ‘Here we go!’ ” He said that afterward he couldn’t even remember what he’d said during the call. But Geller and the track management were impressed, and the next day, the track president, Phil Ziegler, ofered him the job. Dinerman, who is now living in the Richmond area, pursued the Golden

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Terry Lovingier bred the $80,000 flly, who was foaled at Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch in Warner Springs. Her sire, Empire Way, stands at the ranch, and her dam, One Smokin’ Lady, is a stakes-winning, Grade 3 stakes-placed daughter of Smoke Glacken. One Smokin’ Lady has already produced multiple stakes-placed Cal-bred Smokem. Eugene Zondlo, Hector Perez, and Tom London, aided by agent Amanda Navarro, bought the Empire Way flly. “We liked the half brother, Smokem, a great horse,” said Zondlo. “We had a good year last year on A 2-year-old Quality Road the other horses Terry got us in on.” colt topped the Barretts With Lovingier, Zondlo and mixed sale at $120,000 London co-own Cal-bred Show It N Moe It, who captured the 2017 California Toroughbred Breeders Association Stakes at Del Mar and placed in two other stakes. Tree days before the sale Show It N Moe It won an allowance/optional claiming race by eight lengths. Lovingier pointed out an update to One Smokin’ Lady’s catalog page. Her half brother Kroy, who was already a multiple stakes winner, fnished second in the Dec. 26 Mathis Brothers Mile Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita. “One Smokin’ Lady is about to have a Ghostzapper baby,” said Navarro, “and it will be a Cal-bred.” Navarro raced California champion My Fiona in partnership 54

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California-bred daughter of Empire Way was the top-priced flly at the Jan. 17 Barretts mixed sale, held at Fairplex in Pomona. Te 2-year-old flly brought $80,000, second only to the $120,000 toppriced colt, also a 2-year-old. In addition, Cal-bred Tilde topped all other broodmares at $45,000. A Cal-bred juvenile by Empire Way was the top-priced flly at $80,000

with Lovingier and Tom Beckerle. Navarro said that My Fiona is in foal to American Pharoah and that the mare’s foal will also be a Cal-bred. Adrian Gonzalez’ Checkmate Toroughbreds led all other consignors, selling 15 for $389,400. He consigned the $120,000 sale-topper, a 2-year-old son of Quality Road—Queenofperfection, by Arch, as well as the third-highest-priced horse, Cal-bred Headed West, who sold for $55,000. Dennis O’Neill signed for Headed West in the name of Beau Sully. O’Neill said he particularly liked that the colt is a Cal-bred by Overanalyze. Te youngster is out of the Gone West mare West Court, a half sister to graded winners Dancing Rags and Coup de Grace. Andy Havens was the second-leading consignor under his Havens Bloodstock Agency banner, selling 34 for $277,500. Havens sold Tilde for $45,000 to Elena Crim’s H & E Ranch, another major consignor. Mike and Patty Harrington bred Tilde in the name of their revocable trust, and Mike Harrington trained the daughter of Swiss Yodeler—Self Taught, by Cee’s Tizzy. Tilde won three consecutive stakes in 2012, including the Keith E. Card California Cup Juvenile Fillies, and she was voted the champion Cal-bred 2-year-old female that year. A total of 112 horses grossed $1,226,400 and averaged $10,950, up 38% in average from 2017, when 125 horses grossed $995,800 and averaged $7,966. A total of 32 of the 144 horses through the ring did not sell, for a buy-back rate of 22%.

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When longtime California horseman Richard Barton made the decision to purchase Magali Farms and repurpose it as Barton Toroughbreds last year, he knew he would need an exceptional team. He also knew the perfect person to bring on board: Orlando Gonzalez. After nearly 21 years on the Southern California racing circuit

with trainer Mike Machowsky, Gonzalez knows racehorses inside and out. He was eager to learn more about breeding and foaling, but even so, when the opportunity arose, Gonzalez was initially hesitant. “I knew Mr. Barton for fve years, but I had only ever worked for Mike,” Gonzalez said. “I didn’t know if it would be okay to work a diferent job. But Mike said it would be good for me.” Gonzalez moved his wife and daughters to Santa Ynez over the summer and quickly settled into a new routine as Barton Toroughbreds’ lay-up manager. “I work with horses that had some physical problems on the racetrack, and our customers send them here for rehabilitation,” Gonzalez said. “Some have had surgeries on their knees and ankles and need 60 or 90 days. We take care of them, turn them out in day pens with sand, or use our vibration plate.” Manager Kevin Dickson, who oversaw Gonzalez’ transition during the busy time when the farm was frst becoming Barton Toroughbreds, said, “He was an absolute perfect ft for the layup aspect of our operation after working as Mike Machowsky’s right-hand man.” At any one time Gonzalez can be in charge of the care for 14 to 30 horses, but he wants to do more. “We had a meeting about nighttime foal watch,” Dickson recalled. “Everyone who lives on the farm is ‘on call’ at one time or

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Orlando Gonzalez is a perfect ft as lay-up manager at newly established Barton Thoroughbreds

another. We made Orlando the number two call, but he’s so eager to learn that he begged to be number one. He wants to be hands on and learn all aspects of what we do.” “I love to work and always want to better my work,” Gonzalez said. “And I love it out here (in Santa Ynez). It has a really good school for the kids. I have brothers living in Los Angeles, and I keep telling them that life out here is the best and everyone is so nice.” Dickson could not be happier with Gonzalez’ progress. “He has been just a wonderful addition,” Dickson said. “Orlando is very good at what he does and with a great eagerness. He’s very loyal, goes above and beyond the call of duty for sure, and is always available. His English is very good, which is another attribute. He’s just a pleasure.” As the Barton operations settle in their new home and the farm continues to add mares and stallions—including the recently acquired grade 1 winner and millionaire stallion Misremembered—they will require talent like Gonzalez to keep up with the growth. “Orlando joined a crew over there that was outstanding to begin with, but he added another level,” said Dickson. “He’s my right arm as far as that’s concerned.”

TOM’S TRIBUTE LION HEART – HALLOWEEN FUN, BY EL PRADO (IRE)

Grade 1 Winner of

$634,880 with 103 Beyer Speed

• Won the $300,000 Grade 1 Eddie Read Stakes with 103 Beyer • Won $250,000 Grade 2 Del Mar Mile • Won Santa Anita's Thunder Road Stakes equalling the one mile course record of 1:31.78 with a 103 Beyer!

• First foals yearlings in 2018

BOOK BY MARCH 15TH Buy one season and get the 2nd season half off or buy three seasons for $1000 each

2018 Fee: $2,000 - Live Foal Stands & Nurses - Owned by DP Racing For more information contact Tom Hudson at 805-886-2804 or Tom-Hudson@hotmail.com Inquiries to Clay Murdock / P.O. Box 741, San Miguel, CA 93451 PH: (805) 467-3847 / FX: (805) 467-3919 / EM: ransanmig@gmail.com

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PROFILE

ROZAMUND BARCLAY BY EMILY SHIELDS

FOUR FOOTED FOTOS/TREVOR REYNOLDS

A SPORTING LIFE IFE IN N FULL BLOOM

ozamund Barclay can remember every horse she has ever bred, owned, or even worked with, and she has a certain level of afection for all of them. “I can honestly say I am fond of all the equines I have had the pleasure of raising, owning, purchasing, or caring

for,” Barclay said, adding, “Obviously, some take up a bit more room than others in my heart.” Her list is lengthy, populated by horses such as North Pacifc, Hi Fashioned, Estellara, Slew’s Charm, Commandress, Stay Positive, and Hot Gem. Her graded stakes-winning stallion Northern Causeway sits right at the top. His frst

Rozamund Barclay is a California breeder, owner, and aftercare advocate

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foals will debut on the track this year. Barclay grew up in Portola Valley, Calif., where she frst took riding lessons as a 6-yearold on a retired racehorse. Her family moved to Vashon Island in Washington, where she continued her equine schooling with vaulting, eventing, Western pleasure, and games. By the time she was 14, Barclay was teaching lessons and helping to break horses. “Pony Club and my mother were great infuences in the importance of being educated and a good ‘horseman,’ ” she said. “I always felt guilty being paid to ride and work with horses after school and on weekends. I grew up riding on beautiful evergreen trails and beaches.” Barclay credits Carl and Karen Olson for her introduction to the racing business. She was babysitting their children and teaching them to ride when Carl asked Barclay to work with some Toroughbreds he raised. When Barclay turned 17, he got her a job working at Longacres. “Te rest is history,” Barclay said. “I was in love with the racetrack, the majestic Toroughbreds, and the idea that I could get paid to groom, gallop, and paddock horses.” Although Barclay meant to arrange her work at the track around her college classes, she admits that “inevitably, the reverse happened.” She got her trainer’s license at 21, training out of Longacres until it closed in 1992. Now she is a breeder, owner, and aftercare advocate. “I seriously try not to count the number of horses I have,” she said.

