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DOUG BURGE CTBA PRESIDENT
JOHN BARR, A TRUE FRIEND OF THE INDUSTRY
The CTBA lost another great friend and colleague with the Feb. 5 passing of longtime board member John Barr. Mr. Barr, as most of the CTBA employees would call him, joined the board in April of 1996, which was roughly six months after I had started. He was very instrumental in my early years with the CTBA, as we jointly advocated for all the current benefts that are now available for those who breed and race California-breds. As John only had daughters, he would refer to our frequent phone calls as “a father and son talk.” He had great business sense and was all class.
John contributed to all facets of the Toroughbred industry. We saw the work he did for the CTBA, both as a past president and a member of the current board, and he was inducted into the CTBA Hall of Fame in 2019. Beyond that, however, he was only the third president in the long history of the Oak Tree Racing Association, taking that on when Dr. Jack Robbins stepped down in 2011. John also served on the Board of Stewards of Te Jockey Club and for fve years on the Board of Directors of Breeders’ Cup Ltd.
In every facet of his stewardship, John looked out for people and horses. He was rightly proud of his work
on Te Jockey Club’s safety committee, where he pushed for changes in medication protocols and better safety conditions for horses and riders. When he heard that Churchill Downs ofered free fu shots to people on the backside, he returned home and worked with the Oak Tree board to provide the same thing on California’s backstretches.
John’s service extended to the community as well. Up until the time of his passing, he was a member of the board of the Richard Nixon Foundation, which oversees Nixon’s presidential library in Yorba Linda. He previously served as treasurer until 2021.
Family meant a great deal to John, beginning with his wife, Betty. Tey were married 71 years and raised three daughters. John and Betty have four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Te Barr family loved to take vacations together, with Hawaii their favorite destination.
John is a native Californian, born in Riverside. He and Betty raised their daughters in Downey and moved to Orange County in 1977. John served in the Army and worked in the oil business for 14 years. He segued into commercial real estate, and with his
business success he and Betty were able to begin their Oakcrest Stable.
Under the Oakcrest banner, John and Betty bred and raised many good runners, most of them Cal-breds. Bountiful Dreamer won the 1998 California Cup Distaf, and Bob’s Lady was a double stakes winner. Beverly Z. was a homebred stakes winner who then produced Waingarth, another homebred stakes winner, for them. Oakcrest homebred Bert’s Melody captured the 2016 Fran’s Valentine Stakes, and more recently, homebred Cassie Belle, a daughter of Lucky Pulpit, earned more than $200,000.
You could always count on John for a laugh, as he had an amazing sense of humor. Whether it was a joke he would tell or a daily e-mail, he would always put a smile on your face. One such memory I have is during a CTBA board meeting several years ago when we were discussing water issues, and someone mentioned the Delta Smelt. John stood up and said, “I need to go, but I want to leave you all with this old saying: Of all the Smelt I have ever smelt, I never smelt a Smelt like that Smelt smelt.”
He was one of the best and I will miss him dearly.
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4 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED March 2023 www.ctba.com 18 Fun to Dream’s Santa Monica Stakes 20 CTBA Trainer of the Year: Bob Bafert 22 Golden State Series— Moscow Burning Stakes 24 Golden State Series— Tiznow Stakes 26 Golden State Series— Spring Fever Stakes 28 CTBA Winter Mixed Sale 30 CTBA Member Profle: Nick Hines 38 Health: Equine Back Pain 42 2022 Statistical Review © BENOIT PHOTO COURTESY OF CONNIE PAGELER Contents FEATURES 24 LUTESS BROODMARE OF THE YEAR Lutess, the dam of multiple graded winner Fun to Dream and multiple stakes winner Heck Yeah, was named 2022 California Broodmare of the Year. DEPARTMENTS 6 News Bits 12 CTBA News 14 CTBA Calendar 16 California Toroughbred Foundation 32 Winners 50 Leading Breeders in California 52 Lists of Leading Sires in California 58 Stakes/Sales Calendar 60 Classifed Advertising 62 Advertising Index COLUMNS
From the Executive Corner MARCH 2023 VOLUME 149 / NO. 3 ON THE COVER COMING NEXT MONTH! California-bred Champions of 2022
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When Wishes Come True
With over $2 Million in progeny earnings from only two crops to race, STANFORD sired 12 First Crop Winners, 4 Stakes Performers. 2nd crop juveniles include: 8 winners led by debut maiden special weight winner Man Oh Man ($70,900) 3rd Everett Nevin S.
STANFORD is the third Leading Earner of All Time by MALIBU MOON. STANFORD earned $1,385,510 from 2 to 5.
Half-brother to HEDGE FUND multiple G3 placed earner of $379,060.
OPENING BUZZ winning the $125,000 Wishing Well Stakes at Turfway Park 1/28/23 Contact Mike Allen at (805) 686-4337 5699 Happy Canyon Rd., Santa Ynez, CA 93460 info@tommytownfarms.com www.tommytownfarms.com Also Standing: KAFWAIN
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CAL-BREDS SWEEP ARIZONA STAKES
California-breds captured both stakes Feb. 18 at Turf Paradise in Arizona. Don’t Get Pickled scored in the $60,000 Princess of Palms Stakes, followed by Special Moment two races later in the $60,000 Startac Stakes.
Bettors made Don’t Get Pickled the 5-2 favorite in the 71⁄2-furlong Princess of Palms on the turf. Ridden by Glenn Corbett, Don’t Get Pickled raced next-to-last for the frst part of the race before taking command and reaching the fnish line three-quarters of a length ahead of second-place Una Palabra in 1:30.22.
See Trough It on Win Streak
California-bred See Trough It was winning his sixth consecutive race when he captured the $76,350 El Dorado Shooter Stakes at Golden Gate Fields. At six furlongs, the El Dorado Shooter was for Cal-breds and California-sired runners and drew a feld of eight.
Seventh early under jockey Brayan Pena after a bumpy beginning, See Trough It began making up ground on the turn. He overhauled favored Top Harbor in the fnal yards to score by three-quarters of a length in 1:09.18.
Dr. Ed Allred bred See Trough It, a 6-year-old gelded son of Curlin to Mischief—Crystal House, by Chester House. Trainer Milton Pineda and owners Belico Racing LLC and Lizbeth Medina claimed See Trough It for $25,000 out of a six-furlong turf sprint victory in October at Santa Anita. Tat race was his second in the current win streak.
Miguel Hernandez trains Don’t Get Pickled for owner Stable HMA. Harry and Cheryl Keshian bred the 3-year-old daughter of Misremembered—C C’s Pride, by Successful Appeal.
In the Startac, also at 71 2 furlongs on turf, Special Moment went of at 13-1. Corbett was again aboard, and they came on late to score by three-quarters of a length in 1:30.28.
Bart Hone trains Special Moment for owners Chris Aulds and Gaylon McGee. Tommy Town Toroughbreds bred the 3-yearold gelded son of Stanford—Blame It Onthesong, by Blame.
See Trough It won his next three races at Los Alamitos in what technically were mixed races, all at 1,000 yards. However, in all three races, two allowance events and the 1,000-yard Quarter Horse and Toroughbred Winter Championship #2, only Toroughbreds competed. See Trough It’s next start came in the El Dorado Shooter. Combining his earnings from Toroughbred tracks and the mixed meetings at Los Alamitos, See Trough It has earned nearly $300,000.
NORTHERN SALE GRADUATE TAKES TURFWAY PARK STAKES
Tommy Town Toroughbreds’ homebred Opening Buzz, a graduate of the Northern California yearling sale, won the $97,852 Wishing Well Stakes Jan. 28 at Turfway Park in Kentucky. Ninth early under jockey Walter Rodriguez, California-bred Opening Buzz closed ground in the 61 2-furlong Wishing Well and won by a length in 1:16.65.
A $34,000 buy-back at the 2020 Northern California sale, Opening Buzz is by Stanford
out of the Unbridled’s Song mare Open Mic. Jonathan Wong trains the 4-year-old flly, who has four wins in six starts, with earnings of $152,585.
Santa Anita also conducts a stakes called the Wishing Well, which is run over the downhill turf course. Cal-bred Big Summer almost made it a Wishing Well sweep when she ran second by just a nose to Freedom Flyer in the Feb. 28 Wishing Well in California.
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RANCHO TEMESCAL THOROUGHBRED PARTNERS FORMED
The team of California-based owner and breeder Tim Cohen of Red Baron’s Barn and Rancho Temescal and Kentucky-based bloodstock agent Joe Miller of Kern Thoroughbreds are launching Rancho Temescal Thoroughbred Partners (RTTP). The initiative will allow individuals to tap into a formula that has yielded dozens of stakes winners and top ownership honors at Del Mar and Santa Anita.
Founded by the late Jed Cohen, Tim’s father, Red Baron’s Barn and Rancho Temescal used Miller’s expertise to identify and acquire raceready European and North American bloodstock through public and private purchases. The business model has yielded multiple grade 1 winner
Janet, grade 1 winner River Boyne, and multiple grade 1 winner and 2021 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) runner-up Dr. Schivel, among others.
“Before he passed away, my father and I had many discussions about the future of horse racing, and we agreed that the individual ownership model is now going away,” said Tim Cohen. “We were fortunate to own horses without partners for over 60 years, except for a few family friends. This experience taught me that winning and racing are better with friends, associates, and like-minded enthusiasts.”
Under the RTTP business model, one payment up front will cover acquisition and training and the dissolution of the partnership approximately every three years, ending with a return distribution. RTTP will engage 10 or fewer horses per year, to be based throughout the U.S., with Miller handling the daily management and partner communications.
UC DAVIS GETS GRAYSON FUNDING
The University of California, Davis received funding from the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation for two of its projects in 2023. The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation in February announced that it has authorized an expenditure of $1,498,077 to fund 12 new projects and nine continuing projects at 13 universities, as well as two career development awards. The 2023 slate of research brings Grayson’s totals since 1983 to more than $34.1 million to underwrite 426 projects at 45 universities.
The two UC Davis studies are titled Validation
of Biomarkers for Equine Neurodegeneration and PET MRI Sport Horse Fetlock. The frst study, headed by Dr. Carrie J. Finno, is expected to improve the diagnosis of spinal cord disease in horses. The second, headed by Dr. Mathieu Spriet, will compare 18F-NaF positron emission tomography (PET) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for assessment of fetlock injuries in sport horses. Finno is the director of the Center for Equine Health at UC Davis, while Spriet has been an integral part of establishing the PET equipment at Santa Anita.
IN Memoriam
Jimmy Dotson
Jimmy Dotson, a former jockey and a California owner and trainer for many years, died recently. A longtime California Thoroughbred Breeders Association member, Dotson trained such runners as multiple stakes winner Due to the King, bred and owned by his wife, Bonnie Seltzer.
As a jockey, Dotson won his frst race at Vallejo. He won more than 1,800 races, primarily in the Midwest. Seltzer bred Due to the King from the couple’s Peter Vadnais mare Do Declare. Under Dotson’s tutelage, Due to the King won 11 of 48 races and earned $525,048. The colt won six stakes, including the Montclair Handicap and Oakland Handicap back-to-back at Golden Gate Fields in 1991. Dotson retired from training in 2000, having won many races in Northern and Southern California and on the fair circuit.
In addition to his wife, Dotson is survived by his son, Wayne, and his daughter-in-law, Lisa.
NewsBits www.ctba.com March 2023 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED 7 DAEHLING RANCH Elk Grove, CA 95624 Contact Julia or Justin Oldfeld (916) 996-0887 joldfeld@daehlingranch.com WWW.DAEHLINGRANCH.COM By UNCLE MO. Sire of 7 Graded Stakes winners in 2022 including MO DONEGAL and exceptional sprinter GOLDEN PAL. Out of a MALIBU MOON Mare, Malibu Cougar who is a full sister to Multiple Graded Stakes Winner KAUAI KATIE ($716,500) and Graded stakes winner WINDING WAY ($208,188)
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Larry and Suzanne Bollmann
Longtime California breeders and California Thoroughbred Breeders Association members Larry and Suzanne Bollmann died within a month of each other after 54 years of marriage. Larry died Dec. 10, and Suzanne followed him 21 days later.
The Bollmanns raised horses on their 104-acre Blackhawk Farm just south of Eureka near the Oregon border. Horses they bred included graded stakes winner I’m a Jewel, and they once stood the stallion Uncle Denny at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds.
The Bollmanns operated Bollmann’s Taxidermy from 1978 until they retired in 1994. They also co-owned Oak Leaf Productions, which brought many country music concerts to their local area in the mid1990s.
Successful breeders of Paint Horses and working cow horses, the Bollmanns entered Thoroughbred breeding by accident. A man who was hauling a sick Thoroughbred mare pulled into their farm and ended up giving them the mare. She was Soaring Jewel, a daughter of Golden Eagle II. The Bollmanns nursed the mare back to health, and she became the dam of I’m a Jewel.
I’m a Jewel, a California-bred son of Somethingfabulous, earned $251,495, though he never raced for his breeders. He won the 1997 California Derby (G3).
The Bollmanns were also members of the syndicate that stood In Excess in California. That was a major factor in their decision to purchase Uncle Denny, a son of In Excess, for stud duty. Cal-bred Uncle Denny won the 2005 El Camino Real Derby (G3) and earned $291,981.
Burt Bacharach
A legendary composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist, as well as a major Thoroughbred owner, Burt Bacharach died Feb. 8. Born in Kansas City, Mo., Bacharach, who would have been 95 on May 12, passed away at his home in Los Angeles.
Bacharach loved racing and owned his frst runner in 1968, when Battle Royal won his career debut while trained by Charlie Whittingham. Bacharach soon developed close friendships with a number of prominent racing personalities, including Hollywood Park’s Marjorie Everett and jockeys such as Bill Shoemaker and Lafft Pincay, Jr.
In addition to a multitude of entertainment awards for songs such as “Alfe,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head,” “The Look of Love,” “Walk on By,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and “What the World Needs Now is Love,” Bacharach also enjoyed major success in racing. Heartlight No. One, who was trained by Pedro Marti and named for the Neil Diamond hit “Heartlight,” won fve races in a row in 1983, including the Hollywood Oaks (G1), Del Mar Oaks (G2), and Ruffan Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park. Heartlight No. One was subsequently voted the 1983 Eclipse Award as champion 3-year-old flly. Bacharach bred Heartlight No. One in the name of his Blue Seas Music Inc. Other homebred stakes winners he campaigned included the Richard Mandella-trained Soul of the Matter and Afternoon Deelites, both millionaires.
Honored by the Turf Publicists of America in 1971 with its “Big Sport of Turfdom” award, Bacharach was also chosen as the 1995 Maryland Breeder of the Year.
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STALLION NEWS
■ Visitant to Arroyo Vista
Visitant, a multiple stakes-winning son of Ghostzapper, has been retired from racing and is beginning his stallion career in 2023 at Arroyo Vista Farm. A homebred owned by Henry Williamson of Williamson Racing LLC, Visitant will stand for an introductory rate of $2,500.
Beginning his career at Golden Gate Fields, Visitant won in his racing debut in 2019 and added the Alcatraz Stakes at that track in his fourth start. He competed throughout California and Kentucky, winning four more stakes and earning $676,927. At Turfway Park, Visitant set a track record of 1:15.07 for 61⁄2 furlongs. He won 11 of his 20 starts, with three seconds and two thirds.
Now 7, Visitant is out of the Distorted Humor mare Peppermint Lounge, who won four of six races and fnished second in the 2008 Playa Del Rey Stakes for Williamson.
“Visitant is our number one earning homebred male horse of all time and leads all runners in number of wins,” said Williamson. “He has been so versatile, winning stakes races from six furlongs to a 11⁄8 miles with success on dirt and synthetic tracks.”
■ First Foal for Cistron
Hronis Racing’s Cistron, who stands at John Harris’ Harris Farms in Coalinga, was represented by his frst reported foal Jan. 30. The flly, the frst foal out of the Acclamation mare Patriot Missile, was born at Harris, and she is a fourth-generation Harris Farms homebred.
California-bred Patriot Missile started only three times and is a half sister to 2020 Fran’s Valentine Stakes winner and grade 3-placed Super Patriot, a daughter of Unusual Heat. The second dam, Patriot C H, is a half sister to grade 3 winner Lucky J. H., also a Harris-bred. The family goes back to Careless Notion, the dam of Cal-bred champions Cacoethes and Fabulous Notion.
Cistron, a 9-year-old son of The Factor, was a stakes-placed winner at 2 and a stakes winner at 3. At 5 he captured the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) and Kona Gold Stakes (G2) and at 6 added the San Simeon Stakes (G3T). For his career, Cistron won or placed in 13 black-type stakes, including six in graded company. He competed for Hronis Racing, who partnered with Little Red Feather Racing on him in 2017, and earned $768,719.
DEL MAR TO HOST 2024 BREEDERS’ CUP
Del Mar has been named to host the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Breeders’ Cup announced that the California track would be the site of the 2024 event, to be held Nov. 1 and Nov. 2. The Breeders’ Cup World Championships consists of 14 grade 1 races with purses and awards totaling more than $31 million.
“We are delighted to announce that the World Championships will be returning to Del Mar next year for what is sure to be an unforgettable two-year-run on the West Coast,” said Drew Fleming, Breeders’ Cup president and CEO. “Breeders’ Cup has always been a strong supporter of California racing, and we look forward to showcasing this wonderful venue once again to our horsemen and fans from around the world.”
Planning with Del Mar management and staff is already under way. Del Mar has previously hosted the World Championships in 2017 and 2021. This year’s 40th running of the event will be held at Santa Anita Nov. 3 and 4.
“We’re excited for the return of Breeders’ Cup to Del Mar in 2024,” said Josh Rubinstein, president of Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. “The prestige of the event combined with our venue’s iconic, seaside setting makes for an extraordinary weekend.”
10 YEARS AGO
TIZ FLIRTATIOUS was one of the most consistent California-breds ever, rarely running out of the money and most of the time getting to the winner’s circle. She captured her frst of three graded victories in the $150,250 Santa Ana Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita March 24, 2013. The second choice to Lady of Shamrock, she defeated that rival by a length, as both came from well off the pace. Tiz Flirtatious, ridden by Julien Leparoux, completed 11⁄8 miles on turf in 1:46.62. Marty Jones trained the 5-year-old daughter of Tizbud— Masquerade Belle, by Victory Gallop, for owner/breeder Pamela Ziebarth. Tiz Flirtatious went on to win that year’s John C. Mabee Stakes (G2T) and Rodeo Drive Stakes (G1T) and was named champion Cal-bred older female and turf horse.
25 YEARS AGO
Millionaire California-bred GOURMET GIRL won her frst stakes in the $100,000 Bay Meadows Oaks (G3) at Bay Meadows March 28, 1998. She walloped the feld by 12 lengths under jockey Roberto Gonzalez after pressing the pace early in the 11⁄16-mile race, getting the distance in 1:43.43. Pico Perdomo
trained Gourmet Girl for owners Massengale, Massengale Sr., and Sledge Stable. Carl and Olivia Cannata bred Gourmet Girl, a 3-year-old daughter of Cee’s Tizzy—Rhondaling, by Welsh Pageant. Later acquired by Gary Tanaka, Gourmet Girl went on to win fve more stakes, including the 2001 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) and Vanity Handicap (G1), earn $1,255,373, and be named the 2001 champion Eclipse Award-winning older female and champion Cal-bred older female. She was sold for $2,250,000 at the 2002 Keeneland November breeding stock sale and produced stakes-placed Luxury Class.
