California Thoroughbred Magazine March 2019 by CTBA

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SPICED PERFECTION 2018 CALIFORNIA-BRED HORSE OF THE YEAR

Racing Class and Stud Fee Value

Vassar Photo

CLUBHOUSE RIDE Sires First Winner MOON HOUSE

Last of six entering the fnal turn, Moon House swung to the far outside and rallied fve wide into the stretch to win the Feb. 15 open maiden special at Golden Gate by a length, “much the best” as the 7/5 favorite for owners Frank and Jef Edmunds. A multiple G2 winner (by CANDY RIDE) of $1,341,132, CLUBHOUSE RIDE won or placed in 11 graded stakes including Grade I’s at 2, 5 and 6. Fee: $2,500 LF

Smiling Tiger

Acclamation

Grade I Sire of Champions Cruel Intention and Spiced Perfection ($672,405). Fee: $7,500 LF

Leading California 3rd-Crop Sire of 2018 and sire of Champion Take the One O One. Fee: $7,500 LF

Mr. Big

Vronsky

#2 (to TAPIT) Cumulative Active Lifetime Sire in NA by Earnings per Named Foal. Fee: $6,500 LF

Grade I sire of 2019 Golden Gate record-setting Vronilla Parfait (5f. turf, :56.41). Fee: $6,500 LF

Majestic Harbor

Prospect Park

Santa Anita Gold Cup-G1 winner of $1.3 Million set 111 Beyer at 1 1/4 miles. Fee: $3,500 LF

Entering Stud: Graded Winner of $539,770 by TAPIT, sire of 25 Grade 1 winners. Fee: $2,500 LF

Lakerville

Tamarando

Sire of multiple stakes winner LAKERBALL from 8 two-year-old starters in 2018. Fee: $2,500 LF

Grade 1 winner of $722,652 and California Champion. First crop now yearlings. Fee: $2,500 LF

Jeranimo

Desert Code

Grade 1 winner of $1.5 Million and brilliant turf miler set 108 Beyer (1:32.61). Fee: $2,500 LF

Perennial Leading Sire: 67% Winners/Starters Average Earnings/Starter: $46,000. Fee: $2,000 LF

Stud fees are payable when foal stands and nurses. All stallions are nominated to the Breeders’ Cup.

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From the EXECUTIVE CORNER DOUG BURGE CTBA PRESIDENT

Introducing the 2019 Golden State Stakes Series – 39 Races, $5 Million Statewide Sat., Jan 26

California Cup Turf Sprint Stakes

Sat., Jan 26

California Cup Sprint

Sat., Jan 26

Sunshine Millions F/M Turf Sprint

F/M

Three-Year-Olds

6 ½ F, Turf

$100,000

Four-Year-Olds & Up

6F, Dirt 6 1⁄2 F, Turf

$150,000

Four-Year-Olds & Up

$200,000

$150,000

Sat., Jan 26

Unusual Heat California Cup Turf Classic

Four-Year-Olds & Up

1 ⁄8 M, Turf

Mon.,Feb 18

California Cup Derby

Three-Year-Olds

1 1⁄16 M, Dirt

$200,000

Mon., Feb 18

California Cup Oaks

Fillies

Three-Year-Olds

1 M, Turf

$200,000

Sun., Feb 24

Spring Fever Stakes

F/M

Four-Year-Olds & Up

6F, Dirt

$100,000

Sun., Mar 3

Tiznow Stakes

Four-Year-Olds & Up

1 M, Dirt

$100,000

Sun., Mar 17

Irish O’Brien Stakes

Four-Year-Olds & Up

6 1⁄2 F, Turf

$100,000

F/M

Sun., Mar 24

Sensational Star Stakes

Four-Year-Olds & Up

6 ⁄2 F, Turf

$100,000

Sat., Apr 6

Echo Eddie Stakes

Three-Year-Olds

6 1⁄2 F, Dirt

$200,000

Three-Year-Olds

6 ⁄2 F, Dirt

$200,000

Three-Year-Olds & Up

1 M, Turf

$100,000

Sat., Apr 6

Evening Jewel Stakes

Sat., Apr 27

Crystal Water Stakes

Sun., April 28

Silky Sullivan

Three-Year-Olds

1 M, Turf

$100,000

Sun., April 28

Campanile

Fillies

Three-Year-Olds

1 M, Turf

$100,000

Sun., May 12

Fran’s Valentine Stakes

F/M

Three-Year-Olds & Up

1 M, Turf

$100,000

Sat., Jun 15

Thor’s Echo

Three-Year-Olds & Up

6F, Dirt

$100,000

Sat., Jun 22

Dream of Summer Stakes

Three-Year-Olds & Up

1 M, Dirt

$100,000

Sat., June 22

Snow Chief Stakes

Three-Year-Olds

1 1⁄8 M, Turf

$200,000

Fillies

F/M

Sun., June 23

Melair Stakes

Three-Year-Olds

1 ⁄16 M, Dirt

$200,000

July

Everett Nevin Stakes

Two-Year-Olds

5 1⁄2 F, Dirt

$100,000

July

Bertrando Stakes

Three-Year-Olds & Up

1 M, Dirt

$100,000

July

Real Good Deal Stakes

Three-Year-Olds

7F, Dirt

$150,000

Three-Year-Olds & Up

1 ⁄16 M, Turf

$150,000

Three-Year-Olds

7F, Dirt

$150,000

Two-Year-Olds

5 ⁄2 F, Dirt

$100,000

Two-Year-Olds

5 1⁄2 F, Dirt

$100,000

July

California Dreamin’ Stakes

July

Fleet Treat Stakes

Fillies

August

CTBA Stakes

August

Graduation Stakes

August

Solana Beach Stakes

F/M

Three-Year-Olds & Up

1 M, Turf

$150,000

August

Generous Portion Stakes

Fillies

Two-Year-Olds

6F, Dirt

$100,000

August

I’m Smokin Stakes

Two-Year-Olds

6F, Dirt

$100,000

October

Harris Farms Stakes

Three-Year-Olds & Up

6F, Dirt

$100,000

Three-Year-Olds & Up

6 ⁄2 F, Turf

$100,000

Three-Year-Olds & Up

6 1⁄2 F, Turf

$100,000

Two-Year-Olds

7F, Dirt

$200,000

Two-Year-Olds

7F, Dirt

$200,000

Three-Year-Olds & Up

7F, Dirt

$100,000

Three-Year-Olds & Up

7F, Dirt

$100,000

Two-Year-Olds

1 M, Dirt

$100,000

Two-Year-Olds

1 M, Dirt

$100,000

October

California Distaff

October

California Flag Handicap

November

Golden State Juvenile Fillies

November

Golden State Juvenile

November

Betty Grable Stakes

November

Cary Grant Stakes

December

King Glorious Stakes

December

Soviet Problem Stakes

Fillies

F/M Fillies F/M

Fillies

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Contents

FEATURES

18 CHAMPIONS OF 2018 Spiced Perfection was named California-bred Horse of the Year for 2018, as well as champion 3-year-old female and champion sprinter at the CTBA annual awards dinner Feb. 25.

PRESIDENT DOUG BURGE VICE CHAIRPERSON TERRY C. LOVINGIER TREASURER GEORGE F. SCHMITT

34 CTBA Broodmare of the Year: Perfect Feat 36 CTBA Awards Dinner 40 Galilean Wins California Cup Derby 44 Mucho Unusual Wins California Cup Oaks

SECRETARY SUE GREENE DIRECTORS John C. Harris, Leigh Ann Howard, John H. Barr, Gloria Haley, Pete Parrella, Sue Greene, Donald J. Valpredo, Terry C. Lovingier, George F. Schmitt, Edward Freeman, Clay Murdock

46 Show It N Moe It Wins Spring Fever 48 A Blast From the Past: Soviet Problem

A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F CONTROLLER THOMAS R. RETCHLESS SALES LORETTA VEIGA CHRISTY CHAPMAN

52 Standout Employee: Ty Bender

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70 2018 Statistical Review

60 Winners 82 Leading Breeders in California 84 Lists of Leading Sires in California 90 Classifed Advertising 92 Advertising Index COLUMNS

1 From the Executive Corner

64 Health: Vaccinating Foals

30 California-bred Champions 1973-2018

88 Stakes/Sales Calendar WEST COAST CONTRIBUTING EDITOR TRACY GANTZ

56 CTBA Member Profle: Stephanie Wedge-Bonde

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BREEDING • FOALING • BOARDING • LAYUP • SALES PREPARATION

Millionaire Son Of Malibu Moon (by A.P. Indy) Family Of Leading Sire Pulpit (by A.P. Indy)

STANFORD | Fee: $5,000 LF Malibu Moon – Rosy Humor

TOP-CLASS SON OF MALIBU MOON WITH A TOP-CLASS SIRE’S PEDIGREE THIRD 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. Also Standing: MINISTERS WILD CAT, KAFWAIN, OLD TOPPER, BOISTEROUS

For more information on private sales contact Mike Allen (805) 686-4337 5699 Happy Canyon Road, Santa Ynez CA 93460 E-mail: info@tommytownfarms.com / www.tommytownfarms.com

NewsBits CHEEKABOO SELLS FOR $300,000

CURRENT CALIFORNIA

SIRES OF STAKES WINNERS STALLION

ANNE M. EBERHARDT

California-bred Cheekaboo sold for $300,000 to top the frst day of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale Feb. 4. Small Batch Sales as agent consigned the 6-year-old mare for Ciaglia Racing. K R Japan, based on the island of Hokkaido, purchased her via phone bid. Madeline Auerbach, Richard Rosenberg, and Barry Abrams bred Cheekaboo, a daughter of Unusual Heat—SanCheekaboo dy Cheeks, by Souvenir Copy. John Harris’ Harris Farms consigned her to the 2014 Barretts October yearling sale, where she sold to Joe Ciaglia for $55,000. Ciaglia, Sharon Alesia, and Burns Racing raced Cheekaboo. At 3 in 2016, she captured the Honeymoon Stakes (G2T) and Campanile Stakes. She placed in fve other stakes throughout her career. Altogether she won three of 24 races, with three seconds and seven thirds, for total earnings of $371,995.

Kevin and Kim Nish’s California-bred Apache Princess made it three victories in a row when she bounded home on top by 31⁄4 lengths in the $100,000 Sweet Life Stakes (G3) Feb. 10 Apache Princess at Santa Anita. Newly graded, the race was originally scheduled down the hill on Santa Anita’s turf course. Rain forced the race onto the wet-fast, sealed main track. When surfaces change, races can lose a grade level, but the American Graded Stakes Committee later determined that the Sweet Life would remain a grade 3. Kent Desormeaux piloted Apache Princess for his brother, trainer Keith Desormeaux. Following wins in a maiden event and an allowance optional claimer, Apache Princess went of as the 13-10 favorite in the 61⁄2-furlong Sweet Life. She raced in fourth early and made her bid for the lead in the stretch. Despite Desormeaux’s having lost his whip, she collared the leaders and defeated Triving in 1:16.82, with Splashy Kisses third. 4

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Sweet Life for Apache Princess

FOALS OF RACING AGE

SWs

UNUSUAL HEAT (1990) †

842

BLUEGRASS CAT (2003)

983

STORMIN FEVER (1994) †

829

SWISS YODELER (1994) ¥

814

MINISTERS WILD CAT (2000)

490

OLD TOPPER (1995)

577

ROCKY BAR (1998) •

192

SEA OF SECRETS (1995) †

512

KAFWAIN (2000)

692

DECARCHY (1997) †

444

ATTICUS (1992)

518

COMIC STRIP (1995) †

368

LUCKY PULPIT †

490

SQUARE EDDIE

257

SOUTHERN IMAGE

578

VRONSKY

269

EDDINGTON

486

HEATSEEKER †

245

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 their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old.

As Kent was giving a television interview afterward, Keith handed him his whip, right on camera. “I was trying to think of something clever to say, like special delivery from the quarter pole,” Keith said a while later. Te Nishes bred and race Apache Princess in the name of their KMN Racing. Te 3-year-old flly is a daughter of Unusual Heat—Pushkita, by Indian Charlie. Keith Desormeaux entered her back the following week in the California Oaks, and she fnished ffth, bringing her record to three wins and two seconds in seven races and earnings of $177,960.

BREEDING • FOALING • BOARDING • LAYUP • SALES PREPARATION

California’s Leading 1st crop in 2018 and Leading 2nd Crop in 2019 The Only Grade 1-Winning Millionaire Son Of Distorted Humor Standing In California

BOISTEROUS | Fee: $5,000 LF Distorted Humor – Emanating

ELEVEN of his first 14 starters hit the board, including his first starter SIX PACK GIRL, Santa Anita MdSpWt winner first time out by 3 ½ lengths; IRISH TERRIER, 2 ¼-length maiden winner at Del Mar and KOOKIE GAL ($107,820), winner of the Soviet Problem Stakes Dec 15., at Los Alamitos Racetrack by 4 lengths, going 1 mile on the dirt, she broke her maiden at Santa Anita Park in a MdSpWt going 1 mile on the turf. Also Standing: MINISTERS WILD CAT, KAFWAIN, OLD TOPPER, STANFORD

For more information on private sales contact Mike Allen (805) 686-4337 5699 Happy Canyon Road, Santa Ynez CA 93460 E-mail: info@tommytownfarms.com / www.tommytownfarms.com

NewsBits

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California owner/breeders Paul and Zillah Reddam and owner Hronis Racing have been named to receive the 2018 owner awards from the Thoroughbred Owners of California. They will be recognized at the TOC’s annual meetings at Del Mar Aug. 10 and Golden Gate Fields Oct. 19. The Reddams’ horses made 300 California starts in 2018, the most of any other California owner. Their top stakes winners included Mopotism and Cal-breds How About Zero and B Squared. They also led all other California breeders in 2018 and Paul Reddam were honored at the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association awards banquet (see page 36). Kosta and Pete Hronis’ Hronis Racing led owners in total purse earnings, number of California wins, and number of California stakes wins. Accelerate was their leading runner, and he was voted an Eclipse Award as champion older male of Kosta, left, and Pete Hronis 2018.

California-bred Minister of Soul, a graduate of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Northern California yearling sale, won the $75,000 Phoenix Gold Cup at Turf Paradise Feb. 9. It was his second consecutive stakes victory, following his win in the $30,000 Minister of Soul wins Phoenix Gold Cup Hank Mills Sr. Stakes Jan. 19, also at Turf Paradise. Glenn Corbett rode Minister of Soul to both for owner/trainer Esteban Martinez. Minister of Soul led from just after the start of the six-furlong Gold Cup to score by 3 1⁄4 lengths in 1:08.41. He was winning his sixth race in 11 starts and raised his earnings to $128,203. Dahlberg Farms bred Minister of Soul, a 5-year-old gelded son of Ministers Wild Cat—Sensitive Soul, by Bernstein. Easterbrook Livestock Management consigned Minister of Soul to the 2015 Northern sale, where Laguna Seca purchased him for $16,000.

COADY PHOTOGRAPHY

NORTHERN GRAD WINS PHOENIX GOLD CUP

TOC HONORS REDDAMS, HRONIS

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Memoriam

STALLION

Georgie Boy

■ Great Stuff to Lovacres

California-bred Georgie Boy, a multiple graded stakes winner and earner of $788,634 and an accomplished show jumper, died in late December at age 13. Bred and raced by George Schwary, Georgie Boy (Tribal Rule— Ippodamia, by Peterhof) had an outstanding 2-year-old season in 2007. At Del Mar, he won the Graduation Stakes, fnished second in the Best Georgie Boy Pal Stakes (G2), and then captured the Del Mar Futurity (G1). He was named the champion California-bred 2-year-old male of 2007. Georgie Boy made it three graded victories in a row by adding the 2008 San Vicente Stakes (G2) and San Felipe Stakes (G2). The following year he won the Sunshine Millions Sprint Stakes and the San Carlos Handicap (G2). After completion of his racing career, Georgie Boy went on to an excellent show career. As recently as early December, he competed in the CARMA horse show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. He won two classes over fences and was second and fourth in two others. Cambrienne Garcelli showed Georgie Boy under the training of Pam Gomez.

NEWS

Great Stuff, a graded stakes-winning son of Quality Road, has been retired to stand the 2019 season at Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch in Warner Springs. The stallion stands for $5,000. Out of the multiple stakes-placed Great Stuff Hennessy mare Sumptuous, Great Stuff won seven of 31 races and earned $478,902. He won the 2018 Toboggan Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct and placed in such races as the 2018 Carter Handicap (G1). Great Stuff is the only son of Quality Road standing in California. Quality Road’s runners include 2019 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) winner City of Light and Bellafna, already a two-time graded winner in 2019.

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NEWS

■ Clubhouse Ride’s First Winner Moon House became the frst winner sired by California stallion Clubhouse Ride when he won a maiden special weight race at Golden Gate Fields Feb. 15. The 3-yearold gelding, ridden by Catalino Martinez, closed from last to win the one-mile event by a length in 1:41.92 as Clubhouse Ride the 7-5 favorite. Victor Trujillo trains Moon House for owners Frank and Jeff Edmunds. Frank Edmunds bred Moon House in California from the Shergar’s Best mare Anasazi Mud. The Edmunds family bred and raced Anasazi Mud, a multiple stakes winner of $145,554. Clubhouse Ride stands at John Harris’ Harris Farms in Coalinga for $2,500. The son of Candy Ride—Seeking Results, by Seeking the Gold, earned $1,341,132. His stakes wins include two editions of the Californian Stakes (G2), and he placed in such races as the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) and the Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes (G1).

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■ First Foal for Straight Fire California stallion Straight Fire had his frst foal when It’s High Time foaled a colt by the stallion at Pete and Evelyn Parrella’s Legacy Ranch in Clements Jan. 20. The colt is also the frst foal for It’s High Time, a daughter of Gone Astray and winner Straight Fire of the 2015 Florida Sire Desert Vixen Stakes. Straight Fire LLC bred the colt. Straight Fire (Dominus—Tricky Indy, by A. P. Indy) stands at Legacy for $3,500. In 2016 he fnished second in the Del Mar Futurity (G1) and third in the FrontRunner Stakes (G1), earning a total of $146,400. Keith Desormeaux trained Straight Fire for Jim Rome’s Jungle Racing, the Roth family’s LNJ Foxwoods, Kim and Kevin Nish’s KMN Racing, Jeff Davenport, and Andrew Molasky.

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STALLION

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HISTORY

10 YEARS AGO TRIUMPHANT FLIGHT became the fourth stakes winner produced by the outstanding California broodmare Jetinwith Kennedy when he won the $87,800 San Miguel Stakes at Santa Anita March 28, 2009. Victor Espinoza piloted the 3-year-old colt, who led from right after the start of the six-furlong race and defeated Charlie’s Moment by a half-length in 1:09.54, with favored Turk third. Eric Kruljac trained Triumphant Flight for owner Tyler Seltzer. Applebite Farms bred the son of the stallion Chullo in California. Jetinwith Kennedy, a daughter of Kennedy Road, had already produced stakes winners Jetin Excess, Jetinto Houston, and Jet West. She was named the 2005 California Broodmare of the Year and died last year at age 29.

25 YEARS AGO Turf racing was becoming California-bred MEGAN’S INTERCO‘s specialty, something he ably demonstrated March 5, 1994, in the $109,400 Arcadia Handicap (G3T). Favored at 8-5 against several graded winners, Megan’s Interco tracked Bobby Frankel-trained Tinners Way, who led early. Those two battled to the wire, with Megan’s Interco eking out a head victory under jockey Corey Black. The time of 1:33.86 for a mile was only three-ffths of a second off the stakes record. Jenine Sahadi trained Megan’s Interco for breeder Milton Bronson, who raced the 5-year-old gelding in the name of Bronson Stable. “Bobby’s horse ran unbelievably, but Megan’s tough and keeps improving,” said Sahadi. One of Sahadi’s all-time favorites, Megan’s Interco (Interco—Don’s Quillo, by Don B.) ultimately won 16 of 36 starts for earnings of $1,062,465.

Fiddler’s Green fnished a nose back in third. Wingover completed the mile on a track listed as good in 1:36 4⁄5. Hurst Philpot trained Wingover for owner Helen Kenaston. J.F. Kenaston bred the horse, a son of Linmold—Sky Venture, by Nimbus. During his career, Wingover started 89 times, with 17 wins, eight seconds, and 10 thirds, for earnings of $156,437.

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THIS MONTH IN

Wingover

The Leading Sire of Grade 1 Winners

TA PIT

has 1 Graded Winner at stud in California:

P R O S PE C T PA R K

50 YEARS AGO California-bred WINGOVER captured the San Francisco Mile Handicap at Golden Gate Fields March 1, 1969. Jockey Raul Cespedes sent the 6-year-old horse to the front immediately, and they battled with Terrible Tiger on the lead. Wingover eventually vanquished Terrible Tiger and then held on to defeat Glory Hallelujah by three-quarters of a length.

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

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Versatile Graded Stakes Winner of $539,770 Won or placed in 5 graded stakes in 7 starts at 3, setting Triple Digit Beyers three times on dirt and turf, including the La Jolla Handicap-G3 (103) and San Felipe Stakes-G2 (102)

Fee: $2,500 Live Foal Property of PVNC Stables LLC • Nominated to the Breeders’ Cup

SANTA ANITA PARK / $40,000 GOLDEN GATE FIELDS / $20,000

Coalinga, CA 93210 • Tel: (800) 311-6211 or (559) 884-2859 E-Mail: stallions@harrisfarms.com • Web Site: www.harrisfarms.com

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

CHRISTY CHAPMAN

A mare and foal will again highlight the California Toroughbred Breeders Association booth during California Agricultural Day (Ag Day) at the California Capitol. Te event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 20, and CTBA Treasurer George Schmitt will provide the mare and foal from Joe Daehling’s Daehling Ranch. Te CTBA will represent breeders during Ag Day, ofering information to legislators on the vital role that 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.

SPOTLIGHTING FOALS OF 2019 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, more than 50% off the regular fullpage 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 4 (April issue), April 1 (May issue), May 6 (June issue), June 3 (July issue), and July 1 (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.

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CTBA MEMBERS Rene De Palma Culver City, CA

William Myers Pasadena, CA

Michael Draper Escalon, CA

Carl Pollard Louisville, KY

Christina Lawton Monrovia, CA

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Traynor Oceanside, CA

Sunny Murchison Oxnard, CA

Northern Sale Slated for Aug. 13 The CTBA Sales Northern California Yearling & Horses of Racing Age Sale is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 13. It will be held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Entries will close Monday, June 3. For further information, contact Loretta Veiga at 626-445-7800 ext. 227 or Christy Chapman at 626-445-7800 ext. 247, or email loretta@ctba.com or christy@ctba.com.

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2018 Leading Active Sire in California

3 yo Debut 6 1/2 fur. In 113 4/5 100 Beyers

Sire of GSW ENOLA GRAY ($585,100) won $100,000 Wilshire S.-G3, plus 5 others stakes: $200,000 Melair S., $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S., $150,000 Fleet Treat S., $100,000 Irish O’Brien S., and $100,000 Califronia Distaff S. Sire of 2018 SWrs TOUGH SUNDAY ($353,838) won $100,000 Sensational Star S. at Santa Anita, 2nd $100,000 Midnight Lute S.-G3, $100,000 Thor’s Echo H., etc., and JUST GRAZED ME ($208,260) won $150,000 Fleet Treat S., 2nd $100,000 Torrey Pines S.-G3, $100,000 Betty Grable S. Sire of: California Distaff H. winner BARBARA BEATRICE ($350,905) 2nd $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S. to 6, 2018; SW S Y SKY ($457,302) winner of the Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint January 2019, won in her racing debut the $200,000 Evening Jewel S. also won $200,000 Melair S. at 3, SP at 4, 2nd $100,000 California Distaff H. and 3rd $100,000 Betty Grable S.; Shy Carmelita ($242,602) 2nd $100,000 Fran’s Valentine S. at Santa Anita, and Gettin Sideways 2nd $100,000 Campanile S. GRADED STAKES WINNER BY LEADING SIRE BENCHMARK GRAZEN won $100,000 Grade 3 Affrmed H. posting a 103 Beyer over G1 Santa Anita H. winner MISREMEMBERED. He won El Cajon S. beating G1-pl, G2 SW CHOCOLATE CANDY. GRAZEN broke his maiden in the NTRA Stakes posting a Triple Digit Beyer over G1 SW M ONE RIFLE.

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El Prado (Ire) – Alleynedale, by Unbridled, Fee: $10,000 LF

War Front – Mistical Bel, by Bel Bolide, Fee: $2,500 LF

El Prado (Ire) – Bauhauser (Arg), by Numerous, Fee: $3,000 LF

Earned Triple Digit Speed Figures 10-times while racing. By the Sire of Leading Sires MEDAGLIA D’ORO (Sire of champions Songbird, Rachel Alexandra, etc.) and Kitten’s Joy (2018’s Leading Sire, over $18,000,000 in earnings). JAMES STREET is out of a 4-time winning daughter of 7-time stakes winner IN MY CAP ($443,404).

