California Thoroughbred Magazine April 2020

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A REY OF SUNSHINE

CAL-BRED WARD ‘N JERRY WINS GRADE 3 SAN LUIS REY

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Te Harris Farms Roster Continuing a Tradition of Quality Sires and Stud Fee Value

Entering Stud

SMILING TIGER

OM

ACCLAMATION

VRONKSY

JERANIMO

MAJESTIC HARBOR

LAKERVILLE

ROUSING SERMON

TAMARANDO

DESERT CODE

Smiling Tiger

Om

Acclamation

Vronsky

by Hold That Tiger 2018-2019 Grade 1 Sire

by Munnings $1.4 Million Record Setter

by Unusual Heat Champion Siring Champions

by Danzig Grade I Leading Turf Sire

Fee: $7,500 LF

Fee: $7,500 LF

Fee: $5,000 LF

Fee: $4,500 LF

Conquest Farenheit

Jeranimo

Majestic Harbor

Lakerville

by Scat Daddy Multiple SW by the sire of JUSTIFY

by Congaree Sire of Warrior’s Moon ($78,880)

by Rockport Harbor Grade 1 winner of $1.3 Million

by Unusual Heat Siring winners on all surfaces

Fee: $3,000 LF

Fee: Private Treaty

Fee: $2,500 LF

Fee: $2,500 LF

Prospect Park

Rousing Sermon

Tamarando

Desert Code

by Tapit Sire’s One Graded SW at stud in CA

by Lucky Pulpit Champion at 2 by Classic Sire

by Bertrando Champion G1 Winner at 2

by E Dubai Sire of fve $300,000+ earners

Fee: $2,500 LF

Fee: $2,500 LF

Fee: $2,500 LF

Fee: $2,000 LF

New for 2020

CONQUEST FARENHEIT

New for 2020

PROSPECT PARK

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

John C. Harris, President • Jonny Hilvers, General Manager • Dr. Jeanne Bowers, Resident Veterinarian 27366 W. Oakland Ave. • Coalinga, CA 93210 • Tel: (800) 311-6211 or (559) 884-2859 • Fax: (559) 884-2855 E-Mail: stallions@harrisfarms.com • Web Site: www.harrisfarms.com

From the EXECUTIVE CORNER DOUG BURGE CTBA PRESIDENT

Moving Forward in Uncertain Times

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t the time of writing this editorial, we are facing uncertainty with the COVID-19 virus and the efects on racing in the near future. But we are moving forward in the hopes that our planned racing events continue.

Te CTBA has made a commitment the past few years not only to encourage more California-bred restricted racing opportunities in Northern California, but also to supplement those races fnancially through the California-bred Race Fund. I am very pleased to report that in 2018 and 2019 many new Cal-bred restricted maiden races were ofered and were well supported by the horsemen. With the focus in the north being primarily on open races (due to the overall horse inventory), which includes the added 30% bonus to California-breds, these supplements in restricted races provide a total purse equal to or greater than the open races, with the beneft of the felds being limited to strictly Cal-breds.

Once again we are pleased to announce and co-sponsor the ffth consecutive Calbred Turf Extravaganza, to be held Sunday, April 26, at Golden Gate Fields. At this time, plans for the event include the $100,000 Silky Sullivan and $100,000 Campanile for 3-year-olds and 3-yearold fllies, respectively. Other restricted opportunities will be discussed and determined later.

As the Cal-bred Turf Extravaganza is now an annual fxture on the calendar, we would like to acknowledge and thank both Golden Gate Fields and the Toroughbred Owners of California for their ongoing support. A complete listing of

Plans are in place for the April 26 Cal-bred Turf Extravaganza at Golden Gate Fields

race conditions and purses is shown in the table below.

Also, in regard to Northern California racing during the fair meets, we will again ofer two Golden State Series races later this year. Tey include the $100,000 Ev-

erett Nevin Stakes at Pleasanton and the $100,000 Harris Farms Stakes at Fresno.

Te CTBA Racing Committee continues to look at innovative ways to provide more opportunities for owners/breeders in both the north and the south.

GOLDEN GATE FIELDS (PURSES AND CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Sunday, April 26 Campanile Stakes – Cal-bred – Fillies 3YO – 1M – Turf - $100,000 (Includes $50,000 from CTBA) Silky Sullivan Stakes – Cal-bred – 3YO – 1M – Turf - $100,000 (Includes $50,000 from CTBA)

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Contents

FEATURES

22 MENTALLY

26 Golden State Series: Sensational Star Stakes

PREPARING 2-YEAR-OLDS

28 Golden State Series: Tiznow Stakes

Including mental preparation in 2-year-olds’ training time at the farm and early days at the racetrack will set them up for success.

30 Ward ’n Jerry Wins San Luis Rey Stakes

VICE CHAIRPERSON PETE PARRELLA TREASURER GEORGE F. SCHMITT SECRETARY SUE GREENE

32 CTBA Member Profle: K. B. Sareen

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, Ty Green

38 Health: Stress of Ulcers

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

COURTESY OF VICTORY ROSE

SALES LORETTA VEIGA CHRISTY CHAPMAN REGISTRAR/INCENTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER MARY ELLEN LOCKE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR DAWN GERBER EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/EVENT COORDINATOR CHRISTY CHAPMAN

49 COVID-19: Best Breeding Shed Practices

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California-bred Ward ’n Jerry captured his frst stakes in the graded San Luis Rey Stakes.

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

STANFORD was First/Second in 11 of 17 starts, earning $1,385,510.

Won $1,250,000 Grade 2 Charles Town Classic S. wire-to-wire with 104 Beyer.

Won Grade 3 Harlan’s Holiday S. wire-to-wire over KEEN ICE with 101 Beyer.

Won 2017 Challenger S. setting a New Track Record of 1:41.75 for 8.5 furlongs.

2nd $750,000 Grade 2 Louisiana Derby besting KEEN ICE by nearly 7 lengths.

2nd $500,000 Grade 2 Gulfstream Park H. by only a head to BLOFELD. Won his debut at two besting G2 SW MADEFROMLUCKY by nearly 8 lengths.

Sire-Producing Family of: PULPIT ($79.3-Million, sire of 153 SHs incl. Leading Sire TAPIT), JOHANNESBURG ($98.5-Million, sire of 138 SHs incl. Leading Sire SCAT DADDY), TALE OF THE CAT ($140.7-Million, sire of 253 SHs), FED BIZ (sire of 12 frst-crop Stakes Horses) Also Standing: MINISTERS WILD CAT & KAFWAIN

BREEDING • FOALING • BOARDING • LAYUP • SALES PREPARATION For more information, contact Mike Allen at (805) 686-4337 5699 Happy Canyon Road, Santa Ynez, CA 93460 E-mail: info@tommytownfarms.com www.tommytownfarms.com

NewsBits WARREN’S SHOWTIME WINS CHINA DOLL

Cal-bred Sells for $170,000 A California-bred son of Run Away and Hide sold for $170,000 at the March 17 session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales’ 2-year-old in training auction. Hideyuki Mori purchased the colt from the consignment of Andy Havens’ Havens Bloodstock Agency as agent.

Jack and Barbara Owens bred the colt, named Chiran, who is out of the Ofcer mare Ofcer Allie. Chiran previewed an eighth of a mile in :09.4.

Run Away and Hide now stands in Turkey and previously stood in Kentucky. Te son of City Zip won all three of his starts, including the 2008 Saratoga Special Stakes (G2). Ofcer Allie won two of 10 starts, with two seconds and one third.

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SIRES OF STAKES WINNERS STALLION

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On a major day of racing that featured John Sadler’s third consecutive Santa Anita Handicap (G1), Warren’s Showtime demonstrated the talent of California-breds.

Tree races prior to Combatant’s triumph in the Big ’Cap, the classy flly scored in the $106,000 China Warren’s Showtime Doll Stakes March 7.

Jorge Velez piloted Warren’s Showtime in the listed stakes at a mile on the turf. Favored at 3-1 and breaking from post 11, Warren’s Showtime sat in midpack early. She found room on the rail, battling through with courage to get up and defeat second-choice Stella Star by a half-length in 1:36.24.

Benjamin Warren bred Warren’s Showtime, a daughter of Clubhouse Ride—Warren’s Veneda, by Afrmative, and owns her with his wife, Sally. Craig Lewis, who trained both the sire and dam, also conditions Warren’s Showtime.

“We were very concerned about the 11 hole with a mile and a 13-horse feld,” said Lewis. “But Jorge did a fantastic job in the clubhouse turn and then came through a very narrow hole. He’s very brave and so is the flly.”

Warren’s Showtime previously won the $202,000 California Cup Oaks Jan. 18 and the $100,351 Surfer Girl Stakes Oct. 6. Her record stands at four wins in seven starts with two thirds for total earnings of $301,251.

CURRENT CALIFORNIA FOALS OF RACING AGE

SWs

BLUEGRASS CAT (2003) •

983

44

SWISS YODELER (1994) •

814

32

MINISTERS WILD CAT (2000)

490

30

OLD TOPPER (1995) †

577

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ROCKY BAR (1998) •

192

25

KAFWAIN (2000)

692

22

SQUARE EDDIE

238

18

LUCKY PULPIT †

490

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ATTICUS (1992) †

518

16

DECARCHY (1997) †

444

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COMIC STRIP (1995) †

368

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EDDINGTON

486

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SOUTHERN IMAGE

578

14

VRONSKY

270

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STAY THIRSTY

441

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GRAZEN

118

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† Indicates stallions who have died or have been retired from stud. ● Indicates stallions who have moved out of state but have California-bred 2-year-olds of this year.

All sires will remain on the list until their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old.

LUIS QUINONES SELECTED FOR WOOLF AWARD Luis Quinones, the second-leading rider by races won nationally in 2019, was selected as the 2020 George Woolf Award winner. A nationwide vote of his peers selected Quinones for the award, given by Santa Anita annually since 1950.

A regular rider at Thistledown in Ohio and Mountaineer Park in West Virginia, 41-year-old Quinones out-polled other fnalists who included Tyler Baze, Javier Castellano, Chris Emigh, and James Graham. He won 314 races from 1,331 mounts in 2019 and has ridden nearly 2,000 winners throughout his career.

“It’s a great honor just to be on the ballot for this award,” said Quinones. “Winning the Woolf Award is incredible.”

The Woolf Award, which can be won only once, recognizes those riders whose careers and personal character garner esteem for the individual and the sport of Thoroughbred racing. It is named for the popular Hall of Fame rider George Woolf, who died in 1946. Woolf’s life-sized statue is in Santa Anita’s paddock gardens, and the Woolf trophy is a small replica of that statue.

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NewsBits

As the world deals with the diffculties of the coronavirus and COVID-19, California veterinarian Dr. Bob Harman, CEO of VetStem, sent out an advisory on his website blog at vetstem.com regarding the possible transmission of the virus from humans to animals and vice versa.

“Though this continues to be a rapidly developing situation, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) is currently reporting that they have not received any reports of pets sick with COVID-19,” wrote Harman in his blog. “They also stated, ‘In the United States there is no evidence to suggest that any animals, including pets, livestock, or wildlife, might be a source of COVID-19 infection at this time.’ The CDC recommends if you are not ill with COVID-19, you can interact with your pet as you normally would. However, do practice good hygiene during your interactions (wash hands before and after interacting).”

Harman also listed the CDC’s recommendations on pet interaction for someone sick with COVID-19, writing that “you should restrict contact with pets and other animals, just like you would around other people.” He added that there had not been reports of pets or other animals becoming sick with COVID-19.

For further information, see Harman’s blog at his website (blog.vetstem.com).

STALLION

NEWS

■ Harris Farms Welcomes Its First Conquest Farenheit Foal

A colt out of Miss Sea Cup is Harris Farms’ frst foal for California stallion Conquest Far- Miss Sea Cup and her enheit. The youngster, owned by Rockingham Conquest Farenheit colt Ranch, was foaled Feb. 14 at John Harris’ farm in Coalinga. The mare is an allowance-winning daughter of Sea of Secrets.

Conquest Farenheit stands at Harris for $3,000. He won the 2017 Pasadena Stakes and Baffe Stakes at Santa Anita and fnished second in the 2016 Summer Stakes (G2T) at Woodbine. A son of Scat Daddy—Holy Smokie, by Holy Bull, Conquest Farenheit earned $187,655. Rockingham Ranch purchased him for $735,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November sale.

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CORONAVIRUS AND ANIMALS

Damascus Castellanos, who currently serves on the board of the California Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Foundation, has been appointed to the California Horse Racing Board. Castellanos has been a business representative for Teamsters Local No. 495 since 2012 and was a business representative for Teamsters Local No. 630 from 2001-12. Castellanos is a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Castellanos is listed as the labor representative on the CTHF board. He grew up and lives in Pico Rivera. The announcement of his appointment to the CHRB came from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s offce. The position requires confrmation by the Senate.

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Evening Jewel

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10 YEARS AGO Keeneland has become a good source of graded stakes for California-breds, as EVENING JEWEL proved April 3, 2010. The flly shipped to Kentucky and captured the $400,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1). With jockey Kent Desormeaux aboard for trainer Jim Cassidy, Evening Jewel scored by a neck over It’s Tea Time, with favored She Be Wild third. Evening Jewel completed 11⁄16 miles on synthetic in 1:43.54. “We thought she would love the Polytrack at Keeneland,” said Tom Braly, who with his wife, Marilyn, owned Evening Jewel in the name of the Braly Family Trust. Betty Mabee and Larry Mabee bred Evening Jewel, a daughter of Northern Afeet—Jewel of the Night, by Giant’s Causeway.