50 YEARS AGO
Former champion jockey John Longden bred and trained California-bred DIPLOMATIC AGENT, winner of the Sierra Madre Handicap (G3) at Santa Anita March 8, 1973. Five-yearold Diplomatic Agent had gone winless in his last 19 outings, but he rallied along the rail after breaking last in the 61⁄2-furlong race. Under jockey Rudy Rosales, Diplomatic Agent drew out to a daylight lead and lasted over fast-closing Palladium to win by a half-length. Diplomatic Agent’s time of 1:14.45 was just one-ffth off fellow Cal-bred Right or Wrong’s track record. Longden trained Diplomatic Agent for his wife, Hazel. A son of Envoy—Royal Rhyme, by Royal Serenade, Diplomatic Agent also won the 1971 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita and the 1973 Premiere Handicap (G3) at Hollywood Park.
QUALIFYING CLAIMING LEVELS
The following claiming levels for California owners premiums and stallion awards are currently in effect:
SANTA ANITA PARK / $40,000
GOLDEN GATE FIELDS / $20,000
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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.
Mare and Foal Will Be a Draw on Ag Day
A mare and foal will again be the highlight of the California Toroughbred Breeders Association booth during California Agricultural Day (Ag Day) at the California Capitol. Te event is scheduled for Tuesday, March 21, and the CTBA is making arrangements with a California breeder in the area to provide a mare and foal for the day.
Te CTBA will represent breeders during Ag Day, ofering information to legislators on the vital role that the Toroughbred industry plays in the state’s agricultural economy. CTBA staf will be in attendance at the CTBA booth, along with several CTBA Board Members, to promote the sport and educate visitors on general horse facts and Toroughbred racing and breeding in California.
Te day is held in conjunction with National Agricultural Day as a way to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture.
Northern Sale Slated for Aug. 15
The CTBA Sales Northern California Yearling & Horses of Racing Age Sale is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 15. It will be held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Entries will close Thursday, June 1.
For further information, contact Loretta Veiga at 626-445-7800 ext. 227, or email loretta@ctba.com.
Membership Deadline
California Toroughbred Breeders Association members who have not renewed their membership for 2023 must do so by March 31. If not, this will be the last issue of California Toroughbred that you will receive and racetrack passes will be cancelled. To renew, please call Vivian Montoya at 626-445-7800, ext. 221.
SPOTLIGHTING FOALS OF 2023
With foaling season upon us, now is the time to spotlight your foals in California Thoroughbred. The April through August issues will feature Thoroughbreds foaled in California, with advertorials consisting of six to eight photos of foals per page.
The cost to publish a full-page insertion will be discounted down to $500. This represents a discount of more than 50% off the regular full-page advertisement price. Insertions should include a caption with each foal’s sire, dam, broodmare sire, sex, date of birth, and breeders, as well as the details, including a logo, of their farm location.
Photos need to be submitted by the following deadlines: March 1 (April issue), April 3 (May issue), May 1 (June issue), June 1 (July issue), and July 3 (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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Mary Forney Joins CTF Board
Mary Forney has spent her entire working career in the California Toroughbred industry, and the California Toroughbred Foundation is lucky to have someone with her wealth of experience join the board. In one sense, she is coming home because her frst job was as secretary to Brian Sweeney, general manager of the California Toroughbred Breeders Association.
Once her mother took Mary and her sisters to the races at Santa Anita, Mary’s dream was to work in the industry. She remained at the CTBA for 14 years, and she and her husband, Jim, started their family of three children. During her time at the CTBA, Mary also wrote articles for this magazine.
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In 1990, fellow Foundation trustee Jane Goldstein convinced Forney to come work for Santa Anita as the program production coordinator. Forney spent 13 years at Santa Anita, later as the executive assistant to the president and simulcast coordinator. In dealing with out-of-state simulcast contracts, she traveled to tracks throughout the country.
She joined the Toroughbred Owners of California as director of operations in 2004, rising to executive director in 2020. Following 18 years with TOC, Forney retired in July 2022. She has served on the board of the California Toroughbred Horsemen’s Foundation and in 2006 was named Outstanding Woman in Toroughbred Racing by the California Legislature. Forney continues to give back to the industry by also serving on the board of directors of the Winners Foundation.
“Because of my early association with the CTBA and admiration for the Carleton Burke Library and the work of the Foundation, I am particularly pleased to join the CTF board,” Forney said, “and look forward to working with a dedicated group of individuals.”
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The CTF accepts donations in memory of relatives and friends, with all such donations allocated to Scholarship Funds of the Foundation. 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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Tamayuz (GB)—Mona Em (IRE), by Catrail 2023 Stud Fee: $10,000 S&N
NEW DIMENSION
FUN TO DREAM COMES FROM LAST TO SCORE BIG
BY TRACY GANTZ
Fun to Dream accomplished a difcult double in adding the $200,500 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) to her earlier victory in the $301,000 La Brea Stakes (G1). Te feat requires a 3-year-old flly to win against her peers in the fnal days of the year and then turn around as a newly minted 4-year-old and beat older distafers.
Another good Cal-bred, Teddy’s Promise, won both races a decade ago. Tat flly capped of 2011 with a win in the La Brea and was named the season’s champion Calbred 3-year-old female. In her next start Teddy’s Promise fnished ffth in the Santa Monica with a difcult trip, but returned in 2013 to capture the race.
Fun to Dream encountered her own difcult trip in her only loss to date, when she fnished second in a Sept. 4 allowance/ optional claiming race and was disqualifed to ninth for interference. Otherwise, her record is spotless, with six wins, four of them in stakes.
Bob Bafert trains Fun to Dream, having bred her in partnership with Connie Pageler, who owns the flly with Bafert’s wife, Jill. Te team is enjoying every minute of the ride, and Bafert had high hopes for Fun to Dream in the Feb. 4 Santa Monica.
“Fun to Dream looked so good today,” Bafert said. “Coming into this race she was doing the best I’ve seen her do.”
Leading rider Juan Hernandez, who has piloted Fun to Dream in all of her starts, was back aboard. Bettors made the flly the 1-2 favorite.
Tough Fun to Dream has raced close to the pace in most of
her races, several rivals outbroke her in the Santa Monica. As the feld headed down the backstretch, she was sixth and last.
“She broke, but they just ran away from her,” Bafert said. “She left there and I could tell she was taking dirt.”
Hernandez knew that Fun to Dream was relaxing and wasn’t worried.
“Around the three-eighths, I felt like I had a lot of horse,” the jockey said. “Last time turning for home, she exploded and passed everybody, and today she did the
exact same thing.”
Overhauling one horse before the turn, Fun to Dream passed fourth-place Anacapa deep in the turn and then took aim at the trio in front of her. Splitting horses, she caught leader Awake At Midnyte in midstretch and drew away to score by 21⁄2 lengths, stopping the clock in 1:22.75 for seven furlongs. Awake At Midnyte, who won the only race Fun to Dream lost and ran second in the La Brea, fnished second again.
Pageler is continuing the legacy of her late husband, Mike, who began breeding Lutess, the dam of Fun to Dream. After the mare produced multiple stakes-winning Cal-bred Heck Yeah to the cover of Acclamation, Bafert ofered to breed her to Arrogate, a horse he trained who became not only an Eclipse Award winner but the richest North American racehorse in history. Tough Mike died before Fun to Dream was born, he knew Lutess was in foal, and Connie is seeing Mike’s dream through.
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Fun to Dream in the Santa Monica defeats Awake At Midnyte in second consecutive stakes
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Jay Privman presents the trophy to Connie Pageler, Bob Baffert (left), and jockey Juan Hernandez.
Lutess
DAM OF FUN TO DREAM HONORED
BY TRACY GANTZ
When Mike Pageler decided to breed Lutess after she fnished racing in early 2012, few people expected great things of the mare. After all, the Live Your Dream Racing, of which Pageler was a part, had only spent $8,000 to claim her. But Lutess has subsequently produced two-time graded winner Fun to Dream and multiple stakes winner Heck Yeah, and she has been named the 2022 California Broodmare of the Year.
Trainer Bob Bafert had put in the claim on Lutess for Live Your Dream Racing. Years later, after Lutess had produced California-bred Heck Yeah, Bafert recalled her origins. He noted that “Jerry and Ann Moss bred her,” so she came from good
stock. Te Mosses had raced the likes of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Giacomo, a homebred, and superstar Zenyatta.
A daughter of Maria’s Mon—Alchema, by Menifee, Lutess has a bottom line that traces back to stakes winner Careless Moment. Te dam of two graded winners, Careless Moment is also the second dam of millionaire and sire Practical Joke.
In her ffth start for the Mosses, Lutess fnished second in a maiden claiming race to Perfect Feat, who would go on to produce two-time California-bred Horse of the Year Spiced Perfection. Perfect Feat was named California’s Broodmare of the Year in 2018 and 2019. Lutess later won back-to-back races at Santa Anita and a third race at Hollywood Park.
Bafert trained Heck Yeah for Pageler, Bob Baedeker, and Michael Sigband, and the gelding won the 2018 California Cup Turf Sprint, California Cup Derby,
and Echo Eddie Stakes. Bafert, who had trained champion Arrogate, then partnered with Pageler to breed Lutess to Arrogate in 2018, resulting in Cal-bred Fun to Dream.
Mike Pageler died in late 2018, and his wife, Connie, campaigns Fun to Dream in partnership with Bafert’s wife, Jill. With Bob Bafert training the flly, Fun to Dream has already won four stakes, including the grade 2 Santa Monica Stakes (see previous page).
Connie Pageler sold Lutess privately to agent Mersad Metanovich for Premier Toroughbred, which also owns California sire Smiling Tiger. Premier bred Spiced Perfection, a daughter of Smiling Tiger—Perfect Feat. Lutess has had three consecutive Smiling Tiger foals. Phil Lebherz of Premier said that Lutess is being bred to Triple Crown winner Justify this year on a foal-sharing arrangement with Bafert.
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Lutess winning at Santa Anita (left) and with Fun to Dream (above)
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CTBA Trainer of the Year
California-bred Roots
BOB BAFFERT STARTED WITH CAL-BREDS AND TODAY TRAINS FUN TO DREAM
BY JACK SHINAR
Those who follow horse racing are well aware of trainer Bob Baffert’s Hall of Fame career, one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
Tere have been controversies along the way and many detractors, of course. But his record over the past 30 years—17 winners of Triple Crown races, 18 Breeders’ Cup victories, and four Eclipse Awards as the nation’s leading trainer—speaks volumes.
Long before he began conditioning renowned performers such as Triple Crown winners American Pharaoh and Justify
and Eclipse champions Authentic, Arrogate, and Point Given, to name a few, Bafert was known as “Mr. Cal Cup” for his success in the early years of the California Cup for state-breds. In the early to mid-1990s, most of Bafert’s clients were based in California, and the majority of his stock was comprised of horses bred in the Golden State.
“It’s been a journey, but it was Cal-breds that really got me going,” said Bafert, who turned 70 Jan. 13. He began in Southern California as a Quarter Horse trainer from Arizona in the 1980s before eventually switching to the Toroughbred game.
In 1991, he won three Cal Cup races on the same card, all for owners who would become cornerstones for his later success: Mike Pegram’s Letthebighossroll (Sprint Handicap), Robert and Beverly Lewis’ Ebonair (Juvenile Stakes), and Robert H. Walter’s Charmonnier (Classic), in which the Battonier gelding defeated future Hall of Famer Best Pal by a nose.
As the barn’s accomplishments grew and some of the world’s leading owners turned to Bafert, Cal-breds took on a smaller role. But in 2022, the development of one Cal-bred stood out above the rest—Fun to Dream.
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Bob Baffert, named the 2022 California Trainer of the Year, celebrates Fun to Dream’s Fleet Treat Stakes victory with jockey Juan Hernandez
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For his success in developing the multiple graded stakes-winning daughter of Arrogate out of California Broodmare of the Year Lutess, as well as his many Cal-breds over the years, Bafert has been named the 2022 California Toroughbred Breeders Association Trainer of the Year. A member of the CTBA’s Hall of Fame since 2017, Bafert is a frst-time winner of this annual award.
Fun to Dream, who debuted as a 3-year-old in late May with a maiden allowance victory, won fve of six races in 2022. She concluded her frst season of racing with stakes victories in the Betty Grable Stakes at Del Mar and the La Brea Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita. Fun to Dream kicked of her 4-year-old campaign with an impressive score in the Feb. 4 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) and has now earned $546,590.
Bafert bred the powerfully built gray flly in a foal-sharing arrangement with the late Mike Pageler, who owned Lutess, a daughter of Maria’s Mon. Baffert’s wife, Jill, co-owns Fun to Dream with Mike’s wife, Connie, who is also the co-breeder after Mike’s death.
“She’s all Arrogate,” said Bafert of the flly, noting that he wants to see Fun to Dream try routing, considering how well she fnishes her sprint races. “She looks like him; she runs like him. She’s really flling out.
“She’s been a joy. Tat’s why we breed horses. When Fun To Dream hit the stretch in the La Brea and took the lead, I’d never heard Jill scream as loud as she did then. Tat win really lifted us all up.”
Bafert notes the La Brea triumph was especially gratifying because of his close friendship with Mike Pageler, who died before Fun to Dream was foaled, as well as Bob Baedeker, a longtime friend who connected him to the Pagelers through Baedeker’s Live Your Dream Racing Stables.
Fun to Dream is only the latest in a long line of successful Bafert-trained Cal-breds.
He credits the Walters-owned Cavonnier, winner of the 1995 California Cup Juvenile, with opening many doors for him, thanks to the gelding’s near-miss in the Kentucky Derby (G1) the following year. In probably the closest fnish in Derby history, Cavonnier lost by a nose to
Grindstone after gaining a clear lead in the stretch.
“I had no plans to run Cavonnier in the Derby that year,” recalled Bafert. “But he was working so great I thought, ‘I’m gonna take a shot at the Santa Anita Derby.’ Chris McCarron was riding him, and he shot through an opening to get the lead in the stretch and went on to win easy (by nearly two lengths). I tell you, it was just the greatest feeling ever. It was unbelievable. I screamed so hard I felt my stomach tightening up. I could hardly breathe.”
And so it was on to the Kentucky Derby, where Cavonnier surprised some before being nailed at the wire. Disappointing, yes, but Bafert notes he won the race the following two years with the Lewises’ Silver Charm and Pegram’s Real Quiet.
“You have to be horse crazy to be in this game,” Bafert said. “You have to be tough to be able to handle all the disappointments that come along. But I believe in fate; I believe everything happens for a reason.”
Cavonnier lost, but Bafert gained na-
tional recognition as a result, attracting many new owners from around the country.
“In 1992, we won the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) with Tirty Slews,” he said. “But I didn’t get much bounce from that. It wasn’t until Cavonnier came along that we really started branching out.”
John Mabee’s Golden Eagle Farm produced many top horses, mostly Cal-breds, for Bafert to train, led by General Challenge. Te General Meeting gelding won the Santa Anita Derby (G1) and Pacifc Classic (G1) as a 3-year-old in 1999, then the Strub Stakes (G2) and Santa Anita Handicap (G1) the following year. He earned nearly $2.9 million over a 21-race career and ranks eighth among all-time Cal-breds in purses.
Other Cal-bred stars from Golden Eagle trained by Bafert included Notable Career, winner of the 2000 Oak Leaf (G1); Favorite Funtime, who captured the Santa Maria (G1) in 2002; and multiple graded stakes winner Yearly Report, the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) and Delaware Oaks (G2) victress of 2004.
Among Bafert’s favorite horses was Golden Eagle’s Magical Allure, who won the 1998 La Brea. Tat fulflled a promise Bafert made to Mabee—that she would be a grade I winner—in order to convince Mabee not to sell her privately to Godolphin for $300,000. She earned $620,480 on the track and later sold for $4.2 million at auction to Shadwell Stables while in foal to Storm Cat.
Having reached age 70—11 years after surviving a heart attack in Dubai—Bafert says he is a better trainer now than he ever has been, and doesn’t want to retire.
“I feel like I’m good for another solid 10 years,” he said, comparing himself to his former California rival D. Wayne Lukas. “He’s 87 and he still gets up on his pony in the mornings.
“I’m 70 but when I look in the mirror I see 60. I’m actually more motivated now and enjoying horse racing because I have a great group of clients that really support me. My wife, 19 years younger, and 18-year-old son (Bode), keep me young.”
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California-bred Cavonnier, right, lost the 1996 Kentucky Derby by just a nose to Grindstone
Baffert has trained such good Cal-breds as General Challenge
Golden State Series—Moscow Burning Stakes
ROSE MADDOX RISES TO THE OCCASION
NICK ALEXANDER HOMEBRED FILLY WINS NEW NORTHERN STAKES
BY JACK SHINAR
Owner Nick Alexander knew his homebred flly Rose Maddox faced a tough chore against the undefeated Chancery Way in the inaugural running of the $75,000 Moscow Burning Stakes at Golden Gate Fields Jan. 28.
But when Chancery Way, never headed in her previous four races, broke tardily and trailed the feld out of the gate in the one-mile synthetic track test for California-bred or California-sired older fllies and mares, Alexander said to himself, “Maybe we have a chance.”
Although Chancery Way recovered quickly and gained the lead heading into the frst turn, that initial burst
of speed may have cost her in deep stretch. Rose Maddox, handled with patience by Golden Gate leading rider Assael Espinoza, burst to the front at the sixteenth pole and won by one length in a time of 1:38.67. Chancery Way, the 8-5 favorite in the eight-horse feld, held second by three-quarters of a length over 48-1 shot Shezarunaway.
Rose Maddox, a much-bothered second after stumbling badly in the Melair Stakes last spring at Santa Anita, earned her frst black-type victory in the Moscow Burning for trainer Steve Miyadi at odds of 3-1.
Alexander was encouraged by the victory for the gray 4-year-old daughter of Grazen because “it was the frst time ever she broke without stumbling or hesitating,” the owner/breeder explained.
“She’s a good one,” Alexander added, “but she’s one of those horses you always think after the race, ‘If she could have only had broken better or could have stayed out of trouble. . .’ ”
Tis was the 50th stakes win for Alexander, whose frst came when Grazen captured the 2009 Afrmed Stakes (G3).
Rose Maddox became the 20th stakes winner for the 17-year-old Grazen.
“I used to say I was the king of the $12,500 claimer at Golden Gate Fields,” said Alexander, who owns a 280-acre ranch in Santa Ynez. “But Grazen changed that.”
Out of the Unusual Heat mare Heat the Rocks, Rose Maddox picked up her fourth career win in 11 starts and boosted her earnings to $224,062. She has victories over dirt, turf, and synthetic racing surfaces.
She’s the ffth named foal from Heat the Rocks, purchased for $65,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November breeding stock sale by Berkey Bloodstock for Alexander when the mare was in foal to Munnings. Alexander has bred Heat the Rocks to Grazen four times since. Roy Hobbs, a 3-year-old colt, and 2-year-old colt Alibi Terhune are yet to race.