WAR FRONT is the sire of 42 Graded Stakes Winners, including G1 winner and Leading Third-Crop Sire THE FACTOR, and champion millionaires LINES OF BATTLE ($2,647,223, G1 SWr), and DECLARATION OF WAR ($1,847,489, G1 SWr), millionaires DEPARTING ($1,968,229, G2 SWr), LANCASTER BOMBER (1,422,743, G1 SWr), U S NAVY FLAG ($1,341,752, G1 SWr), etc.

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. 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 sireproducing family of DAME FRITCHIE.

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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.

Colts sold at Barretts March 2YO Sale for $400,000 & $120,000. 69% Winners / starters - lifetime progeny. Earnings over $5.9 million. Outstanding 2YO son of Storm Cat with 19% Juvenile Stakes Horses / Juvenile Winners. Lifetime Sire of over 7% Stakes Horses, including multiple Champion BULPAE GISANG (G1); Champion LIGHT Sire of 2018 Black- type winner BRAVE ‘N ROSES (G2); Grade 3-pl SW CRIDAISEY (Valor Farm S.) by 4 ½ lengths OLLA BONITA ($126,820); LA CHICA Average Earnings Per Starter $89,190 SENSUAL ($379,595), $400,000 SW at 2 by 4 1/2 lengths; multiple SW IMA JERSEY GIRL ($258,454); $200,000 Sunshine Millions-pl SW FEEL THAT FIRE ($147,280), the dam of GSW MIND CONTROL; etc.

By the sire of Champion Triple Crown Winner and Horse of the Year AMERICAN PHAROAH. Other successful sons of PIONEEROF THE NILE include CAIRO PRINCE and CLASSIC EMPIRE. PIONEEROF THE NILE is the sire of 22 BLACK TYPE WINNERS and the winners of OVER $33-Million. PIONEEROF THE NILE is the LEADING WEANLING SIRE OF 2018 by sales average. DAM BY HORSE OF THE YEAR A.P. INDY. Two time Leading Sire and Leading Broodmare Sire of 2015, top fve broodmare sire 2011-2018. Daughters of A.P. INDY have produced 194 BLACK TYPE WINNERS of OVER $225-Million.

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CHECKM ATE THOROUGHBREDS SALE GRADUATE & GRADE 1 WINNER

2018 CALIFORNIA-BRED

Horse of the Year Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Champion Sprinter Buyer & Owner: Dare to Dream Stables Breeder: Premier Thoroughbreds Trainer: Brian Koriner

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CTBA AWARDS 2018

Horse of the Year, champion 3-year-old female, champion sprinter

SPICED PERFECTION BY TRACY GANTZ

It all started with Smiling Tiger, raced by Lebherz and Klein to seven graded wins and earnings of $1,480,704. Tat led to Lebherz establishing the farm Premier Toroughbreds in Oakdale and buying mares to breed to Smiling Tiger. Metanovic purchased many of those mares, including Perfect Feat, who when bred to Smiling Tiger produced Spiced Perfection. Tat flly’s outstanding career earned her the 2018 California-bred Horse of the Year title as well champion 3-yearold female and champion sprinter. “He gave me free rein,” said Metanovic. “He put a guideline on the pricing, but he told me to buy them as if I were going to own them.” Perfect Feat cost just $7,500, and she was among the mares Lebherz sent to Smiling Tiger in 2014, the stallion’s frst year at stud. Tat year Smiling Tiger stood at Premier. Lebherz and Klein have since

hil Lebherz dominated many of the California-bred championship categories in 2018, but he’s the frst to admit that he had a lot of help. It has taken the dedicated work of many, from Alan Klein, Lebherz’ partner in Smiling Tiger, to bloodstock agent Mersad Metanovic, farm managers Graham Bell and Dennis Yokum, and many others at Lebherz’ Premier Toroughbreds.

Spiced Perfection’s zesty season landed her three championships, including Horse of the Year

moved him to John Harris’ Harris Farms in Coalinga, where he has proved immensely popular, especially after his frst foals began running. Spiced Perfection was foaled at Premier Toroughbreds March 10, 2015, under the auspices of Bell. Lebherz also credited Bell with the raising of another of his champions, Miss Sunset. He also noted that brothers Oscar and Bobby Munguia, the farm foreman and assistant foreman, have been a great help with all of his champions. Yokum, who now manages Premier for

SPICED PERFECTION

Bay flly (March 10, 2015)

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Lebherz, recalls Spiced Perfection as “a nicely made flly—just a little on the small side.” Tat small stature kept some buyers away throughout her career. But those who could look beyond it reaped plenty of rewards. Lebherz sold Spiced Perfection through Sue Greene’s Woodbridge Farm consignment to the 2016 Barretts October yearling sale. Trainer and bloodstock agent John Brocklebank purchased the flly for $6,500. She was pinhooked back into the 2017 Barretts select 2-year-old sale via Adrian Gonzalez’ Checkmate Toroughbreds consignment. Mike and Allen Faber, brothers from Chicago, examined the Barretts 2-year-old catalog for prospects to add to their Dare to Dream Stable partnership. Tough they are based at Arlington Park in Illinois, they wanted to race some horses in California, where Brian Koriner trains for them. Mike recalled the thinking that led to Spiced Perfection’s purchase for $50,000.

“We were looking for a Cal-bred,” he said. “She had the kind of body we like in a horse—she wasn’t overly large and was well put together. She was a little green at the sale, but she still worked really nice.” As a 2-year-old in 2017, Spiced Perfection won twice, fnished second three times, and ran third once in six starts. She became Smiling Tiger’s frst stakes winner when she and jockey Joe Talamo scored in the $98,000 Generous Portion Stakes Aug. 30, 2017, at Del Mar. “She’s been doing really well since we brought her down here,” said Koriner. “Every time Joe worked her, he gave me a thumbs up and said she was getting better and better.” Spiced Perfection expanded her stakes repertoire at 3 in 2018. In her second start of the year, she eked out a neck victory over odds-on favorite Show It N Moe It in the $200,000 Evening Jewel Stakes April 7 at Santa Anita. Koriner hadn’t liked that Spiced Perfection had drawn the rail in the Evening Jewel, but the flly was able to overcome any potential disadvantage. “Drawing the rail, she has a little speed, but Brian didn’t really want to get in a speed duel,” said Talamo. “At the quarter pole I was able to angle around, and she did her thing down the lane.” A very enthusiastic group of Dare to Dream owners crowded into the Santa Anita winner’s circle. “We’re thrilled with her,” said Mike Faber. “She’s really done nothing wrong since we’ve had her.” In four races following the Evening Jewel, Spiced Perfection won an allowance optional claimer, placed in two stakes, and ran fourth in another stakes. Back at Del Mar for the fall meeting, she put on a show in the $100,690 Betty Grable Stakes. With Flavien Prat riding, she defeated two of Nick Alexander’s talented Grazen fllies, Just Grazed Me and favored S Y Sky. “She’s just a tough flly who runs great every time,” said Koriner after the Betty Grable. Spiced Perfection saved an even better performance to fnish out the year. Dare to Dream did just that, entering Spiced Perfection in the grade 1 La Brea Stakes Dec.

HORSE OF THE YEAR: SPICED PERFECTION FLY TO MARS HECK YEAH

3YO FEMALE: SPICED PERFECTION PULPIT RIDER JUST GRAZED ME

SPRINTER: SPICED PERFECTION MISS SUNSET GIVE ME A HINT

seems to thrive wherever we put her,” said Mike Faber. He added that a recent lucrative ofer to purchase Spiced Perfection had been withdrawn because of her size. Her size obviously didn’t deter trainer Peter Miller and some of his owners. Early in 2019 Adam Wachtel, Peter Deutsch, and Len Schleifer’s Pantofel Stable bought Spiced Perfection privately from Dare to Dream. In her frst 2019 start and frst for the new ownership, Spiced Perfection traveled to Laurel Park for the Barbara Fritchie Stakes (G3). She faced a powerhouse local runner, Late Night Pow Wow, who was riding an eight-race winning streak. Spiced Perfection almost upset Late Night Pow Wow, running second by just a head.

Spiced Perfection ended her 2018 campaign with a win in the grade 1 La Brea Stakes

26 at Santa Anita. Dream Tree, an undefeated flly from the powerful Bob Bafert barn, was the 7-10 favorite. She set the early pace, but couldn’t sustain it. Meanwhile, Prat bided his time in midpack. “Around the turn I was going pretty well, so I thought I had a shot,” said Prat. “As soon as I asked her, she responded well and ran big.” Spiced Perfection beat another Cal-bred, Hot Autumn, by 11⁄4 lengths, getting the seven furlongs in 1:23.54. “She’s a small, little flly, but she just

Spiced Perfection returned to California, but she might meet Late Night Pow Wow again in the April 6 Madison Stakes (G1) at Keeneland. She raised her lifetime record to six wins, fve seconds, and two thirds in 15 starts for earnings of $672,405. Lebherz doesn’t regret selling Spiced Perfection. “I want people to understand that we’re putting out a good product and we’re willing to sell it,” he said. “We sell the good ones. I think it shows that we have really good management out at the farm.”

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CTBA AWARDS 2018

3-Year-Old Male

TAKE THE ONE O ONE

3-YEAR-OLD MALE 1 TAKE THE ONE O ONE 2 HECK YEAH 3 HARDBOOT

have success within the frst couple of foals with a young mare, it puts you on a road BY EMILY SHIELDS to keep investing and hoping for more horses just like him.” he 101 freeway running North Freeway has been through Los Angeles is alternating between seeing not known for being a Kentucky stallions and then fast commute. But the colt foaling in California and named after it is so quick visiting Golden State stalthat he’s been honored as lions. She has an unraced Bodemeister 3-year-old flly California’s champion 3-yearnamed Takethediamondlane old male. Te son of Acclathat Siegel paid $300,000 for mation–North Freeway, by in 2017. She has a juvenile Jump Start, won three of six colt by Square Eddie that starts in 2018 and earned brought $230,000 as a year$260,181. Brian Koriner Take the One O One travels to victory in the Real Good Deal ling and is being broken in trains him for Samantha SieFlorida this winter, an Into gel’s Jay Em Ess Stable. Te $192,345 Snow Chief Stakes at Mischief yearling colt, and is due in April Tomas Bachman bred Take the Santa Anita June 2 was Take the One O with another foal by Bodemeister. North One O One out of his young, well-bred One’s coming out party. Under regular pi- Freeway will be bred back to Square Edstakes-winning mare North Freeway. Take lot Joe Talamo, he rallied three-wide from die, ensuring that her Bodemeister will be the One O One is her second foal. Te midpack to snatch the win by 13⁄4 lengths. a California-bred. frst was a winning Gio Ponti flly, Eighty Take the One O One proved the victory Of Take the One O One’s 2018 season, was no fuke by adding the $150,345 Real Siegel said, “We’re very proud of him. to Davis. “She’s a gorgeous mare and was a pretty Good Deal Stakes at Del Mar July 27. He He’s a beautiful, hard-trying horse.” completed his season by fnishing of the good racehorse herself,” Bachman said. Take the One O One is currently at the Bachman sold Take the One O One for board in the Del Mar Derby (G2T) Sept. Pegasus Training and Rehabilitation Cen$47,000 to Terry Knight at the Califor- 2. ter in Redmond, Wash., targeting a sum“It’s wonderful,” Bachman said of Take mer return to the races. He has earned nia Toroughbred Breeders Association’s Northern California yearling sale in 2016. the One O One’s championship. “I’ve $341,526 with four wins, a second, and Siegel bought him privately thereafter. got great hopes for the mare. When you three thirds in 10 starts. Te colt was a grade 1-placed winner at 2 but truly blossomed at 3. TAKE THE ONE O ONE Dark bay/brown colt (Feb. 11, 2015) In his sophomore debut March 4 at Santa Anita, Take the One O One defeat- Acclamation – North Freeway, by Jump Start ed favored Surfng Star in an allowance Breeder: Thomas W. Bachman optional claiming race for state-breds. He Owner: Jay Em Ess Stable was third in the $200,000 Echo Eddie AGE ❙ STARTS ❙ 1ST (SW) ❙ 2ND ❙ 3RD ❙ EARNINGS Stakes April 7 behind fellow classy 3-yearold Heck Yeah and third against open 2018 3 6 3 (2) 0 2 $260,181 company May 11. © BENOIT PHOTO

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Champion and Leading Sire

ACCLAMATION

Leading California Third-Crop Sire No. 2 Turf Sire and Top 5 Leading Sire by 2018 earnings among active sires of California-breds Sire of the top money-winning Cal-bred 3-year-old males of 2018: champion TAKE THE ONE O ONE and HECK YEAH ($308,000), both multiple stakes winners last year on dirt and turf from 6 1/2 furlongs to 1 1/8 miles in Southern California.

Lifetime Progeny Earnings: Dirt ($1,103,339) and Turf ($1,023,020)

Fee: $7,500 Live Foal (payable when foal stands and nurses)

by Unusual Heat – Winning in Style, by Petrone Property of the Elwood Johnston Trust • Nominated to the Breeders’ Cup

CTBA AWARDS 2018

2-Year-Old Male 2-YEAR-OLD MALE

1 CRUEL INTENTION 2 GALILEAN 3 LUCK’S ROYAL FLUSH

Cruel Intention gamely defeats Galilean in Golden State Juvenile Stakes at Santa Anita

CRUEL INTENTION BY TRACY GANTZ

ob Bafert does so well that owners and trainers are especially thrilled if their horses can overcome some of the Hall of Fame trainer’s terrifc runners. When Smiling Tiger was running for Phil Lebherz and Alan Klein, the horse regularly defeated Bafert trainees. Twice in grade 1 events, Smiling Tiger beat Baffert-trained E Z’s Gentleman. “We beat $5 million worth of Bafert horses with Tiger,” said Klein. “But trust me, he’s gotten us back many more times.” Lebherz laughed at the memory and noted that “when Bafert sees me,

he calls me Tiger Boy.” Te two men were thus happy when Baffert acquired a son of Smiling Tiger named Cruel Intention. Tey knew that having ofspring by their stallion in Bafert’s hands could only help Smiling Tiger’s reputation. Tey were right, as Cruel Intention raced so impressively in 2018 that he was voted champion California-bred 2-year-old male. Lebherz, in the name of Premier Toroughbreds, bred Cruel Intention from the Pleasantly Perfect mare Perfect Feat. It is a family that dominated the 2018 California Toroughbred Breeders Association awards. Perfect Feat was named Broodmare of the Year while the mare’s Smiling Tiger flly Spiced Perfection was voted champion 3-year-old female and sprinter.

CRUEL INTENTION

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Perfect Feat foaled Cruel Intention in 2016, and Premier sold the colt for $200,000. Andy Havens’ Havens Bloodstock Agency handled the sale for Premier at the 2018 Barretts spring sale of 2-yearolds. Alex Solis II of Solis/Litt Bloodstock signed the ticket. “He’s an efcient mover and a big-striding horse,” Solis said at the time of the sale. Cruel Intention has an enthusiastic ownership. Jungle Racing is the banner under which the popular radio sports talk-show host Jim Rome races with his wife, Janet. Te Roth family of Larry and Nanci Roth and their daughter, Jaime, are LNJ Foxwoods, a nationally prominent racing stable. Te third partner is Nexus Racing Club, which doesn’t actually own an equity interest in Cruel Intention. It is a group for young people, age 18-30, created to give them the experience of horse ownership. Cruel Intention became Nexus’ very frst stakes winner, ensuring that he will always be a very special horse to Nexus members. Cruel Intention broke his maiden in his frst start, Oct. 13 at Santa Anita, against California-breds and California-sired maidens. He won by 51⁄2 lengths, and the word was out because he went of as the 1-5 favorite. In his next race, the $196,000 Golden State Juvenile Stakes at Santa Anita Nov. 3, Cruel Intention faced a formidable foe in Galilean. At the same Barretts sale that Cruel Intention came out of, Galilean brought the highest price at $600,000. Te two put on quite a show in the Juvenile. Galilean led at every call and Cruel Intention ranged up on the turn for an epic stretch battle. Ultimately, Cruel Intention stuck his neck in front of Galilean to win in 1:22.82. “I knew he was a good horse, and he’s very smart,” said Evin Roman, who piloted Cruel Intention that day. It is a testament to the talents of the two colts that they were 16 lengths ahead of the third-placed horse.

A LEADING SIRE IN CALIFORNIA

The Leading Sire in California & the West Coast, by Number of Winners and Repeat Winners in 2018 Progeny global life time earnings of $44,375,319, including earnings of $3,912,560 in 2018 Speed Gene Test Result: C:T (Middle) 2019 Stud Fee: $6,500 Live Foal Storm Cat - She’s a Winner, by A.P. Indy Property of Ballena Vista Farm and Wellspring Stable LLC

Farm Manager: Miguel Jimenez

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Nominated to the Breeders’ Cup

Inquiries to: Jeanne Davis

CTBA AWARDS 2018

2-Year-Old Female

GIVE ME A HINT BY EMILY SHIELDS

Te honor went to Give Me a Hint, an unbeaten daughter of Merit Man–Hint of Promise, by Beat Hollow. Schroeder Farms, Welton Mansfeld, and Robert Hess bred Give Me a Hint. Te Schroeders and Mansfeld own the flly, and Hess trains her. “I’ve never had a feeling like this before,” Cathy Schroeder admitted, “because this is the frst champion we’ve bred. It’s hard to put into words because we are so happy, not only for her and because we bred her in California, but because she’s by our stallion Merit Man, which makes it doubly good. It’s fun.” Give Me a Hint will be her dam’s only foal; Hint of Promise was lost to colic in 2017. “But she threw a champion, so we’re really happy to have this one,” Schroeder said. Give Me a Hint debuted over 51⁄2 furlongs on the dirt for a $50,000 tag at Del Mar Aug. 12 and ran like a good one, strolling home 91⁄4 lengths clear. Two months later she went favored in a six-fur-

rom just six starters Paul and Cathy Schroeder’s young stallion Merit Man has sired the California champion 2-year-old female from his frst crop.

Give Me a Hint dominates the Golden State Juvenile Fillies Stakes

2-YEAR-OLD FEMALE 1 GIVE ME A HINT 2 LAKERBALL 3 KOOKIE GAL

long starter optional claiming race at Santa Anita and romped again, 61⁄2 lengths clear. She was only fourth choice in the $200,345 Golden State Juvenile Fillies Nov. 2, and despite breaking a step slowly, she rallied from midpack to win the seven-furlong contest by 21⁄4 lengths. She had three riders in her three 2018 starts – Kent Desormeaux, Gary Stevens, and Evin Roman – and earned $151,040. “It’s a frst for me,” Hess said. “It’s an honor. I’m especially happy for the Schroeders and the sire Merit Man, who I trained. I’m excited both for Merit Man’s

GIVE ME A HINT

Bay flly (Feb. 21, 2016) Merit Man – Hint of Promise (GB), by Beat Hollow (GB) Breeders: Schroeder Farms, Welton Mansfeld, and Robert Hess Owners: Schroeder Farms and Welton Mansfeld AGE

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future and for the flly’s 3-year-old season and beyond.” Merit Man, a son of With Distinction, earned $462,030 with four wins in nine starts, including the $100,000 Tim Conway Stakes at 2, the $140,000 Spectacular Bid Stakes at 3, and the $94,540 Green Flash Handicap at 4. He ran second, beaten just a nose, in the $454,500 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint in 2012 and now stands at BG Toroughbreds in Hemet. Hess’ former wife, Amy, is the Schroeders’ breeding manager. “She’s the one who suggested we breed Hint of Promise to Merit Man,” Cathy said. “It was her idea. We’re really happy for her, too.” Te Schroeders have six Merit Man 2-year-olds in training this year, with four yearlings, and three mares in foal to him due in the coming months. However, Give Me a Hint will return to racing before any of them hit the track. Te sophomore flly came up with a knee chip after the Golden State Juvenile Fillies and was turned out for a few weeks post surgery. She has recently arrived back at Santa Anita to resume training and will target California-bred races in the late spring and summer.

New to Ballena Vista Farm in 2019

CONQUEST FARENHEIT Multiple Stakes Winning Son of Scat Daddy By SCAT DADDY, who is proving to be a highly successful sire of sires, incl. NO NAY NEVER (2018 Champion First Season sire in Europe) Only Southern California Stakes Winning son of SCAT DADDY in California. Fast, and carried it for 8 furlongs – won the Pasadena Stakes from gate to wire. Won Stake races from 6½ to 8 furlongs. Won/Placed in 6 of 7 lifetime starts, incl. 4 Stakes/Graded Stakes. Sold for $735,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November Sale. DEBUT WINNER AT 2 AND finished 2nd in the Grade 2 Summer Stakes (WO) to Good Samaritan (MGS) IN HIS SECOND LIFETIME START.

2019 Stud Fee: $3,000 Scat Daddy - Holy Smokie by Holy Bull Property of Rockingham Ranch and Chad Littlefeld

Farm Manager: Miguel Jimenez

Inquiries to: Jeanne Davis

CTBA AWARDS 2018

Older Male/Turf Horse

FLY TO MARS

BY EMILY SHIELDS

Tat is lofty company; all of those California-breds ultimately became millionaires. With $327,358 in earnings, Fly to Mars still has a way to go before reaching that benchmark, but Gary Barber’s homebred really blossomed in 2018. Fly to Mars, a son of Ministers Wild Cat–Warren’s Flyer, by Doc Gus, broke his maiden as a sophomore in 2017 and ran ffth in the Real Good Deal Stakes at Del Mar later that season. He ended 2017 with an allowance optional claiming win on the grass at Santa Anita, setting him up well for the coming year. Tat win was down the hillside turf course, so trainer Peter Miller pointed the bay gelding for the $82,995 Clocker’s Corner Stakes over the same trip. Fly to Mars fnished second, beaten a length by stablemate Calculator. After two of-the-board eforts down the hill, Fly to Mars got back to his win-

ince its inception in 1990, the award for California’s champion turf horse has also gone to the champion older male six times. Fly to Mars makes it seven, joining the likes of Megan’s Interco (1996), Lava Man (2006), Te Usual Q.T. (2010), Acclamation (2011 and 2012), and Ashleyluvssugar last year.

Fly to Mars earned two Cal-bred titles in 2018: champion older male and champion turf horse

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ning ways by taking an allowance optional claimer at Santa Anita June 10. He defeated graded stakes-placed stakes winner Ann Arbor Eddie by 23⁄4 lengths that day, signaling a return to form. Next out was the $151,725 California Dreamin’ Stakes at Del Mar July 28. Fly to Mars faced a feld of 10 rivals, including Ashleyluvssugar and grade 1 winner What a View, but defeated them all and won by a length. Te $202,760 Del Mar Mile Handicap

FLY TO MARS

Bay gelding (Feb. 20, 2014)

Ministers Wild Cat – Warren’s Flyer, by Doc Gus Breeder: Gary Barber Owner: Gary Barber AGE

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(G2T) came next. Fly to Mars ran the race of his career to fnish second, beaten a halflength by Catapult, but he was disqualifed to third behind Sharp Samurai. His fnal start of the season was a nose defeat—again to Sharp Samurai—in the $201,380 City of Hope Mile Stakes (G2T). If not for a nose and a half-length disqualifcation, Fly to Mars could have been a dual grade 2 winner in 2018. During the season Fly to Mars raced seven times, won twice, was second twice, and ran third once for earnings of $219,190. Fly to Mars was foaled and broken at Tommy Town Toroughbreds in Santa Ynez. His dam, Warren’s Flyer, is a multiple stakes-placed winning daughter of Doc Gus. Barber claimed Warren’s Flyer in 2011 during her penultimate lifetime start. She had credentials when added to Barber’s broodmare band—her dam, the French Sassafras mare Perilous Flyer, was a six-time winner who produced three six-fgure earners. Warren’s Flyer’s frst foal is Aragorn Flyer, a winning son of Aragorn (Ire) born in 2013. Fly to Mars is her second foal. Barber owns Tommy Town stallion Boisterous, a grade 1-winning millionaire, whom Warren’s Flyer was bred to the last four years. She has a 2-year-old son by him named Fly Buddy Fly and produced a Boisterous colt in early February. Warren’s Flyer was scheduled to be bred back to Fly to Mars’ sire, Ministers Wild Cat.