25 YEARS AGO Multiple California-bred champion WORK THE CROWD took home two stakes trophies in April

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Ashleyluvssugar Retired California-bred millionaire Ashleyluvssugar has been retired from racing. Trainer Peter Eurton tweeted the news March 22, noting that the gelding would join fellow Calbred stakes winner Bettys Bambino in North Carolina.

One of the most consistent and hard-knocking Cal-breds in recent years, Ashleyluvssuar raced for the partnership of Sharon Alesia, Mike Mellen’s Bran Jam Stable, and Joe Ciaglia’s Ciaglia Racing. Mellen and Ciaglia bred the gelding with Alesia’s late husband, Frank.

Ashleyluvssugar is a 9-year-old son of Game Plan—Ashley’s Folly, by Urgent Request.

“I’ll miss his enormous personality—play- Ashleyluvssugar ful still at 9, his tenacity, and the way he looks at you with those big eyes,” Eurton said in his tweet. “He can’t be replaced.”

Ashleyluvssugar became a fxture at the Eurton barn. He had his own way of requesting treats, especially carrots or Mrs. Pastures horse cookies. Dawn Mellen, Mike’s daughter, often played a game with Ashleyluvssugar. She would hold a carrot in one hand and a cookie in the other to make him choose.

Having begun his racing career in 2013, Ashleyluvssugar won 10 of 38 races, with six seconds and six thirds. He earned a total of $1,488,083. His six stakes victories include two wins in the Charles Whittingham Stakes (G2T), as well as the 2017 California Cup Turf Classic Stakes presented by City National Bank, 2016 John Henry Turf Championship Stakes (G2T) and Del Mar Handicap Presented by Te Japan Racing Association (G2T), and the 2015 San Luis Rey Stakes (G2T), Dawn, who runs After the Finish Line, a funding non-proft for Toroughbred racehorses in second careers, is sure that Ashleyluvssugar will enjoy his new life.

“He has the brain, attitude, desire, and competitiveness that you want to give him the chance to see what he would like in a second career,” she said.

HISTORY 1995. She began the month April 1 with a 61⁄2-length triumph at Bay Meadows in the $66,200 Brown Bess Breeders’ Cup Handicap, named for another talented Calbred. Four weeks later her margin was fve lengths in the $121,875 Miss America Handicap (G3T) at Golden Gate Fields. Russell Baze rode Work the Crowd both times for trainer Greg Gilchrist. John Harris and Norma Foster Maddy, the wife of state Sen. Ken Maddy, bred Work the Crowd, a 4-year-old daughter of Political Ambition— Katambera, by Flag Offcer, and they raced her in the name of Harris Farms and Amen Stable.

50 YEARS AGO Imbros not only sired the great California-bred Native Diver, but also Cal-bred Boughs o’ Holly, winner of the Santa Ana Handicap at Santa Anita April 6, 1970.

Jerry Lambert, who regularly rode Native Diver, piloted Boughs o’ Holly in the Santa Ana. They forced the pace from the outside until the stretch, and then Boughs o’ Holly drew off to win by 23⁄4 lengths, stopping the timer in 1:471⁄5 for 11⁄8 miles on turf. Cal-bred Luz Del Sol fnished second, with Kentucky-bred Gay Year third. L.J. Brooks trained Boughs o’ Holly for owner/breeder Mark Clemans Jr. Boughs o’ Holly, who also won the 1969 Bel Air Claiming Stakes at Hollywood Park, was out of the Nasrullah mare South Carolina.

Queen Bee to You Retired California-bred multiple graded winner Queen Bee to You has been retired from racing with a minor right ankle injury.

Bred by Tom and Debi Stull’s Tommy Town Toroughbreds, Queen Bee to You began racing for her breeders. A daughter of Tommy Town stallion Old Topper, she is out of the Touch Gold mare Silk Queen.

Christopher St. Hilaire claimed Queen Bee to You for $50,000 in Queen Bee to You December 2016, and she raced primarily for St. Hilaire and Adam Vali. Mike Pender initially trained her for the partners, with Andrew Lerner later taking over.

Under Lerner’s tutelage, Queen Bee to You won the 2020 La Canada Stakes (G3) and 2019 Bayakoa Stakes (G3), Betty Grable Stakes, and Bertrando Stakes. Altogether, the 6-year-old won eight of 33 races, with 11 seconds and fve thirds, for earnings of $658,770.

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CALIFORNIA’S 2ND LEADING SIRE AND LEADING SIRE OF MARES COVERED IN 2019 AND

A WINNING START FOR 2020

STAY THIRSTY

From 5 crops of racing age the progeny of STAY THIRSTY have amassed earnings of $16.2 Million • 1 Champion • 4 Graded blacktype winners • 10 blacktype winners • 18 blacktype placers Including G1 winners COAL FRONT ($1,825,280), and MIND CONTROL ($1,003,000) winner of the G3 Toboggan S. Jan 18, at Aqueduct and ALWAYS MINING ($546,442) winner of the Jennings S. Jan 18 and the John B. Campbell S. Feb 15 at Laurel Park.

The average earnings per starter in North America is $66,293.

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The roots of California Cup hark back to a speech Robert (Bob) Manfuso made at the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association annual meeting in 1988. That speech, which discussed the creation of the Maryland Million, prompted valuable dialog among Manfuso and CTBA and Oak Tree Racing Association directors, leading to the institution of the California Cup program.

Manfuso, a stalwart of the Maryland Thoroughbred breeding industry, died March 19 at age 82.

Not only did the Maryland industry mourn his passing, many in the California industry did as well.

Donald Valpredo, the CTBA president at the time of Manfuso’s speech to the organization, recalls the frst time he encountered Manfuso. Valpredo and John Harris had sent their homebred Soviet Problem to Maryland for the 1994 Laurel Dash Stakes (G3). The good California-bred flly won by 11⁄4 lengths as the favorite.

Fast forward to 1988 and the annual meeting speech. Manfuso detailed the long process Maryland took to get the Maryland Million off the ground. The series proved an immediate success.

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Robert Manfuso

Memoriam

“The history of our state isn’t so dissimilar to what I hear happens in California,” Manfuso said in his speech. “We had a very diffcult time trying to get vital components of our industry on the same page. In Maryland, what happened was an incredible event.”

Manfuso then spoke about the process of getting the Maryland Million going. Immediately following the meeting, Valpredo, Manfuso, and several others hunkered down for a discussion. They envisioned something similar for California.

Visits to Maryland followed. Valpredo and Brian Sweeney went in 1988, and John Harris recalls participating in a 1989 delegation along with Valpredo, Jim and Pat Thompson, and others.

“I will always remember Bob’s kindness and his total interest in development of our Cal Cup when we toured Maryland,” Valpredo said recently.

It was an enlightening trip, not only for the education the Californians received about the Maryland Million but also because Manfuso introduced them to scrapple, what Valpredo calls “a backside staple” in Maryland. Made with pork scraps, cornmeal, four, and spices, it is formed into a loaf and pan-fried.

At the time of the CTBA speech, Manfuso was the vice chairman and executive vice president of Laurel and Pimlico racetracks. He was also a major owner and breeder in Maryland, most recently operating Chanceland

Ray York, who piloted Determine to victory in the 1954 Kentucky Derby, died Feb. 23 of pneumonia in Bakersfeld. He was 86.

A contemporary of Bill Shoemaker and John Longden, York won 3,082 races, including major races on both coasts. Determine’s path to the Kentucky Derby came via the Santa Anita Derby, with York aboard, and they also captured the 1955 Charles H. Strub Stakes. Determine went on to sire California-bred Decidedly, who won the 1962 Kentucky Derby.

The recipient of the George Woolf Award in 1955, York rode until 1992 and led riders at Del Ray York with Santa Anita Derby Mar in 1957, 1962, and 1964. winner Silver Spoon When he came out of retirement to ride Culebra, trained by his friend Henry Moreno, to 10th in a race at Santa Anita in 2000, he became the frst jockey to ride in seven decades.

York won the Santa Anita Derby again in 1959 with the flly Silver Spoon. He also captured the 1964 Hollywood Gold Cup on Colorado King. The rider’s frst Santa Anita stakes victory came on Phil D. in the 1952 San Antonio Handicap.

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Ray York

Farm in West Friendship, Md., with his longtime partner, Katy Voss.

Manfuso came from racing roots. His father, John Manfuso Sr., served as president of the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and the Maryland division of the HBPA. Bob Manfuso’s runners, often owned in partnership with other family members, included Shelter Half, a multiple stakes-winning son of Tentam and an earner of $236,337 in the 1970s. Manfuso bred millionaire Cathryn Sophia, who won the 2016 Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1). With Voss he bred millionaire and multiple graded winner International Star in New York.

Manfuso was named Maryland Breeder of the Year in 2016, the same year that Cathryn Sophia was voted Maryland-bred Horse of the Year.

Manfuso was one of several who put together a partnership in 1986 to buy Laurel and Pimlico. Under their leadership, business grew at the tracks. Manfuso and his brothers sold their interest in the tracks following the death of partner Frank De Francis in 1989.

A member of the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association board of directors, Manfuso also previously served as vice president of Breeders’ Cup. While he was a major force in the Maryland breeding industry, Californians owe him a debt of gratitude for his role in Cal Cup.

Trainer Richard Tate, who worked for several California horsemen, including the Schiffer family and trainer Mel Stute, died Feb. 22 in Sheridan, Wyo. He was 69.

Tate trained in Montana, Colorado, and California. His charges included California-bred Summer Sale, bred by the Schiffer family’s The Hat Ranch West and campaigned by The Hat Ranch. A 1986 son of Summer Time Guy—General Store, by To Market, Summer Sale captured the 1990 Rich Cream Handicap and 1989 Hollywood Turf Express Handicap, both at Hollywood Park. Summer Sale won six of 25 races and earned $203,275.

Tate also trained Cal-bred Arvada, a 1989 gelding by Jaklin Klugman—Comissa, by Judger, for The Hat Ranch. A winner of fve in 28 races and an earner $104,255, Arvada fnished second in the 1992 Round Table Handicap at Bay Meadows and in the 1993 Dormello Stakes and Tiburon Handicap, the latter two races at Golden Gate.

Before he took out his training license, Tate worked as a groom for the Schiffers at Galway Downs and for Stute on the Southern California circuit. He also worked for Sidney Watters Jr. and steeplechase trainer Burley Cocks in the East. While with Cocks, he groomed and rode Colonial Cup winner Lucky Boy. Born in Sheridan, Tate grew up on a ranch on the Wyoming/ Montana border, where his father raised polo ponies, jumpers, and racehorses. Richard attended the University of Wyoming before moving to California.

Tate is survived by his longtime partner, Alexandra Oakes; his sister, Mimi; and his twin brother, Hardy.

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• Average earnings per starter $55,373 .

• A versatile racehorse who won black-type races on allweather, grass & dirt surfaces. Graded stakes winner of 18 races, 14 stakes, with earnings of $1,683,181. Posted Triple Digit Beyers on Dirt and Turf.

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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.

Ag Day Canceled Because of concerns regarding the coronavirus, the California Agricultural Day was canceled. Originally slated to be held March 18, the day is annually conducted in conjunction with National Agricultural Day and celebrates the importance of agriculture.

Te California Toroughbred Breeders Association regularly stafs a booth at Ag Day at the Capitol in Sacramento.

Te booth in the past has featured a mare and foal provided by an area breeder, giving state legislators the

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Northern Sale Slated for Aug. 11 The CTBA Sales Northern California Yearling & Horses of Racing Age Sale is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 11. It will be held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Entries will close Monday, June 1.

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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opportunity to see the fruits of the California breeding industry up close and personal.

Te CTBA will again host a booth when Ag Day resumes in 2021. It is an important way to showcase the industry to lawmakers.

SPOTLIGHTING FOALS OF 2020 With foaling season upon us, now is the time to spotlight your foals in California Thoroughbred. The May through August issues will feature Thoroughbreds foaled in California, with advertorials consisting of six to eight photos of foals per page.

The cost to publish a full-page insertion will be discounted to $500.

This represents a savings of more than 50% off the regular full-page advertisement price. Insertions should include a caption with each foal’s sire, dam, broodmare sire, sex, date of birth, and breeders, as well as the details, including a logo, of their farm location.

Photos need to be submitted by the following deadlines: April 6 (May issue), May 4 (June issue), June 1 (July issue), and July 6 (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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2020 Filly o/o Jennifer’s Joy (IRE) by Green Desert Breeder: Harold & Pamela Tillema, Richard Tillema

2020 Colt o/o Market Quote by After Market Breeder: Shirley Kimball

2020 Filly o/o Eltoninadress by Songandaprayer Breeder: Doug Walker

2020 Stud Fee: $6,000 Live Foal Flower Alley - Arch’s Gal Edith, by Arch Property of Ballena Vista Farm

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FAST ENOUGH winning the 2020 California Cup Derby

Sire of SW/GSP 3YO FAST ENOUGH, Winner of the California Cup Derby in only his second start; Placed in G2 San Vicente Stakes, Career earnings of $173,000 Sire of Opus Won, 2020 Santa Anita AOC and 2019 Del Mar AOC winner; Career earnings of $167,550; 67% in the money (lifetime) Sire of MG1 Winner SECRET CIRCLE, 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 Progeny have Lifetime Earnings of $22,418,250 Speed Gene Test Result: C:T (Middle)

2020 Stud Fee: $3,500 Live Foal Unbridled - Fashion Star, by Chief’s Crown Property of Ballena Vista Farm

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Robinson Donation Adds to Burke’s History A phone call to the Carleton F. Burke Memorial Library started with “I’m the step-great-grandson of Carleton F. Burke. I have some of his artifacts. Would you like to have them?” When librarian Vivian Montoya relayed this to Foundation president Ada Gates Patton, Patton’s reply was, “ABSOLUTELY!” Recently, Patton went to Palm Springs, where Teodore (Teo) D. Robinson Jr. resides, to pick up the donation of a silver platter and silver cofee pot with carved wooden handle, won by Burke; an oil painting of Burke’s favorite polo pony, Scotty, by the noted art- Theodore Robinson Jr. donates ist Franklin Voss; and an ink-well hoof with engraved a painting of Carleton F. Burke’s favorite polo pony, Scotty, silver. Tere she learned some family history.

by Franklin Voss, 1920 Carleton F. Burke married late and had no children. But his wife, Myrtle Wood Hook, had lots of illustrious family. Her grandson, Teodore Douglas Robinson, is a descendant of the Astors, a governor of New York, and three U. S. Presidents: James Monroe, Teodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Teo Jr. is her great-grandson and is a noted photographer and artist who divides his time between Palm Springs and the south of France.