RICHARD’S KID LEMON DROP KID – TOUGH BROAD, BY BROAD BRUSH

A Leading California Freshman Sire of 2017

• First 2YO winner won by 3 ½ lengths going wire-to-wire at Del Mar second time out and returned to Del Mar for a second victory.

• First starter of 2018 won at Santa Anita going away! • Soundness - 47 career starts - retired sound • Successful - multiple Grade 1 winner with earnings over $2.4 million • Elite Level Racehorse – Back-to-back Grade 1 Paciﬁc Classic Winner • Superb Turn of Foot – Record Performances at Del Mar and Hollywood Park

BOOK BY MARCH 15TH Buy one season and get the second half off.

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Although Barclay admits she “doesn’t have the answers,” she is concerned about the longevity of horse racing on the West Coast. “I am worried, as are all breeders and owners, with the growing concerns of the business of breeding and racing horses. We as an industry employ such a variety of people and support other agricultural industries and economic stimulus. I feel our business model is broken despite heroic eforts being made to revive it.” Tat said, she has “gratitude for people in the California Toroughbred Breeders Association, the Toroughbred Owners of California, and other horseman’s associations that are working, many at their own cost, to fnd resolutions. My hope is that we can make the industry attractive to new owners and fans and educate our legislators to the benefts of promoting the health of our industry.” Worries aside, Barclay is upbeat and passionate about the game. “It is difcult to explain that I remember all of the horses in my life, from the frst ones I rode, later groomed, trained, worked on for veterinarians, owned for racing, or now breeding,” she said. “Sometimes it is embarrassing because I don’t remember a person’s name or their children’s names, but I remember a horse they owned. I think many of those afected with this addiction to horses are the same.” She also had words of appreciation for Rancho San Miguel. “I feel blessed that they took on Northern Causeway and my mares,” she said. “Teir entire crew is passionate and dedicated to the best care they can provide. A college professor who frequented the racetrack once pointed out to me that if the prey was not fragile, the predators would go hungry, so without good caretakers, success is near impossible. “Horses in all sports are a humbling experience,” she added. “Every time you think you really know something, they have a way of putting you in your place. A person has to be an optimist and have stubborn perseverance for all who help in this industry. I have the above; let’s hope I have some more fast horses, too.”

COURTESY OF ROZAMUND BARCLAY

She keeps retirees at her home in Washington and her broodmares and Northern Causeway at Rancho San Miguel in California. Northern Causeway was a $47,000 RNA at the 2010 Barretts May 2-year-old sale. Barclay purchased him privately, and the son of Giant’s Causeway—Getaway Girl, by Silver Deputy, rewarded her by breaking his maiden in his sophomore bow. He went on to win a Horses in all sports pair of stakes at Hastings are a humbling Racecourse, including the 2011 British Columbia experience. Every time Derby (G3). He won fve of you think you really 30 starts, with four seconds know something, they and four thirds, for earnings of $265,367. have a way of putting “Northern Causeway’s you in your place.Ó success has been a huge inspiration to be involved in —Rozamund Barclay breeding and racing,” Barclay said. “Every time I get to see him, spend time with him, feed him an orange, and see his ofspring, it makes me feel inspired and I appreciate the privilege of having horses.” So far, he is proving himself worthy of her attention. “I am a big believer in bloodlines, which is why I am so hopeful for Northern Causeway. His foals so far are remarkably correct and well-conformed out of a variety of mares. Te frst 2-year-olds are starting well. With a little racing luck and lots of hopes and prayers, success is a possible future.” Other horses that have made a mark for Barclay include stakes winners Estellara and Hi Fashioned, and stakes-placed North Pacifc and Slew’s Charm. She owns and bred multiple stakes-placed winner Algenon, and she bred Hot Gem, a California-bred who has gone on to fnish second in the Jan. 7 Ladies Overnight Handicap at Portland Meadows for Jonathan Nance, Barbara Eakin, and Randy Evers. Another equine dear to Barclay’s heart is Rising Cari, a Cal-bred son of Cari Country owned and trained by Mike and Patricia Harrington. Te chestnut horse won 16 of 68 starts from 1988-94. “Tey gave me the job of caring for him at my place in Washington during his senior years,” Barclay said. “He won so many races for them, so they provided retirement for him. He lived a long and healthy life, like a grandparent. At home we all felt that he enriched our lives and stole our hearts.” She feels that there is “something about old horses,” noting, “I have been privileged to care for my own and other people’s. Tey always fnd a way to give back, by tolerating our children, green farm help, and the yearlings they teach manners to.”

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From runners past and present, to retirees, Rozamund Barclay remembers all her horses with deep regard and affection

GRADE 1 WINNING MILLIONAIRE AND TRACK RECORD SETTER CANDY RIDE (ARG) - BEYOND PERFECTION, BY QUACK

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MISREMEMBERED AX MAN

son of Misremembered, won by 9 ½ lengths at Santa Anita on 1/1/18, going 6F in 1:09.43. Baffert calls him his next

“Freaky Horse”

“An absolutely dominant debut from a most-promising specimen” - Michael Wrona

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Winners DECEMBER 18, 2017 – JANUARY 28, 2018 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP Acclamation—Lutess: Heck Yeah (11-3), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, California Cup Turf Sprint S., 1/27, about 6 1/2f, 1:13.61, $60,000. All the Gears—Breeze Chimes: Crimson Cloud (1-1), m, 7 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 1/6, 1 1/8mi, 1:54.03, $9,900. Bedford Falls—Sienna Sky: Could Be the One (8-1), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 1/13, 6f, 1:10.17, $21,060. Bedford Falls—Sienna Sky: Could Be the One (8-1), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 1/28, 6f, 1:10.78, $21,060. Bold Chieftain—Luke's Finest: Sunset Dragunn (18-3), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 12/31, 6f, 1:9.68, $21,060. Bold Chieftain—Darkness Night (ARG): Bold At Night (18-3), m, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, ALW, 1/7, 5 1/2f, 1:3.92, $9,207. Bold Chieftain—Luke's Finest: Sunset Dragunn (18-3), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 1/28, 6f, 1:9.01, $22,620. Champ Pegasus—Spiritus Dominatus: Utah Ute (8-1), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 1/1, 6f, 1:11.39, $21,600. Chhaya Dance—Stormy Gigi: G. G. Ryder (2-1), h, 7 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 1/21, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.40, $22,620. Comic Strip—Eclisse (FR): Please Do (14-2), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 1/1, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:51.12, $21,060. Council Member—Easy Obsession: Dano's Dream (11-0), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 12/26, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:50.81, $21,060. English Channel—Phi Beta Heat: Rye (41-7), h, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Unusual Heat Turf Classic S. presented by City National Bank, 1/27, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:48.01, $110,000. Gotham City—Afeet's Desire: Gotham Desire (9-3), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 1/5, about 6 1/2f, 1:14.12, $33,600. Grace Upon Grace—Robotica: Show It N Moe It (8-2), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 1/14, 6 1/2f, 1:17.07, $33,600. Grazen—Cherry Gold: Li'l Grazen (16-4), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 1/1, 6f, 1:10.66, $21,600. Grazen—Showtime Apollo: Tony Blackjack (16-4), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 1/7, 6f, 1:11.02, $33,600. Grazen—Itsayatesthing: Kelly (16-4), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 1/11, 6f, 1:10.93, $10,800. Harlington—Pretti Woman: Coniah (17-5), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Las Cienegas S. (gr. IIIT ), 1/20, about 6 1/2f, 1:12.17, $60,000. Heatseeker (IRE)—Be Faithful: Makaha Heat (25-2), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 12/27, 5f, 57.44, $7,595. In Excess (IRE)—Vogue Queen: Winninginfashion (2-1), m, 8 yo, Portland Meadows, STK, Ladies Overnight H., 1/7, 6f, 1:12.14, $6,160. In Excess (IRE)—Vogue Queen: Winninginfashion (2-1), m, 8 yo, Portland Meadows, STK, Donna Jensen Memorial H., 1/28, 1mi, 1:38.52, $8,745. Many Rivers—Lady's Champagne (ARG): River of Champagne (9-3), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 12/26, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:43.92, $12,240. Midnight Lute—Dypsy: Edwards Going Left (64-15), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprint S., 1/27, 6f, 1:9.47, $90,000.