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 undefeated 2YO Cal-Bred Stakes Winner TAP THE WIRE, Winner of the $100,000 Graduation Stakes at Del Mar Progeny have Lifetime Earnings of $21,456,272 Speed Gene Test Result: C:T (Middle)

2019 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

CTBA AWARDS 2018

Older Female

MISS SUNSET

BY TRACY GANTZ

Not only did Miss Sunset follow that incredible path, she was foaled in California, making her eligible for California-bred premiums. To top it of, she has been voted Cal-bred champion older female of 2018. Phil Lebherz’ Premier Toroughbreds and Alan Klein wanted to prove their millionaire multiple graded winner Smiling Tiger as a California sire, something he has since gone on to do admirably. With the help of bloodstock agent Mersad Metanovic, they looked for reasonably priced mares they could breed to the stallion. Metanovic purchased Tuscan Sunset in foal to Into Mischief for $36,000 at the 2013 Keeneland November sale. “We had just started—we weren’t in the breeding business at all,” said Lebherz. “We were just trying to prove Tiger. We just fgured we’d have the baby and see what happens. We ended up with Miss Sunset.” Jef Bonde, who had done such a terrifc job training Smiling Tiger, trained

iss Sunset could be the poster child for how the ideal Toroughbred investment should go. Buy an inexpensive in-foal mare for an unproven stallion and the next spring get a flly who earns high six fgures and then both she and her dam sell for six fgures.

Miss Sunset’s three 2018 stakes wins landed her the Cal-bred champion older female title

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Miss Sunset as well. Miss Sunset began with a perfect twofor-two campaign at 2 in 2016. At Del Mar, she broke her maiden in her frst start by 43⁄4 lengths. She did even better in the $150,000 Generous Portion Stakes, triumphing by 51⁄4 lengths. As a 3-year-old in 2017, Miss Sunset expanded her repertoire to the turf and added fve stakes from four diferent tracks. She took the $91,935 Sweet Life Stakes at Santa Anita, $100,225 Campanile Stakes at Golden Gate Fields, $150,690 Fleet Treat Stakes and $99,485 CERF Stakes at Del Mar, and the $250,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes (G2) at Keeneland. For her championship season at 4,

MISS SUNSET

Bay flly (April 14, 2014)

Into Mischief – Tuscan Sunset, by Trippi Breeders: Premier Thoroughbreds and Alan Klein Owners: Philip Lebherz and Alan Klein AGE

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Miss Sunset started eight times, winning three stakes, fnishing second in two graded events, and running third in another stakes. She won the $100,000 Spring Fever Stakes at Santa Anita and another edition of the CERF at Del Mar. One of the graded events came in the $300,000 Madison Stakes (G1) at Keeneland, where she lost by a nose to Finley’sluckycharm. Her most impressive victory came in the $100,345 Irish O’Brien Stakes at Santa Anita, moved from the turf to dirt due to rain. Sent away the 4-5 favorite with Mike Smith aboard, Miss Sunset led right from the start. No one got close to her, and she kept pulling away, ultimately winning by seven lengths. “Tat was exciting; it was fun to watch,” said Bonde. “She’s getting more and more relaxed in each race.” Te product of a $36,000 mare eventually earned a lifetime $891,895. When Lebherz and Klein sold Miss Sunset through the Taylor Made Sales Agency at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November sale, she brought $825,000. Te action moved across town to Keeneland, where Tuscan Sunset, consigned by Elm Tree Farm, brought $200,000. Lebherz and Klein recouped $1,916,895 from that $36,000 investment (not including breeders awards), sent a graded stakes producer to Smiling Tiger, and bred a state champion.

TEXAS RYANO

Grade 2 Winning Son of Curlin

FIRST FOALS ARE AVAILABLE for VIEWING

Won the Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup, the King Pellinore Stakes and also Multiple Graded Stakes placed Only Graded Stakes Winning Son of CURLIN standing on the West Coast 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

2019 Stud Fee: $3,500 Live Foal Curlin - Blending Element (IRE), by Great Connection Property of Williamson Racing LLC and Ballena Vista Farm

Farm Manager: Miguel Jimenez

Nominated to the Breeders’ Cup

Inquiries to: Jeanne Davis

CTBA AWARDS 2018

Champions List

TWO-YEAR-OLD

THREE-YEAR-OLD

OLDER

MALE

FEMALE

MALE

FEMALE

MALE

FEMALE

2018

Cruel Intention

Give Me a Hint

Fly to Mars

Miss Sunset

Spiced Perfection

2017

Bookies Luck

One Fast Broad

Mr. Hinx

Sircat Sally

Ashleyluvssugar

Skye Diamonds

Richard’s Boy

2016

California Diamond

Sircat Sally

Gold Rush Dancer

Enola Gray

California Chrome

Lost Bus

Masochistic

2015

Smokey Image

Pacifc Heat

Gimme Da Lute

Spanish Queen

California Chrome

Warren’s Veneda

Gimme Da Lute

2014

Acceptance

My Fiona

California Chrome

Rovenna

Big Macher

Top Kisser

Big Macher

2013

Tamarando

Swiss Lake Yodeler

Gervinho

2012

Monument

Tilde

2011

Rousing Sermon

Ismene

Take the One O One Spiced Perfection

Doinghardtimeagain Pointsoffthebench

Unusual Heatwave Willa B Awesome Burns

Teddy’s Promise

Tiz Flirtatious

SPRINTER

TURF

HORSE

OF THE YEAR

Fly to Mars

Spiced Perfection

Ashleyluvssugar Ashleyluvssugar Spanish Queen California Chrome

Sircat Sally California Chrome Gimme Da Lute California Chrome

Pointsoffthebench Tiz Flirtatious Pointsoffthebench

Acclamation

Halo Dolly

Amazombie

Acclamation

Ultra Blend

Amazombie

Acclamation

Cost of Freedom

The Usual Q. T.

Evening Jewel

2010

Bench Points

California Nectar

Caracortado

Evening Jewel

The Usual Q. T.

Unzip Me

2009

Caracortado

Repo

The Usual Q. T.

Excessive Blend

Dancing in Silks

Lethal Heat

2008

Babs Moossa

Saucey Evening

Bob Black Jack

Lethal Heat

Cost of Freedom

2007

Georgie Boy

Spring Awakening

Idiot Proof

Romance Is Diane

2006

Pirates Deputy

Romance Is Diane

Brother Derek

2005

Brother Derek

Sierra Sweetie

2004

Texcess

2003

Don’tsellmeshort

Dancing in Silks Califomia Flag

California Flag/ Dancing in Silks

Nashoba’s Key

Bob Black Jack

Bold Chieftain

Bob Black Jack

Lava Man

Nashoba’s Key

Idiot Proof

Nashoba’s Key

Bai and Bai

Lava Man

Moscow Burning

Thor’s Echo

Lava Man

Proud Tower Too

Leave Me Alone

Lava Man

Dream of Summer

Bordonaro

Memorette

Cozy Guy

Yearly Report

McCann’s Mojave

Moscow Burning

Bear Fan

House of Fortune

Excessivepleasure

Valentine Dancer

Joey Franco

Cee’s Elegance

Joey Franco

2002

Icecoldbeeratreds

Humorous Lady

Calkins Road

Super High

Grey Memo

2001

Offcer

Lady George

Romanceishope

Golden Ballet

Tiznow

Valentine Dancer Moscow Burning Ninebanks

Continental Above Perfection Disturbingthepeace Red Gourmet Girl

Lava Man Moscow Burning Joey Franco Continental Red

Go Go

Native Desert

Tiznow Tiznow

2000

Proud Tower

Jetin Excess

Tiznow

Cover Gal

General Challenge

Smooth Player

Richter Scale

Smooth Player

1999

Gibson County

Cover Gal

General Challenge

Smooth Player

Budroyale

Enjoy the Moment

Big Jag

Native Desert

Budroyale

1998

Daring General

Controlled

Indian Charlie

Magical Allure

Free House

Fleet Lady

Big Jag

Native Desert

Free House

1997

Ex Marks the Cop

Career Collection

Free House

Fleet Lady

Awesome Daze

Avenue of Gold

Surachai

Gastown

Free House

Megan’s Interco Work the Crowd Soviet Problem

1996

In Excessive Bull

Starry Ice

Cavonnier

Belle’s Flag

Megan’s Interco

Cat’s Cradle

Letthebighossroll

1995

Cavonnier

Batroyale

Desert Pirate

Cat’s Cradle

Best Pal

Pirate’s Revenge

Wild Gold

1994

Fandarel Dancer

Embroidered

College Town

Work the Crowd

Best Pal

Soviet Problem

1993

Individual Style

Work the Crowd

Denmars Dream

Soviet Problem

Bertrando

Southern Truce

1992

Moscow Changes

Incindress

Bertrando

Charm a Gendarme

Best Pal

Bountiful Native

Answer Do

Blaze O’Brien

Best Pal

1991

Bertrando

Don B’s Princess

Best Pal

Teresa Mc

Bruho

Somethingmerry

Letthebighossroll

Somethingmerry

Best Pal

1990

Best Pal

Theresa’s Pleasure

Real Cash

Materco

Flying Continental

Brown Bess

Sensational Star

Cacoethes

Best Pal

1989

Individualist

Dominant Dancer

King Glorious

Kool Arrival

Stylish Winner

Brown Bess

King Glorious

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Brown Bess

1988

King Glorious

Approved to Fly

Aloha Prospector

Super Avie

Nostalgia’s Star

Brown Bess

Calestoga

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King Glorious

Softshoe Sure Shot Journalism

Cavonnier Cat’s Cradle Soviet Problem Bertrando

➧ RECIPIENTS LISTED IN GOLD ARE REPEAT WINNERS

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BALLENA VISTA FARM California’s Best Stud Fee Values I’LL HAVE ANOTHER Flower Alley - Arch’s Gal Edith by Arch

BACK IN THE USA

ONLY KY DERBY & PREAKNESS WINNER TO EVER STAND IN CALIFORNIA A

Undefeated at 3 and Eclipse Champion 3YO Male Introductory 2019 Stud Fee: $6,000 Live Foal

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

LEADING CALIFORNIA SIRE Progeny global life time earnings of over $45 Million 2019 Stud Fee: $6,500 Live Foal

CONQUEST FARENHEIT Scat Daddy - Holy Smokie by Holy Bull

MULTIPLE STAKES WINNING SON OF SCAT DADDY

NEW IN 2019

2019 Stud Fee: $3,000 Live Foal

EDDINGTON Unbridled - Fashion Star by Chief’s Crown

GRADE 1 MILLIONAIRE AND GRADE 1 SIRE Sire of undefeated 2yo Cal-Bred SW Tap the Wire 2019 Stud Fee: $3,500 Live Foal

TEXAS RYANO Curlin - Blending Element (IRE) by Great Commotion

ONLY GRADED STAKES WINNING SON OF CURLIN IN CALIFORNIA 2019 Stud Fee: $3,500 Live Foal Bluegrass Cat, Eddington, I’ll Have Another and Texas Ryano are all Breeders’ Cup nominated.

Farm Manager: Miguel Jimenez

Inquiries to: Jeanne Davis

FIRST FOALS HAVE ARRIVED

CTBA AWARDS 2018

Champions List

TWO-YEAR-OLD

THREE-YEAR-OLD

OLDER

MALE

FEMALE

MALE

FEMALE

MALE

FEMALE

TURF

HORSE

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1987

Purdue King

Variety Baby

Snow Chief

Fran’s Valentine

Zany Tactics

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Snow Chief

1986

Flying Lieutenant

Saros Brig

Snow Chief

Melair

Super Diamond

Fran’s Valentine

Melair

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Snow Chief

1985

Snow Chief

Lady Maxine D.

Slew the Dragon

Fran’s Valentine

Barberstown

Capichi

Debonaire Junior

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Snow Chief

1984

Right Con

Fran’s Valentine

Fali Time

Vagabond Gal

Silveyville

Fancy Wings

Debonaire Junior

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Silveyville

1983

Fali Time

Boo La Boo/ Bright Orphan

Billy Ball

Fabulous Notion

Prince Spellbound

Avigaition

Expressman

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Fali Time

1982

Aguila

Fabulous Notion

Prince Spellbound

Avigaition

Silveyville

Frieda Frame/ Past Forgetting

Remember John

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Prince Spellbound

1981

Racing Is Fun

A Kiss for Luck

Silveyville

Past Forgetting

Eleven Stitches

Princess Karenda

I’m Smokin

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Eleven Stitches

1980

Bold and Gold

Astrious

Jaklin Klugman

Princess Karenda

Beau’s Eagle

Wishing Well

Beau’s Eagle

1979

The Carpenter

Hazel R.

Golden Act

Variety Queen

Jumping Hill

B. Thoughtful

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Golden Act

1978

Flying Paster

Tourulla

Capt. Don

B. Thoughtful

Bad ’n Big

Grande Brisa

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Flying Paster

1977

Chance Dancer

B. Thoughtful

Bad ’n Big

Don’s Music

Crystal Water

Dancing Femme

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Crystal Water

1976

Fleet Dragoon

Special Warmth

Crystal Water

Any Time Lady

Ancient Title

Just a Kick

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Crystal Water

1975

Telly’s Pop

Walk in the Sun

Messenger of Song

Our First Delight

Ancient Title

Modus Vivendi

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Ancient Title

1974

The Bagel Prince

Hot n Nasty

Stardust Mel

Modus Vivendi

Ancient Title

Impressive Style

–

Ancient Title

1973

Century’s Envoy Gentleman’s Sketch

Ancient Title

Sandy Blue/ Windy’s Daughter

Royal Owl

Minstrel Miss

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Windy’s Daughter

Something Lucky Perchance to Dream

SPRINTER

Jaklin Klugman

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“GRADE 2” STAKES WINNER FOR 2019

ETHNIC DANCE

Tribal Rule – House Of Danzing, by Chester House • 2019 FEE: $1,500 LF

Outstanding Individual, Conformation & Pedigree (16.2)

• By TRIBAL RULE, a leading California Sire of approximately $35.5 million who has produced 43 stakes winner. • ETHNIC DANCE is TRIBAL RULE’S only son to stand at stud • Half-brother to TWIRLING CANDY the second leading frst, second and third crop sire, years 2015, 2016 and 2017 behind UNCLE MO. From the family of AFFIRMED, his dam HOUSE OF DANZING has produced from three foals to race three graded stakes winners, TWIRLING CANDY ($944,900) and DUBAI SKY ($461,575). ETHNIC DANCE ($302,210) broke his maiden on the turf in a Maiden Special Weight at Betfair Hollywood Park, running the mile in 1.35.03 winning gate to wire by 6 ¾ lengths. Won the G2 Del Mar Derby gate to wire by 1 ¼ lengths, fnished 3rd in the California Dreamin H. defeating California Champion UNUSUAL HEATWAVE and 3rd in the Crystal Water Stakes defeating MULTIPLE Graded Stakes Placed ROUSING SERMON.

PACIFIC COAST THOROUGHBRED 32081 Sage Rd, Hemet, CA 92544 • Phone: (951) 236 7128 • E-mail: bendavis1952@gmail.com Please go to our website to view his races: www.PacifcCoastThoroughbreds.com

Broodmare of the Year

COURTESY OF PREMIER THOROUGHBREDS

CTBA AWARDS 2018

Perfect Feat, shown with her 2014 Acclamation flly Stake My Claim, foaled two 2018 Cal-bred champions: Spiced Perfection and Cruel Intention

PERFECT FEAT BY TRACY GANTZ

roducing one champion takes a special broodmare. Yet Perfect Feat managed to produce two foals that were honored as champion California-breds of 2018.

Like many of owner/breeder Phil Lebherz’ racing and breeding stock, Perfect Feat arrived as part of a master plan to prove millionaire Smiling Tiger as a stallion. “We bought a lot of mares,” said Lebherz. “Mersad Metanovic purchased Perfect Feat for me. So he’s responsible for Spiced Perfection and Cruel Intention. He also bought Tuscan Sunset, the dam of Miss Sunset. Tat was a world-class year of buying mares.” Dennis Yokum, ranch manager of Lebherz’ Premier Toroughbreds in Oakdale, remembers Perfect Feat as being “a kind mare to be around.” She was well made 34

and had a particularly nice hip, Yokum said. Diamond A Racing Corporation, which raced 2003 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Pleasantly Perfect, bred Perfect Feat in Kentucky. She was by Pleasantly Perfect out of the multiple stakesplaced Capote mare Bold Feat. A $19,000 buy-back at the 2007 Keeneland September yearling sale, Perfect Feat won four of 11 starts and earned $52,630. She spent most of her career in the claiming ranks in Northern California. After she started and won twice, Perfect Feat went through the 2011 Barretts January mixed sale. Trainer Kristin Mulhall purchased her for $30,000. Mulhall consigned the mare to the 2014 January sale in foal to Acclamation. Metanovic bought Perfect Feat for Lebherz’ Premier Toroughbreds for $7,500. “I liked her pedigree and that she was a winner,” said Metanovic. “Her conformation was about as good as you could fnd.

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She had a great walk, was a very classy mare, and good minded. “Her being by Pleasantly Perfect, who I love as a sire, I thought would give a little more stamina to a sire like Smiling Tiger. Tat whole bloodline to Pleasant Colony is incredible. Ten you go down to her mother, Bold Feat, by Capote, who is by Seattle Slew.” Perfect Feat’s Acclamation flly, Stake My Claim, did not race, and unfortunately the mare died in late 2016 at age 10. But Perfect Feat’s two foals, both by Smiling Tiger, solidifed her Broodmare of the Year status. Spiced Perfection arrived frst, in 2015. Lebherz sold her through Sue Greene’s Woodbridge Farm for $6,500 at the 2016 Barretts October yearling sale. Spiced Perfection has won the 2018 La Brea Stakes (G1) and three other stakes so far, earning $672,405. She was voted the 2018 Calbred Horse of the Year, champion 3-yearold female, and sprint champion. Te next year Perfect Feat produced Cruel Intention, who sold for $200,000 to Solis/Litt Bloodstock, agent, at the 2018 Barretts spring 2-year-old sale. Andy Havens’ Havens Bloodstock Agency consigned the colt to the sale. Cruel Intention defeated Galilean in the 2018 Golden State Juvenile Stakes and was named Calbred champion 2-year-old male of 2018. Lebherz was happy that Spiced Perfection and Cruel Intention have gone on to do well for others. “Part of our philosophy is to collaborate with other people,” he said. “Good horses are good for all of us.”

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

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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: $150,000), sire of GOLDENSCENTS ($20,000) North America’s second leading freshman sire in 2018, it’s quickly turning into one of the most exciting American sire lines, and 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 half-sister to G3 winner SPACE CRUISER and Gl placed winner AJFAN, BOAT TRIP is a halfbrother 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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CTBA AWARDS 2018

California-bred Champions

AWARDING PERFECTION BY TRACY GANTZ PHOTOS BY RON MESAROS

hen Boyd Browning of Fasig-Tipton presented the award for Miss Sunset as champion older female, he quipped, “I’d like to thank all of you for inviting me to the Phil Lebherz show tonight.” Indeed, Lebherz collected many of the 2018 California Toroughbred Breeders Association awards, including for Spiced Perfection as California-bred Horse of the Year. While he had an outstanding year, many other individuals did as well, including Paul and Zillah Reddam, also honored multiple times. Lebherz earned his awards for horses associated with his desire to prove Smiling Tiger as a California stallion. Two of Smiling Tiger’s ofspring, full siblings Spiced PerSPICED PERFECTION Horse of the Year fection and Cruel Intention, were CTBA chairperson Pete Parrella, left, presented Spiced Perfection’s Horse of the named California-bred champions Year award to her breeder Phil Lebherz, accompanied by her trainer Brian Koriner of 2018. Miss Sunset, bred by Lebherz and Alan Klein, came about because they bought her dam, Tuscan helped him. Tose included his farm manJohn Barr and Crystal Water were inSunset, to breed to Smiling Tiger. Lebherz agers, Graham Bell and Dennis Yokum; ducted into the CTBA Hall of Fame. Barr also received the award for Perfect Feat, bloodstock agent Mersad Metanovic; proudly spoke of the four generations of the dam of Spiced Perfection and Cruel brothers Oscar and Bobby Munguia, his his family at the event to witness the honIntention, as the Broodmare of the Year. farm foreman and assistant foreman; the or. Legendary jockey Laft Pincay Jr., who In the Horse of the Year voting, Spiced team at John Harris’ Harris Farms, where rode Crystal Water many times, accepted Perfection beat out Gary Barber-bred Fly Smiling Tiger stands; and trainers Jef the horse’s award to a standing ovation. to Mars, champion older male and turf Bonde and Brian Koriner. Jef Bonde, the 2017 California trainer champion, as well as multiple stakes winKasey Bennett, manager of Ocean of the year, presented the 2018 trainer of ner Heck Yeah, bred by the late Michael Breeze Ranch, represented the Reddams the year to Phil D’Amato. Pageler. at the dinner. Teir stallion Square Eddie “Tis really means a lot to me,” said “It’s an honor to win Horse of the Year,” received three awards, and the Reddams D’Amato. “Tis award could not be said Lebherz. “You don’t think this is go- were honored as the 2018 leading breed- achieved without a great team. I’m really ing to happen.” ers of California-foaled Toroughbreds. fortunate to have great assistants, exercise Each time Lebherz stepped to the po- Stallions Lucky Pulpit and Boisterous riders, grooms, hot-walkers—they’re the dium, he thanked more people who had were also honored during the evening. ones who win this award.”

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SQUARE EDDIE • Leading California Sire of California-Conceived Foals by Earnings • Leading California Sire of California-Conceived Foals by Turf Earnings • Leading California Sire of California-Conceived Two-Year-Olds by Earnings CTBA director Leigh Ann Howard, left, presented Square Eddie’s stallion awards to Reddam Racing representatives Carlos Cabello and Kasey Bennett

Longtime breeder Tom Bachman received the award for Take the One O One, champion 3-year-old male. He thanked Samantha Siegel and Koriner, the owner and trainer of the colt, “for moving this horse ahead because I’ve got more foals out of this mare (North Freeway).” Cathy Schroeder gave perhaps the most heartfelt speech in accepting the award for Give Me a Hint, champion 2-year-old female. Schroeder and her husband, Paul, bred the flly in partnership with Welton Mansfeld and Bob Hess Jr. “Please let me thank the CTBA for the incentive program,” said Schroeder. “It is fantastic. It makes us want to breed here in California. And what better way than to have something like this happen. We’re family, and that’s what we consider CTBA to be—family.”

BOISTEROUS LUCKY PULPIT Leading California Sire of California-Conceived Foals by Number of Winners John Unick of sponsor Insurance Offce of America presented Lucky Pulpit’s stallion award to Debbie Winick, accepting for the connections

Leading California First-Crop Sire of California-Conceived Foals by Earnings Banquet emcee Frank Mirahmadi accepted the leading frst-crop sire award for the connections of Boisterous from CTBA’s Christy Chapman

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CTBA AWARDS 2018

California-bred Champions

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

REDDAM RACING Leading Breeder of California-Foaled Thoroughbreds by Earnings

JOHN BARR CTBA director Don Valpredo, right, presented to John Barr

Tom Robbins of Del Mar presents the leading breeder award to Reddam Racing rep Kasey Bennett

PHIL D’AMATO Trainer of the Year Trainer Jeff Bonde, left, presented the trainer award to Phil D’Amato and Phil’s son, Ryan D’Amato

CRYSTAL WATER CTBA director John Barr, left, presented to Lafft Pincay Jr.

PERFECT FEAT Broodmare of the Year CTBA director Sue Greene presented to Phil Lebherz

GIVE ME A HINT 2yo female CTBA vice chairperson Terry Lovingier presented to Cathy and Paul Schroeder, Bob Hess Jr., and Amy Hess

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TAKE THE ONE O ONE

3yo male

CTBA president Doug Burge, right, presented to Tom Bachman and his wife, Nicole

FLY TO MARS Older male, turf horse CTBA director Clay Murdock, right, presented Fly to Mars’ awards to banquet emcee Frank Miramahdi, who accepted on behalf of the owners

CRUEL INTENTION

2yo male

Cruel Intention’s breeder Phil Lebherz, left, and bloodstock agent Mersad Metanovic accept the award

SPICED PERFECTION

Champion Sprinter, 3yo female CTBA treasurer George Schmitt, left, presented to Phil Lebherz accompanied by his wife, Sharon, and bloodstock agent Mersad Metanovic

MISS SUNSET Older female

Fasig-Tipton’s Boyd Browning presented to Phil Lebherz, who cobred and co-owns Miss Sunset with Alan Klein

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Golden State Series

West Point Thoroughbreds’ Galilean was all alone at the fnish of the California Cup Derby

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GALILEAN

FROM SALE-TOPPER TO SHOWSTOPPER BY TRACY GANTZ

ill Sandbrook and Denise Barker didn’t even know each other before they bought the largest interests in California-bred Galilean. Each had already had some success and plenty of fun in other West Point Toroughbred ventures, and they looked forward to being involved in the classy son of Uncle Mo. Both traveled to Santa Anita for the $188,000 California Cup Derby, Sandbrook and his girlfriend, Sonya Boone, from Dallas and Barker and her husband, Ed, from Bellevue, Wash. “My husband and I have been with West Point for a long time,” said Barker. “We’ve had quite a few.” “I started with a little piece of My Boy Jack last year,” said Sandbrook. “I got the bug and went all in.” Galilean is certainly a good horse to go all in on. He flled the eye at the 2018 Barretts 2-year-old sale, impressing

enough people that West Point had to bid $600,000 to purchase him. Consigned by Eddie Woods, he topped that sale and has been nearly perfect ever since. Jerry Hollendorfer trains Galilean, bred by Neal and Pam Christopherson’s Bar C Racing Stables from the El Prado mare Fresia. Galilean has only started in stakes, breaking his maiden by winning the Barretts Juvenile Stakes and taking the King

Glorious Stakes by nine lengths. In between, he sufered his only loss by a very narrow neck to Cruel Intention, who went on to be voted champion Cal-bred 2-yearold male of 2018. Only four horses lined up against Galilean in the 11⁄16-mile Cal Cup Derby. He went of as the heavy 1-20 favorite. Galilean raced in third early under jockey Flavien Prat, moved up into the stretch to take the lead, and won by 41⁄2 lengths in 1:43.43. “It was easy—he was traveling well the whole way,” said Prat. “It’s quite exciting because he’s done everything right so far.” Feeling Strong fnished second, 10 lengths ahead of third-place Whooping Jay. An enthusiastic group of West Point owners surrounded Jef Lifson, executive vice president of West Point, in the winner’s circle after the race. “What was most important to me was that he had clean air in front of him and wasn’t boxed in,” said Lifson. “Tat was my biggest fear. When he had a clean trip down the backstretch, I really was more relieved.” Te crowd then began to chant “Derby” behind Lifson, who admitted that they could now think about the one in Kentucky. Galilean will need points to qualify for inclusion in that feld on the frst Saturday in May. “He did everything perfect, rated perfectly, and you couldn’t ask for much more than that,” said Hollendorfer. “We have a whole bunch of options. Tere are a lot of races everywhere for him, and we’re nominated everywhere.”