Burke was born in Arkansas and moved with his family to Los Angeles, where his father prospered as a real estate and insurance entrepreneur. Carleton Burke also excelled in business, but his deep love was horses. He played polo, owned racehorses and a breeding farm, and served the polo and racing industry for decades.

In the period from the early 1930s to his death on July 29, 1962, Burke was the frst chairman of the California Horse Racing Board, director of racing at Santa Anita, a founder of the California Toroughbred Breeders Association, a trustee of the National Museum of Racing in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., chairman of the American Polo Association, a trustee of the American Toroughbred Breeders Association, and donor of the Carleton F. Burke Library at the CTBA building in Arcadia, the largest collection of the history of racing in California.

memorial donations The CTF accepts donations in memory of relatives and friends, with all such donations allocated to Scholarship Funds of the Foundation and to the Carleton F. Burke Memorial Library. Please remember members of our industry with a donation to the CTF memorial fund. Donations may be sent to CTF, 201 Colorado Place, Arcadia, CA 91007.

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TEXAS RYANO

OUTSTANDING Foals by the West Coast’s ONLY Graded Stakes Winning Son of CURLIN

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2020 Colt o/o Rockin Dorita by Rockport Harbor Breeder: Williamson Racing

Ryano foals have lots of the Curlin physical qualities; “ Texas great bone, solid balanced bodies and profles. They look like young athletes that will run and win. ” — MIGUEL “MIKE” JIMENEZ, Farm Manager/Breeder

2020 Stud Fee: $3,500 Live Foal Curlin - Blending Element (IRE), by Great Commotion Property of Williamson Racing LLC and Ballena Vista Farm

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Management

Preparing young horses mentally is as important as getting them physically ft

Mental Preparation A LITTLE HORSE SENSE GOES A LONG WAY

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he same scene plays out every day around the world: A van arrives at the racetrack, and fresh-faced 2-year-olds are unloaded. Whether it is March or November, the frst week in their new life is paramount for a young horse.

Tey are clean slates full of promise, and what unfolds over the next few days can set the tone for their entire careers.

“Tat frst week is terribly important,” said trainer Gary Mandella. “It’s something we take very seriously.”

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Getting a young horse ready for racing goes beyond ftness. Teir mental health is just as important as their soundness because one bad experience can end a promising career. But how do trainers, both on the track and on the farm, work to ensure a positive experience for their burgeoning racehorses?

FARM FIRST

At Blue Diamond Horseshoe in Aguanga, newborn foals get experience almost immediately.

“From the time they are born, we take them on walks with their dams,” said manager Renee Beckwith. “When they are weaned, we put them on the Eurociser so that they learn how to go forward.

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Tey are turned out together so that they learn about groups. And they are exposed to stuf like dirt bikes, garbage trucks, and tractors.”

Ellen Jackson, who trains out of her Victory Rose Toroughbreds in Vacaville, said she has a “standard plan” for bringing along a new crop of horses.

“We bring them in at 18 months and put 30 days in them,” she said. “Tat will include ground breaking, saddling, using the hotwalker, having a rider, and standing tied. Only a week of that 30 days is actual riding. Ten we turn them out, while they are still green. I fnd that usually around that time they have a big growth spurt.”

Giving the yearlings more time to de-

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velop physically is an important step in the process.

“Tey put so much energy into trying to train that they stop being able to remodel their bones,” Jackson said.

“But I also think that frst stimulation can be the best thing in the world because it flls in weak spots where they need more calcium in the bone.”

Occasionally, a horse is just ready.

“Sometimes you have a 2-year-old who is into everything,” Beckwith said. “She might be beating up her friends, running up and down the feld, and biting everyone.

Tat’s when you say, ‘Okay, you’re ready.’

With a horse that is intelligent, you have to keep their brain busy or they’ll get into trouble.”

Horse trainer Steve Charles starts his horses in the round pen.

“We do things more traditionally,” he said. “We still ground-drive everything, teaching how to turn left, right, and do fgure eights. When someone does get on them, they already know a little bit about what is going on. Some of them fall right in (to round pen work), but a lot of the time we have someone else there to encourage them to go forward.”

Once the horses are handling well and accepting of a rider, it is time to head to the training track, where companionship is key.

“We ride them around the ranch frst, then take them to the track in pairs,” Charles said. “Sets of three are even better because you can get them used to being inside, outside, in the middle, behind horses, or leading. If you take them by themselves, you can have problems.”

“We gallop them in company as much as possible,” said Tommy Town Toroughbreds’ manager Mike Allen. “I do use a pony a lot when they frst start going to the track. When we have three or four riders available, we gallop in larger groups and have them change positions, pass horses, things like that that you would fnd in a race.”

Any mental stress becomes quickly apparent.

Having good riders is one of the most important factors in breaking young horses

“Every year we have a couple that spook at things like the track rail,” said Allen. “Tose are the ones we take with a pony a couple of times to get them over it and show them it’s fne.”

Te Blue Diamond horses go to Galway Downs to train, which can be busy beyond the regular horse trafc.

“Tey get exposed to helicopters, golf carts, dogs, peacocks, and kids,” Beckwith said. “One weekend there was a carnival with a Ferris wheel right by the barn. Soccer balls get kicked onto the track from the infeld. Tey mentally get exposed to a ton of stuf; there is nothing that should surprise them when they leave us.”

Charles would prefer that a horse have a full 90 days in training before heading to a real track like Santa Anita Park or Golden Gate Fields.

“In the old days you had them for 90, but that doesn’t happen as much any-

more,” he said. “Te owners see them galloping in sets at 45 days and think they are ready for the racetrack, but they’re not. Tey need a lot of repetition to fgure out that this is their job now.

Tere are a lot of things on the racetrack you can’t simulate on the farm and might make them spook, which isn’t fair to the other horses on the track with them.”

“Having a really good rider is the number one most important thing,” Jackson said.

Allen agreed, saying, “I change riders around a lot. It could be that a horse needs to learn to switch leads, and one rider can do that better. Or a tough horse with one guy might end up quieter with another rider. You want a rider to get along with the horse.”

Producing a quiet horse accepting of any rider is a boon when a horse heads to the track.

RACETRACK TIME

When the horses are physically ready for the track, they ship out. But what happens next is dependent on many factors, according to Mandella.

“It depends on how they came,” he said.

“Were they on a van for 36 hours straight before they arrived? Or did they take a very easy four-hour fight and arrive in the cool of the night and have 12 hours to rest before the morning? Or did they come at 2 in the morning and the track opens at 5? It’s not so simple.”

Te son of Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella, Gary has seen countless young horses pass through his and his father’s barns.

“In general, the best course is to carefully take them to the track the next day after they arrive,” he said, “Te thing to remember is the more time you give them of before their frst day on the track, the fresher they are and the more likely they are to make a mistake.”

Circumstances may prevent that move.

“Some people send us 2-year-olds that galloped that morning, loaded on a plane at noon, arrived in California at 6 p.m., then they recover overnight and go gallop

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Management

When young horses are taken to the training track, companionship with other horses is key, whether it’s learning the ins and outs of the starting gate or galloping in company

the next day,” Mandella said. “Other people know the horse is leaving, so to make sure he looks good, they don’t train him the last two days. Ten they ride a van for two days, and by the time they get here they’ve had four or fve days of. Tat’s where you might have to use a tranquilizer.”

Some horses fnd the journey itself very stressful.

“Some get upset and get ‘fake’ temperatures,” Mandella said. “Teir temperature will get above 101, and you have to wonder if you should call their bluf on it. You get some snotty noses when they arrive.

Tere are so many things to look at, and while some guys are more thorough than others and you learn every detail (from them), others might send the horse and say, ‘He breezed once a week,’ and that’s really all you know about the horse.”

It all boils down to giving a young horse good experiences, despite the complete change from the farm to the track.

“You have to be very careful to make sure their frst few days go the proper way because bad habits get ingrained very quickly,” Mandella said. “Te earlier in their training that something happens, the deeper that goes. Tat frst week is really important, something Dad takes very seriously and therefore I follow suit.”

He echoed the sentiment that using a buddy system is preferred.

“You’re in a much better position if you get more than one 2-year-old at a time.

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that’s what they are used to at the farm. It helps them see all this for the frst time.

Tere’s a lot of moving parts at the track.

Even the biggest operations in Ocala don’t have all the backstretch activity that goes on here, with all the other people’s horses they might encounter.”

Tere’s a fne balance between pushing a horse for ftness and exhausting it mentally.

Te ones who are good-minded have a big advantage because they are the ones who won’t hurt themselves.”

— Mike Allen

“A lot depends on where they are coming in from,” trainer Leonard Powell said.

“If they’ve been exposed to other horses on a track from a training center, you can go a bit faster with them. If you go too slow, then they can get fresh, and that’s when they could get hurt.”

“Te ones who are good-minded have a big advantage because they are the ones who won’t hurt themselves,” Allen said.

“Te ones who are spooky or might dump a rider are the ones who could have a lot of ability, but they could get hurt before they ever have a chance to show it. Tough horses to handle on the ground might actually be the smart ones, who would never jump a rail. Tose end up being better than the horses who are fighty and might

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hurt themselves or another person.”

Mandella and Jackson both ofered a warning about the phenomenon of a young horse seeing a fellow horse coming toward them, such as when they are galloping to the left and joggers are coming from the right.

“An underrated obstacle is trafc coming toward them,” Mandella said. “Your frst instinct is to take them to the training track to start because it’s quieter, but it’s so narrow and a lot of these babies have never seen horses coming toward them while they are galloping. You can really blow their mind, and it will take you two years to get them over one bad day if it’s within the frst fve days they’ve been here.”

“Tink about it,” Jackson said. “In a herd situation, you never see another horse running toward you. It’s instilled in them not to run into each other, so this can really challenge some horses. Te frst time we have them pass each other, we do it with a pony because you never want to start with two babies passing on the track.

To me, working on this is critical.”

Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Doug O’Neill said, “I prefer them not to get too ft on the farm before they come in because then they are so high energy and ready to compete, but the mind isn’t there. I like to do the mental fnishing before fnishing of the ftness.

“Horses are mirrors of us, so if we give them confdence, love, and compassion, they’ll do the same for us. Te best thing is when you fnally see the aha moment, and they understand how it all works.”

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Nick Alexander homebred Lieutenant Dan takes the Sensational Star for his third stakes win

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ue to the state-wide restrictions in place owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, owners must stay away from Santa Anita. Tat experience proved strange for Nick Alexander, who watched the $102,500 Sensational Star Stakes for California-breds March 22 from the comfort of his couch. He had two homebreds in the race—favored Just Grazed Me and the subsequent winner, Lieutenant Dan. “I watched it on TVG,” Alexander said. “You don’t do that very often because you’re usually at the track.”

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tators selected Just Grazed Me as their top choice, but the classy flly never looked truly comfortable and fnished fourth.

“When they all picked her, I thought that set it up pretty well for Dan because no one was mentioning him,” Alexander joked.

Lieutenant Dan, a son of Grazen— Excusabull, by Indian Charlie, found a perfect spot behind front-runners Stealthediamonds and Grinning Tiger.

Jockey Drayden Van Dyke urged him three wide into the stretch, where Lieutenant Dan mowed down Stealthediamonds to score by three-quarters of a length. Brandothebartender fnished third in the 10-horse feld. Te fnal time for the 51⁄2-furlong turf race was 1:02.32.

“It took a lot longer to catch (Stealthediamonds) than we hoped,” Alexander said. “Dan had to really work to catch her, and he did. He was really trying; he was not going to fail.”

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Alexander was winning the Sensational Star as an owner and breeder for the third time in a row, Lieutenant Dan following Tough Sunday in 2018 and Pee Wee Reese in 2019.

Te win was the ffth for Lieutenant Dan, who has fnished in the top three spots 11 times in 12 starts for earnings of $406,020. Steven Miyadi conditions the 4-year-old gelding, who last year won the $200,702 Echo Eddie Stakes on the dirt after winning an allowance optional claimer on synthetic at Golden Gate Fields. Te Sensational Star was Lieutenant Dan’s third stakes win.

He also took the $147,000 Real Good Deal Stakes at Del Mar last July.

“He has won on dirt, turf, synthetic, and an of track,” Alexander said. “You can’t ask for much more than that.”

Because of continuous rains, Alexander actually suspected the Sensational Star would come of the grass. But it stayed on the turf, which was listed as frm.