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

Ministers Wild Cat—Warren's Flyer: Fly to Mars (45-12), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 12/31, about 6 1/2f, 1:12.37, $43,680. Ministers Wild Cat—Keep Active: Dangerously Close (45-12), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 1/12, 6f, 1:12.37, $33,600. Ministers Wild Cat—Sailor's Sister: Wildcat Sailor (45-12), g, 6 yo, Penn National, ALW, 1/24, 6f, 1:10.92, $16,800. Misremembered—Thunder Sands: Make It a Triple (19-4), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, WCL, 12/31, 6f, 1:10.14, $12,000. Papa Clem—Velvety Smooth: Table for Three (46-7), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 1/6, 5 1/2f, 1:3.42, $12,240. Peppered Cat—Recklesswarrant: The Big Train (19-2), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 1/12, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:48.28, $33,600. Peppered Cat—Touchy Stuff: Streetlightromance (19-2), m, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 1/26, 1mi, 1:40.15, $12,240. Popular—Lemon Supreme: Popular Kid (3-0), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 12/29, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.15, $33,600. Shackleford—Indian Kisses: Kiss of Dahpespe (41-6), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 1/25, 6 1/2f, 1:18.93, $19,800. Sierra Sunset—Cactus Brandy: Sunset Brandy (16-3), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, ALW, 1/21, 6f, 1:9.27, $8,680. Sought After—Count Me Twice: Twice as Fast (12-5), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 1/11, 5 1/2f, 1:3.78, $12,240. Square Eddie—Walkingonadream: Ocean Dream (25-2), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, ALW, 1/10, 1mi, 1:38.64, $8,506. Square Eddie—Too Much Excess: How About Zero (25-2), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S., 1/27, about 6 1/2f, 1:13.10, $90,000. Take Charge Indy—Brooke's Halo: Gorgeous Ginny (30-12), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, STK, Jeff and Jack Coady, Sr. S., 1/21, about 7 1/2f, 1:30.27, $15,190. Take Charge Indy—Promoted Deputy: Take Charge Deputy (30-12), c, 3 yo, Portland Meadows, STK, Columbia River S., 1/28, 1mi, 1:38.32, $8,607. Tizbud—Sourcebook: Tizft (9-3), m, 8 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 1/15, 6f, 1:10.95, $6,300. Tizbud—Team Builder: Onefortheteam (9-3), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 1/19, 1 1/8mi, 1:52.35, $12,240. Tizbud—Incoronata: Lazzarella (9-3), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, ALW, 1/28, 1mi (T), 1:36.95, $9,021. Top Hit—Jungle Girl: Maid Easy (11-2), m, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, STR, 12/30, 6f, 1:11.50, $5,033. Tough Game—Abbeys Runner: Tough Runner (3-2), m, 7 yo, Turf Paradise, STR, 1/20, 6 1/2f, 1:16.61, $4,881. Tribal Rule—Janerielle: Tribal Again (41-12), g, 7 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 1/1, 5 1/2f, 1:3.51, $4,950. Tribal Rule—Bluegrass Belle: Pee Wee Reese (41-12), h, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Joe Hernandez S., 1/1, about 6 1/2f, 1:12.37, $61,500. Tribal Rule—R Luck's Lady: Harvest a Storm (41-12), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 1/26, 6f, 1:10.45, $21,060.

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Twirling Candy—Flaming Dixie: Bako Sweets (44-7), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 1/21, 6f, 1:10.25, $21,060. Unusual Heat—Lady Evergreen: Unusually Green (39-2), g, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 12/29, 1mi, 1:37.61, $22,620. Unusual Heat—Treasure Chest: Warm Endowment (39-2), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 1/27, 1 1/16mi, 1:45.17, $21,060. Vronsky—Sister Sally: Sir Vronski (34-5), g, 7 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 1/12, 6f, 1:10.54, $6,300. Vronsky—Sister Sally: Sir Vronski (34-5), g, 7 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 1/28, 1mi, 1:39.01, $6,300.

2-YEAR-OLDS Ministers Wild Cat—Excusabull: Joe Jackson (45-12), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 12/31, 5 1/2f, 1:3.76, $12,240. Stay Thirsty—Subtle Aly: Shane Doan (50-4), g, 2 yo, Turf Paradise, STK, Lost in the Fog Juvenile S., 12/30, 6 1/2f, 1:17.04, $18,042. Take Charge Indy—Brooke's Halo: Gorgeous Ginny (30-12), f, 2 yo, Turf Paradise, STK, Arizona Juvenile Fillies S., 12/30, 6 1/2f, 1:16.28, $17,856.

MAIDENS ACCLAMATION Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911 Acclamation—Perfectly Perfect: Lady Acclamation (11-3), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/6, 5 1/2f, 1:5.37, $4,950. Awesome Gambler—Sweet Lips Pooh: Lipster (12-1), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 1/1, 6f, 1:12.12, $17,400.

BIG BAD LEROYBROWN Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911 Big Bad Leroybrown—Woodshe: Hope She Will (6-3), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 1/11, 1mi, 1:41.15, $10,800. Black Seventeen—Aclevershadeofjade: Black Site (5-1), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 1/27, 6 1/2f, 1:18.67, $21,000.

BRAVE CAT Daehling Ranch (916) 685 4965 www.daehlingranch.com Brave Cat—Eight Times Eight: Big Eight (5-1), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 1/23, 6f, 1:12.17, $3,789. Bushwacker—Cactus Flyer: Mr. Wiggle (6-1), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 12/18, 6 1/2f, 1:19.63, $3,633. Calimonco—Jazzy Moves: Jazz Night (9-2), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 1/8, 1mi, 1:41.04, $3,828.

POINT GIVEN EVERSMILE, BY THEATRICAL (IRE)

VERSATILE GRADE 1 WINNER AT 11/8 MILES ON THE EAST COAST AND GRADE 1 WINNER AT 6 FURLONGS ON THE WEST COAST •

Winner of the Haskell Invitational S.-G1

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Winner of the Santa Anita Sprint Championship S.-G1

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Top level Stakes performer - 1-2-3 in 12 of 14 starts earning $1,154,360 including Cigar Mile H.-G1, Goodwood S.-G1, San Pasqual S.-G2, Pat O’Brien S.-G2, Swaps S.-G2 etc.

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Winners DECEMBER 18, 2017 – JANUARY 28, 2018

COIL Barton Thoroughbreds (805) 693 1777 • info@bartonthoroughbreds.com www.bartonthoroughbreds Coil—Sky Reality: Fair Escape (16-4), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 1/12, 4 1/2f, 54.57, $3,480. Coil—Oriental Affair: Kung Pow Chick (16-4), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/14, 5 1/2f, 1:5.06, $4,400. Coil—Trash Master: Point Heat (16-4), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/20, 5 1/2f, 1:5.67, $4,950. Coil—Sacharissa: Taco Tuesday (16-4), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 1/26, 6f, 1:11.88, $17,400. Comic Strip—Brezza Marina: Blue Chip Betty (14-2), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 12/26, 5 1/2f, 1:5.06, $13,520. Comic Strip—Ms. Booty: Bezzy (14-2), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 1/28, 5 1/2f, 1:4.02, $20,280.