An enthusiastic group of West Point folks enjoy Galilean’s Cal Cup Derby win in the Santa Anita winner’s circle and are looking to Kentucky for the frst Saturday in May

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LAKERVILLE 2-year-old LAKERBALL

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Back-to-Back Stakes Wins in Open Company at Santa Anita and Golden Gate

In her turf and two-turn debut, LAKERBALL wins $100,000 Surfer Girl Stakes.

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In 2018, LAKERVILLE’s frst-crop daughter LAKERBALL was the only California-bred to win back-to-back stakes in open company. In less than three weeks, she led gate to wire in Santa Anita’s Surfer Girl Stakes then powered to a 5-length victory in the Pike Place Dancer Stakes at Golden Gate. Only her sire’s third starter, LAKERBALL has earned $129,825 with 3 wins in 6 starts on dirt and turf, defeating fllies by WAR FRONT, DISTORTED HUMOR, INTO MISCHIEF, MIDSHIPMAN and CROSS TRAFFIC.

Congratulations to the Connections! Owners: Pappas Racing, Purple Rein Racing and Clint Roberts Trainer: Doug O’Neill • Breeder: Rancho de Los Aviadores

LAKERVILLE UNUSUAL HEAT – FOREVERINTHEGAME, BY OUT OF PLACE

Blistering Fast Stakes-Winning Star by Unusual Heat Now a Leading Sire with his First Crop to Race Widely regarded as the “Fastest Son of Unusual Heat,” LAKERVILLE has stamped himself as the hottest and most legitimate son at stud by the All-Time leading California sire UNUSUAL HEAT.

An Exceptional Start for a California Freshman Sire From only 8 starters, 3 individual winners with victories on dirt, turf and synthetic, including sprinting, routing and two blacktype stakes wins against open company. Watch his race replays at www.lakervillesire.com

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switch in surfaces. Mucho Unusual debuted in the $100,000 Generous Portion Stakes, sprinting on the main track at Del Mar and fnishing second. After breaking her maiden by 81⁄4 lengths at Santa Anita in October, she ran second again behind divisional champion Give Me a Hint in the $200,345 Golden State Juvenile Fillies in November. A bruised hoof and the incessant winter rain set her back, as a January allowance optional claimer down the hillside turf course was rescheduled for the main track. “Unfortunately, the race had come of the hill and was carded back as a maintrack race,” Yakteen said. “We needed a race into her to get us ft for this race.” A switch to turf landed Mucho Unusual a victory in the Cal Cup Oaks Mucho Unusual was fourth in the allowance, leaving her primed to surprise in the Cal Cup Oaks. CALIFORNIA CUP OAKS “We had always assumed that she was going to take that next step when she hit the turf, and she did,” Yakteen said. “Obviously, I had always hoped to get her on the turf, with the pedigree and knowing the family. She has this beautiful fowing MUCHO MACHO MAN FILLY AT HOME ON TURF action.” Owner/breeder George Krikorian, who BY EMILY SHIELDS win by three lengths in 1:36.92. Favored has campaigned the likes of millionaires Apache Princess, who was bidding to win Hollywood Story and Starrer, bought Not ith four winners and two her fourth consecutive race at the meeting, Unusual at the 2007 Barretts October stakes winners from four fnished ffth in a nine-horse feld of an yearling sale for $67,000. She was a threestarters, Not Unusual is eight-day turnaround. time winner who has gone on to produce Although Yakteen had always been the earners of $996,932. making a bid to become one of the As for the choice of Breeders’ Cup Clasmost valuable broodmares in Cal- keen to try the flly on turf — older half brother Big Score, by Krikorian’s stallion sic (G1) winner and Kentucky stallion ifornia. Te daughter of Unusual Mr. Big, is a two-time stakes winner on Mucho Macho Man, Krikorian said, “He’s Heat already had $635,372-earnthe grass — the natural progression of a really good-looking horse and he has an er Big Score when 3-year-old flly the Cal-bred stakes schedule delayed the incredible record. I thought we’d take a Mucho Unusual won the $200,351 chance. It’s worked out California Cup Oaks Feb. 18 at well so far.” Santa Anita. Te California-bred Not Unusual has a 4-year-old full Mucho Macho Man flly had been brother to Big Score knocking on the door in stakes comnamed Big Buzz, pany on the dirt, but a switch to turf who just broke his got her to the winner’s circle in style. maiden at Santa AniA homebred for George Krikorian ta Jan. 31. Te mare trained by Tim Yakteen, Mucho Unusual was bred back to Mr. was sent of as a 10-1 shot under jockey Big for 2018, proJoel Rosario. She led throughout the grassy ducing a colt named one-mile contest, turning back an early Big Talker, and is in challenge from Tiz a Master and mid- George Krikorian, vest, jockey Joel Rosario, and trainer Tim Yakfoal to that stallion stretch rallies by Lippy and Lakerball to teen, second right, enjoy Mucho Unusual’s Cal Cup Oaks win for 2019.

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of a length in 1:10.18 for six furlongs. Coco Kisses fnished third. Terry Lovingier bred Show It N Moe It, a 4-year-old daughter of Grace Upon Grace, who stands at Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch in Warner Springs. Show It N Moe It is out of the Ide mare Robotica. Lovingier owns Show It N Moe It with Tom London of Carlsbad and Gene Zondlo of San Dimas. “My family has been partners with Terry since about 2000,” said London. Zondlo is an insurance broker who has had horses with Lovingier for about 10 years. Show It N Moe It guts out victory over S Y Sky in Spring Fever at Santa Anita “We have eight of them now and six 2-year-olds,” Zondlo said. SPRING FEVER STAKES “We started our own little group and have done very well,” said London. “We’ve won four out of fve races this year—two here at Santa Anita and two at Los Alamitos.” Gary Sherlock trains Show It N Moe It for the partnership. At 2 in 2017, Show It SHOW IT N MOE IT GETS SPRING FEVER N Moe It won the California Toroughbred Breeders Association Stakes at Del BY TRACY GANTZ With Rafael Bejarano aboard, Show It Mar. She has placed in six other stakes, inN Moe It dueled for the early lead with cluding a third in the 2018 L.A. Woman how It N Moe It and S Y Sky Coco Kisses. S Y Sky took the lead in the Stakes (G3). “She’s got fght in her,” said Zondlo. demonstrated the tenacity of turn, but Show It N Moe It was far from fnished. She fought back to grab the lead “She loves racing,” said London. California-breds. Te two dis- in deep stretch and won by three-quarters Lovingier noted that Show It N Moe It tafers battled each other down is “getting better all the the stretch of the $100,000 Spring time.” He’s also looking Fever Stakes at Santa Anita, with forward to the horses the partnership has in about as much between the two on the wings. the track as on the tote board. “We’ve got a whole At the wire Show It N Moe It had come bunch coming in and back on for the victory with a courage that they’re good horses,” has made her one of the most consistent Lovingier said. “Some fllies around. But S Y Sky was not disare by the same sire as graced in defeat. Show It.” Te pair had mixed it up before. Show Te Spring Fever It N Moe It had gotten the better of S Y marked Show It N Moe Sky in a Santa Anita allowance race on It’s sixth win in 19 starts. the dirt Jan. 10 and hadn’t run since. In She has fnished second between that race and the Feb. 24 Spring Breeder/co-owner Terry Lovingier, second left, joins fellow ownfour times and third Fever, S Y Sky captured the Sunshine Mil- ers Tom London, hat; Gene Zondolo, third right; and trainer Gary four times and has now lions Filly and Mare Sprint on the turf. earned $435,604. Sherlock, right, in Spring Fever winner’s circle

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Another winner by HE BE FIRE N ICE:

PERFECT ICE STORM leaves rivals frozen as she romps to a 6 ½ length victory!

Perfect Ice Storm

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A Blast from the Past

Matchless!

SOVIET PROBLEM LIVED A LIFE IN THE FAST LANE BY EMILY SHIELDS

A valiant Soviet Problem, inside, narrowly loses the Breeders’ Cup Sprint to Cherokee Run at Churchill Downs in 1994

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But long before that day at Churchill, and well before her granddaughter Unzip Me went on to become a Golden State standout herself, Soviet Problem was nothing but a gleam in her breeders’ eyes. Donald Valpredo, who bred and owned Soviet Problem in partnership with John Harris’ Harris Farms, noted that Soviet Problem was a third-generation descendant from their mares. “She goes back to the frst horse John and I owned together,” Valpredo said. Tat horse was In Prime Time, a fourtime winning California-bred daughter of Boldnesian that Harris and Valpredo went to $51,000 to acquire at a California Toroughbred Breeders Association winter sale. She produced seven winners from 11 starters, including multiple stakes winner B. in Time. In Prime Time’s daughter Nopro Blama, a daughter of Dimaggio and the eventual dam of Soviet Problem, was born in 1984. Nopro Blama never raced, and her frst foal died. She later went on to produce six winners from nine starters, but

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ew sprinters in history have shown more heart and determination than California-bred Soviet Problem during her 20race career. She ran competitors of their feet, using raw speed and sheer ability. Much like another California-based great racemare, Zenyatta, Soviet Problem ran the best race of her life in defeat during the Breeders’ Cup over the strip at Churchill Downs.

Soviet Problem, the personifcation of speed, courage, and class

in the beginning her broodmare ability seemed weak. Trainer Greg Gilchrist remembers not only Soviet Problem, but also No Big Problem, a daughter of Tan-

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toul—Nopro Blama foaled in 1989. “I got in a lot of young horses from John Harris in those days,” Gilchrist said. “I’d already had one out of that mare.” No Big Problem was so slow that after three of-the-board fnishes at Bay Meadows, Gilchrist sold her to a Washington-based outft for $3,500. Nopro Blama was bred the next year to Moscow Ballet, who stood at Harris’ Coalinga Farm, producing Soviet Problem in 1990. “I questioned that he’d bred that mare (Nopro Blama) again,” Gilchrist admitted. “But this one looked diferent from the other. All I knew at the time is that she stood out in that year’s bunch.” Harris Farms’ farm manager Dave

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Golden Gate Fields the groom, Pasqual Garcia, following March and won for his tender loving care. an allowance event by 13 “You don’t do these lengths. kinds of things alone,” “After she won that secGilchrist said of keeping ond race, Greg called me Soviet Problem sound the to say she could be very rest of her career. “She special,” McGlothlin said. had a truly great groom. “At that point we started He spent hours with trying to track down Nothat mare and should be pro Blama and buy her commended.” back.” Soviet Problem did Nopro Blama had been John Harris not return to the races purchased by a Canadian until the Camilla Urso outft, spent much of her Handicap at Golden life in Kentucky, and ultiGate in February 1994. mately ended up in Korea. She broke like a rocket, Soviet Problem made dueled through fast fracher stakes debut in the tions with Nannetta and 1993 Boo La Boo Stakes then Minidar in the openat Santa Anita, winning ing half-mile, and fought by a head under a hand back tirelessly to miss the ride from jockey Gary Stewin by a head on the line. vens. She returned north Her chart comment reads for the Miss California Donald Valpredo “dead game.” Stakes – she won – and A ft Soviet Problem the California Oaks over took the Sacramen(Soviet 11⁄16 miles on the grass. to Handicap by seven Soviet Problem won that, lengths. She added the Problem) was too, and although she was Advance Handicap one of the most First two lengths clear at the by another three, then memorable wire, she visibly tired late. lost to Andestine in the She spent most of the rest Sonoma Handicap going horses we ever of her career sprinting. a full mile. Te two horshad...She alSoviet Problem entered es were 10 lengths clear of ways did every- the rest of the feld. Tat the Railbird Stakes (G2), her frst graded contest, race primed her for the thing right.” on a fve-race win streak. frst of two match races. — John Harris It would be her ffth start “No races were flling,” in 11 weeks, but the CalGilchrist lamented, “so bred was rapidly becoming a fan favorite somebody suggested we run in a match who showed her mettle no matter what race.” the racing conditions. In the Railbird At the time, Kentucky-bred gelding Stakes, Soviet Problem struggled home Lazor had won seven of his last eight seventh of eight. starts in Northern California. Te quick “She was real sound up until that day,” son of High Honor ultimately won 10 Gilchrist recalled. “She came back with of 15 lifetime. a bowed tendon. Tendons are funny— “He was a pretty fast horse,” Gilchrist no two are alike. Some horses can run said. with pain; some can’t. We gave her eight Te match race was the frst in Calmonths of after that, and I can tell you ifornia since the 1970s, when Chris that she had a good-sized tear in her ten- Evert defeated Miss Musket in a 1974 don for the rest of her career. She never duel. On that day, Chris Evert won went of again. It’s just something we by 50 lengths. Later on the same card, took care of through ice.” Dimaggio won the Hollywood Juvenile Gilchrist credits Soviet Problem’s Championship Stakes (G2). He became

McGlothlin recalled, “Initially, we weren’t all that high on her as a 2-yearold in training. We had actually sold her dam, Nopro Blama, for $2,500 at the California Toroughbred winter mixed sale in 1992.” As Soviet Problem went through her training, Gilchrist said she “distinguished herself ” and began showing plenty of promise. Valpredo remembered, “Before she debuted in October, Greg called and said, ‘Usually I don’t tell you much, but you can bet the farm on this one.’ ” Soviet Problem debuted at Bay Meadows Oct. 18, 1992. It was her lone start as a juvenile, but she made it a winning one, scoring by an efortless fve lengths. She did not start again for fve months, but she returned as a sophomore at

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Soviet Problem easily wins match race with Mamselle Bebette at Del Mar

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Santa Anita’s Boo La Boo Stakes was Soviet Problem’s frst stakes victory

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the broodmare sire of Soviet Problem. said. Everything went up in the air, un- en lengths clear of Mamselle Bebette and Harris and Valpredo’s chestnut fl- til trainer Jack Van Berg stepped in with cruised to the fnish line, 61⁄2 lengths ahead. Soviet Problem faced colts several more ly looked Lazor in the eye for the frst Mamselle Bebette, owned by actor John times after that. She captured the Bay half-mile, then pulled away. She coasted Forsythe. home 41⁄4 lengths in front, winning the “He said that his mare was better than Meadows Budweiser Breeders’ Cup Handsix-furlong match race in 1:08.55. either our horse or Cool Air,” Gilchrist icap before shipping out of state to Laurel Adept at beating colts, she faced the recalled. “I said, ‘Okay then, let’s quit Park for the $200,000 Laurel Dash (G3). boys in her next start, the Oakland talking about it and get out there.’ ” Traveling with her was Cool Air, the very Handicap over six furlongs. Trainer Bob Soviet Problem faced Mamselle Beb- same flly she couldn’t face at Del Mar. Bafert, little known then just two years ette over fve furlongs on Del Mar’s turf Te two fllies gave a strong account of after he won his frst Breeders’ Cup race course. Te moment the gate opened, themselves, running one-two in the grassy in 1992, sent three horses to face her. the chestnut Cal-bred rocket broke run- contest, but Soviet Problem proved better, Soviet Problem turned back the chal- ning, drawing away to lead immediately. winning by 11⁄4 lengths under jockey Chris lenge to win by a length. She then took At the top of the stretch, she was sev- McCarron. To that point, Sovian allowance event at Holet Problem was 14 for 17 lywood Park by a neck – no lifetime, and Harris and other races were flling – Valpredo had a decision to before tackling the Valkyr make. To supplement to Handicap at 51⁄2 furlongs on the turf. Tat day, Sothe Breeders’ Cup Sprint viet Problem carried 125 (G1) at Churchill Downs pounds, with her next closagainst the best sprinters in est rival carrying 116. She the world, they would have won by 11⁄2 lengths. to put up $120,000, with Her second match race $40,000 due up front. Tey was a more involved afultimately decided to take fair. Del Mar wanted to the gamble. try a new tactic to bring Several European runners fans to the track and proflled the gate for the Sprint posed a match race bethat year, and there was contween Soviet Problem and cern that breaking so close Frank Stronach’s Cool Air, to the turn would cause a trained by Gary Jones. ruckus among the foreign “Ten days or so before runners. Churchill Downs the race, Cool Air came up ultimately decided to place with a cough,” Gilchrist Soviet Problem won back-to-back editions of the Valkyr Handicap the starting gate back 30 50

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Trainer Greg Gilchrist, left, and owners Don Valpredo, second left, and John Harris, second right, along with jockey Chris McCarron celebrate Soviet Problem’s Laurel Dash victory

wrong way around the track.” Soviet Problem fnished seventh in the Sprinters Stakes (G1) at Nakayama, earning a long rest. Despite her tremendous record for the year – nine wins in 13 starts – she was not named the Eclipse champion sprinter, missing again to Cherokee Run. She had only one race left in her: a defense of the Valkyr Handicap at Hollywood Park in June 1995. Toting 127 pounds and running of a six-month layof, Soviet Problem dug deep and won by a length, ending her mighty career. Tat fnal race is one of the highlights in Valpredo’s memory. “She was extremely special,” he said.

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yards, giving the horses more of a run-up in the early stages of the race. Soviet Problem, sent of as the second choice despite her record, broke a step slowly and couldn’t get to the lead. She dueled with pacesetter Honor the Hero for the frst three furlongs before taking over the top spot and continuing a furious pace. Race favorite Cherokee Run hooked her in the lane, and Soviet Problem battled back bravely, keeping him at bay until the fnal jump. Cherokee Run nipped her on the line. “Te gate setup is probably what got her beat,” Gilchrist said. “She was right there the whole way.” “All of us were there watching the race live,” McGlothlin said. “When they crossed the wire, we were just in disbelief. How did we really just watch her lose? It was an exciting race and thrilling to be associated with such a classy, gutty flly.” “Tat was her most memorable race,” said John Harris. “She was our frst really good flly. She took us around the country, and even to Japan.” It was Harris’ idea to send Soviet Problem to race in Japan. Valpredo expressed some doubt, but Harris said, “We’d be pioneers!” which sealed the deal. “I’m glad we went,” Gilchrist said, “but there was a lot involved with that race. It was a little too much after what she’d been through on the East Coast and her running so hard at the Breeders’ Cup. Now we were asking her to travel and run the

“To win easily under 127 pounds? What an outstanding performer, and a thrill to have a mare like that.” “Boy, she could really run,” said Gilchrist. “She looked more like a stud horse than she did a mare. A lot of horses are fast, but they can’t sustain it.” Soviet Problem retired with 15 wins and three seconds in 20 starts for earnings of $905,546. Before she died in August 2011, she produced six winners from seven starters. Her daughter Escape With Me produced another top California sprinter in Unzip Me, a Cal-bred daughter of City Zip bred by Harris and Valpredo and owned by them in partnership with Per Antonsen and Martin Jones. Unzip Me won 14 of 25 starts and earned $959,228. Another Soviet Problem daughter, the Free House mare Teardownthatwall, produced Panamanian stakes-placed winner Aragon Smash. Of her four daughters, only the Cee’s Tizzy mare Arousing is still being actively bred at Harris Farms. She is expecting a Vronsky foal in 2019. “We had such grand expectations for her as a broodmare,” McGlothlin said. “But as we all know, those are two totally diferent careers. She was a sensational racehorse.” Harris summed up Soviet Problem’s life: “She was one of the most memorable horses we ever had from race one. She always did everything right.”

Soviet Problem, No. 3, breaks from the gate in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Churchill Downs

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“At the time, we were having someone come in and grow it for us,” Alexander said. Now, Bender is an indispensable employee. “He approaches this like it’s the most important thing on earth,” Alexander joked about the enthusiastic 35-year-old. “He’s very good with the equipment. We are very proud of the hay we’ve put up.” Bender hails from Tulare, Calif., where his father, a dairy farmer, has 150 acres. “I’ve been doing this my whole life,” Bender said. He would have stayed in the Central Valley were it not for a Match.com date gone right. “He met a girl online who lived in Santa Ynez and made a deal with her,” Alexander said. Te deal was that Bender had to be able to fnd a job before he would make the move. Alexander was looking for someone to hire; the two were introduced and clicked. “He didn’t have anything for the hay at the time,” Bender said, “but he said he’d like to see me come on. I told him I could do it all. I started in November that year, and the next spring I did our frst cutting.” Growing hay is a tricky, seasonal task with diferent types of winter hay vs. what Bender collects in May through October. Te hay is frst cut with a swather; fipped over after a few days to facilitate drying; then collected, baled, and stacked. Te process takes at least four days, sometimes more. But when the hay is actually baled, there has to be a certain percentage of moisture in the air: Too much and the hay can mold; too little and the leaves

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Ty Bender treats growing hay like “atomic research,” according to Horse Haven owner and top California breeder Nick Alexander. Alexander made the decision to grow his own hay nearly six years ago when Bender said, “I could do that if you got me the equipment.” Alexander did, fnding used machinery in good working order: two balers, a seeder, a swather, and multiple tractors. Ty Bender has mastered the diffcult art of making hay while the sun shines at Nick Alexander’s Horse Haven spread

won’t remain intact. “As soon as the moisture comes in, the work begins,” Bender said. “Sometimes I don’t start baling until eight p.m., sometimes 10 p.m. A couple of times I couldn’t get going until midnight. With both balers going, it takes 90 minutes to two hours to do what needs to be done.” Alexander has gone out with Bender at night. “I’ve sat out in a feld with him waiting for moisture to come up,” Alexander said. “We’ll make a couple of bales, test them, and if they’re on the dry side, we sit out under the stars talking until the moisture is right. When it is, then you have to bale like crazy because the moisture stays for just a few hours.” What makes Bender such a fantastic hire? “It’s his enthusiasm for what he does,” Alexander said. “He’s very proud of his knowledge and what he’s learned, and really proud of the product he puts out.” Since the endeavor began, Alexander has only had to buy one outside load, “when the water dropped of.” Bender grew up around horses as well, and both he and his father have team roped in competition. “He’s a decent horseman, too,” Alexander said. “He’s good around the horses. But his main function for us is hay production. He’s just one of those guys: reliable, honest, and always there.”