“I thought his chances would be better on dirt,” he said, “but Dan adapted perfectly.”

Alexander still owns the four-time winning dam, Excusabull, who has produced eight winners from eight to race.

Although consistent, none of her foals were world-beaters.

“She hadn’t produced a lot before Dan,” Alexander said. “We always try to sort out sending half to Northern California and half to Southern California, predicting our A-team and our B-team. He went to Steve up north, but after a few weeks Steve called me and said, ‘Tis horse deserves to be down south.’”

After foaling Gray Lives Matter in 2017, Excusabull developed a uterine hematoma that took over two years to dissipate. She is back in foal to Grazen for 2021. Alexander will have to wait several years to see that foal on the track, but until then he has Lieutenant Dan to enjoy.

“He’s such a cool horse,” the owner said. “We all get excited when we get a horse like this.”

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FIRST YEARLINGS THIS YEAR

Golden State Series—Tiznow Stakes

FASHION STREAK

FASHIONABLY FAST WINS TIZNOW IN STYLE

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“She’s by Forestry,” Harris said in the winner’s circle after Fashionably Fast won the $100,000 Tiznow Stakes at Santa Anita March 1. “It’s the same family as some real good horses like Nureyev. It’s about the third or fourth dam down, but it’s there.”

Special, the fourth dam of Fashionably Fashionably Fast struts his stuff in the Tiznow at Santa Anita, his sixth consecutive victory Fast, produced French champion and top sire Nureyev, as well as the dam of another French champion and Fashion warmed up with a ffth and a second in allowance optional good sire, Sadler’s Wells. Te third dam, Number, was a multi- claiming company and has since been unstoppable. ple graded winner in this country and producer of several graded Dean Pederson trains Fashionably Fast for Harris and co-owners winners.

Per Antonsen and John Nicoletti. Tiago Pereira rode the gelding in In the name of his Harris Farms, Harris paid just $22,000 for the Tiznow, as he has in all six races of Fashionably Fast’s current Fall Fashion, then 12, at the 2013 Keeneland November sale. Fall victory streak, which includes four consecutive stakes.

Fashion’s Twirling Candy foal, a 2014 gelding named Fall Harvest, Te frst fve wins ranged from six to seven furlongs, and Fashdidn’t live up to Harris’ expectations, winning twice in 12 starts ionably Fast had to stretch out to a mile in the Tiznow. Pederson for earnings of $15,265. But considering what the mare produced and Pereira worked hard in the mornings to get Fashionably Fast next, Harris found a bargain. to relax, and their eforts have paid of.

Bred to Lucky Pulpit, Fall Fashion produced Fashionably Fast in As the 6-5 Tiznow favorite, Fashionably Fast battled for the lead 2015. Troat surgery turned Fashionably Fast’s previously respect- with Tiger Dad through the early going, but he did it easily. able career into an astounding one. Following that procedure, Fall “His last couple of works, Tiago has worked hard on getting him to relax in the frst part but still fnish,” said Pederson. “To me that was the key of the race today. If he relaxed, he gave himself a chance.”

Oliver ranged up in the stretch to challenge Fashionably Fast, who gamely withstood that efort to score by a half-length in 1:36.64. Oliver held second by 21∕4 lengths over Tiger Dad. Te question immediately arose as to whether Fashionably Fast’s streak was the longest of any Harris Farms runner.

“Tat sent me back to the memory bank to recall if this is our longest win streak,” Harris said via email the following day. “Actually, that title belongs to a gelding we were racing back in 1992— Barry Chancy. He won eight in a row, albeit he was competing in less-contentious races than Fashionably Fast.”

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ohn Harris recalls buying Fall Fashion, the dam of California-bred Fashionably Fast, primarily because she was in foal to Twirling Candy, a sire he liked. But Harris didn’t ignore the stakes-winning mare’s family.

San Luis Rey Stakes

REMEMBERING FRIENDS WARD ‘N JERRY WINS GRADE 3 SAN LUIS REY

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“Larry Williams is in the lumber business,” said Dan Kiser, manager of Larry and Marianne Williams’ Tree Top Ranches in Parma, Idaho. “Jerry Bower was kind of Larry’s mentor in the lumber business. He died a couple of years ago, well into his 90s. Te other one was an old gentleman named Ward Williamson, a dear friend of Larry’s.”

When it came time to name Ward ’n Jerry, a 2013 son of Lucky Pulpit—Tamarack Bay, by Dehere, Williams decided to honor his friends, choosing a foal of superb breeding. Te Williamses stood Lucky Pulpit, for many years a leading California sire prior to his death in 2017.

Tamarack Bay has produced grade 1 winner and Cal-bred champion Tamarando and stakes winners U’Narack and Luckarack.

Mike Puype trains Ward ’n Jerry, who began his racing career at 2 in 2015 and moved his way up through his conditions. In his frst stakes attempt, the 2017 California Cup Turf Classic Stakes presented by City National Bank, Ward ’n Jerry fnished third to two top Cal-breds, Cal-bred Ward ‘n Jerry make his frst stakes victory a graded one, the San Luis Ashleyluvssugar and What a View. Ward ’n Jerry became Rey Stakes at Santa Anita graded stakes-placed when third in the 2019 Hollywood without fghting him,” said Kiser. “He had him in a great position Turf Cup Stakes (G2T), losing by just a neck and a head.

As much success as the Williamses have had, Kiser noted that the whole race.”

Puype had told Prat that Ward ’n Jerry would like the longer the San Luis Rey was only their second graded win. Tamarando won the 2013 Del Mar Futurity (G1) and 2014 El Camino Real distance of the San Luis Rey. “He had won at a mile and a quarter and a mile and three Derby (G3).

Ward ’n Jerry faced Ashleyluvssugar again in the San Luis Rey eighths,” said Puype, “and he was a really good third going a mile and fve other rivals. Favoritism went to Oscar Dominguez, last and a half last December (in the Turf Cup).”

Te gelding certainly enhanced Tamarack Bay’s reputation as a year’s Hollywood Turf Cup winner.

Tird during the frst part of the 11⁄2-mile San Luis Rey over a broodmare. Kiser said that the mare has 2-year-old and yearling course labeled “good,” Ward ’n Jerry waited until the fnal turn colts by Tapit. Puype will train the 2-year-old, named Rackataptap. under jockey Flavien Prat to challenge for the lead. When Prat Just a couple of days after the San Luis Rey, Kiser hauled Tamasked him, Ward ’n Jerry responded and defeated fellow Cal-bred arack Bay to John Harris’ Harris Farms so that she could foal a Camino Del Paraiso by 11⁄4 lengths in 2:28.67. Oscar Dominguez Cal-bred by California Chrome. She is scheduled to be bred back fnished third. to Rousing Sermon, a stallion the Williamses stand at Harris. Both “I thought Flavien did a wonderful job of settling him down California Chrome and Rousing Sermon are by Lucky Pulpit.

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ard ’n Jerry’s name pays tribute to two of Larry Williams’ close friends who passed away in recent years. Tus, when the California-bred gelding became a graded stakes winner in the $101,000 San Luis Rey Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita March 21, it was even more meaningful.

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PROFILE

K. B. SAREEN

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AMERICAN DREAM COMES TRUE IN WINNER’S CIRCLES

ulbhushan Sareen— known to all as K. B. —never would have guessed he would end up breeding horses. In fact, his route to California from his boyhood in Calcutta was so circuitous that it’s a surprise he is in the sport at all. But through all of his global travels, a love of horse racing has endured.

“It was destiny,” Sareen said.

After his father passed away when he was an infant, Sareen grew up in a poor family led by a single mother with fve children.

“My childhood wasn’t very pleasant,” Sareen admitted, “and I never had any money on me.”

But he became good at

scraping together 40 rupees to take to the Royal Calcutta Turf Club on Saturdays, earning enough back with his wagering selections to buy a week of room and board.

“I was pretty lucky,” he said.

He eventually made enough to go to university, achieving a bachelor’s degree in four years. He still used his racetrack winnings to “pay for my entertainment and to take girls out to dinner.”

But a degree couldn’t secure him a job in India.

Sareen went to Iran to work for Toshiba International, but was thrown out in 1979 by the Islamic Republic as it removed foreigners from the country.

“Instead of going home to India, I bought a one-way

Reaching the Del Mar winner’s circle from his boyhood in India has been an interesting journey for California owner/breeder K. B. Sareen, center left

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ticket to America,” he said.

In December 1980, Sareen arrived in America on a tourist visa and was “determined to make it.” He started by washing dishes in Los Angeles, then moved up through the ranks to busboy, waiter, and bartender. He couldn’t believe his fortune, making $300 in tips in a single night.

“I thought this was the ultimate, but it wasn’t why I came to America,” he said.

“I became an insurance salesman and made my own success.”

Sareen became friends with Selwyn Touber, who owned a Toroughbred mare with little value.

“I asked him why he didn’t just breed her,” Sareen said.

“We became partners.”

Te winning True Knight mare, Never Bend True, produced an Expressman flly for them in 1991. Tat became Noori, who broke her maiden in her debut by 61⁄2 lengths for the partners and trainer Dan Hendricks. She ultimately won four of 25 starts and earned $27,334.

From there Sareen dabbled in the game.

“I would buy this or that, but nothing was very serious,” he said.

Enter Om. By Munnings out of the Tabasco Cat mare Rare Cat, Om was a $125,000 purchase at the 2014 Barretts March select 2-year-old sale. Te notoriously hot-tempered colt broke his maiden by 71⁄4 lengths in his second start at odds of 22-1, handing 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah what would be the frst of only two defeats.

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OM

14 TRIPLE DIGIT BEYERS!

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Retired Sound with $1.4 Million Earnings Defeated AMERICAN PHAROAH by 9 1/4 lengths while posting a 98 Beyer at 6 1/2 furlongs (1:15.75) in his second start at 2.

Won or placed in six graded stakes in 8 starts at 3 including wire-to-wire victories at 1 1/8 miles in the Del Mar and Twilight Derbies (G2) and a Mathis Brothers Mile (G2) score, running the fnal eighth in 11:72 as the 6-5 favorite.

Set NCR at Churchill (5.5f, 1:02.24) and 14 Triple Digit Beyers - 13 in graded races at 5 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles including two seconds in the $1Million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) in 2016 and 2019.

OM is the leading money-winning son of MUNNINGS, who currently ranks second among 2020 Leading Sires by North American earnings and is the co-leader of graded stakes winners (5) for racing through 3/24/20.

Fee: $7,500 Live Foal

by Munnings (Speightstown) – Rare Cat, by Tabasco Cat Property of the Sareen Family Trust • Nominated to the Breeders’ Cup

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CTBA Member PROFILE Sareen congratulates jockey Gary Stevens for the winning ride on Om in the Del Mar Derby

Om went on to be a multihas an Uncle Mo mare named ple graded stakes winner of Savera being bred to him $1,355,082 and ran second this spring, and his Bernstein in the Breeders’ Cup twice. mare Nice Meidel is curOm was best in the sumrently at Lane’s End Farm in mer and fall of 2015, winKentucky with a Liam’s Map ning the $250,000 Del Mar colt, after producing a Bayern Derby (G2T) at Del Mar colt last year. She will return and the $200,750 Twilight to California to visit Om Derby (G2T) at Santa Anita. next season. Sareen claimed Tose memories are still clear the winning Stormy Atlantic to Sareen, whose son, United mare Classy Atlantic out of States Major Taj Sareen, a Feb. 28 race at Santa Anita brought his whole squadron solely because she nicks well into the winner’s circle for with Om. the Del Mar Derby.

“I’ll continue to race her “It was a lot of fun,” Sathis year, then send her to reen said. “Te whole family Om when she retires,” Sareen was there, and the whole said. squadron.”

Sareen joked that his wife But Sareen’s personal life has put a stop on him adding took a turn when his son was more horses to the band— killed in an F-18 crash near “I’m 77 and if something London while deployed for happened to me, she wouldn’t the third time. He was 34. be able to handle it.” But he Just three days later Om won does have two horses currently the Twilight Derby. on the track. One of them is “My son had asked me to I’ve gone deeper into (horse racing) four-time winner Major Cabbie, give him Om,” Sareen said. named after his beloved son. than I ever thought I would like to, “I had done it orally, but we Te $260,000 juvenile hadn’t done any transfers yet but it’s been exciting.” purchase broke his maiden in when he was deployed. He was his second start in 2017, and — K. B. Sareen went on to add three allowance a family favorite, so I could never sell him or give him away optional claiming races. He to anyone.” was ffth in the $600,000 Clark Om ran second by a nose in Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs the $920,000 Breeders’ in November, and has Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) been working at Oaklawn in 2016. He also fnished Park for his return to the second in the same race races. Te other runner is last year after being transtwo-time winner Grand ferred from the Hendricks Meister, a son of Bodebarn to that of trainer meister who was last seen Peter Miller. Om retired winning at Turfway Park in with seven wins, seven December. seconds, and six thirds in “I’ve gone deeper into 32 starts. He now stands it than I ever thought I stud at Harris Farms in would like to,” Sareen said, Coalinga. “but it’s been exciting.”

Sareen is planning on And with Om’s frst supporting Om with three foals slated to be born in The Sareen family’s pride and joy, Om, following his victory in the grade current broodmares and 2021, it can only get more 2 Del Mar Derby one mare on the track. He exhilarating.

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Winners FEBRUARY 24, 2020 – MARCH 22, 2020

3-YEAR-OLDS & UP Affrmative—Miss Beastmode: Bea's Boy (5-1), c, 4 yo, Sunland Park, ALW, 3/7, 1mi, 1:38.61, $15,660.