Rose Maddox is named after the late country singer/songwriter who overcame abject poverty in Alabama and traveled west with her family on $35 to chart a brilliant solo career in California. Te singer performed at times with country greats Buck Owens and Bill Monroe.
“She’s a great story,” Alexander said. “I like naming my horses after people who have persevered over great adversity.”
A board member and former chairman with the Toroughbred Owners of California, Alexander cited fellow board member Lindsay LaRoche for the establishment of the Moscow Burning Stakes, as well as two other Northern California stakes debuting later this year as part of the Golden State Series.
“He has really pushed hard for more stakes racing in Northern California for a long time, and he deserves credit for making it happen,” Alexander said.
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Rose Maddox, in winning the Moscow Burning, becomes owner/breeder Nick Alexander’s 50th stakes winner
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’s . Contact Mike Allen at (805) 686-4337 5699 Happy Canyon Road, Santa Ynez, CA 93460 Email: info@tommytownfarms.com www.tommytownfarms.com Grazen has sired 18 90 + Beyers Runners and 24 $200k earners #1 IN STAKES WINS #1 GRASS SIRE #1 IN WINS #1 IN AEI Benchmark – Hazen, by Rubiano 2023 Fee: $6,000 LF
FIVE IN A ROW
THE CHOSEN VRON HAS WON FIVE CONSECUTIVE STAKES
BY TRACY GANTZ
If bettors were looking for a hunch in the $98,000 Tiznow Stakes at Santa Anita Feb. 20, they could have backed Te Chosen Vron, the only horse in the feld descended from Tiznow. But chances are that they were already heading to the windows to bet him because he went of as the 3-10 favorite.
Te one-mile Tiznow initially attracted a feld of fve, but Finneus was scratched. Tat left three rivals all coming of victories—Coalinga Road in the Unusual Heat Turf Classic Presented by City National Bank and Leyas Candy and Club Cal of allowance/optional claiming races. But Te Chosen Vron brought a recent streak of four consecutive stakes wins to the party.
Te previous month, Te Chosen Vron and Coalinga Road competed in two different events on the California Cup card. Coalinga Road went in the Turf Classic at 11⁄8 miles on turf, while Te Chosen Vron sped home on top in the six-furlong Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint on the main track.
Te pair had previously met in the seven-furlong Cary Grant Stakes Nov. 19 at Del Mar. Te Chosen Vron defeated Big City Lights in that event, with Coalinga Road third after getting bumped and shufed back early.
Big City Lights set the pace in the Cary Grant, as he also did in the Sept. 17 E. B. Johnston Stakes, where Te Chosen Vron and Big City Lights
fnished one-two in the one-mile Los Alamitos event. In the California Cup Sprint, Te Chosen Vron set the pace, but the result was the same.
Big City Lights bypassed the Tiznow, named for the 2000 national Horse of the Year and two-time Cal-bred Horse of the Year. When the gate opened, Te Chosen Vron took command early under regular rider Hector Berrios, though Leyas Candy stayed close, within a half-length for the frst half-mile.
“From the break my horse showed a lot of class,” Berrios said. “I just got into position and kept some pressure on the other horse.”
Te Chosen Vron shook free of Leyas Candy in upper stretch and coasted home
61⁄2 lengths on top while stopping the timer in 1:36.16. Leyas Candy fnished second over Coalinga Road.
Eric Kruljac trains Te Chosen Vron for himself, Sondereker Racing, Robert Fetkin, and Richard Tornburgh. Te partners bred the gelding, a 5-year-old son of Vronsky—Tiz Molly, by Tiz Wonderful.
“When I saw on the turn that the fourhorse rider (Juan Hernandez on Leyas Candy) was pumping his arms a little bit and Te Chosen Vron was just going easy, that’s when I was confdent that he was going to do it,” Tornburgh said.
Tornburgh also pointed out Tiznow’s role in Te Chosen Vron’s pedigree. Tiz Molly’s sire, Tiz Wonderful, is a son of Tiznow.
Kruljac was especially proud of his charge, coming of that big effort in the Jan. 7 Cal Cup Sprint.
“We gave him enough time to bounce back, and I think two turns is defnitely his preference,” Kruljac said. “He pretty much can do anything, which is really a blessing.”
Te Chosen Vron was winning his 10th race in 14 starts, with one second and two thirds. He increased his lifetime bankroll to $672,678.
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The Chosen Vron takes two turns in stride with Tiznow Stakes victory at Santa Anita
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Co-owners Richard Thornburgh, center, and Eric Kruljac, second from right, celebrate The Chosen Vron
NOW THE SIRE OF A
CHAMPION
AND A LEADING SECOND-CROP SIRE
in California in 2022
HOW SWEET IT IS
Congratulations to the connections of GIVER NOT A TAKER , named California’s Champion 2-Year-Old Male
Owners & Breeders: J. Kirk & Judy Robison
Trainer: Peter Miller
Twirling Candy—Talkin and Singing, by Songandaprayer | 2023 Fee: $5,000 S&N
Brilliant multiple G2 winner with Beyers of 107, 107, 106
Golden State Series—Spring Fever Stakes RETURN TO DIRT
TURF STAKES WINNER ALICE MARBLE PROVES PERFECT ON DIRT
BY TRACY GANTZ
Because Alice Marble had defeated open company on the turf in the 2022 Wishing Well Stakes, owner/breeder Nick Alexander thought that’s what they would try again. But jockey Flavien Prat had been breezing her on the dirt for trainer Phil D’Amato and advised returning to dirt, especially with the $100,000 Spring Fever Stakes the day after the Wishing Well.
“He thought she travels very well on dirt, and this might be the play rather than run here in the grass race,” D’Amato said.
Tough Alice Marble had been performing well on turf—she won the Fran’s Valentine Stakes last year in addition to the Wishing Well—she was actually perfect on the dirt. She won back-to-back dirt races for Prat in April and June of
2021 at Santa Anita and a dirt sprint at Los Alamitos late that year for jockey Kyle Frey. Te 6-year-old mare hadn’t competed on the surface in 14 months, however.
Ten Alice Marble drew the rail in the fve-horse Spring Fever, a six-furlong sprint.
“Te rail isn’t ideal,” D’Amato said, “but she is a flly that is very tactical out of the gate.”
Te rail did indeed work against Alice Marble. She broke well in second,
but her four rivals took on each other early, leaving her in ffth behind a wall of horses. Prat was going to have to fgure out which path to try.
Ultimately, the jockey found a slender seam between horses at the eighth pole. Alice Marble bravely responded to Prat’s urging to take the lead, and she drew of to score by 13⁄4 lengths in 1:10.29 as the even-money favorite. Taming the Tigress fnished second over Eddie’s New Dream.
“She broke well; I was traveling super,” Prat said. “She grabbed the bridle around the quarter pole, and unfortunately I had nowhere to go. So I just had to bide my time. When we had a little space, she really jumped into it and was really game.”
Alexander was especially pleased with the victory because he had brought his family to the races for the day. He didn’t expect Alice Marble to add quite that much drama, though.
“Tat hole was about this wide,” said Alexander, holding his hands barely apart. “Flavien was right—he said she is better on the dirt. According to Phil and Jessica (Pyfer, who gallops the mare for D’Amato), she had been training really, really well.”
In her most recent start prior to the Spring Fever, Alice Marble ran third to Big Summer and Eddie’s New Dream in the Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint Stakes Presented by John Deere.
“In that last race, she never broke and she got a little too far back and then came running,” Alexander said.
Alice Marble, who also fnished second in the 2022 Monrovia Stakes (G2T), is by Alexander’s leading California sire Grazen out of the More Tan Ready mare Unsung Heroine. It is a cross that has worked fabulously before. Alice Marble’s full sister Enola Gray won six stakes for Alexander and was voted California-bred champion 3-year-old female of 2016. Unfortunately, Unsung Heroine died last year, but Alexander is looking forward to Enola Gray’s ofspring and, eventually, that of Alice Marble.
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Alice Marble switches to dirt to capture Spring Fever at Santa Anita
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Nick Alexander (center) and his family enjoy Alice Marble’s victory
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POSTER GIRL TOPS WINTER SALE
MARE IN FOAL TO HALLADAY BRINGS $70,000
A$70,000 mare in foal to California stallion Halladay and a $43,000 2-year-old daughter of California sire Clubhouse Ride topped their respective divisions of the California Toroughbred Breeders Association winter mixed sale Jan. 31. Held at Fairplex in Pomona, the sale ofered a variety of breeding stock, 2-year-olds, and yearlings.
Adrian Gonzalez’s Checkmate Toroughbreds sold the overall sale topper and top-priced mare, British-bred Poster Girl. Cedros Bloodstock purchased the graded stakes-placed daughter of Excellent Art— Accede, by British-bred Acclamation, for $70,000. Poster Girl, who fnished third in the 2018 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes (G3T), has a 2022 flly by More Tan Ready and was sold in foal to Halladay, who stands at John Harris’ Harris Farms. Checkmate was the top consignor to the sale, with nine selling for a total of $245,000. Te group included two high-selling California-bred 2-year-olds, a colt and a flly, by California stallion Sir
Prancealot. Trainer Jef Bonde bought the flly, who is out of the Candy Ride mare Candy Forest, for $40,000. Nick Hines bought the colt, out of the Havana Gold mare Nonna Gianna, for $33,000.
Hinesalsoboughtthetop-priced2-yearold, Cal-bred Rachael’s Ride. Shane Easterbrook’s Easterbrook Livestock Management consigned the $43,000 daughter of Clubhouse Ride—Slalom, by Bodemeister. Hines’ purchases included a $33,000 Cal-bred 2-year-old flly. Andy Havens’ Havens Bloodstock Agency sold the daughter of Om—Kathleen Rose, by Good Journey.
Elena and Hollie Crim’s H & E Ranch sold the top-priced yearling, a son of Liam’s Map— Sally Ride, by Tapit. Dan Northrup bought the colt for $35,000.
A total of 90 horses grossed $821,400 at the sale for an average of $9,127 and a median of $4,750.
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Adrian Gonzalez sold Poster Girl, the $70,000 sale topper
Rachael’s Ride, by Clubhouse Ride, topped the 2-yearolds at $43,000
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The CTBA winter sale offered a wide variety of breeding stock and young horses
NEW FOR 2023
EIGHT RINGS
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A dominating six-length winner of the AMERICAN PHAROAH S. (G1) at Santa Anita.
Earned TDN RISING STAR status with a 6 ¼-length win in his MdSpWt debut at Del Mar.
By the late Classic winner and influential sire EMPIRE MAKER out of the SW and GSP PURE PRIZE mare PURELY HOT.
A $520,000 KEESEP yearling purchase by SF Bloodstock/Starlight West.
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TV HOST AND FORMER TRAINER HAS EYE FOR GOOD CAL-BREDS
NICK HINES
BY JACK SHINAR
Nick Hines, long familiar to fans for his racing analysis as “Te Sarge” on television, showed up as the leading buyer at the recent California Toroughbred Breeders Association winter mixed sale at Pomona.
It’s not surprising. Te former trainer and longtime TV host has been an independent bloodstock agent for more than a decade. He spends much of his time scouting Toroughbreds for his clients and attending sales through-
out the country. At the Jan. 31 auction, the budget-conscious Hines led the way with seven purchases totaling $132,000.
Discussing his change in career direction, he said he reluctantly stepped away from training in the fall of 2007, a year after getting married.
“I was at a crossroads,” Hines explained. “I had been offered a job with Southern Equine Stable to manage their horses. I had about 30 horses at the time, training a few for Harris Farms and also for Paul Girdner, an owner who played a big part in my career. I had married Michelle in 2006, and
we wanted to start a family. So basically we had a decision to make. It was tough.”
He worked with Southern Equine until the Michael Moreno-owned company made the decision to leave California in 2011. Hines managed a number of top horses for Southern Equine, including Salute the Sarge, a multiple graded stakes winner as a 2-year-old who placed in both the Del Mar Futurity (G1) and the Norfolk Stakes (G1) in 2007.
Te horse’s name was in reference to Hines, of course, who had become famous in racing circles for the perfect military salute he would give on his manic journey from the grandstand to the winner’s circle following a win by one of his horses.
Hines, a mountain of a man at 6-foot-5 and close to 300 pounds, created an indelible image for TVG viewers with his exuberant gestures to the crowd—waving his arms wildly and throwing kisses—followed by his salute. Te racing network certainly noticed, and his natural fair with the microphone led to a gig starting in 2005 as a racing analyst.
Hines grew up on a horse ranch his father, Michael, built near Las Vegas. His father, who raced horses in California, was an attorney and a member of the Nevada state racing commission who died in a riding accident in 1985. Nick decided to tap into the knowledge he had developed through a lifetime around horses, turning much of his attention to bloodstock.
At the CTBA sale, Hines bought three horses—all 2-year-olds—on behalf of
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Nick Hines has become a popular host and analyst for FanDuel TV
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owner Michael Nentwig. Rachael’s Ride, a chestnut flly by Clubhouse Ride—Slalom, by Bodemeister, was the top seller for 2-year-olds at the sale, bringing $43,000. Te others were Drumcondra, a dark bay or brown colt by Sir Prancealot—Nonna Gianna, by Havana Gold, and Evania, a chestnut flly by Om out of the graded stakes-placed Good Journey mare Kathleen Rose. Both sold for $33,000.
“I met Michael through a mutual friend,” Hines said. “He’s developed a winning formula while surrounding himself with the right people.”
Hines also bought a yearling chestnut colt, Art of Seduction, for 10s Racing for $8,500. Art of Seduction is from the frst crop of the sire Yorkton, a multiple graded stakes-winning son of Speightstown standing in Kentucky, and is the frst foal for his dam, Burnt Island, by Hardspun.
Te remaining three horses, all broodmares in foal, were purchased by Hines with plans to send them to new stallion Tizamagician, a multiple graded stakes winner of $741,851. Te Richard Mandella-trained Tizamagician, a 6-year-old son of Tiznow, was retired late last year by MyRacehorse and is standing at Milky Way Farm in Temecula Valley.
What does Hines look for in examining a young horse’s potential?
“Yearlings, for me, involve more pedigree research (especially when pinhooking), as it’s more of a crystal ball as opposed to the 2-year-olds,” he said. “As with most, I rely upon the intuitive while trying to get a feel for the yearlings while looking for proper balance and conformation with aptitude. But trying to project where they’ll be a year from then or two years is an art, and you’re more of a prognosticator.
“With the 2-year-olds in training sales,
it’s much like that of an NFL combine, where you have the beneft of clocking horses under tack and seeing how they respond and, in turn, react, which makes the process of fnding a good horse a bit easier in my opinion.”
Among his recent California-bred highlights, Hines noted, is multiple stakes winner El Tigre Terrible, a twotime Cal-bred champion as 2-year-old male in 2019 and 3-year-old male the following year. Hines purchased the son of Smiling Tiger for $18,000 as a yearling for Slam Dunk Racing at the 2018 Barretts October mixed sale. Hines also landed the multiple stakes-placed flly Taming the Tigress, a lifetime earner of $331,132, for $21,000 at the CTBA’s 2020 January mixed sale.
Hines, who earned a degree in agricultural business from Cal Poly Pomona University, lives in Palos Verde with Michelle and their 13-year-old son, Cash.
“We named him Cash so we’d never
be broke,” he joked.
In addition to his television work as a part-time host and analyst for FanDuel TV (formerly TVG), Hines, 52, is an equine acquisition advisor for the fast-growing MyRacehorse, the micro-share sales company specializing in the high-end horse market, as well as for Edge Racing, a more traditional partnership afliate of MyRacehorse. On top of that, he runs his own stable, Battle Born Racing, a general partnership he named for his home state of Nevada.
He started Battle Born Racing Stable in 2004. It currently owns a dozen Toroughbreds and a couple of broodmares. Hines reported that Battle Born has been most prominent racing at the Los Alamitos night meet, connecting on a win rate of 42% overall competing in both Toroughbred and mixed divisions.
Hines met Michael Behrens, the founder and CEO of MyRacehorse, in 2018. Te fedgling group was involved in discussions with B. Wayne Hughes and Spendthrift Farm on forging a partnership that would give small-time fans a chance to take part in the sport of horse racing at the highest levels through the sale of micro-shares.
“It was not easy—there were days that were tumultuous.” said Hines, who went to work for MyRacehorse concentrating on scouting horses and sales. “It really came down to seeing the process through, and in the end they got it done.
“MyRacehorse is now worldwide and has been tremendously successful. I think it’s important because it gets new blood into the game. I’ve always been about taking care of the little guy. Because if you do, eventually the little guy will become a big guy.”
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Hines with his family, son Cash and wife Michelle
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Winners
JANUARY 23, 2023 – FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The accompanying list includes runners that are both California-foaled and California-sired winners in 2023 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.
3-YEAR-OLDS & UP
Angus—Malibu Allison: Tim's Buddy (2-1), h, 7 yo, Rillito, ALW, 2/19, 4f, 46.34, $5,500.
Army Mule—Given Star: One in Vermillion (35-9), c, 3 yo, Sunland Park, STK, Riley Allison Derby, 1/29, 1mi, 1:37.17, $60,000.
Arrogate—Lutess: Fun to Dream (53-9), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Santa Monica S. (gr. II ), 2/4, 7f, 1:22.75, $120,000.
Atta Boy Roy—Special Holiday: Mr. Stang (14-2), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 1/28, 6f, 1:8.35, $16,006.
Big Bad Leroybrown—Always Fashionable: Santaluz Dreamin (6-2), g, 8 yo, Rillito, STK, Rillito Park Inaugural S., 2/4, 6f, 1:12.74, $11,000.
Bluegrass Cat—Faith Colleen: Bluegrass Faith (26-8), g, 6 yo, Sunland Park, SOC, 1/24, 6 1/2f, 1:16.01, $8,040.
Bluegrass Cat—Lost in Lexington: Blue Wildcat (26-8), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 2/12, 6f, 1:10.53, $24,180.
Bluegrass Cat—Lady Sweetness: Jack Sixpack (26-8), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/20, 6 1/2f, 1:16.45, $43,200.
Boisterous—Fifth Position: Thunder of Zion (35-8), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 1/29, 6f, 1:10.98, $10,200.
Boisterous—Shared Image: Druidic (35-8), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 2/18, 1mi, 1:38.32, $15,840.
Calimonco—Speedy Shimmer: Speedy Gigi (3-1), m, 6 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 2/1, 5 1/2f, 1:3.56, $8,225.
Calimonco—Speedy Shimmer: Speedy Gigi (3-1), m, 6 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 2/16, 5 1/2f, 1:3.64, $13,442.
Clubhouse Ride—Wild Caroline: Hapi Hapi (38-10), g, 6 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 1/31, 1mi, 1:35.52, $8,059.
Clubhouse Ride—Plan a Surprise: Trojan Clubhouse (38-10), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, SOC, 2/10, 1mi, 1:38.27, $14,400.
Curlin to Mischief—Crystal House: See Through It (26-6), g, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STK, El Dorado Shooter S., 2/18, 6f, 1:9.15, $45,000.
Dads Caps—Vai: Bob's Vai (17-3), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 1/29, 5 1/2f, 1:5.23, $15,840.
Desert Code—Coco Ecolo: Unwritten Code (10-2), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/10, 6 1/2f, 1:16.39, $43,200.
Distorted Humor—English Garden: Clouseau (72-19), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 1/27, 6f, 1:10.52, $43,200.