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hen Stephanie Wedge frst met trainer Jef Bonde in 2013, she didn’t know a furlong from a farrier. After marrying Bonde, helping manage her husband’s business, and buying racehorses of her own, Wedge-Bonde is now well on her way to mastering the once incomprehensible racing jargon. A full-time real estate agent from Northern California, Wedge-Bonde was taking in the races at Pleasanton when she met the trainer. “I thought all horses were Kentucky Derby horses when I frst met him,” she said. “I was the most novice of novices.” Te ambitious Wedge-Bonde decided the best way to learn was to jump in with both feet. She invested in Lady Wedge, a $16,500 purchase who went on to earn $34,315. “When she doubled the

money, I was hooked,” WedgeBonde said. Another driving factor was that at the time, Bonde was training a flly named She’s a Tiger, one of the leading juveniles of 2013. She’s a Tiger won the Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1) and ran second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) the same year that the Bondes met. Voted the Eclipse champion 2-year-old flly of 2013, she ultimately sold at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November sale for $2.5 million following the conclusion of her racing career. After the experience with She’s a Tiger, Wedge-Bonde began to fall in love with other horses her husband trained. She especially became attached to Distinctiv Passion, a $564,855-earning, multiple graded stakes winner. WedgeBonde accompanied the horse and his trainer to Dubai for the Al Quoz Sprint Empowered by

Stephanie Wedge-Bond has become quite the racing enthusiast since marrying trainer Jeff Bonde, right

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IPIC (G1) in 2015. “Tat was the frst love I had with something I didn’t actually own,” she said. “When he got claimed, I cried.” Other barn favorites include California-bred Miss Sunset, an $891,895 earner who was named California’s champion older female of 2018, and Sparky Ville. Tat 3-year-old colt won the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G2) Feb. 10 and is three for eight lifetime with two stakes wins. Now, Wedge-Bonde admits to “accumulating horses.” Te best she has had to date is Princess Karen, a daughter of Stay Tirsty–Chitka, by Jade Hunter. An $82,000 purchase at the Barretts Del Mar paddock sale in 2016, Princess Karen went on to break her maiden in her debut. She ran fourth in the 2017 Santa Ynez Stakes (G2), a $200,000 race that featured future Eclipse Award winner Unique Bella. She won an allowance optional claimer in March and her frst stakes in the $75,000 Beverly J. Lewis Stakes at Los Alamitos in September. Under jockey Kent Desormeaux, Princess Karen led nearly every step of the way to defeat a strong feld in the Beverly J. Lewis. Faypien, who was second, had placed in a grade 1 at Saratoga in her prior start. Tird-place Chalon had won a stakes race at Belmont Park two starts back and went on to be graded stakes-placed at Keeneland. Princess Karen ran second in the $100,345 L.A. Woman Stakes (G3), then outran her 87-1 odds to be ffth of 14 in the $920,000 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar. She raced three more

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Caption times before retirement, earnIt might mean even more ing $176,039 with three wins time spent at the racetrack, in 11 starts. Jef Bonde, Karen where Wedge-Bonde is often Norton, and Edward Brown found anyway. Jef moved his Jr. owned Princess Karen, who tack to Southern California is now in foal to Arrogate and full time 21⁄2 years ago but still keeps a stable up north. He due this spring. has been training for 42 years. “I had a heck of a journey Horses that he currently trains with her,” Wedge-Bonde said. for his wife include Crazy “She was in a tough class; there Uncle Rick, a stakes-placed, were a lot of tough fllies she winning son of Uncle Mo, and ran against. It was very exciting Calm Down Lady, who broke for us.” her maiden Feb. 3. WedgeWhen she has horses with Bonde’s 14-year-old son, Spenher husband as trainer, Wedgecer, owns 1% of 4-year-old Bonde treats him like any Alfareed, a son of Orb, and other employee. named another Bonde trainee, “I pay him like I’m anyone a sophomore gelding by Jimelse,” she said. She used to my Creed called Likey Likey. join him at the racetrack for In 2014 Wedge-Bonde oftraining every day before I have a horse at Harris [Farms] fcially joined Bonde’s team in sunrise, but now she will who is pregnant. I’m really interested the position of owner relations. “kiss him goodbye and go in the industry as a whole.” “I do go to the barn, and I back to sleep.” She still gets to do help with aspects of Jef’s Clockers’ Corner several times — Stephanie Wedge-Bonde marketing,” she said. “I like a month and travels between beautifying the barn, bringing Northern and Southern Caliin the lady’s touch to things. I fornia regularly. love it, there’s so much to learn, so much “I know Highway 5 very well,” she is pursuing other facets of the industry. jargon, and slang from the jargon. . .” joked. She is hoping to be elected to the board of But she is learning fast. She frequently stops at Harris Ranch directors for the Toroughbred Owners of “I know I’m new without a barn behind Inn & Restaurant in Coalinga, which hap- California (TOC). me, or a Breeders’ Cup win, but I love pens to be right near Harris Farms, home “I feel like I could bring some of my it. So far people are welcoming and very of her broodmares. outside experience into the TOC and kind and I’m happy to be here. Te staf at “I’ve gotten into breeding,” Wedgecontinue to help it thrive,” she said. “I’m Santa Anita have been very nice. It’s a nice Bonde said. “I have a horse at Harris who on a board of directors for a museum in environment to come into, considering is pregnant. I’m really interested in the Pleasanton, and I’m a commissioner in a few years ago I didn’t know what the industry as a whole.” the city of Pleasanton. So I do have civic backside is.” Driven by this interest, Wedge-Bonde experience behind me.”

Lady Wedge a $16,500 purchase who more than doubled her sale price with earnings, was the lure that hooked Stephanie Wedge-Bonde in the industry

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3-YEAR-OLDS & UP Acclamation—Knows No Bounds: Acclimate (28-5), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 2/7, 1mi (T), 1:35.73, $34,200. Acclamation—E Equalsmcsquared: Forestation (28-5), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/8, 1mi, 1:40.22, $34,200. Big Bad Leroybrown—Could She: Leroy (9-3), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/2, 6 1/2f, 1:15.78, $34,200. Big Bad Leroybrown—Affectionatelyours: Big Bad Jon (9-3), g, 6 yo, Sunland Park, ALW, 2/3, 1mi, 1:38.66, $15,900. Black Seventeen—Romance Writer: I Love Romance (6-2), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 2/10, 6f, 1:10.38, $24,180. Bluegrass Cat—Farmers Wife: Blue Diva (56-12), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 2/22, 1mi, 1:40.20, $13,680. Colonel John—Lost Bride: Missing Groom (65-14), g, 8 yo, Rillito, ALW, 2/16, 6f, 1:14.64, $1,705. Comic Strip—Brezza Marina: Blue Chip Betty (16-4), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 2/23, 6f, 1:12.22, $6,600. Council Member—Playful Sara: Council Rules (10-3), m, 7 yo, Oaklawn Park, WCL, 2/16, 6f, 1:11.56, $13,500. Decarchy—Autumn Light: Ostini (26-2), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/22, 1mi (T), 1:34.51, $34,200. English Channel—Wise Investor: English Investor (94-24), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 2/15, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.89, $12,540. Ez Dreamer—Famous Gal: Dreamy Gal (12-4), m, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, ALW, 1/29, 6f, 1:8.49, $9,821. Grace Upon Grace—Passionate Kip: London Legacy (6-4), g, 7 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 2/6, 6f, 1:8.31, $9,920. Grace Upon Grace—Robotica: Show It N Moe It (6-4), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Spring Fever S., 2/24, 6f, 1:10.18, $60,000. Itsmyluckyday—Mona Quita: Cherlynn (24-3), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 2/2, 1mi, 1:40.64, $12,540. Limehouse—Gorgeous Trieste: Lymebyrd (37-6), g, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 2/9, 1mi, 1:37.02, $24,180. Lucky J. H.—No Peso No Dance: Baciami (10-2), m, 7 yo, Turf Paradise, STR, 2/6, 7 1/2f (T), 1:32.27, $4,982. Lucky Pulpit—Pali Girl: Lady Chrome (82-21), m, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 2/1, 5 1/2f, 1:3.95, $12,240. Lucky Pulpit—Shahalie Lake: Shari (82-21), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 2/15, 1mi, 1:39.63, $24,180. Lucky Pulpit—Go Ruby Go: Ruby's Gone Again (82-21), m, 5 yo, Rillito, STK, Pete Selin Memorial S., 2/24, 5 1/2f, 1:8.91, $3,300.

The accompanying list includes runners that are both California-foaled and California-sired winners in 2019 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.

Marino Marini—Private Quaters: Private Marini (22-5), g, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 2/10, 5 1/2f, 1:3.44, $7,200. Ministers Wild Cat—Sensitive Soul: Minister of Soul (50-13), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, STK, Phoenix Gold Cup H., 2/9, 6f, 1:8.41, $46,500. Ministers Wild Cat—Proud Nicole: C C the Bartender (50-13), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 2/24, 5 1/2f, 1:4.12, $12,960. Mucho Macho Man—Not Unusual: Mucho Unusual (22-5), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, California Cup Oaks, 2/18, 1mi (T), 1:36.92, $110,000. Old Topper—Silk Queen: Queen Bee to You (15-4), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/1, 1mi, 1:39.24, $44,460. Papa Clem—Lit'l Smarty Pants: Smarty Party Papa (45-10), g, 6 yo, Fonner Park, STK, Grasmick S., 2/23, 4f, 46.60, $6,120. Papa Clem—Salty Fries: Gypsy Blu (45-10), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 2/24, about 6 1/2f, 1:12.09, $23,760. Point Encounter—Collectors Edition: Seattle Encounter (3-1), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, WCL, 2/9, 4 1/2f, 51.12, $4,630. Richard's Kid—Sensitive Soul: Sapphire Kid (18-5), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/9, 1mi (T), 1:38.04, $34,200. Run Brother Ron—Rutters Renegade (IRE): Two Bills (8-3), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 2/22, 5 1/2f, 1:4.28, $13,680. Slew's Tiznow—Silver Sting: Invertigo (20-7), g, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 2/7, 1mi, 1:39.79, $7,500. Slew's Tiznow—The Great Atlantic: Atlantic Slew (20-7), m, 6 yo, Fonner Park, AOC, 2/23, 4f, 47.40, $4,680. Slew's Tiznow—Summer Swimmer: Summersimage (20-7), h, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 2/23, 5 1/2f, 1:2.88, $24,960. Smiling Tiger—Saturday's Girl: Donut Girl (28-10), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/15, 6 1/2f, 1:16.60, $34,200. Smiling Tiger—Infernal McGoon: Ima Happy Cat (28-10), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 2/24, 5 1/2f, 1:3.78, $24,960. Square Eddie—Chanel My Belle: The Pet (44-9), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 2/18, 5 1/2f, 1:4.90, $13,680. Square Eddie—Teresa Ann: Eddie Haskell (44-9), g, 6 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 2/22, 5f (T), 55.06, $52,260. Storm Wolf—Meredith Bee: Jaya Ho (8-4), m, 6 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 2/17, 5 1/2f, 1:4.06, $5,772. Sundarban—Foxy Babe: Howdy (10-2), g, 7 yo, Sunland Park, SOC, 1/29, 1mi, 1:36.52, $9,720. Surf Cat—Stardust Magic: Cats Surfin (12-2), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, ALW, 1/29, 6f, 1:9.49, $8,593.

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Thorn Song—Crazy Tricia: Executive Decree (25-3), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 2/17, 6f, 1:8.47, $5,713. Tizbud—Incoronata: Lazzarella (18-4), m, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 2/17, 1mi, 1:37.92, $5,831. Uncle Mo—Fresia: Galilean (107-20), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, California Cup Derby, 2/18, 1 1/16mi, 1:43.43, $110,000. Unusual Heat—Puskita: Apache Princess (43-9), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Sweet Life S. (gr. III ), 2/10, 6 1/2f, 1:16.82, $60,000. Unusual Heat—Lady Railrider: Fiery Lady (43-9), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/10, 6 1/2f, 1:17.16, $44,460. Unusual Heat—Anatolian Queen: Anatolian Heat (43-9), g, 6 yo, Santa Anita Park, WCL, 2/17, 5f (T), 56.65, $15,400. U S Ranger—Ankha: Swing Thoughts (43-10), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 2/10, 1mi, 1:39.68, $24,180. Vronsky—Rebellious: Insubordination (35-13), g, 6 yo, Delta Downs, ALW, 1/31, 5f, 58.83, $24,000. Vronsky—Lost Prophet: Midnight Special (35-13), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 2/10, 5 1/2f, 1:4.21, $24,180.

MAIDENS Alternation—Allison's Hope: Nations Hope (42-12), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 2/24, 1mi, 1:41.44, $12,650. Awesome Gambler—Apollitician: Awepollonia (18-5), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 2/24, 6f, 1:11.45, $4,166. Blazonry—My Sweet Love: Hennessy On Tap (8-1), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/2, 5f, 59.21, $6,300. Boisterous—Drama Cat: Loud Mouth (12-3), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 1/31, 6 1/2f, 1:15.69, $33,000. Boisterous—Welken: Spider Jorgensen (12-3), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/7, 1mi, 1:41.47, $6,600. Boisterous—Tribal Spy: She's a Spy (12-3), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/17, 1mi, 1:43.78, $6,300.

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DADDY NOSE BEST BG Thoroughbred Farm (951) 654-9100 www.bgthoroughbreds.com Daddy Nose Best—Trash Master: Daddy's Mistress (5-1), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/31, 5f, 59.40, $6,300. Dixie Chatter—Richelle's Joy: Klaas (15-3), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 2/23, 4 1/2f, 53.01, $4,040. Ghostzapper—Holy Academy: Boolicious (87-22), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 2/14, 7f, 1:25.19, $19,200. Grazen—Chelcee's Hope: Babe Didrikson (18-4), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 1/31, 1mi, 1:41.28, $23,400. Greeley's Conquest—Pillow Pal: Iron Curtain (19-3), r, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 2/10, 5 1/2f, 1:4.93, $9,900. Heatseeker (IRE)—Stormy Bet: Shesaheatseeker (25-3), m, 5 yo, Rillito, MCL, 2/10, 5 1/2f, 1:10.20, $1,430. Heatseeker (IRE)—Lift Our Luck: Heatseeker Baby (25-3), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/24, 6f, 1:11.45, $8,400.

HE BE FIRE N ICE Ridgeley Farm (951) 654 7728 ridgeleyfarmhemet@gmail.com He Be Fire N Ice—Stormin Quality: Perfect Ice Storm (3-1), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 1/31, 6 1/2f, 1:16.17, $12,650.

Indian Evening—Shes a Lucky Wager: Indian Head Nickle (9-3), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/8, 1mi, 1:41.23, $7,800. Indian Evening—Zipping My Way: Indian Zip (9-3), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/23, 6f, 1:11.97, $8,400.

INFORMED Ridgeley Farm (951) 654 7728 ridgeleyfarmhemet@gmail.com Informed—Wampum Lady: Lady Trump (17-6), f, 4 yo, Portland Meadows, MCL, 2/3, 6f, 1:14.82, $2,915. Kafwain—Fifth Position: Lady At the Barre (25-7), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/2, 6f, 1:11.80, $6,300. Lone Star Special—Carib Gal: Deep Canyon (5-3), m, 5 yo, Parx Racing, MCL, 1/29, 5 1/2f, 1:10.68, $10,800. Lucky Pulpit—Ermine's Song: Lucky's Last Song (82-21), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/8, 5 1/2f, 1:5.50, $6,600. Lucky Pulpit—Fairway Road: Fairly Lucky (82-21), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 2/16, 6f, 1:12.38, $23,400. Lucky Pulpit—Unbridled Joule: Wasco (82-21), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/24, 5 1/2f, 1:5.12, $6,300. Marino Marini—Lady Perfect: Madam Marini (22-5), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/23, 5 1/2f, 1:4.85, $6,300. Ministers Wild Cat—Lisa's Lion: Ministersdon'tlie (50-13), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 2/2, 5 1/2f, 1:4.41, $12,650. Ministers Wild Cat—Three Star Casey: Plum Wild (50-13), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 2/9, 6f, 1:10.80, $23,400. Ministers Wild Cat—Life Is a Stone: Lifesbeengoodsofar (50-13), g, 3 yo, Oaklawn Park, MCL, 2/21, 1mi, 1:42.15, $13,500. Mizzen Mast—Seoul Unbridled: Unbridled Ethos (57-14), c, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/23, about 6 1/2f, 1:12.58, $33,000. The Pamplemousse—Pundit: Hi Skool Sweethart (15-4), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/2, 1mi, 1:41.46, $6,600. The Pamplemousse—So Happy Together: Happier Together (15-4), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 2/17, 4 1/2f, 53.18, $4,040. Richard's Kid—Early Arriver: Early's Kid (18-5), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 2/9, 6f, 1:12.14, $23,400. Richard's Kid—Flawless Jewel: M D's Jewel (18-5), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 2/18, 4 1/2f, 52.20, $3,828. Rocky Bar—Canadian Sunrise: Sunrise in the Bar (16-8), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 1/28, 5 1/2f, 1:5.02, $5,165.

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Run It—Velvet Princess: Princess Run It (3-2), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/22, 5f, 59.45, $6,300. Sea of Secrets—Summer Starlet: Secret Wind (9-3), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/7, 5 1/2f, 1:6.07, $6,600. Sought After—Posse's Princess: Lizetta (14-3), f, 4 yo, Rillito, MSW, 2/17, 4f, 48.24, $1,045. Square Eddie—Meetmeinthewoods: Settle It (44-9), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/9, about 6 1/2f, 1:15.90, $33,000. Square Eddie—Stretchinthelimits: Prodigal Son (44-9), r, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/16, 6 1/2f, 1:17.02, $33,000. Storm Wolf—Helluva Hooley: Stormin Home (8-4), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 1/30, 6 1/2f, 1:18.14, $3,789. Tenga Cat—Artistryandrhythm: Tengs Rhythm (1-1), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 2/20, 6f, 1:10.63, $7,673. Thorn Song—Three Star Casey: Cornelius (25-3), g, 5 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 2/1, 4 1/2f, 51.43, $4,090.

TIZBUD Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Tizbud—Kathwen: Kitty Boom Boom (18-4), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/24, 1mi (T), 1:35.78, $33,000. Twice the Appeal—Elusive Beauty: Panochio (5-1), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 2/16, 1mi, 1:40.97, $3,867. Uncle Mo—Abou: Mobou (107-20), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/8, 1mi (T), 1:37.10, $33,000. Unionize—Crazy Smart: Union Smartie (7-2), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/2, 5 1/2f, 1:5.10, $8,400.

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VACCINATING FOALS GIVING FOALS A SHOT FOR EARLY SUCCESS

BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

Many veterinarians recommend vaccinating the mare four weeks before she is due to foal, including the fnal injection for rhinopneumonitis if she had a series of vaccinations during pregnancy, so her colostrum will contain as many antibodies as possible. Tis provides passive transfer

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oals are vulnerable to many diseases because their immune systems are immature and they are born with very little immunity. Vaccination is one of our best tools for protecting young foals from disease, and the best protection for foals begins with vaccinating broodmares at strategic times during pregnancy.

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to the foal via colostrum, if the foal in“If you are going to castrate a young gests an adequate amount of colostrum colt, start him on his tetanus vaccinations shortly after birth (within two to three beforehand,” said Wilson. “Yet often peohours). Te foal gets immediate, although ple want to vaccinate, castrate, and wean temporary, immunity from his dam’s coat the same time. It’s better not to do that. lostrum. After this passive immunity be“Ideally you should vaccinate before gins to wane, he needs to be vaccinated to weaning, to start the immune process start building his own immunities. ahead of that stressful time. Most vaccines Dr. Katherine Wilson, clinical assistant require one or two boosters after the iniprofessor of large animal medicine at Virtial vaccination.” ginia-Maryland Regional College of VetTe recommended schedule for boosterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Va., says ers will be on the vaccine label, and it is an adequate amount of colostrum gives also listed on the American Association of foals protection for roughly six to eight Equine Practitioners website under vacweeks or more and then the foals must cine guidelines and the chart for foals. have their own antibodies. Foals start “Recommendations for infuenza are a producing their own antibodies at birth, little diferent than for the other vaccines, but the immature immune system doesn’t Vaccinating broodmares also offers protecin that the maternal antibodies for that work very well at frst, needing several tion to the foals they are carrying viral pathogen interfere a little bit lonweeks to get up to speed. ger than with other diseases,” said WilTe antibodies from colostrum general- mare, generally don’t need to be vaccinat- son. “For infuenza vaccination, we really ly last long enough to keep foals protected ed until they are 4 to 6 months of age, or prefer to not vaccinate foals ahead of 6 during that start-up time for their own just ahead of weaning. Te actual age you months of age (preferably 7 to 8 months immune system, but are not very efective start vaccinating a foal will depend on the of age for their frst dose), if the dam was past four to six weeks. vaccine, the foal’s circumstances, and risk vaccinated. Recommendations for foal “Since they are still present in his body, of exposure to that disease—and perhaps vaccinations do keep changing, as we however, they can actually interfere with when (or if) the mare was vaccinated.” learn more about their immune systems vaccination if you vaccinate the foal too Tere is no exact ideal time, but it’s and responses to vaccine.” early,” said Wilson. “With a vaccine, we important to avoid vaccinating during It’s always a good idea to talk to your are giving an antigen, which is usually an a time of stress, such as right at wean- veterinarian about vaccination schedules inactivated portion of the disease patho- ing or near the time when a foal is cas- for foals. gen we are vaccinating against.” trated. A stressed animal is less able to “Tere is not really a set protocol for all To build immunity, the body must be mount a good immune response to the situations and all foals,” said Wilson. “A able to recognize the antigen as a foreign vaccination. foal vaccination program needs to be taiinvader and create antilored to your own farm bodies against it. If the and circumstances, and foal already has antibodexposure to diseases. ies (obtained from coTis would include any lostrum), the body will previous outbreaks of recognize the antigen certain diseases. It’s wise from the vaccine and to work with your veteliminate it and won’t erinarian to fgure out mount enough immune what’s best for the foals response to create more on your farm.” antibodies. Te foal Dr. Tia Nelson, a won’t build his own proveterinarian and breedtection. er near Helena, Mont., “Tis is called masays most veterinarians ternal antibody interrecommend starting ference,” Wilson said. the core “foalhood” vac“Most foals, if they cines (Eastern/Western received enough colos- A mare’s all-important colostrum, which contains her antibodies from vaccinations, sleeping sickness, tetatrum from a vaccinated is passed to the nursing foal within the frst two to three hours after its birth nus, and West Nile) at

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about 4 months of age, but waiting until the foal is a few months older for rabies and infuenza. Give all vaccinations yearly after that. Tetanus is always a concern, since this disease can crop up any time. Te bacterial spores can be dormant for years in the soil. Te good thing is that tetanus vaccine is very reliable, creates good immunity, and foals can be successfully vaccinated at a fairly young age. “If the foal sufers an injury/wound, you can go ahead and vaccinate for tetanus,” said Nelson. “And use the tetanus toxoid, rather than the antitoxin, because the latter isn’t as safe; the foal might get a serious reaction or Tyzzer’s disease, in some instances. Te foal will develop immunity quickly enough from the toxoid, and we don’t need to use the antitoxin. “Tetanus is also very responsive to penicillin. So if you have a foal that gets injured and you are concerned about tetanus, you can give an injection of penicillin at the same time you give the tetanus vaccination. Te biggest problem is if you don’t see the injury or it’s a tiny wound and you don’t give the vaccine soon enough.” Wilson says that if the mare has unknown vaccination history, or has not been vaccinated in the last four to six weeks of pregnancy, foal vaccinations can be given at 3 to 4 months of age for the initial series, especially the diseases they would be at high risk for at an early age. “For tetanus or botulism, you can give these vaccines to foals at 1 month of age,” said Wilson. “In a high-risk situation, tetanus antitoxin can be given at birth.” It always helps to know the foal’s situation and risk, and vaccinate accordingly. “Tere are vaccines for many diferent diseases, and some may not be needed, if your foals don’t have exposure and would be unlikely to get those diseases,” said Wilson. “On a large breeding farm, this could save a lot of money, if there are some vaccines you don’t need.” It’s also good to know each mare’s vac-

cination history, especially if you purchase a broodmare or a mare with a young foal at her side. “Tere are many diseases and many different vaccines, and this is good reason to work with your own veterinarian to determine which vaccines should be used, and which ones might be best for the mares and foals on your farm,” Wilson said.

Ideally you should vaccinate before weaning, to start the immune process ahead of that stressful time. ” — Dr. Katherine Wilson

Carrie Hammer, state horse extension specialist and director of the equine science program at North Dakota State University, has two sets of recommendations for horsemen—those who are raising their own foals (and can vaccinate the mares ahead of foaling) and those who are buying weanlings or yearlings. Buyers need to know the vaccination history on those young horses, if possible. Some owners think that if they have a closed herd, they don’t have to worry about vaccinating. But mosquito-borne diseases (eastern/western sleeping sickness and West Nile) are everywhere, and teta-

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nus is also a risk, along with rabies. “It doesn’t matter where your horse lives, there is always some potential for these diseases,” Hammer said. If there are rabid skunks or other animals wandering through a pasture, foals are at risk because they are curious. Tey may be attracted to the animal that’s acting strangely and get bitten. “Skunks are a major carrier in our area,” Hammer said. Follow label directions on every vaccine, and give booster doses at appropriate intervals. Te adult horses that have already been vaccinated—having gone through the booster series as foals and receiving annual boosters thereafter— only need one shot to kick up the immunity. “Almost all vaccines, except rabies, are generally a three-dose series in the beginning,” said Hammer. “You give his frst shot at 4 to 6 months of age, then a booster four to six weeks later. Ten the foal should get the third dose at about 10 to 12 months of age. After that, the young horse is good for a year or six months, depending on which vaccine it is and how frequently it should be boostered. “Many horse owners incorrectly assume they can give one injection and the foal will be ok. Te frst dose simply primes the immune system; it doesn’t confer immunity. It takes another dose for the immune system to recognize it and mount good immunity. “If the dam was not vaccinated, or you know the foal didn’t get colostrum, the vaccination series can be started earlier, like 3 months of age. If the foal did get colostrum from the dam, however, early vaccination may not work. Some people start too early, thinking they will get the foal protected. But the foal does not build good immunity.” Vaccination strategy would be different for an orphan foal that didn’t receive colostrum, or from a mare that didn’t get vaccinated.