Atticus—Cahill Royalty: We're Just Sayin (10-4), g, 6 yo, Turf Paradise, SST, Turf Distance Series Final S., 3/7, 1 1/2mi (T), 2:29.41, $17,020.

Big Bad Leroybrown—Celebration: Party Hostess (11-5), m, 7 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 3/2, 5 1/2f, 1:3.85, $4,787.

Big Bad Leroybrown—Seasontoperfection: Irrefutable (11-5), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 3/13, 1mi, 1:38.86, $13,680.

Bluegrass Cat—Farmers Wife: Blue Diva (58-17), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 2/28, 1mi, 1:37.63, $25,740.

Champ Pegasus—Tap Tap Ur It: Tap It Champ (39-10), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 3/15, 5 1/2f, 1:2.85, $24,180.

Clubhouse Ride—Warren's Veneda: Warren's Showtime (25-9), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, China Doll S., 3/7, 1mi (T), 1:36.24, $64,980.

Clubhouse Ride—Mollie O: Mollie O ' McEvoy (25-9), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 3/8, 1 1/16mi, 1:45.14, $24,180.

Clubhouse Ride—Oscillator: Avalon Ride (25-9), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 3/21, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:50.96, $34,200.

Coil—Princess Ezra (GB): Principe Carlo (30-11), c, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/29, 6 1/2f, 1:16.21, $44,460.

Coil—Margaret's Miracle: Returray (30-11), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 3/13, 6f, 1:10.67, $13,680.

Comic Strip—Joyously: Joyous (20-7), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 2/29, 5 1/2f, 1:4.79, $7,500.

Dixie Chatter—Cappuccino Springs: Chatterman (12-6), g, 6 yo, Turf Paradise, STR, 2/25, 6f, 1:9.09, $4,788.

Forest Command—Saturday Premium: Premium Forest (7-2), h, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 2/28, 1mi, 1:37.16, $12,240.

Forest Command—Saturday Premium: Premium Forest (7-2), h, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 3/21, 1mi, 1:37.45, $12,240.

Govenor Charlie—Elusive Beauty: Baltimore Beecho (10-2), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 3/15, 6f, 1:12.94, $23,760.

Grazen—Excusabull: Lieutenant Dan (31-13), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Sensational Star S., 3/22, 5 1/2f (T), 1:2.32, $60,000.

Hoorayforhollywood—Caught in the Act: Tinsel Town Queen (5-3), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 3/14, 6f, 1:10.82, $13,680.

Idiot Proof—Onefunsonofagun: Bulletproof One (15-5), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 3/5, 5 1/2f, 1:2.65, $24,180.

Idiot Proof—She's an I Full: Brenda's an I Full (15-5), m, 5 yo, Fair Grounds, SOC, 3/8, about 5 1/2f, 1:5.67, $10,200.

Idiot Proof—She's an I Full: Brenda's an I Full (15-5), m, 5 yo, Sam Houston Race Park, SOC, 3/18, 5f (T), 57.33, $11,040.

Kafwain—Unbridled Prayer: One Step Away (19-10), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 3/1, 5 1/2f, 1:3.83, $7,979.

Kafwain—Silk Queen: Silken Prince (19-10), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 3/14, 6 1/2f, 1:16.31, $34,200.

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Karakontie (JPN)—Capaz: Canyon Crest (21-6), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 3/22, 1mi, 1:37.79, $34,200.

Lucky Pulpit—Fall Fashion: Fashionably Fast (62-8), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Tiznow S., 3/1, 1mi, 1:36.64, $60,000.

Lucky Pulpit—Tamarack Bay: Ward 'n Jerry (62-8), g, 7 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, San Luis Rey S. (gr. IIIT ), 3/21, 1 1/2mi (T), 2:28.67, $60,000.

Mr. Big—Quick Chick: Big Returns (11-5), c, 3 yo, Oaklawn Park, AOC, 3/22, 6f, 1:10.68, $36,600.

Northern Indy—Wee Highland Lass: Bottle of Smoke (5-2), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 3/5, 1mi, 1:39.64, $13,680.

Popular—Lemon Supreme: Popular Kid (3-2), g, 6 yo, Oaklawn Park, STR, 3/13, 1 1/16mi, 1:43.92, $24,600.

Richard's Kid—Tiz Gentle: Adorably Sweet (17-11), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 3/14, 6 1/2f, 1:18.48, $34,200.

Sky Mesa—Uzziel: Tadeo (82-19), g, 3 yo, Mahoning Valley Race Course, ALW, 3/4, 1mi, 1:40.50, $14,100.

Smiling Tiger—Whobetterthanus: Smiling Shirlee (41-13), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 3/6, 1mi, 1:39.27, $34,200.

Smiling Tiger—Lottawampum: Kristi's Tiger (41-13), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 3/15, 6 1/2f, 1:19.79, $23,760.

Sought After—Sweetly Peppered: Sought More Pep (11-5), m, 6 yo, Turf Paradise, STR, 3/3, 1mi (T), 1:37.97, $4,643.

Sought After—Burnemup: Smoke and Burn (11-5), g, 6 yo, Rillito, STK, Mine That Bird S., 3/8, 7 1/2f, 1:32.29, $2,475.

Square Eddie—Meetmeinthewoods: Rookie Mistake (52-12), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 3/6, 5 1/2f (T), 1:2.50, $34,200.

Suances (GB)—Loni's Appeal: Lofty (9-2), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 3/22, 5 1/2f (T), 1:3.06, $34,200.

Surf Cat—Eden Mirelle: Surf Kitten (10-3), m, 6 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 3/8, 5f, 57.60, $8,286.

Tizbud—Awesome Liberty: Tiz Simply Awesome (18-3), m, 5 yo, Rillito, ALW, 3/1, 6 1/2f, 1:21.11, $1,705.

Unusual Heat—Meredith Bee: Afternoon Heat (31-9), c, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 3/8, 5 1/2f, 1:4.12, $23,760.

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Acclamation—On the Snap: Sidepocket Charger (35-10), m, 5 yo, Sunland Park, MCL, 2/25, 6 1/2f, 1:17.83, $5,520.

Acclamation—Caitie's Secret: Bench Judge (35-10), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 3/1, 5 1/2f (T), 1:4.20, $33,000.

Archarcharch—Lady Gamer: Archarch Fires (98-24), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/20, 5 1/2f, 1:4.97, $8,400.

Big Bad Leroybrown—Always Fashionable: Santaluz Dreamin (11-5), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 2/29, 5f, 58.11, $3,646.

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Bluegrass Cat—Bella Roja: King Parker (58-17), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 3/6, 6f, 1:12.90, $11,000.

Bluegrass Cat—Stash: Galwalksintoabar (58-17), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 3/14, 6f, 1:12.88, $19,200.

Boisterous—Moonlight Fantasy: Fantasy Game (31-9), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 3/1, 5 1/2f, 1:3.58, $23,400.

CHAMP PEGASUS Barton Thoroughbreds (805) 693 1777 • info@bartonthoroughbreds.com www.bartonthoroughbreds.com Champ Pegasus—Floatthrutheair: Thechampisforing (39-10), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 2/26, 5f, 57.88, $3,534.

Champ Pegasus—Sweet Bourbon: Single Barrel (39-10), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/8, 1mi, 1:40.02, $6,300.

Champ Pegasus—Tillie Lou: Equipo A (39-10), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 3/20, 6f, 1:12.75, $19,200.

Chattahoochee War—Valentine's Babe: Love Not War (2-1), f, 4 yo, Sunland Park, MCL, 2/29, 5 1/2f, 1:5.50, $9,240.

Clubhouse Ride—Alphabet Kisses: Kiss Ride Goodbye (25-9), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 3/21, 6f, 1:10.61, $23,400.

Coil—Thou Shalt Not: Way to Fire (30-11), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/29, 6f, 1:11.90, $6,600.

Coil—Star Field: Galaxy Master (30-11), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/8, 1mi, 1:38.12, $5,500.

Comic Strip—Honoree Lady: Check Out (20-7), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 3/13, 5 1/2f, 1:4.74, $23,400.

Commissioner—Sharp as a Whip: Commissioness (25-4), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/5, 5 1/2f, 1:6.08, $6,300.

Curlin to Mischief—Bleach Blonde: Shake It Cali (8-2), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/21, 5 1/2f, 1:4.82, $6,600.

DADDY NOSE BEST BG Thoroughbred Farm (951) 654-9100 www.bgthoroughbreds.com Daddy Nose Best—Birdsiview: Mountain View (6-3), c, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 3/14, 4 1/2f, 52.33, $2,800.

Decarchy—Southern Law: Decarchys Dream (27-6), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 3/1, 6 1/2f, 1:19.43, $3,608.

DESERT CODE Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Desert Code—Wink and Wish: Wink and a Dream (27-5), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/6, 5 1/2f, 1:4.91, $6,300.

The accompanying list includes runners that are both California-foaled and Californiasired winners in 2020 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.

Einstein (BRZ)—Albany County: Trabieso Avelito (11-2), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/22, 5 1/2f, 1:5.28, $6,600.

Empire Way—Hidden Creek: Wonder of Autism (48-10), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/1, 6f, 1:12.81, $6,600.

Gervinho—Sri's Red: Ivorian (14-4), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/27, 6f, 1:11.60, $6,300.

Gervinho—Second Offense: Ancona (14-4), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 3/1, 1mi (T), 1:39.49, $7,291.

Get Stormy—Gypsy Baby (IRE): Gypsy's Goal (47-6), g, 4 yo, Rillito, MCL, 2/29, 5 1/2f, 1:9.73, $1,100.

Golden Balls (IRE)—Ino Kukana: Sarah's Smirk (6-1), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WMC, 3/20, 5 1/2f, 1:4.77, $6,300.

Good Journey—L'Enchanteresse (IRE): La Guapa Velos (17-7), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/13, 1mi, 1:41.23, $5,500.

Grazen—Excusabull: Gray Lives Matter (31-13), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/12, 5 1/2f, 1:4.98, $6,600.

Heatseeker (IRE)—Amapola's Wish: Lydia O Lydia (26-12), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/28, 6f, 1:11.55, $6,300.

Heatseeker (IRE)—Pogonip: Winter Fog (26-12), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/12, 5 1/2f, 1:4.76, $6,600.

Hoorayforhollywood—Multiplyingtheheat: Hollywood Heat (5-3), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 3/15, 5 1/2f, 1:3.99, $23,400.

Kafwain—Curvy Girl: He Likes Curves (19-10), g, 4 yo, Rillito, MSW, 3/7, 4f, 47.71, $1,155.

Karakontie (JPN)—Capaz: Canyon Crest (21-6), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 3/7, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.03, $23,400.

Majesticperfection—Satin Cinnamon: Spicy Perfection (68-23), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/21, 5 1/2f, 1:4.55, $6,600.

Marino Marini—Grey Lassie: Toni Two Pocket (18-7), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/5, 5 1/2f, 1:5.08, $6,300.

Ministers Wild Cat—Belloma: Linda and Minda (52-11), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 3/7, 4 1/2f, 53.26, $3,200.

Ministers Wild Cat—Hand Tricks: Eustace (52-11), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 3/22, 6f, 1:10.85, $23,400.

Ministers Wild Cat—Bold Roberta: Audace (52-11), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 3/22, 7f, 1:24.22, $33,000.

Mr. Big—Misszippityslewda: Big Sweep (11-5), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 3/14, 6f, 1:10.59, $33,000.

Morning Line—Copperopolis: Your Adorable (43-15), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 3/14, 4 1/2f, 53.18, $3,200.

Mucho Macho Man—Longing: A Man's Man (40-13), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 3/1, 5 1/2f (T), 1:3.84, $33,000.

Munnings—Heat the Rocks: Dim Lights (126-37), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 3/21, 5 1/2f (T), 1:4.09, $33,000.

Musketier (GER)—Fast Andrea: Musketier Waltz (10-2), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/7, 1mi, 1:41.01, $6,300.

Northern Causeway—Holy Script: North Cross (24-4), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/8, 5f, 58.76, $5,500.

Old Topper—Royal Trick: Trouble N Paradise (6-2), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/22, 5 1/2f, 1:4.47, $8,400.

The Pamplemousse—Saturday Nite Wish: Papapifas (14-3), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 3/22, 5 1/2f, 1:3.70, $23,400.

Proud Citizen—Quick Chick: Fellow Citizen (40-8), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/29, 6f, 1:11.25, $33,000.

Richard's Kid—Sheza Eyeopener: Sheza Girly Girl (17-11), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 2/29, 5 1/2f, 1:4.16, $23,400.

Richard's Kid—Dancingattheapollo: El Chumelito (17-11), g, 4 yo, Sunland Park, MCL, 2/29, 6f, 1:13.11, $5,520.

Roi Charmant—Belencia: Roi Belenciaga (9-3), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 3/7, 5 1/2f, 1:5.63, $3,683.

Square Eddie—Heavenisinyoureyes: Tejon (52-12), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 2/28, 6 1/2f, 1:18.60, $19,200.

Square Eddie—Stretchinthelimits: Momentarianism (52-12), m, 7 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 3/3, 6f, 1:11.82, $4,960.

Stay Thirsty—Greyzabella: White Russian (104-31), g, 4 yo, Laurel Park, MCL, 2/29, 5 1/2f, 1:5.28, $12,540.

Stormberg—She's Borracho: Y Not Sizzle (3-1), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 3/20, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:53.46, $33,000.

Street George—Feather'd Rain: Gifty (4-1), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/1, 6f, 1:11.53, $8,400.