Forest Command—Stately and Mum: Stateforest (6-1), m, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, SOC, 2/12, 1mi, 1:39.46, $10,230.
Gallant Son—Carolina Grande: Crazy Dreams (16-4), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 2/19, 1mi, 1:36.76, $25,740.
Gig Harbor—Sugar Cane Royalty: Sugar Beets (14-6), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, SOC, 1/29, 1mi, 1:38.89, $11,160.
Grazen—Seoul Unbridled: Shocking Grey (65-19), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 1/28, 1mi (T), 1:36.53, $43,200.
Grazen—Heat the Rocks: Rose Maddox (65-19), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STK, Moscow Burning S., 1/28, 1mi, 1:38.67, $42,750.
Grazen—Malibu Holiday: Tecumseh Caroline (65-19), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/3, 1mi, 1:37.94, $43,200.
Grazen—Miss Rebound: Teddy's Barino (65-19), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/18, 7f, 1:23.03, $58,500.
Grazen—Unsung Heroine: Alice Marble (65-19), m, 6 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Spring Fever S., 2/19, 6f, 1:10.29, $60,000.
Idiot Proof—Jennifer's Joy: Alex's Girl (14-6), f, 4 yo, Rillito, ALW, 2/11, 5 1/2f, 1:8.02, $4,950. James Street—Stop the Humor: Joker Matt (6-3), c, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 1/30, about 7 1/2f, 1:32.80, $12,856.
Kantharos—On Rainbow Bridge: Gates of Heaven (108-23), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 1/26, 6 1/2f, 1:16.23, $13,442.
Metaboss—Killarney Rose: Metarose (4-2), m, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 1/31, 1mi, 1:37.63, $8,225. Ministers Wild Cat—Lisa's Lion: Ministersdon'tlie (27-4), g, 7 yo, Rillito, ALW, 2/5, 5 1/2f, 1:7.07, $6,325.
Misremembered—C C's Pride: Don't Get Pickled (22-2), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, STK, Princess of Palms S., 2/18, 7 1/2f (T), 1:30.22, $36,084.
Mr. Big—Palisadesprincess: Ceiling Crusher (47-10), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 1/29, 6f, 1:10.31, $43,200.
Mr. Big—Two Faced Moon: Big Switch (47-10), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/18, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.56, $56,160.
Nyquist—Hacktivism: Hacking It Up (74-25), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/5, 1mi (T), 1:36.51, $43,200.
Paynter—Goldway: Golden Again (70-17), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 1/29, 6f (T), 1:10.31, $26,400.
Rousing Sermon—Ribbon of Jewels: Rousing Jewel (12-4), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 2/11, 1mi, 1:39.40, $24,180.
Rousing Sermon—Heat Striker: Always Seeking (12-4), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 2/17, 5 1/2f, 1:3.16, $24,960.
Slew's Tiznow—Pundit: More Power to Him (12-5), g, 9 yo, Golden Gate Fields, SOC, 2/20, 1 1/4mi, 2:6.67, $11,160.
Stanford—Open Mic: Opening Buzz (36-7), f, 4 yo, Turfway Park, STK, Wishing Well S., 1/28, 6 1/2f, 1:16.65, $46,624.
Stanford—Blame It Onthesong: Special Moment (36-7), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, STK, Startac S., 2/18, 7 1/2f (T), 1:30.28, $35,712.
Suances (GB)—Dypsy: Harper's Gallop (1-1), m, 7 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 2/18, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:50.11, $28,800.
Tannersmyman—My Sis Liz: El Chavo Del Ocho (5-1), g, 8 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 2/2, 5f, 57.41, $8,059. Temple City—Shebane: Big City Bane (75-11), g, 7 yo, Rillito, ALW, 2/11, 7f, 1:27.51, $5,500.
Twirling Candy—Koukla: Brix (106-26), g, 7 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 1/25, 1mi (T), 1:36.25, $14,073.
Uncle Mo—Abou: Mobou (119-28), g, 7 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/10, 1mi (T), 1:35.26, $43,200.
Vronsky—My Maloof Rocker: Doc Adams (37-10), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/4, 1mi, 1:37.65, $43,200.
Vronsky—Honey Bee Lucky: Star Racer (37-10), g, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 2/10, 6f, 1:9.80, $24,960.
Vronsky—Starry Skies: Foothill (37-10), g, 6 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 2/10, 1mi (T), 1:33.71, $43,200.
Vronsky—Tiz Molly: The Chosen Vron (37-10), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Tiznow S., 2/20, 1mi, 1:36.16, $60,000.
MAIDENS ACCLAMATION
Harris Farms
(800) 311 6211
www.harrisfarms.com
Acclamation—Striding Out (IRE): Acclider (26-6), h, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 2/4, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.58, $23,400.
Animal Kingdom—Ez Indy: Inesperado (56-7), g, 6 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 2/20, 1mi (T), 1:36.16, $12,395.
Atreides—Ringmistress: Ring Twice (21-2), f, 3 yo, Oaklawn Park, MCL, 2/5, 6f, 1:12.37, $19,800. Big Bad Leroybrown—Celebration: Wegonahavagoodtime (6-2), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 2/18, 5 1/2f, 1:4.20, $14,400.
Boisterous—Shared Image: Druidic (35-8), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/29, 1mi, 1:41.77, $8,100.
Carpe Diem—Keg Stand: Ima Carpe Diem (88-20), g, 3 yo, Rillito, MSW, 2/12, 5 1/2f, 1:9.42, $4,675.
Clubhouse Ride—Margot Machance (GB): Margot's Girl (38-10), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 1/30, 5 1/2f, 1:4.39, $8,128.
Coil—Candy Factory: Candy's Clone (9-3), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/28, 5 1/2f, 1:3.88, $10,200.
Dads Caps—Hip Hip: Fifty Pesos (17-3), g, 3 yo, Sunland Park, MCL, 2/7, 5 1/2f, 1:4.79, $7,620.
Dance Hall Doctor—Grindstonevalntine: Dr. Flash Dancer (1-1), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/29, 5f, 58.22, $7,800.
Danzing Candy—Myfourchix: Toby's Candy (34-5), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 1/23, 6f, 1:10.43, $9,880.
Danzing Candy—Sweet Dreamin: Flashin Aces (34-5), r, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 1/31, 1mi, 1:40.20, $12,521.
FIGHTING HUSSAR
BG Thoroughbred Farm (951) 654 9100
www.bgthoroughbreds.com
Fighting Hussar—Master's Miss: Mr. Fighter (3-2), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/10, 5 1/2f, 1:5.57, $8,100.
Flintshire (GB)—She's a Big Winner: Big Flint (34-5), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 2/19, 1mi (T), 1:35.68, $23,400.
Fury Kapcori—Kiana Believes: Spoiled Rotten (7-2), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 2/12, 5 1/2f, 1:6.37, $14,400.
GIG HARBOR
Victory Rose Thoroughbreds (707) 678 6580
www.victoryrose.com
Gig Harbor—Smarty Corn: Irish Corn (14-6), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/27, 5 1/2f, 1:4.17, $10,200.
Gig Harbor—Becky Lou: Sonoma Dreaming (14-6), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/11, 5 1/2f, 1:6.47, $10,200.
Gig Harbor—Quite Effective: Effective Gig (14-6), g, 3 yo, GoldenGateFields,MCL,2/20,1mi,1:40.00,$8,100.
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Winners
JANUARY 23, 2023 –
Goldencents—Some Temper: Golden Temper (141-28), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 1/27, 1mi (T), 1:38.21, $40,200.
Grazen—An Unusual Group: Cornelia Fort (65-19), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 1/28, 6f, 1:12.04, $23,400.
Grazen—Irish Winnie: Irish Royalty (65-19), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/29, 6f, 1:12.39, $8,400.
Grazen—Hail Mary: Mary Walker (65-19), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/10, 6f, 1:13.04, $8,400.
Grazen—Elemental Metal: Smart Monique (65-19), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/12, 1mi (T), 1:37.72, $40,200.
IDIOT PROOF
Victory Rose Thoroughbreds (707) 678 6580
www.victoryrose.com
Idiot Proof—Jennifer's Joy: Alex's Girl (14-6), f, 4 yo, Rillito, MSW, 2/4, 4f, 46.96, $4,675.
Idiot Proof—Zipping My Way: Proof She Zips (14-6), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/19, 6 1/2f (T), 1:16.95, $40,200.
I'll Have Another—Dressed to a T: Anotherforbrooks (10-1), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 2/14, 1mi, 1:39.19, $12,269.
JERANIMO Harris Farms (800) 311 6211
www.harrisfarms.com
Jeranimo—Lets Get Frisky: Orth (11-4), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/19, 6f (T), 1:9.26, $40,200.
Kafwain—You Are the Answer: Whenudon't Know (6-1), g, 11 yo, Rillito, MCL, 2/11, 4f, 46.56, $3,960.
Lakerville—LimitedPassion:GoLakerGo(16-3),g,4yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 2/18, 6f, 1:9.56, $8,059. Majestic Harbor—Miss Scatalicious: Scatalicious (8-1), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 2/13, 6 1/2f, 1:17.27, $9,965.
MANY RIVERS
Victory Rose Thoroughbreds (707) 678 6580
www.victoryrose.com
Many Rivers—Marketable: Many Markets (11-4), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/11, 6f, 1:13.01, $8,100. Many Rivers—Ambitoness: Many Ambitions (11-4), g, 4 yo, Rillito, MSW, 2/18, 5 1/2f, 1:8.42, $4,675.
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Midshipman—Impeached: Trumped (99-23), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 2/6, 6f, 1:9.55, $12,239.
Mr. Big—Mme. Espionage: Big Brother (47-10), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/28, 1mi, 1:41.11, $9,600.
Mrazek—Blame the Agent: Wrong Spot (5-1), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 2/16, 6 1/2f, 1:17.61, $9,965.
Mshawish—Abba Gold: Mining Crypto (39-6), m, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 2/14, 6f, 1:9.80, $12,395.
Northern Causeway—Swiss Gem: Talbot Bay (22-4), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 1/27, 5 1/2f, 1:4.21, $10,200.
Northern Causeway—Silver Sails: Nashira's Fire (22-4), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 2/19, 4 1/2f, 52.87, $4,680.
Nyquist—Cause We Are Loyal: Loyal to a Fault (74-25), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/5, 6f (T), 1:10.12, $40,200.
Race Day—Elusive Flower: Eye Candy Randy (54-5), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 2/13, 5f, 57.52, $5,770.
Richard's Kid—Gouyen: Momo's Kiddo (16-3), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/17, 5 1/2f, 1:4.53, $10,200.
Shackleford—That's the Idea: What an Idea (83-22), g, 5 yo, Sunland Park, MCL, 1/31, 5 1/2f, 1:2.89, $9,052.
Slew's Tiznow—Thou Shalt Not: Ravenclaw (12-5), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 2/4, 4 1/2f, 53.45, $4,455.
Smart Bid—Make Me Adorable: Gross Proft (9-3), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/20, 1mi, 1:39.49, $8,100.
SMILING TIGER
Harris Farms
(800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com
Smiling Tiger—Hi Ho Yodeler: Yo Time (52-7), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/3, 1mi (T), 1:37.18, $40,200.
Smiling Tiger—Recoiling: Miss Kaline (52-7), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 2/12, 1mi, 1:41.35, $20,400.
Smiling Tiger—Allshewrote: Upward Mobility (52-7), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/18, 6 1/2f (T), 1:16.74, $40,200.
Square Eddie—Frege: Catalina Eddy (42-5), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/18, 6 1/2f (T), 1:16.10, $40,200.
STANFORD
Tommy Town Farms
(805) 686 4337
www.tommytownfarms.com
Stanford—Joyce and Me: Nene Diamond (36-7), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/3, 6f, 1:11.16, $40,200.
Stanford—Blame It Onthesong: Special Moment (36-7), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 2/7, 6f, 1:9.99, $12,137.
Stanford—She's Not a Lemon: Like No Other (36-7), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 2/19, 1mi, 1:40.62, $23,400.
Stay Thirsty—Cricket Wicket: Thirsty (78-16), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 1/29, 6f, 1:11.18, $23,400.
Stay Thirsty—Lost Bus: Bus Buzz (78-16), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/4, 6f, 1:9.70, $40,200.
Straight Fire—Acqua Fresh (URU): Extinguisher (18-4), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 2/5, 6f, 1:12.14, $23,400.
Straight Fire—Point Chanel: Point and Shoot (18-4), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 2/17, 1mi (T), 1:38.82, $40,200.
TAMARANDO
Harris Farms
(800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com
Tamarando—She's Flush: Feeling Flush (12-2), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/18, 1mi, 1:39.97, $7,800.
Tom's Tribute—Mystic Voyage: Mystic Tbilisi (17-2), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/5, 6f, 1:12.41, $8,100.
Tourist—Miss After Party: On Vacation (40-8), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 2/10, 1mi, 1:41.94, $8,100.
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Make Your Own Luck
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Chief Seattle – Hooked On Music, by Seattle Dancer
• ONLY TWO-TIME CAL CUP CLASSIC WINNER AND 50TH CAL-BRED MILLOINAIRE
• A versatile racehorse who won black-type races on all-weather, 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.
• Won G2, $150,000 San Francisco Mile, defeating multiple G2 winner MONTEREY JAZZ.
• Sire of Fran’s Valentine S., winner MOONLESS SKY ($287,130), stakesplaced I CAME TO PARTY ($261,931), SUNSET DRAGUNN ($244,523) and SEATTLE BOLD ($65,293) at 3, 2021). Additional winners are Chiefs Lil Pearl ($112,256), Rose Princess ($117,106), Native Chieftain ($96,653), etc. Average Earnings per starter $51,463.
GIG HARBOR Fee: $2,000 LF | G.S.M 76
City Zip – Miss Blue Grass, by St. Jovite
• ONLY STAKES WINNING SON OF CITY ZIP AT STUD IN CA.
• Multiple Stakes Winner with fve wins from 6 furlongs to 1 1/16 miles.
• By Top Sprinter and Leading Sire CITY ZIP.
• CITY ZIP is the sire of leading young sires RUN AWAY AND HIDE, PALACE, BUSTIN STONES, etc., and Horse of the Year in Canada CATCH A GLIMPSE, Champions DAYATTHESPA, WORK ALL WEEK, FINEST CITY, DANA MY LOVE, etc.
• 11 winners from his frst 17 runners including Detangler ($155.722, 3rd
• Oak Tree Sprint) Shadrack ($190,360), Kerri’s Choice ($66,109), Sugar Beets ($61,720) in 2023 1 win 1 second, etc.
MANY RIVERS Fee: $3,000 LF | G.S.M. 77.5
Storm Cat – Christmas in Aiken, by Afrmed
• HALF-BROTHER TO 3 TIME G1 WINNER HARLAN’S HOLIDAY, SIRE OF LEADING SIRE INTO MISCHIEF.
• MANY RIVERS at 2, scored a gate-to-wire win going 5½ furlongs at Bay Meadows Racecourse when defeating multiple graded stakes winner AUTISM AWARENESS and ran third in the one-mile Gold Rush Stakes to multiple graded stakes winner EL GATO MALO.
• MANY RIVERS at 3, won a six-furlong allowance race at Golden Gate Fields gate-to-wire.
• By G1 2YO winner & record SEVEN-TIME Leading Juvenile Sire STORM CAT.
Victory Rose Thoroughbreds Inc.
5144 Allendale Road, Vacaville, CA 95688
Phone/Fax (707) 678-6580
Email: ellen@victoryrose.com
• Average Earnings Per Starter of $35,489 with almost 2 Million in Progeny earnings including the dual stakes-placed winner Many Roses ($235,392) and stakes-placed River of Doubt. Two time winner in 2022 Dress Rehearsal.
At Victory Rose Thoroughbreds
IDIOT PROOF Fee: $3,000 LF | G.S.M. 99.8
Benchmark – Perfectly Pretty, by Bertrando
• ECLIPSE AWARD FINALIST, CALIFORNIA CHAMPION SPRINTER, CHAMPION 3-YEAR-OLD COLT.
• Sire of Multiple Graded Stakes & Multiple SW RICHARD’S BOY ($1,011,872), 1-2-3 in 28 of 45 starts-20 stakes/2 Graded, incl. G3 EDDIE D. Stakes, and G3 San Simeon Stakes. Plus Frisco Fog ($165,034, 3rd Oak Tree Distaff S.); Ninety Nine Proof ($151,642, 3rd Silky Sullivan S.), BULLETPROOF ONE ($394,002), from 14 starts has 7 wins, 2 seconds including 2020 win in the Unzip Me Stakes at Santa Anita, and new track record setter FAITH PROOF, (6 wins in 8 starts by a combined 12 lengths, 5f in :56.42). SHE’S BULLET PROOF MSW winner at Santa Anita.
• PROOF SHE ZIPS winner of a Maiden Special Weight at Santa Anita 2/19/2023 by 1 ¼ length.
• Average Earnings per starter $54,607.
• IDIOT PROOF set new track records on dirt and synthetic winning a G1 & G3 at 3.
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Chhaya Dance – Stormy Gigi, by Storm Boot
• MULTIPLE GRADED STAKES WINNER OF $747,519.
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• Won All America Stakes (G3) Twice.
• Won Bull Dog Stakes Wire-To-Wire.
• Placed in the Berkeley H (G3) three times.
• Stakes Winner on Turf, Dirt and Artifcial Surfaces.
• After a small test crop in 2021, he will have his frst full crop arrive in 2022.
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BACK PAIN IN HORSES
CAUSES CAN ORIGINATE IN THE BACK OR START ELSEWHERE
BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS
Back injuries in horses come in many types, including acute and chronic problems as well as repetitive injuries due to the athletic activities. Any of these can hinder a horse’s ability to perform. Dr. Jenny Johnson of Oakhill Shockwave and Veterinary Chiropractic in Calabasas, Calif., says that proper diagnosis of the source of the back pain is essential in order for a successful treatment plan to be developed and implemented.
Back pain can be primary, originating in the back, or secondary, as a result of pain in another location in the body.
“Primary back pain can result from a variety of issues, including chiropractic abnormalities, kissing spines, or muscle strain or sprain, to name a few,” Johnson said. “Secondary back pain is frequently thought to be result of hock or stife pain. With secondary back pain, it is essential that the primary source of pain is identifed and treated as well as the back pain. Treating either without the other will not result in satisfactory resolution of the back pain. To be ef-
fective in our treatment, it is essential that we consider the horse as a whole, not just an accumulation of parts. Tis is especially true when addressing back pain.”
With advanced imaging modalities— such as MRI, nuclear scintigraphy, digital radiography, and ultrasound— practitioners are able to identify more clearly and much more specifcally the areas of lameness in horses.
“With these methods we can identify areas of pain in the back that are related to abnormalities,” Johnson said, “such as kissing spines, infammation of the
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sacroiliac joint, and muscular pain, as well as identifying other sources of pain in the horse that may be contributing to back pain.”
Tere are a number of diferent ways to identify back pain.
“Some cases are obvious,” Johnson said. “One of the most common ways to check the back is via palpation. Owners, grooms, or trainers may report that the horse is sensitive when they brush the horse or put a saddle on. Palpation can help locate sore areas, when the horse finches or tries to resist the touch in that area. Back pain may present as a performance issue: Te horse may not push from behind the way it used to or doesn’t perform as well as before.”