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As there are many diseases and different vaccines, you should work with your veterinarian to determine which vaccines are the best for the foals and mares in your neck of the woods

“Tis is something buyers often don’t think about when buying a weanling,” said Hammer. “Tey often ask about medical history in terms of whether it has been ill or injured, but don’t always ask if it has been vaccinated yet, if the mother was vaccinated, or if it received good colostrum. Sometimes the owners of the mares don’t know, but it pays to ask.” Research in cattle, swine, and other animals shows that the immune system is suppressed by stress, such as during weaning. “Tere has been some research at the University of Kentucky, looking at this scenario in horses, and the same thing is happening,” said Hammer. Just like calves, it’s best to vaccinate foals ahead of their weaning stress, so they have a chance to build immunity before they are weaned. “You don’t always have this opportunity, however,” said Hammer. “And if you have just bought the foal, you generally want to get it vaccinated as soon as possible, to have protection. If a foal has just been weaned, you want to get it vaccinated. Tis is all the more reason to make sure it gets the proper booster shots, since the foal’s immune system may have suppressed at the frst vaccination.”

If it’s your own mare, you can vaccinate ahead of weaning or utilize a weaning strategy that is less stressful for the foal— such as mare and foal in adjacent stalls or fenceline weaning, where they can be next to each other. Te foal can’t nurse, but still has the mare nearby for security until weaning is accomplished. When vaccinating foals, make sure the foal is restrained, use proper techniques, and follow label directions for the product being used. “If you have any questions about a vaccine, discuss it with your veterinarian,” said Hammer. “Tere are several types of vaccine, and they come in diferent forms—such as inactivated, recombinant, or modifed live. It can be confusing when trying to decide on what to use, with all the diferent brands and combinations of vaccines. Te veterinarian can answer questions about the vaccines and proper vaccination techniques, or give tips on vaccinating a foal versus an adult horse. “Foals are a bit more likely to have adverse reactions to modifed live vaccines than are adult horses. So it’s good to be prepared and know what to watch for and how to handle those, and not get too concerned if it’s just a mild reaction. It’s good to have an antidote on hand in case of a

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more severe reaction.” Some horses react more adversely to certain antigens or adjuvants. If you give a combination vaccine containing four or more antigens, you wouldn’t know which part caused the reaction. “Sometimes it’s wise to separate these and not give everything all at once in a seven-way vaccine,” said Hammer. “When I work with owners whose horses react, we give the vaccinations separately until we fgure out which one is the culprit, and plan subsequent annual boosters accordingly. But with a foal, it will be the frst time it’s ever been vaccinated, and it may be wise to not give everything all at once. “Te literature tells us, from a research standpoint, that it is better to give the vaccines singly and not all at the same time. But for practical purposes, this isn’t always possible. “If you give one, wait a week, give another, wait a week, etc. It may take six or seven weeks to give those frst doses. In some instances, you have to do it all at once or split it into just two sessions. “Te research tells us that the antibody levels are diferent giving them all at once versus spread out. But physiologically it still gets to a protective level. I usually tell owners that unless they have a horse that doesn’t respond well to vaccines or is very sensitive and tends to react when vaccinated, I don’t worry about giving multiple vaccines at the same time. On the bigger farms, with dozens of foals to vaccinate, this is the only practical way, especially if you are not going to have hands on those foals again in a week.” It’s good for owners to learn as much as they can about the best way to vaccinate foals for best results, and ask questions. “Your own equine veterinarian will usually have the best advice, since he/she knows and understands your herd, how the horses are being managed, the diseases in your area, and how often you need to vaccinate for mosquito-borne diseases,” said Hammer.

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River Joe, 2015 dk.b. or br. r. by Awesome Gambler Love a Honeybadger, 2014 dk.b. or br. f. by Bushwacker Shesagamblindevil, 2016 ch. f. by Awesome Gambler MADERA THOROUGHBREDS LLC Solid Wager, 2011 b. g. by Birdonthewire

NICK ALEXANDER Junior Gilliam, 2013 dk.b. or br. g. by Tribal Rule Just Grazed Me, 2015 gr/ro. f. by Grazen Pee Wee Reese, 2013 dk.b. or br. h. by Tribal Rule Tough Sunday, 2012 b. h. by Grazen

CURTIS C. & LILA L. LANNING LLC Tribal Storm, 2014 b. g. by Papa Clem

DR. EDWARD C. ALLRED Cordiality, 2013 dk.b. or br. m. by Papa Clem

RAFAEL DE LEON Triunfo, 2011 b. g. by Tribal Rule

ARCHA RACING INC. Soi Phet, 2008 dk.b. or br. g. by Tizbud THOMAS W. BACHMAN Bella Luma, 2014 ch. f. by Ministers Wild Cat Take the One O One, 2015 dk.b. or br. c. by Acclamation LAURA R. BAILEY World Famous Sam T, 2009 b. g. by Misty’sgoldentouch BALLENA VISTA FARM Bert’s Baby, 2012 dk.b. or br. m. by Bertrando GARY BARBER Fly to Mars, 2014 b. g. by Ministers Wild Cat ROZAMUND BARCLAY Swiss Script, 2013 ch. m. by Swiss Yodeler BAR C RACING STABLES, INC. Galilean, 2016 b. c. by Uncle Mo THOMAS NEWTON BELL & ROSS JOHN MCLEOD Alert Bay, 2011 dk.b. or br. g. by City Zip BERUMEN, OLD ENGLISH RANCHO, EICHLER, MASRY & SHERR In Control, 2011 b. g. by Vronsky BG STABLES Sparkling Peg, 2012 ch. m. by Fusaichi Pegasus PERRY BRUNO The Spiral Jetter, 2013 gr/ro. m. by Don’tsellmeshort C PUNCH RANCH, INC. Cheech, 2014 ch. g. by Popular Shades of Victory, 2014 gr/ro. c. by Thorn Song

DAHLBERG FARMS LLC Minister of Soul, 2014 ch. g. by Ministers Wild Cat Patriots Rule, 2011 dk.b. or br. g. by Tribal Rule

DIPIETRO THOROUGHBREDS Reginella, 2014 gr/ro. f. by Ministers Wild Cat DIZNEY DOUBLE DIAMOND, LLC Skye Diamonds, 2013 ch. m. by First Dude JIM EATON My Friend Emma, 2012 ch. g. by Tannersmyman

DALE MAHLUM Ima Happy Cat, 2015 gr/ro. f. by Smiling Tiger JAMES MANN Hardboot, 2015 b. c. by Lucky Pulpit MCCORMICK & SON Shred the Rules, 2013 dk.b. or br. g. by Tribal Rule JAMES W. MCKENNEY & TAMMY MCKENNEY Coniah, 2013 dk.b. or br. m. by Harlington MERCEDES STABLES LLC Gorgeous Ginny, 2015 dk.b. or br. f. by Take Charge Indy Take Charge Deputy, 2015 b. c. by Take Charge Indy

JOHN ERNST & ALLEGRA ERNST Tap the Wire, 2016 ch. c. by Eddington

OLD ENGLISH RANCHO, PATSY BERUMEN & SAL BERUMEN What a View, 2011 dk.b. or br. g. by Vronsky

JIM EVANS Olimpio’s Scat Cat, 2012 ch. g. by Olympio

JACK B. OWENS & BARBARA OWENS Kalkan Kaye, 2013 b. m. by Papa Clem

JOHN R. HAAGSMA & WESLEY WARD Brandothebartender, 2013 b. g. by Tribal Rule

MICHAEL PAGELER Heck Yeah, 2015 dk.b. or br. c. by Acclamation

NINA HAGEN & RON HAGEN Camano Comet, 2014 b. f. by Council Member

STEVE PAVICH & MARIA PAVICH Bold Fantasy, 2011 dk.b. or br. g. by Bertrando Fantasy of Luck, 2013 ch. m. by Lucky Pulpit

THE REVOCABLE TRUST OF DR. MIKEL C. HARRINGTON & PATRICIA O. HARR Creative Instinct, 2016 gr/ro. f. by Creative Cause HARRIS FARMS Lynne’s Legacy, 2013 dk.b. or br. m. by Unusual Heat H & E RANCH Rye, 2013 ch. h. by English Channel KMN RACING Tivan, 2016 dk.b. or br. r. by Indian Evening GEORGE KRIKORIAN Start the Show, 2016 dk.b. or br. f. by Oxbow RICHARD ALLEN KRITZSKI Awesome Return, 2011 b. g. by Decarchy TERRY C. LOVINGIER

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PREMIER THOROUGHBREDS LLC Spiced Perfection, 2015 b. f. by Smiling Tiger Cruel Intention, 2016 b. c. by Smiling Tiger Naughty Tiger, 2016 ch. f. by Smiling Tiger PREMIER THOROUGHBREDS LLC & ALAN KLEIN Miss Sunset, 2014 b. f. by Into Mischief RANCHO DE LOS AVIADORES Lakerball, 2016 dk.b. or br. f. by Lakerville RED BARON’S BARN & VAYA CON SUERTE Edwards Going Left, 2014 b. g. by Midnight Lute REDDAM RACING, LLC B Squared, 2014 b. c. by Square Eddie How About Zero, 2014 ch. f. by Square Eddie

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Lippy, 2016 ch. f. by Square Eddie Listing, 2016 b. c. by Square Eddie RICHARD BARTON ENTERPRISES Big Miss Steak, 2013 dk.b. or br. m. by Papa Clem Hardcore Troubador, 2014 b. g. by Roi Charmant JIM ROBBINS Loving Lynda, 2015 b. f. by Empire Way GEORGE SCHMITT & MARY CLARE SCHMITT Touched by Autism, 2013 ch. h. by Sierra Sunset

Alpine Luck, 2011 b. g. by Lucky J. H.

SCHROEDER FARMS LLC, WELTON MANFIELD & ROBERT HESS Give Me a Hint, 2016 b. f. by Merit Man

THOR-BRED STABLES LLC Fairfaithhills, 2016 dk.b. or br. f. by Thoreau

ERNEST SHERMAN Mr. Takahashi, 2012 dk.b. or br. g. by Bertrando

TOMMY TOWN THOROUGHBREDS, LLC Estherfourfourteen, 2015 dk.b. or br. f. by Ministers Wild Cat

POLLYANNA SIMPSON Valiant Ruler, 2013 dk.b. or br. g. by T ribal Rule

WACHTEL STABLE & GARY BARBER Kookie Gal, 2016 dk.b. or br. f. by Boisterous

SKY CHASE FARM & TNIP LLC Winninginfashion, 2010 dk.b. or br. m. by In Excess (IRE)

MR. & MRS. LARRY D. WILLIAMS Luck’s Royal Flush, 2016 ch. c. by Lucky Pulpit Pulpit Rider, 2015 b. f. by Lucky Pulpit

HEINZ STEINMANN

2018 STAKES HORSES BY CALIFORNIA STALLIONS An alphabetical listing of California sires that were represented by stakes winners or stakes-placed horses in North America during 2018. A “California” stallion is one that is currently standing in the state or was based or is now based in another state or country but has at least one stakes performer of last year that was foaled in California.

➤Please note that those horses that are stakes winners are denoted in CAPITAL letters.

Devon Lane Tijuana Dixie Chatter YO Y ME Don’tsellmeshort No Ez Money, THE SPIRAL JETTER Eddington TAP THE WIRE

Oh Marvelous Me, Piropo

Acclamation Accomplishedsister, Accountability, HECK YEAH, TAKE THE ONE O ONE

Boisterous KOOKIE GAL

Einstein (BRZ) Brilliant Bird, IRANISTAN, MOLECULES, Seeking Albert

Alymagic Aly’s Last Magic

Bold Chieftain Sunset Dragunn

Elusive Warning Super Swiss

Anthony’s Cross Yeehaw

Bring the Heat DREAMOFJEAN E.

Aragorn (IRE) SHINING COPPER, Touching Rainbows, Wat Du U Want

Bushwacker LOVE A HONEYBADGER

Empire Way Fire When Ready, LOVING LYNDA, West Princess

Atticus Just Misunderstood Awesome Gambler RIVER JOE, SHESAGAMBLINDEVIL, Unbridled Gambler Bedford Falls Cuddle Alert Bertrando BERT’S BABY, BOLD FANTASY, MR. TAKAHASHI

Forest Command Brahms Command

Capital Account Feeling Strong

Formal Gold MARION’S BIRD

Cindago BE A LADY Comic Strip AIKMAN JULIET, Lavadia, Leadville, Unpossible Council Member CAMANO COMET

Big Bad Leroybrown Buggy Brown

Cyclotron Peaceful Approach

Birdonthewire SOLID WAGER

Decarchy AWESOME RETURN, Lucy De, One Fast Broad, Silvanus

Bluegrass Cat Ali Blue, Backseat Rider, Bluegrass Punch, Bonita, CHAMPION RISK, MR JOSHUA,

For Really GENERAL DAY

Calimonco Runs Sweet

Desert Code Deb’s Wildcard, Desert Steel

Fusaichi Zenon (JPN) Mike and Trixie, Red Zenon, Sunday Rose Game Plan Ashleyluvssugar, Caesar’s Game Giacomo EL KURDO, JOMELO Global Hunter (ARG) Ronnie Cloud Golden Balls (IRE) X S Gold Grace Upon Grace Show It N Moe It

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Grazen Barbara Beatrice, Gettin Sideways, JUST GRAZED ME, S Y Sky, Shy Carmelita, TOUGH SUNDAY Grey Memo Bushrod Haynesfeld Bistraya, Dona Mussetta, Dotthei, Hay Dakota, MY SISTER MADI, No Hayne No Gayne, REALM, SLUGGERS BOY Heatseeker (IRE) Catholic Cowboy, Hot Gem, Isa Firecracker, Shesaheatwave Hidden Blessing BRAVE DAISEY High Brite Highly Cynical Idiot Proof Princess Dorian, Richard’s Boy In Excess (IRE) WINNINGINFASHION Indian Evening TIVAN Indy BUGGIN OUT Jersey Town BEE JERSEY, Jersey Heist, King Angelus, Lucky Lorretta, Raging Town, Rosyjersey, SHAKOPEE TOWN Joey Franco SIMRAN Kafwain Herunbridledpower, Miss Lucky

Misremembered AX MAN, Dazzling Gem, Make It a Triple, Memory Bank, REMEMBER DAISY Misty’sgoldentouch WORLD FAMOUS SAM T Northern Indy West Coast Indy Old Topper Queen Bee to You Olmodavor Jen’s Big O, Oltimate Broad, SALSA’S RETURN Olympio OLIMPIO’S SCAT CAT Papa Clem BIG MISS STEAK, CORDIALITY, KALKAN KAYE, Oliver, Papa Frank, Tesla, TRIBAL STORM, Weyand Passion for Gold Lord Barna, Passion Plus Point Encounter La Aguililla Popular CHEECH, Daz Lin Dawn Pulzarr Impulzive Kate Rocky Bar BAR SCENE, FOGGIA, Royal Privacy Roi Charmant HARDCORE TROUBADOR

Square Eddie B SQUARED, Dis Smart Cat, Eddie Haskell, HOW ABOUT ZERO, LIPPY, LISTING, Shaymin, Square Peggy, Takeo Squared, Whooping Jay Stay Thirsty ALWAYSMINING, COAL FRONT, COSMO CHARLIE, Diddley, Double Bee Sting, Drinks On Me, Ma Meatloaf, MIND CONTROL, My Cousin Martha, Shane Doan, Stay Fantastic, Thirstforlife Storm Wolf Psycho Dar Stormin Fever Venturi Street Hero ENGRAM, Ms Fifty First St., THE PLAYER Suances (GB) Camino Del Paraiso Swiss Yodeler SWISS SCRIPT, Swiss Skimmer Tannersmyman MY FRIEND EMMA Taskmaster Naomi’s Gift Terrell Cleverly Beverly Thoreau FAIRFAITHHILLS Thorn Song Bobby Magic, SHADES OF VICTORY

Salt Lake Northern Smoke

Tizbud SOI PHET

Kissin Kris Smart Fix, SPECIAL KISS

Salute the Sarge KEYSON, Miss Ocean Express, MR. AL’S GAL, SWEET LI WINNING

Tough Game Tough Runner

Lakerville LAKERBALL

Seattle Buddy Buddy Princess, Shawtay

Lone Star Special MOBILE BAY

Sierra Sunset TOUCHED BY AUTISM

Lucky J. H. ALPINE LUCK, LUCKRULES

Skimming Mah Gellin, Mary Lois

Lucky Pulpit Dontpreachto Darcy, FANTASY OF LUCK, Fashionably Fast, HARDBOOT, LUCK’S ROYAL FLUSH, PULPIT RIDER

Slew’s Saga Aphiemi

Many Rivers Many Roses, River of Doubt

Smart Bid Kosciuszko

Mast Track Dopp Creek, Makeourday, Mixed Media

Smiling Tiger BAJA SUR, CRUEL INTENTION, GRINNING TIGER, Hold That Smile, IMA HAPPY CAT, NAUGHTY TIGER, SARI’S TIGER, Smiling Tigress, SPICED PERFECTION

King Excess EXCESS R E

Merit Man GIVE ME A HINT Ministers Wild Cat BELLA LUMA, Campaigner, Cupid’s Beau, ESTHERFOURFOURTEEN, FLY TO MARS,

For Those Who Wait, MINISTER OF SOUL, REGINELLA, Tiz Wild Wind, Wild Fibs

Slew’s Tiznow More Power to Him, Tribal War Chant

Southern Image Smokey Image

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Tribal Rule BRANDOTHEBARTENDER, CAPTAIN GAVEL, Family Girl, JUNIOR GILLIAM, Myrcella, PATRIOTS RULE, PEE WEE REESE, Roaring Rule, SHRED THE RULES, TRIUNFO, VALIANT RULER U S Ranger Swing Thoughts, Viuda Alegre Uh Oh Bango CALL WAITING Unbridled Energy Huntstown Unusual Heat Cheekaboo, Fiery Lady, Grecian Fire, LYNNE’S LEGACY, Majestic Heat, Our Silver Oak, Well Developed Vronsky IN CONTROL, Intimidate, Midnight Special, Oldtoytrain, Verynsky, Vronilla Parfait, WHAT A VIEW

SMOKEM

THE ONLY SON OF LEADING SIRE UNION RAGS TO STAND IN CALIFORNIA

GREAT STUFF

FOR THE 2019 BREEDING SEASON GRADED STAKES WINNER OF $478,902

• From 5 Starts SMOKEM has 1 Allowance win, 4 Stakes-Placed and Retired with Earnings of $130,500 • By G1 Winner UNION RAGS ($ 1,798,800). • Out of Stakes Winner Graded Stakes-Placed, Smoke Glacken Mare, ONE SMOKIN’ LADY ($283,620). Half-sister to KROY, 2nd in the G2 Mathis Brothers Mile S. at Santa Anita Park.

• By QUALITY ROAD - #1 Sire by G1 Winners in 2018! • Out of Multiple Stakes-Placed, HENNESSY Mare, Sumptuous ($105,242) • From 31 Starts GREAT STUFF has 7 wins 7 seconds and 7 thirds including the G3 Toboggan Stakes January 18, by 2½ lengths defeating G1 winners TAKAFUL and GREEN GRATTO.

“SMOKEM is one of the best individuals I have ever trained, I think he was the best Cal-bred colt last year, ran second in four stakes in a row and was unlucky to lose his last race.” – Garry Sherlock

GREAT STUFF is the only son of QUALITY ROAD to stand in California

SMOKEM

Union Rags - One Smokin’ Lady, by Smoke Glacken

FEE 2019

$5,000 LFSN

GREAT STUFF

Quality Road - Sumptuous, by Hennessy

FEE 2019

5,000 LFSN

ALSO STANDING: Stay Thirsty, Govenor Charlie, Time To Get Even, Awesome Gambler, Grace Upon Grace

Terry Lovingier Cell (562) 547 9848 or email terry@lovco.com 35490 Highway 79, Warner Springs, CA 92086 www.lovacres.com

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CALIFORNIA-FOALED STAKES HORSES OF 2018 An alphabetical listing of all the California-foaled stakes winners and stakes-placed runners in North America during 2018.

Accomplishedsister, 2016 b. f. by Acclamation—Sister Sally 2nd California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association S., Juan Gonzalez Memorial S. Accountability, 2014 gr/ro. c. by Acclamation—Roberta’s Mango 3rd Unusual Heat Turf Classic S. presented by City National Bank ALERT BAY, 2011 dk.b. or br. g. by City Zip— Hickory (CHI) Won Rolling Green S. 2nd Longacres Mile H. [G3] 3rd Lure S. ALPINE LUCK, 2011 b. g. by Lucky J. H.— I Can Yodele Won Intercontinent Overnight S. Aly’s Last Magic, 2012 b. m. by Alymagic— Prochonic 3rd B Cup Fillies and Mares S. Ashleyluvssugar, 2011 b. g. by Game Plan— Ashley’s Folly 2nd John Henry Turf Championship S. [G2] AWESOME RETURN, 2011 b. g. by Decarchy—Awesome Broad Won McFadden Memorial Starter S. B SQUARED, 2014 b. c. by Square Eddie— Silar Rules Won Thor’s Echo H. 2nd Bertrando S., Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprint S., Crystal Water S., E.B. Johnston S. 3rd California Dreamin’ S. Barbara Beatrice, 2012 gr/ro. m. by Grazen—Showtime Apollo 2nd Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S. BELLA LUMA, 2014 ch. f. by Ministers Wild Cat—Bold Roberta Won Golden Poppy S. 3rd Miss America S. BERT’S BABY, 2012 dk.b. or br. m. by Bertrando—Faith Colleen Won Champagne and Kisses S. BIG MISS STEAK, 2013 dk.b. or br. m. by Papa Clem—Chabuka Won Mr. Mike’s Paint the Park Purple S. Bobby Magic, 2014 gr/ro. g. by Thorn Song—Brilliant Response 2nd Oregon HBPA S. Bodhisattva, 2012 ch. h. by Student Council—Dr. Cheryl P. 2nd Native Dancer S. BOLD FANTASY, 2011 dk.b. or br. g. by

Bertrando—Fantasy Rocks Won Harris Farms S. Brahms Command, 2016 b. f. by Forest Command—Brahms Tudor 2nd Pike Place Dancer S. BRANDOTHEBARTENDER, 2013 b. g. by Tribal Rule—Frysland Won California Flag H. 3rd Cary Grant S. Buddy Princess, 2008 dk.b. or br. m. by Seattle Buddy—Freckle Frick 3rd Champagne and Kisses S. Buggy Brown, 2015 dk.b. or br. g. by Big Bad Leroybrown—Cute as a Bug 3rd Duke City Sprint S. CAMANO COMET, 2014 b. f. by Council Member—Creme (CHI) Won City of Roses H. Camino Del Paraiso, 2013 b. g. by Suances (GB)—Loni’s Appeal 2nd Berkeley H. [G3], Unusual Heat Turf Classic S. presented by City National Bank Campaigner, 2015 ch. g. by Ministers Wild Cat—Brave Journey 3rd California Cup Turf Sprint S. Cash Prize, 2014 dk.b. or br. f. by Pure Prize—Cottonwood Babe 2nd Camilla Urso S. CHEECH, 2014 ch. g. by Popular—Special Smoke Won Rillito Hopeful S. Cheekaboo, 2013 ch. m. by Unusual Heat— Sandy Cheeks 3rd Fran’s Valentine S., Solana Beach S. Cleverly Beverly, 2010 ch. m. by Terrell— K Girl 2nd Glendale H. CONIAH, 2013 dk.b. or br. m. by Harlington—Pretti Woman Won Las Cienegas S. [G3] 2nd Las Flores S. [G3], San Simeon S. [G3] Continental Divide, 2015 b. c. by Animal Kingdom—Bandora 3rd California Cup Derby CORDIALITY, 2013 dk.b. or br. m. by Papa Clem—Warmth Won Fran’s Valentine S., Solana Beach S. 3rd Wilshire S. [G3] CREATIVE INSTINCT, 2016 gr/ro. f. by Creative Cause—Teacher Teacher Won Generous Portion S. 3rd Soviet Problem S. CRUEL INTENTION, 2016 b. c. by Smiling

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Tiger—Perfect Feat Won Golden State Juvenile S. Cuddle Alert, 2011 b. m. by Bedford Falls— Tee Dee 2nd Irish O’Brien S., Kalookan Queen S., Spring Fever S. Cupid’s Beau, 2014 dk.b. or br. g. by Ministers Wild Cat—Testify to Love 3rd Bill Earll Memorial S. Daddysprize, 2015 dk.b. or br. r. by Scat Daddy—Youtheprizeandi 2nd Real Good Deal S. Deb’s Wildcard, 2012 b. m. by Desert Code—Deb’s Royal Flush 3rd California Governor’s Cup H. Desert Steel, 2012 gr/ro. m. by Desert Code—Lujien Lujien 3rd Irish O’Brien S. Dis Smart Cat, 2013 ch. m. by Square Eddie—Categorize 3rd C.E.R.F. S. Dontpreachto Darcy, 2012 ch. g. by Lucky Pulpit—Dar C. Alltheway 3rd KLAQ H. Dreamy Gal, 2014 b. f. by Ez Dreamer— Famous Gal 3rd Cactus Flower S. Eddie Haskell, 2013 b. g. by Square Eddie— Teresa Ann 3rd Albany S., California Flag H. EDWARDS GOING LEFT, 2014 b. g. by Midnight Lute—Dypsy Won Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprint S. 2nd Cary Grant S. 3rd E.B. Johnston S., Triple Bend S. [G1] ESTHERFOURFOURTEEN, 2015 dk.b. / br. f. by Ministers Wild Cat—Timothyfourseven Won Jack Hardy S. 3rd Miss Missile Overnight S. FAIRFAITHHILLS, 2016 dk.b. or br. f. by Thoreau—Cherry Creek Won Detroit Lake H. 2nd Willamette River S. Family Girl, 2015 ch. f. by Tribal Rule— Girl Named Sam 3rd California Distaff H. FANTASY OF LUCK, 2013 ch. m. by Lucky Pulpit—Fantasy Rocks Won Budweiser S. Fashionably Fast, 2015 ch. g. by Lucky Pulpit—Fall Fashion 2nd Harris Farms S.