CYCLOTRON Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911 Cyclotron—Palais de l'Elysee: Particle of Energy (20-2), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 1/23, 5 1/2f, 1:5.19, $3,828. Decarchy—Shezabigbroad: Gator Don't Play (22-3), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/28, 6f, 1:10.71, $4,950. Del Mar Show—Shenandoah Lass: Theverythotofyou (2-1), m, 5 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 1/21, 4 1/2f, 53.40, $3,480.

DESERT CODE Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Desert Code—Category Ten: Ronton (21-4), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/15, 1mi, 1:40.56, $4,950. Eddington—Mistical Dream: Easter Dream (12-1), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/13, 6f, 1:11.28, $8,400. Elusive Warning—Serenity Miss: Madera Coquette (15-0), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/30, 5f, 59.09, $3,850. Game Plan—Aduana Dama: Game Piece (8-3), g, 6 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 1/27, 4 1/2f, 53.17, $3,480. Golden Balls (IRE)—Promise Me That: Kykee (4-2), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/21, 5f, 59.53, $3,850. Good Journey—Pleasing Sunrise: Sunrise Journey (25-7), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 1/1, 5 1/2f, 1:3.14, $20,280. Good Journey—Bella Castagna: My Aunt Tillie (25-7), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 1/12, about 6 1/2f, 1:14.83, $32,400. Good Journey—Natty B: Lil Bit Dangerous (25-7), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 1/13, 6f, 1:12.70, $17,400.

Good Journey—Miss Cassia (GB): Unexpected Journey (25-7), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/14, 1 1/16mi, 1:45.67, $5,500. Grace Upon Grace—Unbridled Echo: Mac McLovin (8-2), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 1/26, 5 1/2f, 1:5.74, $10,800. Haynesfeld—Summer Girl: Sensational Summer (42-7), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/29, 6f, 1:12.12, $4,950. Heatseeker (IRE)—Tiger's Mistress: Flir Power (25-2), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/29, 6f, 1:11.62, $4,400. Indian Evening—Sizzling Gold: Sizzling Evening (5-1), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 12/30, 5 1/2f, 1:3.79, $20,280. Indian Evening—Lady of Athens: Bronco Brown (5-1), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/20, 5 1/2f, 1:4.89, $4,950. Lucky J. H.—Ready for Crowds: Ready for Luck (11-2), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 1/9, 6 1/2f, 1:19.11, $3,828. Lucky Pulpit—Battle Shout: A Lucky Carry (53-7), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 1/7, 6f, 1:11.17, $20,280. Lucky Pulpit—Stop the Humor: My Boy Rudy (53-7), g, 4 yo, Portland Meadows, MCL, 1/9, 5f, 59.05, $2,915. Lucky Pulpit—Yerevan Storm: Touchdown U S C (53-7), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 1/14, 1mi, 1:38.83, $12,600. Lucky Pulpit—Becky's Vow: Felony One (53-7), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 1/20, 6f, 1:11.17, $20,280. Lucky Pulpit—Granny Got Game: Lostintranzlation (53-7), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 1/21, 1mi (T), 1:35.13, $33,600. Ministers Wild Cat—Polar Kid: Deep Snow (45-12), f, 4 yo, Sunland Park, MCL, 1/14, 6f, 1:12.05, $5,160. Old Fashioned—Trashi Diva: Raven Creek (52-7), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 1/1, about 6 1/2f, 1:13.96, $32,400. Old Topper—Truthy: Toppers Truth (9-2), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/11, 5f, 59.01, $4,400. The Pamplemousse—Linda Eder: Pampled (11-0), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/26, 1 1/8mi, 1:54.96, $3,850. Papa Clem—Bold Roberta: Bold Papa (46-7), g, 6 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 1/14, 1mi (T), 1:35.29, $32,400. Papa Clem—Mz. Winjum: Jenuwin (46-7), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/27, 6f, 1:12.34, $4,950. Richard's Kid—Sensitive Soul: Sapphire Kid (2-1), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 1/6, 5 1/2f, 1:5.83, $17,400.

SIERRA SUNSET Daehling Ranch (916) 685 4965 www.daehlingranch.com Sierra Sunset—El Sierra Tahoe: George From Tahoe (16-3), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 1/27, 1mi (T), 1:36.27, $39,000. Smooth Runner—Byballot: Nang Noi (2-0), m, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 12/19, 5 1/2f, 1:5.99, $000.

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Southern Image—Bonefde Reason: Bona Fide Image (24-5), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 12/26, 6f, 1:11.41, $7,363. Street Hero—Whole Enchilada: Spectacular One (17-4), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 1/15, 1mi, 1:38.73, $3,789.

SURF CAT Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911 Surf Cat—Eden Mirelle: Surf Kitten (11-1), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 1/22, 6f, 1:10.91, $7,595. Swiss Yodeler—Rose S.: Highland Rose (19-4), m, 4 yo, Portland Meadows, MCL, 12/18, 6f, 1:14.77, $2,915. Swiss Yodeler—Domasco Lake: Masco Yodeler (19-4), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/12, 5f, 58.84, $4,400. Take Charge Indy—Promoted Deputy: Take Charge Deputy (30-12), c, 3 yo, Portland Meadows, STK, Sophomore S., 1/7, 6f, 1:11.47, $6,050. Tapizar—Way Up: Waya Ed (43-7), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 1/28, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.62, $20,280. Terrell—I'mbethtoo: Reva Bella (8-1), m, 6 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 1/13, 6f, 1:12.33, $3,828. Thoreau—Top Touch: Mighty Thor (2-1), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/29, 6f, 1:11.76, $4,950. Thorn Song—Hannah's Wildcat: Let's Havanuther (28-2), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/30, 6f, 1:10.48, $4,400. Thorn Song—Sticktoyourdreams: Dreamin' of Blaze (28-2), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 12/30, 4 1/2f, 53.37, $3,430. Thorn Song—Christiana's Heat: Christiana's Song (28-2), m, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 12/31, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:44.71, $20,280. Tribal Rule—Golden Ballerina: Soolaimon (41-12), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/15, 5 1/2f, 1:5.21, $4,400. Twirling Candy—Fall Fashion: Fall Harvest (44-7), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/13, 1mi, 1:39.17, $4,400. Uncle Mo—Do Dat Blues: Mo See Cal (58-11), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 1/20, 1mi (T), 1:36.96, $32,400. Unusual Heat—Jerry'shoneycarol: Hot Honey Carol (39-2), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/14, 1mi, 1:44.03, $4,950. Violence—Feel Ridge (BRZ): Violent Ridge (28-6), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 1/15, 6f, 1:11.17, $32,400.

VRONSKY Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911 Vronsky—Donna B. Quick: Quick Finish (34-5), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 1/11, 6f, 1:9.48, $32,400.

SAND CO COLIC

COURTESY OF PAUL SICILIANO

Health

DETECTION AND PREVENTION

BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

he term “sand colic” refers to abdominal pain due to irritation or impaction of the gastrointestinal tract after the horse ingests sand. In some instances, sand accumulation can create complete blockage. Grazing in sandy pastures or eating hay of the ground, horses often pick up bits of sand. Tey can easily pull up grass in sandy soils, and might ingest some of the sand clinging to the roots. Fed on the ground, a horse might eat a little sand as he cleans up the last wisps of hay or kernels

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Horses fed in tubs can still ingest sand by eating feed spilled on the ground, especially in overgrazed pastures

of grain. Even if the horse were fed via bucket or feed rack, he might eat spilled feed from the ground. Te ingested sand usually moves through the digestive tract with the food and is passed in manure, but it can irritate the intestinal lining along the way. If very much sand accumulates, it weighs down the gut and might impair motility, hindering proper digestion and function. Irritation of the intestinal lining can lead to diarrhea, weight loss, and colic in some horses. If sand collects in the tract, the resulting reduction in motility hinders passage of sand and leads to more accumulation and, in some cases, a blockage. With a serious blockage, the horse could need surgery to remove the sand.