Kissing spines are now more identifable with today’s imaging modalities.
“We can use a combination of digital radiography and scintigraphy to evaluate the back to see if kissing spines are present and if they are potentially active,” Johnson said. “Tere are some horses with kissing spines that have no pain. Te range of how it afects horses is quite dramatic—from nothing at all to making the horse dangerous to ride, and everything in between—and sometimes in the same horse.”
Identifying the pain, addressing other components of the horse’s comfort, such as hind limb issues, as well as identifying any underlying cause to the back pain, is crucial.
“We have to look at the entire animal,” Johnson said. “It’s not only important to watch the horse on a lead shank and a longe line, but also under saddle. Frequently, you won’t be able to clearly see what the problem is until the horse is doing what he’s supposed to be doing for his job.”
TREATING BACK PAIN
“As a veterinarian working on lameness for 20 years before I started doing chiropractic work, I shifted more toward a management/maintenance role in keeping equine athletes at their peak level of performance, which means helping them achieve comfort,” said Johnson.
“As traditionally trained veterinarians, if we have a lameness in the left
hind leg, that’s where we are trained to look for problems. With my further training in chiropractic, I am now able to evaluate a much larger picture of the horse and the issues he may be facing, and this gives me the ability to make a more complete assessment of the horse. Now, if I examine a horse that is lame in the left hind leg, I am looking at the whole horse. It is amazing how many lameness issues in the horse are related to chiropractic issues, and how many issues in the horse I can fx, or at least improve substantially with just my hands.”
Te back plays an important role in many soundness issues.
“Te bony spinal column houses the spinal cord, which is an integral part of the nervous system—which controls everything, including support of the musculoskeletal system,” Johnson said. “If the skeletal system is not supported properly by muscles and tendons that go over those joints, there will be instability in those joints. Te functioning of the muscles and tendons that go over the joints is controlled by the nervous system. If they are not fred properly by the nervous system, then these muscles and tendons cannot properly support the joints.
“Chiropractic care is aimed at optimizing the function of the nervous system. If the nervous system functions
properly, then the muscles are fred properly and the tendons and muscles that go over joints are properly supporting the joints.
“If joints are not supported properly, there is joint instability, which leads to more joint injections, as well as wear and tear due to repetitive strain. If a joint is stable, the horse stays more comfortable. Chiropractic care can play a role in this.”
Treatments for back pain obviously will vary with the cause.
“If the horse has kissing spines, treatment will vary with the severity of the pain and severity of the lesions,” Johnson said. “Te horse may be successfully managed with chiropractic care and acupuncture. In other cases, shockwave therapy may be helpful, and in some cases, injecting between the dorsal spinous processes (the ‘kissing spines’) may be useful.”
If the problem originates in the sacroiliac joint, treatment modalities such as chiropractic care, acupuncture, massage, shockwave therapy, injection, or a combination may be used to treat the condition.
“I can’t stress enough how important it is that we look at the whole picture,” Johnson said. “While it is tempting to try and isolate a problem to one area, this is rarely the case. Pain or injury in
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The back plays an important role in many soundness issues
one area of the body will have ramifcations on other parts of the horse’s body.
“Tink about human injuries. If a person has an awkward gait, favoring a foot or leg for some reason, this puts the entire spine of balance and causes that person to compensate in other areas. Tis not only potentially leads to back pain, but also creates pain in other joints because you are stressing them abnormally.”
CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT
“When I see a horse chiropractically, some people ask if I can just check the horse quickly,” Johnson said. “Since chiropractic involves evaluation of the animal as a whole, I cannot do a quick check. I evaluate the entire horse, with rare exception. Te goal with chiropractic care is to optimize health, and we do that by infuencing the nervous system—which controls everything in the body.”
She often gets calls to look at a horse initially because it has back pain that the owners can’t resolve with traditional modalities.
“When I evaluate that horse, I watch it move,” she explained. “At a minimum I watch it travel on a lead shank, walking away from me and toward me, trotting away from me and toward me—on a straight line. I also watch the horse on a serpentine walk, and evaluate whether it has a diagonal walk the way it should (opposite hind and fore are moving together) or a lateral walk (hind and front on the same side moving together). A lateral walk is a fnding that may, in the presence of several other signs, be an indication of sacroiliac pain.
“Sometimes I watch horses on the longe line, depending on the horse, and sometimes I watch them under saddle, because I want to see how they move with a rider. Basically, I am looking for symmetry in the way the horse moves, and foot fight path: Are the feet swinging in, swinging out, or tracking straight? Does the movement appear fuid or choppy. Is the horse holding the tail to one side or the other? Is the hind end symmetrical or does one side of the rump drop lower than the other at the trot?
“When I begin working on the horse, I start at the head and evaluate muscles of the jaw, the TMJ (temporomandibular) joint, lines of the skull, and check for what are called cranial faults in chiropractic terminology. Tis gives me a chance to get to know the horse and the horse to know me, and horses typical-
motion up and down and to left and right. Tere is a normal range of motion for each of those vertebral joints, and if it doesn’t move properly, I identify which way it’s not moving and then re-establish that motion with an adjustment. Once I have fnished my evaluation and adjustments on the vertebral column, then I evaluate the range of motion of each joint in each leg.
ly enjoy this. Many of the chiropractic cranial faults on the head are related to specifc pelvic chiropractic faults; if I can address faults on the head, it often makes adjustments on the pelvis easier.
“Ten I go to the back end of the horse and work my way forward. I check for back pain with palpation, and then evaluate each joint—in the pelvis and the vertebral column. I evaluate for
“Most horses are asymmetric in some way. I suspect that much of this asymmetry starts when they were born. Tey are squeezed out through the birth canal when everything in their body is soft and moveable. Tey can easily have some movement of the pelvis out of alignment, and if it stays that way, the horse can end up with an asymmetrical pelvis. If the young horse has an asymmetrical pelvis, the horse will adapt, but a lot of these issues probably start at birth.”
She fnds a lot of restrictions in the pelvis and in the mid-lumbar area at L2, L3, L4, and L5 (the lower back).
“Tis is where the horse has to fex, and where all the energy engagement has to come through, from the hindquarters. I often fnd a horse that is not necessarily painful when you push on
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Watching a horse walk away and toward the veterinarian can aid in diagnosis
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Most horses are asymmetric in some way. I suspect much of this asymmetry starts when they were born.”
–Dr. Jenny Johnson
that area, but could be sensitive when a person is brushing the back or just a little cranky. I’ll fnd that they are very restricted in certain vertebrae. When I make adjustments, a lot of times they achieve fairly immediate relief. Some people tell me they have a totally diferent horse the next day.”
SHOCKWAVE TREATMENT
Shockwave treatment can also help horses with back pain.
“Because I spend so much time with my hands on the horse doing chiropractic care, I know these horses’ backs intimately,” Johnson said. “I am feeling every vertebral joint and evaluating the motion— side to side and up and down—and their legs. Because of this, I can frequently identify areas that are consistently sore, particularly sore muscles.
“When I fnd a horse that is sore in the back, depending on the circumstances, and if the horse doesn’t have a competition (a race or athletic event) in just a few days, I usually do an adjustment. If the horse is really sore or locked up, I come back in a week or two and do another adjustment after the initial evaluation. I may do this two to three times at two-week intervals to see how the horse responds.
“Often the back pain will resolve. But if I come back the second or third time and the horse still has just as much back pain and the other issues have been addressed, I often shockwave
the back. Sometimes I do it right away, especially if the horse is so sore that I can’t do the adjustment because he is so uncomfortable. In that situation I usually shockwave them right before I adjust them, and this will provide enough relief—even immediately—that I can then do the adjustments.
“Sometimes I shockwave and adjust, then come back two weeks later for another adjustment. Te shockwave therapy can be an integral part of this treatment because I can address the pain quickly and efectively with shock-
wave. I don’t always use it right away. It depends on the pain and severity, and how much tension the horse is carrying, and what the horse has to do in its job.”
Te key thing to know about back pain is that it may or may not be just back pain.
“Horses do so much for us that I think it is our responsibility to make sure they are comfortable doing it,” Johnson said. “Tey are unbelievably generous to us. It is our responsibility to take of them.”
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Dr. Jenny Johnson in her chiropractic work often starts at the horse’s head and then moves to the back of the horse and works forward
Johnson fnds that shockwave therapy can also be useful in treating equine back pain
PHOTOS COURTESY OF DR. JENNY JOHNSON
2022 Statistical Review
MADERA THOROUGHBREDS
BREEDERS OF CALIFORNIA-FOALED STAKES WINNERS IN 2022
An alphabetical listing by breeder of all the California-foaled runners that were stakes winners in North America during 2022.
NICK ALEXANDER
Alice Marble, 2017 dk.b. or br. m. by Grazen
Becca Taylor, 2018 b. f. by Old Topper
Connie Swingle, 2019 gr/ro. f. by Grazen
Lieutenant Dan, 2016 b. g. by Grazen
Rose Dawson, 2019 gr/ro. f. by Grazen
Sadie Bluegrass, 2017 ch. m. by Bluegrass Cat
Desmond Doss, 2016 gr/ro. h. by Grazen
THOMAS W. BACHMAN
Maybe I Will, 2018 b. f. by Will Take Charge
GARY BARBER
Give Me the Lute, 2016 dk.b. or br. g. by Boisterous
BAR C RACING STABLES, INC.
Big City Lights, 2019 dk.b. or br. c. by Mr. Big
BKB STABLES, LLC
Koa Cat, 2016 dk.b. or br. g. by Bluegrass Cat
PERRY BRUNO & JOHN GEZON
Furlongin for Luv, 2018 dk.b. or br. g. by Don’tsellmeshort
COLE RANCH
Ellamira, 2019 ch. f. by Street Boss
MARK DEVEREAUX, SCOTT GROSS & MARK GROSS
Big City Bane, 2016 b. g. by Temple City
Tiger Dad, 2016 dk.b. or br. g. by Smiling Tiger
DP RACING, LLC
Tom’s Regret, 2020 b. f. by Tom’s Tribute
JOSEPH A. DUFFEL & WOODBRIDGE FARM
El Chavo Del Ocho, 2015 b. g. by Tannersmyman
MITCHELL DUTKO & BOB ABRAMS
Ultimate Bango, 2015 b. g. by Uh Oh Bango
JIM EVANS
Olimpio’s Scat Cat, 2012 ch. g. by Olympio
HARRIS FARMS
Gone Somewhere, 2018 b. g. by Vronsky
Kiss Ride Goodbye, 2017 ch. m. by Clubhouse Ride
Quickly Park It, 2020 dk.b. or br. f. by Prospect Park
HARRIS FARMS & JOHN NICOLETTI
Chancery Way, 2019 b. f. by Mr. Big
WILLIAM L. HEDRICK & JUDY HEDRICK
Clovisconnection, 2020 ch. g. by Vronsky
JUNGLE RACING, LLC
Straight Up G, 2019 b. g. by Straight Fire
KMN RACING, LLC
Smuggler’s Run, 2019 b. g. by Straight Fire
CHUCK KOWITZ
Forest Echo, 2019 ch. g. by Curlin to Mischief
DARLYNE KRIEG
It’s Turbo, 2020 b. g. by Curlin to Mischief
GEORGE KRIKORIAN
Big Switch, 2019 dk.b. or br. f. by Mr. Big Cast Member, 2020 b. f. by Munnings
KIM KUHLMANN
Kona Skye, 2017 b. g. by U S Ranger
LA QUINTA FARM
Tripdownmemorylane, 2019 b. f. by Boat Trip
VALENCIA LEACH & GODOLPHIN
Reina de Reyes, 2018 ch. f. by Animal Kingdom
LIBERTY ROAD STABLES
Psycho Dar, 2015 gr/ro. g. by Storm Wolf
BOB LIEWALD & JOE MISHAK
Aligato, 2017 ch. g. by Kitten’s Joy
Soul Obsession, 2015 b. g. by Elusive Warning
MERCEDES STABLES, LLC
Take Charge Deputy, 2015 b. g. by Take Charge Indy
PAUL NEWHART & CRAIG MARTIN
Appreciated, 2016 b. g. by Acclamation
OLD ENGLISH RANCHO, SAL BERUMEN & PATSY BERUMEN
Acclimate, 2014 b. g. by Acclamation
FRANCIS O’LEARY
Cool Mountain Lad, 2018 b. g. by Unionize
CONNIE PAGELER & BOB BAFFERT
Fun to Dream, 2019 gr/ro. f. by Arrogate
ALFRED A. PAIS
Brickyard Ride, 2017 ch. h. by Clubhouse Ride
MILT POLICZER
Hey Now, 2019 b. g. by Richard’s Kid
GLENN PORTER
Fast Draw Munnings, 2019 b. g. by Munnings
PREMIER THOROUGHBREDS, LLC,
ALAN KLEIN & EDWARD J. BROWN
Don’tteasethetiger, 2016 b. g. by Smiling Tiger
RED BARON’S BARN, LLC & VAYA CON SUERTE
Bally’s Charm, 2019 b. g. by Roi Charmant
Teddy’s Barino, 2018 gr/ro. f. by Grazen REDDAM RACING, LLC
Absolutely Zero, 2020 ch. f. by Nyquist
Eddie’s New Dream, 2018 gr/ro. f. by Square Eddie
Go Thru the Hole, 2019 ch. c. by Square Eddie
Slow Down Andy, 2019 ch. c. by Nyquist
JAIME R. RENELLA
Chismosa, 2020 dk.b. or br. f. by Clubhouse Ride
RICHARD BARTON ENTERPRISES
A Man’s Man, 2016 ch. g. by Mucho Macho Man
Freeport Joe, 2017 b. g. by English Channel
Misfred, 2020 ch. f. by Misremembered
One in Vermillion, 2020 ch. c. by Army Mule
Rowdyrooster, 2017 b. g. by Champ
Pegasus
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Tricky Lee, 2019 ch. g. by Tonalist
RICHARD BARTON ENTERPRISES & ROBERT TRAYNOR
Carmelita’s Man, 2017 ch. g. by Mucho Macho Man
Gemini Bay, 2019 b. g. by Dads Caps
J. KIRK ROBISON & JUDY ROBISON
Giver Not a Taker, 2020 ch. g. by Danzing Candy
Pumpkin Bread, 2019 ch. f. by English Channel
RUNNING HORSE EQUINE TRAINING CENTER
Bettor Trip Nick, 2017 b. g. by Boat Trip
ERIC SCHWEIGER, GORDY JARNIG & KENNY MARSHALL
Top Harbor, 2018 dk.b. or br. c. by Harbor the Gold
WILLIAM J. SIMS
Leggs Galore, 2017 gr/ro. m. by Bayern
SIX-S RACING STABLE
Subtle Ride, 2017 b. m. by Clubhouse Ride
KENNETH SPENCER
Captain Red, 2016 ch. g. by Eddington
STRAIGHT FIRE, LLC
Power Surge, 2019 b. f. by Straight Fire
JASON ALLEN TACKITT
Year of the Ox, 2017 dk.b. or br. g. by Oxbow
2022 STAKES HORSES BY CALIFORNIA STALLIONS
An alphabetical listing of California sires that were represented by stakes winners or stakes-placed horses in North America during 2022. A “California” stallion is one that is currently standing in the state or was based or is now based in another state or country but has at least one stakes performer of last year that was foaled in California.
Please note that those horses that are stakes winners are denoted in CAPITAL letters.
Acclamation
ACCLIMATE, APPRECIATED, Burnin Turf, Rebalation
Anthony’s Cross
JOY’S ROCKET
Atticus
We’re Just Sayin
Big Bad Leroybrown
Fumano’s Girl, Irrefutable
Blue Afeet
BLUE GESSAMI
Bluegrass Cat
BLUEGRASS SOUL, KOA CAT, SADIE
BLUEGRASS, Sensible Cat
Boat Trip
BETTOR TRIP NICK, TRIPDOWNMEMORYLANE
Boisterous
Flying to the Line, GIVE ME THE LUTE, Next Flight
Bold Chieftain
Our Bold Prince
Champ Pegasus
Ju Ju Guy, ROWDYROOSTER
Circumference (IRE)
Sassyserb
Clubhouse Ride
Barrister’s Ride, BRICKYARD RIDE, CHISMOSA, Crypto Ride, KISS RIDE
GOODBYE, Kleen Karma, SUBTLE RIDE, Warren’s Showtime, WARRENS
CANDY GIRL
Coil
Miss Malia, Principe Carlo
Comic Strip
Indian Peak
Council Member
BIG BAD BRIAN
Curlin to Mischief
Copper Charm, FOREST ECHO, IT’S TURBO, MISCHIEF ROAD, Monstrodamous
Daddy Nose Best
Real Pouch
Dads Caps
Doris Mae, GEMINI BAY, Ohhh Daddy
Danzing Candy
Diamonds Danzing, GIVER NOT A
MICHAEL TERRY
Daffodil Sweet, 2017 b. m. by Ministers Wild Cat
TIZ MOLLY PARTNERS
The Chosen Vron, 2018 ch. g. by Vronsky
BENJAMIN C. WARREN & SALLY WARREN
Warrens Candy Girl, 2018 ch. f. by Clubhouse Ride
MR. & MRS. LARRY D. WILLIAMS
Passarando, 2020 dk.b. or br. g. by Tamarando
Royal ‘n Rando, 2019 dk.b. or br. g. by Tamarando
Tam’s Little Angel, 2019 dk.b. or br. f. by Tamarando
TAKER, Moose Mitchell, Mystic Flyer, Youteyourhonor
Don’tsellmeshort
FURLONGIN FOR LUV, Short of Ez
Eddington
CAPTAIN RED, Mattawa N That, Unrivaled Queen
Editorial
ALOTTAHOPE, MY THOUGHTS
Einstein (BRZ)
IRANISTAN
Elusive Warning
SOUL OBSESSION
Empire Way
Just Classy
Fusaichi Zenon (JPN)
STRAWBERRY WHISKY
Gallant Son
Carolina Mia
Gig Harbor
Shadrack, Sheza Delight
Graydar
GETALOADOFTHIS, Gray Attempt, MISS IMPORTANT, Princess Kokachin
Grazen
ALICE MARBLE, BLAZINGBELLABLU, CONNIE SWINGLE, Crash Corrigan, DESMOND DOSS, Grazed My Heart, LIEUTENANT DAN, Louie Zamperini, ROSE DAWSON, Rose Maddox, TEDDY’S BARINO
Haynesfeld
Ok Honey
He Be Fire N Ice
Red Hot Cat
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I’ll Have Another Amigo G A
Jack Milton
Bad Beat Brian, MI VECINO, Milton Secret, Milton the Monster, Mount Rundle, New Love, TOBYS HEART
James Street
Coast of Roan, Jimmy Blue Jeans, Parking Permit
Jersey Town
Hanalei’s Houdini, No Sabe Nada, REGAL RIOT, WOLF RED ASQUIFAR, Workin On a Dream
Lucky Pulpit
Fashionably Fast, Strike It Lucky
Majestic Harbor
Diamond Solitaire, Manuelito, Wire the Cash
Make Music for Me
SAYIN GRACE
Merit Man
Geezer
Midnight Storm
GREAT ESCAPE, Parfait, Sol Prospecto
Ministers Wild Cat
Ag Minister, ARIZONA SUN, DAFFODIL SWEET, Itsallinthenotes, Minister of Soul, STEPHEN JAMES
Misremembered
AX MAN, GREEK GEEK, I RECALL, MISFIRED
Mr. Big
BIG CITY LIGHTS, Big Event, BIG HEAT, BIG HUG, Big Novel, Big Stretch, Big Summer, BIG SWITCH, Cashing Big Checks, CHANCERY WAY, THE BIG WAM, Vincero Grande
Mrazek
Fun Money
Old Topper
BECCA TAYLOR
Olympio
OLIMPIO’S SCAT CAT
Papa Clem
AZEE RULES
Popular Popular Kid
Prospect Park
QUICKLY PARK IT
Richard’s Kid
Clippervile Girl, HEY NOW, John’s Kid
Rocky Bar
Driskill, Famous Rock Star, Maius, Rocky Jack
Roi Charmant
BALLY’S CHARM
Rousing Sermon
DATQUICKCAT, Rousing Jewel Run Brother Ron
Darnquick
Slew’s Tiznow
Lil Ms. Phyllis, SLEW’S TIZ WHIZ
Smiling Tiger
DON’TTEASETHETIGER, Gracie’s a Tiger, Jaded Tiger, Moma Tiger, Omg It’s Jessica, SILVERBULLITBADGER, Smiling Goodbye, Taming the Tigress, TIGER DAD, Tigre Di Slugo Square Eddie
EDDIE’S NEW DREAM, GO THRU THE HOLE
Stanford Man Oh Man, Ms. Stanford
Stay Thirsty
American Camp, Blinkers, Cocktail Princess, Cowboy Charlie, Dontletsweetfoolya, Fight Me, Finneus, Fulkerson, GIRL THIRSTY, GOLDEN GRANT, Good N Thirsty, HERE’S THE THING, Hop Kat, HOTNTHIRSTY, MIND CONTROL, Pickin’ Time, Stay Fantastic, Stella Noir, Thirsty No More
Storm Wolf
Poderoso, PSYCHO DAR
Stormberg
Torch
Straight Fire
Chedda Cash, Finger Tip, POWER SURGE, SMUGGLER’S RUN,
STRAIGHT UP G, Straighten Up, What in Blazes
Suances (GB)
Camino Del Paraiso
Sway Away
Massive Roar, SMARTSREALGOOD
Swiss Yodeler
ALPINE MOON
Tamarando
PASSARANDO, ROYAL ‘N RANDO, TAM’S LITTLE ANGEL
Tannersmyman
EL CHAVO DEL OCHO, Walk On Water
Time to Get Even
Addydidit, Time for Kisses
Tizbud
Emerald Sea
Tom’s Tribute
TOM’S REGRET
Tribal Rule
Maricopa County
Twice the Appeal
Oh Be One
U S Ranger
KONA SKYE
Uh Oh Bango
Bangie Go, BANGO FOR BUCKS, Full Vision, Last Punch, Moonlite Graham, RAMBLIN’ MAN, ULTIMATE
BANGO
Under Caution
Bebbanburg, More Than Pegasus, Only Lightning
Unionize
COOL MOUNTAIN LAD
Unusual Heat
Bang for Your Buck, Irish Heatwave
V. E. Day
Anotherdaygoneby
Vronsky
Closing Remarks, CLOVISCONNECTION, GONE SOMEWHERE, Riding With Dino, Simply Perfect, THE CHOSEN VRON, Wilder Than Most
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CALIFORNIA-FOALED STAKES HORSES OF 2022
A MAN’S MAN, 2016 ch. g. by Mucho Macho Man—Longing
Won Bull Dog S.