DAEHLING RANCH

GALLANT SON

JERSEY TOWN (KY)

CITY WOLF

Speightstown - Jersey Girl, by Belong to Me

Malabar Gold – Explicitly, by Exploit

FEE: $3,000 LIVE FOAL

Giant’s Causeway – Baby Zip, by Relaunch

FEE: $3,000 LIVE FOAL

Won Cigar Mile [G1] - 111 Beyer (2nd highest Beyer of 2010 at a mile) and $400,000 Kelso H. [G2] 110 Beyer (2nd highest Beyer of 2012 at a mile). Largest crop to date will race at 2 in 2019.

Half-brother to Top Sires GHOSTZAPPER & CITY ZIP. Out of Broodmare-ofthe-Year Baby Zip. Graded Stakes Winner by 3X Champion Sire Giant’s Causeway. Winner of the Durham Cups by 2 ½ lenghts.

California Graded Stakes Winner with G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic Winners in Male AND Female Family Won or Placed in 16 Stakes – 6 Graded Eight-Time Stakes Winner of $552,528.

FULLBRIDLED

COACH BOB

Unbridled’s Song – Constantia, by Relaunch

Bertrando – Gentleman’s Hope, by Yankee Gentleman

MESA THUNDER

By the late UNBRIDLED’S SONG sire of 4 Champions, including Breeders’ Cup Classic G1 - ARROGATE and WILL TAKE CHARGE. Average earnings per starter $31,000.

Multiple Stakes – placed winner of $211,367 fnished second by 1 ¾ lengths to multiple Graded Stakes winner BIG MASHER. Maiden Special Weight or MSW. Sire of 2018 winners (MSW) First Coach and Fiesty Coach.

FEE: $1,500 LIVE FOAL

Fee: $1,500 LIVE FOAL

FEE: $2,000 LIVE FOAL

Sky Mesa – Citiview, by Citidancer FEE: $1,000 LIVE FOAL

Proven California Sire from Pulpit Sire Line. Half-brother to multiple Grade 1 SW MIDNIGHT LUCKY (100 Beyer). Out of a full sister to HOOKEDONTHEFEELIN (Grade 1, 109 Beyer) – dam of PUSSYCAT DOLL (Grade 1, 112 Beyer) & JIMMY CREED (Grade 1, 105 Beyer).

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Feeling Strong, 2016 ch. g. by Capital Account—Feel Ridge (BRZ) 3rd King Glorious S. Fiery Lady, 2014 dk.b. or br. f. by Unusual Heat—Lady Railrider 2nd Miss America S. FLY TO MARS, 2014 b. g. by Ministers Wild Cat—Warren’s Flyer Won California Dreamin’ S. 2nd Clocker’s Corner S., City of Hope Mile S. [G2] 3rd Del Mar Mile H. [G2] For Those Who Wait, 2011 dk.b. or br. g. by Ministers Wild Cat—She’s Gottogetaway 2nd T.J. Fackrell - Spa Boy Memorial S. GALILEAN, 2016 b. c. by Uncle Mo—Fresia Won Barretts Juvenile S., King Glorious S. 2nd Golden State Juvenile S. Gettin Sideways, 2015 gr/ro. f. by Grazen— Striking Point 3rd Campanile S. GIVE ME A HINT, 2016 b. f. by Merit Man— Hint of Promise (GB) Won Golden State Juvenile Fillies S. GORGEOUS GINNY, 2015 dk.b. or br. f. by Take Charge Indy—Brooke’s Halo Won Arizona Oaks, Jeff and Jack Coady, Sr. S. 2nd Goldfnch S. Grecian Fire, 2014 ch. g. by Unusual Heat— Maddie’s Odyssey 2nd California Dreamin’ S. 3rd All American S. [G3], Bertrando S. HARDBOOT, 2015 b. c. by Lucky Pulpit— Mme. Espionage Won Silky Sullivan S. 2nd Snow Chief S. HARDCORE TROUBADOR, 2014 b. g. by Roi Charmant—Farallon Won KLAQ H. HECK YEAH, 2015 dk.b. or br. c. by Acclamation—Lutess Won California Cup Turf Sprint S., California Cup Derby, Echo Eddie S. Herunbridledpower, 2013 b. m. by Kafwain—Natural Singer R N 2nd Speedbelle Starter H. Highly Cynical, 2011 dk.b. or br. g. by High Brite—Cynical 3rd Secretariat Memorial S. Hold That Smile, 2015 ch. f. by Smiling Tiger—Chasseur Dame 3rd Multnomah Falls H. Hot Autumn, 2015 dk.b. or br. f. by Tiz Wonderful—Shesoprovocative 2nd La Brea S. [G1] Hot Gem, 2013 dk.b. or br. m. by Heatseeker (IRE)—Swiss Gem 2nd Ladies Overnight H. Hotitude, 2016 b. f. by Heat Shield— Lovefromafar 2nd Soviet Problem S. 3rd Golden State Juvenile Fillies S. HOW ABOUT ZERO, 2014 ch. f. by Square Eddie—Too Much Excess

Won Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S. IMA HAPPY CAT, 2015 gr/ro. f. by Smiling Tiger—Infernal McGoon Won Seattle S. 2nd Kent S. IN CONTROL, 2011 b. g. by Vronsky— Saboteur’s Love Won Inaugural H. Intimidate, 2015 ch. g. by Vronsky—Perfect Hostess 3rd California Derby Isa Firecracker, 2014 dk.b. or br. f. by Heatseeker (IRE)—Caroline Elena 3rd Bear Fan S., Harris Farms S. Jen’s Big O, 2013 ch. g. by Olmodavor— Jen’s New Chapter 3rd Billy Powell S. JUNIOR GILLIAM, 2013 dk.b. or br. g. by Tribal Rule—Hazen Won Speedball Starter H. JUST GRAZED ME, 2015 gr/ro. f. by Grazen—Fairway Road Won Fleet Treat S. 2nd Betty Grable S., Torrey Pines S. [G3] KALKAN KAYE, 2013 b. m. by Papa Clem— Congo Kaye Won Susan Barrett Memorial S. 3rd Hasta La Vista S., Rep. Sue Wallis Memorial S. Kern Ridge, 2012 b. g. by Langfuhr— Westline 3rd Inaugural H. KOOKIE GAL, 2016 dk.b. or br. f. by Boisterous—Kukaluka Won Soviet Problem S. La Aguililla, 2016 ch. f. by Point Encounter— Candy Kisses 2nd Golden Gate Debutante S. LAKERBALL, 2016 dk.b. or br. f. by Lakerville—Category Ten Won Pike Place Dancer S., Surfer Girl S. Lavadia, 2015 dk.b. or br. f. by Comic Strip— Oh the Joy 2nd Campanile S. Leadville, 2016 dk.b. or br. c. by Comic Strip—Baby Doe 2nd Everett Nevin S. LIPPY, 2016 ch. f. by Square Eddie— Sarah Jade Won Juan Gonzalez Memorial S. 3rd California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association S. LISTING, 2016 b. c. by Square Eddie— Marquis Diamond Won I’m Smokin S. LOVE A HONEYBADGER, 2014 dk.b./br. f. by Bushwacker—Angela’s Love Won California Distaff H. LOVING LYNDA, 2015 b. f. by Empire Way— Wild Baby Girl Won Melair S. LUCK’S ROYAL FLUSH, 2016 ch. c. by Lucky Pulpit—Royal Grand Slam Won Everett Nevin S.

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2nd Graduation S. 3rd Golden State Juvenile S. Lucy De, 2012 dk.b. or br. m. by Decarchy— Stormin Lucy 3rd Astra S. LYNNE’S LEGACY, 2013 dk.b. or br. m. by Unusual Heat—Top of Our Game Won Miss America S. Mah Gellin, 2010 ch. g. by Skimming— Mahrin 3rd Budweiser S. Majestic Heat, 2012 dk.b. or br. m. by Unusual Heat—Chi Chi Nette 3rd Santa Maria S. [G2], Spring Fever S. Make It a Triple, 2013 dk.b. or br. g. by Misremembered—Thunder Sands 3rd Thor’s Echo H. Many Roses, 2013 dk.b. or br. g. by Many Rivers—Heirloom Rose 3rd San Francisco Mile S. [G3] Mary Lois, 2009 b. m. by Skimming— Trumping 2nd Donna Jensen Memorial H. Midnight Special, 2016 dk.b. or br. c. by Vronsky—Lost Prophet 3rd Golden Nugget S. MINISTER OF SOUL, 2014 ch. g. by Ministers Wild Cat—Sensitive Soul Won Luke Kruytbosch S. MISS SUNSET, 2014 b. f. by Into Mischief— Tuscan Sunset Won C.E.R.F. S., Irish O’Brien S., Spring Fever S. 2nd Desert Stormer S. [G3], Madison S. [G1] 3rd Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S. Missing Groom, 2011 dk.b. or br. g. by Colonel John—Lost Bride 2nd John K. Goodman S. More Power to Him, 2014 b. c. by Slew’s Tiznow—Pundit 2nd Bull Dog H., Joseph T. Grace H. Mr Paytience, 2016 b. c. by Paynter— Kantstopdancin 3rd Everett Nevin S. MR. TAKAHASHI, 2012 dk.b. or br. g. by Bertrando—Beaulena Won Grants Pass Mile S., Daily Courier Inaugural S. 2nd Art Smith Memorial S. Mucho Unusual, 2016 b. f. by Mucho Macho Man—Not Unusual 2nd Generous Portion S., Golden State Juvenile Fillies S. MY FRIEND EMMA, 2012 ch. g. by Tannersmyman—Ma Ka Bet Won Albany S. 2nd All American S. [G3] Naomi’s Gift, 2012 b. g. by Taskmaster— Next Girl 2nd Sprint Series S. 3rd B Cup Sprint S., Millarville Sprint S. NAUGHTY TIGER, 2016 ch. f. by Smiling Tiger—Naughty Nightie

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Won California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association S. 3rd Barretts Debutante S. No Ez Money, 2009 ch. g. by Don’tsellmeshort—Ez Money Honey 2nd Parker Speed S. Northern Smoke, 2010 gr/ro. g. by Salt Lake—Special Smoke 3rd Bert W. Martin Foundation S. OLIMPIO’S SCAT CAT, 2012 ch. g. by Olympio—Tera Kitty Won Bill Wallace Memorial S., T.J. Fackrell Spa Boy Memorial S. 2nd Au Revoir H. Oliver, 2016 dk.b. or br. c. by Papa Clem— Snobby Princess 3rd Graduation S., I’m Smokin S. Oltimate Broad, 2012 b. m. by Olmodavor— Awesome Broad 2nd Chippewa Downs Open Filly & Mares Speed S. One Fast Broad, 2015 dk.b. or br. f. by Decarchy—Awesome Broad 2nd California Cup Oaks 3rd Fleet Treat S., Melair S. Our Silver Oak, 2016 gr/ro. g. by Unusual Heat—Strawberry Flash 2nd King Glorious S.

3rd Barretts Juvenile S. Papa Frank, 2012 gr/ro. g. by Papa Clem— Tialinga 2nd Inaugural H. PATRIOTS RULE, 2011 dk.b. or br. g. by Tribal Rule—Candy Factory Won John Bullit S. Peaceful Approach, 2013 dk.b. or br. m. by Cyclotron—Preservingthepeace 3rd Ladies Overnight H. PEE WEE REESE, 2013 dk.b. or br. h. by Tribal Rule—Bluegrass Belle Won Joe Hernandez S. Policy, 2016 ch. c. by Strong Mandate— Diva’s Tribute 2nd I’m Smokin S. Princess Dorian, 2014 dk.b. or br. f. by Idiot Proof—Dislitleliteomine 3rd Speedbelle Starter H. Psycho Dar, 2015 gr/ro. g. by Storm Wolf— Stormin Mon 2nd California Cup Turf Sprint S. 3rd Silky Sullivan S., Snow Chief S. PULPIT RIDER, 2015 b. f. by Lucky Pulpit— Lady Railrider Won California Cup Oaks, Campanile S. Queen Bee to You, 2014 b. f. by Old Topper—Silk Queen

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2nd Solana Beach S. REGINELLA, 2014 gr/ro. f. by Ministers Wild Cat—Ghost Tree Won Delta Colleen H., Emerald Distaff H. 2nd Boeing S. Richard’s Boy, 2012 gr/ro. g. by Idiot Proof— Marissa’s Joy 2nd California Flag H., Green Flash H. 3rd Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint S., Joe Hernandez S. RIVER JOE, 2015 dk.b. or br. r. by Awesome Gambler—River Cutie Won Sweetwater Downs Thoroughbred Derby River of Doubt, 2016 ch. f. by Many Rivers— Tadita 3rd Juan Gonzalez Memorial S. Roaring Rule, 2013 dk.b. or br. g. by Tribal Rule—Ladylore 3rd Portland Mile H. Ronnie Cloud, 2013 dk.b. or br. g. by Global Hunter (ARG)—Nossa Cancao (BRZ) 3rd Red White and Blue TB Claiming S. Runs Sweet, 2014 dk.b. or br. g. by Calimonco—Danish Dessert 3rd Prince S. RYE, 2013 ch. h. by English Channel— Phi Beta Heat

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2018 Statistical Review

Won Unusual Heat Turf Classic S. presented by City National Bank 3rd San Juan Capistrano S. [G3] S Y Sky, 2014 ch. f. by Grazen—Sky Marni 2nd California Distaff H. 3rd Betty Grable S. SHADES OF VICTORY, 2014 gr/ro. c. by Thorn Song—Sensible Girl Won E.B. Johnston S. 3rd Speedball Starter H. Shane Doan, 2015 b. g. by Stay Thirsty— Subtle Aly 2nd Balooga Bull Overnight S. 3rd Golden Circle S. Shaymin, 2015 ch. g. by Square Eddie— Miss Zooter (IRE) 3rd Real Good Deal S. SHESAGAMBLINDEVIL, 2016 ch. f. by Awesome Gambler—Unusual Class Won Gillette Thoroughbred Futurity Show It N Moe It, 2015 dk.b. or br. f. by Grace Upon Grace—Robotica 2nd C.E.R.F. S., Evening Jewel S., Fleet Treat S. 3rd L.A. Woman S. [G3] SHRED THE RULES, 2013 dk.b. or br. g. by Tribal Rule—Shred the Excess Won Roadrunner S. Shy Carmelita, 2013 ch. m. by Grazen— Malley Girl 2nd Fran’s Valentine S. SKYE DIAMONDS, 2013 ch. m. by First Dude—Exonerated Won L.A. Woman S. [G3] 2nd Great Lady M S. [G2] 3rd Las Flores S. [G3], Rancho Bernardo H. [G3], Santa Monica S. [G2] Smiling Tigress, 2015 b. f. by Smiling Tiger— Spun Clear 3rd Evening Jewel S. Smokey Image, 2013 ch. g. by Southern Image—Special Smoke 3rd Sensational Star S. SOI PHET, 2008 dk.b. or br. g. by Tizbud— Summer Jersey Won Bertrando S., Crystal Water S. SOLID WAGER, 2011 b. g. by Birdonthewire—G Ma Won Cary Grant S. 2nd Sensational Star S. SPARKLING PEG, 2012 ch. m. by Fusaichi Pegasus—Sandy Sparkle Won Fillies and Mares Spring Sprint S. SPICED PERFECTION, 2015 b. f. by Smiling Tiger—Perfect Feat Won Betty Grable S., Evening Jewel S., La Brea S. [G1] 2nd Melair S. 3rd Unzip Me S. Square Peggy, 2016 b. f. by Square Eddie— Puff Pastry 2nd Barretts Debutante S. START THE SHOW, 2016 dk.b. or br. f. by Oxbow—Preshow Won Small Wonder S.

Streak of Luck, 2015 gr/ro. f. by Old Fashioned—Valeria 3rd Autumn Miss S. [G3] Sunset Dragunn, 2014 dk.b. or br. g. by Bold Chieftain—Luke’s Finest 2nd Oakland S. Super Swiss, 2013 ch. g. by Elusive Warning—Swiss Please 2nd Labor Day TB Claiming S. Swing Thoughts, 2016 b. f. by U S Ranger— Ankha 3rd Golden Gate Debutante S., Generous Portion S. SWISS SCRIPT, 2013 ch. m. by Swiss Yodeler—Holy Script Won Southern Belle S. Swiss Skimmer, 2012 dk.b. or br. m. by Swiss Yodeler—Coastal Skimming 2nd Fillies and Mares Spring S. TAKE CHARGE DEPUTY, 2015 b. c. by Take Charge Indy—Promoted Deputy Won Columbia River S., Crater Lake H., Oregon HBPA Overnight H., Sophomore S. 3rd Mt. Hood H. TAKE THE ONE O ONE, 2015 dk.b. or br. c. by Acclamation—North Freeway Won Real Good Deal S., Snow Chief S. 3rd Echo Eddie S. Takeo Squared, 2016 ch. g. by Square Eddie—Berengaria 3rd Del Mar Juvenile Turf S. TAP THE WIRE, 2016 ch. c. by Eddington— Tap the Till Won Graduation S. Tesla, 2014 dk.b. or br. f. by Papa Clem— Smooch Me 2nd Multnomah Falls H. THE SPIRAL JETTER, 2013 gr/ro. m. by Don’tsellmeshort—Early Arriver Won Bear Fan S. TIVAN, 2016 dk.b. or br. r. by Indian Evening—Zak’s Precocious Won Golden Nugget S. TOUCHED BY AUTISM, 2013 ch. h. by Sierra Sunset—Beau’s Gem Won Oakland S. Touching Rainbows, 2013 ch. g. by Aragorn (IRE)—Violin Case 3rd Bing Crosby S. [G1], Green Flash H. Tough Runner, 2011 ch. m. by Tough Game—Abbeys Runner 2nd City of Roses H. TOUGH SUNDAY, 2012 b. h. by Grazen— Sunday Dress Won Sensational Star S. 2nd Thor’s Echo H. 3rd Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprint S. TRIBAL STORM, 2014 b. g. by Papa Clem— Tribal Feathers Won Lost in the Fog S. 2nd Albany S., Oak Tree Sprint S. Tribal War Chant, 2016 b. c. by Slew’s Tiznow—Tribal Feathers

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2nd Golden Nugget S. TRIUNFO, 2011 b. g. by Tribal Rule—Whisper Louder Won Secretariat Memorial S. Unbridled Gambler, 2014 ch. g. by Awesome Gambler—Unbridled Echo 3rd Rillito Hopeful S. Unpossible, 2015 dk.b. or br. g. by Comic Strip—Joyously 2nd Alcatraz S., Silky Sullivan S. VALIANT RULER, 2013 dk.b. or br. g. by Tribal Rule—Petite Motion Won Au Revoir H. Venturi, 2012 dk.b. or br. g. by Stormin Fever—Special Venture 3rd T.J. Fackrell - Spa Boy Memorial S. Violent Ridge, 2015 dk.b. or br. g. by Violence—Feel Ridge (BRZ) 2nd California Cup Derby Vronilla Parfait, 2013 b. m. by Vronsky— Deb’s Parfait 2nd Bear Fan S. Wat Du U Want, 2013 gr/ro. m. by Aragorn (IRE)—Emmy Ann 3rd B Cup Fillies and Mares Sprint S. Well Developed, 2014 ch. g. by Unusual Heat—Miss Thirtyfour D 3rd Crystal Water S. West Princess, 2015 b. f. by Empire Way— Walk West 2nd Miss Missile Overnight S. 3rd Jack Hardy S., Manitoba Oaks Weyand, 2012 dk.b. or br. g. by Papa Clem— Cap and Gown 2nd Intercontinent Overnight S. 3rd Free Press S. WHAT A VIEW, 2011 dk.b. or br. g. by Vronsky—Oceans N Mountains Won American S. [G3] Whooping Jay, 2016 b. g. by Square Eddie— Funny Belle 2nd Speakeasy S. Wild Fibs, 2009 dk.b. or br. m. by Ministers Wild Cat—Just Another Fib 2nd Hank Mills H. WINNINGINFASHION, 2010 dk.b. or br. m. by In Excess (IRE)—Vogue Queen Won Donna Jensen Memorial H., Ladies Overnight H. 2nd Mt. St. Helens H. WORLD FAMOUS SAM T, 2009 b. g. by Misty’sgoldentouch—Yo Sal Won Dowd Mile S., Grasmick S. 2nd Budweiser Tondi S. 3rd Paul Bunyan S. X S Gold, 2015 b. f. by Golden Balls (IRE)— Some Excess 3rd California Cup Oaks

2019 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS (THRU FEB. 24, 2019)

Breeder

Starts

Wins

Stakes Wins

Reddam Racing, LLC Nick Alexander Terry C. Lovingier Richard Barton Enterprises Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams Old English Rancho, Sal Berumen & Patsy Berumen Legacy Ranch Inc Harris Farms George Krikorian Madera Thoroughbreds LLC KMN Racing Dahlberg Farms LLC H & E Ranch Bar C Racing Stables, Inc. Old English Rancho BG Stables George Schmitt & Mary Clare Schmitt Roncelli Family Trust Esembee Inc. Old English Rancho, Patsy Berumen & Sal Berumen Dunns Down LLC Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray Premier Thoroughbreds LLC Moger Inc. & Neary Racing Inc. Rozamund Barclay Donald R. Dizney, LLC Pamela C. Ziebarth DP Racing, LLC & James Cassidy Rod Rodriguez & Lorraine Rodriguez Donald Valpredo Milt Policzer Al Kirkwood & Saundra Kirkwood DP Racing Liberty Road Stables Jim Robinson Thomas W Bachman Kristin Mulhall Crystal Valley Farms Eric Kruljac & Omar Aldabbagh Red Baron’s Barn & Vaya Con Suerte Madeline Auerbach Baseline Equine LLC Legacy Ranch, Inc. Gene Tenbrink Premier Thoroughbreds LLC, Alan Klein & Rusty Brown Donald Muldoon Rancho San Miguel Eagle Ridge Racing Jack Weinstein Daehling Ranch LLC Leon Lewis & Bill Hipwell Say Jay Racing, LLC Estate of Alesia, BranJam Stables & Ciaglia Racing, LLC Javier Avitia B & B Zietz Stables, Inc.