Health

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In some instances accumulating sand creates a complete blockage

To diagnose the problem, a veterinarian might listen to the ventral abdomen to hear whether sand is moving

Why this becomes a clinical problem in some horses while others seem to be able to carry fairly heavy sand burdens without a problem is still not understood. When sand becomes a problem, it is usually in the colon. Sand moves through the rest of the tract fairly quickly. When a horse becomes impacted, medical treatment is always tried frst to move the sand on through the tract. Veterinarians often treat these horses with a combination of psyllium and mineral oil via nasogastric tube to help lubricate the intestinal contents and get things moving through. Tis can be done repeatedly until the blockage is relieved. Many types of psyllium products are available for horses. Horsemen can do a fecal sand test themselves to watch for sand in the manure, and then use a sand-clearing type of supplement periodically if necessary. PREVENTING SAND COLIC

Dr. Allen Landes of Equine Medical Services in Laporte, Colo., said the most important thing with sand colic is pre-

vention. If horses are fed hay, care must be taken to ensure they don’t ingest sand. “We know that horses need to be fed low (on or near the ground) because it’s better for their lungs if they are not reaching up, eating from something like a hay net,” Landes said. “But if we are feeding on the ground, we need to have the hay contained in a place where the horse can’t consume sand and gravel at the same time. “Te other thing to avoid is overgrazing a pasture, especially on sandy soils. Grazing the plants down to the roots will generally result in ingesting some sand. In some regions (such as Florida and some places on the West Coast), you can’t avoid having horses on sandy pastures. In our area, here in the mountains of Colorado, we have places where there is a lot of granite that has eroded down to small particle size. It may not look like sand, but the particles are small enough to be inadvertently ingested.” In regions where horses might be at risk for sand consumption, Landes recommends putting them on some kind of

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We are also looking at probiotics added to the psyllium to improve gut health.” — Dr. Allen Landes

maintenance level of psyllium, added to their diet. Te fbrous psyllium tends to swell with moisture in the digestive tract, pick up sand, and carry it along, moving it out of the tract with the manure. “Now we are also looking at probiotics added to the psyllium, to improve gut health,” said Landes. Landes led a study looking at using probiotics and prebiotics in conjunction with psyllium. Te idea behind the study was that sand in the tract produces a certain amount of irritation and might lead to decreased motility, which in turn might lead to impaction. As the tract slows, digestion sufers, and the microbe population in the hindgut is altered, which in turn has a negative efect on digestion and motility. Te researchers added probiotics— some of the normal, helpful microbes that must be present at proper levels in the hindgut for optimum digestion and breakdown of fbrous material. Te reasoning was that adding these microbes might help keep gut motility at a more normal rate, which in turn might help

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A veterinarian might try to move the sand through the gut by administering psyllium and mineral oil through a nasogastric tube

on through (without accumulating within the tract),” Landes explained. “I still see the psyllium-probiotic combination working today, and I think it’s now one of those ‘wonder supplements’ that we take for granted. It enables us to help these horses with gut problems. “It’s not just sand issues that I see it helping, but also horses that might have a bit of loose manure or diarrhea. I tell clients that psyllium is both a laxative and a help with diarrhea.” In his veterinary practice Landes con-

tinues to see horses with sand colic. “Te nice thing, however, is if clients can get their horses on the product or become proactive in preventing sand ingestion. It really helps.” He recently saw a horse that lost a dramatic amount of weight over a two-week period. “Te horse was out on a small dry-lot area that had been grazed down to nothing, and you could readily hear the sand moving around in his gut,” Landes said. “Te client didn’t think too much about

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move sand through. Due to this research some new products were created that combined psyllium and probiotics in a pelleted form to be given in the feed. Te study looked at eight normal horses that had had no signs of sand colic within the previous year. “One thing we found was that even horses that we don’t consider to have a sand colic problem still have a certain amount of sand and debris in their gut,” said Landes. “Te other surprising thing was how well that product worked—how quickly it started to work and push the sand through the horses, and also how long it continued to work, over time. We’re not talking about heavy loads of sand. We’re talking about small amounts. But the amounts that were being pushed out were statistically signifcant.” Landes was also amazed at how long the product continued to work. Even after the horses were on it for a long time, the amount of sand pushed through the tract didn’t decrease much. “Te product didn’t lose its efcacy,” Landes said. “So we were fairly confdent that horses being on it for an extended period would continue to do well. Some people were theorizing earlier that maybe the bacteria in the hindgut would start digesting and converting the psyllium (breaking it down the way fbrous feeds are broken down) and it would lose its ability to collect the sand and push it through. But my study didn’t show that at all. “Tese products launched the idea of adding probiotics to the psyllium to get the gut healthy again. I like to have my clients keep their horses on those products if they live in an area where horses are prone to having sand issues. It doesn’t hurt to keep them on it year-round. “I have one client with a horse that had a prolonged sand problem; you could readily hear the sand moving around in the gut. Tis horse is now on the product year-round and is continuously passing the sand on through. “Whether a horse has a problem with sand is simply how much they consume compared with how much can be passed

HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

Health

Horse owners can test for sand by picking up a fecal sample with a glove, turning it inside out, and flling it with water. The sand will then collect in the fngertips of the glove.

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HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

Health

Care must be taken with the hay fed to horses to ensure they are not ingesting sand

sand being a problem until I listened to the gut.” DIAGNOSIS

“Horse owners can do their own testing for sand, checking the manure,” said Landes. “Tey can fll a 2- to 4-quart plastic container about two-thirds full of water and add about six fecal balls of manure to it. After stirring that around, the sand will settle to the bottom. Tey can pour of the water slurry, and any sand will remain in the bottom of the container. Tis is an easy way to check the manure. “One negative test (no sand in the bottom) does not prove that there is no sand present in that horse’s gut, however. Te owner would have to check several samples, over time. Tis would be a wise thing to do if the horse is in a sandy area and is being fed of the ground or out in a pasture. Tis past summer with the dry conditions here in the West, there wasn’t much pasture left and a lot of horses were grazing their pastures very short. “If the veterinarian is out for any reason, ask him/her to check your horses

(listening to the ventral abdomen with a stethoscope) to see if they can hear any sand moving in the colon. Tis is a good way of knowing whether the horse has ingested sand.”

Whether a horse has a problem with sand is simply how much they consume compared with how much can be passed on through.” — Dr. Allen Landes

Te veterinarian might also check a manure sample by putting a fecal ball in a rectal sleeve with some water and doing a swirl test. For this simple test, you pick up the fecal sample with a plastic rectal sleeve/glove, then turn the rectal sleeve inside out so it contains the sample, pour some water into the sleeve, and mix the water with the feces by shaking it up. When you let everything settle, the sand (being heavier than the manure)

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will tend to gravitate into the fngers of the sleeve/glove. If you get the vegetable components of the fecal ball foating around in the water, this will allow the heavier sand to drop down into the fngertips. While that is an efective way to test for sand, all it tells you is that the horse has eaten sand and that it has made its way through the gastrointestinal tract with the manure. It doesn’t tell you how much sand the horse still has in the tract or whether he will colic or develop impaction. Te fecal test is a rough indicator, however, because if there is consistently a lot of sand in the feces, there is probably also a lot of sand in the colon. Te test can be negative in horses that are passing small amounts of sand, however. Te veterinarian might listen to the ventral abdomen with a stethoscope and hear the sand moving. It sounds like the rustling sound of the sea moving of a sandy beach. Whether the sand can be heard, however, might depend on where in the tract the sand is and the amount. Sand will also show up on radiographs because it is so dense.