ABSOLUTELY ZERO, 2020 ch. f. by Nyquist—How About Zero
Won Fasig-Tipton Futurity
ACCLIMATE, 2014 b. g. by Acclamation— Knows No Bounds
Won San Luis Rey S. [G3]
Addydidit, 2019 b. f. by Time to Get Even—Amorous Angie
3rd Sonoma H.
ALICE MARBLE, 2017 dk.b. or br. m. by Grazen—Unsung Heroine
Won Fran’s Valentine S., Wishing Well S.
2nd Monrovia S. [G2], Sunshine Millions
Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S. Presented by John Deere
ALIGATO, 2017 ch. g. by Kitten’s Joy—
Pretty Hard
Won Unusual Heat Turf Classic S. Presented by City National Bank
All Dialed In, 2018 ch. f. by Dialed In—
Nuffsaid Nuffsaid
3rd Betty Grable S.
Amigo G A, 2020 ch. g. by I’ll Have Another—Kuva
3rd I’m Smokin S.
APPRECIATED, 2016 b. g. by Acclamation—Wise Investor
Won Curlin S. Presented By Race Of Ambition
BALLY’S CHARM, 2019 b. g. by Roi Charmant—Ballydonnell Drive
Won Snow Chief S. presented by City National Bank
Bang for Your Buck, 2017 b. g. by Unusual Heat—Seekitana
2nd California Dreamin’ S.
Barrister’s Ride, 2019 b. f. by Clubhouse Ride—Q T Shae
3rd Solana Beach S.
Bebbanburg, 2020 b. f. by Under Caution—Cowgirls Cause
3rd Wyoming Downs Thoroughbred Futurity
BECCA TAYLOR, 2018 b. f. by Old Topper—Lady Sax
Won Desert Stormer S. [G3], Great Lady M S. [G2], Spring Fever S.
2nd Irish O’Brien S.
BETTOR TRIP NICK, 2017 b. g. by Boat Trip—Bettor Knot
Won El Dorado Shooter S.
BIG CITY BANE, 2016 b. g. by Temple City—Shebane
Won Slim Williams Memorial Purse S.
BIG CITY LIGHTS, 2019 dk.b. or br. c. by Mr. Big—Champagne Exchange
Won Real Good Deal S.
2nd Cary Grant S., E.B. Johnston S.
Big Event, 2019 dk.b. or br. g. by Mr. Big—Magnetic
3rd Veterans S.
Big Novel, 2019 gr/ro. f. by Mr. Big— Steamy Novel
2nd Leigh Ann Howard California Cup Oaks
3rd Evening Jewel S.
Big Stretch, 2018 b. f. by Mr. Big—Baby Zito
2nd Manitoba Matron S., Portales
Overnight S.
3rd Escape Clause S.
Big Summer, 2018 b. f. by Mr. Big—
Ultimate Summer
2nd Bear Fan S.
BIG SWITCH, 2019 dk.b. or br. f. by Mr. Big—Two Faced Moon
Won Melair S.
BRICKYARD RIDE, 2017 ch. h. by Clubhouse Ride—Brickyard Helen
Won Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint S., Kona Gold S. [G3], Sensational Star S., Tiznow S.
Burnin Turf, 2016 dk.b. or br. g. by Acclamation—Hot Outta the Oven
3rd Daytona S. [G3]
Camino Del Paraiso, 2013 b. g. by Suances (GB)—Loni’s Appeal
2nd Unusual Heat Turf Classic S. Pre-
sented by City National Bank
3rd San Francisco Mile S. [G3]
CAPTAIN RED, 2016 ch. g. by Eddington—Red Duchess
Won Merry-Go-Round Special S.
2nd Budweiser Pima County Classic S.
CARMELITA’S MAN, 2017 ch. g. by Mucho Macho Man—Carmelita
Won California Dreamin’ S., Crystal Water S.
Carolina Mia, 2017 ch. m. by Gallant
Son—Carolina Grande
2nd Albany S., California Governor’s Cup S., Oak Tree Sprint S.
Cashing Big Checks, 2019 b. f. by Mr. Big—Palisadesprincess
2nd Lewes S.
CAST MEMBER, 2020 b. f. by Munnings—Be My Baby
Won Golden State Juvenile Fillies S., Soviet Problem S.
CHANCERY WAY, 2019 b. f. by Mr. Big— This Means War
Won Bear Fan S.
Chedda Cash, 2020 b. f. by Straight Fire—Strikes of Thunder
2nd California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association S.
Chief Wild Eagle, 2019 dk.b. or br. g. by Dontmesswithkitten—Hekawi
3rd Alcatraz S.
CHISMOSA, 2020 dk.b. or br. f. by Clubhouse Ride—You Can Dream
Won California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association S., Generous Portion S. Cholly, 2020 b. f. by Mo Town—Tap Tap Ur It
2nd Golden State Juvenile Fillies S. Clippervile Girl, 2019 b. f. by Richard’s Kid—Messi Cecy
3rd Fillies and Mares S.
Closing Remarks, 2018 ch. f. by Vronsky—Orange Cove
2nd Robert J. Frankel S. [G3]
3rd Buena Vista S. [G2]
CLOVISCONNECTION, 2020 ch. g. by Vronsky—La Darling
Won Golden Nugget S.
Coalinga Road, 2017 b. g. by Quality Road—Coco Ecolo
2nd Bull Dog S.
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3rd Cary Grant S.
Coast of Roan, 2016 ch. g. by James Street—Susan B Good
3rd California Flag H.
Cocktail Princess, 2020 ch. f. by Stay Thirsty—One Smokin’ Lady
3rd Soviet Problem S.
CONNIE SWINGLE, 2019 gr/ro. f. by Grazen—Sky Marni
Won Unzip Me S.
2nd Evening Jewel S., Senator Ken Maddy S.
3rd Fleet Treat S.
COOL MOUNTAIN LAD, 2018 b. g. by Unionize—Honeysuckle Rose
Won Oak Tree Sprint S.
Copper Charm, 2018 ch. f. by Curlin to Mischief—Gotta Skedaddle
2nd Molly P. Overnight S.
Cowboy Charlie, 2019 dk.b. or br. c. by Stay Thirsty—Foxy Indian
3rd Silky Sullivan S.
Cozy Bear, 2018 ch. g. by Commissioner—
Gia Is a Bella
2nd Marathon Series S.
3rd Farewell S.
Crash Corrigan, 2018 gr/ro. g. by Grazen—Shesabronxbomber
3rd E.B. Johnston S.
Crypto Ride, 2020 ch. g. by Clubhouse Ride—Wild Caroline
2nd King Glorious S.
DAFFODIL SWEET, 2017 b. m. by Ministers Wild Cat—Easy On My Heart
Won Molly P. Overnight S.
3rd Hastings S.
Darnquick, 2017 dk.b. or br. g. by Run Brother Ron—Darncat
3rd Phoenix Gold Cup H.
DESMOND DOSS, 2016 gr/ro. h. by Grazen—Malley Girl
Won Bertrando S., Thor’s Echo S.
Diamonds Danzing, 2020 ch. f. by Danzing Candy—Temper
2nd Turf Paradise Open Spring Futurity, Zia Park Princess S.
Dimmi Quando, 2019 dk.b. or br. g. by Shaman Ghost—Wackey Logic
2nd Golden Boy S.
DON’TTEASETHETIGER, 2016 b. g. by Smiling Tiger—My Cinsation
Won Claiming Sprint Series S.
Doris Mae, 2019 ch. f. by Dads Caps— Tizalovelylady
3rd Las Flores S. [G3]
E Z Pharis, 2020 ch. f. by American Pharoah—Ez Indy
3rd Fasig-Tipton Debutante S. EDDIE’S NEW DREAM, 2018 gr/ro. f. by Square Eddie—Walkingonadream
Won California Distaff H., Irish O’Brien S.
2nd Solana Beach S., Wilshire S. [G3]
3rd Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare
Turf Sprint S. Presented by John Deere
EL CHAVO DEL OCHO, 2015 b. g. by Tannersmyman—My Sis Liz
Won Ft. Bliss S., Inaugural S.
2nd King’s S.
ELLAMIRA, 2019 ch. f. by Street Boss— Tuesdays With P
Won Campanile S.
Fashionably Fast, 2015 ch. g. by Lucky Pulpit—Fall Fashion
2nd Bertrando S., Thor’s Echo S. FAST DRAW MUNNINGS, 2019 b. g. by Munnings—Zuzu’s Petals
Won California Cup Derby Ferrariano, 2018 ch. g. by Mshawish— Athina Lee
3rd Unusual Heat Turf Classic S. Presented by City National Bank Finger Tip, 2019 gr/ro. f. by Straight Fire—Vintage Brees
3rd Electric Fever Overnight S. Finneus, 2019 dk.b. or br. c. by Stay Thirsty—My Fiona
2nd Turf Paradise Derby
3rd California Cup Derby, Real Good Deal S.
Flying to the Line, 2016 b. m. by Boisterous—Sky Diver
3rd Fran’s Valentine S.
FOREST ECHO, 2019 ch. g. by Curlin to Mischief—Forestry’s Delight
Won Rod Galloway Thoroughbred Derby
3rd Sweetwater Downs Thoroughbred Derby
FREEPORT JOE, 2017 b. g. by English Channel—Winds of March (IRE)
Won All American S.
2nd Joseph T. Grace S.
3rd Berkeley H. [G3]
Fumano’s Girl, 2020 dk.b. or br. f. by Big Bad Leroybrown—Boo Who Who
2nd Everett Nevin S.
FUN TO DREAM, 2019 gr/ro. f. by Arrogate—Lutess
Won Betty Grable S., Fleet Treat S., La Brea S. [G1]
FURLONGIN FOR LUV, 2018 dk.b. or br. g. by Don’tsellmeshort—Excessive Cindi
Won Exacta S., Hasta La Vista S.
3rd John Schiffer Memorial S.
Geezer, 2020 dk.b. or br. g. by Merit Man—Pat Olcott
3rd King Glorious S.
GEMINI BAY, 2019 b. g. by Dads Caps— Seeking the Ghost
Won EISF Overnight Thoroughbred Derby
GIVE ME THE LUTE, 2016 dk.b. or br. g. by Boisterous—Steal the Lute
Won Albany S.
GIVER NOT A TAKER, 2020 ch. g. by Danzing Candy—Kittens Trip
Won I’m Smokin S., King Glorious S.
2nd Golden State Juvenile S.
Go Go Sadie, 2019 ch. f. by Tamarkuz—
Bonus Spin
3rd Princess S.
GO THRU THE HOLE, 2019 ch. c. by Square Eddie—Chanel My Belle
Won Sweetwater Downs Thoroughbred Derby
2nd John Schiffer Memorial S.
GONE SOMEWHERE, 2018 b. g. by Vronsky—Go Ruby Go
Won Rillito Hopeful Maiden S. Good N Thirsty, 2020 b. c. by Stay Thirsty—Vegas Bound
3rd Graduation S.
Grazed My Heart, 2020 gr/ro. f. by Grazen—Daddy’s Duo
2nd Soviet Problem S.
HEY NOW, 2019 b. g. by Richard’s Kid— Feel the Rush
Won Arizona Downs Derby, Prince S. Highland Ghost, 2019 ch. c. by Shaman Ghost—Wee Highland Lass
2nd Alcatraz S., Silky Sullivan S.
Indian Peak, 2017 dk.b. or br. g. by Comic Strip—Ms. Booty
2nd Sensational Star S., San Simeon S. [G3]
Irish Heatwave, 2016 b. g. by Unusual
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3rd Bertrando S., Crystal Water S. Irrefutable, 2016 gr/ro. g. by Big Bad Leroybrown—Seasontoperfection
2nd Oakland S.
IT’S TURBO, 2020 b. g. by Curlin to Mischief—Love Makor
Won W.T.B.O.A. Lads S.
3rd Gottstein Futurity, King County Express S.
Jimmy Blue Jeans, 2018 gr/ro. g. by James Street—Blue Blizzard
2nd Crystal Water S., Sam Spear Memorial S.
Ju Ju Guy, 2017 dk.b. or br. g. by Champ
Pegasus—Ju Ju Baby
3rd Butch Gleason Classic S.
Just Classy, 2017 dk.b. or br. m. by Empire Way—Just Details
2nd B Cup Fillies and Mares S.
3rd Don “Hooker” Jenck Memorial S., Fillies and Mares Spring S.
KISS RIDE GOODBYE, 2017 ch. m. by Clubhouse Ride—Alphabet Kisses
Won Don “Hooker” Jenck Memorial S.
Kleen Karma, 2017 b. m. by Clubhouse Ride—Calameera
3rd California Distaff H.
KOA CAT, 2016 dk.b. or br. g. by Bluegrass Cat—Play Misty for Us
Won Norm Goeringer Memorial S.
2nd Au Revoir H.
KONA SKYE, 2017 b. g. by U S Ranger— Squeeze Me Tight
Won Au Revoir H.
LEGGS GALORE, 2017 gr/ro. m. by Bayern—Cashing Tickets
Won Buena Vista S. [G2], Mizdirection S., Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S. Presented by John Deere
2nd California Distaff H.
3rd Daisycutter H.
Letsgetlucky, 2018 dk.b. or br. g. by Munnings—My Cinsation
2nd Count Fleet Sprint H. [G3]
3rd Bing Crosby S. [G1], Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint S.
LIEUTENANT DAN, 2016 b. g. by Grazen—Excusabull
Won Green Flash H. [G3]
Lil Ms. Phyllis, 2016 dk.b. or br. m. by Slew’s Tiznow—Ihaveadate
2nd Rillito Hopeful Maiden S.
Louie Zamperini, 2019 gr/ro. g. by Grazen—Sun Belt
2nd Sweetwater Downs Thoroughbred Derby
Madiha, 2019 dk.b. or br. f. by Shaman Ghost—Very Few Details
3rd Arizona Oaks
Man Oh Man, 2020 b. c. by Stanford— Alwazabridesmaid
3rd Everett Nevin S.
Mattawa N That, 2018 ch. g. by Eddington—Kestner
3rd Slim Williams Memorial Purse S.
MAYBE I WILL, 2018 b. f. by Will Take Charge—My Due Process
Won Hastings S.
Minister of Soul, 2014 ch. g. by Ministers Wild Cat—Sensitive Soul
2nd Tom Metzen H. B. P. A. Sprint S., Iowa Sprint S.
3rd Bill Thomas Memorial S., KLAQ H. MISFIRED, 2020 ch. f. by Misremembered—Filly On Fire
Won Wyoming Downs Thoroughbred Futurity
Monstrodamous, 2017 gr/ro. g. by Curlin to Mischief—Monstro Ness
2nd Elite Mercedes S.
Moose Mitchell, 2019 b. g. by Danzing Candy—Sunrise Avenue
2nd Echo Eddie S.
More Than Pegasus, 2019 ch. f. by Under Caution—Sora
3rd Liz Bracken Memorial S.
Mr Paytience, 2016 b. g. by Paynter— Kantstopdancin
2nd KLAQ H.
3rd JR Malouff S., Roadrunner S., Zia Park Sprint S.
Ms. Stanford, 2020 b. f. by Stanford— Freeliena
3rd BC Cup Debutante S., Spaghetti Mouse S.
Mucho Unusual, 2016 b. m. by Mucho Macho Man—Not Unusual
3rd Robert J. Frankel S. [G3]
Mystic Flyer, 2020 dk.b. or br. g. by Danzing Candy—Jet Flyer
3rd Golden State Juvenile S. Next Flight, 2017 b. g. by Boisterous— Flight Service
2nd Dads Caps S.
None Above the Law, 2018 gr/ro. g. by
Karakontie (JPN)—Legally Blanca
2nd California Flag H.