63 55 108 142 71 47 51 29 78 3 40 6 8 3 3 43 23 52 2 1 39 5 26 7 8 25 3 9 4 11 28 15 5 7 36 23 14 17 9 2 5 12 10 10 6 5 4 10 5 9 30 4 2 1 5 7

8 11 19 14 14 8 7 8 2 2 5 2 3 1 1 6 5 5 1 1 5 2 3 1 2 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 4 2 5 4 2 0 0 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 2 2

1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Leading Earner

Earnings

Listing ($71,400) S Y Sky ($123,400) Show It N Moe It ($100,200) Ostini ($67,200) Queen Bee to You ($83,352) Fiery Lady ($62,460) Acclimate ($42,051) Gypsy Blu ($57,960) Hot On the Trail ($15,960) Mucho Unusual ($113,420) Solid Wager ($80,204) Apache Princess ($110,460) Minister of Soul ($64,728) Rye ($112,574) Galilean ($110,000) Accountability ($22,351) Feeling Strong ($38,702) Perla Rose ($23,700) Streak of Luck ($92,260) Touching Rainbows ($90,000) Insubordination ($29,440) Clyde’s Pride ($43,092) Oh My Oh ($31,460) Spiced Perfection ($50,000) Irish Heatwave ($52,200) Helen’s Tiger ($29,640) Starr of Quality ($59,800) Kitty Boom Boom ($39,600) X S Gold ($44,460) Popular Kid ($49,062) Unbridled Ethos ($33,000) Red Envelope ($39,840) Smiling Annie ($33,000) Silk From Heaven ($37,000) Ciao Luna ($11,662) C C the Bartender ($20,160) Handsome John ($19,551) Fabrication ($11,530) Johnny Reb ($30,360) Forestation ($46,850) Edwards Going Left ($35,420) The Hunted ($14,820) Plum Wild ($28,080) Spicy Vibration ($19,200) Mobou ($37,290) Donut Girl ($34,200) Midnight Special ($32,240) Southern Thunder ($29,316) Castle ($31,806) Lil Milo ($35,160) California Canter ($4,680) Vronilla Parfait ($24,960) Tiz a Master ($38,200) Ashleyluvssugar ($38,000) Lymebyrd ($36,720) Getoffmyback ($26,100)

$412,593 $393,679 $336,744 $347,811 $307,591 $197,888 $183,059 $150,843 $150,367 $137,600 $134,413 $125,626 $117,931 $112,974 $112,451 $108,181 $106,230 $104,429 $92,260 $90,000 $88,897 $84,043 $76,156 $63,119 $61,650 $61,564 $60,200 $59,943 $59,060 $58,784 $58,166 $57,876 $55,800 $54,891 $54,441 $54,364 $52,744 $52,793 $50,380 $46,850 $45,860 $44,678 $43,480 $43,446 $42,501 $41,780 $40,860 $40,796 $40,041 $38,902 $38,380 $38,220 $38,200 $38,000 $37,722 $37,291

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#2 Cumulative Lifetime Active Sire

for stallions standing in North America. Cumulative statistics through Dec.19, 2018 Rank

Stallion

BTW

BTH

GSW

GSH

G1SW

G1SH

Starters

Wnrs

Highest Earner

Earnings

[per named foal]

1 Tapit 111 225 68 136 25 49 936 702 3,926,625 97,791 (2001) by Pulpit FYR: 2006 Crops: 11 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $225,000 Untapable 2 Mr. Big 1 2 1 2 -- 1 11 9 595,172 93,366 (2003) by Dynaformer FYR: 2011 Crops: 5 Stands: Harris Farms CA Fee: $6,500 Big Score

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Leading California Sires Lists 2019 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER

2019 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MONEY WON

(MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Sire

1 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

Races Rnrs Won

Earned

Earnings/ Runner

Sire

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

172

$1,076,543

Earned

$134,206

$22,368

2 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

124

278

$783,961

$283,251

$15,736

3 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$506,341

3 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike

$84,047

$12,007

4 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

$439,288

4 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

27 $1,076,543

$11,962

5 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

121

$423,084

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$506,341

$11,252

6 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

162

$379,869

6 Boisterous, 2007, by Distorted Humor

$132,553

$11,046

7 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 50

$349,630

$10,926

8 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$283,251

9 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

$277,142

10 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$256,467

11 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

$214,800

12 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

$209,014

13 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$194,965

14 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$155,028

15 Coil, 2008, by Point Given

$147,696

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

7 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again 8 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

9 44

9 Golden Balls (IRE), 2004, by Danehill Dancer (IRE) 8

3 12

$98,330 $439,288

$9,984

$77,851

$9,731

$143,330

$9,555

$75,120

$9,390

12 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

$277,142

$9,238

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

$140,067

$7,782

14 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$155,028

$7,751

16 Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

$143,330

15 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$256,467

$7,328

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

$140,067

16 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

$209,014

$7,207

18 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

$134,701

17 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

$423,084

$7,171

19 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

$134,206

$56,686

$7,086

20 Boisterous, 2007, by Distorted Humor

$132,553

$125,253

10 Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time 11 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

18 Run Brother Ron, 2005, by Perfect Mandate 19 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$349,630

$6,993

21 † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

20 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$194,965

$6,963

22 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

2019 LEADING TURF SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (MINIMUM 50 STARTS) Sire

$112,707

23 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 22

$109,789

24 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$106,575

$98,330

26 Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

$98,176 $94,307

25 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins

Earned

1 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$312,109

27 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

2 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

$229,197

28 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$93,895

29 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

$92,684

30 † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$105,715

4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

$81,224

5 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

$73,517

6 † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$72,800

7 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$68,755

8 Golden Balls (IRE), 2004, by Danehill Dancer (IRE) 3

$65,511

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

$41,851

10 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

$40,200

11 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$87,940

31 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

$86,846

32 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike

$84,047

$81,969

$77,851

35 Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando

$76,321

36 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$75,120

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

$74,340

33 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 34 Golden Balls (IRE), 2004, by Danehill Dancer (IRE)

$38,975

38 Informed, 2004, by Tiznow

$74,155

12 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 5

$37,516

39 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

$64,232

13 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

$36,400

40 Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest 18

$62,497

14 Boisterous, 2007, by Distorted Humor

$32,380

41 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

$61,604

15 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$31,896

42 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

$59,353

16 Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

$31,751

43 The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

$57,279

17 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

$27,529

44 Run Brother Ron, 2005, by Perfect Mandate

$56,686

18 Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat

$23,802

45 Don’tsellmeshort,2001, by Benchmark

$51,885

$23,671

46 Eddington,2001, by Unbridled

$51,782

$23,400

47 † Heatseeker (IRE),2003, by Giant’s Causeway 26

$51,077

19 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 20 Gig Harbor, 2008, by City Zip

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7 1

1 1

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. Earnings are from Northern Hemisphere racing and include adjusted money from Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Adjusted earnings are put on par with average North American earnings from the previous year. The average North American purse in 2017 was $22,593 or 47% of the average purse in Japan. To put earnings on par, Japanese earnings are multiplied by 47% before being applied to the total earnings above. Hong Kong earnings are adjusted by 15%, and Singapore adjusted by 68%. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Racing statistics through Feb. 24, 2019.

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2019 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER (MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Sire

Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Earned

Median

Wnrs

Races Won

Earned

124

1 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

$134,206

$8,331

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

27 $1,076,543

2 Boisterous, 2007, by Distorted Humor

$132,553

$7,826

3 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$379,869

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$283,251

$6,980

4 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$349,630

4 Fullbridled, 2001, by Unbridled’s Song

$18,465

$4,600

$256,467

5 Storm Wolf, 2002, by Stormin Fever

$37,637

$3,918

6 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

$423,084

$155,028

$3,834

7 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

$277,142

7 Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev

$18,158

$3,800

$214,800

8 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$75,120

$3,765

9 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$506,341

9 Golden Balls (IRE), 2004, by Danehill Dancer (IRE) 8

$77,851

$3,676

† Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

$439,288

6 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

1 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

Rnrs

Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

$783,961

10 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

$439,288

$3,569

11 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

$209,014

11 Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

$98,176

$3,514

12 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$155,028

12 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

27 $1,076,543

$3,469

Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$106,575

13 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$506,341

$3,420

Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

$98,176

$17,290

$3,420

15 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$194,965

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

$134,701

Informed, 2004, by Tiznow

$74,155

$140,067

Daddy Nose Best, 2009, by Scat Daddy 15 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again

$98,330

$3,254

16 Passion for Gold, 2007, by Medaglia d’Oro

$27,955

$3,108

17 Roi Charmant, 2001, by Evansville Slew

$33,466

$2,939

18 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$256,467

$2,880

Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$93,895

19 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$93,895

$2,850

Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

$64,232

20 Indian Evening, 2009, by Indian Charlie

$47,366

$2,815

Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest 18

$62,497

21 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

$81,969

$2,800

22 Informed, 2004, by Tiznow

$74,155

$2,600

2019 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER START

1 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde 2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 3 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike

2019 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF RACES WON Rnrs

Srts

Races Won

Earned

124

278

$783,961

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

172

$1,076,543

3 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

162

$379,869

Sire

(MINIMUM 100 STARTS) Sire

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

1 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

Srts

Earned

Earnings Start

$134,206

$10,324

$283,251

$8,583

4 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$256,467

$7,004

5 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$349,630

Rnrs

$84,047

4 Golden Balls (IRE), 2004, by Danehill Dancer (IRE) 8

$77,851

$6,488

6 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

$439,288

5 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$75,120

$6,260

Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

121

$423,084

6 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

172 $1,076,543

$6,259

8 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$506,341

Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

$277,142

U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

7 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

8 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 9 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again 10 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

$506,341

$277,142

$5,434

$214,800

$98,330

$5,175

11 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

$209,014

$439,288

$5,049

Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$155,028

$4,909

13 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$194,965

14 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

11 Boisterous, 2007, by Distorted Humor

12 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 13 Run Brother Ron, 2005, by Perfect Mandate 14 Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

$5,564

$132,553

$140,067

$4,830

$106,575

$56,686

$4,360

Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

$98,176

$143,330

$4,343

Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest

$62,497

$134,701

17 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

15 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

$209,014

$4,098

16 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$194,965

$3,899

Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

$134,206

17 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$256,467

$3,717

Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$93,895

18 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 50

$349,630

$3,642

Informed, 2004, by Tiznow

$74,155

$64,232

$59,353

19 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$155,028

$3,605

Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

20 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

121

$423,084

$3,497

Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

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Leading California Sires Lists

2019 LEADING LIFETIME SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (50 OR MORE NAMED FOALS)

Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

1 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev 2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 3 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

Crops

Avg Named Size Foals

Runners

Winners

2YO Winners

Stakes Winners

Graded Stakes Winners

Progeny Earnings

AEI

Comp Index

19 7 7

43 16 26

825 109 183

617-75% 69-63% 151-83%

448-54% 54-50% 116-63%

61-7% 11-10% 42-23%

46-6% 7-6% 13-7%

15-2% 1-1% 1-1%

$59,053,162 $6,128,149 $12,345,536

1.89 1.69 1.52

1.19 1.13 1.06

† Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE) 12 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 13 One Man Army, 1994, by Roman Diplomat

10 4 12 7 10 11 3 7 4 9

47 96 21 12 94 41 51 37 39 9

473 384 256 85 937 451 153 262 154 84

358-76% 179-47% 158-62% 41-48% 555-59% 337-75% 62-41% 138-53% 81-53% 57-68%

238-50% 123-32% 114-45% 23-27% 409-44% 239-53% 38-25% 97-37% 51-33% 40-48%

72-15% 44-11% 19-7% 11-13% 117-12% 57-13% 14-9% 20-8% 17-11% 3-4%

10-2% 6-2% 10-4% 1-1% 32-3% 11-2% 5-3% 6-2% 3-2% 2-2%

1-0% 2-1% 3-1% 0-0% 6-1% 3-1% 1-1% 3-1% 1-1% 1-1%

$30,095,578 $9,802,832 $12,437,948 $2,216,473 $41,626,207 $21,187,807 $3,042,325 $8,130,704 $3,688,610 $3,047,446

1.37 1.36 1.35 1.29 1.20 1.17 1.14 1.14 1.13 1.11

1.08 1.49 1.04 0.99 1.61 1.40 1.03 0.99 1.18 0.90

† Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

17 4 10 12 10 11

46 29 15 18 12 47

786 117 146 217 119 520

579-74% 59-50% 80-55% 143-66% 71-60% 248-48%

399-51% 31-26% 59-40% 86-40% 45-38% 182-35%

116-15% 8-7% 0-0% 14-6% 6-5% 47-9%

26-3% 2-2% 2-1% 6-3% 2-2% 7-1%

9-1% 0-0% 1-1% 2-1% 1-1% 1-0%

$31,498,563 $2,130,569 $4,348,218 $7,362,507 $4,232,642 $14,743,404

1.11 1.08 1.05 1.04 1.03 1.03

1.31 1.25 1.20 0.87 0.78 1.14

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

15 16 17 18

20 † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

419

286-68%

202-48%

46-11%

13-3%

1-0%

$16,244,796

1.01

0.96

† Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow Trapper, 2000, by Iron Cat Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) Slewvescent, 1988, by Seattle Slew Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat Indian Evening, 2009, by Indian Charlie

8 13 11 7 5 11 19 5 22 16 7 3 5 8 13 3

29 50 42 7 24 5 26 20 13 35 22 17 14 15 16 17

229 645 465 51 118 56 495 102 291 555 157 50 71 118 210 51

167-73% 455-71% 353-76% 37-73% 59-50% 40-71% 367-74% 77-75% 217-75% 441-79% 108-69% 22-44% 42-59% 74-63% 138-66% 18-35%

107-47% 333-52% 260-56% 23-45% 42-36% 30-54% 227-46% 48-47% 97-33% 338-61% 72-46% 14-28% 31-44% 52-44% 95-45% 13-25%

29-13% 98-15% 68-15% 4-8% 13-11% 11-20% 45-9% 10-10% 19-7% 113-20% 17-11% 4-8% 6-8% 6-5% 27-13% 7-14%

8-3% 18-3% 19-4% 1-2% 3-3% 1-2% 11-2% 3-3% 5-2% 19-3% 3-2% 0-0% 1-1% 2-2% 6-3% 2-4%

1-0% 6-1% 2-0% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 4-1% 0-0% 3-1% 1-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 2-2% 0-0% 0-0%

$7,699,354 $21,512,131 $19,325,949 $2,273,635 $2,677,510 $2,112,834 $15,349,043 $3,518,445 $7,622,106 $22,049,732 $4,971,840 $668,945 $1,759,243 $3,474,658 $5,681,000 $485,464

1.01 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.97 0.96 0.93 0.89 0.88 0.86 0.86 0.85 0.84

1.23 1.19 0.90 0.88 1.06 0.77 1.36 1.37 0.80 0.83 1.04 1.06 0.92 1.21 1.05 1.05

37 † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom Iron Cat, 1995, by Storm Cat Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat 40 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat 42 Thisnearlywasmine, 1994, by Capote Unbridled Native, 2001, by Unbridled 44 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat 47 • Skimming, 1996, by Nureyev Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 49 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson 50 Passion for Gold, 2007, by Medaglia d’Oro 51 Fullbridled, 2001, by Unbridled’s Song

17 14 12 4 17 11 4 4 12 13 7 14 1 10

21 11 9 60 29 7 13 29 32 26 11 13 151 8

359 150 109 239 489 80 53 116 386 337 74 178 151 76

267-74% 117-78% 75-69% 238-0% 409-84% 56-70% 36-68% 58-50% 288-75% 233-69% 54-73% 131-74% 14-9% 35-46%

195-54% 98-65% 56-51% 136-57% 295-60% 41-51% 18-34% 36-31% 213-55% 162-48% 33-45% 90-51% 10-7% 20-26%

51-14% 8-5% 11-10% 37-15% 81-17% 5-6% 1-2% 15-13% 41-11% 24-7% 13-18% 22-12% 3-2% 0-0%

12-3% 3-2% 1-1% 0-0% 16-3% 1-1% 0-0% 1-1% 4-1% 7-2% 1-1% 3-2% 0-0% 0-0%

0-0% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 2-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-0% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0%

$11,071,673 $4,613,587 $3,723,720 $13,687,821 $19,454,776 $2,519,151 $1,345,372 $1,815,271 $12,389,164 $8,648,550 $2,207,278 $5,315,719 $484,223 $1,035,724

0.83 0.83 0.83 0.82 0.82 0.80 0.80 0.78 0.78 0.75 0.75 0.72 0.71 0.70

1.09 0.89 0.61 1.08 1.04 0.67 0.86 0.92 0.94 0.96 0.73 0.70 1.01 0.87

22 24

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 36

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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2019 REGIONAL

REGIONAL RACE MEETINGS

SALE DATES

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

Dec. 26-June 23

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Dec. 26-June 9

Oak Tree at Pleasanton, Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

June 14-July 7 June 27-July 14

California State Fair (Cal Expo), Sacramento

July 12-28

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

July 17-Sept. 2

Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa

Aug. 1-11

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Aug. 15-Sept. 29

Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale

Aug. 16-25

Pomona Fair at Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

Sept. 5-22 Sept. 26-Nov. 3

Big Fresno Fair, Fresno

Oct. 4-14

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Oct. 17-Dec. 11

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

Nov. 6-Dec. 3

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

Dec. 5-15

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SEPTEMBER 25 FASIG-TIPTON SANTA ANITA FALL YEARLINGS Arcadia, Calif. (ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 28)

(ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 3)

California-Bred/California-Sired STAKES RACES March – May SANTA ANITA SUNDAY, MARCH 3

SUNDAY, MARCH 24

$100,000 Tiznow Stakes

$100,000 Sensational Star Stakes

$100,000 Fran’s Valentine Stakes

Four-Year-Olds & Up 1 mile

Four-Year-Olds & Up abt. 6 1⁄2 furlongs (Turf)

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

SUNDAY, MARCH 17

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

$100,000 Irish O’Brien Stakes

$200,000 Echo Eddie Stakes

Four-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies & Mares abt. 6 1⁄2 furlongs (Turf)

Tree-Year-Olds 6 1⁄2 furlongs

$200,000 Evening Jewel Stakes Tree-Year-Old Fillies 6 1⁄2 furlongs SATURDAY, APRIL 27

$100,000 Crystal Water Stakes Tree-Year-Olds & Up 1 mile (Turf)

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SUNDAY, MAY 12

GOLDEN GATE FIELDS SUNDAY, APRIL 28

$100,000 Campanile Stakes Tree-Year-Old Fillies 1 mile (Turf)

$100,000 Silky Sullivan Stakes Tree-Year-Olds 1 mile (Turf)

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MARCH/APRIL

2019 REGIONAL STAKES RACES

APRIL

MARCH

Date

Track

Stakes (Grade)

Conditions

Distance

Added Value

Pasadena Stakes

3-y-o

1 m. (T)

$200,000

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.

$500,000

Frank E. Kilroe Mile (Gr. I)

4-y-o & up

1 m. (T)

$400,000

San Felipe Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o

1 ⁄16 m.

$500,000

China Doll Stakes

3-y-o f.

1 m. (T)

$75,000

San Carlos Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o & up

7 f.

Santa Ysabel Stakes (Gr. III)

3-y-o f.

11⁄16 m.

$100,000

$200,000

San Simeon Stakes (Gr. III)

3-y-o & up

abt. 6 ⁄2 f. (T)

$100,000

Beholder Stakes (Gr. I)

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

1 m.

$400,000

Irish O’Brien Stakes

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

abt. 6 ⁄2 f. (T)

$100,000

San Luis Rey Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up

11⁄2 m. (T)

$200,000

Sensational Star Stakes

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

abt. 6 ⁄2 f. (T)

$100,000

Santa Ana Stakes (Gr. III)

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

11⁄4 m. (T)

$200,000

Santana Mile

4-y-o & up

1 m.

Santa Anita Derby (Gr. I)

3-y-o

11⁄8 m.

Santa Anita Oaks (Gr. I)

3-y-o f.

11⁄16 m.

$400,000

Royal Heroine Stakes (Gr. II)

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

1 m. (T)

$200,000

$75,000 $1,000,000

Providencia Stakes (Gr. III)

3-y-o f.

1 ⁄8 m. (T)

$150,000

Echo Eddie Stakes

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

61⁄2 f.

$200,000

Evening Jewel Stakes

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

61⁄2 f.

$200,000

Las Flores Stakes (Gr. III)

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

6 f.

$100,000

Mizdirection Stakes

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

6 ⁄2 f. (T)

Tokyo City Cup (Gr. III)

4-y-o & up

11⁄2 m.

$100,000

Californian Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o & up

11⁄8 m.

$200,000

Kona Gold Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o & up

61⁄2 f.

$200,000

$75,000

Santa Margarita Stakes (Gr. II)

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

1 ⁄8 m.

$200,000

Crystal Water Stakes

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

1 m. (T)

$100,000

GGF California Derby

3-y-o

11⁄16 m.

$100,000

GGF California Oaks

3-y-o f.

11⁄16 m.

$75,000

GGF Lost in the Fog Stakes

4-y-o & up

6 f.

$75,000

GGF Camilla Urso Stakes

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

5 f. (T)

$75,000

GGF Golden Poppy Stakes

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

1 ⁄16 m. (T)

GGF San Francisco Mile (Gr. III)

3-y-o & up

1 m. (T)

Singletary Stakes

$75,000 $250,000

3-y-o

1 m.

$100,000

GGF Silky Sullivan Stakes

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

1 m. (T)

$100,000

GGF Campanile Stakes

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

1 m. (T)

$100,000

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Advertising Index NOTE: Inside Back Cover, IBC; Outside Back Cover, OBC; Inside Front Cover, IFC This index is provided as a service. The publisher does not assume liability for errors or ommissions. (Bold fgures indicate a page that features a stallion)

ADVERTISERS Auburn Laboratories Inc. ........................................................7

Farmers Insurance-Sue Hubbard..........................................91

Backyard Race Horse.............................................................90

Fasig-Tipton Sales Company................................................53

Ballena Vista Farm .................................. OBC, 23,25,27,29,31

Gayle Van Leer Thoroughbred Services ..............................91

Barton Thoroughbreds..........................................................45

Harris Farms .................................................... IFC, 9, 21, 42,43

Bonnie Acres Ranch...............................................................77

Hudson Thoroughbred Management Services...................91

Bella Equine-Amanda Navarro .............................................91

Laurel Fowler Insurance Broker Inc ......................................91

BG Thoroughbred Farm...................................................12,13

Lovacres Ranch .................................................................69,73

Blue Diamond Horseshoe,LLC .............................................15

Milky Way Farm....................................................................IBC

Cal-Bred Maiden Bonus Program ........................................83

NTRA /John Deere ................................................................87

Cardiff, Suzanne, Pedigree Research* .................................91

Pacifc Coast Thoroughbreds ...............................................33

Checkmate Thoroughbreds, LLC .........................................17

Rancho San Miguel.................................................57,59,61,63

Classic Silks USA ....................................................................91

Ridgeley..................................................................................47

Cole Ranch ...............................................................................8

Robins Ranches-Nor Cal Horse Property Specialist ..........90

CTBA Membership................................................................81

Special T.Thoroughbreds Inc. ...............................................35

Daehling Ranch............................................................67,75,90

Tommy Town Thoroughbreds.........................................3,5,11

Dickson Podley Realtors (Jeannie Garr Roddy)...................91

Victory Rose Thoroughbreds ...........................................54,55

E.A. Ranches ..........................................................................41

West Coast Racing Colors/June Gee ..................................90

Equineline.com ......................................................................79

www.horselawyers.com .........................................................90

STALLIONS Acclamation................... IFC, 21

Eddington.........................27,31

James Street ...........................15

Smart Bid...............................IBC

Bluegrass Cat...................23,31

Ethnic Dance ......................... 33

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

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

Boat Trip ................................ 35

Fighting Hussar.......................12

Jersey Town .....................67,75

Smokem...................................73

Boisterous.................................5

Fullbridled ...............................75

King of Jazz (ARG) .................12

Bold Chieftain .........................54

Gallant Son..............................75

Lakerville.................. IFC, 42,43

Box Score ..............................IBC

Gato Del Oro ..........................12

Lightnin N Thunder ................15

Capital Account ......................12

Gig Harbor ..............................55

Majestic Harbor .................... IFC

Sundarban .............................IBC

Circumference(IRE) ...............IBC

Grazen.................................... 11

Many Rivers .............................54

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

City Wolf ..................................75

Great Stuff ...............................73

Merit Man ................................13

Texas Ryano......................29,31

Coach Bob...............................75

Heaven’s Glory (JPN) ............IBC

Mesa Thunder .........................75

Tom’s Tribute......................... 63

Conquest Farenheit ........25,31

He Be Fire N Ice................. 47

Mr.Big..................................... IFC

Curlin To Mischief................. 57

Hidden Blessing......................15

Osiris of the Nile .....................15

Daddy Nose Best....................12

Hoorayforhollywood.............IBC

Passion For Gold ..................IBC

Danzing Candy ..................... 59

Idiot Proof................................55

Prospect Park...........................8

Win The Space......................IBC

Desert Code.......................... IFC

I’ll Have Another .........OBC,31

Richard’s Kid ......................... 61

Winning Cause......................IBC

Doscifcado (CHI).................IBC

I’m Lock N Load......................15

Richmond Street ...................IBC

Wolfcamp ................................15

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Stanford ....................................3 Stay Thirsty............................ 69

Unusual Heatwave ..................12 Vronsky................................... IFC

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2019

I’LL HAVE ANOTHER

Only KENTUCKY DERBY and PREAKNESS Winner to ever stand in California. Three-time G1 Winner - Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Santa Anita Derby Undefeated at 3 and Eclipse Champion 3YO Male Debut Winner at 2, placed in G2 Best Pal S. Earned over $2.6 Million Sire of 2019 Stakes Placed Winners incl.: Meiner Sieger (JPN), Meisho Wazashi (JPN), Meiner Enfant (JPN) and Pinky Jones (JPN). Introductory 2019 Stud Fee: $6,000 Flower Alley - Arch’s Gal Edith, by Arch Property of Ballena Vista

Farm Manager: Miguel Jimenez

Nominated to the Breeders’ Cup

Inquiries to: Jeanne Davis