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2017 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS (THRU DEC. 31, 2017)

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Harris Farms Nick Alexander Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC Terry C. Lovingier Reddam Racing, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams Old English Rancho, Patsy Berumen & Sal Berumen Richard Barton Enterprises Old English Rancho Gary Barber Joe Turner Madeline Auerbach & Barry Abrams Liberty Road Stables Premier Thoroughbreds LLC & Alan Klein Madera Thoroughbreds LLC Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray Harold Tillema & Pamela Tillema Donald Valpredo Daehling Ranch LLC Nick Cafarchia Dizney Double Diamond, LLC Legacy Ranch Heinz H. Steinmann George Schmitt & Mary Clare Schmitt Premier Thoroughbreds LLC Lou Neve Estate of Alesia, BranJam Stables & Ciaglia Racing, LLC Red Baron’s Barn & Vaya Con Suerte Carol A. Lingenfelter Thomas W. Bachman KMN Racing Perry Martin & Steve Coburn Rancho San Miguel Ballena Vista Farm Willow Tree Farm Inc Benjamin C. Warren Rod Rodriguez & Lorraine Rodriguez Ellen Jackson Richard Allen Kritzski and AGR Racing William L. Hedrick & Judy Hedrick Milt A. Policzer Dahlberg Farms LLC Pamela C. Ziebarth Madera Thoroughbreds Old English Rancho & Bruce Headley Triple AAA Ranch Frank Mermenstein & Tom McCrocklin Howard & Janet Siegel Racing LLC Dr. Edward C. Allred Old English Rancho & Riggio Mercedes Stables LLC Brett Mason Running Luck Ranch LLC Rozamund Barclay Joseph P. Morey Jr. Revocable Trust Curtis C. & Lila L. Lanning LLC

673 257 681 706 243 327 226 343 226 44 69 52 215 10 147 141 29 248 168 98 7 175 167 139 78 76 5 16 40 73 35 5 126 57 30 129 98 95 8 96 86 86 27 111 82 52 12 114 46 13 51 31 110 117 76 9

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Wins

91 49 113 89 38 48 32 49 28 15 15 9 29 5 20 24 8 33 22 16 5 28 21 19 13 12 2 6 6 10 7 1 21 17 6 25 17 18 3 15 15 18 5 20 13 13 2 16 5 4 6 4 12 14 13 2

Stakes Wins

3 6 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 2 5 4 0 5 0 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1

Leading Earner

Desert Law ($123,728) S Y Sky ($278,240) Queen Bee to You ($130,085) Spin Me a Kiss ($152,470) B Squared ($247,735) Bookies Luck ($216,649) What a View ($228,845) Roaring Rule ($77,965) Shehastheritestuff ($128,745) Mr. Hinx ($438,548) Sircat Sally ($464,660) Majestic Heat ($263,190) Boy Howdy ($57,546) Miss Sunset ($477,435) Got Even ($154,294) Little Doe ($72,440) Richard’s Boy ($402,360) Bishops of Compton ($44,265) Fast and Foxy ($172,505) My Italian Babbo ($221,961) Skye Diamonds ($378,920) Haywired ($57,830) Swiss Minister ($40,330) Senator Robert ($130,723) Spiced Perfection ($167,280) Avanti Bello ($154,247) Ashleyluvssugar ($331,845) Edwards Going Left ($291,390) Cuddle Alert ($212,214) Take the One O One ($81,345) Grecian Fire ($107,315) California Chrome ($250,000) Powder ($91,650) Family Girl ($76,345) Moonless Sky ($244,720) Warrens Goldnugget ($43,525) Popular Kid ($100,116) Nightime Olympics ($81,205) One Fast Broad ($249,160) Private Terrace ($70,870) Our Lucky Break ($41,100) Patriots Rule ($77,353) Ambitious Brew ($170,200) Mirror Image ($32,515) K Thirty Eight ($93,641) Maid Easy ($76,897) Marckie’s Water ($157,301) Brownie Finale ($57,521) Cordiality ($126,160) Starlite Style ($146,740) Gorgeous Ginny ($82,256) More Power to Him ($134,310) Pequena Maty ($53,846) Hot Gem ($30,280) Papercoversrock ($38,145) Tribal Storm ($162,805)

Earnings

$1,788,778 $1,766,047 $1,755,472 $1,639,697 $1,544,142 $1,482,659 $1,223,339 $962,242 $703,916 $638,716 $617,280 $583,248 $515,291 $477,435 $474,719 $459,946 $459,525 $448,640 $441,467 $381,968 $378,920 $366,766 $365,364 $360,241 $354,986 $352,811 $331,845 $331,825 $300,519 $297,708 $297,425 $294,025 $283,097 $281,332 $269,590 $268,508 $267,566 $265,817 $261,760 $253,206 $245,852 $244,138 $241,630 $238,047 $237,665 $198,846 $196,141 $191,671 $188,993 $180,430 $175,469 $169,787 $165,227 $164,661 $164,033 $163,030

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Leading California Sires Lists of 2017 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

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

198

1535

228

$4,855,580

Sire

Earned

1 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$557,232

$50,657

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

113

672

124

$3,741,405

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

28 $1,304,825

$39,540

3 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

109

656

$3,374,622

3 † Popular, 1999, by Saint Ballado

$409,270

$37,206

4 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

163

905

123

$3,277,616

4 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

113 124 $3,741,405

$33,110

5 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

126

798

132

$2,971,671

5 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

109

95 $3,374,622

$30,960

6 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 101

691

113

$2,197,794

68 $1,974,272

$28,204

7 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

410

$2,031,472

$27,793

8 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

106

793

$2,027,913

9 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

137

930

122

$2,005,658

6 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 7 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

Earned

Earnings/ Runner

$917,158

8 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$923,487

$27,161

9 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

$504,288

$26,541

10 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

463

$1,974,272

60 $2,031,472

$26,045

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

428

$1,338,808

12 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

150

$1,304,825

13 † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

307

$1,045,315

14 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

336

$1,030,079

15 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 53

368

$1,026,175

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

477

$946,611

17 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

248

$945,807

18 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

599

$940,181

19 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

165

$923,487

20 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

201

$917,158

21 † Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway 65

424

$913,554

22 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

392

$884,225

23 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

461

$831,957

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

372

$814,989

(MINIMUM 50 STARTS)

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

307

$753,575

26 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

201

$680,592

27 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

345

$680,207

28 † Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar

300

$647,371

29 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

199

$630,125

30 Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

368

$613,388

31 † Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat

263

$604,037

32 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$557,232

33 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

$535,126

34 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

139

$525,376

10 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 11 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 12 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

198 228 $4,855,580 126 132 $2,971,671

$24,523 $23,585

13 † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig

$441,127

$23,217

14 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$945,807

$23,068

101 113 $2,197,794

$21,760

15 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 16 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

$630,125

$21,728

17 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$497,172

$21,616

18 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

$680,592

$21,269

19 † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

46 $1,045,315

$20,496

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

50 $1,338,808

$20,285

Sire

Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins

Earned

1 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

84 336

60 $2,380,027

2 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

54 165

24 $1,135,658

3 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

34 130

$998,739

4 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

41 122

$783,232

5 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

38 118

$639,383

6 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

73 243

$633,657

7 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

$569,084

8 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

66 207

$527,818

35 Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

176

$508,041

9 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$443,906

36 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

135

$504,288

10 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

$433,361

37 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

176

$499,752

11 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$423,095

38 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

118

$497,172

12 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

53 121

$372,786

39 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

114

$485,752

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

$365,906

40 Coil, 2008, by Point Given

161

$464,825

14 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$364,913

41 Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

282

$449,626

104

$441,127

15 † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig

$337,395

42 † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig

$326,685

43 † Popular, 1999, by Saint Ballado

$409,270

17 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$322,387

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

226

$405,811

18 † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$322,164

45 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

157

$394,719

$289,530

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

243

$393,727

$267,089

47 Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando

179

$391,645

16 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

19 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 20 † Thorn Song, 2003, by Unbridled’s Song

16 33

37 69

2 6

6 7

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 December 31, 2017.