Street Life—Ellie L.: Petronilla (9-3), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 2/29, 4 1/2f, 53.35, $3,060.

Temple City—Shebane: Big City Bane (119-30), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 3/6, 1mi (T), 1:37.03, $33,000.

Tigah (GB)—Summer Lass: Siberian Tigah (1-1), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 3/19, 5 1/2f, 1:5.55, $6,300.

TIZBUD Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Tizbud—Madeline Ruby: Major Kong (18-3), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 3/15, 1mi, 1:38.08, $23,400.

Twirling Candy—Kiss My Swiss: Twirling Diamond (119-42), f, 4 yo, Sam Houston Race Park, MSW, 3/13, 5 1/2f, 1:3.95, $21,480.

Unusual Heat—Bruheria: Moral Compass (31-9), g, 4 yo, Rillito, STK, Rillito Hopeful Maiden S., 3/1, 5 1/2f, 1:10.08, $3,630.

Violence—Veiled Threat: Aquina's Advice (115-40), f, 4 yo, Sunland Park, MSW, 3/15, 5 1/2f, 1:4.63, $12,240.

World Renowned—Defnite Maybe: Kathia (6-1), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 3/22, 4 1/2f, 52.75, $3,200.

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STRESS OF ULCERS A PROPER DIET AND FEEDING STRATEGY CAN EASE THE ULCER PROBLEM

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any racehorses develop ulcers, partly due to stresses of environment (confnement), strenuous exercise and competition, diet, etc. Early studies reported in the Equine Veterinary Journal in 1989 and 1996 by Dr. Michael J. Murray and his associates stated that gastric ulcers afect up to 93% of racehorses, about 60% of horses in other performance careers, and up to 59% of foals—particularly foals raised in confnement.

Strategic changes in feeding management can help minimize incidence and severity of ulcers, however, and reduce the need for expensive ulcer medications.

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Dr. Stephen Duren of Performance Horse Nutrition says that in earlier years horsemen generally thought only in terms of gastric (stomach) ulcers, but we now realize there can be colonic ulcers as well. Studies at the University of Tennessee and the University of Kentucky used ponies with cannulas (openings into the digestive tract) that enabled researchers to sample material in the stomach and colon and readily measure some of the changes that can lead to ulcers.

“Te initial thrust of early ulcer research was to fnd drug therapies and acid blockers that would help with treatment,” said Duren. “But along with the medical side, we also have to be conscious of what we should do from a feeding standpoint to reduce or help heal the condition or prevent ulcers in the frst place.

“Ulcers in racehorses generally occur for two reasons. First, we change their diet. As the horse goes from a pasture situation or relatively sedentary animal to a more active and athletic horse, his diet has to change in order to provide the needed energy to do the things we ask of him. He can’t get enough calories for the increased work just by eating pasture grass or forages. Tese feeds are inadequate to fuel his energy requirements as an athlete. So we feed a diferent diet.”

Tese diets are usually more calorie dense that a horse can consume quickly and not have to spend all his time at pasture.

“Te reason this change in diet may cause or exacerbate ulceration is because the main bufer for acid in the stomach is saliva,” said Duren. “A horse produces about twice as much saliva when eating hay or grass than when eating grain. Te very nature of the new diet takes away some of the protection in the stomach.”

Horses in a pasture environment graze almost continuously, so they are producing saliva almost continuously.

“Acid in the horse’s stomach is produced on a continuous basis (as opposed to humans, where stomach acid is generally produced only in response to a meal),” said Duren. “Acid production in the horse doesn’t stop. So the constant

Studies show that alfalfa hay seems to be more effcent in buffering against stomach ulcers than grass hay because of its higher levels of calcium and protein

eating is a help to prevent ulcers.”

Racehorses are usually fed large grain meals and allowed to pick at a little hay in between. Tey are not engaged in steady feeding behavior like a horse at pasture.

“Even though they may have hay in front of them, they may be resting or not interested in eating the hay,” said Duren. “Toroughbred trainers don’t withhold hay, but the horse may not be eating very much of it.

“Tere is actually more feed withheld in other types of performance horses that are not working quite as hard because the trainer is trying to control their weight.

Tere is signifcant incidence of ulcers in non-racing performance horses because the horses are in stalls and have no pasture turnout. Access to pasture may not ft into the management or schedule of performance horses or racehorses.

“Large grain meals may be fermented in the digestive tract and create more acid, and there are certain bacteria in the stomach that produce acids that further drive this acidity. Diet is defnitely involved in ulcers.”

Te other major cause of ulcers is ex-

ercise. Te horse’s stomach lining contains glandular tissue (mucus-producing glands) that help protect against the effects of stomach acid; mucus coats the stomach lining. But the top part of the stomach is not as well protected. Tere are fewer glands in the lining in that portion of the stomach.

“When the horse exercises, the diaphragm and movement of internal organs compress the stomach, and push acid from the bufered area up into the non-bufered area,” said Duren. “Tis is what causes some of the ulceration in the top portion of the stomach. Te compression of the stomach during strenuous exercise moves more of the stomach contents—and acid—into that unprotected region.

“Diet and exercise can both precipitate ulcers, and it’s no wonder that these horses have ulcers.”

DIET STRATEGY

“Te frst thought people had regarding diet management was to try to mimic pasture, and feed grass hay,” said Duren. “We thought that if horses had access to grass hay, they would be chew-

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Top (non-glandular) portion of a normal stomach

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ing it for a longer time than chewing a grain meal and be able to bufer ulcers with the additional saliva.

“But researchers at the University of Tennessee, University of Kentucky, and Texas A&M discovered that alfalfa hay was more efcient in bufering against stomach ulcers than grass hay because of the higher levels of calcium and protein in alfalfa. Te protein and the calcium both act as potential bufer for the stomach acid. So now many Toroughbred race trainers feed a small amount of alfalfa in the morning, to have it already in the stomach when these horses go out and exercise.”

Grain can potentially be fermented in the hindgut. So you don’t want to give horses a big grain meal that can’t be fully digested in the stomach, with some of it moving on into the hindgut and perhaps causing problems. Horsemen are now feeding more non-grain energy sources, such as fat.

“Fat slows the rate at which the stomach empties, and this keeps more material in the stomach longer,” said Duren.

“Fat is also a great energy source. Another grain substitute is beet pulp, which is a fbrous feed. Te horse doesn’t particularly have to chew it more, but it’s not fermented in the stomach. Tis energy source gets fermented in the hindgut and produces calories for the horse.

“Many commercial feeds now include a signifcant amount of high-energy ingredients like beet pulp and other highly fermentable fber sources that have a higher calorie content than hay, yet contain more fber. Tey have a calorie level similar to oats, but without some of the drawbacks of the grain or carbohydrate load.

“We also have some diferent calcium sources today that work a lot better than what we used in the past. Calcium is a good acid bufer, so it’s often added to the diet in various forms in addition to alfalfa. We have better sources available now—such as marine-based calcium— that we can add to horse feeds. Tis is a more porous form of calcium, and because it is porous, it has more surface area for binding, and thus an increased

Top portion of a racehorse’s stomach showing ulcers caused by acid pushed into the stomach by exercise

bufering capacity. We learned this from research in ruminant animals, especially feedlot and dairy cattle, which are typically on a high-grain diet.”

Te frst calcium sources added to cattle diets to keep them from becoming

Te day this horse comes in from pasture, into a stall, and begins a training program, we need to start feeding in a proactive way.”

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acidotic when eating that much grain were not as efective as hoped.

“When we started changing the calcium source and adding a rumen buffer, we had better luck, and we’ve now done this with horse feeds,” said Duren.

“Today there are horse feeds and supplements that contain good sources of calcium, and some of these supplements can be given before exercise to provide the potential bufer.”

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Tere are many good strategies to help prevent ulcers. But some—like more turnout time and grazing—are hard to ft into the life of a racehorse.

“Many of those horses never have that option,” Duren said.

If you can give a horse the opportunity to graze, this helps, along with changing the feed.

“More small meals can be benefcial, rather than a large, single concentrate meal or even a grain meal morning and evening,” said Duren. “Horses with ulcers are typically fed a minimum of three and sometimes four times a day to reduce the volume of grain that has to be in the stomach at any one time. Keeping hay in front of the horse all the time is also a good plan, along with feeding alfalfa at certain times of day and using a concentrate that is fortifed with other energy sources (like beet pulp) besides the sugars.

“Drug therapies for a horse that has ulcers do work. Tey have been highly efective, but are also very expensive.”

Good feeding management, without the medication, can go a long way toward reducing risk for ulcers or helping heal them.

“Te problem we still see, however, is that some people don’t worry enough about management until they have to deal with ulcers,” said Duren. “I always advise my clients to get ahead of this. If you have a racehorse, it’s not a matter of if he will get an ulcer, but when. Te day this horse comes in from pasture, into a stall, and begins a training program, we need to start feeding in a proactive way—using a supplement that acts as an antacid, or feeding alfalfa just prior to exercise, etc.

“In most training situations, with horses in stalls, there is barn help available through the day. It’s not that hard to have someone give the horses three or four small meals a day and also keep hay in front of these horses.

“In Australia, many people train racehorses out of a paddock, which is unheard of in the U.S. because we generally don’t have those kinds of resources right next to training tracks. In Australia, however, if someone has a young race-

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horse or two that’s prone to ulcers, they might put those horses out in a green paddock. Te horses would still be given free-choice hay and be fed grain, but the grain meals will be four times a day and they will be trained out of a paddock rather than stalls. Green grass stimulates their appetite, and they graze adequately—and keep food in the stomach at all times.

“Ulcer problems only become signifcant when we don’t explore all the treatment and management options. Tere are many things we can do, but we have to get ahead of it. It’s not wise to wait until the horse is losing weight, showing poor performance at the track, and has grade 3 or grade 4 ulcers. You need to anticipate possible problems and be proactive.

“It’s no diferent than any other kind of feeding strategy. You don’t wait until the weather gets really cold before increasing the feed. If next week it’s supposed to get cold, you start feeding a little extra hay now, and it’s not so hard on them. Feeding proactively to prevent ulcers is the same strategy.”

Because of the prevalence of ulcers in racehorses, we know they can easily become a problem.

“With the ability of veterinary professionals to treat ulcers, in the absence of an afrmative diagnosis—and the fact that not everyone has a 3-meter scope to check for gastric ulcers—often people simply assume that the horse has an ulcer just from the clinical signs and treat for ulcers,” said Duren. “By the same token, horsemen and trainers can assume that a horse will or does have ulcers and manage that horse accordingly from day one.”

Since ulcers are such a widespread problem, Duren feels it’s imperative for preventive management to become widespread as well. Feeding and managing horses to prevent ulcers is not going to hurt and will probably help.

“If proactive management can save some horses from being on an expensive course of omeprazole, it will be a lot cheaper—and healthier for the horses,” said Duren.

Keeping hay in front of a horse at all times is also a good plan to help prevent ulcers

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2020 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS (THRU MARCH 22, 2020)

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Stakes Wins

Richard Barton Enterprises Reddam Racing, LLC Nick Alexander Harris Farms Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC Terry C. Lovingier Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams Benjamin C. Warren George Krikorian Liberty Road Stables Red Baron’s Barn LLC Mark Devereaux, Scott Gross & Mark Gross Premier Thoroughbreds LLC Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray KMN Racing Thomas W Bachman BG Stables Matt Nelson Old English Rancho Gary Barber George Schmitt & Mary Clare Schmitt Dahlberg Farms LLC BKB Stables LLC Frank Mermenstein & Tom McCrocklin Alfred A. Pais William L. Hedrick & Judy Hedrick Cole Ranch Daehling Ranch LLC Milt A. Policzer John Ernst & Allegra Ernst Victory Rose Thoroughbreds & KMN Racing Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Shapiro Linda Madsen M. Auerbach, LLC Six-S Racing Stable Curt Lanning & Lila Lanning LLC Jack Weinstein Four Quarters Corp Andreas Psarras Terri Eaton & Joe Gibson Brackpool Racing LLC Ed Delaney Hronis Racing, LLC Jack Sims & Joey Platts Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. Greg James Madera Thoroughbreds Donald Valpredo Martin Bach Donald Valpredo & Martin Jones Sharon Alesia & Ciaglia Racing Bob Frear Rozamund Barclay Baseline Equine LLC Legacy Ranch Rod Rodriguez & Lorraine Rodriguez

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Leading Earner

Earnings

Principe Carlo ($86,460) An Eddie Surprise ($122,800) Lieutenant Dan ($90,000) Fashionably Fast ($150,000) Queen Bee to You ($120,000) Baby Boo ($36,920) Ward ‘n Jerry ($98,000) Warren’s Showtime ($174,980) Big Returns ($37,600) Afternoon Heat ($77,600) Lofty ($90,960) Tiger Dad ($71,280) Smiling Shirlee ($43,620) Check Out ($23,400) Stealthediamonds ($110,000) Oliver ($53,544) Violent Ridge ($24,700) Wound Tight ($121,204) Irrefutable ($18,620) Fly the Sky ($30,600) Brave Cinderella ($19,540) Sapphire Kid ($50,502) American Farmer ($43,850) Opus Won ($90,480) Margot’s Boy ($67,200) Awesome Summer ($31,460) Jet Set Ruler ($42,000) Gotham Desire ($37,908) Adorably Sweet ($34,200) Sassyserb ($46,680) Bulletproof One ($68,342) Sea of Liberty ($63,360) Hollywood Heat ($28,530) Scarlet Heat ($47,820) Avalon Ride ($54,720) Eustace ($39,000) Lil Milo ($57,960) Premium Forest ($48,660) Tippy Top ($24,300) Detangler ($34,658) Kakistocracy ($36,420) Coast of Roan ($57,420) Bench Judge ($33,000) Y Not Sizzle ($55,000) Bella Vita ($56,996) Buttie ($32,820) Imperator ($10,980) Bako Sweets ($22,100) Grinningeartoear ($34,700) Oh Pretty Woman ($51,000) Jetovator ($43,140) Charmingslew ($34,700) Runkerry ($9,810) Desert Smoke ($15,900) Creer ($12,100) Popular Kid ($46,200)