Oh Be One, 2016 ch. g. by Twice the Appeal—Citizen Bernstein
2nd Norm Goeringer Memorial S.
Ohhh Daddy, 2020 b. g. by Dads Caps— Wedding in Sorano
2nd Wyoming Downs Thoroughbred Futurity
OLIMPIO’S SCAT CAT, 2012 ch. g. by Olympio—Tera Kitty
Won Jim and Saundra Evans Memorial S.
Omg It’s Jessica, 2018 dk.b. or br. f. by Smiling Tiger—Snobby Princess
2nd Spring Fever S.
ONE IN VERMILLION, 2020 ch. c. by Army Mule—Given Star
Won Lost in the Fog Juvenile S., Turf Paradise Open Spring Futurity
Only Lightning, 2020 ch. f. by Under Caution—Jeyran (AZE)
2nd Elko County Thoroughbred Futurity
Our Bold Prince, 2016 dk.b. or br. g. by Bold Chieftain—Grasp
3rd Oak Tree Sprint S.
Parking Permit, 2016 b. g. by James Street—Rossi Reserve
3rd Spangled Jimmy H.
PASSARANDO, 2020 dk.b. or br. g. by Tamarando—I’m Passing Ya Now
Won Gold Rush S., Golden State Juvenile S.
2nd Golden Nugget S.
Popular Kid, 2014 b. g. by Popular— Lemon Supreme
3rd Razorback H. [G3]
Positivity, 2018 b. g. by Paynter—Sam’s Sunny City
2nd Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint S.
POWER SURGE, 2019 b. f. by Straight Fire—Strikes of Thunder
Won Evening Jewel S.
Principe Carlo, 2016 dk.b. or br. h. by Coil—Princess Ezra (GB)
2nd San Carlos S. presented by FanDuel [G2], Triple Bend S. [G2]
PSYCHO DAR, 2015 gr/ro. g. by Storm
Wolf—Stormin Mon
Won Harris Farms S.
3rd Albany S., El Dorado Shooter S., Oakland S.
PUMPKIN BREAD, 2019 ch. f. by English
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Won Princess of Palms S.
QUICKLY PARK IT, 2020 dk.b. or br. f. by Prospect Park—Quick Luck
Won Pike Place Dancer S.
Real Pouch, 2019 dk.b. or br. g. by Daddy Nose Best—Gelila
3rd Rillito Hopeful Maiden S.
Rebalation, 2016 dk.b. or br. m. by Acclamation—Reba Is Tops
2nd Camilla Urso S.
Red Hot Cat, 2018 gr/ro. g. by He Be Fire N Ice—Ridge Kitten
3rd Merry-Go-Round Special S.
REINA DE REYES, 2018 ch. f. by Animal Kingdom—Bosserette
Won Hank Mills H.
Riding With Dino, 2017 b. g. by Vronsky—Belloma
2nd El Dorado Shooter S.
3rd Sensational Star S.
ROSE DAWSON, 2019 gr/ro. f. by Grazen—Sudden Sunday
Won Leigh Ann Howard California Cup Oaks
2nd Fleet Treat S.
Rose Maddox, 2019 gr/ro. f. by Grazen— Heat the Rocks
2nd Melair S.
Rousing Jewel, 2020 ch. f. by Rousing Sermon—Ribbon of Jewels
3rd Golden Gate Debutante S.
ROWDYROOSTER, 2017 b. g. by Champ Pegasus—Little Rooster (IRE)
Won Marathon Series S., Marathon Series S.
2nd Marathon Series S.
ROYAL ‘N RANDO, 2019 dk.b. or br. g. by Tamarando—Royal Grand Slam
Won Silky Sullivan S.
2nd Snow Chief S. presented by City National Bank
SADIE BLUEGRASS, 2017 ch. m. by Bluegrass Cat—Sadie Clare
Won Camilla Urso S.
Sassyserb, 2017 b. m. by Circumference (IRE)—Incredible Ten
2nd Fran’s Valentine S.
Savage Love, 2019 dk.b. or br. f. by Lord Nelson—Kiss At Midnight
3rd Jack Hardy S. Sell the Dream, 2020 ch. f. by Munnings—Enayat Alsalam
2nd Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf S., Surfer Girl S. [G3]
3rd California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association S., Jimmy Durante S. [G3]
Sensible Cat, 2018 b. f. by Bluegrass Cat—Sensible Girl
3rd Irish O’Brien S. Shadrack, 2016 ch. g. by Gig Harbor— Devilinabaydress
3rd Jeffrey A. Hawk Memorial S.
Sheza Delight, 2018 ch. f. by Gig Harbor—Forestry’s Delight
3rd Micki Lee Memorial S.
Short of Ez, 2014 ch. g. by Don’tsellmeshort—Ez Money Honey
3rd Snapp Memorial S.
Simply Perfect, 2016 gr/ro. m. by Vronsky—Perfect Hostess
2nd Don “HOOKER” Jenck Memorial S.
SLOW DOWN ANDY, 2019 ch. c. by Nyquist—Edwina E
Won Caesars Sportsbook Del Mar Derby [G2], Sunland Park Derby [G3]
2nd Los Alamitos Derby, Real Good Deal S.
3rd Awesome Again S. [G1], Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile [G1]
Smiling Goodbye, 2019 dk.b. or br. g. by Smiling Tiger—Quickly Gone
3rd Muckleshoot Derby
SMUGGLER’S RUN, 2019 b. g. by Straight Fire—Maddie’s Odyssey
Won Echo Eddie S.
3rd Snow Chief S. presented by City National Bank
SOUL OBSESSION, 2015 b. g. by Elusive Warning—Just Satisfaction
Won Moosomin Downs Inaugural Season S.
STRAIGHT UP G, 2019 b. g. by Straight Fire—Gidget Girl
Won Mine That Bird Derby
2nd California Cup Derby Straighten Up, 2020 b. c. by Straight Fire—No Better Terms
2nd Graduation S., I’m Smokin S. Strike It Lucky, 2017 dk.b. or br. g. by Lucky Pulpit—Heat Striker
3rd S O H R A S.
SUBTLE RIDE, 2017 b. m. by Clubhouse Ride—Kiama
Won Art Smith Memorial S.
Super Game, 2018 dk.b. or br. f. by Super
Saver—Belvedera
3rd Spring Fever S.
Tadeo, 2017 dk.b. or br. g. by Sky Mesa— Uzziel
2nd Woodward Memorial S.
TAKE CHARGE DEPUTY, 2015 b. g. by Take Charge Indy—Promoted Deputy
Won John K. Goodman S., Budweiser
Pima County Classic S.
TAM’S LITTLE ANGEL, 2019 dk.b. or br. f. by Tamarando—Angel Diane
Won She’s A Tiger S.
3rd Bear Fan S., Campanile S.
Taming the Tigress, 2018 ch. f. by Smiling Tiger—Joeandbetty’sbaby
2nd Betty Grable S.
TEDDY’S BARINO, 2018 gr/ro. f. by Grazen—Miss Rebound
Won Tranquility Lake S.
3rd Chillingworth S. [G3]
THE CHOSEN VRON, 2018 ch. g. by Vronsky—Tiz Molly
Won California Flag H., Cary Grant S., E.B. Johnston S.
3rd California Dreamin’ S. Thirsty No More, 2020 ch. f. by Stay Thirsty—Forestry’s Delight
3rd Elko County Thoroughbred Futurity
TIGER DAD, 2016 dk.b. or br. g. by Smiling Tiger—Q T Shae
Won Phoenix Gold Cup H.
2nd Walter R. Cluer Memorial S.
3rd Hank Mills Sr. S.
Tigre Di Slugo, 2015 ch. g. by Smiling Tiger—Erica’s Smile
2nd Kona Gold S. [G3]
3rd Thor’s Echo S.
Time for Kisses, 2016 dk.b. or br. m. by Time to Get Even—River Kiss
2nd Hank Mills H., Hasta La Vista S., Sue Wallis S.
TOM’S REGRET, 2020 b. f. by Tom’s Tribute—Pure
Won Kentucky Juvenile S.
2nd Fasig-Tipton Debutante S.
TOP HARBOR, 2018 dk.b. or br. c. by Harbor the Gold—Reba Is Tops
Won Oakland S.
2nd Harris Farms S. Torch, 2016 dk.b. or br. g. by Stormberg—Semtex
2nd Ely / Elko S.
Touchdown Brown, 2018 gr/ro. g. by
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Cairo Prince—Chicalelee
2nd Tiznow S.
TRICKY LEE, 2019 ch. g. by Tonalist—
Auntie Martha
Won Inaugural S.
3rd Arapahoe Park Derby
TRIPDOWNMEMORYLANE, 2019 b. f. by Boat Trip—Songo’thesea
Won Liz Bracken Memorial S.
ULTIMATE BANGO, 2015 b. g. by Uh Oh
Bango—Ultimate Summer
Won Lost in the Fog S.
3rd Harris Farms S.
Uncontrollable, 2020 b. f. by Upstart—
Behavioral
2nd Chandelier S. [G2], Generous Portion S.
3rd Starlet S. [G1]
Vincero Grande, 2019 dk.b. or br. f. by Mr.
Big—Patsy G and Me
2nd Campanile S.
Vivacious Vanessa, 2019 ch. f. by Not This Time—Masterful Lass
3rd Leigh Ann Howard California Cup Oaks
Walk On Water, 2015 b. g. by Tannersmyman—Smoke Over Water
3rd Thoroughbred Dash S. Sponsored by Ashley Furniture
Warren’s Showtime, 2017 ch. m. by Clubhouse Ride—Warren’s Veneda
2nd Megahertz S. [G3]
WARRENS CANDY GIRL, 2018 ch. f. by Clubhouse Ride—Warren’s Jitterbug
Won Solana Beach S.
We’re Just Sayin, 2014 ch. g. by Atticus— Cahill Royalty
3rd Con Jackson Claiming S.
What in Blazes, 2019 b. g. by Straight Fire—Western Kitty
3rd Echo Eddie S.
Wilder Than Most, 2017 b. g. by Vronsky—Q T Shae
3rd Tiznow S.
YEAR OF THE OX, 2017 dk.b. or br. g. by Oxbow—Griffns Magic
Won S O H R A S.
Youteyourhonor, 2019 dk.b. or br. f. by Danzing Candy—Melanistic
3rd Melair S.
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2023 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS (THRU FEB. 20, 2023)
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Breeder Starts Wins Stakes Wins Leading Earner Earnings Nick Alexander 61 10 2 Alice Marble ($78,000) $533,977 Harris Farms 85 13 1 Coalinga Road ($122,000) $532,517 Reddam Racing, LLC 78 9 0 Catalina Eddy ($53,600) $464,578 Terry C. Lovingier 92 10 1 Thirsty John ($111,040) $431,090 Richard Barton Enterprises 123 8 1 One in Vermillion ($60,000) $375,078 George Krikorian 45 7 0 Big Switch ($74,880) $316,979 Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams 33 6 0 Always Seeking ($49,140) $243,264 Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC 72 8 2 Special Moment ($48,449) $220,510 Tiz Molly Partners 4 2 2 The Chosen Vron ($150,000) $160,733 Premier Thoroughbreds LLC 33 4 0 Leyas Candy ($63,200) $150,510 Old English Rancho 37 8 1 Santaluz Dreamin ($17,440) $147,687 Straight Fire, LLC 9 3 0 Point and Shoot ($54,100) $138,810 PT Syndicate #1 LLC 5 2 0 Clouseau ($83,400) $130,646 Connie Pageler & Bob Baffert 1 1 1 Fun to Dream ($120,000) $120,000 Cicero Farms LLC & Batchelor Family Trust 2 1 1 Grazed My Heart ($118,000) $118,000 Bob Abrams & Mitchell Dutko 2 1 1 Big Summer ($110,000) $110,000 J. Kirk Robison & Judy Robison 8 2 0 Upward Mobility ($44,220) $107,602 Cicero Farms LLC 13 1 0 Lil Nas ($43,200) $97,437 Red Baron’s Barn & Vaya Con Suerte 3 2 0 Teddy’s Barino ($58,500) $95,300 Daehling Ranch 20 5 0 Crazy Dreams ($30,888) $93,993 Donald Valpredo 8 2 0 Shocking Grey ($83,400) $92,443 DP Racing, LLC 22 1 0 Tom’s X S ($44,520) $81,170 Rozamund Barclay 41 7 0 Minehunter ($11,174) $78,790 Dahlberg Farms LLC 13 4 1 Minister of Soul ($45,772) $75,157 Bar C Racing Stables, Inc. 2 1 0 Nene Diamond ($40,200) $70,200 C-Punch Ranch Inc. 16 1 0 Queen’s Code ($14,400) $67,790 Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray 19 4 0 Happy Does ($24,630) $67,252 Ron Beegle 8 2 0 Foothill ($48,000) $66,140 Daniel C. O’Neill 4 1 0 Proof She Zips ($50,340) $58,140 Todd Marshall & Andrew Molasky 3 2 0 Yo Time ($48,240) $56,040 Robert Traynor & Lo Hi Racing Stable 2 1 0 Smart Monique ($53,600) $53,600 Moger Inc. & Neary Racing Inc. 6 2 0 Irish Wahine ($43,700) $53,450 Harry K. Keshian & Cheryl Keshian 3 1 1 Don’t Get Pickled ($52,123) $52,123 BG Stables 30 2 0 Mr. Fighter ($10,800) $51,969 Huntertown Farm LLC 6 3 0 Catalon ($17,850) $51,690 Richard Barton Enterprises & Robert Traynor 17 0 0 Carmelita’s Man ($23,500) $50,756 Francis O’Leary 13 3 0 Union Gig ($12,000) $50,002 Bob Liewald & Joe Mishak 2 0 0 Aligato ($49,232) $49,232 Dr. John Araujo 2 1 0 Club Cal ($49,200) $49,200 Old English Rancho & Bruce Headley 2 2 0 Star Racer ($49,140) $49,140 Equine Formula 1, LLC/Eric Yohan Knipe 13 1 0 Magic Is Flying ($21,120) $48,701 Liberty Road Stables 18 1 0 My Ransom ($13,900) $46,820 Edward Allred 3 1 1 See Through It ($45,000) $46,000 Jethorse LLC 7 2 0 Daddysruby ($23,400) $45,970 James Shenouda 5 3 0 Hapi Hapi ($27,952) $44,752 SLO Racing Stable 9 0 0 Sunrise Journey ($28,800) $44,104 Gene Tenbrink 1 1 0 Mobou ($43,200) $43,200 Mike Mudaris 2 1 0 Mila’s Papa ($41,640) $41,640 Eric Kruljac, Tom & Rebekah Lawless 1 1 0 Orth ($40,200) $40,200 Julio Enciso 5 2 0 La Vikina ($19,170) $39,216 BKB Stables LLC 10 1 0 American Farmer ($27,534) $39,007 Willow Tree Farm, Inc. 7 3 0 Piper’s Causeway ($28,440) $37,660 Ruis Racing 4 1 0 Talklessworkmore ($23,040) $37,225 NP Thoroughbreds, Inc. 2 0 0 Smoothlikebuttah ($35,232) $35,232 Victory Rose Thoroughbreds 20 2 0 Many Markets ($8,100) $34,795
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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. Earnings are from all available Northern Hemisphere racing and include adjusted money from Japan and Hong Kong. Adjusted earnings are put on par with average North American earnings from the previous year. The average North American purse in 2022 was $30,508 or 73% of the average purse in Japan. To put earnings on par, Japanese earnings are multiplied by 73% before being applied to the total earnings above. Hong Kong earnings are adjusted by 17%. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Racing statistics through February 20, 2023.