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2018 FEE:

•

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•

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Leading California Sires Lists of 2017 2017 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

2017 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER (MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Sire

1 † Popular, 1999, by Saint Ballado 2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

Sire

Wnrs

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

198

108

228 $4,855,580

2 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

163

123 $3,277,616

3 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

126

132 $2,971,671

4 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

137

122 $2,005,658

95 $3,374,622 $16,595

5 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

113

124 $3,741,405

6 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

101

113 $2,197,794

Earned

Median

$409,270 $19,215

113 124 $3,741,405 $18,000

3 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

4 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

109

$499,752 $16,785

Earned

5 Roi Charmant, 2001, by Evansville Slew

$322,259 $15,925

6 Forest Command, 2005, by Monarchos

$192,311 $15,810

Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

106

96 $2,027,913

7 † Cindago, 2003, by Indian Charlie

$288,952 $15,527

8 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

109

95 $3,374,622

198 228 $4,855,580 $14,909

9 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

8 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 9 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$940,181

68 $1,974,272 $12,567

10 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

68 $1,974,272

10 † Tough Game, 1999, by Mr. Greeley

$157,720 $12,108

11 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$884,225

11 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$497,172 $11,800

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

$946,611

12 Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union

$123,655 $11,777

13 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

60 $2,031,472

13 † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold

$296,905 $11,720

14 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

14 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

42 $1,030,079 $11,700

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

50 $1,338,808

15 Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

$379,045 $11,450

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

$814,989

16 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$884,225 $11,390

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

$913,554

17 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$923,487 $11,285

Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE)

$753,575

18 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

$504,288 $11,252

Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

$613,388

42 $1,030,079

19 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

126 132 $2,971,671 $11,127

20 Skimming, 1996, by Nureyev

20 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

2017 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

(MINIMUM 100 STARTS) Sire

Rnrs

Srts

$831,957

$251,144 $11,076

2017 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER START Earned

Earnings Start

Sire

Rnrs

Srts

Races Won

Earned

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

198 1535

228

$4,855,580

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

150 $1,304,825

$8,699

2 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

126

798

132

$2,971,671

2 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

165

$923,487

$5,597

3 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

113

672

124

$3,741,405

3 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

113

672 $3,741,405

$5,568

4 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

163

905

123

$3,277,616

4 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

109

656 $3,374,622

$5,144

5 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

137

930

122

$2,005,658

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

410 $2,031,472

$4,955

6 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 101

691

113

$2,197,794

6 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

201

$917,158

$4,563

7 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

106

793

$2,027,913

7 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

463 $1,974,272

$4,264

8 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

109

656

$3,374,622

8 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

114

$485,752

$4,261

9 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

599

$940,181

9 † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig

104

$441,127

$4,242

463

$1,974,272

461

$831,957

10 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

10 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

118

$497,172

$4,213

11 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

248

$945,807

$3,814

12 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

392

$884,225

12 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

139

$525,376

$3,780

13 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

410

$2,031,472

135

Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

13 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

$504,288

$3,735

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

477

$946,611

14 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

126

798 $2,971,671

$3,724

15 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

368

$1,026,175

15 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

163

905 $3,277,616

$3,622

345

$680,207

16 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

307 $1,045,315

$3,405

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

428

$1,338,808

17 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

18 †Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$680,592

$3,386

307

$1,045,315

691 $2,197,794

$3,181

† Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway 65

424

$913,554

19 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

199

$630,125

$3,166

Einstein (BRZ), 2002, by Spend a Buck

372

$814,989

198 1535 $4,855,580

$3,163

Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

368

$613,388

201

Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

18 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 101 20 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

Races Won

Rnrs

Races Rnrs Won

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Leading California Sires Lists of 2017 2017 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY MONEY WON

2017 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

Earned

Wnrs

Races Won

1 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

142

$960,623

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

131

$507,261

2 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$507,261

$960,623

3 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

114

$485,752

4 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$282,204

3 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$282,204

4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

5 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$278,578

$485,752

5 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

6 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

$265,472

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

$194,342

7 Indian Evening, 2009, by Indian Charlie

$203,853

8 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

$196,023

Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

$181,868

$194,342

Einstein (BRZ), 2002, by Spend a Buck

$175,543

10 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

$181,868

$153,778

Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$101,098

11 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

12 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

$175,543

11 Indian Evening, 2009, by Indian Charlie

$203,853

$164,290

Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

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

$196,023

$153,778

Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE)

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

$152,806

Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

$128,352

15 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 16 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$135,157

U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

$86,703

$130,160

Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

$58,253

17 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

$128,352

17 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$130,160

18 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$108,075

Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$108,075

Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$108,075

† Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat

$69,055

$101,098

Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

$67,095

$56,161

Sire

9 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

20 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

Sire

8 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

2017 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER Earned

Earnings/ Runner

Sire

Rnrs

Srts

Races Won

Earned

1 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$278,578

$55,716

1 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

142

$960,623

2 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

$196,023

$28,003

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

131

$507,261

3 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$135,157

$27,031

3 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

114

$485,752

4 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$282,204

$265,472

$181,868

4 Indian Evening, 2009, by Indian Charlie

$203,853

$25,482

5 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

$265,472

$24,134

6 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$960,623

$24,016

6 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

$152,806

$21,829

7 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

$196,023

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

† Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

8 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$101,098

$20,220

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

$194,342

9 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$130,160

$16,270

Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$175,543

$485,752

$15,180

Einstein (BRZ), 2002, by Spend a Buck

$153,778

$128,352

$14,261

Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

$58,253

10 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 11 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike 12 Einstein (BRZ), 2002, by Spend a Buck

$153,778

$13,980

$278,578

13 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$282,204

$13,438

Indian Evening, 2009, by Indian Charlie

$203,853

$91,611

$13,087

Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE)

$152,806

15 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$175,543

$12,539

Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

$128,352

16 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$101,098

$135,157

14 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid

12 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$507,261

$12,078

17 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$108,075

$12,008

18 Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando

$70,947

$11,825

Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$108,075

19 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

$164,290

$11,735

U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

$86,703

$58,253

$11,651

Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

$73,864

20 Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

Races Rnrs Won

Earned

2017 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

(MINIMUM 5 RUNNERS) Sire

Rnrs

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17 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

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Leading California Sires Lists of 2017 2017 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER (MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Sire

Earned

Median

Sire

Rnrs

Srts

Earned

Earnings Start

1 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$101,098 $20,280

2 Indian Evening, 2009, by Indian Charlie

$203,853 $15,950

2 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

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

$152,806 $14,451

3 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

113

4 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

$265,472 $13,575

4 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

109

656 $3,374,622

$5,144

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$175,543

$9,373

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

410 $2,031,472

$4,955

6 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$108,075

$8,203

6 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

201

$917,158

$4,563

7 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

$507,261

$7,625

7 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

463 $1,974,272

$4,264

8 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

$164,290

$7,020

8 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

114

$485,752

$4,261

$135,157

$6,985

9 † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig

104

$441,127

$4,242

9 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

150 $1,304,825 165

$8,699

$923,487

$5,597

672 $3,741,405

$5,568

10 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

$128,352

$6,810

10 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

118

$497,172

$4,213

11 Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

$58,253

$6,750

11 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

248

$945,807

$3,814

12 Uh Oh Bango, 2007, by Top Hit

$60,973

$6,435

12 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

139

$525,376

$3,780

13 Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

$22,690

$6,150

13 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

135

$504,288

$3,735

14 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$130,160

$5,998

14 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

126

798 $2,971,671

$3,724

15 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

$73,864

$5,575

15 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

163

905 $3,277,616

$3,622

16 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

$196,023

$5,130

16 † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

307 $1,045,315

$3,405

$86,703

$4,817

17 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

201

$3,386

18 † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$278,578

$4,665

18 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

19 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

$63,166

$4,600

19 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

$153,778

$4,430

20 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

17 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

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

Races Rnrs Won

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101

$680,592

691 $2,197,794

$3,181

199

$630,125

$3,166

198 1535 $4,855,580

$3,163

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

Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 30

33 34 36 37 38 40 41 43 44 45

† Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker † Birdonthewire, 1989, by Proud Birdie † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat Memo (CHI), 1987, by Mocito Guapo (ARG) Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam † Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar One Man Army, 1994, by Roman Diplomat Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE) † Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway † 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 Hold for Gold, 1995, by Red Ransom Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister † Cindago, 2003, by Indian Charlie Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View † Popular, 1999, by Saint Ballado Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) North Light (IRE), 2001, by Danehill • Redattore (BRZ), 1995, by Roi Normand Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry Slewvescent, 1988, by Seattle Slew Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat † Western Fame, 1992, by Gone West Silic (FR), 1995, by Sillery Crafty C. T., 1998, by Crafty Prospector Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle Iron Cat, 1995, by Storm Cat Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat

Crops

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

Avg Named Size Foals

46 13 49 28 11 19 116 59 15 62 34 106 47 14 48 9 37 34 51 19 26 56 11 55 45 16 34 10 28 26 25 38 151 8 13 39 33 8 21 16 46 18 25 18 18 11 47 32

780 67 392 142 53 191 232 1067 271 738 506 847 420 114 721 84 223 201 769 190 78 503 135 606 404 94 374 99 480 129 75 341 754 50 288 542 66 82 298 190 229 110 447 203 54 150 233 483