$592,373 $557,935 $520,257 $396,718 $361,820 $345,971 $224,336 $181,380 $178,106 $172,532 $169,387 $167,480 $160,058 $157,820 $157,399 $130,252 $125,852 $121,204 $118,738 $113,941 $109,682 $108,971 $92,958 $91,480 $89,442 $83,032 $80,867 $80,615 $78,689 $74,220 $69,692 $68,890 $65,230 $65,210 $65,000 $64,899 $64,340 $63,710 $62,450 $62,136 $61,843 $60,560 $57,700 $57,700 $56,996 $55,650 $55,244 $52,684 $52,375 $51,000 $50,990 $50,800 $50,021 $48,506 $48,433 $47,947

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BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER

2020 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY MONEY WON

(MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Sire

1 † Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

Races Rnrs Won

Earned

Earnings/ Runner

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

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

148

369

44

$1,250,907

Sire

Earned

6

2

$146,350

$24,392

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

111

253

35

$1,070,914

2 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 25

12

$547,084

$21,883

3 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

55

127

14

$601,216

3 † Suances (GB), 1997, by Most Welcome (GB) 9

4

$169,853

$18,873

4 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

73

170

20

$560,890

62

12

$547,084

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

17

11

$302,199

$17,776

5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 25

5 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

31

13

$514,173

$16,586

6 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

63

145

9

$543,343

6 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

18

7

$280,593

$15,589

7 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

59

151

18

$516,060

$14,962

8 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

31

79

13

$514,173

$14,667

9 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

41

96

13

$460,087

10 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given

30

72

15

$439,999

11 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB)

54

125

12

$351,622

12 Vronsky,1999, by Danzig

47

121

14

$318,546

13 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 52

132

11

$313,807

7 Circumference (IRE), 2012, by Galileo (IRE) 8 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given 9 Hoorayforhollywood, 2008, by Storm Cat 10 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE)

5 30 5 7

2 15 3 1

$74,810 $439,999 $69,240 $88,745

$13,848 $12,678

11 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

11

5

$137,317

$12,483

12 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

15

6

$181,596

$12,106

13 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

41

13

$460,087

$11,222

14 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

55

14

$601,216

$10,931

15 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike

14

4

$150,231

16 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 10

3

17 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again

7

18 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

11 111

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

17

39

11

$302,199

15 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

45

89

14

$300,982

16 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

18

45

7

$280,593

$10,731

17 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

35

67

11

$231,783

$105,052

$10,505

18 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

39

101

11

$215,670

$115,480

$10,498

19 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

50

118

12

$214,701

35 $1,070,914

$9,648

20 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

15

32

6

$181,596

9

22

4

$169,853

19 Twice the Appeal, 2008, by Successful Appeal

5

3

$46,944

$9,389

21 † Suances (GB),1997, by Most Welcome (GB)

20 Forest Command, 2005, by Monarchos

7

4

$64,580

$9,226

22 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

21

53

9

$164,037

23 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike

14

30

4

$150,231

24 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

19

54

12

$149,893

25 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 19

47

5

$149,827

26 † Old Topper,1995, by Gilded Time

2020 LEADING TURF SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (MINIMUM 50 STARTS) Sire

Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins

Earned

6

10

2

$146,350

1 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

30

54

3

5

$372,671

27 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

11

20

5

$137,317

2 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG)

12

20

3

5

$331,060

28 † Comic Strip,1995, by Red Ransom

20

53

8

$137,298

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

13

23

5

5

$289,320

29 Informed, 2004, by Tiznow

19

47

4

$129,364

4 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB)

25

46

5

6

$245,791

30 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again

11

30

7

$115,480

5 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

13

24

1

1

$165,427

31 Desert Code,2004, by E Dubai

27

74

6

$107,944

$163,992

32 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 10

29

3

$105,052

$136,460

33 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

20

57

7

$104,554

$122,364

34 † Decarchy,1997, by Distant View

27

70

7

$101,404

$107,112

35 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

34

82

5

$100,485

36 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

18

45

7

$89,861

37 Tizbud,1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

19

43

3

$89,011

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

23

7 † Suances (GB), 1997, by Most Welcome (GB) 5 8 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given 9 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 10 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

3 4 4

42 11 5 9 8

1 1 1 2 1

1 3 1 3 2

$100,770

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

4

6

2

2

$97,102

12 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

12

20

1

1

$80,955

13 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

15

24

2

2

$80,119

14 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

10

15

3

3

$75,185

15 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

9

12

1

1

16 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

7

11

0

17 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE)

4

7

18 Stormberg, 2008, by Storm Cat

1

19 Circumference (IRE), 2012, by Galileo (IRE) 20 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

38 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE)

7

19

1

$88,745

39 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

17

39

7

$86,862

40 Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat

16

40

2

$83,283

41 Gervinho, 2010, by Unusual Heat

14

29

6

$80,762

$68,972

42 Don’tsellmeshort, 2001, by Benchmark

17

45

6

$78,206

0

$60,380

43 Govenor Charlie ,2010, by Midnight Lute

10

21

2

$76,519

1

1

$59,824

44 The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

14

26

3

$75,869

3

1

1

$55,000

45 Circumference (IRE),2012, by Galileo (IRE)

5

11

2

$74,810

4

7

1

1

$48,680

46 Tannersmyman,1998, by Lord Carson

14

50

4

$72,988

5

7

2

2

$47,451

47 † Atticus,1992, by Nureyev

10

27

5

$71,658

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 2018 was $23,755 or 50% of the average purse in Japan. To put earnings on par, Japanese earnings are multiplied by 50% before being applied to the total earnings above. Hong Kong earnings are adjusted by 15%, and Singapore adjusted by 66%. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Racing statistics through March 22, 2020.

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BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

2020 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER (MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS)

Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Sire

Earned

Median

Wnrs

Earned

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

148

37

44 $1,250,907

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

111

31

35 $1,070,914

3 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

73

17

20

$560,890

• Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

59

17

18

$516,060

31

13

13

$514,173

41

13

13

$460,087

1 Hoorayforhollywood, 2008, by Storm Cat

5

3

$69,240 $14,840

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

17

11

$302,199 $10,680

3 Twice the Appeal, 2008, by Successful Appeal

5

3

$46,944

$9,090

4 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG)

25

12

$547,084

$8,780

5 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

31

13

$514,173

$8,084

6 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given

30

15

$439,999

$7,150

55

12

14

$601,216

7 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

11

5

$137,317

$7,100

Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

47

12

14

$318,546

5

2

$43,090

$6,900

9 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given

30

11

15

$439,999

11

7

$115,480

$6,700

Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

52

11

11

$313,807

7

3

$52,649

$6,420

Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid

17

11

11

$302,199

11 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 10

3

$105,052

$6,019

Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

45

11

14

$300,982

12 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

10

4

$58,216

$5,369

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

50

11

12

$214,701

8

3

$44,516

$4,810

54

10

12

$351,622

41

13

$460,087

$4,740

Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

35

10

11

$231,783

15 Many Rivers, 2005, by Storm Cat

9

4

$52,816

$4,680

Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

39

10

11

$215,670

16 Merit Man, 2010, by With Distinction

8

4

$52,788

$4,630

Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

19

10

12

$149,893

17 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

55

14

$601,216

$4,500

18 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG)

25

9

12

$547,084

18 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike

14

4

$150,231

$4,484

19 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

63

8

9

$543,343

19 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

19

12

$149,893

$4,470

Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

21

8

9

$164,037

5

1

$19,869

$4,269

21 † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

20

7

8

$137,298

20

7

7

$104,554

8 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 9 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again 10 † Indian Evening, 2009, by Indian Charlie

13 Run Brother Ron, 2005, by Perfect Mandate 14 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

20 Bob Black Jack, 2005, by Stormy Jack

5 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 7 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

14 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB)

Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

2020 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER START

2020 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

(MINIMUM 100 STARTS) Sire

1 † Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

Rnrs

Srts

Earned

Earnings Start

Sire

Rnrs

Srts

Races Won

Earned

6

10

$146,350

$14,635

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

148

369

44

$1,250,907

2 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 25

62

$547,084

$8,824

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

111

253

35

$1,070,914

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

39

$302,199

$7,749

3 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

73

170

20

$560,890

17

4 † Suances (GB), 1997, by Most Welcome (GB) 9

22

$169,853

$7,721

4 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

59

151

18

$516,060

5 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

11

20

$137,317

$6,866

5 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given

30

72

15

$439,999

5

11

$74,810

$6,801

6 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

55

127

14

$601,216

31

79

$514,173

$6,509

Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

47

121

14

$318,546

Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

45

89

14

$300,982

31

79

13

$514,173

6 Circumference (IRE), 2012, by Galileo (IRE) 7 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 8 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

18

45

$280,593

$6,235

9 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given

30

72

$439,999

$6,111

5

12

$69,240

$5,770

Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

41

96

13

$460,087

11 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

15

32

$181,596

$5,675

11 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG)

25

62

12

$547,084

12 Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

31

72

$406,375

$5,644

Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB)

54

125

12

$351,622

4

10

$54,570

$5,457

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

50

118

12

$214,701

14 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike

14

30

$150,231

$5,008

Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

19

54

12

$149,893

15 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

41

96

$460,087

$4,793

15 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

52

132

11

$313,807

10 Hoorayforhollywood, 2008, by Storm Cat

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

9 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

16 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

55

127

$601,216

$4,734

Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid

17

39

11

$302,199

17 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE)

7

19

$88,745

$4,671

Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

35

67

11

$231,783

18 Treasure Ride, 2009, by Candy Ride (ARG)

2

11

$50,520

$4,593

Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

39

101

11

$215,670

19 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat

5

10

$43,090

$4,309

63

145

9

$543,343

253 $1,070,914

$4,233

21

53

9

$164,037

20 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

46

Races Won

Rnrs

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2020 LEADING LIFETIME SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (50 OR MORE NAMED FOALS) Graded Avg Named Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

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23 25

28 30 31 32 33 34 36 38 40 41 43 44 46 48 49 50

Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled One Man Army, 1994, by Roman Diplomat Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE) † Indian Evening, 2009, by Indian Charlie Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View † Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow † Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat † Suances (GB), 1997, by Most Welcome (GB) Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson † Coil, 2008, by Point Given Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat Fullbridled, 2001, by Unbridled’s Song High Demand, 1997, by Danzig Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker Onebadshark, 2000, by Diligence † Einstein (BRZ), 2002, by Spend a Buck

2YO

Stakes

Stakes

Progeny

Crops

Size

Foals

Runners

Winners

Winners

Winners

Winners

Earnings

AEI

Comp Index

7 8 8 5 13 11 5 11 3 8 4 12 9 7 4 4 12 11 11 5 14 13 5 14 20 12 6 7 6 17 4 5 8 18 9 14 13 6 7 8 4 13 15 5 3 10 13 5 12 8

12 22 27 64 22 43 48 69 27 13 54 39 9 27 16 16 27 11 14 35 46 17 29 31 25 43 19 7 24 33 69 63 20 20 14 15 12 13 7 10 13 30 12 31 18 8 14 29 4 25

85 176 219 322 291 477 240 760 80 106 215 465 84 186 62 65 328 124 150 175 650 225 147 436 500 510 113 51 142 566 274 317 163 361 129 213 152 80 51 83 51 387 179 157 55 79 188 145 52 202

24-28% 88-50% 182-83% 241-75% 191-66% 389-82% 203-85% 584-77% 38-48% 55-52% 109-51% 349-75% 57-68% 141-76% 20-32% 29-45% 252-77% 79-64% 95-63% 117-67% 465-72% 153-68% 85-58% 308-71% 373-75% 388-76% 91-81% 38-75% 76-54% 446-79% 183-67% 315-99% 120-74% 275-76% 77-60% 142-67% 88-58% 45-56% 35-69% 56-67% 21-41% 296-76% 136-76% 90-57% 26-47% 42-53% 139-74% 104-72% 37-71% 132-65%

16-19% 67-38% 139-63% 169-52% 130-45% 262-55% 123-51% 433-57% 27-34% 31-29% 67-31% 253-54% 40-48% 101-54% 15-24% 24-37% 184-56% 50-40% 70-47% 87-50% 342-53% 92-41% 50-34% 215-49% 230-46% 285-56% 57-50% 24-47% 58-41% 346-61% 115-42% 190-60% 81-50% 205-57% 55-43% 95-45% 55-36% 36-45% 18-35% 36-43% 14-27% 222-57% 93-52% 51-32% 12-22% 27-34% 71-38% 62-43% 30-58% 83-41%

4-5% 12-7% 51-23% 55-17% 24-8% 75-16% 76-32% 120-16% 14-18% 12-11% 23-11% 59-13% 3-4% 20-11% 7-11% 4-6% 48-15% 6-5% 1-1% 26-15% 99-15% 15-7% 8-5% 46-11% 45-9% 72-14% 13-12% 4-8% 19-13% 115-20% 43-16% 50-16% 18-11% 55-15% 6-5% 27-13% 5-3% 6-8% 9-18% 14-17% 2-4% 41-11% 23-13% 12-8% 3-5% 2-3% 13-7% 28-19% 6-12% 22-11%