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Races Earnings/ Sire Rnrs Won Earned Runner 1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 65 20 $967,789 $14,889 2 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 37 14 $478,132 $12,922 3 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai 10 4 $126,856 $12,686 4 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie 5 1 $62,005 $12,401 5 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 12 5 $148,343 $12,362 6 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 14 7 $171,835 $12,274 7 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 47 10 $568,400 $12,094 8 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 12 2 $135,780 $11,315 9 Coach Bob, 2009, by Bertrando 7 3 $69,301 $9,900 10 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 10 1 $98,765 $9,877 11 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 18 4 $175,425 $9,746 12 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 38 13 $316,922 $8,340 13 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again 6 3 $47,951 $7,992 14 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 26 10 $204,781 $7,876 15 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 6 3 $46,152 $7,692 16 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 34 5 $257,480 $7,573 17 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 36 9 $270,788 $7,522 18 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 82 18 $603,828 $7,364 19 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 40 11 $293,840 $7,346 20 Gig Harbor, 2008, by City Zip 14 6 $101,770 $7,269 21 Jeranimo, 2006, by Congaree 11 4 $78,726 $7,157
Races Sire Rnrs Strts Won Earned 1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 65 111 20 $967,789 2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 82 142 18 $603,828 3 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 47 74 10 $568,400 4 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 37 71 14 $478,132 5 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 88 179 21 $394,861 6 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 52 91 7 $358,880 7 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 38 69 13 $316,922 8 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 42 82 6 $299,452 9 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 40 66 11 $293,840 10 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 36 65 9 $270,788 11 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 34 66 5 $257,480 12 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 26 53 10 $204,781 13 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 29 49 8 $178,492 14 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 18 25 4 $175,425 15 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 14 27 7 $171,835 16 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 26 42 6 $166,639 17 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 12 24 5 $148,343 18 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 26 49 6 $144,642 19 Jack Milton, 2010, by War Front 22 40 4 $142,692 20 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 27 51 4 $139,506 21 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 12 22 2 $135,780 22 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai 10 18 4 $126,856 23 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 17 36 3 $108,693 24 Gig Harbor, 2008, by City Zip 14 24 6 $101,770 25 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 10 15 1 $98,765 26 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 17 30 2 $95,386 27 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 22 37 2 $94,926 28 Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat 16 29 3 $84,885 29 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker 19 34 2 $82,037 30 Jeranimo, 2006, by Congaree 11 22 4 $78,726 31 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 30 54 4 $77,729 32 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 12 21 7 $71,418 33 Northern Causeway, 2008, by Giant’s Causeway 22 41 5 $69,855 34 Coach Bob, 2009, by Bertrando 7 15 3 $69,301 35 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 13 26 2 $65,400 36 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie 5 9 1 $62,005 37 Many Rivers, 2005, by Storm Cat 11 26 4 $55,699 38 Prospect Park, 2012, by Tapit 10 19 2 $51,921 39 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 16 23 1 $51,794 40 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 16 31 3 $48,265 41 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again 6 13 3 $47,951 42 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 6 11 3 $46,152 43 Storm Wolf, 2002, by Stormin Fever 7 10 2 $43,658 44 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 8 17 0 $42,310 45 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike 9 16 3 $38,120 46 Capital Account, 2007, by Closing Argument 9 17 1 $35,253 47 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam 8 14 2 $33,960
Sire Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins Earned 1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 23 32 3 4 $379,996 2 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 18 24 1 1 $149,338 3 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 5 7 1 1 $122,814 4 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 11 15 2 2 $113,523 5 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 8 9 2 2 $94,899 6 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 3 5 1 1 $86,680 7 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 2 3 2 2 $81,840 8 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 4 6 1 1 $80,500 9 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 7 9 1 1 $80,400 10 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 2 4 1 1 $56,620 11 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 10 11 1 1 $56,147 12 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 3 3 1 1 $54,932 13 Jack Milton, 2010, by War Front 3 5 1 1 $45,305 14 Jeranimo, 2006, by Congaree 3 4 1 1 $42,647 15 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai 3 3 1 1 $38,900 16 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie 4 6 0 0 $37,140 17 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 4 6 1 1 $36,640 18 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 3 3 1 1 $36,574 19 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 8 11 0 0 $31,024 20 Passion for Gold, 2007, by Medaglia d’Oro 4 6 1 1 $25,490
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Races Sire Rnrs Won Earned Median 1 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie 5 1 $62,005 $9,965 2 Coach Bob, 2009, by Bertrando 7 3 $69,301 $9,672 3 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again 6 3 $47,951 $6,807 4 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 6 3 $46,152 $6,729 5 Roi Charmant, 2001, by Evansville Slew 5 2 $31,449 $6,698 6 V. E. Day, 2011, by English Channel 5 1 $29,470 $6,330 7 Gig Harbor, 2008, by City Zip 14 6 $101,770 $6,235 8 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 12 5 $148,343 $6,149 9 Merit Man, 2010, by With Distinction 5 1 $31,625 $6,000 10 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 14 7 $171,835 $5,995 11 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 65 20 $967,789 $5,300 12 Storm Wolf, 2002, by Stormin Fever 7 2 $43,658 $4,500 14 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 37 14 $478,132 $4,400 15 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 47 10 $568,400 $4,320 16 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 12 2 $135,780 $4,250 17 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 42 6 $299,452 $4,170 18 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 8 0 $42,310 $4,165 19 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 38 13 $316,922 $4,125 20 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 34 5 $257,480 $3,982 21 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 17 3 $108,693 $3,904 22 Prospect Park, 2012, by Tapit 10 2 $51,921 $3,840 23 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 52 7 $358,880 $3,745
Races Sire Rnrs Wnrs Won Earned 1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 65 19 20 $967,789 2 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 88 17 21 $394,861 3 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 82 16 18 $603,828 4 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 40 11 11 $293,840 5 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 47 10 10 $568,400 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 37 10 14 $478,132 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 38 10 13 $316,922 8 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 26 8 10 $204,781 9 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 52 7 7 $358,880 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 36 7 9 $270,788 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 29 7 8 $178,492 12 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 14 6 7 $171,835 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 26 6 6 $166,639 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 26 6 6 $144,642 Gig Harbor, 2008, by City Zip 14 6 6 $101,770 16 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 42 5 6 $299,452 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 34 5 5 $257,480 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 12 5 7 $71,418
Earnings Sire Rnrs Srts Earned Start 1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 65 111 $967,789 $8,719 2 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 47 74 $568,400 $7,681 3 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai 10 18 $126,856 $7,048 4 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 18 25 $175,425 $7,017 5 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 37 71 $478,132 $6,734 6 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 10 15 $98,765 $6,584 7 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 14 27 $171,835 $6,364 8 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 12 24 $148,343 $6,181 9 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 12 22 $135,780 $6,172 10 Coach Bob, 2009, by Bertrando 7 15 $69,301 $4,620 11 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 38 69 $316,922 $4,593 12 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 40 66 $293,840 $4,452 13 Storm Wolf, 2002, by Stormin Fever 7 10 $43,658 $4,366 14 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 82 142 $603,828 $4,252 15 Gig Harbor, 2008, by City Zip 14 24 $101,770 $4,240 16 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 6 11 $46,152 $4,196 17 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 36 65 $270,788 $4,166 18 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 26 42 $166,639 $3,968 19 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 52 91 $358,880 $3,944 20 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 34 66 $257,480 $3,901 21 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 26 53 $204,781 $3,864
Races Sire Rnrs Srts Won Earned 1 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 88 179 21 $394,861 2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 65 111 20 $967,789 3 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 82 142 18 $603,828 4 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 37 71 14 $478,132 5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 38 69 13 $316,922 6 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 40 66 11 $293,840 7 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 47 74 10 $568,400 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 26 53 10 $204,781 9 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 36 65 9 $270,788 10 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 29 49 8 $178,492 11 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 52 91 7 $358,880 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 14 27 7 $171,835 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 12 21 7 $71,418 14 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 42 82 6 $299,452 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 26 42 6 $166,639 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 26 49 6 $144,642 Gig Harbor, 2008, by City Zip 14 24 6 $101,770 18 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 34 66 5 $257,480 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 12 24 5 $148,343 Northern Causeway, 2008, by Giant’s Causeway 22 41 5 $69,855
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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. Sires that are dead, pensioned, or no longer standing in California remain on these lists until their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old. Statistics are from all available Northern Hemisphere racing with earnings adjusted for Hong Kong and Japan. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Percentages are based upon number of named foals of racing age.
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Graded Avg Named 2YO Stakes Stakes Progeny Comp Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire Crops Size Foals Runners Winners Winners Winners Winners Earnings AEI Index 1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 11 29 318 212-67% 147-46% 27-8% 19-6% 4-1% $18,637,934 1.47 1.06 2 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 10 28 284 251-88% 189-67% 63-22% 19-7% 3-1% $23,893,876 1.39 1.12 3 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 6 27 163 94-58% 73-45% 20-12% 5-3% 2-1% $7,799,939 1.38 0.93 4 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 10 20 201 124-62% 79-39% 23-11% 10-5% 1-0% $8,252,094 1.26 0.92 5 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 6 56 335 254-76% 163-49% 87-26% 11-3% 6-2% $13,564,482 1.18 0.92 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 8 69 550 401-73% 271-49% 87-16% 18-3% 3-1% $29,528,513 1.18 1.28 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 16 23 363 262-72% 192-53% 35-10% 13-4% 4-1% $20,188,428 1.18 1.02 8 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 14 57 802 667-83% 464-58% 125-16% 37-5% 6-1% $49,478,667 1.15 1.47 9 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled 15 32 476 374-79% 261-55% 61-13% 12-3% 3-1% $22,606,293 1.12 1.32 10 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 8 56 447 412-92% 300-67% 69-15% 4-1% 2-0% $48,288,021 1.02 1.07 11 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 11 13 148 87-59% 62-42% 18-12% 2-1% 0-0% $4,750,771 1.01 0.90 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 15 23 340 276-81% 201-59% 53-16% 8-2% 1-0% $16,488,355 1.01 1.09 13 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 8 29 233 171-73% 120-52% 33-14% 7-3% 3-1% $9,594,251 1.00 1.03 14 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 8 26 207 144-70% 92-44% 13-6% 5-2% 1-0% $7,440,612 0.98 1.15 Jack Milton, 2010, by War Front 5 32 162 116-72% 71-44% 16-10% 3-2% 1-1% $5,042,028 0.98 1.11 16 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 7 56 393 225-57% 138-35% 36-9% 9-2% 1-0% $12,823,800 0.97 0.97 17 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run 16 41 653 490-75% 351-54% 99-15% 18-3% 6-1% $22,906,653 0.96 1.15 18 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy 14 16 228 161-71% 101-44% 16-7% 7-3% 2-1% $8,510,838 0.94 0.84 19 Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled 13 10 126 83-66% 51-40% 6-5% 2-2% 1-1% $4,412,348 0.93 0.74 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam 14 12 161 109-68% 85-53% 1-1% 3-2% 1-1% $6,608,117 0.93 1.06 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 3 49 148 92-62% 47-32% 15-10% 2-1% 1-1% $3,102,710 0.93 1.17 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 9 22 196 129-66% 86-44% 21-11% 8-4% 0-0% $7,250,433 0.93 1.08 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 7 18 124 64-52% 43-35% 8-6% 0-0% 0-0% $3,605,709 0.93 0.90 Trapper, 2000, by Iron Cat 11 5 56 44-79% 33-59% 13-23% 1-2% 0-0% $2,328,579 0.93 0.74 25 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry 9 6 55 39-71% 26-47% 4-7% 1-2% 0-0% $2,491,355 0.92 0.86 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 15 36 537 432-80% 327-61% 82-15% 21-4% 2-0% $25,655,108 0.92 0.87 27 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 7 48 334 263-79% 175-52% 50-15% 7-2% 1-0% $14,761,936 0.90 1.30 28 Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie 7 10 67 46-69% 30-45% 5-7% 2-3% 0-0% $2,103,171 0.86 0.89 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 3 58 174 71-41% 29-17% 13-7% 1-1% 0-0% $2,257,042 0.86 1.02 30 Crafty C. T., 1998, by Crafty Prospector 5 15 73 53-73% 42-58% 9-12% 2-3% 0-0% $3,149,040 0.84 1.04 Passion for Gold, 2007, by Medaglia d’Oro 3 21 62 21-34% 14-23% 4-6% 0-0% 0-0% $1,200,107 0.84 0.87 32 Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat 16 13 215 156-73% 97-45% 27-13% 6-3% 0-0% $6,032,772 0.83 1.04 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 4 14 55 31-56% 16-29% 4-7% 3-5% 0-0% $1,200,674 0.83 1.27 34 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 7 9 64 30-47% 13-20% 2-3% 1-2% 0-0% $1,328,355 0.82 0.82 Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat 17 29 488 414-85% 297-61% 81-17% 16-3% 2-0% $19,933,819 0.82 1.02 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 9 21 190 111-58% 81-43% 21-11% 7-4% 1-1% $5,353,199 0.82 0.91 37 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 9 10 88 67-76% 43-49% 17-19% 1-1% 0-0% $3,502,381 0.81 0.70 38 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai 11 17 186 136-73% 99-53% 21-11% 4-2% 0-0% $7,173,383 0.80 0.99 39 Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold 13 11 140 104-74% 73-52% 14-10% 2-1% 1-1% $4,590,321 0.78 0.73 40 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 5 29 143 69-48% 38-27% 17-12% 4-3% 0-0% $2,629,363 0.77 0.84 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat 12 12 140 93-66% 61-44% 7-5% 2-1% 2-1% $4,568,120 0.77 1.11 42 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 9 11 101 66-65% 47-47% 9-9% 1-1% 0-0% $3,397,187 0.74 0.86 43 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat 13 30 389 304-78% 230-59% 41-11% 4-1% 0-0% $13,273,163 0.73 0.90 44 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson 17 11 183 142-78% 98-54% 24-13% 4-2% 1-1% $6,388,343 0.72 0.68 45 Fullbridled, 2001, by Unbridled’s Song 13 7 93 52-56% 33-35% 3-3% 1-1% 0-0% $1,797,418 0.71 0.86 46 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 3 51 154 81-53% 43-28% 20-13% 1-1% 0-0% $2,269,332 0.70 0.95 47 Gig Harbor, 2008, by City Zip 7 11 78 38-49% 23-29% 2-3% 0-0% 0-0% $1,125,408 0.66 0.82 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde 10 6 63 47-75% 22-35% 10-16% 1-2% 0-0% $1,510,707 0.66 0.87 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 5 12 60 35-58% 20-33% 7-12% 0-0% 0-0% $1,205,721 0.66 1.08 50 Golden Balls (IRE), 2004, by Danehill
(IRE) 9 7 67 48-72% 25-37% 2-3% 0-0% 0-0% $1,442,831 0.65 0.70 The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain 6 21 127 86-68% 51-40% 14-11% 1-1% 0-0% $2,892,805 0.65 0.96
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2023 REGIONAL RACE MEETINGS
Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley Dec. 26, 2022-June 11, 2023
Santa Anita Park, Arcadia
Pleasanton, Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton
26, 2022-June 18, 2023
14-July 11
Los Angeles County Fair at Los Alamitos, Los Alamitos June 21-July 11
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar July 12-Sept. 12
California State Fair (Cal Expo), Sacramento
Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa
Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale
Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley
2023 REGIONAL SALE DATES
AUGUST 15
CTBA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YEARLING & HORSES OF RACING AGE SALE
Pleasanton, Calif.
(ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 1)
SEPTEMBER 26
FASIG-TIPTON FALL YEARLINGS
Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos
13-26 Santa Anita Park, Arcadia
Big Fresno Fair, Fresno
Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar
Pomona, Calif.
(ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 3; SUPPLEMENTAL ENTRIES CLOSE SEPT. 5)
California-Bred/California-Sired STAKES RACES
March – May
GOLDENGATEFIELDS
SATURDAY, MARCH 18
$75,000 McCann’s Mojave Stakes 4-Year-Olds & Up
11∕8 miles
SUNDAY, APRIL 30
$75,000 Campanile Stakes Tree-Year-Old Fillies 1 mile (Turf)
$75,000 Silky Sullivan Stakes Tree-Year-Olds 1 mile (Turf)
SANTAANITA
SUNDAY, MAY 28
$150,000 Snow Chief Stakes Tree-Year-Olds
11∕8 mile (Turf)
$150,000 Melair Stakes
Tree-Year-Old Fillies
11∕16 miles
$100,000 Crystal Water Stakes
Tree-Year-Olds & Up 1 mile (Turf)
$100,000 Fran’s Valentine Stakes
Tree-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies & Mares 1 mile (Turf)
$100,000 Tor’s Echo Stakes Tree-Year-Olds & Up 6 furlongs
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June
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Aug.
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Aug.
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Aug.
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Sept.
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27-Nov. 7
Oct.
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Oct.
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Nov. 8-Dec. 5
Dec. 6-19
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Four-Year-Olds &
abt. 61∕2 furlongs (Turf)
MARCH
Sensational
Four-Year-Olds & Up abt. 61∕2 furlongs (Turf)
Tree-Year-Olds 61∕2 furlongs
Evening Jewel Stakes Tree-Year-Old Fillies 61∕2 furlongs
FRIDAY, MARCH 17 $100,000 Irish O’Brien Stakes
Up, Fillies & Mares
SUNDAY,
19 $100,000
Star Stakes
SATURDAY, APRIL 8 $150,000 Echo Eddie Stakes
$150,000
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MARCH/APRIL 2023 REGIONAL STAKES RACES
www.ctba.com March 2023 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED 59 Date Track Stakes (Grade) Conditions Distance Added Value 4 SA Santa Anita Handicap (Gr. I) 4-y-o & up 11⁄4 m. $500,000 4 SA Frank E. Kilroe Mile (Gr. I) 4-y-o & up 1 m. (T) $500,000 4 SA San Felipe Stakes (Gr. II) 3-y-o 11⁄16 m. $400,000 4 SA Buena Vista Stakes (Gr. II) 4-y-o & up, f. & m. 1 m. (T) $200,000 5 SA San Simeon Stakes (Gr. III) 4-y-o & up abt. 61⁄2 f. (T) $100,000 11 SA Beholder Mile (Gr. I) 4-y-o & up, f. & m. 1 m. $500,000 11 SA San Carlos Stakes (Gr. III) 4-y-o & up 7 f. $200,000 12 SA Santa Ana Stakes (Gr. III) 4-y-o & up, f. & m. 11⁄4 m. (T) $100,000 17 SA Irish O’Brien Stakes 4-y-o & up, f. & m., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired abt. 61⁄2 f. (T) $100,000 18 SA China Doll Stakes 3-y-o f. 1 m. (T) $100,000 18 GGF McCann’s Mojave Stakes 4-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 11⁄8 m. $75,000 19 SA Sensational Star Stakes 4-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired abt. 61⁄2 f. (T) $100,000 25 SA Desert Stormer Stakes (Gr. III) 4-y-o & up, f. & m. 6 f. $100,000 26 SA Angels Flight Stakes 3yo f. abt. 61⁄2 f. (T) $100,000 1 SA Santa Anita Oaks (Gr. II) 3-y-o f. 11⁄16 m. $400,000 1 SA Royal Heroine Stakes (Gr. II) 4-y-o & up, f. & m. 1 m. (T) $200,000 2 SA American Stakes (Gr. III) 4-y-o & up 1 m. (T) $100,000 2 SA Pasadena Stakes 3-y-o 1 m. (T) $100,000 8 SA Santa Anita Derby (Gr. I) 3-y-o 11⁄8 m. $750,000 8 SA Charles Whittingham Stakes (Gr. II) 4-y-o & up 11⁄4 m. (T) $200,000 8 SA Monrovia Stakes (Gr. II) 4-y-o & up, f. & m. abt. 61⁄2 f. (T) $200,000 8 SA Echo Eddie Stakes 3-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 61⁄2 f. $150,000 8 SA Evening Jewel Stakes 3-y-o f., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 61⁄2 f. $150,000 9 SA John Shear Stakes 3-y-o abt. 61⁄2 f. (T) $100,000 22 SA Californian Stakes (Gr. II) 4-y-o & up 11⁄8 m. $200,000 22 SA Kona Gold Stakes (Gr. III) 4-y-o & up 61⁄2 f. $100,000 23 SA Siren Lure Stakes 4-y-o & up abt. 61⁄2 f. (T) $100,000 29 SA Santa Maria Stakes (Gr. II) 4-y-o & up, f. & m. 11⁄16 m. $200,000 29 SA Providencia Stakes (Gr. III) 3-y-o f. 11⁄8 m. (T) $100,000 29 GGF San Francisco Mile (Gr. III) 3-y-o & up 1 m. (T) $250,000 29 GGF California Derby 3-y-o 11⁄16 m. $100,000 29 GGF California Oaks 3-y-o f. 11⁄16 m. $75,000 29 GGF Lost in the Fog Stakes 3-y-o & up 6 f. $75,000 29 GGF Camilla Urso Stakes 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 5 f. (T) $75,000 29 GGF Golden Poppy Stakes 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 11⁄16 m. (T) $75,000 30 SA Wilshire Stakes (Gr. III) 4-y-o & up, f. & m. 1 m. (T) $100,000 30 SA Santa Barbara Stakes (Gr. III) 4-y-o & up, f. & m. 11⁄2 m. (T) $100,000 30 GGF Silky Sullivan Stakes 3-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 1 m. (T) $75,000 30 GGF Campanile Stakes 3-y-o f., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 1 m. (T) $75,000 MARCH APRIL
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Advertising Index
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Mo The Beholder..........................................................8,9 Mr.Big ..................................................................13
Phantom Boss ...........................................................OBC
Pontiff..............................................................................35
Richard’s Kid.................................................................IBC
Rousing Sermon...............................................................9
Rumpus Cat....................................................................35
Sir Prancealot ...............................................IBC, 17
Smokem.....................................................................OBC Stanford.................................................................5
Tom’s Tribute................................................................IBC
Unusual Heatwave ...........................................................9
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Proof.......................................................................37 Jersey Town....................................................33,35 King Of Jazz .....................................................................9 Lakerville.........................................................................35 Many Rivers ....................................................................36 Merit Man.........................................................................9
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Halladay...............................................................15 Idiot
Mesa Thunder................................................................35 Midnight Storm ...................................................11 Mo and Go ..................................................................7,35 Mo Forza.......................................................................IBC
Northern Causeway.....................................................IBC One Bad Boy..................................................................27 Originaire .........................................................................9 Oscar Nominated ............................................................9
Stay Thirsty.......................................................OBC Surf Cat.........................................................................IBC
Take The One O One ....................................................27
Tap Back .........................................................................27
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The extremely talented 3-Yr-old Bus Buzz winning a MSW at Santa Anita 2/4/23 by 8 lengths running 21.47, 43.97, 56.69, Final 1.09.70, earning a Beyers Speed Rating of 93!!!
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