Runners

592-76% 56-84% 283-72% 117-82% 30-57% 135-71% 117-50% 819-77% 198-73% 525-71% 301-59% 521-62% 314-75% 62-54% 559-78% 57-68% 130-58% 145-72% 576-75% 122-64% 39-50% 241-48% 105-78% 427-70% 308-76% 70-74% 274-73% 73-74% 355-74% 86-67% 62-83% 210-62% 156-21% 36-72% 217-75% 430-79% 25-38% 61-74% 203-68% 142-75% 52-23% 65-59% 332-74% 138-68% 32-59% 117-78% 171-73% 403-83%

2YO Winners

Stakes Winners

Graded Stakes Winners

Progeny Earnings

AEI

Comp Index

424-54% 56-7% 40-60% 9-13% 183-47% 62-16% 83-58% 28-20% 19-36% 11-21% 92-48% 15-8% 72-31% 32-14% 579-54% 123-12% 143-53% 40-15% 392-53% 128-17% 210-42% 34-7% 385-45% 112-13% 226-54% 56-13% 46-40% 0-0% 435-60% 106-15% 39-46% 3-4% 86-39% 19-9% 88-44% 27-13% 396-51% 116-15% 77-41% 12-6% 28-36% 11-14% 178-35% 47-9% 75-56% 16-12% 313-52% 94-16% 224-55% 62-15% 57-61% 11-12% 190-51% 44-12% 55-56% 20-20% 218-45% 41-9% 55-43% 16-12% 36-48% 9-12% 124-36% 15-4% 106-14% 10-1% 22-44% 4-8% 96-33% 19-7% 331-61% 113-21% 12-18% 6-9% 44-54% 8-10% 150-50% 46-15% 87-46% 13-7% 41-18% 9-4% 45-41% 6-5% 260-58% 57-13% 94-46% 27-13% 21-39% 5-9% 98-65% 8-5% 117-50% 31-13% 290-60% 80-17%

44-6% 5-7% 7-2% 11-8% 1-2% 10-5% 4-2% 52-5% 12-4% 35-5% 12-2% 32-4% 10-2% 2-2% 28-4% 2-2% 6-3% 8-4% 26-3% 6-3% 3-4% 7-1% 4-3% 18-3% 15-4% 3-3% 13-3% 2-2% 11-2% 3-2% 1-1% 8-2% 4-1% 1-2% 5-2% 19-4% 0-0% 1-1% 12-4% 3-2% 2-1% 2-2% 17-4% 6-3% 1-2% 3-2% 6-3% 16-3%

14-2% 1-1% 1-0% 1-1% 0-0% 3-2% 1-0% 15-1% 2-1% 7-1% 4-1% 6-1% 3-1% 1-1% 9-1% 1-1% 3-1% 1-0% 9-1% 2-1% 1-1% 1-0% 0-0% 6-1% 2-0% 0-0% 1-0% 1-1% 4-1% 0-0% 0-0% 4-1% 2-0% 0-0% 3-1% 1-0% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 2-2% 3-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 2-0%

$56,212,395 $4,452,281 $26,782,570 $8,622,360 $1,759,369 $10,677,201 $4,551,693 $50,302,167 $13,362,485 $35,132,358 $18,056,614 $37,596,446 $20,517,356 $3,633,136 $35,427,114 $2,982,296 $7,316,901 $6,884,793 $31,216,680 $6,686,400 $1,579,045 $14,022,075 $5,570,920 $20,491,551 $16,844,948 $3,946,914 $15,363,312 $3,689,598 $15,055,492 $3,956,529 $2,159,786 $8,956,654 $7,755,673 $1,912,975 $7,607,045 $21,538,296 $631,992 $3,078,082 $8,970,082 $8,489,981 $2,934,874 $2,924,978 $15,363,497 $5,605,081 $998,513 $4,554,753 $6,395,822 $19,249,703

1.93 1.71 1.57 1.55 1.49 1.47 1.36 1.31 1.31 1.26 1.25 1.21 1.21 1.20 1.19 1.13 1.13 1.12 1.12 1.09 1.08 1.06 1.05 1.03 1.03 1.02 1.02 1.01 0.99 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.94 0.93 0.92 0.92 0.91 0.89 0.89 0.87 0.86 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83

1.21 1.34 1.13 0.97 1.09 1.09 1.55 1.46 1.31 1.05 1.06 1.68 1.44 1.27 1.09 0.93 0.97 1.25 1.32 0.89 1.09 1.16 1.11 1.20 0.91 1.30 0.97 0.92 1.38 1.10 1.48 1.45 1.19 0.91 0.80 0.83 1.30 0.62 0.81 0.90 1.03 1.18 0.79 1.05 0.94 0.90 1.10 1.05

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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July 11-24

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Added Value

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11⁄8 m.

$200,000

Robert B. Lewis Stakes (Gr. III)

3-y-o

11⁄16 m.

$150,000

San Marcos Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up

11⁄4 m. (T)

$200,000

Palos Verdes Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up

6 f.

$200,000

Las Virgenes Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o f.

1 m.

$200,000

Santa Maria Stakes (Gr. II)

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

11⁄16 m.

$200,000

San Vicente Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o

7 f.

$200,000

Thunder Road Stakes (Gr. III)

4-y-o & up

1 m. (T)

$100,000

GGF California Oaks

3-y-o f.

11⁄16 m.

$50,000

Sweet Life Stakes

3-y-o f.

abt. 61⁄2 f. (T)

$75,000

Buena Vista Stakes (Gr. II)

GGF El Camino Real Derby

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

1 m. (T)

$200,000

3-y-o

11⁄8 m.

$100,000 $100,000

Las Flores Stakes (Gr. III)

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

6 f.

Baffe Stakes

3-y-o

abt. 61⁄2 f. (T)

$75,000

California Cup Derby

3-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired

1 ⁄16 m.

$200,000

California Cup Oaks

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

1 m. (T)

$200,000

GGF Lost in the Fog Stakes

4-y-o & up

6 f.

Daytona Stakes (Gr. III)

4-y-o & up

abt. 61⁄2 f. (T)

Wishing Well Stakes

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

abt. 61⁄2 f. (T)

Spring Fever Stakes

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

6 f.

Santa Ysabel Stakes (Gr. III)

3-y-o f.

11⁄16 m.

$100,000

Tiznow Stakes

4-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired

1 m.

$100,000

Santa Anita Handicap (Gr. I)

4-y-o & up

11⁄4 m.

$600,000

Frank E. Kilroe Mile (Gr. I)

4-y-o & up

1 m. (T)

$400,000

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4-y-o & up

7 f.

$400,000

San Felipe Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o

11⁄16 m.

$400,000

China Doll Stakes

3-y-o f.

1 m. (T)

Sensational Star Stakes

4-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired

abt. 61⁄2 f. (T)

Santa Margarita Stakes (Gr. I)

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

11⁄8 m.

$400,000

Irish O’Brien Stakes

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

abt. 61⁄2 f. (T)

$100,000

Pasadena Stakes

$200,000

GGF Camilla Urso Stakes

3-y-o

1 m. (T)

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

6 f.

$75,000 $100,000

$50,000

Santa Ana Stakes (Gr. II)

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

1 ⁄8 m. (T)

$200,000

San Luis Rey Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up

11⁄2 m. (T)

$200,000 $200,000

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

7 f.

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

abt. 61⁄2 f. (T)

4-y-o & up

abt. 6 ⁄2 f. (T)

3-y-o & up

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BALLENA VISTA FARM California’s Best Stud Fee Values

BLUEGRASS CAT

Storm Cat - She’s a Winner by A.P. Indy

THE NO. 1 SIRE IN CALIFORNIA 2018 Stud Fee: $7,500 Live Foal

EDDINGTON

Unbridled - Fashion Star by Chief’s Crown

GRADE 1 MILLIONAIRE AND GRADE 1 SIRE 2018 Stud Fee: $3,500 Live Foal

DIXIE CHATTER

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CALIMONCO

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TEXAS RYANO

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Farm Manager: Miguel Jimenez

Inquiries to: Jeanne Davis