2-2% 10-6% 17-8% 7-2% 10-3% 12-3% 7-3% 34-4% 2-3% 2-2% 6-3% 12-3% 2-2% 7-4% 3-5% 0-0% 7-2% 2-2% 3-2% 3-2% 18-3% 7-3% 3-2% 13-3% 11-2% 19-4% 6-5% 1-2% 6-4% 20-4% 5-2% 3-1% 4-2% 12-3% 2-2% 6-3% 1-1% 1-1% 1-2% 1-1% 0-0% 4-1% 3-2% 1-1% 1-2% 0-0% 1-1% 2-1% 1-2% 3-1%

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

$1,959,863 $8,456,324 $15,872,351 $16,162,786 $14,103,384 $32,582,133 $8,579,697 $44,876,000 $1,501,909 $2,812,093 $5,791,745 $22,087,231 $3,078,199 $8,523,866 $1,026,494 $1,533,819 $15,105,613 $4,393,404 $5,181,201 $5,498,072 $22,078,832 $7,743,071 $3,256,772 $16,766,309 $15,509,064 $21,104,808 $4,620,572 $2,373,847 $3,696,607 $22,719,050 $7,841,408 $23,678,576 $5,790,857 $11,808,566 $3,920,263 $5,728,869 $3,595,079 $2,217,716 $1,380,959 $2,676,896 $786,039 $12,849,503 $5,792,311 $2,686,101 $583,221 $1,238,570 $3,261,477 $3,144,654 $1,425,016 $4,408,874

2.02 1.71 1.51 1.30 1.27 1.26 1.22 1.21 1.21 1.18 1.16 1.15 1.10 1.10 1.04 1.04 1.02 0.99 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.95 0.94 0.93 0.92 0.85 0.84 0.84 0.83 0.83 0.80 0.80 0.79 0.75 0.75 0.73 0.72 0.72 0.70 0.70 0.69 0.68 0.66

0.90 1.06 1.13 1.41 1.07 1.04 0.97 1.56 0.90 0.96 1.00 1.37 0.88 0.99 1.06 1.01 1.12 0.77 1.15 1.14 1.18 0.86 1.26 0.94 1.34 0.90 1.24 0.87 1.03 0.82 1.43 1.13 1.00 1.09 1.13 1.05 1.00 0.90 0.90 0.72 0.95 0.92 0.70 1.17 1.21 0.84 0.79 0.90 1.03 0.95

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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COVID-19: Maintaining Breeding Shed Activity T

he challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic have led to new protocols for Toroughbred breeding to minimize risk of infection among farm staf and related personnel charged with transporting and handling horses.

Te Jockey Club recommends that all North American, Central American, and Caribbean Toroughbred stud farm operations at a minimum follow guidelines from the Kentucky Department of Ag Guidelines for COVID-19: Breeding Shed Activity issued by E.S. “Rusty” Ford from the Ofce of the State Veterinarian, Kentucky Department of Agriculture.

With vans and individuals visiting multiple facilities each day during the breeding season, it is important to adopt standard practices in how people and horses visiting sheds are managed. Te essential elements enumerated in the guidelines are reproduced with permission from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture:

KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF AG GUIDELINES FOR COVID-19: BREEDING SHED ACTIVITY BREEDING SHED ACTIVITY: With vans and individuals visiting multiple facilities each day we do recommend adopting standard practices in how we manage people and horses visiting sheds.

1. Submission of documentation for mares booked to be bred would best be done electronically. We’ve seen numerous reports where handled paper can be contaminated.

2. Eliminate outside individuals (van drivers and mare attendants) from coming into the prep area and shed. To accomplish this, the van would arrive, the mare would be ofoaded and handed of to a shed employee (using the shed’s shank) who would handle the mare through the process. Te van driver and anyone accompanying the mare to the shed should remain outside in the parking area while maintaining social distance with other individuals.

3. Afer cover, the mare would be returned to the loading area and handed of to the attendant for loading onto the van. If there is need for a mare’s attendant to witness the cover, this should be accomplished from outside – looking in, videotaped or virtually.

4. Te shank would be cleaned before returning to the shed or reuse and attendant would wash hands [recommended addition by Te Jockey Club: or preferably disinfected with acceptable products efcacious in preventing the spread of viral or bacterial agents and the use of disposable gloves by attendants are recommended where practicable].

5. Breeding equipment (leg straps, collars, boots etc.) would be cleaned before reuse [recommended addition

by Te Jockey Club: or preferably disinfected with acceptable products efcacious in preventing the spread of viral or bacterial agents and the use of disposable gloves by attendants are recommended where practicable].

6. Additionally, maintaining enhanced biosecurity in our daily activity is essential to all of these mitigations.

Implementing these practices, and any other action you can take to eliminate people from congregating in common areas will be benefcial and could be critical in our ability to continue transporting horses to/from sheds.

For information on COVID-19 in the United States, please visit the Center for Disease Control.

Stakes & Sales Dates 2020

2020 REGIONAL

REGIONAL RACE MEETINGS

SALE DATES

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

Dec. 26-June 21

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Dec. 26-June 14

Pleasanton, Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton

June 17-July 14

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

June 24-July 7

California State Fair (Cal Expo), Sacramento

July 15-Aug. 4

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

July 18-Sept. 7

Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa

Aug. 5-18

Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale

Aug. 19-Sept. 1

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Aug. 26-Oct. 6

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

Sept. 9-Oct. 27

Big Fresno Fair, Fresno

JUNE 3 FASIG-TIPTON SANTA ANITA 2-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING Arcadia, Calif.

UNDER-TACK PREVIEW JUNE 1 (ENTRIES CLOSED MARCH 2)

AUGUST 11 CTBA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YEARLING & HORSES OF RACING AGE SALE Pleasanton, Calif.

(ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 1)

Oct. 7-20

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Oct. 21-Dec. 15

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

Oct. 28-Dec. 3

Fairplex at Los Alamitos, Los Alamitos

Dec. 2-22

OCTOBER 19 FASIG-TIPTON FALL YEARLINGS Pomona, Calif.

(ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 1)

California-Bred/California-Sired STAKES RACES APRIL – JUNE SANTA ANITA

GOLDEN GATE FIELDS

SATURDAY, APRIL 4

SATURDAY, JUNE 13

SUNDAY, APRIL 26

$200,000 Echo Eddie Stakes

$100,000 Tor’s Echo Stakes

$100,000 Campanile Stakes

Tree-Year-Olds 61∕2 furlongs

Tree-Year-Olds & Up 6 furlongs

Tree-Year-Old Fillies 1 mile (Turf)

$200,000 Evening Jewel Stakes Tree-Year-Old Fillies 61∕2 furlongs

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$100,000 Silky Sullivan Stakes SATURDAY, JUNE 20

$200,000 Snow Chief Stakes

SATURDAY, APRIL 25

Tree-Year-Olds 11∕8 mile (Turf)

$100,000 Crystal Water Stakes

$100,000 Dream of Summer Stakes

Tree-Year-Olds & Up 1 mile (Turf)

Tree-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies & Mares 1 mile

SUNDAY, MAY 10

SUNDAY, JUNE 21

$100,000 Fran’s Valentine Stakes

$200,000 Melair Stakes

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

Tree-Year-Old Fillies 11∕16 miles

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Santa Anita Derby (Gr. I) Santa Anita Oaks (Gr. II) Royal Heroine Stakes (Gr. II) Providencia Stakes (Gr. III) Echo Eddie Stakes Evening Jewel Stakes Las Flores Stakes (Gr. III) Mizdirection Stakes Californian Stakes (Gr. II) Kona Gold Stakes (Gr. III) Tokyo City Cup (Gr. III) Santa Margarita Stakes (Gr. II) Crystal Water Stakes San Francisco Mile (Gr. III) California Derby California Oaks Lost in the Fog Stakes Camilla Urso Stakes Golden Poppy Stakes Singletary Stakes Silky Sullivan Stakes Campanile Stakes Senorita Stakes (Gr. III) Angel’s Flight Stakes Santa Barbara Stakes (Gr. III) Fran’s Valentine Stakes Lazaro Barrera Stakes (Gr. III) Desert Stormer Stakes (Gr. III) Alcatraz Stakes Charles Whittingham Stakes (Gr. II) Triple Bend Stakes (Gr. II) Daytona Stakes (Gr. III) Monrovia Stakes (Gr. II) Summertime Oaks (Gr. II) Gamely Stakes (Gr. I) The Gold Cup at Santa Anita (Gr. I) Shoemaker Mile (Gr. I) All American Stakes Santa Maria Stakes (Gr. II) Honeymoon Stakes (Gr. III) Cinema Stakes

3-y-o 3-y-o f.

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

3-y-o f.

3-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 3-y-o f., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 4-y-o & up, f. & m.

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

3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 4-y-o & up 4-y-o & up, f. & m.

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

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

3-y-o f.

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

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

3-y-o 3-y-o & up 4-y-o & up 4-y-o & up 3-y-o & up, f. & m.

3-y-o f.

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

3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 4-y-o & up, f. & m.

3-y-o f.

3-y-o

1 1⁄8 m.

1 1⁄16 m.

1 m. (T) 1 1⁄8 m. (T) 6 1⁄2 f.

6 1⁄2 f.

6 f.

5 1⁄2 f. (T) 1 1⁄8 m.

6 1⁄2 f.

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1 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 1 1⁄16 m.

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5 f. (T) 1 1⁄16 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 7 f.

1 1⁄2 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 7 f.

6 f.

1 m. (T) 1 1⁄4 m. (T) 7 f.

5 1⁄2 f. (T) 5 1⁄2 f. (T) 1 1⁄16 m.

1 1⁄8 m. (T) 1 1⁄4 m.

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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..........................................................8

Gayle Van Leer Thoroughbred Services ..............................53

Backyard Race Horse.............................................................53

Golden State Stakes..............................................................35

Ballena Vista Farm ............................................ OBC, 17,19,21

Harris Farms .............................................................. IFC, 16,33

Barton Thoroughbreds............................................................9

horselawyers.com ..................................................................53

Bella Equine-Amanda Navarro .............................................53

Laurel Fowler Insurance Broker Inc ......................................53

BG Thoroughbred Farm..........................................................7

Lovacres Ranch ......................................................................11

Cal-Bred Maiden Bonus Program.........................................55

NTRA /John Deere ................................................................45

Compas (Jeannie Garr Roddy) .............................................53

Rancho San Miguel......................................................27,29,31

CTBA Membership................................................................43

Rancho Temescal ...................................................................13

Daehling Ranch.................................................................25,52

Red Cliffs Racing, Inc.............................................................52

Equineline.com ......................................................................47

Tommy Town Thoroughbreds.................................................5

Farmers Insurance-Sue Hubbard..........................................53

Victory Rose Thoroughbreds ...........................................14,15

STALLIONS Acclamation ................................... IFC Bold Chieftain .................................. 14 Capital Account ................................. 7 Cat Burglar ......................................... 9 Champ Pegasus ................................. 9 Conquest Farenheit....................... IFC Curlin To Mischief ............................ 31 Daddy Nose Best (KY) ....................... 9 Dads Caps .......................................... 9 Danzing Candy ...............................27 Desert Code................................... IFC Eddington............................. OBC, 19 Fighting Hussar.................................. 9 G.G.Ryder......................................... 15 Gato Del Oro (KY).............................. 9 Gig Harbor ....................................... 11 Govenor Charlie............................... 11

Grace Upon Grace........................... 11 Great Stuff ........................................ 11 Idiot Proof......................................... 11 I’ll Have Another ................. OBC, 17 Jeranimo......................................... IFC Jersey Town ....................................25 Kafwain ............................................... 5 King of Jazz (ARG) ............................. 9 Lakerville......................................... IFC Majestic Harbor ............................. IFC Many Rivers ...................................... 14 Merit Man ........................................... 9 Ministers Wild Cat ............................. 5 Misremembered ................................ 9 Mr.Big...............................................13 Northern Causeway (IRE) ................ 31 OM.................................................. IFC

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Prospect Park ................................. IFC Richard’s Kid ..................................... 31 Rousing Sermon............................. IFC Sir Prancealot..................................29 Slew’s Tiznow ................................... 31 Smiling Tiger.................................. IFC Stanford ............................................. 5 Stay Thirsty......................................11 Tamarando.............................. IFC, 16 Texas Ryano.......................... OBC, 21 Tiz a Minister ...................................... 9 Tom’s Tribute .................................... 31 Unusual Heatwave ............................. 9 Vronsky............................................ IFC

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2020 Stud Fee: $6,000 Live Foal

EDDINGTON Unbridled - Fashion Star by Chief’s Crown

SIRE OF TOP 3YO FAST ENOUGH

2020 STAKES WIN & G2 PLACED

Sire of SW/GSP 3YO FAST ENOUGH, Winner of the Cal Cup Derby in only his second start, Placed in G2 San Vicente S.; Sire of Opus Won, 2020 Santa Anita AOC winner and 2019 Del Mar AOC winner; 67% in the money (lifetime) 2020 Stud Fee: $3,500 Live Foal

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

ONLY GRADED STAKES WINNING SON OF CURLIN IN CALIFORNIA

OUTSTANDING FIRST & SECOND YEAR CROPS

Won the Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup, the King Pellinore Stakes and also Multiple Graded Stakes placed 2020 Stud Fee: $3,500 Live Foal All stallions are Breeders’ Cup nominated. *Source: TDN 1/23/20

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Inquiries to: Jeanne